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that this event occurred

in a high-stress environment?

Yeah. Exceptionally.

That's interesting.

The verse was repeated

a total of four and a halftimes

with zero variation in pitch, span, tempo,

volume, or articulatory precision.

So, what does that mean, exactly?

Well, we often see

this type of repetitive chanting

in children

who have been exposed to trauma

or persons with

neurodevelopmental disorders.

Neurodevelopmental disorders?

Fragile-X syndrome, autism.

Okay, so...

Let's say I was looking at mugshots.

How would that present itself?

What exactly would I be looking for?

Fragile-X:
Elongated face,

protruding ears, poor muscle tone.

Autism's nearly impossible

to identify visually.

The traits are behavioral:

difficulty with

social interaction, communication,

lack of eye contact.

Lack of eye contact.

Okay.

Good luck to you.

Thanks.

None of this makes sense.

Why go through the trouble of skimming

the money if you're gonna put it back?

Over the last two years,

the number of invoices submitted

by Slewitt Manufacturing declined.

Scared of getting caught?

Price hikes?

Prices of consumer electronics

go down, not up.

Right, down, yeah.

I can't afford this.

I know. My treat.

In the US, 104 men,

last name any standard derivation

of your mathematician, Carl Gauss,

reported over $500,000

in any of the last seven years.

Okay. Go a million plus.

Seventeen.

Of the 17, how many between

the ages of 25 and 45?

Four.

Of those four,

only one has an income stream

that's cash-heavy or easily laundered.

And he

died three years ago.

What's this?

It's names of

the 100 most famous mathematicians.

Look, we know what we're doing now.

So, just enter the names,

narrow down the search right off the bat.

Male, Caucasian,

25 to 45, earning a million plus.

No investment income.

He'll concentrate on cash.

What's in it for me?

Look, if you help me find him,

I'll see what I can do

about getting you outta here.

Please.

Single earner or filing jointly?

Hey, those paintings in your trailer...

- They're real, right?

- Yes.

You didn't buy them at auction, did you?

They're a form of payment.

Right.

Hey.

Thank you.

At my apartment.

Oh.

Yeah.

Can we sit down for a second?

Yeah. Okay.

Just...

Sit.

How do you, um,

know how to...

My father was an officer in the Army.

Psychological Operations.

He was concerned that I might be

taken advantage of somehow,

so he arranged for me to train

with a number of specialists

throughout my childhood.

We lived in 34 homes in 17 years.

- You moved 34 times?

- Mmm-hmm.

God. That's extraordinary.

No, I'm sure

it must've been difficult, but...

I haven't been anywhere.

Well, Cancun. Not my proudest moment.

Um...

I just mean...

Your life is unique.

It's not unique. I have

a high-functioning form of autism,

which means I have

an extremely narrow focus

and a hard time abandoning tasks

once I've taken them up.

I have difficulty socializing

with other people, even though

I want to.

When I was a senior in high school,

I wanted this special dress for prom.

I told myself that spending $100 on a

trashy dress that I was gonna wear one time

to an event that I thought was

silly in the first place, was...

- Wasteful.

- Yes.

But Vera Wang

made this black, strapless classic.

It was more expensive, but you could

wear it to all kinds of future events.

- It was an investment.

- Yes.

Where were you when I was in high school?

Oh, North Carolina, Israel.

Right. Um...

The problem was

they wanted $1700 for this dress,

and I didn't have that, so...

- You asked your parents?

- No.

Hang on.

Blackjack. I'd never played a hand,

but I went to the library, and I

checked out all these books on strategy.

And I turned the Naperville North

math club into a little Vegas.

- What's a math club?

- Math club?

You compete against other schools.

Theory and speed math.

Like, what's 298,567 times 92?

27,468, 164.

Right. Um...

Blackjack.

I could tell you

when to hit, stand, split, re-split.

I moved on to card counting,

shuffle tracking, hole carding.

And I took everything I had,

which was $183,

and I drove down to Harrah's in Joliet.

Why was this dress so important to you?

It wasn't about the dress.

I just wanted to walk into the gym

and have everybody say "Wow!"

I was trying to belong.

I was trying to connect.

I think no matter how different we are,

we're all trying to do the same thing.

But I lost all but $20

in the first 10 minutes.

I fed that into a nickel slot

on the way out,

- and I won two grand.

- Hmm.

I used the extra cash to pay for a limo.

Only wore the dress the one time.

Chris, why are we here?

Um...

I thought this hotel

had good water pressure.

The Holiday Inn Express in Aurora

has good water pressure.

Yes, but these towels are very fancy,

and cheaper hotels have scratchy towels.

And

I wanted you to like it.

Crazy Eddie and the Panama Pump.

Crazy Eddie Antar and the Panama Pump.

Have you ever heard of...

- What?

- Crazy Eddie Antar.

He owned a string of electronic stores

in New York City in the '80s.

Crazy Eddie Antar, he started stealing

almost as soon as he opened business.

Okay, I'm not following.

He deposited money in Tel Aviv,

and then he cycled it through Panama

and put it back into his stores.

Okay, why take it out and put it back?

Well, initially he was just stealing

in garden-variety tax evasion,

but then he came up with a better idea.

You see, by taking his own money,

stealing it, and putting it back

on his books...

He was raining cash.

He took the company public at $8 a share.

A year later, it was trading at $75.

- Rita's taking Living Robotics public.

- Yes.

But why would she hire you

in the first place

if she thought you would figure it out?

I don't know.

I'll have to ask her.

Whatever Rita's involvement,

it's not your concern.

You disappear, I make a call.

Please. I worry about you.

If I don't do something, Dana will die.

Risking your life for a girl

you've known a week.

Why?

Heavy sigh.

What's the plan?

Find the person who wants to kill her.

And?

Shoot them in the head.

Last one.

Wolff, two "F"s, Christian.

Two hundred and forty five men.

Four with incomes over a million.

All over the age of 60. Sorry.

Right. Your guy's an accountant.

Two Christian Wolffs own CPA firms.

The first Christian Wolff owns...

Wolff Accounting. 121 South Street,

Scottsdale, Arizona.

Income of 435 grand. It's a good year.

So good, we audited him two years ago.

He's clean.

The other Christian Wolff...

Nope. Only 75 grand.

ZZZ Accounting.

Wabash Way, Plainfield, Illinois.

ZZZ.

I mean, it's not exactly

a smart Yellow Pages move.

Wait a second.

Who filed the returns for

Kim's Nails, Wabash Way, Plainfield?

ZZZ Accounting.

Could just be the neighborly...

Great Mandarin, Wabash.

ZZZ Accounting.

Paul's Laundromat.

ZZZ Accounting.

Tell me they're all

registered as partnerships.

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