NINES WILD.
KING'S PAWN
TO QUEEN'S PAWN THREE.
I'LL BET FIVE.
CALL.
MY KNIGHT TAKES YOUR BISHOP.
DAMN IT.
AND I'VE GOT FOUR
ACES AND THREE WILD NINES.
WHAT?
AND...
CHECKMATE.
HOW'D YOU DO THAT?
IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF USING YOUR OPPONENT'S
WEAKNESSES AGAINST THEM.
PLEASE.
WE'VE BEEN HEARING
THAT SINCE DAY ONE.
NO, NO, I'M SERIOUS.
IN YOUR CASE, YOUR RECKLESSNESS
LEAVES YOU WIDE OPEN.
YOU, YOU PLAY SO CAUTIOUSLY,
I READ YOU LIKE A BOOK.
YEAH, WELL YOU
KNOW WHAT I THINK?
HE CHEATS.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF
YOU LOVEBIRDS WANT TO GIVE
ME A HAND HERE, PLEASE?
THANKS.
TIME TO GO ONLINE.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING THE PAST
FEW MONTHS ABOUT SINISTER MEN
AND WOMEN CHASING MYSTERIOUS
MEN AND WOMEN WITH MIRACULOUS
ABILITIES THROUGH THE STREETS.
WELL, ONE OF MY REGULARS
CALLED IN TO DESCRIBE WHAT MIGHT
BE THE RING LEADER IN ALL THIS.
A WHITE-HAIRED
GUY WHO SEEMS TO POP UP
IN A LOT OF THESE STORIES.
MISS MACEVOY?
ARE YOU TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHERE YOU WENT WRONG?
I FIGURED A LITTLE STUDY
OF YOUR PLAYBOOK MIGHT GIVE
ME A LEG UP NEXT TIME.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR OPPONENT'S
WEAKNESSES IS IMPORTANT
FOR EVERYTHING IN LIFE.
SO WHAT ARE YOURS?
NONE OF YOUR
DAMN BUSINESS.
SO DID YOU CATCH THAT THING
ABOUT ECKHART ON PROXY BLUE?
UH HUH.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING
TO CAUSE US ANY TROUBLE?
I DON'T SEE HOW.
ALTHOUGH IT MUST BE DRIVING
ECKHART UP THE WALL.
YEAH, CHECKMATE.
CHECKMATE.
AS LONG AS PROXY BLUE SEEMED
TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN A
WHINING VOICE FOR THE
PARANOID LUNATIC FRINGE,
IT REMAINED NOTHING
MORE THAN AN ANNOYANCE.
BUT TO HEAR MYSELF
DESCRIBED IN SUCH DETAIL...
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, SIR.
WE ALL KNOW HOW DIFFICULT HOW
IT IS TO DO OUR JOBS AND STILL
REMAIN INVISIBLE
TO SOCIETY'S RADAR.
LEAKS ARE INEVITABLE.
BUT THIS STORY
JUST WON'T GO AWAY.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN
PICKED UP BY ONE OF THE
ELECTRONIC GOSSIP BOARDS.
AND IT GETS WORSE.
THESE BRUISERS
LOOK LIKE FEDS ARMED WITH
SOME PRETTY EXOTIC HARDWARE.
THEY SHOW UP IN BLACK VANS,
DO THEIR JOBS AND DISAPPEAR.
SOMETIMES INNOCENT BYSTANDERS
DISAPPEAR WITH THEM.
AND THE GUY IN CHARGE
LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
OH, DEAR.
WELL, I HOLD MYSELF
RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWING THIS
TO REACH CRISIS PROPORTIONS.
BUT UNLESS WE FIND A WAY TO
TAKE OVER CONTROL OF PROXY BLUE,
THIS CARTOON COULD
DESTROY EVERYTHING.
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP
YOU SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM, SIR.
SO WHEN DO THE REST
OF US GET TO MEET HER?
SOON.
SHE'S OPENING THE
DATA DIVE THIS WEEKEND.
I GUESS YOU'LL ALL BE INVITED.
BRENNAN
INTRODUCED YOU TWO?
YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHERE
YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS.
I KNOW ALL
ABOUT TONI'S PAST,
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT
SHE LEFT IT BEHIND HER.
JUST DON'T WANT YOU
GETTING INTO SOMETHING THAT
COULD HURT YOU DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU KNOW,
COMING FROM ANYBODY
ELSE, I'D RESENT THAT.
BUT COMING FROM YOU...
I LOVE IT.
YEAH, WELL,
I'M KEEPING MY EYE ON YOU.
OH, THAT'S TONI.
I'LL TAKE CARE
OF THESE LATER.
YEAH.
HEY, JESSE, WHAT'S UP?
EVERYBODY'S
JUST HANGING OUT.
BRENNAN'S READING, SHALIMAR
IS CLEANING UP, AND EMMA'S...
EMMA'S PLAYING
CHESS BY HERSELF AND STILL
GETTING HER ASS KICKED.
I HEARD THAT.
AND ME, I'M JUST HAVING THE
TIME OF MY LIFE SITTING HERE
STARING AT YOU.
OH, YOU DO KNOW
HOW TO SWEET-TALK A GIRL.
AND SPEAKING OF
STARING, I JUST GOT THOSE
SHOTS I TOLD YOU ABOUT.
YOU INTERESTED IN
SEEING SOME PICTURES OF ME
IN SOME REALLY SEXY LINGERIE?
LET ME THINK ABOUT THAT.
ONLY ONE OF THE REASONS
I AM CRAZY ABOUT YOU.
YOU'RE NEVER
AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.
SPEAKING OF CHESS, THIS
IS WHAT THE WELL-DRESSED
RED QUEEN IS WEARING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
SWEET.
JUST TAKES
A SECOND TO DOWNLOAD.
IT'S CALLED SOCIAL
ENGINEERING, MR ECKHART.
THE PROCESS BY WHICH,
WITH A FEW SIMPLE CUES,
ONE MANIPULATES A MARK.
THE WAY A CON-MAN INGRATIATES
HIMSELF WITH A VICTIM.
GRIFTERS HAVE BEEN USING
THIS TECHNIQUE FOR YEARS.
POLITICAL CANDIDATES, TOO.
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE
PLUTOCRAT PASSES HIMSELF
OFF AS A GOOD OLD BOY.