Ransom

- John? - Yeah.

Get out here. I think I can see Mars.

I'll be right out, babe, I'm just gonna take my insulin.

You better not fall asleep in there.

I don't know.

It might be an alien spaceship.

Or a bug in the lens.

But I seriously think it's Mars.

You coming to have a look?

Babe?

I knew you'd fall asleep.

I knew it.

Oh, you're freezing.

Why are you so cold?

John?

Oh, my God.

John?

Wake up!

I'm picturing bachelor pad chic.

Uh-huh.

With a private dojo, obviously.

Obviously.

And, and an entire room for just your suits.

I have to see your place.

You will. Next time.

You said that last time.

- Did I? - Mm-hmm.

Oh, I-I got it.

Oh, yeah, it is you.

It's the boss.

Kate Barrett.

Apologies for the late hour.

Not a problem, sir. What's going on?

What was the name of that private negotiator

you worked with on the Black Dolphin case?

Eric Beaumont.

Yeah. What'd you think of him?

I'd say he does good work. Why?

See if you can get in touch with him.

I need an out-of-house negotiator ASAP.

We got a lead in the Hemmigen case.

I'll see if I can track him down.

Great.

My boss needs you to consult on a major domestic terrorism case.

Okay.

We have to get to New Jersey right away.

- I'll call my team. - Great.

Does he know about us?

That's a negative. Does your team?

I don't think it's come up.

Hmm.

- Maxine, I love you. - Do it, now!

Eric.

Oliver. The FBI needs our help on a case.

Okay.

You okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.

Just got woken up in the middle of the night is all.

Where we going?

New Jersey.

Can you call Zara and Cynthia?

I need you guys on the next flight out.

I'll explain the details when you get there.

Okay.

Cri/Res A-team. Good to have you here.

Hey, Kate. Nice to meet you in person.

You, too, Zara.

- It's good to see you again, Kate. - Cynthia.

So this is Hemmigen Pharmaceuticals.

The largest supplier of diabetic insulin in the country.

Three days ago, somebody poisoned the supply.

It's all over the news. Cyanide, right?

Right. Hemmigen is testing all their batches.

They've issued a complete recall.

But now there's a massive insulin shortage

across the country.

Why can't other suppliers step up to meet the demand?

They have, but there are 23 million diabetics nationwide,

and Hemmigen supplies insulin to 93% of them.

So far, there have been eight deaths by poisoning

and about 700,000 people have no access to insulin.

Yesterday, an unknown subject called Hemmigen,

wanting $50 million to stop the insulin murders.

He revealed a batch number that Hemmigen hadn't tested yet.

Turns out, it was poisoned, and he claims to know the rest.

Boss, this is the team

from Crisis Resolution.

Guys, Assistant Director Donovan.

Nice to meet you all. I've heard great things.

Eric Beaumont. It's good to meet you, sir.

Look, normally we keep negotiation in-house,

but this unknown subject is a conspiracy theorist

who doesn't want to deal with the Feds.

We're happy to help in any way we can.

Good, 'cause we're running out of time.

We're getting reports that ERs across the country

are overflowing with patients falling into diabetic comas

- from not taking their insulin. - You're saying

the fear of being poisoned can actually kill people?

Correct. Now, the FDA is advising diabetics

to get clean insulin from other suppliers,

but there's not enough for everyone.

The red dots indicate where poisoned batches

were found, the faces represent fatalities.

Our victim report rate is accelerating.

How long can diabetics go without taking their meds?

After 36 hours, there's vomiting, dehydration,

then they fall into a diabetic coma.

If the coma goes untreated, they can die.

How long till Hemmigen finishes testing all their batches?

They need three more days.

- We don't have three more days. - Which is why

we need you to negotiate the caller into giving up

the rest of the poisoned batch numbers

in the next 24 hours.

Attention, Hemmigen employees,

please be aware of increased security on the premises.

Another death. That brings the total to ten.

Did you find any pattern to which batches were poisoned?

No, the batch numbers are all over the place.

They're seemingly random.

I'm gonna make sure we're set up for the call.

So, you and Kate, huh?

How long has this been going on?

Are you reading my metrics?

All right, Beaumont.

Good for you, man.

- You guys serious? - No.

No, not serious at all.

Oliver?

Wendy?

What are... what are you doing here?

I work here.

You're looking at Hemmigen's VP of risk management.

Eric Beaumont.

Wendy Vaughan. Nice to meet you.

Uh, Wendy and I went

to grad school together.

We were sparring partners in the psychology department.

Pizza and beer and Lacanian psychoanalytic theory.

Never met a guy who used philosophical reinterpretations

of Freudian teachings as foreplay before.

We dated for a bit.

Didn't last. Better off as friends.

So, I understand you're handling the negotiation, Mr. Beaumont.

As Hemmigen's rep,

- I'd like to be on the call. - Of course.

Hemmigen is going to do everything it can

to make sure no more innocent people die.

Eric, Oliver, this is Dinesh.

He'll be handling communications.

Hey, the UnSub should be making contact any minute, yeah.

Okay.

So, Wendy Vaughan, now, huh?

I thought you swore to never get hitched.

I distinctly remember you saying something about

the institution of marriage

being "a patriarchal stranglehold".

And then I met Peter Vaughan.

Wait, Senator Pete Vaughan?

I'm a politician's wife now.

I know. How very unfeminist of me.

What about you? You got a lucky lady in your life?

Oh, I'm sorry. I hit a sore spot.

Can I ask what her name is?

Yeah, her name is, uh, Maxine.

We used to work together.

Hmm. You know what they say about mixing business

with pleasure.

All right, it's him.

My name's Eric Beaumont, I'm a negotiator.

Who am I speaking with?

I said no Feds.

I assure you, I'm not a Fed.

I used to work at the FBI,

but not anymore. I'm independent.

Waveform match?

Why did you leave?

No, nothing from our database.

Why'd I leave the FBI?

Guns, mainly.

I don't like violence.

Oh, I wouldn't go anywhere without my .45.

Only way to protect yourself.

Otherwise, you're in their hands.

Tapping our phones, invading our privacy.

We can't see 'em, but they're there.

How do I know you are who you say you are?

Because I know all the batch numbers

of all the poisoned insulin.

Well, I'd like to know them, too.

You will after I get my money.

- $50 million, cash. - Cash?

At a drop location of my choosing.

That's a lot of money.

Drop in the bucket for Hemmigen.

They'll pay to protect their image.

They don't care about the victims

unless they affect their bottom line.

We can look into putting that money together,