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You're early.
This case will help you get it through Customs.
Are we happy?
Chuffed.
Great...
'cause I got this one, too.
- You didn't tell us about that. - No.
I just got my hands on this one.
It was found on a roof on a farm in Wisconsin.
That's the black market. Sometimes you just get lucky.
Yeah, we'll take that one, too.
Yeah.
You bring me more of this and, uh, it's yours.
Excuse me. Federal agents.
Did this man check in this morning?
Uh, yeah. I checked him in a half hour ago.
- What room? -
1423.
Yeah, I'm gonna need to speak to your manager right away.
1423, go.
Leave. Leave now.
Orbital on their way up.
Run.
What?
Hey!
Excuse me, where's room 1423?
What other exits are there besides the lobby?
- Service exit in the rear... Hey!
Move!
Mezzanine level in the restaurant.
Stop! Federal agents!
No!
Stop!
...as you can see...
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North side, street level.
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What have you got?
Clicking in at 200 LDUs, down from 460.
Witnesses?
Nothing we can't handle.
How far out is the situation team?
Is this the only piece?
So far. We're combing the hotel for any more.
Seems to have the same properties as the pieces found
in Debris Field 707 in Manchester.
It's a different color, though. Darker.
Hey.
- Thanks. - I just pulled the CCTV footage. Here.
You ever seen them before?
No.
All right, well, I'll cross-check with MI-6 and Interpol.
Do you need anything before I wipe the servers?
- No, ma'am. All good. Thank you. - All right.
This is Ferris. - It's me.
Have the Americans seen these men before?
- No. - At least that's what they say.
They're supposed to be transparent,
but I know for a fact they're not.
This partnership is important to our two countries,
- but don't underestimate Bryan. - I'm not.
Despite the coalition, I expect the Americans
have been instructed to put their interests first, just like we have.
Remember, Maddox pulled him out of an MP prison in Afghanistan.
He must be valuable,
but he's had his own troubles.
Be aware of that.
- He's dead? Correct.
He left a nacho at the scene, but we retrieved it.
The buyers got away.
No idea who they are. Finola's uploading
a video to us and MI-6 right now.
Okay. I'll check it out.
They couldn't have been working for the Russians or the Chinese.
We have eyes on their agents.
Let me try to track them down through
some of the other intelligence agencies.
So, how is it working out with Finola?
Well, obviously she's falling in love with me
and trying to keep it professional.
Okay, copy that, gorgeous.
- It's gonna work out? - She's settling in.
I'm not sure yet she's got the stomach for it.
I know her father was George Jones,
but we're a long way from the physics lab.
We'll see.
- Ready to go? - Yeah.
Mom? Yeah?
I saw on the Internet there were these men at the circus
who walk on tightropes, and they don't have any nets.
- That's really dangerous. -
And you know those guys practice for that their whole lives?
You really... you really gotta be good at that stuff if...
...if you're gonna...
- If you're... If you're gonna... -
Upon touching Debris 231b, a subset of type 34,
the subject appeared to phase through
approximately 14 stories of inorganic matter.
She impacted in the hotel ballroom,
resulting in her death.
The subject...
She was Carlotta Orlov,
33, single mother of two.
The family has been notified.
The coroner has reclassified her death as...
accidental to correspond with her injuries.
Hey, we've got a new Debris event. Can you pull it up?
Why are we turning?
A new incident report just came through.
We're diverting to Kansas.
Outstanding.
Why are you still working?
How do you think our reports get done, Bryan?
Somebody else does them?
Oh! Oh.
Well, keep up the good work.
Did you take those from the hotel?
Why do you do this?
I wanna be sure the good guys get this technology
before anyone else.
I came back from Afghanistan. What do you want me to do?
I'm not gonna become an accountant.
I'm not gonna sell Jeeps.
I don't think I'm gonna cure cancer,
so this is really my way of contributing.
Isn't that why you're here?
I believe this technology, if understood properly,
can end famine, cure sickness.
I think what we're doing here
will absolutely change the course of humanity.
And in the wrong hands, it could be the end of humanity.
Well, don't you think there's a reason that this is all happening?
I mean, there are billions of stars,
billions of planets.
The odds that this Debris found us are impossible.
That's the job, you know.
Impossible.
I don't know if you know this,
but my dad was the first astrophysicist
to be told the truth about what they found.
And when he saw all the Hubble Telescope
shots of the wrecked spacecraft,
which was spectacular,
the Debris cloud was huge.
And when those pieces finally started to arrive...
He's the one who said it best.
He said that...
it finally made him believe again.
I find that comforting, not scary.
Maybe it's in my blood.
Well, at least he got a chance to see that it got here
before he died.
Well...
I don't know if Debris found us,
or if it was helped here somehow.
But these beings have given us a gift.
And I for one know that the world needs it.
Is he why you're here?
Big shoes to fill.
I didn't get this job because of my last name.
I believe that.
I'm gonna send the reports, and go get changed.
Tom? - Yeah.
Finola Jones, Bryan Beneventi.
Farmer found her, local PD called the FBI, they called us.
We think she's a missing person that was called in late last night,
Amy Morrison.
We haven't found any Debris, though.
What'd you tell them? Nothing I didn't have to.
Oh...
Wow.
- That's new. Incredible.
It's like she's taking on some of the Debris attributes.
She's defying gravity.
Maybe manipulating the Earth's electric field.
Yeah. Some sort of magnetic levitation.
She's clocking in on the Laghari at a 4.5.
We don't know when she died. It could've been higher.
When was the last day of atmospheric entry?
We had activity here two weeks ago.
Well, the wind took her here, so there's no telling
where she came in contact with it.
Let's run a SAT scan
and see if it comes up with any signatures.
- You got it. I'm gonna call the team
and set up a lab.
- It's not blowing in that direction. - What?
The wind, it's not blowing in the direction she's moving.
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