FBI

Uh, great job on TV yesterday.

Your analysis of the Fed conundrum was perfect.

One, never use the word "conundrum,"

and two, I don't like ass-kissers.

But I hear you did some great work on the Kelton merger,

so keep it up.

Dale, we didn't get the Trinity IPO.

That's it? A sad headshake?

Pretty sure that's not gonna replace

the $70 million in fees we just lost.

I'm sorry. I don't know what happened.

I tried my best.

No one cares how hard you try, Dale.

We're not handing out "A" s for effort.

So go back out there and win. That's all that matters.

Hey, let's listen up, people!

The league tables just came out.

We've been ranked number two out of 19 firms.

If we're ranked number two again next year,

each and every one of you

is gonna be looking for another job.

Keller Hogan has been the preeminent investment bank

on Wall Street for 137 years.

We don't accept second place.

Ever.

Too much?

Um, no. It was spot-on.

You're lying.

- A little. - Mm.

Truth is, if we're number two next year,

I'm gonna be looking for a new job.

There's no use in sugarcoating it.

Uh, look what just came in for you.

Looks pretty fancy.

Wall Street, bomb.

Occupy Wall Street 2.0?

Or an extremist group from the Middle East, Russia, China.

And a lot of other countries.

The list of anti-capitalist Wall Street haters

is pretty long.

Check it out.

What do we got?

Pipe bomb, nails, glass.

But I also found pieces of duct tape

and gray and yellow metal fragments.

Gray metal means lead pipe.

Yellow metal means another type of shrapnel.

Maybe the bomber mixed it in with the glass and nails

to pack a bigger punch.

Can you get the tape and metal frags to the lab right away?

- Yeah. - Detective.

One dead, five injured.

So far, no one taking credit for the bomb.

DOA got a name?

Uh, Veronica Klein.

Employee?

More like CEO.

Veronica Klein, 45,

Master of the Universe extraordinaire,

married, no kids,

Yale undergrad, Stanford MBA.

She's been at Keller Hogan for 20 years.

She became CEO 13 months ago.

She was the first-ever female CEO

of a top-tier, white-shoe firm.

Let's dig into her life, her friends, her foes.

This bomb had Veronica's name on it.

Let's find out why.

Could be as simple as gender.

Her appointment to CEO created a lot of outrage.

Critics felt that the firm was trying

to placate the MeToo movement,

and Veronica didn't disappoint.

She did her first interview saying,

"My primary goal was to transform

"the male-centric boys' club culture

endemic on Wall Street,"

which creates a lot of enemies.

As do all noble objectives, right?

We've confirmed that the package was sent

from the Midtown post office.

Uh, great. Pull all the videocams

in the vicinity right away.

Will do.

Have we talked to Veronica's husband yet?

Uh, Maggie and OA are with him now.

Okay.

Specific threats? No.

But there were definitely a lot of thinly veiled

unspecific threats.

What do you mean?

It's how people on Wall Street communicate.

"You don't perform, you're fired."

"You don't double my bonus, I quit."

"You quit, I sue." "You sue, I countersue."

So much testosterone, it's exhausting.

Hmm, not an easy place for a woman to survive,

let alone excel.

You have no idea.

Well, maybe you do.

I'm guessing the FBI is pretty similar.

Um, Dr. Klein, are you aware of any recent arguments,

confrontations?

She didn't mention any.

Veronica was an amazing woman.

She was fearless, brilliant.

But she was tough and ambitious.

She didn't get to the top by accident.

Most people don't.

Especially if you're a woman.

Uh, did she have any enemies?

Were there disgruntled employees?

I... I don't know.

Well, thank you for your time.

If there's anything else that you can think of

that might be helpful.

Wait.

There was a guy, a... a banker.

N-Nick Frost.

He quit about, uh, six or seven months ago.

He... he was very aggressive.

Told Veronica he was gonna ruin her life.

That's very helpful. Thank you.

Just find the son of a bitch who did this.

We'll do our best.

Um, I couldn't help but notice that when he said

the FBI was like Wall Street, you smiled.

The first day I reported to Quantico,

my instructor asked me if I was dropping off my husband.

Let's go find Nick Frost.

Well, about time.

I've been here for 15 minutes.

What can I say, Nick? Busy day.

Mm.

Do you know a woman by the name of Veronica Klein?

Why do you ask?

Because she's dead.

Someone sent her a pipe bomb this morning.

That's it?

No reaction? No surprise?

No, "What the hell do you mean, somebody sent her a pipe bomb?"

Forgive me, Detective.

Special Agent.

Oh, forgive me, Special Agent.

I prefer to keep my thoughts and emotions to myself.

That's interesting.

Does this sound like an email

of a man who keeps his thoughts and emotions to himself?

"I'm gonna blow your ass up,

tell the world what a fraud you really are."

- So? - So she blew up today, Nick.

She... so you think... you think I did it?

Are you... are you kidding me?

Does it look like we're kidding?

I sent her a stupid email.

It sounded more like a threat.

Like a threat that came true, Nick.

Veronica screwed me out of $33 million.

What was I supposed to do, send her a muffin basket?

$33 million.

Yeah, $33.4 million, to be exact.

Well, how exactly did Veronica screw you

out of $33.4 million?

Veronica took credit for a deal that I originated,

generated $100 million in fees.

I get 1/3, okay?

The one thing that you never do on Wall Street

is take another man's paper.

That's exactly what Veronica,

Almighty Queen of the Enlightened, did.

So forgive me if I'm not shedding any tears, okay?

Who the hell is this guy, Gordon Gekko's long-lost son?

You can hear the resentment and misogyny at every turn.

"Mighty Queen, enlightened."

Must have made him crazy working under Veronica.

Question is, did she make him crazy enough

to put a pipe bomb in her office?

The better question is, when and where

will the next pipe bomb explode?

Um, sorry to interrupt.

Supervisory Special Agent Spencer Briggs.

Hello, just in from Quantico.

I'm Dana Mosier.

I'm the special agent in charge.

And this is Jubal Valentine,

the assistant special agent in charge.

Can we help you?

Well, yeah, Assistant Director in Charge Fritz

sent me to profile the case.

So I'm here to... profile the case.

I'm so confused.

I told the ADIC we didn't need any help

because I used to be a profiler.

I'm sure he's just trying to take some work off your plate.

Oh, very thoughtful of him.

Look, I apologize for the lack of communication.

Uh, I really do.

Uh, the good news is, I'm confident

I can add some value here.

I've had a lot of experience with serial bombings.