- A hypnotherapist, who's really a con man, pumps his patients for personal information while they are hypnotized. One of his patients is an antique dealer who launders money for HR.
- While Finch still keeps Root hostage, he who can't understand why the Machine is in contact with her, he is the first to make contact with their latest number, that of hypnotherapist Hayden Price. The fact that his credentials seem made up, and that the therapy session in which Finch has with him seems more like a fishing exercise to obtain answers to secret website questions, lead Finch to quickly come to the conclusion that Price is a con man, out to bilk his patients. However, he still believes that Price is the intended target. In following Price's world, Reese, Shaw and Finch unexpectedly intersect with Carter, who, with Laskey by her side, is still trying to find out the head of HR to bring them down. One of Price's clients is antiques dealer Sven Vanger, who they learn has been laundering money for HR in a somewhat creative manner. They have to find why Price's life may be in danger because of his connection to Sven and indirectly to HR. But Price's true profession begs the question that if he's conning someone, could someone in turn be conning him?—Huggo
- The Machine delivers the number of the hypnotherapist Hayden Price, and Finch schedules a session to investigate him. Soon he finds that Hayden is a con artist that steals his clients, transferring funds to a foundation of his own. Hayden contacts his beloved girlfriend Natalie Boal and tells her that he intends to leave New York very soon. The he cons a man in fifty thousand dollars and cheats his own partner, saying that the amount was only twenty thousand dollars. While following Hayden, Reese and Shaw stumbles upon Caryer who is trying to find the head of the HR. Hayden goes to an auction where his client, the antiques dealer Sven Vanger, is laundering money for the HR. Soon Laskey is summoned by Simmons and Terney, who ask him to kill Sven, a.k.a. The Swede. But Hayden has also conned Sven to buy a baseball. Carter visits Elias, who explains her how HR cleans the money they receive from the Russians using the auction house. The situation becomes complicated since Hayden cheated Sven giving false information to buy an expensive baseball and Sven has sold it per five dollars to a kid.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Open with Finch visiting a hypnotist under an assumed name. He attempts to pair with the therapist's phone before the session begins but finds it blocked. Reese is watching this from across the street.
The therapist's name is Hayden Price and he's the latest number. While clients are under hypnosis Price attempts to extract passwords and other sensitive information in order to steal from them. He's a con man. Finch's inability to pair with the phone means somebody else is looking at Price.
Finch checks in with Root. She suggests that perhaps he's jealous of her relationship with the machine.
Using a bug Shaw listens in Hayden's latest session and hears him extract information from various clients.
We see Hayden with his girlfriend of a year Natalie, who works at an art gallery. The consensus is that he's not working her. We hear him tell her that his plan is for them to leave town in the near future.
Reese and Shaw watch as Hayden cleverly grifts a man out of $50,000 by pretending to be shot during a money laundering scam. Hayden even cheats his accomplice in the scam out of his full cut.
Carter meet with Quinn about Beecher's case. She says that the department file has been sealed and she suspects HR is involved. He offers to use his connections with them to help, but she declines. After Carter leaves Simmons sends Quinn a text asking whether Carter will be a problem for them.
Finch wants Shaw to visit some of Hayden's clients. Meanwhile he goes back for another session. After the session Finch asks about Hayden's background and seems to pique his curiosity.
Laskey meets with Simmons and Terney. They're having trouble with a money launder named Sven who is an antiques dealer known as The Swede. They want Laskey to babysit The Swede for one last deal, then kill him. Terney brings Laskey to an auction. Carter waits outside and sees Price arrive with Shaw & Reese following him. Price is The Swede's therapist. Inside we see The Swede buy a baseball card for $900,000. Terney tells Laskey he's to kill The Swede the following day.
Carter follows The Swede to his shop and sees him dump the antique card into a cabinet as if it was worthless. She and Finch wonder about his connection to HR and why they want him dead at this particular time.
Simmons learns that Price is a con man and tells somebody over the phone that they'll kill him along with the The Swede.
Hayden tells Natalie it's time for their trip. The plan is to leave the following day. She agrees.
Hayden prepared for his escape. He destroys his laptop and begins shredding documents. Two men come through the window of his apartment with assault rifles. Just before they kill him Reese and Shaw show up and kill the two assassins, who turn out to be cops.
Price is brought to Finch's place. The two cops who tried to kill him were HR. Finch pretended to be Price's assistant and stashed Natalie in a hotel room. Hayden says he didn't know The Swede's money was HR's. He says he'll leave town but needs Natalie, "the only honest thing about me."
Carter meets with Elias. He tells her The Swede is how HR cleans its money from the Russians. What happens is somebody with HR puts a bogus priceless antique up for auction. Then The Swede buys it, allowing them to clean their money through the auction house. He buys a baseball allegedly signed by Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and the rest of the Yankees for $4.4 million. But back in his shop he tosses it carelessly into a bin of cheap items.
We see a kid go into The Swede's shop and buy the baseball he just purchased for $4.4 million out of his $5 bin.
Carter tells Terney she's not letting him kill anybody the following day. He's supposed to call in sick and follow Simmons, taking pictures of his every move.
Reese brings Price to see Natalie. Reese steps out and takes a call from Finch, who tells him he's found Price had faked emails from HR. He told him to purchase the wrong antique at auction. This means that the ball he just bought was the real deal. When Reese goes back into the room Natalie tells him Price escaped through the window.
Carter visits The Swede. He pulls a shotgun on her but Fusco approaches from the back to save the day. They fake The Swede's death, planting blood to make it looks as if he's been shot in the head. Carter takes a picture and sends it to Laskey so he can tell Simmons he completed the hit. The Swede tells them that some kid bought the ball, which he had no idea was real.
Simmons calls Laskey to tell him there was a mix-up at the auction and that he should hold off on killing The Swede. Laskey says it's too late.
We see Price meet the kid who bought the ball on the street. He gives him $20 and walks away with the ball.
Finch tapped Natalie's phone, allowing them to eavesdrop on a call with Price. When she threatens to go home he has to admit that he's a crook. He says he's going to change his ways and has made the final score he needs to change their lives. They agree to meet in an hour.
Quinn meets with Simmons. He makes it clear that he needs to find the ball and suggests using the conman's girlfriend.
Reese and Fusco intercept Price on his way to met Natalie and take the ball, which Fusco examines cursorily and believes to be real. Price gets a call from Terney who says he's got Natalie and if Price doesn't bring him the ball he'll kill her.
Simmons tells Laskey and Terney the plan is to bring Price inside to verify the ball is real, while Laskey watches Natalie. After they verify the ball Natalie will be shot. Price arrives with the ball and Terney brings him in for verification.
Carter and Shaw show up and free Natalie. Carter punches Laskey in the face so it will look like he was jumped by Reese.
Inside the expert tells Terney the ball Price brought is a fake. Price seems shocked and swears to Terney that he has no reason to lie. Reese comes in with Shaw. They shoot two cops and knock Terney out. Price swears to Reese he thought the ball he had was real. Natalie calls Price to tell him she's been conning him the whole time. We see her buy the real ball from the kid for $100.
Terney tells Simmons what happened. Simmons orders him to find Laskey and search the city for the ball. If he doesn't find it, Simmons says they're both dead.
Finch brings Root a new collection of reading material. He tells her that he worries about her and her relationship with the machine. She responds that she's worried about him and tells him neither of them can "stop what's coming." She thinks the "future" that he started in on its way and she'll be the one to finish it.
While Laskey shows Carter his work for the day Terney shows up with gun drawn. He tells Laskey the only choice is "we kill her or they kill us." Laskey pulls his gun to defend Carter and Terney shoots him. Carter draws as well and mortally wounds Terney. As he bleeds out Carter asks him to "be a cop" and tell her who Simmons reported to. Moments before dying he places a bloody finger on a picture of Quinn.
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