- Wesley Kent's microchip firm's head researcher Joseph Hayes is murdered by poisonous overdose, presumably on account of his revolutionary invention. The duo goes undercover, but due to his major, Peter now gets the cushy alias of pampered rating agency accountancy expert. Neal joins the competitive junior executives in a cubicle, but gathers no less information there. After Mozzie discovers Peter has the music-box, he must accept to continue the Kate investigation officially, with a stuck-up FBI agent as equally unamused partner.—KGF Vissers
- Neal and Peter must go undercover into the world of corporate espionage after a tech company's head researcher is murdered. While the CEO claims a competitor is to blame, signs indicate that an internal spy may be responsible so it's up to the guys to figure out who the killer is before its too late.—USA Publicity
- Open with the department investigating the murder of Joseph Hayes, a leader designer for a tech company. He was known to be working on a highly valuable processor prototype which he was carrying when he was killed. The company was shopping the device to a number of contractors and was in a very competitive field. The company's CEO, Wesley Kent (Griffin Dunne), has been giving false statements about his recent activity so the plan is for Burke (Tim DeKay) to pretend to be the man performing an already scheduled audit.
As Burke prepares for his trip, he tells Neal (Matt Bomer) he had been recruited by financial companies when he was younger. Neal says he could have a much different life if he had taken a that path. Burke will be in a suite at a four-star hotel. Burke knows Neal is working on finding Fowler and he wants Diana (Marsha Thomason) to help Mozzie (Willie Garson).
Burke meets Kent and is given a huge fancy office in which to work.
Diana and Mozzie aren't excited about working together to find Fowler.
Burke allows Jones (Sharif Atkins) remote access to the company's servers and he is quickly able to download some of its records.
Burke calls Elizabeth (Tiffani Thiessen) to brag about his accommodations. Neal arrives in the suite and tells Burke there were multiple failed password attempts on Hayes' computer the day he died. Burke thinks they should look at junior execs and suggests he get Neal hired as a marketing friend of his.
Neal makes small-talk with some of the young bucks at the company and feeds them some lies about his marketing background. He gets himself invited to dinner, and an exec named Trent brags about how they are fond of playing "credit card roulette" when they go out. Purposely run-up a big bill and toss everyone's card into a hat with one person having to pay.
Burke calls Neal up to his office. Neal tells Burke about dinner and Burke thinks he should start a rumor Burke is looking into Hayes' records.
At dinner Neal is told Kent likes the high life and expensive Armagnac. Neal brings up Hayes, says he heard he was murdered and mentions Burke has been looking at all of their files. Trent looks white as a ghost. The $2,000 bill comes and everyone throws their cards into Neal's hat. He uses some slight of hand to ensure Trent's is the one picked.
Neal wanders to Burke's office and finds one of the female execs, Jessica (Nicole Steinwedell), snooping around. She tells Neal she doesn't like anyone looking into her life. They both suspect something is fishy with the other.
Neal shows up at Burke's suite that night with Jessica's file. She's been there 14 months, which means she could have been sent by a competitor company. Since Hayes died, Jesssica has been sending a lot of mail to a PO Box in White Plains. Burke gets a note inviting him to dinner with Kent.
Mozzie and Diana exchange their initial finding regarding Fowler. Neither has anything of substance.
Neal sneaks into Jessica's office when she steps away. He sprays a letter bound for White Plains and finds it contains info regarding Hayes. Jessica returns and notices her things have been disturbed.
Neal tells Burke that Jessica has been putting together a file on Hayes, looking into his travel arrangements.
Neal meets with Mozzie, who tells him he spotted a piece of sheet music in Diana's bag, possibly related to the music box. Both notice essica has been tailing Neal for several blocks.
On his way back to the office, Neal corners Jessica in a dark garage area. She immediately pulls a gun on him and he tells her he is with the FBI. She says she is trying to find who killed Kent herself.
Burke brings Jessica into the bureau for questioning. The gun was Hayes' and she says she had been seeing Hayes. The day before he died he told her someone was following him. Apparently, Kent has been taking suspicious trips and destroying documents. Jessica had been trying to get into his office, which Neal now seems to want to attempt.
The FBI has a scanner they can place on Kent's shredder, but his office is incredibly difficult to break into. One of the security measures is voice activated, involving Kent himself saying a Latin phrase. Burke will attempt to record him saying the phrase at dinner.
With a recorder in his jacket pocket, Burke sits with Kent. Kent offers him a job. They discuss Kent working on something big which will set-up his entire company for life and Burke cleverly gets him to say the Latin phrase.
Using a stolen keycard and the recording, Neal is able to get into Kent's office. He places the scanner on the shredder and sneaks out.
Jessica tells Neal the chemical used to kill Hayes was a particularly cruel poison. She hints simply arresting Kent won't be enough for her.
The scanner reveals Kent is in possession of Hayes' prototype. Based on other documents found, it appears Kent is planning to sell the technology to another government. Hayes didn't want any part of the plan, which is why Kent killed him. Kent made it look like a competitor killed Hayes. Burke wants to use Jessica, potentially knowing something about Kent's plan, as bait. Burke is aware Jessica might have revenge on her mind. With Fowler on his mind, Neal seems to understand how she feels.
Burke and Kent have an exit meeting. He once again offers Burke a job, but Burke declines. He tells Kent his company is in fine shape and they share a drink.
Mozzie calls Neal and tells him Burke knows Diana has the music box. After this, Neal sees Jessica had Kent's recording in her purse. She admits she sneaked into his office to poison him, using the Armagnac Burke and Kent just shared.
Neal sprints into the building and runs past security, who calls the police. Neal hotwires the elevator and goes up to Kent's floor.
We see the dying Burke talking to the dying Kent about poisoning Hayes. Burke falls to the ground as Neal arrives. Neal takes him into the hallway but Burke won't let him leave without going back for Kent.
Outside both men are in the care of paramedics. Diana cuffs Kent, and Burke reveals Kent has confessed to a federal agent.
Burke tells Neal he's doing fine and talks about having no regrets about his career path, since it allowed him to meet Elizabeth. Neal confronts Burke about knowing he has the music box.
Burke shows Neal the music box. He points out where he thinks a key is missing and Neal promptly pulls it out of his pocket. They both agree "no more secrets" and open the box together as the episode ends.
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