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>> ROBOT VOICE:
Previously on Modern Rogue.
>> Wait, no, he's doing
this for me for Modern Rogue
then it's almost certainly in here, right?
♪ [brooding music]
[sniffing]
Why--smell me?
>> Yeah--no... he smelled it.
Yeah-no, he did.
>> God dammit. [laugh]
[chime rings out]
So almost certainly the
message is in the knots.
My frustration was that I
kept seeing numbers that were
♪ [slow samba music]
starting with zero which made no sense,
but of course the answer was,
I was doing everything backwards.
Okay, so I'm going to assume
these are coordinates.
>> You're putting the whole plan up there‽
>> BRIAN: Oh... this is amazing!
Oh, you've outdone yourself, Murphy.
My goodness!
We got ourselves more coordinates.
♪ [samba echos out]
[electrical pop]
[gentle vinyl static]
[rising chime]
So the coordinates look like
they're along the river.
[blips in time with the red rings]
Everything else so far
has been of some kind
of storied significance
looking at this if I was going
to guess out of the blue,
I would guess to look at the fox hole,
where Whiskey and Tango live.
We assume they do, we don't know.
[light chuckle]
But also that has me
possibly sticking my hand in
a fox borough,
which makes me nervous.
♪ [upbeat music]
♪ ♪
All right, so it says
it's in this area close.
♪ ♪
Maybe a little bit up the creek?
♪ ♪
I guess maybe just a little bit up here?
[gasp]
Oh you sassy mother[bleep].
That is definitely one of the fake rocks
we made for the dead drop.
Please be right, please be right.
[exclaiming and laughter]
[exclaiming and laughter]
[victorious piano chord]
Oh, that's great!
Oh that's fantastic.
[giddy laughter]
Oh yes!
Another video.
Oh that was well played, sir.
All right, not that I
don't love authenticity.
But if we're going to sit
in a literal cloud of bugs,
then I think I could get the next clue
in a more comfortable
part of the property.
♪ ♪
So if we're on clue number five now,
I've got to think we're coming up
to using that one time pad sometime soon.
♪ ♪
All right, here we go.
♪ [music gradually fades away]
♪ [soft synth chord]
[ding]
>> Friends,
rogues,
fellow super villains...
lend me--
[chirping data transmission]
>> God dammit.
[continued chirping data transmission]
Like, at first I thought it was a bit,
and then I realized
it went a bit long for a bit,
which we're not above
but it then goes so long...
But it's like,
this is the worst
Andy Kaufman-esque bit ever.
[light laughter]
Or that this is some kind of
slow scan television thing.
[still chirping]
Also, I'm convinced there's a clue
[chirping finally stops]
in the "Friends, rogues, countrymen" thing.
>> Give unto Caesar, what is Caesar's.
>> There it is!
Yeah, Caesar reference.
[bing-bong chime]
Okay, this has something
to do with the coin.
Okay, okay, okay.
Uh, all right.
So what do we got?
We got a signal
that is almost certainly
slow scan television
that I have to decode.
Boy, wouldn't that be great
if I just lost the coin.
[laughter]
And then we couldn't finish it.
Ah! There we go.
Okay, so some kind of reference
rendering under Caesar
unto Caesar what is Caesar's.
It's got "IX" on one side.
And it says... "Vin
[exhales]
"Finn..ctus?"
Or if that's a space,
maybe five--
Oh! Five cents!
Maybe it's uh, cintus. C-I-N-T-U-S.
Let's let's figure out
what's on that code.
I'm going to grab a slow scan TV app.
We did that one episode where
we learned that slow scan TV
is the method that like the Voyager probe
used to send photos back to Earth,
and we've dropped some
codes using that before.
[chirping data transmission]
[barely audible]
>> Give unto Caesar, what is Caesar's.
[bing-bong chime]
All right, so stop.
If I adjust the skew...
No?
Maybe the phase?
No.
So it must be a different
codec than Scotty S1.
One more time I'm going to try
auto-detecting, and I'll manually start it
which maybe will make it help.
[barely audible]
>> JASON: Lend me--
[chirping data transmission]
>> So I can see what looks like some kind of
looks like some kind of
text written on there.
But it looks like I definitely
have the wrong codec so
probably the highest number MR one.
Skew... god it looks like
it's almost something there, doesn't it?
[excited]
Ooh, that one looks very close.
Oh, I think we've
got something!
[exhale]
Oh man, I could almost see it.
Black and white 36 seconds...
[chirping data transmission]
I'm going to start it over again,
because look at that.
Weirdly, the closer you get to the
microphone, the more messed up
and noisy it gets.
So I'm going to stop it
and then I'm going to back this up.
>> JASON: Lend me--
[chirping data transmission]
>> So it looks like the beginning.
I-N-A-X-W-X-N
I-N-A-X-C-Q-A-N-N
It's not like a ham...
handle, is it?
W-R-W-N
B-N-E-N-W
[ominous churning]
O-R-E-N-C-F-X
I-N-A-X-O-X-D-A
So what does that have to do
with a five cent
in Latin piece that says
either 11 or 9?
Cinctus?
Does "cinctus" mean "cents?"
Let me see.
[scoffs]
Uh, there's a spider.
[laugh]
Maybe it's a V instead of a U?
It really looks like a U.
So, as Instead of an S at the end,
that could be some decorations.
Oh, it's cinctv's twitch channel.
That's what we're talking about.
V eight?
You wouldn't have a
Arabic numeral in there.
♪ ♪
Yeah, I'm no longer convinced that those are--
that's an S at the end.
I think that matches the decoration
on the other side.
Unless it's S-U-E...?
First second declension participle.
Uh--ready prepared, having been readied,
succinct, concise,
but that's with two Cs.
>> JASON: Give unto Caesar, what is Caesar's.
>> Okay, so I'm going to guess I have to
deliver this somewhere, but
S-U...
[straining]
that's either a--wouldn't make sense as a B.
Unless, let me look
up my Roman numerals.
L-C-D-M
I don't see anything past that
that would justify a
a B or an N.
So I'm going to bail on numbers.
What if it is a B?
S-V-B
C-I-N-C-T-U-S
Sub-cintas, subcinctus
Latin autocompletes.
"Subcinctus," I could see that.
♪ ♪
Shift.
♪ ♪
So if we're keeping to one piece
of the puzzle to each puzzle
then I'm going to
disregard the one time pad
and that message,
because we have a message,
it just needs to be shifted...
over, so this could be a
letter substitution cypher
where we shift... so great,
okay, so all I've got to do
is type in C-Q-A-N-N space
I-N-A-X space, nope.
Autocorrect is a real punch
in the gut on this one.
These have to be numbers in two phrases
because they're going to be
more coordinates, aren't they?
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight.
Eight digits,
just like all the previous ones.
So this is eventually going
to be a number.
I-N-A-X,
got it, got it.
O-X-D-A,
O-X-D-A.
So we know it is
coordinates is where we want to end up.
Oh my gosh, I think we might be able
to solve it without this.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, it's definitely
in plain English because
the first two digits are
going to be three zero
just like all the others.
So C-Q-A-N-N has to be T-H-R-E-E,
I-N-A-X has to be Z-E-R-O.
It's taking a long time to solve.
I don't think that it
merits this much time
for computer processing power to solve this.
Perfect.
Perfect, perfect, perfect.
Okay, let me punch in new coordinates!
[victorious piano chord]
I'm onto you!
I got you TMZ Cobra!
The M stands for mosquitoes
and you're a real [bleep]hole.
Wow! It's way out on the
edge of the property.
Oh my god,
I think I know exactly where it is.
[exhale]
Wow, wow! This is it!
This is the last part, right?
We're on the last puzzle?
I think we've solved everything
except for the one time pad.
We've used everything.
We've got the radio and the one time pad.
Okay, let's go find out.
We've got a hike.
So from the satellite,
it looked like it was on the very
very back of the property
on the very edge,
where I know we found some
like weird-ass stone circles,
and the kids started building
a little tree fort.
So I wouldn't be surprised
if that's where he was thinking.
♪ [light, airy beat]
♪ ♪
And it looks like it's just
down this way, up the ridge.
So there's two paths up.
That one I think takes
us too far off course.
♪ ♪
[excited]
I think I see a message!
[triumphant]
Yeah!
♪ ♪
All right, whoops.
I'm going to guess
there's one more message.
I cannot believe
that he went to so much lengths,
that's amazing.
♪ [soft synth chord]
[ding]
>> You down with OTP‽
[a sigh from off camera]
>> One time pad?
>> Come on that's when you say the--
>> WOMAN (off screen):
Uh, I am not going to do it.
>> That's when you--
that's when you say the thing.
>> WOMAN: I know.
>> I'm going to try--
I'm going to cue you again.
I'm going to cue you.
Brian!
You down with OTP‽
That's you.
[reluctantly]
>> WOMAN: Yeah, you know me.
>> There it is. Could you, like you?
[disaffected]
>> WOMAN: Yeah, you know me.
>> Never mind.
[overly enthusiastic]
>> WOMAN: Yeah, you know me!
>> Okay no, you don't, no.
[bing-bong chime]
[laughter]
Okay, so... well shoot,
that doesn't give me
much to go on outside of
what do I have?
I've got the one time pad
which I've had since the beginning.
What new thing did I get
since coming over here?
♪ ♪
Let me see what I got.
Unless,
if this is the last puzzle
maybe there's something...
maybe this gets used?
♪ [music fades out]
[quiet indistinct voice]
[incredulous]
You're [bleep] kidding me.
[laughter]
Yes!
Okay, okay, so all [stutters]--
this isn't the message.
Listen to this, listen to this.
>> WOMAN: Oscar.
[tapping]
[light, subtle static]
[gentle chime]
There's the sound.
>> WOMAN: Seven.
Yankee.
[ethereal churn]
[elongated unnatural murmur]
Romeo.
Foxtrot.
>> Okay,
>> WOMAN: Three.
>> so that means I don't
have a message I have the key.
And this is the actual message,
because I was thinking
that was going to be a
long-ass message to translate.
Oh, that's so good!
That's so good.
>> WOMAN: Bravo.
>> Okay, all right.
Let's get to work.
All right, I'll wait for the tone.
[paper rustling]
Seven.
Yankee.
Romeo.
Foxtrot.
Three.
All right, I think I got all those right.
Shoot, okay, so then if
this becomes the key,
then that means we start with E,
and go down to E.
We go to seven,
and then up, we get three,
which is always the first
digit of the next location!
Oh I got this.
Then we go down to eight,
and then we go over to Y.
Which means zero,
30 point there we go.
Yeah, P.
Go over to O.
Oh my god, this has got to be
the last of the coordinates.
[laugh]
What a freaking day.
Dead center
in the middle of the pond?
Ah that's gross!
That's where all the mosquitoes are.
Typical TMZ Cobra move.
[victorious piano chord]
All right, gents, last stop.
We have to save the president!
Not going to lie, a tiny part
of me was totally hoping to see
standing on a rock,
Jason Murphy breaking quarantine.
I can't believe we were just by here.
Is this the the prank is
the whole day so I can
stay at a bog.
[upbeat music]
Maybe the GPS is a bit off
and there's something
underneath one of these benches.
Cause so far he's been good about having
a real story to every
place that we've been.
Nothing seems to have been
just random or useless so
unless the joke was to get
me to stand in bog water
maybe here
there is an X.
Am I just supposed to sit here?
I'm sitting on your spots.
I bet you can hear me.
Murphy, are you here?
I mean, this is definitely
close enough to the
spot on the coordinates.
And none of us put that x there.
Spyglass,
A lot pick.
The one time pad, that is rope.
There is nothing in
the message to indicate
what to do next.
So maybe there's something
I'm missing around here.
But that's definitely X marks the spot.
This extra piece of tape confuses me.
Makes me wonder if
something was taped
underneath that fell off.
Where am I supposed to
go, if this is the spot?
Is anything indicating
a direction to look?
What if that motherf was
wearing a ghillie suit?
I think I broke a computer.
Seems fine.
Pretty much.
This is how extreme I
suspect him of being.
I looked up to the water tower
to see if he was flashing
me like a signal message.
Okay, almost certainly
there's something I'm supposed
to see from right here.
This is agonizing.
I guess the other side
could be that X marks the spot
and maybe I'm not seeing it on the bench.
I haven't physically looked underneath.
Could it be buried?
Maybe there's another dead drop spike.
He also hasn't repeated himself.
Wait, yes.
You mother [bleep]
[Laugh]
You son of a [bleep]
God damn it yes,
it was here from the beginning
Hold on.
Yes there it is.
Evidence of President
Kardashian of the aliens.
President Kardashian with
an I love child shirt.
Changeling changeling I'd like to destroy.
Item TZM 3097 specimen class
Cinderella invasive.
This is amazing, yes.
[laugh]
>> You poor fool.
How pitiful you are lying
there in your own tears
your mind torn asunder by my diabolical
enigmas you must feel so
Wait you feeling yourself
No.
>> I was just thinking like
who's supposed to be seeing this?
If not the guy that solved everything.
>> Serious, for real fine.
[laugh]
I'm starting over,
next time, crash word.
[laugh]
[Lion's roar]
>> My God.
What a total blast that was,
Can I got to a call Jason
and congratulate him?
That was freaking amazing
call Jason Murphy.
>> JASON: Mister Brushwood
>> I did it.
President Kardashian
secrets are safe with me.
No association of lizard
people will ever make
it to your foul establishment.
>> No.
[laugh]
>> Holy cow.
Dude, that was was unbelievable.
It was so perfect It was amazing.
>> JASON: I am so glad
It took us, we did the mastering it's like
have we been working on
this for a month now.
[laugh]
>> We certainly have had the
time over the last month.
It was epic man.
And the story beats are amazing.
And you yes, I did smell that dumb rope.
That was it was great.
>> JASON: [laugh] great, the whole
thing with the smell I didn't know
if it was going to play
because originally we
had heard it was supposed
to be a cigar tube.
>> Got it.
>> And so it was call back
but then it just ended
up being a snowy joke.
>> I'm not going to lie.
When I sat down on the bench
I spent like that was the
hardest one of all because
I was convinced that there
was something besides
just look harder at the bench,
and I sat there at the bench,
and I shouted out at you
convinced that you were in
a ghillie suit somewhere on property,
going to jump out [laugh].
>> I considered it, really did.
>> Then I decided no,
no, he won't be there.
But maybe Grant is.
[laughs]
Dude, that was epic and amazing.
What an incredible experience.
What an incredible day.
You are a champion among men, sir.
>> JASON: I'm so glad you
liked it couldn't have done it
without Alison's help,
without John's help,
without Corey calling and
checking little things
and just little tiny
things that I missed, but
I'm just really glad nothing went awry.
>> Dude everything worked and
they were definite like
full on magic tricks.
Am like, I don't know where
he would put a transmitter
for the radio stuff.
That kind of stuff.
>> JASON: Yeah I think recorded
it went out and activated.
>> That's great.
That's awesome because it
had to be at the right time.
>> Yeah, cause it was
we charged up the
batteries and everything,
but it had a sleep thing
of like, 200 minutes.
I'm like, man, so I was like,
Okay, well, this could he
could get stuck on something.
And so it might take longer,
maybe they'll break it up into two days
or something like that.
>> Yeah, the whole experience
ended up being almost
five hours for me they we took
a little break in the middle,
but it was a tasty big adventure man.
>> JASON: Wow good, I
wanted to make stuff like
hard but not like frustrating.
>> Yeah, it was ideal.
>> JASON: Great, I'm so glad you had fun.
It's just such a huge
weight off my shoulders.
>> All right, let's--
>> I hope it doesn't fall apart
>> Now you realize like
you've you've upped the ante.
And now I got to figure
out how to repay the favor.
>> JASON: We got the
makings for another one.
I mean too soon, right.
But when the time comes,
>> Hells yeah.
>> JASON: We can plan for another
>> Awesome all right, man.
We'll catch you later
yeah, you did it, hurrah.
>> JASON: Awesome congratulations,
and thank you for playing along, man.
>> All right, see you.
>> Talk to you later
>> See ya [laugh]
That was amazing.
>> All right, Brian, you got to pick one.
Do you want to save time?
Or do you want to save money?
>> No, I refuse false
dichotomy post economy.
I want both, I want to
somehow be able to save time
and money and I want to spare
myself the eye melting tedium
of doing something I hate.
For example, hold on insurance.
Shopping for insurance sucks,
totally sucks
because you got one type of coverage.
And all you want to do
is find a better price.
So you look around and you
see a bunch of advertisements
that say a different price.
And then you get halfway
into it, you realise
that's not the same
type of coverage at all.
I want real apples to apples comparisons,
and I want someone else
to do all the hard work.
Solve that one.
Einstein Rosen bridge
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And if you end up buying through them,
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>> Nice try Professor Autobahn Car Sales.
I'll bet there's some
kind of secret catch.
What do they put out some
kind of secret spam list?
Get a bunch of robo calls or something?
>> Shut up, Brian.
[laugh]
No, they don't do that.
They don't do that, they
don't put you on any list.
And it's free to check all those prices.
>> Well, it probably takes forever.
It's probably too complicated.
I ain't got time for that.
>> Yeah, let me show you.
I went to gabi.com, that's G-A-B-I.com
and did an apples to apples comparison
and in no time I found a
deal that was literally $800
less per year than I'm paying.
>> Basically we're saying
go to gabby.com slash rogue.
Sign up and then tell us how
much money you're saving.
>> Yeah, listen to Professor
Vaughn insurance sales.
Whatever they call me
Just listen to him
>> Professor modern insurance
>> According to Science,
gabi.com slash rogue is the best.
>> ROBOT VOICE: I remember
TZM 3097 specimen class
Cinderella invasive zeta protocols
specimen TZM three zero
nine seven has proven
resistant to russet-based attacks.
Unlike with specimen TZM
redacted which displayed a
particular weakness to both
copper-plated zinc payloads
and Nightshade projectiles,
the outer carapace of
TZM three zero nine
seven has been resistant
to most attempts at disposal.
No current deterrent exists at this time,
TZM operatives are
advised to employ a level
of seven anti-infection procedure
redacted, he recommends maintaining
a minimal distance of
thirty meters from specimen.
If level seven execution is compromised,
the redacted team can
deploy a promethus unit for
full sanitization unitested
Specimen TZM 3097 is an
invasive species resembling
Cucurbita maxima.
They are approximately 30 to
38 centimeters in diameter
and can weigh 15 to 35 pounds.
90% of the mass is often
the mottled outer carapace,
suspected to be secondary
offspring deposits that may hatch
and developed into root tube.
The outer carapace is
in actuality a rugged,
amniotic sac protecting
the liquid fungal payload.
The amniotic fluid within exhibits
individual cellular sentiments.
See prometheus unit for
recommended response.
Each specimen displays
behavior indicating it operates
as an extension of the redacted
collective intelligence.
Low grade persistent telepathic
attacks from each of the
specimen have proven to be
effective at a range of 25 meters
using disability the specimen
in attempts to coerce
intelligent creatures into ingesting
the amniotic fungal payload.
Once the target creature
consumes the fluid within
transformation into rejected
is both complete and immediate.
TZM has inserted Caspian
class operative codenamed,
Cobra, operative currently
exhibiting degradation
of mental faculties.
Repeated exposure to
the telepathic abilities
of TZM 3097 is suspected.
Redacted days is monitoring
cobra's performance.
