Scene 11
- The students are back at the bar, and the boys are bugging John while he's trying to work. Some girls come in and start giving the mathematicians the eye.
- One girl in particular is checking out John.
- John discusses strategy for how to "win" with the girls (charming, eh?).
- Winning, apparently, means everyone gets laid.
- To that end: instead of going for the single blonde that has caught everyone's eye, John suggests they should all go for different girls in the group—not the blonde.
- Suddenly, John seems to realize something and rushes out, thanking the blonde on the way.
- He seems to have made some breakthrough on the whole "governing dynamics" theory he's been working on.
Scene 12
- John is busily working at his new desk as the seasons change.
Scene 13
- Professor Helinger appears to be reading the product of John's flurry of work.
- Helinger tells John that his work flies in the face of a hundred and fifty years of economic theory.
- Apparently, it's a huge achievement, and now John can get any placement he likes.
- He's going to the Wheeler lab, and he's taking Sol and Bender with him—and not Hansen, his archrival in the program.
Scene 14
- John and his new lab buddies are celebrating and Hansen—the jilted one—walks in. Awkward.
- Phew, it's okay—John hands Hansen a drink, and Hansen accepts with a little toast-let to "governing dynamics."
- It looks like they are frenemies now, instead of just straight-up enemies.
Scene 15
- It's five years later, and John is at the Pentagon representing Wheeler labs.
- They apparently have some code they want him to look at—and it seems to be Russian.
- John stares and stares and stares at it while the other Pentagon types wait around.
- Finally, he says he needs a map. He's figured out the code: they're routing orders into the U.S.
- There's some guy watching them. John asks who "Big Brother" is, but he gets no response.
- Hmm, what's with that?