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11. Sacrifice

After an independent computer researcher with a contract with the Defense Department is found murdered, Don and his team are called in to find out who is responsible. After Don recruits Charlie to decode the murder victim's cryptic computer data, Charlie uncovers he was working on a secret and potentially damaging project, forcing Charlie to question the impact of his own life's work.

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A researcher is murdered in his home, and Charlie must reconstruct data erased from his computer while Don investigates possible suspects. Guest stars include Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Corey Stoll, Bruce Davison, and Elizabeth Dennehy. David Krumholtz and Joseph Gordon-Levitt co-starred in the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You. Final appearance of: Sabrina Lloyd as Terry Lake Mathematics used: Sabermetrics and econometrics; bathythermograph; Van Eck phreaking

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