Eddie continues to build his wealth, hires bodyguards to protect him, and pays a laboratory to try to reverse engineer NZT. Also, the Russian mobster found out about the drug and now he is blackmailing Eddie to get the drug. Eddie aids Van Loon in the merger deal, who promises Eddie $40 million if the deal goes through. Eddie is marked as a suspect in the murder case; he hires a top attorney Morris Brandt (Ned Eisenberg) to help defend him. Worried for his safety, Eddie buys a highly secured penthouse safehouse.
On the day of signing the merger, Atwood's wife shows up instead and announces that Atwood had fallen into a coma. As Eddie and Van Loon escort her back to her car, Eddie recognizes the driver as the man in the tan coat, and realizes that Atwood was trying to get his stash of NZT from Eddie. Later, Eddie is required to participate in a line-up for the murder, while Brandt holds his custom-made jacket. Eddie is not recognized by the witness and is let off as a suspect, but later he discovers that the stash of his NZT in his jacket has gone missing. He realizes that Brandt took the stash from his coat when he sees him on television as Atwood's attorney watch more
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