Okay, New Plan

The Truth

A specialized heist crew attempts to steal endangered Tarsiers from a compound in the Philippines, but the mission rapidly disintegrates due

Key takeaways

• The heist involves stealing a bonded pair of Tarsiers for a wealthy buyer.
• Gopher is experiencing a domestic breakdown involving his wife Sarah and daughter Haley.

Main topics

• Criminal heist dynamics
• Moral dilemmas in crime

Notable quotes

You can't really pause a heist. It's not like there's time out.

Conclusion

The episode demonstrates how personal morality and external pressures

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:00) This episode of The Truth includes strong language. The Truth. Speaker 2 (0:05) How long have we known each other? Speaker 4 (0:08) Known each other? Speaker 2 (0:09) Yeah, you and me. How long have we... Well, we don't Speaker 4 (0:11) really know each other. I've never seen your face. Okay, Speaker 2 (0:13) how long have we worked together? Speaker 6 (0:15) Is Speaker 2 (0:21) it okay for you to be talking, Cufflinks? Speaker 6 (0:23) Yeah, it's just me and the jackpot. Speaker 2 (0:27) Okay, 10 years go for almost 11. You think in that time I don't expect my people to ever have a bad day? Speaker 4 (0:33) Yes, Speaker 2 (0:34) I'm not one of those bosses who says your job should be like a family. Your family is your family. Speaker 4 (0:39) But Speaker 2 (0:39) I do think that we are a team. And, you know, over the course of 11 years, every team has its rough spots. Speaker 3 (0:47) Five years for me. Don't forget, I'm the apple-cheeked newbie. Not Speaker 2 (0:50) now, spoof. Was Speaker 3 (0:51) I interrupting? Hey, my bad. I just thought someone should jump in and say what the hell is going on. Just Speaker 2 (0:56) give me a minute, okay? Speaker 3 (0:57) Yeah, we're kind of short on minutes here. Is it the duct, Gopher? Was it too narrow? Interface port on the panel? Wait, is our intel bad? Oh, it's Speaker 4 (1:10) compatible with the worm? Speaker 5 (1:13) Maestro, it's footwork. I'm approaching the rear fence now. Speaker 2 (1:15) Hold your position, footwork. I'm handling something. So, what's the problem? Say again, Gopher? Speaker 2 (1:27) You're too sad? Speaker 3 (1:28) Is this a pause, maestro? Are we pausing the gig? Yeah, you can't really pause a heist. It's not like there's time out. Nothing's Speaker 2 (1:34) pausing. We're taking the jackpot. We're getting out clean, and we're getting rich. Everyone stick to the plan. Speaker 1 (1:42) What am I doing with my life? Years of quiet dissatisfaction have built to a breaking point. It's as if my body won't allow me to take one more step down a path I know is slowly killing me. But I can't control when I reach that point, or where I am, or what I might be right in the middle of doing. This is The Truth. I'm Jonathan Mitchell. And this is a story about self-knowledge arriving at the least convenient moment. Speaker 1 (2:13) The Truth is an independent production. You can support our show, hear interviews with writers, and listen to every episode ad-free by becoming a subscriber. Go to thetruthpodcast.supportingcast.fm. There's also a link in the show notes. Subscribing to our show helps us make more stories. thetruthpodcast.supportingcast.fm. And now back to Okay, New Plan. Speaker 2 (2:37) All right, here we go. Okay, footwork. You said you're at the rear fence. Yeah, Speaker 5 (2:41) I can see the patrol now. Speaker 5 (2:44) Are Speaker 2 (2:44) your eyes on the rear terminal? Speaker 5 (2:47) And Speaker 2 (2:48) you are in possession of both Worm 2 and your mask for when you rendezvous with Cufflinks? Speaker 3 (2:54) Okay, Maestro, that's all great, but Worm 2 doesn't give me access to the alarms and sprinklers. That's all on Gopher. Speaker 2 (3:00) Gopher's fine. Speaker 6 (3:02) Okay, Speaker 2 (3:03) can everyone please just let me run this meeting? Cufflinks, are you still alone? Speaker 6 (3:08) And the Speaker 2 (3:11) jackpot, are they okay? Speaker 6 (3:21) If Gopher's having some kind of meltdown... Speaker 2 (3:22) Nobody's having a meltdown. Stay focused. What's our timetable? Call Speaker 6 (3:28) the phone on the wall when the mark's ready for me to bring the jackpot to him, guessing in the next 10, 12 minutes. Then I put them in the carrier and theoretically run them out the back door to footwork, but... And Speaker 2 (3:39) you have your mask for that? Speaker 6 (3:41) Yes, no distractions to cover my escape. Sorry? By the pot, you mean the monkeys. Speaker 2 (3:48) Gopher, I'm going to get right back to you. Just give Speaker 6 (3:51) me a... Speaker 2 (3:51) Technically, they Speaker 6 (3:51) aren't Speaker 4 (3:52) monkeys. They are primates, yes. Speaker 4 (3:55) what you mean when you say the jackpot. You mean the two animals that we're stealing. Speaker 3 (3:59) Yeah, Gopher, sometimes jackpot means multiple things like several jewels or many hundred dollar bills. Oh Speaker 2 (4:05) my God, spoof not helping. Speaker 3 (4:06) Okay, well, what would help? Because we need worm one in that terminal ASAP, and if Gopher won't do it... You'll Speaker 2 (4:12) crawl Speaker 3 (4:12) through Speaker 2 (4:12) 200 yards of utility duct and do it yourself? Speaker 3 (4:14) Okay, no, but... Then let Speaker 2 (4:16) me work. Okay, Gopher, let's talk for a minute. Just you and me. Speaker 2 (4:22) Remember, when I built this team from the ground up, I was looking for talent, yes, but not just talent. I was looking for teammates who would support each other. You support Cufflinks and Footwork and Spoof, and they support you, right? Speaker 5 (4:39) Okay, Cuffs, what's Speaker 2 (4:40) her Speaker 5 (4:40) window? Speaker 2 (4:41) Better move your ass, Footwork. Let me know when you're at the terminal. So, this is one of those times, Gopher. Cufflinks needs your support right now. Speaker 6 (4:54) Because Speaker 2 (4:54) without a distraction to cover his escape with the jackpot, the Tarsiers, I should say. You're leaving your co-worker of 11 years at the mercy of people who would kill him if they found out who he is and why he's really there, right? Speaker 5 (5:10) Get Speaker 2 (5:11) those doors open, Spoof, fast as you can. Speaker 4 (5:16) What? Speaker 4 (5:21) Are Speaker 3 (5:21) we all saying it like that? There's an R at the end. You know Speaker 2 (5:26) why he's there. Speaker 4 (5:27) For the Speaker 2 (5:28) job. Go for the very dangerous job, which I would remind you, we're right in the middle of. Speaker 4 (5:34) Okay, Speaker 2 (5:34) wow. Gopher, I am trying to be here for you. I really am. But I don't actually have the bandwidth for a Socratic dialogue. Who Speaker 5 (5:42) is Sarah? Speaker 2 (5:56) Okay, guys, our policy of personal and professional separation exists for a reason. Yeah, Speaker 6 (6:02) it's been 11 years, Maestro, so we know Gopher's wife's name. Wait, what's going on with Sarah? Did you guys have a... They're Speaker 4 (6:07) gonna die, right, cufflinks? Speaker 3 (6:09) Who? Speaker 4 (6:10) The Speaker 3 (6:10) Tarsiers. Holy shit, I hadn't Googled Tarsiers before. These things are freaky. Speaker 2 (6:16) Focus on the hack, spoof. Speaker 3 (6:17) Relax, it's in another tab. Speaker 6 (6:19) Yeah, Gopher, if we don't get them out of here, they are going to die. Even Speaker 4 (6:22) if we... Right? They'll still die, no matter what. I mean... Guys, Speaker 5 (6:29) guys, I've got a situation. The patrol's back. Do they Speaker 2 (6:31) have eyes on you? Speaker 5 (6:32) Affirmative. All four of them. Speaker 3 (6:34) Almost got the doors open, Maestro. Speaker 2 (6:36) No, no good. They've seen her. We have to take them out. Speaker 5 (6:38) I can't