1 00:00:01,635 --> 00:00:03,304 DISPATCHER: Code Six, body of a dead female 2 00:00:03,371 --> 00:00:05,906 at a construction site off of Hill Street. 3 00:00:05,973 --> 00:00:08,442 REPORTER: No breakthroughs yet in the brutal series of rapes 4 00:00:08,509 --> 00:00:10,178 that have rocked the Southland... 5 00:00:14,848 --> 00:00:16,384 So, who we dealing with here? 6 00:00:16,450 --> 00:00:19,053 It's the first rape victim he's killed. 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:20,088 Her name's Rachel Abbott. 8 00:00:20,154 --> 00:00:21,255 29 years old; waitress. 9 00:00:21,322 --> 00:00:23,457 Roommate filed a missing persons two days ago. 10 00:00:23,524 --> 00:00:25,293 And the new guy's here... 11 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:28,296 the one the new assistant director assigned? 12 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:30,731 Don... David Sinclair. 13 00:00:30,798 --> 00:00:34,235 Homicide says she called her job to report car trouble. 14 00:00:34,302 --> 00:00:35,936 Said she was going to phone Triple-A. 15 00:00:36,003 --> 00:00:37,771 Triple-A has no record of that call. 16 00:00:37,838 --> 00:00:38,906 Here you go, sir. 17 00:00:38,972 --> 00:00:40,674 -Thanks. -No wounds 18 00:00:40,741 --> 00:00:41,709 or ligature marks. 19 00:00:41,775 --> 00:00:42,776 She probably suffocated. 20 00:00:49,016 --> 00:00:49,950 Lividity shows she was dead 21 00:00:50,017 --> 00:00:52,420 when the body was moved here. 22 00:01:15,075 --> 00:01:16,110 TECHNICIAN: The burn was made 23 00:01:16,177 --> 00:01:19,713 with the same implement used on the 12 previous rape victims. 24 00:01:19,780 --> 00:01:20,781 Metal, heated 25 00:01:20,848 --> 00:01:22,716 to 300 degrees and pressed into the skin 26 00:01:22,783 --> 00:01:24,852 for about three seconds. 27 00:01:26,987 --> 00:01:29,990 Rape isn't enough of an assault for this guy? 28 00:01:30,057 --> 00:01:30,991 He has to burn them? 29 00:01:31,058 --> 00:01:32,393 Branding asserts his possession-- 30 00:01:32,460 --> 00:01:33,861 like the women belong to him. 31 00:01:33,927 --> 00:01:34,862 As the psych expert, 32 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:36,264 tell me: after 12 rapes, 33 00:01:36,330 --> 00:01:38,132 why did he decide to kill Rachel Abbott? 34 00:01:38,199 --> 00:01:39,567 Death is permanent possession; 35 00:01:39,633 --> 00:01:41,535 murder the ultimate act of ownership. 36 00:01:41,602 --> 00:01:44,405 The violence has escalated with each attack. 37 00:01:44,472 --> 00:01:45,873 He's been working up 38 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:46,674 to this. 39 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:48,709 MAN: He used something to cover her face, 40 00:01:48,776 --> 00:01:51,512 causing asphyxiation. 41 00:01:51,579 --> 00:01:53,581 Like duct tape... or a bag? 42 00:01:53,647 --> 00:01:54,515 No tape marks, 43 00:01:54,582 --> 00:01:57,017 so I'd say an airtight substance, 44 00:01:57,084 --> 00:01:58,352 maybe a plastic bag. 45 00:01:58,419 --> 00:01:59,887 The marks on her wrists 46 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:00,921 are from thin gauge rope. 47 00:02:00,988 --> 00:02:05,426 The severe abrasions occurred shortly before death. 48 00:02:05,493 --> 00:02:07,395 She fought harder when she realized 49 00:02:07,461 --> 00:02:08,896 she couldn't breathe. 50 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:09,797 ( phones ringing ) 51 00:02:09,863 --> 00:02:10,764 WOMAN: Federal Bureau of Investigation. 52 00:02:10,831 --> 00:02:12,533 WOMAN 2: I have information about the rapist... 53 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,435 MAN: ...middle school, two miles from where he attacked... 54 00:02:14,502 --> 00:02:15,869 WOMAN: Federal Bureau of Investigation... 55 00:02:15,936 --> 00:02:18,306 REPORTER: Still no leads in the hunt for the L.A. Rapist... 56 00:02:18,372 --> 00:02:19,607 ANCHORMAN: ...brutal series of rapes 57 00:02:19,673 --> 00:02:21,909 -( screaming ) -that have rocked the Southland... 58 00:02:21,975 --> 00:02:25,913 CHARLIE: We all use math every day... every day... 59 00:02:25,979 --> 00:02:28,916 to forecast weather... 60 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:31,452 to tell time... 61 00:02:31,519 --> 00:02:34,455 to handle money... to handle money... 62 00:02:34,522 --> 00:02:36,457 We also use math to analyze crime... 63 00:02:36,524 --> 00:02:37,691 analyze crime... 64 00:02:37,758 --> 00:02:40,694 reveal patterns... reveal patterns... 65 00:02:40,761 --> 00:02:43,297 predict behavior... behavior. 66 00:02:43,364 --> 00:02:46,400 Using numbers, we can solve the biggest mysteries we know. 67 00:02:54,308 --> 00:02:56,043 DON: The dead girl's car-- we need to find it. 68 00:02:56,109 --> 00:02:57,578 If she was attacked where it broke down, 69 00:02:57,645 --> 00:02:59,179 we do have a shot at some forensics. 70 00:02:59,247 --> 00:03:01,114 1981 Honda Civic, 71 00:03:01,181 --> 00:03:02,182 blue. 72 00:03:02,250 --> 00:03:03,851 California plate, 2-B-A-I-triple-2. 73 00:03:03,917 --> 00:03:06,287 All regional agencies are looking for it. 74 00:03:06,354 --> 00:03:08,589 DON: Let's get on that. 75 00:03:08,656 --> 00:03:09,957 Thanks. 76 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:11,559 David, I want you to oversee 77 00:03:11,625 --> 00:03:13,661 -the search for that car. -All right. 78 00:03:13,727 --> 00:03:14,862 Terry... 79 00:03:14,928 --> 00:03:17,731 We need to go talk 80 00:03:17,798 --> 00:03:19,767 to Karen Silber again. 81 00:03:19,833 --> 00:03:22,002 Why Karen Silber? 82 00:03:22,069 --> 00:03:22,870 That's victim number 12. 83 00:03:22,936 --> 00:03:24,938 There were inconsistencies in her statement. 84 00:03:25,005 --> 00:03:25,973 I'll get my stuff. 85 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:27,941 You get on that car. 86 00:03:29,277 --> 00:03:30,444 He'll be talking to Merrick 87 00:03:30,511 --> 00:03:31,612 before we're out of the parking lot. 88 00:03:31,679 --> 00:03:33,146 It's a major case; the Assistant Director 89 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:35,549 needs to know he's getting the facts without spin, so... 90 00:03:35,616 --> 00:03:36,784 Don, in the ten years I've known you, 91 00:03:36,850 --> 00:03:38,218 you've never given anybody spin. 92 00:03:38,286 --> 00:03:40,220 Even when you should have. 93 00:03:40,288 --> 00:03:42,189 I'm just happy for the help. 94 00:03:42,256 --> 00:03:44,358 We can use it. 95 00:03:44,425 --> 00:03:47,295 I'm sorry we have to ask these questions again 96 00:03:47,361 --> 00:03:49,963 but you understand, the case has changed, 97 00:03:50,030 --> 00:03:51,699 right? 98 00:03:52,833 --> 00:03:55,336 Did he talk about having watched you 99 00:03:55,403 --> 00:03:56,770 as if he knew your routine? 100 00:03:56,837 --> 00:03:57,838 He didn't say. 101 00:03:57,905 --> 00:03:59,373 His attitude was like 102 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:00,541 I didn't have an existence 103 00:04:00,608 --> 00:04:03,611 outside of what he was doing to me. 104 00:04:03,677 --> 00:04:05,846 You were just trying to get through each moment. 105 00:04:07,581 --> 00:04:09,850 And I know you couldn't see him... 106 00:04:09,917 --> 00:04:11,785 He taped my eyes shut. 107 00:04:11,852 --> 00:04:14,121 Maybe you remember his hands. 108 00:04:14,187 --> 00:04:15,155 Were they rough? 109 00:04:15,222 --> 00:04:16,189 Were they callused? 110 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:18,959 No, but 111 00:04:19,026 --> 00:04:21,194 they were strong. 112 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:22,195 And cigarettes... 113 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:23,597 His hands smelled like he smoked. 114 00:04:23,664 --> 00:04:27,801 That's something you hadn't told us before. 115 00:04:27,868 --> 00:04:30,538 How about we go over the moments right before it happened, 116 00:04:30,604 --> 00:04:32,105 just to see if we can pin down 117 00:04:32,172 --> 00:04:33,407 the time any better. 118 00:04:33,474 --> 00:04:35,008 I don't remember that part. 119 00:04:35,075 --> 00:04:37,545 I've tried, but I can't. 120 00:04:37,611 --> 00:04:40,314 Please... I'm getting married next month. 121 00:04:40,381 --> 00:04:41,349 My fiancГ©-- 122 00:04:41,415 --> 00:04:43,116 can you imagine how this has been for him? 123 00:04:43,183 --> 00:04:44,418 For both of us? 124 00:04:44,485 --> 00:04:48,489 Karen... help me stop this guy. 125 00:04:51,959 --> 00:04:54,227 The brand... 126 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:56,430 the four crosses... 127 00:04:56,497 --> 00:04:58,699 Did he say anything 128 00:04:58,766 --> 00:05:01,168 that would indicate its significance 129 00:05:01,234 --> 00:05:03,604 -or meaning? -No. 130 00:05:06,407 --> 00:05:09,577 Look, if I knew anything that would help, 131 00:05:09,643 --> 00:05:11,779 don't you think I'd tell you? 132 00:05:22,122 --> 00:05:23,023 ( clearing throat ) 133 00:05:23,090 --> 00:05:23,891 Director Merrick... 134 00:05:23,957 --> 00:05:26,326 Agent Sinclair's catching me up on the case. 135 00:05:26,394 --> 00:05:27,395 Sure. 136 00:05:27,461 --> 00:05:28,596 You get anything from Karen Silber? 137 00:05:28,662 --> 00:05:30,698 Eh, she's still holding something back, 138 00:05:30,764 --> 00:05:32,332 but we're working on her. 139 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,134 What about these tips? 140 00:05:34,201 --> 00:05:35,536 There's over 20,000 calls and e-mails. 141 00:05:35,603 --> 00:05:36,837 We're halfway through, get another 200 142 00:05:36,904 --> 00:05:39,072 -every day. -What about finding the car? 143 00:05:41,475 --> 00:05:43,343 We're on it. 144 00:05:43,411 --> 00:05:45,613 Good. 145 00:05:48,549 --> 00:05:50,651 Got anything? 146 00:05:57,425 --> 00:05:58,526 Merrick's just threatened by you 147 00:05:58,592 --> 00:05:59,760 because you ran your own office. 148 00:05:59,827 --> 00:06:02,496 He needs to feel like he's contributing ideas. 149 00:06:02,563 --> 00:06:03,664 He's doing his job, 150 00:06:03,731 --> 00:06:06,233 making sure I haven't missed anything. 151 00:06:06,299 --> 00:06:07,034 Have I missed anything? 152 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:09,837 No... except several days' worth of sleep. 153 00:06:12,039 --> 00:06:13,273 We got to break some kind of lead on this, 154 00:06:13,340 --> 00:06:15,443 and I have no idea where that's going to come from. 155 00:06:20,313 --> 00:06:22,583 * I know of a place * 156 00:06:22,650 --> 00:06:25,686 * Beyond forever * 157 00:06:25,753 --> 00:06:29,790 * I think that we're on the verge of * 158 00:06:29,857 --> 00:06:33,293 * The future is now * 159 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,863 * We're ready to run * 160 00:06:35,929 --> 00:06:39,933 * Let's break it down, we found it... * 161 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,270 ( driving rock continues ) 162 00:06:43,336 --> 00:06:46,339 ( crowd cheering ) 163 00:06:46,406 --> 00:06:48,476 21.07 seconds, 68.3 miles 164 00:06:48,542 --> 00:06:49,477 per hour. 165 00:06:49,543 --> 00:06:50,911 No one would ever guess 166 00:06:50,978 --> 00:06:52,880 you don't have a driver's license. 167 00:06:52,946 --> 00:06:55,148 MIT and Stanford can't touch that. 168 00:06:55,215 --> 00:06:57,518 Professor Charles Edward Eppes. 169 00:06:57,585 --> 00:07:00,120 It's Larry. Uh, give me a hand. 170 00:07:00,187 --> 00:07:02,756 So this is what distracts you from helping me, 171 00:07:02,823 --> 00:07:04,091 your friend, your colleague, 172 00:07:04,157 --> 00:07:05,659 win the Nobel Prize 173 00:07:05,726 --> 00:07:06,894 for my 11-dimensional supergravity theory? 174 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,562 Well, in a way, this project 175 00:07:08,629 --> 00:07:10,030 is related to your theory. 176 00:07:10,097 --> 00:07:11,665 This go-cart? 177 00:07:11,732 --> 00:07:13,701 CHARLIE: Go-cart?! 178 00:07:13,767 --> 00:07:14,835 This isn't a go-cart. 179 00:07:14,902 --> 00:07:18,271 This is an extreme gravity vehicle. 180 00:07:18,338 --> 00:07:19,807 Its shape 181 00:07:19,873 --> 00:07:21,575 will help inform the next generation 182 00:07:21,642 --> 00:07:23,310 of high-performance automobiles. 183 00:07:23,376 --> 00:07:25,479 Okay, hooray for making things go faster, 184 00:07:25,546 --> 00:07:27,748 but I fail to see how this will provide me 185 00:07:27,815 --> 00:07:29,282 the necessary mathematical breakthroughs I need 186 00:07:29,349 --> 00:07:31,318 to redefine the fabric 187 00:07:31,384 --> 00:07:32,285 of the cosmos. 188 00:07:32,352 --> 00:07:34,421 You know, some physicists do their own math. 189 00:07:34,488 --> 00:07:36,056 Ed Witten, Richard Feynman. 190 00:07:36,123 --> 00:07:36,857 Hurtful. 191 00:07:36,924 --> 00:07:38,458 I actually knew Feynman. 192 00:07:38,526 --> 00:07:39,727 I actually think of him often. 193 00:07:39,793 --> 00:07:40,961 You know, here's a discussion: 194 00:07:41,028 --> 00:07:46,199 Why is it that we remember the past and not the future? 195 00:07:46,266 --> 00:07:47,635 That's a tough one, Larry. 196 00:07:47,701 --> 00:07:49,537 Look, I'll have time on Monday. 197 00:07:49,603 --> 00:07:51,839 I'll run through some equations for you. 198 00:07:51,905 --> 00:07:53,507 MAN: Donny! 199 00:07:53,574 --> 00:07:55,242 Brisket. Must be Friday. 200 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:56,476 What's up? 201 00:07:56,544 --> 00:07:58,145 I didn't have time to drive home. 202 00:07:58,211 --> 00:08:01,048 Can I catch a shower here, maybe borrow a clean shirt? 203 00:08:01,114 --> 00:08:02,215 Yeah, sure, be my guest. 204 00:08:02,282 --> 00:08:04,618 And tell your brother to come down for dinner. 205 00:08:04,685 --> 00:08:06,053 -All right. -You want some? There's plenty. 206 00:08:06,119 --> 00:08:08,155 No, I can't. I got to get back to work. 207 00:08:08,221 --> 00:08:10,157 Hey, what's going on? What are you doing here? 208 00:08:10,223 --> 00:08:11,859 Just making sure you don't take complete 209 00:08:11,925 --> 00:08:13,160 and total advantage of Dad. 210 00:08:13,226 --> 00:08:14,027 Are you kidding? 211 00:08:14,094 --> 00:08:16,196 He wouldn't know what to do without me. 212 00:08:35,082 --> 00:08:37,685 ( sighs ) 213 00:08:41,555 --> 00:08:42,990 Charlie, what do you think you're doing? 214 00:08:43,056 --> 00:08:43,791 Crime scenes... 215 00:08:43,857 --> 00:08:45,058 What kind of crimes? 216 00:08:45,125 --> 00:08:45,759 Get away from here. 217 00:08:45,826 --> 00:08:46,660 These are confidential 218 00:08:46,727 --> 00:08:48,261 case files. 219 00:08:48,328 --> 00:08:49,663 He just looked at the map. 220 00:08:49,730 --> 00:08:50,931 I made sure he didn't 221 00:08:50,998 --> 00:08:52,232 go through anything else. 222 00:08:52,299 --> 00:08:53,200 Good. 223 00:08:53,266 --> 00:08:55,836 13 crime scenes spread over a contained region. 224 00:08:55,903 --> 00:08:56,837 You guys are analyzing 225 00:08:56,904 --> 00:08:58,739 the significance of those locations? 226 00:08:58,806 --> 00:09:00,708 Yeah, it's called predictive analysis. 227 00:09:00,774 --> 00:09:01,775 The FBI pioneered it. 228 00:09:01,842 --> 00:09:03,110 I trained in it at Quantico, 229 00:09:03,176 --> 00:09:05,078 and it doesn't work on sado-serial crimes. 230 00:09:05,145 --> 00:09:07,147 There's no way to predict the location 231 00:09:07,214 --> 00:09:09,750 of the next attack. 232 00:09:09,817 --> 00:09:13,854 You know, I helped you out on that stock fraud mess, 233 00:09:13,921 --> 00:09:16,056 and the IRS extortion case. 234 00:09:16,123 --> 00:09:18,892 Yeah. This is different. It's not about numbers. 235 00:09:18,959 --> 00:09:21,028 Everything is numbers. 236 00:09:30,738 --> 00:09:32,840 Don. Hey. 237 00:09:32,906 --> 00:09:34,908 Um, can I show you something really quick? 238 00:09:34,975 --> 00:09:37,310 -No, Charlie, I got to get... -I know, I know. 239 00:09:37,377 --> 00:09:38,178 I know. Just come with me. 240 00:09:38,245 --> 00:09:39,713 Hear me out. Hear me out. Come here. 241 00:09:39,780 --> 00:09:41,682 Check this out. 242 00:09:41,749 --> 00:09:44,652 You see the sprinkler, yeah? 243 00:09:44,718 --> 00:09:45,853 Yeah, I see the sprinkler. 244 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:46,987 You see the drops? 245 00:09:47,054 --> 00:09:48,588 Yep. See the drops. 246 00:09:48,656 --> 00:09:49,723 Even using math, 247 00:09:49,790 --> 00:09:51,358 there's no practical way 248 00:09:51,424 --> 00:09:52,793 to predict where the next 249 00:09:52,860 --> 00:09:55,195 water drop will land. 250 00:09:57,464 --> 00:10:00,734 There's too many variables. 251 00:10:00,801 --> 00:10:02,870 However, say I couldn't see the sprinkler. 252 00:10:02,936 --> 00:10:04,471 From the pattern of the drops, 253 00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:07,207 I could calculate its precise location. 254 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:14,915 It's not about predicting the next site. 255 00:10:17,217 --> 00:10:21,088 It's finding what the sites have in common. 256 00:10:21,154 --> 00:10:22,155 The point of origin. 257 00:10:22,222 --> 00:10:23,623 Charlie, you're saying you can 258 00:10:23,691 --> 00:10:25,325 tell us where the killer lives? 259 00:10:25,392 --> 00:10:26,894 Yeah. 260 00:10:33,801 --> 00:10:35,703 DON: The movements of a serial perpetrator 261 00:10:35,769 --> 00:10:37,504 are defined by his needs. 262 00:10:37,570 --> 00:10:41,141 He watches potential victims. 263 00:10:42,342 --> 00:10:43,343 Avoiding detection, 264 00:10:43,410 --> 00:10:45,913 he'll frequent public areas, parks, 265 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:48,749 streets that don't get a lot of traffic, 266 00:10:48,816 --> 00:10:50,984 waiting for moments of isolation. 267 00:10:51,051 --> 00:10:54,554 CHARLIE: Isolated areas, high probability of attacks. 268 00:10:54,621 --> 00:10:55,823 ALAN: TV distracting you? 269 00:10:55,889 --> 00:10:57,424 I could turn it off. 270 00:10:57,490 --> 00:11:00,360 No, it's fine, Dad. 271 00:11:00,427 --> 00:11:02,195 What else? What else? 272 00:11:02,262 --> 00:11:05,833 Serial offenders cover a wide region, 273 00:11:05,899 --> 00:11:07,667 but rarely commit crimes near their homes. 274 00:11:07,735 --> 00:11:08,836 It's a "buffer zone." 275 00:11:08,902 --> 00:11:11,839 Early in a cycle, buffer zones will vary in size, 276 00:11:11,905 --> 00:11:13,974 but as the cycle matures, they tend to stabilize. 277 00:11:14,041 --> 00:11:15,843 These guys follow patterns. 278 00:11:15,909 --> 00:11:17,711 Exactly. There's also "distance decay." 279 00:11:17,778 --> 00:11:18,712 The more intensity 280 00:11:18,779 --> 00:11:20,113 the attacker feels about a crime, 281 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,149 the further he will travel to commit it. 282 00:11:22,215 --> 00:11:23,583 You don't want to look at those. 283 00:11:23,650 --> 00:11:24,918 How do you gauge "intensity"? 284 00:11:24,985 --> 00:11:27,554 By the nature and extent of the injuries, 285 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:28,655 the length of each abduction, 286 00:11:28,722 --> 00:11:30,690 adherence to ritualized behavior. 287 00:11:30,758 --> 00:11:31,725 I've listed 288 00:11:31,792 --> 00:11:35,528 the incidents by estimated intensity. 289 00:11:35,595 --> 00:11:36,396 Oh, great. 290 00:11:36,463 --> 00:11:37,865 This'll give me enough to start putting together 291 00:11:37,931 --> 00:11:39,733 some expressions. Just give me a minute. 292 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,902 -Sure. -Yeah. 293 00:11:41,969 --> 00:11:43,871 Who's up? 294 00:11:43,937 --> 00:11:45,138 ALAN: Shawn Green. 295 00:11:45,205 --> 00:11:47,640 Green-- four games without a hit. 296 00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:50,077 He's due. 297 00:11:50,143 --> 00:11:51,812 There's no statistical evidence for a batter being "due." 298 00:11:51,879 --> 00:11:57,217 I say he gets a high fastball, he smacks it out of the park. 299 00:11:57,284 --> 00:11:59,686 This is a tape of yesterday's game. 300 00:11:59,753 --> 00:12:01,855 I know. I read the box score. 301 00:12:03,656 --> 00:12:05,759 ANNOUNCER: Three and one the count. 302 00:12:05,826 --> 00:12:07,694 A high fastball. 303 00:12:07,761 --> 00:12:09,362 Oh! Oh! 304 00:12:09,429 --> 00:12:11,031 Wow! 305 00:12:11,098 --> 00:12:12,432 Hey, you know, that was an anomaly. 306 00:12:12,499 --> 00:12:13,433 Something like that, Charlie. 307 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:14,701 ( Alan chuckles ) 308 00:12:14,768 --> 00:12:16,503 Shut up, Dad. 309 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:19,907 TERRY: What you're talking about 310 00:12:19,973 --> 00:12:22,109 is a completely new way of identifying a perpetrator. 311 00:12:22,175 --> 00:12:22,943 Exactly. 312 00:12:23,010 --> 00:12:23,944 Not who he is, but where he is. 313 00:12:24,011 --> 00:12:24,978 The question is, will it be accurate, 314 00:12:25,045 --> 00:12:26,179 and identify a small enough area. 315 00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:28,916 -Morning, Thomas. -You think Charlie can do it? 316 00:12:28,982 --> 00:12:30,150 He can be a pain in the ass, 317 00:12:30,217 --> 00:12:31,985 but he is a world-class mathematician. 318 00:12:32,052 --> 00:12:33,954 If it works, we have a whole new system 319 00:12:34,021 --> 00:12:36,056 for analyzing and investigating serial crime. 320 00:12:36,123 --> 00:12:37,357 -Good morning. -Good morning. 321 00:12:38,725 --> 00:12:40,093 TERRY: Wow, that's impressive. 322 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:41,661 Agent Eppes, the dead girl. 323 00:12:41,728 --> 00:12:42,662 Rachel Abbott? 324 00:12:42,729 --> 00:12:43,663 What do you got? 325 00:12:43,730 --> 00:12:45,332 Microscopic particles of fungal matter 326 00:12:45,398 --> 00:12:46,766 were found in the victim's lungs, 327 00:12:46,834 --> 00:12:49,136 inhaled shortly before death. 328 00:12:49,202 --> 00:12:50,337 Identified as black truffles. 329 00:12:50,403 --> 00:12:51,438 The kind you cook with. 330 00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:52,472 So maybe 331 00:12:52,539 --> 00:12:53,640 the bag he put over her head 332 00:12:53,706 --> 00:12:55,275 is the one he bought them with. 333 00:12:55,342 --> 00:12:58,078 There's some 200 places you can find 334 00:12:58,145 --> 00:12:59,446 black truffles in this area. 335 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:00,647 Plus more on the Internet. 336 00:13:00,713 --> 00:13:01,781 I'll, uh, I'll get on it. 337 00:13:01,849 --> 00:13:03,516 No car yet? 338 00:13:03,583 --> 00:13:05,018 Not yet. 339 00:13:05,085 --> 00:13:07,054 Look, I know you've got a job to do 340 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:08,055 for the Assistant Director, 341 00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:09,957 but there's a guy out there who's attacking women. 342 00:13:10,023 --> 00:13:11,191 I need to know where your priorities are. 343 00:13:11,258 --> 00:13:13,894 Sir, my first priority is to assist you on this case. 344 00:13:13,961 --> 00:13:15,695 I've notified every jurisdiction 345 00:13:15,762 --> 00:13:18,165 from San Diego to Seattle. 346 00:13:18,231 --> 00:13:20,433 This car is not turning up. 347 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:23,837 All right. 348 00:13:23,904 --> 00:13:25,505 Listen up, everybody. 349 00:13:25,572 --> 00:13:28,441 We need to piece together Rachel Abbott's last day. 350 00:13:28,508 --> 00:13:29,542 Where was she? 351 00:13:29,609 --> 00:13:30,643 Where was she going? 352 00:13:30,710 --> 00:13:31,979 If she was having car trouble, 353 00:13:32,045 --> 00:13:33,981 maybe she was on the way to a repair shop. 354 00:13:34,047 --> 00:13:35,382 Did she go to a movie? 355 00:13:35,448 --> 00:13:36,183 Was she shopping? 356 00:13:36,249 --> 00:13:37,450 Call all the parking facilities, 357 00:13:37,517 --> 00:13:39,052 deal with the people on the premises. 358 00:13:39,119 --> 00:13:40,854 Did she break down on a freeway 359 00:13:40,921 --> 00:13:42,322 or a surface street? 360 00:13:42,389 --> 00:13:44,057 Ask CHP about abandoned vehicles. 361 00:13:44,124 --> 00:13:46,726 I know you've done some of this, but do it all, 362 00:13:46,793 --> 00:13:48,896 and then do it over again, please. 363 00:14:10,750 --> 00:14:13,486 DON: Early in the cycle, buffer zones vary, 364 00:14:13,553 --> 00:14:17,490 but as the cycle matures, they tend to stabilize. 365 00:14:19,392 --> 00:14:22,162 He watches potential victims 366 00:14:22,229 --> 00:14:25,098 waiting for moments of isolation. 367 00:14:45,385 --> 00:14:46,119 It's Monday. 368 00:14:46,186 --> 00:14:48,421 It's 2:45 in the afternoon. 369 00:14:50,590 --> 00:14:51,791 Monday. After lunch. 370 00:14:51,858 --> 00:14:53,326 Larry! 371 00:15:29,229 --> 00:15:30,563 Larry! 372 00:15:30,630 --> 00:15:31,898 Larry! 373 00:15:31,965 --> 00:15:32,899 ( tires screech ) 374 00:15:32,966 --> 00:15:34,367 ( grunts ) 375 00:15:34,434 --> 00:15:35,202 All right. 376 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:37,270 Sorry. I was busy working on something. 377 00:15:37,337 --> 00:15:39,606 I know I'm supposed to be going through 378 00:15:39,672 --> 00:15:40,673 some equations for you. 379 00:15:40,740 --> 00:15:42,475 Yes. I wondered if I'd gotten the time wrong. 380 00:15:42,542 --> 00:15:46,013 Or the place. Or quite possibly the dimension. 381 00:15:46,079 --> 00:15:47,714 No, I'm developing an application for the FBI. 382 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:48,848 You know what? 383 00:15:48,915 --> 00:15:50,183 You actually might be able to help me. 384 00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:53,553 The problem involves finding an origin point 385 00:15:53,620 --> 00:15:56,523 from evidence provided by scattered effects. 386 00:15:56,589 --> 00:15:59,126 Somehow I doubt we're talking about 387 00:15:59,192 --> 00:16:01,061 orbital paths and black holes. 388 00:16:01,128 --> 00:16:02,129 Not exactly, no. 389 00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:05,265 Evariste Galois. 390 00:16:05,332 --> 00:16:07,534 Brilliant young mathematician not unlike yourself, 391 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:12,005 tackling the hardest problems in his day. 392 00:16:12,072 --> 00:16:13,606 But he got distracted, 393 00:16:13,673 --> 00:16:16,143 He got caught up in politics and romance. 394 00:16:16,209 --> 00:16:17,644 I know where you're going with this. 395 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:20,813 And at the age of 20, he was killed in a duel. 396 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,950 And who even knows what he might've accomplished? 397 00:16:24,017 --> 00:16:26,519 I would say I'm actually pretty good 398 00:16:26,586 --> 00:16:27,420 at avoiding duels. 399 00:16:27,487 --> 00:16:29,289 Charlie, what I'm trying to say is 400 00:16:29,356 --> 00:16:30,990 you are almost 30 years old. 401 00:16:31,058 --> 00:16:33,193 You're at your peak as a mathematician. 402 00:16:33,260 --> 00:16:35,395 Many mathematicians do their best work 403 00:16:35,462 --> 00:16:39,966 in a very short time period, maybe five to eight years. 404 00:16:40,033 --> 00:16:41,834 Hey, forget about me, 405 00:16:41,901 --> 00:16:44,837 forget about my supergravity theory. 406 00:16:44,904 --> 00:16:45,838 You have abilities. 407 00:16:45,905 --> 00:16:46,839 You could be helping 408 00:16:46,906 --> 00:16:50,443 define the nature of reality. 409 00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:55,748 All I'm asking is that you just consider how you spend 410 00:16:55,815 --> 00:16:58,218 what time you have. 411 00:17:12,332 --> 00:17:14,934 ( elevator bell dings ) 412 00:17:15,001 --> 00:17:18,205 Actually, it's this way over here. Hi. 413 00:17:22,275 --> 00:17:25,145 It's all right. You all right? 414 00:17:25,212 --> 00:17:26,479 Hi. All right. 415 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:28,781 Amita, could you put the first map right up here, please? 416 00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:30,217 Hi. 417 00:17:30,283 --> 00:17:31,751 Here you go. I'll help you with that. 418 00:17:34,221 --> 00:17:36,456 -Thanks. -How you doing? 419 00:17:36,523 --> 00:17:39,025 Good. Nice to see you again. 420 00:17:39,092 --> 00:17:43,163 Okay, this map was generated 421 00:17:43,230 --> 00:17:44,497 by an equation. 422 00:17:44,564 --> 00:17:45,498 Charlie, don't erase that. 423 00:17:45,565 --> 00:17:47,567 No, it's okay. It's an old case. 424 00:17:47,634 --> 00:17:52,472 I'm writing the equation here in abbreviated form. 425 00:17:52,539 --> 00:17:56,343 I've pinpointed the area most likely 426 00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:58,245 to be the perpetrator's residence. 427 00:17:58,311 --> 00:18:00,113 You got the guy's address? 428 00:18:00,180 --> 00:18:01,348 Not the address? No. 429 00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:02,615 An approximate base. 430 00:18:02,682 --> 00:18:04,784 Um, okay, I'm using some of the same techniques 431 00:18:04,851 --> 00:18:06,719 that physicists use to find black holes, 432 00:18:06,786 --> 00:18:08,988 which can't be detected in any way 433 00:18:09,055 --> 00:18:10,123 other than the effect 434 00:18:10,190 --> 00:18:12,192 that they have on objects around them. 435 00:18:12,259 --> 00:18:13,493 Black holes? 436 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,996 Walt, he based his work on FBI theories of serial crime. 437 00:18:17,063 --> 00:18:17,830 Okay, professor. 438 00:18:17,897 --> 00:18:19,332 Why don't you just walk us through it? 439 00:18:19,399 --> 00:18:22,535 Amita, can you put up the enlarged version? 440 00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,804 The first point, really, to take into account 441 00:18:24,871 --> 00:18:28,475 is that, when picking places to attack a victim 442 00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:31,244 or dump a body, the perpetrator will 443 00:18:31,311 --> 00:18:33,746 choose sites that appear to be selected at random. 444 00:18:33,813 --> 00:18:34,781 He doesn't want you 445 00:18:34,847 --> 00:18:37,984 to make any conclusions about where he lives, 446 00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:39,486 what areas he frequents. 447 00:18:39,552 --> 00:18:40,287 Right. 448 00:18:40,353 --> 00:18:41,521 You know what? 449 00:18:41,588 --> 00:18:44,257 Let's do an elementary demonstration, okay? 450 00:18:44,324 --> 00:18:46,426 So can you help me just move this back? 451 00:18:46,493 --> 00:18:49,862 And let's slide this over to there. 452 00:18:49,929 --> 00:18:51,698 Can you five-- one, two, three, 453 00:18:51,764 --> 00:18:54,634 four and five please come up here? 454 00:18:54,701 --> 00:18:55,902 You know what? You guys, too. 455 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:59,105 Just, uh, please, distribute yourselves randomly 456 00:18:59,172 --> 00:19:00,273 across this area right here. 457 00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:01,274 How's this? 458 00:19:01,341 --> 00:19:02,942 You mean, spread out? 459 00:19:03,009 --> 00:19:03,443 Like this? 460 00:19:03,510 --> 00:19:06,078 That's exactly right. 461 00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:07,580 But look what you've done. 462 00:19:07,647 --> 00:19:14,321 You have distributed yourselves at equal intervals. 463 00:19:14,387 --> 00:19:20,793 while true random patterns will include clusters. 464 00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:22,128 We're spaced too evenly. 465 00:19:22,195 --> 00:19:23,796 Exactly. It's pretty difficult 466 00:19:23,863 --> 00:19:26,299 to consciously pick a random sequence. 467 00:19:26,366 --> 00:19:27,534 Your target tried. 468 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:28,335 But like you, 469 00:19:28,401 --> 00:19:30,937 he wound up with roughly even spacing. 470 00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:33,940 In trying to avoid a pattern, he wound up with one anyway? 471 00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:35,174 Yep. Locations purposefully 472 00:19:35,242 --> 00:19:37,410 distanced from a site not on your map, 473 00:19:37,477 --> 00:19:40,213 but clearly marked in the perpetrator's mind. 474 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,014 Namely, his residence. 475 00:19:42,081 --> 00:19:45,618 The equation reveals the probability that each area 476 00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:47,620 has of being the subject's base. 477 00:19:47,687 --> 00:19:49,088 Yellow's the hot zone. 478 00:19:49,155 --> 00:19:51,491 I had a feeling about Silver Lake. 479 00:19:51,558 --> 00:19:54,361 I estimate an 87% chance he lives in that area. 480 00:19:54,427 --> 00:19:55,895 You know, I don't know a lot about mathematics, 481 00:19:55,962 --> 00:19:57,430 but this doesn't make any sense to me. 482 00:19:57,497 --> 00:20:00,233 Makes more sense than this. 483 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:02,969 You can't win if you don't buy a ticket. 484 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:04,170 Yes, this is truth. 485 00:20:04,237 --> 00:20:06,205 However, the odds of this one being 486 00:20:06,273 --> 00:20:08,841 the winning ticket are one in 41 million. 487 00:20:08,908 --> 00:20:13,045 Which means if you bought 20 tickets every week, 488 00:20:13,112 --> 00:20:17,717 you would win the jackpot once every 40,000 years. 489 00:20:17,784 --> 00:20:19,319 Really? 490 00:20:19,386 --> 00:20:20,987 Yep. It's basic probability theory. 491 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:24,156 Agent Eppes, we've got the dead girl's car. 492 00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:25,792 It's in a parking structure in West Hollywood. 493 00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:26,926 Let's go. Test it. 494 00:20:26,993 --> 00:20:29,762 Run it against cases from the past that've been solved. 495 00:20:29,829 --> 00:20:32,865 Miller, pull some files for him to work with. 496 00:20:32,932 --> 00:20:34,967 Ever play craps? 497 00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:47,947 Agent Eppes! Over here. 498 00:20:48,014 --> 00:20:50,049 Why don't you check on the girl's car, David? 499 00:20:50,116 --> 00:20:50,850 Got it. 500 00:20:50,917 --> 00:20:52,552 Turn up anything yet? What do you got? 501 00:20:52,619 --> 00:20:53,820 Someone waited here. 502 00:20:53,886 --> 00:20:55,788 We don't know if it is related to Rachel Abbott, 503 00:20:55,855 --> 00:20:58,190 but we've got cigarette butts, soda cans. 504 00:20:58,257 --> 00:20:59,692 The condition shows 505 00:20:59,759 --> 00:21:00,993 they were left here recently. 506 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:02,028 Checking 'em for DNA? 507 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:02,829 We will. 508 00:21:02,895 --> 00:21:03,963 Why wait here? 509 00:21:04,030 --> 00:21:07,099 He couldn't know her car wasn't going to start. 510 00:21:07,166 --> 00:21:08,535 Nobody tampered with the car. 511 00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:12,839 The spark plugs fouled, built up over time. 512 00:21:23,716 --> 00:21:25,518 ( starter sputters ) 513 00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:37,764 What street does that nurse Karen Silber live on? 514 00:21:37,830 --> 00:21:38,565 Fountain, right? 515 00:21:38,631 --> 00:21:42,068 What's the exact address? 516 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:44,136 634 Fountain. 517 00:21:44,203 --> 00:21:45,405 Get her on the phone. 518 00:21:51,744 --> 00:21:54,146 That's her house right there. 519 00:21:54,213 --> 00:21:55,515 He was watching Silber. 520 00:21:58,951 --> 00:22:00,953 Then he hears someone having car trouble; 521 00:22:01,020 --> 00:22:02,889 Rachel Abbott. 522 00:22:05,458 --> 00:22:08,227 Nice target of opportunity. 523 00:22:08,294 --> 00:22:09,729 But that's not why he was here. 524 00:22:09,796 --> 00:22:10,763 He's still after Silber. 525 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:13,299 Karen Silber didn't show up for work today. 526 00:22:13,366 --> 00:22:14,834 Nobody knows where she is. 527 00:22:14,901 --> 00:22:16,503 Let's move. 528 00:22:16,569 --> 00:22:18,104 TERRY: Call for backup! 529 00:22:23,976 --> 00:22:27,414 FBI! Karen Silber, FBI! 530 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,215 Window open! 531 00:22:29,281 --> 00:22:30,750 FBI! 532 00:22:32,952 --> 00:22:33,953 Go! Go! 533 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:34,987 ( glass breaks ) 534 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:38,024 I'll check the house. 535 00:22:53,773 --> 00:22:57,677 CHARLIE: Serial killer. Boston. 1992. 536 00:22:57,744 --> 00:23:00,146 Killer resided in hot zone. 537 00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:04,617 Serial rapist. Portland. 1983. 538 00:23:04,684 --> 00:23:07,687 Rapist resided in hot zone. 539 00:23:07,754 --> 00:23:09,321 Tonight, the Southland is rocked 540 00:23:09,388 --> 00:23:10,690 by the return of the L.A. rapist. 541 00:23:10,757 --> 00:23:12,825 REPORTER 2: ...stalked and killed by a man 542 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:14,293 who had already raped her... 543 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:17,764 REPORTER 3: Karen Silber was found dead in her own home 544 00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:19,899 after an apparent second visit by the L.A. rapist. 545 00:23:19,966 --> 00:23:21,801 Neighbors insist they heard nothing... 546 00:23:21,868 --> 00:23:24,236 We've ordered police protection for the other victims? 547 00:23:24,303 --> 00:23:26,272 It's done. 548 00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:27,339 You think he'll go after 549 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:29,075 another previous victim anyway? 550 00:23:29,141 --> 00:23:31,744 No. He's too smart. 551 00:23:31,811 --> 00:23:33,079 Very rare for a serial offender 552 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:34,914 to go after the same person twice. 553 00:23:34,981 --> 00:23:37,383 He probably intended 554 00:23:37,450 --> 00:23:38,417 to kill her the first time. 555 00:23:38,485 --> 00:23:39,819 She said she put up a hell of a struggle. 556 00:23:39,886 --> 00:23:40,820 Yeah, I think in his mind, 557 00:23:40,887 --> 00:23:42,321 he was just finishing what he started. 558 00:23:42,388 --> 00:23:43,490 But we're still at a dead end. 559 00:23:43,556 --> 00:23:46,726 What's your next course of action? 560 00:23:50,129 --> 00:23:53,165 But today there was the tragic discovery of Karen's body, 561 00:23:53,232 --> 00:23:57,937 again showing the marks of the L.A. rapist. 562 00:23:58,004 --> 00:24:00,540 Charlie tested the equation on five serial cases. 563 00:24:00,607 --> 00:24:03,009 In four, the perpetrator lived in the hot zone. 564 00:24:03,075 --> 00:24:04,911 And he's predicted a hot zone for this case. 565 00:24:04,977 --> 00:24:07,346 Small neighborhood in Silver Lake. 566 00:24:07,413 --> 00:24:09,081 About 50 men live in the vicinity. 567 00:24:09,148 --> 00:24:11,017 If we move fast, we can get backgrounds and DNA 568 00:24:11,083 --> 00:24:13,786 -on that many guys in... -In 48, 72 hours. 569 00:24:13,853 --> 00:24:15,221 No way we get a court order off an equation. 570 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:17,289 You're gonna have to pick up discarded objects 571 00:24:17,356 --> 00:24:18,825 to get the DNA. 572 00:24:18,891 --> 00:24:21,093 Coffee cups, cigarette butts and chewing gum. 573 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,862 That's the plan. 574 00:24:22,929 --> 00:24:24,163 All right. 575 00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:27,266 Let's go. 576 00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:29,569 ( computerized techno music plays ) 577 00:24:29,636 --> 00:24:31,137 ( camera clicking ) 578 00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:39,646 ( computerized techno music playing ) 579 00:24:52,659 --> 00:24:55,628 * * 580 00:24:59,532 --> 00:25:00,800 Come on. We got 16 so far. 581 00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:02,535 Let's go. Let's move it. Come on. 582 00:25:18,417 --> 00:25:19,852 All right, that is number 34. 583 00:25:19,919 --> 00:25:21,520 We need the rest. What's the holdup? 584 00:25:21,588 --> 00:25:23,389 DNA tests. What do you expect? 585 00:25:23,455 --> 00:25:24,991 The lab needs another day. 586 00:25:28,294 --> 00:25:30,196 He's out there somewhere. 587 00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:31,964 So is his next victim. 588 00:25:50,116 --> 00:25:52,318 Aren't you going to introduce me to your girlfriend? 589 00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:55,387 You've met her before. She's not my girlfriend. 590 00:25:55,454 --> 00:25:57,323 I'm her thesis advisor. 591 00:25:57,389 --> 00:26:00,860 Oh. Does that means she can't be your girlfriend? 592 00:26:00,927 --> 00:26:04,130 It's, uh... it's against the rules. 593 00:26:04,196 --> 00:26:04,931 Well, screw the rules. 594 00:26:04,997 --> 00:26:08,935 What's more important, learning or love? 595 00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:10,603 Well, I'm sure there's no rule 596 00:26:10,670 --> 00:26:13,139 against the father of her thesis advisor asking her out. 597 00:26:13,205 --> 00:26:15,007 Go for it. Go right ahead. Be my guest. 598 00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:16,208 Thank you. 599 00:26:16,275 --> 00:26:18,544 Actually, I'm spoken for, Mr. Eppes. 600 00:26:18,611 --> 00:26:20,079 Back in Madras, my parents 601 00:26:20,146 --> 00:26:22,381 arranged for a marriage to a family friend-- 602 00:26:22,448 --> 00:26:24,884 a nice Hindu banker from Goa. 603 00:26:24,951 --> 00:26:26,318 Really. 604 00:26:26,385 --> 00:26:28,487 Getting married? 605 00:26:28,554 --> 00:26:29,488 God, no. 606 00:26:29,555 --> 00:26:31,891 He's a total ass. 607 00:26:32,959 --> 00:26:34,794 Oh. 608 00:26:34,861 --> 00:26:36,696 Dad, you're, like, hovering over us. 609 00:26:36,763 --> 00:26:38,965 And we have so much work to do. 610 00:26:39,031 --> 00:26:40,366 I thought you already helped your brother... 611 00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:42,969 Something this complex needs to be checked and rechecked. 612 00:26:43,035 --> 00:26:46,072 There's one thing you and your brother have in common-- 613 00:26:46,138 --> 00:26:49,308 on some things, you're both very thorough. 614 00:26:49,375 --> 00:26:52,278 Other stuff... 615 00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:53,746 you completely miss. 616 00:26:53,813 --> 00:26:55,081 ( bird screeches ) 617 00:26:58,184 --> 00:27:00,086 DON: Right. No, you just have to... 618 00:27:00,152 --> 00:27:01,654 -( whirring ) -I'm sorry, what? I can't... 619 00:27:01,721 --> 00:27:03,255 Hold on. 30 minutes? 620 00:27:03,322 --> 00:27:04,824 Don, there's a problem with the... 621 00:27:04,891 --> 00:27:06,325 15 minutes is the difference between 622 00:27:06,392 --> 00:27:07,193 catching this guy 623 00:27:07,259 --> 00:27:08,861 and having another dead woman on our hands. 624 00:27:08,928 --> 00:27:11,397 -Can you at least get us the DNA results? -Don... 625 00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:13,099 Yeah. 626 00:27:13,165 --> 00:27:14,934 That would help. Thank you. 627 00:27:16,235 --> 00:27:18,137 Charlie, did you just say we have a problem? 628 00:27:18,204 --> 00:27:21,340 I did a test to verify the equation's accuracy. 629 00:27:21,407 --> 00:27:22,408 I reversed it. 630 00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:23,609 Like running a film backwards. 631 00:27:23,676 --> 00:27:25,311 I used the hot zone as a starting point 632 00:27:25,377 --> 00:27:26,245 and went the other way. 633 00:27:26,312 --> 00:27:29,081 It was supposed to confirm the known crime locations. 634 00:27:29,148 --> 00:27:31,083 It did not. 635 00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:33,052 I got 40 agents working two days straight. 636 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,554 You're telling me that, what, you made a mistake? 637 00:27:35,621 --> 00:27:36,622 Not my mistake. 638 00:27:36,689 --> 00:27:38,157 It was in the data that you provided. 639 00:27:38,224 --> 00:27:41,293 Those reports have been checked and rechecked. 640 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:43,830 It was where Victim 12 was attacked. 641 00:27:43,896 --> 00:27:46,332 So, either you guys got it wrong, 642 00:27:46,398 --> 00:27:47,499 or I don't know, 643 00:27:47,566 --> 00:27:50,236 she lied to you. 644 00:27:50,302 --> 00:27:53,105 Why do you say that? 645 00:27:53,172 --> 00:27:54,106 It's evident 646 00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:57,777 that these locations fit within a general pattern 647 00:27:57,844 --> 00:28:00,312 except for the first Karen Silber attack, 648 00:28:00,379 --> 00:28:01,313 in Marina Del Rey. 649 00:28:01,380 --> 00:28:02,114 That's way outside 650 00:28:02,181 --> 00:28:04,650 the areas defined by the other locations. 651 00:28:04,717 --> 00:28:06,318 I mean, just look at these numbers. 652 00:28:06,385 --> 00:28:07,519 86 percent, 653 00:28:07,586 --> 00:28:09,521 75 percent, 81 percent... 654 00:28:09,588 --> 00:28:11,190 Two percent. 655 00:28:11,257 --> 00:28:13,659 She was hiding something. Maybe this is it. 656 00:28:13,726 --> 00:28:15,327 Numbers don't lie. 657 00:28:15,394 --> 00:28:16,729 DON: Why would she lie about where 658 00:28:16,796 --> 00:28:18,364 the attack took place? 659 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:20,199 She had an ex-boyfriend. 660 00:28:20,266 --> 00:28:22,735 She promised her fiancГ© she wasn't seeing him 661 00:28:22,802 --> 00:28:24,636 anymore, but... 662 00:28:24,703 --> 00:28:28,074 she and the ex were still friends. 663 00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:30,509 So if she was attacked in the area 664 00:28:30,576 --> 00:28:31,610 her ex-boyfriend lived... 665 00:28:31,677 --> 00:28:33,612 She'd lie 'cause she didn't want the fiancГ© 666 00:28:33,679 --> 00:28:34,680 to know where she'd been. 667 00:28:34,747 --> 00:28:36,916 We're going to need the address 668 00:28:36,983 --> 00:28:38,851 of that ex-boyfriend. 669 00:28:43,255 --> 00:28:44,223 Okay. 670 00:28:44,290 --> 00:28:47,026 Charlie, I have a new location for the first Silber attack. 671 00:28:47,093 --> 00:28:49,028 She was probably in Los Feliz, 672 00:28:49,095 --> 00:28:50,897 -near Hillhurst and Franklin. -Great. 673 00:28:50,963 --> 00:28:54,901 I'll run the equation again. We'll get a more accurate map. 674 00:28:57,436 --> 00:28:59,571 Wait a minute. What's going on? 675 00:28:59,638 --> 00:29:01,841 We got the last results. 676 00:29:01,908 --> 00:29:03,810 All 52 guys from the hot zone are cleared. 677 00:29:03,876 --> 00:29:04,977 Not a single match. 678 00:29:05,044 --> 00:29:06,946 Karen Silber lied about where she was attacked. 679 00:29:07,013 --> 00:29:07,980 We got the right location. 680 00:29:08,047 --> 00:29:09,515 Charlie's generating a better map. 681 00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:10,983 Please, just come in. Be patient. 682 00:29:11,050 --> 00:29:13,185 -( cell phone rings ) -Get on that map. 683 00:29:13,252 --> 00:29:15,054 Yeah. Charlie... 684 00:29:15,121 --> 00:29:16,188 It works. 685 00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:18,991 The new location fits. The map's much more accurate, 686 00:29:19,058 --> 00:29:21,460 -from 87% to 96%. -Give me the new zone. 687 00:29:21,527 --> 00:29:22,261 He wants the new zone. 688 00:29:22,328 --> 00:29:25,331 Hyperion between Melrose and Del Mar. 689 00:29:25,397 --> 00:29:27,666 Hyperion between Melrose and Del Mar. 690 00:29:27,733 --> 00:29:28,801 Marathon between Lucile... 691 00:29:28,868 --> 00:29:30,937 Marathon between Lucile and Robinson. 692 00:29:31,003 --> 00:29:33,139 Robinson between Marathon and Winslow. 693 00:29:33,205 --> 00:29:35,541 Robinson between Marathon and Winslow. 694 00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:36,642 Robinson... 695 00:29:36,708 --> 00:29:39,311 between Marathon and Winslow? 696 00:29:40,679 --> 00:29:41,814 And Winslow... 697 00:29:41,881 --> 00:29:45,551 between Edgecliffe and Micheltorena? 698 00:29:45,617 --> 00:29:47,019 With better data I was able 699 00:29:47,086 --> 00:29:48,487 to narrow it down to a smaller area. 700 00:29:48,554 --> 00:29:51,290 You only need to clear about 20 guys. 701 00:29:51,357 --> 00:29:53,759 I would assume that this will allow you, you know, 702 00:29:53,826 --> 00:29:57,029 a far more efficient use of manpower and... 703 00:29:57,096 --> 00:29:59,832 Charlie, you're telling me the same area, it's only smaller. 704 00:29:59,899 --> 00:30:01,400 Exactly, smaller means more accurate. 705 00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:03,435 No, we already cleared those 20 guys. 706 00:30:03,502 --> 00:30:06,172 Um, what? 707 00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:09,308 No, that's... well... 708 00:30:09,375 --> 00:30:12,378 you must have missed him because, uh... 709 00:30:12,444 --> 00:30:16,582 Well, either, um, you cleared someone you shouldn't have, 710 00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:19,218 or, uh... no, he lives there. You just didn't find him. 711 00:30:19,285 --> 00:30:20,752 You're not listening to me, okay? 712 00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:23,655 We cleared all males in that zone. 713 00:30:23,722 --> 00:30:26,926 And that means you missed him. 714 00:30:26,993 --> 00:30:28,060 Look, you just said 715 00:30:28,127 --> 00:30:30,562 we're dealing with degrees of probability. 716 00:30:30,629 --> 00:30:32,431 96%, you know what that means? I helped build 717 00:30:32,498 --> 00:30:34,766 an entire Weak Force theory with less than that. 718 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:35,567 Yeah. 719 00:30:35,634 --> 00:30:38,537 Well, it didn't work. You understand? 720 00:30:38,604 --> 00:30:40,272 I'm sorry. 721 00:30:53,352 --> 00:30:54,453 Charlie... 722 00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:02,561 Look, let's take a break, huh? 723 00:31:02,628 --> 00:31:05,264 Get some coffee. 724 00:31:06,365 --> 00:31:07,433 Charlie. 725 00:31:07,499 --> 00:31:10,169 I'm trying to think. 726 00:31:33,192 --> 00:31:36,862 I'm not running the investigation anymore. 727 00:31:36,929 --> 00:31:38,130 If there's one agent in this office 728 00:31:38,197 --> 00:31:39,932 that can crack this case, it's you. 729 00:31:39,999 --> 00:31:41,233 Yeah, but I didn't. 730 00:31:41,300 --> 00:31:44,103 I don't think you realize how hard you push yourself. 731 00:31:44,170 --> 00:31:46,205 Everything we tried was going to be a long shot. 732 00:31:46,272 --> 00:31:47,940 Yeah, well, I got to go brief De Winter. 733 00:31:48,007 --> 00:31:49,976 He's taking over. 734 00:31:50,042 --> 00:31:51,810 I'll do it. 735 00:31:51,877 --> 00:31:54,480 Thanks. 736 00:32:06,558 --> 00:32:11,030 ( electronic games blipping ) 737 00:32:20,572 --> 00:32:22,608 Larry... 738 00:32:22,674 --> 00:32:26,545 something went wrong and I don't know what. 739 00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:28,180 And now it's like I can't even think. 740 00:32:28,247 --> 00:32:29,381 Well, let me guess. 741 00:32:29,448 --> 00:32:32,784 You tried to solve a problem involving human behavior 742 00:32:32,851 --> 00:32:35,054 and it blew up in your face. 743 00:32:35,121 --> 00:32:36,155 Yeah, pretty much. 744 00:32:36,222 --> 00:32:39,491 Okay, well, Charles, you are a mathematician. 745 00:32:39,558 --> 00:32:42,461 You're always looking for the elegant solution. 746 00:32:42,528 --> 00:32:46,398 The human behavior is rarely, if ever, elegant. 747 00:32:49,868 --> 00:32:52,404 The universe is full 748 00:32:52,471 --> 00:32:53,805 of these odd 749 00:32:53,872 --> 00:32:56,175 bumps and twists. 750 00:32:56,242 --> 00:32:59,611 You know, perhaps you need to make your equation 751 00:32:59,678 --> 00:33:01,447 less elegant, more complicated, 752 00:33:01,513 --> 00:33:04,783 less precise, more descriptive. 753 00:33:04,850 --> 00:33:05,884 It's not going to be as pretty, 754 00:33:05,951 --> 00:33:10,256 but it might work a little bit better. 755 00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:14,560 And, Charlie, when you're working on human problems, 756 00:33:14,626 --> 00:33:17,596 there's going to be pain and disappointment. 757 00:33:17,663 --> 00:33:21,433 You've got to ask yourself is it worth it? 758 00:34:05,211 --> 00:34:07,879 Okay, I'll see you tomorrow. Bye. 759 00:34:07,946 --> 00:34:09,215 Bye. 760 00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:30,769 ( screaming ) 761 00:34:33,472 --> 00:34:35,607 ( crickets chirping ) 762 00:34:37,309 --> 00:34:39,145 I can't get my head around it. 763 00:34:39,211 --> 00:34:40,279 What are we missing? 764 00:34:40,346 --> 00:34:41,480 Where's the problem? 765 00:34:41,547 --> 00:34:43,315 And how do we make it work? 766 00:34:43,382 --> 00:34:45,016 We have to make it work. 767 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:46,985 We need to retest it. We need another run. 768 00:34:47,052 --> 00:34:48,287 Well, that's not gonna happen. 769 00:34:48,354 --> 00:34:50,122 Well, look. I know that it's gonna be hard 770 00:34:50,189 --> 00:34:51,957 for you to talk your boss into doing it again, 771 00:34:52,023 --> 00:34:53,692 -but we can't stop after one attempt. -Charlie. 772 00:34:53,759 --> 00:34:56,295 These kind of new methods require repeated trials. 773 00:34:56,362 --> 00:34:58,096 Charlie, I'm not on the case anymore. 774 00:34:58,164 --> 00:35:00,499 Okay? 775 00:35:00,566 --> 00:35:01,700 Why? 776 00:35:04,970 --> 00:35:07,306 Because my supervisor wanted 777 00:35:07,373 --> 00:35:09,241 fresh eyes on it. 778 00:35:10,676 --> 00:35:12,644 Well. maybe the math is not the problem. 779 00:35:13,979 --> 00:35:15,381 DON: What do you mean? 780 00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:17,183 Well, you just said that there was something 781 00:35:17,249 --> 00:35:18,684 you couldn't get your head around, 782 00:35:18,750 --> 00:35:21,153 and I know for a fact that it can't be the math. 783 00:35:21,220 --> 00:35:22,288 What else is there? 784 00:35:22,354 --> 00:35:24,256 ALAN: Hey, maybe he's right. 785 00:35:25,657 --> 00:35:27,926 I mean, this sprinkler had totally made sense. 786 00:35:27,993 --> 00:35:30,128 That you could track back from the location 787 00:35:30,196 --> 00:35:31,430 and find out where the guy lives. 788 00:35:31,497 --> 00:35:32,998 Right? Totally made sense. 789 00:35:33,064 --> 00:35:36,335 Maybe we're thinking about this guy in too narrow a focus. 790 00:35:36,402 --> 00:35:37,336 Are you saying 791 00:35:37,403 --> 00:35:38,537 I need to consider more 792 00:35:38,604 --> 00:35:40,206 than his criminal activities? 793 00:35:40,272 --> 00:35:41,207 No, not exactly. 794 00:35:41,273 --> 00:35:42,374 I'm saying we maybe need to consider 795 00:35:42,441 --> 00:35:43,775 more than just where he lives. Look at me. 796 00:35:43,842 --> 00:35:45,744 If you designed an equation to find my origin, 797 00:35:45,811 --> 00:35:48,380 you wouldn't get my apartment 'cause I'm almost never there. 798 00:35:48,447 --> 00:35:49,548 My base would be my office. 799 00:35:49,615 --> 00:35:51,550 ( echoing ): Would be my office. 800 00:35:58,156 --> 00:35:59,090 Which means... 801 00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:04,963 he'll use his home and his work as points of origin. 802 00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:06,232 DON: Exactly. 803 00:36:06,298 --> 00:36:07,599 I can design an equation 804 00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:09,301 to identify two hot zones. 805 00:36:09,368 --> 00:36:11,069 Why didn't I think of that? 806 00:36:11,136 --> 00:36:12,070 Don... 807 00:36:12,137 --> 00:36:13,772 Dad. 808 00:36:15,307 --> 00:36:17,175 That's brilliant. 809 00:36:22,848 --> 00:36:25,551 This new equation works back from the crime scenes 810 00:36:25,617 --> 00:36:26,918 to identify two locations. 811 00:36:26,985 --> 00:36:29,588 Okay, so two hot zones, but very, very different. 812 00:36:29,655 --> 00:36:30,389 Right. 813 00:36:30,456 --> 00:36:32,324 The old zone... 814 00:36:32,391 --> 00:36:34,660 was residential. The new zone is in 815 00:36:34,726 --> 00:36:36,127 -an industrial area. -Home and work. 816 00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:37,496 We know he wasn't in the home zone, 817 00:36:37,563 --> 00:36:38,864 What would be helpful is if we had 818 00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:39,831 a blowup of the industrial. 819 00:36:39,898 --> 00:36:40,832 It's printing out. 820 00:36:42,234 --> 00:36:44,770 Theoretically, if you find somebody in this new zone, 821 00:36:44,836 --> 00:36:47,606 the work zone, he should have a link to the old one, yeah? 822 00:36:47,673 --> 00:36:49,275 Enough theory. Let's test it. 823 00:36:49,341 --> 00:36:51,677 This is Special Agent Eppes in Los Angeles. 824 00:36:51,743 --> 00:36:54,212 I need to run a database search for companies 825 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:57,883 in the industrial district of Vernon, Los Angeles, California. 826 00:37:12,331 --> 00:37:13,899 Peter Carlucci. 827 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:16,568 Hey, guys. Check it out. 828 00:37:16,635 --> 00:37:19,004 Here's a second hot zone. 829 00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:20,105 What works with the first? 830 00:37:20,171 --> 00:37:22,708 I'm running employee databases of companies in the new zone 831 00:37:22,774 --> 00:37:25,143 against FBI databases of sexual offenders. 832 00:37:25,210 --> 00:37:27,313 We narrowed it to eight guys. 833 00:37:27,379 --> 00:37:28,980 "Adam Klanzani, 77." 834 00:37:29,047 --> 00:37:31,317 He's too old. 835 00:37:31,383 --> 00:37:33,118 "John Dorstaf, pedophile." 836 00:37:33,184 --> 00:37:34,386 It's not him. 837 00:37:34,453 --> 00:37:38,457 "Victor Tommani, in jail until two months ago." 838 00:37:38,524 --> 00:37:40,792 Okay, here's something. 839 00:37:40,859 --> 00:37:42,394 What is it? 840 00:37:42,461 --> 00:37:43,829 "Roland Haldane." 841 00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:45,597 Runs a small party rental company in Vernon. 842 00:37:45,664 --> 00:37:48,734 Arrested for attempted rape 12 years ago. 843 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,336 -Good morning. -Good morning, guys. 844 00:37:50,402 --> 00:37:51,803 Hold on. We're headed out of here. 845 00:37:51,870 --> 00:37:52,871 -Miller? -What's going on? 846 00:37:52,938 --> 00:37:54,540 -Yo. -I need you to check out this guy's residence. 847 00:37:54,606 --> 00:37:56,174 -Let's go, guys. -What's going on? 848 00:37:56,241 --> 00:37:57,409 I'll tell you on the way. Come on. 849 00:37:57,476 --> 00:37:59,678 Let's move. Let's go! 850 00:38:05,484 --> 00:38:08,219 The suspect hasn't returned to his house. 851 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:11,289 Well, that looks like his van there. 852 00:38:18,830 --> 00:38:22,434 Terry, why don't you check for other entrances. 853 00:38:33,244 --> 00:38:35,581 MAN: Hang on. 854 00:38:36,782 --> 00:38:38,116 Hi. 855 00:38:38,183 --> 00:38:39,317 Can I help you? 856 00:38:39,385 --> 00:38:40,986 Yeah, I'm Special Agent Eppes. 857 00:38:41,052 --> 00:38:42,521 This is Special Agent Sinclair. 858 00:38:42,588 --> 00:38:44,856 We're following up on a report. 859 00:38:44,923 --> 00:38:46,858 Mind if we come in? 860 00:38:46,925 --> 00:38:48,427 Sure. Come on. 861 00:38:54,733 --> 00:38:57,235 HALDANE: Bootleg DVDs? 862 00:38:57,302 --> 00:39:00,205 Being sold around here? 863 00:39:00,271 --> 00:39:03,274 You Feds are serious about this pirating stuff. 864 00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:05,143 Yep, we are. 865 00:39:05,210 --> 00:39:08,547 You prepare food here? 866 00:39:08,614 --> 00:39:10,816 I do a little catering on the side. 867 00:39:11,917 --> 00:39:15,053 You cook? 868 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,889 It's a one-man operation. I do everything. 869 00:39:26,498 --> 00:39:28,834 CrГЁme brГ»lГ©e. 870 00:40:03,101 --> 00:40:04,570 David, it's him! 871 00:40:06,872 --> 00:40:07,673 Drop that knife! 872 00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:09,107 Drop the knife or I'll shoot! 873 00:40:10,141 --> 00:40:11,209 Drop it now! 874 00:40:11,276 --> 00:40:13,011 Drop it! 875 00:40:13,078 --> 00:40:14,079 Drop that knife! 876 00:40:24,490 --> 00:40:25,724 Drop it! 877 00:40:28,627 --> 00:40:30,896 ( glass shattering ) 878 00:40:30,962 --> 00:40:31,963 ( groans ) 879 00:40:32,030 --> 00:40:33,965 ( gunshots ) 880 00:40:48,379 --> 00:40:49,380 ( muffled groans ) 881 00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:52,751 Shh. Shh. Hang on, hang on. 882 00:40:52,818 --> 00:40:54,219 ( panting ) 883 00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:56,522 ( gasping sharply ) 884 00:40:56,588 --> 00:40:58,690 ( crying hysterically ) 885 00:40:58,757 --> 00:41:00,325 Shh. 886 00:41:00,391 --> 00:41:02,460 -( crying continues ) -( phone dialing ) 887 00:41:02,528 --> 00:41:05,396 Shh. It's okay. 888 00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:06,865 -Terry! -Don! 889 00:41:06,932 --> 00:41:08,233 Terry! 890 00:41:08,299 --> 00:41:09,467 Don, in here! 891 00:41:13,805 --> 00:41:15,874 She's alive. I called paramedics. 892 00:41:15,941 --> 00:41:17,543 -They're on their way. -You all right? 893 00:41:17,609 --> 00:41:19,144 -Yeah. -( Don coughs ) 894 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:20,211 You okay? 895 00:41:20,278 --> 00:41:22,247 ( panting ) 896 00:41:25,116 --> 00:41:26,417 ( panting ) 897 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:27,819 You all right there? 898 00:41:27,886 --> 00:41:30,421 ( breathlessly ): Yeah. 899 00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:31,890 Thanks. 900 00:41:31,957 --> 00:41:33,024 Good job. 901 00:41:33,091 --> 00:41:34,225 Thanks. 902 00:41:34,292 --> 00:41:38,897 ( siren blaring, garbled police radio transmission ) 903 00:41:47,973 --> 00:41:48,707 Thanks. 904 00:41:48,774 --> 00:41:49,975 Hey, Charlie. 905 00:41:50,041 --> 00:41:53,311 TERRY: I'm going to talk to the victim. 906 00:41:53,378 --> 00:41:55,581 Hey. 907 00:41:55,647 --> 00:41:57,716 Come here. 908 00:41:57,783 --> 00:42:00,451 There's something I want to show you. 909 00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:03,254 Haldane lived in Century City, 910 00:42:03,321 --> 00:42:06,592 but he'd just moved there three weeks ago. 911 00:42:06,658 --> 00:42:08,627 Look where he used to live. 912 00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:13,932 That's why we couldn't find him in the first hot zone. 913 00:42:13,999 --> 00:42:16,968 He was there, but he moved. 914 00:42:17,035 --> 00:42:20,038 That's a hell of an equation, Charlie. 915 00:42:20,105 --> 00:42:22,307 Thank you. 916 00:42:37,522 --> 00:42:38,924 Come here. 917 00:42:39,958 --> 00:42:41,192 CHARLIE: Everything is numbers. 918 00:42:41,259 --> 00:42:43,228 ( echoes ): Numbers, numbers, numbers...