1 00:00:09,143 --> 00:00:11,445 ( birds chirping ) 2 00:00:14,782 --> 00:00:18,219 In 20 years of teaching, 3 00:00:18,252 --> 00:00:21,255 I've never received evaluation comments like these. 4 00:00:21,289 --> 00:00:22,590 "Boring." Me? 5 00:00:22,623 --> 00:00:24,392 "Intellectually... inaccessible" 6 00:00:24,425 --> 00:00:26,560 I thought we came up on this hike 7 00:00:26,594 --> 00:00:29,630 to get your mind off of this ridiculous thing. 8 00:00:29,663 --> 00:00:31,465 I mean, one student even said 9 00:00:31,499 --> 00:00:34,068 I'm out of touch with cutting-edge thinking 10 00:00:34,102 --> 00:00:35,403 in multidimensional theory. 11 00:00:35,436 --> 00:00:38,406 That one alone kept me up at night. 12 00:00:38,439 --> 00:00:42,176 Everybody gets bad evaluations now and then. Come on! 13 00:00:42,210 --> 00:00:43,411 Yeah, yeah, says the professor 14 00:00:43,444 --> 00:00:45,179 who never received anything less than a rave. 15 00:00:45,213 --> 00:00:47,381 As with any large group, there are responses 16 00:00:47,415 --> 00:00:48,682 that cover the entire spectrum. 17 00:00:48,716 --> 00:00:50,784 I once had a girl in my combinatronics seminar 18 00:00:50,818 --> 00:00:53,521 tell me that I was disorganized and I talked too fast. 19 00:00:53,554 --> 00:00:55,489 That's an accurate observation, actually. 20 00:00:55,523 --> 00:00:58,592 But, generally speaking, I mean, your students love you, 21 00:00:58,626 --> 00:01:01,362 whereas mine say my classes put them to sleep. 22 00:01:01,395 --> 00:01:02,596 You're an exceptional professor. 23 00:01:02,630 --> 00:01:04,465 I should know, I took classes from you. 24 00:01:04,498 --> 00:01:06,500 But you were an exceptional young mind. 25 00:01:06,534 --> 00:01:08,536 Perhaps I've lost my ability to reach 26 00:01:08,569 --> 00:01:09,603 the more typical student. 27 00:01:09,637 --> 00:01:11,139 Hey, Professor Fleinhardt. 28 00:01:11,172 --> 00:01:12,840 Hey, how's it... How's it... 29 00:01:12,873 --> 00:01:14,542 How's it... How-how you... 30 00:01:14,575 --> 00:01:15,543 How you... How you... 31 00:01:15,576 --> 00:01:17,178 See, we're not even in class, 32 00:01:17,211 --> 00:01:19,113 and still my students run away from me. 33 00:01:19,147 --> 00:01:21,515 I don't think that's it. 34 00:01:21,549 --> 00:01:26,354 ( distant siren wailing ) 35 00:01:26,387 --> 00:01:27,855 CHARLIE: Right... 36 00:01:27,888 --> 00:01:29,523 They're right down this way. Come on. 37 00:01:29,557 --> 00:01:31,659 Hurry, man. 38 00:01:31,692 --> 00:01:33,461 ( officer speaking indistinctly) 39 00:01:42,803 --> 00:01:43,871 So who do we have here? 40 00:01:43,904 --> 00:01:46,207 Finn Montgomery. Male, white, 21. 41 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:47,608 CalSci student I.D. 42 00:01:47,641 --> 00:01:49,243 CHARLIE: No way! It is Finn Montgomery! 43 00:01:49,277 --> 00:01:50,511 He jumped. 44 00:01:50,544 --> 00:01:54,348 Professor, my name is Finn Montgomery. Uh... 45 00:01:54,382 --> 00:01:56,484 How could this have happened? 46 00:01:56,517 --> 00:01:58,286 Sadly, it happens all the time. 47 00:01:58,319 --> 00:01:59,287 DETECTIVE: Any witnesses? 48 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:00,788 OFFICER: Not for the launch. 49 00:02:00,821 --> 00:02:02,290 A couple after the landing. 50 00:02:02,323 --> 00:02:03,857 Textbook header, probable suicide. 51 00:02:03,891 --> 00:02:06,427 This is terrible. 52 00:02:07,861 --> 00:02:10,931 I-I can really use your advice on some calculations 53 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:12,666 in my engineering thesis. 54 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:20,874 Well, he could have stepped off the bridge instead of jumping. 55 00:02:20,908 --> 00:02:23,177 Yeah, but there are other factors. 56 00:02:23,211 --> 00:02:25,179 You know, while gravity pulled him down, 57 00:02:25,213 --> 00:02:27,581 the wind would have pushed him away from the bridge. 58 00:02:27,615 --> 00:02:29,450 Well, look, there's not a lot of wind around here. 59 00:02:29,483 --> 00:02:30,718 How much effect would that have? 60 00:02:30,751 --> 00:02:32,386 Finn was wearing a windbreaker. 61 00:02:32,420 --> 00:02:33,387 It's nonpermeable. 62 00:02:33,421 --> 00:02:34,688 It offers an increased surface 63 00:02:34,722 --> 00:02:36,224 area for the wind to act upon, 64 00:02:36,257 --> 00:02:37,458 especially if he was moving. 65 00:02:37,491 --> 00:02:41,529 But if we look at the point of impact, that's not what we see. 66 00:02:41,562 --> 00:02:44,332 Wind and gravity are constant, leaving only the surface area. 67 00:02:44,365 --> 00:02:46,434 Somehow, that was reduced. 68 00:02:46,467 --> 00:02:48,302 What are you saying, he was unconscious? 69 00:02:48,336 --> 00:02:49,937 Or dead already. 70 00:02:53,741 --> 00:02:56,810 What's the difference between where he should have landed, 71 00:02:56,844 --> 00:02:58,879 if it was a suicide, and where he landed? 72 00:02:58,912 --> 00:03:00,614 A foot to 18 inches. 73 00:03:00,648 --> 00:03:01,615 A foot?! 74 00:03:01,649 --> 00:03:03,251 Outside the margin of error. 75 00:03:03,284 --> 00:03:05,319 Listen, unless there is a clear and compelling reason, 76 00:03:05,353 --> 00:03:07,988 I can't get the FBI to interfere in a local investigation 77 00:03:08,021 --> 00:03:09,857 because my brother has a theory. 78 00:03:09,890 --> 00:03:11,725 - That's not the way it works. - There are indications 79 00:03:11,759 --> 00:03:13,894 that Finn Montgomery did not jump off this bridge. 80 00:03:13,927 --> 00:03:16,264 Yeah, and to me, there's indications 81 00:03:16,297 --> 00:03:18,899 this is not just about physics. 82 00:03:18,932 --> 00:03:21,402 Please, if you can just take a quick look, uh... 83 00:03:22,570 --> 00:03:24,572 Look, everything I told you 84 00:03:24,605 --> 00:03:26,840 about the fall still holds up. 85 00:03:26,874 --> 00:03:30,244 But, yeah, Finn Montgomery was in my office two days ago. 86 00:03:34,282 --> 00:03:36,617 CHARLIE: We all use math every day... every day... 87 00:03:36,650 --> 00:03:38,452 to predict weather... 88 00:03:38,486 --> 00:03:41,455 to tell time... 89 00:03:41,489 --> 00:03:44,525 to handle money. 90 00:03:44,558 --> 00:03:48,529 Math is more than formulas and equations. 91 00:03:48,562 --> 00:03:51,765 It's logic. 92 00:03:51,799 --> 00:03:54,335 It's rationality. 93 00:03:54,368 --> 00:03:57,705 It's using your mind to solve the biggest mysteries we know. 94 00:04:06,314 --> 00:04:07,581 Look, Charlie, this is the kind 95 00:04:07,615 --> 00:04:08,882 of information I need up front. 96 00:04:08,916 --> 00:04:10,584 If the kid wasn't one of your students, 97 00:04:10,618 --> 00:04:12,286 then why did he come and see you? 98 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:13,621 CalSci is a small university. 99 00:04:13,654 --> 00:04:15,289 It's a tight community. 100 00:04:15,323 --> 00:04:17,024 Students often consult professors 101 00:04:17,057 --> 00:04:18,926 outside of their department. 102 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:22,396 He never tried to contact you again-- e-mail or...? 103 00:04:22,430 --> 00:04:25,733 Maybe I was too... unapproachable, I-I don't know. 104 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:27,267 Yeah, well, maybe it had nothing to do with you. 105 00:04:29,370 --> 00:04:31,605 But what if he was trying to tell me something? 106 00:04:33,641 --> 00:04:36,076 All right, look, I'll make some phone calls. 107 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:37,978 But the FBI can't just insert themselves 108 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:38,946 in these kind of things. 109 00:04:38,979 --> 00:04:39,813 If the police closed the case, 110 00:04:39,847 --> 00:04:41,315 they might not mind me looking around. 111 00:04:41,349 --> 00:04:42,783 I understand, and thank you. 112 00:04:42,816 --> 00:04:44,318 I-I really appreciate it. 113 00:04:44,352 --> 00:04:45,319 I mean, I'm not convinced 114 00:04:45,353 --> 00:04:47,321 this is anything more than what it looks like. 115 00:04:51,359 --> 00:04:54,328 You never mentioned that you had a Fed for a brother. 116 00:04:54,362 --> 00:04:55,329 A "Fed"? 117 00:04:55,363 --> 00:04:56,129 I didn't think it'd be much 118 00:04:56,163 --> 00:04:57,531 of a selling point with you, Eva. 119 00:04:57,565 --> 00:05:00,401 My views on government intrusion 120 00:05:00,434 --> 00:05:02,703 into academia are rather firm. 121 00:05:02,736 --> 00:05:05,973 Oh, yeah? Would that be too firm to talk about Finn Montgomery? 122 00:05:06,006 --> 00:05:08,676 His suicide or the Malone scandal? 123 00:05:08,709 --> 00:05:09,543 Scandal? 124 00:05:09,577 --> 00:05:11,379 Yeah, another student, Brian Malone, 125 00:05:11,412 --> 00:05:12,346 was expelled two weeks ago 126 00:05:12,380 --> 00:05:14,348 for falsifying data in a lab result, right? 127 00:05:14,382 --> 00:05:15,849 Finn filed the honor code violations 128 00:05:15,883 --> 00:05:17,117 that led to Brian's expulsion. 129 00:05:17,150 --> 00:05:19,953 Did they get into any confrontation over that? 130 00:05:19,987 --> 00:05:21,689 Violence isn't an automatic response 131 00:05:21,722 --> 00:05:22,956 to conflict, Agent Epps. 132 00:05:22,990 --> 00:05:25,459 No, but it's a popular one, Ms. Salton. 133 00:05:25,493 --> 00:05:29,797 Eva, what was Finn's thesis topic? 134 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:31,599 It was an engineer's perspective 135 00:05:31,632 --> 00:05:33,834 on the work of architect Gaar Haybridge. 136 00:05:33,867 --> 00:05:35,469 He designed the Cole Center downtown. 137 00:05:35,503 --> 00:05:37,971 Right, he also did the Keyerleber Annex. 138 00:05:38,005 --> 00:05:40,541 Something very inviting about that entrance, don't you think? 139 00:05:40,574 --> 00:05:42,876 Yes, there is. 140 00:05:42,910 --> 00:05:44,645 Finn was an intense kid. 141 00:05:44,678 --> 00:05:46,480 He was obsessive about 142 00:05:46,514 --> 00:05:47,280 researching his thesis, 143 00:05:47,314 --> 00:05:48,982 but he was falling behind schedule. 144 00:05:49,016 --> 00:05:49,850 When you say intense, 145 00:05:49,883 --> 00:05:51,785 you mean intense enough to kill himself? 146 00:05:55,489 --> 00:05:58,592 All right, well, I'd like to take a look at his research. 147 00:06:00,528 --> 00:06:04,665 Here is the key to his office in the library. 148 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:07,501 Thanks for your cooperation, Mrs. Salton. 149 00:06:07,535 --> 00:06:09,503 Anytime, Fed. 150 00:06:09,537 --> 00:06:10,704 Thanks, Eva. 151 00:06:10,738 --> 00:06:13,073 DON: "Keyerleber Annex"? 152 00:06:13,106 --> 00:06:15,409 Yeah, well, I was actually staking out a bank 153 00:06:15,443 --> 00:06:17,478 for three weeks right across the street 154 00:06:17,511 --> 00:06:18,812 and they had a plaque that described 155 00:06:18,846 --> 00:06:20,080 its architectural significance. 156 00:06:20,113 --> 00:06:22,950 Look, I think we should check out this kid's work, all right? 157 00:06:22,983 --> 00:06:25,018 You think his research has some bearing on his death? 158 00:06:25,052 --> 00:06:26,554 Sure. If he was hitting dead ends, 159 00:06:26,587 --> 00:06:28,956 or he was late on his thesis, I mean, it might. 160 00:06:40,601 --> 00:06:41,635 CHARLIE: Excuse me. 161 00:06:41,669 --> 00:06:43,537 Uh, can we help you? 162 00:06:43,571 --> 00:06:48,442 I'm a professor in the math department, Charlie Epps. 163 00:06:50,644 --> 00:06:52,480 I'm really just so sorry for your loss. 164 00:06:52,513 --> 00:06:54,414 You just need to excuse me. 165 00:06:56,750 --> 00:06:57,985 Honey... 166 00:07:02,022 --> 00:07:03,457 Are you, uh... 167 00:07:03,491 --> 00:07:05,726 Were you one of Finn's teachers? 168 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:07,495 No, I wasn't. 169 00:07:07,528 --> 00:07:10,698 He had come to me for some help with some calculations 170 00:07:10,731 --> 00:07:12,633 that he was doing for his thesis. 171 00:07:12,666 --> 00:07:15,903 That thesis-- he was under a lot of pressure 172 00:07:15,936 --> 00:07:17,705 trying to get that done. 173 00:07:19,072 --> 00:07:22,776 He sounded tired, frustrated-- 174 00:07:22,810 --> 00:07:24,912 that people didn't understand his work. 175 00:07:24,945 --> 00:07:27,080 I didn't understand it either. 176 00:07:27,114 --> 00:07:29,617 He was speaking a different language. 177 00:07:29,650 --> 00:07:31,919 Maybe if I'd slowed down, 178 00:07:31,952 --> 00:07:35,556 taken more time with him... 179 00:07:35,589 --> 00:07:37,958 These are beautiful sketches, Mr. Montgomery. 180 00:07:37,991 --> 00:07:40,494 They're all Haybridge buildings. 181 00:07:40,528 --> 00:07:43,230 Finn said the designs were perfect. 182 00:07:44,932 --> 00:07:47,234 He could see so much more than I ever could. 183 00:07:50,003 --> 00:07:51,672 Mr. Montgomery, would you mind 184 00:07:51,705 --> 00:07:54,274 if I, um, looked over some of Finn's research? 185 00:07:54,307 --> 00:07:56,710 Because he asked me for help on his thesis. 186 00:07:58,612 --> 00:08:03,150 When you're done, would you... would you walk me through it? 187 00:08:03,183 --> 00:08:06,119 If I can understand my son's life a little bit better, 188 00:08:06,153 --> 00:08:08,522 I might be able to understand why he died. 189 00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:24,572 I mean, I really don't think it's murder, 190 00:08:24,605 --> 00:08:27,074 but Charlie's got something stuck in his craw 191 00:08:27,107 --> 00:08:28,208 and he's done right by us, so... 192 00:08:28,241 --> 00:08:30,578 TERRY: David and I will drop by the medical examiner's, 193 00:08:30,611 --> 00:08:31,679 see what he has to say. 194 00:08:31,712 --> 00:08:33,113 It's got to be on the side, right? 195 00:08:33,146 --> 00:08:34,114 If it weren't my brother, 196 00:08:34,147 --> 00:08:35,182 I'd never hear the end of it. I'd stay away. 197 00:08:35,215 --> 00:08:38,118 TERRY: Okay... and I can check out the kid's bio 198 00:08:38,151 --> 00:08:39,753 for signs he was depressed. 199 00:08:39,787 --> 00:08:42,723 Well, on behalf of the Brothers Epps, I thank you. 200 00:08:42,756 --> 00:08:43,991 I'll talk to you later. 201 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:45,659 You know, you didn't have to come with me. 202 00:08:45,693 --> 00:08:47,995 It's your first jumper-- they can be a little intense. 203 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:52,132 So, what's the FBI doing, nosing around a probable suicide? 204 00:08:52,165 --> 00:08:54,802 Agent Epps has a personal connection to the case. 205 00:08:56,236 --> 00:08:59,573 As you can see, victim suffered extensive facial trauma. 206 00:08:59,607 --> 00:09:01,241 Broken jaw, 207 00:09:01,274 --> 00:09:03,110 busted zygomatic arch, 208 00:09:03,143 --> 00:09:06,179 typical with face-first falls. 209 00:09:06,213 --> 00:09:07,948 Skull damage is extensive. 210 00:09:07,981 --> 00:09:10,150 Cause of death was impact from the fall. 211 00:09:10,183 --> 00:09:11,952 Any indication that he was attacked 212 00:09:11,985 --> 00:09:14,054 or knocked unconscious prior to falling? 213 00:09:14,087 --> 00:09:15,723 If anything happened to his face, 214 00:09:15,756 --> 00:09:16,990 it would be impossible to tell. 215 00:09:17,024 --> 00:09:18,659 But none of his other injuries 216 00:09:18,692 --> 00:09:20,661 suggest an altercation or struggle. 217 00:09:20,694 --> 00:09:22,229 You okay? 218 00:09:23,631 --> 00:09:25,633 Yeah. 219 00:09:25,666 --> 00:09:27,267 John, what's, what's our bottom line? 220 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:29,670 Odds are, this is a suicide. 221 00:09:29,703 --> 00:09:32,572 But I can't rule out completely a homicide. 222 00:09:34,241 --> 00:09:35,676 Thank you. 223 00:09:35,709 --> 00:09:37,177 Come on, let's go. 224 00:09:37,210 --> 00:09:39,379 DON: I understand Finn got you kicked out of here? 225 00:09:39,412 --> 00:09:41,682 MALONE: Montgomery could've come to me, 226 00:09:41,715 --> 00:09:43,917 given me a chance to redo the experiment. 227 00:09:43,951 --> 00:09:46,620 I would have done that. 228 00:09:46,654 --> 00:09:48,155 And, instead, he gets you booted out of school. 229 00:09:48,188 --> 00:09:49,757 Boy, I know how that'd make me feel. 230 00:09:49,790 --> 00:09:50,891 I'm not saying I didn't fantasize 231 00:09:50,924 --> 00:09:52,159 about throwing him off a bridge. 232 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:57,731 His girlfriend dumped him a couple weeks ago, you know. 233 00:09:57,765 --> 00:10:00,400 And he was always stressing out about his thesis. 234 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,169 That's normal, isn't it? 235 00:10:02,202 --> 00:10:05,072 Finn took it to the next level. 236 00:10:05,105 --> 00:10:07,641 Brian, where were you last night? 237 00:10:07,675 --> 00:10:10,377 Friends came by to help me pack. 238 00:10:10,410 --> 00:10:12,780 Crashed around 6:00 a.m. 239 00:10:12,813 --> 00:10:14,347 Am I a murder suspect? 240 00:10:14,381 --> 00:10:16,416 That's actually kind of cool. 241 00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:18,652 That's funny. I'm going to need the names... 242 00:10:18,686 --> 00:10:20,821 numbers of your friends. 243 00:10:27,761 --> 00:10:28,962 Dad... 244 00:10:28,996 --> 00:10:29,897 what are you doing here? 245 00:10:29,930 --> 00:10:31,699 I called you; you hadn't called me back. 246 00:10:31,732 --> 00:10:32,666 I would've eventually. 247 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:34,267 - Is everything okay? - Yeah, yeah, sure. 248 00:10:34,301 --> 00:10:36,937 I need you to come to dinner at the house on Wednesday. 249 00:10:36,970 --> 00:10:38,438 Um, I have a date. 250 00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:40,273 Oh, yeah, a date? 251 00:10:40,307 --> 00:10:41,441 Hey, well, that's good. 252 00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:42,242 With who? 253 00:10:42,275 --> 00:10:44,311 Oh, someone Art knows from yoga. 254 00:10:44,344 --> 00:10:45,713 Yeah, her name's Jill. 255 00:10:45,746 --> 00:10:47,447 He says she's smart, she's funny and, uh, 256 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,182 quite flexible. 257 00:10:49,216 --> 00:10:51,351 So I... we're having dinner at the house 258 00:10:51,384 --> 00:10:52,786 and I would like you to be there. 259 00:10:52,820 --> 00:10:54,354 Wow, hey, no. 260 00:10:54,387 --> 00:10:55,989 Just take her somewhere low-key. 261 00:10:56,023 --> 00:10:56,924 You'll be fine. 262 00:10:56,957 --> 00:10:58,859 Look, it's my first date in over 35 years. 263 00:10:58,892 --> 00:11:00,861 I would like "memorable" instead of "low-key." 264 00:11:00,894 --> 00:11:03,063 "Low-key" and "memorable" aren't mutually exclusive. 265 00:11:03,096 --> 00:11:04,798 You know what my favorite date ever was? 266 00:11:04,832 --> 00:11:06,266 Pepperoni pizza in a Laundromat. 267 00:11:06,299 --> 00:11:07,735 Yes, which explains the conspicuous absence 268 00:11:07,768 --> 00:11:09,169 of grandchildren. 269 00:11:09,202 --> 00:11:11,004 So, Wednesday, 7:30. 270 00:11:11,038 --> 00:11:12,139 Bring a date? I can't. 271 00:11:12,172 --> 00:11:14,207 Dad, I'm busy, and I don't anticipate meeting anyone 272 00:11:14,241 --> 00:11:15,342 between now and then either. 273 00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:17,845 No, I just want to make it a couples thing, you know. 274 00:11:17,878 --> 00:11:18,712 - Looking like, seeming like... - Well, I don't think... 275 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:22,215 Hi. Hey. 276 00:11:22,249 --> 00:11:23,383 Mr. Epps. 277 00:11:23,416 --> 00:11:24,417 Good to see you. 278 00:11:24,451 --> 00:11:26,086 You, too. 279 00:11:26,119 --> 00:11:27,755 You'll think of something. 280 00:11:30,758 --> 00:11:32,125 Give me a forensic psychologist's take 281 00:11:32,159 --> 00:11:33,126 on Finn Montgomery. 282 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,763 He went to university mental health four times 283 00:11:35,796 --> 00:11:37,731 during the past two months for major depression. 284 00:11:37,765 --> 00:11:40,467 Insurance records show he ran out of his anti-depressant 285 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:41,969 three weeks ago, never got a refill. 286 00:11:42,002 --> 00:11:44,371 All right, so he breaks up with his girlfriend, 287 00:11:44,404 --> 00:11:47,040 he falls behind on his work, he stops taking the meds. 288 00:11:47,074 --> 00:11:48,976 From a forensic psychologist's point of view, 289 00:11:49,009 --> 00:11:49,977 it is what it is. 290 00:11:50,010 --> 00:11:51,478 It is what it is. 291 00:11:57,384 --> 00:11:59,820 ( knocking on door ) 292 00:11:59,853 --> 00:12:01,822 Oh, hey, Charlie. Here you are. Look. 293 00:12:01,855 --> 00:12:02,756 Hey. 294 00:12:02,790 --> 00:12:03,791 I've been looking through Finn's research. 295 00:12:03,824 --> 00:12:04,825 He's made some very interesting observations. 296 00:12:04,858 --> 00:12:05,826 - May I show you? - I'm sorry. I just came by 297 00:12:05,859 --> 00:12:08,862 to tell you we cannot take this any further. 298 00:12:08,896 --> 00:12:11,031 I mean, to us, it's clearly a suicide. 299 00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:12,766 No, I don't think so. 300 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:14,935 I know you don't want to think so, but listen, if you just 301 00:12:14,968 --> 00:12:16,536 step back from your personal feelings, 302 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,538 I think you'll see... 303 00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:22,509 Look, I'm not denying that I feel some component of guilt. 304 00:12:22,542 --> 00:12:23,476 But I've made these adjustments 305 00:12:23,510 --> 00:12:25,946 based solely on the circumstances involved. 306 00:12:25,979 --> 00:12:27,514 This kid had some serious problems, okay? 307 00:12:27,547 --> 00:12:29,549 A student conference was not going to save his life. 308 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:31,785 Don't assume I'm being so irrational, you know? 309 00:12:31,819 --> 00:12:33,520 Just because I'm not as detached as you are. 310 00:12:33,553 --> 00:12:34,454 Hey, hold it. 311 00:12:34,487 --> 00:12:36,489 Look, you got no idea the daily horrors 312 00:12:36,523 --> 00:12:37,490 my job serves up to me. 313 00:12:37,524 --> 00:12:40,093 Detached... yeah, you're right, I'm detached. 314 00:12:40,127 --> 00:12:41,294 That's how I function. 315 00:12:41,328 --> 00:12:43,130 I'm sorry, I know, I know. 316 00:12:43,163 --> 00:12:44,998 No, you don't know. Look, Charlie, 317 00:12:45,032 --> 00:12:46,834 I'm glad you don't know. 318 00:12:46,867 --> 00:12:48,969 Terry and David gave you a day, okay. 319 00:12:49,002 --> 00:12:50,437 I pulled some favors for you. 320 00:12:50,470 --> 00:12:51,805 These people work hard. 321 00:12:51,839 --> 00:12:53,841 I can't spend any more resources on this. 322 00:12:53,874 --> 00:12:54,842 You won't, you mean. 323 00:12:54,875 --> 00:12:55,575 Right, I won't. 324 00:12:55,608 --> 00:12:56,910 Larry. 325 00:12:56,944 --> 00:12:58,011 Hey, Don, how's it...? 326 00:12:58,045 --> 00:12:59,146 - Good. - Okay. 327 00:13:09,990 --> 00:13:12,292 Something I can help you with? 328 00:13:31,244 --> 00:13:33,613 Well, it's evident Finn was obsessed 329 00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:38,218 with the design and construction of the Cole Center Building. 330 00:13:38,251 --> 00:13:41,121 There was some problem here that he was trying to solve, 331 00:13:41,154 --> 00:13:43,323 that he needed my help with. 332 00:13:43,356 --> 00:13:47,427 So we must infer that it involves math. 333 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:51,899 Oh... if I'd given him five minutes... 334 00:13:51,932 --> 00:13:54,367 Yeah, well, or ten... or a week. 335 00:13:54,401 --> 00:13:56,003 It might've made all the difference in the world 336 00:13:56,036 --> 00:13:56,904 or none at all. 337 00:13:56,937 --> 00:13:59,372 You know, Charlie, look at this way... 338 00:13:59,406 --> 00:14:00,874 you've got Einstein, 339 00:14:00,908 --> 00:14:03,944 dead for decades... Descartes-- centuries. 340 00:14:03,977 --> 00:14:06,246 A scholar's research continues to speak 341 00:14:06,279 --> 00:14:08,115 long after he's gone. 342 00:14:08,148 --> 00:14:10,483 And somewhere, in all of this, 343 00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:15,188 Finn Montgomery's going to find a way to talk to you. 344 00:14:15,222 --> 00:14:16,957 Well, let's see, 345 00:14:16,990 --> 00:14:19,026 he's got engineering plans, 346 00:14:19,059 --> 00:14:21,895 soil reports, inspection updates. 347 00:14:23,496 --> 00:14:25,999 Meteorological data. 348 00:14:26,033 --> 00:14:28,035 Well, how does that relate to a thesis 349 00:14:28,068 --> 00:14:30,270 on Gaar Haybridge and the Cole Center Building? 350 00:14:30,303 --> 00:14:33,273 The same math used in aeronautical design 351 00:14:33,306 --> 00:14:34,241 and fluid dynamics 352 00:14:34,274 --> 00:14:37,477 also predicts how a building behaves in wind. 353 00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:38,946 And he was interested 354 00:14:38,979 --> 00:14:41,214 in knowing how the building would react 355 00:14:41,248 --> 00:14:42,615 to different weather conditions. 356 00:14:45,085 --> 00:14:46,686 Suggests that he was investigating 357 00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:47,720 a structural issue. 358 00:14:47,754 --> 00:14:51,291 I need to check out the Cole Center in person. 359 00:14:54,127 --> 00:14:55,996 ( elevator bell dings ) 360 00:15:38,405 --> 00:15:40,273 Excuse me. 361 00:15:40,307 --> 00:15:41,708 What are you doing? 362 00:15:41,741 --> 00:15:42,976 A simple experiment. 363 00:15:43,010 --> 00:15:44,711 It's a pendulum. 364 00:15:44,744 --> 00:15:46,713 Sir, you and the pendulum need to leave. 365 00:15:46,746 --> 00:15:48,215 Okay. 366 00:15:48,248 --> 00:15:50,017 - It drew an ellipse. - Now. 367 00:15:52,085 --> 00:15:55,188 On paper, the design's sound. 368 00:15:55,222 --> 00:15:57,624 From the simple experiments I carried out, 369 00:15:57,657 --> 00:15:59,092 I can tell you 370 00:15:59,126 --> 00:16:00,627 that the construction of the Cole Center 371 00:16:00,660 --> 00:16:03,330 does not match these plans-- that in fact, 372 00:16:03,363 --> 00:16:06,033 the building experiences excessive wind deflection. 373 00:16:06,066 --> 00:16:07,167 For the non-engineers here...? 374 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:08,168 Deflection? 375 00:16:08,201 --> 00:16:10,370 Uh, the degree to which a vertical line bends 376 00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:11,671 when force is applied. 377 00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:14,041 A stalk of wheat deflects a lot. 378 00:16:14,074 --> 00:16:16,109 An oak tree much less so. 379 00:16:16,143 --> 00:16:18,078 Bottom line me. Is the building unsafe? 380 00:16:18,111 --> 00:16:19,479 I'd need to run some simulations, 381 00:16:19,512 --> 00:16:20,580 I need to find out, 382 00:16:20,613 --> 00:16:22,115 you know, what are we talking about. 383 00:16:22,149 --> 00:16:24,384 Are we talking about cracked plaster 384 00:16:24,417 --> 00:16:26,453 or something way more serious? 385 00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:35,162 Finn believed something was seriously wrong 386 00:16:35,195 --> 00:16:36,196 with this building, 387 00:16:36,229 --> 00:16:38,565 but he didn't know what it was. 388 00:16:38,598 --> 00:16:41,534 I have to answer that question for him. 389 00:16:41,568 --> 00:16:44,637 The data I collected yesterday showed me 390 00:16:44,671 --> 00:16:46,573 that the Cole Center deflects six degrees 391 00:16:46,606 --> 00:16:47,707 in 30-mile-per-hour winds, 392 00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:50,477 so I've programmed this model to do exactly the same. 393 00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:52,812 It won't pinpoint a specific structural problem... 394 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:55,315 But it'll show how a building that deflects that much 395 00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:57,050 will react under different types of stresses. 396 00:16:57,084 --> 00:16:57,684 That's right. 397 00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:02,355 If Charlie's right, and the Cole Center wasn't built 398 00:17:02,389 --> 00:17:03,490 according to its plans... 399 00:17:03,523 --> 00:17:05,525 Someone made a legitimate mistake 400 00:17:05,558 --> 00:17:06,493 or committed fraud, 401 00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:08,461 which makes Finn a potential whistle-blower, 402 00:17:08,495 --> 00:17:09,296 and that exposes the Cole 403 00:17:09,329 --> 00:17:10,430 to millions in damages and repairs. 404 00:17:10,463 --> 00:17:13,433 Not to mention a lot of bad publicity for the building 405 00:17:13,466 --> 00:17:16,069 and everyone whose name is on it-- architect, contractor... 406 00:17:16,103 --> 00:17:17,104 Owner. 407 00:17:17,137 --> 00:17:18,238 Finn Montgomery's phone records 408 00:17:18,271 --> 00:17:20,407 have him calling Elliot Cole's office several times. 409 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:21,774 As well as Haybridge, the architect, 410 00:17:21,808 --> 00:17:23,543 and Nevelson Contracting. 411 00:17:23,576 --> 00:17:26,146 We have motive and suspects. 412 00:17:26,179 --> 00:17:28,648 Yeah, what we don't have is evidence of a homicide. 413 00:17:28,681 --> 00:17:31,184 DR. SABELLO: I was finishing up the Montgomery autopsy 414 00:17:31,218 --> 00:17:32,285 and found this. 415 00:17:32,319 --> 00:17:33,553 Wasn't here before. 416 00:17:33,586 --> 00:17:34,554 When the heart stops, 417 00:17:34,587 --> 00:17:37,157 so does the flow of blood to broken vessels. 418 00:17:37,190 --> 00:17:41,261 But fluids thinner than blood keep moving, very slowly. 419 00:17:41,294 --> 00:17:43,430 As a result, injuries incurred just prior to death 420 00:17:43,463 --> 00:17:45,732 take at least 24 hours for the bruising to occur. 421 00:17:45,765 --> 00:17:47,667 So Finn Montgomery was injured 422 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:49,736 before he fell off that bridge. 423 00:17:49,769 --> 00:17:52,572 This could be a defensive wound from an object like a pipe. 424 00:17:52,605 --> 00:17:54,174 Someone swung at his head... 425 00:17:54,207 --> 00:17:55,542 He put up his arm to block it maybe. 426 00:17:55,575 --> 00:17:57,544 Of course, it could have been self-inflicted. 427 00:17:57,577 --> 00:17:59,879 Maybe while he was climbing over the rail, 428 00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:01,648 or maybe he struck his arm on the way down. 429 00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:03,550 Those are two very different "could haves." 430 00:18:03,583 --> 00:18:05,418 Get me the object used. 431 00:18:05,452 --> 00:18:07,354 I might be able to match it back to the injury. 432 00:18:07,387 --> 00:18:08,621 Okay. 433 00:18:08,655 --> 00:18:11,291 DON: Mr. Nevelson, we'd like to talk to you 434 00:18:11,324 --> 00:18:12,559 about Finn Montgomery. 435 00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:16,129 He called you about structural problems with the Cole Center. 436 00:18:16,163 --> 00:18:18,265 If I answered the phone for every amateur architect 437 00:18:18,298 --> 00:18:20,800 and random complaint, nothing would ever get built. 438 00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:22,335 Besides, I had enough trouble 439 00:18:22,369 --> 00:18:23,603 with the owner on that build; 440 00:18:23,636 --> 00:18:25,638 I wanted to move on. 441 00:18:25,672 --> 00:18:28,541 Elliot Cole has a reputation as a micromanager, right? 442 00:18:28,575 --> 00:18:30,610 Yeah. That's how I knew the kid was blowing smoke. 443 00:18:30,643 --> 00:18:32,679 Cole Center passed every inspection. 444 00:18:32,712 --> 00:18:33,746 Cole wouldn't have anything less. 445 00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:35,815 FBI! 446 00:18:35,848 --> 00:18:37,484 What'd we do wrong this time? 447 00:18:37,517 --> 00:18:38,551 What did you do wrong last time? 448 00:18:38,585 --> 00:18:40,353 NEVELSON: This is Bob Mazzelli. 449 00:18:40,387 --> 00:18:41,554 Chief of Security. 450 00:18:41,588 --> 00:18:44,491 Are you aware that even without talking about inspections, 451 00:18:44,524 --> 00:18:46,859 the Cole Center doesn't match plans on file with the city. 452 00:18:46,893 --> 00:18:48,561 I don't know anything about that, but my guys 453 00:18:48,595 --> 00:18:50,697 did the work exactly the way they were supposed to. 454 00:18:50,730 --> 00:18:51,664 In '94, the city attorney 455 00:18:51,698 --> 00:18:52,765 investigated your company 456 00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:55,302 for a case involving stolen construction materials. 457 00:18:55,335 --> 00:18:56,303 They investigated 458 00:18:56,336 --> 00:18:57,737 seven companies, hon. 459 00:18:57,770 --> 00:18:59,472 Ours wasn't one of the two that got indicted. 460 00:18:59,506 --> 00:19:01,474 If you're having problems with the Cole Center, 461 00:19:01,508 --> 00:19:03,610 I think you have to look for the lunatic that designed it-- 462 00:19:03,643 --> 00:19:05,578 the architect-- Haybridge. 463 00:19:05,612 --> 00:19:07,480 Okay. Thanks. 464 00:19:07,514 --> 00:19:08,515 NEVELSON: Thanks. 465 00:19:10,683 --> 00:19:11,784 Is it just me, or you get the feeling 466 00:19:11,818 --> 00:19:13,320 that security guy kind of liked you? 467 00:19:13,353 --> 00:19:14,554 Cat and dog thing. 468 00:19:14,587 --> 00:19:16,489 Some guys like women who can handcuff them. 469 00:19:16,523 --> 00:19:18,325 Can't blame him for that. 470 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:21,928 Hey... 471 00:19:21,961 --> 00:19:23,696 what are you doing for dinner tonight? 472 00:19:23,730 --> 00:19:25,798 My dad's cooking for his friend Jill. 473 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:28,601 What, you mean like, a double date? 474 00:19:28,635 --> 00:19:30,403 No, no, I mean, he'd be on a date. 475 00:19:30,437 --> 00:19:31,738 You'd just be doing me a favor. 476 00:19:31,771 --> 00:19:33,540 We can talk about work. 477 00:19:33,573 --> 00:19:35,842 Nice to see your social skills are as sharp as ever. 478 00:19:35,875 --> 00:19:37,810 Terry, I'm just trying to be up-front. 479 00:19:37,844 --> 00:19:39,679 I don't want there to be any weirdness. 480 00:19:39,712 --> 00:19:40,813 You know, given our history. 481 00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:42,582 No weirdness, Don. Just history. 482 00:19:42,615 --> 00:19:44,384 That a "yes"? 483 00:19:44,417 --> 00:19:45,385 Maybe. 484 00:19:45,418 --> 00:19:46,619 If I let you bring your cuffs? 485 00:19:46,653 --> 00:19:48,621 ( laughs ) 486 00:19:48,655 --> 00:19:49,856 Well, in that case... 487 00:19:49,889 --> 00:19:51,758 DAVID: Mr. Haybridge, were you contacted 488 00:19:51,791 --> 00:19:53,993 about possible problems with the Cole Center? 489 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:56,729 HAYBRIDGE: Yes, I spoke with a Mr. Montgomery. 490 00:19:56,763 --> 00:19:59,566 I told him he was wrong. 491 00:19:59,599 --> 00:20:01,668 The Cole Center wouldn't be the first of your designs 492 00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:03,770 to have structural issues. 493 00:20:03,803 --> 00:20:04,971 The concert hall in Seattle... 494 00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:06,739 Had a minor problem. 495 00:20:06,773 --> 00:20:08,475 A quickly remedied minor problem. 496 00:20:08,508 --> 00:20:10,543 We experimented with thin concrete flooring, 497 00:20:10,577 --> 00:20:11,511 it didn't work out. 498 00:20:11,544 --> 00:20:12,712 I might also add 499 00:20:12,745 --> 00:20:13,980 the financiers only noticed the sagging 500 00:20:14,013 --> 00:20:15,582 when I brought it to their attention. 501 00:20:15,615 --> 00:20:17,850 Great. Do any experimenting with the Cole Center? 502 00:20:17,884 --> 00:20:19,018 No. 503 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:19,986 Now, if you'll excuse me, 504 00:20:20,019 --> 00:20:21,988 I have clients waiting back at the office. 505 00:20:22,021 --> 00:20:24,591 Mr. Haybridge, please don't make me follow you to your office 506 00:20:24,624 --> 00:20:26,526 and question you about fraud and possible murder 507 00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:30,897 in front of your clients. 508 00:20:30,930 --> 00:20:34,701 Look, the Cole Center is my signature building. 509 00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:37,604 But Cole froze me out after the design phase. 510 00:20:37,637 --> 00:20:39,038 Why would he do that? 511 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:40,840 Because I'm Gaar Haybridge, 512 00:20:40,873 --> 00:20:43,343 and my buildings are famous because they're designed by me. 513 00:20:43,376 --> 00:20:45,845 Elliot Cole wanted to be the big man behind the Cole Center. 514 00:20:45,878 --> 00:20:46,913 You think he might have cut any corners, 515 00:20:46,946 --> 00:20:48,948 authorized any changes 516 00:20:48,981 --> 00:20:51,351 that could've compromised the structure's integrity? 517 00:20:51,384 --> 00:20:52,352 Not knowingly. 518 00:20:52,385 --> 00:20:55,588 Cole expects that building to last forever... 519 00:20:55,622 --> 00:20:57,357 as a monument to himself. 520 00:21:00,460 --> 00:21:01,328 Hi, I'm Rachel. 521 00:21:01,361 --> 00:21:02,829 Mr. Cole will be with you in a minute. 522 00:21:02,862 --> 00:21:03,963 You can follow me. 523 00:21:11,838 --> 00:21:13,540 He's just completed a call. 524 00:21:13,573 --> 00:21:14,741 Would you like a seat? 525 00:21:16,809 --> 00:21:17,910 - Hi. - Hi. 526 00:21:17,944 --> 00:21:21,748 Listen, you're looking at equity of about $200 million. 527 00:21:21,781 --> 00:21:24,684 Because I know everything, Steven. 528 00:21:24,717 --> 00:21:27,620 Well, check your numbers and we'll talk tomorrow. 529 00:21:27,654 --> 00:21:28,755 Thank you. 530 00:21:28,788 --> 00:21:30,457 Sorry about that. How can I help you? 531 00:21:30,490 --> 00:21:31,758 We're looking into the death 532 00:21:31,791 --> 00:21:34,561 of a young CalSci student named Finn Montgomery. 533 00:21:34,594 --> 00:21:36,363 Ever try a standing desk? 534 00:21:36,396 --> 00:21:37,697 It's fantastic. 535 00:21:37,730 --> 00:21:38,798 You know, Mozart used one. 536 00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:41,434 Uh, Montgomery... 537 00:21:41,468 --> 00:21:42,802 The engineering student who thought 538 00:21:42,835 --> 00:21:44,537 there was something wrong with the building. 539 00:21:44,571 --> 00:21:46,606 We directed his calls to the PR Department. 540 00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:48,007 Is this the Michaelson agreement? 541 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,377 I don't see the changes I asked for. 542 00:21:50,410 --> 00:21:51,811 Yes, they're listed under Addendum C. 543 00:21:51,844 --> 00:21:52,779 - Oh. - He may have actually 544 00:21:52,812 --> 00:21:54,981 discovered a structural flaw in the building. 545 00:21:55,014 --> 00:21:58,751 A student found something that the architect, 546 00:21:58,785 --> 00:22:00,119 the project engineer, 547 00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:02,455 three dozen city inspectors, and I missed? 548 00:22:02,489 --> 00:22:04,791 Yes. It might explain why there's evidence 549 00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:06,726 Montgomery may have been murdered. 550 00:22:06,759 --> 00:22:08,795 Oh, I see. 551 00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:09,929 So we're talking conspiracy here. 552 00:22:09,962 --> 00:22:11,063 - Here you go. - Thank you. 553 00:22:11,097 --> 00:22:12,064 Well, you did put 554 00:22:12,098 --> 00:22:13,666 $300 million of your own money 555 00:22:13,700 --> 00:22:14,967 into the building. Isn't that correct? 556 00:22:15,001 --> 00:22:16,669 Yes. 557 00:22:16,703 --> 00:22:18,004 And the overruns forced you into bankruptcy? 558 00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:20,373 Yes, and the success of this building 559 00:22:20,407 --> 00:22:22,809 got me out of bankruptcy 560 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:24,777 and into a very profitable phase of my career. 561 00:22:24,811 --> 00:22:27,514 Right. But during a non-profitable phase, 562 00:22:27,547 --> 00:22:28,581 it might make sense for you 563 00:22:28,615 --> 00:22:30,883 to do everything to stop hemorrhaging cash, right? 564 00:22:30,917 --> 00:22:32,785 I love spending money. 565 00:22:32,819 --> 00:22:34,821 I love making money. 566 00:22:34,854 --> 00:22:37,557 Taking risks comes with the territory on both. 567 00:22:37,590 --> 00:22:39,859 So, please, do your due diligence, 568 00:22:39,892 --> 00:22:41,594 send in an inspection team. 569 00:22:41,628 --> 00:22:44,531 This building is as safe as kittens. 570 00:22:44,564 --> 00:22:46,866 Thank you for your time. 571 00:22:46,899 --> 00:22:47,867 Oh, you're welcome. 572 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:49,969 Uh... and if I did cut corners-- 573 00:22:50,002 --> 00:22:53,606 if I had compromised the safety of this building in any way-- 574 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:54,974 would I have my office in it? 575 00:22:56,008 --> 00:22:57,910 We'll be in touch. 576 00:22:59,145 --> 00:23:01,047 Let's try an earthquake 577 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,082 with a magnitude of 8.2. 578 00:23:03,115 --> 00:23:06,919 A minor structural warning 579 00:23:06,953 --> 00:23:10,857 but, seismically, the building appears solid. 580 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,625 I owe it to Finn to find out 581 00:23:12,659 --> 00:23:14,694 what's wrong with this building. 582 00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:17,464 Let's see how it does in high winds. 583 00:23:21,734 --> 00:23:23,770 ALAN: You know, when I was working 584 00:23:23,803 --> 00:23:25,905 as a city planner, I saw every shortcut 585 00:23:25,938 --> 00:23:27,206 in the books. 586 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:29,576 You know, kickbacks, overbilling, 587 00:23:29,609 --> 00:23:31,077 pulling rebar from one job 588 00:23:31,110 --> 00:23:33,112 and trying to use it in another. 589 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:34,113 Oh... sorry. 590 00:23:34,146 --> 00:23:37,049 I make Cole for a narcissist, not a sociopath. 591 00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:38,518 I get the feeling he's only interested 592 00:23:38,551 --> 00:23:39,619 in victories he can brag about. 593 00:23:39,652 --> 00:23:41,488 Oh, my God! 594 00:23:41,521 --> 00:23:43,089 The bread... in the oven. I forgot. 595 00:23:43,122 --> 00:23:46,459 Relax. I got it. Just relax. 596 00:23:46,493 --> 00:23:47,894 I'm just a little nervous. 597 00:23:47,927 --> 00:23:48,728 Don't worry. 598 00:23:48,761 --> 00:23:50,563 Everything looks wonderful. In fact, 599 00:23:50,597 --> 00:23:52,665 your son could learn a few things from you. 600 00:23:52,699 --> 00:23:54,467 You know where we went on our first date? 601 00:23:54,501 --> 00:23:55,635 All right, 602 00:23:55,668 --> 00:23:56,435 all right, all right. 603 00:23:56,469 --> 00:23:58,237 A Laundromat. Dinner was pizza. 604 00:23:58,270 --> 00:23:59,071 A little professionalism, 605 00:23:59,105 --> 00:24:00,640 - You don't say? - Please. All right? 606 00:24:00,673 --> 00:24:01,908 - Let's just... - Oh, interesting. 607 00:24:01,941 --> 00:24:03,876 ( doorbell rings ) 608 00:24:03,910 --> 00:24:04,911 The building is within 609 00:24:04,944 --> 00:24:07,880 all required limits for earthquakes and wind. 610 00:24:07,914 --> 00:24:10,883 And the tests seem fairly conclusive. 611 00:24:10,917 --> 00:24:13,886 I feel like we're... we're missing something. 612 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,957 Whatever Finn uncovered must have been something significant. 613 00:24:17,990 --> 00:24:21,160 Charles, can I tell you a story? 614 00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:23,630 Yes, please. As long as it's not 615 00:24:23,663 --> 00:24:27,934 another parable from the lives of the great mathematicians. 616 00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:29,969 No. This is about a sophomore student 617 00:24:30,002 --> 00:24:31,904 I once had-- Kevin Flannermans. 618 00:24:31,938 --> 00:24:32,972 This was 20 years ago. 619 00:24:33,005 --> 00:24:35,908 Kevin hanged himself. 620 00:24:35,942 --> 00:24:41,013 Right. Well, Finn didn't kill himself. 621 00:24:41,047 --> 00:24:44,150 Well, but, maybe just the possibility that he did-- 622 00:24:44,183 --> 00:24:47,687 maybe that is the variable that you are disallowing 623 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,255 from the problem. 624 00:24:49,288 --> 00:24:53,259 He came to me with an important question. 625 00:24:53,292 --> 00:24:55,161 I owe him an answer. 626 00:24:55,194 --> 00:25:00,767 Okay, well, you've ingeniously sidestepped my point. 627 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:05,905 You know, there are a few rare wind events 628 00:25:05,938 --> 00:25:07,774 that we haven't tested. 629 00:25:11,611 --> 00:25:14,013 I'm sorry. 630 00:25:14,046 --> 00:25:16,649 Usually, talking about hobbies is a smart move. 631 00:25:16,683 --> 00:25:18,184 I'm supposed to know Jill's mother 632 00:25:18,217 --> 00:25:21,053 died in a skiing accident? How?! 633 00:25:21,087 --> 00:25:22,254 She's stopped crying. 634 00:25:22,288 --> 00:25:23,690 It's funny how Charlie 635 00:25:23,723 --> 00:25:26,959 gets stuck at the office at all the right times. 636 00:25:26,993 --> 00:25:28,895 Okay. We'll have a good meal, 637 00:25:28,928 --> 00:25:31,698 some nice wine and some pleasant conversation. 638 00:25:31,731 --> 00:25:33,032 Everything will be fine. 639 00:25:33,065 --> 00:25:35,334 Just tell me you asked if she eats everything. 640 00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:37,036 She's not a vegetarian. I asked. 641 00:25:37,069 --> 00:25:38,304 What do you think I am? Stupid? 642 00:25:39,606 --> 00:25:41,207 I sure hope you like duck. 643 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:42,809 Oh, yes, I do. I have two-- 644 00:25:42,842 --> 00:25:44,343 Paddles and Mr. Waddlesworth. 645 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:46,045 Oh, my God! 646 00:25:46,078 --> 00:25:48,815 I don't eat it. 647 00:25:48,848 --> 00:25:50,917 I'm sorry. I didn't know. I'll take it away. 648 00:25:50,950 --> 00:25:53,019 ( phone rings ) 649 00:25:53,052 --> 00:25:54,721 Yeah? 650 00:25:54,754 --> 00:25:57,356 Right. 651 00:25:57,389 --> 00:25:59,325 Okay, okay. Alright. Right. Yep. 652 00:25:59,358 --> 00:26:01,127 We're on our way. Yep. 653 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,195 Dad, sorry. We got to go. 654 00:26:03,229 --> 00:26:04,697 Sure. Go ahead. 655 00:26:04,731 --> 00:26:05,998 Couldn't get any worse. 656 00:26:06,032 --> 00:26:07,700 Listen. Alcohol. 657 00:26:07,734 --> 00:26:09,168 Lots of alcohol. 658 00:26:09,201 --> 00:26:11,037 For who? 659 00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:13,272 CHARLIE: The problem is wind. 660 00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:16,008 Wouldn't they have already tested for stability in winds? 661 00:26:16,042 --> 00:26:17,877 Engineers test structural response 662 00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:19,011 to gusts along two axes: 663 00:26:19,045 --> 00:26:20,279 north to south and east to west. 664 00:26:20,312 --> 00:26:23,816 And, in those cases, a single side supported by two corners 665 00:26:23,850 --> 00:26:25,652 bears the brunt of the wind load. 666 00:26:25,685 --> 00:26:27,654 Think of a straight-on wind 667 00:26:27,687 --> 00:26:29,121 as two cars colliding. 668 00:26:29,155 --> 00:26:31,357 In contrast-- excuse me-- 669 00:26:31,390 --> 00:26:35,261 quartering winds hit a building at an angle, 670 00:26:35,294 --> 00:26:39,966 exerting pressure on two sides anchored by a single corner. 671 00:26:39,999 --> 00:26:41,668 Imagine a car getting hit 672 00:26:41,701 --> 00:26:44,270 from the back and the side simultaneously. 673 00:26:44,303 --> 00:26:47,139 Can those winds cause structural issues? 674 00:26:47,173 --> 00:26:48,641 Our tests showed 675 00:26:48,675 --> 00:26:51,410 that the Cole Center is sound for head-on winds 676 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:53,079 of up to 90 miles per hour. 677 00:26:53,112 --> 00:26:55,114 But here's what happens with quartering winds 678 00:26:55,147 --> 00:26:58,150 as low as 60 miles per hour. 679 00:26:59,786 --> 00:27:02,054 First, the steel frame bends beyond its limits, 680 00:27:02,088 --> 00:27:04,891 and stays bent. 681 00:27:04,924 --> 00:27:07,694 Then this strained steel hardens and becomes brittle. 682 00:27:07,727 --> 00:27:10,997 Under continuing stress, this steel will fracture, 683 00:27:11,030 --> 00:27:12,965 causing complete structural collapse. 684 00:27:12,999 --> 00:27:15,735 Finn Montgomery found the problem 685 00:27:15,768 --> 00:27:17,169 in the building's deflection. 686 00:27:17,203 --> 00:27:19,071 He suspected the effects would be serious. 687 00:27:19,105 --> 00:27:21,007 I could really use your advice 688 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,776 on some calculations in my engineering thesis. 689 00:27:23,810 --> 00:27:25,277 He was right. 690 00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:28,815 And he may have paid with his life. 691 00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:38,390 CHARLIE: Our simulation demonstrates 692 00:27:38,424 --> 00:27:40,392 that the Cole Center could experience failure 693 00:27:40,426 --> 00:27:41,961 in a 60 mile-per-hour quartering wind. 694 00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:43,362 Now, as the head of the Department 695 00:27:43,395 --> 00:27:45,231 of Building and Safety, you've got to realize 696 00:27:45,264 --> 00:27:48,134 what a huge, imminent risk that poses when the building 697 00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:48,968 is filled with people. 698 00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:51,137 Are you a structural engineer? Hmm? 699 00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:52,104 No. 700 00:27:52,138 --> 00:27:54,173 An expert in wind dynamics? 701 00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:56,408 He is a professor of applied mathematics. 702 00:27:56,442 --> 00:27:59,145 He's talking theory and supposition. 703 00:27:59,178 --> 00:28:00,780 If any of this goes public, 704 00:28:00,813 --> 00:28:03,282 I will sue the FBI for slander. 705 00:28:03,315 --> 00:28:05,718 Professor Eppes, I respect your background 706 00:28:05,752 --> 00:28:07,019 and reputation, but I can't make a decision... 707 00:28:07,053 --> 00:28:09,455 Well, do me a favor, and forget my reputation. 708 00:28:09,488 --> 00:28:13,059 Consider what happened in Kansas City. In 1981, 709 00:28:13,092 --> 00:28:14,360 The Hyatt Regency walkway collapsed. 710 00:28:14,393 --> 00:28:16,095 Killed 114 people. 711 00:28:16,128 --> 00:28:17,429 In Hartford, in 1978, 712 00:28:17,463 --> 00:28:20,132 the structure of a sports arena failed. 713 00:28:20,166 --> 00:28:22,301 Those involved fraud and malfeasance. 714 00:28:22,334 --> 00:28:26,038 Serious building flaws were found in each of those cases. 715 00:28:26,072 --> 00:28:28,007 Can you connect the Cole Center's deflection 716 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,441 to a specific structural issue? 717 00:28:29,475 --> 00:28:31,477 Because of the potential risk of casualties, 718 00:28:31,510 --> 00:28:34,146 we think it's something you should take very seriously. 719 00:28:34,180 --> 00:28:36,482 You want to ruin my building's reputation? 720 00:28:36,515 --> 00:28:38,117 - We want to save lives. - Render it worthless 721 00:28:38,150 --> 00:28:40,019 on an obscure and nonspecific 722 00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:41,120 theory? 723 00:28:41,153 --> 00:28:41,988 Look, I can't point 724 00:28:42,021 --> 00:28:43,890 to a specific problem at this time, 725 00:28:43,923 --> 00:28:45,091 but let me tell you something. 726 00:28:45,124 --> 00:28:47,393 The evidence is there. 727 00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:48,861 Mr. Cole, you're going 728 00:28:48,895 --> 00:28:50,229 to have to leave now 729 00:28:50,262 --> 00:28:52,064 if you're going to make your board meeting. 730 00:28:52,098 --> 00:28:53,165 Thank you. 731 00:28:53,199 --> 00:28:54,300 Gentlemen, 732 00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:55,367 the Cole Center 733 00:28:55,401 --> 00:28:56,769 is me. 734 00:28:56,803 --> 00:28:59,071 It's my reputation and my public image. 735 00:28:59,105 --> 00:29:01,473 I stand by its integrity. 736 00:29:04,376 --> 00:29:07,213 Given the lack of specific evidence, 737 00:29:07,246 --> 00:29:09,015 I'd say we're done. 738 00:29:09,048 --> 00:29:10,116 Wha...?! 739 00:29:10,149 --> 00:29:11,317 The engineers 740 00:29:11,350 --> 00:29:13,052 who examined this building last night 741 00:29:13,085 --> 00:29:16,088 couldn't locate a problem in any section they could inspect. 742 00:29:16,122 --> 00:29:18,224 So the logical conclusion is whatever's wrong 743 00:29:18,257 --> 00:29:20,559 with this building is underground-- in the foundation. 744 00:29:20,592 --> 00:29:24,931 Right. Well, I'm going to go see they guy who built it. 745 00:29:24,964 --> 00:29:26,332 Guy was a pompous ass. 746 00:29:28,167 --> 00:29:29,969 So my son discovered a structural 747 00:29:30,002 --> 00:29:30,903 flaw in this building? 748 00:29:30,937 --> 00:29:32,972 He noted that the building didn't react 749 00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:34,240 to wind as it was designed to. 750 00:29:34,273 --> 00:29:36,208 Well, he didn't know the specific cause. 751 00:29:36,242 --> 00:29:37,810 How could he figure that out? 752 00:29:37,844 --> 00:29:39,211 Just by looking at the blueprints? 753 00:29:39,245 --> 00:29:41,914 No, or else other people would have noticed it first. 754 00:29:41,948 --> 00:29:43,816 No, Finn actually went a lot further. 755 00:29:43,850 --> 00:29:45,484 He... he noticed something was wrong 756 00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:47,519 because he was passionate and thorough. 757 00:29:47,553 --> 00:29:48,955 He wanted to understand this building. 758 00:29:48,988 --> 00:29:50,089 And, when something didn't make sense, 759 00:29:50,122 --> 00:29:51,523 he needed to know why. 760 00:29:51,557 --> 00:29:53,559 So you're trying to find exactly 761 00:29:53,592 --> 00:29:55,862 what's wrong with the Cole Center. 762 00:29:55,895 --> 00:29:57,596 It might take some time but, well, 763 00:29:57,629 --> 00:29:59,531 we won't stop working on it either. 764 00:30:05,337 --> 00:30:06,405 We know you cut corners 765 00:30:06,438 --> 00:30:08,307 on the construction of the Cole Center foundation. 766 00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:09,475 You're doing a lot of fishing 767 00:30:09,508 --> 00:30:10,910 for a guy who knows something. 768 00:30:10,943 --> 00:30:12,411 Look, whether you cheaped out on the rebar 769 00:30:12,444 --> 00:30:14,146 or you didn't drive the piles deep enough, 770 00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:15,848 we're going to find out what you did, 771 00:30:15,882 --> 00:30:17,283 and we're going to nail you for it. 772 00:30:17,316 --> 00:30:19,151 A subpoena for all your records 773 00:30:19,185 --> 00:30:20,486 of the Cole Center foundation. 774 00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:22,554 FBI accountants are going to go over every page. 775 00:30:22,588 --> 00:30:25,091 We're going to find out what you did. 776 00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:28,560 Knock yourself out. 777 00:30:32,131 --> 00:30:33,399 Yo! 778 00:30:33,432 --> 00:30:36,068 We're in here. 779 00:30:36,102 --> 00:30:38,504 Hey, Dad. All right, FBI accountants 780 00:30:38,537 --> 00:30:40,572 went over a11 of Nevelson's financials, 781 00:30:40,606 --> 00:30:43,242 and these are all the documents that relate to the foundation. 782 00:30:43,275 --> 00:30:44,276 Our people could find nothing. 783 00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:45,211 So why didn't you have Charlie 784 00:30:45,244 --> 00:30:46,879 look at the records in the first place? 785 00:30:46,913 --> 00:30:47,713 The FBI has a team 786 00:30:47,746 --> 00:30:49,215 of excellent forensic accountants. 787 00:30:49,248 --> 00:30:50,382 I know, but it wouldn't 788 00:30:50,416 --> 00:30:52,251 be the first time you find something that they missed. 789 00:30:52,284 --> 00:30:55,221 A lot of mathematicians do have eidetic numerical memory. 790 00:30:55,254 --> 00:30:57,123 It allows us to recognize numbers 791 00:30:57,156 --> 00:30:58,324 when they've been repeated 792 00:30:58,357 --> 00:31:00,026 or arranged in patterns. 793 00:31:00,059 --> 00:31:02,194 Why don't you do that, and I'll do the dishes. 794 00:31:02,228 --> 00:31:03,262 How's that? 795 00:31:05,231 --> 00:31:06,465 I'll give you a hand. 796 00:31:06,498 --> 00:31:08,000 So you mean your best date ever 797 00:31:08,034 --> 00:31:09,168 was with your partner? 798 00:31:09,201 --> 00:31:10,669 Dad, please. 799 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:12,939 No, it's just a simple observation. 800 00:31:12,972 --> 00:31:14,373 I mean, if it was so great, 801 00:31:14,406 --> 00:31:15,674 why did you split up? 802 00:31:15,707 --> 00:31:17,143 It was an academy thing. 803 00:31:17,176 --> 00:31:18,544 We got posted to different places. 804 00:31:18,577 --> 00:31:20,479 We had our careers to concentrate on. 805 00:31:20,512 --> 00:31:23,215 So now you're in the same city, same careers... 806 00:31:23,249 --> 00:31:24,350 Same office. 807 00:31:24,383 --> 00:31:25,484 Which, in our case, 808 00:31:25,517 --> 00:31:27,286 can be a dangerous thing. 809 00:31:27,319 --> 00:31:29,055 Your mother and I met at work. 810 00:31:29,088 --> 00:31:30,256 In the lunch line. 811 00:31:30,289 --> 00:31:33,092 Look, Dad, Terry and I have to see each other every day, 812 00:31:33,125 --> 00:31:34,626 We have to look out for each other. 813 00:31:34,660 --> 00:31:37,229 So that means any trust issues are already behind you. 814 00:31:37,263 --> 00:31:39,665 Look, just because you're eager to start dating again... 815 00:31:39,698 --> 00:31:40,632 Eager? Are you kidding me? 816 00:31:40,666 --> 00:31:41,500 You saw me last night. 817 00:31:41,533 --> 00:31:43,369 I know, I know, I know. 818 00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:45,237 I got to get back into it. 819 00:31:45,271 --> 00:31:47,073 Your mother said I should 820 00:31:47,106 --> 00:31:49,541 meet new people after she was gone. 821 00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:51,277 Well, that's right. 822 00:31:51,310 --> 00:31:52,979 That sounds like her. 823 00:31:53,012 --> 00:31:54,313 She made me promise. 824 00:31:54,346 --> 00:31:56,615 I mean, she knew that, without a push, 825 00:31:56,648 --> 00:31:58,050 that I might not do it. 826 00:31:58,084 --> 00:31:59,285 So she pushed. 827 00:32:01,687 --> 00:32:03,555 Just consider this your push. 828 00:32:03,589 --> 00:32:06,458 Now, here is a list of workers employed 829 00:32:06,492 --> 00:32:08,494 in building the foundation. 830 00:32:08,527 --> 00:32:10,029 And? 831 00:32:10,062 --> 00:32:12,331 And a lot of them don't exist. 832 00:32:12,364 --> 00:32:14,533 Yeah. There's a preponderance of fours and sevens 833 00:32:14,566 --> 00:32:16,135 in the union ID numbers, 834 00:32:16,168 --> 00:32:18,370 which could be due to accounting codes, 835 00:32:18,404 --> 00:32:20,406 except they show up in the overtime hours-- 836 00:32:20,439 --> 00:32:22,641 like, 14s and 17s everywhere-- 837 00:32:22,674 --> 00:32:25,344 here, here and here-- 14... 17... 838 00:32:25,377 --> 00:32:28,047 These numbers, they can't be explained 839 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:29,415 by random occurrence. 840 00:32:29,448 --> 00:32:31,250 Somebody made them up. 841 00:32:31,283 --> 00:32:33,019 They've been fabricated 842 00:32:33,052 --> 00:32:34,586 by someone who likes these numbers-- 843 00:32:34,620 --> 00:32:36,655 who left behind a pretty obvious pattern. 844 00:32:36,688 --> 00:32:38,157 Obvious to you. 845 00:32:38,190 --> 00:32:40,359 Here's a very interesting thing also. 846 00:32:40,392 --> 00:32:43,362 All the... all the workers I've identified as fake 847 00:32:43,395 --> 00:32:44,630 are listed as welders. 848 00:32:44,663 --> 00:32:47,366 Except there aren't any other welders on the payroll backup. 849 00:32:47,399 --> 00:32:50,302 ALAN: You can't build a foundation without welders. 850 00:32:50,336 --> 00:32:54,373 Sounds like Nevelson was using a shadow crew. 851 00:32:54,406 --> 00:32:56,542 So how would that work, Dad? 852 00:32:56,575 --> 00:32:58,344 Nonunion laborers, usually illegal aliens. 853 00:32:58,377 --> 00:33:00,412 They pay them under the table. 854 00:33:00,446 --> 00:33:02,414 See, the contractors would use them at night 855 00:33:02,448 --> 00:33:04,416 to avoid the unions. 856 00:33:04,450 --> 00:33:06,618 So what? Like lower pay, no overtime, medical benefits...? 857 00:33:06,652 --> 00:33:08,387 That's right. 858 00:33:12,224 --> 00:33:15,561 But people still get hurt. 859 00:33:15,594 --> 00:33:18,230 And there'll be hospital records. 860 00:33:18,264 --> 00:33:20,366 No, no, ma'am, you're not... 861 00:33:20,399 --> 00:33:22,168 Listen, I said I'm only interested 862 00:33:22,201 --> 00:33:23,669 in patients without insurance. 863 00:33:23,702 --> 00:33:25,704 Thank you. 864 00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:27,673 Get anything from the ERs? 865 00:33:27,706 --> 00:33:29,541 Nope. 866 00:33:29,575 --> 00:33:32,144 A Julio Perez checked in with swollen corneas. 867 00:33:32,178 --> 00:33:33,445 They see that with welders, 868 00:33:33,479 --> 00:33:34,480 especially less experienced ones. 869 00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:35,314 No insurance. 870 00:33:35,347 --> 00:33:36,148 When was that? 871 00:33:36,182 --> 00:33:39,585 2:30 in the morning, May 17th, 1999. 872 00:33:39,618 --> 00:33:42,054 Right, see, that's when the Cole Center's 873 00:33:42,088 --> 00:33:43,422 foundation was being done. 874 00:33:43,455 --> 00:33:46,692 Immigration records shows that he was 875 00:33:46,725 --> 00:33:49,628 deported back to Mexico last year. 876 00:33:49,661 --> 00:33:50,596 Hold on-- Yeah? Uh-huh. 877 00:33:52,464 --> 00:33:54,400 The hospital is saying that somebody else paid his bill. 878 00:33:54,433 --> 00:33:56,302 Get a name. 879 00:33:56,335 --> 00:33:58,370 Can we get the name of that person, please? 880 00:33:58,404 --> 00:34:00,739 DON: Sir, we're looking for Keith Babbitt. 881 00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:03,409 We think he worked for you on the Cole Center. 882 00:34:03,442 --> 00:34:04,243 Keith Babbitt? 883 00:34:04,276 --> 00:34:05,511 No, I don't know. 884 00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:07,346 He was a foreman who specializes 885 00:34:07,379 --> 00:34:09,081 in foundation welding. 886 00:34:09,115 --> 00:34:12,118 He paid for a non-union worker's hospital bill. 887 00:34:12,151 --> 00:34:14,653 I got hundreds of guys on any one job. 888 00:34:14,686 --> 00:34:17,423 I don't know most of their names until they screw up. 889 00:34:17,456 --> 00:34:18,624 Babbitt's union records show 890 00:34:18,657 --> 00:34:21,527 he was unemployed for most of '99, but his name shows up 891 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,495 in relation to the Cole Center foundation work. 892 00:34:23,529 --> 00:34:24,830 If you say so. 893 00:34:24,863 --> 00:34:26,498 Okay. 894 00:34:26,532 --> 00:34:29,301 It's the wrong move. 895 00:34:29,335 --> 00:34:31,537 Have a nice day. 896 00:34:31,570 --> 00:34:33,472 DON: If Babbitt oversaw the crew 897 00:34:33,505 --> 00:34:35,207 that built the Cole Center foundation, 898 00:34:35,241 --> 00:34:37,409 he might be the key to solving the whole thing. 899 00:34:37,443 --> 00:34:39,178 David, why don't you check out back? 900 00:34:39,211 --> 00:34:40,112 All right. 901 00:34:47,819 --> 00:34:49,555 ( knocking on door ) 902 00:34:49,588 --> 00:34:51,323 DON: Mr. Babbitt? 903 00:34:51,357 --> 00:34:53,559 This is the FBI. 904 00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:57,296 ( knocking ) 905 00:34:57,329 --> 00:34:58,530 Mr. Babbitt? 906 00:35:00,732 --> 00:35:01,900 ( engine running ) 907 00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:03,669 Don! Back here! 908 00:35:07,506 --> 00:35:10,276 ( coughing ) 909 00:35:10,309 --> 00:35:12,911 He's unconscious. 910 00:35:12,944 --> 00:35:14,580 Pull him out, pull. 911 00:35:14,613 --> 00:35:16,782 ( coughing ) 912 00:35:21,220 --> 00:35:23,255 Paramedics are on the way. 913 00:35:23,289 --> 00:35:24,590 It's barely warm, so he couldn't have been in there long. 914 00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:25,591 How's he doing? 915 00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:26,858 He's got a pulse. 916 00:35:26,892 --> 00:35:27,826 Mr. Babbitt? 917 00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:28,827 ( coughing ) 918 00:35:28,860 --> 00:35:30,229 It's all right, FBI. 919 00:35:30,262 --> 00:35:31,230 You're gonna be fine. 920 00:35:31,263 --> 00:35:32,264 Don, look at his head. 921 00:35:32,298 --> 00:35:34,166 Somebody cold-cocked him 922 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:35,601 then stuffed him in that car. 923 00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:37,203 This is a staged suicide. 924 00:35:37,236 --> 00:35:38,837 Echoes of Finn Montgomery. 925 00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:40,339 You okay? 926 00:35:40,372 --> 00:35:41,873 Yeah. 927 00:35:41,907 --> 00:35:43,275 You know who hit you? 928 00:35:43,309 --> 00:35:47,579 Uh, Nevelson's goon-- Mazzelli. 929 00:35:50,582 --> 00:35:51,817 DON: Bob Mazzelli, FBI. 930 00:35:51,850 --> 00:35:53,719 You're under arrest. Get your hands up. 931 00:35:53,752 --> 00:35:54,720 Put your hands up 932 00:35:54,753 --> 00:35:56,288 and get up against the stall. 933 00:35:59,425 --> 00:36:00,326 You heard from the hospital? 934 00:36:00,359 --> 00:36:01,227 Babbitt's agreed to testify 935 00:36:01,260 --> 00:36:02,394 that Nevelson hired his non-union crew 936 00:36:02,428 --> 00:36:05,397 to spot weld the foundation points in the Cole Center. 937 00:36:05,431 --> 00:36:07,299 Now, that accounts for the excessive deflection. 938 00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:08,334 Haybridge's design called for 939 00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:09,501 full pen welds, which are stronger 940 00:36:09,535 --> 00:36:11,237 and more stable, but pen welds are also 941 00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:13,939 more expensive and more time consuming than spot welds. 942 00:36:13,972 --> 00:36:16,775 That gives Building and Safety grounds to evacuate. 943 00:36:16,808 --> 00:36:18,577 What about Finn-- can we tie this guy 944 00:36:18,610 --> 00:36:19,745 to his murder? 945 00:36:19,778 --> 00:36:21,313 TERRY: Technically we don't have a murder. 946 00:36:21,347 --> 00:36:22,881 PD closed it out as a suicide. 947 00:36:22,914 --> 00:36:24,816 There's no conclusive forensic evidence. 948 00:36:24,850 --> 00:36:29,355 All right, well, that's what confessions are for. 949 00:36:35,961 --> 00:36:38,364 Unless you're here to take my lunch order, 950 00:36:38,397 --> 00:36:39,598 don't waste your time. 951 00:36:39,631 --> 00:36:42,701 Well, here's the thing, Bob. 952 00:36:42,734 --> 00:36:44,403 See, you're not all lawyered up, 953 00:36:44,436 --> 00:36:46,438 so you know what that tells me? 954 00:36:46,472 --> 00:36:50,342 You want to know what I have. 955 00:36:50,376 --> 00:36:52,444 I'm thinking ham on wheat, 956 00:36:52,478 --> 00:36:53,612 honey mustard, fries. 957 00:36:53,645 --> 00:36:57,449 You know what I have? 958 00:36:57,483 --> 00:37:00,319 I have you. 959 00:37:00,352 --> 00:37:02,321 I got you for attempted murder 960 00:37:02,354 --> 00:37:04,356 of Keith Babbitt, I got you for complicity 961 00:37:04,390 --> 00:37:06,992 in construction fraud, which is a felony, by the way. 962 00:37:07,025 --> 00:37:09,361 You know what I don't have? 963 00:37:09,395 --> 00:37:11,963 I don't have any reason 964 00:37:11,997 --> 00:37:14,500 to keep this case open, you know why? 965 00:37:14,533 --> 00:37:16,902 'Cause you're the fall guy. 966 00:37:16,935 --> 00:37:19,871 And that's exactly what the people who hired you wanted. 967 00:37:19,905 --> 00:37:22,474 What do you think they're doing right now? 968 00:37:22,508 --> 00:37:23,442 They're planting evidence, 969 00:37:23,475 --> 00:37:24,943 they're opening bank accounts in your name, 970 00:37:24,976 --> 00:37:25,811 they're making sure 971 00:37:25,844 --> 00:37:28,347 that you play as the lone operator. 972 00:37:28,380 --> 00:37:29,581 What do you think about that? 973 00:37:32,518 --> 00:37:33,585 Well, Bob, it's on you. 974 00:37:33,619 --> 00:37:35,454 You can make it worth my while 975 00:37:35,487 --> 00:37:37,323 to stay interested, maybe cut you a deal, 976 00:37:37,356 --> 00:37:40,492 but you're going to have to tell me who paid for the hits. 977 00:37:40,526 --> 00:37:42,461 Hits? Where'd the "S" come from? 978 00:37:42,494 --> 00:37:43,995 Finn Montgomery. 979 00:37:44,029 --> 00:37:45,364 Finn Mont... 980 00:37:45,397 --> 00:37:46,498 You mean that college kid? 981 00:37:46,532 --> 00:37:47,366 Yeah. 982 00:37:47,399 --> 00:37:49,067 Look, at worst, they were talking about 983 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:50,068 maybe buying him off. 984 00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:51,670 So what happened? 985 00:37:51,703 --> 00:37:53,539 You, uh, threw him off a bridge instead. 986 00:37:53,572 --> 00:37:55,807 Well, I'm not saying it might not have come to that, 987 00:37:55,841 --> 00:37:57,343 but he beat us to the punch. 988 00:37:58,710 --> 00:37:59,778 So it comes down to 989 00:37:59,811 --> 00:38:01,347 are you willing to take the fall, 990 00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:04,350 or are you going to give up who ordered the hit? 991 00:38:04,383 --> 00:38:07,453 All right, get me a lawyer and the DA, 992 00:38:07,486 --> 00:38:09,621 something in writing. 993 00:38:09,655 --> 00:38:11,590 I'll give you everything-- 994 00:38:11,623 --> 00:38:12,591 except that kid. 995 00:38:12,624 --> 00:38:15,827 That is not on me. 996 00:38:15,861 --> 00:38:17,363 I'll see what I can do, Bob. 997 00:38:19,465 --> 00:38:23,068 Hey, you know he's lying to you, right? 998 00:38:23,101 --> 00:38:25,437 No, I'm not so sure about that, Charlie. 999 00:38:25,471 --> 00:38:27,839 Get back in there, man. Get on him. 1000 00:38:27,873 --> 00:38:29,074 He's not telling you the truth. 1001 00:38:29,107 --> 00:38:31,042 Look, relax, all right? 1002 00:38:31,076 --> 00:38:32,411 Just relax, please. 1003 00:38:32,444 --> 00:38:34,380 Finn Montgomery's suicide note. 1004 00:38:34,413 --> 00:38:36,715 He mailed it to his parents the night before his death. 1005 00:38:36,748 --> 00:38:38,417 It took this long to get forwarded 1006 00:38:38,450 --> 00:38:39,551 to him in L.A. 1007 00:38:39,585 --> 00:38:41,753 Were you were able to authenticate it? 1008 00:38:41,787 --> 00:38:43,455 Yeah, it's Finn's handwriting. 1009 00:38:43,489 --> 00:38:44,656 It iterates all the pressures-- 1010 00:38:44,690 --> 00:38:46,024 the girlfriend breaking up with him, 1011 00:38:46,057 --> 00:38:47,693 the thesis, his inability 1012 00:38:47,726 --> 00:38:49,895 to convince anybody of the Cole Center's flaws. 1013 00:38:49,928 --> 00:38:52,498 That doesn't make sense. He was right about the building. 1014 00:38:52,531 --> 00:38:54,533 In this circumstance, being right might have been 1015 00:38:54,566 --> 00:38:56,468 the crisis point that tipped him to suicide. 1016 00:38:56,502 --> 00:38:58,470 Looks like he thought this was the only way to get anyone 1017 00:38:58,504 --> 00:38:59,905 to take a serious look at the Cole Center. 1018 00:38:59,938 --> 00:39:03,542 Look, Charlie, I'm sorry. 1019 00:39:03,575 --> 00:39:06,778 I mean, he was smart, but he was just a kid 1020 00:39:06,812 --> 00:39:08,647 who wasn't strong enough to deal with 1021 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,048 this period in his life. 1022 00:39:17,623 --> 00:39:19,691 Okay, now we deal with the crimes that did occur. 1023 00:39:19,725 --> 00:39:20,959 We've got fraud and attempted murder. 1024 00:39:20,992 --> 00:39:22,594 All right, well, call the DA. 1025 00:39:22,628 --> 00:39:24,463 As soon as I get Mazzelli to talk, 1026 00:39:24,496 --> 00:39:26,665 we're going to find out how high this thing goes, 1027 00:39:26,698 --> 00:39:29,435 and I think it's all the way up to Elliot Cole. 1028 00:39:35,574 --> 00:39:37,443 How'd you know I was here? 1029 00:39:37,476 --> 00:39:39,010 We didn't. 1030 00:39:39,044 --> 00:39:39,778 Honey, who's there? 1031 00:39:39,811 --> 00:39:40,378 FBI. 1032 00:39:40,412 --> 00:39:41,713 You're under arrest. 1033 00:39:43,682 --> 00:39:45,083 Terry, you got her? 1034 00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:46,485 Yeah. 1035 00:39:46,518 --> 00:39:49,621 Nevelson and Mazzelli gave you up. 1036 00:39:49,655 --> 00:39:50,989 "Gave you up?" 1037 00:39:51,022 --> 00:39:52,624 - What for? - Rachel and your contractor 1038 00:39:52,658 --> 00:39:54,993 hired a non-union crew to do the foundation welds. 1039 00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:56,528 You paid full price. 1040 00:39:56,562 --> 00:39:57,362 DON: They got $20 million 1041 00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:59,030 and you got a very unsafe building 1042 00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:00,499 on your hands. 1043 00:40:00,532 --> 00:40:01,399 I oversaw every detail 1044 00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:03,502 of the construction of that building. 1045 00:40:03,535 --> 00:40:04,470 That include payment authorizations, 1046 00:40:04,503 --> 00:40:06,638 or did you rely on her about what to sign? 1047 00:40:06,672 --> 00:40:08,006 Come on, let's go. 1048 00:40:08,039 --> 00:40:10,476 We've been together three years. 1049 00:40:10,509 --> 00:40:12,043 I gave you this apartment, 1050 00:40:12,077 --> 00:40:13,545 everything you asked for. 1051 00:40:13,579 --> 00:40:14,813 I asked you to divorce your wife. 1052 00:40:14,846 --> 00:40:16,648 We discussed this. 1053 00:40:16,682 --> 00:40:17,649 Oh, yeah, the pre-nup. 1054 00:40:17,683 --> 00:40:18,784 I have nothing more to say. 1055 00:40:30,596 --> 00:40:32,130 CHARLIE: They will construct 1056 00:40:32,163 --> 00:40:35,601 the tuned mass damper on the roof. 1057 00:40:35,634 --> 00:40:37,736 This is a scale model. 1058 00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:39,738 On the real one, this block of concrete 1059 00:40:39,771 --> 00:40:41,673 will weigh about 300 tons or so, 1060 00:40:41,707 --> 00:40:44,075 and it will rest on a thin layer of oil. 1061 00:40:44,109 --> 00:40:45,677 When wind pushes the building, 1062 00:40:45,711 --> 00:40:49,147 the block's inertia will hold it in place, 1063 00:40:49,180 --> 00:40:51,683 even as the building slides under it. 1064 00:40:51,717 --> 00:40:53,485 So the damper acts as a counterweight 1065 00:40:53,519 --> 00:40:54,953 to the movement of the building. 1066 00:40:54,986 --> 00:40:57,022 It's amazing. So simple. 1067 00:40:57,055 --> 00:41:00,225 Finn's insight will keep a lot of people safe, 1068 00:41:00,258 --> 00:41:02,728 so Elliot Cole has agreed with me 1069 00:41:02,761 --> 00:41:05,731 to dedicate this structure in his name. 1070 00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:10,669 You know, in Finn's letter, 1071 00:41:10,702 --> 00:41:15,674 he said that part of the reason that he... 1072 00:41:15,707 --> 00:41:18,777 was that he felt nobody understood him. 1073 00:41:18,810 --> 00:41:22,748 He, uh, he said he felt so alone. 1074 00:41:22,781 --> 00:41:28,153 What we do... can certainly be lonely sometimes. 1075 00:41:28,186 --> 00:41:33,692 That's why it's so important that you understood 1076 00:41:33,725 --> 00:41:35,260 what he was trying to accomplish. 1077 00:41:35,293 --> 00:41:36,995 You spoke for our son, Professor Eppes. 1078 00:41:37,028 --> 00:41:38,096 There's no way we can 1079 00:41:38,129 --> 00:41:40,031 begin to thank you for that. 1080 00:41:50,709 --> 00:41:52,911 So I am getting right back on that horse. 1081 00:41:52,944 --> 00:41:55,113 Not that this lady is anything like a horse, 1082 00:41:55,146 --> 00:41:56,882 she's really quite attractive. 1083 00:41:56,915 --> 00:41:58,784 So it's not a blind date? 1084 00:41:58,817 --> 00:42:01,820 No, it's the butcher that sold me the duck. 1085 00:42:01,853 --> 00:42:04,623 - No! - Yeah, she's very nice. 1086 00:42:04,656 --> 00:42:06,257 And she really knows her waterfowl. 1087 00:42:06,291 --> 00:42:07,926 Right. 1088 00:42:07,959 --> 00:42:10,562 Charlie. Charlie. 1089 00:42:12,163 --> 00:42:15,601 This is not the brilliant thought brood. 1090 00:42:15,634 --> 00:42:16,735 This is the other brood. 1091 00:42:16,768 --> 00:42:19,605 You all right, Charlie? 1092 00:42:19,638 --> 00:42:21,707 You knew it was a suicide. 1093 00:42:21,740 --> 00:42:24,009 No, look, I said from the get-go I didn't know, 1094 00:42:24,042 --> 00:42:26,645 but I did suspect. 1095 00:42:26,678 --> 00:42:29,715 Despite all the variables and the inconclusive autopsy, 1096 00:42:29,748 --> 00:42:31,282 and the layers of crime that were uncovered? 1097 00:42:31,316 --> 00:42:32,183 The fact that the kid exhibited 1098 00:42:32,217 --> 00:42:33,619 suicidal behavior and then he did it. 1099 00:42:33,652 --> 00:42:35,320 It's Occam's Razor, you know? 1100 00:42:35,353 --> 00:42:37,689 I mean, the simplest answer is usually the right one. 1101 00:42:37,723 --> 00:42:39,090 Occam's Razor? 1102 00:42:39,124 --> 00:42:40,859 DON: What? 1103 00:42:40,892 --> 00:42:42,728 I read a book every now and then. 1104 00:42:42,761 --> 00:42:44,596 Occam was a philosopher, he wasn't a mathematician. 1105 00:42:44,630 --> 00:42:45,797 And what he actually said 1106 00:42:45,831 --> 00:42:47,198 was that you shouldn't make 1107 00:42:47,232 --> 00:42:48,233 more assumptions than needed. 1108 00:42:48,266 --> 00:42:50,802 It's the basis of methodological reductionism. 1109 00:42:50,836 --> 00:42:53,338 Any given data set, there are an infinite number 1110 00:42:53,371 --> 00:42:56,207 of possible hypothesis and conclusions, 1111 00:42:56,241 --> 00:42:56,307 an even great number of infinite conclusions.