1 00:00:01,169 --> 00:00:06,274 ( train chugging ) 2 00:00:10,811 --> 00:00:13,081 ( train whistle blowing ) 3 00:00:14,748 --> 00:00:16,450 ( brakes screeching ) 4 00:00:17,851 --> 00:00:19,753 ( metal crunching ) 5 00:00:24,392 --> 00:00:26,694 MAN: I handle the throttle and the brakes. 6 00:00:26,727 --> 00:00:28,596 Jack watches the other systems. 7 00:00:30,731 --> 00:00:32,600 You drive a train with math. 8 00:00:32,633 --> 00:00:34,368 It's not like driving a car. 9 00:00:34,402 --> 00:00:37,571 You can't just step on the gas or hit the brakes. 10 00:00:39,340 --> 00:00:41,275 Got something up ahead. 11 00:00:41,309 --> 00:00:42,276 Vehicle on the track. 12 00:00:43,411 --> 00:00:44,478 ( train horn honking ) 13 00:00:44,512 --> 00:00:45,679 ( brakes screeching ) 14 00:00:47,448 --> 00:00:49,217 ( siren whooping ) 15 00:00:54,555 --> 00:00:56,257 DON: What was the kid doing there? 16 00:00:56,290 --> 00:00:59,227 Homework assignment on Dad's job. 17 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:01,329 Day you take your kid to work, you get in a wreck. 18 00:01:04,865 --> 00:01:06,500 ( train horn honking ) Dad, what's going on? 19 00:01:06,534 --> 00:01:07,801 Jim, stay down Grab on to something. 20 00:01:07,835 --> 00:01:09,403 Emergency brakes! 21 00:01:09,437 --> 00:01:10,504 ( brakes screeching ) Damn it! 22 00:01:10,538 --> 00:01:11,839 The sander valve must be plugged. 23 00:01:13,441 --> 00:01:14,608 What does the sander do? 24 00:01:14,642 --> 00:01:17,211 Well, it sprays sand on the track to increase traction. 25 00:01:17,245 --> 00:01:18,879 That wouldn't have stopped them in time. 26 00:01:18,912 --> 00:01:20,481 A train at that speed has the kinetic energy 27 00:01:20,514 --> 00:01:21,482 of a small atomic weapon. 28 00:01:21,515 --> 00:01:22,583 Then why release the valve? 29 00:01:28,356 --> 00:01:30,391 He was thinking about the kids. 30 00:01:30,424 --> 00:01:32,526 Take over the controls. I'm gonna open the valve by hand. 31 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:33,494 But we're still gonna crash. 32 00:01:33,527 --> 00:01:35,763 The only chance those kids have. 33 00:01:35,796 --> 00:01:37,298 Brace your feet against the wall. 34 00:01:37,331 --> 00:01:39,333 ( kisses ) I'll be right back. 35 00:01:41,602 --> 00:01:43,504 ( bell clanging ) 36 00:01:43,537 --> 00:01:44,205 Hang on, Jimbo. 37 00:01:44,238 --> 00:01:45,105 Dad! 38 00:01:50,311 --> 00:01:52,546 ( siren wails in distance ) 39 00:02:01,189 --> 00:02:04,658 Jim, I'm very sorry about your father. 40 00:02:04,692 --> 00:02:05,759 ( sniffles ) 41 00:02:05,793 --> 00:02:10,398 ( weeping ) 42 00:02:10,431 --> 00:02:12,466 Is it true no one was on the bus? 43 00:02:16,537 --> 00:02:18,472 My husband died trying to save children 44 00:02:18,506 --> 00:02:19,640 who weren't even there? 45 00:02:24,212 --> 00:02:28,416 Who leaves an empty school bus on the railroad tracks? 46 00:02:28,449 --> 00:02:30,484 MAN: Six wrecks in three years? 47 00:02:30,518 --> 00:02:32,520 All copies of previous accidents. 48 00:02:32,553 --> 00:02:35,789 This one is based on a crash in Utah, where seven kids died. 49 00:02:35,823 --> 00:02:38,492 He always leaves one of these. 50 00:02:38,526 --> 00:02:39,793 All the notes are the same. 51 00:02:39,827 --> 00:02:41,262 Just a series of numbers. 52 00:02:41,295 --> 00:02:43,163 Looks like a code. ( phone rings ) 53 00:02:44,265 --> 00:02:45,233 This is Eppes. 54 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:47,635 Okay. Put it through. 55 00:02:47,668 --> 00:02:49,370 This is Agent Eppes. 56 00:02:49,403 --> 00:02:50,838 MAN: I want to speak to 57 00:02:50,871 --> 00:02:52,673 the agent in charge of the train accident. 58 00:02:52,706 --> 00:02:54,708 You got him. Who's this? 59 00:02:54,742 --> 00:02:56,377 Do you have my note? 60 00:02:56,410 --> 00:02:58,712 Save yourself time and effort. 61 00:02:58,746 --> 00:03:00,814 Everything you need is in that note. 62 00:03:00,848 --> 00:03:02,316 ( call disconnects ) 63 00:03:02,350 --> 00:03:04,318 Hung up? 64 00:03:04,352 --> 00:03:05,586 Male or female? 65 00:03:05,619 --> 00:03:07,488 Male. 66 00:03:08,989 --> 00:03:10,658 What have you got from these? 67 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:12,726 Well, our cryptographers have gone over it. 68 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:13,727 If it is a code, 69 00:03:13,761 --> 00:03:15,929 it's unbreakable. 70 00:03:15,963 --> 00:03:18,466 Wouldn't count on it. 71 00:03:21,535 --> 00:03:22,736 ( train chugging ) 72 00:03:25,339 --> 00:03:26,674 CHARLIE: We all use math everyday. 73 00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:28,976 To predict weather. 74 00:03:29,009 --> 00:03:32,246 To tell time. 75 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,782 To handle money. 76 00:03:34,815 --> 00:03:39,420 Math is more than formulas and equasions. 77 00:03:39,453 --> 00:03:42,490 It's logic. 78 00:03:42,523 --> 00:03:44,725 It's rationality. 79 00:03:44,758 --> 00:03:48,529 It's using your mind to solve the biggest mysteries we know. 80 00:03:55,336 --> 00:03:56,937 Our saboteur has staged six attacks, 81 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:59,973 all recreations of previous accidents. 82 00:04:00,007 --> 00:04:02,643 This is a photo of the original accident in New Jersey, 83 00:04:02,676 --> 00:04:04,011 caused by signal malfunction. 84 00:04:04,044 --> 00:04:05,946 He re-created it... 85 00:04:05,979 --> 00:04:07,648 right outside Fresno. 86 00:04:07,681 --> 00:04:09,483 This is the famous accident 87 00:04:09,517 --> 00:04:10,951 at the Cabot Bayou. 88 00:04:10,984 --> 00:04:12,386 Now, a barge hit the bridge, 89 00:04:12,420 --> 00:04:13,821 knocking tracks out of alignment, 90 00:04:13,854 --> 00:04:16,056 and the warning system failed to alert the train. 91 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:18,992 Now, our saboteur, he jimmies 92 00:04:19,026 --> 00:04:20,060 this track here in Seattle. 93 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:24,332 Shorted out the warning system. Eight people died. 94 00:04:24,365 --> 00:04:25,499 Every accident he's copied 95 00:04:25,533 --> 00:04:27,034 is based on incidents that include railroad negligence? 96 00:04:27,067 --> 00:04:28,469 - That's right. - DON: So someone 97 00:04:28,502 --> 00:04:29,637 has a problem with the rail system. 98 00:04:29,670 --> 00:04:30,638 You're thinking 99 00:04:30,671 --> 00:04:31,505 a disgruntled railroad employee? 100 00:04:31,539 --> 00:04:33,607 TERRY: Or a victim of a train wreck. 101 00:04:33,641 --> 00:04:34,908 I mean, whatever the motivation, 102 00:04:34,942 --> 00:04:35,976 I-I'm saying we're dealing 103 00:04:36,009 --> 00:04:37,077 with terrorism here. 104 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:38,546 What do you make of these, Terry? 105 00:04:38,579 --> 00:04:40,581 Every note he's left is identical, 106 00:04:40,614 --> 00:04:42,450 which is a signature of sorts, 107 00:04:42,483 --> 00:04:44,352 his way of taking credit. Now he's added phone calls, 108 00:04:44,385 --> 00:04:48,489 which means his need to explain his actions is growing. 109 00:04:48,522 --> 00:04:49,757 So, what's he trying to tell us? 110 00:04:49,790 --> 00:04:51,058 ( knocking ) Hey. 111 00:04:51,091 --> 00:04:52,993 Oh, good. 112 00:04:53,026 --> 00:04:54,027 Charlie, uh... 113 00:04:54,061 --> 00:04:54,995 This is my brother, he's, uh, 114 00:04:55,028 --> 00:04:56,430 a consultant with the bureau 115 00:04:56,464 --> 00:04:58,999 This is Inspector Sutter, with the NTSB, 116 00:04:59,032 --> 00:05:00,100 the National Transportation Safety Board. 117 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:02,069 This is, uh, Amita. 118 00:05:02,102 --> 00:05:03,003 Hi. 119 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:03,871 You're a consultant as well? 120 00:05:03,904 --> 00:05:04,772 Uh, no. Charlie's my thesis advisor, 121 00:05:04,805 --> 00:05:07,508 so sometimes I work with him on school 122 00:05:07,541 --> 00:05:08,342 and consulting cases. 123 00:05:08,376 --> 00:05:09,510 Hey, can I take a look at the code? 124 00:05:09,543 --> 00:05:10,310 Yeah. 125 00:05:10,344 --> 00:05:12,446 Why don't you grab a seat here. 126 00:05:14,415 --> 00:05:16,083 So, uh, how long have you studied cryptography? 127 00:05:16,116 --> 00:05:17,084 I haven't, really. 128 00:05:17,117 --> 00:05:18,852 I work in applied mathematics. 129 00:05:18,886 --> 00:05:21,422 DON: Wha-What we're dealing with here 130 00:05:21,455 --> 00:05:23,524 is a saboteur who staged a series of train wrecks 131 00:05:23,557 --> 00:05:24,925 that have two things in common. 132 00:05:24,958 --> 00:05:27,995 One: He leaves the same note at every scene. 133 00:05:28,028 --> 00:05:29,730 Two: He's re-creating accidents that are 134 00:05:29,763 --> 00:05:31,131 supposedly based on railroad negligence. 135 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:32,332 So you... Wait. 136 00:05:32,366 --> 00:05:35,369 You're saying that it's exactly the same note every time? 137 00:05:35,403 --> 00:05:36,336 That's right. 138 00:05:36,370 --> 00:05:38,439 And he says everything that we need to know 139 00:05:38,472 --> 00:05:39,440 is in the notes. 140 00:05:43,043 --> 00:05:44,645 ( train engine roaring ) 141 00:05:44,678 --> 00:05:45,779 Well... 142 00:05:45,813 --> 00:05:48,048 Just by looking at it, I can tell you that this note 143 00:05:48,081 --> 00:05:49,850 begins and ends with a prime number. 144 00:05:49,883 --> 00:05:51,919 Um... 145 00:05:51,952 --> 00:05:55,055 This row and this column equal identical sums. 146 00:05:55,088 --> 00:05:57,691 The grouping of four down here is the same 147 00:05:57,725 --> 00:06:00,528 as the grouping of four up here, only backwards. 148 00:06:00,561 --> 00:06:02,129 And, uh... 149 00:06:02,162 --> 00:06:03,531 the only number repeated 150 00:06:03,564 --> 00:06:05,132 is 36, 151 00:06:05,165 --> 00:06:05,799 Yes, 36, 152 00:06:05,833 --> 00:06:06,934 one, two... 153 00:06:06,967 --> 00:06:08,736 It reoccurs three times. 154 00:06:08,769 --> 00:06:10,170 That's amazing. 155 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:11,271 Well, what would be amazing is 156 00:06:11,304 --> 00:06:13,106 if I could tell you why they're arranged that way. 157 00:06:13,140 --> 00:06:14,408 Wait a minute. 158 00:06:14,442 --> 00:06:16,444 Charlie, as in Charles Eppes? 159 00:06:16,477 --> 00:06:17,778 Yeah. 160 00:06:17,811 --> 00:06:19,580 I studied electrical engineering at M.I.T. 161 00:06:19,613 --> 00:06:20,481 - Oh. - Your paper on 162 00:06:20,514 --> 00:06:22,616 H-infinity control of nonlinear systems 163 00:06:22,650 --> 00:06:24,585 blew my mind. 164 00:06:24,618 --> 00:06:26,119 I-It changed my whole views on control theory. 165 00:06:26,153 --> 00:06:27,888 Well, yeah, that was a fun project, sure. 166 00:06:27,921 --> 00:06:29,122 This is a real honor, you know? 167 00:06:29,156 --> 00:06:31,459 It took us four weeks to even pick up 168 00:06:31,492 --> 00:06:32,760 the 36 repetition, 169 00:06:32,793 --> 00:06:34,995 but we think it's... it's something important 170 00:06:35,028 --> 00:06:36,430 to the saboteur. 171 00:06:36,464 --> 00:06:37,798 Maybe 36 relates to the key? 172 00:06:37,831 --> 00:06:38,966 DAVID: The key? 173 00:06:38,999 --> 00:06:39,767 Yeah, the key is, um, 174 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,669 anything that will unlock the code. 175 00:06:41,702 --> 00:06:43,136 Right, and it could be anything: 176 00:06:43,170 --> 00:06:45,573 a sentence, a word, a book. 177 00:06:45,606 --> 00:06:47,875 In fact a famous example is in, uh, 1820. 178 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:50,110 A man from Virginia named Thomas Beale 179 00:06:50,143 --> 00:06:52,680 claimed to have hidden $25 million in gold. 180 00:06:52,713 --> 00:06:53,914 The location of the treasure 181 00:06:53,947 --> 00:06:54,982 was hidden within a coded message 182 00:06:55,015 --> 00:06:57,618 that really just looked like a string of numbers. 183 00:06:57,651 --> 00:07:00,187 Now, he created that code by using a key. 184 00:07:00,220 --> 00:07:03,724 And that key was the Declaration of Independence. 185 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:06,727 Three referred to the first letter of the third word, 186 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,862 Six to the first letter of the sixth word, 187 00:07:08,896 --> 00:07:10,931 and so on. 188 00:07:10,964 --> 00:07:13,801 TERRY: So we need the key to crack the code? 189 00:07:13,834 --> 00:07:16,637 Finding the key is one way to attack the code, 190 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:18,171 but there's actually 191 00:07:18,205 --> 00:07:20,140 a whole spectrum of mathematical tools I can utilize. 192 00:07:20,173 --> 00:07:21,274 ( phone rings ) 193 00:07:21,308 --> 00:07:24,177 First, I can do a statistical analysis of the numbers, 194 00:07:24,211 --> 00:07:27,681 then I can also work the cipher text by using a Kasiski exam. 195 00:07:27,715 --> 00:07:29,182 Oh. Wouldn't Kasiski be problematic 196 00:07:29,216 --> 00:07:30,283 due to the lack of spaces? 197 00:07:30,317 --> 00:07:32,119 Not if you consider multiple grouping possibilities. 198 00:07:33,253 --> 00:07:34,187 A trainspotter's come forward. 199 00:07:34,221 --> 00:07:35,956 Claims to have video footage of the crash. 200 00:07:35,989 --> 00:07:37,758 All right, well, let's get ahold of that tape. 201 00:07:39,259 --> 00:07:40,427 ( train whistle blowing ) 202 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:42,195 DAVID: As a trainspotter, you videotape trains 203 00:07:42,229 --> 00:07:43,230 on a recreational basis? 204 00:07:43,263 --> 00:07:44,231 Yes, 205 00:07:44,264 --> 00:07:46,567 at that crossing, four or five times a week. 206 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,902 Catching those beauties coming around the bend 207 00:07:48,936 --> 00:07:50,070 makes a man feel alive. 208 00:07:51,672 --> 00:07:53,541 Maybe you wanted to get some footage 209 00:07:53,574 --> 00:07:55,175 that was even more exciting. 210 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:57,811 You think I had something to do with the derailment? 211 00:07:57,845 --> 00:07:58,879 No. 212 00:07:58,912 --> 00:08:00,914 I live to see trains 213 00:08:00,948 --> 00:08:02,883 running on the rails, not off 'em. 214 00:08:02,916 --> 00:08:04,084 But I can't deny, 215 00:08:04,117 --> 00:08:06,687 catching an accident like that on tape 216 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,121 is pretty incredible. 217 00:08:09,957 --> 00:08:13,627 I could kill those guys for running through my shot. 218 00:08:13,661 --> 00:08:15,128 What guys? 219 00:08:15,162 --> 00:08:19,700 Go ahead. Keep going. 220 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:21,034 All right, stop. 221 00:08:21,068 --> 00:08:23,270 Right... Hold, stop there. 222 00:08:23,303 --> 00:08:25,172 DAVID: Good Samaritan trying to help? 223 00:08:25,205 --> 00:08:26,674 Yeah, stealing cargo? 224 00:08:26,707 --> 00:08:27,941 I don't think so. 225 00:08:27,975 --> 00:08:29,176 Wind it back to where 226 00:08:29,209 --> 00:08:31,244 that first guy jumps out of the van. 227 00:08:34,247 --> 00:08:36,784 Ho-ho-ho-hold, stop. 228 00:08:36,817 --> 00:08:37,985 To me, it looks like 229 00:08:38,018 --> 00:08:38,952 an acetylene torch, 230 00:08:38,986 --> 00:08:41,121 so we know they came to cut into those cars. 231 00:08:41,154 --> 00:08:43,323 Yeah, they had to know about the wreck in advance. 232 00:08:43,356 --> 00:08:45,325 Now push forward to the license plate. 233 00:08:45,358 --> 00:08:47,761 Push forward where they drive off. 234 00:08:51,298 --> 00:08:52,299 Okay, hold. 235 00:08:52,332 --> 00:08:53,266 Just zoom in on that. 236 00:08:54,635 --> 00:08:57,170 Got it. Trace that. 237 00:08:57,204 --> 00:08:59,339 So we got his identity off the license. 238 00:08:59,372 --> 00:09:00,207 This is Matt McDonald. 239 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,275 His van was used in a pre-planned robbery 240 00:09:02,309 --> 00:09:03,343 of today's train wreck. 241 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:04,912 We're gonna set a perimeter 242 00:09:04,945 --> 00:09:06,246 around his house. If he's home, 243 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:07,247 we'll try to lure him out alright. 244 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:08,782 Nobody moves unless I say. 245 00:09:08,816 --> 00:09:11,251 David get anything on that threat call? 246 00:09:11,284 --> 00:09:12,352 They traced it to a phone booth. 247 00:09:12,385 --> 00:09:13,286 They're checking for fingerprints. 248 00:09:18,859 --> 00:09:20,160 Professor Fleinhardt! 249 00:09:22,129 --> 00:09:23,330 What are you doing? 250 00:09:23,363 --> 00:09:26,133 I just... Nothing in particular. 251 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:27,567 I just wanted to see what you're up to in here and... 252 00:09:30,403 --> 00:09:32,372 Some kind of number theory conundrum? 253 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:34,274 Perhaps I could offer some insights. 254 00:09:34,307 --> 00:09:36,009 Well, first, it's not number theory. 255 00:09:36,043 --> 00:09:37,845 It's a code. 256 00:09:37,878 --> 00:09:39,346 And second, 257 00:09:39,379 --> 00:09:40,614 you hate number theory, 258 00:09:40,648 --> 00:09:41,682 so tell us why you're here 259 00:09:41,715 --> 00:09:42,850 and what's really going on. 260 00:09:45,719 --> 00:09:49,690 I'm avoiding... 261 00:09:49,723 --> 00:09:51,324 Laura Wilson. 262 00:09:51,358 --> 00:09:53,260 The professor of Philosophy of Science? 263 00:09:53,293 --> 00:09:54,662 She's the lady you go hiking with? 264 00:09:54,695 --> 00:09:55,863 For years we've enjoyed 265 00:09:55,896 --> 00:09:58,298 this... I don't know, um, delightful 266 00:09:58,331 --> 00:10:01,268 wilderness-based friendship-- 267 00:10:01,301 --> 00:10:02,803 entirely platonic-- 268 00:10:02,836 --> 00:10:07,340 but last night, she and I just veered... 269 00:10:07,374 --> 00:10:10,610 we veered off into the... the carnal. 270 00:10:13,747 --> 00:10:16,316 I'm taking it didn't go well. 271 00:10:16,349 --> 00:10:19,119 Actually, it was incredible. 272 00:10:19,152 --> 00:10:20,387 It was primal. 273 00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:22,189 I mean that in the animal, 274 00:10:22,222 --> 00:10:24,892 not the numerical sense. 275 00:10:24,925 --> 00:10:26,426 But what I was saying, 276 00:10:26,459 --> 00:10:28,929 this was a perfect event. 277 00:10:28,962 --> 00:10:30,664 And as such, untwinable. 278 00:10:30,698 --> 00:10:32,365 So, because the sex was great, 279 00:10:32,399 --> 00:10:34,301 the odds are against it ever being great again. 280 00:10:34,334 --> 00:10:37,805 The replication defies the laws of probability. 281 00:10:37,838 --> 00:10:38,972 So why try? 282 00:10:39,006 --> 00:10:39,973 Yes, yes. 283 00:10:40,007 --> 00:10:41,408 Well, that's why I'm here. 284 00:10:41,441 --> 00:10:43,243 I mean, it's the perfect refuge. 285 00:10:43,276 --> 00:10:44,912 What do you mean, "the perfect refuge"? 286 00:10:44,945 --> 00:10:47,147 Well, the Math Department... 287 00:10:47,180 --> 00:10:49,382 must be the least libidinous place on campus. 288 00:11:06,366 --> 00:11:09,770 It's definitely the same van used in the robbery. 289 00:11:20,047 --> 00:11:22,750 ( blipping ) 290 00:11:22,783 --> 00:11:25,786 I've got one heat signature emanating from the dining room. 291 00:11:25,819 --> 00:11:26,787 All right, surveillance indicates 292 00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:28,421 our guy Matt McDonald is alone in the house. 293 00:11:28,455 --> 00:11:30,758 Look, he's our only lead. 294 00:11:30,791 --> 00:11:32,059 I want to avoid a confrontation, 295 00:11:32,092 --> 00:11:34,261 so what would you think about going in, 296 00:11:34,294 --> 00:11:35,495 trying to lure him out? 297 00:11:35,528 --> 00:11:37,497 Yeah, I could ring his doorbell, say I'm having car trouble. 298 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:39,767 Good. Let's set up a perimeter around the house. 299 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,268 Think McDonald's our saboteur? 300 00:11:41,301 --> 00:11:42,135 Well, he's connected. 301 00:11:42,169 --> 00:11:43,971 We just got to get him to tell us how. 302 00:11:44,004 --> 00:11:45,438 ( buzzes ) 303 00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:47,440 ( buzzes ) 304 00:11:49,376 --> 00:11:52,045 Come on. Answer the door. 305 00:11:54,181 --> 00:11:55,082 ( buzzes ) 306 00:11:58,518 --> 00:11:59,787 What's he doing? 307 00:12:02,890 --> 00:12:04,291 Wait a minute. What's wrong? 308 00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:05,893 Why's the temperature dropping? 309 00:12:05,926 --> 00:12:06,827 I just had it recalibrated. 310 00:12:08,228 --> 00:12:09,196 All right, I'm going to go. 311 00:12:09,229 --> 00:12:10,330 Let's go, let's go, let's go. 312 00:12:10,363 --> 00:12:11,398 All units go. 313 00:12:16,503 --> 00:12:18,438 ( yelling ): Let's go! 314 00:12:21,541 --> 00:12:23,777 FBI! Get your hands up! 315 00:12:23,811 --> 00:12:25,512 I got an unresponsive male. 316 00:12:25,545 --> 00:12:28,281 I need four. Move! 317 00:12:39,259 --> 00:12:40,928 Dead. 318 00:12:45,933 --> 00:12:47,968 This guy's a railroad cop. 319 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:57,010 DON: No sign of forced entry. 320 00:12:57,044 --> 00:12:57,978 Stippling on the forehead 321 00:12:58,011 --> 00:13:00,113 so it looks like he was shot at close range. 322 00:13:00,147 --> 00:13:02,149 The shooter was sitting across from him. 323 00:13:02,182 --> 00:13:04,351 Met him at the door, grabbed a cup of coffee, 324 00:13:04,384 --> 00:13:05,452 sat down at the table. 325 00:13:05,485 --> 00:13:06,854 DON: Two cups of coffee. 326 00:13:06,887 --> 00:13:08,555 So, I'd say they knew each other. 327 00:13:08,588 --> 00:13:11,158 David, uh, make sure any prints or fibers 328 00:13:11,191 --> 00:13:13,193 that we get are processed priority. 329 00:13:13,226 --> 00:13:14,194 Got it. 330 00:13:14,227 --> 00:13:17,164 TERRY: Looks like an electronics store in here. 331 00:13:17,197 --> 00:13:18,365 DON: I mean, no way 332 00:13:18,398 --> 00:13:20,300 he stole all this off today's wreck. 333 00:13:20,333 --> 00:13:22,335 HARRILL: We checked the cargo manifests 334 00:13:22,369 --> 00:13:23,871 from the previous attacks. 335 00:13:23,904 --> 00:13:26,106 The computers came from the Fresno accident, 336 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:28,041 plasma TVs from the crash in Seattle. 337 00:13:28,075 --> 00:13:30,110 How many of the wrecks did he hit? 338 00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:31,544 Four out of the six. 339 00:13:31,578 --> 00:13:34,281 The corrupt railroad cop who was staging train wrecks 340 00:13:34,314 --> 00:13:35,849 just to rip off the cargo? 341 00:13:35,883 --> 00:13:37,117 Seems like a stretch to me. 342 00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:38,151 I agree. 343 00:13:38,185 --> 00:13:40,053 I mean, obviously, he knew about it in advance, 344 00:13:40,087 --> 00:13:41,588 but I just, I don't make him for our guy. 345 00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:42,422 No, it doesn't make sense. 346 00:13:42,455 --> 00:13:43,723 It doesn't fit with the re-creation 347 00:13:43,756 --> 00:13:46,159 ( phone ringing ) of accidents or the coded messages. 348 00:13:46,193 --> 00:13:47,294 Eppes. 349 00:13:47,327 --> 00:13:48,561 MAN: Well done, finding your way 350 00:13:48,595 --> 00:13:49,562 to MacDonald's house. 351 00:13:49,596 --> 00:13:51,331 Too bad I beat you to the punch. 352 00:13:51,364 --> 00:13:53,433 TERRY: Sweep the neighborhood. 353 00:13:53,466 --> 00:13:54,367 He may be watching the house. 354 00:13:54,401 --> 00:13:56,937 I don't understand; why'd you kill him? 355 00:13:56,970 --> 00:13:58,205 Wasn't he your partner? 356 00:13:58,238 --> 00:13:59,873 No. MacDonald was a thief and a dirty cop. 357 00:13:59,907 --> 00:14:01,942 He used me to make some money. 358 00:14:01,975 --> 00:14:04,344 He didn't understand what I was doing-- 359 00:14:04,377 --> 00:14:05,345 the importance 360 00:14:05,378 --> 00:14:06,446 of exposing the railroads 361 00:14:06,479 --> 00:14:07,881 for the criminals they are. 362 00:14:07,915 --> 00:14:10,117 There are other ways, you know? 363 00:14:10,150 --> 00:14:11,118 ( call disconnects ) 364 00:14:11,151 --> 00:14:13,353 Hello? 365 00:14:13,386 --> 00:14:14,587 He just hung up. 366 00:14:14,621 --> 00:14:17,257 He implied he killed MacDonald. 367 00:14:17,290 --> 00:14:18,358 He's escalated to hands-on violence. 368 00:14:18,391 --> 00:14:19,259 Right. So, that'll make it seem 369 00:14:19,292 --> 00:14:21,228 like he's gearing up for something big. 370 00:14:21,261 --> 00:14:22,395 We got to find out how he 371 00:14:22,429 --> 00:14:23,530 and MacDonald knew each other. 372 00:14:23,563 --> 00:14:24,664 We got to get into his files. 373 00:14:24,697 --> 00:14:26,066 Has anyone come across his files? 374 00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:29,970 - Hello, Mr. Eppes. - Oh, hi. 375 00:14:30,003 --> 00:14:30,971 Good to see you. 376 00:14:31,004 --> 00:14:32,239 Nice to see you again. 377 00:14:38,645 --> 00:14:40,047 ALAN: Is that, uh, Amita 378 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,982 sitting out in the car out front? 379 00:14:42,015 --> 00:14:45,185 Yeah. We just stopped by for a minute so I could check 380 00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:48,421 this text on encryption, code-breaking... 381 00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:51,491 Uh, and you left her waiting in the car? 382 00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:58,665 No, no, this is not the way we treat people, Charlie. 383 00:14:58,698 --> 00:15:00,633 You bring her inside, you at least offer her 384 00:15:00,667 --> 00:15:01,935 something to drink. 385 00:15:01,969 --> 00:15:03,036 You know, like an adult. 386 00:15:03,070 --> 00:15:05,438 We just stopped by for a second. 387 00:15:05,472 --> 00:15:07,207 You came in 15 minutes ago, Charlie. 388 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,110 Meanwhile, she's just sitting 389 00:15:10,143 --> 00:15:10,978 in that car out there. 390 00:15:11,011 --> 00:15:13,080 Well, I just got caught up in something. 391 00:15:13,113 --> 00:15:14,114 Yeah, I know, I know. 392 00:15:14,147 --> 00:15:15,648 I don't see what the big deal is. 393 00:15:15,682 --> 00:15:17,484 That's exactly what I'm talking about. 394 00:15:17,517 --> 00:15:18,585 What? 395 00:15:18,618 --> 00:15:21,989 She likes you, you know? 396 00:15:23,690 --> 00:15:25,358 Aren't you ever going to do something 397 00:15:25,392 --> 00:15:27,027 about that? 398 00:15:30,397 --> 00:15:32,932 ( sighing ) 399 00:15:36,503 --> 00:15:38,138 CHARLIE: Remember we need to know 400 00:15:38,171 --> 00:15:40,740 more about trains to find the key to the saboteur's code. 401 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:43,043 AMITA: So, you're familiar with these accidents? 402 00:15:43,076 --> 00:15:45,478 Huh. The greatest hits of train tragedies? 403 00:15:45,512 --> 00:15:46,479 Of course. 404 00:15:46,513 --> 00:15:48,982 What is this, some sort of a research project? 405 00:15:49,016 --> 00:15:50,050 You could say that. 406 00:15:50,083 --> 00:15:51,184 What would be a big help 407 00:15:51,218 --> 00:15:54,121 is if you could identify any significant words or phrases 408 00:15:54,154 --> 00:15:55,522 associated with these accidents. 409 00:15:55,555 --> 00:15:57,024 Wait, words or phrases? 410 00:15:57,057 --> 00:15:58,992 Anything specific to the accident. 411 00:15:59,026 --> 00:16:00,560 The track location, the cause, 412 00:16:00,593 --> 00:16:02,329 the people involved. 413 00:16:02,362 --> 00:16:03,997 Yeah, I guess I could do that. 414 00:16:04,031 --> 00:16:07,367 You know, you are missing a major accident here-- 415 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:08,568 Cajon Pass, 2001. 416 00:16:08,601 --> 00:16:10,370 Train full of hazardous chemicals 417 00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:12,405 derailed into a whole row of houses. 418 00:16:12,439 --> 00:16:14,074 About 30 people died. 419 00:16:14,107 --> 00:16:15,542 Sounds like a bad one. 420 00:16:15,575 --> 00:16:17,544 Yeah. Well, you know, uh, 421 00:16:17,577 --> 00:16:20,647 accidents are kind of just a small part of railroad history. 422 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,715 Maybe you'd like to learn more over dinner? 423 00:16:23,783 --> 00:16:26,619 Oh, uh, sorry, we'll be 424 00:16:26,653 --> 00:16:28,521 working tonight. 425 00:16:34,461 --> 00:16:36,063 You guys got MacDonald's case files? 426 00:16:36,096 --> 00:16:38,031 Yeah. Apparently, he was working undercover 427 00:16:38,065 --> 00:16:40,667 with a group called the FTRA-- Freight Train Riders of America. 428 00:16:42,269 --> 00:16:43,470 Yeah, I read about them. 429 00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:45,672 They're like the Hell's Angels of the rails, or something. 430 00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:47,140 According to his notes, the FTRA 431 00:16:47,174 --> 00:16:48,741 are into everything-- drugs, rape, murder. 432 00:16:48,775 --> 00:16:50,743 TERRY: And they live completely off the grid. 433 00:16:50,777 --> 00:16:52,545 Commit a crime, hop a train, vanish. 434 00:16:52,579 --> 00:16:54,114 So, it sounds like a perfect place 435 00:16:54,147 --> 00:16:56,116 - for our guy to disappear into. - Yeah, it could be 436 00:16:56,149 --> 00:16:57,684 where MacDonald met him when he was undercover. 437 00:16:57,717 --> 00:16:58,685 Possible. 438 00:16:58,718 --> 00:16:59,686 Or maybe it'll be in these. 439 00:17:04,524 --> 00:17:06,226 This is interesting. 440 00:17:06,259 --> 00:17:07,327 Bob Malone, 441 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:08,561 aka Horizontal Bob. 442 00:17:08,595 --> 00:17:11,764 Suspect in the derailment of the Sunset Limited in Arizona. 443 00:17:11,798 --> 00:17:13,366 That's worth checking out. 444 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:14,434 Let me see that. 445 00:17:14,467 --> 00:17:15,602 Says here he holes up 446 00:17:15,635 --> 00:17:17,604 in an Antelope Valley freight warehouse. 447 00:17:17,637 --> 00:17:19,306 The first call from our saboteur, 448 00:17:19,339 --> 00:17:22,075 that came from a pay phone in Antelope Valley, right? 449 00:17:23,743 --> 00:17:26,313 Well, let's hit that warehouse. 450 00:17:26,346 --> 00:17:27,514 FBI! 451 00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:28,648 Nobody Move! FBI! 452 00:17:28,681 --> 00:17:29,649 - FBI! Don't move! - You, get down! 453 00:17:29,682 --> 00:17:30,783 ( yelling ) 454 00:17:30,817 --> 00:17:32,085 Get down! 455 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:33,086 Get your hands up! 456 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:35,422 You! Get down! You! ( yelling ) 457 00:17:35,455 --> 00:17:37,190 FBI! Don't move! 458 00:17:37,224 --> 00:17:38,791 Get your hands up where I can see them! 459 00:17:38,825 --> 00:17:40,827 Get them up where I can see them right now! 460 00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:42,529 - FBI! - Get away from the box! 461 00:17:42,562 --> 00:17:43,663 Get away from the box now! 462 00:17:43,696 --> 00:17:44,631 FBI! 463 00:17:44,664 --> 00:17:45,632 Get 'em up! 464 00:17:45,665 --> 00:17:46,566 ( screaming ) 465 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:48,835 Are you crazy?! 466 00:17:48,868 --> 00:17:50,170 FBI! 467 00:17:50,203 --> 00:17:51,538 TERRY: Move back! 468 00:17:51,571 --> 00:17:53,440 Move back! Move back! 469 00:17:53,473 --> 00:17:55,475 Okay. Don't move. 470 00:17:55,508 --> 00:17:56,676 You're not moving, okay? 471 00:17:56,709 --> 00:18:00,613 Does anybody know where Horizontal Bob is?! 472 00:18:00,647 --> 00:18:02,115 Gee, I just think you missed him. 473 00:18:02,149 --> 00:18:03,516 How about you help us out 474 00:18:03,550 --> 00:18:05,752 and we don't bust you for attacking a federal officer? 475 00:18:05,785 --> 00:18:09,322 Yeah, dime out an FTRA brother to some government tool? 476 00:18:09,356 --> 00:18:10,657 Yeah, right. 477 00:18:10,690 --> 00:18:11,824 See, that's a bad answer. 478 00:18:11,858 --> 00:18:13,193 Get over here. 479 00:18:13,226 --> 00:18:15,862 Nobody's seen Horizontal Bob here? 480 00:18:15,895 --> 00:18:17,664 Nobody knows who he is? 481 00:18:19,732 --> 00:18:21,301 No sign of Horizontal Bob. 482 00:18:21,334 --> 00:18:23,803 None of these guys are giving him up. 483 00:18:23,836 --> 00:18:25,238 Only takes one. 484 00:18:29,276 --> 00:18:31,244 ( clanging ) 485 00:18:31,278 --> 00:18:32,179 ( thud ) 486 00:18:36,883 --> 00:18:40,387 CRICKET: You got to understand the rails are our homes, 487 00:18:40,420 --> 00:18:41,721 our churches, our highways. 488 00:18:41,754 --> 00:18:44,691 The FTRA don't mess with the trains. 489 00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:47,860 So you don't think H-Bob caused the wrecks? 490 00:18:47,894 --> 00:18:51,731 (laughs) H-Bob, that's another story. 491 00:18:51,764 --> 00:18:52,532 Guy's a nut job. 492 00:18:52,565 --> 00:18:54,867 He got no respect for the trains. 493 00:18:54,901 --> 00:18:59,272 He shoved me off a flatcar, wrecked my arm. 494 00:18:59,306 --> 00:19:02,309 Well, if I find him, he's not going to be hurting you again. 495 00:19:07,214 --> 00:19:10,450 You check the Sacramento rail yard. 496 00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:12,552 I hear he was up that way. 497 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,222 Let's call the Sacramento office 498 00:19:15,255 --> 00:19:16,823 and get them staking out that switchyard. 499 00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:23,296 Well, hopefully the key is somewhere in the materials 500 00:19:23,330 --> 00:19:24,831 from the docent in the train museum. 501 00:19:24,864 --> 00:19:25,732 Right next to his phone number. 502 00:19:25,765 --> 00:19:28,835 ( chuckles ): Look at this. 503 00:19:28,868 --> 00:19:31,738 "If you ever decide to eat again, call me." 504 00:19:31,771 --> 00:19:33,906 The docent. 505 00:19:33,940 --> 00:19:35,742 You think you... you think you will? 506 00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:37,877 Eat? Yeah. 507 00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:39,812 Call him? No. 508 00:19:39,846 --> 00:19:42,315 He is not my type. 509 00:19:42,349 --> 00:19:43,883 I'm sorry, but does that ever work? 510 00:19:43,916 --> 00:19:46,986 Just coming out and being so... obvious? 511 00:19:47,019 --> 00:19:49,556 Well, if it's the right guy, sure. 512 00:19:49,589 --> 00:19:51,691 Certainly beats the alternative. 513 00:19:51,724 --> 00:19:54,361 Hmm. What do you mean? 514 00:19:54,394 --> 00:19:56,396 Having no idea whether or not 515 00:19:56,429 --> 00:19:58,331 a man is interested in you. 516 00:19:58,365 --> 00:20:00,900 You really can't tell? 517 00:20:00,933 --> 00:20:02,502 Generally, that is how you tell. 518 00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:04,404 You know, they make a move. Otherwise... 519 00:20:04,437 --> 00:20:05,605 Larry? 520 00:20:05,638 --> 00:20:07,807 Are you all right? 521 00:20:09,376 --> 00:20:13,613 Laurel Wilson cornered me. 522 00:20:13,646 --> 00:20:15,615 So I explained to her. 523 00:20:15,648 --> 00:20:17,950 I said, "Statistically speaking..." 524 00:20:17,984 --> 00:20:19,786 statistically speaking, 525 00:20:19,819 --> 00:20:23,923 "...our encounter, unlikely to be repeated." 526 00:20:23,956 --> 00:20:27,394 So, she declared that I had broken her heart. 527 00:20:27,427 --> 00:20:31,964 You know, believe me, I never intended to upset her. 528 00:20:31,998 --> 00:20:34,767 I know. You seem pretty upset yourself. 529 00:20:34,801 --> 00:20:35,868 Well, yeah. 530 00:20:35,902 --> 00:20:37,904 She's a dear friend. 531 00:20:37,937 --> 00:20:44,944 Witty and articulate and... tremendous trail sense. 532 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:45,778 I don't know. 533 00:20:45,812 --> 00:20:48,315 Combining friendship and romance-- 534 00:20:48,348 --> 00:20:50,016 exceedingly risky. 535 00:20:50,049 --> 00:20:54,387 The Cajon Pass accident killed 37 people. 536 00:20:54,421 --> 00:20:56,289 The number in every note is 36. 537 00:20:56,323 --> 00:20:57,524 Fairly close. 538 00:20:57,557 --> 00:20:59,859 How so? 37 is a prime. 539 00:20:59,892 --> 00:21:02,829 36 is a composite with multiple factors. 540 00:21:02,862 --> 00:21:05,865 Right. What was I thinking? 541 00:21:05,898 --> 00:21:07,334 Still... 542 00:21:07,367 --> 00:21:09,669 this Cajon accident is unbelievable. 543 00:21:09,702 --> 00:21:15,408 5,237 tons of steel flying off the track at 90 miles an hour. 544 00:21:15,442 --> 00:21:18,010 Did you just say five, two, three, seven? 545 00:21:18,044 --> 00:21:20,880 Yeah, 5,237 tons. 546 00:21:20,913 --> 00:21:23,049 How fast? 547 00:21:23,082 --> 00:21:24,784 About 90 miles an hour. 548 00:21:26,986 --> 00:21:28,755 Where did you get this information? 549 00:21:28,788 --> 00:21:31,791 I downloaded the NTSB report. 550 00:21:31,824 --> 00:21:32,892 Read me some more. 551 00:21:32,925 --> 00:21:34,594 "While the NTSB encountered..." 552 00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:36,028 No, the numbers. 553 00:21:36,062 --> 00:21:36,929 Just numbers. 554 00:21:36,963 --> 00:21:38,531 Locomotive number 555 00:21:38,565 --> 00:21:39,832 4-4-0-4. 556 00:21:41,868 --> 00:21:45,104 Train length: 3,218 feet. 557 00:21:45,137 --> 00:21:49,409 The grade of pass: 4.2 percent. 558 00:21:49,442 --> 00:21:54,347 Brake pipe pressure: 60 pounds. 559 00:21:54,381 --> 00:21:55,515 14 miles an hour, 560 00:21:55,548 --> 00:21:57,950 increasing five miles an hour each minute. 561 00:21:57,984 --> 00:21:59,752 Despite application of brakes, 562 00:21:59,786 --> 00:22:02,389 train reaches speed of 90 miles an hour. 563 00:22:02,422 --> 00:22:05,057 Train derails at milepost 64. 564 00:22:05,091 --> 00:22:07,727 Time of the accident: 4:10 a.m. 565 00:22:09,729 --> 00:22:13,733 Every single one of those numbers appears in these notes. 566 00:22:13,766 --> 00:22:15,902 So the Cajon Pass derailment is the key to the code? 567 00:22:15,935 --> 00:22:16,969 The key is that there is no key. 568 00:22:17,003 --> 00:22:20,407 The numbers don't represent words... or letters. 569 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,442 They're numbers, all from this accident. 570 00:22:22,475 --> 00:22:25,478 It's not a code. 571 00:22:25,512 --> 00:22:27,914 It's a story told in numbers. 572 00:22:27,947 --> 00:22:30,417 Each time he creates an accident, 573 00:22:30,450 --> 00:22:31,784 he leaves a note. 574 00:22:31,818 --> 00:22:33,786 And each note has the same numbers. 575 00:22:33,820 --> 00:22:35,722 And those numbers tell the story 576 00:22:35,755 --> 00:22:38,691 of the Cajon Pass derailment. 577 00:22:39,826 --> 00:22:43,095 Charlie, it happened on March 12, 2001. 578 00:22:43,129 --> 00:22:46,098 That accounts for eight more digits 579 00:22:46,132 --> 00:22:47,934 that appear in these notes. 580 00:22:47,967 --> 00:22:49,636 The anniversary of the accident. 581 00:22:49,669 --> 00:22:51,971 Two days from now. 582 00:22:52,004 --> 00:22:53,906 ( train whistle blowing ) 583 00:23:04,851 --> 00:23:07,854 CHARLIE: Every number in these notes corresponds 584 00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:09,556 to the NTSB report on the derailment. 585 00:23:09,589 --> 00:23:10,857 The length of the train, 586 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,825 speed, number of cars... It's all in the messages. 587 00:23:12,859 --> 00:23:13,826 DON: Any connection 588 00:23:13,860 --> 00:23:15,094 between H-Bob and the Cajon Pass accident, Terry? 589 00:23:15,127 --> 00:23:16,095 I'll check. 590 00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:17,063 Anything from Sacramento? 591 00:23:17,096 --> 00:23:19,432 They have agents all over that switchyard. 592 00:23:19,466 --> 00:23:21,133 There's no sign of him at all. 593 00:23:21,167 --> 00:23:23,202 There are still a few digits unaccounted for. 594 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:26,606 AMITA: These seven numbers, the letter "B" and 36. 595 00:23:29,108 --> 00:23:31,511 What caused the Cajon Pass accident? 596 00:23:31,544 --> 00:23:33,546 I think the NTSB report said that the engineer 597 00:23:33,580 --> 00:23:34,881 forgot to check the end-of-train brake system. 598 00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:36,115 I'm sorry, 599 00:23:36,148 --> 00:23:38,117 I've just been over the report-- a lot. 600 00:23:38,150 --> 00:23:40,520 I'm glad someone reads our work. 601 00:23:40,553 --> 00:23:42,922 Well, 37 people died-- that's close to the 36 602 00:23:42,955 --> 00:23:45,558 in the notes. No? 603 00:23:45,592 --> 00:23:47,059 Seven numbers and a letter. 604 00:23:47,093 --> 00:23:49,228 I don't see anything linking H-Bob to the Cajon Pass. 605 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:51,230 DAVID: Maybe the link is indirect. 606 00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:54,701 Wait a minute. 607 00:23:54,734 --> 00:23:56,536 California Driver's license-- a letter 608 00:23:56,569 --> 00:23:57,203 and seven numbers. 609 00:23:57,236 --> 00:23:58,505 See if you can 610 00:23:58,538 --> 00:23:59,972 generate a list of licenses using 611 00:24:00,006 --> 00:24:01,240 all seven numbers and then check it 612 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:02,241 against the NTSB files. 613 00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:03,810 Right? 614 00:24:03,843 --> 00:24:04,711 Right. 615 00:24:06,613 --> 00:24:08,581 The license belongs to Frank Milton, 616 00:24:08,615 --> 00:24:10,583 the Cajon train engineer. 617 00:24:10,617 --> 00:24:12,485 He died in the crash. 618 00:24:12,519 --> 00:24:13,586 Milton was deemed responsible for the accident. 619 00:24:15,021 --> 00:24:17,524 Why would the saboteur leave a copy 620 00:24:17,557 --> 00:24:19,592 of Frank Milton's driver's license in his note? 621 00:24:19,626 --> 00:24:21,494 Why bring attention to Milton? 622 00:24:21,528 --> 00:24:23,229 Well, look, he's the engineer during the Cajon Pass accident. 623 00:24:23,262 --> 00:24:24,463 The railroad blames him. 624 00:24:24,497 --> 00:24:27,266 If he thinks they're trying to cover up their mistakes... 625 00:24:27,299 --> 00:24:29,135 He thinks Frank Milton's a martyr. 626 00:24:29,168 --> 00:24:31,103 Well, let's see what the widow says. 627 00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:34,641 My husband did not forget 628 00:24:34,674 --> 00:24:36,609 to turn on his end-of-train brake. 629 00:24:38,611 --> 00:24:41,080 The railroad lied to the NTSB. 630 00:24:41,113 --> 00:24:42,582 How can you be sure? 631 00:24:42,615 --> 00:24:45,718 He was the most meticulous engineer on the line. 632 00:24:45,752 --> 00:24:49,922 His crews used to call him "Four-check Frank," 633 00:24:49,956 --> 00:24:51,758 'cause of the way he'd go over the equipment. 634 00:24:51,791 --> 00:24:53,192 Well, so what do you think happened to the brake? 635 00:24:53,225 --> 00:24:54,727 Damn thing was always breaking down. 636 00:24:54,761 --> 00:24:56,696 The railroad 637 00:24:56,729 --> 00:24:58,531 covered up the service records. 638 00:24:58,565 --> 00:25:00,099 - Oh, yeah? - Yes. 639 00:25:01,734 --> 00:25:04,036 Let me ask you something. 640 00:25:04,070 --> 00:25:05,572 You ever seen this man? 641 00:25:05,605 --> 00:25:07,139 Goes by the name Horizontal Bob. 642 00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:08,274 Never seen him 643 00:25:08,307 --> 00:25:09,642 in my life. 644 00:25:09,676 --> 00:25:10,710 Worst thing is, 645 00:25:10,743 --> 00:25:13,680 those corporate bastards keep trying to buy me off. 646 00:25:13,713 --> 00:25:16,949 Every few months, I get cash in the mail. 647 00:25:16,983 --> 00:25:19,185 Guilt money. 648 00:25:19,218 --> 00:25:21,688 Don. 649 00:25:21,721 --> 00:25:23,255 Yeah, can you excuse us, please? 650 00:25:25,324 --> 00:25:27,627 Frank Milton was meticulous and detail-oriented 651 00:25:27,660 --> 00:25:29,696 and wrongly accused of causing a terrible tragedy. 652 00:25:29,729 --> 00:25:31,030 He's supposed to be dead. 653 00:25:31,063 --> 00:25:32,331 Someone's sending the widow money. 654 00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:33,633 It's not the railroad. 655 00:25:33,666 --> 00:25:34,567 Hmm-mm. 656 00:25:39,772 --> 00:25:41,774 Is this your husband? 657 00:25:41,808 --> 00:25:42,609 Yes. 658 00:25:42,642 --> 00:25:43,710 That's from our wedding. 659 00:25:44,944 --> 00:25:47,614 DON: So, Frank Milton didn't die 660 00:25:47,647 --> 00:25:49,215 in the Cajon pass accident. 661 00:25:49,248 --> 00:25:51,250 He is alive. He didn't want to be blamed. 662 00:25:51,283 --> 00:25:52,819 Instead of facing accusations, 663 00:25:52,852 --> 00:25:53,953 he drops out, right? 664 00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:55,722 He goes underground with the FTRA. 665 00:25:55,755 --> 00:25:57,323 So what about Horizontal Bob? 666 00:25:57,356 --> 00:25:59,826 Well, he fingers him to throw us off, right? 667 00:25:59,859 --> 00:26:01,694 Mm-hmm. What he's doing, he's trying to wreck 668 00:26:01,728 --> 00:26:03,095 public confidence in the rail system. 669 00:26:03,129 --> 00:26:04,130 ( phone ringing ) Hey. 670 00:26:04,163 --> 00:26:04,964 Eppes. 671 00:26:04,997 --> 00:26:06,633 The clock is ticking, Agent Eppes. 672 00:26:06,666 --> 00:26:09,101 You're nowhere near catching me. 673 00:26:09,135 --> 00:26:10,770 90 seconds to trace the call. I need a trace. 674 00:26:10,803 --> 00:26:12,639 Well, I'd say I'm pretty darn close, Frank. 675 00:26:12,672 --> 00:26:13,773 I know H-Bob didn't throw you 676 00:26:13,806 --> 00:26:15,174 off that train, I know you jumped 677 00:26:15,207 --> 00:26:16,175 just before the Cajon Pass. 678 00:26:16,208 --> 00:26:17,777 That's how you hurt your arm. 679 00:26:17,810 --> 00:26:18,778 You're smarter 680 00:26:18,811 --> 00:26:20,079 than the NTSB. 681 00:26:20,112 --> 00:26:21,948 Yeah, I also know you're not responsible 682 00:26:21,981 --> 00:26:23,683 for that first accident, Frank. 683 00:26:23,716 --> 00:26:24,984 Well, the railroad said I was. 684 00:26:25,017 --> 00:26:27,787 The brake lines failed-- I told them 685 00:26:27,820 --> 00:26:29,789 the maintenance was shoddy. 686 00:26:29,822 --> 00:26:31,257 They didn't care. 687 00:26:31,290 --> 00:26:32,992 And 36 people died. 688 00:26:33,025 --> 00:26:34,260 Look, let me ask you this. 689 00:26:34,293 --> 00:26:36,663 Do you know how much your wife misses you? 690 00:26:36,696 --> 00:26:39,699 You talked to my wife? 691 00:26:39,732 --> 00:26:42,935 Yup, and believes in you. 692 00:26:42,969 --> 00:26:44,203 You want to see her again, Frank? 693 00:26:44,236 --> 00:26:45,705 The only way that's going to happen 694 00:26:45,738 --> 00:26:46,706 is if you turn yourself in. 695 00:26:46,739 --> 00:26:50,677 No, people need to know the rails aren't safe. 696 00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:52,178 We can do that. 697 00:26:52,211 --> 00:26:54,947 Look, we can set the record straight, you and me, okay? 698 00:26:54,981 --> 00:26:57,650 The railroad buries its mistakes! 699 00:26:57,684 --> 00:26:59,752 Everyone knows it'll cost billions to make the rails safe. 700 00:26:59,786 --> 00:27:01,253 They won't spend the money. 701 00:27:01,287 --> 00:27:04,757 It's going to take something big to force a change. 702 00:27:04,791 --> 00:27:05,925 Well, this is what I know. 703 00:27:05,958 --> 00:27:08,127 Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Cajon Pass accident 704 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,763 and I think you're going to try and re-create it, Frank. 705 00:27:10,797 --> 00:27:12,899 And I'm here to tell you it's not going to happen. 706 00:27:12,932 --> 00:27:14,734 There is no way you'll pull that off. 707 00:27:14,767 --> 00:27:18,037 Agent Eppes, there are a lot of trains out there. 708 00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:20,339 You can't protect all of them. 709 00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:23,743 But even if it doesn't happen tomorrow, it will another day. 710 00:27:23,776 --> 00:27:26,746 I have all the time in the world. 711 00:27:26,779 --> 00:27:31,150 But when I'm done, the railroad companies will be in ruins. 712 00:27:31,183 --> 00:27:32,885 All right, Frank? Frank? ( call disconnects ) 713 00:27:32,919 --> 00:27:34,687 The call originated from inside 714 00:27:34,721 --> 00:27:36,989 the control room of the San Bernardino switchyard. 715 00:27:37,023 --> 00:27:38,324 - What? - Yeah. 716 00:27:38,357 --> 00:27:39,125 I got them. 717 00:27:41,193 --> 00:27:43,295 I want to know how he got in here? 718 00:27:43,329 --> 00:27:45,164 People saw a man in a janitor's uniform, 719 00:27:45,197 --> 00:27:46,065 no one thought twice. 720 00:27:46,098 --> 00:27:46,999 But from in here, 721 00:27:47,033 --> 00:27:48,835 he can tamper with any number of switches 722 00:27:48,868 --> 00:27:50,002 and controls, cause hundreds of accidents. 723 00:27:50,036 --> 00:27:52,071 And did he? 724 00:27:52,104 --> 00:27:54,240 As far as we can tell, he didn't touch a thing, 725 00:27:54,273 --> 00:27:56,709 except for this. 726 00:27:56,743 --> 00:27:58,778 He's showing us what he's capable of. 727 00:27:58,811 --> 00:28:00,246 All right, well, now it's our turn. 728 00:28:00,279 --> 00:28:01,447 Why don't you guys 729 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:02,448 look around here. 730 00:28:02,481 --> 00:28:03,783 Show me how this thing works. 731 00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:08,955 This is Frank Milton. 732 00:28:08,988 --> 00:28:11,490 We believe tomorrow he will attempt to attack one 733 00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:13,325 of 100 trains traveling over the Cajon Pass. 734 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:14,727 DAVID: We can't get the pass closed 735 00:28:14,761 --> 00:28:16,228 because we don't have a specific threat. 736 00:28:16,262 --> 00:28:18,464 All we have are our conclusions about Milton's plans. 737 00:28:18,497 --> 00:28:20,499 Yeah, it's the major freight rail line into L.A.. 738 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:21,734 Closing it would shut down 739 00:28:21,768 --> 00:28:23,269 60% of the region's commerce. 740 00:28:23,302 --> 00:28:24,403 DON: The kicker is, 741 00:28:24,436 --> 00:28:25,371 the guy's off the grid. 742 00:28:25,404 --> 00:28:27,373 Hunting him down could take months or years. 743 00:28:27,406 --> 00:28:29,041 Our best shot is at that Pass. 744 00:28:29,075 --> 00:28:29,976 CHARLIE: Terry believes Milton 745 00:28:30,009 --> 00:28:31,243 will select a train most like 746 00:28:31,277 --> 00:28:32,378 the one he drove. 747 00:28:32,411 --> 00:28:33,379 I'll rank tomorrow's trains according 748 00:28:33,412 --> 00:28:35,782 to similarities to the original; that way we can 749 00:28:35,815 --> 00:28:36,983 focus the searches. 750 00:28:37,016 --> 00:28:38,918 Right, and I'll be in the yard, coordinating the searches. 751 00:28:38,951 --> 00:28:40,820 TERRY: Crews will check their end-of-train equipment 752 00:28:40,853 --> 00:28:42,822 and the entire brake system before heading down the pass. 753 00:28:42,855 --> 00:28:44,824 DON: Local cops will be walking the tracks, 754 00:28:44,857 --> 00:28:45,925 checking for any tampering. 755 00:28:45,958 --> 00:28:47,794 I want cops posted anywhere 756 00:28:47,827 --> 00:28:49,328 that train slows down in case he tries 757 00:28:49,361 --> 00:28:50,763 to jump on one after the yard. 758 00:28:50,797 --> 00:28:51,898 What about rail cops? 759 00:28:51,931 --> 00:28:53,065 DAVID: They've posted the photos 760 00:28:53,099 --> 00:28:54,967 around the yard and tightened the perimeter. 761 00:28:55,001 --> 00:28:56,869 DON: There'll be an armed agent or cop on every train 762 00:28:56,903 --> 00:28:58,404 just in case he happens to get on one. 763 00:28:58,437 --> 00:28:59,972 You think Milton will try to sabotage a train 764 00:29:00,006 --> 00:29:00,973 with all this security? 765 00:29:01,007 --> 00:29:02,074 Yeah, I do, 766 00:29:02,108 --> 00:29:03,843 I think he's gonna attempt it, 767 00:29:03,876 --> 00:29:05,744 but we're gonna be ready for him. 768 00:29:08,547 --> 00:29:10,149 Hey, ready to go? 769 00:29:10,182 --> 00:29:12,318 Not quite. Mrs. Milton is here. 770 00:29:12,351 --> 00:29:15,754 Oh. All right. 771 00:29:17,323 --> 00:29:18,858 Mrs. Milton. 772 00:29:18,891 --> 00:29:20,893 - Agent Eppes. - Yes, ma'am. 773 00:29:20,927 --> 00:29:22,795 Frank called me. 774 00:29:22,829 --> 00:29:25,131 I couldn't believe it. 775 00:29:25,164 --> 00:29:27,800 To hear his voice after four years. 776 00:29:27,834 --> 00:29:30,136 What did he say? 777 00:29:30,169 --> 00:29:34,040 He begged me to forgive him, and then he told me... 778 00:29:34,073 --> 00:29:37,910 Please, Mrs. Milton, this is very important. 779 00:29:37,944 --> 00:29:40,179 Time is of the essence now. 780 00:29:40,212 --> 00:29:42,348 He told me good-bye. 781 00:29:42,381 --> 00:29:45,384 On the Cajon Pass that day, apparently he... 782 00:29:45,417 --> 00:29:48,554 jumped before the wreck. 783 00:29:48,587 --> 00:29:51,557 Engineers aren't supposed to do that. 784 00:29:51,590 --> 00:29:53,492 As much as he hates the railroad, 785 00:29:53,525 --> 00:29:55,161 he hates himself worse. 786 00:29:55,194 --> 00:29:57,363 He's going to kill himself. 787 00:29:57,396 --> 00:29:58,965 Is that what you think? 788 00:29:58,998 --> 00:30:00,399 Is that what he was saying? 789 00:30:00,432 --> 00:30:01,901 He's going to kill himself? 790 00:30:19,418 --> 00:30:21,053 ( whistle blowing ) 791 00:30:29,996 --> 00:30:31,463 DON: All right, so we all set? 792 00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:33,065 I've compiled data on every train car 793 00:30:33,099 --> 00:30:34,033 leaving the switchyard today. 794 00:30:34,066 --> 00:30:35,134 All that's left 795 00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:37,203 is to compare those elements to the original train 796 00:30:37,236 --> 00:30:38,905 in order to find the closest match. 797 00:30:38,938 --> 00:30:40,940 Did you use a computer program for the comparison? 798 00:30:40,973 --> 00:30:42,942 You know what, there wasn't time to write one, 799 00:30:42,975 --> 00:30:44,010 but I can handle that. 800 00:30:44,043 --> 00:30:46,012 You'll have to review over 100,000 data points. 801 00:30:46,045 --> 00:30:47,113 Well, we're going to concentrate 802 00:30:47,146 --> 00:30:48,447 on the trains that Charlie flagged. 803 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,582 See you later. 804 00:30:50,616 --> 00:30:53,585 SUTTER: The yard supervisor says that a train leaves 805 00:30:53,619 --> 00:30:54,586 every six minutes. 806 00:30:54,620 --> 00:30:56,989 A lot carry munitions or hazardous chemicals. 807 00:30:57,023 --> 00:30:58,390 All right, let's get the database up. 808 00:30:58,424 --> 00:31:00,626 I've got to find the trains most like the one 809 00:31:00,659 --> 00:31:02,461 that derailed four years ago. 810 00:31:02,494 --> 00:31:04,096 So how does this work? 811 00:31:04,130 --> 00:31:05,898 These specs are from the original El Cajon 812 00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:07,566 locomotive and container cars. 813 00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:10,036 This database shows today's trains, 814 00:31:10,069 --> 00:31:13,072 sorted by departure time and their relevant specs-- 815 00:31:13,105 --> 00:31:16,142 number of cars, gear ratio, 816 00:31:16,175 --> 00:31:19,011 engine model, HP traction... 817 00:31:19,045 --> 00:31:19,946 ( clang ) 818 00:31:23,049 --> 00:31:24,951 ( train chugging ) 819 00:31:29,188 --> 00:31:30,256 MAN: All right. 820 00:31:32,624 --> 00:31:34,460 All right, give me the first group. 821 00:31:34,493 --> 00:31:35,461 Train HB-17 822 00:31:35,494 --> 00:31:36,963 and PL-02. 823 00:31:36,996 --> 00:31:38,931 Track 32 824 00:31:38,965 --> 00:31:40,066 and 2 respectively. 825 00:31:40,099 --> 00:31:41,300 Right, 32. 826 00:31:41,333 --> 00:31:43,069 Track 2 train 827 00:31:43,102 --> 00:31:44,170 contains some cars of Naval munitions. 828 00:31:44,203 --> 00:31:45,604 Well, that sounds like 829 00:31:45,637 --> 00:31:47,073 an ideal target-- why don't you take that. 830 00:31:47,106 --> 00:31:48,975 Okay, let's go. 831 00:31:49,008 --> 00:31:50,209 All right, ride-along assignments-- 832 00:31:50,242 --> 00:31:51,978 Ortiz, you're on CC-3. 833 00:31:52,011 --> 00:31:54,580 Varitek, IS-22. Mulligan, 834 00:31:54,613 --> 00:31:56,015 HM-04. And hustle! 835 00:31:56,048 --> 00:31:57,016 It leaves on Track 20 836 00:31:57,049 --> 00:31:58,484 in eight minutes. 837 00:31:58,517 --> 00:32:00,219 All right, give me the next train, Charlie. 838 00:32:05,157 --> 00:32:09,061 ( train chugging ) 839 00:32:12,298 --> 00:32:14,100 CHARLIE: That one. 840 00:32:14,133 --> 00:32:16,002 PSP-31, 841 00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:17,970 - track 24. - Hey, actually, Don, 842 00:32:18,004 --> 00:32:19,205 you know, wait, go, um... 843 00:32:19,238 --> 00:32:21,140 go to HM-04. 844 00:32:21,173 --> 00:32:23,075 It's nearly identical to the original. 845 00:32:23,109 --> 00:32:25,477 It's got several cars of nuclear waste. 846 00:32:25,511 --> 00:32:27,046 Track 20. 847 00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:29,115 Train number HM-04. 848 00:33:15,627 --> 00:33:17,229 He shoved me off a flatcar, wrecked my arm. 849 00:33:20,732 --> 00:33:22,168 Frank, it's over! 850 00:33:22,201 --> 00:33:23,102 Don't move! Don't do it, Frank! 851 00:33:23,135 --> 00:33:25,104 - Frank! Frank! - Easy, easy! Don't shoot! 852 00:33:27,073 --> 00:33:29,441 You'll blow up the whole yard. 853 00:33:29,475 --> 00:33:30,442 Shoot me, and there'll be 854 00:33:30,476 --> 00:33:31,710 a radioactive cloud 855 00:33:31,743 --> 00:33:33,279 hanging over the L.A. basin 856 00:33:33,312 --> 00:33:34,380 for a week. 857 00:33:34,413 --> 00:33:35,547 Just put that down 858 00:33:35,581 --> 00:33:36,782 and go down to the ground. 859 00:33:36,815 --> 00:33:39,085 Put your knees on the ground, Frank. 860 00:33:39,118 --> 00:33:40,152 Don, are you at Track 20? 861 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,155 Don? 862 00:33:43,189 --> 00:33:45,291 Frank, hold it. Listen to me. Just listen to me. 863 00:33:45,324 --> 00:33:47,826 I know you want to settle your score with the railroad. 864 00:33:47,859 --> 00:33:49,528 The best way to do that is to stay alive, Frank... 865 00:33:49,561 --> 00:33:52,064 I'll tell my story when I hop on that train, 866 00:33:52,098 --> 00:33:54,166 ride it down the pass and blow it up. 867 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:55,467 Then everyone will wonder why, 868 00:33:55,501 --> 00:33:57,403 and you're going to tell them why. 869 00:33:57,436 --> 00:33:58,837 because you have the responsibility... 870 00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:01,340 Charlie, tell the supervisor to move that HM-04 now. 871 00:34:01,373 --> 00:34:03,375 We've got an explosive device on Track 20. 872 00:34:03,409 --> 00:34:05,777 I sent Don to Track 20. 873 00:34:07,113 --> 00:34:07,846 ( train whistle blowing ) 874 00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:09,548 Frank if you set that off, you're 875 00:34:09,581 --> 00:34:11,817 the bad guy in this scenario-- is that what you want? 876 00:34:11,850 --> 00:34:13,185 You want to die for no reason? 877 00:34:13,219 --> 00:34:14,720 Is that what you want, Frank? 878 00:34:14,753 --> 00:34:17,055 I should've died years ago, with everybody else. 879 00:34:20,426 --> 00:34:22,194 FRANK: Ow! 880 00:34:22,228 --> 00:34:23,329 TERRY: Don, you okay? 881 00:34:23,362 --> 00:34:25,331 No, bomb! There's a timer running! 882 00:34:25,364 --> 00:34:27,233 It's over, Agent Eppes. 883 00:34:27,266 --> 00:34:29,135 Get train HM-04 out of the yard. 884 00:34:29,168 --> 00:34:30,202 Terry, get out of here. 885 00:34:30,236 --> 00:34:30,702 They'll never get the train out of here in time. 886 00:34:30,736 --> 00:34:31,703 I said fall back! 887 00:34:31,737 --> 00:34:34,606 You can't hold him and work the bomb. I stay! 888 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:36,142 Don't move! ( grunting ) 889 00:34:36,175 --> 00:34:37,243 All right, all right. 890 00:34:37,276 --> 00:34:38,777 Let's get it off him. All right. 891 00:34:38,810 --> 00:34:41,347 - Let's get it off him. - DAVID: Don, don't! 892 00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:42,181 Don't touch that. 893 00:34:42,214 --> 00:34:43,249 David, get out of here. 894 00:34:43,282 --> 00:34:44,750 There might be a trip wire. 895 00:34:44,783 --> 00:34:46,352 There might be a trip wire! 896 00:34:46,385 --> 00:34:48,154 TERRY: Don't move! Ow! Ah! 897 00:34:48,187 --> 00:34:51,523 Hold him! There might be a trip wire between him and the device. 898 00:34:51,557 --> 00:34:52,691 What are you gonna do? 899 00:34:52,724 --> 00:34:53,625 I got it. 900 00:34:53,659 --> 00:34:54,893 Are you sure you know what you're doing? 901 00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:57,796 I know what I'm doing. I got it. 902 00:34:57,829 --> 00:34:59,265 You just hold him. 903 00:34:59,298 --> 00:34:59,998 I got him. 904 00:35:00,031 --> 00:35:01,867 ( high-pitched tone ) 905 00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:02,401 Just hold him still. 906 00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:03,435 Don't let him move. 907 00:35:03,469 --> 00:35:05,204 ( tone stops ) ( grunts ) 908 00:35:05,237 --> 00:35:06,272 ( gasps ) 909 00:35:10,209 --> 00:35:12,378 All right, get him up. 910 00:35:15,281 --> 00:35:16,382 How'd you learn how to do that? 911 00:35:16,415 --> 00:35:18,817 Don't tell me, you took a class at the academy, right? 912 00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:21,487 First posting was in Tel Aviv. 913 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,289 Got my bomb training. 914 00:35:23,322 --> 00:35:27,759 Guys, for following orders, not your best moment, 915 00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:29,361 but thank you. 916 00:35:29,395 --> 00:35:30,929 It's all right, we got him. 917 00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:32,298 It's okay, 918 00:35:32,331 --> 00:35:33,899 we got him, we got him. 919 00:35:33,932 --> 00:35:36,368 We got him. I'll stand down. 920 00:35:36,402 --> 00:35:38,237 ( sighs and laughs ) 921 00:35:38,270 --> 00:35:40,339 Well, this has turned out to be a really good day. 922 00:35:40,372 --> 00:35:42,508 You called the FBI, and I managed to convince Larry 923 00:35:42,541 --> 00:35:44,610 - to ask out Professor Wilson. - Really? 924 00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:46,278 How'd you change his mind? 925 00:35:46,312 --> 00:35:48,314 I used game theory, which says people 926 00:35:48,347 --> 00:35:50,282 will take bigger risks for bigger gain. 927 00:35:50,316 --> 00:35:52,284 I pointed out that he has the opportunity 928 00:35:52,318 --> 00:35:54,386 to turn a good friendship into a great romance. 929 00:35:54,420 --> 00:35:56,688 And he actually bought that from you? 930 00:35:56,722 --> 00:35:59,191 He wants to do it; he just needed a good reason. 931 00:35:59,225 --> 00:36:00,292 I know. 932 00:36:00,326 --> 00:36:01,760 Amita, 933 00:36:01,793 --> 00:36:03,329 you know, you and I have been working 934 00:36:03,362 --> 00:36:05,431 really closely together these last couple weeks. 935 00:36:05,464 --> 00:36:06,965 I've had a great time. 936 00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:10,469 Actually, um, I was, uh, just wondering if... 937 00:36:11,637 --> 00:36:13,305 Hey, Charlie? Excuse me, I'm sorry 938 00:36:13,339 --> 00:36:14,573 Amita, can you give us one second? 939 00:36:14,606 --> 00:36:16,975 Yeah, sure, I'll wait for you downstairs. 940 00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:17,709 I'm sorry, did I interrupt something? 941 00:36:17,743 --> 00:36:19,545 - Yes, you did. - Well, look... 942 00:36:19,578 --> 00:36:21,947 - What is it? - I just want to tell you 943 00:36:21,980 --> 00:36:23,982 that you're doing great work here and... 944 00:36:24,015 --> 00:36:27,619 Oh. Well... well, thanks, thank you. 945 00:36:27,653 --> 00:36:28,987 You know, I don't know anyone who 946 00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:31,223 could've done what you did with those notes, 947 00:36:31,257 --> 00:36:33,925 and I want you to know, I don't take for granted what you do. 948 00:36:33,959 --> 00:36:35,361 I never thought you did. 949 00:36:35,394 --> 00:36:36,995 Good. So, what's the deal, 950 00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:38,797 you gonna ask her out already? 951 00:36:40,866 --> 00:36:42,334 Well... 952 00:36:42,368 --> 00:36:43,802 Don't wait too long, man, 953 00:36:43,835 --> 00:36:45,704 or someone's gonna snatch her up. 954 00:36:49,408 --> 00:36:50,909 I know my due date, I'm sorry. 955 00:36:50,942 --> 00:36:52,010 You're trying to show me up, man. 956 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:52,811 - No, man. - I apologize. 957 00:36:52,844 --> 00:36:54,546 - Okay, all right. - Okay, okay. 958 00:36:54,580 --> 00:36:55,547 ( laughter ) 959 00:36:55,581 --> 00:36:57,316 - There you go. - Ah, excellent, Dad. Thank you. 960 00:36:57,349 --> 00:36:58,149 Okay. Thank you so much. 961 00:36:58,183 --> 00:36:58,984 No, no, no, I was a good student. 962 00:36:59,017 --> 00:37:00,051 No, I just couldn't get into math. 963 00:37:00,085 --> 00:37:02,153 Couldn't see how it could relate to the real world. 964 00:37:06,024 --> 00:37:07,993 What? What did I say? 965 00:37:08,026 --> 00:37:09,595 DON: I think you're about to find out. 966 00:37:09,628 --> 00:37:11,363 Oh, you guys are on your own. 967 00:37:11,397 --> 00:37:12,398 Good luck. 968 00:37:12,431 --> 00:37:14,566 CHARLIE: Math is the real world, okay? 969 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,369 It's everywhere, okay? 970 00:37:17,403 --> 00:37:18,837 - Hey, can I show you? - Please. 971 00:37:23,342 --> 00:37:24,710 ( chuckling ) 972 00:37:24,743 --> 00:37:27,846 Um, you see how the... the petals spiral? 973 00:37:27,879 --> 00:37:29,448 The number of petals 974 00:37:29,481 --> 00:37:32,918 in each row is the sum of the preceding two rows. 975 00:37:32,951 --> 00:37:34,886 The Fibonacci sequence. 976 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:36,054 It's found in... 977 00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:39,458 the structure of crystals and the spiral of galaxies. 978 00:37:39,491 --> 00:37:41,059 In a nautilus shell. 979 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:42,093 - That's amazing. - What's more, 980 00:37:42,127 --> 00:37:45,297 the ratio between each number in the sequence 981 00:37:45,331 --> 00:37:49,835 to the one before it is approximately 1.61803. 982 00:37:49,868 --> 00:37:52,771 Wha-What the Greeks called the Golden Ratio. 983 00:37:52,804 --> 00:37:54,440 It shows up. 984 00:37:54,473 --> 00:37:55,874 The pyramids at Giza 985 00:37:55,907 --> 00:37:58,410 and in the Parthenon at Athens and... 986 00:37:58,444 --> 00:37:59,077 and the dimensions 987 00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:02,948 of this card. 988 00:38:02,981 --> 00:38:04,483 And it's based on a number you can find 989 00:38:04,516 --> 00:38:07,085 in a flower? ( chuckles ) 990 00:38:07,118 --> 00:38:09,621 Math is nature's language, 991 00:38:09,655 --> 00:38:15,327 its method of communicating directly with us. 992 00:38:15,361 --> 00:38:17,028 So... 993 00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:20,666 Everything is numbers. 994 00:38:20,699 --> 00:38:22,768 Okay, well, when you explain it like that, 995 00:38:22,801 --> 00:38:24,436 it's a lot more interesting. 996 00:38:24,470 --> 00:38:26,438 ALAN: Well, it seems like your new math consultant's 997 00:38:26,472 --> 00:38:28,474 working out nicely. 998 00:38:28,507 --> 00:38:31,410 I got to tell you, Dad, I can't think of anyone 999 00:38:31,443 --> 00:38:32,378 who could've helped us 1000 00:38:32,411 --> 00:38:33,078 the way Charlie did in the investigation. 1001 00:38:33,111 --> 00:38:33,779 Just remember how Charlie is. 1002 00:38:33,812 --> 00:38:35,747 Can't seem to quit a problem. 1003 00:38:35,781 --> 00:38:37,549 He's still working on the same one 1004 00:38:37,583 --> 00:38:39,084 he's had since grade school. 1005 00:38:39,117 --> 00:38:40,586 And what's that? 1006 00:38:40,619 --> 00:38:42,588 Trying to impress his big brother. 1007 00:38:42,621 --> 00:38:45,123 Come on. 1008 00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:47,092 ( chuckling ) 1009 00:38:47,125 --> 00:38:48,994 Yeah, I've given that exact speech to, 1010 00:38:49,027 --> 00:38:51,630 uh, my-my junior class... 1011 00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:53,532 He is going to test the recurrence 1012 00:38:53,565 --> 00:38:55,834 of the untwinnable moment. 1013 00:38:55,867 --> 00:38:57,803 You think, maybe? 1014 00:38:57,836 --> 00:39:00,439 ( chattering indistinctly ) 1015 00:39:00,472 --> 00:39:03,475 Well, it's always a pleasure to help with that. 1016 00:39:09,681 --> 00:39:12,518 * And far away...