1 00:00:02,903 --> 00:00:04,238 Hi, I'm Jeffrey Tanner. 2 00:00:04,272 --> 00:00:05,406 Welcome to Sophe. 3 00:00:05,439 --> 00:00:07,608 We all know the Internet changed the world. 4 00:00:07,641 --> 00:00:10,211 The only question is: into what? 5 00:00:10,244 --> 00:00:11,479 It can be a platform to bring us together 6 00:00:11,512 --> 00:00:13,281 or to tear us apart. 7 00:00:13,314 --> 00:00:14,548 I know, because I spent my life 8 00:00:14,582 --> 00:00:16,484 trying to turn it into something 9 00:00:16,517 --> 00:00:18,619 that would connect us all. Then... 10 00:00:18,652 --> 00:00:20,454 I love you, Dad. ...my daughter was murdered. 11 00:00:20,488 --> 00:00:22,523 Nothing else mattered anymore. 12 00:00:22,556 --> 00:00:24,392 Everyone was sure they knew who did it-- 13 00:00:24,425 --> 00:00:26,394 the police, my ex-wife-- 14 00:00:26,427 --> 00:00:28,129 but I was convinced the wrong man had been convicted 15 00:00:28,162 --> 00:00:30,164 and the real killer was still out there. 16 00:00:30,198 --> 00:00:32,133 So together with my team, I built Sophe, 17 00:00:32,166 --> 00:00:34,568 a crowdsource crime solving platform 18 00:00:34,602 --> 00:00:37,405 powered by the smartest, most diverse, 19 00:00:37,438 --> 00:00:40,374 independent collection of detectives on the planet: 20 00:00:40,408 --> 00:00:42,810 you. 21 00:00:42,843 --> 00:00:44,044 Let's get to work. 22 00:00:45,546 --> 00:00:47,515 (panting) 23 00:00:49,317 --> 00:00:51,385 YOUNG MAN: I'm almost to the top. 24 00:00:56,857 --> 00:00:59,427 I'm on top of the parking lot right now. 25 00:00:59,460 --> 00:01:01,629 It's close, I can see it. 26 00:01:08,136 --> 00:01:09,503 (exhales) 27 00:01:12,506 --> 00:01:14,475 (exhales) 28 00:01:23,584 --> 00:01:27,321 I'm sorry, Mom. 29 00:01:27,355 --> 00:01:30,458 (mutters indistinctly) 30 00:01:33,727 --> 00:01:35,529 (distant thump) (car alarm wails) 31 00:01:37,465 --> 00:01:39,267 (car alarm continuing) (quietly): Oh... 32 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:43,204 Man. That is rough. 33 00:01:43,237 --> 00:01:47,375 How old was he? 34 00:01:47,408 --> 00:01:49,677 15. His name's Evan Zymuski. 35 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:53,481 So, I mean, on the one hand, 36 00:01:53,514 --> 00:01:55,616 it's a cut-and-dried suicide, right? 37 00:01:55,649 --> 00:01:56,884 But? 38 00:01:56,917 --> 00:01:58,586 But I don't know, it's just... 39 00:01:58,619 --> 00:02:00,221 something strange about it. 40 00:02:00,254 --> 00:02:01,655 Did he leave a message 41 00:02:01,689 --> 00:02:04,292 or a note anywhere? That's what's weird. 42 00:02:04,325 --> 00:02:05,893 No message, no note. 43 00:02:05,926 --> 00:02:07,495 Look... 44 00:02:07,528 --> 00:02:09,563 he erased all social media, 45 00:02:09,597 --> 00:02:11,299 but he leaves his phone behind on the roof. 46 00:02:11,332 --> 00:02:14,302 The only thing on them were these videos. 47 00:02:14,335 --> 00:02:15,403 There are more videos? Yeah. 48 00:02:15,436 --> 00:02:17,638 Ten of 'em, including the jump. 49 00:02:17,671 --> 00:02:21,242 They're all just selfies and stupid stunts. 50 00:02:21,275 --> 00:02:22,676 It's everything from cutting himself 51 00:02:22,710 --> 00:02:25,946 to climbing a construction crane. So maybe 52 00:02:25,979 --> 00:02:28,616 he was an adrenaline junkie that just took it too far. 53 00:02:28,649 --> 00:02:32,220 No, his parents say that he's the quiet loner type. 54 00:02:32,253 --> 00:02:35,389 He never liked to take risks. And there's something 55 00:02:35,423 --> 00:02:37,425 that he says at the end here, I just... 56 00:02:37,458 --> 00:02:41,295 can't quite get it. 57 00:02:41,329 --> 00:02:43,163 (mutters indistinctly) 58 00:02:45,699 --> 00:02:47,268 Yeah, I can't hear him either. 59 00:02:48,602 --> 00:02:50,371 Well, I know who can. 60 00:02:53,607 --> 00:02:57,411 Jeffrey. 61 00:02:57,445 --> 00:02:59,280 Can I have a moment? 62 00:02:59,313 --> 00:03:00,514 Yeah. What you got? 63 00:03:00,548 --> 00:03:02,416 So ever since 64 00:03:02,450 --> 00:03:04,418 we posted all of Mia's personal stuff online, 65 00:03:04,452 --> 00:03:06,687 there's this sub-group of users 66 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,323 who've been obsessed with her last video. 67 00:03:09,357 --> 00:03:11,492 Do I want to hear this? 68 00:03:11,525 --> 00:03:14,295 No, no, relax, they're not... they're not fixated on Mia. 69 00:03:14,328 --> 00:03:16,964 They're fixated on something in the background. 70 00:03:16,997 --> 00:03:18,666 This. 71 00:03:21,001 --> 00:03:22,536 What is that? 72 00:03:22,570 --> 00:03:25,339 Is that a sweater? SARA: Mm-hmm. 73 00:03:25,373 --> 00:03:28,576 Not a single photo has ever been posted of her wearing it. 74 00:03:28,609 --> 00:03:30,644 Or of her with anyone wearing it, either. 75 00:03:30,678 --> 00:03:32,646 I've seen this video a million times 76 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:34,448 and I've never noticed that. 77 00:03:34,482 --> 00:03:36,550 My eyes were always on Mia. 78 00:03:38,752 --> 00:03:41,589 The group who posted it, 79 00:03:41,622 --> 00:03:44,258 it's a bunch of young mothers who call themselves 80 00:03:44,292 --> 00:03:45,526 the "Mama Mias." 81 00:03:45,559 --> 00:03:47,695 Well... They think it's important. 82 00:03:49,630 --> 00:03:51,465 What do you think? 83 00:03:51,499 --> 00:03:52,533 I think we should let 84 00:03:52,566 --> 00:03:55,569 Sophe decide. Agreed. 85 00:03:55,603 --> 00:03:58,238 Move it to the front page. Let's see what we get. 86 00:04:01,409 --> 00:04:03,010 Ah. (clears throat) 87 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:05,279 Incoming. Mm. 88 00:04:07,648 --> 00:04:09,650 Admit it, you're starting to like it around here. 89 00:04:09,683 --> 00:04:11,819 Like a root canal. 90 00:04:11,852 --> 00:04:14,588 What can we, uh, do for you, Detective? 91 00:04:14,622 --> 00:04:17,525 Sophe's good at deciphering garbled audio, right? 92 00:04:17,558 --> 00:04:18,792 Something crowds are useful for. 93 00:04:20,628 --> 00:04:22,596 Look at him. 94 00:04:22,630 --> 00:04:25,699 What? I read Crowdsourcing For Dummies, okay? Sue me. 95 00:04:25,733 --> 00:04:28,536 As it happens, the Dummies guide is not wrong. 96 00:04:28,569 --> 00:04:30,671 Yes, that is something the crowd is very good at. 97 00:04:30,704 --> 00:04:32,373 What have you, uh, got there? 98 00:04:32,406 --> 00:04:34,408 (sighs) 99 00:04:34,442 --> 00:04:35,809 The last words of a 15-year-old kid 100 00:04:35,843 --> 00:04:37,345 before he killed himself. 101 00:04:40,514 --> 00:04:41,549 Let's listen to it. 102 00:04:44,685 --> 00:04:46,654 EVAN (voice distorted): I'm sorry, Mom... 103 00:04:46,687 --> 00:04:48,489 (indistinct muttering) 104 00:04:50,391 --> 00:04:52,460 See, there's a lot of car noise and wind. 105 00:04:52,493 --> 00:04:53,727 It makes it hard to hear. 106 00:04:53,761 --> 00:04:56,330 To me it sounds like "Cat had ticks..." 107 00:04:56,364 --> 00:04:58,632 (all quickly groan) 108 00:04:58,666 --> 00:05:00,701 What? I really wish you hadn't said that. 109 00:05:00,734 --> 00:05:02,670 Why, what does that mean? Nothing. 110 00:05:02,703 --> 00:05:04,405 But you've just created a confirmation bias. 111 00:05:04,438 --> 00:05:06,707 What? In essence, you've infected our ears. 112 00:05:06,740 --> 00:05:09,076 What the hell's that mean? It means that that's now 113 00:05:09,109 --> 00:05:10,678 all we can hear. 114 00:05:10,711 --> 00:05:12,913 (indistinct muttering repeats) 115 00:05:12,946 --> 00:05:14,682 Damn that cat. It's not a problem. 116 00:05:14,715 --> 00:05:16,083 When I put the phrase out on Sophe, 117 00:05:16,116 --> 00:05:17,585 we'll compartmentalize the users 118 00:05:17,618 --> 00:05:19,753 to make sure there's no cross-talk. 119 00:05:19,787 --> 00:05:20,854 Perfect. That way, each user will hear 120 00:05:20,888 --> 00:05:22,390 the phrase fresh, with no bias. 121 00:05:22,423 --> 00:05:24,425 Now we wait. (phone rings) 122 00:05:24,458 --> 00:05:26,394 Cavanaugh. 123 00:05:34,802 --> 00:05:38,372 SARA: Jeffrey... Sophe deciphered Evan Zymuski's last words 124 00:05:38,406 --> 00:05:39,373 The reason we couldn't understand is because 125 00:05:39,407 --> 00:05:40,508 it's in Russian. 126 00:05:40,541 --> 00:05:42,643 "Desyats zolotix shagov." 127 00:05:42,676 --> 00:05:44,712 It means "The Ten Golden Steps." 128 00:05:44,745 --> 00:05:46,614 Ten golden steps? SARA: Mm-hmm. 129 00:05:46,647 --> 00:05:48,816 We couldn't find any reference to the exact phrase online, 130 00:05:48,849 --> 00:05:50,484 so we broadened the search, and... 131 00:05:50,518 --> 00:05:51,619 We found the "Ten Steps to Nirvana." 132 00:05:51,652 --> 00:05:53,854 It's tied to a string of suicides 133 00:05:53,887 --> 00:05:56,924 last year in Argentina-- 12 kids died. 134 00:05:56,957 --> 00:05:59,527 JOSH: Here's another from Russia four years ago. 135 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:00,694 "Ten Steps to Immortality." 136 00:06:00,728 --> 00:06:02,463 11 kids. 137 00:06:02,496 --> 00:06:04,665 Japan had one, too-- "The Ten Steps of Solace." 138 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:06,967 14 kids. And now we have this. 139 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,602 Every one of these outbreaks 140 00:06:08,636 --> 00:06:09,970 started with a single suicide, 141 00:06:10,003 --> 00:06:11,739 and then it just spread. 142 00:06:11,772 --> 00:06:13,507 Like a virus. 143 00:06:17,945 --> 00:06:20,948 (phone ringing) 144 00:06:20,981 --> 00:06:23,484 What do you got for me? TANNER: Nothing good. 145 00:06:23,517 --> 00:06:24,718 Based on our findings, 146 00:06:24,752 --> 00:06:27,421 this kid's suicide may just be the first. 147 00:06:27,455 --> 00:06:28,922 I'm way ahead of you. 148 00:06:28,956 --> 00:06:31,492 We got another one. 149 00:06:31,525 --> 00:06:34,628 Desyats zolotix shagov. 150 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:42,470 * 151 00:06:53,013 --> 00:06:54,848 Two teen suicides, ten almost-identical selfie videos 152 00:06:54,882 --> 00:06:56,584 and the same Russian phrase. 153 00:06:56,617 --> 00:06:58,519 I mean, what the hell are we dealing with here, guys? 154 00:06:58,552 --> 00:07:00,187 From what we can tell, the first of these 155 00:07:00,220 --> 00:07:02,189 suicide games was in Russia four years ago. 156 00:07:02,222 --> 00:07:03,824 Did you just call this a game? 157 00:07:03,857 --> 00:07:06,193 Dude, don't blame us, blame the press. 158 00:07:06,226 --> 00:07:09,897 Alexei Kerlov-- he's a Russian online troll. 159 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:10,898 He launched the first version. 160 00:07:10,931 --> 00:07:12,466 He was caught, but not before 161 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:14,535 12 Russian teenagers had killed themselves. 162 00:07:14,568 --> 00:07:16,537 Yeah, this is the third documented copycat. 163 00:07:16,570 --> 00:07:18,539 The specifics change, the outcome doesn't. 164 00:07:18,572 --> 00:07:20,641 In every version we've seen, this is the first step-- 165 00:07:20,674 --> 00:07:22,510 the self-harm, 166 00:07:22,543 --> 00:07:24,945 followed by the increasingly dangerous behavior. 167 00:07:24,978 --> 00:07:26,814 It's like they've been programmed. 168 00:07:26,847 --> 00:07:27,948 CAVANAUGH: Yeah, but what I don't get is 169 00:07:27,981 --> 00:07:29,550 who would fall for this? 170 00:07:29,583 --> 00:07:32,219 Why play along knowing it ends in suicide? 171 00:07:32,252 --> 00:07:33,153 Maybe they didn't know that when it started, 172 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:35,623 and then by the time they figured it out, 173 00:07:35,656 --> 00:07:37,825 they couldn't break away. 174 00:07:37,858 --> 00:07:39,226 What I don't get is how these kids are finding the game, 175 00:07:39,259 --> 00:07:41,194 where they get the instructions. 176 00:07:41,228 --> 00:07:42,530 I mean, there's not a single mention of it online. 177 00:07:42,563 --> 00:07:44,097 It's completely off the radar. 178 00:07:44,131 --> 00:07:46,667 Well, look, they have to connect somewhere. 179 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:50,538 To get ahead of this thing, we need to figure that part out. 180 00:07:50,571 --> 00:07:53,106 Maybe one of the victims' families might have an idea. 181 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:55,976 The girl today, she was a freshman at UCSF, 182 00:07:56,009 --> 00:07:57,110 and her parents are flying in. 183 00:07:57,144 --> 00:07:59,580 But maybe we can go back and talk to the Zymuskis again. 184 00:07:59,613 --> 00:08:00,981 Take Tariq with you. TARIQ: Sure. 185 00:08:01,014 --> 00:08:02,249 Tariq? No, I've got this. 186 00:08:02,282 --> 00:08:04,117 Are you sure? Yes. 187 00:08:05,586 --> 00:08:06,987 Uh... 188 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:13,060 ...do you want us to post all this on Sophe, or...? 189 00:08:13,093 --> 00:08:15,262 No, no, no, not yet. Okay. 190 00:08:19,933 --> 00:08:21,602 It's right here. 191 00:08:21,635 --> 00:08:24,137 (clears throat) Thank you. 192 00:08:30,611 --> 00:08:32,913 Sorry, it's kind of messy. 193 00:08:32,946 --> 00:08:34,582 I haven't straightened up yet. 194 00:08:34,615 --> 00:08:36,917 No, no, it's fine, Mrs. Zymuski. 195 00:08:36,950 --> 00:08:39,019 We're just trying to get a feel for Evan, that's all. 196 00:08:39,052 --> 00:08:40,688 I'm sorry for the intrusion. 197 00:08:40,721 --> 00:08:43,957 We're just still so confused, 198 00:08:43,991 --> 00:08:47,294 so anything that brings answers... 199 00:08:47,327 --> 00:08:49,697 CAVANAUGH: Was there anyone new in Evan's life 200 00:08:49,730 --> 00:08:50,964 in the past few weeks? 201 00:08:50,998 --> 00:08:53,100 Any new behavior? 202 00:08:53,133 --> 00:08:56,036 I don't know. 203 00:08:56,069 --> 00:08:59,707 To be honest, Evan really didn't 204 00:08:59,740 --> 00:09:02,009 share much with us, even when we asked him. 205 00:09:04,077 --> 00:09:06,179 Sometimes the three of us, we'd be out for dinner, 206 00:09:06,213 --> 00:09:10,317 and I'd watch the other families. 207 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:12,653 They'd be talking with their kids 208 00:09:12,686 --> 00:09:14,121 and laughing 209 00:09:14,154 --> 00:09:15,122 and sharing things. 210 00:09:15,155 --> 00:09:16,657 We never had that, ever, 211 00:09:16,690 --> 00:09:19,126 and I don't know why. 212 00:09:19,159 --> 00:09:22,329 Did Evan ever mention something called 213 00:09:22,362 --> 00:09:24,632 the Ten Golden Steps? 214 00:09:24,665 --> 00:09:28,101 No. What's that? 215 00:09:30,037 --> 00:09:32,673 We think someone might have been 216 00:09:32,706 --> 00:09:34,341 communicating with Evan-- 217 00:09:34,374 --> 00:09:37,778 that he was getting instructions from someone. 218 00:09:37,811 --> 00:09:39,346 Instructions for what? 219 00:09:39,379 --> 00:09:40,580 We don't know yet. 220 00:09:42,182 --> 00:09:43,684 Are you saying someone told Evan 221 00:09:43,717 --> 00:09:45,085 to kill himself? 222 00:09:45,118 --> 00:09:46,954 Mr. Zymuski, we're just trying to 223 00:09:46,987 --> 00:09:47,788 put the pieces together. 224 00:09:50,057 --> 00:09:50,958 SARA: It would help to figure out 225 00:09:50,991 --> 00:09:54,094 how someone contacted your son. 226 00:09:54,127 --> 00:09:56,630 I have no idea. 227 00:09:59,767 --> 00:10:02,069 I don't know if I ever really knew anything about my son. 228 00:10:04,037 --> 00:10:07,374 Is this Evan's computer? 229 00:10:10,844 --> 00:10:13,113 Would it be all right if we borrow this? 230 00:10:13,146 --> 00:10:15,348 I promise you that we will get this back to you. 231 00:10:15,382 --> 00:10:16,650 Yeah. 232 00:10:16,684 --> 00:10:18,318 Thank you. 233 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:21,021 WOMAN: In my practice, I see 234 00:10:21,054 --> 00:10:23,156 a lot of teens who struggle with depression 235 00:10:23,190 --> 00:10:25,258 and anxiety-- it's a difficult time. 236 00:10:25,292 --> 00:10:26,727 Teens are malleable. They're wrestling 237 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:27,828 with who they are and who they want to be. 238 00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:29,429 Yeah, I remember that. 239 00:10:29,462 --> 00:10:31,198 Unfortunately, 240 00:10:31,231 --> 00:10:33,166 for some of them, it's just too much. 241 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,203 They may be looking for a way out. 242 00:10:36,236 --> 00:10:38,405 These are the kids that a game like this 243 00:10:38,438 --> 00:10:40,674 preys on. Okay, because they're susceptible. 244 00:10:40,708 --> 00:10:41,842 Exactly. 245 00:10:41,875 --> 00:10:43,744 You may have hundreds of kids 246 00:10:43,777 --> 00:10:45,412 exposed to the game, 247 00:10:45,445 --> 00:10:48,115 but only these vulnerable few will go through with it. 248 00:10:48,148 --> 00:10:49,717 Look, well, what about the guy behind it? 249 00:10:49,750 --> 00:10:51,284 What can you tell me about him? 250 00:10:51,318 --> 00:10:52,720 Hmm. 251 00:10:52,753 --> 00:10:56,289 Maybe a background of abuse, 252 00:10:56,323 --> 00:10:59,226 mental illness, a victim of bullying. 253 00:10:59,259 --> 00:11:01,028 I wish I could give you a profile, 254 00:11:01,061 --> 00:11:03,030 but it's just not that simple. 255 00:11:03,063 --> 00:11:05,065 Here's the real question: what can Sophe do about it? 256 00:11:05,098 --> 00:11:07,334 I'm worried that if we put it out there, 257 00:11:07,367 --> 00:11:09,169 I'm gonna be publicizing the game, 258 00:11:09,202 --> 00:11:10,403 glorifying suicides. 259 00:11:10,437 --> 00:11:11,839 No. Highlighting suicide 260 00:11:11,872 --> 00:11:13,874 isn't going to inspire people 261 00:11:13,907 --> 00:11:15,308 to seek it out. That's a myth. 262 00:11:15,342 --> 00:11:18,178 Talking about suicide and the permanence of it, 263 00:11:18,211 --> 00:11:21,749 raising awareness in a positive way, 264 00:11:21,782 --> 00:11:24,051 that's one of the best preventative things you can do. 265 00:11:24,084 --> 00:11:25,452 Great. Thank you so much. 266 00:11:25,485 --> 00:11:27,054 Listen, it's rare that I get 267 00:11:27,087 --> 00:11:28,488 to talk to a Sophe user face-to-face, 268 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:30,758 so this has been... Thank you. 269 00:11:30,791 --> 00:11:33,093 (chuckles) Well, it's my pleasure. 270 00:11:33,126 --> 00:11:35,796 But, uh, how are you holding up, 271 00:11:35,829 --> 00:11:37,831 Mr. Tanner? 272 00:11:37,865 --> 00:11:40,167 Obviously, I know what you've been through 273 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,468 over the past year. 274 00:11:41,501 --> 00:11:44,104 Have you ever considered talking to somebody? 275 00:11:44,137 --> 00:11:45,873 Well, yeah, I did that for a while, 276 00:11:45,906 --> 00:11:47,908 and, uh, right now my-my work is my therapy, so... 277 00:11:47,941 --> 00:11:49,743 (chuckles) 278 00:11:49,777 --> 00:11:51,411 That's a fairly common mechanism of avoidance. 279 00:11:51,444 --> 00:11:53,180 That's me. 280 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:55,215 I can avoid with the best of them. 281 00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:56,917 Well, if you ever need to talk, 282 00:11:56,950 --> 00:11:58,919 we could make this a weekly thing. 283 00:11:58,952 --> 00:12:01,755 Oh. Yes, I will... I will get back to you. 284 00:12:01,789 --> 00:12:04,091 Thank you so much. Tariq. 285 00:12:04,124 --> 00:12:04,925 Post it. 286 00:12:11,865 --> 00:12:15,202 (evidence alert blaring) 287 00:12:18,471 --> 00:12:21,508 That was fast. I just told you to post it. 288 00:12:21,541 --> 00:12:23,510 No, it isn't about the suicides. 289 00:12:23,543 --> 00:12:25,278 It's about the sweater in Mia's video. 290 00:12:25,312 --> 00:12:26,780 What about it? 291 00:12:26,814 --> 00:12:28,849 They're guessing the size 292 00:12:28,882 --> 00:12:30,383 by measuring it relative to the door. 293 00:12:30,417 --> 00:12:32,185 Top vote-getter is a men's extra large. 294 00:12:32,219 --> 00:12:35,488 That's way too big for Carlos Ochoa. 295 00:12:35,522 --> 00:12:37,224 Users also combed through the evidence logs 296 00:12:37,257 --> 00:12:39,159 and crime scene photos from the trial. 297 00:12:39,192 --> 00:12:41,394 The sweater's not in any of them. 298 00:12:41,428 --> 00:12:44,264 So it was in her apartment the day before she was killed... 299 00:12:44,297 --> 00:12:45,398 But gone when the police arrived. 300 00:12:45,432 --> 00:12:46,834 One more piece of evidence 301 00:12:46,867 --> 00:12:49,269 that says there was another guy. 302 00:12:49,302 --> 00:12:50,838 We find that sweater, 303 00:12:50,871 --> 00:12:52,906 we find Mia's killer. 304 00:12:52,940 --> 00:12:55,876 I can't imagine what those parents are going through. 305 00:12:55,909 --> 00:12:59,412 To lose your kid like that. 306 00:12:59,446 --> 00:13:02,182 Just... 307 00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:09,289 Are you okay? 308 00:13:09,322 --> 00:13:12,192 Yeah, I'm fine. 309 00:13:12,225 --> 00:13:15,562 (evidence alert beeping) 310 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:20,901 It's from a high school teacher in Broadmoor. 311 00:13:20,934 --> 00:13:23,203 A student there broke her arm yesterday 312 00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:26,239 after trying to climb the stadium scoreboard. 313 00:13:26,273 --> 00:13:28,375 When the paramedic took her blood pressure, 314 00:13:28,408 --> 00:13:31,244 the teacher noticed that there were scratch marks on her arm. 315 00:13:31,278 --> 00:13:32,913 Recent scratch marks. 316 00:13:32,946 --> 00:13:34,982 They were laid out like tally marks. 317 00:13:35,015 --> 00:13:36,583 The same as the other two victims. 318 00:13:36,616 --> 00:13:38,318 Exactly. 319 00:13:38,351 --> 00:13:40,253 (siren wailing) 320 00:13:51,031 --> 00:13:52,465 Do you mind if I talk to her? 321 00:13:52,499 --> 00:13:54,301 Yeah. Thank you. 322 00:14:00,473 --> 00:14:02,242 Hi, Zoe. 323 00:14:04,444 --> 00:14:06,513 I'm Sara. 324 00:14:10,918 --> 00:14:13,420 We... 325 00:14:13,453 --> 00:14:16,856 we need to talk to you about what happened. 326 00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:23,430 I know why you were up on that scoreboard. 327 00:14:26,566 --> 00:14:29,502 It's part of the Ten Golden Steps, 328 00:14:29,536 --> 00:14:33,006 isn't it? 329 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:34,574 I don't know what you're talking about. 330 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:36,476 The scoreboard thing, 331 00:14:36,509 --> 00:14:39,512 it was... it was a goof. 332 00:14:39,546 --> 00:14:42,482 That's all. 333 00:14:42,515 --> 00:14:44,651 A friend dared me to do it. 334 00:14:44,684 --> 00:14:46,486 (door opens) 335 00:14:46,519 --> 00:14:48,555 Tyler, get out. 336 00:14:55,028 --> 00:14:57,464 (door closes) 337 00:14:57,497 --> 00:14:59,466 I know what these scratches are. 338 00:14:59,499 --> 00:15:01,969 It's just a game. No, Zoe. 339 00:15:02,002 --> 00:15:03,036 It's not. Okay, look, 340 00:15:03,070 --> 00:15:05,305 I just do it for the thrill. 341 00:15:05,338 --> 00:15:06,706 Or whatever. I... 342 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:08,475 It doesn't mean anything. 343 00:15:08,508 --> 00:15:10,110 Do you know how this game ends? 344 00:15:10,143 --> 00:15:12,612 What you're doing 345 00:15:12,645 --> 00:15:14,614 is-is so stupid and selfish 346 00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:16,950 and-and cruel. 347 00:15:16,984 --> 00:15:18,952 You're not thinking about anyone but yourself. 348 00:15:18,986 --> 00:15:20,954 You don't know anything about me. 349 00:15:20,988 --> 00:15:22,655 I know exactly who you are. 350 00:15:22,689 --> 00:15:23,690 I need to know 351 00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:25,525 how you access the game. 352 00:15:25,558 --> 00:15:26,493 I need to know how you made contact 353 00:15:26,526 --> 00:15:27,560 with this man. 354 00:15:27,594 --> 00:15:28,962 Zoe, wait. Hey, hey, hey. 355 00:15:28,996 --> 00:15:31,098 Zoe, Zoe... Go away! I said I don't want 356 00:15:31,131 --> 00:15:33,100 to talk to you. Get off of me! (overlapping chatter) 357 00:15:33,133 --> 00:15:34,567 Stop, everybody! Please, get out. 358 00:15:34,601 --> 00:15:35,568 Please. We're leaving, we're leaving. 359 00:15:35,602 --> 00:15:37,037 That's enough. So sorry. 360 00:15:37,070 --> 00:15:38,038 Please. Ms. Sanford, we're leaving. 361 00:15:38,071 --> 00:15:39,572 She needs to know that you... 362 00:15:39,606 --> 00:15:41,074 that you love her and that she's wanted 363 00:15:41,108 --> 00:15:43,410 and that she's not a burden. 364 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:45,112 I don't know how to make it better. Yeah, I know. 365 00:15:45,145 --> 00:15:46,713 But just be more vigilant. Take away her phone 366 00:15:46,746 --> 00:15:49,082 and her computer. Keep tabs on her. 367 00:15:49,116 --> 00:15:50,117 Okay? Sh-she'll be mad, 368 00:15:50,150 --> 00:15:52,019 but she'll know that you care. 369 00:15:52,052 --> 00:15:54,454 Okay? Sara, we are leaving now. 370 00:15:54,487 --> 00:15:56,123 Let's go. Okay. 371 00:15:56,156 --> 00:15:58,125 CAVANAUGH: Thank you. 372 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,129 Hey. 373 00:16:02,162 --> 00:16:03,496 Hey. 374 00:16:03,530 --> 00:16:06,466 Hey! 375 00:16:06,499 --> 00:16:08,168 Hey, you want to tell me what happened in there? I don't know. 376 00:16:08,201 --> 00:16:11,138 I am... I blew it. 377 00:16:12,205 --> 00:16:14,041 I'm sorry. 378 00:16:14,074 --> 00:16:16,743 (sighs) It's fine. 379 00:16:16,776 --> 00:16:19,146 I'll call Ruiz, see if she can get a warrant 380 00:16:19,179 --> 00:16:21,448 for her laptop and her phone. 381 00:16:21,481 --> 00:16:23,116 Maybe we'll find what we're looking for in there. 382 00:16:27,087 --> 00:16:28,621 What? What is it? 383 00:16:28,655 --> 00:16:30,490 That sticker. 384 00:16:30,523 --> 00:16:33,793 Evan Zymuski had the same one on his laptop. 385 00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:35,562 Yeah, those are popping up everywhere. 386 00:16:35,595 --> 00:16:38,431 All right? I saw one at a pizza joint last night. 387 00:16:38,465 --> 00:16:40,500 Only this is not just a sticker. 388 00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:43,036 See? That's a QR code hidden in the face. 389 00:16:46,673 --> 00:16:48,475 "Want to play a game?" 390 00:16:50,543 --> 00:16:52,045 (sighs) 391 00:16:58,851 --> 00:17:01,188 TARIQ: "Want to play a game?" 392 00:17:01,221 --> 00:17:03,123 "What kind of game?" 393 00:17:03,156 --> 00:17:04,291 "One with purpose. 394 00:17:04,324 --> 00:17:06,826 One that will change your life." 395 00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:09,362 Do you think it's a bot or a real person? Let's find out. 396 00:17:12,799 --> 00:17:14,767 SARA: "Are you worthy? 397 00:17:14,801 --> 00:17:16,836 Most people aren't." 398 00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:18,805 "I'm not like most people." 399 00:17:18,838 --> 00:17:21,774 "Then prove your mettle 400 00:17:21,808 --> 00:17:23,843 by completing the Ten Golden Steps." 401 00:17:23,876 --> 00:17:25,445 "Mettle"? 402 00:17:25,478 --> 00:17:27,180 This guy's going a little D&D on us. 403 00:17:27,214 --> 00:17:29,149 SARA: Easy, Tariq. Don't push it. 404 00:17:29,182 --> 00:17:30,817 She's right. We don't want to spook him. 405 00:17:30,850 --> 00:17:33,420 It is what we want to know, right? Yeah. 406 00:17:33,453 --> 00:17:36,823 CAVANAUGH: Oh. "I am the Gamemaster. 407 00:17:36,856 --> 00:17:39,126 And the game is played by my rules, not yours." (laughs) 408 00:17:39,159 --> 00:17:40,827 All right, prick. This guy's pissing me off. 409 00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:43,863 SARA: Tariq! 410 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:46,499 Oh. 411 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:49,736 What the hell is wrong with you? 412 00:17:49,769 --> 00:17:51,738 What? We can just scan another sticker 413 00:17:51,771 --> 00:17:53,473 and use a different IP. He won't even know it's us. 414 00:17:53,506 --> 00:17:56,209 Except, thanks to you, he'll now know someone's onto him. 415 00:17:56,243 --> 00:17:58,811 Oh, my God. Whoa, whoa, whoa. You are so much smarter than everyone, aren't you? 416 00:17:58,845 --> 00:18:00,547 Why should you ever have to listen? Hey, take it easy. 417 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:02,382 No! He treats everything... Calm down. 418 00:18:02,415 --> 00:18:03,750 ...like it's a game. He's bloody irresponsible. 419 00:18:03,783 --> 00:18:05,585 Sara. 420 00:18:05,618 --> 00:18:08,188 Sara, what are you doing? Do not talk to me 421 00:18:08,221 --> 00:18:09,322 right now, Jeffrey. No, come on. 422 00:18:09,356 --> 00:18:10,590 I'm fine. Sara, look. 423 00:18:10,623 --> 00:18:12,892 Hey, Sara. You just yelled at Tariq 424 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:14,261 in front of everyone, all right? 425 00:18:14,294 --> 00:18:15,495 As if you've never yelled at anyone. 426 00:18:15,528 --> 00:18:17,764 We've had this conversation before. 427 00:18:17,797 --> 00:18:20,767 I discipline my staff how I see fit. 428 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,771 Look, we both know this isn't about Tariq. 429 00:18:24,804 --> 00:18:26,873 (laughs) All right? I'm... Look at... Sara. 430 00:18:26,906 --> 00:18:28,508 I'm worried about you. 431 00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:30,410 Oh, my God, Jeffrey. It was 15 years ago. 432 00:18:30,443 --> 00:18:33,346 I've dealt with it, so just stop trying to fix me. 433 00:18:33,380 --> 00:18:36,249 I am not trying to fix you. 434 00:18:36,283 --> 00:18:38,485 You lost your brother. 435 00:18:38,518 --> 00:18:40,320 It actually... No, I didn't lose my brother. 436 00:18:40,353 --> 00:18:42,555 He killed himself. Okay? 437 00:18:42,589 --> 00:18:44,391 It's part of who I am. 438 00:18:44,424 --> 00:18:46,359 Nothing's ever gonna make that go away, 439 00:18:46,393 --> 00:18:47,627 and nothing's ever gonna bring him back, 440 00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:49,929 anymore than Sophe is going to bring back Mia. 441 00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:51,831 So just... 442 00:18:54,267 --> 00:18:55,935 I'm s... I'm so sorry. 443 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:57,870 No, no. 444 00:18:57,904 --> 00:18:59,906 Listen. 445 00:19:01,441 --> 00:19:03,610 Take all the time that you need. 446 00:19:11,584 --> 00:19:14,153 How fired am I? 447 00:19:15,355 --> 00:19:17,290 Let me put it this way: 448 00:19:17,324 --> 00:19:19,959 I wouldn't plan any big purchases anytime soon. 449 00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:22,429 Yeah. All right, but you need to snap out of it. 450 00:19:22,462 --> 00:19:23,463 All right, what about hacking this guy? 451 00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:25,498 Can we find him that way? No way. 452 00:19:25,532 --> 00:19:27,567 The whole point of ChumHum Vault is the anonymity. 453 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,403 Without his phone, the encryption is bulletproof. 454 00:19:30,437 --> 00:19:33,206 Even for me. The stickers. 455 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,209 They're the key to finding this guy. 456 00:19:36,243 --> 00:19:38,911 They popped up all over the city pretty fast, right? Almost overnight. 457 00:19:38,945 --> 00:19:41,581 I mean, one day I was driving to work and they're everywhere. 458 00:19:41,614 --> 00:19:44,317 I mean, on buildings, lampposts, shop windows. 459 00:19:44,351 --> 00:19:46,219 Why? What are you thinking, mathlete? 460 00:19:46,253 --> 00:19:48,588 It's a long shot, but I could do a distribution pattern analysis. 461 00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:49,956 If this guy went out 462 00:19:49,989 --> 00:19:51,324 and plastered these all over town, 463 00:19:51,358 --> 00:19:52,592 the location of these stickers 464 00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:53,893 could tell us roughly where he's based. 465 00:19:53,926 --> 00:19:55,428 We just need to map out where they are. 466 00:19:55,462 --> 00:19:56,696 Okay. How do you do that? 467 00:19:56,729 --> 00:19:57,897 Really, Columbo? 468 00:19:57,930 --> 00:19:59,332 Sophe. Sophe. 469 00:19:59,366 --> 00:20:00,600 We get users to photograph them, 470 00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:02,435 then use the geotag info to map them out. 471 00:20:02,469 --> 00:20:03,670 And then I find this guy. 472 00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:05,004 All right, well, let's do this. 473 00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:06,939 All right. Come on. Sounds good. 474 00:20:19,486 --> 00:20:22,455 Hey, what can I get for you? Hey. You got a sticker 475 00:20:22,489 --> 00:20:24,691 like this in your window. Any idea who put it there? 476 00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:26,293 Couldn't tell you. 477 00:20:26,326 --> 00:20:27,994 People post crap in here all the time. 478 00:20:28,027 --> 00:20:29,696 If you want one, 479 00:20:29,729 --> 00:20:31,464 I think we've got a stack of them over there. 480 00:20:49,449 --> 00:20:52,018 Something isn't working. 481 00:20:52,051 --> 00:20:54,321 I-I assumed a somewhat random distribution, right? 482 00:20:54,354 --> 00:20:56,356 Guy has hundreds of stickers to get rid of. 483 00:20:56,389 --> 00:20:58,391 He runs around, he puts them up everywhere. But the distribution 484 00:20:58,425 --> 00:21:00,493 isn't random-- the array is clustered, right? 485 00:21:00,527 --> 00:21:01,628 Because he targeted specific spots. 486 00:21:01,661 --> 00:21:02,929 You know, schools, record stores, 487 00:21:02,962 --> 00:21:04,364 pizza places... 488 00:21:04,397 --> 00:21:06,499 Places teenagers hang out. 489 00:21:06,533 --> 00:21:08,067 Well, still, I can account for that 490 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,303 using geographic profiling and probability theory, 491 00:21:10,337 --> 00:21:12,439 I should still be able to pinpoint his hot spot. 492 00:21:12,472 --> 00:21:14,407 I don't get it. And you're not gonna. 493 00:21:14,441 --> 00:21:15,775 Cavanaugh. 494 00:21:15,808 --> 00:21:17,644 Whoever this guy is, he left a whole stack 495 00:21:17,677 --> 00:21:19,579 of stickers at the pizza place, probably other places, too, 496 00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:20,413 which means kids grab them, 497 00:21:20,447 --> 00:21:21,414 carry them around, 498 00:21:21,448 --> 00:21:22,782 and stick them up other places. 499 00:21:22,815 --> 00:21:24,317 Well, there goes any hope 500 00:21:24,351 --> 00:21:25,418 of deducing his location. 501 00:21:25,452 --> 00:21:26,553 Whoever our Gamemaster is, 502 00:21:26,586 --> 00:21:28,655 he's clever, or maybe lazy. 503 00:21:28,688 --> 00:21:30,089 Either way... Damn it, 504 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:31,524 I-I should have seen it. 505 00:21:31,558 --> 00:21:32,425 The sticker on Evan's laptop, 506 00:21:32,459 --> 00:21:33,960 the one on Zoe's car. 507 00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:36,396 I... I just need to make some adjustments. 508 00:21:36,429 --> 00:21:37,364 If I, if I change the cumulative density function 509 00:21:37,397 --> 00:21:38,798 from sum to integral, 510 00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:40,800 that'll redefine the variate... Dude. 511 00:21:40,833 --> 00:21:43,636 Going all Rain Man on me isn't gonna do it. 512 00:21:45,137 --> 00:21:46,806 It's just not gonna work. 513 00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:59,552 (game chiming and clanking) 514 00:22:06,493 --> 00:22:08,595 Listen, man, we're gonna find him. 515 00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:11,030 It's just gonna take a little longer. 516 00:22:11,063 --> 00:22:14,133 That's all. 517 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:16,503 (clanking and chiming continue) 518 00:22:22,041 --> 00:22:24,577 You know what I was doing before I started here? 519 00:22:24,611 --> 00:22:26,646 Sitting in my parents' basement, 520 00:22:26,679 --> 00:22:28,748 grey-hatting corporate databases 521 00:22:28,781 --> 00:22:31,518 and screwing with frog meme-ers all day. 522 00:22:34,153 --> 00:22:36,055 Then I heard what Tanner was doing, 523 00:22:36,088 --> 00:22:38,391 and I figured, "Hell, I could do that." 524 00:22:38,425 --> 00:22:41,528 So I hacked my way into a job. 525 00:22:41,561 --> 00:22:43,763 But I still can't compete with you. 526 00:22:43,796 --> 00:22:47,867 (loud clacking) 527 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:49,702 So I cover with attitude. 528 00:22:49,736 --> 00:22:51,771 (sighs) Look how well 529 00:22:51,804 --> 00:22:53,506 that worked out today. 530 00:22:53,540 --> 00:22:55,174 But you... 531 00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:56,709 You've got the mad math skills 532 00:22:56,743 --> 00:22:58,645 and the degrees and the discipline. 533 00:22:58,678 --> 00:23:01,548 And I'm only gonna say this once, so pay attention. 534 00:23:01,581 --> 00:23:02,882 You're pretty much the man. 535 00:23:04,817 --> 00:23:07,086 I could have been one of these kids. 536 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,188 When I was that age, 537 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:10,823 I had no friends. 538 00:23:10,857 --> 00:23:12,659 My brother and sister were grown and out of the house. 539 00:23:12,692 --> 00:23:14,193 My parents were divorced. 540 00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:16,563 I was alone and isolated. 541 00:23:18,665 --> 00:23:21,668 This game is targeting kids just like me. 542 00:23:21,701 --> 00:23:23,836 Josh, seriously, you're giving this creep way too much credit. 543 00:23:23,870 --> 00:23:26,539 He's a troll, that's all. 544 00:23:26,573 --> 00:23:30,076 Even in San Francisco, growing up a 545 00:23:30,109 --> 00:23:33,079 crazy-handsome brown kid, I got bullied non-stop. 546 00:23:33,112 --> 00:23:36,082 And it sucked, but I survived. 547 00:23:36,115 --> 00:23:38,084 And you survived. 548 00:23:38,117 --> 00:23:39,786 And these kids will survive, too. 549 00:23:39,819 --> 00:23:41,554 We just got to... 550 00:23:41,588 --> 00:23:43,456 We just got to get this loser. 551 00:23:43,490 --> 00:23:44,824 (sniffles) 552 00:23:44,857 --> 00:23:47,827 (evidence alert beeping) 553 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,167 There you are. 554 00:23:55,201 --> 00:23:58,104 I just got a direct message to my internal channel. 555 00:23:58,137 --> 00:23:59,872 Some user 556 00:23:59,906 --> 00:24:01,608 claiming that he saw the post 557 00:24:01,641 --> 00:24:03,142 about the stickers and wants to help. 558 00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:05,244 Wait. How is a user accessing our internal channel? 559 00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:07,246 His IP's bouncing all over the place-- 560 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:09,148 Idaho, Namibia, Fiji. 561 00:24:09,181 --> 00:24:10,917 This is black-ops stuff. 562 00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:12,585 Okay. What do you want to do? 563 00:24:12,619 --> 00:24:13,853 Open up a video channel. 564 00:24:13,886 --> 00:24:16,489 Yeah. 565 00:24:18,691 --> 00:24:20,493 (trilling, static) 566 00:24:24,631 --> 00:24:27,166 Um... hello? 567 00:24:27,199 --> 00:24:28,935 Thanks for pinging me back. 568 00:24:28,968 --> 00:24:30,236 TARIQ: What is this, Deep Throat? 569 00:24:30,269 --> 00:24:31,604 This is Cigarette-Smoking Man. 570 00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:33,139 My guess is NSA. 571 00:24:33,172 --> 00:24:34,741 Am I right? 572 00:24:34,774 --> 00:24:36,909 Sophe has friends everywhere, Mr. Tanner. 573 00:24:36,943 --> 00:24:39,145 Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Except we can't see your mouth. 574 00:24:39,178 --> 00:24:40,947 You could be talking out of your... 575 00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:42,281 You said you could help us track down the stickers. How? 576 00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:43,950 You'll need 577 00:24:43,983 --> 00:24:46,185 to send me a high-resolution scan of one of them. 578 00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:48,888 Well... I'm on it. 579 00:24:48,921 --> 00:24:50,189 SARA: Well, what good would that do you? 580 00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:51,991 Set. 581 00:24:52,024 --> 00:24:55,161 Since the '90s, all U.S. printers are built to record 582 00:24:55,194 --> 00:24:56,963 tiny, invisible marks on every page. 583 00:24:56,996 --> 00:24:59,298 The marks enable us to pinpoint the origin of a document. 584 00:24:59,331 --> 00:25:01,000 You're talking about microdots. 585 00:25:01,033 --> 00:25:03,770 Sounds like Big Brother's big brother to me. 586 00:25:03,803 --> 00:25:05,938 The point was to hedge against currency counterfeiting. 587 00:25:05,972 --> 00:25:08,808 The marks are only visible under a narrow spectrum of light. 588 00:25:08,841 --> 00:25:11,243 But when you strip out the proper color bands... 589 00:25:11,277 --> 00:25:13,546 So do we know where they were printed? 590 00:25:13,580 --> 00:25:15,982 For that, you need a key, or a friend who has one. 591 00:25:16,015 --> 00:25:17,817 I'll get back to you. 592 00:25:19,218 --> 00:25:21,688 (scoffs) Okay. 593 00:25:21,721 --> 00:25:23,756 This is either the most exciting, or most terrifying day 594 00:25:23,790 --> 00:25:25,592 of my entire life. 595 00:25:29,829 --> 00:25:31,998 Yeah, I'll keep you posted. 596 00:25:32,031 --> 00:25:34,266 Hey. Sophe was able 597 00:25:34,300 --> 00:25:35,868 to track down the stickers. Okay. 598 00:25:35,902 --> 00:25:38,771 It was ordered online from a print shop in Maine, 599 00:25:38,805 --> 00:25:40,707 mailed to some guy named Jason Forde. 600 00:25:40,740 --> 00:25:42,208 This is the address. 601 00:25:42,241 --> 00:25:43,610 Unit B. He rents the back house. 602 00:25:43,643 --> 00:25:45,812 We need to talk to you, Jason. 603 00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:49,782 RUIZ: Put your hands 604 00:25:49,816 --> 00:25:51,584 where I can see them! Hey! Hey! 605 00:25:51,618 --> 00:25:53,586 Drop it. Hands. Where I can see them. 606 00:25:53,620 --> 00:25:55,688 Damn it, let's go. Drop it! 607 00:25:55,722 --> 00:25:59,358 Drop it! (sighs) 608 00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:01,060 What do you got? What? It's locked. 609 00:26:01,093 --> 00:26:03,663 What'd you do? What did you just do? 610 00:26:03,696 --> 00:26:04,864 Oops. (laughs) 611 00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:07,600 Too late. 612 00:26:15,007 --> 00:26:16,943 (door opens) 613 00:26:16,976 --> 00:26:18,811 Hey. Hi. 614 00:26:21,213 --> 00:26:23,282 That's him? 615 00:26:23,315 --> 00:26:25,985 He just looks so normal. 616 00:26:26,018 --> 00:26:27,720 You do this long enough, 617 00:26:27,754 --> 00:26:31,157 your expectations of normal all fade away. 618 00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:33,125 All I got is hope that somebody like this 619 00:26:33,159 --> 00:26:35,695 never comes within a mile of my kid. 620 00:26:35,728 --> 00:26:37,930 I thought you didn't have kids. 621 00:26:37,964 --> 00:26:40,700 No, I said I wouldn't talk about it. 622 00:26:43,836 --> 00:26:45,905 (sighs) 623 00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:48,908 He's 14, he lives in L.A. with my ex. 624 00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:51,043 Hmm. 625 00:26:51,077 --> 00:26:54,013 So this one's got to be tough for you. 626 00:26:54,046 --> 00:26:56,015 (door opens) Well... 627 00:26:56,048 --> 00:26:57,316 It's in the works. 628 00:26:57,349 --> 00:26:59,819 All right. 629 00:26:59,852 --> 00:27:02,021 I'll be back. 630 00:27:03,923 --> 00:27:05,958 And to answer your question, 631 00:27:05,992 --> 00:27:08,327 yes, it's tougher than most. 632 00:27:22,241 --> 00:27:25,144 You don't seem too concerned with your situation there, 633 00:27:25,177 --> 00:27:27,079 Jason. 634 00:27:27,113 --> 00:27:30,116 No visionary is ever accepted at first. 635 00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:32,819 I read that... somewhere. 636 00:27:32,852 --> 00:27:34,253 CAVANAUGH: A visionary, huh? 637 00:27:34,286 --> 00:27:36,889 So is that what that is? 638 00:27:36,923 --> 00:27:38,190 Is that your vision? 639 00:27:38,224 --> 00:27:39,992 You like? 640 00:27:40,026 --> 00:27:43,830 It's a... It's an art project of mine. 641 00:27:43,863 --> 00:27:48,167 Viral campaigns are a big thing, you know? 642 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,937 What about what happens to the kids who scan those things? 643 00:27:50,970 --> 00:27:55,374 Nothing much happens to most of them. 644 00:27:55,407 --> 00:27:58,845 As for the rest... I mean, 645 00:27:58,878 --> 00:28:02,014 I feel terrible if anybody gets hurt, but 646 00:28:02,048 --> 00:28:05,384 all in all, it seems like a net positive, no? 647 00:28:05,417 --> 00:28:07,887 RUIZ: How do you figure? 648 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:09,889 Well, there's too many people on the planet 649 00:28:09,922 --> 00:28:11,758 as it is. 650 00:28:11,791 --> 00:28:13,893 Most of them are too stupid or weak to make 651 00:28:13,926 --> 00:28:17,196 any sort of real contribution, so, why complain 652 00:28:17,229 --> 00:28:19,899 if the runts of the litter decide to call it quits? 653 00:28:19,932 --> 00:28:21,801 And the Ten Golden Steps, 654 00:28:21,834 --> 00:28:25,404 that's your way of helping the runts along, right? 655 00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:28,307 Like I said, it's a... an art project. 656 00:28:28,340 --> 00:28:30,009 CAVANAUGH: Yeah. 657 00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:31,811 JASON: All I did was put up some stickers. 658 00:28:31,844 --> 00:28:34,046 Which, at worst, could be 659 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,015 a 594, destruction of property charge, 660 00:28:36,048 --> 00:28:37,316 or more likely, a misdemeanor. 661 00:28:37,349 --> 00:28:39,418 Littering citation. 662 00:28:39,451 --> 00:28:43,222 You know how liberal this city is with its artists. 663 00:28:43,255 --> 00:28:44,390 (knocking on door) 664 00:28:44,423 --> 00:28:46,258 (door opens) 665 00:28:46,292 --> 00:28:47,960 OFFICER: Here you go, sir. 666 00:28:47,994 --> 00:28:49,195 Thank you. 667 00:28:49,228 --> 00:28:51,063 Yes, I do. 668 00:28:51,097 --> 00:28:52,965 (door closes) 669 00:28:56,202 --> 00:28:58,337 RUIZ: So you probably know about penal code 401. 670 00:28:58,370 --> 00:29:01,073 Assisted suicide, sure. 671 00:29:01,107 --> 00:29:03,075 But if people choose, of their own free will, 672 00:29:03,109 --> 00:29:06,212 to end their life, again, that's not on me. 673 00:29:06,245 --> 00:29:07,413 Unless you encourage them. 674 00:29:07,446 --> 00:29:09,248 Then it becomes a felony. 675 00:29:09,281 --> 00:29:11,217 (chuckles) 676 00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:12,919 Look, here's the thing. Um... 677 00:29:12,952 --> 00:29:14,186 (clears throat) 678 00:29:14,220 --> 00:29:15,988 Not that you'd find anything on it, 679 00:29:16,022 --> 00:29:17,389 but even with a warrant, 680 00:29:17,423 --> 00:29:20,059 you can't compel me to give up the password 681 00:29:20,092 --> 00:29:22,361 to open my phone. 682 00:29:22,394 --> 00:29:24,130 I know my rights. 683 00:29:24,163 --> 00:29:25,331 CAVANAUGH: You do. 684 00:29:25,364 --> 00:29:28,200 Except, 685 00:29:28,234 --> 00:29:31,437 your lazy ass uses biometrics. 686 00:29:31,470 --> 00:29:36,108 And this warrant says that we 687 00:29:36,142 --> 00:29:38,477 can compel your fingerprint to open it. 688 00:29:38,510 --> 00:29:41,313 (scoffs) 689 00:29:41,347 --> 00:29:43,382 So you see, Jason, 690 00:29:43,415 --> 00:29:46,385 we can do this the easy way, 691 00:29:46,418 --> 00:29:48,888 or the hard. 692 00:29:50,923 --> 00:29:54,026 And I'm leaning toward the latter. 693 00:29:59,331 --> 00:30:01,067 (phone beeps) 694 00:30:02,301 --> 00:30:04,236 Phone's unlocked. Go. 695 00:30:04,270 --> 00:30:07,006 Got to admit, this is virgin territory for me. 696 00:30:07,039 --> 00:30:08,507 Hacking under a warrant. 697 00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:10,109 You guys think I can get a framed copy or something? 698 00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:11,377 Come on. Focus up, Tariq. Come on. 699 00:30:11,410 --> 00:30:13,112 TARIQ: All right, all right. 700 00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:14,146 Bad news is that the Tenth Step was sent 701 00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:15,214 to three different players. 702 00:30:15,247 --> 00:30:17,884 The good news is, I got usernames on all three. 703 00:30:17,917 --> 00:30:19,318 Josh, I'm gonna send them to you, so maybe 704 00:30:19,351 --> 00:30:21,220 you can link up some numbers? Yeah. I'll start scouring 705 00:30:21,253 --> 00:30:23,022 social media, see what I can find. 706 00:30:23,055 --> 00:30:25,157 I'll start a thread, and get some user help. 707 00:30:25,191 --> 00:30:27,526 These kids already have a head start on us. 708 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:30,096 Here we go. I've got one. I've got a mobile number. 709 00:30:30,129 --> 00:30:32,031 Tariq, take it while I work on number two? 710 00:30:32,064 --> 00:30:32,865 All right, I'll do a little magic, see if I can 711 00:30:32,899 --> 00:30:35,201 pinpoint a GPS. We got cars on alert. 712 00:30:35,234 --> 00:30:37,003 Just waiting on your word. I've got an ID on Creeper. 713 00:30:38,504 --> 00:30:41,273 The kid's only 14. 714 00:30:41,307 --> 00:30:42,508 First one's on Fell near Buchanan. 715 00:30:42,541 --> 00:30:44,276 I'll let dispatch know. 716 00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:45,544 And the second one is Creeper, 717 00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:48,214 who's on Claymore, by Mullen. 718 00:30:48,247 --> 00:30:50,249 SARA: That matches his home address. 719 00:30:50,282 --> 00:30:51,383 Maybe he hasn't left the house yet. 720 00:30:51,417 --> 00:30:53,052 I'll take that one. 721 00:30:53,085 --> 00:30:54,053 All right, what about the third one? 722 00:30:54,086 --> 00:30:55,154 Where is he? 723 00:30:55,187 --> 00:30:56,222 JOSH: Um... 724 00:30:56,255 --> 00:30:57,523 We've got a problem. 725 00:30:57,556 --> 00:30:58,958 You can't locate the third kid? 726 00:30:58,991 --> 00:31:00,326 No, I found him. 727 00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:02,328 But according to his GPS, he's in Portland. 728 00:31:02,361 --> 00:31:03,462 TANNER: Portland? 729 00:31:03,495 --> 00:31:05,164 What does-what does that mean? 730 00:31:05,197 --> 00:31:06,465 Does it mean that the game has spread? 731 00:31:06,498 --> 00:31:08,334 I don't think so. I'm on his ChumHum page. 732 00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:11,070 He visited San Francisco last week. 733 00:31:11,103 --> 00:31:12,939 RUIZ: I'll reach out to Portland PD, 734 00:31:12,972 --> 00:31:14,473 but it's gonna take some time. 735 00:31:14,506 --> 00:31:16,208 (line ringing) 736 00:31:16,242 --> 00:31:18,978 (phone ringing, vibrating) 737 00:31:20,579 --> 00:31:22,081 (phone beeps) 738 00:31:22,114 --> 00:31:23,215 (sniffles) 739 00:31:23,249 --> 00:31:24,984 Who is this? 740 00:31:25,017 --> 00:31:26,452 JOSH: Dylan. My-my name's Josh. 741 00:31:26,485 --> 00:31:29,355 Look, you don't know me, but I-I know what you're doing. 742 00:31:29,388 --> 00:31:30,489 I know about the game. 743 00:31:30,522 --> 00:31:33,192 I can't do it. 744 00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:36,495 I want to, but I can't. 745 00:31:36,528 --> 00:31:39,365 I'm just too scared. No. That-that-that's good. 746 00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:41,200 That's good that you can't do it. I don't want you to. 747 00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:43,569 (crying): But I have to complete the game. 748 00:31:43,602 --> 00:31:45,471 I can't fail at this, too. 749 00:31:45,504 --> 00:31:47,073 No. No, listen to me. 750 00:31:47,106 --> 00:31:49,108 You only fail if you follow through. 751 00:31:49,141 --> 00:31:51,210 The-the guy behind this, he's a bully. 752 00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:53,445 He-he wants you to hurt yourself. You can't let him win. 753 00:31:53,479 --> 00:31:55,247 Do you hear me? (Dylan crying) 754 00:31:55,281 --> 00:31:59,118 Look, I-I have a friend calling the police right now. 755 00:31:59,151 --> 00:32:00,987 Just promise me you'll wait for them, okay? 756 00:32:01,020 --> 00:32:03,089 No, you don't understand. 757 00:32:03,122 --> 00:32:04,390 The first two are safe. 758 00:32:04,423 --> 00:32:05,224 What about Portland? 759 00:32:08,060 --> 00:32:10,296 Look, I-I can't pretend to know exactly 760 00:32:10,329 --> 00:32:13,265 what you're going through, but... 761 00:32:13,299 --> 00:32:15,501 I do know what it's like to feel different. 762 00:32:15,534 --> 00:32:18,270 You know, to-to not belong. 763 00:32:18,304 --> 00:32:22,608 And-and not to go all after-school-special on you, 764 00:32:22,641 --> 00:32:26,245 but it does get better. 765 00:32:26,278 --> 00:32:28,080 (siren wailing in distance) 766 00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:32,284 They're here. 767 00:32:32,318 --> 00:32:34,520 I should go. 768 00:32:34,553 --> 00:32:36,255 This is my number, okay? 769 00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:37,456 Use it. 770 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:42,628 TARIQ: Nice one, Josh. Just like we called it. 771 00:32:42,661 --> 00:32:44,463 Score another for the good guys, I guess. 772 00:32:44,496 --> 00:32:46,532 Uh, guys? 773 00:32:46,565 --> 00:32:48,134 I was digging a little deeper in the chat logs 774 00:32:48,167 --> 00:32:49,601 to look for players at lower levels. 775 00:32:49,635 --> 00:32:51,303 And? 776 00:32:51,337 --> 00:32:53,505 He sent out a Step Ten to another user... 777 00:32:53,539 --> 00:32:55,674 two days ago. 778 00:32:57,643 --> 00:32:59,611 (phone rings) 779 00:33:05,517 --> 00:33:08,287 Zoe's lost her phone privileges. 780 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,322 You're gonna have to talk to her at school. 781 00:33:10,356 --> 00:33:13,059 Oh, Detective? 782 00:33:13,092 --> 00:33:16,562 Well, I just checked on her ten minutes ago. 783 00:33:16,595 --> 00:33:17,563 Zoe? 784 00:33:19,265 --> 00:33:20,366 Zoe. 785 00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:28,507 (insects trilling outside) 786 00:33:29,575 --> 00:33:32,178 Oh, no. 787 00:33:39,518 --> 00:33:41,653 I guess it's time. 788 00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:02,274 Her mother says her car's still in the driveway, 789 00:34:02,308 --> 00:34:03,675 so she can't have gone far. 790 00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:06,478 I've got a thread up. Anything? 791 00:34:06,512 --> 00:34:09,315 The neighbors are searching nearby, and it's up on Sophe. 792 00:34:09,348 --> 00:34:12,251 Listen, what about tracking her cell phone? She doesn't have it. 793 00:34:12,284 --> 00:34:14,220 Her mother took it away from her, like I told her to. 794 00:34:14,253 --> 00:34:16,188 Look, the-the rules of the game are she's supposed 795 00:34:16,222 --> 00:34:17,489 to record herself. Right, which is why 796 00:34:17,523 --> 00:34:19,358 she's taken her mother's camera instead. 797 00:34:19,391 --> 00:34:21,293 Cops have as many cars out there as they can. 798 00:34:21,327 --> 00:34:23,195 No. We've got far more eyes with Sophe. 799 00:34:26,465 --> 00:34:28,700 * 800 00:34:34,773 --> 00:34:36,442 (car beeps) 801 00:34:36,475 --> 00:34:37,576 Let's go home. 802 00:34:37,609 --> 00:34:38,710 Is-is that her? 803 00:34:40,446 --> 00:34:41,713 I think so. 804 00:34:41,747 --> 00:34:43,815 Message them. 805 00:34:51,590 --> 00:34:53,225 Let's go. Come on. 806 00:34:54,593 --> 00:34:56,295 Someone spotted her. 807 00:34:56,328 --> 00:34:57,729 A parking garage on Lafayette. 808 00:34:57,763 --> 00:35:00,332 Put it out. 809 00:35:00,366 --> 00:35:01,800 I'm gonna call Cavanaugh. 810 00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:04,670 I'll start a thread with Sophe users. 811 00:35:08,274 --> 00:35:09,641 Zoe! 812 00:35:11,610 --> 00:35:12,744 ZOE: Who... ? 813 00:35:12,778 --> 00:35:14,413 We're here to help. 814 00:35:14,446 --> 00:35:16,748 ZOE: What is this? Just get away from me. 815 00:35:16,782 --> 00:35:18,550 She's panicking. 816 00:35:18,584 --> 00:35:20,319 Someone needs to calm her down. You know what? 817 00:35:20,352 --> 00:35:21,420 Connect us with one of the Sophe users 818 00:35:21,453 --> 00:35:23,422 in that area and put him on a video chat. 819 00:35:23,455 --> 00:35:24,723 On it. 820 00:35:24,756 --> 00:35:27,226 Who are you? Why are you doing this? 821 00:35:27,259 --> 00:35:29,561 (phone ringing) 822 00:35:31,430 --> 00:35:33,432 Steve, it's Josh from Sophe. 823 00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:34,666 We need you to take your phone to Zoe. 824 00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:36,268 Okay. 825 00:35:36,302 --> 00:35:38,737 Give me a second. 826 00:35:38,770 --> 00:35:40,839 JOSH: He's getting it to her. 827 00:35:43,709 --> 00:35:46,678 Go on. 828 00:35:52,584 --> 00:35:54,653 ZOE: J-Just get away from me. 829 00:35:54,686 --> 00:35:56,888 Just, please. I have to do this. 830 00:35:56,922 --> 00:35:58,524 They want to talk to you. 831 00:35:58,557 --> 00:35:59,725 Zoe, do you remember me? 832 00:36:01,793 --> 00:36:03,829 Zoe, it's Sara. 833 00:36:03,862 --> 00:36:05,797 I-I was at your house. 834 00:36:05,831 --> 00:36:07,899 Do you remember me? 835 00:36:07,933 --> 00:36:10,569 Please. 836 00:36:10,602 --> 00:36:12,671 Please, just tell these people to leave me alone. 837 00:36:12,704 --> 00:36:14,506 Zoe, I need you to listen to me. 838 00:36:14,540 --> 00:36:16,542 ZOE: No. I told you, 839 00:36:16,575 --> 00:36:18,344 you don't understand. 840 00:36:18,377 --> 00:36:20,512 No. I-I do understand. 841 00:36:20,546 --> 00:36:21,747 Zoe... 842 00:36:23,682 --> 00:36:25,651 I had a brother called Patrick, 843 00:36:25,684 --> 00:36:28,820 who killed himself when he was your age. 844 00:36:28,854 --> 00:36:32,824 And my whole life, I've told people that... 845 00:36:32,858 --> 00:36:35,727 that I felt guilty, as if it was 846 00:36:35,761 --> 00:36:38,597 somehow my fault, 847 00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:41,867 but you know what I've just realized? 848 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:45,771 It's not, it's not guilt that I feel. 849 00:36:47,639 --> 00:36:50,409 It's anger. 850 00:36:50,442 --> 00:36:52,578 I'm so angry at him. 851 00:36:52,611 --> 00:36:54,913 He abandoned me. 852 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:59,451 He robbed me of my big brother. 853 00:36:59,485 --> 00:37:03,955 Took memories that we were meant to have together. 854 00:37:03,989 --> 00:37:06,458 Is that what you want to do to your brother? 855 00:37:06,492 --> 00:37:09,561 To Tyler? 856 00:37:09,595 --> 00:37:12,331 He needs you, 857 00:37:12,364 --> 00:37:13,932 he really does. 858 00:37:13,965 --> 00:37:15,801 Look around you, we all do. 859 00:37:15,834 --> 00:37:19,805 Look at all these people on a rooftop 860 00:37:19,838 --> 00:37:22,374 in the middle of the night because of you. 861 00:37:22,408 --> 00:37:25,477 You have this... 862 00:37:25,511 --> 00:37:28,847 huge choice. 863 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,783 Are you going to steal from them? 864 00:37:31,817 --> 00:37:34,620 From-from Tyler, from your family? 865 00:37:34,653 --> 00:37:36,555 Take away memories 866 00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:39,825 that they deserve to have? 867 00:37:42,027 --> 00:37:44,663 You hurt, I know. 868 00:37:44,696 --> 00:37:48,534 Worse than anyone can imagine, 869 00:37:48,567 --> 00:37:51,603 but this is not the way. 870 00:37:51,637 --> 00:37:55,774 So let us help you. 871 00:38:01,046 --> 00:38:03,515 Yeah, we're just getting to the roof. 872 00:38:03,549 --> 00:38:05,016 She's coming down. 873 00:38:05,050 --> 00:38:06,618 Zoe! 874 00:38:06,652 --> 00:38:08,454 Mom. Zoe! No, baby! 875 00:38:08,487 --> 00:38:11,457 (crying): No, no. No. 876 00:38:11,490 --> 00:38:14,760 Zoe. Oh, my baby. 877 00:38:14,793 --> 00:38:16,828 (Karen crying) 878 00:38:16,862 --> 00:38:18,830 (exhales) 879 00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:24,002 (sniffles) Are you okay? 880 00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:26,037 Yeah. 881 00:38:26,071 --> 00:38:28,507 (crying): She's gonna need so much help. 882 00:38:28,540 --> 00:38:31,543 No. You're incredible. 883 00:38:31,577 --> 00:38:32,611 (laughs) You know that? 884 00:38:32,644 --> 00:38:34,012 I've heard tell, yes. 885 00:38:50,562 --> 00:38:53,665 My mother told me to never take delight 886 00:38:53,699 --> 00:38:55,701 in the misfortune of others. 887 00:38:55,734 --> 00:38:57,035 Well, this one time I think she'd allow it. 888 00:38:57,068 --> 00:38:59,571 CAVANAUGH: Yeah. 889 00:38:59,605 --> 00:39:01,973 I'm taking a couple days off. 890 00:39:02,007 --> 00:39:04,810 Going down to L.A., pick up my son for a visit. 891 00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:06,945 Well, I think that's a good idea. 892 00:39:08,947 --> 00:39:11,883 (both moaning) 893 00:39:11,917 --> 00:39:14,052 Have I mentioned how sorry I am? 894 00:39:14,085 --> 00:39:15,487 Really? Good. 895 00:39:15,521 --> 00:39:15,987 (grunts) 896 00:39:18,490 --> 00:39:21,560 (evidence alert beeping) 897 00:39:21,593 --> 00:39:22,594 You know what, let it go. 898 00:39:22,628 --> 00:39:24,029 No. Just let it go. 899 00:39:24,062 --> 00:39:25,497 No, it doesn't matter. There is literally 900 00:39:25,531 --> 00:39:27,999 no version of what I'm about to do to you 901 00:39:28,033 --> 00:39:29,801 that is made better 902 00:39:29,835 --> 00:39:31,670 by you being distracted. 903 00:39:37,643 --> 00:39:39,978 They've sourced the sweater. 904 00:39:40,011 --> 00:39:42,614 It's an exclusive European label 905 00:39:42,648 --> 00:39:43,882 available only at a single boutique. 906 00:39:43,915 --> 00:39:46,117 TANNER: $550. 907 00:39:46,151 --> 00:39:49,120 Rich people, am I right? Yeah. 908 00:39:49,154 --> 00:39:51,823 Under a thousand sweaters manufactured. 909 00:39:51,857 --> 00:39:53,559 It's a start. Yeah. 910 00:39:53,592 --> 00:39:54,660 Post it. 911 00:39:56,728 --> 00:39:58,864 (evidence alert beeping) 912 00:40:23,589 --> 00:40:25,824 Captioning sponsored by CBS 913 00:40:25,857 --> 00:40:28,660 and TOYOTA. 914 00:40:28,694 --> 00:40:30,696 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org