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Just a couple of things
to report...

- You're stupid.
- No, you're stupid.

Hey, play nice,
or don't play at all.

Mom...

I feel kinda sick.

It's from reading
in the car.

You should have done
your homework last night.

Seriously... it's my stomach.
It really hurts.

Josh is gonna puke.

Maybe it's just a bug.

- You think you can go to school?
- I don't know.

I feel really weird.

Honey? Have you seen my tie
with the burgundy stripes?

Dry cleaner.

Gray and red one?

'Cause it's not like I need them
to go to work or anything.

I heard that.

When you told me you'd get me
a job at the store,

you totally left out the part
about the graveyard shift.

So?

You can sleep
all morning.

I'm gonna sleep in
all week.

- Bye, guys.
- Bye, Mom.

Honey? Honey?

Oh, no! Josh,
you're really hot.

I feel so cold.

You ever coming
out of there, honey?

Hey...

Are you all right?

Are you getting sick?

'Cause if you are,
stay away from me.

I can't afford not to go
to work tomorrow.

Oh, I just need some sleep.

That's it. I'm taking you
straight to see Dr. Burke.

Linda?
Are you okay?

Oh, my... Linda,
what happened?!

Baby, talk to me.

Baby, talk to me.

Wake up.
Bus is coming.

Josh?

We're almost
at the doctor's, okay?

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL

Commander Lee Havercamp,
Public Health Service.

Don Eppes, FBI.

Terry Lake. Good morning.

Okay, our first known victim
is Joshua Kramer, 16.

He got ill Saturday.
We've got about

30 suspected cases in the L.A.
region, with six deaths so far.

What does it look like?

It's not anthrax,
it's not smallpox.

Probably a pathogen,
but we haven't ruled out toxins.

CDC's doing autopsies now,

but until we can get
something definitive,

we're keeping the residents
under quarantine.

All right, well, the FBI's focus
will be possible bioterrorism...

where it started, a-a
probable point of release.

Yes, we'll need to do
a vector analysis.

To track the links
between victims?

Yes, and to predict the
spread of the illness.

The complexities
of the calculations

require the use of
a high-level mathematician,

and I've asked one to come in
on this case.

Actually, we deal with
a top math consultant.

We can get him on it
immediately.

I'd love to have him on board,

but this is classified
on a National Security level.

- Possible bioterrorism.
- Right.

Take a month, at least,
to get a new person cleared.

- Your guy's already got clearance?
- Yes, at the highest level.

Here his now.

He's a professor
from Cal-Sci.

This is Dr. Charles Eppes.

He'll be doing
the vector analysis.

Don... Terry.

Charlie.

I didn't know you guys
would be working on this.

So, I don't understand.
You just said

we need someone
with top clearance.

Dr. Eppes has clearance.

He does?

You do?

Is there a problem?

You just never told me.

- I wasn't supposed to.
- Right. No.

Charlie is my brother,
and-and he's the consultant

I was just telling you about.
I didn't realize...

Here's the mother
of the dead boy.

She's also displaying
the same symptoms.

We have to figure
out what this is

before it gets
out of control.

We all use math every day...
every day...

to forecast weather...

to tell time...

to handle money...
to handle money...

We also use math
to analyze crime...

analyze crime...

reveal patterns...
reveal patterns...

predict behavior...
behavior.

Using numbers, we can solve
the biggest mysteries we know.

EPISODE 3

VECTORS

...symptoms to look out for

include aches, fever, nausea...

That could just be the flu,
or a case of food poisoning.

Neither of which show up
by breakfast,

and both can kill you by dinner.

So, whatever we're
dealing with here

is fast and
it's serious.

Death results
from respiratory collapse.

Until we identify
what's behind this thing,

we are assuming it is
an infectious agent,

probably airborne,
probably viral.

Are we putting out any kind
of public health alert?

An infectious pathogen
is categorized

as a weapon of mass destruction.

This investigation
is classified.

Okay. And if it
keeps spreading?

It is imperative
that we avoid a public panic.

If people leave L.A.,

they will spread this contagion
faster and farther.

CDC and the Public Health
Service's job

is to find out
what we're dealing with.

The FBI's is who.

And the key to both is where.

Right? Where it started.

Tracking
an infectious disease

is a complicated
multi-variable problem.

Imagine...

an infected person
goes into an empty room.

Four healthy people go
into the same room.

Only two become infected.

Then all five go into
other rooms,

each joined by four more
unexposed people.

More get sick, and so on.

By the time you've got
100 rooms...

...it's tough to track back
to that one woman.

It takes complex statistical
analysis and graph theory.

Not everyone that
gets exposed gets sick.

Exactly. But we don't know why.

And what do you know so far?

We have several hot spots

associated with
two or more victims.

Downtown is common
to five victims.

Could be a possible trend.

That's too soon to know.
These are the results

of a quick analysis
of the victims' activities

based on
victim interviews.

So, there's no significant
commonalities,

but I hope that
as more people get sick,

we'll find some... not that I
hope more people get sick.

We know, Charlie.

So, it sounds to me like what
you're saying is, you need more data.

Exactly. Thank you.

Both to find the origin point,
and to track the spread.

In the days leading up,
did Josh go

anywhere out of
the ordinary?

No.

My husband,

came home late

the night before Josh... got sick.

Late... late from work?

He's been in San Diego
the last few days.

Did your wife go anywhere
out of the ordinary

over the last
few days?

It's been a normal week.

She went to work,
I went to work.

She went to the movies
yesterday.

But we both did, and I'm fine.

Downtown.
We both work downtown.

The movie was in Van Nuys.

Does that help?

- And you live in...?
- Hancock Park.

Glendale.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- No classes today?
- Nah.

Are you working
on something for Don?

It's a, um...

it's a genetics project
for a...

for a friend in the bio
department, actually.

Ah.
A he or a she?

Huh?

Your friend.
Male or female?

Does it matter?

No, of course not.
I was just curious.

I just thought maybe,
you know...

Well, listen, Dad,
whenever I have a girlfriend,

I will let you know by, um...

by putting a note
on the refrigerator.

Good. Well, that's nice.

Uh, where you going right now?

My book club.

Mm-hmm, and
where's that?

Phil's house.
Raymond Avenue.

- You keeping track of me?
- No.

I'm just curious.

No claims of responsibility

by any groups,
domestic or international.

Right, well,
if it were

terrorism, somebody
would be taking credit.

They would be putting forth
a philosophy, an agenda...

Unless they're no longer
around to take credit.

Because they're infected,
maybe dead.

Maybe.

Just a thought, but we're
assuming there's a bad guy.

I mean, in this type of case,
there might not be one.

It's also possible we're just
looking for the wrong kind of bad guy.

Well, until the CDC
determines otherwise,

we're going to have to assume
somebody did this.

This Geographic
Information System

will allows us to map victims
and potential disease clusters

with real-time data.

They're all over the L.A. area,

from Long Beach
to Santa Barbara.

Now, in computing
the reproductive ratio...

Actually, you know what?

I've written it out.

Oh, sure, that helps.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

This is an S.I.R. model.

Susceptible Infectious
Recovered...

used in conjunction
with the G.I.S....

will work to learn
two key things.

What's the source?

Is it a person
or a place?

What the CDC calls
a Patient Zero.

And where is it going?

Where are the new patients
we need to find?

Looks sort of like a plant.

That's a great way to think
about it... like a plant.

A virus spreads out.
It grows, so to speak.

Branching is a common pattern
in nature,

from crystals
to giant redwoods.

Now, we don't have enough data
to locate where it started

or to fully predict the spread.

Once we do, we'll know the shape
of the leaves and branches.

How's it going?

Uh, good. Any more
data on the victims?

11 more.

This is interesting.

A woman who picked up
her daughter

at the Glendale
Amtrak station...

a man who had lunch
on Olvera Street...

a cab driver.

A cab driver.
Commander Havercamp?

This material just pushed us
over the tipping point.

See it?

The commonality
of location.

It's like two trees

growing from
the same root, right?

One to the north,
and it's one south.

Both starting at
Union Station.

We have 12 victims
that were either there,

near there, or picked somebody
up who had been there.

Makes sense.

Busy transportation hub,
people coming and going.

Don?

I'm not so sure about
this finding.

You know, I haven't had time
to test its accuracy.

And if I'm-I'm worried
that if I'm wrong,

the projected pattern
of spread will miss

too many infected people.

Right. Well,
Charlie, test away.

But we can't
afford to wait.

- Eppes.
- We've closed Union Station.

Cover story being given out is
asbestos was found in the walls.

The station fits
the profile of a place

to release a virus
for maximum dispersal.

Right, which is what I said to Charlie.

- It made no impression.
- It wouldn't.

You were speaking terrorism;
he was speaking math.

Hey.

I just got off the phone
with Havercamp.

A nd...?

The infectious agent
is the pandemic flu.

What?!
A flu?

Pandemic?
The Spanish flu?

Spanish flu.

In 1918 it was
a global epidemic.

It's extremely virulent,
extremely deadly.

The Spanish flu killed
a disproportionate number

of healthy adults.
It left towns half empty.

What did they do in 1918?
How'd they stop it?

Nothing. There's no cure.

They just waited till
the virus burned out.

How many died?

In the United States?

600,000.

In six months.

In six months?

I think we have
to tell him, Don.

We can't,
it's against the law.

It's his day to volunteer
at the skid row shelter

downtown, like, five blocks
from Union Station.

Well, so what?

Traffic downtown's
always terrible.

It's worse than usual.

There's a Sig Alert because
of an accident on the 2,

and you'll blow your
whole day in the car.

And then downtown,

isn't there's that, uh...?

Yeah, there's
that protest march.

Right. Foreign
trade subsidies.

It's a big deal, they're
expecting thousands of people.

It's a big deal.

Meanwhile you could be
doing something fun.

Hey, hey, like, I don't know,
you could go bowling.

Bowling?

Or golf.

You keep saying
you're going to play golf.

It's a beautiful day
for a round or two.

It's been two years
since I retired,

and almost a year
since your mother died.

Now I'm finding there
are certain things

I would like to do
with my life.

And one of them
is to volunteer

where people need me.

I've made a commitment
to be someplace today,

and if that means
sitting in my car, fine.

But I'm certainly not going
to skip out to go golfing...

or bowling.

- What if we told you...
- Charlie.

- there's a really good reason you shouldn't.
- Charlie. Charlie.

Well, clearly there's something
you're not telling me.

That you can't tell me.

But you don't want me
to go downtown?

Yeah.

I think it's a good idea
not to go downtown.

Okay, can we
leave it at that?

Well, I'll take your concerns
under consideration.

Wish we could tell Dad

not to leave the house
for a couple weeks.

Right. Well,
good luck with that.

I've gone months without
leaving the house in the past.

"Bowling. "

Yeah. Bowling.

And I could've suggested

that Dad take
a yoga class.

Oh, yeah, he'd be right
out of the door then.

Hey. The virus may have been
created in a lab.

Four bio-labs are working
with strains of Spanish flu.

One of them is here
in Los Angeles.

The doctor supervising
the research is Clarence Weaver.

50 years ago, scientists
uncovered victims

of the 1918 pandemic

from the Alaskan
permafrost.

They found intact pieces of
Spanish flu RNA in the lungs

of a young soldier
who was killed by the disease.

So, what, you're saying

you resurrected
the 1918 strain?

Viral pathogens can exist

for decades
hidden in nature,

only to suddenly reenter

the human population.

Ebola virus crops up
periodically in Africa.

Eventually, at some point,

the Spanish flu
is bound to reemerge,

and in a major outbreak.

And without a vaccine
we're talking about

a global epidemic.

That's why
we've revived the virus.

The pharmaceutical
companies will need it

to develop a vaccine specific
to the Spanish flu.

I'll want to review your security
measures and your inventory.

Now you'd know if any Gen-O
samps were missing. I mean...

No. No.

We're obligated by law

to report any losses
to the CDC.

And what about personnel,
have they gone on vacation,

anybody called in sick,
anything like that?

Uh... no, not recently.

Only three of us
work with the strain...

myself, a research analyst,

Martin Grolsch...
"Grolsch. "

and Jessica Avery,
a microbiologist on loan

from Mount Sinai
School of Medicine.

No. That's impossible.

Why do you say that?

Because the
Spanish flu pathogen

is handled only
by experienced professionals.

There are protocols.

A release can't just "happen. "

You're saying any release

would have to be the result
of a deliberate act.

The people in this field
who have access to the virus,

they would not do that.

You're sure?

You know all of them?

Many of them,
yes, as a matter of fact.

And those that I don't know
work for people I do know.

They all understand the stakes.

What you're suggesting
just isn't possible.

Profile her for me.

Yeah. Uh... fascinating.

She's created a mythological
self-image of the scientist

- as dispassionate god.
- You like her for this?

I find the idea of
a "medical hero" interesting.

Like an arsonist
who sets a fire

so he can be the first person
on a scene to report it.

I don't know,
I guess it's a cliche,

but I tend to think of
mad scientists

as... as madder than that.

Extremists don't have to be
drooling, wild-eyed maniacs.

They're often acting out of
sincere, if misguided, beliefs.

When they tell you why they did it,

they expect you
to understand.

Well, you're gonna have
to give me a motivation

that will seem rational
to someone like her.

Exposing the dangers
of viral research?

Forcing more
federal funding?

I'd like to run down
that angle.

All right, I'm going to see the
other guy that works in the lab,

see where he fits in
the sane-to-wild-eyed spectrum.

See you later.

My reaction?

My reaction is...

"whoa. "

You sure it's the Spanish flu?

Oh, yeah.
We're sure.

What kind of question is that?
Of course, you're sure.

Whoa.

And you do work closely
with the virus.

Are you kidding?

I know its gene fragments
better than my own girlfriend.

Are you looking for
something in particular?

Not really.

Though I did notice
an open suitcase on your bed.

Yeah, I'm flying back east
for a high school reunion.

Which one?

Which high school?

Which reunion?

15th.

What year'd you graduate?

1990. Look...

I know you're here
because I work at Gen-O,

but I didn't do it.

Do what?

Release the virus.

How'd you know it was loose?

Well, why else would you
be here talking to me

about the Spanish flu?

Besides, the word is out
in the bio community.

We're gonna need the names
of everyone you've spoken to.

Come on,
it's not against the law

for a bunch of lab techs
to exchange information.

You gotta admit, this is
pretty major information.

Why is that you don't seem
too concerned?

Are you kidding?

I know this bug better than you,

I know exactly
how dangerous it is, okay?

I am freaked.

But?

Well, if it's in the population,

outside the lab taking lives,

then the rush to develop
a vaccine is very urgent.

The major pharmaceutical
companies,

they rely on labs like ours
to provide the pathogen.

Can...

I'm sorry,
can you not do that?

He's just doing his job.
Actually, I'd like

to take a look upstairs
if that's okay.

Actually, no, it's not.

I haven't done anything wrong,

and I'd like you
to leave.

You sure about that?

I can't stress how serious
a matter this is, sir.

Believe me, it's my big shot.

My whole career is
riding on this outbreak.

If it doesn't kill me first.

Let's go.

Thanks for your time.

Grolsch is definitely out there.

Which doesn't
make him guilty,

but he did have access
to the pathogen,

and he does live spitting
distance to Union Station.

What worries me is that the CDC

found no trace
of the virus there.

Well, Havercamp said it can't
live outside the body

but for a few minutes.

What if we're wrong about Union
Station in the first place?

Charlie, look, it is
a classic dispersal site.

I mean, especially if we're
dealing with an intentional release.

Maybe. But too few
of the victims

have direct links
to the trains.

You all right?

Every minute that goes by...

I know, I know, people are
getting sick out there.

We're doing what we can.
We're dealing.

Father, mothers,
their children...

How do you forgive yourself
if you're wrong?

You don't.
We can't be wrong.

Larry...
you have a minute?

Yes, because
we all have exactly

the same number of
minutes, at all times.

- Do we not?
- Oh, my.

Listen, I am working
on a statistical analysis

that involves complex variables
and multiple vectors.

I've come up with a solution
as to the zero point, but, um...

the experts in the field
think it's right,

and I... in fact, they're
quite sure of it, but, um...

But you think it's wrong.

But you don't trust yourself

because the experts know
the field better than you do.

To be honest, the answer
does seem quite logical.

Charles, you're making
the assumption

that these people
know their field

as well as you know math.

And that's an assumption
I find tremendously problematic.

- Well...
- And how can something be logical

and mathematically suspect?

I mean, as you are so fond
of saying, math is logic.

Right, but in
this particular case...

You know,
the most fascinating aspect

of this entire
conversation for me

is how careful you are
not to give specifics

about what the problem is.

Now since you tend

to over-describe whatever
it is you're working on,

I'm guessing that
you're not telling me

because you can't.

I would certainly love to...

Na, na, na.
Don't even... don't bother.

My answer to you
is still the same.

Go back to the data.

Right. Okay, okay,
of course.

Of course.
Thank you.

Let me ask one thing.

When you met me just now,

was I going out or
coming into the library?

Larry, you were coming out.

Oh... my memory's a memory.

All right.

Larry, you were coming out.

Go back to the data.

Patient Zero might have just
come in from somewhere.

Or if it's
an intentional release,

a central somewhere.

It's a classic dispersal site.

Busy transportation hub,
people coming and going.

The virus was at Union Station,

but that's not where it started.

The source point is
the downtown main bus terminal.

But the CDC and the
Public Health Service

are sure about
Union Station.

They say it's a logical place
for someone to release a virus.

But if they don't understand the
motivation behind the release,

then how can they say
it's a logical place

- for someone to release it?
- I see your point.

Here's Union Station.
Right?

Right.

Here's the pattern
of the pathogen. Remember,

like an oak tree growing north,
its reflection growing south.

Yes, I get that part,
Charlie.

What happened
to east and west?

Why isn't the virus spreading
in all directions?

Because it wasn't released
on a train...

we would've found illnesses
among passengers.

So how do we explain why
the virus spreads north

and south?

Well, I don't know, but
Union Station is definitely

a point of commonality
for the victims.

I mean, it may not be
the only one, right?

I'll give you that.

And it may not even
be the biggest one.

Let's see what happens
when I adjust the vector track

to the downtown main
bus terminal.

See, now this model incorporates
more of the cases,

36% more, to be exact.

So what does that mean?

More sick people will be linked
to the bus terminal

than to the train station.

Well, you know, Amtrak actually
shuttles people in buses.

So even if it wasn't
released at Union Station,

it's still a place where
infected people would wind up.

Right. Where you couldn't
find patterns

linked to specific trains,

I do believe
you will find patterns

linked to specific buses...
one heading north, one south.

- And this is something...
- I don't understand.

What... am I reading this right,

that people to the north
are getting sicker than people

to the south?

80% of the deaths link
to the north pattern.

But that doesn't make sense.

How can the people to the north

be more vulnerable
to the same virus?

What if it isn't the same virus?

What if there's
two different viruses?

Two strains of the same virus...

traveling
in two different directions.

The differences
to their structure is small...

but the differences to their impact

on the population
is significant.

What's the likelihood
of two strains

appearing naturally, in the
same ace, at the same time?

A statistical impossibility.

So it was released deliberately
by someone.

I just don't understand
two strains.

Eppes.

Right.

Atlanta on the teleconference.

Good morning.

Good morning.

They are two different strains
of the Spanish flu.

The incongruity is genetic,
one gene in particular.

But when Gen-O resurrected
the Spanish Flu,

they didn't bring back
the actual thing.

They stitched together
RNA fragments

from a standard lab flu strain

with genes from the 1918 flu.

The other strain uses less
of the RNA

from the original pandemic flu.

And as we can see from
the pattern of deaths,

it's less virulent.

Do we know who manufactured
the first one? The less lethal one?

Yes.

It carries genetic markers unique
to Russell Labs in Maryland.

But the CDC has no records

of a sample being removed or
transported from Russell Labs.

But it is here,

along with another one
from Gen-O's L.A. lab.

The virus was released
via aerosol spray on two buses,

one northbound,
one southbound.

The father of the first victim,
Joshua Kramer,

he rode
a northbound bus.

But only his wife and
oldest son got sick.

The other two children seem okay.

All right. We better start
running down everybody

who was in and out
of that terminal

on the day the virus
was likely released.

We'll get the county
public health department,

LAPD, county sheriff's...

everybody just moving on it,
right?

Well, now that we know
about the buses,

we can find victims
we might have missed.

That means getting them help
sooner.

All right. Good.

Stop the spread.

Bus terminal director's compiling
security videos onto discs.

We'll get it as soon
as possible, Don.

All right. Good.

I'm gonna get them
moving on that.

Hey.
Where've you been?

Uh, bowling.

Really?

No, of course not.

I was downtown
at the shelter.

Dad...

Well, no one else seems worried
about being there.

That's because
they didn't know.

Didn't know what you
wouldn't tell me?

Look, if everybody can be
down there, why can't I?

I got this fuzzy feeling
you and your brother

have been going downtown,
too. Huh, am I right?

Okay. But were...
we were worried about you.

Do you understand?

Look, Charlie,

your brother puts himself on the line
every day on that job of his.

Don't you think I'm worried
about him? Huh?

But I know how vital
that job is to him.

You've been helping him out
a bit lately, haven't you?

You know what I'm really
proud of?

I'm proud that I've raised two sons...
well, we've raised two sons

who have a great sense
of public service.

You okay?

Huh? Yeah, sure.

It's just a cough.

Be careful. It's, uh...

It's flu season.

Yeah, well,
don't worry about me.

I never get the flu.

Because these flu viruses
are so similar,

sometimes we can use
the less virulent strain

to make vaccines and treatments
for the deadly ones.

But you can't cure
viral infections.

No, we can't, but we
do have therapies

that reduce the symptoms
of some strains.

This is Russell's strain,
yeah?

And this is Gen-O's.
That's the more deadly strain.

Quantifying
the difference

between the two strains
can take months.

Well, I'm just doing
a rough analysis

to get sort of a simplified
perspective of the differences

'cause I'm just curious.

The way you've
simplified it...

I can see a similarity
to the protein signature

from yet
another strain.

We've got a treatment
for that.

It's a long shot,

but they're so close

it's possible
to use the therapies

to cure
the Spanish flu victims.

I got Dr. Weaver here
who has something

he thinks might be
very important to us.

It occurred to me that
these might be helpful

in identifying the
specific viral strain.

Slides of the five known
Spanish flu strains.

They may help you
in identifying

where the virus
originated.

Thank you very much for bringing
this down here. We appreciate it.

Oh, under the circumstances,
it's the least I could do.

And I know
that during an investigation,

the FBI has to do
its due diligence,

but, uh, I would like
to take this opportunity

to speak on behalf of
my research associates.

They're both
very competent,

- trustworthy people.
- Of course.

Especially Martin Grolsch.

I know he might seem

a bit odd,
but he's a top bio-technician;

ambitious and dedicated
to his work.

Right.

I simply can't imagine that
he would have anything to do

with releasing
a virulent pathogen.

Well, we will definitely
take that into consideration,

but we got a lot to do here
so I'm going to see you out.

Okay, I'm sitting
in a black hole.

I'm looking at you;
what do I see?

Everything...
and nothing.

But are we talking about a charged
black hole in anti-de-sitter space?

No, just a run-of-the-Yang-Mills
black hole.

Larry.

Charles...
would you care to join our

String Theory
Lunch Club?

Sure.

I just wanted
to thank you.

Your advice on the problem
I had...

really worked out.

Okay. Well, the scientific
method works every now and then,

if you give it a chance.

It helped, uh, a lot of people.

I wish I could tell you more.

You know, when I first
started out teaching,

there were still many scientists
who'd worked at Los Alamos,

and there were things that

they couldn't talk about...

this was after
30 years...

so let's just hope that

your secret has
a shorter half-life.

And doesn't kill as many people
as the atomic bomb.

You serve the warrant on Grolsch?

No. He wasn't there.
We posted it and went in.

You said he referred to
a girlfriend?

Yeah, he did.

He made, uh,
what was it...

some joke about not
seeing her much.

Probably due to the fact
she dumped him a month ago.

Series of increasingly
hostile e-mail volleys

ended with her
pulling the plug.

Enough to push him
over the edge?

I mean, is this
all about

getting the attention
of a woman?

No... I think he's
a self-involved jerk;

I don't see evidence
he's a sociopath.

And as far as his
personal records go,

Grolsch is a keeper,
not a shredder.

Copies of his phone bills.

We're reviewing
numbers called.

So far, nothing.

All right...

These go back,
like, nine months.

Here's a hookup charge.

He moved here less
than a year ago.

Could be something.

Mr. Grolsch,
when we spoke before,

you neglected to
mention that you

came to California
from Maryland.

After you grabbed me,

did you put my groceries
in the refrigerator?

I had some frozen items
in there.

See, that concerns us
because not one

but two strains
of the Spanish flu

have been released here.

One from Gen-O

and one from Russell Labs
in Maryland.

Strains from both labs?

You're sure?

Where were you employed
back east?

Russell Labs...
you know that already

or else I wouldn't be here.

- You didn't tell us that before.
- Well, you didn't ask before.

Look, Russell and Gen-O
are in stiff competition;

bio-research is a
cutthroat business.

Dr. Weaver was impressed with my
credentials and called to recruit me.

Let me tell you
something:

You're linked to this outbreak in
two ways, do you understand that?

And as far as
we could tell,

you're the only person
with access to both strains.

Okay, no...

Look, this is nuts.

No, I am not
the only person.

Okay, Russell and Gen-O
are both competing

for the same huge
pharmaceutical contract.

So when I joined Gen-O,

I gave my new company a boost
by bringing along a sample

of what the competition
was cooking up.

You took Russell Labs' virus
with you, across the country,

when you came to work for Gen-O?

I followed the proper protocol.
There wasn't any risk.

But... at least two other people
have access to both strains:

Dr. Weaver and Jessica Avery.
It's not just me.

Okay, all right.
Let's talk about

pharmaceutical
contracts.

What were the two companies
in competition for?

I think maybe it's time
that I had my lawyer present.

You transferred
bio-hazardous materials

across several
state lines!

I can't begin to tell you
the trouble that puts you in.

Now, seeing how
people are dying,

I suggest you
help us first,

and then you talk
to your attorney.

The competition
is for a contract

with the company
developing the vaccine.

And what's the name
of that company?

CraigMac Pharmaceuticals.

That's a major
manufacturer.

We're talking about
a hefty contract...

Hundreds of millions
of dollars over several years.

So that's why
you stole the virus,

to help Gen-O
and make yourself rich?

It sure as hell wasn't
to release it.

I don't want to kill people.

Right; it's just a harmless
case of corporate espionage.

Is that it?

You think he was desperate
enough to release both viruses

just to prove Gen-O's
was more deadly?

Maybe; but like he said,

there's also Janice Avery
and Dr. Weaver.

Somebody else might've gained
access that nobody knows about.

Well, we need to find everybody
who could get to both viruses.

And I want to talk
to CraigMac

about that contract
he was so hot to win.

As soon as that data comes in,

you guys get it to me,
understand?

All right, see
you in a little.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey, Havercamp tells me
they're responding to treatment,

which she says
you helped identify.

Good going.

I'm glad I could help.

You all right?

Hey, Don, did, um...

did Mom...

did she suffer?

No. No, not toward the end.

I mean, not with all the
morphine she was getting.

She had one of
those... those...

- She liked that.
- Okay.

Hey, I want to know

how you got
a top security clearance.

I did some consulting
for the NSA.

The National Security Agency?

Yeah, a couple years ago,
uh, Bob Tomkins called me.

Wait a minute.

Assistant Director
Robert Tomkins?

Bob. Yeah.

Robert. Yeah.

Charlie...

Do you understand, with that,
I mean, you don't even need

a visitor's pass
to come to my office.

You have total access.

Really?
They never told me that.

I mean, I...

I'm just trying to get
head around the fact

that my little brother
consulted on an NSA issue

that went high enough up
for you to call

the assistant director
by his first name.

The NSA consults
with a lot of mathematicians.

You know, you've never
been really good

at keeping secrets...
think about it.

Charlie...

Don...
we've got something.

Hey, so CraigMac awarded
the contract to Russell Labs

two weeks before
the virus was released.

There's a formal announcement
due next week.

But you said Russell Lab's germ

is less deadly
than the one Gen-O developed.

I did, and it is.

Right, but then the treatment
therapy would be derived

from the less
potent virus.

When it comes to
corporate decision-making,

other factors come into play.

- Such as?
- Russell Labs might not have

the best pathogen,
but they've got a CEO

who's got a good contact
at the FDA.

That's important to a
company like CraigMac.

This blows the idea that Grolsch
was trying to win the contract.

No, no, no, no, no.

He did not know
that contract was awarded.

They found something
on the bus depot tapes that

we have to take a look at.

Weaver.

Come on.

Come on.

We got him entering
a second bus.

This is a guy trusted

to develop a deadly virus,
and he's releasing it.

There you go...

not a wild-eyed crazy person.

Weaver's not at home,
he's not at the office.

Told the assistant he'd be
gone all afternoon.

Well, let's find him now.

If you reach his
voice-mail, try again.

Or not.

Hello?

Dr. Weaver.
Agent Eppes.

Yes. Good to hear from you.

Hey, look, I had a
few more questions.

I was wondering if I could
come down there and see you.

Actually
I'm out of the office today.

Oh, really,
it'll just take a second.

How about we talk
on the phone?

Um, I'm driving right now.

Oh. Where are you?

I'd be happy to arrange a time
to see you tomorrow.

Agent Eppes, I'm sorry,
I really don't like

to talk on the phone when
I'm driving in city traffic.

Good-bye.

Where is he?

Approaching Hancock Park.

All right, notify LAPD and CHP...
he's in a residential district.

- This is his car.
- All right.

Do not move. Do not move. Do not move.

I've got the bag.

Step back off the curb,
away from the church.

Is all this truly necessary?

You wanted to prove
your virus was more powerful,

so you tested it
on innocent people?

Yes. I had to, to save lives.

Save lives?
20 people are dead.

If the vaccines and treatments
are made from the wrong pathogen,

and the Spanish flu reemerges,
which I assure you it will,

we will not be ready...
millions will die.

So you justify these deaths
to save more lives later.

If you had been around deadly
pathogens as long as I have,

you would understand
that I had no choice, Agent.

They are unforgiving...
we have to take

every possible measure
to protect innocent people.

What do you got?

Candles. They're just candles.

Those are for
the victims.

I was about to light
a candle for each one.

Did you think I was planning
to release the virus again?

- Let's go.
- I have no reason to do that.

- Let's go.
- We've already established that our strain

is the more deadly...
releasing it again

would be insane.

So, how are you two guys doing?

Well, you seem
so much more relaxed

than the last couple of days.

Yeah, I'd say, uh,
we're doing pretty okay now.

Finished our project.

Think I might get my first good
night's sleep in about a week.

I'm glad it's over.

You know, I thought
I'd let you know

that I'm gonna be working
down at the shelter next week.

I mean, if that's okay
with the two of you.

Yeah, I think
it's okay now.

I think that's a good idea.

I'll see you two later.

I'm gonna be going somewhere
with Art Stanley.

Uh-oh. What are
you two up to?

Bowling.

After the fuss you made,
I thought I'd give it a try.

I still can't believe you never told me
you consulted for the NSA.

- It was nothing like this, you know?
- I hope not, Charlie.

You know, I mean,
a lot of stuff comes

across my desk...
daily Bureau briefings.

Chances are, probably already
knew about your assignment.

It wasn't an assignment, really.

It was, um... it was more
of a consulting gig.

And it wasn't really
all that sensitive.

We have troops stationed
all over the globe, right?

All right, stop. Stop, stop.

- Let me...
- No, no, no, stop, stop.

Charlie, look, don't let
me play you like that.

You made an agreement
not to talk.

You're right, you shouldn't.
I'm sorry, forget it.

It's over. I won't ask.

I know how
your mind works.

I think your mind
works pretty well.

All right? I wouldn't
have it any other way.

Tell me what the assignment was.

Wouldn't you like to know?

Come on.
What was it?

I really can't tell you.
It's, um,

top secret.