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( birds chirping )

In 20 years of teaching,

I've never received
evaluation comments like these.

"Boring." Me?

"Intellectually... inaccessible"

I thought we came
up on this hike

to get your mind off of
this ridiculous thing.

I mean, one student even said

I'm out of touch with cutting-edge
thinking in multidimensional theory.

That one alone
kept me up at night.

Everybody gets bad evaluations
now and then. Come on!

Yeah, yeah, says the professor

who never received
anything less than a rave.

As with any large group,
there are responses

that cover the entire spectrum.

I once had a girl in
my combinatronics seminar

tell me that I was disorganized
and I talked too fast.

That's an accurate
observation, actually.

But, generally speaking,
I mean, your students love you,

whereas mine say my classes
put them to sleep.

You're an exceptional professor.

I should know,
I took classes from you.

But you were an
exceptional young mind.

Perhaps I've lost my ability to
reach the more typical student.

Hey, Professor Fleinhardt.

Hey, how's it... How's it...

How's it...
How-how you...

How you... How you...

See, we're not even in class,

and still my students
run away from me.

I don't think that's it.

( distant siren wailing )

CHARLIE:
Right...

They're right down this way.
Come on.

Hurry, man.

( officer speaking indistinctly)

So who do we have here?

Finn Montgomery.
Male, white, 21.

CalSci student I.D.

CHARLIE: No way! It is Finn
Montgomery!

He jumped.

Professor, my name
is Finn Montgomery. Uh...

How could this have happened?

Sadly, it happens all the time.

DETECTIVE:
Any witnesses?

OFFICER: Not for the launch.
A couple after the landing.

Textbook header,
probable suicide.

This is terrible.

I-I can really use your advice
on some calculations

in my engineering thesis.

Well, he could have stepped off
the bridge instead of jumping.

Yeah, but there
are other factors.

You know, while gravity
pulled him down,

the wind would have pushed him
away from the bridge.

Well, look, there's not
a lot of wind around here.

How much effect would that have?

Finn was wearing a windbreaker.

It's nonpermeable.

It offers an increased surface
area for the wind to act upon,

especially if he was moving.

But if we look at the point of
impact, that's not what we see.

Wind and gravity are constant,
leaving only the surface area.

Somehow, that was reduced.

What are you saying,
he was unconscious?

Or dead already.

What's the difference between
where he should have landed,

if it was a suicide,
and where he landed?

A foot to 18 inches.

A foot?!

Outside the margin of error.

Listen, unless there is a
clear and compelling reason,

I can't get the FBI to interfere
in a local investigation

because my brother has a theory.

- That's not the way it works.
- There are indications

that Finn Montgomery did not
jump off this bridge.

Yeah, and to me, there's indications
this is not just about physics.

Please, if you can just
take a quick look, uh...

Look, everything I told you
about the fall still holds up.

But, yeah, Finn Montgomery
was in my office two days ago.

CHARLIE: We all use math every
day... every day...

to predict weather...

to tell time...

to handle money.

Math is more than formulas and
equations.

It's logic.

It's rationality.

It's using your mind to solve
the biggest mysteries we know.

Look, Charlie, this is the kind
of information I need up front.

If the kid wasn't
one of your students,

then why did he
come and see you?

CalSci is a small university.

It's a tight community.

Students often consult professors
outside of their department.

He never tried to contact
you again -- e-mail or...?

Maybe I was too...
unapproachable, I-I don't know.

Yeah, well, maybe it had
nothing to do with you.

But what if he was trying
to tell me something?

All right, look, I'll
make some phone calls.

But the FBI can't just insert
themselves in these kind of things.

If the police closed the case,

they might not mind me
looking around.

I understand, and thank you.

I-I really appreciate it.

I mean, I'm not convinced

this is anything more
than what it looks like.

You never mentioned that you
had a Fed for a brother.

A "Fed"?

I didn't think it'd be much of
a selling point with you, Eva.

My views on government intrusion
into academia are rather firm.

Oh, yeah? Would that be too firm
to talk about Finn Montgomery?

His suicide
or the Malone scandal?

Scandal?

Yeah, another student,
Brian Malone,

was expelled two weeks ago for
falsifying data in a lab result, right?

Finn filed the honor code
violations

that led to Brian's expulsion.

Did they get into any
confrontation over that?

Violence isn't an automatic
response to conflict, Agent Epps.

No, but it's a popular one,
Ms. Salton.

Eva, what was Finn's
thesis topic?

It was an engineer's perspective

on the work of architect
Gaar Haybridge.

He designed the Cole Center
downtown.

Right, he also did
the Keyerleber Annex.

Something very inviting about
that entrance, don't you think?

Yes, there is.

Finn was an intense kid.

He was obsessive about
researching his thesis,

but he was falling
behind schedule.

When you say intense,

you mean intense enough
to kill himself?

All right, well, I'd like to
take a look at his research.

Here is the key to his office
in the library.

Thanks for your cooperation,
Mrs. Salton.

Anytime, Fed.

Thanks, Eva.

DON:
"Keyerleber Annex"?

Yeah, well, I was actually
staking out a bank

for three weeks right
across the street

and they had a plaque that
described its architectural significance.

Look, I think we should check
out this kid's work, all right?

You think his research has
some bearing on his death?

Sure. If he was
hitting dead ends,

or he was late on his
thesis, I mean, it might.

CHARLIE:
Excuse me.

Uh, can we help you?

I'm a professor in the math
department, Charlie Epps.

I'm really just so sorry
for your loss.

You just need to excuse me.

Honey...

Are you, uh...

Were you one of Finn's teachers?

No, I wasn't.

He had come to me for some help
with some calculations

that he was doing
for his thesis.

That thesis --

he was under a lot of
pressure trying to get that done.

He sounded tired, frustrated --

that people didn't
understand his work.

I didn't understand it either.

He was speaking
a different language.

Maybe if I'd slowed down,
taken more time with him...

These are beautiful sketches,
Mr. Montgomery.

They're all Haybridge buildings.

Finn said
the designs were perfect.

He could see so much more
than I ever could.

Mr. Montgomery,
would you mind if I, um,

looked over some
of Finn's research?

Because he asked me for help
on his thesis.

When you're done, would you...
would you walk me through it?

If I can understand my son's
life a little bit better,

I might be able to
understand why he died.

I mean, I really don't think
it's murder,

but Charlie's got something
stuck in his craw

and he's done right by us, so...

TERRY: David and I will drop by
the medical examiner's,

see what he has to say.

It's got to be on the side,
right?

If it weren't my brother,
I'd never hear the end of it.

I'd stay away.

TERRY: Okay... and I can check out
the kid's bio for signs he was depressed.

Well, on behalf of
the Brothers Epps, I thank you.

I'll talk to you later.

You know, you didn't
have to come with me.

It's your first jumper --
they can be a little intense.

So, what's the FBI doing, nosing
around a probable suicide?

Agent Epps has a personal
connection to the case.

As you can see, victim suffered
extensive facial trauma.

Broken jaw,

busted zygomatic arch,

typical with face-first falls.

Skull damage is extensive.

Cause of death was impact
from the fall.

Any indication
that he was attacked

or knocked unconscious
prior to falling?

If anything happened to his face,
it would be impossible to tell.

But none of his other injuries
suggest an altercation or struggle.

You okay?

Yeah.

John, what's, what's
our bottom line?

Odds are, this is a suicide.

But I can't rule out
completely a homicide.

Thank you.

Come on, let's go.

DON: I understand Finn got you
kicked out of here?

MALONE:
Montgomery could've come to me,

given me a chance to redo
the experiment.

I would have done that.

And, instead, he gets you
booted out of school.

Boy, I know how
that'd make me feel.

I'm not saying I didn't fantasize
about throwing him off a bridge.

His girlfriend dumped him
a couple weeks ago, you know.

And he was always stressing
out about his thesis.

That's normal, isn't it?

Finn took it to the next level.

Brian, where were
you last night?

Friends came by to help me pack.

Crashed around 6:00 a.m.

Am I a murder suspect?

That's actually kind of cool.

That's funny. I'm going
to need the names...

numbers of your friends.

Dad...

what are you doing here?

I called you;
you hadn't called me back.

I would've eventually.
Is everything okay?

Yeah, yeah, sure.

I need you to come to dinner
at the house on Wednesday.

Um, I have a date.

Oh, yeah, a date?

Hey, well, that's good.

With who?

Oh, someone Art knows from yoga.

Yeah, her name's Jill.

He says she's smart,
she's funny and, uh,

quite flexible.

So I... we're having dinner
at the house

and I would like you
to be there.

Wow, hey, no.

Just take her somewhere low-key.

You'll be fine.

Look, it's my first date
in over 35 years.

I would like "memorable"
instead of "low-key."

"Low-key" and "memorable"
aren't mutually exclusive.

You know what
my favorite date ever was?

Pepperoni pizza in a Laundromat.

Yes, which explains the
conspicuous absence of grandchildren.

So, Wednesday, 7:30.

- Bring a date?
- I can't.

Dad, I'm busy, and I don't
anticipate meeting anyone

between now and then either.

No, I just want to make it
a couples thing, you know.

- Looking like, seeming like...
- Well, I don't think...

Hi. Hey.

Mr. Epps.

- Good to see you.
- You, too.

You'll think of something.

Give me a forensic psychologist's
take on Finn Montgomery.

He went to university
mental health four times

during the past two months
for major depression.

Insurance records show he ran
out of his anti-depressant

three weeks ago,
never got a refill.

All right, so he breaks up
with his girlfriend,

he falls behind on his work,
he stops taking the meds.

From a forensic psychologist's
point of view,

it is what it is.

It is what it is.

( knocking on door )

Oh, hey, Charlie. Here you are.

- Look.
- Hey.

I've been looking through
Finn's research.

He's made some very
interesting observations.

- May I show you?
- I'm sorry. I just came by

to tell you we cannot
take this any further.

I mean, to us,
it's clearly a suicide.

No, I don't think so.

I know you don't want to think
so, but listen, if you just

step back from your
personal feelings,

I think you'll see...

Look, I'm not denying that
I feel some component of guilt.

But I've made these adjustments

based solely on
the circumstances involved.

This kid had some
serious problems, okay?

A student conference
was not going to save his life.

Don't assume I'm being
so irrational, you know?

Just because I'm not
as detached as you are.

Hey, hold it.

Look, you got no idea
the daily horrors

my job serves up to me.

Detached... yeah, you're right,
I'm detached.

That's how I function.

I'm sorry, I know, I know.

No, you don't know. Look,
Charlie, I'm glad you don't know.

Terry and David gave you a day,
okay.

I pulled some favors for you.

These people work hard.

I can't spend any more
resources on this.

- You won't, you mean.
- Right, I won't.

Larry.

Hey, Don, how's it...?

- Good.
- Okay.

Something I can help you with?

Well, it's evident
Finn was obsessed

with the design and construction
of the Cole Center Building.

There was some problem here
that he was trying to solve,

that he needed my help with.

So we must infer
that it involves math.

Oh... if I'd given him
five minutes...

Yeah, well, or ten...
or a week.

It might've made all the
difference in the world or none at all.

You know, Charlie,
look at this way...

you've got Einstein,

dead for decades...
Descartes -- centuries.

A scholar's research continues
to speak long after he's gone.

And somewhere, in all of this,

Finn Montgomery's going to find
a way to talk to you.

Well, let's see,

he's got engineering plans,

soil reports,
inspection updates.

Meteorological data.

Well, how does that
relate to a thesis

on Gaar Haybridge
and the Cole Center Building?

The same math used
in aeronautical design

and fluid dynamics

also predicts how a building
behaves in wind.

And he was interested
in knowing how the building

would react to different
weather conditions.

Suggests that he was
investigating a structural issue.

I need to check out
the Cole Center in person.

( elevator bell dings )

Excuse me.

What are you doing?

A simple experiment.

It's a pendulum.

Sir, you and the pendulum
need to leave.

Okay.

- It drew an ellipse.
- Now.

On paper, the design's sound.

From the simple experiments
I carried out,

I can tell you

that the construction
of the Cole Center

does not match these plans --
that in fact,

the building experiences
excessive wind deflection.

For the non-engineers here...?

Deflection?

Uh, the degree to which
a vertical line bends

when force is applied.

A stalk of wheat deflects a lot.

An oak tree much less so.

Bottom line me.
Is the building unsafe?

I'd need to run
some simulations,

I need to find out, you know,
what are we talking about.

Are we talking about
cracked plaster

or something way more serious?

Finn believed something
was seriously wrong

with this building,
but he didn't know what it was.

I have to answer that question
for him.

The data I collected yesterday
showed me

that the Cole Center deflects six
degrees in 30-mile-per-hour winds,

so I've programmed this model
to do exactly the same.

It won't pinpoint a specific
structural problem...

But it'll show how a building
that deflects that much

will react under different types
of stresses.

That's right.

If Charlie's right, and the Cole Center
wasn't built according to its plans...

Someone made
a legitimate mistake

or committed fraud,

which makes Finn
a potential whistle-blower,

and that exposes the Cole to
millions in damages and repairs.

Not to mention a lot of
bad publicity for the building

and everyone whose name is
on it -- architect, contractor...

Owner.

Finn Montgomery's phone records

have him calling Elliot Cole's
office several times.

As well as Haybridge, the architect,
and Nevelson Contracting.

We have motive and suspects.

Yeah, what we don't have
is evidence of a homicide.

DR. SABELLO: I was finishing up
the Montgomery autopsy and found this.

Wasn't here before.

When the heart stops,

so does the flow of blood
to broken vessels.

But fluids thinner than blood
keep moving, very slowly.

As a result, injuries incurred
just prior to death

take at least 24 hours
for the bruising to occur.

So Finn Montgomery was injured

before he fell off that bridge.

This could be a defensive wound
from an object like a pipe.

Someone swung at his head...

He put up his arm
to block it maybe.

Of course, it could have
been self-inflicted.

Maybe while he was
climbing over the rail,

or maybe he struck
his arm on the way down.

Those are two very different
"could haves."

Get me the object used.

I might be able to match it
back to the injury.

Okay.

DON: Mr. Nevelson, we'd like to
talk to you about Finn Montgomery.

He called you about structural
problems with the Cole Center.

If I answered the phone
for every amateur architect

and random complaint,
nothing would ever get built.

Besides, I had enough trouble
with the owner on that build;

I wanted to move on.

Elliot Cole has a reputation
as a micromanager, right?

Yeah. That's how I knew
the kid was blowing smoke.

Cole Center passed
every inspection.

Cole wouldn't have
anything less.

FBI!

What'd we do wrong this time?

What did you do wrong last time?

NEVELSON:
This is Bob Mazzelli.

Chief of Security.

Are you aware that even without
talking about inspections,

the Cole Center doesn't match
plans on file with the city.

I don't know anything about
that, but my guys

did the work exactly the way
they were supposed to.

In '94, the city attorney
investigated your company

for a case involving stolen
construction materials.

They investigated
seven companies, hon.

Ours wasn't one of the two
that got indicted.

If you're having problems
with the Cole Center,

I think you have to look for
the lunatic that designed it --

the architect -- Haybridge.

Okay. Thanks.

NEVELSON:
Thanks.

Is it just me, or
you get the feeling

that security guy
kind of liked you?

Cat and dog thing.

Some guys like women
who can handcuff them.

Can't blame him for that.

Hey...

what are you doing
for dinner tonight?

My dad's cooking
for his friend Jill.

What, you mean like,
a double date?

No, no, I mean,
he'd be on a date.

You'd just be doing me a favor.

We can talk about work.

Nice to see your social skills
are as sharp as ever.

Terry, I'm just trying
to be up-front.

I don't want there
to be any weirdness.

You know, given our history.

No weirdness, Don.
Just history.

That a "yes"?

Maybe.

If I let you bring your cuffs?

( laughs )

Well, in that case...

DAVID: Mr. Haybridge,
were you contacted

about possible problems
with the Cole Center?

HAYBRIDGE: Yes, I spoke with a
Mr. Montgomery.

I told him he was wrong.

The Cole Center wouldn't be the first
of your designs to have structural issues.

The concert hall in Seattle...

Had a minor problem.

A quickly remedied
minor problem.

We experimented with
thin concrete flooring,

it didn't work out.

I might also add the financiers
only noticed the sagging

when I brought it
to their attention.

Great. Do any experimenting
with the Cole Center?

No.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

I have clients waiting
back at the office.

Mr. Haybridge, please don't make
me follow you to your office

and question you about
fraud and possible murder

in front of your clients.

Look, the Cole Center
is my signature building.

But Cole froze me out
after the design phase.

Why would he do that?

Because I'm Gaar Haybridge,

and my buildings are famous
because they're designed by me.

Elliot Cole wanted to be the big
man behind the Cole Center.

You think he might
have cut any corners,

authorized any changes

that could've compromised
the structure's integrity?

Not knowingly.

Cole expects that building
to last forever...

as a monument to himself.

Hi, I'm Rachel.

Mr. Cole will be with you
in a minute.

You can follow me.

He's just completed a call.

Would you like a seat?

- Hi.
- Hi.

Listen, you're looking at equity
of about $200 million.

Because I know
everything, Steven.

Well, check your numbers
and we'll talk tomorrow.

Thank you.

Sorry about that.
How can I help you?

We're looking into the death

of a young CalSci student
named Finn Montgomery.

Ever try a standing desk?

It's fantastic.

You know, Mozart used one.

Uh, Montgomery...

The engineering student
who thought

there was something wrong
with the building.

We directed his calls
to the PR Department.

Is this the Michaelson
agreement?

I don't see the changes
I asked for.

Yes, they're listed
under Addendum C.

- Oh.
- He may have actually

discovered a structural flaw
in the building.

A student found something
that the architect,

the project engineer,

three dozen city inspectors,
and I missed?

Yes. It might explain
why there's evidence

Montgomery
may have been murdered.

Oh, I see.

So we're talking
conspiracy here.

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

Well, you did put $300 million of
your own money into the building.

- Isn't that correct?
- Yes.

And the overruns forced you
into bankruptcy?

Yes, and the success
of this building

got me out of bankruptcy

and into a very profitable
phase of my career.

Right. But during a
non-profitable phase,

it might make sense for you

to do everything to stop
hemorrhaging cash, right?

I love spending money.

I love making money.

Taking risks comes with
the territory on both.

So, please,
do your due diligence,

send in an inspection team.

This building is
as safe as kittens.

Thank you for your time.

Oh, you're welcome.

Uh... and if
I did cut corners --

if I had compromised the safety
of this building in any way --

would I have my office in it?

We'll be in touch.

Let's try an earthquake
with a magnitude of 8.2.

A minor structural warning

but, seismically,
the building appears solid.

I owe it to Finn to find out

what's wrong with this building.

Let's see how it does
in high winds.

ALAN: You know,
when I was working as a city planner,

I saw every shortcut
in the books.

You know, kickbacks,
overbilling,

pulling rebar from one job
and trying to use it in another.

- No, like this.
- Oh... sorry.

I make Cole for a narcissist,
not a sociopath.

I get the feeling he's only interested
in victories he can brag about.

Oh, my God!

The bread... in the oven.
I forgot.

Relax. I got it. Just relax.

I'm just a little nervous.

Don't worry.

Everything looks wonderful.
In fact,

your son could learn
a few things from you.

You know where we went
on our first date?

All right, all right, all right.

A Laundromat.
Dinner was pizza.

A little professionalism,

- You don't say?
- Please. All right?

- Let's just...
- Oh, interesting.

( doorbell rings )

The building is within

all required limits
for earthquakes and wind.

And the tests
seem fairly conclusive.

I feel like we're...
we're missing something.

Whatever Finn uncovered must
have been something significant.

Charles, can I tell you a story?

Yes, please.
As long as it's not

another parable from the lives
of the great mathematicians.

No. This is about
a sophomore student

I once had -- Kevin Flannermans.

This was 20 years ago.

Kevin hanged himself.

Right. Well,
Finn didn't kill himself.

Well, but, maybe just
the possibility that he did --

maybe that is the variable that
you are disallowing from the problem.

He came to me
with an important question.

I owe him an answer.

Okay, well, you've ingeniously
sidestepped my point.

You know,

there are a few rare wind
events that we haven't tested.

I'm sorry.

Usually, talking about
hobbies is a smart move.

I'm supposed to know Jill's mother
died in a skiing accident? How?!

She's stopped crying.

It's funny how Charlie gets stuck
at the office at all the right times.

Okay.

We'll have a good meal,

some nice wine and some
pleasant conversation.

Everything will be fine.

Just tell me you asked
if she eats everything.

She's not a vegetarian.
I asked.

What do you think I am? Stupid?

I sure hope you like duck.

Oh, yes, I do. I have two --

Paddles and
Mr. Waddlesworth.

Oh, my God!

I don't eat it.

I'm sorry. I didn't know.
I'll take it away.

( phone rings )

Yeah?

Right.

Okay, okay. Alright. Right. Yep.

We're on our way. Yep.

Dad, sorry. We got to go.

Sure. Go ahead.

Couldn't get any worse.

Listen. Alcohol.
Lots of alcohol.

For who?

CHARLIE:
The problem is wind.

Wouldn't they have already
tested for stability in winds?

Engineers test structural
response to gusts along two axes:

north to south and east to west.

And, in those cases, a single
side supported by two corners

bears the brunt
of the wind load.

Think of a straight-on wind
as two cars colliding.

In contrast -- excuse me --

quartering winds hit a building
at an angle,

exerting pressure on two sides
anchored by a single corner.

Imagine a car getting hit from the
back and the side simultaneously.

Can those winds
cause structural issues?

Our tests showed

that the Cole Center is sound
for head-on winds

of up to 90 miles per hour.

But here's what happens
with quartering winds

as low as 60 miles per hour.

First, the steel frame bends
beyond its limits,

and stays bent.

Then this strained steel hardens
and becomes brittle.

Under continuing stress,
this steel will fracture,

causing complete
structural collapse.

Finn Montgomery found the
problem in the building's deflection.

He suspected the effects
would be serious.

I could really use your advice

on some calculations
in my engineering thesis.

He was right.

And he may have paid
with his life.

CHARLIE:
Our simulation demonstrates

that the Cole Center
could experience failure

in a 60 mile-per-hour
quartering wind.

Now, as the head of the
Department of Building and Safety,

you've got to realize what a huge,
imminent risk that poses

when the building
is filled with people.

Are you a structural engineer?
Hmm?

No.

An expert in wind dynamics?

He is a professor
of applied mathematics.

He's talking theory
and supposition.

If any of this goes public,

I will sue the FBI for slander.

Professor Eppes,
I respect your background

and reputation,
but I can't make a decision...

Well, do me a favor,
and forget my reputation.

Consider what
happened in Kansas City.

In 1981, The Hyatt Regency
walkway collapsed.

Killed 114 people.

In Hartford, in 1978,

the structure
of a sports arena failed.

Those involved fraud
and malfeasance.

Serious building flaws were
found in each of those cases.

Can you connect the Cole
Center's deflection

to a specific structural issue?

Because of the potential risk of
casualties,

we think it's something
you should take very seriously.

You want to ruin
my building's reputation?

We want to save lives.

Render it worthless on an
obscure and nonspecific theory?

Look, I can't point to a
specific problem at this time,

but let me tell you something.
The evidence is there.

Mr. Cole, you're going
to have to leave now

if you're going
to make your board meeting.

Thank you.

Gentlemen,
the Cole Center is me.

It's my reputation
and my public image.

I stand by its integrity.

Given the lack
of specific evidence,

I'd say we're done.

Wha...?!

The engineers who
examined this building last night

couldn't locate a problem in
any section they could inspect.

So the logical conclusion
is whatever's wrong

with this building is
underground -- in the foundation.

Right. Well, I'm going to go see
they guy who built it.

Guy was a pompous ass.

So my son discovered a
structural flaw in this building?

He noted that the building didn't
react to wind as it was designed to.

Well, he didn't know
the specific cause.

How could he figure that out?

Just by looking
at the blueprints?

No, or else other people would
have noticed it first.

No, Finn actually
went a lot further.

He... he noticed
something was wrong

because he was passionate
and thorough.

He wanted to understand this
building.

And, when something
didn't make sense,

he needed to know why.

So you're trying to find exactly

what's wrong
with the Cole Center.

It might take some time but,
well,

we won't stop
working on it either.

We know you cut corners

on the construction
of the Cole Center foundation.

You're doing a lot of fishing
for a guy who knows something.

Look, whether you cheaped out
on the rebar

or you didn't drive
the piles deep enough,

we're going to find
out what you did,

and we're going
to nail you for it.

A subpoena for all your records

of the Cole Center foundation.

FBI accountants are going
to go over every page.

We're going to find out
what you did.

Knock yourself out.

Yo!

We're in here.

Hey, Dad.

All right, FBI accountants went
over all of Nevelson's financials,

and these are all the documents
that relate to the foundation.

Our people could find nothing.

So why didn't you have Charlie
look at the records in the first place?

The FBI has a team of
excellent forensic accountants.

I know, but it wouldn't be the first time
you find something that they missed.

A lot of mathematicians do have
eidetic numerical memory.

It allows us
to recognize numbers

when they've been repeated
or arranged in patterns.

Why don't you do that,
and I'll do the dishes. How's that?

I'll give you a hand.

So you mean your best date
ever was with your partner?

Dad, please.

No, it's just
a simple observation.

I mean, if it was so great,
why did you split up?

It was an academy thing.

We got posted
to different places.

We had our careers
to concentrate on.

So now you're in the same city,
same careers...

Same office.

Which, in our case,
can be a dangerous thing.

Your mother and I met at work.

In the lunch line.

Look, Dad, Terry and I have
to see each other every day,

We have to look out
for each other.

So that means any trust issues
are already behind you.

Look, just because you're eager
to start dating again...

Eager? Are you kidding me?

You saw me last night.

I know, I know, I know.
I got to get back into it.

Your mother said I should meet
new people after she was gone.

Well, that's right.
That sounds like her.

She made me promise.

I mean, she knew that,
without a push,

that I might not do it.

So she pushed.

Just consider this your push.

Now, here is a list of workers
employed in building the foundation.

And?

And a lot of them don't exist.

Yeah. There's a preponderance of
fours and sevens

in the union ID numbers,

which could be due
to accounting codes,

except they show up in
the overtime hours --

like, 14s and 17s everywhere --

here, here and here --
14... 17...

These numbers, they can't be
explained by random occurrence.

Somebody made them up.

They've been fabricated

by someone
who likes these numbers --

who left behind
a pretty obvious pattern.

Obvious to you.

Here's a very
interesting thing also.

All the... all the workers I've
identified as fake

are listed as welders.

Except there aren't any other
welders on the payroll backup.

ALAN: You can't build a
foundation without welders.

Sounds like Nevelson
was using a shadow crew.

So how would that work, Dad?

Nonunion laborers,
usually illegal aliens.

They pay them under the table.

See, the contractors would use
them at night to avoid the unions.

So what? Like lower pay, no
overtime, medical benefits...?

That's right.

But people still get hurt.

And there'll
be hospital records.

No, no, ma'am, you're not...

Listen,
I said I'm only interested

in patients without insurance.

Thank you.

Get anything from the ERs?

Nope.

A Julio Perez checked in
with swollen corneas.

They see that with welders,
especially less experienced ones.

No insurance.

When was that?

2:30 in the morning,
May 17th, 1999.

Right, see, that's when the Cole
Center's foundation was being done.

Immigration records shows
that he was

deported back to Mexico
last year.

Hold on -- Yeah?
Uh-huh.

The hospital is saying that
somebody else paid his bill.

Get a name.

Can we get the name
of that person, please?

DON: Sir, we're looking for
Keith Babbitt.

We think he worked for you
on the Cole Center.

Keith Babbitt?

No, I don't know.

He was a foreman who specializes
in foundation welding.

He paid for a non-union
worker's hospital bill.

I got hundreds of guys
on any one job.

I don't know most of their names
until they screw up.

Babbitt's union records show

he was unemployed for most of
'99, but his name shows up

in relation to the Cole
Center foundation work.

If you say so.

Okay.

It's the wrong move.

Have a nice day.

DON:
If Babbitt oversaw the crew

that built
the Cole Center foundation,

he might be the key to solving
the whole thing.

David, why don't you
check out back?

All right.

( knocking on door )

DON:
Mr. Babbitt?

This is the FBI.

( knocking )

Mr. Babbitt?

( engine running )

Don! Back here!

( coughing )

He's unconscious.

Pull him out, pull.

( coughing )

Paramedics are on the way.

It's barely warm, so he couldn't
have been in there long.

- How's he doing?
- He's got a pulse.

Mr. Babbitt?

( coughing )

It's all right, FBI.

You're gonna be fine.

Don, look at his head.

Somebody cold-cocked him
then stuffed him in that car.

This is a staged suicide.

Echoes of Finn Montgomery.

You okay?

Yeah.

You know who hit you?

Uh, Nevelson's goon -- Mazzelli.

DON:
Bob Mazzelli, FBI.

You're under arrest.
Get your hands up.

Put your hands up
and get up against the stall.

You heard from the hospital?

Babbitt's agreed to testify that
Nevelson hired his non-union crew

to spot weld the foundation
points in the Cole Center.

Now, that accounts for
the excessive deflection.

Haybridge's design called for
full pen welds,

which are stronger
and more stable,

but pen welds are also
more expensive

and more time
consuming than spot welds.

That gives Building and Safety
grounds to evacuate.

What about Finn -- can we
tie this guy to his murder?

TERRY: Technically we don't have
a murder.

PD closed it out as a suicide.

There's no conclusive
forensic evidence.

All right, well, that's
what confessions are for.

Unless you're here
to take my lunch order,

don't waste your time.

Well, here's the thing, Bob.

See, you're not all lawyered up,

so you know what that tells me?

You want to know what I have.

I'm thinking ham on wheat,

honey mustard, fries.

You know what I have?

I have you.

I got you for attempted
murder of Keith Babbitt,

I got you for complicity
in construction fraud,

which is a felony, by the way.

You know what I don't have?

I don't have any reason

to keep this case open,
you know why?

'Cause you're the fall guy.

And that's exactly what the
people who hired you wanted.

What do you think
they're doing right now?

They're planting evidence,

they're opening
bank accounts in your name,

they're making sure that
you play as the lone operator.

What do you think about that?

Well, Bob, it's on you.

You can make it worth
my while to stay interested,

maybe cut you a deal,

but you're going to have to tell
me who paid for the hits.

Hits? Where'd the "S" come from?

Finn Montgomery.

Finn Mont...

- You mean that college kid?
- Yeah.

Look, at worst, they were talking
about maybe buying him off.

So what happened?

You, uh, threw him off
a bridge instead.

Well, I'm not saying it might
not have come to that,

but he beat us to the punch.

So it comes down to are
you willing to take the fall,

or are you going to give
up who ordered the hit?

All right,

get me a lawyer and the DA,

something in writing.

I'll give you everything --

except that kid.

That is not on me.

I'll see what I can do, Bob.

Hey, you know
he's lying to you, right?

No, I'm not so sure
about that, Charlie.

Get back in there, man.
Get on him.

He's not telling you the truth.

Look, relax, all right?

Just relax, please.

Finn Montgomery's suicide note.

He mailed it to his parents
the night before his death.

It took this long to get
forwarded to him in L.A.

Were you were able
to authenticate it?

Yeah, it's Finn's handwriting.

It iterates all the pressures --

the girlfriend breaking
up with him, the thesis,

his inability to convince anybody
of the Cole Center's flaws.

That doesn't make sense.
He was right about the building.

In this circumstance,
being right might have been

the crisis point that tipped
him to suicide.

Looks like he thought this was
the only way to get anyone

to take a serious
look at the Cole Center.

Look, Charlie, I'm sorry.

I mean, he was smart,
but he was just a kid

who wasn't strong enough to
deal with this period in his life.

Okay, now we deal with
the crimes that did occur.

We've got fraud
and attempted murder.

All right, well, call the DA.

As soon as I get
Mazzelli to talk,

we're going to find out
how high this thing goes,

and I think it's all
the way up to Elliot Cole.

How'd you know I was here?

We didn't.

Honey, who's there?

FBI.

You're under arrest.

- Terry, you got her?
- Yeah.

Nevelson and Mazzelli
gave you up.

"Gave you up?"

- What for?
- Rachel and your contractor

hired a non-union crew to do
the foundation welds.

You paid full price.

DON: They got $20 million

and you got a very unsafe
building on your hands.

I oversaw every detail

of the construction
of that building.

That include payment
authorizations,

or did you rely on her
about what to sign?

Come on, let's go.

We've been together three years.

I gave you this apartment,
everything you asked for.

I asked you
to divorce your wife.

- We discussed this.
- Oh, yeah, the pre-nup.

I have nothing more to say.

CHARLIE:
They will construct

the tuned mass
damper on the roof.

This is a scale model.

On the real one, this
block of concrete

will weigh about 300 tons or so,

and it will rest on
a thin layer of oil.

When wind pushes the building,

the block's inertia
will hold it in place,

even as the building
slides under it.

So the damper
acts as a counterweight

to the movement of the building.

It's amazing. So simple.

Finn's insight will keep
a lot of people safe,

so Elliot Cole
has agreed with me

to dedicate
this structure in his name.

You know, in Finn's letter,

he said that part of
the reason that he...

was that he felt nobody
understood him.

He, uh,
he said he felt so alone.

What we do... can certainly
be lonely sometimes.

That's why it's so important
that you understood

what he was
trying to accomplish.

You spoke for our
son, Professor Eppes.

There's no way we can
begin to thank you for that.

So I am getting
right back on that horse.

Not that this lady
is anything like a horse,

she's really quite attractive.

So it's not a blind date?

No, it's the butcher
that sold me the duck.

- No!
- Yeah, she's very nice.

And she really
knows her waterfowl.

Right.

Charlie. Charlie.

This is not
the brilliant thought brood.

This is the other brood.

You all right, Charlie?

You knew it was a suicide.

No, look, I said from
the get-go I didn't know,

but I did suspect.

Despite all the variables
and the inconclusive autopsy,

and the layers of crime
that were uncovered?

The fact that the kid exhibited
suicidal behavior and then he did it.

It's Occam's Razor, you know?

I mean, the simplest answer
is usually the right one.

Occam's Razor?

DON:
What?

I read a book
every now and then.

Occam was a philosopher,
he wasn't a mathematician.

And what he actually said

was that you shouldn't make
more assumptions than needed.

It's the basis of
methodological reductionism.

Any given data set, there
are an infinite number

of possible hypothesis
and conclusions,

an even great number
of infinite conclusions.