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( train chugging )

( train whistle blowing )

( brakes screeching )

( metal crunching )

MAN: I handle the throttle and
the brakes.

Jack watches the other systems.

You drive a train with math.

It's not like driving a car.

You can't just step on the gas
or hit the brakes.

Got something up ahead.

Vehicle on the track.

( train horn honking )

( brakes screeching )

( siren whooping )

DON:
What was the kid doing there?

Homework assignment
on Dad's job.

Day you take your kid to work,
you get in a wreck.

( train horn honking )
Dad, what's going on?

Jim, stay down
Grab on to something.

Emergency brakes!

( brakes screeching )
Damn it!

The sander valve
must be plugged.

What does the sander do?

Well, it sprays sand on the
track to increase traction.

That wouldn't have
stopped them in time.

A train at that speed
has the kinetic energy

of a small atomic weapon.

Then why release the valve?

He was thinking about the kids.

Take over the controls. I'm
gonna open the valve by hand.

But we're still gonna crash.

The only chance those kids have.

Brace your feet
against the wall.

( kisses )
I'll be right back.

( bell clanging )

Hang on, Jimbo.

Dad!

( siren wails in distance )

Jim, I'm very sorry
about your father.

( sniffles )

( weeping )

Is it true no one
was on the bus?

My husband died
trying to save children

who weren't even there?

Who leaves an empty school bus
on the railroad tracks?

MAN:
Six wrecks in three years?

All copies
of previous accidents.

This one is based on a crash
in Utah, where seven kids died.

He always leaves one of these.

All the notes are the same.

Just a series of numbers.

Looks like a code.
( phone rings )

This is Eppes.

Okay. Put it through.

This is Agent Eppes.

MAN: I want to speak to the
agent in charge of the train accident.

You got him. Who's this?

Do you have my note?

Save yourself time and effort.

Everything you need is
in that note.

( call disconnects )

Hung up?

Male or female?

Male.

What have you got from these?

Well, our cryptographers
have gone over it.

If it is a code,

it's unbreakable.

Wouldn't count on it.

( train chugging )

CHARLIE:
We all use math everyday.

To predict weather.

To tell time.

To handle money.

Math is more than
formulas and equasions.

It's logic.

It's rationality.

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

Our saboteur has
staged six attacks,

all recreations
of previous accidents.

This is a photo of the original
accident in New Jersey,

caused by signal malfunction.

He re-created it...

right outside Fresno.

This is the famous accident
at the Cabot Bayou.

Now, a barge hit the bridge,

knocking tracks
out of alignment,

and the warning system
failed to alert the train.

Now, our saboteur,

he jimmies this
track here in Seattle.

Shorted out the warning system.
Eight people died.

Every accident he's copied

is based on incidents that
include railroad negligence?

That's right.

DON: So someone has a
problem with the rail system.

You're thinking
a disgruntled railroad employee?

TERRY:
Or a victim of a train wreck.

I mean, whatever the motivation,

I-I'm saying we're dealing
with terrorism here.

What do you make
of these, Terry?

Every note he's left
is identical,

which is a signature of sorts,

his way of taking credit.
Now he's added phone calls,

which means his need to explain
his actions is growing.

So, what's he trying to tell us?

( knocking )
Hey.

Oh, good.

Charlie, uh...

This is my brother, he's, uh,

a consultant with the bureau.

This is Inspector Sutter,
with the NTSB,

the National Transportation
Safety Board.

This is, uh, Amita.

- Hi.
- You're a consultant as well?

Uh, no. Charlie's
my thesis advisor,

so sometimes I work with him
on school and consulting cases.

Hey, can I take
a look at the code?

Yeah.
Why don't you grab a seat here.

So, uh, how long have
you studied cryptography?

I haven't, really.

I work in applied mathematics.

DON: Wha-What we're dealing with
here

is a saboteur who staged
a series of train wrecks

that have two things in common.

One: He leaves the same
note at every scene.

Two: He's re-creating
accidents that are

supposedly based
on railroad negligence.

So you... Wait.

You're saying that it's exactly
the same note every time?

That's right.

And he says everything that
we need to know is in the notes.

( train engine roaring )

Well...

Just by looking at it,
I can tell you that this note

begins and ends
with a prime number.

Um...

This row and this column
equal identical sums.

The grouping of four
down here is the same

as the grouping of four up here,
only backwards.

And, uh...

the only number repeated is 36,

Yes, 36,

one, two...

It reoccurs three times.

That's amazing.

Well, what would be amazing is

if I could tell you
why they're arranged that way.

Wait a minute.

Charlie, as in Charles Eppes?

Yeah.

I studied electrical engineering
at M.I.T.

Oh.

Your paper on H-infinity control of
nonlinear systems blew my mind.

I-It changed my whole
views on control theory.

Well, yeah, that was
a fun project, sure.

This is a real honor, you know?

It took us four weeks to
even pick up the 36 repetition,

but we think it's... it's something
important to the saboteur.

Maybe 36 relates to the key?

DAVID:
The key?

Yeah, the key is, um,
anything that will unlock the code.

Right, and it could be anything:

a sentence, a word, a book.

In fact a famous example
is in, uh, 1820.

A man from Virginia
named Thomas Beale

claimed to have hidden
$25 million in gold.

The location of the treasure was
hidden within a coded message

that really just looked like
a string of numbers.

Now, he created that code
by using a key.

And that key was the
Declaration of Independence.

Three referred to the first
letter of the third word,

Six to the first letter
of the sixth word,

and so on.

TERRY: So we need the key to
crack the code?

Finding the key is one way
to attack the code,

but there's actually a whole spectrum
of mathematical tools I can utilize.

( phone rings )

First, I can do a statistical
analysis of the numbers,

then I can also work the cipher
text by using a Kasiski exam.

Oh. Wouldn't Kasiski
be problematic

due to the lack of spaces?

Not if you consider multiple
grouping possibilities.

A trainspotter's come forward.

Claims to have video footage
of the crash.

All right, well, let's get ahold
of that tape.

( train whistle blowing )

DAVID: As a trainspotter, you
videotape trains on a recreational basis?

Yes,

at that crossing, four
or five times a week.

Catching those beauties
coming around the bend

makes a man feel alive.

Maybe you wanted to get some
footage that was even more exciting.

You think I had something
to do with the derailment?

No.

I live to see trains running
on the rails, not off 'em.

But I can't deny,

catching an accident like
that on tape is pretty incredible.

I could kill those guys
for running through my shot.

What guys?

Go ahead. Keep going.

All right, stop.

Right... Hold, stop there.

DAVID: Good
Samaritan trying to help?

Yeah, stealing cargo?

I don't think so.

Wind it back to where that
first guy jumps out of the van.

Ho-ho-ho-hold, stop.

To me, it looks like
an acetylene torch,

so we know they came
to cut into those cars.

Yeah, they had to know
about the wreck in advance.

Now push forward
to the license plate.

Push forward where
they drive off.

Okay, hold.

Just zoom in on that.

Got it. Trace that.

So we got his identity
off the license.

This is Matt McDonald.

His van was used in a pre-planned
robbery of today's train wreck.

We're gonna set a perimeter
around his house.

If he's home,
we'll try to lure him out alright.

Nobody moves unless I say.

David get anything
on that threat call?

They traced it to a phone booth.

They're checking
for fingerprints.

Professor Fleinhardt!

What are you doing?

I just... Nothing in particular.

I just wanted to see
what you're up to in here and...

Some kind of number theory
conundrum?

Perhaps I could offer
some insights.

Well, first,
it's not number theory.

It's a code.

And second,

you hate number theory,

so tell us why you're here
and what's really going on.

I'm avoiding...

Laura Wilson.

The professor of Philosophy
of Science?

She's the lady
you go hiking with?

For years we've enjoyed this...

I don't know, um, delightful
wilderness-based friendship --

entirely platonic --

but last night,
she and I just veered...

we veered off into
the... the carnal.

I'm taking it didn't go well.

Actually, it was incredible.

It was primal.

I mean that in the animal,
not the numerical sense.

But what I was saying,
this was a perfect event.

And as such, untwinable.

So, because the sex was great,

the odds are against it
ever being great again.

The replication
defies the laws of probability.

- So why try?
- Yes, yes.

Well, that's why I'm here.

I mean, it's the perfect refuge.

What do you mean,
"the perfect refuge"?

Well, the Math Department...

must be the least libidinous
place on campus.

It's definitely the same van
used in the robbery.

( blipping )

I've got one heat signature
emanating from the dining room.

All right,
surveillance indicates

our guy Matt McDonald
is alone in the house.

Look, he's our only lead.

I want to avoid a confrontation,

so what would you think
about going in,

trying to lure him out?

Yeah, I could ring his doorbell,
say I'm having car trouble.

Good. Let's set up
a perimeter around the house.

Think McDonald's our saboteur?

Well, he's connected.

We just got to get him
to tell us how.

( buzzes )

( buzzes )

Come on. Answer the door.

( buzzes )

What's he doing?

Wait a minute. What's wrong?

Why's the temperature dropping?

I just had it recalibrated.

All right, I'm going to go.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.

All units go.

( yelling ):
Let's go!

FBI! Get your hands up!

I got an unresponsive male.

I need four. Move!

Dead.

This guy's a railroad cop.

DON:
No sign of forced entry.

Stippling on the forehead

so it looks like
he was shot at close range.

The shooter was sitting
across from him.

Met him at the door, grabbed a
cup of coffee, sat down at the table.

DON:
Two cups of coffee.

So, I'd say
they knew each other.

David, uh, make sure
any prints or fibers

that we get
are processed priority.

Got it.

TERRY: Looks like an electronics
store in here.

DON: I mean, no way he stole
all this off today's wreck.

HARRILL: We checked the cargo
manifests from the previous attacks.

The computers came
from the Fresno accident,

plasma TVs from the crash
in Seattle.

How many of the wrecks
did he hit?

Four out of the six.

The corrupt railroad cop
who was staging train wrecks

just to rip off the cargo?

- Seems like a stretch to me.
- I agree.

I mean, obviously,
he knew about it in advance, but I just,

I don't make him for our guy.

No, it doesn't make sense.

It doesn't fit
with the re-creation

( phone ringing ) of accidents
or the coded messages.

Eppes.

MAN: Well done, finding your way
to MacDonald's house.

Too bad I beat you to the punch.

TERRY: Sweep the neighborhood.
He may be watching the house.

I don't understand;
why'd you kill him?

Wasn't he your partner?

No. MacDonald was a thief
and a dirty cop.

He used me to make some money.

He didn't understand
what I was doing --

the importance of exposing the
railroads for the criminals they are.

There are other ways, you know?

( call disconnects )

Hello?

He just hung up.

He implied he killed MacDonald.

He's escalated
to hands-on violence.

Right. So, that'll make it seem like
he's gearing up for something big.

We got to find out how he
and MacDonald knew each other.

We got to get into his files.

Has anyone
come across his files?

- Hello, Mr. Eppes.
- Oh, hi.

Good to see you.

Nice to see you again.

ALAN:
Is that, uh, Amita

sitting out in the car
out front?

Yeah. We just stopped by
for a minute so I could check

this text on encryption,
code-breaking...

Uh, and you left her waiting
in the car?

No, no, this is not the way
we treat people, Charlie.

You bring her inside,

you at least offer her
something to drink.

You know, like an adult.

We just stopped by for a second.

You came in 15 minutes ago,
Charlie.

Meanwhile, she's just sitting
in that car out there.

Well, I just got caught
up in something.

- Yeah, I know, I know.
- I don't see what the big deal is.

That's exactly
what I'm talking about.

What?

She likes you, you know?

Aren't you ever going to
do something about that?

( sighing )

CHARLIE: Remember we
need to know more about trains

to find the key to
the saboteur's code.

AMITA: So, you're familiar with
these accidents?

Huh. The greatest hits
of train tragedies?

Of course.

What is this, some sort
of a research project?

You could say that.

What would be a big help

is if you could identify
any significant words or phrases

associated with these accidents.

Wait, words or phrases?

Anything specific
to the accident.

The track location, the cause,

the people involved.

Yeah, I guess I could do that.

You know, you are missing
a major accident here --

Cajon Pass, 2001.

Train full
of hazardous chemicals

derailed into a whole row
of houses.

About 30 people died.

Sounds like a bad one.

Yeah. Well, you know, uh,

accidents are kind of just a
small part of railroad history.

Maybe you'd like to learn more
over dinner?

Oh, uh, sorry, we'll be
working tonight.

You guys got
MacDonald's case files?

Yeah. Apparently,
he was working undercover

with a group called the FTRA --
Freight Train Riders of America.

Yeah, I read about them.

They're like the Hell's Angels
of the rails, or something.

According to his notes,
the FTRA are into everything --

drugs, rape, murder.

TERRY: And they live completely
off the grid.

Commit a crime,
hop a train, vanish.

So, it sounds like a perfect
place for our guy to disappear into.

Yeah, it could be where MacDonald
met him when he was undercover.

Possible.

Or maybe it'll be in these.

This is interesting.

Bob Malone,

aka Horizontal Bob.

Suspect in the derailment of
the Sunset Limited in Arizona.

That's worth checking out.

Let me see that.

Says here he holes up in an
Antelope Valley freight warehouse.

The first call
from our saboteur,

that came from a pay phone
in Antelope Valley, right?

Well, let's hit that warehouse.

FBI!

- Nobody Move!
- FBI!

- FBI! Don't move!
- You, get down!

( yelling )

Get down!

Get your hands up!

You! Get down! You!
( yelling )

FBI! Don't move!

Get your hands up
where I can see them!

Get them up where I can
see them right now!

- FBI!
- Get away from the box!

Get away from the box now!

FBI!

Get 'em up!

( screaming )

Are you crazy?!

FBI!

TERRY:
Move back!

Move back!
Move back!

Okay. Don't move.

You're not moving, okay?

Does anybody know where
Horizontal Bob is?!

Gee, I just think
you missed him.

How about you help us out

and we don't bust you for
attacking a federal officer?

Yeah, dime out an FTRA brother
to some government tool?

Yeah, right.

See, that's a bad answer.

Get over here.

Nobody's seen
Horizontal Bob here?

Nobody knows who he is?

No sign of Horizontal Bob.

None of these guys
are giving him up.

Only takes one.

( clanging )

( thud )

CRICKET: You got to understand
the rails are our homes,

our churches, our highways.

The FTRA don't mess
with the trains.

So you don't think H-Bob
caused the wrecks?

(laughs)
H-Bob, that's another story.

Guy's a nut job.

He got no respect
for the trains.

He shoved me off a flatcar,
wrecked my arm.

Well, if I find him, he's not
going to be hurting you again.

You check
the Sacramento rail yard.

I hear he was up that way.

Let's call the Sacramento office

and get them staking out
that switchyard.

Well, hopefully the key is
somewhere in the materials

from the docent
in the train museum.

Right next to his phone number.

( chuckles ):
Look at this.

"If you ever decide
to eat again, call me."

The docent.

You think you...
you think you will?

Eat? Yeah.

Call him? No.

He is not my type.

I'm sorry, but
does that ever work?

Just coming out
and being so... obvious?

Well, if it's
the right guy, sure.

Certainly beats the alternative.

Hmm. What do you mean?

Having no idea whether or not

a man is interested in you.

You really can't tell?

Generally, that is how you tell.

You know, they make
a move. Otherwise...

Larry?

Are you all right?

Laurel Wilson cornered me.

So I explained to her.

I said,
"Statistically speaking..."

statistically speaking,

"...our encounter, unlikely
to be repeated."

So, she declared that
I had broken her heart.

You know, believe me, I never
intended to upset her.

I know. You seem pretty upset
yourself.

Well, yeah.

She's a dear friend.

Witty and articulate
and... tremendous trail sense.

I don't know.

Combining friendship
and romance --

exceedingly risky.

The Cajon Pass accident
killed 37 people.

The number in every note is 36.

Fairly close.

How so?
37 is a prime.

36 is a composite
with multiple factors.

Right. What
was I thinking?

Still...

this Cajon accident
is unbelievable.

5,237 tons of steel flying off
the track at 90 miles an hour.

Did you just say five,
two, three, seven?

Yeah, 5,237 tons.

How fast?

About 90 miles an hour.

Where did you get
this information?

I downloaded the NTSB report.

Read me some more.

"While the NTSB encountered..."

No, the numbers.

Just numbers.

Locomotive number

4-4-0-4.

Train length: 3,218 feet.

The grade of pass: 4.2 percent.

Brake pipe pressure: 60 pounds.

14 miles an hour,

increasing five miles an hour
each minute.

Despite application of brakes,

train reaches speed
of 90 miles an hour.

Train derails at milepost 64.

Time of the accident: 4:10 a.m.

Every single one of those
numbers appears in these notes.

So the Cajon Pass derailment
is the key to the code?

The key is that there is no key.

The numbers don't represent
words... or letters.

They're numbers,
all from this accident.

It's not a code.

It's a story told in numbers.

Each time he creates an accident,
he leaves a note.

And each note
has the same numbers.

And those numbers tell the story

of the Cajon Pass derailment.

Charlie, it happened
on March 12, 2001.

That accounts for eight more
digits that appear in these notes.

The anniversary of the accident.

Two days from now.

( train whistle blowing )

CHARLIE: Every number in these
notes corresponds

to the NTSB report
on the derailment.

The length of the train,
speed, number of cars...

It's all in the messages.

DON: Any connection between H-Bob
and the Cajon Pass accident, Terry?

I'll check.

Anything from Sacramento?

They have agents all
over that switchyard.

There's no sign of him at all.

There are still a few
digits unaccounted for.

AMITA: These seven numbers,
the letter "B" and 36.

What caused
the Cajon Pass accident?

I think the NTSB report
said that the engineer

forgot to check
the end-of-train brake system.

I'm sorry, I've just been
over the report -- a lot.

I'm glad someone reads our work.

Well, 37 people died --

that's close to the
36 in the notes. No?

Seven numbers and a letter.

I don't see anything linking
H-Bob to the Cajon Pass.

DAVID: Maybe the link is
indirect.

Wait a minute.

California Driver's license --
a letter and seven numbers.

See if you can
generate a list of licenses

using all seven
numbers and then check it

against the NTSB files.

- Right?
- Right.

The license belongs
to Frank Milton,

the Cajon train engineer.

He died in the crash.

Milton was deemed responsible
for the accident.

Why would the saboteur
leave a copy

of Frank Milton's driver's
license in his note?

Why bring attention to Milton?

Well, look, he's the engineer
during the Cajon Pass accident.

The railroad blames him.

If he thinks they're trying
to cover up their mistakes...

He thinks Frank
Milton's a martyr.

Well, let's see
what the widow says.

My husband did not forget to
turn on his end-of-train brake.

The railroad lied to the NTSB.

How can you be sure?

He was the most meticulous
engineer on the line.

His crews used to call him
"Four-check Frank,"

'cause of the way he'd
go over the equipment.

Well, so what do you think
happened to the brake?

Damn thing was
always breaking down.

The railroad covered
up the service records.

- Oh, yeah?
- Yes.

Let me ask you something.

You ever seen this man?

Goes by the name Horizontal Bob.

Never seen him in my life.

Worst thing is,

those corporate bastards
keep trying to buy me off.

Every few months,
I get cash in the mail.

Guilt money.

Don.

Yeah, can you excuse us, please?

Frank Milton was meticulous
and detail-oriented

and wrongly accused of
causing a terrible tragedy.

He's supposed to be dead.
Someone's sending the widow money.

- It's not the railroad.
- Hmm-mm.

- Is this your husband?
- Yes.

That's from our wedding.

DON: So, Frank Milton didn't
die in the Cajon pass accident.

He is alive. He didn't
want to be blamed.

Instead of facing accusations,
he drops out, right?

He goes underground
with the FTRA.

So what about Horizontal Bob?

Well, he fingers him
to throw us off, right?

Mm-hmm. What he's doing,
he's trying to wreck

public confidence
in the rail system.

( phone ringing )
Hey.

Eppes.

The clock is ticking,
Agent Eppes.

You're nowhere near catching me.

90 seconds to trace the
call. I need a trace.

Well, I'd say
I'm pretty darn close, Frank.

I know H-Bob didn't throw you
off that train,

I know you jumped
just before the Cajon Pass.

That's how you hurt your arm.

You're smarter than the NTSB.

Yeah, I also know you're not
responsible for that first accident, Frank.

Well, the railroad said I was.

The brake lines failed -- I told
them the maintenance was shoddy.

They didn't care.

And 36 people died.

Look, let me ask you this.

Do you know how much
your wife misses you?

You talked to my wife?

Yup, and believes in you.

You want
to see her again, Frank?

The only way that's going to
happen is if you turn yourself in.

No, people need to know
the rails aren't safe.

We can do that.

Look, we can set the record
straight, you and me, okay?

The railroad
buries its mistakes!

Everyone knows it'll cost
billions to make the rails safe.

They won't spend the money.

It's going to take something
big to force a change.

Well, this is what I know.

Tomorrow is the anniversary
of the Cajon Pass accident

and I think you're going to
try and re-create it, Frank.

And I'm here to tell you
it's not going to happen.

There is no way
you'll pull that off.

Agent Eppes, there are
a lot of trains out there.

You can't protect all of them.

But even if it doesn't happen
tomorrow, it will another day.

I have all the time
in the world.

But when I'm done,

the railroad companies
will be in ruins.

All right, Frank? Frank?
( call disconnects )

The call originated from inside

the control room of the
San Bernardino switchyard.

- What?
- Yeah.

I got them.

I want to know
how he got in here?

People saw a man in
a janitor's uniform,

no one thought twice.

But from in here,

he can tamper with any
number of switches and controls,

cause hundreds of accidents.

And did he?

As far as we can tell,
he didn't touch a thing, except for this.

He's showing us
what he's capable of.

All right, well,
now it's our turn.

Why don't you guys
look around here.

Show me how this thing works.

This is Frank Milton.

We believe tomorrow he
will attempt to attack one

of 100 trains traveling
over the Cajon Pass.

DAVID: We can't get the pass closed
because we don't have a specific threat.

All we have are our conclusions
about Milton's plans.

Yeah, it's the major freight
rail line into L.A..

Closing it would shut down
60% of the region's commerce.

DON: The kicker is,
the guy's off the grid.

Hunting him down
could take months or years.

Our best shot is at that Pass.

CHARLIE: Terry believes Milton will
select a train most like the one he drove.

I'll rank tomorrow's trains
according to similarities to the original;

that way we can
focus the searches.

Right, and I'll be in the yard,
coordinating the searches.

TERRY: Crews will check their
end-of-train equipment

and the entire brake system
before heading down the pass.

DON: Local cops will be walking
the tracks,

checking for any tampering.

I want cops posted anywhere

that train slows down
in case he tries

to jump on one after the yard.

What about rail cops?

DAVID: They've posted the photos around
the yard and tightened the perimeter.

DON: There'll be an armed agent
or cop on every train

just in case
he happens to get on one.

You think Milton will try to
sabotage a train with all this security?

Yeah, I do,
I think he's gonna attempt it,

but we're gonna
be ready for him.

Hey, ready to go?

Not quite.
Mrs. Milton is here.

Oh. All right.

Mrs. Milton.

- Agent Eppes.
- Yes, ma'am.

Frank called me.

I couldn't believe it.

To hear his voice
after four years.

What did he say?

He begged me to forgive him,
and then he told me...

Please, Mrs. Milton,
this is very important.

Time is of the essence now.

He told me goodbye.

On the Cajon Pass
that day, apparently he...

jumped before the wreck.

Engineers aren't
supposed to do that.

As much as he hates
the railroad,

he hates himself worse.

He's going to kill himself.

Is that what you think?

Is that what he was saying?

He's going to kill himself?

( whistle blowing )

DON:
All right, so we all set?

I've compiled data on every train
car leaving the switchyard today.

All that's left is to compare
those elements to the original train

in order to find
the closest match.

Did you use a computer
program for the comparison?

You know what, there wasn't time
to write one, but I can handle that.

You'll have to review
over 100,000 data points.

Well, we're going to concentrate
on the trains that Charlie flagged.

See you later.

SUTTER: The yard supervisor says
that a train leaves every six minutes.

A lot carry munitions
or hazardous chemicals.

All right,
let's get the database up.

I've got to find the trains most like
the one that derailed four years ago.

So how does this work?

These specs are from the original El
Cajon locomotive and container cars.

This database shows
today's trains,

sorted by departure time
and their relevant specs --

number of cars, gear ratio,

engine model, HP traction...

( clang )

( train chugging )

MAN:
All right.

All right,
give me the first group.

Train HB-17

and PL-02.

Track 32 and 2 respectively.

Right, 32.

Track 2 train contains
some cars of Naval munitions.

Well, that sounds like an ideal
target -- why don't you take that.

Okay, let's go.

All right, ride-along
assignments --

Ortiz, you're on CC-3.

Varitek, IS-22.

Mulligan, HM-04. And hustle!

It leaves on Track 20
in eight minutes.

All right, give me
the next train, Charlie.

( train chugging )

CHARLIE:
That one.

PSP-31, track 24.

Hey, actually, Don,
you know, wait, go, um...

go to HM-04.

It's nearly identical
to the original.

It's got several cars
of nuclear waste.

Track 20.

Train number HM-04.

He shoved me off a flatcar,
wrecked my arm.

Frank, it's over!

Don't move!
Don't do it, Frank!

- Frank! Frank!
- Easy, easy! Don't shoot!

You'll blow up the whole yard.

Shoot me, and there'll be
a radioactive cloud

hanging over the L.A. basin
for a week.

Just put that down
and go down to the ground.

Put your knees
on the ground, Frank.

Don, are you at Track 20?

Don?

Frank, hold it. Listen to me.
Just listen to me.

I know you want to settle
your score with the railroad.

The best way to do that
is to stay alive, Frank...

I'll tell my story
when I hop on that train,

ride it down the pass
and blow it up.

Then everyone will wonder why,

and you're going
to tell them why.

Because you have
the responsibility...

Charlie, tell the supervisor
to move that HM-04 now.

We've got an explosive device
on Track 20.

I sent Don to Track 20.

( train whistle blowing )

Frank if you set that off,
you're the bad guy in this scenario --

is that what you want?

You want to die for no reason?

Is that what you want, Frank?

I should've died years ago,
with everybody else.

FRANK:
Ow!

TERRY:
Don, you okay?

No, bomb!
There's a timer running!

It's over, Agent Eppes.

- Get train HM-04 out of the yard.
- Terry, get out of here.

They'll never get the train
out of here in time.

I said fall back!

You can't hold him
and work the bomb. I stay!

Don't move!
( grunting )

All right, all right.
Let's get it off him. All right.

- Let's get it off him.
- DAVID: Don, don't!

- Don't touch that.
- David, get out of here.

There might be a trip wire.

There might be a trip wire!

TERRY: Don't move! Ow! Ah!

Hold him! There might be a trip
wire between him and the device.

What are you gonna do?

I got it.

- Are you sure you know--
- I know what I'm doing.

I got it.

You just hold him.

I got him.

( high-pitched tone )

Just hold him still.
Don't let him move.

( tone stops )
( grunts )

( gasps )

All right, get him up.

How'd you learn how to do that?

Don't tell me, you took a class
at the academy, right?

First posting was in Tel Aviv.

Got my bomb training.

Guys, for following orders,
not your best moment,

but thank you.

It's all right, we got him.

It's okay,
we got him, we got him.

We got him. I'll stand down.

( sighs and laughs )

Well, this has turned out
to be a really good day.

You helped the FBI,

and I managed to convince Larry
to ask out Professor Wilson.

Really?

How'd you change his mind?

I used game theory,
which says people

will take bigger risks
for bigger gain.

I pointed out that
he has the opportunity

to turn a good friendship
into a great romance.

And he actually bought
that from you?

He wants to do it;
he just needed a good reason.

I know.

Amita,

you know, you and I
have been working

really closely together
these last couple weeks.

I've had a great time.

Actually, um, I was, uh,
just wondering if...

Hey, Charlie?
Excuse me, I'm sorry.

Amita, can you give
us one second?

Yeah, sure, I'll wait
for you downstairs.

I'm sorry,
did I interrupt something?

- Yes, you did.
- Well, look...

- What is it?
- I just want to tell you

that you're doing
great work here and...

Oh. Well... well,
thanks, thank you.

You know, I don't
know anyone who

could've done what you
did with those notes,

and I want you to know, I don't
take for granted what you do.

I never thought you did.

Good.

So, what's the deal,
you gonna ask her out already?

Well...

Don't wait too long, man,

or someone's gonna
snatch her up.

I know my due date, I'm sorry.

You're trying
to show me up, man.

- No, man.
- I apologize.

- Okay, all right.
- Okay, okay.

( laughter )

- There you go.
- Ah, excellent, Dad. Thank you.

Okay. Thank you so much.

No, no, no,
I was a good student.

No, I just couldn't
get into math.

Couldn't see how it could relate
to the real world.

What? What did I say?

DON: I think you're about to
find out.

Oh, you guys are on your own.

Good luck.

CHARLIE: Math is the real world,
okay?

It's everywhere, okay?

- Hey, can I show you?
- Please.

( chuckling )

Um, you see how the...
the petals spiral?

The number of petals

in each row is the sum
of the preceding two rows.

The Fibonacci sequence.

It's found in...

the structure of crystals
and the spiral of galaxies.

- In a nautilus shell.
- That's amazing.

What's more,

the ratio between
each number in the sequence

to the one before it
is approximately 1.61803.

Wha-What the Greeks called
the Golden Ratio.

It shows up.

The pyramids at Giza

and in the Parthenon
at Athens and...

and the dimensions

of this card.

And it's based on a number you
can find in a flower? ( chuckles )

Math is nature's language,

its method of communicating
directly with us.

So...

Everything is numbers.

Okay, well,
when you explain it like that,

it's a lot more interesting.

ALAN: Well, it seems like your
new math consultant's

working out nicely.

I got to tell you, Dad,
I can't think of anyone

who could've helped us the way
Charlie did in the investigation.

Just remember how Charlie is.

Can't seem to quit a problem.

He's still working on the same
one he's had since grade school.

And what's that?

Trying to impress
his big brother.

Come on.

( chuckling )

Yeah, I've given that exact
speech to,

uh, my-my junior class...

He is going to test the recurrence
of the untwinnable moment.

You think, maybe?

Thank you for helping us
out on another investigation.

Well done.

Well, it's always a pleasure to
help with that.

♪ And far away... ♪