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( explosion )

Here's an idea.

Why don't we swing north,
play a few hands in Vegas?

Sure, and you can explain why

we're 300 miles
off the approved route.

You guys can catch up
in the follow car.

There's a big climb ahead.

Probably right.

We'll see you at
the top of the hill.

Ray leave already?

Figured he could use
a head start.

( engine cranks, sputters )

Nice. Just what we needed.

Hey, Ray.

Ray, we're having car trouble.
You may have to hold up.

Ray, this is Chris.
Give me a shout back.

( static over radio )

( knocks on glass )
I'm not getting an answer.

Ray, come on, man, talk to us.

( static over radio )

Everything all right?

Ray, answer me.

( sirens blaring )

We're on scene now.

Profiling, yeah. Not yet.

Hey.

Who's got a handle on this?

All right, I'll
talk to you later.

Hey, Don Eppes, FBI.

- Hi.
- Agent Sinclair.

Brent Hauser,
Department of Energy.

Where are the two other drivers?

Three of them rotate each shift.

When they tried the follow car,
it wouldn't start up.

How long has the rig
been missing?

Four hours.

Four hours?

Any reason we weren't notified
right away?

Transportation of nuclear waste

is under the supervision
of the Department of Energy.

Not when it's stolen, it isn't.

I would rather we not jump
to any conclusions, Agent Eppes.

Has there been any notice to
the public, any city agencies?

That would only cause
a public panic.

I'd rather wait
until we have more information,

find out where the truck is,
and then, if necessary,

we can implement a more focused
public safety plan.

Mr. Hauser, I got New Mexico on
the phone for you.

Isolation plant in Carlsbad.

Where the cargo was headed.

Excuse me.

The guy doesn't want to tell
four million people in Los Angeles

that he's lost a truckload
of radioactive waste.

He wants to bet he's going to
find it so he can be the hero.

If he doesn't, we've got
a big problem on our hands.

The nuclear material
entered the area here,

from its origin point
in Ridgeland,

en route to an in-ground
burial site in New Mexico.

D.O.E. set up a perimeter,

but not until 40 minutes
after the truck disappeared.

I mean, it could be anywhere.

TERRY: Highway Patrol's
thinking it's got to be relatively local,

given the roadblocks they
did get a chance to set up.

DAVID:
What about the chance

the shipment's already been
removed from the truck?

HAUSER: We're fairly confident
that that hasn't happened yet.

You're "fairly confident"?

Removing the materials would
cause a sizable radiation leak.

We have several airborne sensors
up over the area.

So far, they're all negative.

So this stuff is only dangerous

if someone tries to take it out
of one of the containers?

Look, my team has a right to
know what we're dealing with here.

The holding casks the
materials are shipped in --

they don't offer
100% containment.

TERRY: You're
saying the casks leak?

Only at NRC-approved levels.

DON: All right, so left alone,
they are a hazard to anyone near it.

It's a matter of practicality.

A leak-proof container would be
too heavy to transport.

Let's just assume whoever
stole it has bigger plans.

What could they do with it?

Worst case scenario?

A dirty bomb.

We all use math 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.

...ultimately, yielding
a Gravadan zero model

of "MQed" over "K".

Which happens to be
precisely the range I predicted.

Charles, I am indebted to you.

Wait.

Whoa...

- Whoa, whoa, ho, ho.
- Whoa! Ho!

What?

T-t-t-t-t-t...

Don't say "T-t-t-t-t-t."

CHARLIE: Oh, hold on,
hold... hold on!

Why are you saying "Hold on"?

What the hell
was I thinking? 'Cause...

What is it?

This-this entire line
is-is, uh, unfounded.

- It's-it's unusable.
- ( screaming )

Tell me you're joking here.

I am. I'm kidding around.

Why are you doing this to me?

Well, because...

Do you not know how
important this presentation is?

It's fine.

Our last opportunity for peer
review before Atlanta and you do

"T-t-t-t-t."

- Don't do that.
- I'm sorry.

No, stop say...

You know, you fall for that
every time at this point.

- Then don't do it...
- Because...

Excuse me for barging in here.
I gotta talk to you.

All right, well, I'll let you...

Actually, you being a physicist,
I wouldn't mind if you stuck around.

What can either of you
tell me about cesium-137?

- Cesium...
- Yeah.

Well, it's a by-product

of the fission
of plutonium and uranium.

It has a half-life
of 30.2 years.

Half-life... that's how long
it stays dangerous?

How we measure
radioactive decay.

What's going on?

What you hear stays
in this room.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

A truck carrying three casks of
this stuff was hijacked this morning.

Oh, that's not optimal.

You weren't exposed, right?

No, as far as we know,
no one has yet.

That's encouraging.

But what I would like to know is
specifically what happens if anyone is.

Well, the danger comes from
something called ionizing radiation.

You see, any energy source
gives off some radiation.

CHARLIE: Cell phones,
computer screens, even a light bulb...

LARRY: That's right, but
ionizing radiation

is particularly damaging
because it has the energy

to literally knock an electron
off an atom.

For instance, normally an electron
is locked in orbit around an atom.

It's sort of spinning round
and round like-like this, okay?

But when an atom is exposed

to high levels of ionizing
radiation like gamma rays,

the energy can cause
an electron to break free.

Once that electron
is knocked free,

the atoms can't combine
with other atoms

the way the normally would,

which becomes a real problem

when those collisions occur
inside the human body.

An atom without an electron
won't form the right molecules.

Cell function is disrupted,
DNA chains get broken, mutated...

- So, it's cancer?
CHARLIE: Cancer, leukemia...

any number of diseases
or immune deficiencies.

LARRY: May I ask if those in
possession have made it known

what they intend to do
with this material?

Well, nothing good.
I can promise you that.

From the information we're
getting, it's a dirty bomb.

LARRY:
Well... dirty bomb phraseology

is really a misnomer.

We're talking
radiological dispersion.

Right.

Over how large an area?

It depends on, really, the power
of the explosive used.

So let's say a medium-sized
explosive, like,

uh, 15 or 20 kilograms of...

of TNT...

The amount of radioactive
material in the casks...

- You said there were three?
- That's right.

Uh...

So, we're talking 500 grams
of cesium-137...

LARRY: Don't forget the wind
variables

and rain
and specific topography...

DON: Try no rain and put the
bomb in the city somewhere.

No rain, huh?
Okay. Um...

The dispersal area's going to
be about 26,000 square meters.

DON: That's like a tenth of
a mile on each side, right?

A city block.

Bigger bomb, maybe two blocks.

Tell us about the route
you took.

It's a straight shot
to Carlsbad.

And who decides the route?

It comes from the company.

The head of transportation
makes the call

based on weather, traffic.

DRIVER TWO: They try to avoid
high population areas, stuff like that.

So the head of transportation
knows. Who else?

No one.

Route's kept secret until about
two hours before we leave.

The thing is it's not like the
truck's camouflaged or anything.

It's got radiation warnings
all over it.

But prior to going to breakfast,

you weren't aware
of anyone following you?

DRIVER ONE: No,
and that's part of my job:

to watch the mirrors.

Radio in if I see something.

What about the missing driver?

Who? Ray?

Yeah. How well do
either one of you know him?

We've done a few hauls together.

Whose choice was it to stop
at that diner?

His, but I mean,
that's not really odd.

I mean, we all take turns
picking.

Is there any way
he could have had access

to the follow car
while you two were eating?

You think Ray was
involved in this?

Someone disabled the car.

We'd like to know if Raymond
Sites had the opportunity to do that.

He went outside
to smoke a cigarette,

but it was only for a minute.

TERRY:
Hey, Don...

- Hey.
- What'd Charlie say?

We'd better find that truck.

I think I've got something
on the missing driver.

Yeah?

Before his current job,
about a year ago

Raymond Sites worked for
another trucking company.

Got fired for a substance
abuse problem.

I see... meth.

Yeah, he used it to stay awake
during the long hauls.

I don't understand --
how could D.O.E. miss this?

For his termination,

they agreed not to put the
information in his employee file.

Take a look at his
bank account records.

TERRY: Thank you for coming down,
Mrs. Sites.

Yeah, well, those agents
really didn't

give me much of a choice.

Have you heard
from your husband today?

- Ray?
- Mm-hmm.

No, he's on a haul.

Why do you want
to know about Ray?

TERRY: Your husband's
truck disappeared this morning.

What do you mean, "Disappeared"?
Where's Ray?

Well, that's what
we'd like to know.

Well, is something being done
to find him?

TERRY: We think your husband's
truck

was hijacked to get
to the cargo.

I always worry about him,
hauling what he does.

The radiation terrifies me.

But I never imagined
something like this.

We also think he might
be involved in all this.

No, that's not possible.
Not Ray.

We're aware of the problem he
had at his previous job.

TERRY: We're also aware that he
made a deposit

with a cashier's check for
$25,000 into your joint account.

That money didn't come
from his employer.

He was driving day and night.

He just... needed something
to keep himself awake.

And then when he had a problem,
they just let him go.

You don't understand the
strain we were under,

Ray being unemployed
for so long.

Mrs. Sites, if your husband
is involved in this

and people get killed...

No. It's not like that.
It's not.

They lied.

Who lied?

Ray was approached by some men.

When was this?

Hmm... maybe six weeks ago.

They said they were with a group
trying to stop nuclear waste

being hauled on the highways.

Said they wanted to stage a
protest, you know?

Peaceful...

block the highway...
carry signs...

So he got $25,000
in return for what?

He was supposed to call them,
tell them his route.

( cell phone ringing)
Excuse me.

Did he mention any names?

- Eppes.
- No.

- Uh-huh.
- Look, you don't know Ray.

He would never do
something like this

if he thought people
were going to get hurt.

It was just...

it was just the money.

We needed it.

Please, I'm telling you:
he's a victim here.

Okay.

Terry.

L.A. Sheriffs
just found her husband.

DAVID: It's our missing truck driver,
Raymond Sites.

All right, let me inform
dispatch...

Sheriff's office received an
anonymous tip about an hour ago.

One shot, side of the head.

Any question about whether

these people are willing to kill
has been answered.

So it turns out
the wife is right --

Raymond is a victim.

Coroner's report.

Won't be much
consolation to the wife,

but the bullet
that killed Raymond Sites

only ended his life
by a few years.

Autopsy found malignant tumors
up and down his spine.

Yeah, well, I mean he spent
months breathing in nuclear waste.

Yeah, so much for Hauser's idea
of safe leaks.

Ballistics get us anything?

Nine millimeter. Doesn't
match anything on file.

Guys. Sheriff's Homicide said

they found two cell phones
on Raymond Sites.

One was his --
the other's unregistered.

Phony CID code,
and a single voice message on it.

MAN ( filtered ): We have the
truck you're looking for.

The price is $20 million
for its safe return.

If you don't pay what we ask,

we will detonate the nuclear
material in Los Angeles.

I'm sure you're aware
of the consequences

if you force us to do that.

You've got 12 hours
to arrange the money.

We'll be in touch
with an account number

and electronic transfer
instructions.

Call came in 53 minutes ago.

Means we've got 11 hours.

Tell me about the caller.

Uh... that it's from a cell
phone presents problems.

It's digitally transmitted,

which dulls down the distinctive
features of the caller's voice,

and cell phone companies
compress voice-mail files

to conserve storage space, so...

it's further masked.

- Just best guess.
- No discernible regional dialect.

White male.
Mid-20s to late-40s.

- All right, so not foreign then.
- I don't think so.

If I had more
to work with, I could...

It's all right. I understand. Just get
it to Strategic Operations, all right?

Okay.

If they really intend
to detonate a dirty bomb,

nuclear material
is only one ingredient.

Well, we should be checking
with any places

that deal with high
explosives, so...

construction sites,
military bases,

fertilizer wholesalers.

So. It is a dirty bomb.

No, Charlie, it is just
a threat right now. Okay?

We have no idea where.

Wherever they can
inflict the most damage.

I mean,
all we know is Los Angeles.

Los Angeles...

Let me ask you this.

What do you think the possibility of
predicting where they might strike is?

A ton of variables,
but we actually know more

than we think
we might because, for example,

we know that
their target is urban,

because they must have the
ability to move the material.

Right, but,
to explode it in an urban area

that means they got past
the roadblocks,

which is an even
bigger problem, right,

in terms of pinpointing
a target?

Physical flexibility
may only be disguising

a mathematical inflexibility.

I don't understand. What?

In observing their
preparation so far,

I'm assuming that they're
going to be taking into account

the exact same variables I am
to identify an optimal target.

Okay, now, I'm considering weather,
I'm considering wind,

structural landscape,
population density, traffic flow,

and mind you, these are fixed values,
in a narrow time frame like 11 hours.

Yeah. More like ten and a half.

Ten and a half.

If I could just get my hands

on some geo-spatial
radar-imagery data, you know,

I-I'd be able to narrow
the list of targets,

but there's still
a variable I don't have.

The type of explosive
they'll use.

That'll tell me the
effect of the impact.

Don. Engineer from the Jet
Propulsion Lab just called in,

responding
to an internal DOE alert.

Says she was approached
awhile back by two men

wanting to know
about handling nuclear material.

Do we think she's for real?

Says they specifically
talked about cesium-137.

He asked a lot of questions,

mostly about handling
high-level isotopes.

Did either one of them say why
they wanted the information?

They said they were
researching a screenplay.

This being L.A.,
I didn't give it a second thought,

and then I saw
the internal alert.

You said they specifically
mentioned cesium-137?

No. Cesium was my idea.

My lab experimented
with cesium generators

as a possible power source
aboard a deep-space probe,

so it's an isotope
I'm familiar with.

COMPUTER: ( beeping )
You have a message.

Did they touch anything while
they were here?

One of them maybe
had a Coke or something.

Nothing else?

No. Oh, no. Wait, uh...

A book. Uh...

If I remember, it was a
biography of Louis Slotin.

DAVID: Don't touch it.
Please, just point to it.

Who is Louis Slotin?

He was a physicist at Los Alamos

who personally handled radioactive
material for the Manhattan Project.

They were curious as to how
he'd accidentally set off

a chain reaction in his lab.

How did he do that?

Slotin was keeping two halves
of a plutonium sphere apart

using a screwdriver.

The screwdriver slipped
and the halves came together,

generating a vast flux
of radiation.

He used his body to try and
protect the other scientists in the lab.

He died nine days later.

Total disintegration
of internal functions.

ALAN:
Charlie, you in there?

Ha!

What are you two
geniuses into now?

Hey, Dad.

And what are
my old city planning maps

doing out like this?
What's happening?

Well, no one's really
supposed to know.

LARRY: Charles, perhaps it would
be best

to inform your father
of the impending Armageddon.

Armageddon?

- No, don't tell me.
- You really are...

You two spotted another one

of those asteroids hurtling
towards the Earth, huh?

Several thousand, actually,
but that Armageddon

we have decades to resolve.

Charlie,
what is he talking about?

Nothing...

A truck carrying nuclear
waste was hijacked. Yesterday.

What?

Now, wait a minute.

Why didn't I hear anything
about this on the news?

Because they're
not telling anyone.

What do you mean, they're
not telling anyone?

How the hell are people
supposed to protect themselves?

In the first place,
uh, we-we're not even sure

that there, that
there is a bomb, so...

A bomb!?

Well, we don't know
where it's going to go off.

Well, maybe not.

But I would suggest
that people quickly taking

a ride out of town
in an easterly direction

might be of help right now.

Well, possibly not, with these
current wind conditions.

Look, an evacuation without
information will lead to mass public panic.

Well, speaking
for the huddled masses,

I'd rather not have some
government official making

that decision for me
right now, thank you very much.

And what are you doing
with my maps?

You really are something,
you know that?

The public has a right...

Hey, hey, hey.

I said he's not
supposed to know...

He is a planner.

You know what, Dad?

You can help us.

How can I help you?

Charlie, I'm not a physicist,

and I'm certainly not an expert
on nuclear contamination.

But you were a city planner.

You know about urban density,
and these are your maps.

DON: Okay, listen up, everybody.
Gather round.

We got a possible suspect.

Fingerprint match
from the book we got at JPL

gave us this man,
Darryl Gerth, G-e-r-t-h.

White male, 29 years old.

Did five years for a
failed armored-car robbery.

I want to run down
all his known associates,

I mean anybody who ever
did a heist with him.

We gotta find this guy ASAP.
Okay, let's go.

TERRY:
Don, come here.

Five pounds of C-4
explosive is missing

from the Naval Weapons Station
at Seal Beach.

When did that happen?

Inventory is taken
every 14 days.

Last one was eight days
ago, so within the week.

How does someone get access
to C-4 in a Naval base?

Enlisted men,
civilian contractors,

maintenance crews,
they'd all have access.

All right, run it down. If it's the
same people who stole the truck,

they got nuclear material,
high explosive, and that is a dirty bomb.

Our suspect's parole officer
hasn't seen him in weeks.

No known address, but I have
a line on the foster parents.

Maybe he stays in touch.

Okay, good. Get him in here
and talk to him.

I'm gonna go tell Charlie
about the C-4.

It's the one variable
he's been missing.

Some kids, by the time you
get 'em, the damage is done.

Nothing you do
makes a difference.

Darryl got into trouble?

Always,

and the worst part,
he was a, a ringleader.

He got other kids
in trouble, too.

Even our own son, Mark.

Arrested when he was 16 for helping
Darryl steal Social Security checks.

We need to locate Darryl.

Is your son still
in contact with him?

Oh, God, no.

Part of his probation,

Mark joined the Navy.

Navy got him squared away,
better believe that.

Mr. Watson, where's your son
currently stationed?

Uh, Seal Beach.

Naval Weapons Station.

The same place the explosives
were missing from.

Yeah.

W-w-what's going,
what's going on?

Where does your son live?
Does he live on base?

No. He has an apartment
over in Fullerton.

Fullerton. Thank you.

Clear.

Clear.

Got something.

Got a minty smell.

Cyclohexanone vapor.

And we have...

waxy cellophane wrapper.

C-4.

Bomb's for real, no question.

All right, well... we know that.
( phone ringing )

Agent Eppes!

Cell phone's ringing.

Put it on speaker.

This is Agent Eppes.

MAN ( filtered ):
Grab a pen, Eppes.

I'm going to give you
an account number.

As soon as we hang up,
you'll transfer the money.

Wait, wait. Hold-hold on.
You said 12 hours.

It's only been six. You gotta
give me more time than that.

You there?

Maybe what you need
is a little motivation, Eppes.

Wait. Look.

Say, downtown, in one hour.

Gotta give me
more time than that.

One hour. We'll be in touch.

Charlie, you gotta tell me
what you got now.

Well, don't we have
like six hours?

Well, they pushed it up.

They pushed it...

Ah, he needs to know now.

Well, we still have
algorithms to test

and variables to explore here.

Charlie!

Okay, um... okay, we've

pinpointed seven likely targets.

There's one in Westwood,
there's two in Century City.

- Downtown.
- Forget everything else.

- Just tell me downtown.
- Downtown. Okay.

He needs downtown so, okay,
there's, there's there's two.

There's one in Driscoll Plaza

and another in Angeles Square.

Angeles Square?

Wait a minute. Driscoll Plaza...

and Angeles Square.

No good.

We've got 58 minutes and nowhere
near the manpower to clear two areas.

Right.

Even if we try,
the traffic would gridlock.

We couldn't
get our own men in there.

All right, Charlie, you
gotta make a choice.

You gotta give me one now.
Just choose one.

Just one, one of them.

Statistically, they're both
of nearly equal probability.

Right. Mathematically,
we have no justification

for choosing one over the other.

Donnie, go with Angeles Square.

Dad, how do you know that?

Charlie says it doesn't
hold up mathematically.

I know what Charlie says,

but I know these maps,
and I would choose Angeles Square.

All right, tell me why.

It's the height
of the buildings.

It creates what we used
to call an urban canyon.

The air currents
through the buildings

spread
the radiation much further.

If I wanted to inflict as
much damage as I could,

that's where I would go.

Angeles Square, I'm telling you.

All right.
Let's evacuate Angeles Square.

Let's go.

( sirens blaring )

WOMAN:... if I can get you to
go to the evacuation center...?

Come on, folks.
Move it along.

Move it along, sir.

( horns honking )

We're clearing the area now.

All right, well, all the
buildings have been evacuated.

With 15 minutes, seems odd we
haven't heard from them, don't you think?

Yeah, bomb squad is searching,

but the device could be
concealed anywhere on this plaza.

We got a lot of ground to cover.

Well, we got no choice.
We got to do what we can.

Keep your eye on your watches.

Make sure you leave at least five
minutes to clear the area, okay?

All right, so you guys got that?

Quarter after, we're
out of here, no matter what.

- Got it.
- Okay.

( sirens blaring )

Got any word on casualties?

Two of our guys got it
pretty bad.

Doesn't look good.

How close were you all
to the blast?

- 80, 100 feet.
- Are you sure?

- We were close.
- My ears won't stop ringing.

I'm not picking up any
radiation. You're clean.

You all are.

Thank you.

All right, so it
wasn't a dirty bomb.

D.O.E. just finished
analyzing the bomb.

Their tests failed to find
a trace of cesium-137,

or any nuclear material.

All right,
so they've still got it.

Why didn't they use it?

Raymond Sites was
murdered, right?

These guys killed
to get their hands on

what was in that truck.

Yeah. I mean, everything
they have done has been planned.

They only thing they haven't
kept to is a time frame.

First they say 12 hours,
then they say an hour,

then they blow
the bomb 11 minutes early.

And why didn't they call back,

give us a chance to pay?

What if they didn't use the
cesium because they didn't have to?

Like, I hold a gun to your back,
you're going to do what I say.

Doesn't matter if I have the gun,
as long as you think I do.

They wanted us to think they
were blowing a dirty bomb.

So they steal a truck.

That gets our attention.

Then we do just
what they wanted.

Which is what?

What'd we do?

Evacuated Angeles Square.

Well, we didn't do
so bad today, did we?

No, today, was good.

But what about tomorrow?

( grunts )

Yeah, uh...

You know, I think I understand

why you like helping
Don so much.

It's not a bad feeling.

What's the matter, Charlie?

You've got that look
that you get

when you can't stop
worrying about something.

He's right.

You seem a little perturbed.

You're still not mad about my

pulling that phone
out of your hand, are you?

I was going to say
Driscoll Plaza.

Huh?

Before you grabbed the
phone out of my hand I was...

I was about to
say Driscoll Plaza,

and I would've been wrong.

Oh.

Well, come on, Charlie.

I was the one that didn't give
you the right variables.

You know, the heights
of the buildings.

Listen, if you've got
one failing,

it's only that you don't
think like a criminal.

Of course, what does
that say about me?

( chuckles )

CHARLIE: I would've been wrong.

Why would they want us to
evacuate Angeles Square?

And, why not tell us it was
Angeles Square in the first place?

'Cause by narrowing
the threat to downtown,

they tell us and they keep us
off balance at the same time.

I mean, there's got to be something here,
there's just got to be.

DAVID:
Gerth is a thief, right?

So what was he after?

What about the Diamond Mart?

Combined inventory
has to be significant.

I think it's outside
the evacuation zone.

There's no banks.
What's in this building?

This 2215 building?

There we go. Uh...

a ticket office,
we got two brokerage firms

and Aronson Conservators,
they do art restoration.

TERRY:
I talked to your assistant.

She says nobody knows
about the work you do.

Well, with paintings
of this importance,

it's just safer
not to publicize.

Besides, all the museums
know who we are,

and the larger
private collections.

( whispers ):
Let's see.

Oh, no.

Oh, no!
I-I locked that vault myself.

Even with the bomb threat and
the...

and the policemen yelling at me.

You're sure?

I locked the vault!

All right, all right.
Look, don't touch anything.

Oh! Oh, my God.

It's... it's...
They're all gone.

Every one of them.

Ms. Aronson, tell me
exactly... any...

I am fine. The paintings are
gone.

I need to know exactly what's
missing.

Uh, six Van Goghs,
for the LACMA exhibit,

and two Rembrandts, a Degas...

What is it worth?

It's not about the money.
We're insured for the money.

It's about the significance.

Well, we're going to need
an approximate dollar value.

I don't know.
Close to $100 million.

Security system runs
through the basement.

Evacuation gave them all the
time and access they needed.

The streets are blocked.

How would they get the heavy
equipment past the security perimeter?

Well, they could have been
inside the building already.

Eh... check this out.

DAVID: Rental agent from the
building where the artwork was stolen

picked out Gerth
from a photo array.

Says he came by
about two months ago,

leased some office space
on the ground floor.

Went by the name
of Donald Garrity.

Garrity...

That's the same name on
Raymond Sites' cashier's check.

Yeah, that's the same alias.

Where's our list
of truck rentals?

Probably watched
from the window.

Waited till everyone was out
then helped themselves to the art.

We were played.

Bingo. Garrity.

Rented a 25-foot van out of Avis
in Homewood, California.

25 feet. That's large enough
to transport those casks.

Yeah, do me a favor.
Get on the phone,

see if you can get the address
they used on the rental agreement.

All teams be advised --
watch your fire.

We have possible hazardous
material inside the target area.

- Roger that.
- All clear.

All right, that's clear.
Let's do it.

Three... two... one...
execute.

FBI! FBI! FBI!

Get down! FBI!

FBI! FBI!
( shouting )

Down! Down!

( shouting )

Gimme your hands now.

You two, this way.

Let's go.

- Let's go.
- Clear!

Gimme your right hand.
Get up!

Damn.

Nothing.

The casks aren't here.

Where's the cesium?

Don, I got the art.

Look at me.
Where's that cesium?

You're going to tell me
where those casks are.

I got no idea
what you're talking about, man.

Let's go.

Come on.

Right now, I can tie you to
the murder of Raymond Sites,

to the theft of nuclear material,
the Angeles Square bombing.

If you're lucky, you're gonna
spend the rest of your life

in a maximum security prison.

- Oh, you think so, huh?
- And that's if you're lucky.

Now, I wanna know
where that truck is.

That's good, 'cause I want
some things, too.

All right, what do you want?

The first thing I want
is for you to let me go.

Well, that ain't gonna happen.

Well...

Then you're going to be
looking at a dirty bomb after all.

What?

Oh, you didn't think
I had a backup plan?

TERRY: The explosives were
stolen from the Naval Weapons Center.

The same base
that you're stationed.

The truck driver, Raymond Sites,
shot in the head.

That's murder
with special circumstances.

I didn't have anything
to do with that.

I wasn't even there.

There or not,
you're on the hook.

Mark, the only way to help
yourself is to help us find the truck.

The Navy kid's scared,
but he's not giving us the truck.

My guy wasn't talking either.

Yeah, and Gerth thinks
he's going to trade that truck

for a free ticket out of here.

Look, let me float something.

We've been operating
under the assumption

that those casks
have been moved.

What if they haven't?

What if they're on
the original truck

exactly as they were the day
they were stolen?

Like you said before,

they only need us
to think they moved them.

Right.

That would explain why the truck in
the warehouse had no trace of radiation.

This truck is sitting inside our
perimeter; it's not outside.

Larry and I have been doing some
research on tracking radiation signatures.

Now, between the sensors
that scan from planes

and those you could install
at random points in the area,

we would be able to triangulate

a location for that
radioactive material.

All right, well, that's great.
How long would it take?

( sighs )

Like a... like a week.
Or maybe two.

A week? Charlie, the truck is
leaking radiation, you understand?

He's right, Charles.

I mean, these casks were not
designed to contain cesium

for extended periods of time.

This material in particular has
an insidious method of attack.

Which is...?

Look, even in small amounts,

whether ingested or inhaled,

they spread throughout
the entire body,

they invade and destroy the soft
tissue.

Longer exposure

and we're talking acute
radiation poisoning;

the Walking Ghost phase.

The Walking Ghost phase?

Yes, like the people
in Chernobyl.

Somebody starts feeling
nauseous, they vomit,

they start feeling better,
they think they are better.

But no, it's...

it's just a grace period.

A week later,
it's internal bleeding

and certain death.

( sighs )

You said you have the guys
that stole the truck, right?

That's right.

They don't know where it is?

Well, Charlie,
they're not talking.

- None of them?
- No.

They're trying to use the truck
as leverage, if anything.

They had a plan going in.

We got 'em separated.

We're trying to play
them against each other, but...

What about putting
them together?

No, Charlie. You keep
suspects isolated in the dark.

- That's how it works.
- I understand that.

That, that's not what
I'm speaking about.

I'm actually talking about
something completely different

I'm talking about something
called "The Prisoner's Dilemma."

- Game theory.
- Game theory.

The mathematics
of decision-making.

Uh-huh.

How to achieve the optimal
outcome from a complex situation.

So for instance, um...

...say two people
were to commit a crime.

Now, if neither of them talk,
they each get a year.

If one of them talks,
he gets no time at all,

and the other guy
gets five years.

If both of them talk,
they each get two years.

So you see, unless
they can trust each other

not to say anything,
talking is the best strategy.

Yeah, but I already told you
they're not talking.

Well, maybe that's because
none of them realize

how much the others have
to lose.

All right, listen up.

We're going to do
things a little different.

This is Charlie Eppes.

He's a professor of mathematics
and an excellent teacher.

What we're going to do is find
out if any of you are good students.

What kind of crap is this?

Shut your mouth.

Good afternoon.

What I'm going to do here today,
mathematically,

is construct a risk assessment
for each of you.

Basically quantify, if I can,

the various choices you face...

their respective consequences.

The only ones
facing consequences

are those people who are
going to get hurt by that truck.

Gerth, I'm not going
to warn you again.

Okay...
( clears throat )

So, "G" is for Gerth.

Uh, "W" is for Watson,
"F" is for Fitchman, okay?

I've assigned some variables
based on data like respective ages,

criminal records,
loved ones on the outside.

WATSON:
Wait.

What does that have
to do with anything?

Having family on the outside would
effect your motivation, wouldn't it?

Your desire to
stay out of prison.

Okay.

( chuckles )

Okay, there it is.

There it is. All right.

Fitchman, you have a risk
assessment of 14.9.

"W..."

yours is 26.4.

"G..."

you have a risk assessment
of... 7.9.

What's that supposed to mean?

What that means is old Mark here

has the most to lose
by going to prison.

That's exactly what it means.

Don't listen to him, Mark.

Hey, look at me.

Mark...

this is truth.

This math here proves it.

You stand to give up the most.
You're the youngest.

You have parents you're still in
touch with on the outside, right?

You have the shortest
criminal record.

Hey, why don't you
just save it, huh?

You are the youngest,

you have the most potential
to make something of yourself.

( Watson sighs )

And the most to gain if you do.

Mark, listen to me, boy. Hey...

Look, I spoke to your father.

Mark...

He said you're not
a bad kid, it's just

that Darryl here has been a bad
influence on you.

So this is your chance to prove
him right, your one chance.

( chuckles )

Okay, I'll tell you
what you want.

- Good.
- Mark!

You said nobody would get hurt.
And then what'd you do?

You just shot that guy
for no reason.

I'll kill you if you talk.

Do you understand? I'll kill
you!

Hey, hey! Get him out of here.

Wait, wait,
I'll tell you something.

I mean, I got, like, a 14.9.

That's pretty good, right?

What? You didn't think
I had a back-up plan?

Okay, the truck's in an
abandoned factory off Sixth Street.

I'll alert the search teams.

- Wait a minute.
- What?

Somebody's with it.
His name's Baker.

He did time with Gerth
a while back.

Here he is, Carl Baker.

- Part of Gerth's crew.
- That's him.

What's he supposed to do?

Nothing until he hears
from Gerth.

All right, let's do it.

All right, the truck's here.

We're too far
to get a reading from here.

- Yeah?
- There's no movement.

The door's ajar, though.

All right, let's do it.

All units, we're good
to go here.

Approach with extreme caution.

Our primary objective
is to secure that truck.

Everyone's got their
assignments?

Roger that.

All right, let's line up.

Okay, on me.

Three, two, one.

Execute, execu...

( engine revs )
Get out of the way!

Hold your fire! Hold your fire!

( tires screech )

Get your hands up! Get 'em up
where I can see 'em right now!

Get your hands up!

BAKER:
Get back!

Get your hands up!

Get back, or I'm gonna dump 'em!

All right.

You hear me?
I'll dump the casks.

Carl, just stay calm now.

Don't tell me to calm down!

DON: All right! All right!
All right! All right!

Calm down, just calm down.

Stay calm!

All right, all right!
All right, hold, hold!

Hold! Hold!
Look, hold!

Everybody hold!

It's just you and me, Carl.

We're just going to talk now.

You're going
to let me drive out.

- It's not going to happen, Carl.
- You're gonna!

Carl, it ain't gonna happen.

( engine idling )
Where's Gerth?

Gerth gave you up.

- No.
- Yeah, Carl.

- No, he didn't.
- You think about it.

How else would we be here, Carl?

( grunts )

You all right?

( grunts )

You sick, Carl?

Huh? You been
throwing up?

How do you know that?

That's the radiation.

I was feeling bad before,
but I... I feel fine now.

Carl, listen to me.

You're in what's called
the "Walking Ghost" phase.

You're gonna get sick again,
and it's gonna kill you

unless you get
immediate attention.

Now, I can have a Medevac
chopper here in 20 minutes.

Listen to him, Carl.

This is the only chance you have
to save your life.

( engine shuts off ) All right,
just take it easy now.

That's it. You come out of there
and you come nice and easy.

All right?
I want to see your hands.

Get 'em up where
I can see 'em now.

Nice and easy, Carl.

You're gonna get down
on your knees, okay?

Come down onto your knees.

( grunting )
All right.

- Please...
- Cuff him. Let's go.

Please get me to a doctor.

Okay, Carl, we'll do that.

- Please?
- All right, let's go.

- It's all yours.
- Thank you very much.

DON:
I mean...

it was pretty impressive.

These are three hardcore dudes,

and Charlie's up there scribbling
all these crazy equations.

Crazy equa...?
Hear that, Dad?

Crazy equations. Now, I did
a risk-assessment analysis

based on a model
used to determine

a bank's exposure
to mutual credit obligations.

That's what I did.

Yeah, it's a compliment. I mean,

the point is
is that they bought it.

Don's right. I mean, the important
thing is you're getting the truck back.

- Isn't that enough?
- Yeah, I mean, you know,

you can get an award for
a performance like that.

A per...? It wasn't
a performance.

It wasn't a scam.
That was math.

That was actual math.
I don't make this stuff up.

Want to hear about math?
Here, here's math.

Dinner was $92.

Divided three ways is
30 bucks apiece. Pay up.

Actually, I got to hit an ATM.

- I don't have any cash.
- Now, that's a scam.

- Come on.
- Here we go.

ALAN: Look, I always get stuck
with the check...

CHARLIE:
What is up with your son?