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In 20 years of teaching,

I've never received
evaluation comments like these.

"Boring. " Me?

"Intellectually... inaccessible"

I thought we cameup 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-edgehinking

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 receed 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 shld know,I took classes from you.

Yeah, 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.

Right...

They're right down this way.
Come on.

Hurry, man.

So who do we have here?

Finn Montgomery.
Male, white, 21.CalSci student I.D.

No way! It is Finn Montgomery!

He jumped.

Professor,

my name isn't Montgomery. Uh...

Sadly, it happens all the time.

Any witnesses?

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 brid 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'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 compelli reason,

I can't get the FBI to interfere in 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.

We all use math every day...

to forecast weather...

to tell time...

to handle money...

We also use math to analyze crime...

reveal patterns...

predict behavior...

Using numbers,
we can 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 seeou?

CalScis
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 pspective
on the work of architect Gaar Haybridge.

He designed the Cole Center
downtown.

Right, he also did
e Keyerleber Annex.

Something very inviting about th 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, wl

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.

"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.

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 fosome 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 so 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 mighbe 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...

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.

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,

typicawith
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 falng?

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.

I understand Finn got you
kicked out of here?

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 murr 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 entually.
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 "memorae" instead of "low-key. "

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

You know what my favorite date ever
was? Peeroni pizza in a Laundromat.

Yes, which explains the conspicuous
absence of grandchildren.

So, Wednesda 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...

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.

Oh, hey, Charlie.
Here you are.

Hey, I'm going 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. You won't
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...

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
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 updats.

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.

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 abo 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 yesteay 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 makeFinn
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 Ctracting.

We have motive and suspects.

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

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 pri to death
take at least 24 hours for e 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 s 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.

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?

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 hang problems with the Cole Center, I think
you have to look for the lunatic that designed it...

the architect... Haybridge.

Okay. Thanks.

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?

Well, in that case...

Mr. Haybridge,were you contacted
about possible problems with the Cole Center?

Yes, 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 ck 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.

Listen
Hi.

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 theeath 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.
Is that coect?

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
th a magnitude of 8.2.

A minor structural warning,but,

seismically,

the building appears solid.

I owe it to Find to find out
what's wrong with this building.

Let's see how it does in high winds.

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.

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.

The buildingis 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 geniously sidestepped my point.

You know,

there are a few rare wind events

that we haven't tested.

I'm sorry.

Actually, 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 havea 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.

of course 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.

Yeah?

Right.

Okay, Okay

right. 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?

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 show

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.

Our simulation demonstrate 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 Epps, 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 volved 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 codn'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 me 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.

Hello!

We're in here.

Hey, Dad.

All right, FBI accountant went over a11 of Nevelson's financials

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

Our people could find nothing.

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 bn 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: Yocan'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, noovertime, medical benefits...?

That's right.

But people still get hurt.

And there'll
be hospital records.

Nono, 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 seehat 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.

Immigratiorecords 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 ow most of their names
until they screw up.

Babbitt's unionrecords 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.

Mr. Babbitt?

This is the FBI.

Mr. Babbitt?

Don!

Back here!

- He's unconscious.
- Pull him out, pull.

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?

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.

hoes of Finn Montgomery.

You okay?

Yeah.

You know who hit you?

Uh, Nevelson'soon...

Mazzelli.

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?

Yeah,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 strongerand 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?

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 toake the fall,

or are you going to give
upho 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?he is lying.

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 breakingup with him,the thesis,

his inability to convince anybody
of the Cole nter'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.

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 Mazzel 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 the full price

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.

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 the 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 imptant that you
understood what he was trying to accomplish.

You spoke for our son, Professor Epps.

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'she 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.

Yes, Charlie, yes.