1 00:00:01,802 --> 00:00:03,737 ( distorted techno intro ) 2 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:13,381 ( heavy electronic beat ) 3 00:00:23,124 --> 00:00:25,093 * Hey, hey, hey * 4 00:00:25,126 --> 00:00:26,460 * I'm the trouble starter 5 00:00:26,494 --> 00:00:28,429 * I'm the instigator 6 00:00:31,632 --> 00:00:33,401 * I'm the fear addicted 7 00:00:33,434 --> 00:00:36,704 * And agent illustrated 8 00:00:36,737 --> 00:00:38,339 * Hey, hey, hey * 9 00:00:38,372 --> 00:00:39,807 * I'm a fire starter 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,310 * Twisted fire starter 11 00:00:43,511 --> 00:00:45,113 * Hey, hey, hey * 12 00:00:45,146 --> 00:00:47,115 * You're the fire starter 13 00:00:47,148 --> 00:00:50,084 * Twisted fire starter 14 00:00:50,118 --> 00:00:51,385 * Hey, hey, hey * 15 00:00:51,419 --> 00:00:53,454 * I'm a fire starter 16 00:00:53,487 --> 00:00:55,456 * Twisted fire starter 17 00:01:02,163 --> 00:01:03,864 * I'm the bitch you hated 18 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:06,234 * Filth infatuated 19 00:01:06,267 --> 00:01:08,502 * Yeah 20 00:01:08,536 --> 00:01:10,104 * I'm the pipe you tasted 21 00:01:10,138 --> 00:01:13,807 * Then intoxicated 22 00:01:13,841 --> 00:01:15,643 * Hey, hey, hey * 23 00:01:15,676 --> 00:01:19,079 * I'm a fire starter, twisted fire starter... * 24 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:24,585 ( explosion, car alarms beeping ) 25 00:01:35,896 --> 00:01:37,498 Damn it. 26 00:01:39,567 --> 00:01:42,270 ( car alarms blaring ) 27 00:01:42,303 --> 00:01:44,738 ( explosion, car alarms blaring ) 28 00:01:49,677 --> 00:01:52,112 ( sirens blaring ) 29 00:02:00,621 --> 00:02:01,722 What do you say, Colby? 30 00:02:01,755 --> 00:02:04,258 Hey, Don. 31 00:02:04,292 --> 00:02:07,495 Friends from the Earth Liberation Movement again, huh? 32 00:02:07,528 --> 00:02:08,629 Yup. So, this makes 33 00:02:08,662 --> 00:02:10,431 for the fourth eco fire. 34 00:02:10,464 --> 00:02:11,732 You tell how you're gonna save the world 35 00:02:11,765 --> 00:02:14,468 by burning down an SUV dealership, you know? 36 00:02:14,502 --> 00:02:17,271 Yeah, well, all I can tell you is, we got a guy over here 37 00:02:17,305 --> 00:02:19,273 who's not gonna be around to enjoy the fresh air. 38 00:02:19,307 --> 00:02:22,476 Sean Grasso. He's 32, junior salesman. 39 00:02:22,510 --> 00:02:23,577 The owner says he thinks 40 00:02:23,611 --> 00:02:26,214 he probably came in here early to do his paperwork. 41 00:02:26,247 --> 00:02:27,881 Notify the family? 42 00:02:27,915 --> 00:02:29,950 Yeah, Megan talked to his wife. 43 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:31,719 Evidently, they have a four-month old. 44 00:02:31,752 --> 00:02:32,720 -Don. Hey. -Hey. 45 00:02:32,753 --> 00:02:33,721 I got your message. 46 00:02:35,489 --> 00:02:37,191 Yeah. You-You didn't have to come down, buddy. 47 00:02:37,225 --> 00:02:39,193 Aah. Um, four fires doesn't provide enough data 48 00:02:39,227 --> 00:02:40,661 to create a hot zone, so I thought... I thought 49 00:02:40,694 --> 00:02:42,396 there might be something else here I can work with. 50 00:02:42,430 --> 00:02:43,597 Oh, come here. 51 00:02:43,631 --> 00:02:44,665 It's really not much, Charlie. 52 00:02:44,698 --> 00:02:46,500 It's just the burned out SUV and this booth here. 53 00:02:46,534 --> 00:02:47,901 -Hey, Paul. Let me see. -MAN: Don. 54 00:02:47,935 --> 00:02:49,370 -How's it going? -All right. 55 00:02:49,403 --> 00:02:50,671 -Hey. Colby. -Paul. 56 00:02:50,704 --> 00:02:53,374 Hi. I'm Charles Eppes. I'm a FBI consultant. 57 00:02:53,407 --> 00:02:54,908 Paul Stevens. LAFD Arson Investigator. 58 00:02:54,942 --> 00:02:56,277 Are you an arson expert? 59 00:02:56,310 --> 00:02:57,478 I'm a mathematician. 60 00:02:57,511 --> 00:02:58,412 You might be wondering 61 00:02:58,446 --> 00:02:59,913 what I'm doing at the scene of an arson. 62 00:02:59,947 --> 00:03:01,549 Hey, makes sense to me. 63 00:03:01,582 --> 00:03:03,551 I mean, I-I've got arson books 64 00:03:03,584 --> 00:03:04,685 full of equations. 65 00:03:04,718 --> 00:03:06,420 Open and contained flame calculators, 66 00:03:06,454 --> 00:03:08,356 uh, flow rates for oxygen... 67 00:03:08,389 --> 00:03:10,358 Well, the-the study of combustion is based largely 68 00:03:10,391 --> 00:03:11,559 on fluid mechanics. 69 00:03:11,592 --> 00:03:12,960 You know, there's some amazing work done 70 00:03:12,993 --> 00:03:15,229 by Prandtl and Euler, Smits... 71 00:03:15,263 --> 00:03:17,498 Equations are in the books, not that in here. 72 00:03:17,531 --> 00:03:18,966 Mostly I work with physical indicators-- 73 00:03:18,999 --> 00:03:20,668 scorch marks, 74 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:22,970 ignition devices, burn patterns. 75 00:03:23,003 --> 00:03:24,305 Trying to build a signature. 76 00:03:24,338 --> 00:03:25,773 Arsonist's M.O., that kind of thing. 77 00:03:25,806 --> 00:03:26,774 ( garbled radio transmission ) 78 00:03:26,807 --> 00:03:29,710 So, anything? 79 00:03:29,743 --> 00:03:31,512 Yeah. The, uh, SUV went up 80 00:03:31,545 --> 00:03:33,581 -with a Molotov cocktail. -Mm-hmm. 81 00:03:33,614 --> 00:03:34,682 That's the same as all the other fires. 82 00:03:34,715 --> 00:03:36,250 And the security booth here? 83 00:03:36,284 --> 00:03:37,385 Cigarette and a book of matches. 84 00:03:37,418 --> 00:03:38,652 Classic, old-school igniter. 85 00:03:38,686 --> 00:03:39,820 Why bother with the booth? 86 00:03:39,853 --> 00:03:40,921 Well, there's a phone inside. 87 00:03:40,954 --> 00:03:42,923 Probably wanted to make sure no one called for help. 88 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:43,924 COLBY: Only the salesman 89 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:46,394 shows up early and tries to make a call anyway. 90 00:03:46,427 --> 00:03:47,728 Opens the door, influx of oxygen-- 91 00:03:47,761 --> 00:03:49,263 creates a back draft. 92 00:03:49,297 --> 00:03:50,364 I mean, people 93 00:03:50,398 --> 00:03:52,566 underestimate the power of a fire, even a small one. 94 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:53,501 You know? 95 00:03:53,534 --> 00:03:54,602 What do you suggest we do at this point? 96 00:03:54,635 --> 00:03:58,672 Trying to catch an arsonist by his signature is like 97 00:03:58,706 --> 00:04:01,342 trying to identify someone by their shadow. I mean... 98 00:04:01,375 --> 00:04:03,010 I might be able to come up with a lot more if I can borrow 99 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:04,612 your, uh, professor here. 100 00:04:04,645 --> 00:04:06,480 Yeah, I mean, it's fine with me, go for it. 101 00:04:06,514 --> 00:04:07,681 Sure. It's my pleasure. 102 00:04:07,715 --> 00:04:08,849 -Can I see what you're working with? -Sure. 103 00:04:08,882 --> 00:04:10,351 COLBY: You know, in Colorado, 104 00:04:10,384 --> 00:04:12,486 these guys eventually destroyed a ski resort. 105 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:13,821 They left a banner that said, 106 00:04:13,854 --> 00:04:15,789 "If you build it, the E-L-M will burn it." 107 00:04:15,823 --> 00:04:17,658 You know what was really concerning me is that 108 00:04:17,691 --> 00:04:19,627 with each fire, they get more aggressive. 109 00:04:26,367 --> 00:04:28,336 We all use math every day, 110 00:04:28,369 --> 00:04:30,404 to predict weather, 111 00:04:30,438 --> 00:04:31,972 to tell time, 112 00:04:32,005 --> 00:04:34,842 to handle money. 113 00:04:36,877 --> 00:04:40,681 Math is more than formulas and equations. 114 00:04:40,714 --> 00:04:44,084 It's logic... 115 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:46,787 it's rationality. 116 00:04:46,820 --> 00:04:48,689 It's using your mind 117 00:04:48,722 --> 00:04:50,658 to solve the biggest mysteries that we know. 118 00:04:58,466 --> 00:05:00,601 "There is no more open door 119 00:05:00,634 --> 00:05:03,571 "by which one can enter the study of natural science 120 00:05:03,604 --> 00:05:07,074 than by considering the phenomena of a candle." 121 00:05:09,510 --> 00:05:10,844 Faraday said that. 122 00:05:10,878 --> 00:05:12,513 Faraday? 123 00:05:12,546 --> 00:05:14,782 I wonder if Faraday ever used his insights 124 00:05:14,815 --> 00:05:16,484 to crack an arson case. 125 00:05:16,517 --> 00:05:17,851 Oh, do my sensors 126 00:05:17,885 --> 00:05:19,353 detect frustration? 127 00:05:19,387 --> 00:05:20,721 Yes, your sensors are correct. 128 00:05:20,754 --> 00:05:23,924 Arson investigations consider seven points of data-- 129 00:05:23,957 --> 00:05:24,992 fuel, burn rate, 130 00:05:25,025 --> 00:05:27,495 scorch marks, smoke patterns, 131 00:05:27,528 --> 00:05:29,897 flame temperature, igniter, and, uh, 132 00:05:29,930 --> 00:05:34,602 oh, point of origin-- to create what's called a fire signature. 133 00:05:34,635 --> 00:05:35,836 Oh, seven points. 134 00:05:35,869 --> 00:05:38,639 You know, this sounds less like a signature, 135 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:39,940 more like a fingerprint. 136 00:05:39,973 --> 00:05:41,475 Well, see, but that's-that's just it. 137 00:05:41,509 --> 00:05:42,676 It's not like a fingerprint. 138 00:05:42,710 --> 00:05:44,578 Arson signatures are not nearly as accurate, 139 00:05:44,612 --> 00:05:45,579 nor are they as specific. 140 00:05:45,613 --> 00:05:48,015 I need more parameters. Everything that gives 141 00:05:48,048 --> 00:05:49,149 a fire its specific character. 142 00:05:49,182 --> 00:05:50,618 All right. 143 00:05:50,651 --> 00:05:52,152 What's to be done here? 144 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:53,186 Well, I've already started 145 00:05:53,220 --> 00:05:55,155 by breaking down the initial seven data points 146 00:05:55,188 --> 00:05:57,758 into several subsets, although, I'm sure there's more 147 00:05:57,791 --> 00:05:58,892 to follow. 148 00:05:58,926 --> 00:06:00,060 Do you realize 149 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:02,029 that if every vehicle in this nation 150 00:06:02,062 --> 00:06:05,533 averaged just 2.7 more miles per gallon, 151 00:06:05,566 --> 00:06:08,068 we could cut our dependency on Mideast oil? 152 00:06:08,101 --> 00:06:09,637 Are you seriously trying 153 00:06:09,670 --> 00:06:11,639 to justify the arsonist's motive? 154 00:06:11,672 --> 00:06:13,006 No, no, no, no, no, no. Hear me out. 155 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:14,908 I'm merely making the point 156 00:06:14,942 --> 00:06:17,511 that the E-L-M's goals are ecological. 157 00:06:17,545 --> 00:06:19,179 They're not pathological. 158 00:06:19,212 --> 00:06:20,814 Larry, I'm not really interested 159 00:06:20,848 --> 00:06:22,816 in the social significance of these fires. 160 00:06:22,850 --> 00:06:23,984 Well, you should be, Charles. 161 00:06:24,017 --> 00:06:24,818 No, I shouldn't be, actually. 162 00:06:24,852 --> 00:06:25,953 Yes, you should be. 163 00:06:25,986 --> 00:06:27,521 Listen to me here. 164 00:06:27,555 --> 00:06:30,190 As fire destroys, it also creates. 165 00:06:30,223 --> 00:06:33,093 And not just heat or light, 166 00:06:33,126 --> 00:06:36,063 but a solid product. 167 00:06:36,096 --> 00:06:37,665 -Soot? -Soot. 168 00:06:37,698 --> 00:06:39,066 And the soot created 169 00:06:39,099 --> 00:06:41,068 within that fire is what gives the flame its color. 170 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:42,670 Something you can't even see, 171 00:06:42,703 --> 00:06:43,837 and yet it defines 172 00:06:43,871 --> 00:06:45,806 its entire nature. 173 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:46,707 Larry. 174 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:47,941 Charles. 175 00:06:47,975 --> 00:06:49,142 All due respect, I don't get it. 176 00:06:49,176 --> 00:06:51,111 This most recent fire claimed a life. 177 00:06:51,144 --> 00:06:52,513 The others didn't. 178 00:06:55,716 --> 00:06:58,085 Intent. 179 00:06:58,118 --> 00:06:59,219 Keep going. 180 00:06:59,252 --> 00:07:00,621 Intent and... 181 00:07:00,654 --> 00:07:03,023 Intent and result. 182 00:07:03,056 --> 00:07:06,093 If each arsonist approaches a fire differently, 183 00:07:06,126 --> 00:07:08,562 then it... then it makes sense that every fire set... 184 00:07:08,596 --> 00:07:09,830 Would be as unique 185 00:07:09,863 --> 00:07:11,131 as the person setting it. 186 00:07:11,164 --> 00:07:14,635 And not just in terms of the method used, 187 00:07:14,668 --> 00:07:17,237 but in terms of-of the entire 188 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:20,908 character of that fire. 189 00:07:20,941 --> 00:07:23,110 So, what you're talking about really is like a, um... 190 00:07:23,143 --> 00:07:25,679 like a fingerprint for fires. 191 00:07:25,713 --> 00:07:28,582 A "fireprint." 192 00:07:35,155 --> 00:07:36,256 That's ridiculous. 193 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:39,259 Why would the E-L-M waste our efforts on an SUV lot? 194 00:07:39,292 --> 00:07:41,929 Gas prices and common sense are gonna do that work for us. 195 00:07:41,962 --> 00:07:43,263 Your group's connected 196 00:07:43,296 --> 00:07:44,732 to acts of sabotage 197 00:07:44,765 --> 00:07:47,167 against construction sites, and lumber mills, 198 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:48,536 and oil wells... 199 00:07:48,569 --> 00:07:49,870 And has acknowledged every single one. 200 00:07:49,903 --> 00:07:51,004 The Earth Liberation Movement 201 00:07:51,038 --> 00:07:52,139 has no involvement in these fires, 202 00:07:52,172 --> 00:07:53,006 and we've repeatedly said so. 203 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:54,875 COLBY: So, tell me again then why it is 204 00:07:54,908 --> 00:07:56,143 that your logo is spray painted 205 00:07:56,176 --> 00:07:57,678 at all four of the crime scenes? 206 00:07:57,711 --> 00:07:59,179 Anyone can put three letters on a wall. 207 00:07:59,212 --> 00:08:01,515 Even an FBI agent. 208 00:08:01,549 --> 00:08:03,150 MAN: We've condemned the arsons, 209 00:08:03,183 --> 00:08:04,818 we've cooperated with your investigation. 210 00:08:04,852 --> 00:08:06,153 MEGAN Actually, you haven't. 211 00:08:06,186 --> 00:08:07,888 We asked you for your membership roster, 212 00:08:07,921 --> 00:08:09,289 and you took us to court. 213 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:11,659 We're a national organization with 200 active members 214 00:08:11,692 --> 00:08:13,627 and ten times that number of associates. 215 00:08:13,661 --> 00:08:15,062 We can't let you randomly harass us. 216 00:08:15,095 --> 00:08:18,031 A homicide investigation is not random harassment. 217 00:08:18,065 --> 00:08:19,633 WOMAN: The FBI has a history 218 00:08:19,667 --> 00:08:22,035 of undermining legitimate protest. 219 00:08:22,069 --> 00:08:24,104 Congress of Racial Equality, 220 00:08:24,137 --> 00:08:25,806 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 221 00:08:25,839 --> 00:08:27,775 American Indian Movement. 222 00:08:27,808 --> 00:08:29,009 That was the 1960s. 223 00:08:29,042 --> 00:08:31,311 Do me a favor and check a calendar. 224 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:33,213 The fires are intended to discredit us. 225 00:08:33,246 --> 00:08:34,582 In my book, 226 00:08:34,615 --> 00:08:35,916 that makes you people the suspects. 227 00:08:37,585 --> 00:08:39,052 I mean, it's possible 228 00:08:39,086 --> 00:08:41,254 someone could be using their logo to throw us, right? 229 00:08:41,288 --> 00:08:44,592 Maybe in one fire. But four? 230 00:08:44,625 --> 00:08:46,093 Yeah? So? 231 00:08:46,126 --> 00:08:49,797 Well, the E-L-M isn't exactly a monolithic organization. 232 00:08:49,830 --> 00:08:51,198 Kids float in and float out. 233 00:08:51,231 --> 00:08:52,800 All right, we just keep busting their soldiers, 234 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:54,668 and they'll just keep recruiting more. 235 00:08:54,702 --> 00:08:57,905 -Hey. -Hey. 236 00:08:59,239 --> 00:09:00,708 Oh, where did you get that? 237 00:09:00,741 --> 00:09:02,242 E-L-M office. 238 00:09:02,275 --> 00:09:03,877 I'm positive I've seen that guy in the middle before. 239 00:09:03,911 --> 00:09:06,847 You stole this picture? 240 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,849 Well, it must have fallen off the bulletin board 241 00:09:08,882 --> 00:09:10,350 and gotten stuck to my shoe. 242 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:11,685 DON: Got to do what you got to do, 243 00:09:11,719 --> 00:09:12,853 right? 244 00:09:12,886 --> 00:09:14,154 ( beeps ) 245 00:09:14,187 --> 00:09:15,222 Wait a minute. You just see that? 246 00:09:15,255 --> 00:09:17,090 Look at that hat. 247 00:09:17,124 --> 00:09:18,626 MEGAN: LA Center College. 248 00:09:18,659 --> 00:09:20,093 Yeah, there's probably only a few thousand kids 249 00:09:20,127 --> 00:09:21,261 with that hat on. 250 00:09:21,294 --> 00:09:23,030 COLBY: Yeah. But hold on. Look at this. 251 00:09:24,998 --> 00:09:26,033 Right there. 252 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:27,901 How many of those show up at two different fires? 253 00:09:27,935 --> 00:09:29,603 MEGAN: 90 percent of all 254 00:09:29,637 --> 00:09:31,104 E-L-M activists are college students. 255 00:09:31,138 --> 00:09:32,372 They're all young, 256 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:33,707 white and male. 257 00:09:33,741 --> 00:09:34,307 COLBY: Yeah, but look at that. 258 00:09:34,341 --> 00:09:35,909 That's a good match. 259 00:09:35,943 --> 00:09:36,844 DON: Yeah, I agree. 260 00:09:36,877 --> 00:09:38,712 All right, so we got a face and a school. 261 00:09:38,746 --> 00:09:39,947 We just need a student ID match. 262 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:54,361 Ah, college. 263 00:09:56,196 --> 00:09:58,899 Here it is-- Room B. 264 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:00,267 Hey, wait a minute. 265 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:01,835 Door's open. 266 00:10:01,869 --> 00:10:03,871 Yeah, but anything we find can be subject 267 00:10:03,904 --> 00:10:06,039 to a challenge in court. 268 00:10:06,073 --> 00:10:08,909 Why don't we try and just break one law a day? 269 00:10:08,942 --> 00:10:11,144 ( headphones playing loudly ) 270 00:10:11,178 --> 00:10:12,946 * You kicked me in the head 271 00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:16,216 * When I'm on the ground 272 00:10:16,249 --> 00:10:20,888 * Stop dragging me down 273 00:10:20,921 --> 00:10:22,355 * Stop dragging me down... 274 00:10:22,389 --> 00:10:24,291 Hi, I'm trying to find Jake Eckworth. 275 00:10:24,324 --> 00:10:27,027 Can you tell me where I might find him? 276 00:10:27,060 --> 00:10:30,097 Uh, Jake's my roommate, but he doesn't tell me where he goes. 277 00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:31,965 Do you mind if we take a look around your room? 278 00:10:41,308 --> 00:10:43,343 So, is Jake a geography major? 279 00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:44,411 World history. 280 00:10:44,444 --> 00:10:45,913 What are you studying? 281 00:10:45,946 --> 00:10:47,214 Engineering. 282 00:10:47,247 --> 00:10:48,415 Oh. Cool. 283 00:10:50,851 --> 00:10:52,052 You're not going to find anything. 284 00:10:52,085 --> 00:10:53,286 He nukes the history. 285 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:54,187 COLBY: Really? 286 00:10:54,221 --> 00:10:55,756 And how do we know that? 287 00:10:55,789 --> 00:10:58,325 Well, because they're probably good friends, Granger. 288 00:10:58,358 --> 00:10:59,927 I'm sure he uses your laptop, 289 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:01,061 sometimes, right? 290 00:11:01,094 --> 00:11:02,429 Sometimes, yeah. 291 00:11:03,831 --> 00:11:04,932 You know, you should really wait 292 00:11:04,965 --> 00:11:05,999 until Jake gets back. 293 00:11:06,033 --> 00:11:08,068 Hold on a second, you said he deletes the history, 294 00:11:08,101 --> 00:11:10,771 so what if I run a system restore. 295 00:11:10,804 --> 00:11:13,073 You're going to mess up his software. 296 00:11:13,106 --> 00:11:14,341 Just use the hard drive trace. 297 00:11:14,374 --> 00:11:16,176 You can backdoor it from the desktop, 298 00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:18,311 instead of trying to drop through the C drive. 299 00:11:18,345 --> 00:11:19,279 ( computer beeping ) 300 00:11:22,916 --> 00:11:25,085 COLBY: "E-L-M.com." 301 00:11:25,118 --> 00:11:27,220 "Glendale Chamber of Commerce?" 302 00:11:27,254 --> 00:11:27,888 MEGAN: There's some notations 303 00:11:27,921 --> 00:11:29,056 on the map around Glendale. 304 00:11:29,089 --> 00:11:30,023 Yeah. 305 00:11:31,959 --> 00:11:33,326 Look at this: "Verdugo Ridge, 306 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:34,361 Glendale, California." 307 00:11:34,394 --> 00:11:36,096 "Private, luxury living space, 308 00:11:36,129 --> 00:11:37,931 opening fall 2006." 309 00:11:37,965 --> 00:11:39,432 This could be our guy. 310 00:11:39,466 --> 00:11:41,234 100 units being built on mountain habitat. 311 00:11:41,268 --> 00:11:43,136 Well, that fits the profile 312 00:11:43,170 --> 00:11:44,137 for an E-L-M target, 313 00:11:44,171 --> 00:11:45,138 doesn't it? 314 00:11:45,172 --> 00:11:47,207 It certainly does. 315 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:48,175 Thank you. 316 00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:56,817 It's pretty up here. 317 00:11:59,887 --> 00:12:01,488 That's his car, 318 00:12:01,521 --> 00:12:03,123 that blue Honda. 319 00:12:03,156 --> 00:12:04,291 Yeah, I see it. 320 00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:05,492 Colby, we go his car, you ready? 321 00:12:05,525 --> 00:12:07,995 COLBY ( over radio ): We're on the access road. 322 00:12:08,028 --> 00:12:09,997 He leaves, he has to come past us. 323 00:12:10,030 --> 00:12:11,198 All right. We're moving. 324 00:12:20,540 --> 00:12:22,242 You guys take this side. 325 00:12:57,177 --> 00:12:58,411 ( creaking ) 326 00:13:04,985 --> 00:13:06,319 Jake, FBI-- don't move. 327 00:13:06,353 --> 00:13:07,420 Jake, wait! 328 00:13:17,530 --> 00:13:19,532 Jake? Jake! 329 00:13:21,001 --> 00:13:22,035 Colby, he's coming your way. 330 00:13:22,069 --> 00:13:23,170 COLBY: Copy that, Don! 331 00:13:28,976 --> 00:13:31,478 FBI! Freeze! 332 00:13:31,511 --> 00:13:33,947 Freeze! Drop the bag! 333 00:13:33,981 --> 00:13:34,481 Get your hands up. 334 00:13:34,514 --> 00:13:35,148 Get them up! 335 00:13:37,517 --> 00:13:39,152 I haven't done anything. 336 00:13:40,220 --> 00:13:42,055 Wow... 337 00:13:42,089 --> 00:13:44,124 cigarettes, lighter, spray paint. 338 00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:45,458 Thought you guys 339 00:13:45,492 --> 00:13:46,526 were all about clean air. 340 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,102 I didn't set any fires. 341 00:13:55,135 --> 00:13:56,069 Really? 342 00:13:56,103 --> 00:13:57,170 Cause the local news 343 00:13:57,204 --> 00:13:59,106 puts you at two E-L-M fires 344 00:13:59,139 --> 00:14:00,107 in the past three weeks. 345 00:14:01,308 --> 00:14:02,342 E-L-M is being set up. 346 00:14:02,375 --> 00:14:04,077 What, Jake, you don't want credit? 347 00:14:04,111 --> 00:14:05,578 Why's that, cause someone's dead now? 348 00:14:05,612 --> 00:14:06,579 E-L-M events are carefully planned 349 00:14:06,613 --> 00:14:07,915 to protect human life. 350 00:14:07,948 --> 00:14:08,916 MEGAN: Yeah, but then... 351 00:14:08,949 --> 00:14:10,350 accidents happen, right? 352 00:14:10,383 --> 00:14:13,453 DON: What are you doing here, Jake? 353 00:14:13,486 --> 00:14:14,888 I'm just meeting a friend. 354 00:14:14,922 --> 00:14:16,289 MEGAN: Really? Because your roommate says 355 00:14:16,323 --> 00:14:17,124 you've been coming up here a lot. 356 00:14:19,226 --> 00:14:20,527 Who's that, Ethan? 357 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,195 Ethan's a wannabe, he doesn't know anything. 358 00:14:22,229 --> 00:14:22,896 Who's your friend? 359 00:14:24,631 --> 00:14:26,199 Just a concerned citizen. 360 00:14:26,233 --> 00:14:27,334 MEGAN: Concerned with what, Jake? 361 00:14:27,367 --> 00:14:29,937 Setting fires in Glendale? 362 00:14:29,970 --> 00:14:30,938 Oceans can absorb 363 00:14:30,971 --> 00:14:32,039 two gigatons of carbon yearly. 364 00:14:32,072 --> 00:14:33,941 We're putting four times that into the atmosphere 365 00:14:33,974 --> 00:14:34,942 with developments like this. 366 00:14:34,975 --> 00:14:35,909 How about this guy? 367 00:14:37,244 --> 00:14:38,345 How much carbon you put in the atmosphere 368 00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:40,247 burning a 32-year-old father? 369 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:41,248 Why don't you take a good look at that. 370 00:14:41,281 --> 00:14:42,249 Go ahead. Hmm? 371 00:14:42,282 --> 00:14:43,917 No? 372 00:14:45,986 --> 00:14:47,554 My only involvement with the E-L-M 373 00:14:47,587 --> 00:14:49,356 is to forward information to the media. 374 00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:51,091 I'm not, and have never been, involved 375 00:14:51,124 --> 00:14:52,225 in any illegal activity. 376 00:14:52,259 --> 00:14:53,226 I am aware that you can't hold me here 377 00:14:53,260 --> 00:14:54,127 without evidence. 378 00:14:54,161 --> 00:14:55,562 So, either release or get me a lawyer. 379 00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:03,270 Kid knew exactly what to say. 380 00:15:03,303 --> 00:15:04,637 Yeah, well, I used to be smarter 381 00:15:04,671 --> 00:15:05,438 than everybody else, too. 382 00:15:05,472 --> 00:15:07,474 Yeah, arrogance fits the profile 383 00:15:07,507 --> 00:15:09,977 of a political arsonist perfectly. 384 00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:11,511 Well, we definitely don't have enough to hold him. 385 00:15:11,544 --> 00:15:12,512 So, we're letting him go? 386 00:15:12,545 --> 00:15:15,215 No, we'll put him under tight surveillance, 387 00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:17,250 which will at least keep him from lighting another fire. 388 00:15:17,284 --> 00:15:18,952 All right. I'll check his phone records and credit cards. 389 00:15:18,986 --> 00:15:20,120 Try and connect a few dots. 390 00:15:20,153 --> 00:15:21,254 I think the roommate 391 00:15:21,288 --> 00:15:23,156 knows more than we got out of him. 392 00:15:23,190 --> 00:15:24,958 Yeah, if he hears Jake bad-mouthed him, 393 00:15:24,992 --> 00:15:26,259 might be a little more 394 00:15:26,293 --> 00:15:27,627 forthcoming, too. 395 00:15:27,660 --> 00:15:29,662 CHARLIE: So, were you able to determine 396 00:15:29,696 --> 00:15:31,531 what caused the booth to explode? 397 00:15:31,564 --> 00:15:32,532 Like I thought: back draft. 398 00:15:32,565 --> 00:15:34,701 The igniter was shoved under a seat cushion, 399 00:15:34,734 --> 00:15:36,636 creating a high level of heat in the booth. 400 00:15:36,669 --> 00:15:37,637 Limited oxygen. 401 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:38,638 Door opens and "boom." 402 00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:39,872 So, let me get this straight. 403 00:15:39,906 --> 00:15:44,077 The arsonist throws a Molotov cocktail to start one fire, 404 00:15:44,111 --> 00:15:45,178 but not the other. 405 00:15:45,212 --> 00:15:46,113 Molotov cocktails are tricky. 406 00:15:46,146 --> 00:15:48,115 I mean, if you want a structure to burn, 407 00:15:48,148 --> 00:15:49,449 a simple fuse ignition source is easier. 408 00:15:49,482 --> 00:15:50,717 Gives a better shot at success. 409 00:15:50,750 --> 00:15:55,022 Well, right now I'm working on a principled components analysis 410 00:15:55,055 --> 00:15:57,290 to give us a more accurate arson signature. 411 00:15:57,324 --> 00:15:59,659 Well, great, but how do you do that with seven data points? 412 00:15:59,692 --> 00:16:00,560 Oh, no, 413 00:16:00,593 --> 00:16:02,429 Charles is considering using over 600. 414 00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:03,130 Six hundred? 415 00:16:03,163 --> 00:16:04,164 CHARLIE: Well, you're looking 416 00:16:04,197 --> 00:16:05,298 at rate of heat, 417 00:16:05,332 --> 00:16:06,666 time span and weather, right? 418 00:16:06,699 --> 00:16:07,367 Yeah, that's right. 419 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,136 Right, so I'm just calculating 420 00:16:09,169 --> 00:16:11,704 you know, heat absorption, the rate of fuel burn, 421 00:16:11,738 --> 00:16:13,140 and the torching index. 422 00:16:13,173 --> 00:16:14,607 That's a little beyond what we're capable of 423 00:16:14,641 --> 00:16:16,309 in the fire department, I'll tell you that. 424 00:16:16,343 --> 00:16:19,546 Can I also see all the arson records for L.A. County 425 00:16:19,579 --> 00:16:21,981 that you have access to for, like, the past year? 426 00:16:23,150 --> 00:16:25,185 That's several thousand fires. 427 00:16:25,218 --> 00:16:27,054 Mm, that's a pretty limited sample. 428 00:16:27,087 --> 00:16:28,321 You know what? 429 00:16:28,355 --> 00:16:30,090 Make it the past two years. 430 00:16:31,224 --> 00:16:32,425 Okay. 431 00:16:32,459 --> 00:16:34,394 MEGAN: He's a 17-year-old sophomore. 432 00:16:34,427 --> 00:16:35,428 And I did some checking. 433 00:16:35,462 --> 00:16:36,529 He published a paper 434 00:16:36,563 --> 00:16:39,099 in the International Journal of Civil Engineering. 435 00:16:39,132 --> 00:16:41,134 Oh, at 17, that's impressive. 436 00:16:41,168 --> 00:16:42,135 Yeah. 437 00:16:42,169 --> 00:16:44,104 I, uh, want you to talk to him, 438 00:16:44,137 --> 00:16:47,107 see if you could get me some insight on him. 439 00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:49,076 That's your field, Agent Reeves. 440 00:16:49,109 --> 00:16:53,246 Yeah, but he's a young genius in college with older kids, 441 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:54,614 so I'm guessing he's feeling some of 442 00:16:54,647 --> 00:16:57,117 the same social pressures you did. 443 00:16:57,150 --> 00:16:59,186 I'm looking for a button to push. 444 00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:01,721 Are these seats taken? 445 00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:08,228 I don't have anything to say to you. 446 00:17:08,261 --> 00:17:09,229 What's the matter? 447 00:17:09,262 --> 00:17:10,763 You told Jake I spoke to you. 448 00:17:10,797 --> 00:17:13,100 Yeah, but I didn't tell him anything you said. 449 00:17:14,667 --> 00:17:15,635 Who's this? 450 00:17:15,668 --> 00:17:17,537 A friend. 451 00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:19,172 Ethan, Jake's headed for a fall, 452 00:17:19,206 --> 00:17:20,307 and he's not the kind of guy you want to be near 453 00:17:20,340 --> 00:17:21,241 when he goes down. 454 00:17:21,274 --> 00:17:24,244 Let me guess-- prom queen? 455 00:17:24,277 --> 00:17:25,245 Cheerleader? 456 00:17:25,278 --> 00:17:26,579 Excuse me? 457 00:17:26,613 --> 00:17:29,216 You don't know what it's like. 458 00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:32,085 The ones that don't ignore me 459 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:33,253 make me feel like a freak. 460 00:17:33,286 --> 00:17:34,387 Scared of you... 461 00:17:34,421 --> 00:17:37,657 because they'll never catch up to you in the classroom. 462 00:17:37,690 --> 00:17:42,129 Only talking to you when they want your help. 463 00:17:42,162 --> 00:17:44,264 And when they do let you sit with them, 464 00:17:44,297 --> 00:17:46,433 they have conversations that go over your head, 465 00:17:46,466 --> 00:17:48,235 and nothing's supposed to go over your head. 466 00:17:50,337 --> 00:17:51,838 Jake talks to you. 467 00:17:51,871 --> 00:17:56,343 You wonder if he's the first and last person who ever will. 468 00:18:00,780 --> 00:18:01,814 Jake says he's innocent. 469 00:18:01,848 --> 00:18:02,615 Well, okay. 470 00:18:02,649 --> 00:18:05,718 Well, the best way to prove that is 471 00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:06,753 to help Agent Reeves. 472 00:18:06,786 --> 00:18:08,655 Help her get to the truth. 473 00:18:11,258 --> 00:18:12,359 You don't understand. 474 00:18:13,426 --> 00:18:15,094 May I? 475 00:18:19,266 --> 00:18:23,570 C sub h = NA sub 1 plus MA sub 2 where N = M. 476 00:18:24,871 --> 00:18:26,873 Single wall carbon nanotubes. 477 00:18:26,906 --> 00:18:28,375 Potential applications 478 00:18:28,408 --> 00:18:32,279 include artificial muscles, combat jackets... 479 00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:33,313 and a space elevator. 480 00:18:36,216 --> 00:18:37,317 I understand. 481 00:18:41,221 --> 00:18:42,322 What do you want? 482 00:18:42,355 --> 00:18:43,690 I want the name of the person 483 00:18:43,723 --> 00:18:45,292 that Jake was meeting in Glendale. 484 00:18:48,628 --> 00:18:51,364 He has these friends from Oregon. 485 00:18:51,398 --> 00:18:53,933 He talks to them online. 486 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:54,867 I have to go. 487 00:18:59,806 --> 00:19:01,508 I guess it does pays off sometimes 488 00:19:01,541 --> 00:19:03,576 to be a know-it-all. 489 00:19:06,246 --> 00:19:09,182 A back draft is a fascinating phenomena. 490 00:19:09,216 --> 00:19:10,783 We can demonstrate it with this candle. 491 00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:13,786 It's also called a smoke explosion. 492 00:19:13,820 --> 00:19:15,955 The flame causes the hot gases 493 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:19,492 rising from the candle to... 494 00:19:19,526 --> 00:19:20,493 reignite. 495 00:19:20,527 --> 00:19:21,361 Somehow I missed the fact 496 00:19:21,394 --> 00:19:23,396 that the CalSci Engineering Department 497 00:19:23,430 --> 00:19:24,697 had a combustion lab. 498 00:19:24,731 --> 00:19:25,898 It's pretty neat, huh? 499 00:19:25,932 --> 00:19:28,435 We converted it from an old laundry room. 500 00:19:28,468 --> 00:19:29,502 Well, thank you, Professor Waldie, 501 00:19:29,536 --> 00:19:30,703 for setting this whole thing up. 502 00:19:30,737 --> 00:19:32,239 "Bill," please, 503 00:19:32,272 --> 00:19:33,606 and you don't have to thank me. 504 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,508 Creating the conditions for a back draft, 505 00:19:35,542 --> 00:19:38,511 that's just way cool. 506 00:19:38,545 --> 00:19:40,913 Well, here's our booth. 507 00:19:40,947 --> 00:19:42,782 And, as noted in the arson report, we have: 508 00:19:42,815 --> 00:19:44,417 insulated compartment, 509 00:19:44,451 --> 00:19:46,253 combustible ceiling. 510 00:19:46,286 --> 00:19:50,390 Now, this geometry will starve the fire just enough 511 00:19:50,423 --> 00:19:51,458 so that when this door is opened, 512 00:19:51,491 --> 00:19:52,792 oxygen will rush inside, 513 00:19:52,825 --> 00:19:54,661 creating a gravity current 514 00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:57,930 of cold air and hot gases and, boom, 515 00:19:57,964 --> 00:19:59,799 smoke explosion, aka, 516 00:19:59,832 --> 00:20:01,334 a back draft. 517 00:20:01,368 --> 00:20:03,002 All we need is the heat source. 518 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:04,003 Yeah. 519 00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:05,805 That would be me. 520 00:20:05,838 --> 00:20:08,275 I thought we could use 521 00:20:08,308 --> 00:20:09,642 the same brand 522 00:20:09,676 --> 00:20:11,278 that the arson investigator found. 523 00:20:11,311 --> 00:20:13,546 And you're ready to go. 524 00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:14,681 Where'd you get a cigarette? 525 00:20:14,714 --> 00:20:16,616 I know a guy. 526 00:20:16,649 --> 00:20:19,552 Okay. So. 527 00:20:19,586 --> 00:20:21,688 Stevens said that the arsonist probably 528 00:20:21,721 --> 00:20:23,856 placed the igniter near some fuel, 529 00:20:23,890 --> 00:20:24,891 like a seat cushion. 530 00:20:24,924 --> 00:20:26,526 Mm-hmm. 531 00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:28,695 This type of foam is an excellent 532 00:20:28,728 --> 00:20:30,297 hydrocarbon-based fuel. 533 00:20:35,402 --> 00:20:36,336 Okay. 534 00:20:41,674 --> 00:20:42,675 ( lights match ) 535 00:21:05,832 --> 00:21:07,467 Temperature's rising. 536 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:09,502 When the temperature inside reaches 600 degrees, 537 00:21:09,536 --> 00:21:10,670 we'll open the door 538 00:21:10,703 --> 00:21:13,340 and add oxygen. 539 00:21:13,373 --> 00:21:14,474 Okay, well. 540 00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:16,509 If the scorch marks and flame indicators were recorded 541 00:21:16,543 --> 00:21:18,878 correctly for a 5:41 AM start time, 542 00:21:18,911 --> 00:21:22,949 then wind and outside pressure are a check. 543 00:21:22,982 --> 00:21:27,854 And at 600 degrees we should be good to go on a back draft. 544 00:21:28,988 --> 00:21:31,424 We're almost there. 545 00:21:40,733 --> 00:21:41,868 Easy. 546 00:21:49,676 --> 00:21:51,077 Huh. 547 00:21:53,012 --> 00:21:56,849 Did we ventilate the booth properly? 548 00:21:56,883 --> 00:21:58,851 According to my calculations, yeah, we did. 549 00:21:58,885 --> 00:22:01,721 Heat release, burn rate, air, time. 550 00:22:01,754 --> 00:22:02,922 There's no error 551 00:22:02,955 --> 00:22:03,856 in your math. 552 00:22:03,890 --> 00:22:04,691 No, no. 553 00:22:04,724 --> 00:22:07,326 That's a statement, not a question. 554 00:22:09,095 --> 00:22:14,934 The booth fire couldn't have been caused by a back draft. 555 00:22:14,967 --> 00:22:17,937 All right, so if it wasn't a back draft, then what was it? 556 00:22:17,970 --> 00:22:20,807 Given the speed of the flame, the heat, 557 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:24,811 the fire must have been assisted by some sort of accelerant. 558 00:22:24,844 --> 00:22:26,546 The lab came back negative for any accelerant. 559 00:22:26,579 --> 00:22:28,948 But some accelerants, when used in small amounts, 560 00:22:28,981 --> 00:22:30,683 often easily evaporate. 561 00:22:30,717 --> 00:22:32,819 Like hydrogen peroxide, for instance. 562 00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:34,053 STEVENS: High concentrate hydrogen peroxide 563 00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:37,557 might oxidize the fire enough for enough for an explosion 564 00:22:37,590 --> 00:22:38,958 and not leave a trace. 565 00:22:38,991 --> 00:22:41,093 But that's difficult to obtain, legally anyway. 566 00:22:41,127 --> 00:22:42,629 MEGAN: Are we talking about 567 00:22:42,662 --> 00:22:44,464 the hydrogen peroxide in my medicine cabinet? 568 00:22:44,497 --> 00:22:46,866 STEVENS: Charlie's talking about industrial grade. 569 00:22:46,899 --> 00:22:48,868 Yeah, but Larry gets it for his intro class every year. 570 00:22:48,901 --> 00:22:50,670 So a student could get their hands on it. 571 00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:51,971 COLBY: Hold on a second. 572 00:22:52,004 --> 00:22:53,440 If he uses gasoline for the SUV, 573 00:22:53,473 --> 00:22:54,674 why not use it for the booth? 574 00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:55,708 That would have been easier. 575 00:22:55,742 --> 00:22:58,445 It's more like choosing a poison 576 00:22:58,478 --> 00:23:00,012 that wouldn't show up in an autopsy. 577 00:23:00,046 --> 00:23:02,849 So you're saying they intended to kill whoever opened the door? 578 00:23:02,882 --> 00:23:05,852 You know, Larry posited that the character of the fire 579 00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:07,454 will reveal the character 580 00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:09,756 of the person who set it. 581 00:23:11,023 --> 00:23:12,859 Yeah. Larry's right. 582 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:14,093 And the person who 583 00:23:14,126 --> 00:23:15,795 set this fire is a murderer. 584 00:23:23,970 --> 00:23:26,606 The security booth fire is an intentional homicide. 585 00:23:26,639 --> 00:23:28,608 The E.L.M. has no history of murder. 586 00:23:28,641 --> 00:23:30,142 Yeah, but these nuts hide five-inch spikes 587 00:23:30,176 --> 00:23:31,210 in the trunks of trees. 588 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:32,945 If nobody dies, that's just luck. 589 00:23:32,979 --> 00:23:34,481 I'm not defending their methods, 590 00:23:34,514 --> 00:23:36,983 but the E.L.M. has stuck to environmental targets-- 591 00:23:37,016 --> 00:23:39,452 construction projects, chemical pollutants. 592 00:23:39,486 --> 00:23:41,153 The injuries have been unintentional. 593 00:23:41,187 --> 00:23:42,722 Well, not that dealership fire, right? 594 00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:44,156 I mean, that was designed to kill. 595 00:23:44,190 --> 00:23:46,526 Yeah, so either that wasn't the E.L.M. or... 596 00:23:46,559 --> 00:23:47,760 Or else their membership just got 597 00:23:47,794 --> 00:23:49,161 a hell of a lot less exclusive. 598 00:23:49,195 --> 00:23:50,730 The roommate said Jake was in touch 599 00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:52,465 -with people from Oregon, right? -Online. 600 00:23:52,499 --> 00:23:55,001 Yeah, but I checked his e-mails, I.M.'s and phone records, 601 00:23:55,034 --> 00:23:55,868 and I didn't find anything. 602 00:23:55,902 --> 00:23:56,869 What about chat rooms? 603 00:23:56,903 --> 00:23:58,738 Find out who their I.S.P. is, 604 00:23:58,771 --> 00:24:00,573 and subpoena their records, all right? 605 00:24:06,679 --> 00:24:10,983 Used to be this garage was for laundry and parking a car. 606 00:24:11,017 --> 00:24:13,152 Sorry. All my cognitive emergence theory work's 607 00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:15,922 over there, so we had to expand out. 608 00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:17,524 My God. 609 00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:20,259 You're pretty sure you can identify 610 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:22,028 a single arsonist? 611 00:24:22,061 --> 00:24:24,731 I'm not trying to identify a particular person. 612 00:24:24,764 --> 00:24:26,165 I'm using Principle Components Analysis 613 00:24:26,198 --> 00:24:31,604 and I'm inputting 600 variables to quantify 5,000 fires 614 00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:32,672 to create a database 615 00:24:32,705 --> 00:24:35,474 that links the fires to the people that set them. 616 00:24:37,076 --> 00:24:38,144 We're calling it a fireprint. 617 00:24:38,177 --> 00:24:39,178 What's the next variable? 618 00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:41,180 Piloted ignition temperature. 619 00:24:41,213 --> 00:24:44,183 Piloted ignition what? 620 00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:47,019 It's describing a fire that needs a spark to ignite itself. 621 00:24:47,053 --> 00:24:47,954 Oh. 622 00:24:47,987 --> 00:24:49,055 It's like a fuse being lit. 623 00:24:49,088 --> 00:24:51,524 The match and the fuse together both pilot the fire. 624 00:24:51,558 --> 00:24:52,525 How else does 625 00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:53,292 a fire get started? 626 00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:54,794 Spontaneous combustion. 627 00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:55,895 Yeah. 628 00:24:55,928 --> 00:24:58,631 A gas being heated to the point of producing a flame 629 00:24:58,665 --> 00:25:00,199 without there being an outside source. 630 00:25:00,232 --> 00:25:01,934 And that would be an un-piloted fire, right? 631 00:25:01,968 --> 00:25:04,737 Yeah, but you have this one described over here 632 00:25:04,771 --> 00:25:07,674 as a piloted and un-piloted fire. 633 00:25:07,707 --> 00:25:10,076 You know, the S.U.V. fire was started 634 00:25:10,109 --> 00:25:11,978 when gasoline was ignited by a flame-- piloted. 635 00:25:12,011 --> 00:25:13,245 But the booth fire 636 00:25:13,279 --> 00:25:18,117 was caused by heat rising to the point of oxidation-- un-piloted. 637 00:25:18,150 --> 00:25:19,586 That's right. The explosion of flame 638 00:25:19,619 --> 00:25:21,754 was caused by the combination of hot gases 639 00:25:21,788 --> 00:25:23,189 and the oxidation of hydrogen peroxide. 640 00:25:23,222 --> 00:25:23,990 That's a very 641 00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:25,958 complicated way of setting a fire. 642 00:25:25,992 --> 00:25:27,660 It is. 643 00:25:27,694 --> 00:25:30,196 Well, I mean, shouldn't they be considered two separate fires? 644 00:25:30,229 --> 00:25:31,798 I mean, for this to be 645 00:25:31,831 --> 00:25:32,932 considered a fingerprint, 646 00:25:32,965 --> 00:25:36,235 then shouldn't every fire have only one set of fingers? 647 00:25:36,268 --> 00:25:38,605 That's exactly right. 648 00:25:38,638 --> 00:25:41,140 One fire designed to kill, the other isn't. 649 00:25:41,173 --> 00:25:42,975 There's two different agendas. 650 00:25:43,009 --> 00:25:46,212 Two different arsonists. 651 00:25:46,245 --> 00:25:48,981 -Hey. -Hey. 652 00:25:49,015 --> 00:25:51,851 So Jake Eckworth's Internet service provider downloaded 653 00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:53,119 everything from his I.P. address. 654 00:25:53,152 --> 00:25:54,320 And? 655 00:25:54,353 --> 00:25:56,288 Well, turns out, he was using two different screen names 656 00:25:56,322 --> 00:25:57,857 and passwords. 657 00:25:57,890 --> 00:25:59,258 First one was fairly straightforward. 658 00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:01,994 EarthAvenger. His password was his birthday. 659 00:26:02,028 --> 00:26:03,996 But finding the password to the second screen name 660 00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:05,732 has been an entirely different story. 661 00:26:05,765 --> 00:26:07,834 Yeah, it looks like Eckworth used 662 00:26:07,867 --> 00:26:09,869 a Diffie-Hellman Encryption Code. 663 00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:11,137 ( whistles ) 664 00:26:11,170 --> 00:26:12,905 Basically, impossible to crack. 665 00:26:14,173 --> 00:26:16,008 And I'm guessing we're gonna find 666 00:26:16,042 --> 00:26:17,176 all the good stuff 667 00:26:17,209 --> 00:26:18,878 behind that encrypted password. 668 00:26:18,911 --> 00:26:21,614 His second screen name is NanoTube? 669 00:26:21,648 --> 00:26:23,883 Yeah. Sounds like a nerd porno star, huh? 670 00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:25,718 Shows me where your head is at, Granger. 671 00:26:25,752 --> 00:26:28,154 It's a technical term. 672 00:26:28,187 --> 00:26:32,258 I heard it used the other day... 673 00:26:32,291 --> 00:26:34,694 when I was interviewing Ethan Powell. 674 00:26:38,097 --> 00:26:39,966 How sure are you? 675 00:26:39,999 --> 00:26:41,634 Mathematically, I'm almost positive. 676 00:26:41,668 --> 00:26:43,836 You see, when fires are being investigated, 677 00:26:43,870 --> 00:26:45,037 several elements are studied, 678 00:26:45,071 --> 00:26:47,173 elements that form together to create a fire signature. 679 00:26:47,206 --> 00:26:49,909 But unlike handwriting, 680 00:26:49,942 --> 00:26:51,644 elements of the fire signature 681 00:26:51,678 --> 00:26:54,080 are more general and less individually specific. 682 00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:58,751 Elements like scorch marks, rate of burn, accelerants, gas, 683 00:26:58,785 --> 00:27:00,787 acetone, kerosene, alcohol. 684 00:27:00,820 --> 00:27:03,289 So, I created a more specific analysis, 685 00:27:03,322 --> 00:27:05,324 just like I did with the theory of fingerprinting. 686 00:27:05,357 --> 00:27:06,793 I thought you didn't like fingerprinting. 687 00:27:06,826 --> 00:27:07,760 I don't. 688 00:27:07,794 --> 00:27:09,696 The points of comparison aren't standardized. 689 00:27:09,729 --> 00:27:10,763 Now with fingerprints, 690 00:27:10,797 --> 00:27:13,099 it's generally believed that no two are the same. 691 00:27:13,132 --> 00:27:16,402 Well, that level of specificity allows you to find matches 692 00:27:16,435 --> 00:27:19,105 with as little as seven points of commonality. 693 00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:23,375 My fireprint analysis uses over 600 precise variables 694 00:27:23,409 --> 00:27:26,679 projected down to a 15-dimensional hyperplane. 695 00:27:26,713 --> 00:27:29,215 So we have 15 numerical coordinates 696 00:27:29,248 --> 00:27:31,283 to match that level of specificity. 697 00:27:31,317 --> 00:27:36,255 Now... these are the fireprints from the two fires set 698 00:27:36,288 --> 00:27:37,690 at the S.U.V. dealership. 699 00:27:37,724 --> 00:27:38,691 Mm-hmm. 700 00:27:38,725 --> 00:27:39,358 They're not the same. 701 00:27:39,391 --> 00:27:40,226 Two different patterns. 702 00:27:40,259 --> 00:27:41,961 When I ran these comparisons against 703 00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:44,230 other fires set in L.A., I found matches. 704 00:27:44,263 --> 00:27:46,332 The S.U.V. fire was nearly identical 705 00:27:46,365 --> 00:27:48,701 to three other previous E.L.M. fires. 706 00:27:48,735 --> 00:27:50,837 But the security booth fire 707 00:27:50,870 --> 00:27:52,839 was extremely dissimilar. 708 00:27:52,872 --> 00:27:54,841 So someone else set that fire. 709 00:27:54,874 --> 00:27:56,008 That's the theory. 710 00:27:56,042 --> 00:27:58,277 All right, so two arsonists. 711 00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:00,179 CHARLIE: Yeah. When I ran the security booth fire 712 00:28:00,212 --> 00:28:03,249 against my database, I found 17 identical fires 713 00:28:03,282 --> 00:28:05,384 going back almost five years. 714 00:28:05,417 --> 00:28:07,486 Five years? 715 00:28:07,519 --> 00:28:10,122 And none, not one of them, had any environmental agenda 716 00:28:10,156 --> 00:28:13,125 or even the remotest connection to the E.L.M. 717 00:28:13,159 --> 00:28:16,162 So one guy sets a typical E.L.M. fire in the S.U.V... 718 00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:18,364 And the other guy sets the security booth fire, 719 00:28:18,397 --> 00:28:20,833 only that one is intended to actually kill somebody. 720 00:28:20,867 --> 00:28:22,001 A leader and a follower. 721 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:23,102 It's Leopold and Loeb. 722 00:28:23,135 --> 00:28:25,404 Leopold and who? 723 00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:28,174 It was the most sensational murder of the 1920s. 724 00:28:28,207 --> 00:28:29,876 These two guys killed a little boy 725 00:28:29,909 --> 00:28:31,143 simply to prove that they could. 726 00:28:31,177 --> 00:28:32,912 Loeb was the dominant personality, 727 00:28:32,945 --> 00:28:34,914 -and Leopold looked up to him. -( cell phone rings ) 728 00:28:34,947 --> 00:28:36,983 Jake Eckworth. Ethan Powell. 729 00:28:37,016 --> 00:28:39,185 Eppes. 730 00:28:39,218 --> 00:28:41,153 Yeah. On our way. 731 00:28:41,187 --> 00:28:42,889 Okay. Another fire. 732 00:28:42,922 --> 00:28:44,824 How is that possible? 733 00:28:44,857 --> 00:28:46,358 Eckworth's been under surveillance. 734 00:28:46,392 --> 00:28:48,127 Yeah, but Ethan hasn't been. 735 00:28:50,196 --> 00:28:54,033 ( sirens blaring ) 736 00:29:06,846 --> 00:29:08,514 It's arson. 737 00:29:08,547 --> 00:29:09,916 E.L.M. again. 738 00:29:09,949 --> 00:29:11,784 The fire was contained to the sixth floor. 739 00:29:11,818 --> 00:29:12,785 What's up there? 740 00:29:12,819 --> 00:29:14,420 Oil exploration company. 741 00:29:14,453 --> 00:29:17,089 They have bids in to drill in Alaska. 742 00:29:17,123 --> 00:29:18,357 What exactly happened? 743 00:29:18,390 --> 00:29:20,259 Standard teams went in, got up there, 744 00:29:20,292 --> 00:29:22,929 flashover hit six guys before they had a chance to get out. 745 00:29:22,962 --> 00:29:24,196 What's flashover? 746 00:29:24,230 --> 00:29:27,066 When everything in the room ignites at once. 747 00:29:27,099 --> 00:29:27,900 CHARLIE: What might have prevented 748 00:29:27,934 --> 00:29:29,501 the entire building from burning? 749 00:29:29,535 --> 00:29:33,940 Fire doors must have done their job. 750 00:29:33,973 --> 00:29:35,174 Lucky for us, huh? 751 00:29:41,347 --> 00:29:43,549 Fire doors, my ass. 752 00:29:43,582 --> 00:29:45,818 That fire wasn't meant to burn the building, 753 00:29:45,852 --> 00:29:47,153 it was meant to hit those men. 754 00:29:47,186 --> 00:29:50,089 Let's say the arsonist, or arsonists, plural, 755 00:29:50,122 --> 00:29:52,158 know how to engineer a back draft. 756 00:29:52,191 --> 00:29:53,459 Then doesn't it stand to reason 757 00:29:53,492 --> 00:29:55,161 that they could create a flashover? 758 00:29:55,194 --> 00:29:59,098 Well, look, we're talking about a serial killer now, right? 759 00:29:59,131 --> 00:30:01,467 Yeah. Who's using fires as a weapon. 760 00:30:05,537 --> 00:30:07,139 CHARLIE: So they're saying the fire doors 761 00:30:07,173 --> 00:30:09,475 were able to contain the blaze to the sixth floor. 762 00:30:09,508 --> 00:30:11,978 Okay, which supports Megan's theory that people 763 00:30:12,011 --> 00:30:14,580 were the arsonist's real target. 764 00:30:14,613 --> 00:30:16,482 How did he do this? 765 00:30:16,515 --> 00:30:18,250 Likely, used an accelerant. 766 00:30:18,284 --> 00:30:20,119 STEVENS: There was no accelerant. 767 00:30:20,152 --> 00:30:21,053 Hang in there, man. 768 00:30:21,087 --> 00:30:23,089 I double-checked the thermodynamics myself. 769 00:30:23,122 --> 00:30:24,390 There was no accelerant. 770 00:30:24,423 --> 00:30:26,558 If you don't mind-- this is me just being me- 771 00:30:26,592 --> 00:30:28,961 -I'd like to recheck those calculations. -Please. 772 00:30:28,995 --> 00:30:31,530 I am just about at the end of my rope. 773 00:30:31,563 --> 00:30:34,233 How long were the men up there? 774 00:30:34,266 --> 00:30:35,634 No more than a few seconds. 775 00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:37,236 And that was sufficient to cause all this? 776 00:30:37,269 --> 00:30:38,304 It shouldn't have been. 777 00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:39,906 Continue, please. 778 00:30:39,939 --> 00:30:42,074 Well, this was a fairly typical fire. 779 00:30:42,108 --> 00:30:43,876 I mean, given it was a high rise, 780 00:30:43,910 --> 00:30:45,444 it presented certain logistical problems, 781 00:30:45,477 --> 00:30:46,545 but nothing that these guys 782 00:30:46,578 --> 00:30:47,679 shouldn't have been able to handle. 783 00:30:47,713 --> 00:30:50,516 I mean, they hooked their hoses to the standpipe, okay? 784 00:30:50,549 --> 00:30:51,984 What is that, the standpipe? 785 00:30:52,018 --> 00:30:52,919 The building's water supply pipe. 786 00:30:52,952 --> 00:30:54,987 -It's firefighter use only. -And it was 787 00:30:55,021 --> 00:30:56,923 -functioning properly? -The truck's computer said it had 788 00:30:56,956 --> 00:30:57,990 all the water it needed. 789 00:30:58,024 --> 00:31:00,259 This fire should have been out in a few minutes. 790 00:31:00,292 --> 00:31:01,860 Then why didn't it go out? 791 00:31:05,297 --> 00:31:06,532 That's the same question 792 00:31:06,565 --> 00:31:08,334 I have six families asking me right now. 793 00:31:13,172 --> 00:31:14,273 That's it. 794 00:31:14,306 --> 00:31:16,075 It's all there. 795 00:31:24,416 --> 00:31:27,019 So you set all the fires? 796 00:31:27,053 --> 00:31:29,155 Your buddy Jake had nothing to do with it, huh? 797 00:31:29,188 --> 00:31:30,156 Yep. It was all me. 798 00:31:37,396 --> 00:31:40,566 First degree murder, that's life in prison if you're lucky. 799 00:31:42,201 --> 00:31:44,203 That's a big weight to carry alone. 800 00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:45,504 You still don't think 801 00:31:45,537 --> 00:31:46,939 I'm capable of it, do you? 802 00:31:46,973 --> 00:31:48,340 My I.Q. is over 160. 803 00:31:48,374 --> 00:31:50,709 What I didn't think you were capable of 804 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:52,044 was being this stupid. 805 00:31:55,347 --> 00:31:58,517 You need to sign it the bottom, initial each page. 806 00:32:06,492 --> 00:32:10,729 ( sighs ) 807 00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:12,498 Maybe he's telling the truth. 808 00:32:12,531 --> 00:32:15,201 Charlie's fireprint proves that there were 809 00:32:15,234 --> 00:32:16,202 two different arsonists 810 00:32:16,235 --> 00:32:17,336 at that car dealership. 811 00:32:17,369 --> 00:32:21,507 And one of them is intentionally trying to kill people. 812 00:32:21,540 --> 00:32:23,675 I don't think Ethan has that in him. 813 00:32:23,709 --> 00:32:27,013 Press Relations has already issued a release 814 00:32:27,046 --> 00:32:29,681 saying we found our guy. 815 00:32:29,715 --> 00:32:33,385 You know, 300 years ago, London burned to the ground, 816 00:32:33,419 --> 00:32:36,388 and the guy that confessed to it wasn't even in London 817 00:32:36,422 --> 00:32:38,024 the night of the fire. 818 00:32:38,057 --> 00:32:39,125 But they didn't realize that 819 00:32:39,158 --> 00:32:40,592 till two days after they hanged him. 820 00:32:42,561 --> 00:32:45,231 Sometimes, people say things to be noticed 821 00:32:45,264 --> 00:32:47,366 because sometimes, being ignored 822 00:32:47,399 --> 00:32:49,101 is worse than being blamed. 823 00:32:51,403 --> 00:32:53,772 CHARLIE: Steven's calculations were correct. 824 00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:57,109 There was no accelerant and the computer read-out on the truck 825 00:32:57,143 --> 00:32:58,377 was functioning properly. 826 00:32:58,410 --> 00:33:01,413 Yeah, okay, small fire, no accelerant, 827 00:33:01,447 --> 00:33:02,481 a sufficiency of water. 828 00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:04,550 The fire should have been extinguished in minutes. 829 00:33:04,583 --> 00:33:06,318 Yeah. 830 00:33:07,286 --> 00:33:09,588 And reality agrees. 831 00:33:09,621 --> 00:33:11,223 The fire goes out. 832 00:33:12,691 --> 00:33:13,525 ( Alan clears throat ) 833 00:33:13,559 --> 00:33:16,528 You know, I'm not even going to ask. 834 00:33:16,562 --> 00:33:18,230 Okay, look, there was another fire, 835 00:33:18,264 --> 00:33:20,132 and, apparently, a signed confession 836 00:33:20,166 --> 00:33:23,069 does not satisfy Professor Eppes' standard of guilt. 837 00:33:23,102 --> 00:33:24,536 CHARLIE: I sort of understand what it's like 838 00:33:24,570 --> 00:33:25,704 to be this kid, Ethan Powell. 839 00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:27,673 You know... my freshman year at Princeton, 840 00:33:27,706 --> 00:33:29,808 there were times I where pretty desperate to fit in, 841 00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:31,043 any way I could. 842 00:33:31,077 --> 00:33:32,111 ALAN: What are you saying? 843 00:33:32,144 --> 00:33:34,746 That you are who you are because of just dumb luck? 844 00:33:34,780 --> 00:33:36,415 That you were just 845 00:33:36,448 --> 00:33:38,550 one roommate away from being a pyromaniac? 846 00:33:38,584 --> 00:33:39,551 No, of course not. 847 00:33:39,585 --> 00:33:41,153 That's clearly not what I mean. 848 00:33:41,187 --> 00:33:42,121 ALAN: Good. 849 00:33:42,154 --> 00:33:44,156 Because that wouldn't say much for the time 850 00:33:44,190 --> 00:33:45,824 that your mother and I put into raising you, 851 00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:47,426 He makes a good point, Charles. 852 00:33:47,459 --> 00:33:49,761 You know, there's just something I don't understand. 853 00:33:49,795 --> 00:33:52,598 Dad, you know about fire suppression systems. 854 00:33:52,631 --> 00:33:53,832 You know about standpipes and sprinklers. 855 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:55,301 ALAN: Yeah, of course. 856 00:33:55,334 --> 00:33:56,435 That was one of the highest priorities 857 00:33:56,468 --> 00:33:58,604 and one of the biggest headaches for a city planner. 858 00:33:58,637 --> 00:33:59,838 So answer me this. 859 00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:03,409 How could firefighters have adequate enough water pressure 860 00:34:03,442 --> 00:34:05,844 and still not be able to put out a fire? 861 00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:08,147 Let me show you. 862 00:34:09,248 --> 00:34:10,316 Larry. 863 00:34:10,349 --> 00:34:12,651 Turn the water on, okay? 864 00:34:12,684 --> 00:34:14,153 -High. -Yeah. 865 00:34:15,154 --> 00:34:16,488 ALAN: All right. 866 00:34:16,522 --> 00:34:17,589 -Now turn it lower. -Okay. 867 00:34:17,623 --> 00:34:20,526 Slowly. 868 00:34:20,559 --> 00:34:22,794 Not off. 869 00:34:22,828 --> 00:34:25,564 That's it. 870 00:34:27,366 --> 00:34:28,800 There. 871 00:34:28,834 --> 00:34:30,269 Dad, that's Pascal's Principle. 872 00:34:30,302 --> 00:34:32,471 Water distributes its force uniformly, 873 00:34:32,504 --> 00:34:34,640 There's no way to tell how much water volume there is 874 00:34:34,673 --> 00:34:36,108 based on the pressure. 875 00:34:42,881 --> 00:34:45,484 Fire hoses... 876 00:34:45,517 --> 00:34:47,453 have nozzles 877 00:34:47,486 --> 00:34:49,621 that automatically maintain high pressure, 878 00:34:49,655 --> 00:34:51,123 just like your thumb just did. 879 00:34:51,157 --> 00:34:53,492 And the pressure created by the nozzle 880 00:34:53,525 --> 00:34:56,762 hid the actual amount of water flowing through their hoses. 881 00:34:56,795 --> 00:34:58,530 So they were fooled into thinking 882 00:34:58,564 --> 00:35:00,466 they had normal amounts of water. 883 00:35:00,499 --> 00:35:02,501 Which means between the water supply 884 00:35:02,534 --> 00:35:04,436 and the fire fighters on the sixth floor... 885 00:35:04,470 --> 00:35:07,506 the actual water volume decreased. 886 00:35:07,539 --> 00:35:08,807 Which suggests 887 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,610 that someone tampered with the standpipe. 888 00:35:11,643 --> 00:35:13,445 Dad, who would know how 889 00:35:13,479 --> 00:35:15,514 a building's standpipe system works? 890 00:35:15,547 --> 00:35:18,384 Contractors, plumbers, firemen, engineers. 891 00:35:18,417 --> 00:35:20,486 I got to go talk to Don. 892 00:35:23,389 --> 00:35:25,224 Yeah, but I still have to take a shower, you know. 893 00:35:27,426 --> 00:35:29,895 -No, thanks. -Okay, all right. 894 00:35:29,928 --> 00:35:31,797 The arsonist tampered with the standpipe 895 00:35:31,830 --> 00:35:33,665 and reduced the water volume to a point 896 00:35:33,699 --> 00:35:35,534 that the firemen couldn't detect. 897 00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:38,804 The water pressure seemed normal when they turned their hoses on. 898 00:35:38,837 --> 00:35:40,806 Which would take a pretty sophisticated understanding 899 00:35:40,839 --> 00:35:43,542 -of engineering. -Which Ethan certainly has. 900 00:35:43,575 --> 00:35:45,511 Now, there are other factors, as well. 901 00:35:45,544 --> 00:35:46,645 Remember, he character of the fire... 902 00:35:46,678 --> 00:35:48,780 Should match the character of the person that set it. 903 00:35:48,814 --> 00:35:52,551 And whoever set the booth fire was clearly expecting a fireman 904 00:35:52,584 --> 00:35:54,286 to be the first responder. 905 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,688 Firemen were clearly the targets at the high-rise, as well, 906 00:35:56,722 --> 00:35:58,924 so your second arsonist 907 00:35:58,957 --> 00:36:00,426 is setting traps for firefighters. 908 00:36:00,459 --> 00:36:01,727 Which doesn't fit Ethan. 909 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,196 He's trying to impress Jake, 910 00:36:04,230 --> 00:36:05,697 and the E.L.M., and his peers. 911 00:36:05,731 --> 00:36:07,533 Doesn't that give us only half the team? 912 00:36:07,566 --> 00:36:09,701 Yeah, well, he ain't talking, so... 913 00:36:09,735 --> 00:36:12,571 Because he wants to take full credit for this. 914 00:36:12,604 --> 00:36:15,274 He doesn't understand what he's taking credit for 915 00:36:15,307 --> 00:36:15,974 is murder. 916 00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:17,909 Why did you bring me back here? 917 00:36:17,943 --> 00:36:19,511 MEGAN: Because I want the truth. 918 00:36:19,545 --> 00:36:21,247 I already told you the truth. 919 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,449 You only told me part of it. 920 00:36:23,482 --> 00:36:25,851 You think this makes you cool? 921 00:36:25,884 --> 00:36:28,487 You think this is gonna make other people look up to you? 922 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:29,988 Look, I told you everything I'm gonna tell you. 923 00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:31,557 Yeah. 924 00:36:31,590 --> 00:36:35,561 That's why I brought someone here for you to talk to. 925 00:36:36,628 --> 00:36:38,997 What are you doing here? 926 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:41,367 They told me what was going on. 927 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,636 Well, thanks for coming down, but I got it under control. 928 00:36:44,670 --> 00:36:45,304 I don't think so, dude. 929 00:36:45,337 --> 00:36:46,605 I don't care what you think. 930 00:36:46,638 --> 00:36:48,006 I think maybe you do care. 931 00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:50,642 I think maybe you care too much what I think. 932 00:36:50,676 --> 00:36:52,411 Don't flatter yourself, Jake. 933 00:36:52,444 --> 00:36:54,913 You know, sometimes, you can be a real jerk, Ethan. 934 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:57,983 You have any idea what it's like to be around a kid 935 00:36:58,016 --> 00:36:59,985 who thinks he knows everything and usually does? 936 00:37:00,018 --> 00:37:01,553 This guy you're protecting? 937 00:37:01,587 --> 00:37:02,621 He used you, Ethan. 938 00:37:02,654 --> 00:37:03,755 He wanted your engineering skills 939 00:37:03,789 --> 00:37:05,657 -to help him create more elaborate fires. -I don't know 940 00:37:05,691 --> 00:37:06,458 what you're talking about. 941 00:37:06,492 --> 00:37:07,593 Don't lie to them anymore, Ethan. 942 00:37:07,626 --> 00:37:12,464 You set it up for me to meet him in Glendale, remember? 943 00:37:17,636 --> 00:37:18,670 Dude, he wants to kill people. 944 00:37:18,704 --> 00:37:19,671 You're wrong. 945 00:37:19,705 --> 00:37:21,940 What happened to that salesman was an accident. 946 00:37:21,973 --> 00:37:24,009 When have you ever made an accident in engineering, Ethan? 947 00:37:24,042 --> 00:37:25,944 I mean, come on, you had to have some idea 948 00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:27,045 what this guy was doing. 949 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:29,481 You wanted to join the E-L-M, right? 950 00:37:29,515 --> 00:37:30,482 You wanted us all to think 951 00:37:30,516 --> 00:37:31,483 that you could handle what we're all about. 952 00:37:31,517 --> 00:37:33,952 Then show me now you can handle it, and tell them 953 00:37:33,985 --> 00:37:35,787 what they want to know. 954 00:37:35,821 --> 00:37:37,923 There are six firefighters in a hospital, 955 00:37:37,956 --> 00:37:39,625 fighting for their lives. 956 00:37:42,461 --> 00:37:43,729 Dude, it's okay. 957 00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:52,070 ( sighs ) 958 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:54,740 I don't know his name. 959 00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:56,408 We only talked online. 960 00:37:56,442 --> 00:37:57,609 MEGAN: Then give me your password 961 00:37:57,643 --> 00:37:58,510 to your second screen name, 962 00:37:58,544 --> 00:38:00,379 and we can trace him from your account. 963 00:38:01,747 --> 00:38:02,681 Ethan, 964 00:38:02,714 --> 00:38:05,384 you have to help us find him before he hurts 965 00:38:05,417 --> 00:38:06,485 someone else. 966 00:38:10,989 --> 00:38:14,560 I've got a line on the kid's ISP, 967 00:38:14,593 --> 00:38:17,529 which is giving me a back trace to his chat room buddy. 968 00:38:17,563 --> 00:38:20,098 Links up to a computer 969 00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:21,833 at 200 Anaheim Street. 970 00:38:21,867 --> 00:38:22,834 DON: Anaheim Street. 971 00:38:22,868 --> 00:38:23,635 Where's that? 972 00:38:23,669 --> 00:38:25,704 Station 117 firehouse. 973 00:38:25,737 --> 00:38:27,539 LAFD. 974 00:38:27,573 --> 00:38:30,409 Specifically, the Arson Investigation Squad. 975 00:38:30,442 --> 00:38:31,610 How do you know that? 976 00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:33,745 Remember I said that the one fireprint 977 00:38:33,779 --> 00:38:35,447 linked 17 fires over 5 years. 978 00:38:35,481 --> 00:38:36,748 Yeah. 979 00:38:36,782 --> 00:38:40,619 Guess who investigated all 17 of those fires? 980 00:38:40,652 --> 00:38:41,820 Stevens. 981 00:38:41,853 --> 00:38:44,456 Perfect-- he sets fires he knows he's going to investigate. 982 00:38:44,490 --> 00:38:45,857 Yeah, because it's easy to look smart 983 00:38:45,891 --> 00:38:47,593 when you know everything about the fire. 984 00:38:47,626 --> 00:38:49,595 Because you're the one who set it. 985 00:38:49,628 --> 00:38:51,497 He was using me all along. 986 00:38:51,530 --> 00:38:53,432 MEGAN: Serial arsonists have a driving need 987 00:38:53,465 --> 00:38:55,000 to prove they're smarter than everyone else. 988 00:38:55,033 --> 00:38:57,603 Stevens applied for the Los Angeles Fire Department 989 00:38:57,636 --> 00:38:58,704 eight years ago, 990 00:38:58,737 --> 00:38:59,738 and didn't pass the screening. 991 00:38:59,771 --> 00:39:01,006 He got a job at a smaller city 992 00:39:01,039 --> 00:39:03,008 and then worked his way back to L.A. 993 00:39:03,041 --> 00:39:04,610 We got two teams 994 00:39:04,643 --> 00:39:05,411 up at Stevens's house. 995 00:39:05,444 --> 00:39:06,845 CHP, PD, and Sheriff's Department 996 00:39:06,878 --> 00:39:08,780 have all been alerted, but there's no sign 997 00:39:08,814 --> 00:39:11,016 -of his car yet. -Megan, do you think he's the type to run? 998 00:39:11,049 --> 00:39:13,118 No. He's enjoyed this too much to let it end with a ride 999 00:39:13,151 --> 00:39:14,920 to Mexico-- he's gonna need to teach us a lesson. 1000 00:39:14,953 --> 00:39:15,921 Every fire he set 1001 00:39:15,954 --> 00:39:18,857 required days, really even weeks of planning. 1002 00:39:18,890 --> 00:39:20,792 Plus, he definitely saw us talking at that last fire, 1003 00:39:20,826 --> 00:39:21,727 so he knows we're close. 1004 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:23,629 Which makes him dangerous and in a hurry. 1005 00:39:23,662 --> 00:39:25,531 He was going to meet Jake at the Glendale development. 1006 00:39:25,564 --> 00:39:27,466 COLBY: That's right-- now, why there? 1007 00:39:27,499 --> 00:39:28,534 Unless he's planning a strike. 1008 00:39:28,567 --> 00:39:30,168 Yeah. All right, you come with me. 1009 00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:31,503 We need tactical and fire prevention units 1010 00:39:31,537 --> 00:39:32,871 up to Verdugo Ridge, ASAP! 1011 00:39:32,904 --> 00:39:34,005 MEGAN: Okay. 1012 00:39:34,039 --> 00:39:35,874 I don't see why he needed Ethan. 1013 00:39:35,907 --> 00:39:37,909 He wanted bigger and deadlier fires, Charlie. 1014 00:39:37,943 --> 00:39:40,512 Ethan's engineering skills could help him do that. 1015 00:39:40,546 --> 00:39:42,113 By pretending that he needed my help 1016 00:39:42,147 --> 00:39:44,015 with the arson investigations. 1017 00:39:44,049 --> 00:39:45,584 He did need your help, Charlie. 1018 00:39:45,617 --> 00:39:47,553 Serial killers will often contact the police 1019 00:39:47,586 --> 00:39:49,020 if an investigation stalls. 1020 00:39:49,054 --> 00:39:50,822 They know they're going to keep hurting people. 1021 00:39:50,856 --> 00:39:52,057 They want someone to stop them. 1022 00:39:52,090 --> 00:39:53,158 May I? 1023 00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:55,427 You did good. 1024 00:40:07,072 --> 00:40:10,208 ( wind howling ) 1025 00:40:10,241 --> 00:40:12,944 ( sirens wailing ) 1026 00:40:12,978 --> 00:40:14,846 ( tires screeching ) 1027 00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:37,035 Stevens! 1028 00:40:39,070 --> 00:40:40,839 Stevens, it's over! 1029 00:40:40,872 --> 00:40:41,940 You hear me?! 1030 00:40:41,973 --> 00:40:44,743 MEGAN: We know what happened to you eight years ago. 1031 00:40:44,776 --> 00:40:48,213 We know that the Los Angeles Fire Department turned you down. 1032 00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:54,620 STEVENS: They said I wasn't good enough. 1033 00:40:54,653 --> 00:40:55,721 MEGAN: I understand. 1034 00:40:57,288 --> 00:41:01,560 We know better-- we know what you're capable of. 1035 00:41:03,094 --> 00:41:04,863 Paul. 1036 00:41:04,896 --> 00:41:06,064 White phosphorous. 1037 00:41:06,097 --> 00:41:08,133 If this hits the air, it explodes. 1038 00:41:08,166 --> 00:41:09,100 Okay. 1039 00:41:09,134 --> 00:41:10,268 Kind of fire that really makes an impression. 1040 00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:11,737 Okay, let's just take it easy. 1041 00:41:11,770 --> 00:41:14,506 -Okay? Paul, just listen to me. -Back up. 1042 00:41:14,540 --> 00:41:15,040 -Paul? -Back up! 1043 00:41:15,073 --> 00:41:16,274 I'm backing up. 1044 00:41:16,307 --> 00:41:17,876 -Everybody back up. -Slowly. 1045 00:41:17,909 --> 00:41:18,744 We're backing up-- just relax. 1046 00:41:18,777 --> 00:41:21,079 Trust me, I know what I'm talking about. 1047 00:41:21,112 --> 00:41:21,747 Let's just talk. 1048 00:41:21,780 --> 00:41:23,014 Paul, don't. 1049 00:41:23,048 --> 00:41:24,015 Whatever you're thinking, don't do it. 1050 00:41:24,049 --> 00:41:24,883 I'm getting out of here. 1051 00:41:24,916 --> 00:41:26,251 -Don't do it! -Ow! 1052 00:41:45,804 --> 00:41:47,539 ( grunts ): Damn it. 1053 00:41:47,573 --> 00:41:49,575 Dad, Dad, Dad. 1054 00:41:49,608 --> 00:41:51,042 -Oh, boy. -Hey, guys. 1055 00:41:51,076 --> 00:41:52,911 What, you got, plumbing problems again? 1056 00:41:52,944 --> 00:41:54,913 More like one of Charlie's hands-on investigations. 1057 00:41:54,946 --> 00:41:57,182 I used the shower for a standpipe. 1058 00:41:57,215 --> 00:41:59,050 Now we're having a hard time un-using it. 1059 00:41:59,084 --> 00:42:00,552 Hey, that kid took a plea bargain. 1060 00:42:00,586 --> 00:42:02,320 He did? How many years. 1061 00:42:02,353 --> 00:42:04,255 Three years. 1062 00:42:04,289 --> 00:42:06,224 Boy, one wrong decision, his whole life's almost ruined. 1063 00:42:06,257 --> 00:42:07,325 Yeah. 1064 00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:08,694 Well, sometimes, that's all it takes. 1065 00:42:08,727 --> 00:42:10,128 CHARLIE: You know, I know what it's like 1066 00:42:10,161 --> 00:42:11,229 to be that kid. 1067 00:42:11,262 --> 00:42:14,065 I wished that I was a normal college kid sometimes. 1068 00:42:14,099 --> 00:42:15,867 Kind of tough when you're still in puberty. 1069 00:42:15,901 --> 00:42:17,002 ALAN: Yeah, well, I'm sure 1070 00:42:17,035 --> 00:42:18,870 there were plenty of kids who wished they were you. 1071 00:42:18,904 --> 00:42:20,606 Uh, during midterms, certainly. 1072 00:42:20,639 --> 00:42:21,973 At keg parties, 1073 00:42:22,007 --> 00:42:23,842 absolutely not. 1074 00:42:23,875 --> 00:42:25,076 How about at shop class? 1075 00:42:25,110 --> 00:42:26,344 What do you mean? 1076 00:42:26,377 --> 00:42:28,279 I mean, how about we call a plumber? 1077 00:42:28,313 --> 00:42:29,848 Dad, I can... give me the wrench. 1078 00:42:29,881 --> 00:42:31,950 -Give me it. -You can't do it. 1079 00:42:31,983 --> 00:42:34,152 And we're sending the bill to the FBI. 1080 00:42:34,185 --> 00:42:35,787 Here, give it to me, I'll do it. 1081 00:42:37,889 --> 00:42:38,857 -Here. -All right. 1082 00:42:38,890 --> 00:42:41,292 -Come on, put your hand on this valve. -Okay. 1083 00:42:41,326 --> 00:42:42,694 ( grunting ): Okay. 1084 00:42:42,728 --> 00:42:44,162 I'm telling you this, if the toilet goes, 1085 00:42:44,195 --> 00:42:45,263 you're on your own. 1086 00:42:45,296 --> 00:42:46,364 -Just hold it. -Oh... 1087 00:42:46,397 --> 00:42:47,699 -Just hold it. -Ow. That's my hand. 1088 00:42:47,733 --> 00:42:48,767 -All right. -That's my finger! 1089 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:49,835 Ow!