1 00:00:01,569 --> 00:00:04,405 (male vocalizing over funky rock intro) 2 00:00:05,906 --> 00:00:08,709 * Yeah! Mmm, it was... 3 00:00:08,776 --> 00:00:12,012 (vocalizing continues) 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,149 * I can be loud, man, I can be silent * 5 00:00:15,216 --> 00:00:18,252 * I could be young, man, or I could be old * 6 00:00:18,319 --> 00:00:21,455 * I can be a gentleman, I can be violent * 7 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:24,458 * I could turn hot, man, or I could be cold * 8 00:00:24,525 --> 00:00:28,062 * I could be just like the calm before the storm... * 9 00:00:28,129 --> 00:00:29,497 BOY: That was a weird movie. 10 00:00:29,563 --> 00:00:30,698 Yeah, from the reviews, I thought 11 00:00:30,764 --> 00:00:32,066 it was gonna be more of a comedy, huh? 12 00:00:32,133 --> 00:00:33,667 I thought it was pretty good. 13 00:00:33,734 --> 00:00:34,668 BOY: Teenagers like 14 00:00:34,735 --> 00:00:36,104 boring movies. 15 00:00:36,170 --> 00:00:37,338 You only like cartoons. 16 00:00:37,405 --> 00:00:39,540 No. I just don't like boring movies 17 00:00:39,607 --> 00:00:41,575 about people in love. (kicks seat) 18 00:00:41,642 --> 00:00:42,643 (laughs) 19 00:00:42,710 --> 00:00:44,678 (laughter) 20 00:00:47,014 --> 00:00:48,182 Can we get ice cream? 21 00:00:48,249 --> 00:00:49,583 No, we got to get home. 22 00:00:49,650 --> 00:00:50,518 Oh, come on. 23 00:00:50,584 --> 00:00:52,620 It's on the way. Kind of. 24 00:00:52,686 --> 00:00:53,954 MAN: Actually, bud, 25 00:00:54,021 --> 00:00:55,055 it's-it's not at all. 26 00:00:55,123 --> 00:00:56,524 You know? 27 00:00:56,590 --> 00:00:57,691 However... 28 00:00:57,758 --> 00:00:58,726 You know you want to. 29 00:00:58,792 --> 00:01:01,262 Well, see, if you put it like that, then... 30 00:01:01,329 --> 00:01:02,730 (laughing): Dad! 31 00:01:02,796 --> 00:01:03,664 (laughing) 32 00:01:03,731 --> 00:01:04,598 (gunshot) 33 00:01:04,665 --> 00:01:05,933 Dad? 34 00:01:05,999 --> 00:01:07,668 What was that?! 35 00:01:07,735 --> 00:01:09,137 Take the wheel! 36 00:01:09,203 --> 00:01:10,704 I'm trying! 37 00:01:10,771 --> 00:01:11,839 Dad! Dad! 38 00:01:13,607 --> 00:01:15,376 Watch out, you're gonna hit that...! 39 00:01:17,545 --> 00:01:18,412 Look out! 40 00:01:21,715 --> 00:01:23,751 (tires squealing, horns blaring) 41 00:01:25,052 --> 00:01:26,320 I got it! 42 00:01:35,062 --> 00:01:37,431 Dad? Dad? 43 00:01:38,566 --> 00:01:39,333 Dad! 44 00:01:40,868 --> 00:01:42,736 Lady luck. 45 00:01:42,803 --> 00:01:44,672 Chance. 46 00:01:44,738 --> 00:01:46,274 Randomness. 47 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:50,978 Human beings truly have a hard time understanding it. 48 00:01:51,044 --> 00:01:52,780 Raindrops fall randomly. 49 00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:55,015 Now, which of these two images best represents 50 00:01:55,082 --> 00:01:57,618 raindrops falling on a sidewalk? 51 00:01:57,685 --> 00:02:00,854 Is it image A? 52 00:02:00,921 --> 00:02:04,124 Image B? Okay. 53 00:02:04,192 --> 00:02:05,859 You're wrong. 54 00:02:05,926 --> 00:02:07,195 Our brains 55 00:02:07,261 --> 00:02:10,431 misperceive evenness as random, 56 00:02:10,498 --> 00:02:13,734 and wrongly assume that groupings are deliberate. 57 00:02:13,801 --> 00:02:15,803 Because of this, people make all sorts 58 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:17,371 of irrational decisions. 59 00:02:17,438 --> 00:02:19,807 Like, they-they won't work in a high-rise building, 60 00:02:19,873 --> 00:02:23,143 or they're afraid to live in an earthquake-prone area. 61 00:02:23,211 --> 00:02:26,013 And yet, a mathematical assessment tells us 62 00:02:26,079 --> 00:02:28,349 that you are far more likely to suffocate in bed 63 00:02:28,416 --> 00:02:30,318 than you are to die in a terrorist attack. 64 00:02:30,384 --> 00:02:32,553 You are ten times more likely 65 00:02:32,620 --> 00:02:35,789 to die from alcohol than from being in an earthquake. 66 00:02:35,856 --> 00:02:38,091 And it is three times more likely 67 00:02:38,158 --> 00:02:39,960 that you will be killed while driving 68 00:02:40,027 --> 00:02:43,897 to buy a lottery ticket than it is that you will... 69 00:02:43,964 --> 00:02:45,433 that you will win the lottery. 70 00:02:45,499 --> 00:02:46,467 (students laughing) 71 00:02:46,534 --> 00:02:50,137 WOMAN: They said he was shot. 72 00:02:50,204 --> 00:02:52,206 Yeah, that's what we think. 73 00:02:52,273 --> 00:02:53,241 Is there anyone 74 00:02:53,307 --> 00:02:55,075 who would want to harm your husband? 75 00:02:55,142 --> 00:02:56,210 No. No one. 76 00:02:56,277 --> 00:02:58,546 I'm Don Eppes, FBI. 77 00:02:58,612 --> 00:03:00,448 Marla. 78 00:03:00,514 --> 00:03:03,351 So, do you know who did it? 79 00:03:03,417 --> 00:03:06,387 Not yet, but-but we're working on it. 80 00:03:06,454 --> 00:03:07,588 I heard on the news 81 00:03:07,655 --> 00:03:09,457 there were attacks on the freeways. 82 00:03:09,523 --> 00:03:10,924 Yeah. DAVID: That's true. 83 00:03:10,991 --> 00:03:12,760 But we don't know if those incidents are related 84 00:03:12,826 --> 00:03:14,762 to the, uh, the attack on your husband at all. 85 00:03:14,828 --> 00:03:16,230 DON: Right, I mean, what we'd like to do, 86 00:03:16,297 --> 00:03:17,765 if we can, is just take a... 87 00:03:17,831 --> 00:03:19,700 Excuse me. Uh, Mrs. Kinkirk? 88 00:03:19,767 --> 00:03:20,901 Yes. 89 00:03:20,968 --> 00:03:22,736 Your husband's stable. 90 00:03:22,803 --> 00:03:24,405 Thank God. 91 00:03:24,472 --> 00:03:27,107 There are issues that need to be discussed. 92 00:03:27,174 --> 00:03:28,008 DON: All right. 93 00:03:28,075 --> 00:03:29,243 We'll give you a few minutes. 94 00:03:29,310 --> 00:03:30,678 We'll wait for you down here. 95 00:03:30,744 --> 00:03:31,712 Oh, please stay. 96 00:03:31,779 --> 00:03:32,546 Um... 97 00:03:32,613 --> 00:03:34,282 DON: I'll take these guys. 98 00:03:34,348 --> 00:03:36,350 Why don't we go hang out there, guys? 99 00:03:36,417 --> 00:03:37,518 Okay. Thank you. 100 00:03:37,585 --> 00:03:40,654 Come on. It's all right. 101 00:03:40,721 --> 00:03:43,991 Your husband sustained a gunshot wound to his head. 102 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:45,125 Luckily, 103 00:03:45,192 --> 00:03:46,660 the bullet did not penetrate far. 104 00:03:46,727 --> 00:03:48,929 It's lodged in the right occipital lobe. 105 00:03:48,996 --> 00:03:51,499 Our neurosurgeon is confident that he can remove it 106 00:03:51,565 --> 00:03:52,900 without further damage. 107 00:03:52,966 --> 00:03:54,935 (crying) 108 00:03:58,472 --> 00:04:00,674 So, can you guys tell me anything at all 109 00:04:00,741 --> 00:04:02,410 that you remember from what happened? 110 00:04:02,476 --> 00:04:04,545 I heard a loud crash from the back. 111 00:04:04,612 --> 00:04:06,880 I turned, and Pete was scared. 112 00:04:06,947 --> 00:04:08,181 From the noise. 113 00:04:08,248 --> 00:04:09,317 Right. 114 00:04:09,383 --> 00:04:10,451 And then I saw the blood. 115 00:04:10,518 --> 00:04:13,153 And I looked where Pete was looking, 116 00:04:13,220 --> 00:04:15,055 and I saw Dad was hurt. 117 00:04:15,122 --> 00:04:16,189 So, what happened then? 118 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:18,158 I grabbed the wheel, and I tried 119 00:04:18,225 --> 00:04:19,327 to keep us from crashing. 120 00:04:19,393 --> 00:04:21,261 Yeah, well, that's smart. You know, 121 00:04:21,329 --> 00:04:22,430 it's good thinking. Now, 122 00:04:22,496 --> 00:04:25,699 right before the shot, is there anything that stood out? 123 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:28,201 Any cars or anything that you might remember? 124 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:29,770 I don't know. 125 00:04:29,837 --> 00:04:31,038 I think maybe 126 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:32,806 there was a white truck? 127 00:04:32,873 --> 00:04:33,674 Okay. 128 00:04:33,741 --> 00:04:35,576 I didn't see who was driving it. 129 00:04:36,410 --> 00:04:37,778 Sorry, I didn't see it. 130 00:04:41,549 --> 00:04:44,051 Is-Is our dad going to be okay? 131 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:45,085 Yeah. 132 00:04:45,152 --> 00:04:47,821 And, you know, we're gonna do everything we can 133 00:04:47,888 --> 00:04:49,657 to find the guy. 134 00:04:51,959 --> 00:04:55,062 We got seven freeway attacks in eight weeks. 135 00:04:55,128 --> 00:04:56,997 Four people dead. 136 00:04:59,867 --> 00:05:00,701 You okay? 137 00:05:00,768 --> 00:05:02,002 Well, you know, I just lied to those kids. 138 00:05:02,069 --> 00:05:03,771 No, you made them feel a little better, Don. 139 00:05:03,837 --> 00:05:04,972 It's a tough time, you know? 140 00:05:05,038 --> 00:05:05,773 I'm an idiot, 141 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:06,807 acting like everything's gonna be normal. 142 00:05:06,874 --> 00:05:08,008 Those kids need to believe that 143 00:05:08,075 --> 00:05:09,410 if they're gonna make it through. Come on, Dave. 144 00:05:09,477 --> 00:05:11,345 Their lives are never gonna be the same. 145 00:05:22,890 --> 00:05:24,458 COLBY: There's no indication 146 00:05:24,525 --> 00:05:26,794 of enemies, financial or marital troubles. 147 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:28,929 Witness testimony and tips came up empty. 148 00:05:28,996 --> 00:05:30,531 All right, so what have we got here? 149 00:05:30,598 --> 00:05:31,865 We got seven attacks 150 00:05:31,932 --> 00:05:32,800 in two months. 151 00:05:32,866 --> 00:05:33,934 What do you think, Megan, serial? 152 00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:36,537 MEGAN: Uh, if so, it's atypical. 153 00:05:36,604 --> 00:05:38,005 All the MOs are different. 154 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:40,408 Yeah, the previous attacks we had a wrist rocket, 155 00:05:40,474 --> 00:05:41,742 thrown rock, brick, tire iron, 156 00:05:41,809 --> 00:05:43,377 golf club, and then a rifle shot. 157 00:05:43,444 --> 00:05:45,012 Now we're looking at a hand gun 158 00:05:45,078 --> 00:05:45,946 from close range. 159 00:05:46,013 --> 00:05:47,781 Victims don't fit a profile, either. 160 00:05:47,848 --> 00:05:49,817 DAVID: Yeah, it's rich, poor, Asian, 161 00:05:49,883 --> 00:05:51,685 Latino, whites, across the spectrum. 162 00:05:51,752 --> 00:05:52,620 MEGAN: You know, maybe instead 163 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:55,088 of one sociopath, we have a bunch of copycats. 164 00:05:55,155 --> 00:05:57,057 Maybe there's no pattern at all. 165 00:05:57,124 --> 00:05:58,392 MEGAN: That's what I just said, Charlie. 166 00:05:58,459 --> 00:05:59,960 There's no pattern. 167 00:06:00,027 --> 00:06:00,961 A single assailant, 168 00:06:01,028 --> 00:06:03,697 or a bunch of copycats both imply a pattern. 169 00:06:03,764 --> 00:06:05,699 No, What I'm suggesting here is, 170 00:06:05,766 --> 00:06:07,535 these groupings of shootings might, you know, 171 00:06:07,601 --> 00:06:08,902 very well be random. 172 00:06:08,969 --> 00:06:11,304 Seven completely unrelated attacks? 173 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:13,674 CHARLIE: Sure. Consider this. 174 00:06:13,741 --> 00:06:16,376 An MP3 player has a random shuffle function, right? 175 00:06:16,444 --> 00:06:17,645 It uses an algorithm 176 00:06:17,711 --> 00:06:20,280 to create a random order to play the songs. 177 00:06:20,347 --> 00:06:22,182 But when people listen 178 00:06:22,249 --> 00:06:24,351 to their random shuffle mode, 179 00:06:24,418 --> 00:06:26,319 they do perceive patterns. 180 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:27,955 That's just pure coincidence. 181 00:06:28,021 --> 00:06:31,659 People swear their MP3 players like to play certain songs. 182 00:06:31,725 --> 00:06:34,161 I know mine has a thing for ZZ Top. 183 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:35,162 CHARLIE: Right, right. 184 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:38,165 And that's exactly it-- that human beings perceive patterns 185 00:06:38,231 --> 00:06:39,867 where there just aren't any. 186 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:42,335 All right, look, you know, until we know different, 187 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:45,639 then we're gonna pursue these as individual crimes, all right? 188 00:06:45,706 --> 00:06:47,340 Hey. 189 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:49,810 Hey, Larry, do you have a minute? 190 00:06:49,877 --> 00:06:52,446 Yes, I have the eight and a half minutes 191 00:06:52,513 --> 00:06:54,347 it takes me to walk to my office. 192 00:06:54,414 --> 00:06:55,816 Now, if we need more time, 193 00:06:55,883 --> 00:06:57,851 I guess we could choose a longer route, 194 00:06:57,918 --> 00:07:00,087 maybe stop and contemplate the turtle pond. 195 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:02,923 Or we could just keep talking at your office. 196 00:07:02,990 --> 00:07:04,925 Yeah, it's not as scenic, but sure. 197 00:07:04,992 --> 00:07:07,027 You know, I'm finding it a little strange, 198 00:07:07,094 --> 00:07:09,963 uh, being a professor after being a student for so long. 199 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:11,331 (laughing): Oh. 200 00:07:11,398 --> 00:07:13,467 We have all been there, my young friend. 201 00:07:13,534 --> 00:07:16,369 I mean, I feel like I should be going to lectures, 202 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:17,571 not giving them. 203 00:07:17,638 --> 00:07:19,540 You know, I run into former teachers 204 00:07:19,607 --> 00:07:22,009 every day, who act like nothing's changed. 205 00:07:22,075 --> 00:07:23,477 That's why, you know, 206 00:07:23,544 --> 00:07:25,746 people usually leave the school 207 00:07:25,813 --> 00:07:28,348 where they earn their doctorate and go off and teach elsewhere. 208 00:07:28,415 --> 00:07:31,118 But, what, CalSci made you an offer you couldn't refuse? 209 00:07:31,184 --> 00:07:32,185 I don't know. 210 00:07:32,252 --> 00:07:35,088 Maybe I would have been better off on the East Coast. 211 00:07:35,155 --> 00:07:38,058 No, no, no, no. Come on, this is not about geography. 212 00:07:38,125 --> 00:07:42,830 Listen, you yourself must embrace this new role. 213 00:07:42,896 --> 00:07:46,834 'Cause only then will others be able to see you differently. 214 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:48,736 Wow. 215 00:07:48,802 --> 00:07:50,804 Larry, even for you, that was profound. 216 00:07:50,871 --> 00:07:52,773 I guess you just caught me when the caffeine 217 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:54,808 was kicking in. Come on. 218 00:07:54,875 --> 00:07:57,678 MEGAN: I get the concept of random clusters, I do, 219 00:07:57,745 --> 00:07:59,680 but road rage is associated with certain factors, 220 00:07:59,747 --> 00:08:02,182 none of which are present in any of these cases. 221 00:08:02,249 --> 00:08:03,316 Wait. When you say factors, 222 00:08:03,383 --> 00:08:04,417 you mean, like, what, like weather? 223 00:08:04,484 --> 00:08:06,687 Yeah, and bad traffic, and racial conflicts, and accidents. 224 00:08:06,754 --> 00:08:08,689 Stuff that makes people tense and angry. 225 00:08:08,756 --> 00:08:10,223 All right, so, it's not a typical streak. 226 00:08:10,290 --> 00:08:12,425 No, and there's something else-- the youngest boy, Pete, said 227 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:13,961 he thought he saw a white pickup truck. 228 00:08:14,027 --> 00:08:15,663 Now he thinks he saw the same truck 229 00:08:15,729 --> 00:08:16,830 drive by his house that morning. 230 00:08:16,897 --> 00:08:18,031 What? A white pickup truck? 231 00:08:18,098 --> 00:08:19,833 I mean, they're all over the place. 232 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:23,336 He says both had a bobble-headed hula dancer on the dashboard. 233 00:08:23,403 --> 00:08:24,838 Yeah? What do you think? 234 00:08:24,905 --> 00:08:26,840 I think he's nine, and he's been traumatized, 235 00:08:26,907 --> 00:08:29,109 and he's searching, but it opens up the possibility 236 00:08:29,176 --> 00:08:31,111 that Jeff Kinkirk was stalked, you know? 237 00:08:31,178 --> 00:08:32,746 That he's not a random victim. 238 00:08:32,813 --> 00:08:34,948 All right. Well, look, play both sides. I mean, 239 00:08:35,015 --> 00:08:37,484 get a list of white pickup trucks from the DMV 240 00:08:37,551 --> 00:08:38,752 and-and work it with the guys. 241 00:08:38,819 --> 00:08:39,853 What's the other side? 242 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,521 Well, the wife said she didn't think 243 00:08:41,589 --> 00:08:43,023 the husband had any enemies, but, I mean, 244 00:08:43,090 --> 00:08:44,858 maybe she was hiding something from us. 245 00:08:44,925 --> 00:08:47,027 Okay. 246 00:08:48,395 --> 00:08:50,598 I took out the garbage, 247 00:08:50,664 --> 00:08:53,300 helped Pete with his homework. 248 00:08:54,768 --> 00:08:56,503 Everything's good at home. 249 00:08:56,570 --> 00:09:00,207 (knocking) 250 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:01,742 DON: Hey. 251 00:09:01,809 --> 00:09:04,344 How's he doing? 252 00:09:04,411 --> 00:09:06,346 They got the bullet out. 253 00:09:06,413 --> 00:09:08,616 Now we just have to wait. 254 00:09:08,682 --> 00:09:10,984 PETE: Did you find 255 00:09:11,051 --> 00:09:12,052 the white truck? 256 00:09:12,119 --> 00:09:12,986 Not yet, Pete, 257 00:09:13,053 --> 00:09:17,157 but, I mean, we got a lot of people working on it. 258 00:09:17,224 --> 00:09:18,792 Guys, I need to speak to your mom 259 00:09:18,859 --> 00:09:20,027 for a minute. Is that okay? 260 00:09:23,463 --> 00:09:26,166 DON: Your son Pete thinks 261 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:29,369 he saw a white pickup truck the day of the shooting. 262 00:09:29,436 --> 00:09:30,604 Now it's possible 263 00:09:30,671 --> 00:09:33,140 that that same truck was near your house that day. 264 00:09:33,206 --> 00:09:35,208 Someone was following Jeff? 265 00:09:35,275 --> 00:09:37,044 Yeah. 266 00:09:37,110 --> 00:09:39,913 Any reason for that? 267 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:42,215 No. I-I can't think of anything. 268 00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:44,151 Does your husband have any problems at work, 269 00:09:44,217 --> 00:09:45,653 or with neighbors, anything at all? 270 00:09:45,719 --> 00:09:47,287 No, there's nothing. 271 00:09:47,354 --> 00:09:49,122 Anyone want to hurt you? 272 00:09:49,189 --> 00:09:50,290 Me? Yeah. 273 00:09:50,357 --> 00:09:51,625 Not that I know of. 274 00:09:51,692 --> 00:09:53,193 Marla, somebody tried 275 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:54,862 to kill your husband, and, I mean, 276 00:09:54,928 --> 00:09:56,496 you have no idea about who or why? 277 00:09:56,563 --> 00:09:59,066 It doesn't make sense. I mean, it could be something minor. 278 00:09:59,132 --> 00:10:01,334 Just even a-a fight over a parking space. 279 00:10:01,401 --> 00:10:03,203 That's just it. You have to understand Jeff. 280 00:10:03,270 --> 00:10:05,773 He'd let someone else have the parking space. 281 00:10:05,839 --> 00:10:10,477 (voice breaking): If he has a flaw, it's that he tries too hard to be nice. 282 00:10:10,543 --> 00:10:12,946 Okay. All right, that's-that's all I need. 283 00:10:13,013 --> 00:10:15,148 Come on. That's all right. 284 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:25,826 We were looking for a white truck. 285 00:10:25,893 --> 00:10:28,762 I've checked 177 so far. 286 00:10:28,829 --> 00:10:32,666 I'm just also checking some other factors. 287 00:10:32,733 --> 00:10:35,268 Looking at traffic, weather, 288 00:10:35,335 --> 00:10:36,970 employment, 289 00:10:37,037 --> 00:10:38,872 time of day, day of the week. 290 00:10:38,939 --> 00:10:41,141 Looking for a pattern in a series 291 00:10:41,208 --> 00:10:42,175 of random events? 292 00:10:42,242 --> 00:10:44,712 Oh, dear, Professor Eppes wouldn't approve. 293 00:10:44,778 --> 00:10:46,179 Okay, but here's the thing. 294 00:10:46,246 --> 00:10:49,349 None of these attacks can be linked to the typical causes 295 00:10:49,416 --> 00:10:50,718 of freeway violence 296 00:10:50,784 --> 00:10:53,453 like bad traffic and hot weather. 297 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:54,354 Gang shootings. 298 00:10:54,421 --> 00:10:55,255 Seven random freeway attacks, 299 00:10:55,322 --> 00:10:57,624 and not one of them fits a profile 300 00:10:57,691 --> 00:10:59,026 of a random freeway attack? 301 00:10:59,092 --> 00:11:00,193 Yeah, I see what you're saying. 302 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:01,729 At least some should have typical causes. 303 00:11:01,795 --> 00:11:03,463 All we have are invisible assailants 304 00:11:03,530 --> 00:11:04,965 and no motives. 305 00:11:05,032 --> 00:11:06,133 Yeah, I mean, is it possible 306 00:11:06,199 --> 00:11:11,038 for something to be too random to be random? 307 00:11:13,540 --> 00:11:14,908 CHARLIE: I'm sorry, too random? 308 00:11:14,975 --> 00:11:17,044 MEGAN: Yeah. Too ran... 309 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:20,547 Uh, something can be a little random. 310 00:11:20,613 --> 00:11:22,615 Something can be very random. 311 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:23,951 But, no. 312 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:27,220 No, no, not, not too random. 313 00:11:27,287 --> 00:11:28,121 Why? 314 00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:29,689 Well, we're just kind of assuming 315 00:11:29,757 --> 00:11:32,793 that all these freeway attacks are a series of random events, 316 00:11:32,860 --> 00:11:34,762 but not one of them can be linked 317 00:11:34,828 --> 00:11:36,897 to the typical causes of freeway violence. 318 00:11:36,964 --> 00:11:38,365 You mean, like road rage, stuff like that? 319 00:11:38,431 --> 00:11:39,566 Yeah, actually. 320 00:11:39,632 --> 00:11:44,171 70% of all traffic assaults stem from arguments between drivers, 321 00:11:44,237 --> 00:11:45,873 especially if one or the other 322 00:11:45,939 --> 00:11:48,942 has something called Intermittent Explosive Disorder. 323 00:11:49,009 --> 00:11:51,278 Oh, we used to call that having a screw loose. 324 00:11:51,344 --> 00:11:54,047 (laughing): My dad had... that screw loose, 325 00:11:54,114 --> 00:11:57,284 but, uh, explosive rage can be a little more serious. 326 00:11:57,350 --> 00:11:58,318 People can erupt 327 00:11:58,385 --> 00:12:00,954 into violent anger for seemingly no reason. 328 00:12:01,021 --> 00:12:02,923 I see what you're saying. Okay. 329 00:12:02,990 --> 00:12:05,558 You're saying that in this particular string, 330 00:12:05,625 --> 00:12:07,795 there are none of the typical causes. Mm-hmm. 331 00:12:07,861 --> 00:12:09,329 And what are the odds of that? 332 00:12:09,396 --> 00:12:11,731 I would say that they're not very good. 333 00:12:11,799 --> 00:12:13,867 What if there's a pattern that you're just not able to detect? 334 00:12:14,868 --> 00:12:16,804 Hidden variable theory. 335 00:12:16,870 --> 00:12:18,305 The idea that, that 336 00:12:18,371 --> 00:12:20,808 nothing in this world is ever really random, 337 00:12:20,874 --> 00:12:22,342 that there is some influence 338 00:12:22,409 --> 00:12:24,744 or some force that we can't detect. 339 00:12:24,812 --> 00:12:27,747 Isn't it, like, weird that none of these attacks are typical? 340 00:12:27,815 --> 00:12:28,782 Not one? 341 00:12:28,849 --> 00:12:31,952 Weird, yeah, yeah. Unlikely, yeah. 342 00:12:32,019 --> 00:12:34,321 Impossible, no. 343 00:12:37,624 --> 00:12:39,559 How's it going? 344 00:12:39,626 --> 00:12:44,764 White pickups checked: 1,307. 345 00:12:45,665 --> 00:12:47,767 Only about 162,000 left to go. 346 00:12:47,835 --> 00:12:49,236 Oh, just think 347 00:12:49,302 --> 00:12:51,604 of the sense of accomplishment you'll have when you're done. 348 00:12:51,671 --> 00:12:53,140 Right. How you doing? 349 00:12:53,206 --> 00:12:55,008 Looking for connections between people, 350 00:12:55,075 --> 00:12:56,676 you always find more than you expect, you know. 351 00:12:56,743 --> 00:12:58,846 Yeah, most of it doesn't mean anything, though. 352 00:12:58,912 --> 00:13:00,814 Two victims wore the same brand of jeans, 353 00:13:00,881 --> 00:13:02,082 went to the same college. 354 00:13:02,149 --> 00:13:04,051 I got one I want to take a look at. 355 00:13:07,955 --> 00:13:09,990 These two victims used the same car wash? 356 00:13:10,057 --> 00:13:11,624 I want to get a list of employees, 357 00:13:11,691 --> 00:13:12,759 see if anybody has a record. 358 00:13:12,826 --> 00:13:15,996 All right, I'll check with the local cops. 359 00:13:16,063 --> 00:13:17,730 COLBY: Victims number two and number five, 360 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:19,900 Henry Rains and Cece Smith. 361 00:13:19,967 --> 00:13:21,969 They're both patrons of the Valley Car Wash. 362 00:13:22,035 --> 00:13:23,136 DON: Uh-huh. 363 00:13:23,203 --> 00:13:24,737 Now, Rains got into a yelling match 364 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:25,973 with one of the workers there. 365 00:13:26,039 --> 00:13:28,475 Two weeks later, he's killed by a rifle shot. 366 00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:29,442 What was the fight about? 367 00:13:29,509 --> 00:13:31,879 He accused the worker of taking money out of his car, 368 00:13:31,945 --> 00:13:33,046 started getting loud with him, 369 00:13:33,113 --> 00:13:35,082 so the car wash manager had to call the cops, 370 00:13:35,148 --> 00:13:36,616 but Rains split before they got there. 371 00:13:36,683 --> 00:13:37,650 So who did he accuse? 372 00:13:37,717 --> 00:13:38,551 Calvin Oates. 373 00:13:38,618 --> 00:13:40,487 Five years ago, he's thrown out of a bar. 374 00:13:40,553 --> 00:13:42,856 Comes back, fires a handgun out the front window 375 00:13:42,923 --> 00:13:44,057 from a moving car. 376 00:13:44,124 --> 00:13:46,326 Car wash have links to any of the other victims? 377 00:13:46,393 --> 00:13:47,294 Still working on it. 378 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,197 All right, it's thin, but go pick him up. 379 00:13:56,970 --> 00:13:59,039 Manager special today: $11.95. 380 00:13:59,106 --> 00:14:00,507 Wax, underbody, tire dressing. 381 00:14:00,573 --> 00:14:01,474 What air freshener? 382 00:14:01,541 --> 00:14:04,344 We let the FBI garage take care of all that, thank you. 383 00:14:04,411 --> 00:14:06,914 Hey, we're looking for Calvin Oates. 384 00:14:13,620 --> 00:14:15,855 Oh, man, I just had this suit cleaned. 385 00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:31,571 (yells) 386 00:14:31,638 --> 00:14:33,040 You, back up! Back up! 387 00:14:33,106 --> 00:14:34,541 Give me the bat, give me the bat. 388 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:35,475 Thank you. 389 00:14:35,542 --> 00:14:37,810 Next time, leave it to the professionals. 390 00:14:37,877 --> 00:14:39,947 (groans) 391 00:14:40,013 --> 00:14:41,181 You're fired. 392 00:14:42,149 --> 00:14:43,283 COLBY: Come on. 393 00:14:49,656 --> 00:14:51,124 Dude said I stole his money. 394 00:14:51,191 --> 00:14:53,927 He started screaming, coming at me. 395 00:14:53,994 --> 00:14:55,595 I didn't do nothing. 396 00:14:55,662 --> 00:14:58,698 When the manager called the cops, he split. 397 00:14:58,765 --> 00:15:00,000 So why'd you run? 398 00:15:00,067 --> 00:15:01,534 I'm stupid. 399 00:15:01,601 --> 00:15:02,635 (laughing): Yeah. 400 00:15:02,702 --> 00:15:04,504 When cops show up, I get lost. 401 00:15:04,571 --> 00:15:06,206 I didn't think they'd bother to chase me 402 00:15:06,273 --> 00:15:08,275 'cause... I didn't do anything wrong. 403 00:15:08,341 --> 00:15:11,111 Well, that guy must have made you furious. 404 00:15:11,178 --> 00:15:12,345 He called you a thief 405 00:15:12,412 --> 00:15:14,381 in front of your boss and your co-workers. 406 00:15:14,447 --> 00:15:16,483 Don't start the psych crap. 407 00:15:16,549 --> 00:15:17,985 I've been in anger management therapy 408 00:15:18,051 --> 00:15:19,186 for three years. 409 00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:20,887 I know when someone's pushing my buttons. 410 00:15:20,954 --> 00:15:22,322 You got a lot of buttons, huh? 411 00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:24,357 That therapy was 412 00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:27,060 court-mandated as a condition of your parole. 413 00:15:27,127 --> 00:15:31,664 Yes, and believe me, I am now the poster boy 414 00:15:31,731 --> 00:15:32,665 for anger management. 415 00:15:35,435 --> 00:15:37,404 That must be one ugly poster. 416 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:39,973 Yeah, time cards show him at work when Rains was shot, so... 417 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:41,408 You don't think he's the guy. 418 00:15:41,474 --> 00:15:43,043 Either there isn't a guy... 419 00:15:43,110 --> 00:15:44,311 And it's seven unrelated incidents. 420 00:15:44,377 --> 00:15:45,678 (phone rings) ...or, if it's one guy, 421 00:15:45,745 --> 00:15:47,814 he's definitely a lot smarter than this dude. 422 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,517 Hey. 423 00:15:50,583 --> 00:15:51,584 All right. 424 00:15:51,651 --> 00:15:52,852 We just got another one. 425 00:15:52,919 --> 00:15:54,554 Well, there you go. 426 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:57,457 (indistinct radio communication) 427 00:15:59,026 --> 00:16:00,994 Victim was a 28-year-old computer tech. 428 00:16:01,061 --> 00:16:02,195 Died instantly. 429 00:16:03,096 --> 00:16:06,399 The killer had to lug 430 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:07,000 this cinder block up to the top of the tunnel entrance, 431 00:16:07,067 --> 00:16:08,935 time the drop to hit a car, 432 00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:12,239 and avoid being seen by witnesses. 433 00:16:13,540 --> 00:16:15,608 DAVID: That took work, planning. 434 00:16:15,675 --> 00:16:17,744 I doubt it was vandals or some crime of impulse. 435 00:16:17,810 --> 00:16:20,480 You think she was targeted or just unlucky? 436 00:16:20,547 --> 00:16:22,749 DAVID: I think she never knew what hit her. 437 00:16:28,455 --> 00:16:30,290 Hey. 438 00:16:30,357 --> 00:16:34,027 Pythagorean theorem, law of cosines, 439 00:16:34,094 --> 00:16:35,995 metrics. Equivalence principle. 440 00:16:36,063 --> 00:16:37,430 Back to basics. 441 00:16:37,497 --> 00:16:39,232 You know, I spent the weekend at Politzer's 442 00:16:39,299 --> 00:16:40,367 and he completely disassembled 443 00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:42,835 my 11-D supergravity theory. 444 00:16:42,902 --> 00:16:45,972 So here I am in ten dimensions with two pea-brain solutions, 445 00:16:46,039 --> 00:16:47,074 electrically and magnetically charged 446 00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:50,143 respectively to the C-field... 447 00:16:50,210 --> 00:16:51,711 You still sleeping in your office? 448 00:16:51,778 --> 00:16:53,480 Yeah, sleeping, living. 449 00:16:53,546 --> 00:16:55,382 Cuts down on the morning commute. 450 00:16:55,448 --> 00:16:56,783 You must find a new place to live. No. 451 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,951 You can't live out of your office. No, I'm not going to be out there 452 00:16:59,018 --> 00:17:00,687 choosing wall colors and toaster ovens. 453 00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:02,755 Look, I just want to be thinking about gravity. 454 00:17:02,822 --> 00:17:04,691 How do you expect to have company over? 455 00:17:04,757 --> 00:17:05,492 What company? 456 00:17:05,558 --> 00:17:06,493 Who? Oh, I don't know. 457 00:17:06,559 --> 00:17:08,961 Who, I may-- who, what, M-Megan, maybe? 458 00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:10,063 Oh, oh, oh, listen. 459 00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:12,165 If you propose to start discussing my love life, 460 00:17:12,232 --> 00:17:14,767 then I'm gonna find yours to be fair game. 461 00:17:14,834 --> 00:17:16,136 Ah, point, point. 462 00:17:16,203 --> 00:17:18,371 Point to Professor Fleinhardt. 463 00:17:18,438 --> 00:17:19,572 Hey, so, speaking of Megan, 464 00:17:19,639 --> 00:17:21,274 she comes by the house the other day, 465 00:17:21,341 --> 00:17:24,611 wants to know if a sequence can be too random. 466 00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:27,247 It's funny. 467 00:17:27,314 --> 00:17:29,216 I... fail to see the humor in this. 468 00:17:29,282 --> 00:17:33,420 Too random, you know, as in excessively random. 469 00:17:33,486 --> 00:17:35,555 Yeah, I'm, I'm following you. 470 00:17:35,622 --> 00:17:37,490 I will now ask you a series of questions 471 00:17:37,557 --> 00:17:39,326 and I would like you to answer simply 472 00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:40,793 in the affirmative or the negative. 473 00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:42,262 Okay. 474 00:17:42,329 --> 00:17:43,396 This discussion of randomness. 475 00:17:43,463 --> 00:17:45,932 Was it somehow related to the freeway attacks? 476 00:17:45,998 --> 00:17:47,367 Yes. Okay, might she be concerned 477 00:17:47,434 --> 00:17:50,537 that all of the attacks have different MOs? 478 00:17:50,603 --> 00:17:51,804 Yeah, but... 479 00:17:51,871 --> 00:17:53,940 And given seven random attacks, all with different meth... 480 00:17:54,006 --> 00:17:54,941 Eight now. 481 00:17:55,007 --> 00:17:57,410 Okay, eight random attacks, all with different methods. 482 00:17:57,477 --> 00:17:58,945 I mean, might'nt she just find 483 00:17:59,011 --> 00:18:03,550 the improbability of all this just a little bit disconcerting? 484 00:18:03,616 --> 00:18:08,521 Larry, you know, I can, I can roll a pair of dice eight times 485 00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:11,023 and never get the same result twice, 486 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:13,260 and that would still fall within the realm of random. 487 00:18:13,326 --> 00:18:15,528 Yeah... but something that doesn't repeat 488 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:18,531 is not by definition random. 489 00:18:22,068 --> 00:18:24,404 Shuffle mode. Hmm? 490 00:18:25,305 --> 00:18:27,140 Shuffle mode. 491 00:18:27,207 --> 00:18:28,375 Why am I such an idiot? 492 00:18:30,277 --> 00:18:32,212 I think I've found new attacks. 493 00:18:32,279 --> 00:18:33,546 These are insurance claims? 494 00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:35,682 Mm-hmm. 495 00:18:35,748 --> 00:18:38,151 There's damage reports of objects striking cars. 496 00:18:38,218 --> 00:18:39,552 Smart angle. 497 00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:41,288 I have my moments, I think. 498 00:18:41,354 --> 00:18:42,889 I was trying to find related incidents 499 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:44,991 that didn't result in any bodily injury. 500 00:18:45,057 --> 00:18:46,159 COLBY: Objects used include a rock, 501 00:18:46,226 --> 00:18:49,061 a large slab of marble, a lead weight, 502 00:18:49,128 --> 00:18:50,363 a steel pipe. 503 00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:53,533 No injuries, so no police report. 504 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:54,534 Megan. 505 00:18:54,601 --> 00:18:55,635 Hey. 506 00:18:55,702 --> 00:18:57,437 I am so sorry. What's the matter? 507 00:18:57,504 --> 00:18:59,172 You were right, I was wrong. 508 00:18:59,239 --> 00:19:00,473 About the freeway attacks? 509 00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:03,210 Yeah. Remember shuffle mode? 510 00:19:03,276 --> 00:19:04,211 Yeah, the patterns that aren't there. 511 00:19:04,277 --> 00:19:06,179 Controlled by an algorithm 512 00:19:06,246 --> 00:19:08,448 that creates a random order for the songs, 513 00:19:08,515 --> 00:19:09,982 but the order isn't really random 514 00:19:10,049 --> 00:19:13,386 because the algorithm won't ever repeat a song. 515 00:19:13,453 --> 00:19:16,789 Just like the freeway attacks don't repeat. That's what I was saying! 516 00:19:16,856 --> 00:19:18,458 So these attacks could be the act of one person... 517 00:19:18,525 --> 00:19:20,092 Who's trying to make them look random. 518 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:21,261 Thank you. 519 00:19:21,328 --> 00:19:22,562 Let me show you something. 520 00:19:23,796 --> 00:19:27,033 All right, here are five new incidents. 521 00:19:27,099 --> 00:19:29,135 CHARLIE: Five? 522 00:19:29,202 --> 00:19:30,102 I didn't hear about that on the news. 523 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:32,739 Oh, these cases haven't been included before now. 524 00:19:32,805 --> 00:19:34,474 Megan just found them. All right, now, 525 00:19:34,541 --> 00:19:37,277 let's look at them chronologically with the others. 526 00:19:44,284 --> 00:19:48,888 That's a fairly regular pattern, showing increasing frequency. 527 00:19:48,955 --> 00:19:49,889 Thank you. 528 00:19:49,956 --> 00:19:51,658 Okay, I'm going to call this one. 529 00:19:51,724 --> 00:19:52,759 I am 99% sure. 530 00:19:52,825 --> 00:19:54,361 The varied methods are an attempt 531 00:19:54,427 --> 00:19:56,095 to avoid any discernible pattern... 532 00:19:56,162 --> 00:19:57,430 Which is in itself a pattern. 533 00:19:57,497 --> 00:19:58,965 Yes, but what the perpetrator can't hide 534 00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:00,967 is the intensity of his need. 535 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:02,435 The compulsion is growing, 536 00:20:02,502 --> 00:20:05,137 so the time between acts is getting shorter and shorter. 537 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:06,473 Classic serial killer. 538 00:20:06,539 --> 00:20:09,442 We're looking at one guy. 539 00:20:17,984 --> 00:20:19,886 You guys, check this out. 540 00:20:19,952 --> 00:20:23,122 Just found that five of the 13 victims 541 00:20:23,189 --> 00:20:25,992 were involved in serious injury accidents over the course 542 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:27,694 of the last two years. Oh, yeah? 543 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:28,728 Think that means anything? 544 00:20:28,795 --> 00:20:29,929 I'm not sure if that would 545 00:20:29,996 --> 00:20:32,231 hold true for any similar group or not. 546 00:20:32,299 --> 00:20:34,033 Maybe call a CHP accident specialist. 547 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:35,568 And the department of insurance. 548 00:20:35,635 --> 00:20:37,069 Five of 13-- that's less than half, man. 549 00:20:37,136 --> 00:20:39,272 Yeah, I don't know if it's just coincidence or not. 550 00:20:39,339 --> 00:20:41,574 Well, let's find out. 551 00:20:48,848 --> 00:20:51,183 So, Professor, you think it's safe to drive, huh? 552 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:53,853 Even with this crazy person out there attacking cars? 553 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,788 People get killed in car accidents every day. 554 00:20:55,855 --> 00:20:58,525 It's not like we worry about that when we get on the road. 555 00:20:58,591 --> 00:20:59,759 Uh-huh, speak for yourself. 556 00:20:59,826 --> 00:21:02,261 Look, if you're worried about the freeway killer, 557 00:21:02,329 --> 00:21:03,996 you know, take the bus. 558 00:21:04,063 --> 00:21:05,131 The bus does not go everywhere. 559 00:21:05,197 --> 00:21:06,032 In case you missed it, 560 00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,967 we live in Los Angeles, the city of the car. 561 00:21:08,034 --> 00:21:12,138 You know, people in L.A. spend 100 hours a year in traffic. 562 00:21:12,204 --> 00:21:13,406 100 hours. 563 00:21:13,473 --> 00:21:14,574 That's four full days of waiting 564 00:21:14,641 --> 00:21:16,476 for the car in front of you to move. 565 00:21:16,543 --> 00:21:18,978 I'm getting road rage just thinking about it. 566 00:21:19,045 --> 00:21:22,081 But, seriously, you are twice as likely to hit a royal flush 567 00:21:22,148 --> 00:21:24,717 on your first hand of poker than you are of being 568 00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:25,952 a victim of this freeway attacker. 569 00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:28,087 Yeah, but I'm not afraid of hitting a royal flush. 570 00:21:28,154 --> 00:21:30,857 I'll still be around to play the next hand. 571 00:21:30,923 --> 00:21:32,759 You want me to behave irrationally and tell you 572 00:21:32,825 --> 00:21:35,161 that, yes, I would prefer if my only living parent 573 00:21:35,227 --> 00:21:38,064 stayed off the roads until we catch this guy, okay? 574 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:40,232 There, I said it. You happy? 575 00:21:40,299 --> 00:21:41,734 No! I have to drive 576 00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:42,969 to Culver City. 577 00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:44,337 My mall project. 578 00:21:44,404 --> 00:21:47,940 I don't know why I let you do this to me. 579 00:21:48,007 --> 00:21:49,175 I should see it coming. 580 00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:50,443 Yeah, but you never do. 581 00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:57,684 Hey, look who's awake. 582 00:21:57,750 --> 00:21:59,218 Hi. 583 00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:00,252 Honey, this is 584 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:01,921 the FBI agent I told you about. 585 00:22:02,922 --> 00:22:03,456 Anything new? 586 00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:05,224 Well, what we're working with 587 00:22:05,291 --> 00:22:08,127 is that in five of the attacks, the victims have been involved 588 00:22:08,194 --> 00:22:09,429 in a serious car accident. 589 00:22:09,496 --> 00:22:10,963 So we're checking on the others, 590 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:12,532 but, uh... no? 591 00:22:12,599 --> 00:22:13,800 Jeff hasn't had so much as 592 00:22:13,866 --> 00:22:16,569 a speeding ticket since we were married. 593 00:22:16,636 --> 00:22:18,304 No, I... I'm careful. 594 00:22:18,371 --> 00:22:19,606 I worry about the kids. 595 00:22:20,873 --> 00:22:23,175 A couple years ago, I saw this... 596 00:22:23,242 --> 00:22:25,311 bad accident where this little boy was hurt. 597 00:22:25,378 --> 00:22:26,312 It was terrible. 598 00:22:26,379 --> 00:22:27,447 Yeah, you say you saw this? 599 00:22:27,514 --> 00:22:28,881 JEFF: Yeah. 600 00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:31,718 An SUV ran through this light and smacked a sedan. 601 00:22:33,653 --> 00:22:35,287 I tried to help out at the scene. 602 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:37,690 I gave a statement to the police. 603 00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:42,361 Jeff Kinkirk was the only witness to an accident 604 00:22:42,429 --> 00:22:44,330 that left a six-year-old boy badly injured. 605 00:22:44,397 --> 00:22:47,567 Now, Kinkirk says he saw the boy's father run a red light. 606 00:22:47,634 --> 00:22:48,935 Father said he didn't. 607 00:22:49,001 --> 00:22:51,804 But both insurance companies went with Kinkirk's account. 608 00:22:51,871 --> 00:22:53,305 Well, a lot of people witness accidents. 609 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:56,275 Yeah, but they don't all end up with gunshot wounds to the head. 610 00:22:56,342 --> 00:22:59,378 It's such a strange motive for a series of attacks. 611 00:22:59,446 --> 00:23:01,781 Yes, it is, because serial attacks 612 00:23:01,848 --> 00:23:04,116 generally have a sado-sexual component to them. 613 00:23:04,183 --> 00:23:06,619 The assailant needs to see the victim suffer. 614 00:23:06,686 --> 00:23:07,687 But not this guy. 615 00:23:07,754 --> 00:23:08,921 He wants to inflict serious damage, 616 00:23:08,988 --> 00:23:10,823 but he's happy to do it from a distance. 617 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,759 And he's not that intent on 618 00:23:12,825 --> 00:23:14,494 killing every victim. So how would 619 00:23:14,561 --> 00:23:15,528 the profile break down? 620 00:23:15,595 --> 00:23:18,164 Likely male, and meticulous and educated. 621 00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,500 History of road rage, problems with anger. 622 00:23:20,567 --> 00:23:22,301 Might have difficulty holding a job. 623 00:23:22,368 --> 00:23:23,836 He identifies with the victims. 624 00:23:23,903 --> 00:23:25,304 He feels a sense of injustice. 625 00:23:25,371 --> 00:23:27,406 He's probably a victim of a violent crime himself. 626 00:23:27,474 --> 00:23:28,675 Or someone close to him is. 627 00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:31,410 Well, we could get a list of major injury accidents 628 00:23:31,478 --> 00:23:32,679 and cross-check them against the victims. 629 00:23:32,745 --> 00:23:33,846 DON: Yeah, we'll let Charlie run 630 00:23:33,913 --> 00:23:36,148 whatever we come up with, and get a suspect list going, yeah? 631 00:23:36,215 --> 00:23:37,183 Yeah, anything will help. 632 00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:41,688 What do we have, five million drivers in L.A. County? 633 00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:44,857 The optimization algorithm can be translated into software. 634 00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:45,692 You know what? 635 00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:47,026 I think Amita has it. 636 00:23:47,093 --> 00:23:49,662 But there's stuff in here we can use. 637 00:23:49,729 --> 00:23:51,598 How's it going with Amita? Huh? 638 00:23:51,664 --> 00:23:52,699 Oh, good, good. 639 00:23:52,765 --> 00:23:53,766 No, yeah, she's-- I mean, 640 00:23:53,833 --> 00:23:55,434 we're both pretty busy right now. 641 00:23:55,502 --> 00:23:56,803 You know, she's a professor now. 642 00:23:56,869 --> 00:23:57,604 Yeah. 643 00:23:57,670 --> 00:23:58,505 It's always tough, huh? 644 00:23:58,571 --> 00:23:59,839 What's always tough? 645 00:23:59,906 --> 00:24:01,107 The whole thing, you know? 646 00:24:01,173 --> 00:24:02,742 It's just tough. 647 00:24:02,809 --> 00:24:03,910 How you doing with Robin? 648 00:24:03,976 --> 00:24:06,946 Yeah, well, it is what it is. 649 00:24:07,013 --> 00:24:08,114 Yeah. 650 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:10,717 I know you don't like to talk about who you're seeing. 651 00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:12,218 Hey, Charlie, if I have anything worthwhile to say, 652 00:24:12,284 --> 00:24:14,053 believe me, you'd be at the top of my list. 653 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:16,956 You know who else doesn't like to talk about his love life? 654 00:24:17,023 --> 00:24:18,625 Your boy Larry. 655 00:24:18,691 --> 00:24:20,159 What do you know? 656 00:24:20,226 --> 00:24:22,261 I know Megan thinks he's beautiful. 657 00:24:22,328 --> 00:24:24,096 (mouths) 658 00:24:27,033 --> 00:24:28,835 What does he say? It's difficult to decipher 659 00:24:28,901 --> 00:24:31,370 through all the, you know, the cosmological metaphors. 660 00:24:31,437 --> 00:24:32,872 But he does really seem to 661 00:24:32,939 --> 00:24:34,373 really like her, you know? 662 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:35,942 Hey, here we go, I found it. 663 00:24:36,008 --> 00:24:36,976 All right. 664 00:24:37,043 --> 00:24:38,210 (chuckles) Okay. 665 00:24:38,277 --> 00:24:40,513 (clears throat) Before we run Amita's program, 666 00:24:40,580 --> 00:24:41,881 I need to draw up some parameters, 667 00:24:41,948 --> 00:24:43,349 because there's a component we're neglecting. 668 00:24:43,415 --> 00:24:44,383 What's that? 669 00:24:44,450 --> 00:24:45,184 Traffic. 670 00:24:45,251 --> 00:24:46,786 I mean, this guy's been attacking people 671 00:24:46,853 --> 00:24:48,521 in broad daylight, on busy roads, 672 00:24:48,588 --> 00:24:50,322 running the risk of being seen. 673 00:24:50,389 --> 00:24:51,390 Right. No witnesses. 674 00:24:51,457 --> 00:24:52,592 So he must be planning carefully. 675 00:24:52,659 --> 00:24:54,561 He probably plans escape routes. 676 00:24:54,627 --> 00:24:55,394 Yeah, possibly. 677 00:24:55,461 --> 00:24:56,629 All right, so if we can 678 00:24:56,696 --> 00:24:58,631 look at the traffic patterns in the vicinity 679 00:24:58,698 --> 00:25:00,032 of the attacks, that'll give us 680 00:25:00,099 --> 00:25:02,168 a chance to guess at those escape routes, 681 00:25:02,234 --> 00:25:04,236 which will give us a more general idea 682 00:25:04,303 --> 00:25:05,237 of where he goes afterward. 683 00:25:05,304 --> 00:25:06,773 Right, 'cause he'd definitely want to avoid 684 00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:08,140 traffic in each instance, right? 685 00:25:08,207 --> 00:25:09,175 Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. 686 00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:11,177 No, traffic flows just like any other, you know, 687 00:25:11,243 --> 00:25:13,245 dynamic fluid flow in a closed system. 688 00:25:13,312 --> 00:25:15,582 You know, it's like the water in your house. 689 00:25:15,648 --> 00:25:17,917 Water flows due to pressure and release. 690 00:25:17,984 --> 00:25:19,986 What is the optimum length and width of the pipe? 691 00:25:20,052 --> 00:25:21,187 What are the number of branches? 692 00:25:21,253 --> 00:25:22,922 How many release points are there? 693 00:25:22,989 --> 00:25:24,924 I mean, it's a little more complicated for traffic, 694 00:25:24,991 --> 00:25:27,126 but partial differential equations can help us 695 00:25:27,193 --> 00:25:30,396 calculate the optimum number of lanes, on- and off-ramps, 696 00:25:30,462 --> 00:25:32,064 signal synchronization. 697 00:25:32,131 --> 00:25:34,934 And I can use data from road sensors, 698 00:25:35,001 --> 00:25:37,069 traffic cameras and satellite imagery. 699 00:25:37,136 --> 00:25:40,372 I mean, hell, I can even factor in the street light algorithms 700 00:25:40,439 --> 00:25:41,608 used by the D.O.T. 701 00:25:41,674 --> 00:25:43,676 This is fairly high-level math. 702 00:25:45,612 --> 00:25:48,014 So ten out of 13 have been involved 703 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:49,816 in some sort of serious injury accident. 704 00:25:49,882 --> 00:25:52,084 Six are directly involved. 705 00:25:52,151 --> 00:25:54,086 There's a lawyer for an insurance company, 706 00:25:54,153 --> 00:25:56,823 two accident witnesses and a tow truck driver. 707 00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:58,758 And we're still trying to connect the last three. 708 00:25:58,825 --> 00:26:01,327 Yeah, unfortunately, this guy works to a schedule, 709 00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:03,663 and, you know, he's due now. 710 00:26:03,730 --> 00:26:05,998 (sighs) 711 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:08,935 Oh, look! 712 00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:11,303 It's CalSci's live-in cosmologist. 713 00:26:11,370 --> 00:26:12,471 Listen, don't laugh. 714 00:26:12,538 --> 00:26:15,642 I think that couch of mine has finally fused my vertebrae. 715 00:26:17,443 --> 00:26:18,310 What's going on, Larry? 716 00:26:18,377 --> 00:26:20,112 Is there something you want to talk about? 717 00:26:20,179 --> 00:26:21,113 No. 718 00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:23,015 I find any discussion of my inner feelings 719 00:26:23,082 --> 00:26:24,717 to be potentially catastrophic. 720 00:26:24,784 --> 00:26:26,418 It's like a star-- 721 00:26:26,485 --> 00:26:28,154 burns up all of its own fuel 722 00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:30,690 and then finally collapses in on top of itself. 723 00:26:30,757 --> 00:26:34,293 I was just trying to be supportive here, Larry, 724 00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:36,896 not destroy a solar system. 725 00:26:36,963 --> 00:26:38,130 CHARLIE: Who needs a caffeine fix? 726 00:26:38,197 --> 00:26:39,999 LARRY: Hey, you know what RГ©nyi said? 727 00:26:40,066 --> 00:26:42,034 He said a mathematician is a machine 728 00:26:42,101 --> 00:26:43,870 that turns coffee into theorems. 729 00:26:43,936 --> 00:26:45,571 (Charlie chuckles) 730 00:26:45,638 --> 00:26:47,239 Thank you for getting on this so fast. 731 00:26:47,306 --> 00:26:50,509 Hey, I don't want to be shot or struck by a brick while driving 732 00:26:50,576 --> 00:26:51,811 any more than the next person. 733 00:26:51,878 --> 00:26:53,746 You know, I guess there's nothing to be done 734 00:26:53,813 --> 00:26:55,748 about meteors-- well, just yet. 735 00:26:55,815 --> 00:26:57,684 CHARLIE: No, Larry, even the FBI 736 00:26:57,750 --> 00:26:58,818 can't stop meteors. 737 00:26:58,885 --> 00:27:00,987 No, not yet, but someday. 738 00:27:01,053 --> 00:27:02,488 We'll have plasma cannons, 739 00:27:02,554 --> 00:27:04,290 steam rockets. 740 00:27:04,356 --> 00:27:05,357 Anything interesting? 741 00:27:05,424 --> 00:27:07,526 Well, I loaded the data into the modeling software. 742 00:27:07,593 --> 00:27:09,261 It should produce a clear graphic 743 00:27:09,328 --> 00:27:10,963 of the flow of traffic after the attacks. 744 00:27:11,030 --> 00:27:13,032 I'll put it up on the LCD. Great. 745 00:27:13,099 --> 00:27:15,234 Also, I compressed time, so that 30 minutes 746 00:27:15,301 --> 00:27:16,335 plays in 30 seconds. 747 00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:19,605 And what's this? 748 00:27:19,672 --> 00:27:21,573 It's a traffic anomaly-- a street adjacent to the freeway. 749 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:22,641 Pull it up. 750 00:27:22,709 --> 00:27:23,976 (beeping) 751 00:27:24,043 --> 00:27:25,011 Huh. 752 00:27:25,077 --> 00:27:26,312 CHARLIE: Look at that flow. 753 00:27:26,378 --> 00:27:27,847 Optimized in one direction, 754 00:27:27,914 --> 00:27:30,182 all the cross streets are backing up. 755 00:27:30,950 --> 00:27:32,451 Pull up another one. 756 00:27:32,518 --> 00:27:33,720 (beeping) 757 00:27:33,786 --> 00:27:36,388 Yeah, there it is again, wow. 758 00:27:36,455 --> 00:27:37,389 And this timecode 759 00:27:37,456 --> 00:27:38,958 is telling us that this is 760 00:27:39,025 --> 00:27:40,126 after the shooting attack. 761 00:27:40,192 --> 00:27:41,327 It's like someone opened up 762 00:27:41,393 --> 00:27:43,495 an escape valve for traffic coming off the freeway. 763 00:27:43,562 --> 00:27:45,832 It's more like an escape route. 764 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,202 (horn honking) 765 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,672 MAN: Come on! Get out of the way! 766 00:27:53,740 --> 00:27:55,674 (horn blaring) 767 00:27:55,742 --> 00:27:57,409 WOMAN: Move out of the way, lady! 768 00:27:57,476 --> 00:27:59,746 (siren whoops) 769 00:28:02,849 --> 00:28:05,818 (low, indistinct radio communication) 770 00:28:13,292 --> 00:28:14,994 Ma'am? 771 00:28:15,895 --> 00:28:17,096 (tapping) 772 00:28:17,163 --> 00:28:18,865 Ma'am, roll down your window. 773 00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:35,948 MEGAN: Kathryn Krager. 774 00:28:36,015 --> 00:28:39,085 She's 46 years old, she has two teenage children. 775 00:28:39,151 --> 00:28:41,220 She works for the City of Bellhaven. 776 00:28:41,287 --> 00:28:42,221 Notify the family? 777 00:28:42,288 --> 00:28:43,622 CHP's at the house now, actually. 778 00:28:43,689 --> 00:28:44,824 All right, we got to see 779 00:28:44,891 --> 00:28:46,258 if she fits the traffic accident scenario, right? 780 00:28:46,325 --> 00:28:48,427 This is the second gunshot wound 781 00:28:48,494 --> 00:28:49,661 at close range. 782 00:28:49,728 --> 00:28:51,230 That's new. 783 00:28:51,297 --> 00:28:52,965 All the other ones were different forms of attack. 784 00:28:53,032 --> 00:28:54,133 What? Different guy? 785 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:55,902 No, I think it's the same guy, 786 00:28:55,968 --> 00:28:57,804 he's just not afraid to repeat himself now. 787 00:28:57,870 --> 00:28:59,906 Yeah, he thinks we can't catch him. 788 00:28:59,972 --> 00:29:01,774 And he might be right. 789 00:29:01,841 --> 00:29:03,675 Come on, you know we can get this guy. 790 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:05,444 All right, if you say so. 791 00:29:05,511 --> 00:29:07,146 And how about the next one on deck? 792 00:29:07,213 --> 00:29:09,481 What's going on with you? 793 00:29:09,548 --> 00:29:12,151 Nothing. 794 00:29:14,020 --> 00:29:17,990 No record the victim was ever in a traffic accident. 795 00:29:18,057 --> 00:29:19,826 That was Krager's boss-- 796 00:29:19,892 --> 00:29:21,260 the city manager for Bellhaven. 797 00:29:21,327 --> 00:29:23,796 Said that two years ago, a neighborhood submitted 798 00:29:23,863 --> 00:29:25,764 a petition for a light at a blind intersection, 799 00:29:25,832 --> 00:29:27,834 and Krager was in charge 800 00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:28,968 of overseeing the traffic budget, 801 00:29:29,035 --> 00:29:30,669 and she turned down the petition. 802 00:29:30,736 --> 00:29:34,640 So she wasn't actually involved in an accident herself. 803 00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:36,275 Somebody might blame her for causing one. 804 00:29:36,342 --> 00:29:37,376 Right. 805 00:29:37,443 --> 00:29:39,711 So an accident happened six months after Krager denied 806 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:42,681 a request to have a traffic light put at this intersection. 807 00:29:42,748 --> 00:29:43,983 Three people in two vehicles. 808 00:29:44,050 --> 00:29:46,452 One person survived: Brennon Sommers. 809 00:29:46,518 --> 00:29:49,989 His wife, the driver of the other vehicle died at the scene. 810 00:29:50,056 --> 00:29:51,657 And Sommers suffered a head injury. 811 00:29:51,723 --> 00:29:53,325 Anger and impulse control problems. 812 00:29:53,392 --> 00:29:55,627 He's lost his job, he's living on disability. 813 00:29:55,694 --> 00:29:56,662 He's been arrested twice 814 00:29:56,728 --> 00:29:59,031 since the accident, although the charges 815 00:29:59,098 --> 00:30:00,432 were dropped both times. 816 00:30:00,499 --> 00:30:02,134 Well, I can see where he might blame Krager 817 00:30:02,201 --> 00:30:03,335 for not putting in the stoplight, right? 818 00:30:03,402 --> 00:30:04,937 COLBY: Yeah, but she wasn't the first victim. 819 00:30:05,004 --> 00:30:06,638 I mean, why kill other people first? 820 00:30:06,705 --> 00:30:07,739 MEGAN: Well, maybe his first victim 821 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:10,509 set him off some other way, and then once he got going, 822 00:30:10,576 --> 00:30:12,378 he went back for Krager. 823 00:30:29,428 --> 00:30:30,496 Brennon Sommers! 824 00:30:30,562 --> 00:30:32,064 COLBY: Put your hands up 825 00:30:32,131 --> 00:30:33,532 and walk over this way. 826 00:30:33,599 --> 00:30:35,234 What is this about? 827 00:30:35,301 --> 00:30:39,171 Put your hands up and walk over this way. 828 00:30:39,238 --> 00:30:42,008 Get your hands up! Turn around right now! 829 00:30:43,910 --> 00:30:46,145 What?! What?! 830 00:30:54,887 --> 00:30:58,390 I was an architect. 831 00:30:58,457 --> 00:31:01,093 And now... 832 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:02,494 I can't concentrate. 833 00:31:02,561 --> 00:31:06,365 I can't read for more than a minute at a time. 834 00:31:06,432 --> 00:31:08,200 And that's Kathryn Krager's fault? 835 00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:09,401 Who?! 836 00:31:09,468 --> 00:31:10,802 Who is that?! 837 00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:12,004 I think you know. 838 00:31:12,071 --> 00:31:13,772 I mean, you wrote a letter to the L.A. Times, 839 00:31:13,839 --> 00:31:16,742 because Bellhaven wouldn't put in a traffic light. 840 00:31:16,808 --> 00:31:18,410 She was behind the decision. 841 00:31:18,477 --> 00:31:19,778 I blamed the city, yeah, 842 00:31:19,845 --> 00:31:22,314 but I never knew who made the decision. 843 00:31:22,381 --> 00:31:24,216 And you do get into a lot of fights. 844 00:31:24,283 --> 00:31:26,152 Maybe because people don't treat you fairly? 845 00:31:26,218 --> 00:31:29,855 No, because I have anger and impulse problems. 846 00:31:29,922 --> 00:31:32,691 It comes with the frontal lobe damage. 847 00:31:32,758 --> 00:31:33,859 I'm trying to deal with it. 848 00:31:33,926 --> 00:31:35,694 By seeking out people who hurt you? 849 00:31:35,761 --> 00:31:38,197 No! Nothing like that! 850 00:31:39,565 --> 00:31:42,134 I'm in group therapy, that's all. 851 00:31:42,201 --> 00:31:45,837 I used to be a nice, easy-going guy. 852 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:48,040 Hard to believe, huh? 853 00:31:53,112 --> 00:31:55,614 Doctor says he couldn't lift a cinderblock 854 00:31:55,681 --> 00:31:57,149 or fire a weapon accurately. 855 00:31:57,216 --> 00:31:59,651 Found no firearms, no evidence at his house 856 00:31:59,718 --> 00:32:01,087 linked to any of the crimes. 857 00:32:01,153 --> 00:32:02,754 He's close but not our guy. 858 00:32:02,821 --> 00:32:04,090 Close? What do you mean? 859 00:32:04,156 --> 00:32:05,524 Somebody like him, you know? 860 00:32:05,591 --> 00:32:06,825 More capable or angrier. 861 00:32:06,892 --> 00:32:10,129 Hey, you guys, Charlie's got something he wants to show us. 862 00:32:10,196 --> 00:32:11,497 Hey, Chuck, what do you got? 863 00:32:11,563 --> 00:32:13,199 Hey, I've got probable escape routes 864 00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:14,967 gathered straight from traffic data. 865 00:32:15,034 --> 00:32:16,268 Now, these red routes 866 00:32:16,335 --> 00:32:18,304 have the highest level of probability. 867 00:32:18,370 --> 00:32:20,639 Yellow routes, next highest. 868 00:32:20,706 --> 00:32:22,608 Blue routes, least likely. 869 00:32:22,674 --> 00:32:23,442 DON: Okay, good. 870 00:32:23,509 --> 00:32:24,710 Why don't you guys go check 'em out. 871 00:32:24,776 --> 00:32:26,012 You know, see if you can find a witness, right? 872 00:32:26,078 --> 00:32:27,279 All right. 873 00:32:27,346 --> 00:32:28,514 Here you go. 874 00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:30,016 Field trip. Love it. 875 00:32:30,082 --> 00:32:32,951 You drive, I'll navigate. 876 00:32:34,253 --> 00:32:36,188 I remember it was the day of the shooting. 877 00:32:36,255 --> 00:32:38,324 I'd just heard the report on the radio; 878 00:32:38,390 --> 00:32:41,193 couple minutes later, this truck blows by. 879 00:32:41,260 --> 00:32:43,129 What made you notice the truck-- was it speeding? 880 00:32:43,195 --> 00:32:44,463 MAN: No, that's not unusual. 881 00:32:44,530 --> 00:32:45,464 No, it was that, uh, 882 00:32:45,531 --> 00:32:47,899 I see this pickup, you know, coming up fast, 883 00:32:47,966 --> 00:32:49,801 and then the light goes red. 884 00:32:49,868 --> 00:32:51,270 Wait, wait, did you say pickup? 885 00:32:51,337 --> 00:32:52,604 Yeah, yeah, white pickup truck. 886 00:32:52,671 --> 00:32:54,973 MAN: The light's red, like I said, 887 00:32:55,041 --> 00:32:56,208 and he didn't slow down, 888 00:32:56,275 --> 00:32:58,344 so I figured he was gonna run it, 889 00:32:58,410 --> 00:33:01,947 and then it goes green again, after only a couple seconds. 890 00:33:02,014 --> 00:33:03,349 You're sure about that. 891 00:33:03,415 --> 00:33:05,017 It's my job to watch the light. 892 00:33:05,084 --> 00:33:06,485 Can you describe the truck-- 893 00:33:06,552 --> 00:33:08,520 maybe you got a look at the driver. 894 00:33:08,587 --> 00:33:11,823 Mm... it was a late-model, American make, I think. 895 00:33:11,890 --> 00:33:13,592 White, like I said. 896 00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:15,094 I couldn't see the driver, though. 897 00:33:15,161 --> 00:33:17,696 It was just a white dude with sunglasses. 898 00:33:17,763 --> 00:33:19,431 Okay. Anything else? 899 00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:21,967 Maybe there was something on the dash, possibly. 900 00:33:22,034 --> 00:33:23,669 Well, there was, now that you mention it. 901 00:33:23,735 --> 00:33:25,337 I couldn't see what it was, though. 902 00:33:25,404 --> 00:33:28,807 All right, thank you. 903 00:33:28,874 --> 00:33:30,542 Infamous white pickup. 904 00:33:30,609 --> 00:33:31,410 Sounds like the one 905 00:33:31,477 --> 00:33:32,711 Jeff Kinkirk's son said he saw 906 00:33:32,778 --> 00:33:34,546 just before he watched his father get shot. 907 00:33:34,613 --> 00:33:35,781 Yeah, the crossing guard's story 908 00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:36,682 about that light changing-- 909 00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:38,184 you thinking what I'm thinking? 910 00:33:38,250 --> 00:33:39,818 Yeah-- that our killer somehow figured out 911 00:33:39,885 --> 00:33:40,986 how to tamper with the lights? 912 00:33:41,053 --> 00:33:42,188 Yeah. 913 00:33:51,063 --> 00:33:52,398 Hey, you. 914 00:33:52,464 --> 00:33:54,900 Yeah, aren't you supposed to be 915 00:33:54,966 --> 00:33:57,403 at the string-theory symposium at USC? 916 00:33:57,469 --> 00:33:59,938 Now, how do you know I'm not there? 917 00:34:00,005 --> 00:34:01,540 One of those kinds of days, is it? 918 00:34:01,607 --> 00:34:04,143 Oh, well, aren't they all? 919 00:34:04,210 --> 00:34:07,613 Larry... is everything all right? 920 00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:08,714 Everything? 921 00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:10,949 Well, I'm not sure that I can account for the state 922 00:34:11,016 --> 00:34:12,050 off all matter, but... 923 00:34:12,118 --> 00:34:13,419 You know exactly what I'm talking about. 924 00:34:13,485 --> 00:34:16,422 Stop trying to Fleinhardt your way around answering me. 925 00:34:16,488 --> 00:34:18,056 What is it, exactly, that you want to know? 926 00:34:18,124 --> 00:34:19,325 If sleeping in your office 927 00:34:19,391 --> 00:34:22,294 and missing an event important to your field of study 928 00:34:22,361 --> 00:34:24,896 constitutes something that I need to... 929 00:34:24,963 --> 00:34:26,232 be concerned about. 930 00:34:26,298 --> 00:34:27,466 Well, as I previously explained, 931 00:34:27,533 --> 00:34:29,301 I'm sleeping in my office 932 00:34:29,368 --> 00:34:31,237 because I don't wish the distraction 933 00:34:31,303 --> 00:34:33,972 of finding and furnishing a residence. 934 00:34:34,039 --> 00:34:35,907 Fine. Fair enough. The symposium? 935 00:34:35,974 --> 00:34:38,577 I'm hoping to be unavailable, 936 00:34:38,644 --> 00:34:41,613 due to a pressing social engagement. 937 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:45,083 You're choosing dinner with Megan over string theory. 938 00:34:45,151 --> 00:34:46,652 The two are not incompatible. 939 00:34:46,718 --> 00:34:47,519 But thank you. 940 00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:49,788 For what? For looking after me. 941 00:34:49,855 --> 00:34:50,722 It's so good to know 942 00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:52,791 that if I ever stray from the rational plane, 943 00:34:52,858 --> 00:34:55,461 you will be there to accost me. 944 00:34:55,527 --> 00:34:58,664 (phone ringing) Any... anytime. 945 00:34:58,730 --> 00:35:00,332 Hello. 946 00:35:00,399 --> 00:35:02,534 Oh, this modern age. 947 00:35:02,601 --> 00:35:05,671 We think the freeway killer uses a device like this. 948 00:35:05,737 --> 00:35:07,306 It emits a pulse of infrared light, 949 00:35:07,373 --> 00:35:09,107 causes traffic lights to change. 950 00:35:09,175 --> 00:35:11,277 They're legal only for emergency vehicles. 951 00:35:11,343 --> 00:35:13,345 All right, well, that explains 952 00:35:13,412 --> 00:35:14,380 he's getting through traffic, then. 953 00:35:14,446 --> 00:35:15,481 Disrupting traffic lights 954 00:35:15,547 --> 00:35:17,749 should leave a record in the system-- times and places. 955 00:35:17,816 --> 00:35:19,418 There's cameras all over Los Angeles-- 956 00:35:19,485 --> 00:35:21,353 on buildings, at intersections, at ATM machines. 957 00:35:21,420 --> 00:35:23,555 Okay, so we can check the locations and the times 958 00:35:23,622 --> 00:35:26,124 against the Web cam logs... 959 00:35:26,192 --> 00:35:27,259 Use them to get a photo. 960 00:35:27,326 --> 00:35:28,860 What do you think are the chances of that, though? 961 00:35:28,927 --> 00:35:31,297 More cameras, better odds. 962 00:35:31,363 --> 00:35:32,564 What do you say, guys? 963 00:35:32,631 --> 00:35:34,900 Hey. All right, so here's what we got. 964 00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:37,769 We've been through hundreds of Web cams at intersections 965 00:35:37,836 --> 00:35:40,071 indicated by Charlie's analysis of traffic light disruptions. 966 00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:44,510 We got this traffic Web cam from La Brea and the 10 freeway, 967 00:35:44,576 --> 00:35:46,778 at 15 minutes after attack number nine. 968 00:35:46,845 --> 00:35:50,115 COLBY: And three seconds before he drove through that light, 969 00:35:50,182 --> 00:35:51,850 it was hit with an infrared pulse. 970 00:35:51,917 --> 00:35:52,718 No license visible, 971 00:35:52,784 --> 00:35:54,386 no way to identify the truck or the driver. 972 00:35:54,453 --> 00:35:56,188 And this? What's this? 973 00:35:59,124 --> 00:36:01,593 Oh, that's some sort of decal. 974 00:36:01,660 --> 00:36:02,961 Pulling together a lot of string 975 00:36:03,028 --> 00:36:04,930 that the crossing guard witness saw the killer... 976 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:07,699 That the guy in this photo is the one who changed the light. 977 00:36:07,766 --> 00:36:10,236 Maybe you're right-- I mean, maybe that's our guy. 978 00:36:19,645 --> 00:36:20,712 TECH: We're getting something. 979 00:36:20,779 --> 00:36:22,714 I'll flip it around and print it out. 980 00:36:24,983 --> 00:36:26,385 Looks like "HTSU." 981 00:36:26,452 --> 00:36:28,754 "Head Trauma Survivors United." 982 00:36:28,820 --> 00:36:29,688 Yeah? 983 00:36:29,755 --> 00:36:31,423 Yeah-- Brennon Sommers, the guy we suspected, 984 00:36:31,490 --> 00:36:33,692 I think he's part of their Northridge chapter. 985 00:36:33,759 --> 00:36:34,660 There's something on the bottom 986 00:36:34,726 --> 00:36:35,661 of the decal that's not quite legible. 987 00:36:35,727 --> 00:36:37,128 Well, it could be Northridge. 988 00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:41,300 Now that would not be random chance. 989 00:36:41,367 --> 00:36:42,934 COLBY: So far, we have eight current 990 00:36:43,001 --> 00:36:45,671 and former members who we can link to freeway attack victims. 991 00:36:45,737 --> 00:36:47,473 Ran the members through DMV. 992 00:36:47,539 --> 00:36:51,009 Two have white pickups, one's a 74-year-old lady, 993 00:36:51,076 --> 00:36:52,511 the other is Mitchell McKenzie. 994 00:36:52,578 --> 00:36:54,112 38, he's a home contractor. 995 00:36:54,179 --> 00:36:56,948 McKenzie was in a motorcycle accident a year ago. 996 00:36:57,015 --> 00:36:58,083 He suffered a head trauma. 997 00:36:58,149 --> 00:37:00,151 Two months after he joined the support group, 998 00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:01,287 the freeway attacks started. 999 00:37:01,353 --> 00:37:02,688 Well, that must be it, right? 1000 00:37:02,754 --> 00:37:04,956 That must be how he's choosing, is through the support group. 1001 00:37:05,023 --> 00:37:06,825 His accident was a hit and run, 1002 00:37:06,892 --> 00:37:08,560 So he's got no target for all the rage. 1003 00:37:08,627 --> 00:37:10,228 He could be acting on behalf of the other victims. 1004 00:37:10,296 --> 00:37:13,699 That's not the kind of support anybody expected. 1005 00:37:13,765 --> 00:37:16,302 Mitchell's close to many people in the group. 1006 00:37:16,368 --> 00:37:17,703 It's common for trauma victims 1007 00:37:17,769 --> 00:37:21,473 to feel like nobody understands what they've been through, 1008 00:37:21,540 --> 00:37:23,174 except other victims. 1009 00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:24,576 And, Dr. Bird, do you discuss 1010 00:37:24,643 --> 00:37:26,044 the freeway attacks in your group? 1011 00:37:26,111 --> 00:37:28,847 It's come up in meetings. 1012 00:37:28,914 --> 00:37:31,450 I remember I made a note about it. 1013 00:37:31,517 --> 00:37:33,352 What was your note? 1014 00:37:33,419 --> 00:37:35,153 Mitchell talks a lot at meetings, 1015 00:37:35,220 --> 00:37:36,322 has an opinion on everything. 1016 00:37:36,388 --> 00:37:41,493 But on the topic of the freeway attacks... 1017 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:43,094 he's been quiet. 1018 00:37:43,161 --> 00:37:46,665 Thank you. 1019 00:37:46,732 --> 00:37:48,266 Excuse me. 1020 00:37:51,370 --> 00:37:52,404 Eppes. 1021 00:37:52,471 --> 00:37:53,905 Don, I think McKenzie could be the guy. 1022 00:37:53,972 --> 00:37:56,007 We just got a hit on his credit card. 1023 00:37:56,074 --> 00:37:57,343 A gas station in Long Beach. 1024 00:37:57,409 --> 00:37:59,911 So I got David, Colby and LAPD on their way. 1025 00:38:12,891 --> 00:38:16,428 (siren approaching) 1026 00:38:29,441 --> 00:38:30,842 (glass shattering) 1027 00:38:30,909 --> 00:38:31,543 Come on, man! 1028 00:38:31,610 --> 00:38:32,711 (tires screeching) 1029 00:38:32,778 --> 00:38:35,313 (indistinct radio transmission) 1030 00:38:37,649 --> 00:38:38,617 (yells) 1031 00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:45,357 Come on! 1032 00:38:47,359 --> 00:38:49,628 (sirens blaring) 1033 00:38:52,464 --> 00:38:53,399 Get out of the way! 1034 00:38:53,465 --> 00:38:55,133 Get the hell out of the way. 1035 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,935 Get your hands on the wheel! 1036 00:38:57,002 --> 00:38:59,137 You! This way! Get your hands on the wheel! 1037 00:38:59,204 --> 00:39:02,674 (indistinct shouting) 1038 00:39:02,741 --> 00:39:04,676 I'm only trying to do what's right! 1039 00:39:04,743 --> 00:39:07,713 Innocent people hurt and killed! 1040 00:39:07,779 --> 00:39:11,116 And those responsible just walk away! 1041 00:39:13,985 --> 00:39:15,521 Somebody has to pay. 1042 00:39:15,587 --> 00:39:19,758 That's all I do. I make things right. 1043 00:39:21,427 --> 00:39:22,761 I make things right. 1044 00:39:42,448 --> 00:39:44,049 What are you sitting in the dark for? 1045 00:39:44,115 --> 00:39:45,383 Just thinking. 1046 00:39:45,451 --> 00:39:48,454 Thank God you caught that guy, huh? 1047 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,622 Five deaths, six people injured. 1048 00:39:50,689 --> 00:39:53,525 And tomorrow I got 1049 00:39:53,592 --> 00:39:55,060 12 new cases. 1050 00:39:55,126 --> 00:39:57,463 Yeah, you're having a lot of tough ones lately. 1051 00:39:57,529 --> 00:40:00,599 Maybe you should think of taking some time off. 1052 00:40:00,666 --> 00:40:03,168 Yeah, don't I wish. 1053 00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:05,471 Donny, it's not good for you to get this way. 1054 00:40:05,537 --> 00:40:07,773 Oh, Dad, what are you talking about? This is the way I am. 1055 00:40:07,839 --> 00:40:09,074 No, no, Listen to me. Donny... 1056 00:40:09,140 --> 00:40:11,076 Look, it's just, you know, sometimes... 1057 00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:12,077 (door opens) 1058 00:40:12,143 --> 00:40:13,812 Hello. 1059 00:40:13,879 --> 00:40:15,681 Hey, Don. 1060 00:40:15,747 --> 00:40:17,015 Glad you're here. 1061 00:40:17,082 --> 00:40:18,684 Found something interesting that I want you to look at. 1062 00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:19,685 Oh, yeah? What's that? 1063 00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:20,886 You know how I thought 1064 00:40:20,952 --> 00:40:23,489 that all the freeway attacks were a random series? 1065 00:40:23,555 --> 00:40:24,823 Yeah. 1066 00:40:24,890 --> 00:40:26,725 They weren't. They weren't. 1067 00:40:26,792 --> 00:40:28,794 Because, yeah, McKenzie was behind all of them, 1068 00:40:28,860 --> 00:40:31,296 but he didn't actually start the sequence. 1069 00:40:31,362 --> 00:40:32,964 What are you talking about? 1070 00:40:33,031 --> 00:40:35,033 A hit and run driver started the sequence 1071 00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:36,535 when he hit McKenzie. 1072 00:40:36,602 --> 00:40:38,436 The head injury the McKenzie sustained 1073 00:40:38,504 --> 00:40:41,139 left him unable to control his impulses, control his rage... 1074 00:40:41,206 --> 00:40:43,441 Oh, come on, Charlie, the man is still responsible 1075 00:40:43,509 --> 00:40:44,510 for his actions. 1076 00:40:44,576 --> 00:40:45,844 Yeah, of course. 1077 00:40:45,911 --> 00:40:47,946 Except that the guy that hit McKenzie was never apprehended. 1078 00:40:48,013 --> 00:40:49,915 He totally got away with it. 1079 00:40:49,981 --> 00:40:52,150 What, is this his accident report? Yeah, Megan called 1080 00:40:52,217 --> 00:40:53,251 the CHP for me, and I just... 1081 00:40:53,318 --> 00:40:56,221 I thought it was something you might want to look at. 1082 00:40:56,287 --> 00:40:57,789 Yeah, I think I see where you're headed. 1083 00:40:57,856 --> 00:40:59,424 What? We got his tire treads, 1084 00:40:59,491 --> 00:41:01,126 paint and metal... 1085 00:41:01,192 --> 00:41:02,360 Yeah, there's tons of information. 1086 00:41:02,427 --> 00:41:03,428 I mean, I can help you with this. 1087 00:41:03,495 --> 00:41:04,663 DON: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1088 00:41:04,730 --> 00:41:07,465 Yeah, Charlie. This is good. 1089 00:41:07,533 --> 00:41:09,134 There's enough information. 1090 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:10,702 You got a pen? Yeah. 1091 00:41:10,769 --> 00:41:13,471 We can narrow down the suspect list.