Numb3rs (2005–2010): Season 1, Episode 12 - Noisy Edge - full transcript

(Don) HEY, CHARLIE.

FIND ANYTHING YOU
CAN HELP US WITH?

YEAH. THESE CASES WON'T BENEFIT

FROM MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS.

ALTHOUGH, WE COULD APPROACH
ALL THESE WITH CHAOS THEORY.

MMM-HMM, CHAOS I GOT.

RIGHT, BUT WITH CHAOS, THERE'S
NO TELLING WHERE A CASE WILL LEAD,

AND THERE COULD BE MATHEMATICAL
APPLICATIONS I CAN'T DETECT YET.

I LOVE THAT ABOUT YOU.

WHAT?

YOU NEVER GIVE UP, DO YOU?



WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS
A SOLUTION, DON.

YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S
ANY LIMITATION,

IT'S GOT TO BE IN THE
MATHEMATICIAN, NOT THE MATH.

HOW ABOUT FUN, CHARLIE?
WHAT DO YOU EVER DO FOR FUN?

WELL, IF YOU MUST KNOW,
DAD THOUGHT PLAYING GOLF

WAS SOMETHING WE MIGHT
ENJOY DOING TOGETHER.

I'M SURE HE DID. YOU KNOW
HE'S LIKE AN 8 HANDICAP, RIGHT?

I'M A PRETTY QUICK STUDY.

JUST DON'T LET HIM
TALK YOU INTO BETTING.

LAST TIME WE PLAYED,
HE TOOK ME FOR $20.

HEY.

(Don) WHAT'S UP?

IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES,

THE F.A.A.'S RECEIVED
7 EYEWITNESS REPORTS



OF AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT FLYING
LOW OVER THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

HEADED TOWARD LOS ANGELES.

WHAT ABOUT A RADAR SIGNATURE?

THAT'S JUST IT. THE
OBJECT'S NOT SHOWING UP

ON EITHER CIVILIAN
OR MILITARY RADAR.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE IS
SCRAMBLING 2 F-16S FOR AN OVERFLIGHT.

SOUNDS SERIOUS.

HOMELAND SECURITY'S BEEN WARNING

ABOUT A SMALL CRAFT
TERRORIST ATTACK FOR MONTHS.

THERE'S NO FLIGHT PLAN, NO
CONTACT WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

NOW, WE HAVE TO ASSUME
THIS CRAFT IS HOSTILE.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT ABOUT
YOU TAKING THE SIGHTINGS

AND... AND TRYING TO
PLOT A FLIGHT PATH?

OH, WELL, I... JUST...
JUST GIVE IT A TRY.

IF HE DOES IT, PATCH HIM THROUGH
TO ME. OK. WHERE YOU GOING?

I'M GONNA GO UP TO THE ROOF, SEE IF I
SEE ANYTHING. CONTACT HOMELAND SECURITY.

SEE IF THEY HAVE A MILITARY
ATTACHE IN THE AREA.

I WANT TO MONITOR THEIR COM.

AGENT EPPES? YES, SIR.

ANYTHING YET? NOTHING.

(pilot on radio) MILITARY
A.T.C., THIS IS ROGUE ONE

AT ECHO, DELTA, TANGO,
4-4 NINER AND DESCENDING.

THAT'S OUR 2 F-16S COMIN' IN.

(A.T.C.) ROGUE ONE, YOU
ARE CLEAR AS ASSIGNED.

MAKE BEST TIME ON TARGET.

HEY, CHARLIE, WHAT
DO YOU GOT FOR ME?

YOU GOT ANYTHING?

BASED ON THESE SIGHTINGS,

THE OBJECT SHOULD BE OVER
GLENDALE ON HEADING 1-1-8.

GLENDALE.

(men laughing)

(people chattering)

(man) DID YOU SEE THAT?

YOU GOT IT? ARE YOU SURE?

NEW L.A.P.D. SIGHTING.

ONE MILE NORTH OF
SILVER LAKE RESERVOIR.

DON, BASED ON THIS NEW SIGHTING,

I ESTIMATE THE OBJECT
IS ON A DIRECT COURSE

FOR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.

DOWNTOWN? ARE YOU SURE?

(Charlie) YEAH, IF THESE
REPORTS ARE RIGHT.

MILITARY AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROL, THIS IS LEADER ONE.

DIRECT ROGUES 1 AND 2

ON A DIRECT HEADING TO
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.

(A.T.C.) ROGER THAT, LEADER ONE.

(pilot) A.T.C., THIS IS ROGUE
1 AND 2 ON NEW HEADING.

NOSE IS WARM, VISUALS ARE
CLEAR, WEAPON SYSTEMS ARE HOT.

PINGING ON P.R.F.
ALL FREQUENCIES.

CHARLIE, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

LOOK, ACCORDING
TO MY CALCULATIONS,

IT SHOULD BE JUST
NORTH OF DOWNTOWN.

IT'S GOT TO BE RIGHT THERE.

(rumbling)

(pilot #1) ROGUE ONE
CHECKING 1-0, 1-1 AND 1-2.

NEGATIVE CONTACT.

(pilot #2) ROGUE 2,
CHECKING 1, 2 AND 3.

NO JOY. REPEAT, NO JOY.

WELL, WHERE THE HELL IS IT?

(A.T.C.) ECHO, DELTA, TANGO.
NIGHT SKY CLEAN AND CLEAR.

ROGUE ONE, THIS IS LEADER
ONE. CONFIRM YOUR VISUAL.

(pilot #1) ROGER, LEADER
ONE. UH, THAT'S A NEGATIVE.

WHATEVER YOU BOYS WERE
CHASING, SIR, IT'S GONE.

(rumbling)

(Charlie) WE ALL USE
MATH EVERY DAY.

(echoing) EVERY DAY.

TO PREDICT WEATHER,

TO TELL TIME,

TO HANDLE MONEY.

MATH IS MORE THAN
FORMULAS AND EQUATIONS.

IT'S LOGIC.

(echoing) MATH IS MORE THAN
FORMULAS AND EQUATIONS.

IT'S RATIONALITY.

IT'S USING YOUR MIND

TO SOLVE THE BIGGEST
MYSTERIES WE KNOW.

(echoing) WE KNOW.

IT'S OVER HERE.

CAME RIGHT OVER THOSE TREES.

(David) HOW LONG
IT TAKE TO PASS BY?

UH, 5, 10 SECONDS, MAYBE.

NOT VERY FAST.

HOW HIGH YOU THINK IT WAS?

FEW HUNDRED FEET. YEAH?
WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE?

DARK, LIGHTS ALL AROUND IT.

I HAVE A VIDEO. MY WIFE SHOT IT.

YOU HAVE A VIDEO?

IT'S NOT GREAT. WE
STILL NEED TO SEE IT.

SURE, WE'LL GET IT BACK TO YOU.

MAN, I WAS HOPING IT WAS
SOME IDIOT IN A CESSNA

GETTING HIS PILOT'S
LICENSE, YOU KNOW?

ALTITUDE, SPEED, PATH
TOWARD DOWNTOWN,

COULD HAVE BEEN THE PRACTICE
RUN FOR A TERROR STRIKE.

TO TEST OUR RESPONSES? MAYBE.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT GREAT.

THERE. THERE IT IS.

ALL RIGHT, WAIT.

JUST FREEZE IT.

YEAH, I MEAN, HE WAS RIGHT.

(Don) IT'S NOT GREAT. MMM-MMM.

I DON'T KNOW... AGENT EPPES?

YEAH. HI. ERICA WESTON.

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SAFETY BOARD. OH, HEY, ERICA. DON.

HI, DON. DAVID SINCLAIR.

DAVID. THANKS FOR COMING.

NOT A PROBLEM.

POST 9/11 U.A.E.S
ARE A TOP PRIORITY.

U.A.E.S? UNEXPLAINED
AERIAL EVENTS.

THE 7 SIGHTINGS ARE ALL
CONSISTENT WITH THIS?

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH.

WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT AN M.P.H.

NOT A U.A.E.?

(chuckling) SORRY.

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD.

MULTI-PERSON HOAX.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, IT SEEMS
PRETTY ELABORATE TO BE A PRANK.

17 YEARS AGO, IN MICHIGAN,

8 ULTRALIGHTS FLEW
IN FORMATION AT NIGHT

TO CREATE THE
APPEARANCE OF A U.F.O.

WELL, I DON'T WANT
TO ASSUME IT'S A HOAX.

I MEAN, WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHERE
IT CAME FROM AND WHERE IT WENT.

I'M THINKING MAYBE
CHARLIE MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

THAT WAS BETTER.

WHAT? IT WAS. YOU
ALMOST HIT THE BALL.

YOU KNOW, I'M... I'M
THE KING AT BASKETBALL,

I... I... I CAN SNOWBOARD,
I'M THE BEST AT VIDEO GAMES,

I'M EVEN GETTING OVER
MY FEAR OF ROCK CLIMBING,

BUT I STILL... I CAN'T I HIT
THIS LITTLE WHITE BALL.

BECAUSE YOU'RE LIFTING UP. YOU'RE
TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THE BALL IS GOING.

NOW, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
JUST TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS

AND LET ME WATCH
FOR THE BALL. GO AHEAD.

ALL RIGHT.

(Alan) ALL RIGHT,
THAT WAS BETTER.

I STINK.

CHARLIE, DO YOU ALWAYS
HAVE TO EXCEL AT WHAT YOU DO?

THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING.

I'VE WORKED THESE NUMBERS.

COME ON, THIS IS
WHAT IS KNOWN AS FUN.

OUT HERE TOGETHER IN
THE... IN... IN THE FRESH AIR.

I-ISN'T THAT ENOUGH?
DON'T GET ME WRONG.

IT'S NOT LIKE I'M, UH, NOT
ENJOYING MYSELF WITH YOU, DAD.

IT'S JUST, I'M JUST SURPRISED
THE MATH ISN'T GIVING ME AN EDGE.

YEAH, ALL RIGHT. NOW, YOU JUST

WATCH AND LEARN.

NOW YOU SIT DOWN LIKE
YOU'RE ON A STICK. HMM?

YOU LET YOUR HANDS
WORK TOGETHER.

DRAW THE CLUB BACK SLOWLY.

AWESOME.

THAT WAS... SEE? THERE'S
NO MATH INVOLVED.

IT'S ALL RHYTHM. IT'S JUST

(cell phone ringing)

RHYTHM.

(sighing) RHYTHM.

THERE'S A RULE ON THE COURSE
ABOUT CELL PHONES, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, I KNOW. HEY, DON.

HEY, WHAT'S UP?

YEAH, YOU GOT IT. OK, BYE.

(Charlie) HEY, SORRY I'M LATE.

DAD WANTED TO WALK.

TOOK US A LITTLE
LONGER TO GET BACK

TO THE CLUBHOUSE
THAN I'D ESTIMATED.

IT'S OK. CHARLIE, THIS IS ERICA
WESTON FROM THE N.T.S.B.

UH, SHE SPECIALIZES
IN WHAT THEY CALL

UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL EVENTS.

HI. PLEASURE. NICE
MEETING YOU. HI. LIKEWISE.

YOU'RE RIGHT ON TIME. YOUR STUDENT
JUST FINISHED LOADING OUR RADAR IMAGES.

(beeping)

THIS IS CIVILIAN AIR
TRAFFIC CONTROL?

(Erica) RIGHT. THESE BLIPS
ARE COMMERCIAL AIRLINERS.

THE OTHERS ARE SMALL PLANES,

BUT OVER HERE, WHERE OUR
BOGEY WAS, THERE'S NOTHING.

HMM. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WELL, THERE'S A LOT
OF NOISE IN THE SYSTEM.

HMM. WHAT ABOUT TRYING
THE NOISY EDGE? MMM-HMM.

WHAT'S THAT?

(Amita) WELL, THERE'S RANDOM
NOISE IN EVERY RADAR SYSTEM.

AND SOMETIMES THE SIGNAL THE
RADAR'S DESIGNED TO PICK UP ARE SO WEAK,

THEY'RE OBSCURED BY THE NOISE.

HERE. LISTEN.

(hissing)

THAT NOISE YOU'RE HEARING IS
REALLY THE NOISE OF THE SYSTEM.

WITHOUT A SIGNAL, ALL WE'RE
HEARING IS RANDOM ENERGY.

HOW DO YOU FIND
SIGNALS THAT FAINT?

IT'S CALLED SQUISH-SQUASH.

IT'S A TECHNIQUE THAT WAS
DEVELOPED BY A MATHEMATICIAN

FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF ALBERTA IN CANADA.

LOOKS FOR ANYTHING THAT
LOOKS LIKE A... A WEAK SIGNAL

AND THEN MATHEMATICALLY
SQUISHES AND SQUASHES THAT DATA

TO GUESS AT ITS SPEED
AND AT ITS DIRECTION.

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?

OK, IMAGINE A...

IMAGINE A ROOM FULL OF... OF 20
OR, UM, OR 30 PEOPLE CLAPPING.

(Charlie) NOW, SOME PEOPLE
CLAP LOUD, SOME SOFT.

MOST GENERALLY AT THE SAME PACE.

NOW IMAGINE A WOMAN
IN THAT AUDIENCE

CLAPPING MUCH, MUCH SLOWER,

CLAPPING AT A VERY
SPECIFIC RHYTHM.

HER RHYTHMIC CLAP IS THE
SIGNAL WE WANT TO TRACK.

BUT WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T HEAR IT
AMONGST THE RANDOM CLAPPING.

THE SIGNAL'S LOST IN THE NOISE.

HOWEVER, SQUISH-SQUASH ALLOWS
US TO ISOLATE THE RHYTHMIC CLAP

AND TRACK IT.

(Don) SO WITH THAT, YOU CAN
PINPOINT THE FLIGHT PATH?

WHERE IT STARTED
AND WHERE IT ENDED?

PROBABLY.

AND HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE?

OH, IT'S HARD TO SAY RIGHT NOW.

WELL, I MEAN, IF WE'RE
DEALING WITH TERRORISTS

AND THEY MAKE
ANOTHER RUN, CHARLIE...

RIGHT.

WELL, LARRY HAS TIME
BOOKED IN THE COMPUTER LAB.

I MEAN, THAT COULD HELP US
RUN THIS PROGRAM MUCH FASTER.

CALL LARRY.

WHEN YOU FIRST TOLD
ME YOU WANTED TO RUN

AN ADVANCED CONDITIONAL
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION APPLICATION,

I WAS DELIGHTED.

NATURALLY, I ASSUMED

WE WERE ABOUT TO ATTEMPT
A MODEL OF MY THEORY

CONCERNING THE
DISTRIBUTION OF GRAVITY WAVES.

I'M SORRY, LARRY.

BUT NO, LITTLE DID I REALIZE

MY SLENDER BUDGETARY RESOURCES

WERE BEING USED TO
FINANCE A U.F.O. HUNT.

WELL, I THINK THE MORE ACCURATE
TERM IS "UNEXPLAINED AERIAL EVENT."

AND... AND YOU KNOW, I'LL GET THE
F.B.I. TO REIMBURSE YOU, I PROMISE.

OH, I... I SUPPOSE NATIONAL
SECURITY HAS TO TAKE PRIORITY.

YES. THANK YOU FOR
BEING UNDERSTANDING.

YOU SAY THIS CRAFT LEFT
NO RADAR SIGNATURE?

HMM, NOTHING VISIBLE.

SO, WHAT ASSUMPTIONS
ARE WE MAKING

FOR THE PROGRAM YOU'RE RUNNING?

WELL, THE F.B.I. HAS
ELIMINATED WEATHER BALLOONS,

THEY'VE ELIMINATED
ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT,

HELICOPTERS AND MILITARY DRONES.

WHICH LEAVES US?

WELL, I THINK THE
HIGHEST PROBABILITY

IS IT'S SOME KIND OF
SMALL, PILOTED AIRCRAFT

THAT WAS FLYING WITHOUT
A RADAR TRANSPONDER.

OR ONE THAT WAS TURNED OFF.

WELL, KEEP IN MIND,

QUANTUM PHYSICS MAINTAINS

AN INFINITE NUMBER
OF POSSIBILITIES.

THIS MIGHT HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH MAN OR MACHINE.

OH, THIS COULD BE SOME SORT
OF INTER-DIMENSIONAL EVENT OR...

YES, IT MIGHT EVEN BE A VEHICLE

FROM ANOTHER
PART OF THE UNIVERSE

USING A TYPE OF PROPULSION

WE CAN'T EVEN BEGIN
TO UNDERSTAND.

OK, LARRY. WE'LL TRY AND
FACTOR THAT IN AS WELL.

OK, YOU TWO, YOU MAKE YOUR
LITTLE JOKES. THE FACT REMAINS,

WE MAY NOT BE ALONE.

(beeping)

WHAT-WHAT'S THAT?

THAT'S THE SQUISH-SQUASH PROGRAM

CALCULATING THE
OBJECT'S LIKELY FLIGHT PATH.

(Larry) WELL, IT LOOKS
LIKE THE FLIGHT PATH

OF OUR MYSTERIOUS LITTLE OBJECT

IS SUDDENLY BECOMING
A LOT LESS MYSTERIOUS.

(Charlie) THIS IS THE
PATH OF THE OBJECT

AS CALCULATED BY THE
SQUISH-SQUASH ALGORITHMS.

AND WHAT HAPPENS HERE?

THE SIGNAL BECOMES
TOO THIN TO TRACK.

WHAT, RIGHT AROUND THE
TIME IT REACHES DOWNTOWN?

RIGHT, BUT

IF WE FOLLOW THE
PROJECTION OF THE DATA,

THE FLIGHT TAKES
US OVER THE CITY.

NOW, WHERE'S THAT ON THE MAP?

THAT IS RIGHT OVER
THE STAPLES CENTER.

(Erica) OR RIGHT INTO IT.

MAJOR SPORTS VENUE,
THOUSANDS OF INNOCENTS.

IT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF
HIGH-VISIBILITY SOFT TARGET

WE'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT.

WHY DON'T YOU GET A SCHEDULE OF
UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE STAPLES CENTER?

(David) ALL RIGHT.

SO, WHAT WE HAVE
IS A SMALL AIRCRAFT

CAPABLE OF PENETRATING DENSELY
POPULATED AREAS WITHOUT DETECTION.

OBVIOUS DANGERS ARE IS IF...
IF IT CRASHES INTO A BUILDING

OR... OR, GOD FORBID,
DISSEMINATES A W.M.D.

MS. WESTON HAS THE,
UH, THE GOOD NEWS.

WE NOW BELIEVE WE KNOW THE
LOCATION OF THE FLIGHT'S ORIGINATION.

ACCORDING TO PROFESSOR EPPES,

CRAFT TOOK OFF FROM
SOMEWHERE IN HERE.

WHAT I'M CALLING
"THE AREA OF ORIGIN."

AND ASSUMING WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A FIXED-WING AIRPLANE,

IT WOULD NEED A
RUNWAY TO TAKE OFF FROM.

AND HOW MANY STRIPS
ARE IN THE AREA OF ORIGIN?

1 COMMERCIAL, 4
RECREATIONAL AIRFIELDS.

WE NEED TO COVER 'EM ALL.

I MEAN, TRACK EVERY SINGLE
PLANE THAT TOOK OFF THAT NIGHT.

TALK TO AS MANY
PILOTS AS POSSIBLE.

I MEAN, SOMEBODY
HAD TO SEE THE THING.

(David) ALL RIGHT.
OK, LET'S DO IT.

I DON'T GET IT. THE AIRCRAFT
SHOULD'VE ORIGINATED

FROM AN AIRFIELD THAT
THE F.B.I. CHECKED OUT.

YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHERE I
GET REDUCTIVE ON YOUR ASS,

'CAUSE YOU KEEP
SAYING "AIRCRAFT,"

BUT SO FAR, NO ONE'S
BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY

WHATEVER IT WAS THAT PEOPLE SAW.

WELL, WHAT ARE
YOU SAYING, LARRY?

I'M SAYING INSTEAD OF
BUILDING A FLIGHT PATH,

LET'S TRY FOCUSING
ON THE OBJECT ITSELF.

YOU KNOW WHAT? HE'S RIGHT.

WE COULD GET A
VISUAL OF THE OBJECT

BY BUILDING IN ALL THE RADAR
SOURCES AT THE SAME TIME,

YEAH, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY.

SO, OVERLAP THE RADAR SOURCES?

THAT'S RIGHT. BY
LAYERING THE IMAGES,

WE COULD BUILD A 3-DIMENSIONAL
CROSS-SECTION OF IT.

(keyboard clacking)

(Amita) THERE.

NOW IT'S WORKING OFF
OF ALL 7 RADAR SOURCES.

YEAH, AND IT'S BUILDING
AN IMAGE OF THE OBJECT.

CHARLIE, IS THAT
WHAT I THINK IT IS?

NOW, LET-LET'S... LET'S
BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL.

WE SHOULDN'T JUMP TO ANY
CONCLUSIONS OR MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS.

THERE COULD BE ANY
NUMBER OF REASONS

WHY THAT LOOKS LIKE...

A VEHICLE FROM ANOTHER
PART OF THE UNIVERSE.

I MEAN, SURE, IT
LOOKS LIKE A REAL U.F.O.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
A U.F.O. LOOKS LIKE.

HOW CAN YOU SAY THIS
LOOKS LIKE A REAL ONE?

IT'S CUTTING-EDGE
AERONAUTICAL DESIGN,

BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY
MADE HERE ON EARTH.

WELL, THAT'S GOOD, 'CAUSE I... I
REALLY LIKE MY JOB, YOU KNOW.

(Erica) THIS IS SIMILAR TO
THE BLENDED WING DESIGN.

YOU KNOW, THE SAME ONE
USED TO CREATE THE B-2 BOMBER.

IT'S A CONCEPT, ACTUALLY,
THAT DATES BACK TO 1939,

WHEN LYLE FARVER PROPOSED
IT TO THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS

FOR A 500 MILES
PER HOUR FIGHTER.

SOMETHING THIS SMALL,
PRETTY RADICAL CONCEPT.

(clearing throat) SINCE WE WERE
LOOKING FOR A FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT,

NATURALLY WE WERE LOOKING FOR AN
AIRSTRIP WHERE THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED.

RIGHT, BUT WE DIDN'T FIND ANY.

WHICH FORCED US TO
CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES.

FREEWAYS, MAKESHIFT RUNWAYS.

ONLY, ANY OF THOSE
WOULD HAVE HAD A WITNESS.

WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TO ASK
OURSELVES A WHOLE DIFFERENT QUESTION.

WHY ASSUME THAT THIS
AIRCRAFT NEEDS A RUNWAY AT ALL?

VERTICAL TAKEOFF?

LIKE ONE OF THOSE,
UH, HARRIER JETS?

YEAH, ONLY SMALLER AND LIGHTER.

AND THAT WOULD MINIMIZE THE POWER
IT WOULD NEED FOR SUFFICIENT LIFT.

WHICH WOULD EXPLAIN
WHY NO ONE HEARD IT.

(Don) ALL RIGHT,

SO, IT TAKES OFF
STRAIGHT UP AND IT'S QUIET.

HOW DOES THAT EXPLAIN IT
NOT SHOWING UP ON ANY RADAR?

WELL, THERE'S ONLY
ONE EXPLANATION, REALLY.

IT'D BE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.

SOME LIGHTWEIGHT
NON-METALLIC COMPOSITE

THAT RADAR WOULDN'T PICK UP.

AND WHO MAKES A PLANE LIKE THAT?

SOMETHING LIKE THIS
CAN'T BE DONE OVERNIGHT.

THIS IS THE KIND OF PLAN THAT
WOULD TAKE YEARS IN THE MAKING.

WELL, STILL, IT'S GOTTA BE A
RELATIVELY SMALL COMMUNITY, RIGHT?

I WOULD START WITH
NORDELL AERONAUTICS.

NORDELL?

THEY'VE BEEN OFFERING A $5
MILLION PRIZE FOR A WORKING CRAFT

THAT HAS VERTICAL
TAKEOFF FOR YEARS NOW.

(man) WE'VE OFFERED
THE PRIZE SINCE '97.

(Erica) NO TAKERS?

NO WINNERS.

VERTICAL TAKEOFF'S PROVEN
TO BE A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK

IN THE FIELD OF
PERSONAL AIRCRAFT.

(David) PERSONAL AIRCRAFT?

SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT ONCE VERTICAL
TECHNOLOGY'S ACTUALLY CONQUERED,

AFFORDABLE AND
EASY-TO-FLY AIRCRAFT

WILL EVENTUALLY
REPLACE THE AUTOMOBILE.

I'LL TELL YOU, IF THIS
THING REALLY FLEW,

I'D SURE LOVE TO TALK
TO THE TEAM BEHIND IT.

YEAH, WELL, SO WOULD WE.

WE WERE HOPING YOU
MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL US

WHO'D BE CAPABLE OF PUTTING
A PLANE LIKE THIS IN THE AIR.

JUST A HANDFUL OF DESIGNERS,
I CAN TELL YOU THAT MUCH.

ANYONE OUT ON THE WEST COAST?

THERE'S A COUPLE OF
ENGINEERS THAT COME TO MIND,

DAVID CROFT AND LANE GOSNELL.

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM?

CROFT AND GOSNELL
USED TO BE PARTNERS,

UNTIL THEY HAD A FALLING OUT.

OVER WHAT?

THE DIRECTION OF THE DESIGN.

(Croft) YOU'RE SAYING
THIS THING ACTUALLY FLEW?

(Erica) AT LEAST 50 MILES.

AT HEIGHTS VARYING FROM
SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET

TO A FEW THOUSAND.

THIS PHOTO WHAT
GOSNELL GAVE YOU,

OR DID YOU ACTUALLY SEE IT FLY?

GOSNELL? YOU MEAN LANE GOSNELL,

YOUR FORMER PARTNER?

WELL, THIS IS HIS
PLANE, ISN'T IT?

IS IT?

UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE STOLE
THIS WING DESIGN FROM ME.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU AND
MR. GOSNELL HAD SOME SORT OF DISPUTE.

YOU MIGHT SAY THAT.

WE WERE TOLD IT WAS ABOUT
THE DESIGN OF THIS AIRCRAFT.

THE DESIGN HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

IT WAS ABOUT LANE.

AND HIS, UH, OBSESSION
TO BE REMEMBERED.

YOU SEE, WITH LANE, IT WAS
ALL ABOUT MAKING A STATEMENT.

SHOWING THE WORLD THAT
THE RULES DIDN'T APPLY TO HIM.

NOT EVEN THE RULES OF PHYSICS.

FRANKLY, IT DIDN'T MATTER
HOW DANGEROUS IT WAS

OR WHO MIGHT GET
HURT BY HIM DOING IT.

MR. CROFT, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

WHERE LANE GOSNELL IS NOW?

NOT A CLUE.

BUT WHEN YOU FIND HIM,

YOU TELL HIM MY LAWYERS ARE
GONNA BE TALKING TO HIS LAWYERS.

(keyboard clacking)

(David) HEY.

LANE GOSNELL.

2 YEARS AGO, AT A CONFERENCE
ON AIR TRAFFIC SAFETY

IN SEATTLE,

HE GIVES A PRESENTATION IN WHICH
HE CLAIMS THAT THE 9/11 HIJACKERS

WOULD SOMEDAY BE VIEWED
AS PIONEERS IN AVIATION.

HE WHAT?

HE SAID THE FLIGHTS
INTO THE TOWERS

PROVED THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON

WAS CAPABLE OF
PILOTING AN AIRCRAFT

WITH MINIMAL AMOUNT OF TRAINING.

THAT'S TWISTED.

TWICE HE FLEW A CESSNA INTO
RESTRICTED MILITARY AIRSPACE.

(Don) TWICE HE HAD TO BE
ESCORTED OUT BY U.S. WARPLANES.

CLAIMED HE DID THIS IN
PROTEST OF NEWS BLACKOUTS

OF RETURNING
CASUALTIES FROM IRAQ.

DON, WHY HAVEN'T WE
LOCKED THIS GUY UP?

OH, WE DID. HE WAS HELD
FOR OBSERVATION FOR 3 WEEKS

AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO
UNDERGO PSYCHIATRIC COUNSELING.

WHAT HAPPENED? HE DIDN'T SHOW.

WE GOT US AN
EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED MAN

TRYING TO MAKE AVIATION HISTORY.

(man) YOU BELIEVE THIS?

(Alan) STILL CAN'T FIND IT?

(Charlie) NO.

(Alan) WHY DON'T WE
JUST DROP ANOTHER BALL?

'CAUSE IT HAS TO BE HERE.

THE BALL WAS TRAVELING
ON A TRAJECTORY

WHOSE END POINT WOULD
PUT IT IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA.

CHARLIE, THERE'S ONE THING YOU
GOT TO LEARN ABOUT THIS GAME.

GOLF BALLS DON'T ALWAYS
DO WHAT YOU EXPECT THEM TO.

YEAH, WELL, GOLF BALLS HAVE
TO FOLLOW THE RULES OF PHYSICS,

JUST LIKE ANY OTHER OBJECT.

THEN WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP
LOSING SO MANY OF THEM?

CHAOS. WHY DON'T
WE LET THIS FOURSOME

PLAY THROUGH? IN A MINUTE.

(man) WE DON'T HAVE ALL
DAY! NOW WHERE YOU GOING?

WELL, THERE'S NO REASON TO
THINK THE BALL LANDED HERE.

SO IT'S WHERE I'M LOOKIN',

BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

IT'S WHERE I DON'T EXPECT IT.

UH...

HERE IT IS.

EXCEPT THAT'S NOT YOUR BALL.

(man) LET'S GO, GUYS. WHAT?

UH, FOUND IT!

COME ON, LET'S GO. YOU CAN
DROP THE BALL OVER HERE.

(Blake) WELL, HE HASN'T BEEN
HOME IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, I...

HE'S BEEN WORKING.

(David) WHEN WAS THE LAST
TIME YOU TALKED TO HIM?

(Blake) FEW DAYS AGO.
WHY? WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS AIRCRAFT?

WHERE'D YOU GET THIS?

SO YOU RECOGNIZE IT? YEAH,
I MEAN, IT'S MY DAD'S PLANE,

BUT HE DIDN'T WANT
ANYBODY ELSE SEEIN' IT.

MAYBE HE SHOULDN'T HAVE
FLOWN IT OVER LOS ANGELES THEN.

FLOWN IT?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THAT IMAGE WAS CAPTURED
ON RADAR 2 NIGHTS AGO.

(Blake) NO. YEAH.

WELL, THAT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.

WELL, YOUR FATHER'S
PLANE WAS TRACKED

FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDES
IN POPULATED AREAS

WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN
AND NO RADIO CONTACT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT
HE WAS PLANNING, BLAKE,

AND YOU WITHHOLD
INFORMATION FROM US,

YOU'RE LOOKING AT A
SERIOUS FELONY, HERE.

BLAKE, WE NEED TO TALK
TO YOUR FATHER RIGHT AWAY.

OK, YEAH, SURE. I MEAN,
HE-HE'S AT HIS WORKSHOP,

BUT I'M TELLING YOU,
THE PLANE IS THERE.

WHERE'S HIS WORKSHOP?

(dog barking)

THAT'S HIS TRUCK, SO
HE SHOULD BE HERE.

(Blake) HEY, DAD!

DAD, YOU IN THERE?

(beeping)

(David) DON, IT'S
THE SAME PLANE.

(Blake) IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
HERE. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE.

HEY! HEY! HEY!

IT'S THE EXHAUST FROM
THE VERTICAL ENGINES.

IT MUST HAVE BURNT THE GRASS.

(David) SO HE DID FLY IT, THEN?

YEAH, I GUESS SO.

AND WHERE WOULD HE TAKE IT?

I DON'T KNOW.
I... I HAVE NO IDEA.

JUST BECAUSE HE IS
AN ANTI-WAR ACTIVIST

DOESN'T MAKE HIM A CRIMINAL.

MAYBE NOT, BUT WE'RE ALSO
AWARE OF HIS PSYCHIATRIC HISTORY.

AS WELL AS HIS FEELINGS ABOUT
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.

HE'S... HE'S NOT A
VIOLENT PERSON.

HE WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING

TO INTENTIONALLY HARM SOMEONE.

WHY DIDN'T HE TELL YOU
ABOUT THE FLIGHT THAT NIGHT?

YOU DON'T KNOW HIS
INTENTIONS, BLAKE.

A LOT OF INNOCENT
PEOPLE COULD BE HURT.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?

HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO FLY IT.

NOT YET. WE... WE... WE WERE
STILL TESTING THE RUDDER.

SO HE TALKED TO
YOU ABOUT IT. NO.

SOMETHING MUST'VE HAPPENED.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHAT, A CRASH?

NO, NO. HE-HE'S MUCH TOO
GOOD OF A PILOT FOR THAT.

THEN WHAT?

(sighing)

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, MY FATHER'S
IN A RACE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS.

UH-HUH. OK?

A-A-AN OBSESSION LIKE
THAT MAKES YOU DO THINGS

THAT... THAT YOU WOULDN'T, AND
THAT YOU NORMALLY COULDN'T...

WHAT? LIKE WHAT?

WHAT HE'S DOING
IS VERY EXPENSIVE.

(Don) UH-HUH.

THE... THE... THE MATERIALS,
THE TESTS, THE... THE DESIGNS.

WE... WE DON'T HAVE
THAT TYPE OF MONEY.

SO, WHERE'D THE MONEY
FOR ALL THIS COME FROM?

HE SOLD AN INTEREST IN HIS
PLANE TO A VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM.

WHICH ONE?

RIDENHAUER INVESTMENTS.

IT'S A GERMAN COMPANY.

HE WAS NEVER HAPPY
WITH THE ARRANGEMENT.

HE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT
THEY WERE LESS INTERESTED

IN THE HISTORY BOOKS
AND MORE INTERESTED

IN WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY
MIGHT DO FOR THEM.

ACCORDING TO CORPORATE RECORDS,

YOUR COMPANY HAS
PUT ALMOST $1.7 MILLION

INTO GOSNELL'S WORK SO FAR.

WHAT CAN I SAY? WE'RE
A VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM

WHO JUST GOT BIT BY THE BUG.

THE PROMISE OF THE MASS
PRODUCTION OF PERSONAL AIRCRAFT.

RIGHT. BUT IT DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE YOUR INVESTORS

HAVE MUCH TO SHOW FOR IT.

BETTER A FEW YEARS TOO
EARLY, THEN A FEW TOO LATE, JA?

BESIDES, IF MR. GOSNELL EVER
GETS HIS PLANE UP IN THE AIR,

OUR SHARE OF THE PRIZE
OFFERED BY NORDELL AERONAUTICS

MORE THAN MAKES FOR A VERY
GOOD HEDGE ON OUR INVESTMENT, NO?

GOSNELL ALREADY GOT
HIS PLANE IN THE AIR.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THE UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT
THAT WAS RECENTLY IN THE NEWS.

THE ONE SPOTTED OVER
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW FAR
ALONG HE WAS WITH HIS PROJECT.

UH, GOSNELL BEGAN
REFUSING US, UH,

ANY ACCESS TO HIS WORKSHOP

OVER 3 MONTHS AGO.

WHICH MEANS YOU KNEW WHERE
HIS WORKSHOP WAS LOCATED, THEN?

HMM.

I ALSO NOTICED THE SOURCE OF YOUR
INVESTMENTS COME FROM OVERSEAS.

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE?

WELL, I WAS JUST WONDERING
IF YOUR MOTIVATION

IS LESS THE PRODUCTION
OF PERSONAL AIRCRAFT

AND MORE THE SALE OF GOSNELL'S
TECHNOLOGY TO YOUR FOREIGN INVESTORS.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

MR. RIDENHAUER, IF THIS
PLANE IS USED TO HARM ANYONE,

YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF
FACING SERIOUS CHARGES.

THERE WERE RUMORS.
WHAT SORT OF RUMORS?

THAT GOSNELL WAS
GETTING VERY CLOSE

TO CREATING A WORKING PROTOTYPE,

BUT HE WASN'T
LETTING ANYONE SEE IT.

AND NATURALLY, YOU FELT
OBLIGATED TO PASS THAT INFORMATION

ALONG TO YOUR FOREIGN INVESTORS.

(sighing)

AMITA, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T THINK
YOU COULD MAKE THIS WORK.

BUT YOU'VE COME UP
WITH A NOVEL APPROACH

TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

SPENT 6 MONTHS GETTING NOWHERE

UNTIL I THOUGHT,

IF YOU CAN'T COME IN THE FRONT
DOOR, CLIMB THROUGH A WINDOW.

(chuckles)

WELL, YOU'VE
OBVIOUSLY, CERTAINLY,

COME A LONG WAY
IN YOUR THESIS WORK.

THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW WHAT
THE WEIRD THING IS?

WHAT'S THAT? WELL, I REALIZED

HOW MUCH I ENJOY
BEING HERE AT CALSCI.

THAT'S GOOD. I'M
GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

WELL, I WAS HOPING
YOU'D SAY THAT, BECAUSE

I'M SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING
GETTING A 2ND PH.D.

IN ASTROPHYSICS.

NO. DON'T DO THAT.

DON'T TELL ME I'VE BEEN WORKING
WITH YOU FOR OVER 2 YEARS

ON COMBINATORICS,

AND YOU'RE JUST GOING TO
THROW THAT ALL AWAY FOR PHYSICS.

CHARLIE, ASTROPHYSICS AND COMPUTER
SCIENCE MAKE A PRETTY GOOD MATCH.

HMM.

BESIDES, I REALLY REALIZED

HOW MUCH I LIKE BEING HERE.

SO YOU'D DO YOUR WORK HERE?

UH, OF COURSE, I'D HAVE
A DIFFERENT ADVISOR.

OF COURSE.

WHICH MEANS THAT I WOULDN'T
BE YOUR STUDENT ANYMORE.

I GUESS THAT'S TRUE, ISN'T IT?

(Erica) DR. EPPES.

I'D LIKE... UH, SORRY.

IS THIS A BAD TIME?

NO. NO, NO, NO, N-NOT... NOT...
NOT ANYMORE. WHAT'S UP?

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

WE FOUND THE LOCATION WHERE THE PLANE
TOOK OFF FROM, AND WE HAVE A SUSPECT.

BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
TO FIND HIM OR THE PLANE.

ALSO, YOUR BROTHER THINKS THAT
THIS MAN MAY NOT BE IN THIS ALONE.

REALLY?

THERE WERE FOREIGN
INVESTORS IN GOSNELL'S AIRCRAFT.

SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY
THIS TECHNOLOGY

COULD END UP IN THE HANDS OF A COUNTRY
THAT'S HOSTILE TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES.

WHAT'S THIS?

WEATHER RADAR OF
THE LOS ANGELES AREA

THE NIGHT THE PLANE
DISAPPEARED. WEATHER RADAR?

WE KNOW THAT THE
PLANE WASN'T PICKED UP

BY CONVENTIONAL
AIR TRAFFIC RADAR.

PROBABLY BECAUSE THE
MATERIAL IT WAS MADE OUT OF

DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH METAL IN IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT
TRADITIONAL RADARS

ARE DESIGNED TO PICK UP, METAL.

RIGHT, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT
MOST AIRPLANES ARE MADE OF.

BUT THE WEATHER RADAR WILL SHOW
US LOCATIONS OF CLOUD FORMATIONS,

BECAUSE IT'S TUNED TO
DETECT WATER VAPOR.

SO, BY RE-TUNING
THE RADAR SIGNAL...

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRACK
THE PATH OF THE PLANE.

BECAUSE THIS TIME, THE RADAR
WON'T BE LOOKING FOR VAPOR OR METAL.

IT'LL BE LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING IN BETWEEN.

(David) I CALLED THE
STATE DEPARTMENT

WITH A LIST OF
RIDENHAUER'S INVESTORS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN
THEIR WHEREABOUTS RIGHT NOW,

SEE IF ANY OF THEM
ARE IN THE COUNTRY.

DON. ALL RIGHT,
THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

WE FOUND IT. (Don)
WHAT, THE PLANE?

WE RE-TUNED RADAR TO LOOK
FOR NONMETALLIC MATERIALS.

WE FOUND A NEW FLIGHT PATH.

WE KNOW WHERE THE
PLANE WENT. WHERE?

SHOULD BE WITHIN A
QUARTER-MILE AREA IN SIGNAL HILL.

RIGHT. OK. LET'S GO.

(Don) GET ON THE
PHONE TO L.A.P.D.

TELL THEM WE NEED
SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS.

(David) I'M ON IT.

(helicopter hovering)

(officers chattering)

(Don) NO SIGN OF
GOSNELL OR THE PLANE.

CHARLIE, I MEAN, ARE YOU
SURE ABOUT THE LOCATION?

THE MATH IS RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

I MEAN, I'LL SEE IF I CAN GET SOME
MORE PEOPLE OUT HERE, BUT...

WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD BE
CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY

THAT THE PLANE MIGHT
BE HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT.

HOW DO YOU MEAN?

KIND OF LIKE THE
GARY DEVORE CASE.

OH, YEAH.

THIS GUY THAT JUST DISAPPEARED
DRIVING BACK FROM VEGAS.

RIGHT. AND THEN
SOME MONTHS LATER,

THEY FIND HIM IN HIS CAR
BURIED UNDER 20 FEET OF WATER.

JUST YARDS AWAY FROM
WHERE THE HIGHWAY PATROL

WERE LOOKING FOR HIM.

(Charlie) RIGHT. GOSNELL'S PLANE
COULD BE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US,

YET BE IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S
PREVENTING US FROM DETECTING IT.

IT'S LIKE CHARLIE SAID. LOOK.

I MEAN, IF HE WENT DOWN,

HERE'S A PLACE IT'D BE PRETTY
HARD TO FIND ANY WRECKAGE.

A JUNK YARD. A PLACE
ALREADY FULL OF WRECKAGE.

(people chattering)

(bulldozer screeching)

HEY, GUYS! OVER HERE!

(man) SHE FOUND SOMETHING.

DON. IT'S LANE GOSNELL.

(David) HE'S DEAD.

(Don) YOU FIND ANYTHING?

(Erica) YEAH, THE
RUDDER CONTROLS

SHOW EVIDENCE OF
BEING TAMPERED WITH.

IT WAS? MMM-HMM.

TAMPERING? YOU SURE?
THERE'S NO QUESTION.

THE BOX HOLDING THE
RUDDER'S SERVO CONTROLLER

WAS UNSEALED.

THE MECHANISM WAS ALTERED.

THE PLANE WENT DOWN
AS A RESULT OF SABOTAGE.

WANT ME TO TALK
TO HIM? NO, I GOT IT.

(Don) BLAKE? ALL RIGHT, BLAKE...

WAS THAT HIM? WAS THAT MY DAD?

I'M SORRY.

CAN YOU TELL ME IF HE SUFFERED?

WE'RE PRETTY SURE
HE DIED ON IMPACT.

HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? HOW
DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN?

WELL, SEE, THE THING IS,

IT... IT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT.

WHAT?

APPARENTLY, THE RUDDER
WAS TAMPERED WITH.

THE RUDDER?

YOUR FATHER WAS MURDERED.

I'M SORRY.

ALL RIGHT, SO, LANE GOSNELL

WAS DEFINITELY KILLED
BY AN ACT OF SABOTAGE.

YEAH, BUT BY WHO, AND WHY?

WELL, I MEAN, WORKING THEORY
HAS TO ASSUME THE WORST, RIGHT?

I MEAN, IT HAS TO BE BECAUSE OF
WHAT THAT TECHNOLOGY COULD DO.

JUST GOT A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS

OF GOSNELL'S FLIGHT DATA RECORD.

UH-HUH. APPARENTLY,

BECAUSE GOSNELL DIDN'T KNOW
ABOUT THE RUDDER PROBLEM,

HE OVER-CORRECTED,

PUT THE CRAFT INTO
AN UNCONTROLLED DIVE.

HE WASN'T ABLE TO RECOVER.

ANY CHANCE THAT FLIGHT RECORDER

CAN TELL US WHERE HE WAS HEADED?

NOT WITHOUT A FILED FLIGHT PLAN.

MOST OF THE DATA ON THE RECORDER

IS JUST PRETTY BASIC INFORMATION

ABOUT CHANGES IN HIS
SPEED AND ALTITUDE.

SO, YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL US THE
STAPLES CENTER WAS HIS INTENDED TARGET?

YOU CAN'T ELIMINATE IT, EITHER.

BECAUSE OF THE SABOTAGE, THE
RUDDER WASN'T BEHAVING AS EXPECTED.

SO, WE CAN'T TELL WHAT HIS
TRUE COURSE MIGHT'VE BEEN.

I MEAN, SO, HE TOOK THE
PLANE UP FOR WHAT THAT NIGHT?

A JOY RIDE?

THAT WASN'T THE IMPRESSION
I GOT FROM HIS EX-PARTNER.

CROFT WAS PRETTY SURE THAT GOSNELL
INTENDED TO TRY SOMETHING SPECTACULAR.

WHAT DO YOU HEAR FROM
THE STATE DEPARTMENT?

SO FAR, THEY'VE COME
UP EMPTY-HANDED.

NONE OF RIDENHAUER'S
INVESTORS ARE IN THE COUNTRY.

DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE
PEOPLE HERE WORKING ON THEIR BEHALF.

HEY, CHARLIE. HEY.

(Don) WHAT'S UP?

JUST GRADING TESTS FOR MY
NONLINEAR DYNAMICS CLASS.

GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE TAKING
MY ADVICE AND HAVING SOME FUN.

HMM.

YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU'VE
BEEN HAVING TOO MUCH FUN.

OH, MAN. THIS GOSNELL CASE.

(sighs)

I SPENT ALL THAT TIME TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE THE PLANE WENT.

TURNS OUT THE PILOT DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW BECAUSE THE RUDDER WAS BUSTED.

SEE, THAT'S THE THING. I GOT TO
FIND OUT WHERE HE WAS HEADED,

'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S
WHY HE WAS KILLED.

YOU GOT ANY IDEAS?
ANYTHING AT ALL?

MAYBE. COULD I, UH,

COULD I GET SOME DATA
OFF THE FLIGHT RECORDER?

YEAH, I MEAN, I CAN SEE IF,
UH, ERICA CAN DROP SOME BY.

MAYBE, UH, AMITA
CAN HELP YOU OUT.

DAD SAID SHE'S STICKING AROUND.

DID HE?

WELL, YOU HAPPY ABOUT THAT?

UM...

ARE YOU ASKING ME AS
HER THESIS ADVISOR OR...

(laughing) YOU TELL ME.

YEAH, I'M HAPPY.

HEY, WHAT'S THE DEAL? I THOUGHT
YOU WERE PLAYING GOLF TODAY.

OH, NO. YOU KNOW, UM, I'M REALLY
NO USE ON THE GOLF COURSE.

CHARLIE,

YOU KNOW WHY HE LIKES
PLAYING WITH YOU, DON'T YOU?

I HAVE NO IDEA,
BECAUSE I-I'VE GOT TO BE

THE WORST GOLFER IN
THE HISTORY OF THE GAME.

NO. IT'S THE ONE TIME HE
GETS TO TEACH YOU SOMETHING.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

THAT'S THE ONE TIME.

(cell phone ringing)

OH, EXCUSE ME.

EPPES. (David) DON.

THE FORENSIC REPORT FROM
GOSNELL'S WORKSHOP JUST CAME IN.

WE FOUND DAVID CROFT'S
FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER THE SHOP.

BUT I THOUGHT YOU SAID
HE HADN'T SEEN HIM IN YEARS.

AND SO HE SAID.

ALL RIGHT, LOOK, UH,
TAKE A TEAM, PICK HIM UP.

I'LL MEET YOU AT THE OFFICE, OK?

YOU GOT IT.

I DIDN'T KILL LANE GOSNELL.

BUT YOU WERE PRETTY
PISSED AT HIM, RIGHT?

I'VE BEEN PRETTY
ANGRY AT LANE GOSNELL

FOR OVER 10 YEARS.

BECAUSE HE STOLE YOUR DESIGN.

IS THAT WHY YOU LED US TO THINK HE
WAS PLANNING SOMETHING PRETTY BIG?

ALL I SAID WAS THAT IT
WAS IN LANE'S NATURE

TO DO SOMETHING
CRAZY, AND IT WAS.

CRAZIER THAN SABOTAGE, YOU MEAN?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOUR PRINTS WERE
FOUND IN HIS WORKSHOP.

IF YOU HADN'T SEEN HIM IN 10
YEARS, HOW'D THEY GET THERE?

WHAT WAS IT? YOU
COULDN'T LET HIM WIN?

IS THAT IT? OK, LOOK, LOOK,

I... I RAN INTO GOSNELL'S KID

AT AN AIR SHOW A FEW MONTHS AGO,

AND HE LET SLIP THAT HIS OLD MAN

WAS GETTING PRETTY CLOSE
TO A WORKING AIRCRAFT. UH-HUH.

AND I HAD TO SEE THAT
PLANE FOR MYSELF.

NOW, LANE WAS A GREAT DESIGNER,

BUT HE WAS AN
UNGRATEFUL SON OF A BITCH.

HE JUST COULD NEVER
ACKNOWLEDGE ANYONE'S CONTRIBUTION.

FOR 10 YEARS, I
WORKED ON THAT DESIGN.

SO YOU WENT INTO HIS WORKSHOP?

LOOK, I KNOW YOU
THINK I KILLED GOSNELL.

I KNOW YOU'RE
THINKING THAT. YEAH.

BUT NOT THIS WAY.

I COULD'VE NEVER
TOUCHED THAT AIRPLANE.

NOT EVER.

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

AS MUCH AS THAT
AIRPLANE WAS LANE'S,

IT WAS MINE, TOO.

TELL ME HOW THIS WORKS.

(Erica) A SERVO IS BASICALLY
AN AUTOMATIC DEVICE

USED TO CONTROL
LARGE AMOUNTS OF POWER

WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF POWER.

WHAT HAPPENS IS THE PILOT
MOVES THE FLIGHT CONTROLS,

THE SERVO TRANSLATES THOSE
MOVEMENTS TO THE RUDDER.

AND WHERE WAS
THE TAMPERING DONE?

3 PLACES,

AMPLIFIER, ACTUATOR
AND FEEDBACK ELEMENT.

WHY WOULD SOMEBODY
BREAK 3 THINGS INSTEAD OF ONE?

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED

MAYBE, WHOMEVER IT WAS,

WASN'T TRYING TO BREAK IT?

THEY WERE TRYING TO FIX IT.

(Charlie) DON. HEY.

WE THINK WE KNOW WHO
TAMPERED WITH THAT SERVO.

(Don) GREAT. WHO?

(Charlie) WELL, WE
DON'T HAVE A NAME.

WHAT... WHAT ARE
YOU TALKING ABOUT?

DO YOU KNOW WHO DID IT OR NOT?

THE RUDDER WASN'T SABOTAGE.

(Charlie) RIGHT IT... IT
WASN'T SABOTAGED

IN THE TRADITIONAL
SENSE OF THE WORD.

NOW, WE ASSUMED
BECAUSE THE PLANE CRASHED

THAT SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO CAUSE
IT TO CRASH, BUT MAYBE THAT'S WRONG.

YEAH? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

WELL, WHAT IF THE ADJUSTMENTS
WERE ACTUALLY INTENDED

TO BE DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS?

IMPROVEMENTS?

BUT YOU SAID THE FLIGHT
RECORDER CLEARLY SHOWED

THAT GOSNELL DIDN'T KNOW
ANYONE MESSED WITH THE RUDDER.

DOESN'T DISPROVE MY THEORY.
IT MERELY ELIMINATES GOSNELL

AS THE PERSON WHO
MADE THE IMPROVEMENTS.

I WAS HOPING TO HEAR
FROM YOU GUYS SOON.

HAVE YOU MADE ANY PROGRESS?

ACTUALLY, YES.

SO DO YOU KNOW WHO DID IT, THEN?

WE'RE STILL WAITING ON
FINAL FINGERPRINT ANALYSIS,

BUT, UH, WE HAVE A
PRETTY GOOD IDEA.

WELL, CAN YOU TELL ME?

WHY DON'T YOU TELL US, BLAKE?

I... I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

SEE, THE THING IS, I REMEMBER
THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE

WHEN WE WALKED IN YOUR FATHER'S
WORKSHOP AND THAT PLANE WASN'T THERE.

AND THE FIRST THING YOU
WANTED TO KNOW AT THE CRASH SITE

WASN'T WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE PLANE,

BUT WAS WHETHER YOUR
FATHER HAD SUFFERED.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO
ASK ABOUT THE PLANE

'CAUSE YOU KNEW WHY IT CRASHED.

WHOSE FINGERPRINTS ARE WE
GOING TO FIND ON THAT SERVO, BLAKE?

I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S ALL.

YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD HIM YOU
CHANGED THE DESIGN, RIGHT?

NO, HE WOULDN'T
HAVE LISTENED. NO?

NO, I COULD NEVER TELL HIM.

HE'D JUST REMOVE IT.

THE MAN WAS SO SURE.

HE WAS SO SURE THAT I COULD
NEVER DO THE THINGS THAT HE COULD.

AND YOU WANTED TO SHOW HIM THAT YOU
WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO CARRY ON HIS WORK,

CARRY ON HIS LEGACY?

HE WANTED TO BE THE FIRST.

HE WANTED TO BE THE NEXT HENRY
FORD. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

YEAH, I THINK I FOLLOW YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO LIVE LIKE THAT?

TO KNOW THAT YOUR FATHER CARES
MORE FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS

THAN HE DOES FOR HIS OWN SON?

I MEAN, I WONDER
IF FOR ONE SECOND,

I ENTERED HIS MIND THAT NIGHT.

I WONDER IF HE THOUGHT THAT,

THAT I MIGHT WANT TO BE THERE

TO SHARE THAT MOMENT WITH HIM.

GUESS I'LL NEVER KNOW.

(Don) WHERE'S CHUCK?

(Alan) I DON'T KNOW.
LAST I LOOKED,

HE WAS RIGHT BEHIND
US. THERE HE IS.

(Charlie) HEY, DAD.

YOUR CLUBS WEIGH A TON.

ARE YOU KIDDING? I'VE USED
THOSE CLUBS FOR 10 YEARS.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM.

DAD, THEY'RE OLDER THAN HE IS.

(Don) I DON'T EVEN THINK THEY
MAKE WOOD CLUBS ANYMORE.

YEAH, I KNOW, BUT EACH ONE OF
'EM'S GOT A GREAT SWEET SPOT.

(Don) PUT 'EM IN A MUSEUM.

(Alan) EH, WHEN
CHARLIE GETS BETTER,

I'LL BUY HIM A SET OF HIS OWN.

COME ON, CHARLIE, MAYBE THIS
IS THE DAY YOU'LL PAR A HOLE.

(sighing) I'D JUST LIKE TO
GET THE BALL IN THE HOLE,

THAT'S ALL.

HEY, CHARLIE.

CHARLIE, MAYBE, UH,

IF YOU'RE GETTING
THAT FRUSTRATED,

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING ELSE
WE COULD DO TOGETHER, YOU KNOW.

ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I LOVE GOLF.

YOU SEE, HUH?

(both laughing)

I KNEW IT WOULD GROW ON
YOU ONCE YOU GAVE IT A CHANCE.

WELL, WHAT CAN I SAY?
YOU'RE A GREAT TEACHER.

ALL RIGHT, ALAN.
SHOW US HOW IT'S DONE.

(Alan) OH, YEAH!