Numb3rs (2005–2010): Season 1, Episode 3 - Vector - full transcript

(man on radio) THANKS
FOR TUNING IN.

IT'S CURRENTLY 5 PAST THE HOUR

IN SUNNY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

WITH A CURRENT
TEMPERATURE OF 63 DEGREES.

(car horn blaring) TRAFFIC IS
LOOKING PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW.

JUST A COUPLE OF
THINGS TO REPORT...

STUPID! YOU'RE STUPID.

NO, YOU'RE STUPID.

HEY, PLAY NICE, OR
DON'T PLAY AT ALL.

MOM,

I FEEL KINDA SICK.



IT'S FROM READING IN THE CAR.

YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE
YOUR HOMEWORK LAST NIGHT.

SERIOUSLY,

IT'S MY STOMACH.
IT REALLY HURTS.

JOSH IS GONNA PUKE.

(boys laughing) MAYBE
IT'S JUST A BUG.

YOU THINK YOU CAN GO
TO SCHOOL? I DON'T KNOW.

(sniffling) I FEEL REALLY WEIRD.

HONEY?

HAVE YOU SEEN MY TIE
WITH THE BURGUNDY STRIPES?

(Linda) DRY CLEANER.

GRAY AND RED ONE?

(Linda coughing)

'CAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE I NEED THEM
TO GO TO WORK OR ANYTHING.



(Linda) I HEARD THAT.

WHEN YOU TOLD ME YOU'D
GET ME A JOB AT THE STORE,

YOU TOTALLY LEFT OUT THE
PART ABOUT THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT.

(chuckling) SO?

YOU CAN SLEEP IN ALL MORNING.

I'M GONNA SLEEP IN ALL WEEK.

(giggling)

BYE, GUYS. (boy #1) BYE, MOM.

HONEY?

HONEY?

OH, NO! JOSH, YOU'RE REALLY HOT.

I FEEL SO COLD.

YOU EVER COMIN'
OUT OF THERE, HONEY?

HEY.

(glass breaking)

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

(car horn blaring)

(coughing)

ARE YOU GETTIN' SICK?

'CAUSE IF YOU ARE,
STAY AWAY FROM ME.

I CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO
GO TO WORK TOMORROW.

OH, I JUST NEED SOME SLEEP.

(sighing)

THAT'S IT. I'M TAKING YOU
STRAIGHT TO SEE DR. BURKE.

(wheezing)

LINDA? ARE YOU OK?

OH, MY... LINDA, WHAT HAPPENED?

(wheezing) BABY, TALK TO ME.

BABY, TALK TO ME.

WAKE UP.

BUS IS COMING.

JOSH?

(Claudia) WE'RE ALMOST
AT THE DOCTOR'S, OK?

(wheezing)

(spraying)

(man chattering)

(car doors closing)

COMMANDER LEE HAVERCAMP,
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.

DON EPPES, F.B.I.

TERRY LAKE. GOOD MORNING.

OK, OUR FIRST KNOWN
VICTIM IS JOSHUA KRAMER, 16.

HE GOT ILL SATURDAY.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 SUSPECTED
CASES IN THE L.A. REGION,

WITH 6 DEATHS SO FAR.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

IT'S NOT ANTHRAX,
IT'S NOT SMALLPOX.

PROBABLY A PATHOGEN, BUT
WE HAVEN'T RULED OUT TOXINS.

C.D.C.'S DOING AUTOPSIES NOW,

BUT UNTIL WE CAN GET
SOMETHING DEFINITIVE,

WE'RE KEEPING THE
RESIDENTS UNDER QUARANTINE.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THE F.B.I.'S
FOCUS'LL BE POSSIBLE BIOTERRORISM.

WHERE IT STARTED, A... A
PROBABLE POINT OF RELEASE.

YES, WE'LL NEED TO
DO A VECTOR ANALYSIS.

TO TRACK THE LINKS
BETWEEN VICTIMS?

YES, AND TO PREDICT THE
SPREAD OF THE ILLNESS.

THE COMPLEXITIES
OF THE CALCULATIONS

REQUIRE THE USE OF A
HIGH-LEVEL MATHEMATICIAN,

AND I'VE ASKED ONE TO
COME IN ON THIS CASE.

ACTUALLY, WE DEAL WITH
A TOP MATH CONSULTANT.

WE CAN GET HIM
ON IT IMMEDIATELY.

I'D LOVE TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD,

BUT THIS IS CLASSIFIED ON
THE NATIONAL SECURITY LEVEL.

POSSIBLE BIOTERRORISM.
(Don) RIGHT.

TAKE A MONTH, AT LEAST, TO
GET A NEW PERSON CLEARED.

(Don) OH, YOUR GUY'S
ALREADY GOT CLEARANCE?

YES, AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

HERE HE IS NOW.

HE'S A PROFESSOR FROM CALSCI.

THIS IS DR. CHARLES EPPES.

(Havercamp) HE'LL BE DOING
THE VECTOR ANALYSIS.

(Charlie) DON. TERRY.

CHARLIE.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU GUYS
WOULD BE WORKING ON THIS.

SO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. YOU JUST SAID
WE NEED SOMEONE WITH TOP CLEARANCE.

DR. EPPES HAS CLEARANCE.

HE DOES?

YOU DO?

(Havercamp) IS THERE A PROBLEM?

YOU JUST NEVER TOLD ME.

I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO. RIGHT. NO.

CHARLIE IS MY BROTHER, AND... AND HE'S THE
CONSULTANT I WAS JUST TELLING YOU ABOUT.

I DIDN'T REALIZE... HERE'S
THE MOTHER OF THE DEAD BOY.

SHE'S ALSO DISPLAYING
THE SAME SYMPTOMS.

(Don) WE HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS IS

BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF CONTROL.

(man on radio) OK, WE'RE
CLEAR BACK HERE. KEEP GOING.

(ambulance siren blaring)

(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.

SYMPTOMS TO LOOK OUT FOR

INCLUDE ACHES, FEVER, NAUSEA...

THAT COULD JUST BE THE FLU,
OR A CASE OF FOOD POISONING.

NEITHER OF WHICH SHOW UP BY
BREAKFAST, AND BOTH CAN KILL YOU BY DINNER.

SO, WHATEVER WE'RE DEALING
WITH HERE IS FAST AND IS SERIOUS.

DEATH RESULTS FROM
RESPIRATORY COLLAPSE.

UNTIL WE IDENTIFY
WHAT'S BEHIND THIS THING,

WE ARE ASSUMING IT
IS AN INFECTIOUS AGENT,

PROBABLY AIRBORNE,
PROBABLY VIRAL.

ARE WE PUTTING OUT ANY
KIND OF PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT?

AN INFECTIOUS
PATHOGEN IS CATEGORIZED

AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

THIS INVESTIGATION
IS CLASSIFIED.

OK. AND IF IT KEEPS SPREADING?

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT
WE AVOID A PUBLIC PANIC.

IF PEOPLE LEAVE L.A.,

THEY WILL SPREAD THIS
CONTAGION FASTER AND FARTHER.

(Don) C.D.C. AND THE
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE'S JOB

IS TO FIND OUT WHAT
WE'RE DEALING WITH.

THE F.B.I.'S IS WHO,

AND THE KEY TO BOTH IS WHERE.

(Don) RIGHT? WHERE IT STARTED.

TRACKING AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE

IS A COMPLICATED
MULTIVARIABLE PROBLEM.

IMAGINE,

(Charlie) AN INFECTED PERSON
GOES INTO AN EMPTY ROOM.

4 HEALTHY PEOPLE GO
INTO THE SAME ROOM.

ONLY 2 BECOME INFECTED.

THEN ALL 5 GO INTO OTHER ROOMS,

EACH JOINED BY 4 MORE
UNEXPOSED PEOPLE.

MORE GET SICK, AND SO ON.

BY THE TIME YOU'VE GOT 100 ROOMS

IT'S TOUGH TO TRACK
BACK TO THAT ONE WOMAN.

IT TAKES COMPLEX STATISTICAL
ANALYSIS AND GRAPH THEORY.

NOT EVERYONE THAT
GETS EXPOSED GETS SICK.

EXACTLY. BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHY.

AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW SO FAR?

WE HAVE SEVERAL HOT SPOTS

ASSOCIATED WITH
2 OR MORE VICTIMS.

DOWNTOWN IS COMMON TO 5 VICTIMS.

COULD BE A POSSIBLE TREND.
THAT'S TOO SOON TO KNOW.

THESE ARE THE RESULTS

OF A QUICK ANALYSIS OF THE VICTIMS'
ACTIVITIES BASED ON VICTIM INTERVIEWS.

SO, THERE'S NO
SIGNIFICANT COMMONALITIES,

BUT I HOPE THAT, AS MORE
PEOPLE GET SICK, WE'LL FIND SOME,

NOT THAT I HOPE
MORE PEOPLE GET SICK.

WE KNOW, CHARLIE.
SO IT SOUNDS TO ME

LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
IS, YOU NEED MORE DATA.

EXACTLY. THANK YOU.

BOTH TO FIND THE ORIGIN
POINT, AND TO TRACK THE SPREAD.

(Don) IN THE DAYS
LEADING UP, DID JOSH GO

ANYWHERE OUT OF THE ORDINARY?

(Claudia) NO.

MY HUSBAND,

CAME HOME LATE THE
NIGHT BEFORE JOSH GOT SICK.

LATE? LATE FROM WORK?

HE'S BEEN IN SAN DIEGO
THE LAST FEW DAYS.

DID YOUR WIFE GO ANYWHERE
OUT OF THE ORDINARY

OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS?

IT'S BEEN A NORMAL WEEK.

SHE WENT TO WORK,
I WENT TO WORK.

SHE WENT TO THE
MOVIES YESTERDAY.

BUT WE BOTH DID, AND I'M FINE.

(Mr. Wallace) DOWNTOWN.

WE BOTH WORK DOWNTOWN.

BUT THE MOVIE WAS IN VAN NUYS.

DOES THAT HELP?

AND YOU LIVE IN?

HANCOCK PARK.

GLENDALE.

(inaudible)

(computer beeping)

(creaking)

HEY.

HEY.

NO CLASSES TODAY?

NAH.

ARE YOU WORKING ON
SOMETHING FOR DON?

IT'S A, UM...

IT'S A GENETICS PROJECT FOR, UH,

FOR A FRIEND IN THE BIO
DEPARTMENT, ACTUALLY.

OH. A HE OR A SHE?

HUH? YOUR FRIEND.
MALE OR FEMALE?

DOES IT MATTER?

NO, OF COURSE NOT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

I JUST THOUGHT
MAYBE, YOU KNOW...

WELL, LISTEN, DAD,
WHENEVER I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND,

I WILL LET YOU KNOW BY, UM,

BY PUTTING A NOTE
ON THE REFRIGERATOR.

GOOD. WELL, THAT'S NICE.

UH, WHERE ARE YOU
GOIN' RIGHT NOW?

MY BOOK CLUB.

MMM-HMM, AND WHERE'S THAT?

PHIL'S HOUSE. RAYMOND AVENUE.

YOU KEEPIN' TRACK OF ME?

(laughing) NO, NO.
I'M JUST CURIOUS.

OH.

(door closing)

(David) NO CLAIMS
OF RESPONSIBILITY

BY ANY GROUPS, DOMESTIC
OR INTERNATIONAL.

RIGHT, WELL, IF IT
WERE TERRORISM,

SOMEBODY WOULD BE TAKING CREDIT.

THEY WOULD BE PUTTING
FORTH A PHILOSOPHY, AN AGENDA.

UNLESS THEY'RE NO LONGER
AROUND TO TAKE CREDIT.

BECAUSE THEY'RE
INFECTED, MAYBE DEAD.

MAYBE.

JUST A THOUGHT, BUT WE'RE
ASSUMING THERE'S A BAD GUY.

I MEAN, IN THIS TYPE OF CASE,
THERE MIGHT NOT BE ONE.

IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE WE'RE JUST
LOOKING FOR THE WRONG KIND OF BAD GUY.

WELL, UNTIL THE C.D.C.
DETERMINES OTHERWISE,

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
ASSUME SOMEBODY DID THIS.

(Charlie) THIS GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION SYSTEM

WILL ALLOWS US TO MAP VICTIMS

AND POTENTIAL DISEASE
CLUSTERS WITH REAL-TIME DATA.

THEY'RE ALL OVER THE L.A. AREA,

FROM LONG BEACH
TO SANTA BARBARA.

NOW, IN COMPUTING THE
REPRODUCTIVE RATIO...

ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW
WHAT? I'VE WRITTEN IT OUT.

OH, SURE, THAT HELPS.

YEAH. YEAH.

THIS IS AN S.I.R. MODEL...

SUSCEPTIBLE
INFECTIOUS RECOVERED...

USED IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE G.I.S.,

WILL WORK TO LEARN 2 KEY THINGS.

WHAT'S THE SOURCE?

(Charlie) IS IT A
PERSON OR A PLACE?

WHAT THE C.D.C.
CALLS A PATIENT ZERO.

(Charlie) AND WHERE IS IT GOING?

WHERE ARE THE NEW
PATIENTS WE NEED TO FIND?

LOOKS SORT OF LIKE A PLANT.

THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO
THINK ABOUT IT, LIKE A PLANT.

(Charlie) A VIRUS SPREADS
OUT. IT GROWS, SO TO SPEAK.

BRANCHING IS A COMMON PATTERN

IN NATURE, FROM CRYSTALS
TO GIANT REDWOODS.

NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
DATA TO LOCATE WHERE IT STARTED,

OR TO FULLY PREDICT THE SPREAD.

ONCE WE DO, WE'LL KNOW THE
SHAPE OF THE LEAVES AND BRANCHES.

(Havercamp) HOW'S IT GOING?

UH, GOOD. ANY MORE
DATA ON THE VICTIMS?

11 MORE.

THIS IS INTERESTING.

A WOMAN WHO PICKED
UP HER DAUGHTER

AT THE GLENDALE AMTRAK STATION.

A MAN WHO HAD LUNCH
ON OLVERA STREET,

A CAB DRIVER.

A CAB DRIVER.
COMMANDER HAVERCAMP?

THIS MATERIAL JUST PUSHED
US OVER THE TIPPING POINT.

SEE IT?

THE COMMONALITY OF LOCATION.

(David) IT'S LIKE 2 TREES GROWING
FROM THE SAME ROOT, RIGHT?

ONE TO THE NORTH,
THIS ONE SOUTH.

BOTH STARTING AT UNION STATION.

WE HAVE 12 VICTIMS
THAT WERE EITHER THERE,

(Charlie) NEAR THERE,

OR PICKED SOMEBODY
UP WHO HAD BEEN THERE.

MAKES SENSE.

BUSY TRANSPORTATION HUB,
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

DON?

I'M NOT SO SURE
ABOUT THIS FINDING.

YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T HAD
TIME TO, UH, TEST ITS ACCURACY.

AND I'M... I'M... I'M WORRIED
THAT IF I'M WRONG,

THE PROJECTED PATTERN OF SPREAD
WILL MISS TOO MANY INFECTED PEOPLE.

RIGHT. WELL, CHARLIE, TEST AWAY.
BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT.

(phone ringing)

EPPES.

(Terry) WE'VE CLOSED
UNION STATION.

COVER STORY BEING GIVEN OUT

IS ASBESTOS WAS
FOUND IN THE WALLS.

THE STATION FITS THE PROFILE OF A PLACE
TO RELEASE A VIRUS FOR MAXIMUM DISPERSAL.

RIGHT, WHICH IS WHAT I SAID TO
CHARLIE. IT MADE NO IMPRESSION.

IT WOULDN'T. YOU WERE SPEAKING
TERRORISM, HE WAS SPEAKING MATH.

HEY.

(Charlie) I JUST GOT OFF THE
PHONE WITH HAVERCAMP.

AND? THE INFECTIOUS
AGENT IS THE PANDEMIC FLU.

WHAT? (David) A FLU?

PANDEMIC? T-THE SPANISH FLU?

SPANISH FLU.

IN 1918 IT WAS A
GLOBAL EPIDEMIC.

EXTREMELY VIRULENT,
EXTREMELY DEADLY.

THE SPANISH FLU KILLED A
DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF HEALTHY ADULTS.

IT LEFT TOWNS HALF EMPTY.

WHAT DID THEY DO IN
1918? HOW'D THEY STOP IT?

NOTHING. THERE'S NO CURE.

THEY JUST WAITED TILL
THE VIRUS BURNED OUT.

HOW MANY DIED?

IN THE UNITED STATES?

600,000.

IN 6 MONTHS.

6 MONTHS?

I THINK WE HAVE
TO TELL HIM, DON.

WE CAN'T, IT'S AGAINST THE LAW.

IT'S HIS DAY TO VOLUNTEER AT
THE SKID ROW SHELTER DOWNTOWN,

LIKE, 5 BLOCKS
FROM UNION STATION.

WELL, SO WHAT? TRAFFIC
DOWNTOWN'S ALWAYS TERRIBLE.

(Don) IT'S WORSE THAN USUAL.

TH-THERE'S A SIG ALERT
BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT ON THE 2,

AND YOU'RE GONNA BLOW
YOUR WHOLE DAY IN THE CAR.

AND THEN DOWNTOWN,
ISN'T THERE'S THAT, UH...

YEAH, THERE'S A PROTEST MARCH.

RIGHT. OVER ON, UH... RIGHT.
FOREIGN TRADE SUBSIDIES.

IT'S A BIG DEAL AND THEY'RE
EXPECTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

IT'S A BIG... BIG
DEAL. (Don) YEAH.

MEANWHILE YOU COULD
BE DOING SOMETHING FUN.

HEY, HEY, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW,
YOU COULD GO BOWLING.

BOWLING?

OR GOLF. YOU KEEP SAYING
YOU'RE GONNA PLAY GOLF.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
FOR A ROUND OR 2.

IT'S BEEN 2 YEARS
SINCE I'M RETIRED,

AND ALMOST A YEAR
SINCE YOUR MOTHER DIED.

NOW, I'M FINDING THERE ARE CERTAIN
THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH MY LIFE.

AND ONE OF THEM IS TO
VOLUNTEER WHERE PEOPLE NEED ME.

NOW, I MADE A COMMITMENT
TO BE SOMEPLACE TODAY,

AND IF THAT MEANS
SITTING IN MY CAR, FINE.

BUT I'M CERTAINLY NOT
GONNA SKIP OUT TO GO GOLFING.

OR BOWLING.

WHAT IF WE TOLD YOU...

THERE'S A REALLY GOOD REASON YOU
SHOULDN'T. CHARLIE. CHARLIE. CHARLIE.

WELL, CLEARLY THERE'S, UH,
SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME.

THAT YOU CAN'T TELL ME?

BUT YOU DON'T WANT
ME TO GO DOWNTOWN?

YEAH. I THINK IT'S A GOOD
IDEA NOT TO GO DOWNTOWN.

(Don) OK, CAN WE
LEAVE IT AT THAT?

WELL, I'LL TAKE YOUR CONCERNS
UNDER CONSIDERATION.

WISH WE COULD TELL DAD NOT TO
LEAVE THE HOUSE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS.

RIGHT. WELL, GOOD
LUCK WITH THAT.

I'VE GONE... I'VE GONE MONTHS
WITHOUT LEAVING THE HOUSE IN THE PAST.

BOWLING.

YEAH. BOWLING.

(Charlie) I MEAN, I COULD'VE
SUGGESTED THAT DAD

TAKE A YOGA CLASS.

OH, YEAH, HE'D BE RIGHT
OUT OF THE DOOR THEN.

(Terry) HEY. HEY.

THE VIRUS MAY HAVE
BEEN CREATED IN A LAB.

4 BIO-LABS ARE WORKING
WITH STRAINS OF SPANISH FLU.

ONE OF THEM'S
HERE IN LOS ANGELES.

THE DOCTOR SUPERVISING THE
RESEARCH IS CLARENCE WEAVER.

(Dr. Weaver) 50 YEARS AGO,
SCIENTISTS UNCOVERED VICTIMS

OF THE 1918 PANDEMIC FROM
THE ALASKAN PERMAFROST.

THEY FOUND INTACT PIECES OF
SPANISH FLU R.N.A. IN THE LUNGS

OF A YOUNG SOLDIER WHO
WAS KILLED BY THE DISEASE.

SO, WHAT, YOU'RE SAYIN' YOU
RESURRECTED THE 1918 STRAIN?

THE VIRAL PATHOGENS
CAN EXIST FOR DECADES

(Dr. Weaver) HIDDEN IN NATURE,

ONLY TO SUDDENLY REENTER

THE HUMAN POPULATION.

EBOLA VIRUS, UH, CROPS
UP PERIODICALLY IN AFRICA.

EVENTUALLY, AT SOME POINT,

THE SPANISH FLU IS BOUND TO
REEMERGE IN... IN A MAJOR OUTBREAK.

AND WITHOUT A VACCINE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT A GLOBAL EPIDEMIC.

THAT'S WHY WE'VE
REVIVED THE VIRUS.

THE PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPANIES WILL NEED IT

TO... TO DEVELOP A VACCINE
SPECIFIC TO THE SPANISH FLU.

OK, I'M GONNA WANNA REVIEW YOUR
SECURITY MEASURES AND YOUR INVENTORY.

NOW, YOU'D KNOW IF ANY GEN-O
SAMPLES WERE MISSING. I MEAN...

NO. NO. UH,

WE'RE OBLIGATED BY LAW

TO REPORT ANY
LOSSES TO THE C.D.C.

AND WHAT ABOUT, UH, PERSONNEL?

HAVE THEY GONE ON VACATION?

ANYBODY CALLED IN
SICK, ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

UH, NO, NOT RECENTLY.

ONLY THREE OF US
WORK WITH THE STRAIN,

MYSELF, UH, A RESEARCH ANALYST,

MARTIN GROLSCH, GROLSCH.

AND JESSICA AVERY, A
MICROBIOLOGIST ON LOAN

FROM MOUNT SINAI
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

(Jessica) NO. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?

BECAUSE THE SPANISH FLU PATHOGEN IS
HANDLED ONLY BY EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS.

THERE ARE PROTOCOLS.

A RELEASE CAN'T JUST HAPPEN.

YOU'RE SAYING ANY RELEASE WOULD
HAVE TO BE THE RESULT OF A DELIBERATE ACT.

THE PEOPLE IN THIS FIELD
WHO HAVE ACCESS TO THE VIRUS,

THEY WOULD NOT DO THAT.

YOU'RE SURE?

YOU KNOW ALL OF THEM?

MANY OF THEM, YES,
AS A MATTER OF FACT.

AND THOSE THAT I DON'T KNOW
WORK FOR PEOPLE I DO KNOW.

AND THEY ALL
UNDERSTAND THE STAKES.

WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING

JUST ISN'T POSSIBLE.

(sighing)

PROFILE HER FOR ME.

YEAH. UH, FASCINATING.

SHE'S CREATED A MYTHOLOGICAL SELF-IMAGE
OF THE SCIENTIST AS A DISPASSIONATE GOD.

YOU LIKE HER FOR THIS?

I FIND THE IDEA OF A
MEDICAL HERO INTERESTING.

LIKE, UM, LIKE AN
ARSONIST WHO SETS A FIRE

SO HE CAN BE THE FIRST PERSON
ON THE SCENE TO REPORT IT.

I DON'T KNOW, I
GUESS IT'S A CLICHE,

BUT I JUST TEND TO THINK OF MAD
SCIENTISTS AS... AS MADDER THAN THAT.

EXTREMISTS DON'T HAVE TO BE
DROOLING, WILD-EYED MANIACS.

THEY'RE OFTEN ACTING OUT OF
SINCERE, IF MISGUIDED, BELIEFS.

WHEN THEY TELL
YOU WHY THEY DID IT,

THEY EXPECT YOU TO UNDERSTAND.

WE'LL YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO GIVE ME A MOTIVATION

THAT WILL SEEM RATIONAL
TO SOMEONE LIKE HER.

EXPOSING THE DANGERS
OF VIRAL RESEARCH,

FORCING MORE FEDERAL FUNDING.

I'D LIKE TO RUN DOWN THAT ANGLE.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M GONNA GO SEE
THE OTHER GUY THAT WORKS IN THE LAB,

SEE WHERE HE FITS IN THE
SANE-TO-WILD-EYED SPECTRUM.

SEE YOU LATER.

MY REACTION?

MY REACTION IS

WHOA.

YOU SURE IT'S THE SPANISH FLU?

OH, YEAH. WE'RE SURE.

YEAH. WHAT KIND OF QUESTION
IS THAT? OF COURSE, YOU'RE SURE.

WHOA.

AND YOU DO WORK CLOSELY
WITH THE VIRUS. ARE YOU KIDDING?

I KNOW ITS GENE FRAGMENTS
BETTER THAN MY OWN GIRLFRIEND.

A-A-ARE YOU LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR?

NOT REALLY.

THOUGH I DID NOTICE AN
OPEN SUITCASE ON YOUR BED.

YEAH, I'M FLYING BACK EAST
FOR A HIGH SCHOOL REUNION.

WHICH ONE?

WHICH HIGH SCHOOL?

WHICH REUNION?

15TH.

WHAT YEAR'D YOU GRADUATE?

1990. LOOK,

(Grolsch) I KNOW YOU'RE HERE
BECAUSE I WORK AT GEN-O,

BUT I DIDN'T DO IT.

DO WHAT?

RELEASE THE VIRUS.

HOW'D YOU KNOW IT WAS LOOSE?

WELL, WHY ELSE WOULD YOU BE HERE
TALKING TO ME ABOUT THE SPANISH FLU?

BESIDES, THE WORD IS
OUT IN THE BIO COMMUNITY.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE NAMES
OF EVERYONE YOU'VE SPOKEN TO.

COME ON, IT'S NOT
AGAINST THE LAW

FOR A BUNCH OF LAB TECHS
TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION.

YOU GOTTA ADMIT, THIS IS
PRETTY MAJOR INFORMATION.

WHY IS THAT YOU DON'T
SEEM TOO CONCERNED?

ARE YOU KIDDING?

I KNOW THIS BUG BETTER THAN YOU,

I KNOW EXACTLY HOW
DANGEROUS IT IS, OK?

I AM FREAKED.

BUT?

WELL, IF IT'S IN THE POPULATION,

OUTSIDE THE LAB, TAKING LIVES,

THEN THE RUSH TO DEVELOP
A VACCINE IS VERY URGENT.

THE MAJOR
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES,

THEY RELY ON LABS LIKE OURS
TO PROVIDE THE PATHOGEN.

(sighing)

CAN... I'M SORRY, CAN
YOU NOT DO THAT?

UH... HE'S JUST DOING HIS JOB.

ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A
LOOK UPSTAIRS IF THAT'S OK.

YEAH. ACTUALLY, NO, IT'S NOT.

I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING
WRONG, AND I'D LIKE YOU TO LEAVE.

YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

I CAN'T STRESS HOW
SERIOUS A MATTER THIS IS, SIR.

BELIEVE ME, IT'S MY BIG SHOT.

MY WHOLE CAREER IS
RIDING ON THIS OUTBREAK.

(sighing)

IF IT DOESN'T KILL ME FIRST.

LET'S GO.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

(Don) GROLSCH IS
DEFINITELY OUT THERE.

WHICH DOESN'T MAKE HIM GUILTY,

BUT HE DID HAVE ACCESS
TO THE PATHOGEN,

AND HE DOES LIVE SPITTING
DISTANCE TO UNION STATION.

WHAT WORRIES ME IS THAT THE C.D.C.
FOUND NO TRACE OF THE VIRUS THERE.

WELL, HAVERCAMP SAID IT CAN'T LIVE
OUTSIDE THE BODY BUT FOR A FEW MINUTES.

WHAT IF WE'RE WRONG ABOUT
UNION STATION IN THE FIRST PLACE?

CHARLIE, LOOK, IT IS A
CLASSIC DISPERSAL SITE.

I MEAN, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE
DEALING WITH AN INTENTIONAL RELEASE.

MAYBE, BUT TOO
FEW OF THE VICTIMS

HAVE DIRECT LINKS TO THE TRAINS.

(sighing)

YOU ALL RIGHT?

EVERY MINUTE THAT GOES BY...

I KNOW, I KNOW, PEOPLE
ARE GETTING SICK OUT THERE.

WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN.
WE'RE DEALING. FATHERS,

MOTHERS, THEIR CHILDREN.

HOW DO YOU FORGIVE
YOURSELF IF YOU'RE WRONG?

YOU DON'T. WE CAN'T BE WRONG.

(people chattering)

(Charlie) LARRY,

YOU HAVE A MINUTE? YES,
BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE EXACTLY

THE SAME NUMBER OF MINUTES,
AT ALL TIMES. DO WE NOT?

OH, MY. LISTEN, UM,

I AM WORKING ON A
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

THAT INVOLVES COMPLEX
VARIABLES AND MULTIPLE VECTORS.

I'VE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION
AS TO THE ZERO POINT,

BUT, UM,

THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD
THINK IT'S RIGHT, AND I... I...

IN FACT, THEY'RE QUITE SURE OF IT,
BUT, UM... BUT YOU THINK IT'S WRONG.

BUT YOU DON'T TRUST YOURSELF BECAUSE THE
EXPERTS KNOW THE FIELD BETTER THAN YOU DO.

TO BE HONEST, THE ANSWER
DOES SEEM QUITE LOGICAL.

HECK WITH IT, CHARLES,
YOU'RE MAKING THE ASSUMPTION

THAT THESE PEOPLE
KNOW THEIR FIELD

AS WELL AS YOU KNOW MATH.

AND THAT'S AN ASSUMPTION I
FIND TREMENDOUSLY PROBLEMATIC.

WELL, I... I... AND HOW CAN
SOMETHING BE LOGICAL

AND MATHEMATICALLY SUSPECT?

I MEAN, AS YOU ARE SO FOND
OF SAYING, MATH IS LOGIC.

RIGHT, BUT IN THIS
PARTICULAR CASE A... A...

YOU KNOW, THE MOST FASCINATING
ASPECT OF THIS ENTIRE CONVERSATION FOR ME

IS HOW CAREFUL YOU ARE NOT TO GIVE
SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

NOW SINCE YOU TEND
TO OVER-DESCRIBE

WHATEVER IT IS
YOU'RE WORKING ON,

I'M GUESSING THAT YOU'RE NOT
TELLING ME BECAUSE YOU CAN'T.

I WOULD CERTAINLY
LOVE TO. NO, NO, NO.

DON'T EVEN... DON'T BOTHER.

MY ANSWER TO YOU
IS STILL THE SAME.

GO BACK TO THE DATA.

RIGHT. OK, OK, OF COURSE.
OF COURSE. THANK YOU.

LET ME ASK ONE THING.

WHEN WE MET JUST NOW, WAS I GOING
OUT OR COMING INTO THE LIBRARY?

LARRY, YOU WERE COMING OUT.

OH, GOD, MY MEMORY'S A MEMORY.

ALL RIGHT.

LARRY, YOU WERE COMING OUT.

(Larry) GO BACK TO THE DATA.

(Havercamp) PATIENT ZERO MIGHT
HAVE JUST COME IN FROM SOMEWHERE.

OR IF IT'S AN INTENTIONAL
RELEASE, A CENTRAL SOMEWHERE.

IT'S A CLASSIC DISPERSAL SITE.

BUSY TRANSPORTATION HUB,
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

(Charlie) THE VIRUS
WAS AT UNION STATION,

BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE IT STARTED.

THE SOURCE POINT IS THE
DOWNTOWN MAIN BUS TERMINAL.

YEAH, BUT THE C.D.C. AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE ARE SURE ABOUT UNION STATION.

THEY SAY IT'S A LOGICAL PLACE

FOR SOMEONE TO RELEASE A VIRUS.

BUT IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THE RELEASE,

THEN HOW CAN THEY SAY IT'S A LOGICAL
PLACE FOR SOMEONE TO RELEASE IT.

I SEE YOUR POINT.

HERE'S UNION STATION. RIGHT?

RIGHT.

HERE'S THE PATTERN OF
THE PATHOGEN. REMEMBER,

LIKE AN OAK TREE GROWING NORTH,

ITS REFLECTION GROWING SOUTH.

YES, I GET THAT PART, CHARLIE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO EAST AND WEST?

WHY ISN'T THE VIRUS
SPREADING IN ALL DIRECTIONS?

BECAUSE IT WASN'T
RELEASED ON A TRAIN.

WE WOULD'VE FOUND
ILLNESSES AMONG PASSENGERS.

SO HOW DO WE EXPLAIN WHY THE
VIRUS SPREADS NORTH AND SOUTH?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW, BUT
UNION STATION IS DEFINITELY

A POINT OF COMMONALITY
FOR THE VICTIMS.

I MEAN, IT MAY NOT BE
THE ONLY ONE, RIGHT?

I... I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. AND IT
MAY NOT EVEN BE THE BIGGEST ONE.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN I ADJUST THE VECTOR TRACK

TO THE DOWNTOWN
MAIN BUS TERMINAL.

OK.

(typing)

SEE, NOW, THIS MODEL
INCORPORATES MORE OF THE CASES,

36% MORE, TO BE EXACT.

(Don) SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

MORE SICK PEOPLE WILL BE
LINKED TO THE BUS TERMINAL

THAN TO THE TRAIN STATION.

WELL, YOU KNOW, AMTRAK
ACTUALLY SHUTTLES PEOPLE IN BUSES.

SO EVEN IF IT WASN'T
RELEASED AT UNION STATION,

IT'S STILL A PLACE WHERE
INFECTED PEOPLE WOULD WIND UP.

RIGHT. WHERE YOU COULDN'T FIND
PATTERNS LINKED TO SPECIFIC TRAINS,

I DO BELIEVE YOU WILL FIND
PATTERNS LINKED TO SPECIFIC BUSES.

ONE HEADING NORTH, ONE SOUTH.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING I
DON'T UNDERSTAND. WHAT...

AM I READING THIS RIGHT,
THAT PEOPLE TO THE NORTH

ARE GETTING SICKER THAN
PEOPLE TO THE SOUTH?

80% OF THE DEATHS LINK
TO THE NORTH PATTERN.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
HOW CAN THE PEOPLE TO THE NORTH

BE MORE VULNERABLE
TO THE SAME VIRUS?

WHAT IF IT ISN'T THE SAME VIRUS?

WHAT IF THERE'S 2
DIFFERENT VIRUSES?

(Havercamp) NOW THERE'S 2
STRAINS OF THE SAME VIRUS,

TRAVELING IN 2
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

THE DIFFERENCES TO
THEIR STRUCTURE IS SMALL.

BUT THE DIFFERENCES TO
THE IMPACT ON THE POPULATION

IS SIGNIFICANT.

WHAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD OF 2
STRAINS APPEARING NATURALLY,

IN THE SAME PLACE,
AT THE SAME TIME?

A STATISTICAL IMPOSSIBILITY.

SO IT WAS RELEASED
DELIBERATELY BY SOMEONE.

I JUST DON'T
UNDERSTAND 2 STRAINS.

(phone ringing)

EPPES.

RIGHT. WE GOT ATLANTA
ON THE TELECONFERENCE.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

THEY ARE 2 DIFFERENT
STRAINS OF THE SPANISH FLU.

(Dr. Renfro) THE INCONGRUITY IS
GENETIC, ONE GENE IN PARTICULAR.

BUT WHEN GEN-O
RESURRECTED THE SPANISH FLU,

THEY DIDN'T BRING
BACK THE ACTUAL THING.

THEY STITCHED TOGETHER
R.N.A. FRAGMENTS

FROM A STANDARD LAB FLU STRAIN

WITH GENES FROM THE 1918 FLU.

THE OTHER STRAIN
USES LESS OF THE R.N.A.

FROM THE ORIGINAL PANDEMIC FLU.

AND AS WE CAN SEE FROM
THE PATTERN OF DEATHS,

IT'S LESS VIRULENT.

DO WE KNOW WHO
MANUFACTURED THE FIRST ONE?

THE LESS LETHAL ONE?

YES. IT CARRIES GENETIC MARKERS

UNIQUE TO RUSSELL
LABS IN MARYLAND.

BUT THE C.D.C. HAS NO RECORD

OF A SAMPLE BEING REMOVED OR
TRANSPORTED FROM RUSSELL LABS.

BUT IT IS HERE,

ALONG WITH ANOTHER
ONE FROM GEN-O'S L.A. LAB.

(train passing)

(Havercamp) THE
VIRUS WAS RELEASED

VIA AEROSOL SPRAY ON 2 BUSES.

ONE NORTHBOUND, ONE SOUTHBOUND.

THE FATHER OF THE FIRST
VICTIM, JOSHUA KRAMER,

HE RODE A NORTHBOUND BUS.

BUT ONLY HIS WIFE AND
OLDEST SON GOT SICK.

THE OTHER 2 CHILDREN SEEM OK.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE BETTER
START RUNNING DOWN EVERYBODY

WHO WAS IN AND
OUT OF THAT TERMINAL

ON THE DAY THE VIRUS
WAS LIKELY RELEASED.

WE'LL GET THE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT, L.A.P.D., COUNTY SHERIFF'S,

EVERYBODY JUST
MOVIN' ON IT, RIGHT?

WELL, NOW THAT WE
KNOW ABOUT THE BUSES,

WE CAN FIND VICTIMS
WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED.

THAT MEANS GETTING THEM
HELP SOONER. RIGHT. GOOD.

STOP THE SPREAD.

BUS TERMINAL DIRECTOR'S COMPILING
SECURITY VIDEOS ONTO DISCS.

WE'LL GET IT AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE, DON.

OK, GOOD.

I'M GONNA GET
THEM MOVIN' ON THAT.

HEY. WHERE'VE YOU BEEN?

UH, BOWLING. REALLY?

NO, OF COURSE NOT.

I WAS DOWNTOWN AT THE SHELTER.

DAD...

WELL, LOOK, NO ONE ELSE SEEMS
WORRIED ABOUT BEING THERE.

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW.

DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
YOU WOULDN'T TELL ME.

LOOK, IF EVERYBODY CAN
BE DOWN THERE, WHY CAN'T I?

I GOT THIS FUZZY FEELING
THAT YOU AND YOUR BROTHER

HAVE BEEN GOING DOWNTOWN, TOO.

HUH, AM I RIGHT? OK. BUT WE
WERE... WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

LOOK, CHARLIE,

YOUR BROTHER PUTS HIMSELF ON
THE LINE EVERY DAY ON THAT JOB OF HIS.

DON'T YOU THINK I'M
WORRIED ABOUT HIM? HUH?

BUT I KNOW HOW VITAL
THAT JOB IS TO HIM.

UH, YOU'VE BEEN HELPING
HIM OUT QUITE A BIT LATELY,

HAVEN'T YOU?

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
REALLY PROUD OF?

I'M PROUD THAT
I'VE RAISED 2 SONS...

WELL, WE'VE RAISED 2 SONS

WHO HAVE A GREAT
SENSE OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

(coughing)

YOU OK?

HUH? YEAH, SURE.
IT'S JUST A COUGH.

BE CAREFUL. IT'S, UH,

IT'S FLU SEASON.

YEAH, WELL, DON'T WORRY
ABOUT ME. I NEVER GET THE FLU.

(Havercamp) BECAUSE THESE
FLU VIRUSES ARE SO SIMILAR,

SOMETIMES WE CAN USE
THE LESS VIRULENT STRAIN

TO MAKE VACCINES AND
TREATMENTS FOR THE DEADLY ONES.

HMM.

BUT YOU CAN'T CURE
VIRAL INFECTIONS.

NO, WE CAN'T, BUT WE DO HAVE THERAPIES
THAT REDUCE THE SYMPTOMS OF SOME STRAINS.

THIS IS RUSSELL'S STRAIN, YEAH?

THAT'S GEN-O'S. THAT'S
THE MORE DEADLY STRAIN.

QUANTIFYING THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE 2 STRAINS CAN TAKE MONTHS.

WELL, I'M JUST DOING
A ROUGH ANALYSIS

TO GET SORT OF A SIMPLIFIED
PERSPECTIVE OF THE DIFFERENCES

'CAUSE I'M JUST CURIOUS.

THE WAY YOU'VE SIMPLIFIED IT,

I CAN SEE A SIMILARITY
TO THE PROTEIN SIGNATURE

FROM YET ANOTHER STRAIN.

WE'VE GOT A TREATMENT
FOR THAT. IT'S A LONG SHOT,

BUT THEY'RE SO CLOSE,

IT'S POSSIBLE TO
USE THE THERAPIES

TO CURE THE SPANISH FLU VICTIMS.

I GOT A DR. WEAVER HERE

WHO HAS SOMETHING HE THINKS
MIGHT BE VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

(Dr. Weaver) IT
OCCURRED TO ME THAT

THESE MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN
IDENTIFYING THE SPECIFIC VIRAL STRAIN.

SLIDES OF THE 5 KNOWN
SPANISH FLU STRAINS.

THEY MIGHT HELP YOU IN IDENTIFYING
WHERE THE VIRUS ORIGINATED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING
THIS DOWN HERE. WE APPRECIATE IT.

UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES,
IT'S THE LEAST I COULD DO.

AND, I KNOW THAT
DURING AN INVESTIGATION,

THE F.B.I. HAS TO DO ITS
DUE DILIGENCE, BUT, UH,

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY

TO... TO SPEAK ON BEHALF
OF MY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES.

SURE. THEY'RE BOTH
VERY COMPETENT, UH,

TRUSTWORTHY PEOPLE. OF COURSE.

ESPECIALLY MARTIN GROLSCH.

I... I KNOW HE MIGHT SEEM, UH,

A BIT ODD, BUT HE'S
A TOP BIO-TECHNICIAN.

AMBITIOUS, DEDICATED
TO HIS WORK. RIGHT.

I SIMPLY CAN'T IMAGINE

THAT HE WOULD HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH RELEASING

A VIRULENT PATHOGEN.

WELL, WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO
CONSIDERATION, BUT WE GOT A LOT TO DO HERE

SO I'M GONNA SEE YOU OUT.

OK, I'M SITTING IN A BLACK HOLE.

I'M LOOKING AT
YOU, WHAT DO I SEE?

EVERYTHING.

AND NOTHING.

BUT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
A CHARGED BLACK HOLE

IN ANTI DE SITTER SPACE?

NO, JUST A...

A RUN OF THE
YANG-MILLS BLACK HOLE.

(Charlie) LARRY.

CHARLES!

WOULD YOU CARE TO JOIN OUR
STRING THEORY LUNCH CLUB?

SURE.

(clearing throat)

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU.

YOUR ADVICE ON THE,
UH, PROBLEM I HAD

REALLY WORKED OUT.

OK.

WELL, THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
WORKS EVERY NOW AND THEN,

IF YOU GIVE IT A CHANCE.

IT HELPED, UM,

A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I WISH I COULD TELL YOU MORE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST
STARTED OUT TEACHING,

THERE WERE STILL MANY SCIENTISTS
WHO'D WORKED AT LOS ALAMOS,

AND THERE WERE THINGS THAT
THEY COULDN'T TALK ABOUT.

THIS WAS AFTER 30 YEARS.

SO LET'S JUST HOPE THAT

YOUR SECRET HAS A
SHORTER HALF-LIFE.

AND IT DOESN'T KILL AS MANY
PEOPLE AS THE ATOMIC BOMB.

(Don) YOU SERVE THE
WARRANT ON GROLSCH?

NO. HE WASN'T THERE.
WE POSTED IT AND WENT IN.

YOU SAID HE REFERRED
TO A GIRLFRIEND?

YEAH, HE DID. HE MADE, UH,

WHAT WAS IT... SOME JOKE
ABOUT NOT SEEING HER MUCH.

PROBABLY DUE TO THE FACT
SHE DUMPED HIM A MONTH AGO.

SERIES OF INCREASINGLY
HOSTILE E-MAIL VOLLEYS

ENDED WITH HER PULLING THE PLUG.

ENOUGH TO PUSH
HIM OVER THE EDGE?

I MEAN, IS THIS ALL ABOUT GETTING
THE ATTENTION OF A WOMAN?

NO, I THINK HE'S A
SELF-INVOLVED JERK.

I DON'T SEE EVIDENCE
HE'S A SOCIOPATH.

AND AS FAR AS HIS
PERSONAL RECORDS GO,

GROLSCH IS A KEEPER,
NOT A SHREDDER.

COPIES OF HIS PHONE BILLS. WE'RE,
UH, REVIEWING NUMBERS CALLED.

SO FAR, NOTHING.

ALL RIGHT

THESE GO BACK,
LIKE, 9 MONTHS. MMM.

HERE'S A HOOKUP CHARGE.

HE MOVED HERE
LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.

COULD BE SOMETHING.

(Don) MR. GROLSCH,
WHEN WE SPOKE BEFORE,

YOU NEGLECTED TO MENTION THAT YOU
CAME TO CALIFORNIA FROM MARYLAND.

AFTER YOU GRABBED ME,

DID YOU PUT MY GROCERIES
IN THE REFRIGERATOR?

I HAD SOME FROZEN
ITEMS IN THERE.

(Don) SEE, THAT CONCERNS
US BECAUSE NOT ONE

BUT 2 STRAINS OF THE SPANISH
FLU HAVE BEEN RELEASED HERE.

ONE FROM GEN-O AND ONE
FROM RUSSELL LABS IN MARYLAND.

STRAINS FROM BOTH
LABS? YOU'RE SURE?

WHERE WERE YOU
EMPLOYED BACK EAST?

RUSSELL LABS. YOU KNOW THAT
ALREADY, OR ELSE I WOULDN'T BE HERE.

YOU DIDN'T TELL US THAT BEFORE.

WELL, YOU DIDN'T ASK BEFORE.

LOOK, RUSSELL AND GEN-O
ARE IN STIFF COMPETITION.

BIO-RESEARCH IS A
CUTTHROAT BUSINESS.

DR. WEAVER WAS IMPRESSED WITH MY
CREDENTIALS AND CALLED TO RECRUIT ME.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHIN', YOU'RE
LINKED TO THIS OUTBREAK IN 2 WAYS,

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

AND AS FAR AS WE COULD TELL, YOU'RE THE
ONLY PERSON WITH ACCESS TO BOTH STRAINS.

OK, NO.

LOOK, THIS IS NUTS.

UM, NO, I AM NOT
THE ONLY PERSON.

OK, RUSSELL AND GEN-O
ARE BOTH COMPETING

FOR THE SAME HUGE
PHARMACEUTICAL CONTRACT.

SO WHEN I JOINED GEN-O,

I GAVE MY NEW COMPANY A
BOOST BY BRINGING ALONG A SAMPLE

OF WHAT THE COMPETITION
WAS COOKING UP.

YOU TOOK RUSSELL LABS' VIRUS
WITH YOU, ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK FOR GEN-O?

I FOLLOWED THE PROPER
PROTOCOL. THERE WASN'T ANY RISK.

BUT, A-AT LEAST 2 OTHER PEOPLE

HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH STRAINS:

DR. WEAVER AND JESSICA
AVERY. IT'S NOT JUST ME.

OK, ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT
PHARMACEUTICAL CONTRACTS.

WHAT WERE THE 2 COMPANIES
IN COMPETITION FOR?

I THINK MAYBE IT'S TIME THAT
I HAD MY LAWYER PRESENT.

YOU TRANSFERRED
BIO-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

ACROSS SEVERAL STATE LINES!

I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU

THE TROUBLE THAT PUTS YOU IN.

NOW, SEEING HOW
PEOPLE ARE DYING,

I SUGGEST YOU HELP US FIRST,

AND THEN YOU TALK
TO YOUR ATTORNEY.

THE COMPETITION
IS FOR A CONTRACT

WITH THE COMPANY
DEVELOPING THE VACCINE.

AND WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT
COMPANY? CRAIGMAC PHARMACEUTICALS.

THAT'S A MAJOR MANUFACTURER. WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT A HEFTY CONTRACT...

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OVER SEVERAL YEARS.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU
STOLE THE VIRUS,

TO HELP GEN-O AND
MAKE YOURSELF RICH?

IT SURE AS HELL
WASN'T TO RELEASE IT.

RIGHT. I DON'T
WANNA KILL PEOPLE.

RIGHT. IT'S JUST A HARMLESS
CASE OF CORPORATE ESPIONAGE.

IS THAT IT?

(Don) NOW, DO YOU THINK
HE WAS DESPERATE ENOUGH

TO RELEASE BOTH VIRUSES

JUST TO PROVE GEN-O'S
WAS MORE DEADLY? MAYBE.

BUT LIKE HE SAID, THERE'S ALSO
JANICE AVERY AND DR. WEAVER.

SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT'VE GAINED
ACCESS THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT.

WELL, WE NEED TO FIND EVERYBODY
WHO COULD GET TO BOTH VIRUSES.

AND I WANNA TALK TO CRAIGMAC ABOUT
THAT CONTRACT HE WAS SO HOT TO WIN.

(Don) MAKE SURE AS SOON
AS THAT DATA COMES IN,

YOU GUYS GET IT
TO ME, UNDERSTAND?

ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU.

HEY.

(softly) HEY.

HEY, HAVERCAMP TELLS ME
THEY'RE RESPONDING TO TREATMENT,

WHICH SHE SAYS
YOU HELPED IDENTIFY.

GOOD GOIN'.

I'M GLAD I COULD HELP.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

HEY, DON, DID, UM,

DID MOM...

DID SHE SUFFER?

NO.

NO, NOT TOWARD THE END.

I MEAN, NOT WITH ALL THE
MORPHINE SHE WAS GETTING.

YOU KNOW, SHE HAD
ONE OF THOSE... THOSE...

SHE LIKED THAT.

OK.

HEY, I WANNA KNOW HOW YOU
GOT A TOP SECURITY CLEARANCE.

(Charlie) I DID SOME
CONSULTING FOR THE N.S.A.

THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY?

YEAH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO,

UH, BOB TOMKINS CALLED ME.

OH, WAIT A MINUTE.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
ROBERT TOMKINS?

BOB. YEAH.

ROBERT. YEAH.

(laughing) CHARLIE,

DO YOU UNDERSTAND, WITH
THAT, I MEAN, YOU DON'T EVEN NEED

A VISITOR'S PASS TO
COME TO MY OFFICE.

YOU HAVE TOTAL ACCESS.

REALLY? THEY NEVER TOLD ME THAT.

I MEAN, I... I... I...

I'M JUST TRYIN' TO GET
MY HEAD AROUND THE FACT

THAT MY LITTLE BROTHER
CONSULTED ON AN N.S.A. ISSUE

THAT WENT HIGH ENOUGH
UP FOR YOU TO CALL

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
BY HIS FIRST NAME.

THE N.S.A. CONSULTS WITH
A LOT OF MATHEMATICIANS.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN
REALLY GOOD AT KEEPING SECRETS.

THINK ABOUT IT.

CHARLIE.

(sighing)

(phone ringing)

(people chattering)

DON,

WE'VE GOT SOMETHIN'.

HEY, SO CRAIGMAC AWARDED
THE CONTRACT TO RUSSELL LABS

2 WEEKS BEFORE THE
VIRUS WAS RELEASED.

THERE'S A FORMAL
ANNOUNCEMENT DUE NEXT WEEK.

BUT YOU SAID RUSSELL LAB'S GERM

IS LESS DEADLY THAN THE
ONE GEN-O DEVELOPED.

I DID, AND IT IS.

RIGHT, BUT THEN THE TREATMENT
THERAPY WOULD BE DERIVED

FROM THE LESS POTENT VIRUS.

WHEN IT COMES TO CORPORATE DECISION-MAKING,
OTHER FACTORS COME INTO PLAY.

SUCH AS?

RUSSELL LABS MIGHT NOT
HAVE THE BEST PATHOGEN,

BUT THEY'VE GOT A C.E.O. WHO'S
GOT A GOOD CONTACT AT THE F.D.A.

THAT'S IMPORTANT TO A
COMPANY LIKE CRAIGMAC.

THIS BLOWS THE IDEA THAT GROLSCH
WAS TRYING TO WIN THE CONTRACT.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. HE DID NOT
KNOW THAT CONTRACT WAS AWARDED.

THEY FOUND SOMETHING
ON THE BUS DEPOT TAPES

THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

WEAVER.

COME ON.

COME ON.

(phone ringing)

(DON) WE GOT HIM
ENTERING A SECOND BUS.

THIS IS A GUY TRUSTED TO DEVELOP A
DEADLY VIRUS, AND HE'S RELEASING IT.

THERE YOU GO. NOT A
WILD-EYED CRAZY PERSON.

WEAVER'S NOT AT HOME,
HE'S NOT AT THE OFFICE.

TOLD THE ASSISTANT HE'D
BE GONE ALL AFTERNOON.

WELL, LET'S FIND HIM NOW.

(tracking device beeping)

IF YOU REACH HIS
VOICE-MAIL, TRY AGAIN.

OR NOT. (Dr. Weaver) HELLO?

DR. WEAVER. AGENT EPPES.

YES. GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU.

OH, HEY, LOOK, I HAD A
FEW MORE QUESTIONS.

I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD
COME DOWN THERE AND SEE YOU.

ACTUALLY, I'M OUT
OF THE OFFICE TODAY.

(Don) OH, REALLY, WELL,
IT'LL JUST TAKE A SECOND.

HOW ABOUT WE TALK ON THE PHONE?

(Dr. Weaver) UM, I'M
DRIVING RIGHT NOW.

OH. WHERE ARE YOU?

UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO ARRANGE
A TIME TO SEE YOU TOMORROW.

AGENT EPPES, I'M
SORRY, I... I REALLY

DON'T LIKE TO TALK ON THE PHONE
WHEN I'M DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC.

GOODBYE.

WHERE IS HE?
APPROACHING HANCOCK PARK.

ALL RIGHT, NOTIFY
L.A.P.D. AND C.H.P.

HE'S IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

(church bell tolling)

THIS IS HIS CAR. ALL RIGHT.

DO NOT MOVE. DO NOT
MOVE. DO NOT MOVE.

GET THE BAG. I'VE GOT THE BAG.

NOW MOVE, STEP BACK OFF THE
CURB, AWAY FROM THE CHURCH.

IS ALL THIS TRULY NECESSARY?

YOU WANTED TO PROVE YOUR
VIRUS WAS MORE POWERFUL,

SO YOU TESTED IT
ON INNOCENT PEOPLE?

YES. I HAD TO, TO SAVE LIVES.

SAVE LIVES? 20 PEOPLE ARE DEAD.

IF THE VACCINES AND TREATMENTS
ARE MADE FROM THE WRONG PATHOGEN,

AND THE SPANISH FLU REEMERGES,

WHICH, I ASSURE YOU, IT WILL,

WE WILL NOT BE READY.
MILLIONS WILL DIE.

SO YOU JUSTIFY THESE DEATHS
TO SAVE MORE LIVES LATER.

IF YOU HAD BEEN AROUND DEADLY
PATHOGENS AS LONG AS I HAVE,

YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND
THAT I HAD NO CHOICE, AGENT.

(Dr. Weaver) THEY ARE
UNFORGIVING. WE HAVE TO TAKE

EVERY POSSIBLE MEASURE
TO PROTECT INNOCENT PEOPLE.

WHAT DO YOU GOT?
(Havercamp) CANDLES.

THEY'RE JUST CANDLES.

THOSE ARE FOR THE VICTIMS.

I WAS ABOUT TO LIGHT A
CANDLE FOR EACH ONE.

DID YOU THINK I WAS PLANNING
TO RELEASE THE VIRUS AGAIN?

LET'S GO. I HAVE NO
REASON TO DO THAT.

LET'S GO.

(Dr. Weaver) I'VE
ALREADY ESTABLISHED

THAT OUR STRAIN
IS THE MORE DEADLY,

RELEASING IT AGAIN
WOULD BE INSANE.

(crickets chirping)

SO, HOW ARE YOU TWO GUYS DOIN'?

WELL, YOU SEEM SO MUCH MORE
RELAXED THAN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

YEAH, I'D SAY, UH, WE'RE
DOIN' PRETTY OK NOW.

FINISHED OUR PROJECT.

THINK I MIGHT GET MY FIRST GOOD
NIGHT'S SLEEP IN ABOUT A WEEK.

I'M GLAD IT'S OVER.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT
I'D LET YOU KNOW

THAT I'M GONNA BE WORKING
DOWN AT THE SHELTER NEXT WEEK.

I MEAN, IF THAT'S OK
WITH THE 2 OF YOU.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S OK NOW.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

I'LL SEE YOU TWO LATER.

I'M GONNA BE GOIN'
SOMEWHERE WITH ART STANLEY.

UH-OH. WHAT ARE YOU TWO UP TO?

BOWLING.

AFTER THE FUSS YOU MADE,
I THOUGHT I'D GIVE IT A TRY.

(crickets chirping)

YEAH. AND I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE

YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU
CONSULTED FOR THE N.S.A.

IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THIS.

I HOPE NOT, CHARLIE.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, A LOT OF
STUFF COMES ACROSS MY DESK.

DAILY BUREAU BRIEFINGS.

CHANCES ARE, I PROBABLY ALREADY
KNEW ABOUT YOUR ASSIGNMENT.

IT WASN'T AN ASSIGNMENT. REALLY.

IT WAS, UM, IT WAS MORE
OF A CONSULTING GIG.

WELL, IT WASN'T REALLY
ALL THAT SENSITIVE.

WE HAVE TROOPS STATIONED
ALL OVER THE GLOBE, RIGHT?

ALL RIGHT, STOP. STOP, STOP.

NO, NO, NO, STOP,
STOP. LET ME...

BUT YOU JUST... CHARLIE, LOOK,

DON'T LET ME PLAY YOU LIKE THAT.
YOU MADE AN AGREEMENT NOT TO TALK.

YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU SHOULDN'T.
I'M SORRY, FORGET IT.

IT'S OVER. I WON'T ASK.

I KNOW HOW YOUR MIND WORKS.

I THINK YOUR MIND
WORKS PRETTY WELL.

ALL RIGHT? I WOULDN'T
HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.

TELL ME WHAT THE ASSIGNMENT WAS.

WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW?

COME ON. WHAT WAS IT?

(Charlie) I REALLY CAN'T TELL
YOU. IT'S, UM, IT'S TOP SECRET.