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Hasta mañana, Stan.
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Have a good one.
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Donna?
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If you're trying to
scare me, it won't work.
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I told you I ain't paying
you a damn cent more.
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♪ Whoa! ♪
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Come on, man. That's enough.
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♪ Well, I go where I want,
and I go where I need ♪
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- Synced and corrected by VitoSilans -
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Ooh!
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- Iced java... thank you, baby.
- Yeah.
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Hey, I was thinking that we could get
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an early dinner reservation tonight.
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Sure.
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Actually, um, you know what?
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Why don't we, um, stay in,
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have a quiet night, just the two of us?
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That feels better.
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Thank you. I'm okay.
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You know, I gotta get
used to it eventually.
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It's just another day.
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I can clear my schedule.
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I'm fine, really.
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Besides, things are...
Things are busy at CCC.
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You need to be there.
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And I need to get to work.
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I'm just a phone call away.
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I know.
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Is it that bad?
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Huh? Sorry.
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That fire just kind of
weirds me out is all.
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The vic's name is Stanley Mullen.
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Uh, he's the manager of
this local watering hole.
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It's weird.
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The body's burnt through,
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but the ground underneath
isn't even charred.
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Yeah, this was definitely a meta attack.
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Dark matter levels are off the charts.
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Well, whoever that is, they produce fire
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that ignores the laws of physics.
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Oh man, you know, this
is giving me, like,
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"Goodbye, Armageddon, but
hello, Dante's Inferno"
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type of a vibe.
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- Morning, Allen.
- Morning.
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Runk.
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Find anything that can
help us piece this together?
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Uh, no. Not yet.
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Were there any witnesses?
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Uh, the bartender, Donna
Winters, didn't see the crime.
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But she said our victim got
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into a pretty nasty argument last night
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with a recently paroled ex-convict.
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Apparently, the guy had a bad temper.
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Oh, and he was wearing a
L.I.P.S. concert T-shirt.
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You know, as in the rock band.
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I was gonna ask him
some follow-up questions.
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Would it be okay if I showed
her a picture of someone
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- who could be our suspect?
- Sure.
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Donna, this is CSI Barry Allen
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and CCPD consultant Chester Runk.
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Ms. Winters, the person you
saw arguing with the victim,
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was this him?
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That's him. That's the guy.
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Jaco Birch. I'll put out an APB.
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This way, ma'am.
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The Hotness did this?
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I thought it was all about the moolah,
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not cold-blooded murder.
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Plus, how did he kill someone
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without burning half the place down?
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Looks like we're not the only
ones who leveled up this year.
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Here you go, boss lady.
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This is every suggestion
the bullpen brainstormed
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for who should be our first
CC Citizen of the Week.
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Nice work.
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Only, this is every suggestion...
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except the winning one.
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- Rosie Levin.
- Mm-hmm.
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Uh, boss, I don't think launching
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our first profile section on some
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shallow social media
influencer is the way to go.
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I just thought we were supposed
to be the voice of the people.
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I hear you.
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But Rosie Levin is who the
people are interested in.
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500,000 of them, to be exact,
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and if we could bring
those eyeballs to CCC,
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then, hopefully, people will
read the stories that matter.
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Is there something
that you wanna tell me?
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Yeah. Okay, fine.
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Taylor brought this to
me earlier, and I told her
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it wasn't right for us,
and she went behind my back.
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She believed in the story,
and she followed protocol
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and made an appeal to
the editor-in-chief,
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and I approved it.
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Is that a problem?
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Yes!
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I mean, no.
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I just mean if the bullpen
knows they can come to you
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when I say no... my word means nothing.
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Look, you're still their boss.
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But I'm also yours,
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and that means that sometimes
we are going to disagree
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on the stories that we tell.
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It's part of the process.
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Yeah, you're right.
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Of course, I...
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Actually, you know
what? Why don't you both
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interview Rosie?
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You want Taylor and me to work together?
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You're my supervising
editor. Go supervise.
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Plus, opposing perspectives
make for better stories.
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And keep an open mind. I
mean, you might be surprised
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at what the two of you can do together.
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Yeah. You got it.
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Whoa, whoa. Easy with
the guitars, roadies.
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You're unloading the gilded
weapons of true rock gods.
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Come on!
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You gotta trust your old man, Harold!
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Watching a L.I.P.S. concert's
gonna blow your freakin' mind.
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Yeah. Whatever, dude.
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Hey, you know I'm sorry
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I couldn't land the backstage passes
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I promised, all right?
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I kind of ran into a little
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bit of a cash flow issue.
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You bribed me here with stuff
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you couldn't even get, Jaco?
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You're even more lame than usual.
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I know, right?
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But, uh, hey, look,
maybe after the show,
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we could grab some food, huh?
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I could tell you some stories
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about these crazy things these bands
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I'm working with get into.
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You aren't with the bands, Jaco.
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You're arena security.
Anyone could do that.
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I'm gonna go for a walk.
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But... but Harold...
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Whoa.
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Jaco Birch.
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You're under arrest for the
murder of Stanley Mullen.
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Nah, I think you got the wrong guy.
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What's going on?
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Take him somewhere safe.
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Hey.
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Let go of me, jerk.
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Hey, hey, hey! Get
your hands off my son!
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Calm down, and put your
hands behind your back.
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Nobody's taking my kid away from me.
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Never again!
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Thanks, Flash.
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We got it from here.
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Harold, I'm innocent. I swear.
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I'm innocent! Please believe me.
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Flash! You gotta help me.
Please, I didn't do anything.
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Please, I can't lose my son! Please!
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I didn't do it.
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I swear to God I didn't do this.
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- Where's mom?
- What's gonna happen
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- to my son?
- Dad!
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- Barry!
- Dad!
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Harold, I didn't do anything. I swear!
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I swear. Please. Please
believe me, please!
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Okay, I gotta be honest.
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Uh, based on this police report,
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I'd advise Mr. Birch here
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to start thinking about a plea bargain.
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I'm guessing you feel differently.
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I just want to make sure
they got the right guy.
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Well, it seems like they do.
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He had an argument with the victim
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hours before he was killed.
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He's got no alibi.
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The crime matches his powers,
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and the guy is an ex-con.
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Who was released early
for good behavior.
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You know, Korber and those
other officers could've been
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killed, too, if you hadn't intervened.
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I know... I... I know
how it looks for Birch,
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but there isn't any hard
evidence that he's guilty.
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And last night, he
supposedly killed a man
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and then instead of laying low,
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he went back to work this morning?
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As a security guard of all things?
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It's just... it doesn't add up.
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Yeah. Stranger things have happened.
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I know, look, I-I've...
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I've worked hundreds of cases like this,
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and I'm telling you,
something about this just...
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It doesn't feel right to me.
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Okay, okay, but you know
that Birch had motive
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and opportunity to commit this murder.
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You didn't see the look on his face
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when they took him from his son.
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He was...
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he was begging for me to
believe that he's innocent.
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And you do?
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I'm not sure yet.
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Look, would you... would you
be willing to meet with him
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to get a read on his emotions?
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Yes, of course, I'll meet with him.
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Guilty or not, everyone
deserves proper representation.
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But Barry...
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using my powers to read a client...
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It's an ethical line that I can't cross.
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Yeah, of course. I'm sorry. I...
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I just don't wanna see
someone go to prison
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for a murder they might
not have committed.
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So Rosie, dropping out
of Cornell to become
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a social media influencer took guts.
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What inspired you to
make such a bold decision?
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Let's just say
institutionalized learning
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felt like a total prison.
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Ugh. Mm-hmm.
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Trust me. It's not.
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What my supervisor
means is that our readers
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are just so eager to get to
know the real Rosie Levin.
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So sorry. Will you excuse me?
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Uh...
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So sorry, I don't know
what her problem is.
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Uh, now why don't you take
me through a typical day?
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Lydia.
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Garcia.
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Oh, my God. It's so good to see you.
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How are you?
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Look who decided to come say hi.
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I haven't seen you since Iron Heights.
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At least, not in person.
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Then again, your face is plastered
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all over that news website.
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CCC Media, yeah.
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I work there now.
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These days, I'm writing the headlines,
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not starring in them.
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Must be nice.
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So you've been working
here since you got out?
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No, um, my first gig was
cleaning out porta potties.
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That was fun.
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I guess this is kind of
like a promotion for me.
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Not that you care.
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What's that supposed to mean?
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I get it, you're too busy
to help out old friends.
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You're mad because I'm a reporter now?
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Look, you got out, walked
into a legit career.
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Good for you.
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Meanwhile, I busted my butt
to get my GED in prison,
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and look where it got me.
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This is just temporary.
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I mean, I'm sure you can do better.
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Gee, thanks.
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I didn't mean it like that.
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I know what you meant.
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The truth is cleaning floors
is the best job I can get
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with a record like mine.
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People like you don't see
who I'm trying to be...
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Only who I was.
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It makes it really hard, you know?
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No.
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I don't know.
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Not yet.
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But...
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I'd like to try and help you.
263
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How could you possibly help me?
264
00:12:44,851 --> 00:12:47,114
Let me share your story with the world.
265
00:12:49,661 --> 00:12:50,811
Trust me.
266
00:12:56,732 --> 00:12:59,473
Before we get into this, I
need to know my son's okay.
267
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The cops won't tell me anything.
268
00:13:00,910 --> 00:13:01,953
Yeah, Harold is fine.
269
00:13:01,956 --> 00:13:03,021
He's with Social Services,
270
00:13:03,024 --> 00:13:04,433
just until they can track down his mom.
271
00:13:04,435 --> 00:13:05,747
Good luck with that.
272
00:13:05,750 --> 00:13:07,485
She's been in and out of
his life since he was born.
273
00:13:07,487 --> 00:13:09,662
No telling when she'll turn up again.
274
00:13:09,665 --> 00:13:11,614
Harold's mother... she took care of him
275
00:13:11,617 --> 00:13:13,355
while you were in Iron Heights, right?
276
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Barely.
277
00:13:14,844 --> 00:13:16,236
That's why I got my act together
278
00:13:16,239 --> 00:13:17,882
and got the hell out of that place.
279
00:13:17,884 --> 00:13:20,406
Harold, he never forgave me
280
00:13:20,408 --> 00:13:23,148
for abandoning him,
and I don't blame him.
281
00:13:23,150 --> 00:13:26,586
Every second of the four
years I spent in that prison,
282
00:13:26,588 --> 00:13:28,459
it's like he was serving time too.
283
00:13:30,113 --> 00:13:32,966
And the thing is, Harold's a good kid.
284
00:13:34,726 --> 00:13:37,075
I don't know what he did
to deserve a father like me.
285
00:13:38,861 --> 00:13:41,688
Okay, why don't you tell
me what happened last night.
286
00:13:41,690 --> 00:13:43,864
Stan and I got into it at the bar.
287
00:13:43,866 --> 00:13:46,301
I sold him a guitar so I could
buy Harold backstage passes
288
00:13:46,303 --> 00:13:48,159
to the L.I.P.S. concert,
and at the last minute,
289
00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:50,880
Stan decided to only pay me
half of what we agreed on.
290
00:13:50,883 --> 00:13:52,666
Then what happened?
291
00:13:52,669 --> 00:13:54,178
Sure, we argued.
292
00:13:54,181 --> 00:13:55,963
And yeah, I told him this wasn't over.
293
00:13:55,965 --> 00:13:58,618
But then I went home.
294
00:13:58,620 --> 00:14:00,278
That's the last I saw of Stan.
295
00:14:00,281 --> 00:14:01,981
Is there anybody that can confirm that?
296
00:14:01,984 --> 00:14:04,114
Anybody... was your son
home with you last night?
297
00:14:04,117 --> 00:14:05,712
No! He was out with friends.
298
00:14:05,714 --> 00:14:07,739
So unless my vinyl
collection can talk...
299
00:14:09,708 --> 00:14:10,848
I got nothin'.
300
00:14:15,942 --> 00:14:17,680
All right.
301
00:14:17,682 --> 00:14:20,596
Listen, I've been around
long enough to know
302
00:14:20,598 --> 00:14:23,382
you're about to tell me I'm screwed.
303
00:14:23,384 --> 00:14:27,995
But I'm telling you, I'm innocent.
304
00:14:27,997 --> 00:14:31,912
Jaco, the bartender
places you at the scene
305
00:14:31,914 --> 00:14:34,349
moments before the crime.
306
00:14:34,351 --> 00:14:38,136
Any jury is gonna see that
as more than enough evidence
307
00:14:38,138 --> 00:14:40,747
to convict.
308
00:14:40,749 --> 00:14:42,749
I won't leave my son
without a dad again!
309
00:14:42,751 --> 00:14:44,142
Okay?
310
00:14:44,144 --> 00:14:45,223
You got that?
311
00:14:47,707 --> 00:14:50,364
I wish I had something
better to tell you, Barry.
312
00:14:50,367 --> 00:14:54,021
But Birch just doesn't have
the pieces that you need
313
00:14:54,023 --> 00:14:55,327
to build a strong defense.
314
00:14:55,329 --> 00:14:57,083
And all of the evidence,
315
00:14:57,086 --> 00:14:58,939
it's still pointing
to him as the killer.
316
00:14:58,941 --> 00:15:01,507
I know you didn't use
your abilities in there,
317
00:15:01,509 --> 00:15:04,727
but what does your gut tell you?
318
00:15:04,729 --> 00:15:07,078
It's telling me that whether
he is actually innocent
319
00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:12,431
or not, he definitely
believes that he is.
320
00:15:12,433 --> 00:15:14,650
But it's not nearly enough.
321
00:15:14,652 --> 00:15:16,348
Yeah, but look, if there's any chance
322
00:15:16,350 --> 00:15:18,437
he is innocent, we have to help him.
323
00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:25,923
What's going on?
324
00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:28,345
Jaco Birch just escaped
custody en route to holding.
325
00:15:28,348 --> 00:15:29,622
Was anybody hurt?
326
00:15:29,624 --> 00:15:31,232
Thankfully, no, but so much for his
327
00:15:31,234 --> 00:15:33,017
"I'm innocent" sob story, huh?
328
00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:46,856
You told the cops I killed Stan?
329
00:15:46,858 --> 00:15:48,032
Come on, man.
330
00:15:48,034 --> 00:15:50,251
I only told them what I saw.
331
00:15:50,253 --> 00:15:53,385
And when you think about it,
I really didn't see anything.
332
00:15:53,387 --> 00:15:55,822
Hey, you and me are good, right?
333
00:15:55,824 --> 00:15:58,259
I'm gonna lose my son because of you...
334
00:15:58,261 --> 00:15:59,565
Because of what you said!
335
00:15:59,567 --> 00:16:00,958
Hey man, relax, I...
336
00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,260
Maybe I didn't see anything!
337
00:16:02,263 --> 00:16:04,048
Damn straight,
338
00:16:04,050 --> 00:16:06,093
'cause you're gonna take it back.
339
00:16:06,095 --> 00:16:07,877
You're gonna take it all back...
340
00:16:07,879 --> 00:16:09,140
right now!
341
00:16:09,142 --> 00:16:10,970
Wait, man! Please!
342
00:16:17,156 --> 00:16:18,848
Nothing on the satellites yet.
343
00:16:18,851 --> 00:16:20,498
Keep trying. We have to figure out
344
00:16:20,501 --> 00:16:22,304
where Birch is going before CCPD does.
345
00:16:22,307 --> 00:16:23,307
That's the only way we'll have a chance
346
00:16:23,309 --> 00:16:24,286
to prove he's innocent.
347
00:16:24,289 --> 00:16:25,476
I'm sorry, are we talking about the guy
348
00:16:25,478 --> 00:16:26,738
who just burned his way
349
00:16:26,741 --> 00:16:28,897
through a CCPD transport convoy?
350
00:16:28,900 --> 00:16:31,466
The fact that Birch ran away
doesn't change the evidence.
351
00:16:31,468 --> 00:16:34,165
There's still nothing directly
tying him to Mullen's death.
352
00:16:34,167 --> 00:16:37,211
Sure, Barry, sure, but fleeing custody
353
00:16:37,213 --> 00:16:39,380
is not exactly exculpatory,
354
00:16:39,383 --> 00:16:40,823
and I am saying that as his lawyer.
355
00:16:40,825 --> 00:16:42,086
She's right, Barr.
356
00:16:42,088 --> 00:16:44,088
If Jaco Birch is innocent, why run?
357
00:16:44,090 --> 00:16:46,525
Why did Frost run when
Chillblaine framed her?
358
00:16:46,527 --> 00:16:48,396
Because unfortunately,
sometimes people don't get
359
00:16:48,398 --> 00:16:50,703
a fair shot from the justice system.
360
00:16:50,705 --> 00:16:52,817
Yeah, and as a former DA, I know.
361
00:16:52,820 --> 00:16:54,951
I know that sometimes, it's true.
362
00:16:54,954 --> 00:16:56,970
- They don't.
- Okay, but how do we know
363
00:16:56,972 --> 00:16:58,841
Birch isn't the same
hothead he's always been?
364
00:16:58,844 --> 00:17:00,636
I mean, he'd be halfway
across the country by now.
365
00:17:00,638 --> 00:17:02,671
No, he didn't skip town...
Not without his son.
366
00:17:02,673 --> 00:17:05,196
- And you know this how?
- I just do.
367
00:17:05,198 --> 00:17:06,849
Okay.
368
00:17:06,851 --> 00:17:09,330
Uh, guys. Emergency dispatch is getting
369
00:17:09,332 --> 00:17:11,071
calls about a fire...
370
00:17:11,073 --> 00:17:12,855
right outside O'Shaughnessy's.
371
00:17:12,857 --> 00:17:14,814
What? Why would Birch go back
372
00:17:14,816 --> 00:17:16,076
to the scene of the crime?
373
00:17:16,078 --> 00:17:18,192
If it's really Birch.
374
00:17:18,195 --> 00:17:19,297
Yeah, I'll find out.
375
00:17:21,475 --> 00:17:24,563
I'll come with you for backup.
376
00:17:29,439 --> 00:17:30,630
Holy crap.
377
00:17:39,232 --> 00:17:40,798
What kind of fire is this?
378
00:17:42,365 --> 00:17:44,427
I think I know who this is.
379
00:17:44,430 --> 00:17:46,541
Is that the witness who
pinned it on Birch...
380
00:17:46,543 --> 00:17:47,979
The bartender?
381
00:17:49,770 --> 00:17:51,372
You know, your innocent man, Barr,
382
00:17:51,374 --> 00:17:53,026
is not looking so innocent anymore.
383
00:17:59,643 --> 00:18:02,079
I thought we were supposed to
be working together on this.
384
00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:03,167
Next time.
385
00:18:03,169 --> 00:18:05,114
Right now, I am in the zone.
386
00:18:05,117 --> 00:18:06,561
Thought I saw you two were back.
387
00:18:06,563 --> 00:18:07,910
How's the interview go?
388
00:18:07,912 --> 00:18:09,738
Great. I feel like this story
389
00:18:09,740 --> 00:18:12,393
is exploding out of me.
390
00:18:12,395 --> 00:18:14,395
So everything went well?
391
00:18:14,397 --> 00:18:16,397
Yeah.
392
00:18:16,399 --> 00:18:17,616
Peachy.
393
00:18:17,618 --> 00:18:18,921
Seriously, you're gonna love
394
00:18:18,923 --> 00:18:20,923
what I'm doing here, I promise.
395
00:18:20,925 --> 00:18:24,188
Excuse me. I just need to get some air.
396
00:18:27,864 --> 00:18:29,802
All right, well, I'll
let you get back to it.
397
00:18:29,804 --> 00:18:32,587
I'm looking forward to
reading the finished product.
398
00:18:32,589 --> 00:18:33,634
Roger that.
399
00:18:36,739 --> 00:18:39,464
I got back the tomography
reports from the crime lab.
400
00:18:39,466 --> 00:18:41,927
Donna Winters, the bartender who died?
401
00:18:41,930 --> 00:18:43,816
The thermal lesions on
her body match the marks
402
00:18:43,818 --> 00:18:46,601
on Stan Mullen's body
exactly. Too exactly.
403
00:18:46,603 --> 00:18:48,342
I mean, there's no pyrokinetic meta
404
00:18:48,344 --> 00:18:50,575
who could replicate burns
like that even if they tried.
405
00:18:50,578 --> 00:18:52,390
I... I... I told you
something about Birch's case
406
00:18:52,392 --> 00:18:53,669
just wasn't adding up.
407
00:18:53,672 --> 00:18:55,392
Barr, we're the ones who told Birch
408
00:18:55,395 --> 00:18:57,221
that Donna blamed him
for the first murder,
409
00:18:57,223 --> 00:18:59,669
and now Donna is dead. She's dead!
410
00:18:59,672 --> 00:19:01,564
You have got to see
how that looks, right?
411
00:19:01,567 --> 00:19:04,141
Yeah, but the facts are
still on Birch's side.
412
00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:05,490
Neither crime scene has any
413
00:19:05,492 --> 00:19:07,100
direct evidence tying him to it.
414
00:19:07,102 --> 00:19:09,407
No DNA, no fingerprints, no witnesses...
415
00:19:09,409 --> 00:19:11,235
That are still alive.
416
00:19:11,237 --> 00:19:15,239
Barry, you gotta admit
Birch has motive...
417
00:19:15,241 --> 00:19:19,591
and the more emotional he gets,
the stronger his powers are.
418
00:19:19,593 --> 00:19:22,739
Like, you know, earth-shattering.
419
00:19:22,742 --> 00:19:24,645
Thank goodness he wasn't
in a bad mood today.
420
00:19:24,648 --> 00:19:25,997
That doesn't make him a killer.
421
00:19:28,625 --> 00:19:30,254
Okay, look, we know
that you're just trying
422
00:19:30,256 --> 00:19:31,472
to do the right thing here.
423
00:19:31,474 --> 00:19:33,387
We do, but Barry, we can't help
424
00:19:33,389 --> 00:19:37,261
but wonder if just maybe
you're not thinking clearly
425
00:19:37,263 --> 00:19:40,002
about this case.
426
00:19:40,004 --> 00:19:42,091
Oh, so that's it.
427
00:19:42,093 --> 00:19:46,114
You've already decided
you're giving up on him.
428
00:19:46,117 --> 00:19:48,552
We're just looking at the facts, man.
429
00:19:48,555 --> 00:19:49,728
So am I.
430
00:19:49,731 --> 00:19:51,383
The two exact fire signatures
431
00:19:51,386 --> 00:19:53,849
makes me think Birch is not our guy.
432
00:19:53,852 --> 00:19:56,105
Chester, could you please
at least take a look at this,
433
00:19:56,107 --> 00:19:57,314
and see what you can find?
434
00:20:01,591 --> 00:20:02,938
Yeah, okay.
435
00:20:02,940 --> 00:20:04,244
Look, I know you all thought
436
00:20:04,246 --> 00:20:05,680
Birch was guilty from the start.
437
00:20:05,682 --> 00:20:07,450
No, we haven't. That's not true.
438
00:20:07,453 --> 00:20:10,424
Each of us have been trying
to help him from the beginning.
439
00:20:10,426 --> 00:20:11,947
But then Birch ran off.
440
00:20:11,949 --> 00:20:14,559
He was just trying to protect his son.
441
00:20:14,561 --> 00:20:16,125
I mean, what about other suspects?
442
00:20:16,127 --> 00:20:17,823
There are none.
443
00:20:17,825 --> 00:20:21,435
Both victims worked at O'Shaughnessy's.
444
00:20:21,437 --> 00:20:25,439
Maybe they owed somebody money
or pissed off the wrong person.
445
00:20:25,441 --> 00:20:29,791
I get Birch is a known
fire meta and an ex-con.
446
00:20:29,793 --> 00:20:31,663
That also makes him
the perfect fall guy.
447
00:20:31,665 --> 00:20:33,247
Okay, now you think he's being framed?
448
00:20:33,250 --> 00:20:34,728
I'm saying it's possible!
449
00:20:34,731 --> 00:20:36,841
Look, Birch is the freaking Hotness
450
00:20:36,844 --> 00:20:38,060
and a bad guy.
451
00:20:38,062 --> 00:20:39,410
It feels like he's changed!
452
00:20:39,412 --> 00:20:40,802
Not to us,
453
00:20:40,804 --> 00:20:42,239
and honestly it feels like
454
00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:43,327
you're asking us to believe
455
00:20:43,329 --> 00:20:44,458
in something impossible.
456
00:20:44,460 --> 00:20:46,091
Yeah, I am!
457
00:20:46,094 --> 00:20:47,766
'Cause if anyone had when I was a kid,
458
00:20:47,768 --> 00:20:49,289
my dad wouldn't have gone to jail.
459
00:20:51,859 --> 00:20:54,120
Barry...
460
00:20:54,122 --> 00:20:55,164
Barry, honey.
461
00:20:55,166 --> 00:20:57,123
Look, we're sorry.
462
00:20:57,125 --> 00:20:58,777
We... we... we weren't thinking.
463
00:20:58,779 --> 00:21:00,431
Look, here's the deal.
464
00:21:00,433 --> 00:21:03,651
I believe Birch is innocent.
465
00:21:03,653 --> 00:21:06,088
So with or without your
help, I'm gonna do everything
466
00:21:06,090 --> 00:21:08,702
within my power to clear his name.
467
00:21:21,976 --> 00:21:23,584
That looks familiar.
468
00:21:25,501 --> 00:21:28,720
Been what, seven, eight years
469
00:21:28,722 --> 00:21:30,434
since I've seen this board?
470
00:21:30,437 --> 00:21:32,984
Except the last time, it
was covered with photos
471
00:21:32,987 --> 00:21:34,162
of a different man.
472
00:21:36,643 --> 00:21:38,209
Cecile told me what happened.
473
00:21:39,689 --> 00:21:41,080
The team is worried about you.
474
00:21:41,082 --> 00:21:42,734
No, they don't have to be. I'm fine.
475
00:21:42,736 --> 00:21:43,954
No, you're not.
476
00:21:45,630 --> 00:21:47,847
They don't know what today is.
477
00:21:47,850 --> 00:21:50,112
I do.
478
00:21:50,115 --> 00:21:54,310
February 1st... Henry's birthday.
479
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:06,845
I remember when he was turning 45,
480
00:22:06,847 --> 00:22:09,630
and your mom threw that surprise party.
481
00:22:09,632 --> 00:22:11,676
The whole block showed up,
482
00:22:11,678 --> 00:22:15,325
and you were baking cupcakes for weeks,
483
00:22:15,328 --> 00:22:17,013
and when the big night came,
484
00:22:17,016 --> 00:22:19,945
before he could even take off his coat,
485
00:22:19,947 --> 00:22:21,419
the pager went off.
486
00:22:21,422 --> 00:22:23,857
They actually needed him.
487
00:22:23,860 --> 00:22:27,038
- He had to miss his own party.
- And you were disappointed.
488
00:22:27,041 --> 00:22:28,736
Of course.
489
00:22:28,738 --> 00:22:31,391
But you understood.
490
00:22:31,393 --> 00:22:34,481
He was helping save
people's lives, right?
491
00:22:34,483 --> 00:22:35,745
Yeah.
492
00:22:37,659 --> 00:22:42,122
But Henry, he was crushed.
493
00:22:42,125 --> 00:22:43,864
He was worried that
494
00:22:43,867 --> 00:22:48,609
he was missing all these
moments with you and your mom.
495
00:22:48,612 --> 00:22:53,138
But I told him, "Those
cupcakes might be stale now.
496
00:22:55,052 --> 00:23:00,680
But you'll have more
birthdays for both of them."
497
00:23:00,683 --> 00:23:01,945
Oh, there were.
498
00:23:03,474 --> 00:23:05,469
That was the last one
before it happened.
499
00:23:05,471 --> 00:23:07,253
- Barry!
- Dad!
500
00:23:07,255 --> 00:23:10,561
Stay out of the house! Barry!
501
00:23:10,563 --> 00:23:13,870
Joe, the look in my
dad's eyes that night...
502
00:23:16,090 --> 00:23:19,006
It was the same look in Birch's
eyes when they arrested him.
503
00:23:21,077 --> 00:23:24,253
Look of an innocent man...
504
00:23:24,256 --> 00:23:26,171
desperate not to lose his son...
505
00:23:28,276 --> 00:23:30,102
Begging someone to believe him.
506
00:23:30,104 --> 00:23:32,278
And you do.
507
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,138
Yeah, I do.
508
00:23:34,141 --> 00:23:37,064
I just keep thinking about
all the time my dad lost.
509
00:23:38,199 --> 00:23:39,459
All the birthdays we spent,
510
00:23:39,461 --> 00:23:41,420
separated by plexiglass.
511
00:23:43,614 --> 00:23:45,770
I can't let Birch and
his son go through that
512
00:23:45,772 --> 00:23:48,114
if he's innocent.
513
00:23:49,989 --> 00:23:51,514
I don't know. Maybe the team's right.
514
00:23:51,517 --> 00:23:52,690
Maybe I'm making something
515
00:23:52,692 --> 00:23:54,345
out of nothing.
516
00:23:56,347 --> 00:23:59,436
You think maybe I've had
blinders up this whole time?
517
00:23:59,438 --> 00:24:00,698
Maybe.
518
00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:01,744
Or...
519
00:24:03,746 --> 00:24:06,138
You can see something they can't.
520
00:24:06,140 --> 00:24:10,971
Look, what you went through,
I wouldn't wish on anyone.
521
00:24:13,049 --> 00:24:15,702
But what it did,
522
00:24:15,705 --> 00:24:18,619
was it gave you the ability to believe
523
00:24:18,622 --> 00:24:23,714
in the underdog when no
one else is willing to.
524
00:24:26,987 --> 00:24:28,118
So...
525
00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:31,992
If your gut tells you...
526
00:24:34,690 --> 00:24:36,736
To not give up on Birch...
527
00:24:38,738 --> 00:24:42,872
Then for Henry's sake, don't.
528
00:24:45,179 --> 00:24:46,786
Not yet.
529
00:24:58,888 --> 00:25:01,325
So what do you think?
530
00:25:04,807 --> 00:25:08,156
I think the lede is in the
second graph, not the first.
531
00:25:08,158 --> 00:25:12,160
But besides that, it is a very engaging
532
00:25:12,162 --> 00:25:13,901
and beautifully written article.
533
00:25:13,903 --> 00:25:16,121
I think it's going
to open a lot of eyes.
534
00:25:16,123 --> 00:25:17,601
Seriously? You like it?
535
00:25:17,603 --> 00:25:19,124
Yes, I do.
536
00:25:19,126 --> 00:25:20,908
But Allegra, as strong
as that article is,
537
00:25:20,910 --> 00:25:22,954
that's not what I assigned you.
538
00:25:22,956 --> 00:25:26,827
I know, but I have a unique insight
539
00:25:26,829 --> 00:25:29,917
into Lydia, and me
connecting with this story
540
00:25:29,919 --> 00:25:32,659
so much is what's gonna make
it connect with our audience.
541
00:25:32,661 --> 00:25:35,749
Agreed, but I wanted you
542
00:25:35,751 --> 00:25:38,709
to make this special, and
to help support a colleague.
543
00:25:38,711 --> 00:25:40,798
There's some decent
writing in Taylor's article,
544
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,539
but it's all surface.
There's no context.
545
00:25:42,541 --> 00:25:43,975
There's no examination
546
00:25:43,977 --> 00:25:46,989
of Rosie's influence on young women.
547
00:25:46,992 --> 00:25:49,203
Allegra, you could've made
this story so much better
548
00:25:49,206 --> 00:25:51,069
if you had helped her
like I asked you to do.
549
00:25:51,071 --> 00:25:52,244
Yeah.
550
00:25:52,246 --> 00:25:53,458
Iris, I'm so sorry.
551
00:25:55,118 --> 00:25:57,379
The interview with Rosie
wasn't going anywhere.
552
00:25:57,381 --> 00:25:58,849
So you abandoned it?
553
00:25:58,852 --> 00:26:00,643
I followed my instinct.
554
00:26:00,646 --> 00:26:03,255
I thought that's what
you'd want me to do.
555
00:26:03,257 --> 00:26:06,127
What I want is for you to
learn how to be a supervisor.
556
00:26:06,129 --> 00:26:09,435
That's why I'm trying to
teach you how to mentor her.
557
00:26:09,437 --> 00:26:12,394
Instead, you did just the opposite.
558
00:26:12,396 --> 00:26:14,353
But...
559
00:26:14,355 --> 00:26:16,181
I have an obligation to our readers
560
00:26:16,183 --> 00:26:19,576
to publish the best articles that I can,
561
00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:22,709
and your profile on Lydia...
562
00:26:22,711 --> 00:26:24,591
is amazing.
563
00:26:24,594 --> 00:26:26,844
I think it's gonna start
an important conversation.
564
00:26:26,846 --> 00:26:31,022
So... We're gonna go with it.
565
00:26:31,024 --> 00:26:35,026
But next time, please run any
changes this big by me first.
566
00:26:35,028 --> 00:26:37,552
And another thing: I want
you to talk to Taylor.
567
00:26:39,118 --> 00:26:42,249
You're her immediate boss,
so it's up to you to fix this,
568
00:26:42,252 --> 00:26:43,556
not the other way around.
569
00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:49,083
Chester, what'd you find?
570
00:26:49,085 --> 00:26:50,084
You were right.
571
00:26:50,086 --> 00:26:51,288
Yeah, check this out.
572
00:26:51,291 --> 00:26:53,014
So I cross-referenced the heat signature
573
00:26:53,017 --> 00:26:54,698
from O'Shaughnessy's to
the one in the alleyway
574
00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:57,091
from the second victim like you asked.
575
00:26:57,093 --> 00:26:58,745
Guess what I found.
576
00:26:58,747 --> 00:27:01,313
Both signatures produced
an anomalous heat effect
577
00:27:01,315 --> 00:27:04,621
created by non-composites
reacting to hydrogen isotopes...
578
00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:06,013
Nuclear fusion.
579
00:27:06,015 --> 00:27:09,756
What you're describing is cold fusion.
580
00:27:09,758 --> 00:27:12,454
But Birch's powers come
from absorbing heat,
581
00:27:12,456 --> 00:27:14,065
not nuclear fusion.
582
00:27:14,067 --> 00:27:15,283
Meaning...
583
00:27:15,285 --> 00:27:17,285
He's innocent.
584
00:27:17,287 --> 00:27:21,855
Yeah, we get this data to
CCPD, you can clear his name.
585
00:27:21,857 --> 00:27:24,075
Okay, Chester, put everything
you have on a drive.
586
00:27:24,077 --> 00:27:26,730
I need to get this to
Captain Kramer fast.
587
00:27:26,732 --> 00:27:27,861
I need to find Birch.
588
00:27:30,220 --> 00:27:32,038
Let's hope he doesn't
do anything else stupid
589
00:27:32,041 --> 00:27:33,301
before we can clear his name.
590
00:27:42,485 --> 00:27:45,748
Harold, I know this is tough.
591
00:27:45,751 --> 00:27:47,881
But we're gonna find
you a place to stay.
592
00:27:47,884 --> 00:27:49,708
I'm here to make sure your transition
593
00:27:49,711 --> 00:27:52,581
is as easy as possible, okay?
594
00:27:52,583 --> 00:27:54,018
Whatever.
595
00:27:54,020 --> 00:27:56,350
I'm used to Jaco being a screwup,
596
00:27:56,353 --> 00:27:58,457
especially since he got his powers.
597
00:28:08,208 --> 00:28:10,730
I want my son!
598
00:28:10,732 --> 00:28:12,255
Now!
599
00:28:16,936 --> 00:28:18,695
Harold, get out of the car.
600
00:28:21,486 --> 00:28:23,830
Get down on your knees with
your hands above your head.
601
00:28:23,832 --> 00:28:25,310
I'm not letting you cart my son off
602
00:28:25,312 --> 00:28:26,311
to a bunch of strangers.
603
00:28:26,313 --> 00:28:27,704
Harold!
604
00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:29,446
Birch, I said get down.
605
00:28:31,666 --> 00:28:33,799
Why won't you leave me alone?
606
00:28:35,757 --> 00:28:37,539
CCPD scanners have Birch
607
00:28:37,542 --> 00:28:40,781
at Hastings Avenue and Nicola Lane.
608
00:28:40,806 --> 00:28:43,545
Oh, man. Satellites just picked up
609
00:28:43,547 --> 00:28:46,635
a city vehicle at the exact same spot.
610
00:28:46,637 --> 00:28:48,594
It's a social services SUV.
611
00:28:48,596 --> 00:28:50,131
He's trying to get his son.
612
00:28:50,134 --> 00:28:52,728
Barry, CCPD still doesn't
know that Birch is innocent.
613
00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:54,426
If he tries to take his kid by force...
614
00:28:54,428 --> 00:28:55,993
We have to stop him.
615
00:28:55,995 --> 00:28:57,561
Before he does something he'll regret.
616
00:28:58,827 --> 00:29:00,040
Birch, listen to me.
617
00:29:00,042 --> 00:29:01,868
No, you listen.
618
00:29:01,870 --> 00:29:03,914
I just want my son.
619
00:29:03,916 --> 00:29:05,152
Now get out of my way.
620
00:29:08,964 --> 00:29:11,097
Wait, wait. No, wait. Wait.
621
00:29:13,064 --> 00:29:14,374
Harold, stay back.
622
00:29:14,377 --> 00:29:15,664
She's right, son. It's too dangerous.
623
00:29:15,666 --> 00:29:16,761
I'm not scared of him.
624
00:29:19,148 --> 00:29:21,845
Look, Harold. I know how bad this looks.
625
00:29:21,847 --> 00:29:24,499
But I swear, I'd never hurt anyone.
626
00:29:24,501 --> 00:29:26,327
What's wrong with you?
627
00:29:26,329 --> 00:29:29,417
You get that you're
a total loser, right?
628
00:29:29,419 --> 00:29:30,984
I am.
629
00:29:30,986 --> 00:29:32,835
A total loser.
630
00:29:32,838 --> 00:29:35,295
Have been since the day I was born.
631
00:29:35,298 --> 00:29:37,208
Thought having powers
would change all that,
632
00:29:37,210 --> 00:29:39,601
but all that did was make things worse.
633
00:29:39,603 --> 00:29:43,170
And now they turn the only good
thing in my life against me?
634
00:29:43,172 --> 00:29:47,218
My own kid...
635
00:29:47,220 --> 00:29:49,873
All I wanted when I
got out of Iron Heights
636
00:29:49,875 --> 00:29:52,876
was a clean start, to
get my life together
637
00:29:52,878 --> 00:29:54,303
so we could be a family!
638
00:30:01,756 --> 00:30:04,626
- This is your final warning.
- Who cares?
639
00:30:04,628 --> 00:30:06,933
No matter what I do, you'll
always think I'm a killer,
640
00:30:06,935 --> 00:30:10,154
and now you wanna take
my son away forever?
641
00:30:10,156 --> 00:30:13,897
Well, I won't let you!
642
00:30:18,555 --> 00:30:20,294
You can't keep me from my family, Flash!
643
00:30:20,296 --> 00:30:21,905
No one's taking Harold away.
644
00:30:21,907 --> 00:30:23,444
I know you didn't kill anyone, Birch.
645
00:30:23,447 --> 00:30:25,473
Your lawyer found evidence
to prove you're innocent.
646
00:30:25,475 --> 00:30:27,214
But you have to stop what you're doing
647
00:30:27,216 --> 00:30:30,174
before anyone gets hurt.
648
00:30:30,176 --> 00:30:31,220
Okay.
649
00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:37,050
All right?
650
00:30:46,366 --> 00:30:48,178
Oh, come on.
651
00:30:48,181 --> 00:30:49,703
I'm not doing anything.
652
00:30:49,706 --> 00:30:51,150
It's not what you're doing.
653
00:30:51,153 --> 00:30:52,587
It's what you already did.
654
00:30:55,810 --> 00:30:57,679
Officer, get them to safety!
655
00:31:11,434 --> 00:31:12,696
Thanks for the save!
656
00:31:16,744 --> 00:31:19,928
Birch, your heat
abilities, they're connected
657
00:31:19,931 --> 00:31:21,660
to the earth beneath
wherever you're standing.
658
00:31:21,662 --> 00:31:23,836
Uh, yeah, science is not my strong suit.
659
00:31:23,838 --> 00:31:26,056
But yeah, okay. I'll
buy that for a dollar.
660
00:31:26,058 --> 00:31:27,492
He means emotionally.
661
00:31:27,494 --> 00:31:29,499
Ooh... right.
662
00:31:29,502 --> 00:31:32,497
Chester, can you scan for
thermal activity below us?
663
00:31:32,499 --> 00:31:34,281
Yeah, yeah.
664
00:31:34,283 --> 00:31:36,675
Merry Mack Gibson Jr.
665
00:31:36,677 --> 00:31:38,982
Kay, there's a volcano's worth of magma
666
00:31:38,984 --> 00:31:41,636
erupting beneath the city's lower crust.
667
00:31:41,638 --> 00:31:44,074
When Birch was upset, he
must've absorbed so much heat
668
00:31:44,076 --> 00:31:47,425
from the planet's core that
he opened up a lava channel.
669
00:31:47,427 --> 00:31:49,881
Flash, if you can't stop
this in the next 30 seconds,
670
00:31:49,884 --> 00:31:51,820
Central City's gonna
turn into Mount Doom.
671
00:31:58,220 --> 00:31:59,569
Officer, get them back!
672
00:32:06,184 --> 00:32:08,600
Flash, you gotta do something.
673
00:32:08,603 --> 00:32:10,230
I know this is all my fault.
674
00:32:10,232 --> 00:32:12,319
You and everyone in this city,
675
00:32:12,321 --> 00:32:13,712
my son,
676
00:32:13,714 --> 00:32:15,670
he can't die because of me.
677
00:32:15,672 --> 00:32:17,498
You gotta save him.
678
00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:18,891
No, you have to save him.
679
00:32:18,893 --> 00:32:20,538
Look, I've got an idea.
680
00:32:20,541 --> 00:32:22,460
If it works, there's
gonna be a huge release
681
00:32:22,462 --> 00:32:24,069
of pressure forming beneath us.
682
00:32:24,072 --> 00:32:27,425
When that happens, I need you
to absorb the remaining heat.
683
00:32:27,428 --> 00:32:29,336
I've never done anything
like that before.
684
00:32:29,338 --> 00:32:31,512
You can do this.
685
00:32:31,514 --> 00:32:32,646
I know you can.
686
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,562
Hey, ten seconds. Time
to ride or die, people.
687
00:32:44,005 --> 00:32:45,434
Let's rock.
688
00:32:48,183 --> 00:32:49,473
Where'd he go?
689
00:32:49,476 --> 00:32:51,924
I... I don't know, but
I'm detecting new activity
690
00:32:51,926 --> 00:32:53,143
right under the surface.
691
00:32:53,145 --> 00:32:54,883
50 meters down.
692
00:32:54,885 --> 00:32:56,929
No, no, wait. 90 meters down.
693
00:32:58,367 --> 00:33:00,786
110 meters. 120 meters.
694
00:33:00,789 --> 00:33:03,580
Whoa, hey, Flash is doing
his thing underground, y'all.
695
00:33:03,583 --> 00:33:05,329
So get ready.
696
00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:24,000
Yeah!
697
00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:35,576
Yes!
698
00:33:35,578 --> 00:33:38,200
Yes. Yes!
699
00:33:38,203 --> 00:33:39,885
You don't see that every day.
700
00:33:41,468 --> 00:33:44,106
Not that I'm complaining,
but how'd you do that?
701
00:33:44,109 --> 00:33:46,196
I phased into the water
table under the city
702
00:33:46,198 --> 00:33:48,255
then released it directly
into the lava channel.
703
00:33:48,258 --> 00:33:50,591
That stopped a meltdown, but
not the massive heat exchange
704
00:33:50,593 --> 00:33:52,158
that was being released...
705
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,262
One I couldn't stop,
but I knew Birch could.
706
00:33:55,265 --> 00:33:57,424
Otherwise, everybody
within a ten block radius...
707
00:33:57,426 --> 00:33:58,991
Would've been fried
like a bananas foster
708
00:33:58,993 --> 00:34:00,270
in the French Quarter.
709
00:34:00,273 --> 00:34:02,018
Mark and I are goin'
to Mardi Gras next year.
710
00:34:02,020 --> 00:34:03,213
Okay.
711
00:34:03,215 --> 00:34:06,129
Wait, so saving hundreds of lives...
712
00:34:06,131 --> 00:34:07,333
Try thousands.
713
00:34:07,336 --> 00:34:10,088
Saving that many lives
is what I just did?
714
00:34:10,091 --> 00:34:11,917
Yeah.
715
00:34:11,919 --> 00:34:15,153
Looks like you're the father
Harold deserves after all.
716
00:34:15,156 --> 00:34:16,590
You okay?
717
00:34:16,593 --> 00:34:18,419
You used your powers again.
718
00:34:18,422 --> 00:34:20,204
I know.
719
00:34:20,207 --> 00:34:22,362
- I know, I...
- To save us.
720
00:34:27,848 --> 00:34:29,369
Thanks, Dad.
721
00:34:29,371 --> 00:34:30,731
I love you.
722
00:34:30,786 --> 00:34:32,155
I love you.
723
00:34:59,836 --> 00:35:02,620
Okay. Okay!
724
00:35:02,622 --> 00:35:05,188
Social Services is on
their way with Harold.
725
00:35:05,190 --> 00:35:07,235
They should be here any minute.
726
00:35:08,706 --> 00:35:10,170
I can't believe they're
actually letting me
727
00:35:10,172 --> 00:35:12,476
have custody of my son.
728
00:35:12,479 --> 00:35:15,219
That evidence you found saved my ass.
729
00:35:15,222 --> 00:35:17,918
Plus, Harold is almost 18,
730
00:35:17,921 --> 00:35:21,465
and Judge Hankerson let him
decide where he wanted to be.
731
00:35:21,467 --> 00:35:22,857
And you know with his mom being...
732
00:35:22,859 --> 00:35:24,772
MIA as always?
733
00:35:24,774 --> 00:35:27,210
You and Harold are
getting another chance...
734
00:35:27,212 --> 00:35:29,821
A real one, this time.
735
00:35:29,823 --> 00:35:31,692
It's all because of you two.
736
00:35:31,694 --> 00:35:33,172
And The Flash.
737
00:35:33,174 --> 00:35:36,088
Yeah, but you're the one who told him
738
00:35:36,090 --> 00:35:37,396
not to give up on me.
739
00:35:39,746 --> 00:35:41,354
- I'm just really grateful.
- Oh, yeah.
740
00:35:41,356 --> 00:35:42,375
Thanks. Thank you.
741
00:35:42,378 --> 00:35:44,226
If there's ever anything
I can do for you,
742
00:35:44,229 --> 00:35:45,489
just let me know.
743
00:35:45,491 --> 00:35:47,447
Just be there for Harold.
744
00:35:57,159 --> 00:35:58,376
You okay?
745
00:35:58,379 --> 00:36:00,422
I will be.
746
00:36:00,425 --> 00:36:02,114
Hey there, kiddo.
747
00:36:02,116 --> 00:36:04,029
Hey.
748
00:36:04,031 --> 00:36:05,075
Come on.
749
00:36:08,209 --> 00:36:10,818
Dinner is on me.
750
00:36:10,820 --> 00:36:12,211
We got a lot to catch up on.
751
00:36:23,137 --> 00:36:25,792
Barry, they are gonna be all right.
752
00:36:31,014 --> 00:36:33,798
I guess the real question is...
753
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:35,234
are you?
754
00:36:45,986 --> 00:36:47,899
Come to gloat?
755
00:36:47,901 --> 00:36:48,987
No.
756
00:36:48,989 --> 00:36:50,902
Kind of the opposite.
757
00:36:50,904 --> 00:36:53,165
I guess you saw the first article
758
00:36:53,167 --> 00:36:54,775
for our new profile section.
759
00:36:54,777 --> 00:36:56,081
You mean yours?
760
00:36:56,083 --> 00:36:57,691
Taylor, I know how this looks,
761
00:36:57,693 --> 00:37:01,672
and... I wanna apologize.
762
00:37:01,675 --> 00:37:03,414
Yes, Iris loves the Sanchez story,
763
00:37:03,417 --> 00:37:07,636
but we are running your piece
on Rosie Levin next week.
764
00:37:07,639 --> 00:37:10,684
And our audience deserves to read it.
765
00:37:10,687 --> 00:37:12,948
Thanks.
766
00:37:12,951 --> 00:37:15,125
So tell me... what did I do to deserve
767
00:37:15,128 --> 00:37:18,799
getting stabbed in the
back by my own supervisor?
768
00:37:18,801 --> 00:37:21,933
Iris assigned you to
help me, not run me over,
769
00:37:21,935 --> 00:37:23,938
which is exactly what you did.
770
00:37:23,941 --> 00:37:26,980
I didn't mean to, and you're right.
771
00:37:26,983 --> 00:37:28,461
I shouldn't have done that.
772
00:37:28,464 --> 00:37:32,334
I just... I got excited,
and I guess I felt like
773
00:37:32,337 --> 00:37:35,294
Lydia's story was something
our readers needed right now.
774
00:37:35,296 --> 00:37:37,688
And that's how I felt about my story.
775
00:37:37,690 --> 00:37:42,519
Iris did too, until you called
in a favor with the boss.
776
00:37:42,521 --> 00:37:45,043
Guess you learned that in prison.
777
00:37:48,353 --> 00:37:49,874
You're right.
778
00:37:49,876 --> 00:37:51,615
I got lost in a great story...
779
00:37:51,617 --> 00:37:53,617
You stole my byline!
780
00:37:53,619 --> 00:37:56,010
Taylor, we are still
publishing your article.
781
00:37:56,012 --> 00:37:58,709
Because Iris is a journalist with ethics.
782
00:37:58,711 --> 00:38:01,015
Something you are clearly lacking.
783
00:38:01,017 --> 00:38:02,060
Fine.
784
00:38:02,062 --> 00:38:03,670
Good to know.
785
00:38:03,672 --> 00:38:05,237
Look.
786
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:06,804
I messed up.
787
00:38:06,806 --> 00:38:08,588
I said I'm sorry.
788
00:38:08,590 --> 00:38:10,590
It won't happen again.
789
00:38:10,592 --> 00:38:13,506
But I am still your supervisor.
790
00:38:13,508 --> 00:38:17,094
So I'm hoping we can get past this.
791
00:38:17,097 --> 00:38:18,206
Okay?
792
00:38:21,690 --> 00:38:23,953
I'm gonna destroy you.
793
00:38:23,956 --> 00:38:25,169
Yeah?
794
00:38:35,748 --> 00:38:38,139
Shouldn't we be toasting with champagne?
795
00:38:38,141 --> 00:38:40,533
Mm-mm. Plain, old light beer.
796
00:38:40,535 --> 00:38:41,696
That was Henry's favorite.
797
00:38:41,699 --> 00:38:43,230
I used to give him hell about it.
798
00:38:43,233 --> 00:38:44,668
I'd say, "You're a doctor.
799
00:38:44,670 --> 00:38:45,886
You should have better taste,"
800
00:38:45,888 --> 00:38:47,801
and he'd laugh, and he'd say,
801
00:38:47,803 --> 00:38:51,370
"Oh, I'll drink something more
expensive when you buy it."
802
00:38:54,375 --> 00:38:56,897
Do you guys remember
when Henry filled in
803
00:38:56,899 --> 00:38:58,290
on Dad's softball team?
804
00:38:58,292 --> 00:39:00,282
Oh, my gosh. What a disaster.
805
00:39:00,285 --> 00:39:01,675
What? What happened?
806
00:39:01,678 --> 00:39:03,025
Well, even as a kid, I knew that
807
00:39:03,028 --> 00:39:04,382
you're not supposed catch a ball
808
00:39:04,385 --> 00:39:05,515
with your face.
809
00:39:05,517 --> 00:39:06,852
Oh, no!
810
00:39:06,855 --> 00:39:07,977
No, really?
811
00:39:07,980 --> 00:39:09,327
Yeah, right in the nose.
812
00:39:09,330 --> 00:39:10,677
Good thing, as a doctor,
813
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:11,999
he was able to reset it himself.
814
00:39:14,787 --> 00:39:17,527
Hey, baby, you okay?
815
00:39:17,529 --> 00:39:18,789
Yeah, no, it's...
816
00:39:18,791 --> 00:39:20,443
It's just nice to hear everybody
817
00:39:20,445 --> 00:39:22,532
remember him this way.
818
00:39:22,534 --> 00:39:25,099
What do you remember the most?
819
00:39:25,101 --> 00:39:29,060
Oh, little things mostly.
820
00:39:31,543 --> 00:39:38,025
Um, he never made me
clean my plate at dinner,
821
00:39:38,027 --> 00:39:39,592
even when all I'd eat were carbs,
822
00:39:39,594 --> 00:39:41,855
like mac and cheese
823
00:39:41,857 --> 00:39:44,162
or those Hawaiian dinner rolls.
824
00:39:44,164 --> 00:39:46,077
Mmm...
825
00:39:46,079 --> 00:39:49,820
I kept asking him to read me
826
00:39:49,822 --> 00:39:52,605
the same bedtime story over and over.
827
00:39:52,607 --> 00:39:56,566
It was the one about the
hippo who went to school
828
00:39:56,568 --> 00:39:59,832
and made cookies for everyone
and then became their friends.
829
00:40:02,081 --> 00:40:05,430
I can see how ridiculous
that must have been now.
830
00:40:05,433 --> 00:40:07,230
Well, I'm sure he enjoyed it.
831
00:40:10,743 --> 00:40:12,310
Mostly, I just remembered being loved.
832
00:40:15,630 --> 00:40:17,151
I still miss him.
833
00:40:17,153 --> 00:40:18,283
Every day.
834
00:40:18,285 --> 00:40:21,155
And that is okay.
835
00:40:21,157 --> 00:40:22,202
Yeah.
836
00:40:24,465 --> 00:40:29,207
Well, um, happy birthday, Dad.
837
00:40:45,399 --> 00:40:48,095
So if Birch didn't kill
those two, then who did?
838
00:40:48,097 --> 00:40:50,707
I've checked every
fire-based meta-human in here.
839
00:40:50,709 --> 00:40:54,711
Everyone's either still at
Iron Heights or alibi'd up.
840
00:40:54,713 --> 00:40:57,670
So what do we do now?
841
00:40:57,672 --> 00:40:59,411
I know what Joe would say.
842
00:40:59,413 --> 00:41:00,412
No suspects?
843
00:41:00,415 --> 00:41:02,545
Then shift your focus
844
00:41:02,547 --> 00:41:04,590
to where it matters... the victims.
845
00:41:04,592 --> 00:41:07,071
But Stan and Donna were different ages,
846
00:41:07,073 --> 00:41:09,141
races, and genders.
847
00:41:09,144 --> 00:41:10,770
But they both worked at O'Shaughnessy's.
848
00:41:10,772 --> 00:41:12,511
So the killer's a disgruntled employee?
849
00:41:12,513 --> 00:41:13,860
Or they were chosen at random,
850
00:41:13,862 --> 00:41:15,340
and we're still missing something.
851
00:41:18,207 --> 00:41:19,704
What are you thinkin'?
852
00:41:19,707 --> 00:41:22,129
Chester, the cold fusion data
we pulled off the bodies...
853
00:41:22,131 --> 00:41:24,567
Could your program those
variables into the satellites?
854
00:41:24,569 --> 00:41:26,353
Sure. What am I looking for?
855
00:41:29,182 --> 00:41:30,792
More victims.
856
00:41:34,251 --> 00:41:36,099
If there's a meta
serial killer out there,
857
00:41:36,110 --> 00:41:37,495
we need to find them...
858
00:41:38,446 --> 00:41:39,973
Before somebody else gets hurt.
859
00:41:39,975 --> 00:41:45,764
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