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Hasta mañana, Stan.

2
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Have a good one.

3
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[faint crackling]

4
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Donna?

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[screaming]

6
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[suspenseful music]

7
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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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♪

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[Loosely Tight's 
"Through Thick N' Thin" plays]

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♪ Whoa!

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♪

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Come on, man.
That's enough.

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♪

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♪ Well, I go where I want, 
and I go where I need ♪

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[growls]

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[screaming]

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[heroic music] 
[electricity crackling]

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♪

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[sighs]
Ooh!

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Iced java...thank you, baby.

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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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[pensive music]

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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.
[phone dings]

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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.

40
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[electricity crackles]

41
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[sighs]

42
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Is it that bad?

43
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Huh? Sorry.

44
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That fire just kind of
weirds me out is all.

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[clears throat] 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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[suspenseful music]

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♪

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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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♪

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[distant police sirens]

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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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[apprehensive music]

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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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♪

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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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[sighs]
Look, you're still their boss.

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But I'm also yours,

121
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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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[sighs]

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♪

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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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[chuckling] 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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♪

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But--but Harold...

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[sirens wailing]
[tires squeal]

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Whoa.

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[tense music]

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♪

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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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[steam hissing]

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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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- [yelling] Where's mom?
- What's gonna happen

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00:08:04,884 --> 00:08:06,860
to my son?
- Dad!

187
00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:08,455
- Barry!
- Dad!

188
00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:11,570
Harold, I didn't do anything.
I swear!

189
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I swear. Please.
Please believe me, please!

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♪

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[dramatic music]

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♪

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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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[sighs]

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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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00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:02,976
I know--I--
I know how it looks for Birch,

210
00:09:03,900 --> 00:09:06,579
but there isn't any hard
evidence that he's guilty.

211
00:09:06,646 --> 00:09:08,381
And last night,
he supposedly killed a man

212
00:09:08,415 --> 00:09:09,883
and then instead of laying low,

213
00:09:09,949 --> 00:09:11,551
he went back
to work this morning?

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00:09:11,584 --> 00:09:13,887
As a security guard
of all things?

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00:09:13,953 --> 00:09:15,522
It's just--it doesn't add up.

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00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:18,240
Yeah.
Stranger things have happened.

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00:09:18,910 --> 00:09:19,993
I know, look, I-I've...

218
00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:22,128
I've worked
hundreds of cases like this,

219
00:09:22,162 --> 00:09:25,265
and I'm telling you,
something about this just--

220
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it doesn't feel right to me.

221
00:09:28,601 --> 00:09:32,105
Okay, okay, but you know that
Birch had motive

222
00:09:32,138 --> 00:09:34,741
and opportunity
to commit this murder.

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00:09:34,774 --> 00:09:36,109
You didn't see the look
on his face

224
00:09:36,142 --> 00:09:38,611
when they took him
from his son.

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00:09:38,678 --> 00:09:40,747
He was...

226
00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:44,551
he was begging for me
to believe that he's innocent.

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00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:46,619
And you do?

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00:09:46,686 --> 00:09:49,422
I'm not sure yet.

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00:09:49,456 --> 00:09:53,326
Look, would you--would you be
willing to meet with him

230
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to get a read on his emotions?

231
00:09:56,496 --> 00:09:59,320
[sighs]

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00:09:59,650 --> 00:10:01,670
Yes, of course,
I'll meet with him.

233
00:10:01,134 --> 00:10:03,636
Guilty or not, everyone
deserves proper representation.

234
00:10:03,703 --> 00:10:05,739
But Barry...

235
00:10:05,772 --> 00:10:10,210
using my powers
to read a client...

236
00:10:10,276 --> 00:10:12,479
[stammers] It's an ethical line
that I can't cross.

237
00:10:12,512 --> 00:10:14,481
Yeah, of course.
I'm sorry. I--

238
00:10:16,820 --> 00:10:18,351
I just don't wanna see
someone go to prison

239
00:10:18,385 --> 00:10:20,186
for a murder
they might not have committed.

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00:10:20,220 --> 00:10:25,191
♪

241
00:10:25,225 --> 00:10:27,660
So Rosie, dropping out
of Cornell to become

242
00:10:27,727 --> 00:10:30,630
a social media influencer
took guts.

243
00:10:30,663 --> 00:10:34,401
What inspired you
to make such a bold decision?

244
00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:37,404
Let's just say
institutionalized learning

245
00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:39,205
felt like a total prison.

246
00:10:39,239 --> 00:10:40,807
Ugh. Mm-hmm.

247
00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,677
Trust me. It's not.

248
00:10:43,743 --> 00:10:45,178
[chuckles]

249
00:10:45,211 --> 00:10:47,113
What my supervisor
means is that our readers

250
00:10:47,180 --> 00:10:50,984
are just so eager to get
to know the real Rosie Levin.

251
00:10:51,510 --> 00:10:52,752
So sorry.
Will you excuse me?

252
00:10:52,786 --> 00:10:54,521
Uh--
[scoffs]

253
00:10:54,554 --> 00:10:57,257
So sorry, I don't know
what her problem is.

254
00:10:57,323 --> 00:11:00,827
Uh, now why don't you take me
through a typical day?

255
00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:04,531
Lydia.

256
00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:08,802
Garcia.

257
00:11:08,835 --> 00:11:11,971
Oh, my God.
It's so good to see you.

258
00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:13,540
How are you?

259
00:11:15,575 --> 00:11:17,644
Look who decided
to come say hi.

260
00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:20,547
I haven't seen you
since Iron Heights.

261
00:11:20,580 --> 00:11:21,981
At least, not in person.

262
00:11:22,150 --> 00:11:23,550
Then again,
your face is plastered

263
00:11:23,583 --> 00:11:25,285
all over that news website.

264
00:11:25,352 --> 00:11:26,853
CCC Media, yeah.

265
00:11:26,886 --> 00:11:30,230
I work there now.

266
00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:31,725
These days,
I'm writing the headlines,

267
00:11:31,791 --> 00:11:33,126
not starring in them.

268
00:11:33,159 --> 00:11:34,527
Must be nice.

269
00:11:38,164 --> 00:11:40,433
So you've been working here
since you got out?

270
00:11:40,467 --> 00:11:44,270
No, um, my first gig was
cleaning out porta potties.

271
00:11:44,304 --> 00:11:45,372
That was fun.

272
00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:50,844
I guess this is kind of
like a promotion for me.

273
00:11:50,877 --> 00:11:52,120
Not that you care.

274
00:11:52,450 --> 00:11:53,813
What's that supposed to mean?

275
00:11:53,847 --> 00:11:56,490
I get it, you're too busy
to help out old friends.

276
00:11:56,116 --> 00:11:59,190
You're mad
because I'm a reporter now?

277
00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,989
Look, you got out,
walked into a legit career.

278
00:12:03,230 --> 00:12:04,858
Good for you.

279
00:12:04,891 --> 00:12:08,128
Meanwhile, I busted my butt
to get my GED in prison,

280
00:12:08,161 --> 00:12:10,830
and look where it got me.

281
00:12:10,864 --> 00:12:12,699
This is just temporary.

282
00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:14,567
I mean,
I'm sure you can do better.

283
00:12:16,269 --> 00:12:17,504
Gee, thanks.

284
00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:18,872
I didn't mean it like that.

285
00:12:18,905 --> 00:12:19,939
I know what you meant.

286
00:12:22,420 --> 00:12:24,277
The truth is cleaning floors
is the best job I can get

287
00:12:24,310 --> 00:12:26,613
with a record like mine.

288
00:12:26,646 --> 00:12:28,648
People like you don't see
who I'm trying to be--

289
00:12:28,715 --> 00:12:31,184
only who I was.

290
00:12:31,217 --> 00:12:33,319
It makes it really hard,
you know?

291
00:12:33,353 --> 00:12:34,788
No.

292
00:12:34,854 --> 00:12:36,589
I don't know.

293
00:12:36,623 --> 00:12:37,624
Not yet.

294
00:12:37,657 --> 00:12:38,725
But...

295
00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:41,861
I'd like to try and help you.

296
00:12:41,895 --> 00:12:44,798
How could you
possibly help me?

297
00:12:44,864 --> 00:12:47,100
Let me share
your story with the world.

298
00:12:49,803 --> 00:12:50,770
Trust me.

299
00:12:50,804 --> 00:12:56,676
♪

300
00:12:56,743 --> 00:12:59,612
Before we get into this,
I need to know my son's okay.

301
00:12:59,646 --> 00:13:00,880
The cops won't
tell me anything.

302
00:13:00,914 --> 00:13:01,915
Yeah, Harold is fine.

303
00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:03,383
He's with Social Services,

304
00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:04,384
just until
they can track down his mom.

305
00:13:04,451 --> 00:13:06,119
Good luck with that.

306
00:13:06,186 --> 00:13:07,654
She's been in and out of his
life since he was born.

307
00:13:07,687 --> 00:13:09,823
No telling when
she'll turn up again.

308
00:13:09,889 --> 00:13:11,691
Harold's mother-- 
she took care of him

309
00:13:11,758 --> 00:13:13,326
while you were 
in Iron Heights, right?

310
00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,610
Barely.

311
00:13:15,950 --> 00:13:16,363
That's why
I got my act together

312
00:13:16,396 --> 00:13:17,831
and got the hell
out of that place.

313
00:13:17,897 --> 00:13:20,367
Harold, he never forgave me

314
00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,103
for abandoning him,
and I don't blame him.

315
00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:26,539
Every second of the four years
I spent in that prison,

316
00:13:26,573 --> 00:13:28,475
it's like
he was serving time too.

317
00:13:30,110 --> 00:13:32,846
And the thing is,
Harold's a good kid.

318
00:13:34,714 --> 00:13:36,816
I don't know what he did
to deserve a father like me.

319
00:13:38,852 --> 00:13:41,654
Okay, why don't you tell me
what happened last night.

320
00:13:41,688 --> 00:13:43,823
Stan and I
got into it at the bar.

321
00:13:43,857 --> 00:13:46,259
I sold him a guitar so I could
buy Harold backstage passes

322
00:13:46,292 --> 00:13:48,280
to the L.I.P.S. concert,
and at the last minute,

323
00:13:48,940 --> 00:13:50,997
Stan decided to only pay me
half of what we agreed on.

324
00:13:51,310 --> 00:13:52,799
Then what happened?

325
00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:54,134
Sure, we argued.

326
00:13:54,167 --> 00:13:55,935
And yeah,
I told him this wasn't over.

327
00:13:55,969 --> 00:13:58,571
But then I went home.

328
00:13:58,605 --> 00:14:00,440
That's the last I saw of Stan.

329
00:14:00,507 --> 00:14:02,420
Is there anybody
that can confirm that?

330
00:14:02,108 --> 00:14:04,177
Anybody--was your son home
with you last night?

331
00:14:04,244 --> 00:14:05,679
No! He was out with friends.

332
00:14:05,712 --> 00:14:07,580
So unless
my vinyl collection can talk...

333
00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:10,817
I got nothin'.

334
00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:15,889
♪

335
00:14:15,955 --> 00:14:17,624
All right.

336
00:14:17,691 --> 00:14:20,560
Listen, I've been around
long enough to know

337
00:14:20,593 --> 00:14:23,329
you're about to tell me
I'm screwed.

338
00:14:23,396 --> 00:14:27,967
But I'm telling you,
I'm innocent.

339
00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:31,871
Jaco, the bartender
places you at the scene

340
00:14:31,905 --> 00:14:34,307
moments before the crime.

341
00:14:34,341 --> 00:14:38,780
Any jury is gonna see that
as more than enough evidence

342
00:14:38,144 --> 00:14:40,714
to convict.
- [yells]

343
00:14:40,747 --> 00:14:42,716
I won't leave my son
without a dad again!

344
00:14:42,749 --> 00:14:44,840
Okay?

345
00:14:44,150 --> 00:14:45,185
You got that?

346
00:14:47,887 --> 00:14:50,323
I wish I had something 
better to tell you, Barry.

347
00:14:50,357 --> 00:14:53,993
But Birch just doesn't have
the pieces that you need

348
00:14:54,270 --> 00:14:55,295
to build a strong defense.

349
00:14:55,328 --> 00:14:57,230
And all of the evidence,

350
00:14:57,297 --> 00:14:58,898
it's still pointing
to him as the killer.

351
00:14:58,932 --> 00:15:01,468
I know you didn't use
your abilities in there,

352
00:15:01,501 --> 00:15:04,671
but what does
your gut tell you?

353
00:15:04,738 --> 00:15:07,400
It's telling me that whether
he is actually innocent

354
00:15:07,730 --> 00:15:12,379
or not, he definitely
believes that he is.

355
00:15:12,445 --> 00:15:14,614
But it's not nearly enough.

356
00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:16,316
Yeah, but look,
if there's any chance

357
00:15:16,349 --> 00:15:18,385
he is innocent,
we have to help him.

358
00:15:18,451 --> 00:15:20,587
[door opens]

359
00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:23,890
[suspenseful music]

360
00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:25,892
What's going on?

361
00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:28,194
Jaco Birch just escaped
custody en route to holding.

362
00:15:28,228 --> 00:15:29,596
Was anybody hurt?

363
00:15:29,629 --> 00:15:31,197
Thankfully, no,
but so much for his

364
00:15:31,231 --> 00:15:32,966
"I'm innocent" sob story, huh?

365
00:15:33,330 --> 00:15:40,400
♪

366
00:15:42,342 --> 00:15:43,376
[gasps]

367
00:15:44,911 --> 00:15:46,813
You told the cops
I killed Stan?

368
00:15:46,846 --> 00:15:47,981
Come on, man.

369
00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,216
I only told them what I saw.

370
00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:53,353
And when you think about it,
I really didn't see anything.

371
00:15:53,386 --> 00:15:55,789
Hey, you and me are good,
right?

372
00:15:55,822 --> 00:15:58,224
I'm gonna lose my son
because of you--

373
00:15:58,258 --> 00:15:59,526
because of what you said!

374
00:15:59,559 --> 00:16:00,927
Hey man, relax, I--

375
00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,620
maybe I didn't see anything!

376
00:16:02,950 --> 00:16:03,997
[whooshing]
- Damn straight,

377
00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:06,660
'cause you're gonna
take it back.

378
00:16:06,990 --> 00:16:07,834
You're gonna
take it all back...

379
00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:09,102
right now!

380
00:16:09,135 --> 00:16:10,970
Wait, man! Please!
[screams]

381
00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:17,577
[computer whirring and beeping]

382
00:16:17,644 --> 00:16:19,790
Nothing
on the satellites yet.

383
00:16:19,112 --> 00:16:20,447
Keep trying.
We have to figure out

384
00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:21,981
where Birch is going
before CCPD does.

385
00:16:22,150 --> 00:16:22,982
That's the only way
we'll have a chance

386
00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:24,451
to prove he's innocent.

387
00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:25,518
I'm sorry,
are we talking about the guy

388
00:16:25,552 --> 00:16:26,753
who just burned his way

389
00:16:26,820 --> 00:16:28,855
through a CCPD
transport convoy?

390
00:16:28,888 --> 00:16:31,424
The fact that Birch ran away
doesn't change the evidence.

391
00:16:31,458 --> 00:16:34,127
There's still nothing directly
tying him to Mullen's death.

392
00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:37,163
Sure, Barry, sure,
but fleeing custody

393
00:16:37,197 --> 00:16:39,466
is not exactly exculpatory,

394
00:16:39,532 --> 00:16:40,767
and I am saying that
as his lawyer.

395
00:16:40,834 --> 00:16:42,350
She's right, Barr.

396
00:16:42,102 --> 00:16:44,370
If Jaco Birch is innocent,
why run?

397
00:16:44,104 --> 00:16:46,473
Why did Frost run
when Chillblaine framed her?

398
00:16:46,539 --> 00:16:48,341
Because unfortunately,
sometimes people don't get

399
00:16:48,408 --> 00:16:50,677
a fair shot
from the justice system.

400
00:16:50,710 --> 00:16:52,879
Yeah, and as a former DA,
I know.

401
00:16:52,912 --> 00:16:55,150
I know that sometimes,
it's true.

402
00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:56,916
They don't.
- Okay, but how do we know

403
00:16:56,983 --> 00:16:58,785
Birch isn't the same hothead
he's always been?

404
00:16:58,852 --> 00:17:00,453
I mean, he'd be halfway
across the country by now.

405
00:17:00,487 --> 00:17:02,622
No, he didn't skip town--
not without his son.

406
00:17:02,689 --> 00:17:05,158
- And you know this how?
- I just do.

407
00:17:05,191 --> 00:17:06,793
Okay.
[computer whirring and beeping]

408
00:17:06,860 --> 00:17:09,295
Uh, guys.
Emergency dispatch is getting

409
00:17:09,329 --> 00:17:11,310
calls about a fire...

410
00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:12,799
right outside O'Shaughnessy's.

411
00:17:12,866 --> 00:17:14,768
What?
Why would Birch go back

412
00:17:14,801 --> 00:17:16,360
to the scene of the crime?

413
00:17:16,690 --> 00:17:18,238
If it's really Birch.

414
00:17:18,304 --> 00:17:19,239
Yeah, I'll find out.

415
00:17:19,305 --> 00:17:21,441
[suspenseful music]

416
00:17:21,474 --> 00:17:24,511
I'll come with you
for backup.

417
00:17:24,577 --> 00:17:29,382
♪

418
00:17:29,449 --> 00:17:30,483
Holy crap.

419
00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:40,794
What kind of fire is this?

420
00:17:42,362 --> 00:17:44,597
I think I know who this is.

421
00:17:44,631 --> 00:17:46,499
Is that the witness
who pinned it on Birch--

422
00:17:46,533 --> 00:17:47,967
the bartender?

423
00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:51,338
You know,
your innocent man, Barr,

424
00:17:51,371 --> 00:17:52,972
is not looking
so innocent anymore.

425
00:17:53,390 --> 00:17:59,612
♪

426
00:17:59,646 --> 00:18:02,480
I thought we were supposed
to be working together on this.

427
00:18:02,820 --> 00:18:03,116
Next time.

428
00:18:03,183 --> 00:18:05,352
Right now, I am in the zone.

429
00:18:05,385 --> 00:18:06,519
Thought I saw
you two were back.

430
00:18:06,553 --> 00:18:07,854
How's the interview go?

431
00:18:07,921 --> 00:18:09,689
Great.
I feel like this story

432
00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:12,359
is exploding out of me.

433
00:18:12,392 --> 00:18:14,361
So everything went well?

434
00:18:14,394 --> 00:18:16,363
[sighs]
Yeah.

435
00:18:16,396 --> 00:18:17,564
Peachy.

436
00:18:17,630 --> 00:18:18,865
Seriously, you're gonna love

437
00:18:18,932 --> 00:18:20,867
what I'm doing here, I promise.

438
00:18:20,934 --> 00:18:24,137
Excuse me.
I just need to get some air.

439
00:18:24,204 --> 00:18:25,672
[chuckles]

440
00:18:27,874 --> 00:18:29,776
All right, well,
I'll let you get back to it.

441
00:18:29,809 --> 00:18:32,545
I'm looking forward to reading
the finished product.

442
00:18:32,579 --> 00:18:33,646
Roger that.

443
00:18:37,830 --> 00:18:39,419
I got back the tomography
reports from the crime lab.

444
00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:42,880
Donna Winters,
the bartender who died?

445
00:18:42,122 --> 00:18:43,790
The thermal lesions on her body
match the marks

446
00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:46,559
on Stan Mullen's body exactly.
Too exactly.

447
00:18:46,593 --> 00:18:48,294
I mean, there's no
pyrokinetic meta

448
00:18:48,328 --> 00:18:50,663
who could replicate burns
like that even if they tried.

449
00:18:50,697 --> 00:18:52,332
I--I--I told you something
about Birch's case

450
00:18:52,399 --> 00:18:53,800
just wasn't adding up.

451
00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:55,335
Barr, we're the ones
who told Birch

452
00:18:55,402 --> 00:18:57,170
that Donna blamed him
for the first murder,

453
00:18:57,237 --> 00:18:59,873
and now Donna is dead.
She's dead!

454
00:18:59,906 --> 00:19:01,608
You have got to see
how that looks, right?

455
00:19:01,675 --> 00:19:04,110
Yeah, but the facts
are still on Birch's side.

456
00:19:04,144 --> 00:19:05,445
Neither crime scene has any

457
00:19:05,478 --> 00:19:07,470
direct evidence
tying him to it.

458
00:19:07,113 --> 00:19:09,349
No DNA,
no fingerprints, no witnesses--

459
00:19:09,416 --> 00:19:11,184
That are still alive.

460
00:19:11,251 --> 00:19:15,188
Barry, you gotta admit
Birch has motive...

461
00:19:15,255 --> 00:19:19,559
and the more emotional he gets,
the stronger his powers are.

462
00:19:19,592 --> 00:19:22,929
Like, you know,
earth-shattering.

463
00:19:22,996 --> 00:19:24,731
Thank goodness
he wasn't in a bad mood today.

464
00:19:24,764 --> 00:19:26,132
That doesn't
make him a killer.

465
00:19:27,467 --> 00:19:28,935
[sighs]

466
00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,203
Okay, look, we know that
you're just trying

467
00:19:30,270 --> 00:19:31,438
to do the right thing here.

468
00:19:31,471 --> 00:19:33,340
We do, but Barry, we can't help

469
00:19:33,373 --> 00:19:37,210
but wonder if just maybe
you're not thinking clearly

470
00:19:37,277 --> 00:19:39,946
about this case.

471
00:19:40,130 --> 00:19:42,480
Oh, so that's it.

472
00:19:42,820 --> 00:19:46,219
You've already decided
you're giving up on him.

473
00:19:46,286 --> 00:19:48,655
[stammers] We're just
looking at the facts, man.

474
00:19:48,722 --> 00:19:49,856
So am I.

475
00:19:49,889 --> 00:19:51,491
The two exact fire signatures

476
00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:54,227
makes me think
Birch is not our guy.

477
00:19:54,294 --> 00:19:56,620
Chester, could you please
at least take a look at this,

478
00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:57,630
and see what you can find?

479
00:19:57,970 --> 00:20:00,660
[inquisitive music]

480
00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:01,534
♪

481
00:20:01,601 --> 00:20:02,902
Yeah, okay.

482
00:20:02,936 --> 00:20:04,204
Look, I know you all thought

483
00:20:04,237 --> 00:20:05,638
Birch was guilty
from the start.

484
00:20:05,672 --> 00:20:07,540
No, we haven't.
That's not true.

485
00:20:07,607 --> 00:20:10,377
Each of us have been trying
to help him from the beginning.

486
00:20:10,410 --> 00:20:11,911
But then Birch ran off.

487
00:20:11,945 --> 00:20:14,514
He was just trying
to protect his son.

488
00:20:14,547 --> 00:20:16,820
I mean,
what about other suspects?

489
00:20:16,116 --> 00:20:17,784
There are none.

490
00:20:17,817 --> 00:20:21,388
Both victims worked
at O'Shaughnessy's.

491
00:20:21,421 --> 00:20:25,392
Maybe they owed somebody money
or pissed off the wrong person.

492
00:20:25,425 --> 00:20:29,763
I get Birch is a known
fire meta and an ex-con.

493
00:20:29,796 --> 00:20:31,631
That also makes him
the perfect fall guy.

494
00:20:31,664 --> 00:20:33,400
Okay, now you think
he's being framed?

495
00:20:33,433 --> 00:20:34,901
I'm saying it's possible!

496
00:20:34,934 --> 00:20:36,803
Look,
Birch is the freaking Hotness

497
00:20:36,836 --> 00:20:38,400
and a bad guy.

498
00:20:38,710 --> 00:20:39,372
It feels like he's changed!

499
00:20:39,406 --> 00:20:40,774
Not to us,

500
00:20:40,807 --> 00:20:42,208
and honestly it feels like

501
00:20:42,242 --> 00:20:43,276
you're asking us to believe

502
00:20:43,343 --> 00:20:44,411
in something impossible.

503
00:20:44,444 --> 00:20:46,279
Yeah, I am!

504
00:20:46,346 --> 00:20:47,714
'Cause if anyone had
when I was a kid,

505
00:20:47,781 --> 00:20:49,249
my dad wouldn't
have gone to jail.

506
00:20:49,282 --> 00:20:51,818
♪

507
00:20:51,851 --> 00:20:54,870
Barry...

508
00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:55,121
Barry, honey.

509
00:20:55,155 --> 00:20:57,900
Look, we're sorry.

510
00:20:57,123 --> 00:20:58,725
We--we--we weren't thinking.

511
00:20:58,792 --> 00:21:00,393
Look, here's the deal.

512
00:21:00,427 --> 00:21:03,596
I believe Birch is innocent.

513
00:21:03,663 --> 00:21:06,320
So with or without your help,
I'm gonna do everything

514
00:21:06,990 --> 00:21:08,702
within my power
to clear his name.

515
00:21:11,171 --> 00:21:12,539
[sighs]

516
00:21:19,412 --> 00:21:21,948
[apprehensive music]

517
00:21:21,981 --> 00:21:23,550
That looks familiar.

518
00:21:23,583 --> 00:21:25,452
♪

519
00:21:25,485 --> 00:21:28,688
Been what, seven, eight years

520
00:21:28,722 --> 00:21:30,623
since I've seen this board?

521
00:21:30,690 --> 00:21:32,959
Except the last time,
it was covered with photos

522
00:21:32,992 --> 00:21:34,160
of a different man.

523
00:21:36,629 --> 00:21:38,198
Cecile told me what happened.

524
00:21:39,699 --> 00:21:41,340
The team is worried about you.

525
00:21:41,670 --> 00:21:42,702
No, they don't have to be.
I'm fine.

526
00:21:42,736 --> 00:21:43,970
No, you're not.

527
00:21:45,839 --> 00:21:48,800
They don't know what today is.

528
00:21:48,410 --> 00:21:50,276
I do.

529
00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:54,280
February 1st--Henry's birthday.

530
00:21:54,314 --> 00:22:01,287
♪

531
00:22:01,321 --> 00:22:06,793
I remember
when he was turning 45,

532
00:22:06,860 --> 00:22:09,596
and your mom threw
that surprise party.

533
00:22:09,629 --> 00:22:11,631
The whole block showed up,

534
00:22:11,664 --> 00:22:15,535
and you were
baking cupcakes for weeks,

535
00:22:15,602 --> 00:22:17,700
and when the big night came,

536
00:22:17,103 --> 00:22:19,906
before he could
even take off his coat,

537
00:22:19,939 --> 00:22:21,641
the pager went off.

538
00:22:21,675 --> 00:22:24,770
They actually needed him.

539
00:22:24,110 --> 00:22:27,130
He had to miss his own party.
- And you were disappointed.

540
00:22:27,470 --> 00:22:28,682
Of course.

541
00:22:28,748 --> 00:22:31,351
But you understood.

542
00:22:31,384 --> 00:22:34,454
He was helping save
people's lives, right?

543
00:22:34,487 --> 00:22:35,755
Yeah.

544
00:22:37,757 --> 00:22:42,262
But Henry, he was crushed.

545
00:22:42,328 --> 00:22:43,997
He was worried that

546
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,768
he was missing all these
moments with you and your mom.

547
00:22:48,802 --> 00:22:53,340
But I told him, "Those cupcakes
might be stale now.

548
00:22:55,275 --> 00:23:00,647
But you'll have more birthdays
for both of them."

549
00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:01,948
Oh, there were.

550
00:23:03,783 --> 00:23:05,418
That was the last one
before it happened.

551
00:23:05,485 --> 00:23:07,220
- Barry!
- Dad!

552
00:23:07,253 --> 00:23:10,523
Stay out of the house!
Barry!

553
00:23:10,557 --> 00:23:13,860
Joe, the look in my dad's
eyes that night...

554
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,998
It was the same look in Birch's
eyes when they arrested him.

555
00:23:21,301 --> 00:23:24,437
Look of an innocent man...

556
00:23:24,504 --> 00:23:26,406
desperate
not to lose his son...

557
00:23:28,274 --> 00:23:30,430
Begging someone to believe him.

558
00:23:30,110 --> 00:23:32,245
And you do.

559
00:23:32,278 --> 00:23:34,381
Yeah, I do.

560
00:23:34,414 --> 00:23:37,170
I just keep thinking about
all the time my dad lost.

561
00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:38,151
[sighs]

562
00:23:38,184 --> 00:23:39,419
All the birthdays we spent,

563
00:23:39,452 --> 00:23:41,421
separated by plexiglass.

564
00:23:43,823 --> 00:23:45,725
I can't let Birch
and his son go through that

565
00:23:45,759 --> 00:23:48,395
if he's innocent.

566
00:23:48,428 --> 00:23:50,263
[inhales deeply]

567
00:23:50,296 --> 00:23:51,464
I don't know.
Maybe the team's right.

568
00:23:51,531 --> 00:23:52,632
Maybe I'm making something

569
00:23:52,699 --> 00:23:54,334
out of nothing.

570
00:23:56,336 --> 00:23:59,406
You think maybe I've had
blinders up this whole time?

571
00:23:59,439 --> 00:24:00,640
Maybe.

572
00:24:00,707 --> 00:24:01,741
Or...

573
00:24:03,743 --> 00:24:06,790
You can see
something they can't.

574
00:24:06,146 --> 00:24:10,984
Look, what you went through,
I wouldn't wish on anyone.

575
00:24:13,186 --> 00:24:15,789
But what it did,

576
00:24:15,855 --> 00:24:18,725
was it gave you
the ability to believe

577
00:24:18,758 --> 00:24:23,863
in the underdog
when no one else is willing to.

578
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,101
So...

579
00:24:30,103 --> 00:24:32,500
If your gut tells you...

580
00:24:34,674 --> 00:24:36,743
To not give up on Birch...

581
00:24:38,745 --> 00:24:42,882
Then for Henry's sake, don't.

582
00:24:45,185 --> 00:24:47,870
Not yet.

583
00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:48,188
[cell phone chimes]

584
00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:53,460
[suspenseful music]

585
00:24:53,493 --> 00:24:58,832
♪

586
00:24:58,898 --> 00:25:01,334
So what do you think?

587
00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:08,108
I think the lede is in the
second graph, not the first.

588
00:25:08,141 --> 00:25:12,112
But besides that,
it is a very engaging

589
00:25:12,145 --> 00:25:13,847
and beautifully
written article.

590
00:25:13,913 --> 00:25:16,820
I think it's going to open
a lot of eyes.

591
00:25:16,116 --> 00:25:17,550
Seriously? You like it?

592
00:25:17,617 --> 00:25:19,850
Yes, I do.

593
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:20,854
But Allegra,
as strong as that article is,

594
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,922
that's not what I assigned you.

595
00:25:22,956 --> 00:25:26,793
I know,
but I have a unique insight

596
00:25:26,826 --> 00:25:29,863
into Lydia, and me
connecting with this story

597
00:25:29,929 --> 00:25:32,632
so much is what's gonna make
it connect with our audience.

598
00:25:32,665 --> 00:25:35,702
Agreed, but I wanted you

599
00:25:35,735 --> 00:25:38,672
to make this special, and
to help support a colleague.

600
00:25:38,705 --> 00:25:40,740
There's some decent writing
in Taylor's article,

601
00:25:40,807 --> 00:25:42,509
but it's all surface.
There's no context.

602
00:25:42,542 --> 00:25:43,943
There's no examination

603
00:25:43,977 --> 00:25:47,380
of Rosie's influence
on young women.

604
00:25:47,414 --> 00:25:49,282
Allegra, you could've
made this story so much better

605
00:25:49,315 --> 00:25:51,170
if you had helped her
like I asked you to do.

606
00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:52,185
Yeah.

607
00:25:52,252 --> 00:25:53,286
Iris, I'm so sorry.

608
00:25:55,121 --> 00:25:57,323
The interview with Rosie
wasn't going anywhere.

609
00:25:57,390 --> 00:25:59,250
So you abandoned it?

610
00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:00,593
I followed my instinct.

611
00:26:00,660 --> 00:26:03,196
I thought that's
what you'd want me to do.

612
00:26:03,263 --> 00:26:06,990
What I want is for you to
learn how to be a supervisor.

613
00:26:06,132 --> 00:26:09,402
That's why I'm trying
to teach you how to mentor her.

614
00:26:09,436 --> 00:26:12,339
Instead,
you did just the opposite.

615
00:26:12,405 --> 00:26:14,307
But...

616
00:26:14,341 --> 00:26:16,142
I have an obligation
to our readers

617
00:26:16,176 --> 00:26:19,546
to publish
the best articles that I can,

618
00:26:19,579 --> 00:26:22,682
and your profile on Lydia...

619
00:26:22,716 --> 00:26:24,751
is amazing.

620
00:26:24,784 --> 00:26:26,786
I think it's gonna start
an important conversation.

621
00:26:26,853 --> 00:26:30,990
So... [sighs]
We're gonna go with it.

622
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,994
But next time, please run any
changes this big by me first.

623
00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,564
And another thing:
I want you to talk to Taylor.

624
00:26:39,132 --> 00:26:42,202
You're her immediate boss,
so it's up to you to fix this,

625
00:26:42,235 --> 00:26:43,503
not the other way around.

626
00:26:43,570 --> 00:26:48,410
♪

627
00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:49,420
Chester, what'd you find?

628
00:26:49,750 --> 00:26:50,430
You were right.

629
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:51,578
Yeah, check this out.

630
00:26:51,611 --> 00:26:53,179
So I cross-referenced
the heat signature

631
00:26:53,213 --> 00:26:54,647
from O'Shaughnessy's
to the one in the alleyway

632
00:26:54,714 --> 00:26:57,500
from the second victim
like you asked.

633
00:26:57,830 --> 00:26:58,718
Guess what I found.

634
00:26:58,752 --> 00:27:01,254
Both signatures produced
an anomalous heat effect

635
00:27:01,321 --> 00:27:04,591
created by non-composites
reacting to hydrogen isotopes--

636
00:27:04,624 --> 00:27:05,959
nuclear fusion.

637
00:27:06,260 --> 00:27:09,729
What you're describing
is cold fusion.

638
00:27:09,763 --> 00:27:12,399
But Birch's powers
come from absorbing heat,

639
00:27:12,465 --> 00:27:14,340
not nuclear fusion.

640
00:27:14,670 --> 00:27:15,235
Meaning...

641
00:27:15,268 --> 00:27:17,237
He's innocent.

642
00:27:17,270 --> 00:27:21,808
Yeah, we get this data to CCPD,
you can clear his name.

643
00:27:21,841 --> 00:27:24,440
Okay, Chester, put everything
you have on a drive.

644
00:27:24,770 --> 00:27:26,680
I need to get this
to Captain Kramer fast.

645
00:27:26,746 --> 00:27:27,814
I need to find Birch.

646
00:27:27,847 --> 00:27:30,483
[suspenseful music]

647
00:27:30,517 --> 00:27:31,985
Let's hope he doesn't do
anything else stupid

648
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:33,253
before we can clear his name.

649
00:27:33,286 --> 00:27:40,360
♪

650
00:27:42,495 --> 00:27:45,699
Harold, I know this is tough.

651
00:27:45,765 --> 00:27:48,201
But we're gonna find you
a place to stay.

652
00:27:48,234 --> 00:27:49,669
I'm here to make sure
your transition

653
00:27:49,703 --> 00:27:52,539
is as easy as possible, okay?

654
00:27:52,572 --> 00:27:53,973
Whatever.

655
00:27:54,700 --> 00:27:56,509
I'm used to Jaco
being a screwup,

656
00:27:56,543 --> 00:27:58,411
especially
since he got his powers.

657
00:27:58,445 --> 00:28:05,518
♪

658
00:28:08,221 --> 00:28:10,690
I want my son!

659
00:28:10,724 --> 00:28:12,258
Now!

660
00:28:17,464 --> 00:28:18,665
Harold, get out of the car.

661
00:28:18,698 --> 00:28:21,735
[tense music]

662
00:28:21,801 --> 00:28:23,803
Get down on your knees with
your hands above your head.

663
00:28:23,837 --> 00:28:25,271
I'm not letting you
cart my son off

664
00:28:25,305 --> 00:28:26,272
to a bunch of strangers.

665
00:28:26,306 --> 00:28:27,674
Harold!

666
00:28:27,707 --> 00:28:29,442
Birch, I said get down.

667
00:28:31,678 --> 00:28:33,813
[yelling]
Why won't you leave me alone?

668
00:28:35,749 --> 00:28:37,484
CCPD scanners have Birch

669
00:28:37,550 --> 00:28:40,754
at Hastings Avenue
and Nicola Lane.

670
00:28:40,820 --> 00:28:43,490
Oh, man.
Satellites just picked up

671
00:28:43,556 --> 00:28:46,593
a city vehicle
at the exact same spot.

672
00:28:46,626 --> 00:28:48,561
It's a social services SUV.

673
00:28:48,595 --> 00:28:50,463
He's trying to get his son.

674
00:28:50,497 --> 00:28:52,699
Barry, CCPD still doesn't
know that Birch is innocent.

675
00:28:52,732 --> 00:28:54,367
If he tries to take his kid
by force--

676
00:28:54,434 --> 00:28:55,935
We have to stop him.

677
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:57,570
Before he does something
he'll regret.

678
00:28:59,390 --> 00:29:00,600
Birch, listen to me.

679
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:01,841
No, you listen.

680
00:29:01,875 --> 00:29:03,877
I just want my son.

681
00:29:03,910 --> 00:29:04,944
Now get out of my way.

682
00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:08,915
♪

683
00:29:08,948 --> 00:29:11,840
[whispering] Wait, wait.
No, wait. Wait.

684
00:29:13,153 --> 00:29:14,621
Harold, stay back.

685
00:29:14,654 --> 00:29:15,622
She's right, son.
It's too dangerous.

686
00:29:15,655 --> 00:29:16,623
I'm not scared of him.

687
00:29:16,656 --> 00:29:19,920
[rumbling]

688
00:29:19,159 --> 00:29:21,795
Look, Harold.
I know how bad this looks.

689
00:29:21,861 --> 00:29:24,464
But I swear,
I'd never hurt anyone.

690
00:29:24,497 --> 00:29:26,299
What's wrong with you?

691
00:29:26,332 --> 00:29:29,369
You get that
you're a total loser, right?

692
00:29:29,402 --> 00:29:30,937
I am.

693
00:29:30,970 --> 00:29:33,390
A total loser.

694
00:29:33,730 --> 00:29:35,742
Have been
since the day I was born.

695
00:29:35,775 --> 00:29:37,177
Thought having powers
would change all that,

696
00:29:37,210 --> 00:29:39,546
but all that did
was make things worse.

697
00:29:39,612 --> 00:29:43,116
And now they turn the only good
thing in my life against me?

698
00:29:43,183 --> 00:29:47,187
My own kid...
[rumbling]

699
00:29:47,220 --> 00:29:49,823
All I wanted
when I got out of Iron Heights

700
00:29:49,889 --> 00:29:52,826
was a clean start,
to get my life together

701
00:29:52,892 --> 00:29:53,993
so we could be a family!

702
00:29:56,196 --> 00:29:59,132
[hard rock music]

703
00:29:59,199 --> 00:30:01,701
♪

704
00:30:01,768 --> 00:30:04,571
- This is your final warning.
- Who cares?

705
00:30:04,637 --> 00:30:06,906
No matter what I do, you'll
always think I'm a killer,

706
00:30:06,940 --> 00:30:10,110
and now you wanna
take my son away forever?

707
00:30:10,143 --> 00:30:13,847
Well, I won't let you!

708
00:30:13,913 --> 00:30:16,950
[heroic music]

709
00:30:16,983 --> 00:30:18,518
[panting]

710
00:30:18,551 --> 00:30:20,253
You can't keep me
from my family, Flash!

711
00:30:20,286 --> 00:30:21,855
No one's taking Harold away.

712
00:30:21,921 --> 00:30:23,523
I know you didn't kill anyone, Birch.

713
00:30:23,556 --> 00:30:25,425
Your lawyer found evidence
to prove you're innocent.

714
00:30:25,458 --> 00:30:27,160
But you have to stop
what you're doing

715
00:30:27,227 --> 00:30:30,130
before anyone gets hurt.

716
00:30:30,163 --> 00:30:31,231
Okay.

717
00:30:35,835 --> 00:30:37,300
All right?

718
00:30:37,370 --> 00:30:40,600
[tense music]

719
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,420
♪

720
00:30:42,108 --> 00:30:43,410
[rumbling]

721
00:30:43,443 --> 00:30:46,312
[car alarms wailing]

722
00:30:46,379 --> 00:30:48,381
Oh, come on.

723
00:30:48,415 --> 00:30:49,883
I'm not doing anything.

724
00:30:49,949 --> 00:30:51,117
It's not what you're doing.

725
00:30:51,151 --> 00:30:52,552
It's what you already did.

726
00:30:52,585 --> 00:30:55,755
[rumbling]
[car alarms wailing]

727
00:30:55,822 --> 00:30:57,624
Officer, get them to safety!

728
00:30:57,691 --> 00:31:04,197
♪

729
00:31:11,438 --> 00:31:12,706
Thanks for the save!

730
00:31:16,743 --> 00:31:20,130
Birch, your heat abilities,
they're connected

731
00:31:20,460 --> 00:31:21,614
to the earth beneath
wherever you're standing.

732
00:31:21,648 --> 00:31:23,783
Uh, yeah, science
is not my strong suit.

733
00:31:23,850 --> 00:31:26,190
But yeah, okay.
I'll buy that for a dollar.

734
00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:27,454
He means emotionally.

735
00:31:27,487 --> 00:31:29,856
Ooh...right.

736
00:31:29,889 --> 00:31:32,459
Chester, can you scan
for thermal activity below us?

737
00:31:32,492 --> 00:31:34,227
Yeah, yeah.

738
00:31:34,294 --> 00:31:36,629
Merry Mack Gibson Jr.

739
00:31:36,663 --> 00:31:38,932
Kay, there's a volcano's
worth of magma

740
00:31:38,998 --> 00:31:41,601
erupting beneath the city's
lower crust.

741
00:31:41,634 --> 00:31:44,370
When Birch was upset, he
must've absorbed so much heat

742
00:31:44,700 --> 00:31:47,374
from the planet's core that
he opened up a lava channel.

743
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,943
Flash, if you can't stop this 
in the next 30 seconds,

744
00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:51,778
Central City's 
gonna turn into Mount Doom.

745
00:31:51,811 --> 00:31:58,184
♪

746
00:31:58,218 --> 00:31:59,552
Officer, get them back!

747
00:32:06,192 --> 00:32:08,695
Flash,
you gotta do something.

748
00:32:08,762 --> 00:32:10,196
I know this is all my fault.

749
00:32:10,230 --> 00:32:12,265
You and everyone in this city,

750
00:32:12,332 --> 00:32:13,666
my son,

751
00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:15,635
he can't die because of me.

752
00:32:15,669 --> 00:32:17,470
You gotta save him.

753
00:32:17,504 --> 00:32:18,838
No, you have to save him.

754
00:32:18,905 --> 00:32:20,674
Look, I've got an idea.

755
00:32:20,707 --> 00:32:22,409
If it works, there's gonna be
a huge release

756
00:32:22,475 --> 00:32:24,377
of pressure forming beneath us.

757
00:32:24,411 --> 00:32:27,547
When that happens, I need you
to absorb the remaining heat.

758
00:32:27,580 --> 00:32:29,282
I've never done
anything like that before.

759
00:32:29,349 --> 00:32:31,484
You can do this.

760
00:32:31,518 --> 00:32:32,652
I know you can.

761
00:32:35,550 --> 00:32:37,524
Hey, ten seconds.
Time to ride or die, people.

762
00:32:37,557 --> 00:32:40,126
[rumbling]

763
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,963
♪

764
00:32:43,997 --> 00:32:45,665
Let's rock.

765
00:32:45,699 --> 00:32:47,000
[Loosely Tight's 
"Through Thick N' Thin" plays]

766
00:32:47,670 --> 00:32:48,134
♪ Whoa!

767
00:32:48,168 --> 00:32:49,836
Where'd he go?

768
00:32:49,869 --> 00:32:51,871
I--I don't know,
but I'm detecting new activity

769
00:32:51,938 --> 00:32:53,106
right under the surface.

770
00:32:53,139 --> 00:32:54,841
50 meters down.

771
00:32:54,874 --> 00:32:56,876
No, no, wait. 90 meters down.

772
00:32:56,943 --> 00:32:58,311
♪ Let me rock

773
00:32:58,378 --> 00:33:01,810
110 meters. 120 meters.

774
00:33:01,114 --> 00:33:03,316
Whoa, hey, Flash is doing 
his thing underground, y'all.

775
00:33:03,383 --> 00:33:05,285
So get ready.

776
00:33:05,318 --> 00:33:11,825
♪

777
00:33:18,298 --> 00:33:23,970
Yeah!

778
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:29,109
♪

779
00:33:29,142 --> 00:33:30,310
♪ Let me rock

780
00:33:30,343 --> 00:33:33,980
♪

781
00:33:34,140 --> 00:33:35,548
Yes!

782
00:33:35,582 --> 00:33:38,351
Yes. Yes!

783
00:33:38,418 --> 00:33:39,853
You don't see that every day.

784
00:33:39,886 --> 00:33:41,654
[heroic music]

785
00:33:41,721 --> 00:33:44,570
Not that I'm complaining,
but how'd you do that?

786
00:33:44,124 --> 00:33:46,159
I phased into the water
table under the city

787
00:33:46,192 --> 00:33:48,428
then released it
directly into the lava channel.

788
00:33:48,461 --> 00:33:50,563
That stopped a meltdown, but
not the massive heat exchange

789
00:33:50,597 --> 00:33:52,132
that was being released--

790
00:33:52,165 --> 00:33:55,502
one I couldn't stop,
but I knew Birch could.

791
00:33:55,568 --> 00:33:57,370
Otherwise, everybody within
a ten block radius--

792
00:33:57,437 --> 00:33:58,938
Would've been fried
like a bananas foster

793
00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:00,440
in the French Quarter.

794
00:34:00,473 --> 00:34:01,608
Mark and I are goin'
to Mardi Gras next year.

795
00:34:01,641 --> 00:34:03,176
Okay.

796
00:34:03,209 --> 00:34:06,790
Wait,
so saving hundreds of lives--

797
00:34:06,146 --> 00:34:07,614
Try thousands.

798
00:34:07,647 --> 00:34:10,500
Saving that many lives
is what I just did?

799
00:34:10,830 --> 00:34:11,885
Yeah.

800
00:34:11,918 --> 00:34:15,455
Looks like you're the father
Harold deserves after all.

801
00:34:15,488 --> 00:34:16,890
You okay?

802
00:34:16,923 --> 00:34:18,692
You used your powers again.

803
00:34:18,758 --> 00:34:20,493
I know.

804
00:34:20,527 --> 00:34:22,328
I know, I--
- To save us.

805
00:34:22,362 --> 00:34:27,801
♪

806
00:34:27,834 --> 00:34:29,336
Thanks, Dad.

807
00:34:29,369 --> 00:34:32,105
I love you.

808
00:34:32,172 --> 00:34:39,212
♪

809
00:34:55,528 --> 00:34:58,498
[sentimental music]

810
00:34:58,531 --> 00:34:59,799
♪

811
00:34:59,833 --> 00:35:02,569
Okay. Okay!

812
00:35:02,635 --> 00:35:05,138
Social Services is
on their way with Harold.

813
00:35:05,205 --> 00:35:07,540
They should be here any minute.

814
00:35:07,574 --> 00:35:09,142
[sighs]

815
00:35:09,209 --> 00:35:10,243
I can't believe
they're actually letting me

816
00:35:10,276 --> 00:35:12,545
have custody of my son.

817
00:35:12,579 --> 00:35:15,281
That evidence
you found saved my ***.

818
00:35:15,315 --> 00:35:17,984
Plus, Harold is almost 18,

819
00:35:18,180 --> 00:35:21,421
and Judge Hankerson let him
decide where he wanted to be.

820
00:35:21,454 --> 00:35:22,822
And you know
with his mom being--

821
00:35:22,856 --> 00:35:24,724
MIA as always?

822
00:35:24,758 --> 00:35:27,160
You and Harold
are getting another chance--

823
00:35:27,227 --> 00:35:29,763
a real one, this time.

824
00:35:29,829 --> 00:35:31,664
It's all because of you two.

825
00:35:31,698 --> 00:35:33,133
And The Flash.

826
00:35:33,166 --> 00:35:36,360
Yeah, but you're the one
who told him

827
00:35:36,102 --> 00:35:37,404
not to give up on me.

828
00:35:39,739 --> 00:35:41,307
I'm just really grateful.
- Oh, yeah.

829
00:35:41,341 --> 00:35:42,709
Thanks. Thank you.

830
00:35:42,742 --> 00:35:44,177
If there's ever anything
I can do for you,

831
00:35:44,244 --> 00:35:45,445
just let me know.

832
00:35:45,478 --> 00:35:47,414
Just be there for Harold.

833
00:35:47,447 --> 00:35:53,853
♪

834
00:35:57,290 --> 00:35:58,458
You okay?

835
00:35:58,491 --> 00:36:00,493
I will be.

836
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,620
Hey there, kiddo.

837
00:36:02,128 --> 00:36:03,997
Hey.

838
00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:05,650
Come on.

839
00:36:08,201 --> 00:36:10,770
Dinner is on me.

840
00:36:10,804 --> 00:36:12,172
We got a lot to catch up on.

841
00:36:12,205 --> 00:36:19,212
♪

842
00:36:23,149 --> 00:36:25,785
Barry,
they are gonna be all right.

843
00:36:31,240 --> 00:36:33,760
I guess the real question is...

844
00:36:33,793 --> 00:36:35,195
are you?

845
00:36:35,228 --> 00:36:42,235
♪

846
00:36:45,972 --> 00:36:47,841
Come to gloat?

847
00:36:47,907 --> 00:36:48,942
No.

848
00:36:48,975 --> 00:36:50,844
Kind of the opposite.

849
00:36:50,910 --> 00:36:53,113
I guess you saw
the first article

850
00:36:53,179 --> 00:36:54,748
for our new profile section.

851
00:36:54,781 --> 00:36:56,490
You mean yours?

852
00:36:56,820 --> 00:36:57,650
Taylor,
I know how this looks,

853
00:36:57,684 --> 00:37:01,788
and... I wanna apologize.

854
00:37:01,821 --> 00:37:03,523
Yes,
Iris loves the Sanchez story,

855
00:37:03,556 --> 00:37:07,761
but we are running your piece
on Rosie Levin next week.

856
00:37:07,794 --> 00:37:10,797
And our audience
deserves to read it.

857
00:37:10,830 --> 00:37:13,660
Thanks.

858
00:37:13,990 --> 00:37:15,235
So tell me--
what did I do to deserve

859
00:37:15,268 --> 00:37:18,772
getting stabbed in the back
by my own supervisor?

860
00:37:18,805 --> 00:37:21,875
Iris assigned you to help me,
not run me over,

861
00:37:21,941 --> 00:37:24,770
which is exactly what you did.

862
00:37:24,110 --> 00:37:26,946
I didn't mean to,
and you're right.

863
00:37:26,980 --> 00:37:28,548
I shouldn't have done that.

864
00:37:28,581 --> 00:37:32,285
I just--I got excited,
and I guess I felt like

865
00:37:32,352 --> 00:37:35,255
Lydia's story was something
our readers needed right now.

866
00:37:35,288 --> 00:37:37,657
And that's how I felt
about my story.

867
00:37:37,691 --> 00:37:42,462
Iris did too, until you called
in a favor with the boss.

868
00:37:42,529 --> 00:37:44,998
Guess you learned that
in prison.

869
00:37:45,310 --> 00:37:46,990
[chuckles]

870
00:37:48,368 --> 00:37:49,836
You're right.

871
00:37:49,869 --> 00:37:51,571
I got lost in a great story--

872
00:37:51,604 --> 00:37:53,573
You stole my byline!

873
00:37:53,606 --> 00:37:55,975
Taylor, we are still
publishing your article.

874
00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:58,678
Because Iris
is a journalist with ethics.

875
00:37:58,712 --> 00:38:00,980
Something you are
clearly lacking.

876
00:38:01,140 --> 00:38:02,150
Fine.

877
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:03,616
Good to know.

878
00:38:03,683 --> 00:38:05,185
Look.

879
00:38:05,251 --> 00:38:06,753
I messed up.

880
00:38:06,820 --> 00:38:08,555
I said I'm sorry.

881
00:38:08,588 --> 00:38:10,557
It won't happen again.

882
00:38:10,590 --> 00:38:13,460
But I am still your supervisor.

883
00:38:13,493 --> 00:38:17,163
So I'm hoping
we can get past this.

884
00:38:17,197 --> 00:38:18,164
Okay?

885
00:38:18,198 --> 00:38:21,634
[tense music]

886
00:38:21,701 --> 00:38:24,137
I'm gonna destroy you.

887
00:38:24,170 --> 00:38:25,138
Yeah?

888
00:38:25,171 --> 00:38:32,212
♪

889
00:38:35,749 --> 00:38:38,840
Shouldn't we be toasting
with champagne?

890
00:38:38,151 --> 00:38:40,487
Mm-mm.
Plain, old light beer.

891
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:41,888
That was Henry's favorite.

892
00:38:41,921 --> 00:38:43,189
I used to give him hell
about it.

893
00:38:43,223 --> 00:38:44,624
I'd say, "You're a doctor.

894
00:38:44,657 --> 00:38:45,859
You should have better taste,"

895
00:38:45,892 --> 00:38:47,761
and he'd laugh, and he'd say,

896
00:38:47,794 --> 00:38:51,331
"Oh, I'll drink something more
expensive when you buy it."

897
00:38:51,364 --> 00:38:54,334
[laughter]

898
00:38:54,367 --> 00:38:56,870
Do you guys remember
when Henry filled in

899
00:38:56,903 --> 00:38:58,238
on Dad's softball team?

900
00:38:58,304 --> 00:39:00,373
Oh, my gosh.
What a disaster.

901
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:01,775
What? What happened?

902
00:39:01,808 --> 00:39:03,109
Well, even as a kid,
I knew that

903
00:39:03,176 --> 00:39:04,344
you're not
supposed catch a ball

904
00:39:04,377 --> 00:39:05,478
with your face.
- [laughs]

905
00:39:05,512 --> 00:39:07,470
Oh, no!

906
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:08,810
No, really?

907
00:39:08,114 --> 00:39:09,449
Yeah, right in the nose.

908
00:39:09,482 --> 00:39:10,784
Good thing, as a doctor,

909
00:39:10,817 --> 00:39:11,951
he was able
to reset it himself.

910
00:39:11,985 --> 00:39:12,952
[laughs]

911
00:39:12,986 --> 00:39:14,754
[sentimental music]

912
00:39:14,788 --> 00:39:17,490
Hey, baby, you okay?

913
00:39:17,524 --> 00:39:18,758
Yeah, no, it's--

914
00:39:18,792 --> 00:39:20,393
it's just nice
to hear everybody

915
00:39:20,460 --> 00:39:22,495
remember him this way.

916
00:39:22,529 --> 00:39:25,650
What do you
remember the most?

917
00:39:25,980 --> 00:39:29,200
Oh, little things mostly.

918
00:39:29,690 --> 00:39:31,504
[laughs]

919
00:39:31,538 --> 00:39:37,977
Um, he never made me
clean my plate at dinner,

920
00:39:38,110 --> 00:39:39,546
even when all
I'd eat were carbs,

921
00:39:39,579 --> 00:39:41,815
like mac and cheese

922
00:39:41,848 --> 00:39:44,117
or those Hawaiian dinner rolls.

923
00:39:44,150 --> 00:39:46,190
Mmm...

924
00:39:46,860 --> 00:39:49,789
I kept asking him to read me

925
00:39:49,823 --> 00:39:52,559
the same bedtime story
over and over.

926
00:39:52,592 --> 00:39:56,529
It was the one about the hippo
who went to school

927
00:39:56,563 --> 00:39:59,833
and made cookies for everyone
and then became their friends.

928
00:40:02,268 --> 00:40:05,572
I can see how ridiculous
that must have been now.

929
00:40:05,605 --> 00:40:07,240
Well, I'm sure he enjoyed it.

930
00:40:10,810 --> 00:40:12,379
Mostly,
I just remembered being loved.

931
00:40:15,615 --> 00:40:17,117
I still miss him.

932
00:40:17,150 --> 00:40:18,251
Every day.

933
00:40:18,284 --> 00:40:21,121
And that is okay.

934
00:40:21,154 --> 00:40:22,188
Yeah.

935
00:40:24,457 --> 00:40:29,162
Well, um, happy birthday, Dad.

936
00:40:29,195 --> 00:40:36,269
♪

937
00:40:45,412 --> 00:40:48,480
So if Birch didn't kill
those two, then who did?

938
00:40:48,810 --> 00:40:50,650
I've checked every
fire-based meta-human in here.

939
00:40:50,717 --> 00:40:54,654
Everyone's either still
at Iron Heights or alibi'd up.

940
00:40:54,721 --> 00:40:57,624
So what do we do now?

941
00:40:57,657 --> 00:40:59,359
I know what Joe would say.

942
00:40:59,426 --> 00:41:00,360
No suspects?

943
00:41:00,427 --> 00:41:02,495
Then shift your focus

944
00:41:02,562 --> 00:41:04,564
to where it matters--
the victims.

945
00:41:04,597 --> 00:41:07,330
But Stan and Donna
were different ages,

946
00:41:07,670 --> 00:41:09,302
races, and genders.

947
00:41:09,336 --> 00:41:10,737
But they both worked
at O'Shaughnessy's.

948
00:41:10,770 --> 00:41:12,472
So the killer's
a disgruntled employee?

949
00:41:12,505 --> 00:41:13,807
Or they were
chosen at random,

950
00:41:13,873 --> 00:41:15,308
and we're still
missing something.

951
00:41:15,342 --> 00:41:18,345
[suspenseful music]

952
00:41:18,378 --> 00:41:20,213
What are you thinkin'?

953
00:41:20,246 --> 00:41:22,820
Chester, the cold fusion data
we pulled off the bodies--

954
00:41:22,115 --> 00:41:24,517
could your program those
variables into the satellites?

955
00:41:24,584 --> 00:41:26,353
Sure.
What am I looking for?

956
00:41:29,189 --> 00:41:30,790
More victims.

957
00:41:34,661 --> 00:41:36,129
If there's a meta
serial killer out there,

958
00:41:36,196 --> 00:41:37,497
we need to find them...

959
00:41:38,631 --> 00:41:39,933
Before somebody else gets hurt.

960
00:41:39,966 --> 00:41:45,772
♪

961
00:41:49,275 --> 00:41:52,245
[heroic music]

962
00:41:52,278 --> 00:41:59,352
♪

963
00:42:08,428 --> 00:42:09,963
Greg, move your head.

