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WELL, THIS IS A HELL OF A
WAY TO SPEND A FRIDAY AFTERNOON,
SEARCHING
FOR A MUTANT FIRESTARTER
FROM TEN THOUSAND FEET.
WELL, WE GOT OUR BES SHOT FROM UP HERE, BRENNAN.
SOON AS OUR SYSTEM PICKS UP
THE SPECIFIC HEAT SIGNATURE OF
HIS BURN WE CAN
BE ON HIM IN A FLASH.
WELL, WHOEVER HE IS, HE'S SICK.
HE NEEDS SOME SERIOUS THERAPY.
THE ONLY THERAPY I'D GIVE
HIM IS MY HANDS AROUND HIS NECK.
LET'S JUST GET HIM
A JOB AT A BARBECUE JOINT.
WELL, THREE PEOPLE
HAVE ALREADY DIED BECAUSE
OF THE FIRES HE'S SET.
YOU KNOW, SHALIMAR'S RIGHT.
IF THIS IS WHAT THIS
GUY'S GOING TO DO WITH HIS GIF
THEN HE HAS TO BE STOPPED.
COMMAND?
COMMAND DISPATCH.
COPY.
YEAH, IT'S RAY LARKIN.
I THINK I GOT A FIX
ON THE WEST SIDE FIRES BUG.
HOLD YOUR POSITION.
POLICE AND
FIRE BACKUP ARE BEING NOTIFIED.
CODE 2.
NO, I CAN'T DO IT.
I'M GOING IN.
RAY, I DON'T THINK--
DON'T WORRY.
I GO AN ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER.
OH, WE GOT A HOT SPOT.
THIRD FIRE IN TWO DAYS.
THIS GUY DOESN'T SLEEP.
WHAT'S THE HEADING?
HEY!
SOMEONE'S STILL IN THERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO, SHAL.
YEAH, BUT I CAN' HELP FROM OUT HERE.
TELL YOU WHAT.
WE FLUSH HIM
OUT, HE'S ALL YOURS.
GET OUT OF HERE,
IT'S GONNA BLOW!
AGHH!
AGHHH!
BRENNAN! JESSE!
EMMA!
WE HAVE TO GET HIM OUT OF HERE!
JESS, MAKE US A WAY OUT!
ALL RIGHT, YEAH.
OH, MAN, HE'S BEEN HIT BAD.
I HAVE TO STOP HIM.
I HAVE TO STOP I HAVE TO
SHHH.
IT'S OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO FIND HIM.
IT'S OKAY.
LET ME HELP THE PAIN.
MY WIFE.
WHEN
I LEFT THIS MORNING I DIDN'T
I DIDN'T KISS HER GOOD BYE.
EMMA.
EMMA.
EMMA.
EMMA.
HEY, WHAT HAPPENED?
I THINK I DIED WITH HIM.
I AM ADAM KANE.
I WAS A PIONEER
OF GENETIC RESEARCH,
MANIPULATING DNA
TO SAVE HUMAN LIVES.
BUT IN MANY THEIR
GENES UNEXPECTEDLY MUTATED.
THEY DEVELOPED
SUPER-HUMAN ABILITIES.
TOGETHER WITH FOUR
OF THE MOST POWERFUL
I FIGHT TO PROTECT A WORLD THA DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WE EXIST.
WE ARE MUTANT X.
HOME, SWEET HOME.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH ADAM,
SEE IF HE'S GOT ANY INFO FROM
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
WHAT HAPPENED BACK THERE.
HEY, YOU OKAY?
NO.
I SHOULD'VE BEEN
MORE HELP BACK THERE.
SHAL, YOU DID EVERYTHING
THAT YOU COULD.
WELL, IT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
I MEAN, I CAN WALK INTO
A FIGHT WITH TWELVE KILLERS
AND NOT BAT AN EYE.
BUT FIRE?
IT'S JUST THAT I GOT THERE,
AND THE FLAMES BLAZING
OUT THE WINDOWS, AND THE SMOKE.
AND I COULD FEEL THE HEAT FROM
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.
AND I JUST LOST CONTROL.
I WAS JUST LIKE
MY HEAD SHUT DOWN AND
I WAS JUST RUNNING ON FEAR.
AN OUT OF CONTROL FIRE IS
A KILLER, AND THE ONE THAT THA
*** SET COULD'VE
TAKEN US ALL OUT.
NOW YOU WERE THE ONLY SMART ONE.
CIVILIANS HAD NO
RIGHT WALKING INTO A FIRE.
YOU OKAY, EMMA?
THAT WAS A CLASS B FIRE,
WELL INTO THE OPEN FLAME STAGE.
THERE
WAS NOTHING ANYBODY COULD'VE
DONE AND NOBODY SHOULD'VE
BEEN IN THERE, EXCEP FOR FIRE PROFESSIONALS.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
OKAY, DO YOU WAN TO LISTEN TO YOURSELF?
BECAUSE YOU'RE
STARTING TO SCARE ME.
WHAT?
LOOK, I'M FINE.
I JUST I'M SORRY.
THE FIRE MARSHALL'S REPOR HAS JUST COME IN AND THIS FIRE
WAS JUST LIKE THE OTHERS.
THERE'S NO TRACES OF ACCELERANT,
NO TAMPERING WITH WIRES AND
EXTREME TEMPERATURES
AT THE FIRE'S ORIGIN.
YEAH, WELL, I'M STARTING
TO THINK YOU WERE RIGHT.
WE'RE LOOKING
AT A MUTANT FIRESTARTER.
WHO HAS NOW KILLED FOUR PEOPLE.
YEAH.
WELL, THE
GUY WE TRIED TO SAVE WAS
A LEAD ARSON INVESTIGATOR.
HIS NAME'S RAY LARKIN.
POOR GUY'S A THIRD
GENERATION FIREFIGHTER.
HE'S MARRIED.
NO KIDS,
BUT MUST'VE BEEN WELL-LIKED.
THEY'VE
ALREADY POSTED A MEMORIAL
OBITUARY ON THE WEBSITE.
NOW WAIT, IF THIS GUY
WAS THE LEAD FIRE INVESTIGATOR
AND HE WAS IN THAT BUILDING,
THEN HE JUST MUST'VE BEEN
A FEW STEPS BEHIND THE ARSONIST.
YEAH.
UNFORTUNATELY THA DOESN'T HELP US VERY MUCH.
SURE DIDN'T HELP
HIM EITHER, DID IT?
YOU OKAY?
AFTER WHAT HAPPENED BACK THERE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WELL, THAT GUY,
DYING IN YOUR ARMS.
I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU'D
BE KIND OF OUT OF IT.
I'M FINE.
I SAW HIS WHOLE
LIFE RIGHT ALONG WITH HIM.
HIS FRIENDS,
HIS FAMILY, HIS WIFE.
AND THEN THE STRANGES SENSATIONS, LIKE THE TASTE OF
CHOCOLATE AND THE
SMELL OF HIS WIFE'S HAIR.
THAT'S INTENSE.
IT'S WILD HOW
FAST IT CAN ALL BE GONE.
WE HAVE TO CATCH THE GUY
STARTING THESE FIRES, BRENNAN.
YEAH, AND WE'RE GOING TO.
THERE'S GOTTA BE A PATTERN
TO HOW HE CHOOSES HIS BURNS.
IT MEANS SOMETHING TO HIM.
WELL, MAYBE YOU SHOULD
GET A LITTLE REST, HUH?
WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY WAS *** YOU.
NO, I'LL RES WHEN WE CATCH THIS GUY.
I'LL SAY THIS FOR YOU,
YOU DON'T GIVE UP EASY.
I DON'T GIVE UP, PERIOD.
SHALIMAR, YOU'RE
MAKING YOURSELF CRAZY.
FEAR OF FIRE
IS PRIMAL FOR FERALS.
THANKS FOR YOUR
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING.
YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO PROVE.
I CAN'T LET MY FEAR CONQUER ME.
I CAN GET OVER THIS.
YOU'RE THE BRAVES PERSON I KNOW.
BUT MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST ACCEP YOUR WEAKNESS AND MOVE ON.
SORRY.
I'M NOT READY
TO DO THAT JUST YET.
I THINK WE SHOULD
GO TALK TO RAY'S WIFE.
I THINK THE LAS THING SHE'D WANT RIGHT NOW
IS PEOPLE ASKING HER QUESTIONS.
YOU DON'T THINK
I KNOW HOW SHE'S FEELING?
NOW HOLD ON, EMMA.
WHAT WOULD WE GE FROM GOING TO SEE HIS WIDOW?
WE'VE ALREADY ACCESSED
ALL THE FILES IN HIS OFFICE.
YEAH, BUT HE HAS FILES AT HOME.
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?
BECAUSE IT'S IT'S
WHAT PEOPLE LIKE THAT DO.
IT'S WHAT I'D DO.
I'M NOT CONVINCED.
WHAT IF HE TALKED TO HIS
WIFE ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION?
OKAY, HOW WOULD YOU GO IN?
ME AND BRENNAN AS JOURNALISTS.
GOOD.
SO WE'RE ALL AGREED.
AM I WRONG, OR IS
SHE ACTING REALLY WEIRD?
ALL RIGHT, LOOK, SHE WAS PLUGGED
DIRECTLY INTO RAY LARKIN'S
EMOTIONS ALL THE
WAY THROUGH HIS DEATH.
IT MUST'VE BEEN
INCREDIBLY INTENSE.
YEAH, BUT I'VE SEEN GRIEF
BEFORE AND I'VE SEEN TRAUMA.
WHATEVER EMMA IS FEELING
IS SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE
GOING TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON HER.
WELL, KEPT THE PLACE NICE.
IT'S LIKE COMING HOME.
DON'T BOTHER.
IT DOESN'T WORK.
HOW'D YOU KNOW THAT?
I JUST DID.
YES?
HELLO, MRS.
LARKIN.
I'M BRENNAN MULWRAY
AND THIS IS EMMA DELAURO,
AND WE'RE WITH
THE METRO-TRIBUNE.
I KNOW THIS ISN'T A GOOD TIME,
BUT WE'RE DOING A MEMORIAL
PIECE ON YOUR HUSBAND
AND WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU HAD
A MOMENT TO SPEAK WITH US?
WE'RE DEEPLY
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
I DON'T THINK SO.
YOU PEOPLE ARE ONLY DEEPLY
SORRY WHEN YOU DON'T SEE YOUR
BYLINE ON THE FRONT PAGE.
I'M SORRY.
THIS
IS FRANK SANDERS.
HE WORKED WITH MY HUSBAND
AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE COME IN.
I WENT THROUGH HIS FILES
BUT I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING.
OKAY, THANKS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP.
THANKS, FRANK.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.
RAY DIDN'T TALK
MUCH ABOUT WORK WITH ME.
WHEN HE WAS AT HOME HE WOULD
TRY TO PUT IT OUT OF HIS MIND.
THEN I'D WAKE UP A
AND HE'D BE AT HIS DESK
TRYING TO WORK STUFF OUT.
WAS HE ANY DIFFEREN WITH THIS CASE?
IF ANYTHING HE
HE WAS MORE OBSESSED.
HE SAID WHOEVER IT WAS
COULD JUST MAKE FIRE APPEAR.
DID HE EVER
MENTION PATTERN AS TO WHA THE ARSONIST WAS BURNING?
HUH, YOU SOUND LIKE RAY.
HE SAID THERE WERE
THERE WAS ALWAYS A PATTERN;
IT WAS JUST A
QUESTION OF FINDING IT.
I THINK HE WAS ONTO
SOMETHING THE MORNING HE LEFT.
OH,
IT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY.
I'M SO SORRY.
YOU SEEM SO FAMILIAR.
I KNOW YOU FROM SOMEWHERE.
I DON'T THINK SO.
WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT IF
I TOOK SOME PHOTOS OF THE HOUSE?
IT'LL HELP OUR READERS
GET A FEELING FOR HOW HE LIVED.
OKAY.
WHAT HAPPENED?
SHE WAS STANDING
HERE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR.
AND IT BROKE.
I DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH IT.
RAY USED TO COME IN HERE
ALL THE TIME WHEN I WOULD SEW.
HE SAID WE COULD LOOK IN I EVERY YEAR AND WATCH OURSELVES
GROW OLD TOGETHER.
HELLO?
SORRY, I DIDN' KNOW ANYONE ELSE WAS HERE.
IT'S OKAY.
THEY'RE REPORTERS.
THEY'RE DOING A STORY ON RAY.
THIS IS RAY'S BROTHER
BILLY.
UM I I DID SOME
RESEARCH BEFORE WE CAME OVER.
WELL, RAY WAS MORE THAN
JUST A GREAT FIREMAN, YOU KNOW?
HE DID EVERYTHING FOR ME.
HE FOUND ME A JOB, HE LEN ME MONEY WHEN I NEEDED IT
BILLY
I JUST WANT THEM
TO GET THE WHOLE PICTURE
OF WHO HE WAS, LISA.
I MEAN, HE WAS MY
BROTHER, FOR GOD'S SAKES.
I KNOW.
I KNOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS OBVIOUSLY
ISN'T A VERY GOOD TIME.
MRS.
LARKIN, WE'LL
COME BACK TOMORROW, OKAY?
COME ON.
DID YOU COME UP WITH ANYTHING?
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO COME
UP WITH ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN
THESE FIRES, ADAM, AND
I HAVE COME UP WITH NOTHING.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, MAYBE WE NEED TO DO
A LITTLE HANDS ON INVESTIGATING.
WANT US TO CHECK
THE SCENE OF THE LAST FIRE?
YEAH.
I'LL GO.
THE PLACE HAS
ALREADY BURNED DOWN, RIGHT?
WHAT'S THERE
LEFT TO BE AFRAID OF?
BESIDES, IT'LL GIVE ME SOMETHING
USEFUL TO DO ON THIS CASE.
THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
KEEP WORKING.
WHAT THE HELL
IS GOING ON BACK THERE?
NOTHING.
I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, I THINK YOU DO.
YOU'RE JUST NOT SAYING.
I SAW SOMETHING.
WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I'M AN INVESTIGATOR FOR
MANOR BAY INSURANCE COMPANY.
KENDRA JAMES.
I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE.
VISITS ARE SUPPOSED TO
BE CLEARED THROUGH MY OFFICE.
I CALLED.
YOU WEREN'T THERE.
SO, ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
NOT YET.
WHOEVER IT IS HASN' LEFT A CLUE IN FOUR FIRES.
AND THIS TIME THE ***
KILLED A FRIEND OF MINE.
THAT WOULD BE RAY LARKIN.
I WORKED UNDER RAY IN THE FIRE
MARSHALL'S OFFICE FOR SIX YEARS.
WHAT THE HELL WAS HE THINKING?
SHOULD'VE WAITED FOR
BACKUP BEFORE HE CAME IN HERE.
WELL,
AT LEAST IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE
IN LINE FOR A BIG PROMOTION.
WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
-MAYBE NOTHING.
OR MAYBE YOU KNOW SOMETHING
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
MAYBE MORE THAN
YOU'RE WILLING TO SHARE.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH.
INVESTIGATOR OR NOT,
YOU'RE OUT OF HERE - NOW.
BACK AT THE HOUSE,
IN THE MIRROR, I SAW RAY.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I WAS LOOOKING
AT MYSELF BUT I SAW HIM.
OKAY, EMMA, WE'RE
TALKING GHOST STORIES HERE.
YOU'RE STARTING TO SCARE ME.
WHEN I WAS A KID, MY MOM
WAS INVOLVED IN THE OCCULT AND
SPIRITUALISM, BUT I DON' THINK SHE EVER ENCOUNTERED
ANYTHING OTHER
THAN HER OWN IMAGINATION.
YEAH, BUT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT YOU HERE.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW
ABOUT MY ABILITIES YET.
ONE DAY SHE WAS DOING A SEANCE,
CALLING ON A SPIRIT OF SOME
YOUNG GIRL AND I WAS IN
THE NEXT ROOM PLAYING A GAME.
SUDDENLY THERE'S THIS
LITTLE GIRL IN THE ROOM WITH ME.
SHE SITS DOWN
AND WE STARTED PLAYING.
SHE HAD ON THIS
OLD-FASHIONED DRESS AND SHOES
WITH BUTTONS DOWN THE SIDE.
LET ME GUESS - SHE WAS DEAD.
BUT SHE CAME TO ME, INSTEAD
OF MY MOM AND HER FRIENDS.
SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
THAT RAY HAS COME
BACK TO PLAY WITH YOU?
I THINK HE HAS.
YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL
OF WHERE THIS IS GOING.
IT'S OKAY.
I'M OKAY WITH IT.
EMMA, YOU HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT THIS GUY'S SPIRIT OR HIS
EMOTIONS, OR WHATEVER
THE HELL IT IS, WANTS FROM YOU.
HE WANTS THE EXAC SAME THING WE DO -
TO CATCH WHO'S EVER
STARTING THESE FIRES.
AND HOW FAR IS HE WILLING
TO GO TO GET IT, HUH?
IS HE WILLING TO KILL YOU, TOO?
OKAY, ADAM, I THINK I FIGURED
OUT HOW TO SOLVE THIS THING.
IN ORDER TO CATCH THE
GUY SETTING THESE BLAZES,
WE GOTTA GET INTO HIS HEAD.
SO WHAT?
YOU'RE
CHECKING OUT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
PROFILES OF ARSONISTS?
EXACTLY.
NOW, ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS
THIS GUY'S - HE'S MALE -
HE'S WHITE, HE'S IN HIS
EARLY TWENTIES, HE COMES FROM A
LOWER TO WORKING CLASS FAMILY
WITH AN ABSENTEE FATHER, AND
OVER 70% BECOME ARSONISTS FOR
EITHER REVENGE OR EXCITEMENT.
AND MAYBE THIS GUY WE'RE
LOOKING FOR IS MOTIVATED
BY A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
HOW SO?
WELL, I THINK THIS GUY
GETS A PERVERSE PLEASURE OUT OF
CREATING THESE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER THE BETTER.
IT EXCITES HIM, I GIVES HIM A SENSE OF POWER,
GIVES HIM A SENSE OF CONTROL.
WOW, HE IS A SICK PUPPY, EH?
YEAH, BUT THE SICK PART?
THE MORE HE
DOES IT, THE MORE HE'S GOING
TO WANT TO DO IT AGAIN.
ADAM, WE GOT ANOTHER FIRE.
CONTACT THE OTHERS.
GET 'EM OVER THERE ASAP.
BRENNAN, EMMA, OUR
FIRESTARTER'S AT IT AGAIN.
WHERE?
CORNER OF FOURTH AND WELLESLEY.
WE'RE TWO MINUTES AWAY.
HE'S STILL HERE.
I CAN FEEL HIM.
WHICH WAY?
I DON'T KNOW.
IF YOU FIND HIM, CALL ME.
KEEP YOUR DISTANCE.
OKAY?
I DON'T WANT YOU TO
TRY AND BRING HIM DOWN ALONE.
I'M NOT GOING
TO DO ANYTHING STUPID.
YOU MAY NOT, BUT I DON' KNOW WHAT RAY LARKIN WOULD DO.
HEY!
DON'T THINK SO.
-BRENNAN, WAIT.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
I MEAN, HE'S THE FIRE INSPECTOR.
WE'RE ON THE SAME TEAM.
HEY.
ALL I KNOW
IS WHAT I SAW.
OKAY?
HE PICKED UP A WATCH OUT OF
THE DEBRIS AND SLIPPED IT IN HIS
POCKET FAST, LIKE
HE WAS TRYING TO HIDE IT.
WELL, MAYBE HE WAS
GOING TO TAG IT FOR EVIDENCE.
NO.
HE SHOVED IT IN HIS
POCKET, NOT AN EVIDENCE BAG.
AND WHEN HE TURNED TO TALK TO
ME HE LOOKED AS GUILTY AS HELL.
THAT IS A HUGE LEAP.
GOT AN INSCRIPTION.
FIREFIGHTER'S ACADEMY, 1991.
SHAME YOU COULDN' FIND SOMETHING MORE
SPECIFIC FOR US TO WORK ON.
JUST RUN IT.
OH.
FRANK SANDERS.
CLASS OF 1991.
SEE? IT IS HIS WATCH.
WELL, HEY, HOLD ON, SIPOWICZ.
I MEAN, BEFORE
YOU GET TOO EXCITED HERE,
LET'S JUST SEE HOW
ALL THE PIECES ADD UP.
OKAY.
HE WORKS FOR THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT - HE KNOWS FIRES.
HMM.
HOW THEY GO UP,
HOW THEY BURN
UH HUH.
BEST WAY TO CAUSE
THE MOST DEVASTATION.
MMM.
EH? THE GUY WE'RE LOOKING
FOR, HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.
ADAM.
THERE'S SOMETHING
GOING ON WITH EMMA, OKAY,
BECAUSE EVER SINCE RAY'S
DEATH SHE'S BEEN DIFFERENT.
OH, WELL, I CAN' SAY I'M SURPRISED.
WHY?
WELL, CONSIDERING YOUR
TELEMPATHIC ABILITIES, AND THE
AMAZING CONNECTION THAT YOU
HAD WITH THIS GUY WHEN HE DIED,
WELL, I WAS AFRAID
THERE MIGHT BE REPERCUSSIONS.
MAYBE WHAT HAPPENED IS
THAT RAY'S ENERGY MERGED WITH
YOURS WHEN HE DIED.
SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
WE NEED TO CALL IN A PRIEST?
LISTEN, EVERYTHING THA WE EXPERIENCE, OUR THOUGHTS,
OUR EMOTIONS, OUR FEELINGS,
THEY'RE ALL JUST KINDS OF ENERGY
PASSING THROUGH US, RIGHT?
AND JUST BECAUSE THE BODY DIES,
IT DOESN'T MEAN THA THE ENERGY CEASES TO EXIST.
IT'S GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE.
YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT I THINK HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW RAY'S
SPIRIT TOOK OVER A PART OF ME.
MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE
AT THE MOMENT OF HIS DEATH
YOU WERE THE PATH
OF LEAST RESISTANCE.
AND LIKE OR NOT, MAYBE
WE CAN USE HIS INFLUENCE
TO FIND THE GUY WHO'S
STARTING THESE FIRES.
ADAM, CAN I TALK
TO YOU FOR A SECOND?
ADAM, SHE'S VULNERABLE, AND
YOU ENCOURAGING HER TO BELIEVE
IN THIS STUFF
ISN'T GOING TO HELP HER.
WHAT IF IT HELPS
US FIND THE ARSONIST?
WELL, I DON'T LIKE IT.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE
SHOULD LET HER THINK IT'S OKAY
TO LET THIS GUY CONTROL
HER FROM THE INSIDE.
I'M GOING TO FIND THE
*** STARTING THESE FIRES.
NO, WE ARE GOING
TO CATCH HIM, EMMA.
WE.
NOT JUST YOU.
I HAVE TO.
ALL RIGHT, EMMA, LOOK AT ME.
EMMA.
LOOK AT ME.
LOOK, I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
IT'S LIKE I HAVE
TO RESOLVE THIS TO BE FREE.
WELL, UNTIL THEN,
LET'S JUST BE SAFE AND KEEP
THOSE PRIESTS ON SPEED DIAL.
I THINK FRANK SANDERS
COULD BE OUR GUY.
I SAW HIM PICK A WATCH UP OU OF THE ASHES AT THE FIRE SCENE.
JESSE AND I
THINK IT COULD BE HIS.
HEY, WHERE YOU GOING?
MULLIGAN'S TAVERN.
WHAT IS THAT?
IT'S A FIREMAN'S HANGOUT.
SHE WON'T GO ALONE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, BILLY?
YOUR BROTHER JUST DIED.
COULDN'T RIVELLI GIVE
YOU A COUPLE OF DAYS OFF?
MY CHOICE.
I CAN'T SIT AT HOME.
MAKES ME FEEL BETTER,
ME BEING AROUND YOU GUYS.
I SWEAR,
EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND
I EXPECT HIM TO BE WALKING IN.
RAY WAS A GOOD MAN.
HEY, BILLY,
GET YOUR *** OVER HERE.
YOUR WINGS'LL BE
UP IN A MINUTE, CHASE.
FORGET THE WINGS.
WE'RE LIFTING
ONE TO YOUR BROTHER.
INSPECTOR SANDERS.
I GOT NOTHING
TO SAY TO THE PRESS.
YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO TALK TO US.
I SAID, NO COMMENT.
WELL, THEN, I GUESS WE'LL JUS HAVE TO PRINT WHAT WE'VE GOT.
YOUR
WATCH WAS FOUND AT THE SCENE
OF THE CHEMICAL FACTORY FIRE.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
IT WAS INSCRIBED BY THE
ACADEMY THE YEAR YOU GRADUATED.
GOTTA ADMIT, I DOESN'T LOOK SO GOOD.
SO HOW COME YOU DIDN' TURN IT OVER TO EVIDENCE, FRANK?
INSPECTOR SANDERS.
SO THAT BLONDE IS WORKING
FOR YOU, TOO, IS THAT IT?
I SHOULD'VE HAULED HER *** IN
FOR IMPEDING AN INVESTIGATION.
SO THEN YOU DENY IT?
WATCH ISN'T YOURS?
OH, COME ON.
YOU'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM
WAGGING YOUR JAW BEFORE.
TIME TO OPEN UP, FRANK.
IS IT YOURS?
NOW TAKE A HIKE.
FINE, THEN.
WHOSE IS IT?
OH, COME ON, YOU
TRUST ME, DON'T YOU?
IT WAS RAY'S.
NO.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
WELL, MAYBE IT FELL OFF HIM
WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE BLAZE.
NO.
IT WAS AT THE POINT OF
ORIGIN, WHERE THE FIRE STARTED.
SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING,
THAT RAY'S THE ARSONIST?
NO, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
I WORKED SIDE BY SIDE
WITH THAT GUY FOR SIX YEARS.
IF HE'S GUILTY,
THEN I'M JACK THE RIPPER.
THE FACT OF THE
MATTER IS, YOU NEVER KNOW.
I SURE WISH SOMEONE WOULD
EXPLAIN TO ME HOW IT GOT THERE.
SOMETHING'S WRONG
HERE.
THIS DOESN'T ADD UP.
WELL, IT COULDN' HAVE BEEN RAY'S.
THERE WAS ANOTHER
ARSON THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE'S NO TELLING WHETHER
OR NOT THAT WAS A COPYCAT.
RAY IS NOT THE ARSONIST.
I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT.
WHY DIDN'T YOU NAIL SANDERS?
HE'S NOT THE GUY, SHAL.
THE WATCH WAS RAY'S.
WELL, ARE YOU
SURE HE WASN'T LYING?
HAVE YOU EVER
KNOWN ANYBODY THAT COULD LIE
ONCE EMMA BLEW THEIR MIND?
WHERE IS EMMA?
I'M SORRY TO BOTHER YOU SO LATE.
BUT I KNOW YOU'RE A NIGHT OWL.
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
WELL, LIFE AS
THE WIFE OF A FIREMAN,
I GUESS YOU HAVE TO
ADJUST TO THE CRAZY HOURS.
WHY DON'T YOU COME ON IN.
HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP?
-OKAY.
IT'S A LOT, YOU KNOW, WITH
THE ARRANGEMENTS AND EVERYTHING.
OH.
I MUST BE LOSING MY MIND.
I'M JUST USED TO BRINGING
RAY A CUP WHENEVER HE CAME HOME.
THAT'S OKAY.
LOOK, I WANTED TO
TO ASK YOU ABOUT RAY'S WATCH.
YOU KNOW, THE ONE HE GOT WHEN
HE GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY.
HE KEPT IT IN THE
TOP DRAWER OF HIS CLOSET.
OH, BUT HE NEVER WORE IT.
HE HATED WATCHES.
HE USED TO SAY
IT JUST REMINDED HIM OF THE
TIME HE SPENT AWAY FROM ME.
WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?
I GAVE IT TO HIS BROTHER BILLY.
I DIDN'T THINK RAY WOULD MIND.
I MEAN, BILLY ALWAYS DREAMED
OF MAKING IT INTO THE ACADEMY.
NIGHT, BILL.
-YEAH.
AND I GUESS I JUST THOUGH THIS WAS THE NEXT BEST THING.
BRENNAN, NO!
WHERE COULD I FIND BILLY?
HE'S AT MULLIGAN'S.
WHY? WHAT'S GOING ON?
I JUST HAVE TO
ASK HIM A FEW QUESTIONS.
OKAY.
I'LL GO WITH YOU.
NO.
NO, I I
NEED TO DO THIS ALONE.
BUT THIS IS ABOU RAY'S DEATH, ISN'T IT?
LOOK, WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER,
I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING
ON, BUT RIGHT NOW I
NEED YOU TO STAY HERE, OKAY?
I KNOW YOU'RE GOING
TO THINK THIS SOUNDS CRAZY,
BUT WHENEVER YOU'RE HERE
I HAVE THE STRANGEST SENSE THA
RAY IS IN THE ROOM WITH US.
WHO ARE YOU?
A FRIEND.
LOOK, I GOTTA GO.
WAIT, NO.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS
I WISH I COULD'VE TOLD HIM.
SO MANY THINGS I WANTED TO SAY.
HE ALREADY KNOWS.
YOU HAVE TO LET HIM GO.
I'M NOT READY.
YOU KNOW WHEN
HE USED TO SAY THAT HE HAD
AN ANGEL ON HIS SHOULDER?
THAT WAS ALWAYS
HIS PARTING LINE.
THAT ANGEL WAS YOU.
GOOD BYE, LISA.
GOOD BYE, RAY.
EMMA, WHERE ARE YOU?
EMMA.
TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON.
SHE'S THERE.
HER
COMLINK IS ACTIVATED.
JUST NOT ANSWERING US.
OKAY.
ADAM,
KEEP LOOKING FOR HER.
IF YOU FIND HER, GIVE US
A CALL.
WE'LL BE IN THE HELIX.
WE WILL?
YES.
IN CASE OUR ARSON BUG
IS LOOKING TO MAKE AN ENCORE.
EMMA.
DO YOU READ ME?
COPY
EMMA.
I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME.
EMMA'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW.
STILL NO HOT SPOTS.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THIS
GUY'S GOING TO STRIKE AGAIN?
BECAUSE EMMA'S ON THE TRAIL.
SHE'S FIGURED IT OUT AND
NOW SHE'S PLANNING ON TAKING HIM
DOWN ON HER OWN.
WHY WOULD EMMA DO THAT?
EMMA WOULDN'T.
RAY'S TAKEN OVER.
OKAY.
I DON' KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS,
BUT I AM SUFFICIENTLY
CREEPED OUT.
WE'RE CLOSED.
WE NEED TO TALK, BILLY.
YOU'RE THAT REPORTER THA WAS IN MY SISTER-IN-LAW'S HOUSE.
WHY ARE YOU LOOKING
AT ME LIKE THAT?
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU HAD ME FOOLED FOR SO LONG.
I DON'T KNOW WHA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU KNOW YOU
NEVER COULD LIE TO ME.
I THINK YOU BETTER LEAVE.
JUST TELL ME--
--WHY YOU DID IT.
WHO ARE YOU?
DON'T YOU THINK YOU OWE
YOUR BROTHER AN EXPLANATION?
RAY?
TELL ME WHY
YOU SET THOSE FIRES.
BECAUSE I CAN.
BECAUSE
IT'S SOMETHING I CAN DO.
YOU YOU WERE THE
HERO, AND I WAS A WANNABE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE,
LIVING UNDER THA SHADOW DAY IN AND DAY OUT?
CONSTANTLY BEING REMINDED
WHAT A FAILURE I AM?
UNTIL ONE DAY,
I DISCOVER THERE'S SOMETHING
I CAN DO THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN.
YOU KNOW? AND IT FEELS GOOD.
AND FOR ONCE,
SOMETHING FEELS GOOD.
FOR A WHILE THERE,
WE WERE QUITE A TEAM.
I'D START THE FIRES
AND YOU'D TRY TO PUT THEM OUT.
PEOPLE DIED
IN THOSE FIRES, BILLY.
I DIED.
I DIDN'T MEAN THAT, RAY.
LOOK, YOU WEREN' SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
BILLY, YOU NEED HELP.
YOU HAVE TO TURN YOURSELF IN.
NO.
BILLY, DON'T DO THIS.
SORRY, RAY.
I
I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
BILLY, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS.
BILLY, PLEASE!
THIS TIME YOU DIE FOR GOOD!
UGH!
BILLY, WAIT!
WHOA, WE GOT TROUBLE.
WHERE?
-MILLBURN AND DELAWARE.
THAT'S MULLIGAN'S TAVERN.
-WE JUST CAME FROM THERE.
WELL, "THERE"
AIN'T GONNA BE FOR MUCH LONGER
FROM THE READINGS I'M PULLING.
HE'S REALLY TORCHING THE PLACE.
BILLY, STOP THIS, PLEASE!
WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO IN, SHAL.
I'M GOING IN.
EMMA!
EMMA!
EMMA!
EMMA!
SOMEBODY HELP ME!
SHAL, HELP ME!
SHAL, HELP ME!
COME ON.
BRENNAN, I GOT HER.
GOTTA GET OUT OF THERE.
YOU HEARD HER, JESS.
LET'S MOVE.
OH NO! BILLY'S IN THERE.
I HAVE TO SAVE HIM.
NO.
IT'S TOO DANGEROUS.
I'M NO GOING TO LET HIM JUST DIE.
I HAVE TO HELP HIM.
BILLY'S DEAD.
THERE'S
NOTHING YOU CAN DO!
RAY, LISTEN TO ME!
OKAY? IT'S OVER.
YOU HAVE TO LET EMMA GO.
MOVE ON.
TIME TO MOVE ON.
EMMA?
SHAL, HOW DID
HOW DID YOU?
I DON'T KNOW.
I GUESS MY FEAR
OF LOSING YOU WAS STRONGER
THAN MY FEAR OF THE FIRE.
ALL I KNOW IS I DON' WANT TO TRY THAT AGAIN.
LET'S GO.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
MORE LIKE MYSELF,
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN.
GOOD.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT ALL OF
THIS MUST'VE BEEN LIKE FOR YOU.
IT'S LIKE WE WERE ONE.
YOU KNOW, EACH OF OUR LIFE
EXPERIENCES, MERGED TOGETHER TO
THE POINT WHERE
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE
I BEGAN AND RAY LEFT OFF.
AND NOW?
I KNOW THAT RAY STILL
WISHES HE COULD'VE SAVED BILLY,
EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING
THAT HE DID.
WELL, IT DOESN' MATTER WHAT BILLY DID,
HE WAS STILL HIS KID BROTHER.
WENT TO SEE FRANK SANDERS.
I TALKED HIM
INTO GIVING THIS TO ME.
I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD HAVE IT.
THANKS.
BUT I'M AFRAID
THIS ISN'T MINE TO KEEP.
WELL, YOU WAN ME TO COME WITH YOU?
NO, THANKS.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING
I NEED TO DO ALONE.