The fully automated Apollo is designed to get you and the world where we need to go, faster, safer, using state of the art automation. -Where are we going? -It's a surprise, OK? - (CELL PHONE RINGS) - Is it him? As governor, I'm goin' back to puttin' people first. But you're down in the polls, with just days to go. Days are all you need in politics. - Ease up there, Apollo ` you're headed for the big curve. - The brakes aren't responding. (GASPS) (SCREAMS) Mr Cole, Kendra Malley. I'm the lead crash investigator. Your fugitive is part of a Mexican cartel. That's classified information, but your crash is my crime scene. -How many people? -Early reports are 60 dead. You know what they'll say? They'll say she's making political gains on the coat tails of tragedy. People will celebrate this, but URSA will not be stopped. Target's on the run. Assumed he's armed. I want road blocks on a 15-mile radius. I need a ride out of town. Were you on the train? I saw the wreckage. - Must have been horrible. - I've seen horrible ` this was worse. I'm Kendra. Your name is? Bob. So, where am I taking you, Bob? Chicago. Kendra? (SIRENS WAIL IN DISTANCE) We have to get past this checkpoint. And if we don't? OK. (POLICE RADIO CHATTER) Hello, officer. - I need you to step out of the vehicle. - Is there a problem? Don't make me ask you again. Unlock your door and step out of the vehicle, please. Kendra Malley, FTSA. You can call Special Agent Hunter to verify. At the next checkpoint, I suggest you display this right off bat. Thank you. I will. Have a good day. (POLICE RADIO CHATTER) (POLICE RADIO CHATTER) Hey, has anyone seen Kendra? Her car's gone from the motel, I've tried calling her, I can't get through. Maybe she's at the crash site. - What are you, some kind of fed? You know who I am? Look, I don't know. I'm just here to investigate the accident, OK? I'm not here to investigate you. The crash was no accident. - What do you mean by that? - (CELL PHONE RINGS) Uh-uh-uh-uh. Don't answer that. Just keep driving. (CELL PHONE CONTINUES TO RING) I'm supposed to be at a briefing right now. Hmm, you're just gonna keep driving. - What are you doing? - You're not gonna get past the next road blocks. - You have a badge. - Yeah, and I also didn't answer my phone, nor was I at my briefing, so soon, there's gonna be an APB out for both me and this vehicle. -Damn it. -Your best chance is by foot. (GRUNTS) There was a boy and his mother on the train. Boy's name was Lucas. Is he OK? -Yeah, he's doing well. -His mother? She's still missing. Give this to him for me, please. Hey, Bob! Why did you say that the train crash was no accident? The FBI put me on that train. Someone in the FBI... has been paid off by Carlos Ortega. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Able 2021. (OFFICE CHATTER) -I just met your fugitive. -Where? -He's off the main highway. -Hit it! We're on the move! Let's go! -(CLEARS THROAT) -So, what'd he say to you? He said that Carlos Ortega may have crashed the train. Does that name ring any bells? It might. Did he tell you anything else? He implied the FBI may have set him up. They had a man on the train. Who else had the information? How many ways do I have to tell you I am not gonna tell you? So, what else did he say? Do I need to remind you it's a federal offence to lie to an FBI agent? - He's trying to make his way to Chicago. - Chicago? You sound surprised. Thank you for your cooperation, Ms Malley. You're welcome, Ms Hunter. (SCOFFS) -New phone ready to go. -Cheers. -You good? -Great. - Kendra. - Mm-hm. Someone from URSA called, Jordan Cole's company. They wanted a list of the victims. Yeah, Cole said he wanted one too. Tell them that we need to contact next of kin first, but see if you can spot anyone with a connection to Cole -who might've been on the train. -OK. -Theo. -Yeah? Why don't you go to the crash site, try to figure out what went on with the brakes, and I'll meet you up there in a bit. - Where are you off to? - To try and find a way through another roadblock. Nothing gets to her, huh? Don't let the British accent fool you. Hey. It's OK. Lucas, a man asked me to give you this. My car. Gramps gave it to me. So, what have you got there? V8 or V6? V8? Oh wow! - Mom! - Come with me now. Let's go! -The car! -What? -My car! -Argh! Damn it! Max gave it to me. The man's name is Max? (CELL PHONE RINGS) Dom, what a pleasant surprise! Well I thought I'd call, - make sure you're all right. - Theo called you, didn't he? - Such a mother hen. - You were abducted at gunpoint, Kendra. -It's not as bad as it sounds. -Would you tell me if it was? - Howard called me last night. - What the hell does he want? - Forgiveness. Look, you're free of him ` keep it that way. - Look, Dom, I could use your help with something. - Yeah, anything. What do you need? Anything you can find on a Max who's connected to the Mataluna cartel and a Carlos Ortega. This Max wouldn't be the same guy that car jacked you would it? He seems to be convinced that the crash wasn't an accident, and the FBI, Dom, keep shutting me out. I'll see what I can do. - I've gotta go. Thanks, Dom. - Any time. -Hey. -(BABY WHIMPERS) -He's beautiful. -He looks just like his father. Lisa's mom's coming to get us today. We're all heading back to Toronto. It's strange leaving without them. Sorry for your loss. Good luck. Vivienne, tell her. It's probably nothing, but I thought I saw someone outside the train when we stopped. -The emergency stop? -Mm-hm. This is the train operator. Was it him? I think it was a white guy. But I didn't see him very clearly. OK, well, thanks anyway, yeah? So, Theo's still at the crash site, but the guy from train operations just showed up to continue the interview. -Thanks. -Good luck. I appreciate you coming in again, Mr Ratch. I just have a few more questions. That's all. I didn't have a choice. Union said it was mandatory. Do you know the max speed allowance between mile post 79 and the steep curve? Sure I do. They increased the speed last year to accommodate the Apollo. That's not an answer, Mr Ratch. It's 120 on the straight away leading up to the curve. Yet according to the information we got from the black boxes, the train was travelling at 140mph. Do you know why that was? No? Well, would this jog your memory? (TRAIN OPERATOR) Apollo, let's roll. You ready? This is 278. What's going on out there? Do we need to keep asking, Apollo, what the hell is going on there? RATCH: Brakes reset, 90psi on the tail. - OPERATOR: Speed up, you've got the 278 coming your way. - RATCH: Apollo on the move. You asked the train operator to increase the speed. After which he overrode the computer and the Apollo increased its speed to 140mph. Apollo isn't the only train using on that line. 278 was right on our tail. So presumably, you could've asked that train to slow down. You think I should've asked the 278 to slow down? -You think that's what my bosses want? -Well, regulations-- Regulations? So, what, you're now trying to pin this on me? I'm not trying to pin this on anyone. I had no choice! It was bend the rules or lose my job. How else do you think this whole 'just in time' country works, huh? The investigation is still at its very early stages. Which is why we bring in the foreigner? What are you, some hatchet job lady from India? I'm from England, as a matter of fact, Mr Ratch. London, to be precise. And I will pin this on whoever is responsible. But we will be looking at how much speed played a factor in the derailment. REPORTER: Following the Apollo crash last night, Diana Bright provided these words of comfort. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims, with their families, with all the people who have come, honestly, flooding in from miles around to help search for the injured in this carnage. This small town of Rockwater quickly moved into action, repurposing the school for victims' families and friends and transforming the old train station into the headquarters for the investigation, and the local hockey rink quickly became a space for the morgue. Come over here! Bring the shovel! - You see that air brake valve back there? - Yeah. So, the cock is parallel to the brake pipe open position, so the air should flow from the locomotive to the rest of the cars. Which means that the brakes should've worked. Maybe there's a break or a block somewhere else in the pipes. -Yeah, you know your brakes. -It's pretty basic. My family all worked in auto factories before they shut, and my father worked with tractor trailers his whole life. Well, it's the same basic principles. Now all we need is to get our hands on an industrial air compressor so we can check the lines. -I know a guy. -Thanks, sheriff. You're welcome. RT: Eagle to home base, no sign of the fugitive in area one. Here she comes now. You're a trooper. Thank you, Mike. -Oh! -Running on Diana time, I see. There was an FBI roadblock on every street into town. We were down to one lane. This is great. Good morning, all. -Did you tell them who you are? -Oh yeah. I'm sure they'd have been very impressed with that, federal agents. So, who the hell are they after anyway? I don't know, but maybe you can ask them yourself at your meeting this afternoon. - I get a security briefing? - You just pulled into the lead. - Oh! - It's good news. I have to work to do. - Ha, ha, ha! That's great news. -Great. -Thanks, ladies. The back desk. Listen, I've been calling Walt Mack's wife, the man we found in the oil tanker, and she's not picking up. I was thinking about swinging by there for 'em. - Yeah, let me come with you ` I can talk to her. - You read my mind. -(SIRENS WHOOP) -(CHATTER) -(SIRENS WHOOP) -(CHATTER) So, you flew all the way over from England just to help out with the investigation, huh? No, DC. I was, uh, I was at a conference. -Your husband come too? -No husband. - Kids? - A son, AJ. He's first year at university. No wife, no kids. I've got a mother who lives outside of Sacramento. There's Mary right there. - Move the truck, guys! The truck needs to be 50yd out. - Got it! Mary? Excuse me, Mary? It's Sheriff McCullogh. I'm so sorry for your loss. Walt was a good man. This is Ms Malley. She's here investigating the crash. I'm so sorry for your loss, Mrs Mack. How many years were you and Walt married? Next year is our, yeah, next week is our silver anniversary. Was there any change in him recently? He was... - He was just more of the same, truth be told. - How would you describe that? He was absent. Lost inside himself. And I couldn't, uh... You won't know what I mean. I, um... I lost my own husband to mental illness and depression. - That's not Walt. - Mary, his truck was parked on the railroad crossing. He would never take his own life here! Not after what we've been through! This damn crossing. I kept telling him we should move. Let the bank take the house. After Leanna died, I couldn't stand to be so close. Leanna? She was my daughter. She's beautiful. It was prom night. A drinking game. They dared each other to... cross in front of the tracks as the train came. They think they're immortal, and then they're dead, and they take the living too. Walt was so sad. But to take all those people too? I don't believe it. He was a good man. Thank you, Mary. And God bless you. I'm so sorry. Thank you, Mary. All right, you guys, come over here. You're gonna be coming with us. Listen, when I asked you about your husband back there, I-- It's OK, Sheriff ` you weren't to know. It's just I kinda lied about my own situation. I had a wife. She left me six years ago. And I know it's not the same thing, but the point is, we all have something, right? Yeah, we do, but it is odd that Walter's truck was on the track the same night that the brakes failed. - That it is. - All right. Let's get that compressor going. Hey. Well, no blockages so far ` no obstructions, the air's flowing through same as the other cars. -How many cars left? -Just the other one. Yeah, they're lifting it now to see if we can get to the lines. Well, if there's no obstruction, maybe there was a problem with the automation software. -Maybe. -Sheriff! - What is it? - We found her there. - Oh my God. It's the boy's mother. -(SIRENS BLARE IN DISTANCE) -(CHATTER) -I'm just going-- -Sure. You found my mom? I'm sorry, Lucas. San Diego looks amazing. Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! (SNIFFLES) She didn't make it? Come here. Are you OK? I wanna see my mom. - Are you sure? - (PHONE RINGS IN BACKGROUND) OK. (SOMBRE MUSIC) Thank you. Love you. (CHURCH BELL RINGS) (CAR UNLOCKS) (PHONE BUZZES) - Yeah? - I won't keep you long. I was just wondering whether you checked the trainspotter's videos online. -Yeah, we have people on that. -Do you? Cos there are hundreds ` hundreds of them. I've just been... You chose me cos you thought I'd be easy to manipulate. Well, if I did I got that wrong. -I had hoped. -Look, you're no longer my boss! OK, you're not my boss, my mentor, my anything. So please just leave me alone. I understand. Good. I'll get the job done, sir. Yes, sir. Excuse me. Agent Hunter, we might be able to help you better if we knew who you were looking for. It's just hat the natives are getting restless out there, so... -Oh, am I not supposed to say that any more? -No. I'm sorry. It's just that people around here like to know who's running around their back yard ` that's all. Copy that. I heard about that boy's mom. -Yeah. -That must have been awful. Yeah. Until yesterday, I don't think I'd ever seen a dead body before. -Had you? -Yeah, my dad. -Oh, uh-- -It's OK. Just sorta hits close to home, you know? - Where is home? - Oh, well, that's a tough one. I was an army brat, then a brat of a single mom brat, then a foster care brat. You know, it's sort of just complicated. - How about you? - I'm just from Montreal. - So you speak French? Un petit peu. I'm from Mt Royal. I come from a long line of privilege on both sides. Well, it doesn't show. Thank you. Charlotte found a connection to Cole. Philip Hogan. I found his name on a list of victims. Right, and what is Philip Hogan's connection to Jordan Cole? He and John Cole started URSA in college. He was instrumental in the design of the automation software that ran the Apollo. (HELICOPTER WHIRRS OVERHEAD) - (PANTS) - (HELICOPTER WHIRRS OVERHEAD) OK. Eagle's made a sighting on Highway 5. Let's move out. CAR COMPUTER: Call from Kendra Malley. Ms Malley, I know you've been asking for access to the software. Yeah, I have, but that's not why I'm calling you, Mr Cole. I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but we've discovered somebody close to you died in the train crash last night. - Philip Hogan. - Yeah. I was just hoping against hope. The Apollo was just the beginning. Phil was the future. The world lost a visionary. Last night on TV, you mentioned that there were people that would celebrate the crash of the Apollo. - It was an emotional night. - Yeah, I understand that, but if there's anyone - that you think could be involved` - I don't know any more than you do. Thank you for letting me know about Phil. -Well, what'd he say? -Not much. (HELICOPTER WHIRRS OVERHEAD) OK, what have you got for me? Some farmhouses nearby, a lumber yard. He can't be far. Alpha to the lumber yard. Echo, take Crestfall Lane, and we'll take River Rd. Agent Hunter at the farm on Concession 59. - Going to do a sweep. - RT: Copy that. - Go round the back. (HENS CLUCK) (CREAK!) Damn. Nothing here. Check the perimeter. -You see anything? -Let's go inside. -You ready? -Yeah, all set. So, the simulation takes into account all derailment factors, and keep in mind, we've already established that the brakes were not functioning. -So slowing down isn't an option -Correct. OK. So, here's the train approaching the curve at 140mph, heading straight for the tanker. (BEEPS) -And it derails as expected. -Right. But look closer. I'm just gonna play it back in slow motion. Yeah, look, you see how the train is leaning as it goes through the bend? -Yes, it's listing too far. -Yeah, now, watch what happens when I remove the tanker from the equation entirely. Now speed is the only factor. (BEEPS) -Boom! -It derails anyway. Yep, as you suspected. The truck had absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the accident. Well, that should offer Walt Mack's widow some peace of mind. What was the truck doing there? -Hmm. -What are you thinking? What if Bill Ratch hadn't asked the train operator to speed up? Would that have made any difference? What, you mean if the train had been going 120mph, not 140? Yeah, did the extra 20mph make any difference? Well, let's see. It's the same result. Right. So brake failure is the one and only reason why the train left the tracks. But we already ruled out mechanical failure and human error. Yeah, so why didn't the brakes work the way they were supposed to? Maybe John Cole's software is not as flawless as he's letting on. - All clear here. We're on our way back. - RT: Copy that. (PHONE RINGS) I'm done answering questions. Well, actually, I was calling to let you know that we've ruled out increased speed - as a factor in the crash. - Hilarious. - I'm sorry? I just got the call ` the company fired me. And they're fighting to keep my pension too. Well, they have no right to do that. Really? Like you're not the one who dropped the load on me. You know, I would watch your back. Just heard you're ahead in the polls ` congratulations. Yeah, I'll celebrate when Governor Martin is hiring movers. Meanwhile, we have set up shop across the street there, till the ballots are cast, - which I see is gonna be dangerous for my diet. - Well, welcome to the neighbourhood. Thank you. How long you been here in Michigan, Gail? Oh, a few years before the Brights. We came up the Erie Canal in 1836. Oh, and my people were there to welcome you. You're the one who was warning people about the Apollo. - Sometimes I wish I wasn't right. You work the rails? - Until half an hour ago. 30 years I put in, for what? -Diana, car's waiting. -Hang on a minute. That's my son Richard, by the way. -And you are? -I'm Bill Ratch. Bill, hey. Diana. So, uh, tell me what happened. (DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (GROANS) (CELL PHONE RINGS) Dom, please tell me that you have something. I just texted you the Interpol file on Max O'Neill. He's not your typical cartel member. -How do you mean? -He's a Princeton grad. Owns his own investment management firm. - So he launders money for the cartel? - That would be my guess, yes. Carlos Ortega runs the Mataluna cartel. Max married his sister Maria. Carlos Ortega. That's the man that he said wanted to kill him. That's Max's brother-in-law? Maria was killed by a car bombing. Reports suggest a rival cartel sending a message. I mean, if he launders money, then maybe he's up for racketeering charges, extradited from Canada. So the marshals take him to Chicago for his arraignment? Yeah, but then why would he still be going to Chicago? It doesn't make any sense. I've gotta go. Speak to you later. -I need to borrow you for a minute. -What is it? Diana Bright pulled into the lead this morning, and the election's next week. - So? - By law, she's entitled to security briefings. -She wants to know everything. -That makes two of us. Come on in. Right this way, please. This is Kendra Malley. She's leading the crash investigation. - And getting good men fired, I hear. - I had nothing to do with that. Wasn't you that wrote that report saying the train was going too fast? -I did, but-- -Well, that did it. I just love your accent, by the way. I spent some time over there myself. - Smashing. - Richard Bright, Diana's campaign manager. And son. He forgets that part sometimes. So, ladies, who's running loose in Michigan at the moment? - Well, releasing the fugitive's name would put him in danger. - It would what? What about everyone else? Isn't everyone else in danger too? -Well, to some extent-- -Some?! Some is too much. So, who is he? What's his name? He is a Mataluna cartel associate. His name is Max O'Neill. -As in the Mexican cartel? -Yes. And I believe that Mr O'Neill is set to testify against the cartel. Isn't that right, Agent Hunter? Well, if he's gonna testify, why's he running? We'll ask him when he find him, ma'am. - And if this cartel finds him first? - Well, the case dies with him. That's why you understand the need to keep his whereabouts confidential. (SIGHS) Absolutely. Thank you, ladies. Thank you. How did you know O'Neill was gonna be a material witness? I have my ways. How did the cartel find out that Max was on the train? Someone in the FBI leak it? No, the leak was from outside the bureau. -How do you know? -I'm an FBI agent ` I have my ways. Kendra, there's someone's on the tip line asking for you, name's Bob. Patch it to my phone. Hello? I need your help. Don't bring the feds. Trust me, please. REPORTER: Diana Bright followed up her tweet today with a remarkable announcement. I am gonna tell you what the FBI won't. There is a fugitive on the run, he is armed and he is dangerous, so lock your doors, and keep your children safe. You came. I didn't think you would. Shouldn't we get you to the hospital? Please, just sit. You didn't tell the FBI you were coming, did you? No. Well, I guess you know who I am by now. Yeah, you clean money for the cartel. Now you're testifying against them. - Guess that is who I am. - What happened? My business partner... stole millions, and I found out. Just life savings from dozens of clients, and so I turned... to my brother-in-law for help. I told Carlos that I would launder his money for six months, until I made the money back. But there's no leaving the cartel. And now he's trying to kill me. You think Carlos crashed the train to stop you testifying against him? Right after the crash, I saw a man stumble out of the car behind me. My height, my build. Someone approached him. I thought he was trying to help the guy, but then he snapped his neck. (CRACK!) You think Carlos had a hitman waiting to ensure that you didn't survive. Did you get a good look at the murderer? -No. -OK. -You should come with me. -No, I can't. -The FBI are gonna-- -(CAR APPROACHES) - What? - Someone's here. - What? All right, are you OK to go out through the front, and I'll meet you on the road, OK? OK. (GRUNTS) -What the hell? -I'm a federal agent. - I'm just checking the house for a fugitive. - You can't do that! -I can. -Get back here! -(CELL PHONE RINGS) -Hey, Kendra. -Have you released the victims' bodies? Yeah. The first ones are going out now. You need to stop them. They need to be re-examined. -For what? -Strangulation. Hey, hey, hey, guys, wait. (COUGHS) (GUNSHOT) Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air.