EPISODE

16. Protest

An anti-war bombing which kills an innocent man becomes personal when the investigation reveals surprising information about Don and Charlie's father's past.

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A pedestrian is killed when a homemade bomb explodes under a car outside of a downtown Army recruiting center. The investigation reveals that a similar bombing that killed two people at a Vietnam War-era ROTC office occurred exactly 35 years earlier, and the retired agent ( Robert Forster ) that investigated the first bombing becomes part of the current inquiry. Things take a turn when Don discovers that his father was a member of an anti-war group believed to have been associated with the bombings. Other guest stars include Concetta Tomei and Patrick J. Adams. Mathematics used: Graph theory, Ramsey numbers and recursive sequence

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