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- Commercial fire within city

limits at Archer high school.

Be advised, we have reports

of gunshots at at the scene,

possibly inside the building.

- High school, with fire showing

on the second floor inside

and the roof of the building.

- We have a fire.

- Go, go, go!

- Oh, my god.

- Can you get up?

- I can't feel my legs.

- Line to the main door.

- Here we go, move it, move it!

- I can't believe

I never saw it before.

What I did was wrong.

- Take that line out that way,

over there.

- Gary, you hold line somehow.

- This whole place

is about to blow.

- I didn't think it would end

this way.

Wait.

- Be advised,

we have an explosion,

possible chemical fire,

second floor, "a" side.

Upgrade to second alarm.

- After what

you've just been through,

you're lucky to be alive.

I'm not so sure you can say the

same about your friend, though.

- Huh?

- I'm sorry.

Uh, if you remember

anything more,

just, uh,

have your foster parents

get ahold of me, okay?

- According to chief Irwin,

it was one of the worst chemical

fires he's seen in many years.

The weather

wasn't cooperating, either,

forcing the firefighters to work

in subzero temperatures.

Lucy Vander,

a substitute teacher,

was also one of the volunteers

helping put out the Blaze.

- It was heartbreaking to see

the school like this, uh,

but I mostly think about

the families

and, uh, their loved ones

at this time.

- The mysterious fire has left

Archer high school shut down

pending an investigation.

- That Tammand girl's suicide

last year, and now this.

I mean, you see these things

happening at other schools.

You just...

You just never imagine it

happening at your own.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, well, we're doing the best

we can under the circumstances.

- Oh, it's right there?

- Thank you.

- Principal Donato?

- Hold on one second.

You shouldn't be here. We'll

be issuing a statement later.

It's the press.

- I'm from Phil Benson's office.

- Teresa,

I'm gonna have to, uh...

I'm gonna have to call you

right back.

Well, uh, where's...

Where's Phil?

- He's tied up with the mayor.

- Who... who are you?

- I'm the associate counsel

under Mr. Benson.

- Really?

What, are you fresh out

of law school?

This is a big deal,

you understand?

- Principal...

- Yes?

- I am here to take care of this,

and I need you to cooperate,

understand?

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have said that.

Uh, I'm a little out of sorts

with everything

that's going on here today.

Uh, let me just go get

the files.

- Great, I'll be right here.

- I don't even want to think

about the settlement.

When they're done with us,

Archer's bank account

is gonna make us look like

we're located in the projects.

- Will the parents sue?

- The parents

are out of the picture.

Foster care.

But you better believe

that once this thing leaks,

every ambulance-chasing,

blood-sucking attorney

in the state

is gonna be calling this kid.

No offense.

- I'm here to build a case that

Alex's own poor decision-making

led us to this situation.

As a result, any publicity or

threats of lawsuit will go away.

In here?

- Yeah, yeah.

- Thank you.

- Hello, Alex.

- Is my paperwork done yet?

- Not yet.

- Alex, this is Laura Sedgewick.

She, uh...

She wants to talk to you

about last night.

- I already talked to the police.

- I-I work for the school board.

It, uh, won't be a problem

if we talk here in private

for a little while, will it?

- No, I'll check with

the detective, but, uh...

-there won't be a problem?

- No, no.

The, uh, phone lines are down,

so if you need me,

I'm... On channel 2.

I'll just leave you two alone,

then.

- I already told the police

everything I know.

- I doubt that.

- When my paperwork comes

through, I'm allowed to leave.

- I see you're in foster care.

That means that every aspect

of your transfer

has to go through

social services,

and I'm sure you're aware

of how efficient they can be.

I need you to tell me

every single detail,

even the ones you didn't tell

the police.

- I told you,

I told the police everything.

- How do I even know

you're not a cop?

- Here's my card.

Other than that, you're just

gonna have to trust me.

I'm gonna be blunt.

The sooner you're out of the

school system, the better.

But before I can allow that

to happen,

I need to know everything.

Everything.

Off the record.

And what if I don't have

anything to say?

- Well, that's your prerogative,

but I will warn you

that it could make the rest of your

formative years extremely difficult.

- W-what exactly... Do you want?

- We can start

from the beginning.

- It all started a few weeks ago.

Looking around

that detention room,

it was as unlikely a group

as you'd ever find.

A class president,

his popular girlfriend,

two of the biggest troublemakers

in the school...

And me.

- This is all your fault.

- No talking.

- Then it's gonna be hard

for her.

- I said, no talking!

- Very nice, guys.

Just great.

Really.

No defense,

no pleas of innocence?

Is someone gonna at least try?

Yes, Cameron.

- I have no idea what this

is about, Mr. Connor.

- "A" for effort, Cameron.

You see, the answer key to the

midterm was stolen last week.

Now, when this was brought

to my attention,

my first thought was, great,

now I have to write

a new 250-question test.

But then I realized that

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