The Rookie Season 8 Episode 4

Salmon Film Production

2 days ago

Transcript

00:00Hey, you're not nervous I'm going to embarrass you in front of your old captain, are you?

00:06Of course not. I don't know why I'm so anxious.

00:08Russ has always been one of my biggest champions.

00:10He's the one that pushed me to go to Officer Kennedy's squad for my first tour.

00:14Well, I'm sure he's not coming all the way to L.A.

00:16so that he could tell you he's disappointed with you.

00:18I just wish he would give me some sort of idea what this is about, but that's Russ.

00:22There she is!

00:23Hey, Russ! It's so good to see you!

00:27John Nolan.

00:27Colonel Russell Wilkes, please, call me Russ.

00:31It's a pleasure to finally meet the man behind the story.

00:33Yeah, likewise. Sit down.

00:36Really appreciate you being here, John.

00:38No, I didn't give away too much over the phone, but what I'm here to discuss would affect both your lives.

00:43Seems only fair to include you in the conversation.

00:45The SecDef has tasked me with putting together a working group inside the Pentagon.

00:49Wow.

00:50A team of my own choosing, they will spearhead and bring the battlefield medicine into the 22nd century.

00:55It's the most consequential assignment of my career.

00:57And you are the first person I'm asking to be a part of this.

01:03I mean, it's an honor just to be nominated.

01:06Totally.

01:06Russ is a genius.

01:08He could recruit anyone for this working group.

01:10And the fact that he called me first, I mean, that's pretty great.

01:14Yeah, 100%.

01:15That's so cool.

01:16But, I mean, our life is perfect right now.

01:19There's no way we're messing that up.

01:20No way.

01:21It's perfect.

01:22Police, get down.

01:30This is Bailey Noon, L-E-F-D.

01:31I need an R-A to Central Station Market.

01:34We have a male GSW victim.

01:36He's been shot in the head, in the back.

01:37Two suspects.

01:38Black hoodies, masks, and pants.

01:40One headed east towards Broadway in pursuit of second suspect.

01:44Move, move.

02:14When I'm right here.

02:15Letting you sleep.

02:16That's sweet.

02:17Wait, are you looking at real estate?

02:20We have to upgrade.

02:22We need more room.

02:23A second.

02:24Tub, a closet that fits all our clothes.

02:27I mean, yeah, sure, that would be nice.

02:28But we created our family here.

02:31Which I love.

02:32But now we're bursting at the seams.

02:34And Mama's ready to crack open that trust fund and get crazy.

02:37I'm not sure I like the sound of that.

02:39Tough.

02:39We have money.

02:41Uh, no.

02:42We have some money.

02:43But housing prices in a lair are insane.

02:48I guess it couldn't hurt to see what's out there.

02:50I love that you've learned to roll with me rather than resisting.

02:53Yes, you have successfully broken my spirit.

02:56Yay.

02:56Quakey before the kiss, Micah?

03:01Oh, um...

03:03Mom, come here!

03:10Too late.

03:11I like this one.

03:12I bet you could hang a swing set from that tree right there in the back.

03:16That was my favorite until I saw this.

03:19It has a pool and a gym and a screening room.

03:23Wait, hold up.

03:24You got screening room kind of money?

03:26Depends on which one of us you ask.

03:28Wesley is the king of frugality.

03:30So he would definitely say no.

03:31But I lived on credit cards until I met him.

03:33So I'm way more comfortable pushing the envelope.

03:36Hey, Nolan.

03:37Did you tell Officer Hart that the shooters last night were furries?

03:42No.

03:43I said they were wearing hoodies.

03:45Are you taking the case?

03:46Yeah.

03:46Do you mind just walking us through it?

03:47Yeah.

03:48Bailey and I were coming back from dinner at Central Station Market.

03:51Date night?

03:52No.

03:52Her former commanding officer came to offer her a job.

03:55A Pentagon think tank.

03:57Wow.

03:58You really married outside of your league.

03:59I know, right?

04:00So is she going to take it?

04:01No.

04:02It would mean relocating to D.C.

04:03So it's a non-starter for us.

04:05I mean, it might be a non-starter for you.

04:07But I guarantee that your overachiever of a wife is seriously thinking about it.

04:10No.

04:11Actually, she was laughing it off when we talked about,

04:14Oh, my God.

04:15She's actually thinking about it.

04:16Seriously.

04:17Okay.

04:17Well, no.

04:18If that's something she really wants to do,

04:20Relocating to D.C. could be cool.

04:22It's not.

04:22I spent time there during my joint ops days.

04:25It took me about three weeks to unclench every time I came home.

04:28Thank you for that insight.

04:30So, any clarity on the victim?

04:32Fred Wilson, 48, CPA, married, no kids, no criminal record.

04:37Making him an unlikely candidate for a targeted assassination.

04:40Is there anything else about the shooters that you didn't give heart?

04:44Sorry.

04:44I did not get a good look at them.

04:46What about CCTV?

04:47Anything there?

04:48They were pretty covered up.

04:50But, take a look at this.

04:58Looks like the letter's SF.

05:00That would make him Southern Front.

05:01No visible tattoos on the second shooter.

05:05Huh.

05:06Yeah.

05:06So, why would a member of a white supremacist gang partner up with a black man to execute

05:11a civilian in broad daylight?

05:13Told you he'd spot it.

05:14You trained him well.

05:15Could be that our innocent CPA was helping the Southern Front launder money, or maybe he

05:21had a drug problem and owed them money.

05:23We're trying to get the ME to rush the talk screen, but he's dodging our calls.

05:27Oh, say no more.

05:28I'll go deliver the ask in person.

05:29Let me collect my boot.

05:33Hey.

05:34Do you know what this is?

05:36An iron?

05:37You know what it's not?

05:38A machete.

05:39I am due in court in two hours to testify about a man attacking people on a bus with a machete.

05:44Okay.

05:44Something must have got switched around in the evidence locker.

05:46We'll figure it out.

05:46No, no.

05:47The case is time not waived.

05:48If we don't find it fast, that psycho is going to be let free.

05:51Okay, have you told the prosecutor?

05:53No.

05:54It's Wesley, and I am just trying to keep him in blissful ignorance as long as possible.

05:58Help me.

05:59That's the case number.

06:00No, I know, but it's wrong.

06:02The case number isn't wrong.

06:03The item might be wrong, but numbers are just numbers.

06:08Fine.

06:09So the point is, I have to be at court, and I need that machete, like, ASAP.

06:15Case number?

06:16Oh, okay.

06:17We're not going to find it by using the case number.

06:19The number's got switched.

06:20Well, if you don't have the case number, then I can't help you.

06:22Oh, Wesley's going to kill me.

06:23It's, uh, relax.

06:24Maybe it's just a typo, right?

06:27The first eight numbers are the date.

06:28The crime was on January 20th.

06:30Try 2010-2026.

06:36Try 0201-2026.

06:41Wow.

06:422001-2025.

06:43Are you sure you used the new data entry procedure?

06:50We changed it a few months ago.

06:52Of course I did.

06:53I keep...

06:54But I wasn't the one who logged the entry because you wouldn't approve the overtime.

06:59I had Smitty do it.

07:00What the hell is your problem?

07:05Uh, good morning.

07:06I have bent over backwards to treat you well, and this is how you'd be paying me.

07:10I don't...

07:11I'm sorry.

07:11I don't know what's happening right now.

07:12Like hell.

07:13You know, your little innocent act would be a lot more believable if they weren't in your office.

07:17Just know this.

07:18If you go through with it, I will do everything in my power to absolutely destroy you.

07:22Hi, who are you?

07:31What are you doing in my office, and why has it sent Vivian into a rage spiral?

07:34Rita Sanchez, this is Bradley Wirth.

07:37We work with the Democratic Party, and we want you to run for district attorney.

07:41And that would make sense.

07:43That's a hard no for me, by the way, but thanks for stopping by.

07:45Look, you obviously know that Vivian Eckhart's running on a post since Del Monte dropped out of the race.

07:49Yeah, but that was a month ago.

07:50Why come to me now?

07:51Well, candidly, we've been having a hard time finding someone to take up his mantle.

07:56So I'm your last choice?

07:58Hardly.

08:01Look, Mr. Evers, I wish there was time for us to do our usual dance of seduction and ego stroking,

08:07but as you rightly pointed out, we're up against it.

08:09The deadline to enter this race is in three days.

08:11And Vivian becoming DA is worst-case scenario for the people of the city.

08:14I mean, she has the most regressive record in your office.

08:17Oh, I agree, but there's zero chance of me beating her.

08:19I was temporarily disbarred.

08:20Because of your dealings with Elijah Stone, we know.

08:23Yeah, and we are prepared to embrace that.

08:25I mean, you're a hero who put his life and career on the line to take down a very dangerous kingpin.

08:30Voters love a man who's willing to stand up for what's right.

08:32Not to mention, you're married to a cop, which automatically makes you a more attractive candidate to anyone worried that progressive means soft on crime.

08:40Look, I don't want Vivian to win any more than you do, but I...

08:44But nothing.

08:45A Vivian victory will hurt a lot of people.

08:47And right now, you're our last hope at stopping her.

08:50It may be a long shot, but isn't it worth the risk?

08:52I thought you didn't have time to stroke my ego.

08:59You have to let me see him.

09:01I don't, actually.

09:02On TV, the family has to identify the body.

09:04Yeah, we don't do that anymore.

09:06That's right, ma'am.

09:08It's no longer policy.

09:09But trust me, it's for the best.

09:11Seeing your loved one like that, it changes how you remember them forever.

09:16I don't understand.

09:18Fred was a saint.

09:20Why would someone want to kill him?

09:21Well, that's what we're trying to figure out.

09:24He's really dead?

09:27Yes, ma'am.

09:27I'm afraid so.

09:28And we are so sorry for your loss.

09:31Okay.

09:37Thanks for the assist.

09:39Grief makes people a little crazy, and I don't like dealing with them when they're normal.

09:43Why?

09:43You work with the dead, I suppose.

09:47Uh, anything jump out at you, the preliminary autopsy?

09:50No, a run-of-the-mill gun homicide.

09:52The bullet to the head killed him instantly, but the shot to the body was fatal as well.

09:56Any signs of drug use?

09:57No, but the talk screen is underway.

10:00I'll let Harper and Lopez know the second it comes in.

10:03Perfect.

10:03Thank you very much.

10:04Yeah.

10:05I once had a widower insist on seeing his wife's body back when I was in Sugar Land.

10:09Ended up suing the city for mental anguish.

10:11Did he win?

10:12No.

10:13Case got dismissed when he was convicted of her murder.

10:15What?

10:19Lance, let her go.

10:20Whoa!

10:20Hey!

10:20Hi!

10:21Hi!

10:21It's all good.

10:22She's fine.

10:23I'm fine.

10:24Yeah.

10:25I can see that.

10:26But two minutes ago, you were grieving.

10:28I'm still grieving.

10:29It manifests itself in unknowable ways.

10:32Right.

10:32But you brought your boyfriend to help you identify your husband's body?

10:35Well, I needed emotional support.

10:39She's very sensitive.

10:41Yeah.

10:41Well, you can emotionally support each other on the way to the station.

10:44Let's go.

10:45Oh.

10:45This way.

10:46This way?

10:47This way?

10:47Yes.

10:47Okay.

10:48Put your hands down.

10:48Yes, sir.

10:49Wow.

10:49I know this looks bad.

10:54Understatement.

10:55Your husband was murdered, and in less than 24 hours, you were getting busy with your side

10:59piece down the hall from his body.

11:02I didn't even want to be there.

11:04I told Faith it would look weird, but she insisted.

11:08So you were just trying to be a good boyfriend?

11:11Todd is a terrible boyfriend.

11:14He's a lot of fun, but anything that requires emotional depth.

11:17Okay.

11:17What about Fred?

11:18What was he like?

11:19He was always super cool any time that I came by.

11:23You're saying Fred knew about the affair?

11:25It wasn't an affair.

11:26It was an open marriage.

11:29The whole thing was Fred's idea.

11:31Guy wanted a little bit of peace.

11:33Is it possible that Todd wanted you all to himself?

11:36Listen, I am twice divorced.

11:39I am still paying alimony to the first.

11:42I am not trying to put a ring on it.

11:44There's a reason why Todd is divorced.

11:48Todd is a good time, like Coney Island.

11:52Fred, on the other hand, was deep and soulful and romantic.

12:01Like Paris.

12:04Coney Island is fun to visit, but you don't move there.

12:08Oh, her Paris.

12:09What do you think?

12:10I think people are crazy.

12:12But neither of them is a physical match for the shooters.

12:15Still doesn't rule out murder for hire.

12:17Oh, yeah.

12:18Did you put Wesley up to this?

12:20No idea what you're talking about, but if it's pissing you off, I'm happy to take credit.

12:25If he insists on moving forward, I can't guarantee that I'll be able to keep you out of the crossfire.

12:32Did she just threaten me?

12:33Sure seems like it.

12:35But why?

12:36I have no idea, but I'm going to find out.

12:39Oh, husband.

12:41You only call me husband when you're mad.

12:43What did I do?

12:44You tell me.

12:45Vivian just stopped by.

12:46She told you I was running for DA.

12:48Wait, you're running for DA?

12:50Since when?

12:51No, no, no.

12:51Wait.

12:52It got sprung on me this morning.

12:53What does that mean?

12:54Some people came to talk to me about taking over Sean's campaign.

12:56And you told them no.

12:58I did.

12:58Initially, but...

13:01But now you're thinking about it?

13:03I mean, I'd at least like to discuss it.

13:05But I am supposed to be on my way to court right now.

13:08Only Lucy texted to tell me that our key piece of evidence is missing.

13:11So is there any chance that we can just table this until tonight?

13:13Fine, but only because yelling at you in the bullpen might come across as unprofessional.

13:18I love you.

13:24Everything okay?

13:25Are you free for dinner tonight?

13:27Depends.

13:27Can I bring James?

13:28As long as you tell him he has to be Team Lopez on the penalty of death.

13:33I will be sure to prep him.

13:36I remember Lucy gave me the machete and I longed it like I always do.

13:40Okay, so that right there is the problem, Smitty.

13:42The system changed.

13:44Most of the world uses day, month, year.

13:46Month, day, year was causing all of these issues for us with our international cases,

13:50which is why we switched.

13:51You know, didn't you read the memo?

13:54Sorry, wait.

13:55I just heard that out loud.

13:56Of course you did.

13:57Important memos are always covered in the roll call.

14:00Why do I have a panicked ADA knocking on my door to ask for my help to find a missing machete?

14:06Because Smitty was enlisting when he went over the change in how we filed case numbers.

14:11What, the day, month, year thing?

14:12Yeah.

14:13I didn't go over it.

14:14My last day as watch commander was crazy.

14:16I left it for you to do.

14:17I thought you handled it.

14:18Oh, it's not my fault.

14:19It's yours.

14:20Everyone got the memo.

14:21It's still your fault, Smitty.

14:23Well, it's still on him for trusting me.

14:24I didn't trust you.

14:25I thought he covered it, and I just didn't follow up.

14:27I can't believe I dropped the ball out.

14:28I don't care whose fault it is.

14:30I need the machete.

14:32Smitty used the old system, right?

14:34Try 01-20-20-26.

14:36I can't.

14:38It's a drop-down menu.

14:39There's no 20th month.

14:40What, so you can enter the 20th month, but you can't retrieve the 20th month?

14:43Correct.

14:43No, that's wrong.

14:44It shouldn't work that way.

14:45But that is how it works.

14:47Wesley says the judge is losing his patience.

14:51If he can't produce the evidence, he's prepared to dismiss the case.

14:54Guys, this is bigger than one case.

14:56Everything Smitty log has been misfiled, going back two months.

15:01Did the widow shed some light?

15:02Not exactly, but her doorbell cam did.

15:04This is from two days ago.

15:06The car is registered to a Ryder Frost, known member of the Southern Front.

15:10Well, that tattoo is a match.

15:11Definitely could be our shooter.

15:13Any idea who the other fellow is?

15:14Not yet, but it's tasked with 54th Street Gang.

15:16Besides the racial element, don't SF and the 5-4 compete for the same meth business?

15:21They did up until a few months ago when the Armenians pushed Southern Front further into the valley.

15:25But they are certainly not allies.

15:27They case the garage, but not the house.

15:30Any idea what they were looking for?

15:31We've got a last known for Ryder.

15:32We're hoping you go ask him.

15:43Wait.

15:49Control and pursuit of sauce and back up.

15:51Dream Royal Lake Apartments and back up.

15:52Coming up again.

15:59Come on, come on.

16:00You want to come out and sing it in your door.

16:05You can't tell I'm all in my fake candy.

16:07Come on.

16:08Come on.

16:09Yeah!

16:10Yeah!

16:11Yeah!

16:12Yeah!

16:13Yeah!

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16:24Yeah!

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16:26Yeah!

16:27Yeah!

16:28Yeah!

16:29All right.

16:30There's nowhere to go.

16:31Put your hands on your head.

16:32Down on your knees.

16:38Wait!

16:39Stop!

16:40Stop!

16:41Stop!

16:42Stop!

16:43Stop!

16:44Stop!

16:45Stop!

16:46Stop!

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16:55Stop!

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16:58Stop!

16:59Stop!

17:00Stop!

17:01Stop!

17:02Stop!

17:03and so we just made the math work,

17:04and 12 months plus 8 is August 2027.

17:07Cases from 21st become September of next year, and so on.

17:10This is unbelievable.

17:11The judge granted a continuance,

17:13but we need the machete by noon tomorrow.

17:15Yep, don't worry. We will have it.

17:16I'll stick around. I'll feel responsible.

17:18It's completely on me.

17:19I don't should have clarified.

17:20You are on your way out.

17:21Okay, you guys are both Spartacus, okay?

17:23Let's please start opening the boxes.

17:25Are you coming?

17:25No.

17:28Russ, I thought you had a flight to catch.

17:30I do, but I couldn't leave L.A. without making one last appeal.

17:33Well, I guess you better come in, then.

17:37Oh!

17:39You've really made a nice life for yourself here, noon.

17:43I can see why you'd hesitate before giving it up,

17:47but anything I can say to convince you?

17:52Can I ask why?

17:53I'm not a doctor or a scientist.

17:56I don't have a Ph.D.

17:57Why are you asking me?

17:59Maybe you've been around long enough

18:00to know that having a few extra letters after your name

18:02doesn't make you a genius.

18:03I also know that if I bring you a problem,

18:05you won't rest until you've looked at it

18:07from every conceivable angle, twice,

18:09before bringing me a solution.

18:11But what if I can't find a solution?

18:13Hell, girl, that's why they call it a think tank.

18:15It does me no good to have a bunch of identical people

18:17with identical viewpoints looking in identical directions.

18:22Baseball team can't be all pitchers.

18:23You need somebody to play shortstop.

18:25All right.

18:26I'm going to miss my flight if I don't get going.

18:28So, you know, take a few days to think about it.

18:30Talk it over with your man.

18:32Don't call me.

18:33I will.

18:36You know, Noon, if you don't want the job

18:38because it's not the right fit or the right time,

18:41that's fine.

18:41I get it.

18:42But deciding that you're not good enough

18:44before somebody else can,

18:46that's the coward's way.

18:49And I know you're not a coward.

18:51No, sir.

18:53I'm not.

18:58Giddy up.

19:05Yeah.

19:06All right.

19:08Okay, thanks for the update.

19:10Suspect in the Central Station Market shooting

19:12fell to his death.

19:13That's awful.

19:14Yeah, guy thought he was an action hero

19:15trying to leap between two buildings.

19:17Any leads on the second shooter?

19:18No, but the brass has been blown up my phone.

19:20You know, a guy falls to his death

19:21in a police pursuit,

19:22everyone's got questions.

19:25Captain.

19:26Always a pleasure.

19:28I do not miss that.

19:30I don't think I've seen him sleep

19:31more than four consecutive hours

19:32since he took this job.

19:33I know being sidelined for the president's visit

19:35shook him up.

19:37And even though it was more of a CYA decision

19:39by the brass,

19:40an indictment on his performance,

19:43the optics weren't great for him.

19:44Do you think he should be worried?

19:45I think that watch commander

19:47is a thinkless job.

19:49You're not in the field,

19:50but you're responsible

19:50for every knucklehead that is.

19:52Patrol officers want resources

19:53you can't give them.

19:54The brass expects results

19:55that you realistically can't produce.

19:58And when there's bad press

20:00and they're looking for a head to roll.

20:01Right, I don't think of it that way.

20:03Because I made it look easy.

20:06You'll get the hang of it.

20:11The machete!

20:12Yes!

20:13I gotta call Wesley.

20:14I'll wait a minute on that.

20:22Hey, that sounds horrible.

20:24It wasn't pretty.

20:25That's for sure.

20:26Nolan and I barely had time to twist

20:28before it was all over.

20:29So where does that leave the case?

20:32Still trying to ID the second shooter.

20:33Hey, did you know the Armenians

20:39pushed the southern front's mass trade

20:40deeper into the...

20:41Deeper into the valley?

20:42Yep.

20:42Happened a few months ago.

20:43I just want to write every gang report

20:45the department puts out

20:46and I haven't seen anything about that.

20:47Yeah, see, those reports

20:48only get you so far.

20:49I mean, the best information

20:51is usually through word of mouth,

20:53which is great for me

20:54because I know people

20:55from all over the city.

20:57Well, how could I compete with that

20:58when I just got here?

20:59It takes time to cultivate

21:00that kind of trust.

21:01True, but I mean,

21:03you'd be shocked by what

21:04some of these low-level game makers

21:05put on social media.

21:07The Ellie Gang subreddit

21:08is a great resource.

21:10Look, I gotta stay up anyway.

21:11I've got a 2 a.m. Zoom date with Raj.

21:14Why don't I show you

21:15some of my favorite accounts to follow?

21:17Who knows?

21:17You might see something on Ryder.

21:20All right, let's go, coach.

21:21I'm ready.

21:24Hey, good to see ya.

21:25You too.

21:25How you doing?

21:26Thought we might need this.

21:27Ooh, very thoughtful.

21:30What do you guys think?

21:31Should we crack it now

21:32or save it for dinner?

21:32My vote is now.

21:34Okay.

21:34And don't be stingy

21:35with the pores.

21:38Everyone clear on the plan?

21:39Oh, yes, yes.

21:40James Snow's agreed

21:41with everything you say

21:42and keep the starry-eyed

21:44reformer talk on our minimum.

21:46Perfect.

21:47Operation Kill a Dream

21:48as it go.

21:49Mm-hmm.

21:50He has a point.

21:51We complain all the time

21:52about undocumented witnesses

21:54being too scared

21:55to testify.

21:56Instituting a policy

21:57that would protect them

21:58from deportation,

21:59that would be a game changer.

22:01I thought we were supposed

22:02to be Team Lopez.

22:04I know, but it's a good idea.

22:05I'm not saying

22:06it's not a good idea,

22:07but I think we're getting away

22:09from the larger point,

22:10which is we'd be opening

22:12our lives up

22:12to public scrutiny,

22:13which would be hard enough

22:15for you and me,

22:16and I worry what it'll do

22:18to the kids.

22:19So do I.

22:21But I also want them

22:22to grow up knowing

22:23that their father

22:24is willing to fight

22:24for the rights of everybody,

22:26even when it's difficult.

22:27Hey, ma'am.

22:29What?

22:30You started it.

22:31Think of what I'd be

22:32in the position

22:32to influence as the DA.

22:34I could end cash bail,

22:36expand victim services,

22:38emphasize counseling.

22:40Institutional change

22:41is always hard.

22:42Right, but does that mean

22:43that I shouldn't try?

22:44What about the house?

22:46Yeah, well,

22:47we would probably

22:47have to wait on that.

22:48I mean, optics would...

22:49And you'd be fine

22:50letting public perception

22:51dictate how we live our lives?

22:53In service of real reform?

22:57Maybe.

22:58Real change requires sacrifice,

23:00but I would not do it

23:02at the expense of our family.

23:03I would need to know

23:04that you were on board.

23:05100%.

23:05Hello.

23:10Whoa.

23:12Something smells good.

23:13Because I cooked.

23:16More than cooked.

23:17Candles?

23:18Should I be worried?

23:19No, not at all.

23:20I just know you had

23:21a really hard day

23:22and I wanted to do

23:23something nice for you.

23:24Oh.

23:25Uh-huh.

23:27And, uh,

23:28what do you really want

23:29in exchange for this

23:30totally no-strings-attached feast?

23:33A conversation

23:35about D.C.

23:37I didn't know

23:38we needed to have one.

23:39I know,

23:40and that is my fault,

23:41but all day,

23:43I have not been able

23:44to get this idea

23:45out of my head.

23:47And Russ stopped by

23:48on the way to the airport

23:49and gave me his final appeal

23:51and it made me question

23:52why I was so quick

23:55to shut it down.

23:56Well...

23:57And before you tell me no

23:58or give me 100 reasons

23:59why it won't work,

24:00all I ask

24:01is that you spend some time

24:03to explore the idea.

24:05And by that you mean...

24:06see what transferring

24:07to D.C. police

24:08would look like.

24:09Make some calls,

24:11ask some questions,

24:12kick the tires.

24:13And what if we come

24:15to different conclusions?

24:16We abort the mission.

24:18Either we're both in

24:19or we're both out.

24:21We need both keys

24:21to launch a torpedoes.

24:22Yes.

24:24What do you think?

24:25I think I want you

24:30to be happy

24:31and if this is something

24:33you want,

24:34then I will do

24:34everything I can

24:36from my end

24:36to see if it's feasible.

24:40We're in this together.

24:47Is it just me

24:48or are these numbers

24:49starting to blend together?

24:50It is not just you.

24:52Everything okay

24:53with the prize?

24:54Ryder's death

24:54was ruled an accident

24:56but there's always a chance

24:57they could reopen the case

24:58or blame me

25:00for this whole

25:00evidence-logging mess.

25:02Hey, just take the win.

25:03You're right.

25:06Look, I swear,

25:07if I lose watch command

25:08because of Smitty...

25:09That's not gonna happen.

25:10I have been manifesting

25:12that we will find

25:13this machete all day.

25:14Manifesting?

25:15Mm-hmm.

25:15God, I got you away

25:16from waters just in time.

25:18No.

25:21You gotta be kidding me.

25:22Hmm?

25:24Oh, my God.

25:29This is it!

25:30This is it!

25:31Thank God.

25:32All right, let's go home.

25:33Okay.

25:34Woo!

25:36Wait, where are you?

25:38A yurt in Finland.

25:39The Northern Lights

25:40have been amazing

25:42the last few nights.

25:43Jealous.

25:43I know.

25:44I wish you were here

25:44to see them with me.

25:45Me too.

25:46I miss you.

25:47Hey, Selena,

25:48I might have found something.

25:49So, Ryder...

25:50Is that Miles?

25:50Hey, Miles.

25:51Hey, man.

25:52How's the Great White North?

25:53He saw the Aurora.

25:54Oh, cool.

25:55Who's Ryder?

25:55A suspect in a murder.

25:57Well, that sounds important.

25:57Do you need to go?

25:58No.

25:59Just give me one second.

26:01What's up?

26:02Okay, so I was looking

26:03through Ryder's jewelry file.

26:04Between the ages of 9 to 14,

26:06he lived in four

26:06different foster homes.

26:08One was located

26:08in the 54th Street territory.

26:10Foster parents were

26:11Mabel and Raphael Sinclair.

26:13Now, Raphael died

26:14a few years ago

26:14heart attack.

26:15But look at

26:16what I found on Mabel.

26:22Babe, I'm sorry.

26:23I gotta go.

26:24No worries.

26:24Have fun solving your murder.

26:26We will.

26:30This is Mabel Sinclair.

26:32Most of the kids

26:33in the neighborhood

26:34just call her mom.

26:35Since they know

26:36whatever they need,

26:36food, a place to stay,

26:38clean clothes,

26:38Mabel will hook them up.

26:39Well, last week,

26:40Mabel was a victim

26:41of a hit and run

26:42while crossing her street.

26:43Witnesses saw

26:44Orette's sedan

26:44speeding away from the scene,

26:46but no arrests

26:46have been made.

26:47Anyone care to guess

26:48what kind of car

26:49Fred Wilson drove?

26:50Orette, Cameron.

26:51So you think

26:52Fred hit Mabel?

26:53Oh, more than that.

26:54Selena ran his vent

26:55and found the body shop

26:56doing the repairs

26:57on his car.

26:58The bumper tested

26:59positive for blood.

27:01French sticks

27:01are running the sample.

27:02What's Ryder's

27:03connection to this woman?

27:04Oh, Mabel

27:04was his foster mother.

27:05That's the second shooter.

27:10That is

27:10Keeson Holmes, 22,

27:12proud member of the 5-4

27:13and former foster brother

27:15to Ryder Frost.

27:16So they murdered

27:17Fred Wilson

27:17as revenge

27:18for killing Mabel.

27:20Well, Mabel wasn't dead.

27:25All I remember

27:26is going out

27:28to bring my trash cans

27:29in and then

27:30waking up here

27:32and they told me

27:32it was a hit and run.

27:34Unfortunately,

27:35the man suspected

27:36of hitting you

27:36with his car

27:37was murdered.

27:38We have reason

27:39to believe

27:39your former foster sons,

27:41Ryder Frost

27:41and Kingston Holmes

27:43want a revenge

27:44for what happened to you.

27:46It was painful enough

27:47losing Ryder

27:49and Kingston

27:49to the streets.

27:50I don't think

27:51I can take

27:52knowing that

27:52they killed a man

27:54because of me.

27:56We're very sorry,

27:58but I'm afraid

27:59that's not all.

28:00Ryder died yesterday

28:01trying to jump

28:02between rooftops.

28:03They were just

28:04hurt little boys

28:06underneath it all,

28:07you know?

28:08When Ryder

28:09first came to us,

28:11he was

28:11so shut down.

28:15He barely said

28:17two words to me

28:18that first month.

28:19At Kingston,

28:20he always had

28:21this way about him,

28:23this lightness,

28:26even after all

28:27he'd been through.

28:27but then

28:31they started to do

28:34everything together

28:36and bit by bit

28:38I got to see Ryder

28:42for the sweet,

28:44sensitive boy he was.

28:46What happened?

28:48Ryder's mom

28:49came back into the picture

28:50with her skinhead boyfriend

28:53and once he was gone,

28:55all of Kingston's

28:57light went with him.

28:59He started to

29:01act out,

29:03getting in trouble

29:04and he was finally

29:07put away on some

29:09trumped up

29:10vandalism charge

29:12and then

29:13he joined

29:15the gang

29:16in prison

29:17and suddenly

29:20the two boys

29:23I saw

29:23become brothers

29:25were turned

29:27into mortal enemies

29:29by the streets.

29:31I'm sorry

29:31for how much pain

29:32this has caused you,

29:33but we like to bring

29:34Kingston in

29:35without any more

29:36bloodshed.

29:37Do you have any way

29:38of contacting him?

29:39What do you want me

29:44to say?

29:47Hey, the judge

29:48signed off on the wiretap.

29:49We should be good

29:49to go on a few.

29:50Great.

29:51What you were saying

29:52yesterday about D.C.

29:54and needing to

29:55unclench

29:56can't be that bad,

29:57right?

29:59Alright, maybe I've just

30:00been spoiled

30:01by L.A.

30:02I'm sure the city

30:03has a lot of great

30:04things about it,

30:04but from what I saw,

30:06being a cop there

30:07just means a lot

30:08of crowd control

30:09around government

30:10offices,

30:11usually in crappy

30:12weather, snowstorms

30:14in the winter,

30:14swamp-like humidity

30:15in the summer,

30:17you get two weeks

30:19of cherry blossoms

30:19a year,

30:20and that's about it.

30:22Also, speaking

30:23as someone who thought

30:24transferring to

30:25another department

30:26would be easy,

30:27be prepared to

30:28relearn everything

30:29you thought you knew.

30:31Yeah, alright,

30:31we gotta go.

30:32Go.

30:33Go.

30:34Go.

30:35Go.

30:36Go.

30:37Go.

30:38Go.

30:39Go.

30:45Mama?

30:46It's me,

30:47baby.

30:48Thank God.

30:49I tried to visit you

30:50in the ICU,

30:50but they said

30:51blood family only.

30:52They made it sound

30:52like you were dying.

30:53Well, I am a little

30:54banged up,

30:55but I'll be alright.

30:57I wish I could come

30:58see you.

30:58Well, me too.

30:59You heard about

31:00Ryder?

31:02oh you know me and Ryder don't really mess with each other anymore he's dead baby killed

31:11running away from what you boys did I don't know what you're talking about Kingston please

31:19you never were a good liar you need to turn yourself in I can't you know what happened

31:29the last time I went inside I had to join the 5-4 just to make it out alive what other choice do

31:34you have just don't worry about me mom okay just don't worry I got a way out into Mexico where I

31:39can disappear Mexico what the heck do you know about Mexico you know Kingston this is detective

31:46Nyla Harper of the LAPD are you working with the cops she is trying to save your life listen to me

31:52if you run things will end badly for you but if you turn yourself in we can try and help you

31:59but please he's scared don't hurt him he's not a kid anymore Miss Sinclair he killed a man in cold

32:08blood so now we have to go get him

32:10yo what's up K I got you working the door already huh damn little trail to come up

32:38so I fall for life

32:41yo you man can we talk for sure come here you good

33:02talk to me I gotta I gotta get out of town you sure you sure you got that hook up with the cartel

33:15tunnels into Mexico so why what happened unless you know the better just trust me on that when you say trust me I trust you okay make a few phone calls look relax I have a drink

33:29no we got you

33:32no what I truly didn't believe you'd be stupid enough to bring your dumb ass back around here I saw all the disrespect showing us

33:59dude yeah I know you that you're hitting civilians you working with Nazis

34:03Trace on Kingston's phone landed at 4700 Hilldale copy that

34:08okay

34:10pull over up here

34:12but the address is on the next block

34:17yeah you recognize that tag

34:1854th street

34:21we roll up hot

34:23we could have spotters anywhere

34:25exactly let's go

34:26yo youngin

34:34it's your big moment man

34:37this is the moment you prove how much you love the streets

34:39by taking care of a traitor ass bitch

34:40that's disrespecting

34:41this is the moment you prove to me you a good soldier

34:45and you follow orders

34:47alright and in return the streets gonna lure you back

34:49and wherever you go

34:51the five foe follow

34:53for life

34:55now you take care of this bitch

34:57we ain't got all day

35:10we ain't got all day

35:18swat's ten minutes out

35:25you got eyes on kingston

35:26yeah

35:26we're looking at a potential murder in progress

35:29we can't wait

35:29now smoke this foe

35:35police

35:40go go go

35:41police drop your weapon

35:45show me your hands if you're up there

35:55go go go

36:08cover us

36:10go

36:10stay down

36:19stay down

36:20wait

36:32wait

36:34wait wait wait wait please please please

36:55please please

36:57please you can you can just say that you didn't see me

37:02you can say that you didn't see me

37:03you can say that you didn't see me

37:05Trey please

37:06please

37:06get on your stomach

37:07go

37:09drop the gun

37:13head on your head

37:14the key is processed

37:34ah thank you for that

37:36um look i realized this was a bit of a tough one

37:39are you alright

37:40i'll be alright

37:42i know i shouldn't feel sympathy but

37:45he's just a boy

37:47look no one is saying you can't feel sympathy

37:50but at the end of the day he did make the choice to pull that trigger

37:53why don't you go home i'll take care of the paperwork

37:57yes sir

37:59thank you

38:00you bet

38:00it amazes me how one man can wreak such havoc on the entire lapd smitty is a force of nature

38:13uh got a minute

38:14yeah sure what's up

38:15well bailey has been offered a pretty impressive job in dc pentagon think tank and i was just wondering what a transfer to the dcpd would be like

38:27yeah i can get you in touch with a few people

38:30but you do know you would have to start at the very bottom again including redoing the academy

38:36i've done it before you were also five years younger

38:39yes

38:40you would get a pretty hefty signing bonus

38:43that's a perk

38:44but your annual salary would be much less than you make in la plus the cost of living in dc is just as expensive

38:51so in the long run your bonus really won't make a difference

38:55especially if bailey's only making the government salary

38:58right

38:58i'm sorry if this is not the answer you were looking for

39:01no no that's um

39:02i was just looking for the truth

39:05yeah well good luck

39:08thank you

39:10hey

39:13the lapd wouldn't be sad to see you go

39:18thank you sir

39:19stoned in saloon

39:23saw your halo

39:25guess what

39:27what

39:28we won

39:29that's great

39:30judge give you any grief about the evidence

39:33i think he was too confused by the explanation to challenge it

39:37take the win

39:38i prepared a 10 minute lecture for tomorrow's roll call to make sure no one can ever again use ignorance as an excuse when mislabeling case numbers