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00:00What are you doing here?
00:20I just want to see how you're doing.
00:22Never better.
00:25Right.
00:26Now if I come in, maybe we can talk.
00:27I heard you've been skipping physical therapy.
00:29So?
00:30Why do you care all of a sudden?
00:33I've been thinking a lot over the last few months about how I handle things between us.
00:38And I'm ashamed.
00:40My mama, she taught me how to beat a bigger man, and I fell down.
00:45And I heard you've been trying to make amends with people, and, well, this is me doing the same.
00:52With the help of your favorite breakfast burrito from El Plateau.
00:56Hey, do we have any vegan bacon?
01:18Oh, God, I hope not.
01:19What?
01:20I don't think so.
01:25I found the bacon.
01:26Fake bacon.
01:27Great.
01:30You don't have to eat any if you don't want.
01:32After work, I think we need to seriously finish unpacking.
01:36And by finish, I mean start.
01:38Oh, well, I mean...
01:39Sorry.
01:39Sorry.
01:42I think we're making progress.
01:44You know?
01:46Living in takes time.
01:47It only takes as much time as you let it.
01:48I moved constantly when I was in the Army.
01:52Here's what I learned.
01:53If it's not unpacked in 48 hours, it will never be unpacked.
01:56If art sits on the floor longer than two days, it lives there now.
01:59Oh, we're well past that.
02:00I'm aware.
02:02This is killing you, isn't it?
02:04I think we should buckle down and get it done.
02:08Okay.
02:09I'm sorry.
02:13I'm sorry.
02:14It's just...
02:15It won't feel like you've fully moved in until all the boxes are gone.
02:21That's nice.
02:23Look, if we rush the process, we're just going to make a mistake that we'll have to go back and fix later.
02:27So trust me, if we move slowly and carefully, then it will be much more efficient in the long run.
02:35Okay.
02:39Yeah, the shelters were full, and I just needed a place to sleep, you know?
02:43I really wasn't hurting anyone.
02:45Well, it is still illegal to break into a rec center, even if it's just to find a place to sleep.
02:51You don't understand that.
02:53All right.
02:54Over here for your mug shop, please.
02:56Oh, okay.
02:59Face the camera.
03:00Stand still.
03:02To your right.
03:04I didn't really break in because the door was unlocked, so it's fine, you know?
03:07And I'm sorry.
03:09I just got really desperate for...
03:11Am I, uh, going to jail or...
03:15You know, you're probably going to sight out in just a couple of hours.
03:18Okie dokie.
03:20Is there any food?
03:22Um, just, I haven't eaten in a while.
03:24Uh, not normally, but I can go check the break room for you.
03:27All right.
03:28I appreciate that.
03:29I'd offer you something to drink, but both glasses are dirty.
03:37Oh, I can't help with that.
03:38No.
03:38Hey, no, no, no.
03:39That's, um, that's okay.
03:40You don't have to do that.
03:41Oh, it's no problem.
03:42You know, a clean space, it really helps.
03:45Trust me.
03:46You know, after I blew out my knee in my place, it looked like a tornado tore through a frat house.
03:51I didn't realize how much it was contributing to my depression until, uh, my mama came over and insisted on cleaning.
03:58That's okay.
03:58You're not my mom.
03:59You're not my mom.
04:00I can...
04:01I can do that myself.
04:04What I'm trying to say is, you know, I've been where you are.
04:10After my injury, I couldn't see how anything mattered.
04:12I couldn't play football again, so why bother?
04:15Professionally.
04:16You can never do it again professionally.
04:18Right.
04:19It's not like I had a fallback career, man.
04:22Like, I majored in physical...
04:23Can you please just shut up?
04:24You hurt your knee.
04:25I lost my leg.
04:27I'm not saying it's the same.
04:29Yes, you are, Miles.
04:31You didn't go to the NFL.
04:33You lost your million-dollar contract.
04:35But you can still run.
04:37What happened to you is nothing like what happened to me.
04:45Oh.
04:49I think we started off on the wrong foot.
05:04I-I didn't mean anything by that.
05:06You're right.
05:07I don't know what you're going through.
05:11But I want to.
05:11So how about I stop talking and I start listening?
05:20Oh, no.
05:21What?
05:23Today is my wedding anniversary, and I totally spaced.
05:26Oh, yeah, that's not great.
05:28But Wesley must have forgot, too, if he didn't say anything this morning, right?
05:31No.
05:31Wesley remembers everything about us.
05:33If Wesley remembers everything and he did not say happy anniversary to you this morning,
05:37then that means...
05:38It means it was a test, and I failed.
05:41Wow.
05:42What?
05:51Nolan.
05:55Yeah, what's up?
05:57You arrested a guy this morning, Ezra Kay?
05:59Uh, well, that's the name he gave me.
06:01He didn't have any idea, though.
06:02There was a triple homicide in Oregon three years ago.
06:06A husband and wife were brutally murdered in their home.
06:09Their 15-year-old daughter was dragged into the woods.
06:12They found her bloody clothes a week later, but no burial site.
06:15All they had was a fingerprint that didn't match anything in the system.
06:19Until I ran Ezra Keynes.
06:21Yeah.
06:21The victims were the Poston family.
06:29Craig, Ava, and 15-year-old Samantha.
06:31They lived on the edge of a state park outside Portland.
06:34The working theory is the killer broke into their house in the middle of the night,
06:38killed the father immediately, and then brutalized and executed the mother.
06:41Samantha most likely was dragged out into the woods and killed there.
06:45So what do we have on our suspect?
06:46Literally nothing.
06:47He says his name is Ezra Cain.
06:49That could be an alias.
06:50I caught him trespassing at the Willoughby Rec Center in the early morning.
06:54He said he came in to get out of the cold.
06:56Any ID?
06:56No.
06:57Uh, he had a little bit of cash on him, and a bunch of credit cards under various names.
07:01Haven't run them yet.
07:02We can assume they're stolen.
07:03Any in the name of the murder family?
07:05No.
07:06So how do you want to handle this?
07:09We have a window here.
07:11He doesn't know that we have connected him to the murders.
07:13He still thinks that he is here on trespassing charges.
07:16And it's in our best interest to keep him in the dark.
07:20So you should do the interview.
07:22Mm-hmm.
07:24Right.
07:26Okay.
07:30Thanks.
07:32Any advice?
07:33I mean, you read him his rights.
07:35Yeah, but not for this.
07:36That doesn't matter.
07:37As long as he acknowledged, didn't ask for an attorney, anything you get in your questioning,
07:41it's admissible.
07:42The key is not to push.
07:43Use your famous Nolan empathy to dig without seeming to dig.
07:47Okay?
07:47The second that he suspects that you are onto the murders, he's going to bail.
07:50Got it?
07:51Got it.
07:54Um, can someone track down a sandwich?
07:56Give me five or ten and then bring it in?
07:58Smart.
07:58Can do.
07:59Okay.
07:59Remember, go easy.
08:01The more comfortable he feels, the better the chance he slips up.
08:03Understood.
08:04Right, but not too easy, because we don't want him to feel like he's being handled with kid gloves.
08:09It's Goldilocks, this thing.
08:10Mm-hmm.
08:10Yeah.
08:31Hey, sorry to keep your weight.
08:32Sorry, I thought you said I was going to side out?
08:36Yeah, um, I know, but I found some credit cards when I was going through your things,
08:42credit cards that do not belong to you.
08:43Yeah, I found them, um, not all at the same time.
08:48You know, like, along the way, people drop them, people throw them out by accident,
08:53and I know, you know, it was wrong to use them.
08:57Um, I just, I get so hungry.
08:59Yeah, I get it, but I'm just going to need some clarity before I make a recommendation
09:04to the DA's office.
09:05Right now, your arrest falls into the wobbler category.
09:09Could be a misdemeanor, could be a felony.
09:12Now, I want to recommend the former, but I can't do that unless you are straight with
09:16me.
09:17No, I'm, I'm an open book.
09:20Okay, well, let's get started.
09:24Uh, I'm sorry, I tend to, uh, default towards disorganized, which is why I'm still in patrol
09:31and not a fancy detective.
09:34Don't get me wrong, I actually love working the streets, but, uh, every day is unique,
09:39and I meet some fascinating people.
09:42Like me.
09:43Yes.
09:44We'll see.
09:45Okay, your name is Ezra Kane, but you declined to give me a date of birth or social security
09:53number or basically anything I could use to confirm your identity, and if you want the
09:58DA's office to play nice, that is not going to fly.
10:00Would you believe I don't know the first and I don't have the second?
10:04No.
10:05Yeah.
10:06I didn't get the best start in life.
10:08Didn't know dad.
10:10Mom OD'd when I was like a baby.
10:12Maybe if I had a birth certificate, she probably used it to roll the blunts.
10:17Uh, I ricocheted through the foster system for a decade, and at some point somebody just
10:24picked a birthday for me, and, uh, I, it, whatever it is, it can't be right.
10:29What, what, what was it?
10:30I think it's like January 6th of 82 or maybe 83, and.
10:36Okay.
10:36Yeah.
10:37And were you born in Los Angeles?
10:40Mm-hmm.
10:40Were you?
10:40You know, I don't get a California vibe.
10:44Oh.
10:45East Coast.
10:46Pennsylvania.
10:46Right.
10:47That, that makes more sense.
10:48I'm from Idaho.
10:50I got to say growing up in Idaho was pretty hard.
10:53Hi, this is Detective Angela Lopez, Los Angeles Police Department.
10:57I need to run an Idaho record search.
10:59Last name, Kane with a K, first name Ezra.
11:03Possible birth date of 1-6-82 or 83, but to be safe, search birth dates from 88 to 78.
11:08Thanks.
11:09The cold helped the swelling go down when I caught a beating.
11:14Well, I guess, and that's why you moved to Southern California, if not so that you could
11:18just warm up a little bit.
11:19When was that?
11:20I'm sorry.
11:22I thought we were talking about credit cards.
11:25Yeah.
11:26No, listen.
11:26We're getting there.
11:29Establishing hardship can go a long way to swaying the DA, but if you are in a hurry,
11:35I can just recommend felony and you can wait in your cell.
11:37No, no need to be like that.
11:38I, I, yeah, um, I just, I'm not used to people taking an interest and I guess, uh, it's just
11:47not easy stuff to talk about.
11:51All right.
11:53Excuse me.
11:57Ah, Jen, thank you very much.
11:59Got you something more substantive to eat?
12:01Great.
12:03Okay.
12:05Let's get to the credit cards.
12:06Yeah.
12:09Great.
12:09Thanks.
12:10We have the credit card records.
12:16All right.
12:17Only two cards have recent activity on them.
12:20One was used two nights ago at the Hollywood Premiere Motel.
12:23That dollar amount suggests that he still has the room.
12:27Hot damn.
12:27It's everyone's worst nightmare.
12:32Waking up in the middle of the night to find a psychopath in your house.
12:36Yeah.
12:36And yet, it's statistically the least likely way to get murdered by a psychopath.
12:41I guess we both have some painful experience there.
12:44Is there a problem?
12:45Hi.
12:46Have you seen this man?
12:50Room 216.
12:52So, you know, we've never really talked about what happened to you.
12:54Not that we should have, but, you know, just with my sister's case and everything,
13:00I think you've been all up in my trauma, and...
13:04You know what?
13:05I'm sorry.
13:05I shouldn't have brought it up.
13:07All right.
13:07Listen, it's fine.
13:08It's natural to be curious.
13:09I just have no interest in revisiting that particular trauma, so...
13:12Copy.
13:18Police!
13:18Come out with your hands empty and keep them where I can see them.
13:28Clear.
13:39There's nowhere for you to go.
13:41Come out.
13:41All right.
13:46Step out.
13:47No.
13:48You need to go.
13:49Yeah.
13:49We're not going to do that.
13:51Come out of the tub, please.
13:53I'm fine.
13:55He's going to come back.
13:57You have to go.
14:00He's going to come back.
14:02You...
14:02You have to go.
14:05You have to go.
14:07Please.
14:07Is your name Samantha?
14:09Please, just...
14:12Samantha.
14:15Samantha, the man who took you, he's in custody.
14:18He can't hurt you anymore, okay?
14:19I promise.
14:27It is not fair.
14:28I came clean to everyone.
14:30I've confessed every lie, every sin.
14:33And nobody's forgiven me for anything that I've done.
14:36Half the people that I called, they hang up on me.
14:40My dad, my dad won't even take my calls.
14:44You really haven't changed, though.
14:46Excuse me?
14:46You're doing the same thing you always have.
14:48You're not considering anyone else's experience.
14:51You lied to everyone about almost everything, over and over again.
14:56Now you don't get to set the bar on how people react when you finally tell them the truth.
15:00What you did hurt the people who cared about you, and it's going to take a lot more than an apology tour to fix that.
15:07I suck.
15:09I get it.
15:12Thanks for coming over to clear that up.
15:15I'll see you never.
15:15Thanks for breakfast.
15:16Get out of here.
15:17My parents.
15:24You have to call my parents.
15:25You have to tell them that I'm okay.
15:28Yeah, of course.
15:29The doctor will take good care of you.
15:31Please.
15:35She doesn't know they're dead.
15:38I mean, he kept her isolated.
15:40She only knows what he told her.
15:41Well, I shouldn't have said yes.
15:42I wasn't thinking.
15:43Hey, look.
15:44It was instinct, all right?
15:45Try not to beat yourself up.
15:46She's in shock.
15:48It wasn't the moment to add more trauma.
15:49It'll be fine.
15:56You haven't eaten much.
15:58Problem with the sandwich?
15:59No, no.
15:59This is great.
16:00I'm just, you know what it is?
16:01I'm a little claustrophobic.
16:03Spent a lot of nights as a kid locked up in small spaces.
16:07Sorry to interrupt.
16:08Can I steal you for a sec?
16:09Of course.
16:10Excuse me.
16:10Lucy and Selena just found Samantha Poston inside Ezra's motel room.
16:18Is she, uh...
16:19She's alive and in no immediate medical danger.
16:22But beyond that...
16:23Okay, so are you taking over the interview?
16:25Not yet.
16:26There's still room for you to squeeze in before everything comes out into the open.
16:29Go back in there and turn up the heat.
16:31Tell them we found a few recent charges on the various cards.
16:34Mention the motel, but not like we've gone there or even that we will.
16:37And let's just see what happens.
16:41Right.
16:44This changes the profile, doesn't it?
16:47He kept that girl for three years.
16:49That...
16:50He's not just a murderer.
16:52No.
16:53He's worse.
17:02Sorry about that.
17:03Yeah, everything okay?
17:04I'm going to be straight with you, Ezra.
17:08We ran those credit cards.
17:10And we found some recent charges.
17:12One of them being to a motel in Tytown.
17:16Well, hold on.
17:18When was the motel booked?
17:20Because...
17:21That wasn't me.
17:21Yeah, I mean...
17:22Why would I take refuge in a rec center if I had a place to sleep?
17:26So you're telling me, if I went to this motel with your photograph, you would not be recognized?
17:33Absolutely not.
17:34No.
17:36I don't know why you would waste your time doing that.
17:38I mean, surely the LAPD has better things to do than spend resources on a wobbler that's 100% going to plead out.
17:48Calling my bluff?
17:49Look, I know I've got a job to do.
17:52I'm just a guy trying to make his way in an unfair world without hurting anyone.
18:02Can you explain something for me?
18:04Why didn't she leave?
18:05Yeah.
18:06I mean, I know what they taught us in the academy, but...
18:08I mean, he left her alone for at least 12 hours.
18:11It's the opposite of fight or flight.
18:13You know, it's freeze and appease.
18:15You saw how scared she was of him.
18:17That level of fear, it's her primary motivator.
18:20It'll be her only one.
18:24Hey.
18:25I'm sorry.
18:26I wish I could let you rest, but I need to ask you some questions before the detectives conduct a more formal interview.
18:33Okay.
18:34Okay.
18:34I can't imagine how overwhelming the last hour has been, so I'm not going to assume that you remember anything, all right?
18:48The man who took you, we have him in custody.
18:52Ezra Kane is the name that he's using.
18:54Is that how you name him?
18:54I'm not supposed to talk about him.
18:56Who said that?
18:57Him?
18:57Yeah, I get it.
19:00Samantha, you're safe now.
19:04You are.
19:09Did you talk to my parents?
19:11Are they coming?
19:15Samantha, I'm very sorry, but your parents are deceased.
19:20No.
19:22No.
19:23I'm so sorry.
19:23No, what happened to them?
19:25Did he kill them?
19:26No.
19:26No, they're alive.
19:28He said they have to be alive.
19:30He said that.
19:32Did he say he would hurt them if you didn't cooperate?
19:35Is that the threat he used to keep you with him?
19:44Yeah.
19:46Eamon.
19:47He made me call him Eamon.
19:50The seventh spirit.
19:51Marquis of Hell.
19:56Who commands 40 legions.
20:00Including the police.
20:05And he said that I was his soulmate.
20:10None of that is true.
20:11Especially the police part, but it doesn't make any of that less terrifying.
20:17Do you remember the night that he took you?
20:19The screams woke me up.
20:27I thought it was the TV.
20:30So I went out into the hall.
20:32Just to ask my parents if they could turn it down.
20:35And there was this smell in the air.
20:46And it just made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
20:52So I called out.
20:53And that's when he stepped into the hall.
20:56I couldn't really see him.
21:04But I just...
21:07I knew in my body that he was evil.
21:15Does that sound crazy?
21:16No.
21:18No.
21:23Where did he take you?
21:25A cabin in the woods.
21:27Or at least it used to be.
21:29I mean, I don't think anyone had lived there for years, but...
21:32That was my home.
21:38For the next eight months.
21:40Do you remember why you guys moved?
21:43Winter came.
21:44He has this thing about being cold.
21:47And by then...
21:48By then he knew I wasn't gonna run.
21:51Okay, um...
21:54I think I have what I need for now.
21:58I'm gonna let you get some rest, okay?
22:02Uh, he...
22:03He bought a car.
22:05After we got to L.A.
22:07I don't...
22:07I don't know if that matters.
22:09Yeah, no.
22:09It sure does.
22:10Do you remember what kind of car it was?
22:13Um, it...
22:13It was old.
22:15Four doors.
22:17Black.
22:18So he would have taken that car when he left the motel then?
22:21Yeah.
22:21Did he tell you where he was going?
22:23No.
22:24He just said that he may be a while.
22:28And, uh...
22:30That he would punish me if I wasn't a good girl.
22:37Did he say something else, Samantha?
22:44He said he was getting ready for after.
22:47After?
22:48After what?
22:49I thought he meant...
22:51I thought he meant after me.
22:56You felt like he was getting ready to kill you?
23:01Part of me was really relieved.
23:05Because...
23:06Because at least it would finally be over.
23:09interested.
23:10I could get out there.
23:15I could get out there.
23:19How could he do this situation?
23:20Why would it matter?
23:21Oh, that's the only habit.
23:22I could even have the little bedroom
23:26but perhaps there might have been another unit.
23:29I might be kadba later.
23:31I could have been here.
23:32But now we're going to settle for about 20 minutes.
23:34Like, this other one I could do with you.
23:35It can never be over the bit of a little bit.
23:36You wouldn't have been here or something.
23:38Hey, Scott's in the motel.
23:45Lucy called. She interviewed Samantha. Our guy's got a car.
23:48Make and model?
23:49Black four-door sedan. Old.
23:51That's not particularly helpful.
23:52Find any trophies in the room?
23:54Uh, not yet. I'm waiting for TID to land before I started digging through Ezra's stuff.
23:57But, you know, I did find some drawings that have me freaked out a little.
24:01Freaked you out? This I gotta see.
24:02Yeah, hold on.
24:08Yeah, that's not okay.
24:13Look what Tim found in Ezra's stuff.
24:16Oh, yeah. No, that's not okay.
24:18No, but according to Lucy, it tracks. Ezra believes he's a demon named Amon.
24:23One of the marquees of hell.
24:29Everything okay?
24:31Hell.
24:33I was wrong. This is taking too long, which means you did send somebody to the motel.
24:43Why would you waste your time with a transient who stole a bunch of credit cards?
24:48Well, this started long before we found out about the motel, Ezra.
24:53Fingerprints.
24:55Credit where credit's due.
25:05You've got that, aw, shucks, every man cop thing down pat, and I bought it.
25:11For too long. That's on me.
25:13But I bet that there are cops way up higher on the food chain behind that mirror that are just dying to get in here, little pigs.
25:25Little pigs.
25:27Get your asses in here.
25:29I've enjoyed my time with Officer Appetizer.
25:32I'm ready for the main course.
25:36There they are.
25:39You must be the prosecutor.
25:40Wesley Evers.
25:41I'm Detective Lopez. This is Detective Harper.
25:44Is it okay if we call you Ezra, or do you prefer Amon?
25:49Someone's been talking out of school.
25:51I'm gonna re-advise you of your rights, including the right to have an attorney present.
25:55Not necessary yet. I'll let you know.
25:57Can I have a moment?
25:58Yeah.
25:59What? No goodbye.
26:08I'm gonna go check out the rec center where I found him. Something isn't adding up.
26:12Agreed. But before you go, any insights that you might have from sitting two feet from him that might not have translated to us through the window?
26:20Yeah. When he was talking about the cold of his childhood, that was real. You want to get him unsettled? Crank the AC.
26:26Love it. Thank you.
26:29The janitor locked up just after 10 last night. The place was empty after that.
26:36Well, this place is huge. There's no chance anybody saw or heard anything from the road.
26:42All right. This is about where I saw him. He heard me coming, and then he took off that way through those doors.
26:48Got it. Car key. Mr. ditched it when he heard me coming.
27:07So what hit? When he was gonna ditch the keys so you didn't find the car.
27:11Well, why? I don't know. Like I said, there were no cars here when I got here this morning. I scrubbed body cam. I scrubbed dash cam. No black sedan.
27:19Whoa. I got blood. There were no visible cuts on Ezra when I processed him.
27:24Right there.
27:26Right there.
27:27Have you always known you were one of the devil's minions? Or was that a later in life revelation?
27:33That's it. Oh, your disbelief in my truth, it makes no difference as long as Samantha believes that's all that matters.
27:45Yeah, that won't last. You don't control her anymore.
27:48Hmm, how little you know. I'm gonna be with her until the day she dies, which was gonna be today. You know why? It's the real reason I was trespassing this morning.
28:04Nolan.
28:06I have found a new soulmate. He's got another girl.
28:17All right, Julie Reed was reported missing at 4 a.m. after she failed to come home from a friend's house. According to her parents, she was back and forth between the two homes all the time, and her route took her right past the rec center.
28:31Sounds like you've been watching her for a while, planning the perfect time and place to make his move.
28:35If the suspect's car was gone when Officer Nolan arrived this morning, Ezra must have left and came back. Why would he do that?
28:41My best guess is that he left something at the scene, most likely his makeshift wallet. He only realized it after he'd left, but went back for it because he knew it would connect him to the abduction.
28:50But with a wounded girl in the trunk, he was faced with a problem. It would have been quicker to run back to the center and run inside.
28:56But that would have put him at a greater risk, because if Julie was conscious and screaming her head off, it would draw a lot of attention.
29:02So he parked the car somewhere else, somewhere no one could hear her screaming. Went back on foot.
29:06Right, but how far would he be comfortable walking?
29:09Ten minutes, twenty?
29:10The average walking pace of a healthy male is probably two and a half, three miles an hour. Any faster might draw him wanted attention.
29:17Okay, so to be safe, let's say three and a half miles per hour or a twenty minute walk.
29:22Which means we are looking at almost a square mile search radius.
29:26It's clear from the volume of blood at the scene that she was badly wounded. She was left on her own somewhere over eight hours ago.
29:32Every further minute that passes reduces the likelihood we will find her alive.
29:37Where is Julie Reed?
29:41Oh, is that her name? No, because we were never properly introduced.
29:45Can you please turn the A.C. off? It's like a freezer in here.
29:49No problem, just as soon as you tell us where she is.
29:52Hmm. You think I would trade my comfort for her? After all you've seen of my sacrifice?
29:58No, no, I guess not. But what would you trade for her?
30:02Now that's an interesting question. Let's see. I would say a reduced sentence, but we all know that would be a hollow promise after all that I've done.
30:13Hmm. I would love to say a proper goodbye to fair Samantha.
30:18Not a chance in hell. That is a non-starter. There is no way we would ever let you re-traumatize that girl.
30:24I don't think you have a choice. I think you kind of have to ask her.
30:27No, we don't. Oh yeah, no. I think, I think Samantha would disagree. Think about it.
30:31How is Samantha going to feel when Julie dies before you tell her and Samantha realizes she could have saved that poor girl?
30:40Huh. How about this? Let's give this a shot. Tell Samantha that Julie is near the red place.
30:47And if she just talks to me for one more minute, I-I will tell you where that is.
31:00Sorry to interrupt. I just need to borrow Sergeant Chen.
31:02Wait, did something happen?
31:04No, no, no. I just need her for a second.
31:06I'll be just outside, okay? I'm right here.
31:12Ezra took another girl before he was arrested. He says he'll tell us where she is if we let him talk to Samantha.
31:17No. Forget that. He doesn't want to help us. He just wants to keep traumatizing her.
31:22I agree. So do Lopez and Harper, but...
31:24He says that the girl's being held near the red place. And if we told that to Samantha, then she'd agree to help.
31:30No. We're not saying that to her, okay? It's a trick.
31:36Samantha, open the door.
31:37What happened? The red place? I mean, it's gotta be some sort of trigger phrase.
31:41He spent three years convincing her that the police were in league with him, and she just heard us using his language.
31:59Let me feel this!
32:01We need medical attention!
32:04Please, I can't feel it.
32:06I needed that.
32:08No, I need it!
32:10I need it!
32:11I need it!
32:187 out of 20, no sign of suspect vehicle at 1900 to Hawthorne.
32:217 out of 4, the truck's sighted 801 Mercury is empty of vehicles.
32:257 Lincoln 15, first five levels of Wilshire Office Complex garage are clear. Moving to lower level.
32:318 to 10 and 10 keep Qué?
32:327.
32:334.
32:344.
32:355 Promotes vehicle at 9,000 cm2.
32:366.
32:3711.
32:381.
32:3914.
32:406.
32:41Aura F.
32:428,000 cm2.
32:436.
32:445,000 cm2.
32:456.
32:469,000 cm2.
32:4810,000 cm2.
32:5010,000 cm2.
32:5110,000 cm2.
32:5310,000 cm2.
32:5511,000 cm3.
32:5710,000 cm3.
32:581.000 cm2.
32:59Julie, you in there?
33:18No, no, no.
33:227-link to 15, I have her.
33:24Lower level of the garage.
33:25Send an ambulance now.
33:29Hey.
33:32Hey, Julie.
33:33I'm Officer Nolan.
33:34I'm here to help you.
33:35Now, I'm going to have to put some pressure on that wound to stop the bleeding, okay?
33:39But it is going to hurt.
33:40I am so sorry.
33:42Easy.
33:45I'm sorry.
33:46I'm sorry.
33:46I know.
33:47I know.
33:47You're doing great.
33:49You're doing great.
33:53She's right here.
33:54She just passed out.
33:55She's lost a lot of blood.
33:56She's in hypoblemic shock.
34:01We've got to get her out of here.
34:10Nolan.
34:15Hey.
34:16Are you all right?
34:18Yeah.
34:19Um, Julie just got out of surgery.
34:21They lost her on the table for a minute, but she pulled through, and she's recovering in the ICU.
34:25Thank God.
34:26Can I talk to her when she's ready?
34:29Uh, I'll ask.
34:32You know, we wouldn't have found her without you.
34:34You gave us the car.
34:36I said it had wheels.
34:37And that it was black and old.
34:39I meant it.
34:40She is alive because of you.
34:43Samantha's been incredibly brave today.
34:48I'll, uh, I'll come talk to you guys later.
34:51Yeah.
34:51Do you mind if I can sit with you for a bit?
34:59Okay.
35:00What was the, um, the red place?
35:18There was this house that we stayed at early on.
35:22They had painted the bathroom red.
35:26So when I was bad, he would take me in there to punish me.
35:36I know you're not ready to hear this.
35:39Um, but when it's time, the first step of your recovery will be to stop blaming yourself.
35:47Sure.
35:49On it.
35:49I know.
35:50I know.
35:51It's easier said than done.
35:52But I know what I'm talking about.
35:56You know.
35:57I want to share something with you.
35:59Something that happened to me, if that's okay.
36:02Yeah.
36:03Um, so my rookie year, as a cop, I met this guy, and he loved dogs, and he was cute, and he seemed great.
36:12Um, uh, we went on a date, and he, he kidnapped me.
36:19The details are a lot, but the short version is that I thought I was going to die.
36:24I, you know, another five minutes, and I probably would have, for months afterwards, I just obsessed about every second with him before he drugged me, how I should have seen through him, how I should have been faster, smarter.
36:38I wanted to believe that I was in control, but I wasn't.
36:48So, eventually, I stopped focusing on the things that I didn't do, and I focused on the thing that I did.
36:55I survived.
36:57You survived.
36:59Samantha, you're here.
37:00I know that you don't see how brave and powerful you are, okay?
37:11But I do.
37:13I really, really do.
37:16Hey, uh, sorry to interrupt.
37:19Um, I spoke to your aunt, Sarah.
37:22She is rushing back from her vacation in London, but her plane won't get here until tomorrow afternoon.
37:28It's okay.
37:29Don't worry, all right?
37:29You're not going to be alone.
37:31Every female cop at Mid-Wilshire has volunteered to keep you company in the coming days and weeks.
37:36Yeah, we have your back, Samantha.
37:38For however long you need, until you feel safe.
37:46Hey.
37:48Seth's here.
37:49I'll be in my room.
37:51It's good to see you, too.
37:56Just another fan.
37:58Poor you.
37:59Um, look, you're right, man.
38:06The self-pity's got to stop.
38:09I want to do better.
38:10But clearly, I don't know how to, and you are the best guy I know, so will you help me?
38:18I would need radical honesty.
38:19I would need radical honesty.
38:22One tiny white lie, I'm out.
38:24Well, in that case, you are one of the best guys I know.
38:29Still has a sense of humor.
38:31You might make it through this after all.
38:33All right.
38:35No lies, no woe is me.
38:37Just head down, do the work, be grateful.
38:40Deal?
38:42Deal.
38:42Come here, brother.
38:52Surprise!
38:54Hey, guys!
38:56Hey, thanks.
38:58Uh, you do know it's not my birthday, right?
39:01You did forget.
39:03Uh, no. It's definitely not my birthday.
39:06No. It's a different special day.
39:11Uh, wait. No, it's...
39:15Oh, my God.
39:18It's our anniversary.
39:20It is. You forgot.
39:23And I remembered.
39:26Did you?
39:28Totally.
39:31Congrats, grad.
39:34Fine. I forgot.
39:36But I had to pull this together fast.
39:38But I remembered before you did,
39:41and that's what's important.
39:43Winning. Yeah.
39:44And you know what else is super important?
39:47No. What?
39:48The kids are with my mom.
39:50Oh.
39:52Hi.
39:58Hey, Andy.
39:59How's it going?
40:00Oh, I missed you.
40:02Oh, God. What a day.
40:05How'd I go to the hospital?
40:06It's fine.
40:07Samantha is asleep right now,
40:08so I'll go in and check in with her tomorrow.
40:12Mm-hmm.
40:13Do I smell dinner?
40:14Don't get too excited.
40:15I ordered Italian.
40:16It's in the oven.
40:17Keep them warm.
40:18Hmm.
40:19My hero.
40:20Hmm.
40:21Oh, God.
40:22Okay, so I need to say something,
40:25and I need you to respond with kindness, okay?
40:28Okay.
40:29Um, after the day that I've had,
40:33I really need this place to feel like a refuge,
40:36and not a UPS sorting facility.
40:38We need to get these damn boxes out of here.
40:41I...
40:42I agree.
40:45No time like the present.
40:47Let's do it.
40:48Wait, hold on.
40:49I'm tired.
40:50I'm...
40:51I'm very tired.
40:53I thought maybe we could have dinner,
40:55and then I would...
40:56I could...
40:57I could sit here and...
40:58and supervise.
41:01I mean,
41:02how could I refuse that offer?
41:04You can't.
41:06All right, I'll get dinner.
41:11Yep.
41:26Good work today, Officer Nola.
41:28Thanks.
41:31How come I don't feel better about it?
41:33I think you know the answer.
41:35Yeah.
41:39Listen.
41:40We can't change what already happened.
41:43All we can do is stop it from happening again.
41:46And you did that today.
41:49In a big way.
41:51Which means...
41:53someone ought to buy you a drink.
41:56You volunteering?
41:57I am.
42:00I am.
42:01Over.
42:02I am.
42:06I am.
42:07I am!
42:08I am.
42:09We'll see you next time.
42:39Damn it.
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