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00:03Hey, 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. Russ 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 LA so that he could tell you he's disappointed in
00:18you.
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! This is so good to see you!
00:26Hey!
00:27John Nolan.
00:27Colonel Russell Wilkes, please, call me Russ.
00:30It's a pleasure to finally meet the man behind the story.
00:33Yeah, likewise. Sit down.
00:35I really 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
00:42lives.
00:42It seems 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 that will spearhead bring me battlefield medicine into the 22nd century.
00:55It's the most consequential assignment in my career, and you are the first person I'm asking to be a part
01:00of this.
01:03I mean, it's an honor just to be nominated.
01:06Totally. Russ is a genius. He could recruit anyone for this working group, and the fact that he called me
01:12first, I mean, that's pretty great.
01:14Yeah, 100%. That's so cool, but I mean, our life is perfect right now. There's no way we're messing that
01:20up.
01:20No way. It's perfect.
01:28Police, get down!
01:29This is Bailey Noon, LAFD. I need an RA to Central Station Market.
01:34There's a male GSW victim. He's been shot in the head, in the back.
01:37Two suspects. Black hoodies, masks, and pants.
01:40One headed east towards Broadway in pursuit of second suspect.
01:44Move, move!
01:44Move, move!
01:46Move, move!
01:51Move, move!
02:13Why are you texting me when 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.
02:21We 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, but now we're bursting at the seams,
02:33and 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.
02:40We have money.
02:41Uh, no, we have some money,
02:44but housing prices in a layer 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.
02:59Quickie before the kiss woke up?
03:01Oh, um, whoa.
03:06Mom, 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.
03:18It 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,
03:29so he would definitely say no,
03:31but I lived on credit cards until I met him,
03:34so 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, I said they were wearing hoodies.
03:44Are you taking the case?
03:46Yeah.
03:46Do you mind just walking us through it?
03:47Yeah.
03:48Uh, Bailey and I were coming back from dinner at Central Station Market.
03:51Date night?
03:52No, her former commanding officer came to offer her a job.
03:55Uh, Pentagon think tank.
03:57Wow, you really married outside of your league.
03:59I know, right?
04:00So is she going to take it?
04:01No, uh, it 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,
04:06but I guarantee that your overachiever of a wife
04:09is seriously thinking about it.
04:10No, actually, she was laughing it off
04:13when we talked about,
04:14oh, my God, she's actually thinking about it seriously.
04:17Okay, well, no, 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
04:27every 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
04:42that you didn't give heart?
04:44Sorry, I did not get a good look at them.
04:46What about CCTV? Anything there?
04:48They were pretty covered up,
04:50but take a look at this.
04:58Uh, looks like the litter'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
05:09partner up with a black man
05:11to execute a civilian in broad daylight?
05:13Told you he'd spot it.
05:14You trained him well.
05:15Could be that our innocent CPA
05:17was helping the Southern Front
05:19to launder money,
05:20or maybe he had a drug problem
05:22and owed them money.
05:23We're trying to get the ME
05:24to rush the talk screen,
05:25but 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.
05:34Hey, do 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
05:40to testify about a man
05:41attacking people on a bus
05:43with a machete.
05:44Okay, something must have got
05:44switched around in the evidence locker.
05:46We'll figure it out.
05:46No, no, no.
05:47The case is time not waived.
05:48If we don't find it fast,
05:50that psycho is gonna be let free.
05:51Okay, have you told the prosecutor?
05:53No.
05:54It's Wesley,
05:55and I am just trying to keep him
05:56in blissful ignorance
05:56as long as possible.
05:58Help me.
05:59That's the case number.
06:00No, I know,
06:01but it's wrong.
06:02The case number isn't wrong.
06:03The item might be wrong,
06:04but numbers are just numbers.
06:08Fine.
06:09So the point is,
06:10I have to be at court,
06:13and I need that machete,
06:14like, ASAP.
06:15Case number?
06:16Oh, good.
06:17We're not gonna find out
06:18by using the case number.
06:19The numbers got switched.
06:20Well, if you don't have the case number,
06:21then I can't help you.
06:22Oh, Wesley's gonna 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 02-01-2026.
06:40Wow.
06:4120-01-2025.
06:48Are you sure you used
06:49the new data entry procedure?
06:50We changed it a few months ago.
06:52Of course I did.
06:53I keep...
06:55But I wasn't the one
06:56who logged the entry
06:57because you wouldn't approve
06:58the overtime.
06:59I had Smitty do it.
07:03What the hell is your problem?
07:05Uh, good morning.
07:06I have bent over backwards
07:08to treat you well,
07:09and this is how you repay me.
07:10I don't... I'm sorry.
07:11I don't know what's happening right now.
07:12Like hell.
07:13You know, your little innocent act
07:14would be a lot more believable
07:15if they weren't in your office.
07:17Just know this.
07:18If you go through with it,
07:19I will do everything in my power
07:21to absolutely destroy you.
07:30Hi.
07:30Who are you?
07:31What are you doing in my office,
07:32and why has it sent Vivian
07:33into a rage spiral?
07:34Rita Sanchez.
07:36This is Bradley Wirth.
07:37We work with the Democratic Party,
07:38and we want you to run
07:39for district attorney.
07:41And now it makes sense.
07:43That's a hard no for me,
07:44by the way,
07:44but thanks for stopping by.
07:45Look, you obviously know
07:46that Vivian Eckhart's running
07:47on a post
07:47since Del Monte
07:48dropped out of the race.
07:49Yeah, but that was a month ago.
07:50Why come to me now?
07:51Candidly, we've been having
07:52a hard time finding someone
07:53to take up his mantle.
07:56So I'm your last choice?
07:58Hardly.
08:01Look, Mr. Evers,
08:02I wish there was time
08:03for us to do our usual
08:04dance of seduction
08:06and ego stroking,
08:07but as you rightly pointed out,
08:08we're up against it.
08:09The deadline to enter this race
08:10is in three days.
08:11And Vivian becoming DA
08:12is worst-case scenario
08:13for the people of the city.
08:14I mean, she has the most
08:15regressive record in your office.
08:17Oh, I agree,
08:17but there's zero chance
08:18of me beating her.
08:19I was temporarily disbarred.
08:20Because of your dealings
08:21with Elijah Stone, we know.
08:23Yeah, and we are prepared
08:24to embrace that.
08:25I mean, you're a hero
08:26who put his life and career
08:27on the line to take down
08:28a very dangerous kingpin.
08:30Voters love a man
08:31who's willing to stand up
08:32for what's right.
08:32Not to mention,
08:33you're married to a cop,
08:35which automatically makes you
08:36a more attractive candidate
08:37to anyone worried
08:38that progressive means
08:39soft on crime.
08:41Look, I don't want Vivian
08:42to win any more than you do,
08:43but I...
08:44But nothing.
08:44A Vivian victory
08:46will hurt a lot of people.
08:47And right now,
08:48you're our last hope
08:49at stopping her.
08:49It may be a long shot,
08:51but isn't it worth the risk?
08:55I thought you didn't have time
08:56to stroke my ego.
08:59You have to let me see.
09:01I don't, actually.
09:02On TV, the family
09:03has to identify the body.
09:05Yeah, we don't do that anymore.
09:06That's right, ma'am.
09:08It's no longer policy.
09:09But trust me,
09:10it's for the best.
09:11Seeing your loved one like that,
09:13it changes how you remember them forever.
09:16I don't understand.
09:18A friend 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,
09:41and I don't like dealing with them
09:42when they're normal.
09:43Why?
09:43You work with the dead, I suppose.
09:47Anything jump out at you,
09:49the preliminary autopsy?
09:50No, a run-of-the-mill gun homicide.
09:52The bullet to the head killed him instantly,
09:54but the shot to the body was fatal as well.
09:56Any signs of drug use?
09:57No, but the tox screen is underway.
10:00I'll let Harper and Lopez know
10:02the 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
10:07back 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.
10:16Wow.
10:19Police, let her go.
10:20Whoa!
10:20Hey, hi, hi.
10:21It's all good.
10:22She's fine.
10:23I'm fine.
10:24Yeah, I 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
10:34your husband's body?
10:35Well, I needed emotional support.
10:39She's very sensitive.
10:41Yeah.
10:41Well, you can emotionally support each other
10:43on the way to the station.
10:44Let's go.
10:45Oh.
10:46This way.
10:46This way?
10:47Yes.
10:47Okay.
10:48Put your hands down.
10:48Yes, sir.
10:49Wow.
10:52I know this looks bad.
10:54Understatement.
10:55Your husband was murdered,
10:56and in less than 24 hours,
10:58you were getting busy with your side piece
11:00down the hall from his body.
11:02I didn't even want to be there.
11:04I told Faith it would look weird,
11:06but she insisted.
11:09So you were just trying to be a good boyfriend?
11:11Todd is a terrible boyfriend.
11:14He's a lot of fun,
11:15but anything that requires emotional death.
11:17Okay, what about Fred?
11:18What was he like?
11:19He was always super cool
11:21any 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.
11:28Marriage?
11:29The whole thing was Fred's idea.
11:31I 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,
11:50like Coney Island.
11:52Fred, on the other hand,
11:53was deep
11:55and
11:57soulful
11:57and
11:59romantic.
12:00Like
12:02Paris.
12:04Coney Island is fun to visit,
12:06but you don't
12:07move there.
12:08Oh,
12:08Paris?
12:09What do you think?
12:10I think people are crazy,
12:11but
12:12neither of them is a physical match for the shooters.
12:15Still doesn't rule out murder for hire.
12:17Well,
12:17yeah.
12:18Did you put Wesley up to this?
12:21No idea what you're talking about,
12:22but if it's pissing you off,
12:24I'm happy to take credit.
12:24If he insists on moving forward,
12:27I 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
12:35why?
12:36No idea.
12:37But I'm gonna find out.
12:39Oh,
12:39husband!
12:41You only call me husband when you're mad.
12:43What did I do?
12:44You tell me.
12:45Vivian just stopped by.
12:47She told you I was running for DA.
12:48Wait,
12:49you're running for DA?
12:50Since when?
12:51No,
12:51no,
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.
12:59Initially,
13:00but...
13:01But
13:02now you're thinking about it?
13:03I mean,
13:04I'd at least like to discuss it,
13:05but
13:06I 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,
13:14but 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.
13:33We'll be sure to prep him.
13:36I remember Lucy gave me the machete and I logged it like I always do.
13:40Okay,
13:40so
13:40that right there is the problem,
13:42Smitty.
13:42The system changed.
13:44Most of the world uses day,
13:45month,
13:45year.
13:46Month,
13:46day,
13:47year was causing all of these issues for us with our international cases,
13:50which is why we switched.
13:51You know,
13:52didn't you read the memo?
13:54Sorry,
13:54wait,
13:55I just heard that out loud.
13:56Of course you didn't.
13:57Important memos are always covered in the roll call.
14:01Why do I have a panicked ADA knocking on my door to ask for my help to find a missing
14:06machete?
14:06Because Smitty wasn't listening when he went over the change in how we filed case numbers.
14:10What,
14:11the day,
14:12month,
14:12year 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,
14:19it's not my fault.
14:19It's yours.
14:20Everyone got the memo.
14:22It's still your fault,
14:22Smitty.
14:23Well,
14:23it'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,
14:33right?
14:34Try 0-1-20-20-26.
14:36I can't.
14:38It's a drop down menu.
14:39There's no 20th month.
14:40Well,
14:40so you can enter the 20th month,
14:42but you can't retrieve the 20th month?
14:43Correct.
14:43No,
14:44that's wrong.
14:44It shouldn't work that way.
14:45But that is how it works.
14:47Wesley says the judge is losing his power.
14:50If you can't produce the evidence,
14:52he's prepared to dismiss the case.
14:54Guys,
14:54this is bigger than one case.
14:56Everything Smitty logged has been misfiled.
14:58Going back two months.
15:01Did the widow shed some light?
15:02Not exactly,
15:03but her doorbell cam did.
15:04This is from two days ago.
15:06The car is registered to a Ryder Frost,
15:08known member of the Southern Front.
15:10Well,
15:10that tattoo is a match.
15:12Definitely could be our shooter.
15:13Any idea who the other fella is?
15:14Not yet,
15:14but it's tasked with 54th Street Gang.
15:16Besides the racial element,
15:18don't SF and the 5-4 compete for the same meth business?
15:21They did up until a few months ago
15:22when the Armenians pushed Southern Front further into the valley,
15:25but they are certainly not allies.
15:27They case the garage,
15:28but not the house.
15:30Any idea what they were looking for?
15:31We've got a last known for Ryder.
15:33We were hoping you'd go ask him.
15:44Wait!
15:49Control and pursuit of sauce
15:50and back to Dream Royal Lake Apartments,
15:52and back up.
16:01Walk on a other side in your door.
16:05Keeps on the park and the fake out there.
16:08Come on, come on.
16:10Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:14Pass the third floor heading for the roof.
16:18Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:25Stop!
16:26I live in need!
16:29Come on, Ryder.
16:30There's nowhere to go.
16:31Put your hands on your head.
16:33Down on your knees.
16:38Wait, wait, wait, wait!
16:39Stop, stop, stop!
16:41Come on!
16:43Come on!
16:43Ah!
16:54Hey, guys, you're punching.
16:59I'm sorry, are these cases from the future?
17:01Apparently, the system didn't know what to do with month 20,
17:03and so it 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.
17:16We will have it.
17:16I'll stick around.
17:17I'll feel responsible.
17:18No, it'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.
17:34Well, I guess you better come in, then.
17:38Oh!
17:39You've really made a nice life for yourself here, noon.
17:43I can, uh, I can see why you'd hesitate before giving her it up, but...
17:49Anything I can say to convince you?
17:52Can I ask why?
17:53I'm not a doctor or a scientist.
17:55I don't have a PhD.
17:57Why are you asking me?
17:59Maybe you've been around long enough to know that having a few extra letters after your
18:02name doesn't make you a genius.
18:03I also know that if I bring you a problem, you won't rest until you've looked at it from
18:07every conceivable angle, twice, before bringing me a solution.
18:11What if I can't find a solution?
18:13Hell, girl, that's why they call it a think tank.
18:14It does me no good to have a bunch of identical people with identical viewpoints looking in
18:19identical 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 because it's not the right fit or the right
18:41time, that's fine.
18:41I get it.
18:42But deciding that you're not good enough before somebody else can, that's the coward's
18:47way.
18:49And I know you're not a coward.
18:51No, sir.
18:52I'm not.
18:57Giddy up.
19:05Yeah.
19:06All right.
19:08Okay.
19:08Thanks for the update.
19:10Suspect in the central station market shooting fell to his death.
19:13That's awful.
19:14Yeah.
19:14Guy thought he was an action hero.
19:15Tried 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 in 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 more than four consecutive hours since he took this job.
19:33I know being sidelined for the president's visit shook him up.
19:37And even though it was more of a CYA decision by the brass, an indictment on his performance,
19:43the optics weren't great for him.
19:44Do you think you should be worried?
19:45I think that watch commander is a thinkless job.
19:49You're not in the field, but you're responsible for every knucklehead that is.
19:52Patrol officers want resources you can't give them.
19:54The brass expects results that you realistically can't produce.
19:58And when there's bad press and they're looking for a head to roll.
20:01Right.
20:02I didn'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.
20:22Okay, that sounds horrible.
20:24It wasn't pretty.
20:25That's for sure.
20:26Nolan and I barely had time to twist before it was all over.
20:29So where does that leave the case?
20:32Still trying to ID the second shooter.
20:37Hey, did you know the Armenians pushed the southern front's mass trade deeper into the...
20:41Deeper into the valley?
20:42Yep.
20:42Happened a few months ago.
20:43I just want to write every gang report the department puts out,
20:46and I haven't seen anything about that.
20:47Yeah, see, those reports only get you so far.
20:49I mean, the best information is usually through word of mouth,
20:53which is great for me because I know people from all over the city.
20:57Well, how can I compete with that when I just got here?
20:59It takes time to cultivate that kind of trust.
21:01True, but I mean,
21:03you'd be shocked by what some of these low-level game makers put on social media.
21:07The Ellie Gang subreddit is a great resource.
21:10Look, I gotta stay up anyway.
21:11I've got a 2 a.m. Zoom date with Raj.
21:13Why don't I show you some 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.
21:23Hey, 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 or save it for dinner?
21:33My vote is now.
21:34Okay.
21:34And don't be stingy with the pores.
21:38Everyone clear on the plan?
21:39Oh, yes, yes.
21:40James Snow's agreed with everything you say
21:42and keep the starry-eyed reformer talk on our minimum.
21:46Perfect.
21:47Operation Kill a Dream is a go.
21:50He has a point.
21:51We complain all the time about undocumented witnesses being too scared to testify.
21:56Instituting a policy that would protect them from deportation, that would be a game-changer.
22:01I thought we were supposed to be Team Lopez.
22:03I know, but it's a good idea.
22:05I'm not saying it's not a good idea, but I think we're getting away from the larger point,
22:10which is we'd be opening our lives up to public scrutiny, which would be hard enough for you and me.
22:16And I worry what it'll do to the kids.
22:19So do I.
22:21But I also want them to grow up knowing that their father is willing to fight for the rights of
22:26everybody,
22:26even when it's difficult.
22:27Amen.
22:29What?
22:30You started it.
22:31Think of what I'd be in the position to influence as the DA.
22:34I could end cash bail, expand victim services, emphasize counseling.
22:40Institutional change is always hard.
22:42Right, but does that mean that I shouldn't try?
22:44What about the house?
22:46Yeah, well, we would probably have to wait on that.
22:48I mean, optics would...
22:49And you'd be fine letting public perception dictate how we live our lives?
22:53In service of real reform?
22:57Maybe.
22:58Real change requires sacrifice.
23:01But I would not do it at the expense of our family.
23:03I would need to know that you were on board.
23:05100%.
23:09Hello.
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 a really hard day, and I wanted to do something nice for you.
23:24Oh.
23:25Yeah.
23:26Uh-huh.
23:26And, uh, what do you really want in exchange for this totally no-strings-attached feast?
23:34A conversation about D.C.
23:37I didn't know we needed to have one.
23:39I know, and that is my fault.
23:41But, all day, I have not been able to get this idea out of my head.
23:46And Russ stopped by on the way to the airport, and Russ stopped by on the way to the airport,
23:50and gave me his final appeal, and it made me question why I was so quick to shut it down.
23:56Well...
23:57And before you tell me no, or give me 100 reasons why it won't work, all I ask is that
24:02you spend some time to explore the idea.
24:05And by that, you mean...
24:06See what transferring to D.C. police would look like.
24:09Make some calls, ask some questions, kick the tires.
24:13And what if we come to different conclusions?
24:16We abort the mission.
24:18Either we're both in, or we're both out.
24:21We need both keys to launch the torpedoes.
24:22Yes.
24:24What do you think?
24:28I think I want you to be happy, and if this is something you want, then I will do everything
24:35I can from my end to see if it's feasible.
24:40We're in this together.
24:47Is it just me or these numbers starting to blend together?
24:50It is, not just you.
24:52Everything okay with the press?
24:54Ryder's death was ruled in accidents, but there's always a chance they could reopen the case.
24:59Or blame me for this whole evidence-logging mess.
25:02Hey, just take the win.
25:03You're right.
25:06Look, I swear, if I lose Watch Commander because of Smitty...
25:09That's not gonna happen.
25:10I have been manifesting that we will find this machete all day.
25:14Manifesting?
25:15God, I got you away from waters just in time.
25:21You gotta be kidding me.
25:26Oh 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?
25:37A yurt in Finland.
25:39The Northern Lights have been amazing the last few nights.
25:43Jealous.
25:44I know.
25:44I wish you were here to 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 through Ryder's jewelry file.
26:04Between the ages of 9 to 14, he lived in four different foster homes.
26:08One was located in the 54th Street Territory.
26:10Foster parents were Mabel and Raphael Sinclair.
26:13Now, Raphael died a few years ago, heart attack.
26:15But look at what 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 in the neighborhood just call her mom.
26:35Since they know whatever they need, food, a place to stay, clean clothes, Mabel will hook them up.
26:40Well, last week, Mabel was a victim of a hit and run while crossing her street.
26:43Witnesses saw a red sedan speeding away from the scene, but no arrests have been made.
26:47Anyone care to guess what kind of car Fred Wilson drove?
26:50A red camera.
26:51So you think Fred hit Mabel?
26:53Oh, more than that.
26:54Selena ran his bin and found the body shop doing the repairs on his car.
26:58The bumper tested positive for blood.
27:01French sticks are running the sample.
27:02What's Ryder's connection to this woman?
27:04Oh, Mabel was his foster mother.
27:09That's the second shooter.
27:10That is Keyeson Holmes, 22, proud member of the 5-4 and former foster brother to Ryder Frost.
27:16So they murdered Fred Wilson as revenge for killing Mabel.
27:20Well, Mabel wasn't dead.
27:25All I remember is going out to bring my trash cans in and then waking up here.
27:32And they told me it was a hit and run.
27:34Unfortunately, the man suspected of hitting you with his car was murdered.
27:38We have reason to believe your former foster sons, Ryder Frost and Kingston Holmes, want a revenge for what happened
27:44to you.
27:45It was painful enough losing Ryder and Kingston to the streets.
27:50I don't think I can take knowing that they killed a man because of me.
27:56We're very sorry, but I'm afraid that's not all.
28:00Ryder died yesterday trying to jump between rooftops.
28:03They were just hurt little boys underneath it all, you know?
28:07When Ryder first came to us, he was so shut down.
28:15He barely said two words to me that first month.
28:19At Kingston, he always had this way about him, this lightness, even after all he'd been through.
28:30But then they started to do everything together and bit by bit, I got to see Ryder for the sweet,
28:44sensitive boy he was.
28:46What happened?
28:47Ryder's mom came back into the picture with her skinhead boyfriend, and once he was gone, all of Kingston's light
28:57went with him.
28:59He started to act out, getting in trouble, and he was finally put away on some trumped-up vandalism charge.
29:12And then he joined the gang in prison.
29:19And suddenly, the two boys I saw become brothers were turned into mortal enemies by the streets.
29:31I'm sorry for how much pain this has caused you, but we'd like to bring Kingston in without any more
29:36bloodshed.
29:37Do you have any way of contacting him?
29:44What do you want me to say?
29:47Hey, the judge signed off on the wiretap. We should be good to go in a few.
29:50Great. What you were saying yesterday about D.C. and needing to unclench, it can't be that bad, right?
29:59Alright, maybe I've just been spoiled by L.A.
30:02I'm sure the city has a lot of great things about it, but from what I saw, being a cop
30:07there just means a lot of crowd control around government offices, usually in crappy weather, snowstorms in the winter, swamp
30:15-like humidity in the summer.
30:17You get two weeks of cherry blossoms a year, and that's about it.
30:22Also, speaking as someone who thought transferring to another department would be easy, be prepared to relearn everything you thought
30:29you knew.
30:30Yeah, alright, we gotta go.
30:45Mama?
30:46It's me, baby.
30:47Oh, thank God.
30:49I tried to visit you in the ICU, but they said blood family only.
30:52They made it sound like you were dying.
30:53Well, I am a little banged up, but I'll be alright.
30:57I wish I could come see you.
30:58Well, me too.
30:59You heard about Ryder?
31:03Oh, you know, me and Ryder don't really mess with each other anymore.
31:09He's dead, baby.
31:11Killed.
31:12Running away from what you boys did.
31:15I don't know what you're talking about.
31:18Kingston, please.
31:20You never were a good liar.
31:24You need to turn yourself in.
31:27I can't.
31:28You know what happened the last time I went inside.
31:30I had to join the 5-4 just to make it out alive.
31:32What other choice do you have?
31:34Just don't worry about me, Mama, okay?
31:36Just don't worry.
31:36I got a way out.
31:38Into Mexico where I can disappear.
31:40Mexico?
31:41What the heck do you know about Mexico?
31:44You know, Kingston, this is Detective Nyla Harper of the LAPD.
31:47Are you working with the cops?
31:49She is trying to save your life.
31:51Listen to me.
31:52If you run, things will end badly for you.
31:54But if you turn yourself in, we can try and help you.
32:01But please.
32:02He's scared.
32:04Don't hurt him.
32:05He's not a kid anymore, Miss Sinclair.
32:07He killed a man in cold blood.
32:09So now we have to go get him.
32:32He's not a kid anymore.
32:405-4 for life.
32:49Yo, what's up?
32:58Can we talk?
32:58For sure.
32:59Come here.
33:02You're good?
33:06Talk to me.
33:10I got to get out of town.
33:13You should get that hookup with the cartel tunnels into Mexico.
33:17So, why?
33:19What happened?
33:20Unless you know the better.
33:21Just trust me on that.
33:23You say trust me, I trust you, okay?
33:26Make a few phone calls.
33:27Look, relax.
33:28Have a drink.
33:30You know we got you.
33:51I truly didn't believe you'd be stupid enough to bring your dumb ass back around here.
33:56After all the disrespect showing us.
34:00Yeah, you hidden civilians.
34:02You working with Nazis.
34:04Trace on Kingston's phone landed at 4700 Hilldale.
34:07Copy that.
34:11Pull over up here.
34:15But the address is on the next block.
34:17Yeah, you recognize that tag?
34:2054th Street.
34:22We roll up hot.
34:23We could have spotters anywhere.
34:25Exactly.
34:26Let's go.
34:33Yo, youngin.
34:36It's your big moment, man.
34:37This the moment you prove how much you love the streets
34:39by taking care of a traitor-ass bitch that's disrespecting her.
34:43This the moment you prove to me you a good soldier.
34:45And you follow orders.
34:47All right, in return, the streets gonna lure you back.
34:50And wherever you go, the far foe follow.
34:54For life.
34:56Now you take care of this bitch.
35:17We ain't got all day.
35:24Swat's ten minutes out.
35:25You got eyes on Kingston?
35:26Yeah.
35:27But we're looking at a potential murder in progress.
35:29We can't wait.
35:34Now smoke this fool.
35:39Police!
35:40Go, go, go!
35:42Hey!
35:44Police!
35:45Drop your weapon!
35:53Show me your hands if you're up there!
35:55Come here!
35:59Go!
36:02Marvin!
36:04Go, go!
36:08Cover us.
36:10Go!
36:19Stay down, stay down
36:32Wait
36:54Wait, wait, wait, please, please, please, please, please, please, you can, you can just say that you didn't see me,
37:02you can say that you didn't see me, you can say that you didn't see me, Trey, please, please
37:06Get on your stomach
37:08Go
37:12Drop the gun.
37:13Hit it with you here.
37:33The key is processed.
37:35Ah, thank you for that.
37:37Um, look, I realize this was a bit of a tough one.
37:40Are you all right?
37:41I'll be all right.
37:43I know I shouldn't feel sympathy, but he's just a boy.
37:48Look, 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.
37:55Why don't you go home? I'll take care of the paperwork.
37:58Yes, sir. Thank you.
38:00You bet.
38:02Uh.
38:06It amazes me how one man can wreak such havoc on the entire LAPD.
38:11Smitty is a force of nature.
38:13Uh, got a minute?
38:14Yeah, sure. What's up?
38:16Well, Bailey has been offered a pretty impressive job in D.C., a Pentagon think tank.
38:22And 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.
38:31But you do know you would have to start at the very bottom again, including redoing the Academy.
38:36I've done it before.
38:37You 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 L.A.
38:48Plus, the cost of living in D.C. 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...
39:04I was just looking for the truth.
39:06Yeah, well, good luck.
39:12Hey.
39:15The L.A.P.D. wouldn't be sad to see you go.
39:19Thank you, sir.
39:26Guess what?
39:28What?
39:28We won.
39:30That's great.
39:31Judge, give you any grief about the evidence?
39:33I think he was too confused by the explanation to challenge it.
39:38Take the win.
39:39Mm-hmm.
39:39I prepared a ten-minute lecture for tomorrow's roll call
39:42to make sure no one can ever again use ignorance as an excuse
39:45when mislabeling case numbers.
39:46You know, you're a really good watch commander.
39:49I'm figuring it out.
39:51No, listen.
39:52No matter what kind of craziness is going on at the station,
39:54you're always the center of calm.
39:56And the rest of us need that.
39:58I need that.
40:00Mm-hmm.
40:01Tell you what,
40:02a list of things we can't trust Smitty with is getting longer.
40:04Do you think he's doing it on purpose?
40:07Weaponized incompetence?
40:08Yeah.
40:08I don't think he's that strategic.
40:17Hey.
40:18Sorry I missed dinner.
40:22And bedtime.
40:25You should run for D.A.
40:28Are you sure?
40:30Because if you're not in 100%...
40:31I'm in.
40:33The more I thought about it,
40:34the more I realized this
40:35was exactly why you joined the D.A.'s office in the first place.
40:39Mm-hmm.
40:40And I'm proud you want to set that example for our children,
40:43especially because every day I see firsthand
40:45the people, our system, has failed.
40:48And inevitably, the ones who suffer the most
40:51are other kids.
40:53You sure you're okay waiting on a new house?
40:55No.
40:57But, like you said,
40:59real change requires sacrifice.
41:03And I love this house.
41:06We brought home
41:07two babies here.
41:11We also made two babies here.
41:14So we did.
41:15Mm-hmm.
41:19No food to entice me with, I see.
41:22No, but I have wine.
41:28Listen, I don't want to beat around the bush.
41:30I did my due diligence,
41:31and I am sorry, honey.
41:33I don't think I can do D.C.
41:35It would mean starting all over again as a rookie.
41:41Only this time, instead of being 45, I'd be 50.
41:44Oh.
41:45I don't think I can stay.
41:48What if...
41:51I'm not ready to say no.
41:54Well, you did say we both had to be in,
41:58or you would walk away.
41:59I know, and I meant it when I said it.
42:04But now...
42:06You still want it.
42:10So where does that leave us?
42:20This killer's underestimating you?
42:24Good.
42:25They won't even see you coming.
42:28What now?
42:29We get him.
42:37Damn it.
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