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00:01Previously on the road.
00:02I'm gonna give you my car.
00:03What's the catch?
00:03You have to keep checking in with me until you're off the street or no deal.
00:06Thanks.
00:09I am hereby placing you under administrative leave, gun and badge.
00:12Guys like Doug Stanton should not be training our next generation.
00:15If you had your college degree, you would be able to be TO in two years.
00:19Looks like I'm going back to school.
00:23Thanks for letting me do my laundry here.
00:25I swear my cousin's dryer is possessed.
00:28Anytime.
00:29Plus, it means I get to make sure you have a vegetable this month.
00:35I told you, all the cool kids are getting scurvy.
00:37Mm-hmm.
00:38Listen, I have to write a paper for school about gender roles in the workplace.
00:42And I'm supposed to interview someone who's working a job that was traditionally considered male.
00:47And you want to interview me?
00:51If you're not busy.
00:52I would be honored.
00:54If you're gonna make this weird, I'll just ask someone else.
00:56No, I'm in.
00:57We can do it after dinner.
00:59Tonight.
00:59I still have to get the questions together.
01:01Okay.
01:02Well, how about tomorrow night?
01:03I could pick you up after my shift.
01:04I should be done on time for once.
01:07My sergeant has us doing site security for the CCOA convention.
01:11It's the California Covert Operators Association.
01:14Undercover cops have a convention?
01:16Yeah.
01:17At a hotel, if you can believe it.
01:18And it's advertised on their website, so.
01:21That sounds like the opposite of covert.
01:23Yeah, that's what I said.
01:24But I guess it's a space for them to share trade secrets.
01:27And party on the city's dime.
01:28While we make sure no bad guys get close enough to ID an undercover cop.
01:31Well, sadly, I'll be missing the fun because I'll be working the community policing center with Smitty tomorrow.
01:37Yeah.
01:38Only ten more days until no more teos.
01:41Mm-hmm.
01:43Hey.
01:44I thought you were starting college classes tonight.
01:47I'm actually just about to head into my ethics and criminal law class, but I'm having second thoughts about identifying
01:53myself as a police officer.
01:54I mean, I should, right?
01:56Yeah.
01:56No.
01:57That's not helpful.
01:58Why shouldn't you?
01:59Because it'll isolate them right away.
02:01You think I introduce myself as homeless at school?
02:03Unless you want the class to be about you.
02:05I'd keep your head down and blend in.
02:07Good evening.
02:08I'm Professor Ryan, and this is ethics and criminal justice.
02:12Now tell me, what do those words make you think?
02:16That the two don't go together.
02:18Why?
02:19Because the criminal justice system is inherently biased, designed to punish poor people and people of color.
02:25Okay, so if that's a problem, what is the solution?
02:27Defund the police, for starters.
02:29Anyone disagree?
02:30Uh, well, I don't think it's quite that simple, just defunding the police.
02:35Defunding doesn't mean get rid of cops.
02:37It means stop prioritizing them over people they're supposed to serve.
02:40No, I appreciate that, and I agree.
02:42I think a lot more money needs to be invested in communities, but it will take time for those investments
02:47to affect any real change.
02:49If we drastically cut policing before that happens, it would leave people unprotected.
02:54It can't be worse than it is now.
02:56Sure it can.
02:58Don't you agree?
02:59Oh, I'm not here to agree or to pick sides.
03:02Ethics are often at odds with the law.
03:04What's right and what is legal are very often all too different.
03:08And that tension is what we are here to explore.
03:12And it is going to get uncomfortable.
03:14So y'all better strap in.
03:26By then, the class had ended, and I still haven't identified myself.
03:30Did I make a mistake?
03:31I can't answer that for you.
03:33As a cop, you have to judge social situations on a case-by-case basis.
03:36I just hate the feeling like I'm hiding something.
03:38All of these people can't be undercover cops, can they?
03:41Okay, so think of the undercover world like high school, right?
03:44So first you have your UCs. They are like the star quarterbacks.
03:47No undercover operation can happen without them, and they know it.
03:49They take the most risk, and they reap the most reward.
03:52Meaning?
03:52They get laid a lot.
03:54Then you have your case officers.
03:56They're like the debate team.
03:58They think they're smarter than everyone else,
03:59and they see themselves as puppet masters who use UCs as just a tool in their kit.
04:04I'm guessing they don't get laid near as much.
04:06Correct.
04:07Then you have your text blog.
04:08They're like the hackers.
04:09They basically are smarter than everyone else.
04:11But they have a real criminal streak.
04:12They commit legal burglaries and break-ins, planting cameras and bugs.
04:16Finally, you have your freshmen.
04:18They are easily identifiable just on patrol.
04:20Still at that awkward stage of trying to let their hair grow out where they're mullet adjacent.
04:25So you were a star quarterback?
04:27Oh, baby.
04:28I was the Heisman Trophy.
04:30All right, thanks. You're good to go.
04:32Hey, do you work the convention every year?
04:34No, Ellie hasn't hosted one in a long time.
04:37But I did go with Isabel once.
04:38What kind of classes do they teach?
04:39No idea.
04:40Patrol isn't allowed to know UC trade secrets.
04:43So I just ordered room service.
04:44Worked on my tan.
04:46That's it.
04:47Matt!
04:48Matt!
04:49Matt!
04:50You bastard!
04:51You get prettier with H.
04:53Yeah, and you're still the same part Neanderthal.
04:55Lucy Chen, Mac Daniels.
04:57Hey, how are ya?
04:58Oh, hi. Nice to meet you.
04:59Beth, how are the kids?
05:00Oh, uh, this is actually, uh, my friend Candace.
05:02Hi.
05:03Mac's right.
05:04You are pretty.
05:07Uh, Chen, why don't you go and get Candace's info?
05:09Yeah.
05:10Mac, come on over here, bud.
05:11Uh-oh.
05:12Am I in trouble?
05:15You want to run around on Beth.
05:17That's your business.
05:18Did you really expect me not to notice?
05:20Notice what?
05:21Your pupils, man.
05:22They're pinpoints.
05:23You're looking $5.50.
05:24What do you want?
05:25It's just a little oxy.
05:26Okay.
05:27Relax, I got a prescription.
05:28I jacked up my shoulder on the job about a month back.
05:30Payne's a mother.
05:32Mac!
05:33I got a spa appointment.
05:36I gotta go.
05:37It's good seeing you, bro.
05:38Yeah, me too.
05:46He seems nice.
05:48Yeah, believe it or not, you used to be the most clean cut guy I ever met.
05:54James, it's good to see ya.
05:55Uh, am I, uh, still on for Aaron and Michael tutoring tomorrow night?
05:58Just Aaron.
05:59Michael has drama club.
06:01That boy's such a ham.
06:02I love it.
06:03Who's this?
06:03This is Silas.
06:04Silas.
06:05Good to meet ya.
06:06I'm, uh, Jackson, and this is Smitty.
06:08Jackson.
06:08Last name, what?
06:10Badge number, please?
06:11For my records.
06:113-3-3-5-6.
06:14Badge number?
06:162-8-7-1-7.
06:18First name, please.
06:19Smitty sufficient.
06:21Silas is the eyes and ears of the neighborhood.
06:23He does a daily patrol, gives me a heads up on problems that need fixing.
06:27Anything we should know about?
06:28Well, city sanitation is elected to empty the dumpster in front of Mateo's deli.
06:31That will attract rodents.
06:32And the Cadet Blue 1978 Dodge Aspen is blocking Sly Nelson's driveway, and she has work at 10.
06:37Kid would make a good CI.
06:39Forget it.
06:40Silas is here because he wants to help his neighbors, not make it easier for you to hassle them.
06:44Of course.
06:45That's not what we're looking for.
06:47Look, I can call the city and have them tow away to Aspen so Sally can get to work.
06:51Is there anything else we can help you with?
06:52Um, I've actually made a list of potholes, and they can cause accidents, car damage.
06:57But the Bureau of Street Services doesn't return my telephone calls.
07:01Smitty, doesn't your uncle work for city services?
07:03Ah, Artie, yes.
07:05Guy is such a slacker.
07:07Can you call him about the potholes?
07:10No.
07:11I owe money.
07:13Okay, fine.
07:14Give me the number and I'll call.
07:16Do you really think there could be trouble at this convention?
07:18Absolutely.
07:19Criminals would kill to infiltrate this place.
07:21The damage that undercover operations do to their business is incredible.
07:29June!
07:30What? Are you here?
07:31Oh good, here at the convention.
07:33I'm scheduled to teach a seminar this morning, but I can't get there.
07:36Can you fill in for me?
07:37It's the same class you used to teach.
07:38You could do it in your sleep.
07:39I can't.
07:40I'm working security.
07:41Please.
07:42You still owe me from that off in Bakersfield, and you know I wouldn't ask if I didn't have
07:45to.
07:46Go ahead.
07:47I got this covered.
07:48Go ahead.
07:49Okay.
07:50Uh, sure.
07:51Thanks.
07:51I'll text you the details.
07:52You are the best.
07:55What's the seminar on?
07:56Women make up just 12% of law enforcement, but they are attacked almost twice as often
08:02as male officers.
08:03And yet, male officers are three times more likely to fire their weapon, they are three
08:09times more likely to get injured while on duty, and they make up 95% of citizen complaints.
08:16Which begs the question, are women just better cops?
08:20Oh, you better believe it.
08:25You're not supposed to be listening.
08:27Why?
08:27Because I don't trust patrol with all their secret squirrel stuff.
08:30It doesn't matter why.
08:31Rules are rules.
08:32And I'm already on ten ice, so I'm out of here.
08:34The seminar today is about being a female undercover cop and the unique risks that that poses.
08:39Now, I will warn you, this is not going to be an easy ride.
08:43Some of what you're about to see is hard to watch.
08:46But if we can learn from the UCs who died in these videos, then maybe we can save some lives.
08:53Are you with me?
09:00Jen.
09:00Yes.
09:01I thought you were running to the bathroom.
09:03I was.
09:03I am.
09:05Sorry.
09:12Next time he calls about potholes, take it seriously, okay?
09:15Yes.
09:15I work with Smitty.
09:17Yeah.
09:18No.
09:18No.
09:19I won't tell him that.
09:21Because it's disgusting.
09:22No!
09:23No!
09:24No!
09:24No!
09:25No!
09:26No!
09:28My baby's in the back!
09:30Seven out of seven are carjacking.
09:31Suspect headed westbound on 4th near Waverly.
09:33I'm on foot.
09:34I need any unit in here.
09:36No!
09:36No!
09:36No!
09:38No!
09:40No!
09:42No!
09:47No!
09:48No!
09:49No!
09:50No!
09:52No!
09:53No!
09:53I guess you didn't need that assist after all.
09:56You're...?
09:57A cop on a horse?
09:58Yep.
09:59Any other suspects?
10:00No.
10:02Can you watch him?
10:03I think he said her baby was in the car.
10:09Ma'am, that's your baby?
10:15I'm sorry.
10:17So you're spying on one of the seminars?
10:19No.
10:22Maybe a little bit.
10:23I mean, what's the big deal? I'm a cop, too.
10:26The likelihood of patrol officers getting fired or flaming out
10:28are much higher than ranked officers.
10:30The information and tactics the CCOA present
10:32are so unique and so sensitive
10:34that they are literally on a need-to-know basis.
10:37Got it?
10:39Yeah.
10:42Tim?
10:42Beth.
10:43I'm here to surprise Mac.
10:45He's barely been home the last three months.
10:46I bet. Yeah.
10:47Undercover work's a full-time gig.
10:49Is he here yet?
10:52Yeah. He rolled through a few hours ago.
10:54It's great seeing you.
10:56You too.
10:58Seriously?
10:59You're not gonna give her a heads up?
11:01No way I'm getting in the middle of that.
11:04Tim.
11:05Check this out.
11:06Those cars belong to the undercover cops.
11:08They'll have switched out license plates
11:10so criminals can't ID them,
11:11but they can't cover the VIN numbers.
11:13If he gets those numbers,
11:14he'll be able to identify them.
11:16Gun. Back pocket.
11:17Hey! Police!
11:19Hold up!
11:30All units, be advised we have a perimeter breach,
11:32white male, blue ball cap,
11:33gray jacket, blue jeans,
11:34made it in through the south,
11:35rear door,
11:36armed with a handgun,
11:37maybe targeting police.
11:40He won't get far.
11:42Hotels on lockdown
11:43and his description just went up
11:44to 200 armed police officers.
11:46Really, he's trapped in here with us.
11:48Yeah, that description's useless now.
11:51Be advised,
11:52our suspect no longer has on a ball cap or jacket,
11:55which means we are searching for
11:57a white guy in blue jeans.
12:03Do you see that?
12:05Yeah, that could be our guy.
12:06It could just be a twitchy UC.
12:07They're hardwired to avoid uniformed cops.
12:10You think you can tell if he's a cop
12:11just by talking to him?
12:12Is that a challenge?
12:13Yep.
12:16How's it going?
12:19Here for the convention?
12:22I'm not really supposed to say.
12:23That's a yes.
12:24I'd kill the work undercover.
12:25God, me too.
12:26You must have the best stories.
12:28Nah.
12:29Oh, come on.
12:30Give us one.
12:30I've only been a year on the job.
12:32I've never seen any real action.
12:34All right, well, this one time,
12:35a couple years back,
12:37I get in with this biker gang,
12:38and we're moving a hell ton of smack.
12:40Now, the buyer,
12:41he smells a rat,
12:42and suddenly,
12:43I got six sawed-off shotties
12:45right to my grill.
12:46They wanted me to try the batch,
12:47make sure it wasn't bunk.
12:48What did you do?
12:49And I got high as the Hindenburg
12:50and came down just as messy.
12:52Sorry, wrong answer.
12:58Look how the cops
12:59don't behave like characters
13:00in movies,
13:01you taste the drugs,
13:02your case,
13:03your career.
13:05Fresh shot.
13:07Suspect in custody.
13:09Thanks for the assist.
13:10Ah, no problem.
13:11I was giving a talk
13:11at the local elementary school.
13:13Yeah, I gotta admit,
13:14I've actually never seen
13:15a cop on a horse before.
13:17Well, not on the street, anyway.
13:19It's weird.
13:20You must have been looking
13:21in the wrong direction.
13:22Yeah, well,
13:22I am not now.
13:25Officer Jackson West,
13:27badge number
13:28three, three, three, five, six.
13:29What's up, Silas?
13:30I don't know him.
13:31This is Officer Young.
13:33Isaac,
13:34badge number two, nine, one, nine, six.
13:36And this here is Ruby,
13:37official police source
13:37of the West Adams Mountain Patrol.
13:39Does she have a badge number?
13:40No, but she lives
13:41in stall number 11.
13:42House patrol.
13:43Is there anything else
13:44we can do?
13:45Actually,
13:47a sprinkler head
13:48at Edgewood Park broke off
13:50and it's spraying the swings.
13:51Okay, well,
13:52I am on it.
13:53It's nice to meet you.
13:54Hey, you too.
13:58You two are looking
13:59at each other for me.
14:01I am his wife!
14:03Open the damn door!
14:04He doesn't want to see you!
14:05Mac, I'm done.
14:06Can you hear me?
14:07You're never going to see
14:08your sons again!
14:09What's going on?
14:10You okay?
14:10Mac's in there
14:11with some stripper whore
14:12he's ways to have his butt.
14:15What's going on?
14:16Nothing.
14:17We're just hanging out.
14:17Get Mac.
14:18I need to see him.
14:18He's sleeping.
14:19I think.
14:20I don't know.
14:20He won't talk to me.
14:21Open the door.
14:22No, I can't.
14:23Open.
14:24Back up!
14:27Mac!
14:30He's not breathing.
14:31What did you do?
14:32Nothing.
14:33We were just partying.
14:34Control 7-M19.
14:35Send an RA to the Guston Hotel
14:379212 West 6th Street
14:38Room 623.
14:39Adult male.
14:39Possible OD.
14:44Come on, Mac.
14:47Come on.
14:47Wake up, Mac.
14:48Tim.
14:49Narcan.
15:01You're right, Mac.
15:02You're right.
15:03I'm here.
15:03Okay.
15:03Beth's here.
15:05You're okay, bud.
15:06Try and sit up.
15:07Beth.
15:08Babe.
15:09I can't do this anymore.
15:11Wait, wait.
15:12Come back.
15:12I love you.
15:13You said I was the one you loved.
15:19Okay, tell me the truth.
15:22Did working the convention
15:23as a patrol officer
15:24feel like a demotion?
15:25At first, yes.
15:26But then, I don't know,
15:28I got a contact anxiety high.
15:30I do not miss the constant fear
15:32and the lying so much
15:33you don't know what the truth is.
15:35Hey!
15:36I know you.
15:41Victor, right?
15:42Hey, how you doing?
15:44Victor's in my ethics class.
15:45You're a cop.
15:46I can see why you might think that.
15:48Um, but to be fair,
15:49this uniform could also mean
15:50I'm a male stripper.
15:51Whoa, what's all that for?
15:53To show everyone in class.
15:54We got a narc inside.
15:55Victor.
15:56Hey.
15:57Is that a little harsh?
15:58Victor!
16:01Well, can't wait to hear
16:02how class goes.
16:08Hey.
16:09Hey.
16:11Were you trying to kill yourself?
16:13I got it right for now.
16:15Okay, then what the hell
16:15were you thinking?
16:16You told me you were taking oxy
16:18because you were injured.
16:18I was.
16:20All right, I am.
16:22It was a mistake.
16:23A mistake?
16:24Yeah.
16:24You downed opioids with whiskey.
16:26All right, that's not pain management.
16:28That is the problem.
16:29I know.
16:30I screwed up, okay?
16:32Yeah.
16:32I was just trying to push through the pain
16:34and keep working.
16:36It got away from me.
16:37You know how it is.
16:38I do.
16:39And I know addicts lie so much
16:41they don't know what's true anymore.
16:42Hey, I am not your ex-wife.
16:44Really?
16:44Because from where I'm standing
16:45you look exactly like Isabel.
16:47Look, I'm not going to make
16:48the same mistake I did with her.
16:49You are going into a program.
16:51Tomorrow.
16:53You can't keep doing this
16:54to your family, Mac.
16:57I know.
16:58I know.
16:58I will.
17:00I promise.
17:11Hello.
17:12Hi.
17:13Mm-hmm.
17:14So you know we're going to have
17:15to talk about it, right?
17:16Look, it was a momentary lapse
17:19in judgment,
17:20and Tim has already scolded me
17:21for listening in,
17:22but I've got to say,
17:24what I heard at your seminar
17:25was amazing.
17:27I was a little rusty,
17:29but thank you.
17:30Listen, I've been thinking a lot
17:32about what I want to do
17:33once I'm eligible to test,
17:35and I think I could be really good
17:38at undercover work.
17:39I would love to pick your brain sometime.
17:41Not about tactics,
17:41just what I should focus on
17:44to prepare for the job.
17:46I actually, I have time for drinks
17:49right now if you want.
17:51Yeah, great.
17:52No, no.
17:53I have a homework thing
17:55with Tamara.
17:56She won't mind
17:57if we do it a little bit later.
17:59Let me just give her a call.
18:02Hey, it's me.
18:04Are we cool
18:05if we do the interview
18:06a little bit later tonight?
18:07Is 9 o'clock too late for you?
18:09Okay, great.
18:10I will see you then.
18:12I am all yours.
18:15Hey, you know you owe me
18:16big time, right?
18:17Yeah, but can we keep my tab open?
18:19I could use another assist.
18:20I was about to go out for drinks
18:22with a colleague of mine,
18:23Lucy Chen.
18:24Hey.
18:25I'm in a bind.
18:26Look, the real reason
18:27I couldn't make the convention today
18:28is because I spotted a tail
18:29on my way down from Sacramento.
18:31Who?
18:31I think it's the buyer
18:32in this op I've been running.
18:34They're sniffing around
18:34a big batch of liquid fentanyl
18:36I'm selling.
18:36And you think they're onto you?
18:38I think there's a lot of money in play
18:39and they're paranoid as hell.
18:41Are they still surveilling you?
18:42Yeah, I couldn't lose them.
18:43I think they put a tracker
18:45on my car.
18:46Look, I'm at the smokehouse
18:47in Burbank,
18:48but my whole team's up
18:49in San Jose.
18:50What are you driving?
18:51Black Mustang GT.
18:52They know me as Coco.
18:53All right, I'm on my way.
18:55Sorry, I'm gonna have to call Gray now.
18:57We're gonna have to take
18:58a rain check on our drinks,
18:59but totally.
19:01Unless you want to come with.
19:08Narc?
19:09Hey, there's no call for that.
19:11At least let me explain first.
19:12Explain what?
19:13That he's a cop.
19:14Yeah, I know.
19:14What do you mean you know?
19:16Well, I saw it on his application
19:18when he signed up for my class.
19:20And you didn't tell us?
19:21Oh, it wasn't my decision to make.
19:23How can you say that?
19:24Cops have been spying on people
19:25like us for 200 years.
19:27He could be taking this class
19:28to get close to us,
19:29to get into LULAC
19:30or Black Lives Matter.
19:31Oh, I'm not undercover.
19:33I'm actually just a rookie.
19:34Dude, stop lying.
19:35I'm not.
19:38Two years ago,
19:39I was working construction back east.
19:41I moved out here
19:42to join the police
19:43and make a difference.
19:44I'm actually taking this class
19:46to finally get my degree.
19:48It's true.
19:49I read his transcript.
19:51Plus, do you really think
19:52the LAPD's gonna send
19:53a 40-something-year-old
19:54white guy to infiltrate BLM?
19:56Come on, now.
19:56Probably not.
19:57He still should have told us
19:58he's a cop.
19:59Hmm.
20:01Who here thinks
20:02that John is ethically obligated
20:04to identify himself?
20:05I do.
20:07Why?
20:08This is supposed
20:09to be a safe space.
20:10What if one of us admitted
20:11to a crime
20:12in the middle of a discussion?
20:13Well, then you'd be stupid.
20:15There are no truly safe spaces.
20:17I mean, certainly not
20:18in a college classroom.
20:19Believe it or not,
20:20I was wrestling with whether
20:22or not to tell you last night.
20:24And honestly,
20:25I still don't know
20:27what the right decision is.
20:28Okay.
20:29Well, let's explore that further.
20:30I want everyone in here
20:32to write a five-page essay
20:33tell me why or why not
20:35you think that John
20:36had an ethical obligation
20:37to tell us he's a cop.
20:47There's June's car.
21:08What's the plan?
21:09You go in, find June.
21:11Remember, her undercover
21:12name is Coco.
21:13She's a friend in town.
21:15Buy her drink,
21:16chat her up.
21:16I will hang back
21:17and try and spot
21:18who her tales are.
21:20Okay.
21:21You up for this?
21:22Hell yeah.
21:25Coco?
21:27Hey.
21:27Hey.
21:30That Harper found
21:31a tracker outside.
21:32We think they're here.
21:33Yeah, I know.
21:33One's at your four o'clock.
21:34Haven't spotted his backup yet.
21:39Hey, honey.
21:40Can I get you something?
21:41Yeah, sure.
21:42Uh, I will have
21:43what she's having.
21:43Do you want another one?
21:44Sure.
21:46Make it three.
21:49Coco?
21:50Hey, what a coincidence
21:51seeing you all the way down here.
21:53Like hell.
21:54You followed me.
21:55We got a lot of money
21:56on the line with this deal,
21:57so we need to be very careful.
21:59A lot of people
22:00in this business,
22:01you know,
22:02they don't have integrity.
22:04Yeah, because you're
22:05just filled with integrity.
22:06Aren't you, Sato?
22:08Oh, you say my name
22:10in front of someone
22:10that I don't know?
22:12What is wrong with you?
22:14No, what's wrong with you?
22:15No one asked you to sit.
22:19Who is this bitch?
22:22Oh, you just killed yourself.
22:24I'm looking at an empty chair
22:26right there.
22:28Then who's going to conduct
22:29the hydrogenation process?
22:31Who's going to perform
22:32the molecular synthesis
22:33to get the acid tables balanced?
22:34You get that wrong,
22:35you're going to have buyers
22:36with brain bleed.
22:37You're the chemist.
22:39She's the chemist.
22:41Yeah, she is.
22:42Now back off.
22:43And tell your boss
22:44the price just went up
22:45five percent
22:46for the lack of trust.
22:47Oh, I don't think so.
22:49Let's take a walk.
22:50We'll talk about this
22:51somewhere a little more private.
22:55Hmm?
22:58We're going to go
22:59for a little ride.
23:00Think about why, uh,
23:01I got such a bad feeling
23:03about you.
23:06These guys are cops.
23:07They put a tracker
23:08on your car.
23:09Got a bad feeling
23:10about me, huh?
23:11Hey, we're not cops.
23:13You want me to do them here
23:14or take them to the farm?
23:15Hey, you got to believe me.
23:17Coco, you know me.
23:19Then what's with the tracker?
23:21Solongo wanted you surveilled
23:22in case you guys
23:23tried to rip us off.
23:24I swear.
23:26Look, we want this deal
23:27to happen.
23:28We need this deal
23:29to happen, okay?
23:30We just wanted
23:30to make sure.
23:31Well, now you are.
23:32But the price
23:33just went up ten percent.
23:35Consider it a tax
23:36for kissing me off.
23:37Solongo ain't gonna go
23:38for that.
23:38Then this is goodbye.
23:39I got plenty
23:40of other buyers.
23:41Okay, okay, okay.
23:44I'll make it happen.
23:46But she comes too.
23:47At that price,
23:48I want her to test
23:48the product in front of us
23:50to make sure
23:50that it's pure.
23:51Forget it.
23:52No, she doesn't go out
23:53on ice.
23:54Well, no, I'll go.
23:56I've already spent
23:57my share of the money
23:58in my head.
23:58I'll call you on this phone
23:59with the new location.
24:01And you better pick up
24:02on the first ring.
24:03Now piss off.
24:06Come on.
24:16I can't believe
24:17we just did that.
24:18You want me to do them here
24:19or take them to the farm?
24:20You are so badass.
24:22Wait, how much do you know
24:23about opioid chemistry?
24:24I mean, just what they
24:25taught me at the academy.
24:26But I got straight A's
24:27in high school chemistry, so.
24:29Then you're gonna have
24:30some homework to do.
24:33What time is it?
24:37Hey.
24:39I'm so sorry.
24:41It's cool.
24:41No, it's not.
24:43Drinks turned into
24:44this undercover thing,
24:45which was super cool.
24:47But not the point.
24:48Look, there's no excuse
24:49for me leaving you hanging.
24:52Can you do the interview now?
24:53Or tonight?
24:54When does your paper do?
24:55It's fine.
24:56The drunk lady across the hall
24:58used to be a luchadora.
24:59Laura, I'll just ask her.
25:01What?
25:02Mexican wrestler.
25:03No, no.
25:04Look, give me another chance.
25:06Okay?
25:06Tonight.
25:07I promise I'll be there.
25:09Okay.
25:10Sure.
25:11Now I gotta get to school.
25:13Okay.
25:18You get my report
25:19on Mac Daniels?
25:20Yeah, I did.
25:23Are you sure
25:24this is the way
25:25you want things to go?
25:26He'll get fired.
25:28Might do jail time.
25:28Mac didn't get hurt
25:29a month ago.
25:30He got hurt six months ago.
25:32He's deep into an addiction
25:33and he's walking around
25:34with a loaded gun.
25:35And sir, it's not just that.
25:37I went back to his hotel room.
25:38There were prescription bottles
25:40with other people's names on them.
25:41And he could be doing anything
25:42to get those pills.
25:43Cops have to be held
25:44to a higher standard.
25:45Anything less,
25:46all hell breaks loose.
25:47I agree.
25:48I just wanted to make sure
25:49you saw the repercussions.
25:52He's going to lose his pension.
25:54Yeah.
25:55I struggled with that.
25:58But it's what I should have
25:59done with Isabel.
26:01All right.
26:03So one more thing.
26:04Chen's going on
26:05a special assignment today.
26:06She'll be joining Harper
26:07on the undercover operation.
26:09This is Sergeant June Jang
26:11of Fresno PD.
26:12We are going to help out
26:14on her op today.
26:15Appreciate the assistance, guys.
26:16I'm June the UC.
26:18My case officer,
26:19Lieutenant Belasco,
26:20who is not nearly
26:21as mean and awful
26:22as he looks.
26:22For the last eight months,
26:24I have been up
26:25on a crew out of San Jose
26:26who made banks
26:26selling precursors
26:28of liquid fentanyl.
26:29But they got greedy,
26:30tried to go from
26:30selling the parts
26:31to making and selling
26:32the finished product.
26:34But their lab blew up,
26:35killing their chemist
26:36and destroying
26:36their entire supply,
26:37leaving them with no product
26:38and a lot of pissed off buyers.
26:40Which is when I swooped in,
26:42promising enough product
26:43to satisfy all their customers
26:44and then some.
26:45But last night,
26:46all our hard work
26:46almost fell apart
26:48until the quick thinking
26:49of Officer Chen
26:51saved my ass.
26:52Chen, stand up
26:53so they can see
26:53what you're wearing.
26:54Yeah.
26:55The op today is simple.
26:56Trade drugs for cash.
26:58Then arrest everybody
26:59and try to get them
26:59to flip on Aldo Salonga,
27:01their boss.
27:02All right.
27:02You have your assignment.
27:04Everyone in position
27:04by 10 a.m.
27:08What the hell are you doing?
27:09You can't pit
27:10an untrained probationary officer
27:11against one of the most
27:12dangerous crime syndicates
27:13in California.
27:13I don't want to hear it, Tim.
27:14She volunteered.
27:15Plus, Gray authorized it
27:17and we have some
27:18of the best operational expertise
27:20you could ask for.
27:21But they know
27:22the gladiator cage
27:22you're walking into.
27:23You don't.
27:24That's not volunteering.
27:26It's being used.
27:29Hey, don't let Bradford
27:31kill your confidence, okay?
27:32His hangups about UC work
27:34are his to deal with,
27:35not yours.
27:36I kind of hoped
27:36that he would be proud of me.
27:38Wow, that sounds stupid
27:40when I say it out loud.
27:41No, it doesn't.
27:42He's your training officer.
27:44He's gotten you this far.
27:45There's nothing wrong
27:45with wanting his approval.
27:47And for what it's worth,
27:48you've got mine.
27:49You handled yourself
27:50like a pro last night.
27:52Those instincts
27:52can't be taught.
27:53Thanks.
27:55Hey, I need your help.
27:56Somebody hurt Silas.
27:57Come on.
28:02He came by this morning.
28:03I found him like this.
28:04He won't say what happened.
28:07Silas,
28:08look, Officer West is here.
28:10Hey, Silas,
28:11looks like it hurts.
28:13Did you crash your bike?
28:16Someone hurt you?
28:19Where is your bike?
28:20It's okay.
28:21You can talk to us.
28:22If anything happened,
28:24let us help.
28:25I called his mother.
28:26She's on her way
28:27back from work now.
28:28Okay, well,
28:29in the meantime,
28:30Silas,
28:31come back to the center
28:31and we'll get those wounds
28:32cleaned up, all right?
28:34I'm never going back there.
28:36What?
28:37Why?
28:40Look, I'm sorry
28:41to hear that.
28:43Do you mind
28:43if I borrow your notebook?
28:45Finish up your patrol
28:46for you?
28:49I'll bring you back.
28:50Promise.
28:54Hey, can you
28:56stay with him?
28:57Yeah.
28:59Hey, yeah,
29:00it's Jackson West.
29:02Are you still
29:02working in the area?
29:04Yeah.
29:17Control 7, Adam 7.
29:19Show us code 6.
29:21Silas' last entry
29:22was a broken streetlight
29:23at this address.
29:24Something happened.
29:25Check it out.
29:35The bike.
29:42Police!
29:46What?
29:46Sir,
29:47we need to talk to you
29:48about this bike over here
29:49and what happened
29:49to the young man
29:50who was riding it.
29:53Sir,
29:53open the door right now.
29:55He's running!
30:00Nothing.
30:05Show yourself now!
30:08Hello, everybody.
30:09This is Money Madness.
30:10I'm Sam Lovejoy
30:11and I just can't wait
30:12to give away
30:12all this cash.
30:14Just look in my suit pocket
30:15the person at the scene
30:16is okay.
30:17Now, Bobby,
30:17who's tonight's first
30:18soon to be winner?
30:19Sam,
30:20this is Miss Donna McGee
30:22from Athens, Ohio.
30:23Hello.
30:24Now, Bobby,
30:24here we have
30:25playing on the phone
30:26to Charlie Donna.
30:27fail to hack fast
30:28and we...
30:28Get out of my house!
30:31Get out of my house!
30:32Get out of that, I said!
30:33Hey!
30:34Hey!
30:34Come on!
30:35Come on!
30:35Come on!
30:36Come on!
30:38He was spying on me!
30:40I saw him
30:41outside
30:42writing things about me
30:43saying I'm crazy.
30:44I'm not crazy!
30:45He was just a kid.
30:46He was staring at
30:47a broken street
30:47like you didn't have
30:48to hurt him.
30:48Liar!
30:49Liar!
30:49I taught him!
30:50I taught him.
30:51I taught him!
31:03I know you're worried
31:04about Lucy.
31:05Who said I was worried?
31:06I'm saying she can
31:07handle herself.
31:09I know she can.
31:10I trained her.
31:12You go one in place.
31:14All right,
31:15let's go over this
31:16one more time.
31:17So long as crew arrives,
31:19you test the fentanyl,
31:20give him a show,
31:22we get the money,
31:22they get this van,
31:23and then boom,
31:24strike team takes him down.
31:25Walk in the park.
31:27And if not,
31:29we make some noise
31:30until the cavalry arrives.
31:34You want to go over
31:34the signals again?
31:36Yeah.
31:36Workhorse means we're
31:37in trouble,
31:38and beautiful day,
31:39we're all good.
31:41Lucy,
31:43are you all good?
31:44Yeah, yes.
31:46You know,
31:46if you're not nervous,
31:47you're not human.
31:48Okay,
31:49so use this
31:50to your advantage.
31:51Be scared.
31:52Be wild.
31:53Be unpredictable.
31:55Be a cobra.
32:02Can I ask you a question?
32:03No.
32:04What's your formula
32:05for when you tell people
32:06you're a police officer
32:07in off-duty life?
32:08I try not to put myself
32:09in social situations
32:10where I need to.
32:11Right.
32:12It's just that I got outed
32:13as a cop
32:13in my criminal law class,
32:15and there were some
32:15pretty strong feelings
32:16that I should have
32:16been upfront about it.
32:18You did the right thing,
32:19keeping it a secret.
32:20Now you've got to sit
32:21in the back row,
32:21always have your eyes
32:22on the door.
32:24Why?
32:24Because they know
32:25you're a cop now,
32:26which means they know
32:26you carry an off-duty weapon.
32:28Someone may try
32:28to take it from you,
32:29or maybe just attack you
32:30because they hate cops.
32:31All due respect,
32:32I can't live my life like that.
32:34Always being suspicious
32:35of people,
32:36seeing the world
32:36as dangerous.
32:38The world is dangerous.
32:40Being vigilant
32:40is the price of admission.
32:46It's go time.
32:53Let's do this.
32:54Where's the money?
32:55First things first.
32:56I want to test the shipment.
33:00I want to test the shipment.
33:21I want to test the shipment.
33:30I want to test the shipment.
33:37Heart positives on every scale.
33:39When's the last time you saw that?
33:41Never.
33:42There's nothing available at this pier.
33:44Now let's see the cash.
33:47We're in business.
33:51Who the hell is that?
33:52We've got another guest at the party.
33:54Stand by for rescue.
33:55If this is a setup, you're the first to go.
33:57Relax.
33:59It's just my boss.
34:02And he wants to talk to you.
34:05Me?
34:09Good morning.
34:11My apologies for last night.
34:14Sato overstepped.
34:16It won't happen again.
34:19Come in and talk to me.
34:21Why?
34:23A monkey can be taught to test for drugs.
34:27Or a cop.
34:30I need to see that you really know the science.
34:33Why aren't we going in there and arresting everybody?
34:35We need to see the money first.
34:41What the hell?
34:42It's a beautiful day.
34:44Nothing's going to go wrong.
34:52Don't concern yourself with him.
34:55It's a little hard not to.
34:58Okay, stop trying to scare me and just tell me what we're doing here.
35:02Simple.
35:02I know a little chemistry.
35:07The hydromorphone hydrochloride you're selling.
35:11Remind me of the formula.
35:33You speak Tagalog.
35:36My best friend in elementary school grew up in Kazon City.
35:40I basically lived at her house.
35:43I picked up a little bit.
35:48Problem?
35:50Nope.
35:51I just have a flair for the dramatic.
35:55Okay.
35:56Are we done?
35:57I like you.
36:00So I have an offer.
36:02I kill Coco and the other one.
36:04You keep half the money.
36:07Come work for me.
36:13Betrayal's not really my style.
36:16But I'm flattered by the offer.
36:18Can we finish the deal now?
36:19No.
36:20Let's go.
36:50Now that's sexy.
36:59Whip it down.
37:00Whip it down the route right now.
37:02You got it.
37:02Hands up.
37:03Interlace your fingers.
37:04Put your hands behind your head.
37:05Interlace your fingers now.
37:07Hands behind your head.
37:09Do not move.
37:11Okay?
37:11Give your hands.
37:12Sato!
37:13You set us up, you snitch!
37:15You're dead, you hear me?
37:17You're dead!
37:18Don't watch your back!
37:19This brings back some memories.
37:22First day together.
37:23No, all right.
37:25Watch your head.
37:35You did good.
37:50Beth.
37:51You okay?
37:54Tim Bradford.
37:55My hero and savior.
37:57I didn't have a choice.
37:59The hell you didn't.
38:00When your coked-out ex-wife was working undercover, you had all kinds of options.
38:03Now, all of a sudden, your hands are tied.
38:07Hypocritical bastard.
38:10I-I can't excuse the past, okay?
38:12But this is now, and Mac crossed too many lines.
38:15I have three young kids, and a husband who is looking at years in state prison and no
38:20more pension.
38:22How am I supposed to feed my kids?
38:25I'm sorry this happened, but I didn't do it to you.
38:30Mac did.
38:31You are a cop.
38:34You're supposed to look out for your own.
38:50Hey.
38:52You gotta be kidding me.
38:54What's so funny?
39:00Wow.
39:02So, what do we do now?
39:04Let the kid choose.
39:05You know he's gonna choose mine, right?
39:07You want to put money on that?
39:08How about dinner?
39:10I don't know.
39:11I heard you had a boyfriend.
39:13The actor.
39:14Doing a little background on me, huh?
39:17Well, that boyfriend is no more.
39:20Long story.
39:22I look forward to hearing about it over dinner.
39:31You know we don't have class tonight, right?
39:33Right.
39:34I just, I needed some help.
39:36I'm not gonna write your paper for you.
39:37No, no.
39:38I was just hoping maybe you could tell me what to write.
39:41I spent the last two days talking to cops about whether I should have identified myself,
39:44and the answers have ranged from probably not to no way.
39:48But I am struggling with how betrayed my classmates felt.
39:53So I just need a little outside perspective.
39:59You should have said something.
40:01I'm sure there are a dozen reasons why cops think that your job is a need-to-know thing,
40:05but come on, it's 2021.
40:07You guys have a hell of a lot to make up for.
40:10So you want to win back trust?
40:12You got to assume a higher level of responsibility.
40:14You got to go the extra mile every single time.
40:18You got to have a chance to mend some fences here?
40:21Yeah.
40:22I do.
40:24Everyone in this classroom wants to change the system.
40:27And they're driven by hope and a ton of anger.
40:31But hope is what keeps them moving forward.
40:33So if they see that you're serious about being part of the change,
40:36I'll let you back in.
40:40Mm-hmm.
40:43That's so good.
40:43I should have written that down.
40:45What was the part in the beginning when you said that?
40:47You know what?
40:48I got it.
40:49Thank you very much.
40:49It's good stuff.
40:53Oh, and they always want us to go undercover as strippers.
40:56Yes.
40:57As if our bodies are the only thing we have.
40:59Yes.
41:00Well, actually, my body does have magical powers.
41:03But it does, a lot of the times, feel like, as a female, you see that they just want to
41:10get you naked for the guys in the van.
41:14So that they could drool over you in a cloud of their own farts.
41:17I don't think I can use any of this for my paper.
41:20Okay.
41:20All right.
41:21What exactly do you need to know?
41:24Women have been cops in the LAPD over 100 years now.
41:28But does it still feel like you have to act like a man to fit in?
41:31Good question.
41:32Well, you're the rookie, the last one in.
41:35What do you think?
41:38Um, I think, I think fitting in is a trap.
41:43I'm sitting between two of the best cops in the state who had to navigate an avalanche
41:50of obstacles just to get to the mountaintop.
41:53They didn't do it by trying to fit in.
41:55They did it by, you know, by being stronger, smarter, more agile.
42:02They had to, to navigate a system that still believes being a girl is inherently soft or
42:07weak, as though empathy is somehow a liability.
42:11There isn't a guy in the force who can do what these guys can do.
42:16And there sure as hell isn't anyone tougher.
42:18Ooh, I will drink to that.
42:20Hell yeah.
42:59Damn it.
42:59Hell yeah.
43:01Hell yeah.
43:02Hell yeah.
43:03Hell yeah.
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