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The Rookie S08E03 (2026)
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00:18What are you doing here?
00:19I just want to see how you're doing.
00:21Never better.
00:24Right.
00:25Now if I come in, maybe we can talk.
00:26I heard you've been skipping physical therapy.
00:28So, why do you care all of a sudden?
00:32I've been thinking a lot over the last few months about how I handle things between us.
00:37And I'm ashamed.
00:38My mama, she taught me how to be the bigger man, and I fell down.
00:42And I heard you've been trying to make amends with people, and, well, this is me doing the same.
00:50With the help of your favorite breakfast burrito from El Plateau.
01:12Hey, do we have any vegan bacon?
01:15God, I hope not.
01:16What?
01:16I don't think so.
01:21I found the bacon.
01:22Fake bacon.
01:23Great.
01:25You don't have to eat any if you don't want it.
01:28After work, I think we need to seriously finish on packing.
01:32And by finish, I mean start.
01:33Oh, well, I mean...
01:34Sorry.
01:35Sorry.
01:38I think we're making progress.
01:39You know?
01:41Living in takes time.
01:42It only takes as much time as you let it.
01:43I moved constantly when I was in the army.
01:46Here's what I learned.
01:47If it's not unpacked in 48 hours, it will never be unpacked.
01:50If art sits on the floor longer than two days, it lives there now.
01:53Damn, we're well past that.
01:55I'm aware.
01:57This is killing you, isn't it?
01:59I think we should buckle down and get it done.
02:02Okay.
02:06I'm sorry.
02:07It's just...
02:09It won't feel like you've fully moved in until all the boxes are gone.
02:14That's nice.
02:16Look, if we rush the process, we're just going to make a mistake that we'll have to go back and
02:20fix later.
02:21So trust me, if we move slowly and carefully, then it will be much more efficient in the long run.
02:27Okay.
02:32Yeah, the shelters were full and I just needed a place to sleep.
02:36So I really wasn't hurting anyone.
02:38Well, it is still illegal to break into a rec center, even if it's just to find a place to
02:43sleep.
02:43You don't understand that.
02:45All right.
02:46Over here for your mugshot, please.
02:48Okay.
02:50Face the camera.
02:51Stand still.
02:54To your right.
02:56I didn't really break in because the door was unlocked, so it's fine.
02:58You know, I'm sorry.
03:00I just got really desperate for...
03:03Am I going to jail or...
03:06You know, you're probably going to sight out in just a couple of hours.
03:09Okie dokie.
03:11Is there any food?
03:13Just, I haven't eaten in a while.
03:14Uh, not normally, but I can go check the break room for you.
03:17All right.
03:18I appreciate that.
03:23I'd offer you something to drink, but both glasses are dirty.
03:26Oh, I can't help with that.
03:28No.
03:28Hey, no, no, no.
03:29That's, um...
03:30That's okay.
03:30You don't have to do that.
03:31Uh, it's no problem.
03:32You know, a clean space, it really helps.
03:34Trust me.
03:35You know, after I blew out my knee in my place, it looked like a tornado tore through a frat
03:40house.
03:40I didn't realize how much it was contributing to my depression until, uh, my mama came over and...
03:45Yeah.
03:46...insisted on cleaning.
03:47That's okay.
03:47You're not my mom.
03:48You're not my mom.
03:49I can...
03:50I can't do that myself.
03:53What I'm trying to say is, you know, I've been where you are.
03:58After my injury, I couldn't see how anything mattered.
04:00I couldn't play football again, so why?
04:03Professionally.
04:03You can never do it again professionally.
04:06Right.
04:07It's not like I had a fallback career, man.
04:09Like, I majored in physical...
04:10Can you please just shut up?
04:12You hurt your knee.
04:13I lost my leg.
04:15I'm not saying it's the same.
04:16Yes, you are, Miles.
04:18You didn't go to the NFL.
04:20You lost your million-dollar contract.
04:22But you can still run.
04:24What happened to you is nothing like what happened to me.
04:44I think we started off on the wrong foot.
04:49I didn't mean anything by that.
04:52You're right.
04:53I don't know what you're going through.
04:56But I want to.
04:58So how about I stop talking and I start listening?
05:05Oh, no.
05:06What?
05:08Today is my wedding anniversary and I totally spaced.
05:11Oh, yeah.
05:11That's not great.
05:12But Wesley must have forgot, too, if he didn't say anything this morning, right?
05:15No.
05:16Wesley remembers everything about us.
05:18If Wesley remembers everything and he did not say happy anniversary to you this morning,
05:21then that means...
05:22It means it was a test and I failed.
05:25Wow.
05:26What?
05:34Nolan.
05:39Yeah.
05:39What's up?
05:40You arrested a guy this morning, Ezra Kane?
05:42Well, that's the name he gave me.
05:44He didn't have any idea, though.
05:45There was a triple homicide in Oregon three years ago.
05:49A husband and wife were brutally murdered in their home.
05:52Their 15-year-old daughter was dragged into the woods.
05:55They found her bloody clothes a week later, but no burial site.
05:57All they had was a fingerprint that didn't match anything in the system.
06:01Until I ran Ezra Kane.
06:03Yeah.
06:07The victims were the Poston family.
06:09Craig, Ava, and 15-year-old Samantha.
06:11They lived on the edge of a state park outside Portland.
06:14The working theory is the killer broke into their house in the middle of the night,
06:18killed the father immediately, and then brutalized and executed the mother.
06:21Samantha most likely was dragged out into the woods and killed there.
06:25So what do we have in our suspect?
06:26Literally nothing.
06:27He says his name is Ezra Kane.
06:29That could be an alias.
06:30I caught him trespassing at the Willoughby Rec Center in the early morning.
06:33He said he came in to get out of the cold.
06:35Any ID?
06:36No.
06:36He had a little bit of cash on him.
06:38And a bunch of credit cards under various names.
06:40I haven't run them yet.
06:41We can assume they're stolen.
06:42Any in the name of the murdered family?
06:44No.
06:45So how do you want to handle this?
06:48We have a window here.
06:49He doesn't know that we have connected him to the murders.
06:52He still thinks that he is here on trespassing charges.
06:54And it's in our best interest to keep him in the dark.
06:58So you should do the interview.
07:00Uh-huh.
07:02Right.
07:04Okay.
07:10Any advice?
07:11I mean, you read him his rights?
07:13Yeah, but not for this.
07:14That doesn't matter.
07:15As long as he acknowledged, didn't ask for an attorney, anything you get in your questioning,
07:18it's admissible.
07:19The key is not to push.
07:20Use your famous Nolan empathy to dig without seeming to dig.
07:23Okay.
07:24The second that he suspects that you are onto the murders, he's going to bail.
07:27Got it?
07:28Got it.
07:30Um, can someone track down a sandwich?
07:33Give me five or ten and then bring it in?
07:34Smart.
07:35Can do.
07:35Okay.
07:35Remember, go easy.
07:37The more comfortable he feels, the better the chance he slips up.
07:40Understood.
07:40Right, but not too easy because we don't want him to feel like he's being handled with kid gloves.
07:45Just go deluxe this thing.
07:46Yeah.
08:06Hey, sorry to keep your weight.
08:08Sorry, I thought you said I was going to cite Albert.
08:10Yeah, I know, but I found some credit cards when I was going through your things, credit cards that do
08:17not belong to you.
08:18Yeah, I found them, um, not all at the same time.
08:22You know, like, along the way, people drop them, people throw them out by accident.
08:26And I know, you know, it was wrong to use them.
08:31I just, I get so hungry.
08:33I get it, but I'm just going to need some clarity before I make a recommendation to the TA's office.
08:38Right now, your arrest falls into the wobbler category.
08:42Could be a misdemeanor, could be a felony.
08:45Now, I want to recommend the former, but I can't do that unless you are straight with me.
08:50No, I'm, I'm an open book.
08:53Okay.
08:55Let's get started.
08:56Uh, sorry, I tend to, uh, default towards disorganized, which is why I'm still in patrol and not a fancy
09:04detective.
09:06Don't get me wrong, I actually love working the streets, but, uh, every day is unique, and I meet some
09:11fascinating people.
09:13Like me?
09:14Yes.
09:15We'll see.
09:17Okay.
09:17Your name is Ezra Kane, but you declined to give me a date of birth, or social security number, or
09:24basically anything I could use to confirm your identity.
09:27And if you want the DA's office to play nice, that is not going to fly.
09:31Would you believe I don't know the first, and I don't have the second?
09:35No.
09:36Yeah.
09:36I didn't get the best start in life.
09:39Didn't know dad.
09:40Mom OD'd when I was like a baby.
09:42Maybe if I had a birth certificate, she probably used it to roll the blunts.
09:47Uh, I ricocheted through the foster system for a decade, and at some point somebody just picked a birthday for
09:55me, and, uh, I, it, whatever it is, it can't be right.
09:58What, what, what was it?
09:59I think it's like January 6th of 82 or maybe 83, and.
10:05Okay.
10:05Yeah.
10:06And, were you born in Los Angeles?
10:08No.
10:09Were you?
10:10You know, I don't get a California vibe.
10:12Oh.
10:14East Coast.
10:14Pennsylvania.
10:15Right.
10:15That, that makes more sense.
10:17I'm from Idaho.
10:18I got to say growing up in Idaho was pretty hard.
10:21Hi, this is Detective Angela Lopez, Los Angeles Police Department.
10:25I need to run an Idaho record search.
10:27Last name, Kane with a K, first name Ezra.
10:30Possible birth date of 1-6-82 or 83, but to be safe, search birth dates from 88 to 78.
10:36Good news.
10:36Thanks.
10:37The cold helped the swelling go down when I caught a beating.
10:41Well, I guess, and that's why you moved to Southern California, if not so that you could just warm up
10:46a little bit.
10:46When was that?
10:48I'm sorry.
10:49I thought we were talking about credit cards.
10:52Yeah.
10:52No, listen, we're getting there.
10:55Establishing hardship can go a long way to swaying the DA.
10:59But if you are in a hurry, I can just recommend a felony and you can wait in your cell.
11:03No, no need to be like that.
11:05I, I, yeah.
11:08Um, I just, I'm not used to people taking an interest and I guess it's just not easy stuff to
11:15talk about.
11:16All right.
11:18Excuse me.
11:22Ah, Jen, thank you very much.
11:24Got you something more substantive to eat?
11:26Great.
11:27Okay.
11:29Let's get to the credit cards.
11:31Yeah.
11:33Great.
11:34Thanks.
11:35We have the credit card records.
11:41All right.
11:41Only two cards have recent activity on them.
11:44One was used two nights ago at the Hollywood Premier Motel.
11:47And a dollar amount suggests that he still has the room.
11:50Hot damn.
11:54It's everyone's worst nightmare.
11:56Waking up in the middle of the night to find a psychopath in your house.
11:59Yeah.
11:59And yet it's statistically the least likely way to get murdered by a psychopath.
12:03I guess we both have some painful experience there.
12:06Is there a problem?
12:08Hi.
12:09Have you seen this man?
12:13Route 216.
12:14So, you know, we've never really talked about what happened to you.
12:18Not that we should have.
12:19But, you know, just with my sister's case and everything.
12:22I think you've been all up in my trauma and...
12:26You know what?
12:27I'm sorry.
12:27I shouldn't have brought it up.
12:28No, listen.
12:29It's fine.
12:30It's natural to be curious.
12:31I just have no interest in revisiting that particular trauma.
12:34Copy.
12:39Police!
12:40Police!
12:43Come out with your hands empty and keep them where I can see them.
12:48Clear.
13:00There's nowhere for you to go.
13:01Come out.
13:05All right.
13:06Step out.
13:07No.
13:07You need to go.
13:09Yeah.
13:09We're not going to do that.
13:10Come out of the tub, please.
13:12I'm fine.
13:14He's going to come back.
13:16You have to go.
13:19He's going to come back.
13:21You...
13:21You have to go.
13:24You have to go.
13:25Please.
13:26Is your name Samantha?
13:30Please, just...
13:31Samantha.
13:33Samantha.
13:34Samantha, the man who took you, he's in custody.
13:36He can't hurt you anymore, okay?
13:38I promise.
13:44It is not fair.
13:45I came clean to everyone.
13:47I've confessed every lie, every sin.
13:50And nobody's forgiven me for anything that I've done.
13:53Half the people that I called, they hang up on me.
13:56My dad, my dad won't even take my calls.
14:00You really haven't changed, though.
14:02Excuse me?
14:02You're doing the same thing you always have.
14:04You're not considering anyone else's experience.
14:07You lied to everyone about almost everything, over and over again.
14:12Now you don't get to set the bar on how people react when you finally tell them the truth.
14:17What you did hurt the people who cared about you.
14:19It's going to take a lot more than an apology tour to fix that.
14:22I suck.
14:24I get it.
14:27Thanks for coming over to clear that up.
14:29I see you never.
14:30Thanks for breakfast.
14:31Get out of here.
14:37My parents.
14:38You have to call my parents.
14:40You have to tell them that I'm okay.
14:42Of course.
14:43The doctors will take good care of you.
14:45Please.
14:49She doesn't know they're dead.
14:52I mean, he kept her isolated.
14:53She only knows what he told her.
14:54Well, I shouldn't have said yes.
14:55I wasn't thinking.
14:57Hey, look.
14:57It was instinct, all right?
14:59Try not to beat yourself up.
15:00She's in shock.
15:01It wasn't the moment to add more trauma.
15:02It'll be fine.
15:03Yeah.
15:09You haven't eaten much.
15:11Problem with the sandwich?
15:12No, no.
15:12This is great.
15:13I'm just, you know what it is?
15:14I'm a little claustrophobic.
15:15Spent a lot of nights as a kid
15:17locked up in small spaces.
15:19Sorry to interrupt.
15:20Can I steal you for a second?
15:22Of course.
15:22Excuse me.
15:24Lucy and Selena just found Samantha Poston
15:27inside Ezra's motel room.
15:30Is she...
15:30She's alive and in no immediate medical danger.
15:34But beyond that...
15:35Okay, so are you taking over the interview?
15:37Not yet.
15:37There's still room for you to squeeze in
15:39before everything comes out into the open.
15:40Go back in there and turn up the heat.
15:42Tell them we found a few recent charges
15:43on the various cards.
15:45Mention the motel,
15:46but not like we've gone there
15:47or even that we will.
15:48And let's just see what happens.
15:51Right.
15:54This changes the profile, doesn't it?
15:57He kept that girl for three years.
16:00He's not just a murderer.
16:02No.
16:03He's worse.
16:12Sorry about that.
16:13Yeah, everything okay?
16:15I'm going to be straight with you, Ezra.
16:18We ran those credit cards
16:19and we found some recent charges.
16:21One of them being to a motel in Taitown.
16:25Well, hold on.
16:27When was the motel booked?
16:29Because...
16:30That wasn't me.
16:30Yeah, I mean...
16:31Why would I take refuge in a rec center
16:34if I had a place to sleep?
16:36So you're telling me
16:37if I went to this motel with your photograph,
16:39you would not be recognized?
16:41Absolutely not.
16:42No.
16:44I don't know why
16:44you would waste your time doing that.
16:46I mean, surely the LAPD
16:47has better things to do
16:49than spend resources on a wobbler
16:51that's 100% going to plead out.
16:56Call him my bluff.
16:57Look, I know you've got a job to do.
16:59I'm just a guy
17:02trying to make his way
17:04in an unfair world
17:05without hurting anyone.
17:09Can you explain something for me?
17:11Why didn't she leave?
17:12Yeah.
17:13I mean, I know what they taught us
17:14in the academy,
17:14but, I mean,
17:15he left her alone
17:16for at least 12 hours.
17:18It's the opposite of fight or flight.
17:20You know, it's freeze and appease.
17:21You saw how scared she was of him?
17:23That level of fear
17:24is her primary motivator
17:26to be her only one.
17:30Hey.
17:31I'm sorry.
17:31I wish I could let you rest,
17:33but I need to ask you some questions
17:35before the detectives
17:36conduct a more formal interview.
17:39Okay.
17:39Okay.
17:47I can't imagine
17:48how overwhelming
17:49the last hour has been,
17:51so I'm not going to assume
17:51that you remember anything,
17:53all right?
17:53The man who took you,
17:54we have him in custody.
17:56Ezra Kane is the name
17:57that he's using.
17:58Is that how you know him?
17:59I'm not supposed to talk about him.
18:00Who said that?
18:01Him?
18:03Yeah, I get it.
18:04Samantha,
18:05you're safe now.
18:07You are.
18:12Did you talk to my parents?
18:15Are they coming?
18:18Samantha, I'm very sorry,
18:20but your parents are deceased.
18:23No.
18:25No.
18:26I'm so sorry.
18:26No.
18:26What happened to them?
18:28Did he kill them?
18:29No.
18:29No, they're alive.
18:31He said they have to be alive.
18:33He said that...
18:34Did he say he would hurt them
18:36if you didn't cooperate?
18:37Is that the threat he used
18:38to keep you with him?
18:46Yeah.
18:48Amen.
18:49He made me call him
18:50Amen,
18:51the seventh spirit,
18:54marquee of hell,
18:57who commands 40 legions,
19:02including the police.
19:06And he said
19:08that I was his soulmate.
19:10None of that is true,
19:12especially the police part,
19:13but it doesn't make
19:14any of that less terrifying.
19:18Do you remember
19:19the night that he took you?
19:25The screams woke me up.
19:27I thought it was the TV,
19:29so I went out into the hall
19:32just to ask my parents
19:33if they could turn it down.
19:38And there...
19:40There was this...
19:43smell in the air,
19:45and it just made the hair
19:46on the back of my neck
19:48stand up.
19:51So I called out,
19:52and that's when he
19:53stepped into the hall.
19:58I couldn't really see him.
20:02But I just...
20:05I knew in my body
20:08that he was evil.
20:12Does that sound crazy?
20:14No.
20:16No.
20:20Where did he take you?
20:22A cabin in the woods,
20:24or at least it used to be.
20:26I mean,
20:27I don't think anyone
20:27had lived there for years,
20:29but...
20:32that was my home
20:34for the next eight months.
20:37Do you remember
20:37why you guys moved?
20:39Winter came.
20:40He has this thing
20:42about being cold,
20:43and by then...
20:45by then he knew
20:46I wasn't gonna run.
20:49Okay.
20:50Um...
20:51I think I have
20:52what I need for now.
20:54I'm gonna let you
20:54get some rest, okay?
20:57Well, he...
20:58he bought a car
21:00after we got to L.A.
21:02I don't...
21:03I don't know
21:03if that matters.
21:04Yeah, no.
21:05It sure does.
21:05Do you remember
21:06what kind of car it was?
21:07Um, it...
21:08it was old.
21:10Four doors.
21:11Black.
21:12So, he would have
21:13taken that car
21:14when he left the motel then?
21:16Yeah.
21:16Did he tell you
21:17where he was going?
21:17No.
21:18He just said that
21:20he may be a while,
21:22and, uh...
21:24that he would
21:25punish me
21:26if I wasn't a...
21:27a girl.
21:31Did he say
21:32something else,
21:33Samantha?
21:37He said he was
21:38getting ready
21:39for after.
21:40After what?
21:42I thought he meant...
21:46I thought he meant
21:47after me.
21:48You felt like
21:49he was getting ready
21:50to kill you?
21:54A part of me
21:55was really relieved
21:57because...
21:59because at least
22:00it would finally
22:00be over.
22:03I don't know.
22:04I don't know.
22:07I don't know.
22:09I don't know.
22:18I don't know.
22:20I don't know.
22:27I don't know.
22:28I don't know.
22:29I don't know.
22:30I don't know.
22:33Hey.
22:34Scott to the motel.
22:35Lucy called.
22:36She interviewed Samantha.
22:37Our guy's got a car.
22:38Make and model?
22:39Black four-door sedan. Old.
22:41It's not particularly helpful.
22:42Find any trophies in the room?
22:44Not yet. I'm waiting for TID to land before I started digging through Ezra's stuff.
22:47But, you know, I did find some drawings that have me freaked out a little.
22:50Freaked you out? This I gotta see.
22:52Yeah, hold on.
23:00Yeah, that's not okay.
23:02Look what Tim found in Ezra's stuff.
23:05Oh, yeah. No, that's not okay.
23:07No, but according to Lucy, it tracks.
23:10Ezra believes he's a demon named Amon, one of the marquees of hell.
23:17Are you running okay?
23:20No.
23:23I was wrong.
23:25This is taking too long, which means you did send somebody to the motel.
23:31Why would you waste your time with the transient who stole a bunch of credit cards?
23:36Well, this started long before we found out about the motel, Ezra.
23:41Fingerprints.
23:50Credit where credit's due.
23:53You've got that, aw, shucks, every man cop thing down pat, and I bought it for too long.
23:58That's on me.
23:59But I bet that there are cops way up higher on the food chain behind that mirror.
24:04They're just dying to get in here.
24:06Little pigs.
24:10Little pigs.
24:12Get your asses in here.
24:15I've enjoyed my time with Officer Appetizer.
24:18I'm ready for the main course.
24:21There they are.
24:24You must be the prosecutor.
24:26Wesley Evers.
24:27I'm Detective Lopez.
24:28This is Detective Harper.
24:29Is it okay if we call you Ezra, or do you prefer Amon?
24:34Someone's been talking out of school.
24:35I'm going to re-advise you of your rights, including the right to have an attorney present.
24:40Not necessary yet.
24:41I'll let you know.
24:42Can I have a mullet?
24:43Yeah.
24:45What?
24:46No goodbye.
24:47Goodbye.
24:52I'm going to go check out the rec center where I found him.
24:54Something isn't adding up.
24:55Agreed, but before you go, any insights that you might have from sitting two feet from him
24:59that might not have translated to us through the window?
25:03Yeah.
25:04When he was talking about the cold of his childhood, that was real.
25:07You want to get him unsettled?
25:08Crank the AC.
25:09Love it.
25:15The janitor locked up just after 10 last night.
25:17The place was empty after that.
25:18Well, this place is huge.
25:20There's no chance anybody saw or heard anything from the road.
25:24All right.
25:26This is about where I saw him.
25:28He heard me coming, and then he took off that way through those doors.
25:42Got it.
25:45Car key.
25:46Just a ditched it when he heard me coming.
25:48What hit?
25:49One reason I ditched the key is so you didn't find the car.
25:52Well, why?
25:52I don't know.
25:53Like I said, there were no cars here when I got here this morning.
25:56I scrubbed body cam.
25:57I scrubbed dash cam.
25:58No black sedan.
26:00Whoa.
26:00I got blood.
26:02There were no visible cuts on Ezra when I processed them.
26:07Right there.
26:08Have you always known you were one of the devil's minions?
26:11Or was that a later in life revelation?
26:16Oh, your disbelief in my truth.
26:21It makes no difference as long as Samantha believes that's all that matters.
26:25Yeah, that won't last.
26:26You don't control her anymore.
26:27Come on, how little you know.
26:29I'm going to be with her until the day she dies, which was going to be today.
26:34And why?
26:36It's the real reason I was trespassing this morning.
26:50I have found a new soulmate.
26:53He's got another girl.
26:57All right.
26:57Julie Reed was reported missing at 4 a.m. after she failed to come home from a friend's
27:01house.
27:02According to her parents, she was back and forth between the two homes all the time, and
27:05her route took her right past the rec center.
27:07Sounds like he'd been watching her for a while, planning the perfect time and place to make
27:10his move.
27:11If the suspect's car was gone when Officer Nolan arrived this morning, Ezra must have
27:15left and came back.
27:16Why would he do that?
27:16My best guess is that he left something at the scene, most likely his makeshift wallet.
27:21He only realized it after he'd left, but went back for it because he knew it would connect
27:24him to the abduction.
27:25But with a wounded girl in the trunk, he was faced with a problem.
27:28It would have been quicker to run back to the center and run inside.
27:31But that would have put him at a greater risk, because if Julie was conscious and screaming
27:35her head off, it would draw a lot of attention.
27:37So he parked the car somewhere else, somewhere no one could hear her screaming, went back
27:41on foot.
27:41Right.
27:42But how far would he be comfortable walking?
27:4410 minutes, 20 minutes.
27:45The average walking pace of healthy males, probably two and a half, three miles an hour.
27:50Any faster might draw him wanted attention.
27:52Okay, so to be safe, let's say three and a half miles per hour or 20 minute walk.
27:56Which means we are looking at almost a square mile search radius.
28:00It's clearer from the volume of blood at the scene that she was badly wounded.
28:03She was left on her own somewhere over eight hours ago.
28:06Every further minute that passes reduces the likelihood we will find her alive.
28:13Where's Julie Reed?
28:14Oh, is that her name?
28:16No, because we were never properly introduced.
28:18Can you please turn the AC off?
28:21It's like a freezer in here.
28:22No problem.
28:23Just as soon as you tell us where she is.
28:26You think I would trade my comfort for her?
28:29After all you've seen of my sacrifice.
28:31No, no, I guess not.
28:32But what would you trade for her?
28:34Now that's an interesting question.
28:37Let's see, I would say a reduced sentence, but we all know that would be a hollow promise.
28:43After all that I've done.
28:45Hmm.
28:46I would love to say a proper goodbye to fear Samantha.
28:50Not a chance in hell.
28:51That is a non-starter.
28:52There is no way we would ever let you re-traumatize that girl.
28:55I don't think you have a choice.
28:56I think you kind of have to ask her.
28:57No, we don't.
28:58Oh yeah, no.
28:59I think Samantha would disagree.
29:01Think about it.
29:02How is Samantha going to feel when Julie dies before you tell her and Samantha realizes she
29:08could have saved that poor girl?
29:11Huh.
29:11How about this?
29:13Let's give this a shot.
29:14Tell Samantha that Julie is near the red place.
29:17And if she just talks to me for one more minute, I will tell you where that is.
29:29Sorry to interrupt, I just need to borrow Sergeant Chen.
29:32Wait, did something happen?
29:33No, no, no.
29:34I just need it for a second.
29:35I'll be just outside, okay?
29:36I'm right here.
29:40Ezra took another girl before he was arrested.
29:43He says he'll tell us where she is if we let him talk to Samantha.
29:46No, forget that.
29:48He doesn't want to help us.
29:49He just wants to keep traumatizing her.
29:51Do you agree?
29:51So do Clopas and Harper, but he says that the girl's being held near the red place.
29:56And if we told her that doesn't mean that, then she'd agree to help.
29:58No, we're not saying that to her, okay?
30:00It's a trick.
30:03I mean, I'll open the door.
30:05Oh, whatever.
30:06The red place, I mean, it's got to be some sort of trigger phrase.
30:09He spent three years convincing her that the police were in league with him, and she just
30:12heard us using his language.
30:25Let me deal this.
30:27We need medical attention.
30:30Please, I can't do it.
30:32I need a death.
30:34I need a death.
30:35No, I need a death.
30:36I need a death.
30:39No.
30:437M20, no sign of the suspect vehicle at 1900 to Hawthorne.
30:477M4, the truck's sighted 801 Mercury is empty in vehicles.
30:507 Lincoln 15, first five levels of Wilshire Office Complex Garage are clear.
30:55Moving to the lower level.
31:24The
31:39Julie, you in there?
31:4417, I have her.
31:45Lower level of the garage.
31:46Send an ambulance now.
31:52Hey.
31:53Hey, Julie.
31:54I'm Officer Nolan.
31:55I'm here to help you.
31:56Now, I'm going to have to put some pressure on that wound to stop the bleeding, okay?
32:00But it is going to hurt.
32:01I am so sorry.
32:03Easy.
32:05I'm sorry.
32:06I'm sorry.
32:07I know.
32:07I know.
32:08You're doing great.
32:09You're doing great.
32:13She's right here.
32:14She just passed out.
32:15She's lost a lot of blood.
32:18Pulse is weak.
32:19She's in hypoblemic shock.
32:20We got to get her out of here.
32:29Nola.
32:34Hey.
32:34You all right?
32:37Yeah.
32:38Um, Julie just got out of surgery.
32:39They lost her on the table for a minute, but she pulled through, and she's recovering in the ICU.
32:43Thank God.
32:44Can I talk to her when she's ready?
32:47Uh, I'll ask.
32:50You know, we wouldn't have found her without you.
32:52You gave us the car.
32:53I said it had wheels.
32:55And that it was black and old.
32:57I meant it.
32:58She is alive because of you.
33:00Samantha's been incredibly brave today.
33:05I'll, uh, I'll come talk to you guys later.
33:08Yeah.
33:13Do you mind if I can stay with you for a bit?
33:16Okay.
33:29What was the, um, the red place?
33:33There was this house that we stayed at early on.
33:37They had painted the bathroom red.
33:41So when I was bad, he would take me in there to punish me.
33:51I know you're not ready to hear this, um, but when it's time, the first step of your recovery will
33:58be to stop blaming yourself.
34:01Sure.
34:03Honest.
34:04I know.
34:04I know.
34:05It's easier said than done, but I know what I'm talking about.
34:09So, you know, I want to share something with you, uh, something that happened to me, if that's okay.
34:16Um, so my rookie year as a cop, I met this guy, and he loved dogs, and he was cute,
34:23and he seemed great.
34:25Um, uh, we went on a date, and he, he kidnapped me.
34:32The details are a lot, but the short version is that I thought I was going to die.
34:37I, uh, in another five minutes, and I probably would have, for months afterwards, I just obsessed about every second
34:45with him before he drugged me, how I should have seen through him, how I should have been faster, smarter.
34:54I wanted to believe that I was in control, but I wasn't.
35:00So, eventually, I stopped focusing on the things that I didn't do, and I focused on the thing that I
35:05did.
35:06I survived.
35:08You survived.
35:10It's mad that you're here.
35:16I know that you don't see how brave and powerful you are, okay?
35:21But I do.
35:23I really, really do.
35:26Hey, um, sorry to interrupt.
35:29Um, I spoke to your aunt, Sarah.
35:31Sarah, she is rushing back from her vacation in London, but her plane won't get here until tomorrow afternoon.
35:37It's okay.
35:38Don't worry, all right?
35:39You're not going to be alone.
35:40Every female cop at Mid-Wilshire has volunteered to keep you company in the coming days and weeks.
35:45Yeah.
35:46We have your back, Samantha.
35:47For however long you need, until you feel safe.
35:55Hey.
35:56Seth's here.
35:57I'll be in my room.
35:59It's good to see you, too.
36:04There's another fan.
36:06Or you.
36:12Um, look, you're right, man.
36:15Self-pity's got to stop.
36:16I want to do better.
36:17But clearly, I don't know how to, and you are the best guy I know, so...
36:24Will you help me?
36:25I would need radical honesty.
36:29One tiny white lie, I'm out.
36:32In that case, you are one of the best guys I know.
36:36Still has a sense of humor.
36:37You might make it through this after all.
36:41All right.
36:42No lies, no woes, me.
36:44Just head down, do the work, be grateful.
36:46Deal?
36:47Deal.
36:53Come here, brother.
36:59Surprise!
37:01Hey, thanks.
37:02Uh, you do know it's not my birthday, right?
37:06You did forget.
37:08Uh, no.
37:09It's definitely not my birthday.
37:10No, it's a different special day.
37:16Uh, wait, no, it's...
37:19Oh, my God.
37:23It's our anniversary.
37:24It is.
37:25You forgot, and I remember.
37:29I can't see my face.
37:32Totally.
37:35Congrats, grad.
37:37Fine.
37:38I forgot.
37:39But I had to pull this together fast.
37:41But I remember it before you did, and that's what's important.
37:46Winning.
37:46Yeah.
37:47And you know what else is super important?
37:50No.
37:50What?
37:51The kids are with my mom.
37:53Oh.
37:54Mm.
38:01Hi.
38:01Hey, Andy.
38:02How's it going?
38:03Oh, I missed you.
38:05Oh, God.
38:06What a day.
38:07How'd I go to the hospital?
38:08It's fine.
38:09Samantha's asleep right now, so I'll go in and check in with her tomorrow.
38:14Mm-hmm.
38:15Do I smell dinner?
38:16Don't get too excited.
38:17I ordered Italian.
38:19It's in the oven.
38:19Keep them warm.
38:20Hmm.
38:21My hero.
38:23Oh, God.
38:24Okay, so I need to say something, and I need you to respond with kindness, okay?
38:30Okay.
38:31After the day that I've had, I really need this place to feel like a refuge and not a UPS
38:38sorting facility.
38:39We need to get these damn boxes out of here.
38:42I...
38:44I agree.
38:47No time like the present.
38:48Let's do it.
38:48Wait, hold on.
38:49I'm tired.
38:51I'm very tired.
38:53I thought maybe we could have dinner, and then I would...
38:55I could sit here and supervise.
39:00I mean, how could I refuse that offer?
39:03You can't.
39:05All right, I'll get dinner.
39:10Yep.
39:24Good work today, Officer Nola.
39:27Thanks.
39:29How come I don't feel better about it?
39:31I think you know the answer.
39:33Yeah.
39:36Listen.
39:38We can't change what already happened.
39:40All we can do is stop it from happening again.
39:44And you did that today.
39:46In a big way.
39:48Which means someone ought to buy you a drink.
39:52You volunteering?
39:54I am.
39:55I am.
39:56I am.
39:58I am.
39:59I am.
40:00I am.
40:00I am.
40:00I am.
40:01I am.
40:01I am.
40:02I am.
40:03I am.
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