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Wild Cards - Season 3 - Episode 08: The Hostage Always Rings Twice
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00:00The following program contains mature subject matter and violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
00:05Previously on Wild Cards.
00:07Vivian?
00:08Where have you been for the past 15 years?
00:10I have been on the run from Gideon Varga.
00:13I love Jessica, but it doesn't mean I should have to choose between her and my best friend.
00:17Who are you?
00:18This is Tomo Hayashi.
00:20You are going to steal us a diamond.
00:22I know how we're going to get the diamond out.
00:24No.
00:24It's magic.
00:39Good morning.
00:41That's funny.
00:41I didn't hear the doorbell.
00:42Oh, you really should get that lock upgraded.
00:44I've got it down to three seconds flat.
00:48Oh, coffee.
00:49Thank goodness.
00:50I hope it's not that hazelnut nonsense.
00:53We got that French roast that you like.
00:55Question for you.
00:56Who is Dan Vartell?
00:59Oh, this lovely real estate agent I met.
01:02Why is it on my fridge?
01:03Are you looking to buy something?
01:04No, to sell.
01:06Uh, sugar?
01:06Left cabinet.
01:07Do you own a property that I don't know about?
01:10Because if you do, I'm sure the coffee over there would be really good.
01:13No, it's for you to sell this pied-Ã -terre.
01:15You should always have a sale in place before a big job.
01:18But this is my home.
01:18No, it's a trap.
01:20You set down roots, and then you wake up one morning
01:23and realize you've been living next to the same people for 25 years.
01:28Same faces, same casserole smells, same tedious book clubs.
01:33That's not freedom, darling.
01:34That is just captivity with better drapes.
01:37Some people will call that stability, Mom.
01:40Stability.
01:41It's just fear wearing pearls.
01:43Trust me.
01:44I was born into it.
01:45Family estates, summer homes, portraits of long-dead relatives staring down at you every dinner.
01:49I gave that all up for your father and the thrill of the con.
01:53And I have never once regretted it.
01:56I left it too, but this is my home.
02:00My life.
02:01We must be prepared to leave in a moment's notice,
02:04especially given the current circumstances.
02:06So, give him a call.
02:08He's also very cute.
02:09Maybe a sale and a fling might help ease the transition.
02:13Okay, I'd love to sing and chat, but I have a police charity event today,
02:17and I have no idea what I'm going to wear.
02:19Why didn't you tell me?
02:20I have already been in your closet,
02:23but I'm sure we can find something acceptable for you to wear.
02:28All right, you just make sure that champagne is chilling by the time we get there.
02:32All right, no, you the man.
02:34Hot dog, Yates.
02:36That fit is fitting.
02:39Had to crush a housewife's toe just to get it on Black Friday.
02:43Wow, looking good, Chief.
02:45Thank you, as do you both.
02:46Standing pants?
02:47Oh, yeah, of course.
02:48Same.
02:49Standing pants?
02:50Yeah, trim fit, knife-edge crease.
02:52Pants that look great standing up, but too tight to sit in comfortably.
02:55As opposed to sitting pants when you're sitting around working all day.
02:58Oh, well, I just hope that you two have been practicing your photo wall poses.
03:02Bam!
03:03Watch out now.
03:03Because I've been practicing mine all week.
03:05I think I might get discovered tonight, boys.
03:07Yeah, you will.
03:08Well, look what the cat named Mark dragged in.
03:10You clean up nice, Detective.
03:11Thank you, Yates.
03:12Looking good yourself.
03:13Standing pants?
03:14Oh, yeah.
03:15Wow.
03:15Hello, hot stuff.
03:16Right back at you, baby.
03:19You got things about yourself.
03:21Anyone can see.
03:23And I...
03:23Thank you, guys.
03:24You're the best dressed cops in the city.
03:26Okay, let's get going, kids, before fashionably late turns into just late.
03:30See you up, bro.
03:31Mm.
03:33It's a beautiful dress.
03:36I've never seen you in a tux before.
03:38It's a rental.
03:39You should keep it.
03:40You wear it well.
03:41Maybe I will.
03:45Uh, I should take this.
03:47I'll catch up with you.
03:48Okay, I'll see you out there.
03:50Hi, Mr. Bartell.
03:51I'm sorry, Dan.
03:52I'm not ready to sell right now.
03:53I apologize that you were given this information, but I'm busy tonight and tomorrow.
03:58Yeah, bye.
04:02Heads up.
04:03A 911 calls been broughted to the bullpen.
04:05I got it, Tony.
04:06Thanks.
04:10Hello?
04:11Hello?
04:11Is anybody there?
04:12Yeah, this is Max at the Metro Police Department.
04:14What's going on?
04:15I've been kidnapped.
04:16Please, please, you have to help me.
04:24What's your name?
04:24Veronica Dreskin.
04:25Please, please, you have to help me.
04:27It's a woman named Veronica.
04:27She said she's been kidnapped.
04:29Hey, Veronica, I have my boss here, Chief Lee.
04:32Veronica, this is Chief Patrick Lee.
04:34Can you tell me where you're being held right now?
04:35I don't know.
04:36I don't know.
04:37Okay, it's okay.
04:38Breathe.
04:38We're gonna get through this.
04:39Veronica, I need to get some information from you so we can help you.
04:42Can you tell me if you saw your kidnappers?
04:44No.
04:44I was walking this morning on my way to City Hall, and it started to rain, so I ducked down
04:49the alley off up 6th to go in the side entrance, and then this van pulled up beside me, and
04:53two men jumped out, and before I knew it, they threw a bag over my head.
04:57They threw me in the van, and they zip-tied my hands, which are still bound, and then
05:00they didn't take the bag off my head until I got into this room.
05:04Are you hurt?
05:05No.
05:08I'm just...
05:09I'm just freaking out.
05:10It's okay.
05:11Do you know what time this happened around?
05:12It was around 8.45 this morning.
05:14Okay, you said you were in a van.
05:15Do you have any idea how long it was driving for?
05:17Yeah, maybe a half hour or 45 minutes.
05:20Yates, get a map set up in the conference room.
05:23Check all the CCTV footage around the city hall at that time.
05:27Veronica, did they say anything?
05:29No, not a beep.
05:30Okay.
05:31Where are the kidnappers now?
05:32I don't know.
05:33I heard their footsteps go down the hall.
05:34I don't think they can hear me.
05:36They let you keep your cell?
05:37No.
05:38How are you calling us?
05:39I built a phone.
05:41I found a painted-over wall cover, and so I was just hoping there'd be an old phone
05:47jack inside, so I tried to find something to open it up, and when I did, there was no
05:51phone jack, but there were these phone wires, so all I needed was a way to hear and be heard.
05:59Every smoke alarm has this, like, small speaker inside, so I was able to hook it up, and then
06:03I, um, I tapped out 911 with the wires, and I just prayed that someone would answer, and
06:08you did.
06:09You built a phone?
06:11What are you, MacGyver?
06:12I'm a building inspector for the city.
06:14Never thought that would pay off in an emergency, but here we are.
06:17Veronica, when they took the bag off your head, did you see your kidnappers?
06:20Yeah, there was, um, a big guy in a ski mask.
06:23Um, he took the bag off my head, took a picture with his phone, and then, and then he just
06:27left.
06:29Simmons, get a trace on this.
06:30Find out everything you can about Veronica Dreskin.
06:34Veronica, do you have any idea who might have kidnapped you or why?
06:37No, I mean, it can't be for ransom.
06:40We're not rich.
06:40We?
06:41My husband, Todd, and I.
06:42He's middle management.
06:43Veronica, this is Detective Ellis.
06:45Are you connected to anybody who could afford to pay a ransom?
06:47No, my parents are gone, and my brother's just a mechanic.
06:51Where can we reach your husband?
06:52He works at Ground Pen.
06:53It's an HVAC company.
06:55Ah, he's there right now.
06:56He's, he's got a really big presentation today.
06:59We'll go track him down.
07:01Veronica, can you tell us anything about the room that you're in?
07:04It's small, maybe 300 square feet.
07:08No windows.
07:09Seems like a basement.
07:11Maybe an old commercial building.
07:13That's great.
07:13What else?
07:14The floors are cracked linoleum.
07:17The door is metal.
07:17No handle inside.
07:19Sir, it's ready.
07:21Thank you, Veronica.
07:22Just hold tight a minute.
07:23We're going to map out our next move here.
07:24No, no, don't hang up, please.
07:25We're still here.
07:26We can hear you, okay?
07:26We're not going anywhere.
07:29Come with me.
07:30It's going to get loud in here in a minute.
07:31I got them to set up a private area for you.
07:33Me.
07:38Veronica is on that phone.
07:39The conference speaker is an open channel to us in the bullpen,
07:42so we can talk to each other.
07:43Now, the monitor will allow you to see exactly what we see.
07:46Stay on with her.
07:47Keep her calm.
07:48Get as many details as you can.
07:49I need to go set up the TRT unit.
07:51Are you sure you want me on the phone with her?
07:52Shouldn't we call in, like, a hostage negotiator?
07:54Max, I was sitting on a bomb, and he got me through it.
07:57I can't think of anyone better to help her through this.
08:00Sir, wait.
08:01Are there any protocols I should follow or tips?
08:04Just be yourself.
08:05If you can talk a mark out of a million dollars,
08:07you can talk her into staying calm.
08:08Max, you got this.
08:17Hi, Veronica.
08:18It's Max again.
08:19Hi, Max.
08:20Okay, I'm going to be on the phone with you until we find you, okay?
08:22Okay, thank you.
08:24Yates, Tech has the map ready for you.
08:26Great.
08:30Max.
08:31Veronica?
08:31Give me a second.
08:33All right, I'm here.
08:33What do you need?
08:34We got the map up.
08:35Can you see it?
08:35Yeah, got it.
08:37Okay, great.
08:37We need to narrow down where she might be.
08:39Okay, where do we start?
08:40We need her to walk us through the incident again, okay?
08:42Sounds, smells, anything.
08:44People can always remember more than they think they can.
08:47Okay.
08:47I'm putting her on.
08:49Veronica, I have Detective Yates on with us.
08:51Hi, Veronica.
08:52Hi.
08:53Okay, Veronica, you said you were grabbed in the alley off 6.
08:58Then you were in the car for about 45 minutes.
09:01Can you think back to when you were first in the van?
09:03It's downtown.
09:04Was the road smooth, bumpy?
09:07Actually, yeah.
09:08Um, the road was smooth, and then after a couple of minutes,
09:12we turned right, and the road got bumpy.
09:14Okay, good.
09:14Bumpy how?
09:15Like speed bumps or maybe a construction zone?
09:17Like construction.
09:18Like those, um, you know, those metal plates
09:20they put in the road when they're working?
09:23Wait, that must have been Carlton Street.
09:24They're, they're, um, working on the sewers there.
09:26How long were you on Carlton?
09:28A couple minutes, I think.
09:29I don't know.
09:30And then, um, and then we turned,
09:32and the road smoothed out again.
09:33Okay, what else?
09:34I don't know.
09:35I don't know.
09:36That's it.
09:36Okay, stay hard.
09:37Close your eyes.
09:38Put yourself back into the SUV.
09:40What can you remember?
09:43Downhill.
09:44Yeah, we went down a steep grade,
09:46and then the road noise changed.
09:48Changed how?
09:49The tires made, like, a different sound.
09:51Like we were going over, like, a metal grid or something.
09:55Wait, I got it.
09:56That must be Monroe Street Bridge.
09:57Are you sure?
09:58Yes, yes, it's an open great bridge at the bottom of a hill.
10:00I go over it all the time.
10:02Monroe Street Bridge.
10:03She's going east out of the city.
10:04That went on for a couple of minutes, and, um,
10:08nothing else stands out.
10:09Did that help?
10:10Absolutely.
10:11Great work.
10:13What you got?
10:13Based on what Veronica's told us,
10:15she's somewhere in the eastern section of the city here.
10:17Still a big area, but better than before.
10:20Yeah.
10:20Also, Alice was able to track down Todd, Veronica's husband.
10:23Wasn't he at work?
10:23No, he was not.
10:26What?
10:27Veronica's been kidnapped?
10:28What, you expect us to believe you have nothing to do with it?
10:30Of course I don't.
10:31So you're saying you haven't received a ransom call?
10:33No, this is the first I'm hearing about any of this.
10:35When did this happen?
10:36This morning.
10:37You told your wife you had a big presentation,
10:39and our officers find you at home, in bed with another woman, Sheila.
10:43Convenient timing.
10:44Oh, it's classic.
10:45Yeah, get your wife out of the picture,
10:46then you and your mistress ride off into the sunset.
10:48Nice little payday.
10:49I swear I had nothing to do with it.
10:51Is she okay?
10:52For now.
10:52Thank God.
10:53Do you have anything that's ransom worthy?
10:55Cash, expensive art, rare collectibles?
10:58What?
10:58No.
10:58We're going to need to take a look at your financials,
11:00life insurance policies.
11:01We don't have life insurance.
11:03I canceled our policy months ago.
11:04How'd you do that?
11:05I couldn't afford it.
11:06She and your wife have steady jobs, no?
11:07Yeah, but financing a double life can be pretty expensive.
11:10Right, Todd?
11:11Listen, I may be a bad husband,
11:14but I have nothing to do with Veronica being kidnapped.
11:17I swear.
11:17And you have an alibi this morning, 845?
11:20Sheila came to my place at 830.
11:23Right after Veronica left.
11:25Do you have any idea who would want to kidnap Veronica or why?
11:27No clue.
11:29Everyone loves Veronica.
11:30Everyone loves Veronica.
11:32Except they're cheating husband.
11:37Just spoke to Todd.
11:39He says he was at home at 830,
11:40and his mistress can confirm it.
11:42So Todd has an alibi,
11:43but he still could have hired someone to take out his wife.
11:45I don't know.
11:45We just checked his financials.
11:46He can barely afford to put gas in his car.
11:49Well, her husband is bad,
11:50but maybe not kidnap bad.
11:51What should we do with him?
11:53Keep him here.
11:54Kidnappers may call him.
11:54All right, I'll let Simmons know.
11:56I'm gonna check in with text,
11:57see about the phone trace.
11:58What are you gonna tell her, Max?
11:59Well, I'm not gonna tell her
12:00that her husband's a lying, cheating, dog-breath scumbag.
12:02She's already got enough on her plate.
12:04Yeah, good call.
12:07Hey, Veronica, I'm here.
12:10Hi.
12:11Did you get a hold of Todd?
12:12Has there been a ransom call?
12:13Oh, well, we finally located him, but no ransom call.
12:15He didn't know that you've been kidnapped.
12:17Wait, so they haven't even contacted him yet?
12:20I don't understand.
12:21What's the point of a kidnapping with no ransom?
12:23Well, that's not what we're trying to work out.
12:25Unless, of course, I'm never getting released.
12:28Don't go there.
12:29We're gonna find you.
12:30Okay.
12:32Wait, Max.
12:34You said, finally located him.
12:36Those were your words.
12:37You said, finally located him,
12:39but I told you that he was at work
12:40for a big presentation today.
12:41Well, I can find out the details
12:43from the officers that picked him up.
12:45He was with her, wasn't he?
12:47Sheila?
12:50Tell me the truth, please.
12:53Veronica, I'm sorry.
12:58He was with his mistress
13:00while I was being kidnapped.
13:05You knew about her?
13:07Yeah.
13:09A few months back,
13:10I saw some texts,
13:11but he promised to end it.
13:13But he didn't.
13:14We did therapy and all that,
13:16and I don't know,
13:17I guess some part of me knew
13:18he never ended anything.
13:21You know, the irony is,
13:22I even planned as a surprise trip,
13:24hoping we can reconnect.
13:26I guess that was just a
13:28band-aid solution for the real problem.
13:31I've just been in denial.
13:36I feel so stupid.
13:38You're not stupid,
13:38and you're not to blame, okay?
13:40You don't have to say that
13:41just to keep me calm.
13:43I'm not.
13:44Sometimes it feels easier
13:45to just avoid some things altogether.
13:48My whole job is about
13:49finding flaws in buildings.
13:52I couldn't even see the cracks
13:53in my own marriage.
13:55Max.
13:56Veronica, hold on.
13:59Yes, Chief?
14:00We just heard back from tech.
14:01They can't trace the line.
14:02It's like it doesn't exist.
14:03Well, how can that be?
14:04They don't know.
14:05Well, she's a building inspector.
14:07Maybe she will.
14:08Veronica, we're having a hard time
14:10tracing the line you're calling from.
14:12Are techies saying the number
14:13doesn't exist?
14:14Any idea why that might be?
14:16Because it's a ghost line.
14:17What's that?
14:19In abandoned commercial buildings,
14:20the phone numbers drop off
14:21the telecom provider's records.
14:24There's no paper trails
14:25or database entry.
14:26It's like...
14:27It's like the phone version
14:28of Ghost in the Walls.
14:29Which makes it impossible to trace.
14:31Does that mean you're not
14:32going to find me?
14:33It means you're going to have
14:33to find another way.
14:35Veronica, this is Detective Ellis.
14:37He's my partner.
14:38Can you think of anybody
14:39who might have a grudge against you?
14:41Honestly, no.
14:42I can't.
14:42Veronica, breathe.
14:44Take a breath, okay?
14:45Think.
14:45Okay.
14:47Um...
14:47What was the question?
14:48Is there anyone you can think of
14:49who might want to harm you?
14:50Maybe somebody at work.
14:52That's crazy.
14:52I-I can't think of anybody.
14:54I just...
14:55Oh, wait a minute.
14:57No, there is a guy.
14:58He's, um...
14:59He's a real estate developer
15:00with, like, a really scary temper.
15:01He left me a bunch
15:02of threatening voicemails yesterday.
15:03I can't believe I didn't remember that.
15:05I-I just...
15:05It feels like so long ago.
15:07Okay, you're doing great, Veronica.
15:08What's his name?
15:10Oh, my God.
15:11I hear something.
15:11I hear something.
15:13Someone's coming.
15:13Veronica?
15:14Veronica?
15:15Are you okay?
15:16If you can hear us,
15:17we're still here.
15:22Damn it.
15:27Veronica?
15:31Chief, it's been ten minutes.
15:33We have to go get her.
15:34We can't call back a ghost line.
15:36Look, I just got off the phone
15:37with Veronica's supervisor, okay?
15:38The building developer
15:39that she was talking about,
15:40his name's Arturo Bianchi,
15:42some glorified slumlord
15:43with mob ties.
15:44Go talk to him.
15:44I'll get Simmons to run
15:45a background check on Bianchi for you.
15:47Oh, what if we lost her?
15:48What if they already got her?
15:49Max, we don't have enough
15:50information to panic yet.
15:51Well, it's never stopped me before.
15:53We're doing everything that we can.
15:54Let's just focus on
15:55what we can control.
15:57Okay.
15:58GRT are prepped and ready
15:59when you have a location.
16:00I'll update them.
16:02Max, stay on the phone.
16:03You're the voices she's gonna want to hear
16:05as soon as she gets back online.
16:16I appreciate you dressing up
16:17for me, detective.
16:19But I only got five minutes.
16:21Mr. Bianchi,
16:21I hear you recently clashed
16:23with a Veronica Dreskin?
16:24Of course I did.
16:25I'm a developer.
16:26And Sherlock Holmes' inspector
16:27is costing me millions.
16:28How's she doing that?
16:29Well, she loves to spot
16:30the tiniest little details
16:31other people don't even notice,
16:33which makes her a real pain in my ass.
16:35All her code violations
16:37are gonna set me back
16:37at least a month.
16:38You know what that's gonna cost?
16:40Sounds to me like
16:40she's good at her job.
16:41Uh-uh.
16:42Other inspectors,
16:43they understand the big picture.
16:44They know I got deadlines.
16:46Veronica is always nitpicking.
16:49Veronica's been kidnapped.
16:51Whoa.
16:52You're kidding, right?
16:53No.
16:54You think I had something
16:55to do with that?
16:55Well, you did threaten her
16:56when she wouldn't drop the violations.
16:58Well, yeah, I was angry,
16:59but that's just how we talk.
17:01You ever worked
17:02at a construction site?
17:03Look, I didn't do anything crazy.
17:05I'm a businessman.
17:06Where were you this morning
17:07at 8.15 a.m.?
17:07I was here.
17:08I've been here since sunrise.
17:10Ask anyone.
17:11I'll need a list of all your properties
17:12that have basements.
17:13Yeah, not a problem.
17:15Veronica, she's a pain,
17:17but she's a smart lady.
17:18I respect that,
17:19so whatever I can do to help.
17:21Thanks for your time.
17:31Max?
17:31We got her back.
17:32911 is back to her through.
17:35Veronica?
17:37I'm okay.
17:38Oh, what happened?
17:38Did they hurt you?
17:39No.
17:40They just brought me food.
17:41Food?
17:42Yeah, he just handed it to me
17:43and left.
17:44That's a good sign, right?
17:45Maybe they won't kill me?
17:47Veronica, it's Detective Yates again.
17:49Can you tell us more about the food
17:50and be detailed?
17:51Yeah, it's a cheeseburger
17:55and fries from the Golden Bun.
17:56Were the fries curly or straight cut?
17:58Yates, what are you doing?
18:00Their curly fries are to die for, sir.
18:03Not you, Veronica.
18:04I think Yates is on to something.
18:05Are the fries still hot?
18:07Yeah, yeah, they're still warm.
18:09Yates, she's got to be near our Golden Bun.
18:11Mm-hmm.
18:13Okay.
18:14There are 25 Golden Bun locations in the city,
18:17but we know she's in the eastern section of the city,
18:19so that cuts the number down to 15 locations.
18:22And if Veronica is right,
18:23and she did go over the Monroe Street Bridge,
18:25we can eliminate these five locations.
18:27Leaving 10 locations.
18:29Mm-hmm.
18:29And warm fries means that she's within five minutes
18:31of one of them.
18:32Tony!
18:34The kidnappers picked up an order
18:36of a cheeseburger and fries,
18:37and Veronica's line dropped.
18:38We need to figure out which Golden Buns
18:40took that exact order
18:41within that specific time frame.
18:43You got it, Chief.
18:44Tony, just pick me up a number five, would ya?
18:47Extra pickles and cheese.
18:48Get yourself something, too.
18:49Thanks.
18:58I haven't had a burger in over a year.
18:59Why not?
19:00Todd was really into clean eating
19:01and poorly habits,
19:02and I was just trying to be supportive,
19:04but from now on,
19:06I'm eating whatever the hell I want.
19:07Fries before it dies.
19:08And Manchester.
19:09Oh, hold on, Veronica.
19:12Please have some good news.
19:14Bianchi's alibi holds up.
19:16None of the properties he owns
19:18match the kind of building
19:19Veronica's being held in.
19:20Okay, well, what about
19:20the threatening voicemails?
19:21Apparently, she's relentless
19:22about finding even the smallest code violations.
19:25All the builders call her Sherlock Holmes.
19:27You know, spelled like H-O-M-E-S.
19:30I get it.
19:31Boys are so lame.
19:32Bottom line, Bianchi's a dead end.
19:35Maybe not.
19:36I'll call you back.
19:38Veronica?
19:39Still here.
19:40Any leads?
19:41Just your nickname.
19:42Oh, you mean Sherlock Holmes,
19:45spelled H-O-M-E-S?
19:46You make these idiots' lives miserable
19:48by focusing on the tiny details, right?
19:51Proudly, yes.
19:52So put that funny hat on
19:53with the ear flaps, okay?
19:55Look around the room.
19:56What do you see?
19:57Take your time.
20:00Stare and tell me the story.
20:10Okay, the ceiling is paneled,
20:14probably suspended,
20:15which is normal for a commercial building.
20:19The door frame is wide,
20:21which means cinder block masonry.
20:26There's a metal beam on the wall,
20:29which, uh, is non-combustible.
20:32Means this building's probably
20:33more than six floors.
20:34Okay, that's good.
20:35What else?
20:37Rockwell.
20:38It's, uh, it's been reinstulated.
20:41How do you know?
20:42The insulation doesn't look degraded.
20:44It means it was probably insulated
20:46with asbestos initially.
20:49Someone coming?
20:54Whoever approves the removal
20:56of asbestos
20:56is supposed to leave a tag
20:58right at the edge here.
21:06205-794.
21:08That's the building inspector's ID.
21:11The date is faded,
21:12but the year is 1998.
21:15Okay, can we look this up?
21:16It'll be in the record at City Hall.
21:18I have.
21:18It's amazing, Veronica.
21:22I hear something.
21:24What is it?
21:32It's a man's voice
21:33coming from the next room.
21:36He's yelling for help.
21:40They're coming.
21:41Don't hang up.
21:42Okay.
21:46Where are you taking me?
21:48Where are we going?
21:49Please, don't.
21:50Stop, stop.
21:51Don't hurt me.
21:52Please.
21:55Max.
21:55Max, you hear that?
21:56They're holding somebody else here.
21:57What does that mean?
21:58What do they want?
21:59I don't know.
22:00Hang on.
22:02Chief?
22:02I heard.
22:03Seems like we're dealing
22:04with two kidnappings.
22:09Chief.
22:10Yeah?
22:11So two people were kidnapped?
22:12It seems like it.
22:13Sounded like the other person
22:14there was being moved.
22:15The other hostage
22:16makes a no-ransom thing
22:17even weirder, no?
22:18Simmons,
22:18look in the reports
22:19for the last 24 hours.
22:20Let's make sure
22:21another kidnapping
22:21or missing persons report
22:23didn't get lost in the shuffle.
22:24I'm on it right now.
22:25You and you.
22:26Let's go.
22:26You're with me.
22:27The golden buns are dead end.
22:28Hundreds of that exact meal
22:30were ordered
22:30during the time frame
22:31at those locations.
22:32Of course.
22:32We're gathering
22:33all their CCTV footage
22:34but it's going to take hours.
22:35Damn it.
22:37Thank you, Tony.
22:42What if I'm next?
22:44Remember what I said.
22:45Don't go there.
22:46You have big things to do
22:47like dump your sleazebag husband.
22:50True.
22:51I have an idea.
22:53Let's play the alphabet game.
22:54What's that?
22:56We go through the alphabet
22:57one letter at a time.
22:58I'll name something
22:59and then you go.
23:00I could definitely think
23:01of a word that starts
23:02with a B.
23:02Maybe we'll start with C.
23:04On second thought,
23:05let's go straight to D.
23:07Donut.
23:09Deception.
23:10Elephant.
23:11Extensions.
23:11The cheap kind.
23:12Frog.
23:13Fake.
23:14Like her tan.
23:15I'm sensing a theme here.
23:19I know what you're doing, Max.
23:21And I really appreciate it.
23:23You have no idea
23:23what it means to me
23:24to have your voice
23:25on the end of this line.
23:27You tell me in person
23:28when you get out of there, okay?
23:31I hope so.
23:38Okay, where were we?
23:41The letter G.
23:44Guacamole.
23:44Gold digger.
23:45Hamster.
23:46Homewrecker.
23:49Chief, got ourselves
23:50another kidnapping.
23:51Came in this morning.
23:52Talk to me.
23:53All right.
23:54Name's Ramona Alvarez.
23:55Witness says he was
23:56snatching broad daylight
23:57thrown in a vehicle
23:58just outside his house.
23:59Another black SUV?
24:00Yeah.
24:01You guessed it.
24:01Another black SUV.
24:03Vanier Park.
24:03House is not on our radar.
24:04The uniform went out
24:05did a knock and talk.
24:06His husband said
24:07there must be a mix-up.
24:08Ramona's just fine.
24:09Sounded a little too short
24:10if you ask me.
24:11Call Ellis.
24:12Tell him we need
24:12a Ramona statement in person.
24:15Hey, Chief.
24:16We traced the inspector's
24:17ID number
24:18from the asbestos-free tag.
24:19He approved 36 buildings
24:20in the city in 1998.
24:22How many in her zone?
24:2320.
24:23Tell Yates to get this
24:24up on the map.
24:26Zebra.
24:27Zipper.
24:27If only he kept his closed.
24:30Max?
24:31Veronica, hold on a second.
24:32There has been
24:33a second abduction.
24:34Ellis is following up
24:35and we've narrowed
24:36the buildings down
24:36to about 20.
24:38So let's try and get
24:39some more details.
24:40Veronica, I have my chief here.
24:41Veronica, all the information
24:43you've given us thus far
24:44has been a great help
24:44and we are getting closer.
24:46Now you mentioned
24:46that you're in a
24:47commercial building.
24:48How do you know this?
24:49Because of the
24:50cinder block primarily.
24:51Cinder block like this
24:52isn't normally used
24:53for residential homes.
24:54That's great.
24:55Anything else?
24:55Yeah, the mortaring.
24:57These cinder blocks
24:58have thick irregular joints
24:59so the building's
25:00probably old.
25:02Probably older than 1950
25:03when the mortaring
25:04style changed.
25:05Okay, fantastic.
25:06You can call
25:07the public works department
25:08and get a city engineer
25:09that can help
25:10narrow that down.
25:10Copy that.
25:13Nice work, Veronica.
25:15Do you think it helped?
25:17I know it did.
25:23Hi.
25:24Detective Ellis,
25:25Metro PD.
25:26I was hoping to speak
25:27with Ramon today.
25:28That's my husband.
25:29I have some questions
25:29about an abduction report.
25:31Ramon!
25:35Ramon, this is
25:36Detective Veles.
25:37He's here about
25:37the whole kidnapping thing.
25:38Oh.
25:39Well, here I am,
25:41not kidnapped.
25:43Oh, very glad to see that.
25:44Sorry you were sent
25:45on a wild goose chase.
25:46Your neighbor,
25:47Dorothy Banks,
25:48reported that a black SUV
25:50pulled up in front
25:50of your house.
25:51Ramon was dragged inside
25:53and then it sped away.
25:54Do you have any idea
25:55why she would have made up
25:56such an elaborate
25:56and specific claim?
25:58Dorothy's like 90.
25:59Yeah, she calls 911
26:00more times than
26:01she calls her family.
26:02I mean, she once accused me
26:03of stealing pound cakes
26:04from her freezer.
26:05Turns out she was
26:06sleep eating.
26:07All right, well,
26:07I just have to ask
26:08for our records.
26:09Where were you both
26:10when Mrs. Banks
26:11reported the kidnapping?
26:12I was working
26:13in my home office
26:14and Landon was
26:14at the stadium.
26:15I got home
26:16less than an hour ago.
26:16I'm a relief pitcher
26:17for the heat wave.
26:19She's converted
26:19ten straight saves.
26:21Go heat wave.
26:22Well, thanks for your time,
26:24gentlemen.
26:24Yeah.
26:24Appreciate it.
26:26Yeah.
26:30They're lying.
26:31Landon and Ramon
26:32say nothing happened,
26:33but the marks
26:34on Ramon's wrists
26:34tell a different story.
26:35They look like
26:36zip-tie marks.
26:37Veronica's wrists
26:38are still zip-tied.
26:39Now, why would Ramon
26:40and his husband
26:41lie about him
26:42getting kidnapped?
26:43Because they're
26:44hiding something.
26:45I just found something
26:46that can prove it.
26:50We got this
26:51from your neighbor's
26:52doorbell camera
26:53this morning.
26:59Why did you lie to me
27:00about the kidnapping?
27:01I promised Landon
27:02I wouldn't say anything.
27:03What, has he got
27:03something to do with this?
27:04No.
27:06I mean, it's complicated.
27:07The kidnappers took me
27:08to get to him.
27:09And when he did
27:10what they said,
27:10they brought me back home.
27:11What do you mean
27:12he did what they said?
27:13I'm sorry.
27:14I can't tell you.
27:14If the truth ever came out,
27:16it would ruin his career.
27:17You do realize
27:18obstructing justice
27:19can also ruin
27:20your career, right?
27:23After the kidnappers
27:24took Ramon,
27:25they called me
27:26with instructions.
27:27All right.
27:27Which were?
27:29Do you know anything
27:29about baseball?
27:30More of a football
27:31guy myself.
27:32I'm a relief pitcher.
27:33I throw one,
27:34maybe two innings
27:35a game.
27:35Tops.
27:36The kidnappers
27:37told me that
27:37during my inning
27:38my first pitch
27:38had to go into the dirt.
27:40My second had to be
27:41a fastball,
27:41my third had to be
27:42a curveball,
27:43and my fourth
27:44had to be sinker.
27:45All right.
27:45Why such specific pitches?
27:47They must have been
27:47fixing a micro bet.
27:49What is that?
27:51Ramon's kidnapping
27:52wasn't about ransom.
27:53It's a sports bet hustle.
27:55Not just any regular
27:55game fixing.
27:56Micro betting.
27:57Explain.
27:58It's not like
27:58traditional betting
27:59where you're betting
27:59on wins and losses.
28:01Instead, you're betting
28:01on a specific moment
28:03of a game.
28:03Yeah, like betting
28:04on how many times
28:04a tennis player
28:05would bounce the ball
28:06before he serves it.
28:07Or each pitch
28:08of an inning,
28:09like Landon did.
28:09The kidnappers
28:10told Landon
28:11which pitches
28:11he had to throw
28:12in the game.
28:12So he did what
28:13they said,
28:14and then they
28:14released Ramon.
28:15Yeah.
28:18Max?
28:18Oh, hold on,
28:19Veronica.
28:20No, no, no.
28:20Don't mute me.
28:21Veronica, do you know
28:22anyone in pro sports?
28:23No.
28:24It can be anyone,
28:25even remotely related,
28:26a ball boy, a caddy,
28:27anyone.
28:28My brother,
28:29Freddy.
28:29He's on Justin
28:30Allgaier's pit crew
28:31for the NASCAR
28:32O'Reilly series.
28:38You're the former champion,
28:40Justin Allgaier.
28:41Justin, what would you say
28:42to the other drivers
28:43on the track today
28:43that are competing
28:44against you?
28:45Yeah, I mean,
28:45they're going to have
28:45a tough way ahead of them.
28:46You know, I think
28:47that this is going
28:47to be a big battle.
28:48We're excited,
28:49we're ready for the challenge
28:50and we'll see what happens.
28:57Yeah, Freddy,
28:59this is Chief Patrick Lee
29:00from the Metropolitan Police.
29:01Listen very carefully.
29:02We know your sister,
29:03Veronica, has been kidnapped
29:04and we think the abductors
29:06have contacted you.
29:07I don't know
29:07what you're talking about.
29:08Listen, Freddy,
29:09this is Detective Ellis here.
29:10Now, I know you're scared
29:11and I know I'm just
29:11a voice on the phone,
29:12but we are trying
29:13to save your sister
29:14and we're running out of time.
29:15If you want to see her again,
29:16you're going to have to help us.
29:17Have they contacted you
29:18to fix the race?
29:19Uh, yes, they have.
29:22She, she okay?
29:23Yes, but we need to find her
29:24as soon as possible.
29:25Now, tell me exactly
29:26what they told you to do.
29:27We've been making
29:28tire stops all day.
29:29They don't usually last
29:30longer than 15 seconds,
29:31but they told me to slow it down
29:32by at least a second each time.
29:33And you've been complying?
29:34Of course.
29:35I can't let them hurt her.
29:36Of course.
29:36You're doing great, Freddy.
29:38Get the race up on a monitor.
29:39They told me this next stop
29:40needs to be two seconds slower.
29:41That ain't gonna be easy.
29:42Just do exactly
29:43what they say, Freddy.
29:44Yeah.
29:45I'll do whatever it takes.
29:49First ability.
29:50Classic time on turn four exit.
29:52Turn four, man.
29:52Pit this time.
29:53Right side only.
29:54Yeah, it's nice and easy.
29:55You can't lose anything in this stop.
30:00Okay, look.
30:00I gotta go.
30:01Justin's coming in for a stop.
30:04Let's go.
30:05Okay.
30:05And it is one heck of a race
30:08we have tonight, folks.
30:10Allguys coming into the pit.
30:12The 88 car hot on his tail.
30:15Allguys pit has a very tight
30:17turn around here.
30:18They need to get it back out there
30:19immediately.
30:20Time is of the essence.
30:23And what an unbelievable race
30:25we have here today, folks.
30:27This is neck and neck competition.
30:29Oh, and he dropped a lug down
30:32in the stop.
30:32That's gonna cost him two seconds.
30:37He's gonna be sweating
30:38something awful right now.
30:39Good job, Freddy.
30:41It's a parlay.
30:43Pardon?
30:44It's a series of micro bets.
30:45Could be one game.
30:46Could be multiple
30:46across different sports.
30:48If you hit on all of your bets,
30:50you're walking away
30:50with a huge payday.
30:52How huge?
30:52The odds of you hitting
30:53on every one of your micro bets
30:55is astronomical.
30:56It's like betting on every shot
30:57in a championship game
30:59and getting them all right.
31:00Simmons and I ran an estimate.
31:01If you were to bet $10,000,
31:03say, on Landon's pitches
31:04and on top of that,
31:05you correctly picked
31:06the timing from every one
31:07of Justin's pit stops,
31:08the payout is...
31:09Over 10 mil?
31:11I'm certain you think
31:11crime does pay.
31:12I have a city engineer.
31:14Yates, take that.
31:17Freddy.
31:18I just got benched.
31:20That drop lug down
31:20was our last chance.
31:21You gotta get back in there, Freddy.
31:23Hey, what happened?
31:24They just kicked Freddy
31:25out of the pit.
31:26We're down under 100 laps.
31:28There's only one pit stop left.
31:29Freddy, how long
31:30until the next stop?
31:31Uh, about an hour.
31:32He says about an hour.
31:34Which means we only got
31:34an hour to San Maracca.
31:3997 laps to go here.
31:41It's been a hell of a race.
31:43Each team will need
31:44one more pit stop.
31:46Freddy, you gotta get back
31:47into the pit crew.
31:49Security won't let me through.
31:50I got into it by crew chief.
31:52You mean toss me off the track.
31:53Let me talk to your boss.
31:54I can't even get through
31:55until the race is over.
31:58We got something.
31:59Freddy, I'm gonna put you on mute.
32:01I'm still here.
32:01Hang tight.
32:02I talked to the city engineer,
32:03cross-referencing
32:04all the parameters we have.
32:05He narrowed down
32:06the commercial buildings
32:07that were built
32:08with cinder block
32:09in the mortar style
32:10that Veronica talked about.
32:12That leaves eight possible buildings
32:14where she could be.
32:15How many laps left in the race?
32:1795.
32:18No, it was your 45 seconds of lap.
32:202,660 seconds, 45 minutes.
32:22What?
32:23I'm extra good at math
32:24when I'm hungry.
32:25That doesn't give our TRT unit
32:26enough time to check out
32:27all these buildings.
32:28Where's the team right now?
32:29Here.
32:30They should be entering any minute.
32:31Okay, instruct TRT
32:32to focus on these five buildings.
32:33Now, we're close enough
32:34to this section here.
32:34I'll hit these three buildings.
32:36They're never gonna be able
32:36to make it there in time.
32:37Copy that.
32:38Take Simmons with you.
32:38Okay, let's get suited up, Simmons.
32:39I'll meet you at the car in five.
32:41TRT, this is Yanes.
32:42What if they hurt my brother?
32:44They won't.
32:44He's at the track.
32:45He's safe.
32:46I can't imagine how scared
32:47he's been this whole time.
32:48Are you too close?
32:49Yeah, we've always been close.
32:51He's my little brother.
32:52If I don't get out of here,
32:53he is never gonna forgive himself.
32:57What do you mean?
32:59Here you are, kidnapped, alone,
33:01scared, and all you're thinking about
33:03is how this is affecting your brother.
33:05You're a good person.
33:08Max?
33:10Give me a sec, Veronica.
33:13Hey, where are we with everything?
33:14We've narrowed down the list of buildings,
33:15but we only have 45 minutes left.
33:17Okay, what about her brother?
33:18She just got kicked out of the pit crew.
33:20Oh, geez.
33:21Just don't tell her that.
33:22I won't.
33:23Look, I gotta go,
33:24but I just wanted to come here
33:25and tell you that...
33:27Veronica's really lucky
33:28that you picked up the phone today.
33:31Gotta go.
33:32Hey, Ellis?
33:33Yeah?
33:34You have to find her.
33:36Please.
33:44Sorry about that.
33:45Is everything okay?
33:47Yeah.
33:47My partner is out there looking for you.
33:50And trust me,
33:51there is no one I believe in more
33:53to save the day than him.
33:55Oh, well, if you think that about him,
33:57he must be a special guy.
33:59He is.
34:01Okay, all of this is reminding me
34:03of a funny story.
34:05It's summer of 2016,
34:06and I'm in a hotel in Marrakesh
34:09with a belly dancer
34:10and three drunk spider monkeys.
34:13And the elevator gets stuck.
34:14Oh, and let me tell you,
34:15drunk spider monkeys
34:16do not like...
34:17Oh, yes.
34:18Maybe it was a petty reason
34:19to end a relationship,
34:20but Mabel's here up on popcorn?
34:22I need a man,
34:23not Buddy the Elf, okay?
34:27Veronica?
34:28Are you there?
34:30I'm here.
34:31Did I put you to sleep?
34:32No.
34:33I've just been thinking.
34:35Why would they let me go?
34:37You know the other person
34:38you heard in there?
34:40They let him go.
34:41They did?
34:42Yep.
34:42He's safe and sound.
34:44Okay.
34:45Great.
34:47One more down, Chief.
34:49Ellis and Simmons just texted.
34:50The first building on their list is empty.
34:52They're on to the next.
34:56I hear something.
34:57They're coming.
34:58They're coming.
34:59I have to hide the phone.
35:00Stay quiet, Max.
35:15Luke.
35:19Please, don't do this.
35:24Hey.
35:26Smile.
35:28Chief Lee?
35:29Are you there?
35:30Freddy.
35:31I'm right here.
35:32I'm getting a call.
35:33I think it's the kidnappers.
35:34What should I do?
35:34Okay.
35:35Call for some minutes so I can hear,
35:36then answer it.
35:41Hello?
35:42Check your phone, Freddy.
35:43I'm sending you a picture.
35:47I'm so sorry.
35:49Just a reminder.
35:50Only one more pit stop
35:52and she can go home
35:53as long as you hold up on your end.
35:55They kicked me out of the pit
35:56for slowing things down.
35:57You better find a way back in there
35:59or your sister dies.
36:02Gates, where's Ellis?
36:03I got him right here.
36:04Hang on.
36:06Ellis, where are you?
36:07Yeah, the first building's empty.
36:08TRT's doing their part,
36:09but we still got two more buildings to clear.
36:11How many laps until he comes in for a pit stop?
36:13Freddy, how many laps until the pit stop?
36:15I don't know.
36:15No more than 20.
36:1620 laps.
36:17There's not enough time to check both buildings.
36:18Well, we gotta choose one.
36:19Yeah, which one?
36:26Please, you don't have to do this.
36:28You can just let me go, please.
36:29I promise I won't say anything.
36:30If your brother comes through,
36:32you'll be going home.
36:33If not...
36:34Please don't do this.
36:35Stay quiet until the race is over.
36:42Please don't do this.
36:43I don't want to end up a newspaper headline.
36:45It says shut up!
36:46No.
36:49Max, we need to make a choice.
36:51All guys are gonna come into pit on the next lap.
36:53They're coming in for the pit stop.
36:55I know where she is.
37:06This is it.
37:07They called a stop.
37:09Your brother's got one last chance to fix the pit time.
37:12He's been pulled.
37:13There's no way.
37:13Well, then he better find a way.
37:15Guess we'll see how much he loves you.
37:19All right, let's go!
37:21On it!
37:22To the side!
37:24Yeah!
37:25Nicely done!
37:26Let's go!
37:29Six point seven seconds!
37:32I've reached off the crew and sent Elgar back out.
37:34Son of a bitch.
37:37Your brother just killed you.
37:39No!
37:39Please!
37:41Please!
37:44No!
37:45Please, don't you!
37:46No!
37:48Please!
37:48Drop the weapon!
37:49Get down!
37:51Get down!
37:55Ellis, please.
37:58We got her.
38:00She's okay.
38:01Oh, my God.
38:05Freddy, we got her.
38:07Your sister's safe.
38:10Oh, my God.
38:10Oh, my God.
38:12All you left, Justin has managed to fight his way to only a half car
38:17weight behind the leader.
38:19He's going for it.
38:20He dies low, snags the bottom rope, makes the pass,
38:25and he wins it!
38:27An unbelievable cover behind me for Justin Algar.
38:35Sorry.
38:36I just really needed to hug someone.
38:38It's okay.
38:39I get it.
38:52You're safe now.
38:53It's over.
38:55Is this the phone you made?
38:57Yeah.
38:59Impressive.
38:59It worked in a pinch.
39:01If you're up for it, I think there's somebody who'd like to meet you.
39:08Hell of a day.
39:09I didn't say that again.
39:10You all right, Chief?
39:12Just getting old, Max.
39:13Max?
39:14Veronica?
39:17I'm not hallucinating, right?
39:18You're real.
39:23I don't know how to thank you.
39:25No need to thank me.
39:26Just say no.
39:27We're going to be besties now.
39:29Obviously.
39:30Nanny Patty's stat.
39:31Agreed.
39:33So, how'd you guys figure out where Veronica was anyway?
39:36Well, the last time the kidnappers came, they left the door open a crack.
39:39I looked down the hall, and I saw the printing presses.
39:42And when I heard her mention that she was going to be a newspaper headline,
39:44I knew that she was giving me a clue that she was in the Old City Gazette printing plant.
39:49I was hoping you'd pick up on that.
39:51Veronica?
39:51Your husband is still in holding.
39:53Well, we can keep him for 24 hours if you want to make him sweat.
39:55As much as I would enjoy that.
39:58I don't want to waste one more second.
40:00Bring me to that scumbag.
40:03Tony, let's take care of her.
40:04Will do, Chief.
40:09Listen up, everyone.
40:10Today, we did what we trained for.
40:13And then some.
40:14Um, Max, you kept Veronica calm, and you stayed the course.
40:18At one point, you talked to me about protocol.
40:20Wait, Max did that?
40:21Yeah.
40:22Really proud of all the hard work we did today.
40:24Working together, the handoffs were seamless, it was like.
40:27A pit crew?
40:29All right, well, we're still in our swanky duds.
40:31So, if someone say drinks, let's say karaoke.
40:34I'm thinking Spice Girls.
40:35Yates, your baby Spice.
40:37Yeah, this baby needs chicken pot pie in bed.
40:39And not necessarily in that order.
40:41Well, I'm scary, Spice, and I really, really, really want to go home.
40:45Sorry.
40:46I gotta get the hell out of these pants.
40:49Something tells me you don't know Mel C's rap from Wannabe?
40:52Afraid not.
40:54Ow.
40:55How dare you scare me like that?
40:57I had it all under control, okay?
40:58I promise.
41:00Can I give you a ride?
41:01No, I have way too much adrenaline from today.
41:04And I don't want this dress to go to waste.
41:06So, I guess I'll just go to karaoke on my own.
41:08Okay.
41:09Knock them dead.
41:10Send me a video.
41:17Hi, darling.
41:18It's mom.
41:19So, Dan, the real estate agent, called me, and I told him you'd reconsider.
41:23Ellis, wait.
41:24I'll take that ride after all.
41:28Mom?
41:29Are you here?
41:31I think we need to talk about...
41:34We have company, honey.
41:37Hello, Max.
41:37To what do we owe the honor?
41:40Oh, I just drop by to make sure everything is on track.
41:43As you know, the buck is ticking.
41:50I told Mr. Hayashi, everything is fine.
41:53Indeed.
41:54Couldn't be better.
41:55Tickety-boo.
41:57Nothing to worry about.
41:59Oh, I'm not the one who should be worried.
42:01Need I remind you, failure is not an option.
42:06At least not one I'd recommend.
42:19We got this.
42:22Right?
42:23Of course.
42:24Yeah.
42:25Okay, because if we make one wrong move, we're dead.
42:28And so is everybody else we love.
42:38Begin German lesson for today.
42:41Lesson 14.
42:42Expanding vocabulary.
42:44Listen first, then repeat.
42:45My uncle suffers from gout, but dad says anyway.
42:48Mein Onkel leidet an gicht, aber er tanzt trotzdem.
42:51Mein Onkel leidet an gicht, aber er tanzt trotzdem.
42:56Very good.
42:57Danke.
42:58Next.
42:59The Miller's Ox has an open sore.
43:01Der Ochse des Müllers hat eine offene Wunde.
43:03Der Ochse des Müllers hat eine offene Wunde.
43:07Very good.
43:07No, it's perfect.
43:10Wunderbar.
43:12Next.
43:12The angry monk has hidden the sausage and the piano.
43:15Oh.
43:16I'll just bet he has.
43:20I took a zig and a zig.
43:25And things got ugly.
43:31I've grown into depression.
43:35I've grown into depression.
43:37I've grown into depression.
43:41I've grown into depression.
43:42Hey, please, wow.
43:43You can't breath from the pressures.
43:49You can't.
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