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Countdown - Season 1 - Episode 09: 10-33
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00:02Six months ago, BKM Purchaseland, just north of Santa Barbara in Goleta.
00:08They were just here.
00:10All of these people have proved their mettle again and again.
00:13They deserve to know that they have a ticking time bomb standing next to them when their lives are on
00:17the line.
00:18Volchek intends to set off a dirty bomb.
00:21If he's successful, there won't be Sundays for any of us.
00:23Meet me at the alley. I'll give you everything.
00:29I'll give you everything.
00:59No.
01:23I'll give you everything.
01:30I'll give you everything.
01:42I'll give you everything.
02:00I need a 10-33.
02:05I'll give you a corner.
02:06I'll give you everything.
02:06All right.
02:36All right.
03:17All right.
03:37All right.
03:37Let's meet him.
03:49Where are you?
03:50I'll be there in five.
03:51All right.
03:52All right.
04:07Anything?
04:09Hey.
04:12Excuse me, ma'am.
04:13I need some information on Nathan Blight.
04:15He's a federal law officer.
04:15And like I told the other one, I do not have an update at this time.
04:18Listen, I'm an LAPD detective.
04:20I don't care if you're the king of England.
04:21You'll get an update when the chief surgeon updates you.
04:25Oh.
04:27That's...
04:29What was that?
04:31Yeah.
04:45Julio?
04:48Yes.
04:51Oh, my God.
04:53Or I should say Dr. Beltran.
04:55No, no, no, no.
04:56Julio's good.
04:57I didn't know you were in LA.
04:59Yeah.
05:00Chicago winters.
05:01Nine years count in my residency.
05:02If I never see snow again, it'll be too soon.
05:04I bet.
05:05How about you?
05:06My mom says you're some kind of secret agent.
05:10DEA.
05:11Really?
05:11Mm.
05:12Wow.
05:13I always knew you were going to do something epic.
05:16You always had that cool factor.
05:18No.
05:19Hey, listen.
05:21I'm working a federal case, and our boss, Nathan Blight, was brought in this morning.
05:25The admitting nurse will not tell us anything.
05:27Hmm.
05:29Life?
05:30I think it sounds?
05:30Yeah.
05:31B-L-Y-T-H-E.
05:32Give me a minute.
05:33Okay.
05:33I'll check.
05:38Dr. Merrill, you're on the chain.
05:40Sorry, Merrill, you're needed to be on the chain.
05:45Hey.
05:46My buddy in homicide said the crime scene is a few blocks south.
05:49Uh, the alley where they're across this hill.
05:52We should check it out.
05:54Yeah.
05:55I assume you're all here about Nathan Blight?
05:57Yeah.
05:58Okay.
05:58A trauma surgeon removed an impaled object.
06:00A knife from his thoracic cage.
06:03Early diagnosis is the sharp force intrusion missed his lungs and kidneys.
06:06He's in surgery now to explore any possible organ damage or internal bleeding.
06:09How long?
06:10Hour.
06:10Maybe more.
06:12Okay.
06:13Thank you, Julio.
06:15Good to see you, Amber.
06:16Me too.
06:16Don't be a stranger.
06:19Well, look, there's no point in us all standing around here.
06:21Um, do you now?
06:22Well, the barris and I will walk a few blocks down and check out the scene.
06:24Mm-hmm.
06:25Then we can head back and try and figure out why Blight is in that alley in the first place.
06:28Yeah.
06:28I'll leave my number with attending.
06:29Okay.
06:36All right.
06:37Let's, uh...
06:39Let's get a couple booze.
06:40I want every window on this thing knocked.
06:42We're lucky.
06:43Maybe we'll get a witness.
06:45Blagler.
06:46Lawson.
06:47Ah, Meacham.
06:49I thought you went federal on us.
06:51That's why I'm here.
06:52You too, big guy?
06:53I just go where they tell me, brother.
06:59Oh, this is Olivares, which is DEA.
07:01I recognize him.
07:02He's the, uh, Consul General.
07:04That's right.
07:05Yosef Astapov, Belarusian citizen.
07:08Got the Russian necktie.
07:09We haven't found the knife.
07:11It said dignity.
07:13The trauma surgeon pulled it out of our boss.
07:15Nathan Blythe.
07:16He survived.
07:17But he didn't do this.
07:18Which means there was a third party involved.
07:21I'm thinking that, uh, Blythe showed up to meet up with Astapov.
07:23But Volchek, or somebody that worked for Volchek, was already following the diplomat.
07:28Slides his throat.
07:28Leaves him here.
07:30And Blythe approaches out of the blue.
07:33The attacker thinks he's got a two for one.
07:35Sticks Blythe.
07:36Fucks off for some reason.
07:38Then Blythe crawls his way back to his car.
07:39Calls into 1033.
07:41That's what I think.
07:43Yeah.
07:44I like it.
07:46We could forensics down here yet.
07:48Not yet.
07:48Okay, uh, if Blythe was coming to meet Astapov, why downtown in an alley?
07:55Why not official business of the consulate?
07:57Diplomat didn't want eyes on him.
07:58Well, because if it was official business, that means it's public record.
08:01So, probably had some information for Blythe that he wanted to keep on the down low.
08:05I'd like a look inside that car.
08:07This one?
08:08Mm-hmm.
08:09Hey, did you guys photograph everything?
08:11Not yet.
08:13Might be something in my boss's car I want to show you.
08:15Come here.
08:23Excuse me, you got gloves on?
08:25Need to open up the trunk, please?
08:44Shut your mind!
08:52Come here.
08:56Come here.
09:00What?
09:02What?
09:02What?
09:02Whoa, whoa, whoa.
09:03What did you want to show us?
09:04Oh, shit.
09:05I thought maybe there was some weapons back here that he was trying to get to, but, uh...
09:08Nope.
09:09It's empty, but now that it's open, you guys can photograph it, so you're welcome.
09:25Any news on Blythe?
09:27Negative.
09:28Anything from the scene?
09:29This was in Astapov's car.
09:31I think he was going to pass it to Blythe.
09:33Looks like the official report's all in Belarusian.
09:36You took it from the scene?
09:37I did.
09:39I don't think we're worried about chain of evidence at this point.
09:41We'll pass it here.
09:44Shepard, you and me, let's start coming through this translation, okay?
09:47Yeah.
09:49Mina.
09:50You don't come home all night. It makes me worry.
09:52Yeah, sorry. I didn't even notice. Things are going really crazy over here.
09:57Hey, uh, listen.
09:59You should take the girls and go see your parents in Palm Springs.
10:02What do you mean?
10:03I just think it's probably best to get out of L.A. for a while.
10:06Then you come with us.
10:07Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll be right behind you.
10:12Okay, well, the girls are already in school.
10:15Right.
10:16And they have poetry in the park at the Vine today.
10:19Yeah, okay, but listen.
10:21They're going to have to skip it, okay?
10:22Well, they were so excited.
10:23Amina, I'm serious.
10:27Go pick them up from school, get on the road to the desert, and then call me.
10:30Do you understand?
10:33Yeah.
10:34Yeah.
10:35Okay.
10:36I'm sorry.
10:37I'll just feel a lot better when you're on your way.
10:40I understand.
10:50Okay, uh, for Mastapov's file, best I can tell, they were tracking Volchak through a Russian named Sergei Belayev.
11:00He's a forger in Reseda.
11:02You got an address?
11:02Yep, sending it to you now.
11:31No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
11:33Oh, come on.
11:35LAPD!
11:36Federal officers!
11:37Hey!
11:40Hey!
11:41All the bears?
11:42Yeah, got you.
11:44Go.
11:57Nothing?
11:58Where the fuck did he go?
11:59What do you mean?
12:03You got it.
12:06These things are on rollers.
12:09Oh, shit.
12:11Here we go.
12:13Here we go.
12:40There we go.
12:44Hey.
12:45No.
13:00I got you.
13:05You okay?
13:09I got him.
13:10Go.
13:22What are you doing?
13:24Stop.
13:25Stop.
13:25Come here.
13:28Step down.
13:28Hands behind your back.
13:31Come on.
13:38You fucking moron.
13:41You good?
13:42Be right there.
13:44All right, come on.
13:45Let's get you off this roof.
13:46You know, I just skipped breakfast this morning so I was a little-
13:48Hey, hey.
13:49Tell him to lie, okay?
13:50I know what happened.
13:54Come on.
13:59Come on.
14:03We already know you speak English, Sergey.
14:05Don't waste our time.
14:06Boris Vucevic, Barry Vuceo, Joseph Horvat.
14:12Three different identities for the same man.
14:16We don't care about you.
14:18We want him.
14:20Okay.
14:23You gave him the new names?
14:24The new passports?
14:26Yes.
14:27How many?
14:28More than what you have.
14:30I will tell you each of his identities if you reduce the federal charges.
14:36That unspoken like you've been anticipating this day, huh?
14:39I would like to sub no more than two years and do my time at FCI Boettner Law.
14:49Minimum security.
14:51Club Fed?
14:54We can make that work.
14:56Give it to me in writing and I will-
15:03That's my favorite song.
15:06Okay.
15:07The ones we know.
15:08Boris Vucevic, Barry Vuceo, VK Unlimited, Joseph Horvat, and Yuri Volchak.
15:14But the one that we did not know?
15:17Karl Novak.
15:18If Joseph Horvat is the John Smith of Croatia, then Karl Novak is the same for Czech Republic.
15:23There's probably a thousand in Los Angeles alone.
15:25And same as always.
15:26We check them all.
15:27We know he used the other names to purchase property, businesses.
15:31That's his MO.
15:32So we find a Karl Novak with a connection to the case.
15:35Yes.
15:35Go from there.
15:46Well, not now.
15:47Okay, and please don't call me unless you're dying.
15:49Well, I have something that I want to tell you, but it needs to be in person, so why don't
15:53I meet you?
15:54I said not now.
15:55Okay?
15:55Not now.
16:17What are you doing?
16:18I'm losing my fucking mind here. I can't take it.
16:24Okay?
16:26Okay.
16:27I don't know.
16:27Alright.
16:30Hey.
16:31Hey.
16:34Okay, Susie.
16:35Sorry.
16:37Sorry.
16:38Okay?
16:39Just breathe.
16:41I'm good.
16:42You're good.
16:43You're good?
16:43You're good?
16:44Look at me.
16:48You're good.
16:50Okay?
16:51Breathe with me.
16:53I can't.
16:59Okay.
17:01Yeah.
17:08Okay, thanks.
17:11Blythe is out of surgery.
17:15Let's go.
17:29Excuse me, do you...
17:29No, no, I can't refuse further medical assistance if that's what I want.
17:33Which is my right.
17:34Boss.
17:35What?
17:35What's going on?
17:36What's going on is I need to get back to the task force.
17:39What he needs to do is rest.
17:41I don't need to rest.
17:41He had no internal bleeding, and luckily the impalement missed his kidneys by about two centimeters.
17:45But still, we need at least 48 hours.
17:47Oh, that's nonsense.
17:4748 hours of observation to make sure he's healing properly.
17:51Of course I'm gonna...
17:51Should be a week, but he's not gonna listen.
17:52No, I'm not gonna listen to you.
17:54You should listen to the doctor.
17:55I don't need to do shit.
17:56Boss.
17:57What I need to do is get out of here because we're in the middle of an...
17:59Boss!
18:00What?!
18:00You're not gonna do anyone any good if you're incapacitated.
18:14Fine.
18:16I'll stay for observation, but I'm not doing the 48.
18:19Okay.
18:21Okay.
18:22That's all we're asking.
18:26Can you update this turn that said her would follow in neurology for two weeks?
18:31Leo.
18:31Hey.
18:32Hey.
18:33Thank you for earlier.
18:34Oh, of course.
18:35Happy to help.
18:37My aunt said that you're a neurosurgeon or something.
18:40A neuro-oncologist, yes.
18:42Okay.
18:44Um...
18:44I have a friend, a colleague, really, who was diagnosed with a tumor in his head.
18:51You know what kind of tumor?
18:52No.
18:53I don't.
18:54But he's been getting these headaches, or full-on migraines, dizziness, vertigo, and...
19:02He's...
19:04They're definitely getting worse.
19:06And he won't...
19:07It's like he's just accepting that it's a death sentence.
19:10I take it you don't know his oncologist?
19:13No.
19:14I don't.
19:15Okay.
19:16Well, uh, tell you what.
19:17Look, this is my card.
19:19And this is my personal cell number.
19:22Have your friend call me, and I'll set up a consult.
19:26Really?
19:28Absolutely.
19:29Look, I actually teach at UCLA.
19:31I'm doing a clinical study on emerging treatments involving T-cells and oncolytic viruses, so it's...
19:37Anyway.
19:38Absolutely.
19:38Have him call me.
19:40I can't promise anything, but...
19:41Right.
19:42No.
19:42Yeah.
19:42Of course.
19:44Um...
19:45It means a lot.
19:46My pleasure.
19:48All right.
19:49Hope I get to keep bumping into you.
19:52Go under better circumstances.
19:55Pray.
19:57All right.
19:58Thanks.
20:08Okay, but couldn't you just wait a couple of hours?
20:11I mean, the girls have been working so hard on their poems, and they're really looking forward to it, and
20:15it's supposed to clear up and get beautiful.
20:17Look, I will have them go first, and you can leave straight from the vine.
20:23You're gonna make this hard for me, aren't you?
20:25I just think you're gonna be really glad that you let them have this moment for themselves.
20:29Yeah.
20:31Okay.
20:32Okay.
20:34Okay.
20:35I will see you there.
20:36Okay.
20:38Okay, children, pick a seat and slide to the window, okay?
20:42Two to a seat.
20:43No exceptions.
20:56All right, well, I will keep breaking down the first 30 Karl Novak's if you want to take an extra
21:00bank.
21:01Yeah, absolutely.
21:02Cool.
21:03Yeah, I do want to tell you something.
21:08You know, when I first saw you're assigned to this task force, well, I wasn't sure where to make you.
21:14To be honest, you're beyond green.
21:16I mean, bright, bright green.
21:19Wow, thank you.
21:20You're welcome.
21:21But seriously, my dad's generation used to say, you can't investigate cases sin on your ass.
21:28And I thought that that was good advice until I saw what you do with a keyboard.
21:35You know, in this day and age, you gotta have an extra gear, right?
21:37And, uh, to see what you do with barely any data and the paths that you've opened up in this
21:44investigation, it's inspiring.
21:48Like, truly, you should be proud.
21:59I'm gonna surprise you in the field sometime, too.
22:00Oh, yeah, I bet you will.
22:04All right, on that note, I'm gonna go break out some more hard coffees.
22:07I'll be right back.
22:26Hey.
22:27What's up?
22:28Listen, sorry about earlier.
22:30I didn't...
22:31Oh, don't apologize to me.
22:34Apologize to that bathroom in there.
22:36Well, it was more just a trash can.
22:38It was the whole bathroom.
22:38Oh, I'd say it was, like, more the whole bathroom.
22:40Okay, I'm trying to apologize here.
22:42All right, I just, I'll...
22:44I'll get my shit together.
22:46You're fine.
22:47It's fine.
22:51Listen, actually, I moved to L.A. when I was 17 from Chicago.
22:56Uh-oh, here we go.
22:57Shut up.
22:58There was one kid from my neighborhood who set every single academic record at Claremont Unified.
23:03Like, everyone.
23:05Valedictorian, National Merit Scholar, you name it.
23:07Went to Yale, stayed for medical school, right?
23:10It was, like, the pride of the neighborhood kind of thing.
23:12Right.
23:12I saw him today at Dignity.
23:16He is a neuro-oncologist now.
23:19Hmm.
23:20He said to come in and meet with him.
23:23He'd do a consult with you.
23:25Okay.
23:26I don't even know if you got a second opinion.
23:28What is that?
23:30What is the second...
23:30Hey, do you guys mind coming in here, please?
23:32Uh, so, it's like we thought.
23:34There are hundreds of Karl Novak's in Los Angeles.
23:38Residences in basically every neighborhood, some businesses.
23:41I thought I should expand the search to Orange County and north past Thousand Oaks.
23:46But it's just a bit overwhelming.
23:48I thought Bella and I could handle it, but just...
23:51Hang on.
23:52What...
23:53What is that one right there?
24:01Uh, looks like a movie production company.
24:04What was the name of the parking lot company that Barry Vusso owned?
24:07Castrol Parking.
24:10Castrol's a bird's indigenous to Belarus.
24:12That's him.
24:13I agree.
24:14What's the address on that production company?
24:15Uh, Hollywood.
24:16Okay, 20 minutes.
24:17Let's go.
24:18The End
24:19Play this?
24:28There're two prankers...
24:32Maybe it's not a dream.
24:34I'm not Rocks...
24:35In Toldonside games.
24:37Don't taste yourself...
24:39Don't taste your taste.
24:40Story, turning on Language,
24:41Talking Will yes,
24:43Tell you what I'm gonna do.
24:45I got nothing to lose,
24:52LAPD, Federal Law Officers, Kestrel Entertainment Productions.
24:55Uh, second floor, suite 205.
24:58Do you have keys?
24:58Yes.
24:59Let's go.
25:22Clear.
25:24Clear.
25:25Clear.
25:28Clear.
25:34You the building manager?
25:36Yes, Lydia.
25:37Who rented this place?
25:39I don't know.
25:40I just moved to this location four months ago.
25:42We have other buildings in Studio City, Culver.
25:44Um, I run the casting office next door.
25:46Never seen one person go in or come out.
25:48The rent is paid through a service.
25:49I can check, but I'm sure they're up to date.
25:51We rent to production companies, casting offices, a few podcasters.
25:55There is nothing freaky or illegal.
25:57Okay, thank you.
25:58I'll let you know if you have any further questions, okay?
26:00I'm gonna call our owners.
26:01Sure.
26:05Okay, well, I can get the Geiger counter, but honestly,
26:08there is no way that they store for some material here.
26:10I mean, it's too many cameras, too many eyeballs.
26:12Yeah, I agree.
26:13All right, so what do we think?
26:15Hiding money.
26:16Some kind of laundering cash dump.
26:19All right, I'll check and see if there's any
26:20Kesha Entertainment Productions bank accounts,
26:22but to be honest, I can't help feeling this is a square peg.
26:25Yeah.
26:27Let's go.
26:33He hates the world.
26:35He hates all these identities for this grand master plan.
26:37What, fucking make movies?
26:40Is that some absurd to you?
26:41Yeah, it does, actually.
26:43I mean, I feel like we're onto something.
26:45It's like my brain can't line up the signals.
26:47Well, maybe, uh, talk to your friend.
26:50You know, the, uh, neuro-whatever pride of the neighborhood.
26:53Maybe he can, uh, align your signals.
26:56Yeah, I will.
26:58After you do.
27:00Come on.
27:01Okay?
27:01He said to come in and talk to him.
27:03What harm can that do?
27:04I mean, your brain wasn't much to begin with.
27:07Now look at you.
27:08Oh, my God.
27:08You're so good at pep talks.
27:09I know, that's why Blythe picked me.
27:11Oh, that's why.
27:11Here's his number.
27:15He'll do it.
27:17Can somebody catch me up on where the hell we're at with this investigation?
27:22Hey, what are you doing here, boss?
27:23Arrest when I'm dead.
27:24Let's go, people.
27:25I want a full recap of everything since that son of a bitch stuck me.
27:29Boss, are you sure?
27:30I'm fine.
27:31And if anybody says another word, I'll ship you off to El Paso, okay?
27:34Come on, now.
27:35We don't...
27:35Neachem, I swear to God, don't test me.
27:40Well, if you want to come to the conference room, we've, uh, got a lot to catch you up on,
27:43actually.
27:44Good.
27:49We can't figure out why Volchek would have a production company.
27:52Everything this guy has done under these false identities has been to blend in.
27:55Right.
27:55He has trucks that look like a million others.
27:57He has a farm out in the middle of nowhere, a house in Sherman Oaks.
28:00Even the parking lots was a nothing business.
28:02I mean, there are no products sold, no company-to-company sales, just a way to move money.
28:05Right, so why the flash of a Hollywood company?
28:09I mean, sure, they have them all over the city, but it's a business that attracts eyeballs.
28:13It's like, oh, look, they're making a movie over there.
28:15Yeah, I'm not seeing.
28:19Trucks.
28:22What?
28:23A month ago, there were movie trucks parked on my street.
28:26They just parked wherever they wanted.
28:27It didn't matter if the people lived there.
28:28They put up a sign, take off half a block.
28:30Shepard, see if Kestrel Entertainment Productions has filed for any filming permits?
28:37Holy shit.
28:38They did.
28:40The city gave them permission to shoot at the Vine.
28:42When?
28:42Right now, today.
28:53They did.
28:56They did.
28:59They did.
29:00Oh, my God.
29:45My family's there.
29:47Punch it.
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