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Countdown - Season 1 - Episode 10: The Muzzle Pile
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00:01Officer Drew died in surgery. He'll be honored here.
00:05My sister is coming to town. She's always looking for the next party.
00:08Andrei Sobel, Belarusian born Moscow, trained. The guy is extremely dangerous.
00:12First time I've written our SWAT team into a breach action, and they know exactly when we're coming?
00:16He is a neuro-oncologist now. He's said to come in to meet with him.
00:24Fuck. Can you disarm it?
00:25Any attempt might set it off.
00:26L.A.P.D., everyone out!
00:29Everyone, clear out, clear out!
00:30Everybody in the back of the way!
00:32Move, move!
00:48Rip it out. Rip out the tablet! Rip it out!
01:07Oh shit.
01:11I want theпрing!
01:13I love Kenya!
01:18Clap the phone!
01:20Hands in the air!
01:21Everybody down! Everybody down!
01:34Wait!
01:37Wait!
01:38Out of the way!
02:03Hey! You can't be in here!
02:05Federal agent! Get out of here now!
02:10Go!
02:26Get behind me!
02:28Get behind me!
02:47Oh, my God, no!
02:48Oh, no!
02:51Hold this, please!
03:01Call them in!
03:04Call them in!
03:07Call them in!
03:25Call them in!
03:28Keep your eyes on your mother, okay?
03:30Let's go!
03:30Call them in!
03:41Call them in!
03:44Call them!
03:51Call them in!
03:53Call them in!
03:54Call them!
04:00It's coming!
04:22He's not shooting at us.
04:23He's trying to blow the fuel tanks.
04:25Hey, hey.
04:26Come on, we gotta go.
04:27Forget me.
04:28Are you hit?
04:29Get bullshit!
04:40Ah, fuck.
04:53Bell, 11 o'clock.
05:07Oh, fuck.
05:10Oh, fuck.
05:16Oh, fuck.
05:42Do it.
05:50Do it.
06:19Do it.
06:21Do it.
06:30This is me, Jim.
06:31One tango down.
06:33Rooftop secure.
06:35Well, there is non-critically injured.
06:36One GSW victim in the hallway moving to medical assistance.
06:46All right, let's get these trucks off the street.
07:08I'm very proud of everyone here.
07:10You showed that when a team with this many smart, capable, innovative, and I'll say badass individuals come together, nobody's
07:26penetrating that shield of safety that you hold so high.
07:29And it has been my sincere honor to have led you.
07:36Now, here's the hard part.
07:37When you work with an elite task force and the mission's over, everybody goes their separate ways.
07:46But we do so knowing that once we're called upon to serve again, in whatever iteration that may be, we're
07:54going to be better partners, better investigators, because of the people around us.
08:01Because of the people in this room.
08:16This one's coming with me.
08:21So can I just say that, uh, even when we were cursing your name, mostly me, um, I think I
08:31speak for all of us when I say you're the best damn leader any of us has ever had.
08:36Ever.
08:36Ever.
08:38Ever.
08:39We'd follow you anywhere.
08:44Thank you, sir.
08:47It's been a pleasure, sir.
08:50The worship.
08:55Well done.
08:57Really.
09:15I know you're sleeping by now
09:20I'm still up walking around
09:25Walls of my skull been backwards in like a labyrinth
09:35I knew I was wasting my time
09:40Keep myself awake at night
09:45Whenever I close my eyes
09:50I'm chasing you till the lights
09:56It's over?
10:01Yeah, it's over
10:04You got him?
10:06We got him
10:14How did you know?
10:17You had that look
10:19And you're home before midnight
10:21Want some of this wine?
10:24You just opened it
10:24Absolutely
10:28Uh oh, dad's home early
10:30Here comes trouble
10:31Listen, I want to hear about this field trip and don't spare any of the details
10:35I'm gonna put my bag down first
10:36Be quick
10:41You alright?
10:44I am now
10:45I knew you were good months ago
10:49I can't think of anyone
10:53Okay
10:54Now don't get mad
10:56But there really is no reason why there's a curfew on field trips to Catalina
10:59Don't worry about it
11:04Don't worry about it
11:05Thank you
11:05Thank you
11:06Enjoy your meal
11:07So, do you know where you're headed yet?
11:11Uh, yeah
11:11Yeah, I just found out
11:13WFO
11:14DC
11:15Wow, really?
11:17Yeah
11:17Okay, how'd that happen?
11:19They just needed somebody with serious computer skills for their human trafficking squad
11:24And Blythe knows the ADIC there and you recommend that
11:27That's amazing, it's deserved
11:29Why, thank you
11:32Oh my god, this is so cute
11:35Oh god
11:38You know them?
11:40Yeah, one of them
11:40Molly, hi
11:42They say LA is a small town
11:45I never knew what they meant until now
11:46What are you doing here?
11:48Hi
11:49Um, I'm Devin, I'm the bartender
11:51But this is just the first stop
11:52And then we're gonna hit Poppy and then maybe hide sunset
11:57You must be the famous Agent Bell
11:59Oh, wow
12:00Uh, yeah, famous?
12:02What my sister tells me
12:04Mmm, that's just her trying to get me to buy dinner
12:07Wait, are you two a thing?
12:09Uh, no
12:10Nope
12:11Just colleagues
12:12Oh
12:13Okay
12:14Well, I was just asking
12:17Yeah
12:18Anyway, uh, it was nice to meet you
12:19Mm-hmm
12:20Mm-hmm
12:24Yeah, sorry about that
12:26Uh
12:26No, no, no
12:27Are you kidding? No, I've never been famous before
12:30Yeah, she is something
12:37Um
12:40Since you're staying here
12:44Would you, would you mind just keeping an eye on her?
12:46She just has a way of finding trouble
12:48Uh, yeah
12:49Yeah, sure, I'll check in
12:52Appreciate it
12:53I am not a doctor, right?
12:55You are not a doctor
12:56So can we both just admit that we don't know?
12:58And turn it over to someone who does?
13:00Which is Julio Beltran
13:02Great, sure
13:03Yeah, but just
13:06My hesitation
13:08Is that I'm gonna spend the next few days of whatever
13:11Whatever life I have left
13:13What tubes coming out of my heart?
13:15Stuck in a hospital bed
13:16Instead of
13:17Instead of
13:18I said what?
13:21Getting in my truck
13:22Okay?
13:23And driving
13:24And hitting every roadhouse
13:25From here to the Atlantic
13:28Really?
13:28That's what you wanna do?
13:29With your time?
13:30That's your plan?
13:31Anything but this
13:33Look, you need to understand that
13:35I accepted my fate
13:36Okay?
13:37Months ago
13:39I did
13:40And that's okay
13:41I'm fine
13:42It's fine
13:44What are you talking about?
13:46It's not
13:47Fine
13:48Look, you wanna talk about fate?
13:50We just changed the fate of this entire city
13:54Maybe the fucking planet
13:56And so if we can do that
13:57What is one very small
13:59Very, very stupid brain?
14:02Okay
14:03Come on, okay?
14:04Go inside
14:04Or have to kick your ass in this hospital parking lot
14:18Yeah, sorry that took so long
14:20I wanted to confer with a couple of colleagues
14:22What does that mean?
14:25I...
14:25No, your...
14:28These scans make you an excellent candidate for the new treatment trial
14:31There's an experimental CAR-T cell therapy for glioblastoma that targets the dual proteins EGFR and IL-12
14:37Now, they're associated with...
14:41Anyway, um...
14:42You don't need to know all that
14:43What you do need to know is that we've seen objective tumor regressions and we're energized by the results
14:49Look, if you're amenable, we'd like to get started next week
14:54Hmm
15:02Nature
15:07What are my odds?
15:11I don't like to talk in terms of odds
15:13But I can tell you this
15:15They're a lot better inside the program than doing nothing
15:19Yep
15:20Okay
15:25Can I get the paperwork started?
15:31Sure
15:42It's great
15:53Hey, uh...
15:54Oh, great! He's back!
15:56Like a bed sore
15:57Then I was never gone
15:59Oh, we'd do that for sure, but, uh...
16:01We had to give away your desk
16:02What?
16:03Yep
16:04I had first dibs
16:05Really great position in the bullpen
16:07No, that's my desk, bro
16:08Not anymore
16:11Sergeant
16:24Whatever you did in that hoity-toity task force, City Hall called and said you're getting a meritorious promotion
16:31I don't know fancy words like meritorious, but I do know
16:33that despite being a pain in my ass
16:37You deserve it
16:38You're a hell of an officer
16:40Alright!
16:47And...
16:47We have some visitors
16:49Who wanted to decorate your new office
16:56Congratulations, honey
17:00Thank you, baby
17:16Thank you, baby
17:17Ah, Agent Bell
17:20Congratulations on all your success
17:21Ah, thank you, dear
17:22Well, good either, sir
17:23Well, I'm sure you're on your way...
17:25Do you know something that's always bothered me about the Task Force Arcane investigation?
17:28My understanding is that investigation is closed
17:31How is it that the Iskander paramilitary group knew that LAPD SWAT and our task force were coming?
17:37I don't follow
17:38We were pretty much flying around wherever the case took us
17:41And then the one time that we called LAPD SWAT for backup
17:45That is the one time that the bad guys knew we were coming
17:48And their lawyer greeted us the moment that we breached
17:52Now, I know no one on the Task Force alerted Iskander
17:54And I heard from SWAT that no one in their units compromised
17:57But SWAT does fall under your purview, though, doesn't it?
18:03The fuck are you saying to me?
18:04I'm saying
18:05You went to great lengths
18:07To track this investigation, right?
18:11So I did a little digging around
18:13And there are bank transactions
18:14Where he made contributions to unknown accounts
18:17You better not be going where I think you're going
18:20And so I backtracked those payments from your personal bank accounts
18:22That's right
18:23The ones you thought were hidden in the Caymans?
18:25Yeah
18:26And they match exactly
18:27The amount
18:29And the day
18:30That your revolt check made contributions to unknown accounts
18:33Now let me tell you my hunch
18:37My hunch is
18:40You're a goddamn useful idiot
18:42And I hope you're not a fully engaged co-conspirator
18:45Because if you are D.A. Valois
18:47It's a level of vileness that I'm not sure even you possess
18:51What I do know is
18:56You're under arrest
18:57You're under arrest
18:59Yes, sir
18:59All right, hands on your back
19:01You have the right to remain silent
19:03Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law
19:06You have the right to an attorney
19:07If you can afford an attorney, one will be provided for you
19:23Look who it is
19:25How you been?
19:27You know, same old, same old
19:28Are you starting treatment tomorrow?
19:31Yeah, that's why I'm drinking today
19:33Doctor said that was cool?
19:35I wasn't going to risk asking him
19:38Then I'll join you
19:40Great
19:46Movie trucks on this street, huh?
19:48Parked right all along there, yeah
19:50It's crazy
19:51Damn
19:54Who's this?
19:56Hmm
19:57It's just a little something to inspire you as you begin your medical journey
20:01Uh-oh
20:01Hmm
20:12How did you find this?
20:14Google the hell out of it
20:16Are you inspired?
20:17Oh, I'm very inspired
20:18You gotta hang in there
20:19Uh, yeah
20:20Clearly
20:25I, uh
20:26Hmm
20:27I'm supposed to head to Brownsville, Texas tomorrow
20:33Tomorrow?
20:34Yeah
20:34But, um
20:36I was thinking that I could talk to my sack
20:39See if I could just push it by a week, you know?
20:42So I can
20:43If you want me to
20:45Be there for you
20:45While you start the treatment
20:51No
20:52No, no way
20:53No, you gotta get back at it
20:56Besides, I don't need you waiting around to
20:58Wipe drool off my lip
21:01I would never do that
21:06Look, I'll be honest
21:07Look, I'll be honest
21:07I, um
21:09I'm not used to
21:12I don't have a
21:13Lot of history with people who give a shit about my life
21:19So thank you
21:21That means a lot
21:26You want me to stay tonight?
21:38Listen, uh
21:41I would
21:43Love that
21:44I really would
21:46But
21:50God, I can't believe I'm gonna say this
21:53Um
21:56I've made so many bonehead moves in my past
21:58You have no idea
21:59Well, I have some idea
22:01Yeah, I guess you do
22:06But this is what I know
22:08Okay?
22:09I know that I'm wrapped up in a lot of shit right now
22:12A lot of shit
22:15And if
22:17When
22:19If
22:20I make it to the other side of
22:23Whatever the hell this is
22:29I really wanna try and do things right
22:32Yeah
22:35I support that
22:38Shit, I don't even know if I support it
22:42But I think it's the best way to do it
22:45Yeah
22:46Yeah, I agree
22:47I know you're sleeping by now
23:02I'm still up walking around
23:07I know you're sleeping by now
23:18But I'm feeling near
23:44Time.
24:10There he is.
24:14Oh, shit.
24:16Do you think we're gonna let you walk
24:17in a treatment without us?
24:19Wild forces, ma'am.
24:21You guys didn't have to do this.
24:23Bolivara said there was something wrong with your brain,
24:25which explains a lot.
24:26Okay. Yeah.
24:29There it is. All right. So this is your fault?
24:31Oh.
24:32Noted.
24:35Guys, I appreciate you coming out.
24:36I really do. It means a lot.
24:39Just get yourself well.
24:43What's the plan?
24:45Mr. Meacham?
24:46You ready to get started?
24:49Okay.
24:50All right.
24:52Well, hey, whatever happens, uh...
24:54It was really great working together.
24:57I'm proud to know each and every one of you.
24:58I mean that.
25:03A good fucking team.
25:09I just said nothing, said nothing, said nothing.
25:15I can't think of anyone, anyone else.
25:20I can't think of anyone, anyone else.
25:25I won't think of anyone else.
25:49It's Gerald.
25:50Kim.
25:51You look like shit.
25:53Do I?
25:55Well, my mother used to say a restless mind makes a ruffled pillow.
25:58Anyway, I haven't been sleeping that great,
26:01mainly because Connelly assigned me the muzzle pile.
26:03I heard.
26:04Yes, but did anyone tell you why it's called the muzzle pile?
26:06I'm sure you're about to.
26:07You know those 50-gallon wine barrels they make out of oak?
26:10Okay.
26:10Well, the flat part they put on the bottom, that's the muzzle.
26:13These threats are literally the bottom of the barrel.
26:16And I'll tell you a secret,
26:18because you're fairly new to the West Coast office, Kim.
26:19The credible threats we get, they're 99% flotsam, too.
26:22You know, someone popping off online because POTUS raised his taxes,
26:26or some grandma in Sacramento writing a mean letter to FLOTUS
26:29because she wore the wrong dress in Newsweek.
26:31I don't think Newsweek actually exists anymore.
26:33Well, still, we have to check every single one.
26:35And it never ends. Look.
26:37Unless you get protection detail.
26:39Yeah, well, that's the long-term goal, obviously.
26:42I just got it.
26:45What?
26:46Yeah, this is my last week here that I'm off to D.C.
26:49I got hyacinth.
26:50No shit?
26:51No shit.
26:54Anyway, I was actually coming over because I'm going downstairs.
26:57Can I get you some coffee?
26:59Yeah, no, I'm good.
27:02So, you got on daughter detail?
27:06Yep.
27:07Okay.
27:07Yeah, that's...
27:09Okay.
27:37Yes, hello, this is Patricia Pérez.
27:39I am working at Hammerhead's Cabin and Sugarloft.
27:43Hello?
27:44There is a man here, Cabana Seis.
27:47I don't know his name.
27:48He has guns and maps and very strange drawings.
27:51He has pictures of the President of the United States.
27:54And like other government people, it's scary.
27:57I saw a movie that said to call the Secret Service if you see something like this.
28:01So I look up the number and called.
28:08You've reached Patricia Pérez.
28:10Please leave a message.
28:12The inbox is full.
28:14Goodbye.
28:34Hey, look up the number and called.
28:44Bagulia, I look up the number and called.
29:12Sir, I got one off the muzzle pile that's just weird enough to look into.
29:16It's about strange drawings of POTUS's family out in Sugarloft.
29:20Ended abruptly, like maybe she dropped the phone or something.
29:23Anyway, I'm going to drive over there and take a look.
29:25That's good with you.
29:27Doctor's self-help.
29:27Okay, yeah.
29:30Okay.
29:42Yeah.
29:50I have to do.
29:53Be a addict!
29:56I have to do.
29:58Hello, Auntie Lucy.
29:58No.
30:01A prophet!
30:02We need two miles.
30:03Your destination will be on the rank.
30:07I have to do.
30:08The boys are mine.
31:09Hello? Anyone home? U.S. Secret Service. Anyone home?
31:46I don't know.
32:08Yes, this is Secret Service Agent Ryan Fitzgerald, credential number 51615.
32:12I need a bus at 45 Cabin Trail Road, 92386, and backup from San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office.
32:19Possible homicide? Female? Latinx?
32:23No, ma'am. Sharp force trauma.
32:26No, ma'am. I do not have eyes on a perpetrator.
32:53So, let's get rid of him.
32:59Fat
32:59Fat
32:59Fat
33:00Fat
33:00Fat
33:00Fat
33:00Fat
33:09Let's go.
33:31Let's go.
34:09Sir, Assistant Director Tosh should want you upstairs.
34:13Immediately.
34:22So you made Sergeant, huh?
34:24Yeah.
34:25I'm up to my eyeballs and paperwork.
34:27I jumped when I heard about this.
34:29You losers couldn't make it a year without me.
34:33Hey, Shepard.
34:34Oh.
34:37Hello.
34:39How are you?
34:40Good, good.
34:41Yeah?
34:42Who's he in there with?
34:42Not sure.
34:44Heather, who's he in there with?
34:46Well, well, well.
34:47Looks like we're all here.
34:48Let's get started.
34:53Hey.
34:54Ha, ha, ha.
34:56Oh.
34:56I heard you had quite the journey.
34:58Whoo.
34:59Well, I'm still on the right side of the ground, so I'm not complaining.
35:03You feel 100%?
35:04Uh, I don't know if I'll ever feel that, but LAPD Doc signed off on my fit for duty exam,
35:10so here I am.
35:11What'd you do?
35:12Slip the Doc of Hyundai and tell him to look the other way?
35:14Hell no.
35:15Oh, he did it for a 50.
35:16Ha, ha, ha, ha.
35:18You guys seen all the various?
35:20Hey, guys.
35:22All right.
35:26The problem of being good at your job is the powers that be tend to notice your work.
35:33The seventh floor in DC asked me to reassemble the members of Task Force Hurricane to investigate
35:38and neutralize a new threat.
35:39But I want to thank each of you for returning.
35:44And all I ask is that you give me the same unyielding dedication that you gave me last year.
35:52To my right is Ryan Fitzgerald.
35:54He's Secret Service.
35:56He's gonna bring you up to speed.
35:58Yes.
35:59As SAC Blythe said, I'm with the U.S.S.S., and you can call me Fitz.
36:0448 hours ago, I investigated a threat that the service deemed credible.
36:09DOA is Patricia Perez, a 42-year-old house cleaner who reported discovering guns and suspicious material at a remote
36:15rented cabin in Sugarloaf, along with what she said were photos of POTUS.
36:20She phoned in the threat to our general tip line, and it was only by luck I got to it
36:24as soon as I did.
36:26Manifesto was hidden on the scene.
36:28Jesus.
36:28Yeah.
36:30We sent it to DC.
36:31Folks at the fort and your folks at Quantico are trying to crack it, but no definitive results yet.
36:36How is that possible?
36:37Well, it may be a language that makes sense to only one man.
36:40We found other pages ripped into tiny fragments in a trash can, plus remnants of pages that had been scattered
36:46in the ashes around the fireplace.
36:48L.A. Field Office plus Quantico worked round the clock to reassemble one of the pages, plus, uh, this scrap
36:56came from Vanity Fair.
36:58Now, the maps are crude but accurate drawings of the Sacramento home of the governor of California, George Shelby.
37:04The photo is from a cover story on the governor in Vanity Fair, February 2025, where he strongly hints he
37:10will be running for president next election cycle.
37:13You said, uh, President Hanover too?
37:15Yeah, the call to the tip line said there were photos of POTUS, though we found no evidence of this
37:20on the scene.
37:20So, she confused the governor with the president?
37:22We don't know.
37:23What do forensics say about the motor scene?
37:25We had a full evidence response team process the cabin, and so far we are bingo on fingerprints, DNA, hair
37:31and fiber, I mean everything.
37:33Pretty strange for a rental cabin, which of course only elevates the suspicion here.
37:38Fitz is joining the team.
37:40The possibility that the president is a target means that the Secret Service will be very closely involved.
37:47The threat to the governor and the murder victim fell into our purview, and I will let the directors of
37:54our two agencies fight it out for jurisdiction and credit, I don't give a shit.
37:58Our new designation is Task Force Armor.
38:01Our mission is to find the man or woman who murdered Patricia Perez in cold blood, and to determine whether
38:07or not the threat to the governor of California and POTUS is credible.
38:14Nice job.
38:15Belle.
38:17Fitz.
38:17Hey.
38:18Check your eye.
38:20Hey, boss.
38:23Thanks for having me back.
38:24Listen, I know she works with DEA, but Olivares was essential to Hurricane.
38:31I mean, her investigative skills were off the charts as she-
38:33Olivares is off hunting Emiliano Molina and Montemarros.
38:37I contacted the DEA.
38:39They can't spare her.
38:44Okay.
38:48Well, they have run Lingo Sleuth and Cypher Decoder, plus some beta software the NSA developed, so at least we're
38:56starting with a framework.
38:57Well, if it's a key code, wouldn't we try and eliminate keys?
39:00Yeah, except this guy is making his own hieroglyphs.
39:02Right.
39:03God, I fucking live for puzzles. This is right up my alley.
39:07Yeah, I believe it.
39:09I'm glad you're back.
39:10Thanks.
39:15Um, I did want to tell you about Molly.
39:19What about Molly?
39:20Hey, who wants to go check out this cabin first hand?
39:23Yeah.
39:26Yeah.
39:27Go.
39:29Um, let me get back.
39:31What?
39:39My dad kept saying, you can't be a cop. You can't be a cop.
39:42Now, my brother Matty, he was already in med school.
39:44Actually, my other brother Liam was also in med school.
39:47So I thought to myself, two doctors in the family has got to be enough.
39:49I wanted to be a cop my whole life. Why not give it a shot, right?
39:52So I do four years at Danbury, then five more at Harrisburg.
39:55And this homicide detective I knew had a friend who was in the Secret Service,
39:58kept saying how great it was, so I figured, I don't know, what the hell?
40:01Fill out an application. Who knows, right?
40:03Next thing I know, I'm on my way to Glencoe, Georgia to attend Flet C.
40:09That's a pretty interesting path.
40:12Right?
40:13Now, the first five years I spent-
40:15Hey, Fitz.
40:15Yeah.
40:16You go by Fitz, right?
40:17Yep.
40:18Any other agents ever tell you you talk a lot?
40:22Sure, yeah, no, I've been told that before.
40:25But probably why they put me on a desk by myself, to be honest.
40:27But I know how to put a cork in it if I have to.
40:30Like, if you're on protection detail, you're with the president, the first lady,
40:32you've got to know that you're in a cone of-
40:36Right.
40:38Got it.
41:06Right through here.
41:10So, Trisha Perez was found here.
41:16Manifesto was hidden over here.
41:22Ready?
41:23Oh.
41:24Where are we at with the owners of the cabin?
41:26It's actually a Singaporean real estate company named Berwang Holdings.
41:29The owner's on his way back from overseas.
41:31Apparently he's willing to talk to us.
41:32Berwang owns several properties in the western U.S.
41:35I'll loop you in on the details.
41:36Yeah, do that.
41:37And let's get a master file going so we're not banging heads together, okay?
41:40Yeah, I can help with that.
41:40Thanks, man.
41:56Hey, fellas.
42:20Holy shit.
42:21Shush, shush, shush.
42:25Shush, shush.
42:32I'm going down.
42:48Jesus.
42:48Jesus.
42:56All right.
43:18Let's go.
43:20Let's go.
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