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The Rookie - Season 8 - Episode 04: Cut and Run
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00:03Hey, you're not nervous I'm going to embarrass you in front of your old captain, are you?
00:07Of course not. I don't know why I'm so anxious.
00:09Russ has always been one of my biggest champions.
00:11He's the one that pushed me to go to Officer Kennedy's squad for my first tour.
00:15Well, I'm sure he's not coming all the way to L.A.
00:17so that he could tell you he's disappointed with getting you.
00:19I just wish he would give me some sort of idea what this is about, but that's Russ.
00:23There she is!
00:24Hey, Russ! It's so good to see you!
00:27Okay.
00:28John Nolan.
00:28Colonel Russell Wilkes, please, call me Russ.
00:31It's a pleasure to finally meet the man behind the story.
00:34Yeah, likewise. Sit down.
00:36I really appreciate you being here, John.
00:39No, I didn't give away too much over the phone, but what I'm here to discuss would affect both your
00:43lives.
00:43It seems only fair to include you in the conversation.
00:46The SecDef has tasked me with putting together a working group inside the Pentagon.
00:50Wow.
00:51A team of my own choosing that will spearhead bring me battlefield medicine into the 22nd century.
00:55It's the most consequential assignment in my career.
00:58And you are the first person I'm asking to be a part of this.
01:04I mean, it's an honor just to be nominated.
01:06Totally. Russ is a genius.
01:08He could recruit anyone for this working group.
01:11And the fact that he called me first, I mean, that's pretty great.
01:15Yeah.
01:15A hundred percent.
01:16That's so cool.
01:17I mean, our life is perfect right now.
01:20There's no way we're messing that up.
01:21No way.
01:23Perfect.
01:29Police! Get down!
01:30This is Bailey Noon, L.A.F.D.
01:32I need an RA to Central Station Market.
01:34We have a male GSW victim.
01:36He's been shot in the head, in the back.
01:38Two suspects.
01:39Black hoodies, masks, and pants.
01:41One headed east towards Broadway in pursuit of second suspect.
01:45Move! Move!
01:45Move! Move! Move! Move!
02:14Why are you texting me when I'm right here?
02:16Letting you sleep.
02:17That's sweet.
02:18Wait, are you looking at real estate?
02:21We have to upgrade.
02:22We need more room.
02:23A second.
02:24A tub, a closet that fits all our clothes.
02:27I mean, yeah, sure, that would be nice,
02:29but we created our family here.
02:32Which I love, but now we're bursting at the seams
02:34and Mama's ready to crack open that trust fund and get crazy.
02:38I'm not sure I like the sound of that.
02:39Tough.
02:40We have money.
02:42Uh, no, we have some money,
02:44but housing prices in a lair are insane.
02:49I guess it couldn't hurt to see what's out there.
02:51I love that you've learned to roll with me rather than resisting.
02:54Yes, you have successfully broken my spirit.
02:57Yay.
02:57Yay.
02:59Quickie, before the kiss, Micah?
03:02Oh, um, well.
03:06Mom, come here!
03:11Too late.
03:11I like this one.
03:13I bet you could hang a swing set from that tree right there in the back.
03:16That was my favorite until I saw this.
03:19It has a pool and a gym and a screening room.
03:24Wait, hold up.
03:25You got screening room kind of money?
03:27Depends on which one of us you ask.
03:28Wesley is the king of frugality,
03:30so he would definitely say no,
03:32but I lived on credit cards until I met him,
03:34so I'm way more comfortable pushing the envelope.
03:37Hey, Nolan,
03:37did you tell Officer Hart that the shooters last night were furries?
03:43No, I said they were wearing hoodies.
03:45Are you taking the case?
03:46Yeah, do you mind just walking us through it?
03:48Yeah, uh, Bailey and I were coming back from dinner
03:51at Central Station Market.
03:52Date night?
03:53No, her former commanding officer came to offer her a job,
03:56a Pentagon think tank.
03:58Wow, you really married outside of your league.
04:00I know, right?
04:01So is she gonna take it?
04:02No, uh, it would mean relocating to D.C.,
04:04so it's a non-starter for us.
04:06I mean, it might be a non-starter for you,
04:07but I guarantee that your overachiever of a wife
04:10is seriously thinking about it.
04:11No, actually, she was laughing it off
04:14when we talked about,
04:15oh, my God, she's actually thinking about it, seriously.
04:18Okay, well, no, no,
04:19if that's something she really wants to do,
04:21relocating to D.C. could be cool.
04:22It's not.
04:23I spent time there during my joint ops days.
04:25It took me about three weeks to unclench
04:28every time I came home.
04:29Thank you for that insight.
04:31So, any clarity on the victim?
04:32Fred Wilson, 48, CPA, married,
04:36no kids, no criminal record.
04:37Making him an unlikely candidate
04:39for a targeted assassination.
04:41Is there anything else about the shooters
04:42that you didn't give heart?
04:44Sorry, I did not get a good look at them.
04:47What about CCTV? Anything there?
04:48They were pretty covered up,
04:50but take a look at this.
04:58Uh, looks like the letter's SF.
05:00That would make him Southern Front.
05:02No visible tattoos on the second shooter.
05:05Huh.
05:06Yeah.
05:07So, why would a member of a white supremacist gang
05:10partner up with a black man
05:12to execute a civilian in broad daylight?
05:14Told you he'd spot it.
05:15You trained him well.
05:16Could be that our innocent CPA
05:18was helping the Southern Front
05:20launder money,
05:21or maybe he had a drug problem
05:23and owed them money.
05:24We're trying to get the ME
05:25to rush the talk screen,
05:26but he's dodging our calls.
05:27Oh, say no more.
05:29I'll go deliver the ask in person.
05:30Let me collect my boot.
05:34Hey.
05:35Do you know what this is?
05:37An iron?
05:37You know what it's not?
05:38A machete.
05:39I am due in court in two hours
05:41to testify about a man
05:42attacking people on a bus
05:43with a machete.
05:44Okay, something must have got switched
05:45around in the evidence locker.
05:46We'll figure it out.
05:47No, no, no.
05:48The case is time not waived.
05:49If we don't find it fast,
05:50that psycho is going to be let free.
05:52Okay, have you told the prosecutor?
05:54No.
05:55It's Wesley,
05:55and I am just trying to keep him
05:57in blissful ignorance
05:57as long as possible.
05:59Help me.
06:00That's the case number.
06:01No, I know, but it's wrong.
06:03The case number isn't wrong.
06:04The item might be wrong,
06:05but numbers are just numbers.
06:08Fine.
06:10So the point is,
06:11I have to be at court,
06:13and I need that machete,
06:15like, ASAP.
06:16Case number?
06:17Oh.
06:18We're not going to find it
06:18by using the case number.
06:19The numbers got switched.
06:21Well, if you don't have the case number,
06:22then I can't help you.
06:23Oh, Wesley's going to kill me.
06:24It's, uh, relax.
06:25Maybe it's just a typo, right?
06:27The first eight numbers are the date.
06:29The crime was on January 20th.
06:30Try 2010-2026.
06:38Try 0201-2026.
06:41Wow.
06:4220-01-2025.
06:48Are you sure you used
06:50the new data entry procedure?
06:51We changed it a few months ago.
06:53Of course I did.
06:54I keep...
06:56But I wasn't the one
06:57who logged the entry
06:58because you wouldn't approve
06:59the overtime.
07:00I had Smitty do it.
07:04What the hell is your problem?
07:05Uh, good morning.
07:07I have bent over backwards
07:08to treat you well,
07:10and this is how you repay me.
07:11I don't...
07:11I'm sorry.
07:12I don't know what's happening right now.
07:13Like hell.
07:14You know, your little innocent act
07:15would be a lot more believable
07:16if they weren't in your office.
07:18Just know this.
07:19If you go through with it,
07:20I will do everything in my power
07:22to absolutely destroy you.
07:30Hi.
07:31Who are you?
07:32What are you doing in my office,
07:33and why has it sent Vivian
07:34into a rage spiral?
07:35Rita Sanchez,
07:36this is Bradley Wirth.
07:37We work with the Democratic Party,
07:39and we want you to run
07:40for district attorney.
07:42And now it makes sense.
07:43That's a hard no for me,
07:45by the way,
07:45but thanks for stopping by.
07:46Look, you obviously know
07:47that Vivian Eckhart's running
07:48on a post since Del Monte
07:49dropped out of the race.
07:50Yeah, but that was a month ago.
07:51Why come to me now?
07:52Candidly, we've been having
07:53a hard time finding someone
07:54to take up his mantle.
07:57So I'm your last choice?
07:58Hardly.
08:02Look, Mr. Evers,
08:03I wish there was time
08:04for us to do our usual
08:05dance of seduction
08:06and ego-stroking,
08:08but as you rightly pointed out,
08:09we're up against it.
08:10The deadline to enter
08:11this race is in three days.
08:12And Vivian becoming DA
08:13is worst-case scenario
08:14for the people of the city.
08:15I mean, she has the most
08:16regressive record in your office.
08:18Oh, I agree,
08:18but there's zero chance
08:19of me beating her.
08:20I was temporarily disbarred.
08:21Because of your dealings
08:22with Elijah Stone, we know.
08:23Yeah, and we are prepared
08:24to embrace that.
08:26I mean, you're a hero
08:26who put his life and career
08:28on the line to take down
08:29a very dangerous kingpin.
08:31Voters love a man
08:32who's willing to stand up
08:32for what's right.
08:33Not to mention,
08:34you're married to a cop,
08:35which automatically
08:36makes you a more
08:37attractive candidate
08:38to anyone worried
08:39that progressive
08:39means soft on crime.
08:42Look, I don't want Vivian
08:43to win any more than you do,
08:44but I...
08:44But nothing.
08:45A Vivian victory
08:46will hurt a lot of people.
08:48And right now,
08:49you're our last hope
08:49at stopping her.
08:50It may be a long shot,
08:52but isn't it worth the risk?
08:56I thought you didn't have time
08:57to stroke my ego.
09:00You have to let me see you.
09:02I don't, actually.
09:03On TV, the family
09:04has to identify the body.
09:05Yeah, we don't do that anymore.
09:07That's right, ma'am.
09:08It's no longer policy.
09:10But trust me,
09:11it's for the best.
09:12Seeing your loved one
09:13like that,
09:13it changes how you remember
09:16them forever.
09:17I don't understand.
09:19Fred was a saint.
09:21Why would someone
09:21want to kill him?
09:22Well, that's what
09:23we're trying to figure out.
09:25He's really dead?
09:27Yes, ma'am.
09:28I'm afraid so.
09:29And we are so sorry
09:30for your loss.
09:32Okay.
09:38Thanks for the assist.
09:39Grief makes people
09:40a little crazy,
09:42and I don't like dealing
09:43with them when they're normal.
09:44Why, you work with the dead,
09:45I suppose.
09:48Uh, anything jump out at you,
09:49the preliminary autopsy?
09:50No, a run-of-the-mill gun homicide.
09:52The bullet to the head
09:54killed him instantly,
09:54but the shot to the body
09:56was fatal as well.
09:57Any signs of drug use?
09:58No, but the talk screen
10:00is underway.
10:01I'll let Harper and Lopez
10:02know the second it comes in.
10:04Perfect.
10:04Thank you very much.
10:05I once had a widower
10:07insist on seeing
10:07his wife's body
10:08back when I was in Sugar Land.
10:10Ended up suing the city
10:11for mental anguish.
10:12Did he win?
10:13No.
10:13Case got dismissed
10:14when he was convicted
10:15of her murder.
10:16Wow.
10:19Place, let her go.
10:20Whoa!
10:21Hi, hi.
10:22It's all good.
10:23She's fine.
10:24I'm fine.
10:25Yeah, I can see that.
10:27But two minutes ago,
10:28you were grieving.
10:29I'm still grieving.
10:30It manifests itself
10:31in unknowable ways.
10:33Right.
10:33But you brought your boyfriend
10:34to help you identify
10:35your husband's body?
10:36Well, I needed
10:38emotional support.
10:40She's very sensitive.
10:42Yeah.
10:42Well, you can emotionally
10:43support each other
10:44on the way to the station.
10:45Let's go.
10:45Oh.
10:46This way.
10:47This way?
10:47Yes.
10:48Okay.
10:48Put your hands down.
10:49Yes, sir.
10:50Wow.
10:52I know this looks bad.
10:55Understatement.
10:55Your husband was murdered
10:56and in less than 24 hours,
10:58you were getting busy
10:59with your side piece
11:00down the hall
11:01from his body.
11:02I didn't even want
11:03to be there.
11:04I told Faith
11:05it would look weird,
11:06but she insisted.
11:09So you were just
11:10trying to be
11:11a good boyfriend?
11:12Todd is a terrible boyfriend.
11:14He's a lot of fun,
11:15but anything that requires
11:17emotional depth.
11:18Okay, what about Fred?
11:19What was he like?
11:19He was always
11:20super cool
11:21any time that I came by.
11:24You're saying Fred
11:24knew about the affair?
11:25It wasn't an affair.
11:27It was an open marriage.
11:29The whole thing
11:30was Fred's idea.
11:31Guy wanted a little bit
11:33of peace.
11:34Is it possible
11:34that Todd wanted you
11:36all to himself?
11:37Listen,
11:37I am twice divorced.
11:40I am still paying
11:41alimony to the first.
11:42I am not trying
11:44to put a ring on it.
11:45There's a reason
11:46why Todd is divorced.
11:48Todd is a good time,
11:51like Coney Island.
11:52Fred,
11:53on the other hand,
11:54was deep
11:57and soulful
11:58and romantic,
12:02like Paris.
12:04Coney Island
12:05is fun to visit,
12:06but you don't move there.
12:08Oh, her Paris.
12:10What do you think?
12:11I think people are crazy,
12:12but neither of them
12:14is a physical match
12:14for the shooters, so...
12:15Still doesn't rule out
12:16murder for hire.
12:17Well, yeah.
12:19Did you put Wesley
12:20up to this?
12:21No idea
12:22what you're talking about,
12:23but if it's pissing you off,
12:24I'm happy to take credit.
12:25If he insists
12:26on moving forward,
12:27I can't guarantee
12:28that I'll be able
12:29to keep you
12:29out of the crossfire.
12:32Did she just threaten me?
12:34Sure seems like it.
12:35But why?
12:37No idea,
12:38but I'm gonna find out.
12:39Oh, husband!
12:42You only call me husband
12:43when you're mad.
12:43What did I do?
12:44You tell me.
12:45Vivian just stopped by.
12:47She told you
12:48I was running for DA.
12:49Wait, you're running for DA?
12:51Since when?
12:52No, no, no.
12:52Wait, it got sprung
12:53on me this morning.
12:54What does that mean?
12:54Some people came to talk
12:55to me about taking over
12:56Sean's campaign.
12:57And you told them no.
12:58I did.
13:00Initially, but...
13:02But...
13:03Now you're thinking about it?
13:04I mean, I'd at least
13:05like to discuss it,
13:06but I am supposed
13:07to be on my way
13:08to court right now,
13:08only Lucy texted
13:09to tell me
13:10that our key piece
13:11of evidence is missing,
13:11so is there any chance
13:12that we can just table
13:13this until tonight?
13:14Fine, but only because
13:15yelling at you
13:16in the bullpen
13:16might come across
13:17as unprofessional.
13:18I love you.
13:25Everything okay?
13:26Are you free
13:26for dinner tonight?
13:27Depends.
13:28Can I bring James?
13:28As long as you tell him
13:29he has to be Team Lopez
13:31on the penalty of death.
13:33Uh, we'll be sure
13:34to prep him.
13:36I remember Lucy
13:37gave me the machete
13:38and I logged it
13:39like I always do.
13:40Okay, so that right there
13:42is the problem, Smitty.
13:43The system changed.
13:44Most of the world
13:45uses day, month, year.
13:46Month, day, year
13:47was causing all
13:48of these issues for us
13:49with our international cases,
13:50which is why we switched.
13:52You know, didn't you
13:52read the memo?
13:54Sorry, wait.
13:56I just heard that out loud.
13:57Of course you did.
13:57Important memos
13:58are always covered
13:59in the roll call.
14:02Why do I have
14:02a panicked ADA
14:03knocking on my door
14:04to ask for my help
14:05to find a missing machete?
14:07Because Smitty
14:07wasn't listening
14:08when he went over
14:08the change
14:09in how we filed case numbers.
14:11What, the day, month,
14:12year thing?
14:13Yeah.
14:14I didn't go over it.
14:15My last day
14:16as watch commander
14:16was crazy.
14:17I left it for you to do.
14:18I thought you handled it.
14:19Oh, it's not my fault.
14:20It's yours.
14:21Everyone got the memo.
14:22It's still your fault, Smitty.
14:23Well, it's still on him
14:24for trusting me.
14:25I didn't trust you.
14:26I thought he covered it
14:27and I just didn't follow up.
14:28I can't believe
14:28I dropped the ball out.
14:29I don't care
14:30whose fault it is.
14:31I need the machete.
14:32Smitty used the old system, right?
14:35Try 01-20-20-26.
14:37I can't.
14:38It's a drop-down menu.
14:39There's no 20th month.
14:41What, so you can enter
14:41the 20th month
14:42but you can't retrieve
14:43the 20th month?
14:43Correct.
14:44No, that's wrong.
14:45It shouldn't work that way.
14:46But that is how it works.
14:48Wesley says the judge
14:50is losing his patience.
14:51If he can't produce the evidence,
14:52he's prepared
14:53to dismiss the case.
14:54Guys, this is bigger
14:55than one case.
14:57Everything Smitty log
14:58has been misfiled.
14:59Going back two months.
15:01Did the widow
15:02shed some light?
15:03Uh, not exactly
15:03but her doorbell cam did.
15:05This is from two days ago.
15:06The car is registered
15:07to a Ryder Frost,
15:09known member
15:10of the Southern Front.
15:11Well, that tattoo
15:11is a match.
15:12Definitely could be
15:13our shooter.
15:13Any idea who
15:14the other fella is?
15:15Not yet,
15:15but his tats
15:16are 54th street gang.
15:17Besides the racial element,
15:19don't SF and the 5-4
15:20compete for the same meth business?
15:21They did up until
15:22a few months ago
15:23when the Armenians
15:24pushed Southern Front
15:25further into the valley,
15:26but they are certainly
15:27not allies.
15:28They cased the garage,
15:29but not the house.
15:30Any idea what
15:31they were looking for?
15:31We've got a last known
15:32for Ryder.
15:33We're hoping you go ask him.
15:45Wait!
15:50Control and pursuit of suspect
15:51at Dream Royal Lake Apartments
15:52and backup.
16:08Come on, come on.
16:15Passing 34,
16:16heading to the roof.
16:19Yeah!
16:20Yeah!
16:21Yeah!
16:21Yeah!
16:26Stop!
16:27I live beneath!
16:29Come on, Ryder.
16:31There's nowhere to go.
16:32Put your hands on your head.
16:33Down on your knees.
16:39Wait, wait, wait!
16:40Stop, stop, stop!
16:41Stop!
16:41Come on!
16:44Ah!
16:59I'm sorry, are these cases
17:01from the future?
17:02Apparently, the system
17:02didn't know what to do
17:03with month 20,
17:04and so it just made the math work,
17:05and 12 months plus 8
17:07is August 2027.
17:08Cases from 21st become September
17:09of next year, and so on.
17:11This is unbelievable.
17:12The judge granted a continuance,
17:14but we need the machete
17:14by noon tomorrow.
17:16Yep, don't worry.
17:17We will have it.
17:17I'll stick around.
17:18I feel responsible.
17:19It's completely on me.
17:20I don't should have clarified.
17:21You are on your way out.
17:22Okay, you guys are both Spartacus, okay?
17:24Let's please start opening the boxes.
17:25Are you coming?
17:26No.
17:29Russ, I thought you had a flight to catch.
17:31I do, but I couldn't leave L.A.
17:33without making one last appeal.
17:34Well, I guess you better come in then.
17:38Oh!
17:40You've really made a nice life
17:42for yourself here, noon.
17:43I can, uh, I can see why you'd hesitate
17:46before giving it up, but...
17:50Anything I can say to convince you?
17:53Can I ask why?
17:54I'm not a doctor or a scientist.
17:56I don't have a Ph.D.
17:58Why are you asking me?
18:00Maybe you've been around long enough
18:01to know that having a few extra letters
18:03after your name doesn't make you a genius.
18:04I also know that if I bring you a problem,
18:06you won't rest until you've looked at it
18:07from every conceivable angle, twice,
18:10before bringing me a solution.
18:12What if I can't find a solution?
18:14Hell, girl, that's why they call it a think tank.
18:16It does me no good to have a bunch of identical people
18:17with identical viewpoints
18:19looking in identical directions.
18:23Baseball team can't be all pitchers.
18:24You need somebody to play shortstop.
18:26All right.
18:27I'm gonna miss my flight if I don't get going.
18:28So, you know, take a few days to think about it.
18:31Talk it over with your man.
18:33You can call me.
18:34I will.
18:37You know, noon,
18:38if you don't want the job
18:39because it's not the right fit
18:41or the right time, that's fine.
18:42I get it.
18:43But deciding that you're not good enough
18:44before somebody else can.
18:47That's the coward's way.
18:50And I know you're not a coward.
18:52No, sir.
18:53I'm not.
18:58Giddy up.
19:06Yeah.
19:07All right.
19:09Okay, thanks for the update.
19:11Suspect in the Central Station Market shooting
19:13and fell to his death.
19:14That's awful.
19:15Yeah, a guy thought he was an action hero
19:16trying to leap between two buildings.
19:18Any leads on the second shooter?
19:19No, but the brass has been blown up my phone.
19:21You know, a guy falls to his death
19:22in a police pursuit,
19:23everyone's got questions.
19:26Captain, always a pleasure.
19:29I do not miss that.
19:31I don't think I've seen him sleep
19:32more than four consecutive hours
19:33since he took this job.
19:34I know being sidelined
19:35for the president's visit
19:36shook him up.
19:38And even though it was more
19:39of a CYA decision by the brass
19:41and an indictment on his performance,
19:44the optics weren't great for him.
19:45Do you think you should be worried?
19:46I think that watch commander
19:48is a thankless job.
19:50You're not in the field,
19:51but you're responsible
19:51for every knucklehead that is.
19:53Patrol officers want resources
19:54you can't give them.
19:55The brass expects results
19:56that you realistically can't produce.
19:59And when there's bad press
20:01and they're looking for a head to roll.
20:02Right, I didn't think of it that way.
20:04Because I made it look easy.
20:07He'll get the hang of it.
20:12The machete!
20:13Yes!
20:14I gotta call Wesley.
20:15I'll wait a minute on that.
20:23Okay, that sounds horrible.
20:25It wasn't pretty.
20:26That's for sure.
20:27Nolan and I barely had time
20:28to twist before it was all over.
20:30So where does that leave the case?
20:33Still trying to ID the second shooter.
20:35Hmm.
20:37Hey, did you know the Armenians
20:39pushed the Southern Front's
20:41meth trade deeper into the...
20:42Deeper into the valley?
20:43Yep.
20:43Happened a few months ago.
20:44I just want to write every gang report
20:46the department puts out
20:47and I haven't seen anything about that.
20:48Yeah, see, those reports
20:49only get you so far.
20:50I mean, the best information
20:51is usually through word of mouth,
20:54which is great for me
20:55because I know people
20:55from all over the city.
20:57Well, how can I compete with that
20:59when I just got here?
21:00It takes time to cultivate
21:01that kind of trust.
21:02True, but I mean, you'd be shocked
21:04by what some of these
21:05low-level game makers
21:06put on social media.
21:08The Ellie Gang subreddit
21:09is a great resource.
21:10Look, I gotta stay up anyway.
21:12I've got a 2 a.m. Zoom date with Raj.
21:14Why don't I show you
21:15some of my favorite accounts to follow?
21:18Who knows?
21:18You might see something on Ryder.
21:20All right, let's go, coach.
21:22I'm ready.
21:24Hey, good to see you.
21:26You too.
21:26How you doing?
21:27Thought we might need this.
21:29Ooh, very thoughtful.
21:31What do you guys think?
21:32Should we crack it now
21:33or save it for dinner?
21:33My vote is now.
21:34Okay.
21:35And don't be stingy
21:36with the pores.
21:39Everyone clear on the plan?
21:40Oh, yes, yes.
21:41James knows.
21:42Agree with everything you say
21:43and keep the starry-eyed
21:45reformer talk on our minimum.
21:47Perfect.
21:48Operation Kill a Dream
21:49is a go.
21:49Mm-hmm.
21:51He has a point.
21:52We complain all the time
21:53about undocumented witnesses
21:55being too scared to testify,
21:57instituting a policy
21:58that would protect them
21:59from deportation.
22:00That would be a game changer.
22:02I thought they were supposed
22:03to be Team Lopez.
22:04I know, but it's a good idea.
22:06I'm not saying it's not a good idea,
22:08but I think we're getting away
22:10from the larger point,
22:11which is we'd be opening our lives
22:13up to public scrutiny,
22:14which would be hard enough
22:15for you and me,
22:17and I worry what it'll do to the kids.
22:20So why?
22:22But I also want them to grow up
22:24knowing that their father
22:24is willing to fight
22:25for the rights of everybody,
22:27even when it's difficult.
22:28Hey, ma'am.
22:30What?
22:31You started it.
22:32Think of what I'd be in the position
22:33to influence as the DA.
22:35I could end cash bail,
22:38expand victim services,
22:39emphasize counseling.
22:41Institutional change is always hard.
22:42Right, but does that mean
22:43that I shouldn't try?
22:45What about the house?
22:47Yeah, well, we would probably
22:48have to wait on that.
22:49I mean, optics would...
22:50And you'd be fine
22:51letting public perception
22:52dictate how we live our lives?
22:54In service of real reform?
22:58Maybe.
22:59Real change requires sacrifice,
23:02but I would not do it
23:03at the expense of our family.
23:04I would need to know
23:04that you were on board.
23:05One hundred percent.
23:10Hello.
23:11Whoa.
23:13Something smells good.
23:14Because I cooked.
23:17More than cooked.
23:18Candles?
23:19Should I be worried?
23:19No, not at all.
23:21I just know you had
23:22a really hard day
23:23and I wanted to do
23:24something nice for you.
23:25Oh.
23:26Yeah.
23:27Uh-huh.
23:27And, uh,
23:29what do you really want
23:30in exchange for this
23:31totally no-strings-attached feast?
23:35A conversation
23:37about DC.
23:38I didn't know
23:39we needed to have one.
23:40I know,
23:41and that is my fault,
23:42but all day,
23:44I have not been able
23:45to get this idea
23:46out of my head.
23:47And Russ stopped by
23:49on the way to the airport
23:50and gave me his final appeal
23:52and it made me question
23:54why I was so quick
23:56to shut it down.
23:57Well...
23:57And before you tell me no
23:59or give me 100 reasons
24:00why it won't work,
24:01all I ask
24:02is that you spend some time
24:03to explore the idea.
24:06And by that you mean...
24:07I see what transferring
24:08to DC police
24:09would look like.
24:10Make some calls,
24:12ask some questions,
24:13kick the tires.
24:14And what if we come
24:16to different conclusions?
24:17We abort the mission.
24:19Either we're both in
24:20or we're both out.
24:21We need both keys
24:22to launch the torpedoes.
24:23Yes.
24:25What do you think?
24:29I think I want you
24:31to be happy
24:32and if this is something
24:34you want,
24:34then I will do
24:35everything I can
24:36from my end
24:37to see if it's feasible.
24:41We're in this together.
24:48Is it just me
24:49or these numbers
24:50starting to blend together?
24:52It is not just you.
24:53Hey, everything okay
24:54with the press?
24:55Ryder's death
24:56was ruled in accidents,
24:58but there's always a chance
24:59they could reopen the case
25:00or blame me
25:01for this whole
25:02evidence-logging mess.
25:03Hey, just take the win.
25:05You're right.
25:07Look, I swear,
25:08if I lose Watch Commander
25:09because of Smitty...
25:10That's not gonna happen.
25:12I have been manifesting
25:13that we will find
25:14this machete all day.
25:16Manifesting?
25:16Mm-hmm.
25:17God, I got you
25:18away from waters
25:18just in time.
25:19Shut up.
25:22You gotta be kidding me.
25:24Hmm?
25:27Oh, my God.
25:31This is it!
25:32This is it!
25:32Thank God.
25:33All right, let's go home.
25:34Okay.
25:38Wait, where are you?
25:39A yurt in Finland.
25:41The Northern Lights
25:42have been amazing
25:43the last few nights.
25:44Jealous.
25:45I know.
25:45I wish you were here
25:46to see them with me.
25:47Me too.
25:47I miss you.
25:49Hey, Selina.
25:49I might have found something.
25:51So Ryder...
25:51Is that Miles?
25:52Hey, Miles.
25:52Hey, man.
25:53How's the Great White North?
25:54He saw the Aurora.
25:55Oh, cool.
25:56Who's Ryder?
25:57A suspect and a murder.
25:58Well, that sounds important.
25:59Do you need to go?
25:59No.
26:00Just give me one second.
26:02What's up?
26:03Okay, so I was looking
26:04through Ryder's jewelry file.
26:06Between the ages of 9 to 14,
26:07he lived in four
26:08different foster homes.
26:09One was located
26:10in the 54th Street territory.
26:12Foster parents were
26:12Mabel and Raphael Sinclair.
26:14Now, Raphael died
26:15a few years ago
26:16heart attack.
26:16But look at
26:18what I found on Mabel.
26:23Babe, I'm sorry.
26:25I gotta go.
26:25No worries.
26:25Uh, have fun
26:27solving your murder.
26:28We will.
26:32This is Mabel Sinclair.
26:34Most of the kids
26:35in the neighborhood
26:35just call her mom.
26:36Since they know
26:37whatever they need,
26:38food, a place to stay,
26:39clean clothes,
26:40Mabel will hook them up.
26:41Well, last week,
26:42Mabel was a victim
26:42of a hit and run
26:43while crossing her street.
26:44Witnesses saw
26:45a red sedan speeding
26:46away from the scene,
26:47but no arrests
26:48have been made.
26:49Anyone care to guess
26:50what kind of car
26:50Fred Wilson drove?
26:51A red camera.
26:52So you think
26:53Fred hit Mabel?
26:54Oh, more than that.
26:56Selina ran his vent
26:57and found the body shop
26:58doing the repairs
26:58on his car.
26:59The bumper tested
27:01positive for blood.
27:02French sticks are
27:03running the sample.
27:03What's Ryder's
27:04connection to this woman?
27:05Oh, Mabel was
27:06his foster mother.
27:10That's the second shooter.
27:11That is Kingston Holmes,
27:1322, proud member
27:14of the 5-4
27:15and former foster brother
27:16to Ryder Frost.
27:17So they murdered Fred Wilson
27:19as revenge
27:19for killing Mabel.
27:21Well, Mabel wasn't dead.
27:26All I remember
27:28is going out
27:29to bring my trash cans in
27:31and then waking up here
27:33and they told me
27:34it was a hit and run.
27:36Unfortunately,
27:36the man suspected
27:37of hitting you
27:38with his car
27:38was murdered.
27:39We have reason
27:40to believe
27:40your former foster sons,
27:42Ryder Frost
27:43and Kingston Homes
27:44want a revenge
27:45for what happened to you.
27:47It was painful enough
27:49losing Ryder
27:50and Kingston
27:51to the streets.
27:52I don't think
27:52I can take
27:53knowing that they
27:54killed a man
27:55because of me.
27:58We're very sorry,
27:59but I'm afraid
28:00that's not all.
28:01Ryder died yesterday
28:02trying to jump
28:03between rooftops.
28:05They were just
28:06hurt little boys
28:07underneath it all,
28:08you know?
28:09When Ryder
28:10first came to us,
28:12he was
28:14so shut down,
28:16he barely said
28:18two words to me
28:19that first month.
28:20But Kingston,
28:21he always had
28:23this way about him,
28:25this lightness,
28:27even after all
28:28he'd been through.
28:31But then
28:34they started
28:35to do everything
28:37together
28:38and bit by bit,
28:41I got to see Ryder
28:44for the sweet,
28:45sensitive boy he was.
28:48What happened?
28:49Ryder's mom
28:50came back
28:51into the picture
28:52with her skinhead
28:53boyfriend
28:54and once he was gone,
28:56and once he was gone,
28:57all of Kingston's
28:58light went with him.
29:00He started to
29:03act out,
29:04getting in trouble,
29:07and he was finally
29:08put away on some
29:10trumped-up
29:11vandalism charge.
29:13and then
29:15he joined the gang
29:17in prison.
29:20And suddenly,
29:22the two boys I saw
29:25become brothers
29:26were turned
29:28into mortal enemies
29:30by the streets.
29:32I'm sorry
29:33for how much pain
29:33this has caused you,
29:34but we'd like
29:35to bring Kingston
29:36in without
29:37any more bloodshed.
29:39Do you have
29:39any way
29:40of contacting him?
29:45What do you
29:46want me to say?
29:48Hey, the judge
29:49signed off
29:49on the wiretop.
29:50We should be good
29:51to go in a few.
29:51Great.
29:53What you were
29:54saying yesterday
29:54about DC
29:55and needing to
29:57unclench,
29:57it can't be
29:58that bad, right?
30:00All right,
30:01maybe I've just
30:01I've been spoiled
30:02by L.A.
30:03I'm sure the city
30:04has a lot of
30:05great things about it,
30:06but from what I saw,
30:08being a cop there
30:09just means a lot
30:10of crowd control
30:11around government
30:12offices,
30:12usually in crappy
30:13weather, snowstorms
30:15in the winter,
30:16swamp-like humidity
30:17in the summer.
30:18You get two weeks
30:20of cherry blossoms
30:21a year,
30:22and that's about it.
30:23Oh.
30:24Also, speaking
30:25as someone who thought
30:26transferring to
30:26another department
30:27would be easy,
30:28be prepared to
30:29relearn everything
30:30you thought
30:31you knew.
30:32Yeah.
30:32All right,
30:33we gotta go.
30:46Mama?
30:47It's me, baby.
30:49Oh, thank God.
30:50I tried to visit you
30:51in the ICU,
30:52but they said
30:52blood family only.
30:53They made it sound
30:54like you were dying.
30:54Well, I am a little
30:56banged up,
30:56but I'll be all right.
30:58I wish I could
30:59come see you.
31:00Well, me too.
31:01You heard about
31:03Ryder?
31:05Oh, you know,
31:07me and Ryder
31:07don't really
31:08mess with each other
31:09anymore.
31:10He's dead, baby.
31:12Killed.
31:13Running away
31:14from what you boys did.
31:17I don't know
31:18what you're talking about.
31:19Kingston,
31:20please.
31:21You never were
31:22a good liar.
31:26You need
31:27to turn yourself in.
31:29I can't.
31:29You know what happened
31:30the last time
31:31I went inside?
31:31I had to join the 5-4
31:32just to make it out alive.
31:34What other choice
31:35do you have?
31:36Just don't worry
31:36about me, Mama, okay?
31:37Just don't worry.
31:38I got a way out
31:40into Mexico
31:41where I can disappear.
31:42Mexico?
31:42What the heck
31:43do you know
31:44about Mexico?
31:45You know, Kingston,
31:46this is Detective
31:47Nyla Harper
31:48of the LAPD.
31:49Are you working
31:49with the cops?
31:50She is trying
31:51to save your life.
31:53Listen to me.
31:53If you run,
31:54things will end
31:55badly for you.
31:56But if you turn
31:57yourself in,
31:58we can try
31:58and help you.
32:02Please.
32:03He's scared.
32:05Don't hurt him.
32:07He's not a kid
32:07anymore, Miss Sinclair.
32:08He killed a man
32:09in cold blood.
32:10So now we have
32:11to go get him.
32:32He's not a kid.
32:33Yo!
32:35What's up, Kay?
32:36They got you
32:36working the door
32:37already, huh?
32:38Damn.
32:39A little tree
32:40on the come up.
32:42That's what I feel
32:42for life.
32:46Yo, you got that
32:47move on, sir.
32:48How about that
32:49extra paycheck, huh?
32:51Yeah, you got that
32:52right?
32:53All right?
32:55Yeah.
32:56Yo, P-Man.
32:59Uh, can we talk?
33:00For sure!
33:01Come here.
33:03You good?
33:06Uh...
33:08Talk to me.
33:13I gotta...
33:13I gotta get out of town.
33:15You sure you got that
33:16hookup with the cartel
33:17tunnels into Mexico?
33:19For sure.
33:20But why?
33:21What happened?
33:22Unless you know
33:22the better.
33:23Just trust me on that.
33:25When you say trust me,
33:25I trust you, okay?
33:27I'll make a few phone calls.
33:29Look, relax.
33:30Have a drink.
33:32You know we got you.
33:35I'm gonna take a pack, rap.
33:41What's up?
33:42This is a one-three.
33:46Oh, no, no, no, no.
33:48Oh, no, no, no, no.
33:49Oh, no, no.
33:50Oh, no, no.
33:52Oh, no, no, no, no.
34:02yeah you hidden civilians you working with nazis
34:06trace on kingston's phone landed at 4700 hilldale copy that
34:13pull over up here
34:17but the address is on the next block yeah you recognize that tag
34:2254th street we roll up hot they could have spotters anywhere exactly let's go
34:35yo young it's your big moment man this the moment you prove how much you love the streets by taking
34:41care of a traitor ass bitch that's disrespecting her this the moment you prove to me you a good
34:46soldier and you follow orders all right in return the streets gonna love you back
34:52wherever you go the five four follow for life and you take care of this bitch
35:19we ain't got all day
35:26swat's ten minutes out you got eyes on kingston yeah we're looking at a potential murder in progress
35:30we can't wait
35:36now smoke this fool
35:41police
35:42ah go go go
35:46police drop your weapon
35:55show me your hands if you're up there
36:07go go go
36:11go go
36:11cover us go
36:20stay down stay down
36:33wait
36:35wait
36:35wait
36:39go
36:40go
36:42go
36:43go
36:56Wait, wait, wait. Please, please, please. Please, please. You can just say that you didn't see me.
37:04You can say that you didn't see me. You can say that you didn't see me.
37:07Trey, please, please.
37:08Get on your stomach.
37:10Go.
37:14Drop the gun.
37:15Head with your head.
37:36The key is processed.
37:37Ah, thank you for that.
37:39Um, look, I realized this was a bit of a tough one.
37:42You all right?
37:43I'll be all right.
37:45I know I shouldn't feel sympathy, but he's just a boy.
37:50Look, no one is saying you can't feel sympathy,
37:52but at the end of the day, he did make the choice
37:55to pull that trigger.
37:58Why don't you go home?
37:59I'll take care of the paperwork.
38:01Yes, sir.
38:02You bet.
38:05Uh...
38:08It amazes me how one man can wreak such havoc
38:12on the entire LAPD.
38:13Smitty is a force of nature.
38:16Uh, got a minute?
38:17Yeah, Sean, what's up?
38:18Well, Bailey has been offered a pretty impressive job in D.C.,
38:23a Pentagon think tank.
38:24And I was just wondering what a transfer to the DCPD would be like.
38:30Yeah, I can get you in touch with a few people.
38:33But you do know you would have to start at the very bottom again,
38:36including redoing the academy.
38:39I've done it before.
38:40You were also five years younger.
38:42Yes.
38:43You would get a pretty hefty signing bonus.
38:46That's a perk.
38:46But your annual salary would be much less than you make in L.A.,
38:50plus the cost of living in D.C. is just as expensive.
38:54So in the long run, your bonus really won't make a difference,
38:57especially if Bailey's only making the government salary.
39:00Right.
39:01I'm sorry if this is not the answer you were looking for.
39:03No, no, that's, um...
39:06I was just looking for the truth.
39:09Yeah, well, good luck.
39:15Hey.
39:18The L.A.P.D. would be sad to see you go.
39:21Thank you, sir.
39:29Guess what?
39:30What?
39:31We won.
39:32That's great.
39:33Did Judge give you any grief about the evidence?
39:35I think he was too confused by the explanation to challenge it.
39:40Take the win.
39:41Mm-hmm.
39:42I prepared a ten-minute lecture for tomorrow's roll call
39:44to make sure no one can ever again use ignorance as an excuse
39:47when mislabeling case numbers.
39:49You know, you're a really good watch commander.
39:52I'm figuring it out.
39:53No, listen.
39:54No matter what kind of craziness is going on at the station,
39:56you're always the center of comm.
39:59And the rest of us need that. I need that.
40:00Yeah.
40:02Mm-hmm.
40:03Tell you what, list of things we can't trust Smitty with
40:06is getting longer.
40:07Do you think he's doing it on purpose?
40:09Weaponizing competence?
40:10Yeah.
40:11I don't think he's that strategic.
40:19Hey.
40:21Sorry I missed dinner.
40:24And bedtime.
40:27You should run for DA.
40:30Are you sure?
40:32Because if you're not in 100%...
40:34I'm in.
40:35The more I thought about it,
40:36the more I realized this was exactly why you joined the DA's office
40:40in the first place.
40:41Hmm.
40:42And I'm proud you want to set that example for our children,
40:45especially because every day I see firsthand the people,
40:48our system has failed.
40:50And inevitably the ones who suffer the most are other kids.
40:56You sure you're okay waiting on a new house?
40:58No.
40:59But like you said, real change requires sacrifice.
41:06And I love this house.
41:08We brought home two babies here.
41:13We also made two babies here.
41:16So we did.
41:22No food to entice me with, I see.
41:24No, but I have wine.
41:30Listen, I don't want to beat around the bush.
41:32I did my due diligence and I am sorry, honey.
41:36I don't think I can do, DC.
41:38It would mean starting all over again as a rookie.
41:43Only this time, instead of being 45, I'd be 50.
41:47Oh.
41:51What if...
41:54I'm not ready to say no.
41:57Well, you did say we both had to be in or you would walk away.
42:02I know.
42:02And I meant it when I said it.
42:07But now...
42:08You still want it.
42:13So what does that leave us?
42:14So what does that leave us?
42:39So what does that leave us?
42:39I don't want it.
42:42I don't want it.
42:45I need it.
42:53I don't want it.
43:00So there we go.
43:01That's what the hell we're gonna return.
43:01This is the hell we're gonna return.
43:02So that'll be a good idea.
43:02Yeah.
43:02But we'll return out.
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