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00:08on the butt side still fits i was hoping to never feel wool on my skin again there he is
00:17welcome back thank you sir happy to be here ready to ace my second chance it's just
00:24for the longest of these necessary you fell as far as you could without getting bounced you have to
00:29earn your way back to short sleeves i know it's a bummer but i'm excited to have you back on
00:34patrol
00:36for a little while so what's happening am i writing solo or are you pairing me with someone
00:43it's it's not really my call to me but you know the answer i should really let time tell you
00:50but
00:50you won't because ucs have a blood bond of honesty that will last until the apocalypse so spill it
00:58i'm just the messenger i don't understand well you won't be writing with me anymore
01:02then who you're gonna be training pen are you kidding not only do i have to go back into the
01:08suck that is uniformed police work not only do i have to walk a high wire act of perfection every
01:13minute of the day for the next six months i'm getting paired with a training officer so legendarily can't
01:18tanker as she makes tim bradford look like mr rogers i'm getting stuck with a texas lemon who should have
01:23been fired for a multitude of reasons yes yes and you heard the mechanic say that he would get it
01:42done
01:42today he said those actual words yes even though last time it took him over a week to order the
01:48parts
01:48hey i put the fear of god okay he'll be done by fire luna my savior room 314 is imploding
01:57of course
01:57it is i knew we were in trouble as soon as the third estranged child showed up i prescribed antibiotics
02:04for his pneumonia and therapy for the rest of them i'm sure they'll get right on that i don't think
02:10we've
02:10met right oliver ashton this is my husband wade nice to meet you good to meet you i don't think
02:17i've seen you around here before i just started a couple months ago spent the last five years
02:20working for doctors without borders noble that's nothing compared to what you do every day
02:26i'm doing assessments at 314 asked for me tell them i got carried off by a twister
02:34um nice guy he makes us all look like underachievers thank you for the ride and for taking my car
02:40in
02:41which you should probably go do now or else he's going to blame us for not getting it finished today
02:47i'm
02:48so
02:50i'm
03:09so
03:19Listen, Noel and I have thoughts on how to train Miles going forward.
03:22Keep him. You both had your chance.
03:24Nyla.
03:24What are you going to tell me that I don't already know?
03:26He's a cowboy because he's insecure?
03:28That was clear to some of us on day one.
03:31Now he is a hot mess who's going to hit the streets so scared to make a mistake
03:35that he will panic freeze the second the adrenaline hits.
03:38So, no, I will chart my own course.
03:44I think she's got it handled.
03:50Morning.
03:51What?
03:53I said good morning.
03:54Did you mean to get off here?
03:58Task force floor.
03:59I'm sorry.
03:59I'm just a little distracted.
04:01Everything okay?
04:03Yeah, yeah.
04:04I don't know.
04:08I found this in Luna's car.
04:10And a pair of fancy men's sunglasses.
04:12That doesn't necessarily mean anything.
04:14No, of course not.
04:16I'm sure it doesn't mean anything.
04:19Yeah.
04:19Yeah, just, um...
04:21You ever just...
04:24Never mind.
04:26Sir, if I may, there's two paths you can take here.
04:30The first is talk to your wife.
04:33Odds are there's a very simple explanation.
04:36The second is, you know, Snoop.
04:39I highly recommend the first.
04:51Just had to see me, or is there a problem?
04:54Your mom.
04:55Now what did she do?
04:56What?
04:57Have you not been following our group chat?
04:59No.
05:00I muted that thing the second you set it up for the three of us.
05:02Tim.
05:03I know I have a problem with communication.
05:04This is not funny.
05:05Your mom has texted us 11 times in the past hour,
05:08and you're being radio silent, so I have to answer.
05:11No, you really don't.
05:13You don't.
05:14It's not your job to fill the silence.
05:16In fact, the sooner you stop,
05:18the sooner she'll abandon the thread
05:19and stop sending blurry pictures of relationship quizzes
05:22from ancient Cosmo magazine she has lying around.
05:24So you are following the thread.
05:28I may have seen one or two.
05:30Mm-hmm.
05:31I'll text her, okay?
05:32It's not your way to carry.
05:33She's my mom.
05:35Okay.
05:36Yeah.
05:37I'll ask.
05:37Mm-hmm.
05:44Oh, howdy, Detective Harper.
05:47I want to say how thrilled I am to be training with you.
05:50You want your nickname to be Ask, yes, sir?
05:52No, ma'am.
05:52Then rethink your approach.
05:54Yes, ma'am.
05:59So what is your goal for the next six months of training?
06:02Learn from my mistakes.
06:03Try not to get myself in situations I can't handle.
06:06So play it safe?
06:09I'm one screw-up away from getting bounced.
06:11What am I supposed to do?
06:23Okay, so here's how today is gonna go.
06:27You are the T.O.
06:29I am the rookie.
06:30I don't understand.
06:31You will teach me the job as if I were a day one rookie
06:34and take the lead on every call we get
06:36and at the end of shift,
06:37I will decide whether you are worth my effort.
06:40Yes, ma'am.
06:41Well, what should I say, boot?
06:44I'm just gonna stick with metal.
06:46Okay.
06:49Well, this is nice.
06:50Back together again without the pressure being evaluated.
06:53You know, I can really let my freak flag fly.
06:58No, no, not that I have one.
07:01Like a freak flag.
07:02Like no hidden freak agenda over here.
07:05Uh-huh.
07:05Yeah.
07:06Don't worry.
07:07There's freak rent safe with me.
07:09Wait, what?
07:10Oh, I see.
07:11No, no, but seriously, I have no freak rents.
07:157M15-211 at 47163 San Vicente.
07:18Copy that.
07:19Show us responding.
07:20Hit it, super freak.
07:21No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
07:30no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
07:30no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
07:30no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
07:30no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
07:35no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
07:51Police!
08:04Police!
08:05Is it over?
08:07Yeah, why don't you come out where we can see you?
08:11We were just in the middle of filming
08:12when two guys with guns came in,
08:14stole all of our equipment and shot the place up.
08:17Okay, filming what?
08:18Minion erotica.
08:19Zach, not the tie.
08:20Sorry.
08:21It's called Dropout TV.
08:22We do shows based around improv comedy.
08:25I own the company.
08:26Oh, there he goes.
08:26He owns the place.
08:27He owns the place.
08:28There's like a weird power dynamic,
08:29but we're friends, but he's our boss.
08:30Jacob, I act like I'm obsessed with myself.
08:33Okay, can we just stay on track?
08:35Doubtful. Sorry. No. Sorry.
08:37We won't.
08:38Right, I think the path forward here
08:40is to take witness statements from each of them separately.
08:42Mm-hmm.
08:43And you can put your hands down.
08:46Oh, thank God.
08:47All right, in your own words, just tell me what happened.
08:49Wow, okay, yeah.
08:50Um, I first got into comedy
08:52after being bullied in middle school.
08:55Okay, so where were you when the robbery took place?
08:57Your Honor, let the record show
08:59that it could not have been me
09:00before I was at the studio when the crime occurred.
09:01Oh, well, this isn't a courtroom.
09:03You're a witness, not a suspect.
09:05I could have committed the crime.
09:06I could have been, you know, like, colluding.
09:08Were you?
09:09I thought you said I wasn't a suspect.
09:10Okay, you're making me nervous.
09:11I did the crime.
09:12No, I didn't.
09:13I'm panicking.
09:13I'm panicking.
09:14Yeah, I can't believe we lost all the footage
09:15that we shot today.
09:16I probably did some of my best,
09:17most important work of my career.
09:19My Dame Judy butthole bit?
09:21Killed.
09:21Did the suspects have accents
09:23or any distinctive vocal qualities?
09:25Yeah, when you say accents,
09:27do you mean, like,
09:28Hey, I'm a guy from, like, Birmingham.
09:31I'm here to rob your place.
09:32Or, or maybe he was, uh, uh,
09:34an Appalachian hillbilly with a sinus infection.
09:37I promised to answer your question,
09:39but can I just ask you something first?
09:41No.
09:41Okay, so I just need, like,
09:42a regular not funny person's opinion of this.
09:45Like, which version is funnier?
09:46A guy who is trying to give a eulogy,
09:49but he's holding in a sneeze?
09:50Or a guy who's giving a eulogy,
09:52but he's being attacked by invisible egrets?
09:54And don't answer yet.
09:55I have to show you.
09:56Perhaps he was a vampire from down under
09:59who, uh, who has really bad anxiety.
10:01I want to suck your blood, but I'm a little scared.
10:04Oh, it's kind of coming back to me.
10:07The suspect's license plate?
10:08No, my Dame Judy butthole bit.
10:10Do you mind if I do it real quick
10:11so it doesn't escape me?
10:12Ooh, record me on your body cam,
10:14and then text it to me.
10:15And then I start a dropout TV.
10:16What was your question again?
10:19Hey, hi.
10:20I don't know how helpful this is,
10:21but one of the robbers must have dropped their wallet
10:23when they were robbing the control room.
10:24Wait, I know you.
10:25Uh, you're the drone kid.
10:27Dax, Dan.
10:28Dash, but close enough.
10:30He let you use the drone.
10:31He straight up told me no.
10:33Okay, well, you wanted to film Mr. Reich
10:34in his backyard doing yoga for blackmail purposes.
10:37Am I the only one that went to the HR meeting?
10:39We had an HR meeting?
10:40I need a background check on Mark Wyatt.
10:43I thought you were moving to Vegas with your mom.
10:45Yeah, uh, that didn't work out, so we moved to L.A.
10:48My mom always wanted to be a hand model,
10:49which is going as well as you would expect.
10:51So I got a part-time job with these lunatics,
10:54lovely people,
10:55while, uh, I wait to graduate high school.
10:56For a suspect, Mark Wyatt has priors.
10:59Assaults and for public nudity.
11:01At the same time?
11:02What would that look like?
11:03I've been thinking about it.
11:04I feel like...
11:05No, no, no.
11:05If someone were to do that...
11:06All right, we're gonna go pick him up,
11:09and we'll be in touch.
11:11Lots of luck.
11:18Um, tell me the six rules of a traffic stop.
11:25Why'd you do that?
11:28Is my training officer asking why a patrol officer
11:30would listen to a police scanner
11:31and not just wait for dispatch calls?
11:34I guess.
11:35When evaluating a rookie,
11:37a training officer wants to see how they respond
11:39to different scenarios.
11:40With a rookie who is looking to get into trouble,
11:43the calls they choose can be illustrative.
11:46Armed suspect just abandoned his car on freeway.
11:49He's shooting!
11:50Watch out, he's running!
11:51The foot pursuit heading east on Benedict.
11:53Add us to that call.
11:53Mmm.
11:58Training, why wouldn't we want to respond to that call?
12:01Travel time to call is approximately 15 minutes.
12:04A shots fired call means that every available unit
12:06in the area will respond.
12:09As last arrivals, we will likely miss the action
12:12and be tasked with looking for shell casings
12:14in the hot sun for the next five hours.
12:17Right.
12:18I mean, uh, good answer.
12:21Let's look for a closer call.
12:22All units, silent alarm at Lincoln Bank and Trust.
12:252-11 in progress.
12:27Bank robbery? Hot damn, we're taking up, right?
12:28Yes, sir.
12:30Although...
12:30Although what?
12:31A thoughtful T.O. might inform his rookie
12:34that most bank robberies can be measured in minutes,
12:37and given our proximity and the units that are closer,
12:39it might be prudent to focus on the bank robber's
12:43possible escape route and intercept.
12:46In case they manage to get away before police arrive.
12:50Smart.
12:50So the route they would take to escape would be...
12:53They would head for the 10-1-10 freeware exchange
12:56and try to get lost in the chaos up Los Angeles traffic.
12:59Which means that they would have to drive up...
13:01Georgia Street.
13:05whoops.
13:14police rift,
13:15byrocs, police!
13:16Jonesy!
13:19His! Show me your heads!
13:28Please help. I think she's dying.
13:32I think she's dying.
13:40Here we have two GSW victims. Patient number one GSW in the left upper quadrant abdomen.
13:46Now grossly descended and firmed. Critically unstable. Recommend OR stat.
13:49I'll stay with them. Sounds right. You investigating this one?
13:52No, we are. That is sweet. But you are the hotshot detective. I'm just a lowly patrol officer.
13:59You're still a detective, but I get your point. Did either of them mention the third bank robber?
14:05Uh, no. I didn't realize there was one. Yeah, security guards said there were three of them all masked and
14:09armed.
14:10The third robber disappeared when the shooting started, must have laid low as the other two escaped, then snuck away
14:14into the chaos afterwards.
14:15We're pulling security footage now. Hopefully we can get a before and after the mask came off.
14:21How's your rookie?
14:23I don't know yet.
14:25You know you can't bounce him from the program, right?
14:27What? I was looking forward to it.
14:29He's not the only one being evaluated, Nyla. You need to be made of wins while you're back on patrol.
14:33Firing a rookie will be seen as a loss, and you can't give IA a reason to punish you more
14:38or worse, fire you.
14:42Oh, Lieutenant.
14:43Hey. Um, you all right? I mean, other than uniform.
14:47Yeah, we caught two bank robbery suspects. Penn is in there watching over them while they get prepped for surgery.
14:52You here to see Luna?
14:53Yeah, I'm on. Take her out to lunch.
14:55Oh, that's sweet.
14:57Oh, yeah. Excuse me.
15:06Luna.
15:08Hey. What are you doing here?
15:10Thought I'd take my wife to lunch?
15:12Oh, that's so sweet. But Oliver is about to do his assessments and I accompany in case any patient advocate
15:18questions come up.
15:19You can join us, but it's gonna be a lot more bodily fluids than a normal person wants to see
15:23in a day.
15:24You'll be surprised what a cop sees in a day.
15:27Good point.
15:29I shouldn't be too late. Why don't we go to dinner?
15:33I'll make a date you can't keep.
15:34I can keep it.
15:36Yes.
15:37All right, good.
15:38It really was sweet you came to take me to lunch.
15:42Um, look, Luna, um...
15:46Hey, we need help.
15:47Let me guess. You're glued together.
15:49You say that like it happens a lot?
15:51More than you know.
15:53Did you drive here like that?
15:54Well, we didn't take the bus.
15:56Hey, I can't help but to notice by the position of your hands that you were engaged in a domestic
16:03dispute gone sticky.
16:04No, no, no, no. Um, she was just caressing my face.
16:09Why you choked her?
16:10Uh, not all choking is non-consensual.
16:13Huh.
16:14I'm gonna go get the doctor.
16:16W-wait, wait, um...
16:18Please tell me there is not glue on your hand.
16:21I wish that I could.
16:51Why can't you just come in here?
16:52Because I'm mad at you.
16:54It's not enough that I have a busy day. I have to run damage control on your dysfunction.
16:57I was trying to take my mom off your plate.
16:59By telling her to not contact me?
17:01I want to have a relationship with your mother, but not whatever this has become.
17:06All right, I'll text her.
17:07No, hey, come on, please.
17:09Call her today, okay? An actual human conversation.
17:17Peter.
17:21I'm telling you, I lost my wallet yesterday.
17:24How convenient timing given we found it at the scene of an armed robbery this morning.
17:30Convenient is such lazy framing.
17:32The universe is an infinitely complicated place.
17:36Yeah, you show your ignorance acting like coincidences are impossible.
17:39The sheer amount of things happening on a single day, number in the sextillions.
17:44Okay, that's a made-up number.
17:46No, it's not.
17:47A sextillion is a thousand trillion.
17:49And given that the world is populated with over eight billion people, I'm probably way underestimating.
17:57No, I'm definitely underestimating.
17:59There's over ten quintillion insects in the world.
18:02It's over one per billion per person.
18:05So given that scale, me losing a wallet, a criminal picking it up, and then dropping it at a crime
18:11scene isn't unlikely.
18:13Statistically, it's almost a given.
18:15Oh, we're still gonna put you in the lineup and see if the victims can identify you.
18:19That's fair.
18:21How many of that quintillion?
18:24A quintillion insects are spiders?
18:27Oh, at least a quadrillion.
18:29There's 53,000 species.
18:31They're on every continent except Antarctica.
18:33I might have to move to Antarctica.
18:35Not today though, right?
18:36No.
18:37Today we see if Mark loses the lineup lottery.
18:48Hmm.
18:48It's just like the movies.
18:50With as much diversity.
18:52Check.
18:53Test.
18:54All right.
18:55We are about to show you a lineup of six men.
18:57The person or persons involved in the robbery may or may not be among them.
19:02Afterwards, I'm going to ask you individually if you recognize anyone.
19:06But do not compare notes and do not discuss the suspects amongst each other. Do you understand?
19:11Yes, daddy.
19:15Okay.
19:15The guy that's number one looks like a tech bro that speaks about himself in the third person and he
19:19probably kisses his immediate family on the mouth.
19:22Smoochie!
19:23Okay, wait.
19:24But number three is sort of getting like, hey, I'm Chad.
19:26I completely misunderstood the message at Fight Club and I don't understand why my Native American Halloween costume is so
19:31offensive.
19:32Number five looks like he spends his Friday nights chugging beer loaded with protein powder.
19:36Stop drinking a load if your two snakes are in the house.
19:39Okay, guys.
19:39Let's try to focus.
19:41I mean, this should be fairly easy.
19:42Uh, do you guys recognize anyone or not?
19:45Well, they were all wearing masks, but these guys are the same basic size.
19:49You know, I feel like I might recognize the guy's voice that yelled at us.
19:53Yeah.
19:55Number one, could you please repeat the phrase?
20:00Shut up and get on the ground.
20:01Okay.
20:02I'm unimpressed with the performance.
20:03Could use a little more pizzazz.
20:05I don't want to give a line read, but there's like a hundred guys in LA that could do a
20:08better job than that.
20:08So, question, can you just sort of make them say whatever you want?
20:12No, they're only going to say what was said at the robbery.
20:16You guys thinking what I'm thinking?
20:18Contestant number one, can you please recite Tommy Lee Jones' speech from The Fugitive?
20:21No.
20:21Contestant number...
20:23Suspect number one, you do not have to do that.
20:25I would like it if you did.
20:26Don't ask it.
20:27I would like it if you did.
20:27I'll do it.
20:28Yes.
20:29I love The Fugitive.
20:32Floor's all yours.
20:34What I want out of each and every one of you is a hard target search of every gas station,
20:39residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, and doghouse in that area.
20:46He's really good.
20:47That's really good.
20:48Bravo.
20:51Can we see a chemistry rate between four and two?
20:54Okay, okay, okay.
20:56Do you recognize any of these individuals from the robbery?
20:59I mean, if we say yes, can we get them to say more weird stuff?
21:02No.
21:02Can we make them kiss?
21:03Ooh, can we make them kiss?
21:04Can we see a kiss between four and two?
21:06That would equal six.
21:07Ooh.
21:09It's odd.
21:11Super glue usually comes off with a bit of acetone.
21:13Do you remember the brand you used?
21:14Nope.
21:14Yes.
21:17I think it was like an acetone-resistant blend.
21:22Heavy-duty stuff.
21:23Yeah.
21:24Can't really remember the exact name.
21:26Well, surgery is a last resort, but without identifying the exact adhesive you use, I'm not sure how else to
21:30proceed.
21:31Can someone go by your house and get it?
21:33Uh, no.
21:35Not really.
21:36I'm happy to do it.
21:36Give me your address.
21:37No.
21:37That's not necessary.
21:39It's super nice, though.
21:40Oh, my God.
21:40The nicest.
21:41But we just, we couldn't ask that of you.
21:43Listen up.
21:44You are glued to my wife.
21:46The only person I'm supposed to touch her this long is me.
21:49So give me your address.
21:51Unless there's something at your house you don't want me to see.
21:56Something that has to do with this, perhaps?
21:58Uh, I swear, I don't know what that is.
22:01It's a firing pin for a handgun.
22:03Oh, my God.
22:04Crazy.
22:05The question is, why are the two of you covered with them?
22:14So, Finley is out of surgery.
22:15We should be able to talk to her soon.
22:17But the, uh, the girlfriend, Ava, she died on the table.
22:21Damn.
22:22Hard way to learn not to rob a bank with the former Green Beret working as a security guard.
22:26Damn.
22:28Hey, as my rookie, shouldn't you be doing the paperwork?
22:34Yeah.
22:35Had to give it a shot.
22:35Mm-hmm.
22:36All right, I requested an officer to come watch over Finley.
22:38We should get back out on patrol.
22:40Actually, we have been asked to take a first run at interviewing Finley.
22:44Lopez is tied up with the feds, combing through bank footage, trying to figure out how the third robber escaped.
22:49And as our former partner, future partner, yeah, um, she trusts your detective skills.
22:55Exactly.
22:56And unfortunately for you, I still need my T.O. to show me how it's done.
23:02Not to break the fourth wall here, but you're a literal expert at interrogating suspects, and I'm not.
23:09Only way to become an expert is to do the work.
23:12And as someone whose instincts are to turn everything up to an 11, I am curious to see how you
23:17handle something that requires nuance and delicacy.
23:29Hey.
23:30Hey.
23:30How long's she been awake?
23:32A couple minutes.
23:33Anyone tell her about her partner?
23:35I know I didn't.
23:38Can I ask you one question?
23:39Sure.
23:41What's the worst mistake I can make in that?
23:44Don't make it a competition.
23:46You versus her.
23:47You guys are on the same side.
23:49Yes, ma'am.
23:49Got it.
23:50Thanks.
23:56Finley, I'm Officer Penn.
23:57This is Detective Harper.
23:59We brought you in.
24:00Yeah, I remember.
24:02Josefa, no one will tell me.
24:06I'm sorry, but she didn't survive the surgery.
24:09She had lost too much blood.
24:14No.
24:16No.
24:17Why did he have to shoot her?
24:19He didn't have to shoot her.
24:21Our guns weren't real.
24:22But they looked real.
24:24People were terrified.
24:27What?
24:27That's not fair.
24:28She only did it because of me.
24:34Why?
24:36I've seen your history.
24:37It's spotless.
24:38I couldn't even dream of getting into Stafford.
24:42Be grateful.
24:44You want to know why we robbed that bank?
24:48I am $200,000 in debt.
24:51And that's after spending the last three years
24:53trying to pay off the loan.
24:54It's higher now than it was when I started.
24:57What hope did we have at a happy life together?
25:01Working two jobs just to barely stay above water.
25:05Listen, I get it.
25:07I lived in my car until a few months ago.
25:09Debt is no joke.
25:10And it could impact how the DA's office decides to prosecute you.
25:16But if you want any hope of leniency, any,
25:19you need to tell us who your other partner was in the robbery.
25:22It was just me and Ava.
25:23We know that there was a third person that got away.
25:25We're going to find them eventually.
25:27But you have an opportunity to help yourself here.
25:30I strongly urge you take it.
25:32I don't deserve help.
25:35Dave is dead because of me.
25:43I don't deserve help.
25:44Hey, what are you doing here?
25:46Hey, uh, dropout guys made me drive them.
25:47Something about a lineup.
25:49Right, but they left.
25:51Are you kidding?
25:53That's why Sam asked for the minivan keys.
25:56Okay.
25:56Sorry. Can your mom pick you up?
25:58Yeah, I can call her.
26:00Did they help you at all with the lunch? No?
26:03Stupid question.
26:03Those guys would have gone down with the Titanic
26:05because they were too busy making fun of the orchestra
26:07to get on a lifeboat.
26:09Look, don't take this the wrong way,
26:10but why do you work with those guys?
26:13They pay me surprisingly well.
26:15Uh, Nolan, I'm sorry. Are you free?
26:17Yeah, I can be. I'll see you later?
26:19Yep.
26:21So, Gray just called.
26:23Uh, Luna is currently glued to a couple
26:25who appears to be manufacturing and selling ghost guns.
26:28The judge just signed off on a warrant for us to go inside
26:30and take a look at their house.
26:31While they remain glued to Luna?
26:33That's gonna have to be our secondary assignment,
26:35identifying the adhesive they've been using
26:37to assemble the ghost guns
26:38so we can get them all separated.
26:40And who are these people?
26:41Uh, Poppy and Jasper Watterson.
26:44Neither of them have a criminal record,
26:46but at one point or another,
26:48they've both filed restraining orders
26:49against each other.
26:50I checked out their social media.
26:51They are both gun enthusiasts,
26:52obviously in a toxic relationship,
26:54who share an inability to think things through.
26:56Wow. Yeah.
26:57Today is an odd one. Right?
26:59Wait, why? What's going on with you?
27:01I can't even explain, not without crying.
27:03Marez, we're on the move.
27:05Coming.
27:06I, uh, let Mark White go.
27:09His girlfriend corroborated his story
27:10of him losing his wallet yesterday,
27:12and he was very understanding about our confusion
27:15and happy to get his wallet back
27:16once we had it fingerprinted.
27:18Hmm. Yeah.
27:19Hey, uh, you want to write with me?
27:20Ooh.
27:21Can I?
27:23Traitor.
27:24Yes.
27:31So did he call his mom?
27:32I don't know.
27:34I don't think so.
27:35I don't have much confidence that even if he does,
27:38it'll make things better.
27:39Mm-hmm.
27:40Okay, we're coming up to it.
27:45It's...
27:47Oh.
27:48You know what?
27:49Let's, uh, let's back up a little bit.
28:02What's up?
28:03Three guys are moving stuff out of that greenhouse
28:05around the corner.
28:10And by stuff, you mean guns?
28:12Among other things.
28:13So do we want to go right at them
28:15or try something more subtle?
28:17A little bit of both.
28:28Dishis?
28:30Yes.
28:35All right, let's go.
28:40We'll be getting maxed out of that.
28:40On the ground.
28:42Step away from the van.
28:43On the ground, arms and legs spread.
28:48that could not have worked out better
28:56looks like we found our adhesive oh i wouldn't touch that good idea hey guys i got this out
29:01here go inside clear the house nolan sent a photo of the glue thank god oh did he uh did
29:09you see anything else while he was there hey i just got the exact epoxy that he used great
29:23um by the way earlier in the day i found these in the bathroom you wouldn't happen to know who
29:27they belong to would you yeah i've been looking everywhere for these where'd you say you found
29:32them i'm on the hall
29:43finley grandma finley sorry i'm sorry you can't go there you can't go in there the hell i can't
29:48you're gonna have to shoot me to stop me ma'am ma'am hold on one second your granddaughter has
29:53been arrested for a very serious my granddaughter has also been shot and i am the only family
29:58she's got so you are gonna let me into that room yes ma'am we we can do that but
30:03i need you to do
30:04something for me finley can help herself by telling us the truth about what happened finley needs a
30:09lawyer i've got one on the way now let me see her of course but detective harper is gonna pat
30:14you
30:15down and hold on to your purse whatever arms up
30:44what's going on uh finley's grandma just got here great i don't need to make a separate trip when
30:51the feds finished processing the prints from the bank one set stood out although the last bank she
30:56robbed was in 1983 get out finley's mama yeah she did a nickel for it got out and never robbed
31:03another bank until today
31:09mave
31:16it's all my fault they did everything right in life and still they were struggling so much
31:23it wasn't right it wasn't right put your hands be in the back no please no it wasn't right
31:43oh finally god so much better
31:48all right good news is that you're free and this is the bad news
31:54all right if you could just turn around turn around hands on your head
32:04can't be on your back
32:09must have missed something
32:19hey are you still waiting for your mom yeah she's busy said she'd get me when she's free
32:24she couldn't think of a safer place for me to wait okay uh what about your dad oh he's only
32:29break glass in case of emergency right well i just finished with an arrest so i can give you a
32:35right on great uh can we go with the lights and the sirens no but i'll let you use the
32:40radio to
32:41dispatch she has a sexy voice really no
32:46that your mom no it's sam where's our equipment you weren't supposed to steal it for real i'm not
32:52paying you unless you bring it back
32:55second text haha whoops sorry that message wasn't for you please don't share it with anyone
33:01prayer hands emoji
33:03do i need a lawyer that is your right do you have one yes but he only does entertainment law
33:10that's not gonna help you look not only did you make false statements to police which is punishable
33:16by up to six months in prison but you also endangered yourself and your employees look i am
33:22so sorry we do crazy stunts for our shows all the time i thought i was hiring actors to play
33:28robbers
33:29that they were supposed to interrupt our game show with a fake robbery and then return all of
33:32our stuff a few hours later i never thought a casting breakdown for armed robbers would attract
33:37actual armed robbers
33:42and then i was too embarrassed to say anything and now i fully realize the error of my ways which
33:48is great but it will still be up to the da's office as to whether they want to press charges
33:53i can't
33:54go to jail i couldn't even handle sleepaway camp let's just start with arresting the two men
34:00that robbed you i'm assuming you have names and numbers i have their venmos let's start with that
34:06okay robber 88 okay well i should have seen that one coming
34:26all right what a way to end shift as a thank you paperwork can be turned into the top of
34:31the day
34:31tomorrow i'll even add an hour of ot for those who want to come in early that's great hey did
34:35you call
34:35your mother i'm gonna yeah don't we have a right behind you
34:46i'm sorry i think i just need to get some closure
34:50that's okay look why don't we clock out and we'll talk about it at home
34:53okay i don't know about you but all i'm thinking about is a hot bath
35:0012 hours of sleep sounds nice
35:06are you okay
35:10um
35:12i thought uh i can broach this in a more delicate way but after the day we had
35:19i think it's better just to come out and say it
35:23is there something going on with you and dr ashton
35:27are you accusing me of cheating i'm not accusing you of anything
35:32but after seeing the way you two act together and finding his things in your car
35:42that's one real truth
35:47first of all you have to believe me when i say that nothing has happened between us
35:51second of all
35:55i do feel something for him
36:00i wasn't looking for it
36:02in our whole marriage i've never even thought about anyone else
36:06but this past year the world has opened up for me
36:11i finished school i got this job
36:13you met another man
36:15it is not that simple
36:18am i attracted to him
36:20yes
36:21but that doesn't mean that i was planning on acting on it
36:23doesn't mean you weren't
36:25otherwise you would have said that
36:26wait please i'm
36:29i'm trying to be honest
36:30and i'm making a mess of it
36:32because i don't
36:33i don't really know how i feel
36:35i
36:37if you hadn't confronted me about oliver
36:39there is a good chance i would have worked through all of this without you ever knowing
36:42i do know
36:46it's breaking my heart
36:47it's just
36:55so what you need to tell me
36:57is that whatever it is you feel for this man
37:02it's over
37:03as of now
37:08and your hesitation gives me my answer
37:10here take this
37:11wait
37:12i need to take a walk
37:14and then what
37:15i don't know
37:27so officially end of shift
37:29did you decide whether or not i'm a lost cause
37:33i want to hear your thoughts first
37:35okay
37:36well i think i made some real progress today
37:39even though it wasn't close to perfect
37:40stop
37:42you do know not everything is about you right
37:44i don't want to hear your own self analysis
37:46i want to hear what you thought about me
37:48your rookie
37:49oh
37:51can i not do that
37:53all right
37:56i'd say you're pretty knowledgeable for a rookie officer
37:59you have natural instincts
38:01though i can sometimes feel your urges take over
38:03i appreciate that you don't
38:05your willingness to trust your t.o. and give him a second chance
38:08even when you think you might know better
38:10when you most definitely do
38:12know better
38:14it's admirable
38:17okay thanks
38:19now it's your turn right
38:22wait so what does that mean
38:23do i get to stay or should i go home
38:31see you tomorrow
38:33happy birthday
38:35we wanted to do something special to celebrate your first day back on patrol
38:40you guys you you are terrible wonderful people and i love you
38:48we love you too and you're gonna get through this
38:50thank you
38:51wow you guys really did not have to do this
38:53but i am glad that you did
38:56it's not something i ever would have thought to celebrate
38:58to be fair you are not big on festivities of any kind
39:01i only found out when your birthday was because i called your mama
39:03and i am still kind of mad at you for that
39:05me too and so is wesley
39:08i'm mad at you
39:09okay so i assume that this is not just decorations
39:11that there are some sort of sustenance
39:13and possible adult beverages
39:15i'm on it
39:16thank you guys for being here
39:19but just to clarify
39:20i do want to be in my bed in an hour
39:23oh yeah we'll be long on
39:25yeah
39:27okay
39:29all right mom
39:29bye
39:31i did it
39:33it is handled
39:35that took too long to happen easy
39:37is she okay are you okay
39:39yeah no i'm great
39:41okay
39:41it actually no it went a lot easier than expected
39:44she understood the whole boundaries issue pretty quickly
39:47and uh acknowledged that she can get overexcited
39:50doesn't blame you or me
39:51just blames technology for being
39:53too fun to experience alone
39:55wow
39:55okay it sounds like it went great
39:58yeah
39:58well what took so long then
40:00we started talking about a lot of other stuff
40:02like when
40:04nosy
40:04come on
40:05tell me
40:05if you want to tell me
40:07um
40:08work
40:09uh childhood memories
40:12you
40:13it was nice
40:15yeah
40:15i bet you guys have a lot to catch up on
40:19yeah
40:20yeah well she did
40:20she told me all about her weekly trips to the farmer's market
40:23oh and she told me all about her friend linda
40:25who uh has been acting like
40:27and this is in my mother's words
40:29a shrewd bitch with a stick shoved so far a press
40:32yeah i heard about linda
40:33and honestly i agree with your mother
40:35she has to go
40:35how'd you hear about that
40:37that was not on the group chat
40:40nope
40:41i
40:44i am on a separate group thread
40:47with just your mom and jenny
40:49you are unbelievable
40:50wait no stop
40:51to be fair i did not start that one
40:53jenny did
40:54but now i have two of my main sources
40:56for vintage tim photos in the same place
40:58so that's very nice for me
40:59oh my god
40:59okay so do i have to talk to jenny now too
41:01no no
41:02but
41:03if you have that
41:04powder blue prom suit
41:06lying around
41:07that would be nice
41:08okay i'm sure i can
41:10dig it up from somewhere
41:11wow
41:23hello
41:24i'm in the bedroom
41:29i thought you couldn't be over another week
41:30i moved some things around
41:32are you naked under there
41:34100 percent
41:35with the caveat that i have to go back in 36 hours
41:39we can get a lot down in 36 hours
41:41we can
41:46just one
41:48yes sir is everything all right
41:49no
41:52luna and i are in a bad place
41:57i don't
41:58i don't know what our future looks like
42:01i'm here at the hotel bar where i'll be staying for who knows how long
42:06sounds like you need some company i'll be right there
42:08thanks
42:12maybe not right there
42:13hey john
42:15he won't be any more sad in 40 minutes than he would have been in 20
42:18this is true
42:23oh
42:24no
42:58Damn it.
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