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Your brother, Joe Jr., he's been spotted at nightclubs overseas, clubs that are

known drug scenes.

You seem troubled, honey. Reach out to Elliot.

There's nothing Elliot can do for me now.

Witnesses claim their cars have been hacked.

Detective Tanner, Counterterrorism Bureau. The people behind this are a

that call themselves The Collective.

So the terrorists.

Our message has been heard. It's for the first time people are taking us

seriously.

I can't be a part of this anymore.

I'm not abandoning what we've built.

It's Guy.

I'm ready to talk.

Help!

Someone please help me!

To get an extreme reaction like this means we're getting close.

Where are you going?

Keep working. I'll be back.

Hey, Mom.

So I go into the bodega across from the karate studio, ask for a DVD section.

The guy laughs at me, right? Laughs in my face.

Like, I'm an asshole.

It's like I asked for parchment paper and a quill.

Ma? Ma!

Ma! Are you okay?

Joey came.

And I told him.

He's come for help.

Yeah, I need an ambulance.

I need an ambulance.

Hey, Mom.

I'm sorry, A -Song, but I'm afraid it's time.

Randall.

Randall. Randall!

What happened?

I don't know. I found her on the ground. She was struggling to breathe. Where

the hell were you?

I was out getting movies for our movie night. When I got back... How is she? I

don't know.

Can we see her? They're working on her right now.

All we can do is wait.

There has to be some sort of treatment that you haven't thought of. Maybe a

trial or something?

We've done everything we can at this point, but given her current condition,

hospital has unfortunately deemed that no further treatment can be justified.

So you justify murder?

Excuse me? I thought you were supposed to treat the patient, not the numbers.

I understand you're upset, and I'm sorry.

We'll do our best to keep your mother comfortable.

I won't let this go unanswered.

We're taking your mom to get her a cardiac ultrasound.

So it's definitely her heart then? It could be a number of things. We won't

for sure until we perform more tests.

I'll come get you in the waiting room when we're done.

Hey, there's something else I got to tell you.

When I found her on the floor, she said Joe Jr. had come to see her.

Stop. You don't know her mind. I don't think it was the dementia.

She was absolutely sure.

Joe's back.

How's it looking?

It'll be ready.

Who's keeping track of her meds? It's important to give them a list so they

what she's taking.

Randall has it.

Morning, Kathleen.

How is she?

They're still doing tests, and we should know something soon.

I can take over if you want to go get something to eat.

No, I could stay for a while. Oh, forget it. Listen, all your glaring is scaring

away the staff.

What are you talking about glaring? That's all you do is glare, and they

do their job.

Dad, he's got a point.

You are kind of intense.

Wow. I wasn't glaring, by the way. Now, look, the second you hear anything, I

want to know. Got it? Of course. Get out of here. Go.

Dean's office said they have never had a problem with their electronic locks or

key cards before.

Well, that means someone remotely hacked the system and locked the guy in the

classroom. Hey.

Hey. Any news on your mom?

Uh, nothing to report, but your new BFF Randall sends his love. Hey, you should

be at the hospital.

And my family's got a rotation. What do you got?

We were just going over the details of Skye Johnson's death. It looks like

found a source for the explosion.

What do you mean explosion?

I thought she was killed by fire. No, the fire started after the classroom

computers exploded.

Now, the working theory is that someone likely physically tampered with the

lithium batteries and then remotely detonated them after Skye was in the

classroom. We need to slow down. What do you mean likely? Take me step by step

everything you have.

This is the security cam footage from inside the classroom.

So what am I looking for? Just wait for it.

Don't shut down the camera. Yeah, for 17 minutes.

Plenty of time for somebody to get in there and tamper with the batteries.

And it was right after she called us.

You got footage of anyone going in and out of that building around that time?

Every interior and exterior camera shut down at exactly the same time. Well,

that's no glitch. Then it's not a coincidence.

Agreed. Where are we with finding her family?

Both her parents passed away a couple years ago. The rest of her family is on

the West Coast.

Circle, circle.

She was very insular. Seems to have spent most of her time at the school and

her apartment in Queens.

Let's go for a ride.

Miss Johnson was a good tenant.

Always a friendly smile, paid her rent on time, and kept to herself like

everybody these days.

Let me know when you're done. I'll lock up. Thank you.

Well, if there was ever any doubt, she was in the collective.

These are the protests that they staged in Chicago and L .A.

Check us out.

You recognize anyone?

Huh. Gemma Powell and Tyler Pearson.

So she did know our victims.

This one looks recent.

Hmm.

This guy's familiar.

Although I can't place him.

Well, Vargas, do facial recognition.

Try and get a name.

Hmm.

6088. It's her signature.

She certainly had talent.

Hmm.

This is the same guy.

This?

Boyfriend, maybe?

Whoever he is, he's important to her.

Any luck yet? Still running face recognition on the guy with paint on his

But this guy, I've never had to match a face to a cubist portrait before. Neo

-cubist. What's the difference?

If you find us a match in town, we'll be happy to spend the day explaining it to

you. Well, I did have some luck with this photo.

They didn't just have Berkeley in common. The SRA is an upstart protest

that they were all part of. Like a precursor to the collective?

Yeah, they call themselves the Society for Resistant Art.

Okay, run the names of anyone who's associated with that group. Find out if

anyone lives in New York now.

Oh, we got a match for our paint guy.

It goes by the name of Max Sherman.

A misdemeanor for chaining himself to a tree a few years ago, but other than

that, he's clean.

Sounds like someone who would be associated with a group like the

Want to start it? Well, here is his DMV mugshot.

And according to public records, he works as a robotics engineer at

Zipchow.

Holy hell.

He knew you'd seen him somewhere before.

I sure did.

What are you doing here? I pulled up in front of my place and found the cops at

my door.

Did they follow you here?

Don't think so, but I ditched my phone just in case.

Smart.

I don't know how, but they figured out that I'm involved in this.

Relax.

Everything's under control.

Is that you or the cook talking?

We've been through some things this past year, haven't we?

Created the collective from nothing.

Turned it into this living, breathing thing.

And now we're on the precipice of greatness.

Whatever happens, whatever comes next, I

know I can totally rely on you to see it through.

Can't I?

I was thinking, maybe we should lay low until things calm down. No, Max.

Nothing changes.

Just do your job. Too risky.

What about the car?

I am the cause!

You need to get out of here.

Take the fire escape so no one sees you.

Go.

Hi. Hi.

Hey. She was awake for a bit, but had a little bit of a setback.

The EKG and other tests suggest it's a heart arrhythmia. Mm -hmm.

The procedure may be needed, but they won't know for sure until they get more

imaging in the morning.

But at least they know what it is. Yeah.

I ain't holding up.

I'm actually okay.

I'm just worried about you and Uncle Raymond.

How come?

I just want to make sure that you both are grasping that Grandma's 92

years old.

Mm -hmm.

And I've been reading this book that has been very helpful for preparing for the

loss of a loved one.

It's called Embracing the Sunset. And it walks you through this process of

letting go.

Honey, we're very Catholic.

We hold on to family as tight and as long as we can until the good Lord puts

hand over ours.

lets us know that he'll take it from here.

So I think I'll know when to let her go.

But thank you.

I'm sorry.

Hey, somebody got something.

Well, Tanner went to Sherman's place, but he wasn't there.

So I tracked him going into the Maru Karaoke Lounge. And it is not just any

karaoke bar.

It is owned by someone named A. Soon Gan.

And you are not going to believe who it is.

Sending you his DMV photo now.

It's the guy in Sky's portrait.

Yes, indeedy. I'm going to call Tanner. You call Captain Pierce at Bomb Squad.

Tell him Detective Stabler requests quiet assistance at the location. I'll

out to him and brief him later. Bye.

I got to run.

Okay.

Keep me updated. I love you.

You got it.

You're still the only detective who gives me an order and I say hi -hi.

I can see you too, Sean. Captain, Detective Tanner.

We have a warrant.

We don't know what the building is being used for, but we know what this crew is

capable of. Our guys haven't seen any obvious signs of explosives from out

I say we go for it.

Let's go.

Bomb squad.

Bomb. What's your name?

Nathan Gann.

Do you need a pen and pad? I can spell it out for you. A lot of people butcher

it.

You got ID?

Sure.

Nope.

Reaching for my wallet.

Not a nuclear warhead back there.

Oh, hi. You must be looking for these.

Supposed to residue check, I assume?

Our friends are going to be searching your bar.

This is for you.

It's called a warrant.

Well, in that case, be my guest.

Shouldn't you be out looking for real criminals?

It's a dangerous city out there.

Anything could happen.

What would go to you?

Lead the way.

You recently took over ownership of the karaoke bar from your mother.

That's right.

I made some updates.

Took out the carpeting, the cigarette machine.

Why'd she give it to you?

She got tired of wannabe singers who couldn't carry a tune.

She likes to own buildings, not run them.

A real immigrant success story.

Where's your mother now?

She returned home.

And your father, where's he?

Don't know, don't care.

Prick ran out on us when I was a baby. Fuck him.

You bring me down here to talk about my family?

You know a man named Tyler Pearson?

Wow.

Haven't heard that name in a minute.

Yeah, he and I were part of an artist group back in college.

Tyler was killed in an explosion the other night.

Wow. I saw something on the news that...

That was Tyler?

Yeah, that was him.

Who else was in this artist group of yours?

Mostly painters who thought they could change the world with art.

We were naive.

Tyler had real talent.

Could have made a name for himself with his work, but instead he sold out and

got into that NFT shit.

And made a small fortune.

Behind every fortune lies a great crime.

Honoré de Balzac.

How about Gemma Powell? Is she in this artist group, too?

Damn, another name from the past.

What's Gemma got to do with anything?

What do you know about her? A friend. We painted together, lost track after

college.

I think she runs her own art gallery.

She was seriously injured in that citywide electric car hijacking. Her

assistant, Julia Ortiz, died in the crash.

Good Lord.

Seriously? Mm -hmm.

When was the last time you and Gemma spoke?

Must have been 10, 11 years ago.

Hmm. Well, not too long ago, Gemma wrote you.

Your work feels derivative and uninspired and comes across as more

original. I'm afraid it's not a fit for our gallery.

She didn't think my art was a good fit for the gallery. Yeah.

So what?

I'm not the first artist to get a rejection letter.

What about Sky Jonathan?

Did she reject you too before she burned to death in her classroom?

Why is it all these people around you keep getting into accidents?

Is that what I'm being accused of?

Bad luck?

Well, maybe look at it this way.

Tyler's part of your artist group.

But he breaks off and makes a heck of a lot of money. He winds up dead.

Gemma, she basically calls you an uninspired copycat and she winds up

injured. When Skye breaks up with you, starts talking to us, winds up dead.

She did.

You're just a couple of functionaries looking for easy answers so you can run

home and drink yourselves to sleep.

Are we done here?

It's weird.

He's hiding something.

He acts like he's sitting on three aces.

He could have walked in any time. Why didn't he?

He's smart enough to know we don't have anything to arrest him with. He likes

the attention.

Likes the cat and mouse game.

He's stalling for time.

After he mentioned Balzac, I went back to the shareware website where my old

code was downloaded from to see who had accessed it, and one of the downloaders

goes by the handle Balzac6088.

6088. That's Guy Johnson's art signature.

Well, a handle on a website is not enough for an arrest, though.

What's up?

It's my mother.

Look, everything this guy does is through a filter of anger and a sense of

grievance. It's personal, and I think that's the key. Just keep pushing that

button until he decides to walk, and I'll check in with you later, okay?

Okay. Good work.

When do they want to operate?

They're saying tomorrow.

They're not fooling around.

You know, there's no small procedures at my age.

The surgeon warned that there's a chance things don't work out.

Do you know she has a DNR?

I thought you would know.

You don't talk about that kind of stuff.

You know, no one warned us we'd have to make these decisions.

I mean, shit just got real.

I mean, it was real before, but you know what I'm saying? Real.

Yeah. Look, I'm going to be honest. I don't know what to do here.

Ah, come on. Mom's going to outlive us all, right?

Hey, Randall. Yeah?

When Mom fell, if you hadn't been there.

Damn it. Don't get small -t on me. Listen to me.

I want you to know that I appreciate you being here.

I've missed you.

If I mistake, then it's over.

You mean over.

You can't help yourself, can you? No, I didn't mean over. I meant like, you

know, just, you know.

All right, Joe Jr.

Okay. In the sake of argument, let's just say he is in town, okay?

What's your deal with him?

Oh, great.

More pep talks about hitting quotas and profit margins.

I wonder if they tend to laugh.

He wanted to be a CI.

My CI. I know what a confidential informant is. A CI for what?

For that shady business we suspected he was involved in. Christ, you turned our

baby brother into a... You turned him into anything. He came to me and

he wanted to go undercover.

What kind of shady business are these guys into?

They're international smugglers.

Mostly drugs and weapons.

It's very difficult to trace. He was already on the inside.

I think he was tired of the game and he wanted to make things right for himself.

Maybe with us.

What do you got? Six dead.

And we've confirmed that every hospital in the city had this symbol on their

screens at the exact same time. This hospital had the bomb. Exactly.

It's like the collective's other attacks. They use protests and spectacle

way to cover for their intended target.

I've been doing a deep dive into all the victims.

Nothing in their personal lives appears to connect to Gant.

What about the hospital itself?

Not as far as I can tell.

How about Gant's relatives in the hospital?

At the end of the interview... Yeah.

Gan, he started checking his watch every couple minutes. Seemed almost giddy.

And then right after 3 p .m., that's when he walked out.

What time did the bomb go off?

3 .04.

You know, if our aspiring terrorists aren't building the bomb at the bar,

the hell are they doing it?

Okay, uh, got something.

55 -year -old Korean female died at the hospital earlier this week. But, uh,

doesn't match.

Last name's Choi.

It's the same name on the building title of the karaoke bar. And Gant said that

his father walked out on them. It would make sense that his mother went back to

using her maiden name. Well, her primary position is this guy. It's Dr.

Arden Stokel.

He's the one closest to the blast.

Could have been payback for not being able to save his mom.

Gives us motive.

Okay, I need you to connect Gant to the hospital hack of those computer screens.

On it.

Why don't you go home and get some rest? No, I'm fine.

And by rest, I mean sleep.

Marcus and I can do the graveyard shift.

Go home.

Sleep.

Hey.

Stay vigilant.

These guys aren't done yet.

If you need me, I'll be at the hospital.

Sorry, Mom.

Joey!

What are you doing up there, sir?

Yeah, I just went for a better blanket.

You didn't see a orderly, did you?

Not at all.

Wings of Ghost Town. You want this?

You sip on it? A little bit.

How's mama?

Sleeping like the angel she is.

You all right?

Yeah, just a little tired.

The couch over there if you want to close your eyes for a bit. I'm okay.

Don't you ever sleep?

Sleep's overrated.

I also tend to over -caffeinate.

But if I crash, you better watch out.

Thanks for the heads up.

All right, you want anything from the fridge?

Nah, I'm good, thanks.

Oh, that's weird.

Something wrong?

Yeah, I missed a call from Stabler. Hey, something interesting turned up at the

scene of the hospital bombing.

I'll meet you there.

Sounds somewhat promising.

Yeah, I'll keep you posted.

I'm not going anywhere.

Hi. Sorry for the 5 a .m. call.

You find something?

Unfortunately, no.

I'm calling because I never heard back from Tanner.

What are you talking about? She went to the hospital last night to meet you, but

she never got back to me. It's been almost three hours.

Wait a minute.

Meet me?

About the evidence you mentioned and the voicemail message you left her.

Vargas, I never left Tanner a message.

Is someone there?

There's a bomb under me.

Back away.

Call 911.

Call 911.

No sign of forced entrance to their apartment.

You got anything?

Tanner's NYPD phone's still offline.

Any way you can access her voicemail?

It should be archived on the department's internal database.

Let me pull it up.

Hey, something interesting turned up at the scene of the hospital bombing.

I'll meet you there.

I was convinced.

Captain Pierce, what's up?

I'll be right there.

Vargas, we gotta go. Now.

Captain?

What's the situation?

How's she doing?

She's rattled, but otherwise okay.

Those four are mannequins attached to fake bombs, but the one on the tanner is

real and it's live.

Can you defuse it?

We're dealing with an encased shrapnel device fused to a lithium battery with

some kind of computerized receiver.

I've never seen something like it.

It's gonna take some time to figure out how to defuse it.

Captain, this is Kyle Vargas.

The hackers that are behind this, they're using his codes. I think he's

bet to deactivate that bomb.

Hacking the bomb's computer isn't the problem.

It's making sure that I don't accidentally trigger any defensive

They may have coded into it that would, you know, trigger the timing sequence.

Activation would be bad, so don't do that. Copy that.

Okay, I'm going to take a look at the bomb's timing mechanism.

A man should be ready in 45.

Cap, what do you mean, 45?

It's time to get suited up.

I don't think we have much time.

We have to make that time.

Like I said, I get my men ready, we go on my order.

Give me that flak, miss.

Yeah.

Sleepy's up.

Yeah.

Check. Yeah.

Wait, you're not gonna... Up to you.

All the networks are carrying it, and we're going viral on social.

As soon as we have a big enough audience, get ready to detonate.

When will that be?

Soon, Matt.

Soon.

Hey, Stabler? Go for Stabler.

I managed to get into the bomb's computerized device, and I'm seeing

activity. What does that mean?

The bomb's online.

They can remotely detonate it any time they want.

Everyone's amped up.

Ready to detonate? I can't.

I want as many people as possible to see this.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

I do the short straw.

You good?

Besides a full bladder, great.

Shouldn't you have a bomb suit on?

I didn't want to alarm you.

Pierce explained the deal to you?

Yeah, I think I get it. Cut me out, bad things happen, disconnect the bomb, bad

things happen.

So you got the idea?

Yeah, loud and clear.

You gonna get me out of here?

Marcus, let's do this.

You son of a bitch.

You and I are gonna have a talk when this is over.

Yeah, I thought you were gonna say that, Captain.

Let's start by getting a good look at the device.

What do you see behind it?

All right.

We got six batteries.

Twelve cylinders.

Four wires that go into each cylinder, two wires that go into each battery.

Copy that.

Whenever you're ready, I'm going to need you to remove the cover to the

receiver. Now, I am betting there is a keypad inside that they use to program

the bomb.

Copy. Removing the cover.

Opening up the box.

Shit.

Problem? I was expecting a simple zero through nine keypad, so password's going

to be a bit trickier than I expected.

All right, so what do I do now?

That's interesting.

What?

Seems like we've got a mouse in the house.

Trying to jam our signal, but it's amateur hour and it's code is shit.

Typical cops.

Keep the cops out.

It's almost showtime, people.

I feel like he's trying to kick me off the signal, but I've got a few more

tricks up my sleeve.

Where are we at, guys?

Sorry, just give me a minute to think, okay?

Vargas, we don't have a minute.

Hey, Vargas?

Vargas, can you hear me? No.

Vargas, they're just going to be using a copy of whatever it is that they stole

from you in the first place, right?

Son of a bitch.

I think we have enough eyes on us.

Ready when you are.

We're going viral.

People are watching.

We've come to the big climactic moment.

What are you doing?

I blocked their signal, but I'm not sure how long I can keep them off.

I'm going to try a Hail Mary, but something Tanner just told me.

Fabler, as soon as I get the deactivation code, I need you to punch

You ready?

All right.

Hold on a second.

Listen,

whatever happens, it's going to be fine, okay?

Thanks.

All right, guys.

You guys better figure this out quick.

We're going to have to go old school.

Okay, just give me a hold on a few more seconds.

Trust me unless you copycat sons of bitches.

Ready for the code?

Give it to me.

Multiple agencies dealing with the situation.

Multiple experts analyzing the situation.

What's

wrong?

I'm not sure.

Blow the fucking bomb, Mac!

Screen's gone to black.

What the fuck is happening?

Remember that old code you stole to take over the cars and bots?

What about them?

They stole it back and used it to take over our citizens.

You said they were fucking amateurs.

I don't know how, but they tricked us.

I'm sorry, A .G.

It's over.

Bomb has been rendered safe.

I repeat, the bomb has been rendered safe.

Get her off that thing.

Okay.

Thanks.

everyone's like all their hard drive what all -time record all day that they

don't like the product and i think

they have a lot of hands up heads up heads up heads up that's

right

But you're the corn for him, asshole.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor. I'll see you, cellmate.

Never!

What's the latest?

She just got out of surgery a little while ago. And? And when she woke up,

insisted on speaking to her least favorite son.

So you two had a nice talk?

Shut up, jackass.

We better go see where Kathleen gets here and starts barking orders.

Oh.

Oh,

my. Go easy on yourself, will you?

I just wish somebody put a little gin in it.

Now we know where it comes from.

You know, the doctor said your heart ablation procedure was a big success.

Oh, good.

Does that mean I can go home now?

We're just waiting on someone to officially discharge you.

Oh, I see.

I want to say something to all of you. I want to thank you.

I mean, if this had been my time, I'm at peace with all

of it.

I really am.

I had a really good life.

Don't talk like that, Grandma.

No, it's true.

I mean, just looking at your faces.

I savor every moment with you.

I'm going to try and find someone to help us check out. I'll be back in a

minute.

Um, you want anything from the cafeteria, Uncle Randall?

Uh, no. Actually, I'm good. Thanks, Kathleen.

Be right back.

Where's Joey?

Why isn't he here?

Joe Jr.'s in Europe, remember?

No, he came to the apartment. I told you I saw him at the apartment.

Why wouldn't he be here now?

Get some rest, Mom, okay?

You okay, Dad?

Yeah, I'm good. Thanks.

Come on.

Let's go for a walk like old times.

I'd like that.

Someday, many, many years from now, when you are 92 and in the hospital.

I'll be there for you. The whole time.

Then I'll leave the self -help book at home.

Yeah.

Hey, have I ever told you how proud I am to be your daughter?

I love you.

I'm sorry.

Detective Stabler.

It's me.

Joey. I don't have long.

Am I okay?

Yeah, yeah.

How are you?

I'm good enough.

Listen, no matter what happens, and it's going to happen soon now, Elliot, know

that I love you.

I made my own choices.

No, no, no, Joey, listen to me. I can bring you in. I can protect you. I can

you out of whatever the hell's going on here.

Just know that I love you.

Joey.

Grandma was right.