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My old drill sergeant... Guys called him crockett...

On account of this coonskin cap he always wore.

He'd always say if his guys walked into an ambush, his platoon coming under fire,

The first thing he'd do is put two bullets right into his radio.

Old crockett said the actual moment...

That he absolutely needed his radio to call for backup,

The damn thing sure as hell wouldn't work anyway.

At least this way, he'd know why.

Gentlemen. [ jonas ] colonel.

The new drug minister of mexico is visiting los angeles...

To engage in high-level talks with the d.E.A...

Over mimosas and such.

You will be in charge of mr. Salazar's protection while he's our guest.

- Sounds like a job for the seals. - And so it would be.

But we have reliable intelligence that the mexican cartel...

Intends to assassinate mr. Salazar while he's on our soil.

- A prospect the president doesn't find appealing. - Will we know who to look for?

Cartels have outsourced the job to someone code-named mongoose.

Speculation is he's pulling the strings, not the trigger.

Full intelligence is waiting for you in the team bay.

I'll be in d.C. Kayla will keep me apprised.

Mack, stay behind.

[ Radio ] ♪ it's the weight of the world ♪

♪ comin' down on me

♪ it's the weight of the world ♪

♪ [ stops ] ♪ [ country on radio ]

Hey, hon. You're home early. Yep.

You taking inventory, or are you going somewhere?

- Going hunting. - We were going to the beach this weekend.

The kids are with my mom. This was our time. I know.

You got something you wanna tell me about?

The old man has ordered me to go away for a little bit, and that's what I'm gonna do.

Ryan's ordered you to go away by yourself.

Why would he do that?

Well, you'd have to ask him that.

♪ [ Continues ]

I shouldn't be gone for more than a couple days.

- Love you. - [ Truck engine starts ]

[ jonas on radio ] gentlemen, look alive. Salazar's coming out now.

That may very well be, but attacking supply makes headlines.

It's the men that... this administration intends...

To fight this plague on all fronts.

Yes, but this administration has made...

[ audio fades out ]

- Gun! - Down! Down!

Down! Down!

[ Tires squealing ]

- [ Tires squealing ] - let's get you inside.

[ Car horn honking ]

- Take the straight... - Line. Got it.

Close the gap. Sí, señor.

- I see you got your license. - Last week.

I got him. I got him.

Out!

Hands on your head.

[ Birds twittering ]

[ Gunshot ]

Let's see if we can't find where your friends went.

You should have cleared it with the agency. That's my family that was involved.

[ Man ] all right. Hold on, mr. Salazar.

Is everybody whole? [ williams ] boss, we got a problem.

After the shooting, a call went out to salazar's family.

He's got a wife, two boys. They're on the way to some theme park.

They got the call to turn around, go back to the hotel.

On the way, they were stopped.

Driver was killed, and the wife and kids were taken.

This was only part of it.

- Who was guarding the family? - Private outfit. Local.

They were cleared by the state department.

If someone told us, we could've protected them too.

No. We had our job, and we did it.

Now that they've been lost, boss is gonna want them found.

[ Woman on radio, indistinct ]

What's this have to do with the department of defense?

Undetermined.

- Two vehicle job. - One to cut them off, second to escape.

Almost looks military. Sloppy, but military.

That would explain the a.K.M.'s the shooters we dealt with were sporting.

- We can trace the truck. - No. They meant to leave it.

Which means they meant for us to chase it down some dead end. No, thanks.

[ Woman on radio, indistinct ]

Someone knew the family's return route, knew to meet them right here.

Inside job.

[ Call and response ] ♪ fired up fired up ♪

♪ twenty-seven fired up ♪

♪ here we go on the road ♪

♪ twenty-seven fired up ♪

♪ fired up fired up ♪

♪ twenty-seven fired up ♪

Problem? Our prisoner.

We're having a bit of a custody dispute.

You tell her anything? Just that he's ours.

Good. Keep it that way.

Bosses want the locals and press kept in the dark about the kidnapping until we find them.

We'll be taking him now.

No way in hell. Not without me talking to your boss first.

Give me your phone.

[ Line ringing ]

[ Operator ] white house switchboard.

Ask for the president. How may I direct your call?

[ Bird twittering ]

[ Grunting, shouting ]

[ Panting ]

Call the office. I want an update from our end right now.

State department's got confirmation...

That the two shooters and our driver are in the mexican army.

- Currently on furloughs. - Presumably on the payroll of the cartels.

This is to intimidate salazar and his government...

From making those reforms they promised.

We do not... Animales.

The kidnappers have contacted my office.

They are demanding the release of 120 cartel prisoners within the next hour,

As well as an end to any new negotiations with the americans.

- So they're just making a point... - or?

Or tonight they will kill camille...

And my two boys.

[ Door opens ] I demand a lawyer, as is my right.

Lawyers are for accused criminals.

You, on the other hand, are a soldier in the mexican army,

Who made the grave miscalculation...

Of invading the United States with woefully inadequate forces.

No. Habeas corpus went out the window for you, friend.

You are a prisoner of war.

[ Woman ] v & m realtors. Hold, please.

Hello. Thank you.

Are you looking for a buyer's agent or a seller's agent?

You gave the armory property to kyle. You gave him the armory listing.

I tried to call you. I brought them in.

We all brought them in. It was a team effort.

And now kyle has the listings. I left you messages.

- I called you back. - After we closed.

The armory people got cold feet. They needed a hug.

I called you first. No answer. So I sent kyle down there.

But I called you first.

- I was with a neighbor of mine. - Well, if your social life got in the way...

Her husband was just killed in combat.

- Well, that's... - I had responsibilities.

I sent kyle to settle them down. Which he did.

They called back and said they wanted to work with him.

These things happen when you've got one foot in...

No. Do not. I'm dedicated.

When you're here. Which, three years later, is still part-time.

The others...

The list price is too low.

At the armory. It's priced too low. The client's satisfied.

It's worth 15, 20% more than that.

- I'll tell kyle. - You do that.

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Grunts ]

Man, I'm no threat to you.

I don't know what you're growin' or brewin' up here, and I don't care.

I'm hurt, and I need help.

I think my shoulder's busted.

Busted shoulder, huh? How'd you do that?

I fell.

Dangerous place to be fallin'.

[ Sighs ] friend, I'm hurt.

If you can't do anything for me, just point me in the right direction.

I'll get out of your a.O.

A.O.?

This isn't anybody's area of operation.

You just have to be careful who's wandering around here these days.

Paratrooper, huh?

In my youth. Well, hell, son. Why didn't you say so?

That counts for a lot of sins.

Come on. I'll get you squared away.

[ Woman ] order whatever you want. It's on me.

No. Oh, don't be ridiculous.

We'll split it. Of course. We'll split it.

No. No, no, no, no. I invited you. I'm paying.

It's a treat to be back with old friends, and have a chance to make new ones.

- So lunch is on me. - Let's see this new house we've been hearing about.

Well, we're half an hour north of san diego,

And only a couple of blocks from the ocean.

- Cynthia. - Oh, it's lovely.

- How... - do we afford it? [ chuckles ]

Andrew's been doing contract work. Kuwait, bolivia.

He was boring himself to tears, flopping around the basement doing woodwork.

So I had to kick his butt back out into the real world.

Mercenary work? Driving, protection.

Same things he was doing in the unit, only not as dangerous.

And the pay... [ scoffs ]

I mean, kim, you're the newbie. How much they starting your husband out at?

$38,600 a year.

Plus combat pay.

And how much is betsy's tuition costing you and jonas this year?

Twenty? A little bit more.

Someone with unit experience makes mid six figures in the private sector.

[ Woman whistles ] [ molly ] well.

Good for you and andrew. That's why we're starting our own company.

We've got contracts in kuwait and saudi arabia.

And we're looking for men to fill them. Unit men.

Pays $300,000 a year to start, and two months vacation time.

What are you doing?

They could all opt out of the unit tomorrow if they want...

Well, except for bob... And come work with us.

Mack wouldn't know what to do with a hundred-dollar bill if you gave him a slide show on it.

[ laughter ] but we would, wouldn't we?

Pay the gas bill, college tuition.

Think about the future. That's why I'm talking to you, not them.

What about the unit, if they all ran off to do contract work?

Andrew's fighting the same war as jonas and the rest of them.

He's just getting paid commensurate to his abilities.

And he's getting treated with respect, and so am I.

I mean, do you have any clue where mack is today? Where he might be next week?

- Of course not. - Wouldn't you like to know?

We all would. But you don't.

And that's no way to run a marriage.

What kind of work would they be doing exactly?

Well, it runs the gamut. And there's always a job waiting.

News?

We were down at the security firm that was running protection on salazar's family.

Turned us on to the driver's fiancée. Uncooperative at first.

The driver was in on it. Gave up the route.

Offered to play along as the terrified victim.

He was supposed to get 25 grand for his troubles.

Got a couple of bullets instead. Life's funny that way.

The girl know anything else? Just that the kidnap team was five strong.

No I.D., no location. Means he's our only link.

Yes, he is.

The president believes this can best be handled by colonel ryan's organization.

And from the standpoint... their job was protection. This is now a kidnapping.

My men have feet on the ground. They're already making progress.

And they can pass on what they've learned to the bureau.

So you can sit on your hands again like that incident in idaho.

- I was not complicitous in the deaths of... - gentlemen. Gentlemen!

The president feels as long as the kidnappings haven't hit the press,

The colonel's covert unit represents the best chance...

Of getting the salazar family back alive.

Should the kidnappings become public, the president will...

Reevaluate our options at that time.

Susan, justice is satisfied that the president's decision is the correct one.

And we will support the department of defense in this matter...

To the maximum of our capabilities.

Rest assured, doug, d.O.D. Will coordinate with...

And cooperate fully with the department of justice.

Let's see if we can resolve it with no more damage being done.

Gentlemen.

[ Door closes ] we won one for our side, tom.

I hope to think we're on the same side, general.

Give and take is essential to the beltway process.

It's how precedence is established. It's how power is wielded.

Sir, I bow to your greater experience.

The army has great things in store for you.

Combat in washington is where the army fights its greatest battles.

You have any ambitions in d.C., tom?

No, sir.

Well, d.C. May still have ambitions for you.

I'll see you at the pentagon in the morning.

[ Cell phone clicks, beeps ]

[ Cell phone beeps ]

Go for blane. All right, jonas. You got the job.

There's no court-martial in my future?

As long as this thing stays secret, it's yours,

Which means we can count on the bureau leaking something any minute.

So put a flame under it. Roger that.

Where do we stand?

We're setting up for voice stress analysis. Good.

Keep checking in. [ cell phone clicks ]

[ Jonas on radio ] test, test, test. I copy.

- Voice stress analysis ready. - And begin.

You are a u.S. Prisoner of war,

And you will be treated according to the articles of the geneva convention.

- Do you understand me? - Sí.

Well, that's spanish for yes. Correct?

Yes. I'm gonna ask you some questions now, miguel.

And you're gonna tell me the absolute truth. You know why that is?

Because you are not a true believer.

Money has been your main motivation today.

Which means your allegiances are subject to change.

I'm here to show you another path.

[ Jonas ] what is your full name?

Miguel horatio dominguez.

How old are you? 26.

- And where are you from? - México.

You're a soldier in the mexican army?

Yes.

[ Monitor beeps ] baseline established.

Proceed with your interrogation.

Who is mongoose?

- I don't know. - Lie.

Is that right? Let's try that one again.

Who is the man code-named mongoose?

If my questions don't produce the truth,

Other accommodations, less pleasant...

You understand me... Can be arranged.

Who is mongoose?

I heard others talk of him, but I don't know who he is.

[ Monitor beeps ] true.

But he is the man in charge of this mission...

To kill senor salazar and kidnap his family?

It is what I heard. [ operator ] true.

Where are your friends holding his wife and two young sons?

I don't know. True.

Where can I find the others involved?

- I don't know. - Lie.

I don't mean to doubt your word,

But that's the second time you've lied to me.

A third time and things will become difficult.

Do you understand me?

- Yes. - True.

I hope you by god do, son.

Now where can I find the others?

We were supposed to meet at 2100 hours tonight...

To leave to mexico together.

- True. - Do they intend to kill the salazar family...

Before they meet you at 2100?

Yes. When they receive the order from mongoose.

[ Beeps ] true.

The last thing this place needs is for you to throw a grenade into the barracks,

Decimating the ranks.

If it's not me, molly, it'll be someone else, and soon.

These men are wanted. They are wanted bad.

And look, we don't just want jonas. We'd like you too.

- For what? - Planning, logistics, payroll, recruitment.

We need operators, and I need help.

I'll pay you $5,000 for any unit members that come over.

5,000 a head? That's right.

Like cattle. That ain't gonna make the money go away, hon.

And what about the wives... Your wives?

What do they do without this community, without the rest of us?

Believe it or not, molly, there is actually life out of the army.

How are you and jonas doing lately?

Great. Really?

What did I just say?

And what about you and andrew?

Never been better. It's like the honeymoon we never had.

Is that right? Yes, it is.

And why is that? Money?

Is that why you're telling me?

It's because we're working together.

For the first time in 20 years, we are sharing the same life.

Does that sound like something?

We need to get a lid on this before people get ideas.

- What we need to do is talk this through. - Talk what...

I want the wives here tonight. I don't like the questions that samantha was asking.

Tiffy, I... where are you going? My trip.

I need you here tonight.

I've got a ticket. The kids are taken care of.

But mack... does that mean I can't go?

I deserve to go, right?

I need you here to help me talk this through.

You don't need me. You'll be fine.

I'll be fine? I know I'll be fine.

What I need is solidarity.

But me... what I need this particular moment...

I need to catch a plane.

[ Car door closes ]

[ man speaking spanish ] we know where they will be.

But only after they kill my family. We still have time.

She asked me not to take this job.

Camille, my wife, she begged me not to take it.

Too dangerous. I convinced her things could change.

I will do everything I can to help you.

[ Door opens ] jonas.

A reporter downstairs. Well, that didn't take long.

Threatening to break the kidnapping angle on the 6:00 news.

She can't do that. She's got the story.

It is a free press. Says who?

Bring her up here. Now.

Uh-huh.

You stay here.

Jack tells me you're injured.

I don't know if it's broke or out of joint, but it hurts like hell.

Well, you've done a good job of immobilizing it.

Let's take a closer look.

Here, sergeant. Put this away for our friend until he's ready to leave.

Please.

Jack, you see, is like the scarecrow.

His function is to frighten away the curious and the casually intrusive.

And like the scarecrow,

He is harmless in and of himself.

And as for your arm, young man,

It is dislocated and not broken.

And if you feel you can bear the discomfort,

I'll put it back in place for you.

[ Mack gasps ] yes?

Keep your elbow at your side. Make a fist.

[ Grunts, shouts ] [ bones cracking ]

Stop! Stop! No good?

That's worse. My apologies.

In the morning, I'll have jack...

Lead you down the mountain to the nearest doctor.

Until then,

Get our friend something to drink.

[ Glasses clink ]

Here she is. No cameras.

Just you. Hey.

What do you know? What do you intend to report?

I know there was an attempt on mr. Salazar's life today.

Two men were killed. A third is presumably in custody.

And now I hear an apparent carjacking is, in reality,

A kidnapping of mr. Salazar's family.

All true, and you can't broadcast any of it. Why not?

Because once news of the kidnapping is made public,

The family will be more valuable to them dead.

Also, if they learn that one of their compatriots is alive and talking with us,

They won't make it to their appointed rendezvous where we will be waiting.

If I found this story, someone else will too.

I'm not letting another station beat me.

I want you to hold off... Two hours.

Only if you let me film their capture. Unacceptable.

But what I do need you to do right now is to report...

That all three shooters were killed this morning.

I am not in the business of lying to my viewers.

Oh. Is that so?

I have a job to do.

I want you to postpone it. Why should I?

Take this card.

Hold onto it.

What is that? No matter how blessed our lives,

How charmed our existence,

Things still inevitably, irrevocably, go wrong.

Your mother's swindled out of her savings.

Your estranged husband runs off with your kids.

Your best friend goes on vacation in a foreign land...

And disappears.

Eventually bad things find us all.

You ever hear of the "get out of jail free" card?

This is a "get out of hell" card.

At some point in your life, god forbid you have nowhere else to turn,

Call that number.

That is why you are going to postpone your job.

Two hours.

♪ [ Piano ]

Pretty good trip to d.C., eh?

Won one for the home team.

Last time I checked, the american people pay both our salaries.

Why don't we just try to give them their money's worth.

Well, that's very poetic. Is it?

That comment you made about idaho was way out of line, do you know? And I will...

Will what?

Bend my dog tags and send me to vietnam?

My boss was unhappy.

And when he's unhappy, he spreads it around.

You guys blow this operation in l.A.,

And I'm gonna be there to jam it in you so deep...

You're gonna taste it in the back of your throat.

I ain't your secretary, bubba.

Save it for somebody that's impressed.

We'll see.

We'll see.

See you around the flagpole, ryan.

You come here often, sailor?

What the hell are you doing here?

I got your invitation. Invitation?

Yeah. Didn't you set things up so that we'd have a few days free?

I...

Room 453.

Used to be military?

I might make the same query of you.

Gets you out of the house.

So homelife is not exactly to your tastes?

You gotta swing your arms every now and again. You know what I mean?

[ chuckles ]

I was afflicted once myself with, uh, homelife.

But I quickly remedied that situation.

[ laughing ]

Sergeant, you may continue your rounds now.

[ Chuckling ] yes, sir.

[ Door closes ]

Now tell me. Who are you exactly?

And why do you show up here on this of all days?

I was lost, major. I got hurt.

[ Screaming ]

[ Continues screaming ]

The truth. It's already broke!

The truth, or that's just a start.

I... I was hunting.

Give me your serial number.

Why? [ shouts ]

Are you for real?

Why in the hell are you hesitating?

- I got a dishonorable discharge! - Did you indeed?

- Yes, sir. I did! - Give me your serial number!

Major, I'm just a fella who was hunting on your mountain,

Broke his shoulder, and... [ screaming ]

Give me your serial number or I will shoot.

Ra-3... 24341924.

You move from this position, I will kill you.

[ Screaming ]

You... you didn't have to do that.

[ Groaning ]

[ radio static ] romeo faction, this is earthwalker. Over.

Romeo faction, this is earthwalker.

[ Radio static ] [ man on radio ] this is romeo faction.

[ Grunts, groans ]

What is the status of plan mongoose?

[ Man speaking spanish ]

[ Groaning ] I need you to run a serial number.

Ra-24341-niner,

24... [ floorboard creaks ]

Hold still. Repeat, hold still.

[ Man speaking spanish ]

[ Static ]

Dog patch, this is dirt diver.

- Dog patch, this is dirt diver. Over. - Go ahead, diver.

Take a back shot of the location and transmissions with the following frequency.

The first location is the same as my present.

The second is the one we are searching for.

That frequency is...

120.362.

Get a location and pass that information on to snake doctor in los angeles.

Roger, dirt diver. Transport's on the way.

Mongoose is in custody. I say again,

Mongoose is in custody.

Radio transmissions have a location down to about a mile from here.

Any idea if the neighborhood's under the influence of these people?

Unknown. That's why grey's got his soccer shoes on. Game on.

[ Train whistle blowing ]

[ Men speaking spanish ] ♪ [ ranchero ]

[ Grey speaking spanish ]

[ grey ] you got two large wooden doors.

Openings are barbwired.

Weapon holes up the front.

- They look ready for a fight. - They may be ready for one, but they don't want this one.

President's given us the green light. How are we gonna do this?

I don't see this turning subtle.

We're gonna need a five-ton flatbed truck. Roger.

And the guy from the power company.

The danger you put me in...

This town... this hotel is filled with people who know me.

You sent for me, tom.

- You're the one ordered mack away so I'd join you here. - What?

Mack and I had planned a weekend, and you ordered him to go away hunting?

To take some time off?

He's on a mission, tiffy. He's working.

He's always on a mission. Isn't that your point?

- Isn't that how we arrange this... - why did you come here, tiffy?

Where is he?

[ Sighs ]

Don't I deserve to know where?

He's on a mission.

He succeeded. He's safe.

He'll be back at the base tomorrow.

Was the mission dangerous?

Yes.

As dangerous as this is for you, tom?

Is this dangerous enough for you?

[ Women chattering ]

Cynthia wants to tear this place down by raiding the unit.

That's not what she's trying to do.

Are you gonna recommend your husband take a job with them?

- Of course not. - Well, I am. I'm gonna tell rick we should take it.

You want him fighting for a corporation instead of his country?

What do you think they're fighting for in iraq?

When he was in afghanistan, I had to go on federal assistance to feed my three girls.

- It doesn't have to be that way. - [ molly ] samantha's right.

It's embarrassing to have to ask for help...

From a government that your husband risks his life for.

- But leaving the unit isn't the solution. - Why not?

Because most of our husbands aren't going to leave even if we ask them to.

- We have to find ways to provide for ourselves. - How?

We all have a little money saved, squirreled, buried.

Am I right? Alone, what are we gonna do with it?

- But what if we pooled it together? - For what?

Real estate. I see two, three properties a week in my office...

Criminally underpriced.

We make some minor improvements. We flip it.

We can all make 20, 30% in a few months.

I don't know.

Doing business with friends? How does that not get messy?

Who would you rather do business with? Your enemies?

We all have to find out what we have a stomach for.

But are we going to let outsiders come in and pick us off one by one?

Or are we going to start taking care of our futures?

Because, lord knows, these men can't look past today with a telescope.

You know when to hit it? Yes, sir. Glad to help.

Good man.

Now this here's a different kind of driving.

I believe I'll manage. Okay then.

Put on our dancing shoes.

[ Speaking spanish ]

Okay. Now.

- [ Gunfire ] - [ grunts ]

[ Woman screams ]

- [ gunfire ] - [ grunts ]

Targets eliminated.

[ Man on radio ] roger. Southbound harbor freeway, south of...

[ woman on radio ] regarding southbound harbor freeway...

Sergeant.

Sergeant, it may not be as valuable as yours,

But I would like for you to have my card.

You lost me here. Uh...

I want to buy the armory property. What?

My friends and me, we're prepared to offer full price.

The price just got raised.

Larry said you thought we underpriced it.

All right. How much more?

$20,000 more? What does that mean?

We need to come up with $4,000 more for a down payment.

It means a bigger loan. It means...

Is it still a bargain? Yes.

Can we still make money? Yes, but...

But what? Is it a good risk?

Yes, it is.

What are we afraid of? Facing our husbands?

Saying we lost some money trying to better ourselves?

What we're really talking about here is risk.

Isn't that what our husbands do when they go to work?

Isn't that what we do every time we send them out?

This is just the same thing.

- Except a lot cheaper for the price. - [ Check rips ]

I'll tell him we'll take it.

What is she, like, six inches taller than you? Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

We're the same height lying down, brother.

In that case, isn't she fatter than you then? Don't hate the player.

You feel it? Top?

Out there with the team... You feeling it yet?

Starting to.

What's better than it? Nothing.

Right. Then you can stand down on your need to impress everyone.

All due respect, sarge.

I gotta start at square one every day with you guys to prove myself.

Up and down. Well, there's some truth in that.

And the fact that you know it is impressive.

You coming on to me, top?

Come over here, sergeant major, and give me a report.

[ Sighs ]

How was the hunting?

I bagged a big one. [ chuckles ]

Is that shoulder bothering you again, babe?

Yeah. I knocked it out of joint again.

God, mack, you gotta stop doing that for $10 bar bets.

This one was worth it.

Here. Let me massage it for you.

How was your weekend?

It was quiet.

Nice tattoo.

Well, it'll wash off in a couple days.

Well, I kind of like it.

I'm gonna make this up to you, tiffy.

I really will.

You promise, mack?

Just us?

And real soon?

You promise?

[ Call and response ] ♪ fired up fired up ♪

♪ twenty-seven fired up ♪