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Hey, you're not nervous I'm going to embarrass you in front of your old captain, are you?

Of course not. I don't know why I'm so anxious.

Russ has always been one of my biggest champions.

He's the one that pushed me to go to Officer Kennedy's squad for my first tour.

Well, I'm sure he's not coming all the way to L.A.

so that he could tell you he's disappointed in you.

I just wish he would give me some sort of idea what this is about, but that's Russ.

There she is!

Hey, Russ! It's so good to see you!

Ah!

Okay.

John Nolan.

Colonel Russell Wilkes, please, call me Russ.

It's a pleasure to finally meet the man behind the story.

Yeah, likewise. Sit down.

I really appreciate you being here, John.

No, I didn't give away too much over the phone, but what I'm here to discuss would affect both your lives.

Seems only fair to include you in the conversation.

The SecDef has tasked me with putting together a working group inside the Pentagon.

Wow.

A team of my own choosing, they would spearhead bring the battlefield medicine in the 22nd century.

It's the most consequential assignment in my career, and you were the first person I'm asking

to be a part of this.

I mean, it's an honor just to be nominated.

Totally.

Russ is a genius.

He could recruit anyone for this working group, and the fact that he called me first,

I mean, that's, that's pretty great.

Yeah, 100%, that's so cool, but, I mean, our life is perfect right now.

There's no way we're messing that up.

No way.

It's perfect.

Police, get down!

This is Bailey Noon, L.A.S.D.

I need an R-A to Central Station Market.

We have a male GSW victim, he's been shot in the head, in the back.

Two suspects, black hoodies, masks, and pants, one headed east towards Broadway, in pursuit

of second suspect.

Move, move!

Move, move!

Move, move!

Move, move!

why are you texting me when i'm right here letting you sleep that's sweet wait are you looking at

real estate we have to upgrade we need more room a second tub a closet that fits all our clothes

i mean yeah sure that would be nice but we created our family here which i love but now we're bursting

at the seams and mama's ready to crack open that trust fund and get crazy i'm not sure i like the

sound of that tough we have money uh no we have some money but housing prices in a layer insane

i guess it couldn't hurt to see what's out there i love that you've learned to roll with me rather

than resisting yes you have successfully broken my spirit yay

quickie before the kiss might go oh um

mom come here

too late i like this one i bet you could hang a swing set from that tree right there in the back

that was my favorite until i saw this it has a pool and a gym and a screening room wait hold up

you got screening room kind of money depends on which one of us you ask wesley is the king of

frugality so he would definitely say no but i lived on credit cards until i met him so i'm way more

comfortable pushing the envelope hey nolan did you tell officer hart that the shooters last night were

furries no i said they were wearing hoodies are you taking the case yeah do you mind just walking

us through it yeah uh bailey and i were coming back from dinner at central station market date night no

her former commanding officer came to offer her a job uh pentagon think tank wow you really married

outside of your league i know right so is she gonna take it no uh it would mean relocating to dc so

it's a non-starter for us i mean it might be a non-starter for you but i guarantee that your

overachiever of a wife is seriously thinking about it no actually she was laughing it off when we

talked about oh my god she's actually thinking about it seriously okay well no no if that's

something she really wants to do relocating to dc could be cool it's not i spent time there during

my joint ops days it took me about three weeks to unclench every time i came home thank you for

that insight so any clarity on the victim fred wilson 48 cpa married no kids no criminal record making him

unlike the candidate for a targeted assassination is there anything else about the shooters that you

didn't give heart sorry i did not get a good look at them what about cctv anything there they were

pretty covered up but take a look at this

uh looks like glitter's sf that would make him southern front no visible tattoos on the second

shooter huh yeah so why would a member of a white supremacist gang partner up with a black man to

execute a civilian in broad daylight told you he'd spot it you trained him well could be that our

innocent cpa was helping the southern front to launder money or maybe he had a drug problem and

owed them money we're trying to get the me to rush the talk screen but he's dodging our calls

oh say no more i'll go deliver the ask in person let me collect my boot

hey do you know what this is an iron you know what it's not a machete i am due in court in two hours

to testify about a man attacking people on a bus with a machete okay something must have got switched

around the evidence locker we'll figure it out no no the case is time not waived if we don't find

it fast that psycho is going to be let free okay have you told the prosecutor no it's wesley and i am

just trying to keep him in blissful ignorance as long as possible help me that's the case number no i

know but it's wrong the case number isn't wrong the item might be wrong but numbers are just numbers

fine um so the point is i have to be at court uh and and i need that machete like asap case number

oh okay uh we're not gonna find it by using the case number the numbers got switched well if you

don't have the case number then i can't help you oh wesley's gonna kill me it's uh relax maybe it's

just a typo right the first eight numbers are the date the crime was on january 20th try 2010-2026

try 0201-2026

wow 2001-2025

are you sure you use the new data entry procedure we changed it a few months ago of course i did i keep

but i wasn't the one who logged the entry because you wouldn't approve the overtime i had smitty do

it

what the hell is your problem uh good morning i have bent over backwards to treat you well and

this is how you'd be paying me i don't i'm sorry i don't know what's happening right now like hell

you know your little innocent act would be a lot more believable if they weren't in your office

just know this if you go through with it i will do everything in my power to absolutely destroy you

hi who are you what are you doing in my office and why has it sent vivian into a rage spiral rita

sanchez this is bradley worth we work with the democratic party and we want you to run for district

attorney and now it makes sense that's a hard no for me by the way but thanks for stopping by look

you obviously know that vivian eckhart's running on a post since del monte dropped out of the race

yeah but that was a month ago why come to me now candidly we've been having a hard time finding

someone to take up his mantle

so i'm your last choice hardly

look mr evers i wish there was time for us to do our usual dance of seduction and ego stroking but

as you rightly pointed out we're up against it the deadline to enter this race is in three days and

vivian becoming da is worst case scenario for the people of the city i mean she has the most

regressive record in your office oh i agree but there's zero chance of me beating her i was

temporarily disbarred because of your dealings with elijah stone we know yeah and we are prepared

to embrace that i mean you're a hero who put his life and career on the line to take down a very

dangerous kingpin voters love a man who's willing to stand up for what's right not to mention you're

married to a cop which automatically makes you a more attractive candidate to anyone worried that

progressive means soft on crime look i don't want vivian to win any more than you do but i but

nothing a vivian victory will hurt a lot of people and right now you're our last hope at stopping her

it may be a long shot but isn't it worth the risk

i thought you didn't have time to stroke my ego

you have to let me see i don't actually on tv the family has to identify the body yeah we don't do

that anymore that's right ma'am it's no longer policy but trust me it's for the best seeing your loved

one like that it it changes how you remember them forever i don't understand fred was a saint why

would someone want to kill him well that's what we're trying to figure out he's really dead

yes ma'am i'm afraid so and we are so sorry for your loss okay thank you

thanks for the assist grief makes people a little crazy and i don't like dealing with

them when they're normal why you work with the dead i suppose

uh anything jump out at you the preliminary autopsy no a run-of-the-mill gun homicide the

bullet to the head killed him instantly but the shot to the body was fatal as well any signs of

drug use no but the the talk screen is underway i'll let harper and lopez know the second it comes in

perfect thank you very much i once had a widower insist on seeing his wife's body back when i was in

sugarland ended up suing the city for mental anguish did he win no case got dismissed when he was

convicted of her murder wow hi hi it's all it's all good she's she's fine i'm fine yeah i can see

that but two minutes ago you were grieving i'm still grieving it manifests itself in unknowable ways

right but you brought your boyfriend to help you identify your husband's body well i needed emotional

support she's very sensitive yeah well you can emotionally support each other on the way to the

station let's go oh this way yes put your hands down yes sir wow i know this looks bad understatement

your husband was murdered and in less than 24 hours you were getting busy with your side piece down the

hall from his body i didn't even want to be there uh i told faith it would look weird but she insisted so

you were just trying to be a good boyfriend todd is a terrible boyfriend he's a lot of fun but anything

that requires emotional depth okay what about fred what was he like he was always super cool any time

that i came by you're saying fred knew about the affair it wasn't an affair it was an open marriage

the whole thing was fred's idea i wanted a little bit of peace is it possible that todd wanted you all to

himself listen listen i am twice divorced i am still paying alimony to the first i am not trying to put a

ring on it there's a reason why todd is divorced todd is a good time like coney island fred on the other

hand was deep and soulful and romantic like paris coney island is fun to visit but you don't move there

over her paris what do you think i think people are crazy but neither of them is a physical match for the

shooters still doesn't rule out murder for hire yeah did you put wesley up to this no idea what you're

talking about but if it's pissing you off i'm happy to take credit if he insists on moving forward

i can't guarantee that i'll be able to keep you out of the crossfire

did she just threaten me sure seems like it but why no idea but i'm gonna find out oh husband

you only call me husband when you're mad what did i do you tell me vivian just stopped by

she told you i was running for da wait you're running for da since when no wait it got sprung

on me this morning what does that mean some people came to talk to me about taking over sean's campaign

and you told them no i did initially but uh now you're thinking about it i mean i'd at least like

to discuss it but i am supposed to be my way to court right now only lucy texted to tell me that our key

piece of evidence is missing so is there any chance that we just table this until tonight fine but only

because yelling at you in the bullpen might come across as unprofessional thank you i love you

everything okay are you free for dinner tonight it depends can i bring james as long as you tell

him he has to be team lopez on the penalty of death uh we'll be sure to prep him i remember lucy gave

me the machete and i logged it like i always do okay so that right there is the problem smitty the

system changed most of the world uses day month year month day year was causing all of these issues

for us with our international cases which is why we switched you know didn't you read the memo

sorry wait i just heard that out loud of course you didn't important memos are always covered

in the roll call why do i have a panicked ada knocking on my door to ask for my help to find a

missing machete because smitty wasn't listening when you went over the change and how we filed case

numbers what the day month year thing yeah i didn't go over it my last day as watch commander was crazy

i left it for you to do i thought you handled it oh it's not my fault it's yours everyone got the memo

it's still your fault smitty well it's still on him for trusting me i didn't trust you i thought he

covered it and i just didn't follow up i can't believe i dropped the ball i don't care whose

fault it is i need the machete smitty used the old system right try zero one twenty twenty twenty six i

i can't it's a drop down menu there's no 20th month once you can enter the 20th month but you can't

retrieve the 20th month correct no that's wrong it shouldn't work that way but that is how it works

wesley says the judge is losing his patience if you can't produce the evidence he's prepared to

dismiss the case guys this is bigger than one case everything smitty log has been misfiled going back

two months did the widow shed some light uh not exactly but her doorbell cam did this is from two

days ago the car is registered to a writer frost known member of the southern front well that tattoo is

a match definitely could be our shooter any idea who the other fella is not yet but it's tasked for 54

street gang besides the racial element don't sf and the five four compete for the same meth business they

did up until a few months ago when the armenians pushed southern front further into the valley but

they are certainly not allies they case the garage but not the house any idea what they were looking

for we've got a last known for ryder we're hoping you go ask him

wait

control the pursuit of sus and back at dream royal lake apartments some backup

come on come on

come on

rider there's nowhere to go put your hands on your head down on your knees

oh

i'm sorry are these cases from the future apparently the system didn't know what to do with month 20 and

so it just made the math work and 12 months plus eight is august 20 27. cases from 21st become

september of next year and so on this is unbelievable the judge granted a continuance but we need the

machete by noon tomorrow yep don't worry we will have it i'll stick around i feel responsible it's

completely on me i'm sure to clarify you are on your way out okay you guys are both spartacus okay

let's please start opening the boxes are you coming no

russ i thought you had a flight to catch i do but i couldn't leave l.a without making one last appeal

well i guess you better come in then thank you

really made a nice life for yourself here noon i can uh i can see why you'd hesitate before giving

it up but anything i can say to convince you can i ask why i'm not a doctor or a scientist i don't have a phd

why are you asking me maybe you've been around long enough to know that having a few extra letters

after your name doesn't make you a genius i also know that if i bring you a problem you won't rest

until you've looked at it from every conceivable angle twice before bringing me a solution what if

i can't find a solution hell girl that's why they call it a think tank does me no good to have a bunch

of identical people with identical viewpoints looking in identical directions baseball team can't be all

pitchers need somebody to play shortstop all right i miss my flight if i don't get going so you know

take a few days to think about it talk it over with your man and call me i will

you know if you don't want the job because it's not the right fit or the right time that's fine i get

it but deciding that you're not good enough before somebody else can that's the coward's way

i know you're not a coward no sir i'm not

giddy up

yeah all right okay thanks for the update suspect in the central station market shooting fell to his

death that's awful yeah i got that he was an action hero trying to leap between two buildings

any leads on the second shooter no but the brass has been blown on my phone you know a guy falls

to his death in a police pursuit everyone's got questions captain always a pleasure

i do not miss that i don't think i've seen him sleep more than four consecutive hours since he took

this job i know being sidelined for the president's visit shook him up

and even though it was more of a cya decision by the brass an indictment on his performance the

optics weren't great for him do you think you should be worried i think that watch commander is a

thankless job you're not in the field but you're responsible for every knucklehead that is patrol

officers want resources you can't give them the brass expects results that you realistically can't

produce and when there's bad press and they're looking for a head to roll right i didn't think of it

that way because i made it look easy you'll get the hang of it

the machete yes i gotta i gotta call wesley i'll wait a beat on that

hey that sounds horrible it wasn't pretty that's for sure nolan and i barely had time to twist before

it was all over oh so where does that leave the case still trying to id the second shooter

hey did you know the armenians pushed the southern front's mass trade deeper into the deeper into the

valley yep happened a few months ago that's what i read every gang report the department puts out and

i haven't seen anything about that yeah see those reports only get you so far i mean the best

information is usually through word of mouth which is great for me because i know people from all over

the city well how can i compete with that when i just got here it takes time to cultivate that kind

of trust true but i mean you'd be shocked by what some of these low-level game makers put on social

media the ellie gang subreddit is a great resource look i gotta stay up anyway i've got a 2am zoom date

with raj why don't i show you some of my favorite accounts to follow who knows you might see something

on writer all right let's go coach i'm ready hey good to see you you too how you doing i thought we

might need this oh very thoughtful what do you guys think should we crack it now or save it for dinner

my vote is now okay and don't be stingy with the pores

everyone clear on the plan oh yes yes james snows agreed with everything you say and keep the starry-eyed

to perform a talk on a minimum perfect operation killer dream is it go he has a point we complain

all the time about undocumented witnesses being too scared to testify instituting a policy that would

protect them from deportation that would be a game changer i thought we're supposed to be team lopez

i know but it's a good idea i'm not saying it's not a good idea but i think we're getting away from

the larger point which is we'd be opening our lives up to public scrutiny which would be hard enough

for you and me and i worry what it'll do to the kids so do i but i also want them to grow up knowing

that their father is willing to fight for the rights of everybody even when it's difficult hey man

you started it think of what i'd be in the position to influence as the d.a

i could end cash bail expand victim services emphasize counseling institutional change is

always hard right but does that mean that i shouldn't try what about the house

yeah well we would probably have to wait on that i mean optics wouldn't and you'd be fine

letting public perception dictate how we live our lives in service of real reform

maybe real change requires sacrifice but i would not do it at the expense of our family i would need

to know that you were on board 100 percent hello whoa something smells good because i cooked

more than cooked candles should i be worried no not at all i just know you had a really hard day and i

want to do something nice for you oh uh-huh and uh what do you really want in exchange for this totally

no strings attached feast a conversation about dc i didn't know we needed to have one i know and that

is my fault but all day i have not been able to get this idea out of my head and russ stopped by on

the way to the airport and gave me his final appeal and it made me question why i was so quick to shut it

down well and before you tell me no or give me 100 reasons why it won't work all i ask is that you

spend some time to explore the idea and by that you mean see what transferring to dc police would look

like make some calls ask some questions kick the tires and what if we come to different conclusions we

abort the mission either we're both in or both out we need both keys to launch a torpedoes yes

what do you think i think i want you to be happy and if this is something you want then i will do

everything i can from my end to see if it's feasible we're in this together

is it just me or these numbers starting to blend together it is not just you everything okay with

the press writer's death was ruled in accidents but there's always a chance they could reopen the case

or blame me for this whole evidence logging mess hey just take the win you're right

look i swear if i lose watch command because of smithy that's not gonna happen i have been

manifesting that we will find this machete all day manifesting god i got you away from waters just in

times you gotta be kidding me

oh my god

thank god all right let's go home

wait where are you a yurt in finland the northern lights have been amazing the last few nights jealous

i know i wish you were here to see them with me me too i miss you hey selena i might have found

something so ryder is that miles hey miles hey man how's the great white north he saw the aurora

oh cool who's ryder a suspect in a murder well that sounds important do you need to go no just

give me one second what's up okay so i was looking through ryder's juvie file between the ages

of nine to fourteen he lived in four different foster homes one was located in the 54th street

territory foster parents were mabel and rafael sinclair and rafael died a few years ago heart

attack but look at what i found on maple

uh babe i'm sorry i gotta go no worries uh have fun solving your murder we will

this is mabel sinclair most of the kids in the neighborhood just call her mom since they know

whatever they need food a place to stay clean clothes mabel will hook them up well last week

mabel was a victim of a hit and run while crossing her street witnesses saw a red sedan speeding

away from the scene but no arrests have been made anyone care to guess what kind of car

fred wilson drove all right camry so you think fred hit mabel oh more than that selena ran his

vent and found the body shop doing the repairs on his car the bumper tested positive for blood

francis are running the sample what's ryder's connection to this woman oh mabel was his foster

mother that's the mother that's the second shooter that is keeson holmes 22 proud member of the five

four and former foster brother to ryder frost so they murdered fred wilson as revenge for killing mabel

mabel wasn't dead

all i remember is going out to bring my trash cans in and then waking up here and they told me it was a

uh a hit and run unfortunately the man suspected of hitting you with his car was murdered we have

reason to believe your former foster sons ryder frost and kingston holmes want a revenge for what

happened to you it was painful enough losing ryder and kingston to the streets i don't think i can take

knowing that they killed a man because of me we're very sorry but i'm afraid that's not all ryder died

yesterday trying to jump between rooftops they were just hurt little boys underneath it all you know

when ryder first came to us he was

so shut down he barely said two words to me that first month the kingston he always had this way about

him this lightness even after all he'd been through

but then

they started to do everything together and bit by bit

i got to see ryder for the sweet sensitive boy he was what happened ryder's mom came back into the

picture with her skinhead boyfriend and once he was gone all of kingston's light went with him

he started to act out getting in trouble

and he was finally put away on some trumped up vandalism charge and then he joined the gang in prison

and suddenly the two boys i saw become brothers were turned into mortal enemies by the streets i'm sorry for

how much pain this has caused you but we'd like to bring kingston in without any more bloodshed

do you have any way of contacting him

what do you want me to say

hey the judge signed off on the wiretap we should be good to go on a few great uh

what you were saying yesterday about dc and needing to unclench it can't be that bad right

uh all right maybe i've just i've been spoiled by la i'm sure the city has a lot of great things

about it but from what i saw being a cop there just means a lot of crowd control around government

offices usually in crappy weather snowstorms in the winter swamp-like humidity in the summer

you get two weeks of cherry blossoms a year and that's about it

well also speaking as someone who thought transferring to another department would be easy

be prepared to relearn everything you thought you knew yeah all right we gotta go

mama it's me baby oh thank god i tried to visit you and ask you but they said blood family only

they made it sound like you were dying well i am a little banged up but i'll be all right i wish i

could come see you well me too you heard about ryder uh you know me and ryder don't really mess with

each other anymore he's dead baby killed running away from what you boys did i don't know what you're

talking about kingston please you never were a good liar

you need to turn yourself in i can't you know what happened the last time i went inside i had to

join the 5-4 just to make it out alive well what other choice do you have just don't worry about me

mama okay just don't worry i i got a way out into mexico where i can disappear mexico what the heck do

you know about mexico you know kingston this is detective nyla harper of the lapd are you working with

the cops she is trying to save your life listen to me if you run things will end badly for you but

if you turn yourself in we can try and help you but please he's scared don't hurt him he's not a kid

any more miss sinclair he killed a man in cold blood so now we have to go get him

i got you working the door already huh damn those trying to come up five four for life

you got them

can we talk for sure come in you're good

uh talk to me

i i gotta i gotta get out of town you should you got that hookup with the cartel tunnels into mexico

so why what happened unless you know the better just trust me on that when you say trust me i trust you

okay make a few phone calls look relax all right have a drink you know we got you

oh what i truly didn't believe you'd be stupid enough to bring your dumb ass back around here

i saw all the disrespect showing us yeah you hidden civilians you working with nazis

trace on kingston's phone landed at 4700 hilldale copy that

pull over up here

but the address is on the next block yeah you recognize that tag

54th street we roll up hot they could have spotters anywhere exactly let's go

yo young it's your big moment man this the moment you prove how much you love the streets by taking

care of a trade-ass bitch that's disrespecting her this the moment you proved to me you a good soldier

and you follow orders all right in return the streets gonna lure you back

all right wherever you go the far foe follow for life now you take care of this bitch

we ain't got all day

swat's ten minutes out you got eyes on kingston yeah but we're looking at a potential murder in progress

we can't wait

i smoke this food

police

police drop your weapon

show me your hands if you're up there

go

go

go go

cover us go

stay down

stay down

Wait!

Wait, wait, wait, wait, please, please, please, please, please, please, you can just say that you didn't see me, you can say that you didn't see me, you can say that you didn't see me, Trey, please, please, get on your stomach, go, drop the gun, he'll leave you here.

Hey, kids, process.

Ah, thank you for that.

Um, look, I realize this was a bit of a tough one.

You all right?

I'll be all right.

I know I shouldn't feel sympathy, but he's just a boy.

Look, no one is saying you can't feel sympathy, but at the end of the day, he did make the choice to pull that trigger.

Look, why don't you go home? I'll take care of the paperwork.

Yes, sir.

You're good.

Uh, it amazes me how one man can wreak such havoc on the entire LAPD.

Smitty is a force of nature.

Uh, got a minute?

Yeah, Sean, what's up?

Well, Bailey has been offered a pretty impressive job in D.C., a Pentagon think tank.

And I was just wondering what a transfer to the D.C.P.D. would be like.

Yeah, I can get you in touch with a few people.

But you do know you would have to start at the very bottom again, including redoing the academy.

I've done it before.

You were also five years younger.

Yes.

You would get a pretty hefty signing bonus.

That's a perk.

But your annual salary would be much less than you make in L.A.

Plus, the cost of living in D.C. is just as expensive.

So, in the long run, your bonus really won't make a difference.

Especially if Bailey's only making the government salary.

Right.

I'm sorry if this is not the answer you were looking for.

No, no, that's, um...

I was just looking for the truth.

Yeah, well, good luck.

Hey.

The L.A.P.D. wouldn't be sad to see you go.

Thank you, sir.

Guess what?

What?

We won.

That's great.

Did Judge give you any grief about the evidence?

I think he was too confused by the explanation to challenge it.

Take the win.

Mm-hmm.

I prepared a ten-minute lecture for tomorrow's roll call

to make sure no one can ever again use ignorance as an excuse

when mislabeling case members.

You know, you're a really good watch commander.

I'm figuring it out.

No, listen.

No matter what kind of craziness is going on at the station,

you're always the center of calm.

And the rest of us need that.

I need that.

Mm-hmm.

Tell you what, list of things we can't trust Smitty with is getting longer.

Do you think he's doing it on purpose?

Yes.

Weaponized incompetence?

Yeah.

I don't think he's that strategic.

Hey.

Sorry I missed dinner.

Hey, bedtime.

You should run for DA.

Are you sure?

Because if you're not in 100%...

I'm in.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized this

was exactly why you joined the DA's office in the first place.

Mm-hmm.

And I'm proud you want to set that example for our children.

Especially because every day I see firsthand the people, our system has failed.

And inevitably, the ones who suffer the most are other kids.

You sure you're okay waiting on a new house?

No.

But, like you said, real change requires sacrifice.

And I love this house.

We brought home two babies here.

We also made two babies here.

So we did.

Mm-hmm.

No food to entice me with, I see.

No, but I have wine.

No.

Listen, I don't want to beat around the bush.

I did my due diligence.

And I am sorry, honey.

I don't think I can do DC.

It would mean starting all over again as a rookie.

Only this time, instead of being 45, I'd be 50.

Oh.

What if I'm not ready to say no?

Well, you did say we both had to be in or you would walk away.

I know.

And I meant it when I said it.

But now...

You still want it.

So where does that leave us?

This killer's underestimating you?

Good.

But they won't even see you coming.

What now?

We get him.

You still want it?

Oh, I'm trying to say you guys did.

And kill him.

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