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What is Tim going to show us?

He'll kill me if I ruin the surprise.

A little waffle truck, I guess.

Oh.

Welcome. Why don't you guys be the first to see my new office?

Look, if I'm going to be a more out-on-the-street-watch commander, I

need to take my office with me. Is this the new Interceptor utility vehicle? It

is. 700 horsepower, 8,000-pound towing capacity, level 4 ballistic door panels,

dark mode, and 270-degree monitoring to analyze moving objects with potential

threat levels.

He calls it a super shop. That's a working title.

We got hats and bats, infrared camera, reaching tools. I am.

Two 32-inch screens.

Wow.

Can I be a watch commander?

No, but you are riding with me today.

Oh, hey, show them droning.

Check this out.

Isn't he cute?

Really? Yeah.

Super Shop makes that mobile look like a kiddie toy. And I can control it all

right here from my phone.

See?

Damn it.

Whoa, whoa. Damn it.

Playing Tim's Pump Up Jack.

Stop.

Stop. Stop.

It's not going to be as easy as you think. Based on this morning's

demonstration, I'm well aware.

It's not just that you're taking the watch commander duties on patrol.

You're also exposing yourself to chain of command confusion when you land at a

scene, even if you stay in the SUV.

Super shop.

It's a working name.

Morning. Morning.

All right, listen up. We're going to do things a little different today.

There'll be two supervisors out on the street, Sergeant Chen and myself.

I know, I know, no one wants the boss showing up for their calls, second

-guessing their every move. That is not my intention, okay? Nothing has to

change. I just put wheels on my office.

And while we work out the details, Officer Nolan will be riding with me to

help facilitate the transition.

Any questions?

Can I pick the playlist?

Dumb question.

All right, second order of business, Officer Juarez. We'll be on temporary

duty assignment with the Detective's Bureau.

Did you choose your focus?

Yes. Missing persons.

Oof. You sure about that?

Yeah.

Your call.

All right, I have some updates from the night shift. Missing persons really that

bad?

Detective Thurston has a reputation.

Like a Harper reputation?

No, um, opposite.

Last day at the DA's office.

Excited? I'm relieved.

When the DA had one foot in retirement, now that Vivian's DA elect, she's going

to have free reign. None of that will matter once you quit and open a private

practice in Malibu with a view of the ocean.

With that commute, you'd never see me again.

Well, in my dream, I also work in Malibu. I have a robot helicopter that

flies the kids to school.

And a pony.

Well, it's hard to kill another one of your dreams, but I already reached out

to my old landlord and...

The only view from that office is to eat the open plates on the first floor. Oh,

before you go, make sure you pass off my cases to the right prosecutor.

Daniels doesn't touch homicide.

Give mine to Cosgrove. He is solid.

That might be an issue.

Cosgrove just quit. I gotta go. Good luck.

Wesley, so good to see you.

Yeah, right.

I'm serious. No hard feelings on my end. Yeah, because you destroyed me. Exactly.

I made good on the promise I made you when you threw your hat in the ring.

It's nothing personal. In fact, I agree with you on a lot of the issues, and I

know that together we can take the DA's office in a positive direction.

You're not going to fall for that, are you?

No. I was about to hand in my resignation letter.

Well, she won't accept it.

With Cosgrove, Garcia, and Martin already out, she can't afford to lose

anyone else. Martin quit?

Tied her car on the way out. A hero to us all.

Come on.

Hey, sorry about the election.

That should have been me facing Vivian. You were handed a poison chalice. I

drank from it willingly.

How's Logan?

He's good.

You know, he just got another chip.

He's been clean now almost four months.

That's great.

What about you?

You going to do the Rothwell and Pierce thing?

No, I'm going to stay here.

And you should, too.

Come on, Wes, you joined this place to change the culture from within.

To ensure that justice, not punishment, was our paramount virtue, remember?

It's a very inspirational message that just lost by 23 points.

Look, Vivian ran on tough on crime.

She's going to deliver. Yeah, which is why the city needs people like us here.

Now more than ever.

Look, we still can make a difference.

Sean. You're here already. Let's work together one last time. If at the end of

the day you still want to quit, I won't stand in your way.

This job is where ambition goes to die.

Wait, what?

Missing persons.

It's not a real department.

It's a halfway house for cases on the way to real departments.

That's a lot of reports for a fake department.

90% of these cases will solve themselves.

Teenager just needed to blow off steam.

A wife went on a bender, came home when she sobered up. Kid fell asleep playing

hide-and-seek. I've been on patrol for three years. I know most missing persons

reports go nowhere, but...

There are people in this stack who are victims of real crimes.

Crimes with their own departments, like trafficking or homicide.

Sorry to interrupt.

Homicide went from a graft case.

Fisherman found the body. Looks like murder.

Rest in peace.

Okay. Obviously, you know the job way better than I do, but it wouldn't hurt

to look through the case files, see if there's anyone we can help.

Knock yourself out.

Drives like a dream.

And he's deep.

Ten minutes in a regular shop, my ass is barking.

Well, don't get used to it. You're just here while I work out the kink.

Once Penn is back from training, you're back in the shop, and I'm on my own.

I have a 415 at 5th and Western.

RP reports two shirtless men circling each other.

7 out of 100, two blocks away, show us responding.

You sure?

Sounds like your basic alcohol feels like that. Yeah, I have to test response

times, and even the most basic of calls.

Captain's calling.

Bradford. Can you hold?

Yeah, I'll hold.

I'll be right there. I got this.

LAPD, you guys break it up.

Sorry, he was just called into a meeting. Can you hold just a minute

longer? No, I'm at...

Sorry to keep you waiting. No problem, sir.

We're getting a lot of complaints about vagrants in Stoner Park.

I've got to say, renaming it would be a strong start.

It's important that people feel safe in public places. Couldn't agree more. I'll

have additional units in the area starting today.

Okay, is that it? One more thing. I just want to say your tireless commitment to

justice and the people of... Thank you, sir.

Good job, sir. You supervised the hell out of that.

You're still here. And I think I found a workable case.

Sadie Bell, 30, was reported missing last week, but according to her best

friend Joe, Sadie never misses visitation with her kid on the first

Tuesday of every month.

Walk with me.

Reporting party's address?

5200 6th Street. It's a homeless shelter. Joe is unhoused, meaning

Sadie's unhoused. Not the most reliable bunch.

On the other hand, sir, unhoused women are highly vulnerable to physical and

sexual assault. True, and they're also more likely to be substance abusers who

miss things like supervised child visitations.

I know. Well, I think it's worth investigating, so what's our first step?

Why are you so gung-ho, Officer Morris? And don't just say the ineffable ability

of youth.

My sister was abducted when I was a child, sir.

I lived the fear of not knowing where a loved one is.

Understandable. And quite noble.

But I would caution you that the thousand files in my office are not an

unending stack of potential happy endings. For the subset that are not

just runaways or miscommunications, the endings are mostly heartbreaking.

I haven't had a chance to review the reports, but it's at the top of my list.

I appreciate the reminder.

How did Graham make it look so easy?

Well, the scowl helped. Yeah.

You don't want to bother that face with anything less than an absolute

emergency. My scowl is legendary.

It was.

But then, Lucy moved it.

You know what? I take it back.

Hey, Dash.

Everything all right?

Hey, so, lesson for the future. If somebody asks you if you want to see a

dead body, say no.

Dash, are you standing over a dead body?

Yep.

He's been here for at least a day. We'll know how long for sure until TID gets

here and we turn him over. Kenneth Morris.

K-Dawg?

For real?

Kenny's my English teacher.

Was my English teacher. Okay, so who found the body?

Dakota. We're in fourth period together, but I didn't think it was real. She's

always gossiping about something. Last week, she told me she was quitting

school because she landed some influencer brand deal with Pop-Tart.

Turns out it was just a regional campaign.

No offense, it just doesn't seem like Coastwood is your scene.

Oh, it's not.

But my mom said I needed a strong senior year in order to get into a good

college.

So she landed an office job here. That way I get a major break on tuition.

Yeah, not in the picture?

No, he kind of lurks in the background like the Babadook, specializing in bad

decisions and hot cougars. Right.

So you said Dakota found the body originally? No, Dakota said CJ told her

about it, who heard about it from Ilya and Autumn, who might have heard about

it from somebody else.

So how many teenagers came out to the woods, saw a dead body, and did nothing

about it except tell their friends?

Unknown, but I bet they all took selfies with it.

Darling, can I order green juice or something?

Your intermittent fast doesn't end until one. We can talk after that.

No one is asking you to spy on your friends. No, we have hidden surveillance

set up to capture candid conversations.

Tight. But they're not my friends.

No. How's my hair?

Fine. Who were you trying to impress?

No one.

Autumn.

She's pretty.

It's like saying that the hanging gardens of Babylon were cool instead of

a... feat of unparalleled engineering that redefined elegance and beauty in

the ancient world.

But I'm a little biased.

Bailey, good night.

Hey, Dash, do you want to come to my premiere tonight?

Uh, yeah, totally. I would love to. No, wait.

My publicist said we already did our charity work for the year. Too out of

luck. Sorry.

What are you premiering?

The new Laporte film, it's already getting Oscar buzz.

Oh, who do you play in the movie?

Young Addict number two. No lines, but my featured reactions really carry the

film. Oh, by the way, I have a hard out at three.

Blam Squad's coming to my house.

Well, we'll try to get you out in time for the full-face shellacking.

Do you have a parent or guardian with you?

Oh, no, thank you. I was legally emancipated when I was 13, so I could

work adult hours on set.

I don't need them here.

Great. Let's interview you first.

Please tell me Jack won't be going there.

Not definite, but Jack's preschool is the feeder school for Coastwood.

It would be an easy transition.

Logistically, maybe, but emotionally, won't you die a little?

Yes. But L.A. elementary schools are more competitive than Stanford, and

having an easy path would save hundreds of hours of stress.

Yeah, but then he'd be going to school with kids like these.

That's where it falls apart.

And what can you tell me about Morris?

Kenny was such a sweetie. Even when I had to miss a lot of class last year, he

was so chill about it. Why did you have to miss school?

I was doing this indie project.

We were supposed to premiere at Sundance, but then the director had all

these, like, harassment allegations or whatever and got basically blackballed.

And now my career has to suffer.

Did Kenneth have any disagreements with other teachers, faculty?

No. I really can't imagine anyone wanting to hurt Ken Ken.

It wasn't traditionally attractive, sure, but that's a reason to be

murdered, right?

Can I vape in here? I have a note from my therapist.

He does.

I have it right here.

No. Who first told you about the body in the woods?

It was Sushi Tuesday, so I was pretty laser-focused on whether I wanted Ahi or

Uni.

I think I ended up getting both. Let's focus here.

Where did you hear about the body?

Well, I remember Autumn mentioning something earlier in the day when she

was talking to Ilya. But Ilya said he had heard it from... Zoe.

I guess she originally saw something about it in a DM from Lynette when she

was going through CJ's phone. And given what happened on the school trip last

year, it is super sketchy that he was DMing Lynette.

Back up.

Where do we think the rumor started?

Nowhere. Like, everywhere.

How are we further from figuring this out than when we started?

I call for backup.

Hi again.

Thank God, a normal teenager.

No offense, it's just your classmates tend to be... Overwhelmed by their own

champagne problem.

I get it.

My dysfunction is a little bit more proletariat. Yes, that's one way to put

it. Yeah, I don't really hang out with them much outside of school.

And that's not just because I didn't make Forbes 20 under 20, but it's

definitely a factor.

Well, we're not done with the interviews yet, but so far no one we have talked to

has said they're the one who started the rumor.

They all claim to have heard it from someone else. Right. So Reese heard

about it from CJ, who heard about it from Zoe, who saw it in a DM from... You

said that Reese heard about it from CJ? That's what she told us.

That doesn't make any sense.

They got in a huge fight last week about, you know, whether or not sending

nudes to other people counts as cheating. They haven't spoken to each

other since, and word in the halls is that Zoe and CJ are the new it couple.

Oh, my God, yes. I was totally picking up on that vibe, but I saw that Zoe

wasn't following CJ on Instagram, so I put it from my head. But when I doubled

back to check, it looks like she does follow him, but only with her... With

her Finsta.

Yeah.

Okay, this is actually all starting to make sense.

It is?

So Lynette and Emma, they went to the bathroom to do a fit check for their

joint Instagram account. And Lynette said that she hears somebody crying in

one of the stalls. And she says that it's Reese because she recognizes her

leather tabbies.

Travis tells Paul in the parking lot that he heard about a dead body from

some bitch in first period.

And who does he have first period with?

Reese. And Dash heard about the body from Dakota, who is Reese's second best

friend, but she has been fighting for that number one spot.

So, I mean, she would do anything that Reese says.

So if Reese told Dakota to lie about where she heard about the body... This

is all coming back to Reese.

Okay, so is Reese witness zero, or is she the killer?

Sadie!

Yeah.

You know, that night Sadie went missing, it was pouring rain and the shelter was

full, so I'm thinking she crawled in here to stay dry and got trapped.

A couple months ago, I found a bunch of guys living it up in an access tunnel.

Electricity, Wi-Fi, the whole thing.

They had the right idea.

But you also have electricity and Wi-Fi.

Yeah, but I have to pay for it.

You know, one of those gates, if they locked behind her, she could be trapped

or too injured to crawl out.

Yeah, but at this point, she's probably dead from dehydration.

Wait, what?

Sadie!

If you can hear me, make a sound!

Yeah.

Devin.

I'm inside a service tunnel looking for Sadie. I called the shelter. She showed

up this morning. You're kidding.

Well, why didn't they call us?

They never do.

It turns out that her friend had the visitation day wrong.

But hey, cheer up.

At least you only wasted your own time.

I am so sorry.

Hey, Selena.

Hey, I heard about the missing person who wasn't missing.

Already? I just got back.

Smitty was with you. Right.

Oh, I'm going to owe a lot of favors to have to drag in the cavalry through the

sewers. Okay, first of all, do not refer to any group that includes Smitty as the

cavalry. And second, those guys will forgive you. Or, you know, somebody else

will screw up way worse and then they'll be focused on that.

Well, I'm kidding. Hey, one misstep does not change the fact that your instincts

here are...

They're legendary.

So just take a second to wallow in this, but then get cleaned up and get back out

there, yeah?

Yeah.

Oh, you're too kind.

Yes, I'm really looking forward to working with you as well, Madam Mayor.

Okay, bye-bye.

Sorry, I've been so busy.

Before I make the big move upstairs, I wanted to get our house in order, a

little bit clear of the deck.

So... We have 27 felony arrests awaiting prosecution.

We just do not have the manpower to take them all to trial. Why?

Did you lose some ADAs or something?

There's been turnover, yes. So I've got plea deals approved for all these cases,

and I need you both to get them signed ASAP. Murder, too.

This guy robbed a convenience store, and the clerk had a heart attack. That is

felony manslaughter at best.

And the teen who pegged his principal with a football is assault with a deadly

weapon? Did the DA sign off on these? I pointed to the significant mandate

voters handed me, and he agreed.

Well, the lawyers are not going to agree to these terms.

Make them agree.

Apple Pruitt. She lives in my building.

Her mother reported her missing a month ago when she didn't return from

Coachella.

Every year we get a spike in imports after Tella. This one time, this guy

disassociated so hard he reported himself missing.

No, but this one's weird.

Apple has a strong social media presence but didn't post anything about what

happened this year.

There was a massive dust storm. They canceled day two at the Sahara tent.

I mean, everyone was posting about it.

It's not exactly a smoking gun.

Okay, listen, I know how this sounds, but something is telling me to

investigate.

I see what's going on. You said she lives in your building? Mm-hmm.

Classic move.

You take a case near your house so you can investigate it from your living

room. When the shift ends, you're just a few steps from your coupon.

I'm not trying to go home early.

That's too bad.

I thought you were finally catching on.

There's no obvious connection between Reese and Mr. Morris. He did tutor her

every week, but... He tutored a lot of the kids. Yeah, and his Venmo

transactions show that he was pulling down six figures on top of his salary.

Why is tutoring in quotes?

And one of the parents added a winky face emoji.

Every student who paid for tutoring got an A. The only kid who was struggling

was Dash.

Yeah, his mom was barely scraping tuition together. They couldn't afford

anything extra.

Okay, so the parents are paying for grades so the kids get into a better

college, but I mean...

Why kill him? Maybe he couldn't deliver.

If I spend that kind of money and my kid didn't get into their dream school, I'd

be pissed.

Aretha, have you decided what college you're going to?

Um, I think I may be taking a gap year.

From your social media accounts, it seems like you're all about Yale.

It's kind of my mom's thing. But you did apply.

Yeah, I applied to lots of places, but I didn't get in, so... Was your mom upset?

Yeah, I guess.

Reese, we know it was you who started the rumor.

No, I heard it from CJ.

We know that's not true.

But you did tell Dakota and Travis and Lynette.

You know what that tells me?

You wanted someone to know.

You wanted the police to know, but you just didn't want to be the one to call.

It didn't seem right that he was just lying out there.

How do you know he'd been killed?

I stayed late on Tuesday.

My mom wanted to talk to Mr. Morris. She was so angry about Yale.

She was yelling at him and he wanted to talk somewhere private, so they went out

back behind the school.

I waited and waited and finally my mom came back.

Just her, not him.

And her hands were...

She wouldn't talk about it, but I... I knew she did something.

I didn't want any of this to happen. I don't even care about college.

Well, at least I know where I was feeling in the class.

Your mom wasn't bribing the teacher.

Yeah, then I never did any homework.

Listen, your mom is stuck at school. Things are about as hectic over there as

you can imagine, so your dad's going to come take you home.

Is that all right?

Yeah, it's fine. He shows up every six to eight months to remind everybody

where my mom got full custody.

I'm telling you, you cannot lose. You would be a fool not to invest.

Hit me up on socials. I will tell you more about it, okay?

Hey, this is my guy.

How you doing?

Still haven't had that grocery yet, huh?

I'm pacing myself.

Hey, sorry I haven't been around much. Been working crazy hours.

But good news, Tiger Bear has one more investor signed on with a non-binding

verbal agreement.

Tiger Bear?

Soup. The breakfast soup. Dash, come on. No, that was the last one.

Tiger Bear Whiskey Tequila is the whiskey-less startup. It's going to be

huge. You should get in on the ground floor, champ. I'm telling you, an

investment of 10 grand will triple by the end of the year, guaranteed. You do

know your son found one of his teachers dead behind the school gym today?

Damn it.

Sorry, sorry. Uh, okay. Uh, keep going. Uh, so Dash was working out and, uh...

Just take me home.

Will I have to excavate the passenger seat for parking tickets again, or...

He's joking. I am a model citizen.

Don't say that.

Dash.

I'm around if you need me.

So we gotta stop by my place first, but we'll make it a pro-out, you know? Or

some za, we'll watch last week's UFC.

No problem.

Just the universal unfairness of the world, nothing actionable.

Thanks for coming in.

This is a plea deal, and before you ask, it's the best deal your client's gonna

get. I know, murder two, it seems excessive.

I mean, all you did was rob a convenience store. It wasn't your fault

that the clerk had a heart attack.

The man had end-stage heart disease. Now, a jury could see that as

extenuating circumstances.

I mean, if the jury was blind...

Maybe they'd see that as a gang tattoo. But I don't have to risk that

possibility if you just say yes to the plea. I mean, who cares there's no

precedent for a felony prosecution this severe?

So what if our only witness has been charged with perjury and false

accusations and two other cases?

I mean, if you think you could do better at trial, you just push that plea deal

right back at me.

Nowhere near too loud.

I'm off to Juarez with LAPD. Yeah, I'm following your roommate, Apple Pruitt's

case. Yeah, she hasn't come home, right? No, no, we're sick.

Do you mind if I come inside?

Sure, yeah, of course.

I've actually been boxing up Apple things all day. It's officially 30 days

tomorrow. I just need someone else in here to help me with this.

Crazy rent. Not that Apple is great about paying.

She doesn't believe in money or monogamy or cleaning. She sounds like a lot.

Oh, don't get me wrong. She is one of my favorite people. Just not the greatest

at cohabitation.

Right.

And the last time you saw her was right before she left for Coachella? She left

going, even though she had her issues before.

I mean, bad drugs and aggressive guys. She definitely had some scares.

And you think that's what happened to her?

I don't know.

I mean, I'm just trying to be helpful.

But I'm desperate for you to find her.

Do you mind if I take a look at her bedroom?

Yeah, no problem. It's right over there.

I'm sorry!

I'm sorry!

Officer Juarez, badge number 53397. I'm code 4 with a possible 245 suspect.

Also suspected of an 187. Send backup. I need an RAP ID to my location.

You don't understand.

She was the worst roommate ever.

I'm pretty sure you're the worst roommate ever.

So, this is just temporary.

But the money train...

and chug it into the station.

Then I'm going to be playing the how many square feet is two any square feet

game.

Want some?

No, thanks. I just shotgunned some gasoline.

Oh,

God.

I had some serious stuff.

Hey, so this fancy private school of yours where a teacher was just murdered?

Really? How have you not been paying attention?

Never mind. Of course you haven't. All I'm saying is you're in the perfect spot

to help your dear old dad raise some cash money capital.

I'm having supply issues in the Czech Republic. But they specialize in neither

whiskey nor chicken. Okay, that is besides the point. Anyways, you will be

helping out the family if I can get you to make a few introductions.

If I say I'll think about it, will you take me home?

Come on, what's the rush? Party's just getting started.

Gun! I know you're in there.

Open the door or we kick it in.

Uh, okay.

Um, so a few of my friends are here.

Um, you gotta go hide. Why would I hide from your friends?

Just go. Go.

And don't come out. No matter what.

Dash?

I think I might be in some trouble.

Fellas. Wait, wait, wait. I'm sorry about the confusion. Your money, it's

being transferred. It's just the act, you know? It takes a few days.

Okay,

where are you?

Closet. Death department.

They're beating him up.

I can get your money just one more day.

Like two times.

Wait, wait, wait. All right, stay hidden until we get there. I can't.

They'll kill him. I have to do something.

No, Dash.

Dash, no.

I don't know how you can get your money.

What the hell is this?

It's my neighbor. He waters my plants.

You are such a liar.

Although lying to protect your kid is almost noble, be ashamed if I have to

break all his teeth, stump both his hands in a suit.

Pass and pass.

How about we go with my plan instead?

Rob a bunch of rich kids to go to my school?

You better not be lying, kid.

Your dad is out of free passes.

Let's go.

Dash would never knowingly put someone in danger. So we tracked down whether

any school families were out of town.

The Laporte premiere.

He's a pretentious auteur filmmaker.

His new movie launches tonight. Autumn Harrington is in it. That's the girl

that Dash has a crush on. Her address is in the system.

Damn, who is this chick? Autumn?

She's an up-and-coming It girl.

Her new project's getting Oscar buzz.

Yeah?

Well, let's hope she get paid in diamond bracelets.

You know, stuff that's easy to pawn.

Otherwise, you and your dad gonna find out what a landfill tastes like.

Out.

Stay with Gus until I get you to see him, all right?

Man, for what it's worth, your dad is the biggest train wreck I ever met.

My old man, he in prison.

Trying to fill a FedEx plane with a tow truck.

Well, if you're the ghost of my future self, I might just have to Virginia

Woolf it.

I don't know what that means.

She was arguably the most influential writer of the 20th century.

Ended it all by walking into a river with rocks in her pockets.

Nobody liked the comedian, kid.

I'd argue, but the gun gives you the last word.

If this is set up, I'm killing everybody.

Got it? Yes, sir.

You're not my agadachi tofu.

You're not supposed to be here. Well, you cut me out of the movie if I wasn't

on the list. Do you know how mortifying that... Who the hell are you?

And who else in the house?

Nobody. My parents are in Monaco.

All right. Get over here. I don't want to.

No problem. I'll just shoot you.

Who dance?

What? Why?

Whoa. Even bigger on the inside.

See, this is the kind of place I'm going to get when I get paid.

Hey, man, shut up!

Stay down here with the idiot, all right? Deal with anything that's shiny.

Now, take me to your parents' room, and they better have a boatload of

Washington jerks. Hey, hey, whoa, whoa. Those whiskey bottles will look like 500

each. I'm just going to grab a couple.

Show me.

All right.

But this the merlot really no dude those two are way more

All

right

Where's the jewelry?

Closet.

All right.

Hey, stay here.

I cannot believe you brought them to my house.

I panicked, okay? They were going to kill my dad.

Besides, you weren't supposed to be here.

I would never knowingly put you in danger. Because you're the ones for me.

I... Have romantic intentions, yeah, but clearly you don't share them.

It's not like you're not cute. You're just... Poor?

Exactly.

What are you doing?

Looking for a gun.

Oh, that's not a gun.

Oh, your parents are freaky.

What the hell are you doing? Get away from there!

Sorry.

Hey, Andre wouldn't really hurt my kid, right?

This is a scare tactic.

I mean, I know I'm not a great dad, but I try, you know, when it's convenient

for me.

Like, I want to be better.

Like, I really do. I think about it all the time.

Well, not all the time.

It's the heart of the problem, really.

I just got to be better. The kid deserves a role model, not the lame and

hot mess I am on a daily basis.

It feels really good to come clean about this, you know? It's kind of cathartic.

When the hell did you get here?

Where's Josh?

Let's go.

No, she's staying here.

She has it in your face. You're in the clear.

You can do whatever you want to be. Just let her go.

Hey, man, you got a ball, kid. Unlike your father. But she cannot stay here,

all right? Let's go.

There's a gold bar on that bedside table.

Yeah, right.

I'm serious.

But if you want to leave it, like... Stay right here.

Drop it.

Come on, get up.

Hey, you okay?

Physically.

Thanks.

And thanks for trying to save me.

Yeah, anytime.

Oh, thank God.

Although, I knew it was all going to be all right. Hey, maybe we don't tell your

mom about this. You know, we just keep it a bro thing. Stop.

Just stop.

Everything that you do, everything that you say is so selfish, toxic.

You haven't done one fatherly thing for me in my entire life. All you care about

is yourself, and I'm just sick of it.

I'm done with you.

Forever.

So

we

met with all 27 defendants.

It's the craziest thing. We tried our hardest. None of them would accept the

plea deal.

Not a one.

Well, I hope you've kept your weekends clear because now you've got 27 trials

you're going to need to prepare for.

About that.

I quit.

And I'd say best of luck, but I hope you fail.

Spectacularly. Sorry, Sean. I just can't. No, no worries.

I can't either.

Hey, what do you think of the law firm of Del Monte and Evers? Well, you

haven't worked a day in your life as a defense attorney.

Evers and Del Monte.

Turn to the right.

Way ahead of you. Not my first rodeo.

Well, we just need your clothes for evidence, and then, uh, free to go.

After everything that happened?

The DA may still press charges, but it was pretty clear you weren't interested.

I really wanted this town to be different.

I was gonna buy Dash a car.

with the tiger been running i looked to make up for lost time you know but she's

right for everything better off without me probably i've had some

experience with bad fathers and the love the sons feel for them no matter how

many times they get their hearts broken and unless you're willing to change and

i mean really change best thing you can do for dash is just leave him the hell

alone

What were you thinking?

I'm fine. Thanks for asking. Do you know how close you were to becoming a missing

person yourself?

If she would have succeeded in killing you, how would I have known?

First thing she'd do is destroy your phone.

So when I pulled to your last known location, it would be your building.

So to me and the world, you were home and then you vanished.

I see that now. It's just I figured I'd stop by and ask a few questions. We have

protocols for a reason.

Yes, sir.

I let my best intentions obscure my judgment, proving I still have a lot to

learn about this job.

But if I can be so bold as to ask a favor?

You can ask.

I remain undaunted.

So if a file comes across your desk that gives you a feeling, call me.

I am happy to run down any lead I can for you, free of charge.

Deal. And for what it's worth, I'm glad you're okay.

Your dad's

gone, and your mom's on her way.

Cool.

You wanna...

Talk about anything?

Uh, not really.

I think I'm a little talked out for once.

Understood.

You know, at the risk of sounding overly earnest, you're a very special young

man.

Despite work.

Maybe even because of what your father's put you through.

Now, I know you know that you're not him in any way, shape, or form.

But I also know that family pain is emotional and not intellectual.

I'm just trying to say, if you ever need a reminder of this conversation, you

have my number.

Thanks.

And just to be clear, you're saying I can call you every morning at the crack

of dawn just to tell me I'm awesome?

No.

Every other morning?

Twice a week, final offer.

I can live with that.

If you can live with unlimited texts, DMs, and social media shoutouts.

Just the calls.

Okay.

Smart man.