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[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]

2
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HONDO: People don't fall
all at once.

3
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It's slower than that.

4
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A crack here,
compromise there.

5
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Until one day you look up,

6
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and the life you built
is leaning the wrong way.

7
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SWAT was my dream,
my world, my life.

8
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[GUNFIRE]

9
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And with one mission,
everything changed.

10
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[GUNSHOTS]

11
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No!

12
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[BREATHING HEAVILY]

13
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Now the world's turned
upside down

14
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and all that's left
is the grind.

15
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I used to protect people from
the worst this city could throw at them.

16
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Now I protect bad people
from the people.

17
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[CROWD CLAMORING]

18
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We're on the move.

19
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That's the problem
with giving people a purpose,

20
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they start to think
they matter.

21
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[CLAMORING CONTINUES]

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HICKS: Hondo.

23
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You're a hard man to find.

24
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You look like shit.

25
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It's called post-loyalty chic.

26
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- What do you want, Hicks?
- I want you back at SWAT.

27
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[HICKS CLICKS TONGUE]

28
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Let me guess,

29
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- another raid went sideways.
- Yeah.

30
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It ain't my mess.

31
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Council's been gunning
to dismantle SWAT for years, you know that.

32
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They finally got the votes.

33
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It's done.

34
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Maybe that's the way
it should be.

35
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You don't believe that.

36
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Twenty-David was the last real
squad and they tore it down.

37
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After that, there was nothing
but ego and optics.

38
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If it burns, so be it.

39
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You may have been gone
for two years,

40
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the job still matters.

41
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Or it could,

42
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with the right leadership.

43
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You mean me?

44
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New unit.

45
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Ground up.

46
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No legacy squad.
No old command structure.

47
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You know, it's funny,

48
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I don't remember all the support
coming from you

49
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when I got hung out to dry.

50
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I warned you what would happen
if that footage got out.

51
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And you watched it happen
anyway.

52
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That kid died for nothing

53
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and you still moved up,

54
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- I got erased.
- You walked out a hero.

55
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The public.

56
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They saw a man
who stood for something.

57
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You're still the only name
they trust.

58
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I ain't your PR stunt.

59
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PR stunt?
Who the hell are you now, huh?

60
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I mean...

61
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Working security
for some tech bro

62
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who thinks
unions are terrorism?

63
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You used to say
SWAT meant something.

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I'm asking you to prove it.

65
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Rebuild it.

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[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

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[THEME MUSIC ENDS]

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SAMMY: What's up, fam?

69
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First day of SWAT, y'all.
I'm so excited.

70
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Made it past selection.

71
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Academy, as you guys know,
was a grind.

72
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But I'm here, assigned to the
newly formed 44 Squad.

73
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Can't wait.
Let's check the fit.

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I got a combat master,
custom stipple.

75
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SRO optics. Mag pouch,
modded it myself.

76
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And, yes, I wore gloss
for me evals. Sue me.

77
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[CHUCKLES]

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Mystery team reveal begins now.

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Starting with this guy.

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[RHYTHMIC MUSIC PLAYING]

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[DRONE ENGINE REVS]

82
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Hmm. Well, I'm on live.
Do you want to...

83
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You want to say hi
to my followers?

84
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Why are you doing that?

85
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'Cause people think that girls
like me don't belong in rooms like this.

86
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I like proving them wrong,
with views.

87
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So what's your name?

88
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Ethan Cole,

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tactical analysis and drone
reconnaissance specialist.

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Do you always talk to people
without looking at them,

91
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or just pretty girls
with ring lights?

92
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Eye contact is neurologically
inefficient during multitasking.

93
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Okay. Science.

94
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- What are you working on?
- Wind resistance modeling.

95
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Turbulent flow.

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You see, indoor air isn't as
turbulent as the air outside.

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Boring. Moving on.

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Dream team, baby.

99
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Okay, let's see who's ready
to go tactical and viral.

100
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Whoa! Okay, we got bionic queen
energy over here.

101
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I mean, heh, if I had that leg,
I'd never wear pants again.

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- Are you filming this?
- Yeah. Uh...

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This is just a vibe check.
You look amazing.

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- Total inspo.
- Come on, delete it.

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No, no, no,
it's about representation,

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visibility, uplifting.

107
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My followers are super
supportive, and I just...

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I want them to meet everyone.
It's the first day, you know.

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[JUDE CLEARS THROAT]

110
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This is a locker room,
not your goddamn content farm.

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Dude. Boundaries.

112
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You already crossed them.

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There's no filming in here, ever.

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And if I see that thing
go live again,

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it's going in the burn bin.

116
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- [SAMMY SCOFFS]
- Okay?

117
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Oh, no team TikToks then.

118
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[SCOFFS]

119
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[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

120
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[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]

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- Hondo.
- I see you, kid. Hang on.

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[GUNFIRE]

123
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[HONDO GRUNTING]

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- Oh, shit. Okay, Nico, breathe.
- [NICO GROANS]

125
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No, Nico. Nico. Nico.

126
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[ECHOES] Nico.

127
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[MUSIC FADES]

128
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Sergeant Harrelson, hi.
Welcome.

129
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Clint Myers,
I'm your section commander.

130
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Yeah, well, technically,
I'm covering your team

131
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and the red team

132
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because the gold team
is still grounded post-raid.

133
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So I'm a little stretched,

134
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but I'm really grateful
that you're here.

135
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I appreciate the welcome, commander.

136
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New place has got, uh...

137
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- character.
- MYERS: Yeah.

138
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Sometime after you left,

139
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they stuck us in an unused wing
of the old admin building.

140
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Technically,
it wasn't zoned for people.

141
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Uh, it's budget repurposing.
Please.

142
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So we're the reform unit
and this is a rehab facility.

143
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[LIGHT FLICKERING]

144
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We have a work order in...
on that.

145
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It's loose mechanicals here.
If you ever...

146
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And up here is reception.

147
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Uh, it's actually
really nice in here.

148
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Um, this is where we hold
all the press conferences.

149
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- [REPORTERS CLAMORING]
- [CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]

150
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So that's
Deputy Chief Ramon Carrero.

151
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HONDO: Yeah, I know him a bit.

152
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Straight shooter.

153
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Yeah. Well, he's the one
backing the whole reform unit in this department.

154
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CORRERO:
Transparency matters.

155
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And today we are proud
to welcome back Daniel Harrelson to the LAPD.

156
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Sergeant, please, a few words.

157
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HONDO: A heads up
would have been nice.

158
00:09:03,181 --> 00:09:06,879
FEMALE REPORTER: Where have
you been the last few years, Sergeant Harrelson?

159
00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:07,930
Hello.

160
00:09:09,466 --> 00:09:11,009
I appreciate the opportunity.

161
00:09:12,261 --> 00:09:14,611
There's been a lot of noise
around SWAT lately.

162
00:09:15,764 --> 00:09:18,534
This new team is going to show
you what quiet looks like.

163
00:09:18,850 --> 00:09:21,311
We're going to do the job right,
with purpose.

164
00:09:21,979 --> 00:09:23,729
What do you think
of your new team?

165
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I haven't met them yet,

166
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but they were all hand-picked, right?

167
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So I'm sure they're great.

168
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I, uh... I trust the process.

169
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Well said. We're so proud
to have you back.

170
00:09:37,620 --> 00:09:39,245
Thank you. That's all.
Thank you.

171
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[REPORTERS CLAMORING]

172
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FEMALE REPORTER 2:
One final question.

173
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[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

174
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- You got something to say?
- Not yet.

175
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[CHUCKLES]

176
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A lot of bark from a guy
too shy to give a name.

177
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- I don't need the backup.
- Suit yourself.

178
00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:56,763
Vibe's immaculate either way.

179
00:09:57,889 --> 00:10:00,851
Statistically, cohesion
will be lowest in the beginning.

180
00:10:01,018 --> 00:10:02,311
Thanks, Captain Obvious.

181
00:10:02,312 --> 00:10:04,270
That's why leadership selection
is critical.

182
00:10:04,271 --> 00:10:07,024
So then why bring a relic
like Hondo back in?

183
00:10:07,190 --> 00:10:09,318
Hondo Harrelson
is our new team leader?

184
00:10:09,943 --> 00:10:11,486
- Yeah.
- Guy's a legend.

185
00:10:11,487 --> 00:10:14,113
Didn't he get canned
for leaking body cam footage?

186
00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:16,533
Or took the fall.
Either way, he's still a legend.

187
00:10:17,909 --> 00:10:20,454
You've been quiet.
Got an opinion?

188
00:10:21,580 --> 00:10:24,350
MALIK: I didn't come here
for the politics. Or the perks.

189
00:10:24,458 --> 00:10:25,959
I came here because of Hondo.

190
00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:29,170
Everybody else turned
their body cams off. He didn't,

191
00:10:29,171 --> 00:10:30,380
and he didn't bury it.

192
00:10:30,381 --> 00:10:32,048
It was never proven
that he leaked it.

193
00:10:32,049 --> 00:10:33,189
MALIK: I believe he did.

194
00:10:33,190 --> 00:10:35,718
Shows he's got integrity.
That's leadership.

195
00:10:35,719 --> 00:10:37,012
[SOFTLY] Inspirational.

196
00:10:37,013 --> 00:10:38,888
I heard he broke a guy's
shoulder while cuffed.

197
00:10:38,889 --> 00:10:41,059
HONDO: Dislocated it
before he was cuffed.

198
00:10:41,725 --> 00:10:43,643
[MELLOW MUSIC CONTINUES]

199
00:10:43,810 --> 00:10:44,860
[DOOR CLOSES]

200
00:10:47,439 --> 00:10:48,648
I put it back after.

201
00:10:53,653 --> 00:10:55,322
I'm Sergeant Daniel Harrelson.

202
00:10:55,655 --> 00:10:57,074
Most folks call me Hondo.

203
00:10:58,992 --> 00:11:00,535
Welcome to 44 Squad.

204
00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:04,623
SWAT is who the cops call
when they need help.

205
00:11:04,790 --> 00:11:06,050
When the wheels fall off,

206
00:11:06,051 --> 00:11:07,500
we're the ones who go in
and we go in hard,

207
00:11:07,501 --> 00:11:09,294
we go in fast
and we go in clean.

208
00:11:10,545 --> 00:11:11,925
There's no margin for error

209
00:11:12,381 --> 00:11:14,011
and there ain't no room
for egos.

210
00:11:14,716 --> 00:11:17,066
This patch right here,
it ain't about swagger.

211
00:11:17,067 --> 00:11:19,136
It's about
showing up when it counts.

212
00:11:19,137 --> 00:11:20,514
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

213
00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:23,190
[SIGHS]

214
00:11:23,191 --> 00:11:26,394
All right, that's enough
with the ice breakers.

215
00:11:26,395 --> 00:11:28,805
The best way to get to know
y'all is to see you run.

216
00:11:28,806 --> 00:11:30,689
I want everybody outside
in five minutes.

217
00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:31,817
You're doing the PFQ.

218
00:11:32,192 --> 00:11:33,735
JUDE: What?

219
00:11:33,736 --> 00:11:36,612
The Physical Fitness Qualifier
takes like weeks to train for.

220
00:11:36,613 --> 00:11:38,723
Well, then consider this
your final exam.

221
00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:41,952
You show up late. You fail.

222
00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:44,329
? Gonna give it to ?

223
00:11:44,913 --> 00:11:46,581
? Gonna give it to ?

224
00:11:48,625 --> 00:11:50,085
? Gonna give it to me ?

225
00:11:50,086 --> 00:11:51,961
? Don't tell
How we raising all hell ?

226
00:11:51,962 --> 00:11:53,412
? But they go and
Pin it on me ?

227
00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:55,297
? Oh, well
If you really can't tell ?

228
00:11:55,298 --> 00:11:57,007
? That's my own
That's really my team ?

229
00:11:57,008 --> 00:11:58,343
? I'm takin my fam ?

230
00:11:58,510 --> 00:12:00,320
? Doing my thang
Living that dream ?

231
00:12:00,321 --> 00:12:02,471
? Let's move
Now we tryna keep it cool ?

232
00:12:02,472 --> 00:12:03,639
? Quarterback gon
Get it on three ?

233
00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:04,808
? Let's run, let's run ?

234
00:12:04,809 --> 00:12:07,393
- ? Let's do that, too ?
- ? Let's do that, too ?

235
00:12:07,394 --> 00:12:08,645
? It's fun, it's fun ?

236
00:12:09,229 --> 00:12:10,397
? Now we can't lose ?

237
00:12:11,022 --> 00:12:15,735
? Let's go
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang ?

238
00:12:15,902 --> 00:12:23,869
? Bang, bang, bang
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang ?

239
00:12:24,035 --> 00:12:26,872
[ALL GRUNTING]

240
00:12:26,997 --> 00:12:29,541
? Bang, bang, bang, bang ?

241
00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:35,839
[MUSIC FADES]

242
00:12:36,006 --> 00:12:37,056
First.

243
00:12:40,677 --> 00:12:42,554
- It's Malik, right?
- Anderson, sir.

244
00:12:43,472 --> 00:12:45,807
- You serve.
- Echo company. Two-Five.

245
00:12:46,391 --> 00:12:47,809
- Semper Fi.
- Oorah!

246
00:12:47,934 --> 00:12:48,984
Oorah.

247
00:12:49,644 --> 00:12:50,770
Cassidy Reed.

248
00:12:51,521 --> 00:12:52,571
That's two.

249
00:12:54,143 --> 00:12:56,108
[GRUNTS]

250
00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:58,445
Samantha Bishop, three.

251
00:13:00,030 --> 00:13:01,406
Good job would be nice.

252
00:13:01,990 --> 00:13:03,074
Jude Callen.

253
00:13:03,742 --> 00:13:04,792
And that's four.

254
00:13:04,793 --> 00:13:07,411
- Is that it?
- No, we're still waiting on one more.

255
00:13:07,412 --> 00:13:09,748
- Where is he?
- ETHAN: Do you mean me, sir?

256
00:13:11,583 --> 00:13:12,918
[JUDE SIGHS]

257
00:13:13,043 --> 00:13:14,793
How long you been
standing there?

258
00:13:15,253 --> 00:13:17,380
Three minutes, twelve seconds.

259
00:13:17,381 --> 00:13:19,381
HONDO:
What'd you do, skip the wall?

260
00:13:19,382 --> 00:13:21,008
High injury potential.
Not worth the risk.

261
00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:24,346
Okay.
Less talking, more running.

262
00:13:24,763 --> 00:13:25,889
We're not done yet.

263
00:13:26,556 --> 00:13:29,059
Now comes your real test.
Move in.

264
00:13:31,269 --> 00:13:34,773
You got three checkpoints,
one flashlight, one map.

265
00:13:34,940 --> 00:13:36,024
Finish as a unit.

266
00:13:36,025 --> 00:13:37,358
Or not at all.

267
00:13:37,359 --> 00:13:41,446
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

268
00:13:41,613 --> 00:13:42,663
[BEEPS]

269
00:13:42,664 --> 00:13:43,989
Clock's already started.
Let's go.

270
00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:46,409
? Bang, bang, bang, bang ?

271
00:13:46,535 --> 00:13:47,585
Let's go.

272
00:13:47,786 --> 00:13:50,288
? Bang, bang, bang, bang ?

273
00:13:56,628 --> 00:13:58,755
[GROANING]

274
00:14:00,924 --> 00:14:02,968
[PANTING]

275
00:14:03,134 --> 00:14:04,274
That wasn't training,

276
00:14:04,553 --> 00:14:06,388
that was an exorcism
with burpees.

277
00:14:06,805 --> 00:14:08,890
The elevation gain was 3900ft.

278
00:14:08,891 --> 00:14:10,849
SAMMY:
He breaks us on the field,

279
00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:12,110
breaks us on the mountain.

280
00:14:13,061 --> 00:14:15,522
Tomorrow he's gonna make us
fight a bear.

281
00:14:15,689 --> 00:14:18,692
I can take hard.
I just want a reason.

282
00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:20,610
Reason was supposed to be
simple.

283
00:14:21,736 --> 00:14:22,821
Train the team.

284
00:14:22,962 --> 00:14:25,906
That felt like
it was about him.

285
00:14:25,907 --> 00:14:27,701
I mean,
we already made the squad.

286
00:14:27,702 --> 00:14:30,494
What's the point of this
boot camp bullshit anyways?

287
00:14:30,495 --> 00:14:33,456
[PANTING]

288
00:14:35,125 --> 00:14:38,253
[UPBEAT FOREIGN LANGUAGE SONG
PLAYING IN CAR]

289
00:14:51,266 --> 00:14:53,226
[GUNSHOTS]

290
00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:55,186
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

291
00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:04,279
[MEN GRUNTING AND GROANING]

292
00:15:04,446 --> 00:15:07,741
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

293
00:15:12,162 --> 00:15:13,288
Vamos!

294
00:15:13,289 --> 00:15:20,377
HONDO: Yesterday, traffic cams at
the border and witness video confirmed

295
00:15:20,378 --> 00:15:22,756
four Los Emperados assassins
entered LA.

296
00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:24,257
They killed a civilian

297
00:15:24,258 --> 00:15:26,091
and tried to kidnap
another off the street.

298
00:15:26,092 --> 00:15:28,845
If this goes live,
our training becomes a reality.

299
00:15:29,012 --> 00:15:30,972
We need to be ready
for that call.

300
00:15:31,139 --> 00:15:32,724
Today we hit a hostage center.

301
00:15:32,891 --> 00:15:33,941
SAMMY: Finally.

302
00:15:33,942 --> 00:15:35,309
HONDO:
Multiple armed suspects.

303
00:15:35,310 --> 00:15:37,354
Your breach point
is the front door.

304
00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,939
Entry team stacks and clears
inner perimeter,

305
00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:42,524
wraps and secures the hallway
and covers our six.

306
00:15:42,525 --> 00:15:44,485
Why not hit the rear?
The front's a funnel.

307
00:15:44,486 --> 00:15:47,112
- You're asking for crossfire.
- Because the back is fenced.

308
00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:48,573
No clean sightlines.

309
00:15:48,574 --> 00:15:50,532
You'll waste time clearing
corners that don't matter.

310
00:15:50,533 --> 00:15:53,183
Sounds like a page out of a
playbook from 15 years ago.

311
00:15:53,703 --> 00:15:57,248
It is the fastest,
most controlled option with the team I got.

312
00:15:57,749 --> 00:15:59,417
A clean entry is everything.

313
00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:01,589
You get it right,
the rest flows.

314
00:16:02,087 --> 00:16:03,213
Even if it's hard.

315
00:16:04,047 --> 00:16:07,717
[THUDDING]

316
00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,681
MALIK: Fuck, it's a dead end.

317
00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:11,888
[GUNSHOTS]

318
00:16:12,222 --> 00:16:14,265
Shots fired.
Secondary breach point.

319
00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:18,186
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

320
00:16:20,740 --> 00:16:25,401
Why don't we know
how many suspects are inside?

321
00:16:25,402 --> 00:16:26,452
Incomplete Intel.

322
00:16:26,453 --> 00:16:28,112
Thermal imaging
was inconclusive.

323
00:16:28,113 --> 00:16:30,343
Secondary drone
should have been deployed.

324
00:16:30,365 --> 00:16:31,415
That's protocol.

325
00:16:33,535 --> 00:16:34,828
[SIGHS]

326
00:16:35,453 --> 00:16:38,373
There was no time
and no backup.

327
00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:40,549
So you adapt.

328
00:16:41,042 --> 00:16:42,092
[THUDS]

329
00:16:42,476 --> 00:16:45,587
Hold up.
Thermal's not syncing.

330
00:16:45,588 --> 00:16:47,215
Just watch the damn corner.

331
00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:48,591
[GUNSHOTS]

332
00:16:48,592 --> 00:16:50,676
- I had it, I was calibrated.
- Sammy on me.

333
00:16:50,677 --> 00:16:52,554
CASSIDY:
Negative, I got this.

334
00:16:52,555 --> 00:16:54,304
HONDO: What happens in here
shows you readiness for what's out there

335
00:16:54,305 --> 00:16:56,433
where there's nothing
but live rounds.

336
00:16:56,766 --> 00:16:58,017
Ain't no second chances.

337
00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:01,479
You dial that in
or you get yourself killed.

338
00:17:01,646 --> 00:17:02,856
[GROANS]

339
00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:04,274
God damn it, Ethan.

340
00:17:04,275 --> 00:17:05,816
[GUNSHOTS]

341
00:17:05,817 --> 00:17:07,197
That was a hostage, Cassidy.

342
00:17:09,940 --> 00:17:11,989
I had it.

343
00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:13,491
[GROANS]

344
00:17:17,871 --> 00:17:20,341
HONDO: I've seen
better organized train wrecks.

345
00:17:20,342 --> 00:17:21,832
I ain't never seen
nothing like that.

346
00:17:21,833 --> 00:17:23,463
I don't even know
where to start.

347
00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:25,211
Your entry? Trash.

348
00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:26,838
You left him hanging,

349
00:17:26,963 --> 00:17:29,883
and you watched the whole thing
happen and said nothing.

350
00:17:29,884 --> 00:17:32,176
Malik's the only one
who held the line.

351
00:17:32,177 --> 00:17:34,511
Y'all call yourself operators
you better act like it,

352
00:17:34,512 --> 00:17:36,802
because this right here,
gets people killed.

353
00:17:36,806 --> 00:17:40,602
Entry coordination fell apart
because Ethan left me hanging.

354
00:17:40,603 --> 00:17:42,227
Oh, so it's Ethan's fault now?

355
00:17:42,228 --> 00:17:43,562
You moved without
communicating.

356
00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:44,772
HONDO: All right, that's enough.

357
00:17:44,773 --> 00:17:46,482
It doesn't matter
who screwed what,

358
00:17:46,483 --> 00:17:48,318
fault doesn't save lives.

359
00:17:48,610 --> 00:17:49,861
Discipline does.

360
00:17:50,236 --> 00:17:51,654
Trust does.

361
00:17:51,655 --> 00:17:53,530
And from where I'm standing,
I ain't seeing none of that.

362
00:17:53,531 --> 00:17:55,101
MALIK:
You want to talk trust?

363
00:17:55,909 --> 00:17:56,959
Why'd you lie?

364
00:17:58,620 --> 00:18:00,663
- Lie?
- MALIK: That scenario is rigged.

365
00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:03,360
Door we couldn't breach.
Hostage we couldn't save.

366
00:18:03,374 --> 00:18:04,542
It was a controlled op.

367
00:18:04,543 --> 00:18:06,210
I needed to see
how you handled chaos.

368
00:18:06,211 --> 00:18:08,463
Chaos is fine.
Sabotage isn't.

369
00:18:08,464 --> 00:18:10,380
You broke trust
before it was earned.

370
00:18:10,381 --> 00:18:12,174
I don't owe you trust.
I owe you readiness.

371
00:18:12,175 --> 00:18:14,135
- You got a problem with that?
- I might.

372
00:18:15,970 --> 00:18:18,140
Because this was
supposed to be different.

373
00:18:19,724 --> 00:18:21,476
You were supposed to be
different.

374
00:18:23,728 --> 00:18:25,146
Or maybe you're just soft.

375
00:18:25,147 --> 00:18:28,106
If a little withheld
intel's got you crying foul,

376
00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:29,733
what's going to happen to you
when it's real?

377
00:18:29,734 --> 00:18:30,784
Oh, you want real?

378
00:18:33,071 --> 00:18:34,121
Lead like it...

379
00:18:34,122 --> 00:18:38,283
because it feels like
you're just swinging at ghosts.

380
00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:40,286
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

381
00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:42,789
I ain't come here
to survive your past, man.

382
00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:44,590
I came to serve.

383
00:18:45,416 --> 00:18:46,960
If that makes me the problem...

384
00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:51,346
I'm good with it.

385
00:18:54,843 --> 00:18:56,010
[THUDS]

386
00:18:56,886 --> 00:18:58,026
JUDE: Did he just quit?

387
00:19:24,038 --> 00:19:26,124
Yo, Hondo. Right.

388
00:19:26,125 --> 00:19:27,916
I'm Jesse's cousin Nico.

389
00:19:27,917 --> 00:19:28,967
Yeah. That's right.

390
00:19:28,968 --> 00:19:31,295
I'm glad to see
you made it through selection.

391
00:19:31,296 --> 00:19:32,754
And I'm glad to see
you rolling with us today.

392
00:19:32,755 --> 00:19:35,341
- You're a legend.
- Hmm. Last minute swap.

393
00:19:36,217 --> 00:19:39,262
Hey, so I'm on
the entry team today.

394
00:19:39,387 --> 00:19:41,857
And, uh, it's my first time
running point in an op.

395
00:19:41,858 --> 00:19:44,516
To be honest, I've been kind of
breaking lately.

396
00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:46,060
So, you got any tips?

397
00:19:46,644 --> 00:19:49,480
And they got you running scout,
leading the stack?

398
00:19:50,064 --> 00:19:52,066
Yeah, said I was up.
Rotation.

399
00:19:55,236 --> 00:19:57,406
First thing is
you need to tighten your lid.

400
00:19:57,947 --> 00:20:02,327
You lose that, it's game over.
Second, clean entry.

401
00:20:02,328 --> 00:20:04,953
- Clean entry?
- It's everything, kid.

402
00:20:04,954 --> 00:20:06,122
You hit that door clean

403
00:20:06,123 --> 00:20:07,831
and everything locks in
after that.

404
00:20:07,832 --> 00:20:09,918
In an entry,
career and in life.

405
00:20:11,628 --> 00:20:12,678
Got it.

406
00:20:14,964 --> 00:20:16,132
Hey, Nico...

407
00:20:19,677 --> 00:20:20,817
you dropped something.

408
00:20:22,764 --> 00:20:23,814
What's this about?

409
00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:26,307
Me and my cousin
used to bet with it.

410
00:20:26,601 --> 00:20:27,801
It's a stupid tradition.

411
00:20:30,271 --> 00:20:31,321
How about this?

412
00:20:32,065 --> 00:20:35,902
I bet between us,
you make the cleanest entry.

413
00:20:36,361 --> 00:20:38,947
- Heh. For real?
- You win, chip's yours.

414
00:20:39,697 --> 00:20:41,199
You lose. I hold on to it,

415
00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:43,409
until you buy me a beer.

416
00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:45,787
[LAUGHS]

417
00:20:45,788 --> 00:20:46,828
Deal.

418
00:20:46,829 --> 00:20:49,832
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

419
00:21:02,053 --> 00:21:03,262
[KNOCK ON DOOR]

420
00:21:03,429 --> 00:21:05,059
What's up, Hondo?
You got a sec?

421
00:21:05,682 --> 00:21:08,267
So I know today was rough
for everyone,

422
00:21:08,434 --> 00:21:09,978
but I was thinking

423
00:21:09,979 --> 00:21:12,479
I could give you some, like,
tips on your leadership style.

424
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,398
You probably haven't worked
with anyone my age,

425
00:21:14,399 --> 00:21:15,984
and that's... that's okay.

426
00:21:16,150 --> 00:21:19,100
I'm not saying you're old,
just, heh, seasoned, you know?

427
00:21:19,153 --> 00:21:20,947
But, uh, I found this.

428
00:21:21,531 --> 00:21:24,117
It's really good.
It's not preachy or anything.

429
00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:27,120
It's, uh, just strategies

430
00:21:27,245 --> 00:21:30,123
on how we respond better
to empathetic leadership

431
00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:32,041
and shared decision-making.

432
00:21:32,042 --> 00:21:33,583
And you don't
even have to read it.

433
00:21:33,584 --> 00:21:35,419
There's a TikTok summary
I can send you

434
00:21:35,420 --> 00:21:37,296
and an audiobook
with sound effects.

435
00:21:37,422 --> 00:21:38,631
[CHUCKLES]

436
00:21:41,050 --> 00:21:42,927
- It's Sammy, right?
- Yeah.

437
00:21:44,095 --> 00:21:45,145
Get out.

438
00:21:45,888 --> 00:21:46,938
Okay.

439
00:21:50,518 --> 00:21:52,478
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

440
00:21:52,479 --> 00:21:54,146
DEACON: You still hate the
valley, don't you?

441
00:21:54,147 --> 00:21:55,957
- With a passion.
- [BOTH CHUCKLING]

442
00:21:57,442 --> 00:21:58,642
I don't know how you do it.

443
00:21:58,735 --> 00:22:00,695
Oh, come on,
it's not that bad.

444
00:22:03,531 --> 00:22:06,909
Well, I know you didn't come
here to insult my zip code.

445
00:22:07,243 --> 00:22:08,327
[CHUCKLES]
No.

446
00:22:08,494 --> 00:22:10,455
Then why did you call?
What's up?

447
00:22:10,621 --> 00:22:12,061
This team they stuck me with,

448
00:22:12,062 --> 00:22:13,915
they don't listen,
they don't trust each other.

449
00:22:13,916 --> 00:22:16,586
One kid quit today
like it was a damn summer job.

450
00:22:16,587 --> 00:22:19,296
You remember
when we first met?

451
00:22:19,297 --> 00:22:20,465
Shit.

452
00:22:20,466 --> 00:22:23,091
Yeah, I remember you yelling
a whole hell of a lot.

453
00:22:23,092 --> 00:22:25,094
I was a kid.
All heat, no aim.

454
00:22:25,595 --> 00:22:28,425
And you were the kid that didn't
back down from anything.

455
00:22:28,890 --> 00:22:31,517
I- I had to change
how I carried myself.

456
00:22:32,226 --> 00:22:35,296
I realized that if you and I
were going to exist as teammates,

457
00:22:35,396 --> 00:22:36,776
I needed to meet you halfway.

458
00:22:36,777 --> 00:22:38,023
These kids wouldn't recognize
halfway

459
00:22:38,024 --> 00:22:39,164
if it bit them in the ass.

460
00:22:39,165 --> 00:22:40,692
Well, then maybe
that's the job now.

461
00:22:40,693 --> 00:22:42,111
Showing them how to do it.

462
00:22:48,367 --> 00:22:49,619
You ever get the feeling

463
00:22:49,786 --> 00:22:51,716
that the whole thing's
wired to blow?

464
00:22:51,717 --> 00:22:53,455
You think someone's
trying to break you?

465
00:22:53,456 --> 00:22:56,417
It just feels like someone's
idea of a real bad joke but...

466
00:22:59,003 --> 00:23:01,756
I don't know,
maybe I am just seeing ghosts.

467
00:23:02,757 --> 00:23:06,469
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]

468
00:23:06,636 --> 00:23:07,686
[SIGHS]

469
00:23:08,054 --> 00:23:10,404
What'd you end up
doing with your mom's place?

470
00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:12,774
I sold it.

471
00:23:12,775 --> 00:23:16,478
I couldn't drive by that place
without hearing her voice.

472
00:23:16,479 --> 00:23:17,529
Yeah.

473
00:23:18,147 --> 00:23:19,482
[SCOFFS]

474
00:23:19,607 --> 00:23:22,377
I still catch myself reaching
for the phone sometimes.

475
00:23:23,694 --> 00:23:25,014
Why are you asking me that?

476
00:23:25,071 --> 00:23:27,406
Because you have
been through hell, brother.

477
00:23:28,366 --> 00:23:32,453
Your mom. That raid,
your divorce from Michelle.

478
00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:35,540
And yet, here you are,

479
00:23:36,791 --> 00:23:37,841
still standing.

480
00:23:40,002 --> 00:23:41,587
Which tells me only one thing,

481
00:23:43,005 --> 00:23:44,132
you're not done yet.

482
00:23:46,050 --> 00:23:47,490
Doesn't always feel that way.

483
00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:50,513
GIRL: Dad,
I can't find my shin guards.

484
00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:52,640
[LAUGHS]

485
00:23:53,551 --> 00:23:55,642
[SIGHS]

486
00:23:55,643 --> 00:23:56,643
- Duty calls.
- Go.

487
00:23:56,644 --> 00:23:57,812
Go. I get it, go.

488
00:23:59,730 --> 00:24:00,780
Deacon...

489
00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:05,069
- thanks.
- You got it.

490
00:24:10,241 --> 00:24:15,454
[PHONE RINGING]

491
00:24:19,083 --> 00:24:21,043
Yeah. What's up, Ethan?

492
00:24:21,044 --> 00:24:23,211
ETHAN [OVER PHONE]:
Yeah. So I've been running some side analysis

493
00:24:23,212 --> 00:24:25,380
on those Los Emperados shooters
that showed up.

494
00:24:25,381 --> 00:24:26,951
I think I know
why they're here.

495
00:24:27,049 --> 00:24:30,303
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

496
00:24:31,929 --> 00:24:32,979
I'm on my way.

497
00:24:35,292 --> 00:24:38,643
ETHAN:
The shooters were after him.

498
00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:40,396
His name is Carlos Vaminez.

499
00:24:40,855 --> 00:24:41,905
Who is he?

500
00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:46,402
Ex Los Emperados Sicario,
disappeared back in 2016.

501
00:24:46,403 --> 00:24:48,195
It's got to be
some kind of payback.

502
00:24:48,196 --> 00:24:49,322
You sure it's him?

503
00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:51,490
Matched his walk,
body type, posture.

504
00:24:51,491 --> 00:24:54,451
Even the way he turns his head
when he checks his blind spot.

505
00:24:54,452 --> 00:24:57,079
Same guy from 2016. No doubt.

506
00:24:57,246 --> 00:25:00,917
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

507
00:25:01,420 --> 00:25:04,586
How'd you even
put this together?

508
00:25:04,587 --> 00:25:05,420
I don't know.

509
00:25:05,421 --> 00:25:07,173
Something felt off,

510
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,091
I wanted to know why.

511
00:25:09,092 --> 00:25:11,635
If you look close enough,
you can usually see a pattern

512
00:25:11,636 --> 00:25:13,262
and patterns make sense.

513
00:25:13,679 --> 00:25:15,139
People? Not as much.

514
00:25:15,140 --> 00:25:18,266
Do we know where this
Carlos guy is now?

515
00:25:18,267 --> 00:25:20,102
No, but I know where he'll be.

516
00:25:22,146 --> 00:25:24,899
Same job site in Southgate.
Three weeks in a row.

517
00:25:25,066 --> 00:25:27,985
Always shows up at payroll.
Tomorrow is week four.

518
00:25:28,152 --> 00:25:30,262
So he's gonna get his money
and disappear.

519
00:25:30,263 --> 00:25:33,490
All right, let's go pick him up.
You and me.

520
00:25:33,491 --> 00:25:36,535
Uh, to intercept, you'll need
three point containment,

521
00:25:36,702 --> 00:25:39,205
otherwise, escape odds
spike above 50%.

522
00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:41,749
Who's top marks on the range?

523
00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:43,550
Sammy.

524
00:25:44,085 --> 00:25:45,135
[SIGHS]

525
00:25:45,628 --> 00:25:48,506
- Whose second best?
- Cassidy.

526
00:25:50,091 --> 00:25:52,969
Call her in. We find him.
We find the Sicarios.

527
00:25:57,056 --> 00:26:00,518
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

528
00:26:03,271 --> 00:26:06,607
[DRONE WHIRRING]

529
00:26:06,774 --> 00:26:10,945
Drones up. Trailers East end,
30 meters from breach.

530
00:26:10,946 --> 00:26:13,738
HONDO [OVER RADIO]: Carlos is
here to get one last check,

531
00:26:13,739 --> 00:26:15,283
and then he's gonna vanish.

532
00:26:15,284 --> 00:26:17,117
If he heads for the subway
west stairwell, I'll intercept.

533
00:26:17,118 --> 00:26:18,661
Cassidy, cover his back.

534
00:26:18,662 --> 00:26:20,412
No heroics, just contained.
Do you understand?

535
00:26:20,413 --> 00:26:22,290
- I got this.
- ETHAN: Movement.

536
00:26:22,707 --> 00:26:23,874
Carlos, inbound.

537
00:26:29,130 --> 00:26:30,180
Check.

538
00:26:37,722 --> 00:26:40,099
- [THUDDING]
- MAN: Hey, hey. Look out, man.

539
00:26:40,266 --> 00:26:41,976
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

540
00:26:43,185 --> 00:26:45,895
- ETHAN: He's running.
- Cassidy, he's coming your way.

541
00:26:48,274 --> 00:26:49,650
[GROANS]

542
00:26:49,817 --> 00:26:52,445
- Damn it!
- Oh, shit, I got him!

543
00:26:57,450 --> 00:26:59,243
LAPD! Stop right there!

544
00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:01,829
- Turn around.
- [PANTING]

545
00:27:06,584 --> 00:27:09,253
[BOTH GRUNTING]

546
00:27:24,018 --> 00:27:25,068
You're done.

547
00:27:26,487 --> 00:27:29,856
I'm sorry.
Back there I got caught on-

548
00:27:29,857 --> 00:27:30,907
Save it!

549
00:27:34,487 --> 00:27:35,654
[TRASHCAN THUDS]

550
00:27:36,072 --> 00:27:37,122
[CASSIDY GRUNTS]

551
00:27:37,156 --> 00:27:41,369
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

552
00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:44,871
You've got to be kidding me.

553
00:27:44,872 --> 00:27:46,502
Ethan and Cassidy
went on the op.

554
00:27:50,628 --> 00:27:53,047
So, this is the Dream Team?

555
00:27:53,214 --> 00:27:54,844
We all got picked
for this squad.

556
00:27:55,132 --> 00:27:57,593
No fast tracks, no favorites.

557
00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,012
JUDE: I mean, look around,
this crew,

558
00:28:00,805 --> 00:28:02,348
not exactly the all-stars.

559
00:28:03,724 --> 00:28:05,101
This isn't a rocket ship.

560
00:28:05,267 --> 00:28:06,435
It's a lifeboat.

561
00:28:06,436 --> 00:28:07,894
We're gonna have to row
for ourselves.

562
00:28:07,895 --> 00:28:10,481
We gotta stand out.
Be useful.

563
00:28:11,732 --> 00:28:12,782
Loudly.

564
00:28:14,318 --> 00:28:16,487
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

565
00:28:19,156 --> 00:28:21,026
Are you thinking
what I'm thinking?

566
00:28:21,325 --> 00:28:24,078
No, but I'm in.

567
00:28:25,413 --> 00:28:26,463
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

568
00:28:32,962 --> 00:28:34,012
Hondo,

569
00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:36,103
let us take a run
at Vaminez.

570
00:28:36,132 --> 00:28:37,182
[SCOFFS]

571
00:28:37,183 --> 00:28:39,300
- Absolutely not.
- JUDE: Come on, man, why not?

572
00:28:39,301 --> 00:28:42,221
He's just sitting in a box.
Let us rattle the cage.

573
00:28:43,722 --> 00:28:44,890
He's a cartel enforcer.

574
00:28:44,891 --> 00:28:46,599
He's been stacking bodies
since he was 15.

575
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:47,768
He will stonewall you.

576
00:28:47,769 --> 00:28:50,061
His lawyer's going to get him
out on bail

577
00:28:50,062 --> 00:28:51,521
and once he's released,
we'll tail him.

578
00:28:51,522 --> 00:28:52,842
Let the cartel show itself.

579
00:28:52,843 --> 00:28:54,983
SAMMY: Or he cracks,
and we stay ahead of it.

580
00:28:54,984 --> 00:28:57,334
Listen, I've got certs
in crisis negotiation.

581
00:28:57,361 --> 00:28:58,863
Even a course at Quantico.

582
00:28:59,029 --> 00:29:01,949
And I had a viral polygraph
show. 10 million views.

583
00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:03,868
And I know guys like him.

584
00:29:03,993 --> 00:29:05,911
There is a language
to men like that.

585
00:29:06,912 --> 00:29:09,415
Now, trust me when I say,
I speak it.

586
00:29:09,832 --> 00:29:11,272
SAMMY: We're already behind.

587
00:29:11,292 --> 00:29:13,669
- This is a chance to get ahead.
- One shot.

588
00:29:14,378 --> 00:29:15,546
What do you got to lose?

589
00:29:16,547 --> 00:29:17,597
You get one.

590
00:29:21,552 --> 00:29:23,542
I already told you,
I ain't helping you.

591
00:29:23,846 --> 00:29:24,930
SAMMY: It's okay.

592
00:29:25,431 --> 00:29:28,309
We're not here for help.
We're here to settle a bet.

593
00:29:29,435 --> 00:29:31,770
You see, I say it's personal.

594
00:29:31,771 --> 00:29:34,856
You crossed the wrong line
with the wrong woman,

595
00:29:34,857 --> 00:29:36,108
insulted someone's ego.

596
00:29:36,525 --> 00:29:38,095
Now they want to send
a message.

597
00:29:38,444 --> 00:29:41,989
My partner thinks it's money,
but he's not really saying much.

598
00:29:43,157 --> 00:29:45,284
Seriously?
You got anything to add here?

599
00:29:46,535 --> 00:29:48,162
[JUDE SIGHS]

600
00:29:53,292 --> 00:29:56,295
There was this guy
in, uh, in Chihuahua.

601
00:29:57,379 --> 00:30:00,149
He thought he was slick,
moved some product on the side.

602
00:30:00,150 --> 00:30:03,092
Now, Lazario's crew,
they found out, of course,

603
00:30:03,093 --> 00:30:04,533
but they didn't say anything.

604
00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:06,354
They just waited

605
00:30:06,764 --> 00:30:08,874
for his daughter's
first birthday party.

606
00:30:09,433 --> 00:30:12,770
They pulled him out
in front of the bouncy house.

607
00:30:15,606 --> 00:30:17,858
They cut his tongue out
so he couldn't beg.

608
00:30:21,195 --> 00:30:22,821
And then they made him watch.

609
00:30:28,369 --> 00:30:29,749
You could have disappeared.

610
00:30:31,622 --> 00:30:32,672
But you didn't.

611
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:35,550
What's her name?

612
00:30:38,671 --> 00:30:39,721
Your daughter?

613
00:30:41,257 --> 00:30:44,927
She did that, right?
Purple sparkles.

614
00:30:45,469 --> 00:30:47,888
My guess is six.
Maybe seven.

615
00:30:51,308 --> 00:30:52,358
Six.

616
00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:55,903
Her name is Celine.

617
00:30:58,107 --> 00:31:00,859
I left that life after Juarez.

618
00:31:01,944 --> 00:31:04,280
They told me to kill a woman
holding a baby,

619
00:31:05,489 --> 00:31:06,615
and I couldn't.

620
00:31:06,782 --> 00:31:08,033
So I walked.

621
00:31:08,993 --> 00:31:10,202
Changed my name.

622
00:31:10,828 --> 00:31:14,915
Found peace. Wife, a daughter.

623
00:31:16,125 --> 00:31:17,334
A real life.

624
00:31:17,501 --> 00:31:18,711
Then came the message.

625
00:31:19,461 --> 00:31:20,841
They never really let you go.

626
00:31:20,842 --> 00:31:23,381
They're making an example
out of you.

627
00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:25,312
CARLOS: I don't care
what they do to me.

628
00:31:25,634 --> 00:31:26,684
You have to let me go.

629
00:31:26,969 --> 00:31:29,471
If I don't show, my wife runs,

630
00:31:29,638 --> 00:31:31,568
she won't get far
with our little girl.

631
00:31:32,182 --> 00:31:35,603
- We can protect you.
- No one can. Not from them.

632
00:31:40,190 --> 00:31:41,240
Please.

633
00:31:42,568 --> 00:31:43,736
You must let me go.

634
00:31:44,403 --> 00:31:46,614
They'll kill her.
I'm begging you.

635
00:31:54,038 --> 00:31:55,164
Nice work in there.

636
00:31:55,873 --> 00:31:56,923
You got him talking.

637
00:31:58,292 --> 00:31:59,501
SAMMY: He's free to go.

638
00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:02,070
HONDO: I asked the D.A.
not to press charges.

639
00:32:02,071 --> 00:32:03,880
Black and whites are en route

640
00:32:03,881 --> 00:32:05,173
to try to find his wife
and daughter.

641
00:32:05,174 --> 00:32:06,132
Let's hope they get there
first.

642
00:32:06,133 --> 00:32:07,509
And if they don't?

643
00:32:07,510 --> 00:32:09,052
Then he's not the only one
with something to lose.

644
00:32:09,053 --> 00:32:11,764
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

645
00:32:15,726 --> 00:32:17,046
WOMAN: Almost there, baby.

646
00:32:17,144 --> 00:32:19,194
Just a little longer
and we're with Papa.

647
00:32:19,396 --> 00:32:21,065
[SCREAMS]

648
00:32:21,231 --> 00:32:23,567
[TIRES SCREECHING]

649
00:32:24,068 --> 00:32:25,819
[CRYING]
No, no. No, no.

650
00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:27,144
[HIGH-PITCHED SCREAM]

651
00:32:27,237 --> 00:32:28,927
[BOTH CRYING AND SCREAMING]
No!

652
00:32:32,486 --> 00:32:34,410
Mama!

653
00:32:34,411 --> 00:32:35,244
Celine.

654
00:32:35,245 --> 00:32:36,538
No! No!

655
00:32:36,997 --> 00:32:38,047
No!

656
00:32:46,796 --> 00:32:49,550
We got anything on the girl?

657
00:32:49,551 --> 00:32:51,427
- Maybe.
- MYERS: So they got something.

658
00:32:51,428 --> 00:32:52,762
But it's all circumstantial.

659
00:32:52,763 --> 00:32:54,347
They need more intel
for a warrant.

660
00:32:54,348 --> 00:32:57,267
ETHAN: That's from a witness.
Intersection near Vernon.

661
00:32:57,434 --> 00:32:58,874
Traffic cams missed the van,

662
00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:01,397
but weather cam, two miles down,
picked up this.

663
00:33:02,106 --> 00:33:03,315
Wasn't there earlier.

664
00:33:03,316 --> 00:33:04,691
Showed up outside
an abandoned theater

665
00:33:04,692 --> 00:33:06,151
a few minutes after the grab.

666
00:33:06,652 --> 00:33:10,364
Area's got upgraded lampposts,
motion sensors, gunshot mics.

667
00:33:10,489 --> 00:33:12,199
One of them
picked up a scream.

668
00:33:12,700 --> 00:33:14,260
[GIRL SCREAMING ON RECORDING]

669
00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:16,203
ETHAN: 88% voice ID match.

670
00:33:16,204 --> 00:33:18,079
The Command says unless
there's hard proof,

671
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:19,623
SWAT should not be called in.

672
00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:23,210
Hey, tell them she is in there
and she is bait.

673
00:33:23,502 --> 00:33:25,003
They want Carlos to come alone

674
00:33:25,004 --> 00:33:26,671
so they can burn the past down
right in front of him.

675
00:33:26,672 --> 00:33:28,006
Tell them.

676
00:33:28,132 --> 00:33:30,634
Uh, yeah. You can tell them,
they're listening in.

677
00:33:31,176 --> 00:33:32,511
What's the evidence?

678
00:33:33,637 --> 00:33:35,687
No visual yet,
but we got location data,

679
00:33:35,806 --> 00:33:37,683
a scream,
and the timeline fits.

680
00:33:37,684 --> 00:33:40,685
This ain't a guess.
This is how they move.

681
00:33:40,686 --> 00:33:42,061
This is how they lure and trap.

682
00:33:42,062 --> 00:33:44,398
Shaky intel
is what lit the last fire,

683
00:33:44,565 --> 00:33:48,402
and they're not eager
to repeat that.

684
00:33:48,861 --> 00:33:50,446
HONDO:
This is not shaky intel.

685
00:33:50,612 --> 00:33:51,662
It's experience.

686
00:33:51,663 --> 00:33:53,364
20 years of chasing crews
like this.

687
00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:55,743
This is how they move.
This is how they trap.

688
00:33:55,744 --> 00:33:58,035
- I know what I'm talking about.
- MYERS: Okay.

689
00:33:58,036 --> 00:33:59,621
Wait. Just...

690
00:34:00,914 --> 00:34:02,791
Yeah. Okay. Uh, okay.

691
00:34:02,958 --> 00:34:05,461
So, uh,
due to exigent circumstances,

692
00:34:05,878 --> 00:34:08,005
command has pushed the button
on this.

693
00:34:08,297 --> 00:34:09,798
SWAT is now a go.

694
00:34:10,924 --> 00:34:12,760
They said it's your op now.

695
00:34:19,475 --> 00:34:20,525
Gather the team.

696
00:34:21,810 --> 00:34:23,479
I know
what you all signed up for.

697
00:34:24,646 --> 00:34:25,731
You saw the gear.

698
00:34:25,732 --> 00:34:29,650
You read the mission briefs
and you said, hell yeah, this is SWAT, right?

699
00:34:29,651 --> 00:34:31,111
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

700
00:34:32,362 --> 00:34:33,412
It ain't.

701
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:37,451
I read your personnel files.
All of them.

702
00:34:39,495 --> 00:34:40,913
And I saw what they saw.

703
00:34:42,790 --> 00:34:43,840
Flaws.

704
00:34:47,419 --> 00:34:48,469
Rejections

705
00:34:49,546 --> 00:34:51,256
and reasons to pass you over.

706
00:34:51,757 --> 00:34:53,447
And then they paired you
with me,

707
00:34:53,448 --> 00:34:55,635
a disgraced has-been clinging
to his badge.

708
00:34:55,636 --> 00:34:58,013
That is what they say
about me behind my back.

709
00:34:59,264 --> 00:35:01,517
And just now,
command greenlit an op.

710
00:35:01,934 --> 00:35:03,852
No confirmation, no backup.

711
00:35:03,853 --> 00:35:05,436
Almost like
they want us to fail,

712
00:35:05,437 --> 00:35:06,688
and that's when it hit me.

713
00:35:06,689 --> 00:35:09,607
They didn't pick us to succeed
or reform anything.

714
00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:11,652
They picked us all
to burn together.

715
00:35:13,153 --> 00:35:14,963
And I haven't helped
you all either.

716
00:35:15,364 --> 00:35:16,657
I came in barking orders,

717
00:35:16,824 --> 00:35:19,174
trying my hardest
to keep my distance from you.

718
00:35:21,370 --> 00:35:23,080
One of you tried to tell me,

719
00:35:23,914 --> 00:35:25,354
but I wasn't trying to hear it.

720
00:35:26,291 --> 00:35:29,211
Look, the truth is,

721
00:35:29,378 --> 00:35:32,214
what we are about to walk into
is so real.

722
00:35:35,008 --> 00:35:37,886
There is a little girl out there
with her life on the line.

723
00:35:41,557 --> 00:35:43,851
So I'm asking,
if you roll with me,

724
00:35:44,017 --> 00:35:46,487
don't do it for the badge
and don't you do it for me.

725
00:35:46,488 --> 00:35:50,898
You do it because SWAT
is supposed to mean showing up

726
00:35:50,899 --> 00:35:52,025
when no one else will.

727
00:35:53,837 --> 00:35:57,738
Do it because you believe
we are more than

728
00:35:57,739 --> 00:35:58,819
what they think we are.

729
00:35:59,241 --> 00:36:02,953
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

730
00:36:04,788 --> 00:36:05,838
[SIGHS]

731
00:36:06,748 --> 00:36:07,798
You in?

732
00:36:09,209 --> 00:36:10,259
Four-Four.

733
00:36:13,589 --> 00:36:14,639
The Four-Four.

734
00:36:16,091 --> 00:36:17,301
Four-Four, baby.

735
00:36:21,305 --> 00:36:22,355
Let's do this.

736
00:36:22,973 --> 00:36:24,057
[SIGHS]

737
00:36:27,144 --> 00:36:28,194
Roll SWAT.

738
00:36:28,353 --> 00:36:30,606
[THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING]

739
00:36:31,773 --> 00:36:33,403
? I'd have been through
So much ?

740
00:36:33,567 --> 00:36:35,557
? Trials on trials on trials
On trials ?

741
00:36:35,694 --> 00:36:37,279
? But I never give up ?

742
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,447
? Turn up the temperature
It's getting hotter ?

743
00:36:39,448 --> 00:36:40,498
? I am a warrior ?

744
00:36:40,657 --> 00:36:42,034
? Come a little closer ?

745
00:36:42,035 --> 00:36:43,451
? I'll show you
These battle scars ?

746
00:36:43,452 --> 00:36:44,953
? I am a soldier ?

747
00:36:44,954 --> 00:36:47,288
? Been through it all
Still shining like the stars ?

748
00:36:47,289 --> 00:36:49,759
? Put me in a box, I'll lead
I'mma show you the way ?

749
00:36:50,709 --> 00:36:53,712
? We came to overthrow ?

750
00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:56,840
Thought you bailed.

751
00:36:56,965 --> 00:36:58,595
Ethan told me
about your speech.

752
00:36:59,426 --> 00:37:01,011
I figured I was being stubborn,

753
00:37:01,762 --> 00:37:04,139
and if it's cool,
maybe I could help out.

754
00:37:05,849 --> 00:37:06,899
Gear up.

755
00:37:09,478 --> 00:37:12,606
? We came to overthrow ?

756
00:37:13,273 --> 00:37:16,902
? Get back 'cause we're
Crushing, breaking bones ?

757
00:37:17,069 --> 00:37:19,696
? Explode like a bombshell ?

758
00:37:19,821 --> 00:37:22,282
[VOCALIZING]

759
00:37:22,449 --> 00:37:24,743
? It's time
To raise some hell ?

760
00:37:29,206 --> 00:37:31,458
? It's time
To raise some hell ?

761
00:37:34,503 --> 00:37:35,754
[MUSIC STOPS]

762
00:37:37,047 --> 00:37:39,299
[DOG BARKING]

763
00:37:40,217 --> 00:37:43,220
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

764
00:37:46,807 --> 00:37:48,183
HONDO: Ethan, you're up.

765
00:37:54,940 --> 00:37:57,651
[WHIRRING]

766
00:38:04,825 --> 00:38:07,744
ETHAN: Confirmation,
hostage is downstairs.

767
00:38:08,078 --> 00:38:09,204
Two bogies guarding.

768
00:38:09,371 --> 00:38:11,241
Another one is back
behind the stage.

769
00:38:11,707 --> 00:38:13,087
Two more on the upper levels.

770
00:38:13,088 --> 00:38:15,418
Another heat signature
just entered the chat.

771
00:38:15,419 --> 00:38:16,877
HONDO: All right,
we need to move now.

772
00:38:16,878 --> 00:38:18,046
CARLOS: Celine.

773
00:38:18,171 --> 00:38:19,256
Carlos is here.

774
00:38:19,423 --> 00:38:21,053
It's go time.
Cassidy, you're up.

775
00:38:21,216 --> 00:38:24,761
[CARLOS SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

776
00:38:30,851 --> 00:38:32,853
[CELINE SCREAMS]

777
00:38:33,020 --> 00:38:34,070
LAPD.

778
00:38:36,773 --> 00:38:37,823
No!

779
00:38:38,066 --> 00:38:39,234
No! Daddy!

780
00:38:39,401 --> 00:38:41,331
Sammy, you help Carlos.
I'll cover you.

781
00:38:42,237 --> 00:38:44,656
You and Cassidy, go upstairs.
Go!

782
00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:46,074
[MAN GROANS]

783
00:38:56,460 --> 00:38:57,510
Shooter pinned.

784
00:38:57,544 --> 00:38:58,984
Come on! Get him out of there!

785
00:39:02,132 --> 00:39:04,051
[GROANS]

786
00:39:06,053 --> 00:39:09,097
[GRUNTING]

787
00:39:11,183 --> 00:39:13,727
- Jude, go up.
- I'm on it.

788
00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:14,902
Ethan, with me!

789
00:39:17,314 --> 00:39:18,364
Move! Move!

790
00:39:25,489 --> 00:39:26,573
[MAN GROANS]

791
00:39:29,826 --> 00:39:31,369
JUDE: Moving. Third floor.

792
00:39:35,457 --> 00:39:39,127
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

793
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:48,887
[BOTH GRUNTING]

794
00:40:10,992 --> 00:40:12,702
[GROANS]

795
00:40:47,571 --> 00:40:50,323
[BREATHING HEAVILY]

796
00:40:58,748 --> 00:41:00,750
Let the girl go.
You don't want to do this.

797
00:41:01,126 --> 00:41:04,045
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

798
00:41:04,671 --> 00:41:07,465
[CRYING]

799
00:41:14,306 --> 00:41:16,016
You don't walk out
if she doesn't.

800
00:41:18,852 --> 00:41:20,187
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

801
00:41:22,397 --> 00:41:23,447
[CELINE SCREAMS]

802
00:41:26,318 --> 00:41:29,863
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]

803
00:41:53,470 --> 00:41:55,972
HONDO:
First op's never clean.

804
00:41:56,139 --> 00:41:58,850
If it is, somebody's lying.

805
00:42:00,268 --> 00:42:02,318
This generation
wears things out loud,

806
00:42:03,063 --> 00:42:05,357
pain, fear, confidence.

807
00:42:07,150 --> 00:42:08,610
Sometimes I don't get it.

808
00:42:09,611 --> 00:42:10,987
But maybe that's the point.

809
00:42:14,532 --> 00:42:17,118
I came up believing
strength meant control.

810
00:42:17,494 --> 00:42:18,620
Hold the line.

811
00:42:18,745 --> 00:42:20,375
Don't let anyone
see the cracks.

812
00:42:23,041 --> 00:42:24,542
Turns out that's not strength.

813
00:42:25,168 --> 00:42:28,213
That's just pressure
waiting to fail.

814
00:42:32,008 --> 00:42:34,386
This job doesn't deal
in clean lines.

815
00:42:35,053 --> 00:42:36,103
Right.

816
00:42:36,388 --> 00:42:37,438
Wrong.

817
00:42:37,439 --> 00:42:39,306
Just people doing
the best they can

818
00:42:39,307 --> 00:42:40,687
with what they're carrying.

819
00:42:53,196 --> 00:42:54,823
Everyone's got weight.

820
00:42:59,035 --> 00:43:01,371
You can only shoulder it alone
for so long.

821
00:43:04,457 --> 00:43:07,669
Sooner or later,
it'll put you on the floor.

822
00:43:11,673 --> 00:43:13,216
They're not a team yet.

823
00:43:13,758 --> 00:43:15,260
Not the way I understand it.

824
00:43:16,344 --> 00:43:19,556
But when it counts,
they step into the fire.

825
00:43:21,474 --> 00:43:22,642
And that's a start.

826
00:43:32,944 --> 00:43:36,990
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

827
00:43:37,157 --> 00:43:38,533
[HONDO SIGHS]

828
00:43:48,084 --> 00:43:49,377
Guess I lost the bet.

829
00:44:06,936 --> 00:44:07,986
[SIGHS]

830
00:44:09,898 --> 00:44:11,566
I stumbled on the entry, kid.

831
00:44:15,278 --> 00:44:16,696
But I'm working on it.

832
00:44:19,366 --> 00:44:20,658
You saved the girl.

833
00:44:21,743 --> 00:44:22,793
You did good.

834
00:44:23,620 --> 00:44:25,670
- HONDO: Thanks for coming.
- HICKS: Yeah.

835
00:44:25,671 --> 00:44:28,665
HONDO: As soon as they gave me
that team, you vanished.

836
00:44:28,666 --> 00:44:30,356
HICKS:
Well, they made sure I did.

837
00:44:30,357 --> 00:44:32,628
They shoved me out
the second you stepped in.

838
00:44:32,629 --> 00:44:34,714
The same way
they burned you last time.

839
00:44:35,715 --> 00:44:37,592
Those bastards
do what they do.

840
00:44:49,646 --> 00:44:52,476
Your name was on every personnel
file, that's how I knew.

841
00:44:53,233 --> 00:44:55,463
You'd never give me that team,
not like that.

842
00:44:55,527 --> 00:44:57,195
Files must have been doctored.

843
00:44:58,655 --> 00:45:00,615
You still got
contacts downtown?

844
00:45:01,241 --> 00:45:02,291
Yeah.

845
00:45:03,118 --> 00:45:04,494
Why?

846
00:45:04,495 --> 00:45:06,328
Because this whole thing,
the team, me, it was a setup.

847
00:45:06,329 --> 00:45:07,830
Someone powerful is making
moves, playing chess,

848
00:45:07,831 --> 00:45:10,250
and I'm done being a pawn.
I want names.

849
00:45:10,417 --> 00:45:11,751
[SCOFFS]

850
00:45:11,918 --> 00:45:14,671
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

851
00:45:14,838 --> 00:45:16,398
What are you gonna do with them?

852
00:45:17,841 --> 00:45:19,300
Bury them.

853
00:45:19,467 --> 00:45:25,265
? I know I dream
But I don't sleep no more ?

854
00:45:29,310 --> 00:45:31,729
? Nights were slow ?

855
00:45:32,272 --> 00:45:35,483
? But I don't mind, no ?

856
00:45:37,068 --> 00:45:38,528
You're late.

857
00:45:38,529 --> 00:45:40,362
You were supposed to check in
with me after the op.

858
00:45:40,363 --> 00:45:41,413
Show me.

859
00:45:47,537 --> 00:45:51,624
Hondo doesn't deserve the badge
or the command.

860
00:45:55,170 --> 00:45:57,400
I'm gonna make sure
the whole world knows it.

861
00:45:57,881 --> 00:46:03,470
? Going down
Down, down, down ?

862
00:46:05,180 --> 00:46:07,640
? It's easy going down ?

863
00:46:11,186 --> 00:46:15,899
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

864
00:46:15,949 --> 00:46:20,499
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