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HONDO:
<i>Previously on</i> SWAT Exiles...

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Angela Pike, your new commander.

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Somehow, your rule-breaking
decision to leak

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body cam footage

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casts you
as some kind of reformer.

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I'm not so convinced.

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I think someone handed me
a time bomb,

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and they just hoped
I didn't notice the ticking.

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[BOTH GRUNTING]

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I need you
to look into someone for me.

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TATE: <i>I started to wonder
about her involvement
in getting you fired.</i>

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That was her?

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I'm gonna need
a whole lot of tequila
before I spill that story.

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- Good night, Sammy.
- Good night.

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ANGELA:
<i>If today's after action report
reads like the last one,</i>

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this whole experiment
may be on life support.

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He left out something,
something important
which makes this a lie.

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[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

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[SNORING]

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[SCOFFS]
Beat me here.

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I mean, that tracks, I guess.
I woke up early.

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Figured I'd come in instead
of waking up my roommates.

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I haven't really
been sleeping much.

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Okay, cool. You're in the zone.
We don't need to "talk" talk.

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I just-- I just need to vent.

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[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

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[GRUNTING]

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[SCREAMS]

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[MUSIC STOPS]

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[RATTLING]

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- [CAR HORNS HONKING]
- [PEOPLE CLAMORING]

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MAN: Hey!

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[OVERWHELMING URBAN NOISE]

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So, like, the not sleeping
is a thing, but the anxiety
is... It's killing me.

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I've always been like,
I'm good, I got this.

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Especially at work.

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[SIGHS]

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But that last stop,
I just... I can't get it
out of my head.

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Something happened.

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Something I never thought
would happen to me.

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I'm kind of afraid
it's gonna happen again.

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I tried talking
to my boyfriend about it.

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He just did not want
to go there.
[SCOFFS]

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He's a brand manager.
He maybe just can't relate.

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But you could.

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How do you
move past a bad thing?

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Because, like

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Malik getting Scout before you
even got a shot.

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That's just messed up.
[CHUCKLES]

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No pressure. Obviously.

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I'm just grateful
you let me unload really.

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- I mean,
any advice you got would be...
- Oh.

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Treadmill's yours.

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[SCOFFS, CHUCKLES]

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[PANTING]

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[THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING]

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[SCREAMS]

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[CAR HORNS HONKING]

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[JACKHAMMER RATTLING]

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Hey, get back in your car.

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[CAR HORN HONKING INCESSANTLY]

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- [THUDS]
- [GASPS]

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- The horn. Too loud.
- Hey! Leave her alone!

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It never... stops.

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It has to stop.

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- [CAR HORNS HONKING]
- [JACKHAMMER RATTLING]

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It never... stops.

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It has to stop!

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- [SIREN WAILING]
- MAN: Hey!

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- [THUDS]
- [SOUNDS STOP]

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[MAN LAUGHING]

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[JACKHAMMER RATTLING]

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[LAUGHING ECHOES]

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- [MAN LAUGHING]
- WOMAN: What's that guy doing?

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MAN 2:
Get in your car, bro.

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MAN 3: What're you doing, man?

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[WOMAN YELLS INDISTINCTLY]

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Projectile origin south-east.

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Suspended loft.
Release point elevated.

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[ECHOES]
High-chassis SUV.

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- [GUNSHOTS]
- [PEOPLE SCREAMING]

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MAN: No. Get down!

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MAN: Hurry up--

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[SCREAMS, GROANS]

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[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

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[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

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[THEME MUSIC ENDS]

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- [FIRING ON VIDEO GAME]
- [WILHELM SCREAM]

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Jesus.
Do I really want to know?

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I made a VR program
for our training scenarios,

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imported
the shoot house modules,

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lets us run the training ops
as many times as we want to
without--

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Without actually
running the ops.

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It's not meant
to replace physical training.

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It's meant to complement it.

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- It's still a prototype, but--
- It's awesome.

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[SCOFFS]

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Gear up. It's training day.

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When we practice, it's for real.

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[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

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- JUDE: Whoo!
- Yo, Taran tactical
came through.

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Who said influencing
is a waste of time?

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Sick shit, Sammy.

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[CHUCKLES]

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HONDO: Listen up. Scenario.

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Armed robbery crew
pinned to this location.

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Also suspected inside,
missing 15-year-old girl.

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Condition unknown.
Malik, on you.

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- Call it.
- All right.

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Flashbang at entry point,
we go in.

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Apprehend suspects,
detain occupants.

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Clear the location.

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Stack up. The top up.
Let's go.

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[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

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LAPD Search warrant.
Open the door.

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[THUDS]

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[DRONE WHIRRING]

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ETHAN: Low light.
Target's not visible.

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Interior door is closed.

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First bedroom clear.

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Hallway to the rear clear.

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[GUNSHOT]

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- We've lost visuals.
- MALIK: Go!

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We got two shooters in the back.

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[GUNSHOTS]

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[ALARM RINGING]

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MAN [ON RADIO]:
<i>Two shooters down.</i>

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- JUDE: Meth lab!
- Could blow.

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- What do you do?
- Dispatch, 44 Squad.

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We need hazmat team,
bomb squad and FD on standby.

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Have patrol evacuate
all surrounding residences.

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- On me.
- CASSIDY: Copy.

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MALIK: Reaching door.

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[SIREN BLARING]

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Dead. Dead.

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[SCREAMING]

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- We got her.
- MALIK: Clear out.

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[ALARM CONTINUES BLARING]

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[BABY CRYING]

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HONDO:
You gonna leave a baby behind?

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Jude, Cassidy, get the baby.

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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

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JUDE: Nothing here. Anything?

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CASSIDY: Nothing over here.

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Is that coming from the ov...

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Hey, I got it. I found the baby.

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MALIK:
All right, come on, let's roll.

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[BABY CONTINUES CRYING]

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[EXPLOSION]

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[MUSIC STOPS]

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[SIGHS]

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You know, that's not
how you hold a baby, right?

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Then don't hand me one, Dad.

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Shots. Smoke. Sirens.

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Sensory overload,
designed to push you
to the point of meltdown.

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Baby in the oven
was a little dark.

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Dark is out there.

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Armed hitmen on dirt bikes
flying out of a crate.

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And if you freeze...

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you die and your squad dies.

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Now I put you through hell.
You came through the other side.

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But we will do
this again and again,

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until I know you know what to do
and where to find each other.

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Grab some water.

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ANGELA: I don't know, Hondo.
From what you've been saying,

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you almost convinced me
this team was stocked
with D-list operators.

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But after what I just saw.
I mean, they delivered.

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[SIGHS]
Poise under pressure,
that's what I need.

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- Every time.
- Hmm.

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A lot of adrenaline
after a scenario like that,
how do they decompress?

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[CHUCKLES]

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We don't have that luxury
on the field, commander.

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Reform squad
isn't just about field tactics
and accountability.

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It's... It's holistic.

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It's about building
something sustainable.

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My career is staked
on this working, yours too.

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So maybe a little less grind,
more mental health.

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So this whole
beautiful experiment
doesn't flame out.

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Related, I got an op for you.

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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

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[SCOFFS]

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[FIRING AND SCREAMING ON VIDEO]

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His name is Walter Kovic.

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He's a former California
Rocket Center engineer.

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Just opened fire on the 110.
Eight wounded, no fatalities.

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Kovic, still at large.

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Metro traced
his car registration
to an address in northeast LA.

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Now, guys like this pressure
builds and they snap,

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and they will not stop
until someone stops them.

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[SIGHS]

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Malik, Jude, Ethan, you sit
on Kovic's house with Metro.

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Sammy, Cassidy, you're with me.
Monitoring the manhunt,

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ready to roll if he surfaces.

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Eyes sharp. You find anything,
you call it in.

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- Is this a gendered op?
- Maybe.

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Or maybe we're just benched.

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[HONDO SIGHS]

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[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

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Hey, man,
you got an update on Pike?

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TATE: <i>No. Work, home.
Nothing to see unless
going to a movie alone counts.</i>

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- It was a new, uh--
- HONDO: <i>Keep on her.</i>

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Hondo. Might be time
to let this one go.

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No, no.

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She showed up
to my training unannounced.

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She's got me under a microscope,
and I want her under mine.
Stay on her.

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[DOOR OPENS]

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[SIGHS]

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Closed door means don't come in,
or at least knock.

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Yeah. Sorry.

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Ooh, can I see?

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- [GUN COCKING]
- SAMMY: Mm.

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Pit Viper.

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- [GUN CLICKS]
- Very thoughtful.

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Boss gun for my boss.

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[SIGHS]

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Am I benched?

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Sammy, I told you,
you're on call.

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Set up in front of a screen,
monitor tips.

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Right. That training scenario
this morning,

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I don't mean to be
all main character,
but was it for me?

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It was for everyone.

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[SCOFFS]

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Are we doing it?

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- Is that the Gen Z stare?
- That's not a thing.

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Maybe it is.

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The sim, you said
it was designed to overwhelm,

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like when I was Scout,
even mentioned the dirt bikes.

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You can say if it was.

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Yes, Sammy.

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To practice decision-making
at peak overstimulation

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so you can act and not freeze.

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Vapor lock on a real world op
is the worst thing
a SWAT operator can do.

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Okay, but hypothetically,
if someone vapor locks once,

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it doesn't mean they're going
to do it again, right?

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If it happens again
that someone
will no longer be on 44 Squad.

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[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

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Copy that.

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[SIGHS]

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Walter Kovic's
kind of a big deal
among rocket buffs.

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He's a launch specialist.
Cassini team, back in the day.

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He used to wear
these cool aviator glasses.

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Mustache.

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How do you go
from rocket scientist
to a shooter?

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MALIK: Hey, look.

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Burn zone.

246
00:14:15,397 --> 00:14:18,441
Jeez, this guy's
got nothing left to lose.

247
00:14:27,701 --> 00:14:28,827
[BEEPS]

248
00:14:30,245 --> 00:14:32,372
[SIGHING]

249
00:14:37,002 --> 00:14:38,753
Get in the car, Mark.

250
00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:40,964
Now.

251
00:14:42,674 --> 00:14:43,758
What's this about?

252
00:14:46,845 --> 00:14:48,430
I got your letter.

253
00:14:48,972 --> 00:14:50,849
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

254
00:14:53,518 --> 00:14:56,396
MALIK: Walter Kovic, LAPD.

255
00:14:57,689 --> 00:14:59,190
If you're in here, come out.

256
00:15:00,525 --> 00:15:01,443
LAPD.

257
00:15:05,030 --> 00:15:08,033
Walter Kovic, come out.

258
00:15:14,539 --> 00:15:16,082
Looks like he's living here.

259
00:15:19,878 --> 00:15:22,672
- ETHAN: Who are you?
- Nancy Foster, next door.

260
00:15:22,839 --> 00:15:24,674
What's going on?
Did Walter do something?

261
00:15:25,216 --> 00:15:28,470
Walter opened fire
in the freeway,
shot eight people.

262
00:15:28,970 --> 00:15:30,680
MALIK: We need to find him
before he hurts anyone else?

263
00:15:30,805 --> 00:15:32,474
Anything you could tell us
that might help?

264
00:15:33,058 --> 00:15:35,143
He hasn't been right
for a long time.

265
00:15:37,771 --> 00:15:39,939
Well, that's Pam, his wife.

266
00:15:40,106 --> 00:15:42,275
They got married
right here 20 years ago.

267
00:15:42,442 --> 00:15:43,985
Planted the roses
for the wedding.

268
00:15:44,819 --> 00:15:47,197
And after Pam died,
Walter let himself go.

269
00:15:47,364 --> 00:15:48,657
He let this whole place go.

270
00:15:49,741 --> 00:15:51,409
And that fence
is on my property.

271
00:15:51,910 --> 00:15:53,370
Walter wouldn't agree
to move it.

272
00:15:53,536 --> 00:15:56,706
I'm not saying it was karma,
but my house is still here.

273
00:15:57,666 --> 00:15:59,709
Walter lost his job
and then the fires.
[CHUCKLES]

274
00:16:00,460 --> 00:16:02,420
Those roses
went up like firecrackers.

275
00:16:02,587 --> 00:16:04,130
Anyone else
he might have trouble with?

276
00:16:04,631 --> 00:16:06,424
His insurance claim
got rejected again,

277
00:16:06,591 --> 00:16:09,177
and I heard him say
he was going to settle things
and make it right.

278
00:16:09,344 --> 00:16:10,053
Thank you.

279
00:16:10,929 --> 00:16:12,305
Can you tell that police car
to park farther down?

280
00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:14,391
I don't want to see it
when I look out my window.

281
00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:25,026
Guy lost his house,
his wife, his job,

282
00:16:25,193 --> 00:16:26,986
everything that made him him.

283
00:16:28,947 --> 00:16:30,281
I just got a call from Malik.

284
00:16:31,116 --> 00:16:33,368
- Dig up
Walter's homeowner's insurance.
- On it.

285
00:16:33,702 --> 00:16:34,953
Big claim got rejected.

286
00:16:35,078 --> 00:16:36,454
These guys
often have a revenge path.

287
00:16:36,621 --> 00:16:38,540
Shots fired. Wilshire and 7th.

288
00:16:38,665 --> 00:16:42,335
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

289
00:16:42,502 --> 00:16:43,753
That's the LJT building.

290
00:16:45,755 --> 00:16:47,924
Walter's policy
is with LJT Insurance.

291
00:16:48,842 --> 00:16:51,136
He's got a target.
We got to lock down LJT now.

292
00:16:51,302 --> 00:16:51,845
Let's go.

293
00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:55,598
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

294
00:16:58,393 --> 00:17:00,770
Three witnesses place gunshots
on this floor of the garage.

295
00:17:00,937 --> 00:17:02,856
It's sealed off.
No one in, no one out.

296
00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:04,899
- You got a fix on the shooter?
- OFFICER: Not yet.

297
00:17:05,066 --> 00:17:08,236
He knew the camera angles,
stayed in shadow,
could still be in here.

298
00:17:08,403 --> 00:17:09,279
Or not.

299
00:17:09,863 --> 00:17:11,489
We got choppers up,
units on the streets.

300
00:17:11,656 --> 00:17:13,783
- Employees inside on lockdown?
- Sweep in there's almost done.

301
00:17:14,743 --> 00:17:16,494
You two take the left side.
I'll go right.

302
00:17:34,637 --> 00:17:36,514
Hondo, blue car, driver's side.

303
00:17:52,614 --> 00:17:54,199
Confirm one DOA. Gunshot wound.

304
00:17:54,365 --> 00:17:56,785
Rear corner of the garage
near the employee elevator.

305
00:17:58,703 --> 00:18:01,122
Mark Miller. LJT Employee.

306
00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:02,874
No laptop.

307
00:18:03,374 --> 00:18:04,876
He's got something in his mouth.

308
00:18:07,504 --> 00:18:09,380
Guys got to be pretty mad
to force feed a letter

309
00:18:09,506 --> 00:18:11,216
to the man who signed it
before killing him.

310
00:18:12,133 --> 00:18:15,762
It's a rejection letter
of Walter Kovic's claim appeal,
dated three days ago.

311
00:18:16,179 --> 00:18:18,598
Such a tragedy.
Like the fires themselves.

312
00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:21,851
It breaks my heart
to see our clients
suffering like this.

313
00:18:22,769 --> 00:18:25,313
Your VP denied
his claim and appeal, why?

314
00:18:25,814 --> 00:18:27,232
He was a policyholder
for decades.

315
00:18:28,274 --> 00:18:31,194
[SCOFFS]
Insurance, especially in today's
challenging landscape,

316
00:18:31,319 --> 00:18:32,779
is a two way street.

317
00:18:32,946 --> 00:18:35,031
Right. We pay for coverage.
You provide it.

318
00:18:35,824 --> 00:18:38,493
Marc did his best
to work with Mr. Kovic.

319
00:18:39,077 --> 00:18:42,247
He sent him
multiple notifications.

320
00:18:43,164 --> 00:18:47,836
Unfortunately, he wouldn't
maintain protective standards.

321
00:18:48,086 --> 00:18:49,921
Refused to trim back vegetation.

322
00:18:50,338 --> 00:18:51,631
[HONDO CHUCKLES]

323
00:18:51,798 --> 00:18:54,259
When that fire started,
my windows were rattling,

324
00:18:54,676 --> 00:18:55,885
palm trees bent in half.

325
00:18:56,386 --> 00:18:58,179
That firestorm
had 100 mile an hour winds.

326
00:18:58,346 --> 00:19:00,098
You really think
cutting down some rose bushes

327
00:19:00,265 --> 00:19:01,808
would have saved Walter's house?

328
00:19:06,020 --> 00:19:07,438
SAMMY:
We got a code red in there.

329
00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:10,233
And out here.

330
00:19:11,192 --> 00:19:13,444
- She high-key hates that CEO.
- Or she's freaking out

331
00:19:13,611 --> 00:19:17,365
because her boss just got shot
in the garage and she has to
stay here and work.

332
00:19:17,532 --> 00:19:18,950
Either way,
she might know something.

333
00:19:19,993 --> 00:19:23,413
Well, you don't exactly
give "spill your heart out
to me vibes".

334
00:19:23,580 --> 00:19:24,330
I'll lead.

335
00:19:26,916 --> 00:19:27,375
Hey.

336
00:19:28,459 --> 00:19:29,794
Uh, can I get you a water?

337
00:19:30,295 --> 00:19:31,629
- Coffee?
- SAMMY: Oh, you're so sweet.

338
00:19:31,796 --> 00:19:33,715
I'm Officer Bishop. Sammy.

339
00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:36,092
- What's your name?
- Maddie.

340
00:19:36,551 --> 00:19:37,510
Mark's assistant.

341
00:19:38,261 --> 00:19:40,597
My teammate and I see
stuff like this too often.

342
00:19:41,055 --> 00:19:42,223
It can be traumatizing.

343
00:19:42,974 --> 00:19:44,893
It really helps us
to talk about it.

344
00:19:46,811 --> 00:19:47,687
You don't have to.

345
00:19:49,105 --> 00:19:51,399
We just wanted to say
that we're sorry
about your boss.

346
00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:53,776
Mark was an asshole.

347
00:19:56,321 --> 00:19:57,196
Like a yeller?

348
00:19:58,531 --> 00:20:01,200
The kind that keeps
a mental list
of all of your mistakes.

349
00:20:02,452 --> 00:20:04,954
Underestimates you even though
you work your ass off.

350
00:20:06,623 --> 00:20:08,541
Makes it hard to come into work
some days, right?

351
00:20:11,669 --> 00:20:13,880
Babe, you know
this is not your fault, right?

352
00:20:15,089 --> 00:20:18,384
Ugh, that letter they found
in Mark's mouth,
he didn't even sign it.

353
00:20:19,344 --> 00:20:20,219
I did.

354
00:20:20,762 --> 00:20:22,555
I stamped his signature
on hundreds of them.

355
00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:23,514
Sylvia Beckett.

356
00:20:24,265 --> 00:20:26,643
Maddie, it's not your job
to protect her.

357
00:20:27,393 --> 00:20:28,978
SYLVIA: With today's changing
weather patterns

358
00:20:29,145 --> 00:20:32,315
and higher temperatures,
mitigating risk is critical.

359
00:20:32,857 --> 00:20:35,568
This is a business.
It's not a public service.

360
00:20:36,486 --> 00:20:38,363
Walter could have appealed
his claim again.

361
00:20:38,529 --> 00:20:42,116
Instead, he blamed the messenger
who was just doing his job.

362
00:20:42,283 --> 00:20:44,410
Mark Miller
didn't start the fire.

363
00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:45,453
Then who did?

364
00:20:45,870 --> 00:20:47,330
Your company's
doing the investigation.

365
00:20:47,497 --> 00:20:49,207
The cause
hasn't been determined yet.

366
00:20:50,291 --> 00:20:53,002
I can't talk about it.
You know how that goes.

367
00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:59,300
MADDIE: Sylvia came back
from this lunch.
Wasn't even on her schedule.
With someone named John Smith.

368
00:20:59,801 --> 00:21:01,344
What kind of fake name is that?

369
00:21:01,511 --> 00:21:04,013
That's shady AF. Then what?

370
00:21:05,348 --> 00:21:08,142
[SIGHS]
Sylvia told all the VP's
to deny every fire claim.

371
00:21:08,309 --> 00:21:09,060
Appeals too.

372
00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:10,979
For whatever reason,
they could find.

373
00:21:11,145 --> 00:21:13,398
That's when they denied
Walter Kovic's appeal.

374
00:21:14,816 --> 00:21:17,193
[SIGHS]
I'm so gonna steal
office supplies and quiet quit.

375
00:21:17,318 --> 00:21:18,569
[SAMMY CHUCKLES]

376
00:21:18,736 --> 00:21:20,279
Do you have your boss' laptop?

377
00:21:20,405 --> 00:21:22,740
No. He always took it with him.

378
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,411
Sticky notes are best.
Clear them out.

379
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,666
Walter could have used
this key card to get here
and go on a rampage,

380
00:21:31,833 --> 00:21:34,252
but he spared them.
Even the CEO.

381
00:21:35,837 --> 00:21:38,214
Cassidy pegged the assistant
as an info source.

382
00:21:38,464 --> 00:21:39,257
She cracked.

383
00:21:40,216 --> 00:21:41,718
Got a couple of leads,
but no laptop.

384
00:21:41,884 --> 00:21:45,805
All right.
Metro, see if there's a wallet
on the body.

385
00:21:46,222 --> 00:21:48,016
Maybe Walter stole
more than the laptop.

386
00:21:50,101 --> 00:21:53,688
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

387
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,115
ETHAN:
Kovic's insurance was denied,

388
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,910
he killed the claim agent,
stole his laptop,

389
00:22:49,077 --> 00:22:52,622
and maybe there's a John Smith
connected to all this?

390
00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:55,625
It could be fake,
but run it anyway.

391
00:22:55,792 --> 00:22:57,376
There's hundreds
of John Smith's in LA.

392
00:22:58,086 --> 00:23:01,380
ANGELA: Kovic used Mark Miller's
credit card to take
a cab back to his house.

393
00:23:01,547 --> 00:23:04,467
We have an APB out.
Cool Ranch?

394
00:23:06,427 --> 00:23:09,972
We've got a warrant
to pull remote access
on Mark Miller's stolen laptop.

395
00:23:10,139 --> 00:23:13,559
If Kovic still has it,
might be able to track him,
find what he's been looking for.

396
00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:16,729
If the laptop is active,
I can hijack the session,
harvest credentials,

397
00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:20,233
inject a series of call back
platform beacons to gain access.

398
00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:23,319
Great. You take it from here.
I'm going to clock out.

399
00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:26,572
During a manhunt?

400
00:23:29,033 --> 00:23:31,828
Walter Kovic is just
one active file on my desk.

401
00:23:32,328 --> 00:23:34,497
And believe me,
I feel the weight
of every single one.

402
00:23:34,664 --> 00:23:37,750
So, yeah, I could pull
an all-nighter,
be useless tomorrow,

403
00:23:37,917 --> 00:23:42,046
or I could trust those on it
are up to the task
and come in fresh.

404
00:23:43,172 --> 00:23:43,965
[SCOFFS]
That's a choice.

405
00:23:46,551 --> 00:23:47,385
I'm sorry.

406
00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:50,513
Work-life balance
equals survival.

407
00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,974
Emotional regulation
is not a soft skill.

408
00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:54,851
If more people
took it seriously,

409
00:23:55,017 --> 00:23:57,311
maybe we could stop
being a society that explodes.

410
00:23:58,187 --> 00:24:00,690
So yeah,
I'm going to take some me-time.

411
00:24:01,524 --> 00:24:02,191
Good night.

412
00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:18,457
Ethan, let me know
if you find anything.

413
00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:30,219
[CLEARS THROAT]

414
00:24:33,222 --> 00:24:35,892
Might be a late night.
Hate to keep you up.

415
00:24:36,893 --> 00:24:38,811
FOBs for the garage lobby
and elevator.

416
00:24:38,936 --> 00:24:40,396
Keys for the apartment.

417
00:24:40,521 --> 00:24:42,982
You can crash at my place.
There's lots of room.

418
00:24:43,149 --> 00:24:46,319
- No, you really don't have to.
- Be as much for me as for you.

419
00:24:46,652 --> 00:24:49,322
My doctor says
it'll help my brain.

420
00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:53,034
- Yeah, I remember.
- Yeah.

421
00:24:54,702 --> 00:24:56,621
I won't stay long, okay?

422
00:24:56,787 --> 00:24:58,080
Oh, stay as long as you want.

423
00:24:58,247 --> 00:25:00,791
Help yourself to whatever,
food, drinks.

424
00:25:01,584 --> 00:25:03,377
The rooftop's got a sick view.

425
00:25:04,086 --> 00:25:07,757
Oh, well. Thank God. I mean,
I couldn't stay somewhere
that didn't have a sick view.

426
00:25:08,841 --> 00:25:11,302
[BOTH LAUGH]

427
00:25:12,678 --> 00:25:13,804
Later, E.

428
00:25:16,891 --> 00:25:19,894
Hey, can you show me
how to use the game?

429
00:25:20,645 --> 00:25:21,270
Sure.

430
00:25:22,188 --> 00:25:24,690
You don't usually stay
this late.

431
00:25:27,693 --> 00:25:29,946
I just want to run
the meth house scenario again.

432
00:25:30,780 --> 00:25:35,534
Improve my reaction time,
until I know I know what to do.

433
00:25:35,868 --> 00:25:40,164
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

434
00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:03,521
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

435
00:26:03,646 --> 00:26:07,024
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

436
00:26:40,099 --> 00:26:41,225
<i>♪ Every time I got
Your punch there ♪</i>

437
00:26:41,392 --> 00:26:42,435
<i>♪ Another one coming ♪</i>

438
00:26:43,352 --> 00:26:44,729
<i>♪ Trying to hold me back
But a girl stay stayin' ♪</i>

439
00:26:45,271 --> 00:26:46,772
<i>♪ Putting in the work
While y'all stay fun and well ♪</i>

440
00:26:46,939 --> 00:26:48,441
<i>♪ Meet me on the court
For the run, I run it ♪</i>

441
00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:50,151
<i>♪ I ain't never, never
Stopped it ♪</i>

442
00:26:50,318 --> 00:26:51,944
<i>♪ I ain't quitting
Anytime soon ♪</i>

443
00:26:52,486 --> 00:26:54,113
<i>♪ I was made for making it
I make it while you faking it ♪</i>

444
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:55,865
<i>♪ I'm takin names
And breaking all the rules ♪</i>

445
00:26:56,032 --> 00:26:58,743
<i>♪ They're like, ooh, she got it
Ooh, she cool ♪</i>

446
00:26:58,868 --> 00:27:00,244
<i>♪ She just had her win ♪</i>

447
00:27:00,411 --> 00:27:02,538
<i>♪ And she just makin'
All the moves ♪</i>

448
00:27:13,382 --> 00:27:16,302
[MUSIC FADES]

449
00:27:18,220 --> 00:27:20,181
[SIGHS]

450
00:27:20,973 --> 00:27:21,599
Question.

451
00:27:22,808 --> 00:27:23,392
HONDO: Shoot.

452
00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:25,644
Why'd you follow me
here tonight

453
00:27:25,811 --> 00:27:27,438
when that other guy's
been tailing me all week?

454
00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:29,899
I mean, I'm flattered
you shelled out for PI
and everything,

455
00:27:30,066 --> 00:27:32,443
but seriously, why?

456
00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:36,489
Okay.

457
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:39,950
Two years ago, after Reyes died,

458
00:27:40,868 --> 00:27:42,703
I exposed a cover up
and got canned.

459
00:27:43,913 --> 00:27:48,084
The two operators
who hid evidence transferred,
still on the force,

460
00:27:48,626 --> 00:27:51,379
found out that you were part
of the IA investigation.

461
00:27:53,172 --> 00:27:56,926
- So your PI is former LAPD?
- Then Hicks brings me back.

462
00:27:57,343 --> 00:27:59,929
Flimsy team, target on my back.

463
00:28:00,471 --> 00:28:02,014
Two direct reports
gone in the record time.

464
00:28:02,348 --> 00:28:03,808
And who is my new boss? You.

465
00:28:05,935 --> 00:28:06,769
Feels connected.

466
00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,439
Like someone wants to end me,
and SWAT.

467
00:28:10,606 --> 00:28:11,857
Like that person is you.

468
00:28:12,525 --> 00:28:14,360
I followed you
to find out if it's true.

469
00:28:16,612 --> 00:28:16,987
Wow.

470
00:28:18,406 --> 00:28:20,783
This whole thing's
a big conspiracy to you.

471
00:28:21,909 --> 00:28:25,621
Yeah, I was IA.
Your file did cross my desk.

472
00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:29,708
Reyes was a tragedy and a mess.

473
00:28:30,376 --> 00:28:31,710
And that's all
I can say on that.

474
00:28:32,503 --> 00:28:34,839
And I took this job
because I believe
in reforming SWAT,

475
00:28:35,005 --> 00:28:35,965
which you already know.

476
00:28:37,174 --> 00:28:39,760
And hell, no, I would not
have picked you to lead it.

477
00:28:42,763 --> 00:28:44,890
But, hey, here we are.

478
00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:47,393
And since we're being
straight with each other,

479
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:49,103
you know what I think
you really need?

480
00:28:50,938 --> 00:28:51,564
A hobby.

481
00:28:52,064 --> 00:28:54,942
[CHUCKLES]

482
00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:56,735
Like, for me, it's this.

483
00:28:56,902 --> 00:28:59,738
It's pool. Noise blurs.

484
00:29:00,156 --> 00:29:02,158
Table comes in a sharp focus.

485
00:29:03,617 --> 00:29:04,827
[EXHALES]

486
00:29:04,994 --> 00:29:09,582
One breath, one thing at a time.
First strike.

487
00:29:10,833 --> 00:29:14,253
Everything ripples outward.
Every collision shapes the game.

488
00:29:15,004 --> 00:29:18,257
You know, I used to come here
and get my ass kicked
by this old guy named Lampkin.

489
00:29:19,425 --> 00:29:21,135
One night he told me his secret.

490
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,263
Your opponent ain't shit.

491
00:29:26,557 --> 00:29:30,060
Game is between you
and the table. Always.

492
00:29:31,729 --> 00:29:34,482
Oh, and beer and a jukebox.

493
00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:37,193
And there ain't enough jukeboxes
left in the world.

494
00:29:40,488 --> 00:29:41,280
You want to play?

495
00:29:45,159 --> 00:29:45,743
Rack 'em.

496
00:29:46,327 --> 00:29:52,249
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

497
00:29:56,462 --> 00:29:58,047
[COMPUTER BEEPS]

498
00:29:58,839 --> 00:29:59,840
Finally.

499
00:30:03,844 --> 00:30:06,639
- SAMMY: What was that?
- Decryption software finished.

500
00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:07,890
[SAMMY SIGHS]

501
00:30:08,432 --> 00:30:09,934
Let's take a look at
what someone was trying to hide.

502
00:30:12,645 --> 00:30:16,065
It's just
the insurance company's
preliminary fire investigation.

503
00:30:16,774 --> 00:30:18,025
It's not even complete.

504
00:30:19,485 --> 00:30:19,735
Huh?

505
00:30:23,239 --> 00:30:26,408
Says
a decommissioned transformer
was the ignition source.

506
00:30:27,117 --> 00:30:29,703
Sounds like something
an insurance company
wouldn't want to hide.

507
00:30:30,663 --> 00:30:32,498
Wait,
the distro list on this report.

508
00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:33,958
John Smith.

509
00:30:34,458 --> 00:30:36,961
That's who the CEO of LJT
had that stealth lunch with.

510
00:30:37,586 --> 00:30:42,508
John Smith is Head of Operations
at Pascal Water and Power.

511
00:30:43,759 --> 00:30:46,262
It was one of their transformers
that started the fire.

512
00:30:47,471 --> 00:30:49,682
- He might be
Walter's next target.
- Yeah.

513
00:30:52,643 --> 00:30:56,230
[MUSIC FADES]

514
00:30:59,066 --> 00:31:01,735
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

515
00:31:27,928 --> 00:31:31,348
[DEVICE BEEPING]

516
00:31:37,396 --> 00:31:40,899
All right, listen up.
If PWP caused the fire,

517
00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:43,277
Walter could be targeting
their Head of Operations.

518
00:31:43,444 --> 00:31:45,362
Now, his actions are escalating.

519
00:31:45,988 --> 00:31:49,408
He's got access
to incendiary equipment,
the ability to weaponize it.

520
00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:52,036
This has potential
for a mass casualty event.

521
00:31:52,745 --> 00:31:54,163
Employees are sheltered
in place.

522
00:31:54,330 --> 00:31:57,583
Fire Department, bomb squad,
ambulances en route.

523
00:32:00,502 --> 00:32:01,295
Lock in.

524
00:32:05,132 --> 00:32:08,844
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

525
00:32:11,764 --> 00:32:12,431
Let's roll.

526
00:32:21,649 --> 00:32:24,151
[EXPLOSION]

527
00:32:27,780 --> 00:32:29,198
That was the main utility hub.

528
00:32:29,365 --> 00:32:31,075
Where the emergency
shut-off was.

529
00:32:31,241 --> 00:32:32,451
Walter had to know that.

530
00:32:32,618 --> 00:32:34,912
Malik, Cassidy, evacuate
the north wing. Mask up!

531
00:32:35,079 --> 00:32:36,538
Ethan, Jude,
get to the maintenance crew.

532
00:32:36,705 --> 00:32:39,458
Update risk via comms.
Sammy, south wing with me.

533
00:32:39,625 --> 00:32:40,125
Move!

534
00:32:47,841 --> 00:32:51,929
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

535
00:32:58,310 --> 00:33:00,354
MALIK: Emergency protocol,
workers cleared out.

536
00:33:05,818 --> 00:33:06,860
HONDO: It's John Smith.

537
00:33:09,571 --> 00:33:13,242
Kovic.
Headed for the server bay.

538
00:33:13,409 --> 00:33:14,118
Keep moving.

539
00:33:18,789 --> 00:33:20,249
JUDE:
<i>Never seen one of those before.</i>

540
00:33:20,374 --> 00:33:22,084
- What the hell is this thing?
- Some kind of cell.

541
00:33:22,251 --> 00:33:23,377
It's got a charge.

542
00:33:23,794 --> 00:33:25,963
Like something
you'd use to boost a rocket.

543
00:33:27,631 --> 00:33:29,758
This plant's connected
to the city grid.

544
00:33:29,883 --> 00:33:32,052
That's bad. Very bad, because--

545
00:33:32,219 --> 00:33:35,013
[EXPLOSIONS]

546
00:33:37,641 --> 00:33:40,144
They're on every transformer.
The next surge will be bigger.

547
00:33:40,310 --> 00:33:43,897
It'll overload the system,
take down the whole grid,
black out all of LA.

548
00:33:44,064 --> 00:33:45,566
Okay. Okay.

549
00:33:46,316 --> 00:33:48,110
There's no way of knowing
when the next one will blow.

550
00:33:48,444 --> 00:33:50,279
The control room
was just destroyed.

551
00:33:50,446 --> 00:33:52,823
- Is there another way
to shut them down?
- Manually. One by one.

552
00:33:52,990 --> 00:33:55,743
- Can't we just pull it off?
- Won't budge. It's not adhesive.

553
00:33:55,868 --> 00:33:58,370
- Maybe a permanent magnet.
- Could be neodymium.

554
00:33:59,246 --> 00:34:01,999
The tower that just exploded,
find out if the cell fell off.

555
00:34:02,166 --> 00:34:04,418
If it did, there might be
something we could do.

556
00:34:05,127 --> 00:34:05,544
Go!

557
00:34:07,588 --> 00:34:08,505
Entry team.

558
00:34:09,089 --> 00:34:11,550
[PANTING]

559
00:34:12,593 --> 00:34:14,094
JUDE [DISTORTED OVER RADIO]:
<i>Potential... Next tower...</i>

560
00:34:14,887 --> 00:34:16,805
<i>- Still protected.</i>
- Say again.

561
00:34:17,681 --> 00:34:18,474
<i>Casualties.</i>

562
00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:20,184
Jude, say again.

563
00:34:25,105 --> 00:34:26,607
CASSIDY [OVER RADIO]:
<i>Utility room. Lower level.</i>

564
00:34:29,109 --> 00:34:31,361
MALIK: Maintenance crew located.
Doors busted.

565
00:34:31,737 --> 00:34:33,071
Cassidy, check around.

566
00:34:40,662 --> 00:34:43,123
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

567
00:34:47,169 --> 00:34:49,922
CASSIDY: LAPD. Everyone out.
Follow my partner.

568
00:34:50,047 --> 00:34:51,131
[COUGHING]

569
00:34:51,298 --> 00:34:52,007
MALIK: Follow me.

570
00:34:57,596 --> 00:35:01,642
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

571
00:35:12,945 --> 00:35:13,904
HONDO: Don't move, Walter.

572
00:35:14,530 --> 00:35:16,031
No, no, no, no.
Not another step.

573
00:35:16,198 --> 00:35:17,199
Dead man's trigger.

574
00:35:18,075 --> 00:35:20,160
You take me out,
my finger slips off,

575
00:35:20,577 --> 00:35:22,871
all the towers activate,
no one walks away.

576
00:35:23,038 --> 00:35:24,915
ETHAN:
At extremely high temperatures,

577
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,626
ferromagnetic material
loses its permanent
magnetic properties,

578
00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:29,294
making it paramagnetic.

579
00:35:30,003 --> 00:35:32,464
Like when a rocket launches
and all the extra stuff
just falls away.

580
00:35:33,006 --> 00:35:34,466
Make sure you clear every cell.

581
00:35:35,008 --> 00:35:35,968
This ends here.

582
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:38,470
- No! Drop your gun!
- ETHAN [OVER RADIO]:
<i>...team,</i>

583
00:35:39,346 --> 00:35:42,182
- Drop your gun!
<i>- I need you
to buy some more time.</i>

584
00:35:42,641 --> 00:35:45,435
- Drop it or I'll do it!
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!

585
00:35:45,602 --> 00:35:48,313
I'll put it away.
I'm putting it away.

586
00:35:54,027 --> 00:35:54,403
There.

587
00:35:56,196 --> 00:35:57,364
You want me unarmed?

588
00:35:58,323 --> 00:35:59,116
I'm unarmed.

589
00:36:05,747 --> 00:36:07,499
- Walter.
- Stop! Stop!

590
00:36:07,624 --> 00:36:08,500
Okay. Hey.

591
00:36:09,418 --> 00:36:13,255
I get it. Trust me, I get it.

592
00:36:13,964 --> 00:36:15,048
I don't think so.

593
00:36:18,552 --> 00:36:22,097
The job, it gave you purpose.
It meant something.

594
00:36:23,390 --> 00:36:25,934
You worked hard
for an institution
you were proud of.

595
00:36:27,394 --> 00:36:30,022
And when you clocked out,
you went home
to the woman you loved.

596
00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:32,357
[GASPS SOFTLY]

597
00:36:32,983 --> 00:36:34,359
[SIGHS]

598
00:36:34,693 --> 00:36:36,194
Your life was full, Walter.

599
00:36:37,154 --> 00:36:38,697
You gave it
everything you had...

600
00:36:40,407 --> 00:36:41,783
and now it's all gone.

601
00:36:43,410 --> 00:36:45,495
It feels like the world
turned on you, right?

602
00:36:46,121 --> 00:36:47,664
And now all it does is take.

603
00:36:49,625 --> 00:36:52,002
That's enough to drive
anyone over the edge, man.

604
00:36:53,879 --> 00:36:57,758
But listen to me, you and me,
we can walk out of here
without hurting anyone else.

605
00:36:58,550 --> 00:37:02,095
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

606
00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:04,848
No, they are part of it.

607
00:37:05,015 --> 00:37:07,142
Not about keeping us
safe or warm.

608
00:37:07,309 --> 00:37:09,436
They want us in the dark.
Don't-- Don't you see?

609
00:37:09,853 --> 00:37:11,188
They're against us.

610
00:37:11,605 --> 00:37:13,774
Against us. Hiding things.

611
00:37:14,524 --> 00:37:15,651
They said they wouldn't pay.

612
00:37:16,109 --> 00:37:18,487
They'll pay.
I'll make them pay!

613
00:37:18,654 --> 00:37:20,364
[GROANS]

614
00:37:21,156 --> 00:37:23,700
ETHAN: <i>We're almost done.
We just need a little longer.</i>

615
00:37:25,327 --> 00:37:28,038
- [GUNSHOT]
- [THUDS]

616
00:37:29,456 --> 00:37:32,000
[PANTING]

617
00:37:33,126 --> 00:37:36,838
ETHAN [OVER RADIO]:
<i>It's done. We stopped it.</i>

618
00:37:42,552 --> 00:37:44,304
[SIGHS]

619
00:37:49,601 --> 00:37:52,688
[PANTING]

620
00:37:52,854 --> 00:37:57,025
[THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING]

621
00:38:07,494 --> 00:38:09,496
[MUSIC FADES]

622
00:38:10,747 --> 00:38:15,043
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

623
00:38:16,503 --> 00:38:19,631
<i>♪ Feels so good
When you don't have to worry ♪</i>

624
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:24,428
<i>♪ Nothing stays the same ♪</i>

625
00:38:25,095 --> 00:38:27,180
[SIGHS]

626
00:38:29,182 --> 00:38:31,893
Today was insane.

627
00:38:33,478 --> 00:38:37,274
Burritos, blow torches,
a rocketeer.

628
00:38:38,233 --> 00:38:40,068
[CHUCKLES]

629
00:38:40,235 --> 00:38:41,403
You know who it was?

630
00:38:42,904 --> 00:38:44,072
Walter Kovic?

631
00:38:45,032 --> 00:38:46,700
Yeah. Cassini.

632
00:38:48,076 --> 00:38:50,954
You remember when we watched
the targeted flyby of Helene?

633
00:38:53,957 --> 00:38:55,000
He lost it.

634
00:38:57,753 --> 00:39:00,630
People aren't built
to do life alone.

635
00:39:03,133 --> 00:39:04,342
<i>We're wired that way.</i>

636
00:39:06,178 --> 00:39:10,265
<i>Connection isn't optional.
It's survival.</i>

637
00:39:14,227 --> 00:39:16,104
<i>We need to know
somebody's got our back.</i>

638
00:39:16,563 --> 00:39:18,690
<i>♪ Everyone has to change ♪</i>

639
00:39:21,234 --> 00:39:23,278
<i>We need a reason
to do what we do.</i>

640
00:39:24,613 --> 00:39:26,364
Hi.

641
00:39:26,740 --> 00:39:28,158
Hi.

642
00:39:28,283 --> 00:39:29,743
ETHAN: <i>And we gotta take care
of each other.</i>

643
00:39:30,786 --> 00:39:31,953
How are you?

644
00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:33,997
ETHAN: <i>Because it could all end
in a heartbeat.</i>

645
00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:36,708
<i>♪ Everybody changed ♪</i>

646
00:39:38,460 --> 00:39:39,586
You should be here.

647
00:39:40,504 --> 00:39:42,714
<i>♪ I say everybody changed ♪</i>

648
00:39:42,881 --> 00:39:45,842
<i>♪ Why did you change? ♪</i>

649
00:39:46,676 --> 00:39:47,886
We arrested Sylvia Beckett.

650
00:39:48,929 --> 00:39:51,640
The utilities company knew
when the investigation
was finished,

651
00:39:51,807 --> 00:39:53,391
payouts could bankrupt them.

652
00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:58,188
LJT agreed to drive down
the claims to guarantee PWP
would cover their settlements.

653
00:39:58,814 --> 00:40:00,482
They tried to delete
the evidence.

654
00:40:02,025 --> 00:40:04,903
Profiting from corruption.
It's a cozy little deal.
[CHUCKLES]

655
00:40:05,654 --> 00:40:07,489
HONDO: Commander,
we got a shooter off the street.

656
00:40:08,073 --> 00:40:09,449
Mass casualty avoided.

657
00:40:09,616 --> 00:40:11,284
City wasn't plunged
into darkness.

658
00:40:12,702 --> 00:40:15,413
- Feels like a win.
- Yeah.

659
00:40:16,790 --> 00:40:17,624
Yeah. It does.

660
00:40:23,380 --> 00:40:25,465
You know,
after we talked the other night,

661
00:40:26,508 --> 00:40:28,176
kind of thought
we were on the same page.

662
00:40:28,844 --> 00:40:32,264
Now, kind of feeling
like I got played.

663
00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:34,391
- What's this about?
- Why'd you lie?

664
00:40:35,809 --> 00:40:38,728
The after action report.
Gun case. Warehouse shootout.

665
00:40:39,312 --> 00:40:41,648
I added it
to the central case file,
it got kicked back.

666
00:40:42,524 --> 00:40:47,779
Flagged for inconsistencies,
omissions, obfuscation,
cover-ups.

667
00:40:49,197 --> 00:40:52,951
So, yeah, this,
this is starting to feel like
dirty cop shit.

668
00:40:54,411 --> 00:40:55,370
Tell me I'm wrong.

669
00:41:00,709 --> 00:41:01,585
You're not wrong.

670
00:41:02,752 --> 00:41:05,213
That op one of my team froze.
Vapor locked.

671
00:41:05,797 --> 00:41:06,882
I kept an eye on it.

672
00:41:07,048 --> 00:41:08,300
They recalibrated,
came back strong,

673
00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:10,218
and they proved themselves
again today.

674
00:41:11,636 --> 00:41:13,847
I left it off the report
to protect them.

675
00:41:14,931 --> 00:41:17,559
To protect the squad
that's just starting
to find itself.

676
00:41:19,144 --> 00:41:23,106
And I lied
because you said one mistake
and this unit is finished.

677
00:41:24,316 --> 00:41:25,901
Was it wrong? Yeah.

678
00:41:26,443 --> 00:41:29,571
Would I do it again
to keep SWAT rolling?

679
00:41:29,738 --> 00:41:30,697
Absolutely.

680
00:41:31,156 --> 00:41:32,449
I made a judgment call
and it was correct,

681
00:41:32,616 --> 00:41:33,950
but we got a bigger issue here.

682
00:41:34,117 --> 00:41:35,869
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

683
00:41:36,036 --> 00:41:39,289
The only people who know
what happened in that warehouse
are on my squad.

684
00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:41,499
- I don't know who flagged it.
- Hmm.

685
00:41:42,083 --> 00:41:44,753
I don't. I don't even know
how they would have
seen the report.

686
00:41:45,587 --> 00:41:47,005
- If I can help with--
- [LAUGHS]

687
00:41:49,633 --> 00:41:52,469
- Hondo, whatever you do...
- [SIGHS]

688
00:42:05,398 --> 00:42:08,151
- SAMMY: Why are you here?
- I'm kind of crashing here.

689
00:42:09,194 --> 00:42:12,614
- Where's Ethan?
- Work. Robotics club.

690
00:42:13,573 --> 00:42:16,743
- What does Ethan do again?
- Heh. Legit question.

691
00:42:17,744 --> 00:42:20,455
- So, what are you doing here?
- I, um...

692
00:42:21,665 --> 00:42:22,832
I didn't want to go home.

693
00:42:23,917 --> 00:42:28,004
My house is kind of
a party house right now
and it's been a day.

694
00:42:30,131 --> 00:42:31,383
- It's been a bunch of days.
- [LAUGHS]

695
00:42:33,885 --> 00:42:34,427
- Yeah.
- [CLEARS THROAT]

696
00:42:35,762 --> 00:42:39,516
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING
IN BACKGROUND]

697
00:42:41,393 --> 00:42:43,728
You wanna, um...
You want a drink or something?

698
00:42:43,895 --> 00:42:48,692
No, I just want to chill
on this squishy, amazing couch.

699
00:42:48,858 --> 00:42:50,735
It's so much comfier
than the one at work.

700
00:42:50,902 --> 00:42:52,487
[BOTH LAUGH]

701
00:42:53,154 --> 00:42:54,072
Why are you staying here?

702
00:42:55,115 --> 00:43:00,620
Or is it a, um, if you tell me
you have to kill me situation?

703
00:43:00,787 --> 00:43:01,663
[LAUGHS]

704
00:43:01,830 --> 00:43:03,581
No, it's not that serious.

705
00:43:04,666 --> 00:43:06,835
When I got out of
the undercover thing,

706
00:43:07,377 --> 00:43:08,670
they set me up
in corporate housing,

707
00:43:08,837 --> 00:43:11,881
and it was already furnished,
and gray,

708
00:43:12,048 --> 00:43:15,260
and just didn't feel like me,
you know?

709
00:43:16,052 --> 00:43:16,636
Yeah.
[SCOFFS]

710
00:43:18,138 --> 00:43:20,181
I haven't been feeling like me
either.

711
00:43:21,266 --> 00:43:24,227
- What does that mean?
- Just the job.

712
00:43:25,103 --> 00:43:27,105
SWAT. It's so intense.

713
00:43:27,397 --> 00:43:28,565
[INHALES SHARPLY]

714
00:43:28,732 --> 00:43:30,191
Makes everything else
feel like...

715
00:43:30,900 --> 00:43:32,068
Do you even want to know this?
[SCOFFS]

716
00:43:33,528 --> 00:43:35,655
Yeah, why wouldn't I?

717
00:43:42,537 --> 00:43:44,122
[SAMMY MOANS]

718
00:43:45,415 --> 00:43:50,295
Sorry. Heh.
I don't know why I did that.

719
00:43:50,462 --> 00:43:53,590
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]

720
00:44:03,141 --> 00:44:04,934
I didn't-- I didn't mean to.

721
00:44:05,477 --> 00:44:06,561
Terrible idea.

722
00:44:08,104 --> 00:44:08,730
Worst.

723
00:44:09,981 --> 00:44:12,484
<i>♪ Living in the moment
Till I die ♪</i>

724
00:44:13,568 --> 00:44:15,820
<i>♪ I've been feeling like
I'm in the sky ♪</i>

725
00:44:16,363 --> 00:44:19,449
<i>♪ Is it a bird or a plane?
Girl, it's I ♪</i>

726
00:44:19,574 --> 00:44:20,533
<i>♪ Yeah ♪</i>

727
00:44:21,201 --> 00:44:23,036
<i>♪ Lately I've been feeling
So alive ♪</i>

728
00:44:25,121 --> 00:44:27,624
<i>♪ Lately I've been feeling
So alive ♪</i>

729
00:44:28,166 --> 00:44:29,501
<i>♪ I feel alive ♪</i>

730
00:44:29,918 --> 00:44:31,336
<i>♪ I feel like ♪</i>

731
00:44:32,212 --> 00:44:34,631
<i>♪ Living up the moment
Girl, alive ♪</i>

732
00:44:35,632 --> 00:44:38,134
<i>♪ I got with me
I don't even know ♪</i>

733
00:44:38,968 --> 00:44:40,303
<i>♪ Look alive ♪</i>

734
00:44:43,348 --> 00:44:46,434
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]


