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[woman jogging with dog]
[panting]

[exhales]

[growling]

ALLIE: Stella?
[chuckles]

We got to get Theo to school.

[barking]

[elevator bell dings]

MAN: Excuse me.

What floor?
ALLIE: Uh, six, please.

[barking]

I'm so sorry. I don't know
what's gotten

into her this morning.
MAN: Oh, no worries at all.

You're just trying to
protect your mom, huh?

[barking]

[continues barking]

[bell dinging]

[bell dings]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

WOMAN: Good morning.
LUCY: Good morning...

and apologies in advance.

JESSE: What happened?
LUCY: Kate insisted

we try this new café that serves

"Chagaccinos."

JESSE: Come again?
LUCY: Super healthy

mushroom lattes.

She's obsessed, and she wants
me to be, too.

KAI: Like liquified mushrooms.

JESSE: Sounds gross.
Agreed.

But Kate and I are in a really
good place.

I don't want her need
to be healthy

to get in the way of that,
so drink up.

JESSE: Ugh.

LUCY: It tastes like compost.

I promise I'll make it up
to y'all.

JESSE: I doubt it.

Boss wants to see you, by the way.

I'm not that late, am I?

[phone rings]

Agent Boone.

Alone?

He tell you what he needs?

All right, yeah, I'll be right there.

[knocking]

JANE: Morning, Lucy.
Have a seat.

LUCY: Here you go.
Before you say anything,

I know I'm late and I'm sorry.

I had a hectic morning,
but that's not an excuse...

Well, I wouldn't have even
known you were late

if you hadn't just told me.

And you're not in trouble.

Then why did you shut the door?

[clears throat]

Yeah.
Um...

JANE: Because...

you were just awarded the
Special Agent Afloat position

aboard the Ronald Reagan.

Congratulations.

LUCY: How? When...

When I applied last year, they
turned me down.

Well, there was a medical
emergency with the current agent

who had to be evac'd,
so your name popped up

to the top of the list
as a replacement.

Is there any way we could
unpop it? [chuckles]

I... I don't mean to be

ungrateful after
you supported me

through the whole application
process last year.

And I... I was

so excited about the prospect
of being the sheriff

of a floating 5,000-person town...

But life is just
a little different now.

♪ ♪

I know it's not easy leaving
your life behind.

Okay? Even just temporarily.

Look, I struggled

every time a mission took me
away from my kids.

[gasps]

I just don't want any regrets.
I get that.

But look, this is a door that
swings both ways.

Being an agent afloat,

this could be good for
your NCIS career.

Is that your way of saying,
"Not going isn't an option"?

This is my way of saying I need
an answer by tomorrow.

They want you in Singapore
next week.

♪ ♪

Hey, Brooksy. Where is he?
Hey.

Over there.
Okay. Thanks.

JESSE: Theodore?

BOY: I go by Theo.

I'm Special Agent Jesse Boone.

I go by Jesse.

The guard told me that you
rode your bike

all the way here from Waikiki?

THEO: Yeah. I can't get a phone
until I'm 12,

so I don't have Uber or anything.

THEO: Are you the boss?

JESSE: Not quite.

But I'm still very good at my job.

How can I help you?
I need to report a missing person.

My mom didn't come back
from her run this morning.

And my stepdad is on
a submarine

and said we should
come to Pearl

if we needed help.

JESSE: Okay, how long
has she been gone for?

THEO: A couple hours.

And I know
it's not official

until someone's missing
for 24 hours,

but Google also says you should
contact law enforcement

if you're worried about
a person's welfare.

And I am.

THEO: What makes you think

she isn't just out running
an errand?

THEO: Because Stella came
home alone.

Stella?

Our dog.

She was, she was scratching
at the front door,

but Mom wasn't with her.

THEO: Jesse, you have to go
find her.

JESSE: I'm gonna get right on it.

But before I can do that,

have you eaten?

‘cos I microwave a mean
breakfast burrito.

Come on.

♪ ♪

THEO: Hey, I got the kid set up
in the conference room.

JANE: Did you reach his stepdad?

JESSE: He's on a sub off
the coast of Myanmar

and there's no nonessential
communications allowed.

Any other guardians listed?

No.

I notified the
Command Ombudsman

and they're ready to send

a Family Advocacy rep
to take Theo

into custody if we don't track
down his mom by the end of day.

Did Kai and Lucy
turn up anything

at the family's apartment?

Not yet.

But that might be because
Theo asked them to fill up

the dog's water dish while
they're there. [chuckles]

He forgot to before he rode
his bike over here.

JANE: Pretty responsible 11-year-old.
JESSE: Yeah.

I keep picturing Jake in
his shoes, you know.

I think he'd be freaking out.

So I want to reassure him, but...

I don't want to lie to him either.

Well, listen, it's best to
not say anything

until we know exactly
what happened.

JANE: If it's a simple explanation,
there's no need

to worry him.

If it's not, it's better
to be specific.

Yeah.

KAI: So, what did the building
manager say?

LUCY: Uh, he knows zilch about
the Acostas.

Barely sees them.

But he says they pay their rent
on time,

they never submit work orders,

so he gives them a thumbs up.

LUCY: Did you find anything
at the apartment?
KAI: No, nothing of interest.

The next-door neighbors aren't
much help either.

Just said that Allie's dog
gets so excited

about their morning jog
it wakes up the whole floor.

Oh, this is why cats are better.

Owning a cat is like having
a psychopathic roommate

who destroys your furniture.

And they're loyal only to
themselves.

Cats are very loyal.

They're just more... discerning.

KAI: Okay, what about this case?

You really think a cat would look
for help

if its owner was kidnapped?

LUCY: I think you're giving
Allie's dog

a little more credit than
she's due.

She just came home.
She didn't call 911.

KAI: You're right.

Ah, that's the fastest I've ever
won

the "cat versus dog" debate.

KAI: No, no, no. The home part.

Stella rode the elevator, right?
Yeah.

So unless she knows which
floor she lives on,

either Allie or someone who
knows her

took the dog upstairs.

LUCY: Uh, building manager's
sending CCTV footage

to Ernie as we speak.

So that'll show us what happened.

Okay.
Oh, and for the record...

Mm?

...cats would know

which floor they live on.

[scoffs]

ERNIE: Why are we using
a tiny screen

instead of the big monitor
the government provided?

JESSE: Because her son is sitting
in the conference room.

Maybe it's better he doesn't
see what you've got,

which I hope is something helpful.
Yep.

There's your guy.
JESSE: How can you be so sure?

Because of what happens next.

[Stella barking]

Dogs are experts at
nonverbal communication.

She's reading
the man's pheromones

and body language like a book,

knows the guy is bad news
before Allie does.

ERNIE: This is why I bring Pepper
on all my first dates.

No better way to vet
potential lovers.

Please don't call them lovers.
Please tell me you have

something more than a barking dog.
[exhales softly]

ERNIE: He was casing the building
from his car

for the last couple of days.

JANE: Did you run the plates?
Car's a rental.

JESSE: Did the company send
over the rental contract?
Yep, along with a picture

of the guy's driver's license.

ERNIE: Name's Mitchell Smith.

JESSE: : [scoffs] I'll work on
getting a real ID.
No need.

This is his real ID.

Which is kind of a relief

because, you know, using
a name as boring

as "Mitchell Smith" as
your alias is just...

sad?

ERNIE: In any case,

he's one of 72 other
Mitchell Smiths living

in the greater Chicago
metropolitan area.

But ours flew in from O'Hare
four days ago.

JANE: So he came to Oahu to
kidnap someone.

Why isn't he covering up his tracks?
You can ask him directly.

ERNIE: According to his
rental contract,

he's turning the car in today.

JESSE: Freeze!

NCIS. Put your hands up.

SMITH: What the hell is this
all about?

JESSE: We're looking for
a missing person.

JESSE: Allie Acosta.

We have reason to believe
you know her whereabouts.

SMITH: She's in the trunk.

KAI: You know that makes you
incredibly guilty.

I'm a licensed bounty hunter.

An officer of the law,
just like you.

[giggles]

JESSE: You need to surrender
her immediately.

Allie Acosta is dangerous.

Look at my eye.

SMITH: All right.

What the hell?

She was just right...
[tires screech]

Wait!

[groans]

LUCY: So we show up
to rescue Allie

only for her to run away
from us.

JESSE: Starting to look like
she doesn't want to be helped.

Cuffs? Seriously?

On what grounds are you
holding me?

JANE: How about
unlawful imprisonment?

SMITH: Oh, please.

I handled myself with
the utmost professionalism.

I approached her calmly,
explained who I was.

Showed her my license
when she asked.

And how do you think
she responded?

By punching me in the face
and trying to get away.

Again.

JESSE: [quietly]: Something
tells me he deserved it.

Allie Acosta is not who
you think she is.

JANE: So, who is she, exactly?

SMITH: Allison Perez,
a white-collar criminal.

Used to be a controller at
an insurance firm,

where she was stealing
tens of millions of dollars

until the FBI finally
caught up to her.

Then she skipped town the
moment she got out on bail.

And I've been on her tail
ever since.

Over ten years.

Almost caught her in Cleveland
about eight years ago,

but she got away.

JANE: How'd you find her here?

One misplaced phone call

after a death in the family
gave her away.

I let the bondsman know

and I hopped the next flight
to Honolulu.

JANE: You travel alone or
with a partner?

If a bounty hunter needs
a partner,

he's not very good at his job.

JESSE: [chuckles] Maybe you
could benefit from a coworker

‘cos from where I sit,
all you seem to do

is catch and release.

SMITH: You know, if it weren't
for you people,

I'd have Allie halfway back
to Chicago by now.

NCIS cost me 100 grand.

JANE: That's not our problem.

What do you want from me?

Your cooperation.

With what?

Look, you're right.
We have no grounds to hold you.

But you essentially kidnapped
a mother with a minor son

without letting her make
arrangements for his care.

JANE: So when you find Allie,

you have to let NCIS know
right away

so we can place her son
with a guardian.

SMITH: So you want me to do
the legwork,

and then just [chuckles]
hand her over to you?

Just to resolve the custodial
arrangements.

Once that's done,

you are free to bring Allie back
to Chicago and get paid.

SMITH: Yeah. Okay.

Fine.

[Mitchell groans]

SMITH: Hey, since you guys
let Allie get away with my car,

could you give me a ride to
the rental place?

♪ ♪

Got it.

JANE: We can't just wait for
Smith to find Allie Acosta.

JESSE: Yeah, something tells me

he's not gonna honor
our agreement

if he finds Allie first.
JANE: Key word being "if."

He's gonna have a hard time
finding her

now that his cover's been blown.

JESSE: For all we know, she
could already be off the island.

JANE: Won't be easy for her to get
a flight with the BOLO we issued.

And do you really think that
she would leave

without her son?
[sighs]

JESSE: I hope not.

I don't want to have to tell
Theo that his mom skipped town.

Okay, well, don't get his hopes up.

Finding Allie is gonna be tough.

She's been a fugitive for 11 years.

She must've had
a contingency plan

if the law ever caught up with her.

JESSE: Yeah. So, what's next?

JANE: We're gonna loop
Whistler in.

Get the FBI involved.

Allie is a fugitive who's crossed
state lines,

so this is their jurisdiction, too.

JESSE: I'll read her in.

In the meantime, I'm gonna
have Ernie build

a full criminal profile on
the real Allison Acosta

or Perez.

At least that way we'll have
an idea

of what to look for.

Sounds like a plan, boss.

After I'm done on the phone,
I'll talk to Theo

and bring him up to speed gently.

Okay.

♪ ♪

KAI: We had just gotten to Japan

and all my buddy Blake and I
wanted to do

was just get off the damn ship
for a few hours at least.

So we were about to disembark

when some genius below deck
decides to use

a fire main pipe as a ladder.

Was this due to a Navy
ladder shortage or laziness?

Oh, laziness, for sure.

So thanks to that,

and the fact that the dude was,
he was huge,

Whole pipe buckled under
his weight,

triggering an automatic
emergency dump

of the bilge tanks.
Oh, that doesn't sound good.

Oh, the whole ship
listed 45 degrees.

[chuckling]:
Blake almost fell overboard.

I'll never forget the look on his face.

LUCY: When I said I wanted to
know what life's like at sea,

I didn't mean an exhaustive
list of the dangers.

KAI: Come on. You knew what
you were getting into, right?

Sure, but I didn't know

it'd feel like being one sardine
in a giant,

rocking tin filled with 5,000
other queasy sardines,

which is what you're describing.

KAI: Wait...

Something tells me
your concerns are less to do

with being at sea, and more to
do with Whistler.

What's she think about all this?
[groans]

I kinda haven't 100%
told her yet.

Why are you coming to me
before her?

Because I want to figure out
how I feel

before dealing with how
Kate feels.

Okay, well, um...

You know, being an agent afloat,

it's a, it's a great opportunity.

♪ ♪

[game music playing]

JESSE: My son plays that game.
THEO: Everybody does.

Yeah.

Well, I'll have to try playing
it sometime.

So quick update.
We saw your mom.

Can you take me to her?
Not yet.

She wasn't quite ready to
talk to us.

Why not?

Because she doesn't know
we're the good guys yet.

Which means there are
bad guys?
No.

It just means she's scared.

Did your mom

ever talk to you about
being in trouble?

No.

THEO: What if you don't find
her today?

Where am I supposed to sleep?

JESSE: Well, we called
your Family Advocacy rep.

She can find you a place.

♪ ♪

I need to do my homework.

Okay, yeah.

Do you need a notepad or
some pens or something?

No. My workbooks are at school.

Can you take me to pick them up?

[clucks tongue]
Yeah.

WHISTLER: Lucy!

[gasps]
Oh, hey!

LUCY: What's up?
I texted you two hours ago

about having lunch in the park.

I mean, you never responded

so I just came to see if you were okay.
Yeah!

No, lunch at the park sounds
wonderful.

Let's!

KATE: What's going on?

[chuckles]
Nothing.

Ish.

You never ignore my texts.

And you're never this enthusiastic

about outdoor activities.
Oh, I am if they involve food.

And you.
[chuckles]

I... I just haven't looked at
my phone all day.

You're literally holding it.

[sighs]

LUCY: Okay. You're right.
I've been avoiding you.

I was selected for the Special
Agent Afloat position

aboard an aircraft carrier.

They want me to leave for
Singapore next week.

KATE: Selected, like, out of
the blue?

No, not exactly.

I... applied last year.
After we broke up.

[stammers]

KATE: You were so mad at me

you wanted to be as far away
as you could?

On a boat in the middle of
the thing you hate the most?

Everything on this island
reminded me of you.

I just... I wanted to get away.

But that's not how I feel now.

So what are you gonna do?
[phone chiming]

[sighs] Tennant wants me
in the War Room.

It's perfect timing.
I'm sorry.

We're obviously gonna discuss this.

I love you and I'm not gonna
do anything

without talking to you first, okay?

Okay.

ERNIE: This is Allie Acosta, back
when she was Allison Perez.

Once upon a time, she was
a financial controller

at Globe Equities,

a large insurance firm in Chicago.

Then, in early 2011,

the FBI arrested her for
embezzlement.

Nearly $20 million stolen over five years.
Yikes.

According to social media,

everyone in Allie's life
was shocked.

She had always been
an incredibly hard worker.

A buttoned-up rule follower

who'd never even gotten a
traffic ticket.

Then, in keeping with the
seeming shift of character,

Allie skipped bail in late 2011

and has been in the wind
ever since.

LUCY: You find any signs
she's spending the money?

Because she didn't use it
on her condo.

It's completely paycheck appropriate.
Nothing so far.

JANE: Theo's around 11 years old.

The timeline makes me think
that Allie skipped bail

because she was pregnant.

LUCY: Which begs the question,

why would Allie leave town
without her son now?

She won't.

Well, good thing the kid's
secure here at Pearl.

JANE: Except he's not.

[school bell rings]

JESSE: Hey, boss. Yeah.
Theo just grabbed his stuff.

He just popped into the restroom

real quick before we head...

Let me call you right back.

[door opens]
[gasps]

Hey. Sorry.

Theo?

JESSE: Theo, buddy, come on.

Come on, we got to go.

Damn it.

[indistinct chatter]

♪ ♪

Ouch! Watch out!

Hey!
What are you doing?

[engine idling]

JESSE: Why are you hiding from me?

What are you doing in the
parking lot?

You were supposed to be in
the bathroom.

THEO: I was going to meet
my mom.

But when I went out the
bathroom window,

two guys started chasing me.

Was one of them this guy?

No. Two other guys.

All right, I... I'm here now.

Let's get you back to Pearl.

He's sure there were two men
chasing him?

Yeah, and that neither were
Mitchell Smith.

I showed Theo his photo.

I wonder if they were
bounty hunters, too.

JESSE: Doubtful.

Theo said that these goons
knocked over a kid

while they were chasing him.

That's a move that could lose
a bounty hunter their license.

LUCY: Okay. Let us know
what they say.

So far, no one at the school
got a good look at them,

but Kai's checking with security.

All right, I'll call
the Family Advocacy rep,

see if they have someone
that can come tonight.

Best to keep him safe at Pearl
until we ID these guys.

LUCY: Do we think the kidnappers
are connected to the bounty hunter?

JESSE: Smith said he was
working alone.

I buy it, as much as I distrust him.

I mean, I think if he had other
people working with him,

Allie wouldn't have gotten
away so easily.

LUCY: You said your bounty hunter
reached out to the bondsman

when he got a lead on Allie.

Could be someone involved
in her original crime

bribed the bondsman to get
that information?

JANE: $20 million's a lot of money.

That was no easy theft
she pulled off.

She might have had partners.

And if she double-crossed
those partners,

then they'd be motivated
to find her.

Hanging out at Theo's school
might have been their only play.

So what do they do next?

I don't know.

Knowing who they are
will help us figure that out.

JANE: Lucy, go help Ernie.

He's digging into the case
that got her arrested

11 years ago.
Yeah, will do.

Theo and his mom
have been communicating.

Jesse, you think you can
talk to him?

Yeah, convince him that
helping us

is better than lying to us.

Please and thank you.

ESSE: My dad used to make
sundaes like this

when I would get into trouble.

THEO: He made you sundaes
when you got into trouble?

Eh, well, sort of.

He'd made sundaes and
then, if I came clean,

I'd get to eat it.

If I didn't, I'd have to watch
him eat it.

All right.

Time to talk.

Man-to-man.

Be straight with each other.

I can go first.

So...

JESSE: You kind of made me
look like an ass

in front of my boss

and you put yourself in danger

when you ran away at
the school.

I know you did it because your
mom told you to.

‘cos she wants you two guys
to be together.

THEO: She said she has a plan.

Oh, it'd better be a really
good plan

because she's in the kind
of trouble

that's hard to get out of
by herself.

Then I'll help her.
JESSE: How?

You can't get to her, and
she can't get to you right now.

Theo,

I know you don't want anything
to happen to your mom.

THEO: I don't.

So you can help by telling me

how you're communicating
with her.

♪ ♪

Go ahead ‘cos...

if I eat it, then I'm gonna
have to go for a run

or something and I don't want
to do that.

[chuckles softly]

JESSE: [gasps] You've been talking
in the game chat?

[sighs]

Okay. Bring your sundae.
Let's go talk to Tennant.

LUCY: ACH for major bills,

credits cards for most other
expenses.

The only money going into
her account

are the couple's paychecks.

If she stole $20 million,

she's doing a really good job
of hiding it.

LUCY: Yeah.

Just like you did with this
agent afloat assignment.

I wasn't hiding it.
[chuckling]

You just didn't tell anybody.

LUCY: When I applied, I knew
you all would tell me

I was being reactive to
my breakup with Whistler.

And then I didn't get picked,
so what did it matter?

Now you got it.

How do you feel?
[sighs]

Obviously, the timing's painful.

But being

the sole NCIS agent on
an aircraft carrier.

All that power and
responsibility..

ERNIE: All that fear of falling
overboard.

LUCY: I'd get over that,
wouldn't I?

[laughing]

I can't tell if that laugh is
good or bad.

Come on. You got to have
some advice for me.

Yes. When you got together
with Whistler,

you should have pulled
your application.

You know,

time travel is your solution
to a lot of things.

It's my way of saying
it's an unsolvable problem

without actually having
to say that.

[typing]

LUCY: What about the original
investigation?

ERNIE: Wow, nice topic bust.

She was accused
of siphoning money

out of small business
insurance settlements

with the imbalances
getting lost

in some reconciliation accounts.

Where'd she siphon the money to?
Investigators never found it.

So, settlements, that's payables.

Imbalances, that's accounting.

Reconciliations, that's auditors.

I feel like I'm in that home
economics class

balancing my checkbook all
over again.

You took home ec?

I loved home ec.
[chuckles]

ERNIE: What's your point?

Hmm.

So, Tennant has a hunch

that Allie wasn't working alone.

She was a low-level controller,

and when Globe Equities went
bankrupt,

these three guys started
a new company

with the same business model.

ERNIE: I'm not following.

How is three executives starting
a new company a red flag?

Because the new company
went bankrupt two years ago

after $8 million disappeared

into tax shelters and bad investments.

Okay, I'm seeing the flag now.
Mm-hmm.

These three guys may have continued

stealing money under a new banner,

which means they may have been
Allie's accomplices

at Globe Equities 11 years ago?

It's possible.

Do you think my relationship
with Whistler

will work if I take the
agent afloat job?
[sighs]

You know me, I have an opinion
about everything.

On this, though,

I'm gonna take a pass.

♪ ♪

THEO: I feel like I'm getting
my mom in trouble.

JANE: I understand why you
feel that way,

but you're not.

Okay? We're worried about
your mom

and we want to make sure
she's safe.

JANE: I'm gonna start the chat
now, okay?

Okay.

[game console chirps]
Okay.

Message sent.

THEO: What did you say?

I introduced myself,

I said that you were with us
and that you gave me permission

to use your game to talk to her.

Do you think she's mad that
I came to you guys?

No, I think she knows you're just
worried about her.

And I told her that we were, too.

Usually, she writes back
right away.

Do you think the guys who
chased me found her?

I've lived long enough to know
that, usually,

your scariest worries
don't come true.

[game console chirps]

See? She just needed
a minute to respond.

[chuckles]

She wants to know
what her favorite snack is.

JESSE: Ah, your mom's smart.

She wants to make sure
we have you

and not just your device.

THEO: Pickles.

[quietly]: I love pickles.

[game console chirping]

What kind?

The hamburger slice ones.

THEO: What did she say?

She said she'd meet us.

And I'm supposed to tell you
that she loves you very much.

[knock at door]

KAI: Hey.

Jesse,

can you take Theo to the kitchen

with his half-melted sundae?

Will do.

JANE: Hey.

KAI: School cops saw two guys
sitting in a car outside the school.

They wrote down the plate number.

You get anything from it?
It's another rental.

They didn't use their real names.

All right, I'll fill Whistler in.

You and Jesse should go meet her
at Kalakaua Avenue

and pick Allie up.

I'll drop the pin.
Okay.

Hey, Kai...

She claims she's innocent

and says she has documentation
to prove it.

Make sure we get it.

Okay.

♪ ♪

JESSE: So, Whistler, how are you
feeling about everything?

I'm not sure.

KAI: Aren't you Mr. Sensitive
all of a sudden?

Well, it's a big deal,

Lucy thinking about taking
an agent afloat position.

What?

What?
You didn't know?

No.

But that doesn't matter.

What matters is how you feel.

KATE: Still not sure.

KAI: Hey, is that our bounty
hunter?

He must have followed us here.
Whistler, go find Allie.

Kai, you and I,
let's go slam this guy.

[panting]

[grunting]

WHISTLER: Guys, Allie's got
a new tail.

Stop! Federal agents!

Copy. Stay with him.

[Allie screaming]

Stop! Let me go!

MAN: Get in!

ALLIE: No!

[grunting]

[tires screeching]

Go!

WHISTLER: Hey.

Are you okay?
[panting]

Not really.

SMITH: I have no idea who
those guys were.

How'd they know we'd be here?
No clue.

You're the cops. That's your job.

KATE: Okay, you understand that
agents

of two different federal agencies

are asking you questions?

That if we put our heads together,

we could find a way to put you
in federal prison

just for that dumb look on
your face?

[chuckles]

SMITH: I was waiting outside
the gate

at Pearl Harbor and followed you.

Did they follow you?
Not that I saw.

And I was checking ‘cos
I wanted to make sure

that you folks weren't following
me following you.

JESSE: [groans] You said you
got close to her once.

Where was that?

SMITH: Cleveland.

She was living in some
dumpy apartment,

working as a bookkeeper

on some mom and pop
dry-cleaning operation.

When you almost caught her,

did you think someone else was
trying to find her?

No.

KAI: Hey.

HPD found the car empty
less than a mile away.

Got them doing a search of
the area.

SMITH: Hey, can you take
these cuffs off me?

KATE: Not until
you've been booked.

For what?

U.S. Code Chapter 73.

Obstruction of Justice.

JESSE: Allie told Tennant that
she was innocent.

That she had the documentation
to prove it.

And now that some hired guns
just kidnapped her,

I'm thinking she's telling the truth.

KAI: The guys who grabbed her
are probably working

for whoever really embezzled
that money.

They want her proof.

JESSE: They don't seem nearly
as stupid as that bounty hunter.

Ernie needs to figure out how
those thugs knew where we were.

And fast.

♪ ♪

THEO: Did you get her?

Where is she?

Look, Theo, we weren't able to get...
Where's my mom?

JESSE: We're still working on it.

You're supposed to make sure
she's safe.

I know, bud. We're trying.

No, you're not.

Hey, hey, where are you going?
To find my mom.

She's in trouble.
We're doing everything we can, Theo.

THEO: You're not!

JESSE: You need to stay
in the conference room.

All right?
If I have to watch you,

that's one less person looking
for your mom.

♪ ♪

ERNIE: There was a tracking
device

on the bounty hunter's
second rental car.

LUCY: That doesn't help us much,
since we have the bounty hunter

in custody and don't need
to find him.

True, but I'm betting

that the tracker belonged to
the guys that grabbed Allie.

And this particular tracker
connects to a phone app.

You think they'd be dumb
enough to leave it running?

I am counting on the general
forgetfulness of people

where technology is concerned.

[electronic chirping]

ERNIE: Yes!

They left the tracking app connected?
They did.

LUCY: Now where are they?

Got them.

They're at Allie and
Theo's apartment.

That must be where she left
her proof of innocence.

Call Jesse. Tell him I'm on
my way upstairs.

♪ ♪

LUCY: If both of the thugs are in
her apartment,

how are we going to get her
out safely?

It's a good question.

Why don't you go around
back, Luce,

in case they get past us.

Let's go see the building manager.

KAI: That's your plan?

Ask the building manager
to talk to them?

If that would work?
Then, yes.

KAI: Apartment next to Allie's.
You think this is a good idea?

JESSE: Not really, but you have
a better one?

No.

All right. On the six.
On the six.

I'll see you in 30 seconds.
I hope so.

♪ ♪

[Allie screaming]

[siren wailing]

Okay, thanks.

JESSE: So, agent afloat?

LUCY: [sighs] I'm sorry I didn't
tell you.

You were bonding with the kid,

and I didn't want to mess with
your head. [glass clinks]

You wouldn't have.

Because you don't care if I go?
No.

Because you'll only be gone
a few months,

and the photos of you green
around the gills

will be totally worth it.

[laughs]

So... I should do it?

What's your reason not to?

Whistler.

She's solid.

If you've got reasons,

they're yours, not hers.

♪ ♪

LUCY: If I go, who's gonna pick
glass shards out of your hair?

I'll just leave them in there
until you get back.

[laughs]

ALLIE: Once I figured out
what they were doing,

I started downloading
the reconciliations

at the end of every day.
For proof.

JESSE: Did you ever contact
the authorities?

No.

It took me several months

to be sure that they were
actually embezzling money.

And, once I was...
JANE: You were pregnant.

Yeah.

I guess I got scared and sloppy.

I left a trail in the system
showing I'd been copying files.

That's probably when they
decided to pin it on me.

I don't have
any family, I...

I... I just couldn't take
a chance on my baby

being put up for foster care
for something I didn't do.

Do you still have the proof?

ALLIE: I think so.

They watched me deleting
the files

on my laptop,

but they were smart enough
to know I had cloud storage.

This was a virus to wipe it out,

but you guys jumped in
before it did.

JANE: You're gonna need to
testify against them.

I know.

And if I have to go to jail,

Theo's got his stepdad.

He'll be okay.

JESSE: Hopefully it doesn't
come to that.

[knock at door]

JANE: Come in.

[sobbing]

THEO: Jesse.

Yeah.

[chuckles softly]

[Allie mouths]: Thank you.

♪ ♪

KATE: Hey.

[Lucy sighs]

How are you doing?

I'm not good with big decisions.

They sort of make me sick
to my stomach.
[chuckles]

Hey, well,

whatever you decide, my sweet...

it's not forever.

It just feels,

I don't know,

fraught.

How come?

Well, when, um...
[clears throat]

When I was in high school,
my first girlfriend

and I...
What was her name?

Marcella.

Was she cute?
Very.

Are you gonna let me tell
my story?

Yes.
[laughs] Are you jealous?

No.
Yes, you are.

[both laughing]

Anyway, Marcella
and I would sit on this

small hill because there were
no real high places to sit

in our part of the world,

and...

she'd talk about all the
adventures we were going to have

after we left Texas.

Only, I... I didn't want to
have adventures.

I just wanted to sit... on the hill
with Marcella.

♪ ♪

I'm not going anywhere.

It's hard for me to believe that,

‘cos I don't know if you've noticed,

but I have trust issues.

No!

[clucks tongue]
Oof, best girlfriend ever.

[both laughing]

[sighs]

So...

LUCY: I think I have to do it.

I have to go on the big boat, if...

you're sure you're okay with it.

Dramamine?
KATE: Jumbo sized.

Wait, you knew I was gonna go?
Yes.

How?
Because I was gonna insist upon it.

I mean,

you're conquering your fears

and doing something good
for your career.

And...

And what?

We are strong enough to survive
four months of your misery.

LUCY: laughing]: I'm gonna be
so miserable, aren't I?

Oh, that big boat is just
floating out there,

waiting to torture you.

Come here.
[sighs]

♪ Baby, our love's not lost... ♪

[sniffles]

LUCY: I'm really gonna miss you.

[cries softly]

♪ And before you know ♪

♪ I'll be coming home. ♪

♪ Ooh. ♪