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What's goin' on, Carlton?

Nothing, Rowena. Why are you awake?

Uh, I got up and you weren't here.

Come on, Row, it's a school night.

Quickly, hide! Now!

Come on, Carlton. You're comin' with us.

Come on, come on, grab him.

Get off me!

No! No! Go! Get off me!

Get in the car!

Corey, let's go. Drive.

Go.

Come on, Sam. Come on, Sam. Oh, yeah.

You got him, Jules.

Let's go. Speed, speed, speed.

- You got her, you got her... - Go through it, go through it.

- Come on, Sam! - You're lagging.

Come on, Sam. Go, go, go!

Speed, speed, speed. Let's go!

- Yes, yes... - Go, go, go!

Yeah! Twenty dollars!

Not ten -- twenty!

All right, all right.

That's a whole lot of lunch.

All right, I got it.

Go again?

How 'bout you buy me a beer instead?

Can't. I might have a date.

Date? What, with your paramedic?

Maybe. It's kind of a "maybe" date.

As in "maybe you'll go"?

Or maybe we're just catching up.

You know, with Steve, we're old friends...

I don't even know if it's a date.

Right...

All right, results.

Sam and Jules head to head in the night shooting course.

Double or nothing?

- Get the money out. - You get the money out.

One minute, 17 seconds.

A personal best.

One minute, 13.5 seconds.

A course record. Not so fast, Spike.

Accuracy, Jules: 100 percent.

Accuracy, Sam...

It's more like a shotgun.

What's up with that?

So who won?

Fast and accurate. We all do, spike.

Team One, hot call, hot call.

Now we're hot.

All right, we got a kidnapping victim,

one Carlton Hayward, 16.

No priors.

Three masked suspects, forced entry.

And no ransom demand yet.

This neighbourhood reads gangs.

Could be drug related.

Retaliation snatch? Insurance on a debt?

Well, let's find out.

His seven-year-old sister witnessed it.

Jules, let's go.

Okay, let's wake up the block.

Spike?

Profiling our kid, on it.

Carlton's got nothing to do with gangs.

He's a sweet boy. He's an athlete.

Plays senior basketball at Eastern Tech.

Eastern Tech Warriors. Good team, city champs.

To be from this neighborhood

and to get into that basketball program?

It's a... It's a lot of sacrifices.

Think there could be some gang trouble

that you don't know about?

Friends involved, you know, a beef of some kind, girls?

I don't think so. We talk, you know?

I work night shift, I have to trust him.

Basketball is everything to Carlton, 24-7.

Our whole focus is a college scholarship.

We're going to need a list of his friends,

if that's all right?

Well, I can confirm the surface.

Carlton hayward was city rookie of the year in grade 8.

Caught a few scout's eyes,

became the warriors' point guard.

Kept it up as a sophomore.

Whoa-ho-ho! Kid's a playmaker.

What do gangs want with a straight-living kid like this?

- No! - Come on!

Put him down.

Hold still!

Oh! Don't!

You don't have to do this!

Shut up!

Corey! Corey!

Corey, don't! Don't...

Boss?

Boss, the neighbour says there's a local who goes by the name "K.V."

who drives a tricked out red import.

K.V., nice.

K.V. has a record. It I.D.'s Kevin Pearce,

19, black, gang affiliate.

Copy that.

Pearce.

Is, uh, Cory Pearce,

is he related to a "K.V." Or a Kevin?

Yes, it's his brother.

Cory's Carlton's best friend on the team.

He's an Eastern Tech outsider, too,

Meaning, you know, they don't come from money.

Are they having a problem? A falling out?

No, no.

Those two have each other's backs over there.

Cory would never do anything like this to Carlton.

Corey! Corey, don't!

Corey...

Corey...

Do it! Do it!

Hey, get off me, man.

- You started this! - I can do this!

You're the only one who can finish it.

Hit him!

Guys, we have an address for K.V.

It's right around the corner.

Apartment 906, 2225 Parliament.

Okay, Sam, Wordy, you're with me. Let's go.

Wordy, keep an eye on the backdoor.

Copy.

Police, SRU!

I hear movement.

Police, don't move! Stay right there!

No other option here, Kevin. Do what he says.

Put your hands on your head.

Where's Carlton Hayward?

Are you deaf?

- Man, what up? - You know who I'm talking about.

I don't know nobody.

Hands up! Where's your car?

Apartment's clear.

Man, I don't have to tell you anything.

Boss, no car, no Carlton at this location.

Copy that. Stand by.

What do we got on the younger brother?

Cory Pearce. Sending out a photo.

Priors?

Brushes, petty stuff.

Looks like he's one foot in, one foot out.

- Where's your brother? - Where's my lawyer?

Does Cory have your car?

Man, you can fish all you want,

I ain't gonna bite.

Guys, we got an anonymous 911 call just coming in.

Assault in progress at Eastern Tech.

Eddie, you're closest; No lights, no sirens.

You should call a lawyer.

Get off of me! Stop it!

- You're my friend! - Do it!

You're my friend!

- I'm sorry. - Why are you...?

Hit him again!

Come on, harder!

I'm sorry, Carlton.

Come on, Corey, do it!

Stop! Stop it!

Hit him again! Harder! Come on!

Stop...

Ungh!

Boss, we're on the ground, sweeping from the east perimeter.

Sam, take the north alley. I'll meet you in back.

Copy.

Come on.

Sam, schoolyard.

Hey, police!

SRU!

Come on! Come on, come on!

Don't move! I said don't move!

Hey! SRU! You stay where you are!

We'll be right back for you, son.

- Hey! - Stop right there!

Hey! Stop right there!

Down on the ground!

Ungh!

Stop now! On the ground!

SRU! Stop, damn it!

He's gone.

Stop, now! On the ground!

He's gone.

Carlton's disappeared?

That doesn't add up.

Carlton's the one being attacked.

Yeah, why would he take off? Cops are here, he's safe.

Who we got?

This is Antony Romero.

Judson Wells.

What about Corey?

He took off.

What the hell are these?

Oranges.

Not supposed to leave bruises,

a way to hide a visible injury...

Boss, are you copying this?

Yeah, Ed.

Does it sound like a jumping in to you, a gang initiation?

Cory's brother's affiliated, maybe they want Carlton in too.

That explains why he'd run.

But not the masks.

You jump in face-to-face -- that's the point.

Look where they brought him -- a basketball court.

You're on the right track, boss.

These guys are on the same roster as Carlton and Cory.

So they didn't want anyone to know

that they were beating up on a teammate.

Or they didn't want to hurt him so bad that he couldn't play.

So, what, a hazing?

Carlton's not a rookie.

We got a witness spotted Cory getting into a black coup going west on Harbord.

Car was stolen out of a driveway this morning in Forest Hill.

Who wants to bet it's his car thief brother?

Okay, listen up, people,

we've got a kidnapping victim that is still missing -

snatched, and he's beaten by his teammates.

I wanna know why.

Did he tank a game? Did he steal someone's girlfriend?

Spike, I see security cameras on the school exterior.

Are we hot here?

I'll find out ASAP.

And I'll get Sidney to trace that anonymous 911 call.

We've got a witness out there somewhere.

Okay, let's separate them.

Looks like we're going to school.

A crime scene on the property

and the bell rings in forty minutes.

I'm afraid it's going to be a busy day.

We've got nearly 2000 students.

Busy is what we do.

What can you tell me about these boys?

Well, I can't know everybody, but I do know these two.

They banded together like brothers.

Most of our students are upper, upper-middle-class,

but they're not, they worked their way here.

Carlton's a good kid -

he's a natural athlete, humble, kind.

Cory's a little harder to pin down;

a young man of few words.

Carlton's grades have dropped a bit lately.

Well, it's mid-season.

Basketball takes a tremendous amount of time.

If Cory and Carlton are so close,

any idea why Cory would assault him?

That's a bit out of my sphere.

Anything basketball is Coach Wellstead.

He should be here any minute.

Coach Wellstead?

Ed Lane, SRU.

Listen, can you shed some light on this for us?

I'm baffled. Carlton's a popular kid.

What did Jud and Antony have to say for themselves?

Haven't talked to them yet, sir.

You know, they respect Carlton. I don't get it.

Any friction between these two, on court, off court?

No, nothing abnormal.

What do you mean abnormal?

I mean, they're rangy teenage kids playing high-level ball.

There's always a certain level of friction.

Jostling, jealousies.

Scholarships and egos are on the line.

And with a little more backbone,

Carlton could be team captain next year.

Competing for recognition -- that's a lot of pressure.

- How's he handling that? - That's a good point.

His play has tapered off a bit lately.

Minutes are down and he has made some key mistakes.

Let me ask you this. You think that's a reason

would abduct and assault him?

Look, I've been here 22 years,

it's a new one on me.

But Cory and Carlton come from the streets.

Sometimes the gang stuff mixes with basketball in dangerous ways.

Antony takes fine art electives,

good grades, extracurriculars...

So Judson's the hardass, he's a senior,

he's been on the team the longest.

How do you wanna do this?

People, we got anything else on our runners Corey and Carlton?

Yeah, uniforms are out looking for them, watching both their homes.

Guys, I got surveillance cameras with a partial view of the court.

It's kind of tough to make out the individuals,

but I can definitely do a conflict analysis.

Yeah, copy.

Corey, don't!

Boss, I've got something.

Can you upload it?

Stand by.

Okay, first impressions:

Verbal abuse escalates to physical violence.

I don't know, intimidation? Revenge maybe?

Boss, it looks like a hazing.

Believe me, those can get out of control.

I know it did in the military.

You know, it doesn't make any sense.

It's, you know, mid-season, he's not a rook.

Why haze?

It's team culture, Jules. It's self-regulating, it's even cruel.

You know, there's disciplines to enforce,

infractions to punish.

Hey, can we get this cleaned up enough to I.D. individuals?

Stand by. I'll enhance it, go over it frame by frame.

So, who wants the hardass?

I'll take him.

Kidnapping, break and enter,

forcible confinement, assault, obstruction...

You're just shy of 18 years old,

so there's a great chance they're bumping you to adult court.

Antony. Hey!

I know you didn't instigate what happened with Carlton.

Antony?

Oh, you didn't know kidnapping was a federal offence?

Man, I didn't kidnap anybody!

Can you tell me what that's about.

I mean, seriously, you guys all know each other.

So what? It's cold out.

You dragged Carlton Hayward out of his house

and assaulted him at the basketball court.

I wanna know why.

Ain't no "why," okay?

I got nothing to say.

Eddie.

Thank you.

Principal McKechnie, Officer Ed Lane.

- Hello. - Hi, ma'am.

I was just telling her that we've got a lot of people looking for Carlton and Cory,

but we're gonna need some help from your staff.

Right. We need to single out their friends,

their teammates - that would be a big help.

We're looking for background, gossip,

anything that can help us find out where they ran to.

Especially Carlton because we have to assume

that his mental state is fragile.

Boss... we got a problem.

Oh my God!

That's our guy.

High school basketball star

abducted and assaulted by his own teammates.

Now he's a jumper.

Kid's had a really bad night.

Whatever's going on between him and his buddy Corey put him up there.

Nah, but the beating was a catalyst.

It takes more than one incident to drive somebody to suicide.

You said his grades were falling too, right?

That's another flag.

Okay, the beating was obviously premeditated.

This kind of abuse was happening in the locker room before.

So I'm gonna go up there and I'm gonna talk to him.

Spike, subject's on a flat roof,

covering what looks like a terrace up there.

Copy that.

Roof access is to the north, above his position.

There's a fixed ladder you descend to get our guy.

Full climbing and safety gear.

Thanks, Wordy.

Boss, Jules has got the night janitor at the main entrance

to take you to the roof.

And get this -- Sidney traced our anonymous 911 call

to inside the school. 4:23 a.m.

That's got to have been the janitor.

Okay, let's go see the night janitor.

Coming through.

Okay, school is cancelled.

Let's keep the perimeter tight,

let's keep the gawkers moving,

and let's lock this building down, please.

What's your name?

- Doug. - Doug what?

Doug Saunders.

Why didn't you identify yourself when you called 911?

Uh, I saw a kid get beat up, I made the call.

You knew who they were.

You could have saved us valuable time.

Look, this job's about all I got, okay?

And why would your job be affected?

Well, maybe it wouldn't, I don't know.

But you don't interfere with basketball at this school.

All right.

Take my friend down to the terrace underneath the kid.

Wordy and I are standing by.

Boss, I don't see ya.

You will in a second.

Carlton?

Hey, just take it easy, okay?

I just don't wanna surprise you.

Hey, Spike,

the night watchman's name is Doug Saunders.

See if that raises any flags.

You got it.

Carlton?

Hey, Carlton!

Hey, buddy. I'm Sergeant Parker.

You're a hard man to get a meeting with.

Hey, you mind taking a step back from the edge there?

All I want to do is talk to you.

Don't come any closer!

Okay. All right.

I know you brought yourself up here for a reason.

And we can talk about that, but first...

First, you know, we're pretty precarious up here

and I just wanna make sure you don't slip accidentally,

so I'm gonna rig a harness for you, okay?

Hey! Put this on.

No? You don't want a harness?

Stay away from me.

Pretty good with heights, huh?

Me, I'd rather be anywhere else.

so I'm gonna hook myself in, okay?

All right?

Stay where we can find you.

Okay, boss, I'm right underneath you.

Stealth, Sam. I want to form a bond.

I don't want him distracted.

Stay in that position until I need you.

Sam, the subject is 10 feet south of you...

Three, two, one. Mark.

Okay, team, I need new ideas.

Our boy's non-communicative.

Judson and Antony are holding the party line.

We gotta crack this code of silence.

Hey, maybe if they learn that their star point guard is suicidal,

that could help.

Let's get Carlton's mother down here.

I want her to paint a picture of every single stress that he is under.

I don't care if he ran out of toothpaste,

the boss needs to know it.

That's affirmative.

Dump that car,

boost another one on the way out of town.

You could hole up with my Hamilton boys a awhile, see how this plays out.

- I gotta go back. - Back?!

Carlton's not built to roll with this kind of trouble, K.V.!

I gotta go make sure that he's okay.

They don't care if you play basketball or who your friends are,

they're on you because you kidnapped some dude.

- They're looking for you, too. - Yeah, well?

I'm in trouble if I behave or not.

Worry 'bout your own self. 16, you got no rec--

Kevin, come on!

Eddie.

They kicked me out of my office,

anything I can do to help?

Yeah, we'd like to interview a few more of your players,

but classes were cancelled.

You think you could round them up?

Yeah, I can try to get some of the guys down here,

but their numbers are in my office.

All right, we need you to stay in your office once you're there.

Okay, you need anything else, let me know.

Yeah.

Yo, what you doing here, Corey?

There's cops everywhere.

I had to come and find Carlton. What the hell's going on?

Carlton snapped, man. He's gonna jump.

Hey, Carlton, you know what these things are?

They're anchors for, uh...

...for window washers.

I mean those guys gotta be nuts!

Don't come any closer!

Okay.

Your mom and your sister,

they would really like you home,

and we sorta promised them, so...

Will you talk to me, so maybe we can work this out

and we can both get down?

Only one way down, man.

Whatever your teammates did, it can be undone, son.

And we can even help your friend Corey.

Do you know why he would even do this to you?

It's not Corey's fault!

Subject's moving, risking a slip.

Boss, you need me up there?

Negative. Hold your position.

Okay, surveillance tape --

I can identify them all the way through.

Corey reads clear reluctance.

He's being pressured and pushed to beat on a friend.

But Judson and Antony are definitely running the show.

Eastern Tech has a strict no-hazing policy.

Yeah, yeah, that's what you both said,

but I'm not buying it.

So this is the first time you've singled somebody out?

Come on, guys.

You wear the hoods so that no one knows

who's doing the enforcement right?

This is how it's done.

It's your tradition.

Antony,

you can't keep this code of silence.

Silence is what put Carlton up on that roof.

Can't you just get him down?

Not until you tell us what put him there in the first place.

Judson, Carlton is your teammate.

You respect him.

If coach benches you, you're done.

The scouts won't see you, no scholarship,

no college.

And Carlton started strong,

but coach doesn't like his style.

He wants more aggression.

Killer instinct.

He lost his confidence.

Man, the wheels came off.

The last game, he couldn't do anything right.

And Coach leaves him in to make a point.

Weak links break the chain.

But Corey dug us out.

19 points in the fourth quarter.

It was so stupid.

We won,

but we still had to book Carlton.

"Book" him?

Solid, Corey, you were the difference.

Don't worry about it, man, you'll get your mojo back.

I need it back now.

They're scouting this month.

Forget that.

Don't let coach in your kitchen.

All right, you gotta play above him.

What the hell are you guys celebrating for?

Hmm?

Now some of you still think you're playing on the corner,

nobody but girls from the hood watching.

Well, guess what, gentlemen? You're not.

You're in my house.

And I built this house

so professional scouts could come and see warriors,

not half-assed homeboys!

You see, Carlton,

it's not enough to just win the game,

you've gotta win the fight.

You lose a ball, you win it back.

You lose your balls, on my team,

then you're gonna have to pay to get them back.

Ungh!

Ungh!

Ungh!

Do it, Corey.

- It's okay. - No it's not.

- I beg your pardon? - He's paid enough.

All right. You had a good game. Hm?

'Kay, get up, Carlton.

Your friend bailed you out again.

Hit the showers.

All of you, hit the showers.

Jud, Antony, Corey, come here for a second.

Cory had a choice.

Basically, prove his loyalty

by teaching Carlton a lesson,

or ride the pine and kiss college ball goodbye.

That's how it works around here.

"Whatever it takes."

Coach's motto.

Okay, the attacks are definitely top-down.

It's systemic, and not quietly sanctioned.

Coach Wellstead ordered the attack.

He told them how.

Go get 'im.

I got the coach. Wordy's on the ground.

Boss, we got a situation.

Coach Wellstead's not in his office.

I've got blood on the desk, blood on the floor...

There's signs of a struggle.

We may have unauthorized persons in here.

We need to sweep the building. Wordy's spotting. Sam?

I might have to go up and flank, Ed.

That's affirmative. I need Sam with me.

Jules?

I'm about to sit down with Mrs. Hayward.

We could use her intel up here.

Spike, can you leave the truck? I need some backup here.

Two minutes.

Carlton, I'm not gonna pretend to understand the pain you're in,

but I now understand that Corey did not want to hurt you,

that he was forced to.

I started it.

No you didn't start it.

Coach Wellstead started it.

I'm the one who folded.

I step to the line, I can't even hit a free throw anymore.

Hey, Carlton, it's windy up here. Just take a step back.

Just, please, take a step back.

Nothing, no sign.

How does it read to you, Spike?

I don't know, the building's locked down.

Did someone get in to assault the coach,

or did he assault someone else?

All right, let's keep looking.

I got something.

What do you got, Spike?

I'm at a trophy case -- all basketball --

and I'm looking at a photo of Doug Saunders.

The janitor?

Eastern Tech Warriors, 1993.

No red flags on him in the database,

but this is a familiar uniform.

I didn't do anything to Wellstead.

Then where is he?

We know that you played for him,

that you didn't make senior squad,

and we know that you dropped out, right?

- Yeah, that's right. - You held a grudge.

I guess so. Something like one.

- Did you go see him in his office today? - No.

But you knew what Carlton was going through.

- No. - Yeah, you did.

You knew that Corey was being forced to beat him.

No, no! I did, but I didn't.

Just like everyone else around here.

What do you mean by that?

"Whatever it takes" to win.

Easter Tech Warriors. Hoo-ah.

Every year,

he-he bonds the team by turning on the weak,

or guys that are too strong, guys like Carlton.

And you people turn a blind eye,

because he gets results.

For years, this place has been sacrificing kids for victories.

Two decades.

That's not true, basketball is out of my sphere.

Ma'am, if you were in charge, this is your sphere.

Look, Doug, we're here because someone else

is going through what you've been through,

and right now he is suicidal.

I know...

So tell us what you know so that we can help.

You can stop this.

I only wish I had the guts to do it myself.

I let Cory in the building,

and I gave him the key to the boiler room.

Okay.

Spike, we have a location.

Come with me, you can help. Come on.

A recruiter told me to get Carlton into Coach Wellstead's program.

The man's a legend.

City championships, regional titles,

national titles.

He landed kids NCAA scholarships,

some of them even made it to the NBA.

I pulled every string I could.

I pushed my son into his arms.

We all want our loved ones to succeed.

It's okay, Mommy.

Please bring my son down safe.

It's structural behind the drywall, two feet of poured concrete.

The door's steel skin, solid core,

and barred from the inside.

No windows at all.

It's like a bomb shelter.

- Can we get eyes in? - Maybe through the vent.

- Let's do it. - Copy.

- Is there a phone in there? - Yeah.

I brought it on myself.

It's my mess.

Carlton's shouldering guilt for what wellstead initiated.

The whole team's an abuse victim. They're blaming themselves.

Yeah, you're onto something, Sam.

Stand by for my signal.

I've got an idea and I'm gonna need you up here.

Corey, my name's Ed Lane, I'm with the SRU.

Do you mind if I come in and speak with you for a second?

Not gonna happen.

All right, Corey, listen to me,

we know what you and Carlton have been through.

The only way to deal with Coach Wellstead

is to let us handle it.

Hand him over to us.

There's other ways!

Yeah, but, Corey,

you wanna do this the right way here, son.

Just tell me how he's doing.

You all right, coach?

Yeah, he says he knows he's got to pay to play.

You don't know what it's like.

Especially for the third string guys.

It's worse for them.

You see?

You see how much you care for your team?

That's why you're a point guard,

that's why you're a leader.

I participated.

I had to beat guys down too!

Carlton wasn't hard enough for him!

Even though he's got more talent than any of us,

we still had to break him.

No, you tried.

I broke him!

Me!

I took the bait, man.

Court time over my friend.

Cory, he had to use you -- you were both too strong.

Carlton was too strong.

A team run on fear is not a team.

My teammate, Sam, down below us...

Hey, Sam, come up here.

I trust my life in his hands.

Hey, Carlton.

I'm just gonna hang out here, okay?

What, you think I'm doing this all by myself?

Sam's got my back.

In fact, if your step back a little bit

and look down there... You see that?

That guy with the binoculars? You see him?

That's Wordy.

I'm looking after you, Sam's looking after me,

and Wordy's got all our backs.

Just let him go here, Corey.

Let us deal with it.

I gotta finish this.

Whatever it takes.

Corey?

We all make mistakes, we all have bad games.

Basketball is everything and now it's gone.

It's not gone, it's not gone.

It's only the beginning.

You're gonna get that scholarship,

but you're on two separate teams right now, Carlton.

And the poisoned basketball team,

you gotta walk away from.

Your mother, your sister, and Corey, too -

that's your other team, that's long-term.

Nobody's gonna cut you from that squad.

What're you doing?

Corey?

What are you doing?

What, are you crazy? Hey, what're you doing?!

Where we at, Spike?

I'm close. Eyes in, we're up.

What is that, a blow torch?

Wellstead's tied up.

This is bad.

I think I know what he's doing.

Eastern Tech warriors. We all got 'em.

Coach's loyalty test.

Shape charge, ASAP.

Blow the door, we're going in.

Look, I know there's a lot of pressure, right?

That's a lot of pressure.

The pressure's gotta be in... Inescapable right now.

You're supposed to carry your team,

and you're supposed to carry your family's dreams too.

Jules, you copy?

Copy, Sam.

I got your mother right here.

She's right here in the building, right now.

No. No.

Of course she is,

and she's nothing but proud of you.

Tell them that we're working it through nice and slow.

We need their help, okay?

Okay, I'll get her on the line.

You can't talk to Carlton directly,

but you can relay a message through my sergeant.

Speak from the heart, he needs perspective.

He is very overwhelmed right now.

Hello?

I got her on the line right here.

You're just saying that.

No, she's right here.

She says, "hello."

Say something personal,

something you both share.

Tell him, uh...

Tell him I'm sorry I pushed him to the paint.

He should have gone for three.

She says she's sorry she pushed you to the paint

and that you should've gone for three.

There's other teams, other things in life...

...and you are so much more than who you are on the court.

And that she wants you to be happy.

I hid like you told me to.

Your sister, she says that she hid like you told her to,

and that she sent us after the bad guys, but, uh...

maybe one day you can explain to her

that they weren't the real bad guys.

Tell him I love him and I want him to come home.

Do you see...

That the only way you could disappoint anyone

is by taking your own life?

Nobody hurts so bad they can't recover.

And all you gotta do...

is take my hand.

Trust me.

He's got him.

Carlton's secure.

He's got him.

He's okay.

Get away from me. Don't you dare!

Subjects are in the southwest corner, out of line of the door.

That's good 'cause it's gonna be a big bang

and it's blowing inward.

Breaching in three,

two, one.

Corey, right there, drop it!

Drop it!

Put it down, right there!

Do what he says, Corey.

Sir, let me do the talking.

Cory, listen to me.

I have to consider that blow torch a deadly weapon.

That means if you show imminent threat to use it,

I have to shoot here, son.

Isn't this imminent?!

Sir, please remain quiet and do not struggle!

Corey! I don't wanna shoot you here!

All right, I don't.

So lower the weapon. You don't have to put it down,

but just move it away from his face so we can talk, okay?

That's it.

This here,

this is all it boils down to for me.

No it isn't, Cory. No it isn't.

I saw red!

I went off on my friend.

You what Carlton told me?

"Not Corey's fault."

Those were his exact words, son.

But you know what? There is fault here,

and I promise you,

we are gonna make sure that it comes out,

and that's what you want -- it's justice, Corey.

That's what you want.

Justice? I don't have to face justice.

Sir, please be quiet!

No, I'm not gonna be quiet.

My record speaks for itself, all right?

Sir!

You don't care if Carlton lives or dies?

Corey, don't! Don't!

Shoot him!

Sir, you pull yourself together.

Corey, this is not what I wanna do.

Please...

It's all right.

Hey, hey, you're doing fine, Carlton.

- Have a seat. - I'm shaking.

That's because your heart's racing.

Just sit down. Sit down.

So is mine, pal. We're all good, okay?

You showed a lot of strength.

You just keep breathing. We have some water.

We're in no hurry.

Boss.

We'll be right back, son. You hold tight.

I know it's way outside the box,

but what if we tell him what Corey's doing?

No, that's too risky.

I know, but we have two critical incidents.

Maybe one can help the other.

Carlton's a team player, his teammate needs him.

Good work, boss.

Get him proactive helping his friend.

I think that's a good idea down here.

Agreed.

Okay, he's gone through a lot today,

but he may be the only one who can reach his friend.

All right.

Let's do it.

Carlton, I need to tell you something,

and I need you to be strong.

It's about Corey.

Where is he? Is he okay?

He's fine.

He's just in the middle of doing something

that he's gonna regret.

The police, the school, everybody knows the truth.

Corey thinks he's doing that for you.

That's revenge for ripping apart your friendship

and pushing you out on that roof.

Well, you have to stop him.

Will you help us do that?

Cory, Carlton's okay.

He came down. He's fine. I promise you that.

You're just saying that!

No I'm not, Corey!

He's okay, he's here.

He's gonna come in and talk to you.

Coming in, Eddie.

It's okay.

C-C-Carlton.

I'm sorry, I didn't want to.

I know, I know, I know.

Don't worry about it.

Corey, put the blow torch down,

do it for me.

So much for the season.

No. Man...

Plenty more games.

Corey, you don't wanna be like him.

You don't wanna do what he does, so just let him go.

The coach is the loser here.

Seriously.

He's done.

We're not.

Hey! Sam!

You were great up there.

You know, the whole idea about bringing Corey and Carlton together...

It was a little risky.

I thought inspired.

Jules?

There you are.

Hey! You again.

Steve.

How's it going, man?

I gotta... go talk to Spike.

So what do you say?

Burger and fries? Like the old days?

I don't know, Steve, that was a long time ago.

Come on.

I think we can do better than that.