Previously on SWAT...
- Officer Luca? - Yeah.
I'm your sister. My mom had an affair years ago
with a guy named Carl Luca.
You want to go somewhere and talk?
- Yeah. - You surf, also?
- Where you go? - Malibu.
- What about you? - Redondo.
Oof, we got a lot to talk about.
I want to have a family with you.
- (ALL SHOUTING) - We-we-we're having a girl?
- Mm. - I'll toast to that.
Here's to family.
NICHELLE: (SIGHS) I have two OIG meetings.
Then I need to get over to the community center to interview
- a new program director. - Baby.
Baby, come on now.
You've been going so hard lately.
I know you're trying to get everything done
before our little baby girl gets here.
But we got time.
There's still just so much to do.
It is all gonna shake out.
I think you could use a little extra help slowing down.
Oh.
- Is that right? - Mm-hmm.
(DOOR OPENS)
DANIEL: Hey!
What's all those boxes in the backyard?
Ain't you got the best timing in the world, Pop?
You texted me to come over. Hey, darling.
- Hey. - Yeah, that was yesterday.
We could've used some extra hands.
Well, I'm here now. What do you need?
Nichelle and I have been doing some spring cleaning,
getting ready for the baby, so all the boxes in the back
are what's left over after we donated.
But you didn't touch the attic, though, right?
Mm, yesterday. Cleared it all out.
You just up and donated
all that stuff? Where?
The big Goodwill center on Western.
You didn't even give me a heads-up?
Pop, what's going on with you?
- We'll talk later, Hondo. - You just got here, Pop.
Pop!
♪ ♪
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
No. No, I'm good. Thanks.
Do you have what we asked for?
I assume that's my money?
Yes. We are men of our word.
Can I get you guys started with anything?
Nothing, no. Go away.
You said you had what we asked for.
This list isn't complete.
It's mostly all there.
You know what it took to get just that?
We asked for all of it.
We're done here.
Hey. Where are you going?
I want my money!
Hey!
Give me the money or I'll shoot!
(PATRONS GASP, YELP)
Fine.
Have your damn money.
(SHOUTING, CLAMORING)
(GUNSHOTS ECHO)
6-Adam-18. We have multiple gunshots
coming from Wyman Park Hotel, corner of West 5th and Olive.
Repeat, shots fired.
(GRUNTING)
Cops are here.
Take the list and go.
Finish the job.
(GROANS)
Um, they're just running some tests, Dom.
I'll probably be out of here by tonight.
You had a heart attack, Dad. Stop trying to play it down.
It was mild.
If I knew it took a heart attack
to get you to visit, I'd have had one sooner.
LUCA: Yeah, don't joke like that. This is serious.
Oh. Excuse me for making light,
but I feel like we hardly see you anymore.
I've just been really busy with work and the food truck.
So you keep saying.
I mean, the streets must be filled
with hungry criminals these days.
I'm really sorry, all right?
Just got a lot going on. It's complicated.
Cardio lab's ready for you, Mr. Luca.
Yeah, see what I mean? There's never enough tests.
- (GRUNTS) - Look.
Don't let him punk you, okay? This guy's a terrible patient,
but he's a good guy.
All right.
God, I hate seeing him like this.
He's right about you not coming around, though.
So, what's her name?
What? Who?
The new lady in your life.
It's been a while,
but I know the pattern.
We stop seeing you. You make excuses,
- usually about work... - No.
Mom, it's not like that, I swear.
Well, something's going on.
Look, Dominique, whatever it is,
your father needs family more than ever right now.
And with Terry chasing his girlfriend up to Oregon,
you and I are all he has.
Okay.
I'll try to come around more, I promise.
We're getting older.
And listen to me when I say this:
You don't want to look up and wish you had more time.
(PHONE BEEPING)
Okay, I got to go, Mom. Sorry.
Just think about what I said.
Yeah.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
Luca, how's your pops?
He's doing okay. Still, hate that he's getting old.
- You sure you're up for this? - Hell yeah, man.
Beats thinking about what-ifs. What do we got?
Gun battle popped off inside. Conflicting reports,
but it sounds like we've still got two shooters.
Witnesses say both sides took hits.
Most of the diners got out, but we still got a few inside.
Okay. What are we waiting for? Let's go.
DEACON: Cabrera, get on our six.
Eyes on that door.
Hold it.
Deacon.
It's one of our shooters.
He's dead.
STREET: Hondo?
We've got a blood trail.
Could be the other shooter.
Going into the kitchen. Ready?
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STREET (QUIETLY): Lights off.
STREET: LAPD! Drop the gun!
BAJWA: Don't come any closer!
(WOMAN WHIMPERING, PANTING)
Come on, man. There's nowhere to go.
And you look like you need some help,
so how about you release her,
and we get you some medical attention?
No! You need to get out!
Hondo, we've got no angle here.
HONDO: I'm on my way.
You need to back away, or I'll kill her!
(WOMAN WHIMPERING)
Listen up, man. It's over.
- Put down the weapon. - (WOMAN BREATHING HEAVILY)
Get me out of here, or she dies, you hear me?!
- (TWO GUNSHOTS, - WOMAN GASPS LOUDLY)
(WOMAN PANTING)
- (GASPS LOUDLY) - You're okay, you're okay.
- Get her out of here! - (WOMAN WHEEZING)
Let's go. Let's get you out of here.
20-David to Command.
Code 4.
Good job.
(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
HONDO: What do you got, Deac?
You ready for this? Our shooter is an Indian national.
Soon as RHD ran his prints,
it triggered an Interpol Red Notice.
The guy's wanted for more than a dozen assassinations
across the Middle East and North Africa.
- Contract killer. - CABRERA: And he's not working alone.
Waitress said for certain he arrived with a partner.
Guy fled out the back when the shooting started.
What about the shooter we found dead?
His name is Mason Crowley.
He's a former military intelligence officer.
According to the waitress, they started arguing
over a folder with what looked like
a list of names and addresses.
No sign of it now.
But we did find a briefcase full of cash.
Had to be an exchange, intel for money.
We got to figure that the partner made off with that folder.
We got a dangerous hit man on the loose in L.A. with a list.
What happened here was just the beginning.
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This gives a whole new meaning
to the phrase "dine and dash."
Where are we with an ID on this guy?
Well, nothing yet, but DHS flagged him
and five other foreign nationals,
including the shooter we took down.
Now, they entered the U.S. yesterday.
All on the same flight, all with fake passports.
And the guy we took down? He's a known assassin.
So there's a good chance that his travel buddies
are in the same line of work.
Great. We got a half a dozen killers on a mission in L.A.
What do we know about this list they have?
The waitress only caught a glimpse, but
I'm looking into the guy who supplied it.
He's an American... Mason Crowley,
former Naval Intelligence officer.
He was discharged about a year ago for conduct unbecoming.
Since then, he's been consulting
for various private military companies.
Newcastle Group, Blackvine, Ambercaz Corporation.
Which means he has access to a lot of classified information.
Yeah, and according to his financials,
he was hurting for money.
He had over $100,000 in debt
between casinos, online gambling platforms,
which would explain the briefcase full of cash.
Oh, he's selling secrets.
He could have handed over anything,
from locations of federal witnesses
to high-ranking government officials.
We need to find these guys fast before they strike again.
May be too late for that.
Patrol just called in a murder in Highland Park.
Witnesses saw two men fleeing the scene,
one matching the description of our suspect.
The victim, Koss Matias,
was a retired Army Ranger.
His wife found him zip-tied in the garage.
First responders think he was tortured before he was killed.
HICKS: All right,
let's try to bring the wife in.
Maybe she knows something that can help us figure out
what the hell is going on.
DURANT: Luca.
I just heard. Some of the old-timers
at the 27th were talking. A heart attack?
Yeah. But, look, he's gonna pull through, though.
I went and saw him this morning.
- So he's alive? - Yeah.
(SIGHS HEAVILY)
You know cops and the rumor mill. I heard more than once
- that he didn't make it. - Nah, he'll be fine.
He's just got to take better care of himself, that's all.
(EXHALES)
Good.
'Cause I want to meet him.
Wait. What?
I thought you didn't want anything to do with him.
That was before I thought I lost my chance to get to know him.
Maybe we should just hold off a beat.
Okay? There's a lot of moving pieces.
I know it's a big ask, Luca.
But I keep thinking about what Terry said
about my mom going to your house three years ago.
She wanted me to know our dad.
I already lost her.
(SIGHS)
I just don't think it's a good time right now.
I'm sorry.
I guess I didn't...
realize that your idea of family...
had limits.
I can't imagine who would want to hurt Koss,
and like this.
Well, that's why we've asked you to come in, Mrs. Matias.
We're hoping you can help us figure that out.
I can't imagine how.
Did your husband have any enemies?
No.
Koss was a gentle soul.
In fact, the last argument we had was
when I asked him to retire from the Army five years ago.
Yeah, that kind of rush must be hard to give up.
For some vets.
I mean, you hear the stories of guys who retire
and get into trouble 'cause they can't let go of the high.
That wasn't Koss.
He was happy.
Spent most of his time volunteering. (SNIFFLES)
Do you know if Koss knew of a man
by the name of Mason Crowley?
Hmm.
No, the name doesn't sound familiar.
But Koss had a lot of friends.
He kept in touch with his old Army buddies.
They had this camping group
that would travel a couple times a year.
He always uploaded the photos.
He was pretty proud of his adventures.
Do you mind if I text this to myself?
It might help us.
Mrs. Matias, uh,
your husband was found in the garage.
But you told the police
that you think maybe the killers had been in the house?
In his study?
Do you have any idea what they might've been looking for?
No,
but they took his phone and his laptop.
(SNIFFLES) All these years, I was so worried
about him when he was overseas,
risking his life for our country.
I finally convince him to retire.
And he ends up getting killed
in our home.
(CRIES) Oh.
Hey. Check out the shield on Koss's cap.
I've seen that emblem before. It belongs to Ambercaz.
It's one of the private military companies
Mason Crowley consulted for.
So maybe Koss wasn't as retired as his wife thinks he was.
Either way, Ambercaz... that might be the link.
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm familiar with Ambercaz.
They're a goodwill PMC.
They specialize in rescue, peacekeeping missions
that our government can't or won't touch.
Yeah. Apparently, they were behind the evacuation of those journalists
in Ukraine a couple months ago.
All right, so we know Mason Crowley did a stint with Ambercaz.
You think Matias was working with them, as well?
As a field operator, yeah. That's the running theory.
But given their line of work,
it's gonna be hard to confirm that without a contact.
I think I may know someone who works there.
I haven't talked to him in years, though.
There some... bad blood?
Well, his father and I were partners back in my patrol days.
Yeah, we grew to be like brothers.
That's until I found out he stole money
from several drug busts we worked,
and, you know, I asked him to come clean, turn himself in.
He refused.
So you reported him to Internal Affairs?
He ended up getting kicked off the force
and spiraled from there.
He... he eventually drank himself to death.
You think the son blames you?
Well, his mother did.
I mean, she told me at the funeral that I killed her husband.
The kid saw the whole thing.
I was close with him back then, but that day,
the look in his eyes...
everything changed.
Commander, maybe I should talk to him instead.
No. I'm not hiding behind you.
We need intel, I'm gonna reach out.
I'm not gonna let my personal business
jeopardize the people of this city.
- Yeah. Hello. - HONDO: Pop,
I've been trying you.
I wanted to check in about this morning.
You left the house in a hurry.
Yeah, well, I've been busy.
I've been at the donation center all morning
trying to get back what you threw away so carelessly.
Pop, come on now. That junk up in the attic
hasn't been touched in 30 years.
What's so important now?
Junk, huh? Well, obviously,
somebody thought it was valuable,
'cause it ain't here.
Somebody bought it all for pennies.
(SCOFFS) After all the time I spent...
Oh, come on, Pop.
What is this about?
Nothing.
You have a good day, son.
- (CALL CLICKS OFF) - Pop. Pop?
(DOOR OPENS)
Well, a visit
from the man himself.
Long time, Aaron.
Yeah. It's good to see you.
How's your mom doing these days?
Oh, yeah. She's okay.
Lives on her own, keeps busy with the grandkids.
What's it been,
30 years since you and my father ran the streets?
(SCOFFS) Yeah.
Figured you'd be retired by now.
Ah.
I'm not quite finished with the badge yet.
I still got a few more years left in me.
Hmm.
Got the names you sent over.
Hmm.
I can confirm that both Crowley and Matias worked for Ambercaz,
- but that's about it. - Mm-hmm.
There was, uh, no overlap in their roles.
Crowley was in analytics, Matias was a field guy.
Ah.
They were both killed by the same people.
One was tortured.
There's got to be more to it.
Well, that's all I'm authorized to share.
The rest is classified.
Then get it declassified. Lives are at risk.
Well, it's not up to me.
Look, Ambercaz is conducting its own investigation.
If we come up with anything pertinent to the LAPD,
- we'll share it with you. - All due respect,
I need information that I can act on now.
I'm just abiding by the protocol.
Well, it feels more like you're stonewalling me.
(LAUGHS) Come on, Bob.
It's not personal.
But I do find it ironic
that you're asking me to color outside the lines,
given your track record. Because, as I remember,
- you're a stickler for the rules. - Hmm.
(DOOR OPENS)
I have a meeting, Commander. I can assure you
that Ambercaz will contact every operative with a connection
to Koss Matias and give 'em a heads up.
- Hmm. - If you don't mind...
(SCOFFS)
KEVIN: Three tours, I lose my arm in a car accident.
Go figure.
- You're doing a great job, Kevin. - (PHONE DINGS)
I can get that.
No. Let me.
Pack up. We're done for today.
Kevin, what's going on?
(DIALING, LINE RINGING)
WOMAN: 911. What's your emergency?
My name is Kevin Grayson.
There's two guys here with guns.
I think they want to kill me.
My address is 137 Liberty Street. Hurry!
Change of plans, Patty. Safer if you hole up here.
What's going on?
(SIREN WAILING)
♪ ♪
What do we got?
Two shooters on the second floor.
Asian or Southeast Asian descent.
We got 'em pinned in an alcove, but we're seriously outgunned.
They got automatic weapons
sporting high-capacity drum mags.
Nothing we could do but hold 'em.
All right, you did your job.
We got it from here.
Sounds like our guys. Coincidence?
No such thing. Deacon, with me.
The rest, you know what to do.
Officers, get up out of here.
We got this. Thanks, boys.
This is LAPD SWAT! You got no way out of here!
Throw down your weapons and come out, hands raised.
Cover!
Street, can you give me eyes?
Two suspects,
ducked in a dead-end alcove.
- Both heavily armed. - HONDO: Copy that.
Street, ready flashbangs. Luca, corner shot.
22-David in position.
Corner shot is ready, boss.
This is your last chance!
Drop your guns and come out!
(GRUNTS)
- (LOUD BOOM) - (YELLS)
Deacon, move.
Drop it!
(GRUNTS)
Suspects one and two down.
Hey. This is the 911 caller.
I'm on it.
This is Sergeant Kay, LAPD. Open the door, please.
We need help in here!
It's Kevin. He's shot!
22-David. We need an R/A up here now.
Zip ties.
Maybe they wanted to take Grayson alive,
torture him like they did Koss Matias?
And check this out.
This must be the list they paid for.
Names and addresses.
Matias, Grayson and three others.
There's a sixth name on here,
but the info's blacked out, redacted.
That's probably why they tortured Matias,
and why they planned to torture the victim here.
- To get the sixth name. - All right.
We'll get the three names we can read into protection.
But there are still three assassins out there.
We got to find out who this sixth name is
before the hit men, or they're as good as dead.
Came as soon as I heard.
I'm Aaron Skinner. I'm with Ambercaz.
Sergeant Harrelson.
We owe you a huge thanks, Sergeant...
you, too, Commander... for saving Kevin Grayson's life today.
An apartment building full of citizens were terrorized,
young officer was shot.
All of which could've been avoided
if you came clean with me
- in your office earlier. - HONDO: We checked out
the five names from a list found on one of the hit men.
They're all former soldiers.
And I'm willing to bet they all work for Ambercaz.
Now we need to know
what connects these five with the assassins
running around my city.
And don't tell me it's classified.
Well, it is classified. (SCOFFS)
But I talked to my bosses, convinced them
to share one of our mission files with you.
I'm sending it now.
(PHONE CHIMES)
(COMPUTER TRILLS)
The five men on the list were all part
of an Ambercaz mission led by Koss Matias
to the India-Pakistan border six months ago.
They were tasked with taking out Dinesh Reddy,
the leader of a Southeast Asian crime organization
called "The Brotherhood-Defense Movement," B.D.M. for short.
Yeah, I heard about them.
They were behind a dirty bomb
at a U.S. base in Qatar last year.
And a shelling of a boarding school in Myanmar.
Yeah, they operate primarily in the shadows,
planning and funding global acts of terror.
Matias and his men took out the entire B.D.M. compound.
Dinesh, his generals and his acolytes, including his wife
and adult sons.
That woman.
We've seen her.
Arjet Reddy? That's Dinesh's wife,
second in command. She was killed in the raid.
Ah...
Facts say otherwise.
Arjet entered the U.S. yesterday, along with the other hit men.
She survived.
Well, she's got to be the one
orchestrating these attacks, wanting revenge
for the death of her husband and sons.
There's a sixth name on that list that's redacted.
And the killers seem hell-bent on finding that identity.
Wasn't one of our operatives, but I'll see what I can do.
That's not good enough.
We need that name, Aaron.
Can you get it or not?
I just said I will look into it.
That's the best I can do for now.
Deacon told me about your shared past,
the stuff that went down with his father and IA?
Yeah.
I was like an uncle to Aaron when he was a kid,
before it all went bad.
(CHUCKLES) I spent every weekend one summer
building him a treehouse.
Maybe he is being genuine and doing all he can.
What are you saying?
I made the wrong call applying pressure?
No, sir. I'm just reminding you we don't have all the context.
Hey. Kevin Grayson's wounds are patched up, he's headed to HQ.
Hicks wants us to talk to him as soon as he gets here.
- Cool. - Yeah.
Let me know when he arrives.
Luca...
All right.
What's going on, man?
Nothing, all right? Never better, man.
Dude, we share a house together.
I know your snore pattern.
Come on, cough it up.
Eva wants to meet my father.
She heard that he had a heart attack,
freaked her out a little bit.
Now she wants me to make an introduction.
- Okay. And that's bad? - Hell yeah, it's bad.
It could blow everything up. I mean, what if...?
How's my mom gonna react
when she finds out that my dad had an affair?
Okay? She's gonna be crushed.
I can't just destroy their marriage just like that,
especially not now.
So what are you gonna do?
I mean, you had to know this was coming sooner or later, right?
I don't know. I can't just keep avoiding my folks,
but I can barely look 'em in the eyes knowing what I know.
It's like lose-lose, no matter what, bro.
Yeah. Look,
I know what it is to lose your parents
and to not have any answers.
And if I was your dad, I think I'd want to know
if I had a kid out there.
The way I see it, you're robbing 'em both
of an opportunity 'cause you're afraid of what might happen.
MAN: Hey.
Kevin Grayson's here.
Okay. Let's not keep him waiting.
(SIGHS)
I can't believe they got Matias.
I bet that son of a bitch put up a hell of a fight.
Look, these guys are still on the loose.
We could really use your help.
I thought you took care of 'em pretty well at my apartment.
Yeah. That was only two.
There's still three more of them out there.
We think this is about revenge
for the Ambercaz mission that took down B.D.M.
The hit men at your apartment... they had a list
with the names and addresses of the five men in your unit.
LUCA: The problem is, there was a sixth name on the list,
but it was redacted. Do you have any idea who that may be?
I might. I mean, Matias had a contact
inside the B.D.M. compound, someone serving us intel.
We wouldn't have breached without it.
If this is about revenge, it'd be them.
- Do you have a name? - No. Matias kept that to himself.
But I do remember a woman and her daughter.
They hitched a ride with us on our flight back to the States.
Kid was pretty sick,
needed oxygen.
Matias actually held her the whole way home.
You think Matias kept in contact?
I wouldn't doubt it.
He wasn't the type to let a woman
and a sick child get swallowed up in a city like L.A.
I'm sure he kept tabs on them.
All right.
Thanks.
- (LINE RINGING) - Hey, babe. You got a minute?
NICHELLE: Actually, I do.
You might be onto something with this slowing-down business.
See, I got me some good ideas here and there.
(LAUGHS)
Look, I want to ask you something about my father.
Have you talked to him yet?
I'm still confused by that whole thing this morning.
Yeah, I talked to him, but I didn't get any kind of answer.
But then, something Commander Hicks said
about trying to build a treehouse jogged my memory.
- What do you mean? - Baby, do you remember seeing
an old wooden dollhouse among the things
that we packed for donation?
I remember a wooden castle
kind of thing.
(SIGHS) Baby, it started life as a dollhouse.
My Pops built it for my sister Winnie
when she was just a kid, and it took him months.
And then, when she outgrew it,
he repurposed it into a castle for me,
even let me pick the paint.
I called it "King Castle."
So now, with the baby on the way...
He was probably planning to repurpose it again for her.
(SIGHS) That's why it was so important,
sitting in the attic all these years,
and I just threw it away.
I'm sure if you talk to him,
he'll understand you didn't mean any harm.
(SIGHS) Niche, I don't know. I was pretty rough on him.
He was just trying to do something special for our girl.
I got to make this right.
I love you, baby.
I love you, too.
(SIGHS)
You got something for me?
We checked back with Heidi Matias
and asked if her husband ever came in contact
with anyone who matches the description
of the woman on the plane with a sick child.
Turns out Matias volunteered for Cupid's Bow,
a charity for children with serious heart defects.
Heidi said he got involved after meeting a woman
named Mariam and her ill daughter, Gia,
shortly after one of his camping trips.
And we got this photo from Mrs. Matias.
The woman in the Green Raven Cafe uniform... that's Mariam.
Now we think she's the redacted name on the list.
There was no one named Mariam in the official mission data.
But I'm combing through the new intel we just got from Ambercaz.
- From Aaron Skinner? - Could be.
It came from an anonymous email.
Well, I'm sure that doesn't fall in line
with Ambercaz's protocol.
This file lists a woman named "Tamia Ghosh."
She was a maid inside the B.D.M. compound, had a sick child.
That sounds like the woman on the plane to me.
She helps out Matias,
trades inside information for a new life.
Wait. The hit men stole Matias's phone and laptop.
If they have access to Matias's photos...
Then it's only a matter of time before they figure out
who and where Mariam is, if they haven't already.
I got a home address.
Send patrol units there and her place of work, now.
(GRUNTING, GROANING)
Where is Tamia?
I don't know anyone named Tamia!
Tell us where she is now!
(COUGHING)
Let's not waste any more time.
You know this woman. She works here.
If you don't want to die, tell us where to find her.
Sir, just got word from Patrol.
No sign of Mariam at her apartment
or the cafe where she works,
but an employee there got beaten
within an inch of his life taking out the trash.
Couple of the other workers found him unconscious.
Well, that has to be the work
of Arjet and the other two hit men.
If the poor bastard survived, he must've said something.
- Do we have any idea what? - No.
But one of the other employees
said that Mariam's daughter is currently a patient
at the Children's Hospital.
Have to think, if Mariam's not at home, and she's not at work...
She's at the hospital with the kid,
which means that's where Arjet's gonna be headed next.
All right, I'll call over there
and alert the hospital while the team rolls.
(ALARM SOUNDING) MAN (OVER P.A.): Attention.
The hospital is initiating emergency protocols.
All visitors and non-essential staff are instructed
to exit immediately.
(SIREN WAILING)
All right, listen up. Hospital has seven floors.
Mariam's daughter is on the third, room 318.
Now, when we land, Deacon, Cabrera,
you ascend the east stairwell.
Luca, Street, you're with me up the west.
Now, the plan is to trap and pinch. Got it?
Copy that, boss. Have us there in three.
Great. Thank you. Hospital security's already begun
an evacuation of nonessentials.
We should still be on the lookout for stragglers.
Yeah, Street's right. One of my kids is in the hospital,
last thing I'm doing is leaving them behind.
Heads on a swivel. Don't forget... these guys are trained killers.
Let's fill the gaps.
ALL: Stay liquid!
Hey, Mom.
Why are the lights flashing? Did you get my treat?
Come on, baby. We're going to play a little game.
- Hide-and-seek. - Why? What's happening?
No questions right now.
We need to find a good hiding place. Come on.
MAN (OVER P.A.): ...the hospital is initiating
emergency protocols.
All visitors and non-essential staff
are instructed to exit immediately.
♪ ♪
Bed's still warm.
Find them.
(SIREN WHOOP, TIRES SCREECH)
Mom,
you're scaring me.
No, sweetie.
It'll be okay.
Just want you to stay here.
Make yourself small...
and stay here,
no matter what.
- Wait. You're leaving? Mom! - Trust me.
We've been through so much.
And we'll get through this, too.
Just be brave, like always.
Okay?
Clear.
CABRERA: Clear.
Clear.
Suspect deep, going from
room on the right to the room on the left.
(GRUNTING)
Hands behind your back!
20-David. One suspect in custody.
- Any eyes on Mariam or the kid? - Negative.
- Still looking. - (GUNSHOT, WOMAN SCREAMS)
Shots fired. Nurses' station.
LAPD!
(MARIAM WHIMPERS)
Second suspect down.
- Are you hurt? We heard a shot. - No. My little girl, Gia.
- I've got to get to my daughter. - (GIA SCREAMS)
- Oh, my God! - Hey, hey, hey, hey.
I need you to get back and stay down.
I know what everything in your head wants to do right now,
but let us handle it. For Gia's sake.
- Cabrera? - (PANTING)
DEACON: LAPD! Let the girl go!
Hondo, Arjet has the girl.
They're in the elevator.
CABRERA: It's going up.
26-David, taking the stairs.
We'll head 'em off.
Cabrera, tell us where the elevator stops.
They're headed to the roof.
Street. 11 o'clock.
Street, post up left. I'm going right.
Give it up, Arjet!
The whole building's surrounded. You're not gonna get away.
What makes you think I'm trying to get away?
Tamia betrayed me.
She helped those soldiers kill my family.
I'm not going anywhere until I've done what I came to do.
So bring Tamia here or the child dies!
You don't have to do this. Let the girl go.
She's got nothing to do with what happened to your family.
You're wrong.
This sick little bug is no doubt why Tamia betrayed us.
She's a mother.
She did what she had to do to save her child.
ARJET: At the expense of my family?
She's as responsible for their deaths
as the devils who killed them.
DEACON: We're in position on a neighboring rooftop.
Your 11 o'clock.
Deac, she's too close to the edge.
You take the shot, she could fall, and take the kid with her.
Well, then we need to separate them somehow.
ARJET: The only thing that kept me alive
as I bled on the floor next to my sons was revenge.
So save your talk for someone else.
I want Tamia!
You see that?
Her arm is shaking.
She could barely hold that gun up.
The raid on her compound.
She must be injured.
Deacon, I need you ready to take that shot.
I'm fine with killing this child if I have to.
Seems fitting, actually.
Bring Tamia here.
Tamia's not coming.
Back off, or I'll kill you...
...then the bug.
Not with your gun shaking like that.
Deacon, now. (GUNSHOT)
(ARJET CRIES OUT)
(GIA SOBBING)
STREET: Come here. You're all right. You're okay.
It's okay.
20-David. Suspect down. Child is safe.
Aaron.
Heard what you guys did.
Saving a mother and her sick child.
I just wanted to congratulate you.
Well, it wouldn't have been possible
without crucial intel that we received from
- an anonymous email. - Hmm.
You wouldn't know anything about that, would you?
I'm afraid I cannot confirm or deny.
Mm.
Well...
I'm grateful to whoever did.
And for what it's worth, I'm sorry for
holding your feet to the fire
when you were doing all you could.
I should have taken you at your word.
Well, didn't make it real easy on you, either.
It's not hard to see how you'd think I was holding a grudge.
I, uh, took my jabs.
I guess it's just always been easier
to blame you for my father's death than him.
Yeah.
What is this?
It's, um, a little context.
It's a transcript of my father's IA tribunal.
Mm-hmm.
You spoke on his behalf.
Yeah.
It wasn't greed that drove your dad to steal.
He was in deep with some bad people.
He was trying to save your house,
and I didn't know that when I turned him in.
Wish I had.
- I didn't realize that. - Mm.
My... mother never really talked about it.
Your father was a good man, Aaron.
He just made a couple of bad decisions.
But he'd be proud of the man you are today.
He always talked about how smart you were,
destined for great things.
Looks like your old man was right.
Thanks.
Uh, well, uh, I gotta go.
- Can't miss another family dinner. - No.
(BOTH LAUGH)
Hey, how about we get a cup of coffee sometime soon? Huh?
- You know, when you're not saving L.A. - (LAUGHS)
You know what?
I think I'd like that.
Yeah.
I told you I'd be out of here tonight.
Assuming the damn doctor comes to sign me out.
He said he just wanted to give you
one more look before we go.
I'll go see if I can find him.
Okay.
You know you're gonna have to take it easy for a while, right?
So Hondo's kid must be coming pretty soon, yeah?
Yep. (CHUCKLES)
He must be thrilled.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
But a girl?
Oh, thank God for you boys.
I don't know what I'd have done with a daughter.
Dad, there's something I have to tell you,
but I don't want it to change things between us.
Of course not.
Nothing you say could change us. Trust that.
A patrol cop reached out to me a couple months ago.
Right? She's, like, really great.
She loves the beat, loves to surf.
I think you'd really like her.
- Her? - Yeah.
- You finally settling down, Dom? - Oh, God, no, no.
It's not like that.
Her name is Eva Durant.
Her mom was a detective.
You worked with her in Hollenbeck some time ago.
Sofia.
I remember her.
You're saying she had a daughter?
About 40 years ago.
Do you want to hear the rest?
Yeah. Yeah.
I think I do.
Hondo?
In here, Pop.
All right, what's so important that you had me rush over here?
What'd you give away now? What's all this?
Look, I tried everything I could to find
my old King Castle, but just like you, no luck.
That thing's long gone.
So, what? This your way of apologizing?
You think it's gonna be that easy, son?
No, hell no. There ain't nothing easy about you.
Look, I'm sorry for taking something
with so many memories for granted.
That wasn't my intention.
I know, son.
(SIGHS)
Maybe I put too much weight on that thing.
I just wanted to be able to pass something on to my granddaughter.
Bring something from the past into the future.
Well, she's lucky she's got you here.
Look, no dollhouse is gonna compare to
the love and wisdom that you're gonna give my baby girl.
Trust me.
I know from experience.
You know what? I'm glad you feel that way.
'Cause building these things, that's hard work.
I think I'm gonna sit this one out.
- I'll hop on the next one. - No, come on now.
I was thinking we could build it together.
You gonna leave me hanging with all this?
No. I plan on watching you and make sure
you don't mess this thing up for my grandbaby.
Oh, you're gonna do me like that?
Just like that.
(BOTH LAUGHING)