S.W.A.T. Exiles (2026) s01e02 Episode Script

1
HONDO: Previously on SWAT: Exiles
SWAT was my dream.
And with one mission,
everything changed.
No, Niko. Niko!
Watch your back.
No unit, no old command structure.
We are proud to welcome back
Daniel Harrelson to the LAPD.
What do you think of your new team?
Dream team, baby.
- Are you filming this?
- This is just a vibe check.
This is a locker room,
not your goddamn content farm.
- Boundaries.
- HONDO: Welcome to 44 Squad.
SWAT, we're the ones
who go in and we go in hard,
we go in fast and we go in clean.
There's no margin for error.
[PANTING] That wasn't training,
That was an exorcism with burpees.
This was supposed to be different.
You were supposed to be different.
Or maybe you're just soft.
I ain't come in to survive your
past, man. I came to serve.
HONDO: This team they stuck me with,
they don't listen,
they don't trust each other.
One kid quit today
like it was a damn summer job.
Well, then maybe that's the job now.
Showing them how to do it.
Your name was on every personnel file,
that's how I knew.
You'd never give me that team,
not like that.
Files must have been doctored.
This whole thing,
the team, me, it was a setup,
and I'm done being a pawn. I want names.
What are you gonna do with them?
Bury them.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
Just because it is wrong to ♪
That don't mean I don't long to ♪
Maybe I should not do
But I just got to ♪
Comes a time When a gay señorita ♪
Boom pacha boom pacha boom ♪
Maybe you don't believe in
Asking ladies to give in ♪
Later on I gonna tell you ♪
The meaning of this
Boom pacha boom pacha boom ♪
But here's a clue ♪
It's hard work But it's heaven ♪
Hey, you can't come in this way.
[GROANS]
Let it go ♪
There is nothing I'll leave out ♪
If you don't give out ♪
Lucky you You be gay caballero ♪
When we Boom pacha boom pacha boom ♪
Now the time has come To tell you ♪
The meaning of this ♪
- [SCREAMS]
- [GUNFIRE]
[ALL CLAMORING]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- Adeul.
- MAN: Dad!
[GROANS]
[SCREAMS] No, Dad! No!
HONDO: Tell me, why do you think
you'd be an asset to SWAT?
Is this a job interview?
I thought I already had the job.
Someone handed you the job, Sammy.
Someone handed me a team.
I have to find out
if it's actually a team
or a disaster waiting to happen.
So let's pretend you don't have the job,
and tell me again,
why are you here?
I grew up in a family of cops.
Serving the community
is all I've ever wanted.
[UPBEAT SONG PLAYING]
Yippee ki-yay, bitches!
On SWAT, you need a singular focus.
I have only one focus.
SWAT is the elite of the elite
and I intend to prove
that I'm the best of the best.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
What was my time? Fastest, right?
SWAT is about team,
not about being better
than everybody else.
The truth is, team dynamics
are a challenge for me,
a good challenge.
Interpersonal skills
were never my strong suit,
and the accident,
my brain injury, made it worse.
But my therapist thinks being
part of SWAT may help me rewire.
[DRONE WHIRRING]
You're not going to move?
Inefficient use of time.
I don't even know where to begin.
Maybe start with the praise.
I mean, I can only imagine
all the accolades in there.
Wow. When they said "classified",
they really meant it.
You think this is funny?
A little.
CASSIDY: He's cheating.
You can't go outside the shoot house.
[UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES]
Suspect down. Code four.
What are we doing here?
Flying drones, breaking through walls.
Those aren't the rules of engagement.
And bad guys play by the rules?
I think rules are guardrails,
just like laws are guardrails.
When criminals crash through
them, that's when they call us.
We got to have rules, too.
HONDO: Malik, you're up.
LAPD. Put your weapon down.
I know you don't want to die.
I don't want to die.
And as for your hostage, if they die,
it's the end for you anyway.
So just put your weapon down.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
Stay down!
Clear!
[MUSIC STOPS]
You had the shot, Malik.
Yeah, I did.
Instead, I got the hostage
and the suspect out alive.
Good outcome. But you could have
lost the hostage and yourself.
HONDO: The priorities of life
are hostage first,
then bystanders,
then officers, then suspects.
You just risked
one through three to save four.
Reform SWAT ain't about
gambling for happy endings.
Talking throws off your shot.
Shooters never negotiate.
If you're alone and a shot
is called for, you take it.
Because if you don't,
somebody is bleeding out.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
Come on, baby You know my style ♪
That's the way I like to get down ♪
Jeez, jeez Give me my room ♪
Step in my lair ♪
You gonna run into doom ♪
I'm crazy ♪
Please don't assume ♪
I'm more wicked
than the witch with a broom ♪
Light that thing
And spark it already ♪
Done way too much ♪
You need something, Sergeant?
What happened to Commander Meyers?
Reassigned.
He was, as we say,
in management, redundant.
Which leaves you with me.
Angela Pike, your new commander.
They like to put me in departments
that aren't functioning properly.
I make broken things sing.
[SCOFFS]
I thought that's why I was here.
No, Sergeant Harrelson,
you're here because it's good PR.
Somehow your rule-breaking
decision to leak bodycam footage
cast you as some kind of reformer.
Me, I'm not so convinced.
Yeah, well, I'm not convinced
the department wants reform.
I think someone handed me a time bomb,
and they just hoped
I didn't notice the ticking.
Hmm? Sounds like you think
we picked the wrong man
to lead this squad.
No, I'm saying they're not a real squad.
I got an influencer with a gun.
Who outshot every Academy record.
I got a mystery man wild card
with absolutely no history.
No, no, no, he has a history.
You're just not privy to it.
You think these kids
are the future of SWAT?
They are if you make them that.
I've run them through the paces.
They are not nearly ready.
Maybe your buddy Hicks didn't
brief you right, so I will.
If you're here to bring back
the good old days of SWA
turn around and keep walking,
'cause those glory days
left us with countless lawsuits,
way too many fatalities
and a Brass is this close
to handing the horror calls
to the sheriff's department.
You got kids, Angela?
Why?
Because if someone breaks
into your house
and holds a gun to your daughter's head,
you want the sheriff's
department that oversees
42 cities and 3,000 square miles
to take that call?
Or do you want someone to save her life?
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Hot Cheeto?
Your loss.
Look, Hondo,
if you're trying to prove
this job was set up to fail,
then that's easy.
Quit.
But if you're trying to prove
that SWAT still really matters,
that's the harder play.
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
Mass casualty event
in Koreatown last night.
I'm going to need your team
to serve a warrant today.
And if I say they're not ready?
Then make them ready.
Or someone else will.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
We got six dead
in a Koreatown dance club.
Inchon Palace before and after.
All the victims were Korean,
but now they've ID'd this man.
- Kim Ji-Ho.
- HONDO: Good eye.
He runs one of the largest
drug operations in the city.
And with Kim dead,
it paves the way for his biggest
rival to make a move.
Monte Barzarian.
He and Kim had a truce
that split the town
and kept the guns off the table.
But the gun used last night
says that deal's done.
Hmm, FN P90. That thing is amazing.
I mean, military grade precision,
front-mounted laser targeting module,
50 round mag. It's a thing of beauty.
[CHUCKLES]
I mean, terrible.
If those things are hitting the streets,
bodies are going to stack up real fast.
Well, task force said a shipping
container arrived two days ago
at the Barzarian's textile warehouse.
They couldn't get a warrant,
but after last night, Judge signed it.
We go in and make sure that task
force doesn't get ambushed
by this new arsenal.
Gear up. We roll out in five.
Now, I'm sure you want to know
who's leading us as Scout.
Sad to say, none of you are ready.
So I'm running auditions.
Jude,
you're up first,
and this time, by the book.
No cowboy shit.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Well, we're supposed to be the best,
but these Mark 18s are crap.
They have outdated optics.
I mean, most of them don't even
have adjustable stocks.
You saw what the other guys have?
It's bullshit, right?
You know, what's bullshit
around here are the priorities.
Because apparently, if you shoot
someone on your first op
and then cheat on the training course,
Hondo'll make you a Scout.
Maybe Hondo realized I'm not
obsessed with gold stars,
just results.
More likely, he assigned you to
lead a relatively contained op
in order to assess
your stability in the field,
post-shooting.
Look, you guys don't have to like it,
but I'm the quarterback now,
and I expect you all to run
the play that I call.
[SIGHS]
You got something to add, Semper Fi?
No. You're right.
Hondo made his call.
[GRUNTS] Let's go serve a warrant.
[THUDS]
LAPD serving a warrant.
Hands in the air.
We can't give them
any time to hide the guns.
Find the container.
Sammy, Malik,
get these workers out of here.
Hondo, Ethan, left side.
Cass, you're with me.
Door. Door.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Go, go, go, go, go!
Keep moving. Keep moving.
All 44 Squad, we found the container,
but it's been offloaded.
Keep an eye out for the guns.
They could be stashed somewhere.
CASSIDY [OVER RADIO]: Copy.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
JUDE: Take the left side.
I'll take right.
Meet on the other side.
[WHISPERS] Jude, where are you?
- Are you out of your mind?
- I tasked you to the other hall.
I cleared it, you disappeared.
I heard a noise
and went to check it out.
That's no excuse for going Lone Ranger.
You nearly shot me
without announcing yourself.
HONDO: Enough!
It wasn't that close.
To a friendly fire incident on my squad?
It looks like it was.
I went to check out a noise.
You split the team and you went offline.
That is how people die.
- I didn't
- You did!
Now, are we clear up here?
It's clear
that you broke my goddamn door.
[SIGHS]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
But I guess my door is the least
of your concerns, huh?
There's a third floor in there,
but I guess you missed that.
Your probable cause
is a shipment arriving.
This company works in textiles.
You know what we do, right?
We import fabric.
Kim Ji-Ho was killed last night.
Well, my father has nothing
to do with that.
And with your rival gone,
now you're free to move into guns.
Ain't that lucky for you, Monte?
ANDRE: Look, whatever the past,
this is a legitimate business.
And even when that wasn't true,
my father has never had
anything to do with guns.
Because he and Kim had a deal.
But if he was looking to expand
in a new market,
say, a new kind of gun,
fresh for the streets,
that would have to start
by eliminating Kim.
Oh, come on, this is blatant
harassment, and you know it.
You've got nothing on me,
this family, this business.
Give it up, SWAT man.
You won't find any guns
unless you planted them.
So please, take your Junior League team
and get out.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Tell me you didn't take out Kim.
Don't question me.
A fancy law degree
doesn't make you in charge.
I'm sorry, but I've worked hard
to clean up our image.
I understand.
And now, unfortunately,
image takes a back seat.
It doesn't matter who went after Kim.
His people are going to think
exactly the same thing
as the cops do.
That it was me.
We have to get ready.
Well, now you are talking guns.
That deal that was floated by us.
How fast can you make that happen?
- Fast.
- Good.
But you're sure about this?
Selling guns?
We're not selling guns.
We're using them.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]
Are you out of your mind?
[SIGHS]
- [SIGHS]
- The weights don't match.
The task force was right,
and I can prove it.
I found a partial shipping label
on the container.
I enhanced it, which led to an account
which gave me a list of every shipment
to Barzarian textiles
for the past six months.
Did you get a warrant
for hacking their accounts?
- Uh
- Oh, Jesus.
Malik was right when he said
we needed guardrails
or training wheels.
We're not using it for evidence.
Get to the point, Ethan.
Right. The container we found
was three times the weight
of all the others.
- It wasn't fabric.
- Doesn't prove it was guns.
Agreed. But the shipping list
has points of origin.
The container we saw
originated in Belgium.
Which is where the FN-P90s come from.
Okay, I get it. But they were empty.
So how does that help?
Another heavy shipment
is coming in tomorrow.
Twice as big and a new drop point.
They're not risking the warehouse,
but they want those guns.
[SCOFFS]
Okay, show me everything
you can on the drop point.
SAMMY: According to
the manifest Ethan found
delivery is at 0900,
which gives us a tight 30
to prep the containment zone.
Ethan, you're going to place
cameras facing into
and out of the garage area.
The Barzarians take possession
of the guns,
we'll have it in living color.
Cassidy and Jude,
you'll take up perimeter
on the two-three and three-four corners
to provide containment.
Hondo's with Ethan on the side roof.
He'll call it
when the shipment's coming in,
and call it
when we have enough to arrest.
Malik and I will be in here.
We move on Hondo's caller
if they bring the guns in.
You heard the Scout.
Let's move.
[THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING]
Hey.
- It's a good plan, Sammy.
- I know.
ETHAN: Bogeys incoming!
Everyone on alert.
Sammy makes the call.
You follow her lead.
All units, a Suzuki Esteem
is headed your way.
Let him clear the visual field,
then pick him up.
Two more vehicles inbound.
We have visual,
Monte Barzarian, his son Andre,
and three others.
It's probably muscle to move the guns.
Everyone, hold.
MONTE: Hurry.
- [GUNFIRE]
- [MEN GROAN]
Everybody move!
HONDO: Get eyes on all the shooters.
- [GUNSHOTS]
- [MAN GROANS]
HONDO: Shooter down!
[ECHOES] Sammy. Sammy, move. Sammy!
Sammy! Sammy, come on.
Sammy!
- [GUNSHOT]
- [GROANS]
We have five remaining shooters.
[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
[GROANS]
SAMMY: Another shooter down.
Get me out of here!
[BOTH GROAN]
ETHAN: Monte down.
Sammy, cover me!
SAMMY: Shooter behind the car.
HONDO: Where'd the shooter go?
[ENGINE REVVING]
ETHAN: We got two guys on motorcycles.
- Cassidy, cover me.
- CASSIDY: Copy.
[HONDO GROANS]
[GUNSHOT]
[GROANS]
[MUSIC FADES]
Hell of a shot.
SAMMY: Okay.
[SIGHS]
SAMMY: Code four. We have containment.
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
[HONDO SIGHS]
Medical is five minutes out.
I don't think that's fast enough.
- Looks like we were right.
- HONDO: About the guns, yeah,
but the shooters,
they're not Kim's people.
Maybe they were hired guns.
Using the same weapons
they used to kill Kim?
No.
We got a war on our hands
and we don't even know
who we're fighting.
What's up, fam?
I need a little R&R
because it was like
the Wild West out there today.
- Your girl
- What the hell are you doing?
I made it clear
you cannot film at the LAPD.
- Actually, I got it approved.
- Excuse me?
A gun manufacturer I worked for
offered to give 44 Squad
top-of-the-line custom guns,
as long as I showcase them.
Oh, so we're doing commercials now?
[CHUCKLES] I mean, it's a fair trade.
We upgrade our arsenal at no cost.
- You didn't bring this to me.
- I didn't bring it to anyone.
The manufacturer went through channels.
- Brass was happy.
- I'm not happy.
[SAMMY SIGHS]
Look, I didn't mean to piss you off.
But in case you haven't noticed
the LAPD has an image issue
and people like me. [CHUCKLES]
I know that's why I'm here.
My shooting. And my shooting.
I read your file, Sammy,
that's not what it suggests.
And the idea that you spin
what happened today is a win?
That's offensive.
We did intercept a shipment of guns
that now won't hit the streets.
And at least six people ended up dead.
You don't celebrate that.
Not to mention, there were mistakes.
Multiple mistakes.
[SAMMY SCOFFS]
Maybe today wasn't perfect,
but each one of us took someone out,
or made that possible.
I saved a life.
You left your position
while we were taking rounds.
You don't get to peel off
and be a hero, Malik.
When an operator goes offline,
it weakens the team.
No different
than what Jude did yesterday.
- I-I should have let Monte die?
- Yes.
He wasn't the priority.
Stopping the threat was.
This job requires tough calls
and the tough call was letting
Monte Barzarian die.
I don't accept that.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Look, there was progress today.
But what you just said is the problem.
You all want things to be
righteous and kind,
but there ain't no black and white.
And if you can't accept
that you don't know
what you don't know
then maybe your personnel files
were right about you.
Well, I need a drink. Who's in?
I could host.
I live close by. I have a full bar.
Awesome IPAs.
Also, my neurologist has been
pushing me to have people over.
Research says human connection
will help my brain heal.
I had a brain injury.
That's why I may seem off at times.
So, yeah.
Come on, you guys.
You can't bail
on Ethan's rehabilitation.
He did say free booze.
Well, in the name of neuroscience
Fine.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
How's the hunt for Kim Ji-Ho's son?
Major crimes still can't find him.
- Corn nut.
- Hard pass.
You think the kid is behind
the attack on Monte Barzarian?
No. The shooters used the same
guns from the hit on Kim.
Which means there's new players
out there
trying to take out both Kim and Monte.
Well, no one your team
left alive is talking,
so we don't know, do we?
Either way, the kid was staring
right at the shooter.
I want to know what he saw.
When they find him, I want first crack.
[SCOFFS] Yeah. Love that initiative.
But how about we leave
it to the professionals?
- Meaning?
- Meaning
your after action
report on the textiles warehouse
read like a cautionary tale.
Almost a friendly fire incident
with no hostiles present.
Target missed.
Then today's op
turned into the O.K. Corral.
- Then give me a real team.
- Not happening.
If you can't make it work
with this team,
then SWAT as you know it may be done.
We contained that situation today.
Hondo, please,
don't put lipstick on a pig.
Yesterday I wasn't listening, now I am.
You should know that
if today's after action report
reads like the last one,
this whole experiment
may be on life support.
This is what you wanted all along.
Good night, Hondo,
and do make sure
that I get that report tonight.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
Welcome to Ethan's.
You live here alone?
Ethan, are you
- Are you rich?
- Sammy.
You can't just ask people that.
But are you?
Technically, I don't even own the place.
My family's trust
bought the building years ago
as a hedge against market swings.
I only lease this floor from the entity.
That said capital rates went
crazy after the last correction,
appreciations outpaced projection,
and the depreciation write-off
makes the carry almost neutral.
So by most financial benchmarks,
yes, I'm rich.
[SNAPS FINGERS]
Okay, I'm gonna need a drink
to digest all that.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, I second that.
IPAs coming up.
You know, I like Ethan,
but the hell is he doing
as a cop if he lives here?
He's clearly not in it for the paycheck.
I can respect that.
Me, too. It's just unusual.
Unusual?
It's a good word to describe Ethan,
in more ways than one.
- Okay. Thanks.
- Okay.
Uh
Someone want to make a toast?
I think we all just want a drink.
Hey. Sorry, fashionably late,
but, uh, I was taught to never
show up to a party empty handed.
- I brought party favors.
- [SAMMY SCOFFS]
- You stole our personnel files?
- Okay, narc. Chill out.
- You're amazing, man.
- I know, right?
Wasn't a compliment.
Look, Hondo just shit all over us, okay?
He's been calling us failures
since day one,
but I figured we are owed
a chance to read what he's read
to see if he's the one
that's full of shit.
No, I don't need to read
some stupid file
about how no one trusts
the one-legged girl.
Okay. Suit yourself.
But if it makes any difference,
I already read all of them.
And, Cassidy, that is not
what it says about you.
[UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES]
[MUSIC STOPS]
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
Yo. Feel like getting your ass beat?
Ah, somebody's getting slow.
Oh, pot, kettle, brother. Pot, kettle.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
Okay, someone's almost
in LAPD shape, I see you.
Oh, I retired because I wanted to,
not because I couldn't have cut it.
Besides, pay's better going
after cheating spouses
and missing heirs.
[BOTH LAUGH]
I can't believe
you got out and went back.
Let's call it unfinished business.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[HIP-HOP MUSIC CONTINUES]
[CHUCKLES] Oh, Hondo. Hondo.
Whoo! Heh. Too much.
[PANTING]
Hey, sorry about you and Michelle.
You know, I always liked her.
Yeah. The divorce.
That's on me.
When I left SWAT, I was angry.
I wasn't much fun.
[SCOFFS] You were never any fun.
Okay, watch your mouth.
So how's being back?
How's your kindergarten class doing?
Oh, shit.
I thought parenting Vivian
was tough, but, man
[SIGHS]
But they're not my problem right now.
I need you to look into someone for me.
Well, you're a cop again.
You have more resources than a PI does.
Yeah, man.
I can't use those resources
to look into another cop.
Especially not one
who worked for Internal Affairs.
"Candidate exhibits difficulty
interpreting emotional cues
and subtext,
"a limitation that raises concerns
about a suitability for the high stress,
"communication intensive demands
of SWAT."
Can't argue with that. Who's next?
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, we're not sharing, are we?
Maybe you should share, Jude.
You know, since it was your idea.
All right. [SIGHS]
Everything there is to know about me.
CASSIDY [LAUGHING]: Oh, really?
- You doctored your file?
- JUDE: I didn't do that.
- It's just classified.
- Bullshit.
Mysterious? Yes.
Bullshit? No.
Well, I think they're all a crock.
This is just a bunch
of outdated assumptions
from people who don't know me.
Hey, I don't care what Hondo says.
I killed it at Scout, right?
We did get the guns.
Exactly.
At the very least,
it was better than yesterday.
Why don't you share
what's in your file, Cassidy?
[SMACKS LIPS] Actually, I gotta go.
It's been real. [SIGHS]
Rage issues.
Yeah, that was mild irritation at best.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
JUDE: No, I'm not talking about that.
I'm talking about her file.
They're not worried about her leg.
They're worried about her anger.
I gotta go, too.
- What? Is it past your curfew?
- [CHUCKLES]
- My turn with the baby.
- You have a kid?
Dude, you never told us
you were a father.
MALIK: Didn't come up.
Thanks, Ethan. This place is insane.
I don't know about you guys,
but I need another drink.
You got anything stronger, E?
Uh, cabinet on the end.
Top shelf is top shelf liquors.
Help yourself.
[CLEARS THROAT]
- What's in there, E?
- Uh, that's not for guests.
A secret room.
Kind of makes me
want to check it out even more.
Please. Please don't!
That door stays closed.
Okay.
I get it.
Sorry, man.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Everywhere else, it's yours.
Okay.
Why am I here.
Asking myself the same question.
Not exactly dressed for the occasion,
but I need your eyes on something.
I mean, why am I on SWAT?
Since no one in any department
will work with a self-righteous narc?
I came to you because
you understand what happens
when those in power abuse the system.
You want change,
but people who advocate for change,
they don't exactly win
popularity contests.
You and I want the same things.
And the one obstacle in our way
is Daniel Hondo Harrelson.
He wrote an after action report
that reads like fiction.
Five or six dead,
are you telling me
it was all by the book?
I mean, this new team
Hondo's been griping about,
you're undertrained, overmatched,
and the takedown was done.
No friendly casualties?
You want me to believe that it's
suddenly all Kumbaya over there?
Look at this and tell me
that it isn't a fairy tale.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
He left out something.
Something important which
- makes this a lie.
- Okay.
Now we're talking.
Tell me exactly what it is
that Hondo lied about. Hmm?
[♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪]
[HONDO SIGHS]
[MUSIC FADES]
HONDO: Sorry about your loss, June.
- Are you?
- I knew your father.
I didn't like his business,
but I respected the way he did business.
- You've been hard to find.
- Wouldn't you keep out of sight
if someone was trying to kill you?
Maybe.
Or maybe I'd be out for revenge.
We didn't hit the Barzarians.
At least not yet.
I know. Same gun used on them
as your father.
So I want to know,
who might be out to get you both?
Don't look at me.
- I thought it was Monte.
- I know you were there, June.
I saw the video.
You were right there when the
shooter fired at your father.
You were looking right at him.
If you saw the video,
you know there's nothing there.
Your father said something.
I could see it on the video,
but there was no sound.
Don't you want to know
who's behind this?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
- He said Adeul.
- Which means what?
Son.
The last thing he did
was call out to me.
But there was nothing I could do.
Are you sure he was calling out for you?
I saw his face,
and to my eyes
I think he knew who that was.
How much do you know
about Monte Barzarian's son?
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
[SAMMY SIGHS]
You know what?
Maybe I should quit drinking.
MALIK: Take it,
you guys moved past the IPAs.
You both look like hammered shit.
Um, I feel like crap,
but I look good, okay?
I always look good.
Fear not, ladies and gentlemen,
files have been returned.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
This is Hondo. Maybe not as
clever as you think.
Hey, what do you need?
Okay. Got it.
What was that?
Hondo knows
who's behind the hit on Monte.
- His son.
- What?
Andre was treated and released,
but he just signed back in as a visitor.
- Wheels up in five.
- JUDE: Wait, wait.
He didn't get arrested for the guns?
Nah, he's a lawyer.
They're gonna dot every I
and cross every
before they move on him.
And Hondo called you
because you're going to be
Scout on this?
Yeah.
Let's move. Monte's having
his second surgery.
We got to get to Andre
before he gets to his father.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTING]
All right, here's the plan.
We got unis at all points in and out.
Sammy, Jude, clear the stairs.
Hondo, you and Cassidy get to Monte.
He's in recovery bay four.
Ethan, get to security. See if you
can find Andre on footage. Okay?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS]
Anything else?
Make sure the team is fast but calm.
Panic is his friend, not ours.
MALIK: Come on.
LAPD, I need your screen.
Bring up the hallway feeds
from the last ten minutes.
Uh, I'm supposed to move him.
Yeah, police want him
in a more secure room.
- That's what I told 'em.
- [CHUCKLES]
Give me a head start.
I'll secure the room.
He's still out like a light.
[DEVICE BEEPING]
44, we got a problem. Monte's gone.
Ethan, we need eyes on this guy.
I'm working it.
Checking.
Wait.
Eight West supply room. Who's close?
Security guard shot. No pulse.
And an orderly knocked out
with a missing badge.
Hey, sir. You okay?
- [GROANS]
- Can you tell us your name?
Michael Johnson.
Swipe card hasn't been used.
Wait.
It was just used to open
operating suite number four
on the eighth floor.
[MONTE GROANING]
[BOTH GRUNTING]
What the hell are you doing?
MONTE: Jesus. Jesus.
Hey, LAPD. Put your weapon down!
You're surrounded, Andre!
Back up or he dies!
Can't do that. There's no way out.
My team's got six guns to your one.
Now, just shoot this ungrateful prick.
Anyone have a clean shot?
[MONTE GROANING]
Take point on this angle. Andre,
this can't be how you wanted
this day to go down.
You and that gun, it only ends badly.
But you put it down,
maybe you get out of here.
Get one of your lawyer buddies
to get you out
of whatever you've done.
Hey, whatever the problem is,
he's your father, man.
If you had just waited,
it would all be yours.
It would have been gone.
The world's changed.
You don't see it.
It's the 21st Century,
and you are a dinosaur standing
in the way of evolution.
Look. Andre, look at me.
The old way for us
is just to shoot you.
But I don't want that.
That's why my gun is down, brother.
- You can do the same.
- Listen to him.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
I have a clean shot.
- Take it.
- [GUNSHOT]
[GROANS]
Let's move.
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC FADES]
I feel like I ordered an execution.
You tried to do it your way, kid.
He made the choice. You didn't.
Look at me.
I know you got issues with the old ways.
And you might think I'm a dinosaur
standing in the way of evolution.
Let me hit you with a hard-earned truth.
This job, it'll put you
in impossible situations.
Whatever I think of this team,
I now know that I have at least
one person I can count on.
They followed you, Malik.
They trust you.
And with you leading, they were better.
Auditions are over.
You're Scout, from here on out.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC FADES]
Becoming a habit with you.
Taking the shot that needs to be taken.
I'm just glad I found an angle.
[CHUCKLES]
Seriously, though, you didn't
You didn't freeze or hesitate.
It's impressive.
Must take a toll, though.
Hey, good job today.
Taking the lead.
Thanks.
Nice shot, Jude.
Seriously, though, what was in his file?
Since you read them all.
Dude served in Afghanistan,
won a Bronze Star
for pulling two guys
out of a burning helicopter.
So I figured, whatever his deal is,
I'll keep his secret safe
so I can stay on his good side.
Anyway, it's not my place to say.
Can I ask you something else?
Um, tequila,
and bourbon's a close second.
All right. Good to know.
But that wasn't the question.
Why did you take the files?
I was undercover.
Somebody died,
and I needed to see if
they thought I was responsible.
Were you?
I mean, you saw the file.
There's no answer there.
What happened?
I'm gonna need a whole lot of tequila
before I spill that story.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Good night. Sammy.
Good night.
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Yeah. You find anything on Pike?
Well, I started to wonder
about her involvement
in getting you fired.
That was her?
I can't say for sure,
but I got a list of the people
who sat on the hearing board
for the SWAT guys
from your bodycam footage,
the night Nico Reyes died.
She was one of the three.
[FOOTSTEPS]
HONDO: I gotta go.
[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
[THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC STOPS]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]