High Potential (2024) s02e02 Episode Script

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[KARADEC] Four-King-82 in
pursuit of a white sedan.
License 6, Frank,
Charlie, Indigo, 9-4-0.
Heading south on Vine.
Requesting air support and backup.
Suspect's name is Derek Price.
He is armed and dangerous.
["LOS ANGELES" PLAYING]
How can anybody have you? How
can anybody have you and lose you? ♪
How can anybody have you and lose
you And not lose their minds too? ♪
How can anybody have you? How
can anybody have you and lose you? ♪
How can anybody have you and lose
you And not lose their minds too? ♪
How can anybody have you? How
can anybody have you and lose you? ♪
How can anybody have you and
lose you And not lose their minds? ♪
[MORGAN] Please have good news.
I lost Derek. [SIGHS]
What about the weapon?
- He took it with him.
- [SELENA] Damn it.
We need you back here right now.
Why? What's going on? You
got a lead on the Game Maker?
Uh, yeah, we sure do. He just walked in.
[KARADEC] He did what?
How can anybody have you? ♪
How can anybody have
you and lose you? ♪
How can anybody have you and
lose you and not lose their minds ♪
[KARADEC] He really just walked in here?
[SELENA] He says he heard his
face was on the news last week,
wants to know why.
[KARADEC] Who is he?
"Matthew Clark."
- He got a record?
- Squeaky-clean.
Lives downtown, has for
a year, works cash jobs.
[KARADEC] Cash jobs.
Makes it hard to track
his money or his movements.
What about family?
His mom did time for grand theft,
but she died when he was a kid.
So basically, you're saying
there's not much to tie him
either to Maya Price or
the others he abducted.
No, he wouldn't have walked in here
unless he knew he was
gonna be able to walk out.
- Let me talk to him.
- No, Adam will talk to him.
We all know he came here to talk to me.
And we can't give him
what he wants, Morgan.
- I can handle it.
- No coloring outside the lines.
We need more on this guy
other than the fact that
he is an organ donor.
Still nothing from Daphne or Oz?
No, not yet.
- [SIGHS]
- Anything?
Front desk says a Roman
Sinquerra checked in last week,
just like our friends
here in Henderson told us.
Okay, so we're in the
right place. Roman is here.
Or was.
Maybe he forgot to
check out before he left.
I usually do.
Hey.
[SIGHS] Thanks for
coming in today, Matthew.
- You understand your rights.
- I do.
And I've got nothing to hide,
so why was my face on the news?
[KARADEC] Spencer Wallace.
Sierra Shuman.
And Lev Ozdil.
All three were abducted last week
Yeah. That's That's terrible.
by a man matching your description.
Really? Mmm.
Uh, they all look so sad.
- He's toying with us.
- Let him try.
Well, they're all members
of the same grief group,
meets once a month out in Echo Park.
You know the one. The one you attended.
Sounds like you think
I did this, Detective.
I think when we bring these people
in here, they'll identify you.
From a grief group.
I'm sorry, Detective,
I think you lost me.
Come on. What is Karadec doing?
- Is this an interrogation or a first date?
- Give him time.
Matthew Clark came in
freely of his own free will.
We push too hard and he leaves,
we could lose the only chance we have
to find out what really happened to
[KARADEC] Maya Price.
Is this woman saying I abducted her too?
Mm-mmm. We're still
trying to locate her.
Maya disappeared two nights ago.
So it sounds like she's
not saying much of anything.
- Hmm.
- He's taunting us.
- [TYPING ON PHONE]
- Morgan, let Karadec do his job.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Where were you last
night around 9:00 p.m?
I was at home reading a book. Why?
Because my colleague saw you
at a party in the Bird Streets.
Did she?
"She." Did you hear that?
He said, "she." Karadec
didn't specify a gender.
We're gonna need more than
a pronoun to press charges.
[MATTHEW] Detective, I do
have one of those faces.
[SIGHS]
Tell me, how do you know David Roy Peck?
I wish I could be more
helpful, Detective,
but I don't know anyone by that name.
- Morgan, that's enough.
- He's lying.
Is that your wife?
[GASPS] A little something on the side.
Is this fun for you?
Playing games with people's lives?
Whoever's texting, it
must be very urgent.
Are you in a love triangle, Detective?
I understand that badge
can be very persuasive.
[KARADEC SIGHS]
- Wait here.
- I'd love a snack.
Uh, cookie. Anything Pillsbury.
- Really, Morgan?
- Yeah, Adam.
Knock it off. This guy has you
both exactly where he wants you.
I'm sorry, uh, there's a mother missing,
and this bozo's in
here asking for cookies.
He can ask for whatever he wants.
It doesn't mean we're
gonna give it to him.
Hold on a second. He
didn't ask for just cookies.
He asked specifically for Pillsbury.
What is that, some kind of clue?
The Pillsbury variation.
In chess, it's a variation of
the Queen's Gambit Declined.
A move in which Black declines
White's temporary pawn sacrifice
to establish a solid position.
It's basically an elaborate
chess move to secure your defense.
What the hell does that mean?
It means we have to decline
the temporary sacrifice.
We've got to release Jason Howard.
Whoa, whoa, Morgan, you do
realize Derek is still out there.
I know, and Maya's still out there too,
and the only way to get her
back is to play this game.
We don't have enough evidence to
hold Jason Howard much longer anyway.
Adam and I will go talk to Jason
while we keep Matthew on ice.
- Okay, I'll keep an eye on him.
- From which side of the glass?
Oh, so you do know how
to interrogate people.
[SCOFFS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
So you no longer believe that
my client killed Maya Price?
Not anymore, no.
But now you're saying that
someone else wants to kill me
because they think that I killed Maya.
Yes, that's right. Her ex, Derek Price.
Right. Uh, so why?
Jason, do you recognize this man?
Matthew Clark.
- Nope.
- [SELENA] We're questioning him now.
We suspect he fed Derek
some false information
so that he'd believe you killed
Maya and try to get revenge.
Revenge. Wow, this is insane.
Okay, well, where's this
Derek who wants to kill me?
We don't know. We're
searching for him now.
- Nice.
- [SELENA] And Maya.
Until we find both, we need
to offer you police protection.
- What are you proposing?
- Three officers outside the home.
They can secure the perimeter
and make sure that Derek
never comes near you,
or you're welcome to stay here.
No, no, no. I'll go home.
[STAMMERS] What about
Maya? You think she's alive?
We hope so. [SIGHS] We think
she might just be a pawn.
A pawn. In what?
A game that ends in a murder
he could never be charged for.
Oh, my murder. My murder. Right.
[PHONE BUZZES]
- Is everything okay?
- Everyone here is doing great.
Hey, Mom.
And Elliot wants to
say something to you,
so I'm gonna hand him the phone now.
Hi, okay, so the school
talent show is tomorrow,
and I wasn't going to do it,
but a kid got pink eye, so a spot
opened up, and I really want it,
but I know we're not really
supposed to leave the house
just because that man
Dad said is stalking us.
Buddy, you want to do a talent show,
you're gonna do that talent show.
Why don't we just
invite Officer Chester?
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
So what are you gonna do?
Uh, that's a surprise.
But it's super cool.
And I know you're gonna love it.
- Can you put your dad on?
- Yeah.
I can't tell you what Elliot's
doing for the talent show. I'm sorry.
What do you mean you can't tell me?
Elliot swore me to secrecy.
Ludo, the kid gets
bullied enough at school.
Now he wants to go up on
stage in front of everyone
and do something that he considers cool?
"Beowulf" by Anonymous.
- [STUDENT] Dork!
- "Lo! the Spear-Danes"
- [STUDENT 2] You suck!
- Mom!
He's gonna get eaten alive.
He's going to be fine.
I'm going to help him.
You? No. Why would you help him?
You're not You're not the one.
- Hey, are you doing okay?
- [MATTHEW] Hello?
I'll call you back as soon as I can.
[MATTHEW] Hello?
Is anyone there?
I've never been in one
of these rooms before.
I remember hearing about people
who would confess to
things they didn't do.
I never understood why.
But now that I'm here, I get it.
These concrete walls.
The glass.
I only got in trouble
once when I was a kid.
Some friends and I were playing chicken.
We were biking right toward each other.
Don't blink.
You swerve, you lose.
Hmm.
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [SELENA] Morgan, you gotta go.
We heard about a bomb
threat on a Metro bus.
- What about this guy?
- We believe the threat was him.
Someone on the bus heard
it ticking and called 9-1-1.
- Anyone see who left the bag?
- No.
- And the cameras on the bus were broken.
- Where's the bomb?
There wasn't one. [SIGHS]
It's just a timer with a
thumb drive taped to the back.
I recognized your woman.
I feel fine and I feel good ♪
I feel like I never should ♪
She's singing "Bizarre
Love Triangle" by New Order.
That's why Matthew Clark mentioned
a love triangle in his interrogation.
- When was this video recorded?
- Wish I could tell you.
Whoever made the video
wiped all the metadata.
Okay. That means even
after we find Derek,
we can't use this video to prove
to him that Maya's still alive.
It gets weirder. The bag tested
positive for ammonium nitrate,
a chemical used in bomb making.
Okay, so he wants us to know there
is a bomb. It's just not here.
And we have less than
two hours to stop it.
[MORGAN] "Helen of Monaco."
I don't recognize that brand.
It's a brand-new bag. What's
with this loose thread?
- You think that means something?
- Everything means something with him.
[MORGAN] Oh, my God.
We need to know when this
bus started its route,
because if it was after Matthew
walked into our precinct,
he just gave himself
the best alibi ever.
Yeah, the entire Los
Angeles Police Department.
Roman Sinquerra.
We're Detectives Ozdil and
Forrester with the LAPD.
- What, you guys lost?
- No.
No, we just want to
talk to you for a minute.
I gotta be somewhere.
[MORGAN] What am I missing?
There's got to be something here.
Yeah, well, I hope you're right,
'cause we're running out of time.
I had the techs put a rush on that bag.
The only DNA they're
gonna find on that bag is
from whoever Matthew paid
to drop it on the bus,
and I doubt he showed them his face.
Lieutenant must still be in with him.
Here.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
- It's Oz.
[SIGHS]
Hey, any news?
We found Roman.
He wouldn't talk with us,
so we're tailing him now.
There he goes.
[OZ] I'm sending you a photo now.
[PHONE BUZZES]
That's not Roman.
[DAPHNE] Are you sure?
Got a fairly decent look at the
guy when we had a child together.
So, yeah, pretty sure.
I've never seen that
man before in my life.
Okay, then we need to find out who he is
and why he's using Roman's
name out here in Nevada.
Thank you.
- [DAPHNE] Yeah, we got you.
- [OZ] How's that other thing?
Oh, you mean catching the guy who
tried to drown my favorite coworker?
You heard me, Daphne.
- I get it.
- Just be careful.
You too.
Gotta go. [GRUNTS]
- [EXHALES SHARPLY]
- Hey, you good?
[SIGHS] Good enough.
- What more do you want me to say?
- You could start with a solid alibi.
I can't be the only person in this
city who stays at home to read.
Only one suspected of abducting
four people, including one of my own.
Go ahead, check my
bank accounts, my car.
Hell, you can search my apartment.
You consent to a warrantless
search of your place?
Knock yourselves out.
I've got nothing to hide.
He wouldn't let us in that apartment
if there wasn't something to find.
We checked the units above,
below and on either side.
No trace of any explosives.
You're good to go.
[MORGAN] Come on. What's
this man trying to tell me?
[KARADEC] That he likes monkeys.
Morgan, we gotta hustle.
Less than an hour before
a bomb might go off,
and we still have no idea where Maya is.
So far all we've learned
about Matthew Clark
is he volunteers at the local hospital.
- He said he was reading last night, right?
- Yeah, not the best alibi.
So maybe it wasn't an alibi.
Maybe it's a clue.
This one's upside down.
It's about the man who saved
the world, Stanislav Petrov.
Please give me the
shortest possible version.
Petrov was a Soviet
colonel during the Cold War.
- [SIREN WAILING]
- Was in charge of a nuclear warning system
that falsely recorded a missile
launched by the United States.
[PETROV BREATHING HEAVILY]
[PANTING]
If Petrov had reported the alert,
it would have started that nuclear war.
Okay, I get it. He's
sending us a message,
but I mean, it's not exactly a crime
to improperly shelve your books.
What does that mean?
I'm saying we have to let Matthew go
and keep searching for Maya and Derek.
- What? Are you insane?
- Morgan, we don't have any evidence.
No, it's not a game anymore.
This is about escalation.
He's telling us this is war.
- [SIGHS]
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
Until one of us blinks.
Let me see that video of Maya again.
- What, you think we missed something?
- Yeah, pull up Maya's video.
- Okay.
- [MAYA SINGING "BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE"]
Yes, look at her eyes.
They're blinking like crazy.
In the Vietnam War, a US
naval officer was captured,
and they made him send
home a video message
saying that he and his fellow
prisoners were doing just fine.
They were being treated fairly, right?
I have adequate food.
Only the whole time, his
eyeballs were going nuts.
And I receive medical
care when I require it.
Why can't we be ourselves ♪
Like we were yesterday? ♪
- It's Morse code.
- It's Morse code.
Yeah, not letters. These are numbers.
See, 2492.
- She's repeating 2492.
- 2492 Blue Jay Way.
That's Jason's address
in the Bird Streets.
So Maya's telling us to go there,
but we already conducted
a sweep of Jason's house.
Even if she was there when
they recorded this video,
she's certainly not there now.
So maybe the message isn't from Maya.
I feel fine and I feel ♪
[MORGAN] I think he's sending us this.
I feel like I never should ♪
But that just feels
really sloppy, right?
Like, why-why have us double back?
[SIGHS] Well, he was
there at Jason's party,
maybe he left something
there for us to find.
If so, we got to find it fast.
Come on. Clock's ticking.
[MORGAN] I'm not cleaning that up.
I hope you found what
you were looking for.
[SIREN BLARES]
According to the stopwatch he
left, we have less than a minute.
I'm telling you this doesn't feel right.
Why would he send us back here?
What? Do I need my lawyer for this?
No, we just need to look around.
- For what?
- We don't know.
You need to search my place,
but you don't know what
you need to look for?
Listen, we might find something here
that can help us find Maya, okay?
Look, I'm not trying to be difficult,
but in terms of my own comfort
Hey, bud, we're in a bit of a time
crunch here, so help us help you.
- Time's up.
- What?
[TIMER TICKING]
[MORGAN SCREAMS]
[JASON] You've got to be kidding me.
That bomb was in one of
your cars, Lieutenant.
And until we know more, you're
still safer with us. Believe me.
How are you going to protect me?
You can't even protect yourselves.
[SCOFFS] Let's go.
Where the hell's he going?
Jason Howard just hired
his own private security.
Look, I don't blame him. We're
lucky no one was inside that car.
Yeah, we're lucky. I'm
feeling super lucky.
Morgan, do you need more time?
I don't need time. I
need us to get this guy.
[GRUNTS] How the hell did this happen?
Well, apparently, he put a bomb on
Karadec's car the day of the party.
But why come after us? He's
never targeted the police before.
The message wasn't for us.
The message was for Jason.
Matthew Clark needed my car to
blow up outside Jason's house
so he'd stop letting us protect him.
And we still have no
idea where Derek is.
[SIGHS] Yeah, or how to find Maya.
Adam, contact Jason's lawyer,
see if she'll listen to
reason, even if he won't.
I'll get an update on Derek.
And, Morgan, I want you to go home.
- Check on your family now while you can.
- Lieutenant
We have no witnesses,
no evidence, no leads.
The minute we do, you'll hear
from me. Go home, get some rest.
Looks like it's gonna
be a long night anyway.
Go, go, go.
Hey, sorry about before.
Why don't you let us give
you a ride back to LA, huh?
I never told you where I was going.
- Your jacket did.
- Yeah, I like blue.
Look, we know you're
not Roman Sinquerra,
so why don't you tell us
why you're using his name?
Well, that depends.
Did they start letting LAPD
make arrests out of state?
- We just want to talk. That's it.
- Right.
Have a nice drive home, Detectives.
Morgan Gillory sent us.
Sorry. Never heard of him.
What happened to the chips?
Oh. What a beautiful greeting.
- Where's Ludo?
- Elliot's room. [SIGHS]
They still practicing
for the talent show?
Mm-hmm. I tried to talk some
sense into both of them, but
- Do you know what he's doing?
- No, uh-uh.
Did you try listening at the door?
Yeah, but all I heard was Elliot
pushing back on creative differences.
Okay. All right, well, I
guess we'll see tomorrow.
- Mm-mmm. No, I'm not going.
- Yeah, you're going.
- No, no, no. Not going.
- Uh-huh. Mm-hmm.
You're gonna be there, you're
gonna support your brother,
and you're gonna support your mom.
This is gonna be quite
a challenge for me.
Yeah, no kidding.
Might be the greatest social
train wreck in school history.
Oh, boy.
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
[LAPTOP BEEPING, CHIMING]
- Hey, Mom.
- Perfect timing.
El and I were just about to take five.
- Mind if I jump in?
- He's all yours.
Wow. You guys rehearsing some
sort of a Tasmanian Devil routine?
Tasmanian devils are often depicted
as hyperactive and aggressive,
but they're actually pretty
shy and solitary animals,
except when feeding or mating.
Yeah, I know.
I was just doing a
little Looney Tunes thing.
- So, you all ready for tomorrow?
- I will be. [SIGHS]
Okay.
Well, I can't wait to
see it, whatever it is.
You're worried I'm gonna do something
super nerdy and get my butt kicked.
Me? No. No, I don't I don't.
It's okay. I'm worried too.
Are you? Oh, buddy.
I was maybe feeling
a little bit nervous.
You and I are not like other people,
and honestly, I think that's cool,
but sometimes it can make us a
little bit of a target, right?
You know what? I'm actually dealing
with a bully at my work right now.
I think that might be why I'm
feeling a little overprotective,
but I don't want you to be scared.
I want you to work really
hard on whatever this is
and go out there tomorrow, and
have fun and be proud of yourself,
no matter what the reaction is.
I will.
And they might make fun of me,
but sometimes you have to
lose the battle to win the war.
Right. Right.
Maybe I'm not supposed to win.
What do you mean?
The guy at work, he was reading
a book about Stanislav Petrov.
The man who saved the world.
I think he's telling me
to be more like Petrov.
I think the only way
I can beat this guy
is if I'm willing to lose.
Dad, break's over, it's
getting weird in here!
I think screaming should be your talent.
- What happened?
- [MORGAN] I gotta go.
- Where?
- Play a game of chicken.
What did you say to her?
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
We need to talk.
Come on in.
- This is quite a surprise.
- I doubt that.
Did you find your missing woman?
No, not yet.
Your friends at the LAPD, do they
know you're here, Morgan Gillory?
No.
Pool closes at 10:00,
restaurants at 11:00.
Thank you.
[MATTHEW] If you really think
I did
all of those horrible things,
why would you come here alone?
Because if you wanted me
dead, I already would be.
I think you like this
game as much as I do.
- I think that's why you're here.
- You're wrong.
[CHUCKLES]
I don't like it. I'm here to quit.
It's a game of chicken, right?
You knew I was standing on
the other side of that glass.
You wanted me to know that you loved
playing this game when
you were a little kid.
Two sides racing toward each other,
if no one swerves, total annihilation.
I swerve.
I don't believe you.
You don't have to
believe me. I'm just done.
You know where I live. You
know where I buy groceries.
You've proven that you can
get to me and my children.
And I will protect them.
So I have to protect
myself for their sake.
Can you imagine being a
little kid and losing your mom?
I'm not gonna do that to them.
This is my fault. I put us in danger.
I was trying to prove
that I could do this,
but I can't because you are
smarter than me, so you win.
That's it, it's done.
Just tell me where Maya is.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Your partner's probably
worried about you.
Adam, we just got a hit
on Derek's credit card,
a location on the east side.
- Morgan's not answering.
- We'll keep trying her.
Right now, I need you to make sure
we get to Jason before Derek does.
Send me the address.
I wish I could help you,
Morgan, but like I said,
I don't know anything
about this missing woman.
What?
That's it? Nothing?
No, no, come on, no, I
I gave you what you wanted.
I quit, you won.
The game is over.
I really do hope you find her.
[GASPS]
Hey, Morgan.
It's an old building.
The elevator's been acting up.
You should probably play it safe.
Take the stairs.
[JASON] I don't belong
in this situation.
You guys are gonna eat with me,
right? I feel like I'm in a cage.
- [SECURITY] Stay in the room, sir.
- I need some air.
[JASON] I'll be right there.
Morgan, where are you?
Just checking something out. You?
Derek just checked into
a hotel on the east side.
We think Jason did too,
but he's not picking up,
so I'm headed over there to try
to find him before Derek does.
- Do you hear that?
- [SONG PLAYING IN DISTANCE]
- "Bizarre Love Triangle."
- Where are you?
I'm at Matthew's apartment
building, third floor.
- Maya. [PANTING]
- What the hell are you doing over there?
- Maya!
- Morgan, I'm sending backup.
No, I'm fine. Go get Jason. Maya!
- Morgan. Morgan, hello?
- Maya!
LAPD.
Hey, Jason and Derek both
checked in a half hour ago.
Morgan? Morgan, talk to me.
Oh, God. That sucks.
[GRUNTING]
[PANTING]
Hi, yeah, you want
you wanna help out?
Go get the super or something.
Come on. Maya! [PANTING]
I know this looks weird, okay?
Don't you call the cops.
I'm on the phone with one.
Maya!
Another?
Oh. No, another's not gonna help.
I'm on the roof.
[MORGAN] Karadec, we're calling
for the super. He has a key.
I've got eyes on Jason.
Don't do it!
Derek! Derek! No! No! No!
LAPD! Guns down!
[MORGAN] Oh, my God. What's going on?
Now.
Derek, I need you to listen to me, man.
- Okay?
- He killed her.
- [JASON] I've never killed anybody.
- You sick bastard.
[JASON WHIMPERS]
Maya. [STUTTERS] I got her right here.
Derek, Maya is alive.
Okay, Maya, I work with the police,
and Derek is about to kill
someone who he thinks killed you,
and I need you to tell him
that you're alive. Okay?
- Why do you lie to me?
- [MAYA] Derek!
- He killed her.
- [MAYA] Derek, Derek, I'm okay.
I'll never see her again
and I'll never be able to
make it up to her. [CRIES]
Morgan, I need you to keep her talking,
personal details, whatever it takes.
Make him believe it.
[STAMMERING] Derek, we were We
were married in Santa Barbara and
and we always We
never took a honeymoon,
but we always said we were going to.
And-And Max when he was born,
- we barely made it to the hospital
- Maya?
and he was eight
pounds and seven ounces.
And I want you to see him
again, Derek. [SOBBING]
It's her.
Sorry.
I'm sorry. Okay. I'm
sor-sorry. It was
[PANTS] You did it.
You did it. It's okay.
- Is Max okay?
- Yes, he's fine.
- He's okay. It's okay.
- [CRIES]
It's okay.
It's okay. [PANTING]
- Someone's here to see you.
- [MAX] Mom!
- I missed you so much, baby.
- I missed you too.
[MOUTHING WORDS] Thank you.
DA still doesn't think
there's enough evidence
to arrest Matthew for Maya's abduction.
What are you talking about? We
found her in his apartment building.
Yeah, well, the landlord says the
apartment's been vacant for weeks
and CSU still hasn't found anything yet.
And since Maya didn't see
the man who abducted her
Then we are right back where we started.
Hey, don't worry, he'll see the
inside of a prison cell soon.
I don't think so.
[SIGHS]
Do you remember the photograph of
the monkey we found in his apartment?
It's a tarsier monkey.
I think he hung it up on
the wall as a reminder.
A reminder of what?
Tarsier monkeys refuse to
be taken into captivity.
The second they get inside of a cage,
they get so stressed out that
they start to self-mutilate
and try and kill themselves.
You're saying he won't be taken alive.
Hey, look who's back.
Sorry, we didn't bring
you a souvenir from Vegas.
I'm sorry we didn't catch the guy.
It's all right. [SIGHS] Secretly
hoping to put the cuffs on him myself.
Hey, guys, take a look at this.
Maya's medical records just came in.
No broken bones, no bruises,
no drugs in her system.
How do you abduct someone
without leaving a scratch?
The blood in the trunk matched
Maya's, and she didn't have any cuts.
How's it possible?
Because the blood didn't leave
Maya's body within the last 48 hours.
What are you thinking?
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
You're back. Please.
To what do I owe this pleasure?
Oh, you know, I just I
was reading about your mom.
Oh.
Yeah, she worked at a hotel
in Bel Air, is that right?
Up until the point where she was
accused of stealing by a guest.
- My mom never stole anything.
- Oh.
But in her file, it's
pretty clear she confessed.
It was a forced confession.
But she still died in jail, right?
Left you bouncing around from
family member to family member,
just being a lonely kid
with nobody to play with.
[CHUCKLES]
See, I don't think you ever
meant to hurt Maya at all.
I think you were just
trying to get my attention,
but you did need for Derek
to think that Maya was dead.
[MATTHEW, DISTORTED] This
is the LAPD. It's about Maya.
'Cause he needed to be mad
enough to go kill Jason.
Thus the blood.
[CHUCKLES]
- I don't understand.
- Yeah, that happens a lot.
Let me help you.
Maya's blood was on
the dagger in her trunk,
but Maya didn't have any cuts on her,
so that leads me to ask myself,
where the heck did that
blood come from, right?
And then I remembered, uh,
this guy is such a good guy
he volunteers at his local hospital,
the very same hospital
where Maya donated blood.
Maybe your mom wasn't a
thief, but her son sure is.
I was just texting with my partner.
Yeah, they checked the
footage at the hospital.
Sure enough, there you
are, stealing Maya's blood.
So officers will be here
any minute to arrest you now,
but I just wanted to make
sure that I got here first
'cause I really wanted to see your face
when you realized
you will end up in a cage.
Well played.
She was a good mom.
She worked so hard.
She always made time for me.
Gosh,
I bet she would be so proud
that you honored her memory
by harming another mom.
I never hurt anyone.
Oh, it didn't hurt Maya to be
kidnapped and taken away from her child?
What about Jason? You
set him up to be killed.
He didn't have anything
to do with any of this.
The rich are all the same.
They rig the game so that
they always win, and we
always lose.
We're just pawns to them, Morgan.
Disposable.
Like my mom, just a convenient scapegoat
for a fraudulent insurance claim?
Some rich jackass destroyed my life,
turned her into a
criminal, and the police,
they helped him do it.
I believe you.
I just don't care.
["HOW IT ENDS" PLAYING]
My mom died in prison.
Hold your grandmother's
Bible to your breast ♪
Gonna put it to the test ♪
You want it to be blessed ♪
And in your heart ♪
You know it to be true ♪
You know what you gotta do ♪
[MATTHEW, DISTORTED]
My mom died in prison.
They all depend on you ♪
But I won't.
And you already know ♪
Yeah, you already know ♪
How this will end ♪
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
There is no escape ♪
[KARADEC] He's all yours.
Matthew Clark, you're under
arrest for the kidnapping
of Maya Price, Spencer
Wallace, Sierra Shuman.
And me.
[LUDO] You're just as limber as she is.
Whoa. Hey.
- [WHISPERING] Sorry, sorry.
- [WHISPERING] No, it's okay.
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
Okay.
Oh, she's still spinning.
[LUDO] Yeah, I'm getting dizzy.
[GROANS] Someone's gotta teach her
about leaving them wanting more.
Okay.
Elliot's up next.
Sit up. Sit up, and then smile.
Uh, next up, we have
Elliot, who will be doing
Well, I'll let you see for yourselves.
Here we go.
[MIC FEEDBACK]
- Good evening.
- [MIC FEEDBACK]
- [SNICKERING]
- Dork!
Most of you only know me as Elliot,
but tonight, you get to meet MC Squared.
- I came up with the name.
- Okay.
- Here we go.
- [THROUGH LAPTOP] Here we go.
- [BEATBOXES]
- [THROUGH LAPTOP] La, la, la, la ♪
[THROUGH LAPTOP] Here we go.
- [BEATBOXES]
- [THROUGH LAPTOP] La, la, la, la ♪
Dork.
- Give me a chance ♪
- La, la, la, la ♪
And then you'll see ♪
[THROUGH LAPTOP] Here we go.
I'm like you, and
you are just like me ♪
- [ELECTRONIC VOICE] Give me a chance ♪
- La, la, la, la ♪
And then you'll see ♪
[THROUGH LAPTOP] Here we go.
I'm like you and
you are just like me ♪
- [SIREN BLARES]
- Here we go, here we go.
[RAPPING] You let me drop a truth bomb ♪
Mic check one, two ♪
See the label's coming at me ♪
Yeah, I seem too weird, know-it-all ♪
All the gossip in the hall ♪
Like I'm some kind of
puzzle that you can't solve ♪
Or you can stop and ask my name ♪
It's a triple dog dare I'll say ♪
[ELECTRONIC VOICE]
E equals me equals MC Squared ♪
[ELLIOT] I'm just a
kid with an active mind ♪
But I'm really just like you ♪
We should kick it sometime ♪
We don't need all the labels ♪
Just meet me at the table ♪
My brain's wired different
but I bet that we're able ♪
To overcome this lame divide ♪
And find some common
ground where we can reside ♪
[SONG ENDS]
[MIC FEEDBACK]
Whoo!
- [CHEERING]
- Oh, yeah!
Whoo-hoo!
[LUDO] MC Squared!
- [CHEERING]
- Whoo!
[MORGAN] All right!
- [BABY CRYING]
- [MORGAN] Ooh!
So you guys were surprised?
About the part where
you broke the microphone.
I wonder where he gets
his lyrical genius from.
Oh, boy.
Can I go say something to those idiots?
Say something, do
something. I'm not watching.
Hey.
You did it.
Hey, guys, why don't I meet you outside?
- Okay?
- Sure.
Come on. Lead the way, superstar.
Who are you?
I'm Arthur.
Okay, Arthur, you wanna tell me why
the hell you're at my kid's school
- and why you were using Roman's name?
- Take it easy.
I'm here because he told me
that you were the one
person he could trust,
but he also told me that he
can't trust law enforcement.
- When did he tell you all of this?
- Last week.
So, if you wanna tell me why the
one person he's looking out for is
actually hanging out with
the people he's running from,
then please,
don't hesitate to call.
What was in the backpack?
What backpack?
The backpack you had in Nevada.
I saw a picture, and you had
it, and I know it wasn't yours.
And what makes you think that?
Well, no Dodgers fan is
gonna wear an Angels pin
on the strap of their backpack.
That was Roman's team.
Plus, he never threw anything away.
He wanted to fix it himself, which
explains the stitching on the seams.
So you think I stole his bag?
Or he gave it to you. Either way,
I wanna know what was in the backpack.
I-I assume that was why you
were in Henderson, right?
Look, Roman asked me to
put eyes on you and Ava
just to make sure you two were okay.
[MUMBLES]
You have a good night, Morgan.
[LUDO] The audience could have
answered the call-and-response
a little bit more, you know what I mean?
So why did that girl get first place?
She was just doing stupid ballet.
A motion has been put
forward to get ice cream
in order to celebrate MC Squared here.
- How do you vote?
- Aye.
It's unanimous. Motion passed.
Last one to the car has to pay.
Mom?
Who is he?
I don't know yet.