Cross (2024) s02e08 Episode Script
Quemar
Previously on Cross
There are two remaining targets
on Luz Porras' hit list.
Nat Gancarz and Lance Durand.
With the evidence you gave me
on this drive,
I can destroy Lance Durand.
[Clare] You said no one's life
is more important than the mission.
- [gunshot]
- [Cross] What's up? You good?
- W-What's wrong?
- Everything is just great with me, boss.
We still doing that bullshit?
What, you're not my boss now?
Do you know where your sister is?
Toledo Ohio?
[Sampson] I've been talking to LaDonna.
You know, I sat right here in this chair
when you told me she was dead.
John--
J-John. John.
[Griffith] Remember the last time
Gabriela Porras turned down our money?
I recorded it.
We need that recording.
Did you get it?
[Donnie] Yeah, I got it.
- [groaning]
- Donnie, you were a good friend to her.
[gunshot]
Luz never needs to hear this.
- Where's Donnie?
- Mija.
It was Cross.
[Sampson] Heard somewhere that the system
only works if we all follow
the same rules.
Is it working?
[birdsong]
[Lance] I was nine years old
when I figured out that we destroyed
half the chickens we raised.
Feed 'em, grow 'em and kill 'em.
But not for food. [chuckles softly]
Didn't make any sense to me.
I heard about starvation,
and I'd seen those images of children
with these distended stomachs.
And my dad
My dad said,
"We have to kill to chickens
to maintain the price of poultry.
"Because we don't want
to go out of business."
I told him right then and there,
I sa-I said
"I'm gonna make a difference,
I'm gonna end world hunger."
And he looked at me
[pastoral music playing]
laughed in my face.
And called me an idiot.
And said, "Grow up.
Grow up, idiot."
[chuckles]
So I went to bed that night, crying.
And my mom--
she snuck in late,
and she whispered in my ear,
she said, "Don't you listen to him.
If you believe in yourself,
you believe in your destiny
doesn't matter what they say about you.
Ain't nothing in the world's
gonna stop you."
Tomorrow, we launch the Prosperity Seed
and I fulfill my destiny.
Do you believe in destiny, Nat?
I think that's why I'm here.
- [metal rattling]
- [tools clanging]
[indistinct chatter]
[worker] Back that up here.
- All right, let's keep it moving.
- You got full access
[chatter continuing indistinctly]
♪
[Nat] Hold on.
You told me Luz was spotted last night.
And I sent 40 agents to Lansing.
Turns out it was a false alarm.
You had a phone, a vehicle and a vicinity.
- None of that panned out?
- Probably ditched the phone.
Definitely ditched the vehicle.
We found it in Virginia, burnt out.
So you have no idea where she is.
I can tell you where she's headed,
if she isn't already here.
We need to shut this whole thing down.
We have the governor coming.
Two sitting senators, the vice president.
You'd rather put them all in danger
than shut down Lance's
public jerk-off session?
[Sampson] Yeah, you can call this.
For your boss' safety, I would s--
My boss has waited
his whole life for this moment.
- He is willing to take the risk.
- [Kayla] Are you?
Luz is going in order and you're next.
It is my job to be in harm's way.
It's gonna be real hard to protect
your buddy Lance if you're dead.
Oh, hold it. Nobody's dying.
We're just trying to--
He's not changing his mind.
This is happening.
And you need to make it safe.
[intriguing music playing]
Priority for the next two days
is security over capture.
Full details at the dinner,
the award banquet,
the planting of the Prosperity Seed.
What we are not gonna do
is have another damn disaster
like that wedding.
[man] And so they just
call it the Iowa Award?
I mean, that's the actual name?
That's the name, yeah. It worked
perfectly fine for Herbert Hoover.
[laughs]
The pilaf, too? Even the rice?
The rice, uh, the wine,
the silverware, even.
Everything you're putting
in your mouth tonight
is from the great state of Iowa.
Uh, let's raise a glass.
To the great state of Iowa.
Cheers, everyone.
Do you know if any of this
was prepared with bell peppers?
Uh, absolutely not. We were notified
about your allergy ahead of time
to make sure there was no chance
of cross contamination.
It's fine. I'm fine. [wheezing breath]
Excuse me.
[Nat wheezing]
[server] I'm so sorry.
Is there anything I can get you
or anything I can do?
[wheezing] I'm fine.
It's not the first time.
[Lance] Wait, you don't think
[Nat] Someone got careless, that's all.
[wheezes]
Where is the nearest urgent care?
- [country music playing on speakers]
- [quiet, indistinct chatter]
It is wrong that I even want
to punch kid Lance in the face?
No.
[Kayla] Hey. I've got updates.
Nat's heading to urgent care
under FBI protection.
They're next on Luz's list so this
doesn't feel like a coincidence.
Also, Griffith's brother woke up.
Says there was an audio recording.
Donnie Hayes came for it
and the brother gave him the wrong one.
Kept the real one.
- A recording of
- [mosquito buzzes]
Fucking Iowa. Lance and his buddies,
planning to murder Gabriela Porras.
I doubt it would hold up in court,
but, you know,
if I was Luz
[Sampson] Who's got the recording now?
We do. And there's a curveball.
[Lance] Clare, you promised us that
you could change your sister's mind.
[Clare] Gabriela is stubborn.
Always has been.
She said even millions of dollars
couldn't stop her from doing what's right.
[Sampson] The auntie set up Luz's mother?
[mysterious music playing]
♪
- [indistinct chatter]
- [woman coughing]
- [indistinct announcement over P.A.]
- [baby fussing]
Nat Gancarz?
[tense music playing]
What's going on?
Rental car linked
to Clare Porras' credit card
was found half a mile
away from the award venue.
Then a woman who fits
Luz Porras' description
was spotted at a 7-Eleven
less than three blocks away.
Excuse me, I'm sorry. Uh, I'm sorry.
- If something's happened here,
- [Rodriguez] Mr. Durand,
- I want to know--
- you need to get back in your car.
- I want to know what's happening.
- Now. Come on.
[Kayla] We can't have him anywhere
near the city right now. We need
to pull the plug on the banquet
and get him
- somewhere we can control.
- Got it.
We're sending you back
to the farm, Mr. Durand.
Everything's fine.
Rodriguez, tell this driver
don't stop for anything
until he's checked in with Agent Murray
back at the farm.
[Cross] Told you she would come.
[Roy] Nothing's confirmed yet.
[Kayla] Assuming Cross is correct and Luz
is doing this in order,
that means Nat dies first.
Kayla's right.
For every kill, the moment and the setting
have been specific, symbolic.
She isn't gonna try to mess up the order
and she isn't gonna try
to take out Durand
in some random Iowa hotel.
[Sampson] All the murders so far
have made national headlines.
You don't think offing Lance will get her
the lead story on every major
news outlet in the world?
We can't afford to take any chances.
So why don't you follow your hunch
and I'll coordinate the search in town.
[indistinct announcement over P.A.]
[door opens]
Nat Gancarz? Sorry for the wait,
but your time has come.
[suspenseful music playing]
[door closes]
[grunting]
[chuckles softly]
[panting]
- [Danielle Ponder sings
"Some of Us Are Brave"]
- If the sky were to fall ♪
I'd be the first to call ♪
Some of us, some of us are brave ♪
Peace and love
to the ones who give praise ♪
Take a bow as the light hits the face ♪
See me now ♪
I'm loud and proud ♪
And to those who fear
leads them to hate ♪
oh, what a pity
to be locked in that place ♪
I know you see me, though ♪
Some of us, some of us are brave ♪
[contemplative music playing]
[car door closes]
Where's Durand?
Got a text from his head of security
a few minutes ago.
Said Durand got rerouted
back to his hotel.
A text? From Nat Gancarz?
Nah. Call the detail at the hospital.
- I need a 20 on Nat Gancarz.
- [Cross] Not just a 20.
I need eyes on them right now.
We need visual confirmation.
Nat's missing.
[Sampson] Call Lance's driver now.
[engine shuts off]
What's going on?
This is where she said to bring you.
- What? Who?
- [car door opens]
Answer me, Steven.
Hey! What are you doing?
Hello, Lance.
- [exclaims]
- [electricity crackles]
[indistinct chatter]
[woman] Checking the perimeter now.
[Cross] This kill is the culmination
of everything she's worked for.
[echoing] She'll want poetic justice.
[Gonzalez] The home
to a brave young woman named Xochitl.
[Luz] A depraved machine
built to enrich Lance Durand
and his cronies.
[Cross] Every kill,
the moment and the setting
have been specific, symbolic.
[Lance] The Prosperity Seed that grows--
we will end world hunger forever.
[Luz] He deserves to be
watered in blood, just like
his Prosperity Seed.
And what you need to do
is get out of the way.
What you got, Sugar?
I know where she took him.
[exciting music playing]
Look, Luz, I know you hate me.
Okay? But you're taking action
against something you think you know.
But we-- we never--
we've never talked, all right?
So, maybe-maybe we can-- we can
just sit down a-and talk for a second.
Help me! Help me!
It's just you and me out here, La Corona.
Get in.
- What?
- Get in the hole
and say hi to your friend.
I'm so sorry.
Fuck you!
There's no way in hell
I'm letting you do it your way!
My way would be putting you in that hole
one piece at a time, alive.
You and me, we're we're the same.
We're two warriors
on a mission,
willing to do whatever it takes.
I don't kill innocent people.
Yes. Yes, you do, Luz. Look,
I never wanted to hurt anyone.
But sometimes humans must perish
in order for humankind
to reach new heights.
The pyramids,
the Panama Canal or the space shuttle.
Every great human advancement
is built on a pile of dead bodies.
Then you won't mind adding another.
- [siren whoops]
- No--
Fuck.
Help! Help me!
Luz! No!
Stop and walk away.
We can't do that. You know that.
You know what he is, Alex.
[Cross] Yes, I do.
You want to get revenge? Let him live.
Let him live to see
everything he loves get destroyed.
I promise you I will make that happen.
- [grunts]
- Luz!
Luz
Aah!
Luz!
Luz!
[gunshot]
Aah!
- Sugar, he gonna suffocate!
- Shit!
[muttering]
Grab him. Grab him! Grab him.
Come on. Come on!
- [Lance coughs]
- [Sampson] Come on!
- [Sampson grunts]
- Help me!
- Pull!
- [grunting]
[coughing]
[sirens approaching]
♪
[newswoman] Less than three days
after surviving a brutal attack,
Lance Durand performed
the ceremonial planting
of the Prosperity Seed
and officially launched
the World Food Source Initiative.
One day soon,
the seed that we plant right here
will literally feed the world.
Today, we begin to end world hunger.
Today, we build a better tomorrow
on the shoulders of those
who have come before us.
We are blessed to celebrate today.
But we look forward to the future
and the joy that it holds for all of us.
People will have what they
are owed most in the world:
the ability to feed themselves.
The ability to feed their children
- [woman over P.A.] Now boarding
for San Francisco.
- [crowd cheering, applauding]
- is just the beginning.
[Clare] I haven't seen her,
I haven't talked to her,
I don't know where she is.
You're lying.
You're full of shit
and you can't tell the truth.
She's not cracking.
- [phone vibrates]
- She's not cracking yet.
Any of you want to have another go at it?
'Cause I'm all out of tricks.
[phone rings]
[line ringing]
[Kayla] Was that the burner number
we think Luz was using?
[Sampson] Yeah, she must be
trying to reach Clare.
[Roy] So why don't we
leverage Auntie against her
- right now?
- You do that, you turn that phone
into a dead end like everything else.
[Kayla] Uh, we have one more card
that we can play on Auntie.
We can tell her that we know
that she conspired with Lance Durand
to murder her own sister.
Probably killed Donnie Hayes, too.
Maybe we do play that card.
But not on Clare.
I've got an idea.
We're gonna get Luz a message
and then we're gonna let Auntie go.
Let me see that phone.
[phone ringing]
[Cross] Luz, don't hang up.
I'm gonna play something for you
that proves your auntie
set your mother up to die.
- [click]
- [Clare] Gabriela is stubborn.
Always has been.
She said even millions of dollars
couldn't stop her from doing what's right.
[Lance] Then we have to get rid of her
and you need to help us.
You still want that $50,000?
[Clare] Yes.
- I'll make it easy.
- [click]
[Cross] And who do you think
was the last person
to see Donnie alive?
Wait. Wait, wait!
I need to get off!
I need to get off this bus!
[docent] The United States and Canada
share the longest international border
at 5,525 miles.
These two countries have shared
in a long-standing defense
and national securities partnership,
as well as a deep commitment
to their shared natural resources.
Except for a few short weeks
in June of 1866,
where 1,200
Irish-American Fenian soldiers
crossed the Niagara River
to attack the Canadian Militia.
Now, from where
[Luz] Tia, you made it.
Baby, what are you doing here?
You should be in Mexico by now.
I couldn't leave
without giving this to you.
[click]
[Clare] Gabriela is stubborn.
Always has been.
She said even millions of dollars
couldn't stop her from doing what's right.
- Mija, I--
- [Lance] Then we have to get rid of her
and you need to help us.
You still want that $50,000?
[Clare] Yes.
I-I
- I'll make it easy.
- [click]
You have to know, I wasn't the one--
You might as well have been.
Was it easy, leading her to her death?
They would have gotten to her
one way or another.
You sold out my mother.
For $50,000.
How the hell do you sleep at night?
I don't.
I spent the rest of my life
trying to make it up to you both.
By raising you,
by loving you.
- By helping you make them all pay.
- No.
You made me a weapon.
- I made you a warrior.
- For what purpose--
to bump off your coconspirators?
To avenge your mother.
Bullshit.
I spent over half my life
becoming the monster you needed me to be.
I got rid of every part of me
that was soft.
Or joyful or just f-fucking tired.
I gave up my conscience
and my soul for a mission
that wasn't even fucking real.
It was real! They killed your mother!
I killed innocent people.
- I killed Lincoln.
- You had to.
Lance Durand had to pay.
They all did!
Luz
you and me are the only family
- we have left--
- No.
You killed the last of my family
when you murdered Donnie.
[car wheels squeal]
[car doors close]
[Cross] Move!
- Move! Luz!
- [tourists exclaiming]
It's over. Just-just It's done.
[mournful music playing]
I love you.
Run, mija.
[tourists exclaiming]
Luz.
Luz-- Hey, wait, wait, wait. Please, Luz.
Luz, wait. Wait!
Please.
Come on, Luz, let's just talk.
It doesn't have to end like this.
[Luz] There's no other way it can end.
Not anymore.
No. No, Luz.
Don't forget you promised me, Alex.
Make him pay.
Luz, no, no!
No!
You gave me life.
[child laughing]
I showered you with flowers.
I shower you with love.
Luz!
[Son Little sings "O Me O My"]
O me o my ♪
O me o my ♪
O me o my, frozen in time ♪
O me o my
If it isn't the new ADIC.
[Kayla chuckles] Yeah,
bet you didn't see that coming.
Feel the death grip of fear
Uh
Wow.
No, seriously, congratulations
on finally getting the credit you deserve.
Thank you.
You know, I-I
I wanted to tell you in person,
I just didn't think that we would
- go this long without, you know
- Well, uh,
me either, I
Things have just been really--
- Crazy.
- Yeah.
Another terror awaits
So what about Roy? Is he up or out?
Uh, way up. Deputy Director.
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
Is he going to help us
drop the house on Lance?
- It's hard to read.
- It won't matter. The drive
Luz sent me has enough evidence
to make this airtight.
Lance is going down.
- Oh me o my ♪
- [Hammet] You know when
you play Jenga,
you can't just pull any block.
That's how I need you to see this.
See, right now, you're looking at a block.
It's a terrible block,
and you want to pull it.
We all do.
But I see a tower
that's propping up
very important things.
Like the product that's about to launch
America back into the hero stratosphere.
[chuckling] We're talking
World War II liberator status.
Unless we pull the block
that's holding that up--
the face of the product--
and coat him with the stink of scandal.
Because if the world believes
that this miracle seed
is just one more piece of
greedy American capitalist bullshit,
then the whole damn tower
comes tumbling down.
Does that make sense?
Well, in my house,
when you pull the block
and the tower falls, you start over.
Yeah, but we're not playing Jenga, are we?
It was your metaphor.
All right. [clears throat]
I'm not saying we never pull the block.
In fact, there are things
that we can do right now.
For instance, if you have proof
of labor malpractice
We do have evidence that Lance Durand
participated in human trafficking,
slave labor,
exploitation of minors, murder
and whatever the hell
is living up under that cornfield--
We're not touching Durand.
I know you don't want to hear that,
but I'm a straight shooter
and that's just a fact.
However, we can make
Crestbrook Industries
clean their shit up, like, yesterday.
Just give us the proof
and we'll get to work.
[uneasy music playing]
Well, I didn't bring it.
I thought he was bringing the drive.
That is what I was told.
[Hammet sighs] Okay.
Well, why don't you go get it?
Sooner the better, right?
Roy, go with him.
It'll save you a return trip.
You got it, Director Hammet.
[Roy] So, what Hammet didn't mention
is that the State Department
has signed four treaty alliances
with some West African nations
that have Prosperity Seed initiative
baked in.
- Now, one of them is Burkina Faso--
- Yeah, cool, cool.
Uh, I need to make a pit stop.
Is there a bathroom around here?
Yeah, yeah, pisser's right over there.
All right.
You know how it is, Alex.
You grow up believing certain things
like Ten Commandments, you know?
Then you realize
you're playing on a field
where right and wrong--
they just don't mean the same things
as they do to regular folks.
[water running]
You got to learn
to put your big boy pants on.
Deal with a world
that doesn't have happy endings.
If anybody can do that,
it's Alex Cross, right?
I knew that when I saw how you handled
the Soneji case, how you--
[suspenseful music playing]
[door closes]
[engine rumbles]
- Cool. Nice Mustang.
- Thanks.
[guard on radio] Security alert.
Be on the lookout
for a Black male, mid-30s, green suit.
[engine revs]
Out of the car!
Alex Cross, out of the car, now!
[propulsive music playing]
[doorbell ringing rapidly]
- Hi.
- Hey, sorry to bother you, but do you
remember that bag
I gave you a while back?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Cross] If the feds call,
you haven't heard from me.
If Nana Mama and the kids call,
tell 'em I'm fine.
Alex, you don't seem fine.
What are you looking to do?
I don't know.
But I can't be a part of a system
where people like Luz die
trying to make a difference
and then people like Lance Durand
just get to walk away scot-free.
What?
Nothing, I
I just knew this day was coming.
For real?
Alex, it's a bad system.
You're a good man.
It was only a matter of time
before those two truths collided.
Well, I'm glad it all makes sense to you,
'cause I don't know
which way is up right now.
Look, can we just
take a breath and talk hypothetical?
- Elle, I-I got--
- Alex.
Please.
Okay. [sighs]
What would have happened
if you gave them the flash drive?
Um
evidence would have been buried again.
And Lance would've gone on to continue
trafficking and abusing children.
And you couldn't let that happen.
No.
But can I stop it?
I mean, it's pretty much
me against the whole world at this point.
Is it?
- Yeah.
- Or is it you, Sampson,
Malika, the neighborhood, me?
You?
Did I not aid and abet you
in your little go bag?
[chuckles softly]
Thank you, Elle, for everything.
You are the strongest
smartest person I know.
I-I, uh
[energetic music playing]
- Alex.
- Yeah?
You stay alive.
So I can kick your ass
when this is all over.
I'll do my best.
[sirens wailing]
- [Blackway sings "Ready for Anything"]
- Feel like I need to fight ♪
everything, everything ♪
Tell 'em I'm ready for anything ♪
Everything, everything ♪
I feel I'm ready for anything ♪
Bring it on ♪
It's not enough ♪
Baby, I'm ready for anything
[Cross] Hey, warm up the spot.
Coming in hot.
Too competitive ♪
Had to wrestle
a match with Mount Everest ♪
Even as prey
I can chase off the predators ♪
You can't run with me lil boy ♪
- You too delicate ♪
- Hold up ♪
I'm feeling a little bit dangerous ♪
And they looking a little bit anxious ♪
If I'm laughing
when I'm twiddling my fingers ♪
it's only a warning
that you can't just walk up
[mechanic] Brock is on his way.
- Hey, what's up, Malika?
- You tell me.
D.C. is hot right now.
Neighborhood Watch is on high alert.
Hawk Mobile's waiting for you round back.
White BMW.
Good looking out, EZ.
Thank you.
[Sampson] Yo. MPD's off the case.
Do we have anybody on the inside
that we can still trust?
[phone ringing]
[Cross] I'm about to find out.
Hey.
Oh, my God, Alex, are you okay?
Sure.
Considering Lance Durand
has the Bureau in his pocket now.
[urgent music playing]
I wanted to warn you.
- Yeah?
- Of course.
Look, I found out about Durand
about three minutes before you did.
I need to know how to bad this is.
Are we talking BOLO?
Right now, you're a person of interest.
Shit.
If you come in now,
you could still make it right.
What about any of this is right?
You've seen what Durand is capable of.
You've seen it.
Yes, I did. But if there is one thing
this Uncle Sam Special taught me
is that some missions
are sinking ships, Alex.
They're worse than that.
They're fucking krakens.
And if you-if you don't swim clear,
they will drag you down with them.
[agent] We're closing in on his location.
I'm on your side.
- I got to go.
- No, no, no, no.
Alex, please stay-stay with me.
L-Let's talk this out.
- Sure.
- What Durand
- did i-is awful, but sometimes--
- No,
we're talking about children.
[agent] One-mile radius.
What about your children?
You're the only parent they have left.
- Do not go there.
- What are Damon
and Jannie gonna do
if this goes all the way sideways
and you don't come back home?
You know I want to make it home
to my children.
You know that.
[agent] Half-mile radius.
[Cross] But if I let this go a-and
if I let somebody else's kids
get hurt, get killed
[agent] Got him.
[Cross] I won't be able
to look my own in the eyes.
[Kayla] Yeah.
[agent] We've got agents down the street.
I know. So let me help you.
Please, y-you got a bum hand. It happens
to the best of us. But we can
still come up with a way to get Lance
and get you home to your kids.
Why don't you tell me exactly
what Hammet's willing to do?
We can set up a drop point for the drive.
You don't even need to be there.
[cashier] We're closed.
I said we're closed.
You got a warrant?
Just coming into a restaurant
during regular business hours.
Now get the fuck out of the way.
[chuckles]
The proprietor says she's closed.
No warrant, no entry.
Now move along.
We're not going anywhere.
Oh, you're leaving.
Now, we can do this the easy way
or we can do it the Sampson way.
[chuckles softly]
- [grunts]
- [patrons exclaim]
Get your punk ass out of here.
You sure?
Order's up, John.
[Kayla speaking indistinctly on phone]
I-I don't want you going down like this.
Alex, are you still--
are you still there?
Alex? Alex.
[agent] He's gone.
[phone hangs up]
[doorbell rings]
Hi. Elle, I'm Agent--
I know who you are.
Look, I-I know we-we've never met,
but I've heard so much about you
I feel like I know you.
And I'm here because I need your help.
Agent Craig, I run a charity
for urban youth.
So unless this is about a pizza party
at a community center,
there's nothing I can do for you.
Alex still loves you.
And he's in a crisis right now.
And so I figured, sooner or later,
he would come to you for advice
because he trusts you.
And if you love him,
convince him to come in, please.
I don't know where he is.
I don't care where he is.
Well, I hope you're not still angry
with Alex over that whole Ramsey thing.
Sometimes, we want to help people
so badly that we just--
we get carried away.
Alex gets carried away helping people.
From what I hear,
you get carried away
helping your damn self.
That was hurtful.
Mm. It was honest.
And you can dry up them
little crocodile tears, too.
I can have you charged as an accessory.
I'll open up the Somewhere Foundation,
take away every permit you ever had--
There she is.
Sneaky-ass operator
I knew was under there all along.
[tense music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
- What are you doing here?
- [door closes]
They said that they--
They said what I told them to say.
Who do you think you talking to?
The lowest bitch
I ever met in my life.
[chuckles]
You always thought you was better than me.
[chuckles]
No, I knew.
And you're proving it again.
Choosing a man over your own child.
I don't have to explain myself to you.
You're right. You don't owe me nothing.
[pensive music playing]
But there's one good thing
you could do for my boy.
Where is he?
[snorts] Girl, please.
Like I would fucking tell you
if I knew anything.
Must be out your goddamn mind.
[Cross] Gabriela Perez listed
these individuals for a reason.
Make enough noise and maybe get
some legislation on the books.
Close the loopholes permanently,
before another Lance Durand gets started.
[Kayla] I know where he's going.
Leave everything.
Tell the tac team to meet us
at Senator Ashford's office, now.
Come out with your hands up!
Detective Cross, get out of the car now!
On the ground, hands behind your head.
What's all this about?
[engine shuts off]
[line ringing]
Hey, John, it's me.
Your favorite fugitive.
Did you hear back?
- [Sampson] Yeah, I called in some favors.
Big time.
I can get you into that building,
but after that you on your own.
And don't get shot.
Big Bone Joan thinks
you're meeting her for drinks tonight.
[chuckles]
[percussive music playing]
Alex, stop. Alex, stop!
[Cross] Sorry to come at you like this,
Senator, but it can't wait.
- [pounding at door]
- [Kayla] Open the door!
Is that bell tolling for you or for me?
I know you don't approve of what
your mother did for Crestbrook.
No, I didn't then, I don't now.
Are you willing to do the right thing,
even if it costs you?
- [rapid pounding]
- [Kayla] Someone get me a key, now!
You know that I am, but I told you
it only works if we get the DOJ on board
and you said you would handle that.
The DOJ's in his pocket.
A lot of people are.
- But you-- you can change that.
- [Kayla] Open the door,
- now!
- On this drive is evidence of everything
Durand and Crestbrook did.
We're talking things
you would not believe,
including new information
related to missing children.
[slamming on door]
Senator, when you were a kid,
they owned one judge.
How many do you think they own now?
How many?
Your family carries a debt, Senator.
You carry a debt. It's time to pay up.
[FBI agent] We got the keys.
Out of the way!
Get your fucking hands up!
[handcuffs clicking]
Hey, get him out of here.
Did he give you anything?
No. We were just talking.
[reporter] Breaking news--
decorated D.C. detective Alex Cross
has been arrested on Capitol Hill.
No charges have been formally announced,
but we will continue to follow this story
as details emerge.
[applause]
Thank you all for coming today.
I know we've all been looking forward
to the announcement
of Senate Bill 70-49
to fund the global release
of the Prosperity Seed.
However, I'm withdrawing
my support for the bill.
[crowd murmuring]
[dramatic music playing]
The Prosperity Seed's development
has been funded
by the labor
of exploited immigrant children.
Now, I wish I could say
I learned that recently,
but if I'm being truly honest, I didn't.
Like most Americans, I know my clothing,
my shoes,
my everyday items are made by children.
[indistinct murmuring]
My food is harvested and processed
by children. And I know all of this,
and yet still I look the other way.
Complicit in wrongdoing
that goes on in my name.
But this isn't someone else's problem.
It's my problem.
And this isn't just happening overseas.
It's happening every day on American soil.
In fact, we've got
one of its most egregious offenders
right here in this room.
There are bodies buried
underneath Lance Durand's farm.
- [chuckles]
- [crowd murmuring]
The bodies of children who died
in horrific accidents while working
at Crestbrook Industries.
The bodies of children who were murdered
on orders from Lance Durand.
These accusations are absolutely untrue.
- I'm not gonna stand for this.
- Now, Mr. Durand
believed because these children were
undocumented that they could be
easily disposed of.
That they would be forgotten.
But we will not forget.
For all that we know this could be
a Native American burial ground.
Seven of the children have
already been positively identified.
Sebastian Juan Gonzalez.
Where do you think you're going?
- Turn around and look at 'em
- [Ashford] Carlos Segarra Navarro.
or I'll beat your ass on national TV.
- I shit you not.
- Isabella Flores Jimenez.
Camila Margarita Cruz.
Mateo Raul Hernandez.
Ricardo Luis Rivera.
And Santiago Cabral Garcia.
Who was 11 when he disappeared.
Today I am submitting
a new piece of legislation.
For too long,
corporate officers have sheltered
behind laws that protected them
from the responsibilities
of their companies.
No longer.
With bipartisan support,
I am introducing
the Corporate Responsibility Bill.
It will hold every corporate executive
personally accountable
for the crimes committed
by their companies.
Lance Durand will answer for his crimes.
And thanks to this bill,
he will be the first of many.
[reporter] Senator, Senator,
- what exactly are the crime--
- One more thing.
I want to thank
the brilliant agents of the FBI
and the investigators from
D.C.'s own Metropolitan Police Department.
Especially Detective Alex Cross.
It's because of their fine work
that these crimes came to light.
[all clamoring]
[Elsa y Elmar sings "Me Viene Bien"]
[Luz] And when the soldiers realized
that Xochitl's song was working,
they dragged her to the edge of a crater
and threw her in.
But from the bottom of that crater,
she continued to sing.
Terrified, the commander of the invaders
ordered his soldiers
to fill the crater with dirt
to silence Xochitl.
[Luz and Cross] The soldiers obeyed,
but still,
her voice rang in their ears.
♪
[indistinct radio chatter]
♪
♪
[Elle laughs]
Blan Blanca!
You came!
I knew you would!
[crying]
I still think I made the right decision.
I I-I know it hurts you
that I kept it a secret.
And for that, I'm sorry.
I never wanted my babies to be hurt
by anyone or anything, especially me.
I
I got-I got something for you.
This might bring you more pain or maybe
something else, I don-I don't know.
Ed Fettes?
That's your father's name.
He wants to meet you.
[Eric Burton sings
"In Your Lasting Arms"]
[softly] What?
[Sampson exhales]
Somebody turn
- [crying]
- It's okay, baby, it's okay.
Let's have a dance ♪
and sing the song ♪
Just need enough ♪
to carry on ♪
In her lasting arms ♪
To think I'd want to dance ♪
with wolves again ♪
Love ambulance, my heart ♪
Just to walk ♪
my dragons down ♪
before it gets too late ♪
The sun is warm ♪
The grass is green ♪
And everything is as everything
This thing you're gonna do tomorrow--
you want to talk about it?
Everything
It's like they say in court, Two John.
Res ipsa loquitur.
What the hell does that mean?
"A thing speaks for itself."
You know, darling ♪
it's just like in lucid dreams ♪
Where nothing is quite what it seems ♪
But you feel it
like the ground beneath you ♪
reminding you of who you really are ♪
[elevator bell chimes]
[Hardy] Hey, Cross.
Heard about your 10-47
on the run from the feds.
Is the Mustang okay?
- Yeah, not even a scratch.
- Nice.
Hey, really, bro, you need to start
taking up a collection for that thing.
True. First 50's on me.
[groans]
Uh, by the way, you got some time?
I got a crazy lead on a mystery gun.
Come on.
- I mentioned it to Kayla weeks ago.
- Oh, hey,
thanks for getting my Nana
time with LaDonna.
It's what we do.
Jando, about time.
Another minute,
an M.E. would be carving up your ass.
City auditor's requesting backup
for Q2 overtime.
Did you send it?
Then-then why they keep bothering me?
Never mind. I'll call you back.
Look who it is.
The man of the hour.
[chuckles] Cross.
Let's talk commendations.
I'm thinking a press conference,
nice, tasteful medal.
Do you want an office?
If you want my job, you're welcome to it.
[laughs]
[gentle music playing]
Uh, is this
some kind of hidden camera situation?
No.
Come on, now.
I know you're in a bad place.
Digging up the bones
of children'll do that to you.
Alex.
Those children are why we do what we do.
You got Durand.
You changed the law.
You brought closure
to a bunch of grieving families.
Wow, I never took you for a
sore winner.
I only won this time because I found
a few honest people to step in.
Honest people who were against
everything the feds did.
Every lawmaker,
inspector, cop, judge, co-conspirator
who knew what Durand was doing for years
and looked the other way.
Chief.
I don't think I can be a part of something
with that many goddamn people
looking the other way.
You know, you once told me to
define for myself
what it meant to be a hero.
I don't think it's this.
Not for me.
Maybe it hasn't been for a while.
[Eli "Paperboy" Reed sings
"Your Sins Will Find You Out"]
- Your sins ♪
- Your sins ♪
Oh, Lord ♪
Find you out ♪
Oh, they're gonna find you out ♪
Your sins ♪
Your sins, sins ♪
Will find you out ♪
Oh, Lord ♪
I say there ain't nothing you can do ♪
Nothing you can say ♪
When your time has come ♪
You will have to pay ♪
- I say ♪
- Your sins ♪
Oh, oh, Lord ♪
Will find you out ♪
Oh, it's a shame ♪
Oh, Lord ♪
there ain't no doubt ♪
Oh, your sins are gonna find you out ♪
You better hear me when I tell you now ♪
One more thing ♪
- Your sins ♪
- Your sins ♪
Oh, Lord ♪
They gonna tell on you ♪
You may not believe me ♪
Oh, Lord, I said ♪
- Your sins ♪
- Your sins ♪
Your sins ♪
There are two remaining targets
on Luz Porras' hit list.
Nat Gancarz and Lance Durand.
With the evidence you gave me
on this drive,
I can destroy Lance Durand.
[Clare] You said no one's life
is more important than the mission.
- [gunshot]
- [Cross] What's up? You good?
- W-What's wrong?
- Everything is just great with me, boss.
We still doing that bullshit?
What, you're not my boss now?
Do you know where your sister is?
Toledo Ohio?
[Sampson] I've been talking to LaDonna.
You know, I sat right here in this chair
when you told me she was dead.
John--
J-John. John.
[Griffith] Remember the last time
Gabriela Porras turned down our money?
I recorded it.
We need that recording.
Did you get it?
[Donnie] Yeah, I got it.
- [groaning]
- Donnie, you were a good friend to her.
[gunshot]
Luz never needs to hear this.
- Where's Donnie?
- Mija.
It was Cross.
[Sampson] Heard somewhere that the system
only works if we all follow
the same rules.
Is it working?
[birdsong]
[Lance] I was nine years old
when I figured out that we destroyed
half the chickens we raised.
Feed 'em, grow 'em and kill 'em.
But not for food. [chuckles softly]
Didn't make any sense to me.
I heard about starvation,
and I'd seen those images of children
with these distended stomachs.
And my dad
My dad said,
"We have to kill to chickens
to maintain the price of poultry.
"Because we don't want
to go out of business."
I told him right then and there,
I sa-I said
"I'm gonna make a difference,
I'm gonna end world hunger."
And he looked at me
[pastoral music playing]
laughed in my face.
And called me an idiot.
And said, "Grow up.
Grow up, idiot."
[chuckles]
So I went to bed that night, crying.
And my mom--
she snuck in late,
and she whispered in my ear,
she said, "Don't you listen to him.
If you believe in yourself,
you believe in your destiny
doesn't matter what they say about you.
Ain't nothing in the world's
gonna stop you."
Tomorrow, we launch the Prosperity Seed
and I fulfill my destiny.
Do you believe in destiny, Nat?
I think that's why I'm here.
- [metal rattling]
- [tools clanging]
[indistinct chatter]
[worker] Back that up here.
- All right, let's keep it moving.
- You got full access
[chatter continuing indistinctly]
♪
[Nat] Hold on.
You told me Luz was spotted last night.
And I sent 40 agents to Lansing.
Turns out it was a false alarm.
You had a phone, a vehicle and a vicinity.
- None of that panned out?
- Probably ditched the phone.
Definitely ditched the vehicle.
We found it in Virginia, burnt out.
So you have no idea where she is.
I can tell you where she's headed,
if she isn't already here.
We need to shut this whole thing down.
We have the governor coming.
Two sitting senators, the vice president.
You'd rather put them all in danger
than shut down Lance's
public jerk-off session?
[Sampson] Yeah, you can call this.
For your boss' safety, I would s--
My boss has waited
his whole life for this moment.
- He is willing to take the risk.
- [Kayla] Are you?
Luz is going in order and you're next.
It is my job to be in harm's way.
It's gonna be real hard to protect
your buddy Lance if you're dead.
Oh, hold it. Nobody's dying.
We're just trying to--
He's not changing his mind.
This is happening.
And you need to make it safe.
[intriguing music playing]
Priority for the next two days
is security over capture.
Full details at the dinner,
the award banquet,
the planting of the Prosperity Seed.
What we are not gonna do
is have another damn disaster
like that wedding.
[man] And so they just
call it the Iowa Award?
I mean, that's the actual name?
That's the name, yeah. It worked
perfectly fine for Herbert Hoover.
[laughs]
The pilaf, too? Even the rice?
The rice, uh, the wine,
the silverware, even.
Everything you're putting
in your mouth tonight
is from the great state of Iowa.
Uh, let's raise a glass.
To the great state of Iowa.
Cheers, everyone.
Do you know if any of this
was prepared with bell peppers?
Uh, absolutely not. We were notified
about your allergy ahead of time
to make sure there was no chance
of cross contamination.
It's fine. I'm fine. [wheezing breath]
Excuse me.
[Nat wheezing]
[server] I'm so sorry.
Is there anything I can get you
or anything I can do?
[wheezing] I'm fine.
It's not the first time.
[Lance] Wait, you don't think
[Nat] Someone got careless, that's all.
[wheezes]
Where is the nearest urgent care?
- [country music playing on speakers]
- [quiet, indistinct chatter]
It is wrong that I even want
to punch kid Lance in the face?
No.
[Kayla] Hey. I've got updates.
Nat's heading to urgent care
under FBI protection.
They're next on Luz's list so this
doesn't feel like a coincidence.
Also, Griffith's brother woke up.
Says there was an audio recording.
Donnie Hayes came for it
and the brother gave him the wrong one.
Kept the real one.
- A recording of
- [mosquito buzzes]
Fucking Iowa. Lance and his buddies,
planning to murder Gabriela Porras.
I doubt it would hold up in court,
but, you know,
if I was Luz
[Sampson] Who's got the recording now?
We do. And there's a curveball.
[Lance] Clare, you promised us that
you could change your sister's mind.
[Clare] Gabriela is stubborn.
Always has been.
She said even millions of dollars
couldn't stop her from doing what's right.
[Sampson] The auntie set up Luz's mother?
[mysterious music playing]
♪
- [indistinct chatter]
- [woman coughing]
- [indistinct announcement over P.A.]
- [baby fussing]
Nat Gancarz?
[tense music playing]
What's going on?
Rental car linked
to Clare Porras' credit card
was found half a mile
away from the award venue.
Then a woman who fits
Luz Porras' description
was spotted at a 7-Eleven
less than three blocks away.
Excuse me, I'm sorry. Uh, I'm sorry.
- If something's happened here,
- [Rodriguez] Mr. Durand,
- I want to know--
- you need to get back in your car.
- I want to know what's happening.
- Now. Come on.
[Kayla] We can't have him anywhere
near the city right now. We need
to pull the plug on the banquet
and get him
- somewhere we can control.
- Got it.
We're sending you back
to the farm, Mr. Durand.
Everything's fine.
Rodriguez, tell this driver
don't stop for anything
until he's checked in with Agent Murray
back at the farm.
[Cross] Told you she would come.
[Roy] Nothing's confirmed yet.
[Kayla] Assuming Cross is correct and Luz
is doing this in order,
that means Nat dies first.
Kayla's right.
For every kill, the moment and the setting
have been specific, symbolic.
She isn't gonna try to mess up the order
and she isn't gonna try
to take out Durand
in some random Iowa hotel.
[Sampson] All the murders so far
have made national headlines.
You don't think offing Lance will get her
the lead story on every major
news outlet in the world?
We can't afford to take any chances.
So why don't you follow your hunch
and I'll coordinate the search in town.
[indistinct announcement over P.A.]
[door opens]
Nat Gancarz? Sorry for the wait,
but your time has come.
[suspenseful music playing]
[door closes]
[grunting]
[chuckles softly]
[panting]
- [Danielle Ponder sings
"Some of Us Are Brave"]
- If the sky were to fall ♪
I'd be the first to call ♪
Some of us, some of us are brave ♪
Peace and love
to the ones who give praise ♪
Take a bow as the light hits the face ♪
See me now ♪
I'm loud and proud ♪
And to those who fear
leads them to hate ♪
oh, what a pity
to be locked in that place ♪
I know you see me, though ♪
Some of us, some of us are brave ♪
[contemplative music playing]
[car door closes]
Where's Durand?
Got a text from his head of security
a few minutes ago.
Said Durand got rerouted
back to his hotel.
A text? From Nat Gancarz?
Nah. Call the detail at the hospital.
- I need a 20 on Nat Gancarz.
- [Cross] Not just a 20.
I need eyes on them right now.
We need visual confirmation.
Nat's missing.
[Sampson] Call Lance's driver now.
[engine shuts off]
What's going on?
This is where she said to bring you.
- What? Who?
- [car door opens]
Answer me, Steven.
Hey! What are you doing?
Hello, Lance.
- [exclaims]
- [electricity crackles]
[indistinct chatter]
[woman] Checking the perimeter now.
[Cross] This kill is the culmination
of everything she's worked for.
[echoing] She'll want poetic justice.
[Gonzalez] The home
to a brave young woman named Xochitl.
[Luz] A depraved machine
built to enrich Lance Durand
and his cronies.
[Cross] Every kill,
the moment and the setting
have been specific, symbolic.
[Lance] The Prosperity Seed that grows--
we will end world hunger forever.
[Luz] He deserves to be
watered in blood, just like
his Prosperity Seed.
And what you need to do
is get out of the way.
What you got, Sugar?
I know where she took him.
[exciting music playing]
Look, Luz, I know you hate me.
Okay? But you're taking action
against something you think you know.
But we-- we never--
we've never talked, all right?
So, maybe-maybe we can-- we can
just sit down a-and talk for a second.
Help me! Help me!
It's just you and me out here, La Corona.
Get in.
- What?
- Get in the hole
and say hi to your friend.
I'm so sorry.
Fuck you!
There's no way in hell
I'm letting you do it your way!
My way would be putting you in that hole
one piece at a time, alive.
You and me, we're we're the same.
We're two warriors
on a mission,
willing to do whatever it takes.
I don't kill innocent people.
Yes. Yes, you do, Luz. Look,
I never wanted to hurt anyone.
But sometimes humans must perish
in order for humankind
to reach new heights.
The pyramids,
the Panama Canal or the space shuttle.
Every great human advancement
is built on a pile of dead bodies.
Then you won't mind adding another.
- [siren whoops]
- No--
Fuck.
Help! Help me!
Luz! No!
Stop and walk away.
We can't do that. You know that.
You know what he is, Alex.
[Cross] Yes, I do.
You want to get revenge? Let him live.
Let him live to see
everything he loves get destroyed.
I promise you I will make that happen.
- [grunts]
- Luz!
Luz
Aah!
Luz!
Luz!
[gunshot]
Aah!
- Sugar, he gonna suffocate!
- Shit!
[muttering]
Grab him. Grab him! Grab him.
Come on. Come on!
- [Lance coughs]
- [Sampson] Come on!
- [Sampson grunts]
- Help me!
- Pull!
- [grunting]
[coughing]
[sirens approaching]
♪
[newswoman] Less than three days
after surviving a brutal attack,
Lance Durand performed
the ceremonial planting
of the Prosperity Seed
and officially launched
the World Food Source Initiative.
One day soon,
the seed that we plant right here
will literally feed the world.
Today, we begin to end world hunger.
Today, we build a better tomorrow
on the shoulders of those
who have come before us.
We are blessed to celebrate today.
But we look forward to the future
and the joy that it holds for all of us.
People will have what they
are owed most in the world:
the ability to feed themselves.
The ability to feed their children
- [woman over P.A.] Now boarding
for San Francisco.
- [crowd cheering, applauding]
- is just the beginning.
[Clare] I haven't seen her,
I haven't talked to her,
I don't know where she is.
You're lying.
You're full of shit
and you can't tell the truth.
She's not cracking.
- [phone vibrates]
- She's not cracking yet.
Any of you want to have another go at it?
'Cause I'm all out of tricks.
[phone rings]
[line ringing]
[Kayla] Was that the burner number
we think Luz was using?
[Sampson] Yeah, she must be
trying to reach Clare.
[Roy] So why don't we
leverage Auntie against her
- right now?
- You do that, you turn that phone
into a dead end like everything else.
[Kayla] Uh, we have one more card
that we can play on Auntie.
We can tell her that we know
that she conspired with Lance Durand
to murder her own sister.
Probably killed Donnie Hayes, too.
Maybe we do play that card.
But not on Clare.
I've got an idea.
We're gonna get Luz a message
and then we're gonna let Auntie go.
Let me see that phone.
[phone ringing]
[Cross] Luz, don't hang up.
I'm gonna play something for you
that proves your auntie
set your mother up to die.
- [click]
- [Clare] Gabriela is stubborn.
Always has been.
She said even millions of dollars
couldn't stop her from doing what's right.
[Lance] Then we have to get rid of her
and you need to help us.
You still want that $50,000?
[Clare] Yes.
- I'll make it easy.
- [click]
[Cross] And who do you think
was the last person
to see Donnie alive?
Wait. Wait, wait!
I need to get off!
I need to get off this bus!
[docent] The United States and Canada
share the longest international border
at 5,525 miles.
These two countries have shared
in a long-standing defense
and national securities partnership,
as well as a deep commitment
to their shared natural resources.
Except for a few short weeks
in June of 1866,
where 1,200
Irish-American Fenian soldiers
crossed the Niagara River
to attack the Canadian Militia.
Now, from where
[Luz] Tia, you made it.
Baby, what are you doing here?
You should be in Mexico by now.
I couldn't leave
without giving this to you.
[click]
[Clare] Gabriela is stubborn.
Always has been.
She said even millions of dollars
couldn't stop her from doing what's right.
- Mija, I--
- [Lance] Then we have to get rid of her
and you need to help us.
You still want that $50,000?
[Clare] Yes.
I-I
- I'll make it easy.
- [click]
You have to know, I wasn't the one--
You might as well have been.
Was it easy, leading her to her death?
They would have gotten to her
one way or another.
You sold out my mother.
For $50,000.
How the hell do you sleep at night?
I don't.
I spent the rest of my life
trying to make it up to you both.
By raising you,
by loving you.
- By helping you make them all pay.
- No.
You made me a weapon.
- I made you a warrior.
- For what purpose--
to bump off your coconspirators?
To avenge your mother.
Bullshit.
I spent over half my life
becoming the monster you needed me to be.
I got rid of every part of me
that was soft.
Or joyful or just f-fucking tired.
I gave up my conscience
and my soul for a mission
that wasn't even fucking real.
It was real! They killed your mother!
I killed innocent people.
- I killed Lincoln.
- You had to.
Lance Durand had to pay.
They all did!
Luz
you and me are the only family
- we have left--
- No.
You killed the last of my family
when you murdered Donnie.
[car wheels squeal]
[car doors close]
[Cross] Move!
- Move! Luz!
- [tourists exclaiming]
It's over. Just-just It's done.
[mournful music playing]
I love you.
Run, mija.
[tourists exclaiming]
Luz.
Luz-- Hey, wait, wait, wait. Please, Luz.
Luz, wait. Wait!
Please.
Come on, Luz, let's just talk.
It doesn't have to end like this.
[Luz] There's no other way it can end.
Not anymore.
No. No, Luz.
Don't forget you promised me, Alex.
Make him pay.
Luz, no, no!
No!
You gave me life.
[child laughing]
I showered you with flowers.
I shower you with love.
Luz!
[Son Little sings "O Me O My"]
O me o my ♪
O me o my ♪
O me o my, frozen in time ♪
O me o my
If it isn't the new ADIC.
[Kayla chuckles] Yeah,
bet you didn't see that coming.
Feel the death grip of fear
Uh
Wow.
No, seriously, congratulations
on finally getting the credit you deserve.
Thank you.
You know, I-I
I wanted to tell you in person,
I just didn't think that we would
- go this long without, you know
- Well, uh,
me either, I
Things have just been really--
- Crazy.
- Yeah.
Another terror awaits
So what about Roy? Is he up or out?
Uh, way up. Deputy Director.
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
Is he going to help us
drop the house on Lance?
- It's hard to read.
- It won't matter. The drive
Luz sent me has enough evidence
to make this airtight.
Lance is going down.
- Oh me o my ♪
- [Hammet] You know when
you play Jenga,
you can't just pull any block.
That's how I need you to see this.
See, right now, you're looking at a block.
It's a terrible block,
and you want to pull it.
We all do.
But I see a tower
that's propping up
very important things.
Like the product that's about to launch
America back into the hero stratosphere.
[chuckling] We're talking
World War II liberator status.
Unless we pull the block
that's holding that up--
the face of the product--
and coat him with the stink of scandal.
Because if the world believes
that this miracle seed
is just one more piece of
greedy American capitalist bullshit,
then the whole damn tower
comes tumbling down.
Does that make sense?
Well, in my house,
when you pull the block
and the tower falls, you start over.
Yeah, but we're not playing Jenga, are we?
It was your metaphor.
All right. [clears throat]
I'm not saying we never pull the block.
In fact, there are things
that we can do right now.
For instance, if you have proof
of labor malpractice
We do have evidence that Lance Durand
participated in human trafficking,
slave labor,
exploitation of minors, murder
and whatever the hell
is living up under that cornfield--
We're not touching Durand.
I know you don't want to hear that,
but I'm a straight shooter
and that's just a fact.
However, we can make
Crestbrook Industries
clean their shit up, like, yesterday.
Just give us the proof
and we'll get to work.
[uneasy music playing]
Well, I didn't bring it.
I thought he was bringing the drive.
That is what I was told.
[Hammet sighs] Okay.
Well, why don't you go get it?
Sooner the better, right?
Roy, go with him.
It'll save you a return trip.
You got it, Director Hammet.
[Roy] So, what Hammet didn't mention
is that the State Department
has signed four treaty alliances
with some West African nations
that have Prosperity Seed initiative
baked in.
- Now, one of them is Burkina Faso--
- Yeah, cool, cool.
Uh, I need to make a pit stop.
Is there a bathroom around here?
Yeah, yeah, pisser's right over there.
All right.
You know how it is, Alex.
You grow up believing certain things
like Ten Commandments, you know?
Then you realize
you're playing on a field
where right and wrong--
they just don't mean the same things
as they do to regular folks.
[water running]
You got to learn
to put your big boy pants on.
Deal with a world
that doesn't have happy endings.
If anybody can do that,
it's Alex Cross, right?
I knew that when I saw how you handled
the Soneji case, how you--
[suspenseful music playing]
[door closes]
[engine rumbles]
- Cool. Nice Mustang.
- Thanks.
[guard on radio] Security alert.
Be on the lookout
for a Black male, mid-30s, green suit.
[engine revs]
Out of the car!
Alex Cross, out of the car, now!
[propulsive music playing]
[doorbell ringing rapidly]
- Hi.
- Hey, sorry to bother you, but do you
remember that bag
I gave you a while back?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Cross] If the feds call,
you haven't heard from me.
If Nana Mama and the kids call,
tell 'em I'm fine.
Alex, you don't seem fine.
What are you looking to do?
I don't know.
But I can't be a part of a system
where people like Luz die
trying to make a difference
and then people like Lance Durand
just get to walk away scot-free.
What?
Nothing, I
I just knew this day was coming.
For real?
Alex, it's a bad system.
You're a good man.
It was only a matter of time
before those two truths collided.
Well, I'm glad it all makes sense to you,
'cause I don't know
which way is up right now.
Look, can we just
take a breath and talk hypothetical?
- Elle, I-I got--
- Alex.
Please.
Okay. [sighs]
What would have happened
if you gave them the flash drive?
Um
evidence would have been buried again.
And Lance would've gone on to continue
trafficking and abusing children.
And you couldn't let that happen.
No.
But can I stop it?
I mean, it's pretty much
me against the whole world at this point.
Is it?
- Yeah.
- Or is it you, Sampson,
Malika, the neighborhood, me?
You?
Did I not aid and abet you
in your little go bag?
[chuckles softly]
Thank you, Elle, for everything.
You are the strongest
smartest person I know.
I-I, uh
[energetic music playing]
- Alex.
- Yeah?
You stay alive.
So I can kick your ass
when this is all over.
I'll do my best.
[sirens wailing]
- [Blackway sings "Ready for Anything"]
- Feel like I need to fight ♪
everything, everything ♪
Tell 'em I'm ready for anything ♪
Everything, everything ♪
I feel I'm ready for anything ♪
Bring it on ♪
It's not enough ♪
Baby, I'm ready for anything
[Cross] Hey, warm up the spot.
Coming in hot.
Too competitive ♪
Had to wrestle
a match with Mount Everest ♪
Even as prey
I can chase off the predators ♪
You can't run with me lil boy ♪
- You too delicate ♪
- Hold up ♪
I'm feeling a little bit dangerous ♪
And they looking a little bit anxious ♪
If I'm laughing
when I'm twiddling my fingers ♪
it's only a warning
that you can't just walk up
[mechanic] Brock is on his way.
- Hey, what's up, Malika?
- You tell me.
D.C. is hot right now.
Neighborhood Watch is on high alert.
Hawk Mobile's waiting for you round back.
White BMW.
Good looking out, EZ.
Thank you.
[Sampson] Yo. MPD's off the case.
Do we have anybody on the inside
that we can still trust?
[phone ringing]
[Cross] I'm about to find out.
Hey.
Oh, my God, Alex, are you okay?
Sure.
Considering Lance Durand
has the Bureau in his pocket now.
[urgent music playing]
I wanted to warn you.
- Yeah?
- Of course.
Look, I found out about Durand
about three minutes before you did.
I need to know how to bad this is.
Are we talking BOLO?
Right now, you're a person of interest.
Shit.
If you come in now,
you could still make it right.
What about any of this is right?
You've seen what Durand is capable of.
You've seen it.
Yes, I did. But if there is one thing
this Uncle Sam Special taught me
is that some missions
are sinking ships, Alex.
They're worse than that.
They're fucking krakens.
And if you-if you don't swim clear,
they will drag you down with them.
[agent] We're closing in on his location.
I'm on your side.
- I got to go.
- No, no, no, no.
Alex, please stay-stay with me.
L-Let's talk this out.
- Sure.
- What Durand
- did i-is awful, but sometimes--
- No,
we're talking about children.
[agent] One-mile radius.
What about your children?
You're the only parent they have left.
- Do not go there.
- What are Damon
and Jannie gonna do
if this goes all the way sideways
and you don't come back home?
You know I want to make it home
to my children.
You know that.
[agent] Half-mile radius.
[Cross] But if I let this go a-and
if I let somebody else's kids
get hurt, get killed
[agent] Got him.
[Cross] I won't be able
to look my own in the eyes.
[Kayla] Yeah.
[agent] We've got agents down the street.
I know. So let me help you.
Please, y-you got a bum hand. It happens
to the best of us. But we can
still come up with a way to get Lance
and get you home to your kids.
Why don't you tell me exactly
what Hammet's willing to do?
We can set up a drop point for the drive.
You don't even need to be there.
[cashier] We're closed.
I said we're closed.
You got a warrant?
Just coming into a restaurant
during regular business hours.
Now get the fuck out of the way.
[chuckles]
The proprietor says she's closed.
No warrant, no entry.
Now move along.
We're not going anywhere.
Oh, you're leaving.
Now, we can do this the easy way
or we can do it the Sampson way.
[chuckles softly]
- [grunts]
- [patrons exclaim]
Get your punk ass out of here.
You sure?
Order's up, John.
[Kayla speaking indistinctly on phone]
I-I don't want you going down like this.
Alex, are you still--
are you still there?
Alex? Alex.
[agent] He's gone.
[phone hangs up]
[doorbell rings]
Hi. Elle, I'm Agent--
I know who you are.
Look, I-I know we-we've never met,
but I've heard so much about you
I feel like I know you.
And I'm here because I need your help.
Agent Craig, I run a charity
for urban youth.
So unless this is about a pizza party
at a community center,
there's nothing I can do for you.
Alex still loves you.
And he's in a crisis right now.
And so I figured, sooner or later,
he would come to you for advice
because he trusts you.
And if you love him,
convince him to come in, please.
I don't know where he is.
I don't care where he is.
Well, I hope you're not still angry
with Alex over that whole Ramsey thing.
Sometimes, we want to help people
so badly that we just--
we get carried away.
Alex gets carried away helping people.
From what I hear,
you get carried away
helping your damn self.
That was hurtful.
Mm. It was honest.
And you can dry up them
little crocodile tears, too.
I can have you charged as an accessory.
I'll open up the Somewhere Foundation,
take away every permit you ever had--
There she is.
Sneaky-ass operator
I knew was under there all along.
[tense music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
- What are you doing here?
- [door closes]
They said that they--
They said what I told them to say.
Who do you think you talking to?
The lowest bitch
I ever met in my life.
[chuckles]
You always thought you was better than me.
[chuckles]
No, I knew.
And you're proving it again.
Choosing a man over your own child.
I don't have to explain myself to you.
You're right. You don't owe me nothing.
[pensive music playing]
But there's one good thing
you could do for my boy.
Where is he?
[snorts] Girl, please.
Like I would fucking tell you
if I knew anything.
Must be out your goddamn mind.
[Cross] Gabriela Perez listed
these individuals for a reason.
Make enough noise and maybe get
some legislation on the books.
Close the loopholes permanently,
before another Lance Durand gets started.
[Kayla] I know where he's going.
Leave everything.
Tell the tac team to meet us
at Senator Ashford's office, now.
Come out with your hands up!
Detective Cross, get out of the car now!
On the ground, hands behind your head.
What's all this about?
[engine shuts off]
[line ringing]
Hey, John, it's me.
Your favorite fugitive.
Did you hear back?
- [Sampson] Yeah, I called in some favors.
Big time.
I can get you into that building,
but after that you on your own.
And don't get shot.
Big Bone Joan thinks
you're meeting her for drinks tonight.
[chuckles]
[percussive music playing]
Alex, stop. Alex, stop!
[Cross] Sorry to come at you like this,
Senator, but it can't wait.
- [pounding at door]
- [Kayla] Open the door!
Is that bell tolling for you or for me?
I know you don't approve of what
your mother did for Crestbrook.
No, I didn't then, I don't now.
Are you willing to do the right thing,
even if it costs you?
- [rapid pounding]
- [Kayla] Someone get me a key, now!
You know that I am, but I told you
it only works if we get the DOJ on board
and you said you would handle that.
The DOJ's in his pocket.
A lot of people are.
- But you-- you can change that.
- [Kayla] Open the door,
- now!
- On this drive is evidence of everything
Durand and Crestbrook did.
We're talking things
you would not believe,
including new information
related to missing children.
[slamming on door]
Senator, when you were a kid,
they owned one judge.
How many do you think they own now?
How many?
Your family carries a debt, Senator.
You carry a debt. It's time to pay up.
[FBI agent] We got the keys.
Out of the way!
Get your fucking hands up!
[handcuffs clicking]
Hey, get him out of here.
Did he give you anything?
No. We were just talking.
[reporter] Breaking news--
decorated D.C. detective Alex Cross
has been arrested on Capitol Hill.
No charges have been formally announced,
but we will continue to follow this story
as details emerge.
[applause]
Thank you all for coming today.
I know we've all been looking forward
to the announcement
of Senate Bill 70-49
to fund the global release
of the Prosperity Seed.
However, I'm withdrawing
my support for the bill.
[crowd murmuring]
[dramatic music playing]
The Prosperity Seed's development
has been funded
by the labor
of exploited immigrant children.
Now, I wish I could say
I learned that recently,
but if I'm being truly honest, I didn't.
Like most Americans, I know my clothing,
my shoes,
my everyday items are made by children.
[indistinct murmuring]
My food is harvested and processed
by children. And I know all of this,
and yet still I look the other way.
Complicit in wrongdoing
that goes on in my name.
But this isn't someone else's problem.
It's my problem.
And this isn't just happening overseas.
It's happening every day on American soil.
In fact, we've got
one of its most egregious offenders
right here in this room.
There are bodies buried
underneath Lance Durand's farm.
- [chuckles]
- [crowd murmuring]
The bodies of children who died
in horrific accidents while working
at Crestbrook Industries.
The bodies of children who were murdered
on orders from Lance Durand.
These accusations are absolutely untrue.
- I'm not gonna stand for this.
- Now, Mr. Durand
believed because these children were
undocumented that they could be
easily disposed of.
That they would be forgotten.
But we will not forget.
For all that we know this could be
a Native American burial ground.
Seven of the children have
already been positively identified.
Sebastian Juan Gonzalez.
Where do you think you're going?
- Turn around and look at 'em
- [Ashford] Carlos Segarra Navarro.
or I'll beat your ass on national TV.
- I shit you not.
- Isabella Flores Jimenez.
Camila Margarita Cruz.
Mateo Raul Hernandez.
Ricardo Luis Rivera.
And Santiago Cabral Garcia.
Who was 11 when he disappeared.
Today I am submitting
a new piece of legislation.
For too long,
corporate officers have sheltered
behind laws that protected them
from the responsibilities
of their companies.
No longer.
With bipartisan support,
I am introducing
the Corporate Responsibility Bill.
It will hold every corporate executive
personally accountable
for the crimes committed
by their companies.
Lance Durand will answer for his crimes.
And thanks to this bill,
he will be the first of many.
[reporter] Senator, Senator,
- what exactly are the crime--
- One more thing.
I want to thank
the brilliant agents of the FBI
and the investigators from
D.C.'s own Metropolitan Police Department.
Especially Detective Alex Cross.
It's because of their fine work
that these crimes came to light.
[all clamoring]
[Elsa y Elmar sings "Me Viene Bien"]
[Luz] And when the soldiers realized
that Xochitl's song was working,
they dragged her to the edge of a crater
and threw her in.
But from the bottom of that crater,
she continued to sing.
Terrified, the commander of the invaders
ordered his soldiers
to fill the crater with dirt
to silence Xochitl.
[Luz and Cross] The soldiers obeyed,
but still,
her voice rang in their ears.
♪
[indistinct radio chatter]
♪
♪
[Elle laughs]
Blan Blanca!
You came!
I knew you would!
[crying]
I still think I made the right decision.
I I-I know it hurts you
that I kept it a secret.
And for that, I'm sorry.
I never wanted my babies to be hurt
by anyone or anything, especially me.
I
I got-I got something for you.
This might bring you more pain or maybe
something else, I don-I don't know.
Ed Fettes?
That's your father's name.
He wants to meet you.
[Eric Burton sings
"In Your Lasting Arms"]
[softly] What?
[Sampson exhales]
Somebody turn
- [crying]
- It's okay, baby, it's okay.
Let's have a dance ♪
and sing the song ♪
Just need enough ♪
to carry on ♪
In her lasting arms ♪
To think I'd want to dance ♪
with wolves again ♪
Love ambulance, my heart ♪
Just to walk ♪
my dragons down ♪
before it gets too late ♪
The sun is warm ♪
The grass is green ♪
And everything is as everything
This thing you're gonna do tomorrow--
you want to talk about it?
Everything
It's like they say in court, Two John.
Res ipsa loquitur.
What the hell does that mean?
"A thing speaks for itself."
You know, darling ♪
it's just like in lucid dreams ♪
Where nothing is quite what it seems ♪
But you feel it
like the ground beneath you ♪
reminding you of who you really are ♪
[elevator bell chimes]
[Hardy] Hey, Cross.
Heard about your 10-47
on the run from the feds.
Is the Mustang okay?
- Yeah, not even a scratch.
- Nice.
Hey, really, bro, you need to start
taking up a collection for that thing.
True. First 50's on me.
[groans]
Uh, by the way, you got some time?
I got a crazy lead on a mystery gun.
Come on.
- I mentioned it to Kayla weeks ago.
- Oh, hey,
thanks for getting my Nana
time with LaDonna.
It's what we do.
Jando, about time.
Another minute,
an M.E. would be carving up your ass.
City auditor's requesting backup
for Q2 overtime.
Did you send it?
Then-then why they keep bothering me?
Never mind. I'll call you back.
Look who it is.
The man of the hour.
[chuckles] Cross.
Let's talk commendations.
I'm thinking a press conference,
nice, tasteful medal.
Do you want an office?
If you want my job, you're welcome to it.
[laughs]
[gentle music playing]
Uh, is this
some kind of hidden camera situation?
No.
Come on, now.
I know you're in a bad place.
Digging up the bones
of children'll do that to you.
Alex.
Those children are why we do what we do.
You got Durand.
You changed the law.
You brought closure
to a bunch of grieving families.
Wow, I never took you for a
sore winner.
I only won this time because I found
a few honest people to step in.
Honest people who were against
everything the feds did.
Every lawmaker,
inspector, cop, judge, co-conspirator
who knew what Durand was doing for years
and looked the other way.
Chief.
I don't think I can be a part of something
with that many goddamn people
looking the other way.
You know, you once told me to
define for myself
what it meant to be a hero.
I don't think it's this.
Not for me.
Maybe it hasn't been for a while.
[Eli "Paperboy" Reed sings
"Your Sins Will Find You Out"]
- Your sins ♪
- Your sins ♪
Oh, Lord ♪
Find you out ♪
Oh, they're gonna find you out ♪
Your sins ♪
Your sins, sins ♪
Will find you out ♪
Oh, Lord ♪
I say there ain't nothing you can do ♪
Nothing you can say ♪
When your time has come ♪
You will have to pay ♪
- I say ♪
- Your sins ♪
Oh, oh, Lord ♪
Will find you out ♪
Oh, it's a shame ♪
Oh, Lord ♪
there ain't no doubt ♪
Oh, your sins are gonna find you out ♪
You better hear me when I tell you now ♪
One more thing ♪
- Your sins ♪
- Your sins ♪
Oh, Lord ♪
They gonna tell on you ♪
You may not believe me ♪
Oh, Lord, I said ♪
- Your sins ♪
- Your sins ♪
Your sins ♪