Alert: Missing Persons Unit (2023) s03e10 Episode Script
Chase
1
It's a legitimate question.
What do you think
is it booze?
Is it, uh, is it flowers?
I mean, what what says,
"Welcome home, my love"?
Two weeks outta town,
she's gonna forget she
was mad at me, right?
Dog?
I'll buy both.
[BARKING]
- Stop, please!
- [BRAKES SCREECHING]
[SIREN WAILS]
[HYPERVENTILATING]
Hey, hey. Hey. I'm a police officer.
You're gonna be okay.
Tell me what happened.
Tell me what happened.
They took my friends!
Who took your friends?
[COUGHING AND RETCHING]
Hold on. Hang in
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
Hey, this is Detective Jason Grant.
My badge number's 71798.
I need medical response
on Broad and 4th,
a teenage female,
possibly other victims.
All right? Hurry up.
Hey, take care of her, huh?
Thanks.
[LINE RINGING]
[PHONE RINGING]
Hey, you on your way?
[JASON] Don't Don't hate me.
Great start.
You all right?
One eight-hour flight,
two screaming babies,
and three plane cocktails later, so no.
Okay, well, listen to me.
Um, something came up.
I'll get Ursula over to you
as soon as I can, all right?
Okay, Jason
Whatever.
Hey, Gary? Do me a
favor. I got a dog in the car.
Will you look after him for a minute?
Thanks.
I got your text. What
are we dealing with?
She said that her friends were taken.
From where?
I don't know,
but I found a piece of
safety glass in her hair.
Oh, no.
All right, she might've
been in a car accident.
Yeah, she was pretty banged up.
She couldn't have gotten too far.
Hey, uh, anybody hear a car accident
in the last half-hour or so?
Couldn't hear squat
over the jackhammering,
but I think she came
from that direction.
Thanks.
[JACKHAMMERS POUNDING]
So I guess you got a stay of execution
on the Wayne thing.
Why you gotta put it like that?
'Cause I've got Clueless
George as my partner.
You know she's gonna ice you
as soon as she gets her dog back.
I told you I got it covered, okay?
Yeah, not until you apologize to her.
When's the last time you dated?
When dinosaurs were walkin' around?
You don't get to run commentary, okay?
That's very nice.
Whoa. Whoa, whoa.
Can't see anything. The tint's crazy.
[DOOR HANDLE CLICKS]
It's locked.
What are you doing?
Following the blood.
Sunroof's partially broken.
She might've gotten out this way.
[CRACKING AND SHATTERING]
Whoa! Whoa, Jay. Hey.
We got a problem.
Looks like a gunshot wound to the head.
I'll call it in.
Kemi, we're gonna
need a full crew out here.
We got a gunshot fatality.
I'll drop a location pin.
The problem just got worse.
These kids were going to prom.
All right, Homicide's
gonna take the scene
with the dead limo driver.
Okay, got it. We'll
handle the missing kids.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Other than the fact
that your stepson is driving me crazy.
Oh, well, sadly, he excels in that area.
I was married to him for three years.
That man could litigate a grocery list.
Oh, so can his mother,
who still opines over my life
even though we've been
divorced for ten years.
- [CHUCKLING]
- [KNOCKING]
Hey
I'm I'm sorry, was I interrupting?
Not at all. What do you got?
Uh, yeah, so I spoke
with the limo company,
and they confirmed
that it was a prom pickup.
They don't know how
many kids were onboard,
but, um, we may have a
potential escalation here.
What is it?
The car was booked on the credit card
of Senator Martha Udall.
Great. Our only witness is in surgery,
and the senator's child
may have been kidnapped.
Yeah, that's what it looks like.
Right. You find these kids.
I'll reach out to Washington.
Yeah.
Thanks.
[CHASE] Where are you taking me?
No. Let go of me!
[ANNIE SCREAMS]
Where are you taking us?
- [WHIMPERING]
- Move!
[CHASE] Annie!
[ANNIE] I can't see anything.
[SHRIEKS]
[CHASE] Stop! You're hurting her!
[ANNIE] Chase?
[CHASE] What is this? Where are we?
[ANNIE] Why are you doing this?
We'll do anything you want!
Please, please, just let us go.
[KIDNAPPER] Shut up and keep walking.
[ANNIE YELPS]
[CHASE] Oh! God.
Hey, you can't just leave us here!
Call the boss. Let
him know they're here.
[CHASE] They're leaving.
Let's get these hoods off.
All right. Okay.
[CHASE] Get back. Come on, come on.
[ANNIE] Okay.
Chase?
[CHASE] Oh, my God.
[ANNIE] Help!
Help us!
Help!
- Help!
- Help!
Are you in charge here?
Yes. Chief Inspector Bill Houston.
Senator Martha Udall.
Where the hell is my son?
[HOUSTON] The limo was run off the road,
and the driver was found dead,
so we have to work on the assumption
that Chase was targeted.
Senator, do you have any idea
who else was in the limo with him?
I split my time between D.C. and Philly,
and it's an election year,
so you'll excuse me
if I'm not up to date with who my son
might, or might not,
have given a ride to.
We completely understand.
[SIGHS REGRETFULLY]
[SOFTER] I'm sorry.
We lost his dad when Chase was 10.
I thought about getting out of politics,
but I still felt like I
could make a difference.
We're gonna find your son, Senator.
I just want you to brace yourself
for a ransom demand.
Yeah.
In the meantime, we'll issue an Alert.
Absolutely not!
It's standard operating procedure.
If you issue an Alert,
there's a thousand trolls
- who'll come running.
- She's right.
[MIKE] Well, if we don't,
we're gonna be doing our jobs
with one hand tied behind our back.
They'll flood your
phone lines, your servers.
Believe me, I know.
All right, we'll do it quietly.
First step is looking
into your known enemies.
Already made a list.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Hey.
I may have a lead on
who else was in the limo.
I found Chase's, uh,
"promposal" from a few weeks ago.
[VIDEO REEL MUSIC RISES]
Please take my heart ♪
Just say yes ♪
Just say there's
nothing holding you back ♪
It's not a test ♪
Nor a trick of the mind ♪
Only love ♪
Jane Corrigan, I love you.
The confetti is biodegradable.
Will you please go to prom with me?
Just say yes ♪
Just say yes ♪
Yes?
[SOBS] I can't watch this!
Please, just find him!
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
Um, the girl, Jane Corrigan,
she was most likely in the limo.
The size of that thing,
there might be multiple
children in there.
Let's find out who, and how many.
Get Detective Grant.
You two are going to prom.
Prom?
[JASON] Look at you. For
once, you're under-dressed.
You know, I left high
school six months early,
specifically because of crap like this.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
I ever tell you I was the Prom King?
- Really?
- Yeah.
That's kind of a "gimme"
when you're the captain
of the football team.
Yeah, I got the cheerleading squad
to do my promposal.
There's gotta be a video of that.
Under lock and key.
You will never lay eyes.
Uh-huh. Did I mention I am a detective?
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
Nice suit. Didn't know that.
I'm literally having allergic reactions.
What is it? The sequins or the hormones?
I don't know, both.
What's that all about?
[MIKE] I don't know, but let's make sure
that kid Chase doesn't
end up on that wall.
Wow, I should really start
going to PTA meetings.
Uh
[JANITOR] Ms. V?
[SHOUTS] Ms. V!
We've got our first puker.
Early bird.
You okay?
Yeah, why?
I mean, I I think that
was a missed opportunity.
- Is not!
- It was so.
You wanna focus? Okay?
I have no idea how to get the attention
of 200 over-stimulated teenagers.
That's easy.
[POP]
- [SHOUTS]
- Hi!
How's everybody doing?
Uh, can we kill the music, please?
- [MUSIC STOPS]
- Thanks.
Uh, we're police officers.
We need to know if anyone here knows,
uh, who was riding in
the limousine tonight
with Chase Udall,
aside from Jane Corrigan?
Um, excuse me. Uh
Jane Jane wasn't in the limo.
How would you know that?
Uh, because I'm Jane.
Hmm.
You can You can
put the music back on!
You go about your whatever.
Come with us, please.
Chase has been taken?
By who? Is this about his mom?
Well, that's what we
need help figuring out.
Well, I I'm sorry.
He stopped sharing his location with me,
like, a couple days ago, so.
Okay, I Is that because
you turned him down?
Well, I I didn't.
I was I was gonna be his date.
I just I [SNIFFLES]
We got into a fight a few days ago,
and, like, he just he ended
up taking a friend of his
um, Annie Werble.
So Annie Werble was in the limo?
Anybody else?
Um, yeah, uh, my
friend, Leia, caught a ride.
Um, her parents' car broke down, so
You know what she looks like?
Yeah. She's got, like
like, dark hair, um, in,
like, a pink, fluffy dress.
Okay, that's gotta be
our girl in the hospital.
She's in the hospital?
Oh, my God.
"Annie"?
She's the girl who used to come over
at the beginning of the school year.
They played video games.
She's with him?
We think so.
She's a nice kid, a good influence.
At least he's not alone.
Oh, I'm sorry.
That is a terrible thing to say.
Well, it's a terrible
situation, Senator.
I know.
So no one has reached out to you?
No. No ransom demands.
I'm checking my phone constantly.
Nothing.
Your chief of staff is still
working with our detectives,
so I'm gonna get you set up in my office
so you have some privacy, okay?
It's 8:30, Chief Inspector.
It's the quiet end of the news cycle.
If Chase is still missing by dawn,
this thing is going to blow up.
I want my son safe, not famous.
Please.
Understood.
Thank you.
I'll let you know as
soon as we have news.
That was Annie Werble's father.
He confirms she was in the limo.
There's no mother in the picture.
He's a long-haul truck driver.
He's driving back tonight.
He should be here by midnight.
These kids have been
missing for two hours,
with no ransom demand.
They may not have till midnight.
He said that when Chase
transferred to Oakley High
top of senior year, that
Annie felt bad for him.
Didn't have any friends.
Didn't know anybody.
[TEXT ALERT CHIMES]
Oh
it's a photo.
From her dad.
[HOUSTON] That's the kid from the video?
Yeah. Things change fast when you're 17.
You do whatever you have
to do to survive high school.
Forget high school.
I just hope they can
survive through the night.
Appreciate that.
He can call her on her cell.
The President says if there's
any way he can be of help.
Updates?
Uh, yeah, we, uh, went through
all of the Senator's haters.
Any actionable threats?
Capitol Police charged a "Drew Mackie"
for breaking into her office
at the Hart Senate Building.
About two months ago.
Charges didn't stick, but
we got a restraining order.
[KEMI] Mackie left D.C.,
so I ran his financials,
and he rented an apartment
in Philly two weeks ago.
Bring him in. Now.
Unis are already on their way, sir.
Okay, I know that the Senator wanted
to keep Chase's abduction quiet,
but there was another girl taken
Annie Werble.
- We have to issue an Alert.
- No.
You'll have every cop in Philadelphia
spinning their wheels on crazy street.
Yeah, we understand that,
but that is how we find people.
Not this time.
No Alerts.
Find another way.
Make it fast.
I never should've gone to prom with you.
If I knew we were gonna get kidnapped,
- I would've stayed at home, too.
- Oh, my God.
It's not funny, Chase! I mean it.
You basically stopped talking to me
after you hooked up with Jane.
Yeah, hold on. That That's not fair.
No?
You got a new haircut,
new clothes.
Became a whole new guy, right?
One who didn't need me anymore.
I just wanted a fresh start!
Besides, I I do need you.
Yeah, because you got dumped.
Okay, fine.
If I'm such a douche,
then why'd you choose
to go to prom with me?
Because it was really hard
being your friend, but It's
it's way worse not being your friend.
I don't know which one of
your mother's creepy haters
did this, but I can't [VOICE BREAKS]
Hey, hey.
She's gonna do exactly what they say.
- It's all gonna be okay.
- Listen to yourself.
It is not okay, Chase.
They're gonna kill us.
- Okay, look, I'm sorry
- Don't.
Just don't!
[MACKIE] Yeah, I got a
problem with Senator Udall.
Everyone should.
All right, give us the elevator pitch.
Well, she ran on a platform
to bring Pennsylvania
into compliance with the
climate-change guidelines.
Three years in, she hasn't done squat.
Philly's still "Filthadelphia",
and we still have two
coal-fired power plants
releasing 14 million tons of
greenhouse gas every year.
So that's why you took her kid, Batman?
To clean up Gotham?
I want Udall to take
responsibility for her actions.
I would never hurt a child.
[MIKE] Where were you at 6:30?
[MACKIE] Protesting.
Check my socials.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[DOOR SHUTS]
Mackie is a waste of time.
If he took Chase, he
would've hit Senator Udall
with a ransom demand to
shut down those power plants.
- Yeah.
- Hey.
So I dug up Chase's,
uh, school records
because something was bothering me.
The mom, she just
she felt so defensive.
Chase was kicked out of private school
for selling dextroamphetamines.
So that explains why he was transferred
to public school the senior year.
And why his mother
wouldn't have told us.
Yeah, and I spoke to the
school, and they believe
that he was dealing for a local heavy,
but the Senator convinced
them not to press charges.
And there's a chance he's still
active, which got him grabbed.
Great.
Dredging this up is not gonna
make the Senator happy at all.
Well, no Alert, no time
we don't have a lot of choices.
[BENNETT] I'll call Mike.
Great work, Adebayo.
Thanks, Boss.
[DANCE MUSIC THUMPING]
Yeah, Chase, he got into
trouble at his old school,
but he he's changed.
Look, I I get it, okay?
I can't tell you how
many times I woke up
with 40s taped to my hands.
Look at me now.
You never played "Edward Fortyhands"?
Yeah, okay. Anyway.
We really want to find Chase,
uh, and we're running out of time.
[MIKE] If you know
anything about the guys
that Chase was mixed up with, tell us.
Look, if up until a couple days ago,
we did, like, everything together.
Like, if he was dealing
again, I would know.
Are you sure about that?
I see that you've taken off your hoods.
We won't say anything, I swear.
Listen, my mom will
do whatever you want.
Just let her go.
How gallant.
I don't care about your mother.
You created a problem
for my employers
which means it's a problem for me,
so you're gonna help me fix it.
Hey, hey, look. I
I didn't do anything.
[PHONE RINGING]
Stupidity is not helping your case.
It's a long way down.
Think about that.
[PHONE RINGS]
Yeah, I'm with them right now.
What was he talking about?
What did you do?
I don't know.
[KEMI] So, I checked
Chase's email and texts.
It all looks clean.
Well, what about his apps?
Uh, Instagram, Snapchat, whatever.
Yeah, he doesn't have social media.
His mom probably pulled
the plug after he got in trouble
- at his last school.
- Okay, what about that?
"Tunnelinx." Encrypted messaging.
Yeah, I tried that already.
He has two-factor identification on.
I've got missing kids
and messages from the White House.
There's gotta be a way
to get into that thing.
Okay, look, the only
solution that I have
just flew back into town,
but with all of this heavy "D.C." vibes,
I don't know
that you want to be
coloring outside of the lines.
There's kids in danger. Screw the lines.
Do it.
All right, then. "Screw the lines."
Hey.
Hey
Good to see you.
Here's another, uh, guy
who's very excited to see you.
Ooh!
Hello! Who's my good boy?
Hello!
Oh, hello, hello, hello!
Yes, I missed you. Good job!
Oh
- So
- Great. Thanks.
Hey.
Thanks for coming.
- Nice to see you.
- You, too.
So you have an issue,
and I know that you need me,
so, let's talk compensation.
We just wanna get
these kids back, Wayne.
- So do I, Jason.
- Mm-hmm.
But this is what I do for a living,
and you expecting
me to do this for free,
it's kind of getting insulting.
Okay, I I will make
it up to you, I promise.
No.
She's right.
"She's right"? W
Whose side are you on?
The side that gets us answers faster.
- You're hired.
- Seriously?
Yeah, civilian contractor,
effective immediately.
Do the paperwork tomorrow.
We'll make it retroactive.
Great.
What
Wayne? Wayne.
[SHUTS DOOR]
Why do you want this job?
Explain it to me. I don't get it.
The The pay sucks, okay?
The The rules are insane. Why?
Look, I never thought
that I would say this, but
I like what we do here.
Okay? Yeah, "we".
I never thought that I
would, but I want this, Jay.
You have no idea
what it's gonna be like.
When I do jobs for our old bosses,
I never know if I'm on the
side of the angels or the devil,
and that never used to bother me,
but now it does.
Okay, I get it.
I get it. That makes sense.
But I know you.
Okay? And I care about you.
You care about Mike,
you care about Keml
I'm not sleeping with them!
Fine.
Then you're not
sleeping with me, either.
What? What do you mean?
We are done, Jason.
That's what you wanted.
You got it.
Wait
The messaging app
it outsources authentication
to another provider.
I sent everyone in that company
a password-update request,
and two dumb bunnies
took the bait and
entered their credentials.
That got me into the system,
and I am now redirecting
Chase's authentication
prompts back to me.
So you are into his messages?
Yeah. Looks like he's been
chatting to somebody named TJ.
TJ "We need to talk now."
"Can't. Going to prom."
"You don't make a deal with
me and then screw me over."
Senator, we may need to consider
that this
is about a drug deal gone bad.
No.
Occam's Razor, Senator.
The simplest explanation
is usually right.
My son struggled, but
he's learned his lesson.
Senator, there's no ransom demand,
which means your son
is in serious jeopardy.
We have to consider
that this kidnapping may
be unconnected to you.
It may be about Chase.
This isn't my son's
fault! He's a victim!
That's not what we're saying.
I know exactly what you're saying!
You're weaponizing my son's past.
We are trying to help.
Look. I can track this guy TJ's phone.
Do you want me to find him or not?
Track the phone.
She dumped you?
- I don't want to talk about it.
- Whoa!
- She really dumped you?
- I just said,
- "I don't want to talk about it."
- All right, fine!
- All right!
- Will you focus, please? Okay?
The beacon's good for up to 25 feet.
He could be in any
building on any floor.
Yeah, well, it would help if
we knew what he looked like.
He looks like a drug dealer, okay?
Use your imagination.
Hold up. He's moving.
That's him. That's him.
Hey! TJ. TJ!
[SIREN WAILS]
[BRAKES SCREECHING, HORN HONKING]
Philly PD.
You're under arrest.
That was, uh, Eagles-worthy.
I found a gun.
This is a huge mistake!
No, the mistake was
dealing drugs to kids.
I'm I'm not a drug
dealer. I'm a lawyer!
A lawyer, huh?
Terell Jibari.
Admitted to the Bar three years ago.
It checks out.
So why is he talking
to the Senator's son
via a messaging app?
[MIKE] You want a lawyer, Terell?
I am a lawyer.
Yeah, well, not a successful one,
from the looks of it.
It says here you, uh,
filed a suit against
a car manufacturer
Their airbags are defective.
And you lost.
Then another one
against a dialysis clinic
They withheld treatment.
And you lost.
See, I'm, uh, I'm seeing a trend here.
Well, I went to law school
to make a difference,
not make a buck.
[MIKE] What do you
know about Chase Udall?
Yeah, I'm not playing, man.
What do you know?
He reached out to me.
He's a kid. Why would he do that?
I represented the
parents of the students
at his school who died of cancer.
The case went nowhere.
I'm still not hearing an answer.
Chase was just an intermediary.
These rich boys know
to call lawyers, right?
He said some kids at
his school newspaper
dug up evidence that the
cancer may have been caused
by chemicals stored near the school.
What the hell?
[MIKE] And you thought
these accusations had merit?
Well, they must have,
'cause two nights ago,
someone broke into my office.
That's why I had the gun.
That's why I ran from you two.
I was scared.
And that's when you
pressured Chase to reach out?
He said he'd deliver, and he didn't.
The kid totally flaked!
But you took it seriously?
Look, man! Up until this week,
nobody gave a crap about my cases.
So whoever broke into my
office was looking for the evidence
Chase was getting
from that girl. Had to be.
Oh, wait! Whoa, whoa, whoa. What girl?
The editor of the school newspaper
Jane something.
[MIKE] Well, what was the evidence?
[TJ] I don't know. I never got it.
Chase was supposed to
get Jane to hand it over.
All right. Hang tight.
[SIGHS]
We gotta find something
to cut these ties off.
You're not gonna just find a
"Storm Blade" lying around.
This isn't Fortnite.
Okay, well, what do you want
me to do, Annie? I'm trying!
What is the point?
They're gonna kill us!
I don't know what you
did, but it was really bad.
I told you! I didn't do anything.
He said you needed "to
fix the mess" you made.
"Ashforth Penn Chemicals."
It's gotta be about the
thing that Jane found.
Wait, what thing?
[SNAPS] What thing?
The kids that died
Jane thought it was
linked to some chemicals
that were stored near the school.
First, I get bullied, and
now I get poisoned?
High school sucks.
She asked me to tell
my mom, but I said no.
So there's poison next to the school,
and you just blow it off?
No, no, no!
I I told this lawyer.
I mean, I thought I was
doing the right thing,
but it wasn't good
enough for Jane, and
that's why she broke up with me.
Why didn't you tell your mom?
Ashforth Penn donated to her campaign.
I I I put her through hell
when I got kicked out of Malvern.
I don't want to ruin her career, too.
I don't get it.
Every time she looks at me
I just feel like a disappointment.
Okay? I'm I'm a crappy son,
a crappy friend.
I don't know. I guess
I guess I wanted to do
the right thing, for a change.
I guess, sometimes, you
just gotta restart the game.
[ELEVATOR RATTLES AND HUMS]
[ELEVATOR LURCHES LOUDLY]
[GATE RATTLES]
You and your friend, Jane Corrigan,
have something my employers want.
Imagine my surprise when I saw this.
My guys got the wrong girl.
Here's your phone.
Text Jane.
No! Why Why would I do that?
This isn't [CLICK]
a negotiation.
Okay, okay, okay! Okay,
okay, I'll do it, okay?
Tell her you wanna see her now.
[KEYS CLICKING]
[DANCE MUSIC THUMPING]
Hi, guys.
You're up, you're down ♪
Can't find the ground ♪
Chase, I'm sorry.
Hey, it's gonna be okay.
[EXHALING DEEPLY]
[WAYNE] He's definitely not okay.
I thought that when his
phone came back on,
we'd be able to ping him,
but they disabled location services.
Chase is typing.
Or whoever took him is typing.
They're going after Jane.
And she has no idea that it's a trap!
[KEMI] And once they get
her, those kids are dead.
Call Bill Houston.
What am I supposed to say?
Tell him the truth
that there are armed
thugs on their way to prom.
Put your hands up ♪
It's so obvious I'm your number one ♪
Von Dutch, cult
classic in your eardrums ♪
Why you lying? ♪
Hey, if you don't get your
ass on the dance floor,
everyone's gonna know
you're moping over Chase.
- Just give me a sec.
- You can't let him win, girl.
Okay, I, um
This dress is cutting
off my circulation.
I just I have to get some air.
No, you can breathe at graduation.
I'm your number one ♪
I'm your number one ♪
It's so obvious ♪
I'm your number one ♪
I'm your number one ♪
I'm your number one ♪
It's so obvious ♪
Von Dutch, cult
classic but I still pop ♪
I get money ♪
[MUSIC CONTINUES, INDISTINCT]
Jay!
Hey, it's me again.
Hey, you again!
Have you seen Jane Corrigan?
No. No.
[SHOUTING] Hey! Anybody
seen Jane Corrigan?
Uh, yeah. She She just left.
Just left which way did she go?
That way.
Prom's over.
Get everybody out of the building, now!
Everyone!
Please evacuate
now. This is not a drill!
Go to the designated relocation points.
Let's go! Now! Let's go!
Calmly. Quickly now.
Chase?
Chase!
Annie?
Jane go. Go! Run!
Run! Get outta here! Jane, run! Go! Go!
[ANNIE SCREAMS]
Get her!
Get up. Get up.
Let's go! Let's go.
[PANTING]
Clear.
Where the hell is she?
I don't know. This is
gonna take all night.
[PANTING]
She's gotta be down here somewhere.
[BREATH SHAKING]
Let's check down there.
[GUN FIRING]
Let's go. Let's go!
Oh, God. I can't do this.
I can't do this. Please, please, please.
Just let us go! Please let us go!
Tell her to stop.
[CHASE] Annie, Annie,
Annie, it's gonna be okay, okay?
I got you, okay?
I know you're in here, Jane.
I just want to talk.
- No! Jane, don't do it!
- Don't do it!
If you don't come out,
your boy here
has exactly five seconds to live.
One
two
three
[GASPS]
four
No no.
[SOBS] I love you.
I love you.
I love you.
You stepped into a world of bad
when your school newspaper
started looking into my employers.
Three kids died.
You went looking for trouble,
and you found it.
No, no. We weren't looking for anything.
It was an accident.
We were, um
It It was a Senior Scavenger Hunt,
and we were looking for an
old an old football jersey,
so we we just we went into
the warehouse beside the school.
We We thought that's where
the old athletic equipment was kept.
We found Look, we found
barrels labeled "Class 6"!
That's That's poisonous waste.
So
you started to gather evidence.
Tell me what you have
and where it is.
[HUSHED] Hey.
[QUIETLY] Let's go.
There is documentation.
Um
a a kid from Science
Club took a sample.
Very noble.
Very stupid.
Nobody listens to us! You know
N not about the climate
or the economy nothing!
E Even though it's our future!
- I have had it
- No no no no no! Wait!
With you, little girl!
Now you take me to that sample
and whatever else that you dug up,
or I will kill all three of you
right now!
[ANTONIO] Tell me where the evidence is.
[JANE] The documents are on my laptop.
[ANTONIO] Where's your laptop?
Tell me, or you're dead!
- [GUNSHOT]
- [ANNIE SCREAMS]
- [SHOT FIRES]
- [GASPING]
Jay!
[CRASHING]
[ANNIE'S BREATH SHAKING]
Hey, you okay?
[JASON] Hey, hey! Stay put.
Hey, you guys okay?
[SOFTLY] You okay?
Hey, we got 'em!
We need an ambulance to Oakley High.
You stay right here.
I got you, okay?
I'm so sorry, okay?
Well, turns out, I definitely
made the right call,
skipping prom.
Yeah, well, no offense,
but you skip out on
a lot of good things.
What the hell's that supposed to mean?
I mean, it's kind of ironic
that you're gonna mess up a
relationship because you're afraid
that working together is
gonna mess up the relationship.
You don't know what
you're talking about.
I'm not gonna mess up the relationship.
I am fixing the relationship.
Yeah, yeah. How you doing that?
I will tell you that
when you go talk to hot teacher
and give her your phone number.
You know what?
Just might do that.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
Okay, okay.
But I think you should
do something first.
Let me hold that.
I don't want it to throw off your game.
If you have game. Do you have game?
I I got game, okay?
- You do?
- Okay, I got endless game.
I bet.
Let's see it.
Make it official. Come on.
Yeah, that feels good.
I'm ready.
Yeah, you are.
What about you?
I, uh, I have a Hail Mary
to go throw, you know?
All right.
[CHUCKLES] All right!
Good luck.
Well, good luck to you.
Come on, guys.
[APPLAUSE RISES]
Oh!
I talked to the hospital.
Leia's out of surgery.
She's gonna be okay.
You know, I love my job, but I must say,
nothing beats this.
Yeah. I'm starting to realize that.
Let's take a victory lap.
You deserve it.
Thank you for everything!
For saving my boy.
[LAUGHS]
Thank you so much.
It's our pleasure, Senator.
Thank you. Thank you so much!
- Of course.
- Thank you.
I just wish you had told
me what was going on.
I didn't want to hurt you.
I don't want to hurt your campaign.
Honey!
I know you want to be
the man of the house,
but I'm your mother, and
it's my job to protect you.
Dad, he always
He would've told you
that doing the right thing
always comes before winning,
and family before everything else.
Okay?
I just love you so, so much.
[CHUCKLES] Oh
And your friend Jane's got guts.
You need to get into politics.
Give me an internship this summer.
You got it.
[CHUCKLING]
Uh, I'm sorry I didn't listen to you.
I'm sorry for ruining prom.
Hey, I mean, at least
I got my friend back.
On a trial basis,
if you help me boost
the llama spawn rate.
"The llama spawn rate"?
I've got no idea.
Oh, It's it's an "us" thing.
Got it.
How about I throw an after-prom,
and you can explain
everything to me in the morning?
Gotcha.
- [APPLAUSE]
- Yeah?
[LAUGHTER]
[TV DOCUMENTARY]
Cats were first domesticated
over 10,000 years ago.
As humans learned to
farm and build settlements
[PHONE RINGING]
their food stores attracted rodents,
which in turn attracted cats.
Hey. Uh, so I, uh, I got I got music.
Um, I got a lot of, uh,
nice sparkly things.
The lighting is very classy.
Um I got I got a lot.
Uh, the only thing missing is is you.
So, uh, Wayne, will you
come to prom with me?
[CAT DOCUMENTARY
CONTINUES, INDISTINCTLY]
You know, the District Attorney's
launching an investigation
into Ashforth Penn Chemicals.
Mm.
It's not a bad day.
Well, I mean, the Senator
owes you a favor now, too?
[LAUGHS] That's a great day.
Hey, it's a great day, indeed.
[CHUCKLING]
I really, really appreciate
how much you've had our back sir.
"Sir" was my father.
[KEMI] Mm.
He was a beast.
So was mine, if it's any consolation.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
I'm going across the
street for some sushi.
You want to join?
Why not?
Come on.
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER, INDISTINCT]
Oh, uh
I'm actually with MPU.
Thanks.
[POP BALLAD BEGINS TO PLAY]
Mm ♪
Hey, come here ♪
Ooh ♪
I want to show you something ♪
- Hey.
- Hey.
You, uh, save me some punch?
Uh, even better I
saved you the last dance.
Hmm. Something by Shaggy, I assume?
No, no, I figured we'd, um
stick with a slow dance, if that's okay.
Yeah?
What you got there?
I'll give you three guesses.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Well, I'm hoping that
it's something bubbly?
Close, very close.
Um
Yeah?
The, um, prom queen
she dropped it on her way out.
Be a shame to let it go to waste, right?
Oh, I'm I'm not really
a tiara kind of girl.
You never know till you try.
When we're apart ♪
- Okay.
- Yeah?
But when we're together ♪
You have all of me Baby ♪
Yeah.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
Um
So this is, uh [CHUCKLES]
this is me apologizing
to a beautiful girl wearing a tiara.
A one-time deal, so
I'm gonna make it good.
[INTRIGUED] Mm?
I'm I'm sorry.
Really.
Awkward apology accepted.
Thank you.
So can I have this dance, then?
Uh, yeah, as long as you
promise to not get mad
if I step on your toes.
Okay.
- Deal?
- Mm-hmm.
Okay.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Sorry.
That's okay.
Oh, it's just from the last job.
Give me a second?
- Yeah.
- Thanks.
[KEYS CLICKING]
Baby, ooh, ahh I
got you got you, baby ♪
- Ready?
- Yeah.
Where were we?
Mm, it was somewhere around here.
Your love ♪
Is right on time ♪
It's a legitimate question.
What do you think
is it booze?
Is it, uh, is it flowers?
I mean, what what says,
"Welcome home, my love"?
Two weeks outta town,
she's gonna forget she
was mad at me, right?
Dog?
I'll buy both.
[BARKING]
- Stop, please!
- [BRAKES SCREECHING]
[SIREN WAILS]
[HYPERVENTILATING]
Hey, hey. Hey. I'm a police officer.
You're gonna be okay.
Tell me what happened.
Tell me what happened.
They took my friends!
Who took your friends?
[COUGHING AND RETCHING]
Hold on. Hang in
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
Hey, this is Detective Jason Grant.
My badge number's 71798.
I need medical response
on Broad and 4th,
a teenage female,
possibly other victims.
All right? Hurry up.
Hey, take care of her, huh?
Thanks.
[LINE RINGING]
[PHONE RINGING]
Hey, you on your way?
[JASON] Don't Don't hate me.
Great start.
You all right?
One eight-hour flight,
two screaming babies,
and three plane cocktails later, so no.
Okay, well, listen to me.
Um, something came up.
I'll get Ursula over to you
as soon as I can, all right?
Okay, Jason
Whatever.
Hey, Gary? Do me a
favor. I got a dog in the car.
Will you look after him for a minute?
Thanks.
I got your text. What
are we dealing with?
She said that her friends were taken.
From where?
I don't know,
but I found a piece of
safety glass in her hair.
Oh, no.
All right, she might've
been in a car accident.
Yeah, she was pretty banged up.
She couldn't have gotten too far.
Hey, uh, anybody hear a car accident
in the last half-hour or so?
Couldn't hear squat
over the jackhammering,
but I think she came
from that direction.
Thanks.
[JACKHAMMERS POUNDING]
So I guess you got a stay of execution
on the Wayne thing.
Why you gotta put it like that?
'Cause I've got Clueless
George as my partner.
You know she's gonna ice you
as soon as she gets her dog back.
I told you I got it covered, okay?
Yeah, not until you apologize to her.
When's the last time you dated?
When dinosaurs were walkin' around?
You don't get to run commentary, okay?
That's very nice.
Whoa. Whoa, whoa.
Can't see anything. The tint's crazy.
[DOOR HANDLE CLICKS]
It's locked.
What are you doing?
Following the blood.
Sunroof's partially broken.
She might've gotten out this way.
[CRACKING AND SHATTERING]
Whoa! Whoa, Jay. Hey.
We got a problem.
Looks like a gunshot wound to the head.
I'll call it in.
Kemi, we're gonna
need a full crew out here.
We got a gunshot fatality.
I'll drop a location pin.
The problem just got worse.
These kids were going to prom.
All right, Homicide's
gonna take the scene
with the dead limo driver.
Okay, got it. We'll
handle the missing kids.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Other than the fact
that your stepson is driving me crazy.
Oh, well, sadly, he excels in that area.
I was married to him for three years.
That man could litigate a grocery list.
Oh, so can his mother,
who still opines over my life
even though we've been
divorced for ten years.
- [CHUCKLING]
- [KNOCKING]
Hey
I'm I'm sorry, was I interrupting?
Not at all. What do you got?
Uh, yeah, so I spoke
with the limo company,
and they confirmed
that it was a prom pickup.
They don't know how
many kids were onboard,
but, um, we may have a
potential escalation here.
What is it?
The car was booked on the credit card
of Senator Martha Udall.
Great. Our only witness is in surgery,
and the senator's child
may have been kidnapped.
Yeah, that's what it looks like.
Right. You find these kids.
I'll reach out to Washington.
Yeah.
Thanks.
[CHASE] Where are you taking me?
No. Let go of me!
[ANNIE SCREAMS]
Where are you taking us?
- [WHIMPERING]
- Move!
[CHASE] Annie!
[ANNIE] I can't see anything.
[SHRIEKS]
[CHASE] Stop! You're hurting her!
[ANNIE] Chase?
[CHASE] What is this? Where are we?
[ANNIE] Why are you doing this?
We'll do anything you want!
Please, please, just let us go.
[KIDNAPPER] Shut up and keep walking.
[ANNIE YELPS]
[CHASE] Oh! God.
Hey, you can't just leave us here!
Call the boss. Let
him know they're here.
[CHASE] They're leaving.
Let's get these hoods off.
All right. Okay.
[CHASE] Get back. Come on, come on.
[ANNIE] Okay.
Chase?
[CHASE] Oh, my God.
[ANNIE] Help!
Help us!
Help!
- Help!
- Help!
Are you in charge here?
Yes. Chief Inspector Bill Houston.
Senator Martha Udall.
Where the hell is my son?
[HOUSTON] The limo was run off the road,
and the driver was found dead,
so we have to work on the assumption
that Chase was targeted.
Senator, do you have any idea
who else was in the limo with him?
I split my time between D.C. and Philly,
and it's an election year,
so you'll excuse me
if I'm not up to date with who my son
might, or might not,
have given a ride to.
We completely understand.
[SIGHS REGRETFULLY]
[SOFTER] I'm sorry.
We lost his dad when Chase was 10.
I thought about getting out of politics,
but I still felt like I
could make a difference.
We're gonna find your son, Senator.
I just want you to brace yourself
for a ransom demand.
Yeah.
In the meantime, we'll issue an Alert.
Absolutely not!
It's standard operating procedure.
If you issue an Alert,
there's a thousand trolls
- who'll come running.
- She's right.
[MIKE] Well, if we don't,
we're gonna be doing our jobs
with one hand tied behind our back.
They'll flood your
phone lines, your servers.
Believe me, I know.
All right, we'll do it quietly.
First step is looking
into your known enemies.
Already made a list.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Hey.
I may have a lead on
who else was in the limo.
I found Chase's, uh,
"promposal" from a few weeks ago.
[VIDEO REEL MUSIC RISES]
Please take my heart ♪
Just say yes ♪
Just say there's
nothing holding you back ♪
It's not a test ♪
Nor a trick of the mind ♪
Only love ♪
Jane Corrigan, I love you.
The confetti is biodegradable.
Will you please go to prom with me?
Just say yes ♪
Just say yes ♪
Yes?
[SOBS] I can't watch this!
Please, just find him!
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
Um, the girl, Jane Corrigan,
she was most likely in the limo.
The size of that thing,
there might be multiple
children in there.
Let's find out who, and how many.
Get Detective Grant.
You two are going to prom.
Prom?
[JASON] Look at you. For
once, you're under-dressed.
You know, I left high
school six months early,
specifically because of crap like this.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
I ever tell you I was the Prom King?
- Really?
- Yeah.
That's kind of a "gimme"
when you're the captain
of the football team.
Yeah, I got the cheerleading squad
to do my promposal.
There's gotta be a video of that.
Under lock and key.
You will never lay eyes.
Uh-huh. Did I mention I am a detective?
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
Nice suit. Didn't know that.
I'm literally having allergic reactions.
What is it? The sequins or the hormones?
I don't know, both.
What's that all about?
[MIKE] I don't know, but let's make sure
that kid Chase doesn't
end up on that wall.
Wow, I should really start
going to PTA meetings.
Uh
[JANITOR] Ms. V?
[SHOUTS] Ms. V!
We've got our first puker.
Early bird.
You okay?
Yeah, why?
I mean, I I think that
was a missed opportunity.
- Is not!
- It was so.
You wanna focus? Okay?
I have no idea how to get the attention
of 200 over-stimulated teenagers.
That's easy.
[POP]
- [SHOUTS]
- Hi!
How's everybody doing?
Uh, can we kill the music, please?
- [MUSIC STOPS]
- Thanks.
Uh, we're police officers.
We need to know if anyone here knows,
uh, who was riding in
the limousine tonight
with Chase Udall,
aside from Jane Corrigan?
Um, excuse me. Uh
Jane Jane wasn't in the limo.
How would you know that?
Uh, because I'm Jane.
Hmm.
You can You can
put the music back on!
You go about your whatever.
Come with us, please.
Chase has been taken?
By who? Is this about his mom?
Well, that's what we
need help figuring out.
Well, I I'm sorry.
He stopped sharing his location with me,
like, a couple days ago, so.
Okay, I Is that because
you turned him down?
Well, I I didn't.
I was I was gonna be his date.
I just I [SNIFFLES]
We got into a fight a few days ago,
and, like, he just he ended
up taking a friend of his
um, Annie Werble.
So Annie Werble was in the limo?
Anybody else?
Um, yeah, uh, my
friend, Leia, caught a ride.
Um, her parents' car broke down, so
You know what she looks like?
Yeah. She's got, like
like, dark hair, um, in,
like, a pink, fluffy dress.
Okay, that's gotta be
our girl in the hospital.
She's in the hospital?
Oh, my God.
"Annie"?
She's the girl who used to come over
at the beginning of the school year.
They played video games.
She's with him?
We think so.
She's a nice kid, a good influence.
At least he's not alone.
Oh, I'm sorry.
That is a terrible thing to say.
Well, it's a terrible
situation, Senator.
I know.
So no one has reached out to you?
No. No ransom demands.
I'm checking my phone constantly.
Nothing.
Your chief of staff is still
working with our detectives,
so I'm gonna get you set up in my office
so you have some privacy, okay?
It's 8:30, Chief Inspector.
It's the quiet end of the news cycle.
If Chase is still missing by dawn,
this thing is going to blow up.
I want my son safe, not famous.
Please.
Understood.
Thank you.
I'll let you know as
soon as we have news.
That was Annie Werble's father.
He confirms she was in the limo.
There's no mother in the picture.
He's a long-haul truck driver.
He's driving back tonight.
He should be here by midnight.
These kids have been
missing for two hours,
with no ransom demand.
They may not have till midnight.
He said that when Chase
transferred to Oakley High
top of senior year, that
Annie felt bad for him.
Didn't have any friends.
Didn't know anybody.
[TEXT ALERT CHIMES]
Oh
it's a photo.
From her dad.
[HOUSTON] That's the kid from the video?
Yeah. Things change fast when you're 17.
You do whatever you have
to do to survive high school.
Forget high school.
I just hope they can
survive through the night.
Appreciate that.
He can call her on her cell.
The President says if there's
any way he can be of help.
Updates?
Uh, yeah, we, uh, went through
all of the Senator's haters.
Any actionable threats?
Capitol Police charged a "Drew Mackie"
for breaking into her office
at the Hart Senate Building.
About two months ago.
Charges didn't stick, but
we got a restraining order.
[KEMI] Mackie left D.C.,
so I ran his financials,
and he rented an apartment
in Philly two weeks ago.
Bring him in. Now.
Unis are already on their way, sir.
Okay, I know that the Senator wanted
to keep Chase's abduction quiet,
but there was another girl taken
Annie Werble.
- We have to issue an Alert.
- No.
You'll have every cop in Philadelphia
spinning their wheels on crazy street.
Yeah, we understand that,
but that is how we find people.
Not this time.
No Alerts.
Find another way.
Make it fast.
I never should've gone to prom with you.
If I knew we were gonna get kidnapped,
- I would've stayed at home, too.
- Oh, my God.
It's not funny, Chase! I mean it.
You basically stopped talking to me
after you hooked up with Jane.
Yeah, hold on. That That's not fair.
No?
You got a new haircut,
new clothes.
Became a whole new guy, right?
One who didn't need me anymore.
I just wanted a fresh start!
Besides, I I do need you.
Yeah, because you got dumped.
Okay, fine.
If I'm such a douche,
then why'd you choose
to go to prom with me?
Because it was really hard
being your friend, but It's
it's way worse not being your friend.
I don't know which one of
your mother's creepy haters
did this, but I can't [VOICE BREAKS]
Hey, hey.
She's gonna do exactly what they say.
- It's all gonna be okay.
- Listen to yourself.
It is not okay, Chase.
They're gonna kill us.
- Okay, look, I'm sorry
- Don't.
Just don't!
[MACKIE] Yeah, I got a
problem with Senator Udall.
Everyone should.
All right, give us the elevator pitch.
Well, she ran on a platform
to bring Pennsylvania
into compliance with the
climate-change guidelines.
Three years in, she hasn't done squat.
Philly's still "Filthadelphia",
and we still have two
coal-fired power plants
releasing 14 million tons of
greenhouse gas every year.
So that's why you took her kid, Batman?
To clean up Gotham?
I want Udall to take
responsibility for her actions.
I would never hurt a child.
[MIKE] Where were you at 6:30?
[MACKIE] Protesting.
Check my socials.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[DOOR SHUTS]
Mackie is a waste of time.
If he took Chase, he
would've hit Senator Udall
with a ransom demand to
shut down those power plants.
- Yeah.
- Hey.
So I dug up Chase's,
uh, school records
because something was bothering me.
The mom, she just
she felt so defensive.
Chase was kicked out of private school
for selling dextroamphetamines.
So that explains why he was transferred
to public school the senior year.
And why his mother
wouldn't have told us.
Yeah, and I spoke to the
school, and they believe
that he was dealing for a local heavy,
but the Senator convinced
them not to press charges.
And there's a chance he's still
active, which got him grabbed.
Great.
Dredging this up is not gonna
make the Senator happy at all.
Well, no Alert, no time
we don't have a lot of choices.
[BENNETT] I'll call Mike.
Great work, Adebayo.
Thanks, Boss.
[DANCE MUSIC THUMPING]
Yeah, Chase, he got into
trouble at his old school,
but he he's changed.
Look, I I get it, okay?
I can't tell you how
many times I woke up
with 40s taped to my hands.
Look at me now.
You never played "Edward Fortyhands"?
Yeah, okay. Anyway.
We really want to find Chase,
uh, and we're running out of time.
[MIKE] If you know
anything about the guys
that Chase was mixed up with, tell us.
Look, if up until a couple days ago,
we did, like, everything together.
Like, if he was dealing
again, I would know.
Are you sure about that?
I see that you've taken off your hoods.
We won't say anything, I swear.
Listen, my mom will
do whatever you want.
Just let her go.
How gallant.
I don't care about your mother.
You created a problem
for my employers
which means it's a problem for me,
so you're gonna help me fix it.
Hey, hey, look. I
I didn't do anything.
[PHONE RINGING]
Stupidity is not helping your case.
It's a long way down.
Think about that.
[PHONE RINGS]
Yeah, I'm with them right now.
What was he talking about?
What did you do?
I don't know.
[KEMI] So, I checked
Chase's email and texts.
It all looks clean.
Well, what about his apps?
Uh, Instagram, Snapchat, whatever.
Yeah, he doesn't have social media.
His mom probably pulled
the plug after he got in trouble
- at his last school.
- Okay, what about that?
"Tunnelinx." Encrypted messaging.
Yeah, I tried that already.
He has two-factor identification on.
I've got missing kids
and messages from the White House.
There's gotta be a way
to get into that thing.
Okay, look, the only
solution that I have
just flew back into town,
but with all of this heavy "D.C." vibes,
I don't know
that you want to be
coloring outside of the lines.
There's kids in danger. Screw the lines.
Do it.
All right, then. "Screw the lines."
Hey.
Hey
Good to see you.
Here's another, uh, guy
who's very excited to see you.
Ooh!
Hello! Who's my good boy?
Hello!
Oh, hello, hello, hello!
Yes, I missed you. Good job!
Oh
- So
- Great. Thanks.
Hey.
Thanks for coming.
- Nice to see you.
- You, too.
So you have an issue,
and I know that you need me,
so, let's talk compensation.
We just wanna get
these kids back, Wayne.
- So do I, Jason.
- Mm-hmm.
But this is what I do for a living,
and you expecting
me to do this for free,
it's kind of getting insulting.
Okay, I I will make
it up to you, I promise.
No.
She's right.
"She's right"? W
Whose side are you on?
The side that gets us answers faster.
- You're hired.
- Seriously?
Yeah, civilian contractor,
effective immediately.
Do the paperwork tomorrow.
We'll make it retroactive.
Great.
What
Wayne? Wayne.
[SHUTS DOOR]
Why do you want this job?
Explain it to me. I don't get it.
The The pay sucks, okay?
The The rules are insane. Why?
Look, I never thought
that I would say this, but
I like what we do here.
Okay? Yeah, "we".
I never thought that I
would, but I want this, Jay.
You have no idea
what it's gonna be like.
When I do jobs for our old bosses,
I never know if I'm on the
side of the angels or the devil,
and that never used to bother me,
but now it does.
Okay, I get it.
I get it. That makes sense.
But I know you.
Okay? And I care about you.
You care about Mike,
you care about Keml
I'm not sleeping with them!
Fine.
Then you're not
sleeping with me, either.
What? What do you mean?
We are done, Jason.
That's what you wanted.
You got it.
Wait
The messaging app
it outsources authentication
to another provider.
I sent everyone in that company
a password-update request,
and two dumb bunnies
took the bait and
entered their credentials.
That got me into the system,
and I am now redirecting
Chase's authentication
prompts back to me.
So you are into his messages?
Yeah. Looks like he's been
chatting to somebody named TJ.
TJ "We need to talk now."
"Can't. Going to prom."
"You don't make a deal with
me and then screw me over."
Senator, we may need to consider
that this
is about a drug deal gone bad.
No.
Occam's Razor, Senator.
The simplest explanation
is usually right.
My son struggled, but
he's learned his lesson.
Senator, there's no ransom demand,
which means your son
is in serious jeopardy.
We have to consider
that this kidnapping may
be unconnected to you.
It may be about Chase.
This isn't my son's
fault! He's a victim!
That's not what we're saying.
I know exactly what you're saying!
You're weaponizing my son's past.
We are trying to help.
Look. I can track this guy TJ's phone.
Do you want me to find him or not?
Track the phone.
She dumped you?
- I don't want to talk about it.
- Whoa!
- She really dumped you?
- I just said,
- "I don't want to talk about it."
- All right, fine!
- All right!
- Will you focus, please? Okay?
The beacon's good for up to 25 feet.
He could be in any
building on any floor.
Yeah, well, it would help if
we knew what he looked like.
He looks like a drug dealer, okay?
Use your imagination.
Hold up. He's moving.
That's him. That's him.
Hey! TJ. TJ!
[SIREN WAILS]
[BRAKES SCREECHING, HORN HONKING]
Philly PD.
You're under arrest.
That was, uh, Eagles-worthy.
I found a gun.
This is a huge mistake!
No, the mistake was
dealing drugs to kids.
I'm I'm not a drug
dealer. I'm a lawyer!
A lawyer, huh?
Terell Jibari.
Admitted to the Bar three years ago.
It checks out.
So why is he talking
to the Senator's son
via a messaging app?
[MIKE] You want a lawyer, Terell?
I am a lawyer.
Yeah, well, not a successful one,
from the looks of it.
It says here you, uh,
filed a suit against
a car manufacturer
Their airbags are defective.
And you lost.
Then another one
against a dialysis clinic
They withheld treatment.
And you lost.
See, I'm, uh, I'm seeing a trend here.
Well, I went to law school
to make a difference,
not make a buck.
[MIKE] What do you
know about Chase Udall?
Yeah, I'm not playing, man.
What do you know?
He reached out to me.
He's a kid. Why would he do that?
I represented the
parents of the students
at his school who died of cancer.
The case went nowhere.
I'm still not hearing an answer.
Chase was just an intermediary.
These rich boys know
to call lawyers, right?
He said some kids at
his school newspaper
dug up evidence that the
cancer may have been caused
by chemicals stored near the school.
What the hell?
[MIKE] And you thought
these accusations had merit?
Well, they must have,
'cause two nights ago,
someone broke into my office.
That's why I had the gun.
That's why I ran from you two.
I was scared.
And that's when you
pressured Chase to reach out?
He said he'd deliver, and he didn't.
The kid totally flaked!
But you took it seriously?
Look, man! Up until this week,
nobody gave a crap about my cases.
So whoever broke into my
office was looking for the evidence
Chase was getting
from that girl. Had to be.
Oh, wait! Whoa, whoa, whoa. What girl?
The editor of the school newspaper
Jane something.
[MIKE] Well, what was the evidence?
[TJ] I don't know. I never got it.
Chase was supposed to
get Jane to hand it over.
All right. Hang tight.
[SIGHS]
We gotta find something
to cut these ties off.
You're not gonna just find a
"Storm Blade" lying around.
This isn't Fortnite.
Okay, well, what do you want
me to do, Annie? I'm trying!
What is the point?
They're gonna kill us!
I don't know what you
did, but it was really bad.
I told you! I didn't do anything.
He said you needed "to
fix the mess" you made.
"Ashforth Penn Chemicals."
It's gotta be about the
thing that Jane found.
Wait, what thing?
[SNAPS] What thing?
The kids that died
Jane thought it was
linked to some chemicals
that were stored near the school.
First, I get bullied, and
now I get poisoned?
High school sucks.
She asked me to tell
my mom, but I said no.
So there's poison next to the school,
and you just blow it off?
No, no, no!
I I told this lawyer.
I mean, I thought I was
doing the right thing,
but it wasn't good
enough for Jane, and
that's why she broke up with me.
Why didn't you tell your mom?
Ashforth Penn donated to her campaign.
I I I put her through hell
when I got kicked out of Malvern.
I don't want to ruin her career, too.
I don't get it.
Every time she looks at me
I just feel like a disappointment.
Okay? I'm I'm a crappy son,
a crappy friend.
I don't know. I guess
I guess I wanted to do
the right thing, for a change.
I guess, sometimes, you
just gotta restart the game.
[ELEVATOR RATTLES AND HUMS]
[ELEVATOR LURCHES LOUDLY]
[GATE RATTLES]
You and your friend, Jane Corrigan,
have something my employers want.
Imagine my surprise when I saw this.
My guys got the wrong girl.
Here's your phone.
Text Jane.
No! Why Why would I do that?
This isn't [CLICK]
a negotiation.
Okay, okay, okay! Okay,
okay, I'll do it, okay?
Tell her you wanna see her now.
[KEYS CLICKING]
[DANCE MUSIC THUMPING]
Hi, guys.
You're up, you're down ♪
Can't find the ground ♪
Chase, I'm sorry.
Hey, it's gonna be okay.
[EXHALING DEEPLY]
[WAYNE] He's definitely not okay.
I thought that when his
phone came back on,
we'd be able to ping him,
but they disabled location services.
Chase is typing.
Or whoever took him is typing.
They're going after Jane.
And she has no idea that it's a trap!
[KEMI] And once they get
her, those kids are dead.
Call Bill Houston.
What am I supposed to say?
Tell him the truth
that there are armed
thugs on their way to prom.
Put your hands up ♪
It's so obvious I'm your number one ♪
Von Dutch, cult
classic in your eardrums ♪
Why you lying? ♪
Hey, if you don't get your
ass on the dance floor,
everyone's gonna know
you're moping over Chase.
- Just give me a sec.
- You can't let him win, girl.
Okay, I, um
This dress is cutting
off my circulation.
I just I have to get some air.
No, you can breathe at graduation.
I'm your number one ♪
I'm your number one ♪
It's so obvious ♪
I'm your number one ♪
I'm your number one ♪
I'm your number one ♪
It's so obvious ♪
Von Dutch, cult
classic but I still pop ♪
I get money ♪
[MUSIC CONTINUES, INDISTINCT]
Jay!
Hey, it's me again.
Hey, you again!
Have you seen Jane Corrigan?
No. No.
[SHOUTING] Hey! Anybody
seen Jane Corrigan?
Uh, yeah. She She just left.
Just left which way did she go?
That way.
Prom's over.
Get everybody out of the building, now!
Everyone!
Please evacuate
now. This is not a drill!
Go to the designated relocation points.
Let's go! Now! Let's go!
Calmly. Quickly now.
Chase?
Chase!
Annie?
Jane go. Go! Run!
Run! Get outta here! Jane, run! Go! Go!
[ANNIE SCREAMS]
Get her!
Get up. Get up.
Let's go! Let's go.
[PANTING]
Clear.
Where the hell is she?
I don't know. This is
gonna take all night.
[PANTING]
She's gotta be down here somewhere.
[BREATH SHAKING]
Let's check down there.
[GUN FIRING]
Let's go. Let's go!
Oh, God. I can't do this.
I can't do this. Please, please, please.
Just let us go! Please let us go!
Tell her to stop.
[CHASE] Annie, Annie,
Annie, it's gonna be okay, okay?
I got you, okay?
I know you're in here, Jane.
I just want to talk.
- No! Jane, don't do it!
- Don't do it!
If you don't come out,
your boy here
has exactly five seconds to live.
One
two
three
[GASPS]
four
No no.
[SOBS] I love you.
I love you.
I love you.
You stepped into a world of bad
when your school newspaper
started looking into my employers.
Three kids died.
You went looking for trouble,
and you found it.
No, no. We weren't looking for anything.
It was an accident.
We were, um
It It was a Senior Scavenger Hunt,
and we were looking for an
old an old football jersey,
so we we just we went into
the warehouse beside the school.
We We thought that's where
the old athletic equipment was kept.
We found Look, we found
barrels labeled "Class 6"!
That's That's poisonous waste.
So
you started to gather evidence.
Tell me what you have
and where it is.
[HUSHED] Hey.
[QUIETLY] Let's go.
There is documentation.
Um
a a kid from Science
Club took a sample.
Very noble.
Very stupid.
Nobody listens to us! You know
N not about the climate
or the economy nothing!
E Even though it's our future!
- I have had it
- No no no no no! Wait!
With you, little girl!
Now you take me to that sample
and whatever else that you dug up,
or I will kill all three of you
right now!
[ANTONIO] Tell me where the evidence is.
[JANE] The documents are on my laptop.
[ANTONIO] Where's your laptop?
Tell me, or you're dead!
- [GUNSHOT]
- [ANNIE SCREAMS]
- [SHOT FIRES]
- [GASPING]
Jay!
[CRASHING]
[ANNIE'S BREATH SHAKING]
Hey, you okay?
[JASON] Hey, hey! Stay put.
Hey, you guys okay?
[SOFTLY] You okay?
Hey, we got 'em!
We need an ambulance to Oakley High.
You stay right here.
I got you, okay?
I'm so sorry, okay?
Well, turns out, I definitely
made the right call,
skipping prom.
Yeah, well, no offense,
but you skip out on
a lot of good things.
What the hell's that supposed to mean?
I mean, it's kind of ironic
that you're gonna mess up a
relationship because you're afraid
that working together is
gonna mess up the relationship.
You don't know what
you're talking about.
I'm not gonna mess up the relationship.
I am fixing the relationship.
Yeah, yeah. How you doing that?
I will tell you that
when you go talk to hot teacher
and give her your phone number.
You know what?
Just might do that.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
Okay, okay.
But I think you should
do something first.
Let me hold that.
I don't want it to throw off your game.
If you have game. Do you have game?
I I got game, okay?
- You do?
- Okay, I got endless game.
I bet.
Let's see it.
Make it official. Come on.
Yeah, that feels good.
I'm ready.
Yeah, you are.
What about you?
I, uh, I have a Hail Mary
to go throw, you know?
All right.
[CHUCKLES] All right!
Good luck.
Well, good luck to you.
Come on, guys.
[APPLAUSE RISES]
Oh!
I talked to the hospital.
Leia's out of surgery.
She's gonna be okay.
You know, I love my job, but I must say,
nothing beats this.
Yeah. I'm starting to realize that.
Let's take a victory lap.
You deserve it.
Thank you for everything!
For saving my boy.
[LAUGHS]
Thank you so much.
It's our pleasure, Senator.
Thank you. Thank you so much!
- Of course.
- Thank you.
I just wish you had told
me what was going on.
I didn't want to hurt you.
I don't want to hurt your campaign.
Honey!
I know you want to be
the man of the house,
but I'm your mother, and
it's my job to protect you.
Dad, he always
He would've told you
that doing the right thing
always comes before winning,
and family before everything else.
Okay?
I just love you so, so much.
[CHUCKLES] Oh
And your friend Jane's got guts.
You need to get into politics.
Give me an internship this summer.
You got it.
[CHUCKLING]
Uh, I'm sorry I didn't listen to you.
I'm sorry for ruining prom.
Hey, I mean, at least
I got my friend back.
On a trial basis,
if you help me boost
the llama spawn rate.
"The llama spawn rate"?
I've got no idea.
Oh, It's it's an "us" thing.
Got it.
How about I throw an after-prom,
and you can explain
everything to me in the morning?
Gotcha.
- [APPLAUSE]
- Yeah?
[LAUGHTER]
[TV DOCUMENTARY]
Cats were first domesticated
over 10,000 years ago.
As humans learned to
farm and build settlements
[PHONE RINGING]
their food stores attracted rodents,
which in turn attracted cats.
Hey. Uh, so I, uh, I got I got music.
Um, I got a lot of, uh,
nice sparkly things.
The lighting is very classy.
Um I got I got a lot.
Uh, the only thing missing is is you.
So, uh, Wayne, will you
come to prom with me?
[CAT DOCUMENTARY
CONTINUES, INDISTINCTLY]
You know, the District Attorney's
launching an investigation
into Ashforth Penn Chemicals.
Mm.
It's not a bad day.
Well, I mean, the Senator
owes you a favor now, too?
[LAUGHS] That's a great day.
Hey, it's a great day, indeed.
[CHUCKLING]
I really, really appreciate
how much you've had our back sir.
"Sir" was my father.
[KEMI] Mm.
He was a beast.
So was mine, if it's any consolation.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
I'm going across the
street for some sushi.
You want to join?
Why not?
Come on.
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER, INDISTINCT]
Oh, uh
I'm actually with MPU.
Thanks.
[POP BALLAD BEGINS TO PLAY]
Mm ♪
Hey, come here ♪
Ooh ♪
I want to show you something ♪
- Hey.
- Hey.
You, uh, save me some punch?
Uh, even better I
saved you the last dance.
Hmm. Something by Shaggy, I assume?
No, no, I figured we'd, um
stick with a slow dance, if that's okay.
Yeah?
What you got there?
I'll give you three guesses.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Well, I'm hoping that
it's something bubbly?
Close, very close.
Um
Yeah?
The, um, prom queen
she dropped it on her way out.
Be a shame to let it go to waste, right?
Oh, I'm I'm not really
a tiara kind of girl.
You never know till you try.
When we're apart ♪
- Okay.
- Yeah?
But when we're together ♪
You have all of me Baby ♪
Yeah.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
Um
So this is, uh [CHUCKLES]
this is me apologizing
to a beautiful girl wearing a tiara.
A one-time deal, so
I'm gonna make it good.
[INTRIGUED] Mm?
I'm I'm sorry.
Really.
Awkward apology accepted.
Thank you.
So can I have this dance, then?
Uh, yeah, as long as you
promise to not get mad
if I step on your toes.
Okay.
- Deal?
- Mm-hmm.
Okay.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Sorry.
That's okay.
Oh, it's just from the last job.
Give me a second?
- Yeah.
- Thanks.
[KEYS CLICKING]
Baby, ooh, ahh I
got you got you, baby ♪
- Ready?
- Yeah.
Where were we?
Mm, it was somewhere around here.
Your love ♪
Is right on time ♪