The Rookie (2018) s08e02 Episode Script
Fast Andy
1
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
Hard to say goodbye?
So much of my life happened here.
All those years with Tamara,
with Jackson,
and now you.
I feel like every important thing
in my adult life happened in here.
But now you're emerging
from this chrysalis
and becoming a
beautiful butterfly and
- [LAUGHS]
- Too much?
No. It's perfect.
You're perfect.
[DOOR OPENS]
Sorry.
Am I early?
No, no, we're just
getting a slow start.
Sorry, come on in.
Hey, well, you can put
some of your stuff in my room for now.
Oh, this is all I have.
- What? Are you kidding?
- No.
Car life is all about minimalism.
But if you have anything
you want to leave behind,
feel free.
You know
I mean, Tim has a bed.
Do you really need to bring yours?
What?
Sorry.
Could you actually
just, um, put that back?
Thank you.
You are welcome to come
visit any time you want.
- Thank you.
- Yes.
Take care of this place for me.
I will.
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
This is so gross.
I don't even want to
put this on my chair.
I'm calling it.
There's not enough
dry cleaning in the world.
Why did that idiot have to
throw his gun in the sewer?
I know, as if murder
wasn't bad enough,
he had to go and
ruin my favorite boots.
What's that smell?
That is the sweet
aroma of a closed case.
It smells like industrial waste.
You know, sometimes I
wonder what I'm still doing here.
I'm rich, you know.
Like, really rich.
I don't need any of this.
What are you gonna do, huh?
Retire, have lunch at the
country club every day?
I'd also do Pilates and read books
and go shopping and travel.
Being a boss isn't just
about getting the work done.
You gotta play a smart political game.
I know.
I've filled in for you before.
A day here or there is not the same.
Look, Tim, you are the
watch commander now.
No acting, no interim.
You're him.
Now, problem-solving is never-ending.
Memos pile up fast.
If you don't have a
system, you'll fall behind.
- Understood.
- Um
Yeah, that's it.
Any questions?
No. I'm good.
That's my desk.
Right.
Sorry, it's gonna take
some getting used to.
Um, so if you need anything
I know where the task force office is.
Good luck.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Hey, I don't want to
make you late for roll call,
but, Girlfriend Lucy
has a couple of things
she'd like to say to you
before you started your shift.
So good luck.
You've earned this.
And
And you've got this.
Girlfriend Lucy?
Yes.
Well, technically, I guess it's
Live-In Girlfriend Lucy now, so
Technically, I think you
have to be fully unpacked
before we can call you that.
But that's not the point.
Either way, LIGF Lucy
is officially clocking out,
and Sergeant Chen is taking over.
This is weird.
Maybe, but our jobs are too important
to let our relationship interfere.
We really need to be professional.
OK, well, I appreciate
LIGF Lucy's kind words.
Mm. I will tell her if I see her.
Tell her.
OK.
Ah, first day as roving supervisor.
- You nervous?
- Oh, no.
Nothing could be more challenging
than working with
the Dream Team, so
At least on night shift,
your boyfriend wasn't
the watch commander.
Wow.
I do have a good plan for
dealing with that, though.
It's strict compartmentalization.
Sounds unhealthy.
What? No
I think it's good.
Clear boundaries and no confusion.
See you at roll call.
So any advice for
dealing with your old TO?
Nolan's tricky.
He seems like the
nicest person in the world,
but, he can lay down the law.
- Hmm.
- Don't take him for granted.
Understood.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Thank you.
It is so weird seeing
Tim in Grey's office.
It feels like everything's
changing all at once.
Tim's the new Grey.
I'm the new Tim.
Miles is the new Celina.
So who am I?
You
You're just Nolan.
[LAUGHS]
Whoo!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Thank you.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
OK, knock it off!
We have a number of changes today.
First, Nolan will take
over training Officer Penn.
Finally got him straightened out,
so, try not to mess it up.
I'll do my best.
Well, don't do your best.
Do my best.
Second, Sergeant Chen is
taking over as roving supervisor.
- Whoo!
- [APPLAUSE]
And finally, in T-minus 36 hours,
the President of the United
States arrives in Los Angeles.
- [GROANS]
- [COUGHS]
Sorry, I think I'm coming
down with something.
Probably just an allergy.
It is an honor to host the
president in our fair city.
And we will ensure that his
visit is safe and productive.
A Secret Service
advance team lands shortly.
And they'll be operating
out of our station
for the next 48 hours.
Let's show them how real
law enforcement is done.
- Copy?
- Copy.
- Yes, sir.
- Dismissed.
Sergeant Chen, a minute?
Yep.
OK, this right here,
this is the current
department bible
on presidential visits.
Wow.
So don't lose it?
Don't even joke about losing it.
OK.
Oh, wow.
- It's really intricate.
- Yeah.
Apparently, this president
guy is pretty important.
Look, I've been coordinating
with the Secret Service
for the last month.
The only thing left to lock down
is the motorcade route.
And since you're watch commander now,
it falls to me.
- Right. OK.
- Correct.
This is not as simple
as getting the president
from point A to point B.
The route needs to comply
with all Secret Service protocols.
And my recent proposal is in there.
We're just waiting for a
sign-off on a few items.
- Am I locked in to your plan?
- No.
If you think you can
do better, feel free.
But it would be a heavy
lift on your first day.
And, the rethink can't get in
the way of your other duties.
So if you were me,
stick to the current plan.
Got it.
OK.
So if I do lose it
[SCOFFS] I'm joking.
Grey would have
thought that was funny.
- Doubt it.
- Mm.
Chen, um, gimme that thing.
Roll call was OK, right?
Speaking as Sergeant Chen
Because Lucy has left the building.
Yes, I remember.
You were maybe, like, a tad too gruff.
They're grown-ups. I'm
not gonna coddle them.
No, I totally agree.
It's just,
you know, Grey would
always end on a good note.
- "Be safe out there."
- OK, well, that was his thing.
You know, I need to find my own style.
I know.
And you will.
Every TO-rookie
relationship is unique.
As long as it's based in respect,
we shouldn't have any problems.
So, what is next in your
Rook Book checklist?
- Cultivating an informant.
- OK.
But, shouldn't that wait until after
the circus comes to town tomorrow?
Every day is a circus in Los Angeles.
Part of your training is
going to be multitasking.
I assume you've
already started cultivating
- a list of potential CIs.
- Oh, yes, sir.
My top candidate is
a high-end sex worker
I helped out a few weeks back.
Good instincts, but I
wouldn't start with her.
A CI-cop relationship is
complicated on a good day,
without the emotional complexities
that her profession might bring.
All right. Well, what
about Dave Kaiser?
His garage does a lot of work
on cars for the Southern Front.
How long has he been sober?
- A couple months.
- Not nearly long enough.
All right.
Fast Andy.
Fast Andy. Now, he
has good connections.
- Mm-hmm.
- But he's not that bright.
I'm not looking for
a financial advisor.
Most criminals are dumb.
Right, but a CI needs
to be smart enough
- to be able to maintain a lie.
- Yeah, I know that.
I've recruited informants
before back in Texas.
OK, it's your call.
I'm only here for guidance.
If you think Fast Andy is your guy,
let's go recruit him
and see how that goes.
I'm not buying it.
Kids and self-care all day, every day?
I think you'd get bored.
So I'll start a business,
hire my BFF to run it with me.
What kind of business?
Harper, Lopez.
Bradford.
Good to see you.
All right, Agent Butler,
this is Sergeant Chen.
She's taking over my old position.
Detectives Harper and
Lopez have volunteered
to help you run down threats.
I don't remember volunteering.
Me neither.
This is my right hand,
Agent Kevin Kelvin.
I'm sorry.
Kevin
Kevin Kelvin?
My parents are fans of alliteration.
- Who isn't?
- Here's the watch list.
As you know, most of them are cranks.
But, with POTUS landing tomorrow,
we need to make sure
that there's no signs
of escalation
major life events, weapon purchases.
We know what escalation looks like.
Of course you do.
My apologies.
You want us to start
at the top of the list?
No.
They're in order of assessed threat.
We'll take the most worrying.
Why don't you start around
- 20?
- Sure thing.
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
Start at 20?
He might as well have just
said waste your entire day
- talking to mouth breathers.
- What I'm saying.
If we work for ourselves,
we wouldn't have to jump
through anybody else's hoops.
Doing what?
Well
All right, so we have narrowed it down
to private investigation
firm or spa resort.
Two solid choices.
And we've only been thinking on it
for three waste-of-time door knocks.
Who's lucky number four?
Jerry Hudson. 34.
Gun enthusiast.
Posts under the username
SicSemperTyrannis414,
and threats to the president
are varied and many.
Mr. Hudson, LAPD.
We have a few questions for you.
Angela.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Jerry Hudson, LAPD!
Come out with your hands up.
♪
Clear.
You got anything?
♪
Angela!
♪
Impressive and terrifying.
Everything's labeled.
Makes it easy to see what's missing.
What is most troubling
is sniper "riffle."
I think he means rifle.
I think his spelling is
the least of our problems.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
It is important that you be
completely clear with your CI.
That's a delicate balance.
You want to motivate
your CI to cooperate,
but at the same time, you
can't keep him out of jail.
You can't even promise to be lenient.
Not the DA.
Got it.
Andy, it's good to see you.
- Thanks for taking the time.
- No problem.
I gotta make this quick,
though, 'cause my boss,
he's all over me about that
business I had with the money.
I mean, how am I supposed to know
Obama's not on the hundred?
Those fakes can be tricky.
Exactly.
So what's up?
I have a business proposition.
You've got connections
on your side of the law.
I've got connections
on my side of the law.
What do you say we work together?
- You want me to snitch.
- Nah.
You don't have to tell me
anything you don't want to.
But, if you hear something you
want to pass along, hit me up.
How much is it worth to you?
Well, let's not focus on the money.
So nothing.
Look, LAPD's budget is limited.
But the real benefit
is our relationship.
You help me, I help you.
Help me how?
We can discuss that.
So, let's discuss it now.
7-Adam-15.
Detectives requesting
10-21 for assignment.
Copy.
Calling shortly.
Look, you murder someone,
I can't help you, right?
But smaller offenses,
I have some leeway.
OK.
I can see the value in that.
- OK.
- All right.
We gotta go.
Here's my card.
The cell is on there.
Thanks, man.
Hey, y'all want a
pop before y'all leave?
I just opened a bottle of vodka.
We don't drink on the job.
Yeah.
Me neither.
Yeah.
- What?
- Nothing.
You happy with how that went?
Yes, sir.
Now it's up to Andy.
How am I supposed to
make sure POTUS is never
ten minutes away from a hospital?
7-Adam-300,
requesting supervisor
on Blix and Hortense.
Priority X-ray.
7-Adam-300 responding.
- [HORN HONKS]
- Oh, OK.
[TIRES SQUEAL]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Hey.
Must be bad if the watch
commander came out.
It's not good. Heavily armed suspect
on the Secret Service
watch list is in the wind.
What exactly is this guy's
history with the president?
Cyber threat team
flagged Hudson a year ago.
He was posting about revolution,
rooting out tyranny
all standard fare.
About six months ago, he
started demanding a meeting
with the president,
sending handwritten letters
directly to the White House.
We'll need copies of those letters.
I'll send you copies of our reports.
Not the reports, the originals.
I can assure you, our
analysts are very thorough.
No doubt, but I insist.
Just say yes.
Fine.
But I want every available officer
out looking for this guy.
- OK, we
- Absolutely, we
Sorry.
You go.
You'll have all available resources
and full coordination
with our divisions.
Good.
I want to embed Agent
Kelvin with your team.
Yeah. No problem.
We can do that for you.
Officer Juarez?
Agent Kelvin's gonna ride with you.
He's gonna help question
Hudson's family members.
Let's go.
At what point do you
cancel the president's visit?
We are nowhere near that point.
For all we know, this guy
could be out on a hunting trip.
I know that this is high-level stuff.
This is my everyday.
So let's just chase down the bad guy
and check him off the list.
I'm just gonna say it.
Not a fan.
That's twice it felt like
he defaulted to talking to Tim, right?
- Am I crazy?
- BOTH: No.
I don't think he meant
anything by that.
We've worked together before.
- He's just comfortable with me.
- Mm-hmm.
All right. I'll go talk to him.
- ALL: No.
- That definitely is worse.
It's fine.
We eat ingrained
misogyny for breakfast.
Lopez just sent details on
our suspect, Jerry Hudson.
She wants us to talk
to Jerry's coworkers
at Third Street Surplus.
- Copy that.
- [PHONE DINGS]
- That Lopez again?
- Fast Andy.
- [PHONE DINGS]
- He's got a lead already?
Not exactly.
It's mostly memes.
- [PHONE DINGS]
- Oh, this one's not a meme.
He wants to know if I
could track down a
Girl he once dated.
She was smoking hot.
But if she's gotten fat, never mind.
He's not interested.
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
- You're an Aries?
- Oh, yeah.
It was a gift.
- I'm a Cancer.
- Of course.
And I bet you're a Gemini ascending.
- You're good.
- I dabble.
But I've learned to
downplay it at work.
Oh, me too.
Everyone is so judgmental
of new age spirituality.
How long have you been
in the Secret Service?
I joined right out of college.
Let me guess.
You watched "In the Line of Fire"
at an impressionable age.
- Not exactly.
- Oh.
I don't know you well enough yet.
Oh, come on.
This shop is a safe space.
Here, I'll go first.
I believe the reason why tarot works,
is because it's connected
to the nonlinearity of time.
So the tarot isn't
sending you a message.
You are sending yourself
a message from the future
by influencing the cards.
I have never thought
about it that way before.
That makes a lot of sense.
I know.
So, what made you want
to protect the president?
I had all these dreams
when I was a kid.
Real vivid.
And, they had all
these historical details
that I just couldn't possibly
know any other way.
Like from a past life?
Yeah.
And I realized I was
Abraham Lincoln
- Reborn.
- Wh
Like Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln?
That's the one.
Well, that's why you
joined the Secret Service,
to stop what happened to you
from happening to another president.
It's not what I put on
my application, but yeah.
Well, that's
Amazing.
7-Adam-13, EMT report
triggered our BOLO.
Suspect Jerry Hudson was
just taken to St. Stephen Hospital.
You're the closest unit.
Control, show us responding.
[SIREN WAILING]
Hey, did you just
bring in Jerry Hudson?
Yeah, he was in a single car accident.
Lost control in an intersection,
- hit a light pole.
- We need to talk to him.
- He's being triaged in bay 12.
- [SCREAMING]
Hey, you OK?
- He just took off.
- Call security.
Tell them to lock down the hospital.
Any chance he's armed?
I did a pretty thorough exam.
If there was a gun,
I would've felt it.
But there was an empty knife sheath.
Oh, OK.
7-Lincoln-13, I need additional units
to St. Stephen Hospital for
at-large suspect Jerry Hudson.
Description to follow.
Brown hair, blue jeans, white shirt.
Blood on his face and
neck from a head injury.
[ALARM BLARING]
Nothing.
God.
[TENSE MUSIC]
What happened to his car?
They were hooking it up to go
to the impound lot when I left.
♪
Half a mile on foot
with a head injury?
I bet we beat him here.
You'd lose that bet.
7-Adam-15. Eyes on Hudson.
- We need backup at Mid-City
- Get down!
[GUNFIRE]
[GUNFIRE]
♪
[ENGINE TURNS OVER]
[GLASS SHATTERING]
[TIRES SQUEALING]
[GUNFIRE]
♪
Motor pool guys are gonna kill me.
Shops get damaged all the time.
- It's not your fault.
- I've totaled five.
Seriously?
Back in Texas, they
would give you a medal
for being a proper lawman.
Hey, they found the tow truck
abandoned a half mile away.
It shouldn't be hard
to find him, right?
He won't make it far on foot.
We have no idea how
long he's been planning this.
He could have switch
cars stashed across the city,
people helping him.
Secret Service has to
cancel the visit now, right?
- [PHONE DINGS]
- I wouldn't count on that.
But they are changing his
motorcade route, so I gotta go.
What do you want us to do, Sarge?
Right.
Um
OK, get back to the station.
Check in with Harper and Lopez.
They're talking to
Hudson's ex-girlfriend,
so hopefully they'll learn something
that'll help us find him.
All right.
How you doing, Margaret?
I am Detective Harper.
- This is Detective Lopez.
- Hi.
I hope you don't mind.
My mom wanted to come.
Whatever makes you most comfortable.
I always knew that Jerry was bad news.
- Mom.
- Well, I did.
How long did you two date?
Uh
About ten months.
Six months too long.
But every time I
tried to break it off,
he had some crisis, and
I felt guilty, so I stayed.
When did his obsession
with the president start?
Um, he was already
a little bit paranoid
when I first met him.
But it just felt like talk,
conspiracies about the
deep state, you know.
But then it got worse.
He got worse.
He thought that he was being watched,
said his boss was CIA,
that strangers on the
street were reporting on him.
He thought that if he
could get to the president,
he could make it stop.
I gently pushed back,
tried to encourage him
to go see someone.
He accused me of being one of them.
Threatened to hurt me.
- Did he?
- No.
He punched a hole
in the wall and left.
I changed the locks,
took my vacation time,
went camping for three weeks.
And by the time I got back,
he seemed to have moved on.
It's such a tragedy.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
Really.
He used to be a nice guy.
- Honey.
- Mom, he was.
He made me feel special.
Made me laugh.
And I just watched him
go down the rabbit hole.
And there was nothing
that I could do to save him.
Do you have someplace
safe you can stay
until he's in custody?
She can stay with me.
I have a shotgun, and
I'm not afraid to use it.
Let's try and avoid that.
We'll give you a panic button
and have units check on you regularly.
Listen, you knew
him as well as anyone.
Do you really think that
he would hurt the president?
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Um
I think that Jerry is
a very disturbed man,
who has the means and
ability to do great violence.
♪
Hey.
So, how'd it go today?
Well, we have an armed
wannabe assassin on the loose.
President lands in 16 hours.
Other than that
It's always something.
Is there anything I can do?
No.
All under control.
Secret Service brought
additional resources.
Night shift detectives
are fully briefed,
as are the sergeants.
OK.
Good night.
Hey.
Hi.
- I have bad news.
- I heard.
You have to redo the motorcade route.
Yes.
So I'm gonna need to rain check
on our romantic "first
night living together" dinner.
- I'm sorry.
- It's OK.
You want me to stay around and help?
No.
You're worried it'll
look like I don't trust you
- and I'm taking over.
- Yes.
Even though I know that's
not what you'd be doing.
It's just, you know,
appearances are important,
especially right at the
beginning of a new job, so
It's OK.
Listen, I'll keep my ringer on.
Call me if you have any questions.
- And no one needs to know.
- Thank you.
You know, in my mind,
I'm kissing you right now.
[GIGGLES]
So first day as my TO.
How'd I do?
As Sergeant Bradford would say,
you performed all tasks adequately.
My CI choice was, uh, disappointing.
I don't know.
Maybe he'll pay off.
We're good?
We'll see.
Maybe Abraham Lincoln
was just messing with you.
I thought about that, but
he seemed so earnest.
Like, I think he really believes it.
You sure you don't wanna
come sit on the couch?
I'm not used to all this
soft furniture, so it's
It's gonna take me a minute.
[PHONE DINGS]
Hey, even if Agent Past
Lives does believe it,
is that such a bad thing?
Everyone thinks they
were someone special
in their past life.
But there's no way that everyone
was Cleopatra or Diego Rivera.
You know what the problem is?
I think it says something
about his personality, you know?
Like, it's so self-aggrandizing.
Out of all my past lives,
not a single one was famous.
You remember your past lives?
Like, all of them?
- [PHONE DINGS]
- Oh, let's not get into it.
Who keeps texting you?
[SCOFFS] My CI.
Well, if it's important,
take the call.
Let's see.
- [THUDDING]
- [ANIMAL BLEATS]
It's a video of a
kangaroo fighting a deer.
- OK, I have not seen this.
- [LAUGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
No.
Line of sight is too clear
on the western edge.
This guy is a sniper.
Take another run at it.
I'll be back at 4:00 AM for an update.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hello?
Am I talking to Sergeant
Chen or LIGF Lucy?
I don't even know anymore.
Still working on the motorcade route?
You know, here's the thing.
I cannot shut Sepulveda
down for three hours.
It's just not even on the table.
And don't even get
me started on Wilshire.
We do not have the manpower to cover
even half of those rooftops, so
So it's gonna be an all-nighter?
- For sure.
- Have you eaten, at least?
No, but it's not a big deal.
I mean, there's a vending machine
that I can go get something from.
God forbid.
This is really sweet.
I think I'm gonna cry.
At work?
You would never.
You're right.
Have you changed your mind about help?
No, but you could stay and eat with me
and listen while I complain
about the Secret Service,
without offering any advice,
like the supportive
live-in boyfriend you are.
You got it.
We live in a disaster-prone area.
We need to be ready for anything.
And if we raised chickens,
we'd have a guaranteed
source of protein.
How are you gonna protect
them from the coyotes?
I'll build them a
fortress in the yard.
I'll have my strong, handsome husband
build them a fortress in the yard.
As you can see, the suspect has
barricaded himself
inside the dispensary
and is refusing to come out.
You can't arrest me! I have immunity!
Call Officer Penn!
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
Great.
[PHONE DINGS]
♪
Hey, uh, what's
What's Channel 7?
Nolan told me to turn it on.
Oh, it's an old people's
way to watch the news.
The suspect is still resfusing
- Hold on.
- [PHONE RINGING]
Andy, Andy, what
the hell are you doing?
I need you to call off the cops, man.
No, you need to put the phone down
and walk out the door with
your hands on your head.
You said you could
get me out of trouble!
So you went to rob a pot
dispensary to test that out?
No.
Law enforcement hopes to draw him out
as quickly as possible.
- I'm in trouble.
- You're in trouble.
Penn, do you know how much
trouble you caused last night?
The Department of Public Relations
has been fielding calls
nonstop about cops making
immunity deals with dirtbags.
It was entirely my fault, sir.
I wasn't clear with my CI.
In Miles' defense
There is no defense for him or you.
Letting him make a
CI deal with Fast Andy?
You know better than that.
I was giving him enough space
to make it a teachable moment.
Well, now it's a teachable
moment for both of you.
How do you think this looked
on my first day as watch commander?
I'm so sorry, sir.
I would bury you both
under the doghouse,
but the president lands in two hours,
and we are no closer
to finding Jerry Hudson.
Suit up!
- Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.
Once again, I'm so sorry, sir.
Noted.
Now, get your head in the game.
Today's gonna be a bear.
We'll deal with the fallout
tomorrow if we still have jobs.
I don't think you see my vision.
OK, a security company slash resort
slash makeup line is hard to picture.
We wouldn't do them all at once.
Morning.
Wesley's killing my dream.
Uh, it's not your dream.
You came up with it yesterday.
I'm going to work.
See you.
Force of habit?
No.
Close the door.
First of all, I wanna be clear.
This is temporary.
With the President coming to town,
they want a seasoned
veteran back in the office.
Which is why they asked me to return
- as watch commander for the day.
- OK.
Tim, this has nothing to do with you
or the job you're doing.
I mean, it has
something to do with it.
The stakes are way too high.
And God forbid
something happens today.
There can't be a newbie at the helm.
It'll look like we went in unprepared.
I get it.
All right. What do you need from me?
Get everybody in roll call.
Yes, sir.
All right.
This is only temporary,
so please try to contain
your disappointment.
Now, we're all aware of
the most pressing issue.
The president lands in two hours,
and we have a wannabe
assassin on the loose.
The decision has been
made to continue the visit,
so I need everyone on this.
Detectives Harper and Lopez
and Agent Butler will
get you up to speed.
Our suspect is Jerry
Hudson, avid collector
of conspiracy theories and weapons,
the most alarming of
which is a Barrett M82.
According to the rangemaster
at Hudson's range,
Hudson is accurate up to 800 yards.
The two stops that POTUS is making,
first at UCLA for a
speech, then at a fundraiser
at Hancock Park, are well secured,
but we are adding an
awning to cover the entrance
and exit at each location.
Sergeant Bradford will be
coordinating motorcade routes.
No, that assignment will
remain with Sergeant Chen.
I'm a utility player today.
Fine.
As of 0600 this morning,
we have locked in a
primary and secondary route
for both locations.
Because of the elevated threat level,
street closures will be
more extensive than normal.
- [ALL GROANING]
- I know.
But it is what it is.
Be prepared for angry motorists
and an increase in reckless behavior.
You got anything to add?
Listen,
today is why we wear the uniform,
and not just to keep
the president safe,
but to ensure the
safety of all Angelenos.
Communication is key.
Eyes open.
Stay sharp.
Let's win the day.
♪
Nice speech.
And thank you.
No need to pay the demotion forward.
Look, your plan is great.
You thought through threats
seasoned agents would have missed.
Are you OK?
Yeah, I'm fine, Sergeant Chen.
What's our first order of business?
Shutting down the west
side of Los Angeles.
Here we go.
[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC]
Let me see you take off ♪
I need a tow truck in sector seven,
north side of 4th.
Take off, let me see you take off ♪
♪
Huh.
Jerry's creative
spelling does not make
his angry letters to the president
any easier to read.
Took me a minute to
figure out he wasn't raging
against "pubic" policy.
Pubic
Oh, right. Public.
That's almost as good as,
"The deep state will know my furry."
Hard to say who he hates the most,
the president, Justice Department,
CIA, or the English language.
It's definitely the FBI.
I can't tell you how
many times he's railed
against the "Feebs."
Actually, it doesn't say "the Feebs."
It says "Feebs" betrayed him.
"Feebs deserves to die."
"Feebs" as in Phoebe.
Margaret Phoebe Daws.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I think I figured out what
went wrong our first day.
You ignored my advice and misled a CI.
That too.
What I realize is, I've had
a lot of coaches in my day.
And I tend to respond
best to the real hard-asses.
- Like Tim.
- Yeah.
More of a drill-sergeant-type.
Look, so if I'm messing
up, just get in my face, yell.
- [PHONE RINGS]
- I can take it.
Uh
Yeah, what do you got?
Hudson's plan is in his letters.
Let me guess.
Kill the president?
No, he's starting
with "Feebs," Phoebe,
his ex-girlfriend's middle name.
We have to get to her now.
We're on the way.
Come on..
[INTENSE MUSIC]
[SIREN WAILING]
You've reached Margaret.
Sorry I missed you.
Hey, it's Detective Harper.
Call me as soon as you get this.
OK, thanks.
She's not with her mom, either.
- [PHONE RINGS]
- Wait. Hold on.
- Hey, Margaret, where are you?
- I'm at work.
OK.
I need you to get out of there
and go someplace safe.
Jerry's coming, isn't he?
We are on our way right now.
[GUNSHOT]
What was that?
That's him. You gotta hide.
I need all available
units at 4262 Warner.
Any room with a door
that locks, a bathroom or
- My boss's office.
- OK. That's perfect.
Barricade yourself in there.
Do not come out until we get there.
OK.
Run, run, run, run.
The police are on their
Hide!
Hide!
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
- [GUNSHOT]
- Go!
[SCREAMING]
♪
[GUNFIRE]
♪
[GUNFIRE] [SCREAMING]
Hide!
Get down!
[GUNFIRE]
♪
OK.
Let's go!
♪
[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING]
[SIRENS WAILING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
- Do we have to wait for Metro?
- No, we go in.
Good.
♪
You good?
♪
- Go. Get out.
- Go.
Come on.
Don't stop till you
get across the street.
We'll go left.
You take center.
Copy.
Listen to me carefully, Officer Penn.
There is no room for
you to be a cowboy today.
We've both seen firsthand
how things can go wrong in a gunfight.
Stay on my six, focus on your sector,
and control your fire.
- Yes, sir.
- Let's do this.
♪
[METAL CLANKS]
Do you hear that?
♪
Is anyone injured?
No.
We're OK.
Does anyone know where Margaret is?
No, we haven't seen her.
All right, stay low.
Stay quiet.
We have additional units on the way.
We have six secured upstairs.
Margaret is not with them.
Repeat, Margaret is not with them.
[GUNFIRE]
All right. Stay here. Protect them.
- But
- Don't argue. Just do it.
Yes, sir.
♪
[GUNFIRE]
♪
[GUNSHOTS]
Shooter down!
[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING]
Suspect down.
Control, 7-Adam-15.
We have suspect in custody.
Need an ambulance for one suspect,
two gunshot wounds in the shoulder.
He's conscious and breathing.
We are Code-4.
Hey.
You OK?
Yeah.
- Is it over?
- Yeah, it's over.
It's over.
Shh.
It's OK.
It's over.
Who am I kidding?
I'd do this job for free.
Well, POTUS is in the
air, and we are outta here.
Thank God.
No, no, not that I'm expressing
relief that you are leaving.
It's just, this town loses their mind
when you disrupt their commute.
I totally understand.
It was a pleasure working with you.
- Likewise.
- No, I really mean it.
I don't tell too many people
about the past life thing.
And it was nice talking to
someone who believes me.
Of course.
And who knows?
You know, maybe we connect
so well because in a past life,
I was Mary Lincoln.
[BOTH LAUGH]
Or John Wilkes Booth.
[MIMICS GUNSHOTS]
I'm, no, I
I'm kidding.
I I was
I was kidding.
OK, I don't take myself
that seriously, right?
Uh
Kevin Kelvin, the Secret Service ag
His name is Kevin Kelvin?
Yes. Not the point.
But
You know what, never mind.
I'm just glad this crazy day is over.
I heard you guys were the heroes.
- Just doing our job.
- Oh, he's being modest.
Your former training
officer is as brave
as the first man who ate an oyster.
Don't I know it.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
I've been thinking about
your coaching preference.
- The drill sergeant thing?
- Yeah.
I'm not gonna do that.
We don't always get to pick
the personality of our supervisors.
And it's not my job to
be your preferred TO.
It is your job to learn
how to deal with me.
- Got it?
- Got it.
Good.
That was a very drill
sergeant thing to say.
I contain multitudes.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Thanks for stepping in today.
It's nothing you couldn't have done.
Brass just doesn't know you.
So start forging those relationships.
Bring coffee to the weekly meetings.
- Memorize their kids' names.
- I get it.
- I need to work on my social game.
- Exactly.
Lucy can give you some pointers.
All right.
That's it.
All yours.
Tell you what.
This job's a lot harder
than I thought it would be.
If it's any consolation,
it doesn't get any easier.
Great to hear.
If you need anything
or just wanna talk
- I know where to find you.
- All right.
Sir.
Got a minute?
Yeah.
Hey, listen.
Nice work today.
Your commendation
is being talked about,
which should put this
Fast Andy screw-up to bed.
About that.
Um
Can I speak freely?
Sure.
Officer Penn is my rookie now.
But I can't train him effectively
if I have you second-guessing
my methods every shift.
Now, I am aware you have a
decade of seniority over me.
You're right.
I am painfully aware of what
second-guessing feels like,
and it won't happen to you again.
Officer Penn is yours to train.
Now, that said,
Fast Andy was a
perfect storm of stupid.
And as your watch
commander, it is my job
to yell at you if your training
produces a bad result.
Understood.
Thank you.
Uh, for what it's worth,
I admire how you
handled yourself today.
That could not have been easy.
Thank you.
That was nice.
So, are you ready to go home,
for our first official night together?
God, yes.
You know, great work with
the president's visit today.
I know, right?
But, thank you for saying that.
So I changed my mind.
I now fully endorse my wife
embracing a lifestyle
that involves zero gunfights
with presidential assassins.
Sorry.
You missed your window.
I already gave up on that
athleisurewear company.
I didn't even know
that was on the table.
And all the other new hustles
Harper and I were dreaming about.
I'm not ready to
quit this job just yet.
Yeah, I figured.
- But I do have a new dream.
- Mm?
It involves a suite
at the Four Seasons.
- Tonight?
- Yes.
My mom's watching the kids.
I'll meet you in the
hotel bar in 30 minutes?
Yeah.
You'll be Max,
an international man of mystery.
And I'll be Christina,
an insatiable corporate shark
in town for a conference.
I love that for us.
Then get your ass in the car.
I'll be there in 30.
[SMOOTH R&B MUSIC]
OK.
Make it, make it, make it home ♪
♪
Welcome home.
Thank you.
Feels smaller than before.
Well, look, I wasn't sure
where you wanted anything,
so I uh
I held off.
[DOG BARKS]
Oh, there's my baby.
Come here.
Hi!
This is kind of overwhelming.
Yeah, there's a lot to do.
You want to just go out to dinner?
Yes, I really, really do.
That's a
Can we bring Kojo?
It's gonna severely limit
our restaurant options.
But, I mean, how could we not?
- For sure.
- Kojo!
- [WHISTLES] Let's go.
- Going to dinner.
Good boy.
Let's go, let's go.
- Come here.
- OK.
All right. Ready?
- Yeah.
- Let's do it.
- Come on.
- Wait. Wait, wait, wait.
Make it, make it, make it, ♪
make it home ♪
OK, now we can go.
- Make it home ♪
- Come on, boy.
One day, I'll make it home ♪
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
Hard to say goodbye?
So much of my life happened here.
All those years with Tamara,
with Jackson,
and now you.
I feel like every important thing
in my adult life happened in here.
But now you're emerging
from this chrysalis
and becoming a
beautiful butterfly and
- [LAUGHS]
- Too much?
No. It's perfect.
You're perfect.
[DOOR OPENS]
Sorry.
Am I early?
No, no, we're just
getting a slow start.
Sorry, come on in.
Hey, well, you can put
some of your stuff in my room for now.
Oh, this is all I have.
- What? Are you kidding?
- No.
Car life is all about minimalism.
But if you have anything
you want to leave behind,
feel free.
You know
I mean, Tim has a bed.
Do you really need to bring yours?
What?
Sorry.
Could you actually
just, um, put that back?
Thank you.
You are welcome to come
visit any time you want.
- Thank you.
- Yes.
Take care of this place for me.
I will.
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
This is so gross.
I don't even want to
put this on my chair.
I'm calling it.
There's not enough
dry cleaning in the world.
Why did that idiot have to
throw his gun in the sewer?
I know, as if murder
wasn't bad enough,
he had to go and
ruin my favorite boots.
What's that smell?
That is the sweet
aroma of a closed case.
It smells like industrial waste.
You know, sometimes I
wonder what I'm still doing here.
I'm rich, you know.
Like, really rich.
I don't need any of this.
What are you gonna do, huh?
Retire, have lunch at the
country club every day?
I'd also do Pilates and read books
and go shopping and travel.
Being a boss isn't just
about getting the work done.
You gotta play a smart political game.
I know.
I've filled in for you before.
A day here or there is not the same.
Look, Tim, you are the
watch commander now.
No acting, no interim.
You're him.
Now, problem-solving is never-ending.
Memos pile up fast.
If you don't have a
system, you'll fall behind.
- Understood.
- Um
Yeah, that's it.
Any questions?
No. I'm good.
That's my desk.
Right.
Sorry, it's gonna take
some getting used to.
Um, so if you need anything
I know where the task force office is.
Good luck.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Hey, I don't want to
make you late for roll call,
but, Girlfriend Lucy
has a couple of things
she'd like to say to you
before you started your shift.
So good luck.
You've earned this.
And
And you've got this.
Girlfriend Lucy?
Yes.
Well, technically, I guess it's
Live-In Girlfriend Lucy now, so
Technically, I think you
have to be fully unpacked
before we can call you that.
But that's not the point.
Either way, LIGF Lucy
is officially clocking out,
and Sergeant Chen is taking over.
This is weird.
Maybe, but our jobs are too important
to let our relationship interfere.
We really need to be professional.
OK, well, I appreciate
LIGF Lucy's kind words.
Mm. I will tell her if I see her.
Tell her.
OK.
Ah, first day as roving supervisor.
- You nervous?
- Oh, no.
Nothing could be more challenging
than working with
the Dream Team, so
At least on night shift,
your boyfriend wasn't
the watch commander.
Wow.
I do have a good plan for
dealing with that, though.
It's strict compartmentalization.
Sounds unhealthy.
What? No
I think it's good.
Clear boundaries and no confusion.
See you at roll call.
So any advice for
dealing with your old TO?
Nolan's tricky.
He seems like the
nicest person in the world,
but, he can lay down the law.
- Hmm.
- Don't take him for granted.
Understood.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Thank you.
It is so weird seeing
Tim in Grey's office.
It feels like everything's
changing all at once.
Tim's the new Grey.
I'm the new Tim.
Miles is the new Celina.
So who am I?
You
You're just Nolan.
[LAUGHS]
Whoo!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Thank you.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
OK, knock it off!
We have a number of changes today.
First, Nolan will take
over training Officer Penn.
Finally got him straightened out,
so, try not to mess it up.
I'll do my best.
Well, don't do your best.
Do my best.
Second, Sergeant Chen is
taking over as roving supervisor.
- Whoo!
- [APPLAUSE]
And finally, in T-minus 36 hours,
the President of the United
States arrives in Los Angeles.
- [GROANS]
- [COUGHS]
Sorry, I think I'm coming
down with something.
Probably just an allergy.
It is an honor to host the
president in our fair city.
And we will ensure that his
visit is safe and productive.
A Secret Service
advance team lands shortly.
And they'll be operating
out of our station
for the next 48 hours.
Let's show them how real
law enforcement is done.
- Copy?
- Copy.
- Yes, sir.
- Dismissed.
Sergeant Chen, a minute?
Yep.
OK, this right here,
this is the current
department bible
on presidential visits.
Wow.
So don't lose it?
Don't even joke about losing it.
OK.
Oh, wow.
- It's really intricate.
- Yeah.
Apparently, this president
guy is pretty important.
Look, I've been coordinating
with the Secret Service
for the last month.
The only thing left to lock down
is the motorcade route.
And since you're watch commander now,
it falls to me.
- Right. OK.
- Correct.
This is not as simple
as getting the president
from point A to point B.
The route needs to comply
with all Secret Service protocols.
And my recent proposal is in there.
We're just waiting for a
sign-off on a few items.
- Am I locked in to your plan?
- No.
If you think you can
do better, feel free.
But it would be a heavy
lift on your first day.
And, the rethink can't get in
the way of your other duties.
So if you were me,
stick to the current plan.
Got it.
OK.
So if I do lose it
[SCOFFS] I'm joking.
Grey would have
thought that was funny.
- Doubt it.
- Mm.
Chen, um, gimme that thing.
Roll call was OK, right?
Speaking as Sergeant Chen
Because Lucy has left the building.
Yes, I remember.
You were maybe, like, a tad too gruff.
They're grown-ups. I'm
not gonna coddle them.
No, I totally agree.
It's just,
you know, Grey would
always end on a good note.
- "Be safe out there."
- OK, well, that was his thing.
You know, I need to find my own style.
I know.
And you will.
Every TO-rookie
relationship is unique.
As long as it's based in respect,
we shouldn't have any problems.
So, what is next in your
Rook Book checklist?
- Cultivating an informant.
- OK.
But, shouldn't that wait until after
the circus comes to town tomorrow?
Every day is a circus in Los Angeles.
Part of your training is
going to be multitasking.
I assume you've
already started cultivating
- a list of potential CIs.
- Oh, yes, sir.
My top candidate is
a high-end sex worker
I helped out a few weeks back.
Good instincts, but I
wouldn't start with her.
A CI-cop relationship is
complicated on a good day,
without the emotional complexities
that her profession might bring.
All right. Well, what
about Dave Kaiser?
His garage does a lot of work
on cars for the Southern Front.
How long has he been sober?
- A couple months.
- Not nearly long enough.
All right.
Fast Andy.
Fast Andy. Now, he
has good connections.
- Mm-hmm.
- But he's not that bright.
I'm not looking for
a financial advisor.
Most criminals are dumb.
Right, but a CI needs
to be smart enough
- to be able to maintain a lie.
- Yeah, I know that.
I've recruited informants
before back in Texas.
OK, it's your call.
I'm only here for guidance.
If you think Fast Andy is your guy,
let's go recruit him
and see how that goes.
I'm not buying it.
Kids and self-care all day, every day?
I think you'd get bored.
So I'll start a business,
hire my BFF to run it with me.
What kind of business?
Harper, Lopez.
Bradford.
Good to see you.
All right, Agent Butler,
this is Sergeant Chen.
She's taking over my old position.
Detectives Harper and
Lopez have volunteered
to help you run down threats.
I don't remember volunteering.
Me neither.
This is my right hand,
Agent Kevin Kelvin.
I'm sorry.
Kevin
Kevin Kelvin?
My parents are fans of alliteration.
- Who isn't?
- Here's the watch list.
As you know, most of them are cranks.
But, with POTUS landing tomorrow,
we need to make sure
that there's no signs
of escalation
major life events, weapon purchases.
We know what escalation looks like.
Of course you do.
My apologies.
You want us to start
at the top of the list?
No.
They're in order of assessed threat.
We'll take the most worrying.
Why don't you start around
- 20?
- Sure thing.
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
Start at 20?
He might as well have just
said waste your entire day
- talking to mouth breathers.
- What I'm saying.
If we work for ourselves,
we wouldn't have to jump
through anybody else's hoops.
Doing what?
Well
All right, so we have narrowed it down
to private investigation
firm or spa resort.
Two solid choices.
And we've only been thinking on it
for three waste-of-time door knocks.
Who's lucky number four?
Jerry Hudson. 34.
Gun enthusiast.
Posts under the username
SicSemperTyrannis414,
and threats to the president
are varied and many.
Mr. Hudson, LAPD.
We have a few questions for you.
Angela.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Jerry Hudson, LAPD!
Come out with your hands up.
♪
Clear.
You got anything?
♪
Angela!
♪
Impressive and terrifying.
Everything's labeled.
Makes it easy to see what's missing.
What is most troubling
is sniper "riffle."
I think he means rifle.
I think his spelling is
the least of our problems.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
It is important that you be
completely clear with your CI.
That's a delicate balance.
You want to motivate
your CI to cooperate,
but at the same time, you
can't keep him out of jail.
You can't even promise to be lenient.
Not the DA.
Got it.
Andy, it's good to see you.
- Thanks for taking the time.
- No problem.
I gotta make this quick,
though, 'cause my boss,
he's all over me about that
business I had with the money.
I mean, how am I supposed to know
Obama's not on the hundred?
Those fakes can be tricky.
Exactly.
So what's up?
I have a business proposition.
You've got connections
on your side of the law.
I've got connections
on my side of the law.
What do you say we work together?
- You want me to snitch.
- Nah.
You don't have to tell me
anything you don't want to.
But, if you hear something you
want to pass along, hit me up.
How much is it worth to you?
Well, let's not focus on the money.
So nothing.
Look, LAPD's budget is limited.
But the real benefit
is our relationship.
You help me, I help you.
Help me how?
We can discuss that.
So, let's discuss it now.
7-Adam-15.
Detectives requesting
10-21 for assignment.
Copy.
Calling shortly.
Look, you murder someone,
I can't help you, right?
But smaller offenses,
I have some leeway.
OK.
I can see the value in that.
- OK.
- All right.
We gotta go.
Here's my card.
The cell is on there.
Thanks, man.
Hey, y'all want a
pop before y'all leave?
I just opened a bottle of vodka.
We don't drink on the job.
Yeah.
Me neither.
Yeah.
- What?
- Nothing.
You happy with how that went?
Yes, sir.
Now it's up to Andy.
How am I supposed to
make sure POTUS is never
ten minutes away from a hospital?
7-Adam-300,
requesting supervisor
on Blix and Hortense.
Priority X-ray.
7-Adam-300 responding.
- [HORN HONKS]
- Oh, OK.
[TIRES SQUEAL]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Hey.
Must be bad if the watch
commander came out.
It's not good. Heavily armed suspect
on the Secret Service
watch list is in the wind.
What exactly is this guy's
history with the president?
Cyber threat team
flagged Hudson a year ago.
He was posting about revolution,
rooting out tyranny
all standard fare.
About six months ago, he
started demanding a meeting
with the president,
sending handwritten letters
directly to the White House.
We'll need copies of those letters.
I'll send you copies of our reports.
Not the reports, the originals.
I can assure you, our
analysts are very thorough.
No doubt, but I insist.
Just say yes.
Fine.
But I want every available officer
out looking for this guy.
- OK, we
- Absolutely, we
Sorry.
You go.
You'll have all available resources
and full coordination
with our divisions.
Good.
I want to embed Agent
Kelvin with your team.
Yeah. No problem.
We can do that for you.
Officer Juarez?
Agent Kelvin's gonna ride with you.
He's gonna help question
Hudson's family members.
Let's go.
At what point do you
cancel the president's visit?
We are nowhere near that point.
For all we know, this guy
could be out on a hunting trip.
I know that this is high-level stuff.
This is my everyday.
So let's just chase down the bad guy
and check him off the list.
I'm just gonna say it.
Not a fan.
That's twice it felt like
he defaulted to talking to Tim, right?
- Am I crazy?
- BOTH: No.
I don't think he meant
anything by that.
We've worked together before.
- He's just comfortable with me.
- Mm-hmm.
All right. I'll go talk to him.
- ALL: No.
- That definitely is worse.
It's fine.
We eat ingrained
misogyny for breakfast.
Lopez just sent details on
our suspect, Jerry Hudson.
She wants us to talk
to Jerry's coworkers
at Third Street Surplus.
- Copy that.
- [PHONE DINGS]
- That Lopez again?
- Fast Andy.
- [PHONE DINGS]
- He's got a lead already?
Not exactly.
It's mostly memes.
- [PHONE DINGS]
- Oh, this one's not a meme.
He wants to know if I
could track down a
Girl he once dated.
She was smoking hot.
But if she's gotten fat, never mind.
He's not interested.
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
- You're an Aries?
- Oh, yeah.
It was a gift.
- I'm a Cancer.
- Of course.
And I bet you're a Gemini ascending.
- You're good.
- I dabble.
But I've learned to
downplay it at work.
Oh, me too.
Everyone is so judgmental
of new age spirituality.
How long have you been
in the Secret Service?
I joined right out of college.
Let me guess.
You watched "In the Line of Fire"
at an impressionable age.
- Not exactly.
- Oh.
I don't know you well enough yet.
Oh, come on.
This shop is a safe space.
Here, I'll go first.
I believe the reason why tarot works,
is because it's connected
to the nonlinearity of time.
So the tarot isn't
sending you a message.
You are sending yourself
a message from the future
by influencing the cards.
I have never thought
about it that way before.
That makes a lot of sense.
I know.
So, what made you want
to protect the president?
I had all these dreams
when I was a kid.
Real vivid.
And, they had all
these historical details
that I just couldn't possibly
know any other way.
Like from a past life?
Yeah.
And I realized I was
Abraham Lincoln
- Reborn.
- Wh
Like Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln?
That's the one.
Well, that's why you
joined the Secret Service,
to stop what happened to you
from happening to another president.
It's not what I put on
my application, but yeah.
Well, that's
Amazing.
7-Adam-13, EMT report
triggered our BOLO.
Suspect Jerry Hudson was
just taken to St. Stephen Hospital.
You're the closest unit.
Control, show us responding.
[SIREN WAILING]
Hey, did you just
bring in Jerry Hudson?
Yeah, he was in a single car accident.
Lost control in an intersection,
- hit a light pole.
- We need to talk to him.
- He's being triaged in bay 12.
- [SCREAMING]
Hey, you OK?
- He just took off.
- Call security.
Tell them to lock down the hospital.
Any chance he's armed?
I did a pretty thorough exam.
If there was a gun,
I would've felt it.
But there was an empty knife sheath.
Oh, OK.
7-Lincoln-13, I need additional units
to St. Stephen Hospital for
at-large suspect Jerry Hudson.
Description to follow.
Brown hair, blue jeans, white shirt.
Blood on his face and
neck from a head injury.
[ALARM BLARING]
Nothing.
God.
[TENSE MUSIC]
What happened to his car?
They were hooking it up to go
to the impound lot when I left.
♪
Half a mile on foot
with a head injury?
I bet we beat him here.
You'd lose that bet.
7-Adam-15. Eyes on Hudson.
- We need backup at Mid-City
- Get down!
[GUNFIRE]
[GUNFIRE]
♪
[ENGINE TURNS OVER]
[GLASS SHATTERING]
[TIRES SQUEALING]
[GUNFIRE]
♪
Motor pool guys are gonna kill me.
Shops get damaged all the time.
- It's not your fault.
- I've totaled five.
Seriously?
Back in Texas, they
would give you a medal
for being a proper lawman.
Hey, they found the tow truck
abandoned a half mile away.
It shouldn't be hard
to find him, right?
He won't make it far on foot.
We have no idea how
long he's been planning this.
He could have switch
cars stashed across the city,
people helping him.
Secret Service has to
cancel the visit now, right?
- [PHONE DINGS]
- I wouldn't count on that.
But they are changing his
motorcade route, so I gotta go.
What do you want us to do, Sarge?
Right.
Um
OK, get back to the station.
Check in with Harper and Lopez.
They're talking to
Hudson's ex-girlfriend,
so hopefully they'll learn something
that'll help us find him.
All right.
How you doing, Margaret?
I am Detective Harper.
- This is Detective Lopez.
- Hi.
I hope you don't mind.
My mom wanted to come.
Whatever makes you most comfortable.
I always knew that Jerry was bad news.
- Mom.
- Well, I did.
How long did you two date?
Uh
About ten months.
Six months too long.
But every time I
tried to break it off,
he had some crisis, and
I felt guilty, so I stayed.
When did his obsession
with the president start?
Um, he was already
a little bit paranoid
when I first met him.
But it just felt like talk,
conspiracies about the
deep state, you know.
But then it got worse.
He got worse.
He thought that he was being watched,
said his boss was CIA,
that strangers on the
street were reporting on him.
He thought that if he
could get to the president,
he could make it stop.
I gently pushed back,
tried to encourage him
to go see someone.
He accused me of being one of them.
Threatened to hurt me.
- Did he?
- No.
He punched a hole
in the wall and left.
I changed the locks,
took my vacation time,
went camping for three weeks.
And by the time I got back,
he seemed to have moved on.
It's such a tragedy.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
Really.
He used to be a nice guy.
- Honey.
- Mom, he was.
He made me feel special.
Made me laugh.
And I just watched him
go down the rabbit hole.
And there was nothing
that I could do to save him.
Do you have someplace
safe you can stay
until he's in custody?
She can stay with me.
I have a shotgun, and
I'm not afraid to use it.
Let's try and avoid that.
We'll give you a panic button
and have units check on you regularly.
Listen, you knew
him as well as anyone.
Do you really think that
he would hurt the president?
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Um
I think that Jerry is
a very disturbed man,
who has the means and
ability to do great violence.
♪
Hey.
So, how'd it go today?
Well, we have an armed
wannabe assassin on the loose.
President lands in 16 hours.
Other than that
It's always something.
Is there anything I can do?
No.
All under control.
Secret Service brought
additional resources.
Night shift detectives
are fully briefed,
as are the sergeants.
OK.
Good night.
Hey.
Hi.
- I have bad news.
- I heard.
You have to redo the motorcade route.
Yes.
So I'm gonna need to rain check
on our romantic "first
night living together" dinner.
- I'm sorry.
- It's OK.
You want me to stay around and help?
No.
You're worried it'll
look like I don't trust you
- and I'm taking over.
- Yes.
Even though I know that's
not what you'd be doing.
It's just, you know,
appearances are important,
especially right at the
beginning of a new job, so
It's OK.
Listen, I'll keep my ringer on.
Call me if you have any questions.
- And no one needs to know.
- Thank you.
You know, in my mind,
I'm kissing you right now.
[GIGGLES]
So first day as my TO.
How'd I do?
As Sergeant Bradford would say,
you performed all tasks adequately.
My CI choice was, uh, disappointing.
I don't know.
Maybe he'll pay off.
We're good?
We'll see.
Maybe Abraham Lincoln
was just messing with you.
I thought about that, but
he seemed so earnest.
Like, I think he really believes it.
You sure you don't wanna
come sit on the couch?
I'm not used to all this
soft furniture, so it's
It's gonna take me a minute.
[PHONE DINGS]
Hey, even if Agent Past
Lives does believe it,
is that such a bad thing?
Everyone thinks they
were someone special
in their past life.
But there's no way that everyone
was Cleopatra or Diego Rivera.
You know what the problem is?
I think it says something
about his personality, you know?
Like, it's so self-aggrandizing.
Out of all my past lives,
not a single one was famous.
You remember your past lives?
Like, all of them?
- [PHONE DINGS]
- Oh, let's not get into it.
Who keeps texting you?
[SCOFFS] My CI.
Well, if it's important,
take the call.
Let's see.
- [THUDDING]
- [ANIMAL BLEATS]
It's a video of a
kangaroo fighting a deer.
- OK, I have not seen this.
- [LAUGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
No.
Line of sight is too clear
on the western edge.
This guy is a sniper.
Take another run at it.
I'll be back at 4:00 AM for an update.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hello?
Am I talking to Sergeant
Chen or LIGF Lucy?
I don't even know anymore.
Still working on the motorcade route?
You know, here's the thing.
I cannot shut Sepulveda
down for three hours.
It's just not even on the table.
And don't even get
me started on Wilshire.
We do not have the manpower to cover
even half of those rooftops, so
So it's gonna be an all-nighter?
- For sure.
- Have you eaten, at least?
No, but it's not a big deal.
I mean, there's a vending machine
that I can go get something from.
God forbid.
This is really sweet.
I think I'm gonna cry.
At work?
You would never.
You're right.
Have you changed your mind about help?
No, but you could stay and eat with me
and listen while I complain
about the Secret Service,
without offering any advice,
like the supportive
live-in boyfriend you are.
You got it.
We live in a disaster-prone area.
We need to be ready for anything.
And if we raised chickens,
we'd have a guaranteed
source of protein.
How are you gonna protect
them from the coyotes?
I'll build them a
fortress in the yard.
I'll have my strong, handsome husband
build them a fortress in the yard.
As you can see, the suspect has
barricaded himself
inside the dispensary
and is refusing to come out.
You can't arrest me! I have immunity!
Call Officer Penn!
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
Great.
[PHONE DINGS]
♪
Hey, uh, what's
What's Channel 7?
Nolan told me to turn it on.
Oh, it's an old people's
way to watch the news.
The suspect is still resfusing
- Hold on.
- [PHONE RINGING]
Andy, Andy, what
the hell are you doing?
I need you to call off the cops, man.
No, you need to put the phone down
and walk out the door with
your hands on your head.
You said you could
get me out of trouble!
So you went to rob a pot
dispensary to test that out?
No.
Law enforcement hopes to draw him out
as quickly as possible.
- I'm in trouble.
- You're in trouble.
Penn, do you know how much
trouble you caused last night?
The Department of Public Relations
has been fielding calls
nonstop about cops making
immunity deals with dirtbags.
It was entirely my fault, sir.
I wasn't clear with my CI.
In Miles' defense
There is no defense for him or you.
Letting him make a
CI deal with Fast Andy?
You know better than that.
I was giving him enough space
to make it a teachable moment.
Well, now it's a teachable
moment for both of you.
How do you think this looked
on my first day as watch commander?
I'm so sorry, sir.
I would bury you both
under the doghouse,
but the president lands in two hours,
and we are no closer
to finding Jerry Hudson.
Suit up!
- Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.
Once again, I'm so sorry, sir.
Noted.
Now, get your head in the game.
Today's gonna be a bear.
We'll deal with the fallout
tomorrow if we still have jobs.
I don't think you see my vision.
OK, a security company slash resort
slash makeup line is hard to picture.
We wouldn't do them all at once.
Morning.
Wesley's killing my dream.
Uh, it's not your dream.
You came up with it yesterday.
I'm going to work.
See you.
Force of habit?
No.
Close the door.
First of all, I wanna be clear.
This is temporary.
With the President coming to town,
they want a seasoned
veteran back in the office.
Which is why they asked me to return
- as watch commander for the day.
- OK.
Tim, this has nothing to do with you
or the job you're doing.
I mean, it has
something to do with it.
The stakes are way too high.
And God forbid
something happens today.
There can't be a newbie at the helm.
It'll look like we went in unprepared.
I get it.
All right. What do you need from me?
Get everybody in roll call.
Yes, sir.
All right.
This is only temporary,
so please try to contain
your disappointment.
Now, we're all aware of
the most pressing issue.
The president lands in two hours,
and we have a wannabe
assassin on the loose.
The decision has been
made to continue the visit,
so I need everyone on this.
Detectives Harper and Lopez
and Agent Butler will
get you up to speed.
Our suspect is Jerry
Hudson, avid collector
of conspiracy theories and weapons,
the most alarming of
which is a Barrett M82.
According to the rangemaster
at Hudson's range,
Hudson is accurate up to 800 yards.
The two stops that POTUS is making,
first at UCLA for a
speech, then at a fundraiser
at Hancock Park, are well secured,
but we are adding an
awning to cover the entrance
and exit at each location.
Sergeant Bradford will be
coordinating motorcade routes.
No, that assignment will
remain with Sergeant Chen.
I'm a utility player today.
Fine.
As of 0600 this morning,
we have locked in a
primary and secondary route
for both locations.
Because of the elevated threat level,
street closures will be
more extensive than normal.
- [ALL GROANING]
- I know.
But it is what it is.
Be prepared for angry motorists
and an increase in reckless behavior.
You got anything to add?
Listen,
today is why we wear the uniform,
and not just to keep
the president safe,
but to ensure the
safety of all Angelenos.
Communication is key.
Eyes open.
Stay sharp.
Let's win the day.
♪
Nice speech.
And thank you.
No need to pay the demotion forward.
Look, your plan is great.
You thought through threats
seasoned agents would have missed.
Are you OK?
Yeah, I'm fine, Sergeant Chen.
What's our first order of business?
Shutting down the west
side of Los Angeles.
Here we go.
[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC]
Let me see you take off ♪
I need a tow truck in sector seven,
north side of 4th.
Take off, let me see you take off ♪
♪
Huh.
Jerry's creative
spelling does not make
his angry letters to the president
any easier to read.
Took me a minute to
figure out he wasn't raging
against "pubic" policy.
Pubic
Oh, right. Public.
That's almost as good as,
"The deep state will know my furry."
Hard to say who he hates the most,
the president, Justice Department,
CIA, or the English language.
It's definitely the FBI.
I can't tell you how
many times he's railed
against the "Feebs."
Actually, it doesn't say "the Feebs."
It says "Feebs" betrayed him.
"Feebs deserves to die."
"Feebs" as in Phoebe.
Margaret Phoebe Daws.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I think I figured out what
went wrong our first day.
You ignored my advice and misled a CI.
That too.
What I realize is, I've had
a lot of coaches in my day.
And I tend to respond
best to the real hard-asses.
- Like Tim.
- Yeah.
More of a drill-sergeant-type.
Look, so if I'm messing
up, just get in my face, yell.
- [PHONE RINGS]
- I can take it.
Uh
Yeah, what do you got?
Hudson's plan is in his letters.
Let me guess.
Kill the president?
No, he's starting
with "Feebs," Phoebe,
his ex-girlfriend's middle name.
We have to get to her now.
We're on the way.
Come on..
[INTENSE MUSIC]
[SIREN WAILING]
You've reached Margaret.
Sorry I missed you.
Hey, it's Detective Harper.
Call me as soon as you get this.
OK, thanks.
She's not with her mom, either.
- [PHONE RINGS]
- Wait. Hold on.
- Hey, Margaret, where are you?
- I'm at work.
OK.
I need you to get out of there
and go someplace safe.
Jerry's coming, isn't he?
We are on our way right now.
[GUNSHOT]
What was that?
That's him. You gotta hide.
I need all available
units at 4262 Warner.
Any room with a door
that locks, a bathroom or
- My boss's office.
- OK. That's perfect.
Barricade yourself in there.
Do not come out until we get there.
OK.
Run, run, run, run.
The police are on their
Hide!
Hide!
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
- [GUNSHOT]
- Go!
[SCREAMING]
♪
[GUNFIRE]
♪
[GUNFIRE] [SCREAMING]
Hide!
Get down!
[GUNFIRE]
♪
OK.
Let's go!
♪
[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING]
[SIRENS WAILING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
- Do we have to wait for Metro?
- No, we go in.
Good.
♪
You good?
♪
- Go. Get out.
- Go.
Come on.
Don't stop till you
get across the street.
We'll go left.
You take center.
Copy.
Listen to me carefully, Officer Penn.
There is no room for
you to be a cowboy today.
We've both seen firsthand
how things can go wrong in a gunfight.
Stay on my six, focus on your sector,
and control your fire.
- Yes, sir.
- Let's do this.
♪
[METAL CLANKS]
Do you hear that?
♪
Is anyone injured?
No.
We're OK.
Does anyone know where Margaret is?
No, we haven't seen her.
All right, stay low.
Stay quiet.
We have additional units on the way.
We have six secured upstairs.
Margaret is not with them.
Repeat, Margaret is not with them.
[GUNFIRE]
All right. Stay here. Protect them.
- But
- Don't argue. Just do it.
Yes, sir.
♪
[GUNFIRE]
♪
[GUNSHOTS]
Shooter down!
[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING]
Suspect down.
Control, 7-Adam-15.
We have suspect in custody.
Need an ambulance for one suspect,
two gunshot wounds in the shoulder.
He's conscious and breathing.
We are Code-4.
Hey.
You OK?
Yeah.
- Is it over?
- Yeah, it's over.
It's over.
Shh.
It's OK.
It's over.
Who am I kidding?
I'd do this job for free.
Well, POTUS is in the
air, and we are outta here.
Thank God.
No, no, not that I'm expressing
relief that you are leaving.
It's just, this town loses their mind
when you disrupt their commute.
I totally understand.
It was a pleasure working with you.
- Likewise.
- No, I really mean it.
I don't tell too many people
about the past life thing.
And it was nice talking to
someone who believes me.
Of course.
And who knows?
You know, maybe we connect
so well because in a past life,
I was Mary Lincoln.
[BOTH LAUGH]
Or John Wilkes Booth.
[MIMICS GUNSHOTS]
I'm, no, I
I'm kidding.
I I was
I was kidding.
OK, I don't take myself
that seriously, right?
Uh
Kevin Kelvin, the Secret Service ag
His name is Kevin Kelvin?
Yes. Not the point.
But
You know what, never mind.
I'm just glad this crazy day is over.
I heard you guys were the heroes.
- Just doing our job.
- Oh, he's being modest.
Your former training
officer is as brave
as the first man who ate an oyster.
Don't I know it.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
I've been thinking about
your coaching preference.
- The drill sergeant thing?
- Yeah.
I'm not gonna do that.
We don't always get to pick
the personality of our supervisors.
And it's not my job to
be your preferred TO.
It is your job to learn
how to deal with me.
- Got it?
- Got it.
Good.
That was a very drill
sergeant thing to say.
I contain multitudes.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Thanks for stepping in today.
It's nothing you couldn't have done.
Brass just doesn't know you.
So start forging those relationships.
Bring coffee to the weekly meetings.
- Memorize their kids' names.
- I get it.
- I need to work on my social game.
- Exactly.
Lucy can give you some pointers.
All right.
That's it.
All yours.
Tell you what.
This job's a lot harder
than I thought it would be.
If it's any consolation,
it doesn't get any easier.
Great to hear.
If you need anything
or just wanna talk
- I know where to find you.
- All right.
Sir.
Got a minute?
Yeah.
Hey, listen.
Nice work today.
Your commendation
is being talked about,
which should put this
Fast Andy screw-up to bed.
About that.
Um
Can I speak freely?
Sure.
Officer Penn is my rookie now.
But I can't train him effectively
if I have you second-guessing
my methods every shift.
Now, I am aware you have a
decade of seniority over me.
You're right.
I am painfully aware of what
second-guessing feels like,
and it won't happen to you again.
Officer Penn is yours to train.
Now, that said,
Fast Andy was a
perfect storm of stupid.
And as your watch
commander, it is my job
to yell at you if your training
produces a bad result.
Understood.
Thank you.
Uh, for what it's worth,
I admire how you
handled yourself today.
That could not have been easy.
Thank you.
That was nice.
So, are you ready to go home,
for our first official night together?
God, yes.
You know, great work with
the president's visit today.
I know, right?
But, thank you for saying that.
So I changed my mind.
I now fully endorse my wife
embracing a lifestyle
that involves zero gunfights
with presidential assassins.
Sorry.
You missed your window.
I already gave up on that
athleisurewear company.
I didn't even know
that was on the table.
And all the other new hustles
Harper and I were dreaming about.
I'm not ready to
quit this job just yet.
Yeah, I figured.
- But I do have a new dream.
- Mm?
It involves a suite
at the Four Seasons.
- Tonight?
- Yes.
My mom's watching the kids.
I'll meet you in the
hotel bar in 30 minutes?
Yeah.
You'll be Max,
an international man of mystery.
And I'll be Christina,
an insatiable corporate shark
in town for a conference.
I love that for us.
Then get your ass in the car.
I'll be there in 30.
[SMOOTH R&B MUSIC]
OK.
Make it, make it, make it home ♪
♪
Welcome home.
Thank you.
Feels smaller than before.
Well, look, I wasn't sure
where you wanted anything,
so I uh
I held off.
[DOG BARKS]
Oh, there's my baby.
Come here.
Hi!
This is kind of overwhelming.
Yeah, there's a lot to do.
You want to just go out to dinner?
Yes, I really, really do.
That's a
Can we bring Kojo?
It's gonna severely limit
our restaurant options.
But, I mean, how could we not?
- For sure.
- Kojo!
- [WHISTLES] Let's go.
- Going to dinner.
Good boy.
Let's go, let's go.
- Come here.
- OK.
All right. Ready?
- Yeah.
- Let's do it.
- Come on.
- Wait. Wait, wait, wait.
Make it, make it, make it, ♪
make it home ♪
OK, now we can go.
- Make it home ♪
- Come on, boy.
One day, I'll make it home ♪