The Rookie (2018) s08e14 Episode Script
Tiger Bear
1
What does Tim wanna show us?
He'll kill me if I ruin the surprise.
It's not a waffle truck.
- I asked.
- Oh.
Welcome.
Wanted you guys be
the first to see my new office.
Look, if I'm gonna be
a more "out on the street"
watch commander, I need
to take my office with me.
Is this the new
interceptor utility vehicle?
It is, 700 horsepower,
8,000-pound towing capacity,
Level 4 ballistic door panels,
dark mode,
and 270-degree monitoring
to analyze moving objects
for potential threat levels.
He calls it a Super Shop.
- That's a working title.
- [LAUGHS]
You see, we got hats
and bats, infrared camera,
breaching tools.
Oh, yeah.
- Two 32-inch screens.
- Whoo.
Wow.
Can I be watch commander?
No, but you are riding with me today.
- Yes.
- Oh, hey, show them Droney.
Oh, yeah. Check this out.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
[DRONE WHIRRING]
[LAUGHS]
Isn't he cute?
- She.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Oh.
Super Shop makes the Batmobile look
like a kiddie toy.
And I can control it all
right here from my phone.
[SIREN CHIRPS]
See?
[CAR ALARM BLARING]
- Damn it.
- [HORN HONKING]
Whoa, whoa, damn it.
Playing Tim's Pump Up Jams.
[UPBEAT POP MUSIC]
Stop, stop, stop.
And I'm staying home tonight ♪
I'm telling you now that
we're gonna get down ♪
I'm gonna shake it down ♪
It's not gonna be
as easy as you think.
Based on this morning's
demonstration, I'm well aware.
It's not just that you're taking
the watch commander duties on patrol.
You're also exposing yourself
to chain-of-command confusion
when you land at a scene,
even if you stay in the SUV.
Super Shop.
It's a working name.
Good morning.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
All right, listen up,
we're gonna do things
a little different today.
There'll be two supervisors
out on the street,
Sergeant Chen and myself.
[ALL GROANING]
I know. I know.
No one wants the boss
showing up to their calls,
second-guessing their every move.
That is not my intention, okay?
Nothing has to change.
I just put wheels on my office.
And while we work out the details,
Officer Nolan will be
riding with me to help
facilitate the transition.
Any questions?
Can I pick the playlist?
It's a dumb question.
All right, second order
of business, Officer Juarez
will be on temporary duty assignment
with the Detectives Bureau.
Did you choose your focus?
Yes, Missing Persons.
Oof.
- Are you sure about that?
- Yeah.
Your call.
All right, I have some
updates from the night shift.
Is Missing Persons really that bad?
Detective Desmond has a reputation.
Like a Harper reputation?
No, opposite.
Last day at the DA's office.
- Excited?
- I'm relieved.
When the DA had
one foot in retirement,
now that Vivian's DA-elect,
she's gonna have free reign.
Well, none of that will matter
once you quit and open
a private practice in Malibu
with a view of the ocean.
Uh, with that commute,
you'd never see me again.
Well, in my dream,
I also work in Malibu.
I have a robot helicopter that flies
the kids to school and a pony.
Well, sorry to kill
another one of your dreams.
But I already reached out
to my old landlord,
and the only view from that office
is the Ethiopian place
on the first floor.
Oh, before you go, make sure
you pass off my cases
to the right prosecutors.
Daniels doesn't touch homicide.
Give mine to Cosgrove. He is solid.
That might be an issue.
Cosgrove just quit.
- I gotta go.
- Good luck.
Wesley, it's so good to see you.
Yeah, right.
I'm serious.
No hard feelings on my end.
Yeah, because you destroyed me.
Well, exactly.
I made good on the promise
I made you when you
threw your hat in the ring.
It's nothing personal.
In fact, I agree with you
on a lot of the issues.
And I know that together,
we can take the DA's office
in a positive direction.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
You're not gonna
fall for that, are you?
No.
I was about to hand in
my resignation letter.
Well, she won't accept it.
With Cosgrove, Garcia, and Martin
already out, she can't
afford to lose anyone else.
- Martin quit?
- Keyed her car on the way out.
- A hero to us all.
- [LAUGHS]
Come on.
Hey, sorry about the election.
That should have
been me facing Vivian.
You were handed a poison chalice.
I drank from it willingly.
How's Logan?
He's good.
He just got another chip.
He's been clean now
almost four months.
That's great.
What about you?
You gonna do the Rothwell
and Pierce thing?
No, I'm
I'm gonna stay here.
And you should too.
Hmm.
Come on, Wes, you joined this
place to change the culture
from within, to ensure that justice,
not punishment, was our
paramount virtue, remember?
It's a very inspirational message
that just lost by 23 points.
Look, Vivian ran on tough on crime.
She's gonna deliver.
Yeah, which is why the city
needs people like us here
now more than ever.
Look, we still can make a difference.
- Sean.
- You're here already.
Let's work together, one last time.
If at the end of the day,
you still wanna quit,
I won't stay in your way.
This job is where
ambition goes to die.
Wait, what?
Missing Persons.
It's not a real department.
It's a halfway house for cases
on the way to real departments.
That's a lot of reports
for a fake department.
90% of these cases
will solve themselves.
Teenager just needed
to blow off steam.
A wife went on a bender,
came home when she sobered up.
Kid fell asleep playing hide-and-seek.
I've been on patrol for three years.
I know most missing persons
reports go nowhere,
but there are people in this stack
who are victims of real crimes.
Crimes with their own departments,
like Trafficking or Homicide.
Sorry to interrupt.
Homicide wants the McGrath case.
Fisherman found the body.
- Looks like murder.
- Rest in peace.
Okay, obviously, you know the job
way better than I do,
but wouldn't hurt
to look through the case files,
see if there's anyone we can help?
Knock yourself out.
This thing drives like a dream
and these seats.
Ten minutes in a regular shop,
my ass is barking.
Well, don't get used to it.
You're just here while
I work out the kinks.
Once Penn is back from training,
you're back in the shop,
and I'm on my own.
I have a 4-15 at 5th and Western.
RP reports two shirtless men
circling each other.
7-Adam-100 two blocks away.
Show us responding.
Are you sure?
Sounds like your basic
alcohol-fueled slugfest.
Yeah, I have to test
response times on even
the most basic of calls.
[PHONE RINGS]
Captain's calling.
Bradford.
Can you hold?
Yeah, I'll hold.
[LIGHT JAZZY MUSIC PLAYING]
- I'll be right there.
- I got this one.
LAPD. You guys, break it up.
Come on.
Sorry, he was called into a meeting.
Can you hold just a minute longer?
- Thanks.
- No, I'm out on
[SIREN WAILING]
♪
Hey.
[GRUNTS]
Hey, keep your hands
where I can see them.
Just stay right there.
- Sorry to keep you waiting.
- No problem, sir.
We're getting a lot of complaints
about vagrants in Stoner Park.
I've gotta say, renaming it
would be a strong start.
It's important that people
feel safe in public places.
Couldn't agree more.
I'll have additional units
in the area starting today.
Okay, is that it?
One more thing, I just wanna say,
your tireless commitment to justice
and the people of this city
Thank you, sir.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Good job, sir.
You supervised the hell out of that.
You're still here.
And I think I found a workable case.
Sadie Bell, 30, was
reported missing last week,
but according to her best friend, Joe,
Sadie never misses
visitation with her kid
on the first Tuesday of every month.
Walk with me.
Reporting party's address?
5200 6th Street.
It's a homeless shelter.
Joe is unhoused,
meaning Sadie's unhoused.
Not the most reliable bunch.
On the other hand, sir, unhoused women
are highly vulnerable to
physical and sexual assaults.
True, and they're also
more likely to be
substance abusers who miss
things like supervised
child visitations.
Oh, I know.
Well, I think it's
worth investigating.
So what's our first step?
Why are you so gung ho,
Officer Juarez?
And don't just say
the indefatigability of youth.
My sister was abducted
when I was a child, sir.
I lived the fear of not knowing
where a loved one is.
Understandable and quite noble.
But I would caution you
that the thousand files
in my office are not an unending stack
of potential happy endings.
For the subset that are not just
runaways or miscommunications,
the endings are mostly heartbreaking.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
I haven't had a chance
to review the reports,
but it's at the top of my list.
Okay, I appreciate the reminder.
How did Grey make it look so easy?
Well, the scowl helped.
Yeah, you don't wanna bother that face
with anything less than
an absolute emergency.
My scowl is legendary.
It was.
But then Lucy moved in.
You know what?
- I take it back.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
Hey, Dash, everything all right?
Hey, so lesson for the future,
if somebody asks if you wanna
see a dead body, say no.
Dash, are you standing
over a dead body?
[TENSE MUSIC]
Yep.
He's been here for at least a day.
Won't know how long for sure
until TID gets here
and we turn him over.
Kenneth Morris.
K-Dog? For real?
Oh, Kenny's my English teacher.
Was my English teacher.
Okay, so who found the body?
Dakota.
We're in fourth period together.
But I didn't think it was real.
She's always gossiping
about something.
Last week, she told me
she was quitting school
because she landed some influencer
brand deal with Pop-Tarts.
Turns out it was just
a regional campaign.
No offense, it just doesn't seem
like Coastwood is your scene.
Oh, it's not.
But my mom said I needed
a strong senior year
in order to get into a good college.
So she landed an office job here,
and that way, I get
a major break on tuition.
Dad not in the picture?
No, he kind of lurks in the
background like the Babadook,
specializing in bad decisions
and hot cougars.
Right.
So you said Dakota found
the body originally.
No, Dakota said CJ told her
about it, who heard about it
from Ilya and Autumn,
who might have heard
about it from somebody else.
So how many teenagers
came out to the woods,
saw a dead body,
and did nothing about it
except tell their friends?
Unknown.
But I bet they all
took selfies with it.
Starving.
Can I order Green Juice or something?
Your intermittent fast
doesn't end until 1:00.
We can talk after that.
No one is asking you
to spy on your friends.
No, we have hidden surveillance
set up to capture
- candid conversations.
- Tight.
- But they're not my friends.
- Oh.
How's my hair?
It's fine.
Who are you trying to impress?
No one.
Autumn.
She's pretty.
That's like saying that the
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
were cool instead of a feat
of unparalleled engineering
that redefined elegance and
beauty in the ancient world.
But I'm a little biased.
Clearly. She nice?
Hey, Dash, do you wanna
come to my premiere tonight?
Uh, yeah, totally. I would love to.
No, wait.
My publicist said we already did
our charity work for the year.
So you're out of luck. Sorry.
[LAUGHTER]
What are you premiering?
The new Laporte film.
It's already getting Oscar buzz.
Oh, who do you play in the movie?
Young Addict Number Two.
No lines, but my featured reactions
really carry the film.
Oh, by the way,
I have a hard out at 3:00.
Glam squad's coming to my house.
Well, we'll try to get you out in time
for the full face shellacking.
Do you have a parent
or guardian with you?
Oh, no thank you.
I was legally emancipated
when I was 13
so I could work adult hours on set.
I don't need them here.
Great. Let's interview you first.
Please tell me Jack
won't be going there.
It's not definite,
but Jack's preschool
is the feeder school for Coastwood.
It would be an easy transition.
Logistically, maybe,
but emotionally, won't you
Die a little? Yes.
But LA elementary schools are
more competitive than Stanford,
and having an easy path would save
hundreds of hours of stress.
Yeah, but then he'd be going
to school with kids like these.
That's where it falls apart.
And what can you tell me about Morris?
Oh, Kenny was such a sweetie.
Even when I had to miss
a lot of class last year,
he was so chill about it.
Why did you have to miss school?
I was doing this indie project.
We were supposed to
premiere at Sundance,
but then the director
had all these, like,
"harassment allegations" or whatever
and got basically blackballed.
And now my career has to suffer.
Did Kenneth have any disagreements
with other teachers, faculty?
No, I really can't imagine
anyone wanting to hurt Ken-Ken.
He wasn't traditionally
attractive, sure,
but that's no reason
to be murdered, right?
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
Can I vape in here?
I have a note from my therapist.
He does. I have it right here.
No.
Who first told you about
the body in the woods?
It was Sushi Tuesday,
so I was pretty laser-focused
on whether I wanted ahi or uni.
I think I ended up getting both.
Let's focus here.
Where did you hear about the body?
Well, I remember Autumn
mentioning something earlier
in the day when she
was talking to Ilya,
but Ilya said he had heard it from
Zoey.
I guess she originally saw
something about it in a DM
from Linette when she was
going through CJ's phone.
And given what happened on
the school trip last year,
it is super sketchy that
he was DM'ing Linette.
Back up.
Where do we think the rumor started?
Nowhere, everywhere.
How are we further from figuring
this out than when we started?
I called for backup.
Hi again.
Thank God, normal teenager.
No offense, it's just
your classmates tend to be
Overwhelmed by their
own champagne problems.
I get it.
My dysfunction is a little
bit more proletariat.
Guess that's one way to put it.
Yeah, I don't really
hang out with them
much outside of school.
And that's not just because I
didn't make "Forbes"
20 under 20,
but it's definitely a factor.
Well, we're not done
with the interviews yet,
but so far, no one we have talked to
has said they're the one
who started the rumor.
They all claim to have
heard it from someone else.
Right.
So Reese heard about it from CJ,
who heard about it from Zoey,
who saw it in a DM from
You said that Reese
heard about it from CJ?
That's what she told us.
That doesn't make any sense.
They got in a huge fight
last week about, you know,
whether or not sending
nudes to other people
counts as cheating.
They haven't spoken
to each other since.
And word in the halls is that Zoey
and CJ are the new it couple.
Oh, my God, yes, I was
totally picking up on that vibe.
But I saw that Zoey wasn't
following CJ on Instagram,
so I put it from my head.
But when I doubled back to check,
it looks like she does follow
him, but only with her finsta.
With her finsta, yeah.
Okay, this is this is actually
all starting to make sense.
It is?
So Linette and Emma,
they went to the bathroom
to do a fit check for their
joint Instagram account.
And Linette said that
she hears somebody
crying in one of the stalls.
And she says that it's Reese because
she recognizes her leather Tabis.
Travis tells Paul in the
parking lot that he heard about
a dead body from
"some bitch in first period,"
and who does he
have first period with?
Reese.
And Dash heard about
the body from Dakota,
who is Reese's second-best friend,
but she has been fighting
for that number one spot.
So, I mean, she would do
anything that Reese says.
So if Reese told Dakota
to lie about where
she heard about the body
This is all coming back to Reese.
Okay, so is Reese witness zero?
Or is she the killer?
Sadie?
Yeah, okay.
You know, the night Sadie went
missing, it was pouring rain,
and the shelter was full.
So I'm thinking she
crawled in here to stay dry
and got trapped.
Couple months ago,
I found a bunch of guys
living it up in an access tunnel
electricity, Wi-Fi, the whole thing.
They had the right idea.
But you also have
electricity and Wi-Fi.
Yeah, but I have to pay for it.
You know, one of those gates,
if they locked behind her,
she could be trapped
or too injured to crawl out.
Yeah, but at this point,
she's probably
dead from dehydration.
Wait, what?
Sadie, if you can
hear me, make a sound.
[GRUNTING]
[PHONE BUZZING]
- Desmond.
- Where are you?
I'm inside a service
tunnel looking for Sadie.
I called the shelter.
She showed up this morning.
You're kidding.
Well, why didn't they call us?
They never do.
So she was fine this whole time?
Yeah, it turns out that her friend
had the visitation day wrong.
But hey, cheer up.
At least you only
wasted your own time.
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
I am so sorry.
♪
Oh, hey, Celina.
Hey, I heard about the missing
person who wasn't missing.
Already? I just got back.
Smitty was with you.
Right.
Oh, I'm gonna owe a lot of favors
after dragging the cavalry
through the sewers.
Okay, first of all, do not refer
to any group that includes
Smitty as the cavalry.
And second,
those guys will forgive you.
Or you know, somebody else
will screw up way worse,
and then they'll be focused on that.
Whoa, I'm kidding.
Hey, one misstep
does not change the fact
that your instincts here
are legendary.
So just take a second
to wallow in this,
but then get cleaned up
and get back out there, yeah?
Yeah.
Oh, you're too kind.
Yes, I'm really looking
forward to working
with you as well, Madam Mayor.
Okay, bye.
Sorry, I've been so busy.
Before I make the big move upstairs,
I wanted to get our house in order,
a little bit clear the deck.
So we have 27 felony arrests
awaiting prosecution.
We just do not have the manpower
- to take them all to trial.
- Why?
Did you lose some ADAs or something?
There's been turnover, yes.
So I've got plea deals
approved for all these cases,
and I need you both to
get them signed ASAP.
Murder 2?
This guy robbed a convenience store,
and the clerk had a heart attack.
That is felony manslaughter at best.
The teen who pegged his
principal with a football
is assault with a deadly weapon?
Did the DA sign off on these?
I pointed to the significant mandate
voters handed me, and he agreed.
Well, their lawyers are not
going to agree to these terms.
[LAUGHS] No.
Make them agree.
Apple Pruitt.
She lives in my building.
Her mother reported
her missing a month ago
when she didn't return from Coachella.
Every year, we get a spike
in reports after Chella.
This one time, this guy
disassociated so hard
he reported himself missing.
No, but this one's weird.
Apple has a strong
social media presence
but didn't post anything
about what happened this year.
There was a massive dust storm.
They canceled day two
at the Sahara Tent.
I mean, everyone was posting about it.
It's not exactly a smoking gun.
Okay, listen, I know how this sounds,
but something is telling me
to investigate.
I see what's going on.
You said she lives in your building?
- Mm-hmm.
- Classic move.
You take the case near your house
so you can investigate it
from your living room.
When the shift ends, you're just
a few steps from your futon.
I'm not trying to go home early.
That's too bad.
I thought you were
finally catching on.
There's no obvious connection
between Reese and Mr. Morris.
He did tutor her every week,
but he tutored a lot of the kids.
Yeah, and his Venmo transactions
show that he was
pulling down six figures
on top of his salary.
Why is "tutoring" in quotes?
And one of the parents
added a winky face emoji?
Every student who paid
for tutoring got an A.
The only kid who was
struggling was Dash.
Yeah, his mom was barely
scraping tuition together.
They couldn't afford anything extra.
Okay, so the parents
are paying for grades
so the kids get into a better college.
But, I mean, why kill him?
Maybe he couldn't deliver.
If I spent that kind
of money and my kid
didn't get into their
dream school, I'd be pissed.
Reese, have you decided
what college you're going to?
Um, I think I may
be taking a gap year.
From your social media accounts,
it seems like you're all about Yale.
That was kind of my mom's thing.
But you did apply.
Yeah, I applied to lots of places,
but I didn't get in, so.
Was your mom upset?
Yeah, I guess.
Reese, we know it was you
who started the rumor.
No, I heard it from CJ.
We know that's not true.
But you did tell Dakota
and Travis and Linette.
You know what that tells me?
You wanted someone to know.
You wanted the police
to know, but you just
didn't wanna be the one to call.
It didn't seem right that
he was just lying out there.
How did you know he'd been killed?
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
I stayed late on Tuesday.
My mom wanted to talk to Mr. Morris.
She was so angry about Yale.
She was yelling at him,
and he wanted to talk
somewhere private,
so they went out back
behind the school.
I waited and waited,
and finally, my mom came back.
Just her, not him,
and her hands were
she wouldn't talk about it, but I
I knew she did something.
I didn't want any of this to happen.
I don't even care about college.
♪
Well, at least I know why
I was failing the class.
Your mom wasn't bribing the teacher.
Yeah, and I never did any homework.
Listen, your mom is stuck at school.
Things are about as hectic
over there as you can imagine.
So your dad's gonna come take
you home.
- [SIGHS]
- Is that all right?
Yeah, it's fine.
He shows up every six to eight months
to remind everybody why
my mom got sole custody.
I'm telling you, you cannot lose.
You would be a fool not to invest.
Hit me up on socials.
I will tell you more about it, okay?
Hey, there's my guy.
How you doing?
Still haven't had that
growth spurt yet, huh?
I'm pacing myself.
Hey, sorry I haven't been around much.
Been working crazy hours.
But good news, Tiger Bear has
one more investor signed on
with a non-binding verbal agreement.
- Tiger Bear?
- It's a soup.
It's a breakfast soup.
Dash, come on, no,
that was the last one.
Tiger Bear Whiskey Tequila's
the whisquila start-up.
It's gonna be huge.
You should get in on
the ground floor, champ.
I'm telling you,
an investment of 10 grand
will triple by the end
of the year guaranteed.
You do know your son
found one of his teachers
dead behind the school gym today.
Damn it.
Sorry, sorry, okay, keep going.
So Dash was working out, and
Just take me home.
Will I have to excavate
the passenger seat
for parking tickets again, or?
He's joking. I am a model citizen.
- Don't say that.
- [MOUTHING WORDS]
Dash.
I'm around if you need me.
Listen, we gotta
stop by my place first.
But we'll make it a bro out.
You know, we'll order some 'za.
We'll watch last week's UFC.
Have a problem?
Just the universal
unfairness of the world,
nothing actionable.
Thanks for coming in.
This is a plea deal.
And before you ask, it's the best deal
your client's gonna get.
I know, murder 2, it seems excessive.
I mean, all you did was
rob a convenience store.
It wasn't your fault that
the clerk had a heart attack.
The man had end-stage heart disease.
Now, a jury could see that
as extenuating circumstances.
I mean, if the jury was blind,
maybe they'd see that
as a gang tattoo.
But I don't have to risk
that possibility
if you just say yes to the plea.
I mean, who cares there's
no precedent for a felony
prosecution this severe.
So what if our only witness has
been charged with perjury
and false accusations
in two other cases? [LAUGHS]
I mean, if you think you
could do better at trial,
you just push that plea
deal right back at me.
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
♪
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
[KNOCKING]
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
The music is nowhere near too loud.
I'm Officer Juarez with LAPD.
Yeah, I'm following your
roommate, Apple Pruitt's case.
Yeah, she hasn't come home, right?
No, no.
I'm worried sick.
Do you mind if I come inside?
Sure, yeah, of course.
♪
I've actually been boxing up
Apple's things all day.
It's officially 30 days tomorrow.
I just I need someone else in here
to help me with this crazy rent,
not that Apple is great about paying.
She doesn't believe in money
or monogamy or cleaning.
She sounds like a lot.
Oh, don't get me wrong, she was
is one of my favorite people,
just not the greatest at cohabitation.
Right.
And the last time you saw her was
right before she left for Coachella?
She loved going, even though
she had her issues before.
I mean, bad drugs and aggressive guys,
she definitely had some scares.
And you think that's
what happened to her?
I don't know.
Um, I mean, I'm just
trying to be helpful.
But I'm desperate for you to find her.
Do you mind if I take
a look at her bedroom?
Yeah, no problem.
It's it's right over there.
♪
[FOREBODING MUSIC]
♪
[FLOORBOARD CREEKS]
Augh!
I'm sorry!
I'm sorry!
It's not what you think!
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[GLASS SHATTERING]
Okay, okay.
[THUMPING]
[PANTING]
[GRUNTING]
[LOUD THUD]
[GRUNTING]
♪
[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]
[GRUNTING]
[GROANING]
This is Officer Juarez,
badge number 53397.
I'm code 4 with
a possible 245 suspect.
Also suspected of a 187. Send backup.
I need an RA TID to my location.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
You don't understand.
She was the worst roommate ever.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're
the worst roommate ever.
So this is just temporary.
But the money train is
chugging into the station.
Then I'm gonna be playing
the how many square feet
is too many square feet game.
- You want some?
- Uh, no, thanks.
I just shotgunned some gasoline.
Ah.
[DOG BARKING]
[COUGHS] Oh, God.
That's some serious stuff.
Hey, so this fancy
private school of yours
Where a teacher was just murdered?
Really?
How have you not
been paying attention?
Never mind, of course you haven't.
All I'm saying is,
you're in the perfect spot
to help your dear old dad
raise some cash money capital.
I'm having supply issues
in the Czech Republic.
Where they specialize in
neither whiskey nor tequila.
Okay. That is besides the point.
Anyways, you would be
helping out the family
if I can get you to make
a few introductions.
If I say I'll think about it,
will you take me home?
Come on. What's the rush?
Party's just getting started.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Gus, I know you're in there.
Open the damn door.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WHISPERS]
We're gonna go out the window.
[WHISPERS] No, we're not.
I can hear you in there.
Open the door, or we kick it in.
Uh, okay, so a few
of my friends are here.
You gotta go hide.
Why would I hide from your friends?
Just go.
And don't come out no matter what.
♪
[LINE TRILLS]
- [PHONE RINGS]
- Dash?
I think I might be in some trouble.
[BANGING AT DOOR]
Fellas.
Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait,
I'm sorry about the confusion.
Your money, it's being transferred.
It's just the app, you know,
it takes a few days, so
Okay, where are you?
Closet, Dad's apartment.
They're beating him up.
I can get your money.
Just one more day, like two tops.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, no.
All right, stay hidden
until we get there.
I can't.
They'll kill him.
I have to do something.
No, Dash.
Dash, no.
[GRUNTING]
I know how you can get your money.
Who the hell is this?
It's my neighbor. He waters my plants.
[GRUNTS]
You are such a liar.
Although lying to protect
your kid is almost noble.
Be ashamed if I had to
break all his teeth,
stomp both his hands into soup.
Pass and pass.
How about we go
with my plan instead
rob a bunch of rich kids
that go to my school?
Who wants a Rolex?
You better not be lying, kid.
Your dad is out of free passes.
Let's go.
♪
Dash would never knowingly
put someone in danger.
So we track down whether
any school families are out of town.
The Laporte premiere.
He's a pretentious auteur filmmaker.
His new movie launches tonight.
Autumn Harrington is in it.
That's the girl that
Dash has a crush on.
Her address is in the system.
- Damn, who is this chick?
- Autumn?
She's an up-and-coming it girl.
Her new project's getting Oscar buzz.
Yeah, well, let's hope she
get paid in diamond bracelets,
you know, stuff that's easy to pawn.
Otherwise, you and dad gonna find out
what a landfill tastes like.
Out.
Stay with Gus
until I give you the signal.
All right.
Man, for what it's worth,
your dad is the biggest
train wreck I ever met.
My old man, he in prison
trying to steal a FedEx plane
with a tow truck.
Well, if you're the
ghost of my future self,
I might just have to
Virginia Woolf it.
I don't know what that means.
She was arguably the most influential
writer of the 20th century?
Ended it all by walking into a river
with rocks in her pockets.
Nobody likes a comedian, kid.
I'd argue, but the gun
gives you the last word.
Hey, if this is a set-up,
I'm killing everybody, got it?
Yes, sir.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
You're not my Agedashi tofu.
You're not supposed to be here.
Well, he cut me out of the movie,
so I wasn't on the list.
Do you know how mortifying that
- who the hell are you?
- Hey, who else in the house?
Nobody. My parents are in Monaco.
All right, get over here.
I don't want to.
No problem. I'll just shoot you.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- Hold hands.
- Why?
Whoa, it's even bigger on the inside.
See, this is the kind of place
I'm gonna get when I get paid.
Hey, man, shut up.
Stay down here
with the idiot, all right?
Steal anything that's shiny.
Now take me to your parents' room.
And they better have a boatload
of watches and jewelry.
- Hey, hey!
- Let's go.
Whoa, those whiskey bottles
worth, like, 500 each.
I'm just gonna grab a couple.
Show me.
♪
What about this?
The Merlot? Really?
No, dude, those two
are worth way more.
♪
All right, all right.
[GRUNTING]
Hey, where's the jewelry?
Closet.
All right, all right. Come here.
Hey, hey, stay here.
I cannot believe you
brought them to my house.
I panicked, okay?
They were gonna kill my dad.
And besides, you weren't
supposed to be here.
I would never knowingly
put you in danger.
Because you have the hots for me.
I have romantic intentions, yeah.
But clearly,
you don't share them, so
[STAMMERS]
It's not like you're not cute.
- You're just
- Poor?
Exactly.
What are you doing?
Looking for a gun.
Oh, that's not a gun.
- Oh.
- Oh.
- Oh, your parents are freaky.
- [GROANS]
Hey, what the hell you doing?
- Get away from there.
- Oh, sorry.
Sorry.
I'm never gonna be able
to look at my parents
in the eye again.
Me neither.
Hey, Andre wouldn't
really hurt my kid, right?
This is a scare tactic?
I mean, I know I'm not a great
dad, but I try, you know?
When it's convenient for me.
Like, I wanna be better.
Like, I really do.
I think about it all the time.
Well, not all the time,
which is the heart
of the problem, really.
I just gotta be better.
The kid deserves a role model,
not the flaming hot mess
I am on a daily basis.
It feels really good
to come clean about this,
you know,
it's kind of cathartic augh!
When the hell did you get here?
Where's Dash?
Let's go.
No, she's staying here.
She hasn't seen your face,
so you're in the clear.
Just, you can do
whatever you wanna me.
Just let her go.
Hey, man, you got balls,
kid, unlike your father.
But she cannot stay here, all right?
Let's go.
There's a gold bar
in that bedside table.
Yeah, right.
I'm serious.
But if you wanna leave it, like
Stay right here.
Don't move.
Oh! [GROANS]
Get back.
Drop it.
Come on, get up.
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
Hey, you two okay?
Physically.
Here. Give me these.
Come here.
Ow.
Thanks.
And thanks for trying to save me.
Yeah, anytime.
Oh, thank God.
Although I knew it was
all gonna be all right.
Hey, maybe we don't tell
your mom about this.
You know, we just keep it a bro thing.
- So we can
- Stop. Just stop.
Everything that you do,
everything that you say
is just so selfish, so toxic.
You haven't done one fatherly
thing for me in my entire life.
All you care about is yourself.
And I'm just sick of it.
I'm done with you forever.
What?
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
So we met with all 27 defendants.
It's the craziest thing.
We tried our hardest, none of
them would accept a plea deal.
Not a one.
Well, I hope you've
kept your weekends clear,
because now you've got 27 trials
you're gonna need to prepare for.
About that.
I quit.
And I'd say best of luck,
but I hope you fail spectacularly.
Sorry, Sean, I just can't.
No, no worries.
I can't either.
I quit too.
Hey, what do you think of the law firm
of Del Monte and Evers?
Well, you haven't
worked a day in your life
as a defense attorney.
Evers and Del Monte.
Turn to the right.
Way ahead of you.
Not my first rodeo.
Now we just need your
clothes for evidence,
and then you're free to go.
After everything that happened?
The DA may still press charges,
but it was pretty clear
you were under duress.
I really wanted this time
to be different.
I was gonna buy a Dash a car
with a Tiger Bear on it
to make up for lost time, you know.
But he's right.
I screw everything up.
He's better off without me.
Probably.
I've had some experience
with bad fathers and the love
that sons feel for them
no matter how many times
they get their hearts broken.
And unless you're willing to change,
and I mean really change,
the best thing you can do for Dash
is just leave him the hell alone.
Made all these mistakes ♪
But I made them mine ♪
[SOFT MUSIC]
I made all these mistakes ♪
What were you thinking?
I'm fine. Thanks for asking.
Do you know how close
you were to becoming
a missing person yourself?
If she would have
succeeded in killing you,
how would I have known?
The first thing she'd do
is destroy your phone.
So when I pulled your
last known location,
it would be your building.
So to me and the world, you were home,
and then you vanished.
I see that now.
It's just, I figured I'd stop
by and ask a few questions.
We have protocols for a reason.
Yes, sir.
I let my best intentions
obscure my judgment
proving I still have a lot
to learn about this job.
You know, but if I can be
so bold as to ask a favor
♪
You can ask.
I remain undaunted.
So if a file comes across your desk
that gives you a feeling, call me.
I am happy to run down any lead
I can for you free of charge.
But I made them mine ♪
♪
Deal.
And for what it's worth
[SIGHS] I'm glad you're okay.
I made all these mistakes ♪
But I made them mine ♪
Ooh ♪
[SIGHS]
♪
Your dad's gone,
and your mom's on her way.
Cool.
Do you wanna talk about anything?
Uh, not really.
I think I'm a little
talked out for once.
Understood.
You know, at the risk
of sounding overly earnest,
you're a very special young man,
despite or maybe
even because of what
your father's put you through.
Now, I know you know
that you're not him
in any way, shape, or form,
but I also know that
family pain is emotional
and not intellectual.
I'm just trying to say,
if you ever need a reminder
of this conversation,
you have my number.
Thanks.
And just to be clear, you're saying
I can call you every morning
at the crack of dawn
just to tell me I'm awesome?
- No.
- Every other morning?
Twice a week, final offer.
I can live with that
if you can live with unlimited texts,
DMs, and social media shout-outs.
Just the calls?
Okay.
Smart man.
sync & corrections awaqeded
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
Damn it.
What does Tim wanna show us?
He'll kill me if I ruin the surprise.
It's not a waffle truck.
- I asked.
- Oh.
Welcome.
Wanted you guys be
the first to see my new office.
Look, if I'm gonna be
a more "out on the street"
watch commander, I need
to take my office with me.
Is this the new
interceptor utility vehicle?
It is, 700 horsepower,
8,000-pound towing capacity,
Level 4 ballistic door panels,
dark mode,
and 270-degree monitoring
to analyze moving objects
for potential threat levels.
He calls it a Super Shop.
- That's a working title.
- [LAUGHS]
You see, we got hats
and bats, infrared camera,
breaching tools.
Oh, yeah.
- Two 32-inch screens.
- Whoo.
Wow.
Can I be watch commander?
No, but you are riding with me today.
- Yes.
- Oh, hey, show them Droney.
Oh, yeah. Check this out.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
[DRONE WHIRRING]
[LAUGHS]
Isn't he cute?
- She.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Oh.
Super Shop makes the Batmobile look
like a kiddie toy.
And I can control it all
right here from my phone.
[SIREN CHIRPS]
See?
[CAR ALARM BLARING]
- Damn it.
- [HORN HONKING]
Whoa, whoa, damn it.
Playing Tim's Pump Up Jams.
[UPBEAT POP MUSIC]
Stop, stop, stop.
And I'm staying home tonight ♪
I'm telling you now that
we're gonna get down ♪
I'm gonna shake it down ♪
It's not gonna be
as easy as you think.
Based on this morning's
demonstration, I'm well aware.
It's not just that you're taking
the watch commander duties on patrol.
You're also exposing yourself
to chain-of-command confusion
when you land at a scene,
even if you stay in the SUV.
Super Shop.
It's a working name.
Good morning.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
All right, listen up,
we're gonna do things
a little different today.
There'll be two supervisors
out on the street,
Sergeant Chen and myself.
[ALL GROANING]
I know. I know.
No one wants the boss
showing up to their calls,
second-guessing their every move.
That is not my intention, okay?
Nothing has to change.
I just put wheels on my office.
And while we work out the details,
Officer Nolan will be
riding with me to help
facilitate the transition.
Any questions?
Can I pick the playlist?
It's a dumb question.
All right, second order
of business, Officer Juarez
will be on temporary duty assignment
with the Detectives Bureau.
Did you choose your focus?
Yes, Missing Persons.
Oof.
- Are you sure about that?
- Yeah.
Your call.
All right, I have some
updates from the night shift.
Is Missing Persons really that bad?
Detective Desmond has a reputation.
Like a Harper reputation?
No, opposite.
Last day at the DA's office.
- Excited?
- I'm relieved.
When the DA had
one foot in retirement,
now that Vivian's DA-elect,
she's gonna have free reign.
Well, none of that will matter
once you quit and open
a private practice in Malibu
with a view of the ocean.
Uh, with that commute,
you'd never see me again.
Well, in my dream,
I also work in Malibu.
I have a robot helicopter that flies
the kids to school and a pony.
Well, sorry to kill
another one of your dreams.
But I already reached out
to my old landlord,
and the only view from that office
is the Ethiopian place
on the first floor.
Oh, before you go, make sure
you pass off my cases
to the right prosecutors.
Daniels doesn't touch homicide.
Give mine to Cosgrove. He is solid.
That might be an issue.
Cosgrove just quit.
- I gotta go.
- Good luck.
Wesley, it's so good to see you.
Yeah, right.
I'm serious.
No hard feelings on my end.
Yeah, because you destroyed me.
Well, exactly.
I made good on the promise
I made you when you
threw your hat in the ring.
It's nothing personal.
In fact, I agree with you
on a lot of the issues.
And I know that together,
we can take the DA's office
in a positive direction.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
You're not gonna
fall for that, are you?
No.
I was about to hand in
my resignation letter.
Well, she won't accept it.
With Cosgrove, Garcia, and Martin
already out, she can't
afford to lose anyone else.
- Martin quit?
- Keyed her car on the way out.
- A hero to us all.
- [LAUGHS]
Come on.
Hey, sorry about the election.
That should have
been me facing Vivian.
You were handed a poison chalice.
I drank from it willingly.
How's Logan?
He's good.
He just got another chip.
He's been clean now
almost four months.
That's great.
What about you?
You gonna do the Rothwell
and Pierce thing?
No, I'm
I'm gonna stay here.
And you should too.
Hmm.
Come on, Wes, you joined this
place to change the culture
from within, to ensure that justice,
not punishment, was our
paramount virtue, remember?
It's a very inspirational message
that just lost by 23 points.
Look, Vivian ran on tough on crime.
She's gonna deliver.
Yeah, which is why the city
needs people like us here
now more than ever.
Look, we still can make a difference.
- Sean.
- You're here already.
Let's work together, one last time.
If at the end of the day,
you still wanna quit,
I won't stay in your way.
This job is where
ambition goes to die.
Wait, what?
Missing Persons.
It's not a real department.
It's a halfway house for cases
on the way to real departments.
That's a lot of reports
for a fake department.
90% of these cases
will solve themselves.
Teenager just needed
to blow off steam.
A wife went on a bender,
came home when she sobered up.
Kid fell asleep playing hide-and-seek.
I've been on patrol for three years.
I know most missing persons
reports go nowhere,
but there are people in this stack
who are victims of real crimes.
Crimes with their own departments,
like Trafficking or Homicide.
Sorry to interrupt.
Homicide wants the McGrath case.
Fisherman found the body.
- Looks like murder.
- Rest in peace.
Okay, obviously, you know the job
way better than I do,
but wouldn't hurt
to look through the case files,
see if there's anyone we can help?
Knock yourself out.
This thing drives like a dream
and these seats.
Ten minutes in a regular shop,
my ass is barking.
Well, don't get used to it.
You're just here while
I work out the kinks.
Once Penn is back from training,
you're back in the shop,
and I'm on my own.
I have a 4-15 at 5th and Western.
RP reports two shirtless men
circling each other.
7-Adam-100 two blocks away.
Show us responding.
Are you sure?
Sounds like your basic
alcohol-fueled slugfest.
Yeah, I have to test
response times on even
the most basic of calls.
[PHONE RINGS]
Captain's calling.
Bradford.
Can you hold?
Yeah, I'll hold.
[LIGHT JAZZY MUSIC PLAYING]
- I'll be right there.
- I got this one.
LAPD. You guys, break it up.
Come on.
Sorry, he was called into a meeting.
Can you hold just a minute longer?
- Thanks.
- No, I'm out on
[SIREN WAILING]
♪
Hey.
[GRUNTS]
Hey, keep your hands
where I can see them.
Just stay right there.
- Sorry to keep you waiting.
- No problem, sir.
We're getting a lot of complaints
about vagrants in Stoner Park.
I've gotta say, renaming it
would be a strong start.
It's important that people
feel safe in public places.
Couldn't agree more.
I'll have additional units
in the area starting today.
Okay, is that it?
One more thing, I just wanna say,
your tireless commitment to justice
and the people of this city
Thank you, sir.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Good job, sir.
You supervised the hell out of that.
You're still here.
And I think I found a workable case.
Sadie Bell, 30, was
reported missing last week,
but according to her best friend, Joe,
Sadie never misses
visitation with her kid
on the first Tuesday of every month.
Walk with me.
Reporting party's address?
5200 6th Street.
It's a homeless shelter.
Joe is unhoused,
meaning Sadie's unhoused.
Not the most reliable bunch.
On the other hand, sir, unhoused women
are highly vulnerable to
physical and sexual assaults.
True, and they're also
more likely to be
substance abusers who miss
things like supervised
child visitations.
Oh, I know.
Well, I think it's
worth investigating.
So what's our first step?
Why are you so gung ho,
Officer Juarez?
And don't just say
the indefatigability of youth.
My sister was abducted
when I was a child, sir.
I lived the fear of not knowing
where a loved one is.
Understandable and quite noble.
But I would caution you
that the thousand files
in my office are not an unending stack
of potential happy endings.
For the subset that are not just
runaways or miscommunications,
the endings are mostly heartbreaking.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
I haven't had a chance
to review the reports,
but it's at the top of my list.
Okay, I appreciate the reminder.
How did Grey make it look so easy?
Well, the scowl helped.
Yeah, you don't wanna bother that face
with anything less than
an absolute emergency.
My scowl is legendary.
It was.
But then Lucy moved in.
You know what?
- I take it back.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
Hey, Dash, everything all right?
Hey, so lesson for the future,
if somebody asks if you wanna
see a dead body, say no.
Dash, are you standing
over a dead body?
[TENSE MUSIC]
Yep.
He's been here for at least a day.
Won't know how long for sure
until TID gets here
and we turn him over.
Kenneth Morris.
K-Dog? For real?
Oh, Kenny's my English teacher.
Was my English teacher.
Okay, so who found the body?
Dakota.
We're in fourth period together.
But I didn't think it was real.
She's always gossiping
about something.
Last week, she told me
she was quitting school
because she landed some influencer
brand deal with Pop-Tarts.
Turns out it was just
a regional campaign.
No offense, it just doesn't seem
like Coastwood is your scene.
Oh, it's not.
But my mom said I needed
a strong senior year
in order to get into a good college.
So she landed an office job here,
and that way, I get
a major break on tuition.
Dad not in the picture?
No, he kind of lurks in the
background like the Babadook,
specializing in bad decisions
and hot cougars.
Right.
So you said Dakota found
the body originally.
No, Dakota said CJ told her
about it, who heard about it
from Ilya and Autumn,
who might have heard
about it from somebody else.
So how many teenagers
came out to the woods,
saw a dead body,
and did nothing about it
except tell their friends?
Unknown.
But I bet they all
took selfies with it.
Starving.
Can I order Green Juice or something?
Your intermittent fast
doesn't end until 1:00.
We can talk after that.
No one is asking you
to spy on your friends.
No, we have hidden surveillance
set up to capture
- candid conversations.
- Tight.
- But they're not my friends.
- Oh.
How's my hair?
It's fine.
Who are you trying to impress?
No one.
Autumn.
She's pretty.
That's like saying that the
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
were cool instead of a feat
of unparalleled engineering
that redefined elegance and
beauty in the ancient world.
But I'm a little biased.
Clearly. She nice?
Hey, Dash, do you wanna
come to my premiere tonight?
Uh, yeah, totally. I would love to.
No, wait.
My publicist said we already did
our charity work for the year.
So you're out of luck. Sorry.
[LAUGHTER]
What are you premiering?
The new Laporte film.
It's already getting Oscar buzz.
Oh, who do you play in the movie?
Young Addict Number Two.
No lines, but my featured reactions
really carry the film.
Oh, by the way,
I have a hard out at 3:00.
Glam squad's coming to my house.
Well, we'll try to get you out in time
for the full face shellacking.
Do you have a parent
or guardian with you?
Oh, no thank you.
I was legally emancipated
when I was 13
so I could work adult hours on set.
I don't need them here.
Great. Let's interview you first.
Please tell me Jack
won't be going there.
It's not definite,
but Jack's preschool
is the feeder school for Coastwood.
It would be an easy transition.
Logistically, maybe,
but emotionally, won't you
Die a little? Yes.
But LA elementary schools are
more competitive than Stanford,
and having an easy path would save
hundreds of hours of stress.
Yeah, but then he'd be going
to school with kids like these.
That's where it falls apart.
And what can you tell me about Morris?
Oh, Kenny was such a sweetie.
Even when I had to miss
a lot of class last year,
he was so chill about it.
Why did you have to miss school?
I was doing this indie project.
We were supposed to
premiere at Sundance,
but then the director
had all these, like,
"harassment allegations" or whatever
and got basically blackballed.
And now my career has to suffer.
Did Kenneth have any disagreements
with other teachers, faculty?
No, I really can't imagine
anyone wanting to hurt Ken-Ken.
He wasn't traditionally
attractive, sure,
but that's no reason
to be murdered, right?
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
Can I vape in here?
I have a note from my therapist.
He does. I have it right here.
No.
Who first told you about
the body in the woods?
It was Sushi Tuesday,
so I was pretty laser-focused
on whether I wanted ahi or uni.
I think I ended up getting both.
Let's focus here.
Where did you hear about the body?
Well, I remember Autumn
mentioning something earlier
in the day when she
was talking to Ilya,
but Ilya said he had heard it from
Zoey.
I guess she originally saw
something about it in a DM
from Linette when she was
going through CJ's phone.
And given what happened on
the school trip last year,
it is super sketchy that
he was DM'ing Linette.
Back up.
Where do we think the rumor started?
Nowhere, everywhere.
How are we further from figuring
this out than when we started?
I called for backup.
Hi again.
Thank God, normal teenager.
No offense, it's just
your classmates tend to be
Overwhelmed by their
own champagne problems.
I get it.
My dysfunction is a little
bit more proletariat.
Guess that's one way to put it.
Yeah, I don't really
hang out with them
much outside of school.
And that's not just because I
didn't make "Forbes"
20 under 20,
but it's definitely a factor.
Well, we're not done
with the interviews yet,
but so far, no one we have talked to
has said they're the one
who started the rumor.
They all claim to have
heard it from someone else.
Right.
So Reese heard about it from CJ,
who heard about it from Zoey,
who saw it in a DM from
You said that Reese
heard about it from CJ?
That's what she told us.
That doesn't make any sense.
They got in a huge fight
last week about, you know,
whether or not sending
nudes to other people
counts as cheating.
They haven't spoken
to each other since.
And word in the halls is that Zoey
and CJ are the new it couple.
Oh, my God, yes, I was
totally picking up on that vibe.
But I saw that Zoey wasn't
following CJ on Instagram,
so I put it from my head.
But when I doubled back to check,
it looks like she does follow
him, but only with her finsta.
With her finsta, yeah.
Okay, this is this is actually
all starting to make sense.
It is?
So Linette and Emma,
they went to the bathroom
to do a fit check for their
joint Instagram account.
And Linette said that
she hears somebody
crying in one of the stalls.
And she says that it's Reese because
she recognizes her leather Tabis.
Travis tells Paul in the
parking lot that he heard about
a dead body from
"some bitch in first period,"
and who does he
have first period with?
Reese.
And Dash heard about
the body from Dakota,
who is Reese's second-best friend,
but she has been fighting
for that number one spot.
So, I mean, she would do
anything that Reese says.
So if Reese told Dakota
to lie about where
she heard about the body
This is all coming back to Reese.
Okay, so is Reese witness zero?
Or is she the killer?
Sadie?
Yeah, okay.
You know, the night Sadie went
missing, it was pouring rain,
and the shelter was full.
So I'm thinking she
crawled in here to stay dry
and got trapped.
Couple months ago,
I found a bunch of guys
living it up in an access tunnel
electricity, Wi-Fi, the whole thing.
They had the right idea.
But you also have
electricity and Wi-Fi.
Yeah, but I have to pay for it.
You know, one of those gates,
if they locked behind her,
she could be trapped
or too injured to crawl out.
Yeah, but at this point,
she's probably
dead from dehydration.
Wait, what?
Sadie, if you can
hear me, make a sound.
[GRUNTING]
[PHONE BUZZING]
- Desmond.
- Where are you?
I'm inside a service
tunnel looking for Sadie.
I called the shelter.
She showed up this morning.
You're kidding.
Well, why didn't they call us?
They never do.
So she was fine this whole time?
Yeah, it turns out that her friend
had the visitation day wrong.
But hey, cheer up.
At least you only
wasted your own time.
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
I am so sorry.
♪
Oh, hey, Celina.
Hey, I heard about the missing
person who wasn't missing.
Already? I just got back.
Smitty was with you.
Right.
Oh, I'm gonna owe a lot of favors
after dragging the cavalry
through the sewers.
Okay, first of all, do not refer
to any group that includes
Smitty as the cavalry.
And second,
those guys will forgive you.
Or you know, somebody else
will screw up way worse,
and then they'll be focused on that.
Whoa, I'm kidding.
Hey, one misstep
does not change the fact
that your instincts here
are legendary.
So just take a second
to wallow in this,
but then get cleaned up
and get back out there, yeah?
Yeah.
Oh, you're too kind.
Yes, I'm really looking
forward to working
with you as well, Madam Mayor.
Okay, bye.
Sorry, I've been so busy.
Before I make the big move upstairs,
I wanted to get our house in order,
a little bit clear the deck.
So we have 27 felony arrests
awaiting prosecution.
We just do not have the manpower
- to take them all to trial.
- Why?
Did you lose some ADAs or something?
There's been turnover, yes.
So I've got plea deals
approved for all these cases,
and I need you both to
get them signed ASAP.
Murder 2?
This guy robbed a convenience store,
and the clerk had a heart attack.
That is felony manslaughter at best.
The teen who pegged his
principal with a football
is assault with a deadly weapon?
Did the DA sign off on these?
I pointed to the significant mandate
voters handed me, and he agreed.
Well, their lawyers are not
going to agree to these terms.
[LAUGHS] No.
Make them agree.
Apple Pruitt.
She lives in my building.
Her mother reported
her missing a month ago
when she didn't return from Coachella.
Every year, we get a spike
in reports after Chella.
This one time, this guy
disassociated so hard
he reported himself missing.
No, but this one's weird.
Apple has a strong
social media presence
but didn't post anything
about what happened this year.
There was a massive dust storm.
They canceled day two
at the Sahara Tent.
I mean, everyone was posting about it.
It's not exactly a smoking gun.
Okay, listen, I know how this sounds,
but something is telling me
to investigate.
I see what's going on.
You said she lives in your building?
- Mm-hmm.
- Classic move.
You take the case near your house
so you can investigate it
from your living room.
When the shift ends, you're just
a few steps from your futon.
I'm not trying to go home early.
That's too bad.
I thought you were
finally catching on.
There's no obvious connection
between Reese and Mr. Morris.
He did tutor her every week,
but he tutored a lot of the kids.
Yeah, and his Venmo transactions
show that he was
pulling down six figures
on top of his salary.
Why is "tutoring" in quotes?
And one of the parents
added a winky face emoji?
Every student who paid
for tutoring got an A.
The only kid who was
struggling was Dash.
Yeah, his mom was barely
scraping tuition together.
They couldn't afford anything extra.
Okay, so the parents
are paying for grades
so the kids get into a better college.
But, I mean, why kill him?
Maybe he couldn't deliver.
If I spent that kind
of money and my kid
didn't get into their
dream school, I'd be pissed.
Reese, have you decided
what college you're going to?
Um, I think I may
be taking a gap year.
From your social media accounts,
it seems like you're all about Yale.
That was kind of my mom's thing.
But you did apply.
Yeah, I applied to lots of places,
but I didn't get in, so.
Was your mom upset?
Yeah, I guess.
Reese, we know it was you
who started the rumor.
No, I heard it from CJ.
We know that's not true.
But you did tell Dakota
and Travis and Linette.
You know what that tells me?
You wanted someone to know.
You wanted the police
to know, but you just
didn't wanna be the one to call.
It didn't seem right that
he was just lying out there.
How did you know he'd been killed?
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
I stayed late on Tuesday.
My mom wanted to talk to Mr. Morris.
She was so angry about Yale.
She was yelling at him,
and he wanted to talk
somewhere private,
so they went out back
behind the school.
I waited and waited,
and finally, my mom came back.
Just her, not him,
and her hands were
she wouldn't talk about it, but I
I knew she did something.
I didn't want any of this to happen.
I don't even care about college.
♪
Well, at least I know why
I was failing the class.
Your mom wasn't bribing the teacher.
Yeah, and I never did any homework.
Listen, your mom is stuck at school.
Things are about as hectic
over there as you can imagine.
So your dad's gonna come take
you home.
- [SIGHS]
- Is that all right?
Yeah, it's fine.
He shows up every six to eight months
to remind everybody why
my mom got sole custody.
I'm telling you, you cannot lose.
You would be a fool not to invest.
Hit me up on socials.
I will tell you more about it, okay?
Hey, there's my guy.
How you doing?
Still haven't had that
growth spurt yet, huh?
I'm pacing myself.
Hey, sorry I haven't been around much.
Been working crazy hours.
But good news, Tiger Bear has
one more investor signed on
with a non-binding verbal agreement.
- Tiger Bear?
- It's a soup.
It's a breakfast soup.
Dash, come on, no,
that was the last one.
Tiger Bear Whiskey Tequila's
the whisquila start-up.
It's gonna be huge.
You should get in on
the ground floor, champ.
I'm telling you,
an investment of 10 grand
will triple by the end
of the year guaranteed.
You do know your son
found one of his teachers
dead behind the school gym today.
Damn it.
Sorry, sorry, okay, keep going.
So Dash was working out, and
Just take me home.
Will I have to excavate
the passenger seat
for parking tickets again, or?
He's joking. I am a model citizen.
- Don't say that.
- [MOUTHING WORDS]
Dash.
I'm around if you need me.
Listen, we gotta
stop by my place first.
But we'll make it a bro out.
You know, we'll order some 'za.
We'll watch last week's UFC.
Have a problem?
Just the universal
unfairness of the world,
nothing actionable.
Thanks for coming in.
This is a plea deal.
And before you ask, it's the best deal
your client's gonna get.
I know, murder 2, it seems excessive.
I mean, all you did was
rob a convenience store.
It wasn't your fault that
the clerk had a heart attack.
The man had end-stage heart disease.
Now, a jury could see that
as extenuating circumstances.
I mean, if the jury was blind,
maybe they'd see that
as a gang tattoo.
But I don't have to risk
that possibility
if you just say yes to the plea.
I mean, who cares there's
no precedent for a felony
prosecution this severe.
So what if our only witness has
been charged with perjury
and false accusations
in two other cases? [LAUGHS]
I mean, if you think you
could do better at trial,
you just push that plea
deal right back at me.
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
♪
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
[KNOCKING]
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
The music is nowhere near too loud.
I'm Officer Juarez with LAPD.
Yeah, I'm following your
roommate, Apple Pruitt's case.
Yeah, she hasn't come home, right?
No, no.
I'm worried sick.
Do you mind if I come inside?
Sure, yeah, of course.
♪
I've actually been boxing up
Apple's things all day.
It's officially 30 days tomorrow.
I just I need someone else in here
to help me with this crazy rent,
not that Apple is great about paying.
She doesn't believe in money
or monogamy or cleaning.
She sounds like a lot.
Oh, don't get me wrong, she was
is one of my favorite people,
just not the greatest at cohabitation.
Right.
And the last time you saw her was
right before she left for Coachella?
She loved going, even though
she had her issues before.
I mean, bad drugs and aggressive guys,
she definitely had some scares.
And you think that's
what happened to her?
I don't know.
Um, I mean, I'm just
trying to be helpful.
But I'm desperate for you to find her.
Do you mind if I take
a look at her bedroom?
Yeah, no problem.
It's it's right over there.
♪
[FOREBODING MUSIC]
♪
[FLOORBOARD CREEKS]
Augh!
I'm sorry!
I'm sorry!
It's not what you think!
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[GLASS SHATTERING]
Okay, okay.
[THUMPING]
[PANTING]
[GRUNTING]
[LOUD THUD]
[GRUNTING]
♪
[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]
[GRUNTING]
[GROANING]
This is Officer Juarez,
badge number 53397.
I'm code 4 with
a possible 245 suspect.
Also suspected of a 187. Send backup.
I need an RA TID to my location.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
You don't understand.
She was the worst roommate ever.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're
the worst roommate ever.
So this is just temporary.
But the money train is
chugging into the station.
Then I'm gonna be playing
the how many square feet
is too many square feet game.
- You want some?
- Uh, no, thanks.
I just shotgunned some gasoline.
Ah.
[DOG BARKING]
[COUGHS] Oh, God.
That's some serious stuff.
Hey, so this fancy
private school of yours
Where a teacher was just murdered?
Really?
How have you not
been paying attention?
Never mind, of course you haven't.
All I'm saying is,
you're in the perfect spot
to help your dear old dad
raise some cash money capital.
I'm having supply issues
in the Czech Republic.
Where they specialize in
neither whiskey nor tequila.
Okay. That is besides the point.
Anyways, you would be
helping out the family
if I can get you to make
a few introductions.
If I say I'll think about it,
will you take me home?
Come on. What's the rush?
Party's just getting started.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Gus, I know you're in there.
Open the damn door.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WHISPERS]
We're gonna go out the window.
[WHISPERS] No, we're not.
I can hear you in there.
Open the door, or we kick it in.
Uh, okay, so a few
of my friends are here.
You gotta go hide.
Why would I hide from your friends?
Just go.
And don't come out no matter what.
♪
[LINE TRILLS]
- [PHONE RINGS]
- Dash?
I think I might be in some trouble.
[BANGING AT DOOR]
Fellas.
Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait,
I'm sorry about the confusion.
Your money, it's being transferred.
It's just the app, you know,
it takes a few days, so
Okay, where are you?
Closet, Dad's apartment.
They're beating him up.
I can get your money.
Just one more day, like two tops.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, no.
All right, stay hidden
until we get there.
I can't.
They'll kill him.
I have to do something.
No, Dash.
Dash, no.
[GRUNTING]
I know how you can get your money.
Who the hell is this?
It's my neighbor. He waters my plants.
[GRUNTS]
You are such a liar.
Although lying to protect
your kid is almost noble.
Be ashamed if I had to
break all his teeth,
stomp both his hands into soup.
Pass and pass.
How about we go
with my plan instead
rob a bunch of rich kids
that go to my school?
Who wants a Rolex?
You better not be lying, kid.
Your dad is out of free passes.
Let's go.
♪
Dash would never knowingly
put someone in danger.
So we track down whether
any school families are out of town.
The Laporte premiere.
He's a pretentious auteur filmmaker.
His new movie launches tonight.
Autumn Harrington is in it.
That's the girl that
Dash has a crush on.
Her address is in the system.
- Damn, who is this chick?
- Autumn?
She's an up-and-coming it girl.
Her new project's getting Oscar buzz.
Yeah, well, let's hope she
get paid in diamond bracelets,
you know, stuff that's easy to pawn.
Otherwise, you and dad gonna find out
what a landfill tastes like.
Out.
Stay with Gus
until I give you the signal.
All right.
Man, for what it's worth,
your dad is the biggest
train wreck I ever met.
My old man, he in prison
trying to steal a FedEx plane
with a tow truck.
Well, if you're the
ghost of my future self,
I might just have to
Virginia Woolf it.
I don't know what that means.
She was arguably the most influential
writer of the 20th century?
Ended it all by walking into a river
with rocks in her pockets.
Nobody likes a comedian, kid.
I'd argue, but the gun
gives you the last word.
Hey, if this is a set-up,
I'm killing everybody, got it?
Yes, sir.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
You're not my Agedashi tofu.
You're not supposed to be here.
Well, he cut me out of the movie,
so I wasn't on the list.
Do you know how mortifying that
- who the hell are you?
- Hey, who else in the house?
Nobody. My parents are in Monaco.
All right, get over here.
I don't want to.
No problem. I'll just shoot you.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- Hold hands.
- Why?
Whoa, it's even bigger on the inside.
See, this is the kind of place
I'm gonna get when I get paid.
Hey, man, shut up.
Stay down here
with the idiot, all right?
Steal anything that's shiny.
Now take me to your parents' room.
And they better have a boatload
of watches and jewelry.
- Hey, hey!
- Let's go.
Whoa, those whiskey bottles
worth, like, 500 each.
I'm just gonna grab a couple.
Show me.
♪
What about this?
The Merlot? Really?
No, dude, those two
are worth way more.
♪
All right, all right.
[GRUNTING]
Hey, where's the jewelry?
Closet.
All right, all right. Come here.
Hey, hey, stay here.
I cannot believe you
brought them to my house.
I panicked, okay?
They were gonna kill my dad.
And besides, you weren't
supposed to be here.
I would never knowingly
put you in danger.
Because you have the hots for me.
I have romantic intentions, yeah.
But clearly,
you don't share them, so
[STAMMERS]
It's not like you're not cute.
- You're just
- Poor?
Exactly.
What are you doing?
Looking for a gun.
Oh, that's not a gun.
- Oh.
- Oh.
- Oh, your parents are freaky.
- [GROANS]
Hey, what the hell you doing?
- Get away from there.
- Oh, sorry.
Sorry.
I'm never gonna be able
to look at my parents
in the eye again.
Me neither.
Hey, Andre wouldn't
really hurt my kid, right?
This is a scare tactic?
I mean, I know I'm not a great
dad, but I try, you know?
When it's convenient for me.
Like, I wanna be better.
Like, I really do.
I think about it all the time.
Well, not all the time,
which is the heart
of the problem, really.
I just gotta be better.
The kid deserves a role model,
not the flaming hot mess
I am on a daily basis.
It feels really good
to come clean about this,
you know,
it's kind of cathartic augh!
When the hell did you get here?
Where's Dash?
Let's go.
No, she's staying here.
She hasn't seen your face,
so you're in the clear.
Just, you can do
whatever you wanna me.
Just let her go.
Hey, man, you got balls,
kid, unlike your father.
But she cannot stay here, all right?
Let's go.
There's a gold bar
in that bedside table.
Yeah, right.
I'm serious.
But if you wanna leave it, like
Stay right here.
Don't move.
Oh! [GROANS]
Get back.
Drop it.
Come on, get up.
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
Hey, you two okay?
Physically.
Here. Give me these.
Come here.
Ow.
Thanks.
And thanks for trying to save me.
Yeah, anytime.
Oh, thank God.
Although I knew it was
all gonna be all right.
Hey, maybe we don't tell
your mom about this.
You know, we just keep it a bro thing.
- So we can
- Stop. Just stop.
Everything that you do,
everything that you say
is just so selfish, so toxic.
You haven't done one fatherly
thing for me in my entire life.
All you care about is yourself.
And I'm just sick of it.
I'm done with you forever.
What?
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
So we met with all 27 defendants.
It's the craziest thing.
We tried our hardest, none of
them would accept a plea deal.
Not a one.
Well, I hope you've
kept your weekends clear,
because now you've got 27 trials
you're gonna need to prepare for.
About that.
I quit.
And I'd say best of luck,
but I hope you fail spectacularly.
Sorry, Sean, I just can't.
No, no worries.
I can't either.
I quit too.
Hey, what do you think of the law firm
of Del Monte and Evers?
Well, you haven't
worked a day in your life
as a defense attorney.
Evers and Del Monte.
Turn to the right.
Way ahead of you.
Not my first rodeo.
Now we just need your
clothes for evidence,
and then you're free to go.
After everything that happened?
The DA may still press charges,
but it was pretty clear
you were under duress.
I really wanted this time
to be different.
I was gonna buy a Dash a car
with a Tiger Bear on it
to make up for lost time, you know.
But he's right.
I screw everything up.
He's better off without me.
Probably.
I've had some experience
with bad fathers and the love
that sons feel for them
no matter how many times
they get their hearts broken.
And unless you're willing to change,
and I mean really change,
the best thing you can do for Dash
is just leave him the hell alone.
Made all these mistakes ♪
But I made them mine ♪
[SOFT MUSIC]
I made all these mistakes ♪
What were you thinking?
I'm fine. Thanks for asking.
Do you know how close
you were to becoming
a missing person yourself?
If she would have
succeeded in killing you,
how would I have known?
The first thing she'd do
is destroy your phone.
So when I pulled your
last known location,
it would be your building.
So to me and the world, you were home,
and then you vanished.
I see that now.
It's just, I figured I'd stop
by and ask a few questions.
We have protocols for a reason.
Yes, sir.
I let my best intentions
obscure my judgment
proving I still have a lot
to learn about this job.
You know, but if I can be
so bold as to ask a favor
♪
You can ask.
I remain undaunted.
So if a file comes across your desk
that gives you a feeling, call me.
I am happy to run down any lead
I can for you free of charge.
But I made them mine ♪
♪
Deal.
And for what it's worth
[SIGHS] I'm glad you're okay.
I made all these mistakes ♪
But I made them mine ♪
Ooh ♪
[SIGHS]
♪
Your dad's gone,
and your mom's on her way.
Cool.
Do you wanna talk about anything?
Uh, not really.
I think I'm a little
talked out for once.
Understood.
You know, at the risk
of sounding overly earnest,
you're a very special young man,
despite or maybe
even because of what
your father's put you through.
Now, I know you know
that you're not him
in any way, shape, or form,
but I also know that
family pain is emotional
and not intellectual.
I'm just trying to say,
if you ever need a reminder
of this conversation,
you have my number.
Thanks.
And just to be clear, you're saying
I can call you every morning
at the crack of dawn
just to tell me I'm awesome?
- No.
- Every other morning?
Twice a week, final offer.
I can live with that
if you can live with unlimited texts,
DMs, and social media shout-outs.
Just the calls?
Okay.
Smart man.
sync & corrections awaqeded
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
Damn it.