S.W.A.T. (2017) s08e19 Episode Script

1
Previously onSWAT
TAN: That's a handsome guy. Who is he?
That's Jace Graham.
He's my ex-boyfriend from high school.
He's Thomas's dad.
- It's good to see you, Zoe.
- He's your brother?
Twin, actually.
Leon just does as told
wherever's my dad's concerned.
TAN: You haven't talked
to your dad in years, right?
GAMBLE: I visited him once
in prison after the sentencing.
Hey, kid.
HICKS: You're an incompetent moron.
You've got no business
running this or any prison.
When my wife hears
how you handled things today
SWAT handled what you couldn't.
You've been coming for me
ever since I got your husband fired.
This so-called promotion,
it's just the first push
towards obscurity.
And I'm not gonna be
forced out of the department
I've given my life to.
Consider this my resignation.
I accept.
I'm telling you, it's slave labor.
Prison work program is better
than spending the day in a cage.
It's still prison.
We're stillinmates.
Don't try to tell me we're
getting "real-world skills."
Whatever.
I'll take these over.
Hey! Damn, man!
Watch out where you're
Hey, yo!
Yo, forklift's out of control!
Go, go, go.
GUARD: Get back!
I need everyone to get back!
Wilson, are you okay?
Pratt, man, I'm not stopping you.
Good luck.
Longoria.
There's been an accident
at the Olive Street facility.
Multiple inmates have escaped custody.
Turn around slow!
Hands where I can Drop it!
It's not mine!
[GROANS]
An inmate has a weapon.
I need backup now.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Commander.
- Hey.
Deacon and Miko are doing
a training session with the bomb squad,
so I'm bringing in Cabrera in today.
All right.
Your last day is not for a week
and some change. What's the rush?
I'd like to walk out with some dignity,
not scrambling last minute
to pull one more thing off the wall.
If you would just let me
try and talk to the higher-ups
I appreciate it,
but there's nothing to be gained
from fighting the inevitable.
So, who's gonna be running
SWAT in the meantime?
- Bennett herself.
- Aw, hell no.
She's deputy chief.
She's qualified to be interim command.
And she's coming by this morning
to get a feel for SWAT's routine.
You want to spend the whole day
showing her the ropes?
Leaving this place ill-prepared
puts good officers
in dangerous positions,
and I can't have that.
She won, Hondo. This is happening.
Doesn't mean I gotta like it.
- There you go.
- Thank you.
You're welcome.
It's gone. All of it.
- Listen to this.
- Yes.
I dropped off a full case
of instant ramen
at this kid's dorm last weekend,
now he's saying it's already gone.
Jace, his bandmates are in town.
When they're rehearsing,
they're basically all garbage disposals.
Hey, so listen, before I leave,
I was gonna invite you both
to our gig tonight.
Make it a full bio-family event?
Sounds awesome. Zoe?
- I'm definitely in.
- Cool.
Pete was supposed to give me
wristbands, but he hasn't yet.
I can just skip my lab
and bring them if you
Mmm. Don't miss class.
- We'll figure it out.
- Yeah.
- See you guys tonight.
- Yeah.
It's been great,
getting to know Thomas
over the last couple weeks.
Discovered he inherited
my amazing taste in music.
- And my good looks.
- Mm.
- The best of both of us, then.
- Yes.
Look, I was thinking,
I have this, uh, gift card
to this really ritzy
steak house, Smoke & Char,
and I wondered if maybe
you'd be interested
Look, uh, Zoe,
I've loved getting to know you again,
but I don't think that's a good idea.
[PHONE CHIMING]
Yeah, um
[CHUCKLES] Oh, that's work.
Zoe
It's okay, we're good.
But I gotta go.
- I'll see you tonight.
- Yeah.
Suspect's name's Delgado.
Grabbed a gun in the chaos
after the accident.
He's a prisoner?
Facility's part
of a prison work program,
using inmates as laborers.
Some of them took advantage
of the accident and escaped.
Delgado must've been
trying to do the same,
got blocked in.
He's holed up in the southwest corner.
Shot one guard,
tried to shoot the other.
Both are still inside.
Guys out here did a headcount.
Six prisoners got through the hole,
and out onto the streets.
Our focus is getting
the injured guards out
and taking down Delgado
before he hurts anyone else. Let's move.
No sign of Delgado yet.
I got eyes on the injured guards.
One of them's in a bad way.
We can't wait this out.
Delgado. I'm LAPD
Sergeant Harrelson.
You need to stand down.
You don't understand.
I didn't do anything.
Delgado, we got to get
those guards out of there.
They're injured.
Can you help us with that?
I guess, uh
Longoria. Take him.
It's a good beginning.
Wilson, stay where you are.
Tan, Powell, Cabrera, go.
Pulse is weak, but still there.
All right, let's move him.
Powell, moving.
You think he's gonna be okay?
Of course not. You attacked him.
That was Pratt. I swear,
it all happened so fast.
Guys, calm down.
You're the one holding the gun.
HONDO: Gamble, move in.
GAMBLE: Get back! Back up. Back.
Stay down.
I didn't hurt anybody.
Delgado's back in custody,
but I want to check into
his story about this inmate Pratt.
Well, the security camera
from the accident
will tell you more.
Guards are loading in
the prisoners that didn't flee.
I see they're all from Belwood Prison.
Hondo, the fact that my husband
was the former warden there is old news.
Not to me.
He's where all this nonsense started.
Look, this is the start of
a new chapter at SWAT,
and I would really love
a partner in that.
Patrol finished their sweep,
didn't recover any inmates in the area.
None of these guys are
gonna want to go back to prison.
They're not gonna come quietly.
911's already fielding reports
of carjackings and robberies.
SWAT's got its work cut out for us.
Yeah.
We'll get the job done.
Six prisoners.
Time to run them down and round them up.
TAN: The produce facility accident
put six inmates out on the streets.
After looking at their rap sheets,
these aren't nobodies.
You got a mob accountant,
two drug kingpins,
a pair of gang enforcers,
this guy Pratt,
in for armed robbery and murder.
Tell me about their immediate
moves after the breakout.
Security camera footage
shows them scattering,
mostly on foot. Pratt hot-wired a car.
POWELL: Dispatch
sent over a list of 911 calls
from just after the escape.
A man matching Liam Nelson's
description carjacked a truck.
Meyers was caught on camera
robbing a dry cleaner.
Clothes, cash and cars.
Classic fugitive trifecta.
All right, with six
of 'em running around,
LAPD resources are spread thin.
- All right
- I want BOLOs on all the vehicles,
and dig into the fugitives,
find out who or where
they'd go to for help.
You heard her. Go.
I heard Delgado wasn't lying.
He didn't attack that prison guard.
Security cameras caught it all.
He panicked when confronted,
but it was Gordon Pratt
who put that guy in the ICU.
Clever move, using Delgado
as a distraction.
Pratt's smart and violent.
Speaking of,
something's bugging me here.
Prison work programs
are designed to help
low-level felons build work skills.
What's a guy with murder
charges doing in one?
None of the fugitives from today
should've qualified
to be off prison grounds.
Whoever signed off on it's
gonna get ripped a new one.
I already checked, sir.
It was Warden Bennett,
the deputy chief's husband.
He started the program
before he was fired by the prison board.
You know I didn't think much
of David Bennett before today.
I guess you can add this
to his list of poor decisions.
HONDO: Hey,
what's going on?
My father,
he had a heart attack,
and he was just
admitted to the hospital.
All right, the rest of the team
will cover you. Take off.
I know your family and
SWAT don't always play nice,
but you will regret
not being there. Now, go.
Thanks, Hondo.
TAN: BOLOs are out, no hits yet.
Any luck figuring out who our
fugitives might run to for help?
Javi Losa transferred from San Diego,
doesn't have any local contacts.
Gordon Pratt used to run with a crew,
but they're all behind bars now.
Kevin Meyers is a One-Niner,
and Luis Tinoco's high up
in Los Diablos Dormidos,
but GND swept both gang headquarters
- and found nothing.
- TAN: That's odd.
Why not hide with
your old banger buddies?
CABRERA: I'm having the prison send over
everyone's full files,
see who else they might've been
in contact with.
Thomas has a show tonight, right?
- You excited?
- Yeah.
No, 'cause I pretty much guaranteed
it's now gonna be hellishly awkward.
I asked his bio-dad
out on a date and he said no.
Hold on, what?
Jace and I have been
spending time together,
and I just I got caught up.
And now I'm worried because
I don't want Jace to back out
of Thomas's life because of me.
You think he's that kind of guy?
No, I don't.
I'm just embarrassed.
And now, I have to face him tonight.
I mean, if it's bugging you that much,
why don't you just downplay it?
Tell him you weren't
looking for a date date.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Prison files just came in.
Look at Tinoco's phone log.
He used most of his phone privileges
talking to someone named Nina Escarra.
Lawyer's notes say she's
Tinoco's longtime girlfriend,
runs a pawn shop on the Eastside.
Easy spot to get cash,
especially with a friendly face
behind the counter.
You two go pay Nina a visit,
see what she knows about Tinoco.
I'll keep looking into the others.
Ma'am.
Hey, kiddo.
LEON: I was gonna call you,
but this old man keeps whupping me,
and I couldn't let that stand.
Why don't you let him rest?
He just had a heart attack.
[SCOFFS] His brain's working fine.
The terrible twosome can never agree.
[ERNIE CHUCKLES]
I can't remember the last time
I got to see you both together.
LEON: Guess it has been a while, huh?
So, what happens now, for your heart?
The doctors want
to open up his arteries.
ERNIE: Surgery
eh, not necessary.
They said without it,
he might have another heart attack,
and it could be worse.
"Worse" means you could die.
You need to do the surgery.
- I don't want to do it.
- Don't be stupid.
If they're saying
that something needs
I said no, Devin.
End of discussion.
You gonna play or what?
[SCOFFS]
CABRERA: Nina Escarra?
LAPD.
We're here about your boyfriend,
Luis Tinoco.
Luis is in prison.
Has been for years.
You know he escaped this morning?
We thought maybe he came to see you.
You stood by the guy
when he went to prison.
Now, you don't care that he's out?
I'm not buying it.
I haven't heard from him today.
I don't know what else to tell you.
Stay down.
Give it up, Tinoco.
POWELL: 24-David.
Tinoco's in custody.
Are you okay?
He showed up out of nowhere,
acting crazy.
I'd never seen him like that before.
He said he would hurt me
if I didn't help them.
What do you mean, "them"?
Come on.
Uh
He's going back to prison, Nina.
You don't have to worry
about seeing him ever again.
Well, the guys that he broke out with,
he wanted my car and cash
so that he could meet back up with them.
The other prisoners
are getting together.
Did Luis say where they were meeting up?
Well, Luis didn't give me an address.
But he did use my phone,
right before you guys got here.
He-he stashed it in here.
I'm gonna need that.
Okay.
BENNETT: Tinoco changed
the code on Nina Escarra's phone.
Cyber division's
working to unlock it now.
I talked to the facility manager
from this morning again,
had him take
a second look at the forklift.
He found evidence that it was rigged.
The crash and explosion
wasn't an accident.
So the prisoners
are not only working together,
they caused this.
They don't need to come back together
unless breaking out wasn't the end goal.
They gotta be planning something.
And they're pooling
their resources and skills
like a proper crew.
Donovan Lee's in for fraud,
he could get them new identities.
Losa used to run drugs
into Mexico, that's a getaway option.
But we have no way of knowing
what the inmates are targeting.
Right now, our best bet
at getting them all
back in a cage is figuring out
where Tinoco was headed.
Cyber division was able
to open Nina's phone.
Tinoco sent a text.
Number tracks to a burner cell.
- Can we ping it?
- No, must be switched off.
But we have the message Tinoco sent.
HICKS:"Supplies taking
longer than expected.
Leaving soon for McCabe's."
Who the hell's McCabe?
Could be someone connected
to one of the fugitives.
Here. Andrew McCabe.
He's a cousin of one
of the inmates, Liam Nelson.
He's an electrician,
has no criminal history.
Could be working with the inmates,
or he could be like Nina, just a pawn.
Address listed is a house
in Tarzana. Think the fugitives
- could be headed there?
- Go find out.
Guess you're settling in.
♪
Door's been forced.
Let's make entry. Tan, door.
Hold.
We got blood.
20-David.
Found Andrew McCabe's body.
GSW to the chest.
I'm guessing he objected to his home
becoming a fugitive's hideout.
POWELL: Hey, look at this.
Gun safe is empty.
They've got weapons.
And these boxes are for new tools.
They bought a drill,
even splurged on a plasma cutter.
Those are safecracking tools.
Tan was right.
The inmates are planning a heist.
Kitchen clear.
Hurry up, we can't stay
here much longer.
Well, I just want to grab one
- LAPD, put your hands up!
- Go, go, go, go!
TAN: Got runners on the three side!
[GRUNTING]
Give it up.
You're done.
TAN: Stop right there!
- [GUNSHOTS]
- Go, go, go!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
TAN: 22-David to Command.
Multiple armed suspects
fleeing in a white van,
southeast on Glenhurst. No plates.
We've got four fugitives
still in the wind.
All right, picking up two
of the prisoners is a start,
but the other four
aren't just gonna lay low.
And once they get what they're after,
they're likely gonna scatter,
making it much harder
to track them down.
I put out a BOLO on the van
the fugitives used to escape,
but with no plate, it's a long shot.
- We got to figure out their heist.
- [PHONE VIBRATES]
If we know who or what
they're planning to rob,
we can scoop 'em up all at once.
The prisoners used McCabe's credit card
to purchase the safecracking tools.
Same card just popped
a new pending charge.
A wholesaler.
They must have needed
something else for their heist.
All right, whatever it is,
it could help us
narrow down their target.
Call the store,
- find out what they purchased.
- On it.
In the meantime,
we've got two of this crew
in custody, but they're not talking.
Tinoco's an L2D. Meyers is a One-Niner.
They might've
worked together to break out,
but they're in rival gangs.
That mistrust runs real deep.
If we play this right,
we can use that to make them open up.
Hey.
As promised,
wristband for Thomas's gig.
Now you don't have to pay
the five dollar cover charge.
It's sweet. He's, um, he's excited.
Thank you for picking it up.
Oh, while you're here,
I want to clear something up.
It sounded like, uh,
you thought that I was
asking you out on a date this morning.
I wasn't.
Oh, um
I just assumed
What were you doing?
I was offering you my gift card.
I've been working a lot of overtime.
When I'm not here, I'm asleep, so
You sure?
Yeah. I thought you could
take advantage of it before it expired.
Well, thanks. I, uh
I can definitely find someone
who'd enjoy a nice filet.
I'm sure you can.
Officer Gary,
I have an update for you.
Okay.
Sorry, I gotta run.
I'll see you tonight.
Yeah.
Hey
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
TAN: This way.
Tan, never mind, we don't need him.
Tinoco's already spilling.
Wait, wait, y'all got Tinoco in there?
What's he saying?
How about you don't worry about that?
No, if he in there running
his mouth, I wanna know.
Come on, he's an L2D.
You really surprised
he's willing to roll over
on a One-Niner like you?
HONDO: It's nothing personal, man.
We put a deal on the table.
He was the first one to take it.
Okay, what kind of deal?
How do I get in on that?
It's a little too late.
I mean, if you can give us
something better than Tinoco,
then maybe I can call
the D.A. for you instead.
Talk to us about where
the others are headed.
What's the target?
It's a safe, a big score.
Cash and jewelry.
I don't know where, though.
Tinoco already gave us that much.
Okay, wait, wait, wait.
Look,
Pratt wasn't giving us no details.
All we knew was
that there was a breakout plan,
and that there was a payday
waiting for us.
So Gordon Pratt is
the mastermind of all this.
But he's been in prison for years.
How'd he know about the target?
He have an outside accomplice?
Nah. He got his intel from
somebody else on the inside.
Some guy called Kodiak.
Now, look, that's all I got.
You gonna call the D.A. or not?
If your info pans out.
Hey, get this kid to holding.
MEYERS: Hey, I'm going, man.
Come on.
That better have worked.
I just let Tinoco call me
every crappy nickname
for "cop" he could think of.
Well, you didn't suffer for nothing.
We got a lead. We're looking for
somebody called Kodiak.
- Get me an ID, ASAP.
- Yep.
Put him back in his cell.
So, can we ditch the
babysitter now, or
See, this is why I hate police stations.
All right, you force me to come here,
and then you still think
I need to be watched.
Well, you wouldn't
have to be here at all
if you'd just backed me up
at the hospital.
Dad doesn't want the surgery, Dev.
So what?
Are you really okay
with him letting himself die?
What do you care?
Excuse me?
You've pushed Dad away for ten years.
That's
It's complicated.
Doesn't mean I want him dead.
What if that's what he wants?
His life sucks, all right?
It's been wasting away for ten years.
A crappy mattress,
bad food, zero choices.
That's what happens
when you murder someone.
Exactly.
And he understands that
nothing's gonna change.
This is it, forever.
And you're just
fine with this?
No.
But I can understand it.
Look, this is his decision.
And the rest of us
are just gonna have to
figure out how to live with it.
What's going on, gentlemen?
This doesn't look like
it has to do with the case.
Well, we had some questions
about the inmates who
escaped this morning.
They're all high-level felons,
yet they were off-site
for Belwood Prison's work program.
- Your husband signed off on it.
- [SCOFFS]
This vendetta is getting old.
My husband was fired months ago.
- This goes back,
- Leticia.
When I looked into
the program's financials,
they don't add up.
The companies using inmate labor
paid more money than what
was received by the prison.
Okay, and let me guess,
you think that this extra money
went in my husband's pockets?
As an illegal kickback, yes.
And more inmate laborers
meant more kickback money,
so he enrolled every con,
no matter their crimes.
Okay, this doesn't
have to do with David.
This has to do with Hicks leaving.
I can't believe you
guys would stoop to this.
Some of your husband's finances
were made public
during the riot investigation.
It's not easy to spot,
but it's there.
I had no idea.
Cut the crap. You're a cop.
You had no idea your husband
was up to something?
I knew he was being secretive,
- but
- Then why not look into it?
Because I thought
he was having an affair.
When David and I first met,
we both had ambitions.
I wanted to be part
of LAPD brass and he wanted
to rise into City Hall.
Your dreams came true, his didn't.
And we grew apart.
Mm.
I thought he was posturing
for someone else.
But you stayed with him?
Because there were flashes,
you know, moments
where I thought we would
get back to what we were.
I just, I can't believe
he did something illegal.
You realize we're gonna have
to bring him in for questioning?
Yes, of course.
I'll bring him in myself, look.
You have to focus on the fugitives.
I will have him here within the hour.
You have my word.
All right, okay.
What do you got?
Found out what the inmates
bought at the wholesaler.
Caught Pratt himself
on video, and the store
just sent over the receipt.
He picked up white shirt,
black vest, a cart,
platters and tongs.
It's catering supplies.
A disguise. The prisoners
must plan to sneak
into some kind of event
to get what they're after.
Which means they'll expect
civilians to be there.
And they've already killed today.
I had to dig through
some prison back records,
but I finally found the inmate
known as "Kodiak."
Meet Peter Galkin.
TAN: According to Kevin Meyers,
Kodiak was the one with
the intel about the target,
probably knowledge
he came into prison with.
If we dig into who
he was before he went inside,
maybe we can figure out
what he told Pratt.
And where our fugitives are headed.
[MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY]
We're down two guys.
Which means we're gonna have to make do.
On the plus side,
that's more for us.
Damn it.
[GRUNTING]
Help me out.
All right, let's move.
How's it going with our friend Kodiak?
Find anything in his history
that the prisoners could target?
Maybe. Before he was locked up,
Kodiak worked for a heavy hitter
named Alexander Volkov.
I recognize that name.
Serbian mobster suspected
of running a smuggling ring.
Guys down in Organized Crime
joke about how he loves
his gold and jewels so much
that he sleeps on a pile of 'em.
Kodiak was sitting
on Pratt's cell block,
maybe stewing on how his
former boss screwed him over.
Yeah, his very rich former boss,
who likely doesn't keep
his cash in a bank.
A perfect target for a felon like Pratt.
Kodiak probably told
Pratt about the stash.
Then Pratt cooked up a plan to steal it.
Yeah, so if we can figure out
where Volkov keeps his riches,
we can find the remaining fugitives.
Trouble is, Volkov's got a
dozen properties all over L.A.
Wait a minute, the fugitives
have catering uniforms.
They're gonna use an event to sneak in.
So if one of Volkov's
properties is hosting
a party today,
that's where they're gonna hit.
I'll start making some calls.
Powell's narrowing down
which of Volkov's properties
the fugitives are targeting.
Tan and Gamble are getting
Black Betty loaded
- and ready to roll.
- Yeah.
- You seen Bennett?
- No.
She's still got some time.
I was hoping
for an update by now, but
Yeah, if I don't hear
from her soon, I'll head over
to her place and see what's going on.
Quietly.
Commander, she's come for you
publicly again and again.
She got you kicked out of this place.
Discretion is the last
thing she's owed, sir.
Hondo.
I'm your boss for a few more days.
I'm handling this my way.
Hey, uh,
I heard about your father.
If there's anything you want
to get off your chest
He's refusing surgery
that could save his life.
Leon thinks
it's because he wants to die.
I know, I know. It is his choice,
and I need to accept that.
What? No.
Listen, when my dad was really sick,
a part of me understood that
his death would be a mercy.
But I just couldn't wish for that.
I'd have given anything
for more time with him.
He's still your dad.
When I came back to L.A.,
I thought I could be on SWA
in spite of my
of him.
And the longer I'm here, the more
I just want things to be good
with both of my families.
20-Squad and my own.
That's not possible if he's dead.
Okay, then you need to change his mind.
Give him a reason to get that surgery.
Something to live for.
POWELL: Got an address.
Volkov's Brentwood mansion.
Event planner answered the phone,
said they're throwing a birthday party
for Volkov's
ten-year-old daughter today.
Pratt and the other inmates
are gonna use that event
to sneak in and steal Volkov's stash.
- Did you warn the guests to evacuate?
- No,
soon as I said "LAPD,"
she hung up the phone.
Yeah, I'm guessing he's
got armed security on site.
If the inmates are discovered
robbing the house,
things will escalate fast.
And that means kids will be in danger.
We got to move, now.
[LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING]
[LAUGHS]
Why do kids today
love making slime, huh?
But anything for the birthday girl.
- Dad, be cool.
- I am cool.
I'm sorry,
this area is closed to guests.
Please head back that way.
- Okay.
- Thanks.
♪
Come on.
[PRATT SCOFFS]
Just like Kodiak said it'd be.
Load it up.
Come on.
Keep eyes on anyone
in a catering uniform.
Pratt and the others
might try to slip out
as we evacuate guests.
Patrol's setting a perimeter.
We got multiple vehicles on the drive.
If one of them belongs to our fugitives,
they're already here.
Sir, we're LAPD. I'm Sergeant Harrelson.
We need to get in there
and get your guests to safety.
Four armed prisoners could
be robbing this house right now.
Do you have a search warrant
for my property?
Or can you prove this robbery story?
TAN: Listen, this is real.
Your old pal Kodiak, Peter Galkin,
told them where to find your safe.
No warrant, no entry.
CABRERA: Got a body!
Oh, my God.
The safe is in the downstairs bedroom,
southeast corner of the house.
Please, my daughter.
Gamble, Powell, hook around.
Tan, Cabrera, with me.
Listen up.
We're LAPD. We need you all to exit.
Officers will meet you outside.
Cabrera, start herding them out.
All right, everyone,
I need you all to stay calm
and start moving toward the doors.
Let's go. Let's go.
[MUSIC PLAYING IN DISTANCE]
POWELL: LAPD.
Everyone needs to move this way.
Javi Losa.
Don't move.
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
- [GRUNTS]
- Give me your hands.
24-David. One suspect in custody.
- TAN: LAPD! Stop!
- HONDO: Move! Move!
Gun!
Moving.
22-David. Second suspect down.
[ANNA PANTING]
Don't come closer!
- Please don't hurt me!
- TAN: Let her go, Pratt!
There's no way out of this.
- Just let me go!
- HONDO: No can do.
Look out that window. There's
officers on the lawn already.
TAN: You're surrounded, man.
[SCREAMS]
I got you, I got you. You're safe.
TAN: On your stomach.
[GRUNTS]
Give me your hands.
Third suspect in custody.
One more to go.
Finish clearing the house.
POWELL: House is clear.
We checked all guests and staff.
We're still missing a fugitive.
The mob accountant Donovan Lee.
HONDO: Where's Donovan Lee?
How the hell would I know?
- He wasn't working with you?
- No way.
Dude's crazy.
Not a chance in hell
I'd bring him in on this.
Do you know where he might be headed?
I got an idea.
If I'm right,
you'll find out soon enough.
Lee couldn't have gotten far.
We'll keep searching.
Now, listen, Deputy Chief
never returned to HQ.
So I just got to her place,
I'm gonna check it out.
[GUNSHOT]
R-Commander to dispatch.
Shots fired at my location.
I am proceeding with caution.
LEE: Keep screwing around, the next shot
won't be going through the ceiling.
DAVID: Please don't shoot me. Please.
HICKS: Dispatch,
I got eyes on the final fugitive.
Donovan Lee has taken
Deputy Chief Bennett
and her husband hostage.
Lee, what is it you
want? You want money?
You want, you want my car?
The keys are right over there. Take it.
You think I came here for that?
BENNETT: What is it you came for, then?
LEE: Payback.
I want payback for the suffering
your husband caused me.
Tell her what you did.
You know damn well.
Lee disc discovered
I was taking a kickback
from the prison work program.
And then what?
Tell her!
What's the ETA on backup?
He started asking questions,
and I had him removed
from the general population.
DISPATCH: Closest unit's
three minutes out.
No, that's too long.
There might be another way.
He put me in solitary for weeks.
Took away my visitation rights.
I couldn't see my family.
Just to save his own ass.
Lee, I can't do anything
about the abuses
that you have suffered, but
violence is not the answer.
[GROANS]
It is for me.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
LEE: Ooh, God.
Lee, right now you have your freedom.
You don't want
to risk all that staying here.
I am on duty.
Someone is gonna come
looking for me soon.
But you could take
all our money and be out
of here before they arrive.
And we'll be found here like this.
I'm an LAPD deputy chief.
Our shame will be in
the headlines for weeks.
You better not be putting me on.
My laptop is in that bag
right over there.
You bring it to me,
I will give you access
to all of our accounts.
Bennett, how many?
BENNETT: One.
R-Commander to dispatch.
Final Belwood fugitive's down.
I'm Code 4.
Either of you hurt?
Just my pride.
Bastard got the jump on me
when I came in the door.
Thank you.
I told you once, I found you lacking,
and my opinion hasn't changed.
Get your ass up
and apologize to your wife.
The surviving inmates
are being transferred back
to prison tomorrow morning.
Make you a deal.
I heard Jace came by HQ.
I'll handle the paperwork
if you tell me how it went with him.
I tried to cover up for asking him out,
and I somehow managed
to make the whole thing
even more awkward.
Uncomfortable and embarrassing?
That's like how most of
my high school romances ended.
Maybe that's it.
Maybe Jace and I never had that
"it's over" moment as teenagers,
so we're getting it now.
I don't know. I just need to
steer clear of him tonight.
Hey, Commander.
Just 'cause you can
show us all up in the field
doesn't mean you have
to run out and do it.
Get to work or get out of here,
both of you.
We're gonna miss you, sir.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY]
I don't think I've ever seen you
read a book before in your life.
Prison library got a big
donation a couple years ago.
Can't say it's my favorite way
to pass the time,
but I got used to it.
[SIGHS]
I don't regret leaving town
or changing my name or
doing anything I had to do
to survive what you did ten years ago.
All right.
But I want you alive.
And if you need something to live for,
how about
the chance to get to know
your daughter again?
I miss you.
Please, get the surgery,
Dad.
♪
[BUSY CHATTER]
Hey, where are you?
Hey, Zoe, wait up.
Hey.
I was gonna get inside
and find a good spot
- before the band, so
- I made a reservation
at that steak place,
and I thought maybe
you'd like to come with me.
To be clear,
this is me asking you on a date.
I don't understand.
I thought this morning
you said it was a bad idea.
I know. Look, um,
I'd been feeling something between us,
but I wasn't sure
if it was just old memories.
You asking made it real.
You knew I was lying earlier.
I wasn't sure, but
yeah, I thought,
"Too busy for a steak?" You?
- [CHUCKLES]
- That doesn't make sense.
So, what do you say?
I'd love to.
For the free steak, of course.
Of course.
Guys, come on. We're about to go on.
We'll be right there.
You know, sir, the minute LAPD Command
catches wind of that
prison scandal today,
Deputy Chief Bennett's
gonna be in some hot water.
Well, if she can figure out
a way to distance herself
from her husband,
she'll be fine.
Okay, I don't get it.
Respectfully, sir, what are you doing?
With the right push,
Bennett could be out.
She's been playing games all year,
she cost you your position.
This is an opportunity.
Why aren't you pouncing on it?
Hondo,
I'm tired of the tit for tat.
I played a role in starting this feud,
and I could've handled things
differently.
As I've been thinking about it,
I have to wonder if it might be good
to have someone else take the reins.
BENNETT: I'm not sure I agree.
You have no reason to
care for me or my family,
and yet, you saved our lives today.
I was just doing my job as a cop.
True,
but after today, and some
thinking that I've been doing,
I realize that I was wrong about you.
Damn straight you were.
I may not have been involved
in my husband's illegal activities,
but I should have seen it,
and I should have stopped it.
So, I am on my way to the chief's office
to resign from my position.
I would like to assure the chief that
SWAT is being left in good hands.
You're the right man for the job, sir.
We need you here.
Then, yes.
I'll stay on.
Then, in my final act as deputy chief,
I will tear up
your letter of resignation.
And for what it's worth, Commander,
I'm sorry.
Me, too.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Congratulations, Commander.
[CHUCKLES] I couldn't shake
this place if I tried.
[LAUGHS]