9-1-1 (2018) s09e16 Episode Script

1
[CROWD CLAMORING]
- Everybody, calm down.
- It's all your fault!
We almost died.
We lost everything!
Everybody, calm down.
Firefighters, take cover in the truck.
- Let's go.
- Let's go.
Back up. Back up.
[FIREFIGHTERS CLAMORING]
Let's go. In the truck.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
Go, go.
[GLASS SHATTERS]
- What the hell is happening?
- [RAVI] They seem real mad.
- What are we gonna do, Cap?
- Dispatch, this is Captain 118.
Requesting immediate backup
at 7800 Torrey.
Copy that. Would you like
another ladder company or
[CHIM] No, we need police,
and lots of 'em.
[JUDGE] I guess we have to start
with the obvious question, Captain Han.
How did this all go so wrong?
[SIGHS] I wish I knew.
[CHATTERING]
- This feels weird.
- Being in the kitchen without Buck?
Well, he's here in spirits and pastry.
Anybody see him when he dropped that off?
Nah, they were just on the counter
when we came in.
You know, he's like one of those elves
that makes cookies in the trees
but can't move when you look at him.
Those are two entirely different elves.
- Cap say how long he was gonna be out?
- He wasn't sure.
Cap say anything
about bringing in someone new?
He definitely did not.
Morning, everyone. I want you to meet Sam.
Sam's gonna be helping us out
while Buckley is on leave.
- Sam, we got Hen, Eddie…
- Hi.
- [CHIM] …Ravi, and our probie, Harry.
- Nice to meet you all. 'Sup?
Where are you coming from, Sam?
Work out of another house?
I've been working out of a few, filling
in here and there since I got to LA.
Can-Can I help with breakfast?
I feel weird just watching. [CHUCKLES]
See how he just jumps in?
I love this kid. Isn't he great?
I don't know. I didn't know he existed
until nine seconds ago.
I didn't tell you guys he was coming.
You do know
that Buck is coming back, right?
Yeah, sure, probably.
[SIGHS] Oh.
- Oh. Thanks, Buck.
- Good morning. Here.
[BUCK] Oh, Linda, I got you too.
- [GASPS] My hero.
- There you go.
Hey, it's everyone's
favorite new intern.
Yeah, now with morning smoothies.
- Unemployment looks good on you.
- Hey, not unemployed,
paid personal leave for now.
Ooh. Something delicious
that I can pretend is healthy.
- Thank you.
- Yep, and I picked up your dry cleaning.
[SIGHS] It was more than I expected.
Yeah, something they didn't tell me
about this promotion.
Never thought I'd miss the uniform.
Yeah, me too.
Buck, it's not forever.
They're gonna want you to come back.
That's what everyone keeps on saying.
Any news on the hearing date?
No, I just have to complete
the first phase of my treatment program,
and they'll try to get me on the books.
Until then, it's going to meetings
and picking up dry cleaning.
And that is probably… Yes, it is.
Hen's prescription
ready to be picked up.
Yeah. All right.
No one's expecting you to do all of
this, the grocery shopping, errands.
Uh. Don't forget the free babysitting.
Oh, I am always gonna want you to do that.
But the rest, I mean,
you're doing so much for everyone.
Well, I owe everyone.
And what you guys did for me is
We did it because we love you.
There's no repayment necessary.
[BUCK] Well, I want to do it
anyway. [SIGHS]
It keeps me busy, and it keeps my
mind off worrying about being replaced.
Please, like you could be replaced.
- [SIRENS WAILING]
- [ALARM BELL RINGING]
Don't structure fires usually have
more fire?
- Careful what you wish for.
- These old buildings go up quick.
Dispatch, no signs of smoke
at 7800 Torrey. What do we know?
Only that the automatic alarm
sounded six minutes ago.
We're trying to get more info, but
No word from the security company,
but has 180 units.
[CHIM] And Ability for a fire to start
in each one of them.
All right, Ravi, control room.
Let's see if we can pinpoint the source.
Everybody else,
let's gear up, sweep the building.
The fire department is here. They got it
under control. What do you want from me?
Maybe to live somewhere
that isn't a death trap?
You think that leaky faucet that
All right, everybody, let's push back.
Everybody across that yellow line.
Let's go.
That includes you.
You the building manager?
What tipped you off?
Mostly the verbal abuse.
What's the occupancy here?
Too many.
I can't keep track of all the whining.
[RAVI] Cap, found the enunciator panel.
It says the alarm was tripped
in the fifth floor, Bravo side.
I'm headed up now.
- Let me know what you find out.
- [BABY CRYING]
[CHIM] Everybody, let's go back five feet.
- You too, ma'am.
- It's okay.
- How old?
- Seven months. He won't stop crying.
Have you tried turning him
around the other way?
- With his back to you. Now bounce him.
- Ooh.
- You're a magician.
- I'm just a dad.
Does it get easier?
[SIGHS] It gets different.
Diaz, still no sign of smoke or fire?
Just a slip and fall on the stairwell.
Hey, hey, I need help.
My babies are still inside.
- Which apartment?
- [TENANT 1] Apartment 623.
Who's closest to 623?
We got kids up there.
- We need to get them out ASAP.
- Sam here. On it, Cap.
[TENANT 2] Oh, God.
- Am I dying?
- Probably not,
but you did take a pretty nasty spill.
- Stay still.
- [TENANT 2 SCREAMS]
- Is it broken?
- It's a safe bet.
Remember how you fell?
Was it coming down the stairs?
Up. I was heading to my apartment,
trying to be h-healthier,
taking the stairs, and…
and the alarm went off and I tripped.
[TENANT 2 PANTS]
The vacuum splint.
[GRUNTS] We're gonna stabilize
this leg, okay,
before we can move you,
and then we'll get you out of here.
[GROANING] Is this gonna hurt?
[SCREAMING]
- This is it.
- Should we be worried about that?
Not until they tell us to be.
Come on, she said her kids are in there.
LAFD. We're here to get you…
Uh. Ugly kids.
- Do we evacuate them or…
- I mean, we're already up here.
Oh, come on. Let go. Stay with me.
Come on. We got you. Follow me.
Panikkar, what's your status?
Cap, I'm on floor five,
but there's no smoke, no flames, nothing.
Could be inside the walls.
Try using the FLIR.
You haven't found it yet? Come on, man.
How long is this gonna take?
We are working on it.
Did you get me my head count?
Cap, the FLIR is a blur, all right?
No heat pockets anywhere.
Maybe we're hunting a ghost.
All right.
Anyone out here live on the fifth floor?
Floor five, anyone?
If anyone from that floor knows anything
about anything causing the smoke?
Cooking, electrical, medicinal?
Speak now or you're gonna face
the arson investigator.
Uh, actually, I, uh… I might…
I might know something.
Hardwired smoke detectors
are mandatory in residential buildings.
What? So now you're
going to write me up?
Don't make us come back again.
All right, false alarm, everyone.
You're free to go back inside.
- So this was all for nothing?
- No, not for nothing. [SIGHS]
I think we all learned
two very valuable lessons.
Do not cook bacon
without using the exhaust hood,
and do not remove the batteries
from your smoke detectors
just 'cause you don't like
the blinking lights at night.
- So we're safe to go home?
- I promise you there is no fire.
Let's go back to the beginning.
The, uh, first alarm
that you responded to at 7800 Torrey.
What were your orders?
To evacuate the residents
while searching the building
for signs of fire, smoke, water,
whatever could have triggered the alarm.
Were there any challenges
with the evacuation?
The stairs could be slippery.
The radio transcript suggests that there
was a lot of confusion at that building.
Why was that?
Well, we couldn't find any smoke or flame.
The first alarm you attributed
to someone cooking?
His apartment smelled smoky
because he'd been cooking bacon.
But it was the hall alarm that triggered,
not the one in his unit.
The tenant had admitted
that he removed the batteries
from the smoke detector in his unit.
Turns out they were not hardwired.
Remind us, Captain, how many times
did you return back to that building?
[BELL RINGING]
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]
- [SIRENS WAILING]
- [ALARM BELL RINGING]
I can't understand the people of today ♪
And again.
[BELL RINGING]
- [SIRENS WAILING]
- [ALARM BELL RINGING]
Just happy going on ♪
- [CHIM] All clear. False alarm again.
- And again.
[BELL RINGING]
There's a rainbow in our town ♪
And again.
There's a rainbow in our town ♪
[BELL RINGING]
There's a rainbow in our town ♪
- We went there five more times.
- [MUSIC ENDS]
I am guessing that the tenants weren't
very happy with you.
By the time we got to the fifth one,
I think everybody was a little tense
and still pretty hungry.
[TENANT 3] Do something to fix this.
You are lucky that the eviction laws
here are so strict.
You're lucky I can't afford WeHo.
- I don't care. Move!
- Everybody, fire alarm means evacuate.
Let's go. Outside, everyone, now.
- We'll start clearing the upper floors.
- [EDDIE] Again.
And that's when things really started
to unravel.
Clearly there's a problem
with the entire system.
- When was the last time it was serviced?
- How should I know?
You manage the building.
And you manage fires, but…
[STAMMERS] …now you're here five times.
Can you take us through
exactly what happened next?
It got crazy for a minute. [SIGHS]
It was nuts.
Your building keeps
calling 911, and we're
gonna figure out why once and for all.
Gonna check every pipe,
every wire in this place.
Ravi, take Harry and Sam,
go down to the basement, check every inch.
No, that is not necessary. No!
[BUILDING MANAGER GRUNTS]
Whoa, whoa, whoa! I did not punch him.
Who said that I punched him?
[STUTTERS] I'm not saying
that violence is ever the answer,
but I have to say
that Roman guy definitely had it coming.
So you're saying that you witnessed
Captain Han assault
the building manager?
Yes. I did say that, yes. Um.
- And you saw this happen?
- Yes. I-I think so, yes.
Ravi, take Sam and Harry,
go down to the basement, check every inch.
No. [STUTTERS] That's not necessary. No!
By the fifth time,
it must have been pretty tense, huh?
Is that when the captain
punched the building manager?
No. No. It's not how I remember it, no.
We have a witness who's pretty certain
he saw Captain Han punch
the building manager.
I didn't see anything.
[JUDGE] Are you sure about that?
I know the 118 like
to think of themselves as a family,
but it is actually a job, young man.
Covering up for each other helps no one.
I know what I saw.
I believe Cap.
Sir, as I have told you,
that is not how I remember it.
[CHIM] Roman pushed Ravi.
I had to step in. I did not punch anyone.
Go down to the basement, check every inch.
No, that is not necessary. No!
It's not optional.
That's it. I'm issuing a citation, okay?
You're gonna hire security for a 24-hour
fire watch until this system is fixed.
You got it?
You guys good? All right.
Basement, let's go.
After the fifth call, you called dispatch.
Do you remember that?
Yes, ma'am.
[SIGHS] You're all clear here, ma'am.
Dispatch, this is Captain 118.
7800 Torrey is a false
alarm for the fifth time.
[DISPATCH] How should we proceed
with future calls, Captain 118?
I don't know, maybe start hanging up.
That was a joke. [SIGHS]
Gallows humor, you know.
Feels a little less funny now, doesn't it?
You told a young mother
to return back home
only to have the building burn down
later the same day.
[SIGHS] It was a really long day.
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
Ow.
Ow.
[PANTING]
- Rough day, huh, bro?
- [SIGHS] And surgery tomorrow.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[SIRENS WAILING]
Definitely not a false alarm.
All right, Sam, I want hose lines on five.
Garcia, get the aerial up.
Everyone else, you know what to do.
- Yeah, Cap!
- On it!
Dispatch, we're at 7800 Torrey.
Floors five through seven
are fully involved.
We need additional RA units, stat.
All right, everybody, let's get to work.
[HARRY] Come on. Everybody out.
Everybody out. Go, go, go, go, go!
[EDDIE] LAFD! This is not a false alarm.
LAFD. Please evacuate!
[RAVI] LAFD. Everybody out!
[EDDIE] You, follow him that way.
LAFD. Time to evacuate!
This way. We gotta get you out.
All right. This will help with the smoke.
[HEN] LAFD. Everybody out of the building!
Hang in there. Hang in there.
Just a few more floors.
[CLAMORING]
All right, I want you to stay close.
LAFD. I need everybody out!
I'm gonna need some help here.
We're not just predicting outcomes.
We're controlling them.
Our algorithm is cutting edge,
with results as soon as
or even before you finish
- Seriously, bro?
- [FIREFIGHTER 1] Let's go!
[PANTING] It's okay, honey.
[RESIDENTS COUGH]
[CHIM] I want a water curtain
on that fifth floor landing. Let's move.
Come on, let's get this hose moving.
Come on!
Guys, where's my water?
Come on, let's move.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
- Hen, how are we looking?
- Five is clear.
Let's hit five with everything we got.
Let's go.
Yes, sir.
- Connor! How bad is it up there?
- It's all gone, ma'am.
- [TENANT 1] What?
- We're gonna lose everything.
- I need to move everyone back. Let's go.
- [TENANT 1] Wait.
You need to explain yourself.
You said we were safe.
Yes, I know. And I understand why
you're upset, but now is not the time.
Our whole lives are burning down
because of you.
Yeah, you drag us out for fake alarms
over and over again,
but when a real fire comes, where are you?
Eating doughnuts?
- It's all your fault!
- We almost died.
I lost everything!
Everyone, just k-keep calm?
Relax. Just take it easy. Take it easy.
You're paying for this.
[CROWD CLAMORING]
And that's when you gave
the order to fall back.
Given the situation, I felt it wasn't
safe for the firefighters on the ground.
I thought it best to
take cover until the
LAPD showed up to secure the scene.
You felt that the threat this crowd
of tenants posed was so great
that it necessitated pulling everyone
off of the line,
letting the fire burn unimpeded.
Yes, sir.
So why would you get out of the engine
before the police arrived?
- We got everyone out.
- [CROWD CLAMORING]
- Doesn't that count for anything?
- Apparently not.
Cap, the building manager's back.
[STUTTERS] And he's going back in?
[GLASS SHATTERS]
He can see the building's still
on fire, right?
Son of a…
All right, listen.
Nobody gets out until PD arrives.
Understood?
Where are you going?
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
[CHIM] Hey! Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
[PANTING, GRUNTING]
Hey, stop!
Stop!
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
Don't open that door!
- No!
- [MUSIC ENDS]
The building manager was badly wounded.
Third or fourth degree burns.
Do you believe Captain Han bears
any responsibility for those injuries?
[EDDIE] I think Captain
Han is responsible
for putting that man on his back.
Carrying him down seven stories.
He's only alive because of Captain Han.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]
Now will you let us do our jobs, please?
Captain Han, some days my job is hard too.
Today is one of those days.
From everything I know, you are
an excellent firefighter paramedic.
You have an exemplary service record.
So I… I am looking at you and trying
to figure out where it went wrong.
It was just a bad day.
Our concern is that your house has
had a lot of bad days
over the past year.
Cell phone video of one
of your men jumping off of a bridge.
An unauthorized field amputation.
One firefighter collapsing at a scene
due to an undisclosed medical condition.
Another one is currently seeking treatment
for a substance abuse issue.
I mean, you…
you have to see how this looks.
Yes, sir.
Let's take a break.
We will reconvene in 20 minutes.
[SIGHS]
[CHIEF] Captain Han.
Chief, I thought we said 20.
We're actually going to adjourn
for the afternoon.
- Oh. We're done?
- No, not yet. [SIGHS]
We have some new
avenues of investigation
to explore before we bring you back.
New avenues?
We no longer think
that the fire alarm system malfunctioned.
We now believe that someone disabled it.
Someone…
Listen, whatever you guys are thinking,
I'm telling you it wasn't me.
Maybe you should talk
to the building manager Roman.
I wish we could.
Unfortunately, he died this afternoon.
[WHISPERS]
He didn't want to tell you anything?
[MADDIE, WHISPERS] He would only
say that he didn't
want to talk about it,
followed by hours of walking around
and muttering things to himself.
I think he was relitigating
the whole thing in his head.
[HEN] But he didn't want to talk about it.
[MADDIE] Exactly, which is why I
was hoping that maybe you'd have a trick
- to snap him out of it.
- [HEN] Hmm.
Hey. What are you doing here so early?
[NORMAL] Uh…
Just stopped by to tell you
to stop being an idiot.
Okay, you guys have this under control,
so I'm just gonna go to work. [CHUCKLES]
- [WHISPERS] Traitor.
- [MADDIE] Love you too.
This isn't all on you, Chim.
Whatever got missed
in that building, we all missed it.
Someone turned off the fire alarm.
What?
When?
[CHIM SIGHS] At some point between
when I looked at the system
and declared it was A-okay,
an actual fire started
and destroyed the building.
Did they suggest that
Yeah, and before you follow that up
with, uh, "How could they think that?"
you should also know
that the panel expressed some concerns
beyond what happened the day of the fire.
What kind of concerns?
About my leadership skills,
that they think I don't have any.
[HEN] Well, they're wrong.
You're a damn good captain,
and if they can't see that
[CHIM] Come on, Hen.
I didn't get this job because I earned it.
I got it because the last guy died,
and they felt sorry for us,
and they thought promoting from within
would be a good look for the department.
Which is why they're not gonna fire you.
[CHIM] You're right, they won't fire me.
They'll just do everything in their power
to make sure I quit.
And to tell you the truth?
I don't think it'll take much.
You remember when we used
to get in trouble as kids
and Mom and Dad would do
the whole good cop, bad cop routine?
[CHUCKLES] And then at some point
they'd forget who was who
and you ended up being double copped.
- Now imagine if there were three of them.
- [SIGHS] I'm sorry.
It just sucks.
I'm still a probationary firefighter.
Am I gonna get canned now because of this?
- [SIGHS] You're gonna be fine.
- You don't know that, Mom.
Okay, well, I can strongly suspect it
based on the conversation I just had
with Hen.
Well, how is Hen doing with all of this?
Well, she sounds like he looks.
Thanks.
If it will make you feel any better, it
doesn't sound like you're their target.
They could've fooled me.
They kept asking me the same questions
over and over again,
like they were trying to trip me up.
I mean, I almost asked
if I could have a lawyer.
Your union rep, okay?
Next time this happens,
that's who you ask for.
God, you think
there's gonna be a next time?
[ATHENA] This week? I don't know.
But based on what I believe will be a long
and distinguished career?
Definitely.
Mom, I thought we were supposed
to be making him feel better.
[ATHENA] Well, not by lying to him.
You can have all the talent,
training, and smarts in the world.
You can do everything right.
Something will still go wrong.
And when that happens,
the department's gonna ask questions.
Okay, so I need to get used
to defending myself.
People defending
themselves always end up
backing themselves
into a worse situation.
You just tell the truth, okay?
The rest will work itself out.
Wait, you said you didn't think
that Harry was their target.
That means that they have one. Who is it?
- Chimney?
- This is my fault.
- I should've just quit.
- Then I'd have to quit too, Buck.
I mean, we all made mistakes
on Chim's watch.
- We all own a piece of this.
- [RAVI] How big a piece are we talking?
Like-Like, say they push Cap out.
- What happens to the rest of us?
- They break up the team.
We might get to keep our jobs,
but we have to move to different houses.
I don't understand
how I'm the one who's suspended
and somehow in less trouble
than the rest of you.
[SIGHS] No one does.
There was something up with that building
as soon as we pulled up.
I mean, that building manager
definitely did not want us there.
You think he was the one
who could have disabled the fire alarms?
I mean, clearly he was hiding something.
And then he runs back
into a burning building.
That doesn't sound like an arsonist to me,
at least not a smart one.
I mean, do we even know if it was arson?
They didn't give us a ruling yet.
It could have been anything, you know,
bad wiring, overloaded circuits,
improper maintenance
of the mechanical system.
From what they told us,
it's probably all of the above.
They said they've been complaining
about that guy for months.
Okay, so do you think
they might talk to us?
We didn't leave on good terms.
Maybe they already talked to somebody.
[EDDIE] What? Like Roman's boss.
- Doubt that went anywhere.
- Right.
And when that went nowhere,
who'd they call next?
- 911, what's your emergency?
- [PERSON] Someone's kid keeps coughing.
- Mr. Rodriguez again?
- I think he stopped taking his meds.
I know he's not usually violent.
[SIGHS] No, but he is schizophrenic.
Check notes on his previous calls,
and I'll…
- [DISPATCHER] Deal with that?
- Yeah.
Is everything okay?
We think we have a way
to save Chimney's job.
[DISPATCHER] March 25th, 4:09 p.m.
[DISPATCHER] 911, what's your emergency?
[CALLER] I lost power.
[DISPATCHER] You're saying you lost
electricity in your home?
[CALLER] Yes, 7800 Torrey Street,
apartment three.
[DISPATCHER] Uh, this is a DWP issue.
I'm transferring you to 311.
We get a lot of these.
[DISPATCHER 2] 911, what's your emergency?
[CALLER 2] Hi. I think our trash
didn't get picked up.
There's an awful smell coming
from downstairs.
[DISPATCHER 2] Understood. I'm connecting
you to 311 City Services.
[DISPATCHER 3] 911
What's your emergency?
[CALLER 3] I'm at 7800 Torrey Street.
There's this weird truck parked
in the alley behind the building.
Can you send someone to check it out?
[DISPATCHER 3] Is it an emergency?
Anything?
So far, just a lot of people
abusing emergency services.
Oh, don't you love that about our jobs?
I just… I don't get
what connects any of these. [SIGHS]
[HARRY] You guys find anything?
We've got a badly managed,
crappy old building with residents
who treat 911
like it's a complaint hotline.
We're not seeing any patterns.
Maybe we could help with that,
the original building plans
before any changes or renovations.
How did you get hard copies?
Old friend of Dad's
at Building and Safety.
We wanted to map the calls.
- Maybe that gives us a pattern.
- Yeah.
Okay, here, Ravi.
[MAY] Floor three.
[CALLER 4] I don't know.
It's been going all night.
[DISPATCHER 4] Does it sound like banging
in the pipes, in the walls?
[CALLER 4] I don't know.
It just sounds like banging.
I bet it's that idiot Carlyle
tossing his stupid dumbbells around.
Can't you do something?
- 224.
- [EDDIE] 224. 224.
- Right there.
- [BUCK] Uh. Right here. Okay.
Okay, the banging calls,
they came from 227 and 323.
Uh, two and… 227.
- [BUCK] Okay, 227, 323 right there.
- [HARRY] 323 right here.
[CALLER 5] The lights are flickering
in the lobby.
[DISPATCHER 2] Have you asked the manager
to call an electrician?
Flickering lights was 325 and 421.
Um, right here.
[CALLER 6] The electricity's out again.
- A-Apartment…
- 117.
- 117.
- Right here.
Right there.
- [CALLER 7] I keep hearing weird noises.
- 324, 126.
[BUCK] 324. Here, 126.
126. Harry, 126.
So all the calls are located on the
lower level of the southwest corner.
- Did anything seem off on those floors?
- Nothing obvious.
[PHONE RINGING]
Arson investigator. I told him to give
me a heads up if he hears anything.
Fire started on seven, southwest corner.
Okay, so all these calls and the fire
in this corner of the building,
something's connecting them.
Air.
Josh, can you pull up the ventilation
plans for this old building?
Okay, yeah, so-so these units,
they're not just connected by location,
they're connected by this air duct.
See, it-it runs right through all of them.
So the smells and weird noises were coming
from the vents.
Okay, but-but from where?
I mean, we cleared every single one
of those units.
- We didn't find anything.
- What about the basement?
Was there anything there?
I mean, there was nothing down there
but, uh, a fire alarm
panel, some storage.
What about this room right here?
Never saw a room. It's a concrete wall.
What if our answer is behind it.
Oh, thank you.
- Sugar?
- Yes, please.
Whoa! That's too much sugar. [SCREAMING]
- That tastes terrible. Let me get more.
- [GIGGLES]
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
Hey. Don't eat those cookies
without me, okay?
[CHIM GRUNTS]
What?
Can I come in?
Are you sure that's safe?
I hear I have a pretty mean right hook.
I can explain.
[SIGHS]
You got six minutes including credits,
so you better make it quick.
- I swear, I thought you hit him.
- And yet I did not.
And the chiefs kept looking at me
and-and asking me
about it over and over,
and they seem to think that you did.
Well, they weren't on scene, Sam.
You were, and apparently you know
what you saw.
What if I didn't see anything?
Well, then why would you say anything?
Or are you in the habit of making
things up that you didn't actually see?
Well, maybe.
Well, I mean, not on purpose.
[STUTTERS] You know, like when you
hear a story so many times
that it feels
like you were actually there.
No, what?
My mom thinks I'm too susceptible,
but I just want people to like me,
so sometimes I agree with them
even if I don't actually
agree with them.
I'm a… I'm-I'm a people pleaser.
- Well, Sam, I am not pleased.
- [SAM] Maybe this will help.
One of the tenants posted this video.
I think this is how it got in my head.
[TENANT 4] Whoa. Oh, my God,
he just punched Roman.
[CHIM] That's it. I'm citing you.
You gotta hire security guard…
I didn't see you hit him.
You just heard somebody say I did.
I already called Chief Walker.
I'm going in tomorrow
to revise my statement.
I am really sorry, sir.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
According to the plans,
the room should be right here.
All I see are
improperly stored paint cans.
We need to move this.
Ready? On three. One, two, three…
Ooh.
[HEN] All right.
[EDDIE] LAFD, is anyone…
in there?
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[HORN HONKS]
I do, sir.
You're going to be here for a few
days, so tell your friends to be quiet,
do as they're told,
and not cause me any problems.
- [COUGHING]
- Sir, the boy. He's sick.
[TENANT 1] Roman.
Later.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[ROMAN] What are you doing back here?
[TENANT 1] Are those new tenants?
Those are people
that are going to be doing some fixing
of all the problems that you
and everybody's complaining about.
- Are they licensed?
- [ROMAN] You want for your rent to go up?
No license. You get what you pay for.
Ain't that the truth?
Go. Hurry.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
It's good.
[SPEAKS RUSSIAN]
Hello!
Hello! Is anyone there?
[COUGHS]
- [PIPES CLANG]
[PIPES CLANGING]
[BABY CRYING]
[PEOPLE COUGHING]
Yeah. Again. Geez.
[SCREAMS, PANTING]
[PERSON SPEAKS SPANISH]
[ALARM BELL RINGING]
[SIRENS WAILING]
[FIREFIGHTER, MUFFLED]
LAFD. Everybody out!
- [RAVI] LAFD.
- [EDDIE] Please evacuate.
- You've got to get out!
- [HARRY] Get out! Get out!
- [SPEAKING SPANISH]
- [ALL CHEERING]
[FIREFIGHTER] Hey, floor is clear.
[FIREFIGHTER 2] Let's pack up.
Let's get out of here.
[COUGHING]
[ALARM BELL RINGING]
[CLAMORING]
Estevan.
[PERSON GRUNTING]
Oh, no. No, no. No. No, no. No. No.
[ALL COUGHING]
[CROWD CLAMORING]
[ALL COUGHING]
[EDDIE] LAFD. Is anyone there?
[MUFFLED] LAFD.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]
[PANTING]
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]
Hey. What happened?
They were locked in a secret room
in the basement.
Sixteen men and women, malnutrition,
dehydration, smoke inhalation.
We got one child, male,
possible viral infection.
Signs of bronchitis.
Smoke inhalation?
Yeah.
The fire alarms…
They were trying to signal for help.
[CHATTERING]
Yes, sir.
Understood.
Okay. Thanks, Chief.
LAPD is gonna send someone
to quarterback this mess.
Chief wants me to hang back
to pass the baton.
What about the Board of Reviews?
Under review.
Chief's gonna recommend that they
take the investigation
in a new direction.
- What does that mean for us?
- [CHIM] Go back to work tomorrow.
I can't believe you guys did all this.
Figuring out something was
going on in the building,
finding all those people and saving them.
[CHUCKLES] We weren't gonna
let them take you down.
No matter what they think,
you're still our Captain.
[CHUCKLES]
- Captain Han. Detective Hooks.
- [CHIM] Hey.
[HOOKS] Thank you,
all, for sticking around.
I'll try not to take up
too much more of your time.
But we, uh, we gave our statements
at the scene.
Yeah, I just want to check a few details
with you and the migrants.
What do you think is gonna happen to them?
It's a long way to come and a lot
to survive for a plane ticket home.
[HOOKS] Unfortunately,
they probably won't even get that.
They'll get cleared medically,
put back on a bus across the border.
[CHIM] And the traffickers?
Video evidence inside the building
was destroyed.
We found charred hard drives
inside Roman's apartment,
probably why he ran back inside.
IT doesn't have high hopes.
They came here with hope.
Why don't you borrow some of theirs?
Excuse me?
What he's saying is
that you don't have any evidence,
except for them.
They don't know where they were
going, but they know where they've been.
They can help you.
Then maybe we can help them.
Thanks, Captain. All right.
Take care, guys.
- [PHONE RINGING]
- Hey.
Yeah, I think we might have
a real problem here.
A small thank you
for keeping my seat warm.
Who's Max?
He's Max.
- He's not Max.
- He's Sam.
It's fine. I-I can… I can be Max.
[CHIM] Don't hide your light, Sam.
The 144 will be lucky to have you with
a glowing recommendation, by the way.
And we sure don't want to keep you…
from them.
Uh. I could just, uh, wipe the "Max" off.
- No, it's fine. I can… I like Max.
- [BUCK] No, Sam.
It's your party. I'll re-ice.
A small thank you
for keeping my seat warm.
Thanks again.
Yeah, I'm gonna miss you guys.
But hey, see you in the field, I hope.
Actually, you…
you shouldn't hope for that,
'cause if we're at a call,
and the 144 is there,
that means it's a multiple alarm incident,
which means possible multiple fatalities.
So technically, if everything goes well,
we'll never see you again.
- Copy that.
- Yeah. Huh.
Huh.
- What?
- You're such a child.
[BUCK SCOFFS]