S.W.A.T. (2017) s01e17 Episode Script
Armory
1 And the punks can't play So I'm halfway to this meeting and I realize I forgot the client's lookbook.
Honey? Where are you? Deirdre? Deirdre? Deirdre.
Didn't you hear me calling you? A little help, please? What are you doing home? Forgot this.
Good luck on your pitch.
Thanks.
What the hell? You're married? Does it matter? When your husband shows up unannounced, yes, it matters.
Oh, honey, I just remembered I'm all out of that green juice cleanse stuff.
Did you hear me? Yes, and I'll pick some up from Whole Foods on the way back from hot yoga.
I jumped, like, 20 feet down into this pool.
The water's ice-cold.
Serious shrinkage.
That must've been tough on the ego.
Then there's this Rottweiler chasing me.
I got out of there by the skin of my teeth.
You're telling me you had no idea this woman was married.
She didn't have a ring on her finger.
Cheaters tend to leave them at home.
You might think that this is, uh, really funny, but I actually feel used.
Oh, poor Street.
You attract what you put out there.
You think that I go looking for these nutjobs? - You do, because you're telling me - Hey.
We got a situation popping off in the Valley.
Gear up.
Answer me! Right now! Or I'm going after your family next! No.
No! Let me see your hands! Right here, I put a temperature scanner so the operator can tell - if the patient's still alive or not.
- After six months, I'm finally getting my dining room table back? I swear, Mom, after tomorrow, everything's - Oh, my - What are you doing? Shut up! Just do what I tell you! Get in there.
Move! Move! - In front of the window.
- Why? On your knees.
On your knees.
One-Adam-12, suspect just forced entry into a private residence.
11874 Hazeltine.
When's SWAT getting here? One last question.
How does it feel to be the first female captain in the history of SWAT? And how do your rank and file feel about you pushing them to be more involved with the communities they police? Well, that's two questions.
It feels right.
Police Commissioner Michael Plank he's really my partner in all the positive changes we're trying to implement in the department.
Oh, Stella, this is my boss, SWAT Commander Robert Hicks.
Yeah.
You'll have to see yourself out.
Cortez, our car pursuit just turned into a barricade situation with hostages.
"Stella"? Since when is SWAT on first-name basis with reporters? She's doing an article on our latest neighborhood initiatives.
You mean your initiatives.
Question, Cortez: do you work for SWA or does SWAT work for you? Sir Want to do puff pieces on the proposals you and the commissioner are trying to cram down our throat? Do it on your own time.
Right now I need you as my number two at Mobile Command.
All right, listen up.
We got a hostage rescue situation.
We got a male Hispanic armed with a handgun.
He's taken a family hostage.
Hicks and Cortez are meeting us on-site to give us more intel.
Beautiful downtown Van Nuys.
100 freeway exits and not one decent bar.
Hey, at least it's hot, muggy, and generally uncool.
Don't worry, Deac, we get you living here.
- You got kids.
- Hey.
If you're not gonna be near the beach, why even be in L.
A.
? You can all keep your overpriced studios in Venice and your houses on stilts in the hills.
Out here, I get a real house for my money.
My kids can go to public school.
And unlike the rest of L.
A.
, there's always parking.
What's the verdict, Hondo? Westside or the Valley? No, I'm sticking with South L.
A.
That's always gonna be home for me.
All right, you all know the deal.
Let's keep it tight, shut this guy down.
You cut the power and the cell service? DWP shut off the water and power, and the cell jammer's on full blast.
No calls in or out unless we want there to be.
- You got an ID on our bad guy yet? - Two bad guys.
The DOA in the wrecked vehicle has been identified as Manuel "Man-Killer" Lopez.
Lopez is a loyal assassin for Los Reyes East Side Kings.
The suspect who killed Lopez and was driving his car Angel Lucero.
Lucero is a career criminal.
Los Reyes associate.
He was recently paroled from Corcoran after serving six years for robbery.
I dealt with Los Reyes when they were first coming up in Rampart.
They got a reputation for dumping bodies where no one can find 'em.
You think it's a beef between crime partners gone sideways? Whatever it was, there's now an innocent family trapped in there with a guy who's acting like he's got nothing to lose.
All right.
You try talking him out.
If that doesn't work, we'll do what we do.
Hey! You take one more step and she's dead! Hey! This is the LAPD! I got a phone out here for you.
Nobody is coming inside.
We are not coming inside.
I just want to toss this phone through the window so we can start a conversation.
It's coming in now.
Three, two, one.
This is Captain Cortez speaking.
Is this Angel Lucero? Look, I don't want to hurt these people, but you need to get out of here.
I want that, too, so let's work together to make that happen.
I want that big-ass SWA motor home bus out front gone, and I want an unmarked car pulled up to the back of the house for me.
Angel, you understand the LAPD can't just pack up and leave.
Well, I hear news choppers.
Bet they'd love them some live footage of dead bodies tossed out on this lawn.
I got the Rook revvin', Hondo, ready to go in hard.
Just say the word.
Luca, we got a family inside.
Tear gas is a last option, but keep her running.
All right, roger that.
Two-side, are there - any surprises inside? - Negative, Hondo.
Heat signatures show just the suspect and the three hostages.
All right, roger that, hold tight.
Four-side, what do you see? Suspect looks manic.
Better if Cortez can get him to walk out.
Three-side, do you have eyes yet? Roger that.
Suspect takes one step into the back, I got a clear shot.
Why are you doing this? What do you want? They said they'd kill her! Who are they gonna kill? My sister! They took her! You cops.
Never believe a word I say.
Not with my sins.
Hondo, are you hearing this? Yeah, suspect wants a getaway car.
That's his only demand so far.
If he is Los Reyes, we cannot count on him to do right by that family.
We got to separate him from them.
Keep him talking.
Angel, I worked Boyle Heights.
I know Los Reyes.
Lopez was a killer who's dropped a lot of bodies.
What happened between you two? Were you acting in self-defense? Lopez was a psycho.
He had that coming.
I get that.
But the family you have hostage they don't deserve to be any part of this.
Just give me a car and two hours.
Then I'll turn myself in.
I just got to handle something first.
He said something about his sister being in danger.
Suspects'll spin any fairy tale they can conjure to get their backs out of a corner.
And even if there was truth to it, we'd have to get verification and we don't have time for that.
Angel, before I can call back my men, I need a sign of good faith.
Let the hostages walk.
You love your parents? Huh?! Tell 'em you love them.
- Mom, I love you.
- I love you, babe.
- Dad, I love you.
- I love you.
All right, you want good faith? Come get the boy! - Get up.
Get up.
Get up.
- No.
No! - No! - Get up.
Get out of here.
Go, go! - Honey, go! - Go, go.
- Come on, go, go! - Get down! Julian.
Breathe and come with me.
- My mom and dad? - We'll get them.
All right, I gave you one, now give me a car! No! Or I'm blowing his brains - outside the window! - No! - Ten! - No! Hondo, tell me you're ready.
He wants a car, we'll throw - a set of keys through the back window.
- Roger that.
- Six! - Angel, stop counting.
You let a hostage go, so I'm holding up my end of the bargain.
One of my men is approaching the back of the house.
He's gonna throw a set of keys in to you.
They belong to a Charger parked in the alley.
Get down.
Three-side, Deac's coming around with a stinger.
But if the suspect runs out that back door shooting, you have a green light.
Ready to drop him, Hondo.
Deac, give him the one-two punch and then tenderize his ass.
Police! Don't move! Don't move! Tan, cover me.
Deac, we got the hostages.
Get up, you're safe.
- Going hands on.
- Go! Give me your hands! Thank you.
Glad we could help.
Come on.
Not a bad afternoon.
Hey.
Teamwork makes the dream work.
Man, when are you gonna be able to put that rig to use, Luca? I'm dying to give that thing a spin, man.
Yeah, don't worry, Luca.
Whether it's today or next week, somebody will do something stupid enough for you to get your chance.
Um My drone on the dining table? Did any of you officers see it? I hate to tell you, son, but your house is now a crime scene.
It's gonna be a few days before you're able to retrieve any personal belongings.
But I need it for an engineering competition tomorrow.
I-I've been working on this forever.
Please? You know, I got to go back inside and get my keys.
Come on, what do you think, Commander? Before we seal the place, there's no harm in letting the kid have a walk-through.
All right, go ahead.
Thank you.
Oh, my God.
It's demolished.
Hey, we're really sorry.
You can file a claim against the city.
I mean, your parents can.
But the contest is tomorrow morning.
First prize is $25,000 for tuition.
That was my best hope of going to a real college.
- What kind of drone was it? - I called it Medic-Hawk.
Equipped with things carried on ambulances, to help out patients in tight spots until human EMTs could arrive.
Man, most kids are flying their drones over nude beaches.
Tell you what.
Let's salvage every piece of this drone that we can and take it back to HQ.
Including Einstein Jr.
here.
Okay.
Let's do it.
All right.
Oh, yeah.
Come on, let's go.
Is this seriously your dating profile? Where'd you find that? I might've used the app once or twice.
Of course, I swiped left on you, but not before I took a screenshot of this.
The dreaded shirtless pic of you in the boxing ring, the one of you "all tac'd up - and ready to roll.
" - That's a good one.
That's actually the caption you wrote.
I see a gainfully employed real man who's ready to save lives and kick ass.
And with a sensitive side.
You're not smiling in any of them.
Why you so serious, Street? I mean, come on, you can tell me.
Are you really the Batman? My smile it makes me look goofy.
"No kids, ex-wife or pets.
I'm a cop who works hard and plays hard.
" "Plays hard.
" "If you're up to the challenge, - you could be the one.
" - Mm-hmm.
Come on, in real life, you're not that pathetic and humorless.
- Do you want my opinion? - No.
I think you need to let me give your profile a makeover.
No.
I might trust you with my life, I do not trust you with my love life.
Then stop crying to me about quickies with married, damaged chicks.
All right.
Don't make me look desperate.
Okay? Hey.
How did you know my password? I told you, I got you all figured out.
All right, Julian, so we put your parents up in a hotel, and they agreed that you could be deputized by SWA so you could pull an all-nighter here, try to fix this thing, win that contest.
Thanks.
But one night? I put weeks into this.
One night won't cut it.
Julian, we got a full garage and a machine shop.
You just make a list of what you need and we got you, all right? And Luca here, he may not look like much, but he's a real wiz when it comes to mechanics.
If I didn't become police, MIT was next on the list.
Look, kid, here at SWAT, we face a lot of tough situations, a lot of deadlines.
But whatever the mission, we got to buck up, we give it a hundred percent.
We're here to help, but you got to be ready to give it your all.
We got a deal? Yes, sir.
That's right.
This is some kind of arsenal.
Only the best for SWAT.
The reporter from the Chronicle sent me an early draft of the article.
You crushed it.
Something wrong? Hicks made a comment earlier, as if I'm more interested in getting my name in the paper than doing my job.
I know you respect his opinion Hicks promoted me to SWAT.
He's tough on me, - but he's taught me a lot.
- I'm sure he has.
He's also a decorated LAPD veteran who's watching his protégé surpass him.
You're the new face of the LAPD.
But Hicks is right.
Don't do any more interviews in HQ.
No need to rub it in his face.
Murder, home invasion, kidnapping.
Hope you got a good lawyer, buddy.
Get down.
Get down! Are you all right? Officer injured, give me some help! Drop the weapon! Something's going on.
On the ground.
On the ground! Angel.
Hey.
- Let's talk.
- Cortez.
You didn't want to listen to me the first time.
Stay down.
You gonna listen to me this time? Hondo! What the hell's going on? Angel Lucero, he got loose.
He's got the captain and the commissioner locked up in the armory.
My God.
Lucero! If you hurt either one of them, you leave here feet first! You wouldn't give me a car? You cops gave me no choice! Chris.
Tap into the armory's security cameras.
Do it now.
And for God's sakes, tell them to shut off that alarm! Put those on.
Hey.
Hey, hey, sit down.
Sit down.
My sister Abby, she's a civilian in law school.
She should've been off-limits, but Lopez snatched her up.
Angel, why would Los Reyes kidnap your sister? To force me to steal a safety deposit box, some private vault.
Why did they need it to be you? I've been pulling heists for them for years.
My dad, now, he's a real thief.
He taught me how to crack any safe, pick any lock.
But I told Los Reyes no.
And they don't like that word.
No! They don't! I just got tired of watching my little sister grow up from behind bars.
I figured, if I changed my life, maybe my mom and my sister would let me back into theirs.
But I get a call from Javier Barrios this morning.
Barrios.
The head of Los Reyes? He said he'd give me Abby back in exchange for that safety deposit box he wants.
He said I had until 2:00 a.
m or she's dead.
We're officially on lockdown.
No one in or out of the building without my approval, and make sure there's a press blackout.
We can't have every bad guy in the city thinking SWAT can't respond to crimes.
The armory's meant to keep people out, not trap them inside.
If we want to take Lucero down, we're gonna need a .
50-caliber round to pierce through that cage door.
Lucero has all our .
50-cal rifles in there.
Call A.
O.
D.
Isn't he retired? He owes me.
Get him down here.
Who's A.
O.
D.
? Angel of Death.
All right, Deac, you, Luca, and Tan, pull up the building diagrams.
See if there's a way in that armory.
You two, do a missing persons check on Lucero's sister.
- You believe this guy's story? - I don't know, but the longer Plank and Cortez are in there, the less chance they come out alive.
Hey, Julian, we got a situation, and we're gonna need to vacate you from here.
Wait, you're kicking me out? I'm not even close to being done.
We're moving you to a secure room on the other side of the building; it's the safest spot in HQ.
Has this got something to do with that alarm? We're also on a complete blackout, so no Instagram, no Facebook, no calls to Mom and Dad.
I'm gonna have to confiscate that phone.
- Is this a joke? - No.
Don't worry.
We'll get you moved, you'll get this bad boy drone done in no time.
Uh, that one.
I'm still in triage stage, structurally, - so I need those parts first.
- Hear that? Couple hours in HQ, the kid's already barking orders.
College doesn't work out, you got a future as a SWAT commander.
Let's go.
Want to see something? Angel.
Let him go.
He's just a civilian who was here visiting.
Sorry, homie, two hostages are better than one.
Remember that boy I let go? And you broke your promise, Cortez.
Let me talk to him.
- Do not tell him who you are.
- Hey! Angel, I think I can help you.
- My name's Michael Plank.
- Michael, don't President of the police commission.
I oversee the LAPD.
Thought he was just a civilian.
You're lying to me again.
Hmm.
Commissioner, huh? I got a gun to your head, and you want to be my friend now? If you surrender, I assure you the LAPD will do everything it can to help your sister.
And when you go before a judge for sentencing, I'll tell them how your actions were made under extreme duress.
You think any sentence, or my life, means anything if my sister's dead? You ever had anybody you love die? Yes, I have.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Get up! Get over there.
You know I got two big fish in here! You find my sister, or they're dead! Lucero knows he has high-value hostages in that cage.
Tell me you got something.
Okay, so he has a sister, Abigail Lucero.
She's 23, studies law at Cal Northridge.
She is not on scholarship, and she doesn't have much money.
So it makes me think Lucero might be paying her tuition.
We had a patrol unit go by and check her apartment.
Her lock was broken, place was trashed, no sign of her.
You're telling me no one else filed a missing persons report? We called the mother a dozen times.
She's not answering the phone.
None of it looks good.
Los Reyes' soldiers have been known to kidnap the loved ones of their rivals, and they don't usually return them alive.
So, these were found in Lopez's jacket.
They're blueprints to Figueroa Safety Inc.
It's a private safety deposit box company downtown.
Specific instructions to hit box number 39.
You get anything off of Lucero's cell phone? All he had was a burner.
No calls to track.
I guess Los Reyes were gonna call him at the deadline and tell him where to meet with the box.
So his story checks out.
Crime techs get anything out of Lopez's Caddy? It was just towed into impound.
They say they still need to do their evidence report.
Lucero has Cortez in that gun cage, counting down the minutes until 2:00 a.
m.
You two, get down to that garage and see if you can find anything useful in that car.
Go.
Before this building housed SWAT, it was a Department of Water and Power plant.
Now, each one of these walls is constructed of two-foot-thick reinforced concrete, including the armory.
It's impenetrable.
That's supposed to be a good thing.
Right now it's working against us.
Now, if we can't blow or drill our way through these walls, we got to find a way to reverse the emergency lock - on that cage door and force it open.
- Yeah.
Hey, so, uh, has a suspect ever taken over SWAT HQ like this before? Never.
That's why Hicks called in the Angel of Death.
What's his deal again? Best sniper to ever join SWAT.
At least a hundred notches on his belt.
That many kills, though, I hear the guy started getting real quiet.
He cashed in his pension early.
No one knows why but Hicks.
One thing I do know is, he doesn't miss.
Hondo did say anything.
Thanks for getting here so fast.
Suspect's in the armory.
He's taken two of our own as hostages.
The cage door is a half-inch ballistic mesh.
I see you finally quit.
Uh, just make yourself at home.
Angel, when they took your sister, why didn't you call the police? Where I come from, you learn to be your own police.
Angel, you're smart enough to know that if you kill us, those men out there are gonna kill you.
And all of this is gonna be for nothing.
I don't care what happens to me.
But if Abby dies I'm gonna lay down a load of misery no one will ever forget.
Steel mesh is gonna change the trajectory of the shot.
Can't promise a bull's-eye.
Better chances than he'll give them.
Sir Lucero, he's telling the truth.
Well, we don't have time to sort out the truth.
Right now I want him out of my armory.
Sergeant, I advise you take a position.
You shouldn't stand there.
What the hell is Cortez doing? She doesn't want us to take him out.
There's got to be a reason.
No more tricks.
Angel, trust me.
They must have a big gun, and they will kill you before we get a chance to save your sister.
Sir, finding Lucero's sister might just be our best play.
Why not let them kill me? When you had that family hostage, it didn't matter what you said.
My job was to protect them.
But now I believe you.
And it's also my job to protect your sister.
She's running out of time.
Let me talk to Hondo.
He's my best sergeant.
If it was my sister missing, he'd be the man I send to find her.
Okay, but no guns.
Hondo, you can approach.
Unarmed.
Captain, Commissioner, are you okay? We're good, Hondo.
But this man you need to find his sister.
Hondo, I believe him.
Angel, listen to me.
If you let these two go, I give you my word we'll find Abby.
I already got burned once today releasing a hostage.
I'm not gonna do it again.
If you're as good as she says you are, go find me my sister.
Okay, okay.
Do you have any idea where - Los Reyes might be holding her? - No.
Go find my mom.
Maybe she knows something.
Abby goes by her house every morning for breakfast.
Okay.
Angel, we're gonna find her, you hear me? I just need you to keep your cool.
Street.
Give me two! Give me two! Two! Two! Two! - Right side clear! - Left side clear! Give me two! - Hondo out! - Luca out! - Right side clear! - Left side clear! Two! Two! All right.
Now we know why Mom wasn't answering her phone.
- Left side clear.
- Right side clear! Luca.
It's okay.
We're Metro SWAT.
You're safe now, ma'am.
You're safe.
It's okay.
It's okay.
My-my little girl.
They took her.
- Do you know who took your daughter? - Los Reyes.
They walked in with guns and grabbed her right from my table.
I tried to fight them, but Your son, he sent us.
- Angel? - Yeah.
I knew it was because of him.
What trouble is he in now? It's pretty bad, ma'am.
Before he gets anyone killed, we need you to talk some sense into him.
Can you do that for us? - Hey.
We didn't forget about you.
- Oh.
My wife has packed my lunch every day for ten years.
Today's BLT day, except she uses turkey bacon.
- I kind of miss the real stuff.
- Thanks, I was starving.
Ah, it's really coming along, I'm impressed.
All the parts you gave me actually allowed me to make some improvements to the old one.
Why, exactly, are you helping me? Standing in your dining room that we destroyed, seeing how much this meant to you Well, you missing a chance at a scholarship was a casualty I couldn't accept.
Deac, where are we at with getting that cage door open? Uh, we're close, Hondo.
Tan's drilling open the electrical panels now.
Okay, I got the mother.
- We're almost there.
Be ready for us.
- Roger that.
Here.
I don't want to take your whole sandwich.
No, no, no.
No, you finish it.
On this job, I've learned to live off protein bars.
Hey, when I come back, this hawk better be ready to fly.
Yes, sir.
- You swiped right on Jolly Molly.
- Okay This girl looks like a total nightmare.
You got to get past their pics and actually - read their profiles.
- Okay.
- She likes brunch.
- Mm-hmm.
Brunch.
Wow.
Just like every other girl in L.
A.
She's a nurse at a children's hospital.
Nurses like taking care of people, and God knows you need taking care of.
And she's into motorcycles.
She's probably got a weekend Harley she cruises on below the speed limit.
I'm telling her that when she gets off her graveyard shift, you're going to take her - on a coffee date.
- Coffee date.
That's where a girl gets to know you without you plying her with booze and trying to stick your tongue down her throat.
Almost to HQ.
Your hero better find my sister.
I don't want to have to kill both of you.
If you're gonna kill anyone, kill me.
Angel.
I got your mother here.
She wants to talk to you, man.
Mama, what'd they do to you? Angel, what are you doing? Whatever it takes to get Abby back.
You think this is the best way? You know, when you were born all you did was laugh, and you just wanted to be held.
There was something so sweet about you.
Mama, where's Abby? - Where is she? - Take it easy! - Take it easy! - Wait, when I found out your father stole for a living, I took you and Abigail away to protect you.
I never understood why did you follow in his footsteps? I know you hated me for a long time, but I'm trying to make it up to you.
Can't you see that? If you would have came to visit me in prison, you would have known that I changed.
But you never did.
Even when I was using every dollar I made to pay for Abby's college.
Blood money.
I wish, if you would walk out of there alive, that I could love you again.
But I can't.
Los Reyes took my little girl.
And there's no one to blame but you.
You want to kill him? Go ahead.
Mama! I'm sorry! Come on.
Come on.
Our little mother-son reunion just made things worse.
You got anything else on his sister? Found this bag in the trunk of Manuel Lopez's Caddy.
Before Carlos killed him, not only was he a Los Reyes assassin, but a gym rat who actually used his membership.
This GPS exercise watch was inside.
He never turned it off.
So we hacked into his account, tracked his every move for the last 24 hours.
2:30 a.
m.
Valentine's After Hours strip club.
5:25 a.
m.
Estrella's Tacos.
10:08 a.
m.
Lopez was at Anna Lucero's house.
So Lucero was right.
Lopez helped snatch his sister.
Then at 10:56 a.
m.
he stopped at a carniceria on Alvarado.
Which happens to be on our narcotics watch list as one of Los Reyes' fronts.
That's a butcher shop.
There's a rumor on the street that that's how Los Reyes disposes of bodies.
We're losing time.
Let's roll.
Your hermano, I really thought he would come through.
Box 39.
You know what's inside? $4 million, cash.
Me and my brother, we did a deal with the Armenians, but had to sit on the money till things cooled down.
My brother put it in a private deposit box.
Said it would be safe.
Three months ago, my brother was stabbed to death in a bar fight.
Now my money's stuck in this box and no one knows where the key is.
You won't be alone, beautiful.
After we kill you, we're gonna find your brother and bury his body parts with you.
Mmm.
- Metro SWAT! Get on the ground! - LAPD! Weapons down! - LAPD! Get on the ground! - LAPD! Weapons down! Metro SWAT! Down on the ground! On the ground! Down on the ground! On the ground now! - Give me your hands! - Javier, you feel like a king now? Cut the yellow one.
Are you sure? Yeah, yellow.
That'll send a reverse surge to the cage door, overriding the emergency lock.
Commander, we're ready when you are.
Angel, I know they're out there looking for your sister.
Was this your plan all along? - To wait me out? - No.
- I'm done waiting.
- Angel, Angel.
Deacon, cut it now.
Roger that.
Go.
Now! Fire! Get him out of here.
- Jessica, are you okay? - I'm good.
Move! Angel, don't do this.
Mama was right.
This is my fault.
Angel.
Angel, I got someone you want to see.
Angel.
They saved me.
- They said it was because of you.
- Abby.
Please, just do what they say.
I love you.
Angel.
We got her back like I said we would.
Now you got to do me a solid.
Hand that thing over.
Come on, it's done.
I'm getting blood all over you.
It's okay.
It's okay.
We even now? Yeah.
Let's hope we don't have to see each other any time soon.
Cortez, you held tough in there.
I'm just glad it was you out there giving the orders, sir.
When you stepped in front of that shot, I wanted to strangle you.
I believed his sister needed our help.
What I said earlier about the reporter, I didn't mean to be such a prick.
I know you're just looking out for me.
And I will never forget you were the one who gave me a shot at SWAT.
Okay, then.
Hey.
How you feeling? Thanks for getting me out of there in one piece.
When Lucero asked if you knew what it felt like to have someone you love die, you said yes.
Were you lying? In college, I fell in love with a girl, Brooklyn.
She was beautiful and amazing.
She came from a poor family.
She was there on a scholarship.
I came from money, so we couldn't have been more different.
Eventually asked her to marry me.
What happened? She had a stalker.
He would follow her to classes, showed up at her waitress job, leave notes on her car.
Brooklyn filed reports, but the cops said it was a "college crush.
" Then, one night, he got into her apartment.
He waited for me to leave, and then when she got in the shower I should've never left her alone.
Michael, I'm so sorry.
When the opportunity came for me to be in the police commission, I took it.
To help people that the police dismiss and to honor Brooklyn.
She'd be very proud.
- Molly? Hey.
- Hey.
Street will be right out.
Chris.
I just wanted to meet you first.
- Are you his sister? - No.
Please tell me you're not his ex.
- I don't need the competition.
- No.
I'm just his friend and his coworker.
I just wanted to tell you that you're about to meet a really good guy who doesn't realize how good he is yet.
Between us girls, I've seen him before on that site, but those shirtless pics - I couldn't do it.
- Yeah.
But his new profile's really sweet.
Is this the new V4? How Isn't there, like, a wait list for-for this model? I slipped my guy at the dealership an extra grand to put me at the top.
Molly Simpson.
- Hi.
Jim Street.
- Hi.
And that is awesome.
Doesn't look like a weekend Harley.
I guess you met my extremely nosy and bossy partner Chris.
She seems to be looking out for you.
Have fun.
- So, uh, coffee? - Yes.
Now there's Corner Bakery, it's on Fig and Eighth.
- I know it.
- Yeah? Last one there pays? Hope you brought cash.
Oh, all right.
Hey, kid.
How's Medic-Hawk 2.
0? Not pretty, but she works.
Still lacking a component I always wanted, though.
Um, a camera to send video back to the operator.
I just could never afford the hardware.
Don't mind Luca.
He tends to get excited, wander off.
He's kind of like a dog that way.
Yesterday me and my parents had a gun to our heads.
I never thanked you for saving us.
You just did.
Hey.
Does this work? It's hi-res with Wi-Fi capabilities.
Wow, I must've just missed it in the boxes.
You rip off someone's dashcam? No way.
I'd never go through Mumford's equipment locker for spare parts.
Hey, blackout's lifted.
Call your folks, let 'em know you're okay.
7:30? Check-in for the contest ends at 8:00.
I'm never gonna make it on time.
Luca, what do you think? Hey.
I was gonna go get this encased in Lucite for you.
Kind of like a collector's baseball, only it's a, uh - Grenade.
- Right.
I knew you'd find her.
You kept him talking.
And he never knew it, but you were always the one in control.
I'm not sure about that, but thanks.
I think we could both use a drink right about now, but it's way past happy hour.
But you know, all of this, it made me want to reach out to my mother and my sister.
I think I might take 'em out to lunch or something.
It's been way too long since I've seen 'em anyway.
That's a good idea.
Jess, I was really worried about you.
It works! Hear that? We got eyes.
Yo, hold up, what is going on? I don't know.
No one's told me yet.
We're hitting a science contest.
Love to chat, Hondo, but Julian's got us on a deadline.
Hey, Julian.
Good luck, kid.
Step aside.
Hey, step aside.
Excuse us.
60 seconds until check-in ends.
Step aside, you guys, we got a winner coming through.
Get that door open.
Damn.
Should've thought of that.
Honey? Where are you? Deirdre? Deirdre? Deirdre.
Didn't you hear me calling you? A little help, please? What are you doing home? Forgot this.
Good luck on your pitch.
Thanks.
What the hell? You're married? Does it matter? When your husband shows up unannounced, yes, it matters.
Oh, honey, I just remembered I'm all out of that green juice cleanse stuff.
Did you hear me? Yes, and I'll pick some up from Whole Foods on the way back from hot yoga.
I jumped, like, 20 feet down into this pool.
The water's ice-cold.
Serious shrinkage.
That must've been tough on the ego.
Then there's this Rottweiler chasing me.
I got out of there by the skin of my teeth.
You're telling me you had no idea this woman was married.
She didn't have a ring on her finger.
Cheaters tend to leave them at home.
You might think that this is, uh, really funny, but I actually feel used.
Oh, poor Street.
You attract what you put out there.
You think that I go looking for these nutjobs? - You do, because you're telling me - Hey.
We got a situation popping off in the Valley.
Gear up.
Answer me! Right now! Or I'm going after your family next! No.
No! Let me see your hands! Right here, I put a temperature scanner so the operator can tell - if the patient's still alive or not.
- After six months, I'm finally getting my dining room table back? I swear, Mom, after tomorrow, everything's - Oh, my - What are you doing? Shut up! Just do what I tell you! Get in there.
Move! Move! - In front of the window.
- Why? On your knees.
On your knees.
One-Adam-12, suspect just forced entry into a private residence.
11874 Hazeltine.
When's SWAT getting here? One last question.
How does it feel to be the first female captain in the history of SWAT? And how do your rank and file feel about you pushing them to be more involved with the communities they police? Well, that's two questions.
It feels right.
Police Commissioner Michael Plank he's really my partner in all the positive changes we're trying to implement in the department.
Oh, Stella, this is my boss, SWAT Commander Robert Hicks.
Yeah.
You'll have to see yourself out.
Cortez, our car pursuit just turned into a barricade situation with hostages.
"Stella"? Since when is SWAT on first-name basis with reporters? She's doing an article on our latest neighborhood initiatives.
You mean your initiatives.
Question, Cortez: do you work for SWA or does SWAT work for you? Sir Want to do puff pieces on the proposals you and the commissioner are trying to cram down our throat? Do it on your own time.
Right now I need you as my number two at Mobile Command.
All right, listen up.
We got a hostage rescue situation.
We got a male Hispanic armed with a handgun.
He's taken a family hostage.
Hicks and Cortez are meeting us on-site to give us more intel.
Beautiful downtown Van Nuys.
100 freeway exits and not one decent bar.
Hey, at least it's hot, muggy, and generally uncool.
Don't worry, Deac, we get you living here.
- You got kids.
- Hey.
If you're not gonna be near the beach, why even be in L.
A.
? You can all keep your overpriced studios in Venice and your houses on stilts in the hills.
Out here, I get a real house for my money.
My kids can go to public school.
And unlike the rest of L.
A.
, there's always parking.
What's the verdict, Hondo? Westside or the Valley? No, I'm sticking with South L.
A.
That's always gonna be home for me.
All right, you all know the deal.
Let's keep it tight, shut this guy down.
You cut the power and the cell service? DWP shut off the water and power, and the cell jammer's on full blast.
No calls in or out unless we want there to be.
- You got an ID on our bad guy yet? - Two bad guys.
The DOA in the wrecked vehicle has been identified as Manuel "Man-Killer" Lopez.
Lopez is a loyal assassin for Los Reyes East Side Kings.
The suspect who killed Lopez and was driving his car Angel Lucero.
Lucero is a career criminal.
Los Reyes associate.
He was recently paroled from Corcoran after serving six years for robbery.
I dealt with Los Reyes when they were first coming up in Rampart.
They got a reputation for dumping bodies where no one can find 'em.
You think it's a beef between crime partners gone sideways? Whatever it was, there's now an innocent family trapped in there with a guy who's acting like he's got nothing to lose.
All right.
You try talking him out.
If that doesn't work, we'll do what we do.
Hey! You take one more step and she's dead! Hey! This is the LAPD! I got a phone out here for you.
Nobody is coming inside.
We are not coming inside.
I just want to toss this phone through the window so we can start a conversation.
It's coming in now.
Three, two, one.
This is Captain Cortez speaking.
Is this Angel Lucero? Look, I don't want to hurt these people, but you need to get out of here.
I want that, too, so let's work together to make that happen.
I want that big-ass SWA motor home bus out front gone, and I want an unmarked car pulled up to the back of the house for me.
Angel, you understand the LAPD can't just pack up and leave.
Well, I hear news choppers.
Bet they'd love them some live footage of dead bodies tossed out on this lawn.
I got the Rook revvin', Hondo, ready to go in hard.
Just say the word.
Luca, we got a family inside.
Tear gas is a last option, but keep her running.
All right, roger that.
Two-side, are there - any surprises inside? - Negative, Hondo.
Heat signatures show just the suspect and the three hostages.
All right, roger that, hold tight.
Four-side, what do you see? Suspect looks manic.
Better if Cortez can get him to walk out.
Three-side, do you have eyes yet? Roger that.
Suspect takes one step into the back, I got a clear shot.
Why are you doing this? What do you want? They said they'd kill her! Who are they gonna kill? My sister! They took her! You cops.
Never believe a word I say.
Not with my sins.
Hondo, are you hearing this? Yeah, suspect wants a getaway car.
That's his only demand so far.
If he is Los Reyes, we cannot count on him to do right by that family.
We got to separate him from them.
Keep him talking.
Angel, I worked Boyle Heights.
I know Los Reyes.
Lopez was a killer who's dropped a lot of bodies.
What happened between you two? Were you acting in self-defense? Lopez was a psycho.
He had that coming.
I get that.
But the family you have hostage they don't deserve to be any part of this.
Just give me a car and two hours.
Then I'll turn myself in.
I just got to handle something first.
He said something about his sister being in danger.
Suspects'll spin any fairy tale they can conjure to get their backs out of a corner.
And even if there was truth to it, we'd have to get verification and we don't have time for that.
Angel, before I can call back my men, I need a sign of good faith.
Let the hostages walk.
You love your parents? Huh?! Tell 'em you love them.
- Mom, I love you.
- I love you, babe.
- Dad, I love you.
- I love you.
All right, you want good faith? Come get the boy! - Get up.
Get up.
Get up.
- No.
No! - No! - Get up.
Get out of here.
Go, go! - Honey, go! - Go, go.
- Come on, go, go! - Get down! Julian.
Breathe and come with me.
- My mom and dad? - We'll get them.
All right, I gave you one, now give me a car! No! Or I'm blowing his brains - outside the window! - No! - Ten! - No! Hondo, tell me you're ready.
He wants a car, we'll throw - a set of keys through the back window.
- Roger that.
- Six! - Angel, stop counting.
You let a hostage go, so I'm holding up my end of the bargain.
One of my men is approaching the back of the house.
He's gonna throw a set of keys in to you.
They belong to a Charger parked in the alley.
Get down.
Three-side, Deac's coming around with a stinger.
But if the suspect runs out that back door shooting, you have a green light.
Ready to drop him, Hondo.
Deac, give him the one-two punch and then tenderize his ass.
Police! Don't move! Don't move! Tan, cover me.
Deac, we got the hostages.
Get up, you're safe.
- Going hands on.
- Go! Give me your hands! Thank you.
Glad we could help.
Come on.
Not a bad afternoon.
Hey.
Teamwork makes the dream work.
Man, when are you gonna be able to put that rig to use, Luca? I'm dying to give that thing a spin, man.
Yeah, don't worry, Luca.
Whether it's today or next week, somebody will do something stupid enough for you to get your chance.
Um My drone on the dining table? Did any of you officers see it? I hate to tell you, son, but your house is now a crime scene.
It's gonna be a few days before you're able to retrieve any personal belongings.
But I need it for an engineering competition tomorrow.
I-I've been working on this forever.
Please? You know, I got to go back inside and get my keys.
Come on, what do you think, Commander? Before we seal the place, there's no harm in letting the kid have a walk-through.
All right, go ahead.
Thank you.
Oh, my God.
It's demolished.
Hey, we're really sorry.
You can file a claim against the city.
I mean, your parents can.
But the contest is tomorrow morning.
First prize is $25,000 for tuition.
That was my best hope of going to a real college.
- What kind of drone was it? - I called it Medic-Hawk.
Equipped with things carried on ambulances, to help out patients in tight spots until human EMTs could arrive.
Man, most kids are flying their drones over nude beaches.
Tell you what.
Let's salvage every piece of this drone that we can and take it back to HQ.
Including Einstein Jr.
here.
Okay.
Let's do it.
All right.
Oh, yeah.
Come on, let's go.
Is this seriously your dating profile? Where'd you find that? I might've used the app once or twice.
Of course, I swiped left on you, but not before I took a screenshot of this.
The dreaded shirtless pic of you in the boxing ring, the one of you "all tac'd up - and ready to roll.
" - That's a good one.
That's actually the caption you wrote.
I see a gainfully employed real man who's ready to save lives and kick ass.
And with a sensitive side.
You're not smiling in any of them.
Why you so serious, Street? I mean, come on, you can tell me.
Are you really the Batman? My smile it makes me look goofy.
"No kids, ex-wife or pets.
I'm a cop who works hard and plays hard.
" "Plays hard.
" "If you're up to the challenge, - you could be the one.
" - Mm-hmm.
Come on, in real life, you're not that pathetic and humorless.
- Do you want my opinion? - No.
I think you need to let me give your profile a makeover.
No.
I might trust you with my life, I do not trust you with my love life.
Then stop crying to me about quickies with married, damaged chicks.
All right.
Don't make me look desperate.
Okay? Hey.
How did you know my password? I told you, I got you all figured out.
All right, Julian, so we put your parents up in a hotel, and they agreed that you could be deputized by SWA so you could pull an all-nighter here, try to fix this thing, win that contest.
Thanks.
But one night? I put weeks into this.
One night won't cut it.
Julian, we got a full garage and a machine shop.
You just make a list of what you need and we got you, all right? And Luca here, he may not look like much, but he's a real wiz when it comes to mechanics.
If I didn't become police, MIT was next on the list.
Look, kid, here at SWAT, we face a lot of tough situations, a lot of deadlines.
But whatever the mission, we got to buck up, we give it a hundred percent.
We're here to help, but you got to be ready to give it your all.
We got a deal? Yes, sir.
That's right.
This is some kind of arsenal.
Only the best for SWAT.
The reporter from the Chronicle sent me an early draft of the article.
You crushed it.
Something wrong? Hicks made a comment earlier, as if I'm more interested in getting my name in the paper than doing my job.
I know you respect his opinion Hicks promoted me to SWAT.
He's tough on me, - but he's taught me a lot.
- I'm sure he has.
He's also a decorated LAPD veteran who's watching his protégé surpass him.
You're the new face of the LAPD.
But Hicks is right.
Don't do any more interviews in HQ.
No need to rub it in his face.
Murder, home invasion, kidnapping.
Hope you got a good lawyer, buddy.
Get down.
Get down! Are you all right? Officer injured, give me some help! Drop the weapon! Something's going on.
On the ground.
On the ground! Angel.
Hey.
- Let's talk.
- Cortez.
You didn't want to listen to me the first time.
Stay down.
You gonna listen to me this time? Hondo! What the hell's going on? Angel Lucero, he got loose.
He's got the captain and the commissioner locked up in the armory.
My God.
Lucero! If you hurt either one of them, you leave here feet first! You wouldn't give me a car? You cops gave me no choice! Chris.
Tap into the armory's security cameras.
Do it now.
And for God's sakes, tell them to shut off that alarm! Put those on.
Hey.
Hey, hey, sit down.
Sit down.
My sister Abby, she's a civilian in law school.
She should've been off-limits, but Lopez snatched her up.
Angel, why would Los Reyes kidnap your sister? To force me to steal a safety deposit box, some private vault.
Why did they need it to be you? I've been pulling heists for them for years.
My dad, now, he's a real thief.
He taught me how to crack any safe, pick any lock.
But I told Los Reyes no.
And they don't like that word.
No! They don't! I just got tired of watching my little sister grow up from behind bars.
I figured, if I changed my life, maybe my mom and my sister would let me back into theirs.
But I get a call from Javier Barrios this morning.
Barrios.
The head of Los Reyes? He said he'd give me Abby back in exchange for that safety deposit box he wants.
He said I had until 2:00 a.
m or she's dead.
We're officially on lockdown.
No one in or out of the building without my approval, and make sure there's a press blackout.
We can't have every bad guy in the city thinking SWAT can't respond to crimes.
The armory's meant to keep people out, not trap them inside.
If we want to take Lucero down, we're gonna need a .
50-caliber round to pierce through that cage door.
Lucero has all our .
50-cal rifles in there.
Call A.
O.
D.
Isn't he retired? He owes me.
Get him down here.
Who's A.
O.
D.
? Angel of Death.
All right, Deac, you, Luca, and Tan, pull up the building diagrams.
See if there's a way in that armory.
You two, do a missing persons check on Lucero's sister.
- You believe this guy's story? - I don't know, but the longer Plank and Cortez are in there, the less chance they come out alive.
Hey, Julian, we got a situation, and we're gonna need to vacate you from here.
Wait, you're kicking me out? I'm not even close to being done.
We're moving you to a secure room on the other side of the building; it's the safest spot in HQ.
Has this got something to do with that alarm? We're also on a complete blackout, so no Instagram, no Facebook, no calls to Mom and Dad.
I'm gonna have to confiscate that phone.
- Is this a joke? - No.
Don't worry.
We'll get you moved, you'll get this bad boy drone done in no time.
Uh, that one.
I'm still in triage stage, structurally, - so I need those parts first.
- Hear that? Couple hours in HQ, the kid's already barking orders.
College doesn't work out, you got a future as a SWAT commander.
Let's go.
Want to see something? Angel.
Let him go.
He's just a civilian who was here visiting.
Sorry, homie, two hostages are better than one.
Remember that boy I let go? And you broke your promise, Cortez.
Let me talk to him.
- Do not tell him who you are.
- Hey! Angel, I think I can help you.
- My name's Michael Plank.
- Michael, don't President of the police commission.
I oversee the LAPD.
Thought he was just a civilian.
You're lying to me again.
Hmm.
Commissioner, huh? I got a gun to your head, and you want to be my friend now? If you surrender, I assure you the LAPD will do everything it can to help your sister.
And when you go before a judge for sentencing, I'll tell them how your actions were made under extreme duress.
You think any sentence, or my life, means anything if my sister's dead? You ever had anybody you love die? Yes, I have.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Get up! Get over there.
You know I got two big fish in here! You find my sister, or they're dead! Lucero knows he has high-value hostages in that cage.
Tell me you got something.
Okay, so he has a sister, Abigail Lucero.
She's 23, studies law at Cal Northridge.
She is not on scholarship, and she doesn't have much money.
So it makes me think Lucero might be paying her tuition.
We had a patrol unit go by and check her apartment.
Her lock was broken, place was trashed, no sign of her.
You're telling me no one else filed a missing persons report? We called the mother a dozen times.
She's not answering the phone.
None of it looks good.
Los Reyes' soldiers have been known to kidnap the loved ones of their rivals, and they don't usually return them alive.
So, these were found in Lopez's jacket.
They're blueprints to Figueroa Safety Inc.
It's a private safety deposit box company downtown.
Specific instructions to hit box number 39.
You get anything off of Lucero's cell phone? All he had was a burner.
No calls to track.
I guess Los Reyes were gonna call him at the deadline and tell him where to meet with the box.
So his story checks out.
Crime techs get anything out of Lopez's Caddy? It was just towed into impound.
They say they still need to do their evidence report.
Lucero has Cortez in that gun cage, counting down the minutes until 2:00 a.
m.
You two, get down to that garage and see if you can find anything useful in that car.
Go.
Before this building housed SWAT, it was a Department of Water and Power plant.
Now, each one of these walls is constructed of two-foot-thick reinforced concrete, including the armory.
It's impenetrable.
That's supposed to be a good thing.
Right now it's working against us.
Now, if we can't blow or drill our way through these walls, we got to find a way to reverse the emergency lock - on that cage door and force it open.
- Yeah.
Hey, so, uh, has a suspect ever taken over SWAT HQ like this before? Never.
That's why Hicks called in the Angel of Death.
What's his deal again? Best sniper to ever join SWAT.
At least a hundred notches on his belt.
That many kills, though, I hear the guy started getting real quiet.
He cashed in his pension early.
No one knows why but Hicks.
One thing I do know is, he doesn't miss.
Hondo did say anything.
Thanks for getting here so fast.
Suspect's in the armory.
He's taken two of our own as hostages.
The cage door is a half-inch ballistic mesh.
I see you finally quit.
Uh, just make yourself at home.
Angel, when they took your sister, why didn't you call the police? Where I come from, you learn to be your own police.
Angel, you're smart enough to know that if you kill us, those men out there are gonna kill you.
And all of this is gonna be for nothing.
I don't care what happens to me.
But if Abby dies I'm gonna lay down a load of misery no one will ever forget.
Steel mesh is gonna change the trajectory of the shot.
Can't promise a bull's-eye.
Better chances than he'll give them.
Sir Lucero, he's telling the truth.
Well, we don't have time to sort out the truth.
Right now I want him out of my armory.
Sergeant, I advise you take a position.
You shouldn't stand there.
What the hell is Cortez doing? She doesn't want us to take him out.
There's got to be a reason.
No more tricks.
Angel, trust me.
They must have a big gun, and they will kill you before we get a chance to save your sister.
Sir, finding Lucero's sister might just be our best play.
Why not let them kill me? When you had that family hostage, it didn't matter what you said.
My job was to protect them.
But now I believe you.
And it's also my job to protect your sister.
She's running out of time.
Let me talk to Hondo.
He's my best sergeant.
If it was my sister missing, he'd be the man I send to find her.
Okay, but no guns.
Hondo, you can approach.
Unarmed.
Captain, Commissioner, are you okay? We're good, Hondo.
But this man you need to find his sister.
Hondo, I believe him.
Angel, listen to me.
If you let these two go, I give you my word we'll find Abby.
I already got burned once today releasing a hostage.
I'm not gonna do it again.
If you're as good as she says you are, go find me my sister.
Okay, okay.
Do you have any idea where - Los Reyes might be holding her? - No.
Go find my mom.
Maybe she knows something.
Abby goes by her house every morning for breakfast.
Okay.
Angel, we're gonna find her, you hear me? I just need you to keep your cool.
Street.
Give me two! Give me two! Two! Two! Two! - Right side clear! - Left side clear! Give me two! - Hondo out! - Luca out! - Right side clear! - Left side clear! Two! Two! All right.
Now we know why Mom wasn't answering her phone.
- Left side clear.
- Right side clear! Luca.
It's okay.
We're Metro SWAT.
You're safe now, ma'am.
You're safe.
It's okay.
It's okay.
My-my little girl.
They took her.
- Do you know who took your daughter? - Los Reyes.
They walked in with guns and grabbed her right from my table.
I tried to fight them, but Your son, he sent us.
- Angel? - Yeah.
I knew it was because of him.
What trouble is he in now? It's pretty bad, ma'am.
Before he gets anyone killed, we need you to talk some sense into him.
Can you do that for us? - Hey.
We didn't forget about you.
- Oh.
My wife has packed my lunch every day for ten years.
Today's BLT day, except she uses turkey bacon.
- I kind of miss the real stuff.
- Thanks, I was starving.
Ah, it's really coming along, I'm impressed.
All the parts you gave me actually allowed me to make some improvements to the old one.
Why, exactly, are you helping me? Standing in your dining room that we destroyed, seeing how much this meant to you Well, you missing a chance at a scholarship was a casualty I couldn't accept.
Deac, where are we at with getting that cage door open? Uh, we're close, Hondo.
Tan's drilling open the electrical panels now.
Okay, I got the mother.
- We're almost there.
Be ready for us.
- Roger that.
Here.
I don't want to take your whole sandwich.
No, no, no.
No, you finish it.
On this job, I've learned to live off protein bars.
Hey, when I come back, this hawk better be ready to fly.
Yes, sir.
- You swiped right on Jolly Molly.
- Okay This girl looks like a total nightmare.
You got to get past their pics and actually - read their profiles.
- Okay.
- She likes brunch.
- Mm-hmm.
Brunch.
Wow.
Just like every other girl in L.
A.
She's a nurse at a children's hospital.
Nurses like taking care of people, and God knows you need taking care of.
And she's into motorcycles.
She's probably got a weekend Harley she cruises on below the speed limit.
I'm telling her that when she gets off her graveyard shift, you're going to take her - on a coffee date.
- Coffee date.
That's where a girl gets to know you without you plying her with booze and trying to stick your tongue down her throat.
Almost to HQ.
Your hero better find my sister.
I don't want to have to kill both of you.
If you're gonna kill anyone, kill me.
Angel.
I got your mother here.
She wants to talk to you, man.
Mama, what'd they do to you? Angel, what are you doing? Whatever it takes to get Abby back.
You think this is the best way? You know, when you were born all you did was laugh, and you just wanted to be held.
There was something so sweet about you.
Mama, where's Abby? - Where is she? - Take it easy! - Take it easy! - Wait, when I found out your father stole for a living, I took you and Abigail away to protect you.
I never understood why did you follow in his footsteps? I know you hated me for a long time, but I'm trying to make it up to you.
Can't you see that? If you would have came to visit me in prison, you would have known that I changed.
But you never did.
Even when I was using every dollar I made to pay for Abby's college.
Blood money.
I wish, if you would walk out of there alive, that I could love you again.
But I can't.
Los Reyes took my little girl.
And there's no one to blame but you.
You want to kill him? Go ahead.
Mama! I'm sorry! Come on.
Come on.
Our little mother-son reunion just made things worse.
You got anything else on his sister? Found this bag in the trunk of Manuel Lopez's Caddy.
Before Carlos killed him, not only was he a Los Reyes assassin, but a gym rat who actually used his membership.
This GPS exercise watch was inside.
He never turned it off.
So we hacked into his account, tracked his every move for the last 24 hours.
2:30 a.
m.
Valentine's After Hours strip club.
5:25 a.
m.
Estrella's Tacos.
10:08 a.
m.
Lopez was at Anna Lucero's house.
So Lucero was right.
Lopez helped snatch his sister.
Then at 10:56 a.
m.
he stopped at a carniceria on Alvarado.
Which happens to be on our narcotics watch list as one of Los Reyes' fronts.
That's a butcher shop.
There's a rumor on the street that that's how Los Reyes disposes of bodies.
We're losing time.
Let's roll.
Your hermano, I really thought he would come through.
Box 39.
You know what's inside? $4 million, cash.
Me and my brother, we did a deal with the Armenians, but had to sit on the money till things cooled down.
My brother put it in a private deposit box.
Said it would be safe.
Three months ago, my brother was stabbed to death in a bar fight.
Now my money's stuck in this box and no one knows where the key is.
You won't be alone, beautiful.
After we kill you, we're gonna find your brother and bury his body parts with you.
Mmm.
- Metro SWAT! Get on the ground! - LAPD! Weapons down! - LAPD! Get on the ground! - LAPD! Weapons down! Metro SWAT! Down on the ground! On the ground! Down on the ground! On the ground now! - Give me your hands! - Javier, you feel like a king now? Cut the yellow one.
Are you sure? Yeah, yellow.
That'll send a reverse surge to the cage door, overriding the emergency lock.
Commander, we're ready when you are.
Angel, I know they're out there looking for your sister.
Was this your plan all along? - To wait me out? - No.
- I'm done waiting.
- Angel, Angel.
Deacon, cut it now.
Roger that.
Go.
Now! Fire! Get him out of here.
- Jessica, are you okay? - I'm good.
Move! Angel, don't do this.
Mama was right.
This is my fault.
Angel.
Angel, I got someone you want to see.
Angel.
They saved me.
- They said it was because of you.
- Abby.
Please, just do what they say.
I love you.
Angel.
We got her back like I said we would.
Now you got to do me a solid.
Hand that thing over.
Come on, it's done.
I'm getting blood all over you.
It's okay.
It's okay.
We even now? Yeah.
Let's hope we don't have to see each other any time soon.
Cortez, you held tough in there.
I'm just glad it was you out there giving the orders, sir.
When you stepped in front of that shot, I wanted to strangle you.
I believed his sister needed our help.
What I said earlier about the reporter, I didn't mean to be such a prick.
I know you're just looking out for me.
And I will never forget you were the one who gave me a shot at SWAT.
Okay, then.
Hey.
How you feeling? Thanks for getting me out of there in one piece.
When Lucero asked if you knew what it felt like to have someone you love die, you said yes.
Were you lying? In college, I fell in love with a girl, Brooklyn.
She was beautiful and amazing.
She came from a poor family.
She was there on a scholarship.
I came from money, so we couldn't have been more different.
Eventually asked her to marry me.
What happened? She had a stalker.
He would follow her to classes, showed up at her waitress job, leave notes on her car.
Brooklyn filed reports, but the cops said it was a "college crush.
" Then, one night, he got into her apartment.
He waited for me to leave, and then when she got in the shower I should've never left her alone.
Michael, I'm so sorry.
When the opportunity came for me to be in the police commission, I took it.
To help people that the police dismiss and to honor Brooklyn.
She'd be very proud.
- Molly? Hey.
- Hey.
Street will be right out.
Chris.
I just wanted to meet you first.
- Are you his sister? - No.
Please tell me you're not his ex.
- I don't need the competition.
- No.
I'm just his friend and his coworker.
I just wanted to tell you that you're about to meet a really good guy who doesn't realize how good he is yet.
Between us girls, I've seen him before on that site, but those shirtless pics - I couldn't do it.
- Yeah.
But his new profile's really sweet.
Is this the new V4? How Isn't there, like, a wait list for-for this model? I slipped my guy at the dealership an extra grand to put me at the top.
Molly Simpson.
- Hi.
Jim Street.
- Hi.
And that is awesome.
Doesn't look like a weekend Harley.
I guess you met my extremely nosy and bossy partner Chris.
She seems to be looking out for you.
Have fun.
- So, uh, coffee? - Yes.
Now there's Corner Bakery, it's on Fig and Eighth.
- I know it.
- Yeah? Last one there pays? Hope you brought cash.
Oh, all right.
Hey, kid.
How's Medic-Hawk 2.
0? Not pretty, but she works.
Still lacking a component I always wanted, though.
Um, a camera to send video back to the operator.
I just could never afford the hardware.
Don't mind Luca.
He tends to get excited, wander off.
He's kind of like a dog that way.
Yesterday me and my parents had a gun to our heads.
I never thanked you for saving us.
You just did.
Hey.
Does this work? It's hi-res with Wi-Fi capabilities.
Wow, I must've just missed it in the boxes.
You rip off someone's dashcam? No way.
I'd never go through Mumford's equipment locker for spare parts.
Hey, blackout's lifted.
Call your folks, let 'em know you're okay.
7:30? Check-in for the contest ends at 8:00.
I'm never gonna make it on time.
Luca, what do you think? Hey.
I was gonna go get this encased in Lucite for you.
Kind of like a collector's baseball, only it's a, uh - Grenade.
- Right.
I knew you'd find her.
You kept him talking.
And he never knew it, but you were always the one in control.
I'm not sure about that, but thanks.
I think we could both use a drink right about now, but it's way past happy hour.
But you know, all of this, it made me want to reach out to my mother and my sister.
I think I might take 'em out to lunch or something.
It's been way too long since I've seen 'em anyway.
That's a good idea.
Jess, I was really worried about you.
It works! Hear that? We got eyes.
Yo, hold up, what is going on? I don't know.
No one's told me yet.
We're hitting a science contest.
Love to chat, Hondo, but Julian's got us on a deadline.
Hey, Julian.
Good luck, kid.
Step aside.
Hey, step aside.
Excuse us.
60 seconds until check-in ends.
Step aside, you guys, we got a winner coming through.
Get that door open.
Damn.
Should've thought of that.