S.W.A.T. (2017) s02e07 Episode Script
Inheritance
Daniel Harrelson.
They call me Hondo, though.
- You're a prosecutor, huh? - Deputy D.
A.
Are you saying you'd give me a chance? I'm saying that I will get you in SWAT Academy.
Didn't you learn anything while you were on the team? Devlin, show him how it's done.
Come here.
If it were up to me, you would not be in the Academy.
You had your spot, and you threw it away.
Why doesn't Luca want me back on the team? You got to remember, Luca's third-generation SWAT.
He's got a family legacy to protect.
He's always had a rep for being a tough evaluator.
I'll talk to him.
But in the meantime, you show up, and you play hard.
Kick some ass.
I will.
It's-it's muffled.
Just concentrate.
What do you hear? I don't know.
Men's voices? - How many? - Two? - No.
It's three.
- Anything else? They're arguing.
Sounds like it's getting heated.
Okay, we got to make an emergency entry.
Nate.
Cover me while I check his pulse.
Gas grenade.
Mask up.
Street, I forgot my mask.
Now we got to establish a heartbeat.
Gun! Two suspects secured.
Nice job, recruits.
Well done.
That would've been three strikes for me, man.
You didn't have to do that.
Don't worry about it, man.
Good shot.
If that were real tear gas, you wouldn't have had much longer.
Damn.
You guys get faster every year.
All right, I need, uh, Devlin and Street to hang out till the scores go up.
Everyone else, enjoy your weekend.
Hey.
Didn't know you were here.
Hey.
I got to say, out of this bunch, I think you're the most eligible one.
Real SWAT potential.
Well, I appreciate that.
But with these budget cuts and only one open slot, Devlin's got me worried.
He's good.
Hope it's not all for nothing.
Sometimes you got to make a wrong turn to get to the right place.
Thanks.
Don't really know what to do with that advice, but I guess it's the feeling that counts.
Hey, thanks.
You know, I never realize how much L.
A.
traffic bugs me until I actually get out of it.
No kidding.
Knew there had to be something to love about Arizona.
Thought you said you were all about the desert.
I lied.
We'll see how long - my new hairstyle lasts in this heat.
- Oh.
- Black girl problems.
- Stupid.
So, what's that mean? No sightseeing for the weekend? Only what I can see from the comfort of our hotel room.
Oh, I like your style.
Get your head out of the gutter.
Not just that.
I have a dozen cases to review before Monday.
Fun part of my job.
- Dedication pays dividends, right? - That from the speech - you're giving these cops? - No, no.
I keep my speeches to a minimum.
I like to get them outside, do some training, tactical ops, that sort of thing.
Metro had the first SWA team.
A lot of departments count on us to keep 'em current.
What's the farthest they've sent you to run one of these things? Guess that would be Berlin, few years back.
But we get calls from all over.
It's the fun part of my job.
Is that for us? Afternoon, Officer.
License and registration, please.
Sure thing.
Both of you, please.
Listen, sir, he's I'm sorry, I'm a little confused.
If you don't mind me asking you, uh, Officer Reid, what'd you pull us over for? You made an aggressive lane change back there.
- An aggressive lane change? - Pop the trunk.
You mind telling me what you're looking for? Just pop your trunk.
Officer, you can't check my car without probable cause.
You want to wait the hour it's gonna take to get a drug-sniffing dog down here, we could do that, too.
No problem, Officer.
What are you doing? Just tell him you're a cop.
You and I both know exactly what's going on here.
No doubt.
But that doesn't mean I want to be a part of your little social experiment.
Why the rental? We're in from California.
- When'd you arrive? - We flew in an hour ago.
What brings you to Arizona? His job.
He's a police officer and I'm a district attorney.
Show him your badge, Hondo.
Should've told me you were a cop.
Why? Sorry for the trouble, Officer.
Sergeant, actually.
You have a good day, sir.
Be careful driving now.
Oh, we will.
Paul? What time is it? Are you just getting back from work? Yeah.
Not my fault I get the crappy shifts.
I mean, maybe you could talk to your dad for me I-I talked to him already.
I'm sorry, he says that it's an HR thing.
- Yeah.
- You wouldn't want everyone thinking that you're getting favoritism, right? No, but that doesn't mean I don't want secret favoritism.
Your dad owns 20% of the Internet.
Okay, Richard Tucker made your last name a verb.
Okay, like, kids "tuck" each other videos.
You know, tucking's a thing.
What's your point? He could promote me, you know, if he wanted to.
Well, maybe if you guys had met under better circumstances.
Oh, okay.
You were the one who wanted to get high before Thanksgiving dinner.
You know, my other girlfriend, she, uh, she talks me up to-to her billionaire father, so Oh, yeah, my other boyfriend, he knows how to make a good first impression.
Oh - Who is it? - I think I backed into your car.
I'm not sure how bad the damage is.
I'm really sorry.
- Sit down.
- Who are you? Where is the safe? Where is the safe?! There is no safe! Take my bag, it's right there.
Okay, take the ATM card.
The-the pin Be quiet, and no one will get hurt.
Help! Help! Somebody, help me, please! Please help! Help me! Somebody, help! Hey! Get your hands off that girl! Please help me! Get back inside.
What do you want? There's only room for one of you.
Cards up, you each have evaluators ranking you as top SWAT potential.
So, I'm here to break the tie.
Now, you've all been through the ringer, so there's no use in jerking you around.
Now, based on the sniper skills Vandelli insists that he needs for his squad, those four tours of duty clinched it.
Welcome to SWAT, Devlin.
Thank you, sir.
It's an honor.
I'll work hard to make you proud.
There was a kidnapping in Westwood.
It's Richard Tucker's daughter.
Come on, let's go.
Hey, don't let this get you down, Street.
You got a bright future.
What do we know so far? No plates, no prints, no decent photos.
We do have dozens of videos of the abduction, but the kidnappers wore masks.
No one got even part of a face.
Deac, Tucker's one of the richest men on Earth.
This is gonna ramp up real fast.
Well, don't worry about us.
We're on it.
You let me know if you need anything.
You really shouldn't be going out there a man down.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
The neighbor who shot the gun in the air, he turn up yet? The guy didn't live in the building; nobody here has ever seen him before.
- Think he was in on it? - I mean, it would make sense if they wanted to keep anyone from intervening.
Yeah, he acts like a civilian, uses a gun to control the crowd, any would-be heroes.
Just never seen a snatching so coordinated.
- Mayor Barrett wants to talk.
- We'll call her back as soon as we speak to the girl's father.
No, she wants to talk to the press.
She's not on the phone.
- She's here? - Mayor Barrett.
Mayor! Mayor Barrett! Do you just have a couple comments? We were debriefed on the way over here.
The LAPD and my office are going to do everything they can to find Lauren.
L.
A.
's got your back, Richard.
- Thank you.
- Do you have reason to believe your daughter's alive, Mr.
Tucker? I have no reason not to.
Oh, my God.
"Dad, - I'm okay.
" - Hostage video.
"Paul and I are prisoners of war because I'm a member "of a ruling class family.
"But to ensure our release, you must demonstrate "two actions of good faith.
"First, you must donate $50 million to the Committee - for the Poor in L.
A.
" - $50 million to the homeless? "Second, deposit $5 million in Bitcoin to an account.
You'll receive an encrypted e-mail with instructions.
" I hope you do what they say, Daddy.
The words they're making her say, I knew I recognized them.
Look, it's almost verbatim.
"Ruling class family.
" "Donation to the needy.
" This is the SLA playbook.
Okay, this is Patty Hearst 2.
0.
Patty Hearst? The kidnapped heiress from the 70s? Yeah, that's the one.
Whoever took Lauren is making her do Patty Hearst's hostage statement almost word for word.
Why? What's it get them? I know what it got them the first time.
May 1974.
LAPD surrounded one of the Symbionese Liberation Army hideouts, thinking Patty was inside, but the SLA wouldn't surrender.
- Then they opened fire on the cops.
- Looks like a war zone.
Yeah, for two hours, that neighborhood was.
My grandfather was one of the officers there.
They nearly ran out of ammo.
Biggest police shoot-out in American history.
How'd it get so out of control? Well, the SLA kept firing back.
Even as their house burned to the ground with all of them in it.
So, these copycats, what's their endgame? For some, it's a badge.
- For us - It's a family crest.
Where have I heard that? Hand it here, Dad.
I'm guessing it's all hands on deck.
The FBI's been working up with RHD, and Forensics is dissecting the hostage video.
You know, I saw that poor girl on the news I grabbed your grandpa's old case file and started driving.
Oh, you know what I was gonna do this morning? - What's that? - Crossword puzzle.
Hey, remember how Gramps said he'd, uh, rest when he's dead? Not today, Grandpa.
Yeah, the man said a lot of things he didn't mean.
He only really meant it if he wrote it down in one of his damn journals.
One of the few things I'm glad he taught me.
Yeah, I still keep one.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I heard what happened with selection.
I'm sorry.
If these budget cuts ever end and SWAT can take on more recruits, - you'll be a shoo-in.
- Thanks.
What do you think it's like being so rich you can't count your money? What's money worth if it gets your daughter kidnapped? I got to go.
- Luca's dad is here.
- Okay.
Carl was fresh out of the Academy when his dad took over the Patty Hearst case in L.
A.
It's hard to oversell how big this was in 1974.
With the newspapers they owned, the Hearsts were one of the most influential families in the world.
When the SLA took Patty, the whole country paid attention.
If these were ex-theater students, then why did it take SWAT so long? They weren't just drama geeks.
They were a combat unit intent on starting a revolution.
All they needed was a leader.
And they found one in escaped convict Donald DeFreeze.
Under DeFreeze, the SLA started robbing banks in the Bay Area.
They assassinated a superintendent with a cyanide-laced bullet.
Then they kidnapped Patty and started making crazy demands.
They said her parents had to feed all the hungry people in California if they wanted to see their daughter alive.
- What'd her parents do? - They tried.
They had trucks drop off millions of dollars worth of food to Oakland's poorest neighborhoods.
It wasn't enough for the SLA.
They shuttled Patty from hideout to hideout.
After a few months, she started identifying with her captors.
She started assisting in their crimes.
Grand theft auto, assault, shot up a sporting goods store.
It all ended with that shoot-out on 54th Street? You could say that's where it all started for us.
Yeah.
That's where the 54 comes from.
Groups like the SLA are why SWAT exists.
Luca, post up with your dad, dig through your grandfather's journals.
There was no cop as thorough as Jack.
If they're trying to recreate this crime, his notes are invaluable.
Crime scene photos, witness reports, things that never made the official record.
Everyone else is on patrol with your eyes peeled.
- Great.
- All right.
I heard the selection didn't go your way.
Trust me, I know how you feel.
I didn't make it onto SWA until my second time.
I'm just upset at myself for losing the spot I had.
What if I told you I could get you one day back on SWAT? Just for one day, till we find her.
- Really? - Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, I won't let you down.
Thank you.
Well, you can thank Hondo later.
This was his call.
Let's go.
Right.
We won't tell you what to do, but we can walk you through how these things usually go.
You deal with a lot of $50 million ransoms? No.
Just keep in mind that whatever you decide, the chances are they won't release your daughter and her boyfriend.
In the meantime, every department has their best officers scouring L.
A.
These people demanded $50 million for charity.
Does this sound like this is a group that wants - to harm my daughter? - Trying to appease the SLA, it didn't work for the Hearsts.
Ah.
All the Hearst stuff.
I get it.
The Hearsts owned newspapers, and I'm social media, so I must be today's Randolph Hearst.
But I'm not.
I'm richer.
I can pay every cent of this ransom and still be wealthier than I ever imagined.
It may not only be about money.
- Everything's about money.
- Well, if that's true, then as long as you hold onto yours, they'll keep Lauren safe.
Don't pay.
- Not yet.
- Just give us more time to track them down.
You've surrounded a house with a heavily armed suspect barricaded inside.
You pumped hot gas into it, but he still won't come out.
What next? Cut the water main.
- Why? - So he can't stand in a running shower to avoid the gas.
Salazar, my man.
That's two for two.
Good job.
Now, even if you already know this, it's worth it to hear it again: chemical agents are only needed if all other options fail.
Now, if a suspect is injured or negotiating, then he's probably on the road to surrender.
What if cutting the water main doesn't work either? He's either got a gas mask or a death wish.
This group that took the Tucker girl in L.
A.
, if you knew where they were holed up, what would you do? We'd tread carefully.
You never underestimate groups that have been able to pre-plan on a home base.
All right, that's enough questions for right now.
Go get changed, grab a bite to eat, I'll see you on the range in 30.
Hell, I wish they'd listen to me like that.
These guys worship you.
It's not me, it's just my job title.
Deputy Chief, do you know an Officer Reid, State Troopers? Yeah, Mike Reid.
Think he came over from City a few years ago.
Why? I'd like to have a word with him, in person.
You think that's possible? Yeah, I can find out.
Appreciate it.
What's with all the herbal crap? Where's the soda? Brass got rid of it.
It's a new policy.
- Same old control freaks.
- Holy smokes.
Listen to this.
"May 9, 1974.
Told my men that if they have any unregistered guns, they can consider them LAPD issue.
" Yeah, it's a different time.
Spring of 1974, you were in diapers.
Ah, the old man wrote here he took you fishing.
I thought he hated fishing.
"Took Buddy Boy to the lake.
He spent most of his time trying to eat worms.
" I've seen what's in that fridge.
Your diet hasn't changed much.
"Buddy Boy.
" I forgot about that.
You hear that? It's Lauren's cell phone.
Look, stay here, Dad, I'll be right back.
Tell me your lawyers didn't just wire $50 million to the Committee for the Poor.
Gonna be one hell of a write-off.
And the $5 million for this group? Bitcoin's already been deposited.
Hey, her cell got a text.
Kidnappers dropped off Lauren and Paul in that vacant industrial park over on Eastern.
Every officer in that area now.
See? Lauren and Paul could be gagged.
So you just worry about giving us one good day.
Understood.
What's that? What's that covering? Two bodies? So where are they? This is a holdup! First one doesn't lay down gets shot in the head! Stay on the wall.
211.
All units.
Robbery in progress at MacArthur Bank.
Subjects are armed and dangerous.
That's five blocks away.
30-David, we're crossing Main and 6th.
Hold on.
Put it in the bag! - I-I will, I will, I will - Come on.
- All of it.
Let's go.
- I am, I am Hurry up! Pick it up.
Take a video of her.
First person picks his head up, I'll blow it off.
Come on! Running out of time.
Lauren's I.
D.
All cut up.
This is exactly what the SLA sent to the newspapers in 1974.
These are instructions.
They want her dad to post whatever's on this to his personal Tuck page.
Free money! Come and get it! Make it rain! Lauren's weapon fired blanks, which is why the police believe that she was acting under duress at the bank.
Her kidnappers seemingly forced her to reenact the Patty Hearst saga.
I paid every penny.
I posted your message on Tuck.
Let my daughter and her boyfriend go.
Please.
At the group's insistence, Richard Tucker uploaded a video in which Lauren delivers an alarming message.
The time for people to treat each other better is overdue.
Rise up for a just society.
We are all soldiers in this revolution.
Yeah, Deac.
I'm watching, man.
No girl, no boyfriend, no leads.
Other than that, we're doing great.
You weren't able to get anything usable from that second hostage video? No, Forensics has looked at every frame.
There's no way to tell where it was shot.
What about the neighbor with the gun? Uh, it's confirmed that he was one of the bank robbers.
These guys are organized, Hondo.
One thing we know for sure is that they want to replay history.
But why, if the first time ended with so many of them getting killed? All right, maybe we can use that history to figure it out.
Deac, in '74, the SLA moved from house to house all over South L.
A.
- trying to hide from the police.
- Most of those places are gone.
This crew has a thing for symbolism, man.
See if Luca and his pops can cast a wider net, find every spot that the SLA may have visited back then.
Yeah, that's a great idea.
All right, thanks.
Hey, Deac.
How's Street doing? He's, uh, enthusiastic.
Yeah, I'm sure he is.
Just keep that kid under control.
Already am.
All right, I got to go.
Maybe she resented growing up rich - and planned this from the get-go.
- You see how her eyes keep darting from the camera to the cue cards? That girl fears for her life.
Why are they doing this? That's the $50 million question.
- See you later.
- See you.
Cease-fire! Weapons on safe! Holster! Sweeney, grab his target for me? Eh, you might want to adjust your grip, Salazar.
- I know.
I know.
- All right, let's check it out.
All right, the first one's dead center, that's nice.
Second one's lower and to the left.
That means you're anticipating your recoil.
People, listen up! You want to stay loose when you're engaging your weapon.
You want to ride that thing, don't fight it.
- Can I ask you a question? - Mm-hmm.
I saw you on the news last year when you sniped a guy from that chopper.
- Mm-hmm.
- You get to ride on that thing a lot? No, that's not a regular part of my job.
Taking that shot from the sky must've been a hell of a rush.
We knew the girl held up in that cabin was about to be killed, so watching her reunite with her family when it was all over, - that was the rush.
- Of course.
Still, it was a crazy shot.
Mm-hmm.
Well, to be honest with you, nothing would make me happier than never having to discharge my weapon ever again.
All right, let's change it up.
12 gauge.
Let's go.
Well, you think we got any, uh, future - SWAT material here, Sergeant? - I think they're on their way.
You got a spirited bunch here, Deputy Chief.
I talked to Officer Reid.
He's, uh, working a double shift tonight, so he won't be able to meet with you later.
Sir, if he can't make time to swing by on his break, I can wait right here till the end of his shift.
Would you mind calling him again and see if you can talk him into it? I don't know what this is about, but, um, I sit on a board with the assistant director to the Arizona Highway Patrol.
You want Reid here, he'll be here.
Look, I'm not trying to make a big thing out of this.
I came here to educate officers, and there's one or two things I'd like to go over with him.
So you let him know, whenever's good for him, it's good for me.
Okay.
All right, let's load and be ready! 800 block - of 84th.
- Mm-hmm.
1400 block of 54th.
Where's that motel receipt? The one on Slauson? - Yeah.
- Uh-huh.
It's right here.
That about accounts for the SLA's time in L.
A.
, everywhere they slept.
"May 11.
"An anonymous caller claims he saw Patty and friends "hiding out in a movie theater over on Hoover, "but who knows if it's true.
"No one around here is talking.
"People don't cooperate with the police anymore.
Looking back" What's wrong? What's it say? "This job isn't what it used to be.
"Looking back, I wish I hadn't pushed Carl onto the force.
"He's a better dad to Buddy Boy than I was to him, "but I pray he won't make the same mistake.
There are better things Buddy Boy can do with his life.
" Gramps didn't want me to be a cop? It was a dark time.
I mean, for him, for the police.
Look, every cop has a case that haunts him.
This was his.
Hoover Street.
Hoover Street.
Hoover Street, okay.
The Movie Box on Hoover Street.
How close do you think they're following in the SLA's footsteps? So how long you think the Movie Box with three X's has been closed? I'm guessing around the same time people started getting home computers? Still, if the SLA spent any time hiding out here, it's worth getting eyes on it.
Street.
Is that their car? Could be.
Abandoned building, open door.
Check for trespassers? Left side clear.
Right side clear.
Looks clear up there.
Check this out.
What are they planning? - Nothing good.
- Paul Dillon.
Lauren's boyfriend.
They brought them here.
It's the boyfriend.
24-David, need an R.
A.
to the abandoned theater on Hoover.
Paul, are you okay? Where's Lauren? They took her.
They're not gonna let her go.
Bomb Squad found a footprint that indicates enough C-4 to topple a building.
If this were the SLA, any idea what they'd be targeting next? Only thing longer than the SLA rap sheet was their enemies list.
Yeah, they wanted to destroy just about every institution and anyone who represented them.
Industry titans, judges, hell, the Black Panthers.
Okay, the police, they didn't just evade us, they targeted us, too.
Listen, listen, listen.
"August 21, 1975.
Two of our men found explosives under their squad cars today.
" - I never heard anything about that.
- 'Cause they planted them in a rush; the things never went off.
Look, if they're trying to finish the job for the SLA, they won't make the same mistake.
It say anything in there about the number on those patrol cars? Get back, folks! Come on, let's go.
I am telling you, the area is not secure! Please! Get back! Get back! Come on, let's go! Move it! Let's go.
Right out this way.
Out this way.
Around.
Around.
Hey! K-9 unit at Hollenbeck found a tin under car 0529, just like you said.
Defused it before it could blow.
Said it was packed with C-4.
That's a 50-foot blast radius, at least.
We'd be within that; let's go! Go, move, move! I insisted on security for Lauren at school.
But we'd just buried her mother.
She wanted to be normal.
What are the statistics for someone who isn't found in the first hours? This is not a typical disappearance.
I should have listened to you.
I should have never paid that ransom.
It emboldened these people.
You didn't cause this.
I just want Lauren home safe.
And I promise you, we'll do our best.
Hey, Captain.
They released another video.
"While law enforcement works in the dark, "we choose to communicate in the open.
"With complete transparency.
"Listen carefully, Dad.
"You've just been sent an e-mail.
"Inside is a file.
"A rootkit.
"Upload it to Tuck's server.
If you don't" They're gonna kill me, Daddy! Okay, what's a rootkit? Malicious code.
It allows whoever sent it complete control over - the recipient's address.
- So these people would have complete control over your entire - social media platform? - Temporarily, yes.
They'd be able to access everyone's information.
They could send whatever they want to whomever they want.
- Destroy a lot of lives.
- Can you do it? Tuck is a publicly-traded company, we have a board of directors.
Of course I can do it.
I think we know where they have her.
Look, everywhere they've been the bank, the squad car, the movie theater it's all within three blocks of one of SLA's known locations.
- We've been patrolling those areas.
- Not this one.
Parking ticket buried in the file from a van that SLA stole in '74.
200 block, Palm Ave.
If they were parked there long enough to get ticketed, it was probably close - to somewhere they hung out.
- I'm guessing this group found a one-story in the middle of the block, same as the shoot-out.
Why stick so close to the SLA script unless they want us to show up? Maybe a fight with police - is exactly what they want.
- Like a cult; - mass suicide by cop.
- Yeah, we're gonna get to Lauren before that happens.
That's what the police thought last time.
Then when it was all over, Patty Hearst wasn't even inside.
Let's roll.
Occupants of 214 Palm Avenue, this is the Los Angeles Police Department.
We need you to exit the front door with your hands above your head.
Mailman's positive he saw a group carrying weapons around back before we rolled up.
Safe bet they're inside.
House is owned by a registered sex offender, lives here with his two brothers, a few priors each.
Coworkers at the car wash say they're druggies, - into guns.
- Mom and Dad must be proud.
- They're not gonna surrender.
- We got to get Lauren out before they start reenacting another shoot-out.
- Yeah, if she's even here.
- All right, as soon as they show the least bit of resistance, - we make a move.
- Aye.
What's the word on the ventilation in case - we have to smoke them out? - Everything's cut.
Power, water, gas.
Leave your weapons inside.
Any hostages you may have, leave them inside.
Exit the front Tan.
Gas.
All right, once they start to reload, we give them everything we got, you understand? Everyone check your weapons! Ready, and Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Keep your guns down.
Okay, lookit.
Those bullet holes, they're in a perfectly straight line.
Yeah, they're using a machine gun.
No, but look closer, okay? They're all six inches apart.
There's dozens of holes, exactly six inches between them.
Bullets sweeping that precisely, there's no way you can rake a shot with a machine gun like that.
Unless this gun's on an automated system.
This is all a setup to take us out.
Yeah, but we still need to know if Lauren's inside.
I'll go.
Street and Chris, let me know when you have confirmation she's inside.
Check out the eyes they have on us.
Anything? Can't get a good reading.
Place is full of smoke.
I see someone.
I think it's her.
Possible eyes on Lauren.
The rootkit worked.
This is all live-streaming.
There she is.
That's Lauren.
They tried to get us to return fire into the house.
They want us to kill her.
While my company streams it live to the world.
Watch your step in there.
Who knows what kind of traps these guys set.
It's gonna unload again! Get down! - Get low! Hit the deck! - Hold your fire! Weapon's disarmed.
Lauren.
Lauren.
Come on, Lauren, open your eyes.
Come on.
Lauren, open your eyes.
Open your eyes.
That's it.
Come on, Lauren.
Stay with me.
She's okay, she's gonna be all right.
Lauren, that's it.
Hey.
She's okay.
The kidnappers may have slipped away, but the most important thing is that Lauren and her boyfriend made it home.
Now, this manhunt will continue and those responsible will eventually be found.
In the meantime, people shouldn't forget the reason that Lauren Tucker is home tonight.
- LAPD Metro SWAT.
- It's all right.
May not be a bad time to put in that request for some budget relief.
Really think I'd use a day like this to ask her for more personnel? Well, you know me too well, Captain.
I know it feels like the bad guys got away, but you should be proud, all of you.
We did what SWAT never could in the '70s.
We got her home.
What happened to Patty Hearst after the shoot-out in '74? FBI picked her up 15 months later in San Francisco.
She served two years in jail before her sentence got commuted.
Didn't she marry her bodyguard or something? That was the biggest blow to the SLA.
She didn't just marry her bodyguard, she became a cop's wife.
Huh.
- Officer Reid.
- Sergeant.
LAPD Metro SWAT.
That's, uh, that's the real deal.
Thanks for coming by.
I didn't really have much of a choice.
All right, look here, you and me, we're gonna clear something up right now, cop to cop.
I think I know what this is about, and I never would've pulled you over if I knew that you were a cop.
You really gonna play it like that? I know this game really well.
You don't think this is some kind of racial thing, - do you? - You tell me.
I saw you make a hard lane change in a rental car.
We're in a border community.
You have any idea how many smugglers use rental cars? They fly in, rent cars, then they go pick up a stash of drugs they left - in the desert.
- I hear all that, but that ain't why you stopped me.
- Actually, it is.
- No, it ain't.
I've been doing this job for 20 years, and not only have I never pulled anybody over for an "aggressive lane change," I've never met a cop who has.
Now, you said it yourself.
You sensed that I wasn't from around here.
So I'm gonna ask you one more time, how'd you get that sense, Officer? I'm sorry you feel this way, but this is your hang-up, not mine.
Oh, so I'm just making this up? Not only am I potentially a thug, but I'm crazy, too? I don't know what you are, but I do know that this is, uh, this is really sad.
How many times you been pulled over in your life, Officer? - A couple.
- Yeah, well, yesterday makes 17 for me.
So what do you really think the difference is between you and me? Maybe I know to keep my vehicle in its designated lane.
Have a good day, Sergeant.
I'm gonna take off.
Your mother doesn't want me driving at night.
It's kind of humiliating, actually.
Well, thanks for everything today, Dad.
What your grandpa wrote about hoping you didn't end up becoming a cop If it weren't for me pushing, did you even want to join the police force? No, I mean, to be honest, I can't ever remember wanting to be anything else.
- Yeah.
- But you knew you could've been, right? You didn't do it for me, I hope.
Hey.
You didn't make me want to be a cop, Dad.
You made me want to be like you.
Gramps got one thing right.
You're by far the better father, till the day I pass you up.
I hate to break it to you, son, but, eventually, you're gonna need a woman for that.
That fool had the nerve to act like I was the one making it about race.
He just stood there acting like he was taking the high road.
And? And? I wanted to beat his ass.
So, why didn't you? You know why.
Because it's a catch-22.
You beat his ass and he feels vindicated that your inner thug came out.
How many times have you heard mess like this from people like Reid? Too many times to count.
So why did you think this conversation would be different? I'm just sick of it always being the same.
There are still too many Reids out there.
I have been choosing not to lay hands on guys like him for a long time.
To help things change.
But when do things change? I get that.
You need space.
I'll go get ice for the champagne.
- Ready for that beer? - Yeah.
- My treat.
- No, you don't owe me.
Hey.
Fine job out there today, you two.
I was hoping to get you alone, but, uh, I know Chris here has been an ally, so there's no need for secrets.
Now, these budget cuts, they created a lot of strain, and no one's been immune, even some of our senior officers.
In fact, just today, two of them were approved for early retirement, and you were our second choice after Devlin.
That said, I called Hondo, and, um, well, we both agree we want you back on SWAT on a probationary basis.
- Really? - Yes.
No way.
- Probationary.
- Yes.
So, that means you keep it clean and solid, then we'll see where we are in six months.
Yes, sir.
Whatever it takes.
- All right, good.
- Thank you.
Its purpose? - What the hell? - To expose an illness - that's festering in our country.
- That's them.
- Is this going out live? - Yeah, to everyone.
This society is sick, and you have only yourselves to blame.
Your police? They aren't protecting you.
They're keeping you in line.
Your politicians don't represent you, they represent the corporations that put them in power.
And you eat it all up, while your media laughs their way to the bank.
It shouldn't take revolutionaries like us to hold these institutions, these billionaires, to account.
So we hope you enjoyed our little show.
You can consider this your final warning.
Be good to each other, or we'll be back with an all-new, much bigger show.
You really showed that lamp.
Better than punching him, though.
I'm sorry.
That ain't me.
I know.
Let's get out of here.
Yeah.
- Mrs.
Harrelson? - No.
Somebody mentioned a commotion coming from this room.
Is everything okay? Nothing to worry about.
We're checking out early.
A little damage to the room.
Have them put it on the credit card on file.
Of course.
Captioned by access.
WGBH.
org
They call me Hondo, though.
- You're a prosecutor, huh? - Deputy D.
A.
Are you saying you'd give me a chance? I'm saying that I will get you in SWAT Academy.
Didn't you learn anything while you were on the team? Devlin, show him how it's done.
Come here.
If it were up to me, you would not be in the Academy.
You had your spot, and you threw it away.
Why doesn't Luca want me back on the team? You got to remember, Luca's third-generation SWAT.
He's got a family legacy to protect.
He's always had a rep for being a tough evaluator.
I'll talk to him.
But in the meantime, you show up, and you play hard.
Kick some ass.
I will.
It's-it's muffled.
Just concentrate.
What do you hear? I don't know.
Men's voices? - How many? - Two? - No.
It's three.
- Anything else? They're arguing.
Sounds like it's getting heated.
Okay, we got to make an emergency entry.
Nate.
Cover me while I check his pulse.
Gas grenade.
Mask up.
Street, I forgot my mask.
Now we got to establish a heartbeat.
Gun! Two suspects secured.
Nice job, recruits.
Well done.
That would've been three strikes for me, man.
You didn't have to do that.
Don't worry about it, man.
Good shot.
If that were real tear gas, you wouldn't have had much longer.
Damn.
You guys get faster every year.
All right, I need, uh, Devlin and Street to hang out till the scores go up.
Everyone else, enjoy your weekend.
Hey.
Didn't know you were here.
Hey.
I got to say, out of this bunch, I think you're the most eligible one.
Real SWAT potential.
Well, I appreciate that.
But with these budget cuts and only one open slot, Devlin's got me worried.
He's good.
Hope it's not all for nothing.
Sometimes you got to make a wrong turn to get to the right place.
Thanks.
Don't really know what to do with that advice, but I guess it's the feeling that counts.
Hey, thanks.
You know, I never realize how much L.
A.
traffic bugs me until I actually get out of it.
No kidding.
Knew there had to be something to love about Arizona.
Thought you said you were all about the desert.
I lied.
We'll see how long - my new hairstyle lasts in this heat.
- Oh.
- Black girl problems.
- Stupid.
So, what's that mean? No sightseeing for the weekend? Only what I can see from the comfort of our hotel room.
Oh, I like your style.
Get your head out of the gutter.
Not just that.
I have a dozen cases to review before Monday.
Fun part of my job.
- Dedication pays dividends, right? - That from the speech - you're giving these cops? - No, no.
I keep my speeches to a minimum.
I like to get them outside, do some training, tactical ops, that sort of thing.
Metro had the first SWA team.
A lot of departments count on us to keep 'em current.
What's the farthest they've sent you to run one of these things? Guess that would be Berlin, few years back.
But we get calls from all over.
It's the fun part of my job.
Is that for us? Afternoon, Officer.
License and registration, please.
Sure thing.
Both of you, please.
Listen, sir, he's I'm sorry, I'm a little confused.
If you don't mind me asking you, uh, Officer Reid, what'd you pull us over for? You made an aggressive lane change back there.
- An aggressive lane change? - Pop the trunk.
You mind telling me what you're looking for? Just pop your trunk.
Officer, you can't check my car without probable cause.
You want to wait the hour it's gonna take to get a drug-sniffing dog down here, we could do that, too.
No problem, Officer.
What are you doing? Just tell him you're a cop.
You and I both know exactly what's going on here.
No doubt.
But that doesn't mean I want to be a part of your little social experiment.
Why the rental? We're in from California.
- When'd you arrive? - We flew in an hour ago.
What brings you to Arizona? His job.
He's a police officer and I'm a district attorney.
Show him your badge, Hondo.
Should've told me you were a cop.
Why? Sorry for the trouble, Officer.
Sergeant, actually.
You have a good day, sir.
Be careful driving now.
Oh, we will.
Paul? What time is it? Are you just getting back from work? Yeah.
Not my fault I get the crappy shifts.
I mean, maybe you could talk to your dad for me I-I talked to him already.
I'm sorry, he says that it's an HR thing.
- Yeah.
- You wouldn't want everyone thinking that you're getting favoritism, right? No, but that doesn't mean I don't want secret favoritism.
Your dad owns 20% of the Internet.
Okay, Richard Tucker made your last name a verb.
Okay, like, kids "tuck" each other videos.
You know, tucking's a thing.
What's your point? He could promote me, you know, if he wanted to.
Well, maybe if you guys had met under better circumstances.
Oh, okay.
You were the one who wanted to get high before Thanksgiving dinner.
You know, my other girlfriend, she, uh, she talks me up to-to her billionaire father, so Oh, yeah, my other boyfriend, he knows how to make a good first impression.
Oh - Who is it? - I think I backed into your car.
I'm not sure how bad the damage is.
I'm really sorry.
- Sit down.
- Who are you? Where is the safe? Where is the safe?! There is no safe! Take my bag, it's right there.
Okay, take the ATM card.
The-the pin Be quiet, and no one will get hurt.
Help! Help! Somebody, help me, please! Please help! Help me! Somebody, help! Hey! Get your hands off that girl! Please help me! Get back inside.
What do you want? There's only room for one of you.
Cards up, you each have evaluators ranking you as top SWAT potential.
So, I'm here to break the tie.
Now, you've all been through the ringer, so there's no use in jerking you around.
Now, based on the sniper skills Vandelli insists that he needs for his squad, those four tours of duty clinched it.
Welcome to SWAT, Devlin.
Thank you, sir.
It's an honor.
I'll work hard to make you proud.
There was a kidnapping in Westwood.
It's Richard Tucker's daughter.
Come on, let's go.
Hey, don't let this get you down, Street.
You got a bright future.
What do we know so far? No plates, no prints, no decent photos.
We do have dozens of videos of the abduction, but the kidnappers wore masks.
No one got even part of a face.
Deac, Tucker's one of the richest men on Earth.
This is gonna ramp up real fast.
Well, don't worry about us.
We're on it.
You let me know if you need anything.
You really shouldn't be going out there a man down.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
The neighbor who shot the gun in the air, he turn up yet? The guy didn't live in the building; nobody here has ever seen him before.
- Think he was in on it? - I mean, it would make sense if they wanted to keep anyone from intervening.
Yeah, he acts like a civilian, uses a gun to control the crowd, any would-be heroes.
Just never seen a snatching so coordinated.
- Mayor Barrett wants to talk.
- We'll call her back as soon as we speak to the girl's father.
No, she wants to talk to the press.
She's not on the phone.
- She's here? - Mayor Barrett.
Mayor! Mayor Barrett! Do you just have a couple comments? We were debriefed on the way over here.
The LAPD and my office are going to do everything they can to find Lauren.
L.
A.
's got your back, Richard.
- Thank you.
- Do you have reason to believe your daughter's alive, Mr.
Tucker? I have no reason not to.
Oh, my God.
"Dad, - I'm okay.
" - Hostage video.
"Paul and I are prisoners of war because I'm a member "of a ruling class family.
"But to ensure our release, you must demonstrate "two actions of good faith.
"First, you must donate $50 million to the Committee - for the Poor in L.
A.
" - $50 million to the homeless? "Second, deposit $5 million in Bitcoin to an account.
You'll receive an encrypted e-mail with instructions.
" I hope you do what they say, Daddy.
The words they're making her say, I knew I recognized them.
Look, it's almost verbatim.
"Ruling class family.
" "Donation to the needy.
" This is the SLA playbook.
Okay, this is Patty Hearst 2.
0.
Patty Hearst? The kidnapped heiress from the 70s? Yeah, that's the one.
Whoever took Lauren is making her do Patty Hearst's hostage statement almost word for word.
Why? What's it get them? I know what it got them the first time.
May 1974.
LAPD surrounded one of the Symbionese Liberation Army hideouts, thinking Patty was inside, but the SLA wouldn't surrender.
- Then they opened fire on the cops.
- Looks like a war zone.
Yeah, for two hours, that neighborhood was.
My grandfather was one of the officers there.
They nearly ran out of ammo.
Biggest police shoot-out in American history.
How'd it get so out of control? Well, the SLA kept firing back.
Even as their house burned to the ground with all of them in it.
So, these copycats, what's their endgame? For some, it's a badge.
- For us - It's a family crest.
Where have I heard that? Hand it here, Dad.
I'm guessing it's all hands on deck.
The FBI's been working up with RHD, and Forensics is dissecting the hostage video.
You know, I saw that poor girl on the news I grabbed your grandpa's old case file and started driving.
Oh, you know what I was gonna do this morning? - What's that? - Crossword puzzle.
Hey, remember how Gramps said he'd, uh, rest when he's dead? Not today, Grandpa.
Yeah, the man said a lot of things he didn't mean.
He only really meant it if he wrote it down in one of his damn journals.
One of the few things I'm glad he taught me.
Yeah, I still keep one.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I heard what happened with selection.
I'm sorry.
If these budget cuts ever end and SWAT can take on more recruits, - you'll be a shoo-in.
- Thanks.
What do you think it's like being so rich you can't count your money? What's money worth if it gets your daughter kidnapped? I got to go.
- Luca's dad is here.
- Okay.
Carl was fresh out of the Academy when his dad took over the Patty Hearst case in L.
A.
It's hard to oversell how big this was in 1974.
With the newspapers they owned, the Hearsts were one of the most influential families in the world.
When the SLA took Patty, the whole country paid attention.
If these were ex-theater students, then why did it take SWAT so long? They weren't just drama geeks.
They were a combat unit intent on starting a revolution.
All they needed was a leader.
And they found one in escaped convict Donald DeFreeze.
Under DeFreeze, the SLA started robbing banks in the Bay Area.
They assassinated a superintendent with a cyanide-laced bullet.
Then they kidnapped Patty and started making crazy demands.
They said her parents had to feed all the hungry people in California if they wanted to see their daughter alive.
- What'd her parents do? - They tried.
They had trucks drop off millions of dollars worth of food to Oakland's poorest neighborhoods.
It wasn't enough for the SLA.
They shuttled Patty from hideout to hideout.
After a few months, she started identifying with her captors.
She started assisting in their crimes.
Grand theft auto, assault, shot up a sporting goods store.
It all ended with that shoot-out on 54th Street? You could say that's where it all started for us.
Yeah.
That's where the 54 comes from.
Groups like the SLA are why SWAT exists.
Luca, post up with your dad, dig through your grandfather's journals.
There was no cop as thorough as Jack.
If they're trying to recreate this crime, his notes are invaluable.
Crime scene photos, witness reports, things that never made the official record.
Everyone else is on patrol with your eyes peeled.
- Great.
- All right.
I heard the selection didn't go your way.
Trust me, I know how you feel.
I didn't make it onto SWA until my second time.
I'm just upset at myself for losing the spot I had.
What if I told you I could get you one day back on SWAT? Just for one day, till we find her.
- Really? - Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, I won't let you down.
Thank you.
Well, you can thank Hondo later.
This was his call.
Let's go.
Right.
We won't tell you what to do, but we can walk you through how these things usually go.
You deal with a lot of $50 million ransoms? No.
Just keep in mind that whatever you decide, the chances are they won't release your daughter and her boyfriend.
In the meantime, every department has their best officers scouring L.
A.
These people demanded $50 million for charity.
Does this sound like this is a group that wants - to harm my daughter? - Trying to appease the SLA, it didn't work for the Hearsts.
Ah.
All the Hearst stuff.
I get it.
The Hearsts owned newspapers, and I'm social media, so I must be today's Randolph Hearst.
But I'm not.
I'm richer.
I can pay every cent of this ransom and still be wealthier than I ever imagined.
It may not only be about money.
- Everything's about money.
- Well, if that's true, then as long as you hold onto yours, they'll keep Lauren safe.
Don't pay.
- Not yet.
- Just give us more time to track them down.
You've surrounded a house with a heavily armed suspect barricaded inside.
You pumped hot gas into it, but he still won't come out.
What next? Cut the water main.
- Why? - So he can't stand in a running shower to avoid the gas.
Salazar, my man.
That's two for two.
Good job.
Now, even if you already know this, it's worth it to hear it again: chemical agents are only needed if all other options fail.
Now, if a suspect is injured or negotiating, then he's probably on the road to surrender.
What if cutting the water main doesn't work either? He's either got a gas mask or a death wish.
This group that took the Tucker girl in L.
A.
, if you knew where they were holed up, what would you do? We'd tread carefully.
You never underestimate groups that have been able to pre-plan on a home base.
All right, that's enough questions for right now.
Go get changed, grab a bite to eat, I'll see you on the range in 30.
Hell, I wish they'd listen to me like that.
These guys worship you.
It's not me, it's just my job title.
Deputy Chief, do you know an Officer Reid, State Troopers? Yeah, Mike Reid.
Think he came over from City a few years ago.
Why? I'd like to have a word with him, in person.
You think that's possible? Yeah, I can find out.
Appreciate it.
What's with all the herbal crap? Where's the soda? Brass got rid of it.
It's a new policy.
- Same old control freaks.
- Holy smokes.
Listen to this.
"May 9, 1974.
Told my men that if they have any unregistered guns, they can consider them LAPD issue.
" Yeah, it's a different time.
Spring of 1974, you were in diapers.
Ah, the old man wrote here he took you fishing.
I thought he hated fishing.
"Took Buddy Boy to the lake.
He spent most of his time trying to eat worms.
" I've seen what's in that fridge.
Your diet hasn't changed much.
"Buddy Boy.
" I forgot about that.
You hear that? It's Lauren's cell phone.
Look, stay here, Dad, I'll be right back.
Tell me your lawyers didn't just wire $50 million to the Committee for the Poor.
Gonna be one hell of a write-off.
And the $5 million for this group? Bitcoin's already been deposited.
Hey, her cell got a text.
Kidnappers dropped off Lauren and Paul in that vacant industrial park over on Eastern.
Every officer in that area now.
See? Lauren and Paul could be gagged.
So you just worry about giving us one good day.
Understood.
What's that? What's that covering? Two bodies? So where are they? This is a holdup! First one doesn't lay down gets shot in the head! Stay on the wall.
211.
All units.
Robbery in progress at MacArthur Bank.
Subjects are armed and dangerous.
That's five blocks away.
30-David, we're crossing Main and 6th.
Hold on.
Put it in the bag! - I-I will, I will, I will - Come on.
- All of it.
Let's go.
- I am, I am Hurry up! Pick it up.
Take a video of her.
First person picks his head up, I'll blow it off.
Come on! Running out of time.
Lauren's I.
D.
All cut up.
This is exactly what the SLA sent to the newspapers in 1974.
These are instructions.
They want her dad to post whatever's on this to his personal Tuck page.
Free money! Come and get it! Make it rain! Lauren's weapon fired blanks, which is why the police believe that she was acting under duress at the bank.
Her kidnappers seemingly forced her to reenact the Patty Hearst saga.
I paid every penny.
I posted your message on Tuck.
Let my daughter and her boyfriend go.
Please.
At the group's insistence, Richard Tucker uploaded a video in which Lauren delivers an alarming message.
The time for people to treat each other better is overdue.
Rise up for a just society.
We are all soldiers in this revolution.
Yeah, Deac.
I'm watching, man.
No girl, no boyfriend, no leads.
Other than that, we're doing great.
You weren't able to get anything usable from that second hostage video? No, Forensics has looked at every frame.
There's no way to tell where it was shot.
What about the neighbor with the gun? Uh, it's confirmed that he was one of the bank robbers.
These guys are organized, Hondo.
One thing we know for sure is that they want to replay history.
But why, if the first time ended with so many of them getting killed? All right, maybe we can use that history to figure it out.
Deac, in '74, the SLA moved from house to house all over South L.
A.
- trying to hide from the police.
- Most of those places are gone.
This crew has a thing for symbolism, man.
See if Luca and his pops can cast a wider net, find every spot that the SLA may have visited back then.
Yeah, that's a great idea.
All right, thanks.
Hey, Deac.
How's Street doing? He's, uh, enthusiastic.
Yeah, I'm sure he is.
Just keep that kid under control.
Already am.
All right, I got to go.
Maybe she resented growing up rich - and planned this from the get-go.
- You see how her eyes keep darting from the camera to the cue cards? That girl fears for her life.
Why are they doing this? That's the $50 million question.
- See you later.
- See you.
Cease-fire! Weapons on safe! Holster! Sweeney, grab his target for me? Eh, you might want to adjust your grip, Salazar.
- I know.
I know.
- All right, let's check it out.
All right, the first one's dead center, that's nice.
Second one's lower and to the left.
That means you're anticipating your recoil.
People, listen up! You want to stay loose when you're engaging your weapon.
You want to ride that thing, don't fight it.
- Can I ask you a question? - Mm-hmm.
I saw you on the news last year when you sniped a guy from that chopper.
- Mm-hmm.
- You get to ride on that thing a lot? No, that's not a regular part of my job.
Taking that shot from the sky must've been a hell of a rush.
We knew the girl held up in that cabin was about to be killed, so watching her reunite with her family when it was all over, - that was the rush.
- Of course.
Still, it was a crazy shot.
Mm-hmm.
Well, to be honest with you, nothing would make me happier than never having to discharge my weapon ever again.
All right, let's change it up.
12 gauge.
Let's go.
Well, you think we got any, uh, future - SWAT material here, Sergeant? - I think they're on their way.
You got a spirited bunch here, Deputy Chief.
I talked to Officer Reid.
He's, uh, working a double shift tonight, so he won't be able to meet with you later.
Sir, if he can't make time to swing by on his break, I can wait right here till the end of his shift.
Would you mind calling him again and see if you can talk him into it? I don't know what this is about, but, um, I sit on a board with the assistant director to the Arizona Highway Patrol.
You want Reid here, he'll be here.
Look, I'm not trying to make a big thing out of this.
I came here to educate officers, and there's one or two things I'd like to go over with him.
So you let him know, whenever's good for him, it's good for me.
Okay.
All right, let's load and be ready! 800 block - of 84th.
- Mm-hmm.
1400 block of 54th.
Where's that motel receipt? The one on Slauson? - Yeah.
- Uh-huh.
It's right here.
That about accounts for the SLA's time in L.
A.
, everywhere they slept.
"May 11.
"An anonymous caller claims he saw Patty and friends "hiding out in a movie theater over on Hoover, "but who knows if it's true.
"No one around here is talking.
"People don't cooperate with the police anymore.
Looking back" What's wrong? What's it say? "This job isn't what it used to be.
"Looking back, I wish I hadn't pushed Carl onto the force.
"He's a better dad to Buddy Boy than I was to him, "but I pray he won't make the same mistake.
There are better things Buddy Boy can do with his life.
" Gramps didn't want me to be a cop? It was a dark time.
I mean, for him, for the police.
Look, every cop has a case that haunts him.
This was his.
Hoover Street.
Hoover Street.
Hoover Street, okay.
The Movie Box on Hoover Street.
How close do you think they're following in the SLA's footsteps? So how long you think the Movie Box with three X's has been closed? I'm guessing around the same time people started getting home computers? Still, if the SLA spent any time hiding out here, it's worth getting eyes on it.
Street.
Is that their car? Could be.
Abandoned building, open door.
Check for trespassers? Left side clear.
Right side clear.
Looks clear up there.
Check this out.
What are they planning? - Nothing good.
- Paul Dillon.
Lauren's boyfriend.
They brought them here.
It's the boyfriend.
24-David, need an R.
A.
to the abandoned theater on Hoover.
Paul, are you okay? Where's Lauren? They took her.
They're not gonna let her go.
Bomb Squad found a footprint that indicates enough C-4 to topple a building.
If this were the SLA, any idea what they'd be targeting next? Only thing longer than the SLA rap sheet was their enemies list.
Yeah, they wanted to destroy just about every institution and anyone who represented them.
Industry titans, judges, hell, the Black Panthers.
Okay, the police, they didn't just evade us, they targeted us, too.
Listen, listen, listen.
"August 21, 1975.
Two of our men found explosives under their squad cars today.
" - I never heard anything about that.
- 'Cause they planted them in a rush; the things never went off.
Look, if they're trying to finish the job for the SLA, they won't make the same mistake.
It say anything in there about the number on those patrol cars? Get back, folks! Come on, let's go.
I am telling you, the area is not secure! Please! Get back! Get back! Come on, let's go! Move it! Let's go.
Right out this way.
Out this way.
Around.
Around.
Hey! K-9 unit at Hollenbeck found a tin under car 0529, just like you said.
Defused it before it could blow.
Said it was packed with C-4.
That's a 50-foot blast radius, at least.
We'd be within that; let's go! Go, move, move! I insisted on security for Lauren at school.
But we'd just buried her mother.
She wanted to be normal.
What are the statistics for someone who isn't found in the first hours? This is not a typical disappearance.
I should have listened to you.
I should have never paid that ransom.
It emboldened these people.
You didn't cause this.
I just want Lauren home safe.
And I promise you, we'll do our best.
Hey, Captain.
They released another video.
"While law enforcement works in the dark, "we choose to communicate in the open.
"With complete transparency.
"Listen carefully, Dad.
"You've just been sent an e-mail.
"Inside is a file.
"A rootkit.
"Upload it to Tuck's server.
If you don't" They're gonna kill me, Daddy! Okay, what's a rootkit? Malicious code.
It allows whoever sent it complete control over - the recipient's address.
- So these people would have complete control over your entire - social media platform? - Temporarily, yes.
They'd be able to access everyone's information.
They could send whatever they want to whomever they want.
- Destroy a lot of lives.
- Can you do it? Tuck is a publicly-traded company, we have a board of directors.
Of course I can do it.
I think we know where they have her.
Look, everywhere they've been the bank, the squad car, the movie theater it's all within three blocks of one of SLA's known locations.
- We've been patrolling those areas.
- Not this one.
Parking ticket buried in the file from a van that SLA stole in '74.
200 block, Palm Ave.
If they were parked there long enough to get ticketed, it was probably close - to somewhere they hung out.
- I'm guessing this group found a one-story in the middle of the block, same as the shoot-out.
Why stick so close to the SLA script unless they want us to show up? Maybe a fight with police - is exactly what they want.
- Like a cult; - mass suicide by cop.
- Yeah, we're gonna get to Lauren before that happens.
That's what the police thought last time.
Then when it was all over, Patty Hearst wasn't even inside.
Let's roll.
Occupants of 214 Palm Avenue, this is the Los Angeles Police Department.
We need you to exit the front door with your hands above your head.
Mailman's positive he saw a group carrying weapons around back before we rolled up.
Safe bet they're inside.
House is owned by a registered sex offender, lives here with his two brothers, a few priors each.
Coworkers at the car wash say they're druggies, - into guns.
- Mom and Dad must be proud.
- They're not gonna surrender.
- We got to get Lauren out before they start reenacting another shoot-out.
- Yeah, if she's even here.
- All right, as soon as they show the least bit of resistance, - we make a move.
- Aye.
What's the word on the ventilation in case - we have to smoke them out? - Everything's cut.
Power, water, gas.
Leave your weapons inside.
Any hostages you may have, leave them inside.
Exit the front Tan.
Gas.
All right, once they start to reload, we give them everything we got, you understand? Everyone check your weapons! Ready, and Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Keep your guns down.
Okay, lookit.
Those bullet holes, they're in a perfectly straight line.
Yeah, they're using a machine gun.
No, but look closer, okay? They're all six inches apart.
There's dozens of holes, exactly six inches between them.
Bullets sweeping that precisely, there's no way you can rake a shot with a machine gun like that.
Unless this gun's on an automated system.
This is all a setup to take us out.
Yeah, but we still need to know if Lauren's inside.
I'll go.
Street and Chris, let me know when you have confirmation she's inside.
Check out the eyes they have on us.
Anything? Can't get a good reading.
Place is full of smoke.
I see someone.
I think it's her.
Possible eyes on Lauren.
The rootkit worked.
This is all live-streaming.
There she is.
That's Lauren.
They tried to get us to return fire into the house.
They want us to kill her.
While my company streams it live to the world.
Watch your step in there.
Who knows what kind of traps these guys set.
It's gonna unload again! Get down! - Get low! Hit the deck! - Hold your fire! Weapon's disarmed.
Lauren.
Lauren.
Come on, Lauren, open your eyes.
Come on.
Lauren, open your eyes.
Open your eyes.
That's it.
Come on, Lauren.
Stay with me.
She's okay, she's gonna be all right.
Lauren, that's it.
Hey.
She's okay.
The kidnappers may have slipped away, but the most important thing is that Lauren and her boyfriend made it home.
Now, this manhunt will continue and those responsible will eventually be found.
In the meantime, people shouldn't forget the reason that Lauren Tucker is home tonight.
- LAPD Metro SWAT.
- It's all right.
May not be a bad time to put in that request for some budget relief.
Really think I'd use a day like this to ask her for more personnel? Well, you know me too well, Captain.
I know it feels like the bad guys got away, but you should be proud, all of you.
We did what SWAT never could in the '70s.
We got her home.
What happened to Patty Hearst after the shoot-out in '74? FBI picked her up 15 months later in San Francisco.
She served two years in jail before her sentence got commuted.
Didn't she marry her bodyguard or something? That was the biggest blow to the SLA.
She didn't just marry her bodyguard, she became a cop's wife.
Huh.
- Officer Reid.
- Sergeant.
LAPD Metro SWAT.
That's, uh, that's the real deal.
Thanks for coming by.
I didn't really have much of a choice.
All right, look here, you and me, we're gonna clear something up right now, cop to cop.
I think I know what this is about, and I never would've pulled you over if I knew that you were a cop.
You really gonna play it like that? I know this game really well.
You don't think this is some kind of racial thing, - do you? - You tell me.
I saw you make a hard lane change in a rental car.
We're in a border community.
You have any idea how many smugglers use rental cars? They fly in, rent cars, then they go pick up a stash of drugs they left - in the desert.
- I hear all that, but that ain't why you stopped me.
- Actually, it is.
- No, it ain't.
I've been doing this job for 20 years, and not only have I never pulled anybody over for an "aggressive lane change," I've never met a cop who has.
Now, you said it yourself.
You sensed that I wasn't from around here.
So I'm gonna ask you one more time, how'd you get that sense, Officer? I'm sorry you feel this way, but this is your hang-up, not mine.
Oh, so I'm just making this up? Not only am I potentially a thug, but I'm crazy, too? I don't know what you are, but I do know that this is, uh, this is really sad.
How many times you been pulled over in your life, Officer? - A couple.
- Yeah, well, yesterday makes 17 for me.
So what do you really think the difference is between you and me? Maybe I know to keep my vehicle in its designated lane.
Have a good day, Sergeant.
I'm gonna take off.
Your mother doesn't want me driving at night.
It's kind of humiliating, actually.
Well, thanks for everything today, Dad.
What your grandpa wrote about hoping you didn't end up becoming a cop If it weren't for me pushing, did you even want to join the police force? No, I mean, to be honest, I can't ever remember wanting to be anything else.
- Yeah.
- But you knew you could've been, right? You didn't do it for me, I hope.
Hey.
You didn't make me want to be a cop, Dad.
You made me want to be like you.
Gramps got one thing right.
You're by far the better father, till the day I pass you up.
I hate to break it to you, son, but, eventually, you're gonna need a woman for that.
That fool had the nerve to act like I was the one making it about race.
He just stood there acting like he was taking the high road.
And? And? I wanted to beat his ass.
So, why didn't you? You know why.
Because it's a catch-22.
You beat his ass and he feels vindicated that your inner thug came out.
How many times have you heard mess like this from people like Reid? Too many times to count.
So why did you think this conversation would be different? I'm just sick of it always being the same.
There are still too many Reids out there.
I have been choosing not to lay hands on guys like him for a long time.
To help things change.
But when do things change? I get that.
You need space.
I'll go get ice for the champagne.
- Ready for that beer? - Yeah.
- My treat.
- No, you don't owe me.
Hey.
Fine job out there today, you two.
I was hoping to get you alone, but, uh, I know Chris here has been an ally, so there's no need for secrets.
Now, these budget cuts, they created a lot of strain, and no one's been immune, even some of our senior officers.
In fact, just today, two of them were approved for early retirement, and you were our second choice after Devlin.
That said, I called Hondo, and, um, well, we both agree we want you back on SWAT on a probationary basis.
- Really? - Yes.
No way.
- Probationary.
- Yes.
So, that means you keep it clean and solid, then we'll see where we are in six months.
Yes, sir.
Whatever it takes.
- All right, good.
- Thank you.
Its purpose? - What the hell? - To expose an illness - that's festering in our country.
- That's them.
- Is this going out live? - Yeah, to everyone.
This society is sick, and you have only yourselves to blame.
Your police? They aren't protecting you.
They're keeping you in line.
Your politicians don't represent you, they represent the corporations that put them in power.
And you eat it all up, while your media laughs their way to the bank.
It shouldn't take revolutionaries like us to hold these institutions, these billionaires, to account.
So we hope you enjoyed our little show.
You can consider this your final warning.
Be good to each other, or we'll be back with an all-new, much bigger show.
You really showed that lamp.
Better than punching him, though.
I'm sorry.
That ain't me.
I know.
Let's get out of here.
Yeah.
- Mrs.
Harrelson? - No.
Somebody mentioned a commotion coming from this room.
Is everything okay? Nothing to worry about.
We're checking out early.
A little damage to the room.
Have them put it on the credit card on file.
Of course.
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