Standoff s01e12 Episode Script
No Strings
All right.
That today's freight manifest? We're really burning through it today,buddy.
Superman's really speeding things up.
That ought to speed it up even more.
Agent fisk,you can't just clear these containers.
Some of them are tagged for inspection.
Not anymore.
Take a long lunch.
Only the district supervisor can override just move the cargo,deshawn.
Why don't you just step off,paul? This is my dock.
That badge doesn't give you the authority to come down here and tell me hey,if you don't clear this container in two minutes I'll show u how much authority I have.
We should take it easy,tonight.
Stay in,rent a movie.
No zombies.
Aw,come on.
I'll tell you when to cover your eyes.
I just don't get that excited over snuggling up with a nice pinot and watching the undead devour somebody else's brains.
Well,we don't have to snuggle.
Unless,of course,by snuggling you mean,uh in which case we'd have to what? I-I got accepted.
Really? Congratulations.
Thanks.
Accepted to what? It's a,uminternal task force, a five man team to analyze and redefine the role of crisis negotiator protocol and interagency function.
That sounds like a party.
I'm sure I've got an invite in here somewhere.
I mean,I applied for it months ago yeah.
I'm not sure I want to sit in a conference room and sort through after-action reports.
Ah,no,it sounds like a great thing-- big brass ring.
You think? Yeah,absolutely.
I have to transfer to quantico.
All right,so,it's a couple months at quantico.
It's for a year.
Oh.
-I'm not going to take it.
-Yeah,you should take that.
What? Well,you know,it sounds like it's a great honor and a big opportunity.
How many agents you figure applied for the thing? Probably a couple hundred.
And you'd be great at it.
We can pass on the zombies tonight.
A little early to be loosening the tie,don't you think? What do you want,marta? What what's this? It's that time of year again.
I know it's like we just did this,but jordan really wants to break her troop record, so I put you down for a couple extra boxes of pecan sandies and the peanut butter ones you like.
So just write me a check when they come in.
I figure this may be my last chance to hit you up.
The girls are going to be in girl scouts soon, and you're going to be muscling in on my turf.
Yeah,I'll get back to you about this.
Paul? Let's go ahead and break the seal.
You got it.
What the hell is this? You tell me.
Since when does mr.
Homeland security clear containers from the list? You would have tore me a new one,I went off book like this.
This is going to cost you.
Oh,bring it on,man hey,whoa,whoa,hey,hey,hey,come on.
Deshawn did you a favor,man.
Look,we're under a lot of pressure to keep things moving down here, but you just can't cut corners like this.
I'm not cutting corners.
It's been inspected.
By who? By me.
no,no,no.
Hey,hey.
Where do you think you're going? Hey! Hey! Look,forgive me if I tried to do us all a favor by doing some of the inspections myself here.
Can we please stop wasting the world's time and get the guy back here and get this thing out of here? Paul,is everything okay? Back off,marta.
Hey,lionel,12 years I've never let anything slip by,have I? I'm asking you to trust me.
Can we get this thing out of here? Crack it open.
No.
Paul,whatever's going on here,we can sort this out closing the doors.
I have to close the doors.
The doors are being closed.
Proudly Presents Season 1 Episode 12 lionel wanted to open the container and paul flipped out.
He started yelling.
Pulled his gun and cracked lionel across the head pretty good.
Andy and me ran,and he took a shot at us.
That's a first for me getting shot at.
- What was he yelling? - What's in the container? - Sorry.
- Take it.
-What is in the? -What was he yell? Rock,paper,scissors? Sports bras.
I'm sorry? In the container.
That's what was on the manifest-- sports bras.
I can't get a bead on the hostages or the ht.
That building was designed for containment.
No infiltration points,no windows.
Not even for a lipstick cam? I can drill a hole through the steel wall,but unless our bad guy's deaf let's assume he's not.
All right,why don't I,uh why don't I work up some options for the non-hearing impaired.
Double-time.
Customs' declaration jibes with the manifest.
Women's athletic apparel running shorts,sweats,sports bras.
It was shipped out of hong kong five days ago.
Supposed to be delivered to a trucking and storage yardin el segundo.
The company appears legit.
Does that look like the kind of guy who goes postal over a couple tons of spandex? It's going to get done.
Hey hey,you crazy son of a bitch.
All the containers that pass through here I ask for one.
One.
Why couldn't you just listen to me,huh? 'Cause you done lost your damn mind.
Hey,hey,hey,come on.
We're friend here,remember? I'm nicky's godfather,for god's sakes.
Didn't I work double shifts so you could take venica to the hospital? Paul paul what do you want to do this for? I meanwhat are you going to tell veronica and the girlsif some? Just sit there and shut up until this thing plays itself out,all right? Yeah,till what plays out? okay,all right.
All right,background radiation's normal.
But? The containes probably shielded.
Biological sensors are in the green,though.
I feel so much safer.
What a minute-- biological sensors and radiation.
Is there something you're not telling us? Homeland security is worried about what's in the box.
Worried as in dirty nuke worried? Dirty,clean,whatever it is,they want to know.
Make the call.
it's just the phone.
Is this the cops? Agent fisk,my name is matt.
I'm fbi.
Can I call you paul? Paul? What do you want? Well,first of all,is everyone okay in there? Does anybody need medical attention? I want a truck backed up to the door.
Okay,all right,we'll talk about that, but you haven't answered my question.
Is everyone? I want the gas tank topped off, I want the driver to back it into the inspection bay and I want clear passage out of the port.
You got that? He asked for the one thing that's not on the table.
All right,let me start working that up the chain of command.
No.
There is no chain of command.
You've probably got a supervisory agent listening in on the line right now, and when we ha up, the two of you are going to figure out a way to not give me what I'm asking for, but it's going to happen,matt,you got that? Loud and clear.
While we're setting that up,though,why don't you let oneof the hostages go-- marta,or deshawn or lionel.
Oh please.
Paul? If you don't do what I'm asking, I'm going to have to shoot someone.
Please! All right.
Well,he said "please.
" That was nice.
The guy's all overhe map.
-He sounds -nuts.
Disoriented.
I mean,he could be under the influence.
Maybe he's feeling the pressure of sitting next to a nuke.
Nah,I don't buy this guy as a terrorist.
I'm sticking with nuts.
Is that a standard psych thing, because I'm not familiar with that.
Come on,the guy's "loo" "loo"? Nothe guy's loo? Loo like somebody flipped this guy's switch,you know.
He's got a high-stress job.
So maybe he's buried in debt or he didn't get promoted or something.
Maybe he chopped his wife up and stuffed her in a bowling bag 'cause she burned his eggs.
I don't know.
His wife.
We're live in san pedro at the port of los angeles where a hostage crisis please don't hurt him.
Well,we want to avoid that at all costs, which is why it would be great if you could come down here and talk to him.
I I can'T.
Did something happen between the two of you? Was there a fight? No,no,nothing like that.
It's just,um it'S it's just not a good idea.
I'm sorry.
Veronica,it's important that he knows that there are people out here who care about him.
Look,we're sending a unit to come and get you.
No.
Um it's all right, I,um I'll comeI'll-I'll drive myself.
Are you sure? There's a car already on its way.
It's 20 minutes out.
N-no.
Um I'm coming over.
paul would never do anything like this.
That's not my husband.
So he didn't chop her up over burnt breakfast.
-Doesn't look like it,no.
No.
-No,not today,anyway.
You should have contacted her first thing.
-Yeah,well,right -but we had to debrief the first responders.
Are you taking the job? Hmm? The task force at quanti.
Are you taking it? Wait.
So you knew about this? Of course,I know about it.
I had to approve it.
Are you taking it? I mean,I don't think this is probably the best time to discuss this.
Yes,yes,it is.
Because I need your head here,not 3,000 miles away.
And if you can't give me that,then you need to step down right now, and I will put you on a c-141 to quantico myself.
I'm here.
We're good.
Better be.
I think I found someone who can get us eyes inside that warehouse.
Who? Superman.
Thermal imager? Classified, state-of-the-art.
Only five in the world.
The custom boys call it "superman" 'cause it can see through walls.
I figure if they can peek inside a steel container, we can peek inside a steel warehouse.
You mean we can get picture inside the building? X-ray vision,baby.
Good work.
Put it in position.
God,I was hoping she'd say that.
I feel like the predator.
Good movie.
It's got two governors in it.
All right,that must be fisk right there.
Right.
Three hostages.
Frank,what's this? Can you pan over? What,are you kidding me? This thing can pan,zoom,render a 3-d map of the imaged area.
Just pan over.
That's inside the container.
There's got to be 20 people in there.
That's 20 more hostages.
So much for the wmd.
What's this all about? Why don't you just tell me,paul? We can fix this,buddy.
Paul,please.
If this is about me, about us,I'm so sorry.
Marta,marta.
I know you were upset with me after the christmas party when I -marta -I quit.
I'll quit, I swear.
Just please let me go home.
I want to see my babies.
Marta,this isn't about you,okay? Then what is it about? thphone again.
Where's the truck? We're working on it.
Who's this? Name's emily.
I'm a fbi crisis negotiator.
Just get the truck.
How much are they paying you,paul? Huh? How much are those traffickers paying you? What is it,like,$6,000 a head? $10,000? I mean,is it really worth losing your career and possibly your family? What's she talking about? What the hell are you talking about? Look,it's over,paul.
We know about the people inside of that container.
People? Wha? How long do you think they can hold out in there? That ship left hong kong five days ago.
There's-there's people in there? Isn't that why we're all here? Oh,my god.
I mean,the cards are all on the table,paul.
There's no sense in dragging this out.
I think it's time to let one of your coworkers go.
M sending somebody out right now.
Come on.
Stay there.
Don't move.
I'm sorry.
I had to do this.
Bless you.
You're going to be okay.
I had to,all right? Just go.
Run! No,no,no! Wait! He said he had to do it.
He had to do it.
Did he say anything else,marta? He wanted me to forgive him.
What the hell just happened?! How is she? Is she okay? No,she is not okay! You shot her in the back! Yeah,well,I-I didn't want to.
You-you insisted.
You forced me.
All right,forgive me,paul,if I have a hard time buying that.
You don't know anything,you hear me? And if you don't want anybody else to get shot, you need to start listening to what I'm saying,you got that? Listen to what I'm telling you.
He's a good man.
He brings me flowers on secretary's day.
Okay.
You're going to be okay.
Get her out of here.
That's not paul in there.
You think you know me? Well,I know the playbook.
All right? I know you're pulling my background,checking my psych profile, trying to figure out why I'm doing this.
Well,go ahead,read it.
Read it all.
I'not crazy.
Why would I think you were crazy? I want you to find my mother.
I want to talk to her.
I want you to put her on the phone.
Okay,I will find your mother.
No,you won'T.
You'll get a sniper to take me out first.
Look,you find her.
-Okay,in the meantime -in the meantime you get that truck in here or I shoot someone else.
You've got six minutes.
I had no choice.
He wants a truck,we give him a truck.
I'm assuming there's more to this plan.
We rig the fuel line with a flow interrupter.
We trip it by remote.
Let him drive out to the open then we kill the engine.
Surround him,clear line of sight.
Thanks for playing.
What about the people in the container? We use target loads.
They won't penetrate the steel walls.
Get the truck ready.
Okay,so his only demand is to be allowed to leave with the cargo container except he doesn't know that it's full of people.
Then he frees a hostage, but he shoots her.
Maybe he's really bad at this.
He insisted that I listen to what he was saying.
He was very specific about that.
He kept saying,"listen to what I'm telling you.
" I think we did that.
What are we missing? Lia,did we find the mother yet? Yep.
Section 42,row 12,plot Been her current place of residence for the past six years.
But now he's demanding to speak to his dead mother? "Loo" Call in.
Tell him the truck's on its way.
Are we doing frank's thing? At the very least,it'll improve our tactical situation.
It's not going to do so much for our "let's end this without killing anybody situation.
" Well,find me a better plan.
Okay.
We got a decorated federal agent,spotless record.
Yeah,no red flags on the financials,no history of mental problems.
Yet something caused a radical change in his behavior.
He grew a tumor.
A tumor? The texas tower guy had one.
It happens.
He could have incumbent schizophrenia.
I mean,he claimed that he's being forced to do this.
I don't know.
He could be hearing voices.
The secretary insists this is not the guy she knows.
You know,the wife said the same thing.
Where is the wife? I don't know.
The security checkpoint said they're keeping an eye out for her,but she hasn't shown yet.
No,no,we need he here.
I'm going to call in a unit.
Good to see you both in sync.
What? Okay,something's been bugging me all morning,ever since we been talking to this guy,right, but I just couldn't put my finger on it.
The dialogue flow seems out of sync.
Yeah.
yeah? Paul,it's emily.
Uh,I talked to my upper ups and we just got the okay to send the truck in.
It'll be fully fueled? Uh,that's what you asked for.
Back it up into the bay.
Okay,then what? I want the security perimeter to pull back so I have a clear path to the port exit.
All right.
When I'm on the road,I don't want to see police or helicopters or I will have to shoot someone else.
Understood.
I'm sending a truck in in two minutes.
I can't believe we missed that.
Those pauses? Yeah,right when we ask him a question,just before he answers.
I think you're right.
I think he is hearing voices.
-Lia? -Right here.
Can you scan our perimeter for any scrambled radio or cellular activity,,non-FBI? Incoming or outgoing? -Both.
-Both.
yeah? Yeah,one last thing,paul.
We're not sure how far you plan on driving.
Do you need anything inside the truck? Uh,some sandwiches,water maybe (distorted voice over radio) Is not on the road in ten minutes, we'll cut off your daughter's head.
Tell them you don't need any food.
Just the truck and no tricks.
We don't need any food,just the truck.
No tricks.
He's not a hostage taker.
No,he's the hostage.
Who is it? Fbi,ma'am.
Here to drive you to the port.
You didn't have to come.
I was just on my way out.
I'll give you a ride.
Ma'am? I'm sorry,I'm waiting for the sitter to come and watch my kids.
I thought you were just on your way out.
Please.
I'll be there as soon as I can.
Well,this is kind of urgent,ma'am.
I said I'd be there.
All right,ma'am.
We'll let you get yourself together.
Just try to get down there as quickly as you can.
Thank you.
I will.
Lose it! She said:this morningschool they take the two girls This is listens means what is this? .
.
save others.
They're good.
They take the kids, keep the wife at home, just in case anyone checks in.
Everything looks normal.
Until we can locate and secure his kids, we have to keep this talker distracted.
Let her think everything's going her way.
-Okay.
-All right.
They're never going to give you that truck.
Shut up.
What you got in there anyway,huh? It doesn't matter.
You don't even know,do you? Do you even care? How much they pay you to wave it through? -Will you tell him to shut up? -Shut up,man.
How much you guys make,what,double what we do? And that ain't enough? What you think you got,huh? A little trim on the side.
Playing sugar daddy to that girl over at the rhino,that girl over at the rhino, Yeah,well,guess what? I've got a life.
I got a lot of people that I care a lot about, so don't even try to judge me.
Just sit down and shut up.
Okay?! Somebody's going to a hell of a lot of trouble to get a pass on that container.
Yeah,it's way too much for a few illegals.
There's got to be something else in there.
Drugs? No,it's too risky.
What else? Actually,it doesn't matter.
What doesn't matter? Yeah,it doesn't matter what's in the box.
It doesn't even matter why the only thinghat matters is who.
If we can get a line on the talker,that'll lead us,to fisk's kids.
Once they're safe then,they got no leverage on paul.
Crisis over.
Still haven't nailed down the transmission's exact location.
But it's within a mile of the port.
You tracked it? She didn't give us enough air time to get a fix but the frequency's consistent with only one system small enough to be concealedwith wireless earwig.
A parnov 880.
A part of what? Old soviet spy tech.
You can get 'em up on the net for under a hundred bucks.
The range is about a mile.
Can you track it to the source? Yeah,but you got to get her to transmit.
it's fisk.
Okay,we're going to do what we can.
Patch that transmission through on a separate line.
I want to hear what he hears.
It's emily.
What are you people doing? Where the hell is the truck? All right,take it easy,paul.
Look,we screwed up a little bit,okay? Our driver was bringing in the truck,and he realized that the tank was empty.
What? Look,we got a lot of agencies out here with different jurisdiction, paul,you know that.
Command and control has been a bit hinky.
We're doing our best,all right.
It's gassing up as we speak.
Ask them how long.
How long will it take? Well,we had to evacuate the port, and they closed the main pumps at the depot.
So,I don't know,we're going to have to fill it up offsite, so it's probably going to take about a half hour.
shoot another hostage.
or I shoot another hostage.
Understand? Yeah,yeah.
We understand that,paul.
We talked to your mother.
You what? Your mother.
We just got off the phone with her.
What did she say? Uh,she wanted us to tell you to hang in there.
That she understands and, uh,you're not alone.
Okay,everything's going to be all right.
You have to trust us.
All right,we got a lot of people, we got a whole team working on this so that nobody gets hurt and everybody makes it out of there in one piece.
You got me? Yeah.
Yeah,I understand.
Don'T.
I'm sorry.
You going to shoot me? That's what you said to martaright before you no,no,no.
I'm sorry about any time I might have ever talked down to you or,you know pulled rank because I got a badge and you don'T.
I'm just I'm sorry.
Paul put the gun down.
The truck is on its way.
I just need you to be patient,you know.
You know me,I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't have to.
I don't want to see anybody get hurt,all right? What about 30 minutes from now,huh? Tell him to shut up.
Sit back down and shut your mouth.
Alpha,what's your location? Harbor boulevard,one block south of san pedro.
You got a fix? Not exactly.
But she's transmitting from a fixed position.
I can get you within 500 yards.
Check your gps.
We're rolling.
Check the gas gauge.
Make sure the tanks are full.
Inspect the interior for transmitters and bugs.
Another delay and your children are dead.
We will record it on video for the internet.
He's been listening to this crap for two hours.
Alpha,source perimeter's between second and third, west side of harbor.
Still a fair-sized piece of real estate.
Can you pin that down any closer? R-sims needs time to narrow the fix.
We got to get her talking longer.
Well,she's not exactly a chatterbox.
Let's give her something to talk about.
you got the truck? No,I don't got the truck.
You're not gonna get the truck till you release the hostages.
What happened to the woman? Where's emily? Emily's on a break.
You're dealing with me now.
No hostage,no truck.
That's what's on the table.
Get the woman back.
Tell them you will shoot a hostage if they do not put her on the line.
Look Okay,150 yards and closing.
Alpha,it looks like she's on the vincent thomas bridge.
Alpha,copy.
Put her on the line or somebody's going to die.
Tell him to put her on now.
Tell them or we will strangle your youngest child.
Look,I need emily now.
Sorry.
R-sims,can you confirm that location? Confirmed,alpha.
No,we will strangle your wife.
Twenty your children will watch us kill their mother.
You should be right on top of her signal.
No,I I can't be right on top of it.
There's nobody hell.
Okay,tell you what.
You release one hostage,I put emily back on the phone.
Otherwise,no deal.
Tell them you are going to count to three.
Tell him now.
I'm going to have to count to three.
If the woman is not on the phone, you will shoot a hostage.
The troublemaker.
You will shoot him.
If you don'put her on the line, somebody's going to die.
Whoa,what you doing,man?! One one.
Two don't do this,paul.
Two three.
Hey,paul.
It's emily.
You don't need to shoot anybody.
The truck is on its way.
The truck's on its way.
Shoot him anyway.
No,I won'T.
You will shoot him now.
No,there's not going to be any more shooting.
The truck's re.
It's almost over.
Kill him now or your daughter dies.
Or not.
Tell mr.
Fisk to hold his fire.
-Tell him to hold his fire.
-Hold your fire.
It's not fun to work with a gun to your head,is it? Now where are his kids? Now I asked nice.
where are his kids? What are you going to do shoot me? Yeah,this one's a real hard case.
Yeah,she's not talking.
Bring her in.
Did you check the cell phone? Well,her call history indicates she's been getting contacted every 30 minutes.
When was the last call? About six minutes ago.
we got 24 minutes to either shake out a location or get her to play ball once her people check in.
yeah? Paul,we've got the woman you've been talking to in custody.
Okay,good.
W-well,what about the what about my girls? They're bringing her for interrogation.
Look,in the meantime,you can tell the others, but everybody inside has got to stay there.
Look,we've got a lot of media out here, and if the bad guys see the hostages coming out yeah.
No,I got it.
Paul? What'S paul,p-pick up the phone.
Paul? Paul,please pick up the phone.
this this is lionel struthers.
It's over.
I shot paul.
Lionel,listen to me,okay? Do not come out do not allow anyone to leave that building.
What? No we got to end this.
Paul's hurt.
Forget about me.
They've still got the girls.
Paul's children have been kidnapped,and they're being held hostage.
What? Okay,he was bugged, they've been listening in, and they've been telling him what to do.
That's crazy.
Ah,god! Lia,get me channel 6.
I'm going to give one of their reporters a scoop.
Emt's are approaching,the inspection bay, where just minutes ago we heard shots fired inside the building.
All right,this just in now I've just gotten confirmation from authorities that a second hostage that a second hostage The gunman is allowing unarmed medics inside the building to evacuate the victim.
Again,a second hostage has been shot, and the standoff continues here at the port of los aeles.
Once again,we have just learned I'm sorry.
I had no idea.
I couldn'T I couldn't exactly tell you.
No,no,no,no,I I should've trusted you,man.
Just help the FBI my family.
Lionel struthers? Matt flannery,fbi.
How you doing,paul? I've been better.
Okay,we're going to get you out of here.
Listen,if anybody asks,you're a wounded hostage,all right? Oh.
Okay.
Okay.
Time to open up this container.
okay,I need a photograph of every single one of these people.
All right,you take the shot.
You see this tricky little button here that says "send"? Yeah.
Press that-- that's going to relay the image to our people downtown.
And make it fast.
I don't have a lot of time.
You got it.
Here.
Try to look medical.
Ratana sadka she was with jemaah islamiyah, a militant islamist terrorist group in southeast asia.
You guys caught a big fish.
How big? Number three in the organization.
According to the state department, she masterminded those nighlub bombings in singapore back in 2004.
She's been at large ever since.
That's pretty big.
Any progress? All the illegals have been photographed.
We've been batch-screening facial recognitions against state department, cia and interpol file-photos of known terrorists.
So far,not a single hit.
Get a deep background on sadka Aliases known associates,known associates contacts contacts, anybody she might be doing business with locally.
The thing about an active terror cell is that they tend to keep a low profile.
-Lia,we need an address here,and we -nine minutes Working on it.
That's going to be too late.
Without an all-clear from the suspect.
Yeah,who's probably under standing orders to kill paul's kids.
Yeah? They'll be right there.
Frank just delivered sadka to a holding cell in the,uh,customs building across the way.
I'm not in the habit of asking my people for miracles.
This is where the leverage is.
One of these people is the key.
Okay? She was deep undercover safe and sound.
Until now.
She risks everything her security, her freedom,her cover.
She sticks her neck way on the line, all for someone inside that container.
So it's a vip, someone important,or at least more important than she is.
Right,a bigger fish.
Yeah.
Except there is no hits in the international terrorist community why is that? Cosmetic surgery? Maybe he's never been photographed.
Well,why the low profile?Why come in a container? Right.
Okay.
What's the time? Four minutes.
Okay,so someone important to her,someone more important than her,no hits in the terrorist community he's not in the terrorist community.
Right.
that phone's going to ring in two minutes.
You're going to tell the person on the other end that everything is fine and to await further instruction.
Why would I do that? It's over.
We have the container.
We have everybody inside in custody.
There's no reason that paul fisk or his family should have to pay for your failure.
They mean nothing to me.
What about your son? Surat.
The security police in your country are looking for him trying to get to you.
They've got the whole country buttoned up the whole country buttoned up Which is why you knew you had to get him out of there any way you could.
Now,you do as we tell you, we'll see that he's placed in a nice home within driving distance of wherever you're incarcerated You'll have visiting privileges.
You'll be able to see your son grow up into a man, and he'll know his mother.
And if I don't? Anything happens to those fisk children, your son's going to be deported,and I think you know.
what'll happen to him then.
yes? Await orders.
Check in as scheduled.
Now let's talk about where those kids are.
paul hey.
Listen,uh I'm sorry about this morning.
The quantico thing kinda caught me off guard,you know? Yeah,it's okay.
All right.
Cool.
No.
It's not cool.
Actually.
Sorry? It's not okay.
Why,because I said you should take this job? It's not because you said take the job.
It's what you didn't say.
-what I din't said.
-yeah What didn't I say? What you're afraid to say.
Oh,what am I afraid to say? Don't go.
I'm afraid to say,"don't go"? -Yeah.
You won't say "don't go," because you know what that means that you care about me.
Right? You won't say "don't go,"because that puts you in a tough spot.
-Ringht? -Mm-hmm.
Right.
You won't say, because you know it-- don't go.
I love you.
Don't go.
Okay.
All right.
That today's freight manifest? We're really burning through it today,buddy.
Superman's really speeding things up.
That ought to speed it up even more.
Agent fisk,you can't just clear these containers.
Some of them are tagged for inspection.
Not anymore.
Take a long lunch.
Only the district supervisor can override just move the cargo,deshawn.
Why don't you just step off,paul? This is my dock.
That badge doesn't give you the authority to come down here and tell me hey,if you don't clear this container in two minutes I'll show u how much authority I have.
We should take it easy,tonight.
Stay in,rent a movie.
No zombies.
Aw,come on.
I'll tell you when to cover your eyes.
I just don't get that excited over snuggling up with a nice pinot and watching the undead devour somebody else's brains.
Well,we don't have to snuggle.
Unless,of course,by snuggling you mean,uh in which case we'd have to what? I-I got accepted.
Really? Congratulations.
Thanks.
Accepted to what? It's a,uminternal task force, a five man team to analyze and redefine the role of crisis negotiator protocol and interagency function.
That sounds like a party.
I'm sure I've got an invite in here somewhere.
I mean,I applied for it months ago yeah.
I'm not sure I want to sit in a conference room and sort through after-action reports.
Ah,no,it sounds like a great thing-- big brass ring.
You think? Yeah,absolutely.
I have to transfer to quantico.
All right,so,it's a couple months at quantico.
It's for a year.
Oh.
-I'm not going to take it.
-Yeah,you should take that.
What? Well,you know,it sounds like it's a great honor and a big opportunity.
How many agents you figure applied for the thing? Probably a couple hundred.
And you'd be great at it.
We can pass on the zombies tonight.
A little early to be loosening the tie,don't you think? What do you want,marta? What what's this? It's that time of year again.
I know it's like we just did this,but jordan really wants to break her troop record, so I put you down for a couple extra boxes of pecan sandies and the peanut butter ones you like.
So just write me a check when they come in.
I figure this may be my last chance to hit you up.
The girls are going to be in girl scouts soon, and you're going to be muscling in on my turf.
Yeah,I'll get back to you about this.
Paul? Let's go ahead and break the seal.
You got it.
What the hell is this? You tell me.
Since when does mr.
Homeland security clear containers from the list? You would have tore me a new one,I went off book like this.
This is going to cost you.
Oh,bring it on,man hey,whoa,whoa,hey,hey,hey,come on.
Deshawn did you a favor,man.
Look,we're under a lot of pressure to keep things moving down here, but you just can't cut corners like this.
I'm not cutting corners.
It's been inspected.
By who? By me.
no,no,no.
Hey,hey.
Where do you think you're going? Hey! Hey! Look,forgive me if I tried to do us all a favor by doing some of the inspections myself here.
Can we please stop wasting the world's time and get the guy back here and get this thing out of here? Paul,is everything okay? Back off,marta.
Hey,lionel,12 years I've never let anything slip by,have I? I'm asking you to trust me.
Can we get this thing out of here? Crack it open.
No.
Paul,whatever's going on here,we can sort this out closing the doors.
I have to close the doors.
The doors are being closed.
Proudly Presents Season 1 Episode 12 lionel wanted to open the container and paul flipped out.
He started yelling.
Pulled his gun and cracked lionel across the head pretty good.
Andy and me ran,and he took a shot at us.
That's a first for me getting shot at.
- What was he yelling? - What's in the container? - Sorry.
- Take it.
-What is in the? -What was he yell? Rock,paper,scissors? Sports bras.
I'm sorry? In the container.
That's what was on the manifest-- sports bras.
I can't get a bead on the hostages or the ht.
That building was designed for containment.
No infiltration points,no windows.
Not even for a lipstick cam? I can drill a hole through the steel wall,but unless our bad guy's deaf let's assume he's not.
All right,why don't I,uh why don't I work up some options for the non-hearing impaired.
Double-time.
Customs' declaration jibes with the manifest.
Women's athletic apparel running shorts,sweats,sports bras.
It was shipped out of hong kong five days ago.
Supposed to be delivered to a trucking and storage yardin el segundo.
The company appears legit.
Does that look like the kind of guy who goes postal over a couple tons of spandex? It's going to get done.
Hey hey,you crazy son of a bitch.
All the containers that pass through here I ask for one.
One.
Why couldn't you just listen to me,huh? 'Cause you done lost your damn mind.
Hey,hey,hey,come on.
We're friend here,remember? I'm nicky's godfather,for god's sakes.
Didn't I work double shifts so you could take venica to the hospital? Paul paul what do you want to do this for? I meanwhat are you going to tell veronica and the girlsif some? Just sit there and shut up until this thing plays itself out,all right? Yeah,till what plays out? okay,all right.
All right,background radiation's normal.
But? The containes probably shielded.
Biological sensors are in the green,though.
I feel so much safer.
What a minute-- biological sensors and radiation.
Is there something you're not telling us? Homeland security is worried about what's in the box.
Worried as in dirty nuke worried? Dirty,clean,whatever it is,they want to know.
Make the call.
it's just the phone.
Is this the cops? Agent fisk,my name is matt.
I'm fbi.
Can I call you paul? Paul? What do you want? Well,first of all,is everyone okay in there? Does anybody need medical attention? I want a truck backed up to the door.
Okay,all right,we'll talk about that, but you haven't answered my question.
Is everyone? I want the gas tank topped off, I want the driver to back it into the inspection bay and I want clear passage out of the port.
You got that? He asked for the one thing that's not on the table.
All right,let me start working that up the chain of command.
No.
There is no chain of command.
You've probably got a supervisory agent listening in on the line right now, and when we ha up, the two of you are going to figure out a way to not give me what I'm asking for, but it's going to happen,matt,you got that? Loud and clear.
While we're setting that up,though,why don't you let oneof the hostages go-- marta,or deshawn or lionel.
Oh please.
Paul? If you don't do what I'm asking, I'm going to have to shoot someone.
Please! All right.
Well,he said "please.
" That was nice.
The guy's all overhe map.
-He sounds -nuts.
Disoriented.
I mean,he could be under the influence.
Maybe he's feeling the pressure of sitting next to a nuke.
Nah,I don't buy this guy as a terrorist.
I'm sticking with nuts.
Is that a standard psych thing, because I'm not familiar with that.
Come on,the guy's "loo" "loo"? Nothe guy's loo? Loo like somebody flipped this guy's switch,you know.
He's got a high-stress job.
So maybe he's buried in debt or he didn't get promoted or something.
Maybe he chopped his wife up and stuffed her in a bowling bag 'cause she burned his eggs.
I don't know.
His wife.
We're live in san pedro at the port of los angeles where a hostage crisis please don't hurt him.
Well,we want to avoid that at all costs, which is why it would be great if you could come down here and talk to him.
I I can'T.
Did something happen between the two of you? Was there a fight? No,no,nothing like that.
It's just,um it'S it's just not a good idea.
I'm sorry.
Veronica,it's important that he knows that there are people out here who care about him.
Look,we're sending a unit to come and get you.
No.
Um it's all right, I,um I'll comeI'll-I'll drive myself.
Are you sure? There's a car already on its way.
It's 20 minutes out.
N-no.
Um I'm coming over.
paul would never do anything like this.
That's not my husband.
So he didn't chop her up over burnt breakfast.
-Doesn't look like it,no.
No.
-No,not today,anyway.
You should have contacted her first thing.
-Yeah,well,right -but we had to debrief the first responders.
Are you taking the job? Hmm? The task force at quanti.
Are you taking it? Wait.
So you knew about this? Of course,I know about it.
I had to approve it.
Are you taking it? I mean,I don't think this is probably the best time to discuss this.
Yes,yes,it is.
Because I need your head here,not 3,000 miles away.
And if you can't give me that,then you need to step down right now, and I will put you on a c-141 to quantico myself.
I'm here.
We're good.
Better be.
I think I found someone who can get us eyes inside that warehouse.
Who? Superman.
Thermal imager? Classified, state-of-the-art.
Only five in the world.
The custom boys call it "superman" 'cause it can see through walls.
I figure if they can peek inside a steel container, we can peek inside a steel warehouse.
You mean we can get picture inside the building? X-ray vision,baby.
Good work.
Put it in position.
God,I was hoping she'd say that.
I feel like the predator.
Good movie.
It's got two governors in it.
All right,that must be fisk right there.
Right.
Three hostages.
Frank,what's this? Can you pan over? What,are you kidding me? This thing can pan,zoom,render a 3-d map of the imaged area.
Just pan over.
That's inside the container.
There's got to be 20 people in there.
That's 20 more hostages.
So much for the wmd.
What's this all about? Why don't you just tell me,paul? We can fix this,buddy.
Paul,please.
If this is about me, about us,I'm so sorry.
Marta,marta.
I know you were upset with me after the christmas party when I -marta -I quit.
I'll quit, I swear.
Just please let me go home.
I want to see my babies.
Marta,this isn't about you,okay? Then what is it about? thphone again.
Where's the truck? We're working on it.
Who's this? Name's emily.
I'm a fbi crisis negotiator.
Just get the truck.
How much are they paying you,paul? Huh? How much are those traffickers paying you? What is it,like,$6,000 a head? $10,000? I mean,is it really worth losing your career and possibly your family? What's she talking about? What the hell are you talking about? Look,it's over,paul.
We know about the people inside of that container.
People? Wha? How long do you think they can hold out in there? That ship left hong kong five days ago.
There's-there's people in there? Isn't that why we're all here? Oh,my god.
I mean,the cards are all on the table,paul.
There's no sense in dragging this out.
I think it's time to let one of your coworkers go.
M sending somebody out right now.
Come on.
Stay there.
Don't move.
I'm sorry.
I had to do this.
Bless you.
You're going to be okay.
I had to,all right? Just go.
Run! No,no,no! Wait! He said he had to do it.
He had to do it.
Did he say anything else,marta? He wanted me to forgive him.
What the hell just happened?! How is she? Is she okay? No,she is not okay! You shot her in the back! Yeah,well,I-I didn't want to.
You-you insisted.
You forced me.
All right,forgive me,paul,if I have a hard time buying that.
You don't know anything,you hear me? And if you don't want anybody else to get shot, you need to start listening to what I'm saying,you got that? Listen to what I'm telling you.
He's a good man.
He brings me flowers on secretary's day.
Okay.
You're going to be okay.
Get her out of here.
That's not paul in there.
You think you know me? Well,I know the playbook.
All right? I know you're pulling my background,checking my psych profile, trying to figure out why I'm doing this.
Well,go ahead,read it.
Read it all.
I'not crazy.
Why would I think you were crazy? I want you to find my mother.
I want to talk to her.
I want you to put her on the phone.
Okay,I will find your mother.
No,you won'T.
You'll get a sniper to take me out first.
Look,you find her.
-Okay,in the meantime -in the meantime you get that truck in here or I shoot someone else.
You've got six minutes.
I had no choice.
He wants a truck,we give him a truck.
I'm assuming there's more to this plan.
We rig the fuel line with a flow interrupter.
We trip it by remote.
Let him drive out to the open then we kill the engine.
Surround him,clear line of sight.
Thanks for playing.
What about the people in the container? We use target loads.
They won't penetrate the steel walls.
Get the truck ready.
Okay,so his only demand is to be allowed to leave with the cargo container except he doesn't know that it's full of people.
Then he frees a hostage, but he shoots her.
Maybe he's really bad at this.
He insisted that I listen to what he was saying.
He was very specific about that.
He kept saying,"listen to what I'm telling you.
" I think we did that.
What are we missing? Lia,did we find the mother yet? Yep.
Section 42,row 12,plot Been her current place of residence for the past six years.
But now he's demanding to speak to his dead mother? "Loo" Call in.
Tell him the truck's on its way.
Are we doing frank's thing? At the very least,it'll improve our tactical situation.
It's not going to do so much for our "let's end this without killing anybody situation.
" Well,find me a better plan.
Okay.
We got a decorated federal agent,spotless record.
Yeah,no red flags on the financials,no history of mental problems.
Yet something caused a radical change in his behavior.
He grew a tumor.
A tumor? The texas tower guy had one.
It happens.
He could have incumbent schizophrenia.
I mean,he claimed that he's being forced to do this.
I don't know.
He could be hearing voices.
The secretary insists this is not the guy she knows.
You know,the wife said the same thing.
Where is the wife? I don't know.
The security checkpoint said they're keeping an eye out for her,but she hasn't shown yet.
No,no,we need he here.
I'm going to call in a unit.
Good to see you both in sync.
What? Okay,something's been bugging me all morning,ever since we been talking to this guy,right, but I just couldn't put my finger on it.
The dialogue flow seems out of sync.
Yeah.
yeah? Paul,it's emily.
Uh,I talked to my upper ups and we just got the okay to send the truck in.
It'll be fully fueled? Uh,that's what you asked for.
Back it up into the bay.
Okay,then what? I want the security perimeter to pull back so I have a clear path to the port exit.
All right.
When I'm on the road,I don't want to see police or helicopters or I will have to shoot someone else.
Understood.
I'm sending a truck in in two minutes.
I can't believe we missed that.
Those pauses? Yeah,right when we ask him a question,just before he answers.
I think you're right.
I think he is hearing voices.
-Lia? -Right here.
Can you scan our perimeter for any scrambled radio or cellular activity,,non-FBI? Incoming or outgoing? -Both.
-Both.
yeah? Yeah,one last thing,paul.
We're not sure how far you plan on driving.
Do you need anything inside the truck? Uh,some sandwiches,water maybe (distorted voice over radio) Is not on the road in ten minutes, we'll cut off your daughter's head.
Tell them you don't need any food.
Just the truck and no tricks.
We don't need any food,just the truck.
No tricks.
He's not a hostage taker.
No,he's the hostage.
Who is it? Fbi,ma'am.
Here to drive you to the port.
You didn't have to come.
I was just on my way out.
I'll give you a ride.
Ma'am? I'm sorry,I'm waiting for the sitter to come and watch my kids.
I thought you were just on your way out.
Please.
I'll be there as soon as I can.
Well,this is kind of urgent,ma'am.
I said I'd be there.
All right,ma'am.
We'll let you get yourself together.
Just try to get down there as quickly as you can.
Thank you.
I will.
Lose it! She said:this morningschool they take the two girls This is listens means what is this? .
.
save others.
They're good.
They take the kids, keep the wife at home, just in case anyone checks in.
Everything looks normal.
Until we can locate and secure his kids, we have to keep this talker distracted.
Let her think everything's going her way.
-Okay.
-All right.
They're never going to give you that truck.
Shut up.
What you got in there anyway,huh? It doesn't matter.
You don't even know,do you? Do you even care? How much they pay you to wave it through? -Will you tell him to shut up? -Shut up,man.
How much you guys make,what,double what we do? And that ain't enough? What you think you got,huh? A little trim on the side.
Playing sugar daddy to that girl over at the rhino,that girl over at the rhino, Yeah,well,guess what? I've got a life.
I got a lot of people that I care a lot about, so don't even try to judge me.
Just sit down and shut up.
Okay?! Somebody's going to a hell of a lot of trouble to get a pass on that container.
Yeah,it's way too much for a few illegals.
There's got to be something else in there.
Drugs? No,it's too risky.
What else? Actually,it doesn't matter.
What doesn't matter? Yeah,it doesn't matter what's in the box.
It doesn't even matter why the only thinghat matters is who.
If we can get a line on the talker,that'll lead us,to fisk's kids.
Once they're safe then,they got no leverage on paul.
Crisis over.
Still haven't nailed down the transmission's exact location.
But it's within a mile of the port.
You tracked it? She didn't give us enough air time to get a fix but the frequency's consistent with only one system small enough to be concealedwith wireless earwig.
A parnov 880.
A part of what? Old soviet spy tech.
You can get 'em up on the net for under a hundred bucks.
The range is about a mile.
Can you track it to the source? Yeah,but you got to get her to transmit.
it's fisk.
Okay,we're going to do what we can.
Patch that transmission through on a separate line.
I want to hear what he hears.
It's emily.
What are you people doing? Where the hell is the truck? All right,take it easy,paul.
Look,we screwed up a little bit,okay? Our driver was bringing in the truck,and he realized that the tank was empty.
What? Look,we got a lot of agencies out here with different jurisdiction, paul,you know that.
Command and control has been a bit hinky.
We're doing our best,all right.
It's gassing up as we speak.
Ask them how long.
How long will it take? Well,we had to evacuate the port, and they closed the main pumps at the depot.
So,I don't know,we're going to have to fill it up offsite, so it's probably going to take about a half hour.
shoot another hostage.
or I shoot another hostage.
Understand? Yeah,yeah.
We understand that,paul.
We talked to your mother.
You what? Your mother.
We just got off the phone with her.
What did she say? Uh,she wanted us to tell you to hang in there.
That she understands and, uh,you're not alone.
Okay,everything's going to be all right.
You have to trust us.
All right,we got a lot of people, we got a whole team working on this so that nobody gets hurt and everybody makes it out of there in one piece.
You got me? Yeah.
Yeah,I understand.
Don'T.
I'm sorry.
You going to shoot me? That's what you said to martaright before you no,no,no.
I'm sorry about any time I might have ever talked down to you or,you know pulled rank because I got a badge and you don'T.
I'm just I'm sorry.
Paul put the gun down.
The truck is on its way.
I just need you to be patient,you know.
You know me,I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't have to.
I don't want to see anybody get hurt,all right? What about 30 minutes from now,huh? Tell him to shut up.
Sit back down and shut your mouth.
Alpha,what's your location? Harbor boulevard,one block south of san pedro.
You got a fix? Not exactly.
But she's transmitting from a fixed position.
I can get you within 500 yards.
Check your gps.
We're rolling.
Check the gas gauge.
Make sure the tanks are full.
Inspect the interior for transmitters and bugs.
Another delay and your children are dead.
We will record it on video for the internet.
He's been listening to this crap for two hours.
Alpha,source perimeter's between second and third, west side of harbor.
Still a fair-sized piece of real estate.
Can you pin that down any closer? R-sims needs time to narrow the fix.
We got to get her talking longer.
Well,she's not exactly a chatterbox.
Let's give her something to talk about.
you got the truck? No,I don't got the truck.
You're not gonna get the truck till you release the hostages.
What happened to the woman? Where's emily? Emily's on a break.
You're dealing with me now.
No hostage,no truck.
That's what's on the table.
Get the woman back.
Tell them you will shoot a hostage if they do not put her on the line.
Look Okay,150 yards and closing.
Alpha,it looks like she's on the vincent thomas bridge.
Alpha,copy.
Put her on the line or somebody's going to die.
Tell him to put her on now.
Tell them or we will strangle your youngest child.
Look,I need emily now.
Sorry.
R-sims,can you confirm that location? Confirmed,alpha.
No,we will strangle your wife.
Twenty your children will watch us kill their mother.
You should be right on top of her signal.
No,I I can't be right on top of it.
There's nobody hell.
Okay,tell you what.
You release one hostage,I put emily back on the phone.
Otherwise,no deal.
Tell them you are going to count to three.
Tell him now.
I'm going to have to count to three.
If the woman is not on the phone, you will shoot a hostage.
The troublemaker.
You will shoot him.
If you don'put her on the line, somebody's going to die.
Whoa,what you doing,man?! One one.
Two don't do this,paul.
Two three.
Hey,paul.
It's emily.
You don't need to shoot anybody.
The truck is on its way.
The truck's on its way.
Shoot him anyway.
No,I won'T.
You will shoot him now.
No,there's not going to be any more shooting.
The truck's re.
It's almost over.
Kill him now or your daughter dies.
Or not.
Tell mr.
Fisk to hold his fire.
-Tell him to hold his fire.
-Hold your fire.
It's not fun to work with a gun to your head,is it? Now where are his kids? Now I asked nice.
where are his kids? What are you going to do shoot me? Yeah,this one's a real hard case.
Yeah,she's not talking.
Bring her in.
Did you check the cell phone? Well,her call history indicates she's been getting contacted every 30 minutes.
When was the last call? About six minutes ago.
we got 24 minutes to either shake out a location or get her to play ball once her people check in.
yeah? Paul,we've got the woman you've been talking to in custody.
Okay,good.
W-well,what about the what about my girls? They're bringing her for interrogation.
Look,in the meantime,you can tell the others, but everybody inside has got to stay there.
Look,we've got a lot of media out here, and if the bad guys see the hostages coming out yeah.
No,I got it.
Paul? What'S paul,p-pick up the phone.
Paul? Paul,please pick up the phone.
this this is lionel struthers.
It's over.
I shot paul.
Lionel,listen to me,okay? Do not come out do not allow anyone to leave that building.
What? No we got to end this.
Paul's hurt.
Forget about me.
They've still got the girls.
Paul's children have been kidnapped,and they're being held hostage.
What? Okay,he was bugged, they've been listening in, and they've been telling him what to do.
That's crazy.
Ah,god! Lia,get me channel 6.
I'm going to give one of their reporters a scoop.
Emt's are approaching,the inspection bay, where just minutes ago we heard shots fired inside the building.
All right,this just in now I've just gotten confirmation from authorities that a second hostage that a second hostage The gunman is allowing unarmed medics inside the building to evacuate the victim.
Again,a second hostage has been shot, and the standoff continues here at the port of los aeles.
Once again,we have just learned I'm sorry.
I had no idea.
I couldn'T I couldn't exactly tell you.
No,no,no,no,I I should've trusted you,man.
Just help the FBI my family.
Lionel struthers? Matt flannery,fbi.
How you doing,paul? I've been better.
Okay,we're going to get you out of here.
Listen,if anybody asks,you're a wounded hostage,all right? Oh.
Okay.
Okay.
Time to open up this container.
okay,I need a photograph of every single one of these people.
All right,you take the shot.
You see this tricky little button here that says "send"? Yeah.
Press that-- that's going to relay the image to our people downtown.
And make it fast.
I don't have a lot of time.
You got it.
Here.
Try to look medical.
Ratana sadka she was with jemaah islamiyah, a militant islamist terrorist group in southeast asia.
You guys caught a big fish.
How big? Number three in the organization.
According to the state department, she masterminded those nighlub bombings in singapore back in 2004.
She's been at large ever since.
That's pretty big.
Any progress? All the illegals have been photographed.
We've been batch-screening facial recognitions against state department, cia and interpol file-photos of known terrorists.
So far,not a single hit.
Get a deep background on sadka Aliases known associates,known associates contacts contacts, anybody she might be doing business with locally.
The thing about an active terror cell is that they tend to keep a low profile.
-Lia,we need an address here,and we -nine minutes Working on it.
That's going to be too late.
Without an all-clear from the suspect.
Yeah,who's probably under standing orders to kill paul's kids.
Yeah? They'll be right there.
Frank just delivered sadka to a holding cell in the,uh,customs building across the way.
I'm not in the habit of asking my people for miracles.
This is where the leverage is.
One of these people is the key.
Okay? She was deep undercover safe and sound.
Until now.
She risks everything her security, her freedom,her cover.
She sticks her neck way on the line, all for someone inside that container.
So it's a vip, someone important,or at least more important than she is.
Right,a bigger fish.
Yeah.
Except there is no hits in the international terrorist community why is that? Cosmetic surgery? Maybe he's never been photographed.
Well,why the low profile?Why come in a container? Right.
Okay.
What's the time? Four minutes.
Okay,so someone important to her,someone more important than her,no hits in the terrorist community he's not in the terrorist community.
Right.
that phone's going to ring in two minutes.
You're going to tell the person on the other end that everything is fine and to await further instruction.
Why would I do that? It's over.
We have the container.
We have everybody inside in custody.
There's no reason that paul fisk or his family should have to pay for your failure.
They mean nothing to me.
What about your son? Surat.
The security police in your country are looking for him trying to get to you.
They've got the whole country buttoned up the whole country buttoned up Which is why you knew you had to get him out of there any way you could.
Now,you do as we tell you, we'll see that he's placed in a nice home within driving distance of wherever you're incarcerated You'll have visiting privileges.
You'll be able to see your son grow up into a man, and he'll know his mother.
And if I don't? Anything happens to those fisk children, your son's going to be deported,and I think you know.
what'll happen to him then.
yes? Await orders.
Check in as scheduled.
Now let's talk about where those kids are.
paul hey.
Listen,uh I'm sorry about this morning.
The quantico thing kinda caught me off guard,you know? Yeah,it's okay.
All right.
Cool.
No.
It's not cool.
Actually.
Sorry? It's not okay.
Why,because I said you should take this job? It's not because you said take the job.
It's what you didn't say.
-what I din't said.
-yeah What didn't I say? What you're afraid to say.
Oh,what am I afraid to say? Don't go.
I'm afraid to say,"don't go"? -Yeah.
You won't say "don't go," because you know what that means that you care about me.
Right? You won't say "don't go,"because that puts you in a tough spot.
-Ringht? -Mm-hmm.
Right.
You won't say, because you know it-- don't go.
I love you.
Don't go.
Okay.
All right.