The Oath (2018) s01e08 Episode Script

FBI! Freeze! Nah, I ain't going out like that.
We'll make them pay for this.
I know what went down.
You and Hammond set him up.
If you were worried, you could've just called to tell me that.
Just because I don't want to see you murdered by Neckbone, doesn't mean that you're not dead to me.
And now Tom Hammond has taken over the Ravens.
We will get him under control.
We need to sweep your father into the RICO.
He's not gonna play ball.
I don't want a divorce.
But I'm stuck on the other side of the country right now.
So, there is a Kate Miller that matches the age and birth date you gave me, but she died in 2001.
Anyone currently using that name and DOB is shady as shit.
Analytics tracked the source of the WMD.
It leads to a pharmaceutical company, Helixa.
We followed the trail back to its point of origin.
Dante Gardener, an ex-employee of Helixa Corporation.
Police discovered his body a few weeks ago.
Everyone gets hazed in the beginning, alright? Deal with it.
Man! Enough! We wanna come home.
You can't.
It's too dangerous.
I'm done listening to you.
You said Neck would only come after you and Foster.
You were wrong.
Who the hell are you? Mom! Ma? Oh my God.
What did I do? Oh, what did I do? It's not just you.
This is on all of us.
"But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion.
And came to him, and poured on oil and wine over his wounds.
Bandaged him up, and then he lifted him onto his own animal, and took him to an inn, and he cared for him.
" Alright.
That means it's time for school, little man.
You go straight there.
Don't stop to talk to no one.
You hear me? Promise me.
I don't want that shit.
Where's the WMD? - Ain't none.
- You lying.
Come on, man.
Please.
I know you've got some.
Please help me out.
I'm begging you.
I'ma re-up, but for right now, this is what I got.
If you want it, take it.
If not, walk your raggedy ass on.
- You gimme what I want! - Get off me, bitch! Nothing.
He deserved it.
Have you lost your mind? He threw the first punch.
You're gonna end this thing with Cole, and pray that the SAC doesn't find out.
Are you trying to sabotage this case? Why would I do that? So you can go home and fix this shit with your family.
There's nothing left to fix.
You and this assignment made sure of that.
You think all I care about is this job, don't you? - Did I say that? - No, but I can see it.
So, what's the blow-back on Hammond's mother? His mother? She was murdered last night.
- Neckbone.
- Who else? Find Hammond and Cole and bring them in.
I want to know where their heads are at.
What are you doing here? We need to talk.
Face to face.
Right now really isn't a good time.
Well, that's too bad.
'Cause I'm not going anywhere until you explain exactly what's going on.
We can get a realtor.
Change our address.
We've outgrown this place anyway.
Why is this person after my child? He thinks I set him up.
You're not telling me everything.
It's complicated, Lourdes.
That's what people say when they're too afraid to tell you the truth.
You're right.
No.
Stay back.
What do you want? Where is she? Hey.
Hey.
Your father got worried when you took off and didn't let him know where you were going.
What the hell happened here? You okay? I'm sorry about your mother.
I am.
Sit.
Sit down.
I've made arrangements for you both outside of the city under protective custody.
- Just until we bring Neckbone in.
- Not gonna happen.
We're not going anywhere.
Either of you heard from Foster? Maybe Neckbone got him.
I know it may be hard for you to believe, but I am not the enemy here.
I may be the closest thing you have to an ally.
This is about you covering your ass and protecting the RICO case.
That's why we're sitting here right now.
Am I wrong? Even if it wasn't, I cannot let you do what I know you're thinking about.
Listen, right now, all we're thinking about is burying our mother.
What about Tom? What about him? Is he out there looking for retaliation? No.
I am prepared to detain you both right now if I think you're lying to me.
If you're gonna arrest us, do it.
Otherwise, we have arrangements to make.
So now what? Well, you heard her.
She doesn't want us doing anything stupid.
So what are we gonna do? Something stupid.
Hey, hey, hey.
Come here.
Listen to me.
We're gonna catch this guy, alright? It's just a matter of time.
- You okay? - Yeah.
Take 'em somewhere safe.
I'll come by and check on you later, alright? What's going on? Move! Hey! Let me go! Hey! Hey! Stop! Get off me, man! I'm a cop! Get off me! Back up, back up! Let me talk to him.
Get up.
- Get up! Get your ass up.
- Oh, man.
Man, let me go! You shouldn't have run.
You could've saved yourself a beating.
You expect me just to stand there and let you take me to jail? I was gonna arrest you.
I want you to deliver a message to Neckbone.
How the hell I'm supposed to do that? I don't even know where he is.
In fact I ain't in the mood for lying.
You ready to shut your goddamn mouth - and listen to my message? - Man, yeah! Tell him I want to meet man to man.
I want to settle this once and for all.
He ain't gonna do that, man.
If he doesn't I'm gonna do to his mom like he did mine.
You got Foster.
Leave a message.
Sam? You piece of shit.
Hey.
I just, um I just want you to know that I thought long and hard about it.
And I'm putting my own clock on things.
What does that mean? It means, that if this thing isn't wrapped up by the end of the month, I'm quitting and I'm coming home.
What changed? I want to be a father to my son.
There's nothing more important to me.
Your son and I are a package deal.
I know.
I know, I know, I know.
I'm hoping maybe you and I could hit the pause button on the divorce? Listen, whatever's broken between us, we can fix it.
How are we gonna do that? Give me the opportunity to come home, so you and I can talk.
And afterwards, if you still want this divorce then we'll work out the details together.
I'll talk with you, but no promises.
That's all I'm asking.
A rash of deaths attributed to the designer drug known on the street as WMD, or Weapon of Mass Destruction, which was determined to be a chemically enhanced version of a pharmaceutical pain medication awaiting FDA approval.
We now go live to Helixa Corporation where wunderkind CEO David Shankman is prepared to make a formal announcement.
Pleased to announce the FDA has given us the official green light and we expect to roll out this new medication within the projected target dates.
I know there's been some set backs as you all know, but the benefits of this medication, I think it's safe to say, are far more important than any bad headlines.
Increasing the quality of life for anyone, anyone who is suffering or in pain, has been my personal commitment.
And bringing this drug to the public, not for profit, - but to to affect - You liar! You're the drug dealer! The only difference between you and my son is that you're rich and white! Get off of me! You told them that it was all my son! But you knew what you was doing! I won't let you profit off of my son's blood.
Uh The woman was identified as Sonia Gardener, the mother of Dante Gardener, a former Helixa Corp employee who the FBI believe was responsible for stealing the raw materials for the drug from his place of employment.
Mr.
Gardener was found murdered earlier this month in a case that is still under investigation.
Have you looked into the incident at the press conference? Of course I have.
There's no indication that anyone other than Mr.
Gardener was involved.
And you've already investigated this CEO? Extensively.
Instead of trying to micro-manage me, our focus needs to be on the RICO.
We think we have enough to wrap it up.
I already looked at your indictment count.
You don't have enough yet.
Not to justify the resources we've put into this.
That's your opinion.
Not ours.
What about the Ravens? Do the indictments stand on them? We give them a reduced sentence depending on their testimony against the others.
Hmm.
What the hell was that about? Why are you suddenly in a rush to wrap this up? I thought you'd be happy about it.
You don't care about what makes me happy.
This is about you and your career.
So what changed? How does shutting this down benefit you? Does it matter why? It looks like Ryder wants to keep it open.
What about Gardener's mother? Even if it's tangentially related to the RICO, there's a chance other Vipers besides Winters were involved with the distribution of the WMD.
She's a shit mother raising a screwed-up kid.
Nothing more.
You keep on pursuing this, you're gonna lose sight of what's important.
The Ravens are under attack, and we have to be prepared to handle the fallout if they respond to it.
No, there isn't gonna be any retaliation.
Neckbone's not that easy to find.
Hammond's gonna be chasing his tail looking for him.
Like the rest of us.
I certainly hope you're right.
You're a pain in my ass, you know that? What the hell are you doing here? Looking for you.
I thought you were dead.
Neckbone visited your apartment.
Yeah, that's what I'm doing here.
Waiting.
Heard what happened to Hammond.
Figure if Neckbone was gonna come after anyone next, it'd be me and my family.
You could've called, asshole.
I had to get my ex and my kid safe.
Right now, they come first.
I'm sorry.
So this is your half-assed plan? Wait for him to bust in your ex-wife's door? It worked on you, didn't it? Well, I came alone.
You really think Neckbone's gonna do the same? This the place? Call said he'd be in the third boat left from the pavilion.
And there we go.
Oh, yeah.
Got to give him credit for this.
No one thought of looking for him out here.
He told me everything.
We never lied to each other.
I mean, he was doing it for me.
For our future.
Do you know what your son's job was at Helixa? He worked directly with Mr.
Shankman.
He was involved with the with the drug.
Did he sell it? He distributed it.
He gave it to a cop named Winters.
Not for himself.
Mr.
Shankman told him to do it.
I'm sorry.
Your text said you gave Neck my message.
When I hit you back about his response, you ignored me.
Why? I was told to tell you in person.
Told? So you've talked face to face, man? No, man.
He just called me on my cell.
You're lying.
You know where he is, don't you? Look at my face, man.
You think I'm trying to play games with you? Did you tell him what would happen if he didn't show? About his mom? - Yeah.
- And? He said go ahead and kill the bitch.
It's worth taking another look at Shankman.
Because of what a grieving mother told you? She knew Winters was involved.
She was aware of the whole operation.
So what? Winters is dead, how does that help us? There's more to this than Shankman is admitting.
My gut tells me he's involved.
It's a dead end, Damon.
He's a smug little prick, but the man's been nothing but cooperative.
I think if we just Stay focused on what's in front of you, instead of this Big Pharma shit.
That's an order.
You know what? Forget it.
If you can't get this Raven thing under control I will.
What? Got some interesting news for ya.
Yeah, I'm not in the mood for your bullshit, Sanders.
No, this ain't about us.
When Neckbone started killing cops, he crossed the line.
What's the news? Got a lead on Neck.
How? I've got ears on the street.
Let's just leave it at that.
Thought you should be the one to do the honors.
What are you doing? Hi.
You need something? Frank told me what happened.
I just wanted to make sure that you were okay.
I'm okay.
Sorry, I didn't mean to intrude.
So, what are you after? I ran a background check on you.
You ran a background check Name, date of birth.
It's all fake.
Why? Why did you run a background check on me? - Are you kidding me? - Katherine Anne Miller died in 2001.
I got somewhere I need to be.
Shit.
Sanders says this slip has been rented under the name of a runner that Neckbone uses.
It's that third boat, left of the pavilion.
Yep.
This ends here, Steve.
You smell that cigar, man? Yeah.
Oh, shit.
He must've slipped out before we got here.
So what do we do now? - Damn! - Shit! - Steve, you alright? - Yeah.
Get down, Steve! Now.
- Cover! - Go! Come on! Alright, alright.
I give up.
Uh, wait, wait! You see what they're doing here, right? Berserkers set us up, man.
Tom Hammond.
Who the hell are you? Agent Price, FBI.
- Yeah? What do you want? - To talk.
I don't talk to Feds without my lawyer.
If you wanna stay out of prison, you're gonna talk to me.
You ain't got shit otherwise I'd be in prison.
You're wrong.
I have someone inside the Ravens.
Leading a gang, armed robbery, killing a cop.
You've been busy since you got out of County.
Yeah, well, like I said, I don't speak to the Feds without my lawyer.
You don't need one.
I want something bigger than that.
I'm taking down all of the gangs in this city, and you're gonna help me do it.
You know every piece of dirt that goes down in that department, and I want you to testify about it.
- It's not gonna happen.
- Well, then you're gonna go away for good this time.
And I'll make damn sure it's not in a protective custody module.
This is your one shot to keep yourself and your sons out of prison.
Be smart for once in your life.
You got the balls to pull the trigger, G? Ready to spend your life running like Neckbone? I ain't letting you lay hands on me again.
Shit.
You know who that belonged to, and what it means that it was in my possession.
Tell Neckbone Sleep died like a little bitch.
If he wants revenge, come and get it.
He's not coming.
We don't know that.
Or maybe we have over-estimated your importance, and nobody really cares about you.
You do.
Or you wouldn't be here.
I used to.
I think you're probably right.
He ain't coming at least not tonight.
Shit.
What's that? This is my insurance policy.
Winters was paranoid as shit.
She kept dirt on everyone she worked with.
When she went missing, I took it.
What's on it? Video.
Some corporate asshole running a side deal on that WMD stuff.
I show this to the right people and there's gonna be one hell of a payday.
Enough to get away from Neckbone, and the rest of this crap for good.
You've got it all figured out, huh? You could come with me.
I'm not gonna run away.
It's not running away, Karen.
It's making a fresh start.
Away from this Raven, Viper bullshit.
You want that, don't you? Yeah.
I do.
Yeah.
I got it.
Hey.
That was Hammond.
How is he? He's gonna get himself killed.
Does that mean you have to go? No.
Listen.
I think we should get outta town.
You, me, and Veronica.
Maybe even out of the country.
What about your job? What about my family? Listen, I don't give a shit about any of that.
All I want to do is be with you two.
Keeping you safe.
Yeah.
Okay, let's do it.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Let's get out of here.
I just want to be as far away from that man that wrote that message as possible.
Okay.
- I'm talking to my wife.
- I'm checking on my daughter.
She's not safe here.
He asked.
I couldn't lie.
Yeah, well, that doesn't matter.
- We're leaving.
- To where? Hmm? Do you think he can protect you? Because he can't.
Mija, understand this is a serious move you're about to make.
If you run now, with him, you'll be running your entire life.
- I know.
- What if I could give you a choice? I have friends.
The kind of people that can make a problem like this disappear.
Please just give me a few days.
Let me fix this.
When was the last time you slept? Um it was a couple of days ago.
You're not gonna bring her back by wrecking yourself.
You know that, right? I am the reason my mother's dead.
Come on, huh? Don't don't say that, huh? Come on, let me take you home.
No, I'm good.
You gotta get some rest.
I can't.
You can.
You're dead on your feet.
Come on.
Shit.
Come on.
That where Sanders lives? We're not going after Sanders tonight.
We're here for Damon Byrd.
Byrd? Yeah.
A Fed jammed me earlier tonight.
Said she had a Raven feeding her intel.
Bullshit.
She's lying.
No, I saw it in her eyes.
There's only one Raven I never vetted myself.
So, what are you doing? Without his testimony, they have nothing.
So, you're gonna kill him? Wait, this is crazy! - You can't just kill a Fed! - You watch me.
I'm not gonna let you do this.
Look, we're protecting the club.
But that won't fix things.
Byrd isn't the only Raven that's compromised.
What are you talking about?