Wild Cards (2024) s02e07 Episode Script

1
Previously on Wild Cards
I scored us some snacks.
- I think we were dosed.
- [LAUGHTER]
- We should probably talk
- Yeah, we need to talk about.
Something definitely happened,
but I don't want it
to be weird between us.
- Well, me neither.
- Friends?
Friends.
A cup of plain old, regular,
- boring black coffee on the pass.
- Okay.
Hey, a little out of your
neighborhood, aren't you?
Yeah. Sorry. I was up all night reading.
Book club with my dad.
And now I'm seconds
away from falling asleep
because Ricky tossed out all our coffee.
Let me guess, another caffeine cleanse.
It's only when Mercury's in retrograde,
- okay?
- Ah
- What do you got for me today, Greg?
- It's my masterpiece.
I've named it after you. I
call it Max-ternoon delight.
- My own coffee?
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
I have to take this. It's my mom.
- Oh my God, do you know what this means?
- What?
It means that long after
I leave this mortal plane,
this beverage will live on.
My time here will have meant something.
- I have a legacy.
- Congratulations.
- You wanna try it?
- No. I like my coffee black.
- Thank you very much.
- Boring.
Anyway, it's good you're here.
I won these tickets at
an event at JJ's school.
It's hot air ballooning.
I remember you always
said you wanted to try it,
so I thought it was we could
What? I had them right
Can you stop doing that?
First immortality, and then
I get to fly like an eagle.
- Can this day get any better?
- Yeah, it should be fun.
We got our performance reviews today,
- so I really gotta run.
- What?!
Nobody told me about
performance reviews.
I don't know how many times
I have to tell you this.
- You're not a
- [BOTH] A cop, Max.
Sheesh. I know.
Meet me back at the station,
- 3:00 sharp. Don't be late.
- Perfect.
Now, what am I supposed
to do until 3:00?
Mm.
- Hey.
- Ready for the performance review?
I got 20 bucks that says I
get a higher score than you.
You know, we don't
actually get scores, right?
It's just about pointing
out areas for improvement.
Well, I feel pretty good about the fact
that I'll have less areas
for improvement as
- Well, this one here.- Please.
You ain't ever gonna out-review me.
I am the queen of performance reviews.
Huh? What's all that?
They schedule this
dumb performance review
on the same day as my
cousin's baby shower.
I haven't had a chance
to wrap any of this yet.
What are you talking about, you
could have wrapped it yesterday?
See, that's the first item
on your performance review.
You procrastinate all the time.
- You do.
- I do not procrastinate.
I create joyful
in-the-moment experiences
that do not involve working.
Tequila? Really?
Yeah. This one's for me.
I was at a baby shower once sober.
Never again.
- Sir, why are the performance
- I don't want to hear it.
Look, the commissioner's
campaign advisers
told her that performance
reviews poll well,
so if the numbers are
good, she takes credit.
If they're bad, she'll blame the mayor.
She calls it a win-win.
Come on, Chief, we brought down a CEO,
we solved the jackpot murder case.
That's what I'm calling our
case, the jackpot murder case.
- Nice.
- Max and Ellis solved the street racers' case
and seized six mil.
With all due respect,
we've been killing it.
No one's doubting the results.
It's how you all got there.
They'll be looking at our methods.
Did we break procedure?
Did we follow protocols?
Ellis, Max isn't one of us.
So, when I give you an order,
I expect you to follow
it and to rein Max in.
- Yes, sir.
- I already have a headache.
- Do we have any ice packs in the freezer?
- Oh, I'll check.
And would you like a cup of coffee?
Stop sucking up.
Two sugars, no milk.
I'm gonna spike his coffee,
loosen him up for us.
Actually, not a bad idea.
What the hell?
[ALTERED VOICE] Do not get up.
You have just activated
a bomb under your chair.
If you get out of the chair,
the bomb will detonate.
If you disregard any of my instructions,
the bomb will detonate.
I am watching you.
If you understand, press Y.
[ALTERED VOICE] Clear
out the entire building.
No one is to remain inside. Only you.
I will issue my demands
once the building is empty.
You have 10 minutes.
And if you think I'm bluffing
[EXPLOSION]
[SCREAMING] Go! Go!
You have three hours to meet my demands,
or else you die.
Sir, there's just been an
explosion outside the station.
Ellis, listen to me very carefully.
I need you to clear the entire building
in less than 10 minutes.
Call the tactical response team,
tell them there is a
bomb inside the station.
Inside the station? Where?
Clear a two-block radius outside.
- Where's the bomb?
- It's under my chair.
If I get up, the bomb will detonate.
The bomber said he'll issue his demands
as soon as the entire building is empty.
No one else is to remain inside.
Yeah. Including you, sir.
Come on, I'll roll
you out nice and slow.
- We'll get the bomb squad.
- No, listen,
if we disobey his instructions,
the bomb will detonate. I'm
sending you a picture of the bomb.
Keep me posted. We have three hours.
Ellis, I'm putting you in charge.
Your first priority is
to get everyone outside.
Yes, sir.
All right, everybody listen up.
There is a bomb inside the station.
We need to clear the building
in under 10 minutes, all right.
Now move! Move!
Wait. Are you saying
that boom we just heard
Was just a warning.
Chief Li put me in charge.
Now help me clear the building
on your way down, all right?
Make sure nobody's left behind.
Wait. Why is Li staying?
I'll explain outside. Just go.
All right, everybody, let's go.
[POLICE] This way! This way!
We need to evacuate the
surrounding buildings.
I want everything locked down
within a two-block radius.
We don't know how many more
bombs we're dealing with or where.
[POLICE SIRENS WAILING]
Simmons call Max.
My phone's not working.
- Neither is mine.
- Same here.
[SIRENS CHIRP]
Do you remember when I used to ♪
Used to be fun? ♪
Hello?
Hello.
♪
Am I dreaming?
No. I'm usually naked in that dream.
The world would end the day
a coffee gets named after me.
The performance reviews were
so bad, you fired everybody.
What are you doing here? Get out!
Well, somebody had too much coffee.
- I was just so tired
- Max, there's a bomb in the station.
You need to get out of
the building right now.
- Wait. Are you serious?
- Yes. Now go!
And why are you still sitting there?
I can't get up. The
bomb is under my chair.
You need to get out of the building.
What was that?
Those are the emergency lights.
He must have cut the power.
- Who's he?
- A bomber rigged
a pressure-sensitive
explosive under my chair.
It'll blow if I get up.
- I'm gonna call for help.
- Phones don't work.
Okay, well, look, I'm gonna
roll you to the elevators
- then we can get you outside.
- No. The elevators don't work
on emergency power.
Max, I'm giving you a direct order.
The bomber said if we don't comply,
he will detonate this bomb.
- I'm bringing back help.
- Do not bring help!
I'll be right back.
Max!
Go! Go! Go!
[POLICE SIRENS WAILING]
Get everybody out of those
buildings! Okay. Let's go! Move!
TRT command center is set up
in the warehouse of the
building across the street.
Perimeter's locked down.
- Commander Sanders, TRT. Who's in charge?
- I am.
Detective Ellis. This is
Detectives Simmons and Yates.
We were briefed on the way
over. Are there any updates?
We're clearing all the buildings
within a two-block radius.
The bomber seems to have taken control
of all the police station systems.
- He just took the power out.
- Any demands?
- No. Not yet.
- None of our phones are working.
Cell signals and walkies
within a half mile of the
station are being jammed.
Landlines are cut, too.
There's no way we can
communicate with Li on the inside?
No. Are we sure everyone's out?
- Yeah. Chief is the only one left in there.
- Ellis! Ellis!
Sat phones are still working.
911. Patched someone through to us.
- He says he's the bomber!
- Let's move.
This is Detective Ellis.
[ALTERED VOICE] If you want
your chief to get through this,
follow my instructions to the letter.
First order of business. He
remains the only one inside.
Second. Do not try to gain
access to the building.
Third. I want $10
million in unmarked bills.
Okay. That amount of money is going
to take some time and some effort.
So why don't you as
a show of good faith,
- let us talk to the chief.
- No.
You have 2 hours and 45 minutes left.
Do not try and delay
with the usual tactics.
Look, we'll get you your money, okay?
But we need proof of life.
I know the playbook.
If you break any of the rules,
there will be consequences.
Hello? Hello?
- Damn it!
- He'll call back. They always do.
We just follow the protocol.
Now, I'm told you have
a photo of the bomb.
Yes.
Mm. This is a new one for me.
I'm gonna see if any my of my team
has seen anything like this before.
- We're prepping the robot now.
- Hold on.
You heard him. He said only Li inside.
Detective, we've done
our share of these.
He's not going to detonate any
bomb until he has his money.
The money is our leverage, okay?
So, all you have to do is
delay him when he calls.
Maybe you don't understand.
This guy's not an amateur. Okay?
Not only did he sneak a
bomb into a police station,
he put it under the chair
of the chief of police.
These people are always
finding new ways to do damage,
but at the end of the day,
they're out for the same thing,
and it's money.
I don't like this, TR
always want to be cowboys.
She has a point. They
do this a lot, we don't.
[POLICE] Robot's on the move!
Standing by
[BEEPING]
Get back!
Get back, get back! The
doors are booby-trapped!
- Are you sure?
- Yes, they're all wired! Do not open them!
Pull them back. The
doors are rigged to blow.
Pull them out!
Get that thing out of there!
Max is inside.
Hey! Come back here!
Stay here.
[OFFICER] Hey! Hey!
- Ellis!
- Give me a second with her.
Max, what are you doing inside?
I was trying to kill time until 3:00.
Look, I promise I'm gonna
get you out of there, okay?
Whenever we work on a case,
you tell me not to
promise people things.
Yeah, well, this time I'm promising.
Get back! That's a live explosive!
Look, Max, do me a favor. Go to the
other side of the building, okay?
Get as far away from
Li as you possibly can.
- Ellis, I can't abandon him.
- Max, if that bomb goes off
It won't. You promised me.
And we're not gonna miss
that hot air balloon ride.
Deal?
Deal.
I'll see you soon.
See you soon.
[BOMB BEEPING]
Come on.
[STATIC]
What are you still doing here?
Bad news. All the
doors are booby-trapped.
But good news, I hid some
mint chocolate chip ice cream
- in the back of the freezer.
- Max
Don't tell me you're lactose intolerant.
No one is supposed to be inside.
Well, luckily nothing happened.
You disobeyed me. No one inside.
The girl stays put now.
No more visits to the door.
I told you there will be consequences.
He took 30 minutes off the clock.
I'll get the ice cream.
That was him.
The bomber just took 30
minutes off the clock.
- Why?
- Why? For disobeying orders.
He saw your bomb tech at the door.
And I told you there'd
be consequences for that.
In this job, there's
always consequences.
You can't negotiate with c-4.
Yeah, well, we can't
shoot from the hip either.
On that we're in agreement.
So don't ever pull a
stunt like that again.
All right, listen up.
Looks like the bomber has
hacked into the lobby cameras,
so we have to assume he's watching
every move we make inside and out.
How's he doing that if
Internet and comms are down?
Same way he's sending
commands to the bomb.
He's close.
We're still analyzing this,
but this type of antenna
operates on a narrow frequency
outside the one he's jamming.
So that means he's nearby.
Maybe within 500 yards.
Okay Jim, listen up. I want you to
take as many teams as you can get
and start sweeping the area for
any sign of the bomber, okay?
I want you to take uniformed
and plain-clothes officers.
TRT is going to let you know
- what to look out for. Now go!
- Got it.
[JIM] Derek, Marcy, let's go.
We've confirmed that
all the entry points
are rigged with explosives,
but I think we can get in
through the roof or the garage.
No. Absolutely not. Now, if he sees you,
he could take another 30
minutes off the clock. Or worse.
No, he's got the advantage right now.
We play by his rules.
Hopefully your team can change that.
Commissioner Russo said that
Commissioner Russo is
not in charge right now.
I am.
And time is our most precious
commodity, so we have to preserve it.
Now, if your team can figure
out how to defuse the bomb,
then maybe we can talk about going in.
Until then, we do what I say.
Yes, sir.
Just try to remember
We're the bomb experts here.
Hey. What else?
Let's figure out who
the hell this guy is.
That bomb wasn't here yesterday.
So he must have planted it between
last night and this morning.
I'll check the log in records and CCTV,
- see if we can ID this guy.
- Great.
Simmons, I want you to check
- on the neighbourhood evac.
- Yeah.
Hang in there, you guys.
Why does Yates have a baby
monitor? Is she pregnant?
Not that I know of.
No luck on the ice cream.
Ah, geez. Getting hot in here.
It'll get worse. The AC doesn't
operate on the backup generator.
Well, you better hydrate.
You're kidding, right?
Right. You can't use
the little chief's room.
I better not talk about waterfalls,
- flowing water
- Max.
Sorry, I'm just trying to be helpful.
It's no use.
I tried everything I can
think of, nothing responds.
If the Internet's down, how
is the bomber messaging us?
He's taking over the servers.
Do you have any idea
who could be behind this?
No.
Okay, well, let's look at the case files
and see if anyone stands out.
Maybe someone has a grudge against you.
I haven't run my own case in years.
This isn't about me.
It's about money.
It always is.
Okay. Well, take a deep breath.
At least we know Ellis
and everyone's out there
doing the best they can
to get us out of here.
It's driving me crazy we
can't talk to them outside.
Silver lining. Maybe
this is a good opportunity
to work on your control issues.
I don't have control issues.
Okay. Call it what you want.
Call it deep-seated childhood trauma.
Nevertheless, it's a good
opportunity to channel that energy.
What are you doing?
Stop doing that. What are you doing?
Two words. Movie title.
- We're not playing charades.
- See? Control issues.
But you're kind of a captive audience,
so you have no choice.
Area is clear.
Still no sign of the bomber.
- TRT is going to do another sweep.
- What about Li?
Does he have any family
we need to contact?
I know both his parents
are deceased, but no,
there's no one else I can think of.
I mean, Chief would always
keep his personal life
pretty close to his chest, you know.
Are you gonna contact George about Max?
Let's not worry him just yet.
What's taking the money
so long to get here?
You know what?
I want you to call the mayor's
office and tell him to hurry.
Because if they don't,
there's going to be
- a lot of blood on their hands.
- Ellis, we got something.
This is CCTV footage from overnight.
That is the cleaner.
Usually there's a crew of four
that work the overnight shift.
- But last night, only one showed up.
- Why?
Because the other crew
members got an email saying
that they'd get a paid night
off due to building maintenance.
And that's why a guy
had the run of the place.
- You can't see his face, though.
- You can't see it anywhere.
Okay, show me the other cameras.
We don't have any angles
that look into Li's office,
but we do have this.
He's booby-trapping the doors.
Okay, go back further. I want
to see how he got into the place.
Wait a minute, stop.
Push in on his ball cap.
When the cleaner goes into the closet,
he was wearing a cap with a curved bill,
but when he comes out of the closet,
he's wearing a cap with a flat bill.
- That's not the same guy.
- Exactly. Scrub ahead.
And stop right there.
We're back to the curved bill.
That's the first cleaner.
They swapped places inside that closet.
The real cleaner was
smuggling the bomber
in and out of the building
with his cleaning cart.
- Okay. Nice work Yates. Go find him.
- On it.
Come on. It's a movie.
Running Man. Because I was
running, and you're a man.
Geez, I basically gave that to you.
You know, your heart
is really not in this.
You know, you have no
personal photos in here.
- That's correct.
- Come to think of it,
you know a lot more about
me than I know about you.
Once again, right on the money.
No autographed baseball from
a game you went to with Dad.
No Tom Petty concert tickets
from when you went with a best friend.
And what about a significant other?
You're not gonna drop this, are you?
Answer one question,
and then I'll drop it.
- One.
- Have you ever been in love?
Yes. Once. A lifetime ago.
- Question answered.
- Whoa!
You can't just drop a bomb like that.
Sorry. That was a poor choice of words,
but you gotta give me more.
You should have asked for
more than one question.
A deal's a deal.
- But I feel like
- Nope!
Fine.
- What's that for?
- Oh, tickets to go hot air ballooning.
I was gonna take Max this
afternoon, but then
Oh, yeah? You guys going on a date?
No, it's not a date.
A hot air balloon, champagne, sunset.
I won free tickets at JJ's
school event. It's no big deal.
Something happened
between the two of you?
No, nothing happened between us.
Just, you know, didn't
want them to go to waste
and I didn't know who else to ask.
Oh, okay. Right, right.
Hey, Sanders, if a coworker invited you
on a hot air balloon ride on a Friday,
just the two of you, was that a date?
My husband proposed to
me in a hot air balloon.
- Oh.
- You gotta be kidding me.
Wait, you don't think Max
thinks that it's a date, do you?
Simmons?
Oh, crap.
This sucks.
I mean, obviously this sucks,
but I was supposed to go hot
air ballooning with Ellis today.
He asked you to go hot air ballooning?
Yeah. Why?
No reason.
What are you saying?
He had two free tickets, and
he asked if I wanted to go.
- Like a date.
- No, not like a date.
- Sounds like a date.
- No, he got the tickets for free
and I've always wanted to try it.
Oh, my God, did he ask me on a date?
Do you think that he thinks it's a date?
- I don't know.
- Well, what if he does? What does that mean?
No, there's no way
he thinks it's a date.
I'm good at reading people.
He he doesn't think it's a date.
If you say so.
[VOICE] It seems that your people
aren't taking this seriously.
[PHONE RINGS]
This is Detective Ellis.
[VOICE] The clock's ticking.
Do you have the money
ready for the drop?
We're working on it, okay?
With that amount of money
comes with a lot of red tape.
- [VOICE] Don't lie to me.
- I'm not lying to you. Okay?
We're gonna get you your money.
But letting that woman
go is gonna go a long way
towards cutting through that tape.
Look, just let her go. She's a civilian.
- You don't need her. All right?
- [VOICE] Liar.
I can see you. You're
all busy as little bees.
Busy doing everything
but getting my money.
Maybe you and your team
need a little incentive.
No, no, wait, wait!
Why did we just lose 30
minutes?! What do we do?!
We didn't do anything.
What is going on outside?!
Damn it!
[DIALING]
Yates, you better have
some good news for me.
[SIRENS WAILING]
Our cleaner was evicted from his
last known address for unpaid rent.
Now living in an RV.
- How close are you?
- Approaching now. Standby.
We found him.
But he won't be doing any talking.
Somebody take him out?
Yeah, it looks like it.
His prescription thyroid
medication smells like almonds.
Potassium cyanide gives off an
odor that smells like almonds.
- That's probably what it is.
- Exactly.
We'll need the lab to confirm,
but I'd say that our bomber switched
Jones's pills with a killer dose.
Oh, one more thing.
We found 5k in cash.
Kind of odd for a guy
that couldn't pay his rent.
Okay, so the bomber paid this guy
to smuggle him in and
out of the building
- and then poison his daily meds.
- Forensics is en route.
They'll turn this place over
for anything that's useful.
Nice work, Yates. Get back
here as soon as you can.
Bomber just took another
30 minutes off the clock.
On it. Hey. Temporary boss.
- Yeah. What's up?
- We're gonna get them out of this.
I know.
Coming through.
Money's here.
10 million. Counted and verified.
There's a tracker sewn into the lining.
Good. I want you to take this
to the drop point right now.
- You can't do this.
- We're not wasting any more time.
If you give this money up, you
give away our only leverage.
We already saw what happens when
we don't follow his instructions.
- I'm not doing that anymore.
- Protocol is we don't pay.
We don't pay, they die!
You understand?!
It's up to your team to make sure
that they find him with
that tracker. Now go!
This is on your head!
Now, what?
Not you too.
Yeah. I'm always going
to tell you the truth.
I think you're making a mistake.
If it wasn't Max and Li in there,
would you still be making this decision?
Oh, jeez. It's hot in here.
- Chief, take off your shirt.
- I'm fine.
What, you think you're
the first police chief
I've seen with their shirt off?
- Not a word.
- Cross my heart.
What did I say?
Who are you?!
Give me some more angles on that, yeah.
More bad news. My team's been
studying your photo of the bomb,
and they don't know
if it can be disabled.
It's not exactly the
news I was looking for.
There might be one thing we
can do to buy us a little time.
If we can lower the
temperature of the device,
we can delay the chemical reaction
- that triggers the explosion.
- How much time will that buy us?
- Four to five seconds.
- That's not enough to outrun the blast.
No, it's not.
But if I could get my team inside,
then we can come up with a plan.
I've confirmed there's a great
access point in the parking garage.
I just need to knock out a
camera on the ramp to get in.
No, he's gonna know you took
out the camera. Absolutely not.
I knew you were gonna say that
so I spoke with the commissioner.
- You did what?
- Commissioner Russo agrees with me.
We'll give the money
drop some more time.
But if I feel like we're
running out of options,
I am taking over command.
Okay, I know they say
every tat has a story,
but this is like Game
of Thrones. It's endless.
Just give me one.
- Your secret's safe with me, I promise.
- I doubt that.
Wait, I recognize that.
That's a gang tat from out
east, the Crimson Vipers.
What is a police chief doing
with a tat from an east coast crew?
You don't need to know everything.
Okay, I understand.
Some things are just
better left in the vault.
Like that box of Ricky's
that I opened when we moved.
Oh, my stars.
- That's it.
- What's it?
The tactical response team,
they're storing gear downstairs.
I completely forgot.
In the basement next
to the evidence room,
there's a box of satellite phones.
- What do you think, they work?
- They don't need cell phone towers.
What if the bomber sees us?
It's worth the risk.
- Go.
- Okay.
[BEEPING]
- Stop! Don't move!
- Not moving!
Hands in the air!
Oh.
- You scared me.
- Identify yourself.
I'm Max, special police consultant.
Still no badge, but I'm working on it.
I got stuck here with Chief Li.
We heard there was a civvy in here.
Special Officer Jin, TRT bomb tech.
How did you get in?
Aren't all the doors rigged to blow?
I found a way through
the ventilation system.
A grate in the
underground parking garage.
Where's the rest of your team?
I'm taking point first. Securing access.
Is the chief okay?
Yeah, I'm just down here
looking for a sat phone.
Don't need that now.
Have you seen the bomber?
- No.
- Good. We'll need the lab to confirm,
Let's get to Chief Li so I
can lay eyes on the explosive.
Okay.
Can I ask you a personal question?
Yeah.
Okay. If you were to ask a
girl to go hot air ballooning
Now, what if you and
this girl are coworkers
and there's been some
weirdness here and there?
- Still a date.
- Damn it.
Okay, Li's in there.
Cavalry has arrived.
- Jin.
- Hello, Chung.
You two know each other. Cool.
Except his name is Li.
No, his name is Chung, Steven Chung.
You're the one behind this.
I couldn't let it end until you
knew it was me who killed you.
Okay, I'm missing a few things.
Well, Steven was my lieutenant
in the Crimson Vipers.
- Jin, stop!
- What?
You don't want everyone
to know who you really are.
I swiped it when we went up the stairs.
- How did you know?
- Your watch.
Bomb techs don't wear smartwatches.
Their signals can interfere
with the explosive devices.
- Clever.
- So I've been told.
Now disarm the bomb.
Except this isn't any old smartwatch.
It's connected to my heart rate.
If it detects extreme
changes, the bomb goes off.
Shoot me and we all
die. Now give me the gun.
It's called a dead man's switch.
You're bluffing.
Well, Steven knows me
almost better than anyone.
Am I bluffing, Steven?
- Give him the gun.
- I'm not giving him the gun!
Max, give him the gun.
Move!
Let her go, Jin. This is between us.
Oh, you do know why I'm here.
Good.
'Cause I've been looking
forward to this for a long time.
Chance to show off the
skills I learned in prison.
But when I got out, I couldn't find
you until I saw you in the paper.
Suited up, announcing a $6 million bust.
- You got careless.
- Just let her go.
You care about this woman?
You'd be upset if
something happened to her?
Now you know how I felt.
What happened to Sadie was an accident.
No, it wasn't an
accident! You betrayed me!
She wasn't supposed to get hurt.
I took you in. I made
you part of our family!
Family?!
It was a gang, not a family!
We were loyal because
we were terrified of you.
You seem to forget what
you were like back then.
But you kept this.
It's hard to let go of, isn't it?
I look at it, and I remember
the fear we put in people.
The power.
The rush of it all.
Move next to him.
Put it on.
- Jin, just let her go.
- This one's on you.
Making you wait any
longer just seems cruel.
Goodbye, Steven.
- Here.
- Thanks.
Money hasn't moved.
Units haven't seen anything
or anyone out of the ordinary.
Well, maybe you're right.
Maybe I just screwed
this whole thing up.
- We're going in.
- What?
Hey, give us some time.
Ellis is still in charge here.
No. He's not.
My team. Moving out.
- Copy that.
- Move out.
Don't you dare say anything
about being on the job.
I wasn't gonna.
Baby monitor.
There's a baby monitor
inside the police station.
Simmons, didn't you learn
how to use communications gear
- when you were in the military?
- It's part of my basic training.
So if Max can turn it on,
could you lock on to it?
Baby monitors use a very
unique frequency spectrum.
Okay, but can you do it?
- Yeah, I think I can.
- Go!
I want it on record that
my shopping saved the day.
[BOMB BEEPING]
We're not done yet. I'm not done yet.
I still need to visit Machu Picchu,
learn how to play the guitar.
If only he wanted revenge,
he could have blown up my car,
done it at my house, but he didn't.
There's a reason why he did it here.
Oh, damn it.
I'm so sorry, Max.
Nothing to be sorry about,
because we're getting out of here.
I still need to swim with dolphins,
go hot air ballooning.
Who knows, maybe even have kids.
- You did it!
- Yes!
Wait, kids.
- That's it.
- That's what?
Ellis. Ellis. Come in Ellis.
Ellis. Ellis. Come in Ellis.
Max! I'm here. It's me.
Oh, thank God you figured
out the baby monitor.
Ellis, the bomber is in the building,
and he's wearing a
TRT bomb squad uniform.
- Okay. Is he still there?
- I don't know, and I don't have time to explain.
We only have six minutes.
Six minutes.
Okay. Max, listen, you can lower
the temperature of the bomb.
You can delay the blast
five seconds, okay?
It's not much, but it's all we have.
We can't outrun the
blast in five seconds!
Maybe we can. Get some ice.
Max, are you there?
Let's go. We got less than
six minutes, everybody.
Come on, let's go!
You got this! Come on!
You got this! Push!
We're running out of time.
That's it.
We've got, like, 30 seconds
to get the hell off this floor!
- What do you mean?
- No guarantees this will work.
Go save yourself.
Chief Stop being such
a control freak, okay?!
I'm not going anywhere. On three.
- Okay. One. Two
- Wait, wait, wait! On three or after three?
- Like one, two, three, go! Or one, two
- On three!
- Okay.
- One. Two. Three.
[LOUD EXPLOSION]
[SANDERS] Clear this area!
This way!
[OFFICER] This way! Going in!
Over here!
Get a medic asap!
[OFFICER] They're still in shock.
- Hey!
- Hey!
Max, are you okay?
Yeah, but, Ellis, we
can't let him escape.
Look, we're checking every
TRT officer, all right?
If the bomber's here,
we're going to find him.
Detective, we need to check her vitals.
Okay, I'll be right there.
- Okay.
- Okay.
TRT officers are all
accounted for. He ain't here.
Okay, well check again.
He's got to be close.
Yeah.
Hey!
[FIGHTING GRUNTS]
[FIGHTING GRUNTS]
You all right?
Yeah.
That son of a
What happened to Sadie,
wasn't because of me.
It was because of you,
how you treated her.
Go to hell, Steven.
Already there.
So what you are saying is
it wasn't only about money.
No.
I was an undercover agent
and helped take down Jin and his gang.
You know, I gotta say, I'm just
thankful that not all the convicts
that we put away go this
far to get back at us.
So, wait, why would he go
through all that trouble
if he wasn't going to take the
money that he was demanding?
Because that wasn't
the money he was after.
It was all con 101.
Classic sleight of hand.
Distract the mark with
a ticking time bomb,
and then you could pick his pocket.
After sneaking in
disguised as a cleaner,
Jin stayed in the station all night.
He emptied the building
because he needed the time
to cut through the evidence room door.
He was actually after the 6 million
we seized in the street racing bust.
It was just sitting
in the evidence lockup.
It was smart. I mean, who would
think of robbing a police station.
And he almost got away with it.
Yeah, but he didn't realize
he was up against the A-team.
That's right.
Good work today.
Yeah, right.
You left me in charge,
and I let you down, sir.
Sanders had to come in and
take command at the end.
Ellis, you saved lives today.
And if it weren't for you
remembering the baby monitor,
we wouldn't be here. I
knew I could count on you.
Thank you, sir.
Okay, we need a toast.
To us.
- To you.
- What?
Is this a serious head trauma talking.
Max, you talk way more
than anyone ever should.
And your methods are
always south of legal,
but you showed some real bravery today.
You stayed with me when
you could have left.
I'm alive only because
of you, so thank you.
I'm really happy you're one of the team.
To Max.
- To Max.
- To Max.
Aww, guys.
Thank you, sir.
Okay, it got a little
bit too gushy for me.
Can we please address the
tattooed elephant in the room?
Yeah, I think I missed
your episode of Ink Master.
You got some serious tats.
Oh, that was part of
the undercover work.
Chief Li here goes full
method. He told me all about it.
Oh, I would like to hear
those stories, please.
- Yeah. Me too.
- Yeah, that story is saved
for potential life-ending moments.
- Sorry.
- Damn.
Yeah. What she said.
Grab that bottle of Tequila,
let's go get drunk with tactical.
You know, we should get matching
tattoos. Something meaningful.
Something like a teeny
tiny UFO abducting a cow.
Um, no.
I should get started on this paperwork.
My office.
Have a seat.
I just wanted to say thank you
for keeping that between us.
It's a part of my life
that would be hard for a
lot of people to understand.
You're not the only one with a
past that follows them around.
That woman you told me about earlier,
the one you loved,
that was Sadie, wasn't it?
That life it took over everything.
Then Jin met Sadie.
She was the one who told me to get out,
that I didn't belong there.
Did Jin know that you
fell in love with her, too?
No.
The abuse started after they married.
She had no way out and I
couldn't just leave her with him.
So
I turned.
And made a deal with the cops.
They'd get Jin,
Sadie would get a new
identity, a fresh start.
Even though you knew
you'd never see her again.
I just wanted her to be safe.
But the bust went bad.
Sadie wasn't supposed to be there.
People died.
I'm so sorry.
Yeah.
I left that life behind.
I came out west
and with the police connections I made,
I became an undercover
officer, worked my way up.
So why did you keep your
Crimson Viper tattoo?
That's all I have left of her.
May I say something?
If I said no, would
it make a difference?
[LAUGHS]
- Not in the least.
- Yeah.
Holding on to things
doesn't change them.
Maybe it's time to start putting
yourself out there, Chief.
You should go home.
What are you gonna do?
Buy a new office chair.
[BOTH LAUGH]
- Good idea.
- Yeah.
Get out of here.
We missed it.
- Missed what?
- The hot air balloon.
Right.
Today was the last day.
We'll get another chance.
I hope so.
Anyways, I'm I'm
tired. I should go home.
- Do you need a ride?
- No. Ricky's coming to get me.
Okay. Well, uh good night.
Hey.
Thank you for keeping your promise.
Actually, I didn't.
What do you mean?
I didn't get blown to smithereens.
I promise you that I'd
get you out of there today,
but, uh, you got yourself
out of this one, Max.
You did that. Nice work today.
Get some rest.