01x02 - Hugo

[bunniefuu]

Previously, on Alert.

We get our babies back,
is what we do.

Hands where I can see 'em!

You're safe now. You're okay.

We make a good team.

You became the head
of the Missing Persons Unit

- to find our son.
- For six years, I'm going
to bed with heartbreak.

We need to divorce and move on.

- Hello?
- Dad.

- Where is he?
- Oh, my God.

- Is it really you?
- Mom?

You are home.
There's nothing to worry about.

[tense music playing]

[alarm clock ringing]

["Bringing Me Sunshine"
by The Jive Aces playing]

[alarm stops]

♪ Bring me fun ♪

♪ Bring me sunshine ♪

♪ Bring me love ♪

♪ Hop-a-do-bop-do-bop-do-day ♪

♪ Hop-a-do-bop-zoot-zoot-zoot ♪

♪ Bring me sunshine
Bring me sunshine ♪

♪ In your smile
In your smile ♪

♪ Make me happy
Make me happy ♪

♪ All the while
All the while ♪

Good morning, sweetheart.

♪ There should
be more happiness ♪

♪ So much joy
we can give ♪

♪ To each brand new
bright tomorrow ♪

♪ Make me happy
Make me happy ♪

♪ Through the years
Through the years ♪

♪ Never bring me any tears ♪

♪ Let your arms be as warm ♪

- See you Monday, Ray-Ray.
- Later, bro.
Take it easy.

♪ Bring me fun
Bring me sunshine ♪

♪ Bring me love ♪

♪ Shappa-do-bop
doot-zoot-zoot ♪

♪ Make me happy
Make me happy ♪

♪ Through the years
Through the years ♪

♪ Never bring me any tears
Any tears ♪

♪ Let your arms be as warm ♪

♪ As the sun from up above ♪

♪ Bring me fun
Bring me sunshine ♪

♪ Bring me love ♪

♪ Bring me fun
Bring me sunshine ♪

♪ Bring me love ♪

♪ Bring me fun ♪

♪ Bring me sunshine ♪

♪ Bring me love ♪

[grunting]

[theme music playing]

Well, well, look who it is.

You're late.

Okay, and half your staff
is watching cam girls.

Actually, they're watching
people in rooms

with the third-best-selling
smart TV on the market.

Why?

'Cause yours truly found
a vulnerability

in the third-best-selling
smart TV on the market.

An authentication bypass.

A backdoor.

Does this mean that you can
block The Real Housewives?

Because that franchise
has gotten...

It means I can access
the built-in webcam and mic.

- Ah-ha.
- The amount of actionable intelligence

I've gotten from that
has put me in the black...

...for the whole year!

So you hack smart TVs and
you're blackmailing people?

I'm offering editorial control

over what information
about them becomes public.

And now that my finances
are squared away,

I want to offer
this vulnerability
to your company.

June and I don't work together
anymore, so if you want to...

Yeah, yeah, you ditched
private security

for the force,
Missing Persons.

That's why I called you here.

I caught something
really messed up

that you and the ex
gotta see.

Why do you know that
I'm working with Nikki?

- Forget that.
- No, can't.

- This is important.
- Nope.

Okay, I know a lot of things.

Like how June set up a meeting

at a fertility clinic for you
because your soldiers

- aren't saluting...
- Oh.

I also know you shouldn't have
a smart TV in your bedroom.

So, W... Wow. So you're
watching us in the bedroom?

Of course not.
I have a staff for that.

- Why am I here?
- Oh, yeah.

[screaming]

- Please!
- [sobbing]

There it is.

Who is that?

No clue.

The tune-up on your weed
wacker's gotta wait,

because that feed... it's live.

He's so beautiful.

I need you to open the link
I just sent you.

It's from
a confidential source,
and it's happening right now.

Second day on the job, and
you're already
giving me a case.

[sobbing]

[screaming]

Have you issued an alert?

Saying what? I don't know
who he is.

There's no VPN, so
I don't know where he is.

All I know is
he's in bad shape,
and he needs our help.

Keith's been gone for
six years.

How could I leave him
on his first day back?

Nik...

I would not pull you away
from him
if this wasn't life or death.

[screaming]

[breathing heavily]

I'm gonna...

I'm gonna ask you
some questions.

[sobbing]
Please, no.

First...

How you respond

will determine whether
you leave here alive.

[screaming]

How about some breakfast?

I'll take off the gag,
and when I do, you'll eat.

Quietly and without a word.

[indistinct chatter]

Kemi.

Has our guy been
reported missing?

No, nothing on the dark web,

but I did learn how to say
"virgin auction" in Vietnamese, so...

Speaking of virgin,
Bill Houston called.

Oh, Bill Houston.
That weasel's still
on the force?

The weasel is the chief
of detectives.

He's the one
that needs to sign off
on your reinstatement.

Why are you doing this?

I've read up on fentanyl over
these last few months.

How it causes...

dizziness,
confusion,

suffocation.

Please, please, look,
I don't understand.

My son was a good kid.

He pushed himself too hard.
He wanted to ace his finals.

He'd heard Adderall helped
with...

with focus.

College students were taking it
to help them study.

Which was
when he came to you...

- And you...
- [shouting]

...sold him this fentanyl
tainted garbage.

There's our motive.

All right, so... So she put
the pills in the burger?

- Yeah, she did.
- How many?

Uh, five?

Five... five pills.

All right, so that's five
Adderall pills

laced with fentanyl.
Average cut times five...

If my math is still any good
seven years
removed from vice...



- Is that a lethal dose?
- Not if you're a water buffalo.

All right, based on
absorption rates, um,

I'd say we got about an hour,
hour 15,

let's call it 68 minutes
before this guy suffocates

and this grieving mother
commits m*rder.

That is 68 minutes...

...and counting.

We need to find a way
to ID them.

The blood works like a mask.

So we can't ID him unless
he wipes it off.

Or we... Or we wipe it off
for him.

- Can we do that?
- Yeah, I think so...

[coughs]
If I don't wheeze to death first.

The ancients knew that
termites didn't att*ck sandalwood,

that it had certain
protections, so you may
not appreciate the scent,

- but the gods do.
- I don't like it either,
for the record.

Hey, I have news about Keith.
It's about his kidnapper.

You need to see this.

Okay. Keep your eyes
on that feed.

Somewhere in that video
are facts,

and that man's life
depends on us finding some.

Yeah.

[indistinct chatter]

The 911 call came at 746,

so I pulled the feed.

[inaudible]

Now, Keith told the clerk that
he was being chased by someone
down the street.

[Jason] Why aren't we doing
a canvass right now?

Well, I want to,
but I need two things.

Nikki, I need authorization,
and I have to speak to Keith.

All right, his kidnapper might
still be in the area

- waiting to get him back.
- He deserves a normal life.

That's what he deserves, okay?
To look forward, not to be
dragged back.

I agree, but he can't move
forward unless we find
his kidnapper.

I gotta speak to him.

Fine. I'll wake him.

And I will have him come in.

- It's the right move.
- Yeah, for a cop.

For a mom, I'm not so sure.

[panting]
Hey. I have something
to show you.

Did I mention my affair with
Ben Franklin?

Not an attractive man,
but his mind,

oh, my God,
his mind made up for it.

Until the gout flared up,
I could handle
his wooden teeth,

his refusal to bathe,
but the swelling, oh, my God,

you can't imagine the swelling.

Ben invented reading glasses.

These...

...belong to our suspect,
and this...

...is the refraction
caused by her prescription,

so I sent it to an optical
physicist at Drexel,

who was able to decipher
her prescription.

- How many people have 'em?
- Thousands.

But in Desire Frames

sold at Four Eyes
Online Optical?

That is a party of one.
Molly Gallagher, 39,

works at Millennium Properties,

lives at 47 Wyndale.

Have a TAC team meet us
at the location.

- Let's get our baby back.
- Gotcha.

[wheezing]

The physical effects
of a Fentanyl overdose

are nearly immediate.

Police!

Show yourself!

Clear!

[coughing]

Clammy skin...

Living room's clear.

Sweep upstairs.

- [gasps]
- ...gasping...

[indistinct shouting]

Basement clear!

...blue lips...

Bedroom's clear!

Upstairs, clear!

Please, I'm begging you.

Please, please...

[gasps]

We cleared the whole house,
he's definitely not here.

What the hell is all this?

It's in your power
to end this.

[gasps]

All I need is a name.

His name was Asher.

He d*ed of a drug overdose
six months ago.

His mom has been investigating
it ever since.

Look at this,
very thorough.

Like, instructions that Asher
used for the drug buy.

His emails. A ridiculous
amount of emails

between her and the department
basically begging them
to act.

Hey. What do you know?

She has a Karlskrona rug.

- [Jason] Which means what?
- That she has dismal taste.

It's cheap, synthetic,
and mass-produced.

But it also happens to be seven
by ten,

which gives me a point
of reference

to measure the dimensions
of the room she's in.

Also, the angle of the light
coming in through the windows

indicates she's in a basement
on a south-east corner.

Reach out to
the planning department

for a list of buildings
matching that description.

And to the real estate company
that she worked for.

Okay.

Look at the size
of your pupil.

Enjoy the euphoric high
while it lasts.

The next phase...

...not as fun.

[man gasps]

Oh, excuse me. Could you...
I'm looking for C.

I was told he'd be
in the basement.

I told you on the phone,
you can't do this.

And I told you, I have
to fly home. It's an emergency.

No, an emergency is trying
to ID a man

who's being tortured now.
Like, right now.

Chuck's surgery, can't it wait,
just even one day?

You're a compassionless jerk.

Okay, it's... a dog.

He's my childhood dog.

Okay, look, um, the agency,
can they send anybody else out?

They're slammed right now.

I will pay you overtime.
Please. Please?

- I'm sorry, C.
- Please, do not do this.

Oh, my God. I-I'll pay for
Chuck's surgery.

Please, just let me, I'll...

Oh my gosh.

[chuckles]

Hey, Dad.

Mom said you were in charge
of looking for me.

And you never gave up.

[sighs]

Thank you.

Grape soda?

What?

It's your favorite, right?

You know, I know we just met,
but...

...I feel like I've known
you forever.

Take a seat.

I wanted to talk to you
because...

your kidnapper, he might still
be in the area.

You know, we searched where
we found you,

but our best chance
of catching him

- is with your help.
- It's sweeter than I remember.

[Mike] That's a good place
to start. What do you remember?

The night you were taken.
Tell me about it.

I was asleep.

A noise woke me.

Something outside my window,
so I opened it.

It was cold, that's what
I remember.

How cold it was.

Yeah.

Can you...

...remember a name?

Can you describe him
to me?

My sister hates me.

My parents are divorced.

Not a lot of things are...

...sweeter than I remember.

Keith, the person
who took you...

May I sit somewhere else?

Yeah, yeah.
Sit wherever you like.

You know what?

You know what? Let's forget
about that night.

Let's talk about yesterday.

In the convenience store,

you told the clerk that
you were being chased.

That's hard.

Well, on the tape,
you said they were
right outside.

I can't...

Hey.

Hey, all we need
is a name.

I can't.

Keith, one name
and we're done, I swear.

I can't! Stop asking me!

- Everything's okay, calm...
- That's it, that's it!
It's over.

- Nik...
- Mike. It's over.

Hey, baby. Hey, no, it's okay.

It's all right, baby.

It's all right,
I'm right here, okay?

Everything's all right.

Not sure is not an answer.

I asked you to identify
an abandoned building

in which a man
is being tortured.

You're the planning department.

You issue permits for every
building built in this burg.

You base those permits on, oh,
I don't know,

the measurements of the rooms,
the materials used,

the lot angle.
What have I given you?

The measurements of the room,
the materials used,

the lot angle.

You have 38 minutes,

maybe, until the man
I'm looking at

draws his last breath,
which if he knew what I knew,

he would devote entirely
to cursing you.

Now, take that "not sure,"

shove it up the planet Uranus,

get sure, and call me back.

Someone's in a bitchy mood.

Ah, situationally bitchy.

A means to an end,
like sex or high school.

You're a terrible influence
on me.

[laughing]

Look at me.

Your eyes.

There's a darkness.

Yeah.

He's sitting
right there.

Who, Keith?

Nikki...
No!

Come on.
I said no!

We need answers.
Not from Keith.

Well, he's the only one
who has them!

This isn't just about Keith.
All right, his kidnapper
is still out there.

There might be
other victims.

Okay, if there are others,
my heart breaks for them,

but I will not hurt my son
to help them, no!

I will not dig through his pain
and suffering

to find the answers we need.
We have to find another way.

Hey, baby. Hey.

Thank you for taking him home.

Oh, did I have a choice?

You called the dean
to get me out of class.

Okay, okay.
Come here, come here.

He's had a rough morning, okay?

He just wants
to be with family.

I'll take him home.
Not gonna babysit.

I have a chem test
third period.

Okay.

Let's go, scrote.

So the planning department
was a bust,

but C figured it out.

If he offered rail services,
I would ride that train.

We need to talk about the way
she's dealing with this.
Or not dealing.

She's 17, maybe she's supposed
to be this self-absorbed,
I don't know.

Her missing brother just came
home. No one is that awful.

Okay, no one is
that self-absorbed, so no.

There must be something
that we're missing.

Hey, June.

You cancelled the appointment?

Yeah, um...

...because of the case.

The video that Renwick
showed us...

If you don't want to do this, then...

That? I don't want to do this
in front of three people
pretending not to listen.

- That, I don't want to do.
- You guys can talk in
my office.

No, there's nothing to talk
about. He's embarrassed.

I'm not embarrassed.
Your motility's low, so what?

- Aw...
- I did not cancel
the appointment

because I'm embarrassed.

Okay. So why'd you cancel it?

I mean, that's...
It's a question.

My god! Just be honest
with her!

Be honest about what? What...

Oh, you two are getting
back together, aren't you?

- Whoa!
- No!

- [overlapping chatter]
- Of course. I'm such an idiot.

No, Keith's back,
you're working together.

Shut up, please!

Do you really want
to have this conversation
right now in front of...

You want to know?
Okay, I'm not infertile, June.
I'm not infertile.

- That's unexpected.
- I was concerned,
I was worried,

I wasn't ready because
of Keith being missing still,

so I took measures.

Measures?

Yeah, to like,
reduce the odds.

What type of measures?

What type of measures?

- Yeah, what type?
- What type?

Oh, really? You're... That's
what you're doing right now?

Okay? I took a hot bath.

- [gasping]
- I took a hot bath.

I left the theatre
before the credits ran.

- What! Is this happening?
Is this happening?
- Shut up. Okay?

I'm sorry, I was there
when the credits ran,
and the credits ran.

You were there for the credits.

I gotta go, okay? I'm sorry.

I-I should've been more honest
with you, okay?

But things are different
now, right?

You need professional help.

I'm sorry.

That was so fun, guys,
thank you.

You should buy her one
of those edible bouquets,

you heard of 'em?
Work like a charm.

- Yeah.
- Thanks...

Hi, baby. Hey. How are you?

Hey, sorry. I can explain
that. Him.

His caregiver, Emma,
stopped caring.

Aw, you know your dad
is always welcome here.

Uh, Kemi said you had an ID?

Yes, I do.
Uh, he is Hugo Mendez.

Well, how do you know
that's the guy?

Over the pandemic,
I worked out an algorithm

using depth
by spatial convolutions
to ID people in masks,

so using what's visible here...

in this case, it is the ears,

eyebrow, the cheek, chin, um...

Please can you not do that?

Issue an alert for Molly
Gallagher and Hugo Mendez,

and be clear on it.
We're almost out of time.

For the love of Zuul,
please can you just stop?

- Okay, we should go.
- Yep.

I'm sorry, I...

Ugh...
Hey, it's okay.

I'm the one who should apologize.

It's not that, or you. Sorry.

It's okay.

It's him, you know? I...

I spend all day looking
for missing people,

and the one person
I really want to find is gone,

and I just...

There's just no getting
him back.

[dramatic music playing]

[alert rings]

Mr. Mendez, it's okay,

you're not in trouble.

[crying]

But your brother is.

Molly Gallagher, the woman
in the alert.

Tell us about her.

The dr*gs, then,
the fentanyl he deals.

Can you tell us
about that?

We will find your brother,

but we can't do that
without your help.

He's my baby brother.

Look, I know that
this is hard.

We really don't have
a lot of time.

Do you know where
your brother was last night?

[Hugo slurring] I'm sorry
about your son,

but I had nothing
to do with...

Do not lie to me.

I never sold dr*gs

to anyone. I promise.

Your promises mean
nothing to me.

You have robbed

this world of a precious boy...

- [gasping]
- ...and I promise you,

you will never do it again.

[indistinct chatter]

Low on mayo!

Um, we need to speak
to your manager.

Uh, Aliyah,
people here to see you.

- How can I help you?
- Detective Nikki Batista.

We're investigating
the abduction of one of
your employees,

Hugo Mendez.

Hugo was abducted?
Oh, my God. When?

According to his brother,
he worked a shift here
last night.

Yeah, he's
our drive-thru cashier.

Hi, Aliyah, I have a question.
What if I order a number 15?

Our combo meals
only go up to 14.

Sorry, um, Asher's
instructions were drive up,

say 15, pay, take off.

Aliyah, we have reason
to believe there are dr*gs
being sold on the premises.

Normally,
we get a search warrant.
We don't have time for that.

Time that Hugo doesn't have.

But with your consent,
we can skip all that.

You think we can take
a look around?

Of course.

[tense music playing]

[groans]

Hey!

[groans]

Hey, sorry, man.

We need to talk about
your combo meals.

[rattling of handcuffs]

[slow gasping]

No...

No, no, no.
Don't die, don't die on me yet.

Before you tell me
what I need to know.

Room service.

This is all your fault.

What happened to our son.
What she's doing to him.

I got nothing to do with that.

[Hugo gasping on recording]

[Hugo] I can't tell you
what I don't know.

[Molly] I told you
not to lie to me.

But he's not lying, is he?

Hugo, Hugo is a good kid.

College.

Night shift to help pay for it.

Has a brother who says
he doesn't drink or do dr*gs.

If you say so.

[Molly] Don't lie to me.

[Hugo] I'll just say whatever
you want me to say.

[Molly] You know what
I want you to say!

I want the name
of the supplier!

[Hugo] I need help.

[Molly] You can help yourself,
just tell me!

Our dog, a couple years ago,
got ringworm,

which is disgusting.
It's like a fungus

and humans can get it.

Anyway, the vet gave us pills,

but Edwina did not
like to take pills.

So we would put the pills
in her water bowl.

Sort of like how I just

dissolved these fentanyl pills
into your water bowl.

Naloxone.
Naloxone can't help Hugo

because Hugo cannot confess
to something he didn't do.

Something that you did. Now...

...you admit it
and it can help you.

We got a hit off the alert.

Doorbell cam caught
the abduction.

Uh, did we get a timestamp?
Yeah, why?

[sighs]

Your hands smell
like sandalwood.

Okay, there's a dark force
out there.

Fighting it is a constant
soul-sucking battle

that I've been fighting
since I went mute for a year

when I was 15.
So you know, you're welcome.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Now, tell me
about the timestamp
and why it matters.

Millennium Properties
has 32 vacant listings

that match the specs
of our room,

so I think if we know
where and when

- the abduction took place...
- I can calculate which unit

they might be in. Yes!

Yes. There it is.

Your father has a kind spirit.

I wish I could say
the same about mine.

Sandalwood.

[intriguing music playing]

What did you say?

Sandalwood.

Reminds me of your mother.

She used to wear this fancy
French perfume...

...that smelled like that.

Same scent for 40 years.

I miss it.

[soft music playing]

I'm sorry if I interrupted
your work today.

No, Dad, no, don't be silly.

No, I am...

I am really glad you're here.

Hey. The hospital sent
over Keith's test results.

The initial X-rays they did
of his injuries
revealed some...

...older wounds.

I got a location!

Okay, the call off of the alert

gave us where the abduction
took place.

Timestamp has that
occurring at 516 a.m.

The first image
in our live feed

shows a bloody Hugo
in that chair at 602.

At an average speed
of 40 miles an hour,

that's a four-mile radius.

Within that radius,
Millennium has one listing,



And yes...

I checked,
it's 11 minutes away.

I'll notify SWAT.
Hey, Mike, get the EMTs going.

Jay, you're with me.

Hey, you know
what I'm thinking?

Yeah. And you can't think it.

No, I can. See, if we find
the person who took our kid,

I'd do the exact same thing
that she's doing.

Let's go.

Come on,
Hugo's almost out of time.

[Hugo gasping]

[sirens wailing]

Thinking is fine, you know?

I think too.
You just can't do it.

- You saw the X-rays, right?
- It doesn't matter!

I mean, you saw
what he did to Keith?

You need to think like a cop,
not a dad.

Okay, arrest, trial, conviction,

he gets sentenced to 20 years,
gets out in 10,

to do it again, to destroy
somebody else's life.

You don't know that.

I know he destroyed Keith's.

- Take that back.
- It's true, Nik.

- Take it back.
- What do you think, Nik?

You think you can
watch him sleep

and he'll be your baby again?
You think
he can heal like that?

He can heal if we let him.
If we help him heal...

No, he'll heal if we do
what we're supposed to do.

Doing anything
for the people we love

means doing nothing
to hurt them.

Hurting who?
I'm going after his kidnapper.

You're going after
his kidnapper

because you're looking
to hurt him.

Yes! I am! A hundred percent.
You're not?

No. I am looking
to help Keith.

Which means not taking
the law into my own hands,

no matter how much I want to.

[tires screeching]

[tense music playing]

The person who took Keith
did not destroy him,

but you, you going to prison
for k*lling that man,

maybe he will never
recover from that.

[tires screeching]

I need you to promise me.

We don't have time for this.

- Promise me, Jay.
- I can't.

You know, the reason
Bill Houston called

was because he rejected
your reinstatement.

He doesn't want you back
in the Philly PD.

And I went to the mat
for you to change his mind.

Don't make me regret it.

[indistinct radio chatter]

- [beep]
- What do you see?

She looks spent.

Capable of anything.

Here we go.

I think you're on time.
But I'm not sure.

Okay.

No! No, no, no, no, no!

- You don't wanna do that.
- He k*lled my son.

- No, Molly, no he didn't.
- He gave him fentanyl.

I know that because
he gave it to me too.

Welcome to Burgerpotamus,
how can I help you?

I'd like the number


[Raymond] Okay, first window, please.

Here's your chicken.

No, he handed you a bag.

He did not know what was in it.

We've arrested the man
who did, okay?

The man responsible
for what happened to Asher

is already in custody.

- And he confessed.
- I don't believe you.

Molly, I want to show
you something.

[Raymond] I used
the drive-thru.

Yeah, when I was taking orders,
I'd line up the buyers,

they'd pay me through an app,

and Hugo just handed
them the bags.

[Jason] So Hugo had no idea
what was inside
the drive-thru orders?

[Raymond] No.

See?

That's why I need you to let
my partner here

give Hugo the antidote, okay?

That man did nothing!

k*lling him will do nothing.

- I have nothing to lose.
- [click]

Okay, okay, hey. Molly, listen.

I know you don't, okay?

You lost your son, okay,
and with that,
you lost everything.

Except, you want revenge,
right? You want justice?

To make sense
of a senseless world.

- Stop it!
- Molly.

Stop moving, stop talking,
just stop.

Molly, Molly, g*ns away.

Look at me, I'm a cop.
All right? I'm a cop.

I swore an oath.

An oath to uphold the law.

If this was the man
who k*lled your son,

if he was responsible for what
happened to you and him,

I would answer
to a different oath.

- A higher oath.
- Molly, drop the g*n.

I wouldn't take another step.
But he's innocent,
so I have to.

I have to take that step,
I'm gonna take that step

and I'm gonna give Hugo
the antidote.

Baby, I'm gonna count
to three, okay?

I'm gonna take one more step.

- One...
- You can sh**t me

and go to prison
for murdering two people,

- or you can let me do...
- Two...

...what I gotta do

and no one gets punished,
except the person

who k*lled your son. Okay?

[tense music playing]

Go, go, go!

Get down.

[cries]

EMTs right now! Go on!

He's alive.

For her sake,
I hope it stays that way.

[phone vibrating]

Hey, it's over.

Good. Now, get back
to the office.

Because the person
who kidnapped Keith...

I have a lead.

There isn't one.

A higher oath.

For me there is.

Come on, buddy.

While we waited
for PPD's canvass,

I reviewed the evidence.

Including other angles
we have on our video.

Check this out.

Almost one minute
after Keith enters,

a vehicle pulls up
in front of the store.

Now, Keith said
somebody was after him,

that they were down the street.

I think they followed him.

You know, that timing
is interesting, but...

...how do we know
it wasn't a random car?

Because it idles
in the parking lot

the entire time
Keith was inside.

And as soon as the local PD
arrives on the scene,

they took off.

Any identifying details?

A grey sedan, late model.

I don't know,
the video is not clear,

but I got a BOLO out.

A BOLO, huh...
I got an idea.

Can I... Can I use your phone?

Yep, go for it.

Thank you.

[phone ringing]

This is June.

It's me. Don't hang up.
[sighs]

If I had known,
I wouldn't have answered.

Which is why you didn't
call me on your cell.

Worm.

Um, I need...

I need access to Wavehook.

For the briefest of moments,

I thought you were
calling to apologize.

I am gonna apologize.
And I was gonna do that.

I just, right now, I got a lead
and it's about Keith

and that's why I need
the passcode to Wavehook.

[sighs]
Seriously, just shove it.

Okay. I deserve that. Okay?

No, that's the password,
"seriouslyjustshoveit".

No space, no caps.

I really appreciate it.
Uh, June, can I...

Can I call you back later?

Hello, June? Great.

I guess you didn't
send her the bouquet?

No, I didn't.
Give me one second.

All right, Blackwell
has a proprietary database

called Wavehook. It includes
all the combined datasets

of all the major
data-mining companies.

The primary data
it mines is...

...location.

Right? So, when you go
to the naughty massage parlour,

your cellphone knows
you were there

and how long
you were there for.

What if the suspect
didn't have a phone on them?

Most modern cars have
a cellular connection, right?

So they update GPS in real-time
traffic data.

If our sedan had one,
its vehicle track

is most likely in Wavehook.

So, what we're looking for
is a hit

that matches our sedan's
movement at 745...

Boom. Now, we just ping
the last known location.

That's it.
The car's at the Emerald Inn

and so is the kidnapper.

- Let's go get him.
- Atta boy.

[sirens wailing]

[tense music playing]

All right, be right back.
Stay in the car.

What are you...
what are you talking about?

We have a person of interest
in there

that we need answers from
and if you go in

and lose control,
we will not get those answers.

Okay, I don't care
about answers, right now.

That's why you're
staying here.

And I'm not asking.

Oh, it's an ord...
[laughs sarcastically]

You're giving me an order?
You won't listen to me

as the mother of your children,
so damn right,

I am giving you an order
as your supervisor.

- Do you understand?
- Yes, I understand.

Great. Now, I'm gonna
go inside
and ask the front desk

what room our suspect is in.

Okay. I'll just be in here.

[panting]

[distant shouting]

Come on, Jay...

[shouting continues]

Great.

[tense music playing]

What happened?

Nothing.

What happened to staying
in the car?

We missed him.

He was right here
and we missed him.

Her.

The suspect that rented
this room...

...the clerk said
it was a woman.

[soft, heavy music playing]

[sniffing]

[sighs]

[medical machine beeping]

[soft music playing]

[whispers] You're okay, now.

You're okay, now.

[gasps]

Asher.

That was his name.
The boy that you k*lled.

I just...

...needed you
to know his name.

I got her, I got her,
I got her.

Asher Gallagher...

It's okay, he heard...
He heard you.

He heard you, it's okay.

[soft music playing]

[speaking foreign language]

[C] I just wanted
to say thank you.

For bringing him back,
however briefly.

I really thought
I'd lost him and...

...it's nice to know
that he's still here.

I just can't...

I can't believe
how close we were.

And we'll get close again.
Okay? Justice will come.

You know, what Keith needs
right now is his family.

He needs people
around him who care.

He needs his life back.

And...

you need to go see June.

Grovel, beg, or whatever
it is that you need to do.

[sighs]

June is good people.

I don't know what she sees
in you, but...

...whatever it is,
you know, just...

...go remind her of it.

Thank you.

[sighs]

[heavy music playing]

[sighs]

I should have spotted
the car sooner.

And maybe if I had, she would
have still been at the motel.

Well, Keith being back
is complicated.

It's a lot more complicated
than I ever

dreamed it would be
when he was gone.

Well, I don't want
to make it more complicated

than it already is.

Jason's gonna be
at the house a lot.

[sighs]

In the morning. At night.
I get it.

But he is not staying over.

- Ever.
- Nicole...

I understand.

How can you possibly
understand?

Because...

...I'm an incredible person.

- Is that a fact?
- That is a fact.

Face it, girl,
you're marrying up.

Can I have my ring back?

Anytime you want.

June.

[door closing]

Hey, Sid?

Keith?

I have proof. That he's
not who he says he is.

What is going on with you?

You look for clues all day.

Can you find the one in that?

I can.

But it's not the one
you think it is.

He's writing
with his right hand.

My brother is left-handed.

He was. He is not anymore.

Mom, people don't just
change like that.

Oh, honey...

When Keith was hospitalized,
they ran tests.

X-rays that show
that he was abused.

He suffered multiple fractures,

including fractures
to the bones in his left hand,

so yeah, you're right.

People don't change
if they don't have to.

But your brother,
he had no choice.

Hey, baby.

I'm... I'm sorry
I don't wanna talk about it.

Oh, no, no, don't be.

I'm the one who should apologize
for asking you to.

I mean, it's hard to believe

that all this was...

You don't recognize yourself.

I understand.

You are nothing like
you used to be.

And yet you are everything
I ever want you to be.

I wish Sidney felt that way.

Oh, she will. She will.

It's...

It's a big adjustment.

But sooner or later,
she is going to embrace you

just like Dad and I do.

[somber music playing]