(upbeat jazz music playing)
Yeah, man.
Bam.
(whoops)
(both laugh)
Oh, my. Another round, Loretta?
Ah, not if it means you're
lifting a finger to get it.
Just a finger, I promise.
(laughs) See, I like
this look on you, Dwayne.
A man of leisure,
hanging out with your
friend on a busy night,
letting everyone else do the
heavy lifting. (clicks tongue)
Well, I promised Laurel
that I'd take some downtime.
She's under the impression
that I work too much.
See, your daughter
is wise beyond her years.
(laughs)
Sebastian! What you drinking?
I don't have time;
listen, we got a problem.
Please don't tell me
this is about a case.
No, it's about Pride. Look.
This article dropped
minutes ago.
“Vigilante Cop Abuses Power”?
Yeah, it's not good, it rehashes
a bunch of your old cases.
They even have a picture
of Carsen Donner in here.
WADE:
The son of the arms dealer
that kidnapped Danny?
Yeah, well, they
left that part out.
But they talk about how
you b*at him for information.
They talk about how you
kidnapped Mayor Hamilton
last year, and a half a dozen
other accusations.
- Well, now,
this is ridiculous, it's taken
completely out of context.
Yeah, well...
...it may be out of context...
It all happens to be true.
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang ♪
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
♪ How, how, how, how ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
♪ You gotta come on. ♪
Dwayne Pride acts
like some sort of superhero.
Disregarding the law,
disregarding the people
that get hurt along the way.
He cannot go on unchecked.
Tired of listening
to this crap.
It's been on the local news
all morning.
Who's Oliver Crane, anyway?
He was a stringer
for the wire service,
then he lost his
job, he started
BreakingNOLA.com, trying
to get a national profile,
you know, going after stories
the bigger media wouldn't touch.
You sound like a fan.
I kind of was, until this.
Now I just want to smack
that smirk off his face.
Just relax.
This is all gonna blow over.
Yeah, it's got to.
People in this city know
who King really is.
I mean, they're not
gonna buy into that.
Have you talked
to any actual people, lately?
Listen, what's important
is to keep
a positive attitude for Pride.
I appreciate the concern,
New York, but I'm all right.
Course you are, King.
You don't look all right.
- Huh?
- What? I mean,
you look-you look great.
Obviously, it's just...
I don't know,
you look worried, too.
Well, I am worried,
Sebastian, but not for myself.
Spent the night going
through Crane's story.
We got a big problem.
Come on.
PRIDE:
Photos of Carsen Donner
probably came courtesy
of his father's lawyers.
But the rest of this article,
he has details of a dozen cases
I've handled over the years
for NCIS.
Javier Garcia and the cartel,
Broussards,
even a case I worked in Moscow,
back in the day.
Half of it
is classified information.
You think there's a leak?
I don't know what else to think.
It's got to be someone in NCIS.
NCIS, Navy, DoD.
Means names of witnesses
and informants were exposed.
A lot of innocent people
could be in danger.
Which is why we
have to figure out
where the leak came from
and contain it, fast.
All right, so we go to Crane
and find out who his source is.
SEBASTIAN: Yeah, well, journalists
don't give up that information easily.
I'll deal with Crane.
I need the rest of you
to scour my old cases.
Find the names
and locations
of anyone who would've
been exposed
and then warn them
of potential danger.
- What?
GREGORIO: You really think
you're the right person
to talk to Crane right now?
Yeah, this guy's got it
out for you, King.
I mean,
you showing up there
would just add more fuel
to the fire.
Especially if you confront him.
I'm not confronting him,
Christopher.
I'll just question him.
SEBASTIAN: I doubt he's
gonna see it that way,
when the-the cop
he just filleted
on his Web site comes
marching into
his office.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, let me and Gregorio
handle Crane.
All right?
We'll find out how
he obtained the files,
keep you out of it, for now.
All right.
But you need to
make it clear to him
that it's not about me.
That lives
are at stake.
Sebastian, you and
I, we can start
reaching out to witnesses,
make sure that they're safe.
And you're still
not moving.
We just want to make sure
you're okay.
Yeah, like I said, I'm fine.
Can't worry
about myself
until we're sure
there's no collateral damage.
Now, can you go talk to Crane?
Yeah.
I hear King loud and clear,
but I don't care what he
says, he's still worried.
Yeah, well, he worked hard to
stay on the straight and narrow.
Yeah, until this Oliver Crane
dude shows up,
starting all kind of trouble,
distorting the facts.
Doesn't even mention the
lives that Pride saved,
the people he's helped.
No, you're right,
it's a bunch of bull,
but we can't go in there
taking it personal.
I know, I know.
Pride's counting on us to find
out who leaked these files.
That's all that matters.
We got to...
play it cool.
You know me,
Gregorio, I'm ice cold.
(door buzzes)
Oliver Crane.
Special Agents Gregorio
and Lasalle...
Yeah, I know who you are,
you're Dwayne Pride's
goon squad.
Um...
somewhere private we can go?
Anything you have to say to me
can be said in front
of the breakers.
“Breakers.”
Yeah, the people in this room
who are dedicated
to exposing the truth,
no matter what the cost.
They're gonna bear witness
to whatever's about to happen here.
- Whoa.
We just want to talk.
Like you talked
to Carsen Donner?
I've read your
case files,
so I know your methods.
GREGORIO: The case files
are why we're here.
We need to know
how you got them.
Not gonna reveal my source,
but I didn't intimidate,
bully or b*at up anybody
to get the information,
so, you know,
stark contrast to your boss.
Hey, now, hold on a second.
GREGORIO: Mr. Crane,
you published classified
information.
That's against the law.
Well, as a journalist...
Is that what you call yourself?
As a journalist, the story
serves the public interest.
Louisiana Code of
Civil Procedure,
Article .
I'm within my rights to publish.
Yeah, the files were
obtained illegally.
Well, now, that would be
your opinion, Agent Lasalle.
GREGORIO: Okay, well,
you don't want to cooperate,
we'll just go get a subpoena.
You can bring it right
to my lawyer's office,
at Connor and Hughes.
There's an entire floor
of their building
just waiting for it.
And while you do,
I'll upload my follow-up,
which will make
Carsen Donner
look like an appetizer.
You don't understand
the severity of what
you're doing here.
No, you don't understand.
Dwayne Pride is dangerous,
and he needs
to be held accountable.
No, you're the dangerous one,
releasing sensitive
information
that can put people's lives at risk.
- You know what,
it's my job to expose the truth.
No, your job
is to get little clicks
on your little
pathetic Web site.
You don't know a damn
thing about Dwayne Pride!
Gregorio.
You're way over your skis here,
trying to t*rture people.
Well, keep talking, because
it makes for great footage.
Hey, hey, Gregorio, look around.
All right? Hey, I think
we should leave.
Yeah. I'm done here, anyway.
OLIVER: Done? You're
not even close to done.
You two are gonna be
trending by lunchtime.
Hey, Gregorio, what happened
to playing it cool?
- Guy's an ass.
- Well, agreed,
but you didn't do Pride
any favors.
Didn't I?
DH- .
Sounds like a DoD
identification number.
From the classified case
files on Crane's desk.
Oh, son... Gregorio.
Gangsta, right?
PATTON: Might've been gangsta,
but you paid a price.
This video was
uploaded two minutes
after you left
Crane's office,
and it already got , views.
Well, then,
it's worth it
if the DoD ID leads us
to the leaker.
That helps Pride.
Not if it gets you
in hot water, too.
We need to control damage here,
not add to it.
Hey, I didn't touch the guy.
Plus, I'm walking wounded. I...
This isn't a
joke, Gregorio.
We don't need any more exposure.
PATTON:
Good news,
I got a hit on the ID.
It belongs to Petty Officer
First Class Amanda Bowers.
Signals Intel analyst
out of Belle Chasse.
She's got top clearance
and access
to every file
on the NCIS server.
Why would a sailor
with a spotless record
want to leak
classified information?
“Bowers,” that sound familiar?
It should.
You arrested her brother,
Leonard Bowers, .
He was impersonating
a Navy SEAL.
m*rder*d a sailor
to cover it up.
So you arrested her brother,
Amanda Bowers waits four years,
risks court martial and prison
just to get revenge?
Does that make sense?
Well, there's only
one way to find out.
Good work.
I remember Leonard Bowers's
sentencing.
He stood before
the judge all alone.
- No family at all.
- Plus, I checked prison records.
Amanda Bowers
barely visited her brother,
let alone sent a letter.
Whether she had contact
with him or not,
her files ended up
in Crane's article.
We're not the first ones
to get here.
LASALLE:
Federal agents!
Clear.
In here.
That's Petty Officer
Amanda Bowers.
GREGORIO: This case just went
from a security breach
to a m*rder.
Cause of death, a g*nsh*t
through the left scapula.
She was sh*t in the back.
She was probably running
from her k*ller.
Computer's missing,
jewelry box emptied.
- Wallet's gone.
- Yeah.
Home invasion gone wrong.
Someone wants us to think so.
Too much of a coincidence
that the woman
who leaked
my NCIS case files
ends up dead
in a violent robbery.
You think someone
wanted her quiet?
Well, whoever it was,
they didn't leave a trace.
I mean, this place
has been scrubbed clean.
I-I doubt I'm gonna be able
to pull any biologicals.
Do what you can, Sebastian.
Put her brother away for m*rder.
She ends up getting k*lled
four years later.
Her m*rder's not on you.
It's connected to me.
I see what you're doing,
Dwayne Pride,
and you need to stop it.
What am I doing, Loretta?
You're letting that ridiculous
article of Oliver Crane's
get under your skin
and to your head.
And it certainly
doesn't help you
solve this
young woman's m*rder.
In other words,
get over myself.
Yes. Go do your job,
find the k*ller
and stop the Intel leaks.
Hey, I got something
you'll want to hear.
We spoke to Bowers' landlord.
Sweet little lady
that lives out back.
She says she didn't
hear anything.
But she said we should talk
to Amanda's boyfriend,
guy named Max.
No last name.
Drives a silver Acura.
Yeah, Amanda and him started
dating a few months ago.
It got serious pretty fast.
She said, uh, his car
was parked out front
practically every morning.
PRIDE: She have
more information
other than the first name
and a vehicle description?
GREGORIO: No, but they were
secretive about the whole thing.
Keeping it on the DL,
but she said the Acura
was parked out front
this morning.
All right, put a BOLO out on the
vehicle. We need to find Max.
At the very least, he can
fill in some of the blanks.
All right.
- Special Agent Pride.
- Oh, here we go.
This is Amanda
Bowers' residence.
What happened in there?
GREGORIO: Mr. Crane,
you're gonna have to leave.
This is a crime scene.
That's 'cause she's dead, right?
LASALLE:
Look, gonna need you
to step back, all right?
CRANE: Is it your turn
to rough me up, Agent Lasalle?
- I didn't put a finger on you.
- All right, Lasalle, Gregorio,
let's move on.
- Yeah. “Lasalle, Gregorio.”
Nobody wants to hear
from you people, anyway.
They want the main event.
What happened, Pride?
PRIDE: I'll tell you
what any law enforcement officer
would say to any reporter.
We don't comment
on an active investigation.
Right, but I'm not
any reporter
and you're not any
law enforcement officer.
Amanda was intimately connected
to your reckless behavior.
Are you admitting
that she was your source
for the leaked documents?
I'm not the one under scrutiny.
Well, you will be if I bring
you in for questioning.
Hey, Pride. Pride.
Go ahead. Detain the press.
All of New Orleans
is watching.
You're not just
an investigator.
Who knows?
You might be a suspect.
Just walk away. He's
trying to bait you.
Get them all out of here.
That's not a denial.
All of them, now.
This is not going
away, Pride.
This isn't going away.
Oliver Crane claims
that you and your team
are trying to intimidate him.
With all due respect, sir,
Oliver Crane is full of crap.
No doubt, Lasalle,
but he's also getting traction.
My phone's ringing off the hook.
Real reporters calling.
Director Vance wants it
contained.
Well, we want to solve a m*rder
and an intelligence leak.
That goes without saying.
Question I have is are you
the agent to get it done?
My mess, I'll clean it up.
I know you, Dwayne.
The director does, too.
But we're getting pressure
from outside NCIS,
other agencies.
They want to know
why you're still on the job
when you've been accused
of excessive force.
The accusations are false.
But optics are everything here.
You remember what I said
the last time we spoke
like this, Dwayne?
Don't make waves.
Water's pretty damn choppy.
Tell me why I shouldn't
pull you off this investigation
immediately.
Because whoever's
behind the leak
and Amanda Bowers' m*rder
has exposed my cases.
No one knows them
better than me.
You want to solve this,
you need me.
You can't be the face of
the investigation any longer.
I won't be.
Lasalle will
take the lead.
I'll stay in the background.
Sir, I know how volatile
the situation is.
I'm not looking
to make headlines.
I'm a team player here.
We wouldn't even be having
the conversation
if I thought otherwise, Dwayne.
Don't let me down.
What do you think he meant
when he said “other agencies”?
I have no idea,
Christopher.
Can't be good.
PROTESTORS (chanting): We get no justice,
you get no peace...
Hey, how'd it go?
We still got our jobs
for the time being.
Just tune out the noise
and get to work.
Yeah. Easier said than done.
LASALLE:
What's going on out there?
PATTON:
A bunch of folks out there
having some kind of protest.
Against Pride?
That stupid article, man.
Let's go disperse them.
No. Got to stay focused
on Amanda Bowers.
Any luck tracking down
her mystery boyfriend?
GREGORIO:
Yup. All bad.
None of her friends
or colleagues
knew she was
even dating him.
There's no pictures of him
on her social media
or apartment.
It's like the guy never existed.
PATTON: Except for a number
on her cell phone
she was calling
three and four times a day.
Disconnected an hour
after her m*rder.
LASALLE: Well, it sounds
less like boyfriend
and more like
m*rder suspect.
GREGORIO: Judging by the way
he cleaned up after himself
without a trace,
it's more like we're dealing
with a professional.
LASALLE:
Professional what?
Targets Amanda Bowers
to get access to the Intel.
Spends months
gaining her trust.
Kills her
as soon as the article hits.
PATTON: Some sort of
intelligence operative?
Foreign government?
Maybe.
PROTESTORS (chanting):
We get no justice,
you get no peace.
I'm going out there.
PROTESTORS (chanting):
...you get no peace.
You sure you want to do that?
PROTESTORS (chanting):
...get no peace.
We get no justice,
you get no peace.
We get no justice,
you get no peace.
We get no justice...
Let's go back inside.
Hey, hey, hey, come on.
I know you're all upset.
Look, if you'll just quiet down,
I'll hear you out.
Hey, hey!
I'm willing to talk to you,
but we can't talk
if we can't hear each other.
GREGORIO:
Not your choice anymore, boss.
You're going in.
PROTESTORS (chanting):
We will not be silent.
Police are violent.
We will not be silent.
Police are violent. We will
not be silent.
Hey, man, you hurt?
- Pride, are you hurt?
- No.
Just... people exercising
their first amendment rights.
No, they were
exercising as*ault.
Do you see the message
they left for you?
You get an eye
on who threw that?
LASALLE:
NOPD's making chase.
I'm going with them.
No, let them handle
the brick thrower.
You go to Wade and Sebastian.
See if they've learned
anything more
about Amanda Bowers' m*rder.
Someone's threatening your life.
PRIDE: Yeah, I know,
but we're looking for
an actual k*ller here.
What if I told you
it's all connected?
Rita, what...?
Ugh, I couldn't get
through the crowd.
I went around back.
Pride gave you a key?
Yeah, I did.
I would've called, but best
to stay off phones right now.
What do you mean,
it's all connected?
Everything
that's happening.
The leak, the article,
the protest.
It's a coordinated
att*ck, Dwayne,
and you're the target.
Want some coffee?
Oh, I'm coffee-ed out.
How about something stronger?
Uh, we need
to keep our heads clear.
You're in trouble, Dwayne.
Yeah, well, I kind of
got that sense
when the brick
came flying at me.
Yeah, the trouble I'm talking
about doesn't throw bricks.
A lot more dangerous.
Someone in D.C., right?
The enemy Isler's been
warning me about for months.
You can't take rumors
and innuendo seriously, Rita.
You can in Washington.
It's our bread and butter.
And I've been digging
into it personally, Dwayne,
and I found something.
Classified DOJ memo, out of the
Associated Attorney General's office.
If anyone knew I had it,
let alone I was sharing it with you...
Says I handle my cases
using reckless methods,
Exposing my “agents,
“people of New Orleans
and the U.S. government
to unnecessary, sometimes
catastrophic..”.
“Catastrophic risk.” Yeah.
They want NCIS New Orleans
shuttered and you gone.
Not a surprise.
Crane's article accuses me of
every type of abuse of power.
DOJ just responded.
No, this memo was circulated
three days
before the article hit.
Who's ever after you
knew that Crane
was gonna release
his exposé.
Suggests they also knew
that there was an intelligence
leak to begin with.
And they were a
part of a cover-up.
Including Amanda Bowers' m*rder.
Any idea who this enemy is?
Why go to all this trouble?
Why not just put
a b*llet in me
instead of letting
other people die?
Assassinating
a federal agent,
especially one
with your profile,
leads to a lot of questions
being asked.
What they're doing
is just as effective.
This is character assassination.
(knock at door)
GREGORIO: Don't mean to interrupt.
Patton and I got something.
Protest outside,
all those people
showing up so fast,
organized out of nowhere.
It didn't make sense.
I told you not to worry
about the protest.
But it connects.
The crowd wasn't no accident.
They were directed here.
Social media went crazy when
Crane's exposé was uploaded.
Accounts from all over the city
were demanding retribution.
People are upset.
Yeah, but these posts
weren't made by people.
They were made by bots.
Programmed algorithms.
Hundreds of them, all stirring
up trouble about you, Pride.
GREGORIO: Look. “NOLABrah ,
BasinCrewe, HurricaneHenry .”
These are fake accounts that
didn't exist two days ago.
It's right out of the
Russian playbook, .
But I'm not running
for office.
I'm just an NCIS agent.
Why use all this firepower?
You pissed somebody off.
Yeah. Got that.
Can you identify
who's behind these bots?
Yeah, but it's gonna
take awhile.
They're coming
from an offshore server,
a dozen layers of security.
I got an old friend at the
NSA that owes me a favor.
Could speed the
process along.
We find who paid for these bots,
we find whoever's got it out
for you, Pride. (phone ringing)
More importantly, we can find
Amanda Bowers' k*ller.
Hey, Carl.
What can I do for you?
It's what I can do for you,
Dwayne Pride.
Got an idea on that guy
that tried to brain you.
Does the name Marcus Green
mean anything to you?
No. Who is he?
Unemployed dock worker.
Has a couple of moving
violations on his record.
Lives in Clearwater.
Clearwater? Really?
Heading down
with a couple of units
to pick him up personally.
I'll let you know
when we got him.
Oh, I don't know
if a big police presence
is gonna help matters right now.
Hey, the guy assaulted and
threatened a federal agent.
I take that seriously,
even if that agent is you.
(chuckles) A little more
complicated than that.
Always is with you.
What? What's the upshot?
I'll fill you in when we're
on our way to Marcus Green.
No, no. You know
you can't be the one
to arrest him.
Well, I don't want
to arrest him.
I just want to talk to him.
WADE: Damn it, the calls
have been coming in nonstop.
Reporters, ain't it?
(sighs)
Yeah, I've been
getting them, too.
No, not only the press.
My superiors at the parish,
they're uncomfortable about me
handling
the Amanda Bowers autopsy.
Well, they don't honestly think
Pride's a suspect in the m*rder?
No, but he's related to it.
They feel that I'm too close
to be objective.
That's a bunch of bull.
I don't know.
We all got a personal
stake in protecting Pride.
You considering
taking a step back?
Oh, hell no, Christopher.
I'm gonna see this
investigation through.
Unfortunately, I'm
not sure I can help.
Amanda Bowers' autopsy didn't
offer any new evidence,
and the suspect was very
careful when he k*lled her.
Well, that supports
our theory
that the k*ller's a pro.
It doesn't get us any
close to IDing him.
Well, he might have been a pro,
but he wasn't perfect.
Give me some good
news, Sebastian.
So, Amanda Bowers'
mysterious boyfriend
managed to scrub
the entire apartment
of any biological traces, but
he did leave behind
some pretty interesting
non-biologicals
in the bathroom sink.
There was a residue
of beeswax, Shea butter,
vitamin E, pine resin
and tallow.
And what, exactly,
does that mean?
I don't know.
What are you doing, man?
You playing charades?
Ain't nobody got time for that.
Beard balm, guys.
Come on.
It's used to
soften, lubricate,
and style
the well-groomed beard.
You think all this happens
by itself?
Our suspect has a beard?
That's about a third
of the men in New Orleans.
SEBASTIAN:
Yeah, sure, right.
But that means that
we've eliminated, like,
the other two-thirds.
So I was a little
too pumped about it.
I get it.
I'm gonna keep digging.
Please, Sebastian,
Dwayne needs all the help
we can give him.
I'm sure he's chomping
at the bit
to go out there himself
to solve this.
Marcus Green
lives at .
ESTES: I got officers
in the back for coverage,
just in case.
I don't think
we'll need 'em.
PRIDE: Marcus Green has
no history of v*olence.
ESTES: Yeah, well, half the
neighborhood does, though.
And considering your
history with Clearwater...
That's why I wanted
to talk to Marcus myself.
Well, you stopped Hamilton
from flooding this place
and hurting a lot of folks,
but all people here know is
you cost them jobs.
Doesn't matter how
many words you use.
They got reason to be angry.
They paid a price.
(metal screen rattling)
Marcus Green!
ESTES:
Police!
Open up.
What do you want?
Step outside, please.
For what--
so he can rough me up?
No way.
I'm not here to rough you up,
but I would like a word.
I got nothing to say to you.
I don't give a crap, you're
gonna follow instructions,
you're gonna keep your hands
where I can see 'em,
you're gonna step outside,
or I'm gonna drag you out.
More abuse of power, huh?
Listen, jackass...
Carl...
...you assaulted an
made death threats
against a federal agent.
If it wasn't for Dwayne Pride,
you'd already be
in an Orleans Parish jail.
So let's go.
Nice and easy.
What do you want?
First off,
I know that you
and your neighbors here
haven't had an easy time of it.
(scoffs)
You're angry.
Thought you were gonna have
a new job last year
at the shipyard.
All fell apart because of me.
But I did everything
I had to do
to stop something
catastrophic from happening.
But there were consequences.
I just want you to know
I'm sorry.
I never did trust
that Hamilton clown anyway.
ESTES: Yeah, well,
Hamilton's in prison
because of this man, who you
tried to k*ll earlier.
I didn't try to k*ll anybody,
man, I just needed the money.
What money?
Guy at the bar last night.
Came in showing everybody
that article.
Getting us all agitated.
Offered $ , to see someone
send you a message.
I'm strapped.
That money
means everything.
Did you get a name?
If I put you in front
of a sketch artist,
do you think you'd be
able to describe him?
Yeah, yeah, I guess, man.
ESTES: Pride.
We got an issue here.
We gotta go.
Let's go, come on.
- Come on.
- Guys, chill.
Put your hand on my
shoulder, right here.
Let's go.
MAN:
See? See, that's him.
Dwayne Pride.
He's trying to arrest Marcus!
Hey, hey, hey, I need every--
Back up. I need--
Screw you, you not taking him.
Stay back, I said.
MARCUS:
Relax, man, it's okay.
You're not going anywhere!
ESTES: Don't touch.
take your hands off--
Back up!
Come on, come on.
- .
Officer needs assistance.
Go, go!
Pride, let's go. Move!
(indistinct shouting)
(tires screeching,
sirens wailing)
(engine revs)
(siren trilling)
(indistinct shouting continues)
(siren wailing)
Somebody's got it out
for you, Dwayne.
Orchestrating a leak
of your case files,
coordinating a protest
outside your doors.
Paying Marcus Green
to att*ck you.
The end game's gotta be
more than discrediting me.
I mean, look, you can
be aggravating.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
But, I mean, who's got
the time or resources, huh?
Or the willingness
to commit m*rder.
Well, it's a pattern
we've seen before.
The att*ck on Mayor Taylor
a couple months ago.
Car accident that sidelined
the state attorney general.
RITA:
Dwayne?
Uh, you have a minute?
Excuse me.
Yeah.
You and Patton have
any luck tracing those bots?
So the NSA suggested that
Patton mirror their IP address,
and convince whoever's
running the bots
that he's a foreign hacker
looking for employment,
and it worked.
You got access
to their operation.
Well, Patton's combing
through their server now,
but it was registered to
a shell company in the Caymans
called, uh, Primalytica.
He's trying to figure
out who set it up.
Thank you, Rita.
Thank you for...
coming here,
for helping me.
Despite the current climate,
you still have some
friends by your side...
What, uh...
What?
Did you get punched here?
Yeah, no, I just, uh,
had a little trouble
in Clearwater.
Was it the brick thrower?
No, a bunch of other guys.
A bunch?
Rita, people are angry.
They're just--
they're just expressing it.
Take the high road
in public, okay?
But this is me here.
You're allowed to be
frustrated at how quickly
people have turned on you.
I'm not gonna blame anyone
else for my situation.
I've pushed the limits
throughout my career.
Maybe... too far.
Don't start doubting
yourself now.
You've done what you had to.
You've helped so many
people, Dwayne, come on.
Even if I had
the best of intentions,
it doesn't mean that
there won't be a reckoning.
ESTES: Hey, Pride...
we got something.
Getting that composite
to every cop in the city.
We'll find him.
SEBASTIAN: Oh, a beard's not
such a terrible clue
after all, is it?
Hey, let's save
the “attaboys”
till we get this guy
in cuffs.
He gets close to Amanda Bowers
to access her Intel,
incites Marcus Green
and the rest of the city
to go after Pride.
RITA: Safe bet
he convinced Crane
to publish the article
in the first place.
Yeah, I need to talk
to Crane again.
See what he can tell us
about our suspect.
He's not gonna
give up his sources.
Yeah, well, I can be persuasive
when I have to.
King, you're not going
to see Crane, all right?
Let Gregorio and I
handle it.
Yeah, it only got you
in trouble last time.
Can't afford more
collateral damage.
We're not gonna let you get in
any deeper water.
The deputy director was clear.
All right? He wants you
to stay in the background.
And I heard him, Christopher.
I'm just gonna go
reason with the guy.
SEBASTIAN:
Pride, I mean, I don't know
if it's sleep deprivation
or what,
but you can't reason
with a guy like that.
He's been manipulating
this whole situation,
actively covering his tracks.
He k*lled Amanda Bowers
to tie up loose ends.
Crane could be next.
RITA:
Appeal to his desire
for self-preservation--
it's not the worst plan.
GREGORIO:
Until your sit-down goes viral,
and you're out of a job.
Crane's gonna cooperate.
How can you be so sure?
Because I'm gonna give
him the one thing
he's wanted this whole time.
Me.
You-You really can't
help yourself, can you?
I mean, don't get me wrong,
this makes for great clickbait,
but damn, you are
a glutton for punishment.
- Tell them to turn off the cameras.
- Who is this?
New muscle?
I'm his lawyer.
You're gonna sue me?
I'm gonna talk to you.
Alone.
No cameras, no colleagues.
Just us.
CRANE:
On the record?
Not yet, but it's negotiable.
All right.
Turn 'em off.
It's okay.
Everybody can take five.
Come on, we're good.
I'll call you if I need you.
You, too, Counselor.
Out you go.
Not gonna happen.
PRIDE:
Don't waste your breath arguing.
I spent minutes trying
to convince her not to come.
Okay. Whatever.
We're alone. Wow me.
You're being played, Crane.
You're big exposé was
spoon-fed to you
in order to set me up.
Come on, man.
Every word of that piece
was % accurate.
Who cares why
it was given to me?
You should care.
Because you're a pawn
in something bigger.
So was Amanda Bowers.
And look what happened
to her.
Mm, this feels like
another fishing expedition
to try to get me
to reveal my source.
(chuckles)
Amanda Bowers
wasn't your source.
This man was.
I'm not confirming that.
We believe he k*lled
Amanda Bowers
to keep her quiet.
Who do you think's next?
All right,
what do you want from me?
Anything you know
about that man.
What do I get?
How about continuing
to breathe?
That's always a plus.
I'm gonna give you
a story,
bigger than New Orleans--
national headlines.
Enough to put you
back on the map.
About a conspiracy
to take me down
that goes all the way
to Washington.
Right to the top
of the DOJ pyramid.
PRIDE: You help us
find this man,
and I will hand you...
the biggest story
of your career.
Even answer every question
you throw at me.
MAN: Petty Officer Bowers
is a patriot.
No one can know
that this came from her...
or that I gave it to you.
SEBASTIAN: Thank God
Crane records everything.
Still... Crane's a snake.
I guess he's
our snake now.
Gave us the motel where
the suspect was staying,
and the license plate
of the Acura he's driving.
SEBASTIAN: Means we have
a fighting chance of finding him
before anyone else gets hurt.
- Spoke to Estes.
NOPD just found
the suspect's Acura
parked three blocks
from the train station.
Still might be there.
All right, let's go.
GREGORIO: Uh-uh.
You stay this time.
We don't need another
- Clearwater incident.
- You don't have to worry about that.
RITA:
Dwayne.
Let your team handle it.
It's what they're here for.
LASALLE:
Trust us.
We'll get this guy.
Then go get him.
ESTES: I've got officers
stationed at every entrance,
exit and track.
Nobody with a beard
is getting out of here
until we find the suspect.
ANNOUNCER: Now boarding, on
track two, train to Chicago.
Now boarding, track two.
Gregorio, Sebastian.
You guys see anything?
Whole lot of nothing so far.
Yeah, Patton's getting the
CCTV feed from the station,
so hopefully,
we'll get a bird's-eye view.
PATTON:
Nothing so far.
But I'm running facial
comparison algorithms.
If he's there,
we'll find him.
Three trains have left
in the past couple of hours.
Could be he's already gone.
PRIDE:
Then we'll contact every station
those trains are headed for.
He's not slipping away,
Christopher.
No, sir, he's not. I got him.
He's coming out
of the men's room,
in the south corridor.
You sure, Patton? We...
We don't see him.
PRIDE: He shaved his beard.
Wearing a leather jacket,
and he's headed for track two.
Sending you a screen grab now.
(phones chiming)
SEBASTIAN:
Lasalle, nine o'clock.
We're on him!
(woman yelps)
Move, move, move!
Police, get out of the way!
Police!
Go, go!
I'll meet you around
the other side!
Freeze!
Get down, get your
hands in the air, now!
Get your hands up!
Hands up. Down
on the ground.
Get down on the ground.
(train horn blowing)
Get down, now!
Down on the ground, let's go.
Hey.
Gregorio, Sebastian.
We lost him, he's on
the other side of the tracks.
GREGORIO:
All over it, Lasalle.
(clattering above)
Aah!
(shouts)
Sebastian!
(groans)
You see that?
You see what I did?
Yeah, baby.
GREGORIO:
Suspect's name is Max Burris.
Former intelligence operative
out of Virginia.
That means
he's got the skill set
to pull off
this whole operation.
Yeah, plus Patton accessed
bank records
that connect him
to Primalytica,
it's the company that set up
the bot att*ck on you.
LASALLE: We got him dead to
rights for the Intel leak.
But nothing to put him away
for Amanda Bowers's m*rder.
- Not yet, but we're working on it.
- Yeah.
And while you do,
I'm gonna find out
who he answers to,
and why he's been targeting me.
Actually, Dwayne, you're not.
PRIDE:
Karen.
(chuckles) I know
the U.S. attorney
wants a piece of this guy
'cause of the Intel leak,
but you're gonna have to wait.
Didn't come to
talk to Max Burris.
Came to talk to you.
Let's talk.
We'll do it
at the Federal Building.
Karen, I'm about
to start an interrogation.
Not anymore, you're not.
You kidding me?
No.
And I'm not asking, either.
Gregorio, Lasalle,
get Burris to spill.
What about you?
I'll be fine.
IZZO:
Have a seat, Dwayne.
-minute car ride, and
you didn't say a word.
We're not here
for a casual conversation.
Figured that out after
I saw you had an FBI escort
to take me here.
What's going on?
You're under investigation.
For excessive use of force
and abuse of power.
This is about the article.
This is about answering
for a career of reckless choices
and dangerous actions.
Karen.
It's me.
How long we known each other?
Worked together?
Are you suggesting
I have a conflict of interest?
Because I assure you,
- I don't.
- I'm suggesting
that someone at the DOJ
put you up to this.
It's okay to tell me:
are you being pressured?
Damn it.
This is my interview.
I'm asking
the questions.
Now sit down.
(beeps)
We'll start with the events
leading up to the as*ault
and abduction
of Carsen Donner.
BURRIS:
Look.
We can go round
and round all day.
You can show me as many photos
of this girl's dead body
as you want.
I still got nothing to say.
You're acting
like you got all the cards here.
But you're finished.
We got you on tape passing
top secret Navy files
to Oliver Crane.
Got witnesses
who saw you offer
a thousand dollars
to att*ck Dwayne Pride.
Not to mention proof
of the Internet
smear campaign you financed
to take him down.
LASALLE:
And we know that you were
the last person that saw
Amanda Bowers alive.
We have the cards.
And you have one play.
That's to talk,
and tell us everything you know.
You've got a lot of cards.
I'll give you that.
But I've got the only card
that matters.
(knocking on door)
Uh, we have an issue.
Dell Whitman,
senior criminal defense attorney
with Connor and Hughes.
We're here to
collect Max Burris.
Didn't ask for a lawyer.
And well, yet, here we are.
Can you please
produce our client?
Oh, client's not going anywhere.
We got him on about
a dozen charges
for leaking classified
documents.
You're welcome
to join us in interrogation
while we question him
about the m*rder
of a Navy sailor,
but we're not done.
You are most certainly done.
I spoke to the U.S. attorney
for the Eastern District.
The government is declining
to charge Mr. Burris for the
leaked documents at this time.
SEBASTIAN:
I called to confirm.
It's true.
DELL: And since
I have it on good authority
that you've got no evidence
Mr. Burris committed m*rder,
it seems that he's free to go.
Now, I'd like to see my client.
Go ahead, Roy, let them in.
“Connor and Hughes,”
isn't that the same law firm
that represents Oliver Crane?
Can't be a coincidence.
We're really gonna let
Burris go?
GREGORIO:
If the U.S. attorney
won't charge him,
and we can't prove m*rder,
we don't have a choice.
We'll get that joker
back though.
I promise. My real worry is,
what's happening with Pride?
PRIDE:
Everything in the Donner case
was documented in
the report, which you,
and everyone else
in New Orleans has access to,
thanks to this leak.
It's not just about
the Donner case, Dwayne.
It's about dozens
of instances over the years.
I stand by the decisions
I've made.
That's not the posture
you want to take here.
That article
exposes you
and the DOJ to any number
of civil lawsuits.
Convictions overturned.
It's a mess.
Someone has to pay.
And I'm the price?
Grand jury is being
convened immediately.
You got to know,
they're gonna indict.
For now,
you're free to go.
But you need
to turn over
your badge and your w*apon.
And you can have
no contact with NCIS.
Why are you doing this, Karen?
(beeps)
It's not me, Dwayne.
Or my boss.
Not even his boss.
You see what I'm saying?
Get yourself a lawyer.
A good one.
Fast.
Lasalle told me
they brought you in.
I've been making calls
to D.C. on your behalf.
We'll sort it out.
Nothing to sort.
Grand jury meets in the
morning, I'm being charged.
Like hell.
I'll go to
the attorney general himself.
No, you won't. You'll go home,
and stop making noise.
You've stuck your neck
out enough as it is.
I'm not leaving you, Dwayne.
You want to help?
You got to survive.
Go back to D.C.,
keep your head down,
and your ears open.
I need someone there
who has my back.
It's the only way.
And what are you gonna do?
I have no idea.
But one thing's for sure.
Whoever's after me is not taking
me down without a fight.
(bell tolling)