(upbeat jazz playing)
It's Erica.
(speaking Arabic)
I can't talk long;
I think someone's after me.
(screams)
(both grunting)
(train horn blaring)
(screaming)
(screams)
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang ♪
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
♪ How, how, how, how ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
♪ You gotta come on. ♪
TAYLOR:
New Orleans is a city
rich in tradition,
rich in culture.
It's also rich in corruption.
Which is why
this special election
is a chance to move past the
same old way of doing things,
as my opponent Mr. Butler
champions, and instead
move forward into a new dawn.
One that includes all citizens,
not just the select few
who have profited
at the city's expense
for too long.
That's why I need your vote.
Thank you.
WOMAN:
Please, ladies and gentlemen,
let's thank the two candidates
for joining us here today
at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel.
(indistinct chatter)
Latest polling shows
us ahead in Lakeview,
but Butler's leading Uptown
and in the Garden District.
This is why I keep saying that
we can't just rely on the media.
Volunteers have got to go
door-to-door, too.
It's hard to get anybody to
go door-to-door right now.
City's packed.
Why they would pick
a special election
during Mardi Gras--
what were they thinking?
Lower turnout.
Rig Butler for the win.
It's why we need a new mayor,
Loretta.
Please don't tell me
we've got a case.
We got a case.
Thought I'd pick
you up on the way.
(quietly):
Sorry.
(sighs) Arthur,
I'm counting on you.
We've only got two days,
and Zahra needs
every vote she can get.
I know, I know.
Brought chicory.
Thought you might need some.
It's got rum in it?
(chuckles)
Kidding, sort of.
(laughs)
My support.
Thank you. Hi.
WADE:
Ah, this is hard, Dwayne.
I can't do two
jobs at once.
I don't know what
I was thinking.
You were thinking about more
than just yourself, as usual.
Getting Zahra elected,
moving past the damage
Hamilton's done
is a worthy cause.
Why would anyone
want to reelect
someone like Hamilton
again is beyond me.
Old money and influence
goes deep in this town,
you know that.
Makes change
that much more difficult
and that much
more important.
Dwayne, Dr. Wade.
Haven't seen you around in
a while. What brings you here?
Wait, don't tell me
that you're a Taylor supporter,
you'll break my heart.
(laughs)
I'm a federal agent, Ron.
You know I'm not allowed
to take sides.
Come on, Dwayne,
who are you kidding?
We both know who brought down
Hamilton and why.
You know Vernon Butler,
don't you?
Of course.
Yeah.
Used to work for Dwayne's daddy,
didn't you?
That's right.
Ah.
Heard old Cassius
is out of prison.
Yeah.
How's he doing, anyway?
I wouldn't know.
Excuse us.
Doesn't Cook own half
the TV stations in this town?
Yeah.
Supposed to be unbiased.
Talk about old money
and influence.
All the reason to get Zahra
elected, sooner the better.
Chris, Gregorio, morning.
What do we got?
Train versus human,
never ends well.
Victim's Chief Erica Croft,
cryptologic
technician interpreter
based out of D.C.
Engineer said he
came through on the : .
Said it all happened so fast,
she stumbled onto the tracks.
Thought it was just another
drunken Mardi Gras accident.
GREGORIO: Except Erica
wasn't here to play.
I just got off the phone
with her C.O.
Said she came into town
to polish up on her Arabic
at the refugee center
down on Lakefront.
CTIs translate
foreign communications,
intercept counterterrorism
Intel.
What are you thinking, King?
What if this wasn't an accident?
LASALLE:
Then it's possible
it's not a training mission,
either.
SEBASTIAN: Well, it definitely
wasn't an accident.
Found what could be
the victim's phone
in the gravel over there.
Probably slid away
during the fight.
In addition to that,
I found, uh,
two sets of shoe prints
scuffling in the dirt
by the tracks.
Uh, I also found blood and hair
on the ground and on the pipes.
I'm gonna go out
on a limb and guess
that it's not
just the victim's.
Means if Erica
was in a fight,
she could have been pushed.
Yeah, I'll run DNA,
try to ID the second person.
Uh, by the way,
where is, uh, Percy?
Yeah, where's Percy?
I don't know.
She's taking some personal time.
What does that mean? She okay?
Yeah, sure, she's fine.
You know, personal's personal.
PRIDE: Why don't we just,
uh, focus on the case.
We need to find out
who would want to k*ll
a CTI specialist and why.
You afraid she might have gotten
wind of a t*rror1st att*ck?
I don't know.
But no denying that
the tricentennial Mardi Gras
is a potentially prime target.
Especially with
hundreds of events
going on all around the city.
And an upcoming election.
Loretta, I got this.
I know that you're
swamped, but, uh...
Don't worry. I am going
to do your autopsy first.
Just keep the chicory coming.
You got it.
Chris, Gregorio,
why don't you head over
to the refugee center.
See if you can find out
who Erica was talking with.
Keep a low profile.
Don't want to presume guilt,
and don't want any of them
to be more nervous than they
already are just being here.
Copy that.
Yeah.
Sebastian, with me.
Need you to track
Erica's contacts
while I get Patton
to see if he can
pick up any local
t*rror1st chatter.
Come on, people.
Let's learn things fast!
MAN: Many refugees from many
countries stay here.
The church welcomes
all who need.
Although I specifically work
with those from Syria.
How many are here?
Uh, it changes,
but usually
around to .
Erica befriended
many of them.
They helped her with her Arabic
and she helped them cope,
feel safe.
News of her death
will hit them hard.
We're not here to cast
suspicion, Mr. Petro,
but we do need to try
and find out who wanted
Erica Croft k*lled and why.
Which casts suspicion,
whether you mean to or not.
They know how they're
perceived, Agent Lasalle.
They know how fear and
ignorance can cause many
to assume they're
all radicals,
t*rrorists, but I can
assure you they are not.
Okay, but when a victim
who specializes
in intercepting
counterintelligence is m*rder*d,
we have to check it out.
Yeah, especially when that
victim was apparently
on the phone with somebody here
just before she d*ed.
Sebastian just
traced her last call
to a burner phone that was
purchased by the church.
Call ended abruptly at : .
We provide refugees with
cell phones for emergencies,
also so we can stay in contact
if they get lost.
Yeah, well,
we got to find one of them
because now they're
a potential witness.
(knocking on door)
Noora! It's Petro.
You sure you got
the right person?
If your agent's right
about the serial number,
the phone's assigned to Noora.
NCIS.
They're not here
to hurt you, Noora.
They just want to ask
about Erica.
No, I can't talk.
You don't have a choice.
(Noora yelling in Arabic)
Freeze. Freeze.
LASALLE:
Back up, back up.
I'm going after him.
GREGORIO:
Don't move.
Stay back, Petro.
He got away.
Why are you
arresting her?
One, because that
was her son, Sharif.
And two, check
out the cabinet.
Jihadi flag.
Yeah. Keep looking.
Reading up on making bombs.
Looks like Erica really did
stumble across something.
Yeah, and if that's true,
then it means
we got a t*rror1st on the loose.
(crowd cheering, music plays)
LASALLE:
It's hard for us
to believe you didn't know
this was in your closet.
I'm telling
you the truth.
I did not know.
Why would I lie?
I don't want to be deported.
Mrs. Saadi, being deported's
the least of your problems.
A counterterrorism specialist
calls you, gets k*lled.
LASALLE: Then we come and
knock on your door,
your son runs... and we find out
he's researching bombs.
GREGORIO: The only way to help yourself
is to help us stop
whatever it is
Sharif's planning.
I'm telling you the truth.
Sharif is not planning
to hurt anybody.
Well, it looks
like he hurt Erica.
k*lled her
when she found him out.
She was my friend.
Erica called me
because she was worried
about Sharif.
Worried that people were trying
to force him
to do something he did not
want to do.
Then why'd he run from us?
He was afraid.
We all are.
You judge us with your eyes,
you decide before you know.
Sharif hates the radicals.
They k*lled his father,
my husband.
That's why we came here.
Was Sharif with you
when Erica called?
No.
Mrs. Saadi, if what
you say is true,
Sharif's involved
in something,
and if it's a thr*at,
we have to do everything
in our power to stop it.
Which is why we need you
to help us find Sharif.
Not only so we can stop
the att*ck,
but to save him, too.
Save him to what?
Arrest him?
Take him away from me
so I have nothing?
Sharif is all I have left.
I will not help you find my son.
PRIDE:
Keep me posted, Raymond.
Yeah. Every agency should be
coordinating Intel right now.
I'm hoping you got something
out of the mother,
because DHS and FBI
haven't heard anything.
Patton not able
to pick up
on local chatter?
No.
Could mean that Sharif's
in this alone, or...
Or whoever he's involved
with is done talking,
and the att*ck's imminent.
Sharif's mom give you
anything to go on?
She's scared.
Doesn't trust us.
Yeah, but I get this sense
that she wants to-- she
just doesn't know how.
Problem is, her son's
life just might depend on her trusting us.
Not to mention,
we got to figure out
where the att*ck's gonna be.
Well, with all
the Mardi Gras events happening,
that's gonna be
like looking for a needle
in a haystack.
Only way to figure out
what's really going on
is to find Sharif.
Or...
his recruiter.
I mean, if the
mom's right
and Erica called and said
Sharif was being forced into it,
he can't be working alone.
This kid loses his father,
flees from a w*r-torn country,
he's lost, angry--
certainly fits the profile
of somebody who's open
to being recruited.
Yeah, but we have
zero leads to follow.
We got Noora.
She's got to know
where Sharif is.
Right.
But... I get the feeling
she's not gonna trust
anyone with a badge, King.
Then we have to find somebody
who doesn't have one.
♪ ♪
Funny, I was just
about to call you, Dwayne.
Okay, but first I need to...
(phone rings)
Uh, hold that thought.
Arthur, I'm sorry,
I can't talk to you
right now. What?
No. Zahra absolutely
must get to that meeting.
Call Estes.
Use a police escort
if you have to. Okay.
Sorry about that.
Uh, so, where were we?
Ah. The victim.
Uh...
So, I still haven't been able
to differentiate
any of the injuries
from the train or the attacker.
But... fortunately,
Erica's lungs were
a bit more forthcoming.
How so?
I found this unusual
tar-based substance
in her left alveoli.
Trachea, too.
Meaning?
Meaning that she
must have inhaled it
within an hour of her death--
otherwise her system
would have absorbed it.
Metabolized.
Should help us
narrow down
Erica's last whereabouts.
Yeah, likely help us ID
her k*ller, too,
if she crossed paths
with him there.
Any chance
you can expedite the...?
SEBASTIAN:
The analysis?
Oh, yeah. We're already on it.
After all,
we got a campaign to run.
And by "we,"
I mean... I mean you.
Sorry. I'm just really caught up
in all the excitement, you know?
And stress, anxiety, pressure.
Sebastian!
All right.
Dokha. That's...
(clears throat)
that's what was found
in Erica's lungs.
Do-Dokha.
Uh, it's a rare tobacco blend.
It's more commonly found
in the Middle East.
The high levels
of concentration suggest
she inhaled it
in a closed room.
You mean like a car
or apartment...?
Hookah lounge.
EinCarim Cafe.
It's a block away
from the tracks.
We saw it when we were doing
our perimeter search.
Ok-Okay, go
check it out.
Thanks, Sebastian.
(chuckles)
Oh. Sorry, Dwayne.
I know you called me.
Was there something you needed?
Just your help...
saving the city.
If you got a minute.
NOORA:
You don't look like police.
Are you?
(chuckles):
Far from it.
(sighs):
Ah, I hate...
g*ns, v*olence.
Partly, I suppose, because
I see too much of it every day.
I'm a doctor.
Coroner.
But I don't understand.
Why did the agents call you?
What do you want from me?
I don't want to see your son
ending up on one of my tables.
And believe it or not,
nor do the agents.
And that's why they called me.
Uh, would you like some?
Tea, maybe?
We had a bakery in Damascus,
my husband and I.
We were hoping
Sharif would
take it over one day.
Noora, I'm not
gonna lie to you.
Time is not your friend here.
If what you say is true,
then both your son
and the city's in terrible trouble--
unless you help
the agents find him.
But they will take him
away from me forever.
Perhaps.
But at least no one else
will be hurt,
and Sharif will live.
Can you say the same
for those who are forcing him?
Do you think that they
will not sacrifice his life
for their cause?
I have a cause, too,
one that I believe in
with all my heart,
but one that is the opposite
of those using your son.
I want to elect a mayor
who believes in including
all the people,
not just the privileged
and those in power.
But those from everywhere,
no matter who they are
or what they are.
Like you and Sharif.
You came to this country...
for a chance at a better life
for you and Sharif.
Help us find Sharif.
Help us stop the att*ck
by helping us find your son.
Don't get a lot of
Navy types in here.
Not exactly sure what
you're looking for.
How about
a gas mask?
Just need to see
your surveillance tapes.
You said you were open
hours a day, right?
Yeah, but we just keep the last seven
days on cloud storage.
Only need to see
around : this morning.
MAN (speaking Arabic):
...Sharif.
We were actually pretty busy
this morning.
Not unusual for Mardi Gras.
Late-night partiers,
early morning risers, businessmen.
What time did you say again?
Just keep rewinding.
We'll tell you
when to stop.
So, when's Percy
coming back?
I don't know.
She said she needed some time to think.
Think about what?
Life. Is this the time
or the place?
It's just a question.
GREGORIO:
Wait. Stop right there.
That's Erica
minutes
before she d*ed.
Hey, can you
highlight that grid?
LASALLE:
She a regular here?
First time I've seen her.
What is she doing?
She's just sitting there
by herself.
I think that's
Sharif behind her.
Looks like she's eavesdropping.
GREGORIO: Sharif's trying to stop the guy
from following her.
Could be Erica's k*ller.
We just passed that guy
out there.
I heard him talking
about Sharif.
He's gone.
Yeah, well, we'd better find him fast,
because if King doesn't
find Sharif either...
All right, I'll take
the pipe for prints.
NOORA:
He should be here any minute.
You promise
you will not arrest my son?
Loretta?
Noora, now,
we talked about this.
Dwayne has a job to do,
a city to protect--
he has to take Sharif in
for questioning.
But if you're right
about him being innocent,
then neither one of you have
anything to worry about.
In fact, if he ends up
helping us stop the att*ck...
Then Sharif
will be a hero.
And I guarantee
Mayor Taylor will do
everything she can to help you
both become permanent residents.
If she gets elected.
She learns fast.
I see that.
Sharif!
(speaking Arabic)
Mama. Mama.
(both speaking Arabic)
Thanks for helping out.
I-I know you're
crazed right now...
(tires screeching)
Noora!
(Noora screaming,
men shouting in Arabic)
(tires screeching)
(crying)
(panting)
Are you all right?
Sharif!
You have to stop them!
You have to save him!
He said they were going
to make him k*ll your mayor!
Wait, Zahra?
♪ ♪
Appreciate anything
you can do.
BOLO's out on the van.
Didn't have any plates.
- I need you to pull surveillance.
- First things first.
- Are you all right? Wade?
- Yeah.
We're both fine.
Noora's in shock.
Loretta's gonna ride
with her to the hospital
so she won't be alone.
Poor girl.
She's probably scared to death.
She is.
But Noora was right
about Sharif--
he's not doing
any of this voluntarily.
They forced him into the van.
But he wouldn't let 'em
hurt his mother.
That's pretty consistent.
I mean, clearly, he was trying
to save Erica this morning
at the bar, too.
Obviously
not a radical-- !sis is known
to seduce prospects
without knowing their cause.
Once they get onto it
and want out, it's too late.
Yep, forced
recruitment.
Could be Sharif had no idea
what he was
getting himself into.
Doesn't change the fact
that they're forcing him
to go through with
the att*ck anyway.
Yeah, well,
it's not just any att*ck.
They're targeting Mayor Taylor.
Wait a second.
What?
Noora said Sharif
kept yelling that
to her as they took him.
Does Wade know?
Yeah.
She's counting on us
to save the mayor
and Sharif now.
The only way to do that
is to stop the att*ck
before it happens,
and we can't find
Sharif's recruiter or...
Then we'd better figure it out.
According to Noora,
she contacted her son
on a messaging app.
t*rrorists had
to hack into it
to know that Sharif
was gonna be here.
I'll try to get
Patton to trace it.
I'll pull surveillance.
There's plenty of cameras
around the square,
help us find the van.
And then get Sebastian
out here, all right?
He needs to turn this place
upside down.
Tire tracks, trace evidence.
We need something.
Okay, but where are you going?
Someone needs to warn the mayor.
All right, Dwayne, I canceled
on a veterans group,
which no doubt my opponent's
gonna want to hammer me on,
so what was so important you
couldn't tell me over the phone?
Someone's trying
to k*ll you, Zahra.
TAYLOR:
What?
The first black female mayor
this town's ever had?
Somebody who wants
to change its corrupt ways?
Hell, there's probably
a long list of people
who want to k*ll me just for running my mouth.
Not people. Not people.
Zahra.
!sis.
!sis?
Are you sure about this?
What I'm sure about
is a local refugee
is being forced into it.
He was taken,
he warned his mother
that you were the target.
That doesn't make sense.
A t*rror1st att*ck's supposed
to have some sort of ideology
behind it.
Why would k*lling me...?
New Orleans
is a high-profile target.
You know that.
And for all the reasons
you just said,
you are the high-profile center
of it all.
So, what do you want me to do?
We don't have a choice.
You have to stop campaigning.
What?! No way.
Zahra,
it's too dangerous.
I said no, damn it.
If I stop now, I'll let down
everyone who's fought so hard
to make this city better,
to change it for the better.
I've come too far. This city's
come too far to back down now.
My team's working
around the clock.
We're doing all we can
to stop the att*ck,
but the only way
to really protect you...
The election's one day away. One day.
I have a speech
in Jackson Square
in an hour, strategy session
with my staff, then dinner
You can't...
with donors, phone calls,
knocking on doors, a rally
in Laketown in the morning.
Dwayne Pride, I'll be dammed
if I'm gonna let anyone
try and scare me off.
You understand?
I say something funny or...?
No.
No, you just reminded me
why I need to do
everything I can
to help get you elected.
All right, now, thank you.
And don't forget to vote.
All right.
I'll be right there.
I'll be waiting.
Pride, where's she headed?
Where are you going?
I'm going to protect her.
And I'm counting on you all
to figure out how to stop the att*ck.
Whoa.
Hold up.
You're putting yourself
in the line of fire, too?
I believe in what
she's fighting for,
so I'm fighting with her.
Besides, I know who's
after her, which means
being by Zahra's side
might be the only way
to save her if you can't.
You find out anything
about Sharif or the van?
Surveillance came back empty,
but we're still waiting
on Sebastian's forensics.
Yeah, Patton's
still trying to trace
who hacked into
Noora's message app.
Afraid I don't have an ID
on that yet, but I do have one
on the guy who was sucking
on that water pipe.
Sharif's recruiter?
Yeah, but nothing I found
indicated he's with !sis,
though. Check it out.
Yossuf Abbas,
born in Amman, but
he's a U.S. citizen
who's not even on
the FBI's t*rror1st watch list.
Still doesn't mean
he's not !sis.
I mean,
we don't know every embed.
Yeah, but we do know
they've got Sharif
and they're targeting
Mayor Taylor.
I'll check her itinerary,
see if I can't narrow down
likely vulnerabilities.
You stay on Sharif,
Abbas and the van.
Keep me posted.
Okay. Not exactly the way
I planned on celebrating
my Mardi Gras,
worrying about saving
Pride's life, too.
Yeah, we need more, fast.
All right, call Sebastian.
See if he found anything
from when they grabbed Sharif.
Sebastian.
Aah, God!
Give us something good.
All right. Well, two things.
One is I'm turning off
auto answer
because that just
scared the hell out of me.
And two,
I might have actually
found something.
You find the van?
No, but I might have a lead on
where it was before the att*ck.
Mineral deposits left behind
by the skid marks
showed trace evidence
of nitrogen,
phosphorus, magnesium,
ammonium nitrate...
Fertilizer?
Yeah, and I'll take b*mb-making
materials for a thousand, Alex,
because I found hydrocarbons
mixed in with it, too.
So they're making
a fertilizer b*mb.
Has all the earmarks
of one, yeah.
And if so, they'll
have to place it close
to the mayor before
they ignite it.
Yeah, but there's no way
they could drive in
with a car or truck,
not with all the street closures
and security.
Unless the b*mb
is already in position.
Sounds like a pretty
specific group of materials.
You think you can trace where
the fertilizer came from?
Will do.
Find the fertilizer,
find the t*rrorists?
Got to hope.
It's our only chance
of stopping the att*ck
before it's too late.
(upbeat jazz playing)
LASALLE: Last fertilizer plant.
This has got to be it.
GREGORIO: If not,
we're back to square one.
LASALLE: We don't have time
for square one.
It's Election Day.
We've got a mayor to save.
Think we found the van.
Yeah, obviously trying
to cover their tracks,
which means the att*ck's
still in motion.
No sign of Sharif.
Well, the van's still smoking.
They got to be close.
(engine starts)
Oh, my God. That's Sharif.
Yeah, in a boat loaded
full of expl*sives.
Any idea where
this canal leads to?
Yeah, and it ain't good.
(birds squawking)
(cheering and applause)
It took us years,
but we're almost there,
aren't we?
Aren't we?
(crowd cheering)
And who are we?
We're French,
Spanish, American,
African, Indian,
and we're proud of that.
(phone rings)
And we can no longer
allow the privileged few,
'cause I don't see them
out here today.
I don't see them.
Find something, Chris?
Yeah. Are you at the rally?
Yeah, we're right in the middle of it.
We're proud of that New Or...
Why?
Because Sharif is headed your way
in a boat loaded full
of expl*sives, ready to blow
everything up to kingdom come.
Sharif-- a-are you sure?
Yeah.
Gregorio saw him, too, King.
You want me
to call the Coast Guard?
To corrupt who we
really are anymore...
No, it's too late. Get
everybody out of here.
Everyone, we need
to leave the park right now.
Safely but quickly. Please.
Get the mayor
off the stage right now.
Get her to safety.
Hurry. Loretta, go with her.
Go, go, go!
What the hell is he doing?
All right, listen to me.
Gonna fire a warning sh*t.
Do not hit the boat.
It is rigged to blow.
Dwayne!
Go, Loretta. You got to go now.
Everybody, go!
Fire at the boat.
Fire!
(crowd screaming)
(crowd clamoring)
MAN:
Our city's safety
should be
of paramount importance,
but not to Mayor Taylor,
whose idealistic,
open door policies
and Kumbaya mentality
led to this near tragedy.
COOK:
Uh, I highly doubt
that voters agree with Taylor
that welcoming
refugees and criminals
into our city
is the kind of change we want...
It's not fair that
they're blaming Mayor Taylor
for everything that happened.
Especially since Mayor
Taylor almost d*ed.
That's cold.
Yeah.
That's Butler.
He'll do or say anything
to get elected.
Mayor Hamilton, the sequel.
Just what we don't need.
Maybe this election needs
a little Russian-style
hacker meddling.
Just joking. Sort of.
Yeah, well, I'm not
in the mood to joke.
Still don't understand
why Sharif did this.
I thought
he was being forced into it.
Well, that doesn't mean
he wasn't still.
I mean, who knows what kind
of leverage they had on him.
Yeah, but why risk
even warning us?
He knew we'd try to stop him.
Just doesn't make any sense.
No, it doesn't.
Follow me.
I kept replaying what happened
over and over.
It didn't add up,
just like you said.
Sharif had to know
that we'd try to stop him,
which means the t*rrorists
had to know, too.
It's all too neat.
I had a hunch.
Let's see if I'm right.
What'd you find out, Loretta?
I found the best news
of all, Dwayne.
It wasn't Sharif
driving the boat.
Wow.
LASALLE: But wait a second.
I thought y'all saw him.
We saw a red hoodie.
That's what they
wanted us to see.
Knew we'd blow the boat
before we could get a clear look
at who he really was.
Well, tissue samples show
that the real driver of the boat
was a man named Zaid Farhi
from Houston.
Any affiliation to !sis?
SEBASTIAN: A couple garden
variety felonies and assaults.
No obvious links.
Wait, hold on. Slow down.
So, this Farhi guy was set up
to look like Sharif?
Why? I mean, if he wasn't !sis,
why would he sacrifice his life?
Tox screen indicated
that he was drugged,
uh, most likely unconscious
at the time.
SEBASTIAN: Yeah,
and most likely with his hands
tied to the wheel.
So, I found this floating
near the debris field.
I-I can't confirm it yet,
but I'm...
I mean, I'm guessing
that this thing's gonna show
that the boat
was controlled remotely.
All right,
so this bad guy named Farhi
was knocked out and then tied
to a boat full of expl*sives.
And made to look like it's Sharif.
To send him
towards Mayor Taylor, knowing
that we would try to stop him.
Yeah, well, the t*rrorists
knew that we were onto them.
Needed to find a way
to make us think
that we averted the att*ck.
Yeah, hoping we would
let down our guard,
thinking the thr*at was over.
And that Sharif was dead.
But he's not dead, Dwayne.
He's still alive.
But why?
What do they still need him for?
The t*rrorists
couldn't possibly expect
to use him
to make another attempt
against Mayor Taylor.
That makes even less sense.
Then we make it make sense.
Loretta, I need you to explain
all of this to the mayor
and get her to lay low.
On Election Day?
I'll try.
But I'll call Noora first,
let her know Sharif's okay.
No, no, not-not just yet.
We can't risk letting
the t*rrorists find out
that we know.
Otherwise, we might not be able
to save him
from whatever they got planned.
You want me to keep
trying to break this down,
see if it leads anywhere?
Yeah, go.
You backtrack
how they intercepted the message
Sharif's mom left for him yet?
I narrowed the IP address down
to a few locations,
but nothing concrete.
I need your best guess here,
Patton.
There's too much at stake,
and we're running out of time.
We got to find those t*rrorists.
I'm on it.
ARTHUR:
They tried to k*ll you, Zahra.
That doesn't make them all bad.
I will not denounce
an entire community of refugees
because of the actions of one.
It's profiling,
and I won't stand for it.
Even if it costs you
the election?
Even if it costs me
the election.
I'd like the room, please.
Pride send you
to try and talk some sense
into me, too?
As a matter
of fact, yes.
Sharif was not the one who
tried to k*ll you this morning.
It was made to
look like him.
Why? For what reason?
Dwayne doesn't know yet,
but they were obviously
using Sharif
as some kind of scapegoat.
Dwayne'll figure it out.
In the meantime...
I'm not standing down, Loretta,
so don't even try.
Zahra...
You know me better than anyone.
You know I don't ever
walk away from a fight.
As a matter of fact...
Where are you going?
I'm going
to do exactly the opposite
of what everybody wants me
to do.
I'm going to go stand
with the refugees
and let them know
I support them,
and let whoever's after me know
I will not be intimidated.
Oh, boy. Geez.
(upbeat jazz playing)
PRIDE: If Patton's right
and the t*rrorists are here,
they'll have Sharif, too.
(man speaking Arabic)
Federal agents!
Drop your weapons!
(shouts in Arabic)
It's not worth it, Abbas!
Get your hands up. Now. Slow!
On your knees.
I got him, King.
You all right, Sharif?
Hey, you okay?
My mother...
What about your mother?
Pride, not to profile,
but these guys seem more
like mercenaries than t*rrorists.
Could be sympathizers.
Except he doesn't seem to have
any radical affiliations.
Neither did the guy on the boat.
Someone's trying to make it
look like it's t*rrorists.
Please. They have my mother.
You have to stop them!
WADE:
Zahra, I know how strongly
you feel, but you
are too exposed.
We've had this conversation,
Loretta.
I'm here because
it's the right thing to do.
Now, which one is
Sharif's mother?
Loretta, which one
is Sharif's mother?
Second to last table
on the right.
Noora?
May I call you Noora?
What are you doing here?
I'm Zahra,
and I wanted
to come here and
tell you personally
that I'm on your side.
I'm not going to let anybody
turn your son into a scapegoat.
I-I do not understand.
Do you want to tell
her, or shall I?
Dwayne said specifically
not to tell...
Your son is alive, Noora.
Alive, and we're doing
everything we can to find him
and to stop these people who...
No, you can't.
This is the only way
to save Sharif.
Noora, what are
you talking about?
I have no choice.
Forgive me.
How did you know the mayor
would go to Sharif's mother?
Huh? Answer me!
ABBAS: Those who know her say
she's predictable.
They were right,
and you're too late.
We have to find a way
to let her know I'm safe!
TAYLOR:
Let's
try...
and talk about this.
Noora,
she didn't come here
to hurt you or Sharif.
She came here to help.
This is the only way
to help Sharif.
This is the only way they let him live.
Noora...
I am his mother.
I have to protect him.
This won't save your son.
If they don't
k*ll him,
they'll return him
to the country
you sacrificed so much
to rescue him from.
Noora, please.
I understand this--
the love of a mother--
but you can't do it like this.
Please, I have lost so much.
(crying):
I cannot lose Sharif, too.
(phone ringing)
(gasps)
Uh, please, please.
Just-just let me
answer the phone, I beg of you.
It-it... it could
be about Sharif.
(phone ringing)
NOPD's on their way.
Come on, Loretta.
Pick up, damn it!
(phone ringing)
Dwayne.
Yes, Loretta, we've got Sharif.
Put Noora on the line.
It's Sharif.
Hello. Mama?
Habibi.
(speaking Arabic)
(speaking Arabic)
(sobbing)
(speaking Arabic)
(Sharif speaking Arabic)
I love you.
(speaking Arabic)
(sobbing)
NEWSWOMAN: We feel quite confident here
to project Zahra Taylor
as the winner of this election.
Ron.
Quite an upset
considering the...
Dwayne.
Didn't turn out the way
you'd planned, did it?
Did everything you could
to keep it that way?
I don't know what
you're talking about.
Sure, you do.
Tried to make the refugees look
like t*rrorists, scapegoats.
Tried to use them
to k*ll Mayor Taylor.
Mayor Taylor.
All so you could stay
in control of the city.
Again...
I don't know what the hell
you're talking about.
That's all right.
You can explain it
to the U.S. Attorney,
'cause you're under arrest,
Mr. Cook.
GREGORIO: Conspiracy to
commit m*rder. Oh.
And add on election fraud
and domestic terrorism charges.
Abbas turned State's evidence,
threw you under
the bus. We know
you hired him to set up Sharif.
GREGORIO: We really
messed you up when we got
on this case, didn't we?
When you couldn't get Sharif
to k*ll the mayor,
you used him to force his mama
to do it instead.
Yeah, you figured the
mayor would go to her
out of the goodness
of her heart.
Knew she would stand
by the refugees.
And even if she didn't,
a su1c1de bomber blowing herself
up at an election
would sway voters.
PRIDE: Tried to make it look like
terrorism when it was all
just about you
getting your candidate elected.
If you think you can bring me
down like you did Hamilton,
you got another thing coming.
This doesn't change anything.
It changes who's in control
of this city... finally,
and it sure as hell isn't you.
Get him out of here.
Come on.
NEWSMAN: Acting Mayor Zahra Taylor is now
officially Mayor Taylor,
the first African-American woman
to lead this city.
Quite an achievement.
(crowd cheering)
(upbeat jazz playing)
All right, can't very well
celebrate the tricentennial
Mardi Gras without
a king cake, huh?
PATTON:
All right.
Now you're
talking, baby!
Man, that's a
good-looking cake.
Where'd you get
it, Randazzo's?
No. Noora.
Mm-hmm.
She and Sharif wanted
to show their gratitude.
Combined a little
of the hometown bakery
with one of the oldest
traditions in their new town.
Isn't that fantastic?
Might have a little more
basbousa in it than nutmeg,
but it sure looks good.
That's what I love
about this town, man.
Everyone adds their own flavor,
you know?
Hey, it's too bad Percy's
not gonna get to enjoy it.
Keep fishing, Lasalle.
Keep fishing.
Hey, five bucks says
she's with a new flame.
Not that I'm gambling.
I'm not gambling.
It's totally gambling.
(laughter)
To a new dawn!
To a new dawn!
- New dawn!
- All right.