05x16 - Death and the Maiden

[bunniefuu]

JUDGE: Andrea Herrera, you've
been charged with manslaughter

in the first degree in the
death of Jeremy Benanti.

- How do you plead?
- Not guilty, Your Honor.

Trial date is May th.

Bail is set for $ , .

♪♪

[SIRENS WAILING]

♪ So I hear what you're calling me ♪

♪ But what you're
saying won't change me ♪

Hey.

♪ And still I'm ♪

♪ Waking up to my own dreams ♪

♪ And the city won't save me ♪

♪ I'm steady running from
hard times, losing my breath ♪

[CELLPHONE CHIMES]

♪ And I've been fighting
for a piece of mind ♪

♪ It's all I got left ♪

- ♪ I said I wanna go home ♪

♪ Home I said I wanna go home ♪

♪ Home I said I wanna go home ♪

♪ Home I said I wanna go home ♪

- ♪ Home ♪
- [GRUNTS] Ready? Down. Okay.

Whoa.

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ A lost soul on the wrong end ♪

♪ And you know that you're falling ♪

♪ From the things
that you're caught in ♪

♪ And you don't even
know where your heart is ♪

♪ I know where we begin ♪

♪ I know where we're going ♪

♪ I know time waits for no man ♪

♪ I'm steady running from
hard times, losing my breath ♪

[CELLPHONE CHIMES]

♪ And I've been fighting
for a piece of mind ♪

♪ It's all I got left ♪

- ♪ I said I wanna go home ♪
- ♪ Home ♪

- ♪ I said I wanna go home ♪
- ♪ Home ♪

- ♪ I said I wanna go home ♪
- ♪ Home ♪

- ♪ I said I wanna go home ♪
- ♪ Home ♪

♪ Whoa, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Fighting for a piece of
mind, it's all I got left ♪

♪ I'm steady running from
hard times, losing my breath ♪

♪ And I've been fighting
for a piece of mind ♪

♪ It's all I got left ♪

♪ I said I wanna go home ♪

- ♪ Home ♪
- ♪ I said I wanna go home ♪

♪ Home ♪

♪♪

[CELLPHONE CHIMES]

Don't, don't, don't, don't.

You've been doom-scrolling all week.

I deserve to know what's
being said about me.

Okay, well, none of
it's true, so just...

Just stop babysitting me... stop.

- I'm fine.
- Okay. Okay.

"I'm fine"... yeah, as
the inventor of "I'm fine",

I'm just gonna stay, okay?

A few more days, at least until you stop

punching me in your sleep.

- I'm still doing that?
- Yeah.

I mean, but do you
have to sleep in my bed?

And how else am I gonna know
that you're still punching?

Ah. Everything hurts.

And that's cause you're
holding a lot in your body.

Come on. Come on.

I'm finally meeting
with Chief Ross today.

Theo... Theo still hasn't gotten
his assignment either, right?

What? Do you know something?

- No, I know nothing.
- Yeah, and "I'm fine".

Okay, um...

yeah, he got assigned to .

He starts today.

Andy, I'm sure that's why Chief
Ross called you in, though.

Right. Right, because she always
gives out assignments in person,

at the start of a shift.

[SIGHS] She's gonna
suspend me. I know it.

- I'm sorry, Andy.
- Ugh!

♪♪

- Can I have the phone back?
- No.

- Please?
- Never.

Please.

[INDISTINCT TALKING ON TV]

I just can't believe
you're actually here.

I know. It's nice, right?

- Mm-hmm. Mm?
- Yeah.

- Yeah?
- We gotta... We gotta...

MAN: A little bit later
in the day, about : ,

you see here the winds
will pick up to about

- eight miles an hour...
- [CLEARS THROAT]

He's been on laundry duty since
the night of a thousand springs.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Gentlemen, may I present to you

Lieutenant Theodore Ruiz of Station !

- Yeah! Boo!
- Boo!

No, no, stop it!

Vic, you do know that Theo's
full name is not Theodore?

- You sure?
- Oh, yeah.

Little known fact, Theo is
named after his abuela, Teodora.

[LAUGHS]

Well, welcome to the team, Teodora.

- Thank you.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.

No touching in the firehouse, you two.

You know we don't have to touch
to make you uncomfortable, Trav.

See? No touching.

- No touching.
- I'm in hell.

No touching. No touching. No touching.

Hey, uh, hey. Guys.

Come here.

MAN ON TV: Seriously, though,
it's clear that Seattle needs

new leadership, someone to put
this broken city back together.

No. This is real?

All he needs now is a
mustache he can twirl.

[SCOFFS]

I understand this
great city in a way,

and as your mayor, I'm
going to clean up Seattle,

and I'm going to lead us to a brighter,

more prosperous, and safer future.

- [APPLAUSE]
- Okay, wait, so which is it?

Is it a broken city
or is it a great city?

There is no way we live in a
world where Herrera gets charged

with m*rder and that guy is our mayor.

- Right.
- As your mayor...

- It's dark days.
- He can't win, right?

- Dixon can't win.
- Well, the crowd seems to like him.

- Where are Bishop and Gibson?
- Personal days.

I know firsthand how hard
the police in this city...

- Both of them?
- ... work to do just that,

and I'm gonna make sure
that they continue to serve

- and protect...
- That's your father-in-law.

♪♪

[WINCES]

♪♪

[GROANS]

- MAYA: Carina?
- Huh?

Carina, I need your help.
I'm burning the waffles.

[GROANS]

- [DRUMS ON COUNTER]
- Coming!

[CLATTERING]

- Oh. Are you okay?
- I'm okay.

I think I'm a little more
nervous than I realized.

Oh, you're nervous. I'm the one getting

- turkey baster-ed.
- Yeah, but you've done this

before, you're a doctor who
literally specializes in it.

Yeah, but today, I'm the patient
who's full of a month's worth of

fertility dr*gs and the hormones
from last night's trigger sh*t.

- Do you want to reschedule?
- No, because otherwise,

we're gonna have to wait
for another whole month.

- I mean, it's okay. It's okay. No rush.
- No rush? Okay. Ha-ha.

Then why did we expedite
the genetic testing

and the hormone sh*ts
and... And... and everything?

- Because we are excited.
- Exactly.

So, we have to do this today.

We want to do this today, right?

Because I'm tired of
waiting, waiting, waiting,

waiting, waiting,
waiting for everything.

My green card appointment
hasn't been set yet,

but this we have control over.

This... we want to do
this today, you know?

- Yeah.
- Nerves are not a bad thing.

No. [SIGHS]

Hi.

Uh, I brought you some, uh, flowers.

Which, now that I think about
it, is kind of just a weird

metaphor for planting the seed.

- Should I?
- Yes. Sorry.

Come in.

♪♪

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

♪♪

♪♪

Fun.

See he's got you on
spit-shine duty now.

It's... Yeah.

For what it's worth, I don't
blame you for reporting him.

Well, you might be the
only one in this building.

Um, hey, when you went
back in for the detectives,

was it... was it, like, weird?

- Weird?
- Well, I don't know.

I just... I told them
everything, but it still felt

like they were, I don't know,
reading my aura or, like,

- looking for lies or...
- [LAUGHS]

- I mean...
- You know, police interrogation

is not supposed to feel like a spa day.

Yeah, but it's not supposed to
feel like a witch hunt, either.

I mean, we're witnesses, not suspects.

Do you think they questioned
Bishop the same way?

Hmm?

- Yeah.
- [SCOFFS] Yeah.

- Hey, how's Andy?
- Oh, I'm getting the impression

she doesn't love me
sharing her bed anymore.

[LAUGHTER]

You know, I can remember
that feeling very well.

[CHUCKLES]

I'm sorry, did you
just... Did you just make

a self-deprecating joke?
Is that what that was?

You didn't think I had a sense of humor?

No. I-I didn't.

- [CHUCKLES]
- What?

Okay, are we friends now?
Is this how this is gonna be?

- Okay. Hmm.
- Hey, um,

I'm glad Andy's not alone right now.

- Well, yeah.
- I th... Can I help you?

Yeah. Hi.

I'm looking for Andrea Herrera.

Okay, well, uh, sorry,
if you're a reporter,

- you need to go through FD.
- No.

- We can't...
- No, I'm not a reporter.

Uh, I'm just, uh... I
just want to talk to her.

Well, I'm... I'm sorry, but
she doesn't work here anymore.

Did she get transferred?

Not yet, but we're still
waiting on a reassignment.

- I see.
- Mm-hmm.

Do either of you know how
I can get in touch with her?

You know we can't share that
information with the public.

No. I'm not the public. I'm actually...

her mother. Elena.

♪♪

Okay, we have to call Andy.

Do you think she can
handle this right now?

Do you think it's your
job to make that decision?

Okay, well, you call her, and I'll...

I'll... talk to Zombie Mom.

Well, she did come back from the dead.

Oh, no, I got it, I got it. I
just cannot believe that came

- out of your mouth.
- What? I'm... I'm funny.

This place must have changed a lot

since you were last here, huh?

Yeah, Andy told me stories.

Ah. So... you know the story?

I do. Or at least the
parts that Andy knows.

I'm sure there's a lot more to it.

[CHUCKLES] Pruitt would be devastated

if he thought everyone here knew.

Not everyone.

You know, A-shift, we're close.

And Andy and I, we were...

- You dated.
- You can say.

- Hmm.
- Married.

Oh, wow.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

I didn't even know she got married.

- Yeah, it was fast.
- Mm.

Right before Pruitt, um...

But we're not together anymore.

- So...
- I-I shouldn't have come.

I didn't even call my sister.

I-I saw the news stories,
and I just got on a plane.

I'm sorry. I-I should just never...

Elena. Look, I-I can't tell you or Andy

what to do, but she's
been through a lot,

and I'm not sure you being
here will have the effect

- you're hoping for.
- I'm not hoping for anything.

I just want to make sure
that my baby girl is okay.

- [KLAXONS SOUND]
- Aid car , Engine ...

I'm sorry. You have to go.

... and Ladder requested
to Bellomy Road.

Listen, um, we'll call her, okay?

We'll let her know you're
here. That's all I can do.

Thank you. I appreciate it.

♪♪

- Did you get a hold of her?
- Voicemail.

[SIREN WAILING]

♪♪

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

Don't tell me you're
habitually early like me.

- Our meeting's not for an hour.
- No, I'm just antsy, I guess.

- Well, come on up.
- Okay.

Uh, so, y-you like being chief?

- Is that a goal of yours?
- Oof.

My whole life, I've dreamed
of becoming captain of ,

but it... it always ends there.

It's like those dreams
where you win the lottery,

but then you wake up right after.

Yeah, but you win the lottery.

When you become captain of
, you will have worked for it

and earned it; certainly seems
like you're on your way there.

Sully has good things
to say. Aquino, too.

Sullivan and my dad decided
I wasn't ready to be captain

of because they thought
I would be too emotional

after a friend d*ed.

I mean, how do you think this
situation's going to be used against me?

Well, no. We won't let that happen.

Men have this way of really over
concerning themselves with my life.

That's endemic.

In FD, in the m*llitary.

I mean, ask the cashier
at the grocery store.

My entire career, two
industries, multiple cities,

and, uh, it's the same thing.

It's why it's taken me
this long to get this far.

And... And we're just fine with that?

Well, you can waste
your time figuring out

how to fight the system.
"Fighting in the doorway"

is what I call it; or know
what you're dealing with

and win from the inside.

Practicality moves the needle.

Idealism... it just
covers it in diamonds

you'll probably never get to own.

- [CELLPHONE CHIMES]
- We look at the world

- very differently.
- [SIGHS] Crap.

I was supposed to stop
by on the way in,

- and I totally forgot.
- Well, w-what about our meeting?

Well, you can ride over to with me.
We'll talk in the car. Come on.

Come on.

[SIREN WAILING]

Yeah, I think Vic is
staying at Andy's again.

You wanna hit the batting cages?

- [SIGHS]
- No? Okay.

Ah. Strip club. [CHUCKLES]

Those are the only options?
And neither has food.

What is the point of anything
we do when this stupid city

in this absurd country
in this broken world

seems to be just fine with Dixons.

Ah. So this isn't
about the little Dixon.

- This is about the big one.
- He could be the next mayor of Seattle.

- No chance.
- Giant chance.

Okay, there's always gonna be
an audience for guys like Dixon.

Yeah, an audience, sure, but
we keep giving them platforms

and power and government positions.

- Well, we're not.
- But isn't...

Isn't not trying to stop it kind
of like giving him a platform?

So try and stop him.

- How?
- [CHUCKLES]

I don't know, man. I-I thought

you were just bummed
about breakup stuff.

[CHUCKLES]

[HORN HONKING]

KHALIDI: Dispatch, this
is incident command.

We got multiple units
in this complex on fire,

and I don't have enough
manpower for search and rescue.

should be rolling
up on you right now.

Deck g*n, C side structure.

Get over there.

[SIREN WAILING]

- Khalidi.
- Beckett.

Good to see you. What's the status?

We've secured the exterior.
, I need you inside

on evac as soon as my team gets access.

Nobody's been inside yet?

No one's been on the C
side of the structure.

Alright. , search and rescue.

Suit up.

C side of the building.

Let's go.

- [SIGHS]
- Ba-dum!

[CHUCKLES]

[WHALE SONG PLAYING]

Oh, sorry. I usually coach
patients through this process,

but I've never been
on this side of things.

And we weren't sure if you needed p*rn.

Nope. No. I got my phone.

- Okay.
- This is nice! This is nice.

This is really good.

Okay. I'm gonna switch to my
doctor's voice so we can move

past this moment... so, first,
please sanitize your hands well.

Yep.

And this is the specimen
cup, in which you will put...

- Yeah, no, I got that.
- Okay, great.

We're gonna be in the next
bedroom, uh, preparing...

The receptacle?

- Yeah.
- No, yeah.

And I'll be turning on my wife

so that her cervix
opens up, uh, in fact.

See? Who needs p*rn?

Sorry. [CLEARS THROAT]

- [WHALE SONG CRESCENDOS]
- Well, that's not gonna help.

Oh. Yeah.

- Okay?
- Okay.

- Okay.
- [CHUCKLES]

Generally, I do this
without an audience.

- Yes!
- Right! Sorry.

We're gonna leave. Have fun.

- Oh, wait, wait.
- No. That...

- Yeah. Sorry.
- Oh, yeah.

- Oh, yeah.
- [CLEARS THROAT]

Okay, we're out. Have fun.

I'm not into weird p*rn, by the way.

Yeah, no, I'm just saying
that I-I, um... your baby...

Gonna be made with the most normal...

- Jack.
- Yeah. Sorry.

- Go ahead.
- [CLEARS THROAT]

- [CELLPHONE BUZZING]
- Whoa, whoa!

The, uh... the genetic
testing app just alerted me.

- Is there a problem?
- I don't think so.

♪♪

It says I have a brother.

♪♪

- Seattle Fire! Anyone in here?
- Check the doors. Hello?

Anyone here? Hughes, to the left.

Anyone in here?

- [GRUNTING]
- Over here! We got one!

- Quick, quick, quick!
- [COUGHING]

Incident Command, this is
Sullivan, one civilian found.

- Starting evac.
- Copy, Sullivan.

- Are there others?
- We're looking now.

Ugh. Muscle memory.

I just... I turned it off so I
would stop reading the comments

- on the news stories.
- Never read the comments.

[SIGHS] It's like first
I survive the thing,

and then I survive the
aftermath of the thing,

and now I have to survive
the entire Internet's opinion

- of the thing.
- Sounds like a lot.

I'm fine. It's a lifetime of
practice compartmentalizing.

You know, I don't know that this
is something that you need to

or that you really
should compartmentalize.

No, I know. I just... it...

I just... I really want
to get back to work.

It's the thing that
makes me feel the most me.

I get that.

Which is why I'm so anxious
to hear about my re-assignment.

Hmm.

You're not re-assigning me, are you?

It's the policy of the
department that firefighters

charged with a felony
are to be suspended...

- It's not like I robbed a bank.
- No, you k*lled a man.

Accidental or not, it doesn't matter...

I-It wasn't accidental.
It was self-defense.

I hope you didn't tell the police that.

Ooh, Herrera, I know it's
not right and it's not fair,

but truthfully, I wouldn't put
you back in the field right now,

even if there was a way
around all this red tape.

This case is too public,
and you're still too raw.

I... You know, Miller
and Sullivan went to work

the day after they were arrested.

They weren't arrested for manslaughter.

No, they were arrested for
being Black and out of uniform.

Exactly. Which is why you need
to take a breath and realize

that you are lucky, as a
woman of color, to have this

department looking
out for you right now.

I am awaiting trial for manslaughter.

My name's all over local news
next to the word "k*ller,"

and now you just fired me.
How is that looking out for me?

And... And the fact that my luck
is being discussed in relation

to my being a woman of color,
by the way, kind of highlights

how messed up the whole system is, no?

I'm not f*ring you. You
are on temporary suspension

pending the outcome of a trial.

- [RADIO CLICKS]
- Involved fire at Bellomy Road.

Requesting additional
units. and on scene.

That means I have to make an appearance.

- You can just drop me right here.
- Oh, no, no, no, no.

We have a conversation to finish.

[SIREN WAILING]

JACK: And it's a full, full
match. That means we have the same

bio parents, right? So, that means

- Mm.
- That's what that means, right?

- That's what that means?
- It is what that means.

That is what that means. Okay.
So, my parents had another kid,

who... What if we're twins, huh?

Like, we got, like, separated at birth.

Like... is that legal?
That can't be legal, right?

Jack. Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack. Slow down.

- Okay.
- Where does he live?

There's no address. It's just, uh...

Okay... e-mail handle.

Uh, dadjokes .

- He's a dad.
- Oh.

- Whoa.
- He's a dad.

- So you're... an uncle.
- No, no, not really. I mean,

- I don't know the guy, so...
- But... But they sent you his e-mail.

That means that he checked the box
saying he consents to be contacted.

- So, you could...
- No, okay, we're not doing this!

Today. We're not doing this today.

- Okay, but you said...
- I know what I said, but that was

before I found out that he
has a brother who is a father.

What does that have to do with anything?

Well, you're distracted, and
I am annoyed, and you, Maya,

confabulations, you get another delay!

- But I don't...
- Whoo!

I don't want...

[SIRENS WAILING, HORNS HONKING]

- [COUGHING]
- Sir, can you tell us

if anyone else is inside?
Sir, can you hear me?

Travis, I think he's
trying to tell us something.

- Door.
- Pablo, Pablo!

Pablo. Pablo, are you
alright? What happened?

Sir, please, I'm gonna
need you to step aside.

I own this property. What's going on?

- What happened?
- You tell us. What is this place?

I-It's, uh... It's just property
I haven't redeveloped yet.

Okay, why do you have a
security guard in there, then?

Because otherwise, we'd get squatters.

Oh, my God. This is a nightmare.

Okay, so are there squatters in there?

Okay, sir, I'm gonna
ask you one last time.

Is there anybody else in that building?

I told you, no! Now,
are you gonna stand here

interrogating me, or are you
gonna go put out that fire?

Losing containment of the
fire on the north side of

- the building.
- I'm so sorry.

- Hey, Captain.
- We need to complete search

and evacuate before the fire spreads.

It looks like some kind
of sweatshop in there.

Owner's being real dicey
about who else could be inside.

Sir! I need you to back
away from this area.

You're interfering with
our care of this patient.

- I'm not doing...
- I need you to stand over there.

I'm not gonna ask you again.

Pablo. Hey, hey. What can you tell us?

Is there anyone else
inside that building?

- He can't do anything to you.
- Pablo, you're not in trouble,

but if you're holding
anything back, you will be.

♪♪

There's a hidden room
on the second floor.

There are people in there.

Hughes, Montgomery, go.

Incident Command, this is
Beckett, we have new intel.

We do have folks in the building.

Clyde, Wiggins, set up triage.

Sullivan, heads up, we're coming
in looking for several civilians.

SULLIVAN: We've searched
both levels. It's clear.

- It's a hidden room.
- Montgomery, what's your ?

Pablo's gonna talk you to it.

We've reached the C-wall.

PABLO: The stairs in the back
that lead to the second floor...

That's where the room is.

♪ For too long I've carried ♪

♪ All my woes ♪

♪ Scrutinized them ♪

♪ And held them close ♪

♪ All the missteps ♪

♪ And mistakes ♪

♪ I've let them linger ♪

♪ Taking up too much space ♪

♪ Until you took the ♪
♪ weight and you set me free ♪

♪ Oh, you came along ♪
♪ and you held the key ♪

♪ To my ♪

♪ Beautiful box of regrets ♪

♪ It's time to change ♪

- ♪ It's time to forget ♪
- [COUGHING]

♪ For too long I've cried to ♪

- ♪ Looked at my life through ♪
- [COUGHING]

♪ My beautiful box of regrets ♪

♪ It was painted with my pain ♪

♪ Held a mirror when ♪
♪ I fell from grace ♪

♪ The strangest ♪
♪ comfort, familiar hurt ♪

♪ Useless treasure, ♪
♪ all I was ever worth ♪

♪ Until you took the ♪
♪ weight and set me free ♪

KHALIDI: Good work, .

Thank you, but that was all Montgomery.

♪ You held the key ♪

♪ To my beautiful... ♪

Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.

Oh, my God.

[SCOFFS] Of course. Of course.

I want to listen to your lungs
for a second, is that okay?

- Okay.
- Can you tell me your name?

Okay. Okay. You don't have
to if you don't want to.

- Alright?
- I'm sorry.

They don't mean to be rude.
We're just all very frightened.

It's okay.

- I'm Mai.
- Hi, Mai.

I'm Travis.

What's going to happen
to us? Are we in trouble?

No, no, no. Mai, we are
only here to help, okay?

We are not gonna let
anything happen to you.

[SPEAKING THAI]

- Are you sure we aren't in trouble?
- I am sure.

Hey, Mai, when did you
get this scar on your hand?

- Oh.
- I'm just...

I'm just trying to
understand so I can help you.

It was an accident.

About three years ago,
back when I was new.

My hand slipped and got
caught in the sewing machine.

- I'm sorry, did you see a doctor?
- No, no, no.

They stitched it up inside.

- Inside? In there?
- Yes. We...

[SIGHS]

We don't go past the gates.

You don't go past the gates
because you don't want to,

or they won't let you?

Mai, Mai, we are not gonna
get you into trouble, okay?

I promise, okay?

They say we go outside,
there will be trouble.

If the police got us, it would
be much more than in here.

They have our passports. We can't leave.

We thought it would be
different when we came.

We didn't know it would
be like this. We...

This is wrong. What
they did to us is wrong.

We didn't know! We...

♪♪

[LOUD SLAMMING]

Carina, I'm... I'm sorry.
I-I didn't mean for my thing

- to take over...
- It didn't.

Okay. Uh, well, then, we
don't need to reschedule.

Yeah, yeah. We're all
here. We're all ready.

E-Except the person whose body
it's happening to, which is me.

You're not ready?

Ah!

Is she gonna be like
this the whole pregnancy?

I don't hang out with
pregnant people, I don't know.

I didn't even like you! Not one bit!

And then... And then you
had to make me like you,

and now we're maybe
making a baby together!

Okay, uh, Carina, I just
don't understand why me having

a brother changes things. Why is that...

Why? Because you had
no one, and now you do!

Okay, so, uh, you're saying
that you're doing this with me

because I'm an orphan and
don't have a family, basically?

- No! No!
- Yeah.

Oh, nothing's coming out right! Okay.

Never. Mind.

- I think I'm gonna go.
- BOTH: No!

I mean, you can, if you want
to, but we still want to do this

- if you do, right? Right?
- If you do.

[LAUGHS] No, if you do.

How many times do I need
to tell you that I do?

Oh, now you do! Now that
you are trying to avoid your

work problems by throwing yourself
into the baby making, now you do.

[GROANS] Oh, my God, Carina,

when are you gonna finally trust
me when I say I want to do this?

When our child is going away to college?

'Cause you were not sure
you wanted to have kids.

And you didn't know if
you wanted to get married,

but I'm not questioning every
day if you're gonna leave me.

Yeah, g-guys, this isn't
really helping my situation.

Sorry. You go do your
thing, we'll do ours, okay?

Okay. [CLEARS THROAT]

You guys sure that...

- BOTH: Yes!
- Yeah, cool.

Awesome. [CLEARS THROAT]

- [DOOR CLOSES]
- Fine.

Okay. Come on.

[SIGHS]

Oh, no, Herrera. You
can't get near the scene.

- You're still a civilian for now.
- I'm a trained paramedic.

- I'm sorry, Herrera.
- Uh...

- Hey. Take over for me?
- Montgomery.

Hey, Chief Ross, there's a
situation you need to know about.

Chief Ross. Nice to finally meet you.

- Michael Dixon.
- Yeah, I know who you are.

What's the situation
Montgomery's worried about?

Chief Ross, can we please have a minute?

- Thank you, Beckett, I got it handled.
- Okay, that man has been

trafficking those women, forcing
them to work in his sweatshop.

- He confiscated their papers...
- Montgomery, thank you for your concern,

but a proper investigation
needs to be conducted

- before jumping to conclusions.
- Jumping to conclusions?

They are terrified, okay,
he wasn't even gonna tell us

they were inside. He
was gonna let them burn.

He's essentially holding
them hostage, okay?

- They are employees.
- Against their will.

They are indentured servants!
And you're protecting them

because he's your pal,
and that's what you do.

Of course, those women deserve
to tell their side of the story,

the same as Mr. Phillips
deserves to tell his side.

- His side? His side?
- If you're not gonna do anything

to keep your men in check,
then I'm gonna have to...

What are you gonna do? You gonna throw
your unearned weight around, Dixon?

You are a liar and a poison,

and people are gonna find out about it!

- Alright, alright!
- Enough. Enough.

It's out of our hands now. Walk away.

[SIREN WAILING]

♪♪

- Let's take a walk. Come on.
- What... What...

- What? We good?
- No. We're gonna handle this.

♪♪

- Hey! Herrera, I said to stay in the car.
- I'm not a child, Chief.

I'm not the one you
should be angry with.

- I'm on your side.
- You're on my side?

I mean, you may talk like it,
but deep down, you're just like

all the rest of them... what,
so, I-I'm not mentally ready

to come back to work after
I fought off my attacker

and saved my own ass?

What, I still have work to
do to earn a captain's seat,

when I've been literally doing the
job, and excelling at it, at that?

What, so I can do the job
when it's convenient for you,

I just can't have it, right?

- No, that's not what I'm saying.
- Ah, for the longest time, I...

I thought... I thought it was me.

I thought something was
wrong with me, that...

That things just kept not working out,

and I think I just realized...
it's all of you,

knowing, prescribing what's best for me.

It was the guy in the parking
lot who decided he knew better

when I said I didn't want
things to go any further.

I-It... It was my dad when
the idea of seeing his daughter

take over would have been
too big of a sign for him

to know that he was done.

I-It was Sullivan when... when
he wanted to keep me in my place

because his life was a mess,
and it's you trying to make this

as slow and hard and
painful as possible for me,

because if you had to come up

this way, the hard
way, then so do I.

You have been through a trauma, alright?

It's this whole screwed-up system.

Th... The one that tells women of
color that we should be grateful

for even the smallest thing we're
given. Even if we've earned it.

Even if it's less than we deserve.

Even if it's an open secret
that the expectations on us

are higher and the rewards always lower,

because we should know our place, right?

Because we're lucky to
get anything to begin with.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

Hey, hey.

- I can give you a ride.
- I don't need your help.

VIC: Mai told them everything,
and they're still taking them in?

It's one jail to the next.

Nah, I'm sure they're
not locking them up.

They're just gonna get their stories.

You sure about that?

They're taking them to Seattle
Pres to get checked out.

I called an immigration attorney
I know to meet them there,

take up their cause, work
on getting them S-Visas

- and financial compensation.
- Yeah, they still don't have to

cart them off like that, Chief.

And the security
guard... Was he just gonna

let those women die to save himself?

It's not his fault.
He's just as scared about

what was gonna happen
to him as the women were.

- It's a circle of oppression.
- But the owner...

Is already being
questioned by the police.

By the police, or his buddy, Dixon?

You know he's gonna get away with this.

Look, we can't fix
everything, but whenever

it's in my purview, I do whatever I can.

Not enough is in our purview.

I mean, this was modern-day
sl*very in our city.

- If there wasn't a fire...
- Montgomery, look,

it's horrendous and it's
devastating, and it's not

the first or the last
time something like this is

gonna happen. You're right to be upset,

but you can either put
yourself in a position

to do something about
it or don't complain.

So, because I'm not a lieutenant, I

don't... get to have
opinions about the world?

No, you can.

It's just... It's kinda pointless.

- [WHIMPERS]
- Okay. Okay.

- We're stopping.
- No, no, no. Keep going.

You are literally crying in my mouth.

- [SOBBING]
- Hey.

I just don't want our
baby to be made like this.

Well, technically, they
can't be made like this.

I made a mess.

- Hmm?
- I need to go apologize to Jack.

I was such a... Hey... Oh!

[CLATTERS]

- Oh.
- Oh, my God.

Ah. Yeah.

[SOBBING]

No. No, no, no. No, no. I-I...

- I can just go make more.
- I got it. I got it.

- I got it.
- My brother is gone!

[SOBBING]

And you're so infuriating,

just like him, and I-I-I don't
know what's happening to me.

- It's the hormones.
- I see this happening all the time,

but I didn't think it was
gonna happen to me, and it is.

Yeah. No, it really is, babe.

[SOBBING] I'm a... I'm a hormonal wreck!

[CHUCKLES] You really are.

[LAUGHS] Oh.

Oh. Okay. I don't want
this disaster of a day

to be how I make a family.

I kind of think it's the
perfect way to make a family.

Eh, it kind of feels
like we already are.

[LAUGHS]

Okay, what about this
new brother of yours?

What if you fall in love
with his kids and you decide

that... you want to move closer to
them so you don't miss birthdays

and soccer games and broken bones?

Mm. Even if that does happen, I'm still

Uncle Jack to this kid,
right? I'm not going anywhere.

- Okay.
- Okay. Okay. Hey,

let's do this next month, okay?

When we've all had time to
think this through and...

- No. No.
- No?

Today is the day. Today is perfect.

- Yeah?
- Yes, yeah. Mmm.

No.

- Thank you.
- No, thank you.

♪♪

Okay. Now, go make us
another cup of sperm.

You got it. One... One cup
of... One cup of Jack seed, c...

Gross. Yeah. Sorry. I
just kinda didn't... Yeah.

Are you sure? Are you sure?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

Okay.

Hey. We're on a scene.

Well, Montgomery did well today, right?

It's unbelievable how somebody
like him is rank and file,

while Beckett... Beckett
is where Beckett is.

It's a flaw in the
system, if you ask me.

I didn't.

Ask you.

[CHUCKLES] Everything alright?

I need you to stop talking
to me about Beckett,

or anyone else for that matter.

Moving forward, if I'd like
information about any of

your co-workers, I'll ask.

And if there's anything that
needs to be flagged beyond that,

there are formal ways to lodge
concerns to the department,

and it's not texting or calling me.

I'm capable of distinguishing the line

between professional and personal.

Are you?

Nice job today, everyone.

♪♪

[KEYS JINGLE]

[SIGHS]

♪♪

♪♪

I called Sandra.

She gave me your address.

I'm sorry.

I tried calling your phone, but...

♪♪

[SIGHS]

[SOBBING]

♪♪

♪♪

[MOANING]

♪♪

- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Uh, it's ready.

I got the... spe... stuff.

And, uh, I'm knocking,
so no sudden movements.

I forgot we needed him.

- I can keep going.
- No, go get it.

- Okay.
- ♪ Oh, no ♪

♪ Come on and hit me
with your best sh*t ♪

Oh. Hey. Yeah. I got the...

- Yeah. Thank you.
- You're... You're welcome.

Has she... She's good? She's good to go?

That's absolutely
none of your business.

That is none of my business.

- Go play music. Loudly.
- I'm gonna go play music loudly.

♪ Oh, no, come on and hit
me with your best sh*t ♪

- Ooh.
- ♪ You think I'm scared? ♪

♪ Got no fear, it
won't make me stop ♪

- You ready?
- Here we go.

- Here we go.
- ♪ Come on ♪

♪ Is that all you got? ♪

♪ Is that all you got? ♪

We saved women today.

women and a security guard,

and it still didn't feel like enough.

Because Dixon and the
Dixons of the world just...

[MUSIC STOPS]

- It's okay. I'm okay.
- Okay, dude, snake in the saw.

- What?
- My mom was all about these

animal stories when I was a
kid to teach me stuff, alright?

Here it is... One night, a
snake sneaks into a barn.

He's slithering around, he clips
himself on a saw on the ground.

The snake freaks and
instantly snaps at the saw,

and cuts his mouth up, which
makes him even more pissed.

So, then the snake wraps
his body around the saw,

thinking it'll suffocate
it and k*ll it that way.

Of course that doesn't work.

He ends up k*lling himself,
coiling around a blade.

- The snake's rage...
- Yeah, man, I got it, okay?

Cool fable, bro... you're
saying that me carrying around

all this anger for Dixon is
only gonna end up hurting me.

- [SIGHS]
- I got it.

No, that's...

No, what I'm saying is, snapping
at it's not gonna b*at it.

Strangling it's not gonna b*at it.

The only thing that can
take down a saw is...

- Rust?
- Right.

So now... think of a realistic way

to b*at the thing that you're fighting.

Rain on Dixon, man.

What am I supposed to do?

- Run against him?
- Maybe.

You got, like, a million pizzas.

[CHUCKLES] You got bigger
things to worry about

than me over-ordering pizza.

[SIGHS]

Any word on, uh, Andy's
mom tracking her down?

No. Straight to voicemail.

[SIGHS]

- [DOOR OPENS]
- Alright.

Yo. So, Ruiz is trying to
win you all over with pizza.

- Oh!
- Yeah, well...

- It's working.
- Alright!

Dig in, y'all.

- Alright, alright.
- Look at you.

- Voilà.
- Oh, yes!

Hold on. Did everyone wash their hands?

Alright, alright.

♪♪

It happened to me, too.

In the academy.

We were friendly, but we
didn't know each other.

Just smiles in the hall.

One day, I was waiting for a bus,

and he offered me a ride.

It happened in his car.

One minute, he was
asking me why I joined FD,

and the next...

I'm glad you fought that man off.

I'm glad he's dead.

And I know I shouldn't say that,

but I am.

Thank you.

For making sure that I
knew how to defend myself.

Did you tell anyone at the department?

There was nobody running FD
that cared about stuff like this.

I told a few people in my
work group, but they said that

it would only make me look
bad, make women in FD look bad.

It would only prove that maybe
it wasn't a good idea integrating.

[SIGHS]

Wow.

Um, as much as things have changed,

they really haven't.

Wait, but I thought you
had a female fire chief now.

Yeah, well, does that matter
if she's just doing the job

- like a man?
- It does.

Now, look, maybe you don't see
it, but things have changed.

- A lot.
- I mean, with these charges,

I... I might never be a firefighter again.

- There are other paths.
- Yeah, well, not for me.

Not... Not... Not if I'm in jail.

I mean, be... being on
leave, it feels like...

Like an admission of guilt,

like... like the... Like
the judge has already

given a verdict.

Hey.

Thanks for coming, Mami.

Thank you for letting me in.

Okay.

Enough with the tears, okay?

[SIGHS]

[SOFFY MARTINEZ'S
"SEMILLA DE ODIO" PLAYING]

♪♪

Come on.

You need to move.

Mami, I'm exhausted.

No. Come on.

What did I teach you, huh?

The only way to get out of your
head and back into your body

- is...
- Is to dance.

That's right. Come on.

♪ Tú solo fuiste el culpable ♪

♪ Que en mi naciera el rencor ♪

♪ Aunque vengas a mi puerta ♪

♪ Desesperado a llamar ♪

♪ Por la cruz, yo te lo juro ♪

♪ Que no te abriré jamás ♪

♪ No, no ♪

♪ No te puedo perdonar ♪

♪ No, no ♪

♪ No te puedo perdonar ♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪