06x14 - Gut Punch

[bunniefuu]

Previously on SWAT

TAN: Hey, you remember Miguel Alfaro,

Long Beach SWAT.

Was just filling me in on

some of your LBPD w*r stories.

Only the good ones, Streeter. Promise.

I've known Alfaro since I was 19.

We were in the Academy

together in Long Beach.

I just don't trust him.

NICHELLE: A couple members on the panel

still see me as a cop's girlfriend.

I'm afraid they'll think I'm biased

if I rule in the officer's favor.

HONDO: Powell ignored orders,

didn't she?



Look, Powell is stubborn,

but I really do think that

she's worth investing in.

HONDO: You get Powell squared away.

She's your responsibility now.



- This is my wife Bonnie.



- Nice to finally meet you.

Last night, I was

at Del Fresco's for dinner.

I saw Bonnie. She was there with a guy.

We just figured you'd want to know.

That you think

my wife is cheating on me.

If you don't believe me, ask her.



- TAN: How long?





- Six months.

TAN: Bonnie, get out.



[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]



- BARTENDER: Be right with you guys.



- MAN: Yeah, thanks.

Another?



Make it a double.



[MAN LAUGHS LOUDLY]

Cheers, everybody!



- Cheers to the birthday girl!



-

[OTHERS CHEERING]

Mind watching it?



You're at a bar, man.

Yeah, well, some of us

just want to drink in peace.

Then go home.



[SIGHS] Can't do that.

You got dumped, huh?



Why don't you back off, man?



I can see why she left you.

Here's hoping she found someone better.

Hey.

BARTENDER: Hey, knock it off!

I said, stop it! You hear me?

! Stop it!



[GRUNTING]



- No! Stop! Dude, stop!



- Get off me!

Sit down. Sit down!

The police are on their way.

Stay right there.

HONDO: Oh, come on.

Not this thing again.

The lady at the class said

swaddling is very important,

very tricky.



- Let's just use a zipper thing.



-

[PHONE BUZZING]

That would be cheating.

Hmm. Wait. What?





- What's wrong?





- Tan spent the night in the drunk t*nk.

Wouldn't let anybody

call me till this morning.

He's probably embarrassed.

Apparently, he got

in a fight in some bar.

Baby, I'm sorry. I got

to bail on breakfast.

I know Hicks is gonna want

to deal with Tan first thing.



[PHONE CHIMES]

Hondo, wait.

I just got a text about Tan, too.



- From the inspector general.



- I.G.?



No, no. My guy from the Sixth Division

said there was no arrest,

didn't seem like anyone was

going to press charges.

That normally means that

SWAT handles issues internally.

All I know is she's

calling for a meeting

to review the incident.

A bar fight?



Uncontrolled behavior at its worst?



I expect better from anyone on the LAPD,

but a SWAT officer?

Disgraceful.



- I'm sorry, sir.



- Damn right, you're sorry.

You're riding the bench for a month.

What about 20

-Squad?



We've already discussed

replacement options.

Is there anything you want

to say about this at all?



I went out, had too much to

drink, I made a stupid choice.

Mostly, I'm glad

nobody got seriously hurt.

Desk duty starts today. I don't

care how hungover you are.

Get to it.

Stupid choice is an understatement.



[SIGHS] Yeah,

I'm frustrated with him, too,

but at least he took

his punishment standing up.

This might not be the end of it.

Nichelle says the inspector

general's getting involved.

That's ridiculous.

I'll give the I.G. a call,

tell her we got it handled.

You get started on the paperwork.



- Deac.



- Just heard about Tan.



- How is he?





- Well, I saw him

before he went in with Hicks and Hondo.

He's a little rough around

the edges, but he's okay.

I'm just surprised. He's not

the type to lose control like that.

You know something I don't.

I heard something.

It's kind of private.



- If Tan's not sharing, I can't.



- Okay.

I can I can respect that.

Listen, Hondo's gonna be

tied up with this Tan situation.

And Luca's in San Diego

all weekend with a T

-lie thing.

Well, we can't roll out shorthanded.

We won't.

It's next man up. 50

-Squad is off today

so Rocker's agreed to join us.

He's bringing one of his guys with him.

Oh, don't say it.

Miguel Alfaro is available,

and he's solid.

I don't have a problem

with his skills, Deacon.

It's

-it's the ego.

ALFARO: Hey.

What's going on?

Rest easy, 20

-Squad.

Duty called, and the best

of the best answered.

So you just might be able to keep

up with us?

That's good to know.

Oh, today's gonna be fun.

Uh, Rocker's talking to Hondo.

He'll be out in a second.

DEACON: I appreciate

you guys joining us.

Why don't you go get geared up?





[LAUGHS] Please.

It's just Powell's finally

started to drop the attitude.

And the way Alfaro is

I don't know. I just

I don't want him to trip her up,

get her sliding back into bad habits.

All right. Then we'll keep an eye on it.

It's just for one day.

Sergeant Kay,

this is Sergeant Samuel Clark

from Major Crimes.

He's requested 20

-Squad

execute a raid today

on an Armenian crime ring,

the culmination

of a lengthy investigation.

The group is about 12 men strong.

Deals mainly in counterfeiting.

Their leader is David Nazarian.

DEACON: Yeah, I know this guy.

LAPD's been trying

to build a case against him for

a long time,



- but charges never seem to stick.



- Well, they will this time.

We've had an undercover

embedded for six months,

gathering evidence.



- Erik Arkun.



- Alias Alex Gaspard.

He's pretty young to be an undercover.

He's one of our best recruits.

Arkun cracked the ring's inner circle.

Got invited to a meet

-up today

where Nazarian and seven of his men

are gonna be processing the latest batch



- of counterfeit bills.



- HICKS: It'll give us an opportunity

to finally catch Nazarian red

-handed.

Get

-together's at

an out

-of

-business restaurant.

Patrol will coordinate the perimeter,

20

-Squad will handle the raid.

Roger that.

Sergeant?



Major Crimes has invested a

lot in developing Arkun's cover.

Want to keep it intact,

use him for a future operation.

It's simple enough.

We will arrest your guy

alongside Nazarian and the others,

we'll make it look like he got

swept up in the raid.

Goes without saying,

Detective Arkun is my guy,

my responsibility.

Yeah, getting him out safely

is SWAT's top priority.

Major Crimes

is expecting nine guys total,

including Nazarian and their undercover.

All right. Remember,

we're putting on a show.

You find Detective Arkun, you

cuff him, just like the rest,

but you ID him over the radio

as "bogey in custody"

so we know he's safe.

Let's go.

26

-David approaching the restaurant.

Front window's obscured.

POWELL: They've got cameras.

Could already see us coming.

30

-David approaching the back.

We got a camera here, too.

We need to be quick.

DEACON: Breach on my count. Three.

Two, one.

LAPD. Put your hands up!

On your stomach! Hands out. Now!

LAPD! Don't move!

Alfaro, I got your six.

Going hands on.

Hands behind your back! Now!



- Two suspects in custody.



-

[FLEX

-CUFF TIGHTENS]



- Third suspect in custody.



-

[FLEX

-CUFF TIGHTENS]

LAPD!

Give me your hands.

Fourth suspect in custody.



[METALLIC CLINK]

Show me your hands.



- Hold 'em.



- All right, all right.

On your knees.



- I got him.



-

[CLATTER NEARBY]

I got a runner!



[GRUNTING]

Get on your stomach!

Fifth suspect in custody.

You're a beast, Powell.

DEACON: Sixth suspect in custody.

Get on your knees.

Back is clear.

What's the status up front?



STREET: Front is clear.

That's not right.

There should have been more

than six guys here.

And no one said "bogey."

What do we got?



We did a secondary sweep.

No sign of Detective Arkun or Nazarian.

When's the last time

you had contact with Arkun?



Last night.

Everything was fine.

He understood the plan.

He was certain of his intel.

He should've been here.

Guys, got something. Check this out.

The feed from the

security cameras outside.

This was ten minutes before we arrived.

ROCKER: That's Arkun and Nazarian

leaving the restaurant together.

The third guy is Peter Melkonyan,

Nazarian's right

-hand man.

DEACON: He doesn't look

too trusting of Arkun.

Is there a possibility he's been made?



If he has, they're gonna k*ll

him, if they haven't already.

HICKS: Well, the way I see it, our job

was to bring Arkun home,

so we're not gonna stop

until that job is done.

Crew members 20

-Squad scooped up

are in holding.

So far, nobody's talking.

Commander, I chose Detective Arkun,

for this assignment personally,

and you saw that tape.

If they've realized he's a cop

I understand, Sergeant.

Crime techs just called.

They pulled something interesting

from a trash can

outside of the apartment.

That's Arkun's handwriting.

He left behind a message.

"N." Let's assume that's Nazarian.

"Into more than dollars." Has

your investigation suggested

that Nazarian's into anything

other than counterfeiting?



Well, Arkun had a theory

that Nazarian was branching out,

but I never bought in.

Well, it looks like Arkun

decided to pursue it on his own.

At least that means

he stayed under voluntarily.

So what are you saying?



We leave him under?



No. He's already attracted

the wrong kind of attention.

And when Nazarian hears

about the raid this morning,

his situation's only going to get worse.

His instincts

about Nazarian may be correct,

but I think we need

to pull your detective, ASAP.

I agree, but first, we have to find him.

Well, we've already got a BOLO out

on the vehicle

they left the restaurant in.

Good. Let's coordinate

with patrol and get unis

checking Nazarian's known

properties and hangouts.

The cops raided the restaurant.

Heard on the way over.

Fortunately, we were already gone.

Alex's intuition paid off.

Just saw a cop car parked

in a weird spot, that's all.

They shouldn't have known

about the restaurant.

Somebody's talking.



- And I think it's him.



- Whoa, whoa.

I got us away

from the cops this morning.

We bring him in for real

on the counterfeiting,

and the police bust us.

That's no coincidence.

Or maybe your spot wasn't

as secure as you thought.

We'd all be in lock

-up

right now if not for Alex.



- Oh?





- Come on.



- Where is the truck?





- Outside.

Needs to be unloaded.

Go get it done.

I'm telling you, we have a leak!

I don't disagree.

Someone is talking.

Until we find out who,

no one leaves alone.

I'm with you, Nazarian.



- I swear.



- NAZARIAN: Then prove it.

Give Peter your phone and

your g*n, let him do his work.



[SCOFFS]



[KNOCKING]

Nothing from the BOLO yet.

I had Major Crimes send over

their full file on the Armenian mob.

Their investigation focused

on the counterfeiting,

so, it's possible they collected a hint

of what Nazarian was expanding

into without knowing it.

Yeah, could help us locate where

Nazarian took Detective Arkun.

Street and Powell are

going through it right now.



- HICKS: All right, good.



- Commander.

Sorry to interrupt your busy day.

Edward. I figured the union would be



- sending you over to see Tan.



- Yeah.

The inspector general told me

she'd be making a recommendation

about the incident.

Well, she still hasn't

finalized her decision,

but I asked Mr. Yannick to join us



- so I could tell you all at once.



- Mm

-hmm.

The I.G. is leaning toward

a heavier punishment for Tan



- than what SWAT laid out.



- What?



How much heavier?



Two weeks suspension without pay.

Okay, wait a minute.

This is Tan's first

and only conduct issue.

He's been on SWAT for eight

years, he was Vice before that.

Not one black mark in his file.

YANNICK: This isn't about Tan.

This is about City Hall

sending a statement.

They've got an image problem

right on the heels

of those two Hollenbeck officers

that got into trouble last month.

Yeah, brawling in a parking lot

after a basketball game.

Press had a field day with it.

So Tan's getting swept up

into LAPD's damage control.

Brass comes down hard on him,

they mitigate some of

their bad PR for the department.

You said the I.G. is leaning

toward a heavier punishment.

We're meeting again this afternoon

to finalize a recommendation.

Nichelle, you know Tan.

You know this was

a one

-off stupid mistake.

You have to convince

the inspector general

to leave the politics out of it.

HONDO: We know this is a lot to ask,

and that the personal side of

this is probably causing trouble

for you as it is.

It's not that.

I believe in the recommendation

we're discussing.

I think Tan should be suspended.

Just wanted to give you a heads

-up.

Hey.

I can't believe you're supporting this.

The panel talked about Tan all morning.

We went over all the statements,

all the reports, and yes, we did talk

about those Hollenbeck officers,

and maybe that influenced

some of the other auditors

I don't know but for me,

this is about what Tan did.

Nichelle, two weeks seems like

nothing, but a suspension

It'll affect the rest of his career.

It'll make getting promotions

harder to achieve.



- He will stall out.



- I didn't agree lightly,

Hondo, but I do agree.

And I knew this might upset you.

That's part of why I came over

here to talk in person.

Look, Hondo, you're allowed to have

complicated feelings about this.

Tan is your teammate.

You know him better than anyone.

All right, just give me a chance

to figure out

what's going on with my boy.

Right now, I don't understand

his behavior.

I don't know what I'm missing,

but give me a chance.

I'll see if I can buy you some time.



[SIGHS]

Man, everything Major Crimes collected

is about counterfeiting. Nothing points

to what Nazarian's new

business might be.

Guess I'm gonna lose five bucks.

Alfaro bet me that the unis

searching Nazarian's properties

would get results faster than

you and me with these records.

Just, uh, don't get caught up

in his games.

Oh, it's just his humor. He's fine.

Actually, Alfaro told me I might

be perfect for Rocker's team.

Too bad there's no open slots

on 50

-Squad.

He told me there's gonna be.

Their P

-II is transferring out.

You see, this is exactly

what I was worried about.

Alfaro might act like he's top dog,

but he does not have

team authority like that.

Hondo and Rocker

would have to go to Hicks,

and that's not happening.

So, you don't think it's a real offer?



What I think is that

he sees me training you,

so he's messing with you

to mess with me.

It's

-it's all nonsense.



- Okay.



- What?





- Nothing.



- Oh, go on, spill.

You remember what it was like

to be the problem child on 20

-Squad,

every compliment followed by a "but."

Of course.

It was just nice to have

a fellow SWAT officer

say, "You're skilled,"



- end of sentence.



- Right.

Unis finished searching

Nazarian's properties and hangouts.

Not even a whiff of him

or Detective Arkun.

Well, then we've officially

hit a dead end.

Not necessarily. We still have

his guys down in holding.

Uh, they're not talking.

No, but I think this guy might.

POWELL: Adam Grigoryan.

According to Sergeant Clark's charts,

he's lowest on the totem pole.

So, he's the least trusted.

He's not gonna know anything.

Maybe he doesn't have to.

Just go with me on this.

According to the file,

Nazarian does not have

a driver's license.

This guy takes him everywhere.

So, he may not know what's

going on, but he'll know where.



- Already told you, I'm not talking.



-

[DOOR CLOSES]

Well, that's a shame. You got no priors,

had no w*apon on you this morning.

STREET: Yeah, the only charge

is counterfeiting, that's a wobbler.

A wobbler?



The D.A. gets to decide

if it's a felony or misdemeanor.

Big difference between doing

some serious hard time

or summary probation.

STREET: You're not even really

one of them.

All you did was drive Nazarian around.

Okay?

You really want to spend

the next decade in prison for that?



We don't even want to know anything

about Nazarian's operation,

or what he does.

You keep that to yourself.

All we want to know is where

you spend your time, Adam.

We've already checked

out Nazarian's properties.

What are we missing?



I just tell you where else we go,

and you'll talk to the D.A. for me?



I got her on speed dial.

Sometimes, we visit

an office building downtown.

And yesterday, we went to a warehouse.

Show us.

Warehouse is up ahead.

All right, Street and Rocker

just finished a walk

-through

of the office building

Grigoryan gave up.

No sign of Nazarian or Arkun.

Then let's hope the warehouse

gets us something.

DISPATCHER

[OVER RADIO]:

Dispatch to 30

-David.



- 30

-David.



- DISPATCHER: 911 operator just received

a medical call from the address

you're headed to.

Male, late

-20s, cardiac

and respiratory distress.

911 call?



No, the warehouse can't be

Nazarian's business spot.

He'd let his men die

before calling the authorities



- to his own door.



- It could be a trap,

but if it's real,

we're the closest unit.

All right, take the med kit.

We go in, but we stay on alert.

30

-David, responding.

All right, Powell, set up a perimeter.



- Wait for the EMTs.



- Roger that.

Two workers, appear unarmed.

All right, clear out, fellas.

Typical shipping equipment.

But these aren't Nazarian's guys.

All right.

LAPD.



- Responding to a 911 call.



-

[GASPS]

He's over here.



- He's having a seizure. Please.



- DEACON: All right.

Hey, what happened?



WORKER: One of the

crates fell from the shelf.

Jesse went to clean it up,

and he started

coughing like crazy.

DEACON: Whoa, whoa,

that's powder residue.

That could be drug exposure.

Everybody out of here now.

Let's go.

He's got blue lips,

difficulty breathing.

Looks like opiates,



- could be fentanyl.



- Come on.

Need to hit him with Narcan.

All right, administering Narcan now.

Is Jesse gonna be okay?



Narcan blocks opiates

in the system, it should help.

It's not working.

Come on, come on, come on. All right.

Administering second dose.

We got here within minutes,

it should be working.

There's no pulse. He's gone.



[SIRENS BLARING]

ALFARO: All right,

everybody, move, move.

EMTs tested, confirmed that

it was an opiate exposure,

but it was not fentanyl.

It's nothing that they've seen before.

Listen, Commander,

whatever it is, it's potent.

We responded quickly.

I

-I gave the poor guy two doses

of Narcan to no effect.

So, we're dealing with

a powerful new mystery drug.



[SCOFFS] Not welcome news.

Any sign of Nazarian or Arkun there?



No, we swept the place. All clear.

Commander, we did talk to the manager.

He said that the

-the crate

that the dr*gs were in

was part of a larger shipment

that got picked up last night.

This one must've got left behind.

All right.

So, this must be the new

business Arkun caught wind of.

Nazarian's branching out

into the L.A. drug scene.

Doing a damn fine job.

He's got crates of a

dangerous unknown opiate,

LAPD officer,

and he's dropped

completely off of our radar.

Damn it.

Talk to me.

Narcotics lab took a look

at the mystery drug they found

at the warehouse.

They ID'd it as isotonitazene,

street name "Iso."

It's a cutting

-edge synthetic opiate.

It's even deadlier than fentanyl.

cr*ck down on one drug, someone

engineers a newer, scarier option.

ROCKER: Got to be what Arkun meant

when he said Nazarian was

into something more dangerous.

But we've been all over

Nazarian for a year.

Never found any trace of dr*gs

or processing equipment

at any of the known warehouses.

Well, he must have a location

you don't know about.

A place to hide dr*gs and Arkun.

Okay, but the problem is, we

have no idea where the Iso went

once it left the warehouse



- and no way to track it.



- Actually, we might.

According to Narcotics,

you need something

called phenylacetic acid

to refine the Iso.

Now, it can be purchased legally,

but, because it's

a controlled substance,

the FDA tracks it.

Well, if we can get

the purchase records for L.A.,

maybe we can ID Nazarian's transaction,

see where it was shipped.

I'll make that call.

That's the last of them.

Hey, hold up.

Stepping out for a smoke.

No one leaves,



- especially not you.



- Okay.

Okay.

Can I have my phone back yet?



I'm not done with it.

ARKUN: You're wasting your time.

You're not gonna find anything on there.

We'll see.

Heard you guys are looking

for a missing undercover.

Yeah, but I realized

I hadn't taken a minute

to see how you're doing.

I feel stupid, but I'm fine.

Tan.

It's really hard for me

to imagine you snapping

just 'cause you had a couple of drinks.

I can feel something's up,

so talk to me.

Your ring's gone.

What?





- Your wedding ring.



- Yeah.

Guess I don't know what to do with it.

Bonnie and I are over.

Over?

What happened?



She cheated on me.

Found out a couple days ago.

I went to the bar because, well,

not taking it so well.

Tan, why didn't you say

anything?

If I had known you

There's nothing you could've done.

Doesn't matter now. It's not

a secret anymore anyway.

Sorry, boss. I need another coffee.

STREET: Hey.

Hicks reached out to the FDA.

Hopefully, there's something

in their purchase records

we can use to find Nazarian's lab.

Great.



- Something else?





- Look, um,

please, just stop messing with Powell.

Uh I'm not.

Well, I mean, you basically

told her she could switch

to Rocker's team,

which we both know isn't true.

Listen, I'm sorry. Maybe I

shouldn't have said anything.

Look, Powell and I have been

working really hard to get her

trained up to be on 20

-Squad.

You're lucky Hicks

didn't hear this little joke.

I mean, he takes team

assignments really seriously.

I know he does because Rocker

told me how big a deal it was

that Hicks approved us

approaching Powell.



- Hicks approved her switching squads?





- Yeah.

I might've jumped the g*n

talking to Powell about it,

but I wasn't making it up.

If Hicks signed off on it, that means

Hondo must've approved the trade, too.

I assume so.

Look, between you and me,

look, I heard she had some problems,

but from what I've seen today,

she's doing great.

Yeah, I thought she was, too.

Heard the FDA got back to us.

Yep. Got a list

of phenylacetic acid purchases

over the last few months.

Doesn't look like Nazarian used

any of his shell companies

or his crew members

to make the purchase.

POWELL: Gorgeous Beauty Supply,

owner is Ellen Ohanyan.

Why is that name familiar?



CLARK: Because you

read it in Major Crimes' files.

She's Nazarian's daughter.

Estranged, for most of her life,

she reached out to Nazarian

after her mother d*ed

a couple months ago.

Is it possible Ellen's involved

in Nazarian's criminal activities?



LAPD had no reason to

suspect Ellen of anything,

and that beauty supply store is real.

Yeah, but maybe that's why

Nazarian used her.

Ellen could purchase the chemicals

he needed without raising any flags.

Where was it delivered?



Wasn't delivered.

FDA says the phenylacetic acid

was claimed

in person from a depot.

So, we still don't know

where Nazarian took the Iso

or Detective Arkun.

DEACON: Yeah, but we now know

about Ellen.

Pull her property records.

It's possible Nazarian's hiding more

behind her name.

Commander.



- Yeah?





- I spoke to Tan.

He's got something personal going on

that fed into what happened last night.

All right. Well, we should call Nichelle

and explain the circumstance.

Maybe she'll change her mind

and get the I.G. to cut Tan a break.

This isn't about

Nichelle or the inspector general.

It's about Tan. I'm worried.

Last night, he snapped

and got in a bar fight.



- Uh

-huh.



- Today, it's like he's completely numb.

Now, what he told me explains

some of it, but I don't know.

Something still ain't right.

Well, he's in a bad place.

Sounds like his marriage is over.

I had no idea they were having trouble.

I guess it was recent.

But what's k*lling me is

he never said a word about it.

Deacon tells me that some of the

team knew something was going on,

but they didn't feel like it was

their place to share,



- and I hate that.



-

[PHONE BUZZING]

I hate that Tan's

been hurting all alone.

That's my guy.

I should've noticed.

Deacon found something. Let's go.

Sergeant Clark went back over

to Major Crimes.

I wanted to look at my notes,

see if there's anything useful

that didn't make it

into Nazarian's file.

He was able to dig up some of

Ellen's records.

What'd you find?



Well, Nazarian's daughter

has her storefront,

condo, plus her mother's

old storage unit

and a house in the Valley.

So, if Nazarian is using

one of her places to hide,

he's got options to choose from.

Yeah, but there's more.

Major Crimes was right,

the beauty shop is legit, but

I took a

harder look at her other financials.

The

-the bank statements, the accounts,

they

-they don't add up.

But looking through past investigations,

it's clear Ellen's been hiding

money for Nazarian for years.

She's the missing piece.

So, Nazarian wasn't using her.

Ellen's up to her neck

in the family business.

Yeah, and now, she's helping Nazarian

expand into the drug trade.

Okay, at one point,

Arkun was working Ellen,

softening her with the thought

of turning her into a C.I.

So, if he doesn't suspect her,

and he gets into a tight spot,

he might look to Ellen

as a potential ally.

All the more reason to find him fast.

Let's narrow this down.

Told you so.

If you haven't found anything by now,

you're not going to.



[SCOFFS]

Nazarian asked me

to look into you, so I am.

At the end of the day, he trusts me.

When I tell Nazarian

something is off with you,

it's game over.

I'm loyal.



[LAUGHS] Yeah, keep practicing that.

It's not gonna save you.



[DOOR OPENS]

Hey, Ellen, you got a second?



For you?

Always.

I'm glad you're here.

Seeing you is basically

the silver lining

to being dragged out here,



- so



- Listen, um,

your father and I are

-are kind of on,

uh, dicey footing right now.

We talked about this. You know

I don't care what my dad thinks.

Hey, don't worry.

Whatever it is, it'll blow over.

Not this time.

Ellen, I'm a cop,

and the net is about to close

on your father,

but I can keep you clear of it,

if you help me.



- You're LAPD?





- Listen to me,

you're not a part of Nazarian's world.

You don't have to

get dragged down with him.



- I don't understand.



- Don't be afraid.

Just tell Peter you need

my help with something.

I can get out of here,

and my boss can get you

into witness protection.

And immunity?



Full immunity.

I will call the D.A. myself to ask.

Okay.

Yeah. Let me go talk to Peter.

Ellen's condo is a loft.

It's not an ideal spot

for Nazarian to refine his Iso.

It's too small.

That still leaves three places

they could've taken Arkun.

The storefront might be too public?



The shop itself, sure,

but there's a whole stockroom

in the back.

Storage unit and the house

are large and private enough.



-

[PHONE BUZZES]



- Hold on, that's my private number.

Give me a second.

Does Nazarian need anything else

to process the Iso?



A furnace, some equipment?



No. It's kitchen chemistry

at this point.

He could do it at any one of

these places.

CLARK: It's Arkun.

But the call's not coming

from his number.

What did you do?



ARKUN: Ellen,

don't do this.

He wanted me to help him.

He said he's a cop.

PETER: I knew it.

HICKS: He must've tried to use Ellen.

His cover's blown.

All right, but he got

his hands on a phone.

Clark, conference us in.

If the line stays open,

we can trace the call.

Don't move.

So, you're LAPD, huh?



Come on.



- Are you linked up yet?





- Almost.

PETER: Can't wait to tell

Nazarian I was right all along.

ARKUN: Get off me. Get off me!

Got the trace.

All right, the cell signal

pinged off that tower,

and that's within range of Ellen's

mother's house in the Valley.

HONDO: That's got to be

where they took him.



- That's Nazarian's hideout.



- Deacon, get over there.

They know he's a cop.

They're gonna k*ll him.

SWAT will never get there in time.

Oh, we have our ways.

PILOT: Okay,

we're about a half klick from the L.Z.

Infrared drone showed

six heat signatures.

One of them should be Arkun.

All right, listen up.

Bird got us here quick,

but we lose the element of surprise,

so keep heads on swivels.

ETA to drop site is one mike.

PILOT: Estimate in 400.

DEACON: Let's get ready to drop!

Just let me k*ll him.

We need to know what information

he passed on to the cops first.

You ready to start talking?



ELLEN: He needed my help

to get away. I mean, the police

can't know he's here, right?



Do they know about the dr*gs?



You are going to tell me.



[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]

Chopper!

How did they find us, huh?



You two, load up what you can.

He is coming with me.



- PILOT: Checking for hazards.



- OFFICER: Prepare the rope!



- PILOT: Okay, looks clear.



- OFFICER: Roger.

OFFICER: We're good back here.

OFFICER 2: Rope line's away.

Ropes are coming down.

Lines in place.

All right, once we're down,

Street, Alfaro, and Powell,

you get inside that house.

Rocker, you and I'll

hook around the front.



- First team ready?





- Ready.

Ready.

We got your backs. Send them.

ROCKER: Got guys coming for us.



[g*nshots]

STREET: We're on the ground.

Suspects have gone back inside.

DEACON: Stand by.



- Second team ready?





- Ready.

Ready. Send them.

Third roper ready.

He's out on the left.

Halfway.



- Copy.



-

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]



- OFFICER: Check.



- DEACON: I'm down!

Helicopter clear.

PILOT: Go, go, go.

Go, go, go, go!

OFFICER: Rope's clear.

Get two.

Two. Powell!



- LAPD! Drop your weapons!



- Drop your weapons!

Drop your w*apon!

Drop it.

One suspect down.

Drop your w*apon.

On your knees. Hands behind your back.

Second suspect in custody.



[g*nsh*t]

Hands behind your back.

Third suspect in custody.



-

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]



- Outside.

LAPD.



- Let's go. Come on.



- Let him go, Nazarian.



- Let him go.



- No!

Don't move.

Hands behind your head.

Nazarian's getting away in a

black SUV. He's still got Arkun.

STREET: Nazarian's heading for the gate.

Rocker!

On your knees now.

30

-David, we're on him.



[TRUCK ENGINE STARTS]



[TIRES SCREECH]

Nazarian's not an experienced driver,

and this is a narrow road.



[HORN HONKING]

DEACON: Hang on.

We need a little more.

Gaining.



[GRUNTS]

Show me your hands.

Out of the car.



- You okay, Detective?





-

[GRUNTS] Yeah.

On your knees. Now. It's over, Nazarian.



- Very glad to see you guys.



- Right back at you.

50

-David to Command,

we have Arkun, safe and sound.

30

-David. We are Code Four.



[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

LAFD swept the house,

found Nazarian's stockpile of Iso.

Looks like we're gonna be

able to recover all of it.

All right.

And Ellen Ohanyan, she's

offering to testify against her father.

For my money, Ellen blew her chance

when she ratted out Arkun,

but the D.A. can sort that out.

Detective Arkun.

Sergeant Clark's on his way.

I'm glad to see we're gonna be

able to hand you back to him



- in one piece.



- Barely.

[CHUCKLES]

Seriously, SWAT's the reason

I'm alive right now.

Hey, you are the one

that put it all on the line.

LAPD's gonna finally

be able to close the book

on Nazarian's full operation

because of your good work.

Congratulations, Detective.

Well, I'm gonna go, uh, get patched up.

Take care.

Well, I got to say,

I expected at least

half a dozen wisecracks

from Rocker about

50

-Squad's superiority, but



- he's not so bad.



- Nah, he'll do in a pinch.

Today was about coming together.

Hey, Hondo.

I know it's been a day,

but I got to talk to you.

What's up?



Alfaro said that

you and Rocker got permission

to trade Powell to 50

-Squad.

Do you think that

-that I've failed

with her?



Okay, hold up, Street. No one said that.

None of this was supposed

to be public knowledge.

I was gonna talk to you this morning.



- But then Tan's thing happened.



- Yeah, yeah, it sure did.

But you still shouldn't have

heard it from someone else.



- That's on me.



- So, I

-I don't understand.

Are you trying to get rid of Powell?



No. Look, you've helped

Powell hone her instincts,

curb that attitude.

We haven't had a problem

with her in months.

So, why approve the trade offer?



Powell had a rough start

with us, to say the least,

but I've been watching her lately,

and it just made me wonder

if she might not appreciate

a fresh start with another team.

I don't want to force her out.

I want to give her the option.

She wants to be on 20

-Squad.

All right, listen to me.

The hardest part of being

someone else's mentor,

is getting to that moment

when you realize

that you got to step back

and let them decide.



[SIGHS]

Way back when, I was terrified

to let you pick your own path.

I thought that if I didn't guide

every little decision,

that you would pick wrong.

I mean, I did. I left the team.

Was it wrong?



You came back stronger

and more dialed in.

I stopped hovering,

and look at you now.

I hear you.

I just really don't want her

to trade out.

Her choice to make.

Tan?



I didn't finish filing everything,

but I'll get back to it tomorrow.

What's going on?



Tan, your employment status

has been taken out of SWAT's hands.

HICKS: The inspector general

made a tougher recommendation

to the brass.

Chief called me five minutes ago

and confirmed it.

You've been suspended.

YANNICK: It's just for two weeks,

but if you want to appeal

the decision

It's fine. Anything else?



You're gonna need to surrender

your service w*apon.

And your badge.

I'll see you soon, Officer.

If you need anything

No, sir. I'll get my head on straight.

You don't need to worry.



- Hey.



- Hey.

Listen, uh, about Alfaro

Oh. I should've known

he was blowing smoke.

As it turns out,

he wasn't.

Yeah, I, uh, just talked to Hondo, and

there is going to be

an open slot on 50

-Squad,

and it's yours, if you want it.



- Wow. It's real?





- Yeah, it's real.



- Huh.



- Hey,

before you make any decisions



[SIGHS]

just know that everyone on 20

-Squad

knows that you are

an amazing SWAT officer,

no caveats attached.

Street, you, uh

you do push me to be better. I get that.

Well, good, 'cause

that's not gonna change,

no matter what, even if you do

switch to Rocker's team.

Of course, that's gonna make

the inter

-squad relay

really complicated

considering I'm gonna be

trying to sabotage you and cheer you on,

but whatever.

We'll make it work.

Because you're my friend,

and I support whatever you choose. Cool?



Cool.

I know what I want.

Well, I mean, I

-I think

you have a little time.

You don't have to rush it or anything.

No, I don't need time.

I'm staying on 20

-Squad.

I came in with some baggage,

and I'm still getting over it, but

you guys make me feel like

I'm up for the challenge.

No matter how hard you make it.



- I'll see you tomorrow.



- See you tomorrow.

Hey.

Come on in.

Boss, I understand why I'm suspended.

I'm not fighting it.

Maybe it'll be good for me.

I'm gonna take the time,

and think everything over.

I didn't invite you over here,

for a lecture.

We just thought you might like

some dinner and some company.

You not coming in to HQ doesn't mean

we're not here for whatever

you might need.

And if that's just spaghetti

and mindless gossip,

we can do that.

We started a sewing circle

at the community center,

and the drama in the over

-70 set

is real.

[CHUCKLES]

The end was pretty sudden,

but, um, looking back,

Bonnie and I haven't been good

for a while.

I didn't know how to tell anyone, or

maybe I didn't want to 'cause

if I didn't say anything,

I didn't have to admit that I failed.



- Oh, Tan, honey.



- Hey, hey, listen to me,

you did not fail.

Okay, but, um, I'm not

supposed to be like this.

I'm not the person that you

got to worry about.

My

-my dad got sick,

I

-I'm the brother who stuck around.

When

-when Buck left and Street came,

and everything was chaos,

I'm the person no one

had to check in on.

I

-I handle things. I

-I have it together.

Okay, I need you

to understand something.

No one expects you to be perfect.

Okay, we take our turns falling apart,

but then we lean on each other

when our own road gets tough, that's it.

I can do that.

Just

Maybe starting with some

of that spaghetti?

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

- I thought you'd never ask.

You are my team, Tan.

That means you're family.

I don't want you to ever feel alone,

all right?

Come on. Let's get some grub.