01x01 - Chloe

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Alert: Missing Persons Unit". Aired: January 8, 2023 – present.*
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Jason and Nikki investigate cases for the Philadelphia Police Department's Missing Persons Unit while also trying to find out the truth about their missing son.
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01x01 - Chloe

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[tense music playing]

Tell her it's gonna be okay.

Is it gonna be okay?

Yeah, Beck can defuse
these bombs in his sleep.

Yeah, well, Beck's dead, so...

Without Beck, we're gonna have
to figure out a different way

to get her off this IED.

There is no other way, man.

If we try,
we're gonna die with her.

[sighing]

Where are you going?

[clattering]

[grunts]

All right,
she's gonna step off,

and you slide this bag
on top of the IED.

No! No! Terrible idea.

- Do you have a better idea?
- Yeah, running comes to mind.

Just do it, tell her.

Echo One, we're gonna need
about five minutes.

[man on radio]
You've got two,

or I'm leaving
your asses behind.


Okay, man, we gotta go.

This thing was put here
to k*ll us, not her.

Okay? She's only sitting on it

because we
chased her down the hall.

No, she's on it because
her father's the devil.

Or... you know, was.

Look, we came here
to k*ll him, not his kid.

I got a son, about your age.

His name is Keith.

See this bracelet?

It's a good-luck bracelet.

Every single time I'm scared,

I touch it and
good things happen.

You want to give it a try?

[man translates
to other language]

[Jason] Good.

We're good now,
I promise. Okay?

All right, we're gonna do this.
You should go.

Yeah, so should you.

You got about 90 seconds,
he's not gonna wait for you.

Hey, hey...

The gold goes on,
you get off. Okay?

Nice and easy.

[tense music playing]

- That's good. Yeah.
- [sobbing]

[breathing deeply]

Yeah.

Good.

Really good.

Good. Great.

[relieved laughter]

We're good.

- [beeping]
- Go. Go!

Go, go, go, go!

[beeping speeds up]

Go, go, go, go! Let's go!

[dramatic music playing]

[cheering]

Okay. Settle down.

Hey! Quiet down!

Quiet down!

To those we've lost,

may they rest in peace.

To the dearly departed
Mr. Abbas,

may he rest in hell!

[cheering]

As you all know,

everyone's favorite
private contractor

is leaving us tomorrow.

- [all cheering] Jason! Jason!
- Come on, let's go!

On behalf of all of us
in Delta company,

we all feel a lot safer...

...knowing you're going home!

[laughter, cheering]

[phone ringing]

Hey, baby.

Keith is gone.

Baby, I can't hear you,
you gotta speak up,

there's animals everywhere.

Our son is missing.

What do you mean
he's missing, baby?

- Hey, hey, hey.
- He's not...

What about Rud's,
what about Dru's house?


- Did you call them?
- No!

Nikki, I can't hear you.
Hey! Hey, hey, hey.

Come on, come on.

- [turns off music.]
- [disappointed groans]

- [man] No, I know.
- Nikki, Nikki, listen to me.

He's got to be somewhere.

They said that's
he's been taken.

Who's "they"?

[voice breaks] The MPU.

The MPU...

You spoke to
the Missing Persons Unit.

What did they say?

They said that
he's been abducted.

I'm gonna be home in 16 hours

and I'm gonna find him
myself, okay?

I promise you,
we will figure this out,

we will get to the bottom
of this. I love you. All right?

I love you too.

[heavy music playing]

[sighs]

Hey, baby. Come here.

It's okay. It's okay.

We're gonna find him.

[sobbing]

[theme music playing]

Hey, Nik. Oh.

I have something.
I was...

I was working security detail
for Selena last night.

- Mmm-hmm.
- I go backstage

and I find this pizza.

I love pizza for breakfast.

It's you letting yourself in
that... not so much.

Anyway, it has black licorice
and egg yolk,

which I know sounds insane...

Did you forget something?

Are you vegan again?
No cheese for you?

It's not the pizza, Jay, okay?

I love pizza,
I think the pizza is amazing.

- I'm glad that you
brought the pizza.
- Mmm-hmm.

It's just that I wish
that you would've also brought

- the divorce papers.
- Oh, I think
if you try the pizza,

you might not be
in such a rush.

We have been separated
for three years,

I have been with Mike
for two, okay?

You and June run a private
security service.

You have been to at least
three fertility clinics,

trying to have a baby.

I wouldn't call that a rush.

So no, on the pizza?

[sighs]

Okay.

Okay, we can just sign
the papers.

Thank you.

Look, I know we have
to do this,

I just... it feels... strange.

I feel like I wish we could
do it more in
the old-fashioned way

and be mad at each other,
like you cheated on me or...

At least, stole money
and hid it somewhere

- or something
to make me hate you.
- [amber alert blaring]

Oh, I have to go.

I have to go.

I don't understand
how you do that, Nik.

I don't understand how you
search for other people's kids

when we never found ours.

Some marriages could survive
that type of loss.

I'm sorry ours couldn't.

Keith would be 17 next week.

Yeah. Hey.

- [sighs]
- You look terrible.

Maybe it's the pizza.

I don't think it's the pizza.

[soft music playing]

I love you.

I love you too.

[signs papers]

[amber alert blaring]

[Mike] Her name
is Chloe Garber.


Witnesses say there were
two men, mid-thirties,


heavily armed, wide,
in a black van.


Good news is, the alert went on

nine minutes after
she was taken.

- Which was 32 minutes ago.
- Yeah.

And the average traffic
at this time of day
is 20 miles an hour.

That gives us a search area
of 314 square miles.

I guess I meant
there was no good news.

Where are we on the van?

It was reported stolen
two days ago.

We questioned
the registered owner,
and his alibi checks out.

- The public?
- So far, we have
seven false leads,

three selfies
and a dozen crank calls.

Like I said,
the news is terrible.

Please tell me they didn't
toss the girl's cell?

Before they'd go on the block.

[Nikki] Smart, masked,
carrying semi-automatics.

A dozen kids to pick from and
they picked Chloe. Why?

- Kemi, anything
on the dark web?
- Nothing yet.

Kem, I love you,
but we don't
have time for that.

Sure, if facts were
all that would find Chloe.

But... as I believe,

finding her is equal parts
faith and fact.

Hence my praying
is time well spent.

Preach.

I know you're a skeptic, Mike,
but I love you anyway.

Police work hasn't brought
Keith back.

All I have is faith. Come on.

[speaks other language]

[Nikki] I... I understand that
this all can be traumatizing.

And it's impossible
not to think the worst.

But I want you to know...

We get our babies back.
It's what we do.

If you can fill in
some blanks for us,

you know, concerns
you might have about adults
in Chloe's life.

You know, things she might have
said about coaches, teachers?

There wasn't anything.

Everything was perfect.

Hannah was on her way
to pick her up.

And there was traffic,
so she was late.

- This isn't my fault.
- No, that's not what I meant.

My job isn't why
this happened.

Roger, honey, what do you do?

I... I work
for Brewster Aerospace,
I'm in sales.

Do you have any reason
to believe why anyone
would want to target her?

No, of course not.
She's a normal
nine-year-old girl.

I want to see it, the video.

That's natural,
but trust me,

there is nothing on it
other than heartache.

I want to see it.
I want to see
what happened to my baby.

Okay.

[sighing]

[clears throat]

There was an accident.

[stutters]

It was a fender bender,
it was...

It was nothing.

But it's why I was too late.

No, you weren't too late.

In fact, I meant what I said.

We get our babies back
and we're gonna get yours.

I've got a sighting.
Two women called it in.

I sent you a photo they took.

It's at the Lincoln Motel.

Do you have an address?

No! No, no, no, no.
Put the phone down.

This girl, what room is she in?

- Uh, 415.
- Which way?

[tense music playing]

[kid screaming]

No, let me go!

We're not gonna make it
down in time.

Not using the stairs.

What? No, no, no, no.
Bad idea!

[grunting]

- [screaming]
- [engine revving]

[indistinct yelling]

[tires screeching]

Hands out of the window!

Show me your hands!

I'm not asking again.

Get the door. Out!

All right, on the ground.

Hey, baby girl.

[breathing shakily]

I'm Nikki.

Come here.

You're a very brave girl.

You say on your questionnaire
that you have a daughter.

I do. Yeah, Sidney.

And she's adopted.

Yeah. But not because we
couldn't have kids of our own.

My ex and I figured
that there were a lot of
unwanted children out there,

so adoption was
the right thing to do.

- That's wonderful.
- Yeah.

Now, she'll have a sibling.

Again, yeah, we also adopted
a boy named Keith.

He... hum, he passed.

I'm so sorry.

No, no, it's okay, don't be.
This is my stop, huh?

Yeah.

Okay, so once we have
a semen sample,

we can determine whether
you have a low sperm count,

which could explain
why your sperm hasn't been able

to fertilize
your partner's egg.

In the collection room.

[phone vibrating]

[beeps]

Hey, butter, what's happening?

- Oh, hey, Dad, what's up?
- Nothing, just busy.

Busy doing nothing?

- Everything okay?
- Oh, yeah, I just wanted

to let you know that Tess is
having a kickback later tonight


and I was gonna go after school
and I'll just get a ride home
when it's done.


Okay. Have fun.
Not too much fun, though.

Is there such a thing?

For my daughter, yeah, absolutely.

Okay, I gotta go. Love you.
Have fun doing nothing.


[phone disconnects]

[phone vibrating]

[beeps]

[tense music playing]

[Mike] Hey, Chloe's being
checked out by the EMTs.


Kemi's gonna question
the kidnapper.


[Nikki] I need to call
Chloe's parents.

Yeah, hey, woah,
it's already done.

Can we talk for a second?

That swan dive,
are you out of your mind?

Okay, I jumped,
it was nothing.

Well, whatever it was,
when you did it...

I was sure that I was never
gonna see you again.

And in my life, I have never
hated somebody so much.

And when you splashed down,
I realized why.

Mike, what are you doing?

Do you remember the kiss cam?

At that Phillies game?

That white guy with no rhythm.

No, no, no way.

[sings off-key]

[throat clearing]
Oh.

♪ Let's stay together ♪

♪ I'm lovin' you whether ♪

♪ Whether times are good
or bad, happy or sad ♪


[Nikki laughing]
Oh, my God.

Is there any chance
you'll marry me?

Don't worry,
I cleared it with HR.

[laughs]

Is that a yes?

That's a yes.

[applause, cheering]

You guys, I'm really,
really sorry to interrupt.

Oh, come on! Jay, man,
that's not really
the best time, man.

I understand and I wouldn't
do it unless I had to.
It's important.

- Whatever it is, it can wait.
- No, it can't wait, actually.

- Go, go, go.
- Thank you, sorry.

Is it about Sidney?
Because she told me

that she called you
and you were acting weird.

It's not about Sidney.
It's about Keith.

Keith?

What about Keith?

He's alive, Nik.

[melancholic music playing]

[Nikki] I became the head
of the Missing Persons Unit


to find one person.
Our son.


And if this was our son,

I'd move Heaven and Earth
to find him.


But his eyes...

I don't recognize his eyes.

No, don't... Forget the eyes.

The scar, that's the tell.
When Casey poured
the coffee on him.

Yeah, I remember
how he got it.

I remember
everything about him, including...

His eyes.

You're scared. I understand,
I'm scared too.

I'm not scared.
Jay, I am terrified.

I have been down
this road before.

And I know where it ends.

You don't, 'cause you quit
the force and moved on.

I quit being a cop, okay?
I didn't move on.

All right? And I didn't
get engaged. Congratulations.

I like Mike, Mike is great.
You could have done worse.

You did do worse. Me.
I was worse.

[sniffling]
Well, you and June

are trying to have a baby.

Isn't... replacing Keith
the definition of moving on?

I'm hopeful, Nik.

For the first time
in a long time, I'm hopeful

and I thought this photo would
do the same thing for you.

I want to show you something.

[elevator dings]

So what, working
with the dead, you actually
have to work in a tomb?

C does spatial reconstruction
from human remains.

[Jason]
I didn't know Dr. Jekyll
was on the payroll.

- [Nikki whispers] Stop.
- [beeps]

Hey. C...

Captain Batista.

This is Jason. He's my ex.
How you doin'?

I wanted to show him
the age-progression
photos of Keith.

Yeah.

There.

I texted you
a proof of life photo,
can you pull it up?

That's him. That is him.

C, what do you think?

Oh, I...
[nervous laughter]

Do you think it's Keith?

I think I've seen matches
that are... closer.

Chloe checked out,
she's ready to go home.

- Hi, Jay.
- Hey, Kemi.

Kemi does background identification.

Maybe she can narrow down
where this photo was taken.

You heard C.
He does this for a living.

I heard it was inconclusive.

Inconclusive means
that it could be Keith.

Is that not worth digging into
just a little bit?

I'm gonna go take Chloe home.

And Kemi here is going
to question our suspect.

- Wait.
- Okay, fine.

Text her the photo.

But please, do not get
your hopes up.

Okay.

- Nice to meet you.
- It's more of a crypt,

actually, than a tomb.

- So you heard.
- Yeah, people like you
can't help it, so...

"People like me"?

Huh, pre-disabled.

Well, I'm uncomfortable.

[chuckling]

Will I turn into Mr. Hyde?

[Mike] There's something
we're not seeing here.


We could really use your help.

This is the guy
that took the girl?

Yup. Hasn't said a word.

Oh, you should try
singing to him.

A little of your Al Green,
he might cop to k*lling Tupac.

Or maybe he would say yes
to marrying me.

- She did.
- Yes, she did.

- [laughter]
- Can I look
at the evidence log?

♪ Whatever you want to do ♪

♪ Is all right with me ♪

Okay... Such an idiot.

Yeah, Nikki told me
about Keith's photo.

You were right for having Kemi
take a look.

This guy had Uzis,

passports with RFID chips.

He's a... He's a player, huh.

There's a wall
of photos in my office
with all the people we find.

And there's a hole there
for Keith.

He was my case,
my responsibility.

And I pray that hole's
about to be filled.

Hey.

You're not supposed
to be here.

Do you...

Do you know what this is,
right here?

You behaving badly?

No, that is the sign
of the Triumphant.

It's a t*rror1st group
operating at Ubari region
in Libya.

Why are you here?

And the kidnapping failed,
so you might as well tell us.

I failed.

But the kidnapping
will succeed.

- Hey, where's Nikki?
- What's going on?

Nikki and the girl,
where are they?

[tense music playing]

- [woman] Hello?
- Special delivery.

Mom, it's me!

Oh, my God.
I'm buzzing you in.


- We're 1129.
- Hey!

What's this?

I won it at my last meet.

I finished third
in the backstroke.

Wow! You must be really good.

Well, last week,
I got my green cap.

Mom always says,

"You should do something nice

for people who do something
nice for you."

The pin might
open up sometimes,
so just be careful.

Okay, well,
I promise, I...

I'll be super careful.

Oh. Thanks.

[giggling]

What floor?

I live on 11th.

[man] 11th? My lucky number.

[man 2] I got it.

[beeps]

Everything's gonna be fine.

- Okay? I promise.
- What is?

Nothing's gonna happen to you.

[grunting]

[screaming]

[dramatic music playing]

- [grunting]
- [elevator dings]

Chloe!

[grunting]

You're not going anywhere.

No. You are.

- [g*nsh*t]
- [grunts]

[grunting]

[elevator dings]

- Chloe.
- What happened?

Where is Chloe?

Where's our daughter?

- [man] You lost our child!
- [Mike] Nobody
"lost" your daughter.

She was taken
in a coordinated as*ault.

You told us you would
get our baby back.

- You said that's...
- And you told us that Chloe

was a normal
nine-year-old girl.

What happened today
is anything but normal.

We will get your baby back.
Okay? But only if you help.

What are you guys
not telling us?

Just... There's nothing.

Chloe's pin.

Yes.

She gave it to me.

To thank me for getting her.

She's a very kind person.

You should be
very proud of her.

[sniffles]

- Tell them. Or I will.
- There's nothing to tell.

My husband is to blame
for Chloe being taken.

His job is to blame.

Hannah, you don't know that.

Chloe gave me that pin
because she trusted me.

You should too.

Roger does work
for Brewster Aerospace.

- Hannah...
- But Brewster is
a front company.

For the CIA.

What is it that you do?

I... I can't tell you that.
It's classified.

I respect that.

But if you ever want to see
your daughter again...

...you better declassify it.

Hey. You all right?

Yeah. I will be.
As soon as we find Chloe.

What about Kemi?
Anything about Keith?

No, not yet.

For now, I need your expertise
on the Garber case.

It's more in your world
than ours.

Right.

Okay, um, I heard that
he's CIA.

And she blames him
for what happened.

Something you never did to me.

[sighs]
Because it wasn't
your fault, Nik.

Okay? We agreed I'd go
to Afghanistan for a year.

I stayed for two.
If anyone's to blame, it's me.

Maybe... Maybe had I
come home earlier,

what happened
wouldn't have happened.

How can you want
another child?

I don't.

I thought that you and June
were trying to get pregnant.

No, she's... she's trying
to get pregnant.

I'm doing
everything in my power

to prevent her
from getting pregnant.

Now, I'm confused.

- I fake it.
- That is not true.

I know. I'm the worst. Okay?

And June has been insanely
patient. Insanely patient.

I mean, she's been waiting
years for me to heal.

I meant, that is not true
that you fake it.

Although, yeah,
you are the worst.

Because you think
only women can fake it.

Only women do fake it.

Only women can fake it.

Right. 'Cause you think
a woman would know
if a guy did.

[laughing]

You think that June
doesn't know?

I think that if she did know,
she wouldn't be sending me

to fertility clinics to try to
find out what's wrong with me.

Which, by the way,
is why I was acting strange

when Sidney called and told me
she was going to Tess's.

Wait. She didn't tell me
she was going to Tess's.

Okay. Maybe I got it wrong.

Okay. Maybe I got it wrong,
all right?

I'm sorry, I was busy trying
to produce a sample

for a doctor who can't figure
out why I'm sh**ting blanks.

Why in God's name
are you doing this?

I told you why I'm doing it.
Because I haven't moved on.

I can't move on.
And by the way,

how do I explain that
to somebody?

How do I tell somebody that?

That after six years,
I'm still stuck.

You tell them the truth.

I know, I'm terrible.
I'm terrible.

I keep telling myself
I'm not gonna do it,

and then, I think
about Keith and I do it again.
Every single time.

Anyway, the case.
How can I help?

It's not just this case. Okay?

Between defund the police,
the ACAB, and officer-involved
sh**t,

we have lost a lot of people.

Mike knows
you were a great cop,

and he thinks
we should hire you.

Is that right?
Your... [stutters]

Your next husband wants you
to hire your ex-husband?

Wants to, no.

Is displaying crazy confidence

in pushing for what
we need, yeah.

Don't worry.
I told him you wouldn't do it.

But he insisted that I ask.

I know where
the photo was taken.

That is a hotel room in Vegas.

Vegas? How do you know that?

What do you see
that we don't see?

The topography.

Okay, those are juniper trees
and pinyon pine.

Biodiversity specific
to the Mojave zone.

Based on the shadows,
the photo was taken
looking west.

So those are
eastern facing peaks

in a mountain range
in the Mojave.

A quick search on Peakview

indicates that
this is Charleston Peak,

located 35 miles northwest
of Vegas

and clearly visible
from the Strip.

- [Jason] Are you
saying that Keith...
- Or whoever that boy is...

...is in a hotel
on the Vegas strip?

Not a hotel.

The Blue Paradise Hotel.

Okay. Um, next to Charleston
is Griffith.

Two peaks.
Two data points.

Two angles based on
where the photo was taken.

Using Cartesian coordinates,
named for Rene Descartes,

a lover of mine
in a previous life,

gives us a just axis,
a coordinate axis,

and this...
The point where they meet.

The longitude,
latitude and altitude.

You know what floor he's on?

I am way better than that.

I know what room he's in.

Police!

All clear.

- We got nothing, cap.
- All right, everybody out.

Let's clear out. Now.

[phone ringing]

Hello.

[distorted voice] One million.
By close of business.


Okay. Keith... Can I just
speak to Keith, please?

Instructions are being sent.

Okay, that's fine.
Just put him on the ph...

I just need to make sure
he's okay.

One million. Or you'll never
see your son again.


Hello?

[dramatic music playing]

[soft music playing]

[clears throat]

- [Nikki] We're getting played.
- [Jason] By whom? Why?

- One million reasons why.
- We walk into a room.

A burner rings just for us.

Whoever's doing this
is not playing.

One million.

Sent to an untraceable account.

As opposed to a traceable one?

Nik, you keep looking for
reasons not to invest in this.

And you keep ignoring
the reasons why we should.

A photo from Vegas
when we're in Philadelphia.

No simultaneous exchange.

No instructions
where to get Keith.

- No guarantees at all.
- That's right.

Just one guarantee.
Just one, that if we
don't invest in this,

if we don't try, we're throwing
away our best chance
to get Keith back.

After six years,

there is no best chance.

Only hope and prayer.

So what? We just do nothing?

We'll do everything
we possibly can.

Like what?

Hope and pray.

That's not good enough.
It's not good enough.

- It's not good enough!
- Okay. I know! I know!

- It's all we have.
- [knocking on door]

The Garbers are here.

If you're interested, I had HR
send you the paperwork to sign.

Okay? I'm bringing you in
on the case.

Oh, so not the other ones.
I've been demoted already or?

We need help, not headaches.
And right now,
you're giving me a migraine.

Six years ago,
the Triumphant

took over the Ubari Region
in Libya.

And CENTCOM drew a plan
to drive them out

and tasked the Agency with
carrying out drone strikes.

My job was to select
the targets.

Who to k*ll.

We're gonna need a list
of every target.

And the casualties.

O-okay, see,
if I give you that,

then they're gonna know
that it came from me.

I understand
that you are worried,

but your daughter
has to come first.

Because we can't find Chloe
unless you do.

Garber gave us 50 names
the Agency targeted

and another 50 who were
collateral damage.

We factor in the next of kin
who might want revenge,

we're looking at
over 200 names.

Any on our radar?

No. Not ICE,
the Bureau or TSA.

We've gotten every law
enforcement agency involved

except the one
that matters most.

So without the CIA,
we got no background intel,

no dossiers.

In a lot of cases,
we don't even have a photo.

Fun fact.
Soldiers in Afghanistan

could not fire until
fired upon.

Those rules of engagement
didn't apply to me

because I was
a private contractor. Right?

So Delta company took me
on patrols

to sh**t first
and ask questions later.

Okay. Quick question.
How does that help us
find Chloe Garber?

Well, you'd be surprised
to find out

how many friends you can make
when you're crazy enough

to be a human tripwire.

Contractors, soldiers... spies.

Spies. As in CIA spies.

Hmm, that's right.
I gave them 200 names.

They gave me 180 goat herders
and 20 possible t*rrorists.

All right, great. We'll get
BOLOs out on all 20.

- We don't need to.
- No.

The person you're looking for
is definitely in there.

And I know who it is.

Ali Saad.

I saw him at the Garber's.
He's the one who took Chloe.

The strike that Garber ordered
was intended to k*ll Saad.

Instead it k*lled
his 11-year-old son.

If his goal was to k*ll Chloe,
she's already dead.

Who else was k*lled
in the drone strike?

A busload of villagers.
Six children. Four adults.

He's not looking
to k*ll Chloe.

He's looking to take out
a busload of villagers.

I think he's looking
to do more than that.

I mean, he picked her up twice.

He's going for something
bigger than a bus.

We gotta go back
to the kidnapper.

He's not giving us his name.

He's not gonna give us
the target.

No, that's because
he doesn't want us

to stop the att*ck.
But what if...

What if he thinks
it's already been stopped?

Get me every crime scene image
we have at the Garber's.

And every photo
we have on Saad.

What are you guys thinking?

That C better be good
at his job.

[Nikki] Your
age progression software...

Can you alter
any image with it?

- Uh... Well...
- Uh-huh.

Does that answer
your question?

- Pretty good.
- Oh, yes, very good.

[Nikki] Saad is dead.

We got Chloe back.

It's over.

[Jason] Your mission,
it was a public failure.

Everybody knows about it.

Okay? CIA, MI6...

The grapefruits.

See, the grapefruits is
what we called Mossad agents

in Afghanistan, because...

When they got a hold
of the strong silent types,
like you,

they peeled their skin back,
like a... like grapes.

Okay. That's option A.
Option B is a full confession.

You tell us what
you were planning,

where you were planning
to do it.

Uh, lay it out for us,
we'll get you a lawyer,

a plea deal and...
all the grapefruits
you can eat.


together. Perfect target.

- Yeah.
- Call the promoters
from that concert at the Mack.

Explain the situation
and tell them we're on our way.

[rock music playing]

[sirens wailing]

Talk to me, Kemi.

[Kemi] We've got a report
of a missing child


matching Chloe's description.

She's backstage.

[rock music playing
in the distance]

[cheering]

Hey. Hi, baby.
I know you.

- Huh?
- He said I shouldn't move.

He said he'd hurt me if I did.

Issue an evacuation order
and find Saad.

It's a remote detonator.

How long ago
did he leave you here?

Two minutes ago.

He's still in the stadium.

He won't detonate it
until he's gone.

The crowd may buy us some time.

Yeah. Not enough.

Yo, Hollow-man. It's Jay.

Jay. What's going on, man?

I got a situation.

Uh, yeah. Okay.
What kind of situation?

The Abbas bunker type
of situation. I need your help.

You know,
I sell mattresses now.

Listen to me,

I'm sending you a photo
of a remote detonator.

It's a cell phone. Okay?

No, dude. Mattresses.
Pillows. Futons.

This is not what I do anymore.

Beck. Whoever replaced Beck,
send him this photo,

call me back after you speak
to him, please. Okay?

No, Jay. Jay!

Hey.

See this bracelet?

My son, our son,
gave me this bracelet.

It's got good luck in it.

Every time I'm scared,
I touch it
and good things happen.

If you touch it, I promise
nothing bad will happen.

Do you wanna give it a try?

Good. Mama?

Good.

Kemi, I need you
to do something.

It's not by the book.

If it helps find Chloe,

I'm ready to burn the book.
How can I help?

[amber alert blaring]

- [indistinct chatter]
- [amber alerts sounding]

[girl] Hey, that's my phone.

- Move! Get back! Get back!
- [man] Whoa, whoa!

- [people complaining]
- Move! Move!

- [woman]
Wait, is that that guy?
- [man] That's him! That's him!

That's that guy!

What's up, man?

Uh, so Beck's replacement
says the ringer on the phone

has been disconnected

and the wires attached
to the blasting cap.


So that's three wires,
you know.

I mean, if any of them
are still attached

when the phone rings,
then the cap will be set off.

Okay. I see the three wires.
Is that it?

Yeah, that's it.

I mean, as long as there's no
anti-tamper circuit

or a separate capacitor that
actually fires the detonator.

Okay. How do I find
that thing?

The replacement had no idea.
Beck was way better.

But, hey, listen,
you ever need half-off

on a great
memory foam mattress.
I could definitely hook you up.

Great. Thank you.

Jay?

You're gonna cut
all three of these wires.

It'll be okay.
We touched the bracelet. Right?

That's right. That's right.
Keith never let me down.

Go ahead, go ahead.

We got a hit. Level 4.
Aisle 436.

Copy that.

[woman screaming]

[indistinct chatter]

[dramatic music playing]

Saad!

Hey, hey, hey!
Hands where I could see 'em.

You are too late.

Hands up or I will sh**t.

Just one more, baby.

Tell Garber we are even.

An eye for an eye.

A child for a child.

[beeping]

[g*nf*re]

[phone vibrating]

It's like I always say...

We get our babies back.

[beeps disconnected]

[indistinct chatter]

Here.

Oh. Easy. You're okay.

- Chloe! Baby!
- Chloe!

- [officer 1] Stay back.
- [officer 2] Ma'am, please!

Look who's here.

- [indistinct chatter]
- [all laughing in relief]

Well, there's your answer
right there.

That's why I can't invest
in the hunt for Keith.

Because whenever I do,
I start to imagine
that could be us.

When I know it never will be.

[phone vibrating]

Hello?

[sirens wailing]

Dad?

Keith Grant. Where is he?

Is it you?

[Jason] That's him. That's him.

[Nikki] You were right.
It's Keith.

[laughing]

Oh, my baby!

It's you, buddy!

You're hurt. You're hurt!

So big, you're taller than me.

- You okay, baby?
- I'm fine. I'm fine.

You're cut, you're bruised.

There was a ransom,
we weren't able to do anything.

So the guy, your
kidnapper guy, where is he?
I want to find him.

I know, I know...

We have to talk about
what happened.

But right now, do you think
we could maybe just go home?

You are skin and bone.
Didn't anybody feed you?

None of your
blueberry pancakes.

You remembered.

Remember?
[laughing]

How could I forget?

I recognize his eyes.

Yeah. We're going home. Okay?

- It's over. All right?
- Yeah. Let's go home.

- Let's go home.
- I told you.

You told me what?
What'd you tell me?

[Keith] I told the bracelet's
good luck.

Right. Could we get out
of here, please?

Can we leave?

[Nikki]
Hey, Sidney, we're back!

[laughing]

[dog barking]

Hey, shh!

Hey.

Sorry. She doesn't
recognize you.

But I do.
I know who you are.

Sidney, am I glad
to see you!

I never thought
I'd see you again.

But here you are.

- It's a miracle.
- [barking]

Sidney. Sidney, can you
take this barking hound
outside, please?

Come on. I'm gonna
get started on the pancakes.

Jay, set the table.

Okay, all right. You all right?

Huh? Come on.

You sit down,
I'll find the forks.

Okay?
Okay.

Hey.

You're never gonna believe
who I'm looking at.

[screaming for joy]

[soft music playing]

♪ Life is sweet
but time is borrowed ♪


♪ All we have is here and now ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ The further I go ♪

♪ The closer I get
to the gold ♪


♪ The less I know ♪

♪ Learning to hold ♪

♪ The good and the bad ♪

♪ And make peace
with them both ♪


[Keith] You have no idea
how happy this makes me.

But it's... how I remember it.

Every picture.

Every trophy and blanket.

Every
Magic: the Gathering card.

All of this.

Thinking about it,
about home.

It kept me alive.

I'm afraid none
of your pajamas will fit.

Yeah, I'll... I'll be fine.

[laughing]
Don't worry.

Hey, hey. Nobody's worried
about anything.

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

- Come on, get out.
- Okay, I'm coming.

[clears throat]

All right.

Just call if you need anything.

Okay. Thank you.

I am so happy for you.

And for Keith.
I can't wait to meet him.

That's right.
You've never met!

This is all so crazy.

Crazy good.
Crazy great!

- It's crazy great!
- [laughing]

Oh. Hey, Jay.

Oh. Thank you.

Thank you, thank you,
thank you so much.

Thank you for everything.
For keeping me sane. For...

For suggesting that Jay
should join the team.


I think it'll be good for us.

Oh. Really?

I thought you said
he wouldn't do it.

I didn't think
he'd want to.

But he does.

- Okay, great.
- [music plays on speakers]

But, and I'm just curious,

when you say that'll be
"good for us", which "us"?

Us us, silly.

All of us.

[chuckles]
Yeah. All of us.

Yeah, I can see that.

So what do you think?

Should I come over tonight?

[Nikki]
You can come over every night.

Any night.
Just... maybe not tonight.


I just... I don't wanna
overwhelm Keith, you know?


No, yeah, yeah. Of course.

No. Keith has to come first.

Keith and your family.

Go.

Celebrate.

Oh, yeah. Trust me. I will!

[line disconnects]

Ah.

I have a genius idea.

[Jason] Oh,
look at this little dude.

[Nikki] Look at that face.

This is Jamaica, right?
Jamaica. I haven't
seen these in so long.

I know. And I haven't looked.

This is... I mean, I did.

I did one time,
but it was too painful.

It's like
the better the memory,
the worse it felt.

It's crazy.
We got more than our son back.

We just got back our past
and our future.

♪ There won't always
be tomorrow ♪


♪ All we have is here and now ♪

♪ Life is sweet
but time is borrowed ♪


♪ All we have is here and now ♪

♪ I read your letters ♪

♪ And I crumble
like the pages ♪


♪ So much I never got to say ♪

♪ All we have is here and now ♪

[knocking on door]

[Nikki] Goodnight, baby.

Love you.

Goodnight, Mom.

Love you, too.

[theme music playing]
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