02x07 - @Kyra

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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02x07 - @Kyra

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Hey, guys! It's Kyra!
Welcome back to my channel.

Don't forget to like and subscribe,

because I upload brand-new
travel and food videos

every single day, and you
don't wanna miss 'em.

Okay, I'm so excited for
our next destination...

Philadelphia!

Are you excited for Philly, Teddy-Boo?

I'm excited to be anywhere with you...

- in case that wasn't obvious.
- [GIGGLES] I love you.

I love you too.

- So... what do you wanna eat?
- Oh, my gosh.

So much. Guys... the
Philly food scene slaps.

We're gonna hit some trendy places,

some must-try street
foods, all good foods,

- regardless of your budget.
- Gonna be hard to top NYC.

True, but I can't wait
to try a Philly pretzel.

I wanna try water ice, of course.

Oh, I cannot stop thinking about
the official Philly cheesesteak.

[TEDDY] Ooh, now you're
making me hungry.

Right? Me too.

I'll be tagging all the places
we visit over on my IG...

"@KruisingWithKyra,"
"Kruising" with a "K,"

so follow me there if
you want all the recs.

[SIGHING] Philly is so beautiful.

You know, this is actually where
my grandma and grandpa met,

so who knows, maybe
this will be the place

- Teddy pops the big question.
- Kyra! Seriously?

Well, our followers love it.

[TEDDY] No. Your followers do.

Every time you mention getting engaged,

I get dragged through the comments.

"Teddy doesn't know what he's got."

"Us waiting not so patiently
for Teddy to put a ring on it."

"Why is she even with him? He's mid."

- It's not funny.
- I'm sorry.

I'm just trying to build
something here for both of us.

I asked you three times
to take down that clip

from the Central Park vlog.

- I looked like an ass that day.
- No, you looked handsome!

It was the only footage
I had of us together.

It's fine. I'll take it down.

[TEDDY] What's the point now?
I mean, it's already got 50,000 views.

Just... start over?

Hey, guys, it's Kyra.
Welcome back to my channel.

Don't forget to like and subscribe,

because I upload brand-new
travel and food videos


every single day, and
you don't wanna miss 'em.


Okay, I'm so excited for
our next destination...


- [TYPING]
- ... Philadelphia!

[RAIN POURING]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

- [STORM RAGING]
- Hi. Provisions.

Are you insane? It's pouring!

I'm good. How are you?

Sorry. Are you insane? It's pouring.

Very cute.

I thought you were
meeting up with that guy

that confessed to the car bombing.

Logan Barlowe, yeah, um,

the road to Frackville
is completely flooded,

so I had to reschedule.

Cheese, crackers, wine...

and candles?

Yeah, just whatever I had at the house.

Whatever you had at the house?

I gotta say, I like where
you're going with this.

Figured you need some
things 'cause of the storm.

Mm-hmm.

So, you, uh... threw your ex-wife's
new man a bachelor party.

How'd that go?

- You don't have to do that.
- Do what?

Well, just make it weird
with your words, you know?

My words are making it weird?

- My words?
- Yeah, your words.

Do you mean my facts?

- Mike is my partner, and, um...
- Mm-hmm.

- ... we had fun. Yeah.
- Great. Nikki have fun at hers?

I don't know. Uh, they were
supposed to do a bar crawl,

but I don't know what happened now

'cause of the weather, you know?

[CALLING OUT] Nik?

There's a body on the bar.

[NIKKI] I'm here.

Looks like a Party City
threw up in here.

Yeah, well, you know...

our, uh... our original
plan got washed out.

You might wanna clean this place
up before Braun catches wind.

Ah, he gave me his blessing.

He even sent up some champagne.

Oh, so he's playing nice for a change?

It's, uh, good you crashed here,
'cause I barely made it in.

Well, maybe... maybe we
got a little carried away.

On a scale of one to "Chocolate City,"

what're we talking?

[CHUCKLES] Oh, I didn't
ask you about your party.

Oh, so it's like that?

Yeah! Bachelorette parties are sacred.

- Girl code.
- Okay, well, then, that's fine.

I'm not telling you what
me and Jay got into.

[NIKKI] Oh. Fine.

[CHUCKLING]

Oh, gross. A coffee?

- Coffee!
- Mm-hmm.

Helen! Wake up!

[GROANING GROGGILY]

Oh, uh...

good morning, Sergeant Sherman.

[THUMPING]

Oh, gosh. Oh...

[MIKE] Hey, uh... you know
we eat off of there, right?

[TEDDY] Help! Help! I need help!

I need to report a missing person.

[TEDDY, ON VIDEO]
Good morning, sunshine.

[KYRA] Oh, stop. Don't film me.
I don't have makeup.


Oh, come on. You're perfect
just the way you are.


Thank you.

So, where do our
adventures take us today?


You look so happy.

How long have you and
Kyra been together?

Two years. We met at a party in college.

Spent the night talking about
places we wanted to see,

movies, music...

I don't know, life.

She's so easy to talk to.

Kyra makes everybody feel special.

- And you two live in a van?
- Yeah. After we graduated,

Kyra had already built
this following online,

posting videos on YouTube, TikTok,

food reviews, travel...
that kind of thing.

So we decided to renovate
the van and hit the road.

Never thought I'd live
in a van, but, uh...

I would live in a dirt hole
if it meant being with her.

And you got to Philadelphia when?

Three days ago.

This morning, I went to get her coffee.

When I got back, she was gone.

The van was gone.

It just... it doesn't make any sense.

Teddy, is there a chance that
Kyra just needed a break?

Maybe you two got into a fight?

- No.
- Are you sure?

I mean, it's tough, living
in such close quarters.

No. We love each other.

I'm telling you,
something happened to her.

Does Kyra know anyone in Philly?

Maybe she went to see them?

No, and I've called her
a thousand times.

She always answers.

Have you reached out to her parents yet?

Her parents passed away junior year.

Her mom d*ed of cancer,

and then her dad passed
away shortly after that.

Kyra said it was of a broken heart.

That sounds like a lot.

She has this hole in her heart
where her parents used to be.

I think it's why she tries so hard
to build a following online...

to fill that... need.

I mean, I tried.

Oh, Teddy, I promise you,

my team and I will do
everything we can. Okay?

You don't understand.
Since her parents d*ed,

she hates being alone, Captain Batista.

It terrifies her.

So she wouldn't just take off like this.

Something bad happened. I know it.

Okay, okay. Why don't you come with me?

We'll find you some dry clothes.
With a storm this bad,

I'm not gonna take any chances.

I am issuing an alert for Kyra.

[ALERTS BEGIN BLARING]

_

[ALERT BLARING]

_

Missing girl. I gotta go.

Uh, it's a hurricane out there.

Yeah, I know, but, uh, it's my job.

It's what I do, so I
gotta go do it. Um...

I will be back to check
on you later, yeah?

Mm-hmm.

[STORM RAGING]

God, men are dumb.

[STORM RAGING]

What, you forget your cape, Supercop?

That's funny.

[VIDEO CALL RINGS]

What, you shower with your clothes on?

No. I got that alert
about that girl, Kyra.

Yeah, her boyfriend came in this
morning and reported her missing.


Wait. Are you at Wayne's motel?

Very nice. Looks like
the party didn't end


- when I thought it did.
- Uh, no! No, no.

He just stopped by. With provisions.

Provisions. Anyway, can you...
can you come pick me up?

- My car is under nine feet of water.
- That's impossible.

The Governor just declared
a state of emergency.


The Delaware River's flooded
over. We're right next to it.


The whole building's on lockdown.

Well, hold on. What kind of an idiot

would put the police
headquarters on lockdown?

Let me guess. Braun?

I don't know. But it's crazy out there.

Wherever Kyra is,

I have no idea how we're gonna find her.

[CALL ENDING]

Okay.

Okay. Now what?

- [WAYNE] You okay?
- [JASON] No.

Kyra de la Cruz, 22.

Travel influencer.

Last seen this morning near city center

by her boyfriend, Teddy Williams,

and I'm searching traffic
cams for their van,

but with this weather,
I mean, the visibility is sh*t.

Nothing yet from the alert.

There's no luck on her phone, either.

It's either off or taken.

Well, dig into Kyra's online content.

See if there's any leads on locations,

obsessive fans... anything.

- [KEMI] Yep, gotcha.
- Could I help?

- Helen?
- Yes, Captain!

Can you, uh, take Officer Hardbody
um, somewhere that isn't... here?

[HELEN] Oh, yeah. Sure thing.

[NIKKI] Thanks.

My real name's Jack,
actually. Well, Jackson.

"Officer Hardbody" is
just my pretend name.

- Oh, right.
- It's okay.

- Even I get confused.
- Helen?

Oh, uh, sorry.

Come on, Jack.

[NIKKI] We'll let you know as
soon as the lockdown is lifted.

- [KEMI] Nice to meet you, Jack.
- Yeah.

- He's kinda nice.
- I can't take him serious

with that little shirt, all right?
It's hard to concentrate.

- Okay.
- [ALERTS CHIMING]

- Oh, geez.
- What's going on?

Wait a minute, wait a
minute, wait a minute.

Teddy posted on Insta asking their
followers for help finding Kyra.

The tips are pouring in. This is insane.

Get every free body and log them.

This is great news.

Does that go for Officer Hotpants too?

- [NIKKI] Uh, what?
- [MIKE] You heard me!

[NIKKI] Somebody knows something, okay?

I want a report in my office in an hour.

- Anybody seen Jay?
- Yeah, Wayne's motel.

[THUNDER CRASHING]

[JASON] That's great.
There's a girl in trouble,

and I'm stuck in here playing cards.

Okay. You get, uh... seven cards.

You discard, you pull a
card every single time.

It's a run of four and a run of three,

either matching numbers
or matching suit.

Together, that is "gin." You understand?

- Got it.
- Hold on.

[PHONE RINGING]

[PHONE CHIMING]

- [NIKKI] Hey.
- Hey.

Still stuck on Motel Island.
You want me to swim to MPU?

I'm trying to get him to wait it out.

[NIKKI] She's right, Jay.

Okay, well, what's going on
with the Kyra girl, anything?

- We're working on it.
- All right. Oh!

I heard you moved your
bachelorette party to MPU.

[CHUCKLING] Yeah.
What did you and Mike do?


Nothing that you're gonna know about,

because he told me that you'd ask,

and he also told me not to tell you.

Something about a bro code.

Oh, my God! You guys and your bromance.

Just promise you won't
do anything crazy.


'Kay, bye.

I did notice that you didn't
promise not to do anything crazy.

Didn't I?

Jason Grant doesn't like
having his hands tied.

Maybe he does? I don't know yet.

That's funny.

You know, if you'd brought your laptop,

we could actually be helping this girl.

Just... saying.

My laptop...

Move your foot.

You're taking the Supercop
thing literally. That's fun.

[STORM RAGING]

Yeah.

[STORM RAGING]

In the trunk.

- Nice.
- Yeah.

- We're in business.
- All right.

All right. Let's fire this thing up,

see if we can help Kyra.

[WAYNE] Oof. We gotta charge this thing.

[JASON] Son of a bitch.

- [PHONES RINGING]
- [OVERLAPPING CONVERSATIONS]

Hey.

[ROME] But then I saw Kyra
tweeted the complete opposite


just a month prior.

I don't know if it means anything,
but it seemed suspicious.


All right, Rome. That's great.

We have your contact info.
We'll be in touch.

[CALL ENDS]

[CALLING OUT] Nik!

What do you got?

This is Rome Carter-Lee.

Welcome back to True Crime with Rome.

A little update on the
Kyra de la Cruz situation.


He's a Philly local.

He's already called in three times.

[NIKKI] You thinking what? Obsessed fan?

He runs a true crime TikTok,
so he seems legit,

but he's got priors for
harassment and stalking.

What was the context?

Victim was a local influencer.
Called in multiple times.

Finally got a restraining order.

So we took away his last target.

Maybe he was in the market
for a new one, and found Kyra?

Yeah. Already posted a video about her.

Accused her of faking her
disappearance for Internet fame.

He also threw shade at Teddy.

Angry, jealous, and obsessed?

Question is...

all bark, or are we talking bite here?

I'll get Kemi on it.

I'm not waiting for the storm to
clear. This man is dangerous.

[SMACK]

Don't touch that!

- [THUNDER CRASHES]
- What is it?

A hybridization incubator.

Hybrid... incubator.

You are so smart.

Don't touch that either.

[SIGHS]

Look, um...

- Jackson.
- ... Jackson.

[SIGHS] I know the storm has you
stuck here too, but this is my job.

- This is where I work, okay?
- Okay.

I'm still new here, and
I've worked really hard

to get everyone to
like me, even a little.

Well, why wouldn't they like you a lot?

Just... sit over there
until the storm passes,

and let me work.

[GROANING]

[JACKSON HUMMING WICKED'S
"DEFYING GRAVITY"]

- You like musicals?
- [JACKSON] Like 'em?

[LAUGHS] I love 'em. I played Fiyero.

[GASPS]

Oh! So you're...

Oh, my gosh, I thought that you were...

but you're... [LAUGHS]

yeah, my little brother is gay.

Oh... well, us straight guys
can like musicals too.

Geez, was my kiss that bad?

Kiss?

- We kissed?
- We kissed.

[GASPING]

Oh...

we kissed.

- Oh!
- [JACKSON] It was fire.

[HELEN] Oh! I'm never drinking
champagne again. [SIGHS]

Okay. Okay, okay. Take this!

And make a list of, like, just
all the hard things that...

I mean, just...

Behave! Or I'll lock you
in the interrogation room.

[JACKSON] That wouldn't be so bad.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[DOOR OPENING]

Okay.

- One battery, one inverter.
- Amazing.

You sure this is gonna work?

As long as it doesn't leak hydrogen.

Uh-huh, what-what happens
if it leaks hydrogen?

Um...

maybe I should just move this candle.

Okay.

All right, let's work the
workaround and find this girl.

Okay. Can I do anything?

Uh...

- pray?
- Wait. It's wet.

That's fair.

It's just a conductor.

- That's all.
- It'll be fine.

[POWERING UP]

[CHIMING]

[JASON] Wow.

- It worked.
- All right.

[RAIN PATTERING]

So, Rome's theories on
Kyra's case are valid.

Um, her follower count has doubled.

But, then again, so has his.

So he's using and abusing her
at the same time. That's nice.

And then I found this...

a tagged photo on Instagram.

Rome met Kyra three
years ago at TrendingCon.

It's a convention for
social media influencers.

- He neglected to mention that.
- Yep.

And according to the comments section,

they got into some kind of altercation.

And the first time Kyra steps
foot into his hometown,

she goes missing?

[MIKE] Well, looks like we
got ourselves a suspect.

Yeah, we do.

- [PHONE BUZZES]
- Oh. Here's Jay.

Hey!

Oh, I haven't seen that many candles

- since your last birthday cake.
- That's... that's hilarious.

Thank you. Uh, we lost
power, but we are back up.


What's going on?

Rome Carter-Lee, true-crime
junkie with a Kyra issue.

- I'll dig into him.
- Good.

Because we have a convicted stalker,

and that girl may have
walked right into a trap.

[WIND BLOWING]

[PHONE CHIMING]

[MIKE] You care to explain
why you're in a photo

with a missing girl?

Same girl you're now
exploiting for views?

I met hundreds of people at TrendingCon.

If I remembered that photo existed,

I would've used it in my video.

If I knew where she was,
I would've posted it.


No, we're not concerned
about your posts.

What we're concerned
about is your priors.

Emily Beck ring a bell?

That was a long time ago.

That bitch tried to get me banned.

"Bitch," huh? Your mother must be proud.

- Oof, this is bad.
- Mm-hmm.

- What is?
- Uh, our colleagues just discovered

that you ordered a book,
Crime Scene Cleanup.

Did you make a mess, Rome?

Do you know the morbid stuff

I have to research for my TikTok page?

Doesn't mean I hurt Kyra.

Well, it doesn't mean that you didn't.

I'm not your guy. I'm telling you.

It always comes down to
one of the three "F"s...


fortune, foul play, freak accident.

And judging by the fact

that your missing girl
just posted a new video,


I'm guessing it's the first.

[KEMI] Yo, guys? Come here.

- I'll be right back.
- Hey, um... Rome was right.

Uh, a new YouTube video just posted.

Take a look at the sun.

She must have pre-recorded it

and then scheduled it to drop today.

It's pretty common with vloggers. Here.

[KYRA] Hey, everyone.

I wanna start off by saying
don't worry about me.


I know it looks like I've been crying...

'cause I have, um...

Teddy and I, we had a fight.

I just need some time apart.

Wait. Teddy said they didn't fight.

Yeah, he also said that
he saw her this morning,

but the last time we had
sunshine was yesterday.

That's the latest she
could have recorded this.

So he lied about when she disappeared?

Reporting her missing isn't
a bad plan if you hurt her

and you don't want the
police to find out.

Looks like Prince Charming's
got some explaining to do.

[NOTIFICATIONS PINGING]

Oh, geez.

- [TYPING]
- [PINGING]

Ah, the comment section is blowing up.

"Teddy, how could you?"

"What did you do with Kyra?"

Even death threats.

- The Internet's tide turns fast.
- Yeah, no kidding.

Have Helen run trace
on Teddy's wet clothes.

I think our boy's been playing us.

Teddy and I, we had a fight.

- I know it looks bad...
- No, "bad" is when you lied

and you said you saw her this morning.

Lying about a fight?
That is very, very bad.

Where is she, Teddy?

- I don't know.
- Is she hurt?

- Is she even alive?
- I don't know! Okay?

We got in a fight yesterday.

Okay. What about?

She wanted to put up this stupid
post about engagement rings,

and just kept pushing me, and I just...

- I had enough.
- You want a lawyer, Teddy?

Because it might be a really,
really good time to ask for one.

You're not listening. Okay? I love her.

I didn't do anything.

[NIKKI] He's anxious.

The question is why.

The hashtag "find Kyra" is trending.

God, everyone wants
a piece of the drama.

Mm-mm. That's just noise.

We need to pinpoint when
she actually disappeared.

So, I compiled her timeline
using her digital footprints,

so let's see.

- [BEEP]
- All right.



Kyra posts their arrival
in Philly on Instagram.

And 12:13 p.m., she posts
on TikTok eating a pretzel

at the Liberty Bell.



with both of them at John's Water Ice.


from dinner at Luca's

in Rittenhouse Square.

And lastly, 8:00 a.m. on Monday,

Kyra Instagram stories
"waking up in Philly,"

and they look like two happy campers.

And the fight happened
sometime after that?

You remember the new YouTube
video that just posted?

See here... the light post in
her background behind her

is a known height.

I was able to calculate
the length of the shadow,

and the video was recorded about 11 a.m.

- You're brilliant.
- Thank you so much.

Okay, so that means
that the fight happened

between 8 and 11 yesterday morning.

Exactly. And there's no other
online activity until 5:32 p.m.,

when she posts a BeReal
from a bar in Kensington.

- BeReal? What...
- It's a social media app.

It sends out an alert
not dissimilar to ours,

and it prompts the user to post
a photo within two minutes.

Uh, the point is... where
you are, as you are.

[NIKKI] And she looked
like she'd been crying.

Yeah, and that's when we lose her.

All right. That means that the
last-known location was Kensington.

Right? Anything past that?

It's a long sh*t,

but if we could get her
unpublished videos...

[NIKKI] Okay, so what we're
looking for is an unpublished video


that can tell us where Kyra went

after she posted at 5:30 p.m. yesterday.

Say no more. Hacking the cloud.

And we ran a full jacket
on Rome Carter-Lee.

- [NIKKI] Anything?
- Aside from the fact

that he thinks Kyra's disappearance

is his big break in the
armchair-detective game,

no, he's clean, and cellphone data shows

he hasn't left his mom's
basement in the past month.

Okay. That means that Teddy's
the only suspect on the board.


I'm in. Bad news, though...

no more scheduled uploads.

Uh, if she auto-backs up that video cam,

I can maybe access the raw footage.

- Permission to hack?
- [NIKKI] Do whatever it takes.

All right, come on, let's go.
We need a break here.

Yeah, no, that's... that's great.

I really appreciate it.
Thank you so much.

[HANGING UP]

That was a Camden County
Highway Patrol trooper.

He saw the alert.

Turns out he pulled over Kyra
and Teddy's van last month.

One of their tail lights was out.

- And...
- And he remembered Kyra

because she had bruising
and laceration on her arms.

Yeah, um, he tried to question her

separately from Teddy, but she refused.

He suspect abuse?

I mean, not enough to detain them.

Tests came back from
Teddy Williams's clothes.

I found a stain on his shirt.

- It's blood.
- His own?

The DNA is from a female source.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

We pulled the bodycam footage

from the state trooper who
pulled you over last month.

See, the thing is, Teddy,

when an abuser grabs his victim's arms,

it leaves marks... a lot like this.

- And you think I did this?
- Little bit.

Kyra fell hiking in Wharton State Park.

There's proof in one of our
videos. I wouldn't hurt her...

You lied about the
last time you saw her.

You lied about the fight.

Because I didn't think
you would believe me,

and then you wouldn't
look for her. Okay?

Like you'd think she just
dumped me or something.

How do you explain a
woman's blood on your shirt

that you wore this morning? Huh?

I told you, from the hiking incident.

Look, we're wasting time here

when you should be looking for Kyra!

[GASPING]

[SCREAMING]

[GASPING]

[PANICKING]

Teddy!

Hello, anybody!

Help! Is there anyone there?

Help!

- [RAIN PATTERING]
- [SIREN WAILING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[KNOCKING]

- Yeah?
- Hey.

So, Wayne hacked Kyra's cloud server

and found footage she
recorded at 8:30 last night.

[KYRA] Hey, guys. So even
though everything's been crazy,


I couldn't come all the way to
Philly and not try a cheesesteak


from one of the oldest
places in the city.


They're doing a twist on the
classic, so it's a little pricey,


but if I'm gonna eat my
feelings, this is the way to go.


[MUNCHING]

Ugh!

Is that coriander and fennel?

I can't even taste the cheese.

Is that Taleggio? Ugh!

- [NIKKI] This poor girl.
- [KEMI] I know.

I just wanted one thing
to go right today.


I thought I'd treat myself to
this stupid-expensive sandwich,


but it sucks, because once again,

a chef takes something we
all love and makes it worse.


Forget this place, guys.
It's not worth your money.


[MAN] What did you friggin' say?
You're recording this?


Turn the camera off.

- Turn it off!
- Hey!


- You're hurting me!
- What the hell? Who is that?

- [KYRA CRIES OUT]
- I.D. him.

- Fast as you can.
- Yeah.

A helicopter?

I know that you're trying to be sweet,

but that is unnecessary.

I'm fine. Yes.

Listen. We want to be discreet,

and a helicopter is not discreet. Okay?

I gotta go. Buh-bye.

Did mystery man just offer
to send you a chopper?

- Who is this dude?
- She had four tequila sh*ts last night

- and wouldn't tell me.
- All right, all right, all right.

You will meet him at the wedding. Okay?

That's if he stops trying to rescue me.

- He'd better.
- Mmph. Hey.

Uh, let's see here. Here we go.

Kyra's attacker is Nico Falcone
of the Falcone Original.

The place was opened by
their grandmother Rose

in the 1930s, and the story
goes that the Olivieri Brothers

invented the cheesesteak,

but Rose perfected it.

Used to love me a Whiz Wit at Falcone's.

I haven't been back since they
changed the family recipe.

Okay. You are not the only one.

Um, let's see here.

Take a look at this.

They're in arrears on rent.

And that's not all.

And they haven't paid
their electric in months.

Nico was raised in Tuscany.

When his uncle d*ed, he came here,

took over the restaurant,

and he brought over some weird ideas.

I mean, Wagyu cheesesteak is
the dumbest of dumb, dumb ideas.

- Sounds like it.
- Oh, man.

Oh, he maxed out all
of his credit cards,

and he's about to default on a loan.

- And he's got priors.
- Yeah.

Possession, aggravated as*ault.

All right. So we got anger
issues, drug issues,

hanging onto the family
business by his fingernails.

And then in walks Kyra to put
one last nail into his coffin.

Okay. So if the storm
won't let us go to Nico,

let's bring Nico to us.

- Yes.
- Shall we?

[TYPING]

- [BEEP]
- Come on.

[CALL RINGING]

Hello? I know you?

Captain Batista, Philadelphia PD.

You gotta be kidding me. I can't talk.

No, this is urgent, Mr. Falcone.

Oh, no, no, no!

- [OFFICE MURMURING]
- [MIKE] Rolling blackouts.

[NIKKI] ¡Por el amor de Dios!

[CALL RINGING]

[NIKKI] We finally have
a credible suspect,


and the power went out.

Nik, I saw the video.

This guy is violent, he's got
priors. This is no good.

Well, until the storm passes,
we're out of moves.


The second it does...

Hold on, hold on.
I can get to Falcone's.

Jay, no. The city's under water. Okay?

- Stay...
- [CALL DISCONNECTS]

Did you just hang up on her?

What do you want me to do? Okay?

Somebody's kid's out there,

most likely in trouble.
You want me to sit here?

Man, you really don't like
being told what to do.

Okay. Remind me who's wearing an
ankle monitor. Huh? Me or you?

Yeah, that would be me,

and even I know sometimes the
smartest thing that you can do

is to sit down, shut up,
and wait for your window.

Wait for my window?
Let me ask you a question.

You remember that flight back
from Kandahar? 18 hours?

Sitting on a plane, wondering
what happened to Keith.

Wondering where he is,
not being able to do anything?

I am not doing trapped
in this motel room

when someone's kid is
out there in trouble.

I just can't do it. Okay?

Falcone's is 10 blocks away.

[WAYNE] Fine.

You wanna drown?

- [DOOR CLOSES]
- Be my guest.

Hello, anybody? Help! Anyone!

[POUNDING]

- Help!
- [WATER RUSHING]

[THUMPING]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING AND POUNDING]

[POUNDING] Help! Teddy!

[GASPING]

[STORM RAGING]

[PANTING]

[SCREAMING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[JASON] It's ten blocks
away, Nik, I'll be fine!


What? What the hell are you thinking?

You have no plan! You have no backup.

You have no idea what
you're walking into, Jay!

- [CALL DISCONNECTS]
- Jay? Jay!

I got to run that connection,
*** wobble.

- All right...
- [STORM RAGING]

Oh, my God!

[MIKE] What's up?

He's going to Falcone's.
I'm so done with him.

Hey, hey. Relax.
All right? It's gonna...

[SHAKING LOUDLY]

Can I make you a protein shake?

Uh, listen, Tragic Mike.

If she wants some protein,
Big Mike can get it for her, okay?

And button up your shirt, all right?
We got a missing person to find.

[STORM RAGING]

- We're closed, my guy.
- [JASON] Philadelphia PD,

and I'm all good on gentrified
hoagies, thanks, though.

Great. Find yourself a Mickey D's.

No, no. I'm actually looking to find
a girl named Kyra de la Cruz.

Do you know who that is?

[NICO] No idea who you're talking about.

Okay, good, I'll tell you, then.
She came in last night,

and she made a little video,

and then you assaulted her.

- Everything good, Nico?
- Depends who you ask.

All right, yeah. She slammed my
food, so I slammed her camera.

- Tell her to invoice.
- No.

You see, it's not about the
camera. She's missing.

I'm just curious, do you
as*ault all your customers,

or is it just the ones who
don't like your crappy food?

- Whoa, whoa, wait. Missing?
- Yeah, missing.

And you think I... No, no, no!
You got this all wrong, amico.

- I do?
- Yeah.

Okay. What happened to your van outside?

I don't know what you're talkin' about.

You don't know what I'm talking about.

- You! What's your name?
- J-Johnny.

[JASON] Johnny. How you
doing, Johnny? You okay?

- Yeah, no, I'm good.
- Are you on dr*gs, Johnny?

- No, I don't...
- Then why are you shaking?

Why are you nervous? What's going on?

No, I-I'm good.

What's the matter, Johnny?
Something's wrong.

What's going on, Johnny?
You gotta tell me, 'cause I'm a cop.

Tell me what's going on.

- Tell me!
- Listen, man...

- I-I was gonna tell you.
- Tell me what?

After you knocked her camera,
and you went into the back,

I told her she had to
delete the footage.

What the hell, Johnny? W-What
do you mean? What'd you do?

Girl's got, like, a million followers!

You know how that crap spreads!
She drove off, I followed.

Hold on. Hold on.

You followed her, and then what?

I just lost it! Okay? I was mad.

I swiped her van, a-and she
spun off the side of the road.

- Johnny, what the hell?
- What, you just left her there?

- That's...
- I...

Listen, it was an accident!

Listen, I panicked.
I know I should've stayed,

but I didn't want to cause any trouble.

Well, what the hell do you call this?

You could ruin us, Johnny!

[JASON] Okay, okay!

- Where was this?
- Fishtown somewhere.

What the hell?

- What's wrong with you?
- [CALL RINGING]

[PHONE BUZZING]

- Hey. What's up?
- Hey. Kemi, do me a favor...

pull up all the traffic cams
from last night in Fishtown.

Kyra was run off the road.

Yeah, I got you.

Nikki!

Okay, so, restaurant is closed.

Until that girl is safe,
you guys stay put.

Oh, and Wagyu cheesesteaks?

Come on, my guy!

Where the hell am I going, Kemi?

The power's still out and I am
working off of my hotspot,

but I don't know. At this
rate, Jason, I don't know.

My God. What'd they do to her?

Please, you need to calm down.

There's nobody better than Kemi.

Okay, guys! I'm sorry to interrupt,
but I am driving blind.

Okay, we're working on it.

You don't think you're
gonna find her, do you?

[GASPING]

- Okay. Power's on, Jay!
- Excellent.

- Praise the Gods! Uhh...
- This is good.

- This is good.
- Uh, bear with me. Bear with me.

Fishtown is a maze.

[NIKKI] Now we're cooking with gas.

[SIGHING]

Come on, come on...

Got it!

East on Susquehanna, near
the Delaware Expressway.

It looks like she rolled
over into a floodway.


- Oh, my God.
- Hey, listen to me.

Jason and I have a daughter
around Kyra's age.

He's gonna do everything that he can

to make sure that she is safe. Okay?

- What are you doing?
- Jason may be a pain in my ass,

but he's my partner. All right?

He goes, I go. Bro code.

[GASPING AND WHEEZING]

Anybody! Hello?

Please!

[STRAINING]

[BEEPING]

I don't know if anyone's gonna
see this, but if you do...

Teddy, I love you so much,
and I'm so sorry.

- This was so stupid, and I'm so s...
- [BEEPING]

No!

[SPLASHING]

- [SOBBING]
- [JASON BANGING]

Kyra! Can you hear me? I'm coming in!

- Oh, my God. Hello?
- [SHATTERING]

Help! Back here!

- Okay.
- Help, please!

Help! Please, please, please, help me.

My leg is stuck, and
I don't want to die!

- Please!
- Hey, hey, hey! You're not gonna die.

I promise. Okay? Look at me, look at me.

You drown, I drown, and
I'm not drowning, okay?

I got you, and I'm gonna get you
outta here. I promise. All right?

- Thank you.
- You're good. I got you.

You're good. You're okay.

[WATER RUSHING]

[JASON] Hey! This van's flooding fast.

- What do you got?
- Is the van's position secure?

Secure? I don't know. It's upside-down!

The van rolled off the road, and
she's stuck under this bed frame.

Hey. You all right?

What's going on? Talk to me.

Emergency rescue crew
out in ten minutes.

Ten minutes? I don't think that's good.

Please hurry!

Kemi, we need a way to get out of here.

[TYPING]

[KEMI] Pulling up photos of her van.

There's a release latch!

On the back door, the one on the left.

Could you open up the back
door and pull her out that way?

No. I can't get past the bed frame.

- Hello?
- Jason?

Hey! Guys?

- Guys? Perfect.
- [SOBBING]

Hey! Hey, hey, hey. Come here.

Hey. You're okay.

Hey. Stay with me. You're okay.

I'm gonna get you out of
here, I promise. Okay?

- Okay.
- All right?

- Please, I don't wanna die.
- You not gonna die!

I don't wanna die either. All right?

So we're gonna do this together, yeah?

You gotta trust me, okay?

- Do you trust me?
- Yes.

You shouldn't trust me.
I'm a crazy person. Okay?

- [LAUGHS]
- You're gonna be fine.

That's good, that's good. All right.

All right, do you have
a tire iron, or...

- Uh, no.
- You know, a crowbar,

- or something like that?
- No.

What about one of those
steering-wheel locks?

Yes! I think it's under
the driver's seat.

Okay.

- Okay, I got it!
- Found it?

- Yep.
- Okay.

- We're good.
- Okay.

- All right, this is gonna work.
- Okay.

- Okay. I'm gonna lift on three.
- Okay.

One...

two... three...

Unh!

[GRUNTING]

[STRAINING]

Oh, my God!

Thank you! [SOBBING]

All right, come on.

On the count of three,
we're gonna lift, okay?

One, two... let's go!

[MEN GRUNTING]

Ow! It's moving!

- [STRAINING]
- Ah!

- Ah!
- You all right?

Uh-huh.

What took you so long?

It's good to see you too, sugar.

Kyra, this is Captain Batista.

You can call me Nikki.

I don't know how to thank you.

Come here!

You know, I have seen so
much of your life online,

I feel like I know you.

Then you kinda do, then.

You know, Teddy, uh,
he didn't give up on you...

not for one second.

That means a lot more than followers.

Yes, ma'am.

Kyra!

Oh, my...

I didn't think I'd ever see you again.

- I'm so sorry.
- No, I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have lost
my temper like that.

If you want me to propose,

- I will... right here, right now.
- Stop.

Thank you. For everything.

Oh, of course. Happy travels.

Well... I hope her bachelorette is
a little more exciting than mine.

What do you mean?

[LADIES SHRIEKING]

[NIKKI] That's about as wild as it got.

Oh, you are having a time.

Yeah, I've seen happy hours
get crazier than that.

I think Helen had the best
time out of all of us.

- I can see that.
- [LAUGHING]

Well, me and Jay did
end up at a strip club.

- What?
- Yep. Got bored.

Had a couple beers at his place.

Wasn't that great.

I'm sorry I broke rank.

You pull that again,

and I'm replacing both of
you with Officer Hardbody.

Hey, hey! His name is Jackson.

Do you...

Do you think maybe I could
take you out on a real date?

Oh... [LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]

I-I don't know.

[CHUCKLING]

Do you date all your clients?

[CHUCKLING] No.

No, no. I, um...

people see me as this
six-pack for hire...

Oh.

... and I don't care about any of that.

I fall for someone's mind.

And you are so smart,
Helen, a-and determined!

You're like my Elphaba.

[LAUGHING]

Except... I would never defy gravity.

That would be dumb, Officer! [SLAPPING]

I think I hurt my hand.

I just wanna get to know you.

- [ELEVATOR DINGS]
- If you'll let me.

[ELEVATOR DOOR RUMBLES OPEN]

[HELEN] After you.

[JACKSON] Uh... okay. [CHUCKLES]

- Good night.
- Night.

[ELEVATOR DOORS OPEN]

Oh, no.

[LAUGHING]

Thank you, Officer!

Geez.

Oh.

"I'm a fool. Forgive me.

Dinner tomorrow night?

A dozen roses for every
hour between now and then."

[ETTA JAMES] ♪ Don't know why ♪

♪ There's no sun up in the sky ♪

♪ Stormy weather ♪

[NIKKI] Mi amor, mi vida, mi cielo.

I'm ready for dinner.

- Yes, you are.
- [CHUCKLING]

As long as it's not cheesesteaks.

It's not gonna be cheesesteaks.

- Better not.
- But, um...

thought we could share a
little dance first. Yeah?

Oh, I like it.

- You like it?
- I like it, yeah.

[CHUCKLING]

[LAUGHING]

Pah!

- I don't like it, I love it.
- ♪ Keeps raining ♪

♪ All the time ♪

If it ain't Wayne's oldhead.

- Have we met?
- No.

But Wayne's my girl,

and you need to make
up your mind about her.

'Scuse me?

I think I made my point.

Okay.

[KNOCKING]

[JASON] Housekeeping.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Kinda busy right now, actually.
- You're busy?

Yeah.

You got a-a marathon on
the Cartoon Network?

- So funny.
- Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Look.

I'm, uh... terrible with rules,

but I'm-I'm even worse with feelings.

- Feelings?
- Mm-hmm.

Yeah, you know, I don't
care about feelings.

I am just very tired of
this back and forth.

Right. Um...

Look, I'm sorry that
I took off like that.

I was just kind of feeling, um...

in here, like a...

Yeah, like a trapped animal?

- Something like that, yeah.
- Yeah, I think I get it.

[JASON] See, that's the thing.

I feel like we're very much alike,

and I just assumed that you would know

why I am the way that I am,

why I do the things I do,
act the way that I act.

I did bring this.

He's ready for Gatorade.

What if I'm not?

Then it's my turn to wait.

But, um...

I am very, very thirsty.

- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

- How thirsty?
- Very thirsty.

It's okay.

♪ Lost in the dream ♪

♪ Or just the silence of a moment? ♪

♪ It's always hard to tell ♪

♪ Down in the way ♪

♪ They cut it open and they sold it ♪

♪ It's always hard to tell ♪
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