01x06 - The Ninth Girl

[bunniefuu]

Previously onTommy... Are
you the new security detail?

Abnar Diaz.

You wanted to
see me, boss?

You used to be a
detective, right?

The best.

Hey, you.

Mr. Mayor.

I can count on you
to be discreet, right?

Yes.

Let's say my wife
and I were separating.

Wasn't sure you'd show.

Wasn't sure I'd come.

[baby cooing,
toy playing gentle lullaby]

I think
she's feeling better.

She had trouble
sleeping last night.

Hey, carpool's here.

Okay.

Bye, Clara.

MARTA:
We'll be fine.

See you later, Marta.

Bye.

[cooing]

[two beeps]

[vacuum whirring]

[beep]

[cooing]

[vacuum whooshes off]

[gasps]

Three days.

The baby has been missing now
for three days.

Clara.
That's her name.

Clara, yes.

Unbearable, as you can imagine,
for Mr. Li.

LI:
And for Bryan,

my husband.

The Li family is a
prominent one in China.

The consulate would like
your firm assurance

that everything possible is
being done to find the child.

Of course.
Chief Thomas is keeping

a close eye
on the situation.

Chief, would you bring
Consul Deng up to date, please?

First of all, I'd like to say
how sorry I am

for what you're going through;
I can't imagine.

Detective Keller, who is
in charge of the investigation.

He is one of our very best.

We've got a task force
assembled.

We're coordinating with the FBI.

We're still processing evidence.

Then where is she?

You keep telling us
everything that you're doing,

but who cares
if you can't find her?

TOMMY: Three days
is longer than we'd like,

but I promise you
Detective Keller and his team

will continue to do absolutely
everything in their power...

I'm confused.

You keep saying
Detective Keller is in charge.

Surely, Chief Thomas,

you are the one
in charge of this case.

Yes. Yes, she is.

[door opens, closes]

Tommy, I know your department
is working hard on this,

but we need to make sure that
everyone else knows that, too.

Good PR is not gonna help us
find that little girl.

No, it is not,
but it has its place.

Okay, we are working
to secure funding

for several major
development projects

with Chinese money,
which is drying up fast.

The consulate is gonna help us
lock that money down.

We cannot afford
to look ineffective.

Mr. Mayor... And before
you start telling me

that this is none
of your concern,

let me remind you
more money for the city

means more money
for your department,

which means more cops,
and I know you want that.

So you have just as much
stake in this as I do.

I understand.

Okay, so...

what are the odds
this ends with a corpse?

I don't know, but it's more
likely with each passing day.

Tommy, I'm gonna
need you to jump in

with both feet on this one.

If not, we're both gonna need
all the good PR we can get.

You can have the PR.

I'm gonna go find this kid.

♪

TOMMY: Let's run this
from the beginning.

So Clara was taken
from the house

at 8:15 in the morning, right?

Kidnapper removed
a window screen,

climbed in, grabbed her.

Disabled the baby monitor.
Housekeeper discovered it.

Security cameras. Only in front.

Kidnapper came through the back.

Fingerprints.Plenty.

No hits. They're not
in the databases.

Still no ransom note or call.
No contact of any kind.

FBI looked at the housekeeper.
She's clean.

All right, what about
this au pair, Ella Lund?

Actually, she's become
interesting.


Went on a planned vacation

four days before
Clara disappeared,

supposedly in Cambria. Why supposedly?

That's what's interesting.
We can't find her.

She's not at a hotel.
Phone's either off or dead.

We can't ping it.
No credit card usage,

social media... she's a ghost.

TOMMY: What's it gonna take
to find her?

More uniforms wouldn't
hurt. I'll make that happen.

So, the parents... they adopted,
what, five months ago?

From an orphanage
in Xinjiang Province.

Any red flags? Neighbors say

model couple, model parents.

All right,
we got to find this au pair.

Does Ella Lund
live with the family?

No, with another au pair.

I talked to the roommate.
She doesn't know much.

She just moved
to the States.

All right, go at her again.
Who's with you?

My partner's on VC, but I'll
grab another table detective.

Oh, you know what, take Diaz.
I want his eyes

on this. Diaz.
Kevin Keller.

He is running the kidnapping.
I want you with him.

Abnar Diaz.

[chuckles]
You're kidding me.

Hey, Keller.

You know each other.
Good.

Yeah, I... Ma'am, I would
rather work with another...

I prefer you work with Diaz.
Is there a problem?

Nope.

No, ma'am.Okay. Good. Go.

After you.

Chief, this is
Sergeant Chris Chen.

He'll be your translator.Ma'am.

For what? You said you wanted
to get the word out,

so we set up phone
interviews for you

with Chinese media outlets
in L.A. and on the mainland.

Okay. How many? Fourteen.

Whoa, Nelly. [Chuckles]Look at it this way:

You'll be representing
the department

to 1.5 billion Chinese.

Do I have to represent
to every single one?

Okay.

The interview's mine.

You can hang out or
go back to the car...

I don't care... but in there,
I don't want to hear from you.

Good to see you, too, Keller.

And you have no names
or contact info

for the friends Ella's with?

I've only known
Ella a few weeks.

The agency
introduced us.

She ever talk about her job? She liked it.

The two fathers...
They were nice.

She loved the baby.

She did say it made her nervous,

because she
was so young.

But do you think Ella took her?

We just need to talk to her.

I saw the news.
Oh, that poor child.

You wonder about it,
though, right?

Hey, what did I say?

You wonder if Ella
has the baby.

Am I right?

I don't.

It's only...

maybe she lied.

Lied about what?

"If anyone asks,"

she said...

"If anyone asks,
I'm up in Cambria with friends."

Why say it
like that?

Did you mention this to
Detective Keller the other day?

No, but...

I was thinking it.

Would have been helpful
to know that earlier.

Don't you think?

Would have been
helpful? [Scoffs]

What the hell was that?

You missed it.
Whiffed it like a rookie.

It was a phone interview.

The au pair wasn't
even on the radar.

And don't call me out in front
of a witness ever again.

Is that seriously
what you're thinking about?

Get your head
out of your a*s. Hey!

What?

We looking
for this baby girl or what?

We're not looking for squat.

I got this.
So back off.

[man on phone speaking
Chinese]"In addition, as you are

"the chief of Los Angeles...

we wonder if you have met
the Avengers."

What? Uh...

"Have you met the Avengers?"
Uh, that's what they said.

I think he means
have you met the actors

who play the Avengers.

We're supposed to be talking
about the kidnapping.

Sergeant, do you think you
could get them back on topic?

I'll try.

[sergeant speaking Chinese][phone vibrates]

[speaks Chinese]

No more questions.
They're done.

We have the next call
in 15 minutes

with a media outlet
in Guangzhou.Great.

I can talk about when I
partnered with Captain America.

[phone vibrating]

I'm just g...
I'll...

Hi.BUDDY [on phone]: Hey.

Heard about the eclipse?

The lunar eclipse tonight.

The view from Griffith Park
is gonna be exceptional.

Um, would you like to join me?
I can bring my binoculars.

I have the press dinner.

Eh, skip it.
Playing hooky's the fun part.

Or a nightcap afterwards?

Same place as last time. It's, uh,

it's gonna be a late one for me.

Sorry.
I, uh... I'm just, um,

swamped. Yeah, no worries.

I'll keep trying.

Sure thing.

COOPER:
We caught a break.

Got a ping off

the au pair's phone. Where?

South and east of here,
about a hundred miles or so.

The opposite of where
she said she was going.

I've got people out
to pick her up.

KELLER: Ella,
you understand how important it is

to tell the truth? I do. I-I have.

You lied to your roommate
about being in Cambria.

Well, that was...

My boyfriend
is married.

We just wanted
to get off the grid for a while.

No Wi-Fi, no electricity, even.
Just us.

It was supposed to be romantic.

I didn't know anything
about Clara till...

And I would
never hurt...

I'm trying to decide
what to believe.

Well, just ask the guy

who rented us the cabin.
He'll tell you.

You have his information? My boyfriend...
He's the one

who booked everything.
He'd have the number.

Well, we're gonna need
to talk to him.

No, you can't,
he's ma...

Married.
I heard.

Married doesn't matter
if that's your alibi, Ella.

Mm.
She's pretty convincing.

They're picking up the boyfriend
to confirm the story.

Why aren't you in there?

Keller thought I should
come back here,

brief you.

Something going on
with you guys?

Nah, old beef.
It ain't no T.

Ain't no T. Good.
Wouldn't want it to be a T.

What'd she say
about the parents?

Likes them.

She's been working there
since before they got the baby.

She helped Franks get the house
ready while the other one

went to China
to pick the kid up.

She's saying Li Chang
went alone to China

to get the baby?

Yeah, she and the other one
stayed behind. Why?

We got to get the parents

back in.

Our techs analyzed this.

It's a fake.
You're photoshopped in.

You weren't
in China at all.

That's not true.
We were there.

Both of you?
One of you? Which?

Because we cannot find
a record of a trip to China

by either one of you when
this photo supposedly taken.

So you want to tell me
what's going on?

Okay, look.

Look, we wanted... It's me.

It's my fault.

What is?

Bryan. I hired him.

Someone at work

told me about this lawyer.

They said that he could
cut the red tape.

LI: We'd been trying to adopt
from China for a while. It's...

pretty hard, for people like us.

You mean g*y people?

Yes.

Couldn't your family help?

[laughs softly]
They don't speak to me anymore.

Not since I married Bryan.

This lawyer... who is he?

His name is Richard Jacks.

He said he had relationships
on the mainland.

He could arrange
the adoption privately.

A social worker
would bring the baby over.

But, legally,
you are supposed

to pick her up in person.

So we made up the photo
for the file.

It was wrong, it was stupid.

But everything else
is aboveboard.

No, it isn't.

These adoption papers you showed
us have all been forged.

So none of this
is legitimate.

No.

No, no. It...
That can't be true.

You didn't know that?

No, it isn't true. I...

I'm afraid it is.

Wait, if...

if-if the adoption's not legit,

then-then... wh...

what does that mean? Chief Thomas,

whatever the
papers say,

Clara is our daughter.

And she's the most
precious thing

in the world to us.

All we want is her home safe.

Is there anything else
you haven't told me?

No.Nothing,
I swear.

Good.

This, uh, Richard Jacks,
the lawyer they hired...

He's a real bottom-feeder.

He's been at the edges
of a few investigations,

but we never had
quite enough to arrest him.

So, should we ask him in
for an interview or go hard?

We ask him,
he'll know something's up.

We won't get anything
out of him.

Chief, I sent
you a draft

of that speech
to the cadets.

Take a look and let me know
if you want any tweaks. Ken, will you

do us a favor and, uh,
be a lawyer for a minute?

Ugh.
Only for a minute.

Any longer,
I get hives. We think an attorney

may have information
on this kidnapping.

Can we convince a judge
to approve a no-knock warrant?

Depends. Is there a danger
he would destroy evidence?

Oh, I think
it's a certainty.

Any critical circumstances?

Missing baby girl. Well, with the
attorney-client issues,

it still may not be enough
for a no-knock,

but if you're willing to settle
for a knock-and-notice,

most judges would go your way.

[siren wailing]

[knocking]KELLER: LAPD. Open up.

[dogs barking]Let's go.

Police. Check the rooms.

KELLER: Mr. Jacks! Search
and arrest warrant for.

Mr. Richard Jacks.

Over here. Stop what you're doing,

step away from the desk.

Now! This is outrageous.

It's a complete
invasion of my...

Hey!
Go-go easy.

What's your name?

Move. Let's go.
Come on. I want the name

and badge number
of every single...

[indistinct shouting]

KELLER:
We cleared Jacks' place.

Didn't find anything connected
to the adoption or the girl.

What's he saying? Nothing.

He's a lawyer,
what do you expect? KELLER: Some files

do seem to be missing.

When the kidnapping
became news,

he may have
gotten rid of anything

that linked him to the adoption.

Fortunately,
he forgot about these.

TOMMY:
What are these?

SIM cards.

SIM cards.
Okay, go ahead.

SIM stands for
subscriber identity module.

It's like the brain of a
cell phone, its memory.

Pop it out and the phone
becomes invisible.

Can't track or trace calls,
can't ID the user.

Like a burner phone.

Same idea. We found the one

that corresponds
to Clara's adoption.

Lot of calls to and from
Li Chang and Bryan Franks.

But also calls
to a place called

the Hollywood Day Glow Spa.

The what?

It's a massage parlor in Carson.

It's a front for prostitution.

We suspect the women
working there are trafficked.

Jacks is their attorney.

He's on
the incorporation papers.

So if there's a connection
to this kidnapping,

why haven't you
busted the place?

What's the holdup? COOPER: Vice is running

an operation there.
Santos?

Our unit's had the place
under surveillance for weeks.

We've been trying to build cases
against not only the workers

and the owners,
but the johns, too.

We run traffic stops on
them after they leave.

That gives us positive IDs.

But, uh...
we're not done, Chief.

Not nearly. I know.

I am sorry to blow up
your work like this, Santos.

Take the place.

Let's go.

Let's go.

KELLER [over radio]:
Unit 2, move into position.

Units 3 and 4,
maintain coverage of sector 7.

You... verify that
we have an airship on this.

Unit 5, check the rear sector.

COOPER:
What are we on, Tac 6?

Fancy joint.

Regular Ritz.

Just hold here.

We're good to go. TOMMY: So,

Keller complained. About me?

Uh, no, about me.

Yes, about you.

Humiliating him in front
of a witness, goading him.

I wasn't goading him.

"Get your head out of your a*s"?

In my defense,
that's where his head was.

Diaz.

What is up with this?

I told you we worked together.

Sawtelle Division.Yeah.

He's a decent detective,
but he's annoying as hell.

He was riding me, talking smack,
so I say, "Let's fight."

We do,

I deck him good,
he reports me.

Doesn't mention the fact
that we agreed to fight.

I get pulled out of rotation,
he gets promoted.

Diaz, you are lucky
to have a job after that.

Yeah, well, I float around
in purgatory for a while,

then I get plucked out
and put on security detail.

And here we are.

TOMMY: Who
pulled you for detail?

Still don't know.
Good thing, though.

I was ready to put in my papers.

TOMMY: This kind
of thing doesn't matter

when you're on a squad,
but on detail, you represent me.

Do you want
to stay here? Yeah.

Then you got to
make it right with Keller.

DETECTIVE: Once it's secure,
let's separate them

and get solid FIs.

Mm. Let's go.

COOPER:
Those are the owners.

They're not
saying anything.

We found eight women inside.

Any sign of the little girl?

Nope. We'll get interviews going
after they're processed.

Uh, language issues
with all of them, so... Boss?

Something
you should see.

We were doing a sweep

and I noticed something
inside this supply closet.

Wait, has this area
been cleared?

It's clean.

But we found this.

She was here.

SANTOS: The women
have all been trafficked,

so of course they're terrified.

Even if they have something to
say, they're too scared to talk.

We have counsellors with them,
but it takes time.

What about the owners?

Lawyered up.
Not saying a word.

Thanks. COOPER: We ran prints.

None of them match the ones we found in
Clara's bedroom. TOMMY: Well, what about

the residence?
They have to live somewhere.

Checked it out.
Nothing there.

Anything else? SANTOS: Yeah.

One girl is missing.

A van picks them up every
day from the residence.

Nine girls get out.

We have eight.

KELLER:
Van driver's missing, too.

Could be a lot
of answers for that.

SANTOS:
Boss, the odds

of a trafficked sex worker
pulling off

a kidnapping are slim to none.

She probably saw the raid
going down and split.

Same for the
van driver.

Then why was the blanket there?

I think if we find the van,

we find the missing girl,

the driver and Clara.

Can you track it?

The van?

Possibly.

It's tricky. But there is this
new technology called BriefCam.

It's an analytics tool

that lets us review hours
of footage within minutes.

Just... All right, do it.

Talk to the women,
talk to the spa owners.

Talk to everybody

until somebody tells you
something. We are running

out of time with this guys,
and you know what that means.

Keller.

Yeah?

Just want to say, uh,
I guess I was out of line.

With the witness, the au pair.

Had no business calling you out
like that, so... sorry.

[scoffs]
What kind of apology is that?

I said I'm sorry. Don't even bother.

Just leave it.
We cool.

A'ight, son?

TOMMY:
Consul Deng,

I didn't know you were here.

Please, come on in.

I'm afraid I have
unpleasant news, which,

out of respect,
I thought to deliver in person.

The consulate has decided
it must withdraw

its support
for Li Chang.

Why is that?

We contacted his
family in China.

Sadly, he misled us
about his family's position

on his, uh, situation.

His situation?

His marital arrangement.

Oh, so not his other
situation, then.

Pardon? The missing child.

That's not more important
than his marital arrangement?

Of course

we hope for a speedy resolution
of the difficulty.

But young Mr. Li has not
dealt with us in good faith.

And his family would prefer that
we not represent his interests.

Because he's g*y?

We applaud your efforts

and those of your
departments, Chief Thomas.

We thank you.
Good day.

I'm stuck.
You got a minute?

Sure. Come in.

So, the boss asked me to get
council members and their staffs

to this Silver Lake meeting
on use of force policy.

So far,
I've had zero replies.

You okay?

Fine. Yeah. Uh...

can I ask you something?

Um... sure?

Uh, there's this guy
I've sort of been flirting with.

And recently things got
a little more serious.

And now he wants
to take it up a notch.

How?

Weekend in Malibu.

That's a notch.

You like him? Yeah.

I do.

M... He can be a little needy
sometimes, but, um,

but we just sort of click.
We always have.

So what's the problem?

He's a little further on
in his career than I am.

Mm. Power differential.Yeah.

Pretty substantial.

Don't do it. Really?

A thing like that
will always be between you.

Even if you pretend it isn't.

Yeah, I know. You've worked so hard
for where you are.

You're great at your job.

You deserve someone
who looks up to you, not down.

Yeah.
Right.

That's really sweet.

Thanks, Ken.

You gonna tell me who it is?

[chuckles]
Get out of here.

Hm. Lots
of doubles.

Hey, everybody.

Hey. Oh, hey. There's veggie lasagne
in the fridge.

I'm good, thank you.

HENRY:
Did you shuffle?

[laughs]

You shuffled.I... No, I did not.

LUNA:
Yes. Do you have a ten?

I don't know
how you're doing this.

Luna, do you
have a jack?

No.Go fish.

LUNA:
You're losing.

What's up?[chuckles]

It's just nice to
see you all together.

Is he moving back in?

Not yet. He's staying
in the guest house for now.

It's better this way.
It's like dating. [Chuckles]

Is dating a good thing?

Well, yeah.

I guess I've been
doing it all wrong.

[chuckles]Mom, are... are you okay?

We're just, we're not getting
anywhere with this kidnapping.

God, we can't seem to
get our hands around it.

And I'm... I can't shake the
thought of this little girl.

You know, wherever she is,

she's waiting on us to find her,
and we're letting her down.

Grandma, you want to play?

Oh, sweetie.

I am one
sleepy grandma.

Sorry.

Sweet dreams,
everybody.

Night. Good night.

Night.

[door opens]

GATES:
Oh, Chief. So sorry.

I didn't think
you were in yet.

It's all right.
Come on in.

Did you get any sleep?

It's overrated.

I'll get coffee.[phone vibrates]

Mr. Mayor, you're an early bird.

Well, you pissed off
the Chinese consul.

Did I? Mm-hmm.

You offended him
and he feels disrespected.

Tommy, there are
protocols in place

with people like this
for a reason.

I thought you understood.

I understood
Consul Deng completely. Okay,

well, you're gonna
have to clean this up.

[quietly]:
Officer Kim needs to see you.

Something about

finding a van.

Send him a gift.

Something, but you got to...

Yeah, I'll figure something out.
I'll figure something out.

Uh, I got to go.

Well.
That was a little rude.

I'm pretty sure I found it.
I had to fill in some gaps,

but I was able to track the van
out to Monterey Park.

KELLER: Monterey Park?
That's an hour away.

Makes sense.
Big Chinese community.

On each of the last three days,
the van parked

in front of this building.

Local plate readers
picked it up.

CCTV camera in the area
confirmed it.

What do you think, Santos?

Traffickers sometimes
use warehouses like this

as transit points.

Places to store
trafficked women

when they first
arrive in the country.

She could be there.

Let's hit it and see.

Diaz.
You're with us.

Yes, ma'am.

Keller, we don't have time
for hurt feelings.

Lot of work to do.

Let's go.
Let's go.

[helicopter blades whirring]

Move up, move up.

[women screaming]OFFICER: Stay calm

and stay where you are.

We're here to help you.Clear.

We're not gonna hurt you.
Stay calm.

Stay where you are.
[speaks Chinese]

We're gonna get you all
out of here.

[speaking Chinese]

KELLER:
Hey!

Here!

Suspect running upstairs.

She has the baby.
Heading to the roof.

WOMAN: I'm here to help
you. Would you let me do that?

[speaking Chinese]

OFFICER:
We're now on the roof. There she is.

[speaking Chinese]

Easy.

Easy.

DIAZ: There was no
baby. It was just a blanket.

We know you know
where the baby is.[woman speaking Mandarin]

This will be
much easier...

if you
tell us the truth.

You went up to the roof
to create a distraction

while someone took the baby
somewhere else, is that right?

We know that's right.
So who was it?

Was it the van driver?
Is that who's helping you?

The longer you wait,

the harder this will be for you.

She's tough.

And scared.

You think she speaks English?

All the spa girls speak some.

I'll get it out of her. DIAZ:
You can't go full-throttle

like that... won't work.

KELLER:
I know what I'm doing.

I want to talk to her.

Chief, what I do
is a process.

I-I really think
it's best if I just...

Keller. I'm gonna
talk to her.

If you want to come along,
you're welcome to.

Fine.
Your witness, Chief.

Thank you.

I think you understand English
better than you let on,

so, uh... let's just talk.

What's your name?

I can't imagine
what you've been through.

But I would like to help.

But I can't
if you don't talk to me.

Will you talk to me?

Can you tell
me your name?

Uh, my name
is Abigail.

I've always hated that name.

My last name is Thomas.

And, uh, when I was young,
I was a tomboy,

and one time somebody
called me Tommy and it stuck,

so, uh, that's me.
Tommy.

You?

Guan-Ping.

Guan-Ping.
That's pretty.

That's your baby, isn't it?

You gave birth to her,
uh, after you were brought here,

I'm betting?

And then that
lawyer took her

and gave her
to those two men

who thought she was from China...

Is that what happened?

Fen.Fen. Is that her name?

Fen... is mine.

I believe you.

I still can't, uh, figure out
how you were able to find her.

And take her back.

Fen tell me how.

With her heart she tell me.

Nothing can stop me. It's amazing.

You are an
amazing mother.

And I'm a mother,
so I-I know what that means.

But then I'm sure you understand
when I tell you that right now,

Fen is not safe.

She has to come home.

Will you tell me
where I can find her?

Where the van
driver has her?

Diaz.

We got to talk.

Sorry, man.
Boss is on the move.

You have time for this.

Okay.

Bro...

you keep smirking at me
the way you've been doing

and it's gonna get ugly.

It's pretty ugly already.

You want to start?

You didn't get enough last time?

Come on.

I'm not doing this.

Come on.
You're a tough guy, right?

I said I'm not doing this. Why,
you too good?

Or your clothes are too fancy?

Yeah, you're hot stuff now, huh?
Mr. Affirmative Action.

All buddy-buddy
with the top brass.

You don't deserve that job.

The ones who really
deserve it,

we get shoved aside
for guys like you

and your lady boss.

I get you.
Guys like me.

Ghetto kid, up from nothing?

I'm smarter than you.

I'm a better detective than you.

And now I got a better job.

What can you do about that?

Nothing.

Not a damn thing.

Oh.

And that's your time.

Uh... don't sh**t.

No, no, nobody's
sh**ting anybody.

I-I only try to save her.

I know.Guan-ping.

It's all right.
It's all right.Guan-ping.

May I hold her? She's-she's Guan-ping...

She's Guan-ping baby. I know.

May I hold her?

Thank you.

Well, hello there.

[chuckles]

Hi, pumpkin.

OFFICER [over comm]: Chief,
the women from Child Services

are here to take the baby.

♪

Head up.

Careful with the blanket.

Thank you.

Fen. Fen...

[vehicle doors close]

[engine starts]

TOMMY: There were 26
people in the warehouse

where we found Guan-ping.26?

All trafficked.
Most from China.[sighs]

Mostly women, but a few men.
Jobbed out

as sex workers, laborers,

restaurant workers... The traffickers?

We picked up a few of them.

Just the tip of the iceberg.
The FBI is on it with us.

Have you reached out
to Consul Deng?

He's worried about the Chinese
image in all of this.

Blake set up a sit-down.

And... the baby?

Short-term foster care.

For now.

What about custody?
Who gets to bring her home?

How did Guan-ping
find us? Well, the spa

provides women
to the lawyer, Richard Jacks,

at his home for...
as a sort of perk.

She volunteered.
She gained his trust.

When he's asleep,
she went into his office,

looked for any piece of paper
with Clara's face on it.

When she got your address,
she asked the van driver

to take her to your house,
and she just waited.

It was more an act of will,
I think, than anything else.

Unreal.

It's-it's all just...

It's unreal.

What would you do?

What do you mean?

We have lawyers.
We can fight, but...

but how do we fight

to keep our baby if...

she's not our baby?

But she is our baby.

How do we let her go?

That I can't help you with.

I know what you're thinking.

And you're right.

Yeah.

We won't fight to keep her.

We can't.

They were
ripped apart once,

and how could we do that again?

Why would we do it?

We can't.

But we want to stay close,
if we can.

We want to help
with money and stuff.

You think that's possible?

I hope so.

Because she's gonna
need that and more.

BLAKE:
Consul, thanks for

coming in. As I mentioned
on the phone, we're holding

a press conference
on the Baby Clara case

and all that's been
uncovered in its wake. The scope of which

is being exaggerated, sadly.

Well, there's always
misinformation,

but Ms. Sullivan works
very hard to get

accurate facts and
figures out there.

I trust she does.

In the press conference today,
the chief would rather not

tell the story of how
the Chinese consulate

abandoned this case
midway through.

We'd much prefer to tell
a story of cooperation

and collective success.

But we will need
something in return.

Guan-ping and the others
who were trafficked need help.

They need money, medical
assistance, legal aid.

We can't provide it all.

We need the consulate to
step up in a significant way.

Can we count on that?

Can I count on you making clear

my personal role in helping
to resolve the case?

I believe that can be arranged.

♪

[Clara fussing]

Shh.
Here.

TOMMY:
I am happy to report

that Baby Clara,
or Fen, is well,

and she is with her mother.

I'd like to applaud
the extraordinary efforts

of Detective Kevin Keller,
who led the investigation.

Also, the
material support

offered by the
Chinese consulate,

uh, for aid to the victims.

Now, I would like
to take a moment,

actually, to speak, uh,

not just as chief,
but as a mother

and a grandmother.

If you are in this town

to abuse or exploit
young people,

to buy or sell
them, I will

find you.

I will track you down

and I will put you away.

You have my absolute word
on that.

I can take a few questions.
Anyone.

[all clamoring]

Well, I really don't need
to take all the credit for this,

but you know...

[speaking Chinese]

See, that's all the guy wants...
Credit for the collar.

[scoffs]He's a walking cliché.

Come with me.

We're all very relieved,
of course.

Thank you.
Thank you.

[phone vibrates]

[indistinct conversations]

I just wanted to say

that if I am
overstepping,

I apologize.

And if you would like me
to withdraw the invitation

I will, no questions asked.

I appreciate that.Mm-hmm.

Should I?

Should you what?

Withdraw the invitation.

That depends.

On...

You said there'd be lobster?

Mm.

Do you poach it in butter?

Mm-hmm.

Just wanted to, uh,
congratulate you

for not punching Keller out.

You would have been sacked.
You know that, right?

Zero tolerance nowadays.

I hear you.

Listen...

you walked right up to the edge
with this guy.

Don't ever get that close again.

Come to me first.
That's what I'm here for.

We got you back on track.
Let's not mess it up.

Wait a minute.

It was you.

You got me on the detail.
Right?

All I'll say is
if they let you

rattle around like
that much longer,

you'd have quit
the department.

Couldn't have that.

I know why you
became a cop and

why you need to stay one.

"'...a pet.
I need fields to graze.

I need a farmer to milk me.'"

What are you reading?
Mr. Platt Gets a Cat.

I remember that one.[phone vibrates]

HENRY:
See, she loves it.

Hey, Santos, what's up?

Remember we did those
traffic stops

so we could build a database
of johns? From the spa?

Yeah. I just sent you a report

on a case that we can
put together.

Thought you might want
to take a look

before we send it to the D.A..

Let me know if you see
any red flags.

Right. I will.

Thanks. Good night. Good night, boss.

Tommy, do you want
to give it a shot?

Yes. One minute.Okay.

"'I can't be a pet.

"'I need wide-open spaces
and plenty of hay.

"'Maybe you should
ask the billy goat.

"I'll chew up
all your clothes.'

Perhaps a chicken,
thought Mr. Platt."

KATE:
Mom.

You good? Fine, yes. Thank you.

I'm good.

I want to get in
on that reading.

Okay.

HENRY:
Grandma's gonna take over.

[chuckles]

TOMMY: Okay... We were on chickens.

Chickens.

Mm.

Yeah, that's a good part.