04x13 - Sins of the Fathers

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Previously on SWAT Trouble's back in town.

I'm sorry for all the calls.

That's what family's for.



- Loss is a process.



- I'm dealing with it.

One sh*t at a time?

Bar fights?

I start feeling bad about a month or so ago.

What'd the doctor say?

She said we need to run some tests.

What about those test results?

Maybe it's good news.

And if it isn't?

Then we will know what we're facing together.

Darryl and me, we starting a business together.

Little father and son thing.

You giving us a loan?

I was thinking I'd be more of a partner

- in the business.



- Our customers ain't necessarily too fond of the boys in blue.



- You want the money or not?



- Yes, we want the money.

Right, Dad?

Yeah.

Yeah, son.



- Meet John Afton.



- Why?

Ten years ago, he founded a hedge fund, Afton Assets, LLC.

Manages $50 billion in assets.

Billion?

With a B?

People will sign over their entire life savings if you guarantee them a 15% annual return.

15% sounds way too good to be true.

Proving you're not his kind of sucker.

Couple years back, Agent Valdez and her team at the FBI got a tip that Afton was running a grift.

Two days ago, we finally flipped a source in Afton's back office.

Passed us documents showing Afton Assets is a Ponzi scheme about to hit the end of the track.

Which means his clients are gonna lose their entire investment.

The warrant's coming down tomorrow morning, and we'd like SWAT to handle the arrest.

Seems like a lot of firepower, for a paper tiger.

Afton owns a mansion in the Los Feliz Hills.

He's got a couple of armed guards that work security for him.

Maybe he surrenders when he sees the LAPD and the FBI on his doorstep.

But we're there in case his muscle gets a little zealous.

Exactly.

My team will set up surveillance overnight and we'll have eyes 360 on his property before dawn.

All right, I'll pull the blueprints for the house and brief my team.

Hello?

Anybody here?

Street?

Hey.

Okay, um, this is a little embarrassing.

What happened?

Just don't judge me.

I may mock, but I never judge.

Promise.

I'm at a motel in Hollywood and, um, I don't remember how I got here or, um, where my car is.



- You there?



- I'm on my way.

Hey! Where you headed?

Oh, I'll see you at HQ, man.

Damn.

Good morning, kid.

Hey.

Didn't hear you coming in last night.



- You was working late?



- Yeah.

Planning to serve a big warrant today.

Then I had to check in with Pops.

Yeah, old man still can't believe he's officially cancer

-free.

Me, neither.

Nobody gets ready for good news.

You know what I'm saying?

What you doing up so early?

My dad, he has a lead on a garage for the auto shop.

The landlord already has an offer, but if we give him a little extra, he says it's ours.

So we're gonna go check it out real quick.

So you're gonna spend the morning with Leroy?

You gonna make it to school on time?

Yeah, might be a little late to first period, but when was the last time a mechanic really needed chemistry, right?

I don't know, I kind of liked chem.



- Yeah, that's 'cause you like to cook.



- Yes, I do.

You know, speaking of that, how about some dinner at home tonight?

It's been a minute since the two of us just kicked it.

I'll grill up some quality burgers.

There got to be fries on the plate, then.



- Done deal.



- All right.

You look terrible.



- Mm.



- Not that I'm judging.

I wouldn't have bothered you if I had a better choice.

So what's the plan?

Uh, we're gonna drive around the nearest bars, widen the perimeter until we find my car and then we just show up to work.

You're not coming in today, Chris.

You're not a hundred percent.

Until I finish this cup.



- Thank you.



- You call in sick, it's not even a lie, I'll back you up with Hondo.

Okay?

What happened to you, anyway?

I don't know.

What's the last thing you remember?

Putting on my party shoes at home.

So y

-you don't know who was with you?

I know it was a guy, I know we had sex, I know I used a credit card for the room, I know he left.

There's nothing else I need to know, except where the hell did I park my car?



- I hate this.



- Hey, hey.

We're gonna find your ride.

Okay?

Bars near me.

Figuring he didn't drive that far.

I mean, look at this place.

It's not exactly a a resort destination.

I've been in worse.

Ready?

Thanks for coming to the rescue.

Commander.

Just a reminder, I'm out tomorrow morning.

The class show

-and

-tell for Matthew, right?

Actually, it's, uh, Career Day now.

Oh, that's right.

What are you showing off this year?

Best toy we got: b*mb disposal robot.

Pulling out all the stops.

I thought it was just Lila's private school that brought out your competitive side.

Except now I'm trying to impress the kids, not the grown

-ups.

Same show, different audience.

Go ahead and get your team suited up.

Hondo's on standby for the warrant.

You know, you're down one today.



- Who?



- Alonso.

She called in sick.

Warrant just came through, Commander.

Earlier than expected.

Any visual of Afton yet?

My spotter just saw him through one of the windows in the camera feed having breakfast.

Run the plan one last time, Sergeant.

All right, we got two entrances.

20

-David will approach on the main drive on the one

-side with the SWAT A.

V.

Tell Afton's security to open the gate and surrender their weapons.

On the off chance that they don't, that's why we got Black Betty.

Valdez, check the front gate feed.

Looks like Afton has a visitor.

Copy that, Grayson.

Any idea who it is?

Negative.

Working on it.

Here to deliver your speakers.

Delivery guys.

Sounds like Afton ordered a new speaker system.

Too bad he won't get to enjoy it.

7:30 a.

m.

?

That's early for a delivery.

Have Agent Grayson radio as soon as they're gone.

Last thing we need is civilians on

-site as potential hostages.

Come on in.

Patrol will lock off all traffic on the streets around Afton's mansion.

Now, once we've cleared the property, FBI has the scene.

Wait, hold up.

It takes one guy to lift a box of speakers out of the truck but two guys to put an empty box back inside.

That's because it ain't empty.



- Like they're moving evidence.



- Like they're moving him.

What if Afton got tipped off?

No way.

Afton's a high

-priority target.

We did not have a leak.

Understood, but something in that box might be useful to your case.

Grayson, do not lose sight of that truck.

You and Deacon catch up with Grayson.

I'll have the team follow in Black Betty.

If the truck's clear, reroute to the mansion, and proceed with the arrest as planned.

Roger.

Vehicle just stopped at an underpass, headed south on Holly.

Afton's in the back of the truck with two suspects.

Gonna get a better look.

Grayson, hang back.

I'm being careful.

Fellas, we got us a tail.

My three o'clock.

I spotted that van earlier.

Command to 20

-David, sending unis to Grayson's location.

Roger that, Commander.

Grayson, do not engage until backup has arrived on scene.

There's a second vehicle.

Can't make out the plates from here.

Grayson, keep your distance! Grayson! Grayson! Grayson, you there?

Respond! Respond! All right.

Copy that, Deacon.

I'll let him know.

40

-David Squad raided the mansion.

Confirmed Afton's in the wind.

Any news about Grayson?

Deacon says it's touch and go.

I mean, Hondo gave him first aid until the EMTs arrived but the guy already lost a lot of blood.

Deac's on his way back.

Hondo's gonna stay at the hospital to wait for Valdez.

It's never easy when one of your own gets injured.



- No, man, the whole team takes a blow.



- Yeah.

Any clue how Afton knew about the warrant?

FBI's investigating internally.

We're taking over Afton's arrest.

Metro's surveilling his personal jet at Burbank.

Okay, what about family?

Any family he might ask for help?

Patrol's tracking them down.

We got BOLOs for Afton at every major airport and marinas, but leaves a lot of public airstrips and docks he could use to slip our grip.

Yeah, with his fat bank accounts, man, he'll find a way.

Okay, what about the extraction team he hired?

Forensics pulled a clean print from the gate intercom.

RHD's running it now.

Maybe it gives us the bastards.

Yeah, wasn't an amateur crew.

These guys are pros.

Well, bad luck for them.

So are we.

X

-ray tech to room 208.

X

-ray tech to room 208.

Ms.

Grayson.

I'm Sergeant Harrelson.

I'm the officer who found your son.

The doctor said that Bobby would've bled to death before the EMTs ever even reached him if it weren't for you.

You gave him a chance.

Thank you.

I'm really sorry that you have to go through this.

Do you have kids, Sergeant?

I'm raising a teenage boy.

So you know.

You can't protect your kids once they're grown.

They don't hear you anymore.

Mind of their own.

You got to let them make their own choices at some point.

We just hope that they choose right.

I never wanted Bobby to join the Bureau, but I couldn't tell him that.

Every time I saw a call from an unknown number, I

-I stop breathing.

"Is this the call?

" Today was the call.

If you need anything from me or the LAPD, will you let me know?

Nothing more to do now except wait.

Durham.

First day tomorrow, huh?

Joining 60

-Squad.

Becker's team.



- Yes, sir.



- Well, they'll make you feel welcome.

We all remember our first day, and, uh, well, I'm not gonna lie to you.



- It's always terrible.



- Still can't believe I'm on SWAT.

Best of the best.

I mean, my wife is crazy proud.

Let me guess.

Feels a little fake, huh?



- Yeah, something like that.



- My first day, I was so nervous, I backed Black Betty into a utility pole.

At speed.

Knocked power out of 1,500 homes.

That a true story?

Wish it weren't.

So, how long you been married?

A while now.

After high school, we started dating, and when it's right, it's right, you know?

You've got a little boy, if I remember.

Yeah.

Uh, yeah.

He's, uh, two, going on two and a half.



- So

- You're almost through the worst of it.

Got four kids, including a toddler.

The first of anything's always the hardest.

But then you're a vet.

You already know how to do the job.

Tomorrow, just do the job.

Thank you, Sergeant.

Hey, I'm giving a demonstration at my son's school tomorrow, so I won't be here

- to watch you roll out.



- Oh.

Let me be the first to say welcome to SWAT.

Patrol send an update?

Yep.

They got officers staking out Afton's friends, his three ex

-wives.

Three?

Not a Catholic, I take it.

He had enough kids to qualify.

No offense.

Look, there's only one that they haven't found.

It's his oldest, Jonah.

He's a USC undergrad, 19 years old.

Not at his apartment.

His phone goes to voice mail.



- You think he's with his father?



- I doubt it.

His mom, ex

-wife number one, told Street that Afton hardly ever sees the kid.

Well, this guy's an all

-around prince.

More I hear about him, the worse he sounds.

Well, Street put out a BOLO for Jonah just in case.

RHD got a hit on the print from the gate intercom.

Otto Brady.

Former Navy SEAL.

Owns and operates a private security company called Capstone.



- Capstone?



- Yeah, you heard of them?

These guys work internationally.

Everything from running security, for high

-profile assets to protecting merchant vessels from pirates.

A few of them even got caught delivering g*ns to Houthi rebels in Yemen.

So mercenaries.

I wonder how big of a payday Afton's promised for them to be willing to sh**t an FBI agent.

Enough to retire in luxury some place without extradition.

So, I got something.

Last year, Owen hired one of his Army Ranger buddies to do security with us, guy named Don Harrow.

He had just quit working for Capstone.

Said it was a bad experience.



- He say why?



- Not at the time, but, uh, he's on his way in.

Let's ask him.

I met Brady just after he started Capstone.

Dude was a straight arrow.

Smart, focused.

I left the Rangers six months prior.

Felt a little lost.

Figured why the hell not?



- What kind of jobs did you do?



- In the beginning?

Celebrities heading to Darfur for a humanitarian mission, we'd protect them.

Oil companies negotiating a deal in Libya, we'd coordinate transport on the ground.

Got involved in international kidnappings a few times.

Rescued some kids.

Those were fun.

So, why'd you quit?

Brady started chasing the money.

Didn't matter who or where it came from.

My last assignment, we got hired to fly some French politician's squeeze to Majorca for the weekend.

Easy paycheck till I saw the girl.

She couldn't have been more than 13.

So, I told Brady we need to report the slimeball.

Brady gave me 20 seconds to get off the plane, or he was gonna put a b*llet in my skull.

I got off the plane, never saw him again.

You know anyone still working for him?

Guys would always rotate in and out, few ever staying longer than six months.

No idea who Brady's working with now.

What about any old contacts he might lean on

- to get out of the country?



- Plenty of those.

I can think of a dozen just in California.

Let's start there.

Hey.

Deac said you could use some help with Harrow's list of Capstone contacts?

Yeah.

Here you go.

Start with the Js.

Hey, you rolled out early this morning.

Everything okay?

Yeah, good enough.

I made it to work on time.

Look, I'm not trying to get all up in your business, but was that Chris who called this morning?

Yeah.

She wasn't feeling great.



- And needed you in person?



- Come on.

Save your interrogation techniques, for the suspects, okay?

Only because I took a couple calls from her myself in Berlin after Erika d*ed.

Look, grief makes for bad decisions, you know?

I'll stop by her place later.

Oh, we just got a hit

- off the list.

Omar Khaled.



- What?

Charter pilot out of San Francisco.

ATC log at Van Nuys Airport shows his Cessna landed there a half hour ago.



- Do you believe in coincidences?



- Almost never.

Has to be Brady's exit plan with Afton.

Go.

LAPD.

Show me your hands.



- Hands!

- Whoa, whoa, I'm unarmed!

- I'm just a pilot.



- On your feet.

Slowly.

26

-David.

Plane's empty.

No sign of them around the hangar.



- Where's Brady?



- I don't know.

He called me this morning, asked if I could fly a client to Beijing ASAP.

He was supposed to meet me here, for takeoff an hour ago.



- Call him.

Get his ETA.



- No, man.

I can't do that.

Word gets out I helped the cops bust a client,

- my business goes under.



- Your client Brady sh*t an FBI agent this morning.

You don't start talking, that's aiding and abetting a fugitive.

You want anything else from me, you need to talk to my lawyer, sir.

Tan, flex him.

Turn around.

20

-David.

We got the pilot in custody, but no Brady, no Afton.

We'll stay put, be ready to take them down when they show up.

What's wrong?

Khaled should've called in ten minutes ago for his check

-in.

Maybe he lost track of time.

There he is.

That's my son.

Jonah.

I've been calling you for hours.

My phone d*ed.

I spent the night at Mary's.

What are you doing here?

You need to come with me.

You're not safe.

Okay?

Let's go.

I'll explain on the way.

Come on.

Give him a second.

He'll come.

Hey, we got Afton's kid.

Round up Dante and get over here.

Khaled hasn't checked in yet, so we're going to the safe house.

Uh, correction.

Stay put.

We'll come and get you.



- A cop just showed.



- I have visual on Jonah Afton with suspect John Afton from BOLOs.

sh*ts fired! sh*ts fired! We got to go! Move, kid.

Mary!

- Dad! What the hell?



- Next sh*t's the messy one.

What is wrong with you?

! Move.

Go, go.

Move, move, move.



- I'm going.

I'm going.

I'm going.



- Move.

Help's on the way, ma'am.

Suspects are in a black SUV heading southbound on Willow.



- Any update from Becker's squad?



- Still no sign of Brady or Afton at the airport.

Their plan must've changed.

What about RHD?

Any leads on Jonah's whereabouts?

Well, so far, only the description the girlfriend gave of the getaway car.

We put out a BOLO, but nada.

They also found Jonah's phone on a sidewalk a few blocks from the scene.

Brady must've figured we'd track it.



- So, a whole lot of dead ends.



- Well, at least we blocked their plan A when we grabbed the pilot.

They got to be scrambling for another way out.

Afton could've been en route to Beijing with a glass of good champagne before we even knew his pilot's name.

Now, why would he slow down to snatch a son he hardly sees?

You don't think it was fatherly love?

Excuse me, Commander?

Just got body cam footage from the officer that spotted Afton and Jonah.

You see right there?

That's a Finder tag.

It's a GPS tracker you can locate with an app on your phone.

Street gave me one after we spent two hours looking for the keys to my truck.

If we can access Jonah's phone, we can use the app to figure out where he is.

Or at least where his backpack is.

We'd need his password.

You think his girlfriend might know it?

Well, she's still in surgery.

g*nf*re ruptured her eardrum.

Why don't you two head over there and talk to her as soon as they let you.

Mystery solved.

Oh.

Not sure I want to know.

Well, I'm gonna tell you anyway.

Remember the bar where we found my car?

It was the bartender.

So I made a good, safe choice.



- No worries.



- Nothing's a choice if you can't remember it.

Me and him, we're friends.

Okay.

When the bartender's your buddy, maybe you're spending a little too much time at the bar?

You know what, I

-I liked you better before you turned into such a prude.

Why are you even here?

Go save the rest of the world.



- I'm fine.



- You're not fine.

You're torn up about Erika, just like the rest of us.

But getting all self

-destructive is a terrible way to handle grief.

Thanks for your personal insight.

You and me, we're the children of drunks.

We know what it looks like.

You've been drinking right now, haven't you?

Little hair of the dog, yeah?

For the hangover?

It helps.

You didn't plan on drinking until you blacked out last night.

But you did.

You didn't plan on ending up in some fleabag motel, but you did.

I should've never called you.

Except Tan already helped me out once.

I've leaned on Luca before.

Deacon can't keep a secret from Hondo, and Hondo would have to tell Hicks.

You were the only one left standing.

So don't pat yourself on the back too hard.



- I'll check in with you later.



- Don't bother.

You already made your point.

I get it.

It's no bother at all.

Wait, hold

-hold on, hold on.

What does that even mean?

I thought the teacher was in charge of the class, not some parent posse.

I am proud of my badge.

Let me ask you something Does that make me too toxic to attend the science fair next month?

Okay.

Well, good.

I'll see you then.

Hey.

Something happen?

Yeah.

That was, uh, that was Matthew's teacher.

I just got fired from his career day tomorrow.



- Come on, now.

What?



- Yeah.

Apparently, some of the parents think that a cop is the wrong kind of guest to have in a class these days.

Wow.

Sorry, man.

What am I supposed to tell Matthew?

He's got no context.

We don't let our kids watch the news.

Some cops just don't look like heroes on cell phones.

So now I'm some urban w*r criminal to this smug young teacher who's

-who's hiding behind these parents.



- They don't know you, Deacon.



- That's the thing.

They do.

I've known most of them since Matthew was in kindergarten.

I can't believe it has gotten this bad.

Deac, this ain't nothing new.

It's just loud now.

And public.

You know, I think about officers like Grayson, Erika, sh*t in the line of duty.

And you don't like being stereotyped as a thug.

Well, you know what?

Nobody does.

You became a police officer for the same reason I did:

- To protect and to serve.



- Mm

-hmm.

We protect the city.

We are not the problem.

So who is the problem?

People who break the law.

And what about when cops break the law?

Then they should be prosecuted.

It doesn't make the rest of us criminals.

Same's true on both sides of the line.

Not so much as a dead squirrel inside.

We're good.

Put my son in a safe place.

Make sure he can't run off.

Don't worry, Mr.

Afton.

We're off the grid.

No neighbors.

Perfect safe house.

Yeah, well, we shouldn't need a safe house.

Whole thing's been a disaster from start to finish.

And that FBI agent this morning, you didn't have to sh**t him.

Well, he was radioing for backup.

He was a thr*at to both of us.

And my son's girlfriend?

She wasn't a thr*at.

You made her a victim and a witness.

Due respect, we'd have made international airspace two hours ago if you hadn't slowed us down with this side trip to grab your boy Which wasn't on the agenda.

As if I'd take two for the price of one?

You want the rest of your payment?

Take care of business and get us out of here, without adding to the body count.

I'll add a bonus for Jonah.

Come find me when you have an exit strategy that'll actually work.

Guys, go make sure he doesn't set off one of the booby traps and k*ll himself before we can collect.

I found a way out, boss.

Want me to round up the crew?

Um One bay, and the front office looks like the size of my bathroom.



- It's such a rip

-off.



- I'm sorry it didn't work out, kid.

But we found another garage down the block with a "For rent" sign.

We're about to go peep the inside.

You sounded like Leroy just now.

He said I sound like you.

We're still on for burgers tonight, right?

One second.

Uh, it's my dad.

He's probably trying to find me.

Later.

It locked me out for one minute.

Too many attempts.

What have you tried so far?

His birthday.

His mom's.

His dog's.

Even mine.

And then I tried zero

-zero

-zero

-zero.

Okay, uh, it's time to get creative.

Luca, what's your password?

Zero

-zero

-zero

-zero.

Well, what's yours?

My anniversary with Bonnie, so I don't forget.

Did you and Jonah have an anniversary, Mary?

We haven't been together a whole year yet, but our first date was in September.

Not that he'd remember.

He's kind of bad with dates.

It's worth a try.

The whole thing was so surreal.

I I'd never even seen a real g*n before today.

You're safe now, Mary.

Jonah isn't.

It makes no sense.

He and his dad barely talk.

The man only cares about himself.

I keep telling him to cut his losses, but my guy's an optimist.

I love that about him.

Oh, wow.

It is our anniversary.

Just please let me know as soon as you've found him.

We will.

Here we go.

His backpack is way up by Angeles National Forest.

If he has his pack with him, we got him.

Okay?

Car's gone.

Where's Brady?



- Where's Collins?



- Probably out grabbing fresh wheels.

Jonah?

This will all make sense soon enough.

I'm very sorry for what I've put you through.

I'm sorry for a lot of the things I've done.

But we're family.

I love you.

Please talk to me.

Jonah?

Are you okay?

Help me move this.

Where the hell is my son?

Call Brady! Straight to voice mail.

I'll take a look around.

Keep him here.

30

-David.

One suspect leaving the house.



- He's armed.



- HONDO: We'll handle him.



- You and Stevens cover the one

-side.



- Roger that.

Street, cover the perimeter with 50

-David.



- Roger.



- Tan, let's move.

Two suspects inside.

It's not here! Dante?

Brady?

Call out! Whoever's there, you're on private property.

I have the right to use deadly force against you.

Aah! LAPD! Stop right there! LAPD! Tan! Cover! Tan! Get down! Tan! Tan.

Tan! Are you all right?

Vest saved your life, man.

We got to move.

20

-David.

We need backup.

Let me get you out of here.

Behind you! On your stomach! Stay down! Don't even think about it.

Don't die for a paycheck, man.

It's not your w*r anymore.

Well, at least you're vertical.

You all right?



- Second hit this year.



- Let's make it your last, man.



- How'd you spot the trap?



- I saw the metal in the bushes.

Motion

-activated remote trigger, right?

I have the right to remain silent.

Yes, you do.

This is 20

-David.

Suspect in custody.

Any sign of Jonah

- or Brady?



- Negative.

Just his backpack.

Roger that.

All right, thanks for letting me know.

But please tell his mom how sorry I am.

That was Valdez.

Agent Grayson d*ed during surgery.

How's Valdez holding up?

Hardest day of my whole career was losing Erika, and having to notify her sister.

SWAT trains you for a lot, but never that.

Yeah.

Already one mother's lost her son today.

Let's make sure Jonah's mother has a different ending.

Yes, sir.

The FBI agent sh*t this morning?

He just d*ed.

Which means your son is being held by a m*rder*r.

Do you have any idea where Brady could be taking your boy?

Anything he said, anything you saw?

No.

We were all at the cabin together.

I needed some air.

When I came back in, they were both gone.

They were just gone.

I would tell you if I knew.

I may be a terrible father, but I would never intentionally It doesn't mean you don't love your son.

You could be partway to China if you had just left Jonah out of it.

Why did you grab him?

He was my exit plan.

Help me out here.

Hoffenberg, Madoff I'm smarter than they were.

When I started my account, I knew I could crash and burn, and so I planned in advance.

I opened up a Swiss bank account in Jonah's name when he turned 12, and loaded it up year after year $130 million.

An escape hatch.

Jonah never knew about it?

I couldn't count on cooperation.

I had full control over the account until he was 18.

I was going to transfer the funds into a new account.

Then the Feds started poking around.

You couldn't move the money without raising any red flags, right?

Jonah turned 18, I needed him to access the funds.

That's that's why I couldn't leave him behind.



- Did you tell Brady about this?



- No, of course not.

But I had the statements for the account inside my bag, along with all of the other information for Jonah to zero out his own account, and, uh, I saw the statements were missing just before you broke down the door.

So Brady figured out that Jonah was a bigger asset than you were, and easier to handle.

I should have never put Jonah into this.

Do you really think you could save my son?

We're gonna try.

How you feeling?

Lucky.

I'm very glad for that.

Were you able to squeeze any info out of the two mercs from the cabin?

Roger Irving, ex

-Delta Force.

And Jeffrey Dante, ex

-Green Beret.

Both of them very willing to cooperate now.

Zero honor among thieves.

Either of them know where Brady took Jonah?

No.

But they gave up the fourth man on Brady's team Michael Collins, ex

-Marine Raider.

Special Ops has a lot to answer for with these guys.

We checked his contacts in the L.

A.

area.

Well, it turns out Collins has a cousin, Scott Young, operates an offshore supply ship that docked at the Port of L.

A.

two days ago to refuel and reload.



- Mm

-hmm.



- It's scheduled to depart tomorrow.

Interesting.

It's an update from Vessel Traffic Control.

Young moved up his departure.

Scheduled to leave in 20 minutes.

Smart money says Jonah's on that boat.



- 20 minutes to get to San Pedro?



- I'll tell Air Support to prep the bird.

Go.

We are casting off in two minutes.

So, we'll, uh Are you hungry?

Yeah, he's I got to keep my my golden goose fed.

Oh, uh, not even a squeak, or else I call my guys and have 'em cut your daddy's throat.

Understood?

Drop your w*apon! Drop it! Hands on your head! Don't move! 30

-David.

One suspect down, one in custody.

No sign of Jonah or Brady.

Copy that.

LAPD! Hondo, on your six.

There's an open hatch maybe 15 feet behind him.

Keep him busy.

Stay right there! Not another step! Mr.

Brady, we just want to end this peacefully.

So do you.



- Nobody needs to get hurt.



- Come any closer, Jonah here gets a b*llet.

Which would be sad, for the kid, but he's gonna die before I do.

You hearing me?

! Yeah.

Let's figure out a better plan.

How about a chopper, fully fueled?

You can be in Tijuana by happy hour.

Just give us Jonah.

I want you to back away in five seconds, or I empty half my mag into the kid.

Five, four.



- Come on, Hondo.



- Three! Stay down!

- You got him, Tan?



- Yeah.

Hands behind your back now! Jonah, you're okay.

We got you.

Mary's okay.

She's in the hospital.

What about my dad?

Is he okay?

He's been arrested, but he's safe.

This is 20

-David, we're Code 4.

Hostage unharmed.

Suspects in custody.

After

-action's done.

Just missing your signature.

I'll get to it in a bit.

How's Jonah?

First question he asked Was his dad okay.

After everything his father did to him.

My son and I put each other through hell, but when it's all said and done, we're still father and son.

That's a tough bond to break.

Or to fake.

How's Darryl?

Still staying out of trouble?

Yeah for now.

See you tomorrow, Commander.

Hey, good night, Sergeant.

Hope the kids enjoy your demo.

Turns out I won't be doing the demo.

Some other parents don't want a cop in the classroom.

We used to be the good guys.

Yeah, before cancel culture took over.

How do you cancel the police?

I know these parents.

Shadow in the driveway, they are speed

-dialing 911 for help.

Why are you here so late?

I was hoping our kid'll be asleep by the time I got there.

Well, that's honest.

I had no idea how hard this was gonna be.

Annie's kind of an expert on toddlers.

Why don't you and the family come over, for dinner Friday night?

She can share some of her sleep management tips, and, uh, we can celebrate your first week on SWAT.

Check with your wife, let me know.

Uh, I'm saying "yes" for both of us right now.

Jenna would just be happy to talk to survivors.

What's up?

So, um, I did some thinking after you left.

Like, real thinking.

How I'm always the tough chick who helps other people.

Helped, uh, Erika get dead.

Chris, you got to stop this.

What does Dr.

Wendy call it?



- Negative rumination?



- I know.

I'm a mess.

Vodka wears off, and Erika's still dead, and I feel worse.

But I, um I checked around.

And there's a community center near here that has a grief group this evening.

Could you maybe come with me?

Your wheels or mine?

Yours.

I'll go slow.

Is that a thr*at or a promise?

Hey, D, it's Hondo.

What's your ETA?

I'm heating up that grill pan, and I got your favorite fries.

Hey, kid.

That's me on your voice mail.



- Hope you're hungry.



- Oh, nah, man.

I just ate Mexican with my dad.

Oh, I completely forgot.

Um, c

-can we do it tomorrow?

Sure.

What are you gonna eat?

I got a whole enchilada in here I haven't touched.

No, it's all good.

There's room in the fridge.

Give me that.

So, how'd the second garage go?

It was right.

We're gonna take it.

Oh, yeah?

Nice.

Can't wait to see it.

So I'm sure you got some homework to do, right?

Oh, yeah.

I'm

-a sit with you.

Nah, nah, no need.

You go handle your business.

You're not gonna slack on my account.

Keep hustling, keep grinding, putting in the work.

My pops tell you that?

Nah, my dad always says it.

Kept him alive in prison.

Solid words, right?

No doubt.

Peace.