06x16 - Blowback

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06x16 - Blowback

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Previously on SWAT



- Officer Luca?





- Yeah.

I'm your sister. My mom had

an affair years ago

with a guy named Carl Luca.

You want to go somewhere and talk?





- Yeah.



- You surf, also?





- Where you go?





- Malibu.



- What about you?





- Redondo.

Oof, we got a lot to talk about.

I want to have a family with you.



- (ALL SHOUTING)



- We

-we

-we're having a girl?





- Mm.



- I'll toast to that.

Here's to family.

NICHELLE: (SIGHS)

I have two OIG meetings.

Then I need to get over to the

community center to interview



- a new program director.



- Baby.

Baby, come on now.

You've been going so hard lately.

I know you're trying

to get everything done

before our little baby girl gets here.

But we got time.

There's still just so much to do.

It is all gonna shake out.

I think you could use a little

extra help slowing down.

Oh.



- Is that right?





- Mm

-hmm.

(DOOR OPENS)

DANIEL: Hey!

What's all those boxes in the backyard?



Ain't you got the best

timing in the world, Pop?



You texted me to come over.

Hey, darling.



- Hey.



- Yeah, that was yesterday.

We could've used some extra hands.

Well, I'm here now. What do you need?



Nichelle and I have been

doing some spring cleaning,

getting ready for the baby,

so all the boxes in the back

are what's left over after we donated.

But you didn't touch

the attic, though, right?



Mm, yesterday. Cleared it all out.

You just up and donated

all that stuff?

Where?



The big Goodwill center on Western.

You didn't even give me a heads

-up?



Pop, what's going on with you?





- We'll talk later, Hondo.



- You just got here, Pop.

Pop!



(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

No. No, I'm good. Thanks.

Do you have what we asked for?



I assume that's my money?



Yes. We are men of our word.

Can I get you guys

started with anything?



Nothing, no. Go away.

You said you had what we asked for.

This list isn't complete.

It's mostly all there.

You know what it took to get just that?



We asked for all of it.

We're done here.

Hey. Where are you going?



I want my money!

Hey!

Give me the money or I'll sh**t!

(PATRONS GASP, YELP)

Fine.

Have your damn money.

(SHOUTING, CLAMORING)

(g*nshots ECHO)

6

-Adam

-18. We have multiple g*nshots

coming from Wyman Park Hotel,

corner of West 5th and Olive.

Repeat, sh*ts fired.

(GRUNTING)

Cops are here.

Take the list and go.

Finish the job.

(GROANS)

Um, they're just running

some tests, Dom.

I'll probably be out of here by tonight.

You had a heart att*ck, Dad.

Stop trying to play it down.

It was mild.

If I knew it took a heart att*ck

to get you to visit,

I'd have had one sooner.

LUCA: Yeah, don't joke

like that. This is serious.

Oh. Excuse me for making light,

but I feel like

we hardly see you anymore.

I've just been really busy

with work and the food truck.

So you keep saying.

I mean, the streets must be filled

with hungry criminals these days.

I'm really sorry, all right?



Just got a lot going on.

It's complicated.

Cardio lab's ready for you, Mr. Luca.

Yeah, see what I mean?



There's never enough tests.



- (GRUNTS)



- Look.

Don't let him punk you, okay?



This guy's a terrible patient,

but he's a good guy.

All right.

God, I hate seeing him like this.

He's right about you

not coming around, though.

So, what's her name?



What?

Who?



The new lady in your life.

It's been a while,

but I know the pattern.

We stop seeing you. You make excuses,



- usually about work



- No.

Mom, it's not like that, I swear.

Well, something's going on.

Look, Dominique, whatever it is,

your father needs family

more than ever right now.

And with Terry chasing

his girlfriend up to Oregon,

you and I are all he has.

Okay.

I'll try to come around more, I promise.

We're getting older.

And listen to me when I say this:

You don't want to look up

and wish you had more time.

(PHONE BEEPING)

Okay, I got to go, Mom. Sorry.

Just think about what I said.

Yeah.

(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

Luca, how's your pops?



He's doing okay. Still,

hate that he's getting old.



- You sure you're up for this?





- Hell yeah, man.

Beats thinking about what

-ifs.

What do we got?



g*n battle popped off inside.

Conflicting reports,

but it sounds like

we've still got two sh**t.

Witnesses say both sides took hits.

Most of the diners got out,

but we still got a few inside.

Okay. What are we waiting for?

Let's go.

DEACON: Cabrera, get on our six.

Eyes on that door.

Hold it.

Deacon.

It's one of our sh**t.

He's dead.

STREET: Hondo?



We've got a blood trail.

Could be the other sh**t.

Going into the kitchen. Ready?





STREET (QUIETLY): Lights off.

STREET: LAPD! Drop the g*n!

BAJWA: Don't come any closer!

(WOMAN WHIMPERING, PANTING)

Come on, man. There's nowhere to go.

And you look like you need some help,

so how about you release her,

and we get you some medical attention?



No! You need to get out!

Hondo, we've got no angle here.

HONDO: I'm on my way.

You need to back away, or I'll k*ll her!

(WOMAN WHIMPERING)

Listen up, man. It's over.



- Put down the w*apon.



- (WOMAN BREATHING HEAVILY)

Get me out of here,

or she dies, you hear me?

!



- (TWO g*nshots,



- WOMAN GASPS LOUDLY)

(WOMAN PANTING)



- (GASPS LOUDLY)



- You're okay, you're okay.



- Get her out of here!



- (WOMAN WHEEZING)

Let's go. Let's get you out of here.

20

-David to Command.

Code 4.

Good job.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

HONDO: What do you got, Deac?



You ready for this?

Our sh**t

is an Indian national.

Soon as RHD ran his prints,

it triggered an Interpol Red Notice.

The guy's wanted for more

than a dozen assassinations

across the Middle East and North Africa.



- Contract k*ller.



- CABRERA: And he's not working alone.

Waitress said for certain

he arrived with a partner.

Guy fled out the back

when the sh**ting started.

What about the sh**t we found dead?



His name is Mason Crowley.

He's a former

m*llitary intelligence officer.

According to the waitress,

they started arguing

over a folder with what looked like

a list of names and addresses.

No sign of it now.

But we did find

a briefcase full of cash.

Had to be an exchange, intel for money.

We got to figure that the partner

made off with that folder.

We got a dangerous hit man on

the loose in L.A. with a list.

What happened here

was just the beginning.

This gives a whole new meaning

to the phrase "dine and dash."

Where are we with an ID on this guy?



Well, nothing yet, but DHS flagged him

and five other foreign nationals,

including the sh**t we took down.

Now, they entered the U.S. yesterday.

All on the same flight,

all with fake passports.

And the guy we took down?



He's a known assassin.

So there's a good chance

that his travel buddies

are in the same line of work.

Great. We got a half a dozen K*llers

on a mission in L.A.

What do we know

about this list they have?



The waitress only caught a glimpse, but

I'm looking into

the guy who supplied it.

He's an American Mason Crowley,

former Naval Intelligence officer.

He was discharged about a year

ago for conduct unbecoming.

Since then, he's been consulting

for various private m*llitary companies.

Newcastle Group,

Blackvine, Ambercaz Corporation.

Which means he has access to a

lot of classified information.

Yeah, and according to his financials,

he was hurting for money.

He had over $100,000 in debt

between casinos,

online gambling platforms,

which would explain

the briefcase full of cash.

Oh, he's selling secrets.

He could have handed over anything,

from locations of federal witnesses

to high

-ranking government officials.

We need to find these guys fast

before they strike again.

May be too late for that.

Patrol just called in

a m*rder in Highland Park.

Witnesses saw two men fleeing the scene,

one matching the description

of our suspect.

The victim, Koss Matias,

was a retired Army Ranger.

His wife found him

zip

-tied in the garage.

First responders think he was

tortured before he was k*lled.

HICKS: All right,

let's try to bring the wife in.

Maybe she knows something

that can help us figure out

what the hell is going on.

DURANT: Luca.

I just heard. Some of the old

-timers

at the 27th were talking.

A heart att*ck?



Yeah. But, look,

he's gonna pull through, though.

I went and saw him this morning.



- So he's alive?





- Yeah.

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

You know cops and the rumor

mill. I heard more than once



- that he didn't make it.



- Nah, he'll be fine.

He's just got to take better

care of himself, that's all.

(EXHALES)

Good.

'Cause I want to meet him.

Wait. What?



I thought you didn't

want anything to do with him.

That was before I thought I lost

my chance to get to know him.

Maybe we should just hold off a b*at.

Okay?

There's a lot of moving pieces.

I know it's a big ask, Luca.

But I keep thinking

about what Terry said

about my mom going to your house

three years ago.

She wanted me to know our dad.

I already lost her.

(SIGHS)

I just don't think

it's a good time right now.

I'm sorry.

I guess I didn't

realize that your idea of family

had limits.

I can't imagine who would want

to hurt Koss,

and like this.

Well, that's why we've asked

you to come in, Mrs. Matias.

We're hoping you can

help us figure that out.

I can't imagine how.

Did your husband have any enemies?



No.

Koss was a gentle soul.

In fact, the last argument we had was

when I asked him to retire

from the Army five years ago.

Yeah, that kind of rush

must be hard to give up.

For some vets.

I mean, you hear the stories

of guys who retire

and get into trouble 'cause

they can't let go of the high.

That wasn't Koss.

He was happy.

Spent most of his time

volunteering. (SNIFFLES)

Do you know if Koss knew of a man

by the name of Mason Crowley?



Hmm.

No, the name doesn't sound familiar.

But Koss had a lot of friends.

He kept in touch

with his old Army buddies.

They had this camping group

that would travel a couple times a year.

He always uploaded the photos.

He was pretty proud of his adventures.

Do you mind if I text this to myself?



It might help us.

Mrs. Matias, uh,

your husband was found in the garage.

But you told the police

that you think maybe the

K*llers had been in the house?



In his study?



Do you have any idea what

they might've been looking for?



No,

but they took his phone and his laptop.

(SNIFFLES) All these years,

I was so worried

about him when he was overseas,

risking his life for our country.

I finally convince him to retire.

And he ends up getting k*lled

in our home.

(CRIES) Oh.

Hey. Check out the shield on Koss's cap.

I've seen that emblem before.

It belongs to Ambercaz.

It's one of the private

m*llitary companies

Mason Crowley consulted for.

So maybe Koss wasn't as retired

as his wife thinks he was.

Either way, Ambercaz

that might be the link.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm familiar with Ambercaz.

They're a goodwill PMC.

They specialize in rescue,

peacekeeping missions

that our government

can't or won't touch.

Yeah. Apparently, they were behind the

evacuation of those journalists

in Ukraine a couple months ago.

All right, so we know Mason

Crowley did a stint with Ambercaz.

You think Matias was

working with them, as well?



As a field operator, yeah.

That's the running theory.

But given their line of work,

it's gonna be hard to confirm

that without a contact.

I think I may know

someone who works there.

I haven't talked to

him in years, though.

There some bad blood?



Well, his father and I were

partners back in my patrol days.

Yeah, we grew to be like brothers.

That's until I found out he stole money

from several drug busts we worked,

and, you know, I asked him

to come clean, turn himself in.

He refused.

So you reported him to Internal Affairs?



He ended up getting kicked off the force

and spiraled from there.

He he eventually

drank himself to death.

You think the son blames you?



Well, his mother did.

I mean, she told me at the

funeral that I k*lled her husband.

The kid saw the whole thing.

I was close with him

back then, but that day,

the look in his eyes

everything changed.

Commander, maybe

I should talk to him instead.

No. I'm not hiding behind you.

We need intel, I'm gonna reach out.

I'm not gonna let my personal business

jeopardize the people of this city.



- Yeah. Hello.



- HONDO: Pop,

I've been trying you.

I wanted to check in about this morning.

You left the house in a hurry.

Yeah, well, I've been busy.

I've been at the donation center

all morning

trying to get back what

you threw away so carelessly.

Pop, come on now.

That junk up in the attic

hasn't been touched in 30 years.

What's so important now?



Junk, huh?

Well, obviously,

somebody thought it was valuable,

'cause it ain't here.

Somebody bought it all for pennies.

(SCOFFS) After all the time I spent

Oh, come on, Pop.

What is this about?



Nothing.

You have a good day, son.



- (CALL CLICKS OFF)



- Pop. Pop?



(DOOR OPENS)

Well, a visit

from the man himself.

Long time, Aaron.

Yeah. It's good to see you.

How's your mom doing these days?



Oh, yeah. She's okay.

Lives on her own,

keeps busy with the grandkids.

What's it been,

30 years since you

and my father ran the streets?



(SCOFFS) Yeah.

Figured you'd be retired by now.

Ah.

I'm not quite finished

with the badge yet.

I still got a few more years left in me.

Hmm.

Got the names you sent over.

Hmm.

I can confirm that both Crowley

and Matias worked for Ambercaz,



- but that's about it.



- Mm

-hmm.

There was, uh,

no overlap in their roles.

Crowley was in analytics,

Matias was a field guy.

Ah.

They were both k*lled

by the same people.

One was tortured.

There's got to be more to it.

Well, that's all

I'm authorized to share.

The rest is classified.

Then get it declassified.

Lives are at risk.

Well, it's not up to me.

Look, Ambercaz is conducting

its own investigation.

If we come up with anything

pertinent to the LAPD,



- we'll share it with you.



- All due respect,

I need information

that I can act on now.

I'm just abiding by the protocol.

Well, it feels more like

you're stonewalling me.

(LAUGHS) Come on, Bob.

It's not personal.

But I do find it ironic

that you're asking me

to color outside the lines,

given your track record.

Because, as I remember,



- you're a stickler for the rules.



- Hmm.

(DOOR OPENS)

I have a meeting, Commander.

I can assure you

that Ambercaz will contact every

operative with a connection

to Koss Matias and give 'em a heads up.



- Hmm.



- If you don't mind

(SCOFFS)

KEVIN: Three tours,

I lose my arm in a car accident.

Go figure.



- You're doing a great job, Kevin.



- (PHONE DINGS)

I can get that.

No. Let me.

Pack up. We're done for today.

Kevin, what's going on?



(DIALING, LINE RINGING)

WOMAN: 911. What's your emergency?



My name is Kevin Grayson.

There's two guys here with g*ns.

I think they want to k*ll me.

My address is 137 Liberty Street. Hurry!

Change of plans, Patty.

Safer if you hole up here.

What's going on?



(SIREN WAILING)



What do we got?



Two sh**t on the second floor.

Asian or Southeast Asian descent.

We got 'em pinned in an alcove,

but we're seriously outgunned.

They got a*t*matic weapons

sporting high

-capacity drum mags.

Nothing we could do but hold 'em.

All right, you did your job.

We got it from here.

Sounds like our guys. Coincidence?



No such thing. Deacon, with me.

The rest, you know what to do.

Officers, get up out of here.

We got this. Thanks, boys.

This is LAPD SWAT!

You got no way out of here!

Throw down your weapons

and come out, hands raised.

Cover!

Street, can you give me eyes?



Two suspects,

ducked in a dead

-end alcove.



- Both heavily armed.



- HONDO: Copy that.

Street, ready flashbangs.

Luca, corner sh*t.

22

-David in position.

Corner sh*t is ready, boss.

This is your last chance!

Drop your g*ns and come out!

(GRUNTS)



- (LOUD BOOM)



- (YELLS)

Deacon, move.

Drop it!

(GRUNTS)

Suspects one and two down.

Hey. This is the 911 caller.

I'm on it.

This is Sergeant Kay, LAPD.

Open the door, please.

We need help in here!

It's Kevin. He's sh*t!

22

-David. We need an R/A up here now.

Zip ties.

Maybe they wanted to take Grayson alive,

t*rture him like they did Koss Matias?



And check this out.

This must be the list they paid for.

Names and addresses.

Matias, Grayson and three others.

There's a sixth name on here,

but the info's blacked out, redacted.

That's probably why they

tortured Matias,

and why they planned

to t*rture the victim here.



- To get the sixth name.



- All right.

We'll get the three names

we can read into protection.

But there are still

three assassins out there.

We got to find out

who this sixth name is

before the hit men,

or they're as good as dead.

Came as soon as I heard.

I'm Aaron Skinner. I'm with Ambercaz.

Sergeant Harrelson.

We owe you a huge thanks, Sergeant

you, too, Commander for saving

Kevin Grayson's life today.

An apartment building full

of citizens were terrorized,

young officer was sh*t.

All of which could've been avoided

if you came clean with me



- in your office earlier.



- HONDO: We checked out

the five names from a list

found on one of the hit men.

They're all former soldiers.

And I'm willing to bet

they all work for Ambercaz.

Now we need to know

what connects these five

with the assassins

running around my city.

And don't tell me it's classified.

Well, it is classified. (SCOFFS)

But I talked to my bosses,

convinced them

to share one

of our mission files with you.

I'm sending it now.

(PHONE CHIMES)

(COMPUTER TRILLS)

The five men on the list were all part

of an Ambercaz mission

led by Koss Matias

to the India

-Pakistan

border six months ago.

They were tasked

with taking out Dinesh Reddy,

the leader of a Southeast Asian

crime organization

called "The Brotherhood

-Defense

Movement," B.D.M. for short.

Yeah, I heard about them.

They were behind a dirty b*mb

at a U.S. base in Qatar last year.

And a shelling

of a boarding school in Myanmar.

Yeah, they operate

primarily in the shadows,

planning and funding

global acts of terror.

Matias and his men took out

the entire B.D.M. compound.

Dinesh, his generals and

his acolytes, including his wife

and adult sons.

That woman.

We've seen her.

Arjet Reddy?

That's Dinesh's wife,

second in command.

She was k*lled in the raid.

Ah

Facts say otherwise.

Arjet entered the U.S.

yesterday, along with the other hit men.

She survived.

Well, she's got to be the one

orchestrating these

att*cks, wanting revenge

for the death of her husband and sons.

There's a sixth name on

that list that's redacted.

And the K*llers seem hell

-bent

on finding that identity.

Wasn't one of our operatives,

but I'll see what I can do.

That's not good enough.

We need that name, Aaron.

Can you get it or not?



I just said I will look into it.

That's the best I can do for now.

Deacon told me about your shared past,

the stuff that went down

with his father and IA?



Yeah.

I was like an uncle to Aaron

when he was a kid,

before it all went bad.

(CHUCKLES) I spent every

weekend one summer

building him a treehouse.

Maybe he is being genuine

and doing all he can.

What are you saying?



I made the wrong call applying pressure?



No, sir. I'm just reminding you

we don't have all the context.

Hey. Kevin Grayson's wounds are

patched up, he's headed to HQ.

Hicks wants us to talk to

him as soon as he gets here.



- Cool.



- Yeah.

Let me know when he arrives.

Luca

All right.

What's going on, man?



Nothing, all right?

Never better, man.

Dude, we share a house together.

I know your snore pattern.

Come on, cough it up.

Eva wants to meet my father.

She heard that he had a heart att*ck,

freaked her out a little bit.

Now she wants me

to make an introduction.



- Okay. And that's bad?





- Hell yeah, it's bad.

It could blow everything up.

I mean, what if?



How's my mom gonna react

when she finds out

that my dad had an affair?



Okay?

She's gonna be crushed.

I can't just destroy

their marriage just like that,

especially not now.

So what are you gonna do?



I mean, you had to know this was

coming sooner or later, right?



I don't know. I can't just

keep avoiding my folks,

but I can barely look 'em

in the eyes knowing what I know.

It's like lose

-lose,

no matter what, bro.

Yeah. Look,

I know what it is to lose your parents

and to not have any answers.

And if I was your dad,

I think I'd want to know

if I had a kid out there.

The way I see it,

you're robbing 'em both

of an opportunity 'cause you're

afraid of what might happen.

MAN: Hey.

Kevin Grayson's here.

Okay. Let's not keep him waiting.

(SIGHS)

I can't believe they got Matias.

I bet that son of a bitch

put up a hell of a fight.

Look, these guys are still on the loose.

We could really use your help.

I thought you took care of

'em pretty well at my apartment.

Yeah. That was only two.

There's

still three more of them out there.

We think this is about revenge

for the Ambercaz mission

that took down B.D.M.

The hit men at your

apartment they had a list

with the names and addresses

of the five men in your unit.

LUCA: The problem is,

there was a sixth name on the list,

but it was redacted.

Do you have any idea who that may be?



I might. I mean, Matias had a contact

inside the B.D.M. compound,

someone serving us intel.

We wouldn't have breached without it.

If this is about revenge, it'd be them.



- Do you have a name?





- No. Matias kept that to himself.

But I do remember

a woman and her daughter.

They hitched a ride with us on

our flight back to the States.

Kid was pretty sick,

needed oxygen.

Matias actually held her

the whole way home.

You think Matias kept in contact?



I wouldn't doubt it.

He wasn't the type to let a woman

and a sick child get

swallowed up in a city like L.A.

I'm sure he kept tabs on them.

All right.

Thanks.



- (LINE RINGING)



- Hey, babe. You got a minute?



NICHELLE: Actually, I do.

You might be onto something

with this slowing

-down business.

See, I got me some good ideas

here and there.

(LAUGHS)

Look, I want to ask you

something about my father.

Have you talked to him yet?



I'm still confused by

that whole thing this morning.

Yeah, I talked to him, but

I didn't get any kind of answer.

But then, something Commander Hicks said

about trying to build

a treehouse jogged my memory.



- What do you mean?





- Baby, do you remember seeing

an old wooden dollhouse among the things

that we packed for donation?



I remember a wooden castle

kind of thing.

(SIGHS) Baby, it started life

as a dollhouse.

My Pops built it for my sister Winnie

when she was just a kid,

and it took him months.

And then, when she outgrew it,

he repurposed it into a castle for me,

even let me pick the paint.

I called it "King Castle."

So now, with the baby on the way

He was probably planning

to repurpose it again for her.

(SIGHS) That's why it was so important,

sitting in the attic all these years,

and I just threw it away.

I'm sure if you talk to him,

he'll understand

you didn't mean any harm.

(SIGHS) Niche, I don't know.

I was pretty rough on him.

He was just trying to do

something special for our girl.

I got to make this right.

I love you, baby.

I love you, too.

(SIGHS)

You got something for me?



We checked back with Heidi Matias

and asked if her husband ever

came in contact

with anyone who matches the description

of the woman

on the plane with a sick child.

Turns out Matias

volunteered for Cupid's Bow,

a charity for children

with serious heart defects.

Heidi said he got involved

after meeting a woman

named Mariam and her ill daughter, Gia,

shortly after one of his camping trips.

And we got this photo from Mrs. Matias.

The woman in the Green Raven

Cafe uniform that's Mariam.

Now we think she's

the redacted name on the list.

There was no one named Mariam

in the official mission data.

But I'm combing through the new

intel we just got from Ambercaz.



- From Aaron Skinner?





- Could be.

It came from an anonymous email.

Well, I'm sure that doesn't fall in line

with Ambercaz's protocol.

This file lists a woman

named "Tamia Ghosh."

She was a maid inside the B.D.M.

compound, had a sick child.

That sounds like the woman

on the plane to me.

She helps out Matias,

trades inside information

for a new life.

Wait. The hit men stole

Matias's phone and laptop.

If they have access

to Matias's photos

Then it's only a matter of time

before they figure out

who and where Mariam is,

if they haven't already.

I got a home address.

Send patrol units there

and her place of work, now.

(GRUNTING, GROANING)

Where is Tamia?



I don't know anyone named Tamia!

Tell us where she is now!

(COUGHING)

Let's not waste any more time.

You know this woman. She works here.

If you don't want to die,

tell us where to find her.

Sir, just got word from Patrol.

No sign of Mariam at her apartment

or the cafe where she works,

but an employee there got beaten

within an inch of his life

taking out the trash.

Couple of the other workers

found him unconscious.

Well, that has to be the work

of Arjet and the other two hit men.

If the poor bastard survived,

he must've said something.



- Do we have any idea what?





- No.

But one of the other employees

said that Mariam's daughter

is currently a patient

at the Children's Hospital.

Have to think, if Mariam's not at home,

and she's not at work

She's at the hospital with the kid,

which means that's where Arjet's

gonna be headed next.

All right, I'll call over there

and alert the hospital

while the team rolls.

(ALARM SOUNDING)

MAN (OVER P.A.): Attention.

The hospital is initiating

emergency protocols.

All visitors and non

-essential

staff are instructed

to exit immediately.

(SIREN WAILING)

All right, listen up.

Hospital has seven floors.

Mariam's daughter

is on the third, room 318.

Now, when we land, Deacon, Cabrera,

you ascend the east stairwell.

Luca, Street,

you're with me up the west.

Now, the plan is

to trap and pinch. Got it?



Copy that, boss. Have us there in three.

Great. Thank you. Hospital

security's already begun

an evacuation of nonessentials.

We should still be

on the lookout for stragglers.

Yeah, Street's right. One

of my kids is in the hospital,

last thing I'm doing

is leaving them behind.

Heads on a swivel. Don't forget

these guys are trained K*llers.

Let's fill the gaps.

ALL: Stay liquid!

Hey, Mom.

Why are the lights flashing?



Did you get my treat?



Come on, baby. We're going

to play a little game.



- Hide

-and

-seek.



- Why?

What's happening?



No questions right now.

We need to find a good hiding place.

Come on.

MAN (OVER P.A.):

the hospital is initiating

emergency protocols.

All visitors and non

-essential staff

are instructed to exit immediately.



Bed's still warm.

Find them.

(SIREN WHOOP, TIRES SCREECH)

Mom,

you're scaring me.

No, sweetie.

It'll be okay.

Just want you to stay here.

Make yourself small

and stay here,

no matter what.



- Wait. You're leaving?

Mom!



- Trust me.

We've been through so much.

And we'll get through this, too.

Just be brave, like always.

Okay?



Clear.

CABRERA: Clear.

Clear.

Suspect deep, going from

room on the right

to the room on the left.

(GRUNTING)

Hands behind your back!

20

-David. One suspect in custody.



- Any eyes on Mariam or the kid?





- Negative.



- Still looking.



- (g*nsh*t, WOMAN SCREAMS)

sh*ts fired. Nurses' station.

LAPD!

(MARIAM WHIMPERS)

Second suspect down.



- Are you hurt?

We heard a sh*t.



- No. My little girl, Gia.



- I've got to get to my daughter.



- (GIA SCREAMS)



- Oh, my God!



- Hey, hey, hey, hey.

I need you to get back and stay down.

I know what everything in

your head wants to do right now,

but let us handle it. For Gia's sake.



- Cabrera?





- (PANTING)

DEACON: LAPD! Let the girl go!

Hondo, Arjet has the girl.

They're in the elevator.

CABRERA: It's going up.

26

-David, taking the stairs.

We'll head 'em off.

Cabrera, tell us where

the elevator stops.

They're headed to the roof.

Street. 11 o'clock.

Street, post up left. I'm going right.

Give it up, Arjet!

The whole building's surrounded.

You're not gonna get away.

What makes you think

I'm trying to get away?



Tamia betrayed me.

She helped those

soldiers k*ll my family.

I'm not going anywhere until

I've done what I came to do.

So bring Tamia here or the child dies!

You don't have to do this.

Let the girl go.

She's got nothing to do with

what happened to your family.

You're wrong.

This sick little bug is no

doubt why Tamia betrayed us.

She's a mother.

She did what she had to do

to save her child.

ARJET: At the expense of my family?



She's as responsible for their deaths

as the devils who k*lled them.

DEACON: We're in position

on a neighboring rooftop.

Your 11 o'clock.

Deac, she's too close to the edge.

You take the sh*t, she could fall,

and take the kid with her.

Well, then we need

to separate them somehow.

ARJET: The only thing that kept me alive

as I bled on the floor

next to my sons was revenge.

So save your talk for someone else.

I want Tamia!

You see that?



Her arm is shaking.

She could barely hold that g*n up.

The raid on her compound.

She must be injured.

Deacon, I need you ready

to take that sh*t.

I'm fine with k*lling

this child if I have to.

Seems fitting, actually.

Bring Tamia here.

Tamia's not coming.

Back off, or I'll k*ll you

then the bug.

Not with your g*n shaking like that.

Deacon, now. (g*nsh*t)

(ARJET CRIES OUT)

(GIA SOBBING)

STREET: Come here.

You're all right. You're okay.

It's okay.

20

-David. Suspect down. Child is safe.

Aaron.

Heard what you guys did.

Saving a mother and her sick child.

I just wanted to congratulate you.

Well, it wouldn't have been possible

without crucial intel

that we received from



- an anonymous email.



- Hmm.

You wouldn't know anything

about that, would you?



I'm afraid I cannot confirm or deny.

Mm.

Well

I'm grateful to whoever did.

And for what it's worth, I'm sorry for

holding your feet to the fire

when you were doing all you could.

I should have taken you at your word.

Well, didn't make it

real easy on you, either.

It's not hard to see how you'd

think I was holding a grudge.

I, uh, took my jabs.

I guess it's just always been easier

to blame you for my

father's death than him.

Yeah.

What is this?



It's, um, a little context.

It's a transcript of

my father's IA tribunal.

Mm

-hmm.

You spoke on his behalf.

Yeah.

It wasn't greed

that drove your dad to steal.

He was in deep with some bad people.

He was trying to save your house,

and I didn't know that

when I turned him in.

Wish I had.



- I didn't realize that.



- Mm.

My mother never really

talked about it.

Your father was a good man, Aaron.

He just made a couple of bad decisions.

But he'd be proud of

the man you are today.

He always talked

about how smart you were,

destined for great things.

Looks like your old man was right.

Thanks.

Uh, well, uh, I gotta go.



- Can't miss another family dinner.



- No.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Hey, how about we get a cup

of coffee sometime soon?

Huh?





- You know, when you're not saving L.A.



- (LAUGHS)

You know what?



I think I'd like that.

Yeah.

I told you I'd be out of here tonight.

Assuming the damn doctor

comes to sign me out.

He said he just wanted to give you

one more look before we go.

I'll go see if I can find him.

Okay.

You know you're gonna have to

take it easy for a while, right?



So Hondo's kid must be

coming pretty soon, yeah?



Yep. (CHUCKLES)

He must be thrilled.

(LAUGHS) Yeah.

But a girl?



Oh, thank God for you boys.

I don't know what

I'd have done with a daughter.

Dad, there's something

I have to tell you,

but I don't want it

to change things between us.

Of course not.

Nothing you say could

change us. Trust that.

A patrol cop reached out to me

a couple months ago.

Right?

She's, like, really great.

She loves the b*at, loves to surf.

I think you'd really like her.



- Her?





- Yeah.



- You finally settling down, Dom?





- Oh, God, no, no.

It's not like that.

Her name is Eva Durant.

Her mom was a detective.

You worked with her

in Hollenbeck some time ago.

Sofia.

I remember her.

You're saying she had a daughter?



About 40 years ago.

Do you want to hear the rest?



Yeah. Yeah.

I think I do.

Hondo?



In here, Pop.

All right, what's so important

that you had me rush over here?



What'd you give away now?



What's all this?



Look, I tried everything I could to find

my old King Castle,

but just like you, no luck.

That thing's long gone.

So, what?

This your way of apologizing?



You think it's gonna be that easy, son?



No, hell no. There ain't

nothing easy about you.

Look, I'm sorry for taking something

with so many memories for granted.

That wasn't my intention.

I know, son.

(SIGHS)

Maybe I put too much weight

on that thing.

I just wanted to be able to pass

something on to my granddaughter.

Bring something from the

past into the future.

Well, she's lucky she's got you here.

Look, no dollhouse is gonna compare to

the love and wisdom that

you're gonna give my baby girl.

Trust me.

I know from experience.

You know what?



I'm glad you feel that way.

'Cause building these things,

that's hard work.

I think I'm gonna sit this one out.



- I'll hop on the next one.



- No, come on now.

I was thinking

we could build it together.

You gonna leave me

hanging with all this?

No. I plan on watching you and make sure

you don't mess this thing up

for my grandbaby.

Oh, you're gonna do me like that?

Just like that.

(BOTH LAUGHING)
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