06x04 - Hour of the Dog

[bunniefuu]

[SOFT MUSIC]

[SEAGULLS CRYING]

[SHIP HORN BLARING]

You're sure about going back to school?

It's only a couple of days a week.

It won't be too much travel.

- Most of it I can do from here.

- Ah.

- Nerd!

- Stop.

You love it!

I've seen you reading journal

articles over my shoulder.

- Yeah, it's a little charming.

- [SARAH CHUCKLES]

All right, thanks for lunch.

Got to go see my insurance agent

before she takes me for dead

and cancels my insurance policy.

You sure you haven't

put it off long enough?

Name one thing that's more

boring than insurance.

Why are you locking up your g*n?

g*ns make her a little nervous.

She had an accident when she

was a kid in her family, so

- Oh.

- I just take it off.

- You're considerate.

- Yeah, I really am.

[SARAH LAUGHS] Okay, I'll

see you back at the station.

- See you.

- Oh, hey!

- Yeah.

- Um

I've been putting it off but, um

my family's hoping I'll make

it home for my dad's birthday.

- Okay.

- Do you think you and Rex

would like to come in two weeks?

My mother's already invited

all the aunts and uncles.

I think she wants to show you off.

- Um

- I was gonna buy the tickets today, actually.

Just let me check my calendar.

- Okay!

- Um

Yeah! Uh, yeah, let me

know what you decide!

Okay!

Come on, pal.

[REX MOANS]

Don't worry, pal. It'll be fine.

Don't look like that.

No one ever asked you

to meet the family.

CHARLIE: Hey, Denise.

I'm just here to see Nina.

Detective Hudson!

No dogs allowed, as

I've mentioned before.

Yeah, um

Some of our customers have allergies

and this one's clearly a shedder.

[REX MOANS]

Could he stay out here with

you and keep you company?

I won't be long.

[DENISE SIGHS]

Fine. He can stay with me.

Ah, you're the best.

HOWIE: Hey, Denise.

- DENISE: Back from lunch already?

- HOWIE: Yeah!

- These boxes aren't gonna move themselves.

- [DENISE CHUCKLES]

Okay.

You be good.

[REX BARKING]

I said be good.

After you.

- Hey, Nina.

- Charlie!

I thought I'd never see you!

Yeah, sorry about that.

There's those papers you asked for.

I noticed all the boxes.

- You all moving?

- It's our last day here.

The new office is up on Merrymeeting

but you'll get an email.

- Ah, too bad. I love the view.

- Yeah.

There's been some downsizing.

Oh, you're not going anywhere?

Oh, I'd never abandon you,

Charlie. [NINA CHUCKLES]

Um, let me just pull up your file

- and I'll have you out of here in a jiff!

- Okay.

Something's not working.

Felicia, did they disconnect

the phones already?

No, not until the end of the week.

No peeking, Nina.

I didn't see a thing, Felicia.

Did that look like

chocolate to you, or ?

- In my expert opinion, no.

- [NINA GROANS]

There's some areas we can improve.

CHARLIE: Okay, that's great.

So, just a signature right here?

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

- [REX GROWLS]

- DENISE: Rex, no!

[DENISE SCREAMS]

GUNMAN: Oh, you're lucky

you're not in my way!

- You stay down, okay?

- [REX BARKS]

- Okay!

- [DEVICE BEEPS]

[DOOR SLAMS]

- [REX BARKS]

- [SCREWDRIVER WHIRRING]

[REX BARKS] [REX BARKING IN DISTANCE]

[REX BARKS]

- [g*nshots f*ring]

- [NINA CRIES OUT]

CHARLIE: Get down!

[DENISE SHUDDERING]

[REX BARKING]

GUNMAN: Good afternoon, Bay Insurance!

Now, I want everyone out

where I can see them!

Right now!

[UPBEAT THEME MUSIC]

GUNMAN: Ah, come on! Don't make

this difficult on yourselves!

- [REX BARKING]

- Anybody in here?

- [DOOR SLAMS]

- Hello!

All right!

We'll see how long you can hide!

What?

Everybody take the day off or something?

CHARLIE [WHISPERING]: Nina! This way!

[NINA SHUDDERING]

- [REX BARKING]

- GUNMAN: Okay people!

Just come on out, okay?

Join the fun!

[WYATT SHUDDERING]

[NINA BANGS RADIATOR]

- Shhhhh.

- I mean it's not a party

until everyone joins the fun!

This won't take long!

I promise!

Quick and easy!

[NINA SHUDDERING]

You're bleeding.

I've been sh*t.

Nina! Are you all right?

- What's happened?

- Stay where you are.

She's gonna be fine.

It's not too deep.

Keep pressure on that.

You're gonna be okay.

This will stop the bleeding.

Are we gonna die?

No, no.

We're going to get you out of here.

Okay?

Mm-hmm.

GUNMAN: This ain't even a big office!

Where do you think you can hide?

[REX BARKING]

[DENISE CRYING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

DENISE: Okay! Okay!

- Keep the pressure on it.

- Okay.

GUNMAN: It's not gonna be pretty

if I have to find you myself!

I guarantee it!

CHARLIE: He's looking for somebody.

There's another exit at

the back of the office.

Is that one open?

Only during office hours, yeah.

Okay.

Who's your friend next door?

- This is Wyatt.

- Wyatt!

We're gonna make a move.

I'm going to need you in a few minutes.

- Are you sure?

- NINA: Yeah.

This is Charlie. He's a detective.

We can trust him.

Okay.

[CRYING] Okay, okay, okay.

It's not working!

Okay!

CHARLIE: He's looking for someone.

The second door on the left.

Is there anyone in that room?

That's the bathroom.

There's no dial tone.

GUNMAN: Let's go!

He might have disconnected the phones.

GUNMAN: Come out, come

out! Wherever you are!

There's no signal.

Well, our friend came prepared.

He's got a cell phone jammer.

Don't worry. Other people in the

building must have heard those sh*ts.

[SIRENS APPROACHING]

[SIRENS WAILING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

POLICE: This is the police!

We are asking everyone

to exit the building

as quickly and as safely as possible!

Move directly behind the police line!

Do not stop on the stairs!

Help's on the way. Wyatt?

As soon as he gets into

one of those offices,

I'll call you. Don't move before then.

GUNMAN: I haven't got all day, guys!

And you've got even less than that

if you don't come out now!

[CROWD CLAMOURING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[DENISE CRYING]

POLICE: Continue moving until

you are behind police lines!

- [REX BARKS]

- Do not stop!

Continue moving until you

are behind police lines!

SARAH: Excuse me, I'm Sarah

Truong with Major Crimes.

That's Rex. Yes, thank you.

- What is happening?

- DENISE: A man with a g*n.

He went into our offices

and locked the door.

- Which offices?

- Bay Insurance.

Oh.

Did you see Detective Hudson?

Charlie Hudson? He's inside.

GUNMAN: Maybe you're hiding in here!

[BANGING ON DOOR]

Okay. He's gone into one of the offices.

Wyatt, come on!

Time to move.

It's gonna hurt a little bit.

- [NINA MOANS]

- CHARLIE: Easy.

POLICE: If you have not already

left the building, remain

GUNMAN: Come on!

[REX BARKING]

[NINA CRYING]

[REX BARKING]

GUNMAN: I'm getting

warmer, I just know it!

Not many places left for you to hide!

CHARLIE: Go to the left.

[DOOR SLAMS]

[DOOR HANDLE RATTLING]

[CHARLIE SIGHS]

Damn it.

GUNMAN: I've got all day!

I can look through every single room!

Oh, just try me!

- The door's locked.

- NINA: No!

Okay, what do we do now?

- Howie.

- Charlie.

- Hi.

- Hi.

GUNMAN: Where are you?

[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]

[TENSE MUSIC]

[SIRENS WAILING]

POLICE: Police are on the way!

Sarah.

The sh**t entered an insurance office

according a witness who got out.

How did you get here so fast?

I was here with Charlie and

Rex just before they went in.

Wait, hold on a second. They're inside?

Yeah, Charlie, he's in there, Joe.

Damn it!

- [REX BARKING]

- GUNMAN: That barking is driving me crazy!

I can't focus!

[DOORS BANGING]

First things first. We've

got to take care of this.

Wyatt, you know how to do a tourniquet?

Yeah, the door must be

blocked from the inside.

We normally keep it open

during business hours.

So, phones and exits.

He knows the layout and he's got a plan.

I've got kids at home.

CHARLIE: Uh uh uh uh.

Ahhhh ah ah ah ah.

I've got an idea.

Quickly, please!

How many people are inside that office?

DENISE: Five, six? I'm not sure exactly.

Do you have any idea why he

would have targeted your business?

Yeah, any disgruntled

customers lately, or ?

- Or staff having problems at home?

- No, nothing like that.

Not that I know of.

A few people did get laid off recently.

The company is downsizing.

Okay, listen to me. I want

you to write down the names

of every single person who was laid off.

- Okay.

- Do you understand? Put it right there.

Excuse me.

[CAMERA SNAPPING]

POLICE: Please move back!

We're asking everyone to move back

behind the police vehicles!

Charlie's not answering his phone.

There was something

wrong with the phones.

I couldn't call out.

Yeah but he should still

have his cell phone.

Nice and tight.

Gotcha.

Be ready.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

- Just breathe.

- [NINA MOANS]

Deep breath.

[DOOR SLAMS]

- [DOOR SLAMS]

- GUNMAN: Hey!

Hey!

You go, man!

Oh, I see!

Hey!

[DOOR BANGING]

[GUNMAN GRUNTING]

CHARLIE: Ah, it's not gonna hold.

GUNMAN: Aghhh!

CHARLIE: Grab the cabinet!

HOWIE: Okay. Come on, come on!

- [NINA SCREAMS]

- [g*nshots f*ring]

[ONLOOKERS SCREAM]

[g*nshots f*ring]

[WORKERS WAILING]

g*nshots. Joe, I need to get inside.

No, I'm not gonna put

you in jeopardy as well.

SWAT's on the way.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Move, let's go!

DONOVAN: They're going to go in

and then we're gonna do our thing.

No, but they're gonna escalate things.

and somebody's gonna get hurt.

All right!

I want you two to get eyes

on all entrances and exits!

[g*n CHAMBER RATTLING]

[b*llet CASINGS TINKLING]

HOWIE: Door!

CHARLIE: Barricade the door!

HOWIE: Come on, come on, come on!

[MEN GRUNTING]

- [DOOR SLAMS]

- [DOOR LOCK CLICKS]

Someone over there!

I need you to circle around

and make sure that nobody

leaves this building!

Go!

JESSE: Boss!

DONOVAN: Jesse, listen.

I've got a list of the names of people

who were recently laid

off from this office.

I want you to go through and see

if any of them could be our sh**t.

Focus on males between

20 and 40 years old.

I'm on it.

SERGEANT: Check in with Hastings!

- Go see if he needs help!

- Give me a second. Sergeant!

Donovan. What have we got?

- What do we know?

- We have two officers in the building

with no way of communication.

We need to flip the table. Uh, you.

Big man, Howie. Wyatt,

move those chairs.

[MEN GRUNTING]

WYATT: Nina! Nina!

- HOWIE: Behind! Come here!

- [g*n CHAMBER RATTLING]

GUNMAN: Nowhere left to run!

Are we ready to get serious now?

[DOOR HANDLE RATTLING]

Open the door!

- I know you're in there!

- [BANGING ON DOOR]

Hey!

Open up!

Very clever!

You know you can't keep

me out forever, huh?

- NINA: Can he still see us?

- Shhh.

[DISTANT SIRENS]

GUNMAN: Where are you?

[BANGING ON DOOR]

What, do you think

I'm some kind of joke?

We need to flip the table, come on.

GUNMAN: I'm not messing around here!

CHARLIE: We're too exposed.

[MEN GRUNTING]

Help me with the credenza. Come on.

Hi.

- Hi!

- WYATT: Felicia Charlie.

- Hi.

- Pleasure to meet you!

[MEN GRUNTING]

Who is it? What's he doing?

Uh

Don't know yet.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Come on, come on!

[CAMERA SNAPPING]

Any of you recognize this man?

Oh that's that's Louis!

- FELICIA: What?

- NINA: Yeah.

Louis Phalen!

He got let go in the downsizing.

What can you tell me about him?

WYATT: He's awkward!

Poor fella can't tell

a joke to save himself.

NINA: He had a huge

chip on his shoulder.

Some of the things he said

But I never guessed he'd

do something like this!

- NINA: No!

- CHARLIE: Mmmm.

[CHARLIE WHISTLES]

[CHARLIE WHISTLES]

Come on, pal.

[CHARLIE WHISTLES]

[CHARLIE WHISTLES IN DISTANCE]

[REX BARKS]

[INTRIGUING MUSIC]

Take it. Take it.

What are you doing?

Kind of hard to explain.

Come on, pal.

Take it.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

CHARLIE: Good job pal.

Leave with it.

Leave.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[g*nshots f*ring]

[NINA GASPS]

WYATT: What are you doing?

CHARLIE: The outside

lines are disconnected

but maybe the internal

lines are working.

- Nina, what's your extension?

- 1127.

[PHONE RINGING]

[PHONE RINGING]

Hi, Louis.

My name's Charlie.

Oh. Hi, Charlie.

I guess you realized

I couldn't disconnect

the internal phone lines,

huh? Congrats! Nice one!

Well, that was a good job

disconnecting the outside lines.

Yeah, I know. I'm not an idiot.

No, not at all.

- Because I know what I'm doing.

- I can tell.

I got that. So,

what exactly is it that you

want from all this, huh?

I want

- I just want to send a message.

- Uh-huh.

LOUIS: I want to give

my former coworkers

the goodbye they deserve!

That's all!

[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]

JESSE: Guys! Okay.

So, of six former

employees, two are women.

I managed to get three on the phone

but there's one unaccounted for.

Louis Phalen.

Louis Phalen?

Rex!

Hey, hey!

What have you got there, buddy?

Here, let me see. Let me see, come on.

What is that?

A cell phone jammer!

- Maybe that's why Charlie isn't answering.

- [DEVICE BEEPS]

Okay, it's off.

Trying him now.

Oh, I'm so happy to see you.

SERGEANT: Donovan.

The sh**t has the front

and back exits blocked.

We're gonna need to

break through the doors.

Our guys don't have a visual.

Has your guy made contact?

We just opened the

phone lines, right now.

We're gonna need a minute.

- I'll get the team in position.

- Not yet.

Sarah, it's time! Go!

[PHONE CHIMES]

Text from Charlie!

Wait! Hold on!

SARAH: Secure.

One injured, no fatalities.

He's talking to the sh**t.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Rex!

JESSE: He's not gonna leave

Charlie alone in there.

Listen, Detective Hudson

is negotiating right now.

We could have a

peaceful resolution here!

We'll give Hudson a chance

but we need to be ready to move in, sir.

What your team needs to do is

secure entry to the building.

Quietly. Okay? We can't spook this guy!

We will talk about

next steps after this.

You were right, Jesse.

He says the sh**t's

name is Louis Phalen.

So, anything we can learn about him

can help Charlie take him down.

Okay, let's see what we can find out.

CHARLIE: So, Louis. What's it gonna take

to get all of us out of here safely?

LOUIS: Safely?

No, man.

No, that's not the plan.

CHARLIE: The plan.

The plan. Okay.

Tell me about the plan.

Who the hell are you anyway, Charlie?

CHARLIE: Hey, look. I'm just a

I'm just a guy.

A customer.

I came to get some home insurance, okay?

LOUIS: Oh, I see.

Wrong place wrong

time type of situation.

Yeah, something like that.

How's your life insurance, Charlie?

Hey, Louis. Look, I

know. You don't know me,

but I'm here.

I'm listening.

Cool!

Well, I've got no beef with you,

Mr. Nice Guy.

So, just

you know, keep your head down and

maybe you'll be fine!

Louis, you haven't hurt anybody yet.

You can stop this right now.

LOUIS: No.

You hear me? No!

Today is the day

where all these smug jerks,

they finally realize what happens

when they underestimate me!

Me!

- You hear that?

- [NINA GASPS]

I'm coming for you!

You've been underestimated. Yeah.

That can really get to a person.

I get that.

- They shouldn't underestimate me.

- CHARLIE: Yeah.

I'm listening.

LOUIS: Look man. This

This is between me and

Felicia, okay? Not you.

So, do you know her? Do

you know where she is?

I mean I've looked all around the office

and she's not there, so,

she must be somewhere!

What's between you and Felicia?

Me?

Sneaky sneaky little Felicia.

She's with you, isn't she?

She's hiding in there

with you, isn't she?

CHARLIE: Stay down.

LOUIS: Like a little rat.

Hiding.

[BANGING ON DOOR]

Felicia!

Come out! Come out, okay?

You can't hide anymore! Okay.

Okay, Charlie.

You want to know what, Mr. Calm Guy?

I have a deal for you.

I'm gonna tell you something.

You want this to be over, right?

That's what I want too. So,

send her out.

Charles?

You want it to be over?

- Send her out!

- CHARLIE: I can't do that.

LOUIS: Send her out! I'm waiting.

I can give a message to her.

What would you like to say?

What would you like to say to her?

Tell her that from now on,

it's only gonna get worse.

And it's all her fault.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SHIP HORN BLARING]

JESSE: Louis Phalen. 28 years old.

No criminal history. He's a local kid.

Bachelor of Commerce at Heritage U.

He was employed at the

insurance office for two years.

Did he live alone?

Looks like he moved in with

his mother a few months ago.

So, financial problems

after he lost his job?

Or maybe a breakup?

Yeah, I'm checking his socials.

DONOVAN: Okay, Charlie says he's

got the staff barricaded together.

- SWAT wants to go in.

- SARAH: No, no, no.

- You've got to give him time.

- Yeah, that's what I told them.

JESSE: I have Louis's

mother's number here.

- Do we notify her?

- DONOVAN: Well, you never know

what effect family could

have on an active suspect.

The chances are they make things worse.

I'd like to talk to her.

We keep family away.

SARAH: Yeah, but Louis doesn't

have to know that she's here.

- DONOVAN: That's not protocol, Sarah.

- Joe,

any information we get

could be useful to Charlie!

Please.

Okay.

Okay, but we keep her out of sight.

Thank you. Okay.

Felicia. Any reason why

he has it out for you?

He has it out for me because

I'm the one who fired him.

Head office told me we had to make cuts!

WYATT: No, it's not your fault.

He's the kind of

person who always has to

blame someone else for his problems.

NINA: He didn't get on with people.

He's lonely. I think work was the

only thing he had to pin his hopes on.

How did he handle it the

day that you let him go?

I tried to make it clear it

was a cost-cutting measure!

He was one of the most recent hires

so one of the first to go!

He had some kind of conspiracy theory

that Felicia was f*ring him

because she had to hire more women.

I told him that was crazy, but

people believe what they need to.

You're not gonna make

me go out there, are you?

CHARLIE: No, of course not.

We're in this together.

Yeah?

Yeah.

[CROWD CLAMOURING]

POLICE: Remain calm and remain in place!

Help is on the way!

It's been quiet for a while.

Yeah, I think I have a lead

on this guy's online activity.

He's really into this men's

group. That's unfortunate.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah.

- Come on, come on, come on.

- [PHONE BUZZING]

It's Charlie.

Charlie, hey.

Hey, Jesse.

- Are you on to our sh**t?

- Yeah, yeah.

Louis Phalen. He's a former employee.

Well, I'm getting the story

from his coworkers right now.

Sounds like being let go set him off

but I'm sure there's other grievances.

Yeah, he does. He's had

trouble finding a girlfriend.

But what he did find

was a mens' group online

that thinks women are the problem.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SARAH SIGHS]

Yeah, you keep me posted.

Thanks.

SWAT is in the process

of removing the back door.

It's slow going because they

don't want to alert the sh**t.

Jesse is getting strong

incel vibes from this guy.

- Oh, that's great.

- Yeah, he's talking to Charlie now.

DONOVAN: Excuse me! Ma'am!

You cannot go through

there! Please stand back.

But my son, he works in there!

And the offices they

said are blocked off!

Is he all right?

Mrs. Phalen. We spoke on the phone.

Um Come with me.

Okay. Yeah, thanks Jesse.

[HOWIE PANTING]

- Howie, stay back.

- HOWIE: No, it's too hot in here!

I've got to get out of here!

It's not safe out there.

He's gonna come back

- right in here anyway.

- CHARLIE: Howie!

HOWIE: What difference

does it make, man?

It's only a matter of time

- before he gets in here.

- NINA: No Howie, stop!

Ughh!

- CHARLIE: We need to stay under cover.

- HOWIE: No!

CHARLIE: Howie!

HOWIE: It's too hot!

[HOWIE CRYING]

CHARLIE: Come back, Howie!

Stop struggling!

LOUIS: Hey!

Hey, stop! I'm gonna sh**t!

HOWIE: I'm sick, man! I need a medic!

- CHARLIE: You don't want to do this.

- LOUIS: Don't move!

What is this? Some kind of trick man?

HOWIE: I need to get out!

LOUIS: Stop moving man!

Man, do you know what a g*n is?

I'm gonna put a b*llet inside of you!

- HOWIE: I can't breathe!

- LOUIS: Stop moving!

Stop it, man!

[GLASS SHATTERING]

[REX GROWLING]

Ughh!

Rex!

HOWIE: Don't sh**t! Don't sh**t!

[LOUIS GROANS]

[LOUIS HOWLS IN PAIN]

- [g*n FIRES]

- [ONLOOKERS SCREAMING]

POLICE: sh*t fired!

sh*t fired!

MRS. PHALEN: Sweet

Lord! My boy is in there.

SARAH: Mrs. Phalen. There

isn't an easy way to tell you this.

MRS. PHALEN: What is

it? Is he hurt, is he ?

SARAH: We have reason to believe that,

that Louis is the sh**t.

JESSE: Did he have access to g*ns?

He's never used a g*n in his life!

He's not a violent person!

No, you must be mistaken.

We have reliable eyewitness statements

saying that he is

currently inside with a g*n.

[SOMBRE MUSIC]

Is anyone hurt? Has he

hurt anyone in there?

SARAH: Everyone is alive.

And we would like to help make

sure that it stays that way.

So, um, has Louis's

behaviour changed recently?

Well

Uh

Well, yes.

He's been more angry lately.

I tried to raise him to be kind.

I told him Forget about the girl

who doesn't like you back.

Don't focus on her!

There are more fish in the sea but

he doesn't listen to his mother!

JESSE: I think he was

listening to someone online.

CHARLIE: Great to see you, pal.

[LOUIS MOANS]

[LOUIS CRIES IN PAIN]

[REX WHINES]

It's okay.

[LOUIS CRIES]

Stay back. [CHARLIE WHISTLES]

[LOUIS PANTS]

[LOUIS GROANS]

- [DOOR HANDLE RATTLES]

- LOUIS: He stabbed me!

You stabbed me!

Oh, that's messed up man!

You messed up big time!

- [GLASS SHATTERING]

- [ALL GASPING]

- [DOOR HANDLE RATTLING]

- NINA: Wyatt! Wyatt!

[LOUIS SCREAMING]

Aghhh!

Aghh!

Damn it!

[CHARLIE WHISTLES AND SNAPS FINGERS]

[LOUIS MOANING]

[PHONE RINGING]

What?

That man out there

needs medical attention.

It's not too late for him.

Charlie.

The guy that just threw a Kn*fe at me

and almost broke my hand?

What are you talking about?

- You want to be friends now?

- CHARLIE: I'm sorry about that, Louis,

but I don't want you

to hurt these people.

That man's name out there is Howie.

He's got kids and it's

not too late to help him.

What happened?

I didn't sh**t him.

I don't know the guy.

CHARLIE: He had a heart att*ck, okay?

So, put the g*n down and get

the paramedics up here now!

Come on!

Louis!

[HOWIE MOANS]

Charlie.

He's moving.

He doesn't look good.

I don't think he's doing well.

[HOWIE MOANS]

His face is grey, I don't think

he's gonna make it, Charlie.

That's not good, Louis.

You can stop this.

Okay? Before anyone else gets hurt.

Look at you.

Pretending to be my friend

just because I'm the

bad guy with the g*n.

[REX WHINES]

Didn't you come here today

to try and make somebody understand

where you're coming from?

All this planning,

willingness to get yourself hurt

for your cause.

All so that somebody would

know what you're going through?

I'm listening.

What do you know about

my problems, Mr. Perfect?

Do you ever feel so worthless

that you can't even talk to a girl

or keep a job?

- Do you?

- No, I'm thinking

if someone's not going

to like you that's

got to be pretty lonely.

Yeah.

And thinking that you're

not gonna measure up

maybe I shouldn't even try,

that's no way to live.

But Louis,

you have the choice how

you handle your situation.

And I think you know that

something is wrong here.

- You're a smart guy.

- Oh, yeah.

That's what everybody in

here has been telling me.

Yeah, I bet that's what they told you.

You are a smart guy.

You broke a little bit today.

But I can understand that.

[LOUIS SCOFFS]

I think other people will be

willing to understand that.

I wanted them to understand

that they messed up.

They need to understand

the order of things.

They need to learn that women

don't deserve everything.

Whose words are these, Louis?

I think you're listening

to the wrong people.

No, look. I can think for myself, okay?

Yeah, you can think for

yourself. So, do it now.

You feel bad about Howie, don't you?

Yeah.

You can put the g*n down.

- No.

- Get him help.

- It's just too late for me.

- Louis.

No.

[CRYING] Charlie, I

can't go back out there.

Listen to me.

You have the power to stop this

- before anyone else gets

- [PHONE BANGING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[LOUIS GROANS]

[CHARLIE GROANS]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

MRS. PHALEN: He's been

disappointed in so many ways.

He was young when his father d*ed.

So, Louis didn't have a

male role model, right?

I'm sure you did your best.

But he was a sweet boy.

Whatever's happened to him lately,

I'm sorry I couldn't fix it, but,

can you let those cops

out there know that

that's still my boy.

- I will.

- MRS. PHALEN: I mean how would he get a g*n?

He doesn't know people like that!

JESSE: Sarah.

He joined this online group

and had been posting quite frequently

ever since he lost his job.

This one other user, Maestro,

- answered every post.

- Like encouraging him?

Indoctrinating. You know, hyping

the idea of v*olence against normies.

A role model.

- Poor kid.

- So, three days ago,

Maestro tells Louis that he

can help him get what he needs

and then their public conversation ends.

I want to keep reading their DMs

but it's gonna take some time.

But if Maestro did help Louis get g*ns,

then that would mean he was local.

Maybe, yeah.

- Find out who he is.

- Okay.

Okay.

[SARAH SIGHS]

CHARLIE: Damn it.

The back door is gonna be open soon.

WYATT: How do we get there?

We've lost the element of surprise

with the whole filing cabinet thing.

Rex and I will distract him.

Wait. What do you mean by distraction?

I don't know. We'll think of something.

[INTRIGUING MUSIC]

Don't do it! Let the SWAT guys come in!

When the SWAT guys

come in, the kid's dead.

Better him than you!

[REX WHINES]

Yeah, I know, buddy, I know.

Come on, pal. It's

time for a distraction.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

So, if Maestro is local,

he might not have set all this in motion

just to watch it on the news.

Yeah, do you think

he's somewhere nearby?

You said he egged Louis on?

Yeah, I just feel like Louis

wouldn't have done all this

- without Maestro pulling the strings.

- I agree.

And if so, then there's a good chance

Maestro would have wanted a

front row seat to his handiwork.

Yeah.

Okay, I'm gonna see if I

can track him to his socials.

- Okay.

- Find a photo.

[CAMERA SNAPPING]

[HELICOPTER FLYING]

[SARAH SIGHS]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

WYATT: Are you sure about this?

Uh, nope!

[LOUIS MOANING]

Okay, talk to Louis, pal.

[REX BARKING]

Hey!

[REX BARKING]

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

[REX BARKING]

[REX BARKING]

Aghhh!

[REX BARKING]

[LOUIS CRYING]

[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[POLICE RADIO IN BACKGROUND]

- Right over there!

- Mm-hmm.

It must be.

DENISE: Is there anything more

that you need from me Superintendent?

DONOVAN: No, that won't be necessary.

We can get you all finished up here.

We've gotten word that your

friends are on the way out safely.

So, you can go see them.

- Oh thank you, thank you.

- Yeah, okay.

Are you okay?

[HOWIE MOANING]

Okay, hold on. Let me

[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]

Hold on. Okay, okay.

Joe, Joe.

[CROWD MURMURING]

SARAH: Joe, let his mother

have a minute with him?

DONOVAN: Yeah, he's

secure, but just for a minute.

- Okay.

- You can talk to him more in holding.

[SOFT MUSIC]

Please.

[LOUIS CRIES]

- Hey.

- Hey, I don't know if it's anything,

but in one message, Maestro

says he's got two g*ns.

No. No, they searched Louis

and they said he only had one, so

Let's find Maestro.

We'll go pick him up.

Okay, Sarah says he might be nearby.

How close are you to finding an ID?

I'm almost there. I'm almost there.

I'm just checking his socials

looking for a photo.

- We need you to hurry.

- I know.

This isn't over until we've got him too.

I know. Maestro's looking at hard

time for causing all of this.

- [COMPUTER PINGS]

- There he is.

Joe. I saw this guy in

the crowd out there.

Hi, there! I'm Special Constable Mills.

Are you the one they call, Maestro?

g*n! g*n!

- Get him!

- [MAESTRO GROWLS]

Turn around!

Hey. Good luck having

internet privileges in prison.

[CUFFS CLATTERING]

Come on.

Get him out of here!

[SOFT GUITAR]

Good job.

Thank you.

[MUSIC BUILDS]

It's been a long time ♪

Since it felt right ♪

Get out into the sunlight ♪

Yeah 'cause you've been

getting harder to read ♪

- [REX BARKS]

- And you've been drifting out of eyesight ♪

- You all good?

- WYATT: Yeah, thanks.

Well, I know I'm quiet ♪

But I want to be heard ♪

Afraid of silence ♪

- When the show stops ♪

- I always thought insurance was boring.

And that's about all I know ♪

[SARAH CHUCKLES]

[CHARLIE CHUCKLES]

I feel it coming ♪

But it's so slow ♪

So, come and get me

out of this rut babe ♪

I'm stuck and it's too much ♪

I just can't shake free ♪

[SARAH SIGHS]

You had me worried there for a minute.

You still want to book

that flight for me?

[REX BARKS]

Yeah, and one for you too, pal.

Come on!

[CLOSING THEME MUSIC]