A.P.B. (2016) s01e05 Episode Script
Above and Beyond
1 ANNOUNCER: A maverick billionaire GIDEON: My name is Gideon Reeves.
I built an empire making rockets, computers, robots Made over $100 billion.
Know how I did it? I'm an engineer.
ANNOUNCER: touched by tragedy - The money! - No! My friend has been shot! Where the hell are you people?! ANNOUNCER: takes on the biggest engineering challenge of his career I want justice for Elliot James Sully.
Give me the 13th district to run.
A civilian can't take over a police district.
They can, with a special appointment from this committee.
ANNOUNCER: to revolutionize a police force Technology doesn't solve cases, cops do.
You haven't met my technology.
[shouts.]
Wow.
ANNOUNCER: and save a city.
You guys are my partners.
We're gonna change the world.
WOMAN: No, first you make me dinner, then we get comfortable.
Yeah, I'll be over in a second.
Uh-huh.
Okay.
Love you, too.
All right, bye.
[beeping.]
[ATM whirring.]
[ATM beeping steadily.]
[alarm wailing.]
SCOTT: The mayor's office asked me to do a comprehensive legal review of all of your cases.
I have to say, I see a lot of problems there.
GIDEON: No.
Check the paper.
Did you mean a lot of success? - Crime is down across the district.
- It's true.
- We're down eight percent.
- Well, anybody can generate good numbers if they want to break the rules.
Break the rules? How are we br? What? Did you even consult a lawyer before you shot a man with a drone? Or before you set up a completely unorthodox surveillance system? We're doing things better.
We're making the city safer.
Safer.
Oh.
What about the giant explosion in the middle of the city last week? Was that safer? [clears throat.]
That's a matter of perspective.
- Hmm.
- Look, we both know that this is as much about the fact that your ex-wife works here than it is about anything that I'm doing.
My marriage has nothing to do with this.
This is about your blatant disregard for the law.
Oh, and, Mr.
Reeves, I'll see you at the mayor's office on Thursday.
We'll determine which of those cases will be dismissed.
I suggest you come prepared.
Oh, you've stepped in it now.
[groans.]
I just Oh, my This is They're seriously gonna let bad guys go for the sake of politics? You embarrassed the mayor when you took over the district.
He wants payback.
I've been around a long time, and I'm telling you there's only one way out of a situation like this.
Is it a killer robot? Tell me it's a killer robot.
I'll build one.
No.
Bottom line is, we need a win.
Something big enough that the A.
S.
A.
and the mayor can't take the political hit and use it against us.
MURPHY: Yeah, he didn't take anything.
Seems crazy.
I mean, what's a guy like that thinking? Yo, Gideon, we need your help.
Boy, if I had a dollar for every time I heard that, I'd be a Oh, that's right.
I already am.
Got a case that came in last night.
- A weird one.
- Yeah.
Some nutjob shot up an ATM last night about 8:00.
Alarm goes off, we respond.
He's just standing there, waiting, gun on the ground, hands up.
GIDEON: All right, don't take this the wrong way.
Sounds like a case where you don't need my help.
- [whispers.]
: I think he did it.
- GOSS: Yeah, we got that.
The thing is, he says he was trying to get our attention, 'cause he needs to talk to you.
MURPHY: He made over 50 APB calls, but they all got dispatched to the 21st district.
They ignored 'em.
He called here a bunch, too, but the desk wouldn't connect him.
Guess he figured committing a crime in the 13th was the only way.
[door buzzes.]
Mr.
Reeves.
Thanks for coming.
Hello.
Mr.
Reeves, you've been an inspiration to me.
Oh.
Um [laughs.]
An inspiration to shoot an ATM? Yeah, I'm, uh I'm sorry about that.
I just, um - I just didn't know what to do.
- Okay.
Then why exactly did you need to talk to me? Well, it's my daughter, Maya.
She was a student at the University of Chicago.
And last year, she started to experiment with drugs.
And we tried to intervene, but, uh, she had a stroke.
She survived, but she's just, um she's learning how to talk again.
I'm so sorry.
Um, uh I still don't understand, though.
Why I just felt like I had to do something.
Right? She O.
D.
'd on a drug called Hi-town.
It's a synthetic heroin and methamphetamine.
The doctors said that that particular combination causes accidental overdoses all the time.
Yeah, it's true.
The meth keeps the kids up and doing more.
The opiates kick in, knocks 'em to their knees, - but no one's sure who deals it.
- And that's what I wanted to find out.
I want to stop the guy who gave this drug to my daughter before he hurts someone else's kid.
And then I saw what you did for your friend, and how you found his killer.
I went to MIT, too.
Class of '90.
I don't know.
I guess I just, um Wanted to do the same thing.
Yeah.
I'm not quite the engineer you are, certainly not a billionaire.
All I got for my trouble was a-a beating from some street dealers.
Look, I know I'm gonna go to prison for what I did yesterday.
I'm okay with that, but I, um, uh I'm asking you, please, just-just go to my home.
I've got files.
I've got evidence.
Just please, just take a look.
Rookie, you write this many moving violations, I'll give you a police medal myself.
Don't.
Don't encourage him, Bernie.
Come on.
What was that? What was what? I was getting us ticket books.
You take four, they expect you to fill four.
Cobb! Reyes! Yeah.
What beat are you guys working today? Uh, we're on a traffic car.
I have a special assignment for you.
Our tact team's been running down some leads on possible fugitives in the district.
What do you need us for? Ada here's got a new way to skin the cat.
So I programmed a way to cross-check records and find people who've been changing aliases to stay out of federal databases.
COBB: Okay.
Well, which means what? Probable fugitives.
We got a hit in the district, a Reggie Walker on 51st and Damen.
According to our records, he's only existed for the past seven years.
I'm gonna send his info to your squad car now.
He dangerous? Yeah, there a chance this guy eats people or what? He's not hiding from the FBI because he's an angel.
Look, I'm gonna level with you.
The district could use a little good publicity.
You guys reel in a big fish, it gives the mayor something to brag about - and leave us all alone.
- Okay.
But if the guy turns out to be a cannibal, I'm feeding him the rookie here first.
DIANA: Thank you for coming.
I'm so sorry for any trouble Robert caused.
He didn't tell me what he was going to do.
GIDEON: Oh, that's all right.
We've all wanted to shoot an ATM at some point.
Is this everything? Um, I think so, yes.
It was all printed out and organized just in case you came.
I have to ask was your husband ever violent before this? [laughs.]
: Oh, God, no.
Robert He was always in his head, always inventing things, and fiddling around on his computer, and, well And the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Those are all of Maya's science fair awards.
[TV playing quietly.]
We were both so proud.
I The man who gave her those drugs He broke our little girl.
Since the stroke, she hasn't said a word.
I just don't know how it all went so wrong.
Well that's exactly what we're gonna try to figure out.
CONRAD: Let me just get this straight.
You want to take on a shot-in-the-dark drug case for a vigilante now? Well, there might be more positive ways of put Yeah, that sounds about right.
Look, we found some evidence from Mr.
Ruiz.
Not a lot, but he did find the major points of sale for Hi-town.
I mean, it's a start.
A start? Remember our talk about doing something to make us popular at City Hall? Any of that ring a bell? That sounds familiar, yes, but this People are dying, Captain.
This Hi-town stuff It's poison.
I know that, but, Murphy, you know that trying to hit a major drug dealer is tough under the best of circumstances, and this is far from the best circumstances.
Didn't JFK say something about doing things because they're hard? And it didn't end well for him, either, as I recall.
I said we needed a win, not an uphill battle.
GIDEON: But how hard can it be? They're selling the stuff.
Someone has money, someone has drugs.
They trade the money for the drugs, and then we catch somebody, and then we work our way up.
CONRAD: Oh.
Is that all there is to it? Murphy, maybe you should give Mr.
Reeves here a little lesson in the local drug trade.
I'm on it, Captain.
GIDEON: Seriously, I don't see why this is necessary.
I know.
That's why we're here.
What are we even looking for, urban blight? Yeah, I-I see it.
It's-it's an American tragedy.
Can you just shut up? All right, right there.
That car That's the buyer.
How can you tell? 'Cause she's not driving five miles an hour just to take in the beautiful scenery.
Okay, that guy He's the lookout.
He watches out for the cops.
And that one right there He steers the buyer to the banker.
[car horn honks.]
That's the banker? That's quite a title for a guy with such ill-fitting pants.
MURPHY: The banker never touches the drugs, just the money.
That's the slinger.
He handles the drugs.
What is he, 12? Probably younger.
Okay.
So now who do you arrest? The banker for taking cash from a guy at a car? Or the little kid with $30 worth of drugs? Well, there has to be more drugs.
Sure, under a rock somewhere in this lot.
Even if you do manage an arrest, good luck getting any of these guys to talk.
Those guys aren't afraid of jail.
They're planning on it.
There has to be some connection to the higher-ups, - some way - They're not here.
They're at home, counting their cash.
But they do touch the cash.
Yeah.
But, I mean, good luck trying to trace it back to them.
All right, challenge accepted.
[indistinct police radio chatter.]
Says here Mr.
Reggie Walker lives in number 2.
Sounds about right.
So we really don't have any idea what this guy did? No.
Just that he's living under a fake name.
The idea is we're gonna find the guy, talk to him, find out what he's done.
Or we'll just find out that the guy's got a typo on his driver's license.
I don't know.
Looks pretty official to me.
Yeah.
So did the warrant that I had to serve on a six-year-old last year for reckless driving.
Trust me, nothing screws up like a computer.
We're not gonna find any bad guys.
[knocking.]
Mr.
Walker! Reggie Walker! CPD! We got a workplace listed.
We could check that out.
- Shut up.
- Hey, just 'cause I'm new No, shut up.
Do you hear that? [clattering.]
[fire escape creaking.]
No! Stop! Stop! Police! 1312 emergency.
Black male, white T-shirt, blue jeans, heading southbound on Damen.
[tires screech, horns blaring.]
Suspect is crossing 51st! [horn honks.]
[horn honks.]
1312, uh, we lost him down the alley by 52nd.
[both panting.]
Sure looked like a bad guy to me.
I've been going through the stuff that we got from Ruiz.
He's been able to I.
D.
some of the smaller dealers, but there's nothing we can really build a case on.
Well, as long as we know who's selling, I think we're in business.
So you said the higher-ups aren't touching the drugs, but the cash finds its way to them.
Yeah, but, I mean All right, Pete, show her the money.
Mm-hmm.
So, the idea is to dust each bill with this ultra-fine tracing powder.
That way, anyone who touches the money will also get the dust on themselves.
GIDEON: And then we trace the cash, figure out exactly where it's going.
Yeah, I get it.
I mean, trace powder's been around for years.
We can't exactly put the whole entire district - under a black light.
- Don't need to.
You don't see this powder with a black light.
You see it with these.
- Goggles? - No.
Augmented reality glasses, thank you very much.
We use them in materials science to check for UV radiation leak.
But, as in most cases, I have something much cooler in mind.
Try those on.
Cool.
Now, that camera right there picks up light wavelengths that your eye can't see.
And we process the image and project it into the goggles.
Wow.
[Murphy chuckles.]
What do you think? I think we're gonna catch some bad guys.
All right, listen up.
Our C.
I.
s are out now, buying Hi-town from all the known drug dealers in the district.
I want everyone to remember we are just surveilling.
No arrests, no chasing, nothing to interrupt the normal flow of business.
So, we see some scumbag just out in the open selling, they're supposed to get a pass? Right now, we're just after the big fish.
Our job is to watch and learn, with these.
I don't need those.
ADA: You do, because they're gonna be feeding data back to the station.
The more that you guys see, the more that we learn.
MURPHY: And the closer we get to putting a heartless son of a bitch out of business.
BRANDT: They're serious with these things? Yeah.
[chuckles.]
Do I look like Bono in these? Not even in your wildest dreams.
Uh, hey, Squad, 1305.
I am wearing the glasses.
GIDEON: There a problem? Just not seeing anything special.
Think they're broken.
Well, try turning onto Fowler Street.
And, Ada, show Officer Brandt the light.
Whoa.
[chuckles.]
Nice.
[chuckles.]
GOSS: Are we tripping? It sure as hell looks like that.
We're getting exactly what we need.
Keep going.
Lower your head when I walk in I'm in a deep frame of mind and that's what I brought in To the gaff, yeah, and that's what I brought in Anyone ue, that's what I'm sortin' I'm not talking about sorting it out Talking about sorting it out, bout sorting you now Lower your head when I walk in I'm in a deep frame of mind And that's what I brought in Fake friendships You know I'm not on 'em, so what's what What, you still got a problem? ADA: Okay, everybody ready? We've been gathering data since the bills went out, and this is what we've got.
These are all the locations where the dye has been spotted.
We've narrowed it down to some major focal points.
Some of these are nightclubs, where the dealers are doing business.
Others are flophouses, where the dealers are crashing.
But it's looking more and more like the center of the money and the headquarters for Hi-town is at this house in Bridgeport.
Who lives there? Marcos Cruz.
Priors for possession.
Indicted twice for drug trafficking, never convicted.
GIDEON: Ladies and gentlemen, we have a loser.
[door buzzes.]
Ah, Mr.
Ruiz.
So I have some news.
We believe we found the man who's been selling the drug that hurt your daughter.
His name is Marcos Cruz, and he's a dealer in Bridgeport.
We're planning the bust now.
[chuckles.]
I knew, I knew you could do it.
I just, I I knew it.
Mr.
Reeves, you have no idea what it's like when the police tell you that there's nothing they can do.
Oh, don't be too hard on them.
You know, it's a tough job.
So, I also want to talk about you.
Um, Cook County Savings is very upset about their ATM.
What I did was wrong.
I just I didn't know what else to do.
Well, it helps that you didn't steal any money.
Also helps that I have a, uh, very large account there, so they're not going to be pressing any charges.
Really? Yes.
If you pay a fine and take an anger management class, where I guess they teach you not to shoot at ATMs.
All right, the desk officer will let you out shortly.
Mr.
Reeves, um, at MIT, d-did you take, uh, Principles of Engineering Practice with Professor Vickers? Of course.
First class.
Remember what the professor used to say: define the problem properly and the solution Will present itself.
Words to live by.
Yeah.
I was beginning to lose faith in that.
So, thank you.
[knocks.]
[door buzzes.]
We got the search warrant.
Tact team's suiting up now.
Well, then I believe we have a drug dealer to arrest.
Shall we? So this is Reggie Walker's place of employment? What kind of criminal works at a medical clinic? Well, I'm just guessing here, but, you know, probably the kind that steals drugs.
Did you graduate from the academy or am I just being punk'd? Well, actually, at the academy, they told us to explore every theory.
Well, I'm gonna give you a little lesson that you-you didn't pick up there.
It's called How My Dad Died, okay? He was in a nursing home.
It was, like, about a half-step up from this one.
And that was all I could afford.
Place was a scam, basically.
They'd just stick people in beds to die, while the staff got high in the back.
Pops died of an infection within six months.
[chuckles.]
There's a special place in hell for people who prey on the sick.
And I think that this son of a bitch is gonna burn in it.
POWELL: Uh, this is a copy of Reggie's work I.
D.
Uh, it's the only photo we have.
He mostly kept to himself.
We were really surprised he didn't come in today.
I don't think he's ever missed a day of work.
Well, we think he might have fled.
Do you know where he might be? Not really.
I think he's from Texas.
Somewhere down south.
Uh, you know, he was kind of a quiet type, so Yeah, I bet he was.
Okay, uh, well, if you can think of anything, just give us a call.
You know, actually, there's one thing.
He used to feed the homeless down under the "L" at, uh, Douglas Park, uh, three times a week.
Good to know.
Thank you.
Hey, do you think that's something? Do I think it's something? Yes, I think it's something.
There are drug addicts in Douglas Park, to whom he might be selling drugs.
Have you ever just, like, watched a cop show on TV? Anything? Nothing? MURPHY: Let's stay safe and secure the house as quickly as we can.
I don't want any drugs going down the toilet or the garbage disposal.
GIDEON: And make sure that the tact team is briefed on the breaching device.
All right? That thing packs a punch.
Don't worry.
We're gonna play nice with your toys.
Okay, let's do this.
[device beeps.]
OFFICER: Fire in the hole! Breaching! Clear! [whirring.]
MURPHY: Chicago police! OFFICER: Upstairs clear! OFFICER 2: Kitchen clear! Get your hands up! - Hands where I can see them! - I'm unarmed.
Get on the ground! Go ahead, get on the ground.
Get on the ground.
Now! You know, you're making a big mistake.
Cuff him.
I'm gonna check the house.
MURPHY: No Hi-town in the house.
Anything here? BRANDT: Just about to check.
Care to join? [door creaking.]
Hey, Murph.
Looks like we hit the jackpot.
MURPHY: How much? There's 50, 60 kilos.
[laughs.]
Whoa.
What's the jail time on that? I'd say Marcos is gonna spend a long time in a little room.
MARCOS: Detective.
I hope you got a warrant for that property.
What the hell are you talking about? - MARCOS: The shed - Ada.
- belongs to my neighbor.
- No, that-that that can't be right.
ADA: No, he's right.
According to the county, that's across the property line.
So if you see anything in there you don't like, you're probably gonna have to talk to him.
'Cause it ain't mine.
Mr.
Murphy, is there any way you can work with us on this? We're talking about a major drug dealer.
Captain, I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do here.
MURPHY: The neighbor's 90.
He called the shed "a little house that showed up in his backyard one day.
" It's on his property, in his name.
GIDEON: Okay, let me get this straight.
You think that Mr.
Leeds, in between eating oatmeal and tending to his giant collection of old newspapers, is also Chicago's biggest dealer of a synthetic designer drug? MURPHY: Come on, Scott, are you really gonna get hung up on a few inches of property? You know he did it.
Help us out.
Okay, legally there's nothing we can do here, because you had no warrant for Mr.
Leeds' property.
He even said the shed is his.
So you're letting Marcos walk? No, no,you're letting him walk, because you went in there and you went off half-cocked.
How is this justice? I know that you want to score a win with the mayor, embarrass this district in front of the city He's got you making false accusations now, too, huh? Maybe we should stop arguing and try to find a damn solution.
[sighs.]
: Like it or not And believe me, I don't if Scott needs a stronger case, it's up to us to give it to him.
ROBERT: I can't believe this.
I just, I can't believe it.
He had the drugs.
Well, and he knew how to work the system, you know? Use our rules against us.
I'm afraid that the law is not engineered to catch guys like Marcos Cruz.
So this is all for nothing.
Hey, we're not giving up.
But for now, uh You did what you could.
Thank you.
Unbelievable.
What? Any decent person looks around here, they see a tragedy, right? And then there's Reggie Walker, who sees a business opportunity.
Doesn't seem like the crowd for prescription meds.
Are you kidding me? If you're sleeping in a cardboard box and somebody comes along, offers you a chemical vacation from your crappy life, I don't care what it is, you're gonna take it.
What do we got here? COBB: This, my friend, is Reggie Walker and a big fat dope arrest.
Let's go.
Here you go, man.
[train rumbling overhead.]
Mr.
Walker? Yeah, I suggest you stick around unless you want to get tased.
- Please, I didn't do anything.
- You didn't do anything? You're just that innocent kind of guy who walks away from the police, right? Just check the bag, will you? What's your name, man? Reggie Walker.
Your real name, buddy.
We found you in our database.
My name is Todd Washington.
I'm a physician.
I was indicted in 1995 for stealing medicine.
There it is.
See, Reyes? The guy's been dealing.
TODD: No, it's not what you think.
It was expired AIDS medication.
The hospital was just gonna throw it away, so I broke in and gave them to the patients.
Wait, what? It's insulin.
And sandwiches.
I like the ham.
Please, could you just at least let me finish up here before you arrest me? These guys won't get their meds otherwise.
- You mean the evidence.
- All right, check the top pocket I've got every last receipt.
Look, I know what's on my record.
I also know what's not on it.
I'm not a criminal.
I'm just trying to help people.
Hey, bud, come here.
Mom wants another hug.
- Mwah! You have any more homework? - A little.
All right, well, why don't you go back, and I want you to work until you got none.
Okay.
That smile doesn't fool me.
What's wrong? Nothing.
It's just a long day.
[sighs.]
It's Scott, okay? I feel like I feel like he's using his position to get back at me.
Get back at you how? By investigating the 13th for misconduct.
Look, I know it's his job, I just feel like, I don't know, he's making it personal.
Qué idiota.
[chuckles.]
What does Gideon - have to say about it? - Gideon? You're calling him Gideon? He's not my boss.
Also, he likes my cooking.
That makes us friends.
[laughs.]
Well? Gideon has his own battles to fight.
Then he's lucky to have you by his side.
Mi Cubanita fuerte.
[ringtone playing.]
[laughs.]
Detective Murphy.
DIANA: Detective, it's Diana Ruiz, Robert's wife.
Something's happened.
He went out, left me a message saying if anything happened to him that he loved me, that I should kiss Maya for him.
Where is he now? I don't know.
That's why I called.
Okay, I'm on my way.
[line ringing.]
GIDEON: Murphy.
Gideon, it's me.
We have a problem.
I'll be back.
DIANA: Thank you so much for coming.
Did he tell you anything else, anything that might help us? No.
He was in here before he left.
He was on the computer.
GIDEON: Yes, which is password-protected.
Can you, I don't know, hack it? GIDEON: Well, man as smart as Robert, that's, uh, not that simple.
Please.
I know him.
He was talking like he's desperate.
We need to do something.
I know, I know, I know that.
- C-Could I take this computer? - Yes.
Ada, I need you to get down to the station now, with Pete and, uh computers.
- ADA: Which computers? - All the computers.
I need to bypass some pretty serious encryption.
Go.
Gideon, we let him out of jail.
- If anything happens - I know.
Just drive.
[tires screeching.]
[siren wailing.]
Bernie, my love, can you connect me to Conrad, please? BERNIE: Captain's busy.
Something I can do for you? No.
It's-it's important.
He's got us working this federal fugitive thing.
You want me to leave him another message? No, I have to talk to somebody.
Well, you can either schedule an appointment to talk with a shrink, or you can keep talking.
I'm all ears.
All right.
The thing is, we found the guy, and we-we thought he was kind of this, you know, drug trafficker, but it turns out he was he was stealing AIDS drugs for poor people.
That's his story? Yeah.
We checked it out.
I mean, he was in Texas, he hit some hospital, took, like, 400 grand worth of meds.
People were dying.
They were just gonna throw - those drugs away - That's enough.
Anyway, the guy's been working at this clinic for, like, ten years.
He's changing bedpans and stuff, no problems.
I-I guess we can bring the guy in.
It's just Captain tell you to bring him in? Yes.
Then bring him in.
[phone beeps.]
Just thinking, I know I'm a rookie and all, but maybe we should do a perimeter check.
Good call, rook.
ADA: He's running an AES 256-bit.
We can't get in this way unless you have a friend at the NSA.
- Gideon, do you think - Yeah, yeah, yeah, working on it.
If the front door's locked, might as well try the back.
There's no FDE on his backup drive, so a regex scan of the plaintext, - it might turn up the crypto-key.
- No.
It might turn up the cryp - Check it out! - Okay, fine.
Oh, wait, you're right.
It unlocked the encryption.
Sorry for yelling.
Ooh, yeah, looks like he got a lot of his information from us here.
Police scanner.
Probably the smart move.
He also put a tracking device on Cruz's car.
- There's a lot of GPS data here.
- Cool.
- Put it up on the board.
- Okay, this data's a mess.
I'm trying to piece it together.
Well, maybe you should invent digital duct tape.
"Maybe you should" Actually, that's a pretty good idea.
Okay.
There.
That's where the path stops.
That's where he stopped tracking and he shut down around 35 minutes ago.
All right, I'm on it.
Send backup.
The hell is this? All we know is Robert tracked Marcos' crews here.
He own the place? No, the city does.
It's condemned.
See those chlorine containers? Sure looks like someone's been using it.
Probably where they're cooking the junk.
Either that or swimming in a spacious indoor pool.
We know what Robert drives? Hybrid, according to his wife, but I don't see one here.
Gideon, - do you want to check out back? - On it.
[drone buzzing.]
All righty.
I spy with my HD eye There it is.
[computer beeping.]
ADA: It's registered to Robert.
GOSS: There's ammo in the passenger seat.
Looks like Ruiz decided to do a little amateur cop work.
Damn it.
We got to get in there now.
[door creaks.]
Oh, hold on, Murph.
I mean, you know I'm up for just about anything, but it's pitch black.
We don't have the first idea - where anybody is in there.
- And we go in with flashlights, they'll see us coming.
The glasses.
The ones used to see the marker dye.
You still have yours? - Yeah.
- Gideon, those glasses you gave us How are they at seeing in the dark? Great.
Just-just just have to change a few settings.
MURPHY: Okay, make it happen.
[glasses whir.]
MARCOS: You been on my ass for weeks! ROBERT: My daughter.
You hurt my daughter.
MARCOS: You blame me for that? Then you come down here with this gun, you try to take me out? You ever even seen a gun, old man? Here.
Let me show you.
Police! Don't move! - Back off! - What the hell? Let him go, Marcos.
That ain't happening.
- Back off or he dies.
- BRANDT: Calm down.
MARCOS: I'll calm down when you back the hell off.
Gideon, this just turned into a hostage situation.
Be smart, Cruz.
You ain't walking out of here.
Yeah? We'll see.
Back off or I swear I'll drop his ass.
Gideon, we need to do something here.
BRANDT: Calm down, Marcos.
Just calm down.
Wait, why can't Brandt just tase them both? It's not safe.
We need to call in a hostage negotiator.
How long is that gonna take? Half an hour.
My guess is that's about 29 minutes too long.
ROBERT: Please.
Don't put yourself in danger for me.
This is my fight.
Yeah.
Maybe you should listen to him.
BRANDT: How about this: you let him go, we'll leave.
You got my word.
No.
I walk out of here then he's free.
Otherwise he dies now.
CONRAD: Damn it.
We can't let that son of a bitch walk.
Murphy, is there any way that you can, you can get in there and back Brandt up? Just let him go, Marcos.
Not unless I'm shooting through the wall.
What if you did shoot through the wall? - MARCOS: I'm done with this.
- Gideon, are you crazy? I can shoot anyone.
Well, what if I can help? What What if I can show you what Brandt is seeing? How? Just-just hang on a second.
Ada.
Yeah, I'm switching the feeds now.
BRANDT: Let's figure this out.
MARCOS: We can't figure anything out! BRANDT: Okay, let's just talk about this.
Yeah? Yeah, you want to talk about this now? Or after I paint the walls with his brains? GIDEON: See that pipe he's standing under? MURPHY: I see it.
MARCOS: I'm not messing around.
Get back! Gideon, I can't do this.
I'll be shooting blind.
Just trust the tech.
BRANDT: Nobody's messing with you.
Just lower the gun.
MARCOS: I'm done with this.
I want you and the rest of the cops out of here now.
What if I can't? Well, then just trust me.
Switch your gun to lethal.
BRANDT: The quicker you let him go, the quicker we'll be out of here.
MARCOS: You better back off! This is your last chance.
Listen to me carefully, Marcos.
It's not too late to turn this thing around.
You got him.
BRANDT: We can figure something out.
No! No, we can't! Police! Don't move! Don't move.
BRANDT: He's alive.
[handcuffs clicking.]
Thank you.
CONRAD: What the hell do you mean Reggie Walker escaped? COBB: Uh, well, it was crazy, sir.
Uh, we were questioning him, and, uh, and then, uh, fearing for our-our personal safety, we did a perimeter check, and, uh, he, uh ran off.
REYES: Also, we weren't even really sure if he was the guy.
Why the hell would he escape if he's the wrong guy? Well, we're sort of - still trying to figure that one out.
- Yeah.
We're gonna hunt for him today.
Uh, but we just wanted, uh well, we just wanted to give you an update.
I'm-I'm sorry, Captain.
I know the district was looking for a big bust.
Yeah, well, things may have changed a little there.
Gideon is down at the mayor's office with Murphy right now.
Morning.
Before we begin, I was told that you have something urgent to tell me.
I do, I do, I do.
Uh This is kind of awkward now.
- What is? - Well, I [scoffs.]
I should have asked about this before.
I did it again, I asked some reporters to come and do a press conference after we're done, so I just wanted to talk to you about that.
Well, we don't have anything to talk about.
You see, I-I'm done being played by you.
And I'm also done with your publicity stunts.
This is not a stunt.
This is not a stunt.
Have you ever heard of the drug Hi-town? If you haven't, you haven't been paying attention.
It's killed at least 32 people.
- And mostly kids.
- We're well aware of what Hi-town is, thank you.
We're also aware that your bust resulted in a bad arrest.
Actually, there's been new developments in that case.
We took down Marcos Cruz's cook lab last night, and arrested him for kidnapping and attempted murder.
GIDEON: So no more Hi-town in Chi-town.
That's [clears throat.]
Hence the-the press conference, which, it's gonna be out in the hallway when we're done.
So we're gonna do that again.
I think so, yeah.
So what should I say? I could say that your office is unraveling this bust, all right, as part of your ongoing campaign against the 13th.
Or I can say that we really appreciate your support in our victory yesterday.
I don't know.
What do you think? I think you're a son of a This is blackmail.
It's blackmail.
Now, Scott, to be fair, you said that I should come to this meeting prepared.
And I would like to thank my good friend Mayor Salgado for all of his support.
Mr.
Reeves, how exactly has the mayor helped the investigation? Oh, God, how hasn't he, is more like it.
Listen, it's no secret that we've had our bumps, but at this point, I'm just glad to have a partner at City Hall.
Does this mean that those rumors of legal issues at the 13th are untrue? Uh, absolutely not.
No, no, no, we're-we're satisfied that the 13th district is on firm legal ground in this case.
And we also appreciate that fact that they have followed our lead in fighting the scourge of drugs in this city.
[reporters clamoring.]
Well, congratulations.
You won.
I wasn't trying to win, Scott.
I was just doing my job.
For him? For the district.
Right, the district, of course.
Your real family.
Unlike the one you broke up.
You are unbelievable.
But if you really want to go there GIDEON: I want to introduce the lead detective on the case.
Without her, we would not be here.
Murphy, could you come over here for a second? People talk about how much money I spend in the 13th district.
And by people, I mean mostly my business manager and the board of directors.
But the truth is The truth is you can't even begin to put a price on hard-working cops like Detective Theresa Murphy.
REPORTER: But what is that price tag, sir? Well They're only voices in the wind Don't let 'em think you're listening.
I built an empire making rockets, computers, robots Made over $100 billion.
Know how I did it? I'm an engineer.
ANNOUNCER: touched by tragedy - The money! - No! My friend has been shot! Where the hell are you people?! ANNOUNCER: takes on the biggest engineering challenge of his career I want justice for Elliot James Sully.
Give me the 13th district to run.
A civilian can't take over a police district.
They can, with a special appointment from this committee.
ANNOUNCER: to revolutionize a police force Technology doesn't solve cases, cops do.
You haven't met my technology.
[shouts.]
Wow.
ANNOUNCER: and save a city.
You guys are my partners.
We're gonna change the world.
WOMAN: No, first you make me dinner, then we get comfortable.
Yeah, I'll be over in a second.
Uh-huh.
Okay.
Love you, too.
All right, bye.
[beeping.]
[ATM whirring.]
[ATM beeping steadily.]
[alarm wailing.]
SCOTT: The mayor's office asked me to do a comprehensive legal review of all of your cases.
I have to say, I see a lot of problems there.
GIDEON: No.
Check the paper.
Did you mean a lot of success? - Crime is down across the district.
- It's true.
- We're down eight percent.
- Well, anybody can generate good numbers if they want to break the rules.
Break the rules? How are we br? What? Did you even consult a lawyer before you shot a man with a drone? Or before you set up a completely unorthodox surveillance system? We're doing things better.
We're making the city safer.
Safer.
Oh.
What about the giant explosion in the middle of the city last week? Was that safer? [clears throat.]
That's a matter of perspective.
- Hmm.
- Look, we both know that this is as much about the fact that your ex-wife works here than it is about anything that I'm doing.
My marriage has nothing to do with this.
This is about your blatant disregard for the law.
Oh, and, Mr.
Reeves, I'll see you at the mayor's office on Thursday.
We'll determine which of those cases will be dismissed.
I suggest you come prepared.
Oh, you've stepped in it now.
[groans.]
I just Oh, my This is They're seriously gonna let bad guys go for the sake of politics? You embarrassed the mayor when you took over the district.
He wants payback.
I've been around a long time, and I'm telling you there's only one way out of a situation like this.
Is it a killer robot? Tell me it's a killer robot.
I'll build one.
No.
Bottom line is, we need a win.
Something big enough that the A.
S.
A.
and the mayor can't take the political hit and use it against us.
MURPHY: Yeah, he didn't take anything.
Seems crazy.
I mean, what's a guy like that thinking? Yo, Gideon, we need your help.
Boy, if I had a dollar for every time I heard that, I'd be a Oh, that's right.
I already am.
Got a case that came in last night.
- A weird one.
- Yeah.
Some nutjob shot up an ATM last night about 8:00.
Alarm goes off, we respond.
He's just standing there, waiting, gun on the ground, hands up.
GIDEON: All right, don't take this the wrong way.
Sounds like a case where you don't need my help.
- [whispers.]
: I think he did it.
- GOSS: Yeah, we got that.
The thing is, he says he was trying to get our attention, 'cause he needs to talk to you.
MURPHY: He made over 50 APB calls, but they all got dispatched to the 21st district.
They ignored 'em.
He called here a bunch, too, but the desk wouldn't connect him.
Guess he figured committing a crime in the 13th was the only way.
[door buzzes.]
Mr.
Reeves.
Thanks for coming.
Hello.
Mr.
Reeves, you've been an inspiration to me.
Oh.
Um [laughs.]
An inspiration to shoot an ATM? Yeah, I'm, uh I'm sorry about that.
I just, um - I just didn't know what to do.
- Okay.
Then why exactly did you need to talk to me? Well, it's my daughter, Maya.
She was a student at the University of Chicago.
And last year, she started to experiment with drugs.
And we tried to intervene, but, uh, she had a stroke.
She survived, but she's just, um she's learning how to talk again.
I'm so sorry.
Um, uh I still don't understand, though.
Why I just felt like I had to do something.
Right? She O.
D.
'd on a drug called Hi-town.
It's a synthetic heroin and methamphetamine.
The doctors said that that particular combination causes accidental overdoses all the time.
Yeah, it's true.
The meth keeps the kids up and doing more.
The opiates kick in, knocks 'em to their knees, - but no one's sure who deals it.
- And that's what I wanted to find out.
I want to stop the guy who gave this drug to my daughter before he hurts someone else's kid.
And then I saw what you did for your friend, and how you found his killer.
I went to MIT, too.
Class of '90.
I don't know.
I guess I just, um Wanted to do the same thing.
Yeah.
I'm not quite the engineer you are, certainly not a billionaire.
All I got for my trouble was a-a beating from some street dealers.
Look, I know I'm gonna go to prison for what I did yesterday.
I'm okay with that, but I, um, uh I'm asking you, please, just-just go to my home.
I've got files.
I've got evidence.
Just please, just take a look.
Rookie, you write this many moving violations, I'll give you a police medal myself.
Don't.
Don't encourage him, Bernie.
Come on.
What was that? What was what? I was getting us ticket books.
You take four, they expect you to fill four.
Cobb! Reyes! Yeah.
What beat are you guys working today? Uh, we're on a traffic car.
I have a special assignment for you.
Our tact team's been running down some leads on possible fugitives in the district.
What do you need us for? Ada here's got a new way to skin the cat.
So I programmed a way to cross-check records and find people who've been changing aliases to stay out of federal databases.
COBB: Okay.
Well, which means what? Probable fugitives.
We got a hit in the district, a Reggie Walker on 51st and Damen.
According to our records, he's only existed for the past seven years.
I'm gonna send his info to your squad car now.
He dangerous? Yeah, there a chance this guy eats people or what? He's not hiding from the FBI because he's an angel.
Look, I'm gonna level with you.
The district could use a little good publicity.
You guys reel in a big fish, it gives the mayor something to brag about - and leave us all alone.
- Okay.
But if the guy turns out to be a cannibal, I'm feeding him the rookie here first.
DIANA: Thank you for coming.
I'm so sorry for any trouble Robert caused.
He didn't tell me what he was going to do.
GIDEON: Oh, that's all right.
We've all wanted to shoot an ATM at some point.
Is this everything? Um, I think so, yes.
It was all printed out and organized just in case you came.
I have to ask was your husband ever violent before this? [laughs.]
: Oh, God, no.
Robert He was always in his head, always inventing things, and fiddling around on his computer, and, well And the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Those are all of Maya's science fair awards.
[TV playing quietly.]
We were both so proud.
I The man who gave her those drugs He broke our little girl.
Since the stroke, she hasn't said a word.
I just don't know how it all went so wrong.
Well that's exactly what we're gonna try to figure out.
CONRAD: Let me just get this straight.
You want to take on a shot-in-the-dark drug case for a vigilante now? Well, there might be more positive ways of put Yeah, that sounds about right.
Look, we found some evidence from Mr.
Ruiz.
Not a lot, but he did find the major points of sale for Hi-town.
I mean, it's a start.
A start? Remember our talk about doing something to make us popular at City Hall? Any of that ring a bell? That sounds familiar, yes, but this People are dying, Captain.
This Hi-town stuff It's poison.
I know that, but, Murphy, you know that trying to hit a major drug dealer is tough under the best of circumstances, and this is far from the best circumstances.
Didn't JFK say something about doing things because they're hard? And it didn't end well for him, either, as I recall.
I said we needed a win, not an uphill battle.
GIDEON: But how hard can it be? They're selling the stuff.
Someone has money, someone has drugs.
They trade the money for the drugs, and then we catch somebody, and then we work our way up.
CONRAD: Oh.
Is that all there is to it? Murphy, maybe you should give Mr.
Reeves here a little lesson in the local drug trade.
I'm on it, Captain.
GIDEON: Seriously, I don't see why this is necessary.
I know.
That's why we're here.
What are we even looking for, urban blight? Yeah, I-I see it.
It's-it's an American tragedy.
Can you just shut up? All right, right there.
That car That's the buyer.
How can you tell? 'Cause she's not driving five miles an hour just to take in the beautiful scenery.
Okay, that guy He's the lookout.
He watches out for the cops.
And that one right there He steers the buyer to the banker.
[car horn honks.]
That's the banker? That's quite a title for a guy with such ill-fitting pants.
MURPHY: The banker never touches the drugs, just the money.
That's the slinger.
He handles the drugs.
What is he, 12? Probably younger.
Okay.
So now who do you arrest? The banker for taking cash from a guy at a car? Or the little kid with $30 worth of drugs? Well, there has to be more drugs.
Sure, under a rock somewhere in this lot.
Even if you do manage an arrest, good luck getting any of these guys to talk.
Those guys aren't afraid of jail.
They're planning on it.
There has to be some connection to the higher-ups, - some way - They're not here.
They're at home, counting their cash.
But they do touch the cash.
Yeah.
But, I mean, good luck trying to trace it back to them.
All right, challenge accepted.
[indistinct police radio chatter.]
Says here Mr.
Reggie Walker lives in number 2.
Sounds about right.
So we really don't have any idea what this guy did? No.
Just that he's living under a fake name.
The idea is we're gonna find the guy, talk to him, find out what he's done.
Or we'll just find out that the guy's got a typo on his driver's license.
I don't know.
Looks pretty official to me.
Yeah.
So did the warrant that I had to serve on a six-year-old last year for reckless driving.
Trust me, nothing screws up like a computer.
We're not gonna find any bad guys.
[knocking.]
Mr.
Walker! Reggie Walker! CPD! We got a workplace listed.
We could check that out.
- Shut up.
- Hey, just 'cause I'm new No, shut up.
Do you hear that? [clattering.]
[fire escape creaking.]
No! Stop! Stop! Police! 1312 emergency.
Black male, white T-shirt, blue jeans, heading southbound on Damen.
[tires screech, horns blaring.]
Suspect is crossing 51st! [horn honks.]
[horn honks.]
1312, uh, we lost him down the alley by 52nd.
[both panting.]
Sure looked like a bad guy to me.
I've been going through the stuff that we got from Ruiz.
He's been able to I.
D.
some of the smaller dealers, but there's nothing we can really build a case on.
Well, as long as we know who's selling, I think we're in business.
So you said the higher-ups aren't touching the drugs, but the cash finds its way to them.
Yeah, but, I mean All right, Pete, show her the money.
Mm-hmm.
So, the idea is to dust each bill with this ultra-fine tracing powder.
That way, anyone who touches the money will also get the dust on themselves.
GIDEON: And then we trace the cash, figure out exactly where it's going.
Yeah, I get it.
I mean, trace powder's been around for years.
We can't exactly put the whole entire district - under a black light.
- Don't need to.
You don't see this powder with a black light.
You see it with these.
- Goggles? - No.
Augmented reality glasses, thank you very much.
We use them in materials science to check for UV radiation leak.
But, as in most cases, I have something much cooler in mind.
Try those on.
Cool.
Now, that camera right there picks up light wavelengths that your eye can't see.
And we process the image and project it into the goggles.
Wow.
[Murphy chuckles.]
What do you think? I think we're gonna catch some bad guys.
All right, listen up.
Our C.
I.
s are out now, buying Hi-town from all the known drug dealers in the district.
I want everyone to remember we are just surveilling.
No arrests, no chasing, nothing to interrupt the normal flow of business.
So, we see some scumbag just out in the open selling, they're supposed to get a pass? Right now, we're just after the big fish.
Our job is to watch and learn, with these.
I don't need those.
ADA: You do, because they're gonna be feeding data back to the station.
The more that you guys see, the more that we learn.
MURPHY: And the closer we get to putting a heartless son of a bitch out of business.
BRANDT: They're serious with these things? Yeah.
[chuckles.]
Do I look like Bono in these? Not even in your wildest dreams.
Uh, hey, Squad, 1305.
I am wearing the glasses.
GIDEON: There a problem? Just not seeing anything special.
Think they're broken.
Well, try turning onto Fowler Street.
And, Ada, show Officer Brandt the light.
Whoa.
[chuckles.]
Nice.
[chuckles.]
GOSS: Are we tripping? It sure as hell looks like that.
We're getting exactly what we need.
Keep going.
Lower your head when I walk in I'm in a deep frame of mind and that's what I brought in To the gaff, yeah, and that's what I brought in Anyone ue, that's what I'm sortin' I'm not talking about sorting it out Talking about sorting it out, bout sorting you now Lower your head when I walk in I'm in a deep frame of mind And that's what I brought in Fake friendships You know I'm not on 'em, so what's what What, you still got a problem? ADA: Okay, everybody ready? We've been gathering data since the bills went out, and this is what we've got.
These are all the locations where the dye has been spotted.
We've narrowed it down to some major focal points.
Some of these are nightclubs, where the dealers are doing business.
Others are flophouses, where the dealers are crashing.
But it's looking more and more like the center of the money and the headquarters for Hi-town is at this house in Bridgeport.
Who lives there? Marcos Cruz.
Priors for possession.
Indicted twice for drug trafficking, never convicted.
GIDEON: Ladies and gentlemen, we have a loser.
[door buzzes.]
Ah, Mr.
Ruiz.
So I have some news.
We believe we found the man who's been selling the drug that hurt your daughter.
His name is Marcos Cruz, and he's a dealer in Bridgeport.
We're planning the bust now.
[chuckles.]
I knew, I knew you could do it.
I just, I I knew it.
Mr.
Reeves, you have no idea what it's like when the police tell you that there's nothing they can do.
Oh, don't be too hard on them.
You know, it's a tough job.
So, I also want to talk about you.
Um, Cook County Savings is very upset about their ATM.
What I did was wrong.
I just I didn't know what else to do.
Well, it helps that you didn't steal any money.
Also helps that I have a, uh, very large account there, so they're not going to be pressing any charges.
Really? Yes.
If you pay a fine and take an anger management class, where I guess they teach you not to shoot at ATMs.
All right, the desk officer will let you out shortly.
Mr.
Reeves, um, at MIT, d-did you take, uh, Principles of Engineering Practice with Professor Vickers? Of course.
First class.
Remember what the professor used to say: define the problem properly and the solution Will present itself.
Words to live by.
Yeah.
I was beginning to lose faith in that.
So, thank you.
[knocks.]
[door buzzes.]
We got the search warrant.
Tact team's suiting up now.
Well, then I believe we have a drug dealer to arrest.
Shall we? So this is Reggie Walker's place of employment? What kind of criminal works at a medical clinic? Well, I'm just guessing here, but, you know, probably the kind that steals drugs.
Did you graduate from the academy or am I just being punk'd? Well, actually, at the academy, they told us to explore every theory.
Well, I'm gonna give you a little lesson that you-you didn't pick up there.
It's called How My Dad Died, okay? He was in a nursing home.
It was, like, about a half-step up from this one.
And that was all I could afford.
Place was a scam, basically.
They'd just stick people in beds to die, while the staff got high in the back.
Pops died of an infection within six months.
[chuckles.]
There's a special place in hell for people who prey on the sick.
And I think that this son of a bitch is gonna burn in it.
POWELL: Uh, this is a copy of Reggie's work I.
D.
Uh, it's the only photo we have.
He mostly kept to himself.
We were really surprised he didn't come in today.
I don't think he's ever missed a day of work.
Well, we think he might have fled.
Do you know where he might be? Not really.
I think he's from Texas.
Somewhere down south.
Uh, you know, he was kind of a quiet type, so Yeah, I bet he was.
Okay, uh, well, if you can think of anything, just give us a call.
You know, actually, there's one thing.
He used to feed the homeless down under the "L" at, uh, Douglas Park, uh, three times a week.
Good to know.
Thank you.
Hey, do you think that's something? Do I think it's something? Yes, I think it's something.
There are drug addicts in Douglas Park, to whom he might be selling drugs.
Have you ever just, like, watched a cop show on TV? Anything? Nothing? MURPHY: Let's stay safe and secure the house as quickly as we can.
I don't want any drugs going down the toilet or the garbage disposal.
GIDEON: And make sure that the tact team is briefed on the breaching device.
All right? That thing packs a punch.
Don't worry.
We're gonna play nice with your toys.
Okay, let's do this.
[device beeps.]
OFFICER: Fire in the hole! Breaching! Clear! [whirring.]
MURPHY: Chicago police! OFFICER: Upstairs clear! OFFICER 2: Kitchen clear! Get your hands up! - Hands where I can see them! - I'm unarmed.
Get on the ground! Go ahead, get on the ground.
Get on the ground.
Now! You know, you're making a big mistake.
Cuff him.
I'm gonna check the house.
MURPHY: No Hi-town in the house.
Anything here? BRANDT: Just about to check.
Care to join? [door creaking.]
Hey, Murph.
Looks like we hit the jackpot.
MURPHY: How much? There's 50, 60 kilos.
[laughs.]
Whoa.
What's the jail time on that? I'd say Marcos is gonna spend a long time in a little room.
MARCOS: Detective.
I hope you got a warrant for that property.
What the hell are you talking about? - MARCOS: The shed - Ada.
- belongs to my neighbor.
- No, that-that that can't be right.
ADA: No, he's right.
According to the county, that's across the property line.
So if you see anything in there you don't like, you're probably gonna have to talk to him.
'Cause it ain't mine.
Mr.
Murphy, is there any way you can work with us on this? We're talking about a major drug dealer.
Captain, I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do here.
MURPHY: The neighbor's 90.
He called the shed "a little house that showed up in his backyard one day.
" It's on his property, in his name.
GIDEON: Okay, let me get this straight.
You think that Mr.
Leeds, in between eating oatmeal and tending to his giant collection of old newspapers, is also Chicago's biggest dealer of a synthetic designer drug? MURPHY: Come on, Scott, are you really gonna get hung up on a few inches of property? You know he did it.
Help us out.
Okay, legally there's nothing we can do here, because you had no warrant for Mr.
Leeds' property.
He even said the shed is his.
So you're letting Marcos walk? No, no,you're letting him walk, because you went in there and you went off half-cocked.
How is this justice? I know that you want to score a win with the mayor, embarrass this district in front of the city He's got you making false accusations now, too, huh? Maybe we should stop arguing and try to find a damn solution.
[sighs.]
: Like it or not And believe me, I don't if Scott needs a stronger case, it's up to us to give it to him.
ROBERT: I can't believe this.
I just, I can't believe it.
He had the drugs.
Well, and he knew how to work the system, you know? Use our rules against us.
I'm afraid that the law is not engineered to catch guys like Marcos Cruz.
So this is all for nothing.
Hey, we're not giving up.
But for now, uh You did what you could.
Thank you.
Unbelievable.
What? Any decent person looks around here, they see a tragedy, right? And then there's Reggie Walker, who sees a business opportunity.
Doesn't seem like the crowd for prescription meds.
Are you kidding me? If you're sleeping in a cardboard box and somebody comes along, offers you a chemical vacation from your crappy life, I don't care what it is, you're gonna take it.
What do we got here? COBB: This, my friend, is Reggie Walker and a big fat dope arrest.
Let's go.
Here you go, man.
[train rumbling overhead.]
Mr.
Walker? Yeah, I suggest you stick around unless you want to get tased.
- Please, I didn't do anything.
- You didn't do anything? You're just that innocent kind of guy who walks away from the police, right? Just check the bag, will you? What's your name, man? Reggie Walker.
Your real name, buddy.
We found you in our database.
My name is Todd Washington.
I'm a physician.
I was indicted in 1995 for stealing medicine.
There it is.
See, Reyes? The guy's been dealing.
TODD: No, it's not what you think.
It was expired AIDS medication.
The hospital was just gonna throw it away, so I broke in and gave them to the patients.
Wait, what? It's insulin.
And sandwiches.
I like the ham.
Please, could you just at least let me finish up here before you arrest me? These guys won't get their meds otherwise.
- You mean the evidence.
- All right, check the top pocket I've got every last receipt.
Look, I know what's on my record.
I also know what's not on it.
I'm not a criminal.
I'm just trying to help people.
Hey, bud, come here.
Mom wants another hug.
- Mwah! You have any more homework? - A little.
All right, well, why don't you go back, and I want you to work until you got none.
Okay.
That smile doesn't fool me.
What's wrong? Nothing.
It's just a long day.
[sighs.]
It's Scott, okay? I feel like I feel like he's using his position to get back at me.
Get back at you how? By investigating the 13th for misconduct.
Look, I know it's his job, I just feel like, I don't know, he's making it personal.
Qué idiota.
[chuckles.]
What does Gideon - have to say about it? - Gideon? You're calling him Gideon? He's not my boss.
Also, he likes my cooking.
That makes us friends.
[laughs.]
Well? Gideon has his own battles to fight.
Then he's lucky to have you by his side.
Mi Cubanita fuerte.
[ringtone playing.]
[laughs.]
Detective Murphy.
DIANA: Detective, it's Diana Ruiz, Robert's wife.
Something's happened.
He went out, left me a message saying if anything happened to him that he loved me, that I should kiss Maya for him.
Where is he now? I don't know.
That's why I called.
Okay, I'm on my way.
[line ringing.]
GIDEON: Murphy.
Gideon, it's me.
We have a problem.
I'll be back.
DIANA: Thank you so much for coming.
Did he tell you anything else, anything that might help us? No.
He was in here before he left.
He was on the computer.
GIDEON: Yes, which is password-protected.
Can you, I don't know, hack it? GIDEON: Well, man as smart as Robert, that's, uh, not that simple.
Please.
I know him.
He was talking like he's desperate.
We need to do something.
I know, I know, I know that.
- C-Could I take this computer? - Yes.
Ada, I need you to get down to the station now, with Pete and, uh computers.
- ADA: Which computers? - All the computers.
I need to bypass some pretty serious encryption.
Go.
Gideon, we let him out of jail.
- If anything happens - I know.
Just drive.
[tires screeching.]
[siren wailing.]
Bernie, my love, can you connect me to Conrad, please? BERNIE: Captain's busy.
Something I can do for you? No.
It's-it's important.
He's got us working this federal fugitive thing.
You want me to leave him another message? No, I have to talk to somebody.
Well, you can either schedule an appointment to talk with a shrink, or you can keep talking.
I'm all ears.
All right.
The thing is, we found the guy, and we-we thought he was kind of this, you know, drug trafficker, but it turns out he was he was stealing AIDS drugs for poor people.
That's his story? Yeah.
We checked it out.
I mean, he was in Texas, he hit some hospital, took, like, 400 grand worth of meds.
People were dying.
They were just gonna throw - those drugs away - That's enough.
Anyway, the guy's been working at this clinic for, like, ten years.
He's changing bedpans and stuff, no problems.
I-I guess we can bring the guy in.
It's just Captain tell you to bring him in? Yes.
Then bring him in.
[phone beeps.]
Just thinking, I know I'm a rookie and all, but maybe we should do a perimeter check.
Good call, rook.
ADA: He's running an AES 256-bit.
We can't get in this way unless you have a friend at the NSA.
- Gideon, do you think - Yeah, yeah, yeah, working on it.
If the front door's locked, might as well try the back.
There's no FDE on his backup drive, so a regex scan of the plaintext, - it might turn up the crypto-key.
- No.
It might turn up the cryp - Check it out! - Okay, fine.
Oh, wait, you're right.
It unlocked the encryption.
Sorry for yelling.
Ooh, yeah, looks like he got a lot of his information from us here.
Police scanner.
Probably the smart move.
He also put a tracking device on Cruz's car.
- There's a lot of GPS data here.
- Cool.
- Put it up on the board.
- Okay, this data's a mess.
I'm trying to piece it together.
Well, maybe you should invent digital duct tape.
"Maybe you should" Actually, that's a pretty good idea.
Okay.
There.
That's where the path stops.
That's where he stopped tracking and he shut down around 35 minutes ago.
All right, I'm on it.
Send backup.
The hell is this? All we know is Robert tracked Marcos' crews here.
He own the place? No, the city does.
It's condemned.
See those chlorine containers? Sure looks like someone's been using it.
Probably where they're cooking the junk.
Either that or swimming in a spacious indoor pool.
We know what Robert drives? Hybrid, according to his wife, but I don't see one here.
Gideon, - do you want to check out back? - On it.
[drone buzzing.]
All righty.
I spy with my HD eye There it is.
[computer beeping.]
ADA: It's registered to Robert.
GOSS: There's ammo in the passenger seat.
Looks like Ruiz decided to do a little amateur cop work.
Damn it.
We got to get in there now.
[door creaks.]
Oh, hold on, Murph.
I mean, you know I'm up for just about anything, but it's pitch black.
We don't have the first idea - where anybody is in there.
- And we go in with flashlights, they'll see us coming.
The glasses.
The ones used to see the marker dye.
You still have yours? - Yeah.
- Gideon, those glasses you gave us How are they at seeing in the dark? Great.
Just-just just have to change a few settings.
MURPHY: Okay, make it happen.
[glasses whir.]
MARCOS: You been on my ass for weeks! ROBERT: My daughter.
You hurt my daughter.
MARCOS: You blame me for that? Then you come down here with this gun, you try to take me out? You ever even seen a gun, old man? Here.
Let me show you.
Police! Don't move! - Back off! - What the hell? Let him go, Marcos.
That ain't happening.
- Back off or he dies.
- BRANDT: Calm down.
MARCOS: I'll calm down when you back the hell off.
Gideon, this just turned into a hostage situation.
Be smart, Cruz.
You ain't walking out of here.
Yeah? We'll see.
Back off or I swear I'll drop his ass.
Gideon, we need to do something here.
BRANDT: Calm down, Marcos.
Just calm down.
Wait, why can't Brandt just tase them both? It's not safe.
We need to call in a hostage negotiator.
How long is that gonna take? Half an hour.
My guess is that's about 29 minutes too long.
ROBERT: Please.
Don't put yourself in danger for me.
This is my fight.
Yeah.
Maybe you should listen to him.
BRANDT: How about this: you let him go, we'll leave.
You got my word.
No.
I walk out of here then he's free.
Otherwise he dies now.
CONRAD: Damn it.
We can't let that son of a bitch walk.
Murphy, is there any way that you can, you can get in there and back Brandt up? Just let him go, Marcos.
Not unless I'm shooting through the wall.
What if you did shoot through the wall? - MARCOS: I'm done with this.
- Gideon, are you crazy? I can shoot anyone.
Well, what if I can help? What What if I can show you what Brandt is seeing? How? Just-just hang on a second.
Ada.
Yeah, I'm switching the feeds now.
BRANDT: Let's figure this out.
MARCOS: We can't figure anything out! BRANDT: Okay, let's just talk about this.
Yeah? Yeah, you want to talk about this now? Or after I paint the walls with his brains? GIDEON: See that pipe he's standing under? MURPHY: I see it.
MARCOS: I'm not messing around.
Get back! Gideon, I can't do this.
I'll be shooting blind.
Just trust the tech.
BRANDT: Nobody's messing with you.
Just lower the gun.
MARCOS: I'm done with this.
I want you and the rest of the cops out of here now.
What if I can't? Well, then just trust me.
Switch your gun to lethal.
BRANDT: The quicker you let him go, the quicker we'll be out of here.
MARCOS: You better back off! This is your last chance.
Listen to me carefully, Marcos.
It's not too late to turn this thing around.
You got him.
BRANDT: We can figure something out.
No! No, we can't! Police! Don't move! Don't move.
BRANDT: He's alive.
[handcuffs clicking.]
Thank you.
CONRAD: What the hell do you mean Reggie Walker escaped? COBB: Uh, well, it was crazy, sir.
Uh, we were questioning him, and, uh, and then, uh, fearing for our-our personal safety, we did a perimeter check, and, uh, he, uh ran off.
REYES: Also, we weren't even really sure if he was the guy.
Why the hell would he escape if he's the wrong guy? Well, we're sort of - still trying to figure that one out.
- Yeah.
We're gonna hunt for him today.
Uh, but we just wanted, uh well, we just wanted to give you an update.
I'm-I'm sorry, Captain.
I know the district was looking for a big bust.
Yeah, well, things may have changed a little there.
Gideon is down at the mayor's office with Murphy right now.
Morning.
Before we begin, I was told that you have something urgent to tell me.
I do, I do, I do.
Uh This is kind of awkward now.
- What is? - Well, I [scoffs.]
I should have asked about this before.
I did it again, I asked some reporters to come and do a press conference after we're done, so I just wanted to talk to you about that.
Well, we don't have anything to talk about.
You see, I-I'm done being played by you.
And I'm also done with your publicity stunts.
This is not a stunt.
This is not a stunt.
Have you ever heard of the drug Hi-town? If you haven't, you haven't been paying attention.
It's killed at least 32 people.
- And mostly kids.
- We're well aware of what Hi-town is, thank you.
We're also aware that your bust resulted in a bad arrest.
Actually, there's been new developments in that case.
We took down Marcos Cruz's cook lab last night, and arrested him for kidnapping and attempted murder.
GIDEON: So no more Hi-town in Chi-town.
That's [clears throat.]
Hence the-the press conference, which, it's gonna be out in the hallway when we're done.
So we're gonna do that again.
I think so, yeah.
So what should I say? I could say that your office is unraveling this bust, all right, as part of your ongoing campaign against the 13th.
Or I can say that we really appreciate your support in our victory yesterday.
I don't know.
What do you think? I think you're a son of a This is blackmail.
It's blackmail.
Now, Scott, to be fair, you said that I should come to this meeting prepared.
And I would like to thank my good friend Mayor Salgado for all of his support.
Mr.
Reeves, how exactly has the mayor helped the investigation? Oh, God, how hasn't he, is more like it.
Listen, it's no secret that we've had our bumps, but at this point, I'm just glad to have a partner at City Hall.
Does this mean that those rumors of legal issues at the 13th are untrue? Uh, absolutely not.
No, no, no, we're-we're satisfied that the 13th district is on firm legal ground in this case.
And we also appreciate that fact that they have followed our lead in fighting the scourge of drugs in this city.
[reporters clamoring.]
Well, congratulations.
You won.
I wasn't trying to win, Scott.
I was just doing my job.
For him? For the district.
Right, the district, of course.
Your real family.
Unlike the one you broke up.
You are unbelievable.
But if you really want to go there GIDEON: I want to introduce the lead detective on the case.
Without her, we would not be here.
Murphy, could you come over here for a second? People talk about how much money I spend in the 13th district.
And by people, I mean mostly my business manager and the board of directors.
But the truth is The truth is you can't even begin to put a price on hard-working cops like Detective Theresa Murphy.
REPORTER: But what is that price tag, sir? Well They're only voices in the wind Don't let 'em think you're listening.