Found (2023) s02e05 Episode Script
Missing While Presumed Dead
1
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Unfortunately, she's
made no real progress.
I thought maybe art therapy
would be a little more fun.
But every session,
Bella looks at me
like I'm punishing her.
In my therapy, I sometimes wonder
if I'm wasting my time going
over everything from that year.
Then later, I
I sometimes feel better.
What is it, baby?
My therapist wants my dad
to come to an appointment,
but he won't do it.
[SNIFFS] Once you know
hard things about your kids,
you can't unknow them
just like I can't unsee this.
♪
Her therapist says it's an
impulse Bella can't fight.
She wants to be happy,
then scribbles it out.
Bella will get her joy back.
I promise.
May I?
♪
Room for one more?
[TENSE DISTORTED MUSIC]
♪
Lacey.
Are you still with me?
[GASPS]
Sorry. I'm just tired.
It's OK.
I know this is tough,
but if you could just walk me through
I'm not trying to be difficult.
I just I don't remember.
It's all scattered
the past, the present.
I
Uh, you know what?
Forget about Sir. How are you?
I mean, it's got to be tough
given all the tension at M&A.
M&A is fine.
Is it?
[SOMBER MUSIC]
OK.
♪
Um, one last question. Just curious.
How do you think Sir
was able to get away?
Look, I know you're pissed at Gabi.
But if you think that
she would ever help Sir,
then you don't know her after all.
Thanks again for finding
Lacey the other night.
All good, man.
She say anything, though,
about why she just left
in the middle of the night like that?
No, just that she couldn't sleep
and needed to clear her head.
It's dangerous.
- With Sir still out there
- We all know that.
Lacey is still dealing with
her symptoms from her TBI,
so she's not purposely
risking her own safety.
I'm fine. Stop talking about me.
Technically, we were,
uh, texting about you.
We're just worried, Margaret.
Well, maybe you should
worry a little less
about other people,
especially since you're clearly
avoiding your own house.
Uh-oh.
You haven't told Ethan, have you?
That you helped Gabi track down Sir?
I'm waiting for the right time.
There's no right time to
tell the truth just do it.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Sneaking up on me is a bad bet.
I just wanted to stop by
and let you know I was back in town.
That could have been a
phone call, and I don't care.
Look, Gabi, I know
my leaving was abrupt.
Learning that Hugh killed our mother
this is all so difficult.
Everything about your
brother is difficult.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have to get back to finding him.
- [DOOR OPENS]
- I know.
- That's why I came back.
- Need some help, Gabi?
I'm staying at the Gracemore Hotel.
You can reach me anytime.
♪
I-I don't care how normal he seems.
There is zero chance
I'm trusting any relative of Sir's.
If Christian says he wants
to help take down Sir,
I will take that help.
[OBJECTS CLATTERING]
- So you see it, too?
- Like déjà vu.
Rumpled clothes, uncombed hair.
She's not seeing her therapist anymore.
You need to talk to her.
I am the last person
Margaret wants to talk to.
Ms. Mosely, oh, my God. We
came as soon as we could.
I can't believe there's new information
about our daughter
after all these years.
Thank you for calling.
Mr. and Mrs. Diaz.
I remember you from the news coverage
when your daughter
disappeared years ago.
I'm sorry.
M&A never worked on her case.
There must be some sort of confusion.
Oh, there's no confusion.
Hi. Uh, I'm Margaret. I-I called you.
I have reason no, I'm certain
that your daughter is alive.
[SIGHS HAPPILY]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Adela Diaz, disappeared
7 years ago at age 16
after going to a party
with her boyfriend.
This family was vilified
by DCPD and the press.
So, while everyone was focused
on condemning the parents,
their daughter was missing.
At the time, the cops claimed
they had no other suspects.
I'm telling you, the Diazes
didn't hurt their daughter.
Margaret, you called them
without even discussing
the case with us.
But I'm sure once we
hear what you found,
we'll all be on board.
Yesterday DCPD picked
up a lost little boy.
I saw that on the news.
Four-year-old found
wandering near Hillsdale.
- They can't ID him.
- Right.
Look at the earlobe attachments,
the similar chins, the nose symmetry.
These are inherited traits.
This boy is Adela's son.
You said yourself,
Margaret Vision has been off lately.
That's only when Gabi's around.
That's why I came in
early to work alone.
OK, no matter how they got here,
those parents are
looking to us for answers,
so Adela is now our case.
Lacey, call Trent,
see if the DCPD can get
a DNA kit done on the son.
- Dhan
- I already called.
Well, Adela's DNA is already
in the National Missing Persons System,
so Trent put in a call for the test.
Dhan, canvass the area
where the boy was found.
Now that Adela might be involved,
see if anybody recognizes her.
Zeke, the cops likely
pulled footage of the area
to see if anyone was with the boy.
- See if they missed anything.
- On it.
Lacey, I need you to get on the phone
with Child Protective Services,
see what they have on the kid.
I need to be part of the
intake of the parents.
And you will, but before
we talk to the Diazes,
I have something else I have to do.
And don't say anything
else about this case
until we know for sure what we have.
These parents have been through enough
without us giving them false hope.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER, TELEPHONE RINGING]
How's he doing?
Same as when CPS brought him over.
I do have some good news, though.
When the lab swabbed for DNA,
they found blood on his jacket.
We just got the blood type back.
It's the same as Adela Diaz's.
How much blood are we talking?
Assuming this is her son,
are we saying Adela could be injured?
We don't know much for
certain, especially
[WHISPERING] Whether he
is actually Adela's kid.
This is ridiculous. A
life could be on the line.
Hi, sweetie. I'm Gabi.
Do you know who this is?
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Mama.
And that is all the confirmation I need.
Adela is out there,
and we need to find her.
Adela is a good girl
solid grades, varsity soccer.
The boy the boy was the problem.
- Her boyfriend, Tyler?
- He was rich. Felt entitled.
Felt like the rules didn't apply to him.
We told her not to see him anymore.
Adela said she was going
out with her friends,
but then she missed curfew.
We found out she was with Tyler.
The morning came
and still no Adela.
So we called the cops.
So they were the ones
who found her jacket
a mile from the house?
Adela was always swapping
clothes with her friends, so
I wanted her to know what was hers.
I put special stitching in the seams.
And she had a cell phone, too, right?
They found it 20 miles across town
Full of angry texts
and voicemails from me.
And that's when everything changed.
You went from victims to suspects.
They found a warrant
from my 20s over some pot.
And once the press got word
that you had a record
[VOICE ECHOING] They went to town.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[NORMAL VOICE] I'll be right back.
♪
So the press dug up more than
just a pot arrest, didn't they?
A bar fight.
I wasn't even charged for it.
But the reporters the
reporters made it seem
like I was a violent addict,
that I got angry and killed my kid,
reported her missing to cover it up.
♪
It was bad enough the world
thought I hurt my baby.
But then they stopped looking for her
because they thought she was dead.
Anything?
Raw, honest emotion from Dad.
And the mom is having some anxiety,
which could be dishonesty or stress.
They're used to being judged.
Well, the world sees
them as terrible parents.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Can you tell me what it
is that made you call?
Please, I need to know.
We think
that this is Adela's son.
Please, please, don't
give me this kind of hope
if you aren't sure.
We showed him a photo,
and he identified Adela as his mother,
which means Margaret is right.
Adela is alive.
♪
Oh, my God.
He looks just like her.
[SOBBING]
Surprised DCPD's letting
us run point on this one.
Right, Sofia and Mateo
are starting fresh.
They're making a new list
of any places they
frequented or people they met
around the time that Adela went missing.
CPS is headed over with the boy.
I think I can help.
It wasn't that long ago I was him,
afraid to speak and everything.
I finished going through
all the camera footage
from where the kid was
found nothing new.
My canvass turned up a few men
who said they tried to help the kid,
but little man just ran away.
My mother always told
me, if I ever got lost,
to only trust another mama.
Bet that's who brought him in.
These case files are a disgrace.
There's interviews
referenced that are missing,
canvass summaries that simply say NFI.
"No further information."
It's lazy shorthand for cops
who don't write thorough reports.
The investigator,
Detective Edwards, was fired
a few years after Adela's disappearance.
You know him?
Not personally, but
put some feelers out.
All right. Anything
on the boyfriend yet?
Tyler Carasco, now 25.
Gave one interview to
DCPD and was cleared.
Cops may have bought his
story, but not Adela's dad.
Which explains why the
kid ultimately took out
a restraining order against Mateo.
The last person to see Adela,
and he makes himself the victim?
Maybe because he has
a guilty conscience.
Dhan, track him down. Time
to take this show public.
After many agonizing years,
there has been a break
in the Adela Diaz case.
We believe Adela is being
held against her will
here in the D.C. area and
is potentially injured.
Every second is critical.
How do you know she's alive?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER,
CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]
The young boy recovered
in Hillsdale yesterday
has been tentatively
identified as Adela Diaz's son.
[REPORTERS CLAMORING]
We don't know how Adela
and the child were separated, but
So D.C. police accused
the parents of murder,
and now they're innocent?
Mr. Diaz, how do you feel
about being vindicated?
I told them. I told the police
I didn't hurt my daughter,
and they abandoned her!
- They abandoned my daughter!
- Enough.
We will deal with the past later.
Right now we all need
to unite over one goal,
to bring Adela home to
her parents and her son.
Be a part of the solution
this time, not the problem.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
You sure this will work?
If anyone can make him feel safe
and get him to talk, it's Lacey.
How are the Diazes holding up?
Well, they understand they
have to wait for the DNA test
to come back before
they can talk to him.
But just seeing him means the world.
You did the right thing
today, calling them.
It was a big swing,
but I had my reasons.
I understand.
This case, if
we can solve this
it's hope that we can find Jamie.
No, you're going away soon,
and I want to know I can
do this work without you.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Dhan found him.
Mr. Diaz hates me, and with good reason.
Uh
That night, I took Adela to a party.
Her parents were making things so hard,
so I was just happy to finally
get a chance to hang with her.
But I saw her talking to
another guy, got jealous.
- You had a fight.
- On the drive home.
I was such an ass.
She demanded that I stop
the car and let her out.
You left your 16-year-old girlfriend
on the side of the road by herself?
I was an idiot.
Whatever happened to her,
it's my fault. I know.
Talk to me about Detective Edwards.
He took it pretty easy on you.
One interview, and you're cleared?
No. No, that's not right.
I talked to that guy more than once.
There's only one interview in the file.
He came back,
said he knew I was hiding something.
Were you?
Adela left her cell phone in my car.
Her parents kept calling it.
I was so mad at them, at her,
I threw it out the window.
That's why the phone was found
so far away from the jacket.
But Edwards, he didn't
care about the phone.
All he cared about was trying to pin
something on Adela's parents.
How can you be sure?
He asked if they'd ever
been violent with Adela
or if she'd ever confided in
me about her father's rage.
But I-I told them Mr. Diaz
would never hurt Adela, ever.
I knew that was your voice.
What did you do to my daughter, huh?
Where is she? What did you do to her?
Hey, hey, calm down. Calm down.
Hey, hey, calm down.
Your grandson is in
there and can hear you.
You want to be another
adult who scares him?
Mateo, please, cálmate.
I'm so sorry, Mr. Diaz. I
never should have left her.
I'm I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
[SOBBING] I'm so
I'm so sorry.
- Tommy!
- Captain Trent.
[LAUGHS] Hey, buddy.
Watch out for this guy.
David, you look good, man.
Hey, bud.
- So you got my message?
- Yep.
You know, you could have just called.
Yeah, I could have, but, uh, you know,
I kind of miss this place.
Saw the press conference.
Yeah, it's a shame
how disrespectful people are
toward law enforcement
these days, you know?
The Diazes have every
right to be angry, Dad.
Still got that compassionate heart.
You know, you used to make
me worry that being a cop
would crush you, but not you.
You turned it into a virtue.
I read in the personnel files
that you were Hank Edwards'
field training officer,
and that's why I called.
Edward oh, yeah. He was all right.
If I told you that too much alcohol
turned into shoddy police work
It would not surprise me a bit.
No, he was known to love
his after-shift whiskey.
I'm trying to talk to him,
but his last knowns are no good.
I can make a few phone calls.
Hey, the, uh, press conference
I'm surprised that Mosely
chick didn't defend you.
I thought you two were close.
Close means different things to
different people.
[LOCK BEEPS]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC]
Always so afraid.
When someone breaks in uninvited,
that tends to be the natural reaction.
Such a disappointment.
I thought I raised you stronger.
You didn't raise me at all, Sir.
This is about Sir, isn't it?
We can't let Sir steal our joy.
If we can't be happy to
be home, then he wins.
And we don't want him to win, right?
So you know what I'm going to do?
I am going to draw you a picture,
show you what my happiness looks like.
I could be the place
where you belong ♪
I can give you
shelter from the storm ♪
I will keep you safe
and keep you warm ♪
So you can hold on ♪
I will stay beside
you through the night ♪
I can see the fear inside your eyes ♪
You can always put your hand in mine ♪
Wow.
You're really good at that.
- Who is that?
- Mama.
Mama. She looks really pretty.
- And who is that?
- Matty.
Matty.
Is that your name?
[GENTLE MUSIC]
Is that short for Mateo?
Yeah?
And what about your dad?
Is Dad in the house?
♪
Oh. Oh, that's a car.
It's really cool.
Did Dad give you this?
Do you think I could
see it for a second?
Thank you.
♪
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
[CELL PHONE BLOOPS]
[LINE TRILLING]
- [PHONE VIBRATES]
- Hey.
I'm running it now.
There's a barcode on the wrapper, so
Got it.
Coco Carousel Burger.
This toy is part of their kids' meal.
This particular promotion looks like
it's only been going
on for about a week.
I'll text Gabi. This could
be just the break we need.
Did you kill our mother?
That is not why I came here.
That is not an answer.
I know you cared for her.
So did I, despite her abuse.
- I saw
- Etiquette, Christian!
God, you asked a question.
The least you can do
is allow me to answer.
You know, that woman
tortured me for over ten years.
Ten years.
I was the target of her
rage, and I took it
for you
you and Lena.
Oh, you never wondered
why she never targeted you?
It wasn't because you were
the prodigal son, brother.
It was because I shielded you.
I took her anger, and
I directed it toward me
every time she came home
drunk and belligerent.
I took your beatings
because that is what
family is supposed to do.
Fine.
You justify what you did
because you took my beatings.
How do you justify what you did,
what you continue to do, to Gabi?
Gabrielle.
She prefers Gabi.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Oh, I see. [CHUCKLES]
You've spent some time with her
and have become
susceptible to her charms.
She's not for you.
♪
You wouldn't understand
our relationship.
Gabrielle and I are soulmates.
She will come to me.
Gabi would never willingly
go anywhere with you.
She wants you dead or in jail.
She will come.
Once I fix things for
them, she will come.
Fix things? How?
It's been nice chatting, little brother.
Next time, let's leave
the past where it belongs.
Please see that Gabrielle
gets that immediately.
I will not do anything for you
and certainly not
where Gabi is concerned.
Yes, you will.
You owe me, Christian.
You owe me your pathetic little life.
Now do as I say.
I was able to slip past
the two officers posted outside.
You're only safe
because I want you to be.
Remember that.
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Let me guess. Lacey called you, too.
Maybe she's learning there
are ways of getting information
from people other than threatening,
bribing, and blackmailing.
I haven't done any of that
yet today.
How's Lacey doing?
She came in earlier for a
follow-up on her kidnapping.
She seemed confused.
Oh, you didn't know that,
that Lacey was talking to DCPD?
- Was it worth it?
- What?
Blowing up your entire family for Sir.
No. You don't get to do that.
You don't get to use
my guilt and your hurt
to unsettle me in the middle of a case.
There's a woman's life at stake,
and you're better than that.
♪
Yeah, we launched that line last week,
uh, but we've given out hundreds,
and trying to remember any one customer
would be like looking for
a needle in a haystack.
Security footage is always helpful.
Oh, of course. I'll make
a copy of what we have.
Whatever helps.
Told you I didn't need you.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Hey, Dad.
That's great. Uh, text me what you got.
I got the location on
our ex-detective Edwards.
From your father? You good?
Yeah, um
Edwards moved into his late
parents' house after they died.
Just grab the security
footage and meet me there.
I'll text the address.
Can't imagine
being so close to your grandson
but not being able to
reach out and hold him.
Yeah, it's admirable what
they've been able to do
to support one another.
Hey, If you need to take a break,
I can be on Diaz watch.
No.
No, I'm actually good.
This case all of this
has been a confirmation
of what I've always believed.
You know, all those
all those files on my desk
are are families
with missing children.
And maybe there's a detail
in one of those cases
- that can help me find Jamie.
- Margaret.
Dhan, when I developed my
ability to hyper-focus,
I thought, OK, I can use
this for good, help others.
Maybe part of me thought
that I could earn Jamie back.
But then after what Gabi did to Sir
I realized I was just fooling myself.
I have clarity now,
Dhan, that my altruism
was martyrdom, that everybody
is out for themselves.
Why not me?
Hey.
I think Matty just gave us
a clue to Adela's location.
Baby Trent.
I saw you on TV, big man.
Coming to arrest me?
- Just here to talk, Hank.
- [LAUGHS]
You're a bad liar,
just like your old man.
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Put the gun down, Hank.
You're going to take me
down for that Diaz girl.
We just want to find Adela.
I can't go down like this.
Hey, whoa. Easy, easy.
You're still a man of the badge.
I can see that.
I need you to do what's
right one last time.
It will matter.
Help us save a life.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
[PHONE VIBRATES]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Dhan. Now's not a great time.
Matty finished two new drawings.
He drew his father as
a monster with red eyes.
He also added detail to the house.
At first we thought it was
a cloud, but it's water.
There's some kind of
lake behind the house
where he was held.
♪
I didn't do this.
Like, sure, I made some mistakes.
Mistakes? You hid evidence.
You falsely accused
devoted parents of murder.
You fed them to the wolves.
- I don't remember.
- Get ready, Jimmy.
Edwards is about to give Ms.
Mosely all she ever wanted,
carte blanche to tell the whole world
how terrible we are.
I'm not anti-police. I'm anti-bad cops.
Where is Adela? Tell me where this goes.
- Something you want to say?
- I admire you.
You didn't just recover
from what happened to you.
You beat it.
You took your trauma,
turned it into a job, a calling.
[SCOFFS]
The closest thing I've ever
seen to a real-life superhero.
I appreciate that.
It seems like there's a "but" coming.
We're not that different, you and I.
We'll both do anything
to get the job done.
My son deserves better than both of us.
We don't have time for any of this.
Stay away from my boy.
So why don't you jog your
memory a little bit quicker?
You are wasting my time.
I need the truth now.
I don't know what the truth is!
I'm a blackout drunk.
I was then.
I am now.
You say I did these these interviews,
had this evidence I don't remember.
What I do remember was
the brass all up in my ass.
I needed to close this thing.
The parents
they were the easy solve.
It wasn't personal.
Tell that to the Diazes,
you worthless piece of crap.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[DOOR OPENS, SLAMS]
Oh, no!
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]
The DNA results came back.
Hey, Matty?
You want to meet some friends of mine?
[GENTLE MUSIC]
♪
Matty, this is Mateo and Sofia.
They're your
[LAUGHTER]
- Grandparents.
- Oh, look at you, nieto.
[GASPS] Oh.
This is abuelito.
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
I got your text. Make it quick.
I figured I'd keep a respectful distance
after the reception I got this morning.
Showing up outside of my
work is a respectful distance?
He told me to give you this.
He?
You saw Sir?
And you didn't call the police or me?
I'm sure you remember what a threat
from my brother feels like.
He didn't leave me a lot of options.
Where is he now? What did he say?
Gabi, look, I know we
don't know each other well
and you have no reason to trust me,
but I'm scared for you.
I can take care of myself.
But thank you for your concern.
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
I think she's dying.
Gabrielle will never forgive
me I need your help.
♪
CPS finally released
Matty to the Diazes.
- What happened?
- We should ignore it.
Sir keeps pushing his
way into our cases,
and we keep giving him satisfaction
every time we let him help.
I'm with Margaret. We don't need him.
We don't need whatever's
on the recorder.
It's your call, Gabi.
Wait.
Are we really wasting time on a vote?
Adela's been without her
family for seven years.
Lacey, you of all people,
how can you condone this?
How can we justify leaving her
out there for one more second?
So we can feel good about
refusing to work with the devil?
That's about us, not her.
I spent the whole day
here with Matty today.
I remember what it was like
to be as petrified as he is.
Whatever it takes to
reunite him with his mother,
we do it.
I can't.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Remember, you are you.
Sir gets no credit for
that, no matter what he says.
It's in the water, on the line ♪
In the moonlight, on the tide ♪
You should have seen it ♪
You should have seen the signs ♪
Hello, Gabrielle.
Adela Diaz
a case worthy of our attention.
I have no case file.
However, from news coverage
both past and present,
we are looking for a voyeur.
Our kidnapper is neither
family nor a friend.
No, no, no.
Unlike you and I, who have a true bond,
this deviant was an outsider looking in.
Let us consider the facts.
First, proximity.
Where was Adela taken?
On a deserted road near her home.
And her child, where was he found?
BOTH: Less than a mile from her home.
Signs ♪
Signs ♪
♪
Why did he allow her to give birth?
Why allow her to keep the child?
Leverage.
He knew, by giving Adela a child,
it would keep her from
running, at least until
Matty was old enough where
he could run on his own.
That's why she didn't run with him.
Her kidnapper is still local.
He likes to watch the pain
and destruction he causes.
That's why he didn't leave town
when he first kidnapped Adela.
And it's probably why
he's still sticking around.
Why do you have Matty's jacket?
I was heading to the bus station.
It was in the lobby.
They must have dropped it.
Look, when I looked inside,
the inside seam was stitched
just the way Sofia
used to do it for Adela.
Is that a note? What does it say?
Is it from Adela?
"Please help.
My son and I have been held prisoner.
Take my son Matty to his grandparents,
Sofia and Mateo Diaz.
I do not know the name of my captor.
He is 6 feet tall, brown
hair, average build."
That could be anybody.
"The house we are kept in
has a lake and is on a dead-end street."
Hey, guys, I've got
something to show you.
So I've been going through
the burger-joint security footage,
but my facial recognition only pulls up
one person from Adela's life
as a continuous presence there.
No. No, that can't be.
You saw the way Matty reacted to him.
He's not afraid of
his grandfather at all.
I agree. We know Mateo is innocent.
All right, everyone,
grab a file and dig in.
We won't stop until
we find the connection.
It's OK, Margaret. I
know you need to go.
We got this.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
You find something?
Mateo and Sofia, they
both put Coco Carousel
on their lists from yesterday.
Places they frequented
the most as a family.
He mentioned something about
how he and Adela would go
there after her soccer games.
It was a family tradition.
There's a photo.
Seven years ago when
she first went missing,
there was a search party.
Coco Carousel Burger donated the food.
There's even a sign thanking
the owner for his help.
Son of a bitch.
6 feet tall, medium build, brown hair.
Matty didn't get his
toy from a customer.
He got it from the owner himself.
- Zeke?
- I'm already on it.
Casey Hamill.
He lives less than 2
miles from the Diazes.
Hold on, Adela. We're coming.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[SIRENS WAILING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Put your hands up,
and put them out the window now.
♪
[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]
[GASPS]
I'm Gabi Mosley.
You're safe now.
Matty, my son, is he OK?
[SOFT MUSIC]
Matty? Matty's with your mom and dad.
They're all waiting for you.
[SOBBING]
Oh, it ain't easy now ♪
♪
Adela Diaz was found alive
and her kidnapper arrested.
Her nightmare is finally over.
Putting this family back
together was long overdue.
Exonerating Sofia and Mateo
Diaz was long overdue.
♪
The world gave up on Adela,
but her parents never did.
Adela never did.
And that is the story here.
That's the story you should tell.
I would like to start
by thanking Ms. Moseley for her help.
Without her and her team at M&A,
I am not certain Adela
Diaz would have been found.
I would also like to
address the grievous
and unforgivable errors
made by our department.
You, the public, deserve better,
which is why I'm announcing
a new task force dedicated
to our law-abiding citizens
so that the public will never
have to rely on vigilantes
to do our job.
Thank you.
[REPORTERS CLAMORING]
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
ALL: Welcome home.
♪
- [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS]
- Hold on.
I know that I am the last
person you all want to hear from.
It's just
I broke something,
something truly special.
And I will never
forgive myself for that.
But this place,
the work we do here is bigger than me,
and it must continue,
for them.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Go home. Get some rest.
I'll walk you guys out.
I remembered something.
Not everything.
Most memories are still a blur.
But when I saw you outside
with Christian, Gabi,
I remembered.
I remembered Sir talking to someone
the day you rescued me, asking for help.
You think it was Christian?
No. I mean, I don't know.
Um, but the way that he spoke,
it was someone he trusted.
I'm not making this up.
Gabi, Sir is not working alone.
This is never going to end, is it?
See, this is what my happy looks like.
That's me, you, your mom, and my dad.
That's us, free.
Now show me yours.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Is it Sir?
Sir in jail.
That's what you need to be happy?
Trent made it abundantly clear
he's not going to stop
until I'm behind bars.
Gabi, without Sir, there is no case.
It's your word against his.
Dhan, I have to pay for what I've done.
- [SIGHS]
- But before I go away,
there's work that needs to be done.
Work that's more important
than your freedom?
Our family is broken.
And a few things need to
happen before they can heal.
Lacey needs Sir behind bars.
Zeke needs distance.
And Margaret, she needs her son.
But Jamie's been missing for 13 years.
Anything we do will give her false hope
- and push her over the edge
- [PHONE VIBRATING]
A shadow out on the horizon ♪
What do you want?
Dhan, you need to get
Gabi to the station now.
It's Margaret. She's under arrest.
Can you feel it ♪
Coming back up from the edge? ♪
Oh, the story never ends ♪
Greg, move your head.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Unfortunately, she's
made no real progress.
I thought maybe art therapy
would be a little more fun.
But every session,
Bella looks at me
like I'm punishing her.
In my therapy, I sometimes wonder
if I'm wasting my time going
over everything from that year.
Then later, I
I sometimes feel better.
What is it, baby?
My therapist wants my dad
to come to an appointment,
but he won't do it.
[SNIFFS] Once you know
hard things about your kids,
you can't unknow them
just like I can't unsee this.
♪
Her therapist says it's an
impulse Bella can't fight.
She wants to be happy,
then scribbles it out.
Bella will get her joy back.
I promise.
May I?
♪
Room for one more?
[TENSE DISTORTED MUSIC]
♪
Lacey.
Are you still with me?
[GASPS]
Sorry. I'm just tired.
It's OK.
I know this is tough,
but if you could just walk me through
I'm not trying to be difficult.
I just I don't remember.
It's all scattered
the past, the present.
I
Uh, you know what?
Forget about Sir. How are you?
I mean, it's got to be tough
given all the tension at M&A.
M&A is fine.
Is it?
[SOMBER MUSIC]
OK.
♪
Um, one last question. Just curious.
How do you think Sir
was able to get away?
Look, I know you're pissed at Gabi.
But if you think that
she would ever help Sir,
then you don't know her after all.
Thanks again for finding
Lacey the other night.
All good, man.
She say anything, though,
about why she just left
in the middle of the night like that?
No, just that she couldn't sleep
and needed to clear her head.
It's dangerous.
- With Sir still out there
- We all know that.
Lacey is still dealing with
her symptoms from her TBI,
so she's not purposely
risking her own safety.
I'm fine. Stop talking about me.
Technically, we were,
uh, texting about you.
We're just worried, Margaret.
Well, maybe you should
worry a little less
about other people,
especially since you're clearly
avoiding your own house.
Uh-oh.
You haven't told Ethan, have you?
That you helped Gabi track down Sir?
I'm waiting for the right time.
There's no right time to
tell the truth just do it.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Sneaking up on me is a bad bet.
I just wanted to stop by
and let you know I was back in town.
That could have been a
phone call, and I don't care.
Look, Gabi, I know
my leaving was abrupt.
Learning that Hugh killed our mother
this is all so difficult.
Everything about your
brother is difficult.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have to get back to finding him.
- [DOOR OPENS]
- I know.
- That's why I came back.
- Need some help, Gabi?
I'm staying at the Gracemore Hotel.
You can reach me anytime.
♪
I-I don't care how normal he seems.
There is zero chance
I'm trusting any relative of Sir's.
If Christian says he wants
to help take down Sir,
I will take that help.
[OBJECTS CLATTERING]
- So you see it, too?
- Like déjà vu.
Rumpled clothes, uncombed hair.
She's not seeing her therapist anymore.
You need to talk to her.
I am the last person
Margaret wants to talk to.
Ms. Mosely, oh, my God. We
came as soon as we could.
I can't believe there's new information
about our daughter
after all these years.
Thank you for calling.
Mr. and Mrs. Diaz.
I remember you from the news coverage
when your daughter
disappeared years ago.
I'm sorry.
M&A never worked on her case.
There must be some sort of confusion.
Oh, there's no confusion.
Hi. Uh, I'm Margaret. I-I called you.
I have reason no, I'm certain
that your daughter is alive.
[SIGHS HAPPILY]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Adela Diaz, disappeared
7 years ago at age 16
after going to a party
with her boyfriend.
This family was vilified
by DCPD and the press.
So, while everyone was focused
on condemning the parents,
their daughter was missing.
At the time, the cops claimed
they had no other suspects.
I'm telling you, the Diazes
didn't hurt their daughter.
Margaret, you called them
without even discussing
the case with us.
But I'm sure once we
hear what you found,
we'll all be on board.
Yesterday DCPD picked
up a lost little boy.
I saw that on the news.
Four-year-old found
wandering near Hillsdale.
- They can't ID him.
- Right.
Look at the earlobe attachments,
the similar chins, the nose symmetry.
These are inherited traits.
This boy is Adela's son.
You said yourself,
Margaret Vision has been off lately.
That's only when Gabi's around.
That's why I came in
early to work alone.
OK, no matter how they got here,
those parents are
looking to us for answers,
so Adela is now our case.
Lacey, call Trent,
see if the DCPD can get
a DNA kit done on the son.
- Dhan
- I already called.
Well, Adela's DNA is already
in the National Missing Persons System,
so Trent put in a call for the test.
Dhan, canvass the area
where the boy was found.
Now that Adela might be involved,
see if anybody recognizes her.
Zeke, the cops likely
pulled footage of the area
to see if anyone was with the boy.
- See if they missed anything.
- On it.
Lacey, I need you to get on the phone
with Child Protective Services,
see what they have on the kid.
I need to be part of the
intake of the parents.
And you will, but before
we talk to the Diazes,
I have something else I have to do.
And don't say anything
else about this case
until we know for sure what we have.
These parents have been through enough
without us giving them false hope.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER, TELEPHONE RINGING]
How's he doing?
Same as when CPS brought him over.
I do have some good news, though.
When the lab swabbed for DNA,
they found blood on his jacket.
We just got the blood type back.
It's the same as Adela Diaz's.
How much blood are we talking?
Assuming this is her son,
are we saying Adela could be injured?
We don't know much for
certain, especially
[WHISPERING] Whether he
is actually Adela's kid.
This is ridiculous. A
life could be on the line.
Hi, sweetie. I'm Gabi.
Do you know who this is?
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Mama.
And that is all the confirmation I need.
Adela is out there,
and we need to find her.
Adela is a good girl
solid grades, varsity soccer.
The boy the boy was the problem.
- Her boyfriend, Tyler?
- He was rich. Felt entitled.
Felt like the rules didn't apply to him.
We told her not to see him anymore.
Adela said she was going
out with her friends,
but then she missed curfew.
We found out she was with Tyler.
The morning came
and still no Adela.
So we called the cops.
So they were the ones
who found her jacket
a mile from the house?
Adela was always swapping
clothes with her friends, so
I wanted her to know what was hers.
I put special stitching in the seams.
And she had a cell phone, too, right?
They found it 20 miles across town
Full of angry texts
and voicemails from me.
And that's when everything changed.
You went from victims to suspects.
They found a warrant
from my 20s over some pot.
And once the press got word
that you had a record
[VOICE ECHOING] They went to town.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[NORMAL VOICE] I'll be right back.
♪
So the press dug up more than
just a pot arrest, didn't they?
A bar fight.
I wasn't even charged for it.
But the reporters the
reporters made it seem
like I was a violent addict,
that I got angry and killed my kid,
reported her missing to cover it up.
♪
It was bad enough the world
thought I hurt my baby.
But then they stopped looking for her
because they thought she was dead.
Anything?
Raw, honest emotion from Dad.
And the mom is having some anxiety,
which could be dishonesty or stress.
They're used to being judged.
Well, the world sees
them as terrible parents.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Can you tell me what it
is that made you call?
Please, I need to know.
We think
that this is Adela's son.
Please, please, don't
give me this kind of hope
if you aren't sure.
We showed him a photo,
and he identified Adela as his mother,
which means Margaret is right.
Adela is alive.
♪
Oh, my God.
He looks just like her.
[SOBBING]
Surprised DCPD's letting
us run point on this one.
Right, Sofia and Mateo
are starting fresh.
They're making a new list
of any places they
frequented or people they met
around the time that Adela went missing.
CPS is headed over with the boy.
I think I can help.
It wasn't that long ago I was him,
afraid to speak and everything.
I finished going through
all the camera footage
from where the kid was
found nothing new.
My canvass turned up a few men
who said they tried to help the kid,
but little man just ran away.
My mother always told
me, if I ever got lost,
to only trust another mama.
Bet that's who brought him in.
These case files are a disgrace.
There's interviews
referenced that are missing,
canvass summaries that simply say NFI.
"No further information."
It's lazy shorthand for cops
who don't write thorough reports.
The investigator,
Detective Edwards, was fired
a few years after Adela's disappearance.
You know him?
Not personally, but
put some feelers out.
All right. Anything
on the boyfriend yet?
Tyler Carasco, now 25.
Gave one interview to
DCPD and was cleared.
Cops may have bought his
story, but not Adela's dad.
Which explains why the
kid ultimately took out
a restraining order against Mateo.
The last person to see Adela,
and he makes himself the victim?
Maybe because he has
a guilty conscience.
Dhan, track him down. Time
to take this show public.
After many agonizing years,
there has been a break
in the Adela Diaz case.
We believe Adela is being
held against her will
here in the D.C. area and
is potentially injured.
Every second is critical.
How do you know she's alive?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER,
CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]
The young boy recovered
in Hillsdale yesterday
has been tentatively
identified as Adela Diaz's son.
[REPORTERS CLAMORING]
We don't know how Adela
and the child were separated, but
So D.C. police accused
the parents of murder,
and now they're innocent?
Mr. Diaz, how do you feel
about being vindicated?
I told them. I told the police
I didn't hurt my daughter,
and they abandoned her!
- They abandoned my daughter!
- Enough.
We will deal with the past later.
Right now we all need
to unite over one goal,
to bring Adela home to
her parents and her son.
Be a part of the solution
this time, not the problem.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
You sure this will work?
If anyone can make him feel safe
and get him to talk, it's Lacey.
How are the Diazes holding up?
Well, they understand they
have to wait for the DNA test
to come back before
they can talk to him.
But just seeing him means the world.
You did the right thing
today, calling them.
It was a big swing,
but I had my reasons.
I understand.
This case, if
we can solve this
it's hope that we can find Jamie.
No, you're going away soon,
and I want to know I can
do this work without you.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Dhan found him.
Mr. Diaz hates me, and with good reason.
Uh
That night, I took Adela to a party.
Her parents were making things so hard,
so I was just happy to finally
get a chance to hang with her.
But I saw her talking to
another guy, got jealous.
- You had a fight.
- On the drive home.
I was such an ass.
She demanded that I stop
the car and let her out.
You left your 16-year-old girlfriend
on the side of the road by herself?
I was an idiot.
Whatever happened to her,
it's my fault. I know.
Talk to me about Detective Edwards.
He took it pretty easy on you.
One interview, and you're cleared?
No. No, that's not right.
I talked to that guy more than once.
There's only one interview in the file.
He came back,
said he knew I was hiding something.
Were you?
Adela left her cell phone in my car.
Her parents kept calling it.
I was so mad at them, at her,
I threw it out the window.
That's why the phone was found
so far away from the jacket.
But Edwards, he didn't
care about the phone.
All he cared about was trying to pin
something on Adela's parents.
How can you be sure?
He asked if they'd ever
been violent with Adela
or if she'd ever confided in
me about her father's rage.
But I-I told them Mr. Diaz
would never hurt Adela, ever.
I knew that was your voice.
What did you do to my daughter, huh?
Where is she? What did you do to her?
Hey, hey, calm down. Calm down.
Hey, hey, calm down.
Your grandson is in
there and can hear you.
You want to be another
adult who scares him?
Mateo, please, cálmate.
I'm so sorry, Mr. Diaz. I
never should have left her.
I'm I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
[SOBBING] I'm so
I'm so sorry.
- Tommy!
- Captain Trent.
[LAUGHS] Hey, buddy.
Watch out for this guy.
David, you look good, man.
Hey, bud.
- So you got my message?
- Yep.
You know, you could have just called.
Yeah, I could have, but, uh, you know,
I kind of miss this place.
Saw the press conference.
Yeah, it's a shame
how disrespectful people are
toward law enforcement
these days, you know?
The Diazes have every
right to be angry, Dad.
Still got that compassionate heart.
You know, you used to make
me worry that being a cop
would crush you, but not you.
You turned it into a virtue.
I read in the personnel files
that you were Hank Edwards'
field training officer,
and that's why I called.
Edward oh, yeah. He was all right.
If I told you that too much alcohol
turned into shoddy police work
It would not surprise me a bit.
No, he was known to love
his after-shift whiskey.
I'm trying to talk to him,
but his last knowns are no good.
I can make a few phone calls.
Hey, the, uh, press conference
I'm surprised that Mosely
chick didn't defend you.
I thought you two were close.
Close means different things to
different people.
[LOCK BEEPS]
[UNSETTLING MUSIC]
Always so afraid.
When someone breaks in uninvited,
that tends to be the natural reaction.
Such a disappointment.
I thought I raised you stronger.
You didn't raise me at all, Sir.
This is about Sir, isn't it?
We can't let Sir steal our joy.
If we can't be happy to
be home, then he wins.
And we don't want him to win, right?
So you know what I'm going to do?
I am going to draw you a picture,
show you what my happiness looks like.
I could be the place
where you belong ♪
I can give you
shelter from the storm ♪
I will keep you safe
and keep you warm ♪
So you can hold on ♪
I will stay beside
you through the night ♪
I can see the fear inside your eyes ♪
You can always put your hand in mine ♪
Wow.
You're really good at that.
- Who is that?
- Mama.
Mama. She looks really pretty.
- And who is that?
- Matty.
Matty.
Is that your name?
[GENTLE MUSIC]
Is that short for Mateo?
Yeah?
And what about your dad?
Is Dad in the house?
♪
Oh. Oh, that's a car.
It's really cool.
Did Dad give you this?
Do you think I could
see it for a second?
Thank you.
♪
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
[CELL PHONE BLOOPS]
[LINE TRILLING]
- [PHONE VIBRATES]
- Hey.
I'm running it now.
There's a barcode on the wrapper, so
Got it.
Coco Carousel Burger.
This toy is part of their kids' meal.
This particular promotion looks like
it's only been going
on for about a week.
I'll text Gabi. This could
be just the break we need.
Did you kill our mother?
That is not why I came here.
That is not an answer.
I know you cared for her.
So did I, despite her abuse.
- I saw
- Etiquette, Christian!
God, you asked a question.
The least you can do
is allow me to answer.
You know, that woman
tortured me for over ten years.
Ten years.
I was the target of her
rage, and I took it
for you
you and Lena.
Oh, you never wondered
why she never targeted you?
It wasn't because you were
the prodigal son, brother.
It was because I shielded you.
I took her anger, and
I directed it toward me
every time she came home
drunk and belligerent.
I took your beatings
because that is what
family is supposed to do.
Fine.
You justify what you did
because you took my beatings.
How do you justify what you did,
what you continue to do, to Gabi?
Gabrielle.
She prefers Gabi.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Oh, I see. [CHUCKLES]
You've spent some time with her
and have become
susceptible to her charms.
She's not for you.
♪
You wouldn't understand
our relationship.
Gabrielle and I are soulmates.
She will come to me.
Gabi would never willingly
go anywhere with you.
She wants you dead or in jail.
She will come.
Once I fix things for
them, she will come.
Fix things? How?
It's been nice chatting, little brother.
Next time, let's leave
the past where it belongs.
Please see that Gabrielle
gets that immediately.
I will not do anything for you
and certainly not
where Gabi is concerned.
Yes, you will.
You owe me, Christian.
You owe me your pathetic little life.
Now do as I say.
I was able to slip past
the two officers posted outside.
You're only safe
because I want you to be.
Remember that.
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Let me guess. Lacey called you, too.
Maybe she's learning there
are ways of getting information
from people other than threatening,
bribing, and blackmailing.
I haven't done any of that
yet today.
How's Lacey doing?
She came in earlier for a
follow-up on her kidnapping.
She seemed confused.
Oh, you didn't know that,
that Lacey was talking to DCPD?
- Was it worth it?
- What?
Blowing up your entire family for Sir.
No. You don't get to do that.
You don't get to use
my guilt and your hurt
to unsettle me in the middle of a case.
There's a woman's life at stake,
and you're better than that.
♪
Yeah, we launched that line last week,
uh, but we've given out hundreds,
and trying to remember any one customer
would be like looking for
a needle in a haystack.
Security footage is always helpful.
Oh, of course. I'll make
a copy of what we have.
Whatever helps.
Told you I didn't need you.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Hey, Dad.
That's great. Uh, text me what you got.
I got the location on
our ex-detective Edwards.
From your father? You good?
Yeah, um
Edwards moved into his late
parents' house after they died.
Just grab the security
footage and meet me there.
I'll text the address.
Can't imagine
being so close to your grandson
but not being able to
reach out and hold him.
Yeah, it's admirable what
they've been able to do
to support one another.
Hey, If you need to take a break,
I can be on Diaz watch.
No.
No, I'm actually good.
This case all of this
has been a confirmation
of what I've always believed.
You know, all those
all those files on my desk
are are families
with missing children.
And maybe there's a detail
in one of those cases
- that can help me find Jamie.
- Margaret.
Dhan, when I developed my
ability to hyper-focus,
I thought, OK, I can use
this for good, help others.
Maybe part of me thought
that I could earn Jamie back.
But then after what Gabi did to Sir
I realized I was just fooling myself.
I have clarity now,
Dhan, that my altruism
was martyrdom, that everybody
is out for themselves.
Why not me?
Hey.
I think Matty just gave us
a clue to Adela's location.
Baby Trent.
I saw you on TV, big man.
Coming to arrest me?
- Just here to talk, Hank.
- [LAUGHS]
You're a bad liar,
just like your old man.
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Put the gun down, Hank.
You're going to take me
down for that Diaz girl.
We just want to find Adela.
I can't go down like this.
Hey, whoa. Easy, easy.
You're still a man of the badge.
I can see that.
I need you to do what's
right one last time.
It will matter.
Help us save a life.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
[PHONE VIBRATES]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Dhan. Now's not a great time.
Matty finished two new drawings.
He drew his father as
a monster with red eyes.
He also added detail to the house.
At first we thought it was
a cloud, but it's water.
There's some kind of
lake behind the house
where he was held.
♪
I didn't do this.
Like, sure, I made some mistakes.
Mistakes? You hid evidence.
You falsely accused
devoted parents of murder.
You fed them to the wolves.
- I don't remember.
- Get ready, Jimmy.
Edwards is about to give Ms.
Mosely all she ever wanted,
carte blanche to tell the whole world
how terrible we are.
I'm not anti-police. I'm anti-bad cops.
Where is Adela? Tell me where this goes.
- Something you want to say?
- I admire you.
You didn't just recover
from what happened to you.
You beat it.
You took your trauma,
turned it into a job, a calling.
[SCOFFS]
The closest thing I've ever
seen to a real-life superhero.
I appreciate that.
It seems like there's a "but" coming.
We're not that different, you and I.
We'll both do anything
to get the job done.
My son deserves better than both of us.
We don't have time for any of this.
Stay away from my boy.
So why don't you jog your
memory a little bit quicker?
You are wasting my time.
I need the truth now.
I don't know what the truth is!
I'm a blackout drunk.
I was then.
I am now.
You say I did these these interviews,
had this evidence I don't remember.
What I do remember was
the brass all up in my ass.
I needed to close this thing.
The parents
they were the easy solve.
It wasn't personal.
Tell that to the Diazes,
you worthless piece of crap.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[DOOR OPENS, SLAMS]
Oh, no!
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]
The DNA results came back.
Hey, Matty?
You want to meet some friends of mine?
[GENTLE MUSIC]
♪
Matty, this is Mateo and Sofia.
They're your
[LAUGHTER]
- Grandparents.
- Oh, look at you, nieto.
[GASPS] Oh.
This is abuelito.
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
I got your text. Make it quick.
I figured I'd keep a respectful distance
after the reception I got this morning.
Showing up outside of my
work is a respectful distance?
He told me to give you this.
He?
You saw Sir?
And you didn't call the police or me?
I'm sure you remember what a threat
from my brother feels like.
He didn't leave me a lot of options.
Where is he now? What did he say?
Gabi, look, I know we
don't know each other well
and you have no reason to trust me,
but I'm scared for you.
I can take care of myself.
But thank you for your concern.
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
I think she's dying.
Gabrielle will never forgive
me I need your help.
♪
CPS finally released
Matty to the Diazes.
- What happened?
- We should ignore it.
Sir keeps pushing his
way into our cases,
and we keep giving him satisfaction
every time we let him help.
I'm with Margaret. We don't need him.
We don't need whatever's
on the recorder.
It's your call, Gabi.
Wait.
Are we really wasting time on a vote?
Adela's been without her
family for seven years.
Lacey, you of all people,
how can you condone this?
How can we justify leaving her
out there for one more second?
So we can feel good about
refusing to work with the devil?
That's about us, not her.
I spent the whole day
here with Matty today.
I remember what it was like
to be as petrified as he is.
Whatever it takes to
reunite him with his mother,
we do it.
I can't.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Remember, you are you.
Sir gets no credit for
that, no matter what he says.
It's in the water, on the line ♪
In the moonlight, on the tide ♪
You should have seen it ♪
You should have seen the signs ♪
Hello, Gabrielle.
Adela Diaz
a case worthy of our attention.
I have no case file.
However, from news coverage
both past and present,
we are looking for a voyeur.
Our kidnapper is neither
family nor a friend.
No, no, no.
Unlike you and I, who have a true bond,
this deviant was an outsider looking in.
Let us consider the facts.
First, proximity.
Where was Adela taken?
On a deserted road near her home.
And her child, where was he found?
BOTH: Less than a mile from her home.
Signs ♪
Signs ♪
♪
Why did he allow her to give birth?
Why allow her to keep the child?
Leverage.
He knew, by giving Adela a child,
it would keep her from
running, at least until
Matty was old enough where
he could run on his own.
That's why she didn't run with him.
Her kidnapper is still local.
He likes to watch the pain
and destruction he causes.
That's why he didn't leave town
when he first kidnapped Adela.
And it's probably why
he's still sticking around.
Why do you have Matty's jacket?
I was heading to the bus station.
It was in the lobby.
They must have dropped it.
Look, when I looked inside,
the inside seam was stitched
just the way Sofia
used to do it for Adela.
Is that a note? What does it say?
Is it from Adela?
"Please help.
My son and I have been held prisoner.
Take my son Matty to his grandparents,
Sofia and Mateo Diaz.
I do not know the name of my captor.
He is 6 feet tall, brown
hair, average build."
That could be anybody.
"The house we are kept in
has a lake and is on a dead-end street."
Hey, guys, I've got
something to show you.
So I've been going through
the burger-joint security footage,
but my facial recognition only pulls up
one person from Adela's life
as a continuous presence there.
No. No, that can't be.
You saw the way Matty reacted to him.
He's not afraid of
his grandfather at all.
I agree. We know Mateo is innocent.
All right, everyone,
grab a file and dig in.
We won't stop until
we find the connection.
It's OK, Margaret. I
know you need to go.
We got this.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
You find something?
Mateo and Sofia, they
both put Coco Carousel
on their lists from yesterday.
Places they frequented
the most as a family.
He mentioned something about
how he and Adela would go
there after her soccer games.
It was a family tradition.
There's a photo.
Seven years ago when
she first went missing,
there was a search party.
Coco Carousel Burger donated the food.
There's even a sign thanking
the owner for his help.
Son of a bitch.
6 feet tall, medium build, brown hair.
Matty didn't get his
toy from a customer.
He got it from the owner himself.
- Zeke?
- I'm already on it.
Casey Hamill.
He lives less than 2
miles from the Diazes.
Hold on, Adela. We're coming.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[SIRENS WAILING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Put your hands up,
and put them out the window now.
♪
[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]
[GASPS]
I'm Gabi Mosley.
You're safe now.
Matty, my son, is he OK?
[SOFT MUSIC]
Matty? Matty's with your mom and dad.
They're all waiting for you.
[SOBBING]
Oh, it ain't easy now ♪
♪
Adela Diaz was found alive
and her kidnapper arrested.
Her nightmare is finally over.
Putting this family back
together was long overdue.
Exonerating Sofia and Mateo
Diaz was long overdue.
♪
The world gave up on Adela,
but her parents never did.
Adela never did.
And that is the story here.
That's the story you should tell.
I would like to start
by thanking Ms. Moseley for her help.
Without her and her team at M&A,
I am not certain Adela
Diaz would have been found.
I would also like to
address the grievous
and unforgivable errors
made by our department.
You, the public, deserve better,
which is why I'm announcing
a new task force dedicated
to our law-abiding citizens
so that the public will never
have to rely on vigilantes
to do our job.
Thank you.
[REPORTERS CLAMORING]
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
ALL: Welcome home.
♪
- [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS]
- Hold on.
I know that I am the last
person you all want to hear from.
It's just
I broke something,
something truly special.
And I will never
forgive myself for that.
But this place,
the work we do here is bigger than me,
and it must continue,
for them.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Go home. Get some rest.
I'll walk you guys out.
I remembered something.
Not everything.
Most memories are still a blur.
But when I saw you outside
with Christian, Gabi,
I remembered.
I remembered Sir talking to someone
the day you rescued me, asking for help.
You think it was Christian?
No. I mean, I don't know.
Um, but the way that he spoke,
it was someone he trusted.
I'm not making this up.
Gabi, Sir is not working alone.
This is never going to end, is it?
See, this is what my happy looks like.
That's me, you, your mom, and my dad.
That's us, free.
Now show me yours.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Is it Sir?
Sir in jail.
That's what you need to be happy?
Trent made it abundantly clear
he's not going to stop
until I'm behind bars.
Gabi, without Sir, there is no case.
It's your word against his.
Dhan, I have to pay for what I've done.
- [SIGHS]
- But before I go away,
there's work that needs to be done.
Work that's more important
than your freedom?
Our family is broken.
And a few things need to
happen before they can heal.
Lacey needs Sir behind bars.
Zeke needs distance.
And Margaret, she needs her son.
But Jamie's been missing for 13 years.
Anything we do will give her false hope
- and push her over the edge
- [PHONE VIBRATING]
A shadow out on the horizon ♪
What do you want?
Dhan, you need to get
Gabi to the station now.
It's Margaret. She's under arrest.
Can you feel it ♪
Coming back up from the edge? ♪
Oh, the story never ends ♪
Greg, move your head.