Alert: Missing Persons Unit (2023) s02e10 Episode Script

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[FAMILY GIGGLING AND SINGING]
Miss Susie had a steamboat ♪
- The steamboat had a bell ♪
- Toot toot! ♪
Miss Molly went to heaven ♪
The steamboat went to ♪
Hello, Operator ♪
Please get me number 9 ♪
And if you disconnect me ♪
I'll kick you in behind ♪
- Dad!
- [LAUGHING]
He's cute, but definitely tone-deaf.
You people are mean.
- [LAUGHING]
- [GASPING]
[GLASS SHATTERING]
[GASPING FAINTLY]
Danny?
Maddy?
[♪]
[DIALING]
I need you.
Hollis
[♪]
No
What do we do?
- What I should do is call this in.
- It was an accident.
It is what happens when
you drink and drive!
No, please, Hollis, please.
I need you, please. Please
You know that Dad always thought
you were different.
You're just like him.
[♪]
[BEEP]
[LINE RINGING]
This is Hollis Braun.
I have a problem.
I need you to make something
disappear.
[♪]
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
You been rolling in the sandbox?
No, I was arresting people two perps.
What's your excuse?
What the hell happened?
The bomb squad cop, Wells
he decided to blow himself up,
with me still in the room.
This is insane. W-where is he now?
Did you just hear what I just said?
He just blew himself
up. He's everywhere.
And I'm fine, by the way.
I can see that you're fine, okay?
I'm very I'm happy
that you're fine, okay?
If you would've gotten killed,
Nikki would have killed me.
Did he say something
before he blew up?
He said he was doing this for family.
"Like Braun." His words.
All right, we gotta
dig into this now, okay?
Yeah, I agree, but can
you just do me a favor?
Can you go and do what
you've been avoiding all week?
- The tux?
- Yes, all right, yes, the tux.
- Just try the damn thing on
- The wedding is tomorrow.
- We got time!
- I know, listen.
I just, I don't need any more
last-second hiccups, all right?
I need the wedding to be perfect.
- [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
- For me.
I okay.
[SIDNEY] We've been working all day.
- What do you think?
- [NIKKI] That is perfect.
I can't believe that's our backyard.
Yeah, you know, I
couldn't do it without C.
Hi, Nikki. Uh, it is
pretty, I will give Sid that,
but it's not perfect.
- Something's missing.
- You're scaring me, C.
What's missing is you.
Yeah, Mom. Come home.
I want you to look beautiful tomorrow.
[MIKE] Hey, hey, she looks
amazing right now, all right,
and we are on our way. We are
just waiting for your father
- to try on the tux.
- Did something happen?
No, everything's fine, all right?
We're just, we're wrapping things up
so that we can fly off to Santo Domingo.
- Yes.
- Okay, well,
if you're waiting for
my dad to come home,
you're never going to leave,
- 'cause he has suit phobia.
- Uh-huh,
I'm actually, I'm
embracing the new look.
Kinda fly, very, uh, James Bond.
Nik, it's not too late
to change your mind.
Dad!
Well, no, you show her the suit.
- You gotta let her see it.
- Here we go.
- That's
- Wow!
- You look like a real adult.
- Mm-hmm.
Well, I had to make the
ex look good, you know.
I mean, you're not going
to look as good as me,
but, you know, you are my partner,
so I didn't want to embarrass you, so
These two.
I'll talk to you later, Sid.
I think you may have the wrong floor.
- Missing Persons Unit, correct?
- Correct.
I'm US Marshal Justin Corona.
What can I do you for, Marshal?
I'm not here for you. I'm here for him.
Detective Jason Grant.
Yeah, how you doing?
We got a case in common?
I believe you're an accessory
in the escape of a federal prisoner.
- Excuse me?
- For the past few months,
you've been seen with Wayne Pascal.
You have on multiple occasions
removed her monitoring system.
Yeah, I have, with authorization.
And now she's gone,
in the wind. I have questions.
Am I under arrest?
Only if that's how you wanna play it,
but I don't think
handcuffs go with that tux.
- [CHUCKLING]
- What do you want to do?
[MARSHAL CORONA] When did
you last see Ms. Pascal?
- This morning.
- What time?
8:00 a.m.
Interesting. Breakfast meeting?
No, I spent the night.
Ankle monitor on the whole time?
- Mm-hmm.
- Well, that
- must be interesting.
- Okay,
we are in a relationship, yes,
and I have removed her ankle monitor
several times, with authorization.
But you deny removing it today.
What do Yes. I Listen to me.
I want to find her just
as bad as you do, okay?
Tell me what time she went missing.
You asking questions?
That's not how this goes.
You're in a relationship with a felon,
and that gives you motive
for abetting her escape.
She did not escape.
[CORONA] No? So, what's your theory?
If he starts spewing about Braun,
this thing's going to go south fast.
[JASON] Why don't you tell
me what time she disappeared,
- and I'll give you a theory.
- Monitor broke the barrier 9:18p.m.
Disabled minutes later.
- Mm-hmm.
- [CORONA] So you said you were gonna
- grace me with a theory
- All right, that's it.
[CORONA] and I'm waiting.
[JASON] Okay, um
Okay, this is over.
He has an alibi. He was at Ridley Creek
on a kidnapping case.
So says his ex-wife
So says the head of the
Missing Persons Unit.
So you're gonna back the hell up
and let us do what we do best.
You're wasting time.
Let's go, Jay.
Whoever you are, I smell bourbon.
You're nervous.
You had a drink to calm your nerves.
And you're projecting bravado
because you think it masks your fear.
- It doesn't.
- I've dealt with the Taliban.
You think you scare me?
Here's how this goes, Wayne.
You're going to give me
the password to your laptop.
We're gonna trace back what
you found, what you know,
and here's the important part,
who else knows it.
[BRAUN KNOCKING SLOWLY]
Have you lost your mind?
No, I had a moment of clarity.
I was going to handle her.
And you've been saying that for months,
and as much as I would
like to trust you,
our problem wasn't going away
and time is running out.
You just kidnapped a woman
whose closest friends are the MPU.
Do you have any idea what they do?
They find missing persons.
Let's be honest, Hollis.
You are great at
taking care of problems,
but the big picture stuff,
that's not going so well.
Now, this has to go away
tonight, and it will,
just as soon as I
find out what she knows
- and who she told.
- I will fix this.
You will sit tight and do nothing
until I get back. Is that clear?
- Now who's acting like Dad?
- Is that clear?
[MIKE] All right, the
housekeeper told the Marshal
that the room's always a mess,
so he didn't read it
as a sign of a struggle.
She's digging into Braun
on my computer, okay?
She's missing, my computer's missing.
It's time for me to say what you
didn't want me to say in that room.
It is Braun. 100%, it is Braun
Yeah, hours after she sent
me the bombing file, too,
- so that's not a coincidence.
- Come on.
[RONNIE] This is the room right here.
[HELEN] Thanks. Thanks.
- Hi!
- Thank you, Ronnie.
- Uh, Helen
- Uh-huh?
- Find something.
- Oh, I'll find something.
Doing UV in a motel room tells
you everything you need to know
about why you never
stay in a motel room.
Trace. Fluids. DNA everywhere.
My, uh, fluids and DNA will
probably be all over the place,
so let's not tell the
Marshal that, if we can.
Okay. Good to know.
Or not good to know, uh
Oh, uh, also, I bring gifts.
Replacement for your exploded
phone, everything reloaded,
and Kemi worked a miracle on yours.
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
[MULTIPLE NOTIFICATIONS CHIMING]
[MIKE] What does the
text from Wayne say?
"Found something. Yeah,
definitely found "
What's up?
I don't know, "C4". She wrote "C4".
[MIKE] What does that mean? Is she
trying to warn us about another bomb?
I don't know. Ronnie? Ronnie
I know you know everything
that goes on in this motel.
You told the marshals
you didn't know anything.
Help me help Wayne, please.
Fine.
Look, our girl doesn't
really trust law enforcement,
present company excepted.
So, yeah, I might've left something out,
an undercover car.
Black sedan, dark windows,
parked over by room 130.
- Before she disappeared?
- Yeah, I know she was here,
because she was on her Gatorade run.
Exactly 32 steps from her room,
well within ankle monitor range.
C4. [SNAPPING FINGERS]
That's it, that's it.
[BEEPING]
- [MACHINE RATTLING]
- What are you doing?
We finding Wayne or
are you getting snacks?
It's not a bomb
it's a message.
So this is video from Braun's office.
Wayne must've screen-captured this
from the remote link you set up.
Relax.
Whatever Grant learned from Barlowe,
it's a dead end. We're fine.
I'm telling you, everything is fine.
Hold on, quiet a minute.
They broke into my computer
This is it. I mean, he knew.
He knew, and he took her, this is proof.
It's not, Jay, he admitted nothing.
Did you not just see what I just saw?
Braun might be the guy, but
we gotta build up our case.
I don't care about building a case,
- I care about getting Wayne back.
- Okay, let me work on the audio,
dig out the other side of the call,
see who he was talking to.
Look, you making Braun bleed
might make you feel better,
but it's just going to slow us down.
- He's right, Jay.
- Here you go.
Thank you.
CCTV picked up a black
sedan out front of the motel.
Stolen, but now we know
what we're looking for.
We want to loop in the Marshal?
I don't trust that man
but we need eyes on this.
Issue the Alert.
[ALERT NOTIFICATION BLARING]
[ALERTS BLARING ON MULTIPLE DEVICES]
[BRAUN'S VOICE CRACKLING] Relax
Whatever Grant learned from Barlowe
it's a dead end. We're fine.
[TYPING, AUDIO REWINDING]
Dead end. We're fine.
I'm telling you, everything is fine.
[FAINT MUFFLED VOICE]
You've said that before
[AUDIO REWINDING]
[PLAYBACK CRACKLING]
[BRAUN] Relax.
Whatever Grant learned from Barlowe,
it's a dead end. We're fine.
[VOICE FAINT AND MUFFLED]
[MAN'S VOICE] You've said that before.
[BRAUN] I'm telling
you, everything is fine.
[EMERSON'S VOICE] And I'm telling you,
the days of trusting my big brother
because he says so are over.
You said you handled
it, he keeps coming.
Braun was talking to his brother?
Emerson Braun runs the
Emerson Charter Schools.
So, a lot of people think that
charters are profit-motivated,
but his are over-performing.
I mean, there's even talk of tapping him
- to run the Department of Education.
- Yeah, that makes sense,
Wells said that Braun was
doing it for his family.
And there's one more piece
that you guys are going to love.
[BRAUN] Hold on. Quiet a minute.
[EMERSON] You're telling me
they can't connect the dots
- to John Maritz?
- [PAUSING PLAYBACK]
All right, so whatever
Maritz was fixing,
both Braun brothers were involved.
Looks like we need to do a
deep dive into Emerson Braun.
Maybe press pause on that. Incoming.
- You just made a major misstep.
- How so?
You put out an alert on a
wanted federal fugitive
- Did I?
- Hey, donkey,
she's, uh, she's not a fugitive.
Yeah, well, the Marshals are aware
that they just spotted
her a mile from her motel,
at a pawn shop, buying a gun.
Well, I know that that's a
lie. You know it, too, right?
You like to think that
you know people, Detective.
Sadly, you do not.
I don't, huh? Let me
tell you what I do know.
- Okay?
- Hey, easy.
No, no, I'm good, I'm good.
Yeah, I'm good. All right, I know you,
and I know what you're doing, okay?
I'm going to find out.
Our Alert, it paid off.
Okay? We found your black sedan.
Helen's down there right now.
She's going to tell
us who was in the car,
and then we're going to go find Wayne.
All right, now get out of my
way before I slap your mouth.
- Jay
- That's three strikes, Detective.
You are suspended,
- effective immediately.
- Do me a favor
- I'm coming for you.
- [BRAUN] Oh, you're coming for me.
- [JASON] I'm coming for you.
- Yeah, keep walking.
You all need to stand down.
This is now in the hands
of the Marshal Service.
- That means you leave now.
- I can't do that.
We're building a case, against you.
With an illegal tap on my computer
and conspiring with a wanted fugitive?
Those are some serious charges.
Sounds like you need to suspend me, too.
But if she goes, I go.
[MIKE] Yeah, and me,
and I think the exit
interview is gonna bring up
some things you don't want brought up,
so put that in motion.
I think you picked a fight
with the wrong people.
We are done playing by your rules.
- Okay.
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay, you're done?
- Okay.
Yeah, you're suspended, all of you.
Effective immediately. Get the hell out.
You know, you told me that
you make problems go away,
but the thing is that
you're the problem,
and as soon as we are done here,
you are going down.
[SIDNEY] I can't believe
this is happening.
Tonight of all nights.
Yeah, about that. Um
we're gonna have to
call off the wedding.
I mean, until we find
Wayne, nothing else matters.
Thank God. I didn't want
to be the one to say it.
How are you gonna find her
if you've been kicked off the
case and out of the office?
Braun thinks that helped
him, but it helps us, okay?
We're off his radar, we find
her without any interference.
Yeah.
Just keep looking, would you, all right?
All right, I called
in some favors. Um
Braun is still at the office,
uh, but Emerson is-is
nowhere to be found.
We will find him, okay?
We'll get her back.
Yeah, yeah, time, time. It's
just, we're running out of time.
Then it's a good thing I'm here.
I found Wayne's hair in the
trunk of the black sedan,
and blood. She's not a fugitive,
- someone grabbed her.
- How much blood?
Just a tiny bit, maybe
hit her head going in.
I also found bacteria on the
floor mat, passenger side.
Passenger side, how does that help?
I mean, everything about
Emerson Braun is saying
that he's not doing this himself.
So if we assume he was riding shotgun,
then the bacteria's from his shoes.
And this isn't just any bacteria,
it's Vibrio parahaemolyticus,
which is caused by a
concentration of oysters,
- and it's Right,
- Helen, Helen, Helen.
Sorry, get to the point.
This strain is found in a small area
along the Delaware Canal towpath.
- How small?
- [HELEN] Maybe a one-mile radius?
When I was in Braun's office,
I took pictures of
everything, just in case.
There was this one photo
of them by the river
Please send that to me now.
Yeah. Thank you.
Okay, all right, so the
river arcs south of the house.
There's a bit of a bend
If you look right there,
there's hills behind them.
Just figure it out,
Kemi, send us a location.
I got you. Let me just
overlay the map of Delaware
- Mm-hmm.
- All right.
81 Canal Road
and the owner of the house is
Emerson Charter Group.
[♪]
[LOCKED DOOR RATTLING]
We can't just shoot the
lock. They're gonna hear us.
It's good to have friends in SWAT.
- [LOCK CLICKING]
- Let's go.
I'm going downstairs.
[♪]
[♪]
Downstairs was clear.
This look like motive
for a cover-up to you?
Yeah. I also just got a
text message from Nikki.
They found a payment from
Emerson to Maritz last year.
- $100,000.
- Uh-huh.
So there's a fixer fixing something.
We just don't know
what, but we know why.
This guy's running for Congress.
Yeah, which means he
can't just disappear.
So where the hell is he?
Come on, come on, come on.
- [BEEP]
- [LINE RINGING]
Where are you?
- I'm at home.
- Get your ass here.
I can't.
- I'm being watched.
- My announcement is in hours.
I need to know my exposure.
I have to get in the laptop.
Give me half an hour.
I'm tired of waiting, Hollis.
Hey, boss.
She wants to talk to you.
Honey? What are you doing?
You never came to bed.
I'm dealing with something.
The baby's asleep.
It's 6:00 a.m.,
go back to bed.
It's fine.
Michelle
I love you.
I'd like to offer you my help.
- You're going to help me?
- I am.
Emerson.
It really wasn't that difficult
to put the pieces together,
and there's really no point
in this blindfold, so
I have a proposal for you.
A way that we can
- help each other.
- And why do I need your help?
Because your brother said
that he's handling everything,
and he is not.
At least not in the way
that you think he is.
[KEMI] I'm still at Braun's.
It's been a couple of hours.
I don't know what Braun's playing at.
I followed him home from PPD.
He turned on a light, turned it off.
I don't know, long day,
maybe he went to bed?
Yeah, well, until we find his brother,
he's our best bet, so stay on him.
I will, but I don't think
that he would stash Wayne
in a house with his wife and baby,
- but, yes, I will take a closer look.
- Be careful.
- I'll call you back in a minute.
- All right.
[POLICE SIREN WHOOPING]
Seriously? [SCOFFS]
Good morning, Officers.
Hands where we can see them.
I'm a police officer.
I'm just going to reach
for my badge, okay?
Down on the ground!
Now!
- Okay, I'm going down.
- Get down!
I'm going down!
You have no idea what you're doing.
You are going to regret this.
[CAR ENGINE TURNING OVER]
[♪]
[ENGINE REVVING]
[WAYNE] Here it is, this
file contains evidence
that the car bombing was an inside job.
He said that no one could access that.
Yeah, which proves my point.
Your brother is in way over his head.
Yeah, but if this if this
gets out, this is bad for him.
This doesn't link back to me.
No, but ask yourself this.
Why didn't he delete it? Uh?
The answer to that question
is exactly why you need me.
Your brother has a backup plan,
and that is for you to take the fall.
Look, I will show you. [TYPING]
Hey, hey. Stop stop it!
I'm just trying to
do what I promised you
and show you why you need me.
That is your brother's Desktop.
[ERROR TONE CHIMING]
It's it's not opening.
What?
[TYPING]
Huh. He added a password.
I got into it before, but
he must know that I saw it.
What was in it?
Emerson, you know
exactly what was in it.
He's my brother. We're family.
Uh, he has a pretty young
wife and a brand-new baby.
That's his family now.
[EXHALING] Okay,
- find a way to delete it.
- And you'll let me go?
What? I do not give a crap about you.
I will be leaving the
country within the hour.
You think I'm gonna stick around
and let your brother
take another shot at me?
- Yeah, right.
- [TYPING RAPIDLY]
[SIGHING]
If you want this gone, I first have
to deadblock around password verify,
then delete, then empty the bit bucket,
it is going to take a minute,
and a lot of typing.
Thank you.
[COMPUTER CHIMING]
[DIALING]
Kemi, where are you?
[LINE RINGING]
The minute you get this, call me.
[KNOCKING]
Mrs. Braun? Nikki Batista.
I work with your husband.
- I was afraid I was going to wake you.
- Did something happen?
- I take it he's not here?
- He left an hour ago.
There was some trouble.
Someone tried to break into the house.
And what happened?
They arrested the
woman, that's all I know.
- Hollis left right after.
- Do you know where he went?
I'm afraid that
something urgent came up,
and we can't reach him. We're concerned.
I'm afraid that Hollis is involved
in something with his brother.
[SIGHING]
That doesn't seem to surprise you.
Emerson's a good man.
Really.
Just not when he drinks.
Well, Emerson's been missing all night.
His car is not at
home, so I have to ask,
is this a drinking problem, or
a drinking and driving problem?
I'm telling you, he's not here.
Don't tell me you
don't know where he is.
It is your job to know where he is.
My job is to run interference for him,
and I'm not sure being questioned
by an officer in a tuxedo
is the best use of his time.
- Look, Margo, I just
- It's Mrs. Martin.
Mrs. Martin, there has to be a
way to get in contact with him.
You tell him that there's
two officers in his office
- searching without a warrant.
- I tried him the minute you came in.
He's not answering, but most mornings,
he's at one of our eight
campuses. Talking to staff.
Kids, they love him.
Okay, then we'll
search all the campuses.
Ms. Martin, your boss,
he kidnapped a woman.
Do you understand that?
He kidnapped a woman, all right?
Keep running interference,
and you become an accessory.
This is where you tell
us how to find him.
There's a Blue Ribbon
School event in a few hours.
Emerson is the guest of honor.
I cannot believe that he did that to me.
Are you okay, Kemi?
No, I'm pissed that Braun outplayed me.
I mean, he had his
little pet cops hold me
just in time enough for him to
get away. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Good thing is that I got
something from Braun's wife.
Okay, let's, uh, let's
see what we can find
- on Emerson Braun and a DUI.
- Yep.
I don't know, maybe something
charged and dropped. Let's see
Do you think that's the secret
Maritz was being paid to bury?
You don't pay 100K for a DUI
unless you've killed someone.
Okay, so, uh, we know
the date of the payment,
and I am searching
records for auto fatalities
- just before Damn it!
- [COMPUTER BEEPING]
- What is it?
- My computer is lagging.
Well, it shouldn't be.
Mike put in a wifi extender
- for some wedding surprise, right?
- Yeah.
- I don't know.
- Wait, there!
Two days before Emerson paid Maritz.
- [KEMI] Not a hit-and-run.
- No
Okay, um
Okay, so the report says
that the driver lost control,
flipped the car, airbags failed,
family of four killed.
Just outside of Philly.
Send me that file.
Something's not right.
Okay.
[C] Hmm
The van caught fire,
but the gas tank was intact.
What are you saying, that it was staged?
There wasn't much left after the fire,
so I don't blame anybody
for not looking, but I
Yeah, it says gasoline
was the accelerant.
If the tank wasn't ruptured,
where'd the gas come from?
From Maritz. He came in with
gasoline to burn up any evidence.
And here we go,
Emerson bought a brand-new Audi
- just after the payment to Maritz.
- Huh.
So he either totaled his car,
or he didn't want
anyone to see the damage.
Either way,
what Hollis and Emerson
Braun have been covering up
is a quadruple homicide.
Jay's checking the schools,
but it's a Hail Mary.
I mean, I seriously doubt
that the Brauns are holding
her in a school full of kids.
Well, we're not waiting
for Emerson to show up
- at some award function.
- We don't have to.
I just figured out why
my computer is slow.
Someone is in my system,
and this happened only once before,
when I gave Wayne remote
access. It's an SOS.
Does that mean you can find her?
I believe so, she gave me
a source-tracking package.
Give me a second. Um
Okay, so she is logged on
to a router unique to
the Emerson Charter Group.
Okay, so it has to be
one of the campuses,
but that doesn't make any sense.
Emerson's less than charming assistant
said there were eight
campuses. The map shows nine.
[KEMI] Yeah, give me a second. [TYPING]
That's because the ninth isn't open.
They bought an old sawmill to demolish
and then build their flagship school.
Yeah, which means it's empty.
Text me and Jay the address.
Yeah, I got you.
I'm coming.
You were going to sell me out.
- What are you talking about?
- Don't lie to me!
- Emerson, what did you do?
- On your computer!
- I saw the file on your computer!
- You let her on the computer?
You had a file of the
accident on your computer!
If you saw anything on that computer,
she put it there!
I swear to you, it wasn't me.
Now, we have to leave here,
because she's been on the computer,
- we're exposed here.
- No, no, no, she knows. We have to
- We have to what, Emerson?
- She knows.
She knows too much.
I know you, I know you. I can
see you grasping at straws,
looking for a different
answer, but there
there is no other option, Hollis.
Well, we can't leave her in a
building with your name on it.
She comes with us.
I can't, I can't My campaign
announcement is in an hour.
This is everything that I've worked for.
You know what I can do for this state.
I can make up for everything.
- Just take take them.
- Oh, yeah,
and have them come back and
ask for more like Maritz did?
Please. I'm sorry, Hollis.
I'm sorry.
You've been a better
father than he ever was.
- Please, please!
- Oh, go on, go on.
I'll clean up after
you, like I always have.
[SLAMMING]
Jay!
Jay!
Right behind you, right behind you.
We're going up high.
[♪]
[♪]
[WAYNE CALLING FROM ABOVE] Jay!
Quiet!
Or what? You need me.
I'm your bargaining chip.
Jay!
[TWO GUNSHOTS FIRE]
[GUNSHOT]
[GUNSHOT]
[SHOTS RICOCHETING]
- Jay, you good?
- Yeah, I'm all right.
Stay down there, Nikki.
[GUNSHOT]
[QUIETLY] Go. I'll cover you.
[♪]
[GRUNTING AND STRUGGLING]
Wayne! Braun!
- How you doing, dear?
- I've had worse days.
Remember Najuy?
Yeah. This is going to
have a happy ending, okay?
Braun, look, I know why
you did what you did.
You were protecting your brother.
- You were being noble
- Stop!
Listen to me, blowing
up people in a car,
it's not the same as
pulling the trigger yourself.
You want to live with that?
You want your family
to live with that? Huh?
Mike, put down your weapon!
That's not department protocol.
You're outgunned.
Okay, let me tell you how
this is going to happen.
We're going to walk out of here,
and you're not going to shoot
because you don't want
to kill his girlfriend.
You don't want that to happen.
I think they might.
They just gotta wait for their window.
[BRAUN GRUNTING] Oh!
Oh!
You all right?
You scared me a little bit.
I knew you'd come.
Our friend in Najuy didn't fare so well.
- Yeah, well, he didn't have my kick.
- No.
You want to do the honors?
Hollis Braun, you
are under arrest.
Hey, Nik, do me a favor.
Can we just shoot this guy?
Either that, or maybe
make up a good story.
It'll never hold up.
Braun, no, it would hold up,
but I'd much rather
see you lose everything.
Let's take this clown
away and find his brother.
It is my honor to present this award
to a man who is transforming schools
here in Philadelphia,
and who knows what's next.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson Braun.
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
Some of us,
we went to school as
kids and found ourselves,
but I bet at least
half of you dreaded it.
"School."
You said the word
like it was "broccoli."
A dozen years ago, I set out
to reimagine what school was.
Now I want to reimagine
what education is,
what it can be.
That's why, today
[CLAPPING LOUDLY]
[NIKKI] Emerson Braun,
you are under arrest
for the murders of Alison, Daniel,
Maddy, and James Soreno.
[MIKE] You are also under arrest
as an accessory to the
murder of John Maritz
and Travis Sanders.
You're also under arrest for
the kidnapping of Wayne Pascal.
Prison is going to be very educational.
Well, there's going to
be a million questions,
- so I'd better head in.
- Well, I'll supervise the booking,
but I, uh, I got my
first homicide collar.
- Congratulations.
- How about that?
Just a couple things.
Uh, "A" we're all still suspended,
and "B" that was Sid.
- The cake arrived.
- Ah, damn, I forgot to cancel the cake.
Don't cancel it. I mean, this
tux isn't gonna last much longer.
Jason, we canceled the
wedding, no one is coming,
and Wayne, right here,
has been going through hell.
Yeah, well, and I came out
the other side because of you.
Plus, weddings make me cry,
and I could use a good cry,
so, really, you would
be doing me a favor.
I say we keep it moving, have
the wedding, just my opinion.
- What do you think?
- I don't know.
I mean, I wanted it to be perfect.
I want it to be perfect.
You know what, as long as you're there,
the team is there,
what more do we want?
[♪]
Just one more thing.
Oh, my God.
The earrings I gave you
for your Sweet Sixteen.
Something borrowed,
something blue.
They can be either or both.
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
It means the world to me, Sid.
I know that you love Mike, Sid, but
is it weird to just watch me
get married in front of your dad?
No.
No, I think it's awesome.
I didn't have a dad.
Now I can have two.
[♪]
- You are all class, Jason Grant.
- Wow.
Wow is what I was going for.
- Yeah, you look fantastic.
- Thank you.
- So do you.
- Thanks.
- He's being cool?
- Uh, yeah.
He knows he got it all wrong, so
No monitor till later.
You seem very happy for
someone who just got kidnapped.
Uh, well, didn't we learn that overseas?
You know, best way to
move on is to just
- keep moving?
- Hmm.
Wow!
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
- Maybe this is an upgrade.
- Maybe?
Yeah, maybe. Look, I don't, uh,
throw around the
compliments, too tough, but
- just take it while you can.
- Yeah, no kidding.
I got another compliment for you.
Nikki, uh, she deserves the best,
and you are as good
as it gets, my friend.
You trying to make me
cry before Nik shows up?
- A little bit, yeah.
- Yeah.
One more time, one more time.
All right, enjoy yourself.
Last moments. I'll go
get your ball and chain.
Look after her for a second.
- He's your problem now.
- Oh, bring it on.
[CHUCKLING] Let's get you up there.
Are you nervous?
Oh, please, no one's going
to remember the speech.
It's all about the bride.
Sorry that Rachel couldn't be here.
Hey, maybe I can be your date?
- Mm
- What's going on now?
I'm sorry, buddy, this one's taken.
- Hi.
- How you doing?
- How are you?
- Oh, my God,
- Taye Diggs.
- Rent. Hedwig.
- You're
- [CHUCKLING]
You're here! [GASPING]
- Yes, he is.
- I'm here, yeah,
Kemi finally let me come out of hiding.
Kemi, you were the one
keeping this a secret?
Yes, I like to keep my privacy, yes.
She does.
That's Taye Diggs.
- I-I noticed.
- That's Taye Diggs.
- Taye Diggs!
- Mike Sherman.
- The groom.
- Congratulations.
My friend here, she's just a big fan.
It happens every once in a while, so
Really appreciate you showing up.
I guess it's, uh, safe to say
we all know how Kemi
got her groove back.
- Okay, we're all done.
- Ooh
Here we go. All right.
[LAUGHING] I saw what he did there.
- [LAUGHING]
- Yeah
- So
- Yes?
- Are you gonna sing?
- No.
- "Seasons of Love", maybe?
- [LAUGHING]
No, I figure we'd let
the bride and the groom
take the, uh, the spotlight today.
- Okay.
- Bye, Taye Diggs.
Okay
I can't believe I'm doing this.
Well, if you're having second thoughts,
I can get you out of here,
nobody will know what happened.
- No.
- No?
- No second thoughts.
- Good.
Good, because I don't
want Mike moping around
for the next couple months.
You know I love you, Jay.
I love you, too.
We've been through a lot.
Yeah.
Um, you know, I'm I'm
walking you down the aisle
and giving you away, but
I'm not going anywhere, okay?
[SMOOCH] All right?
- All right?
- Yeah.
[♪]
Oh, my God, I'm gonna cry.
Right there with you.
She looks so beautiful.
Yeah, she does.
Your headache now, buddy.
Sit down.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
You all right?
Yeah, I just I always
cry during weddings.
Oh, that's okay.
I've been to many
weddings in my lives
[CHUCKLING]
I see people worry,
"Is this right?"
"Is this forever?"
But
I don't worry about these two.
It's as Alice Walker said,
"I have learned not to worry about love,
but to honor its coming
with all my heart,"
and today, we honor the love
between these two incredible people,
who have fought to
bring families together,
and now, they're their own family.
And now the main event
vows.
I'm nervous for the
first time. [CHUCKLING]
Mike,
I give you my whole life.
I give you my whole world
and it's filled with love
and I am just so happy you
still want to be a part of it.
Nik
today,
I give you all that I have,
all that I am.
I give you my hand,
my heart,
my life.
I love you.
And now the rings.
This
is a symbol of my love for you.
[SNAPPING FINGERS]
[JASON] Oh, hmm.
Sorry.
This is a symbol
of my love.
It is my great honor
to tell you that you may kiss.
Mm-hmm.
[CLAPPING]
I'm done, folks.
One quick announcement.
Again, thank you guys so much
for showing up for me and Nik.
So, um, I do have one little gift.
A, uh, surprise, if
you will, for everyone.
- What is it?
- Hit it, Sid.
[MUSIC BEGINS]
[♪]
You're the one that
I've been waiting for ♪
Gotta quit this cryin' ♪
Nobody's gonna heal me ♪
If I don't open the door ♪
Kinda hard to believe ♪
Gotta have faith in me ♪
Freak out, freak out ♪
Freak out, freak out ♪
Look at me ♪
Get down, get down ♪
Get down, get down ♪
Look at me ♪
Freak out, freak out ♪
Freak out, freak out ♪
Look at me now ♪
'Cause all I ever wanted was love ♪
Hey, yeah, yeah ♪
Ooh! ♪
Hey, yeah ♪
Yeah! Ooh! ♪
Hey, yeah, yeah ♪
All I ever wanted was love ♪
Hey, yeah, yeah ♪
Ooh! ♪
Hey, yeah, yeah, ooh! ♪
Oh yeah! Oh yeah! ♪
I want your stupid love, love ♪
[♪]
[♪]