S.W.A.T. (2017) s02e12 Episode Script
Los Huesos
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Those maternal instincts are screaming so loud I can hear them from here.
They should be.
She's due any day.
I'm not talking about hers.
And? You fixing to do something about it? Maybe.
For the world to see Now I'm gonna keep on lookin' I got to go.
If anything happens, get everyone inside that clubhouse and call Benson.
Babe, you're scaring me.
I'll be fine.
Just do it.
What up, Rico? Who are your friends, ese? You follow me here? (PEOPLE SCREAMING) TANYA: Everyone, this way, now! Handyman.
Thought you couldn't come till Sunday.
Well, I didn't want to wait that long.
- (CHUCKLES) - Hey, Ma.
Hey, baby.
What you hiding back there? Oh, you ain't ready.
Okay.
This right here is an LED shower head.
LED? Like the lights? That thing changes colors with the heat, Ma.
I don't need a disco in my shower.
I just need one - that doesn't leak.
- Well, now you get both.
Ain't nothing wrong with a little color in your life.
I think you've been working too hard.
Well, there's a lot of bad guys out there, Ma.
Come on, let's get you hooked up.
- Oh, Lord.
Disco Inferno.
- (LAUGHS) You know, Ma, I think this is a problem with your shut-off valve, not your shower head.
- So no laser shower? - Oh, no.
You still getting your red light special.
(CHUCKLES) I just got to come back with some parts and you get to see a little more of me later.
Why are you smiley this morning? - W-What? - Something eating at you? There's always something eating at you - when you smile this much.
- N-Nothing.
Nothing, as far as I know.
Mm-hmm.
(CHEERING, INDISTINCT CHATTER) Get in there, Tan man! Get in there, Tan! Round goes to Stevens.
Luca, get in! (WHOOPS) Here we go, Stevens.
(CHATTER CONTINUING) Push off the rope, Stevens.
Oh! That's right! Special Agent Benson? Commander Hicks, I assume.
Okay, Captain Cortez and one of our team leaders are waiting upstairs as you requested.
Perfect.
This is Agent Jorge Romero.
I'm with the PFM.
It's like the FBI, only Mexican.
Happy to have you.
BENSON: See the LAPD was smart enough to put you in a leadership role, Cortez.
Well, we get it right every now and then.
Now, this woman was the backbone of a sting that we ran in 2012.
I did time undercover when I worked gang unit.
Got in pretty tight with a crew called Los Huesos.
Took down their leadership, never blew her cover.
That sounds about right.
ROMERO: Unfortunately, Los Huesos are back.
They're shipping up low-grade amphetamines from Mexico.
Cheaper and stronger than Adderall, and they're shopping them to high school and college students as study drugs.
We've got about a half-dozen kids dead from heart attacks already.
- He one of their heavies? - No.
No, this is one of ours.
This is Special Agent Adrian Cruz.
He's been embedded with Los Huesos in L.
A.
for about six months.
No idea when Los Huesos started to doubt his cover, but they must have been following him.
This morning, Cruz was in the Palisades with his wife, nowhere near gang turf, when they showed up out of the blue and snatched him.
Rico Peña, found dead on the scene, and Eduardo "Flaco" Ruiz, Top dog in L.
A.
Agent Cruz's wife says Flaco's the one who took her husband.
JESSICA: I remember Rico.
Never seen Flaco.
He must be new.
He was sent up from Mexico about a year ago.
The man he answers to down there, however that may ring a bell.
JESSICA: Raul Lopez.
- Raul's in Mexico? - He's based in Mexico City, but he runs L.
A.
ROMERO: Raul did three years for the sting Cortez ran.
He moved his way up in prison, then headed to Mexico as soon as he got out and shot up the ranks.
JESSICA: That's a quick rise.
Raul was low-level when I worked him.
Smart, but nothing close to a leader.
Easy to rise when you take out the three guys ahead of you.
He's not just smart, he's ruthless.
Nothing goes down in L.
A.
without Raul signing off.
He will know where Flaco is keeping Cruz.
Look, I don't want to say it, but what makes you think - he's still alive? - He managed to dump his wallet and his phone, so our best guess is Los Huesos don't know who he is yet.
They're gonna press the hell out of him to find out who he's working for.
BENSON: Exactly.
Now, Cruz is an ex-Ranger, SERE-trained to resist and survive, but the clock is ticking.
We need to know where Raul is keeping him.
HONDO: So, what you want Cortez to ask him? In Mexico City? The Bureau's already run it by your chief of police.
If you sign off it, so will he.
Wait, you're serious? You want her to go undercover in gangland Mexico? No way.
No way.
This feels way too rushed and sloppy.
I'm the best shot Agent Cruz has.
- You'd do the same in my shoes.
- Jessica, the FBI has a solid file on these guys.
We run their leads, and then we track them locally.
Raul's men will cover their tracks.
Fed's intel could be useless by now.
You think you're gonna just show up in Mexico and get a confession on a wink and a smile? I realize you don't know my work in the field.
I'm not questioning your skills, but we are talking about a high-risk op on foreign soil.
You walk in there, I guarantee you Raul is not gonna be the only lion in that den that you have to worry about.
I understand the risks.
It's been a few years, but I know exactly what I'm walking into.
It's either that or do nothing and let Agent Cruz die.
At the very least, bring backup.
Someone who's got your six.
Someone you can read without words, and vice versa.
CHRIS: I'm in.
Whatever you need.
Things are a lot messier down in Mexico.
- I get it.
I'm still in.
- HONDO: I knew you would be, so I already ran it up the chain.
All right, listen up.
Raul knew Jessica as Alicia.
Now, our story is the two of you met in prison.
Alicia did five years for the same bust that put Raul away.
- What was I in for? - Manslaughter.
Caught your boyfriend with another woman, and you made him pay.
Sounds like he had it coming.
Nice, so you were, like, Jessica's prison muscle.
Shouldn't we send a fed instead? Someone who's spent time embedded with guys like this? - You worried I can't do it? - No, of course not.
I'm just wondering what the safest option might be.
- I'll be fine.
- HONDO: The rest of us are gonna track this crew right here in L.
A.
Now, we rescue Agent Cruz and then we get Chris and Jessica on a plane and back home.
I'll run known addresses of Huesos members, see if we got anything in the system the FBI doesn't have.
I'll reach out to narcotics, see what they have on the new drug these guys are pushing.
HONDO: Great.
Luca, Street, dig into arrest records.
See if we got anyone in custody we can lean on.
- All over it, boss.
- All right, let's get to it.
Chris.
Up here, Cortez is your captain, but down there, you're just two cops doing whatever it takes to stay alive, you understand? And it's been a while since she's been - in the field.
- Exactly.
I need you to stay sharp for both of you.
Don't worry, boss, I I got her back.
I know you do.
JESSICA: Think of it this way: the less you know, the less you can worry about.
I don't know, Jess.
How dangerous is it? I'll let you know over a bottle of wine when I get back.
It's undercover work.
There's always risks, but I'm a cop and I'm trained to handle it.
I need to know you're okay with it.
Listen, you say you got to do it, I'm good.
That doesn't mean it's fun to be stuck outside the ropes when you-you can't even tell me who you're in the ring fighting.
I know.
I'm sorry.
I knew I was in trouble the second I met you.
Just be safe.
HONDO: Captain.
Hondo, this is David Arias.
David, this is Hondo, one of our SWAT team leaders.
- Pleasure to meet you, David.
- Nice to meet you.
Just want to let you know that Chris is all squared away and ready to roll.
Oh, so this Chris guy is going with you? - She is.
Yes.
- Oh, she is.
Wow.
I-I totally gender-assumed there, didn't I? - Don't even sweat it, man.
- Got to say, I got a lot of respect for what you guys do.
I appreciate that.
And Captain Cortez here is one of our best.
I believe it.
- She's something else.
- Okay, guys.
We're done here.
I have a plane to catch.
Thank you, Hondo.
ROMERO: You need to stay on your toes down here.
The narcos wield a lot more power in Mexico than your gangs up north.
And while most cops are clean, we have our share of dirty ones.
Best if no one knows you're in town.
Raul's hacienda is nearby.
I have a good view.
If you leave his place, check in here before going anywhere else.
As long as the mission is on, these curtains stay closed.
If you see them open it means either Agent Cruz has been rescued or we've aborted the mission.
So if they're open, get out.
Closed, stay put and maintain your cover.
Any way to signal from inside Raul's hacienda in case things go south? No.
Once you're in, you're on your own.
No weapons, no cell phones, and a wire is too risky.
Be careful in there.
Raul has dropped 30 bodies at least, but we can't prove it because we can't find them.
If something goes wrong, get out and run, and hope I get to you before he does.
Let me do the talking.
Buenos dÃas.
(PHONE CHIMES) We checked every hangout, hideout and stash house Los Huesos have used in the last six months and come up empty.
These guys have vanished.
We've also compiled a list of the gang's friends, relatives, but if we talk to them, we might tip off Los Huesos that Agent Cruz is one of us.
We can't risk that.
I might have something.
Hollywood Division Narcotics says they've been tracking a house with some frat types, new on the scene, pushing volume of a low-grade study drug - they're calling Lucidia.
- That's the stuff.
Los Huesos have a few names for it, but Lucidia is one of them.
If Hollywood's already onto these guys, then it won't look fishy if we kicked their doors in.
Hell, the louder the better.
We'll-we'll never be able to sell all this.
Okay, I can get Louie and Chadsworth to move some.
Maybe Benji.
It's still too much, bro.
We can't.
- HONDO: On the ground! - Whoa, don't shoot, don't shoot! On the ground! Hands where I can see them.
- On the ground, right now! - It's not ours.
They came and dumped it on us.
- Who did? - Shut up, Ryan.
We want lawyers.
You tell me who brought you these drugs, you won't need a lawyer, you feel me? Any of you got the brains to avoid prison, it's time to start talking.
CHRIS: Your man Raul is big on security.
Just means we're safe.
Safe? You see the way his girl and his muscle were eyeballing you? The sooner we get back home, the better.
I'll talk to him, get things moving.
Some things.
(RAUL LAUGHS) - (SCOFFS) - (SPEAKS SPANISH) - Mm.
- (SOFT CHUCKLE) Los Huesos probably dumped their inventory, thinking with a rat in the kitchen that their product was safer here than one of their stash houses.
HONDO: We got a looky-loo who seems - mighty interested in what we're up to.
- (ENGINE STARTS) Stop the car! Stop the car.
Turn the car off, step out slowly.
Hands where I can see them.
You watching all this for a reason? Please just tell me those punks are going away - for a long, long time.
- Why? What's it to you? One of them killed my daughter with the drugs he sold her.
You wouldn't believe the pressure kids are under these days.
So she was taking something to help her study? One of those idiots sold her poison.
Heart attack at 17.
Sir, they will pay for it, but right now, we also need to get the guys who are pumping the poison into our country.
The guys that are supplying these losers.
Yeah.
They were here this morning.
Latino guys.
Unloaded a van full of boxes and took off.
Okay, wait a minute.
You saw them? - Did you get a plate number? - Dealer tags.
But I followed them.
They headed south and got off the 710 at Del Amo.
Headed into an area that I couldn't follow in my Beemer, if you know what I mean.
We're gonna need a description of that van and anyone you saw in it.
JESSICA: We need to get word back to L.
A.
that agent Cruz is alive and Raul still doesn't know who he is.
Sorry for pressing him like that.
Raul can be sensitive.
Best to let Alicia handle him.
She's quite the firecracker, Alicia.
You like her? I do.
Certainly a side I didn't see coming.
JESSICA: Curtain's closed.
Let's go up.
ROMERO: Good to hear that Agent Cruz is still alive, but this Chato thing is a problem.
Raul won't just kill him, he'll make a show of it to set an example.
What if we say we can't find him? We can't go back empty-handed.
That won't fly with Raul.
Like he said, it's a test.
If you think it's too risky, don't do it.
I know how serious you take a missing cop, but losing two more in Mexico won't make it any better.
What if we kill him? Raul? No.
Chato.
seem to know much.
What do we have on that van? Grieving father saw the van exit a freeway near Rancho Dominquez.
That's out of the way and a good spot to lay low.
Central Vice has some UCs keeping eyes out, but that's a lot of ground to canvass without drawing attention.
And with Chris and Cortez embedded, the last thing we want is to tip Los Huesos that we're looking for them.
Just got word from Romero.
Your officers have confirmed that Cruz is still alive and Los Huesos have no idea who he is yet.
- Great, so we bringing them home? - Well, not yet.
Raul has sent them on some kind of a task.
Says if they prove themselves he'll let them in on the whole L.
A.
operation.
- What kind of task? - I STREET: But they've confirmed that Cruz is still alive, and we know the part of town that he's probably being held.
I mean, is it really worth the risk of leaving them down there? HONDO: All right, look, we all want to bring them back as soon as possible, but Benson's right.
We pull them out now, it could look suspicious.
They maintain their covers until we get Agent Cruz back.
End of story.
- Yes, sir.
- (SIGHS) - Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
- - It's okay, it's okay.
- That's it.
Hey.
That's it.
(SHORT LAUGH) 30 seconds.
What happened? You shoot him for real? CHRIS: He tried to run at the last minute.
I had to get a little physical.
ROMERO: I'll have someone come get him.
I hope you two know what you're doing.
David Arias.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, he's good.
Send him back.
You good, Street? You got any idea how many cops have been killed in Mexico this year alone? I don't think that's something you need to be focused on right now.
I just, I hate the feeling like we got family in the battlefield, and there's not a damn thing - that we can do to help.
- Hey.
We are helping.
We have UCs combing the streets, we have every CI in town getting grilled, and once we even get a whiff of intel, it's game on.
And I'm gonna need everyone to be razor sharp and rested.
I don't know, it's just like, give me a job to do? I don't care how dangerous it is, I'll get it done.
But this sitting on our hands crap It's real easy to get lost with the things that you can't control.
But we know that Chris and Jessica are safe at the moment, and they have the trust of Raul.
They're gonna send us some intel soon, so I'm gonna need you to find something else to focus on, something to keep you positive.
- All right.
- DAVID: Hondo.
David.
Hey.
Everything all right? Yeah, yeah.
Thanks.
I got it.
Thanks for letting me drop in.
I just, I just can't figure out what to do with myself.
Look, I'm not the prying type, but it's hard to feel so far out of the loop.
Know the feeling.
I'm going for a run.
I guess I was just hoping you could tell me - if you've heard from her.
- She sent a message to us.
It sounds like everything is going as planned.
Man, I don't know why I'm so wound up.
Well, dating a cop's never an easy thing.
You ever date anyone on the force? Couple times.
At least as a cop, you know you measure up well.
Hey, come on, man.
I don't think you have - to worry about all that.
- Well, usually, I don't, but Jessica's different, man.
Look, I know it sucks being left in the dark, but she will be home before you know it.
- Thank you, man.
- Yeah.
CHARICE: You realize it's past midnight? Mama, by morning, this is all gonna be good as new.
(CHUCKLES) So, you want to tell me what's going on at work, or is this something else? You only start these little projects when you're spinning and need to feel like you can fix something.
(CHUCKLES) I don't know, I I'm just restless, that's all.
Are you still seeing that girl, the ADA? No.
No, that, uh, that kind of went south.
But it was never really a permanent thing, anyway.
(SCOFFS) Are they ever? Well, what's that supposed to mean? Well, it's just that, sometimes, I feel like I've raised you to be - a little bit too independent.
- Okay, Mama, I don't think girl trouble's what's messing with me.
Well, you spinning about something.
(CHUCKLES) All right, I I just feel like I can never do enough, like nothing ever changes.
Some of it won't.
There's always gonna be another racist cop like that one in Arizona.
A pervert like the one that went after your sister.
Never gonna get 'em all, but big picture, things change.
Do they? I've been around long enough to see it.
When I was a little girl, I never saw anyone that looked like you wearing a gun and a badge.
(CHUCKLES) I hear you, Ma I just want to know that I'm making a real difference.
Oh, you are, baby.
You are.
You got to start trying to look at things the way you look at that faucet.
You ain't gonna fix the world's plumbing problems, but I'm sure gonna be smiling when you fix mine.
You know you're over here sounding like Oprah, - trying to fix my life.
- (LAUGHS) I wish I had some of that Oprah money - for schooling your little butt.
- (LAUGHS) Oh Just focus on what's in front of you, baby.
That's all you can control.
And by that, I mean my shower.
Yes, ma'am.
Yes, ma'am.
- I'm on it.
I'm on it.
- (BOTH LAUGH) CHATO: Huh? (CHRIS GRUNTS) (CLATTERING OVER VIDEO) (PANTING OVER VIDEO) - (CHRIS SHOUTS) - (GUNSHOTS) (CHATO SCREAMS) (CHRIS PANTING) Raul.
No.
Hmm.
(PHONE CHIMES) Raul believed the video they made, the intel should be legit.
If he didn't, who knows? Is there any way to contact them and verify? Unfortunately, no.
All I can do is give the signal to pull out.
- Came as soon as I could.
- Whoa.
You always look this sharp at 3:00 a.
m.
? No.
Hondo's boy Dee's got me loaded up with shifts at the club.
Baby coming, need money.
Where are we at? The rest of the team plus Benitez are en route.
Now, Street got a text message with an address for Flaco, except it's nowhere near where the father saw the van.
- Where's the address? - Silver Lake.
- Anything else? Who sent it? - It's a burner phone in Mexico.
It said not to text back.
I'm guessing it's Chris.
Couldn't it have also been Raul trying to set a trap? If he's suspicious, he sends us bunk intel, - see if we bite.
- How would he get my number? Well, for right now, we have to assume that that intel is legit.
We just can't take any of it for granted.
DEACON: Well, Silver Lake's not the smartest place to torture a prisoner.
A lot of nosy neighbors.
No, but it's a great spot for an inked-up banger to disappear.
He can blend right in with the hipsters.
If you raid the place and Agent Cruz isn't there, Raul will hear about it.
Won't be good for your friends.
He's right.
We need more info.
We got to get eyes and ears in there without getting spotted.
I'll get Agent Benson cracking on a federal surveillance warrant.
See if her guys can get that house rigged before the sun comes up.
(SPANISH SONG PLAYING) Let's hope the address you sent Street was worth something.
Either way, we're on that plane tomorrow, unless you want to end up in bed with that psycho.
JESSICA: I can get more out of him first.
I'll keep an eye on Meathead and the girlfriend for you.
They'd both throw you off this roof if they could.
- Nice work with the cameras.
- BENSON: We're lucky their air vents could fit our drones.
We got 'em in just before sunrise.
Let's hope we get something from it.
All right, here we go.
Flaco's back.
(FLACO SPEAKING SPANISH) They got Agent Cruz in a matadero.
It's like a slaughterhouse or meat factory, about 30 kilometers from where they're at.
- That's like 20 miles, right? - Yeah.
Street, how far is that Silver Lake house from the van sighting? He said if Cruz doesn't talk soon, they'll kill him.
19 miles.
It's got to be somewhere close to there.
Search the area for slaughterhouses.
Okay.
Delamo Meat Company.
Looks like the health department shut 'em down a year ago.
- They've been off-line ever since.
- Can you get a schematic? Something that shows a layout of the place? Should be able to.
BENSON: Makes sense.
Two of the stash houses they cleared out are just a couple of blocks away from there.
- BENI: Lot of ins and outs.
- LUCA: Plenty of places to hide.
STREET: And they'll be on the doors.
If we go in too hot, they could take Cruz out before we can get to him.
We breach from the roof.
Get a drop on 'em.
I'll have Mumford and Stevens' teams set a net.
Your team runs breach and recovery.
Let's go get Agent Cruz out of there and get our people back.
Let's move.
(SPANISH SONG PLAYING) Just before a man dies, his pride vanishes.
Then he stops fighting for the silly things he believes in.
(CHUCKLES) I think I think we're getting close.
(GRUNTS) Drop it! Down! Down on your knees! Down! Down! Put your hands behind your back! - Your hands behind your back! - Both hands! Now! Now! LAPD SWAT! Street, I got him.
Check on Cruz.
Stay down! Stay down! You're done! STREET: Can you open your eyes? I got you now.
I didn't talk.
Yeah, you did good.
You did real good.
This is 20-David.
We recovered Agent Cruz and I got Flaco in custody.
Are you good? One suspect down, two in custody.
- We're good.
- All right, let's get word down to Mexico and get them the hell out of there.
Paco's been on and off his phone for the last ten minutes.
Now he's got blood in his eyes.
I think we're blown.
All right.
Follow me and look casual.
Yeah.
Boss.
We go out or we are dead.
We are together.
(STAFF SPEAKING SPANISH) Let's go.
Come on.
Señora, señora.
- (GUNSHOTS) - (PEOPLE SCREAMING) Romero's on his way.
(GRUNTS) (TIRES SCREECH) (SCREAMING) - (TIRES SCREECH) - (SPANISH CHATTER) Take the guard out, then Raul, and I'll take Paco.
(PUNCHES LANDING) How you like my pretty face now? Huh? (SIRENS WAILING) (GROANS) (SIREN CHIRPS, TIRES SCREECH) Ready to go back home? (SPANISH RADIO CHATTER) (JESSICA AND CHRIS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) - Here they are! - (WHOOPS) - Yeah! - Welcome back.
So good to be here.
- Hell no.
Get in here.
- Aw, you missed me or something? - (LAUGHING): Yeah.
- How'd it go down there? Tell you what, my partner Alicia was a badass.
Too bad you guys didn't get a chance to meet her.
- (LAUGHS) - Damn, I think we just did.
You know, before we left, I promised Hondo that I would have your back, but I think you're the one that had mine.
I say we had each other's.
The way it's supposed to work, right? I always respected the hell out of you as a captain.
I just had no idea what an incredible cop you are, too.
- One of my better kept secrets.
- DEACON: Not anymore.
Captain Cortez.
Agent Benson.
Agent Romero wanted me to let you know, they found the chemical plant that Raul's been using to dispose of the bodies.
They're sweeping for DNA.
He's going down for good.
That's great news.
Thank you.
Sounds like things got a little thick down there at the end.
Nothing we couldn't handle.
Well, in any case, we owe you big.
HICKS: Now for the fun part, interagency paperwork.
- Well, I can hardly wait.
- (LAUGHS) Ah, I guess all that worrying we were doing was for nothing, huh? You probably burned a few calories.
Hmm.
Okay, there was that.
Either way, I'm just really glad you're okay.
Thank you.
See you tomorrow.
Hey.
Hmm.
You feel better, baby? I'm too tired to tell you right now.
Aw.
You should've just gone straight home and gone to sleep.
My shower could wait.
- You know me better than that.
- I guess I do.
My Hon-do-it boy.
Oh, come on, Mama, don't do it.
Practically the first words out of your mouth.
I loved how you just couldn't manage saying "Hondo do it.
" It just was "Hon-do-it," and wouldn't let nobody help you with nothing.
"Let me help you with your shoes, baby.
" "No, Hon-do-it.
" "Let me help you with" "No, Hon-do-it.
" (BOTH LAUGH) Hon-do-it.
I was one proud little man, wasn't I? Was? I don't remember when that changed.
(LAUGHS) And I encouraged it.
That strength, that self-reliance set you apart.
It kept you safe from temptation.
Got you where you are.
The irony is, it might be the thing that's holding you back.
Yeah, maybe.
You know, Ma.
I don't know if it's because I'm alone or because I'm getting older or if it's a cop thing or if it's a black thing or I mean, but whatever it is, I mean, I-I don't feel right complaining about it.
Hmm.
I know that I am blessed.
I got so much more going for me than most of the people I came up with.
True enough.
But everything comes with a price, right? And what's the point of being the king if you're gonna be alone in the castle? But I still got you, don't I? Oh, Mama's love doesn't count.
It's too blind, and I'm not gonna be here forever.
Yeah, well, for a blind lady, you sure are picking up on a lot of flaws.
Not flaws, just bumps in the road.
I just wish I knew what was causing 'em.
You'll figure it out.
Maybe not on your own.
There's a lot of people who'd be happy to help you over 'em, when you're ready.
I love you.
(CHUCKLES) (SIGHS) Captioned by Media Access
Those maternal instincts are screaming so loud I can hear them from here.
They should be.
She's due any day.
I'm not talking about hers.
And? You fixing to do something about it? Maybe.
For the world to see Now I'm gonna keep on lookin' I got to go.
If anything happens, get everyone inside that clubhouse and call Benson.
Babe, you're scaring me.
I'll be fine.
Just do it.
What up, Rico? Who are your friends, ese? You follow me here? (PEOPLE SCREAMING) TANYA: Everyone, this way, now! Handyman.
Thought you couldn't come till Sunday.
Well, I didn't want to wait that long.
- (CHUCKLES) - Hey, Ma.
Hey, baby.
What you hiding back there? Oh, you ain't ready.
Okay.
This right here is an LED shower head.
LED? Like the lights? That thing changes colors with the heat, Ma.
I don't need a disco in my shower.
I just need one - that doesn't leak.
- Well, now you get both.
Ain't nothing wrong with a little color in your life.
I think you've been working too hard.
Well, there's a lot of bad guys out there, Ma.
Come on, let's get you hooked up.
- Oh, Lord.
Disco Inferno.
- (LAUGHS) You know, Ma, I think this is a problem with your shut-off valve, not your shower head.
- So no laser shower? - Oh, no.
You still getting your red light special.
(CHUCKLES) I just got to come back with some parts and you get to see a little more of me later.
Why are you smiley this morning? - W-What? - Something eating at you? There's always something eating at you - when you smile this much.
- N-Nothing.
Nothing, as far as I know.
Mm-hmm.
(CHEERING, INDISTINCT CHATTER) Get in there, Tan man! Get in there, Tan! Round goes to Stevens.
Luca, get in! (WHOOPS) Here we go, Stevens.
(CHATTER CONTINUING) Push off the rope, Stevens.
Oh! That's right! Special Agent Benson? Commander Hicks, I assume.
Okay, Captain Cortez and one of our team leaders are waiting upstairs as you requested.
Perfect.
This is Agent Jorge Romero.
I'm with the PFM.
It's like the FBI, only Mexican.
Happy to have you.
BENSON: See the LAPD was smart enough to put you in a leadership role, Cortez.
Well, we get it right every now and then.
Now, this woman was the backbone of a sting that we ran in 2012.
I did time undercover when I worked gang unit.
Got in pretty tight with a crew called Los Huesos.
Took down their leadership, never blew her cover.
That sounds about right.
ROMERO: Unfortunately, Los Huesos are back.
They're shipping up low-grade amphetamines from Mexico.
Cheaper and stronger than Adderall, and they're shopping them to high school and college students as study drugs.
We've got about a half-dozen kids dead from heart attacks already.
- He one of their heavies? - No.
No, this is one of ours.
This is Special Agent Adrian Cruz.
He's been embedded with Los Huesos in L.
A.
for about six months.
No idea when Los Huesos started to doubt his cover, but they must have been following him.
This morning, Cruz was in the Palisades with his wife, nowhere near gang turf, when they showed up out of the blue and snatched him.
Rico Peña, found dead on the scene, and Eduardo "Flaco" Ruiz, Top dog in L.
A.
Agent Cruz's wife says Flaco's the one who took her husband.
JESSICA: I remember Rico.
Never seen Flaco.
He must be new.
He was sent up from Mexico about a year ago.
The man he answers to down there, however that may ring a bell.
JESSICA: Raul Lopez.
- Raul's in Mexico? - He's based in Mexico City, but he runs L.
A.
ROMERO: Raul did three years for the sting Cortez ran.
He moved his way up in prison, then headed to Mexico as soon as he got out and shot up the ranks.
JESSICA: That's a quick rise.
Raul was low-level when I worked him.
Smart, but nothing close to a leader.
Easy to rise when you take out the three guys ahead of you.
He's not just smart, he's ruthless.
Nothing goes down in L.
A.
without Raul signing off.
He will know where Flaco is keeping Cruz.
Look, I don't want to say it, but what makes you think - he's still alive? - He managed to dump his wallet and his phone, so our best guess is Los Huesos don't know who he is yet.
They're gonna press the hell out of him to find out who he's working for.
BENSON: Exactly.
Now, Cruz is an ex-Ranger, SERE-trained to resist and survive, but the clock is ticking.
We need to know where Raul is keeping him.
HONDO: So, what you want Cortez to ask him? In Mexico City? The Bureau's already run it by your chief of police.
If you sign off it, so will he.
Wait, you're serious? You want her to go undercover in gangland Mexico? No way.
No way.
This feels way too rushed and sloppy.
I'm the best shot Agent Cruz has.
- You'd do the same in my shoes.
- Jessica, the FBI has a solid file on these guys.
We run their leads, and then we track them locally.
Raul's men will cover their tracks.
Fed's intel could be useless by now.
You think you're gonna just show up in Mexico and get a confession on a wink and a smile? I realize you don't know my work in the field.
I'm not questioning your skills, but we are talking about a high-risk op on foreign soil.
You walk in there, I guarantee you Raul is not gonna be the only lion in that den that you have to worry about.
I understand the risks.
It's been a few years, but I know exactly what I'm walking into.
It's either that or do nothing and let Agent Cruz die.
At the very least, bring backup.
Someone who's got your six.
Someone you can read without words, and vice versa.
CHRIS: I'm in.
Whatever you need.
Things are a lot messier down in Mexico.
- I get it.
I'm still in.
- HONDO: I knew you would be, so I already ran it up the chain.
All right, listen up.
Raul knew Jessica as Alicia.
Now, our story is the two of you met in prison.
Alicia did five years for the same bust that put Raul away.
- What was I in for? - Manslaughter.
Caught your boyfriend with another woman, and you made him pay.
Sounds like he had it coming.
Nice, so you were, like, Jessica's prison muscle.
Shouldn't we send a fed instead? Someone who's spent time embedded with guys like this? - You worried I can't do it? - No, of course not.
I'm just wondering what the safest option might be.
- I'll be fine.
- HONDO: The rest of us are gonna track this crew right here in L.
A.
Now, we rescue Agent Cruz and then we get Chris and Jessica on a plane and back home.
I'll run known addresses of Huesos members, see if we got anything in the system the FBI doesn't have.
I'll reach out to narcotics, see what they have on the new drug these guys are pushing.
HONDO: Great.
Luca, Street, dig into arrest records.
See if we got anyone in custody we can lean on.
- All over it, boss.
- All right, let's get to it.
Chris.
Up here, Cortez is your captain, but down there, you're just two cops doing whatever it takes to stay alive, you understand? And it's been a while since she's been - in the field.
- Exactly.
I need you to stay sharp for both of you.
Don't worry, boss, I I got her back.
I know you do.
JESSICA: Think of it this way: the less you know, the less you can worry about.
I don't know, Jess.
How dangerous is it? I'll let you know over a bottle of wine when I get back.
It's undercover work.
There's always risks, but I'm a cop and I'm trained to handle it.
I need to know you're okay with it.
Listen, you say you got to do it, I'm good.
That doesn't mean it's fun to be stuck outside the ropes when you-you can't even tell me who you're in the ring fighting.
I know.
I'm sorry.
I knew I was in trouble the second I met you.
Just be safe.
HONDO: Captain.
Hondo, this is David Arias.
David, this is Hondo, one of our SWAT team leaders.
- Pleasure to meet you, David.
- Nice to meet you.
Just want to let you know that Chris is all squared away and ready to roll.
Oh, so this Chris guy is going with you? - She is.
Yes.
- Oh, she is.
Wow.
I-I totally gender-assumed there, didn't I? - Don't even sweat it, man.
- Got to say, I got a lot of respect for what you guys do.
I appreciate that.
And Captain Cortez here is one of our best.
I believe it.
- She's something else.
- Okay, guys.
We're done here.
I have a plane to catch.
Thank you, Hondo.
ROMERO: You need to stay on your toes down here.
The narcos wield a lot more power in Mexico than your gangs up north.
And while most cops are clean, we have our share of dirty ones.
Best if no one knows you're in town.
Raul's hacienda is nearby.
I have a good view.
If you leave his place, check in here before going anywhere else.
As long as the mission is on, these curtains stay closed.
If you see them open it means either Agent Cruz has been rescued or we've aborted the mission.
So if they're open, get out.
Closed, stay put and maintain your cover.
Any way to signal from inside Raul's hacienda in case things go south? No.
Once you're in, you're on your own.
No weapons, no cell phones, and a wire is too risky.
Be careful in there.
Raul has dropped 30 bodies at least, but we can't prove it because we can't find them.
If something goes wrong, get out and run, and hope I get to you before he does.
Let me do the talking.
Buenos dÃas.
(PHONE CHIMES) We checked every hangout, hideout and stash house Los Huesos have used in the last six months and come up empty.
These guys have vanished.
We've also compiled a list of the gang's friends, relatives, but if we talk to them, we might tip off Los Huesos that Agent Cruz is one of us.
We can't risk that.
I might have something.
Hollywood Division Narcotics says they've been tracking a house with some frat types, new on the scene, pushing volume of a low-grade study drug - they're calling Lucidia.
- That's the stuff.
Los Huesos have a few names for it, but Lucidia is one of them.
If Hollywood's already onto these guys, then it won't look fishy if we kicked their doors in.
Hell, the louder the better.
We'll-we'll never be able to sell all this.
Okay, I can get Louie and Chadsworth to move some.
Maybe Benji.
It's still too much, bro.
We can't.
- HONDO: On the ground! - Whoa, don't shoot, don't shoot! On the ground! Hands where I can see them.
- On the ground, right now! - It's not ours.
They came and dumped it on us.
- Who did? - Shut up, Ryan.
We want lawyers.
You tell me who brought you these drugs, you won't need a lawyer, you feel me? Any of you got the brains to avoid prison, it's time to start talking.
CHRIS: Your man Raul is big on security.
Just means we're safe.
Safe? You see the way his girl and his muscle were eyeballing you? The sooner we get back home, the better.
I'll talk to him, get things moving.
Some things.
(RAUL LAUGHS) - (SCOFFS) - (SPEAKS SPANISH) - Mm.
- (SOFT CHUCKLE) Los Huesos probably dumped their inventory, thinking with a rat in the kitchen that their product was safer here than one of their stash houses.
HONDO: We got a looky-loo who seems - mighty interested in what we're up to.
- (ENGINE STARTS) Stop the car! Stop the car.
Turn the car off, step out slowly.
Hands where I can see them.
You watching all this for a reason? Please just tell me those punks are going away - for a long, long time.
- Why? What's it to you? One of them killed my daughter with the drugs he sold her.
You wouldn't believe the pressure kids are under these days.
So she was taking something to help her study? One of those idiots sold her poison.
Heart attack at 17.
Sir, they will pay for it, but right now, we also need to get the guys who are pumping the poison into our country.
The guys that are supplying these losers.
Yeah.
They were here this morning.
Latino guys.
Unloaded a van full of boxes and took off.
Okay, wait a minute.
You saw them? - Did you get a plate number? - Dealer tags.
But I followed them.
They headed south and got off the 710 at Del Amo.
Headed into an area that I couldn't follow in my Beemer, if you know what I mean.
We're gonna need a description of that van and anyone you saw in it.
JESSICA: We need to get word back to L.
A.
that agent Cruz is alive and Raul still doesn't know who he is.
Sorry for pressing him like that.
Raul can be sensitive.
Best to let Alicia handle him.
She's quite the firecracker, Alicia.
You like her? I do.
Certainly a side I didn't see coming.
JESSICA: Curtain's closed.
Let's go up.
ROMERO: Good to hear that Agent Cruz is still alive, but this Chato thing is a problem.
Raul won't just kill him, he'll make a show of it to set an example.
What if we say we can't find him? We can't go back empty-handed.
That won't fly with Raul.
Like he said, it's a test.
If you think it's too risky, don't do it.
I know how serious you take a missing cop, but losing two more in Mexico won't make it any better.
What if we kill him? Raul? No.
Chato.
seem to know much.
What do we have on that van? Grieving father saw the van exit a freeway near Rancho Dominquez.
That's out of the way and a good spot to lay low.
Central Vice has some UCs keeping eyes out, but that's a lot of ground to canvass without drawing attention.
And with Chris and Cortez embedded, the last thing we want is to tip Los Huesos that we're looking for them.
Just got word from Romero.
Your officers have confirmed that Cruz is still alive and Los Huesos have no idea who he is yet.
- Great, so we bringing them home? - Well, not yet.
Raul has sent them on some kind of a task.
Says if they prove themselves he'll let them in on the whole L.
A.
operation.
- What kind of task? - I STREET: But they've confirmed that Cruz is still alive, and we know the part of town that he's probably being held.
I mean, is it really worth the risk of leaving them down there? HONDO: All right, look, we all want to bring them back as soon as possible, but Benson's right.
We pull them out now, it could look suspicious.
They maintain their covers until we get Agent Cruz back.
End of story.
- Yes, sir.
- (SIGHS) - Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
- - It's okay, it's okay.
- That's it.
Hey.
That's it.
(SHORT LAUGH) 30 seconds.
What happened? You shoot him for real? CHRIS: He tried to run at the last minute.
I had to get a little physical.
ROMERO: I'll have someone come get him.
I hope you two know what you're doing.
David Arias.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, he's good.
Send him back.
You good, Street? You got any idea how many cops have been killed in Mexico this year alone? I don't think that's something you need to be focused on right now.
I just, I hate the feeling like we got family in the battlefield, and there's not a damn thing - that we can do to help.
- Hey.
We are helping.
We have UCs combing the streets, we have every CI in town getting grilled, and once we even get a whiff of intel, it's game on.
And I'm gonna need everyone to be razor sharp and rested.
I don't know, it's just like, give me a job to do? I don't care how dangerous it is, I'll get it done.
But this sitting on our hands crap It's real easy to get lost with the things that you can't control.
But we know that Chris and Jessica are safe at the moment, and they have the trust of Raul.
They're gonna send us some intel soon, so I'm gonna need you to find something else to focus on, something to keep you positive.
- All right.
- DAVID: Hondo.
David.
Hey.
Everything all right? Yeah, yeah.
Thanks.
I got it.
Thanks for letting me drop in.
I just, I just can't figure out what to do with myself.
Look, I'm not the prying type, but it's hard to feel so far out of the loop.
Know the feeling.
I'm going for a run.
I guess I was just hoping you could tell me - if you've heard from her.
- She sent a message to us.
It sounds like everything is going as planned.
Man, I don't know why I'm so wound up.
Well, dating a cop's never an easy thing.
You ever date anyone on the force? Couple times.
At least as a cop, you know you measure up well.
Hey, come on, man.
I don't think you have - to worry about all that.
- Well, usually, I don't, but Jessica's different, man.
Look, I know it sucks being left in the dark, but she will be home before you know it.
- Thank you, man.
- Yeah.
CHARICE: You realize it's past midnight? Mama, by morning, this is all gonna be good as new.
(CHUCKLES) So, you want to tell me what's going on at work, or is this something else? You only start these little projects when you're spinning and need to feel like you can fix something.
(CHUCKLES) I don't know, I I'm just restless, that's all.
Are you still seeing that girl, the ADA? No.
No, that, uh, that kind of went south.
But it was never really a permanent thing, anyway.
(SCOFFS) Are they ever? Well, what's that supposed to mean? Well, it's just that, sometimes, I feel like I've raised you to be - a little bit too independent.
- Okay, Mama, I don't think girl trouble's what's messing with me.
Well, you spinning about something.
(CHUCKLES) All right, I I just feel like I can never do enough, like nothing ever changes.
Some of it won't.
There's always gonna be another racist cop like that one in Arizona.
A pervert like the one that went after your sister.
Never gonna get 'em all, but big picture, things change.
Do they? I've been around long enough to see it.
When I was a little girl, I never saw anyone that looked like you wearing a gun and a badge.
(CHUCKLES) I hear you, Ma I just want to know that I'm making a real difference.
Oh, you are, baby.
You are.
You got to start trying to look at things the way you look at that faucet.
You ain't gonna fix the world's plumbing problems, but I'm sure gonna be smiling when you fix mine.
You know you're over here sounding like Oprah, - trying to fix my life.
- (LAUGHS) I wish I had some of that Oprah money - for schooling your little butt.
- (LAUGHS) Oh Just focus on what's in front of you, baby.
That's all you can control.
And by that, I mean my shower.
Yes, ma'am.
Yes, ma'am.
- I'm on it.
I'm on it.
- (BOTH LAUGH) CHATO: Huh? (CHRIS GRUNTS) (CLATTERING OVER VIDEO) (PANTING OVER VIDEO) - (CHRIS SHOUTS) - (GUNSHOTS) (CHATO SCREAMS) (CHRIS PANTING) Raul.
No.
Hmm.
(PHONE CHIMES) Raul believed the video they made, the intel should be legit.
If he didn't, who knows? Is there any way to contact them and verify? Unfortunately, no.
All I can do is give the signal to pull out.
- Came as soon as I could.
- Whoa.
You always look this sharp at 3:00 a.
m.
? No.
Hondo's boy Dee's got me loaded up with shifts at the club.
Baby coming, need money.
Where are we at? The rest of the team plus Benitez are en route.
Now, Street got a text message with an address for Flaco, except it's nowhere near where the father saw the van.
- Where's the address? - Silver Lake.
- Anything else? Who sent it? - It's a burner phone in Mexico.
It said not to text back.
I'm guessing it's Chris.
Couldn't it have also been Raul trying to set a trap? If he's suspicious, he sends us bunk intel, - see if we bite.
- How would he get my number? Well, for right now, we have to assume that that intel is legit.
We just can't take any of it for granted.
DEACON: Well, Silver Lake's not the smartest place to torture a prisoner.
A lot of nosy neighbors.
No, but it's a great spot for an inked-up banger to disappear.
He can blend right in with the hipsters.
If you raid the place and Agent Cruz isn't there, Raul will hear about it.
Won't be good for your friends.
He's right.
We need more info.
We got to get eyes and ears in there without getting spotted.
I'll get Agent Benson cracking on a federal surveillance warrant.
See if her guys can get that house rigged before the sun comes up.
(SPANISH SONG PLAYING) Let's hope the address you sent Street was worth something.
Either way, we're on that plane tomorrow, unless you want to end up in bed with that psycho.
JESSICA: I can get more out of him first.
I'll keep an eye on Meathead and the girlfriend for you.
They'd both throw you off this roof if they could.
- Nice work with the cameras.
- BENSON: We're lucky their air vents could fit our drones.
We got 'em in just before sunrise.
Let's hope we get something from it.
All right, here we go.
Flaco's back.
(FLACO SPEAKING SPANISH) They got Agent Cruz in a matadero.
It's like a slaughterhouse or meat factory, about 30 kilometers from where they're at.
- That's like 20 miles, right? - Yeah.
Street, how far is that Silver Lake house from the van sighting? He said if Cruz doesn't talk soon, they'll kill him.
19 miles.
It's got to be somewhere close to there.
Search the area for slaughterhouses.
Okay.
Delamo Meat Company.
Looks like the health department shut 'em down a year ago.
- They've been off-line ever since.
- Can you get a schematic? Something that shows a layout of the place? Should be able to.
BENSON: Makes sense.
Two of the stash houses they cleared out are just a couple of blocks away from there.
- BENI: Lot of ins and outs.
- LUCA: Plenty of places to hide.
STREET: And they'll be on the doors.
If we go in too hot, they could take Cruz out before we can get to him.
We breach from the roof.
Get a drop on 'em.
I'll have Mumford and Stevens' teams set a net.
Your team runs breach and recovery.
Let's go get Agent Cruz out of there and get our people back.
Let's move.
(SPANISH SONG PLAYING) Just before a man dies, his pride vanishes.
Then he stops fighting for the silly things he believes in.
(CHUCKLES) I think I think we're getting close.
(GRUNTS) Drop it! Down! Down on your knees! Down! Down! Put your hands behind your back! - Your hands behind your back! - Both hands! Now! Now! LAPD SWAT! Street, I got him.
Check on Cruz.
Stay down! Stay down! You're done! STREET: Can you open your eyes? I got you now.
I didn't talk.
Yeah, you did good.
You did real good.
This is 20-David.
We recovered Agent Cruz and I got Flaco in custody.
Are you good? One suspect down, two in custody.
- We're good.
- All right, let's get word down to Mexico and get them the hell out of there.
Paco's been on and off his phone for the last ten minutes.
Now he's got blood in his eyes.
I think we're blown.
All right.
Follow me and look casual.
Yeah.
Boss.
We go out or we are dead.
We are together.
(STAFF SPEAKING SPANISH) Let's go.
Come on.
Señora, señora.
- (GUNSHOTS) - (PEOPLE SCREAMING) Romero's on his way.
(GRUNTS) (TIRES SCREECH) (SCREAMING) - (TIRES SCREECH) - (SPANISH CHATTER) Take the guard out, then Raul, and I'll take Paco.
(PUNCHES LANDING) How you like my pretty face now? Huh? (SIRENS WAILING) (GROANS) (SIREN CHIRPS, TIRES SCREECH) Ready to go back home? (SPANISH RADIO CHATTER) (JESSICA AND CHRIS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) - Here they are! - (WHOOPS) - Yeah! - Welcome back.
So good to be here.
- Hell no.
Get in here.
- Aw, you missed me or something? - (LAUGHING): Yeah.
- How'd it go down there? Tell you what, my partner Alicia was a badass.
Too bad you guys didn't get a chance to meet her.
- (LAUGHS) - Damn, I think we just did.
You know, before we left, I promised Hondo that I would have your back, but I think you're the one that had mine.
I say we had each other's.
The way it's supposed to work, right? I always respected the hell out of you as a captain.
I just had no idea what an incredible cop you are, too.
- One of my better kept secrets.
- DEACON: Not anymore.
Captain Cortez.
Agent Benson.
Agent Romero wanted me to let you know, they found the chemical plant that Raul's been using to dispose of the bodies.
They're sweeping for DNA.
He's going down for good.
That's great news.
Thank you.
Sounds like things got a little thick down there at the end.
Nothing we couldn't handle.
Well, in any case, we owe you big.
HICKS: Now for the fun part, interagency paperwork.
- Well, I can hardly wait.
- (LAUGHS) Ah, I guess all that worrying we were doing was for nothing, huh? You probably burned a few calories.
Hmm.
Okay, there was that.
Either way, I'm just really glad you're okay.
Thank you.
See you tomorrow.
Hey.
Hmm.
You feel better, baby? I'm too tired to tell you right now.
Aw.
You should've just gone straight home and gone to sleep.
My shower could wait.
- You know me better than that.
- I guess I do.
My Hon-do-it boy.
Oh, come on, Mama, don't do it.
Practically the first words out of your mouth.
I loved how you just couldn't manage saying "Hondo do it.
" It just was "Hon-do-it," and wouldn't let nobody help you with nothing.
"Let me help you with your shoes, baby.
" "No, Hon-do-it.
" "Let me help you with" "No, Hon-do-it.
" (BOTH LAUGH) Hon-do-it.
I was one proud little man, wasn't I? Was? I don't remember when that changed.
(LAUGHS) And I encouraged it.
That strength, that self-reliance set you apart.
It kept you safe from temptation.
Got you where you are.
The irony is, it might be the thing that's holding you back.
Yeah, maybe.
You know, Ma.
I don't know if it's because I'm alone or because I'm getting older or if it's a cop thing or if it's a black thing or I mean, but whatever it is, I mean, I-I don't feel right complaining about it.
Hmm.
I know that I am blessed.
I got so much more going for me than most of the people I came up with.
True enough.
But everything comes with a price, right? And what's the point of being the king if you're gonna be alone in the castle? But I still got you, don't I? Oh, Mama's love doesn't count.
It's too blind, and I'm not gonna be here forever.
Yeah, well, for a blind lady, you sure are picking up on a lot of flaws.
Not flaws, just bumps in the road.
I just wish I knew what was causing 'em.
You'll figure it out.
Maybe not on your own.
There's a lot of people who'd be happy to help you over 'em, when you're ready.
I love you.
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