9-1-1 (2018) s03e14 Episode Script

The Taking of Dispatch 9-1-1

Morning!
Didn't get any sleep last night.
I was so nervous about being late.
You are late.
Yeah, by three minutes.
A job like this, you're
on time or you're dead.
Sorry.
I've never worked in a team before.
Do you have any advice,
you know, for a rookie?
Talk less.
Right on time.
You guys weren't!
Set it to channel nine.
Administrator level key cards.
Give us access to every
door in the call center.
Once we take dispatch, clock starts.
60 minutes in and out.
Be ready for my call.
Think you can stick to that schedule?
Three minutes, guys.
Come on, get over it.
Let's go.
Morning.
Here for our sit-along.
Have fun up there.
Thanks.
We will.
First stop, second floor. Server room.
Terry Flores?
Can I help you guys?
Morning, officers.
How'd you know we were here?
Well, this is my secret weapon.
I can see everything with this.
I thought there were five of you.
They had to make a pit stop.
You gotta show me how this thing works.
Okay.
Morning, Jake.
Morning.
Good. Come on.
Take down the system.
Messaging, CAD, all of it.
Hard reboot.
That's gonna raise a lot of red flags.
- Dispatch'll go blind for
- Seven minutes.
Say it's temporary maintenance.
Happens all the time.
So how'd it go last
night? I need details.
Well, there was a
pelvic splint involved.
Kinky.
Seems like there's a big
police presence today.
- What's up?
- Scheduled sit-alongs.
It's on the calendar,
not that you ever read it.
Well, I don't have to. I have you.
Security.
Hey, it's Terry Flores.
I'm locked out of the server room.
Second floor.
Can you come up here?
Now?
Hi. I'm just clocking in.
Were there any problems
getting out of the hotel this morning?
- 100% comped as promised.
- Perfect.
Just like everything else last night.
Terry?
You up here?
What the
- Morning, Maddie.
- Morning.
Okay, so this conversation is
officially not safe for work.
- I really should go.
- Okay.
I'm gonna have you do a
sit-along with Maddie.
Maddie, this is Officer Brown.
He's going to be shadowing you to
see how we work at the call center.
Hi, handsome.
See any good movies lately?
Stay calm.
End the call.
- Maddie?
- Carefully.
Hello, Maddie? Are you there?
Did I lose you?
I love you, Howie.
Ladies and gentlemen.
Oh, my God, oh, my God.
Get up. Get up!
We are taking control of this facility.
Do not move
or you will be shot.
You are now our hostages.
Get up, everybody! Get
up, up, up, up, up, up.
Up, move. We need you up.
All right, grab his uniform.
I got the tech.
Up the stairs.
Let's go. Hurry.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Quickly, move, move, move.
Hurry, quickly, quickly.
Cell phones, key cards,
wallets, smart watches,
whatever's in your
pocket goes in the can.
My EpiPen.
I'm allergic to bees.
Bees are the least of your
troubles today, sweetheart.
I don't know what you want,
but someone's going to notice
when 9-1-1 stops answering.
You had a system crash.
Valley Division is picking
up the slack right now,
but your servers are rebooting.
Should be back in two minutes.
We've got Dispatch.
I've got the lobby.
Don't you worry, folks.
We're gonna get you back to work.
But under our supervision.
We will be monitoring
all calls that come in
and approving all
resources that you send out.
Call volume's low this
early in the morning,
so we don't need all of you.
You. Step forward.
Two of you, step forward.
Everybody else, you're on deck
where you will wait in silence
until we rotate you through.
- Let's go!
- Move!
Now, people, move! It's not so hard.
Let's go!
- Move! Come on!
- Keep your mouth shut.
Come here, shut up.
On the ground. On the ground!
One hour.
Then we're out of here.
So I don't care if you
need a bathroom break
or a bottle of water.
You will stay where we can see you.
If anyone tries anything at all
You'll shoot us.
No.
We'll shoot the person next to you.
You guys like saving lives, right?
Why don't you start with your own?
How did you know?
You dropped the mug
before they pulled the guns out.
I recognized him.
Greg, or whatever his name is.
My date from hell.
He's the one that attacked you?
They targeted you because you work here.
This is all my fault.
If I'd told the police
No, this is not your fault.
- No matter what the plan
- Maddie.
You only do something like this
so you can do something worse.
We have to warn someone.
I already did.
I just hope he gets the message.
Okay, she said that she loves you.
That's weird, right?
Is that weird?
Come on, Maddie. Answer.
You know, all right.
You've reached Maddie's phone.
Leave a message.
You're being paranoid. She's fine.
Come on. Don't be that guy.
Don't do it, Chimney. Don't do it.
Come on, man!
Oh, my God.
Sorry.
We're experiencing a high
call volume at the moment.
Please try again.
It's 8:00 in the morning.
All right, you know what?
Yep. Go for Buck.
How come 9-1-1 doesn't
respond when I call?
Uh, is that some kind of riddle?
Like "who watches the Watchmen?"
Neither of those things are riddles.
Okay, I just tried calling 9-1-1
and I got the high call volume message.
I miss, like, an
earthquake or something?
Nope, pretty chill morning.
Wait, why are you calling 9-1-1?
Is everything okay?
Your sister said that she loved me.
Yeah.
Wasn't that the whole point
in that big date you had last night?
You declare your love
and she declares hers?
Yeah, I know, okay, but
she didn't, all right?
At least not last night.
Look, she made this big deal
saying that she
couldn't say those words,
and then this morning,
she blurts them out and hangs up on me.
It's still not quite
sounding like an emergency.
Because I sound insane.
She's at the call center.
What could happen there, right?
You know what? Forget it.
9-1-1. What's your emergency?
9-1-1. What's your emergency?
- Where are you calling from?
- Downtown.
The corner of 9th and
Los Angeles Street.
Multiple vehicle collision,
9th and Los Angeles Street.
Can you move the vehicles
out of the intersection?
I guess, but are you gonna send someone?
Absolutely. Help is on the way.
Can I roll police and medical RA?
No. No one goes into that area.
Call it a no-fly zone.
Time to rotate.
Get up.
Sit down. Sit down.
You, come with me. Let's go.
- Come on.
- Wait. Just wait.
Downtown.
They don't want anyone downtown.
And Dad? He's okay?
Yeah, Bobby says he's doing good.
They're on their way back
from the campsite now.
Baby, I gotta go.
Love you.
It was yellow!
It was reckless, jackass!
Okay, folks. Settle down.
Why don't you each go to your own car
and let me sort this out.
We were in the same car.
That's my husband.
Okay.
Anybody call 9-1-1?
Isn't that why you're here?
727L30, they're requesting
you at 19124 Sunset.
Assault and battery in progress.
Copy.
Dispatch, at 9th and Los Angeles.
- Non-injury car accident.
- Yes.
Units are already en
route to that location.
Please proceed to assault
and battery in progress.
Copy that.
Okay, officers are on their way.
Try not to kill each
other before they get here.
727L30 en route.
And there she goes.
Tiffany, you're clear for deliver.
Package has been delivered.
Huh. Automated alert.
Security alarm. We
usually send officers.
Security alarm. First and Grand.
- Should we send someone?
- No, it's handled.
Time to rotate. You two, up.
Rover team.
Go fetch.
You mean to tell me it took four of you
to subdue a two person brawl
and then you called for me?
We didn't call you.
Still trying to figure
out who called us.
Jackson already had the
fight handled when we rolled up.
Maybe Dispatch had a
late night last night?
I guess so.
Dispatch, is there a reason
you sent four officers
to break up a fight?
Five now, including me.
Sorry, Sergeant, we're having
some technical
difficulties this morning.
Apologies for the mix-up.
Hey,
is that incident downtown taken care of?
Affirmative. Everything's clear there.
I don't know why
the alarm company
requested a hard confirm.
Our cameras went down
for about a minute.
Some kind of power surge.
But we told 'em everything was fine.
Probably just covering
their you-know-what.
Can't get through to
the admin at Dispatch.
Hey, we need verification
before we let you do a walkthrough.
All lines are busy right now.
Put down the phone.
Took down the cameras.
Alarms are on bypass.
Guess we're all set then.
Tiffany!
Time to go shopping.
See you soon.
They put green onions in my omelet.
That's not an emergency, ma'am.
I explicitly told them I was allergic.
That's attempted murder.
Are you having an allergic reaction?
I'm not actually allergic,
but they didn't know that!
You can't tie up our lines
because someone made the
wrong breakfast order.
Of course I can.
My tax dollars pay your salary.
You still feel like you're
making a difference?
I bet this woman really thinks you're
God, what is the word?
I'll never be rich, but I'll be
Worthwhile.
Ma'am, it is a crime to
make a false report to 9-1-1.
I could have you arrested.
What?
You're gonna send the police?
Yes. I am.
I'm sending someone now.
You might not wanna be
there when they arrive.
- You feel better, big guy?
- I do.
Good.
Let's rotate you out.
You two. With me.
Let's go.
Move!
Why do they keep moving
us around like this?
To disorient us.
So we can't make a plan.
Hey.
Are you okay?
I don't wanna die in here.
No one is gonna die.
Jake's dead.
They shot him.
We have to get a message out.
I did.
A woman called about
onions in an omelet.
I dispatched an officer.
To the restaurant?
Not exactly.
Buck, do not try and
talk me out of this.
I need to go down there for myself
and make sure that she's okay.
Yeah, no, she
she didn't pick up when
I called her either.
I tried calling Josh
and it went straight to voicemail.
Now I'm definitely going.
What if something is wrong?
Maybe we should call the police.
I think someone already did.
I know, Captain.
CAD's been glitching all morning.
What is she saying now?
She's making her case.
Yeah, I'll wait to hear from you.
Now she's folding like a cheap suit.
All right, let me talk to Athena.
Captain needs to make some calls.
As evidence goes,
an "I love you" is less than convincing.
But they sent you down to my apartment
for an assault with a deadly onion.
That feels more convincing.
Well, she's gonna talk to Operations,
see if they can get
eyes in the building,
see if anything's wrong.
No, no, no. We can't just send in SWAT.
If there is someone
inside the call center
doing something,
they'll know we're onto them.
Let's go for a drive.
Talk to you later, Buck.
No, no, Chimney!
Chimney, don't hang up!
Girl Blue?
Yeah, and Cider Falls.
Rover team. Status update.
We've got four so far.
That's less than a third of the list.
We're moving as fast as we can.
It's taking longer than we thought
to get it out of the frame.
So leave them in the damn frames.
There's GPS trackers in the frames.
Pick up the damn pace.
You're quiet.
Should I be worried?
No.
I mean, I'm still freaked out
but at least now I
got a partner in this.
We are not partners.
You're here so I can keep an eye on you,
make sure you don't do anything foolish.
Is that who I think it is?
Okay, now don't be mad.
Hey, Buck.
Hey, Chim.
You two tell anyone
else what's happening
at the call center?
Good, because I'm running
out of room in here.
Hey. We've got a problem.
Yeah, we're way behind schedule.
A new problem. Look.
Police cruiser.
What? Pulling in here?
Okay, we're here. Now what?
Well, if everything's normal,
I'll be able to walk in that front door
and go inside.
Take a look around and see
if everyone forgot to
charge their damn cell phone.
And if it's not normal?
I guess we'll find out.
Hey, guys. Cop approaching.
What do you want me to do?
How many?
Looks like she's alone.
What the hell is she doing here?
Officers routinely come here
for pursuit recordings,
call recordings
Shut up!
She's coming in.
What do you want me to do?
- Morning.
- Morning.
I'm here to follow upon a call.
Mind if I go up?
Yeah, sure.
- She's coming up?
- That's not good.
Shoot her.
What?
Are you serious?
Did you say something?
Nah, just world's gone crazy.
Don't I know it?
You wanna kill a cop? I
didn't sign up for that.
Yeah, none of us did.
That's not your call to make.
I don't work for you.
- Shoot her now.
- No.
No, wait! Wait.
I can get rid of her.
Whatever you're gonna do, do it.
Go.
727L30,
we've got a report of a code 77
at Eagle Rock Lanes.
Guess I'll have to follow up later.
I hope your day's quiet.
Yeah, you too.
She's headed back to her car.
We're clear.
Good job.
I just don't wanna see anybody shot.
No one is getting shot
unless I authorize it.
Told you not to bring him.
What's a code 77 anyway?
Urinating in public.
Or indecent exposure.
It's been a while since
I worked the radio.
I'm sure, Captain.
They knew I was downstairs.
Yeah, they're using the CAD
to monitor our locations.
That was Sue Blevins on the radio
giving me the code 77.
Who's ever running this,
they're doing it from
inside the dispatch center.
What's a code 77?
Ambush.
Proceed with caution.
There has to be a way
to communicate with our people inside.
Well, if they're tracking our vehicles,
you gotta assume they're
monitoring our calls too.
- Screen went blank.
- Okay, good.
We're off the grid.
Hey, hey, hey.
I know you're worried, okay? I am too.
But Maddie is smart.
She can take care of herself
until help gets there.
That's what I'm afraid of.
Nobody inside that building
knows we're coming for them.
What if they get tired of waiting?
- Look at this.
- Stop.
Look. Take a look. What do you see?
What happens to us
when it's time for them to leave?
I mean, if they killed Jake
They're not gonna wanna leave behind
a room full of witnesses.
The hour's almost up.
We're running out of time.
- Why the touching?
- Take a look!
I don't think we're the only ones.
Take a look. What do you see?
- Still don't see anything.
- Yeah, that's my point.
The police car that pulled
up before, it's gone.
I can't find it.
You're being paranoid.
There's nothing to see.
- Come here!
- Okay.
- Come here.
- Just rewind it.
Find out where she was
when she went offline.
This is in real time.
You can't just rewind it from here.
That's not the way the
system works, you idiot.
She may have disabled her GPS.
I'm an idiot?
If the cop were dead right now,
we wouldn't be worried about her GPS.
Killing people.
That's your solution to every problem?
I can think of one
problem it would solve.
Seriously? You're
gonna pull a gun on me?
Hey, hey!
Hey! Enough!
Enough!
Enough!
No!
- No!
- No, no, no, no, no.
Hey!
Next one goes in your head.
Back to your stations now!
Get back on your stations.
Take this hero downstairs.
See if he can find your cop car.
Come on.
Get up. Get up.
- Get up!
- Get this jackass out of here.
Josh.
Tiffany, how are we doing?
Tiffany.
I need another 30 minutes.
Damn it!
So much for the fire alarm.
I guess we're out of options now.
I don't know. You know what?
I could I could fake a heart attack.
Then use the defibrillator
on the bad guys.
All of 'em?
Huh?
Construction crews are
closing down streets
between here and Dispatch,
getting ready for SWAT to move in.
How are we doing with GPS?
Well, we've kept off the radios.
Calling units individually.
Everyone's been told how
to disable their system
before coming here.
Kay, so what's the plan?
You know, what happens next?
We're still trying to get eyes
into a damn windowless room.
That's it?
We were able to get
eyes on the digital logs.
They share a system
with Valley division.
According to the logs,
five LAPD officers were
scheduled for sit-alongs.
None of the names on
the list checked out.
They're not LAPD.
So five bad guys inside
and no plan to get our guys out?
No, we got a plan.
We just don't like it.
Captain Maynard.
Dave Morrisey, Valley Communications.
Mr. Morrisey, thanks for coming.
Sergeant Grant.
SWAT commander would
like to talk to you.
He has some questions.
I'm not sure how I can help.
You used to work in there.
You're the closest thing
we've got to eyes inside.
So this is really happening.
Sorry I thought you were crazy.
I'm sorry I wasn't.
Keep going. Go.
9-1-1. What's your emergency?
Get up. Move it, come on.
Josh, are you doing okay?
Yeah, I'm okay.
Ears are just ringing a little.
'Kay.
Ellis should be back by now.
What do you want me to do about it?
What you're good at.
Nothing.
So you figured all this out
'cause Sue gave you a code 77?
No.
That was the last piece of the puzzle.
Calls have been weird all day.
Hey,
you can access their
call log with that, right?
Oh, sure. What do you wanna look at?
The first piece of the puzzle.
How we doing with those RA units?
The 122 and the 133 just got here.
There's two more houses en route.
Captain, who are all
these people on the bus?
Off-duty dispatchers.
Once we take back the building,
somebody has to handle call response.
Take it back?
You're not gonna negotiate,
see if they surrender first?
They haven't asked for
anything or made any demands.
They don't even want us to
know they control the building.
If we reach out to them,
we're gonna lose the one
thing we've got going for us:
the element of surprise.
We do this right, we hit 'em fast,
take the building before
they even know we're outside.
And if you don't?
Why do you think we asked
for so many RA units?
You telling me, every cop in
the city is just disappeared?
I'm telling you, I don't know.
Figure it out!
What's going on here?
That police car's not the
only one that's gone dark.
You think they know we're here?
Could be a system glitch.
Time to cut our losses.
Stay here.
Tiffany. Tiffany, come in.
Tiffany, what's taking so long?
Excuse me, can I check on Josh?
- I used to be a nurse.
- Good for you.
He might have a concussion or something.
You can check on him when we're done.
Which is gonna be when exactly?
You said an hour and it's
been longer than that.
Sit down and shut up.
I'll worry about the time.
So you are worried.
That makes sense, 'cause all
your friends keep disappearing.
Are they even in the same building?
Let's go.
We can still make it out of here.
We can go down the back stairs.
I have a car waiting around the corner.
We split the art up
between the five of us
and we go our separate ways.
I like that part of the plan.
Wait, you've got a car
parked down the street?
You were always gonna double-cross Greg.
You weren't?
Didn't I tell you to shut up?
Oh, my God, Linda?
Linda?
What the hell is wrong with her?
I don't know!
If we're gonna do this,
you can't just sell famous
works of art on eBay.
You can't sell them from prison either.
Epi Pen
She's in anaphylaxis.
She's having an allergic reaction.
Allergic to what?
I
Latex.
- Is there latex in your gloves?
- How would I know?
Okay, she's gonna die if she
doesn't get her medication.
Then go! Go get it!
You hurry up!
Damn it.
Hurry up!
Okay.
Oh, my God.
God
Hey! What's going on?
Now! Get him!
- Grab his gun.
- Drop him.
Get him now!
Here.
Rover crew, change of plan.
Leave the Van Gogh.
Are you sure?
You heard the man.
Leave the Van Gogh.
Wait, there's a Van Gogh?
Tiffany, start the van.
We're coming out hot.
Tiffany. We're coming out now.
Get the van ready!
LAPD! Freeze!
On your knees!
Put your hands up!
You're under arrest.
Guys, what the hell was that?
- Heist is blown.
- Where are you going?
Somewhere where there's hostages!
I'm out of here.
Green light. Green light.
Next one goes in your head.
On the ground! Get on the ground!
Get down! Get down!
Get down. Let's move.
Oh, no.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
I'm not getting a pulse.
- What?
- I don't know.
I must have hit a vein and stopped
his heartbeat or something.
No.
- No!
- No, Josh!
You don't get to die.
Wait.
You don't get to die.
They're coming in!
Get down! Get down!
Go, go!
Put your hands up!
Get on your knees!
Hands above your head!
Get your hands up now!
I'm not going back.
I'm not going back. I'm not going back.
- Let me see your hands!
- Get your hands up!
Hands up now!
Step away, sir.
Hands up! Hands up!
Command, this is squad
leader. We've got Dispatch.
One, two, three.
I got a pulse.
9-1-1. What's your emergency?
9-1-1. What's your emergency?
9-1-1. What's your emergency?
Ma'am, please come this way.
Ma'am.
Maddie! Maddie, Maddie!
I got you. I got you, Maddie.
I got you.
I'm surprised you're not
over there with your sister.
She already has everything she needs.
How did you know
that the museum was their target?
The car accident.
727L30,
proceed to assault and
battery in progress.
I knew there had to be a reason
why they hadn't wanted me there.
That's why they took
over the call center.
To dispatch police away from a crime.
That's smart.
But your mother's smarter.
I checked the dispatch log.
That's when I saw an alarm
had gone off at the museum.
Two blocks away from the accident scene.
They sent you away because
they wanted to remove
$1/2 billion of art off the wall.
And they almost got away with it.
At this time, I would like to exercise
my Fifth Amendment right
against self-incrimination
and would like to invoke
my Sixth Amendment right to counsel
provided by the state.
Just get me a damn lawyer.
Yeah, not talking without a lawyer.
- Lawyer.
- Lawyer.
- Lawyer.
- I don't need a lawyer.
I'm interested in cutting a deal.
Good.
Start by telling us
about the security guard.
That wasn't me. That was Tiffany's idea.
Wait.
You didn't round her up too?
Who's Tiffany?
Turns out she was the real mastermind
and Greg was just the hired hand,
but he didn't know who had hired him.
When do we meet?
Not until after the drop.
Now, about your team
They were all men that Greg knew.
They had worked together before.
They had even done time together
after their last job went wrong.
If everyone knew each other,
how did she get herself on the team?
That last job, the one
they went to prison for,
the driver had been killed,
which meant they needed a new one.
And she came highly
recommended by herself.
So Greg walked them
all through the plan.
It was precise, flawless
everyone was impressed.
The only thing left was to find someone
to get them inside the call center.
And that's why they targeted you.
Not exactly.
Tiffany already had an inside man.
Jake, the security guard.
He knew our protocols,
could get them on the visitors list,
he had access to the entire building.
He was perfect.
So what went wrong?
Jake was a little too perfect.
Tiffany?
You must be Jake.
Sorry I'm late.
It's okay.
I'm just glad that you're here.
I think that people
get a little too hung up
watching the clock anyway.
Don't you?
Tiffany fell in love with Jake.
Well, her plan was to use
Jake and let him take the fall
but now she needed a new fall guy.
Me.
So you don't think
online dating is a terrible idea?
I think everyone has a match.
You just have to find him.
They bought it, babe. We're in business.
They couldn't steal Josh's badge
because it would be cancelled
the second that it was reported stolen.
So they borrowed it, duplicated it,
and then returned it.
Officers recovered your
keys and your wallet.
At least they saved me the hassle
of replacing all my
credit cards and IDs.
- It was go-time.
- Have fun up there.
Can I help you guys?
- Security.
- Can you come up here?
But now instead of one plan,
there were two.
Sorry. I'm just trying to sell it.
- Give me the uniform.
- Ladies and gentlemen
Greg and his guys took over dispatch,
waited on the alarm call,
diverted all police units
away from downtown
Go fetch.
And then he sent his
team into the museum.
Once everyone was in position,
Jake was free to sneak out.
And rendezvous with Tiffany.
Oh, come here.
Tiffany, how are we doing?
Tiffany.
I'm gonna need another 30 minutes.
How much you think is in here?
Enough. Let's go.
So they took off with the paintings
and left the others holding the bag.
LAPD! Freeze!
Put your hands up!
You're under arrest.
Folks sure do have a lot of luggage.
Yeah, we have a big trip planned.
Honeymoon?
Something like that.
- We did it.
- Mm-hmm.
We really pulled it off.
Now we're just one train ride
away from a brand new life.
Afraid your trip's been delayed.
By about 5 to 15 years.
Cuff 'em up.
But how did you know where to find them?
Tiffany was smart enough
to remove all the GPS trackers
from the stolen art
and from the getaway van
but not from her boyfriend's cell phone.
Jake wasn't so perfect after all.
So her plan was always to
double-cross the team.
They deserved it. And worse.
The driver who died at the last job?
He was her father.
And they left him to die.
- Oh, man.
- Wow.
I guess there really is
no honor among thieves.
What?
That's right.
Okay.
Uh, what's going on here?
You don't like my clothes?
No, I'm just making room
for some of my things.
I remember offering you a drawer.
Give a girl an inch
Takes the whole closet.
So I talked with Athena.
Looks like everyone wants to make a deal
except for Jake.
He wants to fight it out in court.
Yeah, he's claiming diminished capacity.
He was crazy in love.
I know what that's like.
I'm really glad you got my message.
I love you too.
- Promise?
- Promise.
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