The Closer s03e14 Episode Script

- Brenda, is something wrong? - This is ridiculous.
Our real estate agent said it would help sell the house, give it a "home for the holidays" vibe.
- We both know Gary doesn't lie.
- Gary.
He hasn't brought us an offer in three months.
Suddenly, he calls out of the blue, and we're supposed to hop to, 'cause he has "the" buyer again.
Brenda, if you don't want to show the house, just say so.
I want to show the house.
I just don't want to waste the whole day decorating it for one couple.
Is it really so terrible to have the house feeling a little festive? I do not like it when I am ordered to be festive.
Just hand me the damn angel.
Thanks.
- Brenda, be merry.
- I am merry.
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry.
Merry Christmas! Brenda.
- Welcome.
- Come on in.
Oh, baby.
- Oh, no.
Please.
- It's all right.
You a baseball fan? Huge.
We collect vintage jerseys.
Is the neighborhood safe? - Well - Oh, no, no, very safe.
In fact, Fritz and Brenda were just getting ready - to take a nice stroll.
Right, Fritz? - Right, sorry.
- Well, then - See you later.
They're nice.
- Go ahead, have a look around.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
It's charming now, right? Gary doesn't lie.
Or you could just blow all this out.
Yes, Chief.
I know exactly where that is.
Thank you.
Sorry, there's been a robbery and a homicide.
- Well, two homicides.
- Not near here.
Far, far, far, far away.
Not too far.
Thank y'all, nice meeting you.
Hey, wait till you see the kitchen! Huh? You guys hungry? Come on.
So where's the third guy, and why do they come Damn it.
Boss, here they come.
- Who called them? - I got no clue.
I was five brats away from getting my grandson a photo with Santa, so this better be good.
- What happened to your hand? - Oh, my 6-year-old It's a long story.
Deputy Chief Johnson, good to see you.
- Chief Pope.
- I want everyone watching to see that we have this investigation under control, so if you'll both just please nod, like we all agree.
Excellent.
Now, Commander Taylor, is this robbery the work of the same crew that you've been tracking since last January? Looks like the same M.
O.
Walk up, ski masks, drive away.
But this firepower, that's not their style.
Seems to have escalated.
Well, so have I.
Priority Homicide is gonna take the lead on this case now.
We've been busting our asses on this investigation for 11 months.
Are you suggesting that 11 months of failure is an argument for you remaining on the case? Chief, it would take a lot of time to bring Priority Homicide up to speed.
Chief Pope, perhaps Commander Taylor and I could split the investigation.
- I can cover the homicide - Excuse me.
Chief Johnson, I appreciate the good intentions, but this investigation covers a lot of ground.
Now, I really want to be a team player.
- Then be one.
- Chief Commander, sometimes being a team player means sitting on the bench.
- Progress.
- Yes, sir.
- Sorry, Commander - Don't.
Please.
Gentlemen, with me, please.
This scene is ours.
- Hey, I don't think this is settled.
- I'm afraid it is.
- Excuse me.
- Sorry.
I talked to the Bank Manager.
Cash cargo's extra high at the holidays.
Now, they're still doing inventory, but the bank estimates that the suspects drove off with close to 150 grand.
- Can we trace it? - No, no dyes.
Now, don't ask me why, but for some reason, the policy is to use markers and dyes after a bank has been robbed.
Oh, for heaven's sakes.
Okay, let's get pick-up schedules, dates, times, routes from TAS Armored Cars.
Why this bank? Why this route? - Anything on the weapons? - Lot of casings.
Probably semiautomatic pistols.
Something uziesque.
Easier to conceal.
Powerful enough to penetrate a vest.
Might be gang-related.
They don't mind shooting people.
Poor bastard.
$10 an hour for this.
No time to get his gloves off.
I mean, even if he could get to his gun, he's got a six-shooter against guys with assault weapons.
I mean, we're not the only ones that are outgunned.
Okay, who wants to notify the families? - Ho, ho, ho.
- Thank you, Lieutenant.
Lieutenant Provenza, have TAS provide us with their employee backgrounds.
Same goes for the bank.
See if anyone has a bumpy past or knew these guards personally.
These things are usually inside jobs.
Taylor's men have anything to say? Mostly stuff I'd rather not repeat, except this crew they've been searching for used to be a three-person operation.
But today there was only two.
Don't know what they did with the third guy.
- Witnesses? - Well, the wounded guard in the ambulance is Wesley Reed.
And three customers in the parking lot all pretty much say the same thing.
Two men in boots, jeans, jackets and ski masks approached the vehicle while the guards were unloading.
Everyone pretty much hit the deck when the shots were fired, and a couple of people said our bad guys fled the scene in an old Chevy Astro van.
Okay.
Lieutenant Tao, please compile a list of stolen cars, A to Z, in the past 12 months.
They must've had a drop-off car waiting.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Can I go home? I really just want to go home.
They need to get you to the ER, make sure you're okay.
You got grazed by a bullet.
- I don't have any health insurance.
- Well, don't worry, Wesley.
We'll take care of that.
But first, I need to know what you saw.
Anything might help.
Arnie and Hayes were unloading the truck, and out of nowhere my windshield gets sprayed.
I heard yelling.
It was Arnie telling me to stay inside, but I got out and went for my gun.
Bullets were flying everywhere, so I dove under the truck for cover, and then I saw I saw Arnie.
He - Oh, man.
Oh, man.
- Okay, okay.
You just rest, okay? We'll talk later.
Captain, what about Hayes? Drop-off was early.
According to the TAS Armored Car Supervisor, the truck arrived at the La Brea branch Late, maybe, but early? In holiday traffic? So, the truck was early, but they were still waiting for it anyway? The bank's a good choice because two right turns and boom, you're on the freeway.
I spoke with the gang task force, but there's nothing.
Any luck on our getaway van? Year to date, 12,248 vehicles have been stolen in LA, of which 2,472 are vans, of which 961 are Chevy vans, - of which - Did you find the one we're looking for? - No, ma'am.
- Okay.
Well, we can't rule out the possibility that our victims may have been involved.
So we should check out all phone activity between the TAS guards, all the phone lines at La Brea, the personal phones - and cell phones of the manager and - Chief, we get it.
- Dump the phones.
- Right.
Chief, our dead guards seemed like good guys.
No priors.
Arnie leaves behind a family of five, grandkids.
Hayes is an only child.
Lives with his mother.
He wanted to be a real cop.
Even applied to the Academy.
That's - And what about the driver, Wesley Reed? - Talked to his boss.
Wesley joined TAS about eight months ago.
He's well-liked, no family.
Company insists they don't hire anyone with a police record, and they require all applicants to take a polygraph.
And Taylor's report says that this crew has been hitting all security companies, not just TAS.
Well, they have been hitting other security companies, but their last two jobs have been TAS trucks, and they've pulled in considerably more money on those jobs than the ones they did before.
Their information must be getting better.
Add today's robbery, and it just It ain't a coincidence anymore.
It's a pattern.
They once were a three-man crew, now they're two.
You know what? I think I'd like to check with this Wesley Reed again.
That might not be so simple.
Wesley was sent down to radiology to see if the bullet that grazed him hit bone.
- Never showed up.
- Why not? Where did he go? Where? - It's unclear.
- Well, where does he live? - Any sign of anything? - Negative.
Commander Taylor was supposed to post an officer at the hospital.
Well, he says he did, and he says he was sorry.
Then he went on to explain how it wasn't his fault.
- Master of the non-apology.
- Yeah.
That's Wesley's apartment.
Lieutenant Flynn, did you see anyone enter - from the rear of the building? - Nothing, no.
Let's make progress.
Police! Freeze! He's going out back! He's gone out back! He's going out back! Stop! Wesley, you son of a bitch.
Stop! Don't move! Get on the ground! Get on the ground! Get on the ground! Hands behind your back! - Tell the Chief we got him.
- Okay.
Let's go.
Get him up.
Get up.
- You broke my frigging hand.
- Who the hell are you? No ID found on the boy.
And so far, he's only opened his mouth to say that he's not talking.
And as for Wesley, his picture is on every patrolman's dashboard, - but there's no sign of him.
- Okay.
I do not want a word of this investigation in the papers, on TV or in a blog.
We cannot let Wesley Reed know that we are looking for him.
Wherever he is, he must have turned off his cell phone and taken the battery out, 'cause we've been pinging it every 15 minutes and nothing.
Same with credit card activity.
Yeah, and it turns out, Wesley Boy does have an arrest record.
Now, TAS either missed it or they just didn't care.
Well, doesn't amount to a lot, but still.
Probation for marijuana possession, and one drunk and disorderly a couple years back in Georgia.
- Any family? - No.
- Does it list known associates? - No.
What about the getaway car? The Astro van? - No.
- What about the airports? And that is not a yes or no question.
LAX, Burbank, Ontario, Long Beach, none of them has sold a ticket to a Wesley, Wes, or W.
Reed.
- So unless he's got a good fake ID - Or he took a bus or a train.
I was just getting ready to go down to Union Station.
- Really? When? - See you.
Thank you.
Lieutenant Provenza, if you could continue checking through those phone records, please.
Lieutenant Flynn, if you could check with the car rental companies, and then you can get some help canvassing the bus stations.
The harder it is to find this Wesley Reed, the more convinced I am that he's worth looking for.
Thank you.
You needed a full SIS operation for Opie? We were expecting someone a little more dangerous.
I'm hoping this boy will lead us to him.
Well, if we'd staked the place out a while longer, maybe Wesley might've come back.
By a while longer, you mean another 11 months? - Why do you think this kid's involved? - Because he ran.
Okay.
I told you that I'd sell your house, right? Well, Gary doesn't - Gary.
Please.
- Okay.
Despite your best attempts to undermine my salesmanship, I have managed to persuade Brett and Geoffrey to make you an offer.
- Can we talk about this later? - Oh, no, no, no, no.
Very short conversation.
I tell you the offer, you say yes.
Twenty thousand dollars over the asking price.
Short escrow.
The only catch is, they want you to include the baseball pyramid.
Fritz's baseball thingy? I can't ask you to part with that.
For $20,000 over asking, I would part with you.
Look, I cannot make a decision right now.
- I have an interview.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! You've been trying to get an offer like this for three months.
I mean, just think of what you can do with 20,000 extra dollars.
Just wait in my office, please.
- Wait, wait, wait - Gary, Gary.
Gary.
She's trying to kill me.
Hey, good job just standing there.
You all right in here? Do you want something to eat? No, ma'am, I'm all right.
Well, well, well.
If I hadn't seen you running down the streets of Los Angeles with my own eyes, I'd swear you were a Georgia boy.
Hi, I'm Brenda.
- Hi.
- I miss hearing that accent.
Say something Southern.
- What do you want me to say? - Oh, I don't know.
Something about kudzu or a peach tree.
Oh, well, "When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.
" I don't know that one, but I like it.
That's It's Flannery O'Connor.
- The writer.
- Not the NASCAR driver.
Oh, that's funny, Richard.
- It's Grady.
- Right.
Sorry, you remind me of my brother, Richard.
Grady.
At least we know his first name's Grady.
It's not as if I don't know who Flannery O'Connor is.
- I'm just not that familiar with her work.
- That's a shame, she's awesome.
You study her in high school? I went to Roswell.
Oh, I went to Chamblee.
Oh.
Went? I graduated last year.
Let's find out where that high school is, and if he attended.
- Yes, sir.
- What? At 14? Fifteen.
I'm almost 16 now.
Do you spell Chamblee with an "Sh" or a "Ch"? - Who knows? It's Georgia.
- You can't have been out here long.
You still got that great accent.
Wesley's accent isn't as strong as yours.
Nah, he moved out here just after our mom died.
Took some acting classes.
He's gonna be in some commercials, maybe.
I stayed back home in Georgia with my grandma.
You know, it's funny.
I don't even notice my accent, but people in Los Angeles think I sound like a hick.
- I hear you.
- And then I flash them my badge, and they kind of change their tune.
I'm a Deputy Chief, Grady, and I hope to goodness you haven't done anything wrong.
I need to ask you some questions.
We found this in your apartment.
- What? - $8,061.
- Where? - In your bedroom.
- Is that why you ran, Grady? - No, no, no, that's not my bedroom.
- I sleep on the pullout.
- So what's Wesley doing with all this cash? Did your brother do something bad? No! No, no, no.
That That's probably the money he's saving up for me to go to college.
Do you know two of Wesley's coworkers were shot and killed yesterday? - He didn't kill anybody.
- Well, the sooner we talk to your brother, the sooner we can ensure his safety, which is what I'm trying to do.
- Do you know where he is? - I don't know where he went.
But he did go somewhere.
- I guess.
I don't know.
- So he just abandoned you? No, no, Wes wouldn't He was He was scared, okay? Somebody Somebody shot at him, and he was He was scared, and called the house and said that he wasn't safe.
That he had to go away for a while until everything calmed down.
So, even if we had waited outside your apartment for another week, we would not have encountered your brother? No, ma 'am.
Did Wesley have any friends, or people he hung out with who might know where he went? I'm I'm not supposed to talk about them.
- Why not? - Wes said he He said that They're fine for him, 'cause he knew how to handle them, but he He said I should stay clear.
I'm not supposed to talk about them.
Well, Wesley wouldn't have warned you about them unless he thought they were dangerous.
There are two separate families who are planning funerals right now because of what they did.
We need to find them, before they hurt anyone else.
Before they hurt you.
These men shot at your brother, and they almost killed him.
Please, Grady, please.
Tell me their names.
Thumps.
- Thumps and R.
J.
- That sounds like nicknames.
- That's what Wes called them.
- Do you know their last names? Do you know where they live? - Did you ever see them? - Maybe.
This one time, my brother was talking to two people out front.
There was an argument, and the one, R.
J Wesley took his job and he's pretty mad about it.
So, do you think Thumps and R.
J.
Are the reason that Wesley left town? - Was he afraid of them? - I don't know.
I guess.
Why didn't you go with him? Why did Wesley leave you alone in the apartment if Wesley didn't think it wasn't safe? Well, I wanted to go with him.
I couldn't afford a ticket back.
Ticket back where, Grady? Did Wesley go home, to Atlanta? It's okay.
You didn't tell me.
I guessed.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Tick-tock, Brenda.
I mean, the offer is only good - for 24 hours.
- Gary.
Look, Fritzy, aren't you just a little bit worried about selling our home before we found a new one? I can get you Brenda.
I haven't really had a home for over a year, so, no, I am not worried.
Not to mention the fact that we can't afford a new house till we get the money from this one.
- I know a mortgage broker! - Gary! - You really want to do this? - I really do.
Okay, I'll make you a deal.
I promise to sign that offer right now, if you promise that you'll go with me to Atlanta.
Well, sure.
- When? - Tonight.
You promised.
Hello, Vicky, did you miss me? Come here, girl.
Yeah.
Did you say Vicky? Vicky? - Vicky, that's her name.
- Welcome to our home.
It's even lovelier than Brenda described.
Well, I'm surprised she remembers what it looks like.
Been so long since she paid us a visit.
Well, it can be tough for Brenda to pull away from work.
Look, I know he belongs with Children's Services, but the moment we let little Grady out of our sight, the first thing he's going to do is tell his brother Wesley that we're looking for him.
I hope we didn't cancel our plans to spend our holiday in Florida just so we can listen to our daughter talk on her cell phone the whole week.
We're just happy to have our daughter and our future son-in-law here for a holiday.
I can't wait to show you off.
- Okay, sure.
- Well, thank you, Willie Ray.
Hang on for just one second, Sergeant.
Fritzy, why don't you just take our bags upstairs and then Mama can give you the tour.
I'm just Fritzy? Vicky? Just do whatever you can to keep the control - of that boy.
- Right.
Speaking of "control," there's seems to be some question as to who exactly is in charge with you being out of town.
Tell Commander Taylor and that sawed-off runt, Detective Ross, to take a pill, - and stop blaming us for what happened.
- Chief.
We're doing what Chief Pope told us to do.
And as long as I have a cell phone, - I'm in charge of this case.
- Chief, chief.
I should mention that you're on speakerphone, and, you know, Commander Taylor and Detective Runt Ross, are honoring us with a visit.
Oh.
Happy holidays, gentlemen.
Give my best to your family, Chief.
- Thank you.
- And if you really want to hold on to this kid, Grady, we can keep him busy.
We can put him in a room with some mug shots.
Maybe he can ID this Thumps and R.
J.
That is an excellent idea, Commander, but how long do you really think that's gonna keep Children's Services out of our hair? Long enough for us to come up with another plan to stall them.
Good.
Thank you.
And Sergeant Gabriel, I'm gonna need Wesley Reed's grandmother's address, please.
- Actually, Chief, he's not there.
- He's not? How do you know? Because he's in jail.
Apparently, he had an outstanding bench warrant back home for a failure to appear on a drunk and disorderly charge, and his grandmother turned him in to the police the moment he got home.
Wow! I don't think I've seen a home quite so - festive, Mrs.
Johnson.
- Thank you, Fritz.
I always try to make a little extra effort for the holidays.
Fritzy, we need to go shopping.
- Right now? - Yes.
Well, if we're going to the mall, I have to change.
What's the matter with what you have on? Well, this was for going to the airport.
No, no, Mama, you're not coming with us.
We're going shopping for you.
They don't have stores in Los Angeles? I mean, why are you wasting our time together at the mall? Daddy, it was all so last-minute we thought we'd do our shopping here.
Come on, Fritzy.
Oh, Daddy, can I borrow your car? Hold on, hold on.
- You don't even have a warrant? - Not in hand.
Lieutenant Tao's working that out for me, right now.
Shouldn't you wait until you have it? I mean, technically, these guys don't have to give you access - to Wesley Reed without one.
- I know that, but I'm from here and I know the local Sheriff's Departments aren't as hung up on technicalities as the federal bureaucrats you're used to dealing with.
They tend to respond to common sense and common courtesy.
- Well, I think - Oh, listen.
And if I were you, I'd keep quiet.
They hear that Yankee accent, they might just throw us out.
Hello.
I'm Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Well, thank God.
Fellas, everything's gonna be okay.
The LAPD is here.
I'm Sheriff Barney Fife.
That's cute.
Anyway, Sheriff Pritchard is it? I'm so sorry to bother you, especially during the holiday season.
Oh, I almost forgot.
Merry Christmas.
It's my mama's peanut brittle.
So, you have a gentleman in your lockup by the name of Wesley Reed.
- Are you asking or telling? - Telling, I guess.
I'd really like to talk to him.
He's a person of interest in a double homicide.
And armed robbery.
So, can I talk to him? Please.
Sure.
Just you show me a badge, an ID and a warrant.
Is that really necessary? Tell the little lady to come back with a warrant.
Okay, may I please speak to the person in charge? Actually, sweetheart, you already are.
Pardon me.
Sheriff, I'm Special Agent Howard, FBI.
FBI? I was just up at that training seminar you guys put on up at Quantico.
- Oh.
- Well, why didn't you say you were FBI? Well, we usually like to maintain a low profile in these investigations.
Would you object if I spoke with Wesley? - Of course not.
- Thank you.
Why don't you check on your warrant? Just step outside, little lady, and let the men handle this? Do you want someone to talk to Wesley Reed or do you want to strike a blow for women everywhere? Go ahead.
- To your right.
- Thank you.
So, you're Wesley Reed.
You know, you are single-handedly responsible for ruining my Christmas? I was all set to spend the holidays quietly, just my fiancée and me in Los Angeles, but now I find myself here, in a jail cell with you.
I'm not on my couch, Wesley.
- Dude, who are you? - I'm with the FBI.
Agent Howard.
FBI? Well, what are you doing here? Member FDIC.
That sound familiar? - You ever wonder what that means? - No.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
And that means, somebody steals money from a bank, they're stealing it from the U.
S.
Government.
Then it automatically becomes my business.
So, let's talk about the armored car robbery you were involved with.
- I wasn't involved.
- You drove the truck.
Well, yeah, I drove the truck, but I wasn't involved, involved.
So why are you here, Wesley? I came home to spend Christmas with my grandma.
You were so anxious to see her, you walked out of a hospital in the middle of medical tests.
I was freaked out, man.
I've never been shot at before.
I just wanted to get out of town.
- How'd you get here so fast? - Plane.
There's no record of you on any airlines out of LA.
Drove to Vegas.
Flew from there.
That sounds like the actions of a man running away from something.
Sorry, Agent Howard, but the interview's over.
I'm gonna need a few more minutes.
You can talk as long as you want to, sir, just not in here.
Wesley, someone bailed you out.
- Hi there, Wesley.
Remember me? - What are you doing here? I'm posting your bail.
Hope you enjoyed your freedom, 'cause you're under arrest.
Let's go.
- Eight thousand dollars for bail? - I only had to put down 10ºº.
I know how bail works, Brenda, but if Wesley doesn't make it back for his hearing, you'll lose the rest.
- And he has a history of running away.
- Where are you taking me? Somewhere where I can ask you a few questions.
I'm not talking to you.
I didn't do anything.
- This is total bullshit.
- Watch your language, young man.
And if you didn't do anything, why did you hightail it back across the country after the robbery? I already told your FBI boy I don't know anything.
Now I want my phone call.
I want to talk to my brother.
- As soon as you answer my questions.
- I'm not answering nothing.
Got me? Nothing.
Zip.
I want to talk to my brother! - Not till you answer my questions.
- Forget it.
I got nothing to say.
Not a word.
Nothing.
Nada.
You know, for someone who has nothing to say, you sure do talk a lot.
- Why don't you just settle down? - Why don't you just go back - to working at Hooters? - Hey, knock it off! - Hey! Hey! Hey! - Hey! Hey! Sit back! Put your arms up.
- What are you doing? - Grab his legs, Fritzy.
- Wesley.
- Hey, back! Hey! Hey! - This is my daddy's car.
- Bitch.
You do one more thing to irritate me, and I'm going to shoot you.
Brenda doesn't lie.
We were shopping at Lenox Square, and all of a sudden I see this man, who I recognize as a fugitive from Los Angeles.
- We've got pictures all over the precinct.
- I wasn't at Lenox Square.
I was Mr.
Johnson, I will make sure that Brenda gets this man out of your house first thing in the morning.
Yes, and I will pay for the window, Daddy.
And I'm so sorry about all of this.
No need to apologize, especially when you don't mean it.
I'm going to bed.
You two are gonna sit up, watch him.
Young man, try not to murder me in my sleep.
Daddy, I really am sorry, but I had no choice.
I saw him and I Brenda, don't make things worse by telling stories.
Now, your mother and I canceled plans to go to St.
Augustine, where we were gonna meet up with your brothers, sisters-in-law, all your nieces and nephews.
You understand? Because you said that you were gonna be home for Christmas.
- But I was coming home.
- But not to see us.
No, you were coming home to find that boy, then you're gonna take him back.
You are going back, right? I was hoping this visit you'd want to be here, and not looking to leave as soon as you unzipped your suitcase.
Oh, Daddy.
Please don't be mad.
He's not mad, Brenda Leigh.
Just disappointed.
Maybe you'll find out yourself one day.
The child who comes home to visit the least, is the one you want to see the most.
We just miss you, is all.
Flynn.
Get on a plane to Atlanta.
Now.
- What, a plane I haven't even finished - Yes, you have.
I need you on the next flight to Atlanta.
I need you to transport a witness back to Los Angeles.
- I cannot leave my family.
- Tonight? I mean, how about Tao, or Gabriel? Lieutenant, what part of "get on a plane" are you struggling with? Lieutenant Tao is getting me my warrant.
Sergeant Gabriel is making sure that little Grady doesn't end up in foster care.
You and You and Lieutenant Provenza have the most experience with extraditions, and I purchased the tickets in your name.
But Chief, I I hurt my wrist.
Have Lieutenant Provenza carry the bags.
Get on that plane now.
- Business class tickets? - It's the only seats they had available.
- Oh, great.
- I'll run it through LAPD expenses.
Getting money back from a bureaucracy isn't easy, Brenda.
Well, then I'll pay us back with our house sale money.
We don't have that money yet.
Will you stop spending it like we do? Listen, you and I will fly home with Wesley.
You call Flynn back.
No, if we leave now, my parents are going to think that the only reason I came here was to arrest a fugitive.
- That is the only reason.
- It's not the only reason.
Look, Flynn and Provenza are on their way.
We're gonna stay here for the holidays, you and me, and Mama and Daddy, and it's going to be nice! Will you two please shut up? I'm trying to sleep.
Oh, good.
You're awake.
That'll give us some time to chat.
You really gonna marry this woman? It must be for the money.
I guess I could put up with all her crap if I could live in a nice house like this.
It's time for you to answer my questions.
- You gonna let me talk to my brother? - I'm sorry.
That's not possible right now.
Oh, this is gonna be a long night.
You get the first shift.
Move your feet.
He's in my chair.
- Better late than never.
- Come on.
Get up.
Lieutenant Provenza.
Lieutenant Flynn.
- Welcome to Atlanta.
- Thank you.
I could tell it was your house from a block away, Willie Ray.
And look at this.
Looks like something out of a Bing Crosby Christmas special.
Well, thank you, Lieutenant.
Let me fix you boys something to eat, - you must be famished.
- No, Mama, they're not hungry and they're not staying.
They've got a taxi waiting outside.
- Oh, no, no, no.
- Where have you two been? You were supposed to be here two hours ago.
We got bumped.
Well, I mean, we sort of volunteered.
I mean, how could we not? They were offering free tickets to anyone who'd take a later flight.
- Free tickets with no blackout dates.
- And he hasn't shut up about it since.
- Is this our package? - Yes, it is.
Gentlemen, meet Wesley Reed.
He's got a foul mouth, a bad temper, and he likes to kick things.
- Y'all have a nice flight.
- Bye.
Keep your hands in your pockets.
I'll cuff you when we're on the plane.
I can't do this.
I can't fly.
I'm gonna freak out.
Yeah? Well, you didn't freak out when you flew here from Vegas.
I'm getting dizzy.
I can't get on that airplane.
Don't worry about it.
If you start to feel sick, just throw up all over Flynn.
- I'm not getting on that airplane.
- Yeah, you are.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
I have a bomb.
I've got a bomb.
- I have a bomb! - Just remain calm, don't panic.
This gentleman is in custody, and he has no bomb.
Hi.
Hi, I'm Sergeant Gabriel.
Are you - I'm with Children's Services.
- Right.
- I'm here to pick up Grady Reed.
- Grady.
Great, okay.
Well, as soon as we are done with him, I will personally drive him down to the foster home.
- Do you have an address for me? - Sergeant, that's not how it works.
- He needs to come with us now.
- She's right.
Kid's got to go.
But you did find a foster home with some protection, right? - Excuse me? - The foster family, they have automatic weapons on hand, and someone who's comfortable using them? Grady.
Well, he's got people looking for him.
Yeah, these These guys after Grady, they're bad news.
They killed two men a couple of days ago with Uzis.
And the family needs to make sure that they keep their weapons away from him.
He's responsible for breaking one of our lieutenant's arms.
- Violent kid.
- Oh, my God.
Yeah, so, I mean, you have a family that can handle all that without any liability issues? Or, I guess, we could just hold him in protective custody until you do.
- We expecting company, Willie Ray? - No.
Maybe it's carolers! Come on.
Come on.
Brenda.
Brenda.
Come on.
I love carolers.
There are no rental cars available in the entire Atlanta Metropolitan Region.
There are no vans available, and even if there were flights available, we wouldn't be allowed on one, because we've just been added to the federal terrorist "No Fly" list.
I'll be a son-of-a Daddy, I swear, this wasn't supposed to happen.
Doesn't matter if it was or wasn't supposed to happen.
It did happen.
Now what we gotta do is get that criminal out of my house and out of my city.
We were gonna drive to Florida for Christmas, and so it's all ready.
- Isn't it beautiful? - Oh, Mama.
It's always been our dream to retire and travel this great country in an RV.
I can't say that a fugitive criminal was part of that dream, but I suppose that now is as good a time as any to get started.
- Oh, we can't take your RV.
- Why not? She's gassed up and ready to go.
Besides that, it's comfortable.
I don't think I can drive anything this big.
- Don't worry, I'll drive.
- The hell you will.
The only person allowed to drive my RV is Willie Ray.
Thank you, Fritz.
- Are you gonna do anything to help me? - I am helping.
I'm making sure we have the proper paperwork to take our fugitive across the country.
Lieutenant Tao.
I need an update as to whether I have an arrest warrant for Wesley Reed, so I don't face charges of kidnapping when I get home.
And please don't turn off your cell phone when I'm in a different time zone, thank you.
Happy holidays.
Okay, I'm here to help.
Never mind.
Oh, Mama, that's nice.
Sit down, please, at the table.
Don't even think about it.
These are for five days of Jockey shorts, socks, deodorant, razors, toothbrush Thank you.
And here's a receipt for the stylish clothes he picked out.
And you, listen.
I'm not gonna handcuff you, okay? 'Cause this RV's gonna be traveling down the highway at about 60 miles an hour.
So if you jump out, you'll be doing us all a big favor.
- You got it? - Happy holidays to you, too, asshole.
Watch your language.
Water bottles? - In the fridge.
- Okay.
- Vicky? - At the neighbors.
Perry Como Christmas CD? Check.
Now, the key to long-distance travel is organization.
I've made a schedule that will allow us to get to LA in four days.
If we adhere strictly to it, we should be able to skip most of the rush-hour traffic in the metropolitan areas that we'll be traveling through.
Now, since this vehicle only sleeps five, we'll be stopping at several high-class RV motels, where Lieutenant Provenza and Lieutenant Flynn will disembark for the night, and get some shuteye.
Lieutenant Provenza, what is the matter with you? It's It's all this garland stuff up here.
It makes my eyes water.
He's allergic to Christmas.
What a surprise.
All right, holding up.
Moving out.
Clay, I cannot drive safely if you keep distracting me this way.
Cheese and crackers, Willie Ray! You know, only one thing gets me in the holiday spirit Well, your Perry Como CDs didn't just get up and walk away.
They've got to be here somewhere.
Why don't we all sing some carols? Wouldn't that be fun? Oh, come, all ye faithful Joyful and triumphant Oh, come ye, oh, come ye To Bethlehem Come on, everybody! Come and behold him Born the king of Not much traffic today.
We're making awfully good time.
You know what I keep thinking about? The old guard that died.
What was his name? - Arnie, I think.
- Right.
Arnie, Arnie, Arnie.
The one who told Wesley to stay inside when his friends were shooting up that armored car.
Did y'all ever talk? Arnie was a nice older guy.
Had a family that loved him.
Was Arnie ever rude to you, Wesley? I wanna speak to my brother.
You're so concerned about your brother's welfare, why did you run away? Leave him alone in a city he barely knew, thousands of miles from home? You must have felt you were in danger of some kind.
Please.
I'm I'm begging you, okay? Just Just five minutes with him on the phone.
He's gonna be freaked out not hearing from me.
You want to find out what's going on with Grady, you talk to me first.
Wait.
I need to use the toilet.
Lieutenant.
Come on.
That's as far as I go.
Hello? - Hello, Chief.
- Am I on speakerphone? No.
Oh, good.
Lieutenant Tao, do we have our warrant? Uh, no.
But, here's the good news.
When Wesley Reed was charged with possession, he agreed to attend a diversion program as part of his sentencing, but he didn't finish it, so, as soon as you get him back to California, you can arrest him.
But I still don't have the paperwork I need to bring him across state lines.
Look, no matter what, don't put me on the phone with Chief Pope.
If y'all need to call me, just call me from your cell phones.
Any news on the shooters? - Shooters.
- Oh.
Yeah, Chief, as Sorry.
As far as known associates, nothing's come up yet on either nickname Grady gave us.
Tell her about that getaway car.
This crew's three previous robberies, twice they used an Astro van, and once they used a Chevy Suburban.
These are not rare vehicles, Detective.
Well, that's probably why they use them, Chief.
Ask her about About Pope.
Ask her about Pope.
Hold on, Sergeant Gabriel wants to talk to you.
So What do you want me to tell Pope? Well, tell him I'm having extradition problems, and I'll call him when I have some news.
What does Grady say? Well, Chief, if he knows anything about our shooters other than their nickname, he's not telling.
Well, where is he now? - In your office.
- Put him in my house, please, before someone notices he's not in foster care.
And try and get him to talk to you.
Chief, Chief.
Let Sanchez have a go at him.
No.
Take Detective Sanchez with you.
- Chief? - Yes.
I got water here.
I got water here! Sergeant Gabriel, let me call you right back.
Wesley.
Wesley, what are you doing in there? Open the door this instant.
- He's breaking the window.
- Clay, I'm pulling off the highway.
Yeah.
Pull off the first street and park as quick as you can.
Okay.
Son, if you hurt my RV, I may just have to kill you.
Daddy, Daddy, please.
Brenda Leigh, no.
I just replaced that door.
You can't kick it in.
I I'll unlock it.
Now let me go get the key.
Why don't we just shoot the bastard? Wesley Reed, open this door this instant.
He's going out the window, Chief.
He's going out that window.
Wesley! Get off me.
Get off.
Wesley! So, Clay, what's the good news? Well.
Your little friend there not only snapped off the foot paddle, - he also got stuffed his shirt - My shirt.
Whoever's shirt, so far down the toilet that I have to have my dump valve snaked.
I'm calling the plumber and having him meet us at the first RV motel we come to.
Daddy, I'm so sorry.
I'll pay for everything.
I promise.
You bet you will.
In the mean time, that head is off limits.
Damn it.
- Come on, everybody.
Get on.
- Wait Clay.
You telling me we're gonna go cross-country with no working toilet? The pioneers who settled this country didn't have working toilets, and they didn't have hundreds of clean rest stops all along the highway.
We'll manage, Lieutenant.
Yes, ma'am.
Come on.
Come on.
Will you knock it off? What do you think you're doing? Fritz, would you like to give me a hand, please? - I'm not getting back on that thing.
- Oh, yeah? Hey, help! Help! Help me! These These people are trying to kidnap me! - They're trying to kidnap me - Hey, shut up! - Help me.
Somebody call the police.
- Shut up! Shut up! - Help! - FBI, ladies and gentlemen.
FBI.
Sorry for the interruption.
Listen to me, you delinquent.
I want you to calm down, get out from under this table, and get on that RV.
Now! Not until I talk to my brother.
I'm afraid that's not possible, Wesley.
Why not? Why can't I speak to him? I didn't want to have to tell you this, but on the day that you left Los Angeles, unidentified assailants broke into the apartment that you share with Grady and attacked him.
What are you talking about? By the time responding officers arrived on the scene, Grady, who had been shot several times, at close range, with an automatic weapon, could not be resuscitated.
- You're lying.
- I wish I were.
Where is he? Where is he right now? He's at the LA morgue, pending notification of next-of-kin for funeral I'm his next-of-kin! I am! I'm his next-of-kin.
I'm sorry about this, Wesley.
I really am.
Wesley? Don't think about anything else for a second.
Just give me your hand.
Come on.
Chief.
Chief, I don't know if that was such a good idea.
If it gets him to talk, it's an excellent idea, Lieutenant.
Look, before you get back on the RV, I'd like you to call Lieutenant Tao, please.
Have him to go back to Wesley's apartment and fake a crime scene depicting Grady's murder.
Thank you.
Where the hell is everybody? Good evening, Chief Pope.
Commander Why are Chief Johnson and Flynn and Provenza not back with our suspect? Why? The DA wouldn't allow payment on an extradition order based on Wesley's absence from a diversion program.
So I faxed Chief Johnson a waiver, in which, if the suspect signs it, it will allow us to She expects Wesley Reed to remand himself into LAPD custody, while we're investigating him for felony murder? And she needs Flynn and Provenza to help her accomplish that? There was You know, there was an airport problem.
And, unfortunately Whoa, whoa, Whoa.
Lieutenant Tao.
Are you telling me they are driving the suspect here? From Atlanta? You know, they're almost here.
Making really good time.
They're They're in Willcox, Arizona.
Without a warrant? Get Chief Johnson on the phone.
Now.
Wesley.
You haven't eaten since day-before-yesterday.
Okay, I've got Lieutenants Flynn and Provenza all squared away in the motel, and here's the receipt.
Oh, great.
If you don't want the fried chicken, I'll bet we could get you a hamburger somewhere.
Hello? I'm sorry, Chief.
It's her voice mail.
I'll just leave her a message.
Perhaps she already received the waiver and she's just gonna call to confirm.
I've got the waiver in my hand.
Though how I'm ever gonna to get Wesley to sign it when he won't even talk to me, I do not know.
Are you standing right next to Pope? Hello, Chief, this is Lieutenant Tao, and Chief Pope would like me to tell you - Give me the phone.
- Chief Pope will tell you himself.
Freeze.
Freeze.
Chief Johnson, when I put you in charge of this investigation, it was to stop a gang that uses automatic weapons from striking another armored car and killing more people.
Here.
In LA.
If you're not back here by tomorrow afternoon, Taylor is taking over the case again.
And you'd better have a warrant or extradition papers for this Wesley, because I don't want him getting off on murder charges because you don't have your paperwork in order.
Unfreeze.
Thank you.
Look, Daddy.
We're gonna have to get back to Los Angeles by late tomorrow afternoon.
That means we're all gonna have to leave really, really early.
I'm I'm so sorry.
You know, if you don't mind me sticking my nose in, I've been thinking about the problem you and your mother have been having.
I've come up with a two-bird, one-stone solution.
Over 21? Wesley, you know what? I think you're still in a little bit of shock.
And what you may need to get your appetite back is a good stiff drink.
Or two.
Now you take it on the rocks or straight up, son? You got any Coke? Coke? Now, son, that's premium bourbon.
You don't put soda into that.
I drink it with Coke.
Daddy, get the Coke.
Doesn't seem right, though.
You know Wesley has a drug and alcohol problem.
And his friends are killing people with Uzis.
Would you rather see Wesley hung over or more dead guards on the news? Pick your poison.
Well, the kid's going into lifetime rehab, anyways.
Thanks.
Second drink comes when your dinner plate is half-empty.
So you told us a few days ago that your brother's friend, R.
J.
, was irritated when Wesley got hired by TAS, right? Yeah.
He didn't think it was fair.
So I went through all the employment applications to TAS from the same time your brother was hired.
And I found a guy named Randall Jackson Gibson.
Now, TAS turned Randall down after speaking with a previous employer, the owner of a used car dealership.
And he that said that while Randall was working for him, several of his vehicles went missing, including an Astro van.
And that's one of the getaway vehicles the gang who shot at your brother uses.
So you gotta look at these photos, okay? - And, if you could identify R.
J.
For us - Wait, well What about Thumps? Well, they roll together, R.
J.
And Thumps.
- We find one - Look, Grady.
Grady, these guys are going to kill your brother.
And if we let you go, guess what? They're gonna be waiting for you.
So here's the deal.
I got a bunch of photos here, and one of these is R.
J.
So you need to pick him out! Right now! Or I am going to drive you to Family Services, where they will place you in foster care, and bang! We'll send flowers to your funeral.
You You said You said I was a material witness.
You said that I had to be protected.
Yeah, well, you're not a witness if you did not see anything! So if you cannot identify R.
J.
, we got no reason to protect you! You swear this helps my brother? On your honor? On my honor.
Four.
- Now, are you sure? - It's four.
I went to this guy's apartment.
He wasn't there.
No forwarding address.
So I've picked him out, and you can't even find him.
Trust me.
I'll find him.
On my honor.
Hey.
How about a roadie? Hey, Brenda? On one condition.
I need to get some fresh air.
What's his problem? Just a little tired, I guess.
- So you want that drink or not? - Yeah.
I need you to look at a picture, first.
A witness identified this man as one of the two people fleeing from your apartment on the night that Grady was murdered.
Randall Jackson Gibson.
Wesley, I need you to help me find the guys who murdered your brother.
And you can help me.
I know it.
No one was supposed to get hurt.
They They promised.
They were just Just supposed to shoot across my windshield.
But then I saw Arnie get hit.
And I saw him fall and I You got out of the car.
- You broke with the plan.
- I yelled at them to stop it.
And then they fired at me.
Then I I didn't know what to do.
I was so scared that I left Grady behind.
I left him behind because I was too scared to go home.
I ran out on my little brother.
I ran out on him.
I ran out on him.
So So, Randall Jackson is your friend.
And And the other guy Thumps.
Jimmy Grissom.
He and R.
J.
Are meth heads.
And, well, I stopped using when I got Grady.
I went to Atlanta and took him to LA, because my stupid grandmother Do you know how lucky you are? Huh? - Do you have any idea? - Lucky? You think everybody grows up in a family with a mom and a dad who can take care of them? Because they don't.
Well, my daddy, he dropped me and Grady off at Gran's when I was nine.
And he never came back.
And my mother was an addict and finally OD'd last year.
So I took Grady from Gran because someone had to look after him.
Why did they have to hurt him? Why? Maybe they were mad at you, 'cause you ran away.
Y'all were supposed to be partners.
You even joined TAS so you could find out where the big hauls were.
Isn't that right? Hey, you know what? I liked it there.
Arnie, he's my friend.
He used to have us over for dinner.
And then Hayes took me and Grady to a professional baseball game.
Dodgers.
And they have fireworks, and Grady said it was the best night of Where are R.
J.
And Thumps? I don't know.
- But you were in contact with them.
- Not once I got the job at TAS.
We used They used to send me What is it? Disposable phone.
In the mail.
And call me, and I gave them route information.
And when I was done with it, I threw the phone away.
We weren't even supposed to meet up until our next job.
There's gonna be another robbery? - Christmas Eve.
- Where? I could find out where.
I know R.
J.
's girlfriend.
Not her name, but her face.
And I know where she hangs out.
All right, Wesley.
In order to set up a deal for you with the DA, I'm gonna need you to sign this extradition waiver.
And then, if you can help us find R.
J.
And Thumps, maybe some good will come out of all this.
Yeah.
Like maybe they get their heads blown off.
Thank you, Wesley.
- You know, when all this is over - It's over already, Brenda.
It was over the day-before-yesterday.
No thanks.
It's not helping anymore.
- Welcome back, Chief.
- Hey, Chief.
- Detective, Lieutenant.
- Are your parents with you? They are just about to park the RV in front of my house in about 25 minutes.
- What's happening here? - Robbery /Homicide Division is still staking out likely target banks based on Wesley's scheduled route.
And we cued up the crime scene video you asked for.
Wonderful.
Thank you.
All right.
Okay, Wesley.
Come on.
There's something you need to see.
You have a Deputy DA coming in and a lawyer for Wesley? They're in an interview room together.
And Chief Pope wants to see you upstairs as soon as you're done.
- Okay.
- Chief, you got the boy's confession.
I think he would be even more cooperative if he knew that his little brother was alive.
That's a gamble, Lieutenant.
Okay, Wesley.
You really wanna see this? Okay, Buzz.
Buzz, in here.
You have to identify yourself for the court.
Oh, sorry.
Hello.
Lieutenant Michael Tao, Priority Homicide.
We believe the struggle began in here when the assailants discovered our victim hiding underneath this bed.
We also feel that when the information was extracted, someone or somebody took something out of here.
Go to Julio Detective Sanchez.
Detective Julio Sanchez.
We think this blood came from our victim's scalp when his head struck the wall here.
The victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds here, here and here.
Contusions, lacerations and abrasions.
The victim was found duct-taped to this chair.
Get that side.
For now that's it, Buzz.
Thanks.
What do you want me to do? Last night, Wesley Reed signed a waiver allowing us to transfer him from Georgia to the custody of the LAPD.
He's been read his rights in front of a public defender, repeated his confession and made a deal with the DA to turn state's evidence against our shooters.
In return for leniency, Wesley's agreed to wear a wire and a camera and make an attempt to locate Randall Jackson Gibson, aka R.
J.
, and James Grissom, aka Thumps, before their next robbery, which he believes will happen sometime tomorrow.
Great work.
You got a confession.
And, now we have everything we need to put these other two guys away once we find them.
I have SIS units coordinating with Robbery /Homicide all along Wesley's route.
Of course, the armored cars won't have any cash on them, and they'll be covered by nearly an entire division of police officers.
In order to enlist his cooperation, I told Wesley that R.
J.
And Thumps murdered his little brother.
So I feel responsible for Sending Wesley back out on the street is a condition of his agreement with the DA, so it's not your problem.
Set up the wire on Wesley and turn him over to Commander Taylor and Detective Ross, and enjoy what's left of your holiday while they mop up.
And so afterward, you'll let Wesley and Grady meet for an hour on Christmas Day? Look, Wesley made a deal, but if he hadn't turned state's evidence, he'd be looking at the death penalty, which I think he deserves.
Please don't tell me you're feeling some sort of misplaced holiday compassion here.
- Because to me, this kid's a killer.
- And I treated him like one.
But for the sake of his little brother, I think I see no problem with a Christmas visit, Chief.
If you wanna bring a teenage boy to County jail on Christmas Day, okay.
Thank you, Commander.
Wait a minute.
Chief.
We spent days with Wesley.
I mean, we've established a relationship with him.
I don't think it's a good idea to hand him off to complete strangers Excuse me, Lieutenant, Chief Pope is right.
This is a tactical operation now, for which SIS and Robbery /Homicide are much more suited than we are.
Excuse us, gentlemen.
Well, that was a lot easier than I thought it would be.
Yeah, I wonder why.
Okay.
That wire's not a homing device.
You don't let Detective Ross know where you are, he'll lose you.
If you think you're about to get in trouble, just tell me where you are, I'll come running.
Otherwise, I'm gonna try and stay about half a mile away.
We don't want to make your friends nervous.
The video camera is in this button.
It doesn't broadcast live.
We download it when you give it back to us.
Which means I got no picture of what's going on.
So keep talking.
Let me do a sound check.
Where's Brenda? She's not participating in this phase of the investigation.
Well, but, like, isn't she even going to come in and say good-bye? Look, it doesn't matter.
You're only going to be out on the street until tomorrow.
Then you're gonna return here and turn yourself in.
You can see her then.
Oh.
Okay.
- Tell her I said so long.
- All right.
Let me get our end of things and I'll be right back.
- Anything else? - No.
Thank you.
Just Just try to make sure he doesn't get hurt.
- Do my best.
- Thank you.
Just in case we miss each other, merry Christmas, Lieutenant.
For real.
Yeah? Okay.
Merry Christmas.
And remember this, Wesley.
You run off, this whole deal goes away.
And then you're gonna be facing two charges of felony murder in the first degree.
You got it? All right, let's go.
We have the transmitters embedded in his shoes? Yes, but I don't wanna oversell it, Chief.
We have longitude and latitude in about a 100-yard radius in which to track him.
But precise, it is not.
Well, it's in Taylor's hands now.
And if the Commander drops the ball, we've got another chance to pick it up.
Hi, Sergeant.
Welcome back, Chief.
Where is everybody? Fritz went to bed.
Your father's asleep in the RV.
And Sergeant Gabriel had to watch over Grady here, who your father and I were very surprised to meet.
Anyway, I stayed with the Sergeant to keep him company until you came home.
I'm gonna step out on the porch for a minute, okay? If you need me, just call me.
Thanks.
I know what you're thinking, Mama.
But I had to lie about Grady being dead, so that Wesley would tell me the truth.
That's my job.
And you had to lie to your father and me, too? We drove all the way across the country feeling just horrible about the murder of a young boy who is fast asleep on your sofa.
If I had told you and Daddy the truth, you would have treated Wesley differently.
And then he might have figured out that I was lying to him.
And then he wouldn't have confessed.
And I'm sorry if your feelings got hurt, but what I did will help bring two murderers in off the streets.
And that has to be worth something.
Worth? Worth putting Wesley through four days of hell? Making him feel responsible for the death of the one person he loved more than anyone else in the world.
You feel so sorry for Wesley? What about these two men? Arnie Gillon and Jimmy Hayes.
Two families who's gonna have an empty seat at the table for Christmas dinner this year because of what Wesley did.
Talk to the Gillons.
Or Jimmy's mom.
See how they feel about how awful I was to Wesley.
Excuse me, Chief.
Speaking of Wesley, he apparently just dumped his wire.
Ross lost him.
I want two squad cars outside of this house right now and someone from SIS.
And as soon as they get here, I want you to come back to the Murder Room, okay? Thank you.
Mama, I feel terrible about how I had to treat Wesley.
But just know, if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing.
Hey, Brenda.
I watched that crime scene tape you showed me and you know what? It showed how R.
J.
And Thumps broke in and how they killed Grady looking for the money.
Here's the thing.
R.
J.
And Thumps knew where my money was all along, just like I knew where they kept theirs.
So they wouldn't have needed to kill Grady.
So that means, I reckon Grady's still alive.
Now, unfortunately, that means that Grady's the one who told you who R.
J.
And Thumps are.
Well, they're gonna figure that out, too, when you catch them.
They're not gonna like it, either.
See? This time, I'm not running away.
And if things don't work out for me, look after my little brother, will you? And And thanks to your mom and dad for being so nice to me and all.
I hope you get this message here.
Okay, gotta run.
How'd we find the wire? Wesley called it in himself three hours ago.
Told us where to look.
Sanchez picked it up.
And after we downloaded the camera, I thought you should see this.
What are we looking at now? Coastal Pacific Savings.
Two blocks from the Santa Ana Freeway.
He left the camera right across the street from it.
That's That's not one of the banks we're covering.
It wasn't on Wesley's route.
Well, it was on Arnie Gillon's.
And there's about $400,000 on board.
Robbery /Homicide is leading eight-man teams at four other banks, SIS is fully deployed, and nobody is in the right place.
Are you sure? In addition to the wire that we put on for Detective Ross, we also embedded transmitters in Wesley's shoes.
The GPS can't get a precise location, but we've been tracking him all night long.
First of all, he must have obtained a vehicle, then he drove into the Park La Brea apartments.
He may be looking for R.
J.
And Thumps.
Or maybe going to pick up a stash gun.
But then he did something strange.
He went back to Coastal Pacific.
The bank where he dropped the wire.
That wasn't an accident.
I have undercover officers looking for him right now, but Wesley has a radius of more than You put transmitters on this kid before you handed him off to Ross.
So you obviously suspected he might do something like this.
You had your doubts about the confession.
No.
The confession was good.
It had gaps.
I was just covering our bases.
Look, sir.
If Wesley wanted to deal with Thumps and R.
J.
Himself and save us the time and the energy That was not my strategy, Commander.
I was providing emergency backup in case it was needed.
And obviously it is.
Look, have your team vest-up and get to this bank.
Put your best shot on the roof and out of sight.
Have him prepared to take out these killers the moment they draw their weapons.
Any change in Wesley's whereabouts? No movement, Chief.
But I do see an Astro van.
Here comes Provenza.
Look around the target area, but as inconspicuously as possible.
If R.
J.
And Thumps do intend to rob the place, we don't want to tip them off that we're there.
Thank you.
Inform the bank, so that customers are not let out during the period right before and after the truck unloads.
I don't want any more innocent people shot.
Search the area for Wesley.
If he's not moving, he has to be hiding somewhere.
Find him.
Get right on top of anybody who seems vulnerable.
Don't leave anyone in the open unprotected.
Sanchez is in position.
All right.
Car's coming towards us.
Chief, this is it.
We wanna catch them in the act.
We don't want a gunfight if it can be avoided.
Let's take them down, with as little mess as possible.
Okay.
Wait for it.
Wait for it.
- Get on the floor! - On the floor! - Get on the floor! - Get on your back! - Get on the ground! - Get on the ground! Wesley.
Wesley, drop your gun.
Drop your gun, right now.
- Drop your weapon! - Step away from the car.
Wesley, on the ground, now! - Drop your weapon, man! - On the ground, now! Wesley.
- Drop your weapon! - Holster your gun! - LAPD! Drop your weapon! - Drop your gun! - LAPD! - Drop your weapon! Put your weapons on the ground, now! Now! God.
Well, your pants may need taking up a little.
It's all so much, these These presents.
I don't know if I can keep it.
Well, Brenda and I made some extra money selling the bungalow, and she was afraid we might have a little left over, so Well, when I see Wes again, I'll be sure to ask him if it's okay if I keep everything.
I know he's doing important work for the police, but do you think, maybe, he'll call me today? Wes? That's something you'll have to talk to Brenda Leigh about.
- Oh, Brenda! - Grady.
Grady.
Ask her at the restaurant.
Right now we gotta get going.
Reservation's at 1:00.
I can't believe I won't be cooking Christmas dinner.
Brenda! Come on! Oh, do you think this fancy beach hotel would mind valeting an RV? I would love to see them valet the RV, Willie Ray.
Let's take it.
Brenda! Come on! Y'all are being too nice.
You know? Wesley, he must be a Must be some kind of hero, right? In his own way, yes.
And I think now, for the rest of the day, we should all concentrate on having a merry Christmas.
All right? I'll talk to her.
Brenda.
I'm I'm not quite ready, okay? I just I just need one minute.
If you don't pull it all together, Grady's gonna think something's wrong.
Something is wrong, Daddy.
I have to tell that boy, tomorrow, that his brother's dead.
No, you do not.
You're gonna tell him that Wesley's working with the police, undercover, until the kid gets used to not seeing him.
How much longer do you think Grady's gonna believe that? You told your mother you were a professional liar.
I think you could figure something out to tell him.
Make him believe it.
You You have a tough job.
You have to make hard decisions.
But, I guess if I would trust anybody with making hard decisions, it'd be my little girl.
I try to do what's right.
I do, to the very best of my ability.
When you're packing up this place tomorrow, we'll part company.
Your mother and I want to take Grady with us.
We'll tell him it's a witness protection program or something like that.
Wesley was right.
He told me to say thank you to my mom and my dad.
He also told me how lucky I am to have you, and I am.
I am so lucky.
Are you sure you wanna do this, Daddy? With Grady? He's a Georgia boy, and he's a minor.
We don't want him ending up like his brother.
So, yes, we're sure.
Now then, I want you to put a smile on your face and spring in your step.
It's a holiday, damn it.
Oh, and When you get to that RV, there better be some Perry Como CDs somewhere.
You're not the only one that's having a hard time getting in the Christmas spirit.
We'll meet you out front.
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