S.W.A.T. (2017) s03e19 Episode Script
Vice
1
Previously on SWAT
You don't want to marry the wrong woman.
But you don't want to be so scared that you, you don't marry the right one, either.
Look at Hondo and Luca.
I bet they weren't planning on dying single.
You got a work thing here? I can't just come visit my big sister? Well, sure you can.
Othella Baker.
I have never in my life had so much trouble giving away a million dollars.
I just need the name of a worthy charity that you believe in.
24-David, off-duty traveling east on Los Feliz following a possible DUI in a yellow BMW.
Requesting a patrol unit to meet.
Sir, stay where you are.
I'm a police officer.
I'm really sorry about this, but, uh, no one got hurt.
So, maybe we just forget about this one, huh? That's not how it works.
Let me see your license and registration.
All right.
Don't know where my registration is.
All I've got is Are you serious? Have you been drinking tonight? I can't get into trouble, okay? My dad'll kill me.
Tell you what, I got a breathalyzer in the car why don't we have you blow? - Start there? - I don't have to blow.
I know my damn rights.
Suit yourself.
He'll arrest you now and you can blow at the station.
I'm still gonna need that license.
That wasn't smart, Jacob Carter.
Chris Alonso, Metro Division.
Driver was swerving off the road, refused to blow and tried to bribe me.
I'll bring him in.
Book him down at 11th Division.
I'll swing by in the morning.
I want to personally hand in a reporting statement on this guy.
Sir, you're gonna need to turn around and put your hands behind your back.
Sure you don't want any help? Where I come from, if someone cooks you an amazing meal, - you handle the mess.
- Well, the way I was raised, is when you host a beautiful woman in your home, you take care of everything.
- Everything, huh? - Everything.
Winnie, what you doing here? Oh, so you can dish out surprise visits, but you can't take them? VIP client wanted to take a quick trip to L.
A.
for the weekend.
Casino asked me to make sure he and his buddies had a good time.
So I just got some time to kill.
I thought I'd drop in, see if you wanted - to grab a late bite.
- Listen, sis, I kind of got my own thing going on over here, so maybe we can catch up tomorrow? - Oh Hey.
- No.
Winnie.
Winnie.
Winnie.
I'm Winnie.
I'm Hondo's sister.
Hi.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Nichelle.
We just poured some wine.
Care to join us? I would love to.
Well, what are we celebrating? Four months of dating.
H? Look Hondo, I Thank you.
I didn't know Hondo had a woman in his life all this time.
He's always so private about his personal life.
Tough guy likes to keep things to himself.
I've got him to talk about his feelings once or twice.
Nichelle, Nichelle.
Did you say twice? You two, um, got a lot of catching up to do.
Might be best if I got some rest anyway.
Tomorrow's a big night.
No-no, please stay.
I never get to meet anyone Hondo's dating.
And what's going on tomorrow? We're going to a glitzy red carpet party being thrown by Othella Baker.
Billionaire tech CEO.
Hondo saved her life a few weeks ago.
It wasn't quite that dramatic.
It was.
And so she offered to donate to any charity he wanted, and he picked my community center.
- You run your own community center? - Right here in the neighborhood.
We work with kids.
Host outreach events, that sort of thing.
Y'all are too cute.
- I'm sorry, you're so cute.
- No, Winnie.
Stop.
Oh, come on That is beautiful.
Hondo, I'm-I'm surprised.
I mean, you're taking this girl down the red carpet, showing off for the cameras.
I'm proud of you.
- Nichelle's the hero, not me.
- Aw So, Nichelle, you from here? Uh, Baldwin Hills, actually.
- And you live down here now? - Mm-hmm.
Well, there's a story there.
And I got a couple hours to kill.
Good thing we've got a whole bottle.
Cheers.
- Thank you.
- No problem.
That hit the spot.
Yeah.
Surfing really works up an appetite.
After this, though, I could really use a nap.
Uh, actually, I was thinking of working the meal off first.
Later.
I'm exhausted.
I just meant take a quick walk down the strand.
For old time's sake.
Surfing at El Porto, brunch at my favorite café, and then a walk on the beach? What's the special occasion? Who needs an excuse to be with you? I like the sound of that.
Let me just use the restroom first.
Everybody down! Down! Call 911! You didn't get the cop! He shot me! Get up! Tan! You two okay? We were lucky.
Others weren't.
Three wounded, one critical.
What the hell happened here? Three shooters, and they were coming for me.
Coming for you? Why, man? That's what I've been standing here asking myself.
Did you recognize that guy? No, but I know the ring on his finger.
It belongs to a motorcycle club.
North Foothill Posse.
Those guys are meth dealers and hell raisers, Tan.
They ain't straight-up killers.
I've never heard of them coming after cops.
What the hell is this all about? I haven't crossed paths with the Posse since my days back in Vice.
It's at least seven years ago.
And we still got two shooters out there? - Yeah.
- Okay, we have to check everything out.
But in the meantime, I got to bench you until we sort this out.
Hondo, they could have killed Bonnie.
If this dates back to my Vice days, I have CIs from that world who only trust me.
I'm an asset on this.
All right, but where you go, it is me running point.
I ain't letting anything else happen to you.
- Do you understand? - Yeah.
All right, let's deal with your girl.
I'll take care of her from here.
- Thank you.
- All right.
Hey, Bonnie.
Listen, I'm gonna get you to a hotel.
We're gonna have detectives stand outside your door.
Standard protocol.
You'll be safe.
Sure.
Protocol.
Sounds good.
This way.
Right here.
Hey.
How's Bonnie holding up? Guess we'll see.
Is it supposed to feel like this, like you're relieved? But mostly just pissed? Yeah.
Wait till you have kids.
They get put in harm's way, you're ready to rain holy hell down on whoever put them there.
I already am.
The shooter Tan bagged is Evander Keats.
Oceanside native.
He joined the North Foothill Posse back in '09.
He's got a small run of low-level priors.
Disorderly conduct and simple assault.
No list of accomplices, and now he's lawyered up and he ain't telling us jack.
You think it's a paid hit? I worked the Foothill Posse seven years ago.
Don't know why they'd come for me now.
Maybe this will help.
Ballistics came back on the shells from the café.
They match shells from another shooting four hours ago in Mar Vista and another, three hours ago in Brentwood.
Looks like our shooters killed two other victims before coming for Tan.
A mechanic and a city prosecutor.
This has to be connected to an old case.
Wait a minute.
I know them.
Back in 2013, that mechanic was a witness for that prosecutor.
They both helped put away Conor Pope.
L.
A.
's self-proclaimed meth king.
- How are you tied in? - I was Pope's arresting officer.
This says Pope's been incarcerated since 2013, serving 50 years.
If he wanted to put out a contract hit from behind bars, why wait till now? So he could be there in person.
Just got this.
Conor Pope escaped from a federal penitentiary approximately ten hours ago.
Bragged to his cellmate that he was finally gonna get his payback.
Apparently he's got a list of targets.
Grabbed this from your attack, too.
Never thought I'd have to see that face again.
Yeah, well, now he's got to worry about seeing our faces.
I really have to get to Metro.
What's taking so long? I'm just submitting a reporting statement.
I can't find the citation in last night's log.
Jacob Carter.
Bagged on a DUI.
I can't find him, Officer Alonso.
No one by that name was booked.
Can you please check again? It was just off Los Feliz.
He would have been brought in around 11:00.
I don't know what to tell you.
He's not here.
That's impossible.
I watched him get in the back of a cruiser myself.
Sorry.
If he's not in the system, he was never processed.
What else do we know about Conor Pope? He ran the city's largest meth game a decade back.
Cooked up one of the most potent strains in SoCal.
Street cops called it Crystal Death.
He used bikers from the Foothill Posse for distribution.
If people weren't killing themselves with it, they were killing someone else over it.
While I was on Vice in 2013, a whole task force had been created just to bring this guy down.
Okay, if this stuff was everywhere, why did it take so long to nail him? We couldn't find anything connecting Pope directly to his empire.
He ran a tight ship.
Knew all the rules, how to bend them, when and where to break them.
You worked the case, too, Lieutenant? Oh, yeah.
I was in Hollywood Division at the time.
- We were all across it.
- Okay, how'd you finally get him? Well, to be honest, we got lucky.
I was on dump detail, found a business ledger in his trash connected his income, supply, customers.
It was just the smoking gun we needed.
The D.
A.
used it to convict, sent his ass away for good.
- Yeah, or so we thought.
- Pope's got a kill list targeting the people who put him in prison.
Witness, prosecutor and Tan were the first three targets.
Attorneys, judges, jurors, other witnesses could all be next.
Scoop up potential targets, have them brought to HQ for protection.
Okay, wait, wait, wait.
Okay, that's defense.
What's our plan on offense to track down Conor Pope? His girlfriend, Jacinda Herrera.
She was the last one to visit him in prison.
That's one place to start.
Luca, have Chris pick her up with a patrol unit.
- Got it.
- I got an old source I want to visit, guy who runs a gear shop the Posse brings their bikes to.
Well, let's hope he still likes you.
Hey, Tan.
Gear up.
I'll meet you outside in a minute.
Nichelle.
- Hey, bae.
- Hey.
Everything all right? I think I left my wallet at your place last night.
Guess I had one too many glasses with your sister.
- Thank god for Uber.
- Well, you guys hit it off.
If we didn't run out of wine, we might have gone till dawn.
So, do you mind if I grab your house keys? I'll bring them back when I pick you up tonight before the gala.
Yeah.
They're in my car.
- Come on.
- Okay.
I'm looking forward to it.
If Winnie is still around, you should invite her to the party.
Okay.
I can ask her, I just sort of pictured just us tonight.
That's sweet, but with all the big money Othella invited, I'll be working the room all night.
Between that, keeping my parents occupied, my friends Your parents are coming? It's all they've been talking about since I told them.
I don't know who they're more excited to meet, Othella Baker or my SWAT boyfriend.
Well, yeah, sure, I'll check in with Winnie.
- I know she loves that type of stuff.
- Mm.
But look, I got to run right now.
We're about to roll out.
But I'll see you tonight unless work gets in the way.
- Okay.
Stay safe.
- All right.
Yeah.
Bonnie's not picking up.
I just want to make sure - she got to the hotel okay.
- Hey, you'd be the first to hear if she didn't.
She's in good hands.
That's not what I'm worried about.
She watched me shoot someone, knock another guy out.
The way she looked at me after, - it was like she was afraid of me.
- You're worried she saw a side of you only the bad guys should.
Yeah.
And I had the whole day planned.
Every detail down to the minute before I got on one knee.
Wait, wait.
Hold on a minute.
You were gonna propose today? Yeah.
Just after brunch.
- Oh, man.
Wow.
- Yeah, and on top of that, I lost the ring.
You what? At the restaurant.
Pope's guys started shooting at me, everything went flying.
I couldn't find it afterwards.
Okay.
I'll talk to the guys on the scene.
M.
E.
s, CSIs, have them take a look.
It's a lost cause, man.
Hey, listen.
You and Bonnie are gold together.
I quit the apps 'cause I wanted something like what you two have.
And that led me to meet Molly.
So let me work on the ring.
Officer Tan.
It's been a while.
I stopped chasing the Foothill Posse when I left Vice.
Now they're chasing me.
Did you know? A guy like Pope breaks out of prison? Everyone knows.
- That I was on his kill list? - I just heard about it from some Foothill Posse guys in here getting tune-ups.
There's nothing I could do to stop it from happening.
It never occurred to you to pick up the phone? And risk Pope putting me on his list? There's no stopping a man like that.
Yeah, certainly not with your help.
Prison break? Hit crew? That's a lot to put together from a cell, and he had to pay for it.
How'd he do it? Before he went away, Pope left a huge cache of benzyl cyanide in one of his old labs.
He promised it to the Posse if they broke him out.
There's enough in there to make ten million dollars' worth of meth.
Do you know where his old lab is? McKenna, he tried to kill me.
And he hurt innocent civilians.
Do the right thing here.
For a change.
Let me call my guy.
Ms.
Herrera.
I heard our officers had a little trouble convincing you to come in.
You certainly know your rights.
Verbal abuse doesn't count as assaulting an officer.
I don't like cops, okay? You jammed my boyfriend up, it ain't gonna work on me.
Your boyfriend's as bad as they come.
We both know where the money for that McMansion we dragged you out of came from.
Yeah, so don't pretend he got a raw deal.
Okay? It was a good bust.
You cops just found evidence on him in the trash? Please.
You're all a bunch of cheaters.
- I need to go.
- Look, you were the last one to visit Pope in prison.
You two communicated regularly.
You know he was planning a breakout? - No.
- Do you know who he's targeting next? - If you do and you don't tell us - Please.
You think I'm gonna turn on Conor after all these years? That bitch detective couldn't turn me then, you ain't gonna turn me now.
This, uh, female detective, does she have a name? Sure.
Never forget it.
Lynch.
You want me to call Central? Get some of these potential targets to other divisions? We got enough room under our own roof.
They can stay here until Pope's brought in.
What do you got here? D.
A.
's case on Pope.
Could give us a lead on any targets we haven't scooped up yet.
You know, I did some digging of my own.
Talked to your former colleagues at Hollywood Division.
Specifically, the Narcotics Task Force that brought Pope down.
Yeah.
Some hard chargers over there.
Did you speak with Sergeant Williams? He's still one of my favorite people.
You should try his chili.
He said you wanted Pope bad.
Worked the case for two years as a detective and then left when the task force was formed.
Why was that? I was needed elsewhere.
Pope wasn't the only heavy hitter in L.
A.
- Hmm.
- If that's all, Commander, I'm gonna check on something.
You sure that's a good idea? I mean, you could be on Pope's kill list, too.
Oh, I don't think so.
I never interacted with him personally.
- You tried to flip his girlfriend.
- And it didn't work.
Tried a lot of things that didn't pan out.
That's why they called in the task force.
Long coffee break, Kowalski? Been trying your cell all morning.
Can I borrow him? You ducking me 'cause that drunk driver paid you off last night? - No, I - I don't have a lot of time.
What happened to him? The division said that he wasn't brought in.
I brought him in.
Everything was by the book.
We tested his blood at the station, came back .
14.
Gave him his phone call, prepped him for booking.
Then this guy shows up.
Really nice suit, heavy business card.
It was the kid's dad, Logan Carter.
The deputy mayor, Logan Carter? Yeah.
Look, I'm just a two-year officer.
But this guy's the right hand for the mayor.
I'm not losing my job for this.
So he was never processed? No paperwork? - The blood test? - Destroyed.
The dad made sure.
I didn't have a choice.
That's my commander.
I got to go.
This is not your fault, Kowalski.
But you always have a choice.
Tan's old source paid off.
He said Conor Pope was with the Foothill Posse at this warehouse up the street about 30 minutes ago.
- Do we know if he's still there? - Trying to confirm.
Garment warehouse has a basement meth lab.
Infrared should at least give us the number of guys we're dealing with.
Okay, I clock nine total.
One of them could be Pope.
Other heat signature in the center is a propane boiler.
We can't take the fight down there.
One stray bullet could send the whole place up.
Looks like there's only one way into the lab, a trapdoor built into the floor.
Smoke canisters can flush them out.
All right.
Time's short.
Let's get them before the lookout pops up for air again.
Tan.
LAPD! Everybody come out now, one by one! Let's go.
Move.
Move.
Eight so far, no Pope.
- There's still one more.
- Conor Pope, come out now.
Pope cleared out an hour ago.
Nice to see you again, Officer.
Congratulations, Emerson.
You used to be just a common meth dealer, but with breaking out a prisoner, aiding and abetting, shooting at a cop earlier, - you're looking at 55 to life, pal.
- And that's before we tack on possession and intent to manufacture crystal meth.
I almost don't know what else we can throw at you at this point, bro.
How about you throw us something? Maybe we drop the drug charges, keep you in county, close to home.
Come on.
I don't know where Pope's going.
He took two guys with him, though.
Reinforcements.
How many targets does he have left on his kill list? Just some woman, man.
Whoever she is, Pope blames her the most.
Commander, you know who he's talking about, right? Lieutenant Lynch.
She left by herself this morning to "check some things" and hasn't been seen since.
Yeah.
Voice mail.
Pope's girlfriend said they had a history.
Look, I'll check her office, have the team put out an APB.
Better hurry.
Thanks for talking to us.
We've got a lieutenant off the grid who could be in danger.
And since you were Pope's defense attorney, we're hoping you can give us some insight on where she or Pope might be.
Sure.
Help yourself, Counselor.
There's no snacks out there.
I'm starving.
Hey, listen, I'm still bound by attorney-client privilege.
Unless you are aware of someone in immediate danger.
I don't know about targets, but I know Pope was obsessed with the task force that planted evidence on him.
Watch your mouth.
Fruit of the poisonous tree, that ledger you found in his trash should never have been admissible.
You pressed me for 40 minutes on the stand.
I promise you I didn't plant it.
Doesn't mean someone else didn't.
It ever bother you how easy that came into your possession? We take the breaks wherever we can get 'em.
- Yeah.
- We're not retrying a case here.
We're trying to save someone's life.
After I lost Pope's last appeal, I thought he was gonna kill me right there in the courtroom.
He's been adamant about that damn ledger his entire time in the pen.
That's what this is about.
He feels he was wronged.
And if you ask me, he was.
Not that I'm excusing violence.
Look, Pope wouldn't have throw that book in the trash.
So somebody else had to.
- Any word on Lynch? - Still looking.
I got a couple other divisions trying to track her down.
- What's up? - I know it's not a good time right now, but I need to talk about Deputy Mayor Carter.
I'm not the political animal like Lieutenant Lynch, but doesn't mean I don't step foot in the jungle every once in a while.
What can you tell me about him? Well, Carter's got deep roots in the city, a family of public servants; military, Congress, lawyers.
He was deputy district attorney himself a couple of decades ago.
Why do you ask? I pulled over his son for drunk driving.
Carter made it disappear.
Well, what do you want to do about it? Is there an arrest report? Blood alcohol test? Not anymore.
Well, Carter runs Public Safety.
He controls the funds for the entire LAPD, top to bottom.
In a lot of ways, you could say SWAT's more at his mercy than the mayor herself.
Doesn't mean his son can drink and drive without consequences.
I agree.
But right now, there's no record of a case.
You'd have to get the D.
A.
's office to open up a new inquiry based on the word of an off-duty SWAT officer who was acting outside of her job purview, with no physical evidence.
So that's it? Just live with it? Chris, I'd never tell you to quit.
I know why this matters to you.
But you'd be fighting a battle that's already over.
Thanks for telling that to me straight.
Lynch.
Where the hell are you? Lieutenant, what happened here? I found one of Pope's guys waiting to ambush the resident, so I ambushed him first.
Who lives in this house? Woman named Raquel Lopez.
And how is she connected to all this? She was an off-the-books source that provided me intel on the Pope case.
I saw her forwarding address in the D.
A.
's file, and I realized if the D.
A.
knew about her, then maybe Pope did, too.
So I swung by to check on her and looks like I got here just in time.
So Raquel is his last target, not you? She's a brave woman; I owe her a lot.
Lucky for us, Raquel hasn't come home yet, which means she's still out there.
But Pope is trying to track her down.
Wait a second.
Why didn't you tell anyone where you were going? This was just a hunch.
I didn't want to waste valuable resources on it.
All due respect, Lieutenant, when you assessed a threat here, why didn't you call it in? I didn't want to engage a firefight.
I think I handled myself fine.
Now if you don't mind, I have a suspect to question.
Neighbors say Raquel comes and goes for days at a time.
It's normal for her to be unreachable.
So he doesn't know where she is.
And he's spreading his resources trying to find her.
I recognize her.
Think she went by a different name back in 2013.
Raquel was part of Pope's crew? Nah, she was his housekeeper.
What did his housekeeper do to make him go after her? I got one theory.
He's putting up a brick wall now, he won't give us anything on Pope.
Years of going after him with stings and busts, Pope always got away.
And then one day, everything we needed fell right in our lap.
Fell right in my lap.
You know I've always been a fan of yours.
But aside from attention to detail and thoroughness, understand luck plays a part in a long and healthy career.
Is it luck if we made it happen? You've had a long day.
Maybe you should call and check on Bonnie.
Oh, Bonnie's fine.
It's the case that's bothering me.
You worked the Pope case early, then left.
But you always wanted to get him.
What information did Raquel give you? I can't find her in any of our files.
You do know what "off the books" means, don't you? You're not answering my question.
And you're not addressing me like a lieutenant.
What do you think I'm hiding? I think it wasn't just luck that I found the ledger in the trash that day.
I think Raquel put it there for me to find.
And I think maybe somebody in the LAPD told her to do it.
A housekeeper throwing something in the trash isn't a crime.
It is if she did it for the cops.
In exchange for a new name, a new life? Pope came after me, and he could've hurt or killed my girlfriend.
All 'cause he thinks we cheated.
Did we, Lieutenant? Now is not the time to interrogate me.
I need you to help me find Raquel before Pope does.
Because if we don't, she's dead.
After Pope's arrest, Maritza Garcia changed her name to Raquel Lopez and left the Valley.
She got a nursing degree, and now rotates at five different hospitals.
She finished her graveyard shift at Saint Thomas at 6:30 this morning.
- Hasn't been seen since.
- I couldn't get Pope's guy to say much, but one thing is clear: Pope is still hunting for her.
You don't have any other information on her you want to share with us? Made some calls.
Raquel wasn't scheduled to work at any other hospital today.
But look at this.
Pope's been making the rounds, each of the hospitals she works, asking about her.
Now, this time stamp shows that he just left the last one.
How's he getting his information? She changed her name, was off the books, yet he's got the addresses to every single hospital she works at? Yeah, I've been wondering the same thing, too.
And not just for Raquel.
Pope managed to locate a state's witness, a city prosecutor and a SWAT officer.
None of their information is public record.
He needed subpoenaed documents and access to our files.
Which means you think we have a leak in the D.
A.
's office? Well, it's hard to imagine Pope got to someone there.
What about the other side? Defense attorneys have access to everything, too.
Pope's lawyer worked nonstop on his appeals the last seven years.
Bring his ass into interrogation.
Now.
Hicks filled me in on your DUI bust.
Wanted me to check in.
He thinks it'd be smart to drop it.
He knew you wouldn't.
You dig anything else up? The deputy mayor's son just graduated college.
I asked departments by the school.
Friends of mine found two other times in the last year where Jacob got pulled over and the deputy mayor made them all go away.
So this wasn't the first time Jacob's used his daddy's "get out of jail free" card.
He's gonna continue driving drunk until he hurts himself or someone else.
Do you know how my mom died, Hondo? Only the broad details.
Never felt right to pry.
It was a pileup on the freeway.
My mom caused it trying to make a last-minute exit across three lanes.
Four dead, including her.
She was drunk at the time.
She usually was.
It didn't matter how much she drank, she always thought she was in control.
And she always got away with it, until she didn't.
You know what you need to do.
Of course I do.
But Hicks is right.
Carter's reach is huge.
He can punish all of SWAT to get to me.
City Hall's never scared us, Chris.
I don't want anything to happen to the team because of some personal crusade.
You are talking about saving lives.
That's personal to all of us.
Now, only you can decide how far you push this.
But when I'm in a tough spot, I just ask myself: what is the right thing to do? And you know that answer.
D.
A.
showed us your requests for personal information leading to all of Pope's victims.
Before you say it was for his appeal, your requests came after his last one was denied.
And we checked with your firm.
If you were still doing legal work for Conor Pope, it wasn't on their time.
You're gonna be arrested for abetting Pope in murder the moment you leave this room.
He's got to have some kind of leverage on you.
Come on, man, this is where you defend yourself.
He was gonna murder my family.
The only way I could stay off that kill list was to help him make it.
All I did was my job.
You're the ones who started this by planting evidence.
We don't have time for a whole deposition.
Pope's already been to every hospital Raquel works at.
Where's he looking next? Raquel is innocent.
None of us want her to die.
Raquel's cousin is a patient at a rehab clinic in Malibu.
Sometimes Raquel volunteers there.
He left the last hospital 20 minutes ago.
He's already ahead of us.
I'll tell Hondo.
Yeah, maybe if you had played by the rules in the first place, this wouldn't have happened.
Rehab facility's off-grid and they got a "no phones" rule.
So we can't get through to them or warn Raquel.
Trying to save the addicts from themselves now it's putting them in more danger.
Trying to make the best time I can.
Tan, what's your problem? Spit it out.
You know me, I don't talk out of school, but I think Lynch got Raquel to toss Pope's ledger seven years ago, knowing that I would find it.
She got a source to collect evidence.
That's part of the job.
Not if she told Raquel to throw the book away so the police could find it.
That's planting evidence.
- There are rules.
- And we have to play by them.
For all we know, Raquel did it willingly.
Everything comes down to chain of custody tough to prove anything illegal was done, but Lynch is smart, she knows that.
Doesn't matter.
Lynch was a mentor, we have history.
I can live with the past, but can I trust her now? She's ain't going into battle with us.
Now this team, we've always had each other's backs.
And right now, we got a life to save.
So we're gonna get this one done like the others the way we trained.
Split up.
Find Raquel! Deacon, Tan, locate Raquel, get her safe.
Street and Chris, you're with me.
Where are the patients' quarters? - Oh, oh, my God.
Please don't shoot me.
- Where? Uh, second floor.
That way.
Where's the gunman? - Where's the gunman?! - He went that way.
It's okay.
LAPD! Exit the building! Fire alarm is gonna draw people out.
Pope's trying to bring Raquel to him.
We're running out of time.
Maritza? - This is not a drill! - Move, move, move, move! - Come on, come on, go.
- He went that way! - We're looking for Raquel Lopez.
She's got a cousin here.
Yeah, Sadie Brown second floor, down the hall.
Move, move, move, move, move, move! Let's go.
It's just another drill, Raquel.
I don't think so.
I don't want to go.
Something's wrong.
On the ground! LAPD! Down, down, down! Don't move! - Down! - Now! On the ground now! Behind your back! Hands behind your back! Hands behind your back! Come here.
26-David, one suspect in custody.
Move or die! Move! Pope, put the gun down! Hands behind your head! Get back in the room! Conor Pope, you're under arrest.
You take a good look at this man.
He put you away the first time, I'm gonna put you away the last.
I called the mayor, told her Conor Pope is in custody.
- She sends her appreciation.
- Ah.
We've had a long year so far together, Lieutenant, and I'd like to think we've gotten closer, so I'm only gonna ask this once.
Did you leverage Raquel Lopez to illegally obtain evidence for the LAPD seven years ago? - No, I didn't.
- Just tell us the truth, please.
I am.
So that's how it's gonna be? Because this unit can't function without trust, Lieutenant.
Then trust me.
We got Pope.
He's never coming near us again.
We should talk about earlier.
What you saw today, we train for that, but that's not how the job is, usually.
You're in harm's way every day.
You need to fend for yourself.
I get that.
Yeah.
Instincts kick in when it's life or death, and I know it looked brutal, but I just hope you don't look at me differently.
Victor, I knew you were SWAT, but I didn't know you could do that.
You were amazing.
Wait.
I thought you were freaked out, in shock.
It-it was shocking, but the good kind, maybe? It takes so much every morning when I kiss you goodbye to not think that's the last time I might see you.
I know you've got a dangerous job, but seeing you in action, watching you save lives today? If you can handle that, you can handle anything that life throws at us.
Wow, um What? I had this whole plan today.
Yeah, it was gonna be really special.
To hell with it.
I-I know this isn't the most romantic place, but you make me so happy.
I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
Bonnie Lonsdale will you marry me? Hell yeah, of course I will.
Victor Tan for the win! Tan! Good news.
I think I know where that, uh evidence you were looking for is Hi, Bonnie.
- Hi.
- The bad news is, I'm pretty sure it's at the city dump.
Turns out, one of the M.
E.
s pocketed it after the shooting, and then forgot.
He left it in his hazmat suit.
All that stuff gets disposed of as biowaste at the end of the day.
I know a guy who can pull the trash for us, but we got to leave right now before they close.
Hey, hey.
It's okay.
I don't need it.
I already said yes.
You said yes? She said yes! - Hey, that's amazing.
- Thanks.
- You're getting married.
- Hey.
Ah Sorry you went through so much trouble, but, uh, I'm gonna get her a new ring.
One that doesn't remind us of the day we almost died.
Wait, wait, wait.
Y-You're gonna leave a perfectly good ring at the city dump? Nothing stopping you from digging it up, Jim.
Maybe you'll need it one day.
Christina.
Welcome to City Hall.
Have we met? I know who you are, Officer Alonso.
I also know you're an exemplary cop with a long, decorated history.
You work for the deputy mayor.
We just want to know how we can agree on things.
You're coming up on your five-year.
Good optics for a deserved promotion.
You know what I want? I want your boss's son to start following the law and get the help he needs.
The D.
A.
won't touch this.
You've got no case.
Now, you're kicking up a hornet's nest for nothing.
Nothing, except a lot of misery for you and your friends at SWAT.
There may be no record of a blood test, but there was still an EM who had to administer it.
He had no problem signing an affidavit swearing he drew Jacob Carter's blood last night.
I bet the D.
A.
will be curious why the results are missing.
Along with my testimony, Jacob will face the consequences for his actions.
You do what you have to do.
I'll do the same.
Hey, Officer Alonso.
You have a good day now.
Oh, Lieutenant.
Come in.
Wanted to see how you were holding up after today.
You didn't have to.
I got something on the stove.
The police asked me a lot of questions about seven years ago.
Pope's first arrest.
I didn't say anything about our arrangement.
I'm sorry you had to go through that, - but you didn't have to protect me.
- Sure I did.
I owe you for saving my life.
If you came forward with evidence publicly, you would've been the prosecution's star witness.
All Pope would need to stay out of jail was to find a way to silence you.
Did you explain that to your team? They don't have the burden of living - in the gray areas like I have to.
- Hmm.
It's a price I'm willing to pay.
Hi.
- Come on in.
Hey.
- Hey.
Girl, you look amazing.
Hondo just got home.
- Oh, I'm so glad to see you.
- Oh I didn't hear from Hondo, so I thought you left town already.
- Well - Wow.
You look like a movie star.
You're not dressed yet.
I know, I'm-I'm sorry.
I I just got home.
Yeah, well, I'm gonna leave you two, give you a minute.
Baby, it was a rough day.
I'm not gonna be able to make it tonight.
Look, I'm sorry, but I just don't know if I got it in me for small talk and appetizers right now.
This is important, Hondo.
I know.
No, I know.
And that's why you should go.
Enjoy yourself, you earned this.
You were the one who brought this together.
What happened at work? Nichelle, sometimes in this job, you just got certain days, and today was a day.
But your friends are gonna be there, and-and your folks.
You don't need me.
My folks.
So, that's what this is about? 'Cause you didn't know my parents were coming? Nichelle, sometimes I'm not gonna be able to make it to things.
I mean, if you want to date a SWAT officer, I mean, that's just the way it's got to be.
Sure.
I understand.
You're my brother, and I love you.
What the damn hell is wrong with you? Are you trying to blow things up with her? Winnie, just stop.
You don't know what you're talking about.
Let me guess.
Nichelle met your family, tried to get you to meet hers.
The relationship got real and you got spooked.
Okay, you know what? I ain't got to listen to this from the sister I hear from once every few months, who's got two divorces on her record.
You know You have been doing this your whole life, Hondo.
I don't even think you want anything serious.
Oh, what? Y-You want me to be like you? You jump from one wrong guy to the next.
Why'd you leave your second husband again? You watch yourself, Hondo.
I live my life the way I need to live it to be happy.
Long as you're the one doing the leaving, you're happy.
Anything to not be blindsided like Mom.
And just 'cause you don't marry them before you break their hearts doesn't make you any less like Dad.
I am nothing like that man! Well, you tell that to the amazing woman you just pushed out the door.
Winnie Winnie, the-the truth is, I've been thinking a lot about them, Mom and Pop.
They have been spending more and more time together.
They're taking walks, they're getting meals.
I overheard them talking about a Palm Springs visit.
- Lord have mercy.
- Yeah.
I don't think it hurts because they're spending more time together.
It hurts because he's so damn happy.
I mean, I ain't gonna lie to you, there is a part of me that wants him to still hurt, you know? We can't keep holding on to that, Hondo.
I mean, I'm-I'm just as guilty.
We spent so much time running away from our parents' example that we s-screwed ourselves up in our own ways.
Maybe it's-it's time for that to end.
'Cause I got to tell you, this Nichelle seems like a real winner.
She is.
But you don't want to be so scared that you, you don't marry the right one, either.
Look at Hondo and Luca.
I bet they weren't planning on dying single.
You got a work thing here? I can't just come visit my big sister? Well, sure you can.
Othella Baker.
I have never in my life had so much trouble giving away a million dollars.
I just need the name of a worthy charity that you believe in.
24-David, off-duty traveling east on Los Feliz following a possible DUI in a yellow BMW.
Requesting a patrol unit to meet.
Sir, stay where you are.
I'm a police officer.
I'm really sorry about this, but, uh, no one got hurt.
So, maybe we just forget about this one, huh? That's not how it works.
Let me see your license and registration.
All right.
Don't know where my registration is.
All I've got is Are you serious? Have you been drinking tonight? I can't get into trouble, okay? My dad'll kill me.
Tell you what, I got a breathalyzer in the car why don't we have you blow? - Start there? - I don't have to blow.
I know my damn rights.
Suit yourself.
He'll arrest you now and you can blow at the station.
I'm still gonna need that license.
That wasn't smart, Jacob Carter.
Chris Alonso, Metro Division.
Driver was swerving off the road, refused to blow and tried to bribe me.
I'll bring him in.
Book him down at 11th Division.
I'll swing by in the morning.
I want to personally hand in a reporting statement on this guy.
Sir, you're gonna need to turn around and put your hands behind your back.
Sure you don't want any help? Where I come from, if someone cooks you an amazing meal, - you handle the mess.
- Well, the way I was raised, is when you host a beautiful woman in your home, you take care of everything.
- Everything, huh? - Everything.
Winnie, what you doing here? Oh, so you can dish out surprise visits, but you can't take them? VIP client wanted to take a quick trip to L.
A.
for the weekend.
Casino asked me to make sure he and his buddies had a good time.
So I just got some time to kill.
I thought I'd drop in, see if you wanted - to grab a late bite.
- Listen, sis, I kind of got my own thing going on over here, so maybe we can catch up tomorrow? - Oh Hey.
- No.
Winnie.
Winnie.
Winnie.
I'm Winnie.
I'm Hondo's sister.
Hi.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Nichelle.
We just poured some wine.
Care to join us? I would love to.
Well, what are we celebrating? Four months of dating.
H? Look Hondo, I Thank you.
I didn't know Hondo had a woman in his life all this time.
He's always so private about his personal life.
Tough guy likes to keep things to himself.
I've got him to talk about his feelings once or twice.
Nichelle, Nichelle.
Did you say twice? You two, um, got a lot of catching up to do.
Might be best if I got some rest anyway.
Tomorrow's a big night.
No-no, please stay.
I never get to meet anyone Hondo's dating.
And what's going on tomorrow? We're going to a glitzy red carpet party being thrown by Othella Baker.
Billionaire tech CEO.
Hondo saved her life a few weeks ago.
It wasn't quite that dramatic.
It was.
And so she offered to donate to any charity he wanted, and he picked my community center.
- You run your own community center? - Right here in the neighborhood.
We work with kids.
Host outreach events, that sort of thing.
Y'all are too cute.
- I'm sorry, you're so cute.
- No, Winnie.
Stop.
Oh, come on That is beautiful.
Hondo, I'm-I'm surprised.
I mean, you're taking this girl down the red carpet, showing off for the cameras.
I'm proud of you.
- Nichelle's the hero, not me.
- Aw So, Nichelle, you from here? Uh, Baldwin Hills, actually.
- And you live down here now? - Mm-hmm.
Well, there's a story there.
And I got a couple hours to kill.
Good thing we've got a whole bottle.
Cheers.
- Thank you.
- No problem.
That hit the spot.
Yeah.
Surfing really works up an appetite.
After this, though, I could really use a nap.
Uh, actually, I was thinking of working the meal off first.
Later.
I'm exhausted.
I just meant take a quick walk down the strand.
For old time's sake.
Surfing at El Porto, brunch at my favorite café, and then a walk on the beach? What's the special occasion? Who needs an excuse to be with you? I like the sound of that.
Let me just use the restroom first.
Everybody down! Down! Call 911! You didn't get the cop! He shot me! Get up! Tan! You two okay? We were lucky.
Others weren't.
Three wounded, one critical.
What the hell happened here? Three shooters, and they were coming for me.
Coming for you? Why, man? That's what I've been standing here asking myself.
Did you recognize that guy? No, but I know the ring on his finger.
It belongs to a motorcycle club.
North Foothill Posse.
Those guys are meth dealers and hell raisers, Tan.
They ain't straight-up killers.
I've never heard of them coming after cops.
What the hell is this all about? I haven't crossed paths with the Posse since my days back in Vice.
It's at least seven years ago.
And we still got two shooters out there? - Yeah.
- Okay, we have to check everything out.
But in the meantime, I got to bench you until we sort this out.
Hondo, they could have killed Bonnie.
If this dates back to my Vice days, I have CIs from that world who only trust me.
I'm an asset on this.
All right, but where you go, it is me running point.
I ain't letting anything else happen to you.
- Do you understand? - Yeah.
All right, let's deal with your girl.
I'll take care of her from here.
- Thank you.
- All right.
Hey, Bonnie.
Listen, I'm gonna get you to a hotel.
We're gonna have detectives stand outside your door.
Standard protocol.
You'll be safe.
Sure.
Protocol.
Sounds good.
This way.
Right here.
Hey.
How's Bonnie holding up? Guess we'll see.
Is it supposed to feel like this, like you're relieved? But mostly just pissed? Yeah.
Wait till you have kids.
They get put in harm's way, you're ready to rain holy hell down on whoever put them there.
I already am.
The shooter Tan bagged is Evander Keats.
Oceanside native.
He joined the North Foothill Posse back in '09.
He's got a small run of low-level priors.
Disorderly conduct and simple assault.
No list of accomplices, and now he's lawyered up and he ain't telling us jack.
You think it's a paid hit? I worked the Foothill Posse seven years ago.
Don't know why they'd come for me now.
Maybe this will help.
Ballistics came back on the shells from the café.
They match shells from another shooting four hours ago in Mar Vista and another, three hours ago in Brentwood.
Looks like our shooters killed two other victims before coming for Tan.
A mechanic and a city prosecutor.
This has to be connected to an old case.
Wait a minute.
I know them.
Back in 2013, that mechanic was a witness for that prosecutor.
They both helped put away Conor Pope.
L.
A.
's self-proclaimed meth king.
- How are you tied in? - I was Pope's arresting officer.
This says Pope's been incarcerated since 2013, serving 50 years.
If he wanted to put out a contract hit from behind bars, why wait till now? So he could be there in person.
Just got this.
Conor Pope escaped from a federal penitentiary approximately ten hours ago.
Bragged to his cellmate that he was finally gonna get his payback.
Apparently he's got a list of targets.
Grabbed this from your attack, too.
Never thought I'd have to see that face again.
Yeah, well, now he's got to worry about seeing our faces.
I really have to get to Metro.
What's taking so long? I'm just submitting a reporting statement.
I can't find the citation in last night's log.
Jacob Carter.
Bagged on a DUI.
I can't find him, Officer Alonso.
No one by that name was booked.
Can you please check again? It was just off Los Feliz.
He would have been brought in around 11:00.
I don't know what to tell you.
He's not here.
That's impossible.
I watched him get in the back of a cruiser myself.
Sorry.
If he's not in the system, he was never processed.
What else do we know about Conor Pope? He ran the city's largest meth game a decade back.
Cooked up one of the most potent strains in SoCal.
Street cops called it Crystal Death.
He used bikers from the Foothill Posse for distribution.
If people weren't killing themselves with it, they were killing someone else over it.
While I was on Vice in 2013, a whole task force had been created just to bring this guy down.
Okay, if this stuff was everywhere, why did it take so long to nail him? We couldn't find anything connecting Pope directly to his empire.
He ran a tight ship.
Knew all the rules, how to bend them, when and where to break them.
You worked the case, too, Lieutenant? Oh, yeah.
I was in Hollywood Division at the time.
- We were all across it.
- Okay, how'd you finally get him? Well, to be honest, we got lucky.
I was on dump detail, found a business ledger in his trash connected his income, supply, customers.
It was just the smoking gun we needed.
The D.
A.
used it to convict, sent his ass away for good.
- Yeah, or so we thought.
- Pope's got a kill list targeting the people who put him in prison.
Witness, prosecutor and Tan were the first three targets.
Attorneys, judges, jurors, other witnesses could all be next.
Scoop up potential targets, have them brought to HQ for protection.
Okay, wait, wait, wait.
Okay, that's defense.
What's our plan on offense to track down Conor Pope? His girlfriend, Jacinda Herrera.
She was the last one to visit him in prison.
That's one place to start.
Luca, have Chris pick her up with a patrol unit.
- Got it.
- I got an old source I want to visit, guy who runs a gear shop the Posse brings their bikes to.
Well, let's hope he still likes you.
Hey, Tan.
Gear up.
I'll meet you outside in a minute.
Nichelle.
- Hey, bae.
- Hey.
Everything all right? I think I left my wallet at your place last night.
Guess I had one too many glasses with your sister.
- Thank god for Uber.
- Well, you guys hit it off.
If we didn't run out of wine, we might have gone till dawn.
So, do you mind if I grab your house keys? I'll bring them back when I pick you up tonight before the gala.
Yeah.
They're in my car.
- Come on.
- Okay.
I'm looking forward to it.
If Winnie is still around, you should invite her to the party.
Okay.
I can ask her, I just sort of pictured just us tonight.
That's sweet, but with all the big money Othella invited, I'll be working the room all night.
Between that, keeping my parents occupied, my friends Your parents are coming? It's all they've been talking about since I told them.
I don't know who they're more excited to meet, Othella Baker or my SWAT boyfriend.
Well, yeah, sure, I'll check in with Winnie.
- I know she loves that type of stuff.
- Mm.
But look, I got to run right now.
We're about to roll out.
But I'll see you tonight unless work gets in the way.
- Okay.
Stay safe.
- All right.
Yeah.
Bonnie's not picking up.
I just want to make sure - she got to the hotel okay.
- Hey, you'd be the first to hear if she didn't.
She's in good hands.
That's not what I'm worried about.
She watched me shoot someone, knock another guy out.
The way she looked at me after, - it was like she was afraid of me.
- You're worried she saw a side of you only the bad guys should.
Yeah.
And I had the whole day planned.
Every detail down to the minute before I got on one knee.
Wait, wait.
Hold on a minute.
You were gonna propose today? Yeah.
Just after brunch.
- Oh, man.
Wow.
- Yeah, and on top of that, I lost the ring.
You what? At the restaurant.
Pope's guys started shooting at me, everything went flying.
I couldn't find it afterwards.
Okay.
I'll talk to the guys on the scene.
M.
E.
s, CSIs, have them take a look.
It's a lost cause, man.
Hey, listen.
You and Bonnie are gold together.
I quit the apps 'cause I wanted something like what you two have.
And that led me to meet Molly.
So let me work on the ring.
Officer Tan.
It's been a while.
I stopped chasing the Foothill Posse when I left Vice.
Now they're chasing me.
Did you know? A guy like Pope breaks out of prison? Everyone knows.
- That I was on his kill list? - I just heard about it from some Foothill Posse guys in here getting tune-ups.
There's nothing I could do to stop it from happening.
It never occurred to you to pick up the phone? And risk Pope putting me on his list? There's no stopping a man like that.
Yeah, certainly not with your help.
Prison break? Hit crew? That's a lot to put together from a cell, and he had to pay for it.
How'd he do it? Before he went away, Pope left a huge cache of benzyl cyanide in one of his old labs.
He promised it to the Posse if they broke him out.
There's enough in there to make ten million dollars' worth of meth.
Do you know where his old lab is? McKenna, he tried to kill me.
And he hurt innocent civilians.
Do the right thing here.
For a change.
Let me call my guy.
Ms.
Herrera.
I heard our officers had a little trouble convincing you to come in.
You certainly know your rights.
Verbal abuse doesn't count as assaulting an officer.
I don't like cops, okay? You jammed my boyfriend up, it ain't gonna work on me.
Your boyfriend's as bad as they come.
We both know where the money for that McMansion we dragged you out of came from.
Yeah, so don't pretend he got a raw deal.
Okay? It was a good bust.
You cops just found evidence on him in the trash? Please.
You're all a bunch of cheaters.
- I need to go.
- Look, you were the last one to visit Pope in prison.
You two communicated regularly.
You know he was planning a breakout? - No.
- Do you know who he's targeting next? - If you do and you don't tell us - Please.
You think I'm gonna turn on Conor after all these years? That bitch detective couldn't turn me then, you ain't gonna turn me now.
This, uh, female detective, does she have a name? Sure.
Never forget it.
Lynch.
You want me to call Central? Get some of these potential targets to other divisions? We got enough room under our own roof.
They can stay here until Pope's brought in.
What do you got here? D.
A.
's case on Pope.
Could give us a lead on any targets we haven't scooped up yet.
You know, I did some digging of my own.
Talked to your former colleagues at Hollywood Division.
Specifically, the Narcotics Task Force that brought Pope down.
Yeah.
Some hard chargers over there.
Did you speak with Sergeant Williams? He's still one of my favorite people.
You should try his chili.
He said you wanted Pope bad.
Worked the case for two years as a detective and then left when the task force was formed.
Why was that? I was needed elsewhere.
Pope wasn't the only heavy hitter in L.
A.
- Hmm.
- If that's all, Commander, I'm gonna check on something.
You sure that's a good idea? I mean, you could be on Pope's kill list, too.
Oh, I don't think so.
I never interacted with him personally.
- You tried to flip his girlfriend.
- And it didn't work.
Tried a lot of things that didn't pan out.
That's why they called in the task force.
Long coffee break, Kowalski? Been trying your cell all morning.
Can I borrow him? You ducking me 'cause that drunk driver paid you off last night? - No, I - I don't have a lot of time.
What happened to him? The division said that he wasn't brought in.
I brought him in.
Everything was by the book.
We tested his blood at the station, came back .
14.
Gave him his phone call, prepped him for booking.
Then this guy shows up.
Really nice suit, heavy business card.
It was the kid's dad, Logan Carter.
The deputy mayor, Logan Carter? Yeah.
Look, I'm just a two-year officer.
But this guy's the right hand for the mayor.
I'm not losing my job for this.
So he was never processed? No paperwork? - The blood test? - Destroyed.
The dad made sure.
I didn't have a choice.
That's my commander.
I got to go.
This is not your fault, Kowalski.
But you always have a choice.
Tan's old source paid off.
He said Conor Pope was with the Foothill Posse at this warehouse up the street about 30 minutes ago.
- Do we know if he's still there? - Trying to confirm.
Garment warehouse has a basement meth lab.
Infrared should at least give us the number of guys we're dealing with.
Okay, I clock nine total.
One of them could be Pope.
Other heat signature in the center is a propane boiler.
We can't take the fight down there.
One stray bullet could send the whole place up.
Looks like there's only one way into the lab, a trapdoor built into the floor.
Smoke canisters can flush them out.
All right.
Time's short.
Let's get them before the lookout pops up for air again.
Tan.
LAPD! Everybody come out now, one by one! Let's go.
Move.
Move.
Eight so far, no Pope.
- There's still one more.
- Conor Pope, come out now.
Pope cleared out an hour ago.
Nice to see you again, Officer.
Congratulations, Emerson.
You used to be just a common meth dealer, but with breaking out a prisoner, aiding and abetting, shooting at a cop earlier, - you're looking at 55 to life, pal.
- And that's before we tack on possession and intent to manufacture crystal meth.
I almost don't know what else we can throw at you at this point, bro.
How about you throw us something? Maybe we drop the drug charges, keep you in county, close to home.
Come on.
I don't know where Pope's going.
He took two guys with him, though.
Reinforcements.
How many targets does he have left on his kill list? Just some woman, man.
Whoever she is, Pope blames her the most.
Commander, you know who he's talking about, right? Lieutenant Lynch.
She left by herself this morning to "check some things" and hasn't been seen since.
Yeah.
Voice mail.
Pope's girlfriend said they had a history.
Look, I'll check her office, have the team put out an APB.
Better hurry.
Thanks for talking to us.
We've got a lieutenant off the grid who could be in danger.
And since you were Pope's defense attorney, we're hoping you can give us some insight on where she or Pope might be.
Sure.
Help yourself, Counselor.
There's no snacks out there.
I'm starving.
Hey, listen, I'm still bound by attorney-client privilege.
Unless you are aware of someone in immediate danger.
I don't know about targets, but I know Pope was obsessed with the task force that planted evidence on him.
Watch your mouth.
Fruit of the poisonous tree, that ledger you found in his trash should never have been admissible.
You pressed me for 40 minutes on the stand.
I promise you I didn't plant it.
Doesn't mean someone else didn't.
It ever bother you how easy that came into your possession? We take the breaks wherever we can get 'em.
- Yeah.
- We're not retrying a case here.
We're trying to save someone's life.
After I lost Pope's last appeal, I thought he was gonna kill me right there in the courtroom.
He's been adamant about that damn ledger his entire time in the pen.
That's what this is about.
He feels he was wronged.
And if you ask me, he was.
Not that I'm excusing violence.
Look, Pope wouldn't have throw that book in the trash.
So somebody else had to.
- Any word on Lynch? - Still looking.
I got a couple other divisions trying to track her down.
- What's up? - I know it's not a good time right now, but I need to talk about Deputy Mayor Carter.
I'm not the political animal like Lieutenant Lynch, but doesn't mean I don't step foot in the jungle every once in a while.
What can you tell me about him? Well, Carter's got deep roots in the city, a family of public servants; military, Congress, lawyers.
He was deputy district attorney himself a couple of decades ago.
Why do you ask? I pulled over his son for drunk driving.
Carter made it disappear.
Well, what do you want to do about it? Is there an arrest report? Blood alcohol test? Not anymore.
Well, Carter runs Public Safety.
He controls the funds for the entire LAPD, top to bottom.
In a lot of ways, you could say SWAT's more at his mercy than the mayor herself.
Doesn't mean his son can drink and drive without consequences.
I agree.
But right now, there's no record of a case.
You'd have to get the D.
A.
's office to open up a new inquiry based on the word of an off-duty SWAT officer who was acting outside of her job purview, with no physical evidence.
So that's it? Just live with it? Chris, I'd never tell you to quit.
I know why this matters to you.
But you'd be fighting a battle that's already over.
Thanks for telling that to me straight.
Lynch.
Where the hell are you? Lieutenant, what happened here? I found one of Pope's guys waiting to ambush the resident, so I ambushed him first.
Who lives in this house? Woman named Raquel Lopez.
And how is she connected to all this? She was an off-the-books source that provided me intel on the Pope case.
I saw her forwarding address in the D.
A.
's file, and I realized if the D.
A.
knew about her, then maybe Pope did, too.
So I swung by to check on her and looks like I got here just in time.
So Raquel is his last target, not you? She's a brave woman; I owe her a lot.
Lucky for us, Raquel hasn't come home yet, which means she's still out there.
But Pope is trying to track her down.
Wait a second.
Why didn't you tell anyone where you were going? This was just a hunch.
I didn't want to waste valuable resources on it.
All due respect, Lieutenant, when you assessed a threat here, why didn't you call it in? I didn't want to engage a firefight.
I think I handled myself fine.
Now if you don't mind, I have a suspect to question.
Neighbors say Raquel comes and goes for days at a time.
It's normal for her to be unreachable.
So he doesn't know where she is.
And he's spreading his resources trying to find her.
I recognize her.
Think she went by a different name back in 2013.
Raquel was part of Pope's crew? Nah, she was his housekeeper.
What did his housekeeper do to make him go after her? I got one theory.
He's putting up a brick wall now, he won't give us anything on Pope.
Years of going after him with stings and busts, Pope always got away.
And then one day, everything we needed fell right in our lap.
Fell right in my lap.
You know I've always been a fan of yours.
But aside from attention to detail and thoroughness, understand luck plays a part in a long and healthy career.
Is it luck if we made it happen? You've had a long day.
Maybe you should call and check on Bonnie.
Oh, Bonnie's fine.
It's the case that's bothering me.
You worked the Pope case early, then left.
But you always wanted to get him.
What information did Raquel give you? I can't find her in any of our files.
You do know what "off the books" means, don't you? You're not answering my question.
And you're not addressing me like a lieutenant.
What do you think I'm hiding? I think it wasn't just luck that I found the ledger in the trash that day.
I think Raquel put it there for me to find.
And I think maybe somebody in the LAPD told her to do it.
A housekeeper throwing something in the trash isn't a crime.
It is if she did it for the cops.
In exchange for a new name, a new life? Pope came after me, and he could've hurt or killed my girlfriend.
All 'cause he thinks we cheated.
Did we, Lieutenant? Now is not the time to interrogate me.
I need you to help me find Raquel before Pope does.
Because if we don't, she's dead.
After Pope's arrest, Maritza Garcia changed her name to Raquel Lopez and left the Valley.
She got a nursing degree, and now rotates at five different hospitals.
She finished her graveyard shift at Saint Thomas at 6:30 this morning.
- Hasn't been seen since.
- I couldn't get Pope's guy to say much, but one thing is clear: Pope is still hunting for her.
You don't have any other information on her you want to share with us? Made some calls.
Raquel wasn't scheduled to work at any other hospital today.
But look at this.
Pope's been making the rounds, each of the hospitals she works, asking about her.
Now, this time stamp shows that he just left the last one.
How's he getting his information? She changed her name, was off the books, yet he's got the addresses to every single hospital she works at? Yeah, I've been wondering the same thing, too.
And not just for Raquel.
Pope managed to locate a state's witness, a city prosecutor and a SWAT officer.
None of their information is public record.
He needed subpoenaed documents and access to our files.
Which means you think we have a leak in the D.
A.
's office? Well, it's hard to imagine Pope got to someone there.
What about the other side? Defense attorneys have access to everything, too.
Pope's lawyer worked nonstop on his appeals the last seven years.
Bring his ass into interrogation.
Now.
Hicks filled me in on your DUI bust.
Wanted me to check in.
He thinks it'd be smart to drop it.
He knew you wouldn't.
You dig anything else up? The deputy mayor's son just graduated college.
I asked departments by the school.
Friends of mine found two other times in the last year where Jacob got pulled over and the deputy mayor made them all go away.
So this wasn't the first time Jacob's used his daddy's "get out of jail free" card.
He's gonna continue driving drunk until he hurts himself or someone else.
Do you know how my mom died, Hondo? Only the broad details.
Never felt right to pry.
It was a pileup on the freeway.
My mom caused it trying to make a last-minute exit across three lanes.
Four dead, including her.
She was drunk at the time.
She usually was.
It didn't matter how much she drank, she always thought she was in control.
And she always got away with it, until she didn't.
You know what you need to do.
Of course I do.
But Hicks is right.
Carter's reach is huge.
He can punish all of SWAT to get to me.
City Hall's never scared us, Chris.
I don't want anything to happen to the team because of some personal crusade.
You are talking about saving lives.
That's personal to all of us.
Now, only you can decide how far you push this.
But when I'm in a tough spot, I just ask myself: what is the right thing to do? And you know that answer.
D.
A.
showed us your requests for personal information leading to all of Pope's victims.
Before you say it was for his appeal, your requests came after his last one was denied.
And we checked with your firm.
If you were still doing legal work for Conor Pope, it wasn't on their time.
You're gonna be arrested for abetting Pope in murder the moment you leave this room.
He's got to have some kind of leverage on you.
Come on, man, this is where you defend yourself.
He was gonna murder my family.
The only way I could stay off that kill list was to help him make it.
All I did was my job.
You're the ones who started this by planting evidence.
We don't have time for a whole deposition.
Pope's already been to every hospital Raquel works at.
Where's he looking next? Raquel is innocent.
None of us want her to die.
Raquel's cousin is a patient at a rehab clinic in Malibu.
Sometimes Raquel volunteers there.
He left the last hospital 20 minutes ago.
He's already ahead of us.
I'll tell Hondo.
Yeah, maybe if you had played by the rules in the first place, this wouldn't have happened.
Rehab facility's off-grid and they got a "no phones" rule.
So we can't get through to them or warn Raquel.
Trying to save the addicts from themselves now it's putting them in more danger.
Trying to make the best time I can.
Tan, what's your problem? Spit it out.
You know me, I don't talk out of school, but I think Lynch got Raquel to toss Pope's ledger seven years ago, knowing that I would find it.
She got a source to collect evidence.
That's part of the job.
Not if she told Raquel to throw the book away so the police could find it.
That's planting evidence.
- There are rules.
- And we have to play by them.
For all we know, Raquel did it willingly.
Everything comes down to chain of custody tough to prove anything illegal was done, but Lynch is smart, she knows that.
Doesn't matter.
Lynch was a mentor, we have history.
I can live with the past, but can I trust her now? She's ain't going into battle with us.
Now this team, we've always had each other's backs.
And right now, we got a life to save.
So we're gonna get this one done like the others the way we trained.
Split up.
Find Raquel! Deacon, Tan, locate Raquel, get her safe.
Street and Chris, you're with me.
Where are the patients' quarters? - Oh, oh, my God.
Please don't shoot me.
- Where? Uh, second floor.
That way.
Where's the gunman? - Where's the gunman?! - He went that way.
It's okay.
LAPD! Exit the building! Fire alarm is gonna draw people out.
Pope's trying to bring Raquel to him.
We're running out of time.
Maritza? - This is not a drill! - Move, move, move, move! - Come on, come on, go.
- He went that way! - We're looking for Raquel Lopez.
She's got a cousin here.
Yeah, Sadie Brown second floor, down the hall.
Move, move, move, move, move, move! Let's go.
It's just another drill, Raquel.
I don't think so.
I don't want to go.
Something's wrong.
On the ground! LAPD! Down, down, down! Don't move! - Down! - Now! On the ground now! Behind your back! Hands behind your back! Hands behind your back! Come here.
26-David, one suspect in custody.
Move or die! Move! Pope, put the gun down! Hands behind your head! Get back in the room! Conor Pope, you're under arrest.
You take a good look at this man.
He put you away the first time, I'm gonna put you away the last.
I called the mayor, told her Conor Pope is in custody.
- She sends her appreciation.
- Ah.
We've had a long year so far together, Lieutenant, and I'd like to think we've gotten closer, so I'm only gonna ask this once.
Did you leverage Raquel Lopez to illegally obtain evidence for the LAPD seven years ago? - No, I didn't.
- Just tell us the truth, please.
I am.
So that's how it's gonna be? Because this unit can't function without trust, Lieutenant.
Then trust me.
We got Pope.
He's never coming near us again.
We should talk about earlier.
What you saw today, we train for that, but that's not how the job is, usually.
You're in harm's way every day.
You need to fend for yourself.
I get that.
Yeah.
Instincts kick in when it's life or death, and I know it looked brutal, but I just hope you don't look at me differently.
Victor, I knew you were SWAT, but I didn't know you could do that.
You were amazing.
Wait.
I thought you were freaked out, in shock.
It-it was shocking, but the good kind, maybe? It takes so much every morning when I kiss you goodbye to not think that's the last time I might see you.
I know you've got a dangerous job, but seeing you in action, watching you save lives today? If you can handle that, you can handle anything that life throws at us.
Wow, um What? I had this whole plan today.
Yeah, it was gonna be really special.
To hell with it.
I-I know this isn't the most romantic place, but you make me so happy.
I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
Bonnie Lonsdale will you marry me? Hell yeah, of course I will.
Victor Tan for the win! Tan! Good news.
I think I know where that, uh evidence you were looking for is Hi, Bonnie.
- Hi.
- The bad news is, I'm pretty sure it's at the city dump.
Turns out, one of the M.
E.
s pocketed it after the shooting, and then forgot.
He left it in his hazmat suit.
All that stuff gets disposed of as biowaste at the end of the day.
I know a guy who can pull the trash for us, but we got to leave right now before they close.
Hey, hey.
It's okay.
I don't need it.
I already said yes.
You said yes? She said yes! - Hey, that's amazing.
- Thanks.
- You're getting married.
- Hey.
Ah Sorry you went through so much trouble, but, uh, I'm gonna get her a new ring.
One that doesn't remind us of the day we almost died.
Wait, wait, wait.
Y-You're gonna leave a perfectly good ring at the city dump? Nothing stopping you from digging it up, Jim.
Maybe you'll need it one day.
Christina.
Welcome to City Hall.
Have we met? I know who you are, Officer Alonso.
I also know you're an exemplary cop with a long, decorated history.
You work for the deputy mayor.
We just want to know how we can agree on things.
You're coming up on your five-year.
Good optics for a deserved promotion.
You know what I want? I want your boss's son to start following the law and get the help he needs.
The D.
A.
won't touch this.
You've got no case.
Now, you're kicking up a hornet's nest for nothing.
Nothing, except a lot of misery for you and your friends at SWAT.
There may be no record of a blood test, but there was still an EM who had to administer it.
He had no problem signing an affidavit swearing he drew Jacob Carter's blood last night.
I bet the D.
A.
will be curious why the results are missing.
Along with my testimony, Jacob will face the consequences for his actions.
You do what you have to do.
I'll do the same.
Hey, Officer Alonso.
You have a good day now.
Oh, Lieutenant.
Come in.
Wanted to see how you were holding up after today.
You didn't have to.
I got something on the stove.
The police asked me a lot of questions about seven years ago.
Pope's first arrest.
I didn't say anything about our arrangement.
I'm sorry you had to go through that, - but you didn't have to protect me.
- Sure I did.
I owe you for saving my life.
If you came forward with evidence publicly, you would've been the prosecution's star witness.
All Pope would need to stay out of jail was to find a way to silence you.
Did you explain that to your team? They don't have the burden of living - in the gray areas like I have to.
- Hmm.
It's a price I'm willing to pay.
Hi.
- Come on in.
Hey.
- Hey.
Girl, you look amazing.
Hondo just got home.
- Oh, I'm so glad to see you.
- Oh I didn't hear from Hondo, so I thought you left town already.
- Well - Wow.
You look like a movie star.
You're not dressed yet.
I know, I'm-I'm sorry.
I I just got home.
Yeah, well, I'm gonna leave you two, give you a minute.
Baby, it was a rough day.
I'm not gonna be able to make it tonight.
Look, I'm sorry, but I just don't know if I got it in me for small talk and appetizers right now.
This is important, Hondo.
I know.
No, I know.
And that's why you should go.
Enjoy yourself, you earned this.
You were the one who brought this together.
What happened at work? Nichelle, sometimes in this job, you just got certain days, and today was a day.
But your friends are gonna be there, and-and your folks.
You don't need me.
My folks.
So, that's what this is about? 'Cause you didn't know my parents were coming? Nichelle, sometimes I'm not gonna be able to make it to things.
I mean, if you want to date a SWAT officer, I mean, that's just the way it's got to be.
Sure.
I understand.
You're my brother, and I love you.
What the damn hell is wrong with you? Are you trying to blow things up with her? Winnie, just stop.
You don't know what you're talking about.
Let me guess.
Nichelle met your family, tried to get you to meet hers.
The relationship got real and you got spooked.
Okay, you know what? I ain't got to listen to this from the sister I hear from once every few months, who's got two divorces on her record.
You know You have been doing this your whole life, Hondo.
I don't even think you want anything serious.
Oh, what? Y-You want me to be like you? You jump from one wrong guy to the next.
Why'd you leave your second husband again? You watch yourself, Hondo.
I live my life the way I need to live it to be happy.
Long as you're the one doing the leaving, you're happy.
Anything to not be blindsided like Mom.
And just 'cause you don't marry them before you break their hearts doesn't make you any less like Dad.
I am nothing like that man! Well, you tell that to the amazing woman you just pushed out the door.
Winnie Winnie, the-the truth is, I've been thinking a lot about them, Mom and Pop.
They have been spending more and more time together.
They're taking walks, they're getting meals.
I overheard them talking about a Palm Springs visit.
- Lord have mercy.
- Yeah.
I don't think it hurts because they're spending more time together.
It hurts because he's so damn happy.
I mean, I ain't gonna lie to you, there is a part of me that wants him to still hurt, you know? We can't keep holding on to that, Hondo.
I mean, I'm-I'm just as guilty.
We spent so much time running away from our parents' example that we s-screwed ourselves up in our own ways.
Maybe it's-it's time for that to end.
'Cause I got to tell you, this Nichelle seems like a real winner.
She is.