The Equalizer (2021) s05e10 Episode Script

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Previously on The Equalizer
ROSZAK: Why did you join
the military?
Nobody wanted me to.
- Who's nobody?
- My dad and older brother.
Women weren't supposed
to choose that path.
ROBYN: If you do like
this handsome captain,
don't wait too long.
Let him know.
I could take you to breakfast sometime.
I think I'd like that, Viol.
ROBYN: You're not the
only person dating someone.
Marcus is quitting his gig
and moving back to New York.
Which means?
ROBYN:
We're gonna give it another try.
(LOCK BEEPS)
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Hmm.
(PHONE VIBRATES)
Hey, babe. Give me a sec.
I've been thinking about you all day.
How's my lady?
Really?
What do you got in mind, babe?
Yeah, I like that.
I really like that. (CHUCKLES)
Hold on. (SNIFFS)
(ALARM BLARING)
(PANTING)
ROBYN: Mm!
Come on, Auntie, work it.
Look at you, baby.
Looking good. I take it you're
going to see Captain Curtis?
Yeah. He's taking me
on a ride along today.
- What?
- Nothing. It's just
not very romantic.
Says the woman whose first
date with her boyfriend was
a training exercise?
Touché.
(LAUGHS)
Have fun. Although
you might have to drive.
Because as fine as you look,
he won't be looking at the road.
Stop.
- (SIGHS) Morning, fam.
- VI: Morning, sweetheart.
Where are you off to today?
I'm gonna spend the weekend at Dad's.
A little daddy-daughter time.
That's nice. Got any plans?
No, I think we're just gonna
spend some time hanging out.
Watching movies, playing Scrabble.
I think it's really starting to hit Dad
that I'm leaving for school next year.
(SIGHS)
Yeah.
He's not the only one.
(PHONE VIBRATES)
Hey, Marcus.
- What's going on?
- Not a whole lot.
We're at kind of a standstill
on the Salazar thing.
Team's chasing down a few leads,
but it's pretty quiet.
Good to catch your breath.
You could use a little "me time."
Was thinking more me and you time.
Uh, I have a meeting.
Maybe later?
Hold you to it.
So
when do I get to meet this
not-so-mysterious boyfriend of yours?
What?
- Wait, what are you trying to No.
- (GIGGLES)
- Don't.
- Okay. Please, please.
No. You cannot act like your face
does not light up
every time Detective Marcus Dante calls.
Dante is Detective Dante
- is very,
- Mm-hmm.
- uh, good company,
- Right.
- and it's not like
- (PHONE RINGS)
Oh. Well. (SMACKS LIPS) Look who it is.
- Cam.
- Oh. Cam.
- I got to take this.
- Yeah.
But I love you. I love you more.
- DELILAH: Bye, Auntie.
- VI: Bye, sweetheart.
Hey, Cam.
I did not say a word.
How long has she known?
The girl is smart. You are so lucky
you got away with this secret this long.
Please.
(CHUCKLES) Have a good day.
Bye. (CHUCKLES)
ROSZAK: So, you're back at work.
Mm.
No more panic attacks.
How's it feel?
- Have to say, it feels pretty great.
- (CHUCKLES)
- You worked hard to get here.
- Oh, thank you.
I've had great support
every step of the way.
- Harry's my rock.
- Mm.
Rob's amazing. I mean,
she's a true friend.
- And Dee is why I'm here.
- And your family?
- How do they fit in?
- Well, my brothers have been great.
My older brother Matt
is in the military,
so he gets it.
How about your sister?
Oh, well, Ruby's definitely
there for me when I need her.
I mean, her focus is her
kids and mom and dad.
You don't say much about your parents.
Where do they fit
into your support system?
My parents are great people.
But we don't talk about
this kind of stuff.
This kind of stuff?
You mean post-traumatic stress?
Yeah. And therapy in general.
Why not?
I know they didn't love you
joining the military,
but I am sure
that they care about your welfare.
W Yeah, of course they do.
It's just feelings,
psychological issues
if it's not a wound that
they can see or touch
- They wouldn't understand.
- Yeah.
Yeah. We keep things on the surface.
It's easier that way.
Is that what they want
or is it what you want?
I've just accepted it.
You've accepted
that you'll never be able
to talk to your parents
about something this important?
Do you think that's healthy?
Well, it doesn't matter what I think.
It's how it is.
Like I said, my parents
wouldn't understand.
What if they did?
What if this was the thing
that allows you to break through,
to get closer to them?
Don't you think it's worth a try?
I mean, what do you have to lose?
It's nice to meet you.
Thank you so much for coming to us.
We don't have many employees,
so it's hard for us
to leave the restaurant.
How can I help you?
Two nights ago, we lost
our entire life savings
in a fire at Guardian Warehouse.
MARISOL: Everything we have is gone.
I'm sorry. I don't know the Guardian.
It's a cash management service.
We thought it would be safe.
I told them not to,
but they wouldn't listen, so
Mr. know-it-all with his degree
in video games from
City College in New York.
It's game design, Papa.
ROBYN: Why would you put
your money there instead of a bank?
MARISOL: A friend of ours,
another restaurant owner,
was held up at gunpoint
while dropping money
at a bank depository.
Right on the street, in broad daylight.
ANDRE: With Guardian,
a courier comes to us.
Then they transport our money
to a secure warehouse.
Or so we thought.
They told us everything was insured.
But we've been calling and calling
about putting in a claim,
and no one's getting back to us.
ROBYN: I know it can be frustrating,
but sorting these things out takes time.
We don't have time.
Our margins are thin and our
wholesalers don't work on credit.
If we don't get that money back
by the end of the week,
we have to close our doors for good.
We came from Barbados with nothing.
This restaurant has paid for our home,
put Niko through college.
We're desperate. Please.
- Can you help us?
- I want to help.
I'm just not sure how I can.
We don't know what to do either.
We have nowhere left to turn.
I'll tell you what,
I'll talk to the company,
see what I can find out
about your insurance policy.
Thank you.
Hey, babe. How'd it go?
Eh. Dr. Roszak thinks I should
talk to my parents about
my post-traumatic stress.
Yeah? What do you think?
Well (SCOFFS) What do I think? Babe,
you know my parents.
They don't know anything
about that stuff. It would be a huge,
frustrating waste of time.
Hmm.
What is it?
What?
The "huh." What does that mean?
Well, you know, I just
Maybe the waste of time
has been all the years you've spent
n-not talking to them about it.
You know, maybe it's time for a change.
- Babe.
- I'm just saying, how are they supposed
to ever understand it unless
you try to explain it to them?
Okay.
Fine. I'll go.
See that, right there? That impish grin?
That's how you talk me into
stuff I don't want to do.
Hmm. Reall Impish?
Really, you gonna
go with impish? All right.
- Yeah.
- (PHONE RINGS)
Ah.
Hey Rob, uh, when I smile,
does the word I don't know
"impish"
- come to mind?
- ROBYN: No time, Harry.
I need you to find out
everything you can
on Guardian Cash Warehouse.
Guardian Cash Warehouse (TYPING)
is owned by a Luke Wentworth. It's a
money management service,
latest in personal banking. They
handle and store cash for restaurants,
bars, strip joints, even some banks.
Looks like two nights ago,
they had a fire.
(WHISTLES) Eight mil went up in smoke.
FDNY incident report
says it was an accident
- electrical fire.
- Well, I just met a family
who lost everything in that fire.
These folks came from Barbados
with a dream
and they made it come true,
but now it's all going up in flames.
That's terrible. But if it
was an accident, what can we do?
I mean, what about insurance?
They're getting the runaround.
Well, I don't know, Rob, I mean,
- what-what are we
- Harry,
when my father was killed,
the case went cold pretty fast.
But this one cop stuck with it.
Officer Miller.
He'd call me every week with updates.
Sometimes just to check on me.
And you want to be that person
for this family.
Well, I was down bad,
but even at my lowest point,
just knowing that someone cared
meant the world to me.
All right. Let's do it.
Where do we start?
Well, the family said they can't
get Guardian to return their calls.
We go down there
and we ask some questions.
Sweet. Want me to meet you in the field?
Actually, Dante's going to meet me.
Oh, no, I get it. You know,
federal agent,
probably better in the field
than, you know, computer guy.
(CHUCKLES) I'm funnier, though.
- Right, babe?
- Yeah, yeah, impish.
(CHUCKLES)
Thanks for meeting me.
Not the me and you time I had in mind,
but I'll take what I can get.
We're closed to the public today.
We're here representing a family
who lost their savings in the fire.
I'm sorry, but like
I said, we're closed.
We'd like to speak
to the owner, Luke Wentworth.
Mr. Wentworth's not here, but he told me
- he's taking care of things.
- ROBYN: That doesn't seem
to include returning my client's calls.
Were you here the night of the fire?
I was on duty, yeah.
Mind telling us what happened?
I was out doing my rounds.
When I got back,
the vault room was on fire
and eight million dollars
was going up in smoke.
Inspector said the wiring went awry.
One of those freak things.
Mind if I take a look?
Bad wiring caused all this damage?
DANTE: I don't see how it could have.
This warehouse is pretty new.
Wiring should be as well.
Maybe a spark from that plug?
You think it was tampered with?
Possible.
But no way for me to tell.
Oh, this is strange.
This bill's been stamped with something.
"U"? "N," maybe?
DANTE: There's a stamp on this one, too.
"For L."
Marcus, all these burned bills
have a similar stamp.
DANTE: "Unfit Leg"
Unfit for something.
"Unfit for legal tender."
Marcus, all of these bills
are out of commission.
NICHOLS: That can't be right.
I stacked a lot of these bills myself.
They were all clean when they came in.
Maybe someone managed
to swap out the real cash
with these out-of-circulation bills.
Then started a fire so no one
would realize what they'd done.
Where are you going with this?
I'm saying I don't think
this fire was accidental.
It was cover for a robbery.
All right, so unfit currency
consists of damaged bills
pulled out of circulation.
Uh, each one is stamped so it
doesn't reenter the cash pool.
I mean, we're talking millions
a month in New York alone.
But how'd they get
their hands on that much?
Well, ten days ago, there was a burglary
at the Rockford Recycling
Center in Red Hook.
That's where the New York
BankNote Service
takes the unfit currency
to get destroyed.
- And no one cared?
- I mean, they reported it,
but I guess 'cause the stuff's
worthless, investigating it
just doesn't go to the top
of anyone's to-do list.
So, that's how they got the fake money,
but how did they get into the
vault to get the real cash out?
Well, I think it'll be easier
if I just show you.
I suspect that the thieves gained access
through this maintenance tunnel.
Runs alongside a underground conduit
so it can be serviced.
ROBYN: Yeah,
but that much money would be heavy
and extremely hard to move.
Yeah, but the tunnel is wide enough
to accommodate two people.
It's equipped with
a metal ladder and LED lights.
- Where's the tunnel lead?
- Directly
to the Guardian utility room,
where the thieves
could've bypassed the alarm,
pulled off the heist and then
reset it on the way out.
But how'd they gain access to
the tunnel in the first place?
There are a bunch of points of entry,
but my money's on this one.
It's a red-tagged
city engineering building
about 200 yards from the warehouse.
Harry, see if you can track down
Guardian's owner, Luke Wentworth.
Hey, I'm gonna check out
this red-tagged building.
You want to come?
Think I'm gonna turn down
me and you time?
(DOORBELL RINGS)
Hey! I brought you ensaymada.
- Oh, my favorite.
- Hey. Mwah.
I'll brew us some tea. I wish you had
given me a little more
notice you were coming.
- Oh Oh, I just came by to say hi.
- Okay. Sit, sit.
Well, you guys look great.
You getting enough exercise?
I still go to Zumba classes.
It's where I shake it out.
- (LAUGHS)
- (LAUGHS) What about you, Daddy?
I swim.
He sits by the pool.
(LAUGHS)
Well, whatever you guys
are doing, it's working.
- And you?
- Hmm?
How's work, Melody?
It's good.
The bar's busy, you know.
Things are going well.
That's wonderful.
So
Okay, I didn't come here to just say hi.
There is something that I wanted
to talk to you both about.
Um
I've started going to therapy
for some post-traumatic stress
from my time in the military.
Uh, I'm fine.
It's Uh, there was an incident
back when I was a sniper.
I had to do some awful things.
And then something happened
recently that brought
those memories back,
and I started having panic attacks.
I didn't say anything
to you before. I'm sorry.
But going to therapy
has helped me realize
that it's important to discuss things,
and I'm-I'm at the point
where I want to share
Excuse me. Uh
(SIGHS)
Your father gets uncomfortable.
I'll make that tea.
This place has been offline
for over a year.
ROBYN: Looks like someone's
been here more recently than that.
Okay, so where's the entrance
to the tunnel?
Looks like a rough schematic
of the cash warehouse interior.
This is where they planned this thing.
Over here.
Harry was right.
This was how they got in.
These guys were smart.
Smart
but sloppy.
Guess we're looking for a blond.
All right, I got a blond woman
arriving at Guardian
at 11:00 p.m. the night before
the heist. In fact, she's been
making regular appearances there
for the past few weeks,
always after hours.
Any chance she works there?
The employee logs don't look
like they've been updated in a while,
but judging by the short shorts,
and the platforms, uh,
- I'd say probably not.
- Can you ID her?
The plate on her Nissan Sentra
is registered to a Molly Kane,
32. Sending you a photo.
I've been trying to gain access
to her e-mail
and photo records, but her social media
is littered with selfies with her
and some guy.
Looks like it goes back
about two months.
That's the guard
we met at the warehouse.
He was on duty the night
of the fire. Kurt Nichols.
Phone records are coming in.
Uh, she was on the phone with
one Kurt Nichols
for 44 minutes that night.
So, she wasn't there.
Yeah, but she kept him on the phone.
Distracted him while the
robbery was taking place.
Been using him to gain access.
Getting a lay of the land
for whoever she's working for.
Harry, send me the addy.
We need to talk to this woman.
(CAR ALARM CHIRPS)
Molly Kane?
Can I help you?
We're looking into the fire
at the Guardian Warehouse.
Because your phone records
have you talking
to Kurt Nichols that same night.
Who are you again?
That fire was cover for a robbery.
We know you started dating
Kurt Nichols a few months ago
and you've been making regular
trips to visit him at the warehouse.
So you could scout the place
for your accomplices.
Come on, Molly. We found one
of your hairs on the stolen money.
I can explain that. Yes,
I've been seeing Kurt at the warehouse
because it's my thing.
You're gonna have to do
better than that.
We hook up in the vault room, okay?
On top of the money.
And that's how your hair
wound up on the stolen cash?
If there was a robbery,
I would talk to Luke Wentworth.
- Guardian's owner? Why him?
- Kurt says
he uses the place
like his personal piggy bank.
- If you're lying
- I'm not.
If you want to know who stole
that money, ask Wentworth.
We will.
If we can find him.
Thanks for inviting me to ride along.
I can certainly say this is a first.
It's "bring a beautiful
woman to work" day.
So,
- turned out well for both of us.
- (LAUGHS)
Yo, Captain.
How you doing, Ray?
What's going on, boss?
Hey, I see you've been working out.
All right now. Watch yourself.
- Say hey to Frankie for me.
- RAY: Aiight, will do.
VI: Look at you. You are like the mayor.
Well, it's important
to have people see me.
Get comfortable with my face.
Gives me a chance to see them, too.
Observe, protect, connect.
Oh, I see you were
paying attention in class.
I don't miss a thing, captain.
(CHUCKLES)
DISPATCH:
African-American male, mid-20s,
blue jeans, black T-shirt, suspect
in an attempted carjacking
near Atlantic and Grand.
Possibly armed and dangerous.
10-4. Keeping an eye out.
Do you need to take me back
to the precinct?
Nah. Happens all the time. Don't worry.
I'd never put you in harm's way.
All right, Luke Wentworth
founded Guardian Cash Warehouse
six years ago.
His business took off,
he was bringing in
more cash than he had shelf space.
Lots of money, little oversight.
Never a good thing.
Yeah, I see you've been reading ahead.
His personal financials were a hot mess.
He's being sued by three credit
card companies and BetWave,
a pay service for online gambling.
Molly said he would take stacks
of cash from the warehouse.
So, he was "borrowing"
from his own customers
to cover his debt.
Probably realized that strategy
wasn't sustainable,
decided to go big,
take off with all the cash.
That's a pretty big swing.
Must have an exit strategy.
Well, he's got a 45-foot
cabin cruiser named Cash Flow,
and he just made a slip
reservation in the Caymans.
- He's running.
- HARRY: Yeah, or about to.
I just pinged his phone
to his address in Tribeca.
Luke Wentworth.
Federal agents.
Looks like he didn't finish packing.
(CLATTERING)
Wentworth! Special Agent Marcus Dante.
Put down your weapon and come out
with your hands on your head.
WENTWORTH: Show me your badge.
Come out here with your hands
on your head and I will.
Drop your weapon.
(GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
Don't lie to us.
We know the money was stolen,
not burned.
- Where is it?
- I don't have it.
We know about your gambling debts.
I swear to you, I don't have it.
Believe me, I wish I did.
Then why are you running?
Because there are some very bad people
coming to kill me.
I thought you were them.
Who's coming for you?
A-Akim.
Akim Sorokin. He's a Guardian client.
He owns a string of strip clubs
in Brooklyn and Queens.
That's Russian mob territory.
He had millions in my warehouse.
Dollars and euros.
Another satisfied customer.
I told him the money was stolen,
I told him I had nothing to do with it.
Bet he wasn't too keen on waiting
on an insurance settlement.
There's no insurance.
I'd let it lapse. I-I
I never expected to be robbed.
You do understand
how insurance works, right?
So now all these people who
trusted you are just out of luck,
including a hard-working family
who's not gonna make it
without that money.
It was dumb. I-I'm sorry.
So you have no clue
who pulled off this robbery?
None.
Please, just let me go?
Oh, I think we should leave you here,
the same way you left
all your clients out to dry.
Please. Sorokin's a psycho.
- He-he won't stop till I'm dead.
- Don't worry.
We'll find you
a nice, safe holding cell.
Sounds like whoever
took that money are left
with a bunch of euros they can't spend.
Currency exchange can fix that.
It's worth looking into.
CURTIS: I look, for patterns.
What's changed, who's struggling,
what-what they're going through.
Take her.
She looks like she could be
running from something.
Means someone might be chasing her.
Actually,
looks like she's the one
doing the chasing.
Excuse me. You dropped your wallet.
Oh, thank you very much.
Have a nice day.
Okay.
You're a natural at reading people.
Remember, I live with a teenager.
(CHUCKLES)
Control, X-O-4.
Possible hit on that robbery BOLO.
- 10-6.
- DISPATCH: Copy.
(SIREN CHIRPS)
Stay here.
Excuse me.
Captain Curtis, NYPD.
What's your name, young man?
Darius.
Where you coming from, Darius?
Okay. Let me see some ID.
It's in my book bag.
Then open it. Slowly.
Nah. I don't have to.
I didn't do anything wrong
and I know the law.
Man, why you over here
bothering me anyway?
You fit the description of a suspect.
Yeah, I woke up
fitting that description.
Okay, you refuse to show me your ID,
I have the authority to detain you.
Let's try this again, son.
- (PEOPLE MURMURING)
- Open
- your bag.
- MAN: He's just a kid.
Stop! Hands where I can see them.
Let me see them!
Just my phone. Was trying to record you.
Hey, can somebody get this punk-ass cop
trying to violate my rights?
MAN: Kid didn't do nothing wrong!
DISPATCHER: 10-80 on that BOLO.
Suspect has been apprehended.
Okay. You're free to go, Darius.
WOMAN: That cop is messed-up.
Let's get out of here.
Hey. You okay?
Yeah.
Um, I'm fine.
But what about that young man?
Yeah, well, he's lucky.
I mean, what was he thinking?
Going inside his pockets
while engaged with a cop?
That's incredibly dangerous.
I need to leave.
Wait, you okay?
Yeah, I-I just
I just need to go.
- I can take you back.
- I'll get home faster on the train.
Viola,
there something we need to talk
Viola.
Akim Sorokin.
This is the guy
that Wentworth is so afraid of,
and for good reason, too.
Sorokin's strip clubs are fronts
for the Russian mob,
moving dirty money through
the system. Racketeering,
extortion, an attempted
murder charge here or there.
Doesn't look like the face of a man
who walks away from his money.
Means whoever took it will want
to clean it quick.
Any luck tracking those euros?
Yeah, possibly. I breached
a currency monitoring site,
and there was an exchange
of 30,000 euros into dollars
about three hours ago
at Citywide Currency.
That could be our man. Probably
didn't use his real name.
Probably not, which is why
I'm hacking the security cam
at Queens Global as we speak.
And what do we got? Let's see.
All right, we got a male,
twenties, could definitely use
more time in the sun.
Running facial rec.
All right, Jimmy Talbot, 25.
And Well, look at this.
He's a junior engineer
for the city of New York.
Which explains why he knew about
that red-tag substation.
So who was he working with?
This was at least a two-person job.
Well, sounds like a question
for Mr. Junior Engineer.
Harry, see what you can find
in his emails and phone records.
And send us his address.
You know,
if we found Talbot so easily
Yeah. Sorokin can do the same.
And if he gets to that money
before we do, then
my clients can say goodbye
to their savings.
Jimmy Talbot.
(WHISPERING): One, two
He's not here.
Yeah, which means
the money isn't, either.
What?
CCNY.
Same school Niko Espinosa went to.
It's the son of the couple
I'm working for.
CCNY's a big place.
Probably nothing.
Then there's this.
Looks like Talbot is a hardcore gamer.
Niko got his degree in game design.
You thinking
that might be the connection?
Let's see what Harry can tell us.
Jimmy Talbot and Niko Espinosa
not only knew each other
in college, they were gaming partners.
Could Niko Espinoza really
have been in on this robbery?
I mean, it's looking more likely
by the minute.
I-I don't get it, though.
Why would this kid steal
from his own family?
Hard to say, but
Niko watched his parents
eke out a living for years.
He probably thought
college would be his way out,
but then his gaming degree lands him
right back at the restaurant.
He sees the Guardian driver
picking up cash every week.
Realizes how many other businesses
must store cash there.
Maybe he thought
the place had insurance,
his parents would get their money back,
nobody loses.
Two well-educated guys, both resentful
about being stuck in low-paying jobs.
This was their chance
to press fast-forward
and skip all the hard work.
Yeah, look, I hate to bring down
the room, but if Sorokin gets
to Niko and Talbot before we do
Then the Espinosas lose a
lot more than just their money.
You stashed the truck, right?
(QUIETLY): 'Course I did.
Chill, bro. We have this.
What about the money?
We can't just let it sit there.
No, we'll move it this weekend.
No, no, no, we-we have to move tonight.
Okay, okay, tonight.
I get my parents' money
back to them, okay?
Then we're golden.
Living like we got millions on repeat.
Hey, whoa! Get off me, man! (EXCLAIMS)
Get in the car!
And then he just walked out,
Harry. He just got up and
he walked out like I wasn't even there.
And I know I'm repeating myself
and I'm rambling
and you're probably not even listening
to this message anymore,
but the point is
it was a bad idea to come here.
And I knew that.
But this was this was worse
than I've even imagined.
It's better if we keep I got to go.
(CLEARS THROAT)
- Your tea.
- (SIGHS)
Thanks, Mom.
- Can I?
- Sure. Yeah.
Oh, here.
- Thank you.
- Sure.
That man can be so difficult.
You think?
Well, I don't mind
that he's quiet or that
he keeps to himself.
He's an introvert.
It's just when he refuses
to communicate.
Your father is like an old TV.
You have to smack him
a few times to get the signal.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Ugh.
I don't know why I thought
this time would be different with him.
You and your father are like
puzzle pieces that don't fit.
- Mm.
- Because you're so alike.
We are nothing alike.
Well, you're both proud,
you are stoic,
there's nothing you can't handle.
And you when you're in pain,
you keep it to yourself.
Your father had a hard time
when you joined the military.
He never said anything,
but he had his reasons.
And, you, Melody.
I didn't have any idea
you were suffering like this.
Well, I'm working on it in therapy.
What makes me sad
is that you're both missing out
on a wonderful relationship.
Well, so, how do I get through to him?
Just do what I do.
What's that?
Call him on his BS.
Don't give up on him, Melody.
Our Niko?
No, he'd never steal from us, never.
Why are you saying this about our son?
I hope I'm wrong. But if I'm right,
Niko is in a lot of danger.
You have any idea where he might be?
No. He's late for his shift.
And he's phone is going to voicemail.
Why would he do this?
Is there anywhere he might have gone?
Anywhere he would have hidden the money?
I don't know.
DANTE: I can't stress
enough how important it is
that we find him.
That photo of you two on the roof.
Why are you wearing gloves?
Those are roosting gloves.
They're for our pigeons.
Where do you keep pigeons?
On the roof of my mother's
building, Niko's gran.
There's two coops up there.
Are they big enough
to hold a large sum of cash?
(COOING)
Fill this with every dollar you stole.
You're gonna kill us, huh?
(SCOFFS)
Your life is not important to me.
I simply want my money.
Get to work. You don't have much time.
(THUG MUTTERS)
(QUIETLY): How many?
I count three, could be more.
Okay.
Come out.
Now! Or the kid dies.
One,
two!
Take them. Take them!
Okay. All right.
You don't want to do this.
- Finish it.
- I'm going as fast as I can.
SOROKIN: Move faster!
(GRUNTING)
Keep my money safe.
Aah!
(SCREAMS)
(THUD)
(COMMENTATOR SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
Waiting for the inside!
- There he is with the header!
- Oh
I'm gonna talk,
and I want you to listen.
Okay.
Okay.
It took a lot for me to come here
and reveal what I've been going through.
And the way you walked away was hurtful.
I'm in therapy
for post-traumatic stress,
and I'm making progress.
I thought it was something
you'd like to know.
Or at least something
I should share with you.
And when you walked away,
it made me feel like
you were ashamed of me
or
that you didn't care.
And (CHUCKLES)
frankly, I don't know what's worse.
What is it? What's wrong, Dad?
(SIGHS)
Dad, please talk to me.
It's not your shame.
It's mine.
The Japanese occupied the Philippines
during World War II.
They did terrible things to us.
They starved our children.
Separated our families.
Killed our babies.
When I was of age,
I, uh, joined
the Philippine Army, and, uh,
an insurgent group,
the Moro National Liberation Front,
took me and several others hostage.
I was held for nine days.
I was beaten, starved,
and every morning,
they told me I was going to die.
(INHALES, EXHALES)
I was finally rescued,
but I still bear the scars.
When you told me
what you were going through
It triggered you.
(BREATH TREMBLING)
My scars
are the same scars
my father had from the war.
We fought so you wouldn't have to.
Daddy
why didn't you tell me this before?
Uh
The men in our family, we
we don't talk about these things.
Well, maybe it's time you start.
(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)
- ANDRE: Where is he?
- He's safe.
Niko, why?
The way you work all the time,
you're like a prisoner.
All I wanted to do was get
you money to buy your freedom.
We've never been afraid of hard work,
son.
I've tried to teach you that.
OFFICER: Let's go, kid. In the car.
Well
they're gonna get their money back.
At least their restaurant
gets to stay open.
DANTE: Small consolation
for losing your son.
Can you imagine how truly
awful they must feel?
Watching your child get sent away?
And I gave Delilah hell just for
taking out my dad's car.
Maybe I overreacted.
You reacted just right.
Thank you, Marcus.
And thank you for saving my life
on that roof.
Don't mention it.
Wouldn't be me and you time
without some chaos, right?
(LAUGHS)
Yeah, but how about we just
go out for some nice, quiet,
danger-free dinner?
How about you lead the way?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
I just can't believe that
your dad has been struggling
with the same thing this entire time.
And that he actually shared it with me.
Mm. That's 'cause of you.
You brought that out of him.
Well, it's a start.
And I owe it all to you.
I mean, I wouldn't have gone over there
if you hadn't pushed me.
I'm just glad it worked out.
You know, would've been
a very different conversation
a few hours ago.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Much louder, I'm guessing.
(CHUCKLES)
Well, I'm gonna start spending
more time with my parents.
Ooh, maybe we can have them over,
and then they can have a chance
to hang with their amazing son-in-law.
- Yeah? This guy?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Mr. Impish Grin? Yeah?
- Oh.
- That gets me every time.
- (LAUGHS)
ROBYN: So,
now that you've had some
time to think
how you feeling?
Disturbed, confused.
He went from charming Captain Curtis
to just another angry cop on the street.
Well, he didn't get physical, did he?
No, no,
but his tone was
immediately threatening.
I mean, he
he intimidated that young man
for absolutely no reason.
(SIGHS)
It's kind of tricky, Aunt Vi. I mean,
cops have to make split-second decisions
in very volatile situations.
I understand that, I do, but
I just can't help
thinking about that young man.
What happened just wasn't right.
No.
But the problem is
the whole world isn't right.
I was talking to Harry earlier.
Do you remember that police officer
that stepped up to help me out
after Daddy was killed?
Yeah, Officer Miller. Good man.
Yes, he was.
He was killed during a traffic stop.
No.
When?
About eight years ago.
He was looking for a suspect,
just like Captain Curtis.
You think I'm being too hard on him?
I didn't say that.
I'm just saying, either way,
it's not easy.
So, where do you two go from here?
Honestly
I'm not sure.
(DOOR OPENS)
Hello, all.
ROBYN: What are you doing home?
Thought you were staying
at your dad's tonight.
I was.
But, uh, I honestly
could not take it anymore.
I mean, all Dad wants
to talk about is college.
It's essays
and scholarships, early decisions,
on and on and on and on.
Oh, Dee, he just wants what's
best for you.
And all I want is to enjoy my last year
of high school.
Dee, your dad didn't exactly
have it easy.
You know, his parents couldn't afford
to send him to an Ivy League school.
He had to work two jobs on top of loans
to pay for his degree.
But now that he can afford to give you
an Ivy League education,
he just wants to see you
take full advantage of it.
I get that.
But I want to be respected
for what I accomplish,
not where I went to school.
Oh, you will be.
Believe me, I have no doubt about that.
VI: So,
what excuse did you give him to leave?
I told him that I had to go because
Mom was having problems
with her brand-new boyfriend.
What?
You did not tell him that.
Please tell me you didn't
- (LAUGHING)
- I'm kidding.
I'm kidding. I'm kidding.
I'm kidding.
(LAUGHING): Your face
No, okay, I-I just
I told him that, uh,
I just wasn't feeling well.
I-I literally had to stop him
from getting the medical bag, okay?
(LAUGHING): I'm sorry, I know
I know that I lied, but
Ooh, the truth is usually better.
And that's why I probably
should've been straight
with you this morning.
Oh?
Wait, so you are dating Detective Dante.
Ye We are Instagram official.
(LAUGHING)
I mean, if either one of us
had a Instagram,
it would be official.
Mom, I am so happy for you.
Yeah. I am, too.
And when the time is right,
I would love to bring him by
to meet you.
Well, we have met,
but I would love that.
Me too.
I will make him a dinner
he will never forget.
(PHONE RINGS)
Oh
- Oh, dear.
- Okay, now.
I'm sorry, did you just start
- lighting up just now?
- That'd be
It's like she's all of
a sudden, glowing, right?
Hi, Marcus. (CHUCKLES)
Hey. Yeah.