S.W.A.T. (2017) s06e03 Episode Script

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♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[WOMEN SCREAMING]
[GUNMAN SHOUTS]
Ah!
Nobody moves, nobody dies!
Lock 'em in the conference room.
Take their phones.
[CLAMORING]
Hey, phone in the bag now.
Should be over here somewhere.
This wall.
Help me move these.
Just like you said.
♪
Prep the exit, then make the call.
Appreciate you lugging all this stuff.
I'll be honest, when I volunteered,
I didn't think your church
was gonna wrangle up
this many donations.
- What's in here, bricks?
- Ah.
They got landline telephones, laptops
Nichelle's COPE program
needs the resources
- and people are stepping up.
- I guess nobody wanted to part with
iPads or anything lighter?
Look at it this way,
you get to skip the gym.
It's leg day. I love leg day.
Hey, guys, thank you both
for bringing this by.
Oh, yeah, yeah. No sweat.
So, Annie tells me you have some news?
Oh, I knew you two couldn't wait
till the baby is born.
We wanted to, but we're
just too excited.
And I have online
shopping carts ready to go.
I need to know which one
to pull the trigger on.
So, the baby's gender is in there?
And I haven't opened it.
Annie agreed to bake us a cake
for a little gender reveal
party this weekend,
so she is the only one allowed to know.
Okay, well, normally
Annie and I don't keep secrets
from each other,
but in this case I'll let it slide.
Do not let this out of your sight.
You have my word.
[PHONE BUZZING, BEEPING]
We got to get to Pacoima.
NICHELLE: Thanks. Be safe, guys.
- Okay.
- Mm-hmm.
[SIREN WAILING]
HONDO: All right. Listen up.
911 call came from inside.
Caller said four gunmen
busted in, rounded everybody up,
and then put a bullet in
a manager who resisted.
If he's still alive, we got to
get him medical attention ASAP,
so let's get in and get him out.
How many potential hostages?
Luckily, most of the employees
are working remote.
Only five clocked in
this morning, plus the manager.
Caller said they were being corralled
- before the call was dropped.
- Any sign of the shooters?
Patrol got here fast,
set up a wide perimeter.
Never saw the shooters exit,
so we have to assume
they're still inside.
Luca and I'll take the three side.
Deacon, you grab Tan and Street,
enter the two side.
Let's secure the hostages
and get that wounded man out.
Okay. Let's do this.
♪
DEACON: Tan.
30-David.
Set at the entry point, on the two side.
Checking the IR now.
I got six bodies on IR,
huddled together.
That's got to be the employees.
TAN: No visual on any gunmen.
Hondo, we've located the employees.
No sign of the suspects.
Copy that, Deac.
We're good.
No sign of suspects on our end either.
Prepare to make entry.
All right, we do this quick
and quiet in three, two, one.
Go.
♪
Not exactly sophisticated.
Tan.
No change.
Looks like we're good.
30-David. We are just
outside the conference room.
Still no sign of any shooters.
Copy that, Deac. We're clear here, too.
Make entry.
Get that wounded man out.
LAPD.
You're okay. We're here to get you out.
Where's the wounded? Who got shot?
What are you talking about?
Nobody was shot.
Is this everyone working today?
Yes, just the six of us.
Which one of you called 911?
None of us.
I think I heard
one of them make the call.
Something's not right.
Hondo, we've secured the employees.
No one's been shot.
And whoever called 911
it wasn't one of them.
LUCA: So, what the hell's going on?
- This is all a distraction.
- Yeah, but for what?
Ready?
Luca, check it out.
This wasn't on the floor plan.
20-David, we got
a hidden door to an old hallway.
Our shooters might have ghosted.
We are pursuing.
Luca, flashbang.
Go.
LUCA: Yo, Hondo, check this out.
Coveralls. Four sets.
They changed their clothes
They're running. Luca, let's go.
- LUCA: Where's Betty?
- HONDO: She's gone.
No, that's impossible.
Betty's tracker.
They must've ripped it out of her.
HONDO: 20-David to Command.
The armored vehicle is gone.
I repeat, Betty is gone. We lost her.
This was all just a setup
to get us inside
- so they could take her.
- What the hell for?
Hell if I know.
But I got a bad feeling
we're about to find out.
I've got a call
with the brass in five minutes,
so does somebody want to explain to me
how the hell we lost a ten-ton
ARV in broad daylight?
This is my fault, Commander.
Just a second, Luca, hold on.
We're still working on it, sir.
Patrol witnessed the four suspects
emerge from the building
shortly after we entered,
but they were wearing SWAT uniforms.
Patrol mistook them for us.
It wasn't until me and Hondo came out
that they realized something was up.
- By then, Black Betty was gone.
- What about her tracker?
They ripped it out of her freaking dash.
Look, it's not hard to find if you know
what you're looking for.
It would take seconds.
- Don't tell me you left the keys in it.
- No, sir.
Betty was buttoned up.
I still got the key right here.
DEACON: They must've had their own key.
It's easy enough to clone if
you can get close to the original.
So, just how and when could
they have done that?
We don't know that, sir.
Tan and Street are gonna
pore through the archives
of Betty's dashcam footage.
If someone ripped our key,
maybe they got caught in the act.
So there's a team of SWA
imposters out there with Black Betty,
with her entire arsenal
at their disposal.
So whatever they're planning
to do with her,
it's gonna be damn near
impossible to stop 'em.
And if there's a single
loss of life as a result
I'm the driver. Betty's my girl.
If anyone gets hurt, that's on me.
No, it's on all of us to find Betty
and to stop this crew before
anything like that can happen.
[SIGHS] Luca's really taking this hard.
TAN: You surprised? When he was
in Germany and I was driving Betty,
he called every day to check in.
At first I thought he was making sure
I was doing all right,
but then eventually I realized
he was more worried about Betty.
Losing her has got to be killing him.
Well, Luca didn't lose Black Betty.
She was taken from all of us.
Yeah, try telling him that.
Yeah.
Hold on.
I think I might have something.
Remember like two weeks ago we
had that false alarm call in Los Feliz?
Yeah. Caller said all the right words
to get the SWAT response, but
when we got there, nothing.
Just like the call this morning.
There's Luca. We're Code 4.
Yeah, look behind them.
Dude in the hoodie.
What's he holding?
Some sort of capture device.
He's cloning the key
right behind Luca's back.
Man, this is gonna tip Luca over.
Not if we find Black Betty.
This guy was smart enough
to keep his face turned
away from the dashcam.
But that means he's facing
all those houses right there.
If even one of them
has a security camera,
they might've caught his face.
I'll get Patrol out there
to start canvassing.
All right.
[SIGHS]
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Anything?
- Uh
Potential Hail Mary.
[SIGHS]
You okay?
I left the envelope in Black Betty.
- Nichelle's envelope?
- Yeah.
I didn't want to take it
with me on a call.
I just I figured there'd be
nowhere safer.
Oh, damn.
- Should we say something?
- I'd rather not.
I promised Nichelle
it would be safe with us.
Can you call the doctor's office,
explain the situation,
maybe someone there can help?
- They're not gonna tell me.
- They might.
Nichelle had them seal the
baby's gender in an envelope.
They have to know it's for
a gender reveal of some kind.
Okay, maybe. But then I'd know.
So what?
All that matters is that Hondo
and Nichelle are surprised.
♪
[SIGHS] So this is where
you've been hiding.
You got a second?
Yeah, I got nowhere else to be.
Look, if I'm honest,
with Betty gone,
I'm not sure what to do.
I know this is eating at you.
And real talk, there's
nobody I'd rather have
driving Black Betty than you.
But, Luca, your value to this team
goes far beyond one skill.
I should've been prepared
for something like this.
Hey! We train for every
possible scenario,
and sometimes these guys
get one step ahead of us.
So we just need to get
back out in front.
That's it.
I need to know you're focused, Luca.
Because when we find
these guys, and we will,
we're gonna be going up
against our own weaponry.
That is what I'm focused on, okay?
But I keep thinking, what if
these guys crash Betty into a car?
Or a freaking farmers market?
Somebody's gonna lose their badge.
There's no way I'm letting
you guys take the hit.
I really appreciate that you're
willing to fall on the sword,
but I ain't accepting that,
you understand?
I am squad leader. The buck stops here.
Now, if you have to, take a minute.
Then you get your head right.
I need you sharp when we find
whoever thinks that
they can steal from 20-Squad
and not pay a price.
Yeah?
- We got this.
- Okay.
What's this about
a Hail Mary paying off?
I had Patrol go door-to-door
in the neighborhood where
Luca's key got cloned.
Got lucky on a hit from a Ring camera.
Gave us this guy.
Bryce McCabe, 32 years old.
Army washout with
a dishonorable discharge.
STREET: Same guy we caught
on Betty's dashcam cloning Luca's key.
DEACON: Well, he's no Boy Scout,
but he's not exactly
a criminal mastermind.
Is that it?
LKA is an apartment in North Hollywood.
I talked to the landlord.
Said McCabe hasn't been around for days.
He's more than happy
to leave the keys for us.
- Warrant?
- Already in the works.
All right, you two get out a BOLO.
Deacon, grab Hondo
and see what you can find
- at McCabe's apartment.
- I'm on it.
LUCA: Hey, we rolling out?
Uh, just me and Hondo.
Might have a lead
on the crew from this morning.
All right, let me go, too,
if it has to do with Betty.
No, Hondo and Deacon can handle it.
I still need an itemized list
from everything that was
in that AV's cargo this morning.
And if any of it's used in a crime
[SCOFFS] it's gonna be evidence.
Yeah.
I understand.
[EXHALES]
♪
Bryce McCabe.
LAPD with a warrant. Open up.
Hey, McCabe. It's your last chance.
We're coming in.
Closet only. Clear.
Give me two.
Right side clear.
Bathroom clear.
Clear.
There's three bedrolls.
Looks like McCabe was hosting.
That's McCabe plus three.
There's our crew from this morning.
Yeah, speaking of
some blueprints from the office building
and some others.
I don't know what they are.
I'll send these to Tan,
see if he can make something of it.
[SIGHS]
Deacon
Hey! This is Sergeant Flashbang!
Cover, cover!
- [HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]
- [BOTH GROANING]
WOMAN: Federal agents!
Just say "Federal agents"?
I don't know, I couldn't make it out.
This is LAPD SWAT! Drop your weapons!
WOMAN: Nice try, McCabe!
Drop your weapons and come out
with your hands up!
- Yo, hold up. Identify yourselves!
- WOMAN: FBI!
- Come out now!
- What are the Feds doing here?
This is Sergeant
Daniel Harrelson, LAPD SWAT!
WOMAN: Hondo? Is that you?
- I know you?
- WOMAN: Don't you recognize my voice?
It's kind of hard with my ears ringing.
WOMAN: It's your
favorite Internet model.
Vasquez?
Yeah. [EXHALING]
- Deacon, we're good.
- Code 4.
Long time no see, Hondo.
[CHUCKLES] And you ain't lying.
Deacon, you remember Jackie Vasquez,
don't you?
We worked patrol together
almost a million years ago.
Of course, it's nice to see you again.
- Good to see you.
- But, wait, hold on. Internet model?
LAPD put her diverse,
female face on their website
to drive recruiting.
Wasn't enough to keep me around, though.
[SIGHS] Thanks, Ignacio.
- You got it.
- Thanks.
Sorry about the rough entry, boys.
No harm done.
So, what gives?
What's the Bureau's interest in McCabe?
You first.
Well, McCabe and his crew created
a hostage situation this morning
in order to steal our ARV.
I'm sorry, he-he stole the SWA
armored vehicle?
DEACON: Yeah. And everything in it.
Any idea what he'd want to use it for?
Can't say, really.
Can't say, or won't say?
All right, come on, guys,
let's not play this game.
You know I can't just read LAPD
into a federal investigation.
Come on, Vasquez.
So don't read us. Use us.
Nobody's better suited to
recover that vehicle than my team.
Look, why don't you come back
to HQ with us?
Put our heads together, share intel.
- Come back to HQ?
- Yeah.
Commander Hicks still run the place?
Yeah, he just wants McCabe in custody
and our vehicle recovered. Same as you.
Look, I'll admit, it's
impressive that you beat us here
without knowing what I know
And I did always want
to ride with 20-Squad.
[HONDO LAUGHS]
Looks like today's your lucky day.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [HONDO CHUCKLES]
Jim Street, Victor Tan,
meet Special Agent
Jackie Vasquez of the FBI.
- Hi.
- Nice to meet you.
Former LAPD.
In fact, she and Hondo rode together
in Hollywood Division back in the day.
We're gonna want to hear some
patrol days stories about Hondo later.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
- "Later" is right.
For now, let's focus on McCabe.
Turns out he's been on the FBI's radar
since long before he stole Black Betty.
Unofficially, as in
"I will deny it if it comes out,"
McCabe is the key to
a RICO investigation
I've been building over the last
two years on the Morelia cartel.
My team raided a stash house
and confiscated over
$10 million of product
that McCabe was supposed to be guarding.
McCabe wasn't there.
We haven't seen him since.
Probably hiding from you andthe cartel
if he lost ten mil of their product.
They're gonna want payback.
And stealing Black Betty's
got to be part of his plan
to get back some of his losses.
And with a fully-stocked
armored vehicle,
he's got a lot of options.
Yeah, you've already got the, uh,
plans and blueprints
from McCabe's apartment.
You able to make anything of them?
We confirmed that one set
is of the office building
from this morning.
TAN: Turns out the
others are vault designs
commissioned by Pacific Access Bank.
Pacific Access has branches
all across Los Angeles.
There's no way to monitor all of 'em.
I've already got a call in to the
bank's corporate security office.
Hopefully they can
narrow down the location
of this specific vault.
Agent Vasquez,
can I get a word in private?
What was that look?
Nah, there's just
a little bit of history
between Hicks and Vasquez.
[QUIETLY]: All right.
Like Hondo,
Vasquez was a top patrol cop.
Number one at everything.
When Hondo applied for SWAT,
so did Vasquez,
only her application
was denied by the panel.
Didn't even get a look.
- What'd she do wrong?
- Nothing. But this was
back before there were
any female officers on SWAT.
Before Chris helped break
through that glass ceiling,
a lot of good officers got turned away.
But what's this got to do with Hicks?
Hicks was on the panel that denied her.
Hondo was just getting me up to speed,
and I know you're
SWAT-rated with the Bureau.
And as long as you're willing
to follow Hondo's lead,
I see no reason to decline your
request to ride along today.
- My request, Commander?
- Mm.
It was actually Hondo who suggested it.
Regardless, it only benefits
McCabe if the LAPD
and FBI get bogged down
in a jurisdictional sword fight.
Yeah, I agree. A joint task
force serves both our interests.
Okay, then. We're good.
No, we're not.
Not yet.
I need to clear the air
on something first.
You know I was on the panel that
denied your application to SWAT.
The vote was two-to-one against you,
and I'm sorry to say
I was in the majority.
Least it wasn't a clean sweep.
Yeah. Well, given enough
time to reflect on it,
I made the wrong call.
A lot's changed around here since then.
And, more than that,
I-I hope I have, too.
If I had a chance to do it again,
I'd like to believe
I'd do it differently.
Thank you for saying that, sir.
- Yeah.
- If nothing else,
got me to move on to bigger
and better things, right?
[CHUCKLES]
Careful. You're still in my house.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[PHONE BUZZING]
- Hello?
- WOMAN: Hello, Sergeant Kay?
Yeah, this is Sergeant Kay.
- [WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
- Hey.
Yeah, hi. Thank you for calling me back.
I'm-I'm not sure if my message
was-was clear earlier.
Nichelle Carmichael gave me
an envelope earlier today
after she had an appointment
with you guys.
The gender, yes. I arranged that.
Oh. Oh, good. So you're the one
that gave her the envelope.
- That's right.
- Perfect.
So you know what I'm talking about.
Um, the problem is
- the envelope disappeared.
- Oh, no.
Yeah. Um, and-and my wife
is in charge of the gender reveal party.
And without knowing
what is inside the envelope,
she doesn't know
what color cake to bake.
I see. If you promise not to
mention my name, I can tell you.
Yeah. Yes, yes.
Y-Your secret is completely safe
with me.
- A-And my wife.
- Okay
Hello?
[SIGHS] I-I lost you for a second.
- Okay.
- It's a girl.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Oh, that's amazing.
Thank you. All right.
STREET: Did she just say "girl"?
I just I thought I heard
her say they're having a girl.
Hey, you were not supposed to hear that.
Hey, Stevens, you didn't
hear anything either,
you understand?
I didn't hear nothing about a girl.
Great. Thanks, Street.
I'm sorry, man, I-I
didn't mean to eavesdrop.
What's the big deal anyway?
Oh, come on, it's this place.
It's the hive mind.
One cop knows something,
then they all know it.
How long do you think it takes
before someone goes up to Hondo
and just says something? News like this
is not gonna wait until the weekend.
Okay. So how fast can Annie bake a cake?
She's back in law school.
She's in class all day.
So what are we gonna do?
Hey, Commander.
I just heard back from
the corporate security office
for Pacific Access Bank.
The vault plans we found
that particular vault
is unique to just three branches.
Two in San Diego and one here in L. A.
In Silver Lake.
That's got to be McCabe's target.
50-Squad's handling a barricade
out in Westchester.
20-Squad's up.
You tell Hondo and get
your asses over there.
Yes, sir.
[SIREN WAILING, TIRES SCREECHING]
This is LAPD SWAT!
There's been a bomb threat
called into this location!
We need everyone to file out
in an orderly fashion!
- You the manager?
- Yeah.
You really think this is real?
Hopefully not, but we need to
clear the building to find out.
- Is there a key to the back?
- Yeah.
Thank you. Go keep your people calm
and wait till we give you the all clear.
Okay.
MAN: Need you to move outside!
Clear the building! Let's go!
- [SIRENS WAILING]
- [ENGINES REVVING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
TAN: LAPD SWAT!
Move away from the vehicle!
- DEACON: Don't do it, McCabe!
- HONDO: Cover!
- Cover!
- [GUNFIRE]
[SCREAMING]
- Vasquez, move! Move!
- Moving!
[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
Get suppressing fire on that hatch!
Tan, Street,
get those people out of here!
- TAN: Let's go! Move!
- STREET: Let's move! Let's move!
- Let's go! Let's go!
- Let's go! Let's go!
- Let's go!
- Move, move, move, move!
Come on! Go! Go!
STREET: 26-David, civilians are secure!
These rounds aren't gonna cut it
against Betty's armor!
Okay, just keep him busy!
I'll try to flank him,
get a better angle!
DEACON: More suspects heading out!
Deacon, cover fire!
Vasquez, on me!
[GROANING]
Forget him. We're out of here. Let's go!
20-David to Command. One gunman down.
Street, Tan, move in!
[ENGINE STARTS]
They're gonna break for it.
Luca, be ready to pursue!
Don't move! Hands behind your back!
30-David,
Betty's on the move.
Hey!
- Get out of the way!
- [HONKS HORN]
HONDO: Vasquez!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
What are you doing?! Clear out! Move!
I'm sorry, Hondo.
Come on! They're getting away!
What the hell, Vasquez?
I had no choice.
You don't understand what's going on.
You let them escape?
And to think I apologized
to you for making a mistake
by dumping your SWAT application.
The only mistake I made
was thinking you were fit
to ride with 20-Squad today.
I don't know what passes
for police work at the FBI,
but that doesn't fly here.
And whatever chaos
McCabe stirs up going forward,
that's on you.
All of it.
Don't look at me for support.
You put my entire team at risk.
You played me, Vasquez.
She played all of us, it seems.
I just got off the phone
with my counterpart at the FBI.
He told me there's no RICO case
being built against the Morelia cartel.
Just what the hell
are you and McCabe up to?
Come on, Hondo, man.
It's not like that. I need
you to trust me on this.
Trust just went out the window!
No more classified excuses!
No more stalling!
You need to come clean,
Vasquez, and now.
You know the name Gustaf Varner?
You should.
He masterminded
the Villatoma bombing in Spain
three years ago. He's also
a suspect in bombings
in Greece and Estonia.
Hold up. Islamic State was
behind the Villatoma bombing.
No. ISIS took credit,
and Interpol didn't contradict the claim
because they royally messed
up with Gustaf Varner.
They had a tip that
he was gonna detonate
the bomb, and they didn't act.
What does any of that
have to do with today?
Gustaf Varner has been
targeting NATO countries,
and my belief is that he is here,
in L. A., planning something,
something disastrous,
maybe worse than Villatoma.
Your belief?
As in the FBI doesn't agree with you?
I am not running
a rogue operation, Commander.
But my supervisors have
competing theories,
and none will pass my threat
assessment up to the SAC.
I guess the LAPD isn't the only
agency to undervalue its women.
But I am right. And McCabe is the key.
You don't know the details of
McCabe's dishonorable discharge.
I do.
Army booted him for losing
munitions from a base in Germany.
Some of those lost munitions
were used in the Villatoma bombing.
So you're saying McCabe
worked with Varner?
Still does.
My team ran down a list of customers
of the bank McCabe just hit.
A safe-deposit box there belongs to one
of Varner's associates,
another bomb builder that ICE
busted trying to enter the U. S.
six weeks ago.
All right, let's say you're right
and Varner is here in L. A.
We could've grabbed McCabe, flipped him,
and found Varner that way.
No. Varner is way too cautious.
He's-he's paranoid, even.
If we brought McCabe in, Varner
would know and he would vanish.
There'd be no sign of him until some
packed stadium or
office building is leveled.
So you let him go.
Allowing him to deliver
whatever it is Varner
wanted from the bank.
Which means that we need
to stop BS'ing here
and find out where they're meeting.
And how do you propose we do that?
We got one of McCabe's men in custody.
There's no "we."
I'vegot one of McCabe's men in custody.
- Let me talk to him.
- [SCOFFS]: Oh.
Not a chance.
Commander
What's done is done. And I am not happy
- about it either.
- But
we don't have her intel.
So maybe we should let this play out
if we want to take down
Varner and McCabe
and get our ride back.
I'm Commander Hicks.
This is Special Agent Vasquez, FBI.
What's the FBI want with me?
Thanks to your pal McCabe,
you just landed on our Most Wanted list.
The hell for?
We hit one box. Nothing we took
was FDIC-insured,
so there's no federal beef.
Look at you,
another Internet legal genius.
Judge is gonna love you.
That's if he ever sees a judge.
More likely, I just Patriot Act his ass
to a prison no one even knows exists.
Oh, I-I'm guessing
McCabe never bothered to mention
that you were working for a terrorist?
Terrorist?
What are you talking about?
Gustaf Varner.
He paid your crew to hit
that safe-deposit box today.
Stealing contraband and
delivering it to a bomb maker
hello, federal pen.
I run scores. That's it.
Mm.
I would never work for a terrorist.
Financials say otherwise.
McCabe has been getting wire transfers
from Varner for the past six months,
of which you've been getting a cut.
That's right, Jones.
I got a paper trail
from Varner to McCabe to you.
Cue it up.
This is Varner's handiwork.
This is what he's capable of.
It's what he's planning to do.
Most likely right here, in our city.
I read your file,
I've seen your social media,
and you got some pretty
hard-core views, but
nothing that doesn't fall
under the banner of patriotism.
Look at me.
[FIRMLY]: Look at me.
But this?
Come on.
You can't be okay with this.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Even if I wanted to help,
I've only ever dealt with McCabe.
I don't know anything about Varner.
What was in the box you stole?
McCabe never said.
Where were you gonna
deliver it after you left the bank?
I don't know the location.
Only that we were supposed
to deliver the box
and the armored vehicle
somewhere later today.
The box and our vehicle.
So, McCabe didn't ditch it?
I mean, that vehicle isn't subtle.
How did you manage to duck
our BOLO all day?
Semitruck.
We moved it around in the back
of an 18-wheeler.
So, where exactly do we find
this 18-wheeler of yours?
Hey.
Can't believe Vasquez is still here,
that Hicks didn't toss her out.
Betty'd be parked
in the motor pool right now
if she hadn't got in my way.
I wish I could say I had better
news for you, but I don't.
We think the guy McCabe's working for
he's planning to use Black Betty
in some kind of bombing attack.
[INHALES DEEPLY, SIGHS]
Look, you all can tell me
a hundred times
that Betty being taken wasn't my fault.
But if something like that happens,
no way I'll ever forgive myself.
You know, when I started
evaluating SWAT recruits,
I got everyone's scores on file,
including my dad and my grandfather's.
I needed to know how I measured up.
There was exactly one metric
where I outscored both of them.
Let me guess driving proficiency.
Which is why I need
to be behind the wheel.
It's the only way that I know
I'm doing right
by the Luca name.
It's where I belong.
I guess it's just my thing, you know?
I
Dude.
You have taught me so much
about how to do this job the right way.
And literally none of it
has been about driving.
Not just how we do this job
but why.
You're the heart of this team, Luca,
not its wheelman.
Not just its wheelman.
Hey. Air 17's tracking a semitrailer
we think is carrying Betty,
which means McCabe's
on his way to the meet.
- We're rolling in five.
- Let's go get her back.
Way ahead of you.
♪
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Look at that.
You were not exaggerating.
She'll carry the payload you described.
I'd recommend you stay off the roads,
for a while.
Yeah, I don't plan on
taking it for a joyride.
The police can collect what's left.
You have the box?
I assume the cargo is undisturbed.
MCCABE: Is that what I think it is?
You had me moving yellowcake
uranium, and you didn't tell me?
It's quite harmless at this stage.
It's only half the cosmic radiation
you get from a commercial flight.
Once I complete the milling process
and rig it to my explosives
different story.
The devastation will be substantial.
Just remember, you said
you'd give me warning,
so me and my guys are not in the area.
I'll tell you when we're ready,
but I would avoid downtown tonight.
Okay, let's load it up.
[VEHICLES APPROACHING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
- Kill them.
- [MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
LAPD! Drop your weapons
on the ground now!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
That's him! That's Varner!
20-David to Command.
Gustaf Varner is on-site.
[MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
[GRUNTS]
Move.
- [GROANS]
- [GUNFIRE]
Drop the gun! You're not gonna make it!
Go around.
MAN: Get back!
[MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
We need to go.
Cover us!
Move up, move up!
[GUNFIRE]
[GRUNTING]
22-David, Varner's going for Betty!
Can't let him start that engine.
Don't move! Hands off the weapon.
On your stomach.
Get us out of here.
Don't move!
Hands behind your head.
Give me your hands.
30-David, second suspect in custody.
20-Squad, get to cover.
Betty is on the move.
20-David to Command.
Varner is inside Black Betty.
We're about to lose control
of the perimeter.
We need backup to create roadblocks!
We can't let Varner get away!
Betty will rip right through 'em.
Luca, we got to move!
- LUCA: Get to cover!
- What?
I'm ending this.
♪
- The armor's too thick, man.
- Not for armor-piercing bullets.
Sorry about this, Betty.
♪
Vasquez, move, move! Move in!
[PANTING]
[COUGHING]
- On the ground!
- [GRUNTING]
[COUGHING]
Federal agent. You are under arrest.
You're done, McCabe.
[GROANS]
HONDO: 20-David, suspect's in custody,
we are Code 4.
Betty is secure.
♪
[SIGHS]
[KNOCKING]
Commander Hicks, I'm headed out.
It was quite a day.
It had its ups and its downs,
that's for sure.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah.
I just got off a call with the chief.
It seems that the, uh,
Bureau is crediting Gustaf
Varner's arrest to the LAPD
and will "not confirm or
deny" any FBI involvement.
Hmm.
What do you know?
I guess, for once,
they bothered to read my report.
[SCOFFS] Yeah.
You know, Varner's a big collar.
That's a career-making bust.
You sure you want to pass
on that credit?
It's not about the credit
for me, Commander.
Never has been.
Hmm.
In the Bureau, or back in my LAPD days,
I just wanted to make a difference.
The problem is, as much as
we'd like to think otherwise,
our line of work is still a boys' club,
which makes my job
just a little bit harder.
I'm sorry
I didn't come straight with you and
Hondo sooner
in this whole thing,
but given our history
No, no. I get you.
I'm not gonna presume to know
your struggles, Vasquez.
But to whatever extent I
contributed to them, I'm sorry.
But you're a hell of an agent,
a credit to the Bureau.
You be careful
you don't throw that away.
♪
- See you at the match, dude.
- Yeah. Yeah.
How bad's the damage?
Cracked the engine block in half,
punctured the tranny,
and the whole drivetrain's
a complete scrap job.
Well, then why are you smiling?
'Cause I just got off the phone
with my boys
at the police garage.
They got a line on a replacement engine,
60 more horses than
the engine I just destroyed.
They're gonna mate it with
a new nine-speed transmission.
Betty's gonna be back running faster
and smoother than ever.
- That's awesome, Luca.
- Yeah.
Just promise me you didn't know that
when you took those shots
and put her down.
What? N-No way, dude.
I loved the old Black Betty.
Just gonna love this version
a little bit more.
- [CHUCKLES]
- So, uh
before they haul her away,
you think she's got
one more mission in her?
Hey, Hondo.
I didn't want to leave
without saying goodbye.
You calling it quits for the day?
Hardly. My bosses want
a full debriefing tonight.
Hmm.
Look, I already apologized to Hicks.
I want to do the same to you.
I am sorry
that I didn't trust you enough
not to lie to you.
You remember when
we graduated from the academy?
Only a handful of women
and people of color.
We all used to say that we were
never gonna let how anyone else saw us
affect the way we saw ourselves
or
- how we did this job.
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah. That's a lot easier
said than done. [CHUCKLES]
Don't we both know it.
I really envy what you've built here,
the team you put together.
And if I'm being honest,
it makes me a little sad
that I was kept from being a part of it.
Yeah, I know.
I hated how that went down.
But, Jackie,
you would've been a great SWAT officer.
You area great SWAT officer,
you're just wearing a different uniform.
You know, it's probably lucky
for me, too, anyway
'cause if you were here at SWAT,
I got a feeling you might be
coming after my job.
[CHUCKLES]: Yeah.
No, no, Hondo, man.
There's no replacing you.
But thank you for letting
me ride with you today,
'cause I can finally cross it
off my bucket list, so
[CHUCKLES]
Come on. I'll walk you out.
All right.
Vasquez,
if you ever want to come back
and ride with us,
door's open.
- Thanks, Hondo.
- Mm-hmm.
Be great, Jackie.
[LAUGHTER]
[ENGINE STARTS]
Hey.
Nichelle, what are you doing here?
What do you mean? I got your message.
Baby, I know it's been a long day,
but I would know
if I'd left you a message.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- LUCA: No, no!
You got to be kidding me, man!
Luca, what's going on?
I thought this saga had a happy ending
with a new engine and all.
Look, the engine's not the problem now.
Look at what those bastards did
to the inside of this thing, man.
What are you talking about?
[GASPING, CHEERING]
LUCA: Congratulations,
it's a baby girl, baby!
[CHEERING]
[GASPS]
[LAUGHTER]
Wait, a-a girl? Are you kidding me?
- Nichelle, is this real?
- I didn't know anything about it.
I mean, not this.
Yeah, I know, I-I got
to come clean about something.
Um, Nichelle, earlier this morning
you put me in charge
of some very precious cargo
and it got misplaced.
So we had to call an audible.
Congratulations!
[GASPS]
Nichelle, w-we're having a girl.
BOTH: Mmm!
You're gonna have
a little baby daughter.
How does that make you feel?
I don't know. Uh overwhelmed.
I mean, I know that
I love you so much. Mmm.
- [NICHELLE CHUCKLES]
- LUCA: Hell yeah, Hondo.
#GirlDad!
- [CHEERING, WHOOPING]
- STREET: Let's go!
LUCA: So happy for you, man.
- We're having a girl!
- Yeah, baby!
- We're having a girl! Wow!
- [WHOOPS]
Yeah! [LAUGHTER]
Oh, this is crazy. This is so crazy.