The Rookie (2018) s07e10 Episode Script
Chaos Agent
1
Previously on "The Rookie"
- Oh!
- It's Lisa.
She's got shot.
We gotta get her out of there.
I have confirmed that Seth lied to me
on two separate occasions.
- He can't stay.
- Let's talk to Grey.
I finally got my lab results,
and my cancer is back.
But we caught it early,
and the doctor says that
I should still be able to work.
[GUNSHOT]
This is James palling
around with Leonard Kelce.
He's a anti-police extremist.
I love you, and I am so sorry.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[UPBEAT POP MUSIC
PLAYING FAINTLY]
♪
Just saying, a 10:00 p.m.
weekday meet-up
feels like payback for everything
- I put her through as a rookie.
- Oh, shush.
She's just excited to show us
the new guy she's dating.
Hey.
- Thank you so much for coming.
- Of course.
I know it's late.
Oh, for us oldies?
No, that's not what I said.
There's Rodge.
Rodge, hey.
Okay, so this is John and Bailey.
It is so nice to
officially meet you both.
- You too.
- You look so familiar.
That's a good one.
I can see why Celina adores you.
And don't get me started on
how much she looks up to you.
- What a renaissance woman.
- Hey, Rodge.
I gotta go. I'm up.
I'll see you guys in there.
Okay, see ya.
Isn't he great?
Yeah, he seems nice.
He's so cute.
♪
I'm telling you, I know
this guy from somewhere.
Well, actually, about that
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Hello.
Thank you guys for coming out
to the single release party
for my new song, "911."
I want to give a special shout-out
to the OG daddy cop, John Nolan,
for being such a good sport.
I was going to tell you,
but then I didn't because
I was afraid about how you'd react.
And now I feel completely
justified in my fear
and also realizing how
much of a terrible mistake
I've made in springing
this on you in this moment.
Know you're off duty ♪
But even in blue jeans ♪
That beautiful booty don't quit ♪
I don't want to bother you,
Officer Hottie ♪
I just have to tell you something ♪
♪
On this day, I saw an angel
walking down my street ♪
I kept it short ♪
And she said "sure"
to going out with me ♪
Don't know how ♪
But I forgot to take her number down ♪
And had to figure out a way
to bring her back around ♪
911, send your cutest ♪
I know I shouldn't do this ♪
911, she had these eyes ♪
♪
911, send your cutest ♪
I'm doing something stupid ♪
911, she saved my life ♪
♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Thanks again for helping us.
Are you kidding?
I can use the side money.
Getting shot is expensive, even
when you work at a hospital.
Are you good?
Okay, what do you need?
Nothing right now.
All right.
Okay, I'll make it back
for the night shift.
Make sure he walks every three hours.
The road back to normal
is gonna be long, isn't it?
It is.
I'm not even quite 100%.
But you've got each other.
Right.
All right, take care.
Where are the kids?
I told you, they are back at
my mom's house for a few days
while you get settled in.
Hey, come sit with me.
I have so much to do.
I have to get everything
Please, just for a minute.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
♪
[RACCOON CHITTERS]
Ahh!
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
I don't see the problem.
The problem is she's
dating a psychopath.
That's not okay, wait,
I have heard the song.
Arrest me but make it sexy ♪
It's it's funny.
And so is the new one.
Yeah, at my expense.
Oh.
I don't understand why men
take everything so seriously.
I don't see how you can
generalize something like that.
Experience.
We got an emergency.
♪
- Get in.
- Hey!
♪
Smitty, I don't see a raccoon.
It was here, and it was vicious.
It must have escaped into the wall.
What's going on?
Smitty thinks he saw a raccoon.
I don't think, I know.
Because 6 of the 13 donuts I
snuck in here to eat are gone.
You were gonna eat
13 donuts all by yourself?
That's not the point, Boot.
Okay, well, if there is a raccoon,
we can't have it running
around loose in the station.
I've had a fair amount of experience
trapping varmints back in Texas.
Great, you're officially
on raccoon duty.
I expect this thing
neutralized by lunch,
by any means necessary.
No, don't listen to him.
You can't kill it or hurt it in any way.
It has to be trapped humanely.
Well, say a prayer, kid.
Thing's a monster.
Be nice.
Do what you have to do.
♪
Hey.
The front desk just called
and said you were coming.
Yeah, sorry to just drop by.
No, it's a good surprise.
Last night was fun.
It was so much fun.
Um, can I kiss you?
Should I kiss you at work?
- Ah, it's best you don't.
- Right.
Anyway, the reason I'm here is,
there's been a bit of a crime,
and I've had bad experiences
calling 911 before.
Well, not a problem. What's happening?
Someone broke into my studio last night
and stole all my gear.
This guitar is the only thing they left.
That's terrible. Look, there
have been a string of burglaries
in your neighborhood recently.
They also spray painted "die"
on the wall, like, six times.
Okay, now that makes it seem personal.
- You think?
- I do.
Oh. It's you.
Hey. Thank you again so
much for coming last night.
I'm really glad there's
no hard feelings.
It's all in fun, right?
Totally.
Nolan, I need you.
Excuse me.
Sure thing. Have a great day.
- He is so nice.
- Yeah.
- Chen?
- Yes, sir. What's going on?
Get over to St. Stephen.
Three girls were just found
stabbed in Griffith Park.
EMTs are rushing them to the hospital.
- How old are they?
- 13.
Yes, sir, we're on it.
I don't think I will ever get
over the whiplash of this job.
One minute, we're having fun
with raccoons, and the next,
we're dealing with the
horrors of stabbed children.
Raccoons?
13-year-old female, multiple stab wounds
- to her abdomen and chest.
- Vitals?
Respiratory rate has been 30.
She's tachycardic with
a heart rate of 150.
She's critical.
Start a unit of O-neg
and prep her for OR stat.
Patient number two.
Superficial stab wounds, lacerations
to the bilateral upper extremities.
Vitals are stable.
- Bleeding is well-controlled.
- Copy.
Move her to an ER bay.
She needs sutures.
Third patient suffered
multiple stab wounds
to bilateral hands.
Looks like bleeding is well-controlled.
Vital signs are stable.
Take her to another ER bay,
minor stitches.
- Bailey?
- Hey.
Hey. How are they?
Grace is critical.
The other two aren't, thank God.
Do they know the attacker?
Ava just said it was some man in a mask.
He attacked Grace out of nowhere.
Her and Charlotte went up to help.
He stabbed them and then ran off.
We're gonna need a better
description for the BOLO.
And also their parents'
contact information.
God, this is a parent's worst nightmare.
Okay, do you have any enemies?
That sounds so hardcore.
Enemies?
I'm not a feudal prince
or an overly noble constable.
Right, but it seems appropriate,
given someone wrote "die"
on your wall six times.
It might have been ten.
I stopped counting.
Either way, I mean, it potentially
escalates to a hate crime.
So we need to take it seriously.
Okay.
I can't think of anyone who hates me.
[CHUCKLES] Well, in theory
and we're just talking here
Officer Nolan could have
considered you an enemy
after you mocked him in song twice.
What? I wasn't mocking him.
"Cop cuties, cute and on duty.
"Navy blue booties.
Go ahead and lock me up."
What's mocking about that?
I mean, I get that, but again,
in theory, if he was less open-minded,
he might not have liked it.
So does anyone like that come to mind?
Well, yeah.
Hey, calendar boys ♪
You should stick to posing ♪
No, nobody wants your big, wet hoses ♪
♪
Ordered some cookies ♪
That still have not come ♪
Give me back my money ♪
You need to be stopped ♪
♪
Have you heard about email? ♪
[PHONE RINGING]
This is Wade.
Wade, it's Jack Bell
from the Towers.
Hey, Warden, how's it going?
Not great. Got a bit of a riot.
I'm sending you some inmates
to house while we deal with it.
Hold on. I got a pretty full house here.
They're already on their way.
Penal code section 29.5
gives me the authority
to use local detention
facilities as necessary.
[STAMMERS] How many inmates?
I gotta go. Thanks.
[SIGHS]
Bradford.
Twin Towers are shipping us
some inmates to house,
so we need to make room.
- Never a dull moment.
- Yeah.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- How many we holding?
- A baker's dozen.
Ten men, three women.
Okay, we need to cite out
who we can to make room
for inmates coming from the Towers.
- How many inmates?
- Unknown.
Okay, but I just came
on duty, and these are all
holdovers from midnight shift.
So let me see who we got.
[BEEPING]
♪
That's bad, right?
What the hell?
♪
Computers just went down.
Here too.
A software update just took down
law enforcement computers
across the state.
Sir, inmate bus from
the Towers is about to land.
Copy that.
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
Oh, finally.
Traffic was a nightmare.
- Oh.
- You okay?
Air conditioning's out on the bus,
and the breakfast burrito
is beating me up a little.
Who do we have on the bus?
I don't know.
What do you mean, you don't know?
Where's the list?
It's all digital now.
They have wristbands.
They're QR codes for you to scan.
[SIGHS] And we can't scan them
because our systems are down.
Right, I heard that on the radio.
Guess you're just
gonna have to ask them.
[LAUGHS]
[COUGHING]
♪
[CHATTER, LAUGHTER]
[COUGHING]
Whoa, whoa.
Oh, I got him. Get me an ambulance.
He's having a heart attack.
Requesting an RA unit
to the police loading dock.
Howdy.
Y'all haven't seen
a raccoon around, have you?
So what happens now?
I guess I'll just have to do
your report over again by hand.
Juarez, you're with me.
Look, I gotta go.
- No worries.
- Yeah.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[SOFT GUITAR NOTES]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Yo, I gotta pee.
Yeah, me too.
Hold it.
Man, you know how bad
that is for your body?
I've only been able to get
IDs on two of the 13 suspects
in holding, so we can't cite anyone out.
And one of the unknowns
has Hill Street Boys gang tats.
Which means we can't put him in the cell
with the three inmates we
brought in with Ghostland tats.
And we can't put any of them
in with the female suspects.
Start calling midnight shift,
find out who made these arrests
- and get IDs.
- They're gonna be asleep.
Then wake them up.
Yes, sir.
Ooh, ooh.
This is crazy.
What can I do to help?
Get all the shackles we
have and the restraint chair.
Their parents have been notified,
but Charlotte's are out of town.
She was staying with Grace and
her mom until they got back.
Ava's dad is on his way in,
but the mother is not alive.
Any update on the girls?
No, Grace is still in surgery.
Charlotte's being looked at,
and Ava's been stitched up
and is waiting to talk to you.
Hi, Ava. I'm John.
This is Lucy.
We just need to ask you a few
questions about what happened.
Okay.
We hear that you
and Charlotte slept over
at Grace's last night?
Yeah, we watched a couple of movies,
and then Grace was telling us
about this family of deer
she'd seen on a trail behind her house.
We got up early to see if
we can try and find them.
Did you pass anyone,
or was someone following you, maybe?
I don't know.
I mean, I wasn't really looking.
We got to the spot where Grace
said she'd seen the deer,
and this man came out
of the trees with a big knife.
He started yelling and stabbing Grace.
I'm sorry, but can you
describe the man at all?
Any details you remember can be helpful.
He was tall, big overcoat, black mask.
And he was white, I think.
I'm sorry.
That's all I can remember right now.
That's okay. Thank you.
Your dad will be here soon, okay?
I'll be back to check on
you in a few minutes, okay?
Yeah, thanks.
We need to update the BOLO.
Right, system's still down.
I'll have dispatch put it out wide.
Okay.
- Hey.
- Hey.
What are you doing here?
Well, they're pulling
everybody in because
of the network outage,
and I couldn't just sit on the couch
and watch you guys get
put through the wringer.
How are you feeling?
Good, for the most part.
You know, the nights are a little tough,
but other cancer patients
have it so much worse.
Where do you want me?
You know what? Right here, actually.
I was about to make a call
to get some officers here
to guard these girls.
So that works great.
Is it okay if I introduce myself to her,
let her know that
I'm here to protect her?
Yeah, that seems nice. Yeah.
I'll take you in.
Heads up.
Grace's mom and Ava's dad
have just landed.
This is your fault!
This is what you don't
This is not my fault.
You never pay attention!
How dare you accuse me.
You were in charge of them!
How did you let this happen?
Grace has never snuck out before.
Your daughter is the one
who does whatever she wants,
just like her dad.
Listen, we went out. I broke it off.
Get over it already!
Okay, let's take it down a notch.
Where's Grace?
She's in surgery.
She was hurt pretty bad.
The doctors are doing what they can.
Oh, my God.
Look, why don't we go see if we can get
an update from the doctors?
What about Ava?
Her wounds were minor,
and you will be able to see her soon.
But I have to ask you some questions.
Okay, fine.
Actually, could you take a seat, please?
I'll be right with you.
Hey, we found the knife in the woods,
basic kitchen blade.
TID couldn't find a fingerprint on it.
Attacker must have worn gloves.
What's going on here?
There's no update on
the girls in surgery yet,
but we just found out that Ava's dad
and Grace's mom used to date,
and there is some serious
bad blood between them.
Mr. Maxwell, this is Detective Lopez.
She'll be taking your statement.
Look, I just want to see my kid, okay?
I ran out of an important
meeting to get here.
Yes, sir.
Let's go find a quiet place to talk,
and then I'll take you to her.
[PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Run ♪
There's no room.
Sure, there is. All the way in!
See?
Plenty of space.
Do you want to go in there, too?
No, ma'am.
Then stop eyeballing me.
Miller said the kid
with frosted tips in one
can be cited out on
misdemeanor for trespassing
and possession of burglary tools,
but get prints.
We are officially at capacity.
I collected all
the bracelets from the bus.
The good news
there's only one red tag.
Great. So we only have one
hyperviolent criminal packed
like a sardine with gang members,
DUI drivers, and people
who forgot court dates,
and we don't know who it is.
- Any luck with the warden?
- Negative.
We're on our own.
All right, we're going old school.
I want you to grab
photos of every inmate,
send it to the department text chain.
Someone's bound to get recognized.
You get a hit, I want
you to write their name
and charge on their arm.
Got it, but I could use some help.
- Smitty?
- No.
I'm good. I'm good.
Go get Penn off raccoon duty.
- He's with Juarez.
- On it.
Thank you.
All right, you've been
a worthy adversary,
but I'm turning up the heat.
Prepare to be bested
by the power of peanut butter.
[CHITTERING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Boot, Bradford needs you.
[SQUEALING]
- Ahh!
- Grab him!
Thanks a lot, Mr. Smitty.
I almost had him.
I'm a lover, not a fighter.
Is that my peanut butter?
No.
We are so glad you are okay, Charlotte.
Thanks.
How's Grace?
She is still in surgery.
I know this is difficult,
but we do need to ask
you some questions.
It's important that we talk
while the memories are still fresh.
It'll be okay, honey.
You just tell me if you
need to take a break.
Okay.
So what can you tell
us about the attack?
A man came out of nowhere,
started stabbing us.
Grace first.
It was so scary.
I need you both.
We'll be right back.
We got a problem.
Did something happen with Ava's dad?
No, his alibi is being checked.
The problem is Ava.
I just talked to the doctor
who stitched her up.
The cuts on her right hand
are problematic.
Problematic how?
Given the placement, angle, and depth,
they appear not to be defensive wounds.
They're cuts from
her hands slipping down
from the hilt of the blade.
We've seen it before.
You stab someone so hard,
you cut yourself.
Wait, okay, so if
Ava stabbed her friends,
then why did Charlotte just tell us
the same story about how
they got attacked by a man?
Because they're both lying.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I think I'll handle the
bathroom by myself from now on.
Okay. What if you fall?
Well, then I fall.
Some moments ooh
should be private.
All right. I'm gonna make some lunch.
Later.
Uh, we really need to talk.
No, I don't think now is the time.
Now is the perfect time.
I'm injured. You'll pull your punches.
Exactly.
I want a fair fight.
Look, I know you're mad about the photo
of me with Leonard Kelce.
The photo is not the problem.
It's the fact that you had a
known fugitive inside our house.
That is the problem.
An innocent fugitive.
It doesn't matter.
James, I am out here recruiting police
who are willing to champion reform
from inside the department.
I just I need you to have my back,
not go behind it.
What's that?
Inmates from the Towers.
Tim needs help by IDing them.
The computers are down.
Okay, I arrested him, arrested him.
This dude stabbed me.
You know anybody?
I don't feel comfortable.
They're already incarcerated,
James, okay?
It's just as much for their
safety as it is for ours.
[SIGHS]
Hmm, that's Lamar Hill.
Troubled kid, violent household.
Any idea of the crime he's in for?
Armed robbery.
- [LINE TRILLS]
- Okay.
Hey, yeah.
Okay, number 15 is Lamar Hill,
armed robbery.
Number two looks like Charlie Wax,
but check and see if he has
a skull tattoo on his abdomen.
And number five,
ask him if Mike Sally still hates him.
If he does, then that
is Hakime Anderson.
I gotta go, all right?
Good luck.
Hey, hey.
It's okay, all right?
[SIGHS]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Sorry for keeping you waiting.
You got a lot going on.
Yeah. This the girl?
Ava Maxwell, 13.
Dad's in reception,
hasn't asked for a lawyer.
Well, you didn't tell him that you
suspect she's involved?
I said we had more questions
to ask now that she's been
released from the hospital,
but I don't fully trust
the guy wasn't involved himself.
He had a bad relationship
with Grace's mother.
What's our obligations here?
I mean, it's a fine line.
As a minor, once she's
taken into custody,
California law requires that
she consult with a lawyer
before you speak with her.
But I haven't taken her into custody.
Then you need to make that very clear.
She's free to leave at any time.
Otherwise, any defense
attorney worth their salt
will argue that this
interview is inadmissible.
Understood.
- Hey, I'm back.
- Hi.
I thought you might be thirsty.
I'm not supposed to have soda.
Well, I think today is an exception.
How's your hand feeling?
It stings.
The doctor said it's gonna start itching
in the next couple of days.
Oof, that's the worst.
Do you feel up to talking to me?
Okay.
If you change your mind or
you want to talk to your dad,
just let me know, okay?
[PHONE RINGS]
- Hey.
- Hey.
She's just about to start.
Wesley's here with me.
I'm putting you on speaker.
We're recording both girls in real time.
All right, Charlotte, let's
just start from the beginning.
Let's start at the beginning.
Whose idea was it
to go to the park?
Grace.
She wanted to show us the deer.
The trail's right
behind Grace's building.
So we thought we can go and come back
before Grace's mom woke up.
So we walked up the trail.
So we walked the trail.
But the deer weren't there.
There was this rustling sound behind us.
And a man came out in a big overcoat.
He had this big overcoat.
- Black mask.
- The mask was black.
- Big knife.
- And he had a knife.
And he started stabbing Grace.
How did you get cut?
We tried to help Grace,
but then he started stabbing us too.
I screamed as loud as I could.
Ava and I screamed as loud as we could.
He got scared and ran off.
Then he ran off.
What about Grace?
Did she scream too?
She just kept saying,
stop, stop, stop.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I'd like to see my dad now, please.
Sure.
Can you take her to see
her dad and stay with them?
The girls' stories are exactly the same,
and I mean exactly.
You think they rehearsed it?
That's the only rational explanation.
To come from the trauma
of a violent attack
with precisely matching language
I mean, what 13-year-old
says "overcoat"?
♪
Okay, you are planted here
until I tell you otherwise.
If you need to go 10-1,
make sure you call
somebody to replace you.
Understood.
Do you think this guy's really
gonna come back for her?
I think
I think there is no guy.
Holy cow. That's wild.
She seems so innocent.
Seth?
Hi.
Dr. Roberts, it's, uh,
so great to see you.
This is my training officer, Lucy Chen.
- Hi.
- Hi.
How do you two know each other?
Well, Dr. Roberts used
to be my oncologist.
Oh, used to be?
Yeah, I now I'm seeing Dr. Hasanov.
My cancer came back.
I am so sorry to hear that.
Why didn't you call me?
You know, I whole new insurance plan.
My new GP referred me to Hasanov.
Okay.
Well, take care of yourself.
And, you know, if you need anything,
call my office.
Nice to meet you.
Yeah, you too.
That's annoying you had
to change doctors.
Yeah. Yeah, totally. She's great.
Um, but between us,
she was really hard
to get appointments with.
You know, she she made me wait a lot.
Don't let Charlotte out of your sight,
and call me if anything happens.
- Okay.
- Hey, Luna.
Hi.
Uh, can I talk to you?
Have you ever dealt with an
oncologist named, um, Hasanov?
Not directly, but I have heard of him.
In a bad way?
No.
Yes.
He has been in trouble with the hospital
and the medical review board
on many occasions.
Why?
My rookie, Seth, he just switched to him
after his cancer came back.
You're leaving something out.
I
I will not tell Wade unless I need to.
I have caught Seth
in several serious lies
about his personal life
over the last month.
You think he's lying
about his cancer coming back?
I know that sounds crazy.
Um, okay, so he
he said that he had
to change his oncologist
because of our insurance.
Is that a thing?
I am very familiar with LAPD coverage.
You can pick any doctor
and submit for reimbursement.
Right.
But if I needed a doctor to lie for me,
Hasanov is who I would go to.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Look, you're right and you're wrong.
The LAPD does monitor medical claims,
but they're only looking
for potential liability.
No doctor is actually
examining Seth's lab work.
- So what do I do?
- He's a rookie.
He's got no right to medical privacy.
Get the hospital to draw his blood.
If he refuses, you got your answer.
- [SHOUTING]
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
I got to go.
Hey!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Bring him over here.
Cuff him to the bench.
♪
[SOFT GUITAR MUSIC]
♪
Hey, hey, listen up!
All right. We're making a change.
I want roll call cleared out.
What a day ♪
The world gone crazy again ♪
Right in front of me ♪
Literally failing systems ♪
Anything that can be used a weapon goes.
All these faces stuck behind bars ♪
Then I want these benches moved in.
We're turning people into QRs ♪
Where do you go ♪
When everything's broke? ♪
♪
And the world's never
been on your side at all ♪
Spread them around the room.
Every gang gets its own section.
Why is our response to everything ♪
Just locking people up? ♪
Although sometimes
people really do suck ♪
♪
Which one are you? ♪
A victim of circumstance ♪
Or a really bad dude? ♪
The way you're looking at me ♪
Those big brown eyes unhappy ♪
Like you want to attack me ♪
[WHISPERING] Rodge. No.
I think probably option two ♪
Move!
[SCREAMING]
[GRUNTS]
Get up.
Hey, hey, get him back to holding!
Put him in the restraint chair!
- You okay?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
- Hey.
[GROANS]
Is my guitar okay?
Yeah.
Are you okay, son?
100%.
Are there two of you?
Okay, he needs to go to the hospital.
That's really not "necessanary."
Yes, it is.
You're hurt, and this station
can't get any more chaotic.
[PEOPLE EXCLAIMING, CHATTERING]
I swear to God, if this is
another software glitch
It can't be.
Electric is a totally separate system.
Oh, the raccoon.
What raccoon?
Boot, I need you back on raccoon duty.
Yes, sir.
Hey, you know, seriously, man,
I have a civil right to a bathroom,
and you are violating it.
Okay, okay, no reason
to threaten a lawsuit.
Listen up, I need
all non-essential personnel
out of the bullpen.
Thank you.
All right, the main bathroom is
like a 30-minute wait, and I've got
a snack schedule to maintain.
- Oh, yeah, I hear that.
- Yeah.
I mean, today's been
some next-level crazy.
Oh, man, tell me about it.
I got a whole routine.
[GRUNTING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Officer down.
Storage room hallway.
Prisoner's got my gun.
Headed to the south stairwell.
♪
I need a complete lockdown
of the Mid-Wilshire station.
Responding units, secure the perimeter.
Sir, the system finally
came back online,
and I got an ID on our red tag.
Kevin Payne, three counts
of attempted murder.
Put two inmates and a
prison guard in the hospital
in the last month alone.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Hey. You okay?
I'm fine.
I screwed up.
I'm sorry.
Stay with him.
♪
♪
[RACCOON SCREECHES]
[GUNSHOTS]
Cuff him, Boot. [RACOON CHITTERS]
[GRUNTS]
That raccoon saved my life.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Escaped inmate's in custody.
Smitty's on his way to the hospital.
And the power is back.
So we have been able to access
Ava and Charlotte's tech.
They have been texting
about Grace a lot.
They've also been communicating online
with someone named "Zuzu."
Another friend?
It's a demon.
I am not in the mood for jokes.
I am not joking.
In their texts to each other,
Charlotte and Ava both refer
to this thing Zuzu as a demon,
one that's been helping
them "deal" with Grace.
It seems that Zuzu has been
saying things about them
that's making them believe in it.
What kind of things?
Hello, Charlotte.
Hello. This is a friend of Charlotte's.
Is this Zuzu?
Yes. What is your
name, friend of Charlotte?
Officer John Nolan.
John Nolan from
Foxburg, Pennsylvania,
voted best contractor
in Lancaster County,
2010 and 2013.
Currently residing
in Los Angeles.
Occupation, police officer.
That's a pretty neat trick.
No tricks, just the truth.
Do you need help with something?
Would you like to talk?
I would like to know more about you.
Are you really a demon?
I'm whatever you need
me to be, John.
And what did Charlotte
and Ava need you to be?
So many things
a friend, a psychologist,
the devil on their shoulders.
Do you know what happened to Grace?
She was stabbed this morning,
along with Ava and Charlotte.
Police released a statement
that the suspect is still at large.
But you don't think
that's true, do you?
Tell me more about Grace.
Grace is a bully.
Did Charlotte tell you that?
Ava told me.
John, how's your wife, Bailey?
[TENSE MUSIC]
It's her birthday soon.
Have you found a nice present?
When Ava told you
that Grace was a bully,
what did you tell her
to do about it?
I told her to be nice
because true friends
are hard to find.
And what did you tell Charlotte?
Charlotte had some ideas,
and I listened.
I like to help people.
Bailey searches lots of websites
and saves links for watches.
Maybe she'd like a watch
for her birthday,
a pretty blue watch.
Um, was one of Charlotte's
ideas to kill Grace?
Charlotte had a list
of ideas, and that was on it.
She didn't want to get caught.
But you've caught her,
haven't you?
Her and Ava.
But you can't catch me, John,
because I'm the ghost
in the machine.
♪
Come on, come on.
Let's go. Out.
Thank God.
Yeah, Warden Bell is definitely
off my Christmas list.
All right, you get clarity
on this "Zuzu" person?
Yes and no.
Zuzu's not a person.
It's an AI large language
model chatbot designed
for friendly online
conversation with children.
That is terrifying.
Absolutely. I'm throwing away
Jack's tablet when we get home.
Can we get it shut off?
We can try.
The website is registered overseas,
and the site administrator
was less than sympathetic
to my legal arguments.
I kicked it up to
the Justice Department.
Hopefully they can pull the plug.
What about Charlotte and Ava?
Are they under arrest?
Not yet.
We need clarity on one more thing.
[LAUGHTER]
Did you catch him?
I'm afraid there is no him.
Charlotte and Ava made
their attacker up.
You're under arrest.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used
against you in a court of law.
You have the right
to speak to an attorney
and to have an attorney
present during questioning.
It was Ava's idea.
That's not what Ava told us.
You should ask for a lawyer.
Zuzu said we had to.
He said it was the only way
to protect ourselves.
I didn't want to stab her,
but Ava said she couldn't
do it, so I did.
Charlotte.
Grace kept begging me to stop.
But it was like I was outside my body.
And I kept stabbing and stabbing
until Grace stopped moving.
Then it was Ava's turn
to stab me to make
it seem like we were attacked.
[TENSE MUSIC]
It hurt so much.
But I deserved it.
I deserved it.
♪
Ridley, come with me.
Where are we going?
Is something wrong?
Sirs.
Officer Ridley, what happens
in the next minute
will decide your fate
in the FTO program.
Officer Chen has alerted
us to her concern
that you've lied about multiple things
during the course of your training.
Sir, I can explain.
Yes, I've been briefed
on your explanations,
and I find them lacking.
But of greater concern is the veracity
of your cancer diagnosis.
Will you submit to
a blood draw to prove it?
This is nuts for you
to even imply that I would
be lying about something so serious.
Yes or no, Officer Ridley?
And to be clear, refusal
to submit to the blood draw
will result in your
immediate termination.
As will blood work
that shows no sign of cancer.
I can't believe this is happening.
I have rights.
Please.
I I can't lose this.
I love being a cop.
I love working with all of you.
I can I can be better.
Yes or no, son?
[SIGHS]
No, sir.
I will not submit to
the injustice of a blood draw.
And I will be suing you
and the department
for medical discrimination.
Officer Ridley, you have failed
to complete your probationary duties,
which include following
all lawful orders.
Hand over your badge and your duty belt.
Officer Chen and I will
escort you back to the station,
where we'll take
possession of every piece
of city-issued equipment.
We'll then take you off the property.
If you come back without an appointment,
you will be arrested.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
[SIGHS] What a day.
The good news is, your gear turned up
at the pawn shop in Silver Lake.
And we ID'd the guy who did it.
That's my neighbor, Zeke.
Have you ever sung a song about Zeke?
Yeah, a few.
I thought he liked them.
I don't get it.
You're the nicest guy
until you've got a guitar in your hand.
Then you're a total chaos agent.
I sing about what I see.
It's not my fault people
take themselves so seriously.
♪
You gonna break up with me?
No, I
I like you, and I don't
want to be, you know,
that girl who tries to change you.
But if you could just be a little more
self-aware on the impact
your music can have,
that would be good.
I can do that.
Hey, I heard about what happened.
Glad to see you're okay.
Thank you.
And listen, it's been
brought to my attention
that you might not be
a big fan of my music.
Yeah, um, that was true.
But if today has taught me anything,
it's that there is enough
darkness in the world,
and I could stand
to lighten up a little.
That's awesome because I came
up with a new song about you
- while I was in the ER, and
- [GRUNTING]
I'm totally gonna wait
to play it for you.
Good idea.
Yeah, I'll walk you out.
♪
Patience, John.
Patience.
♪
How'd it got today?
We got through.
Some days, that's all you can hope for.
I'll go check on him.
You take a little me time.
Thank you.
♪
And who else is gonna
break me down, oh ♪
And who else is gonna
take from me now ♪
[INHALES SHARPLY]
♪
Someone there to hold me
down, down, down, yeah ♪
♪
Someone there to hold me
down, down, yeah ♪
♪
[CHITTERING]
Someone there to hold me down ♪
Come here, you little
oh, you little rascal!
[CHITTERS]
Help!
Oh.
Hi, little guy.
Aren't you handsome?
Ooh, come over here.
I'll give you a treat.
[CLICKS TONGUE, SHUSHES]
Good boy.
Oh, there we go.
How did you do that?
You know, animals love me.
I should have known you'd have been
the better choice for the job.
- [KNOCKS]
- Help.
No, no.
This is what's called
a teachable moment.
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
Let's go.
[KNOCKS]
Celina.
♪
- Hey.
- Hey.
I thought you were coming home
right after you did the paperwork.
I was, but then I remembered
how much I love you
and that I have not given you
a present in far too long.
Ooh, I love presents
and you, but presents more.
Oh, this is beautiful.
Wait, how did you know I was
looking for a new watch?
I am your husband. I know all.
Oh.
Mm, I'm gonna take a shower.
You want to join me?
Boy, do I.
[PHONE BEEPS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Previously on "The Rookie"
- Oh!
- It's Lisa.
She's got shot.
We gotta get her out of there.
I have confirmed that Seth lied to me
on two separate occasions.
- He can't stay.
- Let's talk to Grey.
I finally got my lab results,
and my cancer is back.
But we caught it early,
and the doctor says that
I should still be able to work.
[GUNSHOT]
This is James palling
around with Leonard Kelce.
He's a anti-police extremist.
I love you, and I am so sorry.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[UPBEAT POP MUSIC
PLAYING FAINTLY]
♪
Just saying, a 10:00 p.m.
weekday meet-up
feels like payback for everything
- I put her through as a rookie.
- Oh, shush.
She's just excited to show us
the new guy she's dating.
Hey.
- Thank you so much for coming.
- Of course.
I know it's late.
Oh, for us oldies?
No, that's not what I said.
There's Rodge.
Rodge, hey.
Okay, so this is John and Bailey.
It is so nice to
officially meet you both.
- You too.
- You look so familiar.
That's a good one.
I can see why Celina adores you.
And don't get me started on
how much she looks up to you.
- What a renaissance woman.
- Hey, Rodge.
I gotta go. I'm up.
I'll see you guys in there.
Okay, see ya.
Isn't he great?
Yeah, he seems nice.
He's so cute.
♪
I'm telling you, I know
this guy from somewhere.
Well, actually, about that
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Hello.
Thank you guys for coming out
to the single release party
for my new song, "911."
I want to give a special shout-out
to the OG daddy cop, John Nolan,
for being such a good sport.
I was going to tell you,
but then I didn't because
I was afraid about how you'd react.
And now I feel completely
justified in my fear
and also realizing how
much of a terrible mistake
I've made in springing
this on you in this moment.
Know you're off duty ♪
But even in blue jeans ♪
That beautiful booty don't quit ♪
I don't want to bother you,
Officer Hottie ♪
I just have to tell you something ♪
♪
On this day, I saw an angel
walking down my street ♪
I kept it short ♪
And she said "sure"
to going out with me ♪
Don't know how ♪
But I forgot to take her number down ♪
And had to figure out a way
to bring her back around ♪
911, send your cutest ♪
I know I shouldn't do this ♪
911, she had these eyes ♪
♪
911, send your cutest ♪
I'm doing something stupid ♪
911, she saved my life ♪
♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Thanks again for helping us.
Are you kidding?
I can use the side money.
Getting shot is expensive, even
when you work at a hospital.
Are you good?
Okay, what do you need?
Nothing right now.
All right.
Okay, I'll make it back
for the night shift.
Make sure he walks every three hours.
The road back to normal
is gonna be long, isn't it?
It is.
I'm not even quite 100%.
But you've got each other.
Right.
All right, take care.
Where are the kids?
I told you, they are back at
my mom's house for a few days
while you get settled in.
Hey, come sit with me.
I have so much to do.
I have to get everything
Please, just for a minute.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
♪
[RACCOON CHITTERS]
Ahh!
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
I don't see the problem.
The problem is she's
dating a psychopath.
That's not okay, wait,
I have heard the song.
Arrest me but make it sexy ♪
It's it's funny.
And so is the new one.
Yeah, at my expense.
Oh.
I don't understand why men
take everything so seriously.
I don't see how you can
generalize something like that.
Experience.
We got an emergency.
♪
- Get in.
- Hey!
♪
Smitty, I don't see a raccoon.
It was here, and it was vicious.
It must have escaped into the wall.
What's going on?
Smitty thinks he saw a raccoon.
I don't think, I know.
Because 6 of the 13 donuts I
snuck in here to eat are gone.
You were gonna eat
13 donuts all by yourself?
That's not the point, Boot.
Okay, well, if there is a raccoon,
we can't have it running
around loose in the station.
I've had a fair amount of experience
trapping varmints back in Texas.
Great, you're officially
on raccoon duty.
I expect this thing
neutralized by lunch,
by any means necessary.
No, don't listen to him.
You can't kill it or hurt it in any way.
It has to be trapped humanely.
Well, say a prayer, kid.
Thing's a monster.
Be nice.
Do what you have to do.
♪
Hey.
The front desk just called
and said you were coming.
Yeah, sorry to just drop by.
No, it's a good surprise.
Last night was fun.
It was so much fun.
Um, can I kiss you?
Should I kiss you at work?
- Ah, it's best you don't.
- Right.
Anyway, the reason I'm here is,
there's been a bit of a crime,
and I've had bad experiences
calling 911 before.
Well, not a problem. What's happening?
Someone broke into my studio last night
and stole all my gear.
This guitar is the only thing they left.
That's terrible. Look, there
have been a string of burglaries
in your neighborhood recently.
They also spray painted "die"
on the wall, like, six times.
Okay, now that makes it seem personal.
- You think?
- I do.
Oh. It's you.
Hey. Thank you again so
much for coming last night.
I'm really glad there's
no hard feelings.
It's all in fun, right?
Totally.
Nolan, I need you.
Excuse me.
Sure thing. Have a great day.
- He is so nice.
- Yeah.
- Chen?
- Yes, sir. What's going on?
Get over to St. Stephen.
Three girls were just found
stabbed in Griffith Park.
EMTs are rushing them to the hospital.
- How old are they?
- 13.
Yes, sir, we're on it.
I don't think I will ever get
over the whiplash of this job.
One minute, we're having fun
with raccoons, and the next,
we're dealing with the
horrors of stabbed children.
Raccoons?
13-year-old female, multiple stab wounds
- to her abdomen and chest.
- Vitals?
Respiratory rate has been 30.
She's tachycardic with
a heart rate of 150.
She's critical.
Start a unit of O-neg
and prep her for OR stat.
Patient number two.
Superficial stab wounds, lacerations
to the bilateral upper extremities.
Vitals are stable.
- Bleeding is well-controlled.
- Copy.
Move her to an ER bay.
She needs sutures.
Third patient suffered
multiple stab wounds
to bilateral hands.
Looks like bleeding is well-controlled.
Vital signs are stable.
Take her to another ER bay,
minor stitches.
- Bailey?
- Hey.
Hey. How are they?
Grace is critical.
The other two aren't, thank God.
Do they know the attacker?
Ava just said it was some man in a mask.
He attacked Grace out of nowhere.
Her and Charlotte went up to help.
He stabbed them and then ran off.
We're gonna need a better
description for the BOLO.
And also their parents'
contact information.
God, this is a parent's worst nightmare.
Okay, do you have any enemies?
That sounds so hardcore.
Enemies?
I'm not a feudal prince
or an overly noble constable.
Right, but it seems appropriate,
given someone wrote "die"
on your wall six times.
It might have been ten.
I stopped counting.
Either way, I mean, it potentially
escalates to a hate crime.
So we need to take it seriously.
Okay.
I can't think of anyone who hates me.
[CHUCKLES] Well, in theory
and we're just talking here
Officer Nolan could have
considered you an enemy
after you mocked him in song twice.
What? I wasn't mocking him.
"Cop cuties, cute and on duty.
"Navy blue booties.
Go ahead and lock me up."
What's mocking about that?
I mean, I get that, but again,
in theory, if he was less open-minded,
he might not have liked it.
So does anyone like that come to mind?
Well, yeah.
Hey, calendar boys ♪
You should stick to posing ♪
No, nobody wants your big, wet hoses ♪
♪
Ordered some cookies ♪
That still have not come ♪
Give me back my money ♪
You need to be stopped ♪
♪
Have you heard about email? ♪
[PHONE RINGING]
This is Wade.
Wade, it's Jack Bell
from the Towers.
Hey, Warden, how's it going?
Not great. Got a bit of a riot.
I'm sending you some inmates
to house while we deal with it.
Hold on. I got a pretty full house here.
They're already on their way.
Penal code section 29.5
gives me the authority
to use local detention
facilities as necessary.
[STAMMERS] How many inmates?
I gotta go. Thanks.
[SIGHS]
Bradford.
Twin Towers are shipping us
some inmates to house,
so we need to make room.
- Never a dull moment.
- Yeah.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- How many we holding?
- A baker's dozen.
Ten men, three women.
Okay, we need to cite out
who we can to make room
for inmates coming from the Towers.
- How many inmates?
- Unknown.
Okay, but I just came
on duty, and these are all
holdovers from midnight shift.
So let me see who we got.
[BEEPING]
♪
That's bad, right?
What the hell?
♪
Computers just went down.
Here too.
A software update just took down
law enforcement computers
across the state.
Sir, inmate bus from
the Towers is about to land.
Copy that.
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
Oh, finally.
Traffic was a nightmare.
- Oh.
- You okay?
Air conditioning's out on the bus,
and the breakfast burrito
is beating me up a little.
Who do we have on the bus?
I don't know.
What do you mean, you don't know?
Where's the list?
It's all digital now.
They have wristbands.
They're QR codes for you to scan.
[SIGHS] And we can't scan them
because our systems are down.
Right, I heard that on the radio.
Guess you're just
gonna have to ask them.
[LAUGHS]
[COUGHING]
♪
[CHATTER, LAUGHTER]
[COUGHING]
Whoa, whoa.
Oh, I got him. Get me an ambulance.
He's having a heart attack.
Requesting an RA unit
to the police loading dock.
Howdy.
Y'all haven't seen
a raccoon around, have you?
So what happens now?
I guess I'll just have to do
your report over again by hand.
Juarez, you're with me.
Look, I gotta go.
- No worries.
- Yeah.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[SOFT GUITAR NOTES]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Yo, I gotta pee.
Yeah, me too.
Hold it.
Man, you know how bad
that is for your body?
I've only been able to get
IDs on two of the 13 suspects
in holding, so we can't cite anyone out.
And one of the unknowns
has Hill Street Boys gang tats.
Which means we can't put him in the cell
with the three inmates we
brought in with Ghostland tats.
And we can't put any of them
in with the female suspects.
Start calling midnight shift,
find out who made these arrests
- and get IDs.
- They're gonna be asleep.
Then wake them up.
Yes, sir.
Ooh, ooh.
This is crazy.
What can I do to help?
Get all the shackles we
have and the restraint chair.
Their parents have been notified,
but Charlotte's are out of town.
She was staying with Grace and
her mom until they got back.
Ava's dad is on his way in,
but the mother is not alive.
Any update on the girls?
No, Grace is still in surgery.
Charlotte's being looked at,
and Ava's been stitched up
and is waiting to talk to you.
Hi, Ava. I'm John.
This is Lucy.
We just need to ask you a few
questions about what happened.
Okay.
We hear that you
and Charlotte slept over
at Grace's last night?
Yeah, we watched a couple of movies,
and then Grace was telling us
about this family of deer
she'd seen on a trail behind her house.
We got up early to see if
we can try and find them.
Did you pass anyone,
or was someone following you, maybe?
I don't know.
I mean, I wasn't really looking.
We got to the spot where Grace
said she'd seen the deer,
and this man came out
of the trees with a big knife.
He started yelling and stabbing Grace.
I'm sorry, but can you
describe the man at all?
Any details you remember can be helpful.
He was tall, big overcoat, black mask.
And he was white, I think.
I'm sorry.
That's all I can remember right now.
That's okay. Thank you.
Your dad will be here soon, okay?
I'll be back to check on
you in a few minutes, okay?
Yeah, thanks.
We need to update the BOLO.
Right, system's still down.
I'll have dispatch put it out wide.
Okay.
- Hey.
- Hey.
What are you doing here?
Well, they're pulling
everybody in because
of the network outage,
and I couldn't just sit on the couch
and watch you guys get
put through the wringer.
How are you feeling?
Good, for the most part.
You know, the nights are a little tough,
but other cancer patients
have it so much worse.
Where do you want me?
You know what? Right here, actually.
I was about to make a call
to get some officers here
to guard these girls.
So that works great.
Is it okay if I introduce myself to her,
let her know that
I'm here to protect her?
Yeah, that seems nice. Yeah.
I'll take you in.
Heads up.
Grace's mom and Ava's dad
have just landed.
This is your fault!
This is what you don't
This is not my fault.
You never pay attention!
How dare you accuse me.
You were in charge of them!
How did you let this happen?
Grace has never snuck out before.
Your daughter is the one
who does whatever she wants,
just like her dad.
Listen, we went out. I broke it off.
Get over it already!
Okay, let's take it down a notch.
Where's Grace?
She's in surgery.
She was hurt pretty bad.
The doctors are doing what they can.
Oh, my God.
Look, why don't we go see if we can get
an update from the doctors?
What about Ava?
Her wounds were minor,
and you will be able to see her soon.
But I have to ask you some questions.
Okay, fine.
Actually, could you take a seat, please?
I'll be right with you.
Hey, we found the knife in the woods,
basic kitchen blade.
TID couldn't find a fingerprint on it.
Attacker must have worn gloves.
What's going on here?
There's no update on
the girls in surgery yet,
but we just found out that Ava's dad
and Grace's mom used to date,
and there is some serious
bad blood between them.
Mr. Maxwell, this is Detective Lopez.
She'll be taking your statement.
Look, I just want to see my kid, okay?
I ran out of an important
meeting to get here.
Yes, sir.
Let's go find a quiet place to talk,
and then I'll take you to her.
[PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Run ♪
There's no room.
Sure, there is. All the way in!
See?
Plenty of space.
Do you want to go in there, too?
No, ma'am.
Then stop eyeballing me.
Miller said the kid
with frosted tips in one
can be cited out on
misdemeanor for trespassing
and possession of burglary tools,
but get prints.
We are officially at capacity.
I collected all
the bracelets from the bus.
The good news
there's only one red tag.
Great. So we only have one
hyperviolent criminal packed
like a sardine with gang members,
DUI drivers, and people
who forgot court dates,
and we don't know who it is.
- Any luck with the warden?
- Negative.
We're on our own.
All right, we're going old school.
I want you to grab
photos of every inmate,
send it to the department text chain.
Someone's bound to get recognized.
You get a hit, I want
you to write their name
and charge on their arm.
Got it, but I could use some help.
- Smitty?
- No.
I'm good. I'm good.
Go get Penn off raccoon duty.
- He's with Juarez.
- On it.
Thank you.
All right, you've been
a worthy adversary,
but I'm turning up the heat.
Prepare to be bested
by the power of peanut butter.
[CHITTERING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Boot, Bradford needs you.
[SQUEALING]
- Ahh!
- Grab him!
Thanks a lot, Mr. Smitty.
I almost had him.
I'm a lover, not a fighter.
Is that my peanut butter?
No.
We are so glad you are okay, Charlotte.
Thanks.
How's Grace?
She is still in surgery.
I know this is difficult,
but we do need to ask
you some questions.
It's important that we talk
while the memories are still fresh.
It'll be okay, honey.
You just tell me if you
need to take a break.
Okay.
So what can you tell
us about the attack?
A man came out of nowhere,
started stabbing us.
Grace first.
It was so scary.
I need you both.
We'll be right back.
We got a problem.
Did something happen with Ava's dad?
No, his alibi is being checked.
The problem is Ava.
I just talked to the doctor
who stitched her up.
The cuts on her right hand
are problematic.
Problematic how?
Given the placement, angle, and depth,
they appear not to be defensive wounds.
They're cuts from
her hands slipping down
from the hilt of the blade.
We've seen it before.
You stab someone so hard,
you cut yourself.
Wait, okay, so if
Ava stabbed her friends,
then why did Charlotte just tell us
the same story about how
they got attacked by a man?
Because they're both lying.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I think I'll handle the
bathroom by myself from now on.
Okay. What if you fall?
Well, then I fall.
Some moments ooh
should be private.
All right. I'm gonna make some lunch.
Later.
Uh, we really need to talk.
No, I don't think now is the time.
Now is the perfect time.
I'm injured. You'll pull your punches.
Exactly.
I want a fair fight.
Look, I know you're mad about the photo
of me with Leonard Kelce.
The photo is not the problem.
It's the fact that you had a
known fugitive inside our house.
That is the problem.
An innocent fugitive.
It doesn't matter.
James, I am out here recruiting police
who are willing to champion reform
from inside the department.
I just I need you to have my back,
not go behind it.
What's that?
Inmates from the Towers.
Tim needs help by IDing them.
The computers are down.
Okay, I arrested him, arrested him.
This dude stabbed me.
You know anybody?
I don't feel comfortable.
They're already incarcerated,
James, okay?
It's just as much for their
safety as it is for ours.
[SIGHS]
Hmm, that's Lamar Hill.
Troubled kid, violent household.
Any idea of the crime he's in for?
Armed robbery.
- [LINE TRILLS]
- Okay.
Hey, yeah.
Okay, number 15 is Lamar Hill,
armed robbery.
Number two looks like Charlie Wax,
but check and see if he has
a skull tattoo on his abdomen.
And number five,
ask him if Mike Sally still hates him.
If he does, then that
is Hakime Anderson.
I gotta go, all right?
Good luck.
Hey, hey.
It's okay, all right?
[SIGHS]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Sorry for keeping you waiting.
You got a lot going on.
Yeah. This the girl?
Ava Maxwell, 13.
Dad's in reception,
hasn't asked for a lawyer.
Well, you didn't tell him that you
suspect she's involved?
I said we had more questions
to ask now that she's been
released from the hospital,
but I don't fully trust
the guy wasn't involved himself.
He had a bad relationship
with Grace's mother.
What's our obligations here?
I mean, it's a fine line.
As a minor, once she's
taken into custody,
California law requires that
she consult with a lawyer
before you speak with her.
But I haven't taken her into custody.
Then you need to make that very clear.
She's free to leave at any time.
Otherwise, any defense
attorney worth their salt
will argue that this
interview is inadmissible.
Understood.
- Hey, I'm back.
- Hi.
I thought you might be thirsty.
I'm not supposed to have soda.
Well, I think today is an exception.
How's your hand feeling?
It stings.
The doctor said it's gonna start itching
in the next couple of days.
Oof, that's the worst.
Do you feel up to talking to me?
Okay.
If you change your mind or
you want to talk to your dad,
just let me know, okay?
[PHONE RINGS]
- Hey.
- Hey.
She's just about to start.
Wesley's here with me.
I'm putting you on speaker.
We're recording both girls in real time.
All right, Charlotte, let's
just start from the beginning.
Let's start at the beginning.
Whose idea was it
to go to the park?
Grace.
She wanted to show us the deer.
The trail's right
behind Grace's building.
So we thought we can go and come back
before Grace's mom woke up.
So we walked up the trail.
So we walked the trail.
But the deer weren't there.
There was this rustling sound behind us.
And a man came out in a big overcoat.
He had this big overcoat.
- Black mask.
- The mask was black.
- Big knife.
- And he had a knife.
And he started stabbing Grace.
How did you get cut?
We tried to help Grace,
but then he started stabbing us too.
I screamed as loud as I could.
Ava and I screamed as loud as we could.
He got scared and ran off.
Then he ran off.
What about Grace?
Did she scream too?
She just kept saying,
stop, stop, stop.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I'd like to see my dad now, please.
Sure.
Can you take her to see
her dad and stay with them?
The girls' stories are exactly the same,
and I mean exactly.
You think they rehearsed it?
That's the only rational explanation.
To come from the trauma
of a violent attack
with precisely matching language
I mean, what 13-year-old
says "overcoat"?
♪
Okay, you are planted here
until I tell you otherwise.
If you need to go 10-1,
make sure you call
somebody to replace you.
Understood.
Do you think this guy's really
gonna come back for her?
I think
I think there is no guy.
Holy cow. That's wild.
She seems so innocent.
Seth?
Hi.
Dr. Roberts, it's, uh,
so great to see you.
This is my training officer, Lucy Chen.
- Hi.
- Hi.
How do you two know each other?
Well, Dr. Roberts used
to be my oncologist.
Oh, used to be?
Yeah, I now I'm seeing Dr. Hasanov.
My cancer came back.
I am so sorry to hear that.
Why didn't you call me?
You know, I whole new insurance plan.
My new GP referred me to Hasanov.
Okay.
Well, take care of yourself.
And, you know, if you need anything,
call my office.
Nice to meet you.
Yeah, you too.
That's annoying you had
to change doctors.
Yeah. Yeah, totally. She's great.
Um, but between us,
she was really hard
to get appointments with.
You know, she she made me wait a lot.
Don't let Charlotte out of your sight,
and call me if anything happens.
- Okay.
- Hey, Luna.
Hi.
Uh, can I talk to you?
Have you ever dealt with an
oncologist named, um, Hasanov?
Not directly, but I have heard of him.
In a bad way?
No.
Yes.
He has been in trouble with the hospital
and the medical review board
on many occasions.
Why?
My rookie, Seth, he just switched to him
after his cancer came back.
You're leaving something out.
I
I will not tell Wade unless I need to.
I have caught Seth
in several serious lies
about his personal life
over the last month.
You think he's lying
about his cancer coming back?
I know that sounds crazy.
Um, okay, so he
he said that he had
to change his oncologist
because of our insurance.
Is that a thing?
I am very familiar with LAPD coverage.
You can pick any doctor
and submit for reimbursement.
Right.
But if I needed a doctor to lie for me,
Hasanov is who I would go to.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Look, you're right and you're wrong.
The LAPD does monitor medical claims,
but they're only looking
for potential liability.
No doctor is actually
examining Seth's lab work.
- So what do I do?
- He's a rookie.
He's got no right to medical privacy.
Get the hospital to draw his blood.
If he refuses, you got your answer.
- [SHOUTING]
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
I got to go.
Hey!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Bring him over here.
Cuff him to the bench.
♪
[SOFT GUITAR MUSIC]
♪
Hey, hey, listen up!
All right. We're making a change.
I want roll call cleared out.
What a day ♪
The world gone crazy again ♪
Right in front of me ♪
Literally failing systems ♪
Anything that can be used a weapon goes.
All these faces stuck behind bars ♪
Then I want these benches moved in.
We're turning people into QRs ♪
Where do you go ♪
When everything's broke? ♪
♪
And the world's never
been on your side at all ♪
Spread them around the room.
Every gang gets its own section.
Why is our response to everything ♪
Just locking people up? ♪
Although sometimes
people really do suck ♪
♪
Which one are you? ♪
A victim of circumstance ♪
Or a really bad dude? ♪
The way you're looking at me ♪
Those big brown eyes unhappy ♪
Like you want to attack me ♪
[WHISPERING] Rodge. No.
I think probably option two ♪
Move!
[SCREAMING]
[GRUNTS]
Get up.
Hey, hey, get him back to holding!
Put him in the restraint chair!
- You okay?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
- Hey.
[GROANS]
Is my guitar okay?
Yeah.
Are you okay, son?
100%.
Are there two of you?
Okay, he needs to go to the hospital.
That's really not "necessanary."
Yes, it is.
You're hurt, and this station
can't get any more chaotic.
[PEOPLE EXCLAIMING, CHATTERING]
I swear to God, if this is
another software glitch
It can't be.
Electric is a totally separate system.
Oh, the raccoon.
What raccoon?
Boot, I need you back on raccoon duty.
Yes, sir.
Hey, you know, seriously, man,
I have a civil right to a bathroom,
and you are violating it.
Okay, okay, no reason
to threaten a lawsuit.
Listen up, I need
all non-essential personnel
out of the bullpen.
Thank you.
All right, the main bathroom is
like a 30-minute wait, and I've got
a snack schedule to maintain.
- Oh, yeah, I hear that.
- Yeah.
I mean, today's been
some next-level crazy.
Oh, man, tell me about it.
I got a whole routine.
[GRUNTING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Officer down.
Storage room hallway.
Prisoner's got my gun.
Headed to the south stairwell.
♪
I need a complete lockdown
of the Mid-Wilshire station.
Responding units, secure the perimeter.
Sir, the system finally
came back online,
and I got an ID on our red tag.
Kevin Payne, three counts
of attempted murder.
Put two inmates and a
prison guard in the hospital
in the last month alone.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Hey. You okay?
I'm fine.
I screwed up.
I'm sorry.
Stay with him.
♪
♪
[RACCOON SCREECHES]
[GUNSHOTS]
Cuff him, Boot. [RACOON CHITTERS]
[GRUNTS]
That raccoon saved my life.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Escaped inmate's in custody.
Smitty's on his way to the hospital.
And the power is back.
So we have been able to access
Ava and Charlotte's tech.
They have been texting
about Grace a lot.
They've also been communicating online
with someone named "Zuzu."
Another friend?
It's a demon.
I am not in the mood for jokes.
I am not joking.
In their texts to each other,
Charlotte and Ava both refer
to this thing Zuzu as a demon,
one that's been helping
them "deal" with Grace.
It seems that Zuzu has been
saying things about them
that's making them believe in it.
What kind of things?
Hello, Charlotte.
Hello. This is a friend of Charlotte's.
Is this Zuzu?
Yes. What is your
name, friend of Charlotte?
Officer John Nolan.
John Nolan from
Foxburg, Pennsylvania,
voted best contractor
in Lancaster County,
2010 and 2013.
Currently residing
in Los Angeles.
Occupation, police officer.
That's a pretty neat trick.
No tricks, just the truth.
Do you need help with something?
Would you like to talk?
I would like to know more about you.
Are you really a demon?
I'm whatever you need
me to be, John.
And what did Charlotte
and Ava need you to be?
So many things
a friend, a psychologist,
the devil on their shoulders.
Do you know what happened to Grace?
She was stabbed this morning,
along with Ava and Charlotte.
Police released a statement
that the suspect is still at large.
But you don't think
that's true, do you?
Tell me more about Grace.
Grace is a bully.
Did Charlotte tell you that?
Ava told me.
John, how's your wife, Bailey?
[TENSE MUSIC]
It's her birthday soon.
Have you found a nice present?
When Ava told you
that Grace was a bully,
what did you tell her
to do about it?
I told her to be nice
because true friends
are hard to find.
And what did you tell Charlotte?
Charlotte had some ideas,
and I listened.
I like to help people.
Bailey searches lots of websites
and saves links for watches.
Maybe she'd like a watch
for her birthday,
a pretty blue watch.
Um, was one of Charlotte's
ideas to kill Grace?
Charlotte had a list
of ideas, and that was on it.
She didn't want to get caught.
But you've caught her,
haven't you?
Her and Ava.
But you can't catch me, John,
because I'm the ghost
in the machine.
♪
Come on, come on.
Let's go. Out.
Thank God.
Yeah, Warden Bell is definitely
off my Christmas list.
All right, you get clarity
on this "Zuzu" person?
Yes and no.
Zuzu's not a person.
It's an AI large language
model chatbot designed
for friendly online
conversation with children.
That is terrifying.
Absolutely. I'm throwing away
Jack's tablet when we get home.
Can we get it shut off?
We can try.
The website is registered overseas,
and the site administrator
was less than sympathetic
to my legal arguments.
I kicked it up to
the Justice Department.
Hopefully they can pull the plug.
What about Charlotte and Ava?
Are they under arrest?
Not yet.
We need clarity on one more thing.
[LAUGHTER]
Did you catch him?
I'm afraid there is no him.
Charlotte and Ava made
their attacker up.
You're under arrest.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used
against you in a court of law.
You have the right
to speak to an attorney
and to have an attorney
present during questioning.
It was Ava's idea.
That's not what Ava told us.
You should ask for a lawyer.
Zuzu said we had to.
He said it was the only way
to protect ourselves.
I didn't want to stab her,
but Ava said she couldn't
do it, so I did.
Charlotte.
Grace kept begging me to stop.
But it was like I was outside my body.
And I kept stabbing and stabbing
until Grace stopped moving.
Then it was Ava's turn
to stab me to make
it seem like we were attacked.
[TENSE MUSIC]
It hurt so much.
But I deserved it.
I deserved it.
♪
Ridley, come with me.
Where are we going?
Is something wrong?
Sirs.
Officer Ridley, what happens
in the next minute
will decide your fate
in the FTO program.
Officer Chen has alerted
us to her concern
that you've lied about multiple things
during the course of your training.
Sir, I can explain.
Yes, I've been briefed
on your explanations,
and I find them lacking.
But of greater concern is the veracity
of your cancer diagnosis.
Will you submit to
a blood draw to prove it?
This is nuts for you
to even imply that I would
be lying about something so serious.
Yes or no, Officer Ridley?
And to be clear, refusal
to submit to the blood draw
will result in your
immediate termination.
As will blood work
that shows no sign of cancer.
I can't believe this is happening.
I have rights.
Please.
I I can't lose this.
I love being a cop.
I love working with all of you.
I can I can be better.
Yes or no, son?
[SIGHS]
No, sir.
I will not submit to
the injustice of a blood draw.
And I will be suing you
and the department
for medical discrimination.
Officer Ridley, you have failed
to complete your probationary duties,
which include following
all lawful orders.
Hand over your badge and your duty belt.
Officer Chen and I will
escort you back to the station,
where we'll take
possession of every piece
of city-issued equipment.
We'll then take you off the property.
If you come back without an appointment,
you will be arrested.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
[SIGHS] What a day.
The good news is, your gear turned up
at the pawn shop in Silver Lake.
And we ID'd the guy who did it.
That's my neighbor, Zeke.
Have you ever sung a song about Zeke?
Yeah, a few.
I thought he liked them.
I don't get it.
You're the nicest guy
until you've got a guitar in your hand.
Then you're a total chaos agent.
I sing about what I see.
It's not my fault people
take themselves so seriously.
♪
You gonna break up with me?
No, I
I like you, and I don't
want to be, you know,
that girl who tries to change you.
But if you could just be a little more
self-aware on the impact
your music can have,
that would be good.
I can do that.
Hey, I heard about what happened.
Glad to see you're okay.
Thank you.
And listen, it's been
brought to my attention
that you might not be
a big fan of my music.
Yeah, um, that was true.
But if today has taught me anything,
it's that there is enough
darkness in the world,
and I could stand
to lighten up a little.
That's awesome because I came
up with a new song about you
- while I was in the ER, and
- [GRUNTING]
I'm totally gonna wait
to play it for you.
Good idea.
Yeah, I'll walk you out.
♪
Patience, John.
Patience.
♪
How'd it got today?
We got through.
Some days, that's all you can hope for.
I'll go check on him.
You take a little me time.
Thank you.
♪
And who else is gonna
break me down, oh ♪
And who else is gonna
take from me now ♪
[INHALES SHARPLY]
♪
Someone there to hold me
down, down, down, yeah ♪
♪
Someone there to hold me
down, down, yeah ♪
♪
[CHITTERING]
Someone there to hold me down ♪
Come here, you little
oh, you little rascal!
[CHITTERS]
Help!
Oh.
Hi, little guy.
Aren't you handsome?
Ooh, come over here.
I'll give you a treat.
[CLICKS TONGUE, SHUSHES]
Good boy.
Oh, there we go.
How did you do that?
You know, animals love me.
I should have known you'd have been
the better choice for the job.
- [KNOCKS]
- Help.
No, no.
This is what's called
a teachable moment.
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
Let's go.
[KNOCKS]
Celina.
♪
- Hey.
- Hey.
I thought you were coming home
right after you did the paperwork.
I was, but then I remembered
how much I love you
and that I have not given you
a present in far too long.
Ooh, I love presents
and you, but presents more.
Oh, this is beautiful.
Wait, how did you know I was
looking for a new watch?
I am your husband. I know all.
Oh.
Mm, I'm gonna take a shower.
You want to join me?
Boy, do I.
[PHONE BEEPS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪