( Police radio chatter )
RADNER: Funny story.
We ran into some of your friends the other day.
They were having a drink, living the life.
Hey, fellas. How's thug life?
- Kind of puzzling, isn't it? - Just really strange.
Know what I mean? They just didn't have a care in the world.
Sarah!
You killed Katsuo, Ichiro's brother.
Get down!
No, you're in a problem.
I have a problem?
Oh, wow. Let me tell you something.
RADNER: You're the one in cuffs, pal.
Freeze!
( Main title theme )
Next time you see your friends,
tell them to enjoy the good times. Live it up.
'Cause they are not gonna last, pal.
Man, no they're not.
See, the good times are gonna end like a ton of bricks.
Just like a brick wall. You know why?
Of course he knows why. He's a smart guy.
I know. Because that warehouse that you guys shot up--
that was owned by the M.S.
RADNER: Their people, their drugs.
You know what their calling card is, right?
Hey, of course he gonna know this.
They'll cut your got dang head off.
And they will roll it right down King Street.
Ain't that a bitch.
You know they're looking for you, right?
RADNER: Oh, you gotta know that.
What about your friends? Hey, (whistles). Smiles?
We don't care.
You know, I think we should put you back on the streets
and see how smug your ass is
when you're not in protective custody.
Oh, I'm so afraid.
The street is my home, brother.
It's a cold world out there, isn't it?
Do you think they're gonna get through to them?
Of course not. Look at him.
What can we do to him to make him break?
What can we do that already hasn't been done to him
ten times worse?
- ( Knocking ) - Hey, boss.
You get any workables?
Mason and Radner are getting nowhere with this guy.
I know.
What do you say we make some kind of a deal?
What can I do for you?
I'm willing to help you if you'd help me.
Get my family out of Japan or they'll be killed.
Protect them. We're never going back there.
You have a deal.
First thing I want to know,
why are the Yakuza and the Tongs doing business together?
Well, Ichiro and his brothers won't tell much.
But I know that
they want to move special product
and it's not going to Japan.
The Tongs has a worldwide connection
and they want to test the Tong port network
before they ship it out.
- Where is it going? - The middle east.
What is it?
I don't know.
But their contact is a mechanic here.
All right, so I got an old friend.
Man, I've known this guy for a hundred years.
His name is Matsuda.
He's friends with my wife's family.
Seems to know everything that's going on in the community,
so he's really got his ear to the ground.
We're gonna go see him. I think he might be able
to help us find Kenjiro, and so we'll start there.
All right.
KANE: Second stop, we're gonna visit a couple of my CIs.
Akio talked to the mechanic they were dealing with.
Might be the one and the same.
( Speaking muffled Japanese )
So, was Matsuda-son helpful, boss?
You know, I think he was.
He had heard about this underground fight club
that he thinks the Yakuza are involved in.
And maybe you can check your sources
And see what you can find out about that.
No problem.
Next stop is that guy, my informant.
KANE: There he is.
You know the reason I brought you here
is 'cause you're a great cop.
You're my best guy and I figured if I got something
that I can't handle, you can handle it for me.
Might be some bad boys in there.
You want some backup. Should I be worried about this?
Man, you have nothing to worry about.
Mikey. What's going on, buddy?
Hey, what are you doing here, Kane?
You miss harassing me that much?
Look, I've been checking in with my parole officer, all right?
I just saw him this morning.
No, you know what it is. It's just a social call.
I got this friend, man. He's a new client.
He wanted to buy some old cars
and I told him you'd give him a deal, if you know what I mean.
Come on. What, are you trying to get me killed?
I think you might be able to do that all by yourself.
Listen, I did by bit in county, all right?
I learned my lesson. I got this place now.
I fix bikes and cars for gangsters,
I hear things and I tell you. That's it.
So I guess that means if I were to look around,
I might not find any crystal meth
or any other funny crap around here?
Hell no. Speed kills.
All right, I'm just gonna look around then.
This cooler looks very familiar to me.
( Switchblade opens )
Lord have mercy. C4, man.
That's big federal time. Get on the car, man.
We got two bogies coming up on our six, boss.
RADNER: Boss! He's got a gun!
( Groans )
Don't even think about it.
Turn around. Turn around!
Well, congratulations, pal.
Back to the world of powdered eggs
and late night sweaty man hugs.
Yes, my federal baby.
( Fighting, cheering )
Cops got the C4. It's Kane again.
Kuan doesn't need to know this. You understand?
Kenjiro. I heard about your brother and Chai.
Doesn't matter.
I can get another shipment of guns in a week.
It's America.
Still wanna go ahead with the shipment anyway.
No.
What do you mean, no?
Is this the real Kenjiro I'm talking to?
Look, our access to the Middle East is solid.
You don't need a dry run. That was Ichiro's idea anyway.
It's ten times the money. Let's do it.
No. It's this cop Kane.
He's on top of us now.
Something has to be done before we move the C4.
My problem is I have an empty ship sitting in port.
What do you know about him?
Listen. Your business is your business.
But you be careful with Kane.
Yeah, and listen.
This guy was involved in black ops for the US government
up until recently.
And the interesting thing is,
apparently he's killed some very powerful people.
So now, he's got some very powerful enemies.
So you really think we have the time
to find out who his enemies are?
You stay the hell away from this guy. Okay?
We have a deal. My ships, you're weapons.
Let's just finish what we started and get off his radar.
I need a drink.
The plates on the car outside the garage
came back stolen out of California.
See, thing of it is now, the Yakuza, they are targets
who are gonna stay as close as they can to their allies.
Did you get any kind of a location on the fight club
that Matsuda tipped us about?
Well, it's news to the gang unit.
It's a tough one to infiltrate.
I'll keep trying to work some sources,
see if I can flush something out.
All right. In the meantime,
try to put some eyes on the local Tongs
and see if you can find and California plates
that are located on the places that we're looking.
And if you can get any kind of a tip on the SoCal boys
and what they're doing.
Cool.
After this case, I'm gonna get some quiet time.
Kathy left you.
You're alone.
It doesn't get much quieter than that.
She went on an extended vacation to her mother's house.
RADNER: Extended vacation?
Come on, man.
Look, you're separated, all right?
Normal vacation lasts about, what, one week?
She's been gone how long?
I don't know. I stopped counting.
Look, I don't want to talk about it right now.
I just wanna focus on the here and now.
I'm not really trying to listen
to your negative projections about my wife.
All right, let's talk about the here and now.
What exactly are we doing here and now?
Are we going in there to stir things up, or what's the plan?
No, we're just gonna follow up on the plates.
If we go in there and start busting these guys
for parking their cars out front,
that's gonna lead to a foot chase.
And you know what I don't want?
Foot chase? Exactly.
You know, I don't really think too much of them, man.
I think if we go in there we can take them.
Is that with or without your sap?
- The way I was raised, man. - Really?
My daddy always said to me never hit a man with glasses.
Use something to leave a dent, like a bat.
Problem is, I can't fit a bat in my pocket, now can I?
Surprising, 'cause I'm sure you'd find a way to do it.
You know me. Come on, let's get out of here.
Right, so what's the point of all this?
I mean, what's the end game?
These guys gotta know that there's a line you don't cross.
So why do they wanna cross it?
I get it.
What do you do when you cross a "Do Not Enter" sign on a door?
- I go somewhere else. - I don't.
I get right in there.
I mean, look, man. I'm working on it.
I'm trying to pull it back, but I head right in that door.
Same thing with these guys.
Trying to prove themselves.
They're gonna do whatever it takes.
All right, come on. Let's get the hell out of here.
( Starts engine )
( Punching, groaning )
( Police radio chatter )
( Sirens )
Kane. I understand you and the owner were close.
I'm truly sorry for your loss.
Yeah, man. He was very close to my wife's family, close to me.
I was just here.
GRAVES: All right.
If there's anything I can do just let me know.
Yeah, me too, sir.
Need any favors, anything you need checked out.
Anything at all, you let me know. I'd be happy to help.
I want this case. I know you might think this is personal,
but it's not personal.
- I know these people. - No.
No, you can assist, but just, please,
just let homicide do their job. All right?
But I think I could really help homicide
because I know the players better than they do.
I think I could help.
That's what worries me.
All right, all right.
Against my better judgment, it's yours.
Just do me a favor and keep homicide in the loop, all right?
Found this at the scene.
It says, "An eye for an eye."
Careful you don't fall on it.
Oi.
Taka. Good to see you.
Good to see you.
- Genghi. - Genghi.
I'm glad you called. I was getting bored in L.A.
- Drink? Scotch, right? - Scotch.
- Kampai. - Kampai.
So, only me and you now hey, Kenjiro?
And when we're done here,
the Yakuza is going to own the city.
Are you ready to go to war?
Of course.
You think I drove 1,100 miles just to say, "Konichiwa"?
Did you find anything about Kane?
Beware the man that knows our structure and our secrets.
He's a killer masquerading as a cop.
He's coming for us, Taka.
A Tong member killed a good friend of his,
and he thinks it was us.
Well, let him come.
Whoever stands in our way, Taka, cops or not,
we take them out.
That's my brother.
- So? - So what?
So is there something you want to talk to me about?
Let's just talk about the case.
Sure, all right. What case?
We got a briefing in Kane's office.
As of now, all cases are on hold except for this one. That's it.
I've asked Gates to come in here,
I want to get him up to speed.
I'm going to have him work with us on this.
This guy was a friend of mine. He was a great guy.
Really, really good man.
And I believe that this killing was a revenge killing.
And I think it may have had something to do with the intel
that he provided me on the Yakuza.
And some of the underground fight networks
that they got going and their enterprise and stuff like that.
What's the latest?
Los Angeles sent us their follow up info
on the two knuckleheads from the garage.
Both did a stint in Juvie. Also in Chino.
Both of known SoCal Yakuza clique.
See if you can get back on the phone with L.A.
and see if Taka Hito is in their database at all.
Confirm if he was doing time
when the other two were at Chino.
Any relation to Ichiro and family?
Well, I mean, Taka is the youngest
of the other three brothers.
Anyway, I got a little job for you, Gates. Little favor to me.
Yeah. Anything you need.
You did a lot of work with the Gang Task Force, right?
Yeah, I coordinated with them all the time.
Listen, man, I want these Yakuza punks
and I want them bad.
Do everything you can. Hit every CI, every street ho,
every junkie, anything and everything you can to find out
where, when, if, how and why they is.
No problem, chief. I got it.
Yes, we're coming after them.
( Mexicali music playing )
( Shouting in Spanish )
- Welcome to the war zone. - What happened here?
Looks like the gang bangers are pushing back.
Oh, Gates. Great. Gates-ey. Hey.
You know what? I'm gonna have a Grande non-fat,
no whip, extra hot. You guys want something?
No.
Ha. That's good. I like that.
No, no. I'm not joking.
Radner, we're surrounded by dead bodies. Have you noticed?
I mean, I've noticed, yeah.
All right. What do you got, Gates? Any witnesses?
What, you kidding?
These guys don't even see themselves when they look in the mirror.
Was this a Wah Ching hangout?
You mean the Tongs. It was.
Well if the Wah Ching are associating with the Yakuza,
then maybe this is payback for the hit on M.S.
( Distant sirens )
How you doing, baby? Ain't you ever sleep?
You should talk.
It's called shift work. You should try it sometime.
Can't do that in my business, ma'am. Listen, I need a favor.
The ballistics on the bullets
recovered from the gas station murder?
Yeah, where are we on that?
We should have those soon. I heard about it. Sorry.
Do me a favor, call me as soon as you get something, you hear?
Of course.
Something else?
You're on overtime, right?
When am I not?
Do me a favor, see if you can get
any prints off of this deal with the SoCal boys.
And see if there's anything in the system, what you can find.
- Okay. - Thank you.
What's happening, fellas?
( Kids laugh )
TEEN: Oh, you need a taxi, brother!
Nice work, numb nuts. Boss is gonna be ecstatic.
Perfect. What are we, children here? I mean--
Yep.
Good thing you weren't in that thing when it blew up.
You might've almost looked as dark as me.
Yeah. Yeah, that's good. We gonna laugh it up all night
or do you wanna hear what happened?
All right. What do we know?
Mexican gang got hit, looks like associates of the M.S.
Didn't really see the bomber,
but I'm pretty sure it was a Tong.
So, can I-- can I get a lift?
Yeah.
- Kampai. - Kampai.
So, Kuan.
We hear one of your guys missed his target a little there.
Nailed a cop car.
Right.
Don't take it personally, Kuan. It's just a little joke.
You lied about the C4.
It got busted before you could pick up.
Careful how you talk to my brother.
It's all right. He's right.
You lie to me again, it'll cost you.
That's fine, after we've wiped out the MS-13.
I still have an empty ship.
I can get you more C4. Ichiro has other contacts.
He's in jail.
Tonight, yes.
Chino's records show that the three of them did time together.
Taka's the head of a Yakuza faction, but ATF is all over it.
Wiretaps, surveillance, you name it.
JULIET: Yeah, that was before Taka headed out of town.
Anyway, I think it's about time
we paid their brother a jailhouse visit.
- We're on it. - All right.
Mmmm. It's hot in here.
Do you mind if I take off my jacket?
All right. Over here. It's gonna be real simple, Mike.
We know the C4 was for the Tamabuchi brothers.
You're the only one who can pin it on them.
You give me a deal and we can talk. It's that simple.
No, you don't get a deal from us,
you get a deal with the feds.
Then we can put in a good word for you
if you tell us what you know.
Then you're out of luck.
Well then, how does life in a federal prison sound?
State time, maybe.
You got no in point for the C4 and you're not going to loop me
into some terrorist charge, friend.
It's just not gonna happen.
Well then, let's talk RICO, friend.
RICO? What, are you kidding me?
Distribution to a criminal organization.
I've been Kane's got dang CI for two years.
What about this loyalty he keeps talking about?
Let me clue you in, Mike.
Two things the government does not like.
Organized crime and C4.
I was holding it as a favor. That's it.
Look, if you talk,
we can see that the report reads "possession only".
And if not, well--
If not, this might be the closest you get
to a woman for the rest of your life.
What am I facing?
Well, we can work on 5 to 7 before good time kicks in.
You better not be screwing me on this.
Or what? You screwed yourself, Mike.
Fine. I can give you Ichiro.
He's the guy I dealt with.
You'll testify in open court.
5 to 7 with good time.
Yeah, we'll see what we can do.
Hey, how come your brother Taka is in town, huh?
No?
You know what, I don't think he likes--
Cops. Yeah.
No, that's not what I was gonna say.
I was gonna say white people.
Oh, what?
Man, you are starting to sound as bad as I am.
I don't have to say anything to you two idiots
without my lawyer here.
You know, it doesn't have to go down like this.
First of all,
don't you ever call my partner an idiot...twice.
Second of all,
the case hasn't gone to a jury yet.
Think about it.
Still time to work something out.
I'll tell you what.
I will share this.
You're gonna rot in here, you know that?
You all right? You're playing with fire.
MASON: You okay, man?
( Mexicali music playing )
( Punching, cheering )
I saw the news tonight.
For once they reported something good.
This is how we do business.
That wasn't business.
It was pleasure.
We have no business until you guys deliver.
Don't worry. We can talk to Ichiro tomorrow.
Right here.
( Speaking Spanish )
( Shouts in Japanese )
How are we supposed to find these guys?
- I got it! - What?
I'm sure that ATF has kept a log of every phone number
this SoCal Yakuza has dialed in the Seattle area.
So I'm betting that even if they were calling cell phones,
we could use that information
and triangulate it to a location in the city.
- Wow. Good one. - Thank you.
It doesn't matter if he speaks perfect English,
Japanese is his first language.
And the Lawyer he got convinced the judge
that he didn't understand his rights.
And that's how he got bailed out on a technicality.
You have to understand something.
Even foreigners have rights in this country.
And what that means is if there's any doubt at all,
get a translator.
How many times have I told you that?
Get out of here.
( Phone rings ).
Kane, I just got in.
The report was waiting here for me.
What's it say?
You were right.
We got a fingerprint match out of SoCal on that piece of paper
you gave me to a Kenjiro Tamabuchi.
I know him. Thanks.
Anytime.
I know Matsuda was your friend. I hope this helps.
KANE: Thanks, Sparks.
( Fighting, cheering )
Some good picks.
ICHIRO: Taka.
Good to see you.
Hate to break up the family reunion.
Some of the other Tong bosses are getting worried about Kane.
Word is he's coming for us hard.
Tell them to relax.
Tell them if they have a problem, they can talk to me.
I'm talking to you. And it is a problem.
Yeah, well now that my big brother's out,
we can use his contacts to get more guns and C4.
Your ship isn't going to sail away empty.
Let it sail.
No guns, no C4.
If this Kane is coming for us, we're shutting it down.
I suggest you do the same.
What-- what do you mean we're shutting it down?
We're finished here.
We're pulling back to California and go underground.
We're gonna live to fight another day.
You're gonna hide?
What about your damn speech to me?
We die. This is what we do.
This is business.
You go hide then. I don't care.
I can get guns. I can get anything I want.
We are the new Yakuza, brother.
No more of the old ways. The old world is dead!
It's a new age for us. Now I make the rules.
I'm Yakuza.
We still can't find Ichiro or his brothers.
I contacted ATF, and got a list of all the land line locations
the SoCal Yakuza dialed before they came up here.
- How many? - Over 100.
Send them over. I'll put some people on it.
GRAVES: It's gonna take a while.
It's okay, Graves. I think we can handle it.
All right.
But then we did a triangulation
of all the calls made to cell phones
and the list narrowed down a lot.
Yeah?
Yeah. One place in particular.
I checked it out this morning.
Didn't look like much, but I saw a bunch of fighters going in.
MAMA types.
Yeah, that would be the fight club
that Matsuda-son was talking about.
We should hit that place, and we should hit it hard.
That's where I think we'll for sure hit pay dirt.
Put your hands up. Slowly, quietly, put your hands up.
Kane!
( Patrons screaming )
Everybody, get out!
( Yells )
( Groaning )
Everybody get out! Get out! Get out! Get out!
( Groans )
Freeze! Don't do it, man!
Put your hands up! Put your hands up!
Okay, okay! Get out!
Throw the sword down.
Some say you were raised like a Samurai,
but you'd rather use your gun and shoot a man with a sword?
Pick up the sword and die like a Samurai!
Oh, you don't have to worry about that.
First of all, I'm not a Samurai,
and you're not a Yakuza.
I wouldn't shoot you because I don't want to waste the bullets.
You wanna die? Come and cut me.
( Patrons yelling )
Whoa!
Where do you think you're going, pal?
Oh, I'm a businessman.
A businessman? Really?
Well you're a businessman going to jail.
- Not for long. - Come on, let's go.
Yeah, we'll see about that.
( Grunting, yelling )
( Groans )
Help me do a sweep of the other wing, will you? Thanks.
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