1 00:00:56,849 --> 00:01:00,936 [SOFT MUSIC PLAYING] 2 00:01:03,439 --> 00:01:05,441 HONDO: People don't fall all at once. 3 00:01:06,233 --> 00:01:07,485 It's slower than that. 4 00:01:08,569 --> 00:01:11,739 A crack here, compromise there. 5 00:01:12,698 --> 00:01:14,200 Until one day you look up, 6 00:01:14,366 --> 00:01:16,494 and the life you built is leaning the wrong way. 7 00:01:19,288 --> 00:01:24,043 SWAT was my dream, my world, my life. 8 00:01:25,085 --> 00:01:26,754 [GUNFIRE] 9 00:01:27,797 --> 00:01:30,424 And with one mission, everything changed. 10 00:01:30,591 --> 00:01:32,843 [GUNSHOTS] 11 00:01:33,552 --> 00:01:34,428 No! 12 00:01:35,054 --> 00:01:37,723 [BREATHING HEAVILY] 13 00:01:39,934 --> 00:01:41,811 Now the world's turned upside down 14 00:01:42,353 --> 00:01:44,855 and all that's left is the grind. 15 00:01:50,778 --> 00:01:53,989 I used to protect people from the worst this city could throw at them. 16 00:01:55,241 --> 00:01:59,495 Now I protect bad people from the people. 17 00:01:59,912 --> 00:02:02,873 [CROWD CLAMORING] 18 00:02:04,208 --> 00:02:05,125 We're on the move. 19 00:02:19,515 --> 00:02:21,725 That's the problem with giving people a purpose, 20 00:02:22,601 --> 00:02:24,228 they start to think they matter. 21 00:02:25,104 --> 00:02:27,857 [CLAMORING CONTINUES] 22 00:02:34,530 --> 00:02:35,281 HICKS: Hondo. 23 00:02:39,243 --> 00:02:40,995 You're a hard man to find. 24 00:02:42,580 --> 00:02:43,706 You look like shit. 25 00:02:45,749 --> 00:02:47,501 It's called post-loyalty chic. 26 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:53,007 - What do you want, Hicks? - I want you back at SWAT. 27 00:02:53,299 --> 00:02:54,800 [HICKS CLICKS TONGUE] 28 00:02:56,051 --> 00:02:56,969 Let me guess, 29 00:02:58,137 --> 00:03:00,139 - another raid went sideways. - Yeah. 30 00:03:02,683 --> 00:03:04,268 It ain't my mess. 31 00:03:04,852 --> 00:03:06,854 Council's been gunning to dismantle SWAT for years, you know that. 32 00:03:07,021 --> 00:03:08,355 They finally got the votes. 33 00:03:08,898 --> 00:03:09,648 It's done. 34 00:03:13,652 --> 00:03:15,070 Maybe that's the way it should be. 35 00:03:15,821 --> 00:03:17,072 You don't believe that. 36 00:03:22,786 --> 00:03:25,456 Twenty-David was the last real squad and they tore it down. 37 00:03:25,873 --> 00:03:28,334 After that, there was nothing but ego and optics. 38 00:03:28,751 --> 00:03:30,002 If it burns, so be it. 39 00:03:30,169 --> 00:03:32,004 You may have been gone for two years, 40 00:03:32,129 --> 00:03:33,714 the job still matters. 41 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:35,299 Or it could, 42 00:03:35,883 --> 00:03:37,259 with the right leadership. 43 00:03:38,093 --> 00:03:38,886 You mean me? 44 00:03:39,053 --> 00:03:40,012 New unit. 45 00:03:40,888 --> 00:03:41,972 Ground up. 46 00:03:42,139 --> 00:03:44,475 No legacy squad. No old command structure. 47 00:03:44,892 --> 00:03:46,268 You know, it's funny, 48 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:47,394 I don't remember all the support coming from you 49 00:03:47,519 --> 00:03:48,938 when I got hung out to dry. 50 00:03:49,104 --> 00:03:50,356 I warned you what would happen if that footage got out. 51 00:03:50,522 --> 00:03:52,191 And you watched it happen anyway. 52 00:03:53,067 --> 00:03:54,568 That kid died for nothing 53 00:03:55,402 --> 00:03:56,612 and you still moved up, 54 00:03:56,779 --> 00:03:59,114 - I got erased. - You walked out a hero. 55 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:01,450 The public. 56 00:04:02,576 --> 00:04:04,787 They saw a man who stood for something. 57 00:04:05,454 --> 00:04:07,498 You're still the only name they trust. 58 00:04:08,832 --> 00:04:10,000 I ain't your PR stunt. 59 00:04:10,167 --> 00:04:13,629 PR stunt? Who the hell are you now, huh? 60 00:04:15,214 --> 00:04:16,131 I mean... 61 00:04:17,174 --> 00:04:18,842 Working security for some tech bro 62 00:04:18,968 --> 00:04:20,844 who thinks unions are terrorism? 63 00:04:22,346 --> 00:04:24,098 You used to say SWAT meant something. 64 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:25,808 I'm asking you to prove it. 65 00:04:27,101 --> 00:04:27,977 Rebuild it. 66 00:04:32,022 --> 00:04:36,694 [THEME MUSIC PLAYING] 67 00:04:59,425 --> 00:05:01,301 [THEME MUSIC ENDS] 68 00:05:03,971 --> 00:05:05,139 SAMMY: What's up, fam? 69 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:07,808 First day of SWAT, y'all. I'm so excited. 70 00:05:07,975 --> 00:05:09,143 Made it past selection. 71 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:11,103 Academy, as you guys know, was a grind. 72 00:05:11,228 --> 00:05:15,899 But I'm here, assigned to the newly formed 44 Squad. 73 00:05:16,483 --> 00:05:18,193 Can't wait. Let's check the fit. 74 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,196 I got a combat master, custom stipple. 75 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:24,450 SRO optics. Mag pouch, modded it myself. 76 00:05:24,616 --> 00:05:28,078 And, yes, I wore gloss for me evals. Sue me. 77 00:05:28,245 --> 00:05:28,954 [CHUCKLES] 78 00:05:29,371 --> 00:05:32,291 Mystery team reveal begins now. 79 00:05:32,416 --> 00:05:35,794 Starting with this guy. 80 00:05:35,961 --> 00:05:36,754 [RHYTHMIC MUSIC PLAYING] 81 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,422 [DRONE ENGINE REVS] 82 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,216 Hmm. Well, I'm on live. Do you want to... 83 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:42,843 You want to say hi to my followers? 84 00:05:43,010 --> 00:05:44,928 Why are you doing that? 85 00:05:45,095 --> 00:05:47,097 'Cause people think that girls like me don't belong in rooms like this. 86 00:05:47,264 --> 00:05:49,600 I like proving them wrong, with views. 87 00:05:50,476 --> 00:05:51,477 So what's your name? 88 00:05:53,687 --> 00:05:55,147 Ethan Cole, 89 00:05:55,314 --> 00:05:58,233 tactical analysis and drone reconnaissance specialist. 90 00:05:58,358 --> 00:06:00,569 Do you always talk to people without looking at them, 91 00:06:00,736 --> 00:06:02,362 or just pretty girls with ring lights? 92 00:06:02,488 --> 00:06:05,532 Eye contact is neurologically inefficient during multitasking. 93 00:06:05,699 --> 00:06:06,909 Okay. Science. 94 00:06:07,534 --> 00:06:09,953 - What are you working on? - Wind resistance modeling. 95 00:06:10,412 --> 00:06:11,997 Turbulent flow. 96 00:06:12,122 --> 00:06:13,957 You see, indoor air isn't as turbulent as the air outside. 97 00:06:14,124 --> 00:06:15,918 Boring. Moving on. 98 00:06:18,087 --> 00:06:19,463 Dream team, baby. 99 00:06:19,630 --> 00:06:22,674 Okay, let's see who's ready to go tactical and viral. 100 00:06:24,802 --> 00:06:28,972 Whoa! Okay, we got bionic queen energy over here. 101 00:06:29,139 --> 00:06:32,935 I mean, heh, if I had that leg, I'd never wear pants again. 102 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:35,187 - Are you filming this? - Yeah. Uh... 103 00:06:35,354 --> 00:06:37,731 This is just a vibe check. You look amazing. 104 00:06:37,856 --> 00:06:39,608 - Total inspo. - Come on, delete it. 105 00:06:39,775 --> 00:06:41,652 No, no, no, it's about representation, 106 00:06:41,819 --> 00:06:43,112 visibility, uplifting. 107 00:06:43,278 --> 00:06:45,322 My followers are super supportive, and I just... 108 00:06:45,447 --> 00:06:48,242 I want them to meet everyone. It's the first day, you know. 109 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:49,827 [JUDE CLEARS THROAT] 110 00:06:49,993 --> 00:06:53,247 This is a locker room, not your goddamn content farm. 111 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:55,040 Dude. Boundaries. 112 00:06:55,207 --> 00:06:56,291 You already crossed them. 113 00:06:56,458 --> 00:06:58,544 There's no filming in here, ever. 114 00:06:59,128 --> 00:07:01,213 And if I see that thing go live again, 115 00:07:01,713 --> 00:07:02,798 it's going in the burn bin. 116 00:07:02,923 --> 00:07:04,133 - [SAMMY SCOFFS] - Okay? 117 00:07:05,384 --> 00:07:07,594 Oh, no team TikToks then. 118 00:07:08,637 --> 00:07:09,346 [SCOFFS] 119 00:07:09,513 --> 00:07:14,309 [MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING] 120 00:07:16,228 --> 00:07:18,397 [HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING] 121 00:07:18,564 --> 00:07:21,150 - Hondo. - I see you, kid. Hang on. 122 00:07:21,316 --> 00:07:23,193 [GUNFIRE] 123 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,779 [HONDO GRUNTING] 124 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:30,951 - Oh, shit. Okay, Nico, breathe. - [NICO GROANS] 125 00:07:31,785 --> 00:07:33,537 No, Nico. Nico. Nico. 126 00:07:34,371 --> 00:07:35,164 [ECHOES] Nico. 127 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:40,294 [MUSIC FADES] 128 00:07:42,379 --> 00:07:44,631 Sergeant Harrelson, hi. Welcome. 129 00:07:44,756 --> 00:07:46,884 Clint Myers, I'm your section commander. 130 00:07:47,050 --> 00:07:48,886 Yeah, well, technically, I'm covering your team 131 00:07:49,052 --> 00:07:50,387 and the red team 132 00:07:50,554 --> 00:07:52,222 because the gold team is still grounded post-raid. 133 00:07:52,347 --> 00:07:54,725 So I'm a little stretched, 134 00:07:55,767 --> 00:07:57,394 but I'm really grateful that you're here. 135 00:07:57,519 --> 00:07:59,062 I appreciate the welcome, commander. 136 00:08:00,564 --> 00:08:01,857 New place has got, uh... 137 00:08:04,193 --> 00:08:05,694 - character. - MYERS: Yeah. 138 00:08:05,861 --> 00:08:07,362 Sometime after you left, 139 00:08:07,529 --> 00:08:09,323 they stuck us in an unused wing of the old admin building. 140 00:08:09,740 --> 00:08:11,533 Technically, it wasn't zoned for people. 141 00:08:12,409 --> 00:08:15,204 Uh, it's budget repurposing. Please. 142 00:08:16,288 --> 00:08:18,916 So we're the reform unit and this is a rehab facility. 143 00:08:19,291 --> 00:08:21,251 [LIGHT FLICKERING] 144 00:08:21,418 --> 00:08:23,545 We have a work order in... on that. 145 00:08:24,713 --> 00:08:28,258 It's loose mechanicals here. If you ever... 146 00:08:28,425 --> 00:08:29,509 And up here is reception. 147 00:08:29,676 --> 00:08:31,136 Uh, it's actually really nice in here. 148 00:08:31,303 --> 00:08:35,432 Um, this is where we hold all the press conferences. 149 00:08:35,599 --> 00:08:40,229 - [REPORTERS CLAMORING] - [CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING] 150 00:08:41,939 --> 00:08:44,274 So that's Deputy Chief Ramon Carrero. 151 00:08:44,733 --> 00:08:46,109 HONDO: Yeah, I know him a bit. 152 00:08:46,818 --> 00:08:48,737 Straight shooter. 153 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:50,906 Yeah. Well, he's the one backing the whole reform unit in this department. 154 00:08:51,073 --> 00:08:52,866 CORRERO: Transparency matters. 155 00:08:53,033 --> 00:08:58,121 And today we are proud to welcome back Daniel Harrelson to the LAPD. 156 00:08:58,288 --> 00:08:59,873 Sergeant, please, a few words. 157 00:09:01,250 --> 00:09:02,960 HONDO: A heads up would have been nice. 158 00:09:04,670 --> 00:09:06,755 FEMALE REPORTER: Where have you been the last few years, Sergeant Harrelson? 159 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:07,547 Hello. 160 00:09:09,466 --> 00:09:11,009 I appreciate the opportunity. 161 00:09:12,261 --> 00:09:14,513 There's been a lot of noise around SWAT lately. 162 00:09:15,764 --> 00:09:17,975 This new team is going to show you what quiet looks like. 163 00:09:18,850 --> 00:09:21,311 We're going to do the job right, with purpose. 164 00:09:21,979 --> 00:09:23,605 What do you think of your new team? 165 00:09:28,026 --> 00:09:29,319 I haven't met them yet, 166 00:09:29,903 --> 00:09:30,779 but they were all hand-picked, right? 167 00:09:30,946 --> 00:09:31,989 So I'm sure they're great. 168 00:09:32,489 --> 00:09:35,325 I, uh... I trust the process. 169 00:09:35,492 --> 00:09:37,619 Well said. We're so proud to have you back. 170 00:09:37,786 --> 00:09:39,079 Thank you. That's all. Thank you. 171 00:09:39,246 --> 00:09:40,497 [REPORTERS CLAMORING] 172 00:09:40,664 --> 00:09:41,790 FEMALE REPORTER 2: One final question. 173 00:09:42,791 --> 00:09:46,169 [MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING] 174 00:09:46,336 --> 00:09:48,672 - You got something to say? - Not yet. 175 00:09:48,839 --> 00:09:50,132 [CHUCKLES] 176 00:09:50,299 --> 00:09:52,175 A lot of bark from a guy too shy to give a name. 177 00:09:52,342 --> 00:09:54,678 - I don't need the backup. - Suit yourself. 178 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:56,763 Vibe's immaculate either way. 179 00:09:57,889 --> 00:10:00,851 Statistically, cohesion will be lowest in the beginning. 180 00:10:01,018 --> 00:10:02,311 Thanks, Captain Obvious. 181 00:10:02,477 --> 00:10:04,146 That's why leadership selection is critical. 182 00:10:04,271 --> 00:10:07,024 So then why bring a relic like Hondo back in? 183 00:10:07,190 --> 00:10:09,318 Hondo Harrelson is our new team leader? 184 00:10:09,943 --> 00:10:11,486 - Yeah. - Guy's a legend. 185 00:10:11,653 --> 00:10:13,947 Didn't he get canned for leaking body cam footage? 186 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:16,533 Or took the fall. Either way, he's still a legend. 187 00:10:17,909 --> 00:10:20,454 You've been quiet. Got an opinion? 188 00:10:21,580 --> 00:10:24,291 MALIK: I didn't come here for the politics. Or the perks. 189 00:10:24,458 --> 00:10:25,959 I came here because of Hondo. 190 00:10:26,543 --> 00:10:28,712 Everybody else turned their body cams off. He didn't, 191 00:10:29,171 --> 00:10:30,380 and he didn't bury it. 192 00:10:30,547 --> 00:10:31,882 It was never proven that he leaked it. 193 00:10:32,049 --> 00:10:32,966 MALIK: I believe he did. 194 00:10:33,508 --> 00:10:35,552 Shows he's got integrity. That's leadership. 195 00:10:35,719 --> 00:10:37,012 [SOFTLY] Inspirational. 196 00:10:37,179 --> 00:10:38,722 I heard he broke a guy's shoulder while cuffed. 197 00:10:38,889 --> 00:10:40,807 HONDO: Dislocated it before he was cuffed. 198 00:10:41,725 --> 00:10:43,643 [MELLOW MUSIC CONTINUES] 199 00:10:43,810 --> 00:10:44,770 [DOOR CLOSES] 200 00:10:47,439 --> 00:10:48,648 I put it back after. 201 00:10:53,653 --> 00:10:55,322 I'm Sergeant Daniel Harrelson. 202 00:10:55,655 --> 00:10:57,074 Most folks call me Hondo. 203 00:10:58,992 --> 00:11:00,535 Welcome to 44 Squad. 204 00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:04,623 SWAT is who the cops call when they need help. 205 00:11:04,790 --> 00:11:05,957 When the wheels fall off, 206 00:11:06,124 --> 00:11:07,376 we're the ones who go in and we go in hard, 207 00:11:07,501 --> 00:11:09,294 we go in fast and we go in clean. 208 00:11:10,545 --> 00:11:11,838 There's no margin for error 209 00:11:12,381 --> 00:11:13,632 and there ain't no room for egos. 210 00:11:14,716 --> 00:11:16,468 This patch right here, it ain't about swagger. 211 00:11:17,386 --> 00:11:18,970 It's about showing up when it counts. 212 00:11:19,137 --> 00:11:20,514 [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS] 213 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:23,100 [SIGHS] 214 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:25,477 All right, that's enough with the ice breakers. 215 00:11:26,395 --> 00:11:28,522 The best way to get to know y'all is to see you run. 216 00:11:29,272 --> 00:11:30,524 I want everybody outside in five minutes. 217 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:31,817 You're doing the PFQ. 218 00:11:32,192 --> 00:11:33,735 JUDE: What? 219 00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:36,446 The Physical Fitness Qualifier takes like weeks to train for. 220 00:11:36,613 --> 00:11:38,573 Well, then consider this your final exam. 221 00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:41,952 You show up late. You fail. 222 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:44,329 ♪ Gonna give it to ♪ 223 00:11:44,913 --> 00:11:46,581 ♪ Gonna give it to ♪ 224 00:11:48,625 --> 00:11:50,085 ♪ Gonna give it to me ♪ 225 00:11:50,252 --> 00:11:51,795 ♪ Don't tell How we raising all hell ♪ 226 00:11:51,962 --> 00:11:52,963 ♪ But they go and Pin it on me ♪ 227 00:11:53,755 --> 00:11:55,132 ♪ Oh, well If you really can't tell ♪ 228 00:11:55,298 --> 00:11:56,466 ♪ That's my own That's really my team ♪ 229 00:11:57,008 --> 00:11:58,343 ♪ I'm takin my fam ♪ 230 00:11:58,510 --> 00:12:00,178 ♪ Doing my thang Living that dream ♪ 231 00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:02,305 ♪ Let's move Now we tryna keep it cool ♪ 232 00:12:02,472 --> 00:12:03,515 ♪ Quarterback gon Get it on three ♪ 233 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:04,808 ♪ Let's run, let's run ♪ 234 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:07,227 - ♪ Let's do that, too ♪ - ♪ Let's do that, too ♪ 235 00:12:07,394 --> 00:12:08,645 ♪ It's fun, it's fun ♪ 236 00:12:09,229 --> 00:12:10,397 ♪ Now we can't lose ♪ 237 00:12:11,022 --> 00:12:15,735 ♪ Let's go Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang ♪ 238 00:12:15,902 --> 00:12:23,869 ♪ Bang, bang, bang Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang ♪ 239 00:12:24,035 --> 00:12:26,872 [ALL GRUNTING] 240 00:12:26,997 --> 00:12:29,541 ♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang ♪ 241 00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:35,839 [MUSIC FADES] 242 00:12:36,006 --> 00:12:36,673 First. 243 00:12:40,677 --> 00:12:42,554 - It's Malik, right? - Anderson, sir. 244 00:12:43,472 --> 00:12:45,807 - You serve. - Echo company. Two-Five. 245 00:12:46,391 --> 00:12:47,809 - Semper Fi. - Oorah! 246 00:12:47,934 --> 00:12:48,602 Oorah. 247 00:12:49,644 --> 00:12:50,770 Cassidy Reed. 248 00:12:51,521 --> 00:12:52,272 That's two. 249 00:12:55,192 --> 00:12:55,942 [GRUNTS] 250 00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:58,445 Samantha Bishop, three. 251 00:13:00,030 --> 00:13:01,406 Good job would be nice. 252 00:13:01,990 --> 00:13:03,074 Jude Callen. 253 00:13:03,742 --> 00:13:04,659 And that's four. 254 00:13:05,452 --> 00:13:07,245 - Is that it? - No, we're still waiting on one more. 255 00:13:07,412 --> 00:13:09,748 - Where is he? - ETHAN: Do you mean me, sir? 256 00:13:11,583 --> 00:13:12,918 [JUDE SIGHS] 257 00:13:13,043 --> 00:13:14,461 How long you been standing there? 258 00:13:15,253 --> 00:13:17,380 Three minutes, twelve seconds. 259 00:13:17,881 --> 00:13:19,216 HONDO: What'd you do, skip the wall? 260 00:13:19,382 --> 00:13:20,842 High injury potential. Not worth the risk. 261 00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:24,346 Okay. Less talking, more running. 262 00:13:24,763 --> 00:13:25,889 We're not done yet. 263 00:13:26,556 --> 00:13:29,059 Now comes your real test. Move in. 264 00:13:31,269 --> 00:13:34,773 You got three checkpoints, one flashlight, one map. 265 00:13:34,940 --> 00:13:36,024 Finish as a unit. 266 00:13:36,399 --> 00:13:37,192 Or not at all. 267 00:13:37,359 --> 00:13:41,446 [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING] 268 00:13:41,613 --> 00:13:42,572 [BEEPS] 269 00:13:42,739 --> 00:13:43,823 Clock's already started. Let's go. 270 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:46,409 ♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang ♪ 271 00:13:46,535 --> 00:13:46,993 Let's go. 272 00:13:47,786 --> 00:13:50,288 ♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang ♪ 273 00:13:56,628 --> 00:13:58,755 [GROANING] 274 00:14:00,924 --> 00:14:02,968 [PANTING] 275 00:14:03,134 --> 00:14:04,261 That wasn't training, 276 00:14:04,553 --> 00:14:06,388 that was an exorcism with burpees. 277 00:14:06,805 --> 00:14:08,890 The elevation gain was 3900ft. 278 00:14:09,432 --> 00:14:10,725 SAMMY: He breaks us on the field, 279 00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:12,102 breaks us on the mountain. 280 00:14:13,061 --> 00:14:15,522 Tomorrow he's gonna make us fight a bear. 281 00:14:15,689 --> 00:14:18,692 I can take hard. I just want a reason. 282 00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:20,610 Reason was supposed to be simple. 283 00:14:21,736 --> 00:14:22,821 Train the team. 284 00:14:24,531 --> 00:14:25,740 That felt like it was about him. 285 00:14:25,907 --> 00:14:27,701 I mean, we already made the squad. 286 00:14:27,826 --> 00:14:30,328 What's the point of this boot camp bullshit anyways? 287 00:14:30,495 --> 00:14:33,456 [PANTING] 288 00:14:35,125 --> 00:14:38,253 [UPBEAT FOREIGN LANGUAGE SONG PLAYING IN CAR] 289 00:14:51,266 --> 00:14:53,226 [GUNSHOTS] 290 00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:55,186 [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] 291 00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:04,279 [MEN GRUNTING AND GROANING] 292 00:15:04,446 --> 00:15:07,741 [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] 293 00:15:12,162 --> 00:15:13,288 Vamos! 294 00:15:16,958 --> 00:15:20,211 HONDO: Yesterday, traffic cams at the border and witness video confirmed 295 00:15:20,378 --> 00:15:22,756 four Los Emperados assassins entered LA. 296 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:24,257 They killed a civilian 297 00:15:24,382 --> 00:15:25,925 and tried to kidnap another off the street. 298 00:15:26,092 --> 00:15:28,845 If this goes live, our training becomes a reality. 299 00:15:29,012 --> 00:15:30,972 We need to be ready for that call. 300 00:15:31,139 --> 00:15:32,724 Today we hit a hostage center. 301 00:15:32,891 --> 00:15:33,850 SAMMY: Finally. 302 00:15:34,017 --> 00:15:35,143 HONDO: Multiple armed suspects. 303 00:15:35,310 --> 00:15:37,354 Your breach point is the front door. 304 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,939 Entry team stacks and clears inner perimeter, 305 00:15:40,106 --> 00:15:42,359 wraps and secures the hallway and covers our six. 306 00:15:42,525 --> 00:15:44,319 Why not hit the rear? The front's a funnel. 307 00:15:44,486 --> 00:15:46,946 - You're asking for crossfire. - Because the back is fenced. 308 00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:48,573 No clean sightlines. 309 00:15:48,740 --> 00:15:50,367 You'll waste time clearing corners that don't matter. 310 00:15:50,533 --> 00:15:52,619 Sounds like a page out of a playbook from 15 years ago. 311 00:15:53,703 --> 00:15:57,248 It is the fastest, most controlled option with the team I got. 312 00:15:57,749 --> 00:15:59,417 A clean entry is everything. 313 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:01,544 You get it right, the rest flows. 314 00:16:02,087 --> 00:16:03,213 Even if it's hard. 315 00:16:04,047 --> 00:16:07,717 [THUDDING] 316 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,469 MALIK: Fuck, it's a dead end. 317 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:11,888 [GUNSHOTS] 318 00:16:12,222 --> 00:16:14,265 Shots fired. Secondary breach point. 319 00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:18,186 [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] 320 00:16:23,149 --> 00:16:25,276 Why don't we know how many suspects are inside? 321 00:16:25,402 --> 00:16:26,444 Incomplete Intel. 322 00:16:26,611 --> 00:16:27,946 Thermal imaging was inconclusive. 323 00:16:28,113 --> 00:16:29,906 Secondary drone should have been deployed. 324 00:16:30,365 --> 00:16:31,241 That's protocol. 325 00:16:33,535 --> 00:16:34,828 [SIGHS] 326 00:16:35,453 --> 00:16:38,373 There was no time and no backup. 327 00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:40,500 So you adapt. 328 00:16:41,042 --> 00:16:41,876 [THUDS] 329 00:16:44,045 --> 00:16:45,422 Hold up. Thermal's not syncing. 330 00:16:45,588 --> 00:16:47,215 Just watch the damn corner. 331 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:48,591 [GUNSHOTS] 332 00:16:48,758 --> 00:16:50,510 - I had it, I was calibrated. - Sammy on me. 333 00:16:50,677 --> 00:16:52,554 CASSIDY: Negative, I got this. 334 00:16:52,721 --> 00:16:54,139 HONDO: What happens in here shows you readiness for what's out there 335 00:16:54,305 --> 00:16:56,433 where there's nothing but live rounds. 336 00:16:56,766 --> 00:16:58,017 Ain't no second chances. 337 00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:01,479 You dial that in or you get yourself killed. 338 00:17:01,646 --> 00:17:02,856 [GROANS] 339 00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:04,274 God damn it, Ethan. 340 00:17:04,858 --> 00:17:05,692 [GUNSHOTS] 341 00:17:05,817 --> 00:17:07,068 That was a hostage, Cassidy. 342 00:17:10,989 --> 00:17:11,823 I had it. 343 00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:13,491 [GROANS] 344 00:17:17,871 --> 00:17:20,206 HONDO: I've seen better organized train wrecks. 345 00:17:20,373 --> 00:17:21,666 I ain't never seen nothing like that. 346 00:17:21,833 --> 00:17:23,084 I don't even know where to start. 347 00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:25,211 Your entry? Trash. 348 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:26,838 You left him hanging, 349 00:17:26,963 --> 00:17:29,883 and you watched the whole thing happen and said nothing. 350 00:17:30,467 --> 00:17:32,051 Malik's the only one who held the line. 351 00:17:32,177 --> 00:17:34,345 Y'all call yourself operators you better act like it, 352 00:17:34,512 --> 00:17:36,639 because this right here, gets people killed. 353 00:17:36,806 --> 00:17:40,602 Entry coordination fell apart because Ethan left me hanging. 354 00:17:40,769 --> 00:17:42,061 Oh, so it's Ethan's fault now? 355 00:17:42,228 --> 00:17:43,438 You moved without communicating. 356 00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:44,647 HONDO: All right, that's enough. 357 00:17:44,773 --> 00:17:46,316 It doesn't matter who screwed what, 358 00:17:46,483 --> 00:17:48,318 fault doesn't save lives. 359 00:17:48,610 --> 00:17:49,861 Discipline does. 360 00:17:50,236 --> 00:17:51,654 Trust does. 361 00:17:51,821 --> 00:17:53,406 And from where I'm standing, I ain't seeing none of that. 362 00:17:53,531 --> 00:17:54,824 MALIK: You want to talk trust? 363 00:17:55,909 --> 00:17:56,910 Why'd you lie? 364 00:17:58,620 --> 00:18:00,663 - Lie? - MALIK: That scenario is rigged. 365 00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:03,208 Door we couldn't breach. Hostage we couldn't save. 366 00:18:03,374 --> 00:18:04,542 It was a controlled op. 367 00:18:04,709 --> 00:18:06,044 I needed to see how you handled chaos. 368 00:18:06,211 --> 00:18:08,463 Chaos is fine. Sabotage isn't. 369 00:18:08,922 --> 00:18:10,256 You broke trust before it was earned. 370 00:18:10,381 --> 00:18:12,008 I don't owe you trust. I owe you readiness. 371 00:18:12,175 --> 00:18:14,135 - You got a problem with that? - I might. 372 00:18:15,970 --> 00:18:17,680 Because this was supposed to be different. 373 00:18:19,724 --> 00:18:21,476 You were supposed to be different. 374 00:18:23,728 --> 00:18:25,146 Or maybe you're just soft. 375 00:18:26,064 --> 00:18:27,982 If a little withheld intel's got you crying foul, 376 00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:29,567 what's going to happen to you when it's real? 377 00:18:29,734 --> 00:18:30,777 Oh, you want real? 378 00:18:33,071 --> 00:18:34,113 Lead like it... 379 00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:38,117 because it feels like you're just swinging at ghosts. 380 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:40,286 [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] 381 00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:42,789 I ain't come here to survive your past, man. 382 00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:44,582 I came to serve. 383 00:18:45,416 --> 00:18:46,960 If that makes me the problem... 384 00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:51,339 I'm good with it. 385 00:18:54,843 --> 00:18:56,010 [THUDS] 386 00:18:56,886 --> 00:18:57,971 JUDE: Did he just quit? 387 00:19:24,038 --> 00:19:26,124 Yo, Hondo. Right. 388 00:19:26,749 --> 00:19:27,750 I'm Jesse's cousin Nico. 389 00:19:27,917 --> 00:19:28,793 Yeah. That's right. 390 00:19:29,711 --> 00:19:31,129 I'm glad to see you made it through selection. 391 00:19:31,296 --> 00:19:32,589 And I'm glad to see you rolling with us today. 392 00:19:32,755 --> 00:19:35,341 - You're a legend. - Hmm. Last minute swap. 393 00:19:36,217 --> 00:19:39,262 Hey, so I'm on the entry team today. 394 00:19:39,387 --> 00:19:41,848 And, uh, it's my first time running point in an op. 395 00:19:42,807 --> 00:19:44,350 To be honest, I've been kind of breaking lately. 396 00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:46,060 So, you got any tips? 397 00:19:46,644 --> 00:19:49,480 And they got you running scout, leading the stack? 398 00:19:50,064 --> 00:19:52,066 Yeah, said I was up. Rotation. 399 00:19:55,236 --> 00:19:56,988 First thing is you need to tighten your lid. 400 00:19:57,947 --> 00:20:02,327 You lose that, it's game over. Second, clean entry. 401 00:20:03,286 --> 00:20:04,787 - Clean entry? - It's everything, kid. 402 00:20:04,954 --> 00:20:06,122 You hit that door clean 403 00:20:06,289 --> 00:20:07,665 and everything locks in after that. 404 00:20:07,832 --> 00:20:09,918 In an entry, career and in life. 405 00:20:11,628 --> 00:20:12,253 Got it. 406 00:20:14,964 --> 00:20:16,132 Hey, Nico... 407 00:20:19,677 --> 00:20:20,720 you dropped something. 408 00:20:22,764 --> 00:20:23,598 What's this about? 409 00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:26,100 Me and my cousin used to bet with it. 410 00:20:26,601 --> 00:20:27,644 It's a stupid tradition. 411 00:20:30,271 --> 00:20:31,064 How about this? 412 00:20:32,065 --> 00:20:35,902 I bet between us, you make the cleanest entry. 413 00:20:36,361 --> 00:20:38,947 - Heh. For real? - You win, chip's yours. 414 00:20:39,697 --> 00:20:41,199 You lose. I hold on to it, 415 00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:43,409 until you buy me a beer. 416 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:45,787 [LAUGHS] 417 00:20:45,954 --> 00:20:46,663 Deal. 418 00:20:46,829 --> 00:20:49,832 [MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING] 419 00:21:02,053 --> 00:21:03,262 [KNOCK ON DOOR] 420 00:21:03,429 --> 00:21:05,014 What's up, Hondo? You got a sec? 421 00:21:05,682 --> 00:21:08,267 So I know today was rough for everyone, 422 00:21:08,434 --> 00:21:09,978 but I was thinking 423 00:21:10,144 --> 00:21:12,313 I could give you some, like, tips on your leadership style. 424 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,273 You probably haven't worked with anyone my age, 425 00:21:14,399 --> 00:21:15,984 and that's... that's okay. 426 00:21:16,150 --> 00:21:18,987 I'm not saying you're old, just, heh, seasoned, you know? 427 00:21:19,153 --> 00:21:20,947 But, uh, I found this. 428 00:21:21,531 --> 00:21:24,117 It's really good. It's not preachy or anything. 429 00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:27,120 It's, uh, just strategies 430 00:21:27,245 --> 00:21:30,123 on how we respond better to empathetic leadership 431 00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:32,041 and shared decision-making. 432 00:21:32,208 --> 00:21:33,418 And you don't even have to read it. 433 00:21:33,584 --> 00:21:35,253 There's a TikTok summary I can send you 434 00:21:35,420 --> 00:21:37,296 and an audiobook with sound effects. 435 00:21:37,422 --> 00:21:38,631 [CHUCKLES] 436 00:21:41,050 --> 00:21:42,927 - It's Sammy, right? - Yeah. 437 00:21:44,095 --> 00:21:44,971 Get out. 438 00:21:45,888 --> 00:21:46,681 Okay. 439 00:21:50,518 --> 00:21:52,478 [MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING] 440 00:21:52,645 --> 00:21:53,980 DEACON: You still hate the valley, don't you? 441 00:21:54,147 --> 00:21:55,398 - With a passion. - [BOTH CHUCKLING] 442 00:21:57,442 --> 00:21:58,568 I don't know how you do it. 443 00:21:58,735 --> 00:22:00,695 Oh, come on, it's not that bad. 444 00:22:03,531 --> 00:22:06,909 Well, I know you didn't come here to insult my zip code. 445 00:22:07,243 --> 00:22:08,327 [CHUCKLES] No. 446 00:22:08,494 --> 00:22:10,455 Then why did you call? What's up? 447 00:22:10,621 --> 00:22:11,998 This team they stuck me with, 448 00:22:12,165 --> 00:22:13,750 they don't listen, they don't trust each other. 449 00:22:13,916 --> 00:22:16,586 One kid quit today like it was a damn summer job. 450 00:22:17,837 --> 00:22:19,130 You remember when we first met? 451 00:22:19,297 --> 00:22:20,465 Shit. 452 00:22:20,923 --> 00:22:22,925 Yeah, I remember you yelling a whole hell of a lot. 453 00:22:23,092 --> 00:22:25,094 I was a kid. All heat, no aim. 454 00:22:25,595 --> 00:22:27,680 And you were the kid that didn't back down from anything. 455 00:22:28,890 --> 00:22:31,517 I- I had to change how I carried myself. 456 00:22:32,226 --> 00:22:35,021 I realized that if you and I were going to exist as teammates, 457 00:22:35,396 --> 00:22:36,689 I needed to meet you halfway. 458 00:22:36,856 --> 00:22:37,899 These kids wouldn't recognize halfway 459 00:22:38,024 --> 00:22:39,150 if it bit them in the ass. 460 00:22:39,317 --> 00:22:40,526 Well, then maybe that's the job now. 461 00:22:40,693 --> 00:22:42,111 Showing them how to do it. 462 00:22:48,367 --> 00:22:49,619 You ever get the feeling 463 00:22:49,786 --> 00:22:50,995 that the whole thing's wired to blow? 464 00:22:51,746 --> 00:22:53,289 You think someone's trying to break you? 465 00:22:53,456 --> 00:22:56,417 It just feels like someone's idea of a real bad joke but... 466 00:22:59,003 --> 00:23:01,756 I don't know, maybe I am just seeing ghosts. 467 00:23:02,757 --> 00:23:06,469 [SOFT MUSIC PLAYING] 468 00:23:06,636 --> 00:23:07,512 [SIGHS] 469 00:23:08,054 --> 00:23:09,722 What'd you end up doing with your mom's place? 470 00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:12,475 I sold it. 471 00:23:13,851 --> 00:23:16,312 I couldn't drive by that place without hearing her voice. 472 00:23:16,479 --> 00:23:17,271 Yeah. 473 00:23:18,147 --> 00:23:19,482 [SCOFFS] 474 00:23:19,607 --> 00:23:21,109 I still catch myself reaching for the phone sometimes. 475 00:23:23,694 --> 00:23:24,946 Why are you asking me that? 476 00:23:25,071 --> 00:23:27,406 Because you have been through hell, brother. 477 00:23:28,366 --> 00:23:32,453 Your mom. That raid, your divorce from Michelle. 478 00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:35,540 And yet, here you are, 479 00:23:36,791 --> 00:23:37,708 still standing. 480 00:23:40,002 --> 00:23:41,587 Which tells me only one thing, 481 00:23:43,005 --> 00:23:44,132 you're not done yet. 482 00:23:46,050 --> 00:23:47,343 Doesn't always feel that way. 483 00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:50,513 GIRL: Dad, I can't find my shin guards. 484 00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:52,640 [LAUGHS] 485 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:55,476 [SIGHS] 486 00:23:55,643 --> 00:23:56,477 - Duty calls. - Go. 487 00:23:56,644 --> 00:23:57,812 Go. I get it, go. 488 00:23:59,730 --> 00:24:00,606 Deacon... 489 00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:05,069 - thanks. - You got it. 490 00:24:10,241 --> 00:24:15,454 [PHONE RINGING] 491 00:24:19,083 --> 00:24:21,043 Yeah. What's up, Ethan? 492 00:24:21,210 --> 00:24:23,045 ETHAN [OVER PHONE]: Yeah. So I've been running some side analysis 493 00:24:23,212 --> 00:24:25,214 on those Los Emperados shooters that showed up. 494 00:24:25,381 --> 00:24:26,716 I think I know why they're here. 495 00:24:27,049 --> 00:24:30,303 [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] 496 00:24:31,929 --> 00:24:32,680 I'm on my way. 497 00:24:37,101 --> 00:24:38,477 ETHAN: The shooters were after him. 498 00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:40,396 His name is Carlos Vaminez. 499 00:24:40,855 --> 00:24:41,397 Who is he? 500 00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:46,402 Ex Los Emperados Sicario, disappeared back in 2016. 501 00:24:46,569 --> 00:24:48,070 It's got to be some kind of payback. 502 00:24:48,196 --> 00:24:49,322 You sure it's him? 503 00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:51,490 Matched his walk, body type, posture. 504 00:24:51,657 --> 00:24:54,285 Even the way he turns his head when he checks his blind spot. 505 00:24:54,452 --> 00:24:57,079 Same guy from 2016. No doubt. 506 00:24:57,246 --> 00:25:00,917 [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] 507 00:25:03,169 --> 00:25:04,420 How'd you even put this together? 508 00:25:04,587 --> 00:25:05,254 I don't know. 509 00:25:05,421 --> 00:25:07,173 Something felt off, 510 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,091 I wanted to know why. 511 00:25:09,550 --> 00:25:11,469 If you look close enough, you can usually see a pattern 512 00:25:11,636 --> 00:25:13,262 and patterns make sense. 513 00:25:13,679 --> 00:25:15,139 People? Not as much. 514 00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:18,100 Do we know where this Carlos guy is now? 515 00:25:18,267 --> 00:25:20,102 No, but I know where he'll be. 516 00:25:22,146 --> 00:25:24,899 Same job site in Southgate. Three weeks in a row. 517 00:25:25,066 --> 00:25:27,985 Always shows up at payroll. Tomorrow is week four. 518 00:25:28,152 --> 00:25:30,196 So he's gonna get his money and disappear. 519 00:25:31,656 --> 00:25:33,032 All right, let's go pick him up. You and me. 520 00:25:33,491 --> 00:25:36,535 Uh, to intercept, you'll need three point containment, 521 00:25:36,702 --> 00:25:39,205 otherwise, escape odds spike above 50%. 522 00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:41,749 Who's top marks on the range? 523 00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:43,167 Sammy. 524 00:25:44,085 --> 00:25:44,752 [SIGHS] 525 00:25:45,628 --> 00:25:48,506 - Whose second best? - Cassidy. 526 00:25:50,091 --> 00:25:52,969 Call her in. We find him. We find the Sicarios. 527 00:25:57,056 --> 00:26:00,518 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING] 528 00:26:03,271 --> 00:26:06,607 [DRONE WHIRRING] 529 00:26:06,774 --> 00:26:10,945 Drones up. Trailers East end, 30 meters from breach. 530 00:26:12,113 --> 00:26:13,572 HONDO [OVER RADIO]: Carlos is here to get one last check, 531 00:26:13,739 --> 00:26:15,283 and then he's gonna vanish. 532 00:26:15,449 --> 00:26:16,951 If he heads for the subway west stairwell, I'll intercept. 533 00:26:17,118 --> 00:26:18,661 Cassidy, cover his back. 534 00:26:18,828 --> 00:26:20,246 No heroics, just contained. Do you understand? 535 00:26:20,413 --> 00:26:22,290 - I got this. - ETHAN: Movement. 536 00:26:22,707 --> 00:26:23,874 Carlos, inbound. 537 00:26:29,130 --> 00:26:29,880 Check. 538 00:26:37,722 --> 00:26:40,099 - [THUDDING] - MAN: Hey, hey. Look out, man. 539 00:26:40,266 --> 00:26:41,976 [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] 540 00:26:43,185 --> 00:26:45,438 - ETHAN: He's running. - Cassidy, he's coming your way. 541 00:26:48,274 --> 00:26:49,650 [GROANS] 542 00:26:49,817 --> 00:26:52,445 - Damn it! - Oh, shit, I got him! 543 00:26:57,450 --> 00:26:59,243 LAPD! Stop right there! 544 00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:01,829 - Turn around. - [PANTING] 545 00:27:06,584 --> 00:27:09,253 [BOTH GRUNTING] 546 00:27:24,018 --> 00:27:24,727 You're done. 547 00:27:28,356 --> 00:27:29,690 I'm sorry. Back there I got caught on-- 548 00:27:29,857 --> 00:27:30,649 Save it! 549 00:27:34,487 --> 00:27:35,654 [TRASHCAN THUDS] 550 00:27:36,072 --> 00:27:36,989 [CASSIDY GRUNTS] 551 00:27:37,156 --> 00:27:41,369 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 552 00:27:43,579 --> 00:27:44,705 You've got to be kidding me. 553 00:27:44,872 --> 00:27:46,499 Ethan and Cassidy went on the op. 554 00:27:50,628 --> 00:27:53,047 So, this is the Dream Team? 555 00:27:53,214 --> 00:27:54,757 We all got picked for this squad. 556 00:27:55,132 --> 00:27:57,593 No fast tracks, no favorites. 557 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,012 JUDE: I mean, look around, this crew, 558 00:28:00,805 --> 00:28:02,348 not exactly the all-stars. 559 00:28:03,724 --> 00:28:05,101 This isn't a rocket ship. 560 00:28:05,267 --> 00:28:06,435 It's a lifeboat. 561 00:28:06,602 --> 00:28:07,770 We're gonna have to row for ourselves. 562 00:28:07,895 --> 00:28:10,481 We gotta stand out. Be useful. 563 00:28:11,732 --> 00:28:12,441 Loudly. 564 00:28:14,318 --> 00:28:16,487 [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] 565 00:28:19,156 --> 00:28:20,741 Are you thinking what I'm thinking? 566 00:28:21,325 --> 00:28:24,078 No, but I'm in. 567 00:28:25,413 --> 00:28:26,414 [CHUCKLES SOFTLY] 568 00:28:32,962 --> 00:28:33,879 Hondo, 569 00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:35,965 let us take a run at Vaminez. 570 00:28:36,132 --> 00:28:37,174 [SCOFFS] 571 00:28:37,550 --> 00:28:39,135 - Absolutely not. - JUDE: Come on, man, why not? 572 00:28:39,301 --> 00:28:42,221 He's just sitting in a box. Let us rattle the cage. 573 00:28:43,722 --> 00:28:44,890 He's a cartel enforcer. 574 00:28:45,057 --> 00:28:46,434 He's been stacking bodies since he was 15. 575 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:47,768 He will stonewall you. 576 00:28:48,561 --> 00:28:49,895 His lawyer's going to get him out on bail 577 00:28:50,062 --> 00:28:51,355 and once he's released, we'll tail him. 578 00:28:51,522 --> 00:28:52,773 Let the cartel show itself. 579 00:28:52,898 --> 00:28:54,817 SAMMY: Or he cracks, and we stay ahead of it. 580 00:28:54,984 --> 00:28:57,236 Listen, I've got certs in crisis negotiation. 581 00:28:57,361 --> 00:28:58,863 Even a course at Quantico. 582 00:28:59,029 --> 00:29:01,949 And I had a viral polygraph show. 10 million views. 583 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:03,868 And I know guys like him. 584 00:29:03,993 --> 00:29:05,911 There is a language to men like that. 585 00:29:06,912 --> 00:29:09,415 Now, trust me when I say, I speak it. 586 00:29:09,832 --> 00:29:11,125 SAMMY: We're already behind. 587 00:29:11,292 --> 00:29:13,669 - This is a chance to get ahead. - One shot. 588 00:29:14,378 --> 00:29:15,546 What do you got to lose? 589 00:29:16,547 --> 00:29:17,465 You get one. 590 00:29:21,552 --> 00:29:23,387 I already told you, I ain't helping you. 591 00:29:23,846 --> 00:29:24,930 SAMMY: It's okay. 592 00:29:25,431 --> 00:29:28,309 We're not here for help. We're here to settle a bet. 593 00:29:29,435 --> 00:29:31,770 You see, I say it's personal. 594 00:29:32,438 --> 00:29:34,690 You crossed the wrong line with the wrong woman, 595 00:29:34,857 --> 00:29:36,108 insulted someone's ego. 596 00:29:36,525 --> 00:29:37,860 Now they want to send a message. 597 00:29:38,444 --> 00:29:41,989 My partner thinks it's money, but he's not really saying much. 598 00:29:43,157 --> 00:29:45,284 Seriously? You got anything to add here? 599 00:29:46,535 --> 00:29:48,162 [JUDE SIGHS] 600 00:29:53,292 --> 00:29:56,295 There was this guy in, uh, in Chihuahua. 601 00:29:57,379 --> 00:29:59,965 He thought he was slick, moved some product on the side. 602 00:30:00,716 --> 00:30:02,760 Now, Lazario's crew, they found out, of course, 603 00:30:03,093 --> 00:30:04,261 but they didn't say anything. 604 00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:06,347 They just waited 605 00:30:06,764 --> 00:30:08,849 for his daughter's first birthday party. 606 00:30:09,433 --> 00:30:12,770 They pulled him out in front of the bouncy house. 607 00:30:15,606 --> 00:30:17,858 They cut his tongue out so he couldn't beg. 608 00:30:21,195 --> 00:30:22,821 And then they made him watch. 609 00:30:28,369 --> 00:30:29,745 You could have disappeared. 610 00:30:31,622 --> 00:30:32,623 But you didn't. 611 00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:35,459 What's her name? 612 00:30:38,671 --> 00:30:39,547 Your daughter? 613 00:30:41,257 --> 00:30:44,927 She did that, right? Purple sparkles. 614 00:30:45,469 --> 00:30:47,888 My guess is six. Maybe seven. 615 00:30:51,308 --> 00:30:52,142 Six. 616 00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:55,854 Her name is Celine. 617 00:30:58,107 --> 00:31:00,859 I left that life after Juarez. 618 00:31:01,944 --> 00:31:04,280 They told me to kill a woman holding a baby, 619 00:31:05,489 --> 00:31:06,615 and I couldn't. 620 00:31:06,782 --> 00:31:08,033 So I walked. 621 00:31:08,993 --> 00:31:10,202 Changed my name. 622 00:31:10,828 --> 00:31:14,915 Found peace. Wife, a daughter. 623 00:31:16,125 --> 00:31:17,334 A real life. 624 00:31:17,501 --> 00:31:18,711 Then came the message. 625 00:31:19,461 --> 00:31:20,838 They never really let you go. 626 00:31:21,839 --> 00:31:23,215 They're making an example out of you. 627 00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:24,967 CARLOS: I don't care what they do to me. 628 00:31:25,634 --> 00:31:26,552 You have to let me go. 629 00:31:26,969 --> 00:31:29,471 If I don't show, my wife runs, 630 00:31:29,638 --> 00:31:31,432 she won't get far with our little girl. 631 00:31:32,182 --> 00:31:35,603 - We can protect you. - No one can. Not from them. 632 00:31:40,190 --> 00:31:40,983 Please. 633 00:31:42,568 --> 00:31:43,736 You must let me go. 634 00:31:44,403 --> 00:31:46,614 They'll kill her. I'm begging you. 635 00:31:54,038 --> 00:31:55,164 Nice work in there. 636 00:31:55,873 --> 00:31:56,790 You got him talking. 637 00:31:58,292 --> 00:31:59,501 SAMMY: He's free to go. 638 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:01,629 HONDO: I asked the D.A. not to press charges. 639 00:32:02,504 --> 00:32:03,714 Black and whites are en route 640 00:32:03,881 --> 00:32:05,007 to try to find his wife and daughter. 641 00:32:05,174 --> 00:32:05,966 Let's hope they get there first. 642 00:32:06,133 --> 00:32:07,509 And if they don't? 643 00:32:07,635 --> 00:32:08,927 Then he's not the only one with something to lose. 644 00:32:09,053 --> 00:32:11,764 [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] 645 00:32:15,726 --> 00:32:16,977 WOMAN: Almost there, baby. 646 00:32:17,144 --> 00:32:19,021 Just a little longer and we're with Papa. 647 00:32:19,396 --> 00:32:21,065 [SCREAMS] 648 00:32:21,231 --> 00:32:23,567 [TIRES SCREECHING] 649 00:32:24,068 --> 00:32:25,819 [CRYING] No, no. No, no. 650 00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:27,071 [HIGH-PITCHED SCREAM] 651 00:32:27,237 --> 00:32:28,364 [BOTH CRYING AND SCREAMING] No! 652 00:32:33,535 --> 00:32:34,244 Mama! 653 00:32:34,411 --> 00:32:35,079 Celine. 654 00:32:35,245 --> 00:32:36,538 No! No! 655 00:32:36,997 --> 00:32:37,748 No! 656 00:32:48,175 --> 00:32:49,385 We got anything on the girl? 657 00:32:49,551 --> 00:32:51,261 - Maybe. - MYERS: So they got something. 658 00:32:51,428 --> 00:32:52,638 But it's all circumstantial. 659 00:32:52,763 --> 00:32:54,223 They need more intel for a warrant. 660 00:32:54,348 --> 00:32:57,267 ETHAN: That's from a witness. Intersection near Vernon. 661 00:32:57,434 --> 00:32:58,852 Traffic cams missed the van, 662 00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:01,397 but weather cam, two miles down, picked up this. 663 00:33:02,106 --> 00:33:03,315 Wasn't there earlier. 664 00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:04,566 Showed up outside an abandoned theater 665 00:33:04,692 --> 00:33:06,151 a few minutes after the grab. 666 00:33:06,652 --> 00:33:10,364 Area's got upgraded lampposts, motion sensors, gunshot mics. 667 00:33:10,489 --> 00:33:12,199 One of them picked up a scream. 668 00:33:12,700 --> 00:33:14,159 [GIRL SCREAMING ON RECORDING] 669 00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:16,203 ETHAN: 88% voice ID match. 670 00:33:16,370 --> 00:33:17,913 The Command says unless there's hard proof, 671 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:19,623 SWAT should not be called in. 672 00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:23,210 Hey, tell them she is in there and she is bait. 673 00:33:23,502 --> 00:33:25,003 They want Carlos to come alone 674 00:33:25,170 --> 00:33:26,505 so they can burn the past down right in front of him. 675 00:33:26,672 --> 00:33:28,006 Tell them. 676 00:33:28,132 --> 00:33:30,634 Uh, yeah. You can tell them, they're listening in. 677 00:33:31,176 --> 00:33:32,511 What's the evidence? 678 00:33:33,637 --> 00:33:35,639 No visual yet, but we got location data, 679 00:33:35,806 --> 00:33:37,683 a scream, and the timeline fits. 680 00:33:38,934 --> 00:33:40,519 This ain't a guess. This is how they move. 681 00:33:40,686 --> 00:33:41,895 This is how they lure and trap. 682 00:33:42,062 --> 00:33:44,398 Shaky intel is what lit the last fire, 683 00:33:44,565 --> 00:33:48,402 and they're not eager to repeat that. 684 00:33:48,861 --> 00:33:50,446 HONDO: This is not shaky intel. 685 00:33:50,612 --> 00:33:51,655 It's experience. 686 00:33:51,780 --> 00:33:53,198 20 years of chasing crews like this. 687 00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:55,743 This is how they move. This is how they trap. 688 00:33:55,909 --> 00:33:57,870 - I know what I'm talking about. - MYERS: Okay. 689 00:33:58,036 --> 00:33:59,621 Wait. Just... 690 00:34:00,914 --> 00:34:02,791 Yeah. Okay. Uh, okay. 691 00:34:02,958 --> 00:34:05,461 So, uh, due to exigent circumstances, 692 00:34:05,878 --> 00:34:08,005 command has pushed the button on this. 693 00:34:08,297 --> 00:34:09,798 SWAT is now a go. 694 00:34:10,924 --> 00:34:12,760 They said it's your op now. 695 00:34:19,475 --> 00:34:20,517 Gather the team. 696 00:34:21,810 --> 00:34:23,479 I know what you all signed up for. 697 00:34:24,646 --> 00:34:25,731 You saw the gear. 698 00:34:26,857 --> 00:34:29,485 You read the mission briefs and you said, hell yeah, this is SWAT, right? 699 00:34:29,651 --> 00:34:31,111 [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] 700 00:34:32,362 --> 00:34:33,071 It ain't. 701 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:37,451 I read your personnel files. All of them. 702 00:34:39,495 --> 00:34:40,913 And I saw what they saw. 703 00:34:42,790 --> 00:34:43,582 Flaws. 704 00:34:47,419 --> 00:34:48,462 Rejections 705 00:34:49,546 --> 00:34:51,256 and reasons to pass you over. 706 00:34:51,757 --> 00:34:53,050 And then they paired you with me, 707 00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:55,469 a disgraced has-been clinging to his badge. 708 00:34:55,636 --> 00:34:58,013 That is what they say about me behind my back. 709 00:34:59,264 --> 00:35:01,517 And just now, command greenlit an op. 710 00:35:01,934 --> 00:35:03,852 No confirmation, no backup. 711 00:35:04,019 --> 00:35:05,312 Almost like they want us to fail, 712 00:35:05,437 --> 00:35:06,688 and that's when it hit me. 713 00:35:07,147 --> 00:35:09,024 They didn't pick us to succeed or reform anything. 714 00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:11,652 They picked us all to burn together. 715 00:35:13,153 --> 00:35:14,822 And I haven't helped you all either. 716 00:35:15,364 --> 00:35:16,657 I came in barking orders, 717 00:35:16,824 --> 00:35:18,659 trying my hardest to keep my distance from you. 718 00:35:21,370 --> 00:35:23,080 One of you tried to tell me, 719 00:35:23,914 --> 00:35:25,332 but I wasn't trying to hear it. 720 00:35:26,291 --> 00:35:29,211 Look, the truth is, 721 00:35:29,378 --> 00:35:32,214 what we are about to walk into is so real. 722 00:35:35,008 --> 00:35:37,886 There is a little girl out there with her life on the line. 723 00:35:41,557 --> 00:35:43,851 So I'm asking, if you roll with me, 724 00:35:44,017 --> 00:35:46,311 don't do it for the badge and don't you do it for me. 725 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,732 You do it because SWAT is supposed to mean showing up 726 00:35:50,899 --> 00:35:52,025 when no one else will. 727 00:35:55,946 --> 00:35:57,573 Do it because you believe we are more than 728 00:35:57,739 --> 00:35:58,699 what they think we are. 729 00:35:59,241 --> 00:36:02,953 [MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING] 730 00:36:04,788 --> 00:36:05,706 [SIGHS] 731 00:36:06,748 --> 00:36:07,624 You in? 732 00:36:09,209 --> 00:36:10,085 Four-Four. 733 00:36:13,589 --> 00:36:14,506 The Four-Four. 734 00:36:16,091 --> 00:36:17,301 Four-Four, baby. 735 00:36:21,305 --> 00:36:21,972 Let's do this. 736 00:36:22,973 --> 00:36:24,057 [SIGHS] 737 00:36:27,144 --> 00:36:27,853 Roll SWAT. 738 00:36:28,353 --> 00:36:30,606 [THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING] 739 00:36:31,773 --> 00:36:33,400 ♪ I'd have been through So much ♪ 740 00:36:33,567 --> 00:36:35,193 ♪ Trials on trials on trials On trials ♪ 741 00:36:35,694 --> 00:36:37,279 ♪ But I never give up ♪ 742 00:36:37,446 --> 00:36:39,031 ♪ Turn up the temperature It's getting hotter ♪ 743 00:36:39,448 --> 00:36:40,490 ♪ I am a warrior ♪ 744 00:36:40,657 --> 00:36:42,034 ♪ Come a little closer ♪ 745 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:43,285 ♪ I'll show you These battle scars ♪ 746 00:36:43,452 --> 00:36:44,953 ♪ I am a soldier ♪ 747 00:36:45,454 --> 00:36:47,164 ♪ Been through it all Still shining like the stars ♪ 748 00:36:47,289 --> 00:36:49,416 ♪ Put me in a box, I'll lead I'mma show you the way ♪ 749 00:36:50,709 --> 00:36:53,712 ♪ We came to overthrow ♪ 750 00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:56,840 Thought you bailed. 751 00:36:56,965 --> 00:36:58,550 Ethan told me about your speech. 752 00:36:59,426 --> 00:37:01,011 I figured I was being stubborn, 753 00:37:01,762 --> 00:37:04,139 and if it's cool, maybe I could help out. 754 00:37:05,849 --> 00:37:06,850 Gear up. 755 00:37:09,478 --> 00:37:12,606 ♪ We came to overthrow ♪ 756 00:37:13,273 --> 00:37:16,902 ♪ Get back 'cause we're Crushing, breaking bones ♪ 757 00:37:17,069 --> 00:37:19,696 ♪ Explode like a bombshell ♪ 758 00:37:19,821 --> 00:37:22,282 [VOCALIZING] 759 00:37:22,449 --> 00:37:24,743 ♪ It's time To raise some hell ♪ 760 00:37:29,206 --> 00:37:31,458 ♪ It's time To raise some hell ♪ 761 00:37:34,503 --> 00:37:35,754 [MUSIC STOPS] 762 00:37:37,047 --> 00:37:39,299 [DOG BARKING] 763 00:37:40,217 --> 00:37:43,220 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING] 764 00:37:46,807 --> 00:37:48,183 HONDO: Ethan, you're up. 765 00:37:54,940 --> 00:37:57,651 [WHIRRING] 766 00:38:04,825 --> 00:38:07,744 ETHAN: Confirmation, hostage is downstairs. 767 00:38:08,078 --> 00:38:09,204 Two bogies guarding. 768 00:38:09,371 --> 00:38:11,123 Another one is back behind the stage. 769 00:38:11,707 --> 00:38:13,000 Two more on the upper levels. 770 00:38:13,583 --> 00:38:15,252 Another heat signature just entered the chat. 771 00:38:15,419 --> 00:38:16,712 HONDO: All right, we need to move now. 772 00:38:16,878 --> 00:38:18,046 CARLOS: Celine. 773 00:38:18,171 --> 00:38:19,256 Carlos is here. 774 00:38:19,423 --> 00:38:21,049 It's go time. Cassidy, you're up. 775 00:38:21,216 --> 00:38:24,761 [CARLOS SPEAKING IN SPANISH] 776 00:38:30,851 --> 00:38:32,853 [CELINE SCREAMS] 777 00:38:33,020 --> 00:38:33,812 LAPD. 778 00:38:36,773 --> 00:38:37,649 No! 779 00:38:38,066 --> 00:38:39,234 No! Daddy! 780 00:38:39,401 --> 00:38:41,069 Sammy, you help Carlos. I'll cover you. 781 00:38:42,237 --> 00:38:44,656 You and Cassidy, go upstairs. Go! 782 00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:46,074 [MAN GROANS] 783 00:38:56,460 --> 00:38:57,377 Shooter pinned. 784 00:38:57,544 --> 00:38:58,628 Come on! Get him out of there! 785 00:39:02,132 --> 00:39:04,051 [GROANS] 786 00:39:06,053 --> 00:39:09,097 [GRUNTING] 787 00:39:11,183 --> 00:39:13,727 - Jude, go up. - I'm on it. 788 00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:14,770 Ethan, with me! 789 00:39:17,314 --> 00:39:18,273 Move! Move! 790 00:39:25,489 --> 00:39:26,573 [MAN GROANS] 791 00:39:29,826 --> 00:39:31,369 JUDE: Moving. Third floor. 792 00:39:35,457 --> 00:39:39,127 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES] 793 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:48,887 [BOTH GRUNTING] 794 00:40:10,992 --> 00:40:12,702 [GROANS] 795 00:40:47,571 --> 00:40:50,323 [BREATHING HEAVILY] 796 00:40:58,748 --> 00:41:00,750 Let the girl go. You don't want to do this. 797 00:41:01,126 --> 00:41:04,045 [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] 798 00:41:04,671 --> 00:41:07,465 [CRYING] 799 00:41:14,306 --> 00:41:16,016 You don't walk out if she doesn't. 800 00:41:18,852 --> 00:41:20,187 [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] 801 00:41:22,397 --> 00:41:23,398 [CELINE SCREAMS] 802 00:41:26,318 --> 00:41:29,863 [SOFT MUSIC PLAYING] 803 00:41:53,470 --> 00:41:55,972 HONDO: First op's never clean. 804 00:41:56,139 --> 00:41:58,850 If it is, somebody's lying. 805 00:42:00,268 --> 00:42:02,312 This generation wears things out loud, 806 00:42:03,063 --> 00:42:05,357 pain, fear, confidence. 807 00:42:07,150 --> 00:42:08,610 Sometimes I don't get it. 808 00:42:09,611 --> 00:42:10,987 But maybe that's the point. 809 00:42:14,532 --> 00:42:17,118 I came up believing strength meant control. 810 00:42:17,494 --> 00:42:18,620 Hold the line. 811 00:42:18,745 --> 00:42:20,372 Don't let anyone see the cracks. 812 00:42:23,041 --> 00:42:24,542 Turns out that's not strength. 813 00:42:25,168 --> 00:42:28,213 That's just pressure waiting to fail. 814 00:42:32,008 --> 00:42:34,386 This job doesn't deal in clean lines. 815 00:42:35,053 --> 00:42:35,845 Right. 816 00:42:36,388 --> 00:42:37,305 Wrong. 817 00:42:37,847 --> 00:42:39,140 Just people doing the best they can 818 00:42:39,307 --> 00:42:40,517 with what they're carrying. 819 00:42:53,196 --> 00:42:54,823 Everyone's got weight. 820 00:42:59,035 --> 00:43:01,371 You can only shoulder it alone for so long. 821 00:43:04,457 --> 00:43:07,669 Sooner or later, it'll put you on the floor. 822 00:43:11,673 --> 00:43:13,216 They're not a team yet. 823 00:43:13,758 --> 00:43:15,260 Not the way I understand it. 824 00:43:16,344 --> 00:43:19,556 But when it counts, they step into the fire. 825 00:43:21,474 --> 00:43:22,642 And that's a start. 826 00:43:32,944 --> 00:43:36,990 [MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING] 827 00:43:37,157 --> 00:43:38,533 [HONDO SIGHS] 828 00:43:48,084 --> 00:43:49,377 Guess I lost the bet. 829 00:44:06,936 --> 00:44:07,854 [SIGHS] 830 00:44:09,898 --> 00:44:11,566 I stumbled on the entry, kid. 831 00:44:15,278 --> 00:44:16,696 But I'm working on it. 832 00:44:19,366 --> 00:44:20,658 You saved the girl. 833 00:44:21,743 --> 00:44:22,660 You did good. 834 00:44:23,620 --> 00:44:25,330 - HONDO: Thanks for coming. - HICKS: Yeah. 835 00:44:26,498 --> 00:44:28,500 HONDO: As soon as they gave me that team, you vanished. 836 00:44:28,666 --> 00:44:30,126 HICKS: Well, they made sure I did. 837 00:44:30,752 --> 00:44:32,504 They shoved me out the second you stepped in. 838 00:44:32,629 --> 00:44:34,714 The same way they burned you last time. 839 00:44:35,715 --> 00:44:37,592 Those bastards do what they do. 840 00:44:49,646 --> 00:44:52,315 Your name was on every personnel file, that's how I knew. 841 00:44:53,233 --> 00:44:55,110 You'd never give me that team, not like that. 842 00:44:55,527 --> 00:44:57,195 Files must have been doctored. 843 00:44:58,655 --> 00:45:00,615 You still got contacts downtown? 844 00:45:01,241 --> 00:45:02,033 Yeah. 845 00:45:03,118 --> 00:45:04,494 Why? 846 00:45:04,661 --> 00:45:06,162 Because this whole thing, the team, me, it was a setup. 847 00:45:06,329 --> 00:45:07,705 Someone powerful is making moves, playing chess, 848 00:45:07,831 --> 00:45:10,250 and I'm done being a pawn. I want names. 849 00:45:10,417 --> 00:45:11,751 [SCOFFS] 850 00:45:11,918 --> 00:45:14,671 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING] 851 00:45:14,838 --> 00:45:16,089 What are you gonna do with them? 852 00:45:17,841 --> 00:45:19,300 Bury them. 853 00:45:19,467 --> 00:45:25,265 ♪ I know I dream But I don't sleep no more ♪ 854 00:45:29,310 --> 00:45:31,729 ♪ Nights were slow ♪ 855 00:45:32,272 --> 00:45:35,483 ♪ But I don't mind, no ♪ 856 00:45:37,068 --> 00:45:38,528 You're late. 857 00:45:38,653 --> 00:45:40,196 You were supposed to check in with me after the op. 858 00:45:40,363 --> 00:45:40,947 Show me. 859 00:45:47,537 --> 00:45:51,624 Hondo doesn't deserve the badge or the command. 860 00:45:55,170 --> 00:45:57,130 I'm gonna make sure the whole world knows it. 861 00:45:57,881 --> 00:46:03,470 ♪ Going down Down, down, down ♪ 862 00:46:05,180 --> 00:46:07,640 ♪ It's easy going down ♪ 863 00:46:11,186 --> 00:46:15,899 [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]