- Previously on S.W.A.T. - Do you have any word on Street?
I had tried his cell three times, but he's not picking up.
KAREN: Jimmy, I really need you to come through for me
or they're-they're not gonna finalize my parole.
Are you sure you don't want to maintain a little distance?
STREET: I'm the only family she's got.
LEAH: Nothing about parole is a formality. LAPD needs to know
if there's an officer residing with a convicted felon.
HONDO: Street, I got to say,
I think her living with you is a bad idea.
STREET: You probably already know,
- but I lied. - You're off SWAT.
You report to patrol duty tomorrow.
We hold each other's lives out there
and I need to see that Street gets that.
- Nia Wells. - Daniel Harrelson.
They call me Hondo, though.
You're a prosecutor, huh?
NIA: Deputy D.A.
NURSE: How long you two been married?
ERIC: Actually, getting divorced.
It's funny, you know, when something like this happens,
it changes how you look at things.
Hey.
Hey!
Graveyard supervisor didn't say anything about any night work.
Hey, put your hands against the car.
And don't go for that gun.
I said put your hands against the car!
Thanks for coming over.
I know my text was last minute.
Well, I'm glad I did.
Thanks for letting me crash.
I know me spending the night doesn't make us a couple now.
I mean, this ain't got to be nothing more than...
Than what it is.
I know. We've both got enough going on.
How's work been for you?
It's been good.
That badge ever start feeling heavy?
Damn, woman, do you ever ask any easy questions?
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
It can be tough at times, but I'm glad I do it
- and I'm good at it. - I bet you are,
but I'm guessing you probably secretly feel responsible
for every win and every loss.
Anyone ever tell you that your morning-after etiquette
could use a little work?
- (BOTH CHUCKLE) - (PHONE CHIMES)
- Damn it. - What's up?
My ex won't sign the divorce papers yet.
He's contesting my proposed division of property.
First it was the dog, then the furniture, now this.
It should have all been over by now.
You know, we got this old-timer at my job, his name is Mumford,
and he's always saying that divorce
is a marathon, not a sprint.
Yeah.
(SIGHS) - Hey.
You are a legally separated woman.
That makes you free.
Enjoy it.
I am.
These have been five of the six best one-night stands
I've ever had.
Okay, whoa, whoa, wait a minute. Ouch.
- Only five out of six? - Yeah.
There was this guy in Houston.
- Long time ago. - (PHONE BEEPS)
(SCOFFS) Wow.
- Work. - Stay safe.
SWAT's chasing train robbers now?
Well, most thefts, the railroads use their own security,
- but this one came with a homicide. - Dead guard.
- Bullet to the head. - DEACON: The suspects used
an oxyacetylene torch to cut through the forged steel.
They made off with $2 million worth of oxycodone.
And then they fled about a half a mile north
through an access gate.
- Any leads on this crew? - Well, the U.S. Marshals
think it's a fugitive on their Most Wanted list.
Marshal Wells.
I'd like you to meet Sergeant Harrelson.
Hey. Eric Wells.
Nice to meet you, Sergeant.
Marshal.
Uh, the Marshals have claimed jurisdiction,
requested SWAT as backup in the search for their fugitive.
That's a new one.
I thought you cowboys normally rode alone.
Well, sometimes it's better to be in a pack
than a lone wolf, right?
JESSICA: Shen Kwon was serving
15 years for killing an ATF informant.
About six months ago, he took a saw blade to a guard
and escaped custody.
We're a long way from Florida.
What makes you so sure Kwon's ripping off boxcars in L.A.?
Well, Kwon's specialty is cargo.
If it's worth a buck and it's shipped by plane, train
or on a semitruck, this guy will rip it off.
Now, since his escape, he's been moving west.
He's targeting boxcars full of pharmaceutical opioids
and he's flipping them wholesale to local gangs.
Dallas, Santa Fe, Vegas, they all had spikes in overdoses
linked to drugs Kwon has stolen.
And we don't want him flooding our streets with that crap.
That's why I'm deputizing you and your team.
I could really use SWAT's help
getting this guy off the street.
You gentlemen coordinate amongst yourselves.
- Keep us posted. - Thanks, Commander.
- Excuse me for a second. - Yeah, no sweat.
Hey, Deac. I'm gonna grab Tan,
and check with railroad security,
see what kind of surveillance footage these guys have.
The oxyacetylene torch these guys used is not exactly gear
you find lying around here.
You grab Chris and Luca. Hit up Burglary.
See if this crew ripped it off from someone.
(PHONE RINGING)
- Hey. - HONDO: Nia, hey.
Listen, um, I got something happening here.
I'm on my way to court, what's up?
Me and my team just got deputized by your husband,
hunting some rip-off crew.
What are you talking about?
Eric's detailed to guard a federal judge.
Not anymore he isn't.
I'm standing here looking right at him.
Did you mention me to him?
No. What I do and who I see is none of his business anymore.
And he's moved on. Got his new girl.
Nia, I know a lot of guys who think they're entitled
to a wife and a girlfriend.
Maybe it's a coincidence. He doesn't know about you.
He's a U.S. Marshal
with access to wiretap equipment.
He can hack your phone, read your texts, you know that.
No. He wouldn't abuse his clearance like that.
Jeopardize his job?
Come on now, Nia. I'm a cop and you're a D.A.
We've both seen domestic situations turn real ugly.
Some jealous dude going after his ex or the guy she's dating.
Look, it doesn't sound like Eric, but be careful.
I'll make some calls.
You ready?
Let's do it.
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You got zero video surveillance on last night.
This yard's got five square miles of track
with a thousand freight cars moving through every day.
What about the access gate into the yard?
It's got to have cameras, no?
They were spray-painted over.
And the torch they were packing sliced right through the locks.
Billy was here, though. Swears he got a look at them.
Billy's a guard here?
GUARD: Oh, no. He's a hobo.
- Nice kid. - Can't believe hobos are still a thing.
Long as there are trains, there'll be guys who want to ride them.
Billy, tell these gentlemen what you saw.
BILLY: It's awful, right?
I mean, for a guard, Barlow was good people.
Whenever I rode through here, he let me clean up in the bathroom.
You get a look at the crew who killed him?
Yeah, kind of. This van almost ran me over.
And I see these guys get out
and start grabbing stuff off the boxcar.
How many guys?
BILLY: At least four, maybe five?
I don't know, it was dark, so it was hard to see them.
But, it, uh, it sounded like they were
speaking in Chinese or Japanese or something.
You remember any specific words?
They kept calling this one dude, uh, "dai-lo."
It means "boss" in Cantonese.
Yeah, it's also Kwon's alias.
Here. It's kind of blurry, but I managed to snap one off.
Make sure every patrol car on the street has eyes out for this van.
You know why I requested you, Sergeant?
Tell me.
Your team has the highest fugitive recovery rate in SWAT
and I like to win.
- Is that right? - Yeah, I checked out your file.
You spent your first six years in patrol
running and gunning in the 77th.
Is South Central really as tough as they say?
We don't call it South Central anymore. We call it South L.A.
Oh, South L.A.
I guess some marketing guy just got a raise, huh?
It's just like anywhere, Wells, and it's home.
Hey, local kid does good.
I did all right.
ERIC: Man, LAPD should put you on the recruitment posters.
I don't do this job to get famous, man.
ERIC: Oh, hey, I hear you.
I just hit 15 years as a Marshal.
I wake up every morning, I still crave the chase.
The problem is chasing bad guys doesn't leave
a whole lot of time for your personal life.
A lot of marriages suffer.
I know mine did.
TAN: Patrol just found the cargo van
abandoned under the 10 Freeway.
VIN came back, stolen off a used lot in Alhambra two days ago.
Chinese gangs like to move a lot
of black market merchandise through that part of town.
I bet you that's where Kwon put together his crew.
Alhambra. Tan, that's your neck of the woods, right?
TAN: Yeah, used to be.
That's Deac. Says they got a hit on the torch
used on the freight car.
All right, almost home.
Got connections to the gear this crew used on the boxcar?
Yeah, it matches equipment
stolen from a local trade school.
There's hundred-pound cylinders of oxy and acetylene.
Four of them, along with some regulators, 50 feet of hoses
and a top-of-the-line torch guard.
DEACON: School sent us a list of former students,
all Chinese, who either dropped out or were kicked out.
Ran their names, but nothing popped up except for one:
Alec Chan. Got arrests for DUI,
unlawful discharge of firearm, possession of stolen property.
No way.
What, you know him?
Grew up three blocks from each other.
Went to high school together.
I still run into him once in a while when I visit my mom.
DEACON: Well, he was charged
with selling stolen goods to the Viet Valley Mobsters.
They're a Vietnamese gang who move a lot of pills
in the San Gabriel Valley area.
Yeah, but based on his priors,
Chan sounds like a paper gangster to me.
You really think that your old pal
would hook up with a bad boy like Kwon?
It's hard to say. I moved away from Alhambra
as soon as I turned 18.
You still got ties out there? Yeah, my uncle.
He's head of the SoCal Chinese American Business Club.
Not much happens in Alhambra
or the SGV without him knowing about it.
All right. Luca, go with Tan.
Hit him up. See if he's heard anything.
Okay, let's go.
Pull up Chan's intel. Run his license plates.
Send a BOLO out to patrol. I want eyes on this guy.
You know, if you want to talk to my mom, she left for work already.
She's been doing real good at her job.
On time, every day.
I do unannounced home visits occasionally.
It gives me a better sense of how new parolees
are dealing with life on the outside.
You want some coffee? It'd just take a sec.
Hmm. No. Thanks.
Those are mine.
Um, my buddy, he came to watch the Lakers,
brought a six-pack.
We drank a few, I made him take the rest home.
Remember, as a condition of Karen's release, she can't...
No alcohol or drugs, unless she has a prescription.
Totally got it.
You can check. There's none in the house.
Okay. Gonna need to see the bedroom.
I've seen worse.
Yeah. I know you think I'm a hard-ass,
looking to push your mom back,
but all I really want
is for my parolees to get their lives on track.
If you notice your mom having any adjustment issues,
let me know.
Will do.
- I'll get out of your hair. - Sure.
I'll see you next week.
STREET: Yeah.
I'll make sure to have some coffee ready for you next time.
(DOOR CLOSES)
(SIGHS)
TAN: He's not my uncle by blood.
He and my dad were from the same village.
Came to the States together.
Well, when my dad died, Yang looked out for my mom and me.
Made sure we always had food on the table.
So he's like a godfather.
Yeah, but in China, a respected man with connections
is called "uncle."
Did you bring your girl Bonnie to meet him yet?
No chance. She is way too blonde.
Ha!
I don't visit Uncle that often.
We kind of lost touch over the years.
I bet he's proud that you got SWAT.
YANG: Victor.
It's been too long.
Sorry, work keeps me busy.
I barely have time to visit Mom. Uh, this is Luca.
He's one of my SWAT teammates. One of the best officers in Metro.
Nah, listen, I'm okay. But this guy here, he's top dog.
Can't count the times he's had my back.
We're lucky to have him in SWAT.
Um, is everything okay?
YANG: (SCOFFS) My apologies, Officer.
I forget my manners.
You're not here on a personal call.
So how may I help you?
We're looking for this guy from Florida named Shen Kwon.
Might be involved in a murder and robbery. So far, all signs
point to him operating out of Alhambra
and the San Gabriel Valley.
Never heard of him. If I learn anything,
I'll be sure to call.
How about Alec Chen?
Alec? Is he suspected of something?
We think he's mixed up with Kwon,
stealing shipments of drugs.
No, I just saw Alec a few days ago.
He's been working with his mother,
learning the family business, so he can run it one day.
Uncle, come on. You know Alec's been in trouble in the past.
He's from a good family.
Victor, let me speak with him first.
The warrant's already been issued
for his mom's dress shop.
I came here as a courtesy to tell you
face-to-face, to see if you could help.
Well, I cannot.
(PHONE BEEPS)
Well, if that changes, please let us know.
On the street, these go for 60 a pill.
We're asking 20.
Blast it out, you make half a mil.
HONDO: Metro SWAT!
ERIC: U.S. Marshals! Hands in the air!
LUCA: LAPD SWAT! Hands up, now!
HONDO: Deacon, you're up!
Going hands on.
LUCA: Hands behind! You, down!
Hey, little rabbit, where you going?
(ZIP TIE TIGHTENS)
Alec Chan, you're under arrest for larceny,
possession with intent to sell,
and first-degree murder.
Check this out.
Well, it's good to see him getting settled in.
CHRIS: I knew Street was volunteering in the armory in his free time,
I just had no idea it'd be all of his free time.
Look, I told you, I'm just the middleman.
A friend came to me with those pills,
said if I could sell them, I'd get 20%.
Victor, come on, you know me, man.
The Alec I know came from a good home, mowed his neighbors' lawns,
loved going to the Dodger games.
What the hell happened?
I followed my dreams, like you.
Started deejaying some parties up in the Hollywood Hills.
They wanted some pills. It was easy money.
And now you're rolling with a crew that killed a security guard,
sells opiates to street gangs.
Sounds like you're trending down, Alec.
How low you plan on getting?
And why would I give you a Get Out of Jail Free card even if I could?
Huh? So, you can sell drugs to kids in our neighborhood?
ERIC: And this friend of yours.
What's his name again?
Joey. I don't know his last name.
ERIC: And Joey No-Last-Name
got all those pills from where?
Said he got it from some guy in Riverside
who found it in a landfill.
HONDO: Right. Some dude in Riverside
was dumping his trash, and he just happened
to trip over $2 million in oxy.
Yeah.
Congratulations, my man,
but you've just won first prize
for the stupidest story anyone's ever tried to tell in this room.
Look, I know dealing drugs was dumb.
But I didn't kill anybody.
All Chan's calls went to dead-end burners,
but we found this: a GPS tracking app.
Yeah, for 20 bucks, you can buy these, uh,
chip-sized GPS responders, stick them to whatever.
Chan likes sticking them to boxcars.
That's the freight car Kwon and his crew hit last night.
And that's
the PSD Rail Yard, 20 minutes south in the City of Industry.
Kwon's next target.
HONDO: This is LAPD SWAT!
All of you, face down on the ground, hands on your head!
Gun!
Don't let them scatter!
(TRAIN HORN HONKING)
Train! Watch your six!
(SPEAKING CANTONESE) _
(HORN BLARING)
HONDO: Where's our backup?
We need them on the other side of the tracks.
They said they're about five minutes out.
LUCA: You got to be kidding me.
Oh, man.
ERIC: Train, one;
bad guy, zero.
HONDO: All right, so what'd you find out?
NIA: The Marshal's office told me Eric
switched assignments two days ago.
He specifically asked for a case close to home.
And you still think that's a coincidence?
I don't know what to think.
But he respects law enforcement.
He'd respect anyone in SWAT.
Not if it's someone he thinks is competition for his wife.
He knows our marriage is over.
Yeah, I hear you.
So what the hell kind of game is he playing?
And why is he dragging me and my team into it?
(DROPS KEYS)
Hey.
I didn't expect you home.
Oh, I left early, hoping to see you.
(EXHALES)
I'm getting good at this whole online thing.
I found a recipe for gluten-free pasta.
And before I went to prison,
I didn't even know what gluten was,
let alone how bad it is for you,
but...
Your parole officer stopped by.
It was a random spot-check.
(SCOFFS): All these silly rules, you know?
Reports and phone calls and visits
and... h-honey, I'm s...
What is that?
That was in your room.
(SCOFFS)
Oh, wait, it's Trevor's.
Trevor. Who's Trevor?
He's this guy that I've been spending time with.
You know, he's in NA, and, uh,
you know, he was doing really good,
and he even got three months sober,
but he relapsed last week, and...
So y-you've been bringing this guy here,
while I've been at work, without telling me?
Hey, we're all adults here.
Dating again is, you know,
difficult enough without sharing all the details with my son.
But I swear to you, from right now on, uh,
Trevor and I are done.
It is over.
So that isn't yours, and you're not using?
Jimmy, do you think that I would be that stupid?
That I would risk going back to prison?
I see it all the time, people violating their parole.
Well, not me.
So you wouldn't have a problem submitting to a drug test?
Yeah... I passed a drug test to get my job.
That was months ago. What about now?
Okay.
I see.
Go ahead, you just think the worst of me,
because that's what you always do.
- What's in your purse? - What?
If you got nothing to hide, show me.
No. It's... (SCOFFS) It's my pur...
Jimmy. Jimmy.
(SHOUTS)
What's that?
Okay. Look, so...
- What's that?! - It's been hard for me.
I... everything's so different since I came back from prison.
How are you even getting the money to buy this?
Every single person that I trust told me... they warned me...
that one day, you were gonna drag me down with you.
I would never do that to you.
What do you mean, you'd never do that to me?!
If your parole officer had found that before I did, I'd be fired.
I chose you over SWAT.
But you only care about yourself.
Don't you dare say that.
I did 17 years for you.
Your father was a monster, and he would've killed us both.
And-and I saved... I saved your life,
and this is how you treat me now?
You made me a part of my own father's murder.
I mean, yeah, he was a monster, but you kept him around us,
until the day that you made me help you kill him.
I mean, what does that make you?
I'm done. I'm done. (SIGHS)
What?
I'm done carrying around any more of this guilt about you.
That's for groceries.
I'm gonna keep paying rent so you got a place to stay.
Wait, wait, wait! Wait, Jimmy, where are you going?
I can't... I can't have you in my life anymore.
Wha...?
Not if I'm gonna straighten out, get back on SWAT.
Jimmy, I love you.
SWAT responded to more than a thousand calls last year.
Captain, I'm not here for a sales pitch.
I'm here to see a revised budget.
And so far the only cuts you've shown me
are protein bars and paper clips.
Overtime. Without it, many of the cases SWAT handles
- would never get addressed. - And why is that?
Because SWAT isn't nine-to-five.
We're constantly training, assisting federal task forces,
and expected to react no matter what time of day.
But you've thought of something?
If we cap overtime across the board, we'll cut 13%.
- That's not 15. - Oh, it's awfully close.
Let's come to a compromise here and still keep the city safe.
It's not lost on me
you're trying your best to avoid cuts to personnel.
From the numbers you've shown me, four officers will do.
You want us
to downgrade four current members of SWAT to patrol?
JESSICA: You don't understand.
Officers spend years trying to make SWAT.
It's one thing to demote someone for bad performance,
but these officers are all-stars.
You don't just ship them back to the minors.
That's why I said four, and not the six you really need
to balance the budget.
I'm trying to compromise.
HICKS: Three.
Done. But you don't get to pick a recruit
from this year's SWAT Academy.
(SCOFFS) When hell freezes over.
Every year
since 1967,
SWAT has brought up at least one recruit
to carry on our tradition.
GWEN: Send four officers down to patrol,
hit my 15%,
and I'll make sure you get to pick one recruit
from the Academy.
Deal?
Deal.
You know how much shame this is causing his family?
That's on him, not me.
You like putting away your own people?
I put away criminals, Chinese or not.
Uncle, please. Alec's family looks up to you.
If you tell him that he can save face by helping us, he'll talk.
But time is running out.
If he helps us catch Kwon, I will speak to the D.A.
about a reduced sentence.
(SPEAKS CANTONESE) I didn't kill anyone.
I believe you, but unless you help the police catch this man,
you'll be punished for his sins.
You have only one chance to help yourself.
I've known your mother for 50 years.
She doesn't deserve this.
(SIGHS) Kwon promised nobody would get hurt.
- Where can we find him? - I don't know.
He moves hotels every day to be safe.
You know what rail yard Kwon's gonna hit next?
I'm sure as soon as he found out I was arrested,
he bought a new list.
List? What do you mean?
The shipping manager down at the ports,
he's the one selling Kwon info on the freight cars.
Well, tell us you know his name.
Got a couple unis sitting on Cho's location,
and my team will be ready to roll in five.
Oh, great. Let's hope he can tell us
what Kwon's next target is then.
Listen, before we head out,
I want to get something straight right now.
Sure, what's up?
I know why you're here, Wells.
Yeah, I got a fugitive
that needs scratching off the Most Wanted list.
Cut the act, man.
You don't give a damn about Kwon.
You just used him to get to me.
What the hell are you talking about?
Man up.
Just admit that you are here because of Nia.
You went and cooked up some crazy-ass scheme
so you could try to control who's in her life,
or something like that.
Hmm. (CHUCKLES)
You two must have had
some interesting phone calls today, huh?
Nia... she's got some tells.
I knew she had something new going on.
I dropped by her hotel.
It took me a few hours, but then I saw her leaving with you.
I got to say, man, I'm surprised.
'Cause after me, Nia said she'd never hook up with another cop,
- let alone a SWAT guy. - (SCOFFS)
Do you know how far out of policy you are, pulling this stunt?
You're just a rebound to her. You know that, right?
See, the thing is, Wells, Nia and I, we know what it is.
I'm just the guy she's using
to get from you to the guy that she's eventually gonna end up with.
And we're both good with it.
Just because she drafted up the papers
does not mean that it is over.
How 'bout your new girlfriend? Hmm?
She know you're stalking your ex?
So what now, hmm?
You gonna go to your commander and tell him
- we're fighting over a girl? - No, I'm not.
No, we're gonna go get Kwon and we're gonna close this case.
But if you ever come near me again
or threaten Nia in any way,
you're gonna wish you didn't.
Then I suggest we get rolling, Sergeant.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
TAN: Come on now, big man, against the wall.
DEACON: Everybody stay cool. We're not Vice.
This is not a raid.
HONDO: We're not looking to stop the fun.
We're just looking for Aaron Cho.
Hear you like betting college ball,
and dug yourself a hole for 30 grand with Big Rosie.
- You-you know Rosie? - Who doesn't?
We know a lot of folks who lay bets with her.
Rosie told me you just stopped by her place and squared what you owed.
Hmm. With luck like this,
I can understand why
you're selling freight car manifests
to escaped killers.
When was the last time you saw Kwon?
Uh... couple hours ago.
Uh, he gave me 20 grand
for a list
of 50 containers coming in tonight.
Well, I'm gonna need that list, smart guy.
I don't have it. I e-mailed it to him.
I'm gonna need you to forward it to me.
We confiscated the oxy and *** from train robery.
We crashed his Vicodin party,
and now he's down two men on his crew.
And he's out a fat chunk of front money
after buying the shipping container numbers from Cho.
ERIC: Right, so now he's desperate.
But he knows the rail yards are too hot,
so he's got to change tactics.
You guys get pings on those boxes yet?
Yeah, all 50 containers were brought into the city by train,
then transferred on flatbeds
- heading to cities all over the country. - So what's Kwon gonna do,
skip trains and start hijacking trucks?
ERIC: Yeah, that'd be my guess. We just have to figure out
which one of these big rigs he's gonna take down.
That's why I had Chris make us a top five list.
- Top five what? - Pop songs?
Top five containers
carrying the highest-priced cargo.
Out of those, only one has pharmaceutical drugs. This one.
Scheduled to take off for St. Louis tonight
with $6 million in Percocet.
Huh. Everyone who says SWAT's just a bunch of jocks
who only care how much they bench is selling you guys short.
That's nice work.
We'll form a plan as we roll. Let's move.
JESSICA: Any closer to catching Kwon?
We're getting warmer.
The budget meeting, how'd it go?
You don't want to know.
Are we losing anybody?
(SIGHS) - How many, Jess?
Don't tell anyone yet.
Hey, Deac. Listen, um...
I got a strange, paranoid request.
I'm listening.
The Marshal.
Keep an eye on him for me, all right?
You know, I thought I clocked something between you guys earlier.
You got history? Bad blood from an old case?
I'll fill you in later. It's probably nothing.
Just... watch my six out there.
Roger that.
Took out the pallets of Percocet, did everything else you asked.
There she is.
You sure you can handle this beast?
- Don't insult me. - (LAUGHS)
All right, so like we talked about.
Take the scenic route to the freeway,
then use surface streets east of San Pedro.
It's an industrial area, so no pedestrians.
Keep it under 30, hit every red light.
We got eyes on you at all times, so don't worry.
He look worried to you, Deac?
Hey. You're missing something.
What's that? "Get in, sit down and shut up."
Perfect.
(LUCA CHUCKLES)
(GROANS) All right.
Don't tell Black Betty about this.
She gets jealous when I take other girls out for a spin.
All right. 20 David, all clear on my one.
- How's my three side looking? - Clear for now. Just keep cruising.
- Let Kwon take the bait. - Roger that, Hondo.
Hey, 30 David, you copy?
DEACON: 22 David, copy.
Just waiting for you to say when.
(HORN HONKING)
20 David, game on.
Okay, we got three suspects armed with AKs.
Open up!
I don't think so, bro.
Coming up on your left, Luca.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
20 David to Command.
We're taking rounds. Shots fired.
This is 20 David. Suspect headed east on San Pedro.
(GRUNTS)
24 David to Command, one suspect down.
(SHOUTING IN CANTONESE)
- (GRUNTS) - (TASER BUZZING)
25 David to Command, second suspect down; I'm code four.
You and me got Kwon. Let's go!
I got left side.
I go right.
Hey, maybe we should spread out.
HONDO: No. No, we keep formation.
This guy's got an AK-47 he's not afraid to use.
- You hear that? - Go, go.
Deac, what's your 20?
Deac, do you read me?
What's your 20?
DEACON: 20 David, had a comms malfunction.
Coming up on your six.
Roger. Deac,
I got movement at my 12 o'clock. I'm going right.
DEACON: Roger that. I'll meet you there.
LAPD! Come out and show me your hands.
Did you see anyone else out here?
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You good?
This is 20 David to Command.
Last suspect down.
It was a close shot.
Yeah, I guess it was.
I put in a lot of hours at the range.
Hey, you run a tight team. I can see why SWAT gave you one.
Thanks, for getting him before he got a clean shot at me.
- Well, I guess we're done here. - Mm-hmm.
Yeah. Hey, Hondo.
I still love her,
and I want another chance.
And if you've ever been in a similar situation, man,
you can understand where I'm coming from.
I met a woman who was finalizing a divorce.
And her ex already had a new girlfriend,
so there wasn't supposed to be any type of problem.
Wells, you should've come to me like a man,
and we could've talked it out, but no,
you decided to pull some strings
so you could ride shotgun and size me up.
Okay, so I'm asking you right now, man-to-man,
stay out of my way.
Give me a chance to win her back.
I'm not in your way.
Whoever Nia wants to be with is her call.
And I take my cues from Nia, not you.
Hmm. (SCOFFS)
Listen up.
(CHATTER QUIETS)
I know there have been rumors,
and they're true.
SWAT has been told by the powers that be
that we have to cut our budget by 15%.
We tried to cut everything else we could,
but we have to transfer four members of SWAT
back down to patrol.
(ALL GROANING)
All right, listen, listen. Hey!
I know, it sucks,
but remember, patrol is important work,
and you still represent this city's finest.
Patrol is a place where you can make a difference.
Effective immediately,
these four officers will transfer to patrol.
DeAndre Sockwell.
(ALL GROANING)
Griffin Blundell.
Reynaldo Esquivel.
Jeremy Tiller.
Also, we're only allowed to take in one new recruit
into SWAT this year,
so if you have friends on the force who wanted
to try out, let them know this is not the year to do it.
I'm sorry, guys.
Hey. I don't know what your uncle's got against you,
but you're a good cop, man.
You know, I mean, you're always squared away.
You're one of the best dudes that I've ever met.
Thanks, man.
You know, in China,
police don't get the same respect as they do here.
People don't look up to cops.
It's like being a garbage man of society.
When I left Alhambra to join the Police Academy,
a lot of people thought I was throwing my life away.
They know you went to night school and got your degree?
Yeah, but my dad's dream was for me to go to MIT,
get a white-collar job,
marry a Chinese girl, spit out a bunch of kids.
(LAUGHS) I'm not gonna lie, man. Getting into MIT is pretty cool.
Eh, not to me.
I didn't just want to be some math nerd.
I was good at it, but it's not what I loved.
Well, I'm glad you made that call.
I mean, the city can always use more heroes.
Uncle is right about one thing,
I should go see my mom more often.
She's worried my job's too dangerous.
Prays to Buddha to protect me.
So what's your favorite spot to take her?
King Palace. Best seafood in the city, hands down.
All right, call her up, man, have her meet us.
I'm gonna treat you to dinner. It's on me, buddy.
Hey, Hondo.
You got a minute?
Sure, Street. What's up?
Sorry, I was just,
um...
I... I just wanted...
My mom's not living with me anymore.
I moved out.
I mean, I-I told her that
it's better if we're apart.
That must've been hard for you.
You okay?
You were right all along.
Just took me a little longer to see it.
Your mom didn't exactly make it easy for you, kid.
(SIGHS) I always wanted to believe the best about her,
and I think maybe part of me resented you
for seeing her for who she really was
and getting me to face up to it.
Listen,
I've been thinking about this a lot,
and I just want to say
I'm really, really sorry
for letting you and the team down before.
I know I got growing up to do,
but I am trying to do it.
And I know I-I don't have a chance of getting back on SWAT
with these budget cuts, but I hope
that one day,
I can become the kind of man you wanted me to be.
Street.
Buck pulled strings
to get you transferred here from Long Beach,
but you never actually made it through LAPD SWAT Academy.
But maybe, this time,
you can do it right and earn yourself a spot.
Are you saying
you'd-you'd give me a chance of getting back on SWAT?
I'm saying that I will get you in SWAT Academy.
You heard the captain.
They're taking one recruit this year.
So what you got to do
is ask yourself how bad do you want it,
and then go kick ass and make sure it's you.
I'll do my best.
Yeah, I know.
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