Previously on SWAT...Get down now!
[screaming]
- Where's his weapon? - You just shot an unarmed man!
There are videos going around of you
after you shot that suspect last night.
HONDO: I heard you told Alfaro
that you don't want him on our team.
I feel like Alfaro's just an opportunist.
I thought 20-Squad is where I needed to be.
Today, I realized that it's not.
TAN: Green Rebellion.
They claim to lead a group of Earth warriors based in L.A.
And you said these two are local?
Eliza Crane, Zane Graham.
They're a couple, they moved in last year.
The boyfriend has almost no footprint.
But there's plenty of intel on Eliza.
No! Please don't kill me!
♪
[grinder whirring]
[panting]
Hey, just hang in there. You're gonna be all right.
[grunts]
He's done. He's not gonna make it.
More cops will be here soon.
He only needs to hang on a little longer.
[metal clanks]
HICKS: Just after 4:30 a.m.,
a security guard at RLP Mining
called 911 to report a break-i.
20 minutes later, the responding patrol officer
radioed dispatch that she was taking fire.
She hasn't been heard from since.
The site manager said security was hired
to protect dangerous materials
being stored in an outbuilding on site,
so use extreme caution.
SWAT's here.
All right. Good.
Load up the van.
And be ready to roll.
Come on. Go.
[pained grunt]
Okay. Here. There you go.
Hey. Hey.
History may not remember you,
but it will remember the impact that you made tonight.
You know what to do.
[engine starts]
[explosions]
[rummaging]
Someone's up early.
Closing arguments today.
Need to prep. We're up first.
At least one of us is making a difference in the world.
I thought your company was working
at that senator's book signing later?
Yeah. Sanchez has it covered.
The only thing I have on my docket today
is a leaky faucet and a backlog of unwatched Muffin Wars.
Well, that is called being retired. Enjoy this.
Look, don't get me wrong,
I love spending more time with you and the kids, I do.
It's just my job was such a big part of my life for so long,
I haven't figured out how to fill the void yet.
Well, it'll just take some time.
You will find a new sense of purpose, I promise.
In the meantime,
if you are really looking for something to do,
you could wash the hand towels and get the guest room ready.
You forget my sister was coming today?[sighs]
And how long is Nicole staying this time?
Just a couple days.
She and her boyfriend are fighting
and she just needs some space to clear her head.
Did she forget that we have four kids?
[phone buzzing]
Commander? What is it?
Yes, sir. I'll be right there.
David...
I have to go in.
It's bad.
There you go.
[laughs] Hey. Hey.
Come on, let's go say hi to Grandpop.
Oh, thanks for coming over. Hondo's working.
And I have to get over to the center
before it opens.
Oh. [laughs]
It's no thing at all.
If I can spend time with the next Little Richard,
she must've got her rhythm from her mama,
'cause my son--You best not finish that sentence, Pop.
[laughter]
[sighs] So, let me, um, go change her
so you don't have to worry about that.
Come on. Let's go change you.
Let's go change you.
Hey, you know, I went to the barbershop
for my usual cut yesterday
and, uh, people...
are still pretty bent up about that, uh, kid you shot.
Pop, that "kid" was a kidnapper,
running toward a basketball court full of innocent people.
I did what I had to do to protect them.
Don't seem much like protecting to those folks on the court.
LAPD investigated and I was cleared, Pop.
If they want to read about it, the report's right there online.
They don't care about no report, son.
People care about how they feel.
They just want to feel safe in their own neighborhood.
You don't think I've dedicated
my entire career to exactly that?
Doesn't seem to matter, though.
In their eyes, the cops are still the enemy.
Well, I hate to be the one to say I told you so,
but I told you so.
It's different when you strap on that badge, son.
It's always been that way.
So what'd you say
when your guys at the barbershop
were running their mouths about your son?
I've been out there for 25 years
trying to get people to see things differently
and I still can't get my own father on my side.
Hondo, your phone has been ringing nonstop.
It's Hicks.
There was an explosion this morning.
All of 60-Squad was involved. I got to go.
Deac. Guess it really is all hands on deck.
Hicks call you in? Yeah.
Personnel still hasn't submitted my I-50 form,
so until they do, I'm cleared to roll in the field.
Never thought I'd be grateful for slow paperwork.
Glad you're here, man.
Yeah. Me, too.
Let's do it.
HICKS: All right, listen up.
Let's start with what I'm sure is on everyone's minds:
Sergeant Becker and the rest of 60-Squad are all still alive.
They suffered some serious shrapnel
and concussive injuries, but they're all in good hands
at L.A. General, and I'm told they're fighting like hell.
And that's exactly what we're going to do
until we find whoever did this.
Just before dawn,
an armed crew broke into a Sun Valley mining site.
They made off with an unknown amount
of Semtex plastic explosives.
They killed the guard
and the responding officer.
And when SWAT arrived,
they left a lone man behind to blow himself up
to take 60-Squad down with him.
Now, this is the only footage
we were able to salvage from the site.
Sir, those light flares...
They're wearing the same masks
the Green Rebellion kidnappers wore.
My thoughts exactly,
so our tech crew has scrubbed the activist forums
that Green Rebellion communicates through.
We found this, posted one day after
we took the group down.
My fellow warriors of justice,
the time for complacency is over.
Our hearts have been scarred,
and our dreams shattered by the LAPD's
senseless and unwarranted murder
of our beloved Eliza.
There was no one more selfless,
more loving, more determined
to better the world.
And now...
we will make all of Los Angeles, and their beloved LAPD, suffer.
This is for you, Eliza.
And for your dream of a thriving world.
We will make them all pay.
The site manager says there was over
200 pounds of Semtex on hand.
If this guy got away with even half that,
the explosion that took out 60-Squad
is only a taste of the damage he'll be able to do.
Now, the mayor's put the entire city on Tactical Terror Alert.
Feds are on the way.
Every available officer has been called up.
We are all in this until we stop this psycho.
That's Zane Graham.
The only Green Rebellion kidnapper we didn't catch.
The way he talks about Eliza, they must've been romantic.
Yeah. And now he's heartbroken and hell-bent on revenge.
With nothing to lose, and enough explosives
to kill a whole lot of people.
We let him get away before,
but we're gonna stop him this time.
No matter what it takes.
♪
So, what do we know about our eco-Romeo?
Not much more than we did last week.
Besides the kidnapping and a few protesting arrests,
there's next to nothing on Zane Graham.
Social media is even spottier.
Studied abroad in Europe ten years ago.
Doesn't pop back up until he meets Eliza
and joins Green Rebellion in 2019.
I thought we rounded up the rest
of the Green Rebellion nuts already.
So who's helping this guy?
Their masks make them impossible to ID,
and the explosion destroyed any evidence
they may have left behind.
ALFARO: That's not entirely true.
Forensic team found a titanium rod in the blast debris,
type that's used to surgically repair a broken femur.
They suspect it belongs to the guy who self-detonated.
Serial number got zero hits in the U.S.
FBI's running it now through its international database.
Forensic team find anything else?
It's pretty melty,
but this was found near the body, too.
The Townhouse Motel.
It's a rinky-dink place out in Van Nuys.
Well, this guy's not a local,
maybe he needed a place to crash.
Tan, take Alfaro and check it out.
Actually sir, if it's all right, I'll take Powell.
I'll loop in Hondo, keep 20-Squad on it.
Whatever. Just get it done.
Man, I can't tell you how nice it is
to see you in that shirt again.
I'm just glad it still fits.
Cut it out, you ain't been gone that long.
Oh, feels like it.
So, how's the search for my replacement going?
You any closer to cementing the 20-Squad roster?
I don't know. I mean, when it was you,
Luca, Street and Chris, I mean, that was a dream team.
I don't know how to recreate that.
Listen. One of the things I've learned in retirement
is, uh, transition is hard.
Change is, it's hard.
I've just been feeling like I can't change anything lately.
I mean, Tan and Alfaro are still at odds, half my neighborhood
is still looking at me side-eyed.
If I'm being completely honest with you...
it's got me wondering.
I mean, how'd you know it was the right time to hang it up?
Well, I'm not sure it was the right time.
It's just something that had to happen.
Mm.
Wait, you're not really thinking...
I don't know. I'm just tired lately.
Of all of it.
Hey, Cabrera's out of surgery.
I'm headed over - to pay her a visit. - That's great news.
I'll tag along. Maybe she can tell us something about
what happened this morning.
Okay, go. We'll finish this later.
Give Cabrera my best.
All right.
Here he is.
Vasquez, you're running point for the FBI on this?
I thought they promoted you
- to some fancy desk in Westwood. - They did.
But I'm never gonna turn my back on
the guys that got me there.
Especially when I found out who we're dealing with.
FBI was able to trace the surgical rod
found this morning to a hospital in Holland.
It belonged to Karl Gore, a Dutch radical
wanted for bombing a military intelligence building in 2015.
Well, how does a tree hugger like Zane
know a Dutch terrorist like Gore?
Not through a mutual love of Mother Earth,
I can tell you that.
This picture is from an early meeting
of a group called the Anti Imperialist Movement.
It seems both Zane
and Gore were founding members.
Yeah, I've heard of AIM.
Over the last decade, they've expanded into one of
the most radical terrorist cells in Europe.
Well, now Zane's brought 'em here to our city.
What's their next move?
FBI has assembled a list of likely terror targets
in Los Angeles.
Given AIM's MO, any of these local landmarks
could be the target.
Jesus, Zane's got enough explosive firepower
to demolish half of these.
And given that video, he's got every intention
of doing it, too.
Deacon, Alfaro.
Just in time to watch me face off with this...
[grunts] ...awful hospital pudding.
Ah, just relieved to see you at all, Cabrera.
How's the rest of 60-Squad?
They're alive, and they're fighting, just like you.
[sighs]
Hey, we're doing our best to get these guys.
But if there's anything that you remember, it...
it would really help us out.
Did you get a look at any of the suspects?
Their vehicle, maybe?
I only caught a glimpse of a van.
It was white, and it had, um, a black and yellow rental decal
or something on the back.
Sorry, guys, I wish I could help more.
Hey, the best thing you can do is to get better.
Get some rest, okay?
I'm gonna go check on O'Neil and Becker.
Glad to see you're doing okay.
Thanks.
Hey.
You rolling with 20-Squad again today?
Thought you turned Hondo down.
I did. I'm not sure if you heard.
Kind of a crazy day at the office.
[laughs]
You never know when it might be your last ride, Miguel.
When it is, you want to be sitting
with the squad you're meant to be with.
I don't want to be on a team
that doesn't want me.
I know it's been tough,
but family is not about always getting along.
It's about being with people who don't just make you
a better officer,
but a better person.
I think you got that in Hondo,
Powell and, yeah, even Tan.
[soft chuckle]
You got family in 20-Squad.
Thanks for calling.
Manager says Gore was staying in room 106,
- paid for the week. - Got some good news.
Just talked to Alfaro.
How is that good news?
He's at the hospital and he just saw Cabrera.
She's gonna be all right.
That's a relief. She's made of strong stuff.
POWELL: You know this thing with Alfaro, though...
you can't really still be mad at him.
I'm not mad, I just don't like the guy.
Sure, he's rough around the edges...
Are you really defending him,
after the things he said about our squad?
To our faces? To Hondo?
Okay, so he says stupid stuff sometimes.
All the time.
But he's got a good heart.
He's just looking for a real home,
and 50-Squad was never the right fit for him.
Well, he's made it pretty clear that
20-Squad's not the right fit, either.
[knocks on door]
LAPD.
[beeps]
Beds are still made.
Not even a suitcase.
Doesn't seem like Gore was staying here.
Then what'd he rent it for?
Smell that?
[sniffing]
Looks like we got a body.
[exhales]
This is the man found dead in Karl Gore's motel room--
Samuel Humphrey.
He's with the City Planning Office.
Humphrey's wife filed a missing persons report three days ago.
The way Tan described it, smells like
that's about as long as he's been at that motel.
So Zane, Gore and whoever else lures a city planner
to a motel and kills him? Why?
My guess is it's something to do with the project
Humphrey's headed up for the last three months:
the renovation of the downtown convention center.
The convention center's on the Bureau's terror target list.
It gets worse. Today is Cal State's graduation.
They're expecting over 12,000 guests in just a few hours.
HONDO: We don't have a second to waste.
I'll call the Bureau, roll the bomb squad.
And I'll direct Deacon to meet you,
but you need to get there now.
[tires squealing]
[engine revving, siren wailing]
20-David, approaching the convention center now.
DEACON: Alfaro and I are seconds away, Hondo.
Cabrera told us to be on the lookout for a white panel van
with a black and yellow decal on the back.
[tires squealing]
I got eyes on the van matching your description!
At least two occupants.
DEACON: Alfaro and I are approaching
from the south side, Hondo.
[tires squealing]
You tail, we'll circle, try to head 'em off.
[tires squealing]
ALFARO: We're back on your six, Hondo.
[tires squealing]
HONDO: Deac, I don't know if that van
was coming or going from the convention center.
If we got to them before they reached it...
Then that van could be packed full of explosives.
If that's the case, we can't risk a crash.
We got to bring her down gently.
Maybe we can corral 'em. Follow my lead.
[tires squealing]
HONDO: I'm gonna block 'em at the south end
and force 'em towards you, Deac.
[tires squealing]
DEACON: I'll beat 'em to the north end.
We can pitch him in the corner.
HONDO: Deacon, go left. Seal him in!
[tires squealing]
Hands where I can see 'em! Deac?
[grunts]
Rabbit!
[grunting] Hands!
Let me see your hands!
LAPD! Zane Graham,
if you're in there, come out with your hands up.
Deac, move in.
- No Semtex, no Zane. - We're too late.
Commander, we got a van, but no explosives.
The bomb's already in the convention center.
We've got the wrong target. FBI and the LAPD bomb squads
have been over every inch of the convention center.
They found no trace of explosives.
That doesn't make sense. According to traffic cams,
Zane's van was inside for almost an hour.
If they were here to plant a bomb, we would have found it.
Just what the hell are they up to?
We don't know yet.
First thing they did when they got here
was disable the building's security cameras.
So right now, we got no Zane, no target,
but an ungodly amount of missing explosives.
We at least get anything off the two from the van?
Miguel Juan Morales and Vargas Boyd.
POWELL: Both of them are on FBI's
watch list as suspected members of the AIM terror cell.
Murders, political kidnappings.
Embassy shooting?
Zane's friends just keep getting worse and worse.
VASQUEZ: Yeah, I wouldn't be smiling if I were you.
Those officers you tried to kill this morning?
This is their house.
Those were my brothers.
You're gonna answer for what you did to them.
Your brothers?
They got off lucky compared to what's coming.
And the beautiful irony of this whole thing?
You did this to yourselves.
Oh, yeah? And how is that?
By killing Eliza.
She was the one person who could control him.
Zane's going scorched-earth now.
Your city's gonna burn.
And it's all SWAT's fault.
Before Zane met Eliza,
ah, he was merciless.
In his eyes, no citizen was innocent
of their nation's crimes.
The higher the casualties, the bigger the statement.
Eliza softened him.
She smoothed down his edges,
she focused his rage on a cause.
And now, with Eliza gone?
Well, there's no one holding him back.
I mean, what he did in Devonport, León, Jakarta...
those attacks were nothing.
Nothing compared to what he plans to do here.
Buildings will fall, thousands will die,
millions will suffer.
He will wipe Los Angeles off the map.
Math's not adding up.
Zane stole enough Semtex to do some damage--
destroy a building, city block, maybe.
But wipe L.A. off the map?
That's got to be just talk.
I don't know.
Devonport, León, Jakarta--
those were devastating attacks that reshaped entire cities.
I need to make some calls.
Hey, Hondo?
Don't do that.
Don't let the stuff Boyd is saying get into your head.
All this?
It isn't your fault.
I know, but still...
I took down Eliza Crane.
I set this in motion.
And now a lot of innocent people
are in danger.
You saved a life that day.
That is all that matters.
Look, Hondo, I know that you mean a lot of things
to a lot of different people,
but you don't have to take responsibility for everyone.
[sighs]
Boyd's phone is a ghost town.
No calls, incoming or outgoing.
Not a single text or email.
Morales's phone is the same. Just pre-installed apps
and some useless games.
Looks like they were purchased a week ago.
Why buy phones if you're not gonna use them?
You're wrong, you know.
Back at the motel, when you said Alfaro's
not 20-Squad material, that's not true.
Every time he rides out with us, he's all in.
He actually cares about the people we protect.
He's a great officer.
Well, great's not good enough, Powell. We need perfect.
20-Squad is hanging on by a thread right now.
We have one shot to put a new team together,
show everyone we're still the best squad in the LAPD.
Whose call sign would you want Alfaro to take?
Luca's? Chris's?
You think he's worthy of replacing Street?
That how you looked at me when I joined?
Like a replacement?
What? No, of course not.
Alfaro's not gonna replace anyone.
How could he?
But he brings his own skills,
and we'd be a stronger team for it.
You're only holding yourself back,
hanging on to a 20-Squad that doesn't exist anymore.
I heard we came up empty on Boyd.
We're running out of time, Hondo,
And I need 20-Squad at the top of their game.
We are, sir.
Then why am I still witnessing cat fights
between Tan and Alfaro?
I thought you were handling that.
Now, you got Deacon today, but what about tomorrow?
And you still never gave me that roster I asked for.
I lost a whole squad this morning.
It might be time to make some real changes to SWAT.
And it kills me, but if you can't get your team in order,
I'm seriously considering splitting up
20-Squad and spreading out
some of that talent across other teams.
- Maybe that's for the best, sir. - Hey!
Last week you were fighting tooth and nail
to keep 20-Squad together.
It's been a long week.
Sir, when you gave me this job,
I thought that was my chance to fix
the problems inside the LAPD.
Run a team the way I thought policing needed to be done.
Do something for my city.
And I think you've accomplished that.
Maybe.
But the team's gone.
And I can't seem to keep what's left of it together.
New teams would benefit from Tan and Powell's leadership.
[scoffs]
And where does that leave you?
Hmm?
I'm not sure.
Let's just get through today before we try to figure me out.
[phone buzzing]
It's Vasquez.
She found something.
What the hell we looking at here?
VASQUEZ: Devonport. León. Jakarta.
A string of terror attacks targeting
the infrastructure of major cities.
The resulting explosions killed thousands of civilians.
That's horrible.
More work of the AIM terror cell?
That's the thing.
No one ever took credit for these attacks.
Interpol never figured out who was behind them?
They had enough intel to determine they were planned
by the same man, but they could never identify him.
The trail went cold in 2019.
Now he's just a ghost story.
But you think Zane Graham has ties to that terrorist?
I think Zane is that terrorist.
Boyd threatened that Zane would do to L.A.
what he did to those cities.
If Zane was behind these three attacks,
then Boyd wasn't exaggerating when he said
that Zane would devastate L.A.
You guys should see this.
Zane's been texting his crew
through a poker app we found on their phones.
His messages seemed like nonsense, strings of numbers.
Then I realized, each chat was sent
about an hour before Zane showed up somewhere.
It hit me, the numbers aren't a code.
They're coordinates.
The first lines up with the site where the Semtex was stolen.
The second's for the - convention center. - And the most recent one?
TAN: A chemical processing plant in West Adams.
- Sent 20 minutes ago. - HICKS: All right, you two grab whoever you can
and get over there now.
I'll send the cavalry behind you.
And keep your head on a swivel.
We know what this guy is capable of.
♪
HONDO: What happened here?
Two men with guns rounded us up. They went that way.
Out the back door.
Powell, Alfaro, get these guys out of here.
Deacon, Tan, with me.
♪
HONDO: Let me see those hands!
[gunfire][grunting]
TAN: There's nothing here except tools and ammo.
- Where's the Semtex? - They didn't bring any.
Just like the convention center.
This must not be where they're planning to attack.
Then what were they doing here?
DEACON: Well, whatever this is, it's useless now.
It's been welded. Completely inoperable.
What's it connected to?
The Paclink pipeline.
It runs jet fuel from the coast all the way to the desert
- Over 100,000 barrels a day. - Stretching underneath
the whole city of Los Angeles.
That's Zane's plan.
The Semtex is just the fuse.
The pipeline's the bomb.
If he sets it off...
most of L.A. could be lost.
The Bureau's anti-terror team has run simulations on what
a detonation of the Paclink pipeline might look like,
red being the most severe damage.
[exhales] That's a hell of a lot of red.
I can't help but notice that most of it's concentrated
in the poorer neighborhoods, including my own.
That's because the pipeline isn't buried
- as deep in those areas. - Big companies
love cutting corners in our neck of the woods.
Estimated casualties are upwards of 50,000.
"He will wipe Los Angeles off the map."
Boyd wasn't lying.
Why can't we just shut off the pipeline?
Wouldn't help. It'd still be full of fuel.
- There's no way to drain it? - Normally, yes.
The process requires the use of two bleeder valves.
But Zane's men destroyed them both.
The convention center, the chemical plant.
That's what his guys were doing.
There were destroying the valves.
The Paclink runs
from the ocean to the desert.
All it takes is a single blast
anywhere on the line to open the city up like a zipper.
Well, wherever Zane's planning to set it off,
he's gonna have to dig.
These points are where the pipeline is shallowest.
Why is that dot a different color?
VASQUEZ: The pipe comes above ground
briefly at a private airstrip in Pomona.
FBI's already secured the area.
Zane's been plotting this since Eliza's death.
He's got a specific spot in mind, somewhere personal.
And we need find it-- not tomorrow, now.
[line ringing]
Annie? You okay?
What happened to 60-Squad is all over the news.
Listen, I can't really talk right now.
But I'm okay.
Thanks for checking in.
Don't forget, you're retired.
I'm sure you helped a lot today already.
But you could come home anytime.
No.
I can't.
Well, you're a good man, David.
I love you.
I'll see you when you get home.
I love you, too.
[sighs]
Pipeline runs over 500 miles. How are we gonna
figure out where - Zane planted the bomb? - I'm looking
at neighborhoods where the pipe is the shallowest,
but there's nothing with a personal connection to Zane.
Hey, this whole thing started
with the death of Eliza Crane, right?
What if that's where it all ends?
I've been combing through
old Green Rebellion social media posts and found this.
From 2019.
I'm thinking this is the protest
where Zane and Eliza first met.
The site was almost a refinery until the protests shut it down.
Now it's abandoned. Trucking companies lease it
for storage, and guess what?
Pipeline runs directly beneath that.
It's symbolic, and Zane could dig there and no one would know.
It has to be where he's planting the Semtex.
Nice work, Alfaro.
Hey, we just got a lead on where Zane's planting the Semtex.
I got Tan prepping Black Betty now.
Homeland Security's escalated the level of the attack.
They're authorizing the National Guard.
Okay, good, they can meet us there.
Hondo, you know what I'm saying.
You don't have to be the one to save everyone.
If Zane blows that pipeline,
you know which communities are gonna get hit the hardest.
The same communities that have always taken a beating
in this city, including mine.
Not a chance in hell I'm about to sit
on the sidelines and watch that happen.
Hey.
You still have an open seat in Black Betty?
Let's roll.
All right, listen up.
We're anticipating heavy resistance.
These men are not afraid to die for their cause.
And today their cause is destroying our city.
I'm not gonna sugarcoat it.
The stakes are higher than ever, and it all comes down to us.
I know we haven't been gelling as a squad lately.
Some of you still haven't settled your differences.
But real talk, bottom line,
this could be 20-Squad's last ride.
I don't know what the team's gonna look like tomorrow.
But I do know there will be a tomorrow.
Because this team, right here, we're gonna make sure of that.
So let's get out there, and give 'em hell.
And save our city.
That should do.
Come on.
Pack it on.
♪
[beeps]
♪
28-David. We've got eyes on Zane and his crew.
Roger.
We're circling back to you now. Move.
It's ready. Once we're clear.
SWAT!
28-David. They spotted us.
Zane's escaping inside of the building.
Moving.
[shouting]
[grunts]
One suspect down.
Second suspect down! Moving.
Clear.
[panting]
[grunts]
This bomb is live.
Cell phone trigger.
- You know how to disarm that? - Yeah.
I mean, maybe.
Nah, we got this, man.
All right, come on.
[grunts]
LAPD! Cover!
If Zane gets far enough away,
he's gonna set off that bomb.
We got to stop him.
What if we just remove the phone?
I mean, if they can't call it...
No, I do that, it'll interrupt the circuit,
probably set it off.
Jumper cables.
That standoff at the Webber house.
You put jumper cables on an electric fence
to keep the circuit closed while I cut it.
You're right. I need a wire.
Got it.
Nowhere to go, pal.
DEACON: Hondo, he's got the cell phone trigger.
Hold on, hold on!
Let's think about this.
That should keep the circuit closed.
DEACON: You push that,
this whole place goes up.
[phone beeps]
25-David. Bomb trigger's been disabled.
Semtex is cold.[laughs]
HONDO: It's no use. Drop it.
Put the gun down.
HONDO: We've got to find Zane.
He's not gonna leave a mission unfinished.
[engine starts]
♪
We need a way to go after him.
[helicopter whirring]
Bring it down now.
Put it down on the ground, now.
20-David to Command.
The Semtex bomb has been disabled,
but Zane is on the move, in a stolen oil tanker.
Why does it look like you're on that tanker with him?
I couldn't let him get away, sir.
Zane still hasn't gotten his revenge,
and he could do a lot of damage in this thing.
Hondo, that road you're on goes right past
the Pomona airfield.
That's the aboveground part of the Paclink pipeline.
That's got to be his target.
If that tanker hits the exposed pipe,
it could set the whole thing off.
He's trying to finish what he started.
I got to stop him.
DEACON: Hondo, you're only two miles
from the airfield.
You got to get to that cab now.
Damn it, it's a dead end.
The service ladder doesn't reach the cab.
[tires screech]
[grunts]
I can't get there.
I repeat:
- I can't reach the cab. - DEACON: Hondo,
get the hell off that thing.
Climb down and jump if you have to.
Hell no! If Zane hits that pipeline,
all of L.A.'s going down with him.
I'm not giving up.
VASQUEZ: Tanker's closing on the airfield, Hondo.
You're running out of time.
I got two door pucks in my pack.
If I blow the back of the tanker,
- Zane's ride is over. - No, no, Hondo, you can't.
I don't see no other way, Deac.
VASQUEZ: Hey.
Get us down there right now.
Pucks are set.
45 seconds to detonation.
All right, we're coming to get you, Hondo.
30 seconds!
Get us back in there!
You heard him, get us close.
[tires screech]
♪
DEACON: 30-David to Command.
Hondo is safe. We're bringing him on home.
[applause, cheering, whistling]
HICKS: Every cop in the city
heard what you did out there.
They wanted to say thanks.
I was just... doing the job, sir.
And a damn good one you did.
I guess even retirement can't stop you from saving the city.
I'm never gonna be able to ignore the call
if it comes, Annie.
Not when I know I can still do some good.
I know.
I heard it in your voice earlier.
I see it in your face now.
You're not done with this.
But I made a promise to you,
and I don't want to hold back your career.
Well, I think I may have found a solution to that.
Nicole's not fighting with her boyfriend. They broke up.
And she's gonna need more than a weekend.
A lot more.
I mean, she's really great with the kids.
And she's got plenty of time on her hands, so...
Yeah, no, it's just...
I never thought I'd be happy to see more of your sister.
[both chuckle]
- [softly]: I love you. - I love you.
♪
This how every mission wraps up?
Pretty much.
Thanks for the lift today, by the way.
Thanks for dragging me - in the field. - Dragging?
I ain't never seen nobody TAC up so fast.
[both laugh]
Till next time, Vasquez.
Yeah. Come here.
[sighs]
Great work.
You, too.
[sighs]
Hey.
I don't know what's gonna happen with 20-Squad going forward,
but whatever team I end up on, I hope you're on it, too.
Yeah, we did all right together, didn't we?
Yeah. It'd be a shame to break that up.
[door closes]
Are you two serious?
Have I not been saying that all along?
[laughing]
You know, that, uh, tanker stunt
is gonna get you Jackass of the Month.
HONDO: Jackass of the rest
of my life.[chuckles]
You know, all this love,
it belongs to the whole team, you included.
Well, then, it's a good thing I'll be sticking around, then.
What?
This is where I belong.
[laughs]
All right.
[chuckles]
HICKS: Good team, Hondo.
Different, but still a damn good team.
- I think you're right, sir. - Good.
'Cause if we're gonna rebuild this department,
I need my best squad.
And you get carte blanche
on the pick for sixth slot.
Whoever you want.
[exhales]
[door opens] HONDO: Hey, baby.
[door closes][exhales]
[laughs]
[both grunt]
Okay-- whoa, whoa, what's all this?
It's been all over the news.
The pipeline, you.
I know. It's all over now.
I'm right here.
Mm...[Vivienne crying]
Uh-oh.
She must know her daddy is home safe. [laughs]
DANIEL: H-Hey! [laughs]
They say you saved the whole damn city.
Bet you can't wait to get back to the barbershop now, huh?
What the hell you talking about?
This morning, I was just another cop.
Now, with a little bit of good press,
what, suddenly you're all proud of me?
I'm always proud of you.
Pop, my whole career, it's been Black versus blue,
Slausons versus the LAPD and me versus you. Come on, man.
We've never really seen eye to eye because you've never really
been able to get past me putting on this badge.
"That's just the way it is." Your words.
Let me show you something.
This is from my first week on the job.
Carry it everywhere.
I have always accepted who you are,
even if I was too wrapped up
in my own business to show it.
You are my son.
I'm proud of you.
You know I wouldn't be who I am
without you being a big old pain in my ass.
[laughs softly]
You damn straight.
HONDO: Aw, baby girl.
I've been waiting all day to see this little face.
Hey, sweetie.[laughs softly]
- Hi, beautiful. - DANIEL: Can you bring that baby to me, please?
Hi, beautiful girl.
Mm... Look at this.
- Look at Daddy. - Want to see Grandpa?
Yes, hi, boo-boo.
Look, there's your Daddy.
Look at him, flying like Superman.
[chuckles]
Look at him go.
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