Previously on S.W.A.T....
HICKS: Sanchez comes to us
with the commission's full seal of approval.
RENEE: When the bosses heard that you were
returning to SWAT, they came up with a plan.
They sent Sanchez to get you to quit.
It's his one and only job there.
I know about your orders with the commission.
All it's gonna take is one minor screwup
to give the commission what it wants to send you packing.
HONDO: You can keep sidelining me on missions.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'm gonna ask Bonnie to marry me.
Mom, this is Bonnie. And Bonnie, this is my mom Fay.
I brought an offering for the altar.
You're very kind to honor our traditions.
We've got a lifetime to learn about each other's
culture and traditions.
What can you find out about me
in the bedroom that you can't out here?
You'll see.
Okay.
Kelly, you start this fall.
No way!
Yes, way.
Luca's support means everything to her.
I got a text from your mom today asking me on a date.
I didn't send Luca that text.
He should be a part of our family.
He is like family.
I promise you, I will always be there for you.
♪ ♪
(birds singing)
(engine revving quietly)
(rap song playing over car radio)
♪ Buy my mom that crib with the nice pool ♪
♪ Get my sis that Jeep, and tonight we gon' eat... ♪
♪ ♪
(keys jangle)
(latch clicks)
♪ ♪
LUCA: Okay, we gonna run these lines or what?
Otherwise, I'm gonna be late for work
and you are gonna be late for school.
Here.
What's up?
Don't tell me you're nervous about the audition, man.
You're a pro at this.
No. I'm not auditioning. There's no point.
Aw, you said the same thing last time, you got a part.
This time, you're gonna land one of the leads.
Okay, I'll play Peter. You ready?
"Tinker Bell. Tink, you there?"
We're moving to San Diego.
You're what?
My mom just told me last night.
We're leaving in a couple of weeks.
She got a job there.
You can't leave, it's the middle
of the school year. And what about the play?
And you've got this audition coming up.
My mom doesn't care.
I don't want to go.
Did you tell her that?
Yeah, but she says it's not my decision.
She says that we're gonna have a house
with a yard, and a dog,
but I don't want a dog,
and I don't want to go to a new school.
I want to stay here.
It's not fair.
Will you talk to my mom?
Tell her it's a stupid idea.
I don't know.
I mean, I'm not sure she'll listen to me.
Please?
Okay. Sure.
I'll talk to her.
(sighs) Okay, come on, then.
Let's practice.
Okay. "Tinker Bell.
Tink, you there?"
(truck engine starts)
TAN: She's been working in Atlanta.
It's her first weekend back in two months.
It's also the anniversary of our first date.
I want to make it special,
pull out all the stops.
She already said "I do."
Why do you need to try so hard?
Because I love her and I miss her.
And my track record is poor.
What, forget last year?
No, I didn't, all right?
I got her front row tickets to Hamilton.
How's that bad? Does she hate
the Founding Fathers or something?
No, she hates musicals.
I just didn't know that until intermission.
Turns out she would have had more fun
listening to first graders playing a violin concerto.
Deac, you've been married forever.
Got any anniversary ideas?
Every year, Annie and I go to the place
where we had our first date.
It's this little Italian spot called Marcello's.
Nothing fancy, but special to us.
Why don't you just take Bonnie
to the place you guys had your first date?
Uh, it was this annoying hipster café,
charged eight bucks for an Americano
that was served in what looked like
a high school chemistry set.
Vowed we'd never go back. Come on.
You're a woman. Help a dude out.
What-what do I get her?
Even if that wasn't a little sexist,
I would not be the right person to ask.
I don't do romance.
Why not? What's wrong with romance?
I, uh, married my high school sweetheart.
He proposed to me with a flash mob orchestra
and fireworks, cheated on me
with one of my bridesmaids. I divorced him.
He got the TV and the dog.
You'll figure something out.
♪ ♪
(gasps)
(indistinct music plays over earbuds)
(music continues playing)
(screams)
(panting)
OPERATOR: 911, what's your emergency?
Help, I need help.
There's a man in my house. He-he's trying to kill me.
(door opens)
♪ ♪
(sirens wailing)
Roger that.
Dispatch isn't getting any response
from the initial 911 call.
They did get another call, though.
Reported gunfire.
OFFICER: Where do you want us?
I want to do everything we can
to avoid a hostage or a barricade situation.
The best you can do is shut down this street,
set a perimeter. We'll play it from here.
Roger that.
All right, listen up. We got no idea
if there's wounded inside,
so we got to make entry and find out.
Street, you and I got the three side.
Deacon and the rest of you got the one.
Suspect could still be on site.
Copy that. So stay liquid.
30-David. Front door's ajar.
No sign of any suspects.
Don't wait on us, Deac.
Could be people injured inside. Go.
DEACON: Roger that.
Making entry now.
TAN: Got a body.
One female victim.
Housekeeper, maybe. Deceased.
HONDO: Copy that. Any sign of the suspect?
Negative. Moving on.
(clattering)
20-David, checking possible movement
on the four side.
Street, go right.
(quiet whimpering)
(whispering): Deac.
Los Angeles Police Department.
You can come out now. You're safe.
(crying)
You okay? You hurt?
No, I'm okay.
30-David. One female found alive.
No injuries. Move.
28-David. Downstairs is clear.
No sign of the suspect.
Whoever was here, looks like they're gone.
Stop right there!
LAPD!
Hondo, you enjoying this or something?
Get off of me already.
Sanchez?
You want to explain to me
what the hell you're doing here before
I arrest your ass?
Arrest me for what? Doing my job?
I was here for a meeting.
Arrived, saw a man with a gun in the driveway.
He fired at me and then took off running,
so I called it in and went after him.
You should have waited for backup.
Why? I had him pinned down back here
until you boys in blue showed up and he made a break for it.
Hopped the fence. I almost had him,
but thanks to you, he's now in the wind.
Oh, is that so? Because from where I'm standing,
the only reason we got a killer on the loose is because of you.
Street, let's go.
These boys in blue got a job to do.
(laughs)
♪ ♪
LUCA: Hey, get a load of this.
Thought when Sanchez left SWAT,
we'd seen the last of him.
What are the chances of running into him like this?
He used to be on SWAT?
Yeah, he was team leader
when Hondo was away in Mexico.
Then, when Hondo got back, Sanchez tried
to run him off the team and out of SWAT.
But obviously it didn't work out
because Sanchez is the one who ended up leaving.
Yeah, well, we might have given him
a little nudge out the door.
Deac set him up with a job as head of security
for one of the big studios.
That's how come he's here. That's Serena Mendez.
She's starring in the studio's latest movie.
It's out next week.
She's done a couple things, but this is her first big role.
There's even been awards buzz.
I did not take you
to be such a pop culture nerd, Tan.
How do you know all this?
Uh, Ben what's-his-face is in the movie
and Bonnie loves him, maybe even more than she loves me.
Serena saves the world from a zombie apocalypse.
I wonder why someone wants her dead.
HONDO: Give me a minute?
Yes, of course.
I know this is hard, Serena.
Anything you can give us to help catch this guy?
Did you get a look at him? Recognize his voice, maybe?
No, but he's got to be one of my stalkers.
Stalkers?
Yeah, I've been getting death threats lately.
Would you mind giving us a second, please?
Yeah, why don't you go inside?
I'll come and get you in a minute.
Okay.
Start talking.
All right, listen, the death threats
Serena's talking about are from an 82-year-old woman
who thinks because Serena played an alien in her last movie,
she actually is one.
Hondo, I look into every threat
the studio or its employees receives.
I do my job, and I do it well.
Okay, and what about these stalkers?
Teenage fanboys with raging hormones
and the communication skills of a generation
raised by TikTok.
That gunman was not a teenager,
or someone's crazy-ass grandma.
He moved and shot like someone with military training.
And he killed the maid with a hammer.
That's not a military-style hit. That feels personal.
STREET: Unis noticed a suspicious vehicle
parked opposite the house.
Doesn't belong to any of the neighbors.
Yeah, I bet you it's the suspect's.
He was heading that way when I rolled up
and sent him running.
Could give us a lead.
Already ran the plate. It's a rental.
RHD's chasing it down.
All right, keep me posted.
Okay.
We're gonna need to see
everything you got on those stalkers.
Hondo, I told you, I already looked into them.
You would be wasting your time.
Yeah, well, I like to do my job properly, Sanchez.
Fine.
I'll get the file and bring it to HQ.
(cell phone buzzes)
Oh, God.
I need to take this. I'll catch up with you.
So, Hicks is tied up with Rocker's team
at a hostage situation downtown,
but he wanted to pass along the message
the brass wants us
to stick with the Serena case.
Apparently, they're worried
that the LAPD will look bad
if we don't get the killer in custody
before the media gets the story.
LAPD look bad?
Nah, it seems to me
that Sanchez is the one who dropped the ball.
Serena was getting threats
and he didn't look into it properly.
A woman is dead because of it.
He's just lucky it wasn't two women.
Hey, look, I'm no fan of Sanchez, either,
but he said he looked into the threats.
Got to believe that he did his job.
Is-is there a chance it's not a stalker?
Maybe it was a burglary gone wrong.
Deac, if it was a burglary,
they would've stolen the $300,000 car
sitting in the driveway.
The keys were right there on the hallway table.
Now, Serena said he was searching the house for her.
Oh, RHD ran a check
on that car we found outside.
It was rented with a fake ID, so that's a dead end.
And the gunman wore gloves,
so they weren't able to pull any useful prints.
All right, Street and Luca are combing through the stalker file
that Sanchez brought in. That should give us something.
Yeah, my buddies at SWAT are working on it.
Now, we'll find the guy, I promise.
Serena's fine, not a scratch on her.
I left one of the guys from my team with her just to be safe.
Wanted to personally oversee this police investigation.
Okay. Yes, sir.
(Sanchez sighs)
Boss. He's anxious.
Can't let anything happen to our lead actress.
So where we at?
Made any progress?
(sighs)
Don't want to hand it to Sanchez,
but it seems like he did
his due diligence. None of these stalkers
are checking out as legit threats.
Yeah. Maybe we should take another look
at Serena's social media,
see if anything got missed.
I'll run a search.
Hey, uh, you talk to Tuana about her and Kelly
moving to San Diego?
No, not yet.
I'm not sure how to handle it.
Look, I don't know why she couldn't
apply for a job in L.A.
Well, I mean, it might be more money
or a better position.
And it's only two hours away.
I know you're gonna miss Kelly, but you'll still see her.
Look, it's not that, I just don't think
Tuana's thought this through.
I mean, do you know how hard it was
to get Kelly into that school?
And she's doing great. She's made friends,
she was gonna audition for the school play.
Yeah. Now, I'm sure Tuana weighed all that in.
Look, it might be tough at first,
but Kelly's gonna be fine, dude.
It's not like she's bouncing from foster home to foster home.
Sure, but if you ask me,
Tuana's still making a huge mistake.
This is a big change for Kelly.
And who says change is always for the best?
Ah, that's what this is about. Change.
You hate change.
What are you talking about? That's not true.
Luca, you've been eating the same banh mi sandwich
every Sunday from the same place,
after surfing the same break you've been surfing
for 20 years.
28 years.
Yeah, and you freaked out
when I moved the toaster oven
to make way for the blender.
You made me move it back.
You hate change, and I'm just saying,
maybe that's what's coloring
your reaction to-to Kelly leaving.
But the blender was better
on the other side of the kitchen.
It makes more sense if it's next to the fridge.
Next time you're making a smoothie,
think about how right I am.
What's happening with that stalker list?
You get anything from it?
No, nothing so far.
Told you. You're barking up the wrong tree.
STREET: Hold up. Think I might've
finally barked up the right tree.
I ran searches on social media
with Serena's name as the hashtag
to see if anyone's posted anything threatening.
Got a hit.
SANCHEZ: Leo Smith.
He was never on my radar.
I can't police the entire Internet.
STREET: He's been tagging Serena in all his posts,
claiming to be a director,
begging her to star in his next movie.
She didn't respond, so now his opinion of her has changed.
He's calling her a talentless fill-in-the-blank
that deserves to die.
You got eyes on the suspect earlier.
This him?
I don't know, I only caught a glimpse
when he took off running. Could be.
STREET: He was in the army,
and his ex put a restraining order on him
after he threatened to kill her and their kid.
Lives in Reseda now.
Let's pay Leo a visit.
Street, you're with me.
Luca, keep digging.
Okay.
Hey, hey, Sanchez?
Where you going?
Uh, with you.
Last I checked, you ain't SWAT.
You're a civilian.
Come on, Street, let's go.
Hey, you rolling with, uh, Hondo and Street?
Yeah, you coming with?
No, Hondo wants me to keep looking
for other suspects in case Leo doesn't pan out.
You still trying to think up an anniversary gift?
Yeah. I mean, I got plenty of ideas,
but they all seem to start with flowers
and end with a candlelit dinner.
You got any ideas that are more original?
Not really.
I mean, I did date this woman once,
Dana, and on our six-week anniversary...
TAN: Wait, wait.
Who celebrates their six-week anniversary?
Dana. Anyways, I come home from surfing,
there's candles on the table.
She's in this red dress, with these high heels.
I mean, she looks like Kim Basinger back in the day.
She's got steaks searing in the pan, beers on ice,
and she asks me, "Where's my gift?"
And all I had on me was my surfboard, right?
But it was beautiful. It was a nine-foot.
Handcrafted from paulownia timber.
I had no choice. I had to pretend it was for her.
Bonnie hates surfing, dude.
That's not the point.
Anyway, Dana broke up with me three weeks later
after I forgot our nine-week anniversary.
What am I supposed to get from this story, Luca?
I'm just trying to help, dude.
Man, I really miss that board.
(pounding on door)
HONDO: LAPD SWAT. Open up.
What the...
HONDO: Leo Smith?
Yeah.
What's g... What's going on?
You mind if we come in?
Uh...
Okay.
STREET: Just keep your hands where we can see them.
Bathroom's clear.
Where were you this morning
between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m.?
Here.
HONDO: You got someone who can confirm that story?
TAN: Hey, Hondo. Over here.
I got something.
STREET: Back it up a bit.
TAN: They're all of Serena.
Got a little crush, huh?
It's n-not what it looks like.
I... was just trying to make some money
on the side, selling shots of stars.
Oh, you're a paparazzo, not a pervert.
But I got an alibi for this morning.
I was chatting with someone online.
Only just went to bed.
I'll show you.
Go ahead.
HONDO: He's not our guy.
SANCHEZ: Oh...
So, the suspect didn't check out, then, huh?
He has an alibi,
but he was stalking you.
We found evidence,
as well as a couple unlicensed guns.
He's been charged, so I doubt he'll be bothering you again.
But whoever broke into my house
and killed Marie is still out there.
And you haven't caught him yet?
No. No, not yet. But that's why we're here.
We think you should come back to HQ with us.
It'll be safer until we catch this guy.
Uh, no need for that.
I'm in charge of her security.
I got it covered.
Maybe it's not a bad idea for you to go with them.
And you are?
I'm Cody. Serena's boyfriend.
You live here, too?
No. Uh, but I came as soon as I heard what happened.
I'm helping Sanchez with the security system.
He's good at DIY.
CODY: Yeah.
You got any idea
who could have done this, or why?
No. Course not.
It's crazy. I-I can't believe it.
So you've never seen anyone suspicious hanging around here?
All right. All right, look, Hondo, come here.
Look, I already grilled the kid.
And before you ask, I ran a background check, too.
He's a dumbass actor, crazy in love with Serena,
but his only crime is his acting.
We're still gonna need to check him out.
Yeah, go ahead, waste more time.
Seems like all you're really doing is chasing your own tail.
Sanchez, what we're trying to do is chase down a killer,
not just protect Serena.
To get justice for the victim and her family.
If it was me leading the team,
we'd already have a suspect in custody.
HONDO: Well, you're not leading this team.
You ain't even LAPD.
You're a glorified bodyguard.
So how about you just do your job
and let me do mine?
Serena, you should seriously consider
coming back to HQ. It would be a lot safer.
SANCHEZ: Oh, what if it takes you weeks to catch him?
She just supposed to live at HQ until then?
No, no, no, she's much better off staying here.
All right, this guy ain't coming back.
But if he does, there is no way he's getting through me
or this security system.
She stays.
Okay. If you change your mind,
please call me.
Any time. Day or night.
DEACON: Boyfriend was acting jumpy as hell.
Could be because someone just tried
to kill his girlfriend.
Yeah.
Deacon, you see that Pontiac?
DEACON: Yeah. Could be paparazzi.
Maybe they finally have
caught wind of what happened.
Passenger matches the description
Sanchez gave us of the suspect.
Well, that's a big move, showing up to a crime scene
only a few hours after you kill someone.
And with company?
Call it in.
(police radio static)
30-David to Dispatch.
(engine starts)
Need you to run a plate for me.
Hey, LAPD!
Hold up, stop your engine.
I said stop your engine!
(engine revs)
Get to cover!
Passenger's gone.
Out of the car. On the ground.
Hands behind your back.
Going hands-on.
20-David,
all units be on the lookout for a suspect.
40s, white, dark hair, wearing a black T-shirt,
in the vicinity of Laurel Canyon and Mulholland.
Consider him armed and dangerous.
Any progress IDing the driver we brought in?
Name's Aviv Goldstein. He's Israeli mafia.
Just going through a list of his associates now.
What would Israeli Mafia want with Serena?
Wait. Hold up. Go back.
That's him. I recognize him from the car.
LUCA: Okay, Ari Peretz.
Did a decade in the Israeli army.
Sanchez was right about the military angle.
He just got out of Victorville penitentiary
after doing five years for tax evasion.
Justice Department tried to get him
on a string of other crimes, even a couple of murders,
but couldn't get any of it to stick.
They took a page out of the Al Capone playbook.
Charging him with tax evasion's
the only way to get him off the streets.
That still doesn't explain why he tried to kill Serena.
Wait a minute, whoa, whoa.
Check out Ari's address on the trial paperwork.
That's Serena's address.
He used to live in that house.
Okay, the government must've seized his property
to cover the taxes he owed.
TAN: They did, and then Serena
bought the house last year
after the Justice Department auctioned it off.
So, this isn't about Serena at all.
He's after something inside the house.
He must've not found it the first time,
that's why he came back, to look for it.
Whatever it is, must be pretty important
if he'd take such a big risk.
Okay, we should put surveillance on the house.
If it's that important, he'll probably try a third time.
Yeah, go.
Let's go.
(line ringing)
SANCHEZ: What's up, Deac? Let me guess.
You don't have anyone in custody yet.
We're working on it.
You're starting to sound like a broken record.
Listen, we've ID'd a suspect.
Ari Peretz. Israeli mafia.
He used to own the house that Serena lives in.
We think he's after
something hidden inside.
So not a stalker, then? He's not after Serena?
No, seems not.
Hmm. How'd Hondo take that news?
The point is, we don't think he's gonna quit
until he gets whatever it is he's after inside the house,
so you need to bring her in now.
Look, you should see
the security measures I've put in place.
This house is like Fort Knox.
Yeah, still not as safe as HQ.
All right? Now is not the time
for your pride to get in the way.
Pride?
What are you talking about?
Yours. You're trying to prove
to Hondo that you've got this,
that you don't need SWAT, but a woman's life
is on the line, and yours could be, too,
so for God's sake, Sanchez, try working with us.
Fine. I'll bring her in.
(sighs)
Catching up on a little light stalking?
Ha, ha. No, uh, I had a thought.
We got a name for our suspect now:
Ari Peretz.
But no current address since he was released from prison.
How are creepy long-lens shots
of Serena gonna help find him?
I figured there might be a clue in one of the photos
taken by our stalker buddy, Leo.
I'll give you a hand.
If Ari was staking out the house,
maybe we spot him in a different vehicle
or with someone we can ID.
Sometimes you are more than a pretty face, Street.
Who's this guy with her?
Serena's boyfriend, Cody.
Hondo had me dig into him,
but there's not even
a speeding ticket to the guy's name.
You ever load a heavy-looking duffel
into the trunk of your car at 3:00 am?
Only when I've got a body to get rid of. Why?
Check this out.
Here's Cody loading a bag into his car
in the middle of the night.
And here he is next day.
STREET: 20-year-old Taurus is gone;
in its place, a brand new Lambo.
POWELL: I don't think that's a body in that bag.
Working theory is that Ari left something in the house.
What's the bet it was money?
And what's the bet he now wants it back?
POWELL:
Hey, Deac, we got something.
Cody's bank account? It's in the red.
He hasn't booked an acting gig in months,
but suddenly he's buying Serena a Lamborghini?
Which he paid cash for, by the way.
Ari must've stashed money in the house,
most likely drug money.
The master bathroom was being remodeled.
If the cash was hidden in the walls...
Cody's into DIY, he probably stumbled upon the money
when he was doing the remodel himself.
Explains why Ari had a hammer with him.
Was gonna use it to smash through the wall.
The poor maid got in the way.
Ari would've seen the remodel.
He has to know the money's gone.
He probably suspects Serena has it.
Must want it bad. Couldn't wait till
no one was home to go looking for it.
DEACON: Well, I think I know why.
I spoke to the official in the Justice Department
that handled Ari's murder case.
A new witness came forward.
They're about to issue an arrest warrant.
Ari wants the money so he can get out of Dodge.
DEACON: Yeah. I already called, finally convinced Sanchez
to bring Serena in, but I'm gonna give him
a heads-up, make sure he's on the alert.
And bring Cody in, 'cause if he's not
on Ari's radar already, he will be soon.
SERENA: Cody said he was just running to the hardware store,
and now I can't get through to him.
We can't leave without him.
Just text him.
Tell him to meet us at SWAT HQ.
We got to go.
(cell phone buzzes, Sanchez sighs)
Deac, no need to nag.
We're on our way. We're just leaving now.
DEACON: No, I understand, but there's been
a new development. The suspect...
Was that gunfire?
Sanchez, talk to us.
SANCHEZ: Officer down.
Gray cargo van. License plate
4-P something.
(gunshots)
This is 26-David. Shots fired.
Officer down at Mendez residence.
Drop the gun!
SANCHEZ: One of them's got a, uh,
scar on his neck. Spiderweb tat.
MAN: Drop the gun!
Hey! Let go of me!
SERENA: Please. (screams)
Help!
(call beeps off)
We've got a critically injured cop in the hospital
and Sanchez and Serena out there somewhere,
depending on us to find them, so talk to me.
Where we at with the BOLO on the van that took them?
Well, Sanchez only managed to give us a partial plate,
so I don't know if we'll get lucky.
Their phones have been switched off,
probably discarded, so we can't track them that way.
Working on the ID of the guy with the spiderweb tattoo.
Sanchez said he had a scar on his neck, too,
but it'll be a while to run
these identifiers through the database.
And Cody?
STREET: I called him, he didn't pick up.
I'm triangulating his phone.
HONDO: All right, Street, hurry.
Sanchez and Serena need us.
God only knows what Ari's gonna do
once he knows his money's been spent.
(Serena crying)
MAN: Come on.
(grunting)
(screams)
What do you people even want?
My money.
She knows what I'm talking about.
No, I don't. What money?
SANCHEZ: You've clearly got the wrong person.
Just let her go.
Shut up.
(Serena shrieks)
I had $6 million hidden in the house.
It's gone. Where is it?
$6 million?
I have no idea, I swear. I swear!
SANCHEZ: Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Don't!
She's obviously telling you the truth.
It was hidden in the walls in the bathroom.
Now it's vanished.
Oh... Oh, God.
M-My boyfriend's remodeling the bathroom.
So your boyfriend has my money.
Wait, wait, wait, wait. No! No, no, no, no!
Leave her alone!
(crying)
SANCHEZ: Stop, let her go! No!
Call your boyfriend.
Tell him to bring my money back or you die.
Only if you agree to let us go
once you have it.
Sure.
Hurry up.
Make the call.
(dialing)
(line ringing)
I need to update Hicks on the situation.
Please tell me you've made progress
locating Serena and Sanchez.
I got nothing on the suspect
with the spiderweb tattoo or the van.
STREET: But I got a lock on Cody's phone.
He was at the Lamborghini dealership in Hollywood.
Vandelli's team scooped him up. They're bringing him in now.
All right, I'll question him.
You two stay on the hunt for Serena and Sanchez.
You got to let me go. Please! I got somewhere to be!
Whoa, whoa. Sit down, sit down, sit down.
Hey, we know about the money
that you found at Serena's house, Cody.
Has she tried to contact you?
Do you have any idea where she is?
Look, when the officers caught up with you,
you were at the Lamborghini dealership.
I'm guessing you were trying to return the car
to get your money back.
Except that wasn't your money to begin with,
and the person that belongs to, you do not want to steal from.
We know he's holding Serena and Sanchez hostage.
Where did he tell you to bring the cash?
He said he would kill her if I told you.
LUCA: Cody, look,
we're your only chance at saving Serena.
DEACON: And our guy Sanchez, too,
but we need your help to do that.
Where did he tell you to bring the money?
What time is it?
It's 4:30.
Then it doesn't matter.
It's already too late.
Hey, we don't know that yet.
Cody was supposed to drop $6 million
in a bag at Westside mall five minutes ago.
Ari will probably call him again to find out
why he didn't show up. We could trace it.
Deacon and Luca are already on it.
Might have a hit on the suspect with a spiderweb tattoo.
Isaac Klein. He and Ari were in the same Israeli army unit.
I checked the Border Control database
for anyone who entered the U.S.
in the last year on an Israeli passport.
We got an address for him?
No, but looks like he works in construction supply,
got two warehouses in L.A.
When Serena called him,
Cody heard freeway noise in the background.
Here are the two sites.
One of them's right by the 5.
What are we waiting for? Let's go.
(sniffles)
Your boyfriend didn't show up with my money.
He's probably just stuck in traffic.
Or $6 million is worth more to him than you.
Try him again.
Don't worry, I'll find him.
I just don't need you for that.
You don't want to do this.
I'm a cop.
I'm LAPD SWAT.
That so?
Where's your badge, then?
A cop,
even one moonlighting like a bodyguard,
never leaves home without his badge.
If you kill us, you're never gonna get away with it.
No matter where you go, my buddies will track you down
and make you pay.
I have a plane waiting for me.
Once I find her boyfriend
and get my money back,
I'll vanish.
Your buddies will never find me.
And they won't find you, either.
If you're gonna do this, why don't you, um...
come a little closer...
so you don't miss.
(chuckles)
Serena, down!
Suspect down.
Drop the weapon!
On your knees, hands behind your head.
STREET: Two suspects on the move,
headed for the northwest corner.
Exit's in the other direction.
Street, you good?
STREET: Good!
Stay down! Give me your hand.
Give me your other hand. Suspect in custody.
This is 20-David to Command.
Three suspects in custody, two suspects down.
Let's get you up. You okay?
I got you.
25-David. Serena's safe. We're Code 4 all around.
Let's get you out of here.
Thank you.
SANCHEZ: Hey, 20-David.
Close to the wire there, huh?
Had me a little worried. (chuckles)
But, um...
Thanks. I owe you guys.
Yeah, well, we couldn't have found you
if you hadn't given us those clues.
Teamwork, huh?
Makes the dream work.
(both chuckle)
Yeah.
Hey, uh, Hondo.
I'm glad it was you leading the team.
Anyway... I better move.
Sanchez.
Once a SWAT officer, always a SWAT officer.
Any closer to figuring out
what you're gonna do for your anniversary?
Nope, still beating my head against a wall.
You want my advice,
just spend the weekend in bed together, dude.
That's easy for you to say.
You and Chris are still in the honeymoon phase.
Wait a while, and try living apart for three months.
Kind of kills the romance.
Bonnie's, uh,
she's not away in Atlanta for much longer, is she?
She's stuck working there for another month.
But, you know, between you and me,
it's about more than the distance.
It's like we're living two different lives these days.
She's this top sports agent,
rolling with all these major players now.
Guess I just feel like we're drifting apart.
That's why I'm trying to make this weekend special.
Well, still say a weekend in bed's the answer.
(locker shuts)
Hey, Sanchez. How you doing?
I'm doing all right, man.
I just got back from dropping Serena off with Cody.
Quite a reunion. (chuckles)
Let me tell you, I wish my girlfriend
was that forgiving.
I still don't get how she didn't bat an eye
at the fact that her unemployed boyfriend
bought her a personalized Lamborghini.
He told her he made it big in crypto.
Was a bid to impress her.
He was worried that she'd dump him
now that she was hitting the big time.
Hey, did you figure out
that, uh, anniversary present yet for Bonnie?
I heard the team talking about it.
No. I think I'm gonna buy her roses, take her to dinner.
Mm-hmm. How about, instead of that tired old cliché,
you take her to Serena's premiere?
It's this weekend.
Champagne reception, all the stars will be there.
I can get you VIP access.
Are you serious?
Bonnie could meet Ben what's-his-face.
(laughs): Yeah.
She would love that.
Least I can do for a fellow SWAT officer.
Thanks, Sanchez. I appreciate it.
Yeah, man.
Bonnie, hey. You are not gonna believe this.
I have something really cool planned for this weekend.
Uh, no. Yeah, sure, totally. I get it.
It's a big client. I understand.
Work's got to come first.
Yeah. I'll talk to you later.
(knock on door)
Kelly, what are you doing here?
It's super late.
Your mom know where you're at?
Come on, come on inside. Come.
I'm gonna text her, let her know where you're at.
She's probably worried sick about you.
You said you'd talk to her
and get her to change her mind.
You didn't.
(sighs) Look, I called her,
but I didn't try to talk her out of it.
End of the day, it's your mom's decision, okay?
And if she thinks it's the right one,
then I got to believe that it's the right one.
I know you're scared, okay? Change can be difficult.
I get it. I don't like change much, either.
But I've learned that you can't fight it,
and something good usually comes from it in the end.
You know, like when Street moved the blender.
What?
Or when Chris left the team.
I mean, I thought it would suck,
and the truth is, it did. For a time.
But now we have new people on the team.
New family members.
And it's good.
Look, you're gonna be okay, Kelly.
You're gonna-- You're gonna make tons of new friends,
you're gonna be right by the beach.
There's a super cool
surf break I've been reading about.
I'll come down, visit, finally teach you how to surf.
Really?
Yeah, I promise.
Okay? We'll catch some waves, then we'll go
to a café by the beach afterwards
and have some breakfast, you know?
Maybe I'll even
get an acai bowl for a change.
(gasps mockingly) Okay.
Don't forget about that dog.
I know you really want one.
You've been begging your mom for years
to get a puppy.
Yeah, I do really want a dog.
Dog, acai bowl, surfing.
Oh, my God, it's gonna be awesome.
(laughs)
Promise.
Okay, let's get you home.
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