The Rookie - Season 3 Episode 6
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00:01Previously on The Rookies
00:02I'm gonna give you my car.
00:03What's the catch?
00:04You have to keep checking in with me until you're off the street or no deal.
00:07Thanks.
00:09I am hereby placing you under administrative leave, gun and badge.
00:12Guys like Doug Stanton should not be training our next generation.
00:15If you had your college degree you would be able to be T.O. in two years.
00:19Looks like I'm going back to school.
00:24Thanks for letting me do my laundry here.
00:26I swear my cousin's dryer is possessed.
00:29Anytime.
00:30Plus, it means I get to make sure you have a vegetable this month.
00:35I told you, all the cool kids are getting scurvy.
00:38Listen, I have to write a paper for school about gender roles in the workplace.
00:43And I'm supposed to interview someone who's working a job that was traditionally considered male.
00:47And you want to interview me?
00:52If you're not busy.
00:53I would be honored.
00:54If you're gonna make this weird I'll just ask someone else.
00:56No, I'm in. We can do it after dinner tonight.
00:59I still have to get the questions together.
01:01Okay, well, how about tomorrow night? I could pick you up after my shift.
01:04I should be done on time for once.
01:07My sergeant has us doing site security for the CCOA convention.
01:11It's the California Covert Operators Association.
01:14Undercover cops have a convention?
01:16Yeah, at a hotel, if you can believe it.
01:18And it's advertised on their website, so.
01:21Sounds like the opposite of covert.
01:23Yeah, that's what I said, but I guess it's a space for them to share trade secrets.
01:27And party on the city's dime.
01:29While we make sure no bad guys get close enough to ID an undercover cop.
01:32Well, sadly, I'll be missing the fun because I'll be working the community policing center with Smitty tomorrow.
01:38Only ten more days until no more teals.
01:44Hey, I thought you were starting college classes tonight.
01:47I'm actually just about to head into my ethics and criminal law class.
01:50But I'm having second thoughts about identifying myself as a police officer.
01:54I mean, I should, right?
01:56Yeah, you do.
01:57No, that's not helpful.
01:58Why shouldn't you?
01:59Because it'll isolate him right away.
02:01You think I introduced myself as homeless at school?
02:03Unless you want the class to be about you.
02:05I'd keep your head down and blend in.
02:07Good evening, I'm Professor Ryan, and this is ethics and criminal justice.
02:12Now tell me, what do those words make you think?
02:15That the two don't go together.
02:18Why?
02:19Because the criminal justice system is inherently biased, designed to punish poor people and people of color.
02:25Okay, so if that's a problem, what is a solution?
02:27Defund the police, for starters.
02:29Anyone disagree?
02:31Uh, well, I don't think it's quite that simple, just defunding the police.
02:35Defunding doesn't mean get rid of cops.
02:37It means stop prioritizing them over people they're supposed to serve.
02:40No, I appreciate that, and I agree.
02:42I think a lot more money needs to be invested in communities,
02:45but it will take time for those investments to affect any real change.
02:49If we drastically cut policing before that happens, it would leave people unprotected.
02:54It can't be worse than it is now.
02:56Sure it can't.
02:58Don't you agree?
03:00Oh, I'm not here to agree or to pick sides.
03:02Ethics are often at odds with the law.
03:04What's right and what is legal are very often all too different.
03:08And that tension is what we are here to explore.
03:11And it is going to get uncomfortable.
03:14So y'all better strap in.
03:26By then, the class had ended, and I still hadn't identified myself.
03:30Did I make a mistake?
03:31I can't answer that for you.
03:33As a cop, you have to judge social situations on a case-by-case basis.
03:36I just hate the feeling like I'm hiding something.
03:38All of these people can't be undercover cops, can they?
03:41Okay, so think of the undercover world like high school, right?
03:44So first you have your UCs.
03:45They are like the star quarterbacks.
03:47No undercover operation can happen without them, and they know it.
03:50They take the most risk, and they reap the most reward.
03:52Really?
03:53They get laid a lot.
03:55Then you have your case officers.
03:57They're like the debate team.
03:58They think they're smarter than everyone else,
04:00and they see themselves as puppet masters who use UCs as just a tool in their kit.
04:04I'm guessing they don't get laid near as much.
04:06Correct.
04:07Then you have your tech squad.
04:08They're like the hackers.
04:09They basically are smarter than everyone else,
04:11but they have a real criminal streak.
04:13They commit legal burglaries and break-ins, planting cameras and bugs.
04:16Finally, you have your freshmen.
04:18They're easily identifiable just off patrol,
04:20still at that awkward stage of trying to let their hair grow out where their mullet adjacent.
04:25So you were a star quarterback.
04:27Oh, baby.
04:28I was the Heisman Trophy.
04:30All right, thanks. You're good to go.
04:33Hey, do you work the convention every year?
04:35No, Ellie hasn't hosted one in a long time.
04:37But I did go with Isabel once.
04:38What kind of classes do they teach?
04:39No idea.
04:40Patrol isn't allowed to know UC trade secrets.
04:43So I just ordered room service.
04:44Worked on my tan.
04:49I'm a hack.
04:50You bastard.
04:51You get prettier with age.
04:53Yeah, and you're still the same part Neanderthal.
04:55Lucy Chen, Mac Daniels.
04:57Hey, how are you?
04:58Hi, nice to meet you.
04:59Beth, how are the kids?
05:00Oh, this is actually my friend Candace.
05:02Hi, Max Wright.
05:04You are pretty.
05:06Uh, Chen, why don't you go and get Candace's info?
05:08Yeah.
05:09Mac, come on over here, bud.
05:11Uh-oh.
05:12Am I in trouble?
05:15You want to run around on Beth, that's your business.
05:17But did you really expect me not to notice?
05:19Notice what?
05:20Your pupils, man.
05:21Their pinpoints.
05:22You're looking 550.
05:23What do you want?
05:24It's just a little oxy.
05:25Okay.
05:26Relax, I got a prescription.
05:27Jacked up my shoulder on the job about a month back.
05:30Pains of a mother.
05:31Mac, I got a spa appointment.
05:35I gotta go.
05:36It's good seeing you, bro.
05:37Yeah, you too.
05:45He seems nice.
05:47Yeah, believe it or not,
05:48he used to be the most clean-cut guy I ever met.
05:53James, it's good to see you.
05:54Am I still on for Aaron and Michael tutoring tomorrow night?
05:57Just Aaron.
05:58Michael has drama club.
06:00That boy's such a hand.
06:01I love it.
06:02Who's this?
06:03This is Silas.
06:04Silas.
06:05Good to meet you.
06:06I'm Jackson, and this is Smitty.
06:08Jackson.
06:09Last name West.
06:10Fax number, please, for my records.
06:123-3-3-5-6.
06:14Fax number?
06:162-8-7-1-7.
06:19First name, please.
06:20Smitty's sufficient.
06:21Silas is the eyes and ears of the neighborhood.
06:23He does a daily patrol,
06:24gives me a heads-up on problems they need fixing.
06:27Anything we should know about?
06:28Well, city sanitation neglected to empty the dumpster
06:30in front of Mateo's Deli.
06:31That will attract rodents.
06:32And the cadet blue 1978 Dodge Aspen
06:34is blocking Sally Nelson's driveway,
06:36and she has work at 10.
06:37Kid would make a good CI.
06:39Forget it.
06:40Silas is here because he wants to help his neighbors,
06:42not make it easier for you to hassle them.
06:44Of course.
06:45That's not what we're looking for.
06:47Look, I can call the city
06:48and have them tow away the Aspen so Sally can get to work.
06:51Is there anything else we can help you with?
06:52Um, I've actually made a list of potholes,
06:54and they can cause accidents, car damage.
06:56But the Bureau of Street Services
06:58doesn't return my telephone calls.
07:00Smitty, doesn't your uncle work for city services?
07:03Ah, Artie, yes.
07:05Guy is such a slacker.
07:07Can you call him about the potholes?
07:10No.
07:12I owe money.
07:13Okay, fine.
07:14Give me the number, and I'll call.
07:15You really think there could be trouble at this convention?
07:18Absolutely.
07:19Criminals would kill to infiltrate this place.
07:21The damage that undercover operations do
07:23to their business is incredible.
07:26June!
07:27Are you here?
07:28Oh, good.
07:29You're at the convention.
07:30I'm scheduled to teach a seminar this morning,
07:32but I can't get there.
07:33Can you fill in for me?
07:34It's the same class you used to teach.
07:36You could do it in your sleep.
07:37I can't.
07:38I'm working security.
07:39Please.
07:40You still owe me from the Auburn Bakersfield,
07:42and you know I wouldn't ask if I didn't have to.
07:44Go ahead.
07:45I got this covered.
07:46Go ahead.
07:47Okay.
07:48Uh, sure.
07:49Thanks.
07:50I'll text you the details.
07:51You are the best.
07:53What's the seminar on?
07:54Women make up just 12% of law enforcement.
07:58But they are attacked almost twice as often
08:00as male officers.
08:02And yet, male officers are three times more likely
08:06to fire their weapon,
08:07they are three times more likely to get injured
08:10while on duty,
08:11and they make up 95% of citizen complaints.
08:15Which begs the question,
08:16are women just better cops?
08:18Oh, you better believe it.
08:21You're not supposed to be listening.
08:23Why?
08:24Because I don't trust patrol
08:25with all their secret squirrel stuff?
08:27It doesn't matter why.
08:28Rules are rules,
08:29and I'm already on thin ice,
08:30so I'm out of here.
08:31The seminar today is about being a female undercover cop
08:34and the unique risks that that poses.
08:36Now, I will warn you,
08:37this is not going to be an easy ride.
08:39Some of what you're about to see is hard to watch.
08:43But if we can learn from the UCs
08:46who died in the early 2000s,
08:48if we can learn from the UCs who died in these videos,
08:51then maybe we can save some lives.
08:54Are you with me?
08:56All right, here we are.
08:58So, yeah.
09:01Jen.
09:02Yes.
09:03I thought you were running to the bathroom.
09:04I was.
09:05I am.
09:06Sorry.
09:13Next time he calls about potholes,
09:14take it seriously, okay?
09:16I work with Smitty.
09:17Yeah.
09:18No, no.
09:19I won't tell him that.
09:21Because it's disgusting.
09:23No! No!
09:24No! No!
09:25No!
09:26No!
09:29My baby is in the back!
09:30Seven out of seven carjacking.
09:31Suspect headed westbound on 4th near Waverly.
09:33I'm on foot.
09:34I need any unit in the area.
09:35No!
09:36No!
09:39No!
09:47Watch your back! Watch your back!
09:52I guess you didn't need that assist after all.
09:54You're...
09:55A cop on a horse?
09:57Yep.
09:58Any other suspects?
09:59No.
10:00Can you watch him?
10:01I think he said her baby was in the car.
10:08Ma'am, is that your baby?
10:10Yeah.
10:12I'm sorry.
10:14So you were spying on one of the seminars?
10:16No.
10:19Maybe a little bit.
10:20I mean, what's the big deal?
10:21I'm a cop, too.
10:22The likelihood of patrol officers getting fired
10:24or flaming out are much higher than ranked officers.
10:26The information and tactics the CCOA present
10:28are so unique and so sensitive
10:30that they are literally on a need-to-know basis.
10:33Got it?
10:35Yeah.
10:36Tim?
10:37Beth.
10:38I'm here to surprise Mac.
10:39He's barely been home the last three months.
10:41I bet.
10:42Undercover work's a full-time gig.
10:44Is he here yet?
10:47Yeah.
10:48He rolled through a few hours ago.
10:49It's great seeing you.
10:50You, too.
10:53Seriously?
10:54You're not going to give her a heads-up?
10:56No way I'm getting in the middle of that.
10:59Tim, check this out.
11:01What is it?
11:02I don't know.
11:04Tim, check this out.
11:06Those cars belong to the undercover cops.
11:08Well, they'll have switched out license plates
11:10so criminals can't ID them,
11:11but you can't cover the VIN numbers.
11:13If he gets those numbers, he'll be able to identify them.
11:16Gun, back pocket.
11:17Hey!
11:18Police!
11:19Hold up!
11:30All units, be advised we have a perimeter breach.
11:32White male, blue ball cap, grey jacket, blue jeans.
11:34Made it in through the south rear door.
11:36Armed with a handgun.
11:37Maybe targeting police.
11:40He won't get far.
11:41Pugtail's on lockdown,
11:42and his description just went up to 200 armed police officers.
11:45Really, he's trapped in here with us.
11:48Yeah, that description's useless now.
11:51Be advised, our suspect no longer has on a ball cap or jacket,
11:55which means we are searching for a white guy in blue jeans.
12:03Do you see that?
12:04Yeah, that could be our guy.
12:05Could just be a twitcher.
12:06You see, they're hardwired to avoid uniformed cops.
12:09You think you can tell if he's a cop just by talking to him?
12:12Is that a challenge?
12:13Yep.
12:16How's it going?
12:19Here for the convention?
12:21I'm not really supposed to say.
12:23That's a yes.
12:24I'd kill to work undercover.
12:25God, me too.
12:26You must have the best stories.
12:28Nah.
12:29Oh, come on. Give us one.
12:30I've only been a year on the job.
12:31I've never seen any real action.
12:33All right, well, this one time, a couple years back,
12:36I get in with this biker gang,
12:38and we're moving a hell ton of smack.
12:40Now, the buyer, he smells a rat,
12:42and suddenly I got six sawed-off shotties right to my grill.
12:45They wanted me to try the batch, make sure it wasn't bunk.
12:48What did you do?
12:49And I got high as the Hindenburg and came down just as messy.
12:52Sorry, wrong answer.
12:54Undercover cops don't behave like characters in movies.
12:57You chase the drugs, your case, your career.
13:01Nice shot.
13:03Suspect in custody.
13:05Thanks for the assist.
13:06Ah, no problem.
13:07I was giving a talk at the local elementary school.
13:09Yeah, I gotta admit,
13:11I've actually never seen a cop on a horse before.
13:13Well, not out on the street, anyway.
13:15It's weird.
13:16You must have been looking in the wrong direction.
13:18Yeah, well, I'm a cop.
13:20Officer Jackson West.
13:21Badge number 33356.
13:24What's up, Silas?
13:25I don't know him.
13:26This is Officer Young.
13:27Isaac.
13:28Badge number 29196.
13:30And this here's Ruby,
13:31official police horse of the West Adams Mountain Patrol.
13:34Does she have a badge number?
13:35No, but she lives in stall number 11.
13:37House Patrol, is there anything else we can do?
13:40Actually,
13:43a sprinkler head at Edgewood Park, Brooklyn,
13:47a sprinkler head at Edgewood Park broke off,
13:50and it's spraying the swings.
13:51Okay, well, I am on it.
13:53It's nice to meet you.
13:54Hey, you too.
13:58You two are looking at each other funny.
14:01I am his wife!
14:03Open the damn door!
14:04He doesn't want to see you!
14:05Max!
14:06I'm done, can you hear me?
14:07You're never gonna see your sons again!
14:09What's going on? You okay?
14:10Max in there with some stripper whore.
14:12He's wasted out of his butt.
14:15What's going on?
14:16Nothing, we're just hanging out.
14:17Get Max, I need to see him.
14:18No, he's sleeping.
14:19I think, I don't know, he won't talk to me.
14:21Open the door!
14:22No, I can't.
14:23Open!
14:24Back up!
14:27Max!
14:30He's not breathing.
14:31What did you do?
14:32Nothing, we were just partying.
14:34Patrol 7919, send an RA to the Guston Hotel,
14:369212 West 6th Street, room 623, adult male, possible OT.
14:45Come on, Max.
14:47Come on, wake up, Max.
14:49Tim, dark hand.
15:02You're alright, man.
15:03You're alright, I'm here.
15:04Okay, that's here.
15:05You're okay, love.
15:06Now try and sit up.
15:07Max, Max.
15:09I can't do this anymore.
15:11Wait, wait.
15:12Come back, I love you.
15:13You said I was the one you loved.
15:19Okay, tell me the truth.
15:22Did working the convention as a patrol officer feel like a demotion?
15:25At first, yes.
15:26But then, I don't know, I got a contact anxiety high.
15:30I do not miss the constant fear and the lying so much
15:33you don't know what the truth is.
15:35Hey!
15:36I know you.
15:41Victor, right?
15:43Hey, how you doing?
15:44Victor's in my ethics class.
15:46You're a cop.
15:47I can see why you might think that.
15:49But to be fair, this uniform could also mean I'm a male stripper.
15:52Whoa, what's all that for?
15:53To show everyone in class we got a narc inside.
15:56Victor.
15:57Hey, that's a little harsh.
15:59Victor!
16:01Well, can't wait to hear how class goes.
16:09Hey.
16:11Were you trying to kill yourself?
16:13God, Bradford, no.
16:15Okay, then what the hell were you thinking?
16:17You told me you were taking Oxy because you were injured.
16:19I was.
16:20I am.
16:22It was a mistake.
16:23A mistake?
16:24Yeah.
16:25You downed opioids with whiskey.
16:27That's not pain management.
16:28That is the problem.
16:29I know.
16:31I screwed up, okay?
16:32Yeah.
16:33I was just trying to push through the pain and keep working.
16:36It got away from me.
16:37You know how it is.
16:38I do.
16:40And I know addicts lie so much they don't know what's true anymore.
16:42Hey, I am not your ex-wife.
16:44Really?
16:45Because from where I'm standing, you look exactly like Isabel.
16:47Look, I'm not going to make the same mistake I did with her.
16:49You are going into a program tomorrow.
16:54You can't keep doing this to your family, Mac.
16:57I know.
16:58I know.
16:59I will.
17:01I promise.
17:11Ew.
17:12Hi.
17:13Mm-hmm.
17:14So you know we're going to have to talk about it, right?
17:16Look, it was a momentary lapse in judgment,
17:20and Tim has already scolded me for listening in,
17:22but I've got to say, um,
17:24what I heard at your seminar was amazing.
17:28I was a little rusty, but thank you.
17:30Listen, I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do
17:33once I'm eligible to test,
17:35and I think I could be really good at undercover work.
17:39I would love to pick your brain sometime.
17:41Not about tactics,
17:42just what I should focus on to prepare for the job.
17:46I actually, I have time for drinks right now if you want.
17:51Yeah, great.
17:52Right now?
17:53No, no.
17:54I have a homework thing with Tamara.
17:57She won't mind if we do it a little bit later.
17:59Let me just give her a call.
18:02Hey, it's me.
18:04Are we cool if we do the interview a little bit later tonight?
18:07Is 9 o'clock too late for you?
18:09Okay, great. I will see you then.
18:12I am all yours.
18:14Hey, you know you owe me big time, right?
18:17Yeah, but can we keep my tab open?
18:19I could use another assist.
18:20I was about to go out for drinks with a colleague of mine,
18:23Lucy Chen.
18:24Hey.
18:25I'm in a bind.
18:26Look, the real reason I couldn't make the convention today
18:28is because I spotted a tail on my way down from Sacramento.
18:31Who?
18:32I think it's the buyer in this op I've been running.
18:34They're sniffing around a big batch of liquid fentanyl I'm selling.
18:36And you think they're on to you?
18:38I think there's a lot of money in play and they're paranoid as hell.
18:41Are they still surveilling you?
18:42Yeah, I couldn't lose them.
18:44I think they put a tracker on my car.
18:46Look, I'm at the Smokehouse in Burbank,
18:48but my whole team's up in San Jose.
18:50What are you driving?
18:51Black Mustang GT.
18:52They know me as Coco.
18:53Alright, I'm on my way.
18:55Sorry, I'm gonna have to call Gray now.
18:57We're gonna have to take a rain check on our drinks.
18:59Literally.
19:01Unless you want to come with.
19:07Narc?
19:09Hey, there's no call for that.
19:11At least let me explain first.
19:12Explain what?
19:13That he's a cop.
19:14Yeah, I know.
19:15What do you mean you know?
19:16Well, I saw it on his application when he signed up for my class.
19:20And you didn't tell us?
19:21Oh, it wasn't my decision to make.
19:23How can you say that?
19:24Cops have been spying on people like us for 200 years.
19:27He could be taking this class to get close to us.
19:29To get into LULAC or Black Lives Matter.
19:31Oh, I'm not undercover.
19:33I'm actually just a rookie.
19:34Dude, stop lying.
19:35I'm not.
19:38Two years ago, I was working construction back east.
19:41I moved out here to join the police and make a difference.
19:44I'm actually taking this class to finally get my degree.
19:48It's true.
19:49I read his transcript.
19:51Plus, do you really think the LAPD is gonna send a 40-something year old white guy to infiltrate BLM?
19:56Come on now.
19:57Probably not.
19:58He still should have told us he's a cop.
20:01Who here thinks that John is ethically obligated to identify himself?
20:05I do.
20:07Why?
20:08This is supposed to be a safe space.
20:10What if one of us admitted to a crime in the middle of a discussion?
20:13Well, then you'd be stupid.
20:15There are no truly safe spaces.
20:17I mean, certainly not in a college classroom.
20:19Believe it or not, I was wrestling with whether or not to tell you last night.
20:24And honestly, I still don't know what the right decision is.
20:28Okay, well, let's explore that further.
20:30I want everyone in here to write a five-page essay.
20:33Tell me why or why not you think that John had an ethical obligation to tell us he's a cop.
20:47There's June's car.
20:59Come on.
21:08Trapper.
21:09What's the plan?
21:10You go in, find June.
21:12Remember, her undercover name is Coco.
21:14She's a friend in town.
21:15Buy her a drink.
21:16Chat her up.
21:17I will hang back and try and spot who her tails are.
21:20Okay.
21:21You up for this?
21:22Hell yeah.
21:26Coco?
21:27Hey.
21:28Hey.
21:31Harper found a tracker outside.
21:32We think they're here.
21:33Yeah, I know.
21:34One's at your four o'clock.
21:35Haven't spotted his backup yet.
21:40Hey, honey.
21:41Can I get you something?
21:42Yeah, sure.
21:43I will have what she's having.
21:44Do you want another one?
21:45Sure.
21:46Make it three.
21:49Coco.
21:50Hey, what a coincidence seeing you all the way down here.
21:53Like hell.
21:54You followed me.
21:55We got a lot of money on the line with this deal,
21:57so we need to be very careful.
21:59A lot of people in this business, you know,
22:02they don't have integrity.
22:04Yeah, because you're just filled with integrity,
22:06aren't you, Sato?
22:09Oh, you say my name in front of someone that I don't know?
22:12What is wrong with you?
22:14No, what's wrong with you?
22:15No one asked you to sit.
22:19Who is this bitch?
22:20Oh, you just killed yourself.
22:22I'm looking at an empty chair right there.
22:26Then who's going to conduct the hydrogenation process?
22:29Who's going to perform the molecular synthesis
22:31to get the acid tables balanced?
22:32You get that wrong, you're going to have buyers with brain bleed.
22:35You're the chemist.
22:38She's the chemist.
22:39Yeah, she is.
22:40Now back off.
22:42And tell your boss the price just went up 5%
22:44for the lack of trust.
22:45Oh, I don't think so.
22:47Let's take a walk and talk about this
22:49somewhere a little more private.
22:55We're going to go for a little ride.
22:57Think about why I got such a bad feeling about you.
23:03These guys are cops.
23:04They put a tracker on your car.
23:06Got a bad feeling about me, huh?
23:08Hey, we're not cops.
23:10You want me to do them here or take them to the farm?
23:12Hey, you got to believe me.
23:14Coco, you know me.
23:15Then what's with the tracker?
23:16Salonga wanted you surveilled
23:18in case you guys try to rip us off.
23:20I swear.
23:21Look, we want this deal to happen.
23:23We need this deal to happen, okay?
23:25We just want her to make sure.
23:27Well, now you are.
23:28But the price just went up 10%.
23:30Consider it a tax for kissing me off.
23:32Salonga, you ain't going to go for that.
23:34Then this is goodbye.
23:35I got plenty of other buyers.
23:36Okay, okay, okay.
23:37I'll make it happen.
23:38But she comes too.
23:40At that price, I want her to test the product in front of us
23:43to make sure that it's pure.
23:44Forget it.
23:45No, she doesn't go out, I'll buy.
23:46What?
23:47No, I'll go.
23:48I've already spent my share of the money in my head.
23:51I'll call you on this phone with the new location.
23:53And you better pick up on the first ring.
23:55Now, piss off.
23:58Come on.
23:59I'm sorry.
24:00I'm sorry.
24:01I'm sorry.
24:02I'm sorry.
24:03I'm sorry.
24:04I'm sorry.
24:05I'm sorry.
24:06Come on.
24:17I can't believe we just did that.
24:19You want me to do them here or take them to the farm?
24:21You are so badass.
24:23Wait, how much do you know about opioid chemistry?
24:25I mean, just what they taught me at the academy.
24:27But I got straight A's in high school chemistry, so.
24:29Then you're going to have some homework to do.
24:34What time is it?
24:37Hey.
24:38I'm so sorry.
24:40It's cool.
24:41No, it's not.
24:43Drinks turned into this undercover thing, which was super cool.
24:46But not the point.
24:48Look, there's no excuse for me leaving you hanging.
24:52Can you do the interview now?
24:53Or tonight?
24:54What does your paper do?
24:55It's fine.
24:56The drunk lady across the hall used to be a luchadora.
24:59I'll just ask her.
25:00What?
25:01Mexican wrestler.
25:02No, no.
25:03Look, give me another chance.
25:05Okay?
25:06Tonight.
25:07I promise I'll be there.
25:09Okay.
25:10Sure.
25:11Now I gotta get to school.
25:13Okay.
25:18You get my report on Mac Daniels?
25:20Yeah, I did.
25:23Are you sure this is the way you want things to go?
25:26He'll get fired.
25:27Might do jail time.
25:28Mac didn't get hurt a month ago.
25:30He got hurt six months ago.
25:31He's deep into an addiction and he's walking around with a loaded gun.
25:35And sir, it's not just that.
25:36I went back to his hotel room.
25:38There were prescription bottles with other people's names on them.
25:41He could be doing anything to get those pills.
25:43Cops have to be held to a higher standard.
25:45Anything less, all hell breaks loose.
25:47I agree.
25:48I just wanted to make sure you saw the repercussions.
25:52He's going to lose his pension.
25:53Yeah.
25:55I struggled with that.
25:58But it's what I should have done with Isabel.
26:01Alright.
26:03So, one more thing.
26:04Chin's going on a special assignment today.
26:06She'll be joining Harper on an undercover operation.
26:09This is Sergeant June Jang of Fresno PD.
26:12We are going to help out on her op today.
26:15Appreciate the assistance, guys.
26:17I'm June the UC.
26:18My case officer, Lieutenant Belasco, who is not nearly as mean and awful as he looks.
26:23For the last eight months, I have been up on a crew out of San Jose
26:26who made banks selling precursors of liquid fentanyl.
26:29But they got greedy.
26:30Tried to go from selling the parts to making and selling the finished product.
26:34But their lab blew up.
26:35Killing their chemist and destroying their entire supply,
26:37leaving them with no product and a lot of pissed off buyers.
26:40Which is when I swooped in.
26:42Promising enough product to satisfy all their customers and then some.
26:45But last night, all our hard work almost fell apart
26:48until the quick thinking of Officer Chen saved my ass.
26:52Chen, stand up so they can see what you're wearing.
26:54Yeah.
26:55The op today is simple.
26:56Trade drugs for cash.
26:58Then arrest everybody and try to get them to flip on Aldo Salonga, their boss.
27:02All right. You have your assignment.
27:04Everyone in position by 10 a.m.
27:08What the hell are you doing?
27:09You can't pit an untrained probationary officer
27:11against one of the most dangerous crime syndicates in California.
27:14I don't want to hear it, Tim. She volunteered.
27:16Plus, Gray authorized it.
27:17And we have some of the best operational expertise you could ask for.
27:21But they know the gladiator cage you're walking into.
27:24You don't.
27:25That's not volunteering.
27:26It's being used.
27:29Hey, don't let Bradford kill your confidence, okay?
27:32His hang-ups about UC work are his to deal with, not yours.
27:36I kind of hoped that he would be proud of me.
27:38Wow, that sounds stupid when I say it out loud.
27:41No, it doesn't. He's your training officer.
27:44He's gotten you this far.
27:45There's nothing wrong with wanting his approval.
27:47And for what it's worth, you've got mine.
27:49You handled yourself like a pro last night.
27:52Those instincts can't be taught.
27:53Thanks.
27:54Hey, I need your help.
27:56Somebody hurt Silas. Come on.
28:02I came by this morning. I found him like this.
28:04He won't say what happened.
28:06Silas.
28:08Look, Officer West is here.
28:10Hey, Silas.
28:11Looks like it hurts.
28:13Did you, uh, crash your bike?
28:16Did someone hurt you?
28:19Where is your bike?
28:20It's okay. You can talk to us.
28:22If anything happened, let us help.
28:25I called his mother. She's on her way back from work now.
28:28Okay, well, in the meantime, Silas, come back to the center and we'll get those wounds cleaned up, alright?
28:34Yeah, I'm never going back there.
28:36What? Why?
28:39Look, uh, I'm sorry to hear that.
28:42Look, do you mind if I borrow your notebook?
28:44Finish up your patrol for you.
28:48I'll, uh, bring it back. Promise.
28:53Hey, can you, uh, can you stay with him?
28:56Yeah.
28:58Hey, yeah, it's, uh, Jackson West.
29:01Are you still working in the area?
29:16Control, 7 Adam 7. Show us code 6.
29:19Solid 6.
29:20Solid 6.
29:22Silas' last entry was a broken streetlight at this address. Something happened.
29:25Check it out.
29:36The bike.
29:43Police!
29:46What?
29:47Sir, we need to talk to you about this bike over here and what happened to the young man who was riding it.
29:53Sir, open the door right now.
29:55He's running.
30:01Nothing.
30:05Show yourself now!
30:17Now, Bobby, who's tonight's first soon-to-be winner?
30:20Sam, this is Miss Donna McGee from Atherton, Ohio.
30:23Hello.
30:24Now, Bobby, who do we have playing on the phone?
30:26Miss Carly Donna, mail tag fast, then we'll...
30:28Get out of my house!
30:31Get out of my house!
30:32Just get out of it, I said!
30:34Hey! Hey! Come on! Come on!
30:38Ow! He was spying on me!
30:41I saw him. Outside. Writing things about me.
30:43Saying I'm crazy. I'm not crazy!
30:45He was just a kid. He was staring at a broken streetlight. You didn't have to hurt him.
30:48Liar! Liar! I taught him. I taught him. I taught him!
31:03I know you're worried about Lucy.
31:05Who said I was worried?
31:06I'm saying she can handle herself.
31:09I know she can. I trained her.
31:12You go on in, please.
31:15Alright, uh, let's go over this one more time.
31:18So long as crew arrives, you test the fentanyl, give them a show,
31:22we get the money, they get this van, and then boom, strike team takes them down.
31:26Walk in the park.
31:28And if not...
31:30We make some noise until the cavalry arrives.
31:34You wanna go over the signals again?
31:36Yeah. Workhorse means we're in trouble, and beautiful day, we're all good.
31:41Lucy.
31:43Are you all good?
31:44Yeah. Yes.
31:46You know, if you're not nervous, you're not human.
31:48Okay, so use this to your advantage.
31:51Be scared. Be wild. Be unpredictable.
31:55Be a cobra.
32:02Can I ask you a question?
32:04No.
32:05What's your formula for when you tell people you're a police officer and have to do life?
32:08I try not to put myself in social situations where I need to.
32:11Right. It's just that I got outed as a cop in my criminal law class,
32:15and there's some pretty strong feelings that I should have been upfront about it.
32:18You did the right thing keeping it a secret.
32:20Now you gotta sit in the back row, always have your eyes on the door.
32:23Why?
32:25Because they know you're a cop now, which means they know you carry an off-duty weapon.
32:28Someone may try to take it from you, or maybe just attack you because they hate cops.
32:31All due respect, I can't live my life like that.
32:34Are we being suspicious of people, seeing the world as dangerous?
32:38The world is dangerous. Being vigilant is the price of admission.
32:46It's go time.
32:53Let's do this!
32:54Where's the money?
32:55First things first. I want to test the shipment.
33:04Let's go.
33:35Hard positives on every scale. When's the last time you saw that?
33:38Never. There's nothing available at this pier.
33:41Now let's see the cash.
33:44We're in business.
33:48Who the hell is that?
33:50We've got another guest at the party. Stand by for rescue.
33:52If this is a setup, you're the first to go.
33:54Relax. It's just my boss.
33:59And he wants to talk.
34:02And he wants to talk to you.
34:09Good morning.
34:12My apologies for last night. Sato overstepped.
34:16It won't happen again.
34:20Come in and talk to me.
34:22Why?
34:24A monkey can be taught to test for drugs.
34:27Or a cop.
34:30I need to see that you really know the science.
34:33Why are we going in there and arresting everybody?
34:36We need to see the money first.
34:42What the hell? It's a beautiful day. Nothing's going to go wrong.
34:53Don't concern yourself with him.
34:55It's a little hard not to.
34:59Okay, stop trying to scare me and just tell me what we're doing here.
35:02Simple.
35:04I know a little chemistry.
35:07The hydromorphone hydrochloride you're selling.
35:11Remind me of the formula.
35:18If he makes a mistake, put a bullet in his brain.
35:21I'll leave sodium metab by sulfite.
35:25It's because of this trace by-product.
35:29That's why I thank you for not giving it to me.
35:35You speak Tagalog?
35:37My best friend in elementary school grew up in Quezon City.
35:40I basically lived at her house.
35:43I picked up a little bit.
35:48Problem?
35:50Nope.
35:52I just have a flair for the dramatic.
35:56Okay, are we done?
35:58I like you.
36:00So I have an offer.
36:02I kill Coco and the other one.
36:05You keep half the money.
36:08Come work for me.
36:14Betrayal's not really my style, but I'm flattered by the offer.
36:18Can we finish the deal now?
36:22Yes.
36:25Let's go.
36:27Let's go.
36:51Now that's sexy.
36:58Weapons down!
37:00Weapons down on the ground right now!
37:02Put your hands behind your head!
37:04Interlace your fingers now!
37:06Hands behind your head.
37:08Do not move.
37:10You okay?
37:12Son of a bitch!
37:14You set us up, you bitch!
37:16You're dead, you hear me?
37:18You're dead!
37:20This brings back some memories.
37:22First day together.
37:24All right.
37:27Come on.
37:35He did good.
37:50Beth.
37:52Hey. You okay?
37:54Tim Bradford.
37:56My hero and savior.
37:58I didn't have a choice.
38:00The hell you didn't.
38:02When your coked-out ex-wife was working undercover,
38:04you had all kinds of options.
38:06Now, all of a sudden, your hands are tied.
38:08Hypocritical bastard.
38:10I can't excuse the past, okay?
38:13But this is now, and Mac crossed too many lines.
38:16I have three young kids
38:18and a husband who is looking at years in state prison
38:21and no more pension.
38:23How am I supposed to feed my kids?
38:26I'm sorry this happened,
38:29but I didn't do it to you.
38:31Mac did.
38:33You are a cop.
38:35You're supposed to look out for your own.
38:39Hey.
38:41You got to be kidding me.
38:43What's so funny?
38:49Wow.
38:51So, what do we do now?
38:53Let the kid choose.
38:55You know he's going to choose mine, right?
38:57You want to prove me wrong?
38:59No.
39:01You want to prove me wrong?
39:03No.
39:05You want to prove me wrong?
39:07You want to put money on that?
39:09How about dinner?
39:11Oh, no. I heard you had a boyfriend.
39:13The actor.
39:15Doing a little background on me, huh?
39:17Well, that boyfriend is no more.
39:20Long story.
39:22I look forward to hearing about it over dinner.
39:28Hey.
39:31You know we don't have class tonight, right?
39:34Right. I-I just... I needed some help.
39:36I'm not going to write your paper for you.
39:38No, no. I was hoping maybe you could tell me what to write.
39:41I spent the last two days talking to cops
39:43about whether I should have identified myself,
39:45and the answers have ranged from probably not to no way.
39:48But I am struggling
39:51with how betrayed my classmates felt.
39:54So I just need a little outside perspective.
39:59You should have said something.
40:01I'm sure there are a dozen reasons
40:03why cops think that your job is a need-to-know thing,
40:05but come on, it's 2021.
40:07You guys have a hell of a lot to make up for.
40:10So you want to win back trust?
40:12You got to assume a higher level of responsibility.
40:15You got to go the extra mile every single time.
40:18You think I have a chance to mend some fences here?
40:21Yeah. I do.
40:23Everyone in this classroom wants to change the system.
40:26And they're driven by hope and a ton of anger.
40:30But hope is what keeps them moving forward.
40:33So if they see that you're serious about being part of the change,
40:36I'll let you back in.
40:40Mm-hmm.
40:42That's so great. I should have written that down.
40:45What was the part in the beginning when you said that...
40:47You know what? I got it.
40:49Thank you very much. It's good stuff.
40:53Oh, and they always want us to go undercover as strippers.
40:56Yes.
40:57As if our bodies are the only thing we have.
40:59Yes. Well, actually, my body does have
41:02magical powers, but it does, a lot of the times,
41:06feel like, as a female you see,
41:09that they just want to get you naked for the guys in the van.
41:13Mm-hmm. So that they could drool over you
41:15in a cloud of their own farts.
41:17I don't think I can use any of this for my paper.
41:20Okay. All right. What exactly do you need to know?
41:23Women have been cops in the LAPD over 100 years now.
41:28But does it still feel like you have to act like a man to fit in?
41:31Good question.
41:33Well, you're the rookie, the last one in.
41:35What do you think?
41:37Um...
41:39I think...
41:41I think fitting in is a trap.
41:44I'm sitting between two of the best cops in the state...
41:47Mm.
41:48...who had to navigate an avalanche of obstacles
41:52just to get to the mountaintop.
41:54They didn't do it by trying to fit in.
41:56They did it by, you know, by being stronger,
42:00smarter, more agile.
42:02They had to to navigate a system that still believes
42:05being a girl is inherently soft or weak,
42:08as though empathy is somehow a liability.
42:11There isn't a guy in the force who can do what these guys can do.
42:15Mm.
42:16And there sure as hell isn't anyone tougher.
42:18Ooh, I will drink to that.
42:20Hell, yeah.
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