Previously on "Tommy..."
Are you the new security detail?
Abner Diaz, you wanted to see me boss?
You used to be a detective, right?
The best.
- Hey you. - Mr Mayor.
I can count on you to be discreet, right?
Yes.
Let's say my wife and I were separating.
Wasn't sure you'd show.
Wasn't sure I'd come.
I think she's feeling better.
She had trouble sleeping last night.
Hey, carpool's here.
Okay.
Bye, Clara.
We'll be fine.
See you later, Marta.
Bye.
Three days.
The baby has been missing now for three days.
Clara. That's her name.
Clara, yes.
Unbearable, as you can imagine, for Mr. Li.
And for Bryan,
my husband.
The Li family is a prominent one in China.
The consulate would like your firm assurance
that everything possible is being done to find the child.
Of course. Chief Thomas is keeping
a close eye on the situation.
Chief, would you bring Consul Deng up to date, please?
First of all, I'd like to say how sorry I am
for what you're going through; I can't imagine.
Detective Keller, who is in charge of the investigation.
He is one of our very best.
We've got a task force assembled.
We're coordinating with the FBI.
We're still processing evidence.
Then where is she?
You keep telling us everything that you're doing,
but who cares if you can't find her?
Three days is longer than we'd like,
but I promise you Detective Keller and his team
will continue to do absolutely everything in their power...
I'm confused.
You keep saying Detective Keller is in charge.
Surely, Chief Thomas,
you are the one in charge of this case.
Yes. Yes, she is.
Tommy, I know your department is working hard on this,
but we need to make sure that everyone else knows that, too.
Good PR is not gonna help us find that little girl.
No, it is not, but it has its place.
Okay, we are working to secure funding
for several major development projects
with Chinese money, which is drying up fast.
The consulate is gonna help us lock that money down.
We cannot afford to look ineffective.
- Mr. Mayor... - And before you start telling me
that this is none of your concern,
let me remind you more money for the city
means more money for your department,
which means more cops, and I know you want that.
So you have just as much stake in this as I do.
I understand.
Okay, so...
what are the odds this ends with a corpse?
I don't know, but it's more likely with each passing day.
Tommy, I'm gonna need you to jump in
with both feet on this one.
If not, we're both gonna need all the good PR we can get.
You can have the PR.
I'm gonna go find this kid.
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Let's run this from the beginning.
So Clara was taken from the house
at 8:15 in the morning, right?
Kidnapper removed a window screen,
climbed in, grabbed her.
Disabled the baby monitor. Housekeeper discovered it.
- Security cameras. - Only in front.
Kidnapper came through the back.
- Fingerprints. - Plenty.
No hits. They're not in the databases.
Still no ransom note or call. No contact of any kind.
FBI looked at the housekeeper. She's clean.
All right, what about this au pair, Ella Lund?
Actually, she's become interesting.
22, Canadian. Went on a planned vacation
four days before Clara disappeared,
- supposedly in Cambria. - Why supposedly?
That's what's interesting. We can't find her.
She's not at a hotel. Phone's either off or dead.
We can't ping it. No credit card usage,
social media... she's a ghost.
What's it gonna take to find her?
- More uniforms wouldn't hurt. - I'll make that happen.
So, the parents... they adopted, what, five months ago?
From an orphanage in Xinjiang Province.
- Any red flags? - Neighbors say
model couple, model parents.
All right, we got to find this au pair.
Does Ella Lund live with the family?
No, with another au pair.
I talked to the roommate. She doesn't know much.
She just moved to the States.
All right, go at her again. Who's with you?
My partner's on VC, but I'll grab another table detective.
Oh, you know what, take Diaz. I want his eyes
on this. Diaz. Kevin Keller.
He is running the kidnapping. I want you with him.
Abnar Diaz.
You're kidding me.
Hey, Keller.
You know each other. Good.
Yeah, I... Ma'am, I would rather work with another...
I prefer you work with Diaz. Is there a problem?
Nope.
- No, ma'am. - Okay. Good. Go.
After you.
Chief, this is Sergeant Chris Chen.
- He'll be your translator. - Ma'am.
For what?
You said you wanted to get the word out,
so we set up phone interviews for you
with Chinese media outlets in L.A. and on the mainland.
- Okay. How many? - Fourteen.
- Whoa, Nelly. - Look at it this way:
you'll be representing the department
to 1.5 billion Chinese.
Do I have to represent to every single one?
Okay.
The interview's mine.
You can hang out or go back to the car...
I don't care... but in there, I don't want to hear from you.
Good to see you, too, Keller.
And you have no names or contact info
for the friends Ella's with?
I've only known Ella a few weeks.
The agency introduced us.
- She ever talk about her job? - She liked it.
The two fathers... they were nice.
She loved the baby.
She did say it made her nervous,
because she was so young.
But do you think Ella took her?
We just need to talk to her.
I saw the news. Oh, that poor child.
You wonder about it, though, right?
Hey, what did I say?
You wonder if Ella has the baby.
Am I right?
I don't.
It's only...
maybe she lied.
Lied about what?
"If anyone asks,"
she said...
"If anyone asks, I'm up in Cambria with friends."
Why say it like that?
Did you mention this to Detective Keller the other day?
No, but...
I was thinking it.
Would have been helpful to know that earlier.
Don't you think?
Would have been helpful?
What the hell was that?
You missed it. Whiffed it like a rookie.
It was a phone interview.
The au pair wasn't even on the radar.
And don't call me out in front of a witness ever again.
Is that seriously what you're thinking about?
- Get your head out of your ass. - Hey!
What?
We looking for this baby girl or what?
We're not looking for squat.
I got this. So back off.
"In addition, as you are
"the chief of Los Angeles...
we wonder if you have met the Avengers."
- What? - Uh...
"Have you met the Avengers?" Uh, that's what they said.
I think he means have you met the actors
who play the Avengers.
We're supposed to be talking about the kidnapping.
Sergeant, do you think you could get them back on topic?
I'll try.
No more questions. They're done.
We have the next call in 15 minutes
- with a media outlet in Guangzhou. - Great.
I can talk about when I partnered with Captain America.
I'm just g... I'll...
- Hi. - Hey.
Heard about the eclipse?
The lunar eclipse tonight.
The view from Griffith Park is gonna be exceptional.
Um, would you like to join me? I can bring my binoculars.
I have the press dinner.
Eh, skip it. Playing hooky's the fun part.
Or a nightcap afterwards?
- Same place as last time. - It's, uh,
it's gonna be a late one for me.
Sorry. I, uh... I'm just, um,
- swamped. - Yeah, no worries.
I'll keep trying.
Sure thing.
We caught a break.
Got a ping off
- the au pair's phone. - Where?
South and east of here, about a hundred miles or so.
The opposite of where she said she was going.
I've got people out to pick her up.
Ella, you understand how important it is
- to tell the truth? - I do. I-I have.
You lied to your roommate about being in Cambria.
Well, that was...
My boyfriend is married.
We just wanted to get off the grid for a while.
No Wi-Fi, no electricity, even. Just us.
It was supposed to be romantic.
I didn't know anything about Clara till...
And I would never hurt...
I'm trying to decide what to believe.
Well, just ask the guy
who rented us the cabin. He'll tell you.
- You have his information? - My boyfriend... he's the one
who booked everything. He'd have the number.
Well, we're gonna need to talk to him.
No, you can't, he's ma...
Married. I heard.
Married doesn't matter if that's your alibi, Ella.
Mm. She's pretty convincing.
They're picking up the boyfriend to confirm the story.
Why aren't you in there?
Keller thought I should come back here,
brief you.
Something going on with you guys?
Nah, old beef. It ain't no T.
Ain't no T. Good. Wouldn't want it to be a T.
What'd she say about the parents?
Likes them.
She's been working there since before they got the baby.
She helped Franks get the house ready while the other one
went to China to pick the kid up.
She's saying Li Chang went alone to China
to get the baby?
Yeah, she and the other one stayed behind. Why?
We got to get the parents
back in.
Our techs analyzed this.
It's a fake. You're photoshopped in.
You weren't in China at all.
That's not true. We were there.
Both of you? One of you? Which?
Because we cannot find a record of a trip to China
by either one of you when this photo supposedly taken.
So you want to tell me what's going on?
Okay, look.
- Look, we wanted... - It's me.
It's my fault.
What is?
- Bryan. - I hired him.
Someone at work
told me about this lawyer.
They said that he could cut the red tape.
We'd been trying to adopt from China for a while. It's...
pretty hard, for people like us.
You mean gay people?
Yes.
Couldn't your family help?
They don't speak to me anymore.
Not since I married Bryan.
This lawyer... who is he?
His name is Richard Jacks.
He said he had relationships on the mainland.
He could arrange the adoption privately.
A social worker would bring the baby over.
But, legally, you are supposed
to pick her up in person.
So we made up the photo for the file.
It was wrong, it was stupid.
But everything else is aboveboard.
No, it isn't.
These adoption papers you showed us have all been forged.
So none of this is legitimate.
No.
No, no. It... That can't be true.
You didn't know that?
No, it isn't true. I...
I'm afraid it is.
Wait, if...
if-if the adoption's not legit,
then-then... wh...
what does that mean? Chief Thomas,
whatever the papers say,
Clara is our daughter.
And she's the most precious thing in the world to us.
All we want is her home safe.
Is there anything else you haven't told me?
- No. - Nothing, I swear.
Good.
This, uh, Richard Jacks, the lawyer they hired...
he's a real bottom-feeder.
He's been at the edges of a few investigations,
but we never had quite enough to arrest him.
So, should we ask him in for an interview or go hard?
We ask him, he'll know something's up.
We won't get anything out of him.
Chief, I sent you a draft
of that speech to the cadets.
Take a look and let me know if you want any tweaks.
Ken, will you do us a favor and, uh, be a lawyer for a minute?
Ugh. Only for a minute.
- Any longer, I get hives. - We think an attorney
may have information on this kidnapping.
Can we convince a judge to approve a no-knock warrant?
Depends. Is there a danger he would destroy evidence?
Oh, I think it's a certainty.
Any critical circumstances?
- Missing baby girl. - Well, with the attorney-client issues,
it still may not be enough for a no-knock,
but if you're willing to settle for a knock-and-notice,
most judges would go your way.
LAPD. Open up.
Let's go.
- Police. - Check the rooms.
Mr. Jacks! Search and arrest warrant for
Mr. Richard Jacks.
- Over here. - Stop what you're doing,
step away from the desk.
- Now! - This is outrageous.
It's a complete invasion of my...
Hey! Go-go easy.
What's your name?
- Move. Let's go. - Come on. I want the name
and badge number of every single...
We cleared Jacks' place.
Didn't find anything connected to the adoption or the girl.
- What's he saying? - Nothing.
- He's a lawyer, what do you expect? - Some files
do seem to be missing.
When the kidnapping became news,
he may have gotten rid of anything
that linked him to the adoption.
Fortunately, he forgot about these.
What are these?
SIM cards.
SIM cards. Okay, go ahead.
SIM stands for subscriber identity module.
It's like the brain of a cell phone, its memory.
Pop it out and the phone becomes invisible.
Can't track or trace calls, can't ID the user.
Like a burner phone.
- Same idea. - We found the one
that corresponds to Clara's adoption.
Lot of calls to and from Li Chang and Bryan Franks.
But also calls to a place called
the Hollywood Day Glow Spa.
The what?
It's a massage parlor in Carson.
It's a front for prostitution.
We suspect the women working there are trafficked.
Jacks is their attorney.
He's on the incorporation papers.
So if there's a connection to this kidnapping,
why haven't you busted the place?
- What's the holdup? - Vice is running
an operation there. Santos?
Our unit's had the place under surveillance for weeks.
We've been trying to build cases against not only the workers
and the owners, but the johns, too.
We run traffic stops on them after they leave.
That gives us positive IDs.
But, uh... we're not done, Chief.
- Not nearly. - I know.
I am sorry to blow up your work like this, Santos.
Take the place.
Let's go.
Unit 2, move into position.
Units 3 and 4, maintain coverage of sector 7.
You... verify that we have an airship on this.
Unit 5, check the rear sector.
What are we on, Tac 6?
Fancy joint.
Regular Ritz.
Just hold here.
- We're good to go. - So,
- Keller complained. - About me?
Uh, no, about me.
Yes, about you.
Humiliating him in front of a witness, goading him.
I wasn't goading him.
"Get your head out of your ass"?
In my defense, that's where his head was.
Diaz.
What is up with this?
I told you we worked together.
- Sawtelle Division. - Yeah.
He's a decent detective, but he's annoying as hell.
He was riding me, talking smack, so I say, "Let's fight."
We do,
I deck him good, he reports me.
Doesn't mention the fact that we agreed to fight.
I get pulled out of rotation, he gets promoted.
Diaz, you are lucky to have a job after that.
Yeah, well, I float around in purgatory for a while,
then I get plucked out and put on security detail.
And here we are.
Who pulled you for detail?
Still don't know. Good thing, though.
I was ready to put in my papers.
This kind of thing doesn't matter
when you're on a squad, but on detail, you represent me.
- Do you want to stay here? - Yeah.
Then you got to make it right with Keller.
Once it's secure, let's separate them
and get solid FIs.
Mm. Let's go.
Those are the owners.
They're not saying anything.
We found eight women inside.
Any sign of the little girl?
Nope. We'll get interviews going after they're processed.
Uh, language issues with all of them, so...
Boss? Something you should see.
We were doing a sweep
and I noticed something inside this supply closet.
Wait, has this area been cleared?
It's clean. But we found this.
She was here.
The women have all been trafficked,
so of course they're terrified.
Even if they have something to say, they're too scared to talk.
We have counsellors with them, but it takes time.
What about the owners?
Lawyered up. Not saying a word.
- Thanks. - We ran prints.
None of them match the ones we found in Clara's bedroom.
Well, what about
the residence? They have to live somewhere.
Checked it out. Nothing there.
- Anything else? - Yeah.
One girl is missing.
A van picks them up every day from the residence.
Nine girls get out.
We have eight.
Van driver's missing, too.
Could be a lot of answers for that.
Boss, the odds
of a trafficked sex worker pulling off
a kidnapping are slim to none.
She probably saw the raid going down and split.
Same for the van driver.
Then why was the blanket there?
I think if we find the van,
we find the missing girl,
the driver and Clara.
Can you track it?
The van?
Possibly.
It's tricky. But there is this new technology called BriefCam.
It's an analytics tool
that lets us review hours of footage within minutes.
- Just... - All right, do it.
Talk to the women, talk to the spa owners.
Talk to everybody
until somebody tells you something.
We are running out of time with this guys,
and you know what that means.
Keller.
Yeah?
Just want to say, uh, I guess I was out of line.
With the witness, the au pair.
Had no business calling you out like that, so... sorry.
What kind of apology is that?
- I said I'm sorry. - Don't even bother.
Just leave it. We cool.
A'ight, son?
Consul Deng,
I didn't know you were here.
Please, come on in.
I'm afraid I have unpleasant news, which,
out of respect, I thought to deliver in person.
The consulate has decided it must withdraw
its support for Li Chang.
Why is that?
We contacted his family in China.
Sadly, he misled us about his family's position
on his, uh, situation.
His situation?
His marital arrangement.
Oh, so not his other situation, then.
- Pardon? - The missing child.
That's not more important than his marital arrangement?
Of course we hope for a speedy resolution of the difficulty.
But young Mr. Li has not dealt with us in good faith.
And his family would prefer that we not represent his interests.
Because he's gay?
We applaud your efforts
and those of your departments, Chief Thomas.
We thank you. Good day.
I'm stuck. You got a minute?
Sure. Come in.
So, the boss asked me to get council members and their staffs
to this Silver Lake meeting on use of force policy.
So far, I've had zero replies.
You okay?
Fine. Yeah. Uh...
can I ask you something?
Um... sure?
Uh, there's this guy I've sort of been flirting with.
And recently things got a little more serious.
And now he wants to take it up a notch.
- How? - Weekend in Malibu.
That's a notch.
- You like him? - Yeah.
I do.
M... He can be a little needy sometimes, but, um,
but we just sort of click. We always have.
So what's the problem?
He's a little further on in his career than I am.
- Mm. Power differential. - Yeah.
Pretty substantial.
- Don't do it. - Really?
A thing like that will always be between you.
Even if you pretend it isn't.
Yeah, I know.
You've worked so hard for where you are.
You're great at your job.
You deserve someone who looks up to you, not down.
Yeah. Right.
That's really sweet.
Thanks, Ken.
You gonna tell me who it is?
Get out of here.
Hm. Lots of doubles.
Hey, everybody.
- Hey. - Oh, hey.
There's veggie lasagne in the fridge.
I'm good, thank you.
Did you shuffle?
- You shuffled. - I... No, I did not.
Yes. Do you have a ten?
I don't know how you're doing this.
Luna, do you have a jack?
- No. - Go fish.
You're losing.
What's up?
It's just nice to see you all together.
Is he moving back in?
Not yet. He's staying in the guest house for now.
It's better this way. It's like dating.
Is dating a good thing?
Well, yeah.
I guess I've been doing it all wrong.
Mom, are... are you okay?
We're just, we're not getting anywhere with this kidnapping.
God, we can't seem to get our hands around it.
And I'm... I can't shake the thought of this little girl.
You know, wherever she is,
she's waiting on us to find her, and we're letting her down.
Grandma, you want to play?
Oh, sweetie.
I am one sleepy grandma.
Sorry.
Sweet dreams, everybody.
- Night. - Good night.
Night.
Oh, Chief. So sorry.
I didn't think you were in yet.
It's all right. Come on in.
Did you get any sleep?
It's overrated.
I'll get coffee.
Mr. Mayor, you're an early bird.
Well, you pissed off the Chinese consul.
- Did I? - Mm-hmm.
You offended him and he feels disrespected.
Tommy, there are protocols in place
with people like this for a reason.
I thought you understood.
- I understood Consul Deng completely. - Okay,
well, you're gonna have to clean this up.
Officer Kim needs to see you.
Something about finding a van.
Send him a gift.
Something, but you got to...
Yeah, I'll figure something out. I'll figure something out.
Uh, I got to go.
Well. That was a little rude.
I'm pretty sure I found it. I had to fill in some gaps,
but I was able to track the van out to Monterey Park.
Monterey Park? That's an hour away.
Makes sense. Big Chinese community.
On each of the last three days, the van parked
in front of this building.
Local plate readers picked it up.
CCTV camera in the area confirmed it.
What do you think, Santos?
Traffickers sometimes use warehouses like this
as transit points.
Places to store trafficked women
when they first arrive in the country.
She could be there.
Let's hit it and see.
Diaz. You're with us.
Yes, ma'am.
Keller, we don't have time for hurt feelings.
Lot of work to do.
Let's go. Let's go.
Move up, move up.
Stay calm
and stay where you are.
We're here to help you. Clear.
We're not gonna hurt you. Stay calm.
Stay where you are.
We're gonna get you all out of here.
Hey!
Here!
Suspect running upstairs.
She has the baby. Heading to the roof.
I'm here to help you. Would you let me do that?
- We're now on the roof. - There she is.
Easy.
There was no baby. It was just a blanket.
We know you know where the baby is.
This will be much easier...
if you tell us the truth.
You went up to the roof to create a distraction
while someone took the baby somewhere else, is that right?
We know that's right. So who was it?
Was it the van driver? Is that who's helping you?
The longer you wait,
the harder this will be for you.
She's tough.
And scared.
You think she speaks English?
All the spa girls speak some.
- I'll get it out of her. - You can't go full-throttle
like that... won't work.
I know what I'm doing.
I want to talk to her.
Chief, what I do is a process.
I-I really think it's best if I just...
- Keller. - I'm gonna talk to her.
If you want to come along, you're welcome to.
Fine. Your witness, Chief.
Thank you.
I think you understand English better than you let on,
so, uh... let's just talk.
What's your name?
I can't imagine what you've been through.
But I would like to help.
But I can't if you don't talk to me.
Will you talk to me?
Can you tell me your name?
Uh, my name is Abigail.
I've always hated that name.
My last name is Thomas.
And, uh, when I was young, I was a tomboy,
and one time somebody called me Tommy and it stuck,
so, uh, that's me. Tommy.
You?
Guan-Ping.
Guan-Ping. That's pretty.
That's your baby, isn't it?
You gave birth to her, uh, after you were brought here,
I'm betting?
And then that lawyer took her
and gave her to those two men
who thought she was from China...
is that what happened?
- Fen. - Fen. Is that her name?
Fen... is mine.
I believe you.
I still can't, uh, figure out how you were able to find her.
And take her back.
Fen tell me how.
With her heart she tell me.
- Nothing can stop me. - It's amazing.
You are an amazing mother.
And I'm a mother, so I-I know what that means.
But then I'm sure you understand when I tell you that right now,
Fen is not safe.
She has to come home.
Will you tell me where I can find her?
Where the van driver has her?
Diaz.
We got to talk.
Sorry, man. Boss is on the move.
You have time for this.
Okay.
Bro...
you keep smirking at me the way you've been doing
and it's gonna get ugly.
It's pretty ugly already.
You want to start?
You didn't get enough last time?
Come on.
I'm not doing this.
Come on. You're a tough guy, right?
I said I'm not doing this. Why, you too good?
Or your clothes are too fancy?
Yeah, you're hot stuff now, huh? Mr. Affirmative Action.
All buddy-buddy with the top brass.
You don't deserve that job.
The ones who really deserve it,
we get shoved aside for guys like you
and your lady boss.
I get you. Guys like me.
Ghetto kid, up from nothing?
I'm smarter than you.
I'm a better detective than you.
And now I got a better job.
What can you do about that?
Nothing.
Not a damn thing.
Oh.
And that's your time.
Uh... don't shoot.
No, no, nobody's shooting anybody.
I-I only try to save her.
- I know. - Guan-ping.
- It's all right. It's all right. - Guan-ping.
- May I hold her? - She's-she's Guan-ping...
- She's Guan-ping baby. - I know.
May I hold her?
Thank you.
Well, hello there.
Hi, pumpkin.
Chief, the women from Child Services
are here to take the baby.
Head up.
Careful with the blanket.
Thank you.
Fen. Fen...
There were 26 people OK let's in the warehouse breath!
- Where we found Guan-ping. - 26?
All trafficked. Most from China.
Mostly women, but a few men. Jobbed out
as sex workers, laborers,
- restaurant workers... - The traffickers?
We picked up a few of them.
Just the tip of the iceberg. The FBI is on it with us.
Have you reached out to Consul Deng?
He's worried about the Chinese image in all of this.
Blake set up a sit-down.
And... the baby?
Short-term foster care.
For now.
What about custody? Who gets to bring her home?
- How did Guan-ping find us? - Well, the spa
provides women to the lawyer, Richard Jacks,
at his home for... as a sort of perk.
She volunteered. She gained his trust.
When he's asleep, she went into his office,
looked for any piece of paper with Clara's face on it.
When she got your address, she asked the van driver
to take her to your house, and she just waited.
It was more an act of will, I think, than anything else.
Unreal.
It's-it's all just...
It's unreal.
What would you do?
What do you mean?
We have lawyers. We can fight, but...
but how do we fight to keep our baby if...
she's not our baby?
But she is our baby.
How do we let her go?
That I can't help you with.
I know what you're thinking.
And you're right.
Yeah.
We won't fight to keep her.
We can't.
They were ripped apart once,
and how could we do that again?
Why would we do it?
We can't.
But we want to stay close, if we can.
We want to help with money and stuff.
You think that's possible?
I hope so.
Because she's gonna need that and more.
Consul, thanks for coming in.
As I mentioned on the phone, we're holding
a press conference on the Baby Clara case
and all that's been uncovered in its wake.
The scope of which is being exaggerated, sadly.
Well, there's always misinformation,
but Ms. Sullivan works very hard to get
accurate facts and figures out there.
I trust she does.
In the press conference today, the chief would rather not
tell the story of how the Chinese consulate
abandoned this case midway through.
We'd much prefer to tell a story of cooperation
and collective success.
But we will need something in return.
Guan-ping and the others who were trafficked need help.
They need money, medical assistance, legal aid.
We can't provide it all.
We need the consulate to step up in a significant way.
Can we count on that?
Can I count on you making clear
my personal role in helping to resolve the case?
I believe that can be arranged.
Shh. Here.
I am happy to report
that Baby Clara, or Fen, is well,
and she is with her mother.
I'd like to applaud the extraordinary efforts
of Detective Kevin Keller, who led the investigation.
Also, the material support
offered by the Chinese consulate,
uh, for aid to the victims.
Now, I would like to take a moment,
actually, to speak, uh,
not just as chief, but as a mother
and a grandmother.
If you are in this town
to abuse or exploit young people,
to buy or sell them,
I will find you.
I will track you down
and I will put you away.
You have my absolute word on that.
I can take a few questions. Anyone.
Well, I really don't need to take all the credit for this,
but you know...
See, that's all the guy wants... credit for the collar.
He's a walking cliché.
Come with me.
We're all very relieved, of course.
Thank you. Thank you.
I just wanted to say
that if I am overstepping,
I apologize.
And if you would like me to withdraw the invitation
I will, no questions asked.
- I appreciate that. - Mm-hmm.
Should I?
Should you what?
Withdraw the invitation.
That depends.
On...
You said there'd be lobster?
Mm.
Do you poach it in butter?
Mm-hmm.
Just wanted to, uh, congratulate you
for not punching Keller out.
You would have been sacked. You know that, right?
Zero tolerance nowadays.
I hear you.
Listen...
you walked right up to the edge with this guy.
Don't ever get that close again.
Come to me first. That's what I'm here for.
We got you back on track. Let's not mess it up.
Wait a minute.
It was you.
You got me on the detail. Right?
All I'll say is if they let you
rattle around like that much longer,
you'd have quit the department.
Couldn't have that.
I know why you became a cop and
why you need to stay one.
"'...a pet. I need fields to graze.
I need a farmer to milk me.'"
What are you reading? Mr. Platt Gets a Cat.
I remember that one.
See, she loves it.
Hey, Santos, what's up?
Remember we did those traffic stops
so we could build a database of johns? From the spa?
- Yeah. - I just sent you a report
on a case that we can put together.
Thought you might want to take a look
before we send it to the D.A..
Let me know if you see any red flags.
Right. I will.
- Thanks. Good night. - Good night, boss.
Tommy, do you want to give it a shot?
- Yes. One minute. - Okay.
"'I can't be a pet.
"'I need wide-open spaces and plenty of hay.
"'Maybe you should ask the billy goat.
"I'll chew up all your clothes.'
Perhaps a chicken, thought Mr. Platt."
Mom.
- You good? - Fine, yes. Thank you.
I'm good.
I want to get in on that reading.
Okay.
Grandma's gonna take over.
Okay... We were on chickens.
Chickens.
Mm.
Yeah, that's a good part.