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Under pressure.

Pushing down on me.

Pushing down on you.

No man at all.

Under pressure.

But when you feel you got the family in you.

Put people free.

It's the terror of knowing what this world is about.

Watching some good friends scream.

Let me out.

Let me out.

People on the street. Under pressure.

Under pressure.

Kiss it.

Kiss it first.

You really didn't get your mom anything?

Well, I got her something, but it's a surprise.

From me? I've never met the woman.

Well, you know, I don't trust you.

What about your kids? They go all out for you on Mother's Day?

Of course they do. I'm the best.

What are you doing here?

Oh, I happened to be close by when the call went out, so I swung by.

Based on what I've seen so far, it's a professional hit.

They wiped the cameras, so we have no idea how they got in or how many.

Okay, what is this building?

Canyon Gate Private Vault.

Think safe deposit boxes, but bigger.

Yeah, I've heard of facilities like this. People store things that can't be

replaced, usually worth a fortune. Yeah, artwork, rare coins, jewelry.

So like a storage closet for rich hoarders. Got it. The owner just gave me

earful. They have biometric access, encrypted logs, and redundant systems.

Somehow, all bypassed. Hmm. And what about the guards?

There's just one.

And here's the next seal.

Tech found this near the rear exit.

And what did Dean have to say?

Asked me again after we find him. Their security plan was one guy?

Yeah, I guess the owner thought Tech was more reliable than people. Probably

won't trust either after this.

I'm sorry to imagine someone could rob a place like this without help from a guy

like Dean on the inside.

I got the unis tracking him down now.

Whoever broke in somehow overrode security to access the individual vault.

This place had quite the clientele list.

I see studio masters, Olympic medals.

What is on here?

We're not looking for what's here, we're looking for what isn't.

Whoa. What?

Just some extremely expensive shoes and clothes. Why would they leave all this?

It's like they got about halfway down the vault and then just stopped.

Well, maybe they just took whatever they could carry.

Or maybe they... Did you just shush me? Shush both of you.

I was doing a sweep down the hall, and then these guys came up behind me.

How many?

Four.

Four?

You're sure?

One of them cracked me with the butt of his gun, took my weapon, zip -tied me

face down.

When they came back, I thought that was it.

Instead, they dragged me in here.

It's almost like having more than one security guard would be helpful.

You get a look at these guys?

No. They all had masks.

Gloves, too.

What about their heights? Their weights?

Nothing. Oh, come on, man.

Give me something.

I think one of them was chewing gum.

Gum? It smelled like peppermint.

Certainly cleared out this room.

What's in here?

Miss, please don't touch that.

Who are you?

I'm the owner. Oh, good. Can you tell me what's in the box?

I'm afraid we keep all our clients' property entirely confidential.

That's good. That's very professional.

I'll check it out myself.

Is this some sort of hard drive?

Was there anything else in this room, or is this it?

I believe this is just how it was.

You guys have a lot of sensors.

What are they for?

Yeah, they allow us to maintain precise temperature and humidity, monitor air

quality. In here, we monitor and control everything.

Can you tell which vault they broke into last?

This one, 312.

Okay, well, now I really want to know what's on this. Where are you going with

this, Morgan?

Maybe they did break in looking for something specific, and maybe they

looking in the vault because they found what they were looking for.

That's a lot of maybe.

If they wanted it, why not take it? I don't know.

Maybe we should find out.

Neighbor's camera caught the crew fleeing at 9 .55 p .m. No plates,

So that's all we got? Four armed men, one of whom may have minty fresh breath.

We got a little more than that.

Vault logs.

I thought the owner refused to release those. Said he had to protect the

of his clients. He came around once I explained he won't have any clients if

this robbery ends up on the news.

This says the vault with the hard drive was rented by Alpheus Hodges.

What kind of name? Not one that I see in our system.

Or social media.

Maybe because he's been dead for 158 years?

Altheus Hodges, first mayor of L .A.

You can probably rule him out. So whoever the drive belongs to doesn't

be found.

What did this crew actually steal? According to this, just one item.

A bottle of 97 Chateau Madeleine.

What? That can't be right. It was worth $90 ,000.

Who spends that on a bottle of wine?

Yeah, it would have been easier to boost a car if you wanted the money.

They didn't.

Look.

So, according to those logs, they get there...

At 9 .02, they tie up the guard and start opening vaults. First one at 9 .07

last at 9 .24.

That's right. Except they didn't leave.

Until 9 .55, almost 30 minutes later.

That's a long time to be mulling over a bottle of wine. What the hell were they

doing? That's what I was trying to figure out, until I noticed the

log. Each of the vaults are individually climate controlled because paper, wine,

clothes, film, all have different optimal temperatures for preservation.

Vault 312 was set at exactly 52 degrees, perfect for electronics.

Cool, but not too cold to cause condensation. But then...

It got warmer?

That's your point? Yeah, you heard the owner. A steady rise in temperature like

that just wouldn't happen unless something was in the vault to heat it

the bodies of the robbers? But bodies don't give off heat consistently, you

what does?

Technology. The reason that they didn't steal anything is because they didn't

have to. They were in there that whole time making a copy. That would explain

the extra time, the heat, why nothing's missing. But not why they didn't just

take the drive with them. Why leave it? Maybe because they didn't want us to

know they had a copy.

Okay, here we go. I had him dust the hard drive for prints. We got a hit.

Mitchell Houston.

Well, he's alive.

40, no record, Glasgow Park address.

Great. Carradick, you're with me? Let's go. Hopefully this Mitchell Houston is

our guy.

Hey, you're real worked up over a high -end robbery.

You got a soft spot for the private vault community?

Mitchell Houston, LAPD.

Mitchell Houston.

Grew up in Boyle Heights after the I -5 expansion.

Heard stories of houses being demolished, streets disappearing right

map. That's what got him into community organizing, which led to a job at City

Hall, where he worked his way up to city clerk.

And we know this how?

He was close with the landlord.

She said he was a model tenant.

Yeah, and a model citizen. Look at this.

This guy loved L .A. His whole place is basically a shrine to the city. It's

just... It's just what?

I don't know. Why would someone who lives here also rent a private vault

some of the wealthiest people in Los Angeles?

I don't know, but he must be connected to the hard drive. Time of death?

Most likely between 5 and 8.

So maybe Mitchell knew one of the Canyon Gate robbers.

They probably came here right before the robbery.

Daphne pulled the Canyon Gate contract.

Mitchell signed it, but he wasn't the one paying for it.

Who was? The city of Los Angeles.

All right, I'm going to fast -track a warrant for us to get that hard drive

evidence. Oz, why don't you meet Daphne at Canyon Gate? Yeah.

If the city was paying for Mitchell to store that hard drive, then someone at

City Hall must know something. I know plenty of people there.

I have this one.

He's acting weird, right?

I don't know. I stopped trying to figure out the captain a long time ago. Why?

Well, this morning when he was at the vault, he said he was there because he

close by. But my friend in dispatch said... You have a friend in dispatch?

Friends everywhere.

Why is that weird?

Anyway, she said that he asked them to notify him if there were any major

robberies.

Why would he do that?

Welcome back to another episode of The Greatest Secrets of L .A. What are we

looking at?

Greatest Secrets of L .A. Mitchell made hundreds of these.

City Hall is at the epicenter.

Speaking of City Hall, how did it go?

I talked to Mitchell's deputy, Andy Maxwell. She confirmed he was a top

city clerk.

It was a big deal.

Okay, so that means he certified votes, finalized ordinances. If it shaped this

city, it crossed his desk.

Yeah, and you can't do a job like that without pissing people off and letting

people go.

Turnover at City Hall is notoriously high. Is there a list of the employees

fired? There is. It's on its way. Andy's going to email it over once he gets

approval. We should have it soon.

Where are we at with the box?

Holding pattern.

Waiting for our TID ace to work his magic.

This guy got a name?

Lyle. Hey, Lyle, how's it coming?

That's encouraging. Any chance we get a password? Call the mayor's office to see

if they know. No news back yet.

Where's Morgan?

The real worked up over a high -end robbery.

No problem.

Is my office smaller than Lieutenant Soto's? Because it feels smaller.

You've seen this crew before?

In Oakland?

You almost caught them.

Almost.

And Taylor Lawson?

What about an actual human woman? Have you ever married one of those? Got real

close.

She's the fiancee who died?

I'm sorry.

Me too.

Do you mind if we keep this between us?

Listen, I am the last person to tell you that you're too close to a case to work

it, but you gotta fill him in.

Tell them everything you know, and that's how they can best help you.

Okay.

I'll bring everyone up to speed.

Okay.

I got one.

Okay.

Dennis Soto.

Mayor Cal, what a surprise.

I know Detective Carradick here reached out to your office, but he didn't tell

me they were going to send you. You guys that understaffed too, huh? Hey, now,

when my proposed budget lands next month, none of us will be, I hope.

It's a pleasure, Mayor.

Yeah, hey.

There it is.

Yes, so you know the password?

Access to any of it could really help us out. Now, that won't be necessary. It's

the property of the city of L .A.

Go ahead and pack it up.

Oh, hang on.

What's going on?

Nick Wagner.

It's always a good day when I bump into you and not your old man.

How are you? Good, thanks.

Oh, you came by to help us finally get into that thing? Oh, don't worry. I've

been brief. We'll have my people make sure it wasn't compromised. We'll keep

in the loop.

What's on it?

Who is she, exactly?

My name's Morgan. What's on the hard drive? Morgan consults for us. Why

Mitchell have it?

The short answer is we get two dozen terror threats a month in this city.

Last year, two came from inside City Hall.

You don't protect something this important by keeping it in a building

already a target.

Mitchell was somebody we could trust. And you can trust the team.

Whatever's on there could be the key to solving his murder and the Canyon Gate

robbery. We're pretty certain someone's already made a copy of it.

Are you concerned that we might find something about you on there, Mayor?

Morgan. I'm just wondering why he doesn't want to help us solve a man's

a man who worked for you.

There are four million people that live in this city, and my job is to care

about all of them.

That's why I have to take it.

You know, Mayor, I'd hate for someone to get the impression that you were

interfering with an investigation.

Is your father, like, throwing this much weight around?

I'm not here for my father.

So what do you say we take a peek and you can avoid a very public dispute with

the LAPD?

Your eyes only.

Five minutes.

That's it.

All right, let's do it. A civic black box.

It's the city's last resort brain.

Not even I know all of what's on here. But if we went dark tomorrow, this is

exactly how Los Angeles comes back online.

Every system we pray we never have to use lives here. It's the door locking

to the entire city.

Anybody who has this could disrupt neighborhoods, disrupt police, create

Someone could use what's on here to cripple the city without firing a shot.

Morgan, right?

Yeah. Whatever it is that you do so well, I'd start doing it pretty damn

I'd love to.

I'm going to need you to get out of the way then. Thank you so much.

Have you seen anything we can use?

Uh, I'm seeing a lot of things they can use.

How bad is it?

On a scale of one to Godzilla, it's not great.

With the intel they have, they've got three major plays.

Shut down the power grid, waste in the water, or scramble air traffic.

Yeah, I said it's not great.

What are you saying? They might pull some kind of attack on the city?

They're thieves, not terrorists. They don't burn the city, they rob them.

Sorry, got the list from City Hall.

32 employees were terminated during Mitchell's time there.

All right, start digging into every one of these. See if anyone stands out as a

potential conspirator and knows what the thieves' next target will be. Go.

Karen.

What's going on?

Willow went above us. The chief just called.

She got to him, gave us an order to stop tailing her unlawfully.

I wasn't aware that we were tailing her. We're not. We're surveilling her.

She's been frequenting the Beverly Palms Country Club, so we set up shop.

She's here in L .A. seeing people who are not us, so pretty soon we'll know

she's seeing. So who the hell's been following her?

Maybe the FBI.

She rubbed someone the wrong way after forcing the Eric Hayworth transfer.

Lyle couldn't crack into the black box.

Did you hear me?

Keep it quiet for now.

Lyle couldn't crack it. I remember. So why are you... That means the crew had

have a hacker. But it had to be someone on the inside. Somebody who was familiar

with City Hall.

There's one guy from Oz's list who's a better hacker than Lyle. And he got

for scooping up at City Hall.

Colton Palmisano.

Colton Palmisano, LAPD. You guys don't knock?

We buzzed.

Buzzer's broken.

Apartment door is open.

I leave it cracked for my cat.

He's pissed that we live in a high -rise. He likes to socialize with the

neighbors. It's the closest thing he gets to getting outside.

Cool. Any other cat history you want to fill us in on?

Um, no. I'm sorry. Who?

Who are you?

Pay attention.

You worked in IT at City Hall until you got fired about a year ago. Yeah, for

caring too loudly.

HR hates volume.

A place called Canyon Gate got hit last night. Professional crew.

They made a copy of a hard drive that was hidden in one of the vaults.

What's that got to do with me?

Gutter Queen.

He's your daughter's?

Yeah, San Fernando Valley Champs two years in a row. Oh, congratulations.

We know you have the knowledge and the skill to hack the drive. We also know

worked with Mitchell Houston.

Mitchie Houston, good guy.

Yeah, maybe he was. He's dead now.

Shot in the chest.

Oh, do we have your attention now? I had nothing to do with that.

I don't think you killed him, but I think you worked with the people who

They told me it was leverage.

It was pressure.

To force change.

You got played, Colton, and now you're very close to spending the next 20 years

behind bars.

Your girls will have kids of their own by the time you get out. Unless you cut

deal.

Morgan. Just listen, okay?

No, let the lady talk.

You are too smart of a guy to work with people like that without an insurance

policy. Something that can get you home to your daughters and not thrown into

prison. Look, I can try and convince these guys to promise you a deal, but

whatever you've got, it better be something good, Colton.

I don't know. I doubt it'll be that good.

I put a digital tracker on the burner phone they called me from.

That should do it. Is that even possible?

Pull it up. Now.

You get us a location on the feed, you get a deal.

They're boxed. Good. We'll keep it that way.

Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

We lost him, Captain.

It's not good.

Three of ours got injured in the blast, but there were no casualties.

Looks like a maze.

What were they doing here?

Rehearsing.

So what do you say? They might pull some kind of attack on the city?

They're thieves, not terrorists. They don't burn the city. They rob them.

Mangoes, horchata, chili lime chips. Why stop to go grocery shopping?

Well, because even criminals eat. Yeah, but six miles away from their hideout.

Why not the food for less six blocks away?

Yeah, you know, we'll pull cameras. We'll talk to the owner. Maybe we get

catching once one of these guys without a mask on.

Morgan, we've got a bolo out.

Chopper's in the sky. Every resource we have is being spent to help us catch

these guys.

Yeah, I know. I just feel like there's something I'm missing.

Hey, I know you.

You got to give yourself permission to shut it down for tonight, okay?

You know, we've been at this for hours.

We'll be better tomorrow.

You okay if I bring some of this stuff home? I mean, I'm going to anyway. You

just like when I ask first.

Thanks for that.

You got it.

Hey, Keredek. Yeah?

Where's Wagner?

Pretty sure he's still at the scene.

What are you doing?

Drinking the evidence.

You know what my favorite part is, Morgan?

Standing in the place where they practice beating.

Trying to figure out what we missed.

He was right there.

I was so close.

Right. You forgot.

You're the only one that's allowed to break the rules, right? God forbid if

somebody else breaks the rules.

What does that mean?

Go ahead.

Do your thing.

Find the needle. Find the thing that no one else gets to see. What are you doing

right now? Only you can see. No. Use that big IQ of yours and solve the case.

Don't take this out on me.

You think you're the only person who knows what it's like to lose somebody?

It's not the same.

No, it's not.

I had a baby.

It really didn't matter how I felt. I still had to get my ass out of bed every

single morning and figure it out.

It's not a competition. Look at me.

I'm sorry she died.

Some days I wish Roman did too.

Get in the car.

All right.

Morgan, look.

You know what?

We don't have to talk about it. Let's just get you inside.

I just want to tell you... Listen, we're good. Give me your keys, okay?

Okay. Thank you.

Here you go.

Hey, baby.

Yeah.

Hi.

Ingrid.

Hi.

Hi. Oh, your teeth are in all the wrong spots.

They're supposed to go on the inside.

You're all backwards. What happened?

They shot me three times first.

Somehow, I missed every organ.

I don't know if it was the adrenaline, but I was still standing when I saw her

down.

They shot her once in the leg.

Hit her right in the artery.

She bled out in my arms.

But until the very end, they just wanted to know if I was okay.

Come on.

It's time to go to bed.

Neil, we've got him. Hold on.

Go ahead.

Find the thing that no one else gets to see.

It's a black box with more lock and key than a car seat.

It's a map.

I saw it on the hard drive.

What is it?

Outdated grids, tunnels.

A city beneath a city. Yeah, basically, and some of them are still accessible

all around the city.

So there are tunnels underground that match the maze we saw at the warehouse.

That's right. So whatever they're planning on hitting, they don't have to

it from the streets, which means by the time we realize what's been stolen...

They'll be long gone.

911's lighting up.

There's a breach at the Port of L .A.

LADWP blackout threat, and the reservoir alarm's just tripped.

That's not a robbery.

That's an attack.

Wagner said they were chasing money. What if he's wrong? If you go after

systems, you paralyze everything.

To what end?

Okay, I got units heading to the port, LADWP, and the reservoir.

I just got a call from the chief. The mayor wants us removed from the case so

can assemble a task force of his own to run point.

I say let them try.

Where are we at?

Okay, we think their crew is going after one of the big three targets. So far,

none of them show any indication of being breached. And I got a bad feeling

by the time we figure out what they're after, it'll be long gone.

They will be too.

Just give me one second.

Hey, are you okay?

Hey, they want to know what time you're going to be home. So we can start your

Mother's Day gift.

Start my gift.

It's more of a situation.

We can't wait anymore. We're going to show you.

What?

No way. We're going indoor camping?

Yeah, you mentioned it a long time ago. We thought it'd be really fun.

You know what? I love it. I can't wait, you guys. I'll see you tonight.

Yeah, we are going to pick up a bunch of flowers and bring the outdoors in, but

our trip to the flower district was a disaster. The credit card machines were

down at every store, and Chloe was feeling a little gassy, so we had to

improvise. Wait a second. You went to more than one flower place, and they

down? We did, but we could still pick some up at the grocery store if you want

that. No, no, no, no. It's okay, but I have to go, okay? I love you so much.

I'll see you tonight. Happy Mother's Day! Happy Mother's Day!

Wagner was right. They're after cash. A lot of it. And I think I know where

they're planning to get it.

It's Mother's Day.

Diamond District.

Flower District.

Fashion District.

Cash flow spikes.

All downtown.

How much are we talking? On average... Looks like about 18 to 20 million moves

between those three districts during the holiday. And if somebody jams up the

credit card machines even briefly, a lot of that flips to cash. Which would stay

on site until it was consolidated and picked up by armored transport.

They were scouting the best place to hit the armored cars transporting the cash.

Well, no, not exactly. On the Civic black box, I saw a map of the pneumatic

tubes that they used to use back in the day.

Financial institutions needed a secure way to keep large amounts of money off

the floor.

So tellers would load cash into a canister, drop it into the slot, and

pressurized air sent it straight to the vault. It was fast and secure.

So are you saying some of them are still working? Well, in a way, yeah. I mean,

large retailers and casinos, they still use the tubes to get excess cash out of

their registers. It goes through the walls, down into the floors, and then

taken into these collection sites.

Until the armored cars show up, that money is just bull cash.

They're not targeting the stores or the armored vehicles. They're intercepting

the cash from the tubes at the collection sites.

And one of those collection sites is right here, underneath the Mexican

So the port power water noise is just a distraction.

Which means this heist is happening right now. Let's move.

Hey, you got a basement?

What? Yeah, what? Where is it? Back hallway past the restroom.

But DWP is already down there.

Get all the employees and customers out of here. That means you. Go.

Morgan, this is as far as you go. Absolutely not.

Those guys know the tunnels. You don't.

You need me down there.

Stay behind us.

Okay, just that way. There's left, then three right. Two blind should be

overhead.

One more right.

There should be black tubing.

Follow this tube.

There it is.

Where are they?

Slow. Hands up. Turn around.

Face the door.

We got one down. Cuffing his arm.

One down. We need EMT with armed escort staff.

Two in custody.

Daphne and Oz are leading them out. There's one left.

Okay, he's probably headed to the south access, thinking it's the river exit.

Is it? No, it's been sealed up for years. It's just a dead end. Here, apply

pressure. He's going to have to circle back around. I think we can cut him off.

Let's go.

Next left.

Put the weapon on the ground.

Now!

Kick it over.

Taylor!

It's you.

What's your name?

What's your name?

What's your name?

Captain,

you got him.

It's not what she would want.

Me too.

You know, you did amazing down there.

Thank you. Yeah.

Adam?

Oh, wait.

I was so scared. I know.

I know. Hey, I'm okay.

We all are.

Oh, thank God.

Good night, you two.

Oh, be safe.

Oh.

Don't forget to call your mom.

Get you home.

Lucia, nice to see you. Good to see you, too.

I know you're heading home, but can I borrow him for a minute?

Of course.

I'll meet you in the lobby.

I hope

this is good news.

That's not how I would describe it.

The FBI was prepared to give us an interview with Eric Hayworth tomorrow

morning. Was prepared?

Well, it's not going to happen now because he's dead.

They found him hanging in his cell an hour ago.

They're calling it a suicide.

Are you buying that? Not at all. Which means the one person who could have told

us what happened with Roman is now silenced.

And that?

Our friends at SIS sent these photos from the Beverly Palms.

Now we know who Will has been meeting with here in L .A.

That's Nick Wagner Sr.

My reaction exactly.

Now what?

We start with our captain.

I want to make sure he got involved with the Roman investigation for all the

right reasons.

Phil Morgan in?

Not yet.

Let her enjoy the rest of her Mother's Day.

Are you okay?

I am.

Good morning.

So faster.