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Previously on Alert.

I'll give you my whole world. I'll give you my hand, my life. I love you. That

is Charlie McGannon, the current Irish mob boss. I got you where you are today.

Don't think I can undo that. Nikki's missing.

Her car's been destroyed.

I want an alert issue from Captain Batista.

Nikki! Can you hear me?

Let me see her. Let me see. Let me see. Could you say goodbye to my wife before

she dies? If you see Nikki on the other side, tell her Mike sent you. He's not

getting away with it. He's done. To my MPU team, go out there every day and

save as many as you can.

Sorry. Didn't mean to startle you.

What do you want for?

Nothing.

No strings.

Oh, no, that's okay.

Showed up where I should have been two years ago. They wouldn't let us in for a

hundred years. They wouldn't let us win. Now the boys been crowned the champions.

I need my goals. I need to bring me goals.

Need the strength of my bones. I need the victory of blows.

You give a

shot.

You like it?

Think it may be my best work yet.

Whoa, whoa.

Hey, man.

Hey.

Stay back.

Hey.

Hey. Hey!

It's still surreal, isn't it?

Yeah, you can say that again.

Yeah. How are you, Jason?

I'm good.

Yeah.

Good to see you. Good to see you.

I think Bill, for the time off, said it was good. A couple months, we needed it,

you know? How is Sydney doing? Is she okay?

Sydney, we gotta walk in.

Hey, Jay.

What's up, buddy?

Welcome back.

Thank you.

How's he doing?

He's pushing through.

I was picking up more slack until he identified a new captain, but I truly am

worried that he hasn't taken enough time to process it.

You'll be riding with him today, so let me know what you think.

Okay. It was good to have you back, Jay.

Thanks.

My son, Lay, didn't come home last night.

Lay lives with you?

He moved in last year to help with my bills.

He always calls if he's not coming home. Is there a chance that he might have

stayed at a friend's house?

Yes, but he missed an appointment at the hospital this morning.

Hospital? Is Lay sick?

No, it's my younger son, Luhan.

He has...

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Lay is a bone marrow match for Luhan.

The final appointment before the transplant surgery was supposed to be

this morning.

Okay, I hate to ask this, but were there any issues with your sons?

Did they get in a fight?

No.

Their father died when I was pregnant with Luhan.

Lay never left his side.

since the moment Luhan was born.

Yeah, he tried to fill his father's shoes.

I get it. He's a good boy, Lei.

He would never abandon his brother.

If Luhan doesn't get this surgery, I... I can't lose

them both.

I understand.

Okay, we're gonna look right into it. I promise.

Okay?

Alright, so our missing person's full name is Zetao Lei, but he uses the

mononym Lei, and he's a muralist.

He is talented.

Yeah, he started off as a graffiti artist, but he has a few priors of

trespassing and being evil. Yeah, that's consistent with the graffiti thing.

Yeah, but it's all in the past. I mean, he's legit now, you know? We're talking

commissions, gallery shows, the whole deal. Local boy makes good? Good in

terms of profile, but not quite there yet in terms of monetizing it, but

considering where he started out. Yeah, well, graffiti makes enemies, so maybe

somebody from his past came after him. Old grudge, jealousy.

I mean...

Possibly a new one.

Look at this.

Lay's art is controversial.

I mean, he uses his murals as a form of social commentary.

So maybe his art pissed off the wrong person.

I can talk to the brother, see if there's anyone specific that Lay had

troubles with. And given his brother's medical condition, I'm putting out the

alert.

Okay.

Luhan, my name is Detective Adebayo.

Can I ask you a few questions about your brother?

Of course.

Anything.

When did you last see him?

Yesterday morning.

He brought me Mom's congee for breakfast.

He says that the hospital food will kill me before the cancer does.

Any idea where he went after that?

No, I'm not sure.

Luhan, it's a good thing to protect the ones you love.

Really good.

But sometimes the best way to protect them is to speak the truth.

You want to tell anyone here?

In the hospital?

Hell no.

There's this place called Happy Healthy Homeopathy.

It's run by a guy named Dennis McComb.

There was a patient there.

Don't let my stellar appearance fool you. I know I look great, but, uh,

achievements didn't work.

You're in good hands now.

The doctors here are top-notch.

Yeah, but my insurance isn't. I have what they call catastrophic insurance.

That's a good name, because it's a catastrophe.

And I'm already behind on payments, so I'll have to front the deductible before

they'll approve the transplant.

I don't have the money.

And that's why Leigh went to Dennis to get my money back.

L.A. always thought it was a scam, man.

Sure listened to him.

How much did you give to Dennis?

$8,000.

Okay. Okay.

Why? Well, you don't think it has something to do with why L.A.'s missing,

do you? No, no, no, no.

You're just gonna let me worry about that, okay?

You promise me that you're gonna rest now?

Okay. All right?

Don't need that food.

You rest, okay?

Okay.

Hi. Hi, I'm Dr.

Roberta Stark. I'm Luhan's oncologist.

You're looking for his brother?

Yeah, is there anything that you can share with us? Only that it's urgent

that you find him.

Luhan is too weak for chemo and radiation.

This bone marrow transplant is his only hope.

I understand.

Respectfully, I don't think you do. In 48 hours, Luhan will be too weak to

accept the transplant.

He needs that surgery now.

Is it Kaye Diggs blowing you up again?

No, Maya, actually.

She's been texting me nonstop ever since I got her a part-time gig at my friend's

gallery. But apparently Leigh's disappearance made it to social media,

and now Maya's very concerned that we find the greatest street artist of her

generation. Yeah, speaking of, what do you got on Dennis McComb?

Uh, yeah, okay, so he runs Happy Healthy Homeopathy in an alternative medicine

clinic in Nicetown.

Now, that is the face of a used car salesman who puts snake oil in his

engines. Okay, someone's a bit of a judgy Betty this morning.

Are you really going to defend a man who's peddling BS to people who are

literally dying? All right, calm down. First of all, homeopathy is not BS. Now,

making unrealistic promises, like claiming that you can cure cancer

without chemo, that is a different story. Yeah, thank you. Okay, all right.

So, Lu Han thinks that Lei went to get his money back from McComb, but there is

no way that guy does refunds.

And if Lay refused to take no for an answer... The conversation could have

turned ugly. I'll get Jay. All right.

Happy

and

healthy.

Yep.

How's Sydney?

I need to give her a phone call.

How's she doing?

Uh, she's, uh, she's okay. You know, she wants to take a semester off of school,

think a little bit, get her head right. Yeah, that makes sense.

I get it.

Alternative is you just push through, keep it moving, ignore the grief, just

wait for the nervous breakdown to come and watch your head explode.

You trying to make a point here?

No, no, no. I mean, you lost your wife, and you took a whole three days off, so

you're probably just fine. I am.

I'm fine.

Right, right. Until you're not.

You know, I actually missed you at one point, so thank you so much for

absolving me of that.

You're welcome. Yeah. I'll be right with you.

Can we just focus on the case? Yeah. Okay, you want to have a cup of tea? You

want to sit down and talk about our feelings? No, that's fine.

Let's talk about this clown's face that I'd like to punch.

I bet you 20 bucks that he lawyers up as soon as he sees a badge.

Right, so why don't you let me do the talking?

What, you have a plan?

Yeah, I got a plan. Go over there and look important somehow.

Please. You know I have questions.

Go, go, go, go, go, go.

Hi. Hi.

How you doing?

Good. How can I help you?

So, uh, my boss over there, uh, Mr. Sherman, he would love a consult, and he

is very specific, doesn't do straight medicines, or in the right place, I

think. Mr.

McCone's schedule is full today.

But if you fill out your boss's insurance information, we can get him on

the books next week. Okay, it's got to be today.

Let me tell you what happened. My boss, he went on a business trip to Amsterdam

without getting too personal.

His symptoms are something that we'd rather not file with insurance.

Itching, rashes.

He did say the word discharge. I think I got squeamish and I stopped listening. I

see.

So you'll be paying out of pocket then?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We'll throw in some extra money if Dennis can see us right away, assuming

he can be discreet.

I'll get you set up in his office. Just have your penis.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course.

Hey, boss.

Time to scrub in.

Let me ask you a question. You think there's real rhino testicles in there?

Would that make it better or worse?

Certainly worse if you're the rhinoceros.

Gentlemen. How are we today?

Fine, thanks.

So... I understand you're experiencing some discomfort in the nether regions.

My nether region is fine, thank you. Yeah, we're actually here to talk about

a kid named Lay. I think his brother was a patient of yours.

What is this about? We're MPU.

Lay's missing, and we have reason to believe you were one of the last people

to see him.

Should my lawyer be present for this conversation?

I mean, only if you got something to hide.

Okay.

He did come by to discuss his brother's treatment.

That's the treatment where you charged him $8,000, the treatment that didn't

work, right?

Look, Lujan was well aware of our policy.

Refunds require a six-to-ten-month review period.

You tell a patient so you can cure cancer without chemo, they don't got six

to ten months.

You're here about Lay, and yes, I saw him. We spoke.

I made my position clear, and he left. Like, I have security footage that will

back that up.

Anything else?

You have any idea where he went from here?

Nope.

Look, for what it's worth, I hope you find the guy.

I feel for that family.

Truly.

Yeah, you're a saint.

Hey.

So I searched McComb's security footage, and Lay confronted McComb, but if

anything, Lay was the aggressor.

McComb shut him down, Lay left, and I have no idea where he went after that.

Damn it.

Sorry, I'm just, I'm over-caffeinated.

All right, well, pour yourself some decaf, okay? Because we got a hit off of

the alert.

An officer from the 9th District called in. He arrested Lay yesterday for trying

to pass a forged check.

All right.

Checks for $8,000, which is what they owe for the deductible.

I mean, I don't even know how they caught this. Definitely passes the

eyeball test.

I mean, he's such a talented artist. And without the money, then there's no

transplant, and his brother dies. He's desperate.

So he's in lockup? No, he made bail.

How? It was posted by a bondsman named Max Goings, who does business with the

9th District all the time. All right. Get him in here now.

OK. You OK?

Yeah.

Nice digs you got here.

Thanks.

Mind if I hang a flyer?

Uh, well, maybe.

Depends. Uh, I'm gonna need some information on a client of yours. Uh, is

it Tao Lei?

Not happening.

No. If word gets out that I'm sharing client info with the cops, it'll kill my

business. Right. You're aware of what floor you're on, right?

It's a missing persons unit. Means if I'm asking about a client of yours he is

missing, okay, that's not good for a bail bondsman. So why don't you help me

help you?

Okay, look. All I know is I got a call that the kid had the cash for a bond. I

showed up, and the money was at the intake desk.

So Lay didn't call you directly?

No. Apparently, he used his phone call to get some dude to bring the bond

money. Okay. Does that dude have a name? Spider.

Not a name.

That's a bug.

Look, all I know is that Lay said that Spider came through for him. The money

was right. I didn't ask any questions.

Okay, that's not gonna get you a flyer on the wall. Anything else you can tell

me? Yeah.

If Lay doesn't show up to court...

He better be dead.

Have you found Lei yet? We're getting closer, but we're actually trying to

find his friend. His name is Spider.

Apparently, he loaned Lei some money.

Sorry,

I just don't want her more upset than she already is.

Spider is not a friend.

Hopefully they didn't take money from that jerk.

So you know him?

Yeah. His real name is Tyree Baker, but his art handles Spider.

You think he knows where Leigh is?

I mean, we'll find out.

Leigh and Spider both do murals and social criticism, but Spider's a hack.

On-the-nose messaging, lame graphics.

Yeah. Yeah, that's his stuff.

Spider targets big businesses and... Parodies of their products.

Yeah, but that was from, like, five years ago.

Spider's lost his edge.

He's jealous of Leigh.

Why would he bail him out of jail?

Jail?

Leigh's in jail?

He was, and he's out now. We're gonna find him for you, Luhan, okay?

Did it ever get violent between Spider and Leigh?

Uh, no.

Uh, worse ever got was they were just modifying each other's murals.

Like Banksy and King Robbo.

You need to rest now.

I want you to take care of yourself now, okay?

I don't care about me.

Just find my brother.

We will.

Lujan, I need you to keep faith, okay?

We will.

Mike, I'm gonna get you an address for Tyree Baker, aka Spider.

So Lay picks a fight with a con artist, gets pinched for counterfeiting, then he

goes begging to some hipster graffiti clown who Lujan says is a real piece of

work.

Right. You getting enough sleep?

Yeah, I'm getting enough sleep. I'm sleeping great. In fact, I excel at

sleeping. Are you getting enough sleep?

I am, yeah. I mean, I took the time to process.

Good. Well, I'm glad we're all processing in our own way.

Yeah.

Look, you gotta feel your feelings, man. That's it. Listen, I appreciate your

concern. Thank you. But every day, I show up to work, and when I decide to

feel sorry for myself, I meet someone who's having a worse day than me. Like

that mother who might lose both of her kids.

Helping them?

That's my process. So can we please just focus on the kid? Absolutely.

Right into the spiderweb, Sergeant. Gotcha.

Rap is easy, man. I grew up on it like chapati with the stew up on it. Always

knew if I put something new up on it. You ever heard of knocking?

Tyree Baker?

You can call me Spider.

Spider? This is a very nice place. You own it?

What happened to the starving artist?

Starving is for the talentless. Listen, you want to commission a painting? I'll

get you in touch with my gallerist.

No, no, I'm more of a photography guy myself. This one right here, this really

screams daddy didn't love me. I prefer when it's tastefully implied, you know?

Yeah, and I prefer newer artists.

Maybe you heard of them?

Goes by the name of Lay.

Oh, are you guys cops?

Wow, look at that. The left side of his brain works, too. Yeah, we are cops.

Lay went missing.

Yesterday. So what, you think I know where he is?

I got no idea, man. Well, you bailed him out of jail. Which is a weird thing to

do for somebody you don't like. And now he's gone, and you were the last person

to see him, so... You want to tell us what happened after he was released from

lockup?

Well, that's an interesting choice.

Get the car. Yep.

You don't want to do this, Spider.

Spider, I get running from the cops, but now you ding the whip, we got to bring

you in. Get up.

Up against the wall.

All right, don't move, all right? Don't move!

Mike, you good?

Never better.

I like the energy.

Delivery for you, Kimmy.

Oh, thank you.

What's that?

It's, uh, Maya's favorite lei mural.

Yeah, she had it delivered from South Street Art Mart.

Sweet. Oh, please, it's not for me, no. She wants me to get it signed for her

once we find lei.

Thank you.

Ma.

Ma.

This is Nurse Shauna.

She's cute, right?

Your son's trying to play matchmaker for his brother.

Because we're gonna find him.

You're very pretty and very patient if you've had to put up with my son's

mischief.

She's Chinese, too.

But my Mandarin's kind of rusty.

Is that a problem for your brother, Luhan?

Luhan?

No.

Luhan, I'm...

Detective Adebayo, this is Dr. Stark. I'm calling about Luhan.

Yeah, how is he doing? He's gone into renal failure.

Likely because of something called tumor lysis syndrome. Without that transplant,

he's out of options.

How much time do we have? If it were up to me, he'd be in surgery right now.

We're running out of time.

I understand.

Thank you, doctor.

Quit stalling.

Where's Lay? I don't know what you're talking about. What I'm talking about is

obstruction of justice and assaulting an officer.

It's 10 years. 10 years?

For what? Kicking a can of paint?

Prosecutors have done more with less.

It's time to start cooperating, Spider.

All right, fine.

Lay called me from lockup.

He said he needed money to help his brother, so I agreed to hire him, put up

his bail.

And then I told him I'd kick in 40 large for a mural.

You commissioned your rival? Everybody does it, man.

Murakami, Hearst.

They all use studio assistants.

So that's what we're calling it now?

I gave him the parameters, and he just agreed to use my monogram.

So you basically paid him to make you look good.

Look, I approached him months ago, and he told me to take a hike. And then

yesterday, he comes crawling back with a pitch for something in my style, and so

I agreed.

I haven't seen him since last night. I figured he got pinched again.

And then when you guys showed up, I assumed he timed me out.

That's understandable.

I mean, at your age, what are you supposed to know about what kids think

is cool, huh?

I am still relevant, okay?

Barely.

And if word got out that you lost your edge and that Leigh was carrying you,

that's a career ender.

But look, your secret's safe with me.

Just as long as you tell me where Leigh was gonna put up that mural.

I kinda like it.

You know, he takes a shot at Dennis, gets paid, he's a smart kid.

I mean, Dennis has a bunch of these billboards around the city. Why'd he

pick this one?

That's a good question. I got an idea.

Detective Adebayo. Hey, Kemi. We found the mural. You got a home address for

Dennis McComb?

Yeah, give me a second.

All right, so he lives in a building that he owns near Hunting Park on

Darien. On Darien, huh? Yeah, I figured as much. We're standing on the roof.

What about a cell phone? You got that in that magic computer of yours?

Yeah, patching you through.

If I was Dennis and I saw this on the roof, I'd want to kill him, too.

Kid's got serious cojones.

This is McComb. Yeah, this is Steve over at UC at Billboards. I'm standing on the

roof over in Darien. I got a crew ready to clean up this mess.

Building manager said you were to contact.

Uh, so someone needs to come down here and sign this thing.

Look, I'm at the office. Can I email it? No, no, no, no. You can't email. We

don't do e-sign.

You gotta, you gotta come down here. Otherwise, you reschedule, and then

it'll be like, you know, six, seven weeks, something like that. No, no.

Tell them I'm on my way. Oh, you're on your way. Great. We'll be here waiting

for you. We'll see you soon. Bye.

Steve from Chicago.

Yeah, Chicago. I like the bears, right?

What the hell is this? This is where you tell us where Lay is right now. I didn't

touch that kid. I don't like being lied to. See that?

That's 15 feet worth of motive, all right?

Kidnapping, 20 years. Talk to us, it'll be less. Yeah, that's assuming that Lay

is still alive. Okay, okay.

I saw him last night, but I didn't hurt him.

If you don't believe me, make him believe you. I was ready to kick his

ass, but he took off before I got the chance. Okay, took off where? There's

only one stairwell. No, he didn't take the stairs. Crazy kid. Went free running

that way. Builded a building.

Friggin' artist.

Psycho. That's all I know.

I'm telling you, if you hold him back... Telling you?

That's all I know.

Well, there's a patrol car downstairs, and it's not leaving until we find

Leigh. Don't move.

I know you are trying the best you can, but my son is dying, and it's my fault.

It's not your fault.

He just tried to make me happy, just like his brother.

You have raised two incredible sons. Being a mother is one of the hardest

jobs in the world.

A mother shouldn't have to outlive her children.

You just look after Luhan, and I will find Lei, okay?

What's wrong?

Lei's mom is blaming herself.

She thinks that she put the idea of alternative medicine into Lu Han's head.

And traditional Chinese medicine is a long way from the garbage that Macomb is

peddling. She's getting desperate.

I don't blame her. We have patrol canvassing, but we got to narrow the

search. What do you got? I have a long shot, but...

It may work.

So I searched Lay's socials, and he has a smartwatch. Okay, good.

Can we get a location on it?

So Luhan gave me the login for his cell, which didn't help because the cell is

dead or it's out of juice.

But the credentials should be the same for his smartwatch.

Location services are disabled.

Yeah, it makes sense for someone who has a history of breaking on a private

property. You know what? I am not giving up on this kid. Let's see. Let me search

notification history.

Wait a minute.

Here.

Okay, okay. So the account reported a hard fall around the same time that

Dennis claims that he confronted him.

Dennis said that he did a roof run heading east. Yeah.

If he didn't make one of those building jumps.

Then that accounts for the hard fall, yeah. Give me a satellite view of that

area. Everything within a six block radius. I'll check the rooftop distances

and I will identify all of his possible routes. Send it to me. I got you.

Oh.

We searched the exterior of every building he could have fallen from.

Patrol's doing a second sweep, but so far there's no sign of him.

Paramedics haven't picked him up. Where the hell is this kid, Cammie? We keep

assuming that he fell off the building. What if he fell into the building?

What do you mean?

Okay, so there's a building not far from Dennis.

It looks like the developer ran out of money. I mean, the place looks like a

box of tetanus that's being held together by duct tape and a drain. So

the building's falling apart.

I imagine the roof's not being maintained if they ran across it. The

roof could have collapsed.

I'm going to call search and rescue.

We're closer. Tell them meet us there. The building isn't stable, Mike.

All right, we don't got a ton of time. Hit it.

Jay, this ain't good.

No, let's go.

Lay!

Lay, can you hear me?

Can you hear me, buddy?

Lay.

Hear that?

Yeah, he's somewhere down there.

Can't tell where it's coming from. Hey, you got tape in that bag? Yeah.

Here you go. Yeah.

Answer your phone.

What are you doing?

So there was an earthquake.

It was in Kandahar. Six point something. Barracks collapsed.

This is how we found survivors.

That's pretty clever.

Hang puff, buddy. We're coming.

Blake, keep making noise.

You got picture?

Uh, yeah.

Huh? No, nothing yet.

Just a whole lot of ceiling.

Oh.

Right here, right here.

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Go back, go back.

Yeah, he's right there. I see him.

What the hell is search and rescue?

All right, come on. We got to dig him out.

No, you should be there by now.

What do you mean delayed?

No, I understand.

But a young man's life is on the line.

Thank you.

Search and rescue?

Ten minutes out. But Leigh may not have ten minutes.

Lay, can you hear me? Hey, buddy.

We're not going anywhere, all right? You're gonna be okay.

What, brother?

Let's get you to the hospital so we can transfer that bone marrow, yeah?

All right, come on. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What do you mean?

Hey, Lay, hang in there, buddy, okay? One second.

What are you doing? We don't have time for that. Look, I've seen this before.

It's called crush syndrome.

What is that?

So we're pulling this guy out of the collapsed barracks, okay? And I'm moving

this last piece of wall off his leg. I'm able to get him out of there. I think

he's going to be fine. A couple minutes later, he just died.

And the medic said it was because the blood rushed back to his limbs too fast.

We cannot move that rock.

All right, copy that. Now we're moving it.

You got a workaround?

No.

Not unless you got an IV in that bag of yours.

Not exactly.

Hey, listen to me, buddy. I need you to hang in there for just a couple more

minutes, okay? Rescue team's on the way.

I don't think that's going to be an option.

Call Kimmy.

Hey, Kimmy, we got a problem. We got to put an IV in this kid before we move

him. Yeah, but we don't have one of those and he's losing a lot of blood.

Emergency rescue will be on site in five.

Look, I'm not a doctor, but I don't think we have five.

I don't know what else to do.

Mike, you are the senior officer on site. You have to make a call.

All right, screw it. Let's get him out. I'm not losing two boys today.

Give me some gauze.

Keep breathing. Keep breathing.

I know.

I know.

Stay cut, Nick. Here, here, here.

You got it?

Almost.

No, no, no, no, no. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, stay with me, all right?

I need you to keep your eyes open, okay?

Your brother needs you, okay? I'm not leaving.

I'm with you every step of the way.

Lay! Stay with me. Stay with me.

Hang in there, Lay.

EMTs are almost here. Just a little longer, buddy, okay?

Guys, come on, come on, come on. We got a femoral artery bleed, and he just lost

consciousness.

Pupils unequal and dilated.

Pulse 104.

Pushing fuses.

Pressure's on the way back.

We got him.

Search and rescue are right behind us.

Team effort.

Good job getting him out when you did.

Chopper's here.

He's gonna be okay?

Yeah.

Hey, hey, hey, buddy.

Promise is a promise.

Staying with you.

You got room in the chopper for one more?

Yeah, we do.

How's my favorite patient doing?

I see those extra special IVs are kicking in.

Uh-huh. Ready to get some new bone marrow?

Yeah.

Oh, this guy doesn't mess it up.

I mentioned my brother, Leigh.

Just once or twice.

It's nice to finally meet you, Leigh. I'm Shauna. Also known as your future

wife, bud.

Oh, don't make me laugh, Lou.

Nice to meet you, Shauna.

Since I can't really move right now, can you do me a favor?

Of course.

Take my pillow and smack my dumbass brother across the head with it.

Lay.

Ow.

Hello.

Hi. Dr. Stark said that you're on track for your transplant in a few hours, and

I just wanted to express my best wishes.

Thank you so much, Detective.

Oh.

Sergeant Sherman told me there's a fan out there who wanted an autograph.

It'd be my honor. You're very generous.

And I know that your fans are super excited that you're okay.

One in particular.

Yeah.

Who should I make it out to?

Maya.

Hey. Good news.

Spider transferred the money.

Deductible's been paid. They're prepping for surgery now.

You think he's gonna make it?

I like his chances.

Did the right thing today.

Is that an actual compliment?

Uh... No.

No, it's not a compliment. It's an observation.

Not the first one I made today.

Yeah, I noticed.

Thing is, buddy, you're on point.

Always. Always on point. But this working your ass off now is kind of see

where it's coming from.

You know, when I lost Keith, I didn't want to go home.

Didn't feel like home.

So I see what you're doing. First one in, last one out. Jay, you don't have

to. Hey, listen, I'm not letting you go through this alone.

That's it.

All right.

Besides, I used up all my personal days already. Anyway, so you're kind of stuck

with me.

Wanna grab a beer, go watch the game?

Which game?

I don't know. I figure somebody's playing somebody, right?

Brain chat.

You got it?

You got it?

Jay. Yeah.

Thanks.

I actually did miss having you around.

Missed you too, buddy.

Missed you too, man.