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Dad, your dinner's on fire!

Okay. I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming.

- Watch out, watch out. - Watch out.

I got it, I got it, I got it.

Ah.

Oh, here we go.

Damn it. Oh, it's fine.

It's fine. Just a little, uh, extra crispy.

Way extra crispy.

I'm not eating that.

Everything okay?

Yeah, yeah. I just got to run out for a sec

and take care of something.

Now?

Yeah, it's a work thing.

Um, I'll be back soon.

Hey, uh, can you keep an eye on your brother?

I'll bring home a pizza.

- Okay? - Okay, deal.

Deal. All right.

See you guys.

Dad home yet?

Not yet, but he'll be home soon, okay?

Don't worry.

Just go back to sleep, buddy, okay?

- Randy, what do you got? - Morning, C.

- Sorry to hit you so early. - No, no, you know I'm awake.

- What's up? - Single dad,

his name is Sean Wooledge,

he left home last night, never came back.

Works construction in San Pedro.

Who's hiring?

His brother Charlie. Said the family doesn't have much,

but they're willing to throw whatever they got at it.

Listen, you're close, I figured I'd toss it to you

to see if you were interested.

Yeah. Send me the details.

Who is it?

Colter Shaw. Looking for Charlie.

Yeah, okay. Come on in.

Come on, Hank, you're gonna miss the bus.

This the guy?

Yeah, yeah. Uh, just go. Okay?

I'll meet you at the bus stop after school.

Don't forget your lunch.

Hey.

Remember what we talked about, okay?

You're Charlie.

It's your dad that's missing, not your brother, right?

I'm sorry I lied. I...

I didn't think you'd take a job from a kid.

How'd you find me?

Uh, I asked a Reddit thread.

Said you do this kind of thing.

- You should call the police. - I can't.

Our neighbor called CPS on us last year

when Dad left Hank home alone.

H-He was sick, but Dad has to work.

They threaten to separate you?

I can't let that happen.

Is it just the three of you here, Charlie?

Since Mom died two years ago.

I'm sorry.

You have any family close by? Any friends?

No one I trust enough to explain what's happening.

I can take care of Hank.

I mean, we're in school all day anyway. I-I just...

I-I need to know that my dad's okay.

Why don't you tell me what happened?

Dad kept getting texts, said he had to run out to work.

But I called the construction company,

and he was never on-site.

When was this?

He was making dinner.

Doesn't make sense, lying about going to work.

He'd never done anything like that before?

No, he-he would never leave us.

Always the three of us against the world.

Do you have any idea who he might have been texting?

No. Like...

he said it was for work, so I...

I don't know, I believed him.

What did you have?

Burnt chicken.

- Yeah. - He messed up and burned our dinner, so...

So, he was distracted.

Look, w-whatever this costs,

it doesn't matter, I'll figure it out.

I just have a really bad feeling.

Please...

can you find my dad?

Yeah, let me poke around.

Hopefully, he's on his way home right now.

And if he's not?

Let me see what I can find out.

Mm. Shoot.

- What's up, Colt? - Randy.

- Uh, how'd it go with Charlie? - Charlie's Sean's kid.

- He's 15 years old. - Okay.

Props to the little man for getting one past me.

I told him I'd keep the cops out of it for now.

- I'll give it a day. - That's cool, man.

Well, Sean's phone is off the map and his car's a beater.

I got nothing.

Find out who he was texting last night?

- Something had him rattled. - Yes, I can.

All right. He was going back and forth

with a guy named Bern Maddox.

Uh, something about money.

They were arranging to meet.

You got anything on this, uh, this Bern guy?

I'm gonna find out.

San Pedro...

Oh. Yeah. Buddy's got a record.

He did five years for extortion and assault.

This is a bad dude.

- Where is he now? - One sec.

All right, he got a new Escalade.

And he's parked outside of Longshore

Welding and Steel right now.

So, sending you the address.

Got it. Thanks, Randy.

I still can't believe the landlord

sold your old offices.

How are you settling in?

You know, for a temporary space, it'll do.

- Thank you, by the way. - Yeah. Of course.

You know, I could talk to the other partners,

see if I could get you a lease.

Oh. No, no, no, no.

I-I really want our own space.

You know? I think it's a good time,

with the settlement money coming in, and...

- Yeah, I get it. Just asking. - And hey,

I had a look at that case file that you sent over.

- Mm. - I mean, it seemed

pretty straightforward.

Oh, it's gonna be a little more complicated than that.

- How so? - Mm...

Really big family, millions in assets,

voting stake at the company.

They're gonna play dirty.

People show you who they really are

when everything's on the line.

Don't I know it.

You okay?

Mm-hmm. I am not gonna bore you

with any more war stories from my divorce.

Let's just say it would be easier if he died.

You know any good hit men?

I am kidding. Sort of.

I've got a good shovel.

Just saying.

What about you?

Things still going with the doctor?

The doctor.

I don't know, he's just kind of...

Boring? I told you.

I mean...

Okay, so, you are officially on the market again?

Why? Are you selling?

Our in-house investigator asked about you.

- Mm. - He saw your name on the Praiter-Rockwell file.

I guess you guys went to school together?

What's his name?

His name's Adam Shevlin.

Oh. Uh-oh.

- You know him. - I did.

Many, many years ago.

Okay, well, I don't know what he was like back then,

but I will say, he is very smart,

he's very cute and he is not married, so I can...

No. Please.

- Do not do that. - Okay.

- Noted. - It's a very long story,

and I...

Hi. Sorry to interrupt.

Oh. I am late, aren't I?

I mean, this guy, I can only give him so much coffee.

Uh, I will take a look at the case file again,

and I will let you know what I find.

- To be continued. - Uh-huh.

Help you?

Yeah, maybe.

I'm here for, uh, Bern Maddox.

He here?

He's off today. Sorry.

Something I can do to help you?

No, I'm good. Thank you, though.

Well, I got work to do, so...

Yeah. No, sorry. Go... you know.

Thank you.

- You do something stupid? - What?

There's a guy out front asking for you.

Is it a cop?

Not sure, but he looked like one.

Bern?

You're Bern Maddox.

- Now we got a problem. - No, no, there's no problem.

I'm not a cop or anything.

I'm just looking for, uh, Sean Wooledge?

Don't know the name.

Now, like I said, you better go before something happens.

Something's gonna happen... what's gonna happen?

I got this, Daryl.

You better.

So, Sean comes to see you last night, right?

He owes you money? What happened?

Man, I can't... I don't need this.

No, no... hey, hey, hey, hey. Look. Sit down.

Sit down. Like I said, I'm not a cop.

Sean comes to see you last night,

he owes you money. What happened?

I can't have this blow back on me, man.

Okay? I'm on parole.

I sold him a gun, okay?

He said he needed to protect his girl.

Sean and I go way back.

He comes to me, said his girl's in some kind of trouble.

So, I made a call and I hooked him up.

This girl, did you get a name?

No, she was waiting in the car.

I just told him it couldn't come back to me.

That's it?

That was it.

Okay. All right. Well, thank you.

Charlie, why don't you come on out?

Did you follow me here?

I-I know I'm supposed to be in school.

- I was really worried, so... - Listen, I...

I know you're trying to help, but...

you got to trust me, all right?

Is-is my dad in trouble? I mean, those men looked really rough.

You'd tell me if he was in trouble?

I don't know if he's in trouble or not.

And I'm gonna try to bring him back safe,

but you got to let me do my job.

- Yeah, okay. - Okay.

Why don't you grab your bike? I'll give you a ride to school.

How'd you find me, by the way?

The window outside the house, it's like a speaker.

You heard me on the phone?

Yeah. You were talking about the welding shop,

so I googled it.

Sorry, I just wanted to know

- what was happening. - It's okay.

Since our mom died, our dad is all me and Hank got.

My father passed away when I was about your age.

Forces you to grow up fast.

I spent a lot of time taking care of my younger sister.

I mean, my-my dad tries, just...

he's always working, so...

He's trying to provide for you and your brother.

I know.

Can you tell me what you found out at the shop?

Did your dad have a girlfriend, maybe?

He tries to keep that private, 'cause of Mom,

but I think I've heard him talking

to some lady named Stephanie.

Kind of just figured they were a thing.

- What do you know about her? - Uh, just that she's

a supervisor at the port.

Kind of a big shot.

Dad brings her lunch sometimes.

- Last name? - Uh, pretty sure it's Rodrigo.

Wait, no, it's-it's Rodriguez.

What does she have to do with this?

I'll see if I can find out.

- How do we do that? - We don't do anything.

You're gonna go back to school. Hop in.

Here you are.

Will you let me know if you hear anything?

You'll be my first call.

Okay.

Colter. You find Bern?

Yeah, I did.

He, uh, sold a gun to Sean.

Damn.

The hell's Sean into?

He's protecting some woman named, uh, Stephanie Rodriguez.

She's a supervisor at the port.

Stephanie... okay.

All right, protect her from what?

Haven't found that out yet.

All right.

Well, her phone's pinging on a street in Vista del Oro.

- What's there? - Uh, it's mostly residential.

- Can you send me a pin? - You got it.

Thanks, Randy.

Uh, if you can have them bag the other ones

around the corner also, okay?

Shaw?

Uh, Detective Kao.

Uh, just got a download from my guys,

but wanted to hear it from you.

I was looking for Sean Wooledge.

- How is that? - Family hired me to find him.

'Cause that's what you do. Find people?

New things. Every day.

- Go on? - I tracked Sean and his girlfriend

Stephanie Rodriguez to this house.

- Where you happened to find a body. - Exactly.

As soon as I found that body and the signs of a struggle,

- that's when I called you guys. - Appreciate that.

- Yeah. - Really. But now I got to figure out

- what the hell happened here. - Yeah.

Did you get an I.D. on the body?

Uh, yeah.

Brent Russo.

Gate clerk at the port.

He's your girl Stephanie's ex.

Nasty fight went down here.

I'm thinking new boyfriend

kills ex-boyfriend.

Hmm.

No history of violence, no record.

Maybe Stephanie

gave him a reason.

One of those "happy, happy,

no joy" kind of things.

Maybe, although I...

I don't think Sean did this.

Why do you say that?

I think there was a fourth party involved.

So, not a throuple.

Okay, three plus one.

- Yeah. - I can buy that.

So, this fourth person,

right, was waiting for them.

The fight broke out here,

right, struggle goes this way.

Impact.

Yeah, I see it.

- Mm-hmm. - Falls. Tries to crawl away.

Well, I don't know if he tried to crawl away.

Look at the size of that stain.

Indicates that this person was unconscious.

Right? I think they were, they were dragged this way.

I'm guessing that's Sean.

Yeah.

Too heavy to carry. Unlike Stephanie.

Or Sean and Stephanie

did it all themselves and now they're on the run,

'cause right now, I got their car here.

Or I can maybe get there on your "party crasher plus one" theory.

Either way, we got to find them.

Yeah, goes without.

And maybe the body here was dragged out the back.

- You see that? - Yeah, we'll look into it, Mr. Shaw.

Meantime,

uh, you get a trace on that missing couple,

let me know.

- Yeah. - Thanks.

Hey, Colter.

- Randy brought me up to speed. - Yeah, well,

now the police are involved.

Whoever killed Stephanie's ex is after her and Sean.

The police aren't up to speed yet, but they will be.

Well, you need to be out front because of Sean's boys.

Look, if the police find out that they don't have a guardian,

they're gonna get put in protective custody.

Yeah, you're right. That's why we got to find them right away.

Okay, who else was at the ex's house?

I'm trying to find that out.

How can I help?

Why don't you look into Stephanie's ex?

Brent Russo.

See if he's got any open investigations, maybe something

local police wouldn't know anything about.

They all work down by the port.

Can't be a coincidence, right?

Okay, yeah. Brent Russo.

Let me see what we can do.

Thanks, Reenie.

Hi.

Hi.

- Buck fifty. Cash or card? - You got it.

Got cash for you.

Hey, listen, I was wondering, uh,

if you were, by chance, working last night?

Depends why you're asking.

Well, a couple people were taken from your alley.

I was hoping to get a look at your security footage.

What are you, some concerned citizen?

Yeah, something like that. Just trying to help them out.

I'm thinking maybe your cameras might've caught something.

What's in it for me?

Well, what do you have in mind?

- 50 bucks maybe? - You want 50 bucks?

Wiping me out, Darlene. We got a deal?

Deal.

Have at it.

Hmm...

Hey, Randy, Stephanie and Sean were taken.

What? Why take them?

Uh, must've needed them for something.

Can you get an I.D. on that picture I sent you?

It's too blurry.

I got a partial plate on the van.

- Give me a sec. - All right.

See if any of 'em were registered to the port.

Uh, let me check.

Got one.

Registered to a Cabrillo Transport.

I believe it's a freight-hauling business.

Yeah, it's got to be the one.

Yup, just sent you the addy.

Got it.

Thanks, Randy.

Hey, hey, hey.

- Steph? - Hey, hey. I'm here.

I'm here.

- Are you okay? - I'll be fine.

- We got to get out of here. - I'm sorry.

I didn't know any of this would happen.

It's okay.

Cooled off a little?

Let us go. I-I promise,

I promise we won't say anything.

No can do.

Gonna need a little help first.

I swear, if you hurt her...

Maybe-maybe-maybe I have him start with you.

Mm? Let her watch and then...

- do what I'm gonna do. - No.

Ooh...

No! No, no.

- Keep the change. - Well, well, well.

Thank you.

Reenie Greene.

- Hey, Rick. How you doing? - Got your text.

Got to say, you piqued my curiosity.

Well, I didn't want to put it in writing,

but I need to understand why Brent Russo

has an open federal investigation.

- You know I can't do that. - Oh, come on. Yes, you can.

- It's just the two of us. - This can blow back.

- Feds don't mess around. - I know they don't,

but two people have been taken, Rick,

and I think they could still be alive.

Yeah, I know what you're doing.

Yeah, maybe, but one is a single father,

with two kids.

I need to know what's going on, okay?

And if it's nothing, it's nothing,

but every minute counts.

Please, don't.

I'm not gonna do anything. I'm here to help you.

Your kids hired me to find you.

- Are they okay? - They're safe, yeah.

Your kids are fine. Where's Stephanie?

- They took her. - Took her where?

I don't know. They-they left half an hour ago.

Come on. Follow me. Let's go. Gonna get you out of here.

Come on. Behind me.

You all right?

- Yeah. - Need a break?

No. I'm good.

Come on. You need a break. It's okay. Right here.

Deep breaths. Deep breaths.

Relax.

This whole thing's about Stephanie, isn't it?

Yeah. Her ex was pressuring her to disappear a container.

Why couldn't he just do it himself?

He's a gate clerk.

That means he has access to the yard, but not

- the central computer. - So, he needed her

to delete the records.

Yeah. She didn't want to do it,

but these guys... You can't exactly say no to them.

And you were gonna confront them?

No. Th-They set up a meeting. I told Steph to go to the cops,

but she was scared there'd be some kind of blowback.

But then, things, they...

They went sideways. They killed Brent.

Well, once they had her,

they didn't need him, did they?

Reenie, talk to me. What do you got?

It turns out, Stephanie's ex has ties to Russian organized crime.

A guy named

Archer Litvak.

Yeah, they're trafficking something.

They needed Stephanie to disappear a container.

It's people, Colter. That's what they're moving.

They're moving people.

They use "ghost containers," so no record of them ever existing.

This thing goes south, they're gonna kill everyone.

If she was gonna disappear a container,

where would she go? How would she do that?

- The control room. - Do you know where that is?

- Yeah. - Yeah, can you show me?

- I can. - I'll call local police

and tell my contact to activate.

Yeah, thanks, Reenie. Come on, show me.

- Yeah. - Let's go.

This is never gonna work.

It will if you play your part.

Good night.

Evening.

Hey, Steph.

Hey, Steph. Didn't see you on the board.

Who's this?

Hi.

First day, just getting shown around.

Okay.

I'm just gonna call and make sure everyone has clearance.

I wouldn't do that.

Excuse me. We're looking for Stephanie Rodriguez.

She come through here?

Whoa. Who...

- Are you okay? - Yeah, I'm fine.

I'm her boyfriend. She's been kidnapped.

The guy who did this to me is the one

who took her. We got to find her.

We need access to your control room.

Hey, I got a situation.

I got a pulse. Call an ambulance.

- On it. - Great. Hey.

You're all right. We got you.

The people who did this, you see where they went?

- Yard four. - Yard four?

We passed it on the way in.

He still needs Stephanie to get past security.

- I'm going after her. - I should come with you.

You're gonna stay here, you're gonna apply pressure.

Save this man's life. Come on. I'll get her.

See what's going on over there.

Let her go!

No one else has to get hurt tonight.

Not gonna happen!

You all right?

I'll be fine. I'll be fine.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

You're okay.

You're okay.

You're okay. You're safe now.

You're okay.

Not even gonna ask, but when I'm done mopping up,

I'm gonna need a blow-by-blow.

Yeah, yeah, you got it. I'm just glad everyone's safe.

The Feds are knocking down doors as we speak.

Should have enough to take down the rest of Litvak's crew.

Good. The victims?

Thought they were applying for work.

Next thing they knew, they were shoved in a container.

Been there for days.

We're gonna get them back to the families.

Yeah. Well, they've been through a lot.

Nice work, Shaw.

You banked a favor with me, far as I'm concerned.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

Dad!

I'm so sorry, buddy.

How you doing, pal?

W-What happened?

You should see the other guy.

It looks way worse than it is, I promise.

Thank you...

for being the man of the house.

Just did what you taught me.

I'm okay. We are okay.

Guys, uh, this is Stephanie, my girlfriend.

We-we know, Dad.

I heard a lot about you.

Nice to finally meet you.

It's bedtime, Hank, huh?

Why don't we go show Steph your room?

Yeah, let's go.

I'm proud of you.

Thank you, Dad.

Thank you.

For everything.

I don't, I don't know what to say.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

You're wel... you got good instincts, by the way.

Even though I lied to get you here

and also followed you when I wasn't supposed to?

That's exactly what I'm talking about, yeah.

Yeah, I would've done the same thing.

That's cool.

- Oh. What do I owe you? - Uh...

- I'll make you a deal. - Okay.

- I'm listening. - Okay. Here's what I'm thinking.

Stay in school, keep working hard, all right?

And when you finish, come look me up,

and, uh, we'll settle up then.

- Deal. - Deal.

All right, you keep it up. Make your father proud.

We did good.

See you down the line?

- Yeah. - All right.

Colter.

All right, Randy, talk to me. What's next?