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- How's the arm?
- Still a little tender.

You took a pretty hard hit.

Well, we knew the
risks going in, right?

You don't think
it escalated a little quickly?

Well... a place like that can
get very ugly, very quick.

It was a Kmart, Beale,
not a terror cell.

I called dibs.

Everyone knows what that means.

Well, the lady in the fur coat
didn't seem to.

She didn't want the garland,
she wanted the glory.

Eh, debatable.

This is not good.

It's a war zone
out there, Hidoko.

We take what we can get.
What is that doing here?

Spreading some Christmas cheer.
Warming the hearts of many.

No, you need to make it
disappear immediately.

Okay.

This is your first Christmas
with us.

We should've warned you.

We tend to lean in
to the holidays around here.

Well, I suggest you lean out
before Mosley sees this.

She doesn't allow any type
of holiday display.

Yeah.

Hidoko, if I've met one Mosley,
I've met a hundred.

One glimpse
of this dry desert palm tree,

all lit up with the spirit
of the holidays,

and that reserved, yet often
terrifying shell will crumble

like a Christmas cookie.

I suggest you take a generous
step back, as my friend here

ascribes to the Neo-Griswold

school of decorating.
Your flint,

my liege.
Thank you, milady.

I-I really wouldn't do...

Here we go.

Are you kidding me? Hidoko!

Oh.
Tannenbaum.

Come on, come on, come on.
We're just gonna

get this out of here
real quick.

Go, go, go, go!

Abort mission!
You never saw us.

Do you care to explain?

♪ NCIS: LA 9x11 ♪
All Is Bright
Original Air Date on December 17, 2017

== sync, corrected by elderman ==
@elder_man

Just as we were starting
to hit it off with Mosley.

Yeah. Yesterday,
she asked me how my sister was.

Last week, she encouraged
me to keep my chin up.

Wait. Isn't that because
you walked into her

while staring down
at your phone?

Can you just let me have this?

Fine.

You know what? This is crazy.

Why don't we just tell her
we caused the power outage,

and that we'll assume
all responsibility?

No. I'll tell her the
truth. I'm to blame.

If she's gonna punish someone,
she can punish me.

Okay.

Wait, what?

I mean, I don't want to point
fingers or anything...

You're the one who said
it could use more bulbs.

This is a tree. Exactly.

Not the Eiffel Tower, Beale.

Wait.
What?

This is exactly what she wants.

Oh, my God, you're right.

Screw it. You know what?

We're in this together.
Yeah.

It was a good run.
We'll always have Ops.

There you are.

I've been looking everywhere
for you.

Okay.

So, the power outage...

Will not be used
to force a wedge between us.

You can take
our Bluetooths.

You can take our jobs.

But you cannot--

ever--

take our bond.

You spent some time

in drama camp, didn't you?

May have dabbled in the arts.

Hmm. Okay, well,

your tree didn't cause
the power to go out.

The grid is down all
over the West Side.

Well, that's a relief.

But also not the best news,

because an outage
of that size

will take hours to repair.
Which is why

Mosley wants you guys in Ops
to see what you can do.

All right. Let's go.

Wait. If the power stays out,

Christmas as we know it
will be ruined!

Let's go!

"Drama camp."

I get it now.

'Sup, brah?
Don't call me brah.

Who are you?

I'm Brady. Finn's cousin.

Finn doesn't have a cousin.

Okay.

You're right. Uh...

Yeah. Finn's not here.
He's not here.

He's in Palm Springs.
He's running an errand,

and with that L.A. traffic,
you know how that can be.

You want to leave
a message or something...

You know, Brady,
I'm getting

a very strong whiff
of something here,

and I'm not talking
about your patchouli.

This was not
in the welcome packet.

Mm-hmm. Why don't you tell me
what's going on?

Honestly, I don't know
what's going on.

Okay, I just got the place
on Airbnb,

I'm renting it for a week.

Finn said that this landlord
was a real drag,

but you seem cool to me.

That's not a compliment.

And you're a horrible liar.

Wait. Well,

if it makes you feel any
better, he lied to me, too.

Apparently "warm and
inviting" is just code

for futon and a bag of Funyuns.

You know what
I'm saying?

You hear that, Hidoko?

This feels like a test.

No, it's no test.

There's nothing to hear.

Sometimes greatness

can be accomplished
in silence like this.

And now this feels
like a TED Talk.

While everybody else in the city
was malfunctioning

without electricity,
I spent a quiet morning

carving "Leucothea"
into a mantel on my boat.

Mortal woman turned protector
of the seas.

Doesn't hurt to know someone
has your back out there.

Speaking of which,
where's Callen?

Marooned somewhere north
of the 10.

Kensi and Deeks?

Stuck on Lincoln. It's gridlock

with all
the traffic lights down.

I'm actually surprised
you got here so quickly.

That's because I swam.

What's with the bells?

I always have them in my go bag.

You don't normally

see those
on a survival checklist.

Oh, they're great
for announcing locations,

sending messages
in Morse code,

leading packs of snow dogs.
Needless to say,

you got to see this. Come on.

I think he was trying
to ring out an SOS.

Felt more like he was signaling
Michael Bublé to take the stage.

So what do we got?

At approximately

8:42 this morning,
the entire power grid

from the Palisades
to Playa Vista went dark.

Ah. Hot yoga enthusiasts
must be up in arms.

I'm assuming this isn't
a random outage.

Westside Electric reported
an unknown source

gained operational access
to their computer systems.

Seems they are the latest
victims in a ransomware attack.

Hackers identify

vulnerability in
the software,

use it to gain access and
then take the system hostage.

Only releasing it
for a fee.

Well, how much
are they asking for?

20 million in Bitcoin.

Hmm.

And if Westside Electric
doesn't comply?

They're threatening
to shut off power up and down

the West Coast
until they do.

Any indication
who's behind this?

It seems to have

originated in the Ukraine,

though the exact location
is still yet to be confirmed.

Massive outages

like this, they wreak
havoc on infrastructure,

banking systems, hospitals.

Not to mention
military facilities.

We have backup power. Not
everybody is as lucky as we are.

Which is why DOD

is asking us to treat this
as a terrorist threat.

Right. And with our offices in
the center of the blackout zone,

we need to be sure
that we weren't

the intended target here.

- Well, Nell, you catch the others up to speed.
- Mm-hmm.

I'm-a hit Westside Electric.
Jingle Beales.

You're coming with me.

Oh.

Leave the bells.

Sam.

Can I bring my gun?

What, you plan on
shaking someone down

over an old utility bill?

People do really crazy things
in the dark.

I should probably
be packing.

The only thing you're packing
is a computer.

Let's go.

We need to find out
exactly who we're dealing with,

before it's lights out for
the entire western seaboard.

Grid manager will be right out.

So, boats, huh?

Kids...

Kids are okay?

Eric, what are you doing?
I'm connecting.

The good thing
about a power outage

is you get to disconnect.

Okay.

Aiden and Kam are coming home

tomorrow
for winter break. Okay?

You know what you should do?

You should get a hotel
in the marina.

Make a staycation out of it.

No hotels.
I'm staying on my boat.

All three of you?
All three of us.

The couches double as racks.
Huh.

And they must have fantastic
back support, but...

seems like a bit
of a squeeze, no?

Listen.
That's enough connecting.

All right? And never let me hear
you say "staycation" again.

It's bizarre.

Gentlemen.

George Forester.

I'm Sam Hanna.

NCIS.

This is...
Eric Beale, uh...

I, uh... You know what?

Lost my badge in the chase.

In the big chase.
Huge, actually.

Sam, you were there.

Surprised you
still have your...

badge.

We should probably
cut to the chase.

A hack of this magnitude
requires a lot of planning.

Did you notice any suspicious
activity leading up to it?

Nothing. We weren't prepared
for anything like this.

Of course, we'd have more time
to work on fixing it

if we stopped getting calls
from every Tom, Dick and Harry

with a stalled train set.

Okay.

You were the grid manager
on duty this morning?

And for the last 30 years.

Also ten-time
employee of the month,

five-time captain
of the softball team,

two-time winner
of the summer concert raffle,

but now,
I think I'll be remembered

as the one-time destroyer
of the Polar Express.

Well, our best chance
at getting those choo choos

up and running is if we have

full access to
your systems.

Whatever you need.

Would hate
to live in a world

where you can't
illuminate a shrub.

Mm-hmm.

I bet he's fun
at a Yankee swap.

You wanted to see me?

Yes.

Come in.

Do you have a moment?

You bet.

Care to explain?

Oh, those are just some, um,

old ornaments that
Hetty had banished

to the island
of misfit decorations.

I found them in the middle
of the courtyard.

I was, uh, just taking them
back to storage.

I must've gotten distracted
with the whole power outage.

Hetty didn't care
for the holidays?

Just those ornaments,
specifically.

She said they reminded her
of a time in her life

when she had lost "Hope."

You know, in our line of
business, I'm sure we can all

recall a time
where we felt like that.

No.

Actually, "Bob Hope."

Something about
a bathtub

full of gin, a promiscuous
Christmas goose

and a USO tour
gone awry.

That's Hetty.

Do you have an update for me
on the origin of the hack?

Yes. The ransom message
used a Cyrillic character

unique to the Russian alphabet.

A native would not have
made that mistake.

I think that someone's trying to
push us in the wrong direction.

So we still need
to figure out who.

Yes. I could take

that box for you.

Oh, no, no. That's okay.

I'll make sure it gets
exactly where it needs to go.

Okay.

Any way to speed this up?

Do I come to your work

and tell you how to arm-bar?

Right. Whoever
did this is advanced.

They bypassed every
security system put into place

to prevent
these kind of attacks.

Red alert--
used car salesmen

are rioting over a string
of deflated Santas.

Whoever did this

had access to every password
at every entry point.

They knew
the system intimately.

We have an inside threat.

Any of your employees
been acting strange recently?

Look at me.

Multiply this by 20

and ask my entire
department.

Man, we bleed strange.
Anyone familiar

with Eastern European languages?

Yeah, there's this
one guy, Carl,

married a Croatian woman.

And then there's Edgar--
international gamer.

Wouldn't be surprised
if he picked up

some Russian curse words
in a chat room.

We'll start with Edgar.
Where is he?

Not here. He went home
sick this morning.

Not long after
he clocked in.

An hour in the car
wasn't enough

to cover this subject?
Let's just say that I got you a PlayStation.

A PlayStation, a PlayStation.
I don't want a PlayStation!

But if I got you
a PlayStation,

wouldn't you want me
to get you at least a game

to go with said PlayStation?
With the said PlayStation I don't want?

I'm just talking
hypothetically.

Well, it's coming across
more pathetically.

Hidoko,
back me up on this one.

Okay, I've been here
long enough to know

that's not a good idea.

My wonderful fiancée,
who I love dearly,

has made the decree
that this season

we can only give
each other a gift.

Guys, I'd really rather not.
As I explained to Deeks,

we have to save money, because
we have a wedding to plan.

Do you have any idea
how much weddings cost?

- I don't spend much time on Pinterest, so...
- A lot!

And plus, Deeks, sweetie,
the holiday season

is supposed
to be spent

with people
that you love.

As well as
the newest electronics

that you also love.

Which I love along with you.

Does couples therapy count
as one gift or two?

Ooh...
Oh, look who's

a comedian.
Then you're gonna love

my next bit.

What's this?
Little gift.

I don't want that.

Possible suspect's name
is Edgar Parsons.

Works for Westside Electric.

Edgar Parsons lives
in Studio City.

Studio City's across town.
That's right.

You want me to spend another
hour in the car, with him?

Should give you plenty
of time to figure this out.

Whatever... this is.

Baby, I just want you to know

that I've read
"The Gift of the Magi,"

and if this ends
with you shaving your head...

I may be into that.

Callen.

Hey. How's it going
out in the wild?

Not good.

- This city is paralyzed.
- What's going on?

We don't fix this quickly, we're
gonna start seeing casualties.

Move!
How's everything back there?

Oh, great. Now, in addition

to trying to save Christmas,

I now have that fun fact
to process.

If you need a break,
I know a nice little Airbnb

that's just up the coast.

Never took you
as the crowdsourcing type.

Yeah, I'm not.
Turns out Finn

has been renting out
the apartment that he leased

under Dexter Hughes's name
and pocketing the cash.

That's disappointing.

Maybe there's some explanation?

I'd like to hear it,
if I could find him.

Don't worry,
I will track him down faster

than you can say
"en-suite bathroom."

Thank you, Nell.
Oh, and, Callen?

Finn's just a kid--
everyone messes up at that age.

Did you?

Well, almost everyone.

That's what I thought.

♪ I believe that there's a toy
for every little... ♪

Hi.
Hey.

Oh...

Well.

They sure know how to target
their audience, don't they?

Oh, my.

You know,
between you,

me and the wall,
all I read is Redbook,

but, uh...

taking a look at that
face, what the hell,

sign me up
for Reader's Digest.

Yeah, we're not
selling magazines.

We're with NCIS.
Oh,

Marilyn, you...
you old so-and-so.

You know, I just take one look

at those young blue eyes,
and I lose all my wits.

We're looking for Edgar Parsons.
Hold on a second.

Marilyn hasn't had a chance
to take in these cheekbones.

Some call them
"chiseled."

Their words, not mine.

Deeks.
Uh, y-you're looking

for my Edgar?

Yes, your Edgar.
Um... oh,

you know, you
just missed him.

Yeah, h-he's so
busy-- he's always

running around,
doing so many things for me.

You know,
legal things,

of course.
Deeks, we got a runner.

Excuse me.
Oh, no, what do you want? Edgar!

Oh, Edgar!

Oh!

Run, Edgar!

Hey!

Wow. Talk about
an immaculate reception.

Good catch.

I Odell Beckham'd the heck out
of that thing. I gotcha, buddy.

Well, first things first.

The shepherds are
out of surgery,

should be making
a full recovery.

But I think I was goosed
by a Wise Man.

Don't worry,
I tipped him.

Let's just get this over with.

- Am I franken-sensing some hostility?
- I'm so confused

by what I'm about to say--
but that was a good one.

Thank you.

Yeah, I did it, okay?
I'm guilty. Take me away.

Whoa. All right.

Lock me up
and throw away the key.

Easy. I didn't even get
to flip the table over.

You know how long
I've been working on that move?

Yeah, a lot of
wasted wrist work.

How long will I get?
Ten years?

Tell me what I have to do
to make it 20.

Okay, the first thing you need to do

is take a seat.

And start
from the beginning.

Why did you hijack
the power grid?

To feel alive.

Hell, just
to stay alive.

Do you have any idea
what it costs

just to get by these days?
Yeah, you do have

to cut corners if you're
gonna save anything.

All right,
Suze Orman, pipe down.

I'm 30 years old.

I live in my mother's basement

and exercise
to her old Jane Fonda tapes.

We've all been there.

I haven't been on a date

since Iron Man was in theaters.
Just to clarify,

'cause there's been a lot
of Iron Man movies, which...?

The first one.
- Oh. - Oh.

All I ever do is work,
and when I'm not at work,

I'm taking care of my mother.

Trips to the pharmacy,
to the doctors,

to physical therapy.

I had to take out
a second mortgage

just to pay her medical bills.

That's what
the ransom was for?

To pay debts?

'Cause $20 million
seems a little greedy.

There was never gonna be
$20 million.

Didn't care about the money.

They didn't even give me
a bank account number.

Whoa.

So this wasn't your idea--

somebody paid you to do this?

All they cared about
was shutting down the power.

So the ransomware
was just a diversion.

Who hired you?
I don't know.

Some woman I met
at my mom's rehab facility.

"Some woman"?
She offered me 20 grand,

a-and I took it.

I needed that money.

Check the security footage.

You'll see her.

All right. Your help
will not go unnoticed.

We'll make sure that the
courts show you some...

myrrh-cy.

Huh?

We're gonna go...
workshop that with the elves.

I apologize for my partner.

She did her research.

She knew exactly who to target.
So it was

a distraction-- we need
to figure out for what.

Well, whatever it is,
it has to be

in the radius
of the downed power grid.

God, that's a lot
of ground to cover.

I'll have Nell start with

the high-value properties

in the area.

Greetings, fine people.

Is it me, or is Nell
just Hetty

going all Benjamin
Buttons on us?

Deeks, I am.

Nell, can you contact
the local authorities,

see if there's been reports
of any suspicious activity

around the
power outage?

Oh, I'm already on it.

So far the only reports

have been about a stolen lamb

from a residential
nativity scene.

- Hmm.
- All right,

it was cute, it was dirty-- I
was gonna wash it and return it.

Get over it.
Good to know.

There is this
one other thing, and, um,

before I continue,
let me remind you

that it is the holiday season
after all.

That means it's a time

for giving and... forgiving.

You found Finn.

- Finn is missing?
- "Hiding"

feels more appropriate.

Well, I ran some
of Finn's financial records

that aren't linked to Dexter
Hughes, and it turns out

he is the owner
of a shiny, old van.

Ooh, that's not good.
Vans are notoriously creepy.

It's been ticketed twice
this week in Culver City.

I'm sending you the address now.

Until we meet again.

Oh, no.

You got "mad dad" face.

I am not his dad,
and I'm not mad.

Mm-hmm.

Would you say that
you've had it up to...

here with him?

Or at least here?

If you killed Eric,
I suggest you cover it up.

I'm not in the mood
for that paperwork.

No, I left him at Westside Electric--
he needed to upload some new software.

And I needed to
stop listening

to his Mannheim
Steamroller playlist.

How long until
the power's restored?

Do you want the Eric answer,
or do you have somewhere to be

by New Year's?

Should be two hours.

Great. I hope it
doesn't take that long

to discover the mystery woman
on the security footage.

I'll check in with
Nell and Hidoko,

see if we can get an I.D.
Well, good luck with that.

Those two have been
acting weird all day.

There's definitely
something up.

Well, the unknown can be
unsettling to people.

You can be a bit
mysterious yourself.

Well, we all put up walls, Sam.

That doesn't mean there
aren't surprises behind them.

Oh!

Oh, geez.

Uh, oh. Okay.

What'd you get
on your SATs?

1580.
Oh, not bad.

Why?
I know what

all my friends got
on their SATs,

so, uh, now it's
official-- we're buds.

Come with me.

Come on.
Nell...

rules are in place
for a reason.

I can't help you.

Oop. Hold that thought.

Hmm.

Best thing for you right now
would be to not be in here.

Of course, I'm not really
concerned about

what's best for you.

Time to come out.

You need to tell me
what we're doing.

Hidoko, where did you spend
the holidays last year?

Stuttgart, Germany,

on assignment
with EUCOM.

We lived off brats
and mulled wine.

And the year before that?

Bagram Air Base,
with 1st CAG.

Turned an MRE into
a green bean casserole.

I'll never forget that one.

Well, we don't
always get to

spend the holidays
with our real families.

Sometimes we spend them
with this family.

And this family has
been through a lot lately.

Now, I know the holidays
aren't gonna be the same

without Hetty
and Granger here,

and that is exactly why
we need to remind them

how special it was
when they were.

And we need that tree, Hidoko.

I need that tree.

Okay, well, how do you plan
on convincing Mosley?

I haven't quite figured
that one out, yet.

So, I could use your help.

What do you say?

Okay.

Okay.

With the knees.

Thank you.

Okay, you got it?
Yeah.

Whoo!

I cannot believe I let you
convince me to do this.

What are you talking about?
We got through traffic

in, like, half the time.

I'm not talking about
the bike, sweetie.

It's Christmas.
You look adorable.

You're like a, like a rare,
but sexy reindeer.

You look like an elf that
feel off one too many shelves.

Oh. You're not wrong
about that.

I'm just gonna leave this here.
It's probably fine, right?

Yeah, all right.

You're lucky
you still have power.

We just need a clear image

of the woman that came in
with Edgar Parsons.

Yeah, we'll be out of your hair
in a hot minute.

Eh, more time I'm in here,
less time I'm out there

with my soon-to-be ex-wife.

She's a nurse.

Oh, well,

not everybody can make
office romance work.

Oh, she can.

But with Dr. Tom, not me.

Yeah, that's, uh... tough.

She's quite a looker.

That's good for Dr. Tom,
I guess.

No.

The woman you're looking for...

That's her.

We need to know why this woman

took the power out.

You know her?

That's Alicia Fuentes.

You seem concerned.

She's the sister
of Jose Fuentes,

heir to the second largest
drug cartel in Mexico.

The Morelos cartel.

They've been quiet
for quite some time now.

Jose got locked up
five years ago.

When he went away,
the bloodshed slowed down.

With the kingpin being
locked up,

maybe they used the five years
to prepare the queen.

If Alicia revives
the Morelos cartel,

things are gonna
get loud again.

A lot of people will get hurt.

Well, all I want for Christmas
is for you to find her

before the bodies start to drop.

I leave you alone
for a minute,

and it is lights out for
the entire western seaboard.

You hear that, Hidoko?

The silence is
officially broken.

Okay, if I carried around

a Swiss flag,
would I stop being

caught in the middle
of these things?

Don't let me interrupt
anything here.

Thank you.

Jose Fuentes,

son of Hector Fuentes

and heir to the Morelos cartel,

one of Mexico's most notorious
drug families.

DEA picked him up

five years ago
in the City of Industry.

That's right, he was tied
to a linens warehouse

that was doubling as
a cocaine distribution center.

With the heir apparent
behind bars,

it might fall on the sister
to run the family business.

Doesn't seem like it.

Alicia Fuentes has been
clean up until now.

At least in the eyes
of the U.S.

Valid passport,
no arrests.

Not even a parking ticket.

Well five years is
a long time to go

without your brother
footing the bills for things.

Her little nest egg
could have run out.

Well, Kensi and Deeks are
on their way to her house now.

Looks like we'll be
paying Jose a visit.

Where is he now?
He was sentenced

to a federal prison
outside Fresno,

but was transferred to
a private facility last week.

Which one?
Barnsworth Penitentiary.

That's three miles from here.

They're most likely
on the same power grid.

I'll let them know
you're on your way.

Ugh... oh.

I was doing some thinking
on the way over,

mostly about my life, which,
subsequently,

flew by in its entirety.

I agree to your
one-present rule,

as long as you promise to never
drive my bike ever again.

First of all, that woman
cut me off.

Second of all,
please don't be scared.

It does not look good on you.

I'm not scared, but
I'm pretty sure that Pomeranian

died of a heart attack.

Okay, we don't
have a lot of time

to track Alicia Fuentes,
so I'm sorry,

we need to cut corners.

Well, and I have to cut coupons
for the Ubers I'll be taking

from here on out.
Stop being ridiculous.

Stop being Evel Knievel's
understudy.

You know, if I wasn't
so well-adjusted,

I'd almost begin to think
everyone's avoiding me.

Finn's a little kid.
Don't take it personal.

Yeah?
What's your excuse?

What do I have
to do with this?

Christmas dinner?

You haven't responded
to my e-vite.

I don't know what's
more unsettling,

the fact that
you send an e-vite,

or that you're
monitoring it.

I got to know how much
brisket to buy.

Fine. Don't come for dinner.

But do me this favor.

Stay with me while Aiden
and Kam are in town.

I got plenty of room
for everybody.

You got plenty of rooms.

My boat is more comfortable
than anything in those rooms.

Open it up.

Warden Decker.

Thanks for taking the time
to meet us.

Happy to help.
Don't mind the lighting.

We're conserving energy.

Well, it seems your systems
have stayed operational.

The generators kicked in
three minutes

after the lights went out.

There were a few
chaotic moments in between,

but nothing we couldn't handle.
I assume all inmates

are accounted for?
Three times over.

We have protocols we follow
in situations like this.

It's a good thing you were
able to maintain order.

Uh, I wouldn't
exactly say that.

The cable's still out.

Hell hath no fury like an inmate
who misses his soap operas.

Jose's in the last cell
on the left.

Take all the time you need.

Jose Fuentes.

Need to ask you
some questions.

I'm not feeling well.
Come back later.

I'd listen to him.
He hates being avoided.

Come on, man, not today.

Look, last chance.

Or else I'm gonna get more bold,

and you're gonna get
less beautiful.

Who the hell are you?

Jose Fuentes.

The warden said
there was three minutes

between the outage
and the generator.

That's enough time
to pull out the real Jose

and stick in this lookalike.
Right.

So, Alicia wasn't planning on
taking over the family business.

No, she was breaking out Jose
so he could get back into it.

Shortcut.

Like a ninja.

Huh.

Hey. Bearded dragons.

That's cute. They got matching
beards, just like us.

And nothing else inside.

Not even a poinsettia.

Does nobody care
about Christmas anymore?

I'd say that being a Grinch
falls under probable cause...

Don't touch that.

I'd really love
to grow old with you,

and if we enter there
without a warrant,

Mosley will not let that happen.

Since when do you care
about a warrant?

All right. Well,

let's check out the garage.

♪ Run, run, Rudolph ♪
Go!

♪ Santa's got to
make it to town ♪

Okay.
Stop it. I'm driving.

All right. Fine, I'm Ubering.
Deeks, I drive, you shoot.

Okay, deal.
You drive, I shoot.

Don't kill us. Please don't
kill us. Go, go, go, go.

Yeah!

♪ Like a merry-go-round ♪

♪ A little baby doll... ♪

♪ Run, run, Rudolph ♪

♪ Reeling like
a merry-go-round. ♪

Alicia Fuentes.
Oh.

Nice shooting.

Nice driving.

Do I really need
to be here for this?

No, you need to be here to
tell us where your brother is.

Why would I help you?

You people put him in jail.

Our family was torn apart.

Do you have any idea
what that's like?

Unfortunately I do.

Your brother made a choice.

Now he has to pay the price.

We've been paying the price
our whole lives.

We were born into this world.

Do you know my very first memory
was watching my father

taken away on Christmas Day

after a raid
on our family house?

I was three, Jose was five.

That is a lot
for a kid to process.

Children shouldn't have to
grow up without their fathers.

You were on your way

to break the cycle.

What changed?

Jose's my big brother.

He's made mistakes, but he's
not who you think he is.

He wasn't gonna
run the business.

He just wouldn't turn on it,

so he took the fall
for our family

and now it's my turn
to make that sacrifice.

Oh.

We're gonna find Jose
with or without you.

But if you help us,
maybe you'll get a chance

to get on the right path
one day.

This is your opportunity

to break that cycle...

for good.

Alicia just gave us the address
to a house in Hancock Park.

They're having
a welcome home party.

That's where Jose's headed.

She's gonna make a call for us,
buy us some time.

What did we learn
about the man in Jose's cell?

Well, he works maintenance at
the prison, and looks like Jose

has dirt on him that he didn't
want getting back to the warden.

Well, he must've paid off
some of the guards as well.

They delay the generator,
he's able to escape undetected.

Hey, guys.

So, it looks like the house
in Hancock Park

is owned by LPR Industries,
which is...

A shell company, 'cause
it's always a shell company.

That's correct.

But its current tenant
is Luisa Ruiz,

the longtime girlfriend
of Jose and mother of Roberto.

Roberto was born

five months
after Jose was arrested.

That would make
him about five now.

That's the same age Jose was
when his father went to prison.

He's not gonna
stick around long.

We need to head out. Nell...

Oh, I'm one step ahead of you.

I suggest you read up
on your reds and whites.

And I'm not talking candy canes.

Speaking of candy canes...

♪ Oh, the weather outside
is frightful ♪

♪ But the fire
is so delightful ♪

♪ And since we've no place
to go ♪

♪ Let it snow, let it snow,
let it snow... ♪

Ho, ho, ho, ho!

What do you kids
want for Christmas?

You're the worst Santa ever.

Ugh! Aah.

What did you do? Show them a
picture of you in your helmet?

Uh, I told him later on, he's
gonna meet a beautiful woman.

He's gonna fall in love with her

and then she's gonna steal
all his presents.

I hear marriage counseling
works wonders.

Why does everybody
keep saying that to me?

There you go.

Pay me $350 an hour,
I'll tell you.

That's never gonna happen.

I got eyes on Jose.
He's heading back.

Got him. I'm moving in.

We do this as quiet
as he lets us.

It's over, Jose.

You don't want your
son to see this.

You walk out of
here with me now,

he'll never know.

He's on the run,
moving towards the front door.

Hi. Would you like one?

They're so good. They'll
knock you off your feet.

Papa.

What's happening?

Where are you going?

Ho, ho, ho, ho!
Well, listen,

we need your dad back
at the North Pole, okay?

There's still a lot of
toys that need to get made.

So is it okay if he
comes back with us?

Yeah, I guess so.

That's okay?

Mm.
That's great.

Okay. Let's go
grab some eggnog.

All right.

We know this was about
more than your freedom.

All I wanted was to be
back with my family,

to be a father.

I was gonna do it
right this time.

Breaking out of prison
feels like a bad start.

Being away from my
son was a torture.

You know this is gonna
add time to your sentence.

It felt like my only option.

I just want to spend
time with him.

It's gonna take us a while
to sort this out.

At least 30 minutes.

Stay close.

Thank you.

Roberto.

You got to be kidding me.

It should've been
restored hours ago.

This has Eric
written all over it.

Sorry to disappoint.

Ma'am, I thought
there were rules.

With all due
respect, there are rules,

but I also have the power
to override them.

Merry Christmas.

This is impressive.

Where did you find all this?

It took a little investigating,

and I had a little help.

Oh, hello there.

Looks like this crowd
could use a little drink.

It's an elf with cocktails.
Come on.

Your friendly Christmas elf.

Eggnog, huh?
Yeah.

I'm gonna give
you the full one.

Okay.

This is gonna work out
well for me.

Come on,

- eggnog.
- Wow.

Thank you.
Okay, here.

- I can definitely use a drink.
- Enjoy.

Here we go.

Eggnog.

Thank you.
Enjoy, ladies.

Cheers, boss.
Cheers.

Come here.

So, I was thinking...
Hmm?

...this year, we should
stack our presents high.

Our wedding
is just one day.

We can go without centerpieces.

It's fine.

It's a holiday tradition
I'd rather invest in.

Well, I've been doing some
thinking, too, some research.

Read some Redbook.

And it turns out

the most successful marriages
are based on compromise.

So, I think we should do
it your way this year.

You sure?
I'm positive.

But that means next year,
we're going all-out, my way.

So maybe you want to grab
a pencil, take this down.

I was thinking maybe,
like, a grill set.

And, as you know, I don't
actually have a grill,

so you could get that in
addition to the grill set.

We should grab a pen.

Come here. Cheers.
Cheers.

I don't want it, eggnog.

Drink it.
I don't want it.

All right.

It's a Christmas miracle.

Good one.
Ah, you made it.

Hey.

If it were up to me,
all of Westside Electric

would be getting
coal this year.

Well, if it makes you feel
any better, I took your advice.

Got a hotel.

Yeah? That does
make me feel better.

Yeah, I stand by the fact that
my boat would have been fine,

but being in that room
with you today

made me realize
the importance of space.

That, not so much.

But I'll take it.
All right.

Happy holidays, Sam.
Thank you.

Enjoy your staycation.

So you take advice
from Eric now?

Here we go.

That's okay.
It's more brisket for me.

You know,

this first year without
Michelle has been hell so far.

I don't know what
I'm doing, but...

I do know that the kids and I,

we need room to figure
it out on our own.

If you need to talk,
you know where I am.

Sometimes, to figure things out,
all you need to do is listen.

Another round?

Thanks. I, uh...

I need to make a stop
on the way home.

- Mm. Cool.
- Merry Christmas, everybody.

All right,
everybody ready?

And cheers.

Join us!

Cheers.

Anything else tonight?

No. I was just actually...

finishing up.

Have a good night.

I know bending the rules
isn't your strong suit, but...

what you did tonight
was important.

For the team. And for us.

Merry Christmas.

Thanks, Hidoko.

Have a good night.

Thought you and Brady

might be halfway
to Burning Man by now.

No, we had a little falling out
over his opinion of Funyuns.

Well, look, I'm kind of in
a hurry. You want to just skip

to the bullet points
of this lecture?

I'm not here to lecture you.

Why were you checking up on me?

I came over to invite you
to Christmas dinner.

It never
occurred to me

that you were running a Hilton.

I needed the money.

Hmm. You got tired
of stealing, huh?

Hey, I paid for all of these.

Okay? They're not for me.

They're for the others.

They're for the other
kids at the shelter.

It's not fair.

No.

It's not.

They didn't choose
to get passed over,

and yet they get reminded of it
every year.

I wanted to give them one year
where they weren't.

You're one of those kids.

So are you.

Well...

you need an extra hand
passing these out?

As long as
your other one

doesn't punch any more
holes in the wall.

So what'd you get
for that place?

$200 a night.

$200?
Yeah.

Yeah, I don't know what
that guy was smoking.

$200.
I got skills.

Apparently so.

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