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HONDO: Hey, babe, I'm about to start
the slow cooker.

If your parents have any
food allergies,

speak now or forever hold
your peace.

Nichelle?

NICHELLE: Sorry. No food allergies.
Cool.

HONDO: [beep] Now it is

breakfast time for two.
Mmm. Okay.

[sighs]

Hey, if anybody should be
nervous about tonight, it's me.

I'm the one who's got to meet
your folks for the first time.

NICHELLE: I've told you my dad is
an idealistic man,

very opinionated...

HONDO: You don't become
the Dean of Social Sciences

unless you got opinions.
My mom, too.

What made her such a good
real estate agent was being...

judgy about everything.

HONDO: You just described a whole
bunch of parents, including my own.

I am so excited to finally meet
your mom and dad,

even if it is a few years overdue.

I'm just warning you that they're
gonna have some thoughts

on the color of the baby's room,
the size of the crib,

and schools and...

You get the picture, right?
Yeah.

I don't want you to be put off.

HONDO: Sounds like we're
gonna have some good

family conversation tonight.

It's gonna be fun. [laughs]

I'm glad one of us thinks so.

If they start pitching baby names,

can you just smile and nod?
Can you?

[sighs]
Hmm.

[alarm sounding]

[people screaming]

LUCA: [chuckles] Hey, you
switching up your stance

or something?
TAN: No.

Just not getting great sleep, man.
It's not a big deal.

I'm fine.
Hey, you can talk to me if something's up.

LUCA: No shut-eye is usually
a symptom, not the cause.

[sighs]

Bonnie's been traveling a lot more
for work lately.

She's hitting all these VIP
sporting events,

couldn't make it back

for our anniversary.

We've been apart a lot.
I'm not gonna lie.

It's been hard.
I just miss my wife.

LUCA: Damn. I'm sorry. I wish there
was something I could help with.

OFFICER: Officer Luca?
Yeah.

Dominique Luca?
Yeah.

Morning.
Hey.

Sorry to interrupt.

Um, my name is Eva Durant.

Can I talk to you?
Uh, now's not really great.

Look, I can ping somebody if
you're working patrol for us.

EVA: Oh, actually, it's
a personal matter.

Is there somewhere
we can talk?

LUCA: Well, my SWAT teammates
are family, so you can say whatever

you needed to say.
EVA: Well...

[sighs]

[laughs softly]

I'm your sister.

LUCA: [laughs] What are you
talking about?

I.. I don't have a sister.

I'm afraid you do.
LUCA: Look, I don't know

what you're playing at, but there's no way.
All right.

EVA: Let.. let me back up.

Long story short, I lost my mom
recently.

TAN: Sorry for your loss.
LUCA: Yeah.

Condolences.

EVA: Uh, but the point is, I've
never known who my father was.

She wouldn't tell me, but
right before she died,

she changed her mind.

EVA: She confessed to me
that she had an affair

years ago when she worked

out of Hollenbeck with a guy
named Carl Luca.

You can look her up...
Detective Sofia Durant.

LUCA: No.

No way my dad would've cheated on my mom.
Okay.

EVA: I know I'm blindsiding
you here.

And as far as I know,

your dad... he doesn't know
about me.

He never knew

that my mom was carrying
his baby.

LUCA: Just... what exactly do
you want from me?

I just... wanted to meet
my half-brother...

[laughs] ..and talk.

EVA: You know, I got to admit,

it's pretty cool, the both of us
being LAPD,

carrying on our parents' legacies.

LUCA: Stop. Just.. just stop, okay?

I don't want to call your mom

a liar, especially because

she just died, but

you got it all wrong, you
understand me?

TAN: Look, where do you
work out of?

Maybe I can get him to touch
base with you later.

EVA: I'm mid-watch out of
27th Division.

And, look, I.. I get that
this isn't something

he wants to believe.

But it's the truth.

[garbled radio transmission]

HONDO: Burrows.

BURROWS: Hate to say it, but

Robbery Homicide's gonna need
SWAT's help on this one.

Copy that. What's the story so far?

Fire-bombing and a shooting.

Suspect hit the phone bank here
with two Molotov cocktails.

Then, when workers were fleeing
the fire, he started

picking them off.
Some messed up stuff, right?

DEACON: What kind of toll
are we looking at?

BURROWS: Three dead, 11 wounded,
including the security guard.

He shot back, and even though
he didn't end up

hitting the guy, he did manage
to force the shooter

back into his getaway car.

So it could've been even worse?

BURROWS: Yeah, still might be.

HONDO: You think this is
the start of something?

More like a continuation.
This was the second attack.

A fulfillment center in Toluca Lake

got hit about an hour before
this went down.

Sheriff's Department responded.

Shooter was gone by the time
they got there.

HONDO: In and out, hit and run,

just like this one?
BURROWS: Yeah.

DEACON: There, uh, security footage?
Yeah.

We're canvassing it now,
as well as spent shells

for ballistics.
So, if there's an arsonist

spree shooter on the loose,
there's a good chance

he's prepping for his next hit.

BURROWS: That's what
we're afraid of,

and that's why I called SWAT.

HONDO: All right, we'll work
with RHD to figure out

who this guy is and where
he's going next,

and when he strikes...
we'll stop him.

♪ ♪

[typing]

HICKS: What do you got, Street?

We compared witness statements
from both shootings.

They reported seeing the same
vehicle... blue Chevy Impala.

It was reported stolen

yesterday in North Hollywood.
I already put out a BOLO,

so we'll know if it hits traffic
cams or turns up anywhere.

HICKS: Wonder if the shooter
will keep the ride

now that we got cops all over
the city on this.

STREET: Well, if he keeps it,
we'll find him.

Now, Hondo and Tan are
looking into connections

between the two businesses
that got hit,

hoping we can figure out
why they were targeted.

HICKS: All right, good.

Deacon and Cabrera are headed
over to the hospital

to talk to the wounded
security guard.

Maybe he can shed some light
on this.

Hey, check on ballistics.

Maybe the shells left behind
can give us something.

STREET: Roger that, Commander.

I want this sick bastard stopped.

ELLIS: Oh, thank you.
NURSE: Mm-hmm.

DEACON: Mr. Ellis?
Mm-hmm.

I'm Sergeant Kay,
this is Officer Cabrera.

Thanks for talking to us.

Uh-huh, I know how important
time is for you guys, so...

CABRERA: Anything you've got
on our shooter...

it'd be a big help.

ELLIS: Um... shooter had on
a hoodie, but I saw his face.

Kid was young, couldn't
have been more than 18,

19, tops.

DEACON: Was there anyone else
in the car? Any accomplices?

I tried to see but couldn't
make anything out.

Tinted windows.

CABRERA: You said you got a look
at the shooter's face.

Mm-hmm.
Can you describe him?

Well, Hispanic kid,
if that helps.

DEACON: Did he say anything
that might hint at a motive?

If he did, I didn't hear it.

Were there any threats made
at the business beforehand?

Mm, nothing. I would have heard
about something like that.

TAN: Hey, you seen Hondo?
LUCA: Motor pool, I think.

All right. Hey, man, you all right?

Just want to make sure you're okay.

What, okay with this lady
coming out of nowhere,

saying that my dad cheated
on my mom?

That he had an affair with
some coworker?

TAN: Sofia Durant. That's what
she said her mother's name was.

If you want, I can look up her PD file.

LUCA: No, absolutely not.

I'm not gonna play into this
‘cos I don't believe her.

Okay, my dad is a good guy.

He wouldn't have done what
she's saying.

TAN: Listen, I don't think
she came by

just to break up the Luca family.

Yeah, but that's what she's doing.

Okay, my parents are old,
they finally got

to a place where they just
seem... settled.

What's something like this going
to do to them?

TAN: I get it, man.
It's.. it's a lot to process,

but what if you just sat down
and talked with her?

That's all Eva wants right now.

After all, if she is your sister...

TAN: Hey, Hondo, I just talked
to Deke.

The wounded guard from
the phone bank didn't know

of any threats to the company
or its employees.

HONDO: Yeah, I heard pretty
much the same thing

from Detective Burrows. Whatever
the connection is between

the two targets this morning,
we still haven't found it.

TAN: Which means the attacks
could be random.

HONDO: Making this even more
dangerous and unpredictable

than we thought.
Our shooter could pop off

anywhere, any time.

TAN: Still waiting on the ballistics
report. [phone buzzes]

Hopefully it tells us something
when it comes in.

Yeah.

What?
TAN: Everything all right?

Nichelle's father is inside
asking for me.

Were you expecting him?
No. No. I was supposed

to meet him for the first time
tonight at dinner.

I wonder why he'd come
by here first.

Well, only one way to find out.

Yeah.

HONDO: Mr. Carmichael,
this is a surprise.

CARMICHAEL: Nice to finally meet you.
I know this is a little preemptive.

I hope you don't mind.
No.

I was admiring the history here.
You don't see many faces

like ours until the last few
decades, hmm?

Well, change takes time, sir.
Mm.

And two parties giving each other a chance.
Mm.

But I like to think that things
are improving.

CARMICHAEL: Well, let's hope
we're moving back

to a better L.A. than the one
we left.

My wife and I really enjoyed
New York.

It took a lot to pull me away
from Cornell.

HONDO: Well, I know Nichelle
is so happy

that you're back.

And I'm sure your grandchild
is worth relocating for.

CARMICHAEL: Listen...
[clears throat] Daniel,

the reason I came down here is

to cut through the theatrics
and get to brass tacks.

My wife and I are looking
forward to dinner tonight.

But, man to man, do me
the courtesy

of not mistaking our presence
as approval.

HONDO: May I ask what exactly do
I need to do to win you over?

I'm afraid it's not that simple.

Well, sir, I never thought
that it would be.

I just learned from my father
to boil it down

to where everyone knows
what the real problem is.

STREET: Hondo, ballistics just
came back on our shooters.

Sorry to interrupt.
CARMICHAEL: Uh,

it's okay. I, uh... I've said my piece.

I'll let you get back to work.

HONDO: Well, I'll see you tonight,
Mr. Carmichael.

Mm-hmm.
Nice of you to stop by.

I know.

STREET: Okay, what was that
all about?

That was Nichelle's father.

He just came to fire a shot
across the bow

of Nichelle and my relationship.

Well, you ask me,

just seems like a guy with
a bug up his ass.

Nichelle warned me that he might
feel some type of way

about her coming down
from Baldwin Hills

and settling in my hood.

Does that make you feel
a certain way?

Just that it's gonna be real
interesting tonight at dinner.

Come on.

BURROWS: Ammo from the
Toluca Lake attack

was a three and a half inch
buckshot shell.

In Van Nuys, it was a two
and three quarter shotgun slug.

HONDO: Different ammo, and
to fire them, different guns.

Plus, the Toluca Lake shooter
wore green.

Witnesses from Van Nuys
reported a gray hoodie.

STREET: So there's more than
one shooter?

LUCA: The BOLO on the blue Impala
from this morning just got a hit.

Turned up in a housing project
in East L.A.,

two blocks south of ELAC.

HONDO: That's a rough part of town.
Do we know who controls the block?

No. I just talked to GND.

That block's in a constant
turf battle.

Main set's always changing.

STREET: So we don't know who
we might be dealing with?

HONDO: But we do know
the shooter's car is there.

That's our best lead yet.

Grab the squad.
It's worth a recon.

DEACON: Street, you're with me
on the car.

Luca, Tan, Cabrera,

check out the building,
watch our six.

Stay liquid.

TAN: Hey, you good?

CABRERA: Yeah, of course.

LUCA: Okay, lookouts are calling
their friends.

STREET: Definitely the right ride.

Where'd our shooters go?
DEACON: Well, they could be

anywhere here, or they could be
miles away by now.

STREET: Excuse me?!

Anyone know who dumped
this car here?

[door closes]

DEACON: 30-David to Command.
No sign of the suspects.

Contact Detective Burrows at RHD.

Have them roll out to our location

and process a vehicle.

[bicycle bell dings]

LUCA: Hey, you know who runs
this block?

YOUTH: Yeah. Not you guys.

TAN: Tough neighborhood.
You come from here,

you might not stand a chance.

DEACON: Hey, there's tagging
all over this place.

This is Third Street Bravos'
territory.

TAN: And if you take into account
that witnesses said

the shooters were in their teens...

LUCA: I'm thinking the attacks
today could be

gang initiation killings.

TAN: Yeah, who knows how many
recruits are involved,

or how many initiations we
could be looking at.

DEACON: Nothing around here
happens

without the shot-caller's approval.

CABRERA: We're not trying to
rile this place up, right?

DEACON: No. Let's head back to HQ.

We'll work with GND, see if
we can find out

who the shot-caller is and
where we can find him.

Sounds like a plan. I doubt
anyone here's gonna talk to us.

WOMAN: ¡Sinverguüenza!
[Eng trans. – Scoundrels!]

!¡Rata! [Eng trans. – Rat!]
TAN: Stop right there!

LUCA: Back it up.

WOMAN: Vendida gringa huh!
[Eng trans. – sellout to the gringas]
Stay. Stay back.

!¡Lárgate! [Eng trans. – Get out!]
STREET: Maybe she'll talk to us.

Looks like she got a lot to say.

DEACON: Doesn't seem to like
female cops very much.

CABRERA: It's not that.
She doesn't like me.

!¡Lárgate! [Eng trans. – Get out!]
She's my cousin.

[grunts]

[glass shatters]

LUCA: You know what? That's it!

TAN: Hey, back up! Back up!
LUCA: Give me your hand.

STREET: Hey, we don't have
the numbers for crowd control

if this pops off.

DEACON: No, We don't.
Let's get out of here. Let's move!

TAN: Back up. Stay back!
LUCA: Let's go.

Let's go. Right now.
Back up. Stay back. Stay back!

DEACON: Hey, get in. Now!

[shouting, clamoring]

TAN: Cabrera, you all right?

I take it things aren't great
between you and your cousin.

What's the story there?

CABRERA: Long and short of it, ten years
ago, when Raquel was a teenager,

she was going down a bad path.

She got involved with
the wrong people.

She was about to join a gang.

CABRERA: Since I was just out of
the Academy, her mom came to me.

She knew Raquel had done
some stuff.

Hold-ups, theft, B&E's.

TAN: So her mom asked you
to turn Raquel in?

She went to jail for a year.

But it kept her from joining a gang.

And I became the family rat
in the process.

TAN: Does she know her mother
asked you to do it?

No. As a cop, I felt

it was a burden I could bear alone,

her hate focused on me, better
than on her mom.

TAN: Damn. That's a lot to put
on your shoulders.

But, for what it's worth,

I think that's huge.

TAN: Hey, if Raquel still lives
in the neighborhood,

you think she's got some info

on the Third Street Bravos?

CABRERA: She might.

Worth a shot.
Okay.

HONDO: Yo.
DEACON: Hey.

Street said Nichelle's dad
came by earlier.

Everything good?

[Hondo snorts with derision]
Hmm.

Ah, Deke, put it this way.

Uh, he is not my biggest fan.

DEACON: I wouldn't let that
get to you.

Annie's parents aren't my
biggest fan, either.

Never have been.
HONDO: That right there is a surprise.

I thought they'd be all about you.

DEACON: Are you kidding?
Their pride and joy’s in law school,

on her way to becoming a lawyer

or a judge or a senator.

She gets pregnant, drops out.

Who do you think they blame?
HONDO: Okay,

but they still come around,
especially for the kids.

How you making that work?

DEACON: You really want to know?

It sounds silly, but it works.

Whenever they come into town,
I just...

I imagine myself as a bank hostage.
[chuckles]

I just do what I'm told.

I do nothing to upset them
because I know I only have

to survive until they leave.

HONDO: Damn, Deke. I never thought
I'd have to put myself in the shoes

of a hostage to get through a dinner.
DEACON: No, it works.

And then, when they're gone,
I... I tell Annie I love her,

hug my kids, because that's
what's important.

You got to ask yourself...

what's worse?
Keeping things status quo

for Nichelle and your future kid,

or confronting her parents head-on,
and spoiling everything

because your pride can't take it?

HONDO: Hmm. That's all I'm
thinking about right now.

DEACON: Ah, do yourself a favor.

Don't overthink it.

LUCA: Look, Raquel, you know
how this works.

You help us out, there's a chance

we'll make the "assaulting
an officer" charge go away.

RAQUEL: Help you?
You mean snitch on someone.

Hmm? Be a rat?

Was it hard giving me up years ago?

I hope it was, seeing as
I'm family and all.

LUCA: Listen, you're in some
trouble right now.

Whatever your personal beef is,
this is only

gonna make things worse for you.

CABRERA: We think the Third Street
Bravos are behind

the fire-bombings and shootings
earlier today.

We both know

word gets around in the project,
so you know what's up.

RAQUEL: Okay. Yeah, I heard about
what popped off today. So what?

LUCA: So the crimes have all the
hallmarks of gang initiations.

Do you know who's behind them?
RAQUEL: Ain't the Bravos.

Okay, no offense, but how about
you give us the Bravos'

shot-caller, and we can, uh,
confirm that for ourselves?

RAQUEL: You don't need to
talk to him.

Like you said, word gets around.

Bravo homeboys ain't the ones
popping off.

CABRERA: Then why did we find
the shooters' getaway car

in Bravo’s territory?
RAQUEL: Because

the guy behind this wanted you
to find it there.

Had his guys dump it on our block
so LAPD would roll in,

maybe crack a few heads,
slap some cuffs on.

Mm. Like these right here.

LUCA: So you do know who's behind this?
I ain't a rat.

CABRERA: Even if this guy is bringing
heat to your neighborhood,

trying to implicate the Bravos?
You're okay with that?

We're not asking you to be
a rat, Raquel.

We're just asking you to
stand up for your hood.

LUCA: Keep who knows how
many more innocent people

from getting killed.

Look, just give us a name?

Raquel, do the right thing.

RAQUEL: There's a banger...
Felipe Calvo.

He's real dangerous, all right?

One of the craziest fools
I ever heard of.

Got kicked out of the Bravos
last month.

RAQUEL: kicked out? Why?
’cos that fool

wanted to kill homies that
left the gang.

CABRERA: So this Felipe Calvo

guy's into retribution?
Word.

But Bravos ain't about that.

If you can't handle the life,
you can walk.

I know, ‘cos my boyfriend
was in the game.

LUCA: So Felipe gets kicked out
of the Bravos.

So now, he's looking to
start his own gang.

Makes sense,

don't it?

HICKS: What do we have on
this jackass?

LUCA: Felipe Calvo. He's got a list
of priors - drug possession,

armed robbery, assault with
a deadly weapon.

STREET: He'd be the perfect
decoy if Raquel's trying

to lead us down the wrong road.

LUCA: I don't know. Cabrera
thinks that Raquel's on the level.

Despite their history, she says
we can trust her.

HICKS: All right, then. Let's dig
into Calvo's known associates.

Maybe we can find out who
his gang recruits are,

see if we can ID his shooters.

Are we any closer to identifying
their next target?

Deacon and Tan have a theory,
but they're still testing it.

Well, I don't have to tell you two
that time's short.

Tick tock, boys.

man: I brushed the glass
out of the seat for you.

FELIPE: Yo, load up.

Hey, you ready to do this?
WOMAN: Hell yeah.

But cops are probably all over
this by now.

You know, maybe it makes sense
to wait

till tomorrow to let the heat
die down.

FELIPE: Nah. There's no waiting.
Only way out of this is

you do your part and
be one of us.

WOMAN: Okay.

[engine starts]

TAN: Hey, Commander,
if Felipe Calvo wants

to take out former
Third Street Bravos,

that could be the connection
between the two businesses

that were hit this morning. Turns
out both of them employ

reformed bangers, including
some ex-Bravos.

HICKS: Well, how did we miss that
connection earlier?
DEACON: Former gang

affiliation isn't something
employers have to produce.

We only found it because
we were looking for it.

Okay, so now we have the link
between the two targets

and how it ties to Felipe's motive.

Exactly. Which means he'll
likely target another business

that employs former bangers.

HICKS: They're trying to
straighten out their lives,

now they're being hunted down
because of it. Great.

TAN: Yeah, I found 16
businesses in the Valley

that work with social workers
to employ ex-cons

and former homeboys.

Could be any of them at any moment.
HICKS: All right,

I'll have patrol units sitting on
every one of them

in case our shooters show up,
but in the meantime,

we got to try to narrow this down.
LUCA: Hey.

North Hollywood Division
just got a report

of a stolen car at a Vineland
strip mall.

Caught my eye because

it's the same area where
the blue Impala got boosted.

Somehow, I feel like they're
connected.

HICKS: Well, three potential
businesses they can target

right around where the car
was stolen.

LUCA: Wait a second. Chucho's
is an active Lucky Boy hangout.

There's no way former Bravos
would work there.

DEACON: That's right. They're
rival gangs. That's instant beef.

TAN: And Boyd's is currently closed
for a renovation, which means

Mike Blanca's could be employing

ex-Bravos and be
Felipe's next target.

HICKS: You sold me. Roll out.

[indistinct chatter]

[sirens wailing]

STREET: Plate matches
our stolen car.

DEACON: 30-David to Command.

We've located the stolen vehicle

and a lone suspect.

EVA: Come on. Let's go, let's go.
Move, move, move.

TAN: LAPD! Hands where
we can see them!

Get out of the car! Do it now!

Turn around and walk
backwards toward us.

CABRERA: Lift up your shirt!

Slowly.

STREET: Down on your knees,

hands behind your head and
clasp your fingers.

DEACON: All right, move in.

Cabrera, go.

30-David to Command, suspect
in custody. Show us Code Four.

HICKS: This doesn't need to be
the end of the world, Talia.

You're only 17. You got your
whole life ahead of you.

DEACON: You help us find Felipe
and the other shooters,

we can help you get your life
back on track.

TALIA: I don't know anyone
named Felipe.

HICKS: You might want to think harder.
Do that, and we can maybe work

with the D.A. to get your charges
reduced.

You could be looking at just
a few months in Los Padrinos,

some community service.
But first,

you need to tell us the names
of your friends

and where we can find them.

TALIA: I don't know nothing.

DEACON: You know, I'm guessing

Felipe coached you on what to
say in case you got scooped up?

Talia, he's not your friend.

And I know it doesn't seem like it,

but right now, we are.

And we really want to help you,
but you got to help us, too.

Talia, look at me.

HICKS: I think you want to help us,

and in doing so, you help yourself.

TALIA: I just want to be left alone.

TAN: Hey, man. What's up?
Talk to me.

LUCA: Hey, I looked up Eva's
mom, and things kind of line up.

She worked with my dad, and
I know my folks were going

through a long rough patch
right around then.

TAN: But there's still part of you

that feels it can't be true?

LUCA: ‘cos this just throws
everything upside down

between me and my dad,
and between my parents.

TAN: This might blow up some
Luca history

but this is a girl who just wants
to know who her family is,

who she's connected to.
Can you accept that part of it?

LUCA: It's just, this changes
so much. That's the problem.

I know, but it's not her fault.

I doubt she wanted things to
shake out this way.

I'm trying to get you to see
the positives here.

LUCA: Tell me what you think
those are.

Well, for one,

you got a sister now, who
you never knew before.

You're not the type of guy
to freeze anyone out.

You're too good a dude for that.

Plus, knowing the truth is
always worth it,

even if it hurts.

LUCA: Listen, man. I get where
you're coming from.

But she wants to talk.

I got no clue what I'm supposed
to say to her.

TAN: Look, she just lost her mom.

She probably feels like an orphan.

You don't have to say anything
to her.

You just got to be there to listen.

CABRERA: Hondo?

Just wanted to check.

Did Talia say anything?

HONDO: No, she's not helping
us or herself.

Commander Hicks and Deacon
couldn't get anywhere with her.

CABRERA: Mind if I try?

I just want to feel her out.

I think I might be able to...

get her to open up.

Not criticizing
what they might've tried,

it's just that I think

I can connect with her.

HONDO: Because you got ties
to the hood.

Guess I've tried to keep that
chapter of my life closed.

Especially when it comes
to work life.

HONDO: I know how hard it is,
coming from my community,

to be a cop, but I do

believe it's possible to keep
one foot in each world.

So if you think your past will help,

now's your time to speak up.

[door closes]

CABRERA: ¿Quieres agua?
[Eng trans. - Do you want water?]

La traje para ti.
[Eng trans. - I brought some for you.]

TALIA: I don't speak Spanish really.

What's your family think
about that?

‘cos my mom used to give me flak

for my pocha Spanish.
[Eng trans. – poor]

But I would think...

CABRERA: I grew up here.

Most of my friends only spoke
English in school.

I went to Roosevelt,
you know that?

Same as you.

I'm East Los, through and through.

Tell you the truth,

I feel like I'm looking in a mirror.

TALIA: [scoffs] Man, we ain't
the same.

CABRERA: Maybe not,
‘cos I got lucky.

My parents did

everything to keep me away
from the game.

But most of my friends, even family,

they were in it,

just like you are now.

TALIA: So now you think
you know me?

What my life is like?

CABRERA: I looked you up.

Your aunt's been raising you
since you were three.

Your parents have been
out of the picture.

TALIA: Yeah, they're both
doing time.

You don't have to end up
like that too, Talia.

Don't I?

What else do I got?

You still have choices.

You can help us.

And in return, we'll help you.

TALIA: [scoffs] Nah. You playing me.

You're probably not even from
the same hood or nothing.

Just trying to get me to snitch.

Straight up?

CABRERA: I still got shame.

I know what it's like to get
the stares.

To see the way people look
at you when you say

where you grew up, where you live.

You're just trying to join a gang
‘cos it's

the one thing that'll make you
proud of where you're from.

You rep a certain set,
you're a badass.

But what's that gonna get
you inside a prison cell?

TALIA: I guess we'll find out.

I know you're probably thinking
about what Felipe told you

to say in case this happened.

And what your hood's gonna
say if you help us.

TALIA: That I'm a rat.

What's worse than that?

CABRERA: The world

is way bigger than the hood.

You can still escape it.

Like I did.

I know what you're feeling, but...

those are expectations of
people who ain't your friends.

They don't want what's best
for you.

I do.

I promise you.

What was supposed to
happen next?

TALIA: After I shot up
the coffee place...

I was gonna text Felipe.

Then he'd send me the location
for the next meetup.

CABRERA: You're doing
the right thing, Talia.

DEACON: Cabrera sent a
confirmation text to Felipe

from Talia's phone.
We're just waiting to see

if he responds with
the meetup location.

Did you get anything back on
the other shooters Talia ID’ed?

STREET: Yeah, Hector Reynoso
and Rafael Galindo.

Both 18 and have juvie jackets.

Reynoso's been suspended from
one school for dealing drugs.

Another for assaulting
a teacher.

Then there's Galindo.

He's been expelled twice,
for fighting

and for bringing a gun to school.

DEACON: They're from the same
neighborhood?

It all comes back to community ties.

TAN: Guys, Felipe responded
to Talia's text.

He says, "El Topo in Pacoima,
15 minutes. See you then."

DEACON: It's a restaurant off
Balboa and Rayner.

That's a busy part of town,
a lot of foot traffic.

We're gonna need all available
units for a contain and callout.

Let's roll.

REYNOSO: Honestly...

didn't think she'd go through
with it.

FELIPE: Yeah? Why not?

Just thought she'd chicken out
or something.

Took her damn time.

Probably had to wind up
the nerve.

GALINDO: So once she gets here,
we're done, yeah?

We're laying low?

FELIPE: Nah.

We're just getting started.

REYNOSO: Well, what do
you mean?

We did our initiations.

FELIPE: You did, but that doesn't
mean our work is done.

There's a bakery on Lindell.

A former Bravo and his jaina
work there.
[Eng trans. – woman]

We're gonna hit that place together.

Show those chavalos what this
life is: blood in, blood out.
[Eng trans. – kids]

That's the code.

REYNOSO: Four hits in one day?

Isn't that a lot?

Cops are gonna be on us.

GALINDO: And what the hell's
taking Talia so long?

[line ringing]

MAN: Mike Blanca's.
How may I help you?

FELIPE: Well, the café...
it's still in business.

REYNOSO: Told you she
chickened out.

GALINDO: Or she got scooped up
already, and the cops just played us.

FELIPE: Let's bounce.

[indistinct chatter]

[sirens wailing]

FELIPE: Let's go!

[screaming, clamoring]

[glass shatters]
HONDO: All right, get the innocents
to safety.

Keep the shooters hemmed in.

Go, go, go, go!

[gunshots]

HONDO: Ma'am, ma'am,
come this way!

Get behind me.
We'll keep you safe.

Move back with me, go!

Deacon, Cabrera, take the three
side of the building. Move!

[crowd screaming, clamoring]

LUCA: Hey, come on, let's go!
Get behind me.

Go, go, go. Follow me.

[gunfire continues]

TAN: Suspect heading west
on foot!

26-David, in foot pursuit!

FELIPE: Hey! Hey, stick together!

♪ ♪

STREET: Give me your hands!

TAN: 25-David to D-Team,
first suspect in custody.

[gunfire]
HONDO: Cover!

[gun clicks empty]

[grunting]

DEACON: 30-David to D-Team,
second suspect

in custody.

[high-pitched ringing]

HONDO: Stay down! I said stay down!
FELIPE: Come on, man, I didn't do anything, man.

You're done.

20-David to Command,
three suspects in custody.

Code Four.

Felipe Calvo, you're under arrest.

CABRERA: You're free to go now.

The, uh, "assaulting an officer" charge

has been dropped.
RAQUEL: Thanks.

I guess.

For real, you ain't even
gonna say it?

CABRERA: Thank you for your help.

With your information,

we got the shooters.

You helped save lives today.

RAQUEL: Nah, you ain't gonna
apologize for back then?

Hmm?

Ever?

CABRERA: Raquel, I'm sorry

I'm the reason you did time.

I still believe I did the right thing.

And if I had to do it over again,
I would.

It meant keeping you out of
the gang life.

And I still have my cousin,

even if she doesn't see eye to
eye with me.

RAQUEL: You're a real G,
you know that?

CABRERA: Takes one to know
one, I guess.

RAQUEL: These guys tripping
or what?

CABRERA: No. They're your
ride home.

Hey, Raquel?

One last thing.

Can you tell your mom I say hey?

Please?

LUCA: Eva, hey.

Figured I'd roll over here

after your shift.

I'm sorry about earlier.

I didn't really give you a fair shake.

You know, I guess I kind of
went into

full denial mode.
EVA: You don't have to apologize.

I know that must've been tough

coming from a total stranger.

LUCA: Well, look, we're not
strangers.

I looked your mom up.

She was a hard charger.

[chuckles] I mean real impressive.

I'm sure she made the people
in her life really proud.

EVA: Thank you.

Losing her's been tough.

My captain wants me to take off
more time, but...

LUCA: Feels better to be
on the job?

With your team-mates.

‘cos they're like family, too.

You wanna to go somewhere
and talk?

EVA: Yeah.

What are you thinking?

LUCA: Well, I got to eat.

There's my food truck...

But, you know, that's not
really a sit-down place.

So I'm thinking...
Art's Deli?

I mean, it's on me.
EVA: Sure.

Art's is fine. Okay.

I'll drive.
LUCA: All right.

What's the name of your
food truck?

LUCA: Guate-Mama.

Hold up, that place is yours?

Yeah.
That place is legit.

You know, I really like 'malteco
food.

[alarm chirps]
LUCA: You surf, also?

Where do you go?

Malibu. What about you?
LUCA: Redondo.

Oof.

EVA: We got a lot to talk about.

HONDO: Hey, Cabrera,
hold up a second.

I want to say thank you.

You came up huge for us today.

CABRERA: It's funny, I...

turned my back on my
community to become a cop.

Felt like I had no other choice.

Never imagined growing up where
I did could be an asset.

HONDO: When I first became
a cop, everybody told me

it was Black... or blue.

I had to pick.

But when we lose track of
where we come from,

the cop life just becomes us...

versus them.

Your upbringing is nothing
to be ashamed of.

Been thinking about that
a lot today, wondering just...

how to embrace where I come
from again.

HONDO: Do you live
around there?

Nah, I moved out as soon as
I could.

Got me a place in the Valley.

HONDO: For what it's worth,
the more time

you spend there, it could do
some good.

For your community.

And for you.

HONDO: Good job.

Thank you.

HONDO: Okay.

Everyone, help yourselves,
please.

MRS CARMICHAEL: Oh,
smells delicious.

Thank you so much for cooking,
Hondo.

Oh, it was my pleasure. I'm glad
to finally get the chance

to meet you.
Likewise.

HONDO: So, how's it feel to be
back home?

Oh, we enjoyed the East Coast.

Called New York our sanctuary

for five years, but, uh...
we'll miss it.

What was your favorite part
about living near Ithaca?

MRS CARMICHAEL: [laughs]
For me, retiring.

Don't get me wrong, I loved

the market out here, but
real estate's a hustle.

I still have some good contacts
though.

A really good listing agent for
when you two start looking

after the baby's born.

NICHELLE: We haven't talked
about leaving this neighborhood.

This is our home.

Schools here got better while
you two were away.

And they're still improving.
[sighs]

CARMICHAEL: You know how
many kids from South L.A.

attended Cornell? None.

Dad, I don't think the issue is

where the neighborhood kids
come from.

The issue might be Cornell.

I'm just saying, this is a big city

with a lot of different
neighborhoods.

If something better is out there...

HONDO: Okay. Excuse me.

Is this really about the
neighborhood?

Or is it more about who
she's with?

The company she keeps.

Mr. and Mrs. Carmichael,

I'm sure you wanted Nichelle
to marry somebody

with a different... pedigree.

An unwed mother raising a baby
with a cop in South L.A.

probably wasn't your dream.
NICHELLE: But I am happy

and fulfilled and...

I'm certainly old enough
to make my own decisions.

And this is the decision I've made.

That we've made.

CARMICHAEL: But there's
a baby on the way.

And I hope you two are not putting

your own agendas ahead of hers.

HONDO: Okay, look.

My parents' goals for me were
not my own.

And your grandchild, she may
choose to do something in life

that I'm not gonna be
too high on.

But you best believe she's
gonna get all the love

and support Nichelle and I can give.

Because bringing a child that
looks like us into the world,

she's gonna need a village
behind her.

NICHELLE: Lord knows it took
one to raise me.

HONDO: Nichelle is everything
I dreamed of.

Everything.

And I am so excited about

our life ahead with our baby.

And the two of you.

If you want to be a part of it.

CARMICHAEL: Doesn't sound
like you're trying too hard

to win me over.

HONDO: All due respect,

why do we have to?

MRS CARMICHAEL: Oh.

Okay, um...

Wesley, why don't we go outside
and cool down a little?

Daniel needs to apologize first.
NICHELLE: Dad.

Your pride is a thing.

CARMICHAEL: I deserve an apology.

HONDO: For what exactly?

CARMICHAEL: You're a real
piece of work.

I know.

[door opens]

[door closes]