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[sirens wailing]

["In Loving Memory" playing]

[speaker on intercom, indistinct]

[speaking indistinctly]

Sorry.

[gasps]

[sobs]

How did it happen?

I got... [sighs] ...OPD reviewing CCTV footage of the area.

Y-You have to find who did this. Please.

Think Rochelle might be the shooter?

I'm not ruling anything out.

I got unis planted outside of Trey's old house

and the recording studio. Both places are dark.

We also got eyes on the blade, but, uh, nothing so far.

If we can get Rochelle to confess to murdering Finney,

then she can flip on whoever ordered her to do it.

It's possible that person is behind this too.

- [Markus sighs] - But what if Eva wasn't the target?

Trini.

She was about to testify against Ochoa.

Maybe the shooter missed.

Or Eva was protecting Trini.

- So this was because of me? - No. Sweetheart, it's not your fault.

- [Trini breathes heavily] - [Markus sighs]

["Running" playing]

- You seen Rochelle? - She ain't been around here in a minute.

- Hey. - [sighs] Hey.

Any word?

Nah, Rochelle's not around.

It's just weird 'cause she never misses a cash drop.

That's a big deal.

Something's up. She must be laying low.

Trey always did the same when shit was going down with the cops.

- Has Rochelle been acting strange lately? - Not really.

Just extra talk about how we're gonna have to step up.

- Step up how? - Like go recruit.

I didn't wanna do it.

Thanks, Devon.

I'll be in touch.

[birds chirping]

How're you holding up?

- Well... [sighs] ...I haven't had a drink. - Good.

But I am gonna to tell Zarina what happened.

That's a bad idea.

- No, listen. - She's pregnant.

- It's gonna confuse the situation... - I know you disagree.

- ...and gonna make her insecure. - But I need to be honest when--

Did I, uh, step in something?

- No. No. - Not at all. No.

Uh, any updates?

Well, ballistics says a Five-Seven is the likely murder weapon.

Can't know for sure until we find it.

It is still possible that Rochelle was the shooter.

[Markus] What about Ochoa?

I know for a fact he has a hunting license, all right.

And he has a membership to a shooting club.

And the lieutenant's gonna bring him in and question him.

Okay. Until we find Rochelle, we should start focusing on Hackman.

[Markus] We know about the one-way messaging, so...

Yep.

And we know Ochoa's surveillance company supplied the feed for blackmail.

What would be Hackman's motivation for blackmailing these men?

Look at 'em. They're successful developers.

Bay Area power players.

Maybe Hackman wanted to ensure favors from them for Questeur.

So Hackman gets favors

and the johns get to live out their illicit fantasies

in a protected environment.

Right.

But Hackman and Finney go way back to their college days.

They were friends.

So if Hackman's the guy, what would make him blackmail Finney now?

Lee thought of Andrew as a frat boy with a big future.

Of course that was before we learned about his criminal dealings.

Are you aware that Finney threw parties at Stanford with underage girls?

I heard rumors. But I never believed them.

Finney was top of his class,

and he was always the most charismatic man in the room.

Well, did your husband go to any of Finney's parties?

Sometimes.

See. I think Lee was blackmailing Finney.

Blackmailing? They were friends.

Maybe Lee needed a way to strong-arm Finney

into using his influence on the city council to help Questeur.

Finney changed his vote on the zoning for the campus,

but that doesn't mean that Lee blackmailed him into doing it.

My theory is he's heading up the sex trafficking ring.

This company is his life's work. Why would he jeopardize that?

I've come to understand

that sometimes people you love do things you don't expect.

Whose idea was it to have you deal mostly with the philanthropy side of things?

His.

Leaving him to run the corporation?

I know what you're getting at, and you're wrong.

Just because Lee runs the business

doesn't mean that I'm oblivious to its operations.

Then help me.

Give me access to Questeur's accounting files,

tax documents, employee files--

You're asking me to hand over records

so that you can use them against my husband.

My husband of 30 years.

If there's nothing to hide,

then there should be no problem helping us.

[crickets chirping]

[knocking]

[Zarina] Hey. Got your favorite.

Strawberry ice cream and half-and-half.

[breathes heavily] Mom, I've--

I've been seeing the news. [breathes heavily]

And there was... [breathes shakily] ...even a cop who was part of the ring.

And he refused to testify against them.

That's true.

[breathes heavily] That means that he's scared.

How do you feel?

[breathes shakily] I...

[sobs] I don't wanna do it. I don't wanna testify.

Okay. O-- Okay.

If you don't testify, that means Ochoa could walk.

I know, but I-- [gasps, sniffs]

I've been thinking about it a lot and--

And I-- I ID'd him to the police after the mixer and everything.

He got arrested, but then he got out on bail.

They all did. [breathes heavily] And--

And then they found I had drugs in my system.

His-- His lawyers said that-- [stammers] that my ID shouldn't count.

The judge will still take your ID into consideration at the trial.

But Melanie told me that... [stutters]

...the police found a video of her with her john.

And that means that-- that he will be found guilty at his trial. Right?

- [Zarina] Mmm. - That's right.

But we haven't gotten a call about a video of me with--

- [sighs] - [Trini] That means that there isn't one.

I don't know. I just feel like--

I feel like I'm-I'm terrified of doing this thing that might not put him in jail.

She's not doing another preliminary hearing.

- This is dangerous. - Zarina.

There has gotta be another way.

There has to be.

[breathing heavily]

All right.

- I wanna do right by Ms. Pierre. I do. - [Zarina] Oh.

But, Daddy, they tried to kill me.

- Okay. All right. All right. Okay. - [sobs] I can't.

[inhales sharply] It's all right.

[whistling]

[phone rings]

[sighs]

Ezra.

[Ezra] I know it's late.

I just heard just about Eva Pierre.

- So tragic. - It is.

Sh-- She reached out to me a few days ago.

Begged me not to take legal action against you.

She did?

She said, by not airing her interview, you were trying to protect her

from being judged in the court of public opinion.

- I thought I was doing the right thing. - Listen.

Boisterous is still your partner.

I shouldn't have rushed to conclusions.

Well, thank you.

She really believed in the mission. [sighs] Good night.

[siren wailing]

This is Detective Billy Aames.

I'm en route with a gunshot victim, arriving in approximately four minutes.

- Do you remember when we first met? - Shh. You shouldn't talk.

I thought,

- "This bitch is louder than me." - [chuckles]

"How's this going to work?"

Well, we found a way, though.

Nobody was talking about these girls before you.

Oh, we did that together. [breathes shakily]

Can I tell you something?

[Poppy sighs, shushes] Don't.

As friends?

I went to Finney's funeral.

[Poppy] Oh.

Not out of respect or anything.

- To close the book. I get it. - I knew you would.

[Eva] I knew you would.

[Aames] At least this time I'm looking for evidence linked to an actual crime.

[scoffs] You know, even though she wasn't kidnapped,

what Emily Mills did was criminal.

What was her punishment?

Community service.

That's the system for ya.

Well, I got more good news.

We brought Ochoa in,

and he swears he was at home with his wife.

- Their stories line up with each other. - Of course they do.

A call from his cell phone, ordered Chinese food to the house.

And we don't have a murder weapon.

The gun he takes to the shooting club isn't it.

Hey, I have-- I have checked AFIS. There's nothing.

You and I both know anybody can get a gun illegally.

It wouldn't show up on any database.

Well, there's nothing usable on the courthouse cameras either.

- [sighs] Goddamn it. - I'm sorry.

- Hey. [sighs] - Thank you.

Well, we got two killers to find and a trafficking ring to nail.

Herbie, start us another pot.

- You got it. - Thanks.

This is, uh--

This is Questeur's early profit margin. It's in the red.

It looks like the company was drowning when they first started it.

- Oh. That's common for most start-ups. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hold on. Check this out. See here? Zero investors.

Then, six months later, there's a great, big turnaround.

- Look at all this. - [Poppy] Hmm.

Maybe Hackman started trafficking girls

to bring in wealthy investors to Questeur.

Maybe. [sighs]

The blackmail videos date back to that year.

[phone rings]

It's Devon.

- Hey. - [Devon] Hey, Poppy. Rochelle's here.

Okay, gotcha.

Rochelle's down at the blade.

- You guys go. I got it. Okay. - We'll call you.

[Devon] Wait a minute.

You not listening. I'm trying to tell you something.

- What you talking about? - I'm trying to tell you about these girls.

- [tires screeching] - Oh, sh--

[police siren blares]

- [Aames] Hey! - [Markus] Freeze! Freeze!

- Freeze! OPD! - Rochelle!

- [Aames] Stop! OPD! - [Markus] Rochelle, stop!

- [Rochelle pants] - Hey!

- Stop running! - [Rochelle pants]

- [Markus] Stop, goddamn it! - [grunts]

Stop!

[panting]

- I'll go this way. - [Markus] All right.

[panting]

[Markus] Hey! Rochelle!

- [panting, grunts] - Hey! Hey! Stop! Goddamn it!

[siren wailing]

- Stop running! - [panting]

- Whoa, whoa! - Easy.

- Whoa! - Rochelle. Stop.

- [officer] Freeze! OPD! - It's over.

- [Markus] Stop! - [Aames grunts]

- [Rochelle struggling] - Relax!

- It's over. - [Markus] Relax!

[Aames] Give me your hands.

So I hear you're running shit now. You trying to be like Trey?

[chuckles] I loved Trey, but he was small-time.

- I'ma be way bigger than him. - Oh, yeah? Then what's your end game?

I was promised things.

Well, whoever is promising things is going down.

And where's that gonna leave you? Let's go.

Rochelle Johnson, you're under arrest for the murder of Andrew Finney.

You have the right to remain silent.

[line rings]

- [Poppy] Hey. - Poppy.

- Yes? - It's Sybil.

W-- What's going on?

Lee's talking the board into shutting down the app,

so he can get rid of the one-way messaging function.

[sighs] Okay. Okay. Thank you.

[sighs]

Now this becoming a routine for you, Miss Johnson.

Security cams show her in the elevator going back-and-forth to the laundry room

at the time of Eva Pierre's murder.

Told you.

Well, so you're alibied for Eva. Not Finney.

Just 'cause I picked up a car don't mean I killed somebody.

True. But Finney made a dying declaration.

Do you know what that is?

After your hit-and-run, he was still alive.

He told officers he saw the driver.

He named you.

Rochelle, if you cooperate, the DA will go easier on you.

Fuck. [sighs]

It was payback.

When I got outta jail, I went to the studio.

I saw Sun shoot Trey and then plant a piece on him.

Later, I heard him on the phone talking 'bout he took care of it.

[Aames] Did you hear who he was talking to?

No. But he said, "I heard you're planting a fucking tree."

Finney.

Later, I saw on the news some campaign event

with Finney planting a tree.

So I tracked him down.

For revenge?

At that point? No. There was a job opening.

Told him I was Trey's girl, and I knew what he did.

Told him I wanted a promotion in exchange for my silence.

I gave him my number.

Did he contact you?

I got a text from the Q-app. Unknown number.

Said to stand by for further instructions.

What's your passcode?

2513.

But the shit disappears.

All right. Then talk to us. When did you hear from him again?

Took a few weeks to get a text message.

"Pick up the car and take out Finney."

And that's when I understood he wasn't the one calling the shots.

Who was?

Never met the boss.

But I was promised a new life to do the hit.

So you ran him over three times?

I don't play.

She gave it all up.

[sighs]

That's one down.

You know, Devon told me that Rochelle had been hiding out in a condo downtown.

It must've been payment for taking out Finney.

[phone chimes]

[Poppy] You can't reply, can you?

- No. - [beeping]

[shutter clicking]

We're keeping Rochelle's appointment.

We got a view of the roof.

[Markus] Copy that.

A black SUV is pulling in down here.

[Poppy] Got it.

It's not Hackman. It's his driver, maybe?

[Aames] He's on his phone.

- [phone chimes] - I'm here. I'm in the parking lot.

No sign of anyone.

All right. All right. I'll be there.

[Poppy] We have to find out who he reports back to.

Okay, he's on his way back down. Follow him.

He's going north on Telegraph.

I think I know where he's going. We're on our way.

[Markus] All right.

[pop music playing in distance]

[shutter clicks]

I lost him in the crowd. But the envelope is in the car.

Okay, but we have to find him reporting back to Hackman.

- Let's do it. - Okay. I got the middle.

I got the far right. [sighs]

[attendees chattering]

[camera shutters clicking]

[attendee 1] Mr. Hackman, right here.

[camera shutters clicking]

[crowd cheering]

Good day, Oakland!

- [phone chimes] - [Lee] This is a new day for Questeur.

We are officially joining the community here in Oakland,

- bringing jobs, and industry... - Anything?

...and opportunity to the East Bay!

[cheering]

- We can and will do this together. - [phone chimes]

The people of Oakland, its leaders

and those of us here at Questeur envision a better world.

He couldn't have sent it. It's not him.

And who doesn't want a better world? Am I right?

[Lee] We could use it. [chuckles]

Let's give San Francisco and Silicon Valley a run for their money.

What do you say?

- [attendee 2] Absolutely! - [attendee 3] Yeah!

[Lee] And so now, without further ado,

I would like to introduce to you your mayor-elect, Everett Hoagland.

[cheering]

Thank you, Lee.

- To all of you turning out at the polls... - I'll stay with Hackman.

Good.

...and using your power as citizens to vote for what you believe in.

We are a city that is bleeding.

Two days ago...

- Sybil. - Oh. Poppy.

- I don't know how I missed it. - I'm sorry?

You contacted Nadia Jimenez all those years ago.

You held on to that video.

And then, when Questeur was having trouble getting off the ground,

you blackmailed Finney with it.

He changed his vote to move Questeur to Oakland.

Wow. You will go to amazing lengths for a story. It's impressive.

Finney told you about Rochelle's desire to step up.

So when he became a liability, you dispatched her to take him out.

Why would I traffic women?

My guess is, in some twisted way, you did it out of love.

Lee was trying to save Questeur. You wanted to help but were shut out.

Then you remembered Finney's successful parties.

So you already knew how some men would dole out huge favors

in exchange for sex with underage girls.

Oh, they gave you funding, zoning, access.

You were making it happen for Questeur.

You created the one-way messaging. You ran the ring.

Hold on. You have a podcast, not a badge.

- You've got the wrong person. - Exactly.

There's no way that Sybil could create that function.

Really? I mean, wasn't she a prolific coder once upon a time?

Yes, well, that was a very long time ago.

But for years, she's been running a charitable foundation.

I do more than that.

With you, she was forced into a supporting role.

Running the trafficking ring is all under her control.

Absurd. It would jeopardize everything I've been building.

Everything you've been building?

[scoffs] When we needed investors,

you sat around and sent emails to VCs.

And then you moped.

I wasn't about to lose a company that I helped create,

so I found a way to fund it,

to expand it,

to control it.

By doing this? By breaking the law?

Where was this pious outrage when Finney was doing it?

I made you rich. One of the most respected men in tech.

What about the girls?

What about them?

The pawns in your game weren't just the men.

There were children too.

And until you, no one was even looking for them.

Who's gonna believe that a woman controlled a trafficking ring?

You have nothing.

Oh.

I made you rich. One of the most respected men in tech.

What about the girls?

- What is this? - What about them?

Sybil Hackman, you're being arrested for violation of the RICO Act...

- [stammers] - ...conspiracy to commit murder.

I'll take the phone. Put your hands behind your back.

Let's go.

[crickets chirping]

[breathing heavily]

[screaming]

[gunshots]

[screaming continues]

[gasps, breathing heavily]

Yeah. All right. Thank you, sir.

That was the DA. [sighs]

We were able to confirm

that Sybil sent the hidden Questeur messages.

She's looking at 20-plus years for trafficking and murder for hire.

Were you able to link Ochoa to Sybil through the messaging?

No.

No, Ochoa will likely get a year in county jail

for storing the blackmail videos, which he'll probably do on a work release.

- But-- - Hey. [panting]

Trini remembers seeing Bill Ochoa at the courthouse.

- She saw him? - So, we have a witness?

Hold on. Not his face exactly.

She says he does this thing with his neck. She saw it at the, uh, mixer house.

She knows Ochoa was the shooter!

Markus, you know that's not enough.

I still need justice for my daughter. Can't Sybil confirm that Ochoa raped her?

Look, we tried, and she's not talking.

- Trini deserves better. So does Eva. - [Markus sighing]

So, if you're solving for Y, then you need to...

Add negative eight to both sides.

That's what's up.

- You got this. - [Poppy] Hey, you two.

- Cydie here yet? - No. No, she has no idea.

Uh-- So, uh, how are you doing with the Alexander of it all?

[groans] Part of me hopes Markus is not able to find the address.

And the other part--

- [Shreve] Here she is. - [Desiree] Mrs. Cydie.

[laughing]

Ooh. Ooh. What's going on?

- [Cydie] No way! Daddy! - [Shreve] I got you a new bike.

- The Capstones blessed it. - [gasps]

And I want you to patrol with me.

I love it, Daddy.

Jesus.

- Go on. Hop on. - Yes!

[chuckles] Shit.

Oh, my God. I feel like me for the first time!

- [laughing] - Sh--

Oh, yeah. Crank that shit! [chuckles]

- All day, every day, bitches! - [Capstone chuckles]

[blues playing on speakers]

Can't win 'em all, Pop.

I know.

I just feel for Markus and his family.

They could run into Ochoa anytime.

You think Ochoa and his wife were lying about him being home...

and that he really was the shooter?

Especially with what Trini saw.

Markus must feel so helpless.

[sighs]

I know what that's like as a man.

Devastating things happen when you can't protect your loved ones.

I don't blame you for any of it.

It's when you put the blame on yourself that wears at your soul.

That's what Markus has to deal with.

He'll never get a good night's sleep again.

You think he'll start drinking?

Well, I just worry about him. He's like a son to me.

You should try to enjoy the party.

[Poppy] Lil?

Keep an eye on Daddy.

Yeah, I always do.

[sighs]

I gotta be honest, you know. I'm, uh... I'm struggling right now.

I know, babe. Me too.

No.

I mean, I'm really...

I'm really not handling shit well.

You know, it's why I started drinking. It's--

It's why I damn near became a stalker.

That's why I wasn't connecting with Trini.

It's gonna be okay.

[sighs]

I'm not so sure about that.

Look, a couple of weeks ago, I was with Poppy and, uh--

- Ooh. [sighs] Oh, my God. - What's wrong?

- [groans, gasps] - What's the matter?

- Huh? - My water broke.

- My wa-- Yeah. [groans] - What? Okay, okay.

- Come on.

- It's go time. - [groans]

- [Zarina humming] - [Markus chuckles]

Goodness.

[inhales, exhales sharply]

- Can I hold this sweet baby? - [chuckles]

- I'm taking her right now. - Here you go.

[inhales deeply] Here you go.

Look at her. [sucks teeth]

- Oh. - Oh, look at this baby.

Mmm, yeah.

- [gasps] She's so little. - She's so beautiful.

Mmm. Mmm.

- Hey. Hey, Skye. - [chuckles]

I want you to know that I'm going to be the best big sister.

- [Zarina chuckles] - Um...

What's the matter, baby?

I think I wanna do the recovery program.

The one in Wyoming? You're sure?

I have to work on myself if I wanna be a good sister.

[chuckles]

- But you guys aren't disappointed in me? - No.

For not testifying. You don't think I'm weak?

Your survival is your strength, not whether or not you testify.

- [Zarina] Okay? - That's right.

If anything, I'm disappointed in myself for letting you and your mother down.

Perfection isn't the goal, hon. Never was.

You be the best you you can be, whatever that means.

Let me tell you something.

- This little girl right here... - Yeah.

- ...is very lucky to have you as a sister. - [Zarina] These toes!

- Oh. [shushes] - She looks just like you.

- She's so little. - That little nose.

[Zarina humming]

- I love you guys. - [Zarina] Love you.

- [Markus] Absolutely. - Yeah.

We love you too.

[Vince] If Ms. Pierre were here,

her hope for each of you students would be to nurture this garden.

In doing so,

you would acknowledge your own growth and blossom.

So today, I am honored to usher in this beautiful garden,

sponsored by Boisterous Media,

to help us commemorate the lives that we've lost.

Drea would have loved it here.

[sighs] We're planting these all over,

Rosa Andrea. [chuckles]

That's beautiful.

Thank you, Poppy. For everything.

- [Poppy] Hey. - Hey.

[clears throat]

When I was a younger man,

I, uh, never thought I'd be working with kids. [chuckles]

Oh, they really seem to respond to you.

Well, I am pretty cool.

- Oh, you don't say. - I do say.

[both chuckle]

How's Trini?

I think she's, uh, still a little bit nervous around crowds.

I don't blame her.

That asshole, Ochoa, gets to walk around like nothing happened.

He killed Eva, didn't he?

Yeah. But we can't prove it.

- [groans] Hmm. - It's so frustrating.

I won't stop trying to get justice for her.

I promise.

I'm gonna hold you to that.

- You do that. - I will.

[chuckles]

This is so beautiful.

Yeah, it is.

[Poppy] The process of recovery is a great undertaking.

For those who have been wounded, time is required to heal.

For those who have lost,

a journey through grief must be taken.

Oakland lost a beloved daughter during this investigation,

the principal of Oak Creek High School, a dynamic woman named Eva Pierre.

Recently, I interviewed her,

and she shared with me

her own experience being trafficked.

In the coming days, you'll hear Eva's story.

By telling it, she sheds light on the darkest corners of our community.

- [Poppy] But... - Eleven.

...Eva's story is not one of trauma.

It's of recovery.

Sometimes, facing the truth is what we need

to see who we are and who we can be.

For some, facing the truth about themselves

results in justice being served for others.

Sybil Hackman, cofounder of Questeur,

built an empire buttressed by blackmail,

coercion and exploitation.

She faces the rest of her life in prison,

because no one should benefit

when children are exploited.

[Poppy] By trafficking young girls, Sybil lost sight,

not only of justice, but of her own humanity.

But the reality is,

justice for some does not mean justice for all.

You think you just go back, live life like normal?

- Who are you? - I should blow your fucking head off.

You leave this city for good.

- Whoa. I-I don't know what you think-- - You know what you did!

Shit.

[both grunting]

[Shreve straining]

[straining continues]

- [gunshot] - [grunts]

[breathing heavily]

You shouldn't have followed me.

But I did.

[Poppy] I will continue to fight to eradicate trafficking in Oakland.

Let's go.

[Poppy] For Oakland's children and for myself.

["Demons" playing]

Will you join me?

My name is Poppy Scoville,

and I'd like you to reconsider.

[phone chimes]

[song continues]