All language subtitles for NCIS Los Angeles S09 E11 Eng Sub

- How's the arm?
- Still tender.

- You took a pretty hard hit.
- We knew the risks going in.

You don't think it escalated
a little quickly?

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.

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

Eh. Debatable.

This is not good.

It's a war zone.
We take what we can get.

What is that doing here?

- Spreading cheer.
- Warming hearts.

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 into the holidays.

Lean out before Mosley sees this.
She doesn't allow holiday display.

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

One glimpse of this desert palm tree
lit up with the spirit of the holidays

and that reserved yet terrifying shell
will crumble like a Christmas cookie.

Take a step back, as my friend here

ascribes to the
neo-Griswold school of decorating.

- Your flint, my liege.
- Thank you.

- I really wouldn't do...
- Go.

Are you kidding me? Hidoko!

Tannenbaum.

Come on, come on.
We're just gonna get this out of here.

- Go, go, go! Abort mission. Aah!
- Unh. You never saw us.

Do you care to explain?

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

Yesterday she asked me
how my sister was.

Last week she encouraged me
to keep my chin up.

Wait, didn't you walk into her
while staring down at your phone?

- Can you just let me have this?
- Fine.

This is crazy. Let's just tell her

we caused the power outage
and we'll assume all responsibility?

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

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

- Okay.
- Wait, what?

- I don't wanna point fingers.
- You said it could use more bulbs.

This is a tree, exactly.
Not the Eiffel Tower.

- Wait.
- What?

- This is what she wants.
- Oh, my God, you're right.

- Screw it. We're in this together.
- Yeah, good run.

We'll always have Ops.

There you are.
I've been looking everywhere for you.

- Okay. So, the power outage...
- Will not 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.
- Mm.

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

- The grid is down all over the west side.
- That's a relief. But not the best news.

An outage of that size
will take hours to repair.

Mosley wants you guys in Ops.

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, bruh?
- Don't call me bruh. Who are you?

- I'm Brady. Finn's cousin.
- Finn doesn't have a cousin.

Okay. You're right. Uh...

Finn's not here.
He's not here. He's in Palm Springs.

He's running an errand, and with
traffic, you know how that can be.

You wanna leave a message?

You know, Brady, I'm getting
a very strong whiff of something here.

- And not your patchouli.
- This was not in the welcome packet.

- Mm-hm. What's going on?
- Honestly, I don't know.

I just got the place on Airbnb.
I'm renting it for a week.

Finn said that his landlord was
a real drag, but you seem cool to me.

That's not a compliment.
And you're a horrible liar.

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

Warm and inviting is just code
for a futon and a bag of Funyuns.

You know what I'm saying?

You hear that, Hidoko?

This feels like a test.

Nah, 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 mantle on my boat.

Mortal woman
turned protector of the seas.

Doesn't hurt to know
someone has your back.

- Speaking of which, where's Callen?
- Marooned somewhere north of the ten.

- Kensi and Deeks?
- Stuck on Lincoln.

It's gridlock
with all the lights down.

- I'm 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 see those
on a survival checklist.

They're great for announcing locations,
sending messages in Morse code,

leading packs of snow dogs.
Needless to say, you gotta see this.

He was trying to ring out an SOS.

Felt more like he was signaling
Michael Buble 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 random.

Westside Electric reported

an unknown source gained access
to their 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.
- How much?

- Twenty million in Bitcoin.
- Hmm.

If Westside Electric doesn't comply?

They're threatening to shut off power
up and down the West Coast.

- Any indication who is behind this?
- It originated in the Ukraine,

though the exact location
is still yet to be confirmed.

Massive outages wreak havoc

on infrastructure,
banking systems, hospitals.

Not to mention military facilities.

We have back-up 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 we need to be sure that
we weren't the intended target here.

Nell, you catch the others up to speed.
I'm gonna hit Westside Electric.

Jingle Beales, you're coming with me.
Leave the bells.

Sam, can I bring my gun?

You planning on shaking
someone down over an old utility bill?

People do 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
who we're dealing with

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

Grid manager will be right out.

So boats, huh?

Heh. Kids are okay?

- 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.

You know what you should do?
You should get a hotel in the Marina.

- Make a staycation out of it.
- I'm staying on my boat.

- All three of you?
- All of us.

- The couches double as racks.
- Ah.

They must have fantastic back support,
but it seems like a bit of a squeeze, no?

That's enough connecting.

And never let me hear you say
staycation again. It's bizarre.

- Ahem. Gentlemen? George Forester.
- I'm Sam Hanna, NCIS. This is...

Eric Beale. I, uh... You know what?
I lost my badge in the chase.

In a big chase, huge.
Actually, Sam, you were there.

- Surprised you still have your badge.
- We should cut to the chase.

A hack of this magnitude requires
a lot of planning.

Any suspicious activity
leading up to it?

Nothing. We weren't prepared.

Of course we'd have more time
to work on 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?

For the last 30 years.
Also a ten-time employee of the month.

Five-time captain
of the softball team,

two-time winner
of the summer concert raffle.

But now I'll be remembered as the
one-time destroyer of the Polar Express.

Our best chance at getting
those choo-choos running

- is if we have access to your systems.
- Whatever you need.

Would hate to live in a world
where you can't illuminate a shrub.

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.

- I found them in the courtyard.
- I was just taking them back to storage.

I must have gotten distracted
with the power outage.

- Hetty didn't care for the holidays?
- Just those ornaments.

She said they reminded her of a time
in her life when she had lost Hope.

In our line of business, 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.
- Any update on the origin of the hack?

The ransom message
used a Cyrillic character

unique to the Russian alphabet.

A native would not have made
that mistake.

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.
- Uh, no, no. It's okay.

I'll make sure
it gets 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.

Red alert, used car salesmen
are rioting over 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 employees been acting strange?
- Look at me.

Multiply this by 20,
that's my entire department.

Man, we bleed strange.

Anyone familiar with
Eastern European languages?

Yeah, Carl married a Croatian woman.
And Edgar, international gamer.

I wouldn't be surprised if he picked up
some Russian words.

We'll start with Edgar. Where is he?

He went home sick this morning.
Not long after he clocked in.

Let's just say
that I got you a PlayStation.

- I don't want a PlayStation.
- But if you I got you a PlayStation,

wouldn't you want me to get a game
to go with the said PlayStation?

- With the PlayStation I don't want?
- I'm talking hypothetically.

It's coming across more pathetically.

- Ugh. Hidoko, back me up on this one.
- That's not a good idea.

My fiancée has made the decree
that we can only get each other a gift.

- I'd rather not...
- As I explained, we have to save money.

We have a wedding to plan. Do you
know how much weddings cost?

- I don't spend much time on Pinterest...
- Alot!

Deeks, the holiday season's supposed
to be spent with people 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?

Oh, looks who's a comedian.

- Then you're gonna love my next bit.
- What's this?

- Little gift.
- I don't want that.

Suspect's name is Edgar Parsons.
Works for Westside Electric.

- Edgar Parsons lives in Studio City.
- Across town.

- That's right.
- Another hour in the car with him?

It should give you plenty of time
to figure this out, whatever this is.

Baby, I read The Gift of the Magi,

and if this ends with you
shaving your head, I may be into that.

- Callen. How's it going out in the wild?
- Not good. This city is paralyzed.

If we don't fix this,
we'll see casualties.

- How's everything back there?
- Oh, great.

In addition to trying to save Christmas,
I have that fun fact to process.

If you need a break, I know a little
Airbnb up the coast.

Never took you
as the crowdsourcing type.

Yeah, I'm not.

Finn has been renting out
the apartment that he leased

under Dexter'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.

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.

- Hi.
- Hey.

Oh. Well, heh, 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 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 chiseled cheekbones.

- Their words, not mine.
- Deeks.

- You're looking for my Edgar?
- Yes, your Edgar.

Um, oh, you know, you just
missed him. Yeah, he's so busy.

He's always running around,
doing so many things for me.

You know, legal things of course.
Heh.

- Deeks, we got a runner.
- Excuse me, so sorry.

Oh, no. What do you want?
Oh, Edgar! Oh, Edgar!

Run! Edgar!

Hey!

Wow, talk about
an immaculate reception.

Good catch.

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

Well, first things first,
shepherds are out of surgery.

- Should be making a full recovery.
- I think I was goosed by a wise man.

Don't worry, I tipped him.

- Just get this over with.
- Am I franken-sensing some hostility?

- That was a good one.
- Thank you.

- Yeah, I did it. I'm guilty.
- All right.

- Take me away, lock me up.
- I didn't get to flip the table over.

You know how long
I worked on that move?

- Yeah, a lot of wasted wristwork.
- 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.

Any idea what it costs
just to get by these days?

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 Jane Fonda tapes.

We've all been there.

I haven't been on a date
since Iron Man was in theaters.

To clarify, because there's been
a lot of fron Man movies...

- The first one.
- 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,
the 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?

Because 20 million
seems a little greedy.

There was never gonna be 20 million.
They didn't care about the money.

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

Whoa. This wasn't your idea?
Somebody paid you to do this?

All they cared about
was shutting down the power.

The ransomware was 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

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.

We're gonna go workshop that
with the elves.

I apologize for my partner.

She did her research.
She knew who to target.

It's a distraction.
We need to figure out for what.

It has to be in the radius
of the power grid.

Oh, 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, 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.

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.

That means it's a time for giving
and forgiving.

- You found Finn.
- Finn is missing?

Hiding feels more appropriate.

I ran Finn's financial records
that aren't linked to Dexter Hughes.

It turns out he is the owner
of a shiny, old van.

Well, that's not good. Vans are 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-hm. Would you say
that you've had it up to here with him?

Or at least here?

If you killed Eric, cover it up.
I'm not in the mood for paperwork.

No, I left him. He needed to upload
some new software

and I needed to stop listening
to his Mannheim Steamroller playlist.

- How long until the power is restored?
- Want the Eric answer

or do you have somewhere to be
by New Year's?

- Should be two hours.
- Great.

Don't take that long
to discover the woman on the footage.

I'll check in with Nell and Hidoko,
see if we can get an ID.

Good luck.
Those two have been acting weird.

- There's definitely something up.
- The unknown can be unsettling.

- 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, jeez.

Uh... Oh, okay.

- What did you get on your SATs?
- Fifteen-eighty.

Well, not bad.

- Why?
- I know what all my friends got.

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.

Oh, hold that thought.

The best thing for you would be
to not be in here.

Of course I'm not really concerned
about what's best for you.

Time to come out.

Tell me what we're doing.

Hidoko, where did you spend
the holidays last year?

Stuttgart, Germany.
On assignment with U-Com.

We lived off brats and mulled wine.

- And the year before?
- Bagram Air Base with 1st CAG.

I turned an MRE into a green bean
casserole. I'll never forget that one.

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.

I know the holidays aren't gonna be
the same without Hetty and Granger.

And that is 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, heh.

- With the knees.
- Ah. Thank you.

- Unh. Okay. You got it?
- Yeah.

I can't believe
you convinced me to do this.

We got through traffic in half the time.

- I'm not talking about the bike.
- It's Christmas. You look adorable.

You're like a rare but sexy reindeer.

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

Oh. You're not wrong about that.

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

You're lucky you still have power.

We need a clear image of the woman
that came in with Parsons.

We'll be out of your hair in a minute.

The more time I'm in here, the 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.

- Well, she's quite a looker.
- It'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.

Jose got locked up five years ago.
The bloodshed slowed down.

Maybe they used the five years
to prepare the queen.

If Alicia revives the cartel,
things are gonna get loud again.

- A lot of people will get hurt.
- Find her before the bodies drop.

I leave you for a minute and it is
lights out for the Western seaboard.

You hear that, Hidoko?
The silence has officially broken.

If I carried around a Swiss flag, would I
stop being caught in 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.

He was tied to a linens warehouse

doubling as
a cocaine distribution center.

With him behind bars,

it might fall on his sister
to run the business.

Doesn't seem like it.
Alicia Fuentes has been clean.

At least in the eyes of the U.S.

Valid passport, no arrests,
not even a parking ticket.

Five years is a long time without
your brother footing the bills.

Her nest egg could have ran out.

Kensi and Deeks are on their way
to her.

We'll be paying Jose a visit.
Where is he now?

He was sentenced to a federal prison
outside Fresno,

but transferred
to a private facility last week.

- Which one?
- Barnsworth Penitentiary.

- Three miles from here.
- And on the same power grid.

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

I was thinking, mostly about my life,
which subsequently flew by.

I agree to your present rule, as long as
you promise to never drive my bike.

First of all, that woman cut me off.

Second, please don't be scared.
It does not look good on you.

I'm pretty sure
that Pomeranian died of a heart attack.

We don't have a lot of time
to track Alicia Fuentes,

so we need to cut corners.

I'm gonna cut coupons for the
Ubers I'll be taking from here on.

- Stop being ridiculous.
- Stop being Evel Kneivel's understudy.

If wasn't well adjusted,
I'd think everyone's avoiding me.

- Finn's a kid. Don't take it personally.
- Yeah. What's your excuse?

- What do I have to do with this?
- Christmas dinner?

- You haven't responded to my e-vite.
- What's more unsettling?

That you send an e-vite
or that you're monitoring them?

I gotta know how much brisket to buy.
Fine. Don't come for dinner.

But stay with me
while Aiden and Kam are in town.

- I got plenty of room for everybody.
- You have plenty of rooms.

My boat is more comfortable
than anything in those rooms.

- Open it up.
- Warden Decker.

- Thanks for meeting us.
- Happy to help.

Don't mind the lighting,
we're conserving energy.

It seems your system
stayed operational.

Generators kicked in
three minutes after lights went out.

Nothing we couldn't handle.

- All inmates are accounted for?
- Three times over.

We have protocols we follow
in situations like this.

It's good 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, we need to
ask you some questions.

I'm not feeling well. Come back later.

- Listen. He hates being avoided.
- Come on, man. Not today.

Last chance. Or I'm gonna get more
bold and you're gonna less beautiful.

- Who the hell are you?
- Jose Fuentes.

There was three minutes
between the outage and the generator.

Enough time to pull out the real Jose
and stick in this look-alike.

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.

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?

Being a Grinch falls under
probable cause.

Ah-ah! Don't touch that.
I'd love to grow old with you,

if we enter without a warrant,
Mosley will not let that happen.

Since when you do you care
about a warrant?

All right, let's check out the garage.

Go!

- Stop, I'm driving.
- Fine. I'm Ubering.

- Deeks, I drive, you shoot.
- Deal. You drive, I shoot.

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

Hyah!

- Alicia Fuentes?
- Oh.

- Nice shooting.
- Nice driving.

Do I need to be here for this?

You need 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.
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 3. Jose was 5.

That is a lot for a kid to process.

Children shouldn't grow up
without fathers.

You were breaking 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.
Now it's my turn to make that sacrifice.

Oh. Well...

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.

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 buy us some time.

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

He works maintenance at the prison.

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

He must've paid off the guards.

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

Hey, guys. So it looks like
the house in Hancock Park

is owned by LPR Industries, which is...

Shell company?
Because 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.

Well, make him about 5 now.

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

He's not gonna stick around long.
Nell.

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.

Hi.

Ho, ho, ho!

- What do you want for Christmas?
- You're the worst Santa ever.

Did you show him a picture
of you in your helmet?

I told him
he's gonna meet a beautiful woman,

he's gonna fall in love with her,
she's gonna steal all his presents.

Marriage counseling works wonders.

Why does everybody say that?

- Pay me 350 an hour, and I'll tell you.
- Ha, ha. 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.
Walk out with me, he'll never know.

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

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?

A lot of toys need to get made,
so is it okay if he comes back with us?

- Yeah, I guess so.
- That's okay?

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.

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. There's 30 minutes.

- Stay close.
- Thank you.

Roberto.

- You gotta 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.
- There are rules.

But I also have the power
to override them. Merry Christmas.

This is impressive.
Where did you find this?

It took a little investigating,
and I had a little help.

Oh, hello there.

Looks like this crowd could use
a little drink.

- Come on!
- It's an elf with cocktails.

Your friendly Christmas elf.

Eggnog, huh?
I wanna give you the full one.

- Heh, okay.
- This is gonna work out well for me.

Come on, eggnog.

- Thank you.
- I can definitely use a drink.

Here we go. Eggnog.

- Thank you.
- Enjoy, ladies.

- Cheers, boss.
- Cheers.

Come here. Ahem.

So I was thinking, this year,
we should stack our presents high.

Our wedding is just one day, we could
go without centerpieces. It's fine.

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

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 wanna take this down.

I was thinking maybe a grill set.
I don't actually have a grill.

You can get that
in addition to the grill set.

We should grab a pen.

- Come here. Cheers.
- Cheers.

- I don't want any more eggnog.
- Drink it.

I don't want it.

It's a Christmas miracle.

- Oh, you made it.
- Hey.

If it were up to me, Westside Electric
would be getting coal.

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

Yeah? That does make me feel better.

I stand by the fact
that my boat would've been fine.

But being in that room with you 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.

Oh, it's okay. It's more brisket for me.

This first year without Michelle
has been hell so far.

I don't know what I'm doing, but I know
the kids and I need room to figure it out.

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.

1, uh, need to make a stop
on the way home.

Mm. Cool.

Merry Christmas, everybody.

- All right, everybody ready?
- And cheers.

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.

I'm in a hurry. 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.

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 kids at the shelter?

It's not fair.

No. It's not.

They didn't choose to get passed over,
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 were 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?

Two hundred a night.

- Two hundred?
- Yeah, heh.

I don't know
what that guy was smoking.

- Two hundred dollars.
- I got skills.

Apparently so.