The Rookie: Feds (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 17 - Payback - full transcript
- Previously...
- Abril Rodas.
She was La Fiera's right-hand
woman until La Fiera
ended up with a
bullet in her heart.
Unlike La Fiera,
I kill only when it's
strategically advantageous.
Her sicarios hit
three competing gangs
at the same time she
cut down Elijah's crew.
Elijah, he's expanding.
We can help each
other. I'm listening.
We know he teamed up
with Abril. What else?
DEA just intercepted a call
to Daylin Morales from Abril,
ordering her to
come to Los Angeles.
Buenas noches.
Feds tracked her entering
the country two hours ago.
Pleasure doing
business with you.
Police! Get on the ground!
Get on the ground! Do it now!
Abril, the feds
have Elijah's phone.
With Elijah in jail,
all the drug dealers
he had under his thumb
are gonna be climbing
for his crown.
I got a veritable
library over here.
What's your jam?
You got any revenge stories?
Oh, you messed
up now, old man.
Pow!
I am inviting your king
to a party at my house.
Even after all those years,
you still haven't learned
that chess is a game of tactics,
not t-t-talking.
Okay, you were not complaining
all those years I
played you in prison.
Yeah, well, that's because
those visits, our games,
they got me through it.
But that doesn't mean that I'm
not going to whoop your butt
on the celebration
of my homecoming day.
Bring it, old man.
Bam!
Oh!
32 years' worth of games
and we never missed
an anniversary.
Always found a way.
You know, Benny Reynolds
reached out to me the other day.
He's in hospice now.
Good. Can't wait
for him to die.
Oh, Simone, come on now...
No, no Simone, nothing.
Benny Reynolds was a crooked cop
who framed you,
had you incarcerated for
most of my childhood.
What does he want?
For you to absolve him
of his deathbed guilt?
Mm-hmm. And I am
considering it.
You... I...
Good God, you look amazing.
I feel way overdressed.
I think I have a
way to solve that.
We are going to spend
the entire day in bed.
Questions, comments, concerns?
Uh... Didn't think so.
Whoa. What's wrong?
No, I just...
Nothing. Nothing.
There's something.
I... It can wait.
Obviously, it can't.
Why... What's happening?
I don't want to make it a thing.
It's just, we said we were
gonna talk about this.
Right. About us.
I mean, do we really
have to define it?
One minute.
Yeah.
Oh, uh...
Morning, Matt.
Yeah.
Yeah, I'll be right there.
Mm-hmm.
You have to go in? Yeah. Yeah.
I'm so sorry.
You flew all the
way here from D. C.
Hmm.
Are we okay?
Yeah. You sure?
Yeah. Okay.
Why you mean-mugging
this fine brother?
He owe you money?
He's DEA. You know
what that stands for?
"Don't Expect Anything."
They're reckless cowboys, not
serious investigators like us.
So don't go all Simone,
trying to make friends.
Remember what team you're on.
Got it.
Hey, sorry
about your day with Atlas.
That sucks. How's my
boy doing, anyway?
So good.
Morning! Thank you all
for coming in so quickly.
Our task force has been
given a shot of adrenaline
from our friends at LAPD.
Last night, they
arrested Elijah Stone.
Now, they recovered a burner
cell that he's been using
to coordinate his drug shipments
with his supplier in Guatemala,
Abril Rodas.
Now, as we all know, she's been
in hiding for months, but...
I'll take it from here, Matt.
For you feds who are
new to this task force,
I'm SAC Owen Ripley.
This is Special
Agent Xavier Lind.
Now, our operatives in
Guatemala captured drone footage
of Abril and her first
lieutenant, Daylin Morales.
They're holed up in a compound
outside the city of San Marcos.
Thanks to the DEA's relationship
with the Guatemalan government,
we've been given permission
to perform an extraction.
Shouldn't be too complicated.
This isn't a
well-fortified location.
Honestly, we don't know
why Abril chose it.
According to FBI sources, that
was Abril's mother's home.
She died a week ago.
Abril was by her side.
And that matters why?
Well, it speaks to
her state of mind.
It could potentially
make her vulnerable.
Know your target.
That's the best
way to catch them.
Good, so we're putting
together a small team
to head to Guatemala
for this mission.
Wheels up in 30.
Carter, Simone, you're
with me in Guatemala.
Laura, Brendon, I want you to
follow up with Elijah Stone.
With him in lockup,
there is a power vacuum
that needs to be filled.
Let's crush this drug operation
from both sides of the
border once and for all.
Hey, boss. Yeah?
I know an excellent profiler
who happens to be in town.
Maybe he can help us
analyze Elijah and his crew.
Who? Special Agent Mark Atlas.
No, no, no. He's on
vacation, not available.
To see you, but
you're stuck here,
so why not have him
be stuck with you?
So what do you think, boss?
Can Atlas come and play?
If it helps get
the job done, fine.
Yes. With me.
What are you doing?
Saving your bae-cation.
Oh,
look. He texted back.
"I'm in." Great. Oh...
So now you can spend
some time with your man
and solve a case.
You're welcome.
You're wrong about
this. Excuse me?
Carter, this crooked cop
used his badge and a lie
to put my daddy in prison for
a crime he did not commit.
He had decades to
ask for forgiveness.
But now, on his deathbed,
he wants to come with
a pathetic apology?
I think not. Could
be worth hearing.
Close a painful chapter,
help you to move on.
I have moved
on. You sure about that?
I'm sure about that. Grudges only
hurt people who can't let go, Simone.
Well...
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Why is he flying with us?
Doesn't the DEA have planes?
Yeah, and they're a
lot nicer than this.
Feel free to step off,
preferably when
we're at 30,000 feet.
Carter, you know the DEA
has jurisdictional
command in Guatemala,
which is why Special
Agent Lind is with us.
So everyone, play nice.
Hello. I'm Simone.
Pleasure to meet you, Simone.
By the way, your training
agent is an idiot.
Okay, did I not just
say to play nice?
I'm the idiot because I made
it through the FBI academy?
You couldn't hack it.
So that's where you
guys know each other from.
Lind, you wanted
to be in the FBI?
Till I came to my senses.
Especially since Carter was
such a miserable roommate.
What? I was neat, courteous...
Always thought you
were better than me.
I tried to lift you up! And
for that, you blew me off.
And guess what.
I'm doing it again.
And you want to talk
to me about grudges?
This isn't exactly
how you wanted
to spend your day
with Laura, but hey,
at least you get to spend
some time with her, right?
I appreciate you, man. Not
as much as I appreciate you.
Alright, enough
with the bromance.
Oh, sorry.
Marshals are bringing
Elijah in from prison.
In the meantime, let's
build profiles on his crew.
Okay. Now, with Elijah gone,
one of these guys is
going to take control.
I think it's Hazy. He's been
his top lieutenant for years.
My money's on Idalo.
If you don't mind?
Okay.
There. They grew up together.
There's deep trust, loyalty.
Their relationship is defined.
Atlas, that's a very good point.
I don't think it is.
Idalo might have been
his childhood friend,
but Hazy is his right hand,
knows how to run the business.
Idalo's more of a muscle,
whereas Hazy has proven he can
thrive in Elijah's absence.
I mean, when you
put it that way...
Yeah, that... that makes sense.
See? Brendon agrees with me.
Actually, we're both wrong.
If we want to dismantle
Elijah's crew,
we need to find
the weakest link...
The lieutenant we can turn.
This guy.
Dangerous, but
scared of commitment.
Four children by
three different women.
Seems like he runs when
things get serious.
Or maybe he doesn't do
well under pressure.
Or maybe he deflects and
avoids tough conversations.
Or maybe he just doesn't want
to jeopardize a good thing
by overanalyzing it to death.
Hey, are we still
talking about the case?
Of course. Yep.
♪ Sera, sera ♪
♪ Puedan tocar solo admirar ♪
♪ Yo no quiero oír
otra cosa mas ♪
♪ Tocas a mi gente y te
va ir mal, voy a... ♪
What the
hell took so long?
Briefings and protocols.
Waste of time.
Back in the day, DEA could storm
gates without interference.
FAST teams didn't have
to wait for the FBI.
No checks and balances
allowed for corruption,
so those teams had to go.
Just made us weaker
and the enemy stronger.
Now we got to deal
with all your red tape.
Here's the sit-rep.
Target's compound, access points
on the north and east sides.
We will hit both gates,
neutralize all guards,
and apprehend her.
Lock and load! Moving out!
You know, for someone
so controlled,
you sure played
it fast and loose.
Letting a personal vendetta
get the best of you until
you lost everything.
You think I've lost
just 'cause I'm sitting
here in this jumpsuit?
Maybe not. I mean, you
do have a wide reach.
I'm sure it'd be easy to
coordinate with Hazy, Idalo,
any of your other
lieutenants from the inside.
How long do you think you can
run your business like this?
Sooner or later, your crew's
going to cut you loose,
find someone new.
No, they know
better. And so do I.
That's why I'm not buying
whatever it is you
all are here to sell.
You sure about that? Because what
we're offering you is a lifeline.
You find that burner phone yet?
Is that what...
this is all really about?
Abril Rodas?
Were you able to trace her
location in Guatemala with it?
You probably got a whole
team down there right now,
ready to storm her castle.
You actually think
you're going to get her,
but you're thinking like feds.
How should we be thinking?
Like a woman who was dropped
on her head as a child.
You know about that, right?
Abril's origin story?
Suffering head trauma
doesn't exactly
make one a master strategist.
No, but staying awake 24/7 does.
The woman doesn't sleep, y'all.
So what do you think she does
with all that spare time?
Bravo Team approaching.
No sign of hostiles.
Plans. Strategizes.
Copy. Alpha team on the move.
She would have heard
what's happened to me.
You don't think she's
going to see y'all coming?
She's gonna have
something real special
waiting for your friends.
Bravo team in position.
On my mark, we move.
Come on, Matt.
Pick up, pick up, pick up.
Three, two, one, breach!
Clear!
Hallway clear!
Clear!
Third room clear!
Clear!
All clear.
It's a dry hole.
No one's here.
What is it,
Simone? What is it?
The devil's got
nothing on Abril.
Alright,
who is the priest?
Father Juan
Castillo. He's local.
Is there any significance
to the writing
Campo de Sangre on the floor?
That means "Field
of Blood," right?
It was the field where
Judas went to hang himself
after he betrayed Jesus.
His stomach was open and
his intestines spilled out.
Laura, Atlas, initial thoughts?
Just one...
It doesn't fit Abril's
profile to display her kills.
She's utilitarian,
not an exhibitionist.
Okay, well, then, why
the break in her MO?
No idea, but maybe it
has something to do
with the symbol that she
painted with the victim's blood?
It's called Miquiztli.
It signifies death.
Kind of redundant
for this tableau.
A little trite, to be honest.
It's an ancient Aztec glyph.
At least the skull is. This
pitchfork doesn't belong.
So Abril added her own
little artistic flourish?
Okay, we're going to
wrap things up here,
see if Abril or Daylin
left any breadcrumbs
that we could follow, okay?
How did it go with Elijah?
Well, he didn't give
us much of anything,
but we did identify a lieutenant
with the least
amount of loyalty.
Tito Morales. LAPD just
picked him up for us.
Okay, see what you
can get out of him.
So, what do we do now, boss?
We just get back on
the jet empty-handed?
No, no, no, no. Remember
what Laura said about Abril.
She's not the type to make
statements with her kills.
Right, we need to find
out what's motivating her,
since clearly, it's
not business as usual.
We find out why,
we might find her.
I need to speak to that
man's next of kin right away.
So things are good with
you and Antoinette?
Yeah. Nice. Nice.
You guys exclusive, like,
boyfriend-girlfriend?
Uh, I don't know. We haven't
really talked about it.
Maybe we should.
Maybe you shouldn't. Antoinette
might not like labels.
That'd be a shame.
Labels are great.
Lets you know what to
expect, where you stand.
Maybe if Brendon
would pay attention,
he'd know where he stood.
Ooh, first lovers'
quarrel. Nice.
You know, I once
did a Lifetime movie
about two rival psychiatrists
who got together,
started dating.
"My Couch or Yours," it
was called. Terrible movie.
But great relationship
advice. You wanna hear it?
Absolutely not. Can
we stop talking?
Well... Goes for everyone.
Priest's sister
is here, Mayra Perez.
Okay, look, here's the deal.
If we all go over there,
she's going to get spooked,
so I'll go over with Simone.
You do your thing.
Might put her at ease.
Got your back, boss.
Carter, you stay here with Lind.
If Trent gets a lead on Abril,
you come and get us, understand?
I know who you Americans are.
It's okay if we ask you
questions about your brother?
Did he ever have any
problems with a woman
by the name of Abril Rodas?
No, Juan was a holy man.
He would have nothing to
do with anyone like her.
Is there anyone
you could think of
that would want to
hurt your brother?
Once Juan became a priest,
he became a man of
love and compassion.
He had no enemies.
What about before he
committed his life to God?
Anyone from his past?
Listen, we want what you want
for your brother... justice.
This was left on the doorstep
of Juan's church this morning.
San Marcos police badge.
It was Juan's, long ago.
I'm just gonna say it.
We were boys at Quantico,
and you up and quit.
Ghosted me like we never
met. I mean, what was that?
We were the only two
brothers in our class,
going through the
trenches together,
getting hazed. That
wasn't hazing, man.
The good old boy instructors
didn't want us there.
With their less-than-subtle
racist comments,
messing with our gun
sights before range exams.
And I kept telling
you to shake it off,
look at the bigger picture.
And work with racists
and homophobes?
No, thank you. Look,
I'm not like you, man.
I can't go along to get
along with people like that.
Abril's dad and Juan were cops
25 years ago here in San Marcos.
Juan became a priest and left
the force after Abril's dad
was murdered by some soldier.
What soldier? Nobody knows.
But he was the one
who ripped baby Abril
from her father's arms
and tossed her aside.
That's how she got
her brain injury.
Made her who she is today.
She left this along with
Juan's old police badge.
It's another death symbol.
It looks like Abril
is out for revenge.
25 years later? Why now?
One thing is for sure.
Abril did not kill that priest
like a Judas for nothing.
Maybe back in their
policing days,
Juan betrayed
Abril's dad somehow.
Abril tortured Juan
before killing him.
So she is after that soldier.
Now, you know if we find
that soldier before she does,
we can catch her.
An informant says Abril and
Daylin boarded a small plane
and flew out of the
country hours ago.
What? They could be anywhere
in the world right now.
Don't you just hate when
the killing is this easy?
All of Elijah's crew were
killed except for Tito.
LAPD picked him up before
he could go to the soiree.
He's in protective custody.
Any messages left behind?
None, just .45 auto
GSWs to most victims,
stab wounds to the rest.
Great. That's Abril and
Daylin's M. O. all over.
She's mixing
business with pleasure,
taking down Elijah's
drug operation
and hunting the soldier
who killed her father.
It's going to make her
unfocused, emotional,
prone to mistakes.
We just need to
catch her making one.
Okay, that's it for today.
I got every local agency in
the area looking for them,
so keep your phones
on, understood?
Mm-hmm. Good.
Tío? Yeah?
I see that look.
Want to grab a
drink? Decompress?
It's your date
night with Phoebe.
You remembered.
How could I forget?
Your love life is far more
interesting than mine.
Go, have fun. I'll be fine.
Hey.
Thank you.
Seriously?
After we've been
arguing all day?
Yeah, that's what we do.
We fight hard.
We play hard.
You're trying to
keep it physical
so you can avoid
emotional intimacy
because you're afraid
of getting hurt again.
Don't profile me.
Last time I was here, I
told you I wanted more.
We haven't talked
about it since.
Okay. Yeah, let's talk. Okay.
What... What does
that even look like?
You're not going
to move to L. A.
I'm sure as hell not
moving back to D. C.
Most long-distance
relationships, they don't work.
Sometimes they do.
Only when the distance has an
end date, and we won't have that.
I don't want to be in a
situationship with you anymore.
I want commitment. I want...
I want something real.
I want... something, Laura.
Are you leaving?
We want different things.
Staying here isn't
gonna change that.
It's just gonna make
it more painful.
I've been thinking...
maybe it's time we
take the next step.
Girl, I am not
moving in with you.
No, I meant like taking a
trip together somewhere.
You thinking fruity drinks
with umbrellas by the beach?
More like refurbished
vintage Airstream trailers
in the woods?
Okay, that sounds awful,
but I'm listening.
This is everything we wanted.
With Elijah's crew gone,
we can get our own
distribution network running.
Amor?
Mira? I'm listening.
But you're distracted.
This is serious.
So is finding my
father's killer.
At what cost?
It's become too risky.
This is the only way.
And she will lead us
to my father's killer.
Why this girl?
She's Matthew Garza's
niece and assistant,
not a trained agent.
She won't know to
be on the lookout.
Plug the device into her
phone and upload the malware.
Look at them. Not a
care in the world.
I wonder what that's like.
Boring.
What's the downside?
Well, don't
write it off just yet.
And what if it's freezing?
That's what blankets are for.
And body heat.
Mm-hmm. Keep talking.
There is a fully-loaded
bar in the clubhouse.
Why didn't you lead
with that? Okay. I'm in.
When are you thinking?
Okay, um, well, I have plans...
That was way too close.
You're pushing our
luck with this.
I don't care.
And that's the problem!
You're willing to sacrifice
everything we've built.
We've built?
I am the one that took
over from La Fiera.
I am the one who has built my
business to what it is today.
And you're about to
burn it to the ground.
And for what? Your dead papi?
Don't make the same
mistake La Fiera made.
Don't make it personal.
But I have to do this.
Get out.
Good morning, Papa Bear.
What fresh hell is going
on in the world today?
Well, the big story is
about a man who has decided
he is going to
visit Benny Reynolds
at the hospital tonight.
Okay, hold up, don't
give me that face.
I've dedicated myself to helping
formerly incarcerated
folks find forgiveness,
and I've got to
practice what I preach.
And I'm hoping that
you will join me.
Daddy, I love you to
the moon and back,
but it's a hard pass.
You are one of the most
compassionate people
I know, Simone.
How can you still show
no mercy for this man?
If you want me to show up
for you, I can do that.
But anything else? Unh-unh.
I'm not packed for that trip.
And I mean it.
If you change your mind,
I will be at Saint
Stephen's at 7:00.
You gonna say something,
or are you just going to
keep looking at me all weird?
Keep looking at you weird.
Atlas stayed at my
house last night.
Mm. Slumber party.
You know, I know it's
none of my business,
but he's really hurting.
And I thought you said
you wanted to be with him.
You're right.
It's none of your business.
Good, everyone is here.
I couldn't sleep last night,
thinking about the symbol
that Abril left behind.
Now, Atlas seemed to think
that it was too trite
for her, and I agree.
Is he not coming in or what?
Probably not. Okay.
Well, the addition
of the pitchfork
got me thinking, right?
So I did a deep dive and
found that it was a logo used
by the DEA FAST team stationed
in Guatemala in the '90s.
What's a FAST team?
Stands for Foreign Deployed
Advisory and Support Team.
It's like the DEA's
version of Navy SEALs.
Elite teams of cowboys
who pulled off secret
ops in the drug wars,
and some of them were dirty.
Yeah, money laundering and
conspiring with the very cartels
that they were supposed
to be taking down.
Congress killed their
funding 20 years ago.
I tapped into the DEA archives
through my assistant network.
The logo was on
patches worn by a team
working in Guatemala in 1997.
What... Is that Trent,
who we worked with?
Yeah, that's him.
Abril's father was a cop
in San Marcos around
this same time.
What if he discovered that
Trent's team was dirty,
and that's what got him killed?
I'm gonna go find out.
Have them fire up the jet,
destination, San Marcos.
Alright, we'll pack up.
No, this is a solo mission.
If Trent senses an
ambush, he will disappear.
Stay here.
What, you forget
your toothbrush?
We need to talk.
In private.
Abril's Aztec skull symbol...
You know it, don't you?
I mean, hell, you should.
You wore it on your
FAST team uniform.
You flew all the way down here
to talk about ancient history?
Why did you keep that little
detail to yourself, Trent?
What, now you want to shut up?
Okay, well, that's fine, 'cause
I already know the answer.
25 years ago, Abril's
dad was a cop here
intent on rooting
out corruption,
and a soldier killed him for it.
Now she's hunting down
the FAST team member
who took out her old man.
Now, you either did it
or you know who did...
You're grasping, gato.
Yeah, and you are
out of time, Trent.
Cut yourself a deal. If I
walk away, you are done.
Alright.
Alright.
I did not kill that
girl's father, I swear.
But I heard rumors.
I don't care about rumors.
Tell me what you saw.
Sometimes I was
put on guard duty
outside a warehouse
in the sticks.
We called it the Hornet's Nest.
Did someone kill
Abril's father's there?
I didn't see it.
But all high-level wet
work was done by one man.
Who?
The soldier we're
looking for isn't Trent.
It's Owen Ripley.
He's the head of the
damn task force we're on.
That complicates things.
We need to find him, put
him under protective detail,
and figure out what
exactly happened in '97.
Wait, here's what I don't get.
Why would Abril
leave us breadcrumbs,
knowing that once
we figured it out,
we would find her father's
killer before she did?
She was using us
to get that intel.
That's impossible,
unless they bugged
the building somehow.
No way, there's an obscene
amount of cyber security here.
That's im...
What about us?
What... What if they bugged
us, like, individually?
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Has anyone's phone
been out of their possession
in the last 24 hours?
My phone was in my bag
during my date last night.
And I remember this
woman, she sat behind me,
bumped my chair.
Someone installed
malware on my phone!
A listening device.
Oh, God. She can hear
everything we're saying.
Tío, I'm so sorry.
We got him, papi. We got him.
Did we get a location
on Owen Ripley?
He left his office this
morning and ditched his phone.
Well, what's the DEA saying?
They shut us out, Matt.
They want to handle
it internally,
especially since it was one of
our phones that was compromised.
Yeah, and while they're
doing their internal investigation,
Abril is out here
hunting down Owen.
Which is why we need to find out
what the DEA knows about
where Owen might have gone.
Well, no one over
there is gonna help us.
What about that
cutie pie Lind, hmm?
Maybe if you're nice for
once, he might hook us up.
Maybe. Call him, Carter.
In the meantime, Simone, I
want you to check on that BOLO.
I want every law enforcement
agency in the Southland
on active search, okay?
You alright?
You sure? Yeah.
Good, because we're
gonna go hunt down Abril.
Wait, who?
Me? Yeah, you and me.
You're the one on my team who
got closest to her, right?
Take me to where you had
your date with Phoebe.
Let's go.
We were sitting
right over here, Tío.
Alright, well, this is
a cute place for a date.
Yeah, not so much anymore.
Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
It's totally normal to
feel unnerved, okay?
Killers were watching you,
waiting for the right moment
to hack your phone.
That's a violation.
I'm very sorry that
it happened to you.
But with any luck,
they left a trace or two of
themselves behind, right?
Yeah. Okay.
So the woman in the
chair bumped into me.
That must have been when
she swiped my phone.
Okay, when you
analyze a crime scene,
you always start from
the point of origin,
and then you work your
way outward, right?
And remember, not one piece
of evidence is ever too small.
I once cracked a case just
from grains of Bahamian sand.
You're making that up.
No, honest to Pete.
Another time, it
was exotic hair gel.
Okay. Well, what about
security cameras?
Well, that would be
optimal, but I checked
and there aren't any.
Well, then what's that?
What's what?
So what do you think
we should do with that?
Call for a warrant.
There you go.
How'd you know I'd help you?
Well, you said it
yourself... Even at Quantico,
you didn't go
along to get along.
I don't think you
do to this day.
What can you tell me?
Owen's off the grid.
The bosses are
quietly freaking out.
So he's on the run?
That's what everyone's saying.
But you don't agree?
Look, I know Owen.
I worked with him for years.
Despite his rank and
the way he wears a suit,
he is still the same
monster he was in Guatemala.
So he's not a house mouse,
he's a feral animal.
And what do they
do when attacked?
Fight back.
You think he's
going after Abril?
To neutralize the threat, yes.
Then he'll use his
connections inside the DEA
to sweep his past
crimes under the rug.
I know this was a huge
risk to you, career-wise.
I appreciate you doing it.
Have you talked to Atlas?
Stay in your lane, Brendon.
You're swerving again.
You know...
that Lifetime movie I did,
the character I played, Larry,
he felt pressure to date
his best friend too, Larisa.
Oh, I'm sorry, you
starred in a movie
with a couple named
Larry and Larisa?
Yeah, it was very cute.
Anyway, Larry wanted things
to stay the way that
they were, uncomplicated,
but he was just
lying to himself.
Hey, focus.
Larry loved Larisa.
You know, you have had the
worst acting career ever.
Have you ever done
anything good?
It's no wonder you became a fed.
I'm going to let that insult go,
because I know that
you're hurting.
FYI, my IMDB page, legendary.
Matt? Yeah?
According to Lind,
Owen isn't running.
He's going after
Abril on his own.
How? He has as much intel
into her whereabouts as we do.
So... Wait a minute.
Elena, the warrant for
the surveillance video...
Why is it taking so long?
Let me check the case file
from the joint task force.
This is weird.
The warrant was executed
and the surveillance video
uploaded 20 minutes ago.
Why weren't we notified?
Owen still has access,
because he's the head
of the task force.
He must have disabled our alerts
and bogarted the evidence.
Play it, play it.
That's Abril's car.
You think we can get a plate?
There it is.
Car's owned by an
offshore corporation.
Address is in Belize,
but the same corp owns an
office building near downtown.
Could be Abril's local hideout.
Grab Simone and get to
that building right away.
I'll have SWAT meet you. Go.
♪ I'm not asking for it,
I know what you want ♪
♪ I know what you want ♪
♪ I don't owe you one ♪
♪ I'm a rocket, I hit
like a bullet, son ♪
♪ Like a bullet, son ♪
♪ You ain't getting none ♪
♪ I'm not asking for it ♪
♪ I know what you want ♪
[ Gunfire in distance ]
Where's that coming from?
Above us.
Third floor, west
wing. We're heading up.
I really should be thanking you.
So many years wondering
who took my father from me.
And here you are, serving
yourself up to die.
♪ Diamonds and gold ♪
♪ Ice and around my neck
so that everybody knows ♪
♪ Bend over to your toes ♪
♪ I talk about my... 'cause
my brain is... slow ♪
Aah!
♪ I'm not asking for it,
I know what you want ♪
♪ I know what you want ♪
♪ I don't owe you one ♪
♪ I'm not asking for it ♪
♪ I know what you want,
I know what you want ♪
FBI! Put your gun down!
Let him go, Abril!
Or what, you'll shoot me?
If you had a clean shot,
you would have taken it.
You want revenge? Take it.
Don't. We know what
he did to your family.
Give us a chance to
bring him to justice.
Justice? My father
believed in justice!
Doing things by the book.
Well, justice failed him, and
it's not going to fail me.
Look, Abril, I'm sorry
for what happened to you
when you were a little girl.
You did not deserve
to have your daddy taken
from you like that.
All my life, I never knew
who killed my father.
On my mother's death
bed, she told me
that Father Juan was not allowed
anywhere near her funeral,
and that's when I realized that
he had something to do with it.
My father was going
to do the right thing,
and his best friend
turned him in to this man.
Look...
sweetie, you are holding
so much hate in your heart.
Now, I'm not saying you
got to forgive this man,
but your father sounds
like he was a good man,
and I think you should honor
him by doing it his way.
By the book.
I prefer the gun.
Abril, no!
You okay?
Two people are dead because
someone got to my phone.
I know it's not my fault, but...
But you feel responsible.
Yeah.
That's because you
have a conscience.
I just keep thinking about
what could have been.
How do you move on?
By forgetting about
the "could have been."
Elena...
in every case, there
are mistakes made
and there are victories won.
And today, two very
dangerous people
are no longer on the street.
You... You helped
make that happen.
You just hold on to that, okay?
Good. Okay, come here.
♪ I don't believe in love ♪
Hey.
How are you doing?
You want the truth
or a polite answer?
When have you ever been polite?
Stop it.
♪ The well's been
poisoned all along ♪
I hate failing.
Daylin is still at large.
I couldn't talk Abril down.
Who was a sociopath. Come on.
But still,
I thought I could
get through to her.
I guess some grudges
just are too
impossible to get over.
Maybe that's just hit you
a little harder right now,
because, you know.
Speaking of grudges...
♪ Mine to hold
and mine to heal ♪
♪ And it ain't fair
and it ain't right ♪
Mm-hmm.
Go home, Simone.
Leave me be.
Good night.
♪ It's just hurting,
but I'm learning ♪
♪ Ohh ♪
Uh, do you mind if I finish
taking his statement?
He's all yours.
Thanks.
♪ How could I not
see this coming? ♪
How are things back
at your office?
DOJ is already
talking "inquiries."
It'll be a thing.
As it should be.
Look at you, continuing to
stand up for what's right,
no matter what the cost.
I admire that.
You didn't, back at Quantico.
I was so worried
about sticking out
or... being seen as difficult.
You teach people
how to treat you.
I learned that the hard way.
When I got in the Bureau,
I was a company man,
toeing the line for years.
I blended in so well
that when it came time
for promotions, they
forgot I was here.
You've got a good
thing going here.
Your boss respects you.
Your team is inclusive.
You're a leader.
Own it.
Yeah.
We're doing good work here,
even though today was not ideal.
Pulling the trigger on
someone, it's never easy.
You could probably use a drink.
So could I.
I'm buying.
I owe you.
You're damn right you do.
♪ It's just hurting,
but I'm learning ♪
Hey. Hey!
Thought you... you
had a flight to catch.
I bumped my flight.
Came to see Laura.
Oh. Mm.
Apparently you told
her the plot of this
made-for-TV movie you were
in, and now she wants to talk.
Well, if my powers of persuasion
are as good as I think they are,
then maybe she realized
what she's missing.
Or maybe she wants
to officially end it.
I like my version better.
♪ The well's been
poisoned all along ♪
♪ But I couldn't taste it ♪
♪ That's how my mama raised me ♪
Well, Brendon was right.
Well, he wasn't right.
The writer of the
Lifetime movie he did was.
About what?
I've been trying to convince
myself that what we have
is uncomplicated...
You know, just fun
hookups and banter.
But the truth is,
I care about you
more than you know.
So... I'm all in, too.
If we can agree on some rules.
Who's the one who's Type A now?
Now, we have to find some time
to see each other every
two weeks in person.
I have a lot of
frequent flier miles.
I don't mind sharing.
We can even meet in the middle.
Fun fact, that's Oklahoma.
Now, you know that
I hate labels,
but it's important to you, so...
Mark...
will you be my boyfriend?
♪ Staring at the stars ♪
Too much? Too little?
Too late?
It's perfect.
Absolutely perfect.
The answer is yes.
♪ Nobody's gonna save me ♪
♪ That's how my
daddy raised me ♪
Okay, I just have 23 more
slides to go through,
if you don't mind.
Right. Okay.
Oh, hi there.
I am looking for
Benny Reynolds' room.
It's 413, Daddy.
Simone, you are here.
And I don't want
to be, but I also
don't want to keep carrying
all this hate around either.
He has no power over us.
We are in control.
What we do, how we
react, we choose,
not him.
Hey.
Forgiveness is for the forgiver.
You understand?
Okay, Daddy. Mm-hmm.
Let's go see the man.
Afterwards...
we will go home
and I will kick
your tail in chess.
Keep dreaming, old man.
♪ But I'm learning ♪
- Abril Rodas.
She was La Fiera's right-hand
woman until La Fiera
ended up with a
bullet in her heart.
Unlike La Fiera,
I kill only when it's
strategically advantageous.
Her sicarios hit
three competing gangs
at the same time she
cut down Elijah's crew.
Elijah, he's expanding.
We can help each
other. I'm listening.
We know he teamed up
with Abril. What else?
DEA just intercepted a call
to Daylin Morales from Abril,
ordering her to
come to Los Angeles.
Buenas noches.
Feds tracked her entering
the country two hours ago.
Pleasure doing
business with you.
Police! Get on the ground!
Get on the ground! Do it now!
Abril, the feds
have Elijah's phone.
With Elijah in jail,
all the drug dealers
he had under his thumb
are gonna be climbing
for his crown.
I got a veritable
library over here.
What's your jam?
You got any revenge stories?
Oh, you messed
up now, old man.
Pow!
I am inviting your king
to a party at my house.
Even after all those years,
you still haven't learned
that chess is a game of tactics,
not t-t-talking.
Okay, you were not complaining
all those years I
played you in prison.
Yeah, well, that's because
those visits, our games,
they got me through it.
But that doesn't mean that I'm
not going to whoop your butt
on the celebration
of my homecoming day.
Bring it, old man.
Bam!
Oh!
32 years' worth of games
and we never missed
an anniversary.
Always found a way.
You know, Benny Reynolds
reached out to me the other day.
He's in hospice now.
Good. Can't wait
for him to die.
Oh, Simone, come on now...
No, no Simone, nothing.
Benny Reynolds was a crooked cop
who framed you,
had you incarcerated for
most of my childhood.
What does he want?
For you to absolve him
of his deathbed guilt?
Mm-hmm. And I am
considering it.
You... I...
Good God, you look amazing.
I feel way overdressed.
I think I have a
way to solve that.
We are going to spend
the entire day in bed.
Questions, comments, concerns?
Uh... Didn't think so.
Whoa. What's wrong?
No, I just...
Nothing. Nothing.
There's something.
I... It can wait.
Obviously, it can't.
Why... What's happening?
I don't want to make it a thing.
It's just, we said we were
gonna talk about this.
Right. About us.
I mean, do we really
have to define it?
One minute.
Yeah.
Oh, uh...
Morning, Matt.
Yeah.
Yeah, I'll be right there.
Mm-hmm.
You have to go in? Yeah. Yeah.
I'm so sorry.
You flew all the
way here from D. C.
Hmm.
Are we okay?
Yeah. You sure?
Yeah. Okay.
Why you mean-mugging
this fine brother?
He owe you money?
He's DEA. You know
what that stands for?
"Don't Expect Anything."
They're reckless cowboys, not
serious investigators like us.
So don't go all Simone,
trying to make friends.
Remember what team you're on.
Got it.
Hey, sorry
about your day with Atlas.
That sucks. How's my
boy doing, anyway?
So good.
Morning! Thank you all
for coming in so quickly.
Our task force has been
given a shot of adrenaline
from our friends at LAPD.
Last night, they
arrested Elijah Stone.
Now, they recovered a burner
cell that he's been using
to coordinate his drug shipments
with his supplier in Guatemala,
Abril Rodas.
Now, as we all know, she's been
in hiding for months, but...
I'll take it from here, Matt.
For you feds who are
new to this task force,
I'm SAC Owen Ripley.
This is Special
Agent Xavier Lind.
Now, our operatives in
Guatemala captured drone footage
of Abril and her first
lieutenant, Daylin Morales.
They're holed up in a compound
outside the city of San Marcos.
Thanks to the DEA's relationship
with the Guatemalan government,
we've been given permission
to perform an extraction.
Shouldn't be too complicated.
This isn't a
well-fortified location.
Honestly, we don't know
why Abril chose it.
According to FBI sources, that
was Abril's mother's home.
She died a week ago.
Abril was by her side.
And that matters why?
Well, it speaks to
her state of mind.
It could potentially
make her vulnerable.
Know your target.
That's the best
way to catch them.
Good, so we're putting
together a small team
to head to Guatemala
for this mission.
Wheels up in 30.
Carter, Simone, you're
with me in Guatemala.
Laura, Brendon, I want you to
follow up with Elijah Stone.
With him in lockup,
there is a power vacuum
that needs to be filled.
Let's crush this drug operation
from both sides of the
border once and for all.
Hey, boss. Yeah?
I know an excellent profiler
who happens to be in town.
Maybe he can help us
analyze Elijah and his crew.
Who? Special Agent Mark Atlas.
No, no, no. He's on
vacation, not available.
To see you, but
you're stuck here,
so why not have him
be stuck with you?
So what do you think, boss?
Can Atlas come and play?
If it helps get
the job done, fine.
Yes. With me.
What are you doing?
Saving your bae-cation.
Oh,
look. He texted back.
"I'm in." Great. Oh...
So now you can spend
some time with your man
and solve a case.
You're welcome.
You're wrong about
this. Excuse me?
Carter, this crooked cop
used his badge and a lie
to put my daddy in prison for
a crime he did not commit.
He had decades to
ask for forgiveness.
But now, on his deathbed,
he wants to come with
a pathetic apology?
I think not. Could
be worth hearing.
Close a painful chapter,
help you to move on.
I have moved
on. You sure about that?
I'm sure about that. Grudges only
hurt people who can't let go, Simone.
Well...
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Why is he flying with us?
Doesn't the DEA have planes?
Yeah, and they're a
lot nicer than this.
Feel free to step off,
preferably when
we're at 30,000 feet.
Carter, you know the DEA
has jurisdictional
command in Guatemala,
which is why Special
Agent Lind is with us.
So everyone, play nice.
Hello. I'm Simone.
Pleasure to meet you, Simone.
By the way, your training
agent is an idiot.
Okay, did I not just
say to play nice?
I'm the idiot because I made
it through the FBI academy?
You couldn't hack it.
So that's where you
guys know each other from.
Lind, you wanted
to be in the FBI?
Till I came to my senses.
Especially since Carter was
such a miserable roommate.
What? I was neat, courteous...
Always thought you
were better than me.
I tried to lift you up! And
for that, you blew me off.
And guess what.
I'm doing it again.
And you want to talk
to me about grudges?
This isn't exactly
how you wanted
to spend your day
with Laura, but hey,
at least you get to spend
some time with her, right?
I appreciate you, man. Not
as much as I appreciate you.
Alright, enough
with the bromance.
Oh, sorry.
Marshals are bringing
Elijah in from prison.
In the meantime, let's
build profiles on his crew.
Okay. Now, with Elijah gone,
one of these guys is
going to take control.
I think it's Hazy. He's been
his top lieutenant for years.
My money's on Idalo.
If you don't mind?
Okay.
There. They grew up together.
There's deep trust, loyalty.
Their relationship is defined.
Atlas, that's a very good point.
I don't think it is.
Idalo might have been
his childhood friend,
but Hazy is his right hand,
knows how to run the business.
Idalo's more of a muscle,
whereas Hazy has proven he can
thrive in Elijah's absence.
I mean, when you
put it that way...
Yeah, that... that makes sense.
See? Brendon agrees with me.
Actually, we're both wrong.
If we want to dismantle
Elijah's crew,
we need to find
the weakest link...
The lieutenant we can turn.
This guy.
Dangerous, but
scared of commitment.
Four children by
three different women.
Seems like he runs when
things get serious.
Or maybe he doesn't do
well under pressure.
Or maybe he deflects and
avoids tough conversations.
Or maybe he just doesn't want
to jeopardize a good thing
by overanalyzing it to death.
Hey, are we still
talking about the case?
Of course. Yep.
♪ Sera, sera ♪
♪ Puedan tocar solo admirar ♪
♪ Yo no quiero oír
otra cosa mas ♪
♪ Tocas a mi gente y te
va ir mal, voy a... ♪
What the
hell took so long?
Briefings and protocols.
Waste of time.
Back in the day, DEA could storm
gates without interference.
FAST teams didn't have
to wait for the FBI.
No checks and balances
allowed for corruption,
so those teams had to go.
Just made us weaker
and the enemy stronger.
Now we got to deal
with all your red tape.
Here's the sit-rep.
Target's compound, access points
on the north and east sides.
We will hit both gates,
neutralize all guards,
and apprehend her.
Lock and load! Moving out!
You know, for someone
so controlled,
you sure played
it fast and loose.
Letting a personal vendetta
get the best of you until
you lost everything.
You think I've lost
just 'cause I'm sitting
here in this jumpsuit?
Maybe not. I mean, you
do have a wide reach.
I'm sure it'd be easy to
coordinate with Hazy, Idalo,
any of your other
lieutenants from the inside.
How long do you think you can
run your business like this?
Sooner or later, your crew's
going to cut you loose,
find someone new.
No, they know
better. And so do I.
That's why I'm not buying
whatever it is you
all are here to sell.
You sure about that? Because what
we're offering you is a lifeline.
You find that burner phone yet?
Is that what...
this is all really about?
Abril Rodas?
Were you able to trace her
location in Guatemala with it?
You probably got a whole
team down there right now,
ready to storm her castle.
You actually think
you're going to get her,
but you're thinking like feds.
How should we be thinking?
Like a woman who was dropped
on her head as a child.
You know about that, right?
Abril's origin story?
Suffering head trauma
doesn't exactly
make one a master strategist.
No, but staying awake 24/7 does.
The woman doesn't sleep, y'all.
So what do you think she does
with all that spare time?
Bravo Team approaching.
No sign of hostiles.
Plans. Strategizes.
Copy. Alpha team on the move.
She would have heard
what's happened to me.
You don't think she's
going to see y'all coming?
She's gonna have
something real special
waiting for your friends.
Bravo team in position.
On my mark, we move.
Come on, Matt.
Pick up, pick up, pick up.
Three, two, one, breach!
Clear!
Hallway clear!
Clear!
Third room clear!
Clear!
All clear.
It's a dry hole.
No one's here.
What is it,
Simone? What is it?
The devil's got
nothing on Abril.
Alright,
who is the priest?
Father Juan
Castillo. He's local.
Is there any significance
to the writing
Campo de Sangre on the floor?
That means "Field
of Blood," right?
It was the field where
Judas went to hang himself
after he betrayed Jesus.
His stomach was open and
his intestines spilled out.
Laura, Atlas, initial thoughts?
Just one...
It doesn't fit Abril's
profile to display her kills.
She's utilitarian,
not an exhibitionist.
Okay, well, then, why
the break in her MO?
No idea, but maybe it
has something to do
with the symbol that she
painted with the victim's blood?
It's called Miquiztli.
It signifies death.
Kind of redundant
for this tableau.
A little trite, to be honest.
It's an ancient Aztec glyph.
At least the skull is. This
pitchfork doesn't belong.
So Abril added her own
little artistic flourish?
Okay, we're going to
wrap things up here,
see if Abril or Daylin
left any breadcrumbs
that we could follow, okay?
How did it go with Elijah?
Well, he didn't give
us much of anything,
but we did identify a lieutenant
with the least
amount of loyalty.
Tito Morales. LAPD just
picked him up for us.
Okay, see what you
can get out of him.
So, what do we do now, boss?
We just get back on
the jet empty-handed?
No, no, no, no. Remember
what Laura said about Abril.
She's not the type to make
statements with her kills.
Right, we need to find
out what's motivating her,
since clearly, it's
not business as usual.
We find out why,
we might find her.
I need to speak to that
man's next of kin right away.
So things are good with
you and Antoinette?
Yeah. Nice. Nice.
You guys exclusive, like,
boyfriend-girlfriend?
Uh, I don't know. We haven't
really talked about it.
Maybe we should.
Maybe you shouldn't. Antoinette
might not like labels.
That'd be a shame.
Labels are great.
Lets you know what to
expect, where you stand.
Maybe if Brendon
would pay attention,
he'd know where he stood.
Ooh, first lovers'
quarrel. Nice.
You know, I once
did a Lifetime movie
about two rival psychiatrists
who got together,
started dating.
"My Couch or Yours," it
was called. Terrible movie.
But great relationship
advice. You wanna hear it?
Absolutely not. Can
we stop talking?
Well... Goes for everyone.
Priest's sister
is here, Mayra Perez.
Okay, look, here's the deal.
If we all go over there,
she's going to get spooked,
so I'll go over with Simone.
You do your thing.
Might put her at ease.
Got your back, boss.
Carter, you stay here with Lind.
If Trent gets a lead on Abril,
you come and get us, understand?
I know who you Americans are.
It's okay if we ask you
questions about your brother?
Did he ever have any
problems with a woman
by the name of Abril Rodas?
No, Juan was a holy man.
He would have nothing to
do with anyone like her.
Is there anyone
you could think of
that would want to
hurt your brother?
Once Juan became a priest,
he became a man of
love and compassion.
He had no enemies.
What about before he
committed his life to God?
Anyone from his past?
Listen, we want what you want
for your brother... justice.
This was left on the doorstep
of Juan's church this morning.
San Marcos police badge.
It was Juan's, long ago.
I'm just gonna say it.
We were boys at Quantico,
and you up and quit.
Ghosted me like we never
met. I mean, what was that?
We were the only two
brothers in our class,
going through the
trenches together,
getting hazed. That
wasn't hazing, man.
The good old boy instructors
didn't want us there.
With their less-than-subtle
racist comments,
messing with our gun
sights before range exams.
And I kept telling
you to shake it off,
look at the bigger picture.
And work with racists
and homophobes?
No, thank you. Look,
I'm not like you, man.
I can't go along to get
along with people like that.
Abril's dad and Juan were cops
25 years ago here in San Marcos.
Juan became a priest and left
the force after Abril's dad
was murdered by some soldier.
What soldier? Nobody knows.
But he was the one
who ripped baby Abril
from her father's arms
and tossed her aside.
That's how she got
her brain injury.
Made her who she is today.
She left this along with
Juan's old police badge.
It's another death symbol.
It looks like Abril
is out for revenge.
25 years later? Why now?
One thing is for sure.
Abril did not kill that priest
like a Judas for nothing.
Maybe back in their
policing days,
Juan betrayed
Abril's dad somehow.
Abril tortured Juan
before killing him.
So she is after that soldier.
Now, you know if we find
that soldier before she does,
we can catch her.
An informant says Abril and
Daylin boarded a small plane
and flew out of the
country hours ago.
What? They could be anywhere
in the world right now.
Don't you just hate when
the killing is this easy?
All of Elijah's crew were
killed except for Tito.
LAPD picked him up before
he could go to the soiree.
He's in protective custody.
Any messages left behind?
None, just .45 auto
GSWs to most victims,
stab wounds to the rest.
Great. That's Abril and
Daylin's M. O. all over.
She's mixing
business with pleasure,
taking down Elijah's
drug operation
and hunting the soldier
who killed her father.
It's going to make her
unfocused, emotional,
prone to mistakes.
We just need to
catch her making one.
Okay, that's it for today.
I got every local agency in
the area looking for them,
so keep your phones
on, understood?
Mm-hmm. Good.
Tío? Yeah?
I see that look.
Want to grab a
drink? Decompress?
It's your date
night with Phoebe.
You remembered.
How could I forget?
Your love life is far more
interesting than mine.
Go, have fun. I'll be fine.
Hey.
Thank you.
Seriously?
After we've been
arguing all day?
Yeah, that's what we do.
We fight hard.
We play hard.
You're trying to
keep it physical
so you can avoid
emotional intimacy
because you're afraid
of getting hurt again.
Don't profile me.
Last time I was here, I
told you I wanted more.
We haven't talked
about it since.
Okay. Yeah, let's talk. Okay.
What... What does
that even look like?
You're not going
to move to L. A.
I'm sure as hell not
moving back to D. C.
Most long-distance
relationships, they don't work.
Sometimes they do.
Only when the distance has an
end date, and we won't have that.
I don't want to be in a
situationship with you anymore.
I want commitment. I want...
I want something real.
I want... something, Laura.
Are you leaving?
We want different things.
Staying here isn't
gonna change that.
It's just gonna make
it more painful.
I've been thinking...
maybe it's time we
take the next step.
Girl, I am not
moving in with you.
No, I meant like taking a
trip together somewhere.
You thinking fruity drinks
with umbrellas by the beach?
More like refurbished
vintage Airstream trailers
in the woods?
Okay, that sounds awful,
but I'm listening.
This is everything we wanted.
With Elijah's crew gone,
we can get our own
distribution network running.
Amor?
Mira? I'm listening.
But you're distracted.
This is serious.
So is finding my
father's killer.
At what cost?
It's become too risky.
This is the only way.
And she will lead us
to my father's killer.
Why this girl?
She's Matthew Garza's
niece and assistant,
not a trained agent.
She won't know to
be on the lookout.
Plug the device into her
phone and upload the malware.
Look at them. Not a
care in the world.
I wonder what that's like.
Boring.
What's the downside?
Well, don't
write it off just yet.
And what if it's freezing?
That's what blankets are for.
And body heat.
Mm-hmm. Keep talking.
There is a fully-loaded
bar in the clubhouse.
Why didn't you lead
with that? Okay. I'm in.
When are you thinking?
Okay, um, well, I have plans...
That was way too close.
You're pushing our
luck with this.
I don't care.
And that's the problem!
You're willing to sacrifice
everything we've built.
We've built?
I am the one that took
over from La Fiera.
I am the one who has built my
business to what it is today.
And you're about to
burn it to the ground.
And for what? Your dead papi?
Don't make the same
mistake La Fiera made.
Don't make it personal.
But I have to do this.
Get out.
Good morning, Papa Bear.
What fresh hell is going
on in the world today?
Well, the big story is
about a man who has decided
he is going to
visit Benny Reynolds
at the hospital tonight.
Okay, hold up, don't
give me that face.
I've dedicated myself to helping
formerly incarcerated
folks find forgiveness,
and I've got to
practice what I preach.
And I'm hoping that
you will join me.
Daddy, I love you to
the moon and back,
but it's a hard pass.
You are one of the most
compassionate people
I know, Simone.
How can you still show
no mercy for this man?
If you want me to show up
for you, I can do that.
But anything else? Unh-unh.
I'm not packed for that trip.
And I mean it.
If you change your mind,
I will be at Saint
Stephen's at 7:00.
You gonna say something,
or are you just going to
keep looking at me all weird?
Keep looking at you weird.
Atlas stayed at my
house last night.
Mm. Slumber party.
You know, I know it's
none of my business,
but he's really hurting.
And I thought you said
you wanted to be with him.
You're right.
It's none of your business.
Good, everyone is here.
I couldn't sleep last night,
thinking about the symbol
that Abril left behind.
Now, Atlas seemed to think
that it was too trite
for her, and I agree.
Is he not coming in or what?
Probably not. Okay.
Well, the addition
of the pitchfork
got me thinking, right?
So I did a deep dive and
found that it was a logo used
by the DEA FAST team stationed
in Guatemala in the '90s.
What's a FAST team?
Stands for Foreign Deployed
Advisory and Support Team.
It's like the DEA's
version of Navy SEALs.
Elite teams of cowboys
who pulled off secret
ops in the drug wars,
and some of them were dirty.
Yeah, money laundering and
conspiring with the very cartels
that they were supposed
to be taking down.
Congress killed their
funding 20 years ago.
I tapped into the DEA archives
through my assistant network.
The logo was on
patches worn by a team
working in Guatemala in 1997.
What... Is that Trent,
who we worked with?
Yeah, that's him.
Abril's father was a cop
in San Marcos around
this same time.
What if he discovered that
Trent's team was dirty,
and that's what got him killed?
I'm gonna go find out.
Have them fire up the jet,
destination, San Marcos.
Alright, we'll pack up.
No, this is a solo mission.
If Trent senses an
ambush, he will disappear.
Stay here.
What, you forget
your toothbrush?
We need to talk.
In private.
Abril's Aztec skull symbol...
You know it, don't you?
I mean, hell, you should.
You wore it on your
FAST team uniform.
You flew all the way down here
to talk about ancient history?
Why did you keep that little
detail to yourself, Trent?
What, now you want to shut up?
Okay, well, that's fine, 'cause
I already know the answer.
25 years ago, Abril's
dad was a cop here
intent on rooting
out corruption,
and a soldier killed him for it.
Now she's hunting down
the FAST team member
who took out her old man.
Now, you either did it
or you know who did...
You're grasping, gato.
Yeah, and you are
out of time, Trent.
Cut yourself a deal. If I
walk away, you are done.
Alright.
Alright.
I did not kill that
girl's father, I swear.
But I heard rumors.
I don't care about rumors.
Tell me what you saw.
Sometimes I was
put on guard duty
outside a warehouse
in the sticks.
We called it the Hornet's Nest.
Did someone kill
Abril's father's there?
I didn't see it.
But all high-level wet
work was done by one man.
Who?
The soldier we're
looking for isn't Trent.
It's Owen Ripley.
He's the head of the
damn task force we're on.
That complicates things.
We need to find him, put
him under protective detail,
and figure out what
exactly happened in '97.
Wait, here's what I don't get.
Why would Abril
leave us breadcrumbs,
knowing that once
we figured it out,
we would find her father's
killer before she did?
She was using us
to get that intel.
That's impossible,
unless they bugged
the building somehow.
No way, there's an obscene
amount of cyber security here.
That's im...
What about us?
What... What if they bugged
us, like, individually?
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Has anyone's phone
been out of their possession
in the last 24 hours?
My phone was in my bag
during my date last night.
And I remember this
woman, she sat behind me,
bumped my chair.
Someone installed
malware on my phone!
A listening device.
Oh, God. She can hear
everything we're saying.
Tío, I'm so sorry.
We got him, papi. We got him.
Did we get a location
on Owen Ripley?
He left his office this
morning and ditched his phone.
Well, what's the DEA saying?
They shut us out, Matt.
They want to handle
it internally,
especially since it was one of
our phones that was compromised.
Yeah, and while they're
doing their internal investigation,
Abril is out here
hunting down Owen.
Which is why we need to find out
what the DEA knows about
where Owen might have gone.
Well, no one over
there is gonna help us.
What about that
cutie pie Lind, hmm?
Maybe if you're nice for
once, he might hook us up.
Maybe. Call him, Carter.
In the meantime, Simone, I
want you to check on that BOLO.
I want every law enforcement
agency in the Southland
on active search, okay?
You alright?
You sure? Yeah.
Good, because we're
gonna go hunt down Abril.
Wait, who?
Me? Yeah, you and me.
You're the one on my team who
got closest to her, right?
Take me to where you had
your date with Phoebe.
Let's go.
We were sitting
right over here, Tío.
Alright, well, this is
a cute place for a date.
Yeah, not so much anymore.
Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
It's totally normal to
feel unnerved, okay?
Killers were watching you,
waiting for the right moment
to hack your phone.
That's a violation.
I'm very sorry that
it happened to you.
But with any luck,
they left a trace or two of
themselves behind, right?
Yeah. Okay.
So the woman in the
chair bumped into me.
That must have been when
she swiped my phone.
Okay, when you
analyze a crime scene,
you always start from
the point of origin,
and then you work your
way outward, right?
And remember, not one piece
of evidence is ever too small.
I once cracked a case just
from grains of Bahamian sand.
You're making that up.
No, honest to Pete.
Another time, it
was exotic hair gel.
Okay. Well, what about
security cameras?
Well, that would be
optimal, but I checked
and there aren't any.
Well, then what's that?
What's what?
So what do you think
we should do with that?
Call for a warrant.
There you go.
How'd you know I'd help you?
Well, you said it
yourself... Even at Quantico,
you didn't go
along to get along.
I don't think you
do to this day.
What can you tell me?
Owen's off the grid.
The bosses are
quietly freaking out.
So he's on the run?
That's what everyone's saying.
But you don't agree?
Look, I know Owen.
I worked with him for years.
Despite his rank and
the way he wears a suit,
he is still the same
monster he was in Guatemala.
So he's not a house mouse,
he's a feral animal.
And what do they
do when attacked?
Fight back.
You think he's
going after Abril?
To neutralize the threat, yes.
Then he'll use his
connections inside the DEA
to sweep his past
crimes under the rug.
I know this was a huge
risk to you, career-wise.
I appreciate you doing it.
Have you talked to Atlas?
Stay in your lane, Brendon.
You're swerving again.
You know...
that Lifetime movie I did,
the character I played, Larry,
he felt pressure to date
his best friend too, Larisa.
Oh, I'm sorry, you
starred in a movie
with a couple named
Larry and Larisa?
Yeah, it was very cute.
Anyway, Larry wanted things
to stay the way that
they were, uncomplicated,
but he was just
lying to himself.
Hey, focus.
Larry loved Larisa.
You know, you have had the
worst acting career ever.
Have you ever done
anything good?
It's no wonder you became a fed.
I'm going to let that insult go,
because I know that
you're hurting.
FYI, my IMDB page, legendary.
Matt? Yeah?
According to Lind,
Owen isn't running.
He's going after
Abril on his own.
How? He has as much intel
into her whereabouts as we do.
So... Wait a minute.
Elena, the warrant for
the surveillance video...
Why is it taking so long?
Let me check the case file
from the joint task force.
This is weird.
The warrant was executed
and the surveillance video
uploaded 20 minutes ago.
Why weren't we notified?
Owen still has access,
because he's the head
of the task force.
He must have disabled our alerts
and bogarted the evidence.
Play it, play it.
That's Abril's car.
You think we can get a plate?
There it is.
Car's owned by an
offshore corporation.
Address is in Belize,
but the same corp owns an
office building near downtown.
Could be Abril's local hideout.
Grab Simone and get to
that building right away.
I'll have SWAT meet you. Go.
♪ I'm not asking for it,
I know what you want ♪
♪ I know what you want ♪
♪ I don't owe you one ♪
♪ I'm a rocket, I hit
like a bullet, son ♪
♪ Like a bullet, son ♪
♪ You ain't getting none ♪
♪ I'm not asking for it ♪
♪ I know what you want ♪
[ Gunfire in distance ]
Where's that coming from?
Above us.
Third floor, west
wing. We're heading up.
I really should be thanking you.
So many years wondering
who took my father from me.
And here you are, serving
yourself up to die.
♪ Diamonds and gold ♪
♪ Ice and around my neck
so that everybody knows ♪
♪ Bend over to your toes ♪
♪ I talk about my... 'cause
my brain is... slow ♪
Aah!
♪ I'm not asking for it,
I know what you want ♪
♪ I know what you want ♪
♪ I don't owe you one ♪
♪ I'm not asking for it ♪
♪ I know what you want,
I know what you want ♪
FBI! Put your gun down!
Let him go, Abril!
Or what, you'll shoot me?
If you had a clean shot,
you would have taken it.
You want revenge? Take it.
Don't. We know what
he did to your family.
Give us a chance to
bring him to justice.
Justice? My father
believed in justice!
Doing things by the book.
Well, justice failed him, and
it's not going to fail me.
Look, Abril, I'm sorry
for what happened to you
when you were a little girl.
You did not deserve
to have your daddy taken
from you like that.
All my life, I never knew
who killed my father.
On my mother's death
bed, she told me
that Father Juan was not allowed
anywhere near her funeral,
and that's when I realized that
he had something to do with it.
My father was going
to do the right thing,
and his best friend
turned him in to this man.
Look...
sweetie, you are holding
so much hate in your heart.
Now, I'm not saying you
got to forgive this man,
but your father sounds
like he was a good man,
and I think you should honor
him by doing it his way.
By the book.
I prefer the gun.
Abril, no!
You okay?
Two people are dead because
someone got to my phone.
I know it's not my fault, but...
But you feel responsible.
Yeah.
That's because you
have a conscience.
I just keep thinking about
what could have been.
How do you move on?
By forgetting about
the "could have been."
Elena...
in every case, there
are mistakes made
and there are victories won.
And today, two very
dangerous people
are no longer on the street.
You... You helped
make that happen.
You just hold on to that, okay?
Good. Okay, come here.
♪ I don't believe in love ♪
Hey.
How are you doing?
You want the truth
or a polite answer?
When have you ever been polite?
Stop it.
♪ The well's been
poisoned all along ♪
I hate failing.
Daylin is still at large.
I couldn't talk Abril down.
Who was a sociopath. Come on.
But still,
I thought I could
get through to her.
I guess some grudges
just are too
impossible to get over.
Maybe that's just hit you
a little harder right now,
because, you know.
Speaking of grudges...
♪ Mine to hold
and mine to heal ♪
♪ And it ain't fair
and it ain't right ♪
Mm-hmm.
Go home, Simone.
Leave me be.
Good night.
♪ It's just hurting,
but I'm learning ♪
♪ Ohh ♪
Uh, do you mind if I finish
taking his statement?
He's all yours.
Thanks.
♪ How could I not
see this coming? ♪
How are things back
at your office?
DOJ is already
talking "inquiries."
It'll be a thing.
As it should be.
Look at you, continuing to
stand up for what's right,
no matter what the cost.
I admire that.
You didn't, back at Quantico.
I was so worried
about sticking out
or... being seen as difficult.
You teach people
how to treat you.
I learned that the hard way.
When I got in the Bureau,
I was a company man,
toeing the line for years.
I blended in so well
that when it came time
for promotions, they
forgot I was here.
You've got a good
thing going here.
Your boss respects you.
Your team is inclusive.
You're a leader.
Own it.
Yeah.
We're doing good work here,
even though today was not ideal.
Pulling the trigger on
someone, it's never easy.
You could probably use a drink.
So could I.
I'm buying.
I owe you.
You're damn right you do.
♪ It's just hurting,
but I'm learning ♪
Hey. Hey!
Thought you... you
had a flight to catch.
I bumped my flight.
Came to see Laura.
Oh. Mm.
Apparently you told
her the plot of this
made-for-TV movie you were
in, and now she wants to talk.
Well, if my powers of persuasion
are as good as I think they are,
then maybe she realized
what she's missing.
Or maybe she wants
to officially end it.
I like my version better.
♪ The well's been
poisoned all along ♪
♪ But I couldn't taste it ♪
♪ That's how my mama raised me ♪
Well, Brendon was right.
Well, he wasn't right.
The writer of the
Lifetime movie he did was.
About what?
I've been trying to convince
myself that what we have
is uncomplicated...
You know, just fun
hookups and banter.
But the truth is,
I care about you
more than you know.
So... I'm all in, too.
If we can agree on some rules.
Who's the one who's Type A now?
Now, we have to find some time
to see each other every
two weeks in person.
I have a lot of
frequent flier miles.
I don't mind sharing.
We can even meet in the middle.
Fun fact, that's Oklahoma.
Now, you know that
I hate labels,
but it's important to you, so...
Mark...
will you be my boyfriend?
♪ Staring at the stars ♪
Too much? Too little?
Too late?
It's perfect.
Absolutely perfect.
The answer is yes.
♪ Nobody's gonna save me ♪
♪ That's how my
daddy raised me ♪
Okay, I just have 23 more
slides to go through,
if you don't mind.
Right. Okay.
Oh, hi there.
I am looking for
Benny Reynolds' room.
It's 413, Daddy.
Simone, you are here.
And I don't want
to be, but I also
don't want to keep carrying
all this hate around either.
He has no power over us.
We are in control.
What we do, how we
react, we choose,
not him.
Hey.
Forgiveness is for the forgiver.
You understand?
Okay, Daddy. Mm-hmm.
Let's go see the man.
Afterwards...
we will go home
and I will kick
your tail in chess.
Keep dreaming, old man.
♪ But I'm learning ♪