Tommy (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Tommy - full transcript
Dear fellow Angelenos.
This week, Abigail Thomas
took office as the first woman
to be named chief of police
in the history of our city.
To be clear, I didn't
hire Chief Thomas
only because she is a woman.
There was a prostitution scandal
involving several police
officers and an underage girl
with a learning disability,
the previous chief was accused
by eight different women
of sexual harassment and there
is a pending federal lawsuit,
but I would never make
a decision like this
out of political expediency.
Public safety is more than my
most important responsibility.
It is a sacred... Battery's dead.
- Why can't I say that I hired her because she's a woman?
- It's not good.
I just hired the first
female police chief
in the history of Los Angeles,
not to mention
Chicago and New York.
Why is that not a good thing?
You dropped a line.
I'm not saying that line."There are a few
bad apples in every barrel."
A federal judge made me
hire a woman...
That's known to everyone, right?
Police union asked
if you could say it. There are no apples
in Los Angeles.
It never gets cold enough.
It's a proverb. A cop
who pimps out a 15-year-old girl
with an 80 IQ
is not an apple,
he is not a quince,
he is not a loquat,
he is a scumbag.
It will look like you submitted
to political pressure,
not to your voters,
to swing voters.
These are the pleasures
of term limits,
my friend. You've got to think
about what's next.
Apples.
What am I, the mayor
of Burlington, Vermont?
♪
♪ This feeling any longer...
♪ In my heart
♪ I thought that...
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Madison!
You cannot detain this woman.
She is under arrest
and in my custody.
Arrest for what?
Broken taillight.
Attention.
Okay, guys.
We're not gonna do that
all the time or you're all gonna
need knee replacements.
Dale, what's going on
down there?
ICE went to detain
an illegal alien,
Maria de la Puerta,
with her daughter.
An LAPD officer got there first,
took her into custody.
He says he made a lawful arrest.
The ICE people
say he got in their way.
Now they won't let him leave.
So, uh, the four cars around
our patrol car are all ICE?
They won't budge.
Yeah, nobody ever budges.
I mean, people budge.
No, they don't. They
just stop not budging.
Who's giving them their orders?
A guy named Weathers.
Decent enough guy.
He runs ICE out here.
You thinking about
going down there?
Chief, right now
it's one rogue cop.
If you get involved,
it's the LAPD versus ICE.
So if it spins out of control,
you're gonna wear it.
All right, look,
I-I know you all think
that you're auditioning
for your jobs,
but I-I didn't come out here
to go to golf tournaments.
I'm a cop.
I got to see for myself.
Oh, and see if you can get
this, uh, Mr. Weathers to budge
down there, too.
Who wants to go downtown and get
hit in the head with a bottle?
Oh, I don't think it's safe for
you to go out there, Chief.
I'll take this guy.
The last thing I need
is security detail
who's worried about hurting
his drinking hand.
Well, I'm not afraid of nothing.
Not in that suit.
I have the same tailor in
New York as Al Sharpton.
What's your name, Flash? Abnar Diaz.
Bronx? Mott Haven.
Hicksville. Hicksville?
Long Island. Hicksville?
H-Hicksville's not Hicksville.
Hicksville is Hicksville.
No, Hicksville is not being
able to get a bagel.
I see where
you're going with this.
Hicksville is not being able
to get a slice.
Youcan't.
Here. I got a guy.
A real New York slice?
Diaz, these are
invaluable skills.
Uh, Chief, the mayor's office
asked that you hold off
making any kind of statement.
The office asked?
What, it was like,
Beauty and the Beast,
where the furniture talks?
Uh, the deputy mayor
for Homeland Security...
Are we being invaded?
...and Public Safety.
Um... You tell the
deputy mayor
that, uh, public safety
is the job of the police.
And I'm sure he can find
something else to do.
Mr. Weathers.
Uh, can we, uh,
have the room cleared, please,
so, uh, Mr. Weathers and I
can talk in private?
We are law enforcement officers,
just like you.
Just like yo...
Guy, I'm sorry, I think
we-we skipped the intros.
I'm Abigail Thomas.
Usually just Tommy.
Last person who called me
Abigail was my father,
and he died when I was five.
That woman...
Maria whatever...
She may be a very nice person,
she could be Mother Teresa
for all I care.
She still entered
this country illegally.
I agree with you. No, I-no, I agree
with you. And under the law... Under...
Under... I-I agree with you.
I'm a cop, you're a cop,
my father was a cop.
We enforce the law because
that's how we can best serve
the people who need
our protection most.
That patrolman deliberately
interfered with our arrest.
Yeah, which we will
properly investigate.
W-Which is not gonna
happen tonight.
What will happen tonight...
Because we're cops...
Is we're gonna defuse
that bomb out there
so everybody gets home safe.
And if I determine that that
officer exceeded his authority,
he will be, uh, disciplined.
You have my word on that.
All right.
Hi.
I'm Abigail Thomas.
Uh, you can call me Tommy.
Hablo español
solamente un poco.
¿Hablas inglés?
What's going to happen
to Madison?
You understand
that you're under arrest,
that your daughter
can't come with you.
Do you have a relative
who can pick her up?
If I'm sent home to Mexico...
Oh, oh, slow down.
First of all,
we need to get you away
from here, where it's dangerous,
and take you and your daughter
to police headquarters
where it's safe.
I understand.
And if you don't have a relative
who can pick her up,
I am the chief of police
and I promise you
she will be safe.
Madison, you want to take a ride
in my police car?
Okay, come on.
You're the chief of police?
Yeah.
Think somebody made a mistake.
I thought she wasn't
gonna make a statement.
Technically,
it's not a statement.
She walks fearlessly through
a violent crowd of protestors
and lifts the little girl
up into her arms,
having defused the crisis, and
that's not making a statement?
It's a compelling image. You admit
that's making a statement.
You're the mayor.
Didn't we talk about this?
Sure. It's making
a statement.
And you told them no statement.
Didn't you?
We heard she had sharp elbows.
Doug, I really want you
to think before you speak.
For your own good, because when
you make these stupid excuses,
it hurts you and me
because we're trying
to make people think you're
smarter than you actually are.
Did you ask her
about her sexuality?
When?
In the interview.
What does her sexuality
have to do with this?
Well, gay people are
more independent-minded,
by definition,
'cause they're diverging
from the majority view.
So I just fired
the previous chief of police
for texting penis pics to his
chief of traffic enforcement,
police officers were caught
running a prostitution ring
with an underage girl
with a learning disability,
a consent decree placed
the entire department
under the control
of a federal judge
who made me hire
a qualified woman,
of which there are about
three in the entire country,
and you think that it would have
been a good idea for me
to ask her in the interview
if she's a lesbian?
It explains a lot.
It explains a lot about you.
If the girl that got arrested
was a gang member
or a prostitute instead
of Our Lady of Guadalupe...
Which we're all
supposed to think...
Then it's no longer compassion.
It's incompetence.
Do you know something?
Can we call this a win for us?
Well, uh, you understand
that's not
why I did it.
But, uh, yeah.
I'll take it.
We're not finding any relatives
for Madison. All right, well,
keep looking.
Worse come to worst,
I'll just take her home with me. Chief,
you take a look at this?
The social worker
won't let you take her home.
It's the law.
Tell the social worker
I want to talk to her.
ICE agents
followed the little girl,
knowing she would
lead them to her mother.
And then Officer Reed
got in the mix.
Who runs someone in
for a broken tail light?
Which he broke. That's why
ICE was so ticked off.
Then there's this.
Uh, Reed's location history.
This is his regular patrol area.
Then...
he goes all the way over here.
What was he doing
out of his area?
I'm sorry I'm late.
No, sit down, gentlemen.
Officer Reed,
what were you thinking?
You mean did I arrest her
so that ICE couldn't?
Did you?
ICE stakes out little girls
at school
to arrest their mothers.
Nobody thinks I did anything
wrong here except the LAPD.
Which I think is
a very interesting commentary
on the state of affairs.
Why was your car
outside your area?
It's my old area. And?
And I don't always
stick to my area.
So, no special reason?
Look, if you guys
want to suspend me, go ahead.
The union will back me up.
I got nothing else to say.
Mr. Reed, I would say
you're an unpersuasive idealist.
You're dismissed.
You trust him?
Can I trust you?
When I was chief of staff
for your predecessor,
I, uh, I found out about
an affair he was having
with a subordinate...
O-one of many.
I, uh, knew about it because
the woman involved asked me
to keep it a secret.
So I did.
I did not
report it.
In fact,
I tried to hide it.
Who else knew?
My wife.
I'm not a talker.
There was a bomb
down there tonight.
I had to defuse that bomb.
And you did it.
So you think it's over?
You're on the front page
of the newspaper
rescuing that woman from ICE.
And-and all we know about her
is that she broke the law
at least once
to come into the country
when she was 12 years old.
And yet, somehow,
has no relatives in Los Angeles?
That's a lie.
And ICE is so gung-ho
to get her
that they wound up in a standoff
with LAPD, but they say
it was just routine.
That's a lie.
Reed says it was
a traffic stop he made
while nostalgically
wandering the old area.
That's a lie.
So, did you defuse the bomb?
I would say you threw your body
on top of it.
If I fail,
it will be 20 years
before they give
another woman this job.
Thanks for being straight.
Goes a long way with me.
Children's shelters are full.
You're sure? We have
63,000 kids living
on the street in this city.
I am the chief of police
of the city of Los Angeles.
I don't care
if you're Angelina Jolie.
Okay, I will take her myself.
You? Yes, I will take
her home with me.
Are you a relative?
No.
Married?
Divorced.
Address?
I am staying
at the Airport Westin.
Just until I find a place.
Little girl...
I am putting you on a bus.
A social worker will meet you
at the other end.
There's room in a shelter
in Sacramento.
What just happened?
You expect me to release
this little girl into
your custody when you are
not a relative, not married
and living in a hotel?
And that is the reason why
Brad Pitt left Angelina Jolie.
Because she thought the whole
world revolved around her.
I promised her mother that
I would take responsibility
for her. I promised.
All right,
I will call my daughter.
She is a school psychologist.
Uh, married, owns her house.
Her husband is an engineer.
He makes an excellent living.
They have an eight-year-old
child and a golden retriever.
Her name?
When were you gonna call me?
I wasn't gonna call you.
Mm. So you only called
'cause you needed help.
No, Kate, you asked me
not to call you.
"This was a win
for mothers."
Is that really what you said?
L-Look, they stuck a
microphone in my face.
Hey, Henry.
Hi, Tommy.
It's funny, I don't remember
you ever being a mother.
Can we go?
Door's open.
One bottle of Sauvignon Blanc
and a side
of mashed potatoes.
Are you the new security detail?
Abnar Diaz. Who are you? Ken Rosey.
The chief said I could ride
with her this morning.
She told me.
Then why did you act surprised?
Just messing with you.
I'm the speechwriter.
I thought you were
the SWAT team commander.
Oh, I thought you were
the new shortstop.
Are you here
for the poetry reading?
Keep my car up front,
I'll give you a nice tip.
'Cause it's nobody's business.
You and the mayor are
the twin faces of the city.
I don't want to know
what Buddy does in bed, either.
The youngest
in the history of the NYPD
to pass the captain's exam.
The youngest
to get a precinct command.
In 2008, you accused a deputy
chief of sexual harassment...
I thought this was
a speech about Title IX.
...and your career stalled.
You don't think your sexuality
is relevant to that?
I'm gay, Ken...
It's not a secret.
But if you don't
talk about it...
Announce it to the universe?
It's a missed opportunity.
You got a mint?
Ah.
What am I missing?
He tried to rape me
in my hotel room.
I broke his nose.
They talked me into calling it
sexual harassment.
Nothing happened to him.
I lost ten years of my career
and became a feminist icon.
Frankly, I would rather
have the ten years back.
Got something
I can wash my hands?
I know it's hard.
I just think some things
should be private. It's also
the way you transform
the soul of the department.
One hard thing at a time.
He fired me. I was there.
Maybe it looks different
when you're the one
whose ass is getting fired.
He did not fire you.
Buddy loves you.
Don't talk to me like
I'm one of your girlfriends.
Hey, Chief Leakey, looking good.
Oh, I still got it, baby.
Oh, well, we miss you, man.
He let you retire
at full pension.
Yeah, Buddy's
a good dude, but...
Anyway, what's a girlfriend?
I was gonna say
you're out of bed early.
Well, you don't pay 'em
to come over, Milton.
You pay 'em to leave.
Um...
Are you saying the door's open?
Not entirely open.
I mean...
I love my new job.
You're great on TV.
The door's still open...
Buddy said that?
You're still beloved
by the rank-and-file.
Butch Cassidy
has been here a week.
Who knows what could happen.
Yeah, I know she's only
a week in the job, but...
Tommy.Tommy.
We agree.
She let her emotions take over.
Who gets blamed?
Let me tell you something.
Those ICE guys, they're lazy.
Takes a lot to get them
off their ass.
That little señorita
is guilty of something.
Bank records from
my police sources
show cash deposits...
$5,000 a month.
For an illegal immigrant?
With a sixth-grade education
and no job?
Where's that money coming from?
If she's a gang
member or a prostitute, uh...
I'm sorry, Chief Thomas, then
it's not compassion anymore.
It's incompetence.
Video from the ATM confirms
the payments were made in cash.
Aren't we just doing
ICE's dirty work for them?
ICE is under pressure
from Washington
to detain more people.
Oh, you mean like
a little girl's mother?
Now we're the ones
investigating her?
You're a speechwriter. I'm also a lawyer.
An overqualified speechwriter.
We shouldn't cooperate
with ICE on any of this.
We also found this
in the gang database.
José Hernández
of the 13th Street Rollers.
He's Maria's cousin.
The girls in these gangs
buy guns, run drugs.
Sometimes more.
You sound like Milt Leakey. Milt Leakey
had a lot of friends
in LAPD, and still does.
Are you one
of those friends, Chuck? Leakey had nothing
to do with the minor
who was prostituted.
All the women
he had affairs with
were consenting adults.
His wife might have a beef,
but I don't.
Maybe talk to Maria, Chief.
Ask her where she got the money.
You get as far away
from Maria as you can.
It'll look like you're
meddling in an investigation.
And with everyone watching you,
including everyone
around here...
You were a hero when you
walked into that riot.
That's still our story.
Wait a minute.
Is-is this a head shot?
Apparently, he's also an actor.
You seemed like you wanted
to say something in there.
I'd like to know
what Chuck would say
if his old boss asked him
to sit on his desk.
Did you?
Did you? Um...
before or after I became
a feminist icon?
I-It's a game with these guys.
You're-you're friendly,
but not in a way
that could be misconstrued.
You stay between
him and the door.
And then,
if something happens...
Then you lost the game that day.
If Chuck loses his job,
then some other guy like Chuck...
Maybe even named Chuck...
Will give Chuck a job
as head of security at
Chuck Corp. I-If I lose my job,
I'm-I'm sleeping on my mother's
boyfriend's couch in Pacoima.
Blake...
I don't want you
to play that game anymore.
Understood?
I don't lose.
Listen...
the mayor wants me
to meet in his office
with community leaders
to discuss the situation
with Maria.
Should I go?
It's an ambush.
But I think
you can handle yourself.
You wanted to see me, boss?
You used to be
a detective, right?
The best.
I'll be the judge of that.
Anything for me to go on?
You know anything about acting?
How do I look?
You look like
the chief of police.
You're doing
the dirty work of ICE.
What happens
when you release her?
You can't answer! MAN: I'll
tell you what happens:
ICE comes and grabs her. Those ICE people
wait outside the courthouse.
Even a woman
who goes to court for a restraining order?
Nothing has changed, nothing.
No, it was our officer who protected
her from ICE.That officer is a hero.
Okay, okay.
Tommy, Arturo Lopez.
He's a great supporter
of the mayor,
and not only just for Latinos,
also, for example,
the Year of the Woman
initiative.
Mm-hmm. Arturo, would you
like to say something?
Yes, thank you, Doug. Look,
my people didn't go to Oxford
like my friend the mayor.
They don't know about
"sanctuary city."
All they see is this
beautiful Latina girl
is still in jail.
Why?
And her daughter living with,
who, some Anglos?
She's living with my daughter
and her family.
Instead of living
with her own mother.
The only way I can
protect Maria right now
is by keeping her in jail.
By law, you can only
hold her for 48 hours.
Or you can petition
a judge to extend that,
and we have, starting with
bank records that gave the judge
reason to believe
that Maria de la Puerta
is guilty of a serious crime.
So whoever leaked those
bank records to make me
look bad...
I guess it backfired.
Who wants to go see Grandma?
Grandma's not here.
Where's your Grandma live?
Oregon. No, other Grandma.
She's in her office.
We can walk.
Does Grandma like dogs?
Grandma loves dogs.
Will you just tell me the next
time you're coming downtown?
I tried to call you. I've just been...
You know what?
I'm not even gonna say it.
I know you're busy.
Can we just stipulate
that, uh, I'm a terrible mother,
I've always been a terrible mother.
You were a terrible mother.
I was not a terrible mother.
I was a B. B-minus.
I don't even know why
I even keep trying. Look,
Kate, you left home for reasons
that had nothing
to do with me...
I left to live with Dad.
...or your dad.
How is Madison doing?
You can't just
change the subject like that.
This is police headquarters.
I can do whatever I want to do.
You want to yell at me,
invite me to dinner.
She sucks her thumb.
Well, you sucked your thumb. Not at age 12.
I brought her downtown
to go shopping
and I thought since I was in the
neighborhood maybe you'd want
to see your granddaughter
more than once a year.
You left, Kate.
You left.
This is the relationship
you wanted.
My mother didn't get out of bed
after my father died.
I was five. You have no idea
how hard life can be.
And I'm stuck in my pants.
Come to dinner.
I'm sorry, Kate, I just... Tomorrow night.
Come on, kids.
"Let me get this straight.
I steal your dope,
beat the crap out of your..."
"Mealboy."
"Mealboy."
José Hernández? You're up, bro.
Wait a minute,
are you José Hernández?
That movie you did
with Steven Seagal...
I had seen a lot of people
who were killed at the time,
so I used that.
I had the worst audition
of my life today.
You want to get a drink?
Yeah.
He's not in his gang anymore.
He's in his gang the way
Derek Jeter's still a Yankee.
But he's still in the database?
The database is forever.
So what's the story?
ICE has to show results, right?
José Hernández looks like
he'll rape your grandmother.
They arrest him,
that looks like results.
Is this a story or a theory?
A cop told him that.
Put that face on TV,
that's all they see.
Looks like he's involved
in something bad,
it looks like Maria's
involved in something bad,
while what José Hernández
is mostly involved in
is bad TV shows.
So what was Reed doing there? I don't know.
And where did
the money come from?
You sitting down?
Si... Where am I going?
The mayor's friend
from the meeting, Arturo Lopez,
he's the little girl's father.
Let me get around this traffic.
What?
How do I look?
Impressive.
Not tired? I like it when people say
I look great for how tired
I must feel.
I'll take it.
You like the Glock?
Y-You like to shoot?
I'm from Michigan.
How do you like L.A.?
We're not like this in Michigan.
Old habits die hard.
I was in and out of
this office all the time
with the old chief.
How can I help you?
Oh, no, no, uh,
how can I help you?
Knock next time?
Can I speak off the record?
Well, why don't we
start on the record.
Do you have a relationship
with Maria de la Puerta?
Maria de la Puerta and I
have been in a romantic
relationship for years.
I helped her get
into this country...
And this is off the record...
Illegally, which is not unusual,
as we are all very aware.
And, yes, I am the father
of her child.
And I can see you
doing the math already.
She was 15 when
she became pregnant,
and I was in my 30s.
Hey, in my country,
it's not that uncommon.
I've always taken care of them.
Look, um...
I knew your investigation
would ultimately find
the connection
between me and Maria.
Maria and I,
we-we had a quarrel.
She wants to spread her wings.
Hey, I understand it,
but I got jealous.
I-I was sure
there was another man.
I knew Reed
from police charities,
to which I always give,
and just asked him
to keep an eye on her.
Which is why he was on the scene
when ICE tried to detain her.
If my situation
with Maria comes to light...
it will be very hurtful
for my wife
and-and personally
embarrassing to me.
What... To-to what purpose?
Well, if we weren't
off the record,
I would say you just confessed
to the international
sex trafficking of a minor.
Maria's had a great life,
the life she wanted,
a beautiful daughter.
Where's the harm?
Why do I feel like
this isn't the whole story?
You, uh, came to Los Angeles
to do other things
than torment Arturo Lopez.
If you do me this favor
I can help you
in many, many ways
as diverse and, uh, magical
as this city
you now call your own.
Just as, uh, I have helped
many, many others
who you will have to work with.
I just think
that it was imprudent
to talk to him about it.
He showed up in my office.
Out of the blue? Mr. Mayor,
what about the substance
of these allegations?
Might I interject? BUDDY:
No, Mr. District Attorney,
you may not interject.
If you're suggesting
that I had any knowledge
that Arturo Lopez
smuggled an underage girl
into this country and had
gotten her pregnant... He's
not a friend of yours?
Oh, what's a friend?
Might I interject? I barely knew him.
I put him on the Ethics
Commission as a favor to...
- I don't remember, somebody.
- The daughter
is 12. That means Maria was 15
when she got pregnant.
I know.
The optics are terrible.
No, it's not just
the optics, Buddy.
I think what
Blake is trying to say
is it's Kremlin time.
Airbrush him from the picture,
don't return his calls.
He never existed. TOMMY: If I don't
arrest him, it's a cover-up.
Might I interject? Sure, Bob,
interject at will. Would I want
Arturo Lopez
for my son-in-law?
No.
Unless she testifies
against him, which I doubt,
what's the case?
That's not a cover-up, Tommy,
that's real life.
Tommy.
Stick around for a minute.
Clif Bar?
I've been doing this a
very long time, Mr. Mayor.
Do I have a case?
I have a crime.
Bob Flake was elected
years ago by promising
to decriminalize marijuana,
which he actually told me
at one point makes him
a better lawyer.
There are no term limits
on the D.A., okay?
Bob Flake is, like,
the furniture, he's here
until he dies of...
whatever, weed cancer.
But I'm the one
that runs this city.
Can we say we run it together?
I have two years left until,
as the kids say,
I have to figure out
what I'm gonna do with my life,
and after that,
city's all yours.
Well, then you
had better tell me
what you are looking for here.
You do what you need to do.
Clear?
Okay, Mr. Mayor...
Buddy.Ah.
Mr. Mayor, thank
you for your time.
Next time, if you got a problem,
call me on my cell.
Okay? Leaks,
disloyalty.Ah.
Your office sounds
very much like my office.
I had a mentor
when I first started out.
I asked him,
"What's the secret to politics?"
He told me to watch The Godfather.
I'm sorry I'm late for dinner.
I'll just put it
in the microwave.
Is Henry at work?
Well, they don't pay you
all that money for nothing.
Is that what you were gonna say?
Henry maximizes the addictive
power of a search algorithm,
and he makes 20
times what I make.
You don't think
that's a problem?
Well, there does seem to be
some kind of a problem.
I have to get the kids to bed.
They want to sleep
in sleeping bags.
Uh, you still gonna be here?
It's Madison.
Not just the thumb sucking.
She's fearful.
She wets the bed.
She won't take her clothes
off in front of me.
Just a lot of warning signs.
All right, tell me.
I think she was
being sexually abused.
God.
What is wrong with people?
Use a mitt.
Sometimes the plate gets hot.
Girls, did you brush your teeth?
I'll take care of it.
This is my granddaughter, Luna.
This is my daughter, Kate.
What a smile.
Like her father.
Madison looks so happy.
So, uh, who
was Madison's father?
I don't know.
You were 15 years old
when Madison was born.
You don't remember?
Is it the same man
who brought you
into the country?
Yes, he takes...
He took care of us.
You mean he sent you money.
If you're under arrest and
you don't want to talk to me,
I have to respect that.
It's called Miranda rights,
the right to remain silent.
So, you are no longer
under arrest.
I don't understand.
I am the chief of police.
You're free to go.
Go. They just have
to process you out.
And then what?
The money stopped a month ago
because you tried to leave.
Am I right?
He's a powerful man.
Even the police obey him.
I can tell by the way
he looks at my daughter,
the way he touches her...
Is that why you left?
She's almost the same age I was.
I know when she comes into her
time, he will do the same thing.
Maria, it is possible
that he already has.
You don't owe him your place
in this country.
You don't owe him your daughter.
You don't owe him your silence.
I know who did this to you,
but I want you to be able
to say his name.
Turn around!
Put your hands behind your back!
We got him.
Suspect coming out.
Mommy! Mommy!
Mommy! Mommy!
Hola.Hola.
Thank you.
I'm late. Walk with me.
Okay.
Couple of things.
Uh, Maria's now
in witness protection,
since she's testifying against
a politically powerful man.
Good.
Now ICE can't touch her.
And then there's Reed.
Should we suspend him?
I don't know.
What do you think?
He lives up in Santa Clarita.
Transfer him to Harbor,
admin detail, nine-to-five.
He'll have four hours a day
in rush hour to contemplate
the privilege
of wearing the uniform.
Go ahead.
Say it.
What? I launched
an investigation
into a friend of the mayor's.
In my otherwise forgettable
30-year career,
there have been six chiefs
of police, and I'm still here.
Mostly 'cause I never
do anything like that.
So you think it was dumb?
No.
I get a kick out of it.
Good first week, Chief.
So, my topic tonight
is Title IX,
which introduced
into American law
the gender equality
so many of us
have benefited from.
Okay. You know what,
I'm gonna, uh...
I'm a cop.
Uh, I'm a woman.
I am a gay woman.
And...
So, I'm gonna
put my speech over here.
Uh...
All right, so, let's
talk about how it feels
to be not only
the first female chief of police
in Los Angeles,
but also how it feels
to be a gay woman
in America in the year 2020
who also happens to be
the chief of police.
These were the calls we used
to get at the nurses' station.
Oh, people are funny.
You think that's funny?
Don't you?
That's when I decided
to go back to graduate school.
I don't know why I ever
left graduate school.
I'm gonna have my second glass
of wine in my pajamas.
Interested?
That's the nicest offer
I've had in a long time.
Then take it.
Mm. I'm just not very good
at this.
It's not an exam.
Well, the sad truth is
I am at a point in my life
where I'd rather have
the extra hour's sleep.
It was really nice
meeting you, Tommy.
My marriage is falling apart.
What, did you have a fight?
I want you to come stay with us.
Are you sure?
You never...
Oh, it's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
How can I forgive someone
I don't even know?
Who I was...
...I didn't know either.
I didn't know who I was.
I wish I could have saved you
and your father all that pain.
Is that what love is?
What?
Like a wish,
more than a real thing.
Let me go pack.
Captioning sponsored by CBS
This week, Abigail Thomas
took office as the first woman
to be named chief of police
in the history of our city.
To be clear, I didn't
hire Chief Thomas
only because she is a woman.
There was a prostitution scandal
involving several police
officers and an underage girl
with a learning disability,
the previous chief was accused
by eight different women
of sexual harassment and there
is a pending federal lawsuit,
but I would never make
a decision like this
out of political expediency.
Public safety is more than my
most important responsibility.
It is a sacred... Battery's dead.
- Why can't I say that I hired her because she's a woman?
- It's not good.
I just hired the first
female police chief
in the history of Los Angeles,
not to mention
Chicago and New York.
Why is that not a good thing?
You dropped a line.
I'm not saying that line."There are a few
bad apples in every barrel."
A federal judge made me
hire a woman...
That's known to everyone, right?
Police union asked
if you could say it. There are no apples
in Los Angeles.
It never gets cold enough.
It's a proverb. A cop
who pimps out a 15-year-old girl
with an 80 IQ
is not an apple,
he is not a quince,
he is not a loquat,
he is a scumbag.
It will look like you submitted
to political pressure,
not to your voters,
to swing voters.
These are the pleasures
of term limits,
my friend. You've got to think
about what's next.
Apples.
What am I, the mayor
of Burlington, Vermont?
♪
♪ This feeling any longer...
♪ In my heart
♪ I thought that...
♪
Madison!
You cannot detain this woman.
She is under arrest
and in my custody.
Arrest for what?
Broken taillight.
Attention.
Okay, guys.
We're not gonna do that
all the time or you're all gonna
need knee replacements.
Dale, what's going on
down there?
ICE went to detain
an illegal alien,
Maria de la Puerta,
with her daughter.
An LAPD officer got there first,
took her into custody.
He says he made a lawful arrest.
The ICE people
say he got in their way.
Now they won't let him leave.
So, uh, the four cars around
our patrol car are all ICE?
They won't budge.
Yeah, nobody ever budges.
I mean, people budge.
No, they don't. They
just stop not budging.
Who's giving them their orders?
A guy named Weathers.
Decent enough guy.
He runs ICE out here.
You thinking about
going down there?
Chief, right now
it's one rogue cop.
If you get involved,
it's the LAPD versus ICE.
So if it spins out of control,
you're gonna wear it.
All right, look,
I-I know you all think
that you're auditioning
for your jobs,
but I-I didn't come out here
to go to golf tournaments.
I'm a cop.
I got to see for myself.
Oh, and see if you can get
this, uh, Mr. Weathers to budge
down there, too.
Who wants to go downtown and get
hit in the head with a bottle?
Oh, I don't think it's safe for
you to go out there, Chief.
I'll take this guy.
The last thing I need
is security detail
who's worried about hurting
his drinking hand.
Well, I'm not afraid of nothing.
Not in that suit.
I have the same tailor in
New York as Al Sharpton.
What's your name, Flash? Abnar Diaz.
Bronx? Mott Haven.
Hicksville. Hicksville?
Long Island. Hicksville?
H-Hicksville's not Hicksville.
Hicksville is Hicksville.
No, Hicksville is not being
able to get a bagel.
I see where
you're going with this.
Hicksville is not being able
to get a slice.
Youcan't.
Here. I got a guy.
A real New York slice?
Diaz, these are
invaluable skills.
Uh, Chief, the mayor's office
asked that you hold off
making any kind of statement.
The office asked?
What, it was like,
Beauty and the Beast,
where the furniture talks?
Uh, the deputy mayor
for Homeland Security...
Are we being invaded?
...and Public Safety.
Um... You tell the
deputy mayor
that, uh, public safety
is the job of the police.
And I'm sure he can find
something else to do.
Mr. Weathers.
Uh, can we, uh,
have the room cleared, please,
so, uh, Mr. Weathers and I
can talk in private?
We are law enforcement officers,
just like you.
Just like yo...
Guy, I'm sorry, I think
we-we skipped the intros.
I'm Abigail Thomas.
Usually just Tommy.
Last person who called me
Abigail was my father,
and he died when I was five.
That woman...
Maria whatever...
She may be a very nice person,
she could be Mother Teresa
for all I care.
She still entered
this country illegally.
I agree with you. No, I-no, I agree
with you. And under the law... Under...
Under... I-I agree with you.
I'm a cop, you're a cop,
my father was a cop.
We enforce the law because
that's how we can best serve
the people who need
our protection most.
That patrolman deliberately
interfered with our arrest.
Yeah, which we will
properly investigate.
W-Which is not gonna
happen tonight.
What will happen tonight...
Because we're cops...
Is we're gonna defuse
that bomb out there
so everybody gets home safe.
And if I determine that that
officer exceeded his authority,
he will be, uh, disciplined.
You have my word on that.
All right.
Hi.
I'm Abigail Thomas.
Uh, you can call me Tommy.
Hablo español
solamente un poco.
¿Hablas inglés?
What's going to happen
to Madison?
You understand
that you're under arrest,
that your daughter
can't come with you.
Do you have a relative
who can pick her up?
If I'm sent home to Mexico...
Oh, oh, slow down.
First of all,
we need to get you away
from here, where it's dangerous,
and take you and your daughter
to police headquarters
where it's safe.
I understand.
And if you don't have a relative
who can pick her up,
I am the chief of police
and I promise you
she will be safe.
Madison, you want to take a ride
in my police car?
Okay, come on.
You're the chief of police?
Yeah.
Think somebody made a mistake.
I thought she wasn't
gonna make a statement.
Technically,
it's not a statement.
She walks fearlessly through
a violent crowd of protestors
and lifts the little girl
up into her arms,
having defused the crisis, and
that's not making a statement?
It's a compelling image. You admit
that's making a statement.
You're the mayor.
Didn't we talk about this?
Sure. It's making
a statement.
And you told them no statement.
Didn't you?
We heard she had sharp elbows.
Doug, I really want you
to think before you speak.
For your own good, because when
you make these stupid excuses,
it hurts you and me
because we're trying
to make people think you're
smarter than you actually are.
Did you ask her
about her sexuality?
When?
In the interview.
What does her sexuality
have to do with this?
Well, gay people are
more independent-minded,
by definition,
'cause they're diverging
from the majority view.
So I just fired
the previous chief of police
for texting penis pics to his
chief of traffic enforcement,
police officers were caught
running a prostitution ring
with an underage girl
with a learning disability,
a consent decree placed
the entire department
under the control
of a federal judge
who made me hire
a qualified woman,
of which there are about
three in the entire country,
and you think that it would have
been a good idea for me
to ask her in the interview
if she's a lesbian?
It explains a lot.
It explains a lot about you.
If the girl that got arrested
was a gang member
or a prostitute instead
of Our Lady of Guadalupe...
Which we're all
supposed to think...
Then it's no longer compassion.
It's incompetence.
Do you know something?
Can we call this a win for us?
Well, uh, you understand
that's not
why I did it.
But, uh, yeah.
I'll take it.
We're not finding any relatives
for Madison. All right, well,
keep looking.
Worse come to worst,
I'll just take her home with me. Chief,
you take a look at this?
The social worker
won't let you take her home.
It's the law.
Tell the social worker
I want to talk to her.
ICE agents
followed the little girl,
knowing she would
lead them to her mother.
And then Officer Reed
got in the mix.
Who runs someone in
for a broken tail light?
Which he broke. That's why
ICE was so ticked off.
Then there's this.
Uh, Reed's location history.
This is his regular patrol area.
Then...
he goes all the way over here.
What was he doing
out of his area?
I'm sorry I'm late.
No, sit down, gentlemen.
Officer Reed,
what were you thinking?
You mean did I arrest her
so that ICE couldn't?
Did you?
ICE stakes out little girls
at school
to arrest their mothers.
Nobody thinks I did anything
wrong here except the LAPD.
Which I think is
a very interesting commentary
on the state of affairs.
Why was your car
outside your area?
It's my old area. And?
And I don't always
stick to my area.
So, no special reason?
Look, if you guys
want to suspend me, go ahead.
The union will back me up.
I got nothing else to say.
Mr. Reed, I would say
you're an unpersuasive idealist.
You're dismissed.
You trust him?
Can I trust you?
When I was chief of staff
for your predecessor,
I, uh, I found out about
an affair he was having
with a subordinate...
O-one of many.
I, uh, knew about it because
the woman involved asked me
to keep it a secret.
So I did.
I did not
report it.
In fact,
I tried to hide it.
Who else knew?
My wife.
I'm not a talker.
There was a bomb
down there tonight.
I had to defuse that bomb.
And you did it.
So you think it's over?
You're on the front page
of the newspaper
rescuing that woman from ICE.
And-and all we know about her
is that she broke the law
at least once
to come into the country
when she was 12 years old.
And yet, somehow,
has no relatives in Los Angeles?
That's a lie.
And ICE is so gung-ho
to get her
that they wound up in a standoff
with LAPD, but they say
it was just routine.
That's a lie.
Reed says it was
a traffic stop he made
while nostalgically
wandering the old area.
That's a lie.
So, did you defuse the bomb?
I would say you threw your body
on top of it.
If I fail,
it will be 20 years
before they give
another woman this job.
Thanks for being straight.
Goes a long way with me.
Children's shelters are full.
You're sure? We have
63,000 kids living
on the street in this city.
I am the chief of police
of the city of Los Angeles.
I don't care
if you're Angelina Jolie.
Okay, I will take her myself.
You? Yes, I will take
her home with me.
Are you a relative?
No.
Married?
Divorced.
Address?
I am staying
at the Airport Westin.
Just until I find a place.
Little girl...
I am putting you on a bus.
A social worker will meet you
at the other end.
There's room in a shelter
in Sacramento.
What just happened?
You expect me to release
this little girl into
your custody when you are
not a relative, not married
and living in a hotel?
And that is the reason why
Brad Pitt left Angelina Jolie.
Because she thought the whole
world revolved around her.
I promised her mother that
I would take responsibility
for her. I promised.
All right,
I will call my daughter.
She is a school psychologist.
Uh, married, owns her house.
Her husband is an engineer.
He makes an excellent living.
They have an eight-year-old
child and a golden retriever.
Her name?
When were you gonna call me?
I wasn't gonna call you.
Mm. So you only called
'cause you needed help.
No, Kate, you asked me
not to call you.
"This was a win
for mothers."
Is that really what you said?
L-Look, they stuck a
microphone in my face.
Hey, Henry.
Hi, Tommy.
It's funny, I don't remember
you ever being a mother.
Can we go?
Door's open.
One bottle of Sauvignon Blanc
and a side
of mashed potatoes.
Are you the new security detail?
Abnar Diaz. Who are you? Ken Rosey.
The chief said I could ride
with her this morning.
She told me.
Then why did you act surprised?
Just messing with you.
I'm the speechwriter.
I thought you were
the SWAT team commander.
Oh, I thought you were
the new shortstop.
Are you here
for the poetry reading?
Keep my car up front,
I'll give you a nice tip.
'Cause it's nobody's business.
You and the mayor are
the twin faces of the city.
I don't want to know
what Buddy does in bed, either.
The youngest
in the history of the NYPD
to pass the captain's exam.
The youngest
to get a precinct command.
In 2008, you accused a deputy
chief of sexual harassment...
I thought this was
a speech about Title IX.
...and your career stalled.
You don't think your sexuality
is relevant to that?
I'm gay, Ken...
It's not a secret.
But if you don't
talk about it...
Announce it to the universe?
It's a missed opportunity.
You got a mint?
Ah.
What am I missing?
He tried to rape me
in my hotel room.
I broke his nose.
They talked me into calling it
sexual harassment.
Nothing happened to him.
I lost ten years of my career
and became a feminist icon.
Frankly, I would rather
have the ten years back.
Got something
I can wash my hands?
I know it's hard.
I just think some things
should be private. It's also
the way you transform
the soul of the department.
One hard thing at a time.
He fired me. I was there.
Maybe it looks different
when you're the one
whose ass is getting fired.
He did not fire you.
Buddy loves you.
Don't talk to me like
I'm one of your girlfriends.
Hey, Chief Leakey, looking good.
Oh, I still got it, baby.
Oh, well, we miss you, man.
He let you retire
at full pension.
Yeah, Buddy's
a good dude, but...
Anyway, what's a girlfriend?
I was gonna say
you're out of bed early.
Well, you don't pay 'em
to come over, Milton.
You pay 'em to leave.
Um...
Are you saying the door's open?
Not entirely open.
I mean...
I love my new job.
You're great on TV.
The door's still open...
Buddy said that?
You're still beloved
by the rank-and-file.
Butch Cassidy
has been here a week.
Who knows what could happen.
Yeah, I know she's only
a week in the job, but...
Tommy.Tommy.
We agree.
She let her emotions take over.
Who gets blamed?
Let me tell you something.
Those ICE guys, they're lazy.
Takes a lot to get them
off their ass.
That little señorita
is guilty of something.
Bank records from
my police sources
show cash deposits...
$5,000 a month.
For an illegal immigrant?
With a sixth-grade education
and no job?
Where's that money coming from?
If she's a gang
member or a prostitute, uh...
I'm sorry, Chief Thomas, then
it's not compassion anymore.
It's incompetence.
Video from the ATM confirms
the payments were made in cash.
Aren't we just doing
ICE's dirty work for them?
ICE is under pressure
from Washington
to detain more people.
Oh, you mean like
a little girl's mother?
Now we're the ones
investigating her?
You're a speechwriter. I'm also a lawyer.
An overqualified speechwriter.
We shouldn't cooperate
with ICE on any of this.
We also found this
in the gang database.
José Hernández
of the 13th Street Rollers.
He's Maria's cousin.
The girls in these gangs
buy guns, run drugs.
Sometimes more.
You sound like Milt Leakey. Milt Leakey
had a lot of friends
in LAPD, and still does.
Are you one
of those friends, Chuck? Leakey had nothing
to do with the minor
who was prostituted.
All the women
he had affairs with
were consenting adults.
His wife might have a beef,
but I don't.
Maybe talk to Maria, Chief.
Ask her where she got the money.
You get as far away
from Maria as you can.
It'll look like you're
meddling in an investigation.
And with everyone watching you,
including everyone
around here...
You were a hero when you
walked into that riot.
That's still our story.
Wait a minute.
Is-is this a head shot?
Apparently, he's also an actor.
You seemed like you wanted
to say something in there.
I'd like to know
what Chuck would say
if his old boss asked him
to sit on his desk.
Did you?
Did you? Um...
before or after I became
a feminist icon?
I-It's a game with these guys.
You're-you're friendly,
but not in a way
that could be misconstrued.
You stay between
him and the door.
And then,
if something happens...
Then you lost the game that day.
If Chuck loses his job,
then some other guy like Chuck...
Maybe even named Chuck...
Will give Chuck a job
as head of security at
Chuck Corp. I-If I lose my job,
I'm-I'm sleeping on my mother's
boyfriend's couch in Pacoima.
Blake...
I don't want you
to play that game anymore.
Understood?
I don't lose.
Listen...
the mayor wants me
to meet in his office
with community leaders
to discuss the situation
with Maria.
Should I go?
It's an ambush.
But I think
you can handle yourself.
You wanted to see me, boss?
You used to be
a detective, right?
The best.
I'll be the judge of that.
Anything for me to go on?
You know anything about acting?
How do I look?
You look like
the chief of police.
You're doing
the dirty work of ICE.
What happens
when you release her?
You can't answer! MAN: I'll
tell you what happens:
ICE comes and grabs her. Those ICE people
wait outside the courthouse.
Even a woman
who goes to court for a restraining order?
Nothing has changed, nothing.
No, it was our officer who protected
her from ICE.That officer is a hero.
Okay, okay.
Tommy, Arturo Lopez.
He's a great supporter
of the mayor,
and not only just for Latinos,
also, for example,
the Year of the Woman
initiative.
Mm-hmm. Arturo, would you
like to say something?
Yes, thank you, Doug. Look,
my people didn't go to Oxford
like my friend the mayor.
They don't know about
"sanctuary city."
All they see is this
beautiful Latina girl
is still in jail.
Why?
And her daughter living with,
who, some Anglos?
She's living with my daughter
and her family.
Instead of living
with her own mother.
The only way I can
protect Maria right now
is by keeping her in jail.
By law, you can only
hold her for 48 hours.
Or you can petition
a judge to extend that,
and we have, starting with
bank records that gave the judge
reason to believe
that Maria de la Puerta
is guilty of a serious crime.
So whoever leaked those
bank records to make me
look bad...
I guess it backfired.
Who wants to go see Grandma?
Grandma's not here.
Where's your Grandma live?
Oregon. No, other Grandma.
She's in her office.
We can walk.
Does Grandma like dogs?
Grandma loves dogs.
Will you just tell me the next
time you're coming downtown?
I tried to call you. I've just been...
You know what?
I'm not even gonna say it.
I know you're busy.
Can we just stipulate
that, uh, I'm a terrible mother,
I've always been a terrible mother.
You were a terrible mother.
I was not a terrible mother.
I was a B. B-minus.
I don't even know why
I even keep trying. Look,
Kate, you left home for reasons
that had nothing
to do with me...
I left to live with Dad.
...or your dad.
How is Madison doing?
You can't just
change the subject like that.
This is police headquarters.
I can do whatever I want to do.
You want to yell at me,
invite me to dinner.
She sucks her thumb.
Well, you sucked your thumb. Not at age 12.
I brought her downtown
to go shopping
and I thought since I was in the
neighborhood maybe you'd want
to see your granddaughter
more than once a year.
You left, Kate.
You left.
This is the relationship
you wanted.
My mother didn't get out of bed
after my father died.
I was five. You have no idea
how hard life can be.
And I'm stuck in my pants.
Come to dinner.
I'm sorry, Kate, I just... Tomorrow night.
Come on, kids.
"Let me get this straight.
I steal your dope,
beat the crap out of your..."
"Mealboy."
"Mealboy."
José Hernández? You're up, bro.
Wait a minute,
are you José Hernández?
That movie you did
with Steven Seagal...
I had seen a lot of people
who were killed at the time,
so I used that.
I had the worst audition
of my life today.
You want to get a drink?
Yeah.
He's not in his gang anymore.
He's in his gang the way
Derek Jeter's still a Yankee.
But he's still in the database?
The database is forever.
So what's the story?
ICE has to show results, right?
José Hernández looks like
he'll rape your grandmother.
They arrest him,
that looks like results.
Is this a story or a theory?
A cop told him that.
Put that face on TV,
that's all they see.
Looks like he's involved
in something bad,
it looks like Maria's
involved in something bad,
while what José Hernández
is mostly involved in
is bad TV shows.
So what was Reed doing there? I don't know.
And where did
the money come from?
You sitting down?
Si... Where am I going?
The mayor's friend
from the meeting, Arturo Lopez,
he's the little girl's father.
Let me get around this traffic.
What?
How do I look?
Impressive.
Not tired? I like it when people say
I look great for how tired
I must feel.
I'll take it.
You like the Glock?
Y-You like to shoot?
I'm from Michigan.
How do you like L.A.?
We're not like this in Michigan.
Old habits die hard.
I was in and out of
this office all the time
with the old chief.
How can I help you?
Oh, no, no, uh,
how can I help you?
Knock next time?
Can I speak off the record?
Well, why don't we
start on the record.
Do you have a relationship
with Maria de la Puerta?
Maria de la Puerta and I
have been in a romantic
relationship for years.
I helped her get
into this country...
And this is off the record...
Illegally, which is not unusual,
as we are all very aware.
And, yes, I am the father
of her child.
And I can see you
doing the math already.
She was 15 when
she became pregnant,
and I was in my 30s.
Hey, in my country,
it's not that uncommon.
I've always taken care of them.
Look, um...
I knew your investigation
would ultimately find
the connection
between me and Maria.
Maria and I,
we-we had a quarrel.
She wants to spread her wings.
Hey, I understand it,
but I got jealous.
I-I was sure
there was another man.
I knew Reed
from police charities,
to which I always give,
and just asked him
to keep an eye on her.
Which is why he was on the scene
when ICE tried to detain her.
If my situation
with Maria comes to light...
it will be very hurtful
for my wife
and-and personally
embarrassing to me.
What... To-to what purpose?
Well, if we weren't
off the record,
I would say you just confessed
to the international
sex trafficking of a minor.
Maria's had a great life,
the life she wanted,
a beautiful daughter.
Where's the harm?
Why do I feel like
this isn't the whole story?
You, uh, came to Los Angeles
to do other things
than torment Arturo Lopez.
If you do me this favor
I can help you
in many, many ways
as diverse and, uh, magical
as this city
you now call your own.
Just as, uh, I have helped
many, many others
who you will have to work with.
I just think
that it was imprudent
to talk to him about it.
He showed up in my office.
Out of the blue? Mr. Mayor,
what about the substance
of these allegations?
Might I interject? BUDDY:
No, Mr. District Attorney,
you may not interject.
If you're suggesting
that I had any knowledge
that Arturo Lopez
smuggled an underage girl
into this country and had
gotten her pregnant... He's
not a friend of yours?
Oh, what's a friend?
Might I interject? I barely knew him.
I put him on the Ethics
Commission as a favor to...
- I don't remember, somebody.
- The daughter
is 12. That means Maria was 15
when she got pregnant.
I know.
The optics are terrible.
No, it's not just
the optics, Buddy.
I think what
Blake is trying to say
is it's Kremlin time.
Airbrush him from the picture,
don't return his calls.
He never existed. TOMMY: If I don't
arrest him, it's a cover-up.
Might I interject? Sure, Bob,
interject at will. Would I want
Arturo Lopez
for my son-in-law?
No.
Unless she testifies
against him, which I doubt,
what's the case?
That's not a cover-up, Tommy,
that's real life.
Tommy.
Stick around for a minute.
Clif Bar?
I've been doing this a
very long time, Mr. Mayor.
Do I have a case?
I have a crime.
Bob Flake was elected
years ago by promising
to decriminalize marijuana,
which he actually told me
at one point makes him
a better lawyer.
There are no term limits
on the D.A., okay?
Bob Flake is, like,
the furniture, he's here
until he dies of...
whatever, weed cancer.
But I'm the one
that runs this city.
Can we say we run it together?
I have two years left until,
as the kids say,
I have to figure out
what I'm gonna do with my life,
and after that,
city's all yours.
Well, then you
had better tell me
what you are looking for here.
You do what you need to do.
Clear?
Okay, Mr. Mayor...
Buddy.Ah.
Mr. Mayor, thank
you for your time.
Next time, if you got a problem,
call me on my cell.
Okay? Leaks,
disloyalty.Ah.
Your office sounds
very much like my office.
I had a mentor
when I first started out.
I asked him,
"What's the secret to politics?"
He told me to watch The Godfather.
I'm sorry I'm late for dinner.
I'll just put it
in the microwave.
Is Henry at work?
Well, they don't pay you
all that money for nothing.
Is that what you were gonna say?
Henry maximizes the addictive
power of a search algorithm,
and he makes 20
times what I make.
You don't think
that's a problem?
Well, there does seem to be
some kind of a problem.
I have to get the kids to bed.
They want to sleep
in sleeping bags.
Uh, you still gonna be here?
It's Madison.
Not just the thumb sucking.
She's fearful.
She wets the bed.
She won't take her clothes
off in front of me.
Just a lot of warning signs.
All right, tell me.
I think she was
being sexually abused.
God.
What is wrong with people?
Use a mitt.
Sometimes the plate gets hot.
Girls, did you brush your teeth?
I'll take care of it.
This is my granddaughter, Luna.
This is my daughter, Kate.
What a smile.
Like her father.
Madison looks so happy.
So, uh, who
was Madison's father?
I don't know.
You were 15 years old
when Madison was born.
You don't remember?
Is it the same man
who brought you
into the country?
Yes, he takes...
He took care of us.
You mean he sent you money.
If you're under arrest and
you don't want to talk to me,
I have to respect that.
It's called Miranda rights,
the right to remain silent.
So, you are no longer
under arrest.
I don't understand.
I am the chief of police.
You're free to go.
Go. They just have
to process you out.
And then what?
The money stopped a month ago
because you tried to leave.
Am I right?
He's a powerful man.
Even the police obey him.
I can tell by the way
he looks at my daughter,
the way he touches her...
Is that why you left?
She's almost the same age I was.
I know when she comes into her
time, he will do the same thing.
Maria, it is possible
that he already has.
You don't owe him your place
in this country.
You don't owe him your daughter.
You don't owe him your silence.
I know who did this to you,
but I want you to be able
to say his name.
Turn around!
Put your hands behind your back!
We got him.
Suspect coming out.
Mommy! Mommy!
Mommy! Mommy!
Hola.Hola.
Thank you.
I'm late. Walk with me.
Okay.
Couple of things.
Uh, Maria's now
in witness protection,
since she's testifying against
a politically powerful man.
Good.
Now ICE can't touch her.
And then there's Reed.
Should we suspend him?
I don't know.
What do you think?
He lives up in Santa Clarita.
Transfer him to Harbor,
admin detail, nine-to-five.
He'll have four hours a day
in rush hour to contemplate
the privilege
of wearing the uniform.
Go ahead.
Say it.
What? I launched
an investigation
into a friend of the mayor's.
In my otherwise forgettable
30-year career,
there have been six chiefs
of police, and I'm still here.
Mostly 'cause I never
do anything like that.
So you think it was dumb?
No.
I get a kick out of it.
Good first week, Chief.
So, my topic tonight
is Title IX,
which introduced
into American law
the gender equality
so many of us
have benefited from.
Okay. You know what,
I'm gonna, uh...
I'm a cop.
Uh, I'm a woman.
I am a gay woman.
And...
So, I'm gonna
put my speech over here.
Uh...
All right, so, let's
talk about how it feels
to be not only
the first female chief of police
in Los Angeles,
but also how it feels
to be a gay woman
in America in the year 2020
who also happens to be
the chief of police.
These were the calls we used
to get at the nurses' station.
Oh, people are funny.
You think that's funny?
Don't you?
That's when I decided
to go back to graduate school.
I don't know why I ever
left graduate school.
I'm gonna have my second glass
of wine in my pajamas.
Interested?
That's the nicest offer
I've had in a long time.
Then take it.
Mm. I'm just not very good
at this.
It's not an exam.
Well, the sad truth is
I am at a point in my life
where I'd rather have
the extra hour's sleep.
It was really nice
meeting you, Tommy.
My marriage is falling apart.
What, did you have a fight?
I want you to come stay with us.
Are you sure?
You never...
Oh, it's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
How can I forgive someone
I don't even know?
Who I was...
...I didn't know either.
I didn't know who I was.
I wish I could have saved you
and your father all that pain.
Is that what love is?
What?
Like a wish,
more than a real thing.
Let me go pack.
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