Tommy (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 11 - This Is Not a Drill - full transcript

Previously on "Tommy..."

- Whose house is this?
- A friend.

How was the house?
You had a good time last night?

- You going there?
- I'm just asking

if you enjoyed the use of my residence.

It's Lovell. You know what he knows.

What he could do to us.

I'd like you to move on

to a different subject of investigation.

Blake, right?

I collect private intelligence.



I wouldn't want you to get
in any trouble, Blake.

I was threatened last night.

I'm having an affair with the mayor.

And this man

had pictures.

- Is there more?
- Yes.

I have asked for an ethics inquiry

as to whether or not
Chief Thomas has violated

the city's conflict of interest rules

by providing information
to sports agent Kiley Mills

about the Jovani Perez case.

According to a fire department spokesman,

the fire spread quickly after
starting earlier this evening.

Firefighters say the blaze already covers



over 100 acres
in the hills above Hollywood,

which is just five percent contained.

Chief Thomas.

How's it going?

We've got every available unit up there.

Haven't made a dent.

Any idea how it started?

Well, with the rain we've had,

ground cover's still too wet
for a natural cause.

Maybe a cookfire
in a homeless encampment.

All right, we have all our people on, uh,

traffic control, evacuations.

You need anything else, you let us know.

Thanks.

You don't see that on Long Island.

You don't.

Thank you.

Hey. Wait here.

Mr. Mayor.

- Not even a phone call?
- Talk tomorrow, Tommy.

There's a lot going on.

Yes, I can see that. But
unless you got a-a big hat

and a fire hose, I think
you can spare me a minute.

What's up?

I had to find out on the news

that I'm under an ethics investigation?

Whoa. Look...

No. Whoa. I know you have a phone.

I saw you just using it.

Tommy, I didn't create this situation.

You did.

- I did? How?
- By making it appear...

and I emphasize "appear"...

that you were using your office
to help your friend,

the sports agent.

Now, everything's got to be transparent.

No back channels.

Back channel? How 'bout a phone call?

You-you don't think I did anything wrong.

You're making too much of this.
It's an issue of perception.

Okay? It looks
like you did something wrong,

so now a whole big show has
to be made of looking into it.

It's theater.
Just go through the process.

You're gonna be fine.

No, feels like more than a show.

Tommy, it's politics.

All right? It's exactly what
it appears to be,

- no more, no less.
- Ever since I got to L.A.,

nothing has been as it appears to be.

What can I tell you?

Welcome to our fair city.

I heard you talked to the boss.

How much did you tell her?

Everything.

The mayor?

Yeah.

Everything.

Oh.

Well, it got her attention,

because she wants us in her office now.

Really looking forward to that.

Did you sleep here last night?

Uh, yeah. I was, uh,
too scared to go home.

Go to a hotel.

That feels less safe than my apartment.

Then why don't you just come to my place?

I have a spare bedroom.

You can stay as long as you want.

I offer this as a brother.

That's really sweet of you, Ken.

I appreciate it.

Uh, quick question.

When was the last time
that you cleaned your bathroom?

My... W-Well...

See, if you have to think
about it, it's too long.

Thank you so much, but I'm good.

Let's go.

Okay.

I want you all to hear some things

that Blake told me about yesterday.

And for the moment, what she says

stays in this room. Is that clear?

Okay.

Blake?

Um...

some of you know Vincent Siano.

Metro reporter.

Kind of a friend.

A little while ago,
Vincent told me he was looking

into the death of Arturo Lopez.

That guy that got killed in jail.

- Friend of the mayor.
- Right.

Vincent asked me to get some information

related to the death,

and I did.

And then he disappeared.

Disappeared how?

He never showed up
to collect the information.

I haven't heard from him since.

W-When I started looking for him,

I-I felt like I was being followed.

And I-I thought I was being paranoid.

Then, um,

two nights ago,

this thug came to my apartment
and threatened me.

Threatened you with what?

Personal information.

The-the details don't matter.

It-It's private.

The point is that this man
was trying to blackmail me.

What information did Siano want?

The autopsy report for Edward Wilson,

the last victim of the Crenshaw Fireman.

What did he have to do with Arturo Lopez?

Who's the Crenshaw Fireman?

He's a serial killer we
locked up a little while ago.

"Crenshaw" because most
of the bodies were found

along Crenshaw Boulevard.

"Fireman" because he burned his victims.

But what does he have
to do with Arturo Lopez?

Hold on. There's more.

The evidence this guy was using
to blackmail me,

I think it came from Jonathan Lovell.

- The developer?
- Okay.

So we got a dead friend of the mayor's,

the most powerful developer in the city,

a serial killer, and a missing reporter.

Oh, as much fun
as a cop could ask for, huh?

I mean, there's a lot of holes in this.

There's more holes than anything.

I want you to look into Siano.

What did he find out,
what happened to him...

anything you can learn.

But keep it quiet.

I don't want
a formal investigation just yet.

You got it.

Answer any questions Diaz has

and then walk away. I don't want you

anywhere near this thing from now on.

That's okay by me.

Cooper, stay on the fires.

Ken, I need some help, uh, getting ready

for this, uh, ethics hearing.

Terry Simmons from Legal Counsel
is gonna help me prep.

- I want you in on that.
- Sure thing.

And, remember, what you
just heard stays in this room.

Some advice?

What?

Don't do this on the down-low.

Open up a missing persons file.

Start a formal investigation.

This is no time for secrets.

Everything Blake just described,
that didn't sound

like a cover-up to you?

Maybe.

One that might even explain
this ethics thing

I'm suddenly having to deal with?

Not impossible, I'll grant you.

And the people behind this,

you think they don't have
contacts in the LAPD,

ones that they would call

the second they hear
we've opened a case file?

Maybe. But that's a few people.

You can trust the department as a whole.

You have to right now.

Do I?

Or you have to make them believe
that you do.

Someone has been following me.

You've seen the pictures.

Now they are threatening Blake.

Who knows what they did
to this journalist?

This does not feel like
a missing persons investigation.

This feels like a war.

This is about Vincent Siano?

Yeah. We got a concerned friend
who filed a report.

Probably nothing.

Since you're his, uh, editor,

I was wondering if, uh,
you knew where he might be.

Either chasing a woman
or chasing a story.

Beyond that, no.

You haven't seen him recently?

Not for a couple of days.

He doesn't spend much time at his desk.

Did he tell you what he was working on?

Uh, city corruption was what he said.

That covers a lot of ground.

Vincent is a tease.

He doesn't like to offer too much detail

when he's pitching a story.

It's more annoying than anything else.

But...

he's done it before, so...

Disappeared before?

Vincent is a good reporter.

He's just a little too fond of the drama.

He's young yet. He'll mellow out.

Look, Vincent will show
up with a bombshell.

Just you watch.

Or at least something he'll try
and convince me is a bombshell.

I'm not worried, if
that's what you're asking.

I can now confirm
that the Bantam Trail blaze

is 35% contained.

Firefighters are battling a second blaze

that broke out south of it.

No casualties have been reported.

Questions?

When will Chief Thomas address

the pending ethics charges against her?

Uh, the chief has issued a statement.

I don't expect any further discussion

- on her part.
- So she denies

using her office to
curry favor with friends?

There's nothing in the ethics
committee investigation

- to suggest that she...
- Blake,

there are several specific
allegations that do point...

I'm not getting into the weeds
on this, Todd.

Any questions about the investigation,

I refer you to the chief's statement.

In the meantime, there's
a fire spanning 200 acres,

threatening lives and homes
in the Hollywood Hills.

Does anyone have a question about that?

Uh, how was the briefing?

I felt like a piñata up there.

This hearing can't come fast enough.

Uh, you-you got a few minutes?

I want to see if a sketch artist
can help us I.D. the guy

who threatened you.

Uh, sure.

Ken.

Terry Simmons, Office of Legal Counsel.

- Hey.
- Hi. So,

I was just explaining the
commission granted our request

for the expedited hearing.

They're holding it 48 hours from now.

- Okay.
- So,

what do we need to do?

Well, they'll provide questions.

You submit written responses.

They investigate, and then they'll give

a recommendation
to the Police Commission.

Do I have to answer in writing?

Can't I just talk to them?

It's not customary.

So what?

You could do it, but it's a risk.

Why?

This is not a legal proceeding.

There's no judge overseeing it.

No spectators, even, except for a few

invited officials.

- So?
- So there are,

effectively, no rules; I mean,

the commission can ask anything it wants.

And you have no legal rights,
except to refuse to answer,

which would defeat
the purpose of being there.

I don't care. I would rather
speak to them in person.

I have nothing to hide.

All right. Let's find out.

Mind a few questions?

No. Shoot.

So, you're accused of using your
position here in the department

to benefit your friend, Kylie Mills.

Please tell us
how long you've known Ms. Mills

and the precise nature
of your... friendship.

Okay.

He had, uh, darker eyes.

More circles under them.

Yeah, okay.

Yeah. Yeah, like that.

Any facial hair?

No, he was clean-shaven.

Piercings? Scars? Tattoos?

No, nothing like that.

Um, bushier eyebrows, maybe?

Okay.

That him?

Yeah. That's pretty close.

Uh...

- Thanks, Lenny.
- Yep.

- Thank you.
- Oh, you're welcome.

- What?
- Nothing. I'll, uh,

run this through some programs,

see if any matches come up.

It's a start, anyway.

Okay.

It's Coop. We need to talk.

What up?!

So corny.

What you doin'?

Keeping tabs on
the units that are supporting

the fire department.

Damn.

In New York, you know your dangers...

taxi drivers, subway rats.

But here in L.A., it gets biblical.

- Yeah.
- Listen...

can you do a dive on somebody

without going through official channels?

What kind of dive?

Phone records, e-mails,
credit card transactions, basic stuff.

Is this for a case, or is it personal?

It's for the boss.

Missing person.

Journalist named Vincent Siano.

Get me a warrant, I'll look into it.

That's the thing.

It's kind of a no-warrant type of case.

I can't do much without a warrant.

Phone company won't
release data, for one, so...

There's no way around that?

Let me think about it.

- So you were intimate with Ms. Mills?
- Yes.

Did you discuss department matters then?

Did I discuss cop business in bed?

What kind of question is that?

The kind you need to be ready to answer.

You can always deflect with humor.

- Or not.
- Did you ever discuss

official police business with Ms. Mills

when you were intimate?

No. There was the time I read aloud

from the revised security
manual by moonlight, though.

- Does that count?
- That's funny.

We can soften it.

Are you still in an intimate
relationship with her?

I don't think so.

You don't "think so"?

I mean no, I am not.

- Why not?
- What?

Why are you and Ms. Mills

no longer intimately involved?

How is that pertinent to this case?

Okay, maybe, um... So, just please,

answer this question.

What caused you two to break up?

Was it the Jovani Perez case?

Did that...

figure into your decision?

No.

No? What was it, then?

What was what?

Why are you and Ms. Mills
no longer intimately involved?

There must be some specific reason.

What is it?

This is not about my personal life.

This is about...

Oh,
so you don't want to answer the question?

Do you know how that's gonna look?

I don't care. And there is no way

that these are the types of
questions I'm gonna be asked

- at-at an ethics hearing.
- That's-that's enough for now.

- We can pick this up later.
- Fine.

Just tell me when.
We don't have much time.

You okay, boss?

No, I need a minute.

Sure.

Hey.

What am I missing?

Nothing.

Let me see.

Yo. It's nothing, I said.

I could use a good laugh. Let me see.

No.

Show me the phone.

I'm not showing you.

Bro, show me the phone.

No, I'm not showing you the phone.

Ma'am?

- Yeah?
- Diaz asked me

to look into a case, Vincent Siano,

sort of unofficially.

He said it was coming from you.

- I just wanted to be sure.
- Yeah, it is.

Oh. Good. I was worried he was,

you know, asking me to run his
ex's new boyfriend or something.

People ask for things
like that sometimes.

No. But, uh, it's good you checked.

Of course.

Um, could I say something?

You thought I could run the IT department

when I didn't even think I could do that.

That was, like, everything.

Thank you for that.

I think it's crazy
what they're doing to you.

- I would do anything I can to help.
- Thanks.

And yes, help Diaz, but don't do anything

- that'll get you into trouble, okay?
- Okay.

Chief. Excuse me.

I think you need to step out here.

Say it again! Say it again!

Say it again! I want you to!

Stay out of my face,
man, I'm telling you.

Telling me what?!
What are you telling me?

Whoa! What the hell's going on?

Nobody has work to do?

Get back to where you're supposed to be.

Go.

Diaz, with me.

Explain yourself, and it better be good,

'cause I am in no mood
for this crap today.

- Are you texting?
- I'm not.

They were... they were looking
at this thing.

What thing?

Is that supposed to be me?

Yeah.

They-they were goofing on it. I got mad.

I'm sorry.

There's no excuse.

I know.

Yeah, I talked about this.

I miss something?

Nope. See me later.

I just heard from the FD about the fire.

- They got it contained?
- Well, they're getting there,

but they found a body.

First casualty that we know of.

Well, I hate to hear that.

Yeah, the thing is,
they think it was doused

with an accelerant, probably gasoline.

They think that's what started it?

That's what it looks like.

Not just a fire anymore.

Oh, could be a homicide.

Ken, what is this?

Hillary Clinton...

at the Benghazi hearings in 2015.

Dark jacket. Crisp lapels.

Gold jewelry.

Her hair is... nice and helmet-y.

- It's called a blowout.
- Oh.

You are my speechwriter;
you are not my stylist.

Well, they're kind of one and the same.

What you look like affects
how people hear you.

Did any of these women win?

Hillary Clinton won the popular vote.

Mm. How'd that work out?

Here's the British prime
minister, Theresa May,

looking simple, sensible.

And where is she these days?

Look, Ken, I will be fine.

I will wear what I always wear.

It's just...

what they are putting you through

is so massively unfair.

It's wrong, and it makes me mad.

I just wanted to do something, and...

this is what I came up with.

Thank you, Ken.

And stop worrying.

I am a cop; I will wear my uniform.

Uniform.

Classic.

What can you tell us
about the fire victim?

Uh, nothing yet.
The medical examiner's office

has scheduled an autopsy...
that's all we know.

- This is still a John or a Jane Doe?
- That's right.

There's a rumor that the victim
is a white male in his 30s.

- Can you confirm?
- Uh, definitely not.

I don't know where
that would have come from.

Um, guys, I got to go.

Hey.

Ashley Kim found
something you should see.

Since they think the fire was arson,

we started checking nature cams
in the hills

to see if they got a shot
of the person who started it.

Nature cams?

Remote cameras set up to study wildlife.

They turn on whenever animals walk past.

And... people.

The people you see are mostly homeless

or kids making out,
but then I noticed this guy,

not far from where the fire started.

- What about him?
- Diaz showed me

a drawing of the guy you saw.

Is that him?

I think it is.

Yeah...

I think that might be the guy.

This was before the fire started?

According to the time code.

That's a pretty fuzzy picture.

No, it's him.

He killed Vincent.

Why would you say that?

Uh, a reporter just told me that
the body they found in the fire

was a white male in his 30s.

It's Vincent.

I just know it.

We don't know anything yet.

No, it's him.

I have to go.

Len Egan.

Coop. Good to see you.

What's up?

We've been, uh, tracking
this guy who's been doing

some sophisticated
surveillance cop stuff.

I got a drawing.

He remind you of anybody?

Should it?

Knock it off.

That's Howie Ford, who I know
has been working for you

since he got kicked off the force.

Come to think of it,
it does look a bit like Howie.

Is he tailing the chief for you?

Taking pictures of her,
scaring the living daylights

out of my comm director?

'Cause I got issues with that.

Well, to be honest, it's a
somewhat complicated situation.

Answer the question.

You trust me, Coop?

Why do you ask?

I was with the department 22 years.

A lot of that time was spent with you.

We worked together.

- We made some collars, didn't we?
- Sure.

So you should trust me when I
say this is a good day for you.

In fact, I was gonna call you
when you called me.

What are you talking about, Len?

You're a dealmaker, a diplomat.

People see it.

You have admirers you don't even know.

You want to meet some of them?

'Cause they want to meet you.

Come on.

Ah, there he is. Hey, Donn.

- Chief Leakey.
- Hey.

This is Jonathan Lovell.

- He's...
- I know who Mr. Lovell is.

We're sorry to blindside you

like this... so rude.

Sit.

- Scotch?
- I'm good.

What's, uh, this about?

What's going on down
at headquarters, Coop,

is shameful.

What part of it?

Eh, she's a nice girl...
not my cup of tea...

but a nice girl.

In over her head.

That grant money she blew
chasing that Arab...

The Norah Fayed case?

That resulted in a homicide collar.

You bagged the kid.

Blew $7 million.

Is that good for the department?

Money I got by going to D.C.
and strapping my kneepads on.

She threw it away.

That's not leadership.

She couldn't get a budget
passed to get more cops.

And that BS with that D...

Dominican ballplayer.

Giving a kid with an
illegal weapon a walk?

I almost had a heart attack.

He's Mexican, that-that kid.

I know how you feel
about guns on the street.

Would you have let that kid skate?

I'm not the chief.

And there we come to the point.

She never understood the job, Coop.

She can't relate to the guys,
guys can't relate to her.

She was bad for the
department, bad for the city.

She's going down.

It's her own making.

She's going down,
or she's being taken down?

I wish we had the
power to be some kind of cabal,

but we are just three men.

Three concerned citizens who recognize

an unsustainable situation.

I see.

After she's gone,
someone's gonna take her place.

As her deputy, you'll fill in
temporarily, of course,

but who's gonna be
her permanent replacement?

The department's gonna need someone

with a strong hand to steady the ship.

Someone with experience

and gravitas.

Someone who commands respect.

If you couldn't tell,
we're talking about you.

So, how's that make you feel?

You deserve the chair.

We both know you've earned it.

Hell, I would've... I would've told 'em

to give it to you back then
if anyone had asked.

Does the mayor know about this?

The mayor will not object.

Oh, God.

What?

Oh, nothing.

What are you doing?

Are you reading the comments?

Tomorrow morning, Blake has me
calling in to a radio show,

I guess to be proactive or something.

I thought I should know
what people are saying.

Since when do you care
what people think anyways?

You know, it's not what people think.

It's what I think.

I mean... how could I let this happen?

What do you mean?

I know. I should have thought about this.

I-I should have been ahead of it,

'cause if I'm not ahead
of it, then I'm behind.

I don't have a normal job.

- To think that I compromised...
- You didn't.

- Well, I never should have...
- What, dated someone?

You can't have a private life

because you're the chief of police?

That's crazy.

Every night, before I left your father,

I would look in the mirror
and say to myself, "Really?

"You are gonna leave your family,

break everything up
because you feel something?"

You wanted to be true to yourself.

But people make sacrifices.

That's just the way it works.

And I should have known that in this job,

I can't have a personal life.

You shouldn't have to make sacrifices

because people are homophobic and sexist.

And racist, for that matter.

Yeah, I would love to live in
that world, honey, but I don't.

I live in this one.

Mom, I-I know you don't like to
think of yourself as a pioneer.

I'm just a cop.
I'm just trying to be a cop.

But you are a pioneer.

My God, this investigation, the cartoon.

My private life being all over the news.

It's just so...

- Just...
- When I... when I was a kid,

you used to tell me

that lies are complicated,
but the truth is simple.

So just go into that hearing
and tell them the truth.

You remember that?

Of course.

Despite everything, I did decide
to leave your father,

so, I guess I wanted you
to know I meant it.

And that was embattled LAPD Chief

Abigail Thomas.

Chief, thanks for sharing
with our listeners.

Of course. You're welcome.

And at KFBP Los Angeles,
it's five before the hour.

You were great on the air.

Well, any opportunity to talk

about my personal life with strangers.

You projected total confidence
and positivity.

It couldn't have gone any better.

Well, hopefully, the Ethics
Commission was listening.

No, this wasn't for them.

This was to win the war
of public opinion.

You translate great to radio.

I'm gonna book a few more.

Okay.

Chief?

Yeah.

We have a problem.

Okay. Come on in.

Mr. Taylor?

Detective, I know I said that

I wasn't worried about Vincent, but, uh,

something's happened that
I think you should know about.

Why am I only now hearing
about the Day Glow Spa?

What about it?

Did you make sure that your son-in-law

wasn't prosecuted
when he was identified as a john

in a prostitution sting investigation?

No, I did no such thing.

Chief.

I discovered my son-in-law
was on a list of offenders.

I did nothing to intervene.

The case went on as it
would have had I not known.

Your son-in-law

was being investigated
for a sex crime, and you...

And I did nothing.

Despite my concerns for my daughter.

Did it occur to you
that one of your people

might have taken matters
into their own hands?

Nobody knew it was my son-in-law.

We have different names.

I told one person... Donn
Cooper... who also did nothing.

Well, I'm hearing otherwise.

- From who?
- From the Ethics Commission.

Who on the Ethics Commission?

It doesn't matter. Could Cooper
have talked to them?

No.

Nah, I... I don't think so.

Santos, the head of Vice...
he put this case together.

He will confirm everything I've said.

Be sure your story's straight on this.

We're gonna have a lot to answer for.

When did this happen?

Just an hour ago.

The Rwandan diplomat was
sitting there for 30 minutes

before someone finally figured

that they were there to see Vincent.

But Vincent never showed up.

And it's unusual
for Vincent to miss a meeting?

Unheard of. Look, I know I said
that Vincent was unreliable,

and it's true, interpersonally,
but as a reporter,

Vincent would never blow off a meeting.

Thank you.

Please let me know if
you hear anything else.

You're not the only one
worried about Siano.

What do we do?

When was the last time you're
sure you got a message from him?

A couple days ago, he texted me
to meet him at a bar.

Let's go check something out.

Someone is saying that I pulled strings

to get my son-in-law
off the list of johns

that you put together?

I have no idea where that came from.

When you brought that case to me,

we didn't even discuss my son-in-law.

That's right.

Did you even know who he was,
or that he was on the list?

No.

Where is this information coming
from? Someone else in Vice?

No one else dealt with it.

Did you tell anyone?

Yeah, one person.

Maybe you should talk to him.

Boss, got a minute?

Yeah.

All right. Thanks, Santos.

What now?

The editor wasn't worried, but now he is?

- That's right.
- And we think we have

a picture of the guy
who was following Blake

near where the fire started.

That's not much of a picture.

You're sure that's him?

That's him.

That's the guy who threatened me.

So that's what we got?

Siano texted Blake to meet him
at 9:00 a couple days ago.

I asked Ashley to check the cameras

around his apartment building.
She found this.

There's Vincent heading to his car

right before
he was supposed to meet Blake.

He's talking to someone.

Six minutes later, his phone shut off.

It turned on again
two hours later, briefly.

That's when someone texted me
in the apartment,

pretending to be him.

Then it turned off for good.

We think he was grabbed, killed,

and then the guy took the body
up into the hills and burned it.

Pretty elaborate way
to get rid of a body.

Did you talk to his family?

They say the same thing as his editor...

sometimes he just drops off the grid.

I didn't say much because we're
not trying to raise an alarm.

This is enough for an
investigation, boss.

Coroner has the body.

If the autopsy says that
it's Vincent, then absolutely.

If it doesn't, we got nothing.

_

Excuse me.

That is quite a lot to hear.

I am trying to process that.

I almost didn't tell you any of this.

I almost thought I'd just ghost you.

Vincent thought that someone had paid

to have Arturo Lopez killed.

What did Lopez know?

Why-why would someone want him dead?

Lopez was a player and a fixer.

He did some favors for me that I'd prefer

that nobody hear about,
but it was nothing to kill over.

Now, what he did
for other people, I don't know.

I did my best not to know.

Edward Wilson?

Never heard of him.

What about Jonathan Lovell?

Jonathan...

is... complicated.

He is a significant figure.

He donated a lot of money.

- To you?
- Among others.

Um, we are not
on very good terms right now.

The last time he was here,
I threw him out of the office.

Did, uh, Lopez have something on him?

I don't know.

Look, I'm the mayor.

People don't tell me the kind of things

that they want to keep hidden
from federal prosecutors.

That's it?

People are dying,

my friend is dead,

and all you can say is that
you don't know anything?

From what you've told me, I'm not sure

that your friend is dead, but if he is,

then I am deeply sorry.

- Don't...
- And I didn't have anything

to do with it.

Lovell took pictures of us.

What?

That beautiful Malibu house

Lovell owns that you took us to

had a camera in the bedroom.

It took photos of us in bed.

That's what that creep showed me
in the hallway of my building.

He did?

Yes.

You don't owe Lovell anything.

But what...

what do you know about him?

I don't...

I can't help you.

I'm sorry.

I get it.

- Blake, our relationship...
- It's okay.

You're the mayor.

I never expected you to put me first.

I will find out who took those pictures.

I just told you who took the pictures!

I am not a part of any conspiracy.

You have no idea what you're involved in.

But you are not involved with me anymore.

Blake.

How could I be with you?

I don't trust you.

I don't know who you are.

I'm the same person I always have been.

I am so...

disappointed in you.

You got this, Chief.

Hello?

I'm glad you picked up.

Yeah, I wasn't sure I should.

Uh, how are you?

I've been better.

Uh, but I'm gonna be fine.

I just wanted to apologize. Again.

It's okay.

If anyone from the press asks anything...

Don't speak to them.

I won't say a word about anything.

I wish I could...

We can't talk.

This is, uh,

quite a lesbian scandal.

It's beginning to rival my days
in Catholic school.

Yeah, I can only imagine.

I looked cute in that uniform skirt.

But hey, on the bright side,
I also look pretty hot

in that cartoon, am I right?

All right, goodbye.

Hey, you...

you remember the boxing gloves I got you?

Yeah.

Use 'em today.

Thanks.

Good morning, everyone. It is 9:35.

The hearing is called to order.

These proceedings concern
alleged conduct violations

by Abigail Thomas,

Chief of Police of the Los
Angeles Police Department.

Uh, at Chief Thomas's request,
we have agreed

to allow her
to make an opening statement.

Chief Thomas?

Yes. Yes, thank you.

I'm sorry,
could you speak into the microphone?

Oh. Yes, sure.

Is that better?

Um,

I very much appreciate the opportunity

to, um, speak to you directly.

From the start of this...

Uh, feels like months.

Uh, from the beginning,
I have only said two things.

One: that I have done nothing wrong.

And two: that my private life is my own.

I repeat those words now.

I have never given
confidential information

or contacts to anyone.

I did not intervene in
my daughter's arrest,

and my, uh, son-in-law was treated

exactly as anyone else would have been

had the case gone forward.

What I am accused of is...

so far outside of who I am and, uh...

what I do and how I operate

that I can, um...

I can barely wrap my mind around it.

I have only ever in my life
wanted to be one thing.

I've wanted to be a cop.

This is not something I chose.

It's something that I knew about myself

from a very early age.

And then to be made chief of the LAPD?

I-I...

I would just never
jeopardize that for anything.

I have far too much respect and, uh,

affection for the
remarkable men and women

that I lead to, uh...

betray their trust.

I hope they know that.

And, uh, I hope
that you know that now, too.

Thank you.

All right.

Thank you, Chief Thomas.

Uh, regarding Kiley Mills

and the matter of your daughter's arrest,

we'll come back to those
issues in a moment.

Uh, as for the Henry Jones issue,

I want to ask,

when you first became aware
that your son-in-law

was on a list of offenders,
what did you do?

Well, the report came out
when I was at home.

I, uh, read a bedtime story
to my granddaughter,

and then I went to sleep.

No, uh, ethical issues there,
I don't think.

The next morning at work,
what did you do?

My job.

With respect to the report, nothing.

Nothing ever.

Except worry.

All right.

We'll circle back to this. Thank you.

Uh, Madam President, I believe
there is a witness to call.

Uh, yes. We'll hear
from the commanding officer

of the Detective Support
and Vice Division.

Will you state your name for the record?

Vice Commander Rascal Santos.

Commander Santos,
you led an investigation

into the Day Glow Spa,

a front for prostitution
and human trafficking.

- Is that correct?
- Correct.

And when you learned
that Chief Thomas's son-in-law

was one of the spa's client offenders,

did you notify the chief?

I did.

- No, he didn't. He didn't do that.
- Shh.

And what was the chief's reaction?

She was concerned, as you can imagine.

Upset.

She asked me to remove his name

from the list of people
submitted for prosecution.

- I-I did no such thing.
- Shh.

She specifically asked you
to remove her son-in-law's name?

Yes.

Did you do so?

No.

I... That's entirely not true.

Did Chief Thomas

discuss this matter with you again?

Yesterday. She came
into my office and asked me not

to testify here.

Okay... This is... He's
entirely making this up.

Chief Thomas, you are out of order.

Commander Santos, please finish.

She said if I did,
it would be bad for all of us.

Thank you, Commander.

Chief Thomas, would you like to respond?

Yes. Yes, I would.

Absolutely nothing
that he just said is true.

Not a single word. I would never

and did not request him
to remove my son-in-law's name.

We spoke just yesterday
to confirm that fact.

You admit you spoke to Commander Santos

to coordinate your testimony?

No, not to coordinate. To confirm.

Chief Thomas

is confident the commission
will find no cause

for further action.

Ken.

Uh, c-can you repeat that, please?

Got it.

Thanks.

The coroner's report is out.

Um, the fire victim was a...

an African-American male in his 60s.

It's not Vincent.

No.

Huh.

So where is he?

Terry Simmons.

Thank you.

So?

The Ethics Commission has recommended

to the Police Commission
you be dismissed.

Police Commission agreed.

Effective when?

Immediately.

I see.

Thank you.

Yeah.

See you, Bobbie.