ANA_MARIA BRENDA CARLOS CARTER DANIEL DARNELL DIEGO DOTSEN FEMALE_DISPATCHER GORDO GREEN GTF_OFFICER JAVIER JESSICA KIM LOPEZ MAN MARCIELA NATALIA SALAZAR SAM SILVIA WOMAN GREEN Three more dead Lords. That's 12 in the last three days. KIM This isn't a war, it's an extermination. Morgue's gonna run out of vacancies if this doesn't end soon. LOPEZ This is Angelicos for sure. I recognize the knife work. GREEN I thought you said Javier was backing off. LOPEZ Guess he changed his mind. SAM Damn. Well, at least it was N.H.I. GREEN N.H.I? SAM "No Humans Involved." All the vics are bangers. No innocents. We can take some comfort in that at least. WOMAN Oh, my God! LOPEZ They might disagree. We've been on the sideline for three days. Let's lock down these neighborhoods, put an end to this thing. GREEN I agree with Lopez. SAM If I thought that would make a difference, don't you think I would? All we can do is try to contain this. The only one who can stop this is Javier Acosta. LOPEZ There are dead Lords all over the streets. You promised me this was over. Marciela, too? I know you're hurting, but if you don't stop hunting for Lavar Quintel's son, this war is gonna spin out of control. JAVIER Ryan, I do not want to make your job any harder than it has to be, but we have the Lords on the ropes. And if we back out now, that would be bad business. LOPEZ What do you mean, "business"? JAVIER Don't forget what started this war. Fishscale. The Metas are looking for a distributor, we have to make sure that's Los Angelicos. LOPEZ I thought you were trying to get out. JAVIER I am. And Fishscale is how we do it. The money we'll generate will be a windfall like we have never seen. We use those profits to expand our legitimate business holdings real estate, strip malls, parking lots. All legal and all clean. This is our chance, Ryan. We can't just let it slip away. LOPEZ Just... end it. SAM The violence between the Lords and Los Angelicos didn't start when Carlos Acosta got shot. Carlos got shot because the gangs are fighting over the pipeline of Fishscale. And that pipeline begins with the Metas cartel out of Colima, Mexico. For the last ten years, their main guy in Los Angeles has been Miguel Salazar. And Salazar has been insulated and completely untouchable until now. As most of you know, three DEA agents were ambushed earlier this week. This is the third hit on the DEA in the last six months. And it's the biggest operational loss in DEA history. GREEN One of those agents was a good friend of mine, Tim Spellman. We graduated from the academy together. Now, Spellman was shot 78 times, one for each count they brought against Salazar. One of the hardest days of my life was explaining his death to his family. LOPEZ I'm sorry, man. SAM The Metas are targeting law enforcement north of the border, trying to soften up the guys who are hitting them. KIM They figure that works in Mexico, so it'll work here. SAM But they're wrong. Two hours ago, the DEA got one of the shooters, and he cut a deal to give us the identity of the man who orchestrates every Metas hit on U.S. soil. This man, Diego Diaz. He reports directly to Salazar and was the coordinator of the DEA attacks. LOPEZ If we can get to Diaz, we have a shot at Salazar. SAM But we have to move fast 'cause the Metas know we're on to Diaz, and they will try to get to him first. GREEN I say we let 'em cap him. I mean, this bastard deserves to sleep with the worms. SAM No, we have to think big picture. If we can get Diaz to turn on Salazar, we can effectively destroy their whole operation up here and save countless law enforcement lives. I know you got a personal stake in this. You want to sit this one out? GREEN No, no, no, if it's going down, you can bet your ass I want in. Just don't expect me to take a bullet for that guy. DOTSEN Who's the woman and kid? SAM The woman is Ana Maria, Diaz's wife, and the girl is his daughter, Natalia. SAM We have intel that they've been green-lit by the Metas. LOPEZ His wife and kid, too? SAM They're sending a message. DIEGO You perras just signed your death warrant. LOPEZ Yours has already been signed. SAM Got that from the DEA an hour ago. SAM Diaz and his family are just lucky we got to their place first. He's agreed to turn State's evidence. Gonna testify against his Meta bosses in exchange for a new life. JESSICA You do know you weren't authorized to make that kind of decision, right? SAM No, but you are. JESSICA You just make up your own rules as you go, don't you? SAM This guy knows where all the bodies are buried. With the help of his testimony, we have a chance of bringing down Miguel Salazar, one of the biggest drug suppliers on this coast. And if I know anything about you, Jessica Mary, it's that you're a true believer and that you're in this for all the right reasons. And this is one of 'em. JESSICA Fine. I'll call Jerry. I'll have him convene a grand jury tomorrow. SAM And I suppose that's as close to a "thank you" as I'm gonna get? JESSICA Yes. SAM Well, you're welcome anyway. LOPEZ Hey, my name's Ryan. What's yours? NATALIA Natalia. LOPEZ Natalia? That's a pretty name. What's your bear's name? NATALIA Gustavo. LOPEZ Gustavo. That's a, that's a very nice name, too. You know, Natalia, it's okay to be scared. NATALIA Are we gonna be okay? LOPEZ Yeah, I know you're gonna be okay, 'cause I'm gonna protect you. LOPEZ I'm gonna have to take this. Excuse me. Hello. JAVIER Ryan, my sources on the street got word you picked up a Meta soldier named Diego Diaz. Is this true? LOPEZ Yeah. We're about to transfer him downtown to the detention center. JAVIER I may be able to end this war like you asked. I need you make sure Diaz gets there safely. Once he arrives, I'm gonna need that alias they're keeping him under. I have people who can take it from there. LOPEZ Look, Diaz is about to turn State's evidence on Salazar. Once he does that... JAVIER Ryan, if I can deliver Diaz to Salazar, I may be able to leverage that favor to get us the Fishscale distribution. LOPEZ I can't do that. You're gonna have to find another way to end this war. JAVIER All right. All right, mijo, you're right. I'll find another way. SALAZAR Javier Acosta. JAVIER No? LOPEZ You guys good? KIM Good to go. LOPEZ Deliver this guy to the courthouse, and we're done. Let's go. SAM Still on this Lopez witch hunt, huh? CARTER Just because I haven't proved it yet, doesn't mean it's not true. SAM Look, when I'm in the mood to read fiction, I will buy a good book. CARTER It's Lopez's sworn testimony. There's also an audio file of the night in question. It disproves what he said about Tanner's murder under oath. SAM Is that so? CARTER Lopez testified that there was seven seconds between the shots that killed Tanner and the shot that struck him in the shoulder. CARTER According to that audio file, there were 58. Now-Now I can see a boot losing track of 50 seconds, but not a seasoned detective who did two tours as an Army Ranger. A-All I'm asking is you to have an open mind, Sam. Look at the file, listen to the audio, help me get to the bottom of this. Let's find this lost time before it comes back to haunt both of us. SAM Mm. LOPEZ Okay, Vee, we're turning south on Whittier. Hey, Livac, stay on this road till we get to the freeway. GREEN Looking like we got three miles of clarity, but, uh... Look, we're looking clear for about three miles, but I see a Sig-Alert coming up at the 5. LOPEZ Freeway's clear for the next four miles. Don't change our route under any condition. JAVIER Welcome home. DANIEL What's up, brother? SILVIA We're glad to have you back, Carlos. MARCIELA My baby. I'm making puerco pibil. Your favorite. JAVIER Carlos? Did you hear what your mother said? CARLOS Yeah. Puerco pibil. Thanks. JAVIER Come. I want to show you your new place now. Daniel made the ramp last week. Incline's low enough you should be able to do it yourself, soon. DANIEL Flat-screen TV, the AC, lights... everything's hooked up to this bad boy. You just gotta swipe your finger. CARLOS Yeah, okay. JAVIER Place is looking good, huh? We're getting it all set up for you. Next week, we're gonna lower all the appliances here so you can reach those. We're gonna take the door off the shower. You can wheel right in. Anything you need, mijo, anything at all, you just ask, okay? CARLOS How about Lavar Quintel's son? Is he still walking? JAVIER It's just a matter of time, Carlitos. Tio's taking care of it. GORDO Call Javier. Tell him we couldn't find Lavar's son, but we got the next best thing... Lavar's baby mama. FEMALE DISPATCHER All units, code five-Edward LAX, bomb squad en route. LOPEZ This is Henry-35. Status at LAX? FEMALE DISPATCHER Copy. We have bomb threats at multiple terminals. All LAX units are responding, 14-20. Have all units code alpha at FAA facility. DIEGO It's them. GREEN Calm down, vato. Everything's gonna be all right. DIEGO No, it's not. They're coming. NATALIA Who's coming? LOPEZ Hey, you're scaring your daughter. DIEGO That is not a bomb threat. It's a diversion to pull police resources. LOPEZ Why would you say that? DIEGO Because I trained them, and that's what I'd do. GREEN Lopez, don't listen to him. This bastard killed six of our agents, one of 'em my best friend. It's probably some kind of a trick. DIEGO Your job is to protect me and my family. You want to know how to do that? Shut up and listen. GREEN You gonna tell me how to do my job? DIEGO Somebody has to! LOPEZ Back off, man! Cassius, back off now! GREEN This son of a bitch does not deserve to live another day, man. LOPEZ It's not our call. Back off. LOPEZ Hey, look. If he's right about this bomb threat, we could all be in danger. Listen to me, Diego. I need to know everything you know about this bomb threat. DIEGO I know that they know where I am. Otherwise, they wouldn't call it in. And I might be a monster, but I love my family and I'd do anything to keep 'em safe. So do me a favor change the route. Before it's too late. DOTSEN Ryan, Cassius, are you okay? Do you read me? GREEN 10-13, 10-13. Officers down. Need backup immediately. LOPEZ Livac, you all right? GREEN Livac's dead, man. LOPEZ Control, do you copy? Do you copy?! SAM We've lost communication. Something's wrong, uh... Get the harbor watch commander on the horn. We lost contact with our guys near East Wilmington. GTF OFFICER Negative. Harbor Division's on tac alert. All our units are at LAX for the code five-Edward. SAM I want every available agent to gear up. We're going to get our people. LOPEZ Hey, Vee. Need you to lay down suppressive fire on my count, then follow us to that building. Look, we gotta move. I need you to stay between us with Natalia in the middle, okay? Keep low. Don't stop running till we reach the building. Here we go! Let's go, go! Everybody stay low, stay low, stay low! BRENDA I don't give a rat's ass what Lavar done to you, I ain't diming on my son. Ain't you ever known any mamas? Mamas love their babies. GORDO Oh, is that right? GORDO By the looks of things, only thing you love, mama, is a fix. BRENDA Mm-mm. No. I quit. Haven't used in almost three months. Don't, man. I can't. GORDO Now you're gonna tell me where Lavar's son is. BRENDA No, no! Wait, wait. Wait, no, wait! GORDO I'm gonna fix you up with a train ride, bitch. BRENDA My boy ain't the son Lavar care about. GORDO Lavar's got another son? BRENDA Yeah. GORDO Here in L.A.? BRENDA That's right. Lavar was messin' with this white bitch in Toluca Lake. Set his Oreo son up real good, man. Darnell Grecco. Goes to UCLA. GORDO Darnell Grecco? DARNELL Yeah. Uh, who are you? GORDO Friend of your father, Lavar Quintel. LOPEZ Get behind the desk. Don't move. Tae and Vee, how are you doing? DOTSEN We're in. Fall back, fall back! They're coming in! We're running out of ammo, Ryan. We gotta get out of here or we're all gonna die. DIEGO Give me a weapon. You guys don't know what you're doing. You're gonna get us all killed. GREEN Shut your big mouth! LOPEZ Easy. GREEN Listen... we're outnumbered and outgunned. They want Diaz, not us. I say we give his ass up, make the world a better place. DOTSEN I agree with Cassius. Guy's a cop killer, doesn't deserve our help. DIEGO Okay. I'm the one they want. You give me up, that will give you time to escape with Ana Maria and Natalia. GREEN You heard the man. He ain't worth dying for. I say we give his ass up and get the hell out of here. DIEGO I'll do whatever you want. You just get 'em out safe, okay? Please. Please. LOPEZ No. Look. Look, I know you want this guy to suffer, all right? But his testimony's gonna help take down the Metas. Think about that. Think about all the agents' lives that'll be saved. All right? We got a job to do, partner. And that means getting Diaz and his family safely out of here. GREEN All right. Let's do it. JAVIER A Carlos. MARCIELA A Carlos. DANIEL Carlos. SILVIA Carlos. CARLOS Yeah, all that good stuff, all right? But I'm down for some food, 'cause I'm starving. DOTSEN We gotta go! LOPEZ Stay low. Away from the walls. Bullets follow walls. Down! LOPEZ Natalia! No. GREEN Lopez! Where you going? LOPEZ I'm going after her. Get Ana Maria and Diego out of here. We'll meet on the north side of the building. Cover me! GREEN Where do you think you're going? DIEGO That's my daughter. GREEN It's my team in here. And they will not be compromised. KIM You all right? Follow us, we know the way out. GREEN Move it! LOPEZ Hi. Hey, honey, there you are. You had us all really worried. NATALIA I want to go home. LOPEZ I'm here to get you there, okay? Here's what we're gonna do. Okay, Natalia? You and me, we're gonna play a little game first, okay? NATALIA I don't want to play a game. LOPEZ Okay. It's a fun game. And, I mean, if you don't think you can beat me... NATALIA I didn't say that. LOPEZ I'm gonna need your shoelace, Natalia. NATALIA Where are your shoes? LOPEZ I was playing another game before. Trying to see who could be the quietest. NATALIA What are you doing? LOPEZ Something that's gonna get you home. DANIEL Well, I had enough of it. Hey, remember the time when Carlos put me in the laundry basket, and then pushed me down the stairs? MARCIELA He rolled you down... Oh, he did not throw you! DANIEL No, he threw me down the stairs! JAVIER No, I remember that. He-he told you it was a sled or something? DANIEL Yeah. CARLOS I never even seen snow before. What the hell did I know? DANIEL Come on, snow king. Let's hear a speech. JAVIER "Snow king"? CARLOS No. DANIEL Snow King. JAVIER Come on, speech. DANIEL Come on. MARCIELA Speech. CARLOS What? No, man. DANIEL You got to say something. Come on, man. CARLOS All right, all right. Look. Guess I just want to say thank you. Thank you for being here for me. I know I haven't always been easy, Dad. But it's really important for me to have my family. Really important. CARLOS Um... be right back, all right? Excuse me. DANIEL Hey, let me help you. CARLOS No. I don't need your help. Damn it! Come on. Come... DANIEL I got to do something. JAVIER No. No. CARLOS No! Leave me alone, please. JAVIER Carlos. CARLOS Go. JAVIER It's gonna be okay, son. CARLOS They put a bullet in my head, they kill me once. But they put a bullet in my back. And now they're killing me every day. Please, leave. I can't live like this. JAVIER You are very much alive, son. With a family who loves you. CARLOS Please, Pop, leave me alone. Just... JAVIER I didn't do right by you when you were little. I was in jail when you were a baby. I never got to take care of you, you know? Let me take care of you now, please. LOPEZ Okay, here we go. You think Gustavo wants to help us get out of here? I do, too. He's gonna be really helpful for us. And for the last thing... I'm gonna put this on you, okay? It's like a protective shield. There you go. And the only thing I need from you is that you hold onto me, okay? I want you to hold onto me so tight. And don't let go for nothing. When I put these in your ear, the game begins. LOPEZ Okay, here we go. All right, all right. MAN Para? ANA MARIA Natalia! GREEN Calm her down! KIM No, no, no, no, no! GREEN Diaz! DOTSEN Let him run. He'll pull the shooters' attention away from us. ANA MARIA Please? GREEN Look. We came this far. I can't let him die without testifying. LOPEZ Last bullet. GREEN Lopez. DIEGO You okay? LOPEZ Yeah, I'm fine. GREEN Come on, got to move. KIM This way's clear. DOTSEN Come on through. KIM Come on, come on. Hold on to me. Let's go. DOTSEN Go, go, go. KIM Come on, I got you, come on. Go, go! Vee! DOTSEN Don't-don't touch me! KIM But you're gonna bleed out! DOTSEN You can't touch me. KIM You lied. DOTSEN Please, don't. SAM Come on, get in, come on! SAM Go, go, go! JAVIER So... you're Lavar Quintel's son, huh? I've been waiting a very long time to see you. You like baseball, Darnell? My son, he loved baseball. You should've seen him run those bases. DARNELL Ple... please. Let me go. Please. Please, don't hurt me. JAVIER Hurt you? Hurt you? You don't know what hurt is. My son is crying because he is never gonna walk again. Because of your father. DARNELL No, I'm just in college. No, no. No. No, I'm not... I'm not like him. Look, I hardly get to talk to him.... DARNELL Plea... please. LOPEZ OCome on, there. Ah... ANA MARIA Natalia! Oh, my God. Oh, my God, oh, my God. LOPEZ You were brave. NATALIA I did good at the game, didn't I? LOPEZ You won. ANA MARIA Thank you. DIEGO Thanks. SAM Thanks to you, the families of DEA agents who were murdered are gonna see justice served. Remember this day. This is what makes what we do worthwhile. Good job. JESSICA I'll be right back. JESSICA Ryan. I heard what you went through to get him here safely. Thanks. LOPEZ Just doing my job. JESSICA I'm guessing you could probably use a drink after today? LOPEZ I've, uh... got a ton of paperwork I got to deal with. JESSICA Yeah. Me, too. I'll see you at 10 00 at O'Russell's. GORDO Looks like you just got laid. LOPEZ Nah. Just a good day at work, Tio. GORDO That's good. LOPEZ Javier upstairs? GORDO No, he's in the supply room, dealing with Lavar's son. LOPEZ He found Andre? GORDO Turns out he had another kid. Some schoolboy up at UCLA. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, where you going, man? LOPEZ I gotta stop this. You need to let me in there, Tio. GORDO You can't, Ryan, and you know that. JAVIER Tio. Get this kid on the bus back to Westwood. Go. As much as I wanted to hurt him, when I looked in his eyes, I saw Daniel. And you. I knew it would be wrong. I heard you had a hell of a day, huh? LOPEZ Yeah. It got pretty hairy. JAVIER So... what I'm about to ask you isn't gonna be easy. LOPEZ Okay. JAVIER The man you delivered, you know more than anybody else how important he is to the Metas. I just requested a meeting with them. I know I can strike a deal control of the Fishscale distribution in exchange, Diego Diaz. LOPEZ What? JAVIER This is the moment, Ryan. Everything we talked about, our path to legitimacy. If we can pull this off, our entire family will be out, clean, in 18 months. LOPEZ I risked my life today, my partners' lives, keeping that family together. JAVIER I know. I wouldn't ask this of you if I didn't have to. Just remember, this man we're talking about... the things he's done, the murders he's committed. Diego Diaz does not deserve what you did for him today. LOPEZ I didn't do it for him. I did it because putting Salazar away will save people's lives. I did it for his wife. And his kid. JAVIER I'll ensure that they'll be protected. I will insist that the Metas lift the mark on his wife and his child. And no harm will ever come to them. They'll be safe. LOPEZ I already told you, no. JAVIER Ryan... all I'm asking is the alias he's being kept under. That's all. SALAZAR Javier Acosta. LOPEZ Looks like you started without me. JESSICA Oh... I hope you don't mind. I took the liberty of ordering. It's on the city. LOPEZ Mmm. The city has great taste. LOPEZ I take it you took the liberty of ordering these, too? You didn't have to go through all the trouble. JESSICA I wanted to. Thanks. LOPEZ Why me? Your dad's the one who gave you the snitch. JESSICA Yeah, but I haven't had a dinner with him in five years. CARLOS Hey, Pop. Is it done? JAVIER There's been a change of plan. JESSICA Tonight, we're celebrating bringing Diaz in. It couldn't have happened without you. So... to the good guys. LOPEZ Whoever they may be. LOPEZ I did all right. JESSICA Oh. Sorry. SAM Jess. JESSICA What's up? SAM It's not good. JESSICA He... he what? JESSICA How?