"I like that shirt." "Who's staring now?" "Oh,it's the same people." "Now I know how lindsay lohan feels." "Well,you're not that drunk." "They're just getting used to it." "They've seen us come in here together a million times..." "Just not together together." "Coliments of tactical." "So,how long do you give it?" "I don't know; she's pretty smart." "I figure another week." "hey,guys,thanks for the drink." "Hey,you want to join us?" "No,uh,we,uh,figured we'd leave you two alone." "We were thinking about spicing it up a little bit,maybe getting a threesome going." "Hi,boss." "Oh,no,come on,no,I just came by to drop off some kudos for our successful negotiation of the bakersfield prison riot." "hey,why don't you join us?" "No,no,my days at sloan's are far behind me,thank you." "Come on,none of that "I'm not going to drink with the grunts" crap." "Yeah,exactly-- it wasn't that long ago you used to be one of the grunts." "Good point." "Okay,one drink." "that wasn't even the craziest one." "Oh,no,no." "The craziest one-- we are into a foot chase,running down this alley." "Full-on '70s cop mode,okay?" "the perp decides to hop a fence into somebody's backyard." "Right,so matt goes around the front." "I follow him over the fence and drop in front of the most evil,vicious doberman in all of east L.A." "Come on!" "You let her go over there alone?" "You know how scad he is of dogs." "you're scared of dogs?" "No,I'm not scar,I'm mindful." "yeah,right." "He got attacked by a pack of dogs when he was a kid." "You were on your way to what-- the cub scouts,what was... no,little league." "Right,little league!" "Right.He got attacked,he's been afraid ever since." "So I'm thinking about that while I'm looking at this doberman,and I start backing into the fence,right?" "And right next to me..." "Is the guy." "And he looks at me,I look at him,and he's like,"uh,so,uh,I'm ready to negotiate now." "okay,andrea,time's up." "Please,paul." "No more "please,paul." "" I get you home late again,your dad's going to kill me." "yeah" "David lau,I have your daughter." "Her driver paul is dead,she is alive." "Do you understand?" "I was just... yeah,I understand." "David... listen carefully." "No,you listen." "You don't know who you're talking to." "You hurt her,I swear to god I will kill you and I will have your family killed." "Voice:" "Pacific turtle fund,caiman islands,$12.2 million liquid." "I know exactly who I'm talking to." "You want to see your daughter alive again,you'll pay the ransom in full." "[Organized Crime Ray Jamison]" "I'll call back in two hours." "Have the wire ready." "What do we do,ray?" "I mean,we have to report this to crisis negotiation,right?" "I mean,it's a kidnapping." "They took his kid." "This trumps our case." "Right?" "The kidnappers have set a two-hour window every second we continue to argue this,we lose time." "We need to intercede now,take over ransom negotiation." "Losing time?" "How about losing a year... of investigation into a major organized crime target?" "Ray,how about we take it down a level?" "we're on same side here" "No,we're on different sides of the same case." "David lau is the los angeles point man for an international criminal enterprise." "I want lau's connections-- toronto,hong kong." "I've chewed my way through two months of red tape to get a legal intercept on the sat phone, and you're telling me to blow our surveillance because someone grabs his kid?" "He hasn't even reported a crime!" "He won'T." "Crime bosses do not call the cops for help." "It's probably what the kidnappers are counting on." "Ben:" "Enough.xxxx" "Ray,and I know you're going to nail this guy,but right now,there's a ten-year-old girl at risk and she's got priority." "So make your surveillance available to the crisis negotiation unit." "I think you're making a mistake." "We'd better get started." "We're losing time." "how close are you?" "Five minutes." "David lau has made several calls to known associates for help in the last hour." "You may be walking into a crowded room." "Roger that." "Matt,cheryl was way out in front on this one." "Yeah,always was." "Yeah,you know her pretty well,don't you?" "Yeah,well,partners for 12 years.You get to know somebody." "You guys were a great team." "A lot of the research from my training guide was based on some of the cases you worked together." "We never hooked up." "I never said you did." "No,but it'd be a reasonable assumption." "Why,because she knows you're afraid of dogs?" "because she is hot" "Here we are." "Looks like the gang's all here." "Yeah,literally." "fbi,can we speak to david lau please?" "He's not home." "Aah,that's too bad." "Can we come in?" "I said,"he's not home." "" Well,I guess you're going to have to tell him we're here anyway." "david lau,we are not here for you." "We are here to help andrea." "Failure to report a kidnapping is a federal offense,even if it's your own daughter that's been taken." "It's the fbi." "How do they know?" "Come on,please." "You said this phone couldn't be tapped." "You said it was golden!" "Look,we can get a warrant,kim!" "But by that time,it's going to be too late." "They... they haven't called back yet." "Can we come in?" "Why don't you invite us in?" "easy,boys." "Stay right where you are." "Officer:" "Hey,hey,hey,you heard him." "Stay." "Hey,this is my house." "All right,everybody settle down." "Mrs.Lau asked us in." "Listen,we all know what's going on here." "We're not here to arrest or question anyone outside of the kidnapping." "Yeah,we know what you're going through and we know how to help, so why don't you give us the phone and let us take the next call?" "David,please,just let them help." "I need to talk to my wife alone for a minute." "Well,you've got two." "That's not our deadline." "So,you guys,all just... friends of the fam,right?" "I'm sorry.I want her back." "I don't care what happens to us." "I told you I'm taking care of it." "How?" "This is a move against me,kim." "I know who did this." "Who?" "You mean someone you know?" "I'm going to get her back and not to fbi." "I'm taking care of it,okay?" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry I let them in." "It's okay." "They're not going to stop me." "I'll use them and buy time." "the call's coming in." "Step back." "that's right decision hello?" "Voice:" "Who is this?" "This is matt.Who's this?" "put dad on the phone." "No,you don't get dad." "You don't get mom,you don't get anything without talking to me." "You a cop?" "Fbi,which means I should inform you that kidnapping for profit in the united states is a ticket to the death penalty." "You return andrea,that's one less headache you have to worry about." "He sends the money,or the girl dies." "She gets hurt,you get nothing." "that's it." "We were running a trace." "Which we are.Lea?" "No trace." "The guy's using a scrambler and a high-end voice modulator." "All right,well,which one can you crack first?" "Gun to my head?" "The voice." "I could isolate the algorithms,see if I could score a print." "xxx" "Right.Sorry." "How do you know he'll call back?" "The thing he's made most clear" "I want you to give these guys their space to work." "We'll call you later." "that's better." "You have no idea who's behind this." "No,not yet." "We're kind of hoping you might." "xxx" "And you seem to know some pretty tough people,so chances are you might know someone who'd like to hurt you?" "I own a chain of laundromats." "Well,maybe a rival laundromat is trying to,uh,muscle you out of the fluff-and-fold business." "Excuse me." "Yeah." "Try and remember he's the victim here." "Matt:" "He's not acting like it." "Well,he's not going to tell us who his enemies are.We're one of them." "I mean,they've got to have a classified file on him." "No,forget that.We'd have to go through ray jamison." "That's the guy whose case we deep-sixed coming down here." "I don't think he's going to give us squat." "i need you help" "My team has inserted themselves into the ransom negotiations,and we're trying to get a line on the kidnappers." "Now,we think it's someone lau knows." "And so you need my files and all my casework?" "I could probably sacrifice a couple of informants if you'd like to." "I could go straight to hilton, have him order you to turn over all your assets,but I'd rather save you the embarrassment and me the time." "So I'm asking you,directly and discreetly." "Case number and my password." "Thank you." "No.Thank you." "You're absolutely right." "give me dick lanstate at the department of justice,and tell them to pull him out of whatever he's doing." "According to the o.C.D.The big circle boys have natural competitors, but not a lot of rivals,and they work closely with other gangs." "xxxx" "Cheryl:" "Not likely.They're all super loyal." "Matt:" "What about someone who used to be inside?" "Is there anyone on the discard pile who got kicked off the roster?" "Lea:" "Russell tze." "Suspect,multiple homicides." "Cheryl:" "Used to muscle for lau until they had a falling out about two years ago." "Left bcb to form his own outfit." "For these guys,getting fired is worse than getting whacked." "So,he'd have motive,and he'd know about the offshore account." "Cheryl:" "Frank?" "You want us to roll on him?" "I want you to wait and watch until you can confirm that the girl is in pocket." "keep him on the phone for us." "Yeah." "this is matt." "Voice:" "Hello,matt." "Let's try this again." "Matt:" "Hey,thanks for calling back." "You're doing the right thing." "So,you know my name." "What should I call you?" "call me sir" "Yes,sir." "I don't buy lau calling the fbi." "You had him on satellite surveillance,am I right?" "That's a fair assumption,sir." "Yeah,I'm in position." "We got vehicles out front." "There's no visible sentries." "I got second floor greasy windows." "Possible objective." "How about we sneak a gps on one of those cars?" "Get arsems to track them so we don't have to worry about keeping a tail if we need to follow." "Arsems,huh?" "You just want an excuse to call that mathers chick,don't you?" "What can I say,man?" "She likes me." "Looks like they went and got bigger guns." "They must be thinking the same thing we are." "Not good." "Man,what's the call?" "Let's make this simple.We talk money,or we don't talk." "Are you authorized to represent the family or not?" "What does he mean?" "He means,can we bargain with your money?" "No." "What?" "No." "We're not talking money until we get proof of life." "I want to hear andrea." "I want to see her." "Fair enough." "5179 hudson." "Check the mail." "We'll talk in one hour." "5179 hudson." "Damn it." "We're on hudson." "Shoot me,bitch." "I don't know what you're talking about." "I don't believe you." "Fbi." "Drop 'em!" "Where's the girl,russell?" "What girl?" "David lau's working with the fbi now?" "What the hell's going on?" "Don't touch the mailbox!" "it's pol's" "what?" "!" "What?" "yeah." "Just busted your boys trying to take out russell tze." "Apparently we both came to the same conclusion." "I think it's fair we're both wrong." "Yeah." "xxx" "Lab confirms." "It's definitely an instant photo,not digital." "It has not been altered in any way." "thanks" "So,what do you think?" "I think they've done this before,I think they're pros." "xxx" "It's big business in latin america,asia." "Half a billion dollars a year big." "Why haven't I heard of this?" "Ask your husband." "His friends overseas like to dabble in it from time to time." "Emily:" "Sometimes the goal is terror." "Sometimes politics,but mostly,it's money." "xxx" "Is that this is california,it's not columbia." "Well,sure,your typical kr targets a-a business exec with a fat insurance policy, but david's different,because david's not going to call the cops." "He doesn't want to report the theft." "So... what do we do?" "Emily:" "They call back in a half hour,we say we pay them the 12 million." "we can't" "What do you mean you can't?" "What do you mean you can't?" "This is andrea." "It's not my money." "Do you understand?" "I touch it,and we're dead." "We're never gonna be safe." "Emily:" "It's okay." "You're not expected to come up with the first number that they ask for." "They're going to start high,and then work their way down." "But now,some of that money's got to be yours." "How much?" "One,five." "All right,one point five." "Yeah,I can get him there." "I can get him there." "there he is." "All right." "Ready?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Yeah." "Sir:" "Are we ready to talk yet?" "Oh,we're ready to talk." "We're going to be talking english,though." "See,when you say to me $12.2 million,to me that's klingon." "I haven't heard a better number." "Matt:" "Better number would be seven,as in,uh,$700,000, which,if you think about it" "$700,000 won't buy you the location of the corpse." "$12.2.Million." "Matt:" "Yeah,well,david lau's not as rich as you seem to think he is." "Matt:" "The money in that account-- that's not his." "Sir:" "That's his problem." "Below $10 million." "Man:" "Hey,fowler?" "What?" "I already said what." "You want out of the deal,there's the door." "We agreed if there was heat, this is good heat." "Fbi talker's a pro." "Negotiator." "It's his job to make this work." "He won't let emotion get in the way." "Shut it,shut it." "Hey,matt,can I talk to you for a second?" "What's up?" "Okayi don't have an answer yet,but this profile doesn't feel right to me." "Your typical pro kidnapper is uneducated,illiterate,and uses basic equipment to communicate." "Uh,dead drops and cb radios." "T high-end voice modulators and digital scramblers." "Our guy is educated,well-spoken,and calm." "He-he doesn't yell." "I mean,we've heard the kr tapes." "They scream,they yell,they threaten." "For the line about buying the location of the corpse." "No.Boilerplate." "It's standard escalation tactic." "It's textbook." "I've read it in a textbook." "It's-it's almost like somebody who studied professional kidnappers." "He didn't say "her corpse." "" He said "the corpse." "" He calls her "the package." "I mean,he should be using her name." "That's what these guys do-- they try and make it personal." "Ey're calling back." "You just tell them I'm willing to give up everything I got." "I can get six million." "Six million?" "I'll convert my stocks,sell my house." "All right." "Matt,let me take the call." "Please.My partner gets a little worked up." "Emily:" "Hello,sir,this is matt's partner." "xxxx" "I want a new proof of life." "I already gave you that." "No,you gave me a photo." "I want to hear andrea's voice,and I want to hear it now." "Well,that's going to cost you." "Cut the crap.Put her on,or we all go home empty-handed." "Who is this?" "Who am I?" "I'm a professional negotiator,just like you are." "Or were." "Uh,my guess is you worked for one of the big risk management firms, maybe as a kr consultant or a field negotiator." "Hang up." "shut up." "I'm guessing you're ex-law or ex-military-- am I right?" "You want to know who I am?" "xxx" "Yeah,and I'm the woman with your money." "back off" "Listen,sir,I'm really sorry about that,okay?" "My partner gets a little worked up." "It's the stress." "Fowler:" "Good-bye,matt." "Matt:" "Six million,okay?" "Six million." "Family doesn't care who you are." "They just want andrea back." "I already told you,nothing below ten." "This is a good number." "Okay?" "And you know it." "Please,sir,work with me on this,all right?" "Six million." "He's not going to go any higher than that." "He can'T." "well,matt,we both know that's not true,but I will take it to my people." "When can I expect to hear back from you?" "One hour." "nice." "Thanks." "Okay." "Well,that's new." "xxx" "Aggressive attack to provoke an honest response from a closed subject." "Yeah,followed by an immediate concession to,uh,shake him up a little bit." "Sort of like a slap and a kiss." "I like it." "What's the plan?" "I don't like it." "xxx" "Think about how many kr shops there are worldwide." "We're a needle in a haystack." "And we're about to close this." "Here's how it's going to work." "We talk money,buy time." "Next call,I drop to $9 million." "They'll counter." "Meanwhile,we are checking risk firms,cross-referencing their roster with our new profile." "Then we send them a piece of the girl and drop to $8 million,which is what we thought we'd get." "Find out who's been fired,who quit,who burned out." "No obvious mutilation,not to start-- a,uh... a pinky toe." "They'll pay right away." "I'll do it." "We may need to stall with a down payment." "How much?" "How much can you get in the next half hour?" "David lau,you're under arrest." "Drug trafficking,pandering and extortion." "Hey,what the hell is this?" "Jamison." "Emily:" "We're in the middle of a ransom negotiation." "Not anymore." "As of this moment,you're op is shot down." "Under whose authority?" "the dep justice" "The edict's been overruled." "I have authorization to detain lau until he flips for us." "Gives up his overseas connections." "He gives us names,you resume negotiations,not before." "Go to hell." "We are." "You're coming with." "Wait.No,please." "Just-just not now." "This is extortion." "No,this is hardball." "Emily:" "Hey,lea,listen,it's me.Okay?" "Listen very carefully." "get out the way" "Matt:" "Great." "Now we're taken hostages." "Listen.I'm just as frustrated as you are,but jamison's got justice convinced that lau's thing is a huge win." "It's the only leverage they got on this guy." "And andrea lau is collateral damage." "xxx" "I got washington to put a time limit on it." "Jamison's got two hours to crack lau." "Then we cut him loose,and you're back in business." "In two hours,we could lose her." "time to eat." "No!" "You don't want to starve,do you?" "My dad is going to kill you." "You know that your daddy is not a good man,right?" "Now,he's taken people,just like I took you." "Just remember that." "You're in this tub because of your father." "If I wasn't cuffed to this table... you'd what?" "I give up those names,my family dies." "My we,my daughter,my relatives back home,dead." "That won't happen." "I will make sure you get out of here to pay the ransom." "Andrea gets home safe and sound." "Everybody goes into witness protection provided you testify." "or we could just sit here." "'Cause unlike you,I've got all the time in the world." "You okay if I leave you for a second?" "Okay." "Be right back." "I'm going to take kim back to the office." "I'm surprised these clowns didn't confiscate her." "Hey,hey,hey,that's not his." "That's ours." "You guys won't be needing it." "I'm kind of sentimental." "Hey,matt,we'll get it later." "What are you,on their side now?" "Fighting them is a waste of time." "We're getting a call in 30 minutes,and we've got a job to do." "How are we going to work?" "We're shut down." "Well,for starters,we can forward the calls from lau's phone to our office." "Yeah,that would have been a great idea five minutes ago." "Yeah,thanks.That's when I did it." "You are so hot right now." "I know." "We have to tell cheryl,right?" "That she'd want plausible deniability?" "Considering we're countermanding a D.O.J. Order?" "No,she's going to want a heads up on this." "all right,I was afraid you'd say that." "I'll talk to her.I know how to handle it." "You want continued negotiations off book?" "I want to get the girl back." "Did it ever occur to you that I might be risking my job?" "I'm prioritizing." "Remember antoine chandler?" "Wh'd you do?" "57 hours in,okay?" "And maybe another five before we get him to walk out of that house... matt,what did you do?" "He sends tactical in." "And you got in that huge fight with him right in front of everybody, 'cause he says antoine's not worth another hour,and-and you call him trigger-happy,and he's about ready to shoot both of us." "Until antoine suddenly surrendered." "Yeah." "Because we put the mic in my pocket and broadcast the entire fight into his ear." "What's your point?" "My point is,is that we did the right thing and it worked." "maybe work again" "Okay." "Uh,so the kidnappers can't raise lau,and they call fbi hotline and ask for you." "What if,uh,the satellite phone had already been set to forward the calls here?" "Did you do that without asking me?" "I'm asking you now." "You think you can work around jamison?" "Yeah.Jamison's already got what he wants." "That was smart." "Smart forwarding the calls before you left." "xxx" "And yet you kept her out of here." "Well,I didn't want to compromise her image of you." "Yeah." "Next up is abner sestock." "He was just fired from enterprise business risk management last month." "They're out of miami." "So,you're jealous?" "Jealous?" "It's just,we've been partners for over a year,dating for three months." "Wouldn't you think I'd know he's afraid of dogs?" "Well,she is hot." "is it just 'cause he said that?" "Said what?" "Um,the... excerpt from kidnap negotiation." "Abner sestok." "Man:" "No,no.They don't have that much." "Hey,this is a middle income family." "Exxon's not paying the rent." "Not him." "How can you tell?" "xxx" "One down,1,200 more to go." "Really?" "Wow,that'S... who's our go-to guy for interrogations,and I mean,when we really need to crack somebody open?" "Uh,we usually get someone from the crisis negotiation unit." "didn't you say that david lau's people were into kidnapping?" "Among other things,yeah." "Okay,so we're figuring that sir was a negotiator,as in lau kidnapped somebody?" "xxx" "Well,maybe.Or,I don't know,ran the operation." "xxxx" "Maybe it wasn't reported." "They could have taken him to mexico.We wouldn't have followed him there." "In any case,it would be a connection between lau and... god,I hate calling him sir." "We're not going to get it out of sir,and right now they're holding lau where we can't even ask him." "am I,uh,interrupting something?" "No." "xxx" "We try it every time we get shut down." "xxxx" "Um,matt." "It's a phone call for you.it's show" "Uh,what do you need?" "oh,cheryl." "Yeah.Transfer that to my desk." "xxx" "Hello,sir." "Six million didn't fly." "Can we get serious?" "Always." "You know how it is." "No,matt.How what is?" "Hey,flannery,I got a question." "Look,I don't know who you are,okay,but I know what you are." "What I don't get is why you switched sides.What happened?" "You're working ransom negotiations one day,and you just figure the grass is greener on the other side of the phone?" "You know,this might be a public service for you,but for me,it's business." "Nine million." "It's never just business." "Six,three,five." "You want me to interrogate david lau?" "The quicker you give me a name,the sooner you go back to work." "xxx" "It seems to work for me." "Okay." "Let's go." "Sir:" "Let me tell you what I don't get." "Negotiating on behalf of a man you're trying to put away." "xxx" "But our goal is exactly the same." "Matt,I'm offering you a way to bring down david lau." "Why don't we clean out the son of a bitch together." "Oh,you mean turn you and me into "we," like negotiation 101?" "xxxx" "Yeah,well,neither will stalling for time." "All right,well fine,let's quit dinking around if it's a real number,I'll make it happen." "David:" "What are you,the next wave?" "Emily:" "I'm here to show you a way out." "Yeah right,like jameson did." "I'm not like him." "You're all the same." "Look,david,I can help you,but you have to help me." "I'm not giving anyone up." "Okay,then tell me about a kidnapping." "One that you did." "What the hell is she talking about?" "This is just about you,you don't have to give anybody else up,but I have to have his name." "I don't know what you're talking about." "Look,jameson's going to be in here any second and we are not going to get another chance." "You have to decide who is more important." "Andrea or you." "All right,one name!" "That's all I need." "That's enough." "Jameson:" "I said,let's go!" "If this isn't about my case,I don't want to hear it." "Damn it,ray,it's her only chance." "Oliver tong." "Zolie jung,southern sea shipping company." "Well,you wanted a name..." "There's two." "Last may,in los angeles,under order from the mainland." "Emily:" "Oliver tong and zolle jung." "Both work for the south sea shipping company." "Big circle boys wanted south seas to go to work for them,smuggling heroin along the golden triangle." "Cheryl:" "The kidnap and ransom were contracted out to lawnsdale security." "A risk managemenfirm." "The lead negotiator was liam fowler." "Quit lawnsdale security say six months ago." "xxxxxNot what was paid out." "Matt:" "Fowler works with two associates." "British merc named john ross and his secondary's an ex-marine,michael hendricks." "xxx" "The flight attendant,right now on her way to australia." "With a home address in van nuys." "It's the only los angeles conntion between we need to move in within the next hour,or they can all be gone,and andrea could be dead." "we think the girl's there xxx" "And you all did this...investigating,on your own?" "Because it's good." "Go." "Over here's clear." "Bravo in position." "Man:" "Three tangos in the living room." "Phone is on the coffee table." "Straight angle to the front door." "No,sight of hostage." "We hold,until we verify location." "Yeah,maybe we should give her one,hey?" "Oy,darling?" "Fancy a little light jager then,eh?" "Man:" "Confirm hostage." "There she is." "Man:" "Bathroom off the living room." "She's alive,repeat,she's alive sitting low in a tub." "Feed is live." "Alpha,go." "Alpha in position,make thcall." "xxxxxx" "Hello there." "Liam home?" "It's for you." "xxxx" "fire in the hole!" "Fbi,drop your weapon!" "Drop the weapon!" "Okay,that's what i call a happy ending." "Good to know." "I like that." "And yet I feel a distance between us." "That bad?" "It's not that exciting." "I don't care about your dog story." "You don't care about my dog story." "i mean i do,It's just... i know you and cheryl were partners for a long time." "Come on." "You know that there's stuff that you keep from me." "What do you mean?" "Like personal stuff." "Like guys you were with or some girl you had an experiment with in college or the boy band phase-- whatever." "Right?" "Am I right?" "Yeah,you have secrets." "And you know it." "You don't tell me 'cause you like me." "And not quite sure how I'd react." "Is this some backwards way of saying that you like me?" "Not afraid." "I'm just aware." "So,when did you... decide to keep secrets from me?" "I don't know.A couple days after we met." "Something like that." "Matt?" "What?" "Nothing." "Nothing."