" Freeze!" " I'll flank him!" "After a couple of years on the job every cop has to make a decision about what kind of cop they're gonna be." "The time has come for Officer Ben Sherman to decide." " Morning, Detective." "Come on back." " Thanks for fitting me in, doctor." "I've decided to let the Department know today that I'm pregnant." "And I was reading the manual, and according to policy" " Which letter do you want?" " Excuse me?" "Want the letter assigning you home for the duration of pregnancy, the one putting you on light duty or the one where I say you can stay on the job until you pop?" "Isn't that your decision?" "It should be." "But if you don't like my opinion you'll just go doctor shopping until you get the letter." " Yeah, but you said my risk factors" " Do I need to tick them off again?" "We've discussed this before." " No, it's just" " I was happy to fit you in this morning at the last minute, but I have patients waiting." "It's your life." "Your baby." "When you decide what letter you want, just call my office and I'll fax it to you." " Okay, thank you." " Mm-hmm." "Last night, in a garage off East 7th, this rehabilitated citizen turned his pit bull on his parole officer before braining the PO with a tire iron." "A long-grid search came up empty, so there's a Tac Alert at Alvarado." "Now, listen, this asshole could be anywhere, okay?" "So keep your eyes peeled." "All right, that's it." "Roll out." "Be safe." "Oh, wait." "Hold on." "Hold on." "Meant to say that this is Officer Tang's last day on patrol." "She'll be wheeling out tomorrow to join West Division as a sergeant." "The sun and surf division?" "Joy Luck just keeps getting luckier." "Hey, drinks tonight in her honor at The Ten Ring and first round is on me." "I'm his partner." "Thanks." " There he is." "I saved you my Jell-O." " I got your favorite." " Ah, Langer's." "Extra kraut?" " Yeah." "You know it." "How you feeling?" "Kind of like a foreign dictator in town for a kidney transplant." "Ha, ha, yeah, my detail finally left my house at 0600." "Been feeling like a prisoner the last three days." "Ahem." "You wanna get her phone number?" " You all right?" " Yeah." "You going back on duty today?" "Yeah." " Think that's smart?" " My arm's not broken." "Shouldn't you, I don't know, take a few days off?" "I talked to the shrink this morning, he says I'm fine." " I'm fine." " Mm-hmm." "Even if they find that shithead Ronnie and he says that you beat him up so what?" "Your word against his." "Worst-case scenario you admit it." "Okay, yes." "You beat a pimp who was putting his 13-year-old daughter out on the stroll." "But so what?" "Motherfucker tried to kill you." "You get a Board of Rights, a couple of weeks off and he gets 25 years for the attempted murder of a police officer." "I'm serious, man." "Take a couple weeks, take a trip to Catalina, whatever." "Take what's-her-face, or the other one." "The waitress." "I can't even try to keep them all straight." "Just have fun, unplug." "Or better yet, stay here with me." "Hang out." "Uh, we could play Monopoly." " I'm bouncing off the walls." " Hey." "Tomorrow." " We can talk about feelings." " Tomorrow." " Come on." " Tomorrow afternoon..." " ...pool party to welcome you back, okay?" " Hey." " Rest up." " You won't even fucking look at me." " Come on, man, chill out." " Okay?" "I didn't just end up on patrol, man." "I came back because I thought I could help younger officers and now I feel like I failed you." "Okay?" "I watched my partner get killed not five feet from me." "All right?" "You think that I didn't see red?" "I saw it for months." "I went that close to the edge and I almost jumped." "I get it." "Let me help you work your way through it." "I feel like I let you down." "You didn't, man." "You didn't." "All right?" "Rest up, we gotta do some drinking." "The fire's out?" "Completely?" "Good, now just keep it secure." "Okay." "Bye." "Double homicide last night, plus two kids in the USC burn unit." "Residential, here's the address." "I'm pregnant." "Really?" "First I thought you were getting fat, which made me happy but then we all figured it out." " Why didn't you just say something?" " I tried." "I let it slide." " You have a note from your doctor?" " Not yet." "Why not?" "We're waiting on a few more tests, then she'll decide." "That's just great." " I guess I'll just do this one." " Oh." "What are you talking about?" "Until I get a doctor's note from you, I can't let you out." " Why not?" " So you won't sue the department if things go sideways." "But nothing's changed since yesterday." "All that's changed is I told you." "Yeah, and now I know, so I have to sit your ass down at a desk." "Okay, so you don't know." "I came in, you gave me the case, I left." "Nothing was discussed." "The tests are just a precaution I am never gonna let a doctor keep me off the job." "All right but if anything happens to you out there, I didn't know." " Okay." "I got it." " You got it?" "Look at this guy." "Oh, man." "Thirteen years patrolling." "Might just miss this freak show." "Gonna be a while before I'm back in this division." "I'd like to do a couple things before the end of the day, you okay with that?" " Sure." " Sherman, wait up." "You gonna head out without me, man?" " You get to see Bryant?" "How's he doing?" " He's fine." "What's the matter?" "You up late banging bunnies?" "Pace yourself, you're gonna wind up on disability." " You got my keys?" " Yeah." "You know they're paying cash overtime on this?" "What kind of world is it where we pray for violent fugitives to be on the loose just so we can have a better standard of living?" "Detectives get any leads on that asshole who took a shot?" " Not that I've heard." " No?" "Had to piss off somebody during the course of business." "Detectives are calling it random." "Ha-ha-ha." "And you're okay with that?" "I mean, shit if it were me, I'd hit every corner and flophouse in this city." "Roust every knucklehead till somebody coughed up a name." "The mooks can't be out there thinking they can shoot at cops and skate, man." "Gotta send a message." "Seriously, you okay?" "Any available units, 415, family dispute." "I was gonna just buy the patches but I was thinking, those are three dollars a pop." "I might just go to Sinatra's, buy some new uniforms." "Let's stop by Lionel Daffern's." "I wanna say goodbye to him." "If you want." "Why him?" "I don't know, I just like the old coot." "Are you serious?" "In a school zone?" "Hello, ladies, how's tricks?" "No, no, no." "Come on, I ain't gonna hassle you." "Matter of fact, check this out." " Seen Crystal?" " Vice is gonna be around so keep an eye out for a black Ford F-150..." " ...because it's gonna be the Po-Po." " Get out of here." "Get lost." "Crystal, stop." "Stop, or I'm gonna chase you which'll make it worse when I book you for that chronic." "Street full of girls, you gotta mess with me." " It's personality." "Where's Amber?" " Fuck if I know." "Think twice." " Amber?" " Swear l" "Is that thinking twice?" "Ah, ladies, please." "I'm helping you out here, give me some love, huh?" "Come on." "One last chance." "Tip Top Motel, over on South Rio, Room 122." "Last time I saw her, anyway." "Go on, get out of here." "Hey, mind if I take this?" "Could be my last ticket for a while." "License, registration, and proof of insurance..." " ...and turn the music down." " Cut me a break." "I was caught up in the beat." "The beat is no excuse for breaking the law." " License, registration, and insurance." " Shit." "How much this time?" "Do I look like the county clerk?" "You gotta call traffic court." " Bullshit, you know." " Gotten a few tickets lately, son?" "Well, Kevin." "Since you asked, you're looking at about $450." " What?" " Mm-hmm." "If you get to keep your license." "Oh, no, come on." " You can't do me like that, baby." " Baby?" "Officer, I'm sorry, I just...." "There's gotta be some way." "Can't lose my license." " My dad will kill me." " Yeah, well, I can't help you with that." "Do you like music?" "Do you have an iPod?" "I just got this new one." " You trying to now bribe me, Kevin?" " No, no, no." "Not at all." "I just...." "I'll do anything, please." "Both my parents work." "If I can't drive, I'll have to drop soccer." "Please." "Just write the ticket, I need some caffeine." " It's not like he's a stone-cold rapist." " Are you serious?" "This kid gets an A in asshole, not even out of puberty." "He plays soccer." "My last day." "I'll give him a chance at redemption." " All right, Kevin, step out of the car." " What?" "Why?" " You want a break, step out of the car." " Ugh." "Walk to the pavement, please." "You know that Nicki Minaj song, "Super Bass"?" " Yeah." "Ever since I heard it..." " Yeah, well-  ..." "I've been trying to unhear it." " Perfect." "You're gonna belt out a chorus for us." "With feeling." "Then you do a little dance from the video." "Add some sexy hip we'll let you skate." "Yeah, go ahead, use that little area as a stage." "She's the sergeant." " This offer expires in five, four, three" " Look, okay." "Okay." "Okay." "Boy, you got my heartbeat runnin' away" "I can't hear you!" "Beatin' like a drum and it's coming your way" "Yeah, you got that boom-ba-doom-boom Boom-ba-doom-boom bass" "Put some life into it!" "Boom-ba-doom-boom...." "There you go." "Yeah, that's that super bass" "Boom-ba-doom-boom Boom-ba-doom-boom bass" "Yeah, that's that super bass" "All right, you're off the hook." "Come on." "Watch your speed, all right?" "Thank you." "So hey, what do you tell a woman with two black eyes?" "Nothing." "You already told her twice." "Ha-ha-ha." "What?" "Come on." "You're not going PC on me, are you?" " Thought you and me were past that." " I might have a lead on the parolee." "Why didn't you say?" "Here I am thinking we came up with nada." "It's not super solid." "Some girl he might have hung with." "What else we gotta do?" "Let's hit it." " Hey." " Hey." " Real horror show." " Yeah." "That's Martha Lowell, she lives next door." "She gave us the name of the guy that she said did it." ""Ramon Dallo." We've already got units out looking." " You finish canvassing?" " Yeah." "Any other witnesses?" "Yeah, a dog worker named Tracy Haywood." " Said she'd come by the station." " All right." "Thanks, Lopez." "Ms. Lowell how you doing?" "I'm Detective Lydia Adams." " Oh." "It was Ramon." "Ramon Dallo." " Yeah, I understand you saw everything." "It was, um, it was 4:57 a.m. because I looked at the clock." "It woke me up." "I went to the window, and I saw Ramon out on the lawn, yelling his head off." "And then Sam came to the door and told Ramon to leave." "Leave or he'd call the police." "Ramon went back to his car and he got these bottles of gas." "He lit them and he threw them on the porch." "One of them hit Sam in the leg." "It was awful." "Sam caught fire." " You okay?" " Yeah." " You should see the burns on the kids." " Oh, my God." "Hey." "Open the door." "You can't just come in whenever." " Where's your mom?" " I don't know." "Who did this to you?" " Who?" " What are you gonna do?" "Put me in foster care again?" " I wanna be with my mom." " Leave your mom out of this." " Tell me where Ronnie is." " How should I know?" " Where?" " Hasn't been around." "Someone beat him." "Yeah?" "You going on the stroll?" "Hm?" "Is that what they got you doing?" "Your parents are taking good care of you." "Hey!" "Come here." " Sherman, man." "Shit." " Let me go!" "Please, let me go!" "Please." "Let me go, please." " Get the door." " Please." "No, no, please." "Let me go." "Please, let me go!" " Ronnie?" " Let me go!" "Come on, please!" "Palisades is definitely not on their route." "You never told me why you became a cop." " Is that a last-day question?" " Maybe." ""It's the rent we pay for our room on this planet."" " I think I heard that." " It's Muhammad Ali." " Ha, ha." " Pretty sure he stole it too." "My uncle ran a restaurant, he was a cheap son of a bitch." "He would deliver the food himself on this bike held together with duct tape." "My aunt and I were home alone." "The doorbell rang." "My uncle had been hit by a truck." "Killed." "Cop had to break the news." "I just remember him holding her up." "That's when my mom got home." "I guess it was, uh, the way he spoke." "I don't know." "Anyway, I just thought, "You know what I wanna be able to do that for someone someday."" "Units in the vicinity of Sunset and La Moine report of a man and woman arguing in the street." "A-57, show us handling." "57, Roger." "Hey." "Can you take a picture of me, sign in the background?" "It might be a while before I'm back here." "Thanks." "Hey, maybe try and get the truck in, if you can." "Requesting backup at this time and, uh, EMS." "Roger that, 827." "It's just a matter of time, Daniella." "Sooner or later, the streets are gonna eat you." "How long do you think your mom is gonna last, huh?" "How long do you think you are?" "I bought a bus ticket, I left it here for you last week." "Did your mom tell you?" "No, of course not." "Come on." "You're going back to Corpus Christi, gonna live with your grandmother." "Or what?" "They keep me here, like it's prison?" "Use the ticket." "They'll help you." "Officer Sherman." "Here you go." "Thanks, guys." "They're gonna help you." "They're gonna help you." "We haven't been looking for the asshole who killed his PO, have we, Sherman?" "All right, let me guess, Ronnie's the pimp, a.k.a. her daddy." "You've been seeing her around here for weeks." "Knowing how futile it is, but feeling you gotta do something." "You know what a dipshit that makes you?" "That girl's mom, clearly no angel, but she's caught up in the crap." "You figure she's a victim herself, right?" "But her daddy?" "Assholes like that don't deserve prison, it's too good for them." "And rehab?" "Ha-ha-ha." "My ass." "He's not gonna get his GED, or find God and become a preacher teach kids in the hood how to read or start a foundation when he gets out." "These guys are parasites." "If it were up to me, I'd save the taxpayers some money." "Know what I mean?" "But it's not up to me." "It can't be." "It can't be up to you, either." "So what you're thinking right now you unthink it, got it?" "You've done enough here, man." "Let it go." " I'll keep doing it." " Keep away!" " Damn, bitch!" " Put the can down." " Ma'am." " Put the mace down." "Asshole stole my watch." "He came up, tore it off my wrist." " That what happened?" " Bitch is crazy." "Asked for directions, she squirted me in the face." " Check his fingernails." " You need medical attention?" " Yes, I do." " I'll be on my way." " Gonna need to search you, sir." " Based on this bitch?" " Yes." " Do you have a shirt?" " Walk to the wall?" " I get hot." "Walk to the wall, hands behind your back." " Step to the pavement." " Turn around, hands behind your back." "Please step over here." "Stay right there." " That's my watch." " Are you serious?" "Are you kidding me?" "Now you're a circus act?" " He swallowed it." " It's just gonna disappear?" "Eighteen-karat gold." "Stomach acid is gonna ruin it." " Disgusting." " You guys good?" " Come on." " You know what?" "Actually, we're a little jammed up, guys." "Can you take this guy in?" "He stole her watch." " Yeah." "Sure, okay." " Great, thanks." " Hold a second, where's the watch?" " Um." "Buy him a Fatburger and some ex-lax and you'll see." "Thanks, buddy." "I saw a man with a gun, and he was standing over another guy." "His head was shot off and a piece of his skull was in the street." "And I froze." "I didn't really know what to do." "I kind of wish I just would have run or something." "Uh...." "Then I wouldn't have had to see the rest of it." "See what?" "The woman ran out of the house and she was holding her two kids." "And she was on fire." "And she was trying to run away from the house." "But it wasn't really working, because their hair and their clothes were on fire." "And the man shot her in the back." "And he pointed the gun at the kids, but he didn't shoot them." "I guess he just decided to watch them burn." "Sorry, a word." "Do we have Ramon Dallo, yet?" "They've got units at his house, his parents' house." "They'll get him." "I need you to wrap this up, head on over to the hospital." "One of the kids woke up from the burn unit and I guess she can sort of talk." "We need to get her statement quick in case she doesn't last." "Okay?" " Sherman." " Be right back." "Christ." "Where's Ronnie, Amber?" " Stop!" " Fuck if I know." "Stop." "Way I heard it, you saw him last, out your car window." "I got Daniella." "You wanna see her again, you'll tell me." "Foster care?" "She'll be back." " She knows who her momma is." " No, not foster care." "You arrest her?" " You fuck." " Hey, hey, hey." "I took her, from that motel, Room 122." "You wanna see her again, you'll tell me where Ronnie's hiding." "If not...." "What?" "You hurt her?" "No, man." "You're a cop." "Ronnie." "Wait!" "What are you doing here, man?" "You wanna get dropped back at the station?" "Be happy to." "All available units, 211 in progress Dwayne's Car Wash, 223 South Normandie." "Report of two suspects, both Hispanic males..." "...one in an L.A. Kings jersey." "That's five blocks from here." "A-57, show us responding to the 211 on Normandie." "57, roger." "We show you handling Code 3." "To your right!" "A-57, show us Code 6, car wash." "Go." "Go." "Go." "Get out." "A-57, we need backup." "Shots fired at our location." "Drop the weapon now!" "Down on the ground!" "Down on the ground!" " Don't shoot!" " Just the two?" " Two guys." " Just the two." " Yeah." "They go." "They go." " All right, stay here." "Yeah." "Get out!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Shooter's on the north end of the car wash." "Clear for crossfire." "Tang!" "Take cover!" "No!" "Oh." " Freeze!" "Freeze, motherfucker!" "Freeze!" " I'll flank him!" "Sherman." "Where you at?" "Sherman!" "Where you at?" "Sherman?" "Sherman!" "You all right?" "A-36, I need an RA unit in the alley between Pratt and Wilton." "Victim of a gunshot." " Roger." "RA unit in route." " Sherman." "You all right?" "Sherman, you all right?" "All right, man." "Breathe." "Breathe." "Breathe, man." "Breathe." "Relax, okay?" "Relax." "Hey, we're good." "We're okay." "We're good." "Asshole pulled a gun." "Ramon Dallo's in custody, they got him at his parents' place." "Should be here in a few." "Try and get a confession." " Those the witness statements?" " Yeah." "Good." "Any update on the kids?" "The boy?" "Well, he lost his hands, but, yeah, he's conscious now." "Doc at the burn unit said he'll probably pull through." "The girl's doubtful." " Assigned home for the duration." " Yeah." "Okay." "I'll start the paperwork." "You know, they say that babies in the womb they hear everything we hear they feel what we feel." "What we do, it's hard enough to not let it get to you." "But now it's like it's going in too deep." "And if it is, where's it going?" "It just feels wrong, you know?" "It just doesn't feel right." "Hey, pipe down, everyone." "Shut up." "That's an order." "So my first TO told me that sometimes being a cop is like pissing in your wetsuit." "Nobody has to know how good it feels." "So, uh, Officer Tang, uh-- Sorry, Sergeant Tang." "we're all pissing our wetsuit knowing the right copper got promoted." "So I'm proud of you, we're all proud of you." "Good luck to you." "Hey, next round's on Deemer!" "Hey, thanks for the speech." "Really moving." " Nothing came to mind." " How about, "Nice riding with you."" "Want me to say you're a good cop?" "You're a good cop." "Load off?" "Yeah, right." "You alerted to a shot civilian, instead of staying focused, like we're trained." " We're trained to protect and save lives." " While risking mine?" "You didn't know where the second suspect was." "What if he came back..." " ...while you were playing hero?" " I was doing my job." " If you say so, sergeant." " You know what?" "We both know what this is really about." "Why don't you just say it?" " Now you want me talking about it?" " Yeah, I do." "I made a choice." " The right one." " For you." "Glass houses." "What?" "Rehab for your back?" "Give me a fucking break." " That was personal." " Bullshit." "You lied to save your own ass." "And your fellow officers covered for you because they knew you were a good cop." "Don't try to compare me to you." "Because we are not the same." " Keep telling yourself that." " I was an addict." "I am an addict." "I was weak and I will never forgive myself but I am fighting every goddamn day to fix it." "You shot a kid." "A kid." "And you lied about it just so you could, what, move ahead?" "It was a fucking accident!" "You think you know what's right and wrong." "Who the fuck are you?" "God?" "Here." "You decide." "Make sure, uh...." "Make sure you eat something." "Eat something." "You're going somewhere better, all right?" " Lydia." " Terrell." "Um...." "I'm pregnant." "And you're the father." "Ahem." "Um...." "What should we do?" "Do you want me to talk to Yvette, or" " No, no." "God, no." " Because I will talk to Yvette if that's what you want, Lydia." "It'll be complicated with the kids and all...." "Terrell, I don't wanna blow up your life." "I'm not here to blow up your life." "I just know you needed to know." "Maybe one day, we can work things out so you and your son can get to know each other." "My son?" "Yeah." " You gotta" " You gotta go to work." " Yeah, right." "Where's Daniella?" "Probably in Arizona about now." "What?" "She's heading to Corpus Christi, where she'll be safe." "If you really give a damn about her, you'd join her." "You...." "You lied to me?" "Huh?" "Even after we had a fucking deal?" "Oh." "Ronnie is gonna find you and fuck you up." "You take our baby?" "He's gonna find you, motherfucker." "Stay safe out here, ma'am." "Fuck you, you piece of shit!" "Fuck!" "Hello, good morning." " Morning." " Morning." "I'm Jessica Tang." "I'm your new watch commander." "I'm sure you've heard other nicknames." "Pootie Tang, Wu Tang, Joy Luck, Hollywood." "From now on, I'm gonna be Sergeant Tang." "Okay, let's get started." "I got a two-minute rule, Watson, which you just broke." "Two minutes after roll call, we hit the road." "Take this long again, I will shove off without you." " Yes, sir!" " Extra batteries for the radios?" " Yes, sir!" " Posse box squared away?" " Yes, sir." " RD Maps, PIRs, Impound Reports?" " Yes." " Got something to write with..." " ...and an extra when that dries up?" " Yes, sir." "That asshole on PCP starts to bite through my neck are you gonna rub your finger on the floor carpet and shock him?" " Where's your Taser, son?" " Shit." "I mean, sorry, sir." " Let me run back and get it." " I got an extra one." "Just get in the car." "Metal part in the buckle." "There you go, nice work." "What's that thing, sir?" "Good luck charm, maybe?" "Know your codes?" "Hey, nice shot yesterday, kid." "That's one less asshole taking up space."