Émission TV: The Closer - 3x14
The Closer Season 03 Episode 14-15 Brenda, is something wrong?
This is ridiculous.
Our real-estate agent said it would help sell the hse -- give it a "home for the holidays" vibe.
We both know gary doesn't lie.
Gary.
He hadn't brought us an offer in three months.
Suddenly, he calls out of the blue and we're supposed to hop to because he has the buyer again.
Brenda, if you don't want to show the house, just say so.
********* I just don't want to waste the whole day decorating it for one couple.
Is it really so terrible to have the house feeling a little festive?
I do not like it when I'm ordered to be festive.
Just hand me the damn angel.
Thanks.
Brenda, be merry.
I am merry.
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry.
Merry christmas!
Brenda.
Welcome.
Come on in.
Baby.
Oh, no, please.
It's all right.
You a baseball fan?
Huge.
We collect vintage jerseys.
Is the neighborhood safe?
Well -- oh, uh, no, no.Very safe.
In fact, fritz and brenda were just getting ready to take a little stroll.
Right, fritz?
Right.Sorry.
Have fun.
See you lateR.
They're nice.
Go ahead.Have a look around.
Yeah.
It's charming, though, right?
Gary doesn't lie.
Or you could just blow all this out.
Yes, chief, I know exactly where that is.
Thank you.
Sorry.
There's been a robbery and a homicide -- well, two homicides.
Not near here -- far, far, far, far away.
Not too faR.
Thank y'all.Nice meeting you.
Hey, wait till you see the kitchen, huh?
You guys hungry?
Come on.
So, where is the third guy?
And why do they come he-- Damn.
Boss, here they come.
Who called 'em?
I got no clue.
I was five brats away from getting my grandson a photo with santa, so this better be good.
What happened to your hand?
Well, my 6-year-old -- it's a long story.
Deputy chief johnson, good to see you.
Chief pope.
I want everyone watching to see that we have this investigation under control, so if you'll both just please nod, like we all agree.
Excellent.
Now, commander taylor, was this robbery the work of the same crew that you've been tracking since last january?
Looks like the same M.O.
Walk up, ski masks, drive away.
But this firepower -- that's not their style.
Seems to have escalated.
Well, so have I.
Priority homicide is gonna take the lead on this case now.
Ross: We've been busting our asses on this investigation for 11 months.
Are you suggesting that 11 months of failure is an argument for your remaining on the case?
Chief, it would take a lot of time to bring priority homicide up to speed.
Chief pope, perhaps commander taylor and i could split the investigation.
I could cover the homicide.
Chief johnson, I appreciate the good intentions, but this investigation covers a lot of ground.
Now, I really want to be a team player here.
Then be one.
Chief...
commander...
sometimes, being a team player means sitting on the bench.
Progress.
Yes, siR.
Sorry, commandeR.
Don'T.Please.
Gentlemen, with me, please.
This scene is ours.
Hey, I don't think this is settled.
Uh, I'm afraid it is.
Talked to the bank manageR.
Cash cargo is extra high at the holidays.
They're still doing inventory, but the bank estimates that the suspects drove off with close to 150 grand.
Can we trace it?
No.
No dyes.
Now, don't ask me why, but for some reason, the policy is to use markers and dyes after a bank has been robbed.
Oh, for heaven's sake.
Okay.
Let's get pickup schedules -- dates, times, routes -- from tas armored cars.
Why this bank?
Why this route?
Anything on the weapons?
Lots of casings, probably semiautomatic pistols, something uzi-esque -- easier to conceal, powerful enough to penetrate a vest.
Might be gang-related.
They don't mind shooting people.
Poor bastard.
$10 an hour for this.
Provenza: No time to get his gloves off.
Even if he could get to his gun, he's got a six-shooter against guys with assault weapons.
We're not the only ones that are outgunned.
Okay, who wants to notify the families?
Thank you, lieutenant.
Lieutenant provenza, have tas provide us with their employee backgrounds.
Same goes for the bank.
See if anyone has a bumpy past or knew these guards personally.
These are usually inside jobs.
Taylor's men have anything to say?
Uh, mostly stuff I'd rather not repeat, except this crew they've been searching for used to be a three-person operation, but today there was only two.
Don't know what they did with the third guy.
Witnesses?
The wounded guard in the ambulance is wesley reed.
Three customers in the parking lot all pretty much say the same thing -- two men in boots, jeans, jackets, and ski masks approached the vehicle while the guards were unloading.
Everyone pretty much hit the deck when the shots were fired, and a couple people said our bad guys fled the scene in an old chevy astro van.
Okay.
Lieutenant tao, please compile a list of stolen cars, "a" to "z," in the last 12 months.
They must have had a drop-off car -- Wait, wait!....
Can I go home?
I really just want to go home.
They need to take you to the E.R., Make sure you're okay.
You got grazed by a bullet.
I don't have any health insurance.
Don't -- don't worry, wesley.
We'll take care of that.
But first, I need to know what you saw.
Anything might help.
Uh, arnie and hayes were unloading the truck, and out of nowhere, my windshield gets sprayed.
I heard yelling.
It was arnie telling me to stay inside, but I -- I got out and went for my gun.
Bullets were flying everywhere, so I dove under the truck for coveR.
And then, uh, I saw, uh...
well, I saw arnie...
oh, man.
Oh, man.
Okay, okay.
You just rest, okay?
We'll talk lateR.
What -- what about hayes?
The drop-off was early, according to the tas armored car supervisoR.
The truck arrived at the la brea branch 12 minutes ahead of schedule.
Late, maybe, but early, in holiday traffic?
So the truck was early, but they were still waiting for it anyway?
And the bank's a good choice because two right turns, and, boom, you're on the freeway.
I spoke with the gang task force, but there's nothing.
Any luck on our getaway van?
Uh, year to date, 12,248 vehicles have been stolen in L.A.
Of which 2,472 are vans, of which 961 are chevy vans.
Did you find the one we're looking for?
No, ma'am.
Well, we can't rule out the possibility that our victims may have been involved.
So we should check out all phone activity between the tas guards, all the phone lines at la brea, the personal phones and cellphones of the manager and -- chief, we get it -- dump the phones.
Right Chief, our dead guards seemed like good guys -- no priors.
Arnie leaves behind a family of five, grandkids.
Hayes was an only child, lived with his motheR.
He wanted to be a real cop, even applied to the academy.
And what about the driver, wesley reed?
Talked to his boss.
Wesley joined tas about eight months ago.
He was well-liked.
No family.
Company insists they don't hire anyone with a police record, and they require all applicants to take a polygraph.
And, uh, taylor's report says that this crew has been hitting all security companies, not just tas.
If they're hitting other security companies...
the last two jobs have been tas trucks, and they pulled in considerably more money on those jobs than the ones they did before.
Their information must be getting betteR.
Add today's robbery, and it just isn't a coincidence anymore.
It's a pattern.
They once were a three-man crew.
Now they're two.
You know what?
I'd like to chat with this wesley reed again.
Um, that might not be so simple.
Wesley was sent down to radiology to see if the bullet that grazed him hit a bone.
Never showed up.
Why not?
Where'd he go?
It's uncleaR.
Well, where does he live?
Any sign of anything?
Negative.
Commander taylor was supposed to post an officer at the hospital.
He says he did, and he says he was sorry.
Then he went on to explain how it wasn't his fault.
Master of the non-apology.
That's wesley's apartment.
Lieutenant flynn, did you see anyone enter from the rear of the building?
Nothing, no.
Let's make progress.
Police!
Freeze!
He's going out back!
He's going out back!He's going out back!
Stop!Wesley, son of a bitch.
Stop!
Don't move!
Get on the ground!
Get on the ground!
Get on the ground!
Hands behind your back!
Tell the chief we got him.
Let's go Get up******** Who the hell are you?
No I.D.Found on the boy, and so far, he's only opened his mouth to say that he's not talking.
And as for wesley, his picture's on every patrolman's dashboard, but there's no sign of him.
Okay, I do not want a word of this investigation in the papers, on tv, or in a blog.
We cannot let wesley reed know that we are looking for him.
Wherever he is, he must have turned off his cellphone and taken the battery out, 'cause we've been pinging it, and nothing.
Same with credit-card activity.
And it turns out wesley boy does have an arrest record.
Now, tas either missed it, or they just didn't care.
Doesn't amount to a lot, but, still, probation for marijuana possession and one drunk-and-disorderly a couple years back.
Any family?
No.
Does it list known associates?
Uh, no.
What about the getaway car, the astro van?
No.
What about the airports?
And that is not a yes-or-no question.
Lax, burbank, ontario, long beach -- none of them has sold a ticket to a wesley, wes, or W.Reed.
So unless he's got a good fake I.D.-- Or he took a bus or a train.
I was just getting ready to go down to union station.
Really?
When?
See you.
Thank you.
Lieutenant provenza, if you could continue checking through those phone records.
Lieutenant flynn, if you could check with the car-rental companies, and then you can get some help canvassing the bus stations.
The harder it is to find this wesley reed, the more convinced I am that he's worth looking foR.
Thank you.
You needed a full S.I.S.Operation for opie?
We were expecting someone a little more...
dangerous.
I'm hoping this boy will lead us to him.
If we had staked the place out a while longer, maybe wesley might have come back.
By "a while longer," you mean another 11 months?
Why do you think this kid's involved?
Because...
he ran.
Okay.
I told you that I'd sell your house, right?
Well, gary doesn't -- gary, please.
Okay.
Despite your best attempts to undermine my salesmanship, I have managed to persuade brett and geoffrey to make you an offeR.
Can we talk about this later?
Very short conversation.
I tell you the offer, you say "yes."
$20,000 over the asking price.
Short escrow.
The only catch is, they want you to include the baseball pyramid.
Fritz's baseball thingy?
I can't ask you to part with that.
For $20,000 over asking, I would part with you.
Look, I cannot make a decision right now.
I have an interview.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
You've been trying to get an offer like this for three months.
Just think what you can do with 20,000 extra dollars.
Just wait in my office, please.
Wait....
Gary, gary, gary.
She's trying to kill me.
Hey, good job just standing there.
You all right in here?
You want something to eat?
No, ma'am.
I'm all right.
Well, well, well.
If I hadn't seen you running down the streets of los angeles with my own eyes, I'd swear you were a georgia boy.
I'm brenda.
I miss hearing that accent.
Say something southern.
Well, uh, what do you want me to say?
Oh, I don't know.
Something about kudzu or peachtree.
when in rome, do as you done in milledgeville.
I don't know that one, but I like it.
That's, uh, it's flannery o'connoR.
The writer?
Well, not the nascar driveR.
Oh, that's funny, richard.
Uh, it's -- it's "grady."
Right.
Sorry.
You remind me of my brother richard. "
Grady."
At least we know his first name is grady.
It's not as if I don't know who flannery o'connor is.
I'm just not that familiar with her work.
Well, that's a shame.
She's awesome.
You study her in high school?
I went to roswell.
Oh, I went to chamblee. "
Went"?
I graduated last yeaR.
Buzz, find out where that high school is and if he attended.
Yes, siR.
What -- at 14?
15 -- I'm almost 16 now.
Uh, do you spell "chamblee" with an "s-h" or a "c-h"?
Who knows?
It's georgia.
You still got that great accent.
Wes' accent isn't as strong as yours.
No, he, uh, he moved out here just after our mom died, took some acting classes.
He's -- he's gonna be in some commercials, maybe.
I stayed back home in georgia with my grandma.
You know, it's funny.
I don't even notice my accent, but people in los angeles think I sound like a hick.
I hear you.
Then I flash 'em my badge, and they kind of change their tune.
I'm a deputy chief, grady, and I hope to goodness you haven't done anything wrong.
I need to ask you some questions.
We found this in your apartment.
What?
Where?
In your bedroom.
Is that why you ran, grady?
No, no.That's not my bedroom.
I sleep on the pullout.
So what's wesley doing with all that cash?
Did your brother do something bad?
No.
No, no, no.
That's probably the money he's saving up for me to go to college.
Do you know two of wesley's co-workers were shot and killed yesterday?
He didn't kill anybody.
The sooner we talk, the sooner we can ensure his safety, which is what I'm trying to do.
Do you know where he is?
I don't know where he went.
But he did go somewhere?
I mean, I guess.
I don't know.
So he just abandoned you?
No.
Wes wouldn'T.
He was -- he was scared, okay?
Somebody -- somebody shot at him, and he was -- he was scared and called the house and said that he wasn't safe.
That he had to go away until everything calmed down.
So even if we had waited outside your apartment for another week, we would not have encountered your brother?
No, ma'am.
Did we sley have any friends or people he hung out with who might know where he went?
Um, I'm not supposed to talk about them.
Why not?
Well, wes said -- he said that they were fine for him 'cause he knew how to handle them, but he -- he said I should stay cleaR.
I'm not supposed to talk about them.
Wesley wouldn't have warned you about them unless he thought they were dangerous.
There are two separate families who are planning funerals right now because of what they did.
We need to find them before they hurt anyone else, before they hurt you.
These men shot at your brother, and they almost killed him.
Please, grady, please, tell me their names.
Thumps -- thumps and R.J.
That sounds like nicknames.
That's what wes called them.
Do you know their last names?
Do you know where they live?
Did you ever see them?
Maybe.
Uh, this one time...
my brother was talking to two people out front.
There was an argument, and the one, R.J.
Wesley took his job, and he was pretty mad about it.
So do you think that thumps and R.J.
Are the reason that wesley left town?
Was he afraid of them?
I-I don't know.
I guess.
Why didn't you go with him?
Why did wesley leave you alone in the apartment if wesley didn't think it was safe?
I wanted to go with him.
I couldn't afford a ticket back.
Ticket back where, grady?
Did wesley go home to atlanta?
It's okay.
You didn't tell me.
I guessed.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Ticktock, brenda.
I mean, the offer's only good for 24 hours.
Gary, shush!
Look, fritzi, aren't you just a little bit worried about selling our home before we find a new one?
Brenda, I haven't really had a home for over a year, so, no, I am not worried.
Not to mention the fact that we can't afford a new house till we get the money from this one.
I know a mortgage broker -- - gary, shh!
You really want to do this?
I really do.
Okay.
I'll make you a deal.
I promise to sign that offer right now if you promise that you'll go with me to atlanta.
Well, sure.
When?
Tonight.
You promised.
Hello, vicky!
Did you miss me?
Come here, girl.
Yeah, that's it.
Uh, did you say "vicky"?
Vicky?
Vicky -- that's her name.
Welcome to our home.
It's even lovelier than brenda described.
Well, I'm surprised she remembers what it looks like.
Been so long since she paid us a visit.
Well, it can be tough for brenda to pull away from work.
Look, I know he belongs with children's services, but the moment we let little grady out of our sight, the first thing he's going to do is tell his brother, wesley, that we're looking for him.
I hope we didn't cancel our plans to spend our holiday in florida just so we can listen to our daughter talk on her cellphone the whole week.
We're just happy to have our daughter and our future son-in-law here for a holiday.
I can't wait to show you off.
Okey Well, thank you, willie ray.
Uh, hang on for just one second, sergeant.
Um, fritzi, why don't you take our bags upstairs?
And then mama can give you the touR.
I'm just, uh... "
fritzi"? "
Vicky"?
Just do whatever you can to keep in control of that boy.
Right.
Uh, speaking of control, there seems to be some question as to who exactly is in charge, with you being out of town.
Tell commander taylor and that sawed-off runt detective ross to just take a pill and stop blaming us for what happened!
We're only doing what chief pope told us to do.
And as long as I have a cellphone, I'm in charge.
Chief!
Chief!
I should mention that you're on speakerphone, and, uh, you know, commander taylor and detective r-- uh, ross, are honoring us with a visit.
Happy holidays, gentlemen.
Give my best to your family, chief.
Thank you.
And if you really want to hold onto this kid grady, we can keep him busy.
We can put him in a room with some mug shots.
Maybe he can I.D.
This thumps and R.J.
That is an excellent idea, commander, but how long do you really think that's gonna keep children's services out of our hair?
Long enough for us to come up with another plan to stall them.
Uh, good.
Thank you.
And, uh, sergeant gabriel, I'm gonna need wesley reed's grandmother's address, please.
Actually, chief, he's not there.
He's not?
How do you know?
Um, because he's in jail.
Apparently he had an outstanding bench warrant back home for a failure to appear on a drunk-and-disorderly charge, and his grandmother turned him in to the police the moment he got home.
Well, I don't think I've seen a home quite so...
festive, mrs.
Johnson.
Thank you, fritz.
I always try to make a little extra effort for the holidays.
Fritzi, we need to go shopping.
Right now?
Yes.
Well, if we're going to the mall, I have to change.
What's the matter with what you have on?
Well, this was for going to the airport.
Oh, no, mama, you're not coming with us.
We're going shopping for you.
They don't have stores in los angeles?
Why are you wasting our time together at the mall?
Daddy, it was all so last-minute, we thought we'd do our shopping here.
Come on, fritzi.
Oh, um, daddy, can I borrow your car?
Hold on.
Hold on.
You don't even have a warrant?
Not in hand.
Lieutenant tao is working that out for me right now.
Shouldn't you wait until you have it?
Technically, these guys don't have to give you access to wesley reed without one.
I know that, but I'm from here, and I know the local sheriffs departments aren't as hung up on technicalities as the federal bureaucrats you're used to dealing with.
They tend to respond to common sense and common courtesy.
And if I were you, I'd keep quiet.
They hear that yankee accent, they might just throw us out.
Hello.
I'm deputy chief brenda leigh johnson of the los angeles police department.
Well, thank god.
Fellas, everything's gonna be okay.
The lapd is here.
I'm sheriff barney fife.
That's cute.
Anyway, um, sheriff, uh, pritchard, is it?
I'm so sorry to bother you, especially during the holiday season.
Oh, I almost forgot.
Merry christmas.
It's my mama's peanut brittle.
So, you have a gentleman in your lockup by the name of wesley reed.
Are you asking or telling?
Telling, I guess.
I'd really like to talk to him.
He's a person of interest in a double homicide...
and armed robbery.
So, can I talk to him, please?
Sure.
Just you show me a badge, an I.D., And a warrant.
Oh, is that really necessary?
Tell the little lady to come back with a warrant.
Okay.
May I please speak to the person in charge?
Actually, sweetheart...
you already are.
Pardon me.
Sheriff, I'm special agent howard, fbi.
Fbi?
I was just up at that training seminar you guys put on up at quantico.
Well, why didn't you say you were fbi?
We usually like to maintain a low profile in these investigations.
Would you object if i spoke with wesley?
Of course not.
Thank you.
Why don't you check on your warrant? "
Just step aside, little lady, and let the men handle this"?
Do you want someone to talk to wesley reed, or do you want to strike a blow for women everywhere?
Go ahead.
Take a right.
Thank you.
So, you're wesley reed.
You know you are single-handedly responsible for ruining my christmas?
I was all set to spend the holidays quietly -- just my fianc�e and me in los angeles, but now I find myself here, in a jail cell with you.
I am not on my couch, wesley.
Dude, who are you?
I'm with the fbi.
Agent howard.
Fbi?
Well, what are you doing here? "
Member fdic."
That sound familiar?
You ever wonder what that means?
No. "
Federal deposit insurance corporation."
And that means, if somebody steals money from a bank, they're stealing it from the U.S.Government.
Then it automatically becomes my business.
So, let's talk about the armored-car robbery you were involved with.
I wasn't involved.
You drove the truck.
Yeah, I drove the truck, but I wasn't involved, involved.
So why are you here, wesley?
I came home to spend christmas with my -- with my grandma.
You were so anxious to see her, you walked out of a hospital in the middle of medical tests.
I was freaked out, man.
I've never been shot at before.
I just -- I wanted to get out of town.
How'd you get here so fast?
Plane.
There's no record of you on any airlines out of L.A.
Drove to vegas, flew from there.
That sounds like the actions of a man running away from something.
Sorry, agent howard, but the interview's oveR.
I'm gonna need a few more minutes.
Talk as long as you want to, sir, just not in here.
Wesley, someone bailed you out.
Hi, there, wesley.
Remember me?
What are you doing here?
I'm posting your bail.
Hope you enjoyed your freedom, 'cause you are under arrest.
Let's go.
$8,000 for bail?
I only had to put down 10%.
I know how bail works, brenda, but if wesley doesn't make it back for his hearing, you'll lose the rest.
And he has a history of running away.
Where are you taking me?
Somewhere where I can ask you a few questions.
I'm not talking to you.
I didn't do anything.
This is total bullshit.
Watch your language, young man.
And if you didn't do anything, why did you hightail it back across the country after the robbery?
I already told your fbi boy I don't know anything.
Now I want my phone call.
I-I want to talk to my brotheR.
As soon as you answer my questions.
I'm not answering nothing.
You got me?
Nothing, zip.
I want to talk to my brother!
Not till you answer my questions.
Forget it!
I got nothing to say!
Not a word!
Nothing!Nada!
For someone who has nothing to say, you sure do talk a lot.
Why don't you just settle down?
Why don't you just go back to working at hooters?
Hey, knock it off!
Sit back!
Put your arms up.
What are you doing?
Grab his legs, fritzi.
Hey, wesley.
This is my daddy's caR.
Bitch.
You do one more thing to irritate me and I'm gonna shoot you!
Brenda doesn't lie.
We were shopping at lenox square, and all of a sudden, I see this man, who I recognize as a fugitive from los angeles.
We've got pictures all over the precinct.
I wasn't in lenox square.
Mr.
Johnson, I will make sure that brenda gets this man out of your house first thing in the morning.
Yes, and I will pay for the window.
Daddy, I am so sorry about all of this.
There's no need to apologize, especially when you don't mean it!
I'm going to bed.
You two are gonnt siup, watch him.
Young man...
try not to murder me in my sleep.
Daddy, I really am sorry, but I had no choice.
I saw him, and I -- brenda, don't make things worse by telling stories.
Now, your mother and i canceled plans to go to st.Augustine, where we were gonna meet up with your brothers, your sisters-in-law, all your nieces and nephews.
You understand?
Because you said that you were gonna be home for christmas.
But i was coming home.
But not to see us.
No, you were coming home to find that boy, and then you were gonna take him back.
You are going back, right?
I was hoping this visit, you'd want to be here, and not looking to leave as soon as you unzipped your suitcase.
Oh, daddy, please don't be mad.
He's not mad, brenda leigh, just disappointed.
Maybe you'll find out yourself one day -- the child who comes home to visit the least is the one you want to see the most.
We just miss you is all.
Flynn.
Get on a plane to atlanta now.
What?A pla-- I haven't even fini-- - yes, you have.
I need you on the next flight to atlanta.
I need you to transport a witness back to los angeles 'cause I cannot leave my family.
Tonight?
I mean, how about tao or gabriel?
Lieutenant, what part of "get on a plane" are you struggling with?
Lieutenant tao is getting me my warrant.
Sergeant gabriel is making sure that little grady doesn't end up in foster care.
You and You and lieutenant provenza have the most experience with extraditions, and I purchased the tickets in your name.
But, chief, I -- I-I hurt my wrist.
Have lieutenant provenza carry the bags.
Get on that plane now.
Business-class tickets?
It's the only seats they had available.
Great I'll run it through lapd expenses.
Getting money back from a bureaucracy isn't easy, brenda.
Then I'll pay us back with our house-sale money.
We don't have that money yet.
Will you stop spending it like we do?
Listen, you and i will fly home with wesley.
You call flynn back.
No, if we leave now, my parents are gonna think that the only reason I came here was to arrest a fugitive.
That is the only reason.
It's not the only reason!
Look, flynn and provenza are on their way.
We're gonna stay here for the holiday -- you and me and mama and daddy -- and it's going to be nice!
Will you two please shut up?
I'm trying to sleep.
Oh, good.
You're awake.
That'll give us some time to chat.
You really gonna marry this woman?
It must be for the money.
I guess I could put up with all her crap if I could live in a nice house like this.
It's time for you to answer my questions.
You gonna let me talk to my brother?
I'm sorry.
That's not possible right now.
Oh, this is gonna be a long night.
You get the first shift!
Fine.
Move your feet.
He's in my chair!
Better late than neveR.
Come on.Get up.
Lieutenant provenza, lieutenant flynn, welcome to atlanta.
Thank you.
I could tell it was your house from a block away, willie ray.
And look at this -- looks like something out of a bing crosby christmas special.
Well, thank you, lieutenant.
Let me fix you boys something to eat.
No, mama, they're not hungry, and they're not staying.
They've got a taxi waiting outside.
No, no, no.
Where have you two been?
You were supposed to be here two hours ago.
We got bumped.
Well, I mean, we sort of volunteered.
How could we not?
They were offering free tickets to anyone who would take a later flight.
Free tickets with no blackout dates!
And he hasn't shut up about it since.
Is this our package?
Yes, it is.
Gentlemen, meet wesley reed.
He's got a foul mouth, a bad temper, and he likes to kick things.
You all have a nice flight.
Bye!
Keep your hands in your pockets.
I'll cuff you when we're on the plane.
I can't do this.
I can't fly.
I-I'm gonna freak out.
Yeah.
Well, you didn't freak out when you flew here from vegas.
I'm getting dizzy.
I can't get on that airplane.
Don't worry about it.
If you start to feel sick, just throw up all over flynn.
I'm not getting on that airplane.
Yeah, you are!
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
I have a bomb.
Yeah, I got a bomb.
I have a bomb!
Just stay calm!
Don't panic!
This gentleman is in custody, and he has no bomb!
I'm sergeant gabriel.
Are you...
I'm with children's services.
Right.
I'm here to pick up grady reed.
Grady.
Great, okay.
Uh, well, as soon as we are done with him, I will personally drive him down to the foster home.
Do you have an address?
Sergeant, that's not how it works.
He needs to come with us now.
She's right.
The kid's got to go.
But you did find a foster home with some protection, right?
Excuse me?
They have automatic weapons on hand and someone who's comfortable using them?
Grady -- well, he's got people looking for him.
Yeah, these, uh, these guys after grady -- they're bad news.
They killed two men a couple days ago with uzis.
And the family needs to make sure that they keep their weapons away from him.
He's responsible for breaking one of our lieutenant's arms.
Violent kid.
Oh, my god.
So, I mean, do you have a family that can handle all that without any liability issues?
Or I guess we could just hold him in protective custody until you do.
We expecting company, willie ray?
No.
Maybe it's carolers!
Come on.
Come on.
Brenda.
Brenda.
Come on!
I love carolers.
There are no rental cars available in the entire atlanta metropolitan region.
There are no vans available.
And even if there were flights available, we wouldn't be allowed on one because we've just been added to the federal terrorist no-fly list.
I'll be a son of A...
Daddy, I swear, this wasn't supposed to happen.
Doesn't matter if it was or wasn't supposed to happen.
It did happen.
Now what we got to do is get that criminal out of my house and out of my city.
We were gonna drive to florida for christmas, and so it's all ready.
Isn't it beautiful?
Oh, mama.
It's always been our dream to retire and travel this great country in an R.V.
I can't say that a fugitive criminal was part of that dream, but I suppose that now is as good a time as any to get started.
Oh, we can't take your R.V.
Well, why not?
She's gassed up and ready to go.
Besides that, it's comfortable.
I don't think I can drive anything this big.
Don't worry.
I'll drive.
The hell you will.
Only person allowed to drive my R.V.
Is...
willie ray.
Thank you, fritz.
Are you gonna do anything to help me?
I am helping.
I'm making sure we have the proper paperwork to take our fugitive across the country.
Lieutenant tao...
I need an update as to whether I have an arrest warrant for wesley reed so I don't face charges of kidnapping when I get home.
And please don't turn off your cellphone when I'm in a different time zone.
Thank you.
Happy holidays.
Okay.
I'm here to help.
Never mind.
Oh, mama, that's nice.
Sit down, please, at the table.
Don't even think about it.
These are for five days of jockey shorts, socks, deodorant, razors, toothbrushes.
Thank you.
And here's a receipt for these stylish clothes he picked out.
And you, listen, I'm not gonna handcuff you, okay?
'Cause this R.V.
'S gonna be traveling down the highway at about 60 miles an houR.
So if you jump out, you'll be doing us all a big favoR.
You got it?
Happy holidays to you, too, asshole.
Watch your language.
Water bottles.
In the fridge.
Check.
Vicky?
At the neighbor'S.
Perry como christmas cd.
Check.
Now, the key to long-distance travel is organization.
I've made a schedule that would allow us to get to L.A.In four days.
If we adhere strictly to it, we should be able to skip most of the rush-hour traffic in the metropolitan areas that we'll be traveling through.
Now, since this vehicle only sleeps five, we'll be stopping at several high-class R.V.Motels, where lieutenant provenza and lieutenant flynn will, uh, disembark for the night and get some shut-eye.
Lieutenant provenza, what is the matter with you?
I-it's all this garland stuff up here.
It makes my eyes wateR.
He's allergic to christmas.
What a surprise.
All right, hold it up and move it out!
Clay,I cannot drive safely if you keep distracting me this way.
Cheese and crackers,willie ray!
You know only one thing gets me in the holiday spirit.
Well,your perry como cds didn't just get up and walk away.
They've got to be here somewhere.
Why don't we all sing some carols?
Wouldn't that be fun?
O come,all ye faithful joyful and triumphant o come ye, o come ye to bethlehem come on,everybody!
Come and behold him born the king of angels there's not much traffic today.
We're making awfully good time.
you know what I keep thinking about?
That old guard that died.
What was his nam
This is ridiculous.
Our real-estate agent said it would help sell the hse -- give it a "home for the holidays" vibe.
We both know gary doesn't lie.
Gary.
He hadn't brought us an offer in three months.
Suddenly, he calls out of the blue and we're supposed to hop to because he has the buyer again.
Brenda, if you don't want to show the house, just say so.
********* I just don't want to waste the whole day decorating it for one couple.
Is it really so terrible to have the house feeling a little festive?
I do not like it when I'm ordered to be festive.
Just hand me the damn angel.
Thanks.
Brenda, be merry.
I am merry.
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry.
Merry christmas!
Brenda.
Welcome.
Come on in.
Baby.
Oh, no, please.
It's all right.
You a baseball fan?
Huge.
We collect vintage jerseys.
Is the neighborhood safe?
Well -- oh, uh, no, no.Very safe.
In fact, fritz and brenda were just getting ready to take a little stroll.
Right, fritz?
Right.Sorry.
Have fun.
See you lateR.
They're nice.
Go ahead.Have a look around.
Yeah.
It's charming, though, right?
Gary doesn't lie.
Or you could just blow all this out.
Yes, chief, I know exactly where that is.
Thank you.
Sorry.
There's been a robbery and a homicide -- well, two homicides.
Not near here -- far, far, far, far away.
Not too faR.
Thank y'all.Nice meeting you.
Hey, wait till you see the kitchen, huh?
You guys hungry?
Come on.
So, where is the third guy?
And why do they come he-- Damn.
Boss, here they come.
Who called 'em?
I got no clue.
I was five brats away from getting my grandson a photo with santa, so this better be good.
What happened to your hand?
Well, my 6-year-old -- it's a long story.
Deputy chief johnson, good to see you.
Chief pope.
I want everyone watching to see that we have this investigation under control, so if you'll both just please nod, like we all agree.
Excellent.
Now, commander taylor, was this robbery the work of the same crew that you've been tracking since last january?
Looks like the same M.O.
Walk up, ski masks, drive away.
But this firepower -- that's not their style.
Seems to have escalated.
Well, so have I.
Priority homicide is gonna take the lead on this case now.
Ross: We've been busting our asses on this investigation for 11 months.
Are you suggesting that 11 months of failure is an argument for your remaining on the case?
Chief, it would take a lot of time to bring priority homicide up to speed.
Chief pope, perhaps commander taylor and i could split the investigation.
I could cover the homicide.
Chief johnson, I appreciate the good intentions, but this investigation covers a lot of ground.
Now, I really want to be a team player here.
Then be one.
Chief...
commander...
sometimes, being a team player means sitting on the bench.
Progress.
Yes, siR.
Sorry, commandeR.
Don'T.Please.
Gentlemen, with me, please.
This scene is ours.
Hey, I don't think this is settled.
Uh, I'm afraid it is.
Talked to the bank manageR.
Cash cargo is extra high at the holidays.
They're still doing inventory, but the bank estimates that the suspects drove off with close to 150 grand.
Can we trace it?
No.
No dyes.
Now, don't ask me why, but for some reason, the policy is to use markers and dyes after a bank has been robbed.
Oh, for heaven's sake.
Okay.
Let's get pickup schedules -- dates, times, routes -- from tas armored cars.
Why this bank?
Why this route?
Anything on the weapons?
Lots of casings, probably semiautomatic pistols, something uzi-esque -- easier to conceal, powerful enough to penetrate a vest.
Might be gang-related.
They don't mind shooting people.
Poor bastard.
$10 an hour for this.
Provenza: No time to get his gloves off.
Even if he could get to his gun, he's got a six-shooter against guys with assault weapons.
We're not the only ones that are outgunned.
Okay, who wants to notify the families?
Thank you, lieutenant.
Lieutenant provenza, have tas provide us with their employee backgrounds.
Same goes for the bank.
See if anyone has a bumpy past or knew these guards personally.
These are usually inside jobs.
Taylor's men have anything to say?
Uh, mostly stuff I'd rather not repeat, except this crew they've been searching for used to be a three-person operation, but today there was only two.
Don't know what they did with the third guy.
Witnesses?
The wounded guard in the ambulance is wesley reed.
Three customers in the parking lot all pretty much say the same thing -- two men in boots, jeans, jackets, and ski masks approached the vehicle while the guards were unloading.
Everyone pretty much hit the deck when the shots were fired, and a couple people said our bad guys fled the scene in an old chevy astro van.
Okay.
Lieutenant tao, please compile a list of stolen cars, "a" to "z," in the last 12 months.
They must have had a drop-off car -- Wait, wait!....
Can I go home?
I really just want to go home.
They need to take you to the E.R., Make sure you're okay.
You got grazed by a bullet.
I don't have any health insurance.
Don't -- don't worry, wesley.
We'll take care of that.
But first, I need to know what you saw.
Anything might help.
Uh, arnie and hayes were unloading the truck, and out of nowhere, my windshield gets sprayed.
I heard yelling.
It was arnie telling me to stay inside, but I -- I got out and went for my gun.
Bullets were flying everywhere, so I dove under the truck for coveR.
And then, uh, I saw, uh...
well, I saw arnie...
oh, man.
Oh, man.
Okay, okay.
You just rest, okay?
We'll talk lateR.
What -- what about hayes?
The drop-off was early, according to the tas armored car supervisoR.
The truck arrived at the la brea branch 12 minutes ahead of schedule.
Late, maybe, but early, in holiday traffic?
So the truck was early, but they were still waiting for it anyway?
And the bank's a good choice because two right turns, and, boom, you're on the freeway.
I spoke with the gang task force, but there's nothing.
Any luck on our getaway van?
Uh, year to date, 12,248 vehicles have been stolen in L.A.
Of which 2,472 are vans, of which 961 are chevy vans.
Did you find the one we're looking for?
No, ma'am.
Well, we can't rule out the possibility that our victims may have been involved.
So we should check out all phone activity between the tas guards, all the phone lines at la brea, the personal phones and cellphones of the manager and -- chief, we get it -- dump the phones.
Right Chief, our dead guards seemed like good guys -- no priors.
Arnie leaves behind a family of five, grandkids.
Hayes was an only child, lived with his motheR.
He wanted to be a real cop, even applied to the academy.
And what about the driver, wesley reed?
Talked to his boss.
Wesley joined tas about eight months ago.
He was well-liked.
No family.
Company insists they don't hire anyone with a police record, and they require all applicants to take a polygraph.
And, uh, taylor's report says that this crew has been hitting all security companies, not just tas.
If they're hitting other security companies...
the last two jobs have been tas trucks, and they pulled in considerably more money on those jobs than the ones they did before.
Their information must be getting betteR.
Add today's robbery, and it just isn't a coincidence anymore.
It's a pattern.
They once were a three-man crew.
Now they're two.
You know what?
I'd like to chat with this wesley reed again.
Um, that might not be so simple.
Wesley was sent down to radiology to see if the bullet that grazed him hit a bone.
Never showed up.
Why not?
Where'd he go?
It's uncleaR.
Well, where does he live?
Any sign of anything?
Negative.
Commander taylor was supposed to post an officer at the hospital.
He says he did, and he says he was sorry.
Then he went on to explain how it wasn't his fault.
Master of the non-apology.
That's wesley's apartment.
Lieutenant flynn, did you see anyone enter from the rear of the building?
Nothing, no.
Let's make progress.
Police!
Freeze!
He's going out back!
He's going out back!He's going out back!
Stop!Wesley, son of a bitch.
Stop!
Don't move!
Get on the ground!
Get on the ground!
Get on the ground!
Hands behind your back!
Tell the chief we got him.
Let's go Get up******** Who the hell are you?
No I.D.Found on the boy, and so far, he's only opened his mouth to say that he's not talking.
And as for wesley, his picture's on every patrolman's dashboard, but there's no sign of him.
Okay, I do not want a word of this investigation in the papers, on tv, or in a blog.
We cannot let wesley reed know that we are looking for him.
Wherever he is, he must have turned off his cellphone and taken the battery out, 'cause we've been pinging it, and nothing.
Same with credit-card activity.
And it turns out wesley boy does have an arrest record.
Now, tas either missed it, or they just didn't care.
Doesn't amount to a lot, but, still, probation for marijuana possession and one drunk-and-disorderly a couple years back.
Any family?
No.
Does it list known associates?
Uh, no.
What about the getaway car, the astro van?
No.
What about the airports?
And that is not a yes-or-no question.
Lax, burbank, ontario, long beach -- none of them has sold a ticket to a wesley, wes, or W.Reed.
So unless he's got a good fake I.D.-- Or he took a bus or a train.
I was just getting ready to go down to union station.
Really?
When?
See you.
Thank you.
Lieutenant provenza, if you could continue checking through those phone records.
Lieutenant flynn, if you could check with the car-rental companies, and then you can get some help canvassing the bus stations.
The harder it is to find this wesley reed, the more convinced I am that he's worth looking foR.
Thank you.
You needed a full S.I.S.Operation for opie?
We were expecting someone a little more...
dangerous.
I'm hoping this boy will lead us to him.
If we had staked the place out a while longer, maybe wesley might have come back.
By "a while longer," you mean another 11 months?
Why do you think this kid's involved?
Because...
he ran.
Okay.
I told you that I'd sell your house, right?
Well, gary doesn't -- gary, please.
Okay.
Despite your best attempts to undermine my salesmanship, I have managed to persuade brett and geoffrey to make you an offeR.
Can we talk about this later?
Very short conversation.
I tell you the offer, you say "yes."
$20,000 over the asking price.
Short escrow.
The only catch is, they want you to include the baseball pyramid.
Fritz's baseball thingy?
I can't ask you to part with that.
For $20,000 over asking, I would part with you.
Look, I cannot make a decision right now.
I have an interview.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
You've been trying to get an offer like this for three months.
Just think what you can do with 20,000 extra dollars.
Just wait in my office, please.
Wait....
Gary, gary, gary.
She's trying to kill me.
Hey, good job just standing there.
You all right in here?
You want something to eat?
No, ma'am.
I'm all right.
Well, well, well.
If I hadn't seen you running down the streets of los angeles with my own eyes, I'd swear you were a georgia boy.
I'm brenda.
I miss hearing that accent.
Say something southern.
Well, uh, what do you want me to say?
Oh, I don't know.
Something about kudzu or peachtree.
when in rome, do as you done in milledgeville.
I don't know that one, but I like it.
That's, uh, it's flannery o'connoR.
The writer?
Well, not the nascar driveR.
Oh, that's funny, richard.
Uh, it's -- it's "grady."
Right.
Sorry.
You remind me of my brother richard. "
Grady."
At least we know his first name is grady.
It's not as if I don't know who flannery o'connor is.
I'm just not that familiar with her work.
Well, that's a shame.
She's awesome.
You study her in high school?
I went to roswell.
Oh, I went to chamblee. "
Went"?
I graduated last yeaR.
Buzz, find out where that high school is and if he attended.
Yes, siR.
What -- at 14?
15 -- I'm almost 16 now.
Uh, do you spell "chamblee" with an "s-h" or a "c-h"?
Who knows?
It's georgia.
You still got that great accent.
Wes' accent isn't as strong as yours.
No, he, uh, he moved out here just after our mom died, took some acting classes.
He's -- he's gonna be in some commercials, maybe.
I stayed back home in georgia with my grandma.
You know, it's funny.
I don't even notice my accent, but people in los angeles think I sound like a hick.
I hear you.
Then I flash 'em my badge, and they kind of change their tune.
I'm a deputy chief, grady, and I hope to goodness you haven't done anything wrong.
I need to ask you some questions.
We found this in your apartment.
What?
Where?
In your bedroom.
Is that why you ran, grady?
No, no.That's not my bedroom.
I sleep on the pullout.
So what's wesley doing with all that cash?
Did your brother do something bad?
No.
No, no, no.
That's probably the money he's saving up for me to go to college.
Do you know two of wesley's co-workers were shot and killed yesterday?
He didn't kill anybody.
The sooner we talk, the sooner we can ensure his safety, which is what I'm trying to do.
Do you know where he is?
I don't know where he went.
But he did go somewhere?
I mean, I guess.
I don't know.
So he just abandoned you?
No.
Wes wouldn'T.
He was -- he was scared, okay?
Somebody -- somebody shot at him, and he was -- he was scared and called the house and said that he wasn't safe.
That he had to go away until everything calmed down.
So even if we had waited outside your apartment for another week, we would not have encountered your brother?
No, ma'am.
Did we sley have any friends or people he hung out with who might know where he went?
Um, I'm not supposed to talk about them.
Why not?
Well, wes said -- he said that they were fine for him 'cause he knew how to handle them, but he -- he said I should stay cleaR.
I'm not supposed to talk about them.
Wesley wouldn't have warned you about them unless he thought they were dangerous.
There are two separate families who are planning funerals right now because of what they did.
We need to find them before they hurt anyone else, before they hurt you.
These men shot at your brother, and they almost killed him.
Please, grady, please, tell me their names.
Thumps -- thumps and R.J.
That sounds like nicknames.
That's what wes called them.
Do you know their last names?
Do you know where they live?
Did you ever see them?
Maybe.
Uh, this one time...
my brother was talking to two people out front.
There was an argument, and the one, R.J.
Wesley took his job, and he was pretty mad about it.
So do you think that thumps and R.J.
Are the reason that wesley left town?
Was he afraid of them?
I-I don't know.
I guess.
Why didn't you go with him?
Why did wesley leave you alone in the apartment if wesley didn't think it was safe?
I wanted to go with him.
I couldn't afford a ticket back.
Ticket back where, grady?
Did wesley go home to atlanta?
It's okay.
You didn't tell me.
I guessed.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Ticktock, brenda.
I mean, the offer's only good for 24 hours.
Gary, shush!
Look, fritzi, aren't you just a little bit worried about selling our home before we find a new one?
Brenda, I haven't really had a home for over a year, so, no, I am not worried.
Not to mention the fact that we can't afford a new house till we get the money from this one.
I know a mortgage broker -- - gary, shh!
You really want to do this?
I really do.
Okay.
I'll make you a deal.
I promise to sign that offer right now if you promise that you'll go with me to atlanta.
Well, sure.
When?
Tonight.
You promised.
Hello, vicky!
Did you miss me?
Come here, girl.
Yeah, that's it.
Uh, did you say "vicky"?
Vicky?
Vicky -- that's her name.
Welcome to our home.
It's even lovelier than brenda described.
Well, I'm surprised she remembers what it looks like.
Been so long since she paid us a visit.
Well, it can be tough for brenda to pull away from work.
Look, I know he belongs with children's services, but the moment we let little grady out of our sight, the first thing he's going to do is tell his brother, wesley, that we're looking for him.
I hope we didn't cancel our plans to spend our holiday in florida just so we can listen to our daughter talk on her cellphone the whole week.
We're just happy to have our daughter and our future son-in-law here for a holiday.
I can't wait to show you off.
Okey Well, thank you, willie ray.
Uh, hang on for just one second, sergeant.
Um, fritzi, why don't you take our bags upstairs?
And then mama can give you the touR.
I'm just, uh... "
fritzi"? "
Vicky"?
Just do whatever you can to keep in control of that boy.
Right.
Uh, speaking of control, there seems to be some question as to who exactly is in charge, with you being out of town.
Tell commander taylor and that sawed-off runt detective ross to just take a pill and stop blaming us for what happened!
We're only doing what chief pope told us to do.
And as long as I have a cellphone, I'm in charge.
Chief!
Chief!
I should mention that you're on speakerphone, and, uh, you know, commander taylor and detective r-- uh, ross, are honoring us with a visit.
Happy holidays, gentlemen.
Give my best to your family, chief.
Thank you.
And if you really want to hold onto this kid grady, we can keep him busy.
We can put him in a room with some mug shots.
Maybe he can I.D.
This thumps and R.J.
That is an excellent idea, commander, but how long do you really think that's gonna keep children's services out of our hair?
Long enough for us to come up with another plan to stall them.
Uh, good.
Thank you.
And, uh, sergeant gabriel, I'm gonna need wesley reed's grandmother's address, please.
Actually, chief, he's not there.
He's not?
How do you know?
Um, because he's in jail.
Apparently he had an outstanding bench warrant back home for a failure to appear on a drunk-and-disorderly charge, and his grandmother turned him in to the police the moment he got home.
Well, I don't think I've seen a home quite so...
festive, mrs.
Johnson.
Thank you, fritz.
I always try to make a little extra effort for the holidays.
Fritzi, we need to go shopping.
Right now?
Yes.
Well, if we're going to the mall, I have to change.
What's the matter with what you have on?
Well, this was for going to the airport.
Oh, no, mama, you're not coming with us.
We're going shopping for you.
They don't have stores in los angeles?
Why are you wasting our time together at the mall?
Daddy, it was all so last-minute, we thought we'd do our shopping here.
Come on, fritzi.
Oh, um, daddy, can I borrow your car?
Hold on.
Hold on.
You don't even have a warrant?
Not in hand.
Lieutenant tao is working that out for me right now.
Shouldn't you wait until you have it?
Technically, these guys don't have to give you access to wesley reed without one.
I know that, but I'm from here, and I know the local sheriffs departments aren't as hung up on technicalities as the federal bureaucrats you're used to dealing with.
They tend to respond to common sense and common courtesy.
And if I were you, I'd keep quiet.
They hear that yankee accent, they might just throw us out.
Hello.
I'm deputy chief brenda leigh johnson of the los angeles police department.
Well, thank god.
Fellas, everything's gonna be okay.
The lapd is here.
I'm sheriff barney fife.
That's cute.
Anyway, um, sheriff, uh, pritchard, is it?
I'm so sorry to bother you, especially during the holiday season.
Oh, I almost forgot.
Merry christmas.
It's my mama's peanut brittle.
So, you have a gentleman in your lockup by the name of wesley reed.
Are you asking or telling?
Telling, I guess.
I'd really like to talk to him.
He's a person of interest in a double homicide...
and armed robbery.
So, can I talk to him, please?
Sure.
Just you show me a badge, an I.D., And a warrant.
Oh, is that really necessary?
Tell the little lady to come back with a warrant.
Okay.
May I please speak to the person in charge?
Actually, sweetheart...
you already are.
Pardon me.
Sheriff, I'm special agent howard, fbi.
Fbi?
I was just up at that training seminar you guys put on up at quantico.
Well, why didn't you say you were fbi?
We usually like to maintain a low profile in these investigations.
Would you object if i spoke with wesley?
Of course not.
Thank you.
Why don't you check on your warrant? "
Just step aside, little lady, and let the men handle this"?
Do you want someone to talk to wesley reed, or do you want to strike a blow for women everywhere?
Go ahead.
Take a right.
Thank you.
So, you're wesley reed.
You know you are single-handedly responsible for ruining my christmas?
I was all set to spend the holidays quietly -- just my fianc�e and me in los angeles, but now I find myself here, in a jail cell with you.
I am not on my couch, wesley.
Dude, who are you?
I'm with the fbi.
Agent howard.
Fbi?
Well, what are you doing here? "
Member fdic."
That sound familiar?
You ever wonder what that means?
No. "
Federal deposit insurance corporation."
And that means, if somebody steals money from a bank, they're stealing it from the U.S.Government.
Then it automatically becomes my business.
So, let's talk about the armored-car robbery you were involved with.
I wasn't involved.
You drove the truck.
Yeah, I drove the truck, but I wasn't involved, involved.
So why are you here, wesley?
I came home to spend christmas with my -- with my grandma.
You were so anxious to see her, you walked out of a hospital in the middle of medical tests.
I was freaked out, man.
I've never been shot at before.
I just -- I wanted to get out of town.
How'd you get here so fast?
Plane.
There's no record of you on any airlines out of L.A.
Drove to vegas, flew from there.
That sounds like the actions of a man running away from something.
Sorry, agent howard, but the interview's oveR.
I'm gonna need a few more minutes.
Talk as long as you want to, sir, just not in here.
Wesley, someone bailed you out.
Hi, there, wesley.
Remember me?
What are you doing here?
I'm posting your bail.
Hope you enjoyed your freedom, 'cause you are under arrest.
Let's go.
$8,000 for bail?
I only had to put down 10%.
I know how bail works, brenda, but if wesley doesn't make it back for his hearing, you'll lose the rest.
And he has a history of running away.
Where are you taking me?
Somewhere where I can ask you a few questions.
I'm not talking to you.
I didn't do anything.
This is total bullshit.
Watch your language, young man.
And if you didn't do anything, why did you hightail it back across the country after the robbery?
I already told your fbi boy I don't know anything.
Now I want my phone call.
I-I want to talk to my brotheR.
As soon as you answer my questions.
I'm not answering nothing.
You got me?
Nothing, zip.
I want to talk to my brother!
Not till you answer my questions.
Forget it!
I got nothing to say!
Not a word!
Nothing!Nada!
For someone who has nothing to say, you sure do talk a lot.
Why don't you just settle down?
Why don't you just go back to working at hooters?
Hey, knock it off!
Sit back!
Put your arms up.
What are you doing?
Grab his legs, fritzi.
Hey, wesley.
This is my daddy's caR.
Bitch.
You do one more thing to irritate me and I'm gonna shoot you!
Brenda doesn't lie.
We were shopping at lenox square, and all of a sudden, I see this man, who I recognize as a fugitive from los angeles.
We've got pictures all over the precinct.
I wasn't in lenox square.
Mr.
Johnson, I will make sure that brenda gets this man out of your house first thing in the morning.
Yes, and I will pay for the window.
Daddy, I am so sorry about all of this.
There's no need to apologize, especially when you don't mean it!
I'm going to bed.
You two are gonnt siup, watch him.
Young man...
try not to murder me in my sleep.
Daddy, I really am sorry, but I had no choice.
I saw him, and I -- brenda, don't make things worse by telling stories.
Now, your mother and i canceled plans to go to st.Augustine, where we were gonna meet up with your brothers, your sisters-in-law, all your nieces and nephews.
You understand?
Because you said that you were gonna be home for christmas.
But i was coming home.
But not to see us.
No, you were coming home to find that boy, and then you were gonna take him back.
You are going back, right?
I was hoping this visit, you'd want to be here, and not looking to leave as soon as you unzipped your suitcase.
Oh, daddy, please don't be mad.
He's not mad, brenda leigh, just disappointed.
Maybe you'll find out yourself one day -- the child who comes home to visit the least is the one you want to see the most.
We just miss you is all.
Flynn.
Get on a plane to atlanta now.
What?A pla-- I haven't even fini-- - yes, you have.
I need you on the next flight to atlanta.
I need you to transport a witness back to los angeles 'cause I cannot leave my family.
Tonight?
I mean, how about tao or gabriel?
Lieutenant, what part of "get on a plane" are you struggling with?
Lieutenant tao is getting me my warrant.
Sergeant gabriel is making sure that little grady doesn't end up in foster care.
You and You and lieutenant provenza have the most experience with extraditions, and I purchased the tickets in your name.
But, chief, I -- I-I hurt my wrist.
Have lieutenant provenza carry the bags.
Get on that plane now.
Business-class tickets?
It's the only seats they had available.
Great I'll run it through lapd expenses.
Getting money back from a bureaucracy isn't easy, brenda.
Then I'll pay us back with our house-sale money.
We don't have that money yet.
Will you stop spending it like we do?
Listen, you and i will fly home with wesley.
You call flynn back.
No, if we leave now, my parents are gonna think that the only reason I came here was to arrest a fugitive.
That is the only reason.
It's not the only reason!
Look, flynn and provenza are on their way.
We're gonna stay here for the holiday -- you and me and mama and daddy -- and it's going to be nice!
Will you two please shut up?
I'm trying to sleep.
Oh, good.
You're awake.
That'll give us some time to chat.
You really gonna marry this woman?
It must be for the money.
I guess I could put up with all her crap if I could live in a nice house like this.
It's time for you to answer my questions.
You gonna let me talk to my brother?
I'm sorry.
That's not possible right now.
Oh, this is gonna be a long night.
You get the first shift!
Fine.
Move your feet.
He's in my chair!
Better late than neveR.
Come on.Get up.
Lieutenant provenza, lieutenant flynn, welcome to atlanta.
Thank you.
I could tell it was your house from a block away, willie ray.
And look at this -- looks like something out of a bing crosby christmas special.
Well, thank you, lieutenant.
Let me fix you boys something to eat.
No, mama, they're not hungry, and they're not staying.
They've got a taxi waiting outside.
No, no, no.
Where have you two been?
You were supposed to be here two hours ago.
We got bumped.
Well, I mean, we sort of volunteered.
How could we not?
They were offering free tickets to anyone who would take a later flight.
Free tickets with no blackout dates!
And he hasn't shut up about it since.
Is this our package?
Yes, it is.
Gentlemen, meet wesley reed.
He's got a foul mouth, a bad temper, and he likes to kick things.
You all have a nice flight.
Bye!
Keep your hands in your pockets.
I'll cuff you when we're on the plane.
I can't do this.
I can't fly.
I-I'm gonna freak out.
Yeah.
Well, you didn't freak out when you flew here from vegas.
I'm getting dizzy.
I can't get on that airplane.
Don't worry about it.
If you start to feel sick, just throw up all over flynn.
I'm not getting on that airplane.
Yeah, you are!
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
I have a bomb.
Yeah, I got a bomb.
I have a bomb!
Just stay calm!
Don't panic!
This gentleman is in custody, and he has no bomb!
I'm sergeant gabriel.
Are you...
I'm with children's services.
Right.
I'm here to pick up grady reed.
Grady.
Great, okay.
Uh, well, as soon as we are done with him, I will personally drive him down to the foster home.
Do you have an address?
Sergeant, that's not how it works.
He needs to come with us now.
She's right.
The kid's got to go.
But you did find a foster home with some protection, right?
Excuse me?
They have automatic weapons on hand and someone who's comfortable using them?
Grady -- well, he's got people looking for him.
Yeah, these, uh, these guys after grady -- they're bad news.
They killed two men a couple days ago with uzis.
And the family needs to make sure that they keep their weapons away from him.
He's responsible for breaking one of our lieutenant's arms.
Violent kid.
Oh, my god.
So, I mean, do you have a family that can handle all that without any liability issues?
Or I guess we could just hold him in protective custody until you do.
We expecting company, willie ray?
No.
Maybe it's carolers!
Come on.
Come on.
Brenda.
Brenda.
Come on!
I love carolers.
There are no rental cars available in the entire atlanta metropolitan region.
There are no vans available.
And even if there were flights available, we wouldn't be allowed on one because we've just been added to the federal terrorist no-fly list.
I'll be a son of A...
Daddy, I swear, this wasn't supposed to happen.
Doesn't matter if it was or wasn't supposed to happen.
It did happen.
Now what we got to do is get that criminal out of my house and out of my city.
We were gonna drive to florida for christmas, and so it's all ready.
Isn't it beautiful?
Oh, mama.
It's always been our dream to retire and travel this great country in an R.V.
I can't say that a fugitive criminal was part of that dream, but I suppose that now is as good a time as any to get started.
Oh, we can't take your R.V.
Well, why not?
She's gassed up and ready to go.
Besides that, it's comfortable.
I don't think I can drive anything this big.
Don't worry.
I'll drive.
The hell you will.
Only person allowed to drive my R.V.
Is...
willie ray.
Thank you, fritz.
Are you gonna do anything to help me?
I am helping.
I'm making sure we have the proper paperwork to take our fugitive across the country.
Lieutenant tao...
I need an update as to whether I have an arrest warrant for wesley reed so I don't face charges of kidnapping when I get home.
And please don't turn off your cellphone when I'm in a different time zone.
Thank you.
Happy holidays.
Okay.
I'm here to help.
Never mind.
Oh, mama, that's nice.
Sit down, please, at the table.
Don't even think about it.
These are for five days of jockey shorts, socks, deodorant, razors, toothbrushes.
Thank you.
And here's a receipt for these stylish clothes he picked out.
And you, listen, I'm not gonna handcuff you, okay?
'Cause this R.V.
'S gonna be traveling down the highway at about 60 miles an houR.
So if you jump out, you'll be doing us all a big favoR.
You got it?
Happy holidays to you, too, asshole.
Watch your language.
Water bottles.
In the fridge.
Check.
Vicky?
At the neighbor'S.
Perry como christmas cd.
Check.
Now, the key to long-distance travel is organization.
I've made a schedule that would allow us to get to L.A.In four days.
If we adhere strictly to it, we should be able to skip most of the rush-hour traffic in the metropolitan areas that we'll be traveling through.
Now, since this vehicle only sleeps five, we'll be stopping at several high-class R.V.Motels, where lieutenant provenza and lieutenant flynn will, uh, disembark for the night and get some shut-eye.
Lieutenant provenza, what is the matter with you?
I-it's all this garland stuff up here.
It makes my eyes wateR.
He's allergic to christmas.
What a surprise.
All right, hold it up and move it out!
Clay,I cannot drive safely if you keep distracting me this way.
Cheese and crackers,willie ray!
You know only one thing gets me in the holiday spirit.
Well,your perry como cds didn't just get up and walk away.
They've got to be here somewhere.
Why don't we all sing some carols?
Wouldn't that be fun?
O come,all ye faithful joyful and triumphant o come ye, o come ye to bethlehem come on,everybody!
Come and behold him born the king of angels there's not much traffic today.
We're making awfully good time.
you know what I keep thinking about?
That old guard that died.
What was his nam