Quotes
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Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson : Any update?
Robert Hicks : The companies have confirmed the employees that were taken hostage.
Jessica Cortez : All hourly workers; janitor, IT, retail.
Dominique Luca : So, what, they kidnap Jane Lunch Lady and force companies to choose between profits and blue-collar victims?
Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson : Yeah, it looks like it.
David 'Deacon' Kay : What better way to highlight class inequality?
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Robert Hicks : In their written instructions, the Emancipators want $540 million wired to an anonymous Bitcoin account to be distributed to various charities. They're keeping $17 million as a service fee.
Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson : [sarcastic] Oh, how charitable.
Jessica Cortez : Three months ago, they were modeling themselves after the SLA, but this is something different.
Dominique Luca : So the intel my grandfather gathered fighting the SLA 45 years ago...
Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson : Yeah, I'm afraid that's not gonna help us this round, Luca.
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Robert Hicks : RHD is spread thin; other departments are stepping in. Patrol is rounding up hostages' families, bringing some to SWAT for protection. Ask them if they've seen anything or anyone suspicious in the past few weeks.
Jessica Cortez : Meanwhile, Digital Forensics is studying the video for any clues to their hideout.
Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson : No, it didn't work last time.
David 'Deacon' Kay : What about the companies? Have you heard from them?
Robert Hicks : Mayor Barrett's meeting with the five CEOs at Caldow Pharmaceutical corporate headquarters. I've heading over now to advise. Cortez has command.
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Mayor Barrett : Robert, why is it every time I see you, it's the worst day of my career?
Robert Hicks : [amused laugh] Well, correlation, not causation, I can assure you that, Mayor Barrett. What's the temperature in there?
Mayor Barrett : Sucks.
Robert Hicks : My kind of party.
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Mayor Barrett : This is Commander Hicks from LAPD Metro SWAT. Now, if we could just move into the boardroom...
Dewitt : Jeremy DeWitt. You find these Emancipators yet?
Robert Hicks : Well, we're currently following up on a number of leads.
Dewitt : Great. That's a no.
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Robert Hicks : Look, I-I can appreciate that this is a tough time for you and your companies, but right now, the best course of action is to hold off, let the elite officers of SWAT do their jobs.
Dewitt : You want us to bend over for these terrorists?
Robert Hicks : Well, just lay low. You know, no statements, no tweets, nothing. If we find your employees before the deadline, then... you won't have to make a decision on the ransoms at all.
Leone : And if you don't find them before the deadline?
Robert Hicks : Well, I have faith in my officers. Let's see what they can do before you panic.
Dewitt : Well, with all due respect, Commander, my very well-paid kidnap-and-ransom specialist is telling me that I need to issue a statement ASAP.
Robert Hicks : Well, with all due respect, Mr. Dewitt, neither you nor your specialist have ever dealt with this group before. We have.
Dewitt : And they got away the first time.
Robert Hicks : Well, with no loss of innocent lives.
Dewitt : No. I never trusted the public sector. I'm not about to start now.
Robert Hicks : Well, what do you think you're gonna do?
Dewitt : Well, I'm gonna make some hard calls, because that's what my shareholders pay me to do.
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Cinque : I hope you appreciated the first act. But don't worry, though. The show's not over. To those of you, like Mr. DeWitt, who think this is a game, I assure you, the stakes are very, very real. Your time just got cut in half. You all now have four hours to pay your debt to society, or your employees die.
Robert Hicks : Well, after they saw what happened to DeWitt's building, the other CEOs agreed to hold off on issuing any statements. Meanwhile, the hospital cleared Yonas Mekonnen for an interview. You two see if he can tell us anything that will help.
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Robert Hicks : Everything all right?
David 'Deacon' Kay : What, you mean other than barely surviving an explosion?
Robert Hicks : I mean at home. I saw another approval form for a moonlighting gig on my desk.
David 'Deacon' Kay : Oh, yeah, that was before all this had happened. I doubt I'll make it tonight, so you can... you can ignore it.
Robert Hicks : Oh. That would've been the fourth one this week, right?
David 'Deacon' Kay : Yeah. I'm just trying to bank some extra cash before the baby comes.
Robert Hicks : Deac, come on. There's "I'm about to have a kid" moonlighting, and then there's "I'm about to lose the house" moonlighting. Which is it?
David 'Deacon' Kay : Somewhere in the middle. It started with the baby. Then some pipes burst. Then a couple investments came up short, and, uh, one just happened after the other.
Robert Hicks : Been there.
David 'Deacon' Kay : Usually I make it up with overtime, but with these budget cuts...
Robert Hicks : Damn. I didn't realize it was that bad. Look, um, if you and Annie need some help...
David 'Deacon' Kay : I appreciate it. I'm handling it.
Robert Hicks : All right. But the offer still stands. Some advice?
David 'Deacon' Kay : Sure.
Robert Hicks : I know you're spread thin, but the one thing you won't regret later is spending time with your wife and kids. Do it while you still can.
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Dominique Luca : Deacon and Chris might have found a way to nail down the hostages' location.
Jim Street : Yeah, the red dots are construction sites that pulled permits for a hydraulic pile driver today. Yonas Mekonnen could hear one operating from where he was being held.
Dominique Luca : Hostages must be near one of these sites.
Robert Hicks : So let's narrow it down.
Victor Tan : Yonas said the drive to the DeWitt headquarters building was about twenty minutes. Only two of the construction sites are close enough to fit the timeline. We're searching property records for anything that stands out.
Dominique Luca : I think I found something. There's an old factory 500 feet from one of the construction sites.
Victor Tan : Place was purchased recently for 800 grand. All cash.
Robert Hicks : Well, considering they cleared $5 million a few months back, that'd be cheap.
Jim Street : That's gotta be where they are.
Robert Hicks : I'll have Cortez pull whatever intel she can find and start a warrant. Just get there.
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Robert Hicks : The Emancipators have targeted you. We need to get you all to safety. Where's your protection detail?
Mayor Barrett : Preparing the lobby for the press conference. Robert, there's no way anyone can get in here.
Leone : Look, if this is some way to delay the statement...
Robert Hicks : [spotting something outside] Get down!
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Robert Hicks : How you doing, Mrs. Mayor?
Mayor Barrett : Been better. Once again, I find myself in SWAT's debt. If there is anything I can do, please just ask.
Robert Hicks : Well, you can convince the comission to stop cutting SWAT's budget. I need my teams focused on saving lives, not on barely just making ends meet.
Mayor Barrett : I'll see what I can do.
