Deputy

Previously on Deputy...

Oh, you have gotten so big!

It's been too long since I've seen these two.

Grandma said we're gonna see her all the time now.

Is that okay?

I wondered how a national security analyst

might end up driving the sheriff of LA County,

so I called your supervisor.

I know what went down.

Sorry, doc.

We had to take matters into our own hands.

If anything goes wrong,

I will kill you.

District Attorney Riley,

I've handed you the guaranteed conviction of a corrupt cop.

How are you not running with this?

Today I announce my candidacy

for sheriff of Los Angeles County.

Looks like things have been

going well with the children.

Roberto's grades are up.

That's excellent.

Yeah, we've made a lot of progress

the last few months.

- Feels like... - Feels like a family.

Straight up.

I am obligated to inform you

that Roberto and Camilla's maternal grandmother

has filed for custody of the grandchildren.

Oh, my God.

I knew it.

She called in this past...

So she just shows up.

Barely knows the kids.

- Cade. - No, no, no.

We've been caring for these kids

like they're our own for months.

They are our own.

This is why we go over concurrent planning.

Something like this is always a possibility.

That woman didn't even go to their father's funeral,

Okay? She's just gonna swoop in and take them from us?

What's the angle here?

She doin' it for the money?

Carmen is doing all the required work.

She's making the efforts.

Effort?

Did you even do a background check?

'Cause if she's hanging outwith the same scumbags he was...

Okay, listen, obviously, you can recognize

that our-our main concern

is for the well-being of Camilla and Roberto.

We've provided a safe, stable home for them.

The first they've ever had.

We can't let this happen.

I'm not gonna.

Nothing has been decided yet.

But biological relatives are preferred.

You told us that.

All I can say is trust the process.

Oh, I know the process.

I have my own.

What are our options? Honestly?

You're a lawyer.

Present the best case you can.

I'm supposed to be the one

with a thousand-yard stare, young man.

What's that?

Stop thinking so hard.

It doesn't suit you.

Ah, thank you so much. I appreciate it.

What the hell is that?

It's a Monte Cristo sandwich.

What do you mean, what the hell is that?

At least I eat. What's your excuse?

I'm not hungry.

If you ask me, it's your conscience.

Maybe.

This race...

You got a 10th floor suck up, acting like he knows best.

Old Jerry.

And let's not forget

the ambulance chaser.

She probably wants to sue our own people.

And there you are, not eatin'.

Why don't you just say it?

Say it.

I want the job, all right?

I want it.

You're damn right you do.

So what's the problem?

Paula. Maggie.

Even Joseph could get hurt if I...

Let me tell you something, son.

You're gonna piss folks offno matter what.

That's just life.

Might as well be for somethin' worth a damn.

They see the good that you do. Trust me.

Thank you.

Late night?

What makes you say that?

You looked a little roughthis morning.

You and your boys turn up for Matthew's birthday?

- How was it? - I didn't go.

Then what...

Let me guess. Carter and coalition.

They get a bad wrap but they're good dudes.

Trust me, Carter and his boys

are not the crew you wanna roll with.

Can't believe you faked on your boys like that.

Look, things are different now.

I-I tried to fit in with them,

I just...

Can we drop it, please?

- He just ran that stop sign. - Light him up.

- Watch now. - I see him.

He put something in the back seat.

Good.

You take the lead on this one.

Evals are coming up. You can't be a trainee forever.

Eyes up.

Can I help you with something, officer?

You blew through a stop sign back there.

Can I see your license and registration, please?

This your company?

It's not mine. I just work for them.

Good benefits though. You know what I mean?

Deputy Minnick, I need youover here, please.

I'll run it.

Why'd you put that bag in the back seat?

What do you mean?

When I pulled you over, you put that bag in the back seat.

Why?

I thought it would be safer.

How's that?

Didn't want you to think there was something

in the front seat to worry about, you know?

What would I be worried about?

Something bad.

- Nothing? - Record's clean.

Get out of the car for me.

What's wrong? We were being friendly.

Out. Now.

It's no problem, all right? Okay, hey, guys.

Just-just tell me what I did wrong.

Your ID is fake.

So, driving with no license, for starters.

No way. I just got that, okay?

I waited in line and everything.

You're under arrest.

It's not mine.

Suppose this isn't either.

Well, maybe it belongs to you.

Put his ass in the back of the car.

- I'll call it in. - All right.

Sheriff, do you know

what this election is about?

I've got a strong suspicion that you'd like to tell me.

It's about space.

And time.

You been practicing this, huh?

There's no more space for men like you.

No untamed land.

Not in this city.

Not even in this county.

And certainly not in this election.

I guess you've never been to Lancaster.

The world has moved on.

People don't want a gunslinger in this office.

They want an advocate.

A winner.

And you know what? They deserve one.

It is my time.

Well, then, stop wasting it,

and have your monkeys come up

with a better sales pitch.

I'm opening an investigation into your office's handling

of the Johnson case.

Ah.

Get out.

I got a court order.

And I'm gonna be deposing key witnesses.

I won't say it twice.

It was your choice to call the Times, Bill.

Live with it.

What is all this?

The nurses wanted to thank you for saving our jobs.

It means a lot.

So we wanted to show you, you mean a lot. To us.

Thank you, everyone.

I'm sorry it got down to the wire.

I'm sure I wasn't the only one losing sleep

over the financial dilemma facing the hospital.

But knowing I was gonna see your beautiful faces made it

a lot easier to get up this morning.

All right, let's show the administration

how valuable we are

so that we never have to do this again.

Pop the gate.

Give me your fingers.