APB

- Previously on APB... - _

- Been a while. - Danny...

I go by DV8 now.

I need some help.

- What are you gonna do for me? - I'll owe you a favor.

You just have to dial a phone number.

It turns out that that was a lot more than just a favor.

That call I made?

It was to a cell phone attached to a bomb.

This is for you. I call it a crowbar.

Just plug it into the district servers,

it'll pry open an encrypted backdoor.

- I'm not doing that. - Yes, you are.

Somebody's got bad blood with Danny Reghabi.

Do you want to help me out, get him off my back?

Danny's an unstable young man.

Come on, all I need is a little information.

Have you heard of a hacker collective

by the name of CommandALT?

Danny's set up shop with them.

Get something they don't want shared with the world.

Be careful.

- (static crackles) - What the hell was that?

Cut the power! Shut down!

Evidence of money laundering and tax evasion.

Why don't I just kill you?

This information is randomly set to auto-send.

- This isn't over. - It better be.

Otherwise you'll be writing your manifesto on a cell block wall.

Seven years ago, when you hacked my company,

I knew you had a past.

- I'll see you on Monday. - Okay.

Hello, everyone.

Glad you all could make it.

I'd make introductions,

but I think probably best we keep this a no-names type thing.

Now, then, if everybody's ready, we've got a lot of work to do.

Yeah.

Before we get down to business, we got to talk terms.

Terms?

Yeah.

Word is, this isn't just any job.

From what I hear, we're going up against the cops.

So I'm thinking it's time to renegotiate.

Yeah.

I heard the same thing.

Way I see it, that's worth at least double.

We had an agreement.

Hey! Hey...

Anyone else feel like haggling?

Okay, then.

Let's get started.

Okay. - Here you go.

I just think that you need to see this now.

Ada, I think people are a little unclear

on how this is supposed to work.

So, at Reeves Aerospace, is there sometimes an issue with,

say, a rivet in one of the planes? Yes.

But dealing with the individual rivets? That's not my job.

I design the systems, right?

I'm fully aware of this, Gideon.

Well, you say that, yeah, but you drag me up from the workshop

to examine an APB call, aka a rivet.

All right, but it's not just an APB call.

You're the target.

She's right, Gideon.

This came in ten minutes ago.

An online video was posted,

and we've been getting calls from all over the city.

Play it for him.

Weaponized drones.

Warrantless surveillance.

Militarized cops.

This is not some distant future you are looking at.

It is reality on the streets of Chicago.

An unelected fascist technocrat, accountable to no one,

has trampled rights and declared war on this city.

His name is Gideon Reeves.

He's a guy with a lot of secrets.

And today those secrets come out.

Are you ready?

Because I've got some big surprises waiting.

I am coming for you.

I don't know. I'm not really feeling the terror.

You know, why not go evil clown?

That would be...

Guys, this is a kid that's trolling us.

I don't know about that, Gideon.

This seems serious to me.

And it's not just the video,

there's all this chatter on activist Web sites.

It seems they have something really big planned for today.

I checked in with some other district captains.

They're getting the same reports.

Telling you, everyone's gonna feel pretty silly

when we trace his I.P. address

and find him in his mom's basement.

Yeah, I already tried that.

He's using a proxied I.P., and it's bouncing.

He clearly knows what he's doing.

Here's the thing, Gideon.

I talked it over with Murphy,

I think it's best if you're not in the station today.

GIDEON (scoffs): What? You're sending me home?

Are you...?

He's in a goofy mask.

He uses the word "technocrat,"

like some 1970s sociology professor.

It's a joke.

Until we know for sure,

I'm erring on the side of caution.

People are worried.

Mr. Reeves?

Mayor Salgado on line one for you and the captain.

Oh, great. We go from nutjob to whack job.

Mr. Mayor! Always a pleasure.

What can I do you for?

Yeah, well you can start out by telling me

what the hell is going on here.

I've been getting calls all morning

about some kind of terrorist threat.

Terrorist? No.

- That's a little bit much. - That so?

Yeah, I've already dodged three local news outlets

fishing around for a story here.

Now, if this thing goes sideways,

guess who I'm putting in front of the cameras.

I assure you, we can handle the situation.

Yeah, well, I suggest you do that quickly, then,

because if this thing blows up,

if anyone gets hurt, it's your ass,

and your entire district.

Oh, there he goes.

I'm gonna have Murphy take you home.

It's too risky having you here at the station.

You're not serious.

You think that I'm scared of some masked loser out there?

- This isn't the first time... - This is not just about you.

If this threat is for real,

having you here puts cops in danger.

Um, have you seen the ops center out there?

Bunch of computers, big map, drone controls?

All stuff that I put in to fight crime.

Don't you think I could do more good here?

Right now, what matters is this: you're a target.

Sending you home with Murphy is the safest thing for you

and for the station.

You made me the captain.

Don't argue when I make a call.

I want to be clear here.

We're not sure that anything is gonna happen.

But we're treating this as a credible threat.

We're putting every resource on this.

- What about Gideon? - He's at home,

with a protective detail,

for his own safety and for ours.

Now, we split the district into sections.

Your assignments will be sent to your cars.

Keep your eyes open wide for anything unusual.

Let's get out there.

Hey.

You all right?

Last time I saw a guy in a mask sending out threat videos,

I was in a different uniform.

This isn't Ramadi, Brandt.

Exactly my point.

A guy steals a TV, sells some drugs,

I don't like his career choice but I get it.

But this?

Who does this?

It's not our job to understand the guy.

Just bust him. Come on, let's go.

Come on.

No one respects the captain more than I do,

but if I have to hide in a hole

'cause of every badly produced Internet video,

haven't the terrorists already won?

I would hardly call this a hole.

You have this place out here and a penthouse?

Yeah. And, like, six other places. Or seven?

I don't know, I lost count.

No, the penthouse, that's just a party place.

I got that after Tyson spilled beer on a Da Vinci.

- Mike Tyson? - Neil deGrasse.

Astronomers and alcohol.

Bad combination.

Hey, that guy in the video said that you like to keep secrets.

Like he had something on you.

Best not to rely on guys playing dress-up on the internet

for reliable intelligence.

I-I don't have any idea what he's talking about, Murph.

Guy's crazy.

Hey, that's Havana.

Since when do you like Cuban music?

I don't. But you do.

My smart home uses facial recognition

to identify people I know.

And then it's programmed...

to customize art and music to their tastes.

That's bananas.