L.A.'s Finest

You boys pay attention in class.

Straight home after school, okay?

- And don't forget to... - Do your homework.

Okay, boys, hold up a second. You forgot your lunch money.

Here.

Ben?

I want change this time, young man.

Not like the last few days, okay?

Yes, sir.

Ben, look.

It's Mom.

Promise you won't buy drugs, Mama?

I promise.

You get out of here. Now!

I love you, Benny.

She's not your mother anymore...

Anymore, anymore...

She's dangerous.

Look at me.

Hey.

Look at me.

You're gonna bleed to death if that isn't properly closed soon.

Now, I can slow the bleeding.

I just need to know where they took Ruby.

I told you.

I don't know.

You did.

You told me. But, see,

I saw you take her from Social Services.

Maybe I can help you remember.

Patrol spotted a stolen car in that lot

this morning and pulled the tapes.

Winslow ditched it before he grabbed Walker.

He must have followed Ben from work.

Walker's car hasn't been recovered. His phone is dead.

There hasn't been any communication since last night.

What the hell is Winslow waiting for?

Planning something.

Any luck tracing his last call?

He used a SIM card that rerouted it through multiple VPNs.

Impossible to get a location.

We set it up to record and trace the next one.

Good. Let's hope he gets careless.

He's holding Walker in a camper. They could be anywhere at this point.

You know, we should move.

Winslow's daughter from protective custody.

She's who he's after.

Ruby'll be a lot safer here.

Do it. And let's talk to her.

He's been communicating with her from prison.

Maybe she knows something.

That's Walker's wife.

Do you want me to go talk to Michelle?

No, I got this.

Use my office.

Hey.

Clete.

What's this shit all about?

Come on, man.

It's not gonna matter after today anyway.

Who's paying you to do all this violence?

Just tell me one thing.

Why K-town?

You don't even know, do you?

You just get paid to take orders.

Like a good little soldier.

They're just using you so they don't have

to get their hands dirty, don't you see that?

Shut up.

You're just shit on the bottom of their shoes.

I mean, that lawyer they sent you was a joke.

And where were they when DCFS

came to put Ruby in foster care?

I told you

to shut up.

All right.

Sorry.

You don't have to do this, Clete.

Let me help you.

Yeah?

This...

Is all the help I need.

Winslow was waiting inside the car. Ben never saw him.

He was at the market buying you flowers.

They were for his mom.

She was granted parole last week

after six years in prison.

And he felt bad about the way they left it, so

he was gonna stop by and make it right.

Level with me, Ben.

What's going on?

Winslow wants to trade Ben for his daughter.

Okay.

So what's the plan?

Well, we haven't heard from him since last night.

- So you don't even know if Ben is alive. - He's alive.

Winslow needs him alive.

Listen, Michelle, we have the whole department

out there looking for him, the best people we have.

Winslow's a military guy.

He's well trained. He doesn't make mistakes.

So until we get a new lead, we have to wait around for his next call.

You're telling me everything?

- Ben's hurt. - No.

Winslow stabbed him.

I'm sorry.

You were supposed to have his back.

You knew that Winslow was out there,

and when you became partners, you came into my living room

and you sat down and you looked me in the eye,

and you promised me that you would keep him safe!

- You said that to me! - I'll get him back, I promise.

You don't know that.

You can't say that.

Let's go for a walk, sweetie.

She's just scared.

She's not wrong, Syd.

We took Winslow's daughter.

I should've known he might have been watching.

I let my guard down.

Okay, I'm gonna stop this little pity party shit right now.

There is one person to blame.

Winslow.

Get your mind right.

We're gonna bring Walker back to his family.

That wasn't fair.

I need to apologize.

No, don't worry about it.

He knows how you feel. I mean, we all do.

My husband wasn't supposed to be a cop.

He was gonna follow after his dad's footsteps.

Roy was a contractor.

He could build anything. Such a sweet man.

He died way too young.

He said the first time he saw Ben swing a hammer,

he knew he was a natural... at something,

just not at construction.

He's also a terrible dancer.

But you know what?

He's a hell of a cop.

One of the best I know.

His mom's addiction pushed him into it.

He hated what the drugs did to her.

He wanted to right the wrongs in the world.

He has.

Michelle.

Ben's a survivor.

You know that, right?

If there's a way out,

he's gonna find it.

And if he doesn't, we'll find him.

Okay.

Ruby, did you and your dad used to go camping?

Did you sleep in a tent or a camper?

We went in my friend Ava's camper a lot.

With Daddy's friend Francis.

Was Ava your age?

Did you go to school together?

- No. - Do you remember her last name?

It was a long time ago.

I was only four.

Did you and your dad have a favorite place you guys liked to camp?

There was this one place with lots of brown grass and hills.

It was really dusty.

But there was this one dead tree monster

by the river.

It was pretty scary. But,

yeah, guess it was fine.

I'm sure it was.

Was it far away?

Not too far. Like...

Two PAW Patrols.

That is such a beautiful picture.

Wow. Can you tell us about it?

This is Mommy.

She got hurt in a car crash.

She's in heaven now.

This is me and Daddy.

He says we have a black cloud over us.

You've been busy while I've been gone.

Bleeding slowed a bit.

You feeling dizzy yet? Confused?

No.

You're stronger than I thought.

But it's coming though.

You'll know you're close to the end

when you start hallucinating.

Here.

Copy that. Thanks.

Michelle's set.

Chief's staff set up a room for the Walker family downstairs.

Thanks.

Nobody wants to talk about it,

but we got to plan for the worst.

Don't think like that, Syd.

I'm just trying to take my heart out of it.

Yeah. Yeah, I get that.

You saw what I saw.

That knife went in deep, and we haven't heard from Winslow.

I mean, when we do,