9-1-1: Nashville

Previously on 9-1-1: Nashville.

What's up, Nashville! Y'all ready to have a good time?

- Who the hell is that? - This is your brother.

If y'all were serious about offering me that job, I'd like to take you up on it.

I got a very unhappy call from the mayor.

They're about to hit us with a major round of cuts all across city services.

You want me to call my father-in-law?

I'll knock your teeth out.

My name is Ariella Kinsey.

And we're here because your city is rife with inefficiency and waste.

Yeah, people are getting fired.

I'll call the mayor. I'll tell him to expect a wire transfer tomorrow.

Just you have to fire Blue Bennings.

Did you actually try to blackmail my father?

I found out your dad's been up to some pretty shady stuff.

Flash flood alert.

Toxic spill alert.

- What the hell's going on? -

We've been hacked.

Tornadoes?

- -

Oh.

Hold still, boy, I'm stuck.

It's okay.

It's okay. Okay.

Ah. Oh, no. Okay. Okay. Willy, Willy, calm down, calm down.

You're hurting mama. We can't panic. It's panic what got us into this,

so let's just calm down, calm down, calm down.

We'll find a way out of this.

Guys, they're talking about the hack.

There was panic in the streets today

as tornado sirens blared across Nashville,

and citizens were bombarded with emergency alerts

warning of everything from earthquakes to missile strikes.

But Mayor Lowery is urging calm,

saying this mishap was simply the result of a glitch in the system.

- A glitch? - Here's what he had to say

ahead of an emergency meeting with city leadership.

I want to assure everyone that there is nothing to fear.

I'm told that these alerts were a result of a harmless error

in the emergency alert system,

which is hopefully being corrected as we reboot everything.

Glitch?

That's a creative way of saying citywide hack.

That's what politicians do best with bad news. They spin it.

They're not the only ones. We're still completely locked out of our system,

and we've got less than three hours to the hackers' deadline.

God, I hope they just pay this ransom so we can be done with this.

I do too, but ten million's pretty steep,

and I don't think the city's exactly eager to spend money right now.

Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of.

I'm gonna get a protein bar before the meeting.

- You want anything? - No, I'm good.

This is Blythe. Leave a message and I'll call you back.

Hey, honey, I wanted to check and see if you're okay.

I got to step into an emergency meeting,

so I'm gonna have to turn my phone off, but, uh,

I know you're mad at me. Just… …leave me a message.

Tell me you got this, all right?

I love you.

Here's what we're gonna do.

I'm gonna call home, and they're gonna come get us, okay?

I just have to get my saddlebag.

Okay. Okay.

I'm gonna get my phone.

Oh.

Oh.

I got it. I got it, I got it. I got it.

I got it. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Okay.

Gonna call Donnie, and he's gonna come save us. It's gonna be okay.

Oh, no.

No, no, no, no.

Okay. Okay.

Okay, okay.

I'm just gonna…

I'm just gonna have to do this the harder way.

Last one.

Okay.

Let's cut you out of that, and then we'll be on our way.

Oh.

Oh. Ow.

Turns out I also hurt my ankle.

It just means

I'm not gonna be wearing heels for a while.

- - Okay, easy, easy, easy.

- Calm, calm, calm, calm, okay? -

I just need to cut you loose from the fence.

All right, good boy.

Okay, hold on, let me get this for you.

Easy, boy.

Easy. I don't feel so well.

Hold on.

Willy, wait. Wait! Go...

Oh.

Willy, stop! Abandoner!

Me again, just trying you one more time before this meeting.

Edward.

Good. You're here.

Yeah.

You know, city crisis meetings are for all elected officials and stakeholders.

Yeah, well, we want to make sure

we hear from the president of the chamber of commerce.

Yeah. Our business community has been threatened by this hack,

so I'm here to protect its interests.

I suppose you can buy a seat at just about any table.

Yeah.

Except my own family brunch.

You know what I can afford?

To save your firehouse.

If I fire Blue.

- Well… -

My offer, still on the table.

So's mine.

You force my hand, I got an itemized list ready to go to the press

with all the building code violations of the Raleigh empire.

Yeah. Yeah, I thought about it.

And?

I don't kneel to extortion.

Yeah. Neither do I.

Well, then I reckon it's a game of chicken.

I think the city's in enough turmoil right now without us adding to it.

I suggest for the greater good, you and I put on smiles and play nice.

Well, how do you think I got through your wedding day?

My name is Special Agent Nick Turner, FBI Cybercrime Division.

I've been tasked with investigating

the ongoing ransomware attack on the city of Nashville.

We believe these may be the same folks behind the LA hack five years ago

during which they knocked out air traffic control and the entire power grid,

even emptied out the LA Zoo.

So if it proves to be the same group, you get a sense of the damage

that could be in store for when that clock ticks down in under three hours.

You think they could do the same thing here?

Or worse, yeah.

And what is the FBI doing about it?

Effective immediately,

we'll be setting up an investigation command center right out here

in the emergency services call center to gather any clues we can

about who's behind this.

Any chance you can stop them?

Before that clock hits zero, unlikely.

All right, so we have a decision to make.

We can pay ten million dollars

or we can follow LA's precedent and ride this out.

Mr. Mayor, I believe Captain Hart would like the floor.

Go ahead, Captain.

As director of emergency management,

I-I can only speak for the first responders,

but given the potential outcomes here, I-I think the wise course of action

would be to pay the ransom.

Let the FBI continue doing their work knowing that the city is safe.

Look, the city was planning massive layoffs before the attack.

We simply do not have the funds.

I vote no.

Well, before we decide anything,

I think it would be important to hear from our dispatch liaison.

Well, it's not pretty.

Um, our CAD, CyberSight, everything is down.

We've been knocked back to the last century.

So basically we're blindfolded with our hands tied behind our backs.

And now we're just waiting for the sucker punch.

A sucker punch which we're not sure will ever come.

Agent Turner, have you ever seen a bad actor

go through this much trouble on a bluff?

- No. - So plane crashes,

nuclear meltdowns, dam breaks, these are all potential outcomes?

Given these people's apparent capabilities, yes.

Which would be a catastrophic loss of lives?

Not to mention billions in damages.

I'm with Captain Hart.

Me too.

All things considered, I think ten million is a pretty small price to pay.

- Yeah. - It's always a small price

when somebody else is footing the bill.

Now, Agent Turner, e-even if we do pay up,

what's to stop these hackers from just stuffing the money

into their-their crypto wallets and then demanding more?

Nothing. I've seen it happen before.

Exactly. That's why I never give in to extortion.

Because it just encourages people to take advantage.

Now, here's what I say.

I say we just tell 'em to go to hell.

I agree.

You reward criminals, they only come back stronger.

I would like to see a show of hands.

All those in favor of paying out?

Opposed?

Okay. I appreciate all of your wisdom.

Given the state of things,

it is just not feasible to meet the ransom.

Into the breach we go.

All right, 113.

Just got off the phone with Cap.

The city is opting to not pay the hackers,

and the timer goes off in two hours, which means we're on high alert.

And when he gets back, we're going to emergency tactical operations.

That means you can all expect to be in the field at all times.

Rox… …have that ambulance fully stocked and ready to go.

I can refill the O2,

but I can't get any meds until the pirates let me back into my machine.