The Rookie

Okay, everyone, settle down.

I'd like to introduce Mid-Wilshire's

newest sergeant, Lucy Chen.

- Hi. It's nice to meet you all.

She'll be in charge of Team 54.

Dream Team, what?

All right, settle down.

Officer Hall, I trust you'll give your new sergeant

the respect that she's earned.

Oh, you know it, boss.

Happy to have a new grown-up in charge, Sergeant Chen.

Well, thank you.

I'm eager to join the Dream Team

and hit the ground running.

Pending units, 911 unknown,

2468 Stanley.

Hang up on callback. Pending units.

- Control, Lincoln-300, I'm right around the corner.

Attach me to that.

Control, Lincoln-300, Code 4.

Child playing with the landline.

Copy, Code 4.

- Pending units, 4-15, fight outside Pomelo Diner.

Two men in a physical.

Lincoln-300 attach.

Thank you.

[Shane Guerrette's "Lost Without You"]

Control, Lincoln-300, Code 4.

All suspects GOA.

- Copy. Suspects gone at Pomelo Diner.

Pending units, silent alarm.

11201 Wilcox.

Lincoln-300 attach.

- Lincoln-300, Code 4, false alarm, 11201 Wilcox.

- Control, can you give me a 10-21?

Copy, incoming.

- Hey, my team is not showing up to calls,

and my computer shows them all at one location.

Can you check that the GPS system is working

and confirm that the last call dispatched to there?

Of course.

I'll send the GPS status and call history to your box.

Thank you.

Sergeant on deck!

- You guys have been here the whole time?

Sleeping?

- To be clear, I wasn't sleeping.

Because you're the lookout.

Now I know why you're called the Dream Team.

- Hey. - Hey.

Good morning.

For you.

For me, it is wine-o-clock.

Tough day?

Night?

Yes, to both.

Man, I can't believe how exhausted I am

after only one night shift.

Like--

- At least you're a sergeant now, bossing people around?

Hardly.

You know--you know, they call themselves the Dream Team

because they sleep all night?

Oh, yikes.

Well, I know you'll find a way to motivate them.

Mm.

- Hey, roomie question. - Yeah.

- I mean, should I expect to see Tim around more often?

What? Why?

Well, I mean, no, nothing.

It's just that, I mean, we might wanna make a schedule.

With Rodge on tour, we're fine for now.

I mean, but we might run into hot water issues.

- Are you just assuming that Tim and I are back together?

- You're a sergeant, he's a sergeant.

Problem solved.

- There were a lot of other problems.

And we still need to have a serious conversation

before anything more can happen.

- Right. So what are you waiting for?

We're on opposite schedules.

You know, when I'm awake, Lucy's asleep, and vice versa.

That's a lie.

You cross over at shift changes.

You could find the time if you wanted to.

Of course I want to.

It's just... I don't wanna pressure her.

You know, I'm trying to be respectful of the fact

that I'm the one who broke her heart.

- Well, you might break it again

if you leave her hanging too long.

Hey.

What's that?

Oh, this is my wall of Oscar.

Only it's not up on a wall,

because then it'd be a crazy wall.

And I'm not crazy, I'm just--

- Obsessed? - Yeah.

No. Well, yeah.

This--Oscar Hutchinson is the worst person in the world.

I just need him behind bars.

I don't find that to be irrational.

It's not.

But do you pull this out and stare at it

every time I leave the house?

No.

No.

I just--whenever I get a hit

from one of the law enforcement databases, I pull it out,

and I add it to the Oscar chart.

Well, what was today's alert?

- Oh, Sal Detto was murdered yesterday

at a motel in Barstow.

Sal and Oscar used to be running buddies

back in the late '90s.

They were part of a three-man crew that stole $10 million

worth of diamonds from a jewelry store in Las Vegas.

- But if Oscar had that kind of cash,

why wasn't he living on a beach somewhere?

- Because when the crew was on their way back to Los Angeles,

the cops caught on to them.

So they split up, managed to hide out.

Oscar escaped, but Sal Detto was arrested,

as was the third member of the crew, Reggie Acosta.

But the diamonds were never recovered.

- So they hid them before the arrest?

One of them did.

And I think it was Reggie Acosta.

- Because Oscar wasn't rolling in money afterwards.

Exactly.

And Sal Detto got out of prison five years ago.

He's been living in an SRO ever since.

Logically, the only one who knows where those diamonds

are hidden is Reggie Acosta.

- When does Reggie get out of prison?

- Today is the day Reggie Acosta gets out of prison.

Now, it's clear to me that Sal was going

to Barstow to wait for Reggie.

Stands to reason Oscar would do the same thing.

But knowing Oscar, he killed Sal

so he wouldn't have to share.

And it's more than likely he's going to kill Reggie

once he retrieves the diamonds.

- Did you reach out to the Feds about this theory?

- Well, Garza was kind enough not to laugh at my face.

U.S. Marshals, not so much.

- I mean, it's definitely a stretch.

But since you feel so strongly about it,

I will grant you a temporary duty assignment.

Congratulations.

You are officially Detective Nolan for the next 48 hours.

Give Barstow PD a heads up, and take Harper with you.

Yes, sir.

Hey, hey, hey.

Get this off my desk.

Just leave. Just leave.

It's all just so confusing.

Like, I know I've been out of the game for a minute,

but I didn't think I was gonna have to learn

a whole new language just to be on the dating apps.

Like what?

- Like what does "ethically non-monogamous" mean?

- It's when people in the relationship

are all dating and/or sleeping with other people,

with the consent of everyone involved.

- Well, what if I just wanna be monogamous, monogamous?

That's still allowed.

- Cool. Well, how do I find it?

Um...

you--oh, you specify under Intentions.

Would you say you're looking for a short-term relationship,

long-term relationship, long-term open to short,

or short-term open to long?

- Well, that's-- that's a lot going on.

- You know, back in my day, we just went to bars.

Oh, yes, sir.

Well, I was just filling out, you know,

a profile or two, but maybe nothing'll come from it.

- As long as you don't put down that you're a cop.

- Why? It's what I do. - Which would be fine

if you were an accountant or a realtor.

Look, people have very strong opinions about cops.

Some people hate us, won't give you a chance.

And some people love us too much, which is just as bad.

- Yeah, well, we had badge bunnies back in Sugarland--

I mean, not that I have any personal experience with them

because I was with Camilla for so long.

- Look, it shouldn't be on your profile.

- All right, well, I'll take it off.

You know how to do it. - Let's go, Boot.

All right.

Thanks again for doing this.

I know getting Oscar is a long shot.

Yeah, I'm happy to help.

And honestly, having a bed to myself for a whole night