Mr. Sanders, you illegally acquired and then sold military issue weapons, some of which
have been used in two homicide cases.
Due to the overwhelming evidence based on key witness testimony, the court finds you guilty
on all charges of arms trafficking.
A sentence of 20 years in a federal prison with no chance of parole.
Joint Task Force One, biggest arms dealer in the world, zero.
Putting Sanders away as one thing, recovering the rest of those weapons is another.
Two men are looking each other in the eye, but only one of us is still alive.
You understand that, Ray, don't you?
Last time I saw you this nervous was when those cops pinched us in that stolen Camaro.
What are the cops I was worried about?
I was with my dad showing up at the precinct with a belt.
Yeah, I'm sure my dad would have loved to join that party, but apparently jail had him pretty occupied.
You ready?
As I'll ever be.
See ya.
Get out!
Take cover!
Eric, the motorcycle?
Accessing traffic cameras now.
Gentlemen, smile for the camera.
Nice job, guys. That was insane.
Just going with the flow.
And just going with the flow includes screaming yee-haw?
I was in character.
You're in character?
Is this who's smoky or the bandit?
You guys drive there the next time?
When I'm driving?
No, I drive.
You shoot.
No, no, no.
We agreed to take turns.
I don't remember having that conversation.
Maybe we can make a compromise.
Like you'll ride on the back next time?
Never gonna happen.
Maybe we can get Hattie to get you a sidecar.
It's cute.
You ever rode on a sidecar?
They're fun.
Oh, I feel like I'm having an allergic reaction to those squibs.
Do you have allergies, Marty?
Well, maybe we should set up your relocation in Nebraska.
Oh, that's not funny.
I'm the best informant you ever had.
A claim you can only make due to the fact that you're a criminal.
Retired.
You're looking at the new man, upstanding citizen.
That must have been difficult to say with his straight face.
You sure gonna be able to handle all those women down in Miami?
The women, yes, but I feel like I'm gonna get whacked by an alligator.
Like they're just waiting for my pasty ass.
Okay, you guys do know that alligators don't actually prey on human beings.
Crocodiles do.
Both live in the Miami vicinity, but mainly in swamps.
She's got all wikipedia on me?
Well, she just went all wikipedia on you, dude.
She looks just like you.
I know. Scary, right?
Wait, who do I look like?
Nothing. It's not important.
Marty and I grew up in the same neighborhood.
It was this girl.
Ray and I lost touch.
Five years ago, I go undercover to infiltrate an arms ring.
Guess who I find flopping around in the middle of it.
I thought I was joining a barbershop for a tet.
So I gave him a choice.
I said, you can go to jail,
or you can come work for me as an informant.
Yes, some choice.
Most guys don't get to choose.
Anything you want me to tell Nicole?
Nope.
She's your wife.
Ex-wife.
Johnny Bravo's a solo act now.
What about that?
Bravo was taken, so we get you dialed in with one Charlie Mitchell.
What?
Get to know it.
Well, I guess this is it.
I want to keep the alligators waiting.
Ray?
All right.
Take care, brother.
You too.
Bye, wikipedia.
Take care of him.
I will.
He's a sucker for very nuts.
What do you say?
I don't really care.
Never shoot back.
Always shoot first.
He seems cool.
One of the coolest.
Yeah, for a bad guy.
This case is not over with yet, ladies and gentlemen.
They gave us Nelson Sanders.
But we still need to recover the stolen military weapons
which he sold.
Which I'm sure I don't need to remind you
includes five AT-4 rocket launchers,
all stolen from Camp Pendleton.
Deeks, how long you known this guy, Ray?
Just came over the wire.
Police report a car rented to Charlie Mitchell.
Ray's new alias was involved in a chase
and a shooting.
Car was found abandoned.
It hasn't even been two hours.
Ray couldn't have got to Miami, let alone rented a car.
Oh, he's not in Miami.
His car was found in downtown Los Angeles.
Airline says Ray never boarded the flight.
He cashed in his ticket.
He rented a car instead.
Why would he do that?
I mean, Nelson Sanders thinks he's dead.
Ray's car was found two blocks from the shooting.
Looks like a botched head.
If they hadn't crashed, the bad guys would have killed him.
No, we staged his murder.
We put it on television.
There's no way the shooter should have known
he was still alive.
Unless there's a leak.
LAPD reports no blood at the scene.
No, he got lucky.
Can you zoom in in those shooters?
It's too blurry to make an ID.
Ray was a gunsmith he worked with
every criminal group in Los Angeles.
They find out that he was an informant
and he's still in town.
There's going to be a huge price on his head.
That is some serious firepower.
M4 assault rifles.
M4s were part of the shipment that was stolen
from Camp Pendleton.
Ray's got to be scared.
He's probably looking for me.
Then why hasn't he called you?
And where is he headed?
I don't know.
But I know where he's going to end up sooner or later.
I'm going to go back under cover.
Shadow him.
Go.
Let's check out the crime scene.
So this is the infamous Max gentry.
This is an alias I did not miss.
Hmm.
As I recall, his reputation was less than stellar.
I've known Ray since I was ten years old.
I used our friendship to keep him in a line of fire
as an informant.
The only reason he risked himself is because he trusted me.
And yet he didn't tell you about his change
in travel plans.
Doesn't matter.
Somebody's got to look out for him.
Wow.
Your loyalty is admirable.
I was eleven years old.
My dad was one drink away from killing my mom and me.
Until you shot him in self-defense.
Thirty-eight revolver that I used?
Ray is the one that gave it to me.
You know, some might say you paid that debt.
Yeah.
Rather than send him to jail.
You took him under your wing.
Let's be honest.
I turned my best friend into a snitch for $100 a week.
If he gets himself killed, that's on me.
Appreciate it.
The officer says that the driver and the shooter
abandoned the car and disappeared on foot.
Go ahead, Callan.
Tell me you've got something on the shooters.
Nothing on traffic cameras.
Could be a military issue.
The shooters were described as Hispanic and tattooed.
It's LA.
It doesn't exactly narrow it down.
Eric, keep me posted.
It sounds to me like Deeks' buddy's been keeping some secrets.
So, what's Max Gentry like?
He's just a guy.
Okay. Does he have an accent?
Is he shy?
The life of the party?
Wine guy? Beer guy?
You know what I mean?
How'd you come up with him?
He's just an alias.
I threw together.
It's no big deal.
Okay.
Well, I should go in first.
I'll wait at the bar.
No, I think it's better if I go in alone.
Max!
Hey!
Joey.
You never gave me that money?
Yeah, I was going to, but you disappeared.
I can get it, Max.
I swear. Just go do that.
Look at you.
Come on, man. You're shaking.
I'm just going to get it.
Come on, man. You're shaking.
You're sweating.
You got cramps, too?
Is it that time of the month?
No.
Wow.
I think maybe I'll just collect it from your girlfriend.
No, come on, man, please.
She doesn't have anything to do with this.
I've been meaning to call you, Max.
I have.
I just don't know.
I think she wants to work off her big.
You want me to break the news to her?
You want to do it.
I'll do it.
Okay, I'll bring it to you tonight.
I don't know where.
I just, I, I got to call some...
Shut up.
Like, shut up!
Did you hear about Ray?
Yeah.
It's been all over the news.
I know you guys are tight.
Sorry, man.
Look at me.
If anybody comes in here and asks about him,
you let me know.
Yeah.
You understand?
Yeah.
So you understand?
I understand, man.
It's been a long time.
Look, about Ray, I'm just...
You got my lunch ready?
When's the last time you saw him?
Maybe last week?
You've seen anything I should know about that?
No.
Not really.
He was acting like a buffoon, as usual.
Ran out on his tab.
I'm sorry, Max had...
I just didn't want to dump all over your dead best friend.
Yeah.
Deeks, I got a visual on Ray.
Don't break cover.
I'll grab him.
Ray!
What the hell was that?
It's gunshots.
Ray?
Hey, where is he?
He was right here.
We ID the shooter, Kenzie, took down outside the pool hall.
His name is Vince Mendoza.
He was a foot soldier for the Southland Kings.
So what do they stand to gain from Ray's death?
Probably goes back to business.
No, Ray never dealt with the Southland Kings.
They killed the buddy of ours in the neighborhood,
and he hated them.
Are you sure?
If something happened, he would have come to me.
Yeah, but these guys don't try to murder people for no reason, Deeks.
And he didn't tell you he wasn't going to Miami.
Your best friend is a career criminal, Deeks.
He ditched his flight.
Then he rented a car that got shot up with assault rifles
right after you took your eyes off.
Why would Ray make himself a target like that?
I don't know.
There may be things that Ray hasn't told you.
You might not know your friend as well as you think you do.
These serial numbers on the M4 that Vince Mendoza used
were filed off.
We've got a lab using an electron microscope.
They were able to pull a partial image,
but we're still working on it.
There's got to be a reason why Ray chose to stay in town.
Money stashed somewhere.
An enemy he wanted to drop in on.
Telling you that's not his style.
What about his wife?
What, Nicole?
He didn't even want to take her into relocation with them.
He said their marriage was over.
Sam?
That's because it's complicated.
Let's pick her up.
Nicole doesn't know I'm a cop, and believe me,
she's going to tell us a lot more if it stays that way.
All right.
We'll have her picked up and take her to the boat shed.
Anything else on the Southland King's angle?
Mendoza is part owner of a restaurant downtown,
but it's a front.
The Southland Kings are operating
what's known as a clandestino inside.
A clandestino is a Salvadorian speakeasy,
which caters to rich businessmen
who want to gamble in the front.
Let me guess, Beaks is going to take this one.
No, I've got to talk to Nicole.
Okay, I guess I'll send you guys the address.
This can't be it.
That's the right address.
Let me help you.
OK.
Let me help you.
No, thank you.
We'll have the Somali longtime hotel dinner soon.
I'm Mr. Carl.
I don't know you.
You're obviously new, and that's okay.
I run a little hedge fund downtown
here to celebrate a deal with my newest client.
You guys have always treated me just right.
I thought you said I was blue-chip.
We're all good.
Hey, we're all good.
I just paid you a $3.5 million commission.
And you bring me here?
This is not how I heard Mr. Carl Rolls.
Something you need to understand about Mr. Carl.
What's that?
He likes to party.
Mm-hmm.
I tell you.
What I'm talking about.
Welcome, gentlemen.
Thank you.
Blue-chip, you liking this?
I'm liking it a lot, baby.
Thank you.
How are you doing tonight?
I am good.
Yeah?
This is my first time here.
You know Mr. Carl.
He's the man.
We're celebrating.
Ooh.
Crew reserve?
Mm-hmm.
You know who told me about this place?
Ray.
You know Ray, don't you?
Give me one second.
On your six.
Damn!
Get up!
Why do Southland Kings have to re-Martindale?
Who are you guys?
I'm Mr. Carl.
He likes to party.
Sam, is Taser still charged?
Raise a snitch.
Were you in business with him?
Not me personally.
Look, I just follow orders.
Who told you Ray was still alive?
Was it Nelson Sanders?
No.
Sanders is doing day one of a 20-year bid.
He can't hurt you.
I ain't scared of Sanders.
It was Ray's wife.
She called the Southland Kings this morning
and told them Ray was still alive.
That's true.
It's conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
Okay, cuff me.
What?
She knows Max, not me.
Ray met Nicole three years ago.
He was working undercover.
He didn't want her to know.
He was an informant, so I covered for him.
Here.
Max?
Hey.
Make yourselves comfortable.
I can't believe this.
What are you doing here?
The feds busted down my door.
Ray's on the run.
I think we know where he went.
Where do you always travel clean?
I like what you did with your hair.
So sweet.
Seriously, I couldn't even tell it was a weave at first.
I'm probably watching.
Didn't you care?
Ray, you helped me figure out what's going on with Ray.
These feds are serious and I cannot go back to jail.
Look at me.
A cop turned Ray.
Commenced him to testify against Nelson Sanders.
Ray told you that?
Yeah.
Feds has planned to relocate him.
I didn't want to go.
Before the trial.
I got a call from this guy.
He said that if I helped him find Ray,
he'd pay me 100 grand.
I didn't do it.
He left me his number.
Hey.
It's okay.
If I tell the truth,
they won't send us to jail, right?
You and I can start hanging out again.
I'd like that.
Ray pulled up to the house in our rental car.
He needed some money stashed away.
Did he say what he needed it for?
He wants to relocate with someone.
Some old tramp works at Grand Central Market, Jenna.
It's a bakery stand.
Well, it's the first time I've ever heard about her.
Yeah.
So I called that man back.
I said I wanted the money,
and I told him where Ray was headed.
That selfish son of a bitch, he doesn't deserve to be happy.
I'm glad that Ray's gone.
I'm glad you're back.
Oh, God.
Eric started to search Grand Central Market for this girl,
but it could take some time.
It's okay. I know her.
I'll head over there.
Max Schnauzer.
What?
I'm fine, really.
You're fine out here, or you're fine in there?
There's not anything in there I saw that wasn't real was your alias.
And even that, I'm not so sure about it.
When I got the flu,
the alia pedi didn't bring me chicken soup, she did.
I'm in control.
Okay.
We'll get this Jenna girl and bring her in.
You seem pretty close to this.
I've been here before, I'm fine.
You need to have chemistry.
It's a game.
And how many times have you put on high heels and a dress to get a suspect to talk?
Are you going to tell her the truth?
I don't think she wants to hear it.
But doesn't she deserve it?
Okay, okay, okay.
I wouldn't do it, Mr. Gallagher.
Do what?
Talk to Mr. Deeks.
That lie he's living with Nicole is the same one I lived with Kristen Donnelly.
Maybe if someone had talked to me, things would have been different.
Would you have listened?
No.
You still think about her and the boy?
Thanks for the advice, Eddie.
Southland Kings want Ray dead.
We can't protect him if we can't find him.
I combed through every inch of Ray's file and his phone records dating back five years,
no links to known Southland Kings members.
What do you got, Nell?
Oh, uh, lab got us the info.
For a serial number, it's from that Pendleton shipment we've been chasing.
Sanders must have sold them to the Southland Kings before we got arrested.
Now we know who took possession.
I think it's time we paid Sanders a visit.
Okay, I need you on this now.
Okay, uh, Eric, I'm gonna need all the files we've got on Sanders, the Southland Kings, and Ray.
Network is secure. I'm sending you the files now.
All right.
Sanders has done business with Ray and the Southland Kings,
but nothing that links all three parties together.
There's gotta be a reason why they want him dead.
Ray couldn't testify against the Southland Kings even if he wanted to.
He doesn't have the intel, unless...
Nelson Sanders told him that Ray did.
Uh-huh.
That's not bad.
Maybe we need to get away from our desk more often.
I heard that, Rockstar.
All right, I'll go talk to her.
And I'll stay here. It's my last time, right?
I think if Max shows up with a new girlfriend, people are gonna start asking questions.
But you didn't have to go undercover back at the pool hall.
I saw Ray from the car. We could have just staked the place out.
So what are you saying? You think I like being Max?
Some days it's easier being someone else.
And some days it's too easy.
Deeks.
There you go.
Hey, Jenna.
Hi, Max.
Sorry about that.
Yeah, right.
You okay?
Thought you'd be more upset.
Uh, well...
Kenzie, you got Ray in the market.
He's running! I'm going after him!
Ray!
He's just got a crazy burden! Ray!
Damn it!
Ray!
Stop it! I'm on your side, you dumbass!
In case you haven't noticed, everybody I ran into today is trying to kill me!
You think I'm trying to kill you?
No.
If you want to arrest me, that could happen.
Should I be arresting you?
Look, I don't know. I haven't paid a parking ticket in about 14 years.
The guy's gonna say something.
Why are there something curious trying to kill you?
Listen, I can't protect you if you don't tell me the truth.
Look, I am telling the truth!
Right? I never dealt with them!
I've never even met any of them!
Are you okay?
Yeah. It's gonna be okay, I promise. Right?
Why did you come back?
I need her to come with me.
Why?
She's pregnant.
Come on, man, why didn't you just tell me?
I found out this morning.
He told me I could only bring my immediate family
when I went into relocation. No exceptions.
I knew if you saw us together, we could tell you.
There'd be no way I could say no.
I got a chance to be a dad.
You know what this means to me.
Yeah, I do.
It's gonna be different for my kid.
Not like it was for us.
I can do this morning. I know I can.
I'm not even L.A. without her unless it's in her body bag.
It's gonna be all right.
Stay in there.
Well, I have to admit it was smart.
It's a bold move.
You liked me.
You found out Ray wasn't dead.
He was never gonna testify against the Southland Kings,
but you scared them into thinking that he would.
You locked up with your one revenge?
Think the Salvadorans would kill him just to be safe?
Do your dirty work for you?
Come back when you got proof.
I may have sold some weapons in the past to the Southland Kings.
But I never dealt with them personally.
One dose of proof coming up.
Two weeks before you arrested,
NCIS observed you with the Southland Kings' chieftain,
who's wanted for murder.
If you stop the Salvadorans,
I'll inform the Russians that Ray's been called to testify against them.
If they fail to kill him, I'll go to the Serbs.
If the Serbs fail, I'll go to the Italians,
and on and on.
Who do you think these men will trust more?
Me or you?
All this for revenge.
I'm spending the next 20 years in prison because of Ray Martindale.
You'll have to move on to the next case eventually.
New crimes, new problems to manage.
But I only have one problem to focus on.
And I'll never stop until it's solved.
I believe you.
We're finished here.
It's done.
Jenna's at a motel with armed guards. She's safe.
Nicole's still in love with you?
I'm not blind, man.
She's always been obvious.
Hey, it can work.
Yeah, maybe if things were different, right?
She doesn't even know who I am.
Does Wikipedia know who you are?
Okay, she's just my partner.
What are you guys talking about?
Nothing, we're just discussing the pertinent details to the case.
Okay.
You got a thing.
No, there's no thing.
Listen, I know when I go on a relocation,
I'm gonna be really able to talk.
It's gonna be nice.
But you gotta make me a promise.
You gotta call me someday.
Let me know how to turn out with her.
Scoobies are back.
Did you guys figure out my happy ever after?
No, we got some good news and we got some bad news.
The good news is we've confirmed you're not connected to the Southland Kings.
I could've told you that.
In fact, I did tell you that.
This is idea good news.
The bad news is Nelson Sanders is going to keep sending people to kill you until you're dead.
It doesn't matter where we relocate you.
It's only a matter of time before they succeed.
You know what, next time just tell me I'm screwed and pop a cap in my ass.
Alright, take it easy.
Alright, they got a plan.
Right?
You got a plan?
The Southland Kings bought those military-issue weapons from Sanders.
They're gonna come after you again, Ray.
Unfortunately, we can control where.
Oh, so that's the plan?
You're gonna use him as bait to lure them out?
No, you just say no.
Alright, they can't force you to do it.
They need you to volunteer and we're gonna figure something else out.
What about Jenna?
If anything happens to you, Jenna and your child will be protected from life.
You have a word.
Ray, no.
Amen.
Hey.
Someone's been behaving.
What do you mean?
No cuffs.
Ray and I always used to joke about how easily we could have ended up with the other guy's life.
I think the thing is that maybe I wanted his life more than I wanted to admit.
No, this is not how I imagined this going.
My name isn't Max.
I am a cop.
I met you when I was working undercover and Ray was my informant.
How much of it was real?
I don't know.
You're a coward.
Yeah.
Why are you telling me this right now?
Because those guys still want to kill Ray.
I can't let that happen and they need your help.
I need you to call the men that want Ray dead.
I need you to tell them you just saw him and then he's meeting a bag man at this location in an hour.
Cool.
Then you'll tell your people I cooperated.
I'm sorry.
I know the life has not been easy since you met me.
I'm sorry.
Somehow you still managed to be the best thing in it.
Gens, what do you see?
I got a green SUV headed towards Ray.
Deke, so you sure Ray knows exactly what to take cover?
I sure hope so.
Federal agents, drop your weapons.
Ray!
Damn it!
Deke, smooth. Now!
Time to go for it!
Go, we got to cover it!
YMP, Deke!
Go!
Instructions and an address are on the dash.
I'm going to have agents waiting for you.
They're going to take you in a charter flight to Oregon.
We got Jenna.
Get out of here!
Go!
Drop the weapon on the ground!
Now!
Deke.
Come on.
My good precious.
I hope they bought that car swap, Marty.
Yeah, me too.
You'll be the best father in the world.
I promise you.
I know you are.
Shut up, listen to me.
I'm not going to screw everything up like my dad or your dad.
I always knew we'd turn out so much better than them.
We did, didn't we?
Yeah, right, brother.
Take care of them.
I will.
Promise me that phone call, Marty.
No.
I want to hear how you think turns out with Wikipedia.
You know you owe me that much.
There is no thing.
Thank you.
Some guys hit the gym to relieve stress.
I total cars and blow them up.
And who's the rock star?
Yeah.
Thank you for letting Ray take Jenna with him.
No one should live out his life alone.
Including you.
What are you talking about? I got you, I'll be fine.
I have a message for you.
From Nicole Martindale.
Does she hate me?
Actually, yes.
But she also wants you to know
that she has no regrets.
Yeah, I guess I don't either.
Good night, Mr. Deakes.
Night, Eddie.
Just heard from L.E.P.D.
First call the Southland Concuters made with the Sanders.
Confirmed Ray's death.
He's safe now.
The Sanders was going to get what he wanted eventually.
Only way for us to win was to give it to him.
What is this I hear about you guys tearing apart a clandestine?
Hmm?
I mean, certain places, you got to crack heads, I understand that.
But, uh...
I don't know.
I guess you should get a crack heads, I understand that.
But a clandestine, I think that requires a...
lighter touch.
Deakes has a point.
You guys have to be aware of the cultural customs.
For example, clandestines originated in Nicaragua.
Good night, Wikipedia.
And, uh, lighter touch.
Next time you feel like introducing us to one of your friends?
Don't.
Are you planning on calling Ray anytime soon?
No. No, I'm not.
Why do you ask?
Just when you do, tell Wikipedia it says hi.
Don't think of that.
Oh, and, um...
Glad our thing is working out.
No thing.
There is no thing!
No.
Whoo-wee!