The Rookie

Previously on "The Rookie"...

- And he had an accent. - He was Russian.

We've been hearing rumors about

a potential terror attack for weeks.

- Who are you? - Simone Clark.

You're the only one in that room

who actually knows our Mr. Freemont.

Miss Clark, is that you? Yes, honey.

Give me a real reason why you're doing this.

Daddy, Black women make up less than 1% of the FBI.

We need a voice on the inside.

Suspect says he'll only talk to you.

I'm in real trouble?

I'm afraid you are.

He paid you to build a bomb for him?

Just the detonators.

What did he steal from my armory?

200 kilos of C-4 explosives.

Quickest way to cripple this city... take out the freeways.

It's vital that you follow your driving route exactly.

I need a chopper at my location in two minutes.

Harper and Lopez have something.

So, we did a deep dive on the Trevor Gurin alias.

He rented five box trucks yesterday.

So he made five truck bombs with GPS triggers and stolen C-4?

Yeah, according to the rental place,

the trucks are each decorated with a different state...

Alaska, Florida, Kentucky, Idaho, and Utah.

We gotta shut the city down.

Shut down all the traffic in Los Angeles?

She's right. Better to overreact than under.

You know, car rental places put GPS trackers

in a lot of their rental vehicles.

Yeah, we asked about that.

The manager said that all the trucks are wired

but the data is collected in a central hub out of state,

so we're gonna need a federal warrant to access it.

I'm on it. In the meantime,

get out county-wide BOLOs on the trucks

and mobilize the bomb squad.

Alright, everybody with a pulse,

get in your car and hit the streets.

Find those trucks.

Tell units to proceed with extreme caution, okay?

We don't know who's driving these things or whether

they're part of a terror cell.

There's my ride. I'm going up to provide overwatch.

I'll come with you.

Wanna ride with me? I thought you'd never ask.

How the hell are we gonna find them?

Manpower. And prayer.

No!

Control, we got an explosion downtown

south of the Staples Center.

Mobilize fire and rescue.

Sirs, do you want us to divert to the scene?

That's a negative. We need to find the other trucks now!

Roger that.

7-Adam-13 arriving on scene.

Freeway has partially collapsed at West 12.

There are multiple vehicles crushed in the wreckage.

I need help here. What happened?

He just blew up a section of the 110.

Okay, we need to focus.

If we are assuming that he is targeting

all the major freeways,

we need units on the 10, the 405, and the 101.

But at which spots? L.A. has 500 miles of freeway.

How is this real?

Two days ago, I was being lectured

on the proper way to do paperwork in the FBI.

That's the way this job works.

The daily swing between tedium and tragedy

will give you whiplash.

Well, don't get me wrong.

Being a guidance counselor was the same way.

One minute, you're helping a kid do a college essay.

And the next, you're talking someone off a ledge...

Literally.

It's like I said.

That's the experience that'll give you a leg up

over your fellow trainees.

We may not have the speed or endurance those kids have,

but we have a hell of a lot more life experience.

I wish we could use that experience to stop a bomb.

We can try.

You want me to think like a terrorist?

No. Like a commuter.

Right.

Where in the city is traffic the biggest pain in the ass?

The bottlenecks, the choke points. The...

You got something?

Yep. Head north.

There's Florida.

7-Adam-100 in pursuit of Truck Florida.

Heading south on Crenshaw.

Get your hands outside the vehicle! Whoa, whoa!

I want you to open the door from the outside

and get out of the truck! Okay!

Let's go! Whoa!

Put your hands on the hood! What the hell's happening?!

- Where are the trucks headed? - What? I don't know.

Is there a manual trigger for your bomb? What bomb?

What the hell's going on here?

We don't have time for this. Where are the three other trucks heading?

I don't know.

The guy said it was a traffic study, okay?

He paid us each 100 bucks to drive a precise route!

Control, 7-Adam-100.

We stopped the Florida truck, one in custody.

He seems to have no clue there's a bomb on his truck.

Does he know anything about the other targets?

Negative. It seems the other trucks

are being driven by innocents, so even if we stop them,

we won't be able to stop the bomber.

There!

All units, I have eyes on Truck Idaho

heading west on Olympic, two blocks east of the 405.

That's west on Olympic, two blocks east of the 405.

They got him. Thank God.

Hey, Sarge, it's Smitty. We just stopped a truck, too.

Truck Utah, driver in custody.

Smitty!

I take back every negative thing I've ever said about you.

What? You've said negative things about me?

We might just pull this off.

All units, the fourth truck has safely been stopped.

That leaves Truck Kentucky in play.

Given the previous targets, our best guess is

that he's headed for the 101.

Sir, I got the GPS feed.

The final truck is heading north on Tujunga.

They're only a block away from the freeway.

7-Adam-15.

We're on intercept course, approaching the freeway now.

You realize if this guy doesn't stop,

we're gonna have to ram him.

You want to ram a truck full of explosives?

C-4 requires a detonator to explode.

But fuel only needs a spark.

If you have a better idea, I'm all ears.

Don't move.

You okay?

I think so.

That was so stupid.

She's pretty judgy for a first responder.

It's because she actually lives with me.

Cute. You did good. Trust me, I know.

Did either of you lose consciousness in the crash?

No. Nuh.

What about pain? Yeah.

But closer to a tequila hangover than natural childbirth.

Sir, Nolan and Clark are conscious and ambulatory.

Good. Get them out of there and fall back to a safe distance.

That bomb could still go off.

We need to shut down the 101 from the 170 to Laurel.

Coordinate with CHP, Sheriff's Department.

Hell, mobilize the postal police if you have to.

Just get that roadway cleared.

As awful as it is, it could've been a lot worse.

Still could be.

Who knows what this guy is planning next?

I think I'm gonna pay the CIA a visit.

You want me to drop you off?

Hell no. Let's go jack 'em up.

The death toll is estimated at 17

with at least two dozen injured,

and that number is expected to rise

as rescue crews dig through the wreckage

of that fallen overpass.

Hey, Tim sent me back to help. What can I do?

We just got a photo of our guy from the rental place.

Harper is running it now through VICAP,

and we just sent it to Fox

to run through the federal databases.

Are they gonna release that to the public?

That was my recommendation,

but the feds want to study the issue first.

In the meantime, we're sending every available officer

to roust their C.I.s and show them the picture.

I need you running our Command Center.

All intel, all leads, all data filters through you.

CC the FBI on everything, but don't give out anything

to patrol without my say so.

Cool? Yep. You've got it.

Um, where's Grey?

Paying a visit to the CIA.

Sorry to keep you waiting. Bill August.

Matthew Garza. This is Wade Grey.

Hey. You're the station chief?

Why don't we save the specifics until we get into the SCIF?

Follow me.

Fair enough.

Gentlemen.

We can talk freely in here.

How can I help?

We think our terror suspect might have ties to the CIA.

Why? When we ran his fingerprints,

they came back as classified... Out of Groom Lake.

That's unsettling. I mean, there's a million reasons