Ransom

Damien Delaine?

What's this about, Damien?

Delaine's taken my daughter.

- Evie. - I'll negotiate

with Eric and only Eric.

When am I getting out of here?

Damien, even if you get everything you want from this,

I want you to know that I am coming for you.

Call it my lifelong passion.

He's all yours.

Should you see Eric Beaumont again,

please tell him I was wrong about him.

Hello?

Eric. Eric.

Hmm? Yeah?

Settle a bet for us. That client that we had

in New Jersey, right when Oliver and I

first joined Cri/Res, what kind of car did he drive?

New Jersey?Ronald somebody.

Uh, he took his boss hostage.Yeah.

Ronald Dorsey.Dorsey.

That's it. Yes.Yeah, okay, okay, so,

Cutlass or LeBaron?

Le... Sorry, buddy, it was a Cutlass.

You know it was a Cutlass.Oh, I like my steak medium rare.

Never take the bet.See, I wish

Cynthia was here to see your face right now...

Yeah, well, I reached out, she said something came up.

Hello.

Wait, is that

who I think it is?Yeah. Yeah, it is.

Uh, will you excuse me?

Damn, that's like the Butch and Sundance

of the negotiating world right there.Hey. Good to see you.

Hey, Laurent.Hi.

Zara Hallam, Oliver Yates.Hey.

Laurent Combalbert, Marwan Mery.Nice to meet you.

Oh, we know. Verynice to meet you all.

Very nice to meet you, too.

Eric says you're the best at what you do.Well, we follow

a pretty high standard, based mostly off your work.Yeah, yeah.

You are too kind.Well, we'll let you get back to your meal.

Okay, nice to meet you guys.Thanks...

Enjoy yours.Thank you.

Huh.Well, how do you like that

for a lovely little coinkidink, huh?

Those two in the same restaurant as Cri/Res.

No coinkidink. I recommended it.You knew

they were in town?

They flew here to see me.

Who...?

A bachelor party we didn't know about, or...?

They, uh... they want to buy Cri/Res.

You're not considering selling.

Are you?

Oh, we have a client

in Cincinnati with 24 hours to live.

I'm gonna get the check, okay?

Sir, pardon me.

When I came home this morning, the door was unlocked,

and I found my husband dead.

I gave him CPR. I tried to help him.

I found this in the tub. It's...

it's my name, Dawn.

And you think this is a threat on your life?

A couple of days ago,

we received a call from a blocked number.

Said they wanted $500,000 by this Sunday,

or they'd kill Rob.

Rob just thought it was

another hollow threat, more hate mail

to throw on the pile.

So we ignored it.

Hate mail?

It's okay, you can tell us.

Six months ago, my husband and I were...

leaving the market in Over-the-Rhine,

and a young man came at us in the parking lot.

I think he'd been following us.

He was really angry, getting in our face.

I was terrified.

I just knew something bad was gonna happen.

He wound up shot.

Wait, I remember this.

You're talking about Andre Miller.

Rob wasn't trying to kill him, he was just trying to stop him.

Anyways, we were questioned

by the police and released,

so you can imagine the uproar in the media.

There usually is

when an unarmed black man gets shot to death

and the state decides not to prosecute.

It was self-defense.

The uproar forced the prosecutor

to convene a grand jury.

Right. After Rob was released, things only got worse.

We had death threats, the trolls online.

I mean, I can't even tell you.

The call asking for the money,

did they tell you how to contact them?

No. They just said, um,

to drop the money off in Jacksonville Park in...

a trash bin at the entrance.

Paying off a murderer goes against my grain, Mr. Beaumont.

But Rob's dead,

and the stone says I'm next.

How much can you afford to pay? Rob hired

high-priced lawyers to prepare a defense

in case the grand jury indicted him, so...

that wiped out our savings, but, um, my mother

has some money-- I would say close to $150K.

All right, well, we'll see what we can do.

What did you tell the police?

Police?

When you found your husband,

you called the police.

No, the extortion call was very clear.

They said no police.

Cynthia?

Call the police?Uh-huh.

No, they said no police. They were very clear.

This is a crime scene, Mrs. Eastman,

and tampering with one is also a crime.

I will deal with the police.

Dawn, why don't you show me where your plastic bags are.

We should... put that stone in one.

Zara.

Yeah, I'm on it.

Quickly and carefully as you can.

Force him to reach into the electrified water.

How'd Dawn

take it out without electrocuting herself as well?

It must have shorted when Rob died.

These wires lead out through this window.

There must be a power source outside somewhere.

You're right.

This is an active murder scene.

We have to get out of here.

The truth is, that phone call

could have come from a number of people.

I mean, we received hundreds of death threats.

Whoever did this to you

doesn't just want to harm you.

They want you to know that your life's in danger,

to see you suffer in fear.

Well, if I had to point the finger at someone...

it would be NJay.

Found these in the bathroom.

Thank you.

Medication.

It's early-onset osteoporosis.

Who's this NJay?NJay is the leader

of the 64 Disciples.

It's a gang.

He was very vocal after they didn't indict,

calling us out every chance he could.

Is there anyone else that jumps out as a possible threat?

Um... I mean, there is...

there is one. It's...

I just don't think...Dawn.

We need to be sure

we're negotiating with the right person.

Andre's father.

Carl. He made threats outside the courthouse.

He said, "If you hurt

a man's child, you deserve to die."

We'll look into it.

Eric?

Eric.

Zara, get me everything you can on NJay,

what kinds of activities his gang is involved in.

I need to know with whom I'm having the pleasure before I walk in there

and offer him a bag of cash.Eric, we need to talk.

And go back through the 64 Disciples' history.

See if they've ever done something

this elaborate to kill someone.

Electrocution seems a little left field for a gang.

Eric.Yeah, I need you two to check in

with Andre Miller's father.

See if these threats were just an emotional response

to what happened or... something more.

I think Dawn's holding something back.

There's-there's something

she's not telling us.Eric.

Eric, hold up. We've told the police

about the threat to Dawn's life.

They put a man inside.CYNTHIA: She's being protected now.

Do we really still need to be here?

Putting a police officer inside might not do it.

Whoever planned this, they must have known

it would be harder to kill Dawn after killing Rob.

And they still made the threat. That shows confidence.

Well, Eric has a point-- either the killer

doesn't know she's being protected

or has a way of killing her anyway.Exactly.

We can't just walk away when someone is out there

taking justice into their own hands.Justice?

You want to talk about justice?

Andre Miller was shot dead with no trial.

So, what are you saying, Oliver?