APB

A maverick billionaire...

My name is Gideon Reeves.

I built an empire making rockets, computers, robots...

Made over $100 billion.

Know how I did it?

I'm an engineer.

...touched by tragedy...

- The money! - No!

My friend has been shot!

Where the hell are you people?!

...takes on the biggest engineering challenge

of his career...

I want justice for Elliot James Sully.

Give me the 13th district to run.

A civilian can't take over a police district.

They can, with a special appointment from this committee.

...to revolutionize a police force...

Technology doesn't solve cases, cops do.

You haven't met my technology.

Wow.

...and save a city.

You guys are my partners.

We're gonna change the world.

No, first you make me dinner,

then we get comfortable.

Yeah, I'll be over in a second.

Uh-huh.

Okay. Love you, too.

All right, bye.

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The mayor's office asked me

to do a comprehensive legal review of all of your cases.

I have to say, I see a lot of problems there.

No. Check the paper. Did you mean a lot of success?

- Crime is down across the district. - It's true.

- We're down eight percent. - Well, anybody can

generate good numbers if they want to break the rules.

Break the rules? How are we br...? What?

Did you even consult a lawyer

before you shot a man with a drone?

Or before you set up a completely unorthodox

surveillance system?

We're doing things better.

We're making the city safer.

Safer. Oh.

What about the giant explosion in the middle

of the city last week?

Was that safer?

That's a matter of perspective.

- Hmm. - Look,

we both know that this is as much about the fact

that your ex-wife works here than it is about

anything that I'm doing.

My marriage has nothing to do with this.

This is about your blatant disregard for the law.

Oh, and, Mr. Reeves,

I'll see you at the mayor's office on Thursday.

We'll determine which of those cases will be dismissed.

I suggest you come prepared.

Oh, you've stepped in it now.

I just... Oh, my...

This is...

They're seriously gonna let bad guys go

for the sake of politics?

You embarrassed the mayor when you took over the district.

He wants payback.

I've been around a long time, and I'm telling you

there's only one way out of a situation like this.

Is it a killer robot?

Tell me it's a killer robot. I'll build one.

No. Bottom line is, we need a win.

Something big enough that the A.S.A. and the mayor

can't take the political hit and use it against us.

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Yeah, he didn't take anything.

Seems crazy. I mean, what's a guy like that thinking?

Yo, Gideon, we need your help.

Boy, if I had a dollar for every time I heard that,

I'd be a... Oh, that's right. I already am.

Got a case that came in last night.

- A weird one. - Yeah.

Some nutjob shot up an ATM last night about 8:00.

Alarm goes off, we respond.

He's just standing there,

waiting, gun on the ground, hands up.

All right, don't take this the wrong way.

Sounds like a case where you don't need my help.

- (WHISPERS) I think he did it. Yeah, we got that.

The thing is, he says he was trying to get our attention,

'cause he needs to talk to you.

He made over 50 APB calls,

but they all got dispatched to the 21st district.

They ignored 'em. He called here

a bunch, too, but the desk wouldn't connect him.

Guess he figured committing a crime

in the 13th was the only way.

Mr. Reeves.

Thanks for coming.

Hello.

Mr. Reeves, you've been an inspiration to me.

Oh.

Um... (LAUGHS)

An inspiration to shoot an ATM?

Yeah, I'm, uh... I'm sorry about that. I just, um...

- I just didn't know what to do. - Okay.

Then why exactly did you need to talk to me?

Well, it's my daughter, Maya.

She was a student at the University of Chicago.

And last year, she started to experiment with drugs.

And we tried to intervene,

but, uh, she had a stroke.

She survived,

but she's just, um...

she's learning how to talk again.

I'm so sorry. Um, uh...

I still don't understand, though. Why...

I just felt like I had to do something.

Right?

She O.D.'d on a drug called Hi-town.

It's a synthetic heroin and methamphetamine.

The doctors said that that particular combination

causes accidental overdoses all the time.

Yeah, it's true.

The meth keeps the kids up and doing more.

The opiates kick in, knocks 'em to their knees,

- but no one's sure who deals it. - And that's what I wanted to find out.

I want to stop the guy who gave this drug to my daughter

before he hurts someone else's kid.

And then I saw what you did for your friend,

and how you found his killer.

I went to MIT, too.

Class of '90.

I don't know. I guess I just, um...

Wanted to do the same thing.

Yeah. I'm not quite the engineer you are,

certainly not a billionaire.

All I got for my trouble was a-a beating

from some street dealers.

Look, I know I'm gonna go to prison for what I did yesterday.

I'm okay with that, but I, um, uh...

I'm asking you, please, just-just go to my home.

I've got files. I've got evidence.

Just please, just take a look.

Rookie, you write this many moving violations,

I'll give you a police medal myself.

Don't. Don't encourage him, Bernie.

Come on. What was that?

What was what? I was getting us ticket books.

You take four, they expect you to fill four.

Cobb! Reyes!

Yeah.

What beat are you guys working today?

Uh, we're on a traffic car.

I have a special assignment for you.

Our tact team's been running down some leads

on possible fugitives in the district.

What do you need us for?

Ada here's got a new way to skin the cat.

So I programmed a way to cross-check records and find people

who've been changing aliases to stay out of federal databases.

Okay.

Well, which means what?

Probable fugitives. We got a hit in the district,

a Reggie Walker on 51st and Damen.

According to our records, he's only existed for

the past seven years.

I'm gonna send his info to your squad car now.

He dangerous?

Yeah, there a chance this guy eats people or what?

He's not hiding from the FBI because he's an angel.

Look, I'm gonna level with you.

The district could use a little good publicity.

You guys reel in a big fish,

it gives the mayor something to brag about

- and leave us all alone. - Okay.

But if the guy turns out to be a cannibal,

I'm feeding him the rookie here first.

Thank you for coming.

I'm so sorry for any trouble Robert caused.

He didn't tell me what he was going to do.

Oh, that's all right.

We've all wanted to shoot an ATM at some point.

Is this everything?

Um, I think so, yes.

It was all printed out and organized just in case you came.

I have to ask... was your husband ever violent before this?

Oh, God, no. Robert...

He was always in his head, always inventing things,

and fiddling around on his computer, and, well...

And the apple didn't fall far from the tree.

Those are all of Maya's science fair awards.

We were both so proud. I...

The man who gave her those drugs...

He broke our little girl.

Since the stroke,

she hasn't said a word.

I just don't know

how it all went so wrong.

Well...

that's exactly what we're gonna try to figure out.