In the wake of ending a hostage situation at a pharmacy, it's a race against time when Mumford recognises one of the hostages as a wanted felon with an axe to grind against a major LA tech corporation. Hondo is on the warpath after his sister is slipped a date rape drug in a nightclub.
Tropes
- Badass Bystander: The pharmacy owner pulls out a shotgun and drops one of the robbers.
- Big Brother Instinct: After his little sister Brianna has her drink spiked in a nightclub and narrowly evades a would be rapist, Hondo is determined to catch the guy.
- Deadly Gas: A variation: Charlie Moss's plan is to kill everyone at the tech company that bankrupted him by putting ricin into the building's air vents.
- Hostage Situation: The episode starts with two junkies holding up a pharmacy trying to get a quick fix, with several customers held hostage inside.
- Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot: A robbery at a pharmacy leads SWAT to discover plans for a terrorist attack against a major tech company.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Mumford gives Moss a brutal one of these.
- Oh, Crap!: Mumford, Deacon and Tan's reaction to discovering one of the hostages at the pharmacy robbery is a wanted Serial Killer.Mumford: Screw me, that's Charlie Moss.Tan: Who?Mumford: Charlie Moss, he killed three people at a tech company in San Francisco last year. He's been on the Most Wanted list.
- Red Baron: Charlie Moss, the Silicon Slasher, known for killing three senior members of a tech company that he claims stole his idea for an app.Mumford: His nickname was the Silicon Slasher. He used to wait down in the parking garage until they came down for their cars and slashed their throats.
