The Call Page #2

Just came by to see what's up,

see if you're good.

L.A. county police continue

their search for missing teen

Leah Templeton,

who was allegedly abducted from

her home in Hancock Park last night.

L.A.P.D. sources

say the lack of witnesses

and evidence in the case

are frustrating the effort.

Templeton's family issued

a statement late last night...

911, where's your emergency?

911, where's your emergency?

- How old are you?

- Okay.

Calm down, ma'am.

What's your name?

Hey, hon.

You gonna be okay?

911, what is your

emergency? Yes, sir.

Sir, please calm down.

Yes, I understand.

Yes, the corner of Santa Monica...

911, where's your emergency?

Send someone! There's a bat!

Yeah, a bat flying around

my daughter's bedroom! Aah!

Oh, my God, there it is again!

Hello? Are you there?

Yeah. Yeah.

Please send somebody!

Yeah, I'm here. Uh...

Anyone, please.

Okay.

I am gonna have Animal Control

there right away.

Okay. Thank you.

Okay.

No problem. No problem.

- 911, what's your emergency?

- Goddamn it!

What did I do wrong, sugar, huh?

Huh?

Hey, Terrance.

It ain't my fault. Ain't my fault.

How you doing?

And he spilled my beer.

So I pushed him back.

Everybody's looking for you

down there.

You know they can't run

that place without you.

You Okay?

Jor, now, why you

beating yourself up over this?

You've had bad calls before, Jor.

My daddy told me the hardest

part about being a cop

was knowing you might be

the difference

between somebody living

and somebody dying.

And when you couldn't

shoulder that,

then it's time for you to get out.

So that's what you're gonna do?

I'll be here when you need me.

You know that, right?

911, where's your emergency?

911, what's your emergency?

Daddy, stop them all!

- All right, bye.

- What was that about?

She's just...

"Casey can do a great grown-up voice."

And you're like, "She's awesome."

She, like, can't lie to her mom. Yeah.

No, that's... That's...

That's stupid. Bye.

Ugh. Let's eat.

I'm starving like a motherf***er.

Oh, my God, you are so foul,

Autumn.

Hey, call me a b*tch.

What?

I wanna hear you say it.

No.

Just say... Just say "b*tch."

I wanna hear you say it.

No.

You can't do it.

No, I can, it's just you're not.

You're a jerk.

Oh, are you kidding me?

Raul thought that we

should have one just for us.

He bought that to keep tabs on you.

He didn't.

My parents keep checking their bill.

TracFones are prepaid. Under the radar.

Ugh. He's so high-maintenance.

Hey, lover.

No, we're shopping. What do you think?

I was gonna call you in two minutes.

You wanna do what to me?

Oh, you're disgusting.

Is that even legal?

So first you're gonna notice patterns.

Behavioral changes

in very predictable ways.

Rising temperatures means rising

tempers, so we get the violent calls.

Rainy days and Christmas, it's gloomy

outside, sometimes people are alone,

that's when we get the suicides.

Now, Saturday mornings are generally

very slow and calm times,

and I think that's because

people are at home

probably recovering from Friday night.

Why? What happens Friday night?

All hell breaks loose.

Half your calls are gonna be

non-emergencies.

Half of those, that's gonna be someone

asking for directions to Starbucks

or how to baste a turkey.

Go ahead, laugh at that, that's good.

That's gonna prepare you for real stuff.

The jumpers, the home invasions,

the triple homicides, the gang-banging...

You've seen the quiet room.

That's where we go

to decompress after a bad call.

But if you need anything more than

a nap and some Muzak,

then you have to call our BSS.

That's behavioral science specialist.

His name is Dr. Keating,

he's on call two-four-seven

any time any of you need to talk.

Talk about what?

What's your name again?

Josh.

Okay, listen, Josh.

The most important thing to

remember about this job is this:

Stay emotionally detached.

Don't get too involved

in your P.R.'s crisis.

What's P.R.?

Person reporting.

Right. And never ever make promises

because you can't keep them.

Okay? Now follow me to the call floor.

If you're wondering why security's so

tight, we're the ears and eyes of the city.

We're the link between every

human crisis and every first responder.

That's the Fire and Police Department.

If the Hive goes down,

this whole city goes dark.

Question here.

Why do they call it the Hive?

Listen. Hear all those

little worker bees?

Hey, what about Max?

You know he wants to bone you, right?

Oh, my God, Autumn.

Stop it, that's disgusting.

No, he doesn't.

Oh, he does.

No, he smokes

too much dope.

Dope?

Yeah.

Oh, my God, you're so cute. I'm not

telling you to make him your trainer.

Just come out with us Saturday night.

No. I don't like it when you set me up.

All right. Just trying to help you

since you never seem to help yourself.

I can help myself. You're not, like, my matchmaker.

I don't need you to be my mom here.

Oh, sh*t. I was supposed to pick

my brother up like 20 minutes ago.

What? No, you can't, you can't

leave now. I'm not even done yet.

Sorry.

Come on, you suck.

That was really good.

Call me later, okay?

Hey, I'm leaving the mall right now.

Idiot.

Why can't you just text me

like every other mom?

Yes, I know, I'm sorry, Mom,

but really, come on.

Yeah, I'm on my way home now.

I'll be home soon.

Okay. Love you too. Bye.

Whoa!

Oh, my God.

Jeez, I'm sorry.

Dude.

You didn't look before you backed up?

I didn't see you.

All right, whatever.

Oh, awesome, it's broken.

Perfect. Oh!

This here is Brooke.

She's a probie.

She was exactly where

you guys are six months ago.

How you liking the job,

Brooke?

It's definitely the hardest job

I've ever had.

- What's the hardest part?

- I guess the not knowing.

A lot of times

you don't know how it ends.

When units get to a scene, you sign off.

And they take over but you don't know.

I mean, did they make an arrest?

Shoot the bad guy?

Did the P.R. live? Did she die?

You'll get used to it.

911, where's your emergency?

Right here's where the P.R.'s

phone number comes up.

And the cell's GPS chip allows us

to get an exact lat-long coordinate

right here on this map.

Then over here, she can dispatch

the police to the scene at any time.

- Okay? Any questions?

- Yeah.

What about you, Ms. Turner?

What about me?

How come you're not out here

on the floor?

Because I'm the teacher.

Now, why don't you guys

follow me this way?

I'm gonna get you set up

for some calls.

# If you're blue and you don't know

Where to go to #

# Why don't you go

Where fashion sits? #

# Puttin' on the ritz #

Oh, my God.

No.

No, no.

No, no. No!

No! No! No!

# Tryin' hard to look

Like Gary Cooper #

# Super duper #

# Come, let's mix where Rockefellers ##

No, no.

No.

So I think you guys had a good first day.

Things are gonna get a little bit harder.

911, where is your emergency?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Okay, okay, slow down, slow down.

Where are you?

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