The Rookie (TV Series)
The Naked and the Dead (2023)
Richard T. Jones: Wade Grey
Quotes
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Nyla Harper : Moses's shop has seen better days.
Wade Grey : Where is he?
Angela Lopez : Slipped out the back as soon as the shooting started. You know he's gonna go back at Quinlan twice as hard.
Wade Grey : Be sure to brief the midnight shift and the gang desk. This war's gonna keep escalating until they take each other out.
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Wade Grey : Taking Elijah off the board gave us brief peace. Now there's blood in the streets.
Angela Lopez : Moses has been around for a long time. He even has legitimate businesses as fronts. He's smart and measured until he's pushed into a corner.
Nyla Harper : And Quinlan is young and wild and not trying to wait his turn.
Wade Grey : Did the night shift hear anything about Moses hitting back?
Angela Lopez : No. Not a peep, which somehow makes me more nervous.
Nyla Harper : At least that means there's no new bodies.
Angela Lopez : Or none that we've found yet.
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Damian Lopez : I have a lead. A kid in my congregation, one of Mateo's friends He came to me this morning, and asked me to tell you something.
Nyla Harper : When you say "friend," you mean they used to bang together?
Damian Lopez : Yeah.He told me Moses's crew is transporting a big shipment of drugs today, hidden in merchandise for his auto shop.
Angela Lopez : Wait, I thought you said your informant is in Quinlan's gang.
Damian Lopez : He is. What?
Nyla Harper : There's just, there's no way a street-level kid would know something like that, especially about a rival gang. Unless someone wanted him to know.
Angela Lopez : Quinlan sent him to tell you.He wants the LAPD to do his dirty work for him.
Damian Lopez : I'm-I'm not following.
Angela Lopez : He tips us off so we take Moses off the board.Quinlan wins the war without losing any more of his guys.
Damian Lopez : So you're not gonna act on the tip?
Nyla Harper : Oh, no.We definitely are.
Wade Grey : Doesn't matter if Quinlan's trying to play us. Any chance we have to put Moses behind bars, we're gonna take it.