Then we start cleaning it.

A photo appears on the screen. A man in a hoodie, face partially visible from a gas station camera.

Celina stands alone in a parking lot. Rain again (because it’s LA, and this is The Rookie ). A black SUV pulls up. Windows tinted. The back door opens.

(cont'd) His name is Diego Reyes. No priors. But Flaco told Celina that Reyes runs “product” for someone called “El Silencio.” We don’t have a face for El Silencio yet.

With respect, sir. No.

It’s MONICA STEVENS (40s, cunning, former federal prosecutor turned fixer for the underworld). The woman who almost destroyed Wesley Evers. The woman who vanished six months ago.