[Proposing a toast at the Boardners Bar with all forces colleagues] Hey, uh, everybody? Guys? Ladies? Let's raise our glass. A toast to Ryan Rodgers.
Hо, hо!
That's right, a Native Son of the Golden West. As Ryan-o liked to say, you know, besides his drop-dead good looks, he had something else in common with Robert Redford, he was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. You know, back when it was still orange groves and lemon trees, and woolly mammoths roamed the Earth... that kind of thing. As a cop, he bled blue, as his many awards and citations for valor will attest. As a homicide detective, he distinguished himself with his dogged dedication to the victims and his tenacity in pursuing the perpetrators. But above all, as a comrade and a friend, Ryan Rodgers always had another tall tale to tell, was always good for another round and always, always... always had your back. To Ryan Rodgers, big man, big heart. Ryan-o!
Ryan-o! [They all drink]
[Whispers to John] Thank you.
You're welcome.
LAPD's finest. There's a reason all these old-school guys are here to celebrate your dad.
Besides free drinks?
Yeah.
[Chuckles] Ryan Rodgers was a cop's cop. Everybody mattered.
Except us.
That's not true, Melissa. You and your mother are what mattered most of all. Your dad just went through a rough patch.
Oldest story in the book. The family takes the hit, always.
Chief.
Chief.
Melissa. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Thank you for coming. Dad would have been pleased.
He was a real credit to the department. I considered him a friend.
But when the job was getting to be too much for him, you exiled him to Pacific Division.
That's not how it happened.
Final straw, graveyard shift. Broke up their marriage. He was more distant, more isolated than ever.
You should know, your father volunteered for the late show.
Why would he do that?
To shield his family from what troubled him.
By cutting himself off from us? It didn't work. [Walks away]
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