Mile High City

Mile High City is a two-part crossover event for a American crime drama, Hartman, which serves as a backdoor pilot of potential spin-off titled The Sullivans.

Summary

Part 1

TBA

Part 2

TBA

Plot

Part 1

Hartman and the squad are visited by Denver Police detectives Drake Sullivan (Chris Pratt) and Miguel Ruiz (Nicholas Gonzalez), as well as Drake's wife, Denver Executive ADA Katherine Sullivan (Bryce Dallas Howard), seeking their help on the case of a murdered family in Denver that matched the same pattern of a murdered Los Angeles family Hartman and the team previously investigated and whose case went cold. Hartman decides to go to Denver to help and takes Ramsay & Vargas with her.

Hartman, Ramsay, and Vargas fly to Denver and joined Drake, Ruiz and their team: Denver P.D.'s Family Justice Unit. They are greeted by Captain Eugene Winder (Keith David), Sergeant Landon Kruger (Warren Christie), Detectives Jackson Holmes (Corey Hawkins) & Andrea Donnell (Teri Reeves) and analyst & IT wizard, Officer Kyle Francis (Joe Alder). They reveal their knowledge about the Gordon Fontana case and are shocked by how he got away with his crimes for so long. While investigating, they discovered the fathers of the two murdered families had both worked for a trucking company and eventually learned that the company was a front for a criminal empire that smuggles abducted children that are auctioned off to the highest bidder. They planned to blow the whistle on the company, but were murdered along with their families before they could.

While at the truck company sub-headquarters in Denver, Katherine and her second chair, ADA Trent Doyle (John Francis Daley) file a subpoena to gain access to the manifests of the trucks and the company's business records with Drake, Hartman, Ruiz, Ramsay, Vargas, Jackson, Andrea and Kruger with them, Then, six gunmen show and start shooting at them all them...

Part 2

During the shootout, Ruiz, Doyle, and Kruger are all wounded. Drake kills one shooter while Hartman quickly kills a second one with a headshot. Despite being wounded, Ruiz is able to return fire and kills the third shooter about to enter the building. With Vargas providing cover fire, Jackson flanks and kills the fourth gunman as he comes in from the back of the building. Ramsay and Andrea take down the fifth shooter with Ramsay wounding him in the shoulder and Andrea kicking him down to the ground. The sixth shooter, whose name Spears (Joel Bissonnette) was coming to kill Katherine and Doyle, but Katherine shoots him in the leg with a hidden pistol in her purse. Then Drake shoots him in the shoulder and then breaks his wounded arm, ending the shootout. Paramedics arrive soon after and rush Ruiz, Doyle, and Kruger to the hospital, but Kruger soon succumbs to his injuries en route, devastating the FJU and MCS detectives.

As Ruiz and Doyle remain in the hospital, the police take Spears, the other wounded gunman and two other suspects working in the company into custody. There they learn from ballistics that Spears was the one who fired the shots that killed Kruger. Drake, Katherine and Hartman interrogate him at the hospital. Facing a potential death sentence for capital murder, Spears eventually reveals a truck carrying some abducted children that will leave Denver that evening. Once they stop the truck and rescue the children, Captain Winder and Denver DA Andrew Bishop (Scott Glenn) order Katherine and the Family Justice Unit to shut down the criminal front.

Hartman visits Drake and Katherine at their home and meet their two children, Finn (Jason Maybaum) and Mary (Spencer Moss) and Drake's father Ryan (Clancy Brown), a former judge. Hartman bonds with Drake and Katherine as they talk about their families and jobs. With Ryan's wisdom, they get an idea of how to shut down the criminal operation once and for all. Using questioning of the kidnapped children, the VIN numbers of the trucks, cell phones used by the shooters and digital files of the company's business, they identify the mastermind as Jeffrey Dickenson (Mark Rolston), the owner of several businesses in America, including the trucking company. A joint police-FBI raid led to the arrest of Dickenson and the rescues of hundreds of other children nationwide. As he is being taken away, Katherine tells Dickenson that she will enjoy prosecuting him for all the crimes he committed especially the mass murders of the dead families and all the children he kidnapped.

After Kruger's funeral, Katherine gives Vargas some wisdom on how to fully move forward from what Gordon did to her. Drake, Katherine and the Family Justice Unit thank Hartman, Ramsay, and Vargas for all their help as the trio return home to Los Angeles.

Cast

Hartman cast

• Jessica Chastian as Captain Chloe Hartman
• Beau Garrett as Detective Beth Greico (Part 1 only)
• Wentworth Miller as Detective Mike Ramsay
• Victoria Justice as Detective Ariel Vargas
• Jacob Artist as Detective Jonas Boscorelli (Part 1 only)
• Joel Courtney as Officer Jack Hartman (Part 1 only)
• Erik King as Sergeant Oakland Everett (Part 1 only)
• Benito Martinez as Lieutenant Cyrus Barrera (Part 1 only)
• Elizabeth Gillies as Deputy District Attorney Morgan Shane (Part 1 only)
• Geena Davis as District Attorney Ellis Henderson (Part 1 only)

The Sullivans cast

• Chris Pratt as Detective Drake Sullivan
• Bryce Dallas Howard as Executive Assistant District Attorney Katherine Sullivan
• Nicholas Gonzalez as Detective Miguel Ruiz
• Keith David as Captain Eugene Winder
• Corey Hawkins as Detective Jackson Holmes
• Teri Reeves as Detective Andrea Donnell
• John Francis Daley as Assistant District Attorney Trent Doyle
• Scott Glenn as District Attorney Andrew Bishop (Part 2 only)
• Clancy Brown as Ryan Sullivan (Part 2 only)
• Jason Maybaum as Finn Sullivan (Part 2 only)
• Spencer Moss as Mary Sullivan {Part 2 only)

Guest Stars

• Joe Alder as Officer Kyle Francis
• Warren Christie as Sergeant Landon Kruger
• Tahj Mowry as Forensic Specialist C.J. Winston
• Kellita Smith as M.E. Robinetta Cooke (Part 2 only)
• Mark Rolston as Jeffrey Dickenson (Part 2 only)
• Joel Bissonnette as Spears

Quotes

Part 1

• Eugene Winder: We know about the Gordon Fontana case. I have to say this, Captain. It was quite unnerving that he managed to get away from his crimes for so long.
• Chloe Hartman: I know. I'm still quite appalled for what he did, Captain.

• Andrea Donnell (to Ariel Vargas): You are her. Gordon Fontana's special little girl. Everybody knows your name. A police detective who was raped and abused by her stepfather since she was 15. It took you long time to finally get justice, but why? Why did you let him carry you for a long time?
• Ariel Vargas: Because of my mum and sister. I tried to get out of his games, cutting off contact with my mother and move into another life but he follow me into Los Angeles, dragging my mum and Angela with him. He was the reason why my mum got that job as District Attorney. He returned to wreck my life again couple of times but I refuse to let Gordon to ruin my life. So, I break my silence, got the proof with some help and finally got the justice I need. Gordon's in jail, I got my family and respect back. I just want to be reminded as a good police officer with a perfect life, not as my stepfather's rape victim or his secret girl because I was never his secret girl. Have you got the message?
• Andrea Donnell: Yes and I am sorry for your pain. But being abused for very long time, it never been easy to forget everything.
• Ariel Vargas: I know but I need to live it for the rest of my life.