01x04 - Impimpi

[bunniefuu]

GRAY: If we don't get you to a
doctor, you're going to bleed out.

HORSE: No calls. Not until
I find out who's behind this.

SISTER ANNE: I did a year
of nursing school, alright?

That exit wound needs a trauma surgeon.

WYATT: The driver carried him off.

- You know I'll make it right.
- GRAY: We got company.

Aah!

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HORSE: We owe Gray our lives.

GRAY: Someone helped them track us.

Was it you?

You think it was me?

Gray.

Been a long time.

MAN: [ON RADIO] Campaign
strategists for both parties

have ramped up their efforts,
as all eyes turn to the White House.

We're now seeing Senator Clinton

hold a 5-point lead among likely voters

with just two months
left before the general.

[RADIO SHUTS OFF]

[BRASS BAND PLAYING]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

One to base. Can you, uh, re-confirm

the pickup location for a...

[SCOFFS] ... John B. Goode?

Are... Are you kidding me?

ZELDA: Another day, another
drunk tourist thinks he's a comedian.

Stand by.

[BRASS BAND CONTINUES PLAYING]



Checks out, boss.

You want me to call 'em?

Never mind.

I see him.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE]

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[CLEARS THROAT]

[CAR DOOR OPENS]

Mr. Goode? [CHUCKLES]

Johnny B.

I only ever met one person
who didn't like Chuck Berry.

You know what I asked him?

"How old were you

when you realized you
were a psychopath?"

[BOTH LAUGH]

So this is what it looks like, huh?

Living the dream?

Most men, when they get out,

they dip their toes back
in after a couple of months.

You're going on, what, 10 years?



Good for you, Gray.

Thing is, an opportunity

has, uh, presented itself.

Chance to get in with, uh,

someone who has a future.

I got the whole crew lined up.

Only thing missing is... you.

- With all due respect...
- Oh, come on, now.

Whenever anybody starts
with all due respect,

all I hear is "f*ck you."

That's not what I'm saying, Anton.

What are you saying, Gray?

I have a family now.

A wife, kids.

They got any idea the kind
of crap you used to do?

No more than the cops know about you.

- Mm.
- I'm just saying.

I gave you my book.

And then I left that life behind.

This is a big job for me, Gray.

It's big.

You know,

I only met one cat didn't
like Charlie Parker.

You know what I told him?

What's that?

Respect my decision.

Be a shame if I ever found out

you were testing the waters again.

Never gonna happen.

♪♪♪

Living the dream.

♪♪

- Gentlemen?
- [CAR DOOR SHUTS]

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ROSE: Who are these people?

- Dad.
- It's okay, baby.

Okay, everything's gonna be alright.

Anton,

whatever you think is going on,

they got nothing to do with it.

What happened?

You swore a promise over them.

That the old you was never coming back.

For their sake.

[CHUCKLES] I mean, imagine how I felt

when I-I heard that Horse
Tongai had been saved

and the man who intervened...

his car was registered
to Parish Taxi & Limo.

I didn't go looking for this.

Right. It just found you.

My friend was jammed
up. I had no choice.

Bullshit.

We always have a choice.

Me, I-I don't get
involved like this anymore.

Yet here I am in your living room.

♪♪

And you?

What do you want?

♪♪♪

I'm sorry. Uh, can we...

♪♪♪

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This is nice.

You ever think about getting a-a dog?

I mean, that's the whole...
whole point of a house, right?

Kids and a dog.

Jill and I, we never had kids.

We did have a dog. We had a Malamute.

An Alaskan Malamute.

The Colonel.

Loved that dog. Raised him from a puppy.

And one day, he just snapped,

took a chunk out of Jill's thigh.

It was agony,

trying to figure out
what to do with that boy.

Till Jill talked to some
farmers up by Lafayette

who were willing to take him in, so...

problem solved.

Driving him up to drop him off.

I took him out of the
car, just to say goodbye.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

Put a b*llet through his skull.

What was I supposed to do, Gray?

Sonuvabitch developed a taste for blood.

I'm gonna ask you one more time.

What do you want?

You really need me to
spell it out for you?

Mm-hmm.

Horse Tongai and me,
we got an arrangement.

He brings in the labor, and
my connections put 'em to work.

One day, he leaps up

and bites the hand that feeds him.

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You know how I feel about that.

I want you to get close
to him, say goodbye.

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My associates'll keep
your family company

until you do.

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MAKAYLA: Dad.

I don't understand. Who are they?

What do they want?

♪♪

You gotta give us something.

Look, I got business with this man.

I'll tell you everything later, okay?

No. No, I want to know now.

Before I met your mother, I
led a different kind of life.

I did some things I'm not proud of.

I was sure it was all behind me, but...

I will tell you more later.
I-I'll tell you everything.

No more secrets.

ANTON: Gray.

I'm-a get us out of this.

♪♪

You involve the cops, you
back these men into a corner,

I can assure you, things here
will not work out favorably.

But you do your part,

I'll see it's like we were never hear.

After all those years of business,

this is how you do me?

You're the one who picked a side.

Can't trust the Africans.

Well, you know what you gotta do.

Uh, you have a lovely home, Mrs. Parish!

♪♪

[DOOR SHUTS]

♪♪♪

Horse is bunkered down at Kumba.

There's a park 4 blocks east.

Got a guy there that can
get you what you need.

I go in there with a g*n,
you know what's gonna happen.

Suit yourself.

- Gimme your phone.
- I don't have it.

Lost it when you sh*t up my car.

♪♪♪

[CELLPHONE BEEPING]

You call us when it's done.

We'll be checking in on you.

Get him alone and get it done.

♪♪

You're the only one who
can save your family.

♪♪♪

Dad.

♪♪

Whatever happens, I love you.

I love you, too, baby.

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ROSE: Come home.

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[DOOR SHUTS]

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[BREATHING HEAVILY]

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[CAR HORN HONKS]

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[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

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[CELLPHONE DIALING]

[PHONE LINE RINGING]

Dammit. Come on.

- COLIN: Hello?
- GRAY: Colin.

Gray? Is that you?

Metairie Nouveau has my family.

- What?
- Anton knows

I got involved with the Tongais.

He's got Rose and Mak at the house.

Col, they want me to k*ll Horse.

You're gonna go through with it.

Got... I got no choice.

If I don't try, they
say they're gonna...

♪♪

Stay close to your phone.

- I might need you.
- Alright.

A-And Col, there's a safe in my office.

Combination is taped to the
bottom of the desk drawer.

If something happens to me,

you use everything that's in there

to get Rose and Mak as far
away from this as possible.

You understand me?

Alright.

♪♪

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[BREATHING HEAVILY]

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I got business with Horse.

No one does. Not today.

You tell him Gracián
Parish needs to see him.

Or I can let him know
who turned me away.

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Gray.

The doctor said Shepherd
was lucky to survive,

but I suspect his luck
had more to do with you.

I was just doing a job.

We both know it was more than that.

I spoke to Luke.

How is he?

I doubt he'll ever forget
what you did for him.

I certainly won't.

Shepherd is upstairs with Zenzo.

I'll see if he can meet with you.

Whatever business you
have must be brief.

Wait here.

MAN: Go.

[WYATT GRUNTING]

♪♪♪

Move.

[WYATT GRUNTING]

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[OBJECTS CRASHING, CLATTERING]

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CHIPO: Hey, Driver, up here.

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[ZENZO SPEAKING SHONA]

Think, brother. Hmm?

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Gray.

Come in. Sit.

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- I was hoping we could talk.
- Not now.

I just need a second. Alone.

Sit.

Sit, Driver.

♪♪♪

Zenzo believes he's identified
the traitor in our midst.

SHAMISO: Perhaps we should
discuss our options first...

Zenzo, tell Gray what
you think you know.

♪♪

There's a detective who
looks out for our interests.

He confirmed our suspicion.

There's someone in this organization

who's working with Anton.

And we know who it is.

♪♪♪

It's you, Driver.

♪♪

[CLOCK TICKING]

♪♪♪

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

♪♪♪

[WHISPERING] Sweetheart.

♪♪♪

You okay?

♪♪♪

Mak, it's gonna be fine.

- [WHISPERING] How do you know?
- Because I know.

Hey. No whispering, alright?

♪♪

Excuse me.

Maybe you can tell me.

What did my husband even do?

What makes you think
that you have the right

to keep us here like this?

Mom, stop.

♪♪

Your husband took
something from my boss.

Now he's gotta make it right.

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And what if he doesn't?

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For months, I've rotated
Horse's security detail,

varied his routes,

and yet the one time you take him home,

he nearly gets k*lled.

You're not buying this.

I mean, you know what I
did for you and your boy.

Driver, what did Anton
promise you to betray us?

- Nothing.
- Nothing.

How do you explain this?

♪♪♪

The police found this tracker
in the wheel of your car,

the same car you were driving
when you were att*cked.

- The one Luke was in.
- Anyone could've put that there.

Even you.

♪♪

Careful, Driver.

Horse is in charge here.

You're not.

But that tracker,

that could've changed
everything for you.

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Ah.

Manyepo.

Lies!

You're the voice of reason. Talk to him.

I told him it was a bad idea.

Inzwa ka. He still has not denied it.

You were in the car with
me. You know what happened.

- You saw what happened. They...
- Driver, answer, Driver! Answer!

Zvakwana. In my hour of need...

♪♪♪

... who among you was by my side?

Not you, Zenzo.

Nor you, Shamiso.

You have no idea what I was
prepared to do to get you back.

Yet this man is the reason I'm alive.

So, instead of trying to discredit him,

focus on what's next for us all.

Anton will meet his fate.

Anton was supposed to roll over

in order to avoid compromising
his legitimate ventures.

We were wrong.

A w*r now would see us all lose.

He tried to k*ll my son!

♪♪♪

This only ends in one way,

and that's Anton buried in the ground,

and the traitor buried
right next to him.

What will Baba think of that?

Be more concerned with what Ithink.

♪♪♪

Now, go.

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[GROANING]

♪♪♪

Iwe.

[SPEAKS SHONA]

We have to talk some sense into him.

Uh... Oh. We, sister?

We?

You've always been content

playing the angel on Horse's shoulder.

♪♪

HORSE: Why did you come, Gray?

I came back for my family.

[GRUNTS]

♪♪

Is there ever a better reason?

Manheru, Baba.

I'm sorry to disturb
you, but it's urgent.

- [SCREAMING]
- [ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

Give us a name. Who's the impimpi?

ZENZO: Buda. Buda.

[PANTING]

♪♪♪

You know, Gray, my home,
in Zimbabwe, has been under

crisis to crisis.

My father...

he led...

my people to a better
life in South Africa.

Now thousands of my people

look to me

to provide them with the
freedom they so desperately seek.

Anton's gonna f*cking k*ll you

when he finds out
what you've done to me.

Oh.

Yeah. I doubt that.

HORSE: That's my destiny.

The likes of Anton will
never understand that.

I tell you this, Gray, so
that you know that I trust you.

- You're my brother now.
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]

- CHIPO: Boss.
- What is it?

Zenzo needs you.

♪♪

HORSE: What are you waiting for?

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[SIGHS]

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ZENZO: Well, our guest finally
gave up the name of the impimpi.

♪♪

Driver...

it's time to call your friend.

♪♪

Colin.

ZENZO: [DISTORTED] It's
time to call your friend.

Colin.

♪♪♪

Dri...

Driver.

♪♪

It's not him.

He had access to you, to your fleet.

You're not hearing me.

It's not him.

Colin wouldn't do that to me.

Ah. We're supposed to think

this man summoned Colin's
name from the ether?

Do as Zenzo says.

Call your friend.

- Bring him here.
- Horse...

Now.

♪♪

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- [CELLPHONE DIALS]
- Ah, ah. Speaker.

♪♪

[PHONE LINE RINGING]

COLIN: Gray, talk to me. Where are you?

Everything okay?

Of course.

I'm here at Kumba with the family.

Listen to me. Horse needs us.

I can't do it by myself.
It's a two-man job.

Now, can you get down here?

I'm on my way.

Okay.

♪♪♪

We good?

♪♪

Hmm. [CHUCKLES]

What did you say to him?

You heard it.

I did what you told me to.

♪♪♪

HORSE: Zenzo.

[GROWLS]

[LAUGHS DARKLY]

You tipped him off, didn't you?

Yeah.

[SIGHS]

[CLOCK TICKING]

♪♪

♪♪♪

NOAH: Why's this taking so long?

- CURTIS: I don't know.
- You should call him.

Not yet.

♪♪

What about Anton?

[QUIETLY] Mak.

We need to get out of here.

How are we gonna do that?

They have g*ns.

Follow my lead.

- Mom...
- What'd I say about whispering?

My daughter needs to use the bathroom.

Or is that against the rules, too?

♪♪

NOAH: Cops are here.

Oh, thank God.

Why are they here?

I don't know.

Look at me.

Did you call them?

No.

You have our phones.

Maybe your husband sold
you out, then. Either way,

keep your mouths shut.

- It's just one.
- [DOORBELL RINGS]

- We can take her.
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]

DIALLO: [MUFFLED] Mrs. Parish?

♪♪

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Mrs. Parish?

This is Detective Diallo.

You in there?

I just need a word.

[WHISPERING] My car's in the driveway.

She's gonna know I'm in here.

♪♪

DIALLO: Mrs. Parish?

♪♪

Mrs. Parish.

♪♪

[FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[CAR DOOR OPENS, SHUTS]

[ENGINE STARTS]

♪♪♪

[VEHICLE DEPARTS]

♪♪♪

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SHAMISO: You made the
right choice back there,

calling your friend.

It's not him.

You'll see.

Horse will be the judge.

Despite his outbursts,

I know him to be fair,

to be a man who can be reasoned with.

If Colin is innocent, he'll live.

So you know, I'm not trying

to take your place with your brother.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

As if you could.

COLIN: Get off me. Get the f*ck off me.

Gray. Gray...

♪♪

Ah!

[SIGHS]

Is this him?

Colin Broussard.

He's been feeding us intel for months.

- You see.
- You're gonna take this guy's word?

He tried to k*ll you yesterday.

I ain't never laid eyes on
this dude before last night.

What the hell is going on, Gray?

Just tell the truth, Colin.

It's time to send your head to Anton.

I told you,

if he were working with
Anton, I would know it.

No, he told me everything.

How you planted the tracker on the car.

The hell I did.

And how you're the impimpi.

I ain't the one working with Anton.

If you really meant
what you said up there,

my word needs to mean something.

[EXHALES SHARPLY] No more talking!

No more! No more talking.

No! Wait!

♪♪

HORSE: Hey.

I'll handle this.

♪♪

[SCOFFS]

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

Everybody else in the kitchen.

- Shepherd, what are you doing?
- Everybody.

Let me guess.

The Driver stays.

♪♪♪

Yeah.

♪♪♪

Bro, it's been four hours. Call him.

If he doesn't answer,
remember what Anton said.

I know what Anton said.

I ain't waiting for the cops
to come back. It's time.

Do it. I'll make the call.

♪♪

Stand up.

♪♪

Put these on her. Hands
first. Then her feet.

Then I do you.

♪♪

Come on. Let's go.

♪♪

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She still has to go to the bathroom.

Come on, man. She's got her period.

Mom. Seriously?

♪♪♪

Please.

[SNIFFLES]

♪♪

Leave the door open.

♪♪♪

Thank you.

♪♪

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NOAH: Hey! Damn it.

[DOOR SLAMS, LOCK CLICKS]

♪♪♪

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ROSE: Mak, stay there.

- [DOOR SHUTS]
- CURTIS: Just got off with Anton.

He hadn't heard from Gray, either...

♪♪

God damn it.

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[OBJECTS CLATTER]

♪♪

[TWO g*nshots]

[THUD]

♪♪♪

HORSE: I would ask for your account,

but I already know

that you would tell me
anything that I want to hear.

So...

like the slain that lie in the grave,

everything will be
uncovered and laid bare.

[BLADE SLASHES, WYATT GURGLING]

♪♪

[GROANING SOFTLY]

♪♪

Now, what's your account?

♪♪♪

Why do you look to him?

Deep down, he knows
you're not to be trusted.

♪♪

Hmm?

What you want me to say, man?

You want me to say I
work for Anton? I don't.

You want me to say what
happened with you and Gray

is 'cause of me?

It probably is.

I'm a black f*cking hole, man.

I destroy everything I touch.

But I ain't the one trying to k*ll you.

Then who?

Why'd you pull me in, Colin?

- What?
- To work for Horse.

- Why?
- What do you mean, man?

I was screwed. Man, I
ain't got nobody else.

Why me?

Come on, man. You needed the money.

You wanted someone you could set up.

You sold me out.

Put the tracker on my car.

Led this piece of sh*t right to me.

How long we known each other?

How long have you worked for Anton?!

Gray! Don't make me do it.

Give it to me.

I'll k*ll him myself.

He's your brother...

♪♪♪

... not mine.

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[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]

GRAY: Don't answer that.

♪♪

I said don't answer that.

♪♪

It's you.

All along.

Gray, what you waiting for?

♪♪

ROSE: [ON PHONE] Gray? Are you there?

Rose?

We're okay.

When are you coming home?

I'm working on that now.

Hang up the phone.

Everything I told you is true.

I came back for my family.

I would do anything for them.

Even...

This thing between you and me,

Anton sending me to k*ll you,
I didn't go looking for it.

Over and over, people keep
backing me into a corner,

and it's gotta stop.

I'm tired to being the
passenger in my own life.

You told me

that you owe me your life.

Keep it.

I'm taking mine back.

His, too.

Give me an answer.

You give me an answer.

♪♪

Get up. Get up!

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Untie me, man.

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["I'VE BEEN IN THE
STORM SO LONG"PLAYING]

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Rose?! Makayla?!

Makayla?!

♪ I've been in the storm ♪

Rose?

♪ So long ♪

♪♪

♪ I've been in the storm ♪

♪ So long ♪

♪ Children ♪

♪ I've been in the storm ♪

♪ So long ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Give me a little time ♪

♪ To pray ♪

ANTON: Hell, they learned
how to flood the zone.

Why can't we? 'Cause
we're... we're too virtuous?

Time to return the favor.
That's what I told Laura.

That's why she brought me in.
She knows I won't back down.

That, and I'm the only one

who can kick her husband's
ass in pickleball.

[LAUGHTER]

♪♪♪

♪♪

♪ Afrique victime ♪

♪ De tant de crimes ♪

♪ Si nous nous tumes ♪

Don't look at me.
I-I didn't invite him.

♪♪

[MDOU MOCTAR'S "AFRIQUE
VICTIME" CONTINUES PLAYING]

[SINGING IN TAMASHEQ]

♪♪

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Mr. Tongai. Can I help you?

You wanted my head.

So here it is.

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Take it.

♪♪♪

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ROS: How do we know this
will never happen again?

I made a promise. No more secrets.

What's the plan?

We start over. Find someplace

where they'll never catch up to us.

- Horse started a w*r.
- A w*r you supported.

I restored order.

- ROS: We need to talk about this!
- It's my fault!

What you don't know is
so much bigger than you.

Is this the man who k*lled my son?

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