02x10 - Que Manden Los Payasos

Episode transcripts for the 2016 TV show "Queen of the South". Aired June 2016 - current.*
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"Queen of the South" follows Teresa, who flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is m*rder*d. Settling in Spain, she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's m*rder. Adaptation from the miniseries "La Reina del Sur".
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02x10 - Que Manden Los Payasos

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TERESA: Previously on Queen of the South...

CAMILA: Sinaloa has a right to know who you are.

EPI: What?

CAMILA: Isabela has a right to know about your hypocrisy.

-Where's Cole?

-Do I know you?

You know exactly who I am.

Teo did a good job of hiding your ownership in shell corporations.

I'll give you 3 million for 100 keys.

If all goes well with my customers, I'll take the rest of it and deliver 27 million.

How would you like to own my business?

I will sell it to you.

POTE: (speaking Spanish)

ALONZO: Teresa Mendoza.

This is Agent Loya.

Our offer's still on the table if you choose to cooperate against Camila.

TERESA: Are you okay?

-Only if you have a g*n.

(g*nshots, man yelps)

(g*n fires)

Look what we have here.

Camila Vargas, you're under arrest.

(dramatic music)

(somber music)

♪ Next in line.

♪ (woman speaks indistinctly over PA)

What do you need me to do?

You're gonna cover for me.

Keep things status quo while I'm here.

Work alongside James.

Whatever you need, I'm ready.

CAMILA: Yes.

You are, Teresa.

You're here because of me.

I called the DEA agent.

You saved my life.

Again.

(indistinct chatter)

(ominous music)

♪ I just made a deal.

You'll get extra protection in here.

You think we can trust them?

I mean, if we bought them, someone else can too.

Our guy in the Sheriff's Department trusts him You'll be safe.

Cole said it's a bad search.

You'll be out in a couple days.

Until then, you and Teresa will be working together, holding up things.

The priority is to assure our associates that everything's well.

Excuse me.

TERESA: I'll be right back.

The minute I'm gone, you end up in here?

She's not ready, Camila.

I can handle the business alone.

If it wasn't for Teresa, we wouldn't have anything worth protecting.

Hi.

Excuse me.

Where you from?

You got a lot of balls, coming at a stranger like that.

That woman I was talking to, she comes from a very important family in Sinaloa.

Lil Traviesa.

Lil T.

Teresa Mendoza.

I have business to discuss.

So let us get to it.

I'm selling all my business to you, Boaz.

You'll have complete ownership.

Colonel Cortez will remain as your operational partner.

Reynaldo will keep the pipeline with the product coming from Colombia.

And I will retain no supervisory nor veto power, as long as it doesn't interfere with my duties as governor.

What if your duties include stopping my business?

Our people rely on the cocaine production for their survival.

I'm a pragmatist.

I have no desire to end that.

As long as you conduct yourself as a proper businessman, we have no issues.

REYNALDO: I'm sure Boaz understands how profitable stability is and will make a fine partner.

Being a cabrón is a choice.

But with all this money, I'm sure I can be a nice guy.

(soft chuckling)

CORTEZ: I'm wondering, Governor, when a great warrior decides to retire, how long before he misses the thrill of the battle?

If he doesn't have the fight in him any longer, never.

My family will be my priority, but...

I have one condition.

Camila is in jail, and her business will be crippled.

You did an excellent job, Colonel.

(brooding dramatic music)

You may continue going after her business, but not her life.

Ever.

♪ Congratulations, gentlemen.

We will celebrate this-- and our new union with a charreria at my brother's ranch.

A gentlemen's affair.

I look forward to it.

♪ (crickets chirping)

(distant horns honking)

Let me take the lead with George.

Anything about Camila, it's just a blip on the radar.

Maybe I can help.

He trusts me.

He knows I'm her right hand.

We get this and we go.

(country rock music over speakers)

GEORGE: Whoa-boy!

(laughs)

Whoo!

Whoo-boy!

There she is!

(laughs)

Come on, Bilal.

I got company.

♪ T-Rex!

Oh!

Bilal, go check on the shipment!

I miss you, girl.

(friendly growl)

(chuckles)

TERESA: Hi, George.

Oh, it's nice of y'all to visit.

I thought Camila might have been keeping you in the cage with her.

About that, she'll be out in 48 hours.

It's a bullshit charge.

Business is status quo.

Oh, status quo, huh?

What say you, princepesa?

I got your assurances on that?

Yeah.

Well, hell, if Leia says let it ride, then I'ma put all my chips on the f*ckin' table.

(chuckles)

Who's the Wookie?

No offense meant, brother.

Chewbacca's the single greatest wingman in the history of the universe.

Oh, come on!

Let's do some business.

BILAL: (speaks Somali)

(speaking Somali)

What's wrong?

(speaks Somali)

-We got a problem.

-(shouting Somali)

(g*n cocks)

(tense music)

♪ No!

No!

No!

GEORGE: God damn it!

♪ The hell!

No!

No!

No!

No!

♪ They k*lled my men and took the shipment!

♪ Bilal!

BILAL: I looked all around.

The cargo's gone.

Our entire shipment from El Santo.

El Puño was Boaz Jimenez's main enforcer.

I took care of him when you guys were down in La Paz.

This...

is payback.

(soft brooding music)

JAMES: We'll take care of it.

We'll get you more protection-- I don't give a rat's ass about your cocaine!

That's my boys down there!

We have commitments, payments to El Santo.

m*therf*cker.

Hey.

You don't want to thr*aten me.

I want to burn you down right here!

George.

Look at me.

This is not about business.

These were your friends.

♪ Whoever did this is going to pay for it.

We're gonna handle it.

GEORGE: You bet you are.

♪ Why the DEA would blow their wad on this mosquito-bite charge is beyond me.

It's textbook bad search.

They planted the g*n and a whole whopping eighth of an ounce of coke, neither of which they can prove is yours.

It's laughable.

It's still a felony.

But you're a first-time offender.

You have 48 hours till your bail hearing, and then you go free.

The prosecutor will drop the indictment, and the DEA knows this.

This will crumble, Camila.

Have you spoken to your wife yet?

Not yet.

We have nothing to worry about with her.

(soft laugh)

She confronted me.

She knew where we were meeting, and when.

Somebody fed her that information.

Uh, Kelly Anne knows what crossing me will get her.

I've got you covered.

♪ Well, I didn't say your protection would come without a cost.

I'm gonna need to think about this.

Keep looking for alternatives.

If the DEA does come up with something on your business in the next 48 hours, this...

is your only option.

I'm not a stupid woman.

I'm a Longhorn with a law degree.

And I live a lifestyle that most people would k*ll to have.

And you don't get those things by being a stupid woman.

Kelly Anne, what did you do?

(distant chatter)

Um.

I confronted Camila Vargas.

After you showed me that picture of her and my husband.

And I--I followed him, and I waited.

And obvious--she-- she denied everything.

But then I went home and I saw on the news they're just slaughtering people.

They're just slaughtering people like sheep.

And I don't know what the f*ck I'm supposed to do!

-It's okay.

Okay!

-What am I supposed to do-- Okay.

It's okay.

Take a seat.

It's okay.

You made a mistake.

(soft brooding music)

Now, I can protect you, but I'm gonna need your help to do it.

Okay.

We're looking for a smoking g*n.

Paperwork connecting Camila to Colibri Trawlers.

Your husband's firm handled the deal.

Everything about the company's ownership records are buried offshore.

But Cole might still have those papers in his possession.

So you want me to search my house, because then you won't need a warrant.

If you find those papers, we keep Camila behind bars.

Then we'll talk about how we keep you safe in the long run.

Okay?

(soft dramatic music)

Boaz hit us 'cause he thinks Camila's weak.

I'm gonna arrange a sit-down with him.

We broke him out of DEA custody last year, so that should earn us enough good will.

Strike a truce.

I mean, we need a deal, not more bloodshed.

Pote took out his enforcer.

This is not about money.

It's personal.

It's always about money.

Till it isn't.

I think we should speak to Camila before-- There's no way.

So here's what's happening.

I'm gonna meet with him.

You're gonna sit tight.

And that's it.

(car chiming)

POTE: You don't need g*ns to sit tight.

I told Camila I wanted to be her partner.

She asked me to handle business while she was gone.

Are you with me?

Always the hard way.

(speaking Spanish)

Claro que sí.

I'm sorry to interrupt your business.

It's not business.

This is pleasure.

I'm designing a home.

Architecture intrigues me.

I don't know much about it.

Oh, but you do.

The building is just like a business.

If the foundation is weak, the structure will never be stable, and eventually, everything will come tumbling down.

(soft brooding music)

Camila's charges are weak.

She'll be out in a couple of days.

This won't affect our business.

Except for the disruption of her distribution routes through Corpus Christi.

Give me one good reason I shouldn't back out of this right now.

This is a temporary situation.

It's being handled.

-By you?

-Yes.

The att*ck on our ships wasn't a setback.

It's an opportunity for both of us to expand our business.

How so?

Guarantee me you won't stop distributing our product and I'll tell you.

You asking me to close the deal before you even pitched.

That's a rather bold move, Miss Mendoza.

It's not bold.

It's smart business, for both of us.

My brother...

(horse nickers)

My brother used to love the horses.

Me?

Not so much.

(spits)

This place smells like sh*t.

(speaking Spanish)

Given the situation at hand, I thought it best not to add fuel to the fire.

You struck while Camila was in prison, because you think she's vulnerable.

Let me assure you, she's not.

And yet the blood of a dozen dead mayates taints the waters, while I benefit from the fruits of a deal you made with the madman, huh?

An att*ck on our transportation is a direct att*ck on us.

And that warrants retaliation.

(clicks tongue)

But you're not here for that.

I'm here to save bloodshed on both sides.

(horse neighs)

And to make a deal which we can both benefit from.

(speaking Spanish)

The moment that your buyers try our product, they won't go back to yours.

We got the connect with El Santo.

And one stolen shipment's not changing that.

(soft dramatic music)

So what are you proposing?

We'll not expand into your territory in West Texas.

And you and Epifanio will cease any and all moves against our business immediately.

That's your offer?

I get to keep what I already have?

If this lasts for 60 days, no moves on either side, we can negotiate a wholesale for some of the Bolivian product.

♪ That's if you can move Epifanio.

(speaking Spanish)

♪ Estamos.

Phoenix.

Mesa.

Scottsdale.

You don't fly there.

Too many independent contractors.

I don't do well with chaos.

Because it's run by Boaz Jimenez.

It's 30% of his business that no one has challenged.

I have connections on the streets that would take care of sales, and muscle to back it up.

You got a street g*ng?

You've lined up infrastructure and some heat to protect it.

And with Las Sombras, we will have soldiers in every single city in the Southwest.

We'll take his territory without f*ring even a single b*llet.

Is this Camila's plan?

Mine.

Hm.

(soft music)

♪ Camila underestimates you, Teresa.

We have a deal?

I'll have my people do some research and take a look at the numbers.

Tell Camila the money will be delivered on schedule.

And our arrangement will continue as planned.

♪ (glasses clink)

♪ (Snow Tha Product's "Not Tonight")

♪ Turn up the bass SNOW: ♪ Babe show me what you like ♪ ♪ Ay, I put money I can match it for ya ♪ ♪ I'm in this (...)

and don't wife it ♪ ♪ Looking like a brick and all them zippers on a jacket on ya ♪ ♪ He got a thang for a Latin chick ♪ ♪ He wanna hear a little Spanish ♪ ♪ I told 'em it ain't (...)

to practice it ♪ (pounds table)

SNOW: ♪ Walk up with the clique and I ain't ♪ ♪ Looking like the side in this I'm the opposite ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm the main event And bossin' in it ♪ ♪ As the time been tickin' ♪ Now I'm 'bout to block the hit ♪ ♪ Some day, some day, some time I'll find someone ♪ ♪ Someone to tell me I'm somewhat, somewhat ♪ ♪ Doing all right, doing all right ♪ ♪ Somewhere, somewhere I'ma find me that ♪ ♪ Someone, someone that somebody that ♪ ♪ One day, one day will be the love of my ♪ ♪ Life, love of my life ♪ But not tonight though ♪ Hey, I'm only here for a minute ♪ ♪ Bet you want a girl that keep it hella independent ♪ ♪ I know you gotta like a girl that this appealing ♪ ♪ If you caught up in the moment ♪ ♪ Then I'll get you in your feelings ♪ ♪ Tell your boys that you gonna meet 'em later on ♪ ♪ Both of us are drunk so, taxi, leave the meter on ♪ ♪ First time you out in Cali ♪ Never tried no weed this strong ♪ ♪ So you gonna have some stories to tell ♪ ♪ When you take your ass back home ♪ ♪ One time, one time Snowy-owie show you ♪ ♪ What it's like leave you sleep like the codeine ♪ ♪ Call the umpire, get you out and get you rolling ♪ ♪ Get your (...)

you gotta go I got a flight up in the mornin' ♪ ♪ Some day, some day sometime I'll find ♪ ♪ Someone, someone to tell me I'm ♪ ♪ Somewhat, somewhat doing all right ♪ -♪ All right -♪ Turn up the bass!

(indistinct chatter)

(door slams)

Let's go.

(tense music)

♪ MADDOG: Camila Vargas.

Always heard you were a scary bitch.

What do you want?

Let's start with whatever you have.

Make it weekly.

Call your friends.

I don't have any friends.

Sorry.

I can't help you girls.

(ominous dramatic music)

(soft scoff)

Wrong answer.

Excuse me?

(blow lands)

(grunts)

(yelping)

(tense music)

♪ MADDOG: "I can't help you girls." You think you're talking to your puta daughter?

♪ (yells)

(blows land)

(yelps)

(both grunting)

(choking, crying)

You're dead now, bitch.

♪ Looks like somebody f*cked you up, esa.

She's with us.

(dramatic music)

Drop the shiv.

Leave.

Before I put it in your eye!

♪ Thank you.

Thank Teresa Mendoza.

She hooked this up.

(speaking Spanish)

Never better.

Yes, Colonel, please invite all your men to the celebration.

Listen, I'll have to call you back.

(phone beeps)

Oh, no!

Mi'ja!

Mi'ja!

(dramatic music)

Isabela.

No, mi'ja, no.

-I'm here now.

-(moans)

♪ Oh.

Mi'ja, no.

(speaks Spanish)

(soft groan)

♪ (groans)

(somber music)

♪ That.

What's the matter with you?

(breathes shakily)

Sorry.

I'm sorry.

It--it's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay, it's okay.

Listen.

Listen.

I'm giving it all up.

The entire business.

I'll just be governor, and your father.

There will be no more crocodiles for you to ever worry about.

I'm gonna do everything right.

Huh?

(somber music broods)

When I was little, like five or six, I--I used to stare out that window.

And you would ask me what I was thinking.

I remember.

(sniffles)

I used to love that.

Tell me, mi'ja, what is it that you are thinking about now?

-Hm?

-(sniffles)

Mom.

(cries)

When Cortez took her, I thought he was gonna k*ll her.

I was so scared.

Lately, everything just hurts.

You just rest, hm?

I'll just sit here right next to you.

(softly)

You just rest.

Here's payment for next week, in case you're still in.

The homies got you covered.

Them b*tches know not to even f*ckin' look at Camila Vargas again.

Thank you.

And about that Arizona thing, I talked to my uncle Big Travieso.

Your uncle's the boss?

(scoffs)

El mero mero.

He took care of me when my moms got sh*t.

I'm sorry.

Not as sorry as the piece-of-trash puto that sh*t her.

But Big T's down to talk.

He's been trying to mess with the cartels for a minute now.

Okay, I'll let you know.

And thank you again for taking care of Camila.

She won't forget it.

Neither will I.

Camila's lucky to have you.

You one bad bitch.

See you soon.

-God, are you okay?

-Yes.

Starting to feel like myself again.

What happened?

Some girls tried to k*ll me.

And then the women Teresa arranged to protect me, they did their job.

I'm running out of ways to thank you.

Just glad you're okay.

Where are we with Devon?

-I spoke with him...

-You spoke with him?

Yeah.

He was worried about you being in prison.

But the deal was too good.

And his first payment is on the way.

He'll take the rest of the metric ton in a week.

$30 million.

Well done.

Yeah.

JAMES: We got some bad news.

Boaz hit King George.

k*lled some of his men and stole a quarter of the shipment.

We need George's boats to make good on the deal.

I trust you struck back.

We don't want our rivals to think we're weak.

We don't have the resources to go to w*r right now.

So I sat down with him, came to some terms.

We're good.

You came to terms?

He's gonna stay out of our area.

We won't expand into his.

Gets them off us, so we can operate until we decide what we want to do next.

So he basically gave you permission to do what we were already doing.

You've got enough going on in here.

What I did, I did to protect your interests.

I'm so fortunate I had Epifanio and now you to do that.

I will clean up the mess with Boaz when I get out.

And until then, I want you to transport the money that Teresa secured from Devon.

Keep the trains moving.

And no more judgment calls.

What's going on?

I told you to sit tight.

You run to Devon.

I tell you I've got Camila's protection.

You go behind my back and make deals with hoodrats.


And it worked.

Where were your people when they jumped her?

Devon is our money.

She said she wanted that locked down.

She's not thinking straight.

I've been protecting her since you were scrambling for change in Culiacán, waiting for that pretty boy pilot to show up and save your ass.

Is this about business or something else?

I chose Camila.

You chose Guero.

You know, Camila likes you because she can control you.

But the truth is, you are a sloppy, inexperienced girl who lets her emotions affect her judgment.

No.

You're upset because I work with Camila.

And you work for her.

(cell phone rings)

That's what you think.

-Hello?

-Teresa, it's Kelly Anne, um, Cole's wife.

Uh, listen, I know this is out of the blue, but you need to come to my house as soon as you can.

Kelly Anne, I'm sorry, but this is really not a good time-- Teresa, please, I need you to come see what I found right now or you might end up in prison.

(dramatic music)

(cheering)

(mariachi music playing)

♪ (scattered cheerful yelping)

(cheers and applause)

(speaking Spanish)

(chattering in Spanish)

(scattered cheers)

(scattered applause)

(singing "Despedida" in Spanish)

(scattered cheers and applause)

So we are in agreement over the terms we have discussed.

Estamos.

(Cortez continues singing)

Your wife's product, excellent.

Don't worry.

Shipment from La Paz has been interrupted.

We didn't hurt nobody.

That mattered.

(singing Spanish)

♪ (cheers and applause)

(cheers)

(scattered cheers)

Come on, hurry.

Get in.

(papers rustling)

What is this?

These are the ownership documents filed in the Cayman Islands for Camila's Trawler company.

TERESA: Why is my name all over these?

Because, uh...

(soft laugh)

According to this, you own Colibri Trawlers.

(music broods)

I never signed these papers.

This has to be fake.

Well, it's overseas, but it's a legit, legal-filed corporation, and they can hang you with this.

Camila's trying to set you up to take the fall for her business.

(dramatic music)

Why are you showing this to me?

We're both in deep sh*t because of them.

I figure maybe we can help each other out.

♪ This had to be Cole.

♪ KELLY ANNE: Oh, God, he's home.

He's supposed to be at work.

Come on.

Go-go-go.

♪ Whoa, no-no-no!

There's an alarm.

Listen to me.

You go out there.

Disarm the alarm and distract him, okay?

-That's-- -Please, Kelly Anne, go.

-Okay, okay.

-Just go.

(footsteps recede)

(beeping)

(beeping)

(door opens)

Hey, what's going on, darling?

You look a little flushed.

No, I j-- I thought you had that meeting.

So I didn't think you were gonna be home till later tonight.

Well, surprising my bride should be a good thing.

-(soft laugh)

-Come here.

(soft laugh)

Ow.

Ow!

-Let go of my-- -Why is my office alarm off?

-Let me-- -Why?

Why?

Who have you been talking to?

Let go of me.

TERESA: Let her go.

I said let her go.

(brooding dramatic music)

♪ You set me up.

(scoffs)

You're as clueless as she is.

Set you up?

That was your boss's idea.

What about the other paperwork in Camila's name?

That's to protect me.

See, you and I, we work for the same person.

And only one of us is stupid enough to think that Camila won't throw you to the wolves to save her own ass.

-Don't call her stupid-- -Bitch!

(exhales)

The only thing your ungrateful, traitorous ass needs to do is pack your sh*t now, or pray she kills me.

♪ Let's talk turkey.

Maybe we put the g*n down, figure a way out for all parties involved.

(g*n fires)

(gasps)

(brooding music)

(breathing shakily)

(g*n drops)

(crying shakily)

♪ (cheering)

(mariachi music playing)

Felicidades, Colonel.

(both speaking Spanish)

(coughing)

Are you all right?

Yes.

It's--it's a lot of excitement today.

But I'll have plenty of time to relax very soon.

You know, I still cannot comprehend how do you walk away from your life's work?

My life's work's my family.

And their failures are my own.

You are far too hard on yourself, compa.

You once called Camila my weakness.

And you were correct, Colonel.

Had anyone else done the things that Camila did on our so-called w*r, the solution would have been obvious.

Get rid of her once and for all.

My heart didn't let me do this.

But apparently your sicarios in Dallas had no such obstacle.

The word I received is that they tried to take her life.

So you think I defied you by ordering this.

Oh, no.

No, my friend.

I've seen you in action.

If you had truly wanted her death, it would have happened.

(both speaking Spanish)

(coughs)

We all die at some point.

♪ (laughs)

(speaking Spanish)

(speaking Spanish)

(coughs)

Epi.

(coughing)

Okay, we need some help in here right now.

No-no-no-no, I don't want to dampen the celebration.

(coughs)

I just need to get some fresh air.

(mariachi music continues)

♪ (speaking Spanish)

(brass mariachi music)

-(grunts)

-(grunting)

(g*nf*re)

(men screaming)

(groans)

(g*nf*re)

(screams)

(muffled screaming and g*nf*re)

(p*stol fires)

(horse nickers)

(g*nf*re)

♪ I can't have this mess.

(soft laugh)

'Cause Cole--he's--he's so-- he's just so damn a**l.

They get little spots and he doesn't--he just-- -he hates-- -Kelly Anne, you're okay.

(glass shatters)

(ambient music)

They're all gonna come after me.

Camila, the DEA, everybody, they're all gonna come after me.

And I don't know what I'm supposed to do.

Listen to me, okay?

As soon as my friend is done, you're gonna come with me.

I will keep you safe.

♪ You're gonna be fine.

♪ Why would you do that for me?

Because I know how to survive.

Trust me.

Nice sh*t for a gabacha.

TERESA: I need you to watch her for me.

I have to speak to Camila about this paperwork.

You think she set you up.

Why are you going there?

I need to see it in her face.

♪ (distant chatter)

I'm glad you're here.

You know, Cole hasn't answered my phone calls, and that has me worried.

Maybe you can reach out to his wife?

-Do something.

-I don't need to.

She reached out to me.

And?

She found paperwork on some of your companies in a safe in Cole's office.

Hm.

(soft brooding music)

He put everything in your name.

Oh.

(very soft laugh)

Why would he do that?

I don't know.

Maybe he was just trying to protect himself, in case the DEA came after him.

Did she say anything else?

Anything about the trawler company?

♪ No.

That's all she said.

I know that's the thing that would put you in prison for life.

♪ Should I have her look for it?

No.

The DEA is all over her.

I want you to be safe.

Why would Kelly Anne call you and show you all this?

She thinks you're having an affair with her husband.

(scoffs)

Are you?

With my attorney?

Never.

I know better than that.

And after everything I've done for you, you should know better than to ask me that.

Teresa, I trust you more than anyone.

I would never lie to you.

(brooding music builds)

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

These are stressful times.

You've done well.

I'm proud of you.

(very soft laugh)

I'll be out soon.

There's so much work to do together.

Much to celebrate.

I look forward to it.

Yeah.

Me too.

♪ I have to go.

Take care.

♪ Guard.

(gentle ambient music)

♪ (Javier Solís' "Despedida")

SOLIS: ♪ (singing Spanish)

♪ (speaking Spanish)

(speaking Spanish)

♪ Niños.

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