02x09 - The Ask

[bunniefuu]

Previously on "The Cleaning Lady"...

FIONA: What are we running from, huh?

THONY: I've been helping
Garrett find evidence on a man.

- Find us that ledger.
- I got it.

[CRYING]

Arman.

THONY: He knows about you,
the kids, where we live.

[g*nsh*t] You have to go now!

Couldn't risk Sin Cara finding
out, not with this cargo.

- Do you love her?
- No.

That's a marriage certificate
for Robert and Nadia Kamdar.

[DOOR HINGES CREAK]

[SIREN WAILS]

I've missed you, Mommy.

Come here. I missed you, too.

Thank you, Fi.

Yeah.

You sure you weren't followed?

Yeah, yeah.

H-He was fine.

Yesterday, he was running
around playing with kids,

and then he woke up
jaundiced this morning.

He won't eat anything.

- Any fever?
- No.

Look at me, my love.

Alright. Where does it hurt?

Right here, Mommy.

Here.

Are you tired?

Any headaches?

My chest hurts, too.

It does? Is it hard to breathe?

Mm-hmm.

I've been giving him his
meds, all his meds, on time.

You didn't do anything wrong.

Complications can happen
after many transplants.

It's good you brought him here.

Should we rest a little bit? Hm?

Alright. Rest here for a little.

It's his breathing that worries me.

Could be something other
than liver rejection.

Like what?

I don't know.

I need to draw some
blood and do some tests.

I need to bring him home, Fi.

I thought you said this
Kamdar guy is still dangerous.

Until I have the clinic set up,

that's the only way I
can monitor him safely.

It could be serious.

Mi amor!

Perfect [SMOOCHES] timing.

Chef Andre whipped up
something amazing for us.

Hey. What's the matter?

When were you planning on telling me

you and Kamdar were married?

How did you find out?

So it's true.

I can explain.

Well, go on. I'd love to hear it.

You know how young I
was when I met Robert.

And after he brought
me here, sponsored me,

I felt like I owed him,
like I had to get married.

But it was a mistake.

And I'm sorry I didn't tell you.

But when I met you...

I knew you were the one for me.

And... And I-I don't know. I...

I didn't want to risk losing you.

I'm sorry.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

Por favor.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

It's all in the past.

In the past, Nadia?

You and Robert are still married.

What are you talking about?

It's public record. I looked it up.

You never got divorced.

Yes, we did! Yes!

We... We divorced after a
year! I-I-I signed the papers.

All this time,

he's been torturing me knowing this.

It was you who made me look
like an idiot for not telling me.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

Almost there. That's the last one.

And we... are... done!

You've been very brave. You know that?

What's going on here?

Hurts when I breathe, Mommy. It hurts.

It does? Okay. Let me see.

Here?

Okay.

You're going to rest,

and Mommy's gonna go talk to,

uh, Tita Fi, okay?

Alright.

I love you.

How is he? [SIGHS]

Both his liver and his
spleen are enlarged now.

So it could be a rare complication

when the blood flow to
the liver gets blocked.

H-How bad is it?

It could be fatal.

Arman's doctor, Dr. Saroyan,
said he could run some tests,

so I'm dropping off the blood to him

before I pick up the new
batch of meds from Bosco.

W-Wait. You're doing a drug run
in the middle of all of this?

I can't be late for Kamdar.

And I-I still need the meds for Luca,

along with other things that
could help him with the pain.

Well, what if something
happens when you're gone? I...

Fi, he's stable now.

He should be fine
until I get back, okay?

It's Arman.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Fiona.

Hi.

How's Luca doing?

- I stabilized him for now.
- Oh.

Hopefully we'll know more once
Dr. Saroyan runs the tests.

Yeah, I wish I could help.

You are.

Call me if anything changes, okay?

Okay.

[LOCKS CLICKING]

[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]

Oh, my God.

ARMAN: Alright. Thony, stay back.

[g*n COCKS]

They took our meds.

Bosco!

[GROANS]

[EXHALES SLOWLY]

ARMAN: Oh, God.

This could be an ambush. Let's go.

[ENGINE REVS]

[g*nf*re]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Hey. Over there. Let's go.

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[ENGINE REVS]

[HORN BLARES]

[ENGINE RUMBLING]

[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]

Hey. Hey. Are you okay? Are you hurt?

Who are these men?!

It's Sin Cara. His men wear those masks.

I shouldn't have asked Bosco
to use the cartel route for us.

I did this to him. To all of them.

I asked you to do this for Luca.

Do you think Sin Cara can come after us?

Bosco would never give me up,
but I don't know about his men.

They know who I am. They
know what we've been doing.

So we need to keep our eyes open.

But Kamdar is the thr*at we
have to deal with right now.

We need to tell him we lost the meds...

and that we can't deliver.

[GRUNTS]

Nadia.

[GRUNTS] How dare you!

Thank you, Joseph. You can leave us now.

I told you to file those
divorce papers years ago!

And you never did!

[DOOR CLOSES]

It was only a matter of
time before you found out.

You don't own me, Robert. You never did.

And now you've turned
my whole life into a lie.

Nadia, I'm so sorry.

I just couldn't bring
myself to file them.

A part of me was always
hoping that you might

find your way back to me.

So this was your twisted
way of keeping me.

No.

Why can't you see?

I knew I couldn't hold
on to someone like you.

But now it's... it's like
you've actually come back to me,

as I hoped you would.

I came to you to help Arman.

That's all.

I'm getting new divorce
papers sent to you.

When you get them...

sign them.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

THONY: Mm-hmm.

Thank you, Dr. Saroyan. I
really appreciate your help.

Thank you. You too.

[BEEP]

FIONA: What did he say?
Is it what you thought?

The blood work confirmed

that it's sinusoidal
obstruction syndrome.

Hey.

Um, can he... Can he treat it?

I mean, he's gonna send IV
morphine to control the pain,

but there's only one drug
that can really treat that,

and it costs $,.

Holy crap.

Can Dr. Saroyan get it for less?

Mnh-mnh.

And even if we had the money,

this drug is regulated in the U.S.

It's only hospitals
that can prescribe it.

Okay.

So... So, what now, huh?

I can ask a-a friend of mine.

She's a doctor, and she might be able

to send some through Manila General.

But I don't know. With
the FDA restrictions,

I don't know if we can
get it through customs.

Thony, I mean, if you have
to take Luca back to Manila...

I can't.

He would never survive the flight, Fi.

I... I... [SIGHS]

I-I want to Dr. Emralino when
she wakes up in a few hours.

And we'll see.

[CELLPHONE BUZZES]

Kamdar's back in town.

He wants me to come in and explain

what happened to his dr*gs.

Thony. Now?

Maybe I could... I
could get him to help.

Okay.

You watch for swelling in
the arms, legs, and stomach.

If the fluid builds up in his abdomen,

it's gonna push against his lungs

- and he won't be able to breathe.
- Okay.

I'm gonna have to do an abdominal tap,

so, please, you watch for those signs.

Yeah?

I promise. I promise, okay?

- Okay.
- Yeah.

Thank you.

[DOOR CLOSES]

So what am I supposed to tell my buyer?

That your business depended
on cheating the cartel?!

We can get more dr*gs,
Robert. We just need some time.

Late is late! That was amateur!

How do you think that makes me look?!

No, you're done.

No, no, no, no! Wait,
wait! I have another way!

You know, I was a surgeon in Manila.

I still have contacts there.

I could get the meds for half
of what we... we paid in Mexico.

You want to traffic dr*gs
out of the Philippines

in the middle of a drug w*r?

Corruption goes both ways.

We can work around it,

especially since we've been
moving legitimate dr*gs.

Once you establish a
distribution channel,

you could double your profit.

Just give me one good
reason why I should trust you

not to screw this up again.

My son is very sick.

I need a very specific,
expensive medicine for him.

Without it, he could
die. I can make it work.

I just need your help.

You get me to Manila, and I will find

who's willing to be bought
for the right amount of cash.

I just need you to get
me back to the country.

I'm undocumented.

Oh.

I need hours to
make the arrangements.

But the cost of the plane and
fuel will come from your cut.

- Alright.
- Yeah.

And if you don't find a new supplier,

the plane comes back without you.

Luca. Hey.

Now it's your turn to
take care of Tita Fi.

She loves to tell stories.

If you ask her, you'll be very happy.

Yeah?

Mahal kita, Mommy.

Mak srolanh kon.

Alright.

I'll see you soon, my love.

So, his body is still
retaining a lot of water.

Try not to give him too much to drink.

You can give him the
morphine whenever he needs it.

This is Dr. Saroyan's number.

Call him if his symptoms
change or get worse.

And I'll be back in a couple of days.

Thony, I mean, how can
you trust this Kamdar guy?

I mean, he threatened you.
He threatened our family.

I mean, what if... what if you
can't come back into the country?

Then I'll send Luca's meds.

Fi, either way, I have to go to Manila.

If I can't come back
here, then that's the risk

I have to take.

This is for Nanay and Tatay.

I haven't been able to give them
money for a few months, so...

I can't see them. They
threatened to take Luca back.

Okay.

I'll see what I can do.

Ingat ha.

I will.

If anything happens to me,
I want you to take c...

Stop it. Stop it.

It won't.

Okay.

You here to see us off?

Oh, I've decided to come with you.

I've got some business
I can do in Manila.

And if you're able to
broker a deal for those meds,

someone has to grease the
wheels to get them shipped back.

That won't be necessary, Joseph.

You're staying here.

No, this is our deal, Robert.

Actually, it's not.

When your Mexican route was
blown, our deal was done.

This trip was her plan, not yours.

I need Arman to come with me.

No, he'd just be taking
up valuable space.

That's my plane. It's my rules.

Shall we?

[SIGHS]

Any luck on Kamdar's ledger?

None of the accounts match
up to any real people,

and all the transactions are coded.

I thought Morales was
supposed to help us with that.

He ID'd a few of the low-level guys

that he's collected money from.

One might be connected
to a major syndicate.

There's a reason Kamdar's
never been arrested before.

He's smart.

That ledger is a way to prove
he backs other criminals.

That's why we need to keep
Arman and Thony in this.

But Kamdar m*rder*d Maya.

That's what he should do time for,

not some criminal-profiteering B.S.

We've been through this.

Oh, come on, Russo.

Stop thinking about promotions.

Alright? And back me up here.

That's not fair. I've
always had your back.

I know.

I know. It's just, uh...

I mean, we pulled her
out of a damn river.

Don't you want him to pay for that?

I do.

We just need to be strategic about it.

[SIGHS]

- Get any sleep?
- Not really.

Well, you should, you know.
There's a lot riding on this trip.

Who's your contact out there?

Um... she's, um, a doctor.

She's a friend of mine.

I-I was her mentor at the hospital.

And her husband. He's
a pharmaceutical rep.

The penalty for drug trafficking
in the Philippines is death.

So what makes you think
your friends are willing

to risk their lives just to help you?

When I had to step away from
my career to take care of Luca,

I recommended her to the
board to take my place.

And she's now chief of
cardio at Manila General.

The chief of cardiology.

That's a lot to give up.

The god-like power of saving lives

just to become a maid for criminals.

My life became about saving
one person's life... my son.

So that's what this trip
is really about, isn't it?

You're using me and my resources

to get the medicine
you need for your son.

Well, I think we're both getting

something we need out of this trip.

Perhaps we will.

But if you don't come
through on this deal,

your son will get nothing.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
HORNS HONKING]

JOSEPH: You miss it here?

More than I thought I would, yeah.

_

[BICYCLE BELL DINGS]

Hello! [CHUCKLES]

GABRIEL: [CHUCKLES] Thony!

- Thony!
- Oh, cake.

Hi. How are you doing?

- Ohh.
- Hi.

- Ohh.
- Hello, Gabriel.

Good to see you. How are you guys?

[SPEAKS TAGALOG] Same house,
same job, same beer belly.

[LAUGHTER]

[SPEAKS TAGALOG] Oh, Thony.

It's been too long.

Yeah. I know.

We really wished we could have
made it to the funeral, Thony.

We're so sorry about Marco.

I know you both would have
been there if you could.

It's okay. It's fine.

How about some drinks?

[CHUCKLES] Yes.

It was supposed to be

a laparoscopic valve repair, in and out.

- Mm-hmm.
- But the aorta dissected,

and Thony had to
convert to open surgery.

O.R. coming on hours.

I know.

[LAUGHS] But Thony never blinked an eye.

People still talk about
that graft you used.

It was cutting-edge back then.
Now I use it all the time.

You were always a quick learner.

Because I had the best teacher.

Mm. "What would Thony do?"

She still says that to this day.

- Yeah?
- That's right.

You always know the right thing to do.

Well...

not always.

Do you mind if I use the bathroom?

You know where it is.

[SPEAKS TAGALOG]

[SIGHS]

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

We need to talk.

Isabel, what are you doing here?

I, uh, came to get this.

But I'm glad to see you,

because I couldn't bring myself
to tell you over the phone.

Is that the deed?

I've decided to sell La Habana.

Isabel. I'm working on a new business.

I'll have the money to buy it soon.

Look, this place is
operating at a loss, Arman,

and has been since my dad d*ed.

It's just temporary.

Nadia and I can bring it back.

That's what I kept hoping,
but, I mean, here we are.

Look, the only reason I've
even held onto it so long

is because I know how much
this place means to you.

Now Ben and I are talking
about starting a family,

- and we have to let it go.
- Yeah.

I just need a little more time, Isabel.

I really appreciate
everything you've done,

but I have to sell as soon as possible.

I... I'm sorry.

[SIGHS]

[FOOT STOMPS]

[CELLPHONE CHIMES]

_

_

- [ANNA-MAE SIGHS]
- Can I help?

Before I forget, Luca's defibrotide.

Ohh.

Thank you so much, Gabriel.

Of course.

It must be very difficult
to see Luca sick again.

If there is any liver damage,
there's a new drug here.

It's called Hepatic Peptin.

[ZIPPER SLIDING]

It's not approved by the FDA,

but I can try to see
if I can get you some.

Thank you. So much.

I mean, I-I really appreciate
what you're doing for Luca.

Anytime.

And how's work been?

Ah, you know, pharma sales.

Lots of hours, lots
of stress. [CHUCKLES]

At least here, pharmaceutical
companies aren't as bad

as in the U.S.

We're catching up.

They always say
medicine is a basic need.

Mm, yes.

No country seems to get it right.

No.

Well, that's actually

something I wanted to talk to you about.

Since I can't get my
license in the U.S.,

I've been treating
people in our community,

people without insurance.

You mean... off the books?

Yes. Medicine is so expensive there.

I mean, it's over
$, for defibrotide.

That's American healthcare for you.

I want to try to fix things.

I-I want to try to find ways

to get affordable medicine
for people who need them.

Talk to your politicians.

They're the ones making money
by keeping things this way.

Corruption is the same everywhere.

Yeah, but I think that there are...

non-traditional ways
that we could explore,

and I thought maybe you would
like to help me with that.

What do you mean?

I have a list of meds

that I need to get, in bulk.

To sell? Illegally?

Thony...

we can get in a lot
of trouble for these.

It's to help people, Gabriel,

and I would give you

% of profits, % if you want,

if you introduce me to
the right people here.

Thony, you're talking like... like a...

- A drug dealer!
- Hey.

I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important!

[SPEAKING TAGALOG]

You come into our house and you...

- And you pretend to be our friend.
- I am your friend.

But you want us to help you
smuggle illegal dr*gs.

I have to ask because I am in
trouble with some bad people.

What kind of trouble?

They could hurt Luca. They could hurt...

What about us?! You know that
we can get k*lled for this.

Get out. I don't want to
talk about this anymore.

Anna-Mae, please.

- Gabe...
- Thony, I said get out!

That's enough.

[GABRIEL AND ANNA-MAE SPEAKING TAGALOG]

[GABRIEL SCOFFS]

Thony. [SPEAKS TAGALOG]

Wait.

This is the name of a man who runs

a pharmaceutical factory who's
been known to take bribes.

He'll do what you're asking for.

Thank you.

I'm really sorry for putting
you in this situation.

[SPEAKS TAGALOG] This is only because of

everything you've done for me.

But it doesn't mean that...

The people you are in trouble with?

You brought them? [SPEAKS TAGALOG]

- To my home?!
- No one's gonna hurt you.

You go back to Las Vegas!

You don't ever contact me again!

I wasn't expecting to see you here.

It was your idea to turn this
place into a cigar lounge.

You said it would attract
the kind of customers

that would... stay late
and spend the money.

The Barsamians weren't so sure.

Yeah, but you convinced them.

You researched the
humidors. You got the Cubans.

When the doors of the
lounge finally opened,

the money just flowed in.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Did Isabel call you?

Yes. She told me.

Which one of us are you
here to say goodbye to?

La Habana?

Or me?

Neither.

Bosco's dead.

I knew I was taking a risk
using Sin Cara's route,

but I kept doing it.

And know that the route's closed,

I'm no longer of any use to Kamdar,

and you and I know what that means.

I can talk with Robert.

There's no talking to that
man, Nadia. You know that.

We both know what he's capable of.

He's a m*rder*r and a psychopath.

I'm so sorry about all this.

Yeah, I'm sorry, too.

About all of it.

About what I said.

But it's time to put an end to it.

To all of it.

What do you want to do?

I'm gonna k*ll Kamdar.

And you're gonna help me do it.

Armando.

No, I can't.

It's either him or me.

I would never let
anything bad happen to you,

and you know that, but...

Then work with me on this, Nadia.

When he dies, everything he
owns will belong to you...

his wife.

Uh, I'm gonna be home soon.

Yeah.

Tell him I love him, okay?

Mahal kita.

Bye.

[EXHALES SOFTLY]

[RATTLING]

_

Just when I thought you decided to stay.

The Philippines is not my home anymore.

Well, it's given us
quite the parting gift.

Our baggage hold is packed
with meds from your contact.

And you have the rest of
the meds for Luca, right?

We already hit our weight limit.

So the rest are on a cargo
ship bound for Long Beach.

Don't worry. You'll get them.

Once you've worked out how to turn

this little scheme of yours
into a profitable business.

[CABIN BELL DINGS]

[DOORS CLOSE]

You're still here?

[CHUCKLES] If you're trying
to make me feel better...

Oh, no.

This is for me.

[GLASS THUDS ON TABLE]

I didn't get the promotion.

[SIGHS]

I guess that's my fault, huh?

With Cortez dead, Maya dead...

None of that is your fault.

The weather sucks in Florida anyway.

All that humidity.

Besides...[LID POPS]

I like having you around, Russo.

Alright. Put it up.

[GLASSES CLINK]

[CHUCKLES]

[GARRETT CLEARS THROAT]

How did we get here, Miller?

What? A couple of sad
sacks who drink too much?

That's the job description.

Mm-hmm.

Look, I'm sorry, Kat.

[PLANE FLIES OVERHEAD]

[RADIO CHATTER]

I thought we wouldn't
have to go through customs.

Everyone goes through customs,
even on private flights.

Nothing to declare.

Nothing for her either.

OFFICER: You're good.

One thing you'll get to know about me is

if I say I'm going to
do something, I do it.

[CELLPHONE BUZZES]

Joseph will take you
home. I'll be in touch.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Sorry. I didn't want to wait out there.

I hope that's okay?

Of course it's okay.

I presume you're here for the
divorce papers you sent over.

Nadia?

Hey. What's wrong?

It's La Habana.

Isabel's putting it on the
market after everything we did.

I know how hard you worked.
That place was your home.

It doesn't matter. She made up her mind.

She's selling it.

And now I've lost everything.

That's not true.

You'll always have a home
here. I know it's not the same.

You didn't build this
place from the ground up.

Don't say that.

You know what FastLane means to me.

But it's not yours. Even
though you inspired it.

La Habana was your creation.

You nurtured it. You
made it what it was.

And now it's over.

I shouldn't be...

I shouldn't be complaining
to you like this.

I should go.

Wait a second.

I don't want you to leave without these.

Our divorce papers.

They're signed.

I'll let you do the honors of
filing them this time around.

I'm not in a state of
mind to make any decisions.

I've lost Arman. I've lost La Habana.

Maybe I'm not ready to lose
anything else right now.

Thank you, Robert,
for what you just said.

It's been a long time since
someone believed in me.

Oh, my love.

There's no one...

No one I believe in more than you.

It's gonna make you feel
so much better, my love.

Hmm?

My brave little one.

Mak srolanh kon.

Mommy, I don't want you to go.

Well, guess what.

I'm gonna be here when you fall asleep

and I'm going to be
here when you wake... up.

Yeah. That's it.

Will the treatment work?

Yeah, I think so.

Well, whatever you went
through over there...

it was worth it.

I don't have all of
Luca's medication yet.

They're part of a shipment
coming from the Philippines

that Kamdar controls.

So he's still gonna want
you to work for him, huh?

He's not gonna give
them to me until he knows

that I have the pipeline
up and running for him.

Thony.

I mean, how are you ever
gonna get out of this?

I don't know.

But as long as he's
helping me keep Luca alive,

I'm gonna do it.

That's all I can think about right now.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

Isabel.

I wasn't expecting you.

Sorry. I should have told you.

We just got a buyer for La Habana.

In fact, he's meeting me here
now to sign the paperwork.

ISABEL: Hello.

Robert?

ISABEL: Oh, you two know each other?

She's the reason I'm buying La Habana.

I've been a fan of this place for years,

so when she told me
it was on the market,

well, I couldn't let the
opportunity pass me by.

ISABEL: Well, that's great news.

Nadia and Arman have done a
wonderful job managing the club.

Maybe you could keep them on.

I've always valued Nadia.

We go way back.

The notary will be here
soon, but in the meantime,

you could start reading
the purchase agreement.

[SIGHS]

There's something you need to see.

A couple of fishermen
just pulled a g*n out of

the Colorado River yards
from where we found Maya.

We searched that area. How
the hell did we miss it?

All I know is, we just found it now,

and the ballistics are a match.

- Any prints?
- A partial.

Forensics is working to salvage it now.

If they're Kamdar's, we got him.

Kamdar would never pull
the trigger, Miller.

You know that. What do we got?

We're still running the print,

but there's enough
there to find a match.

[BEEPING]

[BEEPS]

- Seriously?
- It's only a partial print.

You're gonna have a lot of suspects.

Wait a minute. Hold on.

[BEEP]

Son of a bitch.