03x08 - Tapping the Rudder

[bunniefuu]

["Where Do We Go from Here"
by Wesley Attew plays]

♪ Am I wrong? ♪

♪ Have I got this right... ♪

[Sarah] Kooks...

and Pogues.

Come on, catch it.

Really, stop.

[Sarah] Two tribes.

One island.

Wait, wait, wait, uh...

That's it?

[Sarah] I thought it was obvious.

- I'm sorry. I...
- Shut up.

[Sarah] When I kissed John B,

I gave up my Kook card.

[siren wailing]

The deal was done.

- Hold on!
- [yelps]

[Sarah] It was Poguelandia forever.

[all cheering]

[John B] It's okay.

[Sarah] But when we got back to Kildare,

it was all reversed.

[Pope] Yeah, come on!

- [Sarah] Suddenly, he had a father.
- Welcome home, Pop.

[Sarah] He had a home.

And me,

I had nothing left.

♪ And remember when we prayed for rain... ♪

[Sarah] No family.

No place to stay.

Hello?

- No money.
- Sarah, what are you doing?

[Sarah] Nothing.

But I did still have my old friends.

[crowd cheering]

[Sarah] The Kooks.

Waiting to take me back.

♪ Behind those fears... ♪

- Born a Kook.
- [exhales]

Became a Pogue.

- Till death do us part?
- Till death do us part.

♪ Where do we go from here? ♪

[cries]

Sarah, wake up!

Sarah, wake up!

[John B and JJ screaming, cheering]

♪ Where do we go from here? ♪

[Sarah] So which am I really?

Kook or Pogue?

Honestly, at this point,

I don't even know myself.

I mean, like,

even after he was down,
John B was still hitting him.

Yeah, I've never seen him like that.

You actually think
he's gonna get arrested?

He can't get arrested.

Not now.

If he's locked up, he can't help his dad.
I have to fix this.

Can you give me a ride
to Topper's? Please.

You don't think
this plan could make things worse?

I don't know.

And I don't know
what's gonna happen with me and John B.

But what I do know is I can't just sit by

and watch him get arrested
while his dad's abducted.

I have to try.

[bell tolling]

[groans]

[seagulls squawking]

It's something about the dude's face,
you know?

Like the whole, "No hard feelings, bro."
You know what I'm saying?

"No hard feelings." It's kinda hard
not to have hard feelings about that.

It's just that... that look.
That Kook look, you know?

- It was clear "provucation."
- Provocation.

Provocation, and, uh, I mean,
you had to do what you had to do.

No choice about it.

Thank you. No choice.
We gotta figure out a plan

to get to South America, like, yesterday.

- They've got my dad.
- You have any food real quick, though?

So I was thinking passports.
We don't have those.

Therefore, we can't fly commercial.
We need other ideas.

Okay, well, don't you got the money
that you took from Portis?

- I gave that to my dad.
- So then what about a boat?

[sniffs, coughs]

If we got a boat, maybe
we could get down there 'cause the HMS...

Yeah, you know about the HMS.
Oh, Limbrey! Limbrey has a boat!

- What if we took that one down?
- Yeah. She took that back.

And the HMS is not gonna make it down
to the Port of Spain, so out on the boats.

So what you're saying is,

we don't got any money,

and we also don't have a boat
that can make it to South America.

- Great.
- Unbelievable.

Actually, I might know a guy.

I'm onto something!

- [John B] Uh-oh.
- You don't start with, "Uh-oh," dude.

- You're so negative.
- Get down! Shoupe is out front right now!

[tense music plays]

[Shoupe] All right, John B!

- sh*t!
- Come on.

[both muttering]

Yoo-hoo! Anybody home?

- John B!
- Go under there. Under there.

- sh*t.
- Come on. Scoot!

All right, John B, I know you're in there.

[knocking on door]

Shut up. Shut up.

[indistinct radio chatter]

If he sees you, that's game over.

- I know, okay, JJ?
- [JJ] Don't get that.

I know you can hear me in there.

You need to come out and talk to me.
It'll be a whole lot worse if you don't.

[indistinct radio chatter]

Okay.

[tracker beeping]

Okey doke,

have it your way!

You know where you can find me.

[truck engine starts]

All right, let's peel!

[both grunting]

- Come on. Go.
- All right. I got a plan, all right?

I think it might work.

It's a little sketchy. Might not like it,
but I think it will work.

No, no, no, no.
Wait, wait, wait. What plan?

If I tell you now when the plan
is half-baked, you'll get all negative.

Look, I'd settle for a quarter-baked plan.

- [mumbles] Come on!
- Don't you dare make that noise at me.

[" Years" by Shawn Lee
& The Soul Surfers plays]

[Sofia] Hey.

Hey.

So is this place really all yours?

More like lord of the manor sh*t.

[laughs]

Ooh!

[tense music plays]

[Barry] It's either you
or your pops, Rafe.

If I was you, I would move
to get him off the b*ttlefield

before he starts squawking.

- Hey, you're the man, Rafe.
- Hey.

I'm gonna stay that way too.

[tense music building]

Hey, are you going somewhere?

Um, yeah. Uh...

[clears throat]

I've got some business to take care of,
but you can hang out here, all right?

I'll... I'll be back.

[insects chirping]

I'm taking care
of the business, all right?

I'm laying groundwork.
I'm making connections.

I'm trying to plant my flag here. Okay?

So you just need to go back
to your island where it's safe,

and you need to stop jamming me up, okay?

If you get caught here,
it ruins everything.

I'd figured you'd know
where to find me here, of all people.

I'm glad you did.

I think it's clear
from what happened yesterday...

I was right.

You're on a very bad path, Rafe.

Your opinion, not mine. Okay? I'm good.

You're making
the same mistakes again and again,

the same ones I did, okay?

- [Rafe] Right.
- So I'm gonna help you, son.

I decided to make some changes.

[tense music plays]

What are those?

I'm taking control
of the company away from you.

What?

You're not in charge anymore, Rafe.

What are you saying?

My attorneys found a more recent document

that left control to Rose.

[exhales sharply]

- Rose?
- [Ward] Yeah.

You didn't think I was gonna give up
complete control, did you, Rafe?

Not be able
to tap the rudder a little bit?

- I'm very generous with my children.
- Oh, are you?

- But I'm not a complete fool.
- [Rafe] No, of course not.

It's clear to me you're in over your head,
so control goes to Rose.

- And we're cutting your stipend.
- [huffs]

We're selling Tannyhill,

and I need you out of there
by the end of the week.

Okay. Um...

And I know that's hard, son.
It's hard letting go of this old life,

but that is exactly what you have to do,

because we are starting a brand-new life.

[chuckles] We're gonna be reborn.

Right, but to do that,
we have to let this life go.

We have to bury it.

Reborn, reborn, reborn!

- Are you for real right now?
- Yeah.

Friar Cameron. You can't stand
that I'm on my own right now!

That I have the power!

Do you, Rafe?

Do you have the power?

I mean, I'll tell the police you're here.

- That you're alive.
- Yeah?

So...

I think I have some power.

[exhales sharply]

Wow, I guess I'd have to tell them
that you k*lled Sheriff Peterkin.

I mean, I wouldn't want to, but...

in the end, it actually might be
the good thing for you.

- Hmm.
- To face up to some of these things.

I think they would go easy on you.
I mean, Sarah would back me up, right?

She was there.

Have you seen her?

- Of course I've seen her.
- [Rafe] Right.

She's my daughter.

I offered her some money
and a place to stay but...

[breathing shakily]

Rafe.

See?

The devil's got you, son.

You want to sh**t me?

[tense music intensifies]

You can't, son.

Because as angry as you are,
I am your father, and you love me.

- [grunts loudly]
- [Ward groans]

[Rafe panting]

[panting]

[woman] Some derelict named John B.

He hit him

and hit him even after he was unconscious.

Can you believe that?

Thank God the CT scan
and the BTI both came back negative.

Oh.

Let me call you back.

Dr. Thornton, I am so, so sorry.

Yeah, well, unfortunately,
apologies won't heal my son, will they?

No.

Can I please see him?

[Topper grunting]

Go on.

[grunts, pants]

Okay, hey. [hesitates]

Shouldn't you be taking it easy?

- [grunts]
- [Sarah] Topper!

[rock music playing on headphones]

[exhales]

You know I could have b*at his ass, right?
I mean, I've done it, what? Twice already?

But, you know, took the high road.
Didn't want to ruin Mike and Anna's party.

- And you did the right thing.
- [Topper] I did do the right thing.

But now I look like
I couldn't even take the guy, so...

[sighs] Unfortunately for John B,
I'm gonna have to get even.

Topper, I am sorry.

I didn't mean for any of this to happen.

All right,
if you're really, truly sorry, Sarah...

[pants]

...how about you go in
and testify against him?

Would you do that for me?

[tense music plays]

So you're really pressing charges?

Yeah, I'm really pressing charges.
I mean, did you see what happened?

[pants] The guy just sucker punched me

then kept hitting me
when I'm out cold on the floor.

I know. Uh...

We're going in this afternoon.

You saw the whole thing.

Would you come with us
and do right by my son?

Sure.

Yeah?

I'll meet you there.

[breathing shakily]

[birds chirping]

["Blood on the Tracks"
by Marcus King plays]

[tires screech]

Oh, perfect. Rockfish. The place you go
to bash beer bottles on people's heads.

There's a guy here,

that's always here,

moves a lot of weight.

My dad worked for him. [grunts]

Come on now.

No, no, wait, wait.

- Please don't say "Barracuda Mike."
- Okay, I won't.

Come on, there's gotta be
a better option than this.

Oh, you know what? You're right.
There is a better option.

Except there's not. All right, dude?

Seriously, we don't have
a whole lot of time,

and your dad needs help right now,
and this guy is gonna be the key

to getting down to South America ASAP.

Trust me on this one.

Let me do the talking, okay?

Yo, Mike!
Yo! [chuckles] You remember me, right?

- It's on the tip of your tongue. J...
- Luke's son!

[JJ] That works too.

Uh, also go by JJ,
but this here is my good friend, John B.

- Hey.
- Routledge!

- In the flesh. Yep.
- Heard stories about you two.

- [John B] Uh-oh.
- I mean, he's a stone-cold cop k... k*ller.

No, I'm not.

Mike, I'm gonna be honest
about why we're here, okay?

We're a little bit
in a... a patch of trouble,

and we're trying to get down
to South America if that's...

I'm sorry, slick,
but I done sold the travel agency.

[laughs]

Well, I mean, we're not looking
for some free handout here, all right?

We understand it's a two-way road.

- Symbiotic relationship.
- Yes, yes.

That's what we're trying to get at.
We just need to "parlee"...

Parley. Parley is what he's saying.

Parley in, um... in private,

if that's cool with you.

- Just stay here.
- No, you're not gonna do this.

You're not gonna leave me here.

Excuse you! All right.

[clears throat]

Look, I know you got planes coming in
with bales of weed from South America,

and they need to be unloaded, right?

That's what my dad did for you.
And I can do the same thing, Mike.

[scoffs]

He would come home

and brag about how much he made
in one night, which was K, right?

That's a lot of cheddar.
We're willing to do it for way cheaper.

All right? Like... like free.

[scoffs] Nothing's free.

I live by that one too. All right?
So I'll be honest.

All we want is
just a little space in the cargo hold

when you make your next trip down there.

- You just want a ride.
- Just want a ride in that cargo hold.

And then in exchange,
you get two sets of free hands

and another K in your pocket.

I don't know about you, but that sounds
pretty damn free to me. [chuckles]

What do you say?

Yeah, so, uh, what do you...
what do you guys catch out here?

Money.

- [Barracuda] : .
- : tonight. We'll be there. Yes, sir.

- Nice to meet you fellas.
- Hey, let's go. Come on.

- Okay. What do we gotta do?
- Just a little something.

- A little something?
- Yeah.

Every time you say "a little something,"
it's never a little something.

All right, it's literally the easiest job
in the world, bro.

[groans]

We just unload it.
You know what they do on planes?

You know on Delta and United
when they take the bags off of the...

That's what we're doing. Okay?

Once we do that, we punch our tickets,
go on to South America,

sipping on piña coladas, all right?

John B, it's gonna be a piece of cake.

- You're driving.
- [engine revving]

["Blood on the Tracks" ends]

[birds chirping]

[Singh] Finally, the Orinoco, John.

The gateway to El Dorado.

A graveyard of empires.

Many have d*ed, you know?

Perhaps we add a few more to the list.

Say hello to our new river guide, John.

It's four days
until the solstice, you know,

and on that night,
you'll be a part of history.

I mean,

we know this is some sort
of translation key, right?

I don't get it. I mean, look.

This is the sun,

and that's the glyph for sun,
and this is gold,

and that's the glyph for gold,
but it's not like a dictionary.

Don't you get the feeling like

if you were to put it together
in the right order,

it'd mean something specific?

Wait a second.

I've seen this somewhere before.

Sun.

Sun, sun, sun, sun.

You know the part that I can't understand?

This man had one opportunity
to send a letter to his daughter,

and he sends this mishmash?

Think about it. A translation of Kalinago?

There must've been a reason.

It's inheritance.

Cleo, that's it.

He wanted her to find El Dorado.

[tense music plays]

- Um, we gotta check this out.
- Yeah, we should do that.

I think I know exactly
where we need to go.

[Kie] Wait, your dad's staying here?

[Sarah] It's where I'd stay if I were him.

[Kie] Are you sure you want to do this?

I don't know,
but I gotta help John B and his dad.

Yeah, if I hear bloodcurdling screams,

I'll make sure to go in
and document the crime scene.

You're the best.

[Kie] Hey, good luck.

[Ward] Hey, sweetie.

I prayed you'd come around.

Do you remember you told me

you would do anything

to repair our relationship?

Of course.

I meant it.

There's something you can do.

Anything.

[John B] I... I don't know about this.

[JJ] Bro, you're worrying
way too much about this, okay?

It is just farmers who brought
organic seeds from South America

that we are gonna unload.

- It's a drug-smuggling operation.
- Do you wanna get your dad or not?

Yes, I do! Okay?
Look, this has to work out, all right?

I doubted him, and I blamed him.

And all this time,
he was just trying to protect me.

And now he's been abducted,
so I kinda need a bit of a...

John B, no! Okay, listen, listen. I know.

You know who you're gonna have
to trust right now? Papa J.

Okay? I got this, %.

I mean, % would be good, honestly.

- Holy sh*t, look at that thing.
- Yeah, dude. It's like an RV with wings.

- sh*t, they're already unloading.
- [JJ] Oh sh*t.

Yo! We aren't late, are we?

No, there was a change of plan though.

Oh, uh, okay.

You two are gonna drive the truck
up to Elizabeth City to make the drop.

The address is in the truck.

There'll be a dummy car
for you to use to come back.

The plane'll still be waiting.

Right. Okay, so, um...
you just want us to drive the truck?

Correct.

[tense music plays]

Actually, can I borrow him for one second?

Hey, hey,
this is not what we talked about.

This is way more dangerous.

It don't matter what we talked about.
In for a penny, in for a pound.

- You do this, you get your ride.
- Yeah, it's just that...

[Barracuda] If not,

you know how this works, right?

Now, Highway Patrol is changing shifts
as we speak.

This is the window.
Take it to the drop house on Prospect.

Directions are in the truck.

Any luck, we'll have you back
before sundown. [chuckles]

Come on.

Take the key.

Yeah, no problem. Get in the truck.

["Can't Fool with Me"
by The Spaceshits plays]

- [John B] Any idea what's in the back?
- Yes, John B, I know what's in the back.

And it's gonna be fine.
It's gonna work out. Okay?

- I am sick of your bullshit plans, man.
- g*dd*mn!

No, I'm just saying
this might top the time

you told me to fake appendicitis in jail.

And that almost worked.

Get the map out.
I have no idea where I'm going.

All right, we need to get to , okay?

- Just give...
- This one, man. You just ripped it out.

Jesus Christ.

- There it is. It's gonna be a nice...
- Cop. JJ, JJ, there's a cop.

[suspenseful music plays]

- sh*t.
- Okay, play it cool.

- No, you're not cool.
- Play it cool. I'm super cool.

- I'm super cool.
- [JJ] I'm as cool as it gets.

- What are you doing? Don't do that.
- I'm just gonna wave.

- JJ? What are... I told you...
- Hi, officer.

[tires screeching]

- Why'd you touch me?
- Don't wave at cops!

Rule number one of driving a U-Haul!

- We've been in the car for five minutes.
- [JJ] He's getting in.

- Okay, okay. Just act very, very calm.
- [siren wailing]

sh*t, he's coming!
He's coming! sh*t! Damn it!

Dude, goblin mode, all right?
We gotta lose him, okay?

- Goblin mode? What's that even mean, JJ?
- That's what we gotta do! Hang on!

- I got this!
- JJ.

[tires screeching]

[tires screeching]

- [JJ] Get out! Go, go, go!
- [John B] Okay.

I swear to God, if we get through this,
I'm gonna k*ll you!

[JJ] You probably won't have to
because Barracuda Mike will first.

[seagulls squawking]

[screeching]

[Singh] Pizarro.

Sir Walter Raleigh.

They also came up this river,
you know, John, hmm?

And they had the fever,
you know, as we do,

that set army upon army
and atrocities beyond description.

And all of that k*lling, John,
for something only rumored to exist.

Something no one ever found.

My grandfather,
he d*ed on that ship, you know, John?

As did many others.

And for what, hmm?

For what? For nothing.

They failed.

You m*rder*d my friend.

Why?

So your grandfather
wouldn't have d*ed in vain

over years ago?

That is correct.

And what about you, hmm?

You had the fever a long time, you know.

You sacrificed
a promising academic career.

Yet you went on. Why?

For the kid, I guess.

It was something we did together.
I didn't care what others thought of me.

I just wanted him to know

that I...

That I wasn't nothing.

We're not all that different,
you and me, John.

We're not that different, you know.

Listen, I've been going through it
over and over and over again. Okay?

You said it yourself, right? The only way
this thing goes south is my dad.

We gotta nip that sh*t in the bud.
We gotta take him out.

And anyway, who's gonna know?

He's already dead. You can't k*ll
someone who's already dead.

[insects chirping]

Hey, if my pop stays here, all right,

our deal,

us doing business together,
using the company to launder the money,

all that fifty-fifty sh*t...

- [Barry] Mm-hmm.
- ...all that's gone.

What you're asking me right now
is something that once it's done,

cannot be undone.

There's no going back.

I'm talking about your family, talking
about your pops, talking about your blood.

And blood complicates things.

Hypothetically speaking,

let's say

I do it.

And then, for whatever reason,

you decide to change your mind.

Sell me out.

No.

Yeah, this has been a long time coming.

[suspenseful music plays]

He's always had his boot on my neck.

Holding me down.

That's all gonna be over soon.

I'm not changing my mind.

[can clanks]

[vehicle engine starts]

[engine revving]

[both panting]

My dad is somewhere
in South America right now,

probably with a Kn*fe to his throat,
and what are we doing?

Moving weight?

In goblin mode?

How many times will you complain
about me trying to help save your dad?

Help is the exact opposite
of what you're doing right now!

You know what? You're right.

You're absolutely right.

But you know whose fault that is?
You and your treasure-obsessed father.

[grunts, laughs]

Oh, okay!

- That's where we're going?
- That's where we're going.

Yeah. And it looks
like we just went there too!

- Come on.
- Come on, man!

That's it! I've been waiting for this!

- [both grunting]
- [vehicle approaches]

- [JJ] Get off me!
- [siren wailing]

[Shoupe] Howdy, boys!

[JJ grunts] Uh...

- [John B] 'Sup, Shoupe?
- You boys okay?

Yeah, we're, uh, you know, just, um...

We're... we're good.

[tracker beeps]

Tracker.

Makes it a lot easier
to keep an eye on you hoodlums.

[man on radio] All units, evidence team is
en route to the abandoned U-Haul. Over.

- Copy that.
- Sounds like duty calls.

- So we wouldn't want to hold you up.
- Yeah.

We'll get out of your hair.

Hold on a minute.
We just found a U-Haul full of dr*gs

out near . Y'all wouldn't happen
to be involved in that, would you?

- You see that? That's profiling, John B.
- I know.

And I really don't appreciate it.

Just 'cause we're Pogues,
you think we're drug dealers? No, no!

We're not that desperate now, Shoupe.

You've been too busy b*ating people up
and breaking up parties.

- Okay, Shoupe, there's an explanation...
- I hate to break it to you, kid.

- But I've got a warrant.
- What? A warrant?

- Topper's pressing charges.
- [JJ] Hold up.

For what? No, he started it!

- He did start it.
- I'm just being honest with you.

- Honestly, what did I do?
- Hands up against the van.

Shoupe, this time,
I didn't even do anything, okay?

- Do you know what Topper did to John B?
- No, but I know what your boy here did.

- He b*at him in front of the whole town.
- Yeah, which is...

And kept beatin' him after he was down,

and Topper may be a douche,
but you know better than that.

Shoupe! Come on, he was messing
with John B's girl. You'd do the same.

Shoupe, I get it, okay?
But I can't be locked up right now.

Well, you should've thought
of that beforehand.

Come on, man. We're doing this again?

- I don't have time for this.
- [JJ] Come on.

- JJ, please.
- He didn't do sh*t too.

- You know!
- You stay safe and stay outta trouble.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[tense music plays]

Hey, John B.

- Listen, we're gonna fix it.
- [truck starts]

We're gonna get down to South America
and save your dad.

- I promise. Okay?
- [Shoupe] Back it up, buddy. We got to go.

You'll be fine. I'll figure it out.
We'll save your dad. Okay?

You hear me, John B? We're gonna get him!

[Kie] I thought we were past this.

[Anna] Kiara, it's similar
to what you've been doing.

It's not having to sit
at a desk every day.

- She's painting rocks.
- Okay, so yes, not this one.

But look at this one, please.
All wilderness activity stuff.

This is what you've been doing.
It just has structure and safety to it.

Listen, if you wanna go across the ocean,
you first have to build a boat. Okay?

And you haven't built the boat yet, Kiara.

You haven't put in
the groundwork that's needed.

Without that, you're not going anywhere.
Do you understand what I'm saying?

All your dad is trying to say is
that we need there to be a plan

in place for your safety, that's all.

I get it, and if I were you guys,
I'd be wondering the same thing.

I was gone for weeks. I haven't gone back
to school yet, and I keep delaying, but...

[exhales] ...so much has happened.

Like, I... I was abducted.
I thought I was gonna die!

Like, so much has changed! I...

I really understand
what you guys want from me.

I'm just not into school right now.

And I'm really, really not
into going away for school.

- [Anna] Okay.
- [knocking on door]

[Pope] Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Carrera.

[tense music plays]

- Uh, I'm gonna get that.
- Kiara.

Come back.

[Kie] Guys, what's up?

Now is not a good time.

My parents are
on a literal warpath about my future.

This'll only take a second.

Do you still have
that picture you took at Singh's?

- The one of the painting?
- Yeah, obviously.

[Pope] Thank you.

That was rude.

- You know she's totally lost it, right?
- Push her away, we'll lose her entirely.

- What are you even looking for?
- [Pope] Something Cleo found, actually.

[Kie] Okay.

Here it is. It's a letter
Denmark Tanny wrote to his daughter.

We found it last night.
Family heirlooms and thingums.

[Pope] We think we found
a connection to the idol.

Look, check this out.
See the king sun glyph here?

[Kie] Yeah.

It matches the one
in the painting at Singh's house.

- Couldn't that mean it's pretty common?
- Actually, no.

These glyphs are Kalinago,
which has never been deciphered.

- Never?
- [Cleo] Never ever.

[Pope] Never ever.

Some people believe that the captain
of the San Jose actually found somebody

who knew how to translate these glyphs
because he found El Dorado.

El Dorado.

The priest that talked to Denmark Tanny,
that was on the Royal Merchant.

[Pope] Exactly.

Every glyph that is in this letter

is in the artifact.

This isn't just
some random Rosetta stone for Kalinago.

This... this is
a direct translation key for the idol!

And we can use this to save Big John.

Guys, we have to get this
to John B, like, yesterday.

[Mike] Hey!

Where you going?

Uh, to the break.

We're gonna go check out the surf.

Can we finish this later?

Yeah. Have fun.

Yeah.

[siren wailing in the distance]

[Dr. Thornton] We're looking
at minutes late.

- She'll be here. I trust she'll be here.
- It's too bad she's unreliable.

- Hey!
- See? See, Mom?

I'm not an idiot.
There she is. How are you?

- Good.
- Good to see you.

[sighs] So, um, I don't know if you heard,
but they got him.

He's... he's in the station right now.

- He's in there?
- [splutters] Yeah, John B's here.

Shoupe tracked him down
somehow on Route .

Thank God.

Right?

[car engine starts]

Can we talk?

Yeah, yeah. What's... what's up?

[Sarah hesitates]

Walk with me.

- Mom just give us a sec.
- [Dr. Thornton] Topper, we're late.

Oh, of course.

- [Sarah sighs]
- [sighs] All right. So, come on, Sarah.

It's not like I can't guess
what you're gonna say right now.

Are you on my side or his?

[tense music plays]

I'm gonna say something really crazy,

and I just need for you
to hear me out, please.

John B's dad, Big John,

is in South America right now.

And he's in a lot of trouble,
and John B needs to go help him,

but he can't do that if he's arrested.

If he's arrested. Oh, so it is that.

- No, Topper.
- You want me to not press charges.

- No, that's not what I'm saying.
- Just tell me.

I'm saying, just wait a day.

And then after a day,
you can do whatever you want

because John B is gonna be off the island.

Do you see what I'm saying?

Like, maybe forever.

Forever. [chuckles]

[Topper exhales]

Okay, so if I just wait a day,

John B will be gone.

Yeah?

Yes.

And what? You'll go with him?

I'll stay here.

You promise me that?

Promise.

All right.

All right, I trust you.

I'll give you a day.

Thank you.

I'll hit you up tonight.

Yeah.

Okay.

Hey, uh...

I love you.

[breathing shakily]

[Topper exhales]

["Out on the Weekend" plays]

[inhales, exhales]

- Topper, where is Sarah?
- Just get in the car, Mom.

- They're waiting for us inside!
- Let's go.

Oh, I should've seen this coming. [scoffs]

You are just like your father.

- So weak.
- [engine starts]

We worked very hard for our reputation!

♪ I think I'll pack it in ♪

[Sarah] Outer Banks. Paradise on Earth.

♪ And buy a pickup... ♪

One side for the Pogues.

[crowd talking indistinctly]

Another for the Kooks.

♪ Find a place to call my own... ♪

From the moment you're born,
you're told what side you belong on.

♪ Start a brand-new day... ♪

But I think it's not
what people tell you you are.

♪ The one I'm thinking of... ♪

It's which side you choose.

It's which side your heart's on.

♪ He's so fine, he's in my mind ♪

♪ I hear him calling... ♪

Was it you who got me out?

Bought you a day.

So you don't have a lot of time.

And everybody's at the Chateau.

I know you're mad at me,

but I got you out,
and I can get you to South America.

Everybody's waiting.

Are you coming?

Yeah. Yeah.

[continues speaking indistinctly]

["Out on the Weekend" continues]

[Pogues chattering indistinctly]

Hey, thanks for waiting. Um...

Look who decided to come home.

[Kie] Hey.

- Welcome back.
- Whoa!

Good to see you, man.

[JJ] You gotta be kidding me.

[Sarah] I made my choice.

What I didn't know is
if the Pogues would take me back.

I have something
I want to share with you guys.

- I can get us down to the Orinoco.
- [JJ splutters]

- Are you serious?
- [Sarah] Yeah.

- [Cleo] Okay. And how's that gonna happen?
- My dad's gonna let us use the plane.

- [JJ] Ward?
- [Pope] Your dad?

- [Sarah] Yep.
- [JJ] Ah.

We lay low tonight,
then wheels up first thing in the morning.

Okay, that's a lot to process.
Your dad actually helping us.

- I talked to him. He'll do it.
- So we trusting Ward now?

Trust Sarah.

[Cleo] All right.

- [Pope] That's all I needed to hear.
- [Kie] Okay.

But wait, I also just have
one more thing to say. Um...

Since we've gotten back from the island,

I've done some things that I regret.

A lot.

[emotional music plays]

[Kie clears throat]

Yeah, uh... [clears throat]

...I feel... I feel like we've all done
a thing or two that we regret.

[JJ scoffs]

And I don't...

Poguelandia,

guys.

It's all I've been able to think about.

We were all together on that island,

and it was a good thing,
and I don't want to ruin a good thing.

And I...

I just wanna know, are we still all in?

Are we still all together?

Because I am.

[Sarah inhales]

Yeah.

["Young Lovers Do" by Tilly VW plays]

- We pon road!
- [Sarah and Kie laugh]

- [Sarah] I love you.
- Still can't believe you got the plane.

- I know! [laughs]
- That's actually insane.

Let's go get Big John, all right?
What do you say there, sh*t bird?

[Pope] I think this deserves a woogity.

How long you gonna pretend
you're not coming over here?

[JJ] You in?

- [Cleo] Come over here, funny man.
- [Kie] We don't bite. [laughs]

- [Pope] Now we woogity!
- Oh, we're really doing this, aren't we?

- [Pope] We're doing it, man!
- [Sarah] Mm-hmm.

[phone line rings]

[Sarah] Hi, you've reached Sarah.
You know what to do.

All right. Let's try this one more time.

[Sarah] Hi, you've reached Sarah.
You know what to do.

All right, all right. [exhales]

Who are you calling times?

Huh? Who's not answering?

I don't know, Rafe. Uh...

Does your sister ever do
what she says she's gonna do?

Not really, no.

- Oh.
- Ah!

- How'd she screw you this time?
- So I did your sister a favor, right?

Got reamed by my mom.
I mean, it's a sh*t show, man.

So I do this favor. She's like,
"Oh, I'll hit you tonight." It's tonight.

Haven't heard a thing.
Been calling her. Nothing.

[splutters] She's just ignoring me.
So, I don't know, man.

- I'm just a little confused. That's all.
- Listen. Listen.

- Let's sit.
- Ah, sh*t.

- Uh, she's playing you like a fiddle, bro.
- No.

- She's been playing you since day one.
- It's a lot different now.

[Rafe] You know
why she can't hit you up right now?

- It's 'cause she's with John B.
- [Topper] Listen, Rafe.

- She is not with John B.
- [Rafe] Oh, okay.

- [Topper] She wouldn't do that.
- Well, she thinks she's a Pogue now.

Can't trust a Pogue, right?
Not that you could trust her anyways.

And now she's with John B,

and you're looking
at me like I'm the bad guy, right?

Listen, she's gonna keep doing this
again and again...

- All right.
- ...and again and again.

- Just playing you like a fiddle.
- I'll catch you later.

All right, Top.

It's good to see you.

[Cleo] So what kind of plane is it?

Well, it's Ward's,
so I'm guessing something lit.

[Cleo] That's what I'm talking about.
Flying private, baby.

[ukulele strums]

- Oh, thanks.
- [Sarah] Yeah.

["When the Lights Are Low"
by The Paragons plays]

[breathing heavily]

What is it you really want?

[exhales]

♪ Let the music play... ♪

Honestly, before I saw you tonight,

coming out of the station,
I didn't know the answer to that question.

But now I do.

♪ You set my heart aglow... ♪

By the sea, the stars in the sky, John B.

♪ Love no one but me ♪

[John B chuckles]

♪ Say sweet things to me ♪

♪ And we'll agree... ♪

[engine stops]

[tense music plays
over "When the Lights Are Low"]

♪ Louder every day ♪

♪ My love ♪

♪ When the lights are low... ♪

[indistinct chatter]

[breathing shakily]

[grunts, breathing heavily]

- [tense music intensifies]
- [Topper panting]

[Topper sniffles]

Oh, I'm done with this.

Hey, Kie.

Uh, you know, that whole entire money clip
and Dad situation?

Yeah.

Well, um,

that wasn't that cool,

and I'm kinda b*ating around the bush
a little bit, but, um, I'm...

["When the Lights Are Low"
by The Paragons continues]

Yeah?

[fire crackling]

[tense music plays]

What is that?

- Um...
- [JJ] That's a fire.

We gotta tell 'em! Tell 'em!

- Hey, fire! Yo!
- Guys! Guys! Guys!

- Sorry! There's a fire!
- What?

- Fire? Wait, what?
- Wait. Kie, what are you talking about?

- Come on! Get outta there!
- [Kie] The house is on fire!

[Sarah] Oh sh*t.

- [John B] Sarah, get away from the door.
- Ow!

[indistinct shouting]

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Louder every day ♪

♪ My love ♪

♪ When the lights are low ♪

♪ You set my heart aglow ♪

♪ When the lights are low ♪

♪ You set my heart, my heart aglow ♪

♪ Let me feel your lips ♪

♪ Press against my cheek ♪

♪ Let me feel your arms ♪

♪ Around my waist ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Louder every day ♪

♪ My love ♪

♪ When the lights are low ♪

♪ You set my heart aglow ♪

♪ Tell me that you love ♪

♪ Love no one but me ♪

♪ Say sweet things to me ♪

♪ And we'll agree ♪

♪ Let the music play ♪

♪ Louder every day ♪

♪ My love ♪

♪ When the lights are low ♪

♪ You set my heart aglow ♪

♪ When the lights are low ♪

♪ You set my heart, my heart aglow ♪

♪ When the lights are low ♪

♪ You set my heart, my heart aglow ♪

♪ When the lights are low ♪

♪ You set my heart, my heart aglow ♪

["When the Lights Are Low"
by The Paragons ends]