06x09 - Sacrifice

[bunniefuu]

You want to stay in business, I suggest

you go buy your bricks from Louie.

Listen to me, you cr*cker m*therf*cker.

Listen to me.

If I don't have that money in hours,

I-I promise to God that I will
devote every second I have

to making sure you and
everybody you care about suffers.

I need to know everything
you can tell me about Teddy

and his operation.

First time I met Teddy McDonald,

he T-boned my car, tased me,

and I woke up chained in a basement.

My moms blames the CIA
for everything, you know.

Would do anything to get back at them.

LOUIE: He didn't page you,

ask for your g*n at the junkyard?

[PAGER BEEPING]

Nah.

Marry me.

Don't forget that you work for me.

All I'm asking for is Franklin.

I can't do this without you, Louie.

I ain't doing this for you.

I'm doing this to be clear of Teddy.

FRANKLIN: If Teddy shows up

and you're not there,

I'm a dead man, Oso.

What the f*ck?!

Deal's off the table.

They're gonna bury you
under the f*cking jail.

[TIRES SQUEALING]

- This is Agent Guerrero, we have a...
- [g*nf*re]

Remove the g*n you have behind your back.

[SCREAMING]

TEDDY: You know how this ends, man.

The f*cking CIA, they will
track you f*cking down,

no matter where you go.

Whatever he promised you,
it is not worth it.

So, what you want to do?

[CHUCKLES WEAKLY]

Five minutes.

[PAGER BEEPING]

[LINE RINGING]

FRANKLIN: You're about to be raided.

The DEA have been surveilling you.

They know everything.

f*ck are you talking about?

- [CAR DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE]
- UNIFORM: Get against that car.

FRANKLIN: Louie.

You should run.

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

[LINE CLICKS]

[SIRENS WAILING]

[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]

[BARKING]

[PANTING]

[CHAINS CLINKING]

[SHARP INHALE]

Oh, you really don't want to do this.

I mean, you think k*lling
some old man is bad?

Working with the Soviets,

you understand they will tear
down f*cking walls

to get you after this.

You and your whole f*cking family.

That sh*t would actually scare me

if I didn't already know they cut you loose.

I'm gonna make this sh*t real easy.

The banks open up in the morning.

I'm gonna let you sit there until then.

Think about your life.

Whether or not you want it to continue.

And then I'll come back.

And either you'll pick up the phone

and make the transfers
and live, or you won't.

And I'll blow your f*cking
brains all over that wall.

Be f*cking sensible.

You cannot k*ll the one person

who has the thing that you need.

Sensible, huh?

You think that's where we are right now?

Tracked your father down,

stabbed him in the neck.

Burnt the place to the ground.

Went to the KGB for help.

Got you chained in a f*cking basement.

I wake up in the middle
of the night... sweating.

Can't f*cking breathe.

Sensible been gone, m*therf*cker.

We're someplace else now.

♪

None of this is necessary.

I can still help you get what you want.

I have what I want.

No, you don't.

You got problems you know nothing about.

Quiet.

Ground rules.

Keep quiet,

and I won't tape your mouths.

Need to sh*t, need to piss,

go ahead.

Ain't nobody gonna take you to the bathroom.

And ain't nobody gonna take
your chains off for any reason.

f*ck around,

play games,

get hurt.

[PHONE RINGING]

Franklin.

Hello.

Hey, it's me.

FRANKLIN: It worked, V.

I got 'em.

That's great news.

Listen, there's nothing you can do here.

Rest up. I'll talk to you
in the morning. Okay?

- [DOOR BUZZER SOUNDS]
- Mm-hmm.

We're almost there, baby.

- I love you.
- I love you.

Thanks for coming.

Are you all right?

Fine.

LEON: They here?

Yeah. Got 'em both in the back.

In the same room?

Got 'em shackled and bagged, it's fine.

No. They could be talking, scheming.

Moreno.

Yeah, I know, Oso.

Listen, you good to move Ruben

into the garage when we take off?

Yeah.

All right, cool.

You're going? Where?

Made a promise.

I'm gonna keep it.

I'll be back in a few hours.

All right?

[ENTRY BELL DINGS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]

[TIRES SQUEAL]

BUCKLEY: It's all true.

You know how long they've been on you?

No.

Franklin say if they know I'm involved?

Snitch bitch m*therf*cker waited

till after I was done helping his ass

to tell me they was coming, so no.

All right.

All right, well, you got me

hemmed up in some sh*t here, girl.

Okay, okay, so what's the plan?

You got money stashed away?

An exit?

I got a house near Ojai.

Cash stashed, passports,
we could go from there.

How much cash?

Almost a mil.

I want half.

Unless you want to go at it alone.

'Cause that's fine, I'll drop
your ass off right here.

Get me out of town. You can have half.

[RUBEN INHALES DEEPLY]

Cissy.

I can smell your perfume.

You need to talk to me.

Your son is in serious trouble.

CISSY: You can go, son.

I'll be fine.

I'll be out here if you need me.

Thank you.

I know you and your family
have been through a lot.

That you're frustrated
by what you might perceive

to be a lack of progress.

You betrayed my trust.

You manipulated my pain.

And my son.

I have my orders, too, Cissy.

Unfortunately, I cannot just do as I please

at all times.

The KGB has tapes of Franklin.

My briefcase.

There was a recorder sewn into the bottom.

Every conversation,

every detail of what he did,

was recorded.

Those tapes are now in the hands
of my superiors.

And if I do not check in
with them in the next hours,

they will find a way into the hands

of accredited members
of the international press.

It will ruin him, ruin all of you.

I don't want that to happen.

Free me, Cissy.

I will help extract the answers
you desire from Teddy.

And once you're satisfied,

hand him over to me.

I will end this nightmare for your family.

LEON: What's he like?

The communist?

Tells you what you want to hear.

And then does whatever the f*ck he wants.

So, what happens if you do what he said?

Hand Teddy over?

I lose my son.

Mrs. Saint?

Ms. Saint.

Mrs. Saint.

[RASPY BREATH]

I thought I heard Franklin head out.

I hope he didn't leave you
here alone with us.

Tell me what you did to Alton.

Let me stop the wondering.

Give me that,

and I'll try to make sure
that things go quickly for you.

Well, I got the money.

So I'm not gonna die here.

The best thing you could do

would probably be to release me now.

And I can clean up this mess that you made.

KGB wants me to turn you over to them.

But you know backing the KGB
now gets you nothing.

No money, no answers.

Hunted.

Living in exile.

Do you even feel badly about any of this?

Destroying this family,

murdering my husband,

decimating an entire community.

Do you even really understand

the pain and suffering
your actions have caused?

Or... is it all just...

moves on a chessboard for you?

I'm sorry, I have no idea what...

pain and suffering you're referring to.

You're a government officer

flooding the streets with pure cocaine.

Yeah, am I rocking it up?

Am I slinging it on the street corner?

You see me putting a f*cking g*n
to someone's head, saying,

"Here, you smoke this"?

Look, if these crackheads
don't have the self-control

to not throw their lives away,

you cannot pin that on me.

What f*cking world are you living in?

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

What have you been doing

besides laundering your son's money

and helping him build an empire?

Yeah.

Wait, wait, wait.

You don't want to know
what happened to Alton?

I thought I did.

But however Alton d*ed,

there's nothing that can be done
about it now.

I can only find comfort in knowing

that you will die here.

And you will never touch another
member of my family again.

Alton's not dead.

f*ck you.

Did you see a body?

Or blood?

Or signs of a struggle?

I watched you leave your building that day.

I went up the stairs, I found him alone,

I drugged him, I took him
down to a waiting car,

I drove him to an airport,

and I flew him to Puerto Rico
where I put him in a jail cell.

You're lying.

But I promise you Alton's alive.

Want to see him?

♪

Put the hood back on.

[SIGHS]

Promise me again, Teddy won't be alive

to come after my family.

FRANKLIN: I got you.

Hope you get to see 'em again.

Yeah, me, too, amigo.

[COYOTE HOWLS IN DISTANCE]

Thank you, more no.

What you gonna do now?

I have no idea what's next for me.

Back in the ring maybe?

[LAUGHS]

No, El Oso is retired.

How about a new character?

The Saint!

♪

Oso.

What made you get a place
all the way out here?

We was looking for properties.

A place to park some cash.

Heard a woman at the stables
talking about it.

I got to piss.

Just, uh...

Be right back.

[CLATTERING]

[SHUDDERING]

Louie, what are you doing?

Let me see your pager.

What?

Your pager! Give it to me.

f*ck out of here. Give me my g*n back...

- [g*n COCKS]
- Jesus.

[BUCKLEY PANTING]

Don't know what the f*ck
you think you gonna find,

but knock yourself out.

Get on the ground,
put your hands on your head.

Do it now!

m*therf*cker...

I knew it.

He did page you...

from Skully's the day I was grabbed.

What happened?!

What, you was too high to respond?

That's not true.

- Give me the keys.
- He didn't f*cking call me!

- [g*nsh*t]
- Ah!

f*ck! Louie.

You're crazy, you know that?

I ain't giving you my keys.

I don't want to have k*ll you,

have your kids find out
their daddy's m*rder*d.

But I will put this b*llet in your head

if you don't give me them keys
right f*cking now!

There's no house in Ojai, is there?

And no money?

Lie faced own on the ground.

And don't f*cking move until I'm gone.

[CAR DOOR OPENS]

[STARTS ENGINE]

[DOOR SQUEAKS]

Morning.

How you feeling?

Can I please have some water?

Sure.

[POURS WATER]

The account numbers,

and I'll give you all the water you want.

What did you give Gustavo to turn me over?

Less than I thought I'd have to.

So, you were gone a couple hours.

So that's time to get over the border.

Northern Mexico.

Quit f*cking stalling, Teddy.

Put yourself in my position.

Would you really give up
the only leverage that you had?

I was in your position.

Remember?

When you T-boned my car,
tased me, tied me up.

You know, for the longest time

I wondered why you did that sh*t.

Why you didn't just walk up to me,

introduce yourself,

say you wanted to be in business?

I had to make sure you were
ready for what was coming.

See if you're strong enough.

No, no, no, that's not it.

You were manipulating me from the start.

Taking me to that Iranian bank,

acting like you wanted to help me,

when really all you wanted to do was

know where I was keeping my money.

Just like you're doing
to my mother right now...

Feeding her that bullshit about Alton.

- It's not bullshit.
- It don't f*cking matter.

I don't give a f*ck about Alton!

Dead, alive or whatever.

[CLATTERING]

[CLEARS THROAT]

The account numbers.
Last time I'm gonna ask you.

Oh, you know, I didn't memorize them.

Then, where the f*ck
do you have 'em written down?

[CLATTERS LOUDLY]

You know...

I'm trying real f*cking hard

to make you understand

just how desperate I am.

I hope...

it's not too late before you believe me.

How do I know if I told you anything

you wouldn't just sh**t...?

- [g*n CLICKS]
- g*dd*mn it.

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

Oh.

Not so much of a surprise on that one.

You only had about
a % chance of dying there.

[PANTING]

You k*ll me, you get nothing.

Well, I'd have the knowledge
that you was dead

and I was the m*therf*cker that did it.
That's something.

- [g*n CLICKS]
- Stop, stop, stop, stop.

% on that one, Teddy.

But now sh*t starts to get worse for you

very f*cking quickly.

[EXHALES] This is bullshit.

[NERVOUS CHUCKLE] I... You wouldn't risk

losing the money.

Are they blanks?

[CLICKS, FIRES]

You think I'm bullshitting?

Oh, you've lost your mind.

Yep.

[g*n CYLINDER ROLLS, CLICKS]

Let's go again.

Franklin.

That's enough.

[BREATHING DEEPLY]

What's wrong? Huh?

What are you doing?

You see his face in there?

That m*therf*cker's about to cr*ck.

We just got to stay on him, Mama.

He doesn't want to die in there.

Franklin... I think we need to let this go.

Mm-hmm.

What?

Hand Teddy over to Ruben,
let the KGB handle it for us.

Let's just get the tapes and
let's just leave the country.

Mama, what the f*ck are you talking about?

Baby, I see what this is doing to us.

What it's already done.

Look at me.

Revenge is the only
f*cking thing on my mind,

and look at you... [SOBBING SOFTLY]

This, this obsession with this money.

Look at where we are, Franklin.

- What we're becoming.
- What we're becoming?

You think we're the first people
in this world to play dirty?

[SHUSHING] - Carnegie,
Mellon, f*cking Rockefeller?

They were all K*llers...

I don't want to be a f*cking k*ller.

And I don't want that for you.

You're too late.

I don't believe that.

Look...

Let's just, let's just get out

while we still have something to save.

- No, Franklin...
- Oh, f*ck.

Let the dream die, baby.

- [CHUCKLES]
- Please.

- [GRUNTS]
- Franklin.

[SCOFFS]

What?

She's right.

I've been around you my whole life,

so I know how bad you want this,
and I always believed in you.

But trust me when I tell you,

you don't want to go
to the place you about to go.

It's hell down there,
and you don't even know

if you'll be able to pull yourself back up.

Okay.

Uh...

Let me be very clear.

I'll never give up.

Never.

I will get back my f*cking money.

Everybody breaks.

Everybody.

[g*n CYLINDER ROLLS, CLICKS]

[DOOR SLAMS]

[GASPING]

f*ck, Franklin.

Sorry, baby.

You okay?

No.

I got a call from the bank yesterday.

We've officially bounced
our first mortgage check

for Spring Street.

I told them it was just a transfer error.

Had them put a stop on all other payments,

but we are tapped out, Franklin.

Can afford to fall behind by a couple months

on any of the other properties,
but... not downtown.

The moment we miss a payment,
the sharks will smell blood.

This is what the banks live for.

They will do everything they can
to take ownership away from us.

We have no friends here.

[SIGHS]

We have to get this money,
we have to get it now.

[SIGHS]

I'm doing everything I can.

[TEDDY GASPS]

Hi, Teddy.

I'm Veronique.

My mother never cooked.

- Wouldn't get within ten feet of a stove.
- [FLICKING LIGHTER]

I thought it was some feminist thing...

The rejection of societal norms.

She's that kind of woman.

And then one day,

she told me this story,
how when she was a girl

her grandmother was cooking
Christmas dinner,

and a grease fire caught in the kitchen.

Have you ever seen what
hot oil does to human skin?

I haven't either,

but apparently it was ugly enough

to scare my mother out the kitchen for life.

[FLICKING LIGHTER]

I really hope you do the right thing here.

She seems nice.

Do you remember when you asked me...

...if I was prepared to k*ll
your whole family

to save this operation?

If that's who I was?

Is this who you are?

Just admit that you made a mistake

and give me my f*cking money, Teddy.

I can't, man, I've made promises.

I don't give a f*ck

about your promises.

Last chance.

[SIGHS]

Franklin.

Franklin, wait.

Franklin, no, please.

Just wait.

Franklin, no.

Wait.

Please don't do this.

Please don't do this.

Please.

You're making me do this.

[GROANS]

- [OIL SIZZLING]
- [SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

HAVEMEYER: He's not here.

When was the last time you heard from him?

Are you Havemeyer?

Parissa...

I need you to tell me anything you can

about the last time you spoke to Teddy.

[PARISSA EXHALES SOFTLY]

It was yesterday morning.

And we were...

He proposed.

He was worried...

about Franklin

and about the Russians.

Is he okay?

[SHUDDERING]

[WEAKLY]: You are... an animal.

I am what you've made me.

[EXHALES]

Can I ask you something?

Why'd you do this to me?

After everything I've done for you...

...after always having your back...

...why wipe me out?

You still think this is about you.

This is about

what $ million in covert funds can do.

I'm not talking about f*cking
airplanes and penthouses.

I'm talking about... [GASPING]

...protecting this country

from people who want to destroy it.

I'm talking about you...

your family...

and your neighborhood.

You don't think that cost something?

You think that just happens?

No.

- It doesn't just happen.
- Enough.

Enough. Stop. Stop.

Stop with your f*cking bullshit, okay?

The Pentagon spends
$ billion a year on defense.

But you needed my pocket change?

The f*ck you did, man!

- Tell me the truth, Teddy.
- [GROANING]

It's all you've got left.

Why did you take my f*cking money?

'Cause it's not your f*cking money!

What?

It's my cocaine and it's my operation.

I made you what you are.

Everything you have

is because I allowed you to have it.

And if I look around one day

and I decided that those funds
could be better spent

trying to preserve our way of life,

then you are g*dd*mn right
that's what's gonna happen.

[PAINED GROANING]

Well, now we're getting somewhere.

[LABORED BREATHING]

So, did you even think for a second

what that would do to me?

What I'd have to do
to try and get that back?

No?

Or yes...

...but you just didn't give a sh*t?

I thought I would live
with the consequences.

Well, here they are.

- [HYPERVENTILATING]
- [FLICKS LIGHTER]

FRANKLIN: You never f*cking respected me.

[SNIFFLES] Never saw me as a partner.

But you know that's how I saw you?

I actually thought you was my friend.

And as f*cked-up
as that sounds... [CHUCKLES]

I mean, sh*t,
seeing as we're telling truths,

I actually thought that
we might know each other

for the rest of our lives.

Barbecues and sh*t.

And you know earlier

when you said I think this is all about me?

I don't.

No, no. It really is just about the money.

Everything I had to do...

what I had to become to get it.

So don't give me any more bullshit about God

and country and larger sacrifices.

No.

The fact that you cleaned me out
and took it all from me

means this sh*t is all about you.

Why didn't you leave me some?

Huh?

I mean, sh*t, you could've
left me $ million.

And said "Thank you for your service."

I still would've come at you, but at least,

at least I'd know
that you valued what I did.

But no. You took it all away from me.

You cleaned me out

because you wanted me to know
who was in charge.

You wanted me to feel like nothing, right?

Because...

you're the hero in your own story.

And in your story,

the guy that looks like you always wins.

But not this time, n*gga.

You're gonna die in here.

Alone and unloved.

No star at Langley.

No father or brother to mourn you.

Not even a blip on the radar of history.

That's your story.

I wanted to hurt you so bad...

♪

Why?

'Cause you left me.

[EXHALES]

Hey.

What if we split it?

I can't give it all back.

I can't.

But what if we split it?

$ million.

You're f*cking crazy. Split the money?

You're in no position to dictate terms.

TEDDY: I'm asking.

We each walk away with a small fortune...

...and then we go our separate ways.

FRANKLIN: Okay.

But I'm not giving you up
until I have my half

and I'm free and f*cking clear.

I'll put your half into an escrow account.

I can do it here,

over the phone, waiting to be transferred.

And then we decide on a
hand off place somewhere public.

And when we're both there,

and we feel secure, I'll make the final call

and transfer the funds.

And what about all of this, huh?

You just gonna forgive and forget?

[GASPING]

Yeah, I think I've had my fill
of you and me.

I do have things to live for.

People to live for.

Where are the account numbers, Teddy?

In my wallet.

[LIQUID POURING]

FRANKLIN: All right.

♪

m*therf*cker.

[EXHALES]

FRANKLIN: Stephen Havemeyer?

HAVEMEYER [OVER PHONE]:
That depends. Who's this?

FRANKLIN: I'm a friend of Teddy McDonald.

He asked me to reach out to you,

arrange a time and place
to deliver him to you.

Afraid I'm not doing anything

until I know who I'm speaking to.

FRANKLIN: You know exactly who I am.

Listen, your man asked for this.
Say no, and that's fine.

Not only do you lose your chance
of getting Teddy back,

but you also lose out
getting a hold of a KGB spy.

Your choice.

Hey, Mama.

[EXHALES]

Tell me this isn't happening.

Tell me you're not gonna let that man go.

In two hours, we're gonna meet
with Teddy's handler,

we'll do the trade-off,

- this will all be over.
- Over?

[SCOFFS] You think this is how it ends?

You think Teddy's just gonna vanish,

and y'all can go on living y'all's lives?

For $ million,
I'm willing to take that chance.

You are never gonna be safe.

Do you hear me?

That baby will never be safe.

VERONIQUE: Like he said,

- we're willing to take that...
- Shut up.

♪

So, that's it?

After all this...

...you're with them.

I'm sorry, Mama.

I don't want Leon or my grandchild

anywhere near the hand off, you hear me?

I'll go with you to make sure
they don't k*ll you right off.

And after that, I'm done.

And you and I will never see
each other again.

Can you live with that?

Yes.

Good.

♪

What?

Nothing.

[ENGINE TURNS OFF]

[GROANING SOFTLY]

You ain't free yet.

Let's go.

♪

[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]

♪

- I'm Stephen Havemeyer.
- Franklin Saint.

You're good?

Just get me the f*ck out of here.

Where's the other party?

The other party is back at my place.

HAVEMEYER: That's not what we discussed.

- FRANKLIN: I understand.
- So, what happened?

What happened is I don't know you,

so I can't trust you.

And you know why I can't?

'Cause for the longest,
I trusted Teddy McDonald,

and look where we are now.

So this is what's gonna happen.

Once Teddy makes the call
and completes the transfer,

and I'm convinced you're not
trying to f*ck me,

I'll hand over the KGB agent,

and we can all live happily ever after.

What if that doesn't work for me?

Then I'll call the FBI,
and make a deal with them.

Your choice.

Great.

[COIN DROPS]

[DIAL TONE]

Come on.

[DIALING]

[LINE RINGING]

WOMAN: Good afternoon. Fullerton Escrow.

Yeah. Hi...

Ann O'Reilly, extension , please.

- What prison?
- WOMAN: Hold please.

What?

Tell me what prison Alton is in.

Are you f*cking kidding me?

I was lying. He's f*cking dead.
I sh*t him twice

- and dumped his body.
- ANN: Account services.

Hey, Ann. It's Teddy McDonald.

We spoke a few hours ago. Mm-hmm.

Yeah, that's right. [CLEAR THROAT]

Mm-hmm.

Yes, I am ready to initiate the transfer.

Yeah, the password is...

[PANICKED SCREAMS]

No. No...

Teddy. Teddy, hey!

- Hey, Teddy. Teddy.
- Oh, f*ck.

Teddy! f*ck! Hold on, hold on.

Hold on, uh...

He's still here. Yeah, yeah.

The pass... The password?

The pa... Okay. Hey, Teddy.

Come on, say the word.

Say the word, please say...

Say the f*cking word, man. [GRUNTS]

- [SIRENS WAILING]
- Teddy...

Say the f*cking word! Hey!

f*ck!

Mama. Mama, we got to go!

Mama!

Goodbye, Franklin.

[QUIETLY]: What the f*ck?

- [SIRENS WAILING]
- f*ck.

OFFICER: Drop the g*n, lady!

- Drop the g*n.
- [INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

OFFICER: Secure that w*apon!

- [PHONE LINE BEEPING]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]

[LINE BEEPING]

[BEEPING CONTINUES]

[BEEPING CONTINUES]

Remember what I told you?

The things I've done to make this money.

After all of that, starting back at zero?

That ain't gonna happen.

You need to know
exactly who we dealing with.

[g*nshots]

What happened to burning
all this down to the ground?

- [SCREAMS]
- You don't wanna do this.

Wrong answer.

NARRATOR: FX's Snowfall.

The final season.

All new.

Wednesdays at : on FX.

["GOD'S GONNA CUT YOU DOWN" PLAYING]

♪ You can run ♪

♪ For a long time ♪

♪ Sooner or later God'll cut you down ♪

[ENGINE REVS]

NARRATOR: FX's Mayans.

The final season. Premieres May th on FX.

What's so great in Atlanta

that you can't just leave it behind?

[SHOUTING] Oh! We outside!

- [SCREAMS]
- I watch Criminal Minds,

and I know when someone's up
to something twisted.

- [SIREN BLARING]
- Oh, my goodness.

- Hey, wait, man. Wait, wait, wait.
- Wake up!

[SCREAMS]

Oh, this feel illegal as hell.

ANNOUNCER: FX's Atlanta, the final season.

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