03x04 - Jackpot

[bunniefuu]

[JACKIE] Previously on Hightown...

It's really Chuleta's testimony

that makes your situation untenable.

I'd say 100 grand would get you

just the right amount of creativity.

I'm gonna ask you
to do some things for me.

I nanny for the Johnsons
down the street.

- [RENEE] You must be Rachel.
- [RACHEL] Bye, Mommy.

[POOK] Get the f*ck out of here,
sniffin' around Osito's leftovers.

Janelle, right?

This you can sell in here.

- Chuleta, who k*lled Jorge?
- Renee.

They got phones in rehab now?

I got shut out
of the police database and...

[RAY] That's 'cause you're not
currently a police officer.

There's this girl. You seen her?

Are you looking
for who k*lled Maxine McClean?

[JACKIE GRUNTS]
Swayzee, I'm not going anywhere

till you tell me
what happened to Veronica.

Hey, Ray, are you still out there?

I want to see how f*cking hard
you can come.

Petey, did Veronica sell you some...

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[THE TEXTONES' "VACATION" PLAYING]

♪ I thought a lot of things about you ♪

♪ I stayed awake ♪
♪ Just thinking about you ♪

♪ But now I'm away ♪

♪ You had to stay ♪

♪ Tomorrow's a day of mine ♪

♪ That you won't be in ♪

♪ I tried to say I was just having fun ♪

♪ But I really knew ♪
♪ That you were the one ♪

♪ And now that I'm gone ♪

♪ I see I was wrong ♪

♪ I should have known all along ♪

♪ That time would tell ♪

♪ A week without you ♪

♪ I should forget ♪

♪ Two weeks without you ♪

♪ And I'm still thinking about ♪
♪ The things that you said ♪

♪ Vacation just another love-in ♪

♪ Vacation I hope you love me ♪

♪ Vacation would you think of me? ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I think I'll leave ♪
♪ Without saying goodbye ♪

♪ I think that you know ♪
♪ The reason why ♪

♪ What if I was to stay? ♪

♪ Would things turn out ♪
♪ Some other way? ♪

♪ I'll never know anyway ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DOLAN] Fifty-six
Fall Brook Pass, is that right?

[JACKIE] Yes.

[DOLAN] Ah, right. Uh, Ms. Quinones,

let's just go through this
one more time.

[JACKIE] Fine. It's Agent Quinones.

[DOLAN] Right. Okay.

So you-you find the door open
and you just enter the victim's house.

Yeah.

Okay, with no calling for backup.

[JACKIE] I mean, I wasn't
expecting a crime scene.

Okay.

So you just entered
the victim's house, uh,

on what, like, a hunch?

Yeah. Basically.

I'm working a missing persons case

which led me here to Petey's house.

So you were just gonna
interview the victim,

Petey D'Angelo, without a badge, no ID.

Hey, Alan. He-he's gonna
explain everything.

Alan. Hey, man.

I'm so sorry to call you out early.

Just wait right here, all right?

Need you to wait right here.

[DOLAN] What the f*ck, Saintille?

- What are you doing here?
- [ALAN] Tom Dolan.

[DOLAN] Thought you'd be taking out
some big-time drug dealers.

No, man. You make it to Vegas this year?

- Hell yeah.
- [ALAN LAUGHS]

- We missed you on the panel.
- [ALAN] Yeah.

I know you missed those $5 slots.

- You got me on that one.
- [DOLAN LAUGHS]

Anyway, um, Quinones,
she's, um, good people.

And if you're done with her,
you can cut her loose.

I mean, sure. I'm surprised you put up

with that kind of crazy,
but, uh, she's all yours.

- Whatever you need.
- Appreciate it.

[DOLAN] All right. Take it easy.

[ALAN] Good seeing you.

Mind going for a walk?

Now, you mind telling me
what the f*ck is going on?

I'm investigating a missing sex worker
on official business.

[ALAN] On official business, huh?

How come you couldn't call Ray?

[SIGHS]

I failed a urine test,
and I got suspended.

But the test was wrong, man. I'm clean.

Listen. Let me stop you right there.

You don't gotta f*cking lie to me.

I'm not your sergeant,
and you're already suspended,

so you want to start over?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

I met this girl Veronica
while I was on a tear,

and now she's missing.

I came to the dealer's house
looking for answers,

and instead I found him dead.

And how do you know the dead guy?

Petey's my dad's dealer...

was.

♪ ♪

[GROANS] Mine too.

[ALAN] Mm. [SCOFFS]

[SIGHS] I need a coffee.

How about you?

♪ ♪

[BOTH SIGH]

Please don't give me the
sobriety speech. I can't take it.

[ALAN SCOFFS]

Don't worry, I won't.

'Cause I don't give a sh*t.

But you need to understand
that you're not gonna make it

back to state police

until you get your sh*t together.

Now, as long as we have
that understanding,

you and me got no problem.

♪ ♪

I've known since I was 17
that I couldn't drink.

Just never stopped me from drinking.

[ALAN] What the hell you waiting on,

baby Jesus to slap the drink
from your hand?

Maybe.

Used to have this addict,

this old CI of mine,

had this hustle boosting, uh,
tools from Home Depot.

Him and his partner, they'd
sell the tools for cash, get dope.

One time, they're in the car,
and they got a big score, right?

They got a cordless drill set.

Dope is good as theirs.

Then all of a sudden,
for some unknown reason,

he yells out, "Pull over. Let me out."

And you know what?

Never got high again.

So what are you saying, it was God?

[CHUCKLES]

I don't know what the hell it was.

Reality is, you may never get sober.

But hell, the world needs
bad examples too.

Thanks.

All I'm saying is,

you never know
what's gonna do it for you.

So keep your eyes and ears open.

♪ ♪

Look, I know I'm a fuckup,
but this guy Swayzee, Veronica's pimp,

he's bad news,

and I know that she's in trouble,
but it's bigger than that.

There's some f*cked-up sh*t
going on in Fall Brook.

Missing women, there's m*rder*d women.

And I think Petey's death is connected.

You got good instincts.

I'll look into your boy Swayzee for you.

But in the meantime,
you take your funky ass home,

take a bath, change your clothes,
and get right.

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[PERSON] Whoo! That was amazing!

[SHANE] Where is this Milkcrate kid now?

I don't know.

I haven't seen him since I b*at his ass.

[SHANE] For starting the fire.

Are you sure about that?

I mean, he admitted it.

So you either hired an idiot
to guard your stash,

or you hired a liar.

Which is it?

You think it was Osito?

f*ck!

[SHANE] What's done is done.

Question is, what do you do now?

[OWEN] I'm gonna take it to the streets.

I'm gonna f*cking drop him and his whole

g*dd*mn crew one by one, all of them.

You got smacked in the balls.

Now you want to prove
that they're still there.

But we can't have v*olence
in the street,

even if it was him.

What, so we're just gonna
take it up the ass?

His operation is weak.

He's got too much faith in himself
and not enough in his people.

Without him, they're all useless.

Without him,

whole organization falls apart.

I got you.

I know you do.

♪ ♪

[SARAH CHUCKLES] Oh, hey, hey, hey.

It's Tommy and his brother
Primo from the party.

Okay, look up Primo.

Yeah.

Joseph "Primo" Rossi.

B&E, as*ault, conspiracy, holy sh*t.

He's an honest-to-God bad guy.

Yeah, he's a drug dealer.
They're all bad guys.

Hey, who pissed in your coffee?

You got a drug w*r going on out there
if our target's involved.

I should be out there
making sh*t happen.

Instead I'm over here babysitting you.

[SARAH SCOFFS]

Look up Shane Frawley.

[SARAH] What am I looking for?

[RAY] What's the date of his last prior?

Battery, Boston, '99.

Wow, look at you.

So think about that.
If Uncle Shane's been

laying low for the last 20 years,

flying under the radar,

and suddenly he's fully exposed
'cause of his idiot nephew,

how would you feel about that?

I'd be pissed.

Which makes me wonder,

is Shane working with Owen,

or is Owen running his own operation?

There's only one way to find out.

Hey. Where you going?

Just keep at it. You're doing great.

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN AND SHUT]

[JANELLE SIGHS]

It's adorable.

I've always wanted
to rent a house on the water.

So just relax and enjoy it.

[JANELLE SIGHS]

But I can't hide out here.

I need to get to work.
People depend on me.

That ain't a problem.

You know, you gotta be careful.

♪ ♪

Well, can you at least tell me
why I gotta be careful?

♪ ♪

I got some heat on me.

This is just a precaution.

The police?

No.

♪ ♪

[JANELLE] Why don't we get on a plane?

You said you needed to lay low, right?

So let's really lay low.

Look...

you don't get to be where I am

by hopping on a plane
every time there's some heat.

Come on.

Look at this view.

- It's beautiful, right?
- [JANELLE] Hmm.

[OSITO] But that don't come cheap.

If I'm gonna give you the world,

I gotta work.

I don't need the world. I just need you.

[OSITO] And that's why I love you,

but a man's gotta provide.

♪ ♪

[DOORBELL RINGS]

- [BOTH] Hi.
- [RENEE] Come in.

- Oh, my hero.
- [RACHEL LAUGHS] Okay.

Oh, I can't even tell you
what a game changer this is.

Oh, well, it-it's my pleasure.

Uh, Scarlet is napping,

- and... there he is.
- [RACHEL] Oh!

Hello there, Mr. Man.

Did we have fun yesterday?

[LAUGHS] Come on, handsome.

Let's see what kind of trouble
we can get into today.

Have fun.

Thanks, Rachel.

[FAT JOE'S "ALL THE WAY UP"
[FT. INFARED] PLAYING]

♪

♪ Got bottles, got weed, got molly ♪

♪ I'm all the way up ♪

♪ Shorty what you want? ♪
♪ I got what you need ♪

♪ Shorty what you want? ♪
♪ I got what you need ♪

♪ Shorty what you want? ♪
♪ I got what you need ♪

♪ I'm all the way up ♪

♪ I'm all the way up ♪

♪ I'm all the way up ♪

♪ I'm all the way up ♪
♪ I'm all the way up ♪

♪ Nothing can stop me ♪
♪ I'm all the way up ♪

♪ Just left the big house ♪
♪ To a bigger house ♪

♪ Ain't have a girlfriend ♪
♪ But the bitch is out ♪

♪ Chanel croc bag, sh*t ain't even out ♪

♪ With the gold chains, ♪
♪ Himalayan, Birk' and cocaine ♪

♪ Lit it up, Pac sh*t, I hit 'em up ♪

♪ I'm talkin' color money ♪
♪ Purple yen and blue dirham ♪

♪ I got brown lira, I ain't ♪
♪ Talkin' 'bout Ross bitch ♪

♪ I'm that n*gga on Viagra d*ck ♪

♪ That means I'm all the way up ♪

♪ All the way up ♪

♪ Shorty what you want? ♪
♪ I got what you need ♪

♪ I'm all the way up ♪
♪ I'm all the way up ♪

♪ I'm all the way up ♪
♪ Nothing can stop me ♪

♪ I'm all the way up ♪

[SPORTS ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO]

Up to bat, bottom half of the third.

[SPORTS ANNOUNCER
CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

This guy.

Game's a pisser, ain't it?

[SPORTS ANNOUNCER
CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

He should put Kike in at second.

Well, who you make for shortstop, then?

Uh, Bogaerts, I guess.

But, then, nobody asked us. [LAUGHS]

Can I offer you an ice cream?

Best on the Cape. On the arm, of course.

Why not?

I like free ice cream
as much as the next guy.

Logan, Sand Pail Sundae for the officer.

- Sergeant, actually.
- [SHANE] Sergeant. Excuse me.

State police, right?

Narcotics unit?

Is it that obvious?

I've always had a deep respect
for the staties.

Pricier than the locals
but worth every penny.

You offering me a bribe?

Not unless you count free ice cream.

Hmm.

Let's just get down to business.
There's been a lot of excitement

since you moved down here.

We got the m*rder of Lil' Sal,
known competitor of your nephew.

Got a fire at a stash house

that your nephew and his
buddies used to hang out at,

and that just seems like

a little bit too much noise for you.

But Owen...

that's a different story, right?

I admire you making the trip yourself

instead of sending some lackey
with a funny hat down here,

ask me about my nephew,

but I'm afraid I can't help you.

It's just gotta
piss you off, though, right?

I mean, Owen causing all this trouble,

and you've always
handled things so quietly.

You know, it's kids today.

It's like you hand them the reins,
and they end up choking themselves

and you along with them.

Trust me, Owen's on a tight leash.

He won't make any trouble for you.

I mean, leash, reins,
who give a sh*t, right?

Hey, I just wanted to come down here,

introduce myself, look you in the eyes,

and let you know
if there's any more v*olence,

me and the state police
are gonna come down here

and step on your neck with both feet.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

Someday...

you're gonna be grateful that I'm here,

because the world runs smoother
with men like me in charge.

Every police department
understands this,

even if it might cause a little
bit of a mess at first.

It's like... [CHUCKLES]

It's like dropping a great big
f*cking boulder into a pond.

There'll be a lot of splashes, sure.

Soon enough, water calms right down.

Is that what you think you are,

a great big f*cking boulder?

- Biggest you've ever seen.
- [RAY LAUGHS]

♪ ♪

Hey, you know what?
The best ice cream on the Cape:

Smitty's.

But you wouldn't know that,
'cause you're just visiting.

[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

[SINGER] ♪ Hey, hey, look ♪

♪ First things first ♪
♪ Gonna get this work ♪

♪ Like, word, coming through ♪
♪ This paper like a clerk ♪

♪ Shorty gonna flirt ♪
♪ Pull up on a light [...] ♪

♪ She gonna pop like a Perc ♪
♪ Make it rock... ♪

[VERNON] Hey, come on through, my boy.

Yes, that's what I'm talking about.

Blue skies today.

It's rainin' green on me.

Thank you very, very much. [LAUGHS]

Hundreds and fifties.
You already know, boy.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SINGER CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Let him through.

I remember you.

You used to be some big player.

Is it true they, uh,
call you sh*t bag now?

You gonna believe
little-girl gossip now?

Whatever you want, make it quick.

[FRANKIE] Hey, I get it.

I'd be pissed too.

Yesterday the whites were in charge.

Today it's the blacks.

That skinny cabrón f*cked you.

You got about five seconds
to make a point,

or else these boys are gonna show you

how it really feels to get f*cked.

Come on, bro.

It ain't about me and you.

It's about what's happening
on the outside

with your supplier, Shane Frawley,

and I gotta believe
he ain't too happy either.

But I can help you.

You gonna start cooking
toilet meth for us?

[LAUGHTER]

You know I'm not an errand boy.

When I play, I play big.

Tell that to your supplier.

And tell him...

I got something valuable
that might change his mood.

♪ ♪

Have him call me
before I change my mind.

[FRANKIE JR.] 63,







Can I stop counting now?

[RACHEL] No. Keep going like I said.





[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[FRANKIE JR.] 79,





♪ ♪

[GROANS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[FRANKIE JR.] ...96,





[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Ready or not...

[BOTH] Here I come.

♪ ♪

[FLIES BUZZING]

[SIGHS]

♪ ♪

[KEYS CLACKING]

♪ ♪

Jesus.

♪ ♪

Emma.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Look, I'm sorry I lied to you,

but now a drug dealer's
turned up dead, and...

I'm-I'm not really sure,
but I think it has something

to do with Veronica and Maxine McClean

and maybe Swayzee.

Definitely Swayzee.

Listen.

I know you don't know me...

but please stay safe, okay?

Please stay safe.

Call me back.
This is Jackie, by the way.

♪ ♪

[PHONE RINGING, INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I thought I told you to go freshen up.

I did. Now I'm back.

I want to help out
with the investigation.

[ALAN] Look, I told you I'm handling it.

I started this case.

But you're not a cop.

You're a source.

The information flows one way now.

Look, I got some unis
going to pick up Swayzee, all right?

I'm gonna be interviewing him.

- Wait.
- And no, you cannot join in.

I can watch from behind the glass,

be another pair of eyes.

[ALAN] You watch only.

In the meantime, you go sit in my
office, and you don't talk to anyone.

You got it?

You're dismissed.

[OWEN] It's an undervalued skill set.

[RED LAUGHS]

[OWEN] These chicks,
they just don't get it, man.

They either go too fast, too slow.

They f*cking pepper grind
the sh*t to death, man.

- [RED] Oh, I hate that sh*t.
- It's an art form.

- You know what I'm saying?
- [RED] Yeah.

But this chick, dude. Oh, my God, bro.

f*cking Picasso with the stroke, bro.

I don't know whether it's lotion, oil,

whatever the f*ck chicks use, man,
but her hands were soft like satin.

[SIGHS] Yo.

Yo, I'm getting hard
just f*cking thinking about it.

Look. Off her f*cking hands.

I-I can tell, dude.

Yo, I gotta send her something
to remember me by.

That's it, she gets a pic...

of my d*ck.

Bro, we've been here all morning.

Ain't no Land Rover.

[TEXT MESSAGE SWOOSHES]

So where the f*ck
is this punk-ass bitch, man?

I don't know, but we got
corners to take care of.

♪ ♪

Nah, yo, let's swing by Remy's,

maybe catch that fucker
slipping at the drive-through.

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

[OSITO] I'ma need you to take
care of the car lot while I'm gone.

I'ma be away for a while.

I got you, bro.
Don't even worry about it.

You know I got it. Yeah.

Look, we need to watch our backs.

I mean, we gonna be
taking care of business, but...

- we gotta keep it low-key.
- Yup.

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING
INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO]

♪ ♪

Whoo. Big O, my man.

You start eating without me?

What up, Big O?

What y'all eating, some lobster rolls?

Yo... I'm only gonna say this once.

You keep your sh*t on lock.

All right? No peeling off.
No music blasting.

- Keep it caucasian for now.
- [JELLY] No doubt.

♪ ♪

All right.

♪ ♪

Where the f*ck is Nacho?

He's around, man. I just ain't seen him.

You think now is a good time
for Nacho to be taking a personal day?

Oh, you right.
Yeah, I-I'ma go talk to him.

Nah. I'll talk to him.

♪ ♪

sh*t. I almost forgot.

I caught them two white boys
at your spot.

Yeah, Owen and that
little redhead m*therf*cker he be with,

so I got you on that.

It's cool,

but I'ma need to borrow something
from you before you go.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Hey. What you got?

Did you just leave
to go talk to our target?

Oh, you think Shane
doesn't know we're onto him?

Well, I don't know anything.

Yeah, 'cause you haven't told me.

They got friction.

So Shane's the fulcrum.
Owen's the lever.

Shane, he doesn't like
the way Owen rocks.

[SARAH] Oh, it's-it's a good metaphor.

It-it... uh, it's...
they have beef, wiseass.

So when that comes to a head,
we're gonna take advantage.

Cool.

By the way, Owen texted me
when you were gone.

[RAY] What'd he say?

Okay. Come on. Office. Right now.

Am I going to the principal's office?

- What did you say to him?
- [SARAH] Nothing.

- I was waiting for you.
- Good.

Good, good, good. Come here.
Get a little closer.

We're gonna do this the right way.

Let me see that pic again.

Uh-uh, he's using camera tricks.

This assh*le's using a wide lens.

How would you know?

Tell him you want to see him again.

[SIGHS]

[KEYS TAPPING]

[TEXT MESSAGE SWOOSHES]

[SIGHS]

- [TEXT MESSAGE SWOOSHES]
- [CHUCKLES]

He wants to know if I'm DTF.

Uh, my p*ssy's wet

just thinking about it.

- [TEXT MESSAGE SWOOSHES]
- That's good.

No, it's gonna get his attention.

- [SARAH] Yeah.
- [TEXT MESSAGE SWOOSHES]

Oh, it did.

All right, all right.

Now ask him if that little cock
is ready for me.

[CHUCKLES]
Is that huge cock ready for me?

[TEXT MESSAGE SWOOSHES]

[TEXT MESSAGE SWOOSHES]

He wants to know if I swallow.

I mean, spitters are quitters.

- [LAUGHS]
- [SARAH] So...

[TEXT MESSAGE SWOOSHES]

[RAY] All right, all right.
That was good.

Now lead it back to his location.

Find out if he's alone. Is he with Red?

Come on. 'Cause you really
want to see him.

[SARAH] Mm-hmm.

[SIGHS]

[TEXT MESSAGE SWOOSHES]

[TEXT MESSAGE SWOOSHES]

"I gotta see you tonight.
Come to my beach house."

He spelled "come" C-U-M.

[LAUGHS]

[SARAH] What time? Send me a pin.

[TEXT MESSAGE SWOOSHES]

♪ ♪

Uh, was asking
for his location too forward?

No, you're good. You're good.

♪ ♪

[TEXT MESSAGE SWOOSHES]

Okay, we got a location, and he's
gonna holla at me later with a time.

Get out of here. Look at you.

All right, hey, now we're gonna go check

it out, we're gonna
make sure it's legit,

and then me and you,

we're gonna come up with an ops plan.

Let me just seal the deal real quick.

What? What are you...

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

♪ ♪

[CHUCKLES]

[SLURPING]

[PHONE CHIMES]

Yo.

On God, bro, this chick
is dying for the pipe.

Check it.

Nipple rings,

and she's fine, like wifey material.

[OWEN] Mm-hmm.

[SIGHS]

Yo, what are we doing, man?

Driving around all day like a bitch.

I got this girl ready and wet, man.

This is not the move.

I'm over this, man. Just take
me to the mall. He ain't coming.

There's that fat f*ck.

[OWEN] All right, now,
f*cking creep up slow.

- Get me close to the window.
- [g*n COCKING]

Gonna turn Osito's head
into a f*cking canoe.

♪ ♪

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER PHONE]

f*ck! sh*t!
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

Go, go, go, go! f*ck!

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[DANCER] Oh, my God, Nacho,
you're so funny.

[TAFFY] Show us
that big d*ck again, Daddy.

[MOANS]

[INDISTINCT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

Beautiful, huh?

Got this sh*t from a brother
in Afghanistan.

- [TAFFY] Yeah, you did.
- [OSITO] Yo, Nacho.

[LAUGHTER]

You think we work at a bank, assh*le?

Vacation days and 401[k]s and sh*t?

- My bad. I was stressed.
- Stressed?

m*therf*cker, I'ma show you stress.

Now, roll your ass back to work.

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

What are you doing here?

Same thing as you: working.

Yeah, well, I don't dance anymore.

Ain't no shame in it.

b*tches gotta eat.

Seems like you doing
pretty good for yourself,

Frankie being gone.

Looks like you are too.

[OSITO] Mm.

Yeah. Club's poppin',

even for a daytime shift,

and I know that ain't
the two-for-one special.

You back up to your old tricks?

I have no idea
what you're talking about.

Ah, come on, 'Ne.

Come on.

I known you.
You used to be Frankie's girl.

I know you know your way
around the life.

Yeah, well...

those days are over now.

I'm living with a cop.

We have a baby.

Congratulations, then.

Be good, 'Ne.

Always.

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Oh, I f*cking knew it.

♪ ♪

- [TAPPING ON WINDOW]
- [ALAN] We're up.

♪ ♪

She back there?

Patrick Swerdlow,

aka Swayzee.

Distribution,
deriving support from a prost*tute,

sexual battery.

So your pimp hand is strong, huh?

So you bring the girls out here
from off the Cape, right?

Turn them out with the tourists,

maybe get your own biscuit
nibbled on while you're at it,

pay them in dope.

I get that about right?

If you say so, man.

Peter D'Angelo found dead this morning,

dealer out in, uh, Fall Brook.

You know him?

[SWAYZEE] Damn.

[CHUCKLES] Yeah.

I know Petey.

Where were you night before last?

I was in a motel with my boy Thicc

and, uh, ole girl back there.

Yo, you were eyeing that meth
like it was a clit, honey.

Well, you do know we need
to verify your alibi, right?

Oh, yeah. Do that.

What about Veronica Levoie?

Know where she's at?

[SWAYZEE] Oh, my God with this bitch.

- Yo, ask her, man.
- [KEYS TAPPING]

[LAUGHS] I don't know what went on

between them, but, uh,
homegirl's obsessed.

Hey, but good p*ssy
will do that to you, right?

♪ ♪

How about Maxine McClean?

Well, f*ck that.

f*ck that.

Hmm. Is that a yes or a no?

No. Whatever, man.

You guys ain't pinning
that f*cking sh*t on me.

What sh*t?

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

No. No. f*ck that. I'm out. I'm out.

I want my lawyer.

♪ ♪

[JACKIE] So what do you think?

I think if his alibi checks out,

I gotta cut him loose.

What?

W-what about Veronica and Maxine?

Look, Swayzee's a piece of sh*t,
but I got nothing to keep him on.

[SIGHS]

There's this other girl
that he pimps, Emma,

and I'm worried that he's gonna
take this out on her.

Can we put a patrol unit
outside her place tonight?

There's not much else I can do here.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

I'm sorry.

♪ ♪

I appreciate your help.

I'm gonna go check on Emma.

♪ ♪

[URINE TRICKLING]

[TOILET FLUSHES]

[TAPPING]

♪ ♪

[FRANKIE] Do you know who I am?

I know who you were.

♪ ♪

I hear you got beef
with our mutual friend Osito.

I got information that will help you.

What's the market value
of this information?

[FRANKIE] I'll let you know
down the line.

No, no, I square off
my commitments up front.

That doesn't work for you,

we got nothing to talk about.

Things are looking up for me.

Let's just say

this could become an ongoing
situation between us.

♪ ♪

Okay. We'll see about that.

If the information's good.

Oh... it's k*ller.

[INDISTINCT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey, girl.

Got any more of that good sh*t?

The pervs are fiending.

You out already?

Taffy, baby,

I think you may have found your calling.

[PHONE RINGING]

Weird. It-it's my neighbor.

- I'll be there in a sec.
- Hmm.

Hey, Joanne.

Did I forget to bring
the barrels in again?

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[CAR DOOR SLAMS]

♪ ♪

Frankie Jr.! Scarlet!

[PANTING]

♪ ♪

Frankie Jr.!

Oh, baby.

Oh, my God. Baby.

[GROANS] I was so worried.

Are you okay?

Hi, honey. Hi, baby.

Joanne from across the street,

she called and said
the front door was open.

What happened?

Where's Rachel?

We were playing hide-and-go-seek,

but when I found her, she just left.

Where was she hiding?

♪ ♪

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

♪ ♪

[GRUNTS]

[PANTING]

Baby...

did she say anything before she left?
Anything?

She said I'm handsome like Daddy.

♪ ♪

[PHONE CHIMES]

Hmm. He wants to meet at nine.

He's gonna hit up the mall first.

Oh, great.

Looks like he's getting pretty for me.

[CHUCKLES] He's not doing
too bad for himself.

[SARAH] It's a nice house. Hmm.

[RAY] See that side door?

Go ahead and count that with
the front and the rear exit,

and you got plenty of ways
in and out of the place.

Let's go check it out from the beach.

[SARAH] Copy that.

♪ ♪

Listen. Let's be honest.

Owen's gonna try to have sex
with you tonight.

Yeah. Uh-huh.

I'm a woman in the world.

Right? I can handle it.

I mean, you shouldn't just have
to handle it, you know?

There's-there's ways to get out of sex

and not jeopardize the operation.

- Yeah?
- Yeah, just tell him

you're on your period.

[LAUGHS] Yeah, okay, boomer.

You know, people under 25
actually have sex on their period.

Yeah. Some people like it better.

- [PHONE RINGING]
- You don't... you don't do that?

I'm talking about Owen.

I'm not talking about me, okay? Just...

Let me get this. I'm sorry.

Hey, you okay? Kids all right?

[RENEE SIGHS]

Okay, I'm just gonna say it.
I... [SIGHS]

I had some money saved,
and it was stolen,

and I think Frankie
had something to do with it.

You had money stolen,
and you think Frankie Cuevas

had something to do with it?
Why would you think that?

Just...

It's just a feeling, okay?

Please, Ray, say something.
I can hear you breathing over the phone.

[RAY] Let's go back
to the money for a second.

Where'd you get it, and how much was it?

[RENEE] A lot of money, okay?

Just tell me what you think
Frankie would do with it.

sh*t. I gotta call you back.

- Wait. Don't be mad at me.
- [RAY] I gotta call you back.

♪ ♪

[PHONE RINGING]

♪ ♪

What is it, Abruzzo?

Hey, uh, I need you to check
on Chuleta right now.

[ALAN] Here's a thought:
maybe you should be

more concerned
about doing your f*cking job

than mine.

Besides, he's been checked on.
He's fine.

[RAY] Okay, listen, I know there's a lot

of bullshit between us, okay?

But I'm asking you to put that
aside for a second right now. Please.

What is it?

Frankie Cuevas might've just
come into a large sum of money.

Do I even want to know
how you know this?

[RAY] Gonna have to trust me
on this one, man.

I'm asking for a solid.
Would you check on Chuleta?

♪ ♪

All right, I'm on it.

Yeah, be on it. Like, right now on it.

Right now.

f*ck you. I said I'm on it, God damn it.

[SIREN WAILING]

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

[CHULETA] Okay, all right. sh*t.

Ramon Sanchez?

The f*ck are you?

[SUPPRESSED g*nsh*t]

[BODY THUDS]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

[AMANDA] What the hell happened?

[ALAN] Clean hit.

No one heard a g*nsh*t.

Makes sense, though:

sil*ncer for a contract hit.

Tell me there are witnesses.

Other than her?

And if you think that's bad,

you should see what he did
to the security system.

[AMANDA] I don't understand
how this happened,

but I want a full investigation
into how a state's witness

was ex*cuted under state protection.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

He's gonna f*cking walk.

♪ ♪

Yup.

♪ ♪

[RAY] f*ck.

I spent 15 f*cking years
chasing Frankie Cuevas.

Can you imagine that?

I mean, I've been chasing him
and chasing him,

and you know whose life I ruined?

Mine.

Not his.

I've done so much sh*t
I'm not proud of...

in the name of Frankie Cuevas,

and for what?

He's just gonna walk again.

Mm. No. Don't say that.

You don't know he's gonna get out.

Yeah, I do.

You know why? 'Cause they always do.

And if it ain't him,

there's another guy just
like him right down the pike.

That's why we gotta stick together.

♪ ♪

I don't have to see Owen tonight.

♪ ♪

If you need me.

♪ ♪

No. You should see him.
You got plenty of time.

♪ ♪

[SULTRY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[PANTING AND MOANING]

♪ ♪

[SARAH] f*ck, yeah.

♪ ♪

[MOANS]

[SIGHS]

- [PHONE CHIMES]
- [PEOPLE MOANING]

[SPORTS ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY OVER TV]

[PHONE RINGING]

Yo, what up, Uncle Shane?

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

We're on it.

Hey, Tonya, come on. Change of plans.

Gotta go. Go, go, go, go. Now.

[TONYA] Jesus Christ, I'm leaving.

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN AND SHUT]

♪ ♪

Emma, it's Jackie.

It's important. Open up.

Emma.

Emma, come on. Open up. It's important.

- [EMMA] Jesus.
- [JACKIE] Hey.

[EMMA] What the f*ck? Excuse me.

Swayzee was questioned
in a m*rder today.

What do you think you're doing?

I was there, and I think he k*lled

Veronica and that girl Maxine McClean...

Oh, you do, yeah.

Which means you're in danger, all right?

So you need to listen to me.

♪ ♪

Is someone here?

No.

♪ ♪

Is it Swayzee?

Are you deaf, bitch? No one's here.

- No one's here. No one's here.
- [JACKIE] Let me see. It's okay.

[EMMA] What the f*ck
do you think you're doing?

You need to get the f*ck
out of here right now.

♪ ♪

Veronica?

Jesus Christ. What do you want?

Told you, she's, like,
f*cking obsessed with you.

[SCOFFS]

♪ ♪

I've been looking for you.
I thought you were dead.

Not yet. [CHUCKLES]

[EMMA LAUGHS]

Did Swayzee do that to you?

Oh, is she for real?

Bitch, you did this to me.

f*cking bled like a stuck pig
when you popped me.

I f*cking had to go to work.
You wouldn't let me leave.

A f*cking knight
in shining armor over here.

And then you have the f*cking balls

to go looking for me all over town.

For what?

Are you gonna save me?

What a f*cking joke.

[EMMA LAUGHS]

♪ ♪

[JACKIE] I thought... I thought
you needed help.

♪ ♪

I'm sorry.

Oh, yeah, you're f*cking sorry.

Sorry-ass bitch.

[EMMA LAUGHS] Oh, she's gonna cry now.

[VERONICA] f*cking crackhead.

[EMMA LAUGHS]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[LAUGHTER]

[VERONICA] Always a pleasure.

Don't let the door hit you on the ass.

[EMMA] You don't got no ass.

[VERONICA] And keep my name
out your f*cking mouth.

- [EMMA LAUGHS]
- [VERONICA] Bye.

♪ ♪

[ED] Jack?

What's going on?

I was wrong about everything.

[ED] What?

I'm just some f*cking low-life drunk

doing all this stupid sh*t,

and I-I don't... I don't want
to be like this anymore.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

I...

I just don't know how to stop.

♪ ♪

I'm either gonna k*ll myself,
or something's gonna change,

but I don't want
to be like this anymore.

♪ ♪

- [CRIES]
- Okay.

♪ ♪

[HAERTS' "NIGHT CALLS" PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ Come on and play the music ♪

♪ Don't you just leave this way ♪

♪ Said that you know the music ♪

♪ Know it another way ♪

♪ I will run for you ♪

♪ I will run for you ♪

♪ I always will ♪

♪ ♪

- ♪ I will run for you ♪
- [PHONE CHIMES]

♪ I will run for you ♪

♪ I always will ♪

♪ ♪

[SARAH] No lights on.

♪ ♪

No car in the driveway.

♪ ♪

[KNOCKING]

[CHUCKLES] Looks like Owen ghosted me.

[RAY SIGHS]

♪ ♪

Hey, Ray.

You want to take me home?

♪ ♪

You got this.

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ When the night calls ♪

♪ When the night calls ♪

♪ ♪

♪ When the night calls ♪

♪ When the night calls... ♪

I tried the Thai place you read about.

- [OSITO LAUGHS]
- [LAUGHS]

[OSITO] Woman after my own heart.

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ When the night calls ♪

[g*n COCKING]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

- [GROANS]
- [JANELLE SCREAMS]

- [SCREAMS]
- Oh, God!

[OWEN] Go, go, go, go, go!

[TIRES SQUEALING]

♪ ♪

[JANELLE CRYING]

- Hang on, baby.
- [TIRES SQUEALING]

Hang on, baby.

♪ ♪