01x05 - Business. Never Personal.

[bunniefuu]

-[doorbell rings]
-[Rena] Hey, slow down.

Y'all gonna hurt yourselves.

[indistinct police radio chatter]

Here, you forgot your keys again--

-Can I help you?
-Mrs. Davis, I'm Detective Harper.

-This is my partner, Detective Viggiano.
-Look, Deon ain't here.

All right, he ain't come home last night,
and I don't know where he at.

So please don't bother asking.
All right, we-- We good now?

Oh, we're great, yeah.

Deon, not so much.

[Harper] Deon's dead.
We're here to search your premises.

Here's your warrant.

W-wait, hold up. Get the f*ck
out of my house, you m*therf*cking pig!

-What the f*ck?
-I want you to search the bedrooms first.

Hold up. Y'all tell me my husband dead,
come in here, sh*t, and f*ck it up?

Y'all got me f*cked up.

f*ck all y'all m*therf*ckers!

Yeah, f*ck you,
f*ck you, and f*ck you too!

[dramatic music playing]

[music fades]

[sighs]

What do you want?

-Just wanna holler at you.
-You can holler at my lawyers, man.

-Ain't like that, player.
-You really wanna do this?

Here? Right now?

This ain't a business call.
It's personal, man-to-man type sh*t.

Just want a few minutes, that's it.

-You on the clock.
-All right, say no more.

I knew you'd be here today.

My mama, my big bro,
they buried right up around that bend.

-My condolences.
-Man, they been dead a long time.

I gotta focus
on what's in front of me now.

-Yeah, me too.
-I was thinking on my drive up here, man.

You were right.

Back at the gala when we first
chopped it up and all that, I mean.

View Park, Baldwin Hills,
practically cousins.

[chuckling] We are neighbors.

My dumb a*s. I've been running around

trying to retrace your crimes
for years to find you,

and you were right across Stocker
the whole m*therf*cking time?

Our wives kicking it together,
and all that.

sh*t, man, another life,
me and you, we could've been homies.

But then that had me thinking.

No matter how much we have in common,

our similarities end in one simple way.

You k*ll innocent people.

Like my trainee, Detective Manny Shaw.

That's the difference
between men like you and me.

Men like me are the reason
why men like you make a living.

-You a criminal.
-No, I'm a job creator, see.

You spend all this time
trying to prove I'm something other

than what people believe me to be.

But allow me to let you in
on a little secret, Stiles.

You're not fooling anyone.

Hiding behind your badge
and your loud street clothes out there

trying to impress the oppressed.

Your bravado and arrests, they can't hide
the fact that I know who you really are.

A n*gga with a g*n.

A f*cking thug in designer apparel.

-Look at you.
-Like you?

Sure.

[chuckling] Like me, just not smart enough
to do better economically.

Oh, that's funny, n*gga.

I got over half a dozen medals
and commendations for my career…

Stop! Stop! Stop talking like that.

You may act like a cop, quack like a cop,
you may do cop sh*t, but you're not.

You're f*cking cutthroat, just like me.

And there's nothing you can do
to prove otherwise. You know how I know?

K*llers recognize K*llers, Stiles.

You're one of us.

As a matter of fact, we're so alike,

you've been obsessed with me
since the moment we met.

-Remember that day?
-I think about it all the time.

Just like I said, obsessed. Look at you.

And now you're mad because I won.
I'm f*cking done. I'm out the game.

I'm about to spend the rest of my life
on top of the world

while you watch all the way
from the f*cking cheap seats!

God bless, n*gga.

I have a confession.

I lied.

[tense music playing]

There you go.

[sighs]

We do have some business to discuss.

See, I got some good news,
and I got some bad news.

Good news, there's a light
at the end of the tunnel, brother.

[chuckling] Bad news,
it's a train coming at you.

LAPD!

We're executing a warrant
for Coltrane Wilder and Wilder Holdings.

[indistinct police radio chatter]

[knocking on door]

We got a warrant.
Please step away from your station.

Do not touch any property
or take it with you.

The business
that we have to discuss, Mr. Wilder,

is that you have no business

and no money.

Everything is frozen.

Your pristine
Jet Magazine cover lifestyle? Yeah.

-[snaps fingers]
-Black history.

Your hood TED Talks
you be giving to kids in the community?

-[snaps fingers]
-Black history.

Your little secret crime clubhouse?

Black f*cking history.

And it's all thanks to…

Deon.

God bless him.

[chuckling] Hey, hey.
Hey, man, don't worry.

He ain't snitched. He burnt it all up.

I tried to bring him in.

Oh sh*t. You ain't hear?

You ain't know?

Deon, he ain't with us no more.

He with the dead homies now.

[somber music playing]

And next,

you'll be in cuffs.

Maxing out a life sentence

in 23 and 1-hour lockdown
in a 180-yard prison.

Just like I told you.

Because I'm a man of my word.

[music intensifies]

No need to ask who's winning.

Check the scoreboard, n*gga.

[indistinct police radio chatter]

-[officer 1] This business is closed, sir.
-f*ck it is.

You can't be in here.

Hey, stop asking her questions.
She doesn't need to speak to you.

-[officer 2] Who are you?
-Coltrane f*cking Wilder.

Stop interrogating my receptionist.

-Tell me who the f*ck is in charge. Now.
-[Cruz] Keep turning this upside down.

Take every document regarding every
transaction this company's ever made.

You heard the detective. Keep digging.

[clattering]

[Stiles] Okay.

Mm-hmm.

What we got? What we got? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

-Great, look at this sh*t. f*ck this.
-[glass breaks]

Mazel tov. Hey!

Find me my f*cking evidence!

Our evidence.
I brought you in on this, Stiles.

This is my case now.

[chuckling]

-You're a real piece of work.
-You don't have to do this this way.

-Ebony, you don't have to watch. Come on.
-This is unnecessary. We know each other.

You don't know me. You know my wife.
I know that your husband is a criminal.

That's the extent
of our relationship, sis.

You think Coltrane's doing
something ill*gal? He's not.

There's nothing here.

He's not the person that you think he is,
and we haven't done anything wrong.

Ebony, you're giving me a headache.
Look, you're playing in my face now.

'Cause either you deserve the Oscar
or you straight dickmatized.

[clattering continues]

Excuse me.

Why are we going in this room?
What are you doing? This is insane!

-What? Can you stop that, please? Stop.
-There's a warrant in your hand for that.

Enough, Isaiah!

If you continue to interfere,

I will have to detain you
outside on the curb in cuffs.

-He's got sh*t hidden somewhere.
-Check the walls, Lieutenant?

Yeah.

This is excessive, Stiles.

Excessive is Coltrane Wilder and his co-Ds
running around Los Angeles

robbing, k*lling people,
police officers with impunity for years.

You're off the deep end.

Swim away.

[tense music playing]

Hit that sh*t.

[loud thuds]

[thudding continues]

[music fades]

We need to leave the country immediately
and never set foot on US soil again!

Ebony, listen to me!
Lemme tell you what happens when we leave.

We get an indictment
and a conviction in absentia.

Then we're stuck overseas
as fugitives for the rest of our lives.

Is that what you want, baby?

Have you thought about
what life that is for a child?

Looking over our shoulders at every turn.

No, I can't have that on my conscience.

Right now… Right now
the wisest choice is to stay the course.

The only way out is through, baby.

You saw what he did to Zahir's room?

That's what Stiles
is trying to do to our life. Destroy it.

Destroy us.

I love you, Coltrane.

And I've always trusted your leadership
to do what's best for our family.

But right now,

I need to figure this out on my own

before you end up like Deon.

[dramatic music playing]

Okay, so he's here,
but they said they under strict orders.

-So we can't see him.
-It's okay, Big Mama.

We're gonna be straight.
I got this. I promise.

Yeah. All right, I'm on it.
Hey, I'm gonna call you right back.

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey, relax, relax, big man.

-I ain't here for that.
-What the f*ck you here for, n*gga?

Ladies, I am so sorry for your loss.

I mean, none of us,
we did not want it to go down this way.

Y'all are hurting. Y'all are in pain.
So I'm here to offer my help.

We don't need your m*therf*cking help.
You lucky my mama and granny here.

I'm gonna have the coroner
let y'all back to see Deon

if Darren will talk to me for two minutes.

It's just 120 seconds of dialogue,
and then y'all can say y'all goodbyes.

-n*gga, is you crazy?
-[Big Mama] Darren, baby, please.

Hey, Eddie.

Let's, uh, get that paperwork started
on Gideon Davis.

I'm gonna let them back to see him.
Alright, I'll sign off.

[Eddie] Would you like to follow me?

Mm-mm.

Mm.

Ooh, boy, your circle getting small, Stro.

Finna be a dot soon, n*gga.

Yeah, I know that look.

Yeah, you so mad

you would just choke me to death
right here, right now, huh?

Spend the rest of your life
in a jail cell,

smiling once a day
at the fact that you m*rder*d me, right?

-Then what?
-We'd be even, n*gga.

That's your plan?

Spend the rest of your life
in a jail cell or worse off, dead?

Tsk. Come on, man, I told you this is
what would happen last time we linked.

-Don't wanna go out like your uncle.
-Watch your f*cking mouth.

I didn't mean it like that.
I did, but just chill out, man.

Look, man, you got daughters.
A man's job is to provide for his family.

And in order to do that,
you have to be out here in the real world,

not in a penitentiary,
not in a city morgue right here,

because I know something you don't.

Deon's blood was a direct match
for the DNA we pulled off that detonator

used to blow the walls
out of the jewelry store heist.

I don't know
what you're talking about, bro.

Stro, come on, n*gga, for real?

Dog, we know Deon was one
of the four perps who pulled off that job

and k*lled those two men.

It's only a matter of time
before I pin you and Chris Choi

as members number two and three,
but buss it, I'm a benevolent n*gga.

I'm willing to ignore members
number one, two, and three

for member number four, your boy Coltrane.

Mm?

You give me Coltrane,
I'll get you a proffer deal.

Low time.

It's no cap.

[tense music playing]

I can still give you and your family
a way out of this.

But my offer, just like these streets,
playboy, it's got an expiration date.

So don't f*ck around.

Give me Coltrane.

[music intensifies]

[Ebony] We need to go now.

Let's calm down
and think this out rationally.

Your nervous energy
is not a net positive right now.

Now, you know the protocol
for this type of sh*t.

You need to be thinking about

what an innocent man's wife
would be doing, and go do that.

You're allowing your hormones and emotions
to override your better judgment.

This is me exercising my better judgment.

For all of us.

Where you going?

I'm done listening to people
tell me when to worry and what to do.

And by the way,
I already contacted our lawyers.

If this doesn't get resolved soon,
we're leaving.

Don't let your street smarts
get blocked by your book smarts, Ivy.

You always call me Ivy League
like it's an insult, but it's not.

I am a strong, smart, educated b*tch,
and the bottom line remains.

If you can't show me the way,

then you need to
get the f*ck out of my way.

[ominous music playing]

[doorbell ringing]

[Candace] Oh!

Oh my word. He did all of this?

-[Ebony] Yes.
-[exhales]

[Ebony] That's why I asked you to come.

Isaiah and his g*ons destroyed everything.

Just to make a point.

Your husband is the case
that Isaiah's been working on?

Oh, Ebony, I'm gonna have
to ask you this straight.

Is Coltrane a criminal?

No, Coltrane is not a criminal.

Did you know Isaiah was gonna do all this?

-No.
-Exactly.

All I know is that whatever your husband
is accusing Coltrane of, he didn't do.

[breathing shakily]

Do you have any idea how much stress
this is causing me and my unborn child?

I can only imagine, uh…

Well, then can you imagine that what
I'm saying to you is true? Because it is.

I don't know what to believe anymore. I…

I know you're my friend.

And I know Isaiah,
he's been acting out at home.

You know what I also know?

That I don't want him
to destroy our relationship also.

Okay?

Sweetie, I'm so sorry.

Thank you, Candace.

-[ominous music playing]
-[cell phone chimes]

I'm sorry.

[sniffles]

-Is that Malik?
-Yeah.

-Are you still seeing him tomorrow?
-He wants to meet, maybe do coffee.

I just don't know where to suggest.

I know a place.

[voicemail] You've reached
Dr. Candace Stiles.

-Please leave a message.
-[beep]

[Stiles] Candace, baby,
I'm coming home, uh…

I'm stopping by Amos's for a minute.

You were right.
It's time to bury the hatchet.

["Cutie Pie" playing over stereo]

What you doing here?

It ain't sh*t, just, um, heading home,

trying to catch Noah
before he go to sleep.

Maybe… [chuckles] …enjoy a glass
or two of wine with Candace.

Watch a flick or something.

I don't know, man, I was just…

I decided to slide through the hood,
say what's up.

-What the f*ck you doing?
-Why the f*ck you care?

You kicked me out your house
on Thanksgiving, n*gga.

Yeah.

In front of your family,
Jimmy, and Otis and Gail's uppity asses.

-n*gga, all I was trying to do was--
-Yeah, I know. I… I know.

I came here to apologize for how I acted.

Uh… I've been going through some things
the last few years, and to be straight up,

it's-- it's been rough.

I think I finally got
this monkey off my back.

I won, Dad.

I got this m*therf*cker,
and if I can just finish this,

then maybe I can spend
some more time with my family.

Maybe I can be a better man
for Candace and Noah.

Maybe I can find a way
for me and you, you know, for us to…

get closer.

-I don't know, I'm just saying sh*t.
-No, no, no, no, son.

You saying what's on your heart.

To be honest, I…

Mm.

I've been waiting
for this moment for a while.

I prayed on it.

It's not too late for us, Isaiah.

I see you still got Josiah's chain on.

-I miss him.
-Yeah.

I miss him a lot.

I miss him too.

And your mama.

Let's go inside and talk, man.
Let's get the f*ck out of here, you know?

-Just kick it. Crack some tall boys.
-I… You know, I… I got…

-Trying to chill with my pops.
-Isaiah. Isaiah!

♪ You're the girl
Who makes me feel so good ♪

♪ Cutie pie ♪

[Stiles] The kickback's closed, n*gg*s.
Get out.

Get the f*ck out right now!

Noah, get the f*ck over here.

Smoking Zaza, huh?

Trying to light up?

Boy, I'm gonna light your a*s up
all the way home.

Get your narrow behind in that car.

Get!

My son, Amos.

I knew you never changed, man!

Slow down, boy. You coming in way too hot.

-sh*t!
-You don't deserve to wear this!

You never did!

I'm done with you, man.

I'm done supporting you.
From now on, you're on your own.

What you expect me to do?

I expect you to go back to being
the base-level street n*gga

that you always was

so I could do
what I should've done a long time ago,

and lock your loser a*s the f*ck up!

Noah, I said get in the car!

What the f*ck is you doing?

[Stro] Stiles offered me a deal.

What are you gonna do?

What am I gonna do?

This n*gga Stiles
could eat a f*cking d*ck.

-f*ck him and f*ck the LAPD.
-[Stro] Right.

For all I know, he the cop who shot Deon.

Matter of fact, he is the m*therf*cker
that k*lled my uncle,

so f*ck whatever
that b*tch-a*s n*gga gotta say.

-It's up for life!
-[Coltrane] I need you two to hear this.

You guys are my brothers,

and I promise you both
we will make it out of this together.

Deon did not die in vain.

He died doing the most
honorable sh*t any of us could do.

So now, we have to honor that.

Somehow, we gonna make this right, man.

Deon deserves that much.

And Stiles deserves
much, much, much worse.

He's the m*therf*cker
responsible for all of this.

-For all of it!
-[ominous music playing]

He wants to take us out.

He already took f*cking Deon out.

He took my money. He took my business.

He took my f*cking reputation.

I swear on Deon's soul,

we're gonna take
everything back from Stiles, everything!

And we're gonna take it in blood.

[music fades]

[knocking on door]

Hi, can I help you?

I came to tell you Deon was k*lled
by the police three days ago.

[exhales]

No.

H-- How?

I m-- How do you know?

The police notified me.

-Claimed his body yesterday.
-Notify? [exhaling] What?

Who are you? What is your name?

My name is Rena Davis.

I'm Deon's wife.

[somber music playing]

I didn't know.

Yeah, well, I've known about you
for years, Melissa, so…

[girl] Mommy!

Hey. Hey, babies.

You know, he always wanted twins.

They look just like him.

[Melissa] Come in?

Yeah.

We're working on
the arrest warrant for Wilder,

but we need you to be patient, Stiles.

Patient, man? Patient about what?

I brought you a 16-point buck
on a silver platter.

Now it's time to k*ll it and mount
that m*therf*cker on our mantle.

[Peters] Nice to see you, gentlemen.

To what do we owe the honor, Breck?

I'm here to inform you all
that I personally represent

Ebony and Coltrane Wilder
in all legal matters.

My firm has poured over
the basis for your warrants.

And I have to say,

guys, you really
screwed the pooch on this one.

Your chain of both command and evidence

are compromised by Lieutenant Stiles'
overzealous police work.

All of your findings are circumstantial.

At best, everything you have
is fruit from a poisonous tree.

And at worst, the LAPD, city, and county
are looking at a nine-figure lawsuit

that my firm and I cannot wait to file.

Ebony and Coltrane Wilder are innocent,

and any further actions will be met
with my firm's full force and might.

You've been put on notice.

Good day, gentlemen.

Uh… [chuckles]

What the f*ck? All right.

f*ck Randolph Duke
and his brother Mortimer.

-Let's get this arrest warrant going.
-You know who that man is?

His name is Breckinridge Peters.

And we need to adjust our strategy.

What? What strategy? We've won already.

We've won nothing.
Nothing. I've never beaten Breck in court.

What are you saying, Malik?

He's saying you did a good job,

but he can't give you
an arrest warrant yet.

What? I got you the drugs.

I got you the money.
I got you Deon Davis sh**ting cops.

Yes, and we still aren't there yet.
Our searches have garnered us nil.

The narcotics division is still up my a*s
about the burnt-up warehouse,

which has yet to produce anything of use.

Meanwhile, the city has spent hundreds
of thousands of taxpayers' dollars

and countless hours
of manpower on your case.

As they should!

Because we are dealing with murderers!

What the f*ck else do you want from me?

We need you to calm down and start acting
like a rational adult for once.

I can't give you an arrest warrant
with what we have.

Especially with Breck and his firm
as their primary counsel.

[tense music playing]

Hey, hold up, man.

Wasn't you Mr. Man of the Year at that
Wilder-sponsored Black Illuminati gala?

-You in on this sh*t with them too?
-That was your wife's idea.

-What the…
-Enough, Isaiah!

You in control of your report here, Jimmy?

You think you know it all,
but you don't know sh*t, boy!

I have a mind to take you
to that alley out back

and squabble up
with your insubordinate a*s.

[Holmes] Get the f*ck out of here.

That's a g*dd*mn order.

Your boy's out of control.

[sighs]

[tense music playing]

[music intensifies]

[door unlocks]

[footsteps]

[Noah] I know, but…

Yeah, but come on, over some weed?

He ain't have to cut you off like that,
Grandpa, he a real as*h*le for that.

No, he do too much.

And he snatched your chain off your neck.
What was that about?

And how you gonna pay your bills now?
I'm… No, I'm just saying.

[knocking on door]

-n*gga.
-Easy.

Easy, I come in peace.

Stiles, as much as I hate to admit it,
you actually did a great job back there.

I mean, linking the wire
to the shell companies, to the warehouse,

to Deon's suicide mission… Mwah!

Chef's f*cking kiss.

You know, one might actually think
that you're good at this sh*t.

The problem is, we need hard evidence.

How far are you willing to go, Stiles?
You need to catch Wilder in the act.

Smoking g*n in hand.

-By any means.
-So now you want me to do me.

You slap cuffs on Coltrane Wilder legally,

and I'll make sure everything
that you did to get there is fair play.

For real?

[intriguing music playing]

For real.

[Marc] Get the f*ck away from me.

-I'm here with a peace offering.
-What, Stiles?

I got word from my snitch in Wayside
that Coltrane Wilder and his crew

put out a hit on your CI.

I do not know who your informant is,

but a green light's
been authorized on him.

I f*cked up a few days ago, Marc.

Trying to make up for it now.

Before it's too late.

How do I know it's even real?

How do you know it's not?

If I was you, I'd check up on him.

-In person.
-[door closes]

[ominous music playing]

[music intensifies]

[Marc] Thanks for meeting me here.
Are you safe?

[Andrei] Of course I'm safe.
I'm always safe, bro.

That's good, that's good,
because you still owe me.

-I already did my job.
-That shitshow doesn't count.

That f*ck burned down the warehouse
along with all the f*cking evidence.

Look, I can't catch, clean,
cook, and serve the meal.

-You have to do something.
-[Marc] The program hasn't changed, aper.

Until we catch the big fish,
you're still my b*tch.

[chuckling]

Well, I got one for you.

-Keep talking.
-The person who set up the whole deal.

The middle man.

I need a name.

I'll tell you that
once I've done some damage control

and I know things are back to normal.

Well, you better make it snappy
and beef up security.

Because according to my source,
that pill crew's coming for you.

Okay.

I'll add more men.

What the f*ck you doing here, homey?

Your buddy Marc's CI is Andrei Malakian.

Okay, what else you got for me?

I looked up Andrei's rap sheet
in the system.

He comes from a high-level
Armenian crime family, the Kurdjians.

They're into everything.

From narcotic distribution
to sex trafficking, extortion.

Didn't their soldiers
kidnap that Alvarez girl?

[ominous music playing]

If I were Coltrane Wilder,
what would I want right now?

To leave town.

No, I'd want revenge.

We need to find out
where Andrei's holed up

and lay on him
until Wilder's crew comes for him.

-I can follow Marc again.
-No, no, no, that won't work.

I know a really bad guy
who owes me a really big favor.

-I'll get my coat.
-You gotta stay here.

Brinkley, if anything goes wrong,
it'll be just me on the line for this.

You did great work. Proud of you.

No, for real, I'm proud of you.

Now get out of here.

Yes, of course.

Of course I'll help you select the next
Baldwin Hills Cares Man of the Year.

-That'd be an honor.
-Oh, thank you so much.

Of course.

[sighs] I am so excited
that you are excited.

[Malik] Mm-hmm.

Honestly,
I was a little nervous for a second.

-Why would you be nervous?
-Oh, I have so much going on in life.

You know, at home with…

I did see Isaiah today.

-Oh.
-Is he all right?

Huh…

-Are you all right?
-[both chuckle]

Come on, it's okay.
You know you could tell me.

I'm a safe space for you.
I always have been.

It's just… Isaiah hasn't been himself
for, like, the past two years.

More so, like the past few months.

This case he's working, it's just--
It's pushing him over the edge.

I don't know how much more I can handle
for my sake or the sake of my son.

Okay, how about this?

I can't help you with Isaiah,
but I can help with Noah.

Why don't you let me mentor him

through the Baldwin Hills
Cares Stewardship Program?

That way, he can have
a positive Black male role model

who's consistent in his life.

Oh yeah,
that would be wonderful, actually.

Noah really could use
some balance in his life right now.

-Of course.
-And honestly, so could I.

[chuckles]

[gentle music playing]

[camera shutter clicks]

[music turns ominous]

[Stiles] Andrei Malakian.

I need to know
where he's holed up at right now.

It's a matter of life or death.

I love a high-stakes situation.

Cuéntame. Tell me more.

You're at w*r with the Armenians.

What I am asking you for

may be of mutual benefit
to both your organization and mine.

You are aware, if I do this, we're even.

I know.

-Business is business.
-Negocios son negocios.

[ominous music continues]

Give me until tomorrow.
You'll have your information.

[music fades]

[Stro] Whoever's responsible
for this sh*t,

we're gonna put them in a backwood
and smoke 'em.

[Choi] I know who's responsible.

That foo' Andrei.

-[Coltrane] The Armenian?
-[Choi] Mm-hmm.

I followed him from his crib in Glendale
like you told me to.

That piece of sh*t ain't just hot.

He's an informant for narcotics,
maybe even robbery homicide.

This whole sh*t
was one big setup from jump.

He's giving them your guy,
the one who gives us the jobs.

Andrei lined us up
to steal that load and get popped.

He's the real reason Deon got k*lled.

Who do we focus on, 'Trane?
Andrei or Stiles?

Both of them. We're gonna up the score
on each one of these m*therf*ckers.

I have a way for us to f*ck over Stiles
and Andrei same time and get away clean.

Because these two don't get to win. We do.

-What's the plan, bro?
-We're gonna hit Andrei. Hard.

Three-man team, going strong
through the front, direct and deadly.

sh*t, n*gga, you know I'm with it.

What if the cops come?
They're probably watching him, right?

Then we hit them too,
with overwhelming force.

Cops, they not ready for that.

The only issue is, each minute we're still
on the scene, more cops will come,

and they become the overwhelming force.

So if we do bang it out,
we do it strong and succinct.

[Stro] Hey, man, look.

You know I'm ready to ride
for my uncle and for us.

But I gotta make it home to my family too.

Now, we gonna do
what we m*therf*cking gotta do.

Whatever it takes, whatever we face,
I don't give a f*ck, n*gga. It's wartime.

I'll k*ll Andrei, Stiles, and the whole
m*therf*cking LAPD if I got to.

But I'm making it home to my babies, bro.

We all making it home, brother.

Andrei back in Glendale?

Nah, he didn't return to the house.
And all of his bodyguards are gone too.

Might've been spooked by his handler.
He knows we're coming.

I'm glad he knows we're coming.
Let him live his last days in fear.

I'll find out where he is.
Just be on go when I send the word.

[plaintive music playing]

A toast.

To Deon.

He was my best friend.

He was my heart.

A gentleman among gentlemen.

King amongst kings.

k*ller amongst K*llers.

We love you, and we miss you.

Salud.

-Love you guys.
-I love you, bro.

Yeah, man.

[Stro] Love you.

-I love you, fam.
-[Choi] I love you, man.

He's been on a lone wolf mission.

All he cares about is his case, and…

And I can't keep up anymore.

-I'm worried about him and myself.
-Yeah.

And I'm sorry it's come to this.

Isaiah's clearly only thinking about doing
what's best for him and only him.

So right now,
you should do what's best for you.

[pensive music playing]

[scoffs]

I knew something was wrong with Andrei,
and I didn't follow my gut.

-I really f*cked this one up.
-Not only did you f*ck up.

But you put us all in danger.
Ebony included, Charlie.

Ebony included.

-And you got one of my men k*lled.
-I should've listened to her. To you.

I should've listened to Ebony too.

I'm just as culpable.

We've both been off our game as of late,
but that sh*t ends now.

We need to locate
and k*ll Andrei immediately.

I know he stays in multiple places,
but I need to know where he'll be later.

Not tomorrow, today.

Andrei's been there since last night.

It's a safe house for some of his money,
but he's got a lot of muscle up there.

k*ll that m*therf*cker, Coltrane,
and make it back home to my sister.

I'm sorry about Deon.

Are you?

You're going in three strong.
You're gonna need a wheel man.

I've got a plan for that.

Just so you've been warned,
sh*t's gonna get real f*cking live.

[man speaking indistinctly on TV]

[knocking on door]

[Coltrane] Hey, Amos.

Remember me?

Coltrane?

From Lancaster?

What the f*ck you doing here?

-What are you, a plumber now?
-Nah, man. I, uh…

I'm here to see
if you down to make some money.

Real money, right now.

Yes or no?

Our numbers are already programmed.

Choi.

Mm?

Just like old times.

[Stro] Say, OG, why you rolling with us?

-Thought you was done with this life.
-I was.

You can thank my uppity son
for me being back in the game.

All I got is SSI and WIC.
That sh*t ain't cutting it.

n*gga gotta eat.

Say less.

You know what?

You need something bigger.

Oh.

Oh, this some real n*gga sh*t right here.

-[cell phone buzzing]
-[indistinct chatter]

-This is Stiles, who's this?
-Ernesto. I've got your info.

-Write this down.
-Hey. Mitchell.

The Centurion, Century City.

If anything goes sideways,
you never spoke to Don Miguel, understand?

-Let me hear you say it.
-I understand.

[call ends]

A-ha. Yeah, Cruz, round up the cavalry.

I know where Wilder's gonna be at, boy.

You bugged your wife, bro?

-Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
-[Cruz] I spotted Candace's necklace.

-I wore one of those working Vice.
-I'll replace it with the real one.

I used to believe in you, Stiles, but now…

[scoffs] I don't know.

-Come on, Cruz.
-Can't you see?

Look, all you got is me,
Sealey, your wife, and God,

and half of us are done with you.

[exhales] Real talk. I put in
a partner reassignment request today.

I can't do this anymore.

You gotta handle your sh*t yourself.

I'm not going down with you.

Yvette.

f*ck it. I'll get Coltrane myself.

[somber music playing]

-I'm coming.
-No, no, man. I'm gonna find someone else.

You have no one else.

-f*ck it, I'm in.
-[Viggiano scoffs]

What the hell?

I may not like you, Stiles,
but I'm old-school police.

I'm not gonna let my partner ride solo.

I'm in too.

I'm down to ride, LT.

-What's the plan?
-Let me call my wife first.

Let her know I'll be home late tonight.

Me too.

Huh.

All right.

Meet me in the garage in five minutes.

Bring your vests and a big f*cking g*n.

-Copy.
-Got it.

You heard that, Cerullo? A big one.

Hey.

I know where your boy Stiles is headed.

You owe me for this.

[suspenseful music playing]

Can I help you?

[Coltrane] That g*n is real and loaded.

Follow my directions like your life
depends on it, because it does.

You're not faster than a b*llet.
Come here.

Come here.

Put your hands down.

-Down. Relax.
-[receiver beeps]

Walk with me.

[suspenseful music continues]

[devices beeping]

Maintenance room.

[lock beeps]

[beeps]

♪ Sailin' in tha chopper
Road killin' like we vultures ♪

["Jungle" playing]

♪ I became the queen
When I rode with them brothers ♪

♪ Turned to, turned to, turned to lion
I eat nightmares for supper ♪

♪ Brrow-brrow on command
And I'll sic 'em on another ♪

[c*ck]

♪ Ain't no love in the jungle ♪

♪ Ain't no, no, no, like
Ain't no, no, oh ♪

♪ Ain't no love in the jungle ♪

♪ Ain't no, no, no, like
God, it's-- ♪

♪ Brrow-brrow, command, command
Brrow-brrow, command, command ♪

♪ Brrow-brrow, command, command
Command, command, command, command ♪

♪ Brrow-brrow, command, command, up
Come on, come on up ♪

♪ Brrow-brrow, command, command, up
Command, command, command ♪

♪ Brrow-brrow, command, command, up
Come on, come on up ♪

♪ Brrow-brrow, up, up
Command, command, command, command, up ♪

♪ Sailin' in tha chopper
Road killin' like we vultures ♪

[suspenseful music playing]

-[Coltrane] Clear.
-[Stro] Clear.

f*ck, f*ck. f*ck.

What the f*ck is that?

-[hissing]
-[Andrei coughs]

[coughs]

[suspenseful music continues]

[grunting]

[door unlocks]

[Andrei yells]

[tense music playing]

-[g*nf*re]
-[groans]

Wait, hold up! Hold up, hold up!

-We can work this out.
-[g*nsh*t]

Whoever sent you here
has no idea what they're doing.

This is bigger than you think.

We're the ones
you f*cked over in the ketamine.

Minus my uncle, who you got k*lled, b*tch.

Whatever you think happened…
it wasn't personal.

It was simply business.

I… [breathes shakily]

[groans]

I don't even know you guys, bro.

Think about it.

How can I f*ck you over
if we don't even know each other?

[Andrei groans]

Now, my condolences
on the loss of your family member,

but the fact remains, this has all been
one big miscommunication.

And if you were so inclined
to let me go right now,

I would, in turn,
be inclined to forget you even came here

and left with $16 million dollars
that happens to be in the next room.

Mm?

It's not too late for everyone
to get what they want.

You want compensation for your hard work
and considerable loss, and I want to live.

It's a win-win.

What the f*ck? Come on!

f*ck this personal sh*t, bro!
Let's do business!

I'm not gonna k*ll you, Andrei.

Thank you.

You won't regret this.
Now, give me a f*cking cigarette.

[Coltrane] Stro.

Turn his TV off.

[Andrei] No!

[dramatic music playing]

p*ssy.

Leave the g*n here.

Stiles' father's prints are on it.

Old man's gonna take the fall.

Stiles is f*cked.

[intense music playing]

[scanner beeps]

[engine rumbles]

[car horns honking]

[Amos] How much did we get?

-Sixteen million.
-Ah!

AARP can kiss my Black a*s! [laughs]

♪ n*gga, who getting wilder than me? ♪

♪ I'm with the g*ng right now, b*tch
We posted up ♪

♪ n*gga, who getting wilder than East?
Huh? ♪

♪ No takers?
No takers, I get what I want ♪

♪ No takers, you take what you get
No takers, I pay my respect up front ♪

♪ They ain't go wild like me, not once
They ain't go Nat Geo like me, not once ♪

♪I swear none of you b*tches
And none of you n*gg*s ♪

♪ That's fine like me not none ♪

♪ Stay tryna f*ck n*gg*s look like us
I smell the hoe in a ya fee fii fum ♪

♪ Bite ya words til ya bleed that tongue
Chewing these b*tches up just like gum ♪

♪ Crossing them out like done
And done and done and done and done ♪

♪ What's to do, I'm gettin' immune
Back to the hits, it's blunt after blunt ♪

♪ Huh? They said they wilder than who?
Last I checked we was wilder than you ♪

♪ Two different galaxies that's me and you
Green eyes but I stay outta the blue ♪

-♪ Who? ♪
-♪ n*gga who getting wilder than me? ♪

♪ I'm with the g*ng, b*tch, we posted up
n*gga, who getting wilder than we? ♪

♪ Huh? Nobody? ♪

♪ Nobody on time like us ♪

♪ Nobody on game day lobby ♪

♪ Nobody on play, they pause ♪

♪ Huh?
n*gga, who getting wilder than me? ♪

♪ I'm with the g*ng right now, b*tch
We posted up ♪

♪ n*gga, who getting wilder than East?
Huh? ♪

♪ No takers? ♪

♪ No takers, I get what I want ♪

♪ No takers, you take what you get
No takers, I pay my respect up front ♪

♪ Ain't no wild like East
No mild, it's heat ♪

♪ This spice it spike your blood
Step on the whole damn league ♪

♪ Watch y'all big three
If it's just we making these runs ♪

♪ All of my goats done failed ♪

♪ Lambs for slaughter
They put they heads to the g*n ♪

♪ These n*gg*s ask me what do I want
Point at your throne like ♪

♪ "b*tch is you dumb?"♪

♪ Peeping the style I've won
I'm one of one of one of one of one ♪

♪ Airing this out with force
Been making the shots… ♪

[song fades]