03x02 - A Seat at the Table

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[FUNKY HIP-HOP BEAT LAYERS IN]

[TOMMY] Previously on Force...

We got a problem. Go pick up Vic.

What happened?

The feds are on their way to the spot.

You sure this was the right location?

f*ck! Victor Flynn is dead.

The number one priority
for this task force

is to bring down Tommy Egan.

The number one priority
should be convictions.

Mirkovic is dead.
Claudia Flynn was hit too.

Someone is coming for our case.

Any idea who it was?

Who, the snitch that ratted us out?

- Oh, absolutely.
- Who was it?

Tommy thinks the snitch is someone else.

Who's the biggest crew
the Serbs were supplying?

Albanians.

I don't think we have
any business interests together.

We do a deal with
the Insane Princes now.

Just tell me what you want.

You are going to help me
take down the Marquez cartel.

[CHAN] If you are lying to us
in any way,

you will wind up like Mirkovic.

[CLAUDIA] Then tell Ortega
that he needs to k*ll

Shanti and Tommy Egan.

The shorty that k*lled
my nephew, I need him dead.

We'll show Kilo that Tommy and Diamond

were the ones protecting D-Mac.

You still good with taking out
your brother, right?

No, yeah. I mean, the sh*t
gotta happen, right?

- I need you to put me to work.
- Now I told you,

I'ma get your spot back with the guys,

it's just gon' take a beat.

The attempt on Tommy and Shanti failed.

You need to get to Ortega
and let him know

that everything I have is in with him.

[TOMMY] I saw you talking
to that fed b*tch.

I'm disappointed in you, Victor.
Now I own you.

You're gonna be my inside man
in the feds.

[ENGINE STARTS]

["POWER, POWDER, RESPECT"
BY 50 CENT PLAYING]

♪ Tougher than a Teflon
All that dope I stepped on ♪

♪ Re-up, get the rest gone ♪

♪ Been that n*gga What else you want? ♪

♪ If you want Power, powder, respect ♪

♪ Mm-mm ♪

♪ I want that money
And power and powder ♪

[SULTRY FEMALE VOCALIZATIONS]

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

♪ The paper got paper, paper
Yeah, I gotta stack that ♪

♪ Them diamonds
Keep blinkin', blinkin' ♪

♪ We might have to jack that ♪

♪ Now, boy, when
That blicky-blicky come out ♪

♪ You get clapped fast ♪

♪ Draw down With the lil' jawn ♪

♪ I'm at you like pat-pat ♪

♪ Come back When them cameras out ♪

♪ 'Round your block We'll kick that ♪

♪ Come back when your funeral
In progress ♪

♪ And hit that ♪

♪ Hit you back-to-back ♪

♪ Your b*tch a*s Won't even hit back ♪

♪ You'll be splashin' In fashion ♪

♪ n*gga, you can Check the drip ♪

♪ Catch you slippin' We slidin' ♪

♪ You n*gg*s On some different sh*t ♪

♪ We hit the licks We with the sh*t ♪

♪ Shh, when you get hit ♪

♪ Quiet down No need for the talkin' ♪

♪ The f*ck is that about? ♪

♪ Tougher than a Teflon
All that dope I stepped on ♪

♪ Re-up, get the rest gone ♪

♪ Been that n*gga What else you want? ♪

♪ If you want Power, powder, respect ♪

♪ Mm-mm ♪

♪ I want that money and power
And powder ♪

[SULTRY FEMALE VOCALIZATIONS]

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

[SONG FADES]

[MUTED SCREAMING]

[TOMMY] You wanna die, m*therf*cker?

You've had enough?

We can do this all day.

You gonna do it, b*tch?

- [COUGHS] Tommy, I can't.
- Wrong answer, Vic.

[CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Pull him out.

[COUGHING]

I'll f*ck' do it.

[TOMMY] That's what I like to hear.

D, get him in the chair.

♪ ♪

So...

Here's how this is gonna work.

You gonna do whatever
the f*ck I tell you to.

You gonna tell the feds
everything I want them to know,

and you gonna get everything from them

that I wanna know. You understand?

Stacy's gonna see right through it.

It's your job to make sure she don't.

Double f*cking agent is suicide.

Nah, that would be easier.

And don't even think about
trying to play me again,

'cause then I'll pay Beth a visit.

She a nice old lady.

But I will murk that b*tch.

You leave Beth out of it.
She's innocent!

Ain't no Flynn innocent.

When I call, you answer.

You understand?

Sit yo' a*s down. We ain't done.

The first thing I want you to do
is go visit your sister.

- What for?
- Shut up.

Just tell her that CBI gonna be
running the Viagra Triangle now.

What does that look like?

I think you confused, Judas.

You don't ask me sh*t!

You just do what I say.

Now f*ck off.

[COUGHING]

Keep your eye on that phone
because when I call

you better pick up.

Hurry up!

Get yo' snitch a*s outta here.

[VIC COUGHS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHUCKLES]

So you really think this plan's
gon' work?

No doubt.

We're gonna use him
to f*ck the feds and his sister,

'cause I know it was the Claudia b*tch

that sent the Marquez cartel last night.

So maybe we should let Che
know about that.

No! The less Che know about, the better.

I promise you. And Mireya,

she let it slip that Che back in Mexico

so while he's away,
we're gonna slip and slide

and set sh*t straight.

Ortega and his crew, they gotta learn

that I ain't the m*therf*cker
that you sh**t at and miss.

Hold on. Now we need to focus

on locking down the
Serbian buyers before Miguel.

You right. Startin' with them
Albanian m*therf*ckers.

Miguel got them Albanian
m*therf*ckers on lock already.

Not if we create a supply
and demand problem.

If we f*ck up Miguel's product,
their asses go dry,

and they're gonna have
to come crawling to CBI.

Miguel's warehouse,

it got a old-a*s sprinkler system.

- We could flood it.
- Yeah.

Well, sh*t, water is good.
'Cause a lot of f*cking damage.

That's what I'm talking about.

What about fire? Make that sh*t
look like an accident.

I f*ck with fire heavy.

I like the way you think, Diamond.

But let me guess,

that's gonna f*ck up things
with you and Mireya.

I told you, I promised
not to k*ll Miguel.

I ain't say sh*t about
taking food off of his table.

My plan to take out Miguel
has not changed.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

What are you doing here, Vic?

Setting me up wasn't enough?

You do remember
you tried to k*ll me, right?

I guess we're even now, huh?

Don't get ahead of yourself.

- Business first.
- Business?

What business could we have?

Tommy and CBI are taking over
the Viagra Triangle.

You're gonna help make that happen.

[LAUGHS] The f*ck I am.

Those clubs belong to me.

Well, not anymore.

Okay, we both know Tommy
isn't stupid enough

to go toe-to-toe with the cartel.

I have Ortega in my corner.

They couldn't
get the job done last night,

what makes you think next time's
gonna be any different?

- [EXHALES DEEPLY]
- [VIC] Yeah.

Tommy knows you were the one
behind that stunt.

If you're trying to piss him
off any more,

you deserve a gold f*ck' star.

You would have done the same thing.

But I wouldn't have missed.

[LAUGHS] Okay.

[VIC] Your luck's running out, Claudia.

Look at this as your last chance
to buy some more time.

Okay.

I'll do it.

Good girl.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

So what, you're just Tommy's b*tch now?

Watch your back, Claudia.

You'll be someone's b*tch
in here soon enough.

[PHONE CLICKS INTO RECEIVER]

♪ ♪

["GET THE HUEVOS" BY DON CABAN PLAYING]

♪ The huevos, the huevos
The huevos, the huevos ♪

♪ Que te pasa? ♪

♪ Latinos en la casa ♪

[CHATTER IN SPANISH]

[WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY]

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

[NOTIFICATION CHIMES]

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♪ Quiero el queso ♪

♪ Yo soy Latino Y tambien n*gro ♪

♪ Ya bones being broken
Sound like nachos and tacos ♪

♪ The don rock flows to knock
Foes out they zapatos ♪

♪ Haters get the huevos The huevos ♪

♪ The huevos, the huevos ♪

[CHATTER IN SPANISH]

♪ The huevos, the huevos ♪

♪ The huevos, the huevos The huevos ♪

♪ Haters get the huevos The huevos ♪

♪ The huevos ♪

[CHATTER CONTINUES]

sh*t.

♪ The huevos, the huevos The huevos ♪

[CHATTER IN SPANISH]

♪ Never ever sleep
On the muchacho guapo ♪

♪ Anybody beef
I'll call Paco and Flaco ♪

♪ Smoker, love the mota
And a rap fiend, yo ♪

♪ Half Black, half Spanish
Call me Blatino ♪

♪ I go loco on the track
And never stay sane ♪

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[HISSING, POPPING]

[WHIRRING]

[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY IN SPANISH]

♪ Haters get the huevos The huevos ♪

♪ The huevos, the huevos The huevos ♪

[RUMBLING expl*si*n]

["GET THE HUEVOS" CONTINUES]

Supply and demand, baby.

Now we just wait
for the Albanians to call.

♪ The huevos, the huevos
The huevos, the huevos ♪

[ENGINE STARTS, REVS]

♪ The huevos, the huevos The huevos ♪

[TIRES SCREECH]

I can't believe these CBI n*gg*s, man.

First, this n*gga Diamond
brushes me off,

then he sends Jenard to make
sure I'm sittin' on my a*s.

'Cause you been movin' reckless.

And to my knowledge,
until we get the word,

we not even 'posed
to be seen wit' yo' a*s.

Man, look, I can't keep sittin'
in these four f*ck' walls, G.

[MARSHALL] Oh my God.

Man, what the f*ck am I
supposed to do all day?

[MARSHALL] Sit the f*ck down
and read a book.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Who the f*ck is that?

sh*t, I don't know. Go check.

[POUNDING CONTINUES]

Hey, mad f*ck
been knocking on my sh*t.

It's Tommy. Get the f*ck back there. Go.

- Open this door!
- [MARSHALL] Uh...

Hey, hold on, T.
I'm puttin' on my shirt.

- Open the door, Marshall.
- A'ight. A'ight.

A'ight. A'ight. A'ight. A'ight. A'ight.

- Yo, what's the word?
- Where is he?

Who?

Don't you play cute with me, Marshall.

Hey! Ain't nobody else here but me.

You know, I used to be just like you.

Willing to stand in
the line of fire for my brother.

No matter what.

Let me tell you something.

That sh*t don't usually end too good.

- Ah! Come on.
- Come here. Come here.

I'm starting to think that
you don't hear too good

'cause this don't look like
no f*ck' school to me.

I'm not cuttin' off
my f*ck' dreads, Unc!

Do you have any idea how much
trouble you could be in

if anybody finds out what you did?

I don't care about that sh*t, all right?

I'm rockin' my dreads for life,

I'm not goin' back
to that f*ck' school...

You don't wanna go to that
f*ck' school, that's fine.

But you need to figure out
how to be your own man.

Get you a job.

Okay? 'Cause you wasn't built for CBI.

A job?

f*ck a salary, Unc!

I wanna score, a'ight?

I'm gettin' back in CBI!

You ain't gettin' a seat
at the f*ck' table, D-Mac.

As long as I'm in...

you out. Do you hear me?

You hear me?

f*ck it! Man, I don't even
wanna be in CBI.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Turn around.

Look me in the eyes.

Say it again.

I'm good, Unc. I don't wanna be in CBI.

I'm tired of y'all playin' me.

Man, I'm sorry about that.
Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

It may not seem like it right now...

but you're gonna thank me
for this one day.

I promise.

[DOOR CLOSES, LOCKS]

G, you out?

You for real?

Man, hell no. f*ck Tommy, a'ight?

Diamond gonna set
my Uncle Tommy straight,

but until then,
I really need to figure out

how to pull off a boss move

that's gonna show these n*gg*s
that I deserve to be back in.

Ain't that the same sh*t
that got you in this situation?

Yeah. You know,
that sh*t last time ain't work.

But this time, money talks.

- Yeah.
- Matter of fact,

I got a score for us already.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Okay, so, where are we?

The bug in Tommy's apartment is dead.

It went offline this morning.

f*ck. And Vic still hasn't
given us sh*t.

Ortega is also still refusing
to cooperate.

And we heard from the ME.

The cause of death for Mirkovic
was carfentanil poisoning.

That stuff is like 100 times more potent

than the fentanyl in the streets.

How the hell did he get exposed
to carfentanil in federal lockup?

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Sorry to interrupt.

- U.S. Attorney Stacy Marks?
- Yes. I'm Stacy Marks.

You've been served.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

Divorce papers.

[SIGHS]

[HARDWICK] Stacy?

Is there anything we can do?

Yes. Your jobs.

[PHONE RINGING]

Pull the visitor logs,
interview the guards,

figure out who the f*ck got to Mirkovic.

[RINGING CONTINUES]

Yes?

Okay. I'll be right on my way.

Claudia Flynn just requested a meeting.

Shanti! Let me tell you something.

If a m*therf*cker starts sh**ting
at you, you call me, okay?

I shouldn't have to hear about that sh*t

on the f*cking streets from Raheem.

- Relax, J. Help me with this.
- [SIGHS]

Those m*therf*ckers can't
take out a b*tch like me.

Or Tommy, clearly.

[SHANTI] Facts.

We gotta switch some sh*t up.

I'm so sick of his plan.

Yeah, me too, shorty.

But we gotta stick
with the long game for now.

You get to D-Mac?

I mean, yeah. I did.
Talked to the little n*gga,

gave him the bullshit
big brother speech.

Put a little money in
his pocket. He cool for now.

Good.

You gotta figure out
when Diamond and Tommy

are meeting with Che again.

'Cause when they do,
we gotta be in that room.

Che needs to know who the f*ck we are

before Tommy and Diamond are dead.

I hear you, but...

only bosses and top earners

get face time with the connect, babe.

That's why Diamond's gonna be
our way in.

You're his baby brother.
That's worth more than money.

Matter of fact,

spend some time with D.

Manipulate that fragile n*gga.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

Mm. This ain't no
$2 New York slice, but...

could be worse.

Hell, I'd eat that deep pan stuff

if it meant spending time with you.

Deep dish, silly!
And that's for tourists.

Hey, I'm really happy you could
meet for lunch today,

but did we really need reinforcements?

Who, them two?

Baby, you can never be too careful.

[g*nf*re]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

- Are you okay?
- Yeah. I'm okay.

- Aw, sh*t, I'm hit. I'm hit.
- f*ck.

- This sh*t ain't good, Tommy.
- Aw, sh*t, I'm hit.

- Someone call 911!
- No!

- He needs a hospital now!
- g*nsh*t wounds equal cops.

If they see Bones like this,
we're f*cked.

There's too much heat right now.

Okay, then get him to the car.
I'll help.

I got him, T. Come on, B.

- [BONES] f*ck!
- Let's go. Come on.

- [BONES] Aw, sh*t!
- I got you, my n*gga.

[PAINED GROANS] Ah, sh*t!

Ain't gonna [INDISTINCT], this...

this sh*t hurt like a m*therf*cker.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm almost done.

[BONES GROANING]

[MIREYA] And I'm finished.

Baby, I gotta holla at you.

Where's your head at? How you feeling?

I know that was
some scary sh*t back there.

Tommy, did my brother send those guys?

No, no, no. That was the Marquez cartel.

Look, Mireya,

I'm sorry you got pulled
into my business,

but thank you for doing this for Bones.

I didn't just do this for Bones.

I did this for you.

I'm always gonna show up for you.

Thank you.

[BONES GROANS] sh*t!

- [BANGING ON DOOR]
- Yo, Smurf. It's them.

[DOOR UNLOCKS]

Man, what the f*ck?

Two hits in 24 hours?

Are you sure it's the cartel
and not Miguel's people?

Yeah, well, it coulda been
the Yardies, man.

Them n*gg*s been wildin' lately.

Smurf saw the same tattoo on
the hitter's hand that I saw last night.

Ortega definitely sent
those m*therf*ckers.

Yeah, well, we gotta hit back,
f*ck' fast.

[TOMMY] And everybody
gotta stay strapped.

And we need extra security
at all of our stash houses.

And I want a couple of guys
on Mireya too.

And you...

find that sh**ter.

That's the only job you got.

And look, just because
you here at my crib today,

don't take that as
an open invite to come back.

- Hm! [LAUGHS]
- [LAUGHS]

- You hear this m*therf*cker?
- Do it, J.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Thank you for coming.

I'm not gonna lie, I was
surprised to hear from you.

What happened to "f*ck the feds"?

I said f*ck flipping
on the Marquez cartel.

They'd k*ll me.

But I can still help you
with something else.

What's that?

Bringing down Tommy Egan.

That's why you started all this
in the first place, right?

He was a large part of my case, yes.

But he's always been about...
three steps ahead of you,

so what makes you think
you can outsmart him now?

I have an in with him and CBI.

I can work that angle
and get you all the information

you need to nail him for good.

Think about what it'll do
for your career.

Bringing down the biggest
gangster in the city.

My career...

needs cartel convictions.

[CLAUDIA SCOFFS] Come on.

We both know you didn't get
to where you are

by being bad at your job.

You'll find a way to convict
the Marquez cartel

without my help.

But Tommy Egan...

made us both look like idiots
and got away scot-free.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Fine.

But if any of this goes sideways,

I will personally make sure
you spend the rest of your life

in a place far worse than this.

♪ ♪

- [KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- [DOOR LOCK BUZZES, OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[SIGHS]

- [TOMMY] Yo, D.
- Yo.

Anything from your brother?

Man, it's crazy. Ain't nobody talkin'.

Man. How hard is it to find

a Oompa-Loompa-looking m*therf*cker

with a tattoo on his trigger hand?

Man, J's on it.
Just give him a little time.

Tell him to sit on the Serb
warehouse 'round the clock.

They're the ones that brought
the Marquez cartel in.

What if we take out the king?

Chop the f*ck' head off.

What you got in mind?

[TAPPING ON PHONE]

[RINGING]

[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

Yo, Vic.

I need you to tap in
with our favorite fed.

[GRIM, FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING]

So, here is our shortlist
of campaign managers.

Time's ticking, so we need
to engage one soon.

Should also start prepping
for appearances...

fundraisers, dinners, church visits.

- You're gonna be doing them all.
- [LAUGHS]

I also want to warn you that our office

is beginning the vetting process. So...

any secret love children,
or drug scandals,

now is the time to be honest.

Nothing like that.

What about Bobby?

I know the boys in blue
can play rough sometimes.

So, is there anything
that can f*ck us later?

Bobby's good. He would never.

All right. [SIGHS]

Well, let's reconvene in a few days.

Here you go. We are all so excited

that you have decided to run
for mayor, Stacy.

- The city needs you.
- Thank you, Donna.

All right, Rae, let's schedule
this press conference

so that we can formally announce.

Yes, ma'am.

Who's that girl? Rae?

Don't sh*t where you eat, Vic.

And my office is not The Dating Game.

And when I reach out to you,
it should not take you all day

to come to my office.

You know, I can't just disappear
anytime you call.

Tommy's not an idiot.

Well, while you were taking your time,

the bug that you planted
in his apartment went dead.

What the hell happened?

He found it.

And he's blaming Shanti for it.

Why hasn't he taken her out yet if
he's so convinced she's the snitch?

That day will come.

But right now he's got bigger enemies.

Like who?

The Marquez cartel.

He took out some of
their guys last night,

they came back at him again today,

with his girl there.

There's no way Tommy lets that go.

You know, I...

I mean, I-I'd bet everything I got,

uh, he's gonna go for Ortega next.

Not if I make Ortega
impossible to get to.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[SCRAPING SOFTLY]

[JARRING, GRIM MUSIC PLAYING]

[JENARD] Yo, you good, bro?

[MUSIC FADES]

Yeah. Yeah. I'm good.

But I'll be even better when that
little m*therf*cker D-Mac is dead.

What happened?

Look, I-I had the little n*gga
ready to go.

But then his homies popped up
and f*cked it all up.

I couldn't murk him
in front of them, right?

You-you said you didn't want
the k*ll to come back to us.

That k*ll has got to happen.

Yeah, it will. But you know
what else got to happen

is you need to set this
m*therf*cker Tommy straight.

Man, come on, bro.
Not with that sh*t again.

No, I'm serious, D. I can't keep havin'

this m*therf*cker
disrespectin' me like that.

Burnin' Miguel's sh*t down?

That's CBI business.

How the f*ck am I
not a part of CBI business?

You are, but it makes more sense
for you to get intel on Marquez.

- Divide and conquer.
- Oh, come on, n*gga.

That's a job for a motherfuckin'
shorty, n*gga, and you know it.

Man, let it go. That sh*t
is burnt to a crisp already.

So let's just sit back and wait
for the Albanians to call,

and hope that Che
don't pin this sh*t on us.

When y'all meetin' with Che again?

Man, I think next week.

- Tommy got a direct line on him.
- Oh, this white m*therf*cker

just do whatever the f*ck he wanna do!

- This is crazy!
- It's called a partnership.

[SARCASTICALLY] Okay.
A partnership, n*gga.

Was he thinkin' 'bout that sh*t
when he started f*ck' Mireya?

Trust me. I know Tommy
ain't easy to deal with.

A'ight?

But he helped get CBI back on top.

[LAUGHS]

So did I, D.

A'ight, n*gga?
For 15 f*ck' years, n*gga!

I understand that, bro.

And I promise you, I got you.

But I'm working on building
my own relationship with Che.

Mm-hm. A future without Tommy?

'Cause he gon' burn all this sh*t
to the ground, n*gga, if you let him.

I'm telling you, you need

to tranquilize this m*therf*cker. Now!

J, now is not the time for infighting.

- We on a short f*ck' leash.
- Whatever, n*gga.

Just don't hang yourself
with the m*therf*cker, a'ight?

Well, how 'bout we get back
to the immediate issues, huh?

- What's that?
- When you gonna handle D-Mac?

Let's get back to that.

Bro, look.

I know you got feelings
about all this sh*t, right?

Losing Leon. Gianna left you.

Then you got D-Mac out here
f*cking up left and right.

Bro, I get it. But what I'm telling you

is I really think we should dial it back

just a little bit on this one.

Why would we do that?

Well, n*gga, for one,
he only did that Mad Dog sh*t

'cause of you, n*gga! For Leon!

He did that sh*t for himself!

And you know that.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Bro, all I'm saying is...

we go after that kid right now...

and Tommy gon' blow all this sh*t up.

n*gga, the CBI,
the cartel, the coalition.

All this sh*t gon' turn into dust, D.

Dust.

And you just said that can't happen.

Right?

We gon' handle him, eventually.

And we gonna do it in a way
that doesn't get back to Tommy.

'Cause King Kilo ain't gonna let
this sh*t go

until he has a body.

So if we don't move soon, guess what?

That's gonna be one of us.

[KEYPAD CLICKING]

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[TIRES SCREECHING]

[DOOR OPENS]

Egan!

_

[IN ENGLISH] I know it was you!

I'm starting to think you're a
little obsessed with me, Miguel.

Seems unhealthy.

Hey, f*ck you, Egan.
You torched my warehouse.

My bricks are f*ck' ash now!

You don't got no fire insurance?

I know that sh*t costs
a little bit extra,

but it's worth every penny.

You think this is f*ck' funny, Egan?

No, I think this is a waste of my time.

Yeah, how 'bout I tell Mireya
what you been up to?

How 'bout I tell Che that you lost

an entire re-up's worth of product?

_

- You're gonna pay for this.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, don't walk away
from me, m*therf*cker.

_

Chale.

_

[TRAIN CLACKING]

[DEALER IN ENGLISH] All right,
new sh**ter, new sh**ter.

- Place your bets.
- [MAN] You in?

[DEALER] Put your money down.
All bets in.

["CHI SOLDIER" BY CROWN PLAYING]

What the f*ck?

This ain't a trap house. Cash only.

That's 20K on the f*ck' table
right there.

- Cut me in.
- [DOOR OPENS]

Everybody on the f*ck' ground! Now!

Don't move. Unless you
want a b*llet in your kneecap,

I wouldn't do that.

Get on your f*ck' knees.

Everybody just be cool.

Nah, I ain't got nothin'
to do with that sh*t.

[GROANING]

You say one more thing,
I'ma blow your f*ck' head off.

Bag that up!

Everything! Cash, wallets, all of it!

And that. Don't forget that.

You're makin' a big mistake.

[D-MAC] Shut up,
or I'll f*ck' k*ll you.

Takin' too f*ck' long.

- Hurry up!
- All right, man!

Here, man.

You, let's go. Outside. Now! Move!

Move! Move! Move!

f*ck that. They set you up.

I'm not moving anything with CBI.

I know. I know. But it's not forever.

Just until I'm out of here.

I need your help with this.

How does doing business with
Tommy and Shanti help you?

I have a plan.

You just have to trust me.

It's not you I'm worried about, Cloudy.

Pills in clubs? No huge red flags.

Coke is another story.

Not to mention
they'll be taking their cut.

We lose either way.

That's why I need you running it.

Look, Tommy and Shanti
will try and force us out,

but with you working it with them,

we won't lose control.

Baby, as soon as I am out of here,

we are on a PJ to Telluride.

[SIGHS]

[SNIFFLES]

I thought you wanted this.

I want you.

If you don't help me,

they will k*ll me.

There will be no us.

[SOLEMN, DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

You have to do this, Elise.

I'm sorry.

I'll do whatever it takes
to keep you safe

and get you back home.

[MUSIC DARKENS]

[SNIFFLES]

Stacy made the call
right in front of me.

Ortega's in solitary.

Good work.

With that m*therf*cker off the map,

he can't make no moves
I don't want his a*s to make.

It's only gonna hold her off
for so long though. I mean...

I might have to give her more on you.

Don't you worry about that.

I'll give you what you need
when you need it.

For now, just focus on

getting anything that you can
about Stacy.

Find out what she wants, you know?

Her weakness.

Something I can use.

I did overhear she's gonna be
running for mayor.

Why the f*ck didn't you say so?

Mayor? I always wanted
a mayor in my pocket.

Anybody with that much ambition?
Easy to manipulate.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

_

Okay. Get the f*ck outta here.

I gotta bounce.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

- "Give me your f*cking money!"
- I'm just saying, D,

you didn't have to hit me
that f*ck' hard, n*gga.

Man, pain is temporary.

- You a gangsta.
- Man, f*ck that!

Let me hit you, then we'll see
how temporary that sh*t is.

A'ight, a'ight. Relax, g*ng. Relax.

Man, look at all this f*ck'
money that we got, man.

First thing I'ma do is cop me
a set of wheels.

Watch how I roll up on my girl.

First off, n*gga, Genesis
is not your girl.

Yet. She ain't my girl yet.

Bro, shorty don't even
text yo' a*s back.

[POUNDING ON DOOR]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Man, too many m*therf*ckers
got my address now that you here!

f*ck.

What's the word, J?

What up?

God damn.

I ain't know layin' low
meant hittin' a lick.

Man, look. I got the drop on these
Chinatown m*therf*ckers, man.

They be throwin' crap games every month.

There's a lot of money in that room.

Drugs too.

Yeah?

That come from them Asians too?

Hell yeah. They got
that fentanyl on lock.

They be bettin' with this sh*t.
This ain't sh*t to them.

Say, man...

I keep bringin' y'all money like this,

Diamond definitely gonna put me
back in play, right?

[SIGHS] Look, I'ma be
real with you. A'ight?

We got a lot of sh*t going on right now,

and you just ain't
at the top of our list, bro.

Okay?

We got some territory sh*t going on,

so we got bigger problems than you,

a'ight?

Lay low, n*gga, and just have
some patience, G.

And pressin' D...

that ain't gon' get you nowhere.

Trust me, bro.

Please.

- Mm. God damn.
- A'ight.

I hear you.

But, hey, CBI thank you
for your services.

What's up?

All right, shorty.

Y'all little n*gg*s clean
this sh*t up or something.

Light a candle in this
m*therf*cker, n*gga.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[PETER] As you might have heard...

[CLATTERING LOUDLY]

our circumstances have changed.

Oh, really? Why is that?

Come in the back.

The Insane Princes don't
have any f*ck' weight.

So I'd like to take you up
on your offer,

if it's still on the table.

Product, and the Irish bars up north.

I mean, the offer's still on the table

but you gotta understand,
with inflation and all that,

yesterday's price ain't today's.

Yeah, you know how that is.

I-I'm sure we can make it work.

Hey... Miguel is not gonna
be a problem, right?

No, he gonna be a problem.

But I'm sure we can work something out

'cause we a bigger problem.

Good.

[SIGHS] I wasn't expecting
to see you ever again.

Yeah, me either.

How bad is it?

The trouble you're in.

It's pretty bad.

I-I tried to get out, but... [SIGHS]

there was a slight problem.

Someone's got their foot
on your neck, don't they?

[EXHALES DEEPLY] Yeah,
that's one way to put it.

This life hasn't been easy on me,

but it has taught me a few things.

Like what?

Like how to survive.

[SIGHS] I don't know.

I think it might be too late for me.

I'm between two devils.

Don't give up so easily, Victor.

Flynns always find a way.

If you have two people
with boots on your neck,

who is the easier one to take out?

The one who's easier to leverage.

The one who is weaker.

[GRIM MUSIC PLAYING]

- Each of these goes for 150.
- I know.

At the top of the shift,
split 'em up between the girls.

No cash, no score.

Same as the Molly. I know.

I told Tommy we didn't need you.

[SCOFFS] Okay.

[CHUCKLES] That's it?
That's all you got to say?

Bullying me is not
gonna break me, Shanti.

[LAUGHS]

You get that off a g*dd*mn PBS special?

The fact is, there's no
Viagra Triangle without me.

They're my mom's clubs.

It's my family's money.

And the manager knows to k*ll the deal

if anything happens to me. Face it.

CBI needs me,

whether you like it or not.

Mm. Claudia really gassed you up.

Don't let that b*tch get you hurt.

'Cause you ain't her.

I can handle this.

As a matter of fact,
I don't need you there tonight.

- I got it.
- Hm.

When you f*ck it up,

and you will,

you know where to find me.

Good luck, Becky.

["SHOUT IT" BY DEPLOI PLAYING]

♪ Don't slip, don't slip
Don't slip, don't slip ♪

[ENGINE WHINING]

♪ So as the sun come up ♪

♪ What's up? Out on the block
Gettin' funds up ♪

♪ Steady, stacking guap Ready to rock ♪

♪ Saying f*ck the cops They can plot ♪

♪ Like the ops Try and stop ♪

[ENGINE TURNS OFF]

Hey, yo! Genesis!

Hey, Genesis!

Hold on.

[SONG ENDS]

Yo, let me holla at you, ma.
Where you been at?

Hello, Darnell.

Damn, my government?

Hold on, wait. Look.

My bad, all right?
I know sh*t been f*cked up.

I had to leave town for a
minute, but I'm back now for good.

They ain't had phones where you were?

Not really.

All right, wait. Hold on. Look.

Come here, ma.
Look, I'm sorry, all right?

I just gotta figure
my own sh*t out, you know?

Look, you can't just disappear
and then pop up like it's nothin'.

You ain't the only n*gga on my line.

Yeah, I know, but...
them other n*gg*s ain't me.

They don't know how to put
a smile on your face.

I got somethin' for you.

And this is for when you go to Spelman.

When you the big author
or some sh*t one day,

I want you to dedicate
your first book to me.

It's beautiful.

I don't know what to say.

You could say you forgive me
for being a idiot.

You know?

I forgive you.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

A'ight. Show me love, ma. Come here.

I see you got a new set of wheels.

You wanna go for a ride?

- Yes.
- Yeah?

Put this on. A'ight.

Check me out.

["SHOUT IT" RESUMES]

♪ With my foes
Throwing blows like Roy Jones ♪

♪ In his prime What y'all don't know ♪

♪ Y'all must've forgot The kids a pro ♪

♪ I ain't changed I'm the same ♪

♪ On the block Spitting flames ♪

♪ Savage, with that fire Boss talk ♪

♪ Swerving in my lane ♪

♪ Nobody coming near me, hey! ♪

♪ Until I D.I.E., hey... ♪

[ENGINE RACING]

[TRAIN CLACKING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[SNIFFS]

♪ ♪

Got your goofy a*s.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[PHONE LINE RINGING]

- [DIAMOND] What up, J?
- Yo, bro.

I got him, D. I got him.
I'm on his a*s right now.

♪ Gimme that money Gimme that money ♪

♪ Gimme that money
G-G-Gimme that money ♪

♪ Gimme that money
Gimme that-that money ♪

♪ Gimme that money
G-G-Gimme that money ♪

♪ Gimme that money Gimme that money ♪

♪ That money-money ♪

Do you think I'm dumb?
Like, you're trying to play me.

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

That's bullshit! I want my money back.

Hey! Get the f*ck off me, as*h*le.

Hey! Hey, what's going on?
What's the problem?

This b*tch charged me
more than my buddy.

I don't like being hustled.

- He is lying.
- How much did you pay?



Roxy charged my buddy 150.
What the f*ck is the price?

You wouldn't know your d*ck
from a pencil.

I charged him the right amount.

I am sure it was just a mistake.

Go see the manager at the bar.

He'll give you your money back.

f*ck off.

Destiny, did you overcharge him?

You can tell me the truth.

You really believe that
coked-out Brooks Brothers bro

with his daddy's wallet?

He is playing you.

Okay.

- Thank you.
- Can I go?

Yeah.

♪ Gimme that money That money ♪

♪ Gimme that money
G-G-Gimme that money ♪

♪ Gimme that money Gimme that money ♪

[UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

f*ck you going?

Um... my shift's over.

Empty your bag.

What the f*ck do you mean?

St... Stop!

[GRIM, OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[GRUNTING]

[CRYING] Please stop!

[SOBBING] I... I didn't mean to.

Didn't mean to what? Skim off the top?

b*tch, you're done.
Get the f*ck out of here.

[GASPING, WHIMPERING]

[SHANTI] Took care
of your f*cking problem.

[ELISE] Think she got the memo.

- Thanks for your help.
- I told you this would happen.

- I thought I could handle it.
- And here we are.

You know, you're more like
Claudia than I thought.

Y'all are both inexperienced
and entitled little rich girls,

pretending to be something you're
not in a world you don't belong in.

Because if you knew what you were doing,

this sh*t wouldn't have
f*cking happened.

Keep it up, though.

At this pace, you'll both
be in the morgue soon.

♪ ♪

[TRAIN CLACKING]

[MAN] What the f*ck?

[TOMMY] You took shots
at the wrong m*therf*cker.

Turn around.

[GRUNTING]

[TOMMY] Call your boss.

He's in solitary, you dumb f*ck.

They took his burner.

You don't think I got people inside too?

They got his burner.

They gonna make sure
that he get this call.

If I do this, I'm a dead man.

You 100% dead if you don't.

Make the call.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Mateo.

Hope you got some good news for me.

[TOMMY] Yo, Ortega!
How you likin' solitary?

I know it ain't really your style,

but they was all out of
presidential suites.

Look, I got your sh**ter.

[ORTEGA] Egan!

You're dead.

You and everyone in
that f*cking coalition.

I think he wanna apologize
for missing his mark.

[MATEO] Wait.

[SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY IN SPANISH]

- [ORTEGA] Egan!
- You next.

[ORTEGA] I'm gonna f*ck' k*ll you.

You hear me? I'll slit your throat

and k*ll you with my bare
f*cking hands, I swear...

Sure that was the right move?

Oh, yeah.

Absolutely.

[ORTEGA] I'll f*cking k*ll you.

We needed our message to be loud.

[SAW WHIRRING]

["CLOSER" BY GOAPELE PLAYING]

♪ Closer to my dream ♪

Thank you for this food
we are about to receive.

Let it be nourishment for our bodies.

In Jesus' name, we pray.

- ♪ Running over me ♪
- [LAUGHS JOYFULLY]

♪ I'm gettin' higher ♪

♪ Closer to my dream ♪

[SHANTI] ♪ I'm gettin' higher ♪

♪ Higher ♪

♪ I can feel it in my sleep ♪

I could listen to yo' a*s sing
all day, baby.

[CHUCKLES]

Love, king.

How'd it go with D?

Man. This n*gga Tommy a*s
is still blockin' me,

and Diamond's a*s still
ain't doin' sh*t to help.

Blood is thicker than water, always.

Make him hear you.

Stop givin' him a choice.

Well, you right, shorty. You right.

You ain't gonna back out

on takin' out your brother, are you?

If you are, you need to let me know.

Because...

you and me rulin' the world
is important...

but so is this.

Me and you.

I don't want anything to f*ck that up.

I don't want anything
to come between us, J.

It ain't no change in my game,
baby. I promise you.

I got some good news for you, though.

I found out about that Che meeting.

It's next week.

We good.

What's that look for?

Maybe I did bet on the right brother.

Oh, you damn right. Mm-hm.

Let me get your panties
a little more wet, then.

This little n*gga D-Mac? Psh.

This n*gga got his hands on some
fentanyl from some Asian crew.

I'm telling you.

What?

You f*ck' with that sh*t again?

- Girl, hell no.
- I meant what I said, J.

It's me or the needle.

I'm not on the sh*t.

Okay?

I'm talkin' 'bout money.

CBI, we need in on
this fentanyl sh*t, okay?

All the other crews
is cuttin' everything with it.

If we have too many dead bodies,

we don't have customers.

I wanna build, not destroy.

I feel... Look, come here. Look at me.

Look at me.

I'm good. Okay?

Baby... I'm good. We good.

A'ight?

Damn, come here.

["CLOSER" CONTINUES]

♪ But you never choose To walk alone ♪

[SONG FADES]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

- Hey.
- Hey.

I tried callin' a few times.

I know.

Did you think that maybe
we should talk first?

Sure.

Let's talk.

I know you still love me.

We can't flush all
of these years of marriage

down the toilet
just because of one case.

I do love you, Stac.

And there's nothing
that can change that.

But my love's never been in question.

I can't say the same about yours.

Of course I love you.

You're my partner, my...

my constant, my steady.

I can't do any of this without you.

You see? This is why
I didn't wanna talk.

Because I-I knew you were gonna
say something

that was gonna make me reconsider.

Bobby, you say that
like it's a bad thing.

You can't just quit on a marriage.

No fight. No nothing?

Swear to me this isn't about a campaign.

And then we'll work on it.
We'll go to couples therapy.

We'll... we'll do those
meditations you like,

or-or church, whatever.
Whatever you want.

But if it is...

about a perfect candidate image...

[SCOFFS]

I think we both know the truth.

You... you don't love me enough.

Not like you love
this journey to the top.

Bobby...

[SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING]

I'm done.

We're done.

[DOOR OPENS]

[SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING]

[SOBS]

♪ I'll be your guitar
So go ahead and play me ♪

♪ Keep strumming, me, baby
Till I go crazy ♪

♪ Don't you hold back
Till my whole body's shaking ♪

♪ Vibrating ♪

- [KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING]
- ♪ Earthquaking ♪

♪ Yeah, only you know
How to love on me... ♪

French fries and wine?

Bold choice.

Dinner of champions.

Or workaholics.

You usually insult the women
you're tryin' to pick up?

Oh, I'm not insulting you.
Game recognizes game.

So you are trying to pick me up?

If I said yes, would you
join me for a real dinner?

No strings attached.
Just some good company.

♪ Love on you, love on you
Let me love on you ♪

Why not?

You're cute enough, I guess.

["LOVE ON YOU" BY PENZILLA PLAYING]

I'm Rae Thompson.

It's nice to meet you, Rae.

I'm Jayson. Booker.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

Whiskey neat, please.

["ill*gal NEGOCIOS"
BY DON CABAN PLAYING]

[CHATTER]

Follow me.

♪ Pero el alma vacia ♪

Have a seat.

♪ Es la unica guia ♪

♪ Policia en cada esquina
Siempre esquivando... ♪

I never thought I'd be summoned

by the most powerful Mexican
in the city.

I was told you're the best
hitter this side of the lake.

You heard right.

Yeah, I hope that's true, Mohit.

You see, I have an enemy
that I need put in the hat.

But the Insane Princes' fingerprints

can't be anywhere near this sh*t.

- I'm not cheap.
- Guap's not an issue.

Cool. Who's the target?

Tommy f*ck' Egan.

_

_

[IN ENGLISH] That hit from Marquez?

[MAN 1] White boy's got a head
in his hands.

[MAN 2] Tommy's standing
on business, straight up.

- [MAN 3] White boy's crazy.
- [MAN 4] Man!

Has been motherfuckin' handled.

You see what they get?

[MAN 5] He did what needed to be done.

You see what they get
when they f*ck with us?

[MAN 6] Tommy showed 'em
we ain't to be f*cked with.

They ain't nothin'.

- [CROWD GROANS]
- [MAN 7] Damn, Tommy.

[TOMMY] And don't nobody know
about this sh*t

except for the people in this room.

'Cause if this get back to Che,

the product stop, for all of us.

So let's keep our motherfuckin'
mouths shut.

[CHAVO] You think
that's gonna be it, white boy?

They're gonna come after all of us.

They're the f*cking cartel.

And we the f*cking coalition.

Lookit, Chavo. Look around.

You think they really wanna go to w*r

with all the major gangs in Chicago?

After we made this sh*t look so easy?

Chavo.

_

[IN ENGLISH] Look, man.
It was a problem.

It was dealt with.

No money loss. We good.

I don't know about this, D.

- No, listen, bro...
- Hold it.

Let him talk.

Let him talk.

- Hm.
- Oh, sh*t. Okay.

Talk, J.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

A'ight, y'all. Look.

We ain't in Detroit, y'all.

Okay? Or f*ck' Atlanta.

And we for damn sure ain't New York.

- [CHAVO] Got that right, bro.
- [MAN 8] That's right.

Look, this Chicago, n*gga.
This our f*ck' city.

Here, we don't let nobody
come up in this m*therf*cker

and just do whatever
the f*ck they want to do.

- [MAN 9] Tell 'em, J.
- These our streets.

Our blocks.

And I swear to y'all, as long as
you in this motherfuckin' coalition,

the only thing you gotta worry about

is how to spend all the
motherfuckin' money we makin'.

- [MAN 10] All right!
- That's it.

[MAN 11] Preach, m*therf*cker.

Let's get back to business, y'all.

- [MAN 12] Let's do this.
- [MAN 13] Yeah, man.

Chavo.

♪ ♪

[CHATTER]

Yo, I appreciate
your enthusiasm, Jenard,

but next time, leave it
to the professionals.

Bro, you know what, m*therf*cker?

The only reason we even in this sh*t

is because of you.

This whole sh*t is your fault.

Everything you do

brings danger to our doorstep, Tommy.

Take that bass out your voice, J.

This m*therf*cker.

J right, Tommy.

You were supposed to get rid
of Mateo's body,

not stroll up in here
with his f*ck' head.

We needed to make a statement
to this coalition.

It's like we playin' Hot Potato
with f*ck' hand grenades.

Which means we gettin' dangerously close

to Che findin' the f*ck out.

He won't find out.

He better not.

'Cause I for damn sure
am not gonna lose what we built

for no-damn-body.

♪ ♪

[TRAIN CLACKING]

[TENDER MUSIC PLAYING]

[MIREYA SIGHS]

I left something for you over there.

Oh yeah?

What's that?

[MIREYA] Pain K*llers, for Bones.

- And you got them from...?
- Mm-hm.

♪ ♪

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

_

f*ck.

["SLEEPING BEAR" BY SOXX PLAYING]

[TRAIN CLACKING]

[DOG BARKING]

[CHATTER]

[MAN 1] Chavo! Watch out! Watch out!

- No!
- [MAN 2] Chavo, cuidado!

[g*nf*re]

♪ We the ones ran it up During COVID ♪

♪ I ain't gotta ask for it
She'll throw it ♪

♪ And I ain't holding on to it
I'ma blow it ♪

♪ It's easy to see
Who really having motion ♪

♪ I was a sleeping bear
Until they poked me ♪

He's dead.

That's for Mateo, m*therf*cker.