01x05 - Proverbs 20:6

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But I did not mean

Camp Monreaux.

Townes, Don, and Governor

Virgil Love himself

want to buy Margaret

out of SunnyClub.

You best prepare

for a hostile takeover.

After all,

this is a man's business,

and all the hummingbird cake

in the world can't make up

for the fact that she's a woman.

It's too bad they're only

interested in grooming

my Eric for office.

My lieutenant governor

just got indicted.

I'll be looking for another one.

Veronica Dockerty

seems to have taken

a real interest in Jason.

Goodness, she's old enough

to be his mother.

There's something off

about that guy.

Dude, that's Mark.

Call me crazy,

but the whole thing

seemed to really annoy Rose.

Rose and Ginger

have been acting funny anyway,

and so has Ginger's

boozy mother Tina.

Ginger, we have to go.

She's got secrets. I know it.

Same goes for Antonio's mother.

Yopi Candalaria?

Long time no see, Don.

Do it!

It turns out Tina

and Ginger have been hiding

in Rose's closet the whole time.

Margaret wants to make some

sort of, like, united front.

If these men won't give us

a seat at their table,

then we'll create our own.

A ladies' table.

But she doesn't have

a humble bone in her body.

It hasn't been long

since his death,

but Eugene's spirit

fills this house.

It's palpable.

I keep expecting your daddy

to walk out of that cane

with a stringer full of ducks.

It feels like he could

show up at any moment,

and things would be back

to the way they were.

In Jesus's name. Amen.

It was Eugene.

I knew before I saw him.

I believe you saw

what you saw, Tina.

But had you been drinking?

When I told Ginger,

all she said was,

"This is why

we're getting you help, Mom."

That house is full of ghosts.

And the souls of the people

that worked that land

and walked those halls

are still there.

I'm not surprised

that Eugene has joined them.

But the Eugene you knew is gone.

Margaret and I are here for you.

Okay,

they're going to help you, Mom.

And if they don't,

I'll burn the place down

and k*ll their firstborn.

Just do what they ask, okay?

I'll call you every day,

and I'll keep you posted.

They took my phone.

Right.

I never gone a day

without talking to you.

Be strong for me,

and I'll be strong for you.

I love you.

Okay, okay.

Now go kick some a*s.

Ready?

I guess Margaret

will expect a thank you

for footing the bill.

She had a mother, too, you know.

Your mama's lucky to have you,

though it must be a burden

from time to time

to have to be her caretaker.

"Caretaker"?

I'm her damn avenger,

and hell hath no fury.

Sa Fe Lontah!

Mardi Gras is here.

Now when we come back,

I'm gonna show you

how to make a roux

with my mama's skillet

and her old wooden spoon,

so don't go anywhere.

And we're out. 60 seconds.

If I never eat another beignet,

it will be too soon.

Traditions are important,

sweetie.

What if this year

for Mardi Gras,

I went down to Bourbon Street

for a pub crawl,

stripped off all my clothes,

and ran drunk, naked,

like everyone else?

No daughter of mine would be

caught dead doing that.

- Margaret?

- What are you doing here?

Just checking in

before I head out.

We're fine.

Will you give her my love?

Will do.

Franklin's day?

Every Mardi Gras.

The one day of the year

he's not to be disturbed.

I'm ready for you, Margaret.

I need levels.

I believe in our flag

- Mama.

- I believe

in our state,

and I believe in our Lord.

A vote for Love will keep

Louisiana in God's good grace.

A vote for Love

will keep Louisiana great.

Eric.

Like my mama always said

He's getting pulled

into their web.

Love always wins.

Governor Love is a pig.

I want that faithless hack

away from my son

and off of my network.

Good luck.

The sponsors are already

all in on getting him reelected.

Well, we'll make sure he's not.

- Hi, Margaret!

- Hey!

Mama, hadn't Ginger told you

about the tape?

What tape?

Never mind.

I just thought

with the whole ladies' table

- And we're back in ten.

- Rose.

Ginger has a cam tape

of the governor

doing sacrilegious things

with Mardi Gras beads.

Sacrilegious, how?

Puts them in his

Two, and we're live.

Welcome back!

You know, I was just sharing

with our ladies here

that the best thing

about Mardi Gras

It's all those surprises.

Dear Lord, Mardi Gras

is for pagans and wh*res,

and I'm walking

this lonely road alone.

Keep walking.

Your path will find you.

You just keep walking, Eugene.

Please, forgive me,

Lord, but I'm kind of bored.

I hate to sound ungrateful,

but if someone were to invite

me to a rave in Gomorrah,

these days,

I'm not so sure I'd say no.

Hey, yo, Rocky Raccoon,

you wouldn't know the way

to Nawlins, would you?

Yes.

I'm fighting my dark side,

so please, make a miracle, Lord.

Make a miracle.

In Jesus's name, we pray.

Amen.

Boys, I've got an itch

that the Lord

put me in this car for a reason.

Okay, this has gone weirdo.

You spell out your business,

I can help you.

You know this family

- Don't, TK, don't.

- The Monreauxs?

I do.

Well,

they got a snake in the garden,

and his name is Mark.

Maybe I ask Don Bouchard

to give Jesus

the damn fight, right?

I ride you because

I want the world for you.

You know that, right?

Antonio,

what are you doing here?

He lives here, with me.

Margaret, I'm so sorry,

but you shouldn't have come.

I'm sorry. I don't remember

being formally introduced.

Yolanda Rivera Candalaria.

A lot of people call me Yopi,

but you can call me

Mrs. Candalaria.

Pleasure.

Antonio,

if you and Jesus are here,

what are you doing

with your allowance?

That's none

of your damn business.

Ma, Ma, Ma.

Please, don't fight.

I have no interest in fighting.

My business is with Ginger.

Ginge, armor up.

Ginger.

I'm not giving you that tape.

- Tape?

- Rose told me she told you.

And I thought

we were all working together

- to take these men down.

- We are.

We'll take

every last one of them down,

but not by hurting more women.

Your mama she is safe.

Not Mom. My girls.

If that tape goes public,

there won't be a swinging John

from here to Guam

that'll trust us.

It'll be the end of SaintWagon,

which is exactly what you want.

What I really want

is to make sure

that my son is

out of harm's way.

What's Eric got to do with it?

Eric has joined

Virgil's political campaign.

Unlike us, he doesn't know

what kind of a man

Virgil really is.

Well, a tape's not

gonna change his mind.

No, that tape's "break glass

in case of emergency" only.

Virgil Love is one

of the most faithless men

to ever have a seat in power,

and my Eric he is a good man.

He is.

Your friend here

seems to get it.

Did you ever stop to think

that there is a woman

on that tape as well as a man,

who might not want her identity

splashed all over TV?

Now, you and I

are gonna burn the house down.

However, I just put

my mother in rehab

because men

took advantage of her.

I'm not doing the same thing

to someone else.

So we're watching this

Wings of a Dove thing, right,

'cause this hot cam chick

that TK calls

his "nighttime wife" was on,

and this Margaret lady

starts talking about how

her dead billionaire husband

left all this money

to these illegitimate kids

he had all over the country

Dude was dropping seed

like rain.

Who do you think we see standing

next to the Margaret lady?

It's our buddy Mark, man.

Mark's pretending

to be our other buddy,

his brother Jason.

- Why?

- It's a sad story.

Real Jason's in a coma

back in Colorado.

It sucks on so many levels.

I mean,

Mark's got this Margaret lady

thinking he's Jason.

Now Mark, he's, like,

set to inherit billions

that the dead guy

left for the real Jason,

who's a vegetable now.

That's sad. It's real sad.

And on top of that,

Mark took our jobs with him.

I mean, what about us, bro?

We don't have nothing.

So me and TK

We're gonna blackmail Mark

for, like, lots of money,

and if he doesn't pay us,

we'll spill the beans

to screw him.

"For many deceivers

have gone out into the world,

"those who do not confess

"the coming of Jesus Christ

in the flesh.

Such a one is the deceiver

and the antichrist."

Antichrist?

Nah, he's just Mark, man.

Your plan is righteous.

I want to see his face.

Who knew sex wrapped up

in a lie could be so hot?

Literally everyone.

Just answer it. Just answer it.

What?

Yo, we know

what you're doing, man.

- Augie?

- It's wrong, man,

pretending to be your brother,

getting high on the hog

with those rich people while

Jason is, like, wasting away.

500 Gs, man, or everybody

knows you're a faker.

500 grand? Do you think

I have that kind of money?

Dude, that's extortion.

Hi. Who is this?

Listen, lady, here's the deal.

This guy you think

is Jason owes us big.

And either he pays up,

or the whole world knows

who he really is.

Okay,

this is what's gonna happen.

You're gonna text us

a drop-off location,

we pay, and you go away.

I'm cool with that.

- Yeah, we'll text

- You text it now.

Talk about rude.

So God's really cool

with all this?

Yes.

In an Old Testament kind of way.

Why did you agree to that?

Because I don't want

to lose you.

Now come on.

Put your shirt back on.

Really?

For me?

You've proven yourself, Eric.

You belong now.

This is a lot of bling

for charity work.

The Lord rewards with abundance.

You know, I-I can't accept this.

No, you don't reject

the Lord's bounty, Eric,

especially when it sparkles.

And there's a lot

more coming, son.

Believe me.

I'm overwhelmed and honored,

but this is

No buts. It's gorgeous.

Hey, Mama,

the, governor gave me this

for my work at the missions.

Well, isn't that

an expensive bauble

for missionary work?

Yeah.

Yeah. h*, h*, h*!

h*! Hey!

- Look at this.

- Wow.

Holy Look at that.

Thank you, Margaret.

Your scene shop

helped us out with this.

There's enough room

for the Love family,

the entire campaign team,

and, Eric,

I think you should take

the front bow.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Look, we better get

to the French Quarter.

Maggie,

it's a pleasure as usual.

Funny you should use

the word "pleasure," Governor.

Excuse me?

I've heard said

that Mardi Gras

It can bring out

the true nature in us,

one's latent desires,

which could be used against us.

I believe the good people

of Louisiana

They deserve to be protected

from any, taped evidence

of a leader's

sacrilegious depravity.

You can't talk that way to me.

Wait, what tape? Who

who would tape Uncle Virgil?

It's your sister, sweetie.

Ginger.

I think she's

getting ready to use it.

SaintWagon taped its customers?

Virgil

now, I don't want you

or your family

to experience the media circus

that Eugene put us through.

So for the good of everyone,

I highly recommend

that you drop out

of the governor's race,

and resign any involvement

with the Sunshine Network.

Do I make myself clear?

You have fun, y'all.

- Mama.

- And happy Mardi Gras.

You can control her?

Who's running this holy w*r?

If I go down,

everybody goes down.

- Everybody goes down!

- Hey, hey, let me talk to her,

all right?

I'll talk some sense into her.

Yeah, talk some sense to her.

Mama, why would you do that

to Uncle Virgil?

I know these men.

They do bad things.

They hurt people.

You're a good Christian boy.

Stay that way.

Eric.

That tape is a boomerang.

If I take out the governor,

I'll take myself out

at the same time.

It's not news.

Not to me, at least.

What people do in the bedroom

is their business.

What do I do? I don't want.

Love to get away

with what he did to my mother.

What did he do to Tina?

No, that's not my story to tell.

Your mother

has a lot of information.

You should let me talk to her.

I don't think

that's a good thing for her.

She's trying to get better,

and I don't want to make her

relive all of that trauma,

not right now.

But maybe Margaret has a point.

Sex scandal

does nothing to these guys.

Love will just go

on an apology tour,

come back stronger than ever,

but

fraud, money laundering, and

maybe even m*rder.

m*rder?

What I show you stays here.

What the hell is this?

Why is my father up there?

Eugene was in the middle

of all of this.

The reverend's friends,

the 18:20

They're into a whole

host of nasty.

Land, tax fraud.

And I think

it got Eugene k*lled.

k*lled? It was

an accidental plane crash.

Maybe. Maybe not.

They collectively own

48% of Monreaux Unlimited.

That's three points away

from total control.

They want it all.

You think Margaret's in danger?

Hold onto the tape

as your insurance policy.

You want to take these men down,

work with me

to find the real story.

It ain't getting any easier

not having you here,

not having your guidance.

Dragonflies flying low.

The scent of the magnolias

floating towards me.

You calling

Margaret and me inside

when the light was gone.

I just wish Margaret

loved me back.

I just wish I felt like

any of them

knew how to love me back.

Miss you, Mama.

I can't believe

you're gonna pay those idiots.

They're spineless and stupid.

Look, if we don't pay

spineless and stupid,

they're gonna leak

your identity,

and you got to jail,

so, I mean, yeah,

we pay them and just

The world keeps spinning.

Please. They're only getting 50.

You're so comfortable with this.

It's weird.

Do you have any idea

how many times

Eric and I were almost

kidnapped as kids?

Hi, Franklin.

So sorry to disturb you.

This will only take a second.

We're not even here.

I'll be right back.

You're not here. Remember?

Okay.

Who even are you

to these people, Franklin?

I could ask you the same thing.

No, I didn't mean it like that.

I justl've never been around

this much money before,

and

I've never met people

like any of you.

Not you.

You seem cool and normal.

But the Monreauxs, it's

if they don't want to deal

with people,

they just throw money at them

to make them go away.

They try.

I'm so sorry, Franklin.

We were never here.

Have patience, Eric.

Your mother will come around.

A day with the Lord

is like 1,000 years,

and 1,000

How did you get in here?

I headlined this venue,

remember?

- Where's Margaret?

- Okay, you have some nerve

showing your face in here.

Listen, I don't like you,

but like your mother,

I am worried about you,

the creepy company

that you keep.

You're lecturing me,

you hypocrite?

Hypocrite?

What are you talking about?

Well, I thought

you had a code of honor.

Or are you planning to blackmail

all your customers?

- How dare you?

- Who let you in?

Norah, it's okay.

Let her say her piece.

I told you

I didn't want anyone to know.

- And you

- Ginger, Ginger,

just calm down.

Why don't we discuss this

in a civil manner?

Please?

You told Virgil Love

I had a tape of him.

Well, you do have a tape of him.

That's not the point.

I know that you're concerned

about that girl on the tape.

She will not be exposed.

We are handling that privately.

You blew it.

If you'd have listened,

we could've taken down

the whole 18:20.

How?

You honestly think

I would tell you now?

One way or another, that tape

It's coming out.

God has a way

of bringing the truth to light.

My

You have no idea

what danger you've put us in.

We can protect you

if I have that tape.

Well, it's hidden some place

you'd have to be crazy to look.

I had a feeling

you were bluffing.

This room here

is by invitation, Paul.

There is a tape.

Isn't there, Ginger?

I have a parade to get to.

No tape. No witnesses.

You think you're the queen

of New Orleans,

but, Margaret, it's Mardi Gras.

You don't even have a float.

Lord

your words

did I follow them incorrectly?

My sonhe wants so badly

to be important in this world.

Like his daddy.

But he never knew him.

I blame myself. I failed him.

I promoted our family myth.

I led him

to those faithless men.

Help me, Lord.

Help me save my boy.

I'ml'm sorry.

I can come back later.

No.

Just give me a minute.

Whatwhat is it, sweetie?

I wanted to explain

about the money.

My momshe's not like you.

She's

she's reckless.

And she owes, like,

80 grand in gambling debt.

And it's not just that.

She makes the worst choices

without thinking.

I'm listening.

She'd k*ll me for telling you,

but that tape

No, no, you listen. I know Don.

He knows me from way back.

You get him on the phone.

You're gonna give him

the message?

That's what you said

the last time,

and the last time before that

and the last time before that,

you

Hi. If you've come to move in

on my son some more,

he's not here.

Mrs. Candalaria, actually,

I've come here to see you.

Well, make an appointment.

I'm very busy.

It is you on that tape

with Virgil, isn't it?

Antonio told me.

That makes you an eyewitness,

and that, well

that can give you choices.

Why don't you just

get the tape from Ginger?

Well, to be honest,

she won't give it to me.

'Cause she's cool like that.

You may not like the guy,

but he didn't do anything wrong.

I'm just here to protect my son.

One mother to another

You did this.

You made him soft, your boy.

You gotta let him

clean up his own mess.

Well, this affects Antonio, too.

His birthright,

his stake in the company,

and, both

your financial futures.

You don't know zilch

about my finances.

How about $80,000,

right here, right now?

I gotta go check up on the kid.

$100,000?

If Antonio takes Jesus

away from here today.

You got a deal, fancy.

Get these people

out of my sight.

How's it dangling, Gotlove44?

Whoo!

God, why have you forsaken me?

Hey, Don.

Looks like we won't be needing

Ginger's tape.

Mrs. Candalaria

is ready and most willing

to tell her story

to the nightly news.

Okay, Margaret,

First thing tomorrow,

Virgil will take an unexpected

vacation from politics

due to an illness in the family

that requires

his utmost attention

That is, if you

and Mrs. Candalaria

can keep this dreadful business

to yourselves.

Anything else?

Just one tiny thing.

Hey, Margaret, over here!

I love you!

You scream, I'll sh**t,

and nobody will hear either.

Wow. Whoa, whoa.

Weird.

Okay,

my dad used to take me here

when I was a kid.

Like, literally, every Saturday,

he would give me

an envelope full of cash,

and he would wait outside

right there

until I had spent every penny.

There was no fuss.

There was no Mama

judging my every decision.

It was just all that fabric

and him and me.

Why would they

want to meet here?

Same reason we're giving them

money they don't deserve.

It's insanity.

"Jason"! 'Sup, man?

Don't "'sup" me, okay?

You're lucky I'm anti-g*n.

Come on. Nothing personal.

This is strictly financial.

Okay,

you're gonna take this money,

and you are never gonna bother

anyone in my family again.

Do you understand?

'Cause I know people.

I do.

I, like, actually know people.

No, I feel you. Yeah.

Do you know who he really is?

Yes, I know exactly who he is.

And you know what?

I know who you are, too,

because people like you

have been bothering

my family for my entire life.

The story always ends

the same way,

so, I don't know,

when you blow all of that money

or when you lose it

or when someone steals it,

I want you to remember

it is because

of what you did to Mark,

because it was not nice,

and it was not fair,

and I curse you.

It is Mardi Gras, and I am

placing a voodoo curse.

A voodoo curse?

Who are you right now?

I want to get lost.

I want to just hide

in plain sight.

Come on, Rocky Raccoon.

Let's go celebrate.

Here's the situation, Ms. Sweet.

You're not gonna give me

trouble or back-talk.

And while you're not doing that,

you're gonna tell me

where you're hiding

the Governor's

little-tape-that-could.

Where's the tape?

Where's the tape?

It's at the motel.

"The wages of the righteous

is life,

but the earnings of the wicked

is sin and death."

Words to live,

or die by.

Here we go.

Whoo!

Hey, you want some bling bling,

you gotta work for it.

Show us your boobs.

Dude, we should throw them

some money.

We got enough.

Income equality. I love it.

Yeah!

Whoa. Where did it go?

Dude.

That rich witch cursed us.

Which was rude.

Antonio.

She sold you out, Margaret.

Who did?

My mom. She

she was playing you

the whole time.

She made a deal with Don

Bouchard to get me a big fight.

Thank you.

I know this wasn't easy for you.

I'm so sorry.

She can't seem to help herself.

You nenes gonna give

my boy the fight, or what?

I want that money in my account

by tomorrow afternoon.

Whoo!

Mama, look at me?

Guess I learned to fight

above my weight class.

Didn't I, Don?

Chin up, tiny.

Don't worry. It's under control.

I tried to live honest,

but sadly, it never took.

So I thought,

"What if I could be bad

for the good?"

And that's why

I am here right now.

Helping the good,

which is bad for you.

You should never have children,

by the way.

I'm not saying

the bad can't have them,

but you should steer clear

on account of your profession.

That sort of thing

gets handed down.

I should know.

My mother was a real wh*re, too.

Now

If you're lying to me

and there's another copy

of that tape

out there somewhere,

I promise I will find you,

and that will be

a bad day for us both.

Yeah?

You have a lovely evening.

Jesus.

When Jesus walked.

My God.

Can't believe

I had that many hurricanes.

I wasn't even counting.

sh**t. I forgot my phone again.

I will meet you at the bar.

All right, we'll see you there.

And don't take too long.

Dang.

Lord, you scared me.

Did you film me?

Like the governor?

Did you film us?

I deleted them.

Soon as your mom got involved,

I deleted every single minute.

You have to believe me.

- Every minute?

- Everything

- Every word we said?

- Everything.

- Delete

- Everything, everything.

I'm so sorry.

How am I

supposed to believe you?

Because you're the guy.

You'll be totally fine.

Ginger?

Go away.

Let me in, sweetie.

Just go away.

I can't do that.

I need that tape. I have

I have tried

every way I know how,

but I can't protect you

or this family without it.

You only protect yourself.

We kids are

just collateral damage.

No. That is not true, Ginger.

Just leave me alone.

Are you okay?

Something wrong?

I can hear it in your voice.

Please.

Talk to me.

I wish you would.

I will pray for you.

Heels stay on.

Franklin,

I need you to come home.

Come on.

Come on.

Go away, Margaret!

Wrong Monreaux, wench.

I know he's in here.

Where is he?

Who?

Eric.

Here's here with

one of your concubines,

and I want him returned to me

with his earthly soul intact

and ripe for the Lord's bounty.

You sure you don't

want to talk about it?

'Cause you know I've been down

the warpath with Margaret.

Heck, she's the reason

girls like us even know

what power looks like.

I knew what power looked like

way before I met Margaret,

thank you very much.

Yeah,

but no one wields it like her.

Plus, she does it with this

infuriating steadfast faith.

Why is it that everyone

in this town seems to think

that Margaret holds

the monopoly on God's love?

Please. That woman doesn't hold

a monopoly on a thing.

She's just blessed in Christ.

How do you know that?

Because she's rich.

And I'm some sinner

who missed my blessing?

I should really be going.

Great idea, fundie.

Feel better, trollop.

Today was awesome, wasn't it?

I mean,

we went to three parades,

two bars, and a caper.

As long as we had our masks on.

I don't belong here.

What do you mean

you don't belong?

Impersonating my brother,

going on Christian talk TV,

and then being blackmailed

by my two idiot friends.

This whole thing is a farce.

Are we living a farce?

My life is not a farce, Jason.

It is what it is, and it's mine.

And for the life of me,

I'm trying to keep you in it.

Game on, creep.

You knit.

They won't give me

any whiskey here,

so yes, Franklin, I'm knitting.

What are you doing here?

Just came to check on you.

Can't a person do that?

Not a person who works

for the Monreauxs.

Well,

I've worked for the Monreauxs

my whole entire life.

My mother before me.

I'm good at it.

But sometimes

I can't help but feel

like I'm living for the dead.

Funny how that happens

in the South.

I mean, the same tired story.

Our lives are not stories,

Franklin.

They're happening. Right now.

One day sober,

and you're this smart.

I read it in a pamphlet.

You know,

today is the anniversary

of my mother's death.

Five years gone.

I'm sorry.

Don't be.

I couldn't do much

for my mother.

But I can certainly help

Ginger avenge you.

How?

By releasing

that tape she gave you.

Ginger's playing with fire.

She's in way over her head.

Ginger said she hid it

some place

you'd have to be crazy to look.

I'm the craziest.

Honestly, I sat with my mother

all day today.

There was nobody I trusted more.

I figured Ginger

felt the same way about you.

You and I both

want to keep her safe.

The past is too big a burden.

If I'm ever gonna be well,

I can't drag it along with me.

Don't I know it.

Is Louisiana falling out of love

with Governor Virgil Love?

Poor Virgil.

The family values politician

finds himself

in an adulterous sex scandal.

Ruined by a drunk

with a thumb drive.

Now, you know the governor's

not gonna take this lying down.

As long as Eric is safe.

Margaret.

Ginger.

You've ruined me.

Without trusting subscribers,

SaintWagon is finished.

Your mothershe chose

to give us that tape, and

You people are so low.

Why not look at this

as an opportunity for change?

You crossed a line.

You came for my business.

Now I'm coming for yours.

Ginger, wait.

To think

that I actually trusted you.

My mom was right.

My dad is watching all of us.

And he knows exactly what you

just did to his daughter.

Franklin?