01x04 - The Price

[bunniefuu]

MALE ANNOUNCER: Previously
on "Mayor of Kingstown"...

I'm sorry about dinner. Been a long day.

Can I tell you something?

It'll make you feel better, I promise.

Where's Iris?

- MILO: Come to Kingstown.
- Why?

MILO: Because I told you to.

POLICE CAPTAIN: Better yet, this
maggot doesn't make it to court.

You guys, do you know
what you're asking?

- Carlos.
- I'm here about the tweaker

who blew up his old lady and kid.

-O is gonna come down
hard on everyone for this.

They don't know who put in the tip.

- INMATES: [YELLING]
- DUKE: Mike, they should k*ll him

when they find him.
Much as I'd love free reign,

we all know this won't
be free for anybody.

KYLE: Tell me he don't deserve
it, Mike, we'll walk away.

Their motivation is so you owe them.

You all owe them.

They're gonna look
the other way on this.

As long as everybody's in.
Just make a big mess in there.

Who can pin what on who, right?

BUNNY: How far the other
way they gonna look?

Far.

♪

♪

♪

MIKE: [PANTING]

[MOANING]

I cancelled your CI order.

- Like I give a sh*t.
- Don't be a d*ck about it.

I'm just telling you.

I don't care.

Wanna get some food in the food court?

[LAUGHING]

- MIKE: What do you say?
- You out of your mind?

What?

I can't be seen in public with you.

Well...

- [PHONE RINGING]
- sh*t.

I gotta go.

What's up?

REBECCA: You got a call from a Carlos.

- He wants to see you.
- So when's he coming in?

REBECCA: Doesn't want
to meet at the office.

I'll text you his number.

And someone called from
Peterford Trucking,

said you'd know what it was about?

Yeah, all right.

♪

MARIAM: And what is the
significance of the South Pass?

Yes, Karen.

KAREN: It was a faster and easier
path to the Columbia River Valley.

MARIAM: Well, it was not faster.

And easier isn't the
best choice of words.

It was possible, but just barely.

Why is the discovery of the
South Pass through the Rockies

so significant?

- Yes.
- It led to the discovery

of the Green River Valley

and the Bear River, which
led to the Great Salt Lake.

Yes, it opened the west to
development, exploration,

settlement.

The resources taken from the
west transformed this country

from a collection of colonies

to the greatest empire
the world has ever known.

It is impossible to overstate the impact

of Jedidiah Smith's discovery.

Would someone else have found it? Yes.

But would the results
have been the same?

Would the boundaries of
this country be the same

had he failed that winter?

This was the dawn of
America the superpower

and the price was everyone
and everything in her way.

Michael.

Michael.

Hey, just wanted to say, you know,

sorry for the dinner the other night.

Have you spoken to Kyle?

Yeah.

Did he tell you?

Tell me what?

Then you haven't spoken to him.

Yeah, I talk to him every day, Mom.

What?! What, what?!

The f*ck did I do?!

Tracy's pregnant.

Great. That's great news.

I don't want another
generation of this family

to be raised by a widow.

And Kyle has an opportunity
to work for the state

where it's less likely that
his wife becomes one.

Help him make the right decision.

Which is what?

[CHUCKLES]

You're so much like your father.

That explains the left hook.

No, no, no, no.

That explains the heartbreak.

♪

[PHONE RINGING]

What?

BUNNY: You ain't near
White Castle, is ya?

Not in the mood, Bunny.

Gotta talk, man, when can you come by?

Let's just talk now.

BUNNY: We're on m*therf*cking
cell phones, man!

Why you acting like this
your first day on the job?

Bunny, there is an FBI van
not yards from you

with a satellite listening to every
thing you f*cking say, all right?

What difference does it make
if we're on the phone or not?

m*therf*cker, I'm trying to help
your pale ass out! Come on!

f*ck it! Fine, I'm coming.

♪

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Why you come up in this m*therf*cker
screechin' tires and sh*t, man?

- What's the f*cking emergency?
- BUNNY: Slow yourself, man.

Sit down, sit down.

- What?
- BUNNY: Relax, man.

Damn, man, you Irish is wound tight.

[SNOOP DOG SINGING "GIN AND JUICE"]

♪ While you m*therf*ckers bounce ♪

♪ Rolling down the street smoking indo ♪

Think I ain't got sh*t covered?

No, they're just gonna move.

You need to relax, bruh.

- It's been a long day.
- [CHUCKLES]

Well, now you gotta pace yourself, baby.

It's f*cking noon.

All right, well, I'm here.

Boys want some candy sent over.

- For what?
- For k*lling that cr*cker.

- You know I can't do that.
- They made a deal.

Yeah, well, let's measure this out here.

People start asking for this,
and asking for that

and no one's gonna get nothing, okay?

So let's start with something
like more time in the yard

or a TV in the lunchroom.

I don't wanna be in the middle
of this sh*t neither, aight?

But these fools out here,
they feeling their oats.

Uniforms are gonna ease up on everybody.

We're not gonna check the mail so well,

not gonna frisk their ladies as good

when they come to visit, but that's it.

The noose is gonna get looser. Period.

We gonna pay for this sh*t, man.

You and me both.

How the f*ck I'mma explain
"wait till next week"

to a m*therf*cker who don't give
a f*ck if there is one, huh?

They did something
that everybody wanted,

and it will be rewarded.

But they can't ask.

I told 'em to play 'cause you asked.

You. You asked me.

Gotta make em understand, Bunny.

Make 'em understand.

You're gonna have to distance
yourself from this sh*t.

Distance? How the f*ck
I'mma do that, huh?!

I can't go blocks without a
m*therf*cker trying to k*ll me.

Where I'mma go, huh?

sh*t.

♪

[PHONE RINGING]

- Yeah.
- DUKE: I called you.

You're on the list.

DUKE: Move me to the top.

Excuse me?

DUKE: I'm not asking, I'm telling you.

Well, in that case, I'll be right there.

[PHONE RINGING]

McLusky's Outreach.

MIKE: I'm not making it
in to the office today.

REBECCA: Only one person here,

- I'll have her come back.
- Who is it?

Don't know. She's sitting right here.

All right, tomorrow
at the end of the day.

REBECCA: Okay, I'll have
her come back at .

Carlos called again.

K.

Sorry, hon, he got called away.

Can you come back tomorrow?

Five?

I'll come back then.

Hey, you're really beautiful.

Thank you.

That made my day.

You are.

♪

♪

[HORN HONKING]

- Where is he?
- Who?

Who do you f*cking think?

In his office.

K.

You're at the top of the list, Pete.

It's quite a mess you've made here.

MIKE: Yeah, well, everybody's
gonna see the mess I can make.

I told you how to handle
this. You didn't listen.

I don't make that decision.
You know that.

It's your decision now.

Oh, is it? Is it really?

I can just walk away from this
whole f*cking sh*t show, right?

You can just spout your
bullshit to the police.

How long do you think
it would take for SWAT

to show up in your living room

and to shut down the f*cking mall
so tight they won't see the sun?

You don't even know what we want.

I know how you asked.

Everyone's pushing me, everyone.

Got their f*cking head... the
guy's not even in the ground

a f*cking week!

Pete, you're f*cking
smart enough to know

this is not how we move forward.

We can't be last in line, brother.

Listen to me, there's no f*cking line

'cause they're not handing anything out.

Nothing.

The guards are gonna loosen their grip

if everyone just calms the f*ck down.

That's it, that's all I got.

I mean, look, don't lose f*cking sight

of what I do here, okay?

I don't take sides.

This is what I know,

you're outnumbered
to inside, right?

You need the guards more than anybody.

So status quo is your f*cking friend.

And just be the guy, just be the
guy that doesn't ask for anything

and then you'll be the
only that gets something.

And don't tell me what to do again ever.

Come on.

♪

Evening.

Hey, don't take offense
to that, it's not you.

I know it looks bad. sh*t.

[BEAR GRUNTING]

- MIKE: What are you doing here?
- KYLE: Whoa!

- Oh, Jesus! f*ck, Mike!
- Yeah.

[GROANS]

- You just show up?
- What do you expect me to do,

send f*cking smoke signals?
There's no cell service up here.

God, you scared the sh*t out of me.

Sorry, bud. Come on.

What are you doing hiding
in the f*cking trees

like a Vietnam vet, Mike?

- MIKE: Been one of those days.
- KYLE: Guess so.

Does it freak the bear out or... ?

MIKE: He doesn't
understand it, you know.

- KYLE: I don't understand it.
- MIKE: [GRUNTING]

You don't understand
the meaning behind it,

but you know what it is.

Hey, what are you guys gonna do?

KYLE: I don't know.

Troopers offered me a shield.

What division?

Narco.

Southwest division, though.

Grand Rapids to the border
and up to Muskegon.

They'd start me in the field
office in Benton Harbor.

Right by the water?

Well, yeah. We'd be doing
both highways and the lake.

Doesn't feel safer, does it?

Didn't you apply for the commercial
transportation crimes?

I did. But their Narc
department is folded in.

And, I mean, you know how we do
sh*t here: Robbery, Homicide,

and Narcotics is all one division.

Plus, f*cking Kingstown's
basically Beirut, so...

offered me the promotion.

Well, what's the pay?

.

- To start.
- Really?

I know.

God damn, Kyle.

That's a lot of money, man.

- That is a lot of money.
- Yeah.

MIKE: But it's a different deal, right?

It's people smuggling
sh*t from up north,

they're organized, they're smart.

That's a dangerous combination.

I know, but I make grand a year here.

Plus Tracy, she's still in school.

It's like the only place I
can afford a f*cking house

is in the Fruit Belt.

- [CHUCKLING]
- But f*ck, hey, man...

f*cking good opportunity, right?

Just gotta be careful.

I don't think Kingstown
has prepared you enough

for that kind of deal, man.

We got a lot of criminals, but
there's only a few good ones, right?

Those people that move product
from Canada are professionals, man.

Look what happened to Jimmy,

that can happen anywhere,
but out there, man, it's...

There's a reason why
that job's available.

That doesn't really worry me.

I gotta say, though.

You know, as much as we talk
about get out, get out...

This opportunity comes and...

[GROANS]

I'm just having a... I'm having
a lot of trouble taking it.

- Yeah.
- Plus, Benton Harbor?

It's like , people.

And I don't know, I just,
I don't think that this is it.

f*ck. You don't gotta tell me, man.

♪

♪

REBECCA: Mike, you okay?

- What's up?
- You tell me.

You don't come to the office for days,

you don't return calls.

I mean... unless you
got the winning ticket,

I don't see how this place makes money

if you don't take on clients.

Yeah, so we got money problems?

Mike, this place ain't
exactly a cash cow.

We need work.

That pays.

Okay. Today we take
on clients. All right?

REBECCA: Well, nobody out there now.

Soon enough.

What would happen if I put
a match to that coffee?

You'd burn your hand.

Look, I don't think
I'm one to give advice,

but what made Mitch so good

was he never took it personal, you know?

Well, I make no pretense
about being good at this.

That's not what I meant.

Yeah, I know. I'm not offended.

I appreciate your concern and
I'm so happy you stayed on,

because I couldn't do any
of this sh*t without you.

But what I put in my coffee
is my f*cking business.

- Fair enough.
- MIKE: Okay.

[PHONE RINGING]

♪

[TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

Hey, walking the yard.

Yeah, I'll call you in five. Okay.

♪

[PHONE RINGING]

- Yeah?
- ED: Hey, what's up, buddy?

MIKE: How are things going over there?

Oh, you know, big love-fest.

Yeah, it's not gonna last.

We should talk.

ED: Okay, the Red Carriage?

No, just us.

All right, I can meet you at
the Tugboat in about an hour.

MIKE: Okay, Tug it is.

♪

ED: When I said meet at the Tugboat,

I didn't mean on it, Mike.

- MIKE: Reminds me of our youth.
- ED: [CHUCKLES]

It's a f*cking miracle
none of us fell off.

Or none of us jumped.

ED: Only a miracle you didn't.

Come on, man, I'm not going up there.

- Come down.
- All right, I'm coming down.

Jesus Christ.

MIKE: [SIGHS] All right, look,

I got everybody f*cking
breathing down my neck

over this g*dd*mn Kenny thing.

ED: About what?

MIKE: They want their favors.

What kind of favors?

The unreasonable kind.

- Who?
- All of 'em.

God, those m*therf*ckers!

God dammit.

We haven't tossed one
f*cking cell, Mike!

It's been a g*dd*mn summer camp.

Yeah, I know. They don't want
their privileges though, Ed.

All right? They want their dr*gs,
they want their money.

- Period.
- No, no!

g*dd*mn. What are you gonna do?

MIKE: Ah, I gotta get word
to the Mexicans still,

but I am making it perfectly clear

that none of this sh*t is
gonna fly, none of it.

Well, I know what I want
to do. m*therf*ckers.

What do you think we should do?

Just remind them of what it
used to be like. How's that?

- Bet your f*cking ass.
- The leaders.

Just hit the leaders.

Yeah. Let's have Ian turn that psycho
in SWAT loose on the outside.

No, we gotta save that ace for later.

Ed, you gotta hit them
and hit 'em hard, okay?

It's for their own g*dd*mn good.

ED: I don't give a sh*t
what's good for them.

That's your job, Mike.

- I'll see you.
- Yup.

♪

[CHATTING INDISTINCTLY]

[CHATTING INDISTINCTLY]

TYSON: Man, I'm hungry
as a m*therf*cker.

Bitch, you lucky I ain't got
you scrubbing this sh*t.

TYSON: [LAUGHING]

Come on, man! I'm about to eat
these motherfuckin' Ramens dry.

GUARD: This is the second time.

There will not be a third.

What the f*ck?

Y'all got the wrong
cell, cuz. [GRUNTING]

sh*t!

- Oh, sh*t. f*ck!
- GUARD: Get the f*ck up!

- Get the f*ck up!
- Get the f*ck up!

This sh*t burn. This sh*t burn.

GUARD: Yes, that's what the soap is for.

f*ck me.

The soap will counter the
effects of the pepper spray,

but you must rub it over your face!

What'd you learn today?

Hmm?

Everything you have, I gave you.

And now I'm taking it all back.

Why?

Because you asked for more.

Put him in ad-seg.

- MIKE: What's up?
- Yeah. Hey, bud.

No, I need you to limit
the scope to clothing.

f*ck it, like I'm gonna
listen to the rest of that.

- You had lunch?
- Hey. Yeah, right here.

Ah, I need Carlos Jimenez.

- Carlos runs the Locos, right?
- MIKE: Yeah.

I got a warrant for
this fucker somewhere.

- What for?
- IAN: Child support payments.

What's it doing on your desk?

He's ganged up...
They'll send me anything.

They'll send f*cking parking
tickets here if they bang.

Anything to try and build a case
against 'em. f*cking hell.

Look at that, Mike. He was in with you.

Convicted of manslaughter
three years in a row

and only got three years added?

Jesus Christ, that's a good lawyer.

- Where is he?
- IAN: Well, there is no current address.

Last known address is an
aunt on Grape Street, .

I got a number here.

All right, let me see.

MIKE: Carlos, are you there?

That f*cking figures.

- Keno!
- KENO: What's up?

Come here.

Look, we're trying to find this clown.

We got a last known address,
aunt only speaks Spanish.

Take the f*cking class every
Tuesday and Thursday.

Keno, I'm a f*cking optimist.

I keep thinking that the Mexicans
are gonna stop committing crimes

- and I won't have to.
- Just dial the number, d*ck.

Gracias.

- [PHONE RINGING]
- Just take the class.

- Tuesday... Tuesday...
- Bueno.

- What else you gonna do?
- Buscando para Carlos,

pero no tengo el número nuevo, señora.

¿Mande?

Trabajo en el Goodyear
y su carro está listo.

Gracias. Ándale pues.

- He's at the ranch.
- Ah, thanks, man.

- f*ck is a ranch?
- MIKE: It's over off Persimmon,

it's where they got their
dogs they fight in there.

- Well, you have fun with that.
- MIKE: Yeah.

Hey, look, if you see him,
pick him up on that warrant.

IAN: What's going on?

They all got their hand out.

f*cking idiots. Are you keeping
those school kids in line?

- MIKE: Yeah.
- IAN: Well, you let me know

- if you need any help.
- MIKE: Thanks.

♪

[BUZZING]

♪

[BUZZING]

♪

Let's go, ladies.

On the line now.

[GRUNTING]

Let's go now.

I'm getting you out.

[ALARM BLARING]

[GRUNTING]

Now we're gonna be stuck
here all g*dd*mn day.

That hardly seems relevant,
don't you think?

Tell that to my children
when day care lets them out

and I'm not there to pick them up.

Relevant.

[SIGHS]

GUARD: Stay down!

GUARD: Eyes down!

Relevant.

Who the f*ck do you think you are?

♪

Thought I heard you.

- What's up?
- Your five o'clock is here.

sh*t.

All right, come on. All right.

Motherfu...

Mike?

Yeah, yeah. Have a seat.

You fly in from Miami?

[GIGGLES]

Why would you ask me that?

You're dressed for the beach.

Well, I wanted to make
a good impression.

Okay.

So, so who sent you?

Milo.

He's my boss.

And what can I do for Milo?

Did you guys have a fight?

Yeah, I figured.

I mean, it seems like
he wants to make it up.

He told me to come here

and make sure you're not mad at him.

Hmm.

And how are you going to do that?

Well, you could f*ck me.

Would that make you happy?

Yeah.

Know what makes me mad?

What?

When a Russian gangster
sends a -year-old hooker

to come seduce me into something
that doesn't benefit me.

I'm .

Yeah, get the f*ck out
of my office. [SCOFFS]

I wasn't rude to you.

So, so I'll just tell Milo you
don't want to make up?

You do that.

Okay.

Well, good night.

[SIGHS]

I was telling the truth.

He just told me to make you happy.

I'm gonna give you a year.

A year to what?

Live.

Why would you say that?

What's your name?

Iris.

Where are you from?

I flew in from New York.

No, where are you from from?

- That's none of your business.
- Okay.

Okay, look, I get paid to give advice,

so I'm gonna give you some.
Okay, the food chain here?

It's a lot of f*cking wolves,
and just a few rabbits.

So wherever you're from,
you should go back.

You won't make it here.

- You calling me a rabbit?
- I am.

You know, I'm stronger than you think.

[SNIFFLES]

No, you're not.

What do I tell Milo?

You should tell Milo we had fun.

[CHUCKLES]

Okay. You know, we could've.

Thank you.

[SNIFFLES]

[SIGHS]

♪

Jesus.

♪

MIKE: Knock-knock.

- [DOG BARKING]
- Bullshit!

Bullshit! Sit, sit, m*therf*cker, sit!

What the f*ck, homes?

Where's Carlos?

- Who?
- Come on.

Let's not play this game.

You better step off before
I let Bullshit go to work.

I'm just here looking for Carlos.

CHAVEZ: Bullshit, sit!

- Sit!
- [DOGS BARKING]

[DOGS BARKING]

Right.

You running sh*t now, is that it?

All right, look, if you see Carlos,
can you just give him this?

Bullshit! Bullshit, down! Bullshit!

This is the last time I'm gonna
ask. Where the f*ck is Carlos?

He got picked up.

- Downtown.
- MIKE: Is that right?

What do you mean? He got pinched?

- A warrant.
- [DOG BARKING]

Bullshit, sit! Bullshit!

♪

[PHONE RINGING]

Hey, got you a present.

MIKE: Yeah, I heard.
Can you give him to me?

Hell yeah, for the unpaid child support.

- How much?
- IAN: , bucks.

Jesus, really?

[CHUCKLING]

Mike, this guy's a f*cking
deadbeat, don't look at me.

Where are you?

IAN: Waiting for your
brother to bring me

a slice of f*cking pepperoni,
he's taking forever.

MIKE: Can I post bond?

Well, it's a bench warrant.

You gotta pay the whole thing
or it goes to the judge.

- You take plastic?
- IAN: Front desk does.

All right.

Hey, Mike, call your brother

and tell him to hurry up with my slice.

♪

[PHONE BUZZING]

Hey.

Ian wants his pizza.

Yeah.

MIKE: What?

KYLE: Guess.

Someone casing the joint?

Ding, ding, ding.

MIKE: Is he close to you?

KYLE: Yeah, pretty close.

MIKE: Just one?

KYLE: Two would've tossed it by now.

Toss him.

Just biding my time.

MIKE: Is there a back entrance?

Yeah.

All right, look, I'm gonna
send Ian through.

That would be appreciated.

[PHONE RINGING]

IAN: What?

Someone's waiting to pop it.

There's an entrance in the back alley.

f*ck, I can't even get dinner
in this f*cking town.

MIKE: Yeah.

Let me know it all works out, okay?

IAN: Yeah, will do.

[PHONE BUZZING]

- Yeah.
- Kyle, I'm out back.

KYLE: Pretty crowded in here.

IAN: Great.

- KYLE: Yeah.
- IAN: I'm right outside.

Just hit send as soon as
it clears out in there.

KYLE: Gonna have to eat your pepperoni.

Soon as it clears out, hit send.

♪

Jimenez, Carlos.

You posted, let's go.

♪

You didn't call me back.

You owe me four grand.

Want a ride?

Do I?

I don't know, it's up to you.

I'm good.

Look, I know we didn't
know each other very well.

But what you see is
what you get with me.

I don't take sides.

I remember when you did.

Inside is different.

We did you a favor.

You did them a favor. I told you not to.

This ain't how sh*t works,

they don't get to lean
on us all day and night,

then come hat in hand,
asking for the same favor

they punish us for.

MIKE: I just don't know
how that surprises anyone.

What more can they do, Carlos, huh?

It's easier to get dr*gs inside

than you can on the f*cking street.

You have a tattoo parlor on the yard.

Anything you need inside,
you already have.

They play their game and you play yours.

I don't know what the f*ck
you think they were gonna do,

just unlock the f*cking front gate?

Chavez said, "Once you educate people,

"you can not make them unlearn.

We have seen the future,
and the future is ours."

[CHUCKLING]

Damn, you're quoting oppressed
migrant workers now, are you?

You've never had a
g*dd*mn job in your life,

you're a drug dealer and a thief.

Don't you give me your g*dd*mn quotes

until you clean out your closet

of all the old ladies' DVD players.

I remember when you ran the
yard for those peckerwoods,

back when there was enough white
inside to make a difference.

You alone now, but you
still talk the same sh*t.

Nobody to back you up.

Everyone's my back-up.

That's just the thing, see, everyone.

Matter of fact, I run with
the biggest g*ng in the city,

the ones with the f*cking badges.

Look, everything I'm telling
you, everything I'm doing,

is for your own good
and you f*cking know it.

But Carlos, you wanna press,

the guards are gonna come down hard.

The police, they're
gonna rain hell on you.

You want to wake that beast?

We're old men in this game, you and me.

I can eat my pride,

but these young bucks? [CHUCKLES]

It's gonna be a hard pill to swallow.

Yeah, well, they don't have
a f*cking choice, all right?

The only thing to decide here

is who's gonna shove it
down their damn throat.

It's gonna taste better if you do it.

They shoulda never made the deal.

They never did.

You never lied before?

Different when they're told to you.

Funny how that works, isn't it?

♪

_

[g*nsh*t f*ring]

f*ck!

- You okay?
- f*ck!

KYLE: You hit?

- f*ck, I'm good!
- I'm hit. I'm hit, sir.

Shut the f*ck up!

f*ck!

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[SOBBING]

I hate this city. I hate this city.

I hate this city.

I hate this city.

I hate this city. I hate this city.

♪

Next time on "Mayor of Kingstown"...

MIKE: They walked into a drug deal.

- MAN: They find dr*gs on the victim?
- Not yet.

- MILO: So, she needs a cover.
- Can she dance?

IRIS: I'm selling the
promise of a dance.

They're gonna want more from you.

- I'm spoken for.
- By who?

Mike McLusky.

I've got a client for you.

MAN: You're familiar
with my daughter's case.

She was kidnapped and k*lled
and God knows what else.

What would you like
me to do, Mr. Chalke?

BUNNY: The answer is inside
the walls, not outside.

And they ain't careful,
they're gonna wake the beast.

♪