05x01 - Comets

[bunniefuu]

I gotta take some time alright.

- How much time?
- Might be a while.

Gustavo will continue
to be your point person

till they bring in my replacement.

You just keep making the deals,

the same as you've been doing.

ALTON: I really thought this

was the beginning of something.

I hope that before you meet your end...

You take a look around you,

try to understand
your place in this world.

FRANKLIN: Rob vo!

Yo, ho, ho!

- My brother, Frankie!
- Ah.

- ROB: You want some good news?
- FRANKLIN: Sure.

Pretty good, right?

(CHUCKLES) It's real good.

The valley is thirsty, amigo.

Want three this time?

Ah, ha, damn! Whoa, ho.

- Yeah.
- (LAUGHING) Yeah.

LEON: I ain't trying to dump

more sh*t on your lap or nothing,

but I'm not sure if I'm
with any of it anymore.

FRANKLIN: You're gonna
keep doing what you're doing.

I'm gonna get Louie and
Jerome straightened out,

and we gonna be a
family again, like always.

Hey, didn't you say you wanted

to wholesale the sh*t, right?

Focus on real estate.

I'm telling y'all,
splitting up right now,

just when we starting to get stronger,

isn't the right move going forward.

We want to run what's ours our way.

You think over it,

let us know what you want to do.

LARRY (LAUGHING): Got drafted number two

by the best team in the league.

CHRIS: He plays the three.

Know who else on the
Celtics plays the three?

The hick from french lick,

aka the best small forward of all time.

- LARRY: Ooh! There she goes.
- Mm!

LARRY: Come on, let's see it.

- I know it's in here.
- Mm! Mm!

- Ooh! Look.
- (LAUGHTER)

Got that Reebok money.
You only got one problem.

- Magic?
- No, no, no. Michael.

Boston winters.

What?

sh*t. Boston racists.

- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.

(INHALING)

Hey, hey, take it easy, man.

- It ain't going anywhere.
- (CHUCKLING): Yeah.

Hey. You ain't got to worry about me.

I'm good.

(INHALING)

- Yo.
- Mm.

I'm a horse!

- Well, giddy-up, then.
- (LAUGHTER)

Hey, bro, check it out, bro.

Boston winters. What you
know about

Boston winters?

LARRY: I was born in Boston.

- CHRIS: How long you live in Boston?
- Two years. One to two.

- One to two?
- LARRY: Yeah.

- Seem a lot colder...
- LARRY: Yeah, it was cold, man.

Freezing.

(CHUCKLING, INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(CHATTER AND LAUGHTER CONTINUE)

- Nice.
- It's all right.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- (LEN PANTS LOUDLY)
- Might want it back.

- He's getting excited, brother.
- Oof.

Are you good?

- Yeah.
- You sure?

Yeah.

- (LOUD PANTING)
- CHRIS: Hey. Hey, Len.

- BRIAN: Yo, Len, man.
- Call .

- Call .
- Hey! Hey!

Yo.

- Hey, what's happening to him?
- I don't know.

- Get the phone.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- Come on, man. Do something.
- Len!

- (INDISTINCT, PANICKED CHATTER)
- Len. Len, Len...

Len.

♪ ♪

♪ No, no, notorious ♪

♪ I can't read about it ♪

♪ Burns the skin from your eyes ♪

♪ I'll do fine without it ♪

♪ Here's one you don't compromise ♪

♪ You own the money ♪

♪ You control the witness ♪

♪ I heard your promise,
but I don't believe it ♪

♪ That's why I've done it again ♪

♪ No, no, notorious. ♪

I won't need it till next week.

CREW MEMBER: Got it.

DALLAS: Veronique called.

She said to give her a
call as soon as you land.

When are y'all two
gonna let me take you up?

When n*gg*s got wings

so we don't die when that sh*t crash.

(CHUCKLES) Give me a minute.

All right.

(TOUCH TONES SOUNDING)

(LINE RINGING)

BETTY: West-side development.

Hey, Betty, it's me.

There's a property on PCH
I want you to look into.

Double lot, a few miles
north of the Malibu Pier.

Veronique around?

Yeah, just a sec.

Boss is on two.

Katie, I'm just going to remind you

that we agreed to
remove the contingencies,

and in case you've forgotten,

I've got the paperwork
right here to prove it.

So, you go off and think
about how you want to proceed.

Now, I have to go.

How was your flight?

You in a good mood?

(LAUGHS) Yeah. Why?

Monday morning, they're going to

open up the second development

opportunity downtown.

Ah. Here we go, huh?

(LAUGHS) I told you not
to doubt affirmations.

I'm gonna start
putting our bid together,

but we need to talk
about our strategy today.

I got to stop by Grady's.

I'll come by later,
get into it with you.

See you then.

Let's go to this party.

("JUST WANT TO LOVE YA"
BY B & THE FAMILY PLAYING)

♪ ♪

(INDISTINCT CROWD CHATTER)

Hey, did you bring any more cocaine?

GRADY: No, he didn't.

Franklin here is in real estate.

And Jessie here is in...

What exactly are you in, Jessie?

I'm the Vice President
of Good Time Society.

Nice to meet you, Franklin.

Vice President of the
Uppity White Bitch Society.

Oh, now, now. Be nice. Be nice.

Hey, place looks great.

Thanks. I have you to thank.

Mind if we find some place to talk

before this sh*t gets out of hand?

It's always business with him.

sh*t, you're telling us.

♪ ♪

I'd like to increase the buy.
keys per week.

You're making your country and
your countrymen very happy.

Don't get too happy just yet.

The game's changing.

Southern border's wide open.

Product flooding the market.

Price of cocaine is
going down by the week,

and I am under a lot of
pressure to stay competitive.

How much less were you thinking?

Thinking a thousand per key.

A thousand per key
times ... That's , .

You're a numbers guy.
What's , times ?

FRANKLIN: About . million.

Gustavo, if Franklin
here were to ask you

to give him $ million,
what would you say?

I'm just telling you what's
happening on the street.

And I'm telling you that
the company is on my ass

about these funds. If I
start coming back with less,

that's gonna bring a lot of attention

that you and I cannot have.

Yeah, but if my people can pay

less elsewhere, then they will.

And that's a whole other
kind of trouble for us.

I thought your people were family.

And nothing tears a
family apart like money.

♪ You're just a victim of these times ♪

♪ of these times... ♪

oh, where's-where's Xiamara?

- Sh-she didn't come?
- No.

Why not?

If she comes, I have
to stay all night here.

You know, you two are the least

fun-having drug dealers I've ever known.

♪ You're just a victim... ♪

Okay, I'll see what I can do.

Okay, just you promise me

that we can have some fun now, please?

Come on! Por favor.

(LOUIE LAUGHING)

You gonna be walking

even more bowlegged than usual.

- (LAUGHING): Oh, you're talking sh*t?
- (LAUGHING)

I come out here with you, do your thing,

- and you talking sh*t. Right?
- (LAUGHING)

I love that you came out here with me.

You look great on that horse.

(HORSE SPUTTERS, JEROME CHUCKLES)

You remember his name?

- Uh, dusty.
- Yeah.

Now, you ask for him
every time from now on.

- Won't have to.
- Why?

- I just bought him. Yours, too.
- What?

What?! (LAUGHS) You really
just bought these horses?

I did. Still got to do the
paperwork and that sh*t,

but I told 'em

I don't want nobody riding
'em from here on out.

(LOUIE LAUGHS)

thank you.

You're still gonna show
me that reverse cowgirl?

(LOUIE LAUGHS)

Behind the stables?

Ooh. Behind the stables.

- You hear that, dusty? (LAUGHS)
- (LAUGHS)

(LIVELY CROWD CHATTER)

Cocaine may have played

a role in the mysterious death

of college basketball star Len Bias.

That, according to police,

traces of the drug
were found in his body.

NBC's Robert Hager reports

that Bias' death has touched
off a wider investigation,

and police are now treating it as a...

Why, knowing what you know,

would you try to steal from us?

You risked your life
for some f*cking shoes?

We're the ones out
here doing all the work.

We don't make sh*t.
That sh*t ain't right.

n*gg*s that work the hardest
always make the least,

or is this news to your
ignorant ass? Huh?

Take 'em off.

Oh, thank you, Leon.

Look, you ain't never
gonna hear about this again.

- Look, I'm sorry.
- I know.

Huh? No! Get the f*ck off me!

Let me see that shoe.

Don't... Don't do this, man. Come on!

- Shut the f*ck up!
- (YELLING)

Don't try to f*cking steal
from your f*cking dealer!

(YELLING) sh*t.

- (GRUNTING)
- Ooh! Oh, oh, oh.

My foot broke.

(PANTING)

My foot. (GROANS)

- What about these?
- He can keep 'em.

He paid for 'em.

(GRUNTING, PANTING)

(GROANING): Oh. Oh.

(YELLING)

- Hey, how are you?
- It's possible.

♪ Bah-bah-bah, bah-bah, bah-bah-bah ♪

♪ Bah, bah, bah, bah-bah ♪

♪ Bah-bah-bah, bah-bah, bah-bah-bah ♪

♪ Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah ♪

(INHALES)

- ♪ Baby, I-I-I can't wait... ♪
- (SIGHS)

BRIT (COUGHING): Oh, my God.

You have to see it.
Tom Cruise is, like, so hot.

Oh, my God. Is he, like, the hottest?

You're a d*ck.

And you're a walking, talking
valley girl stereotype.

You know what we need to all
go see is the new alien movie.

All right? I-I've heard it's great.

What's aliens?

It's the sequel to alien.

You haven't seen alien?

All right, you have to see it.

It's about the crew on this spaceship,
right?

And they get a distress call,

they go check it out,
so instead of going home,

they-they explore this kind
of celestial landscape, right?

And you got this dynamic
cast of characters.

You've got the, uh, the machismo pilot,

- right, and you got this...
- Hey.

- I'm Josh.
- You've see alien?

You've seen alien?

- Yeah.
- Yeah, everyone's seen it.

Hi, I'm Brit.

- There's this landscape, right?
- And this is Megan.

JOSH: How'd you two end up here tonight?

- Hey, man.
- Hey. Hey.

Did we say you could
have some of our cocaine?

Uh, no, but this is
my buddy's party, and

I don't know you guys,
so let's just call it cool.

- (LAUGHS)
- Call it "cool."

(LAUGHTER)

Uh, no, we can't call
it "cool." I don't care

who your buddy is. You
think you can just come here,

take my boy's cocaine without asking?

Okay, um...

(CHUCKLES) Whatever, dude.

(LAUGHING)

JOSH: Is he always a f*cking assh*le?

- Or is this just a... ?
- Whoa.

What was that?

- You want to say that again?
- (GASPING)

- (GUESTS GASPING)
- Hey.

Let's just chill out, okay?

(LAUGHS) This f*cking...

You take our cocaine,

you call us names,

and now you want me to chill out?

Look, I'm sorry.

- I didn't know.
- You didn't know what?

Who you were f*cking with?

Well, now you do, don't you?

Thad, hey, let it go. Hey.

Let it go. Let it go. Hey, hey.

It's not worth it, all right? Okay?

- Yeah.
- Where'd you get a g*n?

Uh... Okay.

♪ 'till my love walks in the door ♪

- (SIGHS)
- (ROB LAUGHS)

- ♪ I can't wait ♪
- ♪ Wait... ♪

(SCREAMING)

(LAUGHING): How about that?

Huh? You f*cking bitch.

(SCREAMING CONTINUES)

♪ Tell me what is on your mind... ♪

f*ck.

Get out! Go!

f*ck.

(BIRDS SINGING)

NEWSMAN: Crisis for American
farmers continues to worsen.

As bankruptcies and foreclosures

hit a new peak last month,

the export deficit once
again topped million...

(TV PLAYS QUIETLY)

NEWSMAN (ON TV):
Police are on the scene,

and Caroline has more.

CAROLINE: Last night,
here in north Hollywood,

a house party turned tragic.

-year-old Josh Hendricks
was sh*t and k*lled

after a dispute erupted over
some sort of cocaine use.

Right now, police are
looking for Thad Brenner.

He's years old. They believe
he's the alleged sh**t.

If you have any information,
or if you've seen him,

you are urged to call your
local authorities immediately.

NEWSMAN : Thanks, Caroline.

We'll bring you more
as that story develops.

It's ten past the hour...

VERONIQUE: Less
dependent we are on loans,

the stronger our case will be.

You worried about coming
up with that number?

No.

But it might be good bringing
this to Jerome and Louie,

Leon, hedge our bets,
spread the wealth if it works.

If you want to go fast, you go alone.

If you want to go far, you go together.

It's an old African proverb. (CHUCKLES)

what if I want to go fast and far?

Then you go with me.

(FRANKLIN LAUGHS)

You're enjoying this, huh?

Everything I promised?

Yeah.

But it's also everything
I've worked for.

Damn.

I can't just get a "yes"?

Your man hooked it up one time.

You've come through on
everything you said you would.

And a man worth his
word is a man worth me.

VERONIQUE: Mmm.

- Mm. Somebody gonna see.
- Oh.

It's okay.

I'm the boss.

(BOTH LAUGH)

(PAGER BEEPS)

(VERONIQUE SIGHS)

(PAGER BUZZING AND BEEPING)

(SIGHS)

Oh, g*dd*mn.

(GROANS)

MAN: Hello?

Hello?

Morning. Ladwp.

Just making sure your water and

your power have been activated.

You're, uh, Grady Williamson?
Moved in June ?

Yeah. That's correct.

So they got you working
on Sundays now, huh?

Yeah. They say it's the only way

you're gonna keep up with the backlog.

But listen, if you want
to call and complain,

I won't stop you.

Looks like I should have
been here yesterday.

It must have been a hell of a party.

GRADY: Yeah.

Morning.

Well, that's all I got on my end.

Unless you got anything,
I'll be on my way.

Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Just, uh, just one second.

"Justin. ."

just in case I want to call them
and let them know what a fine

and thorough job
you've done this morning.

You betcha. Don't
forget to complain about

those Sundays for me, would you?

Yeah. I'll be right on that.

(SNIFFLES)

Still feeling it, huh?

Yeah, man. Summer
colds... The f*cking worst.

All right, come on, let's go.

(KNOCKING)

Rob?

Come on, man. It's me.

BRIT: Got it.

ANNOUNCER (ON TV):
Every imaginable accessory.

BRIT: Hi.

Hey, brother.

Oh, thank God you're here.

Man, what a night.

ANNOUNCER: Not only
will you win the second car...

This-this whole thing.

This is so f*cked up.

It's like it doesn't even seem real.

You know? I mean,

the cops... they're-they're
looking everywhere for him.

It's all over the news.
It's f*cking crazy.

FRANKLIN: You still
ain't heard from him?

Well, he said he knew a
place he could go. You know.

That he'd be in touch,

but I didn't want to know where he was,

you know, in case the
cops came asking me?

Think it's time your friends went home.

(SIREN WHOOPING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(GARBLED RADIO TRANSMISSION)

(LOUD, OVERLAPPING, INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(DISTANT SIREN WAILING)

Found this in the
oldest boy's sock drawer,

but that's it so far.

All right, find Romeo.

I want to know if that
dumb sh*t was playing us,

or if he's actually this f*cking stupid.

- Hmm.
- Jesus.

- Hey, can we get this kid some help?
- I didn't do nothing.

Wait, baby, baby.

Baby, that's o... don't you
say nothing, don't you say...

Don't say nothing.
Get your hands off my boy!

Man, y'all done lost your mind

coming up in my house like this?

b*ating on my boy.

Ma'am, do me a favor
and please shut the f*ck up.

What?

See, now you don't talk to me like that.

Think I'm-a need to get your
names and your badge numbers...

- Get her out of my face.
- What?

- BOY: Hey! Hey!
- Somebody's gonna pay for this!

BOY: Take your hands off my mother!

HENRIETTA: Baby, it's okay.
Baby, don't you say nothing.

Don't you say nothing.
Baby, it's okay... (CRYING)

I got you! I'm gonna...

Get off of me! Baby, don't say nothing.

Don't say nothing.
Put your cuffs on me...

Get off me, get off me.

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

I did not know you held onto this place.

Yeah.

Couldn't bring myself to sell it.

How's your mom?

- You talk to her much?
- Here and there.

She's all right.

Come on.

Remember the first time you came here?

You got homesick, had to call your moms

- to come pick you up?
- (LAUGHS SOFTLY)

It's 'cause your house smelled weird.

It's called food.

Your house smelled like ass. (LAUGHS)

Full of p*rn stars and sh*t.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Come on, man.

Hey, the minute you hear from Thad,
page me, all right?

I got to ask.

How much does he know?

You know, about who we really work for?

No, he doesn't know anything about that.

Yeah, 'cause, you know,

there's a lot at stake these days.

Can't risk somebody flipping

on us and blowing this sh*t up.

You hear me?

It's my problem. Mm.

I won't let it hurt you or anybody else.

Get some sleep. Talk later.

All right?

n*gg*s die by the handful every day

and nobody give a f*ck,
but one white boy gets sh*t

in the valley and the
whole city loses they mind?

Look, as soon as Thad reaches out,

then Rob will know where he's at,

and then we'll go do what
has to be done, all right?

- Well, how Rob doing?
- (FRANKLIN SIGHS)

Not so good. Rob's been using.

Cocaine, freebasing,
too, from the looks.

Oh, this sh*t just
get better and better.

Can't have no smokers
running around here

- with our names in his mouth, nephew.
- Look, I know.

And as soon as we deal
with this sh*t with Thad,

I'm gonna get Rob out the game.

- Get him cleaned up.
- You think Rob down with that?

- He ain't got no choice.
- Well, Rob being out means

less product being moved,

less likely Grady is to cut that price,

and I need the price cut, Franklin.

Inglewood is already
threatening to go straight

- to the Colombians.
- Look, I'm gonna straighten

this sh*t out with Rob,
then I'm gonna deal with that,

and then we can talk about
the m*therf*cking prices.

The f*ck you looking at, n*gga?

WANDA: That's right, baby.

Don't be shy.

Tell mama what you want me
to do with that big cock.

(LAUGHS SOFTLY)

You want me to... slap it?

Uh, okay, baby.

I'll slap the sh*t out of that d*ck.

You want me to stomp
on your balls? For real?

All right, bitch,

I'll cr*ck those m*therf*cking
nuts if that's what you want.

Wait, hold on, baby.

Hold on... make it last, baby.
Hell... hello?

I tried to keep him on
the line, but these n*gg*s

- come on ready to blow.
- Course they do.

That's why they're calling.

It's your job to tease them
out, keep them on the line.

You know, you got to hold the cream

- ... To make the green. Yeah.
- Make the green.

That's, that's it.

So, uh, I know you can do it.

Prove me right.

(PHONE RINGING)

(SIGHS)

(INSECTS TRILLING)

(SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE)

(HELICOPTER PASSES OVERHEAD)

♪ ♪

(KEYS JANGLE)

What the hell?

White boy Rob?

- Hey, Wanda.
- (SIGHS)

- Hey.
- WANDA: Uh...

ROB: Franklin didn't call you or...

WANDA: No, Franklin didn't call me.

Somebody want to tell me
what the f*ck is going on?

PEACHES: Franklin
said he'd be back later.

So I need you to keep an eye on him

for a few hours till he get back.

What do you mean, "keep an eye on him"?

I got to stay up all night and make sure

that fool don't try and run?

It mean do whatever needs
doing to keep him here.

I got to go.

(DOOR OPENS)

You used to be that fool.

(ROB COUGHING, SNIFFLING)

(KNOCKING ON DOORFRAME)

You need anything?

(COUGHS)

How long've you been staying here?

Maybe six months or so.

Don't nobody want to rent
to a former basehead,

so Leon asked Franklin
if he would help me out.

I remember...

... Being where you are.

I know it hurts,

but you can get through it.

And then, once you're
on the other side of this,

you get to live.

For real, it's the shape
of Marie Antoinette's titty.

- JEROME: No sh*t?
- Yeah.

- See, her nipple go right there.
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)

- (CROAKS, LAUGHS)
- Uh, yeah?

- (DOOR OPENS)
- CHELLE: Hey, he's here.

Took him into the VIP,
told him you'd be right there.

Okay. Thank you, Chelle.

♪ Tryin' to loosen up with yourself... ♪

- You want me to come with you?
- Mm-mm.

I got this. You just sit here.

Mm-hmm. Chocolate and pretty.

You better be naked when I get back.

- Yes, ma'am. Mm.
- Uh-huh.

- (DOOR CLOSES)
- (MUSIC CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

♪ ♪

(LOUD CHATTER)

Who's the new girl?

That's Chelle.

She asked what your story was.

I told her you were a cop.
You know what she said?

"f*ck that guy"?

(CHUCKLES)

"He's too good-looking to be a cop."

(MUMBLES): All right.

♪ Like it's a party... ♪

(SNORTS) Hey, where Big Rome at?

He didn't want to come say hi?

He can, if you want him to.

Eh, not really.

I asked around about
your man in the valley.

Narc guys say they don't
have anyone named Volpe

- on their radar.
- Appreciate you doing that.

Yeah?

- How much?
- That a real question?

(SNORTS)

I raided a house today.

th and normandie.

Ci said it was a rock house.

Turns out, some lady
and her kids live there.

Whoops.

I mean, I go into the
station these days,

I got gray-haired dudes,

veins popping out they necks,
screaming about numbers.

And more busts, more arrests,
more headlines.

A ballplayer ods in Maryland

and sh*t starts to roll downhill in L.A.

♪ Dancing, I'm a disco
child born to dance ♪

♪ I'm a disco child... ♪

You know, we've come
a long way, you and me.

Feels like we got something
good going on here.

And I want it to continue.

You want that?

Me looking out for you,

gracing you and your girls with my, um,

what'd she say, uh,

"too good-looking to be a cop" visage?

- That depends.
- On what?

What it is you're getting
ready to ask me for.

♪ Celebrate each day... ♪

I need something to give to my bosses.

Get them off my back, you know?

Little red meat.

I ain't no snitch, beau.

Ain't nobody said
sh*t about no snitching.

This is about self-preservation.

I can't help you unless you help me.

So unless you want to go back

to not having my protection,

I suggest you find somebody to serve up.

♪ Watch me dance ♪

♪ Watch me dance... ♪

You can send Chelle over here now.
(CLEARS THROAT)

♪ Whoa, watch me dance... ♪

♪ I'm a disco child, born to dance... ♪

(PANTING)

(SNIFFS, SIGHS)

FRANKLIN: Good morning.

Made you coffee.

I don't drink coffee.

(SCOFFS) Well, maybe you should start.

What were you gonna do?

Just go wander in the streets?

Looking for any random corner boy?

I heard from Thad.

I know where he is.

I just needed something to...

Even me out before I go out there.

- Out where, Rob?
- Palm springs.

Where some family friend
of theirs has a place,

it sits empty in the summer.

I said I'd take care of
this and I will, you know?

Just... You just give
me a car and a g*n.

No, I'm not letting
you go out there alone.

Peaches will go with you.

Thad's freaked out, man.
He's, like, paranoid.

If Peaches shows up with me,
he'll know something's off.

And if he doesn't, I got to worry about

you getting high and f*cking it all up.

Now where does that leave us, huh?

I mean, you could come with us.

You know, Thad
knows you. It'll relax him.

He'll think we're coming to help.

(EXHALES)

Call Thad.

Tell him we're coming
out there to get him.

I'll get Peaches to
get you some cocaine,

straighten you out, huh?

We'll all go out there to the desert,

make sure this sh*t don't
come back to bite us.

Then after, we come back here,

I'll fly you to some
fancy f*cking rehab place,

and you promise me
that you gonna get sober

and stay that way, all right?

Oh, yeah, that sounds
f*cking perfect, man. Thanks.

(ROB CHUCKLES)

I mean it, Rob.

Promise me.

Yeah.

Yeah, I promise.

(SNORTS) So I heard
this story last week.

(SNORTS) The cops,
one weekend on the freeway

from L.A. To vegans,
they put out a sign that says,

"One mile ahead, all cars are
being stopped and searched."

so all these people, partying
on the drive to vegans,

they see this, get
freaked out, start to panic.

Then they see there's an
exit a half-mile ahead.

So the cars with
dr*gs and stuff in them,

they start getting off
at the exit, you know?

(CHUCKLES)

To try and get around the search?

Want to guess what happened?

They all got away.

♪ Bring it out, let's hit the dough... ♪

Cops set up the real search
at the bottom of the off-ramp.

Everybody who has something
to hide came straight to them.

Yep.

And it wasn't cops, it
was the f*cking sea.

PEACHES: g*dd*mn. Like a n*gga

ain't got enough to be
worried about already.

- ♪ And a g*n ♪
- ♪ Go 'head ♪

♪ Fired up, can't take no more ♪

♪ Fired up... ♪

Hey, how close are we?

PEACHES: At least another hour.

- ♪ Sing! I'm fired up ♪
- ♪ Can't take no more ♪

- ♪ Fired up ♪
- ♪ I'm tired of being poor... ♪

ROB: You got a piece for me?

♪ Fired up... ♪

FRANKLIN: It's in the trunk.

Yeah, can I grab it now?

Yeah. To get used to it?

♪ What I'm gonna do ♪

♪ Breakin' out, it's 'cause of you... ♪

FRANKLIN: f*ck it, I got to piss anyway.

- ♪ Take no more ♪
- ♪ Fired up ♪

- ♪ I'm tired of being poor ♪
- ♪ I'm fired up. ♪

PEACHES: Yep.

You ever sh*t one before?

My dad had one. We used to take it

and drive out to the antelope
valley, sh**t at cans.

The safety's on the side.

(SAFETY CLICKS)

ROB: I wonder if we'll be
able to see Halley's comet

out here tonight.

PEACHES: What?

Halley's comet?

It circles earth once every,
like, years or something.

And right now, it's as close

as it's gonna be until we're, like...

... you know, years old.

FRANKLIN: Come on, let's keep moving.

(TRUNK DOOR CLOSES)

PEACHES: This should be it.

- (SNORTS)
- You good?

ROB: Yeah, man. I'm fine.

(OWL HOOTING)

(KNOCKING ON WINDOW)

Calm your ass down.

- You sure he here?
- (ROB SNIFFS DEEPLY)

That's his car.

(CAR DOOR SHUTS)

Come on.

(WHOOSHING)

- ROB: Hey, Thad.
- Jesus Christ!

You scared the sh*t out of me.

What the hell took you guys so long?

I'm going f*cking crazy out here, man.

Came as soon as we could.

- All right, who's that?
- FRANKLIN: That's just my guy.

It's Peaches, he's my security.

Rolls everywhere with me, it's all good.

Put that sh*t away.

ROB: Thad, what are you doing?

- What the f*ck, man?
- ROB: Hey, Thad, come on, dude.

Lower the g*n.

- Come on, man.
- FRANKLIN: Yeah.

- It's me, huh? Come on.
- Lower the g*n.

FRANKLIN: Thank you. sh*t.

You're scaring everybody.

Can we go inside, talk?

I'd rather just get my
sh*t and get out of here.

Yeah, yeah, sure. Come on.

Come on, let's go.

Anybody else know you're here?

- THAD: No.
- FRANKLIN: No?

No, just you guys.

- All right.
- So what's the plan?

Rob said you got a plane.

I don't really care where we go,

as long as it's far away from here.

ROB: Hmm.

I was thinking maybe your CIA guy

can get me a new passport or something.

(SOFTLY): Rob?

(GRUNTS)

(THAD STAMMERS)

Oh, my God.

(GROANS)

(PANTING)

Holy f*ck.

Finish him off.

(PANTING)

Rob, no. Please.

Oh, my God.

- I can't. I can't.
- Come on.

(THAD PANTING)

THAD: Oh, f*ck.

Rob, don't. No, no, no.

Rob. Please, please.

Rob, no, no, no.

No. Please, please, Rob. Don't.

Please, don't. Don't.

Rob, please.

No, please. Please. Rob, no, no, no.

No, no, no. Please,
please, Rob. Don't...

(DOGS BARKING IN DISTANCE)

(INSECTS TRILLING)

PEACHES: Right here.

Hey.

You did good.

sh*t couldn't have gone
down any other way.

One last night, right?

Got to make it count.

(ROB INHALING)

(ROB COUGHING)

(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

(SIGHS)

Hey, beautiful.

It's almost : .

(GRUNTS)

Yeah, late night.

(EXHALES) do I want to know?

No. Probably not.

Well, now I need to.

(FRANKLIN GRUNTS)

It's just a friend of mine
I went to high school with,

got into some trouble,
needed a little help.

It's all good.

You okay?

(SIGHS)

What ring's that?

VERONIQUE: It's my first stone.

Azurite.

I bought it when I decided I didn't want

my mom's energy around anymore,

but I didn't quite know how to tell her.

Why do I feel like you about

to hit me with some bad news?

Mm.

It's not bad.

Listen, I know you didn't bust your ass,

make it all the way through law school,

just to be some housewife.

Some things will change.

Everything will change if
we have this baby, Franklin.

Yes, I know.

But you can still have
the life that you want.

I believe you.

I do.

I love you, Franklin.

Even though having this child

is nowhere in my five year plan.

(LAUGHS)

I know this baby will be amazing.

That a higher power put this
in our lives for a reason.

But I need you to hear me.

I will not accept a life
that does not support

this child in every way.

- And your other life...
- Is ending.

- Soon.
- (WHISPERS): Okay.

Come here.

% of how I spend my time now

is being in real estate with you.

Grady's on our side,
in legit business with us.

He ain't gonna want anything
bad to happen to us.

Hmm. But until then,
you can't control it.

Neither can I.

I have to accept that.

Make my peace with it.

And I have.

I need you to swear to me

that until the day comes
you can walk away,

you will do everything you have

to do to make sure our baby,

this family,

is safe and protected.

(ROB GRUNTING, PANTING)

Wish we could find that comet.

It's got to be out here somewhere.

What it look like?

I think it's, like, a bright spot

- with a tail behind it.
- A tail?

Think I read it was supposed
to be in the southern sky.

That way.

Oh, wow.

I think I see it. (LAUGHS)

FRANKLIN: Yeah? Where?

It's right there. See?
Just behind that...

FRANKLIN: I'm gonna
do whatever it takes.

Promise.

(LAUGHS SOFTLY)

FRANKLIN: Spotted it
during my flight on Saturday.

I want to build us a compound.

A place for us to start our legacy.

But I need to know I
have your loyalty, V.

(SIGHS)

Baby, of course.

I'm serious.

You know, people I loved
told me they had my back

and then stabbed me in it.

But you see, the thing is,
all those people today,

they're all gone.

What you had, that predates me.

What you need from me now,

that's yours.

♪ ♪

♪ Some people think they jive me ♪

♪ But I know they must be crazy ♪

♪ Don't see they misfortune? ♪

♪ Guess they just too lazy ♪

♪ Je suis the grand zombie ♪

♪ My yellow belt of choison ♪

♪ ain't afraid of no tomcat ♪

♪ Fill my brains with poison ♪

♪ Walk through the fire ♪

♪ Fly through the smoke ♪

♪ See my enemy ♪

♪ at the end of they rope ♪

♪ Walk on pins and needles ♪

♪ See what they can do ♪

♪ Walk on gilded splinters ♪

♪ with the king of the zulu ♪

♪ Kon kon, the kiddy kon kon ♪

♪ Walk on gilded splinters ♪

♪ Kon... ♪