01x09 - Story of a Scar

[bunniefuu]

- What's up with you?
- I've gotta tell you something.

Gustavo, nice boots.

I haven't seen you in
a couple of days.

I've been busy.

You f*cking piece of sh*t!

You have the balls to come in
here after running to daddy?

Anyone else here? Gustavo?

I don't know where he is.

We have to talk.

You can't do it alone.

I'm not alone.

Does Club Glitter mean
anything to you?

Did that sister find
out we were there?

No, she met some guys
and left with them.

What guys?

He kinda looked like, like,
a Latino Freddie Mercury.

- What you boys doing here?
- We just cruisin'.

Then cruise.

We sell it right here in
the hood. Same as weed.

$ , off a single key?

Oh, sh*t.

I'm comin', man!

They're on their way.
You're gonna be all right.

...just chillin'.

Just chillin'...

Yeah, I know. I-I heard.

Um, have you seen Franklin?

Mm-hmm. Can you just...

Just send him home, you know?

I just... I just need to see him.

Or he can call me or,
you know, just, uh...

All right.

Where have you been?!

At the station.

God.

Mm.

Hope you could give
them more than I could.

Did the back and forth
there for over two hours.

You went to the hospital?

- Mm-hmm.
- How's Leon?

He caught two b*ll*ts, Franklin.

He's lucky to be alive.

Her mother was hysterical and
I didn't have much for her.

He gonna be good, though?

Looks that way. Yeah.

You gon' make me ask?

It's Leon. You know.

Always starting some sh*t.

Finally mouthed off
to the wrong person.

You know, he probably caught
him coming by the house.

So you had nothing to do
with it, right?

No.

Come on, Mom. Of course not.

You scare me, Franklin.

How easy it is for you
to look me in the eye

and lie your ass off.

You got your best friend's
blood on your clothes

and you don't miss
a g*dd*mn b*at.

Jerome was here.

Heard the news. Wanted to check in.

Guilt was all over his face.

At least someone in this family

- has still got a f*cking conscience.
- What'd he say?

He didn't have to say sh*t.

I wanna hear it from you.

What you wanna hear?

Start with how long you've
been slinging the weed for him.

Six months.

Give or take.

Six months you've been
lying to my face.

Playing me for a g*dd*mn fool.

No, it was never easy lying to you.

And I didn't like it.

But I had to step up,
get somethin' real going.

Ain't like you don't know
about smoking no weed.

What you say?

Who the f*ck you think
you talkin' to?!

You ain't gonna f*cking
talk to me this way. You...

Miss Cissy?

I, uh...

...hope it's not too late.

- You doin' all right?
- Yeah, we're good.

I already talked to a
bunch of your friends.

Yeah. I wanted a minute
with the boy,

if you don't mind.

He's man enough to
speak for himself.

Hey. Franklin.

You may relax, relax.

All right, I know you've seen
your fair share of badges today.

I was hoping you and me,

we could have a
different conversation.

It's like I told them, man,
I don't...

I don't know anything
and I didn't see anything.

What if I told you I saw two
boys parked down the street

watching your house?

Got a good look at their faces.

All I need you to do is help me
fill in some blanks. Get me a name.

I'll take care of the rest.

Afraid I can't help you.

Excuse me.

And what about the fish t*nk?

Fish t*nk?

Yeah, it's in the back
of the storage unit.

Remember you said you thought
fish would be soothing?

Oh, right.

Yeah, that seemed like a good idea.

Until I realized we'd have
vat of floating bacteria

in our living room.

Hey, I understand.

You have bigger things to
worry about than a fish t*nk.

Oh, sh*t. Uh, Jules,
sorry. Look, I gotta run.

Um, you know,
why don't you just get rid

of the fish t*nk if you want,
all right?

Yeah, sure. Fine.

Okay, I'll talk to you soon.
I love you.

That's all they were
able to salvage.

Wait, what about Elena?

Her Jeep was hit.

But they got her out.

She had some burns,
but nothing too bad.

Flew her to Soto Cano
for treatment.

Then it's all destroyed?

The... the camp,
the processing tent,

our pipeline?

I have other suppliers
we can use for now.

Who?

The Colombians?

It'll keep things moving.

Who are they? Escobar's people?

Escobar's too powerful.

Could run us over and
not even feel the bump.

Okay.

The Medellín Cartel controls,

like, % of the
Colombian coke trade.

Uh-huh. And we'll be
dealing with the other %.

Out of Cali.

Can they meet our needs?

At decent prices.

But there'll be a bigger
slice taken out

than getting the
leaves from Peru.

Yeah, but I guess I'm more
concerned with whether or not

we can trust them.

Oh...

Okay. Um, okay.

How soon can we sit
down with them?

The next few days, but
it has to be just me.

Hey, trust me.
I'm doing you a favor.

Pinche Pedro.

What did Ramiro say?

Well, he wasn't happy.
Obviously.

But he agreed to keep
things running.

He's letting it continue.

First, Ramiro's taking control
of the entire operation.

He's taking it away from you?

...it could be a lot worse.

Worse than
being Ramiro's sl*ve? Hmm?

He also doesn't wanna do
bussiness with Stomper anymore.

Those Monarcas pose too much risk,

and we don't need them.

Once my father's gone,

we could use our own
distribution network.

And what do I tell El
Stomper and Hernan? Hmm?

You aren't to do anything.

Should be enough for
you to start over.

You want me to run?

You k*lled two of his men.
He's not gonna let that go.

You're siding with him? Hmm?

With my family, Oso.

With my family.

What do you want me to do?
You want me to turn my back on them?

Run away with you?

Look at me.

Look at me, carajo.

I'm not gonna run.

Maybe we don't have to run

Been trying to get a minute
with you, but your pops,

you know, we have...

Ooh!

Summer classes going okay?

Boring as hell,

but it'll look good on
my transcripts.

How's Leon?

Coming home from the
hospital today.

And you? You all right?

Cool.

Thanks for walking me home.

My daddy brought the hammer down.

Don't want me around
none of y'all.

So we gonna have to
roll a different way.

It's all good, though.

So we gonna have to roll
I know it's a little messy.

I didn't expect you to come, so...

The... the cops.

They was on their way,
and, you know, and Leon...

I had to think fast, Mel.

I couldn't risk 'em
searching my house.

So...

you gonna risk my ass

- by bringing that sh*t into my crib?
- I couldn't see any other way.

I thought you was down with me.

And I thought you
actually cared about me.

But you can't see anything else
besides what's inside that f*cking bag.

I'm sorry.
It's not gonna happen again.

No. Franklin, just go.

- Just... don't touch me.
- It's...

Get out. Get out of my house.

Get out.

- Hey.
- Hi.

Victoria, come in.

How's it goin'?

Okay.

- How about you?
- Yeah. Okay. What's going on?

I just wanted to, uh...

I just wanted to
get you something.

What is it? You know, it's to
thank you for all of your help.

No, you don't... you
don't have to do that.

It's from "Harvey."

You know, that one with
the giant invisible rabbit

that only Jimmy Stewart
can see, so...

I can't accept this.

Oh, no. I insist.

I mean, you've been the one
bright spot in all of this.

So..

Yeah. Especially when I
was throwing up everywhere

- and getting punched in the face.
- Yeah.

Uh, yeah. Especially then.

Listen... I just...

I can't keep doing this
for much longer.

At a certain point, I just
have to accept that she's, uh...

...that she's gone, you know?

Hey.

You've done more than
anybody else would have.

Well, I don't know if that's
true, but... Thank you.

Can I...

Mm.

I should probably go.

Okay.

Bye.

Hey.

Err.. Jerome ain't here.

I was looking for Franklin.

He's not here neither.

How much are you
involved in all of this?

Here we go.

What, You comin' for me, too?

Well, you and Jerome always lock,
step, and barrel and everything.

Okay, all right. All
right, all right, okay.

Look, I feel you

Things are sideways, sh*t
brought into your home.

So I ain't gonna
take it personally,

but Jerome ain't here,
Franklin ain't here.

It's just me. So...

Here, let me get you some coffee.

It's all falling apart.

No, it ain't.

I should've never let
him quit college.

Throwing away all the
advantages I gave him.

Nah, you was happy
to have him back home.

My brother was happy
to have him slinging.

Your brother ain't been
doing nothing but trying

to keep that boy straight.

Franklin is the one
that's been pushing ahead.

It's even been causing
some problems in our home,

so don't be blamin' Jerome.

So I should be blaming you.

Can blame me...

Blame Jerome, you blame
Franklin for droppin' out.

But I don't see you blamin'
the one person who should be

thinkin' real hard
about her own choices.

- Excuse me?
- Look at what Franklin sees.

You, kissing up to some
cr*cker ass slumlord.

- You better stop, Louie.
- Begging him...

You better stop right
m*therf*cking there.

...and begging him for
the crumbs off the table.

Are you tryin' to take
the high road with me?

Let me remind you...

Every cent I have
earned to feed him...

to keep us alive, I have earned
standing on my own two feet.

Not playing no small
time hustle with my man.

And definitely not
laying on my g*dd*mn back.

You better watch your
f*cking mouth.

I will not stand by and
watch you try to drag my son

into that gutter your
stank ass come from.

You hear me?

I am g*dd*mn sick and
tired of your condescending,

hypocritical,
siddity ass bullshit.

Yeah, get the f*ck up
out of my house,

you Stepin Fetchit bitch.

Yeah. Yeah.

You mad Franklin' lyin',

but you the one lyin'
to your damn self!

You guys open?

Sure. Sit wherever you want.

You ready to order?

Oh, uh, could I get
a bowl of chowder

and a glass of water, please?

- Okay.
- Thank you.

Wah! Hyah!

Wah! Wah! Wah!

- That's some weak-sauce Kato.
- Kato your ass.

Wah, ah, ah!

Okay, you won. You
won. Show me your teeth.

Come here, show me your teeth.

Mm, y'all wanna go get some candy?

Yes. I do. I could probably
get, like, a lollipop.

- I'm gonna get me a cupcake...
- What's up, man?

Hey, bring me back some Lemonheads.

Where your mom at?

Laying down in the back.

Hazard pay.

What about my shirt?

No, I'm just f*cking with you.

You're stupid.

Yeah. How you feelin'?

I'm gonna need another hit
of them happy pills soon.

Then I ain't gonna
hear sh*t you gotta say.

So break it down.

When we makin' our move?

Yeah. Workin' on it.

I mean, not for nothin',

I could step it to a
m*therf*cker right now.

n*gga, you can't even step.

Nah, for real. Like, we
gotta catch 'em in the car.

Get 'em contained like they
did Sonny in "The Godfather"

and just f*ckin' k*ll 'em.

Unless that they ridin' together.

Those two always together.

Not when they rolled
up on me. Just Lenny.

Nah, that can't be right.

n*gga, don't tell me.
I was there.

Man, you sure you gonna be
able to do this sh*t without me?

I can't lie, man.

Havin' you on the
bench ain't ideal.

Well, look, it ain't
about payback, all right?

It's about rep.

You gotta let n*gg*s
know right here, right now

that we official,
'cause if you don't,

m*therf*ckers are always gonna
be comin' at us, all right?

Those options... hit or miss.

Last one...

You know, you need a
new alternator, brakes.

That's not... That's
not bothering you? The...

What?

Louie!

- Hey, Louie?
- I'm here.

- Where you been?
- What do you mean, where have I been?

- You know where I've been.
- Stop.

Your sister came here
lookin' for you.

Almost made me whup her ass.

- Hmm.
- How'd it go?

How did it go? Huh?

How'd it go?

All of this in one day?

I ain't never seen nothin' like it.

I-I upped the money to dimes.
They still came back for more.

They kept comin' back. Anyway...

What?

This gonna be huge.

Is somethin' wrong with that?

- No, it's... It's fantastic.
- Yeah

We about to do this sh*t.

Yeah, baby.

We gonna do this here.

We gonna do this.

Ye.

I got some VIPs comin' tonight.

- You Wanna sit with them?
- Okay.

Good.

Hey, what's happening, candy man?

Your timing couldn't be
better. This here is Shayla.

She's one of my newest prospects.

Don't let the baby face fool you.

- She's a prodigy.
- I need to talk to you.

This the VIP list for
tonight. A.C. Green's comin'.

Keep them girls off of him.

And get this sad brother
some Henney. g*dd*mn.

I want you to go upstairs,
try on them size shoes.

Let me know what you think.

- All right.
- Right here.

Bam.

Well, I'm glad to see
you in one piece.

You heard?

Just rumors.
Variations on a theme.

One of them had you taking
a b*llet to the face,

which I am delighted
to see ain't true.

Leon caught the b*llet.

But he gonna be all right.

That that little n*gga who
called me a busted old bitch?

I came to ask a favor, Claudia.

I need you to get
word to Ray-Ray.

Arrange a sit-down.

- A sit-down?
- Uh-huh.

Boy, you've been watching
too many TV shows.

I don't claim to know
everything about this, uh, game,

but I'm pretty sure if
a n*gga wanted you dead,

the quickest way to
expedite that sh*t

- is to sit down in front of him.
- Yeah, I'm trying to avoid that.

And you wanna use my valuable
time and resources, is that it?

Listen, if it's about product,
I could do way better now.

It ain't about that now.

You asking me to be the
United f*cking Nations.

And I'm saying

I need something a
little more personal.

Hey.

You're late.

They'll front kilos.

Prices are much better if
we pick it up in México,

- fly it in ourselves.
- That's cool.

Uh, so long as it's not
the middle of the desert,

I can live with that.

That's it?

You're not gonna pull some
sh*t? Demand to know everything?

Ask me a million questions?

Thank you for handling that.

So, uh, listen, I talked
to the doctors at Soto Cano,

and they said that they
don't have the facilities

to treat some of Elena's injuries.

So I had her flown to
the Dallas Burn Clinic.

Burn Clinic? She said
it wasn't that bad.

It's her left arm and
a part of her leg.

It's just precautions.

So I took care of the
immigration paperwork,

and, uh, she should be
there by tonight.

So...

What fart, assh*le?

Uh, this better not be
about more late payments.

I told you we would find other
buyers if it happened again.

No, no, no, no.
We have the money.

This is my father, Ramiro.

Reed and Alejandro

Okay, no, no. Why is he here?

Where's Gustavo?

My father's running things now.
Wanted to meet our suppliers.

We're gonna increase
our buy soon if that, uh,

helps to ease your mind.

Consistency and routine
ease my mind.

- Unexpected changes don't.
- Uh...

- Increase by how much?
- kilos this time.

And we're gonna
double it soon after.

From this point forward, my son
handles all the transactions,

so please continue to treat
him with the proper respect.

Of course.

We just wanna do good business.

Perfect.

You're in good hands.
I look forward for a long

and prosperous relationship here.

Well, if you gentlemen
want to come this way,

I'll get you the product.

One deal and you back out?

You see, here's the thing.

I don't think it's
gonna go down like that.

I think you're gonna come here

with the cocaine

like we agreed

It's not my choice, Vato.

Not my choice.

So your girl fucks us...

...and then sends you
to deliver the news?

Don't go there, Vato.

She didn't send me.

I'm being cut out, too.

Well, ain't this some sh*t?

Look...

Hernan vouched for me.

Be straight with you.

Tell me, why did she
change her mind so fast?

She was on her own, pero now,

Toda su pinche
familia's involved.

You're telling me
the Villanueva family

is going to be my competition?

You did the right thing by
coming here and telling us.

That was smart. Honest.

You know everything about
that bitch and her family?

Where they live? What kind of
people they got? All that sh*t?

Guess I know why you
ready for Jerome to leave.

It's the only way Claudia
help me set up the meeting.

And I told her, I won't put
you in any kind of danger.

- Or anything...
- It ain't like that.

I know.

I didn't get that at first.

She told you about us?

Way back when?

Not so much.

So you just came here

to ask me to f*ck that
crazy bitch?

Nah, of course not. Mnh.

- I just couldn't see any other way.
- Relax. It ain't that bad.

I just wanna be clear on
exactly what is gonna come of it.

Lenny the one out of pocket.

That makes sense after
what we did to him.

If I could just get
Ray-Ray into a room...

Oh, honey.
That is not what I meant.

Nah, I got all the faith
in the world

that you gon' handle this sh*t.

My question is,
when it do work out,

what's in it for me?

How much you want?

It ain't about the money.

It's about Claudia,
about that club.

If I do this,
you gon' get it for me.

These numbers look good.

You know, once this ramps
up, it's gonna happen fast.

More people, more weapons.

Then we'll bring in someone
to look at the books.

I don't need any help
with the books.

I know.

You get into cocaine,
could get violent.

God forbid if anything
should happen to you.

I can't have you be the only one
that knows about our finances.

What?

It's your father's house number.

Hello, I'm not in right
now. Please leave a message

after the beep.

Hi, Reed. It's Victoria calling.

I-I think I found something
that might possibly help us.

So if you could just call
me back when you get this,

I wanna share it with you.

You know, you've been so
helpful with everything,

you know, getting in

- Hello, hey, it's me.
- Oh, hi.

- I think I found a lead.
- Yeah, what'd you find?

So I was packing up
Kristin's stuff

to take back home,
including her pictures,

and that's when I started
thinking about photos.

And I remembered seeing
someone taking photos

at the club the other night.

And so I went back to Glitter
and they put me in contact

with Rinaldi,
who was there the night

- that Kristin went missing.
- How you doing?

And he had all these
photos, so show him the one.

That's them! Leaving the club.

Go to the next one.

And that's Jess, right?

And him, you know,
Latin Freddie Mercury.

Wait, zoom in.

Yeah. He's the one.

He's the answer to all this.

Order , double cheeseburger
and onion rings.

, double cheeseburger
and onion rings.

Yeah, that's cool.

You want some food?
You hungry? Milkshakes are good.

Nah, I'm good.

Claudia lay it all out?

She laid it out.

What the hell you thought
was gonna happen?

b*at down my homie?

You f*ck up his house?

You see that?

I got b*at down first.

And I wasn't the one
who did it to him.

Yeah, well, we took care
of them HTB arcade n*gg*s.

What about the cops?

You take care of them, too?

You know, matter of fact,

my next door neighbor's a cop.

Said he saw two guys
scopin' out my place.

And he's tracking them
down right now.

That's how it's going down?
You a snitch, m*therf*cker?

If you're looking for some type of
truce, you're in the wrong place.

No, no, no, no.

No truce.

Then what the f*ck
is we doin' here?

We gonna talk business.

Because that's what
it's about, right?

Money?