1 00:00:06,659 --> 00:00:09,340 Trying to deal with this Manboy-Skully shit. 2 00:00:09,420 --> 00:00:11,459 Ain't no dealing with those motherfuckers. 3 00:00:11,539 --> 00:00:13,435 Only thing you can do is stay out the way and be glad 4 00:00:13,459 --> 00:00:17,220 - they ain't coming at us. - I need you with me, Lee. 5 00:00:17,299 --> 00:00:19,060 - I'm good. - I want to see 6 00:00:19,139 --> 00:00:21,299 Franklin Saint in prison. 7 00:00:21,380 --> 00:00:24,619 Whatever this is, good people are dying over it. 8 00:00:24,700 --> 00:00:27,580 - Can you give me anything? - Tony Marino. 9 00:00:27,659 --> 00:00:30,139 He was Lorena's handler. Start there. 10 00:00:30,220 --> 00:00:32,459 You had something you wanted to discuss. 11 00:00:32,539 --> 00:00:35,499 You've been hemorrhaging cash to the tune of about 13%. 12 00:00:35,579 --> 00:00:39,060 - What is it you want? - I think I may be able to help you. 13 00:00:39,139 --> 00:00:42,179 Hey, Avi. It's Reed Thompson. Listen, my contact in Costa Rica 14 00:00:42,259 --> 00:00:44,579 said that the cargo never even showed up. 15 00:00:44,660 --> 00:00:46,716 I need to know where my guns are and I want you to find out. 16 00:00:46,740 --> 00:00:48,340 And you'll let me know as soon as you do. 17 00:00:48,380 --> 00:00:50,700 You heard anything about Skully? Whether he survived it? 18 00:00:50,779 --> 00:00:52,779 How the fuck am I supposed to know? 19 00:00:52,859 --> 00:00:56,020 Told that nigga not to get mixed up in that shit. 20 00:00:56,100 --> 00:01:01,139 Skully was shot, but he ain't dead. Just real, real mad. 21 00:01:01,219 --> 00:01:03,779 Find Franklin Saint! 22 00:01:09,380 --> 00:01:12,619 Got to bounce, homey. I'll holler at you tomorrow. 23 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:19,740 - Want to buy a tooth? - What? 24 00:01:19,819 --> 00:01:21,940 It's got a... it's got a silver filling. 25 00:01:22,020 --> 00:01:24,220 - Nah, go on with that shit. - Well, fuck you then! 26 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:26,100 Fuck you! 27 00:01:28,300 --> 00:01:30,740 Hey, Lee. 28 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:35,860 Hey, Lee. 29 00:01:35,940 --> 00:01:42,020 I got a tooth for sale. 30 00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:43,619 Here. 31 00:01:53,140 --> 00:01:57,819 There he go. Told y'all. 32 00:01:57,899 --> 00:01:59,500 That is that nigga. 33 00:01:59,580 --> 00:02:01,979 Let me get a burger with some raw onions. 34 00:02:02,059 --> 00:02:05,940 - Pull up on him. Hurry up. - Hey, Fatback. 35 00:02:06,020 --> 00:02:07,580 - What you want? - Let me get a two. 36 00:02:07,660 --> 00:02:10,019 - With, onion rings. - Oh, yeah, add a fry to mine. 37 00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:13,500 Keep the tomatoes and, lettuce. 38 00:02:17,060 --> 00:02:18,780 Leon! 39 00:02:18,859 --> 00:02:20,100 Shit! 40 00:02:32,060 --> 00:02:34,460 Hold up, hold up. Let's go, let's go! 41 00:02:34,539 --> 00:02:37,139 - Nigga, are you hit? - Oh, damn! 42 00:02:37,220 --> 00:02:40,299 Shit. 43 00:02:43,220 --> 00:02:46,940 Hey, somebody call the ambulance! Goddamn! 44 00:02:47,019 --> 00:02:52,180 Wanda. Fuck. Call the ambulance! 45 00:02:52,259 --> 00:02:54,699 - Hurry the fuck up! - Call 911, man! 46 00:02:54,780 --> 00:02:56,235 - All right, y'all good? - Just breathe. 47 00:02:56,259 --> 00:02:57,660 - Get on the phone! - Okay, okay. 48 00:02:57,739 --> 00:02:59,395 - Get 911 down here! - Shit, no, don't close your eyes. 49 00:02:59,419 --> 00:03:01,780 Just breathe. 50 00:03:03,620 --> 00:03:04,859 Fuck. 51 00:03:45,500 --> 00:03:48,780 Hey, it's Tanosse. You know what to do. 52 00:03:48,859 --> 00:03:51,316 Girl, you don't even want to know the shit that just went down. 53 00:03:51,340 --> 00:03:54,739 They shot up Hawkins, and Tisha's baby cousin work the night shift over there. 54 00:03:54,819 --> 00:03:58,259 He out mopping blood still. Girl, call me. 55 00:03:59,859 --> 00:04:02,019 - Ah! Fu... - Sorry. 56 00:04:02,100 --> 00:04:08,620 - Are you okay? - I just forgot how good you feel. 57 00:04:41,780 --> 00:04:44,700 - How's Wanda? - She in surgery. 58 00:04:44,780 --> 00:04:50,059 - I ain't no surgeon, so I don't know. - I told you to lay low, man. 59 00:04:50,140 --> 00:04:54,700 Nigga got to eat, don't he? What you want, Saint? 60 00:05:02,419 --> 00:05:04,499 Hey. 61 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:14,140 Look. Skully... he both our problem now. 62 00:05:14,220 --> 00:05:18,379 And I know you gonna want to hit back. Better we do it together. 63 00:05:18,460 --> 00:05:22,299 'Cause shit went so well last time you went after Skully. 64 00:05:22,379 --> 00:05:23,955 You're the reason why he coming after me and mine 65 00:05:23,979 --> 00:05:27,379 - in the first place. - I hear that. 66 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:29,939 But I've been to the Bottoms. 67 00:05:30,020 --> 00:05:33,979 Can't just go over there, you know, spraying and shit, like... 68 00:05:34,059 --> 00:05:39,260 Anything else? 69 00:05:39,340 --> 00:05:41,299 Nah. 70 00:05:42,939 --> 00:05:45,340 Good luck. 71 00:05:52,220 --> 00:05:55,939 - Hey, what he say? - I want that nigga found. 72 00:05:56,020 --> 00:05:58,220 - Who? Franklin? - No, you dumb motherfucker. 73 00:05:58,299 --> 00:06:03,020 Skully. I want to know where we can get at him. 74 00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:07,499 - Shit ain't gonna be easy. - Yeah, I know. Hire someone. 75 00:06:07,580 --> 00:06:10,340 Get 'em to follow him, see where we can hit him. 76 00:06:10,419 --> 00:06:13,979 - Like who? Like Little H? - No, nigga. 77 00:06:14,059 --> 00:06:17,780 A goddamn professional. 78 00:06:17,859 --> 00:06:20,140 A private fucking investigator. 79 00:06:20,220 --> 00:06:25,260 Yeah, all right, yeah, a private investigator like, like Magnum, P.I. 80 00:06:25,340 --> 00:06:31,220 - Yeah, nigga. A BlackMagnum, P.I. - That's actually a good-ass idea. 81 00:06:43,780 --> 00:06:45,900 Look who's here. 82 00:06:47,419 --> 00:06:50,499 Now who's not returning calls? 83 00:06:50,580 --> 00:06:52,900 What do you have for me? 84 00:06:57,140 --> 00:07:01,059 I know the shipment never left Beirut. 85 00:07:01,140 --> 00:07:05,660 - And who do we have to thank for that? - Hezbollah. 86 00:07:05,739 --> 00:07:08,059 Oh, good, you know them. 87 00:07:08,140 --> 00:07:10,900 You two look like shit, you know that? 88 00:07:10,979 --> 00:07:12,820 Here, Ariel's daughter is getting married, 89 00:07:12,900 --> 00:07:18,499 we're having a little champagne tasting. Try the '71, it's euphoric. 90 00:07:18,580 --> 00:07:21,739 Sorry, did you say you lost $15 million to Hezbollah? 91 00:07:21,820 --> 00:07:25,379 - Not according to them. - What do they say? 92 00:07:25,460 --> 00:07:28,059 That it was never transferred to the escrow account. 93 00:07:28,140 --> 00:07:33,100 - What does Banco de Panama say? - That it was transferred and withdrawn. 94 00:07:33,179 --> 00:07:36,619 - Jesus... - Ah, take it easy, man. 95 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:38,179 I'm just trying to explain to you. 96 00:07:38,260 --> 00:07:40,116 - Well, you're doing a really lousy job. - I told you 97 00:07:40,140 --> 00:07:43,059 - I'll get it right, and I will. - And even if that means going to Beirut 98 00:07:43,140 --> 00:07:47,539 - to get my money back from terrorists? - Beirut? What the... 99 00:07:47,619 --> 00:07:50,140 - You're insane. - You know what, next time I call, 100 00:07:50,220 --> 00:07:53,020 I'd like a straight fucking answer. 101 00:07:59,340 --> 00:08:03,780 - Y'all really have these? - I-It's, symbolic of the profession. 102 00:08:03,859 --> 00:08:06,035 Now put that down before you break it. Tell me more about 103 00:08:06,059 --> 00:08:08,539 - this man you want tailed. - Like what? 104 00:08:08,619 --> 00:08:10,539 His name would be good, for starters. 105 00:08:10,619 --> 00:08:13,100 Well, I already told you, his name's Skully. 106 00:08:13,179 --> 00:08:17,260 - His Christian name. - Nah. I think he Catholic. 107 00:08:17,340 --> 00:08:22,340 - Reggie, I'm going to lunch. - It's 10:00 a.m., Mama. 108 00:08:22,419 --> 00:08:27,100 - You work with your mama? - My mother works with me. 109 00:08:27,179 --> 00:08:30,139 So, you don't know his name. Do you at least know where he, where he stays? 110 00:08:30,179 --> 00:08:33,820 The Bottoms. 111 00:08:33,899 --> 00:08:36,899 So, you don't have a real name or even a picture, 112 00:08:36,979 --> 00:08:38,859 tell me he lives in the Bottoms? 113 00:08:38,940 --> 00:08:41,340 Sounds like this is more than I'm equipped to... 114 00:08:41,420 --> 00:08:45,619 You gonna figure it out, or no? 115 00:08:45,700 --> 00:08:49,580 - I'll give it a shot. - Where he hang outside the Bottoms. 116 00:08:49,659 --> 00:08:53,300 - Mind your business after that. - Of course, young man. 117 00:08:53,379 --> 00:08:57,700 - Discretion is my business. - Just get that shit done. Let's go. 118 00:08:57,779 --> 00:08:59,139 I like this. 119 00:09:06,899 --> 00:09:11,100 - How's the food? - Mmm. Exceptional. 120 00:09:11,180 --> 00:09:17,420 Thank you for this invitation, and for your assistance in our issue. 121 00:09:17,499 --> 00:09:22,899 Well, actually, I should be thanking you, for the bookstore. 122 00:09:22,979 --> 00:09:26,300 - Light touch. - Were you expecting something different? 123 00:09:26,379 --> 00:09:30,060 Well, in truth, I wasn't sure what to expect. 124 00:09:30,139 --> 00:09:35,019 Well, that's who we are. Innovative. Deliberate. Resourceful. 125 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:40,300 You're making your sales pitch now? Hey, Clifton, how are you? 126 00:09:40,379 --> 00:09:43,180 - How's school, son? - Like trying to baptize a cat, sir. 127 00:09:43,259 --> 00:09:50,060 Well, don't have a stroke over it. I am going to be at your graduation. 128 00:09:50,139 --> 00:09:53,739 - Yes, sir, Mr. Davis. - Something for you. 129 00:09:53,820 --> 00:09:55,659 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 130 00:09:55,739 --> 00:10:00,340 Now what were we saying? 131 00:10:00,420 --> 00:10:05,100 We have the means, you have the connections. Match made in heaven. 132 00:10:05,180 --> 00:10:10,899 Connections that I have developed the hard way, over time. 133 00:10:10,979 --> 00:10:14,259 My reputation such that you contacted me on the strength of it. 134 00:10:14,340 --> 00:10:17,220 And if we're talking plainly, some might say that your money 135 00:10:17,300 --> 00:10:23,300 came to you rather quickly. Suspiciously, even. 136 00:10:23,379 --> 00:10:25,779 What is it you'd like to hear from us, Paul? 137 00:10:25,859 --> 00:10:28,180 Let's just say you show up 138 00:10:28,259 --> 00:10:31,659 and you offer me a Rolls-Royce for a thousand dollars. 139 00:10:31,739 --> 00:10:35,139 Now, despite knowing that it's a deal too good to be true, I buy it. 140 00:10:35,220 --> 00:10:37,979 And then one day while I'm driving around, I get stopped. 141 00:10:38,060 --> 00:10:41,659 And we discover that the car is stolen. 142 00:10:41,739 --> 00:10:45,340 And they want me to explain where I got it. 143 00:10:45,420 --> 00:10:50,259 I'm either going to give them your name or I'm going to spend 144 00:10:50,340 --> 00:10:53,100 what few years I have left behind bars. 145 00:10:53,180 --> 00:10:57,420 Either way, I'm damn sure gonna lose that Rolls-Royce. 146 00:10:57,499 --> 00:10:59,540 Hmm. 147 00:11:00,659 --> 00:11:02,899 Our cash starts in the streets, 148 00:11:02,979 --> 00:11:07,100 then it finds its way to places outside BSA reporting standards. 149 00:11:07,180 --> 00:11:11,259 Once there, it gets layered to a number of LLCs until the paper trail dead-ends 150 00:11:11,340 --> 00:11:15,619 behind loans that default, sometimes in Aruba, sometimes in Europe. 151 00:11:15,700 --> 00:11:18,300 By the time we're sitting here talking with you about it, 152 00:11:18,379 --> 00:11:24,659 the money's origin is as invisible as this tangerine. 153 00:11:29,859 --> 00:11:32,300 Okay. 154 00:11:32,379 --> 00:11:34,460 We start small. 155 00:11:34,540 --> 00:11:39,979 Pet project of mine could use a shot in the arm, get it across the finish line. 156 00:11:40,060 --> 00:11:44,499 You provide a simple bridge loan, paid out at six percent, 157 00:11:44,580 --> 00:11:48,379 capital returned in 18 months. 158 00:11:54,499 --> 00:11:59,779 Sounds interesting. What's the project? 159 00:12:02,619 --> 00:12:06,379 - Hey, what room she in? - You can't see her yet. 160 00:12:06,460 --> 00:12:09,156 - Motherfucker, you paged us. - To tell y'all that she out of surgery. 161 00:12:09,180 --> 00:12:12,420 Can't nobody visit. I didn't know y'all was gonna show up. 162 00:12:12,499 --> 00:12:15,619 Look, man, the doc said she need to rest, a'ight? 163 00:12:15,700 --> 00:12:18,156 You got a plan for police? They be checking on gunshots, right? 164 00:12:18,180 --> 00:12:20,540 Nigga, police don't give two fucks about this hospital. 165 00:12:20,619 --> 00:12:24,100 - Why you think we brought her here? - What else the doctor say? 166 00:12:24,180 --> 00:12:27,540 I don't know, doctor shit. You know, she all messed up on drugs, 167 00:12:27,619 --> 00:12:31,019 recovery this, her system that. Oh, yeah, she gonna be crazy detoxing. 168 00:12:31,100 --> 00:12:34,899 No, that part I do remember. Oh, yeah, and they finna to kick her ass out. 169 00:12:34,979 --> 00:12:36,379 Nigga, when? 170 00:12:36,460 --> 00:12:39,100 Soon as she can go to the bathroom by herself, seem like. 171 00:12:39,180 --> 00:12:41,739 Fuck. Hey, nurse. 172 00:12:41,820 --> 00:12:44,340 Hey, my friend Wanda, she out of surgery. 173 00:12:44,420 --> 00:12:45,860 How long the hospital gonna keep her? 174 00:12:45,899 --> 00:12:48,580 Depends on the procedure, recovery time, insurance... 175 00:12:48,659 --> 00:12:51,436 I mean, she a smoker with bullet holes. She can't exactly go back on the street, 176 00:12:51,460 --> 00:12:57,700 but I can pay y'all to keep her until she clean. 177 00:12:57,779 --> 00:13:00,659 - What the fuck was that? - Yeah, nurse can't take no cash. 178 00:13:00,739 --> 00:13:02,196 Let's go mess with them fools in Billing. 179 00:13:02,220 --> 00:13:03,899 They ass will take fucking rubles. 180 00:13:03,979 --> 00:13:08,379 - Yeah. - Mm, damn, she was fine. 181 00:13:39,739 --> 00:13:41,180 This is a surprise. 182 00:13:41,259 --> 00:13:43,899 Yeah, in town for a wedding, thought I'd say hi. 183 00:13:43,979 --> 00:13:46,700 - Want to tell me about Tijuana? - It was a little touristy 184 00:13:46,779 --> 00:13:48,659 for me, but people seem to like it, so... 185 00:13:48,739 --> 00:13:52,499 DFS is inconsolable, and you can fry huevos rancheros 186 00:13:52,580 --> 00:13:53,980 on the heads of the DEA down there. 187 00:13:54,060 --> 00:13:56,420 Hate to think about the DEA being upset with me. 188 00:13:56,499 --> 00:13:58,619 There's going to be internal investigations. 189 00:13:58,700 --> 00:14:04,619 Which I reckon you'll take care of for me. 190 00:14:04,700 --> 00:14:09,820 - You seem pretty confident. - Yeah, well... 191 00:14:09,899 --> 00:14:11,916 unless you got somebody else who's moving eight million 192 00:14:11,940 --> 00:14:14,139 a month into the jungle, I suppose you probably 193 00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:18,460 want me free and clear to do what it is I do. 194 00:14:20,700 --> 00:14:24,019 You've been on assignment how long, McDonald? 195 00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:27,540 Is that what you came here for? Find out if I'm taking my vitamins? 196 00:14:27,619 --> 00:14:30,979 Everybody needs a breather from time to time. 197 00:14:31,060 --> 00:14:36,739 Yeah. I'll keep you posted. Hey, while you're here, 198 00:14:36,820 --> 00:14:38,276 you could actually do something for me. 199 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:41,060 I need a fresh financial write-up on Avi Drexler. 200 00:14:41,139 --> 00:14:44,940 Specifically, any large cash deposits he's made into personal accounts. 201 00:14:45,019 --> 00:14:48,580 - Is this about your missing guns? - Sooner the better, please. 202 00:14:48,659 --> 00:14:50,739 Enjoy the wedding. 203 00:15:04,859 --> 00:15:09,379 - Man, that shit ain't never gonna work. - How you know? You try it? 204 00:15:09,460 --> 00:15:12,899 Ain't nobody ever stuck no banana in no exhaust pipe. 205 00:15:12,979 --> 00:15:15,820 That's the goofiest shit I ever heard. 206 00:15:15,899 --> 00:15:20,619 Hey, Rows, you cool we go get some bananas, try that shit out? 207 00:15:20,700 --> 00:15:23,019 You try sticking anything up my motherfucking tailpipe, 208 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:27,859 that'd be the last motherfucking thing you do. 209 00:15:27,940 --> 00:15:29,899 Best movie of all time. All right? 210 00:15:29,979 --> 00:15:34,700 Soundtrack is hot. Eddie Murphy hilarious. Shit cool as hell. 211 00:15:34,779 --> 00:15:36,899 Man, that shit bunk. 212 00:15:36,979 --> 00:15:39,940 Y'all crazy. Don't know shit about no good movie. 213 00:15:40,019 --> 00:15:45,700 Hey! Hey, hold up! Hey, hold... Look at this shit. 214 00:15:46,739 --> 00:15:51,700 Mm! Damn, girl! 215 00:15:51,779 --> 00:15:53,979 Whoo! Angels must be real. 216 00:15:54,060 --> 00:15:56,379 - I see you, girl. - Hey, that shit hurt? 217 00:15:56,460 --> 00:15:58,940 - What up, baby? - When you fell from heaven? 218 00:15:59,019 --> 00:16:02,180 Nigga, get your ass back over here. 219 00:16:02,259 --> 00:16:05,420 It's not exactly the brass ring, is it? Hmm. 220 00:16:05,499 --> 00:16:09,340 It's like the man said, it's a start, right? 221 00:16:09,420 --> 00:16:15,259 I mean, think about it, Mama. You there, on opening Sunday, 222 00:16:15,340 --> 00:16:19,820 new hat, new suit. Your name up there on the wall of benefactors 223 00:16:19,899 --> 00:16:22,019 - for everybody to see. - They don't put people 224 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:23,899 who provide loans on that wall, Franklin. 225 00:16:23,979 --> 00:16:26,940 Well, then we'll make a donation, too. 226 00:16:27,019 --> 00:16:31,499 I mean, pretty soon you gonna be lunchin' at Wilfandel. 227 00:16:31,580 --> 00:16:34,420 Ain't that what you wanted? 228 00:16:34,499 --> 00:16:38,460 Just don't forget why we're doing this in the first place. 229 00:16:38,540 --> 00:16:41,060 Well, we're doing everything we wanted to do. 230 00:16:41,139 --> 00:16:44,540 We're providing safe, affordable housing. 231 00:16:44,619 --> 00:16:47,499 We're extending loans to people in our neighborhoods, 232 00:16:47,580 --> 00:16:49,460 bringing ownership back to Black homes 233 00:16:49,540 --> 00:16:50,995 and businesses back into our neighborhoods. 234 00:16:51,019 --> 00:16:54,220 And not to mention single-handedly putting a stop to decades, 235 00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:56,820 if not fucking centuries, of systematic racism. 236 00:16:56,899 --> 00:16:58,899 - Calm down, Franklin. - I'm-I'm... 237 00:16:58,979 --> 00:17:00,420 I'm calm, but damn, Mama, why has it 238 00:17:00,499 --> 00:17:03,019 always got to be a problem? Why is nothing ever good enough? 239 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:05,219 Because the one promise you made me, 240 00:17:05,300 --> 00:17:10,820 the promise I actually need you to keep, you're completely ignoring. 241 00:17:10,899 --> 00:17:15,139 I didn't bring Paul Davis into our lives to improve my station. 242 00:17:15,219 --> 00:17:19,020 I did it to get you off the street and into legitimate business deals. 243 00:17:19,100 --> 00:17:20,780 "Legitimate business deals." 244 00:17:20,859 --> 00:17:27,580 Ma, where were we today? Please, tell me, where were we? In a rock house? 245 00:17:27,659 --> 00:17:30,939 No, we was at a country club eating lobster salad, 246 00:17:31,020 --> 00:17:35,060 and now we're investing in a church. 247 00:17:35,139 --> 00:17:38,619 - What more do you want? - I want to know how long. 248 00:17:38,699 --> 00:17:41,500 How long before it's all we're doing? 249 00:17:41,580 --> 00:17:44,699 Before we can truly trade men like Reed Thompson for men 250 00:17:44,780 --> 00:17:48,459 like Paul Davis... the clean exit that you promised me. 251 00:17:48,540 --> 00:17:51,820 Oh, what-what do you want? What, you want an exact date? 252 00:17:51,899 --> 00:17:55,939 Considering the circumstances, I don't think it's too much to ask. 253 00:17:56,020 --> 00:18:00,340 You want to make me happy? Get me off your back? 254 00:18:00,419 --> 00:18:03,580 Give me some reason to believe that we can... 255 00:18:03,659 --> 00:18:07,540 actually make it out of this intact. 256 00:18:07,619 --> 00:18:12,379 Until then, none of this means anything. 257 00:18:32,419 --> 00:18:36,899 With their grandparents, while I get the house ready. 258 00:18:36,980 --> 00:18:39,820 Every day my mother prays to Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe 259 00:18:39,899 --> 00:18:43,340 so that they don't die of a broken heart. 260 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:50,500 Did you get them? 261 00:18:52,340 --> 00:18:54,260 The people who did this? 262 00:18:59,939 --> 00:19:03,340 They'll be back here tomorrow, by dinnertime. 263 00:19:09,379 --> 00:19:12,859 They ask about you. Cedro, especially. 264 00:19:15,740 --> 00:19:18,619 Toma. 265 00:19:18,699 --> 00:19:20,659 Whatever you need. 266 00:19:20,740 --> 00:19:25,100 - No mames, cabrón. - It's mejor if I stay away. 267 00:19:25,179 --> 00:19:31,459 - For who? - For them. 268 00:19:31,540 --> 00:19:38,419 You-you think I want this? Put my life on hold to raise my sister's kids? 269 00:19:55,740 --> 00:19:58,859 Hi, is Tony Marino around? My name's Irene Abe, I'm a reporter 270 00:19:58,939 --> 00:20:00,516 - with The Herald Examiner. - Well, could you 271 00:20:00,540 --> 00:20:03,020 tell me who Mr. Marino's direct supervisor is? 272 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:05,540 Mrs. Marino, Irene Abe, Herald Examiner. 273 00:20:05,619 --> 00:20:08,020 Did Agent Marino keep an office here in town? 274 00:20:08,100 --> 00:20:09,740 Is your, mommy around, sweetie? 275 00:20:09,820 --> 00:20:12,459 - Herald Examiner. - Yes, we are still a newspaper. 276 00:20:12,540 --> 00:20:14,060 - I've been holding. - I just, 277 00:20:14,139 --> 00:20:16,580 - I just need a contact, any name. - What can you answer? 278 00:20:16,659 --> 00:20:19,260 Marino. M-A-R-I-N-O. 279 00:20:19,340 --> 00:20:20,796 How is that a subject you're not allowed 280 00:20:20,820 --> 00:20:22,355 - to broach? - When was the last time he showed up? 281 00:20:22,379 --> 00:20:28,740 You can't answer that either? "Fuck off"? Can I quote you on that? 282 00:20:51,780 --> 00:20:57,740 - Be honest, you sleep in here sometimes? - No. 283 00:20:59,899 --> 00:21:01,300 Let's hear it. 284 00:21:01,379 --> 00:21:04,699 Got this DEA agent I can't find. 285 00:21:04,780 --> 00:21:07,300 Handler of the other missing agent I told you about. 286 00:21:07,379 --> 00:21:10,939 Tried his office, home, his parents, his sister... 287 00:21:11,020 --> 00:21:14,100 I reached out to an undercover once, didn't get back to me for weeks. 288 00:21:14,179 --> 00:21:17,659 - You eventually get the story out? - After the Post ran it. 289 00:21:17,740 --> 00:21:20,580 I wish I had better words of wisdom for you, 290 00:21:20,659 --> 00:21:23,340 but it's late, and "Keep pushing your story 291 00:21:23,419 --> 00:21:26,859 and something's gonna pop" is the best I have. 292 00:21:26,939 --> 00:21:29,139 Unless... 293 00:21:29,219 --> 00:21:32,300 What about that man at the shelter? 294 00:21:32,379 --> 00:21:35,139 Saint's father? 295 00:21:35,219 --> 00:21:40,659 Former Panther, drug dealer for a son... That is a guilt shelter. 296 00:21:40,740 --> 00:21:47,419 Keep working that angle, follow the money. At least it'll keep you busy. 297 00:21:52,580 --> 00:21:54,619 Oh, boy. 298 00:21:54,699 --> 00:21:58,340 - What's all this? - Oh, bookkeeping. 299 00:21:58,419 --> 00:22:01,980 Moving some things around now that we're in business with Davis. 300 00:22:02,060 --> 00:22:05,859 Oh. Well, guess that luncheon went pretty well. 301 00:22:05,939 --> 00:22:10,699 You guys toast to the Mosleys? 302 00:22:10,780 --> 00:22:14,340 Paul Davis is a snake. Came up in the jungle. 303 00:22:14,419 --> 00:22:17,659 He might've been that way, but he's a businessman now. 304 00:22:17,740 --> 00:22:20,780 Different kind of snake, but it still slithers. 305 00:22:20,859 --> 00:22:22,516 You know, I just want you to know who you're cozying up to. 306 00:22:22,540 --> 00:22:24,939 If cozying up to a snake helps make sure I never get thrown 307 00:22:25,020 --> 00:22:27,820 into the back of a police car or watch my son being driven 308 00:22:27,899 --> 00:22:30,179 off in one, then that's exactly what I will do. 309 00:22:30,260 --> 00:22:31,875 And what you gonna do when that snake tries to bite you? 310 00:22:31,899 --> 00:22:33,740 Then I will chop his goddamn head off 311 00:22:33,820 --> 00:22:36,179 and move on to the next one. 312 00:22:39,859 --> 00:22:43,100 All right. God. 313 00:22:44,980 --> 00:22:47,659 I'm sorry. 314 00:22:47,740 --> 00:22:52,500 I know you're just doing what you can. 315 00:22:52,580 --> 00:22:55,939 Come on, eat with me. 316 00:22:56,899 --> 00:23:01,260 Whiskey, neat, please. 317 00:23:01,340 --> 00:23:05,699 This is an interesting choice for someone who doesn't drink. 318 00:23:05,780 --> 00:23:08,419 Yeah, figured seeing as there's no product 319 00:23:08,500 --> 00:23:10,659 being exchanged, might be nice to meet somewhere 320 00:23:10,740 --> 00:23:15,459 - without graffiti and rats, right? - So here we are. 321 00:23:15,540 --> 00:23:19,859 We about to have a talk? It's not you, it's me? 322 00:23:19,939 --> 00:23:24,219 I've got, a question. It's a little delicate. 323 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:26,859 Conflict in Nicaragua. 324 00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:30,060 How much longer you think the good ol' USA stays involved? 325 00:23:30,139 --> 00:23:33,219 Why, I wonder, would you be asking me that? 326 00:23:33,300 --> 00:23:40,060 Seems my fate's tied to your covert war, right? I mean, the war ends... 327 00:23:40,139 --> 00:23:43,820 your need for my services suddenly goes away. 328 00:23:43,899 --> 00:23:46,899 So, you want to know how much longer we're gonna be in business. 329 00:23:46,980 --> 00:23:53,980 Shelf life in my line of work's pretty limited. I need to plan ahead. 330 00:23:54,060 --> 00:23:56,420 If there was an operation like the one you're talking about, 331 00:23:56,500 --> 00:23:58,859 what I would tell you is that trying to win a guerrilla war 332 00:23:58,939 --> 00:24:00,435 in a third world country is a little bit like trying 333 00:24:00,459 --> 00:24:03,379 to catch a fastball with your teeth. 334 00:24:03,459 --> 00:24:05,300 Thank you. 335 00:24:07,459 --> 00:24:10,300 You, you been aiding the Contras 336 00:24:10,379 --> 00:24:12,980 for about five years now, as far as I can tell, right? 337 00:24:13,060 --> 00:24:16,219 Sure, but it could go on another four, six, easy. 338 00:24:19,540 --> 00:24:24,020 If I was being honest with you... 339 00:24:24,100 --> 00:24:27,020 ...any date that I give you right now is either a bad guess 340 00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:29,820 or it's complete bullshit. 341 00:24:29,899 --> 00:24:34,260 You just have to keep doing what you're doing, solving problems. 342 00:24:34,340 --> 00:24:36,675 If I catch a glimpse of anything that looks like a finish line, 343 00:24:36,699 --> 00:24:38,740 I promise you'll be the first one to know. 344 00:24:38,820 --> 00:24:42,540 What if I doubled my footprint? 345 00:24:42,619 --> 00:24:47,580 More money for you, more money for Nicaragua. 346 00:24:47,659 --> 00:24:49,859 Time frame go down then? 347 00:24:49,939 --> 00:24:55,340 More money means more resources, resources win wars. 348 00:24:55,419 --> 00:24:57,939 To winning wars. 349 00:25:04,459 --> 00:25:07,020 Fuck off me, bitch! Lee, they trying to kill me. 350 00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:09,716 - Ain't nobody trying to kill you. - Then why is the machine beeping? 351 00:25:09,740 --> 00:25:12,980 - Hey, I'm-a wait downstairs. - All right. 352 00:25:13,060 --> 00:25:16,379 Oh, shit. What's in that needle? This trick ain't even no doctor. 353 00:25:16,459 --> 00:25:18,115 Wanda, these people are trying to help you, all right? 354 00:25:18,139 --> 00:25:19,835 And you just talking shit to get yourself thrown out 355 00:25:19,859 --> 00:25:25,139 so you can be back on the street smoking. Thank you. 356 00:25:25,219 --> 00:25:28,820 What's in that needle gonna help you push that shit out your body. 357 00:25:28,899 --> 00:25:31,820 I paid the hospital to let you stay longer, all right? 358 00:25:31,899 --> 00:25:36,100 Give you a second chance. You get yourself bounced, 359 00:25:36,179 --> 00:25:40,020 that's it, I don't want nothing to do with you. You hear me? 360 00:25:43,459 --> 00:25:46,859 - Stay with me, Lee. - I don't know, I got shit to do. 361 00:25:46,939 --> 00:25:51,060 Please. Nobody else coming. 362 00:25:51,139 --> 00:25:54,419 Just... just stay for tonight. 363 00:26:24,219 --> 00:26:29,740 We expanding. It's time we grew past L.A., start spreading this business. 364 00:26:29,820 --> 00:26:32,619 The question is, where do we start first? 365 00:26:32,699 --> 00:26:35,260 Rock already found its way to New York. 366 00:26:35,340 --> 00:26:39,300 Cubans and Colombians, they running shit out there and into D.C. 367 00:26:39,379 --> 00:26:41,540 It's gonna make it hard to get a foothold. 368 00:26:41,619 --> 00:26:45,659 Italians, they runnin' Chicago. Don't shit happen without their say-so. 369 00:26:45,740 --> 00:26:48,300 We can start by targeting mid-level cities. 370 00:26:48,379 --> 00:26:53,540 - Less problems. Build out from there. - One in particular you got in mind? 371 00:26:53,619 --> 00:26:55,980 Girl I grew up with, her and her man. 372 00:26:56,060 --> 00:26:57,660 They in Little Rock. We can start there. 373 00:26:57,699 --> 00:27:01,020 You sure the best time for this is right now? When we still got problems in L.A.? 374 00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:03,900 - That's exactly why we need to expand. - Yeah, more fucking headaches. 375 00:27:03,939 --> 00:27:06,980 Why you can't just tell the white boy that we gonna decrease the buy 376 00:27:07,060 --> 00:27:11,219 until we get Manboy and Skully straight? That way I can get back to my shop. 377 00:27:11,300 --> 00:27:14,100 We're not telling Reed we're buying less. 378 00:27:14,179 --> 00:27:15,419 Why not? 379 00:27:17,980 --> 00:27:19,796 What, y'all scared to tell the hee-haw white boy? 380 00:27:19,820 --> 00:27:23,379 We're not doing that, Unc, okay? We're not moving backwards. 381 00:27:23,459 --> 00:27:28,540 Louie, make them calls. If Little Rock interested, y'all two go out there. 382 00:27:28,619 --> 00:27:32,419 Take a bird. Teach 'em how to rock it up. Give 'em that first taste for free. 383 00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:37,100 Same shit we did here. Take Peaches with you, if he's up for it. 384 00:27:37,179 --> 00:27:41,740 This how we stay safe, stay out of trouble. Grow without exposure. 385 00:27:41,820 --> 00:27:45,139 It'll work, Unc. It'll work. 386 00:27:48,419 --> 00:27:52,899 I meant to tell you, she came by yesterday and asked for a job. 387 00:27:52,980 --> 00:27:55,980 - A job? What, here at the club? - Yeah. She got experience. 388 00:27:56,060 --> 00:27:58,699 Figure she can hold it down when I'm gone. 389 00:27:58,780 --> 00:28:01,459 - Mm. - That a problem? 390 00:28:01,540 --> 00:28:04,659 - Nah. Just surprised, that's all. - Figure you sleep with her, 391 00:28:04,740 --> 00:28:08,179 I can trust her. Was I wrong? 392 00:28:10,899 --> 00:28:13,659 Three addresses? That's it? 393 00:28:13,740 --> 00:28:15,820 You asked where he goes outside of Inglewood. 394 00:28:15,899 --> 00:28:19,379 - That's your answer. - What's this spot in Gardena? 395 00:28:19,459 --> 00:28:23,540 - Terrence's grandmother's house. - Skully's real name is Terrence? 396 00:28:23,619 --> 00:28:25,100 That nigga look like a Terrence. 397 00:28:25,179 --> 00:28:28,379 Grandma's house is the only place he visited more than once. 398 00:28:28,459 --> 00:28:33,780 Was there maybe five minutes each time. Took a bag in, brought no bag out. 399 00:28:33,859 --> 00:28:36,100 That's probably where he keeping all his money. 400 00:28:36,179 --> 00:28:37,580 - It'd be smart. - Yeah. 401 00:28:37,659 --> 00:28:39,859 Outside his turf, so people don't fuck with it. 402 00:28:39,939 --> 00:28:43,580 Ooh, gentlemen, this feels like a private exchange. 403 00:28:43,659 --> 00:28:47,540 You're gonna need to... take it outside. 404 00:28:47,619 --> 00:28:50,379 Unless there's something else I can do for you. 405 00:28:50,459 --> 00:28:52,060 It's all good. 406 00:29:11,179 --> 00:29:14,179 Where you been, man? And where's the diapers? 407 00:29:14,260 --> 00:29:16,516 - Let me just sit down for a second. - You smoked the money? 408 00:29:16,540 --> 00:29:18,195 - She's sleeping in her own piss, man. - You in my business? 409 00:29:18,219 --> 00:29:19,675 - How could you do that? - Hey, hey, hey. 410 00:29:19,699 --> 00:29:21,236 - Wait a minute. Wait a minute! - You so smart?! 411 00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:24,540 - Hey, what's-what's going on, Dwayne? - He's supposed to be getting diapers. 412 00:29:24,619 --> 00:29:26,020 - Dwayne... - Out smoking instead. 413 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:27,500 I know you better watch your mouth. 414 00:29:27,580 --> 00:29:30,939 - That's your daughter, man. - John, wait. Dwayne, listen. 415 00:29:31,020 --> 00:29:33,435 I'll go get you some diapers. In the meantime, why don't you go get you 416 00:29:33,459 --> 00:29:37,659 some of that orange chicken. That's one of your favorites? 417 00:29:37,740 --> 00:29:39,236 Yeah, have Ms. Leonard... Hey, Ms. Leonard, 418 00:29:39,260 --> 00:29:43,659 make this young man a plate of that orange chicken that he loves so much. 419 00:29:51,100 --> 00:29:55,179 You can't come in here like this, John. 420 00:29:55,260 --> 00:29:59,980 I'm not gonna raise my voice at you, but this is the last time. 421 00:30:00,060 --> 00:30:03,020 - You do it again and you're out. - I'm sorry. I just, I... 422 00:30:03,100 --> 00:30:07,500 Listen to me, John. Listen to me. You need to get yourself together. 423 00:30:07,580 --> 00:30:11,139 You gonna mess around and lose your kids, man. 424 00:30:11,219 --> 00:30:14,580 And you will regret that forever. 425 00:30:18,179 --> 00:30:24,580 - Mm-hmm. - Go and get you something to eat. 426 00:30:24,659 --> 00:30:27,820 And hey, maybe don't sit next to Dwayne, okay? 427 00:30:27,899 --> 00:30:29,580 All right. 428 00:30:38,740 --> 00:30:42,219 - What can Edgewood Shelters do for you? - I was in the neighborhood. 429 00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:46,300 Thought we'd talk a little more... about you, the shelter, 430 00:30:46,379 --> 00:30:48,500 things you and your wife do for the community. 431 00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:50,100 I never mentioned a wife. 432 00:30:50,179 --> 00:30:53,179 And I haven't worn my wedding band since I sobered up. 433 00:30:53,260 --> 00:30:54,699 I looked you up, okay? 434 00:30:54,780 --> 00:30:56,540 - Hmm. - You're fascinating. 435 00:30:56,619 --> 00:30:58,459 I think you'd make an amazing profile... 436 00:30:58,540 --> 00:31:00,540 Black Panther, the streets, a shelter... 437 00:31:00,619 --> 00:31:03,459 Yeah, yeah, yeah. How do you know a reporter's lying? 438 00:31:03,540 --> 00:31:05,780 'Cause her lips are moving. 439 00:31:05,859 --> 00:31:08,699 Don't come back here looking to chitchat or for any more stories 440 00:31:08,780 --> 00:31:11,500 'cause you'll find neither. 441 00:31:31,659 --> 00:31:33,379 Thanks, Lurp. 442 00:31:34,340 --> 00:31:38,699 See you in the morning. Say around 9:00? 443 00:31:38,780 --> 00:31:40,419 Can't, sir. 444 00:31:40,500 --> 00:31:45,619 All right. Just the morning or you need the whole day? 445 00:31:45,699 --> 00:31:48,340 This is as far as I go. 446 00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:54,139 - I'm done. - What? 447 00:31:54,219 --> 00:31:59,100 - What the fuck you mean, "done"? - I thought I could handle this. 448 00:31:59,179 --> 00:32:02,699 Told myself the money was worth it, but... 449 00:32:02,780 --> 00:32:08,379 ...I wasn't prepared for all the bloodshed. 450 00:32:08,459 --> 00:32:13,659 I mean, war overseas is one thing. 451 00:32:13,740 --> 00:32:19,340 But our people killing each other in our streets... 452 00:32:19,419 --> 00:32:24,659 Hey, you got to draw a line somewhere. 453 00:32:24,740 --> 00:32:29,859 - This is mine. - Okay. 454 00:32:29,939 --> 00:32:34,699 I hear that. I do. I mean, shit, 455 00:32:34,780 --> 00:32:40,100 it's not what I wanted either, you know? But now is not the time to walk. 456 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:44,379 So here's what we gonna do. I'm-a double your pay, 457 00:32:44,459 --> 00:32:46,595 you gonna gut up, we gonna get through this rough patch, 458 00:32:46,619 --> 00:32:48,195 and then you have my permission to go off 459 00:32:48,219 --> 00:32:51,500 and join the motherfucking Peace Corps for all I care. 460 00:32:51,580 --> 00:32:56,179 But you will not abandon me right now. 461 00:32:56,260 --> 00:32:58,379 Not right now. 462 00:33:00,820 --> 00:33:03,379 I'm sorry, sir. 463 00:33:55,260 --> 00:33:59,020 Don't scream. Don't run. 464 00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:03,260 My name is Tony Marino. You're looking for me. 465 00:34:03,340 --> 00:34:06,899 Took the liberty of looking through your notes. 466 00:34:06,980 --> 00:34:10,139 You should really be keeping these in a secure off-site location. 467 00:34:10,219 --> 00:34:12,819 In case some asshole breaks into my house? 468 00:34:12,900 --> 00:34:15,900 You think you know the story you're telling. 469 00:34:18,020 --> 00:34:20,860 You don't have a clue. 470 00:34:23,100 --> 00:34:24,739 It isn't Franklin Saint. 471 00:34:24,819 --> 00:34:27,100 And it also isn't Lorena Cardenas, who, 472 00:34:27,179 --> 00:34:30,540 as much as it pains me to say, I'm sure is dead. 473 00:34:30,619 --> 00:34:36,020 The real story is who's protecting Saint and why. 474 00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:40,259 If I have to guess, we might be here awhile. 475 00:34:41,339 --> 00:34:44,980 I did some looking into you. What little I could find, anyway. 476 00:34:45,739 --> 00:34:49,420 Your family put into the internment camp at Manzanar when you were little. 477 00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:53,179 College at Berkeley. Then back to L.A., the Times... 478 00:34:53,259 --> 00:34:57,500 That piece you wrote on the second Owens Valley aqueduct that got you fired. 479 00:34:57,580 --> 00:35:00,460 Your estranged husband Henry Nelson, daughter Jane... 480 00:35:00,540 --> 00:35:02,300 All right. What the fuck? What are you doing? 481 00:35:02,380 --> 00:35:04,980 Trying to figure out if I give this to you, if you're capable 482 00:35:05,060 --> 00:35:07,060 of following it through to the end. 483 00:35:07,139 --> 00:35:10,339 If it's true and it matters, I'll get it in print. 484 00:35:10,420 --> 00:35:14,139 Getting it to print is only the beginning, Irene. 485 00:35:19,020 --> 00:35:22,179 Ask yourself, who has the power to derail 486 00:35:22,259 --> 00:35:25,420 a DEA investigation, then dissolve the murder charges 487 00:35:25,500 --> 00:35:27,860 when the key witness is a federal agent? 488 00:35:27,940 --> 00:35:31,540 - Ronald Reagan. - Getting warmer. 489 00:35:41,219 --> 00:35:45,900 - Motherfucker. Is this real? - Yes. 490 00:35:45,980 --> 00:35:50,380 - Now all you need to do is prove it. - No. No. No, no, no. 491 00:35:50,460 --> 00:35:52,540 I need to hear this from you, all of it, right now... 492 00:35:52,580 --> 00:35:56,940 I'll stay for an hour, walk you through everything, but we never met. 493 00:35:57,020 --> 00:36:02,540 That's my deal. Our own CIA is bringing cocaine into the U.S. 494 00:36:02,619 --> 00:36:07,619 It's a story of a lifetime, Irene. You want it or not? 495 00:36:13,739 --> 00:36:17,500 - Man, let's get out of here. - Hell no. 496 00:36:17,580 --> 00:36:18,980 Nigga, you heard the man. 497 00:36:19,060 --> 00:36:21,739 This the only place Skully been seen at multiple times. 498 00:36:21,819 --> 00:36:24,299 Yeah, but my sciatica, nigga. 499 00:36:24,380 --> 00:36:26,076 Why don't we just get my big cuz and them over here 500 00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:27,635 to watch this shit? They ain't doing nothing 501 00:36:27,659 --> 00:36:29,356 but sitting up in the projects any damn way. 502 00:36:29,380 --> 00:36:31,219 Hell no. 503 00:36:55,259 --> 00:36:56,715 Hey, hey, is that fucking Leon in there? 504 00:36:56,739 --> 00:36:59,779 That's Skully's people right there, nigga. 505 00:37:16,020 --> 00:37:19,659 No. No, no, no, no! No, no! 506 00:37:22,980 --> 00:37:24,380 I see you, motherfucker! 507 00:37:26,900 --> 00:37:29,500 Oh, my God! 508 00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:33,619 My baby! No! No! 509 00:37:33,699 --> 00:37:35,699 Shit. 510 00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:40,219 No! Please, God, no! 511 00:37:40,299 --> 00:37:44,339 Somebody help! My baby! 512 00:37:47,299 --> 00:37:51,060 Somebody help me, please! My baby! My baby! 513 00:37:53,619 --> 00:37:55,420 - No! - Let's fucking go, Lee! 514 00:37:56,900 --> 00:38:00,980 - Help me, somebody, please! - Hey, come on, man. 515 00:38:01,060 --> 00:38:04,420 No! Oh, my baby! 516 00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:09,219 - Please help! My baby! - Fuck! 517 00:38:09,299 --> 00:38:12,659 No! 518 00:38:16,819 --> 00:38:19,420 Fuck!