The Rubicon Snowfall

-This will catch on.

-Those two always together.

-Not for me. Just Lenny.

-Nah, that can't be right.

-GUNSHOT

Don't tell me. I was there.

It's... All destroyed. The...the camp. Our pipeline.

I have other suppliers we can use for now.

-CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS TEDDY:

-The Colombians?

That's Jess, right? And him, you know, Latin Freddie Mercury.

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

You want me to run.

We have to talk about what's gonna happen with the business.

This programme contains some violent scenes, very strong language

and some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

BRAKES SQUEAL

ENGINE STOPS

Thanks for the lift, man, for letting me crash.

Any time, my brother. You give Leon my best.

-ZIPS BAG

-If you need to talk,

you know I'm here for you, OK?

HE LAUGHS All right, man. Thanks.

All right. Also...

..you got any more of that crack stuff,

I'd definitely be interested.

I got you.

-Rad!

-ENGINE STARTS

Oh, don't forget. Up there to the left. Freeway. All right?

-I remember.

-Don't get lost again!

DOOR CREAKS CLOSED

Still going good, huh?

It's better than good, Nephew.

I don't know why you sleeping over that white boy house

like we ain't got a perfectly good couch.

I think you just answered your own question.

-You was out late last night.

-You damn right I was.

And look, we got to re-up on this powder.

No problem.

You got any idea where we gonna cook up the next batch?

I know you ain't just look at my kitchen like you plan to use.

We gonna rent a place,

somewhere we can store it and cook the product.

All right, Louie. I'm gonna put you on that.

Go see Walter. He'll hook it up.

Boy, we gotta talk turkey.

I feel like the product's priced right.

I ain't talking about the product.

Now, when you first came to me,

you said we was gonna split this down the middle, 50/50.

Then what you do? Huh?

You turned me away.

I've done all the heavy lifting, huh? I'm not giving half away now.

You ain't GIVING shit. All right?

Now I'm EARNING it. You need a partner, not them little

knuckleheads you be running around with.

You need somebody that know the game, got some cred,

set your little narrow ass straight.

It's my connect, my product, my process.

I've already got Lee and Kev to take care of.

BILLS RUSTLE

HE SIGHS I can give y'all 10%.

-Shit, you tripping.

-Woman!

40%.

20, and even that's pushing it.

BILLS RUSTLING

HE LAUGHS

-25%, we straight.

-Deal.

Yeah! That's my family right there! Hey?

Move that. I'm gonna take a shit. Y'all gonna keep counting that.

BEADS RUSTLE

DOOR CLOSES

Mm...

Ray-Ray thinking on it.

Should know soon.

Either way, you're gonna take care of me, right?

I got you.

What about you? You all right? You juggling a lot of shit.

You doing OK?

Mm-hm.

HE SIGHS

I will make this go away. Just like I said that I would.

But I do need one thing from you to make it happen.

-What?

-Need you to leave town for a little while.

-How long?

-Just a month. Maybe two, at the most.

No. That's not possible.

Look, you saw what she did with the flyers of Kristin.

Right? This is gonna be so much worse.

She's gonna go to the cops, if she hasn't already,

and then to the newspapers

and the evening news, and your face is gonna be everywhere.

In two days, I'm making a deal with the Colombians.

And if I disappear, so will they.

You'll have no-one to fly the shipment.

No, I can find another pilot.

And you'll still deal with the Colombians, just not from here.

Or I take care of the girl and nothing changes.

UTENSIL CLATTERS

Look... HE SIGHS

..if she goes missing, especially now,

after finding this, that's gonna look terrible.

They'll think she ran away, like her sister.

No, it is too big of a risk. We're not there yet.

And what if you're wrong, hmm? And you can't stop her?

I can control this.

I can. I-I... I'll ramp up surveillance on her apartment.

I'll put a full tap on her phone.

I will use all of the company resources to discredit her

and steer her off the path.

I just need you to please help me do my job.

OK.

Might have something for you, Ray.

I have something to share with you folks, OK?

Come inside. I'm gonna have one of my guys call you.

Nothing heavy. Take a look.

Here.

HE EXHALES DEEPLY

Remember your cousin Antonio from San Diego?

Yeah, I remember his breath stank something awful.

Graduated from San Diego State. Business and accounting.

You're doing this now?

You said you were fine.

And just because your father has passed away

-does not mean business stops.

-It's not stopping.

I'm handling the books.

When I'm ready to take on someone new, I'll let you know.

You're gonna let me know?

QUIET CONVERSATIONS IN SPANISH

-MAN:

-Senora.

Senora.

SHE SIGHS

HE PATS HER SHOULDER

SHE SOBS

SHE SNIFFLES

DOORS CREAK OPEN

DOORS CLOSE

KEYS JINGLE

Mom? What you doing home?

I could ask you the same question. Where you been sleeping? Jerome's?

Volpe's.

I just came home to shower, grab some clothes. You all right?

SHE SCOFFS

Listen, Mom, I'm sorry I lied to you. It was disrespectful,

and I should've treated you better than that.

Talk to me.

Tulf fired me.

What?

W-Why?

I called his ass out.

Told him to put me on them Westside properties

like he'd been promising.

Said things had changed, that he needed to sell it.

-SHE CHUCKLES

-That I'd have other opportunities!

I don't know exactly what happened then.

I just know I saw red, and I went after him and...

..when it was done, I was being tossed out.

Fuck Tulfowitz.

SHE SCOFFS You hear me?

And all the shit he put you through.

Fuck him.

This is a good thing.

-This is a good thing?

-Mm-hm.

That was my job, Franklin.

You'll get another job. One that deserves you.

Where? Doing what?

I killed myself trying to make that man happy,

and now I just threw it all away.

Tulf ain't gonna give me no references.

There's bills and then the mortgage.

You ain't gotta worry about any of that any more, Mom.

Huh?

Uh-uh.

I don't want your reefer money.

CLOSES DRAWER

ZIPS BAG

No, you can, uh, leave the robe at home this time. Just, uh,

keep an eye on things while I'm in there.

Yeah, OK. Thanks. I'll see you soon.

DIALLING

-VICTORIA:

-Hi. If you have any information on Kristin,

please leave your name and...

LOCK CLICKS

OPENS AND CLOSES DRAWER

Doesn't change a thing.

Fuck, yeah. That's the best time.

Whole family in one place. Drunk, tired, easy pickings.

You know where they're having the velario?

I want you to go, Gustavo. Check the place out,

see how many people we're gonna need, what the layout looks like.

DOOR CREAKS

Oso?

Almost there, vato. Don't bitch out now.

TV PLAYS INSIDE

DOOR CREAKS

Victoria?

TV PLAYS

TOOL WHIRS IN NEXT ROOM

WHIRRING CONTINUES

WHIRRING CONTINUES

Alejandro?

Get out of here, Teddy.

No, I can't do that.

Of course you can.

It's the easiest thing in the world. Just...turn around, walk out,

close the door behind you.

HE EXHALES SHARPLY

-STRAINED: This isn't right.

-Isn't right?

HE CHUCKLES

This is a war, Teddy. We do what is required of us,

which is exactly what I did that night at the house

and, unfortunately, what you are incapable of doing.

So I'm doing this for both of us.

This is my gift to you. All you have to do is...

..accept it.

You're doing great, Teddy.

-TEDDY EXHALES SHARPLY

-You're a hero.

See you soon, OK?

WHIRRING RESUMES

WHIRRING CONTINUES

GUNSHOT, THUD

TV CONTINUES IN NEXT ROOM

HE EXHALES DEEPLY

Fucking shit!

What's up with these crates here?

What crates?

These crates.

Motherfucker!

-Yuda!

-Huh?

Did you know Franklin saved Yuda's life?

-Did you know that?

-No.

-It's true. Yeah. He's a good boy.

-AVI LAUGHS

So every time he come here,

I offer him a drink, some snort, some pink.

He always say no.

Shit, I'm good with any one of those.

Well, I didn't offer it to you, did I?

BOTTLE CLATTERS

-Fuck did you bring them here for?

-Told you. Business is ramping up.

Means we're gonna buy more, pay upfront.

That also means might not always be me here making the runs.

Oh, yes, it will. It's you I like, you I trust.

You put on the vest.

AVI LAUGHS

Hey, you know, Avi, seeing as that we gonna be...

..you know, buying in bulk, paying upfront,

how about we do a little bit better on that price?

-What?

-I know you started the boy off at 12.

You fronting the shit. He don't know no better.

Now this shit is real.

How about you shave a little off that price?

Oh. Maybe.

-HE CHUCKLES

-Yeah.

-Yeah, maybe.

Or maybe I'll shave the eyebrows off your face

and tell you to go suck on a donkey's dick.

Uh, Avi, 12 is fine, all right?

Fuck is this? I let you bring your friends into my house,

and you fucking strong-arm me?

Hey, look, nobody trying to strong-arm nobody.

Hell you're not.

And just so you know who's in fucking charge here,

-it's gonna be 13 a key.

-Come on, Avi.

-Keep on talking, it'll be 14.

Or you can go someplace else.

You greedy motherfuckers.

-Now get the fuck out.

-BAG ZIPS

HE KISSES

I asked y'all to be cool.

Hey, man, it ain't our fault the dude is crazy, cuz.

Hey, he more than crazy. Motherfucker's racist.

It doesn't matter!

Unless y'all know where I can get pure product

at those prices, Avi's our guy.

I know where you get a better price

and you ain't gotta deal with no crazy-ass Jew.

Look, he getting it from somewhere, and it's much less than 12 a key.

Now, you have somebody stake out his little crib,

see who comes and goes...

..get right to the source.

Can't just sit outside his house and wait.

Be arrested in five minutes in this neighbourhood.

You right. We can't. But you know someone who can.

LOCK TURNS

BIRD CAWS

KEYS JANGLE AND THUD

DOOR CREAKS CLOSED

OBJECT CLATTERS

TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS IN DISTANCE

MACHINE BEEPS, CLICK JULIA: Hey, it's me.

Uh, haven't heard from you in a couple of days.

Starting to get a little worried.

Could you please give me a call when you get a chance?

BABY WHINES

Are you OK, honey? You a little bit hungry?

Oh, you wanna say hi? Wanna say hi? SHOWER RUNS

-Dada!

-Uh, all right. I hope you're OK.

Um...love you. Bye.

MACHINE BEEPS AND CLICKS

SHOWER CONTINUES RUNNING

MUSIC PLAYS IN BACKGROUND

QUIET CONVERSATIONS IN SPANISH

No.

Hmm!

No, mi amor.

SHE SCOFFS

Mija...

DOOR CLOSES

CONVERSATION IN NEXT ROOM

SHE INHALES DEEPLY

Smoke with me?

Maybe you're smoking the wrong shit.

Yeah, maybe.

SHE INHALES SHARPLY

SHE EXHALES DEEPLY

SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE

Ramiro's bringing someone in to learn the books.

HE LAUGHS

You laugh cos you know you were right.

Mm.

Why are you still here?

Because I have faith in you, chola.

Yeah, seriously. We can run this business together.

What if I told you I don't believe you?

..or paranoid.

SHE INHALES SHARPLY

SHE EXHALES DEEPLY

..that if I go through with this, I'm not doing it for you.

I know.

SHE SIGHS

And I have to be there.

So they won't think I had anything to do with it.

OK.

Call Stomper. Tell him I wanna meet.

SHE EXHALES DEEPLY

Sure you good to be out here?

Yeah. Need to get out that madhouse for a minute.

That laid-up shit getting old already.

What?

Nothing.

Bullshit. You got something, don't you?

Made a couple moves with Ray-Ray. Think I got everything set up.

-All right, then, I'll be there.

-No, man.

You're gonna be a liability, and you know it.

I mean, fuck that shit, cuz.

Look, man, for real. Sit this one out. I got it.

Hey, Franklin.

When you had that gun on Carvel,

what were you thinking about? What stopped you?

I don't know. A lot of shit, I guess.

Well, when you dealing with Ray-Ray and Lenny,

I want you to think about taking care of your people, your folk.

Your moms, your uncle, Louie, Melody.

I even want you to think about me bleeding on that fucking ground,

and you pull that trigger. You hear me?

You eat them or they eat you, that's all.

We gonna be good, man.

FAST CLASSICAL PIANO PIECE PLAYS

KNOCK ON DOOR

Teddy?

POUNDING ON DOOR

BUTTON CLICKS, MUSIC STOPS

DOOR CREAKS

H-hey. HE CLEARS THROAT

You don't answer your phone?

-TEDDY SIGHS

-Julia called.

Said she hadn't heard from you in a couple of days

and was worried there might be something wrong.

HE SIGHS Things, um, um...

Get dressed, Teddy.

OK.

I didn't know you were a classical fan.

Who was that? Chopin?

James, I don't think... I'm the guy for this.

I went to bat for you, Teddy.

I'm sorry.

You want my advice?

You need to learn to let things go.

I mean, come on, this is just like Tehran all over again.

Sometimes shit just goes wrong in our business.

I could've prevented Tehran. I should've pulled my agent out.

-I knew he was in trouble, and nobody would listen.

-So what? It happened.

It wasn't your fault. But you came back to DC wound way too tight,

and you took a samurai sword

into the country co-ordinator's office.

It was a Civil War sabre.

I don't understand. I thought that

you'd be relieved that I'm out of this.

The director's very proud of you.

You know, money and supplies are flowing south.

Contra fighters are back on the offensive.

This thing is starting to work just like you knew it would.

He's extremely pleased.

So is the President.

You're full of shit.

He asked us to, uh, pass on his appreciation

to the responsible parties.

When I was eight...

..my dad took me to the White House,

where he was being... honoured for his service,

and we had lunch, and I met Kennedy, and...

..it was the proudest moment of his whole life.

I mean, it's in my file. I know you read it.

Look, I am not manipulating you, Teddy.

I am just passing on the, uh, sentiment.

This is working. OK? But the question is,

is it gonna keep working because of you, or do I find somebody else?

-Su-ey!

-HE LAUGHS

Hey, this place dope, man! I mean, a few couches, some lava lamps,

a big-screen TV. Hey, we could put a waterbed in this motherfucker, too!

This ain't no motherfucking bachelor pad.

It's a goddamn cook house. Just calm your ass down.

We need to get the gas on right away. The stove, the whole point.

Can get that done as early as tomorrow.

HE CHUCKLES

BEEPING

BEEPING STOPS

Ray-Ray.

HE SIGHS

CHATTER

We need to talk.

What about?

How to avert a war.

Yeah, there we go.

ENGINE OFF

Didn't know you was bringing somebody.

Just my uncle.

Hold up here and you ain't got nothing to worry about.

Let's just be clear, I'm not the bitch here.

Whatever the fuck y'all did to Lenny fucked him up.

Would've got us all killed.

We know. You're doing the right thing, man.

-Get them out.

-I'm gonna help you.

Get your ass up.

Get up!

HE GROANS

Motherfucking Judas.

-All right, we good?

-I'm afraid we ain't.

Need to know word of this shit never gonna leave this spot.

Nah, man. Fuck that, man. You told me to bring him here. I did.

Either do it so I know you'll keep your mouth shut or you both dead.

-Ray-Ray...

-That wasn't the deal!

-Well, it's the deal now.

-Come on, man!

Hey, man, I understand this ain't an easy ask.

I know.

Plenty more where that came from.

We use men who know how to handle theyselves.

Future could be bright.

Hey!

Hey, hey! Don't you do this shit for him.

I told you to let this shit go.

Man, you ain't never gonna forget this shit.

You won't and you know it. Look at me, nigger.

Hey! Oh, he thinking because he doing this shit for you

that this blood ain't gonna be on your hands,

-but it is, nigger. Ray-Ray!

-HE GROANS

Yeah, you better watch your back!

-Uh-huh.

-Get the fuck...

-Come on, Ray-Ray.

-Ray-Ray, man, come on!

What the fuck you doing? Look at me, man!

-Do it, motherfucker!

-All right!

-Ray-Ray!

-Do it!

Ray-Ray! Ray...

For Leon, motherfucker.

You ever wanna make some ends, you know where to find me.

ENGINE STARTS

Mm.

Diego...

-PAPER RUSTLES

-Diego...

UTENSIL CLATTERS

-Hi.

-Hi. How are you?

I'm fantastic. How are you?

-American?

-Oh, absolutely!

-OK, OK, hold on, hold on.

-Explain this shit!

Obviously, you're upset. OK, you have every right to be.

But just... OK, please just put the gun down and we could talk.

ALL SHOUTING IN SPANISH

Alejandro Esteves. HE EXHALES DEEPLY

What was that?

Alejandro Esteves.

OK. HE EXHALES DEEPLY

You're here to make a deal with him, right?

Alejandro was already bringing cocaine into the United States.

He just needed DEA assistance to get it across the border.

You two were gonna be bargaining chips. He was setting you up.

I know that the same way I know everything about you two.

I know that you like being in the United States.

And I know that the Orejuelas trust you and leave you alone

as long as the money keeps rolling in.

And I can ensure that that continues to happen.

Keep the DEA and local law enforcement off your ass,

provide you with intel about your competitors

and security at certain border points.

What do we have to do for you?

Well, you have to provide me with absolutely pure cocaine

at prices that's going to make your balls hurt.

Who the fuck are you, man?

Doesn't matter who I am.

Only matters who I represent.

And who's that?

The United States government.

HE COUGHS AND SNIFFLES

ELEVATOR BELL DINGS

CHATTER

QUIET CONVERSATIONS IN SPANISH

WOMAN SINGS IN SPANISH

Si.

You have to help me out. You have to back me up.

-I can't do that.

-Why not?

Mija...

MUSIC: Fantasy by Earth, Wind & Fire

All right, all right, all right, give it up, give it up.

-How much we make today? Brothers?

-Oh...

-Man, what'd I tell you?

Put the ones in front of the fives, right? And the twenties in the back.

Hey, y'all paying attention? This is where it starts, you hear me?

All right, then.

Which one of y'all messed up my count?

# In his heart there's a space

# And the world can't erase his fantasies

# Take a ride in the sky

# On our ship fantasise

# All your dreams will come true right away

# And we will live together

# Until the twelfth of never... #

All right, all right, all right, who's got money?

You got money? You got money?

Y'all kids gotta learn nothing in life is free.

Who's got money? You got money? You, you, you?

Broke-ass kids. Get away from my truck.

Hey.

Never ride through my block without stopping, all right?

These kids, they want something, anything,

you serve 'em up, and I take care of you after.

-Cool?

-Yeah. Cool.

-Here you go, baby.

-Check out Franklin.

Y'all get what you want. CHILDREN SHOUT HAPPILY

# In the land called fantasy

# Loving life for you and me

# To behold to your soul is ecstasy

# You will find other kind

# That has been in search of you... #

Hey, Jules, it's me.

Yeah, I know.

I'm sorry.

It's just, um...

..things out here kind of... took a turn and...

No. It's not.

I got some bad news, Jules.

Yeah.

Hey, I just... I just wanted to say I'm sorry.

About everything. I just...

I love you and...I'm happy that it's just us again.

Just family.

It's late.

Jabali!

Make sure he gets home safe.

QUIET CONVERSATIONS IN SPANISH

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

Ciao, Papa.

Hey.

-Wanna join me?

-No, not tonight.

I just wanted to say, about the books...

..I'll call Antonio tomorrow.

I'll sit down with him and I'll go over everything.

Sounds good.

PHONE RINGS

A'rale. Man, let's do it.

RECEIVER CLATTERS

CRICKETS CHIRP

ENGINE STARTS

ENGINE STARTS

QUIET CHATTER

I'm not armed.

Out of respect for the dead, I'm gonna let you leave here.

You come near any of us again, that's it...

..I'm gonna kill you.

I just wanna say goodbye. Then I'll leave.

You'll never see me again.

Go.

GUNFIRE

SCREAMING

MAN SHOUTS IN SPANISH

SCREAMING AND SHOUTING CONTINUES

RAPID FOOTSTEPS

SHOUTING CONTINUES

HE GASPS

My God.

-LEE MOSES:

-# All the leaves are brown... #

-Just like that.

-Please, I do know my way around the kitchen!

# And the skies are grey

# I went for a walk, yes, I did

# On a winter's day... #

You got it.

# I'd be safe and warm

# If I were in LA

# California dreamin'

# On a winter's day

# Yeah

# Went to the church, yes, I did

# I stopped along the way

# Oh!

# Bent down on my knees

# I began to pray

# You know the preacher digs a call

# So I'm gonna stay

# I'm gonna stay, I told him so

# California dreamin'

# Oh, yeah

# Oh...

# Somebody help me now

# Gotta go so bad, yeah

# Oh, oh

# Cos the leaves are brown

# The skies are grey

# Went for a walk

# On a winter's day

# Oh, I'd be safe and warm

# If I was in LA... #