Dark Blue (2009–2010): Season 1, Episode 8 - Venice Kings - full transcript
As a new gang called the Venice Kings aim to take over the heroin market Dean goes undercover to bring them down and protect his nervous snitch. Meanwhile, Ty's sister Diana is looking for money to have an operation on her hand. Elsewhere, Jaimie worries that Carter has gone too far in interrogating a suspect's girlfriend.
You're seriously gonna
put that on your body?
'Yeah, full-chest piece''
The minute I can afford it.
Which is soon, right?
If this guy ever shows up.
Sykes is reliable.
Reliable smack dealers
do not exist.
He's gonna show.
He's gonna be here
then we're gonna own the whole
street, the whole neighborhood.
But until then,
we don't own piss.
'Just white boys
fighting for respect.'
So drop your pud
and watch traffic.
Lokes.
It's their hood.
For now anyway.
Nah. After the deal.
No one's having fun, huh?
I'm back here having a blast.
- Everyone's just freakin'--
There's no time for fun!
We're in a damn war!
Put that away.
You really think a bunch of
white boys can take over Venice?
You ringing?
Text.
My sister wants
to have lunch.
Meaning?
She needs money.
Well, it's the first time
she's asked, huh?
Not the first time
this month.
Black crotch rocket.
Two riders.
I don't like it.
- Moving kind of slow, Carter.
- Two males.
Two males.
- Gun!
- It's an ambush!
'Anyone got a visual on Dean?'
Can you see Dean?
You need to get
to a hospital now.
There's one a mile away. Go
there, now!
'We don't have time for payback,
Pike. Go, Hallsy, now!'
'Move it back! Go!'
'We got to get to
a hospital! Now!'
Right there,
right there.
Where?
- Right there. Stop.
Hey! Where you going?
Pike, those are cops, man.
Look, I'll meet me in the alley
behind Washington. Go!
Get out of here!
Scumbag Sykes set us up. I'm
gonna blow his damn head off.
Get to a hospital!
You deal with the ride, okay?
I'll handle the guys.
Hey, Pike.
Be better if the guys knew there
was another dope deal lined up.
Oh, your connection?
Oh, yeah.
Hallsy's been
talking it up.
- It's a phone call away.
- Sure does.
Well, O'Neill, O'Neill don't
do deals with pledges.
You want to get something done,
you work through Hallsy.
Look, five minutes, Pike.
That's all I'm asking.
He's legit.
So is his connection.
Grab some rags and clean
the ride, right now.
Pike, you wanna do this,
you gotta move fast.
Yeah
Because the team with the most
heroin wins this war, pal.
And the guy upstairs, last time
I checked, he's got nothing.
Clean out the ride.
If I were in the back,
or a bullet ricocheted..
You weren't, and it didn't,
okay? Now shut up.
- I wanna see this through..
Wanna go to Pelican Bay
for five more years?
Better than a bullet
in my head? Yeah.
Five years is a long time
not to see your son.
You're my snitch, until
we bust these guys.
You know what?
One more week.
That's it.
We got a status on the kid
who got shot?
The one that Kings dumped
two blocks from the ER?
Yeah, he's in surgery,
barely hanging on.
The shooters were Lokes
defending their turf.
Eddie Sykes tipped 'em off
most likely.
Most definitely.
'The most heroin Sykes has
moved is a single key.'
Now, in the middle of a heroin
draught, he says he has five?
'Why the double cross''
We have no evidence he has
allegiance to the Lokes.
The Kings' money spends
like any other.
What're we doing?
Get rid of whities,
so Lokes win the heroin war?
- Atleast we're not racist.
- I'm serious.
The Kings are ambitious.
Big ideas, big goals.
They think like businessmen,
not gangbangers.
'If the Kings win the war,
they'll expand the business'
'in a way the Lokes
never could.'
So, yeah, I guess we are trying
to help the Lokes in a way.
Excuse me, Jaimie.
I need like an hour
of personal time.
Everything alright?
- Sis.
- Ouch.
Good luck.
'
- 'I told you it was bad.'
D, for what?
Remember Lisa.
The girl I went to beauty school
with way back when?
Yeah, I think so.
My head is spinning here.
I borrowed her car when
mine was in the shop..
...and then I got t-boned
by some drunk in a pickup.
- You don't care about me.
- You're sitting right here.
I paid Lisa back for the car
with my own money.
What I thought was a sprain,
was a broken wrist.
- The navicular bone.
- I don't know what that is.
How bad is it, D?
How bad is it?
Well, it needs
to be pinned..
...which is surgery.
It's just so tight right now,
you know?
I mean, we're living paycheck
to paycheck around here.
Plus, Mel and I are
talking about kids.
Great.
Congratulations.
Look, Ty, this
isn't easy for me.
You know,
I'm the big sister here.
Yeah, D, I know.
You think it's really easy
for me to ask you for money?
I am doing everything I can.
I'm just asking you
for a little help.
Think of
something good, man.
- Yeah.
She's doing checkout,
up from bagging.
- That's good.
- Tremendous.
Works for now.
She gets a break on pampers.
She loves to bake.
Wants to go to pastry school,
learn to make fancy desserts.
Oh, yeah?
You got a tummy ache, Hallsy?
- Nah. Thanks for your concern.
'Hey, we're done
cleaning the car.'
- Best we could anyway.
- Good.
'Cause I got you a meeting
with O'Neill in five minutes.
Yeah?
Yeah, and I, uh, put in
a good word for you.
So don't screw it up.
Hey.
- Yeah, he's dead.
So, I hear you're a badass.
Facing down, 5-0.
Seemed like the right thing
to do at the time.
Mm-hmm. Shootin'
at the police
seems kind of stupid
if you ask me.
Yeah, maybe right now,
but not then.
Not after Randy got shot.
- Yeah, Queens.
Best city in the world,
baby. Go, Mets.
Why'd you leave?
I got invited to
that party upstate.
Six years, armed robbery.
After that..
I don't know, seemed like
the right time to move on.
Unfortunately, there's no one
here who can back you up.
Nobody here was
at Sing Sing.
Still, doesn't build
confidence now, does it?
Look, I'm not getting references
while I'm doing my time, okay?
You vouch for him?
Absolutely.
Good.
- Hector Corona.
Half black, half Dominican,
100% Bronx.
His Caribbean connections
are wired into Afghan dope.
- Met him in the joint.
Well, he's got a mole
in the feds.
He knew about their plan to
raid those Mexican boats.
Knew they'd take all
that dope off the street.
And open the market right up.
'Cause it's wide open now, boy.
See this?
'They got it all''
Everything the Mexicans had,
gone before it hit dry land.
There's no smack anywhere.
Except for my boy, Hector.
You interested?
That depends.
That.. That depends on what?
On whether or not that
scumbag Sykes is alive.
That scumbag Sykes is dead.
Hey, look, I got a problem
about my pay grade here, guys.
What's that?
O'Neill wants me to kill Sykes.
If I do, he'll sit down
with my heroin connection.
That all?
Sykes have any warrants,
anything at all?
Bench warrant.
- Two old parking tickets.
- Bring him in.
- He wants him dead, Carter.
Maybe we can hide him for a bit,
buy some time.
Look, my boy Hallsy,
he's getting edgy.
- I'm telling you.
A civilian who just who saw some
kid get shot five times edgy.
A civilian? We popped him for
selling four keys of coke.
Okay, who's talking to you,
and what does that mean?
- I'm just saying.
What're you saying?
He's a criminal,
not a Sunday-school teacher.
He joined the gang in prison,
so he wouldn't get raped.
- He's scared.
He knows I'm a cop.
He flips, I'm dead.
- That's my point.
- Bring him in.
Arresting him is a bad idea.
Who says we're gonna arrest him?
Police! Freeze!
Whoa, what I do?
What the hell did I do?
Aah!
You park your DeVille
in a handicapped zone?
- Time to pay the piper.
Clear.
Spotless too.
I don't buy it.
Turn this place upside down.
Look, I didn't set anybody up.
I never even heard
of the Venice Kings.
Well, they know you, Sykes.
They put a hit on you.
- Termites.
They killed
five people recently.
Fellas, ma'am, no. You got me
mixed up with somebody else.
I'm a financial consultant.
I never even..
What the hell are
you looking for, brother?
Hello?
I know what is there
to the penny!
- Sit down.
- Down to the penny!
You got no right coming in here,
going through my walls.
You need a warrant.
Fourth Amendment.
You want it confiscated?
Ill-gotten gains, or walk away
with every penny. Up to you?
How did you wire up the hit
on the Venice Kings today?
I didn't wire up jack.
Look.
Darnell Wallace,
runs 28th Street Lokes.
Said he'd pay if I told when
someone wanted to score smack.
He wants a monopoly
on the smack trade?
- Nothing. It's a ghost town.
Now, about my money?
You play ball, sit in a cell
for a week, then disappear
you can keep your cash.
- Yeah, right.
- So cynical.
Makes me kind of sad.
Scour the pad for the rest
of the dope..
...then voucher the money.
You hear me?
Yeah.
Alright, lay down.
Yo, can I get something
to lay down on maybe?
That's what you do
when you cap somebody?
Give him something nice
to snuggle up on?
I never capped anybody.
I'm a businessman. Straight up.
How much was in there?
How much dough was in the wall?
- Well, you counted it.
- Not yet.
It's gonna take three hours to
get through all of that, so..
The real number? Or minus
what you're gonna take
to make this deal go
the way it should?
- Lie down.
- Easy, tough guy.
- Shut up.
- $743,000.
- I said, "shut up."
Shoot him, Ty.
Alrighty.
Carter wants us to
call the morgue
and see if they're set to
cremate any white John Does.
Oh, balls, my man.
But this..
- This is A plus plus.
- Whoa.
Never got an A before.
It's sick. Bet I know who did
the dirty work and who didn't.
No, we did it together.
It's ruthless.
That's our path, boy.
That's how we take this city.
Call your connection.
Let's get that
heroin deal going.
Done.
Gentlemen, this way.
- I don't know.
Never seen 'em before.
Where's the smack coming from?
What do you care, okay?
It's from the DA in Sacramento.
Better be good, 'cause
O'Neill's gonna test it
with a gun to
the guy's head.
- Don't worry.
- You say that a lot..
- ...which makes me worry.
- The deal goes down, you skate.
Back to Sophie,
and back to your son.
Just make sure your
boy's heroin is good.
This way. Come on.
He's in.
In position.
I see Dean, Hallsy,
Pike and O'Neill.
Mr. Corona.
The goods?
'This way, my man.
Let's get started.'
What are you drinking?
So, we line sealed
packets of..
Thank you.
'Frozen shark carcasses on
their way to Miami fish market''
They get waived through customs.
Take a little detour.
'Hector Corona gets
what's his.'
'The market gets its fish.
Simple.'
That's incredible.
Mind if I take a peek at
the other half of this equation?
Who else do you do
business with?
That's confidential.
'What are you a priest
or a drug dealer?'
Me no speak whatever.
That means
I'm a little bit of both.
He's done business with
my friend from Sacramento.
- Guy named J.K. Landers.
We were in juvenile together.
He's a good guy.
It's on your name, brother.
Forty five percent.
That's a good number.
To taking over Venice.
'Like I said, man.'
Only the best.
That's good.
Very good.
It's done.
At the ready.
That's the last piece, brother.
'This time tomorrow,
we own Venice.'
I thought Venice
was the Lokes'.
They may have a little
opinion on that.
Well, won't none of them be
around to voice their opinion.
They'll be gone
in a puff of smoke.
Keep your eye on
the news tomorrow.
No.
So any place I should
stay away from so I..
...so I stay safe?
Stay east of the 405
for the rest of the day.
Unless you don't mind
getting ash on your silk shirt.
You gotta be kidding me.
Damn it.
What's going on, Carter?
Are we going in or not?
'It's a whole lot easier
to bust these assholes'
with the doors open.
Are we moving in or not?
No!
Abort the arrest!
Repeat. Abort the arrest!
Why?
- There's a bomb.
'
Where?
That's a hell of a question.
I had no choice, Dean.
There's a damn bomb out there.
Do you have any idea
what you're doing?
'You didn't hear O'Neill
talking about a bomb?'
- He is talking smack, man.
'Then we bust him.'
He spent half his life in jail.
He doesn't care if he's back .
If Hallsy cracks, he's dead,
and then they kill me.
He made this bomb out
out to be something big.
- We're talking innocent people.
- 'I'm telling you.'
I don't know much
my boy Hallsy can take of this.
Listen to me. You are in until
we find this bomb. You hear me?
'If you're nervous,
find it fast.'
Come on, Jaimie.
Let's take a ride.
Reel it back
a bit, okay?
I told you, I don't know
where he planted the bomb.
Okay, what about
the location of the Lokes?
No clue.
'Boss.'
Here's to the breezes
that blows through the trees
as it lifts the girls skirts
above their kneeses.
- Hear.
- 'Hear.'
'Why so sour?'
Hey, man, I'm worried.
I mean, where exactly
west of the 405 should
we be staying away from?
- You'll be fine.
You doubting me?
No, I'm psyched
to be a part of this.
I just want to hear
an answer, a yes.
Here it is, brother.
Yes.
Two friends of mine flew in
from Oregon yesterday
and made a little care package
for Mr. Darnell Wallace.
CEO of the 28th Street,
True Blue Lokes.
Homeboy will not know
what hit his black ass.
Your friends gonna stick
around for the fireworks?
No, they're halfway
back to Bend.
- To a new day!
- New day.
You need a lap dance.
No, Darnell Wallace
didn't have an address.
He ain't that stupid.
Well, they put a bomb
out there, Sykes.
Wasn't on a guess.
Then they know him
better than me.
You know what
we're gonna do, Jaimie?
We are gonna
have a little bonfire.
Well, good for you.
Using all that cash
out of your wall.
Oh, man, come on.
We had a deal!
And I got a whole bunch
of innocent clean people
about to get
torn to ribbons.
You think I care
about your dirty cash?
It's a house downtown.
The 28th Streeter's
call it the armory.
Tell me that's just
a cute name.
No, it's not.
It's their armory.
So you wear your vest,
little girl.
- LAPD.
- 'Move, freeze.'
Police! Don't move!
Don't move! Down! I said down!
Any of you cats seen
two redneck looking dudes
around these parts yesterday?
Flannel shirt, checkered shirt?
That type wouldn't
come around here, G.
- They wouldn't last.
Suitcase behind a water heater.
Easy access from outside
adjacent to this wall.
And now, if it's live..
...it could take out
the whole room.
What about a suitcase
behind the water heater?
You got to be kidding me.
- 'Some guns, some coke.'
No trace of explosives.
Anyone got a location
on Darnell Wallace?
If they do,
they aren't talking.
Alright.
Communicate that to Dean.
Don't these guys know
we're in the middle
of a damn recession? Geez.
How'd everything go
with your sister?
It went.
- Seven large.
- Oh-oh.
- Yep.
But I'm not gonna help
her out this time.
I can't keep
being her crutch, man.
Never heard you
say that before.
I'm saying it now.
I heard O'Neill talking.
Those rednecks made
a pretty big bomb.
How big?
I don't know for sure,
but he said
"sometimes you gotta kill
the innocent to get the guilty."
- I've been thinking.
- Oh, come on. Not this again.
I want to serve my time.
I'd rather do five years
than end up in a body bag.
- O'Neill's getting nervous.
About what?
- About you, Hector, me.
What makes you say that?
He's been trying to get in
touch with JK, my friend.
So he can ask about Hector.
Only problem is, JK don't exist.
Sooner or later,
he's gonna do the math.
And when he does,
I'm not going down alone.
Are you threatening me?
I just want out, okay?
It's my right.
No, you got no f..
You got no rights.
I own you.
I own your ass
until we make this bust.
Do you understand me, Kevin?
You understand me?
So get it through
your head, Kevin.
Stay strong and we'll make
it through, you understand?
And if we make it through,
what happens to me?
- Life--
I get a pat on my ass
and a bull's-eye on my back.
- I won't make it three days.
- There's a bomb out there.
A lot of innocent people
are gonna die.
The only innocent person
I'm worried about dying is me..
...Dean.
He's been locked up
25 of his 40 years.
'Folsom, Pelican Bay,
led a gang in San Quentin.'
Family?
Mother's in a nursing home,
but no wife, no kids.
I got a note here
on a girlfriend.
Marcella Vazquez, 25.
- 'Clean as a whistle.'
Receptionist at some accounting
firm in Playa del Rey.
We've tried everything, So.
What?
- Let's grab the girlfriend.
Leverage.
You got a problem?
- She's a secretary.
'
Dating a criminal
doesn't make you one.
You read that
in a fortune cookie?
This woman didn't do
a damn thing.
Neither did
the innocent people
her prick boyfriend's
about to kill.
And none of them
are screwing him.
- You're out of bounds, Carter.
- Then talk to her nice.
Woman to woman. Maybe light
some scented candles.
Run her a bath.
Just get her in here now!
- Yeah.
You're Carol from
the car-broker place.
- Carolyn. I love your necklace.
- Thanks. It's my grandmother's.
Like I said, your boyfriend
really wants you to
test-drive the car
before he pulls the trigger.
Makes sense. I can't believe
he's buying me a car.
You scream,
this tape goes back on.
Why am I here?
- Quiet.
Who's this?
'I'm calling on behalf
of Darnell Wallace'
and the 28 true-blue
Loke nation, fool.
We got told you looking
to do us some harm.
'Aw, you got nothing
to worry about.'
It's not gonna hurt
a bit, Mr. No name.
- Think you got tickled.
- 'We'll see on that.'
You tell us where
the bomb's at, G
or we put a nice bullet in your
pretty little girlfriend's head.
Marcella right here, right now.
She look fine, too.
What the hell
are you talking about?
'Smile off your face now,
little bitch, huh?'
We wanna know
where the bomb's at.
Because if you don't..
...Marcella ain't never gonna
make it back home.
And before she gets to say
"what up" to Allah
she really gonna know
what it's like to love
a black man, you cracker boy.
Here's your little boyfriend.
He dying to hear your voice.
Baby
'I'm so scared. Who are the--'
Quiet. Quiet!
I'm telling you, you hurt her
and I'll blow your brains out.
'Then tell us
where the bomb at, G?'
Tit for tat, homey.
Tit for tat.
Can-Can you please
just take this blindfold off?
I'm really claustrophobic.
- Shut up. You won't get hurt.
- Concerned citizens.
I have nothing to do with this.
I'm just his girlfriend--
- No.
Then shut up. Okay.
You just seem
like a really nice person.
I'm not that nice.
Can I, can I just use
the bathroom?
I'm really nervous.
I feel like I'm gonna get sick.
That's not how
this is gonna work, G.
'Okay? You give her up.'
'And then you get
the location of the device.'
'No, I make the rules.'
'I tell you when you
get your girl back, right?'
You listen to me, you dumb
gangster son of a bitch!
I know we don't got much time,
which sadly for you means
Marcella ain't got
much time, either.
'What do you know?'
'How do you know
how much time you got?'
Loke's got eyes everywhere.
I told you, we've been
doing this for a minute, man.
- She's in the bathroom.
- C-D-apostrophe-A.
What could that mean?
California, something.
I don't know.
You hear the question?
Look, I don't know
who you guys are
or what you want from me,
but I don't know anything.
- I don't have a clue!
Gag her.
A-ah! A-ah!
Pull your gun out
and aim it at her head.
- No.
- Do it!
If she doesn't stop fighting
and drop the scissors
in two seconds,
blow her brains out.
One...Two.
- Trying to see what she knows
since you ain't being
very helpful.
- She doesn't know anything.
- We'll see about that.
No, no. Please,
no, not that, please.
- She's claustrophobic.
- Tough.
No. Why are you doing this?
Because your boyfriend
planted a bomb, okay?
He's planning on killing
innocent people.
He started this, not me.
No! No!
C-D-A.
C
CD apostrophe A.
What does it mean?
Wait, wait, wait!
I heard him.
I heard him
on the phone the other day.
He mentioned a street
Coeur D'Alene.
I don't know.
Is that it?
'What's that?'
Why you discussing turf wars
and heroin deals
when we about to cut your girl
up piece by piece?
Look, G, the homies
is out searching
'Coeur D'Alene right now,
and if they find the bomb'
'before you tell us
where it's at'
it ain't gonna be
good for your girl.
'She gonna be lying in
a pool of gasoline.'
'You don't want that.'
So give up the info
right here, right now.
'She walks away free.'
If you don't,
it's not a good thing.
End of story, game's over.
It's in a brown Toyota, 2302.
- It's in the trunk.
- 20 minutes.
You got 20 minutes!
- Get out of here.
- Go! Go!
Grab your families!
Run like hell! Come on! Go! Go!
Get out! Get out! Take off.
Take off. Be careful. Go. Go.
- A minute, maybe less.
Hoping for something a little
bit more encouraging than that.
- Most of it.
- It means it's time
to get the hell
out of here.
Text Dean. Tell him to grab
Hallsy and cut him loose.
Then grab Jaimie
and bust O'Neill.
- Dean, boss's office.
Strategy session, Ace. Come on.
You're invited. Let's go.
What up, Dean?
Why don't you have a seat?
Do you mind telling me
what's going on here?
You 5
What? No.
You-you're insulting me.
I called Darnell Wallace
asking when he was
gonna deliver Marcella.
The Lokes don't know nothing
about her getting kidnapped.
What does that have
to do with us?
Someone fed information
on the location
and the time of the explosion,
to whoever
I was on the phone with,
which had to be 5-0
or how's the bomb squad
get there on time?
- It's not us.
- Well, someone did it.
Yeah, and it's got nothing
to do with--
Well, it was someone, and he's
the only one here puking
and crying
and callin' his girlfriend
and saying he loves her
and it's all gonna be over soon.
What's gonna be over soon?
Hallsy, tell me.
What's gonna be over soon?
I was just calling her
to say hello.
I want the truth, damn it!
Tell me the truth!
What are you looking at him for?
'You are 5'
Listen, you're
being ridiculous, O'Neill.
- Yeah.
'You need to understand
'cause I'm not 5-0.'
Well, it's still there.
I can't. Listen..
Come on, Hallsy,
if he's police, just tell me.
Tell me right now,
right this second,
and I promise
you'll get a pass.
'Come on, boy.'
Come on.
Do yourself a favor
and tell me
what I already know.
- I'm sorry!
You're sorry about what, Hallsy?
You're sorry about what?
You lying sack of..
Oh-h!
Hey, could we, uh...could we
get a second?
You're good to go.
I was gonna tell him
you're a cop.
But you didn't.
That's O'Neill's. Always
with the black rubber band.
No.
I found it on the ground.
I killed that man today.
O'Neill.
He's trash.
Right down to his bone marrow.
So...I'll drink myself to sleep
a few nights and move on.
Sounds like a good plan.
If I'd had to kill that woman
Marcella Vasquez...
I made a judgment call.
It worked.
This time.
That's all that matters.
350k, courtesy of Venice Kings.
Is it all there?
'Or did O'Neill
shortchange Mr. Corona?'
I hear drug dealers
do that sometimes.
I wasn't planning
on counting it.
'Good night, man.'
- 'Hey.'
- Hey.
You're beautiful.
Babe, you want
to go out tonight?
All I got to do is shower.
We're good after that.
Unless you want to join me,
then we're really good.
So, your sister left a message
on the home line.
She said she tried calling you
on the cell
but there was no answer.
'Um..'
What did she say?
She said "thanks."
A few times.
- Can we talk about this after--
You know what?
It's bill night.
So I just need to know
which one's gonna bounce.
- None of 'em.
'
You gave her $7,000.
She definitely said
more than thanks--
I know that she's your sister
I know that you love her,
but w
Babe, we're gonna pay the bills.
We're gonna pay the mortgage.
And if we want to go eat
a big steak tonight
- that's what we're gonna do.
You told me that people slip
when they do bad things
for good reasons.
Okay, I know what I told you,
and I didn't do any of that.
How'd you get the money?
My bike.
Is that why Carter
drove you home?
Did you sell your motorcycle?
Well, I was tired
of it scaring you.
- I'll meet you in the shower.
- Hm.
put that on your body?
'Yeah, full-chest piece''
The minute I can afford it.
Which is soon, right?
If this guy ever shows up.
Sykes is reliable.
Reliable smack dealers
do not exist.
He's gonna show.
He's gonna be here
then we're gonna own the whole
street, the whole neighborhood.
But until then,
we don't own piss.
'Just white boys
fighting for respect.'
So drop your pud
and watch traffic.
Lokes.
It's their hood.
For now anyway.
Nah. After the deal.
No one's having fun, huh?
I'm back here having a blast.
- Everyone's just freakin'--
There's no time for fun!
We're in a damn war!
Put that away.
You really think a bunch of
white boys can take over Venice?
You ringing?
Text.
My sister wants
to have lunch.
Meaning?
She needs money.
Well, it's the first time
she's asked, huh?
Not the first time
this month.
Black crotch rocket.
Two riders.
I don't like it.
- Moving kind of slow, Carter.
- Two males.
Two males.
- Gun!
- It's an ambush!
'Anyone got a visual on Dean?'
Can you see Dean?
You need to get
to a hospital now.
There's one a mile away. Go
there, now!
'We don't have time for payback,
Pike. Go, Hallsy, now!'
'Move it back! Go!'
'We got to get to
a hospital! Now!'
Right there,
right there.
Where?
- Right there. Stop.
Hey! Where you going?
Pike, those are cops, man.
Look, I'll meet me in the alley
behind Washington. Go!
Get out of here!
Scumbag Sykes set us up. I'm
gonna blow his damn head off.
Get to a hospital!
You deal with the ride, okay?
I'll handle the guys.
Hey, Pike.
Be better if the guys knew there
was another dope deal lined up.
Oh, your connection?
Oh, yeah.
Hallsy's been
talking it up.
- It's a phone call away.
- Sure does.
Well, O'Neill, O'Neill don't
do deals with pledges.
You want to get something done,
you work through Hallsy.
Look, five minutes, Pike.
That's all I'm asking.
He's legit.
So is his connection.
Grab some rags and clean
the ride, right now.
Pike, you wanna do this,
you gotta move fast.
Yeah
Because the team with the most
heroin wins this war, pal.
And the guy upstairs, last time
I checked, he's got nothing.
Clean out the ride.
If I were in the back,
or a bullet ricocheted..
You weren't, and it didn't,
okay? Now shut up.
- I wanna see this through..
Wanna go to Pelican Bay
for five more years?
Better than a bullet
in my head? Yeah.
Five years is a long time
not to see your son.
You're my snitch, until
we bust these guys.
You know what?
One more week.
That's it.
We got a status on the kid
who got shot?
The one that Kings dumped
two blocks from the ER?
Yeah, he's in surgery,
barely hanging on.
The shooters were Lokes
defending their turf.
Eddie Sykes tipped 'em off
most likely.
Most definitely.
'The most heroin Sykes has
moved is a single key.'
Now, in the middle of a heroin
draught, he says he has five?
'Why the double cross''
We have no evidence he has
allegiance to the Lokes.
The Kings' money spends
like any other.
What're we doing?
Get rid of whities,
so Lokes win the heroin war?
- Atleast we're not racist.
- I'm serious.
The Kings are ambitious.
Big ideas, big goals.
They think like businessmen,
not gangbangers.
'If the Kings win the war,
they'll expand the business'
'in a way the Lokes
never could.'
So, yeah, I guess we are trying
to help the Lokes in a way.
Excuse me, Jaimie.
I need like an hour
of personal time.
Everything alright?
- Sis.
- Ouch.
Good luck.
'
- 'I told you it was bad.'
D, for what?
Remember Lisa.
The girl I went to beauty school
with way back when?
Yeah, I think so.
My head is spinning here.
I borrowed her car when
mine was in the shop..
...and then I got t-boned
by some drunk in a pickup.
- You don't care about me.
- You're sitting right here.
I paid Lisa back for the car
with my own money.
What I thought was a sprain,
was a broken wrist.
- The navicular bone.
- I don't know what that is.
How bad is it, D?
How bad is it?
Well, it needs
to be pinned..
...which is surgery.
It's just so tight right now,
you know?
I mean, we're living paycheck
to paycheck around here.
Plus, Mel and I are
talking about kids.
Great.
Congratulations.
Look, Ty, this
isn't easy for me.
You know,
I'm the big sister here.
Yeah, D, I know.
You think it's really easy
for me to ask you for money?
I am doing everything I can.
I'm just asking you
for a little help.
Think of
something good, man.
- Yeah.
She's doing checkout,
up from bagging.
- That's good.
- Tremendous.
Works for now.
She gets a break on pampers.
She loves to bake.
Wants to go to pastry school,
learn to make fancy desserts.
Oh, yeah?
You got a tummy ache, Hallsy?
- Nah. Thanks for your concern.
'Hey, we're done
cleaning the car.'
- Best we could anyway.
- Good.
'Cause I got you a meeting
with O'Neill in five minutes.
Yeah?
Yeah, and I, uh, put in
a good word for you.
So don't screw it up.
Hey.
- Yeah, he's dead.
So, I hear you're a badass.
Facing down, 5-0.
Seemed like the right thing
to do at the time.
Mm-hmm. Shootin'
at the police
seems kind of stupid
if you ask me.
Yeah, maybe right now,
but not then.
Not after Randy got shot.
- Yeah, Queens.
Best city in the world,
baby. Go, Mets.
Why'd you leave?
I got invited to
that party upstate.
Six years, armed robbery.
After that..
I don't know, seemed like
the right time to move on.
Unfortunately, there's no one
here who can back you up.
Nobody here was
at Sing Sing.
Still, doesn't build
confidence now, does it?
Look, I'm not getting references
while I'm doing my time, okay?
You vouch for him?
Absolutely.
Good.
- Hector Corona.
Half black, half Dominican,
100% Bronx.
His Caribbean connections
are wired into Afghan dope.
- Met him in the joint.
Well, he's got a mole
in the feds.
He knew about their plan to
raid those Mexican boats.
Knew they'd take all
that dope off the street.
And open the market right up.
'Cause it's wide open now, boy.
See this?
'They got it all''
Everything the Mexicans had,
gone before it hit dry land.
There's no smack anywhere.
Except for my boy, Hector.
You interested?
That depends.
That.. That depends on what?
On whether or not that
scumbag Sykes is alive.
That scumbag Sykes is dead.
Hey, look, I got a problem
about my pay grade here, guys.
What's that?
O'Neill wants me to kill Sykes.
If I do, he'll sit down
with my heroin connection.
That all?
Sykes have any warrants,
anything at all?
Bench warrant.
- Two old parking tickets.
- Bring him in.
- He wants him dead, Carter.
Maybe we can hide him for a bit,
buy some time.
Look, my boy Hallsy,
he's getting edgy.
- I'm telling you.
A civilian who just who saw some
kid get shot five times edgy.
A civilian? We popped him for
selling four keys of coke.
Okay, who's talking to you,
and what does that mean?
- I'm just saying.
What're you saying?
He's a criminal,
not a Sunday-school teacher.
He joined the gang in prison,
so he wouldn't get raped.
- He's scared.
He knows I'm a cop.
He flips, I'm dead.
- That's my point.
- Bring him in.
Arresting him is a bad idea.
Who says we're gonna arrest him?
Police! Freeze!
Whoa, what I do?
What the hell did I do?
Aah!
You park your DeVille
in a handicapped zone?
- Time to pay the piper.
Clear.
Spotless too.
I don't buy it.
Turn this place upside down.
Look, I didn't set anybody up.
I never even heard
of the Venice Kings.
Well, they know you, Sykes.
They put a hit on you.
- Termites.
They killed
five people recently.
Fellas, ma'am, no. You got me
mixed up with somebody else.
I'm a financial consultant.
I never even..
What the hell are
you looking for, brother?
Hello?
I know what is there
to the penny!
- Sit down.
- Down to the penny!
You got no right coming in here,
going through my walls.
You need a warrant.
Fourth Amendment.
You want it confiscated?
Ill-gotten gains, or walk away
with every penny. Up to you?
How did you wire up the hit
on the Venice Kings today?
I didn't wire up jack.
Look.
Darnell Wallace,
runs 28th Street Lokes.
Said he'd pay if I told when
someone wanted to score smack.
He wants a monopoly
on the smack trade?
- Nothing. It's a ghost town.
Now, about my money?
You play ball, sit in a cell
for a week, then disappear
you can keep your cash.
- Yeah, right.
- So cynical.
Makes me kind of sad.
Scour the pad for the rest
of the dope..
...then voucher the money.
You hear me?
Yeah.
Alright, lay down.
Yo, can I get something
to lay down on maybe?
That's what you do
when you cap somebody?
Give him something nice
to snuggle up on?
I never capped anybody.
I'm a businessman. Straight up.
How much was in there?
How much dough was in the wall?
- Well, you counted it.
- Not yet.
It's gonna take three hours to
get through all of that, so..
The real number? Or minus
what you're gonna take
to make this deal go
the way it should?
- Lie down.
- Easy, tough guy.
- Shut up.
- $743,000.
- I said, "shut up."
Shoot him, Ty.
Alrighty.
Carter wants us to
call the morgue
and see if they're set to
cremate any white John Does.
Oh, balls, my man.
But this..
- This is A plus plus.
- Whoa.
Never got an A before.
It's sick. Bet I know who did
the dirty work and who didn't.
No, we did it together.
It's ruthless.
That's our path, boy.
That's how we take this city.
Call your connection.
Let's get that
heroin deal going.
Done.
Gentlemen, this way.
- I don't know.
Never seen 'em before.
Where's the smack coming from?
What do you care, okay?
It's from the DA in Sacramento.
Better be good, 'cause
O'Neill's gonna test it
with a gun to
the guy's head.
- Don't worry.
- You say that a lot..
- ...which makes me worry.
- The deal goes down, you skate.
Back to Sophie,
and back to your son.
Just make sure your
boy's heroin is good.
This way. Come on.
He's in.
In position.
I see Dean, Hallsy,
Pike and O'Neill.
Mr. Corona.
The goods?
'This way, my man.
Let's get started.'
What are you drinking?
So, we line sealed
packets of..
Thank you.
'Frozen shark carcasses on
their way to Miami fish market''
They get waived through customs.
Take a little detour.
'Hector Corona gets
what's his.'
'The market gets its fish.
Simple.'
That's incredible.
Mind if I take a peek at
the other half of this equation?
Who else do you do
business with?
That's confidential.
'What are you a priest
or a drug dealer?'
Me no speak whatever.
That means
I'm a little bit of both.
He's done business with
my friend from Sacramento.
- Guy named J.K. Landers.
We were in juvenile together.
He's a good guy.
It's on your name, brother.
Forty five percent.
That's a good number.
To taking over Venice.
'Like I said, man.'
Only the best.
That's good.
Very good.
It's done.
At the ready.
That's the last piece, brother.
'This time tomorrow,
we own Venice.'
I thought Venice
was the Lokes'.
They may have a little
opinion on that.
Well, won't none of them be
around to voice their opinion.
They'll be gone
in a puff of smoke.
Keep your eye on
the news tomorrow.
No.
So any place I should
stay away from so I..
...so I stay safe?
Stay east of the 405
for the rest of the day.
Unless you don't mind
getting ash on your silk shirt.
You gotta be kidding me.
Damn it.
What's going on, Carter?
Are we going in or not?
'It's a whole lot easier
to bust these assholes'
with the doors open.
Are we moving in or not?
No!
Abort the arrest!
Repeat. Abort the arrest!
Why?
- There's a bomb.
'
Where?
That's a hell of a question.
I had no choice, Dean.
There's a damn bomb out there.
Do you have any idea
what you're doing?
'You didn't hear O'Neill
talking about a bomb?'
- He is talking smack, man.
'Then we bust him.'
He spent half his life in jail.
He doesn't care if he's back .
If Hallsy cracks, he's dead,
and then they kill me.
He made this bomb out
out to be something big.
- We're talking innocent people.
- 'I'm telling you.'
I don't know much
my boy Hallsy can take of this.
Listen to me. You are in until
we find this bomb. You hear me?
'If you're nervous,
find it fast.'
Come on, Jaimie.
Let's take a ride.
Reel it back
a bit, okay?
I told you, I don't know
where he planted the bomb.
Okay, what about
the location of the Lokes?
No clue.
'Boss.'
Here's to the breezes
that blows through the trees
as it lifts the girls skirts
above their kneeses.
- Hear.
- 'Hear.'
'Why so sour?'
Hey, man, I'm worried.
I mean, where exactly
west of the 405 should
we be staying away from?
- You'll be fine.
You doubting me?
No, I'm psyched
to be a part of this.
I just want to hear
an answer, a yes.
Here it is, brother.
Yes.
Two friends of mine flew in
from Oregon yesterday
and made a little care package
for Mr. Darnell Wallace.
CEO of the 28th Street,
True Blue Lokes.
Homeboy will not know
what hit his black ass.
Your friends gonna stick
around for the fireworks?
No, they're halfway
back to Bend.
- To a new day!
- New day.
You need a lap dance.
No, Darnell Wallace
didn't have an address.
He ain't that stupid.
Well, they put a bomb
out there, Sykes.
Wasn't on a guess.
Then they know him
better than me.
You know what
we're gonna do, Jaimie?
We are gonna
have a little bonfire.
Well, good for you.
Using all that cash
out of your wall.
Oh, man, come on.
We had a deal!
And I got a whole bunch
of innocent clean people
about to get
torn to ribbons.
You think I care
about your dirty cash?
It's a house downtown.
The 28th Streeter's
call it the armory.
Tell me that's just
a cute name.
No, it's not.
It's their armory.
So you wear your vest,
little girl.
- LAPD.
- 'Move, freeze.'
Police! Don't move!
Don't move! Down! I said down!
Any of you cats seen
two redneck looking dudes
around these parts yesterday?
Flannel shirt, checkered shirt?
That type wouldn't
come around here, G.
- They wouldn't last.
Suitcase behind a water heater.
Easy access from outside
adjacent to this wall.
And now, if it's live..
...it could take out
the whole room.
What about a suitcase
behind the water heater?
You got to be kidding me.
- 'Some guns, some coke.'
No trace of explosives.
Anyone got a location
on Darnell Wallace?
If they do,
they aren't talking.
Alright.
Communicate that to Dean.
Don't these guys know
we're in the middle
of a damn recession? Geez.
How'd everything go
with your sister?
It went.
- Seven large.
- Oh-oh.
- Yep.
But I'm not gonna help
her out this time.
I can't keep
being her crutch, man.
Never heard you
say that before.
I'm saying it now.
I heard O'Neill talking.
Those rednecks made
a pretty big bomb.
How big?
I don't know for sure,
but he said
"sometimes you gotta kill
the innocent to get the guilty."
- I've been thinking.
- Oh, come on. Not this again.
I want to serve my time.
I'd rather do five years
than end up in a body bag.
- O'Neill's getting nervous.
About what?
- About you, Hector, me.
What makes you say that?
He's been trying to get in
touch with JK, my friend.
So he can ask about Hector.
Only problem is, JK don't exist.
Sooner or later,
he's gonna do the math.
And when he does,
I'm not going down alone.
Are you threatening me?
I just want out, okay?
It's my right.
No, you got no f..
You got no rights.
I own you.
I own your ass
until we make this bust.
Do you understand me, Kevin?
You understand me?
So get it through
your head, Kevin.
Stay strong and we'll make
it through, you understand?
And if we make it through,
what happens to me?
- Life--
I get a pat on my ass
and a bull's-eye on my back.
- I won't make it three days.
- There's a bomb out there.
A lot of innocent people
are gonna die.
The only innocent person
I'm worried about dying is me..
...Dean.
He's been locked up
25 of his 40 years.
'Folsom, Pelican Bay,
led a gang in San Quentin.'
Family?
Mother's in a nursing home,
but no wife, no kids.
I got a note here
on a girlfriend.
Marcella Vazquez, 25.
- 'Clean as a whistle.'
Receptionist at some accounting
firm in Playa del Rey.
We've tried everything, So.
What?
- Let's grab the girlfriend.
Leverage.
You got a problem?
- She's a secretary.
'
Dating a criminal
doesn't make you one.
You read that
in a fortune cookie?
This woman didn't do
a damn thing.
Neither did
the innocent people
her prick boyfriend's
about to kill.
And none of them
are screwing him.
- You're out of bounds, Carter.
- Then talk to her nice.
Woman to woman. Maybe light
some scented candles.
Run her a bath.
Just get her in here now!
- Yeah.
You're Carol from
the car-broker place.
- Carolyn. I love your necklace.
- Thanks. It's my grandmother's.
Like I said, your boyfriend
really wants you to
test-drive the car
before he pulls the trigger.
Makes sense. I can't believe
he's buying me a car.
You scream,
this tape goes back on.
Why am I here?
- Quiet.
Who's this?
'I'm calling on behalf
of Darnell Wallace'
and the 28 true-blue
Loke nation, fool.
We got told you looking
to do us some harm.
'Aw, you got nothing
to worry about.'
It's not gonna hurt
a bit, Mr. No name.
- Think you got tickled.
- 'We'll see on that.'
You tell us where
the bomb's at, G
or we put a nice bullet in your
pretty little girlfriend's head.
Marcella right here, right now.
She look fine, too.
What the hell
are you talking about?
'Smile off your face now,
little bitch, huh?'
We wanna know
where the bomb's at.
Because if you don't..
...Marcella ain't never gonna
make it back home.
And before she gets to say
"what up" to Allah
she really gonna know
what it's like to love
a black man, you cracker boy.
Here's your little boyfriend.
He dying to hear your voice.
Baby
'I'm so scared. Who are the--'
Quiet. Quiet!
I'm telling you, you hurt her
and I'll blow your brains out.
'Then tell us
where the bomb at, G?'
Tit for tat, homey.
Tit for tat.
Can-Can you please
just take this blindfold off?
I'm really claustrophobic.
- Shut up. You won't get hurt.
- Concerned citizens.
I have nothing to do with this.
I'm just his girlfriend--
- No.
Then shut up. Okay.
You just seem
like a really nice person.
I'm not that nice.
Can I, can I just use
the bathroom?
I'm really nervous.
I feel like I'm gonna get sick.
That's not how
this is gonna work, G.
'Okay? You give her up.'
'And then you get
the location of the device.'
'No, I make the rules.'
'I tell you when you
get your girl back, right?'
You listen to me, you dumb
gangster son of a bitch!
I know we don't got much time,
which sadly for you means
Marcella ain't got
much time, either.
'What do you know?'
'How do you know
how much time you got?'
Loke's got eyes everywhere.
I told you, we've been
doing this for a minute, man.
- She's in the bathroom.
- C-D-apostrophe-A.
What could that mean?
California, something.
I don't know.
You hear the question?
Look, I don't know
who you guys are
or what you want from me,
but I don't know anything.
- I don't have a clue!
Gag her.
A-ah! A-ah!
Pull your gun out
and aim it at her head.
- No.
- Do it!
If she doesn't stop fighting
and drop the scissors
in two seconds,
blow her brains out.
One...Two.
- Trying to see what she knows
since you ain't being
very helpful.
- She doesn't know anything.
- We'll see about that.
No, no. Please,
no, not that, please.
- She's claustrophobic.
- Tough.
No. Why are you doing this?
Because your boyfriend
planted a bomb, okay?
He's planning on killing
innocent people.
He started this, not me.
No! No!
C-D-A.
C
CD apostrophe A.
What does it mean?
Wait, wait, wait!
I heard him.
I heard him
on the phone the other day.
He mentioned a street
Coeur D'Alene.
I don't know.
Is that it?
'What's that?'
Why you discussing turf wars
and heroin deals
when we about to cut your girl
up piece by piece?
Look, G, the homies
is out searching
'Coeur D'Alene right now,
and if they find the bomb'
'before you tell us
where it's at'
it ain't gonna be
good for your girl.
'She gonna be lying in
a pool of gasoline.'
'You don't want that.'
So give up the info
right here, right now.
'She walks away free.'
If you don't,
it's not a good thing.
End of story, game's over.
It's in a brown Toyota, 2302.
- It's in the trunk.
- 20 minutes.
You got 20 minutes!
- Get out of here.
- Go! Go!
Grab your families!
Run like hell! Come on! Go! Go!
Get out! Get out! Take off.
Take off. Be careful. Go. Go.
- A minute, maybe less.
Hoping for something a little
bit more encouraging than that.
- Most of it.
- It means it's time
to get the hell
out of here.
Text Dean. Tell him to grab
Hallsy and cut him loose.
Then grab Jaimie
and bust O'Neill.
- Dean, boss's office.
Strategy session, Ace. Come on.
You're invited. Let's go.
What up, Dean?
Why don't you have a seat?
Do you mind telling me
what's going on here?
You 5
What? No.
You-you're insulting me.
I called Darnell Wallace
asking when he was
gonna deliver Marcella.
The Lokes don't know nothing
about her getting kidnapped.
What does that have
to do with us?
Someone fed information
on the location
and the time of the explosion,
to whoever
I was on the phone with,
which had to be 5-0
or how's the bomb squad
get there on time?
- It's not us.
- Well, someone did it.
Yeah, and it's got nothing
to do with--
Well, it was someone, and he's
the only one here puking
and crying
and callin' his girlfriend
and saying he loves her
and it's all gonna be over soon.
What's gonna be over soon?
Hallsy, tell me.
What's gonna be over soon?
I was just calling her
to say hello.
I want the truth, damn it!
Tell me the truth!
What are you looking at him for?
'You are 5'
Listen, you're
being ridiculous, O'Neill.
- Yeah.
'You need to understand
'cause I'm not 5-0.'
Well, it's still there.
I can't. Listen..
Come on, Hallsy,
if he's police, just tell me.
Tell me right now,
right this second,
and I promise
you'll get a pass.
'Come on, boy.'
Come on.
Do yourself a favor
and tell me
what I already know.
- I'm sorry!
You're sorry about what, Hallsy?
You're sorry about what?
You lying sack of..
Oh-h!
Hey, could we, uh...could we
get a second?
You're good to go.
I was gonna tell him
you're a cop.
But you didn't.
That's O'Neill's. Always
with the black rubber band.
No.
I found it on the ground.
I killed that man today.
O'Neill.
He's trash.
Right down to his bone marrow.
So...I'll drink myself to sleep
a few nights and move on.
Sounds like a good plan.
If I'd had to kill that woman
Marcella Vasquez...
I made a judgment call.
It worked.
This time.
That's all that matters.
350k, courtesy of Venice Kings.
Is it all there?
'Or did O'Neill
shortchange Mr. Corona?'
I hear drug dealers
do that sometimes.
I wasn't planning
on counting it.
'Good night, man.'
- 'Hey.'
- Hey.
You're beautiful.
Babe, you want
to go out tonight?
All I got to do is shower.
We're good after that.
Unless you want to join me,
then we're really good.
So, your sister left a message
on the home line.
She said she tried calling you
on the cell
but there was no answer.
'Um..'
What did she say?
She said "thanks."
A few times.
- Can we talk about this after--
You know what?
It's bill night.
So I just need to know
which one's gonna bounce.
- None of 'em.
'
You gave her $7,000.
She definitely said
more than thanks--
I know that she's your sister
I know that you love her,
but w
Babe, we're gonna pay the bills.
We're gonna pay the mortgage.
And if we want to go eat
a big steak tonight
- that's what we're gonna do.
You told me that people slip
when they do bad things
for good reasons.
Okay, I know what I told you,
and I didn't do any of that.
How'd you get the money?
My bike.
Is that why Carter
drove you home?
Did you sell your motorcycle?
Well, I was tired
of it scaring you.
- I'll meet you in the shower.
- Hm.