Hunter (1984–1991): Season 7, Episode 10 - La Familia - full transcript
When a friend of Hunter's is released from prison, he struggles to keep his son from continuing gang activity.
Train 14, bound for Fresno,
is now boarding on
track number two.
Train 14, bound for Fresno,
is now boarding on track two.
-Rick!
-Carlos!
It's good to see you!
How you been?
-It's been a long time, man.
Thanks for coming.
-You're welcome.
-Thanks.
-Come on.
-I spoke to Tomas
last week, and I told him
I was coming home next Tuesday.
-Really?
So this is a surprise for them?
-Yeah, my grandson...
he's being christened today.
I want to surprise
them, you know?
-That's great.
How is your family?
How's your dad doing?
-You know the old man.
He's still the same.
Good to be out, Rick.
You don't know how hard
it was for me in there, man.
-Gangs put a lot
of pressure on you?
-Yeah.
No matter where
you go on the lockup,
you're being confronted
with something.
-Look, if I can help you
with anything, you name it.
I will.
-Hey, just you
coming to see me has
helped me more than
you could ever imagine.
I owe you, man.
-You don't owe
me nothing, Carlos.
You owe yourself.
Start knowing that better.
-Yeah.
-Hey, Carlos!
-Carlos!
-Carlos is back!
-12 years.
Lonely years, my son.
-We're a family again.
We're a family again.
That's your grandson.
-Oh!
Aww.
Rick...
-Just boys, Carlos.
Adios.
-I baptize thee, Hector
Emilio Salvador Delgado
in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
-Is everything OK?
-Everything's fine.
It's good.
It's the best.
-Coming through.
Look out.
Excuse me, please.
R21 Charles.
Got a DB at 14th and Vermont.
10-4.
-Welcome home.
-Thank you.
I couldn't ask for
anything better.
I have a beautiful
daughter-in-law,
a wonderful grandson,
and my son's already a man.
It's been a long time, huh?
-But you're here now.
We can start over.
-Oh, yes, we will.
I love you.
-You see the baby?
-Oh, he's beautiful.
God bless him.
Look at that.
-He's all dressed up today.
-Oh, yeah.
He's looking good, you know?
You're looking good.
I like that.
You don't have
the belly there, huh?
-No.
Hey, look, I'm sorry I didn't
come to see you every week.
-Oh, come on, come on, come on.
I mean, you know,
forget about it.
Believe me, you know?
A boy like you got better
things to do than picnicking
in the prison courtyard, right?
-They want pictures
of their party.
-Hey, let us have a moment.
-OK, Papa.
-Take care, all right.
-You got... you got a
bodyguard now Papa?
-Paco is my driver.
Takes good care of me.
-Oh, yeah?
-Let's find a nice place
where we can talk, huh?
-Yeah, we got
lots to talk about.
Ow, man!
You know, I got a lot of
things I want to say, you know?
-Well, me, too.
-OK, so come on. You know?
Let's sit down.
Let's do it here, you know?
-I'll go first.
-No, no, no, no, no.
I go first.
Just have a seat.
Have a seat a second.
You know, 12 years of my
life I spent in prison, right?
12 years.
You know, I missed
my son growing up.
I missed his wedding.
I missed the birth
of my grandson.
I... I missed you, you know?
-I missed you, too, Carlos.
-OK, wait, wait, wait.
Wait.
Let me finish.
I've been thinking,
you know, I mean,
it's time for our family to
have a decent life, you know?
I want the family free and
clear of all this violence.
-I agree with you.
And to have a
decent life, there are
things to do while you're home.
There's money to be made.
There is business
to be conducted.
-No, no, no, no, no.
-What do you mean, no?
-There is to be
no more business.
-What do you mean,
no more business?
You don't know what's been
happening on these streets.
Life is just a little
bit more expensive.
Even more precious.
I have taken care of this
family for a very long time.
I will continue to do so.
Times have changed.
Therefore, I have entered
into a business arrangement
with the Flyers.
-What are you sa They
killed my brother, your son!
I avenged his
death, and I paid for it
with 12 years of my life!
Water under the bridge.
You did your time.
I suffered along with you.
Now, for our family to
have power and respect,
it became time to unify.
Therefore, we move on.
-Look, I don't want no
business with the Flyers
or any of this dope, or any of
these business dealings, man!
I'm out! Do you understand that?
I'm out!
Yeah.
-You wanted to see me, Captain?
Yeah.
Lopez got some new information
on that DB that Molenski found.
-What bothers us is that
the chemical he was using
is something we haven't
seen out there before.
There were two more
DBs brought in today
who used the same
chemical, both from the Royal
Street Park area, both DOA.
-And that usual ODs, either.
One of the victims
had a pretty small dose.
That's why we
turned it over to Ossie.
-Could it be a variation on
something you've seen before?
-No.
We'll do a complete molecular
breakdown, but at the moment,
it appears to be totally unique.
-I'll tell you something.
If it's cheaper
and faster to make,
somebody's gonna
escalate the drug
wars by just
flooding the market.
Narcotics wants Metro
to get the source of this thing.
I think that's your
territory, Hunter.
-Yeah, OK.
We can do that.
Lopez, you're the gang expert.
Who's selling the
dope around here?
-Tough call.
Flyer territory, but they're
the ones that are dying off.
-The Flyers?
-Yeah.
It's good old Lester Smith.
-How you doing?
Yeah, baby.
Yeah.
-Lester?
Where are you?
How you doing?
What I'm doing is pool.
Pool is what's happening.
-You're a businessman, right?
-That's right.
-You also run the Flyers, too.
-It's my charisma.
Some guys just can't
help but look up to me.
-I see.
-I came by to talk
to you about the drug
overdoses in your neighborhood.
-You want to talk
to me about it?
-Yeah.
-Oh, man.
I want to talk to you about it.
I think it's outrageous,
and I want it stopped.
-Look, Lester, I need to
know who's making the stuff,
and who's putting
it out on the street.
-Who's making it?
How should I know?
I told you, I'm in the
pool business, not
the drug business.
-Lester, you've been
involved in every major dope
deal the Flyers have
done in the last four years.
-You popped me
for dope one time,
and now you think I'm
running a drug cartel?
I told you, man, I'm
in the pool business.
And right now, man,
you're bad for business.
-OK, Lester.
You know, Lester,
I'm in business, too.
I'm in the people business,
and when they start to die,
I get angry.
I get real angry.
Well, here's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna bring some
of my friends down here.
You know, the
ones with flat feet?
We're going to play
some pool in here.
We're gonna play
a lot of pool in here.
-Get off him!
Get off his back!
Down the alley!
Down the alley!
-Yeah!
Hey, hey, man.
Give me my cabin.
I'm hungry.
Come on, man.
Hey, come on.
Hey.
Hey, Blade, what's
happening, man?
The game ain't over.
All right, we're gonna
choose up new sides.
Give me the ball.
I'm on this side.
You're on this side.
-You're rocking and rolling,
two or three days, tops.
-Forget it, man.
I'm pulling out of the deal.
-What you talking about, man?
The stuff's almost all made up.
-I've been hearing
that for a long time.
Too long.
I want our money back.
-Come on, man.
I know they made a
couple bad batches, but...
-Seven of our people died!
-Hey, they promised they had
all them problems worked out.
-Except for one.
Hunter's starting to
smell what we're into,
and he's leaning on me.
-One more day.
One more day.
-I ain't doing no more time.
Especially for
another gang, a gang
we don't love too
much, in case you forgot.
-Come on, let me talk to
them, man, just let me...
-No talking.
We're out.
Just be sure we get back
our whole investment.
-Cops paid a visit
to Lester today.
He wants his money back.
-Too late.
What about the investors?
-Lester has a list
of money people.
They'll be very upset to
find out Lester pulled out.
This could hurt
us in the future.
-How do the rest of the
Flyers feel about that?
-Don't worry about them.
-More important, how
do you feel about it?
-It's a chance to
make a lot of money.
Let's do it.
-Then it seems like the only
one that has a problem is Lester,
doesn't it?
-Oh, hey, Lester.
-Lester, my man.
What's happening?
-Blade, you got our
investment back?
-Yeah.
I got it right here.
-Hey, Blade.
-This is starting to
feel like harassment.
-Well, you know me.
I'm here to protect and serve.
-Is that so?
-Who killed Lester Smith?
-How would I know that?
-Because you know everything
that goes on down here.
-I don't know who killed Lester.
-How are you and the
Puro Locos getting along?
-We aren't.
Never have, never will.
You know that.
-So Lester killed himself?
-The Puro Locos
would not have, um,
how you say, the huevos
to do my man Lester.
-OK, Blade.
Take care of your
neighborhood, or I'll be back.
You don't want that.
DET.
Carlos.
-Rick, what's up? DET.
Hey, listen.
I didn't mean to
bother you at your work.
I just wanted to talk
to you for a minute.
Lester Smith was
killed last night.
-Who's Lester Smith?
-He ran the Flyers.
-Really.
Why are you telling me this?
-It's safe to say his own
gang members didn't kill him.
-Oh, so you think
this is gonna lead
to some gang war or something?
-Yeah, it could.
-What can I do?
-I want you to talk
to your family for me.
See if there's anything going
on between the two gangs.
Look, Carlos, I don't
want to put you on the spot.
I do want your help.
I want you to want to help me.
Don't do it because you owe me.
-I'll see what I can find out.
-Good.
Appreciate it.
Smells good in here, huh?
-I come over every night
for my daughter and the baby.
Sometimes she go out with her
husband and his friend Tommy.
-Did Tommy live here with them?
-No, no.
Tommy lived across the park,
but they was always together.
My Jenny, Martin, and Tommy.
Oh, God!
Oh, God!
Oh, God!
Oh, God!
-Where's you grandfather?
-I don't know.
What's wrong?
-What do you know about
this business with the Flyers?
-We be in business
with them now.
-Who killed Lester Smith?
-I don't know who killed him.
-Oh, come on, Tomas, man.
You can talk to me.
-I saw you and Grandpa arguing.
-About the Flyers?
I mean, Tomas, y know, I
just lost 12 years of my life
for killing a Flyer.
-Grandpa says you don't want to
be a Puro Loco no more because
of the business of the Flyers.
-Look, I'm never
gonna agree to that.
You know, Tomas, being in
prison made me think about life.
You know, what it means
and waht I want from it.
You know, for you,
Maria, and Hector and me.
I want peace in our lives.
-I've waited a long
time for you to come
home so that we
could be side by side.
And you were my hero.
Grandpa used to say, you
wait until Carlos comes out,
and then we'll be strong!
-My father's wrong, OK?
We are strong!
- Prison has killed you,
man. I have no father!
Ernesto will bleed us.
-Maria...
-I can't talk, please.
-Where's he going?
-I don't know.
He doesn't tell me.
-It's about the
dope, isn't it, Maria?
-I don't know, Carlos.
-Well, you better start
knowing, sweetheart,
if you're gonna
save your family!
-I need to add
another filtering system
to cut down on impurities.
-How long?
-Two, three days.
-That's too long.
I'll give you one day.
-Look, we need
another day so we know
the product is top quality.
-Mm-mm.
One day, max, like he said.
-We've gotta get this
stuff out and done with.
We've got the cops
breathing down our backs.
-Here, let me show you
how far I've progressed.
-Carlos...
-This is it, huh?
The Flyers and the Puro Locos?
-Who's this?
-My son Carlos.
-Let me guess.
We got the smarts.
They got the... what?
Money?
Distribution?
What kind of poison
we cooking here today?
-Maybe we should
talk about this in...
-No more talking!
You do whatever you
want with that lowlife.
I'm taking my son out of here!
-Let's go!
-I'm stayin here.
-Come on, let's go!
-This is no longer
yourl concern.
He makes his own decisions.
I'll take care of this.
-Carlos, I know
how you feel, but we
have a chance to make money.
A lot of money.
-I don't care about the money!
I want Tomas out of this!
-He makes his own decisions.
-He'll listen to you.
Tell him you want him out!
-I can't do that.
All this is, is business.
-We ain't finished with this!
-We've isolated and identify
the essential chemical,
pseudecyanoparadoxin
D. Basically,
with a few additives, you
can turn it into synthetic heroin.
-Ain't science wonderful?
What are they
gonna think of next?
-It's not an easy
ingredient to get.
The buyer has to have
a state-regulated license
and sign for even
a small supply.
Manufacturers keep
extremely accurate records
to maintain their license.
-You know, Charlie,
Lester Smith's death
has to be tied by these
two dead bodies somehow.
-Maybe a power
struggle in the gangs?
-Well, that may be so, but
where do the Puro Locos fit in?
-Maybe they don't.
-Yeah, come in.
-Sergeant Hunter, there's a
call for you on your private line.
-I better take that.
Excuse me.
-Sergeant Hunter.
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
-Ernesto... I want
you to know how
sorry I am for you
and your family.
If there's anything I
can do, you know I will.
-I appreciate that and
thank you very much.
-Carlos was killed suddenly
for no apparent reason.
Is there anything going on
between you and the Flyers?
-I don't think the Flyers
have anything to do with it.
-Somebody killed him.
You must have
an idea who it was.
-It's really not
the time for it.
Please.
-With all due respect, Ernesto...
First Lester Smith, now Carlos.
Something's going on between
the Puro Locos and the Flyers,
I know.
-I just hope that
you are mistaken.
-I can help.
-Tomas, I'm very
sorry about your father.
114 to R20 Charles.
114 to R20 Charles.
-R20 Charles, go.
-4 William 30 wants to meet
you at the old Red Line tunnel.
There's a stolen
vehicle he thinks
you might want to look at.
-Tell him I'm on my way.
-Tomas, the car is waiting.
Come on.
-Did you know that the
Flyers would kill my father?
You did, didn't you?
You did!
I saw him at the warehouse!
If Blade killed my father,
he's gonna pay for it.
-All we had with the Flyers
is a business arrangement.
If they had killed
your father, don't you
think I wouldn't do
something about it?
-Don't you care that
your family is dying?
First my uncle
and now my father.
-Life is about
honor and respect.
Your father was a
hothead, but I loved him.
Look, he's barely mourned,
and we're tearing at each other.
And all I want... life is
to be different for you
than it was for me.
I want it to be easy.
Is that so bad?
What is it you want?
-I don't... I don't know.
I don't know what
I want anymore.
It...
-Henry, what's up?
-Hey, Sarge.
Well, this was
abandoned last night.
It's been on the hot
sheet for four nights.
It was taken from a convenience
mart near Flyer territory.
-Any fingerprints?
-Lots of them.
We're taking them now.
And that's not all.
I thought you'd be
interested in this.
-Hoo!
What the hell is that stuff?
-I don't know.
-Let's run it by narcotics
and see if it has anything
to do with that
synthetic heroin.
-All right.
Right away.
-This is good, Henry.
Keep me posted on all
these fingerprints, will you?
-You got it.
-Good work.
-Not a friendly
neighborhood, is it, Alvaro?
Oh, check it out.
Yeah.
You got it working real
good, ain't you, Professor?
Yeah.
So, how much we got?
-Well, maybe $7,
$8 million worth.
-Is that so?
-Mm-hmm.
-Best stuff on the market.
-Well, it's the only
stuff of its kind, hm?
-Yeah.
Whew, yeah.
Yeah.
That's good.
Mm.
That's real good.
-Hi, Maria.
-Oh, Sergeant, Tomas and
his grandfather have gone out.
-Well, that's OK.
It's you I kind of wanted
to talk to, if that's all right.
Me?
-Yeah, I need to know what
happened here in the house
the night Carlos was killed.
Maria, I saw your face
getting into the limousine today
at the church.
-There was a terrible
fight here yesterday.
I've never seen Tomas so angry.
He cursed his father,
and he shouted at me.
Ernesto fought with Carlos, too.
-Really?
What was that about?
-Tomas was very upset because
Carlos wanted out of the gang.
-Ah.
Maria, are the Puro Locos
and the Flyers doing business?
-Nobody talks in front of
me, but I can tell you this.
Never before have I seen
the members of the Flyers
walk so openly
along the streets.
-Isn't it time you make some
changes in your family, Maria?
-Sergeant, I have lived among
the Delgados my whole life.
Before I married
Tomas, I used to go
with him to the
prison to visit Carlos.
We used to have
picnics in the prison yard.
The gang becomes your life.
-I know it does, but is that any
type of life for you and Tomas?
Come on.
You've got little Hector now.
-This has been very
difficult for Tomas.
He loved his father so much.
This gang has a
stranglehold on our house.
114 to R20 Charles, come in.
-R20 Charles, go.
-Meet Captain
Devane on Tack Two.
-Captain, what's up?
-We've ID-ed the chemist.
His latest shipment went to a
warehouse on Mateo and First.
We've got six units
meeting there in 45 minutes.
-I'm on my way.
-Looks like this guy was
feeling no pain when he got it.
-Yeah.
These two guys were Puro
Loco members, Charlie.
-Guess that answers
your question
about the gangs doing business.
-Yeah.
Also why Carlos was murdered.
-Classic double-cross.
-Yeah.
Also an all-out gang war.
Now, listen up here, everybody.
We've got some problems.
The Flyers...
they ripped us off.
Blade... he began
double-crossing us
right from the very beginning.
-So what are we
sitting around for?
I say we hit them!
Be smart, huh, Paco?
Now, the cops know
where the warehouse is.
They'll be on us if we should
make a move now, right?
-So what do we do, let the
Flyers make punks out of us?
-We lie low.
We gather weapons.
We take them.
We take them when
they least expect it.
Now, Blade, this guy Blade...
He thinks he's too big for us.
We're gonna prove him wrong.
We hit him when
the time's right.
-How long?
-Two, three days.
Now, listen up!
Listen up.
Then we get our revenge.
Everybody, go on home.
Just be ready to
move when I call, OK?
-We should go
after them tonight.
I say we kill them all.
-Take it easy.
You'll live longer.
-Blade killed my father.
I want him to
pay with his blood.
-He's all yours, OK?
But only when I say so.
Now, don't make
yourself crazy in the head.
Going somewhere?
-I've got things to do.
-You tossed and
turned all night.
What's wrong?
-Nothing's wrong.
Stop worrying.
-You're my husband.
Of course I'm gonna worry.
I know what's going on.
You're gonna
get yourself killed.
-You don't know anything.
-You think I don't
have eyes and ears?
I know what's going
on, and so do the police.
-What are you talking about?
Sergeant Hunter was
here, and I told him
about the Puro
Locos and the Flyers.
-What did you
talk to you him for?
-He wants to help us.
He and your father were friends.
Tomas, you must listen!
-No!
No more listening, Maria!
-You are going to die!
And when you're dead, what's
to stop the Flyers from coming
back here and killing
me and your son?
Don't you think of us at all?
Don't we mean anything to you?
-You don't understand!
-What is there to understand?
This macho thing of yours,
all it does is get people killed!
-They killed my father!
I'm not gonna let them
get away with that!
-Look, if you go, I won't
be here when you get back.
I mean it, Tomas.
I won't have our son
growing up like this.
-Beauford Fox, a.k.a Blades.
They found his prints all
over the van... inside and out.
The lab guys also
ID-ed the chemical
that was in the back of the van.
It's the bonding agent
for synthetic heroin.
-Hm.
Well, there should
be enough here
to hold up in court, Charlie.
-Plus the perfect motivation
for this guy to kill Lester Smith.
-Yeah, you're right, Charlie.
Excuse me just a second.
-Maria, what are you doing here?
-Tomas left the house
this morning with his gun.
-Where was he going?
-He wants to avenge
his father's murder.
-I know. Where is he going?
-He's going to kill Blade.
-Come on.
-Hey, hey.
I gotta check you out.
Go on.
-No, no.
Listen to me.
No, listen up.
This is what I'm saying.
No.
No, you got that wrong.
No, I'm good for a lot of stuff.
What the hell you
talking about, man?
No, you listen to me.
No, no, don't worry about it.
Don't worry about it.
No, no.
I got this situation
locked down.
You just call me tomorrow
and we'll have a meeting.
What, you think
you can kill my father
and not have me come after you?
-Hey, man.
It was a business deal.
Your old man, he...
he just got in the way.
-Don't do it, Tomas.
-It's none of your business!
Stay out of it!
-If you shoot him, I'm
gonna have to shoot you.
-My father died because of him.
-That's right.
He did.
He did die because of him.
Don't let this
guy take your life.
I want you to think
about your family.
I want you to think
about Maria, Hector.
I want you to think
about them right now.
Tomas, do you want
to go to prison the rest
of your life for
killing this guy?
Your father wouldn't want this.
Think about your family.
-So, you're going
to San Jose, huh?
-Yeah.
We think that's best
thing for us to do now.
-We're going to stay with
my brother and his family
for awhile.
-Good.
When you get settled,
let me have your address.
-I want to thank
you for everything
you've done for
Tomas and for Hector.
-You're welcome, Maria.
-I want to thank you,
too, Sergeant Hunter.
I can see why you and my
father were such good friends.
-You're a good man, Tomas.
Train 12 to San Jose,
ready for boarding on Track One.
Train 12 to San Jose, ready
for boarding on Track One.
-Come on.
Let's go.
-OK, Hector.
Here's your mom.
Take care.
-Thank you.
is now boarding on
track number two.
Train 14, bound for Fresno,
is now boarding on track two.
-Rick!
-Carlos!
It's good to see you!
How you been?
-It's been a long time, man.
Thanks for coming.
-You're welcome.
-Thanks.
-Come on.
-I spoke to Tomas
last week, and I told him
I was coming home next Tuesday.
-Really?
So this is a surprise for them?
-Yeah, my grandson...
he's being christened today.
I want to surprise
them, you know?
-That's great.
How is your family?
How's your dad doing?
-You know the old man.
He's still the same.
Good to be out, Rick.
You don't know how hard
it was for me in there, man.
-Gangs put a lot
of pressure on you?
-Yeah.
No matter where
you go on the lockup,
you're being confronted
with something.
-Look, if I can help you
with anything, you name it.
I will.
-Hey, just you
coming to see me has
helped me more than
you could ever imagine.
I owe you, man.
-You don't owe
me nothing, Carlos.
You owe yourself.
Start knowing that better.
-Yeah.
-Hey, Carlos!
-Carlos!
-Carlos is back!
-12 years.
Lonely years, my son.
-We're a family again.
We're a family again.
That's your grandson.
-Oh!
Aww.
Rick...
-Just boys, Carlos.
Adios.
-I baptize thee, Hector
Emilio Salvador Delgado
in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
-Is everything OK?
-Everything's fine.
It's good.
It's the best.
-Coming through.
Look out.
Excuse me, please.
R21 Charles.
Got a DB at 14th and Vermont.
10-4.
-Welcome home.
-Thank you.
I couldn't ask for
anything better.
I have a beautiful
daughter-in-law,
a wonderful grandson,
and my son's already a man.
It's been a long time, huh?
-But you're here now.
We can start over.
-Oh, yes, we will.
I love you.
-You see the baby?
-Oh, he's beautiful.
God bless him.
Look at that.
-He's all dressed up today.
-Oh, yeah.
He's looking good, you know?
You're looking good.
I like that.
You don't have
the belly there, huh?
-No.
Hey, look, I'm sorry I didn't
come to see you every week.
-Oh, come on, come on, come on.
I mean, you know,
forget about it.
Believe me, you know?
A boy like you got better
things to do than picnicking
in the prison courtyard, right?
-They want pictures
of their party.
-Hey, let us have a moment.
-OK, Papa.
-Take care, all right.
-You got... you got a
bodyguard now Papa?
-Paco is my driver.
Takes good care of me.
-Oh, yeah?
-Let's find a nice place
where we can talk, huh?
-Yeah, we got
lots to talk about.
Ow, man!
You know, I got a lot of
things I want to say, you know?
-Well, me, too.
-OK, so come on. You know?
Let's sit down.
Let's do it here, you know?
-I'll go first.
-No, no, no, no, no.
I go first.
Just have a seat.
Have a seat a second.
You know, 12 years of my
life I spent in prison, right?
12 years.
You know, I missed
my son growing up.
I missed his wedding.
I missed the birth
of my grandson.
I... I missed you, you know?
-I missed you, too, Carlos.
-OK, wait, wait, wait.
Wait.
Let me finish.
I've been thinking,
you know, I mean,
it's time for our family to
have a decent life, you know?
I want the family free and
clear of all this violence.
-I agree with you.
And to have a
decent life, there are
things to do while you're home.
There's money to be made.
There is business
to be conducted.
-No, no, no, no, no.
-What do you mean, no?
-There is to be
no more business.
-What do you mean,
no more business?
You don't know what's been
happening on these streets.
Life is just a little
bit more expensive.
Even more precious.
I have taken care of this
family for a very long time.
I will continue to do so.
Times have changed.
Therefore, I have entered
into a business arrangement
with the Flyers.
-What are you sa They
killed my brother, your son!
I avenged his
death, and I paid for it
with 12 years of my life!
Water under the bridge.
You did your time.
I suffered along with you.
Now, for our family to
have power and respect,
it became time to unify.
Therefore, we move on.
-Look, I don't want no
business with the Flyers
or any of this dope, or any of
these business dealings, man!
I'm out! Do you understand that?
I'm out!
Yeah.
-You wanted to see me, Captain?
Yeah.
Lopez got some new information
on that DB that Molenski found.
-What bothers us is that
the chemical he was using
is something we haven't
seen out there before.
There were two more
DBs brought in today
who used the same
chemical, both from the Royal
Street Park area, both DOA.
-And that usual ODs, either.
One of the victims
had a pretty small dose.
That's why we
turned it over to Ossie.
-Could it be a variation on
something you've seen before?
-No.
We'll do a complete molecular
breakdown, but at the moment,
it appears to be totally unique.
-I'll tell you something.
If it's cheaper
and faster to make,
somebody's gonna
escalate the drug
wars by just
flooding the market.
Narcotics wants Metro
to get the source of this thing.
I think that's your
territory, Hunter.
-Yeah, OK.
We can do that.
Lopez, you're the gang expert.
Who's selling the
dope around here?
-Tough call.
Flyer territory, but they're
the ones that are dying off.
-The Flyers?
-Yeah.
It's good old Lester Smith.
-How you doing?
Yeah, baby.
Yeah.
-Lester?
Where are you?
How you doing?
What I'm doing is pool.
Pool is what's happening.
-You're a businessman, right?
-That's right.
-You also run the Flyers, too.
-It's my charisma.
Some guys just can't
help but look up to me.
-I see.
-I came by to talk
to you about the drug
overdoses in your neighborhood.
-You want to talk
to me about it?
-Yeah.
-Oh, man.
I want to talk to you about it.
I think it's outrageous,
and I want it stopped.
-Look, Lester, I need to
know who's making the stuff,
and who's putting
it out on the street.
-Who's making it?
How should I know?
I told you, I'm in the
pool business, not
the drug business.
-Lester, you've been
involved in every major dope
deal the Flyers have
done in the last four years.
-You popped me
for dope one time,
and now you think I'm
running a drug cartel?
I told you, man, I'm
in the pool business.
And right now, man,
you're bad for business.
-OK, Lester.
You know, Lester,
I'm in business, too.
I'm in the people business,
and when they start to die,
I get angry.
I get real angry.
Well, here's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna bring some
of my friends down here.
You know, the
ones with flat feet?
We're going to play
some pool in here.
We're gonna play
a lot of pool in here.
-Get off him!
Get off his back!
Down the alley!
Down the alley!
-Yeah!
Hey, hey, man.
Give me my cabin.
I'm hungry.
Come on, man.
Hey, come on.
Hey.
Hey, Blade, what's
happening, man?
The game ain't over.
All right, we're gonna
choose up new sides.
Give me the ball.
I'm on this side.
You're on this side.
-You're rocking and rolling,
two or three days, tops.
-Forget it, man.
I'm pulling out of the deal.
-What you talking about, man?
The stuff's almost all made up.
-I've been hearing
that for a long time.
Too long.
I want our money back.
-Come on, man.
I know they made a
couple bad batches, but...
-Seven of our people died!
-Hey, they promised they had
all them problems worked out.
-Except for one.
Hunter's starting to
smell what we're into,
and he's leaning on me.
-One more day.
One more day.
-I ain't doing no more time.
Especially for
another gang, a gang
we don't love too
much, in case you forgot.
-Come on, let me talk to
them, man, just let me...
-No talking.
We're out.
Just be sure we get back
our whole investment.
-Cops paid a visit
to Lester today.
He wants his money back.
-Too late.
What about the investors?
-Lester has a list
of money people.
They'll be very upset to
find out Lester pulled out.
This could hurt
us in the future.
-How do the rest of the
Flyers feel about that?
-Don't worry about them.
-More important, how
do you feel about it?
-It's a chance to
make a lot of money.
Let's do it.
-Then it seems like the only
one that has a problem is Lester,
doesn't it?
-Oh, hey, Lester.
-Lester, my man.
What's happening?
-Blade, you got our
investment back?
-Yeah.
I got it right here.
-Hey, Blade.
-This is starting to
feel like harassment.
-Well, you know me.
I'm here to protect and serve.
-Is that so?
-Who killed Lester Smith?
-How would I know that?
-Because you know everything
that goes on down here.
-I don't know who killed Lester.
-How are you and the
Puro Locos getting along?
-We aren't.
Never have, never will.
You know that.
-So Lester killed himself?
-The Puro Locos
would not have, um,
how you say, the huevos
to do my man Lester.
-OK, Blade.
Take care of your
neighborhood, or I'll be back.
You don't want that.
DET.
Carlos.
-Rick, what's up? DET.
Hey, listen.
I didn't mean to
bother you at your work.
I just wanted to talk
to you for a minute.
Lester Smith was
killed last night.
-Who's Lester Smith?
-He ran the Flyers.
-Really.
Why are you telling me this?
-It's safe to say his own
gang members didn't kill him.
-Oh, so you think
this is gonna lead
to some gang war or something?
-Yeah, it could.
-What can I do?
-I want you to talk
to your family for me.
See if there's anything going
on between the two gangs.
Look, Carlos, I don't
want to put you on the spot.
I do want your help.
I want you to want to help me.
Don't do it because you owe me.
-I'll see what I can find out.
-Good.
Appreciate it.
Smells good in here, huh?
-I come over every night
for my daughter and the baby.
Sometimes she go out with her
husband and his friend Tommy.
-Did Tommy live here with them?
-No, no.
Tommy lived across the park,
but they was always together.
My Jenny, Martin, and Tommy.
Oh, God!
Oh, God!
Oh, God!
Oh, God!
-Where's you grandfather?
-I don't know.
What's wrong?
-What do you know about
this business with the Flyers?
-We be in business
with them now.
-Who killed Lester Smith?
-I don't know who killed him.
-Oh, come on, Tomas, man.
You can talk to me.
-I saw you and Grandpa arguing.
-About the Flyers?
I mean, Tomas, y know, I
just lost 12 years of my life
for killing a Flyer.
-Grandpa says you don't want to
be a Puro Loco no more because
of the business of the Flyers.
-Look, I'm never
gonna agree to that.
You know, Tomas, being in
prison made me think about life.
You know, what it means
and waht I want from it.
You know, for you,
Maria, and Hector and me.
I want peace in our lives.
-I've waited a long
time for you to come
home so that we
could be side by side.
And you were my hero.
Grandpa used to say, you
wait until Carlos comes out,
and then we'll be strong!
-My father's wrong, OK?
We are strong!
- Prison has killed you,
man. I have no father!
Ernesto will bleed us.
-Maria...
-I can't talk, please.
-Where's he going?
-I don't know.
He doesn't tell me.
-It's about the
dope, isn't it, Maria?
-I don't know, Carlos.
-Well, you better start
knowing, sweetheart,
if you're gonna
save your family!
-I need to add
another filtering system
to cut down on impurities.
-How long?
-Two, three days.
-That's too long.
I'll give you one day.
-Look, we need
another day so we know
the product is top quality.
-Mm-mm.
One day, max, like he said.
-We've gotta get this
stuff out and done with.
We've got the cops
breathing down our backs.
-Here, let me show you
how far I've progressed.
-Carlos...
-This is it, huh?
The Flyers and the Puro Locos?
-Who's this?
-My son Carlos.
-Let me guess.
We got the smarts.
They got the... what?
Money?
Distribution?
What kind of poison
we cooking here today?
-Maybe we should
talk about this in...
-No more talking!
You do whatever you
want with that lowlife.
I'm taking my son out of here!
-Let's go!
-I'm stayin here.
-Come on, let's go!
-This is no longer
yourl concern.
He makes his own decisions.
I'll take care of this.
-Carlos, I know
how you feel, but we
have a chance to make money.
A lot of money.
-I don't care about the money!
I want Tomas out of this!
-He makes his own decisions.
-He'll listen to you.
Tell him you want him out!
-I can't do that.
All this is, is business.
-We ain't finished with this!
-We've isolated and identify
the essential chemical,
pseudecyanoparadoxin
D. Basically,
with a few additives, you
can turn it into synthetic heroin.
-Ain't science wonderful?
What are they
gonna think of next?
-It's not an easy
ingredient to get.
The buyer has to have
a state-regulated license
and sign for even
a small supply.
Manufacturers keep
extremely accurate records
to maintain their license.
-You know, Charlie,
Lester Smith's death
has to be tied by these
two dead bodies somehow.
-Maybe a power
struggle in the gangs?
-Well, that may be so, but
where do the Puro Locos fit in?
-Maybe they don't.
-Yeah, come in.
-Sergeant Hunter, there's a
call for you on your private line.
-I better take that.
Excuse me.
-Sergeant Hunter.
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
-Ernesto... I want
you to know how
sorry I am for you
and your family.
If there's anything I
can do, you know I will.
-I appreciate that and
thank you very much.
-Carlos was killed suddenly
for no apparent reason.
Is there anything going on
between you and the Flyers?
-I don't think the Flyers
have anything to do with it.
-Somebody killed him.
You must have
an idea who it was.
-It's really not
the time for it.
Please.
-With all due respect, Ernesto...
First Lester Smith, now Carlos.
Something's going on between
the Puro Locos and the Flyers,
I know.
-I just hope that
you are mistaken.
-I can help.
-Tomas, I'm very
sorry about your father.
114 to R20 Charles.
114 to R20 Charles.
-R20 Charles, go.
-4 William 30 wants to meet
you at the old Red Line tunnel.
There's a stolen
vehicle he thinks
you might want to look at.
-Tell him I'm on my way.
-Tomas, the car is waiting.
Come on.
-Did you know that the
Flyers would kill my father?
You did, didn't you?
You did!
I saw him at the warehouse!
If Blade killed my father,
he's gonna pay for it.
-All we had with the Flyers
is a business arrangement.
If they had killed
your father, don't you
think I wouldn't do
something about it?
-Don't you care that
your family is dying?
First my uncle
and now my father.
-Life is about
honor and respect.
Your father was a
hothead, but I loved him.
Look, he's barely mourned,
and we're tearing at each other.
And all I want... life is
to be different for you
than it was for me.
I want it to be easy.
Is that so bad?
What is it you want?
-I don't... I don't know.
I don't know what
I want anymore.
It...
-Henry, what's up?
-Hey, Sarge.
Well, this was
abandoned last night.
It's been on the hot
sheet for four nights.
It was taken from a convenience
mart near Flyer territory.
-Any fingerprints?
-Lots of them.
We're taking them now.
And that's not all.
I thought you'd be
interested in this.
-Hoo!
What the hell is that stuff?
-I don't know.
-Let's run it by narcotics
and see if it has anything
to do with that
synthetic heroin.
-All right.
Right away.
-This is good, Henry.
Keep me posted on all
these fingerprints, will you?
-You got it.
-Good work.
-Not a friendly
neighborhood, is it, Alvaro?
Oh, check it out.
Yeah.
You got it working real
good, ain't you, Professor?
Yeah.
So, how much we got?
-Well, maybe $7,
$8 million worth.
-Is that so?
-Mm-hmm.
-Best stuff on the market.
-Well, it's the only
stuff of its kind, hm?
-Yeah.
Whew, yeah.
Yeah.
That's good.
Mm.
That's real good.
-Hi, Maria.
-Oh, Sergeant, Tomas and
his grandfather have gone out.
-Well, that's OK.
It's you I kind of wanted
to talk to, if that's all right.
Me?
-Yeah, I need to know what
happened here in the house
the night Carlos was killed.
Maria, I saw your face
getting into the limousine today
at the church.
-There was a terrible
fight here yesterday.
I've never seen Tomas so angry.
He cursed his father,
and he shouted at me.
Ernesto fought with Carlos, too.
-Really?
What was that about?
-Tomas was very upset because
Carlos wanted out of the gang.
-Ah.
Maria, are the Puro Locos
and the Flyers doing business?
-Nobody talks in front of
me, but I can tell you this.
Never before have I seen
the members of the Flyers
walk so openly
along the streets.
-Isn't it time you make some
changes in your family, Maria?
-Sergeant, I have lived among
the Delgados my whole life.
Before I married
Tomas, I used to go
with him to the
prison to visit Carlos.
We used to have
picnics in the prison yard.
The gang becomes your life.
-I know it does, but is that any
type of life for you and Tomas?
Come on.
You've got little Hector now.
-This has been very
difficult for Tomas.
He loved his father so much.
This gang has a
stranglehold on our house.
114 to R20 Charles, come in.
-R20 Charles, go.
-Meet Captain
Devane on Tack Two.
-Captain, what's up?
-We've ID-ed the chemist.
His latest shipment went to a
warehouse on Mateo and First.
We've got six units
meeting there in 45 minutes.
-I'm on my way.
-Looks like this guy was
feeling no pain when he got it.
-Yeah.
These two guys were Puro
Loco members, Charlie.
-Guess that answers
your question
about the gangs doing business.
-Yeah.
Also why Carlos was murdered.
-Classic double-cross.
-Yeah.
Also an all-out gang war.
Now, listen up here, everybody.
We've got some problems.
The Flyers...
they ripped us off.
Blade... he began
double-crossing us
right from the very beginning.
-So what are we
sitting around for?
I say we hit them!
Be smart, huh, Paco?
Now, the cops know
where the warehouse is.
They'll be on us if we should
make a move now, right?
-So what do we do, let the
Flyers make punks out of us?
-We lie low.
We gather weapons.
We take them.
We take them when
they least expect it.
Now, Blade, this guy Blade...
He thinks he's too big for us.
We're gonna prove him wrong.
We hit him when
the time's right.
-How long?
-Two, three days.
Now, listen up!
Listen up.
Then we get our revenge.
Everybody, go on home.
Just be ready to
move when I call, OK?
-We should go
after them tonight.
I say we kill them all.
-Take it easy.
You'll live longer.
-Blade killed my father.
I want him to
pay with his blood.
-He's all yours, OK?
But only when I say so.
Now, don't make
yourself crazy in the head.
Going somewhere?
-I've got things to do.
-You tossed and
turned all night.
What's wrong?
-Nothing's wrong.
Stop worrying.
-You're my husband.
Of course I'm gonna worry.
I know what's going on.
You're gonna
get yourself killed.
-You don't know anything.
-You think I don't
have eyes and ears?
I know what's going
on, and so do the police.
-What are you talking about?
Sergeant Hunter was
here, and I told him
about the Puro
Locos and the Flyers.
-What did you
talk to you him for?
-He wants to help us.
He and your father were friends.
Tomas, you must listen!
-No!
No more listening, Maria!
-You are going to die!
And when you're dead, what's
to stop the Flyers from coming
back here and killing
me and your son?
Don't you think of us at all?
Don't we mean anything to you?
-You don't understand!
-What is there to understand?
This macho thing of yours,
all it does is get people killed!
-They killed my father!
I'm not gonna let them
get away with that!
-Look, if you go, I won't
be here when you get back.
I mean it, Tomas.
I won't have our son
growing up like this.
-Beauford Fox, a.k.a Blades.
They found his prints all
over the van... inside and out.
The lab guys also
ID-ed the chemical
that was in the back of the van.
It's the bonding agent
for synthetic heroin.
-Hm.
Well, there should
be enough here
to hold up in court, Charlie.
-Plus the perfect motivation
for this guy to kill Lester Smith.
-Yeah, you're right, Charlie.
Excuse me just a second.
-Maria, what are you doing here?
-Tomas left the house
this morning with his gun.
-Where was he going?
-He wants to avenge
his father's murder.
-I know. Where is he going?
-He's going to kill Blade.
-Come on.
-Hey, hey.
I gotta check you out.
Go on.
-No, no.
Listen to me.
No, listen up.
This is what I'm saying.
No.
No, you got that wrong.
No, I'm good for a lot of stuff.
What the hell you
talking about, man?
No, you listen to me.
No, no, don't worry about it.
Don't worry about it.
No, no.
I got this situation
locked down.
You just call me tomorrow
and we'll have a meeting.
What, you think
you can kill my father
and not have me come after you?
-Hey, man.
It was a business deal.
Your old man, he...
he just got in the way.
-Don't do it, Tomas.
-It's none of your business!
Stay out of it!
-If you shoot him, I'm
gonna have to shoot you.
-My father died because of him.
-That's right.
He did.
He did die because of him.
Don't let this
guy take your life.
I want you to think
about your family.
I want you to think
about Maria, Hector.
I want you to think
about them right now.
Tomas, do you want
to go to prison the rest
of your life for
killing this guy?
Your father wouldn't want this.
Think about your family.
-So, you're going
to San Jose, huh?
-Yeah.
We think that's best
thing for us to do now.
-We're going to stay with
my brother and his family
for awhile.
-Good.
When you get settled,
let me have your address.
-I want to thank
you for everything
you've done for
Tomas and for Hector.
-You're welcome, Maria.
-I want to thank you,
too, Sergeant Hunter.
I can see why you and my
father were such good friends.
-You're a good man, Tomas.
Train 12 to San Jose,
ready for boarding on Track One.
Train 12 to San Jose, ready
for boarding on Track One.
-Come on.
Let's go.
-OK, Hector.
Here's your mom.
Take care.
-Thank you.