Queen of the South (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 12 - Quinientos Mil - full transcript

Teresa and Brenda gamble everything on an extortion attempt. Camila takes more drastic steps overtake Epifanio's empire.

JAMES: Previously
on "Queen of the South"...

I want out.
I can't be here anymore.

CAMILA: Well, it's not about
what you want, is it?

I killed a man
because of you.

I'm just afraid the police
won't see it that way.

She says she has
an entire book.

BRENDA:
What is this?

It doesn't make any sense.

TERESA: We need
to figure out what it means.

You pay her,
and you get that book.

They're dead--
Eric, the bodyguards--



they're all dead.

EPIFANIO: Have you completely
lost your mind?

Did I not tell you
to let this Birdman thing go?

You really think the Jimenez
cartel is gonna start a war

with the next
governor of Sinaloa?

(dramatic music)

CAMILA: You reacted
on my attack on Eric

exactly the way
I needed you to.

I used you.

I want to make amends.

You have a top lieutenant
in prison.

I can take him
out of there for you.

He checked the numbers.
It doesn't belong to

any bank account--
not enough digits.



-We have nothing.
-We have the book.

TERESA: That's it.
It's coordinates.

It's a farm in Mexico.

BRENDA: This is probably
where El Limpiador

keeps Epifanio's clean money.

He's called the cleaner.

(birds chirping)

(eerie music)

♪ ♪

BRENDA: We have to ask
this guy for 500,000

for the information we have.

That's what it's gonna take
to make a new life.

500,000 is way too much.

No, 250,000.

We have the power, Tere.

Otherwise, what the hell
are we doing back in Mexico?

That's true.
Guero told me these guys

always have cash in hand
for emergencies.

I know; I was married
to one of those guys.

El Limpiador,
he's a money launderer.

He probably has five times
that amount lying around.

And 250,000 is not enough money
for us to disappear.

This is their life
that we have in our hands.

We could take this information
to the DEA.

Guero gave me this book
to save your life,

and I have
responsibilities, Tere,

responsibilities
you don't have.

And I owe it to Tony.

He's been through a lot.

And 250,000 is not enough.

You're right.

Are you scared?

THE QUEEN:
It's okay to be scared.

The way things
have been going,

you should be.

(somber acoustic guitar music)

I'm terrified.

I'm scared too.

♪ ♪

(dramatic music)

♪ ♪

(indistinct chatter)

♪ ♪

No, no, no!
Wait! Wait!

Ah, no, stop!
(grunts)

(all grunting)

(engine turns over)

♪ ♪

(tires squealing,
engine revving)

(grunts)

(coughing)

You forgot to meet us,
Don.

What happened?
You forget?

I called James.

He never called me back.

ZEFERINO:
You're paid.

That's how it works,
Don.

We pay you for this
kind of information.

ZEFERINO: Right?
-I know.

I know, but I--
I can't do this one.

DON: (coughing)

ZEFERINO: I thought you were in
a trailer with a hot redhead.

And now I'm here with you guys.

Jesus, Don.

You're bleeding
all over yourself.

ZEFERINO: He won't give us
the address

to the government safe house.

Why not?

Why not?

My wife...

she was assigned to the safe
house you want to know about.

I could never
give up where she is.

(sobbing)

♪ ♪

(phone buzzes)

(phone beeps)

Yes, hello?

JAMES: There's
a complication.

DEA Don's wife
is in on this now.

She's been assigned
to the safe house detail.

He won't
give up the address.

Convince him.

Are you sure
you want to break out

a Jimenez cartel leader
from a DEA safe house?

We do that, we can start
a war with the DEA.

CAMILA: Well, better them
than the Jimenez cartel.

I promised Manuel
we would get him out.

You know everything I'm doing
hinges on this.

I need their support.

We need their support.

Just do it.

I got it.

♪ ♪

Last chance, Don.

(crying)

What's the address?

Please don't make me do this.

(crying)

(gunshot)

You think he would've
stayed quiet?

JAMES: His wife isn't
coming out of this.

ZEFERINO: Well, how are we gonna
find out where she is?

JAMES: We're gonna text her.

(phone clicks)

(intense music)

♪ ♪

(tense music)

WOMAN: (speaking Spanish)

BRENDA: This is exactly where
we saw the satellite map--

a field.

WOMAN: (speaking Spanish)

♪ ♪

There's nothing here.

I thought
there would be something

that wasn't shown on the map.

Maybe the coordinates
are general.

Coordinates are specific.

That's why they're
in the book.

Do you think El Limpiador
buried his money here?

Escobar buried it
all over Colombia.

♪ ♪

Teresa, look.

♪ ♪

BRENDA: Cigarette butts,
a lot of them.

♪ ♪

BRENDA: For an empty
field,
there's sure been

a lot of people here.

♪ ♪

Could that be it?

Is that it, Teresa?

Look.

♪ ♪

Look.

♪ ♪

Get a tire iron
out of the car.

-Okay. Okay.
TERESA: And a flashlight.

♪ ♪

(reporter speaking Spanish)

EPIFANIO: What is
happening, César?

This is the third
stash house of
ours

to be burned to the ground
by the Jimenez cartel.

EPIFANIO: Why won't they stop?

I've been told that it's because
Camila killed the Birdman.

And, of course, they assumed
you sanctioned it.

(reporter speaking Spanish)

(speaking Spanish)

(speaking Spanish)

(reporter speaking Spanish)

(foreboding music)

♪ ♪

(speaks Spanish)

Call Jimenez.

Tell them to stop
this attack on me now.

I want to talk
with them personally.

I've left 15 messages
already.

No one returns my call.

Something is going on,
Epifanio.

The elections are tomorrow.

-We need to handle--
-Don't you think I know that?

(reporter speaking Spanish)

This is why
she's doing this now.

EPIFANIO: She knows
that my hands are tied.

Call them again,

and find my wife.

(reporter speaking Spanish)

(dramatic music)

♪ ♪

(phone ringing)

Camila Vargas.

I just was talking about you.

Why am I not surprised?

CESAR: Is it true?

Did you do it?

You killed the Birdman?

What do you think?

(sighs)

You're getting to the point
of no return, Camila.

I know, César.
I reached that point long ago.

CESAR: Think about what
you're doing very carefully.

I want to talk to you.

I'm coming to Dallas.

CAMILA: Mm-hmm, but you don't
have to travel that far.

You see,
I'm in Mexico.

CAMILA: I told you
I was coming back.

I'll send a car to get you.

♪ ♪

(phone beeps)

♪ ♪

ZEFERINO: We got her.
She's texting me.

♪ ♪

I think this
is for the light.

(man singing boisterously
in Spanish through speakers)

(music stops)

(dramatic music)

(whispers) Give that to me.

♪ ♪

(metal clanging)

♪ ♪

(chains clink)

♪ ♪

(metal clanging)

♪ ♪

(murmurs indistinctly)

(grunts lightly)

♪ ♪

TERESA: (whispers) Okay.

♪ ♪

BRENDA: Oh!
TERESA: Ugh!

(door creaking)

(both gasp)

(both scream)

TERESA: Go!
BRENDA: Ahh!

(both panting and gasping)

♪ ♪

(gasps) Oh, my God.

(gasping and coughing)

Oh, my God.

What are we gonna do?

(gasping) My God.

I can't think.

We saw the house.

We saw a house.

We have to go
to that house.

We--we can go
over there and ask him--

Did you see
what we just saw?

Are you crazy?
We have to go.

No, wait.
Where are we going?

We're gonna go
back to Dallas?

Camila is looking for us!

There's nothing here.
We need to go.

Yeah, no. There is.
There is.

Those bodies have value.

-Are you crazy?
-They have value, yes!

Tere, Epifanio's
running for governor.

If they find out that
those things are tied to him,

it'll ruin his chances.

It'll ruin it,
and he'll pay us for it.

Listen.
Do you remember Sinaloa?

-(speaking indistinctly)
-Do you remember?

-Where are we going?
-Listen to me.

There's nothing here, okay?

TERESA: We have to go.
BRENDA: (gasping and murmuring)

BRENDA: Right now.
TERESA: Hey, hey.

MAN: Hey.

(speaking Spanish)

Hmm?

(speaks Spanish)

No, no.
(speaks Spanish)

(both speaking Spanish)

(speaking Spanish)

(both speaking Spanish)

♪ ♪

MAN: (speaking Spanish)

(suspenseful music)

♪ ♪

JAMES: Nothing yet?

-Hit her again.
-I just texted her.

What do you want me to say?

Anything.
It doesn't matter.

Say "I love you."
We need the signal.

Okay.

(dramatic music)

(electronic chime and beep)

Okay, I'm in.

(device beeping)

♪ ♪

(line ringing)

THE CHARGER: Hello?
-Got her.

They're heading north
on the 9.

THE CHARGER: Got it.

(electronic beeping)

♪ ♪

César, sit.

Please.

I'm sure you know
I'm very interested

in what you have to say.

I come here
with mutual interests in mind.

I see, so this is like
a goodwill visit.

But you have
nothing to offer.

Oh. But I do.

I keep things balanced
in this cartel.

And, Camila, the instability
you're causing is dangerous

for everybody.

The election is tomorrow.

The Jimenez cartel
is taking revenge on Epifanio

for what you've done.

They can easily use this
opportunity to take us all over

while we fight
amongst ourselves.

We could lose everything.

You're right.

But you shouldn't worry about
the Jimenez cartel or Manuel.

See, because after today,

we're gonna rule
in perfect harmony

for many,
many years to come.

♪ ♪

So you have a deal with them?

They know of your plans
for Don Epifanio?

Did or did I not sit with you
in my club in Texas

and tell you about my plan
to take over what's mine?

And you betrayed me.

I was honest with you, César,

and you, my old friend,

you made your choice.

♪ ♪

(sighs)

Your husband
is a proud man.

I know you haven't
forgotten that,

but you should remember

you are not alone in this.

What do you mean?

He'll do whatever it takes
to hurt you,

including using Isabela.

(girls chatting indistinctly)

♪ ♪

CESAR: He'll take her...

♪ ♪

And keep her away from you.

♪ ♪

And if he does win tomorrow,
as expected,

heh, his political influence

will only make that easier.

I know how important
she is to you.

Come with me.

♪ ♪

CAMILA: You're right.

♪ ♪

GIRL: Isabela!

CAMILA: She is
very important to me.

♪ ♪

And I wouldn't put that
past my husband.

CESAR: For all you know,

it could have
happened already.

♪ ♪

(phone buzzing)

(phone beeps)

Yes?

We have Isabela.

BARBARO: Where do you want me
to take her?

♪ ♪

Bring her home,
to me.

♪ ♪

(dramatic electronic music)

♪ ♪

It's a good thing
that she's safe, right?

♪ ♪

(foreboding music)

♪ ♪

(women gasping)

MAN: Hey.

♪ ♪

(speaks Spanish)

I'm told by my friend
you're lost.

Yeah, we took the wrong turn.
I'm sorry.

It's quite easy
to get lost in these parts.

So few signs.
So few people.

Where were you going?

♪ ♪

Where were you going?

We were going
to a friend's house.

♪ ♪

(footsteps tapping)

(speaks Spanish)

Really?

Wow, this is
interesting.

Told me you were lost,

but now I believe you're not.

Then perhaps you came here
for a reason.

♪ ♪

Why?

Don't make me ask twice.

TERESA: We have something
you will want.

Information
that brought us here.

We thought maybe
there was a reward.

A reward?

For this information?

♪ ♪

We know you work
for Epifanio Vargas.

♪ ♪

(chuckles)

Okay.

♪ ♪

But we don't want this
to come off as--

Extortion?

♪ ♪

Give it to him.

Give it.

♪ ♪

What's this?

Coordinates,
to here.

It came from a book
with even more information.

(footsteps tapping)

(cattle prod buzzing,
women grunting)

♪ ♪

(speaking Spanish)

(line ringing)

CESAR: (speaking Spanish)

(line beeps)

César, I've left you
half a dozen messages.

Call me.

(woman speaking Spanish)

Have you heard from César?

No one can get
ahold of him.

He's gone missing.

WOMAN: (speaking Spanish)

Turn it off.

WOMAN: (speaking Spanish)

Every goddamn news outlet
from here to Mexico City

is reporting on this.

It's even on CNN.

We knew this could happen.

We talked about it.

Eventually,
they would dig deep enough

to know that
you own these buildings.

You know what you have to do.

Yes, I know.

Kill my wife.

If only I could find her.

Epifanio,

you need to get out ahead
of the press on this.

You're right.

(ominous music)

♪ ♪

(gasping)

Teresa. Teresa.

Teresa!
Teresa!

Ah!

TERESA: Ah!

Where did you get
this information?

♪ ♪

If something happens
with us,

what we have will go
to the DEA,

the Federales,
the newspapers.

I asked you where
you got the information, okay?

Not where it's going.

♪ ♪

Just please listen.

You pay us to be quiet,

and we leave, okay?

♪ ♪

You know how when a fly
gets caught in a spider's web,

things stick to you?

That's the situation
you're in.

For instance, you think
I don't know anything about you?

But I do know a lot about you.

You've underestimated me.

That car outside?

I know whose car that is.

The registration
is to a Victor Ortega Gonzales.

Who's that?

We stole the car.
We don't know.

If you were smart,
you would have.

But I think this
is your first time.

-Let's be honest.
-It's true.

We don't know him.
We don't know him.

Well...

he's going to die
by 6:00 p.m. tonight,

because you're here
in his car.

♪ ♪

EL LIMPIADOR: Is there
a wife and kids?

Hmm?

Well, we'll find out.

That's my cousin.

It's my cousin.
He doesn't have any--

anything to do with this.

EL LIMPIADOR: You think you're
in control, but you're not.

Yeah, you have information
that can harm me.

[whispering] But it's
what I choose to do

with this information

that is so crucial
to my future.

You need to tell me
who gave you this information

and where you got it.

EL LIMPIADOR: Because how
do I know it ends with you, eh?

The person who gave me
the information is dead.

EL LIMPIADOR: Okay.

All the more reason
to tell me who it was.

♪ ♪

Guero Davila.

EL LIMPIADOR: Say that again?

♪ ♪

Guero Davila.

Guero's girlfriend.

That's how I know you.

You're Chino's wife.

Your husband, I liked.

Why shouldn't I call Epifanio
and tell him you're here?

EL LIMPIADOR:
Why not kill you...

And just sweep out
all these bodies, eh?

♪ ♪

Just please.

I already told you,

if you kill us,

the information will get out,

and that will be bad business

for you and Epifanio.

♪ ♪

All right, let's go.

♪ ♪

JAMES: We're gonna bust this guy
out of the safe house

in five minutes.

In and out.

(guns clicking)

(phone beeps)

(indistinct chatter,
phone ringing)

-Mm-kay, sí.
-Gracias.

(phone ringing)

(phone beeps)

-Yes?
JAMES: It's me.

We're outside
the safe house.

You sure you want to do this?

-Yes.
WOMAN: (speaks Spanish)

CAMILA: We have to make amends
for the Birdman,

and I need the Jimenez cartel
as my ally.

Hit them.

(women speaking Spanish)

(dramatic music)

♪ ♪

Let's say I allow
this extortion.

How can I be sure
no one gets this information

if I let you leave?

Because we know
you would kill us.

So...you fear me.

♪ ♪

(chuckles)

The problem with fear is that
it is an unreliable master,

its power only relative
to proximity.

The further you get away
from the thing you fear,

the less it controls you.

Someday, you may find yourself
in a place far, far, away,

and you may think to yourself
that I can't touch you.

Then you may decide to tell
the world what you've seen here.

♪ ♪

If you value keeping
this secret a secret...

You have no choice
but to deal with us.

If we're not out of here soon,

a letter will be sent
to the Federales.

♪ ♪

You might think
you can clean up what we saw,

but you don't have enough time.

You're vulnerable.

If I don't stop the letter,
you're done.

What do you want?

250,000,

and you'll never see us again,
I promise.

♪ ♪

(knife tapping)

♪ ♪

Get her the money.

♪ ♪

(dramatic music)

♪ ♪

(speaks Spanish)

Please, sit.

It's your house.

Somos familia.

There's no need
for these formalities.

I see you've all
arrived in style,

in your beautiful new cars.

Well, I imagine
you're curious.

You probably want to know
why I asked for a meeting

with all of you
in the first place.

Some of you
may have guessed already.

But none of you would be here

if you were happy with the way
things are currently being run.

♪ ♪

JAMES: Okay, let's go.

I came back here

to restore things
to the way they once were.

♪ ♪

CAMILA: There was a time
when I was running this cartel

where all of you share
fairly in the profits.

SANDRA: Stop looking at me.

CAMILA: You owned
a part of the building then.

As of now, you're nothing more
than Epifanio's tenants.

I know each one of you
personally.

♪ ♪

And I know
you're honorable men,

men that can be relied upon

to do what's best
for the business

and for your families.

Oh, shit.

(dramatic music)

MAN: Let's move.
Come on.

(explosion booming)

(man screams, rumbling)

-Go!
MAN: Secure it! Secure the door!

MAN: Go, go, go!
MAN: All the way.

MAN: Let's move!

So, you see, this is why
I'm asking for your support,

now that I came back
to reclaim the business

that was rightfully mine
in the first place.

Section 7, this is House 9.
We're under assault.

Backup needed.

Believe me, I, too,
want to see things...

restored,

restored
to what once was.

But you're scared.

Just meeting with you now
could cost us.

I understand,

but you don't have to worry
about César anymore.

You see, I had
a conversation with him,

and I can assure you,
he's all on board with my plan.

We need assistance.

We're under--

(radio crackles)

We're un--shit!

CAMILA: And as far
as my husband goes,

yes, he will be governor,

and, no, he won't like
that I'm taking over.

(gunfire)

CAMILA: But he'll have
no other option...

-Shit!
-But to stay silent

if he wants to protect
his political career.

Everyone knows
what happened in Dallas,

that you started a war
with Jimenez,

you killed the Birdman.

Epifanio may
have been cheap,

but he kept us safe.

(chuckles)

I can do that as well.

MAN: Let's go.
MAN: Move, move, move.

Move!
Now, now, now!

(indistinct chatter)

Over there.

CAMILA: I can
make you wealthy

and keep you safe.

(gunfire)

(groaning)

You don't have to be scared
about Jimenez anymore.

As we speak,

we're doing something
for them

that will make them
our allies.

As a matter of fact,
the two of us

will be closer
than we have ever been.

♪ ♪

Open up!
Let me in!

Open up!

MAN: Come on, open!

Open the door!

MAN: It's me!
It's me. Let me in!

MAN: Let me in now!

Get down,
you piece of shit.

Come on!
Help me with this table.

Let's go!
Come on, move!

You ain't going anywhere.

Not on my watch!

Who's coming for you?

(gasping)

(suspenseful music)

(gasping)

♪ ♪

(gagging)

(dramatic music)

(metallic clattering
and scraping)

MAN: Grenade!

(explosion booms)

(tinnitus ringing)

(gunfire)

♪ ♪

(breathing heavily)

Anything else?

♪ ♪

So, salud.

MAN: (speaks Spanish)

ALL: Al futuro.

(glasses clinking)

(men speaking Spanish)

♪ ♪

Vamonos!

Go, go, go!

(engine revving)

(tense music)

♪ ♪

(phone buzzing)

Yeah?

We got him.

(sighs)

(pensive music)

♪ ♪

Hello?

Hello, brother.

It's me, Manuel.

How does freedom taste?

Very, very nice.

(speaks Spanish)

(speaks Spanish)

(suspenseful music)

♪ ♪

(sighs)

♪ ♪

Isabela.

Mm.

I'm so happy
to see you, bonita.

Do you know what you
just did to me?

(eerie music)

I was taken from my campus
by Barbaro and Arturo,

in front of all my friends!

I thought that
was behind us.

I needed to take action

because...
(sighs)

Well, I'm--I'm back.

You know, I'm here in Mexico.

We can--we can see more
of each other now.

You didn't even care
how I felt about that!

It's not that, Isabela.

You have to understand I'm gonna
run the family business,

and your father is gonna go on
to be a governor, or not.

I was just afraid he was gonna
use you as a tool against me.

No.

There was a time
when I was young

and I believed
everything you said.

But we both know
this is about you.

You just want to tell me
your story first.

You just want to use me,

against him.

This is not about me,
Mami.

This is about you.

That's not true, Isabela.

Everything I've done,

I've done for you.

You told me
you wanted to come back here

because you wanted
to be a great woman.

Yes.

You abandoned me for a year

because you wanted me to see you
as this strong woman.

And that's not the case,
is it?

It's about
this moment right here.

It's about you
reclaiming your power.

It's not.
You're--you're wrong, Isabela.

He is trying to legitimize us.

Why didn't you just
go with him?

Up until yesterday,

I thought I was gonna be
the daughter of a governor.

And now I'm the daughter
of a drug dealer,

again.

You ruined my life,

so don't tell me
you did this for me.

♪ ♪

The fact is,

you hate him more
than you love me.

And that breaks my heart,
Mami.

(somber music)

♪ ♪

Wait.

It ends here.

I'll honor your deal as long as
you continue to honor mine.

But if anyone should
ever come to this farm

and ask what you have asked

or claim to have seen
what you have seen

or wants to talk
about a book,

won't be just you
in that sewer,

but everyone you both
have ever known and loved.

(ominous music)

♪ ♪

Get out.

Get out!

♪ ♪

(both panting)

♪ ♪

Teresa,
Tony's with Victor.

Tony's with Victor.

Wait, Brenda, no.
Brenda!

BRENDA: No, please!

I know that we lied to you
about the car.

It's my cousin Victor's,
and he has my son, Tony,

and you're not
gonna hurt them, right?

You're gonna forget
about that, right?

(laughs)

EL LIMPIADOR:
You have a son?

Then I don't have
to pay you anything

to guarantee your silence.

Brenda!

(gunshots)

(dramatic music)

♪ ♪

(engine turns over)

(tires screeching)

♪ ♪

(engines revving)

♪ ♪

(speaks Spanish)

♪ ♪

(gunshots)

♪ ♪

MAN: Senor Vargas,

what do you know about
the cartel killings yesterday?

WOMAN: The victims are people
you were linked to at one time.

Do you have any comment?

In my past,
yes, it's true,

I've had dealings
with these people.

As a businessman
in the private sector,

I've had to stand up
to these people.

I have to fight
with politicians

whose cartel interests
were more--more important

than the interests
of the Mexican people.

Have I failed at times?

Yes.

But after yesterday's violence,

I see only one more reason
why I not only can

but I must be the great leader

the people of Sinaloa
need and deserve.

Vargas is for the people,
and under Vargas,

you and your children
will be safe.

Only I have the courage
and the knowledge

to end this violence,

and I will.

Thank you.

(all speaking at once)

Thank you all so much
for coming.

(gunshots)

(engines revving)

(grunts)

(engine revving)

TERESA: (grunting)

Ah!

(groaning and panting)

(intense music)

(sighs)

(groans)

(groans)

(grunting)

♪ ♪

(ominous music)

(sighs)

(dark music)

♪ ♪

(typewriter keys clacking,
bell dings)