Queen of the South (2016–…): Season 3, Episode 5 - El Juicio - full transcript

Teresa's Phoenix winery is besieged by an old enemy. While defending her property, Teresa finds passion with an old friend.

THERESA: Previously on
Queen of the South...

We're gonna sell
on the dark web.

JAMES: Mail order cocaine?
TERESA: I have a guy.

His name's Ivan.
He's built me a site.

We're gonna ship
through a legitimate front

and get paid with
cryptocurrency.

We won't be cutting
into anyone's territory.

JAMES: No, but we still need
to transport through it.

Arizona's carved up
by five narcos.

They're called La Comisión.

There's a Mexican named Pecas.
He's the leader.



(speaking Spanish)

You're very light
on your feet, General.

Very impressed.

You're the one with the gifts,
mi jefa.

Just how much access
do you think I have?

I'm still on suspension.

(sighs)
This is not a good idea.

Here's a little piece
of Mexico to remember us by.

-Ah!
TERESA: We need your help.

As the business grows,
you can grow with it.

POTE: We buying a winery?

KELLY ANNE: This place has
an amazing wine cellar.

We can put our production
down here.

And we've set up
infrared cameras



all around the property.

And the entire system
is linked to your phone.

-This is my wife Kelly Anne.
-Hi.

POTE: Is the police
looking for you?

Officially,
I am a missing person.

And it's Priscilla now.

JAMES: I was working
with Devon Finch.

Someone hijacked
our shipment

and Devon wanted him
taken out.

Why take a chance?
Get it done.

(struggling)

(screams)

(coughs)

JAMES: You always said
there was a different way.

I wanna do things differently.

Let me in.

(Lil' Kim's
"Queen Bitch" playing)

KELLY ANNE:
Welcome to Perla Blanca.

We are fully committed
to offering our customers

the purest product.

Come on in.
Have fun.

*

* If Peter Piper pecked 'em
I bet you Biggie bust 'em *

* He probably
tried to up him *

* I told him not
to trust him *

* Lyrically I dust 'em off
like Pledge *

* Hit hard like
sledgehammers *

* Hit with that
platinum grammar *

* I am a diamond
cluster hustler *

* Queen [...]
supreme [...] *

* Kill a [...] for
my [...] by any means *

* Murder scene, clean,
disease-free, check it *

* I write a rhyme, melt
in your mouth like M&M's *

* Roll with the M.A.F.I.A.,
remember them? *

Keep eye-balling me.
I know I'm pretty.

You know, she has
a thing for strays.

Don't make her regret it.

Production's running smoothly,
Teresita.

The shipments are out the door.

* Got buffoons
eating my [...] *

* While I watch cartoons,
sleep till noon *

(doorbell rings)

* Mostly Dolce wear

* Frank kills [...] wives
for 1.5 *

* While you struggle
and strive *

* We pick
which Benz to drive *

* The M.A.F.I.A.,
you wanna be 'em *

* Most of y'all [...]
can't eat without per diem *

* I'm rich,
I'ma stay that, stay that *

*

* Who you lovin'?
Who you wanna be huggin'? *

* Roll with [...]
that be thuggin', buggin' *

* In the Tunnel and Esso's
sippin' espresso *

* Cappuccino with Nino, on a
mission for the lucci creno *

* I used to wear Moschino,
but every [...] got it *

* Now I rock colorful minks

* Because my pockets
stay knotted *

*

JAMES: Selling
on the dark web,

cutting out the middle man, and
turning product into champagne.

TERESA: Yeah?
We did it.

No, you did it.

(romantic guitar music)

Now that we have a team,
we can expand.

Get big enough
where no one can hurt us.

$30 million in a month
is a good start.

You have your eyes
on something?

*

(exhales deeply)

A decent rib eye steak.

(chuckles)

I haven't had one
since we left Dallas.

How about you?

*

I took flying lessons
when I was in Europe.

And if they come for me,
I'll be ready.

And if they come for you,
I'll be ready.

(chuckles)

You still don't trust me?

You're still here.

That's something.

*

MAN: Yeah, right,
it was like that, right?

(laughter)

(overlapping chatter)

He's making it worse
than what I--

It was not that bad at all.

Oh, yeah.

(door opens and closes)

Good evening.

I'd like to arrange dinner
reservations for my boss.

We would love to accommodate
you, but we're closin'.

Hmm.

(tense music)

MAN: Hands up.
Hands in the air.

Don't move.
Don't move.

Gun on the floor,
or your brains on the wall.

Calm down.

Do not reach
for that panic button.

*

We good, Vee?

We real good, E.

Call your boss.
Now.

*

(cell phone vibrating)

*

Hey.

DEVON (over phone):
Hello, Miss Mendoza.

*

I hear the Sangiovese does
well in this dry climate.

Devon.

DEVON: I've just
arrived in Phoenix.

I have your manager
and I have your coke.

TERESA (over phone):
She's not part of my business.

Whatever the problem is,
we can fix it.

DEVON: Join me for dinner
at your winery.

This invitation
is not optional.

First course begins at eight.
Be here. Come alone.

*

(chimes clinking)

ANCHOR: (speaking Spanish)

(tense music)

*

Boaz has fled to Badiraguato.

His cousin
Javier Jimenez is helping him.

A wounded animal
always runs back home.

CORTEZ: He's desperate.

He sent a message
to his people.

He's begging for a truce,

for the sake of his son
and your daughter's union.

Boaz tried to kill me.
There is no truce.

Perhaps we can use Kique
to track him down.

I cannot involve my future
son-in-law in this.

That would destroy Isabela.

We must find another way.

You did good, General.

We're nearly free of Boaz.

But there is still
the matter of Teresa Mendoza.

Has Agent Loya provided you
with any further assistance?

He can only do so much until
the DEA reinstates him.

According to my sources,
he has been reinstated.

(ominous music)

Recently?

CORTEZ: Weeks ago.
And there's more.

They say the DEA's target
is no longer Boaz.

It's you.

And you trust your sources?

I trust no one.

But, given your history
with Agent Loya,

I suggest we err
on the side of caution.

*

Nobody touches Loya.

Not until I look at him in the
eye and speak to him myself.

Is that clear?

*

Como guste, Gobernadora.

*

(engine revs)

(tense music)

JAMES: There's no service
in the cellar,

but I'm sure Pote's safe.

Someone was watching us.

Or someone set us up.

*

LIL T: Any word from Pote
and the guys?

Not yet. Listen we're gonna
need your help.

Hey, when was the last time
you spoke to your uncle?

We don't speak anymore.
What's your point?

It's just a little convenient.

Pote kills your
gangbanger buddies,

you come work for us,
and now Devon finds us.

You think I led him here?

You know,
maybe it was your payback.

Teresa got shot when your ass
switched out the coke.

Don't talk
to me about loyalty.

I lost my family
over this shit.

I brought her here
because I trust her.

Whatever you need me
to do I'll do,

but if this pendejo
keeps stepping to me...

He won't.
Be ready to move, okay?

We're on our way to the winery.

Shit, born ready.

I'll call you.
Let's go.

*

Most domestic sparkling wine
is unremarkable.

You knew enough
to find Teresa a winery

that produces a supple
and elegant vintage.

I salute you, Priscilla.

Listen, I'm just
the manager here, okay?

I promise
I don't know anything.

You ran a wine club in Dallas?

My former attorney,
Cole Van Awken,

told me about your fine palate.

It's a shame
what happened to him,

isn't it, Kelly Anne?

(menacing music)

Take her downstairs.
Her time will come.

All right, Hannah Montana,
let's go.

Okay.

*

TERESA: They're moving
Kelly Anne.

If Devon wanted our coke,

he'd already be gone.

Why is he here?

Because he wants me.

For not taking out
that guy in Texas for him.

I'm gonna go in there
and work it out with him.

You hurt his business.
There's no working that out.

(foreboding music)

*

-I'm gonna go in.
-What're you doing?

I'm not gonna let you
walk in there alone.

Listen to me.
Go to La Comisión for backup.

Have Ivan get something
on Devon

that we can use
against him.

Yeah, but he could hurt you
before that happens.

He wants something else.
It's safer this way.

Go to La Comisión.
I'll be okay.

*

KELLY ANNE: Ow (grunts).
VEE: Shut up.

VEE: Sit down.

(grunts)

Tie her ass up.

-Keep that bitch quiet.
-Mm-hmm.

(grunts)

(gasps)

(shushes)
Just me, gabacha.

Oh, thank God,
I thought they killed you.

I was in here when they hit us.

I'm gonna get us out of here.

But I need your help.

(suspenseful music)

*

Miss Mendoza.

*

DEVON: Perfect timing.

Dinner is served.

Where are my people?

DEVON: Your security
is being held by mine,

so that we may dine in peace.

-And my manager?
-You mean Kelly Anne?

She hasn't been harmed. Yet.

What do you want from me?

Direct as always.

I want an introduction
to El Santo.

(ominous music)

I have no way
to contact him directly.

Even if I could,

he only deals
with his followers.

You weren't always
one of his followers.

Yet you found your way
into his flock.

I don't doubt your powers of
persuasion, Miss Mendoza.

I can deliver you product,
but not him.

We can make that deal.

But you coming here like this,
it's not the man you are.

(chuckles)
Evelyn.

PROFESSOR:
(speaking Haitian Creole)

DEVON:
(speaking Haitian Creole)

She thinks she knows me.

(speaking Haitian Creole)

DEVON: Let me tell you
three things.

Those days between
you and me are over.

You have no clue who I am.

Tonight you're gonna find out.

*

POTE: I'm gonna take him out.

Then we run for the tunnel.

Okay,
but there's a whole bunch

more guards
all over the winery.

They got guns,
and, like, radios.

-Now you have one.
-I don't--

POTE: When they come for us,
you let 'em have it.

I don't think
that's a good idea.

I cleaned up
your husband.

I know you can shoot.

That was different.

You were in danger then,
you're in danger now.

We're like sitting ducks
in here.

(foreboding music)

I need your help.

Are you with me?

Or not?

(gasps)

(chuckles)

Andale, gabacha.

(exhales) Okay.

(traditional Mexican music)

JAMES: I thought I was meeting
with the full Comisión.

PECAS: We don't throw up
the Bat-Signal

every time you get
yourself into trouble.

They authorized me to hear
you out on their behalf.

So...

What did you do
to bring Devon Finch down here?

We're not clear
on that just yet.

Then I'm not sure
I can help you.

What's the point
of having a Comisión

if an outsider can come in
and do what he wants?

Since you arrived,
all we've seen is chaos.

You think the other members
are eager to go to war

with a Chicago gangster
on your behalf?

We backed off the Sheriff
on your behalf.

You're making money from us.
Now you just wanna screw us?

It's not my call.

I--I'll talk to the rest
of La Comisión.

But in the meantime,

see if you can't work
this out yourselves first.

*

I'll remember this.

PECAS: Okay.

*

(mimicking)
I'll remember this.

(chuckles)
(speaks Spanish)

(cell phone vibrating)

DEVON: Give me the phone.

Don't make me ask twice.

(tense music)

*

Hey, my old friend.

I'm here with Teresa.

DEVON (over phone): We just
started our second course.

Look, whatever this is,
whatever game you're playing--

Did you really think you
weren't gonna see me again?

That's got nothing
to do with Teresa.

It does now.
So why don't you come in here,

meet me face to face?

JAMES (over phone):
Just know, if you hurt her--

*

You came here for revenge.

From James, yes.

From you,
I told you what I want.

If you hurt me,

you won't need
to look for El Santo.

He'll find you.

One last chance,
Miss Mendoza.

I want a line to your supplier.

*

Bring me her friend.

Wait.

He gave me a number
for emergencies only.

I have it memorized.

*

You and the numbers.

*

*

Everything okay?

What's on your mind?

I understood the rules
when we started this.

We had common goals

and the exchange of information
helped us both.

The rest of it

was

unexpected.

Lovely.

It has been.

I know the DEA reinstated you.

And I know their goal
is no longer Boaz, but me.

You think I lied to you?

I don't wanna believe that.

I don't know who's been
telling you these things.

But I'd ask you
what they have to gain.

I saved your life
when I didn't know you.

You think I'd set you up
now that I do?

We've been at war, Camila.

But in this thing here,

I'm with you.

Say it again.

I'm with you.

(ominous music)

*

(breathing heavily)

*

(heavy breathing and kissing
through headphones)

*

TERESA: Are you Haitian?

Excuse me?

You sound like you're Haitian.

PROFESSOR: Ah.

If I were you,
I'd mind my own damn business.

(tense music)

*

Are you seeing this?

JAMES: She's telling us
something.

That woman.

-Do a search on her.
-On it.

JAMES (over phone): Whatever
you get, send it to Lil T,

ASAP.

Done.

*

That number you gave us

tracks to a pay phone
on the coast of Ecuador.

El Santo has
followers everywhere.

-It must be a drop phone.
DEVON: That's bullshit.

And you're just buying time.

Bring me her friend.

*

KELLY ANNE: Ah!

(screams)

MAN: You need to be quiet.
(grunts)

POTE: Let's go.
-Okay.

(suspenseful music)

*

You have the keys
to the tunnel?

The guards took 'em.

Stay there.
Cover me.

Okay.

*

(grunts)

MAN: Oh!

*

(grunts)

VEE: Get your ass out here.

KELLY ANNE: Don't shoot.

I don't ha--I don't have a gun.

Get down on your knees now.

Okay.

*

(cellar door
creaks open and shut)

*

DEVON: I'm gonna ask you
once, nicely.

How does Teresa get
in contact with El Santo?

*

I don't know.

She doesn't.
Let her go.

I have a better idea.

Let's go swimming.

What?

*

What does he mean "swimming"?

-Put her on the board.
-What does he--

No, no, no, no.
(whimpers)

-What--
TERESA: No.

DEVON: Give me El Santo
and I'll let her go.

(rustling)

*

I got out through the tunnel.
But they got Kelly Anne.

-We gotta go back in.
-No, we're outnumbered.

We rush in now, they kill
Teresa and Kelly Anne.

-Where's Tonto and Charger?
-I don't know.

But we gotta do something.

*

(grunts) What're you--
what're you doing?

Teresa!

TERESA:
She doesn't know anything.

Wait, wait, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no, no...

KELLY ANNE: (coughs)

TERESA: Listen to me,
don't do this.

Stop it, you're gonna kill her.

Just let her go.

I'll give you
anything you want.

(coughing, gargling)

Come on.

(door opens)

KELLY ANNE:
(coughing, gargling)

(gasping)

(tense pulsating rhythm)

*

*

(ominous music)

*

CORTEZ: (speaking Spanish)

*

Come here.

*

There's a camera
in the motion detector.

(snorts)

LOYA: I know what you're doing.

And I know who's behind it.

*

Last year Cortez
tried to kill you.

*

And I saved your life.

So who are you gonna believe?

*

Take the side door.

LOYA: Get out of here.

*

CORTEZ: (speaking Spanish)

(tense music)

*

(grunting)

*

(grunts)

*

(speaking Spanish)

*

(speaking Spanish)

DEVON: Then we have a deal.
JAMES: I'm good with that.

Let me tell her.

Devon's leaving.

He's let Kelly Anne go,
and you can go too.

And he's gonna back off
your business.

What does he get in return?

He's leaving with me so we can
settle our unfinished business.

No.

DEVON: Last year, this man
showed loyalty to Camila

and nearly got you killed.

You're willing
to sacrifice everything,

including your life,
for this man?

Yes.

Has he told you about

his little excursion
with us in Texas?

He spared the man
you wanted to kill.

(chuckles)

Oh, she doesn't know.

Well, allow me
to open your eyes.

Or better yet,
let's have the man

that you're willing to trade
your life for do it for you.

Devon sent me
to take out a man who had

hijacked one of his shipments.

You told me.

(ominous music)

(grunting)

*

(coughing)

*

Mark?
No.

(screaming)

(neck snaps)

SUZIE: Mommy, what was that?
What's happening?

We caught someone
trying to break in.

I need you to go next door
to the neighbors.

Go, go, go.

*

SUZIE: Mommy, mommy.

No!
(explosion)

DEVON: The man he took out

was part of a crew that
stole a shipment from me.

James was supposed
to take those men out,

make it look like a robbery.

Instead, he turned
the first one into a bloodbath,

where a little girl died.

Then grew a conscience
and decided to walk away

from the rest of the job.

I'm taking this piece of shit.

What you must decide,
Miss Mendoza,

now that you know
everything about him,

is are you willing
to sacrifice your life

in a futile attempt
to prevent that?

*

Take him.

*

(tense music)

*

(grunting)

(gunshots)

*

Mano a mano.

I'm gonna like this.

Just like you like
watching me and Camila?

(grunts)

*

(screams)
(grunts)

*

Camila and I will rule Mexico.

And there's no room
for a little boy.

*

(grunts)

(gasping)

*

Better her boy than her dog.

(foreboding music)

*

*

Eh, cabrón.

(hisses)

*

Listen.

I'm not gonna let him take you.

But you just said--

I said that to buy us time.

VEE: There's someone
on the outer grounds.

Armed. Coming this way.

Check it out.
Collect the men.

-Okay.
-Get the car ready.

The cabinet behind me.

With the guns?
There's too many of them.

JAMES: We won't make it.
-Then we don't make it.

(Jacob Banks'
"Unholy War" playing)

*

* Unholy war

* My demons are coming

* Boy, you better run

* Go take your freedom,
oh no *

* Wade in the water

* Be gone by morning

* Don't you let them
find you here *

What you wanna do, son?

VEE: Put the gun down
before it gets ugly.

*

* Let love lead you home

(cell phone ringing)

*

* Let redemption
keep you warm *

*

* So, you better--

Stop.

(gospel music
playing on cell phone)

* Looks like the band
that Moses led *

You're gonna wanna see this.

ALL: * God is gonna
trouble the water *

-* Oh, wade
ALL: * Wade in the water

* Whoa, oh, wade

ALL: * Wade in the water

* Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
wade *

ALL: * Wade in the water

* God's gonna trouble

ALL: * God's gonna
trouble the water *

* Ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh *

*

How did you find her?

*

How the hell did you
find my mother?

You're invisible online.

But your sister's not.

I should kill you.

You saw your mother.

Phone, please.

*

ALL: * Ooh, ooh, ooh

-Any problems?
LIL T (over phone): No.

Who knew that delivery truck
could go 150

on the highway, though.

LIL T:
That hacker dude's the shit.

So what you gonna
need me to do?

Wait for me
to call you back in a few.

Devon's just leaving.

* Whoa, ooh, wade

ALL: * Wade in the water

* Ooh, ooh, ooh,
wade *

ALL: * In the water

* God's gonna trouble

ALL: * God is gonna
trouble the water *

(door opens and closes)

I have news.

Not sure if it's good or bad,
but...

He got away.

I do not recall
authorizing an audience.

You let him escape.

You failed me, General.

CORTEZ: The cameras
were for your protection.

I apologize.

Hearing you speak to him the
way you did in that hotel, I...

I don't have to explain
myself to you.

It was all
information and sex.

That's all it was with him.

Lately,

nothing seems
to make me happy.

(ominous music)

Well, I think I have something
that may change that for you.

In an unexpected offer
from a friend.

Something I think
you'll like very much.

*

LIN: We ran the phone number
Mendoza supplied again.

Problem's that El Santo's
people change them

so frequently that
this is one burnt now.

So she really did give up
her supplier for that bastard.

Loyalty to a fault.

Can't be bought either.

Told the brass I saw firsthand

you'd gone above and beyond
to get us that intel.

She found leverage on the fly

and backed me off
without a gun.

-I underestimated her.
-We all did, Devante.

We'll tighten things up
on our end.

Relocate your mother,
and our cyber team

will make sure your
sister and family

have no further
internet presence.

Where do they want me?

Chief of Station
wants you back

at your aviation business
in Chicago.

El Santo remains a priority
target for the agency.

(percussive music)

We'll find another way at 'em.

*

I might already have one.

This might hurt.

KELLY ANNE: (hisses)

Yeah.

(refrigerator door opens)

You're good?

Yeah.

TERESA: Listen.

If you want to leave,
I'll help set you up

anywhere you want
to go, okay?

I wouldn't be alive
if it weren't for you.

I'm not going anywhere.

Okay.

POTE: Andale, gabacha.

I'll check on dinner.

KELLY ANNE: I fired that gun
like it was nothing.

I hit that guard.

I wasn't even thinking twice
if I killed him.

(ominous music)

Shooting Cole, I knew
who I was and what I was doing.

And it killed me.

*

But I'm scared because today
I don't feel a thing.

*

Your husband beat you.

The men you shot at

wanted to kill us.

It is all right to feel nothing
for hurting the people

that want to destroy you.

You saved my life.

You're family now.

*

Thank you.
(sniffles)

*

Let's eat.

Okay.

Oh, my God,
that smells amazing.

Pollo la crema.

The chicken's gonna taste
like it was born in the sauce.

KELLY ANNE: (giggles)

(blowing)

Come on, prueba.

*

-Oh, my gosh.
-(chuckles)

-(grunts)
-Hand me your plate.

*

House is yours now.
I'm gonna leave.

No.

Look, I'm no good for you here.
I mean, you could've lost

everything,
including your life.

And I lied to you,
right to your face.

Yes.
And I know why you did.

Her name was Suzie.

She couldn't have been more
than, like, six years old.

(somber music)

I can't stop
thinking about her.

You didn't mean
for that to happen.

*

You once told me there's no
good or bad in this business.

*

Right?

*

I'm not sure
I believe that anymore.

*

Because of that little girl?

Her.

*

And you.

Listen.

Whatever you've done,

you don't need to hide from me.

*

We're in this together.

*

I don't deserve that.

*

Everyone deserves that.

(Elastic Bond's
"Corazón" plays)

(singing in Spanish)

*

*

*

*

*

(car rumbling, beeping)

*

(two gunshots)

(menacing music)

*

MAN: Andale, pues.

*

Let's go.
Let's get on with it.

*

*