Queen of the South (2016–…): Season 3, Episode 8 - El Carro - full transcript
In a bold plan to take over all drug distribution in Phoenix, Teresa makes a deal with the devil.
CORTEZ: Previously
on "Queen of the South"...
JAMES: That's
County Sheriff Jed Mayo.
Harassing illegals
is his favorite hobby.
-Good news is...
-(yells)
JAMES: He's for sale.
TERESA: Sheriff Mayo.
-What do you know about Mayo?
TERESA: He's setting up
roadblocks on your routes.
What if I could do something
about him?
You get the sheriff
to stand down,
you can write your own ticket.
(gunfire)
(groans)
Vámonos.
NEWSCASTER: Sheriff Mayo
is in critical condition.
JAMES: If he survives,
we're done.
La Comisión will
come after us hard.
Pote, open the door.
-No, Teresa, you need to rest.
-Open the door, Pote!
Isabela is still sneaking out
to meet with Kique Jimenez.
CAMILA: Isabela's disobedience
is putting her at risk.
If we were to kidnap the boy,
then we could use him.
Do it, but no one can harm him
under any circumstances.
CORTEZ: I will send
my most disciplined men.
(nail gun fires)
(screams)
(nail gun fires)
(screams, chokes)
Whatever you've done
you don't need to hide from me.
We're in this together.
I'm rolling the dice
on you, Teresa.
You won't regret it.
Follow me.
(dramatic music)
*
(vehicle approaching)
(intense music)
*
Pull over!
You're gonna get us killed.
We can't lose the load.
We need this.
*
(children yelling)
(indistinct chatter)
WOMAN:
Enough is enough!
TAZA: Listen,
nobody wants war.
But sometimes
we don't have a choice.
MAN: We have a choice.
This isn't our war.
It's theirs.
TAZA: Pecas has us living
hand-to-mouth.
Now, these people
are offering us a partnership.
When they take over
Phoenix,
we'll have better terms,
finally be able to build
the new schools and clinics.
And what good are
those new schools and clinics
if our children
are slaughtered?
With the Comisión,
we have peace.
-No bloodshed.
MAN: He's right.
BOTH: This is bullshit.
WOMAN: You guys aren't seeing
wider than this picture.
We have to get out there!
(overlapping shouting)
We can't even trust them!
I think it's time
for us to go.
(shouting continues)
MAN: He's right!
-Just a second.
WOMAN: We deserve more
than you can even imagine.
I would like to speak
to them.
WOMAN: Don't tell us that.
You need to shut up.
Please.
WOMAN: What they're offering
we can have for our children.
Hey, everyone, listen up.
Listen up.
Hey!
Our guest has something to say.
*
Like you, I got
into this business to survive.
I thought if I played
by the rules,
I'd be okay.
It doesn't work that way.
We must decide
where to draw the line.
Easy for you to say when we're
the ones doing the fighting--
and dying.
(affirmative chatter)
TERESA: If we do this right,
there won't be any dying.
TAZA: Pecas isn't
gonna hand you
the keys to the corridor
without a fight.
He won't have a choice.
We'll cut off
the Comisión's supply
through your reservation
at the border crossing,
and we'll smuggle the product
to Phoenix,
where I'll be
the only supplier in town.
They will be forced
to do business on our terms.
Camila has a load
coming through this morning.
If we prevent her from passing,
she'll know we're allied.
There'll be retribution.
My smuggler's already
on his way.
By the time Camila
figures out what happened,
a deal will have been made.
And if the Comisión refuses...
I'm exposed.
It will mean war.
I know it's a risk.
But if we do this,
together we can win.
We will run Phoenix.
This is the third time
I call him.
Well, you tell the general
that the governor of Sinaloa
wants to speak with him
immediately.
(door opens, phone slams)
(door closes)
Isabela.
What's wrong?
Mom, Kique's missing.
He hasn't answered his phone,
and no one has seen him.
Well, he's--he's probably
with his father.
He wouldn't leave
without telling me.
We were supposed to meet up,
and he didn't show.
I-I know something bad
has happened.
-I can feel it.
-Isabela.
I will do everything
within my power to find him.
Okay?
I know you will, mami.
TERESA: Camila's truck
should be along any minute.
I know you're still pissed
about what happened yesterday.
I'm not angry.
When you worked for Epifanio,
did you ever disagree
with an order?
Of course.
But you never locked him
in a cellar.
You would never disrespect
a man like that.
I had no choice.
You were not eating
or sleeping.
You were acting crazy.
You wouldn't listen to anyone.
I wouldn't listen to James.
You're different.
Our relationship is different.
-If you'd have been honest--
-I tried.
No.
You tricked me.
Then you did what you thought
was best.
You're my friend, Pote.
You're right.
And I'm sorry.
I promise it will
never happen again.
We can never hide the truth
from each other.
I made a mistake.
But please,
don't question my loyalty.
'Cause I live and die
with you, Teresita.
We're family.
We live and die
with each other.
(radio crackles)
Heads up.
(vehicle approaching)
(suspenseful music)
Camila's truck.
-Right on time.
POTE: [chuckles]
Welcome to the United Cartels
of America, pendejos.
(line trilling)
OPERATOR: Homeland Security.
How may I direct your call?
TERESA: There's a black
cargo truck filled with cocaine
heading north
to the 10 freeway.
Arizona license plate
QVG 2108.
*
(phone ringing)
Please tell me you found her.
No.
We have another problem.
Our shipment was busted
an hour ago
by Homeland Security.
-Where?
PECAS: Just south of Phoenix.
You understand the situation
this puts us in.
When I agreed to an alliance,
assurances were made.
Yeah.
On both sides.
You assured me you would
take care of Teresa.
You failed.
And this is the result.
You're suggesting Teresa had
something to do with this?
Oh, yeah.
It's her.
The only question is...
Which one of your
Comisión members helped her?
That's a serious accusation.
Someone tipped her
to the shipment.
You control
the Phoenix corridor.
Therefore you're responsible.
I still expect to be paid--
on time
and not a dollar short.
It sounds like we have
a mutual enemy.
You got any idea
who tipped her?
Taza.
The Indian?
Teresa reached out to him.
He must have taken the bait.
Huh.
Well, that figures.
He's with her now.
Helping the bitch
that put a bullet in your back
and left you for dead.
(sighs)
Yeah, well, he's a...
good-looking son of a bitch,
that Indian.
Might be kind of tricky
to go after him, though.
He's got hisself a stronghold
out there on that reservation.
He can't hide forever.
He'll have to stick
his head out eventually,
and you can put a bullet
in it--
him and Teresa.
It's a shame
Teresa didn't run
when she had the chance.
She likes the desert so much.
Now I'm gonna have
to bury her in it.
Her and her damn Indian.
*
(children shouting playfully)
No problems in Mexico.
It was clear all the way
from the port.
Okay, good.
-What's up with her?
-Wine cellar.
She's still upset about that?
What do you think?
TERESA: How was the trip?
Ah, G.I. James led us
on a circuitous route,
but we got here in one piece.
We got the coke
over the border.
Now all we got to do
is get it to Phoenix.
Bazookas and blow.
Oh.
-That's a MK19.
-Mm-hmm.
Goddamn,
that's some serious shit.
We do this right,
we won't need weapons.
You like weapons.
Come on, now.
(speaking Spanish)
(tense music)
*
*
That was Charger.
He just spotted Mayo
leaving Pecas' restaurant.
POTE: The pinche sheriff?
I thought he was
on life support.
Yeah, not anymore.
He's injured,
but he's back on the job.
So it's not just La Comisión
we have to worry about now.
Mayo will be coming
for us, too.
JAMES: He'll have eyes
on the highway.
TAZA: The minute we leave
the res, we're exposed.
We can avoid him
by sticking to the back roads.
He'll never see us.
Our best shot is
this old smuggling route
called Devil's Highway.
It's the long way,
but it gets our product
-to the Phoenix market.
-That's 200 miles of badlands.
I mean, we could be ambushed
anywhere along that route.
TAZA: Yeah, but it avoids
Mayo's checkpoints along 118.
I mean,
if we're rolling the dice,
this is our best shot.
What do you think, George?
If we were in water,
I'd want a fast boat.
Same rule applies here.
If we're gonna kamikaze
this bitch--
JAMES: We need good cars.
Fast as we can get.
I got just what we need.
(dramatic music)
*
So all the cars are
"borrowed."
We trick 'em out and ship 'em
to buyers overseas.
Mostly Japanese.
Police will see us coming
a mile away.
TAZA: Oh, that's the point.
Smugglers use shitty cars
in case they're seized.
Cops will never suspect
one of these.
Smuggling in plain sight.
We'll need a rabbit car.
TAZA: The legendary LS6.
Multiple police scanners
and radar detectors.
Since you know the route,
you and Pote can take the lead.
If the sheriff or his friends
are lying in wait...
-(laughing)
TAZA: We'll flush 'em out,
get 'em to chase us down
a rabbit trail.
We'll clear the path
for the transport vehicle.
We need something different
to move the product.
We call her the Beast.
460 under the hood,
racing shocks,
and a Bull Bumper just in case.
Whoo!
You and Bilal
will be on transpo.
(metal music blaring on radio)
(howling to the music)
I wouldn't have it
any other way.
Stay ten miles
behind the rabbit car
so you can react
if there's any trouble.
Got ya.
Who's got our tail?
-We do.
-We'll be in the chase car.
TAZA: You got something
in mind?
-That one.
-Ooh, no, no, no.
She's special.
750 horses under the hood
and a dual
nitrous oxide system.
GEORGE: Fast enough
to set your hair on fire.
(engine revving)
She'll do.
JAMES: We'll be
about a mile behind
for rear security.
If anyone wants to back out,
now is the time.
(dramatic music)
*
We go at sundown.
CORTEZ: (speaking Spanish)
I need to talk to you.
Now.
Governor,
I wasn't expecting you.
I've been trying to get
ahold of you for hours.
Did you hear
about our lost shipment?
That's what this meeting
was about.
I've already taken measures.
There's a breach
of our security.
I wanted answers immediately.
And what did you find out?
Authorities were tipped off
at 10:30.
According to our GPS tracker,
our truck entered Taza's
reservation at that time.
Then Taza is a traitor
in the Comisión.
Teresa wants to dry out
the supply in Phoenix
so she can move her product in.
I sent soldiers to Sonora,
and Pecas has already
been notified.
(tense music)
You spoke with Pecas?
CORTEZ: If we're going
to stop Teresa...
(recorder beeps)
Expedience is key.
Is there anything else,
Governor?
Kique.
I need you to release him
immediately.
That's going to be a problem.
We don't have him.
He never showed up
to his meeting
with Isabela last night.
My men waited for hours.
Kique may have gone
into hiding with Boaz.
It's possible
that he got wind of our plan
to kidnap him
and fled.
You assured me...
Isabela would never know
I gave the order.
Your secret is safe, Governor.
With you.
(engine revving)
We just hit the 100-mile mark.
No sign of Mayo
or any other police.
Hope our luck holds. We got
to get that load to Phoenix.
This is the rabbit car.
POTE (over radio):
Halfway to our rally point.
All clear.
(metal music playing on radio)
Copy.
We're five mikes behind you.
How you lookin' in the rear?
Yeah, we're all clear.
*
(engine revving)
(indistinct chatter
over police radio)
MAYO: Put that down!
That's the rabbit car.
They'll be running
radar detectors.
These fools think
they're so damn clever.
The transpo vehicle
will be next.
Let's get into place.
(indistinct chatter
over police radio)
Looks like your tip's
about to pay off, big man.
(gun cocks)
How you feel about that?
You gave me your word.
When this is all over,
no retribution
against my tribe.
Yeah.
I don't know what it is
about you people.
You never learn.
(gunshot)
(engine revving)
Hey, look, about yesterday,
what I did...
You did it to protect me.
-Exactly.
-And because we slept together,
you thought it gave you
the right to do that.
That was wrong.
So you regret what we did?
No.
Of course not.
But you can't just
make decisions for me.
Something had to be done.
What went down
in Mexico...
Guero's death,
you need to deal with that.
What I need is for you
to respect me.
I know you're worried
about me,
but I'm okay.
(radio beeps)
POTE: The cop let us through.
Something's up.
We got trouble.
TERESA (over radio):
What's happening?
-It's a roadblock.
-Shit.
JAMES (over radio): How the
hell did he know where we were?
*
MAN: Keep your hands up!
Don't move!
Look alive.
MAYO (over radio): Kill your
motor and show me your hands!
Slow.
TERESA (over radio):
George is in trouble.
MAN: Keep 'em
where we can see 'em!
Now, you be careful.
These boys...
Their blood's up.
He needs us.
Move in!
(engine revving)
TAZA: They're ten miles back.
Turn around.
Turn around!
(tires squealing)
*
Okeydoke,
hands behind your head.
Now, I'm guessing you're not
from around here.
Who's your girlfriend?
(chuckles)
What tribe you from,
sweetheart?
Don't be shy.
Does your mama know
that you're friends with him?
I bet she don't.
I bet you keep that
on the down low, don't you?
Now, I asked you a question,
you son of a bitch!
(engine revving)
(tires screeching)
-Incoming.
(indistinct shouting, gunfire)
MAN: Take cover!
*
Son of a bitch!
(gunfire continues,
indistinct shouting)
(bullets ricocheting)
*
GEORGE: Get the load!
Get out of here!
TERESA: (panting)
(gunfire continues)
(indistinct shouting)
Pull over!
You're gonna get us killed.
We can't lose the load.
We need this.
We can't let them catch us.
If you don't pull over,
we're gonna lose it.
(tires squealing)
(panting)
*
(panting)
Okay.
(vehicle approaching)
(tires screeching)
GEORGE: Bilal, get that shit
loaded and stat!
-We lost them!
-Not for long.
Teresa, go! Go!
(grunts)
*
It's gonna blow!
Go!
JAMES:
There's more in the van!
Hey, no, no, no, no, no.
Teresa!
Let's unload it
and get a count.
We need to know what we lost.
GEORGE: We did it, Principessa.
Now you're the only supplier
in town.
-Not yet.
LIL T: Holy shit.
Looks like you guys
went to hell and back.
We did.
Are you ready?
(zipper opens)
You sure you can handle this?
We at war. Everybody's got to
put in work. You know I'm down.
TERESA: You'll take it
to Pecas.
It's a risk, but we have
to show him
that we have
the only product in town.
Tonto's going with you, okay?
Be careful.
(door opens,
man speaking Spanish)
Isabela.
What a nice surprise.
I'm here alone.
Please...
have a seat.
No, thank you.
I'll stand.
(door closes)
Tell me,
what can I do for you?
I want to know what happened
to Kique.
I know you know.
Did my mother...
Have you do something to him?
Are you sure you want to know?
(recorder beeps)
CAMILA (over recorder):
You assured me Isabela
would never know
I gave the order.
(recorder beeps)
You assured me Isabela would
never know I gave the order.
(breathing unevenly)
I-I don't...
I don't understand.
She blames you
for Teresa's escape.
She can't get past her anger.
Her thirst for revenge
is unquenchable.
I'm sorry.
You're betraying my mother
by telling me.
Why?
I know you think me a monster.
But even monsters have codes.
Your mother--
she crossed a line.
Kique was an innocent.
And so are you.
(solemn music)
*
(dark music)
I want to see his body.
*
(insects chirping)
(whispering inaudibly)
So the rumors
about your product are true.
99% pure Bolivian.
-Boom.
-(laughs)
I like you.
But I don't like
being cornered.
What's the count?
We lost 87 kilos.
GEORGE: That's not bad,
considering the fact
we started with a metric ton.
Add a little baking soda,
and voilà.
Problem solved.
We don't cut our coke.
I'll take the loss.
(sighs)
(cell phone buzzing)
It's him.
-Hey.
-Hey.
TERESA: You got my message.
Your product is good, but...
that doesn't make me a buyer.
It does if you want
to stay in business.
You tell Taza
when I'm through with him--
You hurt him or his people,
you'll never touch a gram
of my product.
What are your terms?
I supply you exclusively.
Better product.
Cheaper prices.
Everyone makes more money.
I'll need approval
from the rest of La Comisión.
You have 24 hours.
(tense music)
*
All right.
Now we wait.
-No.
-No.
We move forward.
By this time tomorrow,
we'll either need
more product...
Or more guns.
(James groans)
You okay?
Yeah.
You know,
respect goes both ways.
You're right.
I know you're trying
to help me.
I don't know
how to trust people.
So, when people
make decisions for me,
I don't know how to handle it.
I don't feel safe.
This is who I am.
JAMES: I know.
But you don't have to hide
from me.
TERESA: Okay, I won't.
Teresa.
Something's come up.
We got to go.
(suspenseful music)
*
This way.
TERESA: Thank you.
(monitor beeping)
*
TAZA: Pecas. My people saw
his men dumping them.
They were bubble wrapped.
What about Lil T?
*
(monitor continues beeping)
TAZA: She's alive,
but sons of bitches branded her
like a damn animal.
(music intensifies)
*
How is she?
Alive.
Barely.
She's just a kid.
JAMES: She knew
what she was getting into.
-It's not your fault.
-Yeah, it is.
I was wrong to think we could
do this without bloodshed.
So we go to war, then.
We've got Pecas in the north,
Camila to the south.
We can't win.
There is a way.
We have to make a deal
with Mayo.
It won't be forever.
You don't get into bed
with a man like Mayo
and then just walk away.
(Pote speaking Spanish)
I don't like it
any more than you do.
Pero like it or not...
It's a damn good strategy.
I crippled the guy
with a bullet.
You think he's just gonna
forget that?
We'll pay him to forget.
You once told me
you have to do business
with corrupt people.
But this...
is where I stand and fight.
This is where it ends.
It never ends.
I know where this is going.
Then you know
what has to be done.
(cell phone buzzes)
You miss me already, baby girl?
TERESA (over phone):
Where are you?
GEORGE (over phone):
About an hour outside Guaymas.
We would've been making
better time, but...
Bilal was convinced
there was a donkey show
-in Rio Muerto.
-(laughs)
There is not.
You need to be careful, George.
You don't sound happy.
What's up?
La Comisión rejected the offer.
(sighs)
Listen.
Whatever happens,
you know I got your back.
Whatever you need.
I'll be in touch.
It's gonna get bloody.
BILAL: My king!
(guns cock)
Hey, hey, hey.
Now, how much dinero
is it gonna cost me
for me and my amigo--
(yelps)
-(groans)
-You mother--
Mother--
(both grunting)
(tense music)
*
(screams) Bilal!
(grunting)
That's all you got?
That's all you got?
(door sliding)
(insects chirping)
(dramatic music)
*
(gasps softly)
(gasps)
*
(retching)
*
(breathing heavily)
(crying)
(grunts)
(sobbing)
(sniffles)
Did he suffer?
I am certain
it was quick.
I'll bury him tomorrow.
No.
No.
I'm gonna make my mother pay.
I'm busy.
Make it quick.
We've captured King George.
(indistinct chatter)
Was he carrying product?
No, he was heading south.
Then he must have
already delivered
his shipment to Teresa.
CORTEZ (over phone):
Yes, but it will be his last.
He was carrying a manifest
for a ship docked in Guaymas.
We've seized it.
What is this?
What are these soldiers
doing here?
CORTEZ (over phone):
They're there to protect you.
I don't need protection.
CORTEZ (over phone):
I'm afraid you do.
You see,
we're at war now.
I need to keep an eye.
For your protection.
(tense music)
*
(insects chirping)
(silenced gunshot)
(dramatic music)
(muffled groan)
*
Go on.
Get it done.
Do it, you son of a bitch.
TERESA: We're not here
to kill you.
What is this?
The amount we agreed
to pay you,
plus 10% for pain
and suffering.
You're going after Pecas.
Do we have a deal?
MAYO: I don't know.
Pecas and his boys pay me
a pretty penny for my services.
And your boy shot me.
We'll match
what they're paying you.
On top of our fee.
Well, that's food for thought.
(gun cocks)
You know how this works.
(gun cocks)
What the hell?
I got no allegiance to Pecas.
You hold up your end
of the bargain,
I'll hold up mine.
Don't even think
of betraying me.
The video of you beating
that inmate will go viral.
You will be locked up
with a lot of people
who'd like to do the same
to you and worse.
Do you understand?
Mm.
*
No turning back now.
(door opens)
(monitor beeping)
Teresa.
I thought you might want
to rest.
I can stay with her
if you want.
No.
It's okay.
I want to be here
if she wakes up.
Okay, then.
Wait.
There's something else.
What is it?
It's nothing.
It can wait.
No.
Tell me.
(breathes deeply)
Is there something going on
between you and James
that I should know?
(solemn music)
*
How long?
*
You told me
that we cannot keep
the truth from each other.
But you've been keeping
a big truth from me.
Who you lay with
is your business.
But this affects me, too.
Are you saying this
because I kept it from you...
Or because it's James?
I'm saying this
because it's dangerous.
For all of us.
You're right.
It's a risk.
What do you think about James?
Truth.
Truth?
He will die for you.
*
I'm here for you, Teresita.
Thank you.
*
(door opens, closes)
*
(LP's "Muddy Waters")
(cell phone buzzing)
(men vocalizing)
You find him?
*
I can't get a shot on Pecas.
But he's with Bedoya.
You were right.
They're circling the wagons.
What do you want me to do?
LP:
* All the steps to follow
* Closer right behind
* Is it only when you feel
a part is empty *
* That it's gnawing
at the corners of your mind *
* (echoing) Mind, mind, mind
* Ooh, I will ask you
* For mercy
-* I will come to you blind
MEN: * Ooh
LP: * What you'll see
is the worst me *
MEN: * Oh
LP: * Not the last
of my kind *
* Oh, oh, oh
* In the muddy water,
we're falling *
* Oh, oh, oh
* In the muddy water,
we're crawling *
* Holds me down
* Hold me now
* Sold me out
* In the muddy waters,
we're falling *
*
JAMES:
What am I doing, Teresa?
Am I gonna take
the shot or not?
TERESA (over phone): No.
If you don't have
a clean shot of Pecas,
we wait.
When the time is right,
we'll kill them all.
LP: * Hold me now
* Sold me out
* In the muddy water,
we're falling *
(dramatic electronic music)
*
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on "Queen of the South"...
JAMES: That's
County Sheriff Jed Mayo.
Harassing illegals
is his favorite hobby.
-Good news is...
-(yells)
JAMES: He's for sale.
TERESA: Sheriff Mayo.
-What do you know about Mayo?
TERESA: He's setting up
roadblocks on your routes.
What if I could do something
about him?
You get the sheriff
to stand down,
you can write your own ticket.
(gunfire)
(groans)
Vámonos.
NEWSCASTER: Sheriff Mayo
is in critical condition.
JAMES: If he survives,
we're done.
La Comisión will
come after us hard.
Pote, open the door.
-No, Teresa, you need to rest.
-Open the door, Pote!
Isabela is still sneaking out
to meet with Kique Jimenez.
CAMILA: Isabela's disobedience
is putting her at risk.
If we were to kidnap the boy,
then we could use him.
Do it, but no one can harm him
under any circumstances.
CORTEZ: I will send
my most disciplined men.
(nail gun fires)
(screams)
(nail gun fires)
(screams, chokes)
Whatever you've done
you don't need to hide from me.
We're in this together.
I'm rolling the dice
on you, Teresa.
You won't regret it.
Follow me.
(dramatic music)
*
(vehicle approaching)
(intense music)
*
Pull over!
You're gonna get us killed.
We can't lose the load.
We need this.
*
(children yelling)
(indistinct chatter)
WOMAN:
Enough is enough!
TAZA: Listen,
nobody wants war.
But sometimes
we don't have a choice.
MAN: We have a choice.
This isn't our war.
It's theirs.
TAZA: Pecas has us living
hand-to-mouth.
Now, these people
are offering us a partnership.
When they take over
Phoenix,
we'll have better terms,
finally be able to build
the new schools and clinics.
And what good are
those new schools and clinics
if our children
are slaughtered?
With the Comisión,
we have peace.
-No bloodshed.
MAN: He's right.
BOTH: This is bullshit.
WOMAN: You guys aren't seeing
wider than this picture.
We have to get out there!
(overlapping shouting)
We can't even trust them!
I think it's time
for us to go.
(shouting continues)
MAN: He's right!
-Just a second.
WOMAN: We deserve more
than you can even imagine.
I would like to speak
to them.
WOMAN: Don't tell us that.
You need to shut up.
Please.
WOMAN: What they're offering
we can have for our children.
Hey, everyone, listen up.
Listen up.
Hey!
Our guest has something to say.
*
Like you, I got
into this business to survive.
I thought if I played
by the rules,
I'd be okay.
It doesn't work that way.
We must decide
where to draw the line.
Easy for you to say when we're
the ones doing the fighting--
and dying.
(affirmative chatter)
TERESA: If we do this right,
there won't be any dying.
TAZA: Pecas isn't
gonna hand you
the keys to the corridor
without a fight.
He won't have a choice.
We'll cut off
the Comisión's supply
through your reservation
at the border crossing,
and we'll smuggle the product
to Phoenix,
where I'll be
the only supplier in town.
They will be forced
to do business on our terms.
Camila has a load
coming through this morning.
If we prevent her from passing,
she'll know we're allied.
There'll be retribution.
My smuggler's already
on his way.
By the time Camila
figures out what happened,
a deal will have been made.
And if the Comisión refuses...
I'm exposed.
It will mean war.
I know it's a risk.
But if we do this,
together we can win.
We will run Phoenix.
This is the third time
I call him.
Well, you tell the general
that the governor of Sinaloa
wants to speak with him
immediately.
(door opens, phone slams)
(door closes)
Isabela.
What's wrong?
Mom, Kique's missing.
He hasn't answered his phone,
and no one has seen him.
Well, he's--he's probably
with his father.
He wouldn't leave
without telling me.
We were supposed to meet up,
and he didn't show.
I-I know something bad
has happened.
-I can feel it.
-Isabela.
I will do everything
within my power to find him.
Okay?
I know you will, mami.
TERESA: Camila's truck
should be along any minute.
I know you're still pissed
about what happened yesterday.
I'm not angry.
When you worked for Epifanio,
did you ever disagree
with an order?
Of course.
But you never locked him
in a cellar.
You would never disrespect
a man like that.
I had no choice.
You were not eating
or sleeping.
You were acting crazy.
You wouldn't listen to anyone.
I wouldn't listen to James.
You're different.
Our relationship is different.
-If you'd have been honest--
-I tried.
No.
You tricked me.
Then you did what you thought
was best.
You're my friend, Pote.
You're right.
And I'm sorry.
I promise it will
never happen again.
We can never hide the truth
from each other.
I made a mistake.
But please,
don't question my loyalty.
'Cause I live and die
with you, Teresita.
We're family.
We live and die
with each other.
(radio crackles)
Heads up.
(vehicle approaching)
(suspenseful music)
Camila's truck.
-Right on time.
POTE: [chuckles]
Welcome to the United Cartels
of America, pendejos.
(line trilling)
OPERATOR: Homeland Security.
How may I direct your call?
TERESA: There's a black
cargo truck filled with cocaine
heading north
to the 10 freeway.
Arizona license plate
QVG 2108.
*
(phone ringing)
Please tell me you found her.
No.
We have another problem.
Our shipment was busted
an hour ago
by Homeland Security.
-Where?
PECAS: Just south of Phoenix.
You understand the situation
this puts us in.
When I agreed to an alliance,
assurances were made.
Yeah.
On both sides.
You assured me you would
take care of Teresa.
You failed.
And this is the result.
You're suggesting Teresa had
something to do with this?
Oh, yeah.
It's her.
The only question is...
Which one of your
Comisión members helped her?
That's a serious accusation.
Someone tipped her
to the shipment.
You control
the Phoenix corridor.
Therefore you're responsible.
I still expect to be paid--
on time
and not a dollar short.
It sounds like we have
a mutual enemy.
You got any idea
who tipped her?
Taza.
The Indian?
Teresa reached out to him.
He must have taken the bait.
Huh.
Well, that figures.
He's with her now.
Helping the bitch
that put a bullet in your back
and left you for dead.
(sighs)
Yeah, well, he's a...
good-looking son of a bitch,
that Indian.
Might be kind of tricky
to go after him, though.
He's got hisself a stronghold
out there on that reservation.
He can't hide forever.
He'll have to stick
his head out eventually,
and you can put a bullet
in it--
him and Teresa.
It's a shame
Teresa didn't run
when she had the chance.
She likes the desert so much.
Now I'm gonna have
to bury her in it.
Her and her damn Indian.
*
(children shouting playfully)
No problems in Mexico.
It was clear all the way
from the port.
Okay, good.
-What's up with her?
-Wine cellar.
She's still upset about that?
What do you think?
TERESA: How was the trip?
Ah, G.I. James led us
on a circuitous route,
but we got here in one piece.
We got the coke
over the border.
Now all we got to do
is get it to Phoenix.
Bazookas and blow.
Oh.
-That's a MK19.
-Mm-hmm.
Goddamn,
that's some serious shit.
We do this right,
we won't need weapons.
You like weapons.
Come on, now.
(speaking Spanish)
(tense music)
*
*
That was Charger.
He just spotted Mayo
leaving Pecas' restaurant.
POTE: The pinche sheriff?
I thought he was
on life support.
Yeah, not anymore.
He's injured,
but he's back on the job.
So it's not just La Comisión
we have to worry about now.
Mayo will be coming
for us, too.
JAMES: He'll have eyes
on the highway.
TAZA: The minute we leave
the res, we're exposed.
We can avoid him
by sticking to the back roads.
He'll never see us.
Our best shot is
this old smuggling route
called Devil's Highway.
It's the long way,
but it gets our product
-to the Phoenix market.
-That's 200 miles of badlands.
I mean, we could be ambushed
anywhere along that route.
TAZA: Yeah, but it avoids
Mayo's checkpoints along 118.
I mean,
if we're rolling the dice,
this is our best shot.
What do you think, George?
If we were in water,
I'd want a fast boat.
Same rule applies here.
If we're gonna kamikaze
this bitch--
JAMES: We need good cars.
Fast as we can get.
I got just what we need.
(dramatic music)
*
So all the cars are
"borrowed."
We trick 'em out and ship 'em
to buyers overseas.
Mostly Japanese.
Police will see us coming
a mile away.
TAZA: Oh, that's the point.
Smugglers use shitty cars
in case they're seized.
Cops will never suspect
one of these.
Smuggling in plain sight.
We'll need a rabbit car.
TAZA: The legendary LS6.
Multiple police scanners
and radar detectors.
Since you know the route,
you and Pote can take the lead.
If the sheriff or his friends
are lying in wait...
-(laughing)
TAZA: We'll flush 'em out,
get 'em to chase us down
a rabbit trail.
We'll clear the path
for the transport vehicle.
We need something different
to move the product.
We call her the Beast.
460 under the hood,
racing shocks,
and a Bull Bumper just in case.
Whoo!
You and Bilal
will be on transpo.
(metal music blaring on radio)
(howling to the music)
I wouldn't have it
any other way.
Stay ten miles
behind the rabbit car
so you can react
if there's any trouble.
Got ya.
Who's got our tail?
-We do.
-We'll be in the chase car.
TAZA: You got something
in mind?
-That one.
-Ooh, no, no, no.
She's special.
750 horses under the hood
and a dual
nitrous oxide system.
GEORGE: Fast enough
to set your hair on fire.
(engine revving)
She'll do.
JAMES: We'll be
about a mile behind
for rear security.
If anyone wants to back out,
now is the time.
(dramatic music)
*
We go at sundown.
CORTEZ: (speaking Spanish)
I need to talk to you.
Now.
Governor,
I wasn't expecting you.
I've been trying to get
ahold of you for hours.
Did you hear
about our lost shipment?
That's what this meeting
was about.
I've already taken measures.
There's a breach
of our security.
I wanted answers immediately.
And what did you find out?
Authorities were tipped off
at 10:30.
According to our GPS tracker,
our truck entered Taza's
reservation at that time.
Then Taza is a traitor
in the Comisión.
Teresa wants to dry out
the supply in Phoenix
so she can move her product in.
I sent soldiers to Sonora,
and Pecas has already
been notified.
(tense music)
You spoke with Pecas?
CORTEZ: If we're going
to stop Teresa...
(recorder beeps)
Expedience is key.
Is there anything else,
Governor?
Kique.
I need you to release him
immediately.
That's going to be a problem.
We don't have him.
He never showed up
to his meeting
with Isabela last night.
My men waited for hours.
Kique may have gone
into hiding with Boaz.
It's possible
that he got wind of our plan
to kidnap him
and fled.
You assured me...
Isabela would never know
I gave the order.
Your secret is safe, Governor.
With you.
(engine revving)
We just hit the 100-mile mark.
No sign of Mayo
or any other police.
Hope our luck holds. We got
to get that load to Phoenix.
This is the rabbit car.
POTE (over radio):
Halfway to our rally point.
All clear.
(metal music playing on radio)
Copy.
We're five mikes behind you.
How you lookin' in the rear?
Yeah, we're all clear.
*
(engine revving)
(indistinct chatter
over police radio)
MAYO: Put that down!
That's the rabbit car.
They'll be running
radar detectors.
These fools think
they're so damn clever.
The transpo vehicle
will be next.
Let's get into place.
(indistinct chatter
over police radio)
Looks like your tip's
about to pay off, big man.
(gun cocks)
How you feel about that?
You gave me your word.
When this is all over,
no retribution
against my tribe.
Yeah.
I don't know what it is
about you people.
You never learn.
(gunshot)
(engine revving)
Hey, look, about yesterday,
what I did...
You did it to protect me.
-Exactly.
-And because we slept together,
you thought it gave you
the right to do that.
That was wrong.
So you regret what we did?
No.
Of course not.
But you can't just
make decisions for me.
Something had to be done.
What went down
in Mexico...
Guero's death,
you need to deal with that.
What I need is for you
to respect me.
I know you're worried
about me,
but I'm okay.
(radio beeps)
POTE: The cop let us through.
Something's up.
We got trouble.
TERESA (over radio):
What's happening?
-It's a roadblock.
-Shit.
JAMES (over radio): How the
hell did he know where we were?
*
MAN: Keep your hands up!
Don't move!
Look alive.
MAYO (over radio): Kill your
motor and show me your hands!
Slow.
TERESA (over radio):
George is in trouble.
MAN: Keep 'em
where we can see 'em!
Now, you be careful.
These boys...
Their blood's up.
He needs us.
Move in!
(engine revving)
TAZA: They're ten miles back.
Turn around.
Turn around!
(tires squealing)
*
Okeydoke,
hands behind your head.
Now, I'm guessing you're not
from around here.
Who's your girlfriend?
(chuckles)
What tribe you from,
sweetheart?
Don't be shy.
Does your mama know
that you're friends with him?
I bet she don't.
I bet you keep that
on the down low, don't you?
Now, I asked you a question,
you son of a bitch!
(engine revving)
(tires screeching)
-Incoming.
(indistinct shouting, gunfire)
MAN: Take cover!
*
Son of a bitch!
(gunfire continues,
indistinct shouting)
(bullets ricocheting)
*
GEORGE: Get the load!
Get out of here!
TERESA: (panting)
(gunfire continues)
(indistinct shouting)
Pull over!
You're gonna get us killed.
We can't lose the load.
We need this.
We can't let them catch us.
If you don't pull over,
we're gonna lose it.
(tires squealing)
(panting)
*
(panting)
Okay.
(vehicle approaching)
(tires screeching)
GEORGE: Bilal, get that shit
loaded and stat!
-We lost them!
-Not for long.
Teresa, go! Go!
(grunts)
*
It's gonna blow!
Go!
JAMES:
There's more in the van!
Hey, no, no, no, no, no.
Teresa!
Let's unload it
and get a count.
We need to know what we lost.
GEORGE: We did it, Principessa.
Now you're the only supplier
in town.
-Not yet.
LIL T: Holy shit.
Looks like you guys
went to hell and back.
We did.
Are you ready?
(zipper opens)
You sure you can handle this?
We at war. Everybody's got to
put in work. You know I'm down.
TERESA: You'll take it
to Pecas.
It's a risk, but we have
to show him
that we have
the only product in town.
Tonto's going with you, okay?
Be careful.
(door opens,
man speaking Spanish)
Isabela.
What a nice surprise.
I'm here alone.
Please...
have a seat.
No, thank you.
I'll stand.
(door closes)
Tell me,
what can I do for you?
I want to know what happened
to Kique.
I know you know.
Did my mother...
Have you do something to him?
Are you sure you want to know?
(recorder beeps)
CAMILA (over recorder):
You assured me Isabela
would never know
I gave the order.
(recorder beeps)
You assured me Isabela would
never know I gave the order.
(breathing unevenly)
I-I don't...
I don't understand.
She blames you
for Teresa's escape.
She can't get past her anger.
Her thirst for revenge
is unquenchable.
I'm sorry.
You're betraying my mother
by telling me.
Why?
I know you think me a monster.
But even monsters have codes.
Your mother--
she crossed a line.
Kique was an innocent.
And so are you.
(solemn music)
*
(dark music)
I want to see his body.
*
(insects chirping)
(whispering inaudibly)
So the rumors
about your product are true.
99% pure Bolivian.
-Boom.
-(laughs)
I like you.
But I don't like
being cornered.
What's the count?
We lost 87 kilos.
GEORGE: That's not bad,
considering the fact
we started with a metric ton.
Add a little baking soda,
and voilà.
Problem solved.
We don't cut our coke.
I'll take the loss.
(sighs)
(cell phone buzzing)
It's him.
-Hey.
-Hey.
TERESA: You got my message.
Your product is good, but...
that doesn't make me a buyer.
It does if you want
to stay in business.
You tell Taza
when I'm through with him--
You hurt him or his people,
you'll never touch a gram
of my product.
What are your terms?
I supply you exclusively.
Better product.
Cheaper prices.
Everyone makes more money.
I'll need approval
from the rest of La Comisión.
You have 24 hours.
(tense music)
*
All right.
Now we wait.
-No.
-No.
We move forward.
By this time tomorrow,
we'll either need
more product...
Or more guns.
(James groans)
You okay?
Yeah.
You know,
respect goes both ways.
You're right.
I know you're trying
to help me.
I don't know
how to trust people.
So, when people
make decisions for me,
I don't know how to handle it.
I don't feel safe.
This is who I am.
JAMES: I know.
But you don't have to hide
from me.
TERESA: Okay, I won't.
Teresa.
Something's come up.
We got to go.
(suspenseful music)
*
This way.
TERESA: Thank you.
(monitor beeping)
*
TAZA: Pecas. My people saw
his men dumping them.
They were bubble wrapped.
What about Lil T?
*
(monitor continues beeping)
TAZA: She's alive,
but sons of bitches branded her
like a damn animal.
(music intensifies)
*
How is she?
Alive.
Barely.
She's just a kid.
JAMES: She knew
what she was getting into.
-It's not your fault.
-Yeah, it is.
I was wrong to think we could
do this without bloodshed.
So we go to war, then.
We've got Pecas in the north,
Camila to the south.
We can't win.
There is a way.
We have to make a deal
with Mayo.
It won't be forever.
You don't get into bed
with a man like Mayo
and then just walk away.
(Pote speaking Spanish)
I don't like it
any more than you do.
Pero like it or not...
It's a damn good strategy.
I crippled the guy
with a bullet.
You think he's just gonna
forget that?
We'll pay him to forget.
You once told me
you have to do business
with corrupt people.
But this...
is where I stand and fight.
This is where it ends.
It never ends.
I know where this is going.
Then you know
what has to be done.
(cell phone buzzes)
You miss me already, baby girl?
TERESA (over phone):
Where are you?
GEORGE (over phone):
About an hour outside Guaymas.
We would've been making
better time, but...
Bilal was convinced
there was a donkey show
-in Rio Muerto.
-(laughs)
There is not.
You need to be careful, George.
You don't sound happy.
What's up?
La Comisión rejected the offer.
(sighs)
Listen.
Whatever happens,
you know I got your back.
Whatever you need.
I'll be in touch.
It's gonna get bloody.
BILAL: My king!
(guns cock)
Hey, hey, hey.
Now, how much dinero
is it gonna cost me
for me and my amigo--
(yelps)
-(groans)
-You mother--
Mother--
(both grunting)
(tense music)
*
(screams) Bilal!
(grunting)
That's all you got?
That's all you got?
(door sliding)
(insects chirping)
(dramatic music)
*
(gasps softly)
(gasps)
*
(retching)
*
(breathing heavily)
(crying)
(grunts)
(sobbing)
(sniffles)
Did he suffer?
I am certain
it was quick.
I'll bury him tomorrow.
No.
No.
I'm gonna make my mother pay.
I'm busy.
Make it quick.
We've captured King George.
(indistinct chatter)
Was he carrying product?
No, he was heading south.
Then he must have
already delivered
his shipment to Teresa.
CORTEZ (over phone):
Yes, but it will be his last.
He was carrying a manifest
for a ship docked in Guaymas.
We've seized it.
What is this?
What are these soldiers
doing here?
CORTEZ (over phone):
They're there to protect you.
I don't need protection.
CORTEZ (over phone):
I'm afraid you do.
You see,
we're at war now.
I need to keep an eye.
For your protection.
(tense music)
*
(insects chirping)
(silenced gunshot)
(dramatic music)
(muffled groan)
*
Go on.
Get it done.
Do it, you son of a bitch.
TERESA: We're not here
to kill you.
What is this?
The amount we agreed
to pay you,
plus 10% for pain
and suffering.
You're going after Pecas.
Do we have a deal?
MAYO: I don't know.
Pecas and his boys pay me
a pretty penny for my services.
And your boy shot me.
We'll match
what they're paying you.
On top of our fee.
Well, that's food for thought.
(gun cocks)
You know how this works.
(gun cocks)
What the hell?
I got no allegiance to Pecas.
You hold up your end
of the bargain,
I'll hold up mine.
Don't even think
of betraying me.
The video of you beating
that inmate will go viral.
You will be locked up
with a lot of people
who'd like to do the same
to you and worse.
Do you understand?
Mm.
*
No turning back now.
(door opens)
(monitor beeping)
Teresa.
I thought you might want
to rest.
I can stay with her
if you want.
No.
It's okay.
I want to be here
if she wakes up.
Okay, then.
Wait.
There's something else.
What is it?
It's nothing.
It can wait.
No.
Tell me.
(breathes deeply)
Is there something going on
between you and James
that I should know?
(solemn music)
*
How long?
*
You told me
that we cannot keep
the truth from each other.
But you've been keeping
a big truth from me.
Who you lay with
is your business.
But this affects me, too.
Are you saying this
because I kept it from you...
Or because it's James?
I'm saying this
because it's dangerous.
For all of us.
You're right.
It's a risk.
What do you think about James?
Truth.
Truth?
He will die for you.
*
I'm here for you, Teresita.
Thank you.
*
(door opens, closes)
*
(LP's "Muddy Waters")
(cell phone buzzing)
(men vocalizing)
You find him?
*
I can't get a shot on Pecas.
But he's with Bedoya.
You were right.
They're circling the wagons.
What do you want me to do?
LP:
* All the steps to follow
* Closer right behind
* Is it only when you feel
a part is empty *
* That it's gnawing
at the corners of your mind *
* (echoing) Mind, mind, mind
* Ooh, I will ask you
* For mercy
-* I will come to you blind
MEN: * Ooh
LP: * What you'll see
is the worst me *
MEN: * Oh
LP: * Not the last
of my kind *
* Oh, oh, oh
* In the muddy water,
we're falling *
* Oh, oh, oh
* In the muddy water,
we're crawling *
* Holds me down
* Hold me now
* Sold me out
* In the muddy waters,
we're falling *
*
JAMES:
What am I doing, Teresa?
Am I gonna take
the shot or not?
TERESA (over phone): No.
If you don't have
a clean shot of Pecas,
we wait.
When the time is right,
we'll kill them all.
LP: * Hold me now
* Sold me out
* In the muddy water,
we're falling *
(dramatic electronic music)
*
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