Queen of the South (2016–…): Season 3, Episode 9 - El Diablo - full transcript
To help wipe out her rivals in Phoenix, Teresa gets into bed with an ambitious politician.
POTE: Previously, on "Queen of the South"...
JAMES: Arizona's carved up
by five narcos.
They're called La Comisión. They meet on Taza's territory,
but it's Pecas who calls the shots.
Perhaps you'd be better off
taking your business out of
Arizona while you still can.
What if I brought
something else to the table?
Well, I'm sure we could
think of something.
We could have allies
against Pecas.
Give me one good reason
I shouldn't deliver you
to Pecas right now.
Because you need me
more than you need him.
[speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
Cochi's got some great skills
with the knife, no?
CORTEZ: Isabela is still sneaking out
to meet with Kique Jimenez.
-If we were to kidnap the boy--
-Do it.
But no one can harm him
under any circumstances.
[grunts]
Isabela cannot know that
it's me that gave the order.
[yelling]
CAMILA:
I would lose her forever.
CORTEZ: Are you sure
you want to know?
I'm going to
make my mother pay.
[dramatic music]
[speaking Spanish]
Now, how much dinero
is it going to cost me--
[grunting]
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.
You're going after Pecas.
Don't even think
of betraying me.
The video of you beating
that inmate will go viral.
JAMES: Am I going to
take the shot, or not?
TERESA: No, we wait.
When the time is right,
we'll kill them all.
[upbeat music]
♪
JAMES: Wipe out the Comisión? Are you sure about this?
TERESA: Look what they did to Lil T and Tonto.
POTE: Thosecabrones
hit us first.
TERESA: So we hit them back.
JAMES: Pecas will be expecting retaliation.
So will the rest of
the Comisión.
We need to take them all at once.
TERESA: Bedoya is the weak link.
JAMES: He owns a mattress
shop--he's vulnerable.
It won't be easy to get to the others.
TERESA: We have to turn Bedoya
against La Comisión.
TERESA: We need leverage. JAMES: We'll set him up.
Pote and I will make a drop off at Bedoya's shop.
TERESA: He'll bring them to us.
Thank you.
There she is.
Damn, little mama.
You clean up nicely.
I like that dress.
Thank you.
I like yours, too.
This reminds me
of the day we first met.
All these rich white people.
You were one of them,
remember?
How was I supposed
to know one day,
we'd be
running a winery together?
[soft piano music]
Welcome.
Name and affiliation, ladies.
Priscilla Haines, representing
the Women Entrepreneurs
for Progress.
-Teresa Herrera.
-Thank you.
CARSON: [laughs]
Well, I tell you that story,
because after that,
I thought I had had my fill
of fighting in Afghanistan.
When I found myself back home,
I was fighting again.
This time, for the people
of Maricopa County,
as their district attorney.
And as your next Senator,
I pledge to you that next time,
I'll be fighting for
the entire state of Arizona.
[cheers and applause]
I know we're down
in the last week.
I can't do it alone.
I'm going to need your help.
So thank you all
for coming out.
Please enjoy yourselves.
[cheers and applause]
He's your key to Phoenix,
and that is how you're going
to take down the Comisión.
[dramatic music]
♪
[bells jingle]
[speaking Spanish on TV]
[tense music]
♪
[phone beeps]
[phone rings]
CORTEZ: [speaking Spanish]
Isabela.
Isabela, I had nothing
to do with it.
You have to believe me.
Isabela, please.
I have nothing to say to you
unless you're going
to tell me the truth.
[tense music]
♪
I gave Cortez the order
to kidnap Kique.
To bring his father
out of hiding.
I never gave the order
to kill him.
I would never do something
like that to you, Isabela.
If you didn't kill him,
who did?
Cortez.
I never should
have trusted him.
I should have listened to you.
And now, I'm paying
the price for this.
Why hurt Kique?
It doesn't make sense.
Cortez wants to turn you and
everybody else against me.
Cortez wants me out,
so he can take my business.
What are you going to do?
[sighs]
I'll move against him soon.
All I know is that now...
You and I...
we can only trust each other.
[tense music]
♪
Let me do a press conference.
Kique was my fiancé.
If I defend you,
maybe that will help.
I'll do it at the orphanage.
That will make a statement.
That will work.
Thank you.
We have to spin this, Mami.
If what you say
about Cortez is true,
we have to fight back.
[tense music]
I'm so sorry.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
[phone vibrates]
-Hey.
JAMES: It's me.
We're at Bedoya's shopping.
We're making the dropoff now.
Plan's in motion.
He won't see this coming.
Okay, be careful.
-You too.
TERESA: Bye.
[dramatic music]
♪
Hey.
[grunts]
That's Judge Jack Garvey.
He's a Democratic Committeeman.
I need to speak
with Carson alone.
Girl, I'm on it.
[indistinct chatter]
Yeah, well,
it's the redistricting.
-That's what's killing us.
-You are preaching
to the choir, but there's not a
damn thing you can do about it.
-Yeah, well--
-Judge Garvey, how are you?
Uh, I'm sorry, have we met?
I'm sorry,
where are my manners?
I'm Priscilla Haines.
This is my good friend
Teresa Herrera.
-Pleasure to meet you, sir.
-Hi, I'm Judge Jack Garvey.
Oh, and uh, you probably know
our man of the hour.
District Attorney Theo Carson.
And with a little luck,
our next Senator.
-How do you do, ladies?
-Nice to meet you.
-Thank you so much for coming.
-Of course.
Listen, Judge Garvey,
I would love to pick your brain
about the small business ballot
measure in the East Valley.
Um, I noticed
that your drink is empty.
What do you say
we get you rehydrated first?
Okay.
[soft piano music]
Why do I feel like we just got
set up on a blind date?
[laughs]
Okay, I think you
might have rescued me,
because that old man can
listen to himself talk all day.
What politician doesn't?
[both laugh]
And what is it that you do,
Ms. Herrera?
Have you heard of
the Perla Blanca vineyards?
The new winery off the 115.
Yeah, do you work there?
I own it.
I think I can help you
with your campaign.
I think this is a good time to
loop in my campaign manager.
I'd like to keep this
between us, if possible.
And Mrs. Judge Garvey III
has returned, awkward.
[sniffs]
Excuse me, guys.
These darn allergies.
[sniff]
Um, you might want to
take care of your friend.
She's pretty loaded.
It's been a pleasure, ladies.
Will you please excuse me?
Sure.
-What?
-Let's go to the restroom.
Okay.
-You're high.
-What?
-No.
-Don't lie to me.
You've been using.
I--I took like,
a couple of bumps.
But I've been having
these, like, panic attacks
ever since those people
came to the winery.
I mean, they wine-boarded me,
for God sake.
I just was doing a little bit
to take the edge off.
I don't know,
maybe that's just an excuse.
But I'm sorry.
I'll pay you back for--
I don't care about the money.
This deal is important
for all of us.
-You know what's at stake.
-I know.
So don't talk to anyone, okay?
Go back to the house.
You have to
get your head clear.
I'll talk to you soon.
[door opens]
[door shuts]
[exhales]
Okay.
My orders were very specific.
Kique was not to be harmed.
And I told you, he wasn't.
Not by me nor by any of my men.
The manner in which
the body was found,
the intent was clearly to sully
you in the eyes of the public.
You know this was Teresa.
Teresa will never come back
to Mexico again.
If she has, then we have
the perfect way
to strike against her.
[tense music]
♪
[indistinct Spanish chatter]
CAMILA: The Colombians
are concerned
about the attention Kique's
death is drawing to me.
Castel wants to meet.
CORTEZ: This won't take long.
[dramatic music]
♪
You know, my daddy died
in a nuthouse.
And General Alligator Face here
thinks he's calling the shots.
It's nice to have
an adult to deal with.
Go on now, run along.
Your momma's here.
Oh, bring it, gator boy.
You know I'm ready.
The General
tells me you have information
about Teresa Mendoza.
Well, since we're finished
with all the pleasantries,
let's, uh, open the door
to negotiations, shall we?
[dramatic music]
♪
Let's.
[indistinct chatter]
Okay, I'm going to be there
in two seconds.
Drink?
[chuckles]
It's an Old Fashioned.
That's a good guess.
I saw you drinking one earlier.
Single batch bourbon.
Salud.
[glasses clink]
Salud.
Listen, I apologize if my
friend made you uncomfortable.
I'm curious.
I would like to know why
you are so interested
in helping me.
I'm new to this country.
I would like to write you
a $200,000--
You should contact
my campaign headquarters.
Ask for Janice.
Thanks again.
I have something that will
help you win this election.
Something better than money.
[tense music]
And what is it
you'd like in return?
To be friends.
Help each other.
♪
I'd need to hear more details.
But I'm open to
further discussion.
-It was nice to meet you.
-Likewise.
[chuckles]
Right where I said it was,
wasn't it?
You think we need your weapons?
I think you need
the kind of spin
something like this
would give you.
Uncle Sam loses high grade
military arsenal
on Mexican land.
Returned by a hot-ass governor
who fights corruption
and looks good doing it.
Gets your rep out
of the shitter.
I can see you
thought this through.
-What are Your Majesty's terms?
-Well, I only got two.
I want out of this
cuckoo's nest,
and I want my man,
Bilal, brought to me.
I have a condition of my own.
It's non-negotiable.
Let me guess.
Teresa Mendoza?
I want the details
of her operation.
She's part of this deal,
or there is no deal.
You bring me my number two,
spring us out of here,
I'll tell you anything
you want to know.
[dramatic music]
♪
You have no loyalty to her?
I'm a pirate, madam.
Not a saint.
I'll be in touch.
Take me to my car.
She looks just as good going,
huh, General?
There goes the boss.
You playing the long game,
Your Highness?
Tossing us scraps
while you protect
that bitch that feeds you?
Now, is this some kind of
psychopathic courtship?
Because I'm digging it.
I like a man in uniform.
But you already have a man
in your life, Mr. Megalos.
You'll be happy to know
that your first request
has been granted.
Your Somali friend, he's
already on the premises.
Bilal's here?
Mas o menos.
[tense music]
♪
Bilal.
Don't worry, brother, we're
going to get you out of here.
[grunting]
Bilal?
It's me.
It's George.
What the hell
did you do to him?
CORTEZ:
He was having trouble,
so he needed
some special treatment.
[dramatic music]
♪
You...
you sick bastard.
I'm going to kill you!
I'm going to
rip that lizard face
right off your goddamn skull!
You can bullshit the governor,
but you can't bullshit me.
I know what loyalty means
to a man like you.
I'm curious,
how many layers of skin
I'll need to peel back
until you're no longer
that same man.
I guess we'll see.
Your death's
going to be dark, General.
Pitch black, I have it my way.
Oh, don't try and charm me,
Your Majesty.
You won't get off so easy.
Not like your mayatesidekick.
-Bilal, it's going to be okay.
-[wails indistinctly]
-I'll be coming for you!
-[grunts]
-Take him.
-[yells]
-[wails indistinctly]
[tires screech]
[phone rings]
[phone buzzes]
-Hey, did they get Bedoya?
-It's going down now.
[dramatic music]
♪
Keep your hands up!
Don't move!
What the hell is this?
You guys got a warrant?
Hey, I'm talking to you, man.
What do you want?
♪
Come on, man.
You going to pay for that?
No way,
that ain't mine, all right?
No, no, no, no.
That's not mine.
-You're with Mayo, right?
-Take him.
This is a setup, man.
All right, this ain't my stuff.
They're setting me up.
[blues rock]
♪
Teresa.
-Hey.
-Yeah, have a seat, join us.
Here we are, we're the Three
Horseman of the Apocalypse,
and one Horsewoman.
[laughs]
Which one you think
you are, Teresa?
Pestilence, probably.
Maybe Death.
This one here can't be Famine,
I know that.
[grunts]
[both speak Spanish]
Just watch the door.
Con gusto.
No sense of humor.
Bedoya's in the county jail.
We got him
right where we want him.
One down, four to go.
Your men did a good job.
Thank you.
Yeah, I see which way
the wind's blowing.
I just made the smart choice.
I got to say, though.
Kinda surprised at you.
It wasn't so long ago you were
all up on your high horse
bleeding your heart
about that kid in my jail.
Now look at you.
Sitting here right with me, and
we're doing business together.
[sniffs]
Kind of disappointing,
in a way.
Everybody has their price.
I guess yours was Phoenix.
This is on me.
JAMES: [clears throat]
-How'd it go with the DA?
-I think he's onboard.
-Have we heard from George?
-Not since Guaymas.
He's been off-grid, I just
can't get a hold of him.
-We need to find him.
-I'll stay on it.
Go get Bedoya.
[birds caw]
-What the hell is this?
-Get in.
[tense music]
♪
What the hell
are you doing here?
-I got you out.
-You?
[chuckles]
Judge kicked the case.
TERESA: DA Carson
chose not to file it.
The sheriff
didn't have a warrant.
You do know how
this is going to look, right?
Like you cut a deal
with the DA to save yourself.
♪
-You set me up.
-You should be more careful.
[exhales]
What the hell do you want
from me, Teresa?
I want La Comisión.
You're going to
help deliver them.
[engine starts]
[dramatic music]
I have requested this meeting
because my uncle is very upset.
With Boaz on the run,
and you getting
dragged through the mud,
business here has
nearly come to a standstill.
We're losing money
because you persisted
in a war
we advised you against.
Let me remind you, Castel,
that Reynaldo
gave me his blessing
on the attack on Boaz.
Kique was unfortunately
collateral damage.
Ladies, I am certain
we can figure out
a solution to this together.
I've set up a press conference.
That will take care of it.
-I always do.
-Yeah, well.
Confidence and trust
are hard things
to win back
once they've been lost.
Making decisions
based on emotions
is never good business, Camila.
-Excuse me?
-This business is changing.
The days of narcos
praying to Malverde,
and asking advice
from misticos?
-Those days are done.
-Indeed.
Cocainais a
multi-billion dollar industry,
so it needs to be managed
with more sophistication.
[tense music]
You're right, Castel.
Thank you.
Please tell Reynaldo that
his concerns have been heard.
-I will.
-And now,
if you'll excuse me.
♪
[speaks Spanish]
[speaks Spanish]
Rosario.
Señora?
[both speaking Spanish]
[both continue
speaking Spanish]
[phone ringing]
[speaks Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
La Comisión,
they're willing to meet.
I told them I would
hand you over to them.
I'll do this, and me and you,
we're good, right?
Yes, you and I
will be partners
along with Taza.
[dramatic music]
To partnership.
♪
[speaks Spanish]
All set, then.
Take Pote with you.
We succeed, we're free
to run Phoenix how we want.
We'll be the only game in town,
and we'll do it together.
I hope so.
I'll see you soon.
Let's go.
[slow mariachi music]
♪
[singing in Spanish]
[music echoing]
[door shuts]
[speaking Spanish]
[continues speaking Spanish]
[continues speaking Spanish]
[both speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[crickets chirp]
[knocking on door]
Hi, I brought you some tea.
Thank you.
Look, I screwed up yesterday.
I totally admit that.
I want you to know
you can count on me.
You're my only friend left.
I mean, I don't have
anybody else.
I don't want to lose you, too.
[phone buzzing]
Sorry.
[phone clicks]
-Hey.
JAMES: We're at the spot.
TERESA: Is Bedoya there?
Yeah, he's waiting
to get picked up.
TERESA: Call me
when they get there.
Look, I don't know
what's going on,
and honestly, I don't really
want to know anything,
like, above my pay grade.
But I just--
I got to ask.
After what happened to me
at the winery,
every single horrible thing
that's ever happened to you...
is it worth it?
[soft music]
♪
[tense music]
♪
[both speaking indistinctly]
JAMES: Bedoya's
going to meet Pecas
and the rest of the Comisión.
We'll hit them all at once.
What Devon did to you
at the winery was terrible.
I'm in this business
to stop people like him
from deciding how I live.
Or if I live.
[soft music]
[phone buzzing]
-Yeah?
JAMES: Pecas's men just
picked up Bedoya.
We're on their tail.
JAMES: We'll keep you posted.
-Okay.
[dramatic music]
POTE: They're pulling
into the club.
[ambient music]
Hey, honey.
Come on.
♪
♪
[both speaking Spanish]
[both laugh]
[both speaking Spanish]
[both speaking Spanish]
[ambient music continues]
♪
POTE: Looks like
the meeting's upstairs.
That cabronis standing guard.
JAMES: Time to get Charger
to work his magic.
POTE: Today is your lucky day.
[laughs]
-Don't be a gentleman.
-I will not.
-Go. -Andale.
[speaking Spanish]
Ah, you so sexy.
Come here, mamacita.
Here we go.
Hey, asshole.
Get off the stage.
What's the problem, man?
I'm giving her money.
-I said get off the stage.
-Hey, what's the problem?
[grunts]
Let go, man.
[speaks Spanish]
Mwah.
[grunts]
[groovy Latin music]
[grunting]
♪
[speaking Spanish]
Move, get out the way!
[screaming]
[grunting]
[grunting]
Whoa, hold on,
it's just me, man.
It's me.
[speaking Spanish]
[screams]
[all screaming]
-Where's Pecas?
-I don't know, man.
-Well, was he here?
-I don't know, man, all right?
[grunting]
-You find Pecas?
-No.
We got to go, James.
[crickets chirp]
[laughs]
Told you it was your lucky day.
-Puto.
-[laughs]
[sirens wail]
[dramatic music]
♪
Hey.
JAMES: Yeah,
we've got a problem.
-What happened?
JAMES: Pecas didn't show.
Pecas wasn't there
when we showed up.
I mean, we just
shot the place up.
If that cabron
finds out what happened,
he's going to hit back, hard.
Well, we need to find him
before that happens.
We will.
What about Bedoya?
He was hit, but not by us.
Someone must have
tipped Pecas off.
Someone?
[speaks Spanish]
Only four people knew
about the Bedoya play.
Three of them
are standing here.
But the Sheriff works for us.
We made a deal
with the Devil, Teresita.
-This is the price we pay.
-Okay, we must get Mayo.
But first, Pecas needs to go.
MAYO: My men and I
will drive you to the border.
After that, you're on your own.
I expect a call from you
before the week is out
telling me you put a stake
through that bitch's heart.
Now, it's you want me
to do what you couldn't.
And I'm gonna keep
that in mind.
[door grates open]
It ain't gonna happen.
Thank you.
[tense music]
♪
Mayo, you motherless snake.
You set me up.
What can I say, Pecas?
She pays better.
I never liked you much, anyway.
Ain't nobody going to trust
a red-headed Mexican.
Mera, mera.
I underestimated you
from the start, didn't I?
You know, if I didn't
want so badly
to squeeze your throat
until your eyes popped out,
I might make
an honest woman out of you.
It's a joke.
[laughs]
I'm just--
[sighs]
That's grand.
Let's call it a draw.
Huh? You and me,
we can run La Comisión
like it should have
been run all along.
A smart business.
Innovation.
I'm tired of being the only one
with any vision around here.
-What about Taza?
-And Taza.
Of course, the three of us,
equal partners.
Do you see this, huh?
We're already talking.
[speaking Spanish]
Make a deal with me.
We made a deal.
You broke it when you sold me
to Camila Vargas.
You would have done
the same thing.
-No, I wouldn't.
-No?
Then you're an idiot.
♪
What?
You think you're going
to make me beg for my life?
[laughs]
That's not going to happen.
I don't kneel to bitches.
Adios, puta.
I'll see you in Hell--
[grunting]
And then, there were none.
He was never going to show up
to your little deer trap.
Not in his nature.
Jackals only come out
after the fight is over,
when the blood is already
on the ground.
He trusted you, though.
No one else to turn to.
You know what that's like.
[dramatic music]
♪
I already got a nice spot
picked out for him
in the desert.
It's right next
to your reporter.
Kind of fitting,
don't you think?
You're the boss.
[dramatic music]
♪
CROWD: No mas Vargas,
no mas Vargas!
[indistinct Spanish chatter]
[distant chanting]
Dad gave me that bear.
Mom gave me the mural
as a gift,
so I would remember
when things were good.
You need to
extricate yourself from her,
or you will be destroyed, too.
But I'm her daughter.
I'm all she has.
Because of her,
your father is gone.
He chose to leave
this business,
and she dragged him
back into it.
If you let her, she'll
drag you down to the grave.
You must speak against her now.
[speaks Spanish]
[tense music]
♪
CROWD: No mas Vargas!
No mas Vargas!
[chanting continues]
[speaking Spanish]
[continues in Spanish]
[continues in Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[continues in Spanish]
[continues in Spanish]
[overlapping shouts]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[shouting in Spanish]
[dramatic music]
♪
-The order's backed up?
-Yeah.
Let's start filling them.
We need to reopen
the winery soon.
And divide up the territory
of the Comisión with Taza.
-Yeah.
-We are La Comisión now.
[laughs]
Let's drink and celebrate.
Hey.
Where's all the tequila?
You drank all of it.
Not by myself, I didn't.
Bourbon it is, then.
[phone buzzes]
[phone clicks]
Hello?
CARSON: You hear the news?
A video of Sherriff Mayo
abusing an inmate went viral.
I filed charges this morning.
He's in custody now.
He deserves it.
CARSON: You did me a solid,
sending me that tape.
I'm grateful.
I have literally dozens
of new volunteers
since the news broke,
and I have no doubt
the Latino vote will follow.
That said,
we should be cautious
about any further
communication.
I understand.
Good luck in
next week's election.
Who needs luck
when you have good friends?
JAMES: Well, we may have
Carson, but if I were Mayo,
I'd be trying to cut a deal.
And what does he have but us?
He helped you kill Pecas, but
you know you can't trust him.
I know that.
I have to make a call.
[blues rock music]
♪
Payback is a bitch.
[exhales]
[alarm buzzing]
[phone buzzing]
This better be my attorney.
You asked me which Horseman of
the Apocalypse I am, remember?
MAYO: Yeah, I remember.
Now, you listen to me, Teresa.
We both can't be Death.
TERESA: I'm not.
I'm War.
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
I need to talk to someone--
[grunting]
Hey, hey, no!
[grunting]
He's done?
We did this.
Thank you for helping me.
Of course.
Phoenix is ours.
[blues rock]
♪
[dramatic music]
♪
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JAMES: Arizona's carved up
by five narcos.
They're called La Comisión. They meet on Taza's territory,
but it's Pecas who calls the shots.
Perhaps you'd be better off
taking your business out of
Arizona while you still can.
What if I brought
something else to the table?
Well, I'm sure we could
think of something.
We could have allies
against Pecas.
Give me one good reason
I shouldn't deliver you
to Pecas right now.
Because you need me
more than you need him.
[speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
Cochi's got some great skills
with the knife, no?
CORTEZ: Isabela is still sneaking out
to meet with Kique Jimenez.
-If we were to kidnap the boy--
-Do it.
But no one can harm him
under any circumstances.
[grunts]
Isabela cannot know that
it's me that gave the order.
[yelling]
CAMILA:
I would lose her forever.
CORTEZ: Are you sure
you want to know?
I'm going to
make my mother pay.
[dramatic music]
[speaking Spanish]
Now, how much dinero
is it going to cost me--
[grunting]
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.
You're going after Pecas.
Don't even think
of betraying me.
The video of you beating
that inmate will go viral.
JAMES: Am I going to
take the shot, or not?
TERESA: No, we wait.
When the time is right,
we'll kill them all.
[upbeat music]
♪
JAMES: Wipe out the Comisión? Are you sure about this?
TERESA: Look what they did to Lil T and Tonto.
POTE: Thosecabrones
hit us first.
TERESA: So we hit them back.
JAMES: Pecas will be expecting retaliation.
So will the rest of
the Comisión.
We need to take them all at once.
TERESA: Bedoya is the weak link.
JAMES: He owns a mattress
shop--he's vulnerable.
It won't be easy to get to the others.
TERESA: We have to turn Bedoya
against La Comisión.
TERESA: We need leverage. JAMES: We'll set him up.
Pote and I will make a drop off at Bedoya's shop.
TERESA: He'll bring them to us.
Thank you.
There she is.
Damn, little mama.
You clean up nicely.
I like that dress.
Thank you.
I like yours, too.
This reminds me
of the day we first met.
All these rich white people.
You were one of them,
remember?
How was I supposed
to know one day,
we'd be
running a winery together?
[soft piano music]
Welcome.
Name and affiliation, ladies.
Priscilla Haines, representing
the Women Entrepreneurs
for Progress.
-Teresa Herrera.
-Thank you.
CARSON: [laughs]
Well, I tell you that story,
because after that,
I thought I had had my fill
of fighting in Afghanistan.
When I found myself back home,
I was fighting again.
This time, for the people
of Maricopa County,
as their district attorney.
And as your next Senator,
I pledge to you that next time,
I'll be fighting for
the entire state of Arizona.
[cheers and applause]
I know we're down
in the last week.
I can't do it alone.
I'm going to need your help.
So thank you all
for coming out.
Please enjoy yourselves.
[cheers and applause]
He's your key to Phoenix,
and that is how you're going
to take down the Comisión.
[dramatic music]
♪
[bells jingle]
[speaking Spanish on TV]
[tense music]
♪
[phone beeps]
[phone rings]
CORTEZ: [speaking Spanish]
Isabela.
Isabela, I had nothing
to do with it.
You have to believe me.
Isabela, please.
I have nothing to say to you
unless you're going
to tell me the truth.
[tense music]
♪
I gave Cortez the order
to kidnap Kique.
To bring his father
out of hiding.
I never gave the order
to kill him.
I would never do something
like that to you, Isabela.
If you didn't kill him,
who did?
Cortez.
I never should
have trusted him.
I should have listened to you.
And now, I'm paying
the price for this.
Why hurt Kique?
It doesn't make sense.
Cortez wants to turn you and
everybody else against me.
Cortez wants me out,
so he can take my business.
What are you going to do?
[sighs]
I'll move against him soon.
All I know is that now...
You and I...
we can only trust each other.
[tense music]
♪
Let me do a press conference.
Kique was my fiancé.
If I defend you,
maybe that will help.
I'll do it at the orphanage.
That will make a statement.
That will work.
Thank you.
We have to spin this, Mami.
If what you say
about Cortez is true,
we have to fight back.
[tense music]
I'm so sorry.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
[phone vibrates]
-Hey.
JAMES: It's me.
We're at Bedoya's shopping.
We're making the dropoff now.
Plan's in motion.
He won't see this coming.
Okay, be careful.
-You too.
TERESA: Bye.
[dramatic music]
♪
Hey.
[grunts]
That's Judge Jack Garvey.
He's a Democratic Committeeman.
I need to speak
with Carson alone.
Girl, I'm on it.
[indistinct chatter]
Yeah, well,
it's the redistricting.
-That's what's killing us.
-You are preaching
to the choir, but there's not a
damn thing you can do about it.
-Yeah, well--
-Judge Garvey, how are you?
Uh, I'm sorry, have we met?
I'm sorry,
where are my manners?
I'm Priscilla Haines.
This is my good friend
Teresa Herrera.
-Pleasure to meet you, sir.
-Hi, I'm Judge Jack Garvey.
Oh, and uh, you probably know
our man of the hour.
District Attorney Theo Carson.
And with a little luck,
our next Senator.
-How do you do, ladies?
-Nice to meet you.
-Thank you so much for coming.
-Of course.
Listen, Judge Garvey,
I would love to pick your brain
about the small business ballot
measure in the East Valley.
Um, I noticed
that your drink is empty.
What do you say
we get you rehydrated first?
Okay.
[soft piano music]
Why do I feel like we just got
set up on a blind date?
[laughs]
Okay, I think you
might have rescued me,
because that old man can
listen to himself talk all day.
What politician doesn't?
[both laugh]
And what is it that you do,
Ms. Herrera?
Have you heard of
the Perla Blanca vineyards?
The new winery off the 115.
Yeah, do you work there?
I own it.
I think I can help you
with your campaign.
I think this is a good time to
loop in my campaign manager.
I'd like to keep this
between us, if possible.
And Mrs. Judge Garvey III
has returned, awkward.
[sniffs]
Excuse me, guys.
These darn allergies.
[sniff]
Um, you might want to
take care of your friend.
She's pretty loaded.
It's been a pleasure, ladies.
Will you please excuse me?
Sure.
-What?
-Let's go to the restroom.
Okay.
-You're high.
-What?
-No.
-Don't lie to me.
You've been using.
I--I took like,
a couple of bumps.
But I've been having
these, like, panic attacks
ever since those people
came to the winery.
I mean, they wine-boarded me,
for God sake.
I just was doing a little bit
to take the edge off.
I don't know,
maybe that's just an excuse.
But I'm sorry.
I'll pay you back for--
I don't care about the money.
This deal is important
for all of us.
-You know what's at stake.
-I know.
So don't talk to anyone, okay?
Go back to the house.
You have to
get your head clear.
I'll talk to you soon.
[door opens]
[door shuts]
[exhales]
Okay.
My orders were very specific.
Kique was not to be harmed.
And I told you, he wasn't.
Not by me nor by any of my men.
The manner in which
the body was found,
the intent was clearly to sully
you in the eyes of the public.
You know this was Teresa.
Teresa will never come back
to Mexico again.
If she has, then we have
the perfect way
to strike against her.
[tense music]
♪
[indistinct Spanish chatter]
CAMILA: The Colombians
are concerned
about the attention Kique's
death is drawing to me.
Castel wants to meet.
CORTEZ: This won't take long.
[dramatic music]
♪
You know, my daddy died
in a nuthouse.
And General Alligator Face here
thinks he's calling the shots.
It's nice to have
an adult to deal with.
Go on now, run along.
Your momma's here.
Oh, bring it, gator boy.
You know I'm ready.
The General
tells me you have information
about Teresa Mendoza.
Well, since we're finished
with all the pleasantries,
let's, uh, open the door
to negotiations, shall we?
[dramatic music]
♪
Let's.
[indistinct chatter]
Okay, I'm going to be there
in two seconds.
Drink?
[chuckles]
It's an Old Fashioned.
That's a good guess.
I saw you drinking one earlier.
Single batch bourbon.
Salud.
[glasses clink]
Salud.
Listen, I apologize if my
friend made you uncomfortable.
I'm curious.
I would like to know why
you are so interested
in helping me.
I'm new to this country.
I would like to write you
a $200,000--
You should contact
my campaign headquarters.
Ask for Janice.
Thanks again.
I have something that will
help you win this election.
Something better than money.
[tense music]
And what is it
you'd like in return?
To be friends.
Help each other.
♪
I'd need to hear more details.
But I'm open to
further discussion.
-It was nice to meet you.
-Likewise.
[chuckles]
Right where I said it was,
wasn't it?
You think we need your weapons?
I think you need
the kind of spin
something like this
would give you.
Uncle Sam loses high grade
military arsenal
on Mexican land.
Returned by a hot-ass governor
who fights corruption
and looks good doing it.
Gets your rep out
of the shitter.
I can see you
thought this through.
-What are Your Majesty's terms?
-Well, I only got two.
I want out of this
cuckoo's nest,
and I want my man,
Bilal, brought to me.
I have a condition of my own.
It's non-negotiable.
Let me guess.
Teresa Mendoza?
I want the details
of her operation.
She's part of this deal,
or there is no deal.
You bring me my number two,
spring us out of here,
I'll tell you anything
you want to know.
[dramatic music]
♪
You have no loyalty to her?
I'm a pirate, madam.
Not a saint.
I'll be in touch.
Take me to my car.
She looks just as good going,
huh, General?
There goes the boss.
You playing the long game,
Your Highness?
Tossing us scraps
while you protect
that bitch that feeds you?
Now, is this some kind of
psychopathic courtship?
Because I'm digging it.
I like a man in uniform.
But you already have a man
in your life, Mr. Megalos.
You'll be happy to know
that your first request
has been granted.
Your Somali friend, he's
already on the premises.
Bilal's here?
Mas o menos.
[tense music]
♪
Bilal.
Don't worry, brother, we're
going to get you out of here.
[grunting]
Bilal?
It's me.
It's George.
What the hell
did you do to him?
CORTEZ:
He was having trouble,
so he needed
some special treatment.
[dramatic music]
♪
You...
you sick bastard.
I'm going to kill you!
I'm going to
rip that lizard face
right off your goddamn skull!
You can bullshit the governor,
but you can't bullshit me.
I know what loyalty means
to a man like you.
I'm curious,
how many layers of skin
I'll need to peel back
until you're no longer
that same man.
I guess we'll see.
Your death's
going to be dark, General.
Pitch black, I have it my way.
Oh, don't try and charm me,
Your Majesty.
You won't get off so easy.
Not like your mayatesidekick.
-Bilal, it's going to be okay.
-[wails indistinctly]
-I'll be coming for you!
-[grunts]
-Take him.
-[yells]
-[wails indistinctly]
[tires screech]
[phone rings]
[phone buzzes]
-Hey, did they get Bedoya?
-It's going down now.
[dramatic music]
♪
Keep your hands up!
Don't move!
What the hell is this?
You guys got a warrant?
Hey, I'm talking to you, man.
What do you want?
♪
Come on, man.
You going to pay for that?
No way,
that ain't mine, all right?
No, no, no, no.
That's not mine.
-You're with Mayo, right?
-Take him.
This is a setup, man.
All right, this ain't my stuff.
They're setting me up.
[blues rock]
♪
Teresa.
-Hey.
-Yeah, have a seat, join us.
Here we are, we're the Three
Horseman of the Apocalypse,
and one Horsewoman.
[laughs]
Which one you think
you are, Teresa?
Pestilence, probably.
Maybe Death.
This one here can't be Famine,
I know that.
[grunts]
[both speak Spanish]
Just watch the door.
Con gusto.
No sense of humor.
Bedoya's in the county jail.
We got him
right where we want him.
One down, four to go.
Your men did a good job.
Thank you.
Yeah, I see which way
the wind's blowing.
I just made the smart choice.
I got to say, though.
Kinda surprised at you.
It wasn't so long ago you were
all up on your high horse
bleeding your heart
about that kid in my jail.
Now look at you.
Sitting here right with me, and
we're doing business together.
[sniffs]
Kind of disappointing,
in a way.
Everybody has their price.
I guess yours was Phoenix.
This is on me.
JAMES: [clears throat]
-How'd it go with the DA?
-I think he's onboard.
-Have we heard from George?
-Not since Guaymas.
He's been off-grid, I just
can't get a hold of him.
-We need to find him.
-I'll stay on it.
Go get Bedoya.
[birds caw]
-What the hell is this?
-Get in.
[tense music]
♪
What the hell
are you doing here?
-I got you out.
-You?
[chuckles]
Judge kicked the case.
TERESA: DA Carson
chose not to file it.
The sheriff
didn't have a warrant.
You do know how
this is going to look, right?
Like you cut a deal
with the DA to save yourself.
♪
-You set me up.
-You should be more careful.
[exhales]
What the hell do you want
from me, Teresa?
I want La Comisión.
You're going to
help deliver them.
[engine starts]
[dramatic music]
I have requested this meeting
because my uncle is very upset.
With Boaz on the run,
and you getting
dragged through the mud,
business here has
nearly come to a standstill.
We're losing money
because you persisted
in a war
we advised you against.
Let me remind you, Castel,
that Reynaldo
gave me his blessing
on the attack on Boaz.
Kique was unfortunately
collateral damage.
Ladies, I am certain
we can figure out
a solution to this together.
I've set up a press conference.
That will take care of it.
-I always do.
-Yeah, well.
Confidence and trust
are hard things
to win back
once they've been lost.
Making decisions
based on emotions
is never good business, Camila.
-Excuse me?
-This business is changing.
The days of narcos
praying to Malverde,
and asking advice
from misticos?
-Those days are done.
-Indeed.
Cocainais a
multi-billion dollar industry,
so it needs to be managed
with more sophistication.
[tense music]
You're right, Castel.
Thank you.
Please tell Reynaldo that
his concerns have been heard.
-I will.
-And now,
if you'll excuse me.
♪
[speaks Spanish]
[speaks Spanish]
Rosario.
Señora?
[both speaking Spanish]
[both continue
speaking Spanish]
[phone ringing]
[speaks Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
La Comisión,
they're willing to meet.
I told them I would
hand you over to them.
I'll do this, and me and you,
we're good, right?
Yes, you and I
will be partners
along with Taza.
[dramatic music]
To partnership.
♪
[speaks Spanish]
All set, then.
Take Pote with you.
We succeed, we're free
to run Phoenix how we want.
We'll be the only game in town,
and we'll do it together.
I hope so.
I'll see you soon.
Let's go.
[slow mariachi music]
♪
[singing in Spanish]
[music echoing]
[door shuts]
[speaking Spanish]
[continues speaking Spanish]
[continues speaking Spanish]
[both speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[crickets chirp]
[knocking on door]
Hi, I brought you some tea.
Thank you.
Look, I screwed up yesterday.
I totally admit that.
I want you to know
you can count on me.
You're my only friend left.
I mean, I don't have
anybody else.
I don't want to lose you, too.
[phone buzzing]
Sorry.
[phone clicks]
-Hey.
JAMES: We're at the spot.
TERESA: Is Bedoya there?
Yeah, he's waiting
to get picked up.
TERESA: Call me
when they get there.
Look, I don't know
what's going on,
and honestly, I don't really
want to know anything,
like, above my pay grade.
But I just--
I got to ask.
After what happened to me
at the winery,
every single horrible thing
that's ever happened to you...
is it worth it?
[soft music]
♪
[tense music]
♪
[both speaking indistinctly]
JAMES: Bedoya's
going to meet Pecas
and the rest of the Comisión.
We'll hit them all at once.
What Devon did to you
at the winery was terrible.
I'm in this business
to stop people like him
from deciding how I live.
Or if I live.
[soft music]
[phone buzzing]
-Yeah?
JAMES: Pecas's men just
picked up Bedoya.
We're on their tail.
JAMES: We'll keep you posted.
-Okay.
[dramatic music]
POTE: They're pulling
into the club.
[ambient music]
Hey, honey.
Come on.
♪
♪
[both speaking Spanish]
[both laugh]
[both speaking Spanish]
[both speaking Spanish]
[ambient music continues]
♪
POTE: Looks like
the meeting's upstairs.
That cabronis standing guard.
JAMES: Time to get Charger
to work his magic.
POTE: Today is your lucky day.
[laughs]
-Don't be a gentleman.
-I will not.
-Go. -Andale.
[speaking Spanish]
Ah, you so sexy.
Come here, mamacita.
Here we go.
Hey, asshole.
Get off the stage.
What's the problem, man?
I'm giving her money.
-I said get off the stage.
-Hey, what's the problem?
[grunts]
Let go, man.
[speaks Spanish]
Mwah.
[grunts]
[groovy Latin music]
[grunting]
♪
[speaking Spanish]
Move, get out the way!
[screaming]
[grunting]
[grunting]
Whoa, hold on,
it's just me, man.
It's me.
[speaking Spanish]
[screams]
[all screaming]
-Where's Pecas?
-I don't know, man.
-Well, was he here?
-I don't know, man, all right?
[grunting]
-You find Pecas?
-No.
We got to go, James.
[crickets chirp]
[laughs]
Told you it was your lucky day.
-Puto.
-[laughs]
[sirens wail]
[dramatic music]
♪
Hey.
JAMES: Yeah,
we've got a problem.
-What happened?
JAMES: Pecas didn't show.
Pecas wasn't there
when we showed up.
I mean, we just
shot the place up.
If that cabron
finds out what happened,
he's going to hit back, hard.
Well, we need to find him
before that happens.
We will.
What about Bedoya?
He was hit, but not by us.
Someone must have
tipped Pecas off.
Someone?
[speaks Spanish]
Only four people knew
about the Bedoya play.
Three of them
are standing here.
But the Sheriff works for us.
We made a deal
with the Devil, Teresita.
-This is the price we pay.
-Okay, we must get Mayo.
But first, Pecas needs to go.
MAYO: My men and I
will drive you to the border.
After that, you're on your own.
I expect a call from you
before the week is out
telling me you put a stake
through that bitch's heart.
Now, it's you want me
to do what you couldn't.
And I'm gonna keep
that in mind.
[door grates open]
It ain't gonna happen.
Thank you.
[tense music]
♪
Mayo, you motherless snake.
You set me up.
What can I say, Pecas?
She pays better.
I never liked you much, anyway.
Ain't nobody going to trust
a red-headed Mexican.
Mera, mera.
I underestimated you
from the start, didn't I?
You know, if I didn't
want so badly
to squeeze your throat
until your eyes popped out,
I might make
an honest woman out of you.
It's a joke.
[laughs]
I'm just--
[sighs]
That's grand.
Let's call it a draw.
Huh? You and me,
we can run La Comisión
like it should have
been run all along.
A smart business.
Innovation.
I'm tired of being the only one
with any vision around here.
-What about Taza?
-And Taza.
Of course, the three of us,
equal partners.
Do you see this, huh?
We're already talking.
[speaking Spanish]
Make a deal with me.
We made a deal.
You broke it when you sold me
to Camila Vargas.
You would have done
the same thing.
-No, I wouldn't.
-No?
Then you're an idiot.
♪
What?
You think you're going
to make me beg for my life?
[laughs]
That's not going to happen.
I don't kneel to bitches.
Adios, puta.
I'll see you in Hell--
[grunting]
And then, there were none.
He was never going to show up
to your little deer trap.
Not in his nature.
Jackals only come out
after the fight is over,
when the blood is already
on the ground.
He trusted you, though.
No one else to turn to.
You know what that's like.
[dramatic music]
♪
I already got a nice spot
picked out for him
in the desert.
It's right next
to your reporter.
Kind of fitting,
don't you think?
You're the boss.
[dramatic music]
♪
CROWD: No mas Vargas,
no mas Vargas!
[indistinct Spanish chatter]
[distant chanting]
Dad gave me that bear.
Mom gave me the mural
as a gift,
so I would remember
when things were good.
You need to
extricate yourself from her,
or you will be destroyed, too.
But I'm her daughter.
I'm all she has.
Because of her,
your father is gone.
He chose to leave
this business,
and she dragged him
back into it.
If you let her, she'll
drag you down to the grave.
You must speak against her now.
[speaks Spanish]
[tense music]
♪
CROWD: No mas Vargas!
No mas Vargas!
[chanting continues]
[speaking Spanish]
[continues in Spanish]
[continues in Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[continues in Spanish]
[continues in Spanish]
[overlapping shouts]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[shouting in Spanish]
[dramatic music]
♪
-The order's backed up?
-Yeah.
Let's start filling them.
We need to reopen
the winery soon.
And divide up the territory
of the Comisión with Taza.
-Yeah.
-We are La Comisión now.
[laughs]
Let's drink and celebrate.
Hey.
Where's all the tequila?
You drank all of it.
Not by myself, I didn't.
Bourbon it is, then.
[phone buzzes]
[phone clicks]
Hello?
CARSON: You hear the news?
A video of Sherriff Mayo
abusing an inmate went viral.
I filed charges this morning.
He's in custody now.
He deserves it.
CARSON: You did me a solid,
sending me that tape.
I'm grateful.
I have literally dozens
of new volunteers
since the news broke,
and I have no doubt
the Latino vote will follow.
That said,
we should be cautious
about any further
communication.
I understand.
Good luck in
next week's election.
Who needs luck
when you have good friends?
JAMES: Well, we may have
Carson, but if I were Mayo,
I'd be trying to cut a deal.
And what does he have but us?
He helped you kill Pecas, but
you know you can't trust him.
I know that.
I have to make a call.
[blues rock music]
♪
Payback is a bitch.
[exhales]
[alarm buzzing]
[phone buzzing]
This better be my attorney.
You asked me which Horseman of
the Apocalypse I am, remember?
MAYO: Yeah, I remember.
Now, you listen to me, Teresa.
We both can't be Death.
TERESA: I'm not.
I'm War.
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
I need to talk to someone--
[grunting]
Hey, hey, no!
[grunting]
He's done?
We did this.
Thank you for helping me.
Of course.
Phoenix is ours.
[blues rock]
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[dramatic music]
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