Southland (2009–2013): Season 4, Episode 8 - God's Work - full transcript

[ dramatic music plays ]

♪ Southland 4x08 ♪
God's Work
Original Air Date on March 6, 2012

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

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Cops are often asked

if they believe
they're doing God's work.

Officer Ben Sherman

is just trying to do the job
without losing his soul.

Something was...
just wrong

about the way she was
hovering over that kid.

Do you think
she's a good cop?



She's squared away.

So you got to trust her
to do the right thing.

You don't regret not blowing
the whistle at Rampart?

Why you think
I started using?

We had a lot of good cops
at Rampart.

A couple of them started cutting
corners to get the job done.

Fellow officers, friends.

I gave them
the benefit of the doubt.

You sure that was
the right decision?

Hell, no.

But you only got
two choices.

And guess what --
they both suck.

[ Ducks quacking ]

Hey. Did you catch
a case last night?



Mm. I couldn't sleep.

Gas and peeing
every five minutes.

Am I ever gonna
get my iPad back?

No, I like reading
on this thing.

Steve Jobs was adopted.

He forgave his mother
for giving him away,

and his biological sister
became one of his best friends.

And?

He never forgave his father --
never got to know him.

Children need to know
where they come from.

That baby's gonna want to
know his father.

I never should have downloaded
that book for you.

Rucker: L.A.P.D. gives you
a gun, partners,

and air support --
everything you need to survive.

But we don't teach you
how to cope when you get home.

All cops burn out...

Get to the point

where there's no one
you feel you can talk to --

not your pastor
and definitely not your spouse.

This book will help you stay
in touch with what's important.

Dismissed.

Stearn, Haspel,
take the damn book.

[ Sighs ]

What's next,
mandatory cop book club?

Are we all
gonna get together,

drink herbal tea,
and read Proust?

[ Sighs ]

Where are you going?
Got my Sergeants oral.

I'm gonna try to catch a few
minutes here and there to study.

It's your lucky day.

Ben: "When you hear the phrase
'Scout Beader,' what comes to mind?"

"If you answered 'pedophile,'
you're a burnt-out cop."

Book's outdated.

"Coach"
is a better phrase.

[ Police radio chatter ]

"After you get home
from work,

do you have a magic chair where
you like to sit to decompress?"

I had a magic hotel bed once,
but it took quarters.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Chuckles ] See?

See, I knew you couldn't keep
this stoic crap up forever.

Stupid.

Welcome back, Bryant.
Welcome back.

Hey --
hey, check it out.

[ Brakes squeak,
car doors open ]

Sir?

You all right?

Yeah.

I just got mugged.

Yeah?

Yeah.

What'd they take?

My phone.

What's your name, sir?

Father Greg Carmichael.
People call me Father C.

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

Ruben:
Here's my card.

Give me a call
if you hear anything else

or you have anything else
you want to tell me.

You've been really helpful.

It's a long way down.

Psh.

She must have dropped this
before she jumped.

Is there anything on it?

Unsent text message.

"You can't keep ignoring me."

Who was she sending it to?

She hadn't entered in
a number yet.

Think it's a suicide?

Mm, they didn't find
a note near the body

and doesn't look like
there's one in the purse.

Maybe she left it
at home?

Kicked off a shoe
before she jumped?

Yeah.
Yeah, it's a robbery.

Robbery gone wrong, huh?

No. Wallet's in the purse
with cash in it.

You know the officer below
called her a splat?

[ Scoffs ]
Gallows humor.

Whatever gets you through it,
I guess.

Yeah, well, I pray.

I'm a little prayed out.

[ Cellphone ringing ]

Give me the phone.
No, I got it.

No, no. They're expecting
to hear a woman's voice.

You don't want to
spook them.

Oh, right. And hearing you
won't do that. Here.

Hello?

I'm Detective Lydia Adams,
Los Angeles Police Department.

Who am I speaking with?

Ma'am,
I need you to calm down.

Just breathe.

Do you own
a Mercedes S.U.V.?

Ma'am, please
just breathe, okay?

I'm gonna send a patrol unit
to you.

Okay.
I've got it.

Ma'am, calm down.

We'll talk as soon
as you get here, okay?

All right.

[ Sighs ]
Our victim was a nanny.

She had two kids with her.

Let them know.

Yo!
Guys.

[ Siren chirps ]

Candace is 6,
and Tyler's 4.

And you're sure they were
with Miss Juarez.

Yes. I spoke with her
a few hours ago.

Have you noticed anything
unusual about her lately --

mood swings, depression,
anything out of the ordinary?

Never.

The more stressed out at work
I was, the calmer she was.

I had to travel so much for work
and my husband, too,

and she would stay at the house
with them when we were gone.

She was wonderful
with them.

So, what about your husband

or any other family members
or friends?

Did she maybe drop them off,
do some shopping?

No, she knew only to leave
the kids with me or with Eric.

And Eric's your husband.

Have you been able
to reach him?

Not yet.
He's not answering his cell.

But when he's on deadline,
he gets like that.

Okay, we're gonna do
everything we can

to get your children back,
okay?

Thank you.

[ Sighs ] These kids
could be anywhere by now.

Sure you don't need
a doctor?

No, I'm fine.

If you guys could just
take me back to the rectory,

that'd be great.

Maybe we should drive around
a bit,

see if we can find the punks
that jumped you.

No,
I'm not gonna press charges.

Maybe we could
find your phone.

I can buy another phone.

Not the point, father.

Ben: Are you new?

I haven't seen you around
Blessed Sacrament before.

Yeah, I just got transferred
down here from Modesto.

Different kind of flock
down here, Padre, eh?

Ask you a question,
father?

Yeah, sure.

Why don't you
wear a collar?

You know,
sometimes that collar

keeps people away
from the church.

Sometimes the church keeps
people away from the church.

[ Chuckles ]
You religious, officer?

Jew...Ish.

Observant?

Try to keep my eyes open
out here Father. Yeah.

[ Chuckles ]

You should wear your collar
in this neighborhood, Father.

That will keep you
from getting mugged.

Think so, huh?

Got to wear a uniform
down here.

Blood, Crip, Vato,
priest, cop.

If people don't know
what gang you're from,

you're just a victim
down here.

Got to show your colors.

That's right.

He was the NBA's sixth man
of the year last season.

You don't just let a guy
like that get away, you know?

Nail in the coffin
is when he went Kardashian

and then just got all pissed
when they tried to deal him.

Bitch move.

Anything about that kid
you shot?

Yeah, still not awake.

I don't blame Lamar for,
you know, demanding a trade.

Couldn't trust them.

They should have
just ignored him,

kept things
the way they were

once they lost out
on Chris Paul.

Dispatcher: A57, shots fired,
Capitol Records building.

[ Sighs ]
A57. Show us responding.

[ Siren wails ]

Tank: See, back in the day,
oh, wasn't about no gun play.

No.
You had to fight.

Yeah. Thunderdome.

Look, sometimes you win.

Sometimes you lose.

But you live, homey.

You live to fight another day.
[ Clapping ]

Sammy:
That is touching.

Dr. King -- he would have
tears in his eyes from that.

What's going on, man? What's this about?
I got a question for you.

When did the Five Tres start
beating up on priests, huh?

What?

Sammy:
Oh, yeah, yeah.

One of your guys beat up
Father Carmichael over there

and took his phone.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Wait, wait, wait.

Hold up, hold up, hold up.

Not none of mine.
You're a goddamn liar.

No?

I know one of y'all
has a warrant.

I just know it.

I toss your pockets,
one of you all is holding.

Ask the question, Sherman.

Who wants to go to jail?
Who wants to go home?

Hmm? I get a phone,
and we leave.

No harm, no foul.

One-time hail Mary
because of Father C.

He's more forgiving
than I am.

Bryant, ain't nobody
stole no phone, man.

Recognize anybody, Father?

I don't know. Maybe.
I don't know.

No?

Found this
on the ground.

[ Scoffs ]
Jesus Christ.

Hey.

Sammy: A miracle.

Divine intervention

courtesy of the Los Angeles
Police Department.

Come here, homey.
What's up with you, man?

Oh, shit.

I mean, hallelujah.

[ Siren wailing ]

Drop the gun!
Drop the gun!

Man: She shot me!
He was coming after me!

Back up. Face forward.
She shot me!

Back up.

You got anything on you?
I got nothing!

Put your hands behind your back.
[ Moaning ]

A57. Need an R.A. Unit, our
location, victim of a gunshot,

parking lot behind
Capitol Records --

corner Argyle and Yucca,
southeast corner.

Hang on, buddy.
He attacked me.

[ Coughs, grunts ]

Okay.

Keep your head down.
Keep your head down.

Permission to say
this is a waste of time?

Lydia:
Who are you telling?

Wouldn't even be here

if the mother wasn't too busy
to be a mother.

Oh, so she's supposed to be
mopping floors

and baking cakes
for her hard-working husband?

Look, this is not
a sexist thing.

That's not
what this is about.

I'm just saying
what's best for the kids.

Okay, so if a woman
wants a career and a baby,

that makes her
irresponsible.

You've never used a nanny?

A what?
Cops don't have nannies.

We have babysitters
and mother-in-laws.

And if you don't have
a mother-in-law?

I don't give a damn if it's
the father or the mother,

but somebody has to
stay their ass at home.

Bottom line, don't have a kid
if nobody has time to raise it.

That's all I'm saying.

[ Door closes ]
Hey. Hey. It's okay.

Hey. Hey, kids.
It's okay.

Lydia:
Are you Candace?

Yes.

Is this your brother, Tyler?
Those are you guys?

Are you hurt?

No.

You think you can tell us
what happened?

I was asleep, and I woke up
when I heard yelling.

Was Veronica
yelling at someone,

or was somebody
yelling at Veronica?

The man was yelling at her
outside.

Did you see who he was?

Did you recognize the voice
of the man who was yelling?

I don't know.

That's okay.

You think you can tell us
what happened after that?

Veronica screamed...
And then it got real quiet.

Veronica didn't come back.

This is it right here.

Yeah.

You think the good Father
has any idea

what he's getting himself into
moving down here from Modesto?

Probably rented
the "Gridiron Gang,"

figured he got it covered.

You the one that called us?

Yes, sir. I got people in my
house, and I want them out.

So ask them to leave.

I don't live in it.

I'm renovating right now
and trying to sell it.

Every few days, people break
the lock and sneak in,

sleep on the floor,
start fires in the fireplace,

mess up the bathrooms.

So there's people in there
now?

The lock's broken again.
I didn't go in.

Last time, somebody took a swing
at me with a broken bottle.

All right.

We'll check it out.
Stay here.

Police! We're coming in!

[ Clattering ]

Hear that?

Okay, wake up.

Crystal?

Wake up, Crystal.

Get your ass up.
All of you.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

She's just a kid!
Ben: You're okay.

You're all right. You're all right.
You're all right.

You're okay. You're okay.
You're okay.

Come here, baby.

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ grunts ]

Tang: Hey, Cooper!
You see a weapon?

No.

Are you sure there was a weapon?
Did you find anything?

Did you -- did you see him
throw anything anywhere?

What?

A knife or a gun?

He -- he was yelling,
and he was running up behind me.

I saw him chasing me
when I was crossing the street.

But he was in the store,
too.

He was behind me
in the checkout line.

He was watching me.

This yours?

Those are my k-keys.

Where did you find my keys?

Oh...Oh, God.

What was he yelling
when he ran up behind you?

I must have -- I must have
took them out of my purse

to get my checkbook.

Do you remember
what he was yelling?

Ma'am?

"Yo. Yo."

He was yelling, "yo."

Yeah.

[ Crying, sniffles ]

[ Police radio chatter ]

Sammy: No, I was not late.
Listen...

Ben:
That didn't take long.

Misdemeanor trespassing.

Nobody's doing time
in Pelican Bay.

It's cheaper to post bail
than it is to pay for an

apartment for the girls.

Got to love a pimp.

Always watching out
for the bottom line.

Where's my kid?

You gonna take Daniela
back out on the street with you?

No. Where is she?

We're holding her until
Family Services can get here

to do an evaluation.

How long
is that gonna take?

County services, you know,
so I wouldn't hold my breath.

She needs to be
with her mama.

Out on the streets?
I doubt it.

You don't know
what my baby needs.

I'm the only family
she's got.

I got to go.

You don't got to go.

We can help take you and Daniela
off the street.

He doesn't own you.

He protects me.

Yeah? So why do you
look so scared?

Tell Daniela
I'll be back for her.

[ Rap music plays ]

Sammy: Nice to know American nuclear
families aren't in decline.

[ Music continues ]

Sister's coming down
to see us and I.D. the body.

Awful lot of calls from our
victim's phone to the husband's.

He still AWOL?

Wifey said
she'd let us know

when she got in contact
with him.

Guess he's too busy
for wifey and the kids.

Yeah, but not too busy
for the nanny, though,

'cause there were a lot
of texts, too.

But they were all
password-protected by some app.

The lab's gonna have to
crack it.

Well, it could be
pictures of the kids.

Hey, I know my babysitter.
She does that all the time.

[ Telephone rings ]

[ Both chuckle ]

Adams.

Yeah.

Okay. Thanks.

Lab results came back negative
for drugs, positive for baby.

You ask the sister
about a boyfriend?

Yeah.
[ Chuckles ]

Yeah, she said
that Veronica worked too much

to have a boyfriend.

Said she spent more nights
at work when the wife was away

than she did
at her own place.

Little Candace
couldn't identify the male voice

that was arguing
with the nanny.

Think that daddy
was getting busy with the nanny

while mommy was away
on business?

Little kid was scared. Maybe she
just didn't recognize the voice.

Maybe she's too scared
to say it was her dad.

And he's still missing.

We need to find him.

[ Police radio chatter ]

I was raped two years ago.

[ Sniffles ]

Going back to my car
after a party.

After that, I told myself...
Never again.

Guy who raped you
was black?

[ Voice breaking ]
Oh, God.

He was just trying to
give me my keys.

[ Crying ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Sniffles ]
I'm going to jail.

You're gonna be talking to
detectives back at the station.

It's really important

that you tell them the truth
about everything, okay?

Tell them that you were raped,
how you felt scared,

how you felt threatened.

Don't leave anything out,
okay?

She managed to get
some very interesting angles

with her iPhone.

Yeah. Ooh. Mm-hmm.

Have my wife
try this one tonight.

You need to stop by
the bathroom?

You think the wife knew
that the nanny

was sending her loving husband
such exquisite photos?

What do you think?

Think hubby was getting
his full Schwarzenegger on.

We show her these photos,

I bet she figures out a way
to find him fast.

You're finally getting the hang
of this leverage thing.

I'm learning from the best,
partner.

Mm.

My daughter's got to eat.

They'll be feeding her in
foster care you keep this up.

You arresting me again?

Every time
you turn a trick,

you got enough money
for two bus tickets.

You and Daniela could be
halfway across the country

before anybody knows
you're gone.

Yeah.

And go where?

You want her in the life?

That's where she's headed.

It's her father.

[ Rap music playing ]
Who?

Ronnie.

What's up?

Ronnie: What's up with you?
Got a problem?

What you want to be up?
What you want to be up?

Got a problem?

Man,
you ain't scaring nobody.

What's up your ass,
mother [bleep]

What you want to be up?

Stay right here.

Just leave us alone,
all right?

We're doing fine.
Okay?

Come on. Big guy.

Cooper: Big black guy.

Big any guy.

99% of the women
who've been raped,

some guy run up to them,
screaming "yo,"

if they've got a gun,
they're gonna shoot.

In broad daylight
in the middle of Hollywood

with all those people
around.

She had a million options.

Instead, she pulled the gun,
plugged the guy in the gut.

[ Sighs ]

Well, I guess she felt better
safe than sorry.

[ Cellphone rings ]

Yeah, it's Tang.

Yeah.

Thanks for letting me know.

That was Hill.
Kid I shot woke up.

Looks like
he's gonna make it.

Hill wants me back
at the station right away.

[ Siren chirps ]

[ Police radio chatter ]

What in the hell
did we call DCFS in for

if you're just gonna release her
back to her hooker mom?

Don't yell at me.
I just got here.

Fine. Who was it?

Deedee Cole
did the evaluation.

And she just let her go?

Daniela's 13 years old.

Her mother had her living
in a squat.

Says here she was signed out
to her father, Ronald Watkins.

No warrants, no priors,
has a permanent address.

[ Sighs ] She was released
into his custody.

He's a pimp.

So arrest him.

Then we can try to
remove her from the home.

That's it?

You're just gonna
throw her on the street?

She was released
to a parent.

She was in a vacant house
in the middle of the day.

If we pulled every kid we found
trespassing from their parents,

half the kids in the city
would be in foster care.

Try doing your job

before you start complaining
about how I do mine.

I'm trying to do my [bleep] job, lady.
Come on. Come on. Come on.

I'm trying to do my [bleep] job.
All right, listen.

You did your best,
Mother Teresa.

I honestly don't know
where he is.

When he's on deadline, he can
disappear for days to write.

Why protect him?

I'm not. I swear.

I would tell you
if I knew.

I want to kick his ass.

I'm glad she jumped.

If I'd have found these, I might
have pushed the bitch myself.

Did I say that out loud?

Yeah, you did.

Dispatcher: All units in the
vicinity of 51st and San Pedro,

ADW in progress.

A36.
Show us responding.

36, Roger.
Handle code three.

[ Siren wailing ]

[ Tires screech ]

Damn it.

Amber.

A36, 51st Street and San Pedro.

Need an R.A. Unit now.

Dispatcher:
Roger that, A36.

Amber.

Her dad.

Okay.

Keep that mouth open.
Keep that mouth open.

Okay.

Okay, thank you.
Got to love cellphones.

It's like a LoJack
even when you turn it off.

We got a 20
on the husband?

Yeah. We will.

Judge approved it,
sending it to Verizon now.

Who do you think
started the affair?

Does it matter?

I had this babysitter.

It was a crazy friend
of my wife's.

Just come by the house
and...I don't know.

I used to get real strange vibes
off of her,

like she was sending me
a signal, you know?

Signal.

Yeah.

Yeah, the, you know, "you can
have it if you want it" signal.

Ooh. You get
a lot of signals, huh?

Being so irresistible.
[ Laughing ]

I'm just saying, maybe she was
luring him in, you know?

I mean, she is an illegal
living in a dump

with her sister down on Union,
taking care of the man's kids.

Perhaps she thought
she was more of a wife

to him than his own wife.

Perhaps she was crazy.

Perhaps it was a suicide.

So, then,
who got her pregnant?

Who knows?

Point is this. He was married.
She knew he was married.

No matter what he promised her,
he should have been off limits.

Oh. Okay.
So it's all her fault.

Hell, yeah!

Either way,
he has to live with it.

All her fault.

Freaky ho's working
in his house.

He just slipped
and fell in the pussy, right?

[ Laughs ]

[ Both laugh ]

[ Tires screech ]

Sammy:
Good afternoon, sir.

Get out of the damn car!
Get out of the car!

No!
Get out of here!

[ Tires screech ]
Ronnie put you up to this?

Let me go!
Did Ronnie put you up to this?

I can't go to jail,
okay?

Please, I've got to do this.
Please!

All right,
nobody's going to jail.

Daddy will kill her.
Okay, you don't understand.

Please, that's why they fought,
over me.

I have to do this.

Uh-oh.

[ Chuckles ]
I know that look.

Somebody's going into
the principal's office.

I hope it's juicy.

Did you finally get caught
playing grab-ass with Cooper?

Huh?

Snatch a couple of kilos
off the last drug bust?

Come on,
you can tell me.

It's Uncle Dewey.

Did you leave your gun
in Mickey D's bathroom?

Somebody use it
to shoot up the mayor?

Kid I shot's stable.

That's supposed to be
bad news?

Shit.

I've been in front of the board
of rights three times, man,

and I'm still here.

You want to know
my secret?

Not really.

I don't care.

They're gonna say whatever
the hell they're gonna say.

You can't change
what happened.

It's between you and God.

If you can live with it...
Nobody can stop you.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Door opens ]
Hill: Tang?

Yes, sir? You wanted to see me?
Yeah.

The Captain
on your oral boards

has to fly to New York
on a personal matter tomorrow,

so he wants to push up
your interview a day,

get it done
before he goes.

Today.
Yeah, if you're ready.

Yes, sir. Absolutely.

All right.
I'll tell him.

What the hell
are you doing, man?

We still got an hour left
on the shift.

I told rucker
I was feeling hyper-vigilant

and needed some down time.

Mom's not talking.
No surprise there.

DCFS just showed up.

Yeah, Deedee what's-her-name
again?

No, it's the one
you yelled at -- Oliver.

But she promised
to put the kid in foster care.

Should have done it
the first time.

[ Locker door slams ]

I know that look.
Just got to let it go.

Head home, shoot hoops,
go to the gym,

do whatever it is you got to do,
but just go home, man.

I'm fine.

There's a magic chair at home
with my name on it.

Doesn't even need quarters.

Just a TV remote.

Might even read a book.

Tang: I've worked with
a number of excellent sergeants

during my time on the job,

and I feel I've learned
valuable leadership lessons

from all of them, sir.

Deputy Chief: As a sergeant,
what characteristics

do you believe are essential
for effective leadership?

Effective leadership is about
making quick, informed decisions

and standing by them.

I feel I can bring
this type of leadership

to any command
where I am assigned.

I'm sure you've all been briefed
on the recent shooting

I was involved in,
and it may have given you pause.

Rather than disqualifying me
from promotion,

I think it shows why
I'm an excellent candidate.

I was in a hot-foot pursuit.

The suspect turned,

and the replica gun
he pointed at me looked real.

I feel terrible
about this teenager being shot.

But if I was in the Academy
in the simulator,

I would have done the same exact
thing in the same exact way.

I can live with the consequences

as long as I know that I was
preserving the safety of those

who I'm sworn to protect.

That's the job.

You can't do it right

unless you're prepared
to make those decisions.

[ Door closes ]

Eric Hanson?

[ Keyboard clacking ]

Detective Adams
and Robinson.

Are you Eric Hanson?

Eric: Yes.

We've been trying to
get in contact with you all day.

You check your messages?

Oh, no.
Are my wife and kids okay?

They're fine.

But your nanny,
Veronica Juarez, is dead.

Oh, my God.

And she was pregnant.

She -- what?

She was sending you
some very provocative

pictures and texts.

Oh, no, man.
Hell, no.

No, I know what you're implying.
I never slept with her.

You sure about that one,
player?

[ Sighs ]
Look, I made a mistake once,

when she was staying at
the house when my wife was gone.

I let things go
a little too far,

but we never --
I mean, I never...

She started sending pictures,
calling me all the time.

So why didn't you
fire her?

[ Sighs ]
Cheryl -- she loved her.

The kids.

Firing her would have
made Cheryl ask why.

I thought we could
phase her out.

Listen, you can DNA me
if you want. It's the truth.

[ Cellphone rings ]

I can be tempted like any man,
but I love my wife.

I kept -- I kept it in my pants, you know?
Adams.

What?

Has my wife seen these?

Yep.

Okay. All right, thanks.

The security guard from the
parking garage this morning --

he just tasered a guy
who tried to assault a woman

getting out of her car.

Unh.

They just brought him
to the station.

Uh, thank you for your time,
Mr. Hanson.

You might want to
get a room for tonight.

[ Door closes ]

Just warning you,
brother.

[ Turn signal clicking ]

[ Rap music playing ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Grunting ]

Get up.

Get in the car.

[ Grunts ]

Get in the car.

Okay!
[ Car door closes ]

[ Car door closes ]

[ Tires screech ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Grunting ]

Aaah!

Aaaaah!

[ Breathing heavily ]

Ruben: He went back to
the same garage in the same day?

Thank goodness
for stupid criminals, huh?

He was so tweaked

that he told the uniforms what
happened as soon as they hooked him up.

They mirandize him?

He waived his rights.

He said he went to grab
the Hispanic lady's purse.

She got scared, backed up,
and flipped over the railing.

He still could have
pushed her.

Well, the woman died during
the commission of a felony,

so it's still murder two no
matter how the D.A. slices it.

Man.

What about Mr. Hanson?

Showed his wife those pictures.
He ain't even do anything.

He didn't, huh?

Oh, you still think
he knocked her up.

Who knows?
It's his mess now.

Cold blooded.

[ Mid-tempo music playing ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Sighs ]

Interesting place
for a meet.

Testing your willpower?

Oxy has always been
my drug of choice.

Well, how 'bout a little
compassion for your sponsor?

[ Sniffs ]

I already ordered you
an overpriced fancy water.

[ Sniffs ]

I used to bust dealers in here
when I was working narco.

[ Sighs ]

Come down here to score?

Thinking about it.

Still thinking about it?

Every minute
of every day.

You ever get over that?

Nope.

But it gets easier,
slowly.

[ Sighs ]

So,
why back here tonight?

Tang's kid woke up.

Mm. He talking?

Don't know.

Well, you told F.I.D. the truth,
right?

Told them what I saw.

Not what I thought
happened.

What might have happened.

You weren't there,
and you're not clairvoyant.

Right.

They call you back in, answer
their questions truthfully.

No more, no less.

That simple.

Yeah.

All the hard things are.

Come on.

I know a cheap Mexican joint
on Lincoln.

I'm buying.

Hey.

God grant us the serenity

to accept the things
we can't change.

Right?

[ Sizzling ]

Mmm.
[ Lock clicks ]

Smells good.

[ Keys clatter ]

I'm gonna take a shower
before dinner.

Your child needs to know
where he comes from.

He needs to know
his story.

He's gonna hate you if you
don't tell him the truth.

And Terrell --
he's gonna hate you, too.

Do think it's fair
to do this to him?

I'm not doing anything
to Terrell.

He's married, has babies.

You were raised better.

He doesn't even know
you're pregnant, does he?

Not gonna bust up
his family.

Oh.

So that's how you plan
to put a noble face on it.

You didn't marry him when he was
free and clear and wanted to,

and then you go back around
and get what you want,

even though
you know better.

Mom,
it's not that simple.

Yes, it is that simple.

It's all about you,
not him.

It's always been
all about you.

[ Sighs ]
Got to go to the bathroom.

Watch the chicken,
please.

[ Clank ]

[ Scoffs ]
[ Glass clinks ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Taps foot ]

[ Rustling ]

Left my car.

What?

My car --
I left it there.

Just pick it up
tomorrow.

[ Scoffs ]

He's not gonna report it.

How's he gonna manhandle his
girls if he just got manhandled?

You're my partner.

I'll back you up

punch for punch,
bullet for bullet.

But I'm not
giving you my house.

I'm not
giving you my pension.

And I'm not gonna
give you my freedom.

Don't ever
do anything like that again.

[ Door opens ]

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