ALL AVELINE BRENDA CAMILA CESAR DON_EPIFANIO GUARD GUERO JAMES MAN MAN_1 MAN_2 MEN OSCAR POTE RECEPTIONIST RUBIN TEO TERESA TERESA_FUTURA THE_COUNTER TONY TSA_AGENT TSA_AGENT_2 VALET WOMAN TERESA Previously on "Queen of the South". MAN You don't know me, Teresa. Guero's dead. GUERO You take this notebook, and you take it to Don Epifanio and you trade it for your life, all right? TERESA We have to go. Okay, the safe house in el Bario BRENDA What safe house? They're everywhere, Tere, everywhere. DON EPIFANIO I'm going to be governor of Sinaloa, and you're gonna help me get there. CAMILA No. DON EPIFANIO Yes. You'll be back. CAMILA You're wrong. MAN Get out of the house now. DON EPIFANIO Have you read what's in here? TERESA No, I just brought it to you like Guero told me to. I don't know anything. DON EPIFANIO You're lucky. TERESA Stop the car. DON EPIFANIO CAMILA DON EPIFANIO Where could you possibly go that I won't find you? TERESA Donde estoy? CAMILA Dallas, Texas. Welcome to America. WOMAN Despierta! Hey! Oye! Tiempo para despertar. WOMAN Ah! Ah! TERESA Permiso, con permiso. Man Si? TERESA I need to see Camila. WOMAN Damn you, bitch! Don't mess up my shit. TERESA FUTURA I said, "Welcome to America." I never said it was going to be easy. AVELINE Here. TERESA Gracias. AVELINE You hungry? TERESA Gracias. AVELINE It's okay. I know you're scared. My name's Aveline. TERESA Teresa. AVELINE Are you a pro or mule? TERESA Neither. AVELINE Do you even know where you are? TERESA Dallas. AVELINE My advice to you? The guy that just gave you that that asshole, he's the nicest guy in here. You just stick close to me, and I'll help you out. I help a lot of girls. You know if you follow me, you'll see and before you know it, you're gonna be in my position. I'm a mule now, so I get some things the other girls don't get. Better food, you know, better money. And sure, I got to do some things for them sometimes, but it's good to stay quiet around here. Like a mouse. You got any kids? TERESA No. AVELINE I have a kid in El Paso I'm gonna get back to. This is gonna be fine. Follow me, you'll turn out just like me, okay? I got to go on a run to the airport now. I'm gonna come back and take care of you this afternoon. You sure you're not hungry? TERESA Yeah, I'm sure. AVELINE You sure? TERESA Yeah. Are you. Hey. Hey! There's something wrong with her! MAN THE COUNTER Aw, she's dead. Agh! Burst they burst again! Get her up. Come on, come on, come on, come on, go! Go, go, go! MEN MAN Quick, quick, come on, before they dissolve! THE COUNTER Knife. Come on. Okay, baby, give me something. Give me something. Yes. Yes. Give me another one, another one. MAN Whoa! Hey! Hey! GUARD Hey! MEN GUARD TERESA GUARD THE COUNTER 22. MAN Eh. JAMES 23. BRENDA Teresita, it's me again. I've called you like 15 times. Please call me back. Are you alive? You have to be, because I don't know what to do. Epifanio's men are everywhere. TONY Mama, I'm hungry. BRENDA Okay, mijo, okay. We're gonna go to abuelita's store, we're gonna get cleaned up, and it's gonna be fine. Everything is gonna be okay. TONY I'm hungry right now. BRENDA Okay. Stop it. Tony, stop it! Your father went six days without eating the first time he escaped from jail. He jumped out a window. Everyone was looking for him. Six days no palabra. So you be a man like your father, okay? I love you. It's okay. Come on. TONY They're at Grandma's store, too. BRENDA Oscar! OSCAR Get into my truck. BRENDA Oscar! OSCAR Get in now, Brenda! They didn't see you. BRENDA How did you know they were looking for me? OSCAR There's two more up the street at your sister's house asking questions. What did you do? Where's Chino? MAN Gracias. BRENDA Oscar, I'm sorry about all those times we robbed you. OSCAR It's all right, Brenda. BRENDA We made fun of you, we threw shit at you, and now look. Now, look, you're saving our lives. OSCAR Brenda, you were 11. BRENDA I don't care. We should've never lit your truck on fire. OSCAR That was you? OSCAR: You see, Tony you never know who you're messing with. They could be an angel. They could save your life. Even if it's just a pinche deliveryman like Oscar. Gracias. VALET Welcome. MAN MAN Buenas tardes, Doņa Camila. CAMILA Sientarse, por favor. Continue eating. Rubin. RUBIN Ah, Camila. CAMILA Felicidades. Anita looks so pretty. You must be so proud. RUBIN Mm. Straight "A"s this semester. Oh, no, no, no, Camila, please. I can't. CAMILA It's not for you. It's for her. I'm her godmother for God's sakes. I hope she likes it. MAN RUBIN I think she'll love it. CAMILA Good. You know, Isabela, my daughter-- her Quinceaņera's next year. Still remember mine like it was yesterday. MAN Yesterday plus 30 years, Camila. ALL CAMILA And believe it or not, gentlemen, I used to be a very good dancer once. ALL RUBIN You know, Camila, distribution is up 9% this month. If you can get the Colombians to increase our supply, I think I can raise it another 7%. CAMILA Rubin, I appreciate your hard work. I appreciate all of your hard work. But this is not the time to talk business. Esto es familia. Not business. You know, these moments trust me, they're fleeting. They go by so fast. You should embrace them. RUBIN That's right. MAN 1 That's right. MAN 2 Well said, seņora. MAN MAN CAMILA Si, si, lo es. CAMILA How many have we lost? JAMES We lost two bags. CAMILA Why do they keep bursting? THE COUNTER It's the new chemist. He still doesn't know what's happening, you know? CAMILA Why are you calling him the new chemist? He's the old chemist now. And since you found him, you tell him. Han's plane is leaving soon. Have you thought of a way of delivering to him? THE COUNTER No, not yet. I mean, this basically happened now. JAMES Let's figure it out. Fast. THE COUNTER Yeah. CAMILA So you're a runner? DON EPIFANIO Yeah? CAMILA Epifanio. DON EPIFANIO Yes, hello, my love. CAMILA Why are you sending me stupid message at night about some girl? DON EPIFANIO Just like I said. This girl I'm looking for, I believe she's coming across the border in Texas. Her name is Teresa Mendoza. Do you remember her? She was Guero's girlfriend. CAMILA Yeah, I think so. DON EPIFANIO Probably smart enough to know that you are in Texas, so she knows not to be there. CAMILA What did she do to you? DON EPIFANIO That puta and Guero stole money from me. He's dead. CAMILA You need more money, sweetie? DON EPIFANIO Enough of these people stealing from me. I have to send a message. You know what I'm talking about. It's about principles now. And you know I'm very principled, like any leader of the good people of Mexico should be. Listen, if you find this girl, let me know. Maybe I can do something nice for you. CAMILA Yeah, I won't hold my breath. So, is that all Guero did to him? Steal? TERESA I don't know anything. CAMILA You must be worth more than money to my husband. I know him. Why does he want you dead so badly? TERESA I don't know. I'm just the girlfriend. CAMILA Right. Well, since you're so good at being a girlfriend, gonna make you a girlfriend to a lot of people. TERESA No, no, no, no! No! No! No! No, no, no! No. Stop! No! No! No! CAMILA Do you remember something now? Something you did to Epifanio? Together? With your boyfriend? TERESA No. CAMILA Hm. TERESA No, no, no. Wait! I can be more for you. I'll deliver the drugs. I heard what you said. I'll deliver the drugs that your mule didn't. CAMILA Well, if you heard us, you know there's problems with the balloons. The police-- as much as we know what they're doing, they know what we're doing. They can stop the car you're in. TERESA I said I'll do it. CAMILA Get her prepped. JAMES What's the point? She'll just die too. CAMILA Don't worry about her. Better her than the girl you spent months training. JAMES I don't care about her. I care about getting those drugs to Han. But if she dies first, what's the point? CAMILA You hired a chemist you shouldn't have, not me. So you don't have another choice but to drive faster, now, do you? Han is an important client. He gets his shipment. And you? You can take comfort in knowing you had no choice. JAMES Look at me. You're gonna need a passport. TERESA THE COUNTER 17. 18. 19. Just one more. Now, that's 23. Don't drink or eat anything else until they come up, okay? JAMES The plane leaves in about 40 minutes. You understand they could dissolve before then? CAMILA You were carrying this when they found you. It's the only thing you had. The patron saint Malverde. Does it give you faith? Comfort? You're gonna need it. Go. TERESA You're religious? That's a laugh. JAMES I'm not religious. Whoever they stole this car from is. What's your name? TERESA Teresa. JAMES Teresa what? TERESA Garcia. JAMES Address? TERESA 2414 JAMES 7714 Elms Avenue! 77. Study the passport. What's your name? TERESA Teresa Garcia. JAMES Address? Address? TERESA 7714 Elms Avenue. You know driving like a pendejo's not gonna help, right? JAMES I get there. This is how we do it. Shit! How do you feel? Answer me. TERESA I don't know. JAMES If you start feeling numb, tell me. MAN Can't go through here! The road is closed! It's closed! Can't go through! They're closed here. JAMES We're never gonna make it. TERESA We are gonna make it. JAMES You've got ten minutes. Okay, listen to me. You're not gonna have time. TERESA No. Drive. JAMES Throw that shit up now. You're out of time. TERESA I am not gonna throw it up! JAMES You're not gonna make it. Throw it up. TERESA I am doing this. JAMES I'll make you. TERESA Just get off me, you asshole! Drive! JAMES That wasn't the first girl who died. Okay? And I'm not having that again. TERESA Well, then, I'm gonna die, too, because I'm not gonna throw that shit up. So you better put your car in gear, and you better get me to the airport on time. I am doing this job. Drive. JAMES You're gonna die. TERESA Airport! Airport! JAMES I know where I'm going. Follow me. TSA AGENT Next. JAMES Whew! See? We made it. Man, she's always so last minute. You know, I told her three hours before, and I get there and then she's still packing. Thanks. TSA AGENT Next. TSA AGENT 2 All right, ma'am. Okay. This way. All right, turn. Good. All right, you good? Next. Stop right there. All right, you're good. Right this way. JAMES No. That's not where we go. Come on! Get it out of you. TERESA Hold on. JAMES Three more! Come on. Shit. TERESA I can't. JAMES They're starting to dissolve. Come on, Teresa! TERESA I can't. JAMES Come on. You have to. Three more. Come on! Three more. Come on. Three more. Throw that shit up, now. TERESA I can't. JAMES Here. TERESA JAMES There you go. Yeah. TERESA We're good. How did you know about the soap thing? JAMES When I was a kid, I was trying to ditch school. I drank half a bottle. Never did it again. WOMAN DON EPIFANIO This better be good. I'm in a bad mood. CESAR Still nothing on Guero's girlfriend. We have our people everywhere. POTE But we did get a cell phone ping on her girlfriend. DON EPIFANIO You take care of this, Cesar. You, personally. CESAR I understand. DON EPIFANIO Keep tracking her. POTE Will do, Don Epifanio. RECEPTIONIST Can I help you? CAMILA Camila Vargas to see Teo Aljarafe. TEO Camila. CAMILA Teo. Thank you for seeing me so last minute, and so very late at night. TEO Of course. Of course. So nice to finally meet you face-to-face. Alexa, hold all my calls, including Noonan. CAMILA I want to move around some financial assets that I have in Mexico. It's as simple as that. I want to dump everything I have out there and quietly start buying stock in the company stated in those documents. TEO You want to take over a trawler company? CAMILA Yes. They have a small fleet of fishing boats. And I don't want any paper trail. TEO Okay, well, if you dump your stock in these other investments to do that, you will lose a ton of money. CAMILA I know. TEO More than a ton. What I'm trying to say is... there must be a reason. Another way to say it is there must be a reason why you're showing up here, coming to me, whom you don't know. An even simpler way to say it is. I know who you are, and I know what you do. Cherry mint? Is that not a terrific candy? CAMILA Sour. TEO But sweet. Like life. And speaking of life, I like life. I like leading my life outside of iron-barred cells of which I don't have the key. CAMILA But we share that aspiration. TEO Why me? CAMILA I have a challenge here. I was told you like challenges. TEO Well, if by challenges you mean I take great interest in even the tiniest minutia of certain laws and take advantage of them for my client's best interest, then yes. CAMILA I want you to guide my financial interests with an eye for the minutia. I don't want my husband to know about it. And you're gonna get rich doing it. Richer. TEO And you want to hide this information from your husband because of an impending divorce? CAMILA Hm. Divorce. More like war. Don't worry. I'm very good at handling him. TEO It's always the best swimmers who drown. CAMILA I want this done quietly. I want it done methodically. No red flags. TEO I work on percentage. CAMILA I'll think about that. But first, let's see how you perform in this one transaction. I'll be in touch. POTE CESAR Se llama Oscar. POTE CESAR CAMILA Hello? DON EPIFANIO Camila. Listen. I want to be perfectly clear about this girl I'm looking for. Whatever it takes. Whatever the cost. Do you hear me? CAMILA I hear you. It must be very important to warrant a second call. DON EPIFANIO I like talking to you. I'm starting to believe you miss me. Might as well come home. CAMILA Why risk it? You know, we get along so well now. The charm of distance. Listen, I asked about this girl. Nobody has seen her. How much manpower am I supposed to put on this? How deep does this need to go? And I don't want you to hold a grudge. I know how you can get, and I don't want you to think I'm not taking this seriously. DON EPIFANIO I believe you are taking it seriously. CAMILA If I find her, do you need her dead or alive? Does it matter? DON EPIFANIO Preferably alive. CAMILA I'm asking you for the last time. What does that girl mean to you? DON EPIFANIO I told you already. CAMILA So, you're not gonna tell me what this is about? I'm just supposed to keep looking for this girl that means nothing to you, whom you need alive, preferably, and who needs to be made an example of? DON EPIFANIO Thank you. I knew you'd see it my way. CAMILA Enough about this. Did Batman show you my proposal for the new delivery terms? DON EPIFANIO Oh, yes, he did. Stiff, no? I have already given you the family discount. CAMILA Oh, but we're not family anymore, sweetheart. If you refuse my terms, this time we're gonna have a much less amicable split. DON EPIFANIO Oh so this is tough talk and tougher terms? CAMILA And how do you think I built our business in the first place? DON EPIFANIO I'd hate to be one of your competitors in Dallas. CAMILA Am I supposed to understand by this that you agree to my terms? DON EPIFANIO I'm feeling sentimental today. Okay, 12 months. We'll revisit the terms next year. JAMES Hey. She did it. CAMILA Epifanio agreed to our terms. JAMES You don't seem pleased about that. CAMILA I just don't think he would concede so easily. JAMES Well, maybe he's reaching out. Maybe it's his way of making peace. CAMILA Or maybe he doesn't think I'm gonna be here next year. You know, this Mendoza girl? Keep an eye on her. I think she might be more useful than I thought. I want you to talk to her. You need to get her to trust you. Tell her, if she's thinking of running away, she shouldn't. If she's thinking of going to the police, they will send her to the Ice, and they'll ship her right back to Mexico. And sooner, rather than later, my husband will find her. Tell her, if she wants to die, she should run. If she wants to live, she should stay with me. TERESA FUTURA So, it looks like you're all settled in. Sweet dreams.