ALONZO BILAL BRENDA CAMILA CORTEZ EPIFANIO FINNERMAN GUERO ISABELA JAMES KING_GEORGE LOYA MAN NARRATOR NEWS_ANCHOR POTE RADIO_NEWS_REPORTER ROLANDO TERESA THE_QUEEN VALET_ATTENDANT WOMAN NARRATOR Previously on “Queen of the South.” GUERO If I'm dead. You take this notebook and you trade it for your life, alright? What's in it can destroy Epifanio. MAN Get out of the house, now. TERESA We have to go. CAMILA Where do I know you from? TERESA I was Guero's girlfriend. He's dead. CAMILA You have proven you can be relied upon to do what I need. MAN Come on. TERESA I shot him. That's not who I am. That's not who I want to become. BRENDA What is this? This doesn't make any sense. TERESA We need to figure out what it means. It's coordinates. We're gonna have to go back to Mexico. TERESA Brenda! TERESA They killed her. CAMILA The only thing my husband cannot afford is to fight a war. So while he's distracted. I'm gonna take over. EPIFANIO I would rather destroy it all, before losing to you. LOYA Guero. Who is this? GUERO It's Teresa Mendoza. CAMILA We need to negotiate terms. TERESA I don't work for you. THE QUEEN There's an old saying about success. That it's lonely at the top. I'm here to tell you that's bullshit. I run an international drug empire, and I have everyone and everything that I need. VALET ATTENDANT Buenas tardes. THE QUEEN On the way up, even your worst enemies can become your best friends. And your best friends, collateral damage. And the five star hotels I stay in now? They're a hell of lot better than the filthy bed I slept on as a drug mule. And couture feels better than flannel. But if there's one thing I've learned in this business, it's that no se puede tener todo. You can't have it all. THE QUEEN And if you want to succeed in this business, someday you will have to choose between survival and your heart. I didn't make these rules, I was taught them. You think it would get easier, and the scary part. It does. RADIO NEWS REPORTER earlier today Epifanio Vargas, the newly elected governor of Sinaloa held a press conference to discuss yesterday's raids by the Mexican military on suspected cartel members. EPIFANIO Disease of corruption and violence brought on by the cartels before too long have ruled over this great state through fear needs to stop! CAMILA Epifanio sicked the Federales on my lieutenants like a pack of wild dogs. He'll take me if he can. JAMES I know a place in Juarez we can lay low. CAMILA It's too risky to stay long here, on this side of the border. We're going back to Dallas. JAMES We'll need papers for Teresa and Pote. Epifanio controls the mule routes. CAMILA He doesn't control me. CAMILA May TERESA That truck is following us. JAMES It’s been behind us since El Limpiador's place. CAMILA Lose them. Now! JAMES If they get too close, take them out. POTE Just pull the trigger. JAMES They're gaining on us. POTE Let's go, Teresa. Andele! Andele! Let's go. ALONZO Radar will pick 'em up as they cross the border. FINNERMAN Not below 2000 feet. He stays low enough, we lose 'em for good. FINNERMAN I hate Mexico. TERESA What is this place? JAMES Some place Epifanio doesn't know about. Camila got in on the cheap from a dealer who went to prison. TERESA So this is where we're hiding out? JAMES You didn't think Camila Vargas would lay low in a dump, did you? Get settled. We could be here a while. JAMES There's 500k cash, weapons, we've kept as much manpower as we can afford. It's enough till we're back on our feet. CAMILA It wasn't him. JAMES El Limpiador worked for Epifanio. He must've been watching the place and had us followed. CAMILA Epifanio's men wouldn't have let us get away. CAMILA Epifanio's men wouldn't have let us get away. There's only one organization I can think of that would like to take us alive. JAMES We've done everything we can to stay off the FED's radar. They've got nothing -- not on you, not on me, not on any part of this operation. CAMILA Well, you better hope you're right. LOYA We kept you safe from Epifano. If it wasn't for us, you'd end up like your boy, Chino? GUERO Look, man, I've been giving you people-- LOYA Piece by piece, Guero. My boss is done with all that. GUERO No, no, no. We had a deal. No time if I talk. LOYA And that was all fine and good until your girlfriend showed up in the belly of the beast. That's a game changer. Give me something real, Guero. GUERO You mean this shit hole motel ain't real enough for you? Yeah, you try staying in this dump. How you doing? FINNERMAN This is it, Mr. Davila. This is your moment. You give me actionable intelligence on the Vargas cartel, or I put you on the mainline in a snitch jacket. You know how that'll play. GUERO Bad cop again? You really gotta start watching more cop shows, man. FINNERMAN Camila's on the run and she's on the run with your girl. We believe they're in the States. Where's she hiding? GUERO I don't know. I'm just a pilot. FINNERMAN Last chance. Where's Camila's safe house? GUERO I flew Camila out here once on business. I might know a place. CAMILA How many have we lost? JAMES All of 'em. Every last dealer is bailing on us. We've got no source, we've got no distro, we've got someone on our ass, and we don't even know who it is. TERESA I'd like to talk to Camila. Alone, please? You're lucky to have such a loyal man. CAMILA He's lucky to have me. TERESA Well, whatever he's done for you, I can do too. CAMILA Every child in Siete Gotas is born with a gun in his hand instead of a rattle. I have all the muscle I need. TERESA I'm not offering protection. I'm good with numbers. I was a money changer when I was fifteen. By sixteen, I ran my own block-- CAMILA And then you got swept off your feet by Guero and became his morra. And you spent years worrying about your pedicure and about how good your ass looked in those tight jeans, am I wrong? TERESA Nothing wrong with beauty when there's brains beneath it. CAMILA What do you want from me? TERESA I want to be part of the business. I can be useful. CAMILA You'll end up in prison. Or dead like every other narco in Culiacán. TERESA I know the risks. I just lost my best friend. She's dead because of Epifanio. You've made it. You're still here. CAMILA It took more than twenty years of blood and sweat to build what I have. What does a girl like you have to offer me? TERESA The book your husband's been after. CAMILA I know these names. TERESA It could be useful. Look at this. It's a code for a smuggler's name, George Megalos. CAMILA Yeah, "King George." I've heard his name. TERESA So you know he works the Texas coast, making smuggling runs to and from South America. Guero kept track of the kilos he was flying for him. Look at this. You need a new route to bring in product. Maybe he can help you. CAMILA One name. That's all you're offering? TERESA And my loyalty. Whatever you need. CAMILA Would you die for me? TERESA No. I'll do better. I'll survive for you. EPIFANIO Which do you prefer? The red or the stripes? ISABELA The red one. It'll look good with my dress. EPIFANIO Your Mother prefers the red too. Like an angry bull. You'll be at my side at the press conference? ISABELA Yes, Papi, I told you I'd be there. EPIFANIO Ciao mija. ISABELA Bye. EPIFANIO Colonel Cortez CORTEZ Governor. EPIFANIO You asked for this meeting. What is it you want? EPIFANIO You raided the cartel members and shut down their operations in the name of the state of Culiacán, I thank you. CORTEZ Cartel members that betrayed you to work for your wife. Your orders were impressively self-serving. It's not often that civic duty and personal ambition is so perfectly aligned. EPIFANIO I am the governor of this state. You are under my command. CORTEZ Of course, Governor. CORTEZ Clearly you are in charge. EPIFANIO And clearly you don't know better than to bite the hand that feeds you. What is it that you want? CORTEZ Since your separation from Camila, your business isn't faring too well. The loss of your lieutenants laid waste to thirty-seven percent of your distribution. With your wife gone, you will need assistance. Your political power, my military strength, we will be unstoppable. JAMES We're here to see George Megalos. BILAL No Megalos here. TERESA King George. BILAL Gun in box. Come on. Stop. Give it to me. Guns and knife in box. Go. Go. KING GEORGE Woo! Royal target practice. Nothin' but the best. What the hell y'all wearin'? This a boat, not a Morrissey concert. Hey, will someone get this lady a proper King George bikini, please? JAMES Listen- KING GEORGE Not you Baby Chapo. Unless you wanna rock one of these. Aerodynamic as shit. It'll make you feel alive. I trust. Hey, gold one for her. TERESA I'm good, thank you. KING GEORGE Are you sure? 'Cause I just got 'em, brand new. They're a bunch of different colors. They've got little crowns on the woo-woo TERESA Camila Vargas sent us. KING GEORGE Camila Vargas, huh? Nope. Don't believe you. JAMES She sent us to make a deal with you. KING GEORGE Then where's my offering? Hm? Now, Camila Vargas knows you don't approach a king without an offering. That would be rude. And being rude to a king well that's just universally unwise. Unless you're the offering. You the offering? Come on now, tell me you're the offering. That would be so cool. What the shit, Bilal? I'm right in the middle of extorting sex! God damn, give me a chance. BILAL Yes, boss. KING GEORGE These little fuddruckers tried to Captain Phillips me off the coast of Somalia. Not their best day. Now I think of 'em like sons. Who's the Captain now, bitches? They love that. JAMES We don't deal with lunatics. KING GEORGE And I don't deal with polliwogs. JAMES Let's go. KING GEORGE Oh, no, no, no. See you leave when the King says so. Whoa! TERESA Do I have your attention now? KING GEORGE I'm all ears. TERESA We need to ship cocaine up the coast. You're going to help us. KING GEORGE And why would I do that? TERESA Because it's going to be dangerous. A man who puts holes in his own boat isn't in this business for the money, he's in it for the thrill. KING GEORGE Yeah. Well, how 'bout this, baby girl I like the money too. TERESA Good, because you're about to make a lot of it. EPIFANIO Oy. KING GEORGE Trawler company? Why I need Camila's boats for I got my own? JAMES It's a legit company on paper. It'll take the heat off you using your own. We'll hook you up with some product. Hm? KING GEORGE It's earthy yet tart. Mid palate gap. Not bad. Afterburners. Woo woo! Oh I like your style, Ken Kardashian. JAMES Our supplier is the best in Mexico. KING GEORGE Mm, and if I weren't making more money than God selling guns and ganja, I would-I would be all over that, but the truth of the matter is, No. I don't need your boats and I don't need your blow. The princesses have arrived. Excuse me. WOMAN Hi, honey. KING GEORGE Oh yeah. Head on down to the chamber. Bilal, prepare the royal bath! TERESA Top speed of thirty knots. Twenty percent faster, with a third more cargo space. Move our product, your margins are higher. Ten percent more profit with twenty five percent less risk. KING GEORGE You can guarantee those numbers? TERESA Do one run with our trawlers. No charge. We don't deliver, you're out. KING GEORGE Brains, balls, and booty! If Rico Suave here didn't already have dibs, I might just make you my queen. All right, I accept your offer on one condition. I need a little favor. JAMES What kind of favor? KING GEORGE Well, I had a falling out with a business associate in Houston. He owes me some money. TERESA We're not going to kill for you. KING GEORGE No, no, come on now, nothing like that. I just wanna have a conversation with him. You know, clear the air, kinda, king to subject kinda thing. Only thing, is he's making it difficult by refusing to meet. JAMES So it's a kidnap job. KING GEORGE You call it what you want, but you want a piece of this ass. Mm? Well, baby girl, that's my dowry. Baby dolls. WOMAN Yes, King George? JAMES The guy George wants is called Rolando Rios. He's a three time violent felon. Those tats on his neck are from the gnarliest gang in Houston. TERESA Southwest Raza? JAMES Yeah, a guy this hard won't go down easy. TERESA No one does. JAMES How would you know? TERESA I've been kidnapped. How about you? CAMILA I like a man who knows his place. What do you think of my new home? POTE Not bad. I've seen better. CAMILA Never one to kiss ass. Listen, I want you to arrange a meeting between me and my husband. Tell him you have the book. POTE And this meeting is it gonna be a peaceful one? CAMILA No marriage is ever truly peaceful. No? If you want to work for me instead of my husband, you'll do as I say, no questions asked. Esta claro? POTE Claro. EPIFANIO Muchas gracias. Pote... where the hell are you? You say you are with Camila now? Can you deliver her to me? FINNERMAN All right, let's see if Guero was right. Go go go go go go! Looks like they turned tail and ran. Stay alert. TERESA Are you sure this is the place? JAMES That's the address George gave us. TERESA It's a church. You said he was a gangster. JAMES A lot of guys who do time are born again. Jailhouse conversions, trust me, they don't stick. All right he's alone. It's time. Come on, come on, move, move, move. ROLANDO George sent you, right? You don't need to do this. JAMES Man of God, huh? All right get in. Keep an eye on him until we get to the coast. FINNERMAN Three dead agents, Jackson, Sanchez, Lee. Murdered by Camila's gang breaking Boaz Jimenez out of our safe house. She'll get word soon, if she hasn't all ready. That we're here. This place belongs to us. And now we come for whatever she's got left. TERESA Hey. My mom was a nurse before I was born. She used to say "A bed is only as clean as its corners." GUERO We're just gonna mess it up again. TERESA Oh yeah? Really? Promise? ALONZO She was here. She survived this place. But Teresa isn't just alive. She's rolling with Camila Vargas. You know how that story ends. GUERO Teresa was a money changer, man, that's all she ever did. ALONZO Until she met you. You got a chance to make it right. Not many people get that. Help us take down Camila, help us pull Teresa out of whatever mess she's gotten herself into-- GUERO Hey man, you don't give a shit about Teresa. ALONZO No. That's your job. And you running out of time, my man. JAMES Yeah. The DEA. When? ROLANDO It isn't enough. What George is paying you, it’s not worth it. I'm not who you think I am. My journey to this moment was ugly. I was gulping for air that never came. You know.graceless. Until I let go. But I'm not talking about me right now; I'm talking about you. TERESA You don't know anything about me. ROLANDO I know that you've suffered. I can see it in your eyes. You've lost a lot. But there's still light in you. There's goodness in your heart. But there's only so many stones that you can hold. And this woo this will be a big one. TERESA You don't know what you're talking about. ROLANDO Yeah, you're wrong. I know, because I've done the things that you're doing and more. And I can tell you that it doesn't get any easier. The pain and sorrow. It doesn't ever go away. Because for everything that we do in this life there's a price. Do you believe in God? TERESA I do. ROLANDO Then you know that what you're about to do has eternal consequences. I'm ready to meet my maker, because I know where my soul is headed. Do you? JAMES Hey, come on. TERESA Wait. JAMES He give you his born-again ex-con bullshit? We made a deal with King George. You back out on this job, Camila won't give you another one. This is your shot. All right. Let's go. Camila. Yeah, we're all good with King George. But the DEA just raided our warehouse in Dallas. CAMILA How did they find it? Did one of the mules escape? JAMES No. We took care of the mules. CAMILA Well, there's a leak somewhere. JAMES I can have our guy on the inside look into it. But it's gonna take time. CAMILA Tell him we don't have time. CAMILA How is Isabela? EPIFANIO Safe. In our home as she should be. You look lovely, as always. CAMILA I didn't come here to be flattered. EPIFANIO It's a statement of fact. Nothing more. CAMILA I'm here to discuss a book. EPIFANIO I know, Pote told me. How many of my men are you steal like a petty little thief? CAMILA You can't steal what's already yours. Everything I have, I earned. EPIFANIO You turned my lieutenants against me with bribes and threats. CAMILA They were grown men. They made their choices. There's more foot soldiers where they came from. EPIFANIO You're a fool if you think that trustworthy men are easy to find. CAMILA I don't. Here, pages from the book. It's now in my possession. If you insist in coming after me I will use it against you. EPIFANIO You are in the wilderness with nothing and still you refuse to come home. CAMILA To play Governor's wife while you run the business I built? Ashes do not scare me, my love. No matter how many times you try and burn me down. EPIFANIO Well, if you insist on breaking up your family, we should make it official. CAMILA Divorce papers? EPIFANIO A peace treaty. If you sign this you stay out of my business, I leave you in peace. CAMILA You want to end our marriage. EPIFANIO I never asked you to leave. And I have always loved you. But if you don't back down with the foolish demands regarding my business, you leave me no other option. CAMILA You think I don't have the nerve to sign this. EPIFANIO Mi amor, you have bigger balls than any man I've ever known. One thing I have never doubted, was your nerve. Divorce, or war. The choice is yours. CAMILA Then war it is. NEWS ANCHOR Police are investigating the death of ex-con turned activist Rolando Rios. Since being released from federal prison five years prior, Rios had been serving as Pastor of East Houston's Light of Grace Chapel Rios's death serving as a rallying point for legalizing marijuan CAMILA The deal with King George went through. I'm proud of you. TERESA Thank you. CAMILA I'm still not certain that you're cut out for this kind of work. TERESA What's this? CAMILA Passport with a fake name and enough money for you to flee. Epifanio's gonna come after me. If he finds us together, he's gonna kill us both. You're free to leave if you choose. TERESA When I was a girl, narcos killed my Mother. I ran from that, like I ran from Epifanio when Guero died. I'll fight till I die, but I'm not running anymore. CAMILA We can defeat Epifanio. Are you with me? TERESA I'm with you. CAMILA Good decision, Teresa. CAMILA I let Teresa inside. That doesn't mean she's earned my trust. She's hiding something. Find out what it is. THE QUEEN A little late for mercy, don't you think? It had to be done. You did well. TERESA Everything in life has a price. Brenda was my best friend she's never coming back. It hurts so much. EPIFANIO Isabela? EPIFANIO Where is Isabela? CORTEZ Fresh off the bone. EPIFANIO Where's my daughter? And what have you done with my guards? CORTEZ My men will provide all the security you need. My men have worked very hard to prepare this special meal for you. Please Join us. Did you know Batman came to see me today. We talked. Well, Batman did most of the talking. More like squealed, actually. Like a pig. Like a filthy swine, sweating and roasting in his own juices. You tried to have me killed, but I'm going to let you live. CORTEZ Retain your position in the cartel right alongside me. Just like my Conquistador forefathers first offered Moctezuma.