AGENT_POSTAK ALONZO BONNIE CAMILA CASILLAS COLE EL_CONTADOR EPIPHANIO FINNERMAN GIRLS GUARDS GUERO JAMES JIMENEZ KELLY_ANNE MAN MANUEL NARRATOR POTE PRINCESS TEO TERESA THE_QUEEN TONY NARRATOR Previously on Queen of the South. MAN You don't know me Teresa, Guero is dead. GUERO We gotta do a "no time" if I talk. ALONZO My boss is done with all that. Help us take down Camila. TEO Do you have any idea what you're asking me to do? I told you, I didn't want my hands dirty. EPIPHANIO This is Orelio Casillas. The book your boyfriend Guero gave you, it's causing his cartel grief. CASILLAS There are a lot of stories about me and that book. CAMILA You have a top lieutenant in prison. I can take him out of there for you. MANUEL And if you do Camila, we will be friends. MANUEL Dejenlo pasar. What you don't sit down to eat in Dallas? Sit. JAMES You know how to make a guy feel welcome, Jimenez. MANUEL You want me to light some candles or are you here to pet the horses. JAMES No, I'm here on business. Maybe show some respect. MANUEL Huh. So you want a statue because you jumped from the kids table to the table with men. Sientate. Finally, the man I've heard so much about shows up. Bajen las armas. Discutimos. TERESA Consultant. CAMILA Executive consultant. Titles and appearances are very important for these people. Especially for you and I. I gave you that dress and those shoes for a reason. TERESA Well I hope I look good because I feel like shit. CAMILA We're here on business, one drink, top shelf only. Never finish a glass. Now tell me, are you going to wear that dress or are you going to continue to let it wear you? That's Cole Van Awken he owns the law firm that brokered the purchase. TERESA So half his boss. CAMILA Must be around somewhere. JAMES Camila needs product. Can you get it for us or not. MANUEL I don't see any money. JAMES It's on Camila's word. The money will come. Camila's working on it now. We got you brother out. Seems like you owe us. MANUEL Come here. Let me show you something. Alli esta, alli esta el carajo. Miralo, campeon. I'm hosting the cartel race this year. And this horse, this horse was a lock. I invested millions and now the only money I'll make back is from his dick. JAMES It's a shame. But what's your point? MANUEL Just because something was once valuable doesn't mean it still is. And given the current climate, most would be fearful to do business with Camila. But if you want any product, you're gonna have to pay in cash. Olle, dale otra caminada, alli esta mi campeon. COLE I'll see ya later. Mrs. Vargas, lovely to see you. CAMILA This is Teresa. COLE Teresa. TERESA Nice to meet you. COLE So your shipping business really seems to be taking off. CAMILA Thanks to your firm. Teo did a very good job with the purchase. COLE Great lawyer. His timing, not so much. Camila, Terea, this is my wife, Kelly Anne. Or as I like to call her, my highest paid employee. TERESA Your house is beautiful, Mrs. Van Awken. KELLY ANNE I picked out every piece in this place, the last name just came with it. Call me Kelly Anne. TERESA Teresa. I'm an executive consultant with Camila's company. KELLY ANNE Executive. Isn't that impressive? You hear that honey? Beautiful dress. TERESA Thank you. CAMILA Nice meeting you. Will you excuse me? COLE Excuse me. TERESA Nice to meet you. CAMILA Are we in business? JAMES Jimenez agreed to sell, but it's cash only. Our credit's gone. CAMILA How easily men forget. His brother would be rotting in jail if it wasn't for us. JAMES King George said he'd ship for us, but I don't think he'll wait long. So we need that cash fast. CAMILA I think Teo can help us with that. Teo. TEO What's all this? CAMILA Privacy. I need to access three million dollars from my account. TEO Epifanio still has your accounts frozen. And honestly, now is not the time for any big moves. CAMILA Is that so? TEO Yeah. There's a lot of heat out there. No harm in caution, right? CAMILA Take your shirt off. TEO Are you kidding? You think I'm wearing a wire? Come on, Camila...Nothing to hide. I've always been loyal. CAMILA Impressive your loyalty. JAMES When did you talk to the DEA? TEO I didn't- JAMES Don't bullshit us. Answer the question. TEO They approached me before the party. But like I said, I didn't say anything to them. How did you know? JAMES You just told us. CAMILA We're good. JAMES D,E,A could be all over this party. CAMILA Yeah, we can't afford that. Let's get out of here. KELLY ANNE I don't care what Cole says, my wine club is NOT a hobby. I'm a businesswoman. An executive. Ain't that right? What's your drink of choice? Wait, don't tell me, you're a cerveza girl. Oh, is that was racist of me? Asking a Mexican if they like cerveza? TERESA I was a kept woman once. KELLY ANNE See, now we're gettin' somewhere. TERESA But a cartel came, killed everyone I love, and sent me running for my life. Haven't looked back since. KELLY ANNE Shit, girl, you had me goin' there. Listen, we have to exchange numbers. I'm gonna turn you into a wino like the rest of us. Llámame! TERESA Thank you. GUERO Hey beautiful. GUERO I'm here. I'm right here. TERESA My God. I don't understand.Oh my god. I thought I would never see you. GUERO I'm right here. CAMILA Did Jimenez mention the Cartel Horse Race? JAMES Multiple times. Lots of cash changing hands. Millions. CAMILA Which is exactly what we need. JAMES We'd have to be smart about it. CAMILA We will be, but we have no other choice. We need cash now. Find Teresa and meet me at the house. GUERO I had a little bit of trouble with Epifanio, I had to get out of Culiacan- TERESA You left me. GUERO It wasn't up to me. TERESA You left. GUERO Teresa, please. TERESA Please what? I had to run for my life because you were dead. GUERO Epifanio he was on his way to kill me. They had to do something, okay? If I could go back- TERESA Who's "they"? GUERO The DEA. TERESA You're a rat. GUERO They saved my life. What was I supposed to do? I had to play along. TERESA You gave up Camila's warehouse. GUERO Only after I knew you were out of there. TERESA That's bullshit. GUERO Babe, I-I've been feeding these guys bullshit until I could find my way back to you. TERESA You're a liar. You are a liar. GUERO Teresa, listen, I did what I had to do. Nothing's changed. I told you I'd give my life for you. TERESA You need to leave. Camila finds out about the DEA she will kill you. She will kill me. You need to go and never see me again. GUERO Please, meet me here. TERESA Just go. Go. JAMES Teresa? What are you doing in here? You alright? TERESA Yeah, I'm fine. I just needed to go to the restroom. JAMES We've got to go. Ride back with me, okay? TERESA Okay. I'll be right out. POTE Where's your gun? ¿Dónde está tu pistola? TERESA In the closet. POTE Living in a safe house doesn't mean you're safe. And a gun in the closet can't save you. All this, means nothing if you die wearing it. Camila knows this very well. She thinks that she knows the truth about poor girls from Culiacán. TERESA What truth? POTE Nothing distracts like glitter. Camila will surround you with distractions. Don't get comfortable Teresita. Now, Camila needs to see you. CAMILA The cartel races are run by La Mano Poderosa. That is the five most powerful families in our business. Every year each race is hosted by a different one. Millions exchanges hands. We need cash for product and we're going to steal it from them. This year, the honor goes to our good friend, Manuel Jimenez. And out of the four other bosses, I don't have to tell you about Aurelio Casillas. I doubt he's forgotten you Teresa. He may still want your life. A million dollars minimum lets you in the race. Then the money moves from your hands to a holding cell. Then, the man inside, "El Contador." He verifies the amount by weighing it... Then, the money moves to counting machines just to make sure it's real. POTE Tons of cash, but the place is a vault. JAMES Every safe can be cracked. TERESA Maybe we don't have to steal it. If we pick the right horse, they'll just give us the money and the odds will pay us whatever we need. JAMES That's if we had a million in cash to get in. TERESA We don't need it. We just need to make them think it's a million. What I don't know is how we pick the right horse. CAMILA We'll pick the winner and Pote will take care of the horses. POTE I will cook up something to slow their motivation. JAMES What if our horse doesn't win What if they find our bullshit money bags? POTE Then we're all dead. GUERO You didn't tell me you were coming by. ALONZO Didn't know I needed an invitation. New wardrobe? GUERO Not on what your cheap asses are paying me. Why don't you come in. I think I got something for you. ¿Quieres una cerveza? ALONZO I'm good. So? GUERO You remember that-that picture you showed me, that lawyer guy with the nice teeth? ALONZO Teo. GUERO Yeah. ALONZO That's Camila's attorney. You said you didn't recognize him. GUERO I hadn't. Then I remembered this one time in Phoenix. A, uh, distributor that Epifanio worked with lawyer dude, that guy made the deal. ALONZO This guy. Is this him? GUERO Yeah. Yeah. ALONZO We've been talking to him. GUERO Last name's Aljarafe, right? Remembered it because it's weird for a Mexican. Como que no suena Mexicano. Sounds middle-eastern or something. ALONZO This dealer in Phoenix. You got a line on him? GUERO I got the street he lives on. ALONZO That could be worth something. I'll take what you've got. JAMES I'll check the odds. POTE I'll check the horses. Vamos Teresa. Each family sends a little girl to bless their horses before the race. It's tradition. TERESA You mean opportunity. MANUEL Camila. CAMILA Manuel. MANUEL Glad you could make it. Look, about the credit, it's not personal. CAMILA Business never is. by the way, you're betting on the wrong horse. In more ways than one. Excuse me. Yes? JAMES It's Blanco de Invierna. He's the best odds. Twelve-to-one. CAMILA Make sure he wins. Place the bet. JAMES We picked our pony.It's Blanco de Invierno. TERESA Okay. Our money's on the white horse. Blanco de Invierno. POTE I'll tell the little girls. TERESA No, no, I better do the Hola. You girls look so beautiful! Are you going to feed the horses? GIRLS Yes. TERESA That sounds fun. So whatever you do don't feed the white horse, okay? He's very mean. POTE Blanco will bite your hand off. Probably even your whole arm. So be careful. Go, princesses, go. TERESA Really? POTE What? CASILLAS Well what a small world. TERESA I think you've got me confused with someone else. CASILLAS Not so fast, Teresa Mendoza. I was thinking we could watch the race, you and I, together. TERESA I’m okay, really. CASILLAS I wasn't asking. So, let's go. Come on, keep it moving. MAN CASILLAS Like I said, the best seat in the house. Look at this. TERESA You really have a way with women. CASILLAS Most men don't appreciate a strong woman. CAMILA Enough. She's with me now. She's not the same girl you met. End this, so we can enjoy the race? MAN Two minutes to race time. JAMES Hey. Placing a bet for Camila Vargas. Count a million. Blanco de Invierno. EL CONTADOR Blanco de Invierno? JAMES Yes sir. Where's Teresa? I thought she was with you. POTE We have bigger problems than that. One of the horses didn't take its medicine. We've got ourselves a wildcard. CASILLAS Epifanio. Ran into your old friend Teresa Mendoza. The Book isn't an issue, but I'd like to take care of her mouth once and for all. Good, consider it done. TERESA He's going to make a move. I know it. He's going to try to kill me. CAMILA Then you better get a head start. Go. CASILLAS Hey. Where's the girl? Teresa Mendoza. Where is she? GUARDS No se. CASILLAS Well go and find her. Go. MAN The horses are approaching the starting gate. And they're off. Fifty Grand as well as Discount Charley, but it is Blaco de Invierno who rushes and takes the lead. Blaco de Invierno leads them into the clubhouse turn. Discount Charley goes right and joins second with Fifty Grand. On cambian on reverse bring up the rear. It's still Blaco de Invierno who takes them on the back stretch. He beats it by Discount Charley, who's on a tight hold with second. Fifty Grand is on his outside, Arm Candy settles in fourth and Three White is following in reverse. And on the back stretch they go. Blaco de Invierno means business. Discount Charley right there second. Further back is Fifty Grand and Arm Candy losing touch with the field. And it's become a match race between Blaco de Invierno and Discount Charley and the rest of the pack has fallen way back. The horses are tightly bunched. POTE Casillas's men they're after you. TERESA I know. Where's James? MAN And now he's leaning into the lanes with his right Blanco de Invierno leading it by a length to a game Discount Charley. then it's five lengths to In Reverse. Then On Candy and Fifty Grand is cast out last. As they past the eigthe fold. Discount Charley starts up along side to be nose to nose with Blanco de Invierno. And Discount Charley now gets the lead, but oh, he takes a back step and shifts out and at the finish it's Blanco de Invierno in front. TERESA Hola. Collecting on behalf of Camila Vargas for Blanco de Invierno. Large bills will be fine. JAMES Pick up the pace? EL CONTADOR You should be in a better mood considering you turned a million dollars into twelve. JAMES This is me in a good mood. Get to work. PRINCESS Pap EL CONTADOR PRINCESS TERESA Listen. You let us bet with fake money. No matter what the truth is the bosses will blame you. Do you understand what's happening? You are going to die today. Either the bosses do it or he does. Your only chance to live is to come with us. Think about your little girl. EL CONTADOR You touch my daughter- TERESA On my word, you help us, you walk us out safely, you get a bag of your own. What's it going to be? JIMENEZ Yeah, well that tip you gave me about that race saved me a lot of coin. You've got credit as long as you need it. CAMILA You know, sometimes it pays to bet on the underdog. It's been a pleasure, my friend. TERESA Casillas's men. POTE Take the bag. TERESA James. Casilla's men. JAMES They just want you, not the money. Get in the truck meet me down the road. EL CONTADOR Which one? TERESA The back one. JAMES Where's the money counter? TERESA He took his bag and left. JAMES His bag? TERESA I promised I'd give him one to keep quiet. JAMES That wasn't yours to give. Which way did he go? TERESA I gave him my word. POTE Hey, we gotta go. JAMES Meet back at the house. TERESA We won the race. We have enough money to buy. JAMES Never leave loose ends. Go. FINNERMAN Chomping at the bit. What's going on? ALONZO We need twenty-four-hour watch on Guero, and we need it now. FINNERMAN For more bullshit about Phoenix and Middle-Easterns? ALONZO You don't buy a shirt unless there's a girl around to take it off. FINNERMAN Oh, brother. ALONZO He knows where Teresa Mendoza is. And wherever Teresa is, so is Camila. FINNERMAN I get it, Loya. You're a retriever, you want to bring Daddy back the bone. Prove to me you didn't spend the last six weeks sidling up to a worthless piece of shit-- ALONZO It wasn't a waste of time. Guero's gonna lead us to the Motherload. You watch. FINNERMAN I dig the show of spine but proof of concept's on you, son. AGENT POSTAK Sir. Dallas P.D. pulled this from a traffic cam. FINNERMAN What do you got? Teo and a side piece. Bob's been a bad boy. It gets worse from there. Agent Postak, like a boss. Gonna need more than a grease ball buying a t-shirt to put eyes on Guero. Teo's our boy. JAMES I've tried to get you to hear me. You told Camila you wanted in. This is part of it. Things need to be taken care of. TERESA You mean people. JAMES Sometimes, yeah. You think you can do this your way. TERESA I have to. JAMES Or what, you'll become like me? Is that what you're scared of? TERESA You're a good person, James. JAMES Listen to me. There is no good or bad in this business. There is win or lose. Live or die. Today we a left a witness who can connect us to the money. When we're short. Short when money means survival. TERESA You mean I left a witness. JAMES We're in this together. It's on us. But that thing you're trying to keep alive inside you, it's what's gonna get you killed. Who is it? Answer it. TONY Teresa? Teresa are you there? TERESA Hello? TONY Teresa? TERESA Hi Tony. Is everything alright? TONY Yeah, I'm fine. I'm at the motel, but my mom's not here. TERESA You're in Dallas? TONY My uncle brought me. We came on the bus. TERESA Tony, listen to me. You wait there, okay? I'll come by as soon as I can. TONY Okay? Just hurry, and tell my mom I love her? TERESA I will. I love you. TONY I love you too. TERESA Bye. It's Brenda's son. I'm taking care of him now. JAMES Camila doesn't know? TERESA Not unless you tell her. BONNIE Come on, I thought you liked that. TEO I just got a lot of stuff going on. BONNIE I can do other things. TEO No, no, no. People will be home soon. I gotta head back to the office. BONNIE Okay. Hey. FINNERMAN Hey. Cute babysitter. Old enough to drive, too young to vote. Such a tight little window. CAMILA You did well today. TERESA Thank you. CAMILA But we're missing one bag. TERESA I gave it away so we could escape. CAMILA It wasn't yours to give. TERESA We didn't have a choice- CAMILA But you did. You stole from me. TERESA No. It was strategy. CAMILA Strategy? A few weeks with me and suddenly you're a mastermind? When I tell you do something, just do it. Don't forget who's house you're in and who built it. Now, how will you pay me back a million dollars? TERESA My loyalty. I told you. CAMILA Do you even know what that word means? I can help you look the part, your instinct will keep you alive, but loyalty.loyalty cannot be taught. You know how James came to me? Before the enemy was my husband, the Casillas Cartel was fighting us over territory. So to send a message to Epifanio, they put a hit on me. James had just gotten out of the Service. He was invisible to me. Until he wasn't. I don't know if it was instinct or if he was trying to climb the ladder, but doesn't matter. When the assassin came for me, James proved his loyalty. No weapons. Not one word spoken. And it was done. Action... that is loyalty without question. He's been with me ever since. JAMES Money's a little short. He must've taken some out before I got to him. But we're good now, right? CAMILA We're good. Your mistake cost a life and James just fixed it. That's loyalty. FINNERMAN Listen, you'd be safe. We'll be all around you. TEO You don't cross Camila Vargas. FINNERMAN I know. And it's a good thing I don't have to. You do. Cheer up, you're finally working for the good guys. From where I stand, you got two choices. You go order that overpriced steak and you get Camila talking, or. We go tell your family you'll be missing the next couple years for statutory. CAMILA Teo, what's going on? TEO About the funds you requested, I think I may have a workaround. CAMILA Yeah, I figured you might. We'll discuss my cash flow over dinner. TEO Where are you thinking? CAMILA Same place, the usual time. TEO You got it. JAMES Next time I'll knock. TERESA Is that for real? JAMES It's to help Tony. Get him some place safe. A game, it's, um, it'll take his mind off things. Kids love those. TERESA This money's from from El Contador's bag. If Camila finds out. JAMES She won't unless you tell her. TERESA Why are you doing this for me? JAMES It's like I said, we're in this together. TERESA Thank you. He's gonna love it. TONY Where's my Mom? TERESA Why don't you get in the car, I need to talk to you okay? There's something I couldn't tell you over the phone. I'm so sorry. I have a new job now, okay? As soon as I make enough money, I'll come for you and we'll move away together. I'm gonna make you're safe. THE QUEEN Pain can make you strong, or it can make you stupid. Hope those green eyes are worth it. COLE I wanted to tell you this in person, but Teo will not be working with you from here on out. He was setting you up. CAMILA Setting me up? With who? COLE The DEA. Had Teo been successful, they would be investigating me too and that I cannot have that. CAMILA What exactly are you saying? COLE Teo was a risk to both of us. CAMILA "Was"? COLE More than anything, I'd like this to serve as an example of just how dedicated this firm is to you as a client. How much we value you, Mrs. Vargas. CAMILA Please. Just call me Camila.