AIDE ALONZO BOAZ CAMILA CASTEL CHARGER CORTEZ DEPUTY EPIFANIO ESPINOZA GEORGE ISABELA IVAN JAMES KELLY_ANNE MAN MAYO OWNER PECAS POTE PSYCHIC REPORTER ROCO ROSARIO SHERIFF_MAYO SICARIO TAZA TERESA WIDOW WOMEN TERESA Previously on Queen of the South. SICARIO TERESA Are you working for Camila? JAMES No. JAMES Since the first day we met, I've been trying to keep you alive. And whether you want to believe it or not, I'm still trying to. But you have to trust me. TERESA You want me to trust you? I don't even know you. TERESA Why did you come back? JAMES I want to do things differently. So I'm asking you, please let me in. CAMILA No more cat and mouse, General. I want blood. ISABELA When will she get what's coming to her? CAMILA Today. BOAZ You think she's trying to move against me? CORTEZ That's why we need to make our own moves. When the heroin business is up and running, we don't need her or Renaldo. POTE Took us six months to build what we have in Malta. You burn Roco, and you burn it all. POTE And you were gonna rob a bank. TERESA GEORGE ROCO If I ever see you again, you're gonna be screaming. JAMES You all right? TERESA Yeah, it's been a long trip. How far's your place? JAMES Not far. It's just up the road. POTE I smell pork. JAMES My money's on the sausage. POTE Not there, cabrón. There. JAMES Easy. TERESA We should go. Excuse me, check please. JAMES That's County Sheriff Jed Mayo. Harassing illegals is his favorite hobby. POTE I'll show him my pinche papers. JAMES That will call attention. Good news is, he's for sale. In a worse case. OWNER What the hell is this? I already paid you. SHERIFF MAYO All right, shut up and get your.No place for that kind of talk. Hey! You there. Ven acá! POTE Huh. Let's go. MAN MAYO Get up. POTE I don't know about this place. TERESA Dirty cops everywhere. I have to stop running at some point. We'll make it work. JAMES We've got just that one access road coming in. These pole cams set up to alert us to any uninvited guests. And that perimeter fence, careful. It's electrified. POTE You got to be kidding me. CHARGER Que pasó, Pote? JAMES Charger and Tonto. They work for us now. They know some local players. They've got good distribution, but not consistent product. TERESA I've been working on something since Malta. We're gonna sell on the dark web. I have a guy, his name is Ivan, he's put me inside. JAMES Didn't work out so well for the Nosocro guys. TERESA Roco was insane. But cryptocurrency makes sense. It's safer. Less risk. JAMES And less profit. What kind of volume can we move that way? TERESA We got to connect with a thousand mid-level dealers. People who can handle, I don't know, a kilo a month. We're never gonna have to meet them. We're gonna ship through an front, and get paid with cryptocurrency. JAMES Mail order cocaine? TERESA You said you wanted a better way of doing business. JAMES Arizona's carved up by five narcos. Nothing comes in and out without their say so. They're called La Comisión. But the power between the five isn't exactly an even split. There's Taza His tribe controls the border. So everything goes through him. And Pecas, he brings in the most product. He's the boss. TERESA We're gonna ship out of state. We won't be cutting into anyone's territory. JAMES No, but we still need to transport through it. They cut a deal with that corrupt sheriff Mayo. He makes sure no one else's product can get through. And they pay him a pretty penny for it. About seven miles out that way is a mass grave. It's filled with the bodies of dealers who thought just what you're thinking now Set up business here, and don't give La Comisión a taste. A graveyard of ambition. Trust me, we want to break into this market, it's gonna cost blood. CAMILA AIDE CAMILA Gracias. WIDOW Muerte. CAMILA Teresa? EPIFANIO CAMILA ALONZO Camila. CAMILA I need you to come. Right away. REPORTER This roadblock you see behind me is intended to put a strangle hold on smuggling along the I-18 corridor. It's an operation being spearheaded by a man with a deplorable record of civil rights abuses. Sheriff Mayo, what is your response to those who say that you are unfairly targeting Mexicans during these sweeps? SHERIFF MAYO You call it profiling, I call it common sense policing. And I'm doing the job that the voters of this county elected me to do. REPORTER Sam Espinoza, Action 12 News. TERESA Hey. JAMES Hey. TERESA If La Comisión has the sheriff in their pocket, why set up roadblocks, tying up their smuggling routes? JAMES Maybe he just wants a bigger piece of the action. Like I said, he's just in it for himself. TERESA Can you get us a meeting? JAMES With La Comisión? You sure about that? TERESA I'm sure. JAMES Yeah, I know some people. I can make a call. TERESA Thank you. JAMES Yeah. ALONZO I don't know what you want me to tell you. CAMILA Really? ALONZO It's not like she's on her own. CAMILA Yeah, I know that. ALONZO I've got nothing for you. The DEA lost sight of Mendoza when she got burned in Malta. CAMILA Then you need work your sources out of there. I want her found. Do you understand? ALONZO Just how much access do you think I have? I'm still on suspension. CAMILA I just gave you one of Boaz Jimenez shipment. 400 kilos for you to look good. You think that comes for free? Do you? ALONZO Calm down. CAMILA Don't tell me to calm down! You know that woman took everything from me! ALONZO Shit. CAMILA It's nothing. ALONZO It's something. Come. ALONZO It's a small cut. It's not as bad as it looks. CAMILA Sometimes I wish I had a different life. ALONZO Sometimes we all do. This is not a good idea. CAMILA I don't care. POTE We're buying a winery? TERESA We can't operate from James' compound. We need a base. KELLY ANNE This is just stunning. POTE Is that who I think it is? KELLY ANNE Oh, it's so good to see you, girl! POTE Yeah, that's her. TERESA Good to see you, Kelly Anne. KELLY ANNE You look great. POTE Redhead don't fool me. KELLY ANNE So, the realtor said I could give you the grand tour. This is the main room, obviously. There's a wine tasting bar over there. TERESA How soon can we close the deal? KELLY ANNE Uh, pretty damn quick. The owner's desperate to unload, and I've already got a straw corporation set up to be the owner of record. POTE The police looking for you? KELLY ANNE Officially, I am a missing person. And it's Pricilla now, by the way. Those papers you gave me worked like a charm. It's- Wow, it's a heavy door. Okay, here we go. Ain't this cool? It's like our very own little Batgirl cave. TERESA We can put up production down here. KELLY ANNE Okay, that's a lot of stairs there. Kind of takes the wind out of you a little bit. Okay, so these big silver things that he- Uh, I think they're vats. That's where they make the wine. Yep. Over here, there's a tunnel that leads off the property. You know, for security. POTE If you say so. TERESA Thank you, Kelly Anne. KELLY ANNE Are you kidding? God knows where I'd be without you. TERESA How's Tony? KELLY ANNE Oh, good! Yeah. He loves his new school. Oh. He made the soccer team, and he's getting good grades. TERESA He's big. KELLY ANNE Yeah. I know. Everything's taken care of with the money you gave me, but, you know, he asks about you. TERESA It's too dangerous for him to see me. It's better this way. KELLY ANNE I understand. Okay. Well, what do you guys think? Is this our new home? TERESA Let's make an offer. KELLY ANNE Oh, deal! Let's bring it in for a hug, girl. TERESA KELLY ANNE You want a hug, too? Nope. No. He's not- He doesn't hug. TERESA Yeah? JAMES It's on. We meet with La Comisión in two hours. TERESA I'm ready. CORTEZ I just got word that the DEA seized another one of Boaz's shipments. 300 kilos of cocaine, and a surprise 100 kilos of Mexican brown heroin. CAMILA The Colombians will not be pleased. Another seizure and Boaz's bringing in heroina behind their back. No way they're gonna stand for this. CORTEZ You will be hearing from Reynaldo soon, I'm sure. CAMILA Not even that niece of his will defend Boaz on this one. ISABELA Mom. You wanted to see me? CAMILA Yes. Excuse me, General. ISABELA Is everything okay? CAMILA It's about the widows march. I don't want you to come, Isabela. It's not safe. You know it's a protest against the cartels and and there's been threats. ISABELA But we're honoring Papi's memory. How could I not be there? CAMILA Your father would insist upon your safety above all, you know that. ISABELA What aren't you telling me? CAMILA You know. You know I told you that my nana believed in omens. And she was always right. I had a nightmare. ISABELA I'm not gonna let you do this by yourself. I already lost Papi, I'm not gonna lose you, too. JAMES We're meeting at a casino owned by Taza. This tribe put all their assets into it. When it failed, that's when they turned to selling drugs. They meet on Taza's territory, but Pecas calls the shots. He's the redhead with the temper to match. We don't want to cross him. TERESA And the others? JAMES They carry their weight. But it's Pecas and Taza we need to convince. If they like us, we live. They don't, we disappear. PECAS Because you have bigger balls than any man I've ever met to come sit at our table with a ten million dollar bounty on her head. TERESA Ten million is finite number. I'm here because I'm confident I can make you more than that. JAMES Thank you for meeting us. We know you're busy men, so we'll be brief. PECAS We? Go ahead, Ms. Mendoza. TERESA I've come to ask for safe passage for my product. Each one of you kicks in eight percent of your profit. You share risks and provide each other with protection. What I'm offering is an extra contribution. PECAS You You have a lot of enemies back in Mexico. We would not want those enemies to become ours. Perhaps you'd be better off taking your business out of Arizona while you still can. TERESA What if I brought something else to the table? MAN Oh, I'm sure we could think of something. PECAS TERESA Sheriff Mayo. PECAS What do you know about Mayo? TERESA He's setting up roadblocks on your routes, to get more money out of you. What if I could do something about him? JAMES Perhaps we're getting a little ahead of ourselves here. PECAS were to disappear tomorrow, our days would be much lighter. Except with him we know what we got. TAZA Hmm, but lately he's become unreasonable, greedy, cutting into our profits. PECAS This isn't Mexico. You know the kind of heat something like that would draw? TERESA You all have a deal with Mayo. You can't move against him. But I can. Let me help you. PECAS Okay. Mera Mera, we'll play. You get the sheriff to stand down, you can write your own ticket. TERESA Consider it done. Thank you. CASTEL My uncle put me on a plane as soon as we got word of the load getting seized. CAMILA I'm as appalled as you are about Boaz did. CASTEL Boaz and I have spoken. He has agreed to make restitution to us. CAMILA He moved heroin behind our back. It's a matter of trust, not finance. CASTEL Our primary concern right now is that he the leaks in his operation. It's clear he has una rata in his house. CAMILA CASTEL We've reached an accommodation with Boaz, so there's no need for you to concern yourself any further. Are we clear? CAMILA Thank you, Castel. CASTEL General. CAMILA They're still backing that hijo de puta. CORTEZ Yes. Boaz's cut them in on the heroin. While they're making money with him, we cannot touch him. Not without losing our supplier. CAMILA Well, tonight's march is about Epifanio. We're gonna get his business back. And the Colombians are gonna turn on Boaz. If heroin wasn't enough, then we'll do more. IVAN I dug something up on this sheriff you're after. It's pretty heinous stuff, and you can't unsee it. TERESA When are you arriving in Phoenix? IVAN Tomorrow. I've got a laptop with the, uh, sales system set up, and I'll secure your location. TERESA Great. I'll see you tomorrow. IVAN Great. TERESA Bye. James. Look at this. I sent Ivan looking for something to use against Mayo. He hacked into the police server and recovered a video they tried to delete. MAN SHERIFF MAYO Stay awake when I talk to you. MAN JAMES Maybe we should just kill him. TERESA I had Ivan leak the video to this reporter. JAMES Sam Espinoza. TERESA He's been after Mayo for years now. Now he's got him. BOAZ General. CORTEZ You seem to be in high spirits for a man who just lost 400 kilos. BOAZ I'm trying to, como se dice, take it in stride. CORTEZ Is that what I think it is? BOAZ The Colombians wanted me to find the rata, I found the rata. Coach has got some great skills with the knife, no? Who's laughing now, pendejo? Ira. CAMILA I hate to tell you this, compa, but I can say with all certainty you decapitated an innocent man. BOAZ CORTEZ There's your rata, right there. BOAZ Camila's been talking to the DEA agent that set her up? Is he even real? CORTEZ I'm afraid so. BOAZ Mierda. CORTEZ Camila is playing you. She wants the business back. BOAZ And you? What do you want? CORTEZ I simply want to be at the right hand of someone who's got a hold of this business. I realize that you have a delicate situation in your hands. BOAZ What? Just 'cause her kid's engaged to get married, you don't think I'll kill the bitch? Did you forget? Camila better watch her ass and her damn head. Damn it! JAMES As soon as the sheriff's out the way, his roadblocks will stop and La Comisión the guards and they can wave our shipments through. TERESA James. These cops are headed towards us. Let's get out of here. Go! SHERIFF MAYO Freeze! Do not move. JAMES That's Mayo. How the hell did he find us? SHERIFF MAYO Show me your hands. REPORTER ROSARIO CAMILA PSYCHIC CAMILA CAMILA No! PSYCHIC DEPUTY Get out. Let's go. TERESA Why aren't you taking us to jail? SHERIFF MAYO Well, I never said you were under arrest. But we do have business that needs to be settled. Let's get out. Get out! Get out! On your knees with your face on the ground. TERESA My God. It's the reporter. SHERIFF MAYO I think you know Mr. Espinoza. JAMES I don't know who you think we are. SHERIFF MAYO Hey, hey, hey. Let's cut the bullshit, shall we? Save us all a lot of time and grief. You wanted my attention, right? Now you got it. TERESA Then let's keep between us. You can let him go. SHERIFF MAYO You're the one that brought him into this, poking around my business. And then out of the blue, this reporter calls me, starts telling me about this video he got sent. So I'm thinking you send it to him. Get up. ESPINOZA SHERIFF MAYO Only- Get up. Look at me, look at me. He asked me if I have any comment before he goes public with it. Like he's fixing to stick it up my ass. You're gonna stick it up my ass, ain't you, señor? Yeah. Like he's got me by the balls. ESPINOZA SHERIFF MAYO So, you know, he says that to me and suddenly I got a question for him. Hold this. Hold this pen. Stick it out there. That's good. You keep it there. Okay, so, my question is is the pen truly mightier than the sword? TERESA Don't do this. ESPINOZA SHERIFF MAYO Ah! ESPINOZA SHERIFF MAYO It would appear not. ESPINOZA SHERIFF MAYO And from the look of things, you should not have sent that video. This is my town. I got eyes everywhere. You think I don't know who you are? You think I don't know you got a ten million bounty on your head? JAMES We can double that for you in cash. We'll give it to you and we'll be out of Phoenix tonight. SHERIFF MAYO You think I just started this life yesterday, son? TERESA I'll stay with you until someone brings the money. JAMES I'll stay with you. SHERIFF MAYO You shut up. You'll stay with me. Yeah, you'll stay with me. Tonight, time and place of my choosing. Try and play me, my first call will be to Camila Vargas. Aaron, put this woman in my car. Bury him. After all, it was you two that got him killed. POTE How could you let them take her? JAMES We didn't have a choice. They were gonna kill us right there. POTE They would have to kill me first. He could be selling her to Camila right now. JAMES Mayo's a greedy pig. If he can get more money out of us, that's exactly what he's gonna try. They wouldn't have left me alive otherwise. When they meet for the money drop, we get one shot. We have to take the sheriff out. Him and his deputy. POTE If he shows his face. JAMES Are you all right? TERESA I'm fine. Listen, there's an old drive-in in Mesa. I'll shoot you the address, okay? That's where he wants to meet. Send Pote with the money, okay? JAMES I understand. TERESA One hour. POTE She wants us to take the sheriff out. JAMES Are you sure you can even handle this? POTE You worry about Teresa, not me. TERESA Why do you treat your own people like this? SHERIFF MAYO Why you say that? These ain't my people. I'm my own people. Anyway, is for their own good. You see that little mocoso over there? It's criminal what his parents are doing to him. The kind of life they're condemning him to. Me, I was born right here in Arizona. This is my state, my county. But some people still don't see it that way, you know. They see this handsome face, and they see a criminal, a well-feared leech. And you know why? It's because of them, that's why. I cannot tell you how many times I've gotten my ass kicked by white kids when I was growing up. I got to be twice as hard on my own kind to change people's perceptions. All my life I've been hearing about "white man's burden." Then I finally come to realize that I'm laboring under a Mayo's burden. It's like it's my own personal cross to bear. It's what it is. TERESA He's on his way with the money. SHERIFF MAYO I even get a whiff that something's off, I'll kill you myself. REPORTER SHERIFF MAYO Okay. DEPUTY Bring it here. POTE You're not touching shit while she's still in the car. DEPUTY Boss. SHERIFF MAYO We're gonna get out nice and slow. Don't do nothing crazy and get yourself shot. SHERIFF MAYO What's taking so long? Are we good? DEPUTY Oh, shit! Money's fake. POTE Run, Teresa! POTE Ah! SHERIFF MAYO POTE Let's go. Let's go. Vamonos! CAMILA WOMEN ISABELA !Mamá! CORTEZ ISABELA Mamá. REPORTER This was the scene a short while ago, after a shoot out involving two police officers. We have few details at this time, but we're told Sheriff Mayo is in critical condition. JAMES If he survives, we're done. La Comisión will come after us hard. POTE I thought you were a better shot. JAMES You know why this happened. You were ten feet away from him. You missed. REPORTER Again, Sheriff Jay Mayo is in critical condition at this hour. POTE Teresita. They hurt me bad in Malta. I've been trying to fix it, but it's not getting better. TERESA Why didn't you tell me how bad it was? POTE Because I am a soldado. This is all I know. This is what my father raised me to be. If I cannot take care of my patrona, I don't belong here any more than your than your I might not be able to fire a bullet, but I can take one for you. And I will. REPORTER Reporter Sam Espinoza remains missing at this hour. His wife has told police she hasn't heard from her husband in two days. TERESA Let's get one of these bags, replaced with real cash and deliver to the journalist's wife, anonymously. JAMES Good idea. CASTEL We are so relieved that you are safe. My uncle is beside himself. CAMILA The worst part of it is that it was a desecration to Epifanio's memory. That sicario was one of Boaz's men. You still expect me to lay down to him? CASTEL You do what you need to do. You'll get no interference from me or mine. CAMILA Thank you, Castel. Give my regards to Reynaldo. CASTEL I will. CORTEZ Now we have the Colombians' full support. CAMILA I couldn't have done it without you, General. Boaz fell in your trap like a hen to a fox. Heroin was your idea. CORTEZ But you knew that photo of you and agent Loya would push him into an attack. CAMILA Bravo to both of us. Salud. CORTEZ Salud. I'll mobilize my men. We'll move on Boaz immediately. An attack on the government cannot go unanswered. Especially one that left a poor innocent widow dead. CAMILA Speaking of which, that double you hired could've done better. CORTEZ Closest I could find on short notice. Not everyone has a figure like yours. KELLY ANNE Hey, congratulations, Missy. We own the place. Your tech guy has been here all day. We're ready to go. IVAN Everything is set up for point of sale. Your work space is and sound-proofed. Meaning that you are impenetrable to surveillance. JAMES And we set up infrared cameras all around the property, with redundant C's in case you get swept. TERESA What does that mean? IVAN Oh, we installed a backup in the main room. So if one set of cameras is shut down, then we have another one up and running. And the entire system is linked to your phone. TERESA Thank you. Who else can see this? IVAN Anyone you give access to. So it's a bit Big Brother, but trust me, you need it. And congratulations, Teresa. Your wine club is up and running. You're live on the dark web. JAMES We've got some company. TERESA It's the Comisión. You guys stay here. TAZA You got a lot of heart, girl. I'll give you that. JAMES Just give it to us straight. TAZA Mayo's in a coma. Not expected to regain consciousness. Good news is the under sheriff who's taking over for him comes cheap. There'll be a little bit of heat to keep up appearances, but he'll play nice. Seeing what happened to his predecessor. PECAS You lucked out, Mera Mera. You put us all in a world of shit, but still we come out smelling like roses. TERESA Do we have a deal? PECAS Well, you haven't heard the punch line yet. The guy who found Mayo, maybe saved his life, is an illegal. Tell me God doesn't have a sense of humor. TERESA Answer the question. PECAS Are you going to invite us for some wine, or? TERESA Of course. PECAS Huh, business. I have to take this. PECAS It's Pecas. Came across a little something here in Phoenix, you might be interested. TERESA There's only one way the Sheriff could've known about us. Someone in La Comisión sold us out. JAMES One of them probably cut a side deal with Mayo. But not all of them. TERESA Taza backed me. Pecas tried to stop me from moving against Mayo. JAMES I'd say he's a strong candidate. PECAS To our prosperous future doing business together. TERESA To our future. Salud.