TERESA Previously on Queen of the South. MARCEL You sold us out. TERESA The Judge doesn't know we found his rat. We can use that. MARCEL This lady just bought your life. TERESA I know you're in contact with Marcel. LUCIEN Are you here for you? Or Lafayette? TERESA I'm only here to help him. KELLY ANNE Who are these boys? WHEELER Boys the Judge sent to juvie. We paid 'em five grand a case. State paid us forty-five thousand a year to lock 'em up. KELLY ANNE All those lives he destroyed. A man like that has it coming. POTE You're not upset? KELLY ANNE No. I'm pregnant. TERESA I want you to stay. TERESA But you and me. It can't happen. Maybe in some other life, but not this one. JUDGE CECIL What do you want? TERESA A press conference. You're going to clear Dumas for the murder of your son. BOAZ You handed over my primo to a la hijo de puta juez. BOAZ I want his head. JUDGE CECIL What the hell? BOAZ Get in. Now. CHICHO That's a lot of money. POTE It's three million dollars. It's the Judge's cut. KELLY ANNE Not anymore. Tables have turned. He's under your thumb now. TERESA For now. Blackmailing Lafayette is only temporary. We need to find his bank accounts. POTE What do you wanna do with the money? TERESA Give one million to the men for their hard work. CHICHO Si, Jefa. KELLY ANNE What about the other two million? TERESA Once we release the information, those kids Lafayette sent to jail are gonna need lawyers. This will pay for them. Make, uh, anonymous donation to the Innocence Project. Yes? POTE Kelly Anne. KELLY ANNE Yeah? POTE Are you okay? KELLY ANNE Yeah, I'm fine. POTE I'm sorry, we haven't talked about the baby. KELLY ANNE You've been busy with Teresa. POTE I don't want you to think that I'm not happy. Because I am. KELLY ANNE It's just m-more complicated than that. You know, I'm-I'm really worried about-- POTE Of course, you're worried, Kelly Anne. KELLY ANNE Well-- POTE After what happened to Tony, I swore that no child would ever be anywhere close to our business. But that was before. Hey, look at me. I swear, I will never let anything bad happen to our baby. He's gonna have everything I didn't have as a child. Safety and money. KELLY ANNE And love. POTE Yes. And love. Let's go tell Teresa. KELLY ANNE Oh, whoa! Hold on, just. I'm not even two months along so, can we. Can we wait just a little bit? POTE If you think it's right. But let's not wait too long, okay, Kelly Anne? I don't like keeping secrets in our family. And neither does Teresa. TERESA And no one can tell you what happened, or where he is? I'll get back to you right away. That was Taza. He didn't get his shipment from Sinaloa and he can't get a hold of Boaz for two days. JAMES Maybe he's just sleeping it off somewhere. POTE Pinche cabrón is always a problem. What did Boaz do now? TERESA No one can find him. POTE I'll make some calls. It's time for the Judge's news conference. MALE NEWS ANCHOR We are currently waiting for the press conference called by Judge Cecil Lafayette to begin. Uh, this call came as quite a surprise as the Judge is not known for making many public statements or appearances. It has been speculated RODNEY So, what's this all about? MARCEL Teresa told Lucien she got the target off my back. Judge Lafayette is gonna make some kind of announcement. RODNEY Do you believe her? MARCEL If there's anybody I trust to make that happen, it's her. FEMALE NEWS ANCHOR Judge Lafayette's press conference has been unexpectedly canceled. In related news, the Louisiana State Bar Association is offering a two million dollar reward for any information leading to the arrest of Marcel Dumas in connection with the murder of the Judge's son, Davis Lafayette. We will continue following this story and bring you more after the break. MAN ON TELEVISION MARCEL POTE What happened? KELLY ANNE There's a two million dollar reward for Dumas now? TERESA He knows I can release this information. JAMES Maybe he's decided to turn us in. TERESA The cops would already be here. POTE They might be on their way. KELLY ANNE Maybe he's callin' our bluff. TERESA No. This is personal. It's about not losing power. It's Dumas. Marcel. MARCEL Is this how you fixed it? TERESA I made a deal with Lafayette. For him to go on TV and say that he made a mistake, that you didn't kill his son. MARCEL Oh, is that it? And you believed him? TERESA I blackmailed him. I have proof that he's corrupt. MARCEL Well, he doesn't seem to care. And now, I've got half of New Orleans out for my head. It's enough to turn anyone into a traitor. By now, they probably have checkpoints up on every road out of the city. TERESA Let me help you. MARCEL If anyone could smuggle me out of town, it's you. TERESA Tell me where you are. I'll send someone right away. Okay, be careful. Bye. Take him across the state line. I'll have the plane ready for you. POTE All right. JAMES I'll go. No one knows me here. It'll be easier for me to make it out. POTE It's a smart play. TERESA Call me when you're out of the city. KELLY ANNE George already has us set up in Belize. Maybe we just do that. TERESA No. POTE We should release the information to the news. KELLY ANNE We can't. Without the bank accounts, we cannot directly tie the Judge to the prison kickbacks. And that zip file will not hold up in a court of law by itself. TERESA Find the bank accounts. TERESA We've been looking for you. BOAZ I know. Lo siento, Jefa. I tried. POTE Just say the word and I can kill this pendejo once and for all. BOAZ You make the rules, Jefa, and I know this. But there was no way I was gonna let el pinche juez live, not after what he did to Javier and Emilia. I tried, but I couldn't. So, you can kill me, if that's what you want. I've made my peace with it. CHICHO Two cop cars just pulled up outside. TERESA Let him up. MALE POLICE OFFICER 1 TERESA What do you want? GAMBLE You know damn well. The Judge allowed you to do your dirt in our town. But what you did to him, that's a bridge too far. TERESA I don't know what you're talkin' about. GAMBLE Lafayette is dead, and you know full well he is. His car looked like a slaughterhouse. TERESA I did not know that until just now. I had nothing to do with it. GAMBLE Hey, I don't think you understand. I will not rest until his killer is rotting behind bars or dead. TERESA Like I said, I had nothing to do with it. GAMBLE This is New Orleans. We don't let people murder our own and get away with it. Not even a Mexican cartel. MALE POLICE OFFICER 2 BOAZ I'm at your mercy. TERESA Take him out of here. Take him! Take this with you. TERESA Find out what's going on in Miami. I need to know it's under control. Fuck! MARCEL I was expecting Pote. JAMES Teresa thought it would be better if I came. MARCEL How come we never met? JAMES I've been working overseas. I'm James. MARCEL Marcel Dumas. Uh, pardon if I'm a bit cautious. JAMES I understand. MARCEL Where are we going? JAMES Plan is to get you out the country. But first, we have to cross the state line. It's not safe to fly out of New Orleans. MARCEL I'll need to make a stop first. JAMES It's not a good idea. MARCEL You may be right, but I still need to. POTE Nacho said everything is running smoothly in Miami, for now. KELLY ANNE So, maybe, we pay Captain Gamble. He worked for Lafayette. Lafayette took money, maybe he will, too. TERESA If I pay him, I will be admitting I had something to do with this. You heard him. He's out for blood. POTE Why don't we just release the information from Wheeler? It makes the Judge look guilty. KELLY ANNE We don't have the bank accounts. The zip drive alone is not enough, it's too circumstantial. TERESA Marcel is still the prime suspect. KELLY ANNE So, we give up Boaz. He's guilty and he disobeyed you. POTE Oh, Boaz uno pinche loco. POTE We cannot trust that he's not gonna talk to the Feds. Let's talk about our business. Sinaloa, the Corridor, Miami, all would blow up. There's only one option left. TERESA No! Marcel is innocent. POTE Teresita, you said it yourself. The captain is not gonna stop knockin' on our door until he has a suspect. Either one of us go down for this, or we all do. POTE We have a problem in Mexico. Gustavo says that our shipment's being held in the port of Altamira. That Boaz made a deal with some guy there, but Gustavo cannot get ahold of him. TERESA Tell him to pay them whatever it costs. I don't care how much. MARCEL Appreciate you coming. LUCIEN Have you lost your mind, bein' out in public like this? MARCEL I needed to pay my respects in person. LUCIEN Unnecessary. MARCEL I owe you my life, Lucien. I was that stupid kid lookin' for trouble. You took me in, gave me a family. LUCIEN Easy call. Your light shone the brightest. MARCEL Without you, I'd be rottin' in a cage somewhere right now. I was lucky enough not to catch a bullet before I got there. LUCIEN Marcel, you were the son that I wished I had, complete with all the times you drove me crazy with your big ideas. I warned you about messing with ol' Lafayette. MARCEL You did. LUCIEN It's not much, but it's all that I had on hand. Should at least tide you over till you get yourself settled. MARCEL I'm in your debt once again. LUCIEN You keep your head down now. Trust no one. MARCEL I love you. TERESA I want you to confess to Lafayette and his son's murder. Before you answer, I will do everything I can to make you comfortable in prison. I will take care of your family CEDRIC You want me to repay you for saving my life? I'd rather you just shoot me here. Go on, right here. TERESA I'm trying to save Marcel, not kill you. CEDRIC Who are you kidding? I'd be target practice for everyone inside, guards and inmates. I ain't gonna do it. I can't. TERESA Do you know anyone else who would consider it? CEDRIC Man, you don't get it. They don't want nobody else. He's got a two million dollar bounty on his head. Brother ain't gonna last the night. Just saying. MARCEL What's happening? JAMES We're being tagged. KELLY ANNE Of course! We're not gonna find any secret bank accounts because there are none. Why didn't I think of this before? POTE Hmm? KELLY ANNE We're not gonna find any online proof that Judge was taking kickbacks from sentencing those kids. He probably buried his money in a mattress somewhere. Look. The Judge was old-school. He didn't know anything about passwords and clouds, and he probably thought the Government knew too much of what he was doin' anyway. POTE So, how did he keep track of it? KELLY ANNE He must've had a book or something, maybe a spreadsheet, something with a paper and a pen. A ledger? Which is what Cole would do. He would keep three books in a safe. One for himself, one for the clients, and one for the cops. Why didn't I think of this before? TERESA So, we need to find his ledger. KELLY ANNE Yes, it's the only thing that makes sense. TERESA I'll send someone to search for it. I need you to make a list of who works under Boaz in Sinaloa. POTE I haven't been in Sinaloa in three years. TERESA Make some calls. Be discreet. Once you have the list, I want to meet them in person. POTE So, you've decided. TERESA I have to be prepared to replace him. MARCEL You can't lose them? JAMES I've got a plan. MARCEL Man! They're cops. JAMES Hold on. MARCEL Shit! JAMES We shouldn't have made that stop. MARCEL They're still on our ass. JAMES Got it! POTE That was Gustavo about the port of Altamira. He says that the guy that Boaz usually deal with got fire, and that everyone down there's on hyper alert. Especially, the new guy who replaced the guy who got fire. KELLY ANNE Well, our whole pipeline shuts down if we can't get our product through that port. TERESA Do we have anyone else there on our payroll? POTE Gustavo thinks there might be, but right now, he doesn't know who can or cannot be trusted. KELLY ANNE We need Boaz. JAMES Help me with this tarp. MARCEL Where are we? JAMES It's one of our safe houses. MARCEL Thought we were getting out of state. JAMES Oh, we are. But this car's burned. JAMES Somebody tipped off those cops. And my best guess is your friend in that Cadillac. MARCEL I told you. Lucien is like a father to me. He wouldn't do that. JAMES Nobody else knew what kinda car we were in. Not even Teresa. MARCEL Watch your mouth. The man just gave me a bag full of cash, why would he do that if he was gonna turn me over? JAMES Maybe he likes you in prison. He's takin' over your business now, right? KELLY ANNE We got a problem in Altamira. BOAZ Let me guess. Pendejos won't let our shit through. KELLY ANNE Can you fix it? Can't guarantee it's gonna change anything. BOAZ I know. I just need my phone. KELLY ANNE Okay. I may not approve of your tactics, but you've been effective. And up until this point, you've been an asset. BOAZ Thank you. And congratulations. KELLY ANNE For what? BOAZ You're pregnant, right? KELLY ANNE What? Why would you s-- BOAZ Your color. My ex-wife, she was a guerita, like you. And when she was pregnant with Kique, she had the same glow. KELLY ANNE Well, I'm not pregnant. BOAZ Oh, that's good. You wouldn't wanna bring a child into this world. Trust me, I know. Losing Kique was the worst thing that happened to me. KELLY ANNE I'm sorry. KELLY ANNE Oh, hi! I was looking for you. I need to pop out for a jiff, but I'll only be gone, like, an hour, two, max. POTE Where you going? KELLY ANNE Um... There's just a couple of finishing touches with the waterfront property and the realtor called and she wanted to talk to me in person. POTE Mm... You sure you don't want, you know, some company? KELLY ANNE Yeah. You know what, there-there's so much goin' on, and I don't think it would be good if both of us disappeared on Teresa so, I'll be back, I promise. Bye, sugar. TERESA You know about our problem. BOAZ Like clockwork. Every second Thursday of the month, they crackdown. I lose my guys, I find new ones. I caused enough damage. The least I could do is fix one. BOAZ Goldfinger. Yeah, Rosario. The red lipstick, the sexy ankles. No, cabrón, nobody dies. Jefa don't play like that. Just do what I said. Here you go, Jefa. Simple. TERESA Nothing with you is simple. BOAZ I can tell you how it all works. I'll give you all my connections, my arrangements and deals. I don't want your business to be affected by my mistake. So have one of your men bring me a notebook, and I'll write it all down. TERESA What's goin' on? JAMES The cops caught up with us as we were heading out of town. TERESA How? JAMES Dumas wanted to make a stop. Met an old guy in a Cadillac. TERESA Lucien. JAMES I think he tipped them off. The car is burned. JAMES Safe house, Pearl River. TERESA I'll send another car. JAMES Okay. TERESA Listen. You should know. Lafayette is dead. JAMES Who did it? TERESA Boaz. JAMES Shit! When Dumas finds out, he'll think we tipped them off. TERESA I know. JAMES What's goin' on? MARCEL That's what I'd like to know. JAMES Teresa didn't lie. She didn't know the Judge was dead until after we left. MARCEL You cut off his head. JAMES It was against her orders. MARCEL Boaz Jimenez. JAMES You know him? MARCEL Had a little run-in when Teresa was in the hospital. That maniac takes orders from no one. JAMES I don't think we'll have to worry about him much longer. MARCEL Until Teresa turns that asshole over to the cops, I'm still the most wanted man in the country. So, I'll be taking those keys. JAMES All right. But there is a BOLO out for that car. You'll never make it across the state line. MARCEL Sure as hell not hanging around here. JAMES There's a two million dollar bounty on your head. Walk out that door, you're dead. MARCEL Fuck! TERESA Luis, bring Boaz, please. LUIS Mm-hmm. TERESA Gracias. BOAZ It's okay. It's just business. JAMES Think about it. If Teresa wanted to turn on you, I could've handed you over to the cops at any point and collected the money. MARCEL You people don't need the money. You'd be in it for somethin' else. Down. A deal. Immunity. JAMES No. You're wrong about her. She's not that person. In fact, she's been bustin' her ass trying to prove your innocence. MARCEL Bullshit. JAMES She found proof that the Judge was taking kickbacks in exchange for sentencing juveniles. It's been goin' on for years. MARCEL How exactly is that going to help me? They want me for killing Judge Lafayette and his son. That has nothing to do with his corruption. JAMES No, but now, you got thousands of suspects for the murder. MARCEL None of this helps me now. JAMES It's a long game and this is how it's played. MARCEL Long game? You cut off the man's head and they wanna put me away for it. Your long game is rigged against me. I like a shorter version, okay? Where Boaz goes to jail for what he did. How about that? MARCEL In fact, James, if Teresa is really on my side, she can just do that right now. We can all prove that the Judge was dirty together. Yeah. Like friends. MARCEL Well, shit. Yeah, she's not pickin' up. JAMES It's not you. She's dealing with Boaz. TERESA What would you do if you were me? BOAZ You know the answer to that. Got one less bullet in my gun. That's why I don't run a cartel anymore. That's why I'm still standing here now. I'm impulsive. But you aren't. That's why you're the boss. Here is all you need to know to run the business in Sinaloa. And I know why you haven't pulled the trigger yet. You're happy I did it. I know my timing sucks, and my style's not your style. But that motherfucker should've died the first time he took his hand out. You know it, and I know it. JAMES From what I understand, you know Teresa almost as well as I do. She is all about loyalty. Right? Since the first day we met, I've seen her risk her life again and again for people in need. Complete strangers. I wasn't just overseas this past year, I was out. I could've stayed gone and never looked back. Maybe that would've been the smart thing to do. But I came back because it's what she would do. Not just for me, but for you. I think you know that. Deep down, you know you can trust her. TERESA Go back to Miami, Boaz. Take care of the business. TERESA Don't cross me again. BOAZ Thank you, Jefa. GAMBLE Just the man I was looking for. Lucky me. Cuff him. MALE POLICE OFFICER 1 TERESA What's goin' on? GAMBLE Well, I have security footage from a power plant near Honey Island Swamp. Your man here can be seen dragging what's left of Judge Lafayette's body out of the back of his Mercedes. TERESA What's it gonna cost to make this go away? FEMALE POLICE OFFICER 1 GAMBLE Are you attemptin' to bribe an officer of the law? TERESA You know I was paying Lafayette. I can pay you. GAMBLE You're offering me blood money. BOAZ It spends the same. TERESA Shut up! GAMBLE You heard the Judge's wife was, uh, was an ill woman. But my mother was her nurse. I, uh, practically grew up under his roof. He put me through high school. And now, you expect me to just take your money and look the other way. TERESA It's three million dollars. MALE POLICE OFFICER 1 GAMBLE Three million dollars? That's how much you was paying the Judge? TERESA Per month. GAMBLE Well, if I'm gonna play ball, I need something from you. Someone has to hang for the Judge. And I'm not leavin' here without that someone. JAMES We can hide you somewhere in Mexico. You just gotta lie low until things settle down. MARCEL What if it can't be fixed? JAMES Then, you disappear. Start a new life. MARCEL Walkin' away, it ain't that easy. JAMES Yeah. It's hard leaving your people behind. That's why I came back. MARCEL You came back because you're in love with her. TERESA Hi. Where is he? MARCEL What are you doin' here? GAMBLE Don't. GAMBLE Go on, put your gun down now. GAMBLE Put that gun down. MALE POLICE OFFICER 2 Turn around. TERESA I'm sorry, Marcel. MARCEL I trusted you. PEOPLE AT NA MEETING POTE Whoa! Uh... MAN AT NA MEETING Who's he? POTE Uh... KELLY ANNE Uh... I'm so sorry. Just... Be right back. Excuse me. POTE All right. PEOPLE ON STREET KELLY ANNE What are you doing here? POTE What am I doing here? What are you doing here? KELLY ANNE Yeah. I'm at an NA meeting. POTE Kelly Anne, you're pregnant! You're using again? KELLY ANNE No! Of course, not! POTE Then, I don't understand what you're doing here. KELLY ANNE You wouldn't understand! POTE Then, make me understand! KELLY ANNE You think I'm afraid to bring a child into our world. But that's nothing. That's gonna be easy compared to-- POTE Compared to what, huh? KELLY ANNE Me. Compared to me. I'm worse than the cartel. I'm a hundred times worse! POTE You're worse than. That doesn't make any sense. KELLY ANNE I'm completely unfit to be a mother! I'm an addict, and I'm a rat, and I'm a liar, and I killed my husband. You don't even trust me. You followed me here. You were ready to shoot me. POTE Shoot you? I was not gonna shoot you, Kelly Anne. KELLY ANNE You don't know that. POTE I thought you were in trouble! POTE You were acting suspicious. You lied to me. I thought you were having cold feet. KELLY ANNE I am! My feet are freezing! What if I ruin this child's life? Wha-- What if I can't handle it and I start using again? I'm sober now, but I-I will always be an addict. POTE Kelly Anne. Why you're only thinking of the bad stuff, huh? How about all the good that you do? KELLY ANNE Yeah, like what? POTE You could've disappeared into thin air. You were free. But when Tony needed you, you came and saved his life. Without, for one moment, thinkin' about what could happen to you. That, that is what a mother does. KELLY ANNE That was different. POTE You are the kindest, most generous woman that I've ever known. With so much love in your heart, that you have no idea what to do with it. And our baby, our baby's gonna love you as much as I love you. KELLY ANNE Okay. JAMES I didn't think that cop was on the take. TERESA No. He was happy to take the money. But he needed someone to arrest. I'm gonna do everything I can to help him. JAMES You know there's no guarantee of that. What about Boaz? TERESA On his way back to Miami. JAMES I promised Dumas that there was no way you would hand him in. TERESA I didn't have a choice. KELLY ANNE The first thing you learn is that war never ends. Recovery is an everyday struggle. No matter what you try and do, you're never truly safe. KELLY ANNE And those demons, that you wanna forget, lock 'em in a box? They'll keep comin' after you, reminding you of everything you wanna forget. Everything you've ever done wrong. Everyone you've ever failed. All the damage you've caused. And the people you've lost. And you wanna give in. Just take a hit. Just have a drink. But it's a choice. An excruciatingly painful and impossible feeling choice. KELLY ANNE But for me, today, I'm gonna choose to keep fighting. KELLY ANNE I'm gonna choose to keep the demons at bay.