AGENT_DEAN AGENT_PANETTA AUDIENCE_ON_TV CHEF_BELLA CHICHO DISPATCHERS FEMALE_ADVERTISER FEMALE_DISPATCH_1 FEMALE_DISPATCH_2 FEMALE_POLICE_OFFCIER_1 FEMALE_REPORTER GAMBLE JAMES JOSIE KELLY_ANNE LUCIEN MALE_COMMENTATOR_ON_TV MALE_DISPATCH_1 MALE_DISPATCH_2 MALE_FED_AGENT MALE_POLICE_OFFICER_1 MALE_PRISON_GUARD MALE_SPORTS_REPORTER MALE_SWAT_CHIEF MAN_OVER_SPEAKERS MARCEL PEOPLE_IN_FBI_OFFICE PEOPLE_IN_PRISON POTE TERESA POTE Previously, on Queen of the South... POTE Kelly Anne. POTE I'm sorry, we haven't talked about the baby. Let's go tell Teresa. KELLY ANNE Oh, whoa! Hold on. I'm not even two months along so, can we wait just a little bit? POTE If you think it's right. But let's not wait too long. I don't like keeping secrets in our family. And neither does Teresa. FEMALE REPORTER There is a manhunt underway for a suspect in last night's alleged murder of Davis Lafayette, son of Honorable Judge Cecil Lafayette. The suspect is the reputed head of a New Orleans crime syndicate, known to local law enforcement as Marcel William Dumas. MARCEL I owe you my life. LUCIEN Marcel, you were the son that I wished I had. LUCIEN Trust no one. KELLY ANNE That Judge was taking kickbacks from sentencing those kids. POTE How did he keep track of it? KELLY ANNE A ledger? TERESA So, we need to find his ledger. GAMBLE Just the man I was looking for. Cuff him. GAMBLE Someone has to hang for the Judge. TERESA I'm sorry, Marcel. MARCEL I trusted you. KELLY ANNE You're at it early. Oh, sugar, you made me coffee! Thank you so much. You are a godsend. What is this? POTE Decaf. You told me you cannot have caffeine because of the baby. KELLY ANNE Oh, yeah, I did. Did Christmas come early? How long was I in there? POTE This is for you. KELLY ANNE Oh. Did Santa bring Mama a bigger purse, too? POTE The guest room next door is your new office. That's where you work from now on. KELLY ANNE Okay. I'm gonna have to go to meetings from time to time. POTE Then Flaco will go with you. KELLY ANNE Who? POTE Flaco! He's your new shadow. Wherever you go, he goes. And curfew's at seven. KELLY ANNE 'Kay. Um, Flaco, can you give us a second? Right. Is this really necessary? POTE I wanna put everything in place before we tell Teresa. I don't want her to be worried about the baby in top of everything that's happened with Dumas. KELLY ANNE Right. Okay. POTE You need more time? KELLY ANNE Just a little bit. She's just got a lot goin' on and, I'm still getting used to all this. POTE Órale. We'll tell her when you're ready. KELLY ANNE Okay. POTE But Flaco stays. KELLY ANNE Decaf? Good man. Hello? KELLY ANNE Teresa, Dumas was denied bail. They're sayin' he's a flight risk. TERESA If we can find that ledger and expose Lafayette, there's a chance his case will be thrown out. KELLY ANNE I'll keep reachin' out to attorneys. TERESA I want the best team, it don't matter how much it costs. KELLY ANNE Of course. JAMES No luck. We searched Lafayette's house, but the cops cleaned up. Any documents he kept were taken into evidence. KELLY ANNE I'm gonna find us a lawyer. TERESA We need that ledger, James. Not just for Dumas. JAMES I know. What do you want me to do? GAMBLE But it's not enough that Lafayette's dead? You gotta murder the man's reputation, too? TERESA He was giving kids maximum sentences in exchange for kickbacks from private prisons. GAMBLE I don't believe you. JAMES We have a zip drive with thousands of names. Do you need to see it? GAMBLE I-I knew the Judge was into some dirty things, but this... POTE Not everyone was as lucky as you, cabrón. While he was sending you to night school, he was sending these kids to hell. GAMBLE Tell me what I'm looking for. TERESA He must have kept a record of the kickbacks. We don't know what it looks like, but it must have names, dates, and dollar amounts. Anywhere from two to five-thousand per inmate per month. GAMBLE If it exists, I'll find it. JAMES What about that two million dollar reward? Did anyone claim it? GAMBLE Still sitting there. Whoever squealed cares more about putting Dumas away than getting rich. I'll be in touch. JAMES It has to have been Lucien. TERESA Do we have proof? We need to hold all shipments. JAMES If he ratted out Dumas, he could turn on us next. KELLY ANNE I understand. Thank you so much. TERESA What did he say? KELLY ANNE Same thing every other reputable defense attorney in a twenty-five mile radius has said. Apparently, defending a judge-killer is career suicide, even if they win. TERESA Especially if they win. There has to be someone. KELLY ANNE In New Orleans, Dumas is not innocent. It's his word against Lafayette, and he made a run for it. TERESA Keep trying. Look out of state. I put him in jail because I believed I could get him out. KELLY ANNE Okay. TERESA Thank you. CHICHO Jefa, Lucien's here to see you. TERESA Send him in. LUCIEN Afternoon, Miss Mendoza. TERESA What can I do for you? LUCIEN Can we sit? Have a drink, perhaps? TERESA You've made very clear how you feel about me. LUCIEN True. I'm not the biggest admirer of your work, or its outcomes. TERESA Is this about Marcel? It couldn't be avoided. LUCIEN Then why add insult to injury by cutting off his crew? TERESA Because I trusted Marcel. I don't trust you. LUCIEN I'm old, Miss Mendoza. Being the boss for forty years can make you set in your ways. You'll see. But even I have to accept that without you, my people will go hungry. And with hunger, comes desperation, anarchy. If you cut us off, there'll be blood on the streets of New Orleans. TERESA I need to think about it. TERESA Tell me. JAMES Gamble found the ledger. I just forwarded you the pictures he sent me. That thumb drive with this ledger in the right hands, and the Judge's whole kickback scheme's exposed. TERESA Thank you. JAMES No problem. I'm on my way to make the exchange now. TERESA Great. I'll see you later. Gamble found Lafayette's ledger. James is getting it right now. POTE That's good. What do you want to do about this shipment that Lucien is asking for? TERESA I won't do anything until I know where Marcel stands. POTE We tried to reach out to him. Teresita, he wants nothing to do with us. TERESA We can't give him a choice. JAMES Oh, shit. PEOPLE IN PRISON MARCEL Wow, wow... Whatever the hell this is, you have five minutes. TERESA I'm sorry, Marcel. But Lucien came to see me. He asked me to send the shipment. MARCEL No. TERESA He said, he wants to keep your crew in business. MARCEL You can keep your coke, and your bullshit apologies. I'd rather my people starve than be in business with you. MARCEL I'm ready. Rat. TERESA Did you get the ledger? TERESA You sure they're Feds? JAMES I'm positive. POTE Why would the Feds be watching Eli? KELLY ANNE Because he's a corrupt cop with ties to a murdered judge. TERESA Who was in our bar this morning. POTE Maybe he was wearing a wire. JAMES No, he wouldn't have. If the Feds are surveilling him, it's 'cause they're still building their case. KELLY ANNE But they could've followed us here, which means, we're now part of their case. TERESA It's only a matter of time before they pull him in. KELLY ANNE It didn't take much convincing to get him to turn on Lafayette and hop on our payroll. If the Feds take him in, he'll hand us over on a silver platter, guaranteed. TERESA Kill him. JAMES We don't know for sure that he's gonna turn on us. Maybe the Feds won't even question him. TERESA We're not taking any chances. When you kill him, I want you to plant the evidence against Lafayette near his body. JAMES It's not that simple. He's being surveilled by the FBI. TERESA That means the evidence will get into the right hands. You did this type of work for the CIA. You have a problem with it now? TERESA Make it clean. This can't come back on us. POTE What's in the goody bag? JAMES Just some tools of the trade. POTE Hmm. The CIA taught you some cool tricks. JAMES Never thought I'd be using them here. Like this. POTE I used to tell Teresa that she used to do things the hard way. Trying to make peace without firing the first shot. JAMES 'Cause she had a code. A line she wouldn't cross. POTE Codes are meant to be cracked. They didn't teach you that in the pinche CIA? POTE Don't mess this up, cabrón. KELLY ANNE Teresa? Hey, um, I understand why you're doing this, but we have over half a billion clean in our offshore accounts, and the deposit on the waterfront went through. I mean, it's, it's ours. S-so... why are we takin' a chance with the Feds w-when we can get out? No one has to die, I mean, w-we could-- We could leave right now, and be set for life. TERESA You're here to advise me, not question me. KELLY ANNE Understood. POTE Kelly Anne, slow down. KELLY ANNE Slow down? This is the FBI we're talkin' about, not some local yahoos with a sheriff badge. We should be on the first flight out of here. How does Teresa not understand that? POTE Because she came from nothing. And once you've been hungry, you do anything not to feel like that again. KELLY ANNE I understand that, believe me. But to kill a cop on speculation, under the nose of the Feds? She's taking a crazy risk. POTE Crazy risks are part of our lives now. We do business in Miami, New York. The Corridor is ours. We turned a corner, Kelly Anne. KELLY ANNE And we've turned a corner, Pote. We gotta start thinkin' about more than just ourselves. FEMALE DISPATCH 1 MALE DISPATCH 1 twenty-three for the next four hours. FEMALE DISPATCH 1 Copy that. MALE PRISON GUARD PEOPLE IN PRISON LUCIEN Marcel, is that you, son? MARCEL Did you ask Mendoza to release a shipment? LUCIEN Marcel, now you have to understand-- MARCEL No, I don't. We are done with her. LUCIEN You're not the one people are coming to, scared and angry, all because you got into business with the wrong woman. In fact, I'm pretty sure I'm owed a thank you for all the cleaning up I've had to do around here. MARCEL I appreciate you, Lucien. You know I do. LUCIEN Oh, do you? I found you. Saved you from your hell of a life, gave you an empire, and you have the gall to question my decisions? MARCEL I sweat, bled, I even killed for you to make sure you got out clean, just like you wanted. I have earned my place. I remember everything you did for me, Lucien. I do. Right now, I need you to remember, this is still my business, and you do things my way. Do you hear me? LUCIEN I hear you. MARCEL Good. AUDIENCE ON TV MALE SPORTS REPORTER to play-off game tonight in Florida. next week in Florida. Hurry up, we'll check out some live. We'll also be joined by our to take a closer look When his contract is up, they're gonna have to pay for him, that's for sure. GAMBLE Uh-huh, now, come on. Brees, ya bum! FEMALE DISPATCH 2 medical? MALE DISPATCH 2 GAMBLE GAMBLE Mm. MALE SPORTS REPORTER Great wide receiver. First in ten, just about midfield. Quarterback in the center now, there's a snap. Quick hand-off, gets about two. Let's call it two-and-a-half yards. You know what? They're really gonna have to abandon the running game, they're gonna have to go GAMBLE Yeah, go, bite him in the chest. Josie! JOSIE Hey, baby! GAMBLE Jesus, Josie! I thought you was working the double. JOSIE I got it covered so I could watch the big game. GAMBLE Ah... JOSIE Where we at? GAMBLE Down by ten at the half. JOSIE Well, it ain't over ‘til it's over. GAMBLE Mm... JOSIE I'll go make us somethin' to eat. GAMBLE Think I'd get some of that gumbo? JOSIE Mm-hmm. GAMBLE All right, then, just go easy on the hot sauce. JOSIE And you call yourself a Southern boy. MARCEL What's goin' on, brother? What's the hold up? MAN OVER SPEAKERS All incoming inmates wait at cell intake-one. I repeat, cell intake-one. AGENT PANETTA Mister Marcel Dumas. How are ya? MARCEL Yeah... I've been better. AGENT PANETTA I'll bet. Hear the prosecutor's havin' a field day buildin' up this, uh, double homicide. Wow! State Judge and his disabled son? They'll be gunning for the death penalty for sure. Agent Panetta, by the way. MARCEL You have to forgive me, Agent Panetta. I have enough friends. AGENT PANETTA That's where you're wrong, Marcel. I'm the head of an anti-corruption task force. Have been investigating the New Orleans criminal justice system. See, I'm not after you, I'm after them. MARCEL Go on. AGENT PANETTA Oh, we've been lookin' at Lafayette for some time. So, it came as no surprise that he wound up dead. It's how he wound up dead that piqued my interest. There's not too many NOLA gangsters cuttin' off heads. That's usually reserved for, uh, Mexican cartels or ISIS. AGENT PANETTA Last time I checked, the ISIS isn't hanging around in the bayou. So, you can make just one more friend. Tell me what you know about Teresa Mendoza. I just might be able to keep you alive. POTE Is that the waterfront? TERESA The architects delivered it today. This is our way out. But not if the Feds are on to us. We run now, our money won't protect us. POTE We'll figure it out, Teresita. We always do. TERESA It's Lucien. LUCIEN Good evening, Teresa. I hope I'm not calling too late. TERESA What do you want? LUCIEN I wanted to let you know that I just spoke to Marcel, and he's come around. Now, he may not like it, but he knows we need you, and he'd like you to send the shipment just as soon as you can. TERESA I'll send a truck tonight. LUCIEN I appreciate you. POTE Dumas changed his mind? TERESA That's what he said. JOSIE I heard that wheeze, and I'm tellin' you, I just knew. I said, "Doc, that baby might look fine now, but if you don't get him to the NICU in the next ten minutes, we're gonna be in trouble." MALE SPORTS REPORTER GAMBLE Hmm. Mm... JOSIE You want chips on the side? GAMBLE Yeah, babe. Thank you. JOSIE Anywhoo, I damn near had to twist his arm. Finally took him, and just in time. Heart nearly failed in the elevator. GAMBLE That's good for you, babe. Proud of you. Hey, you know what? Forget the chips. Make that a side salad. Gotta watch my girlish figure. JOSIE Okay. MALE DISPATCH 2 Push notification for an FBI OCDEFT at Siete Gotas Distillery on Tamarack. All units, be advised. POTE Kelly Anne. KELLY ANNE What's goin' on? POTE You're right. Things are getting too dangerous. I've booked you a ticket to Belize. You leave tonight. KELLY ANNE By myself? POTE No. Flaco will keep you safe. KELLY ANNE Okay, for real this time, please. POTE Take that to the car. KELLY ANNE Look, I understand you're worried. I am, too, okay? But I'm not goin' anywhere without you. POTE Yes, you are. POTE We chose this life, our baby didn't. I'm not gonna let you give birth in handcuffs. KELLY ANNE I don't want that either, but that is not your decision to make. TERESA What decision? KELLY ANNE Oh... I... Um, we... POTE We're pregnant. We were trying to find the perfect time to tell you. TERESA No, I understand. POTE What is it, Teresita? TERESA It's James. He says the FBI is planning a raid on of the distillery. KELLY ANNE What? How much liquid cocaine do we have in there? POTE Half a ton. GAMBLE Come on, now. Come on, come on! Yay! Yeah, that's-- That's what I'm talkin' about! That's what I'm talkin' about! AUDIENCE ON TV JOSIE KELLY ANNE How do we know it's true? How do we know it's not a rumor? TERESA He heard it over dispatch at Eli's. KELLY ANNE Oh, God! MALE COMMENTATOR ON TV Are you kidding me? He's done GAMBLE Aye, now! Aye! I won it. That's my boy. Yeah, uh-huh! JOSIE Shit! GAMBLE Whoo! JOSIE Shit! POTE Why would the Feds bust us, and not the DEA? TERESA Same reason they're following Eli. They're after corruption. KELLY ANNE Right! If they can prove Gamble and Lafayette are in bed with the cartel, then they have their case. POTE They get into the distillery, it's over. We're all going down. TERESA Maybe not. I'm going to confess. PEOPLE IN FBI OFFICE TERESA KELLY ANNE Teresa? We can leave, you know? You don't have to do this. TERESA I do. AGENT PANETTA Field office coffee tastes like dirt, so I took the liberty of cream and sugar. I hope you don't mind. TERESA Thank you. KELLY ANNE No, thank you. AGENT PANETTA Give it to the lawyer. Now, I hear you got something to confess? TERESA I have information about Judge Cecil Lafayette. POTE What are we lookin' at? CHICHO One unmarked car and the SWAT van just got here. TERESA As soon as my bar opened, he started blackmailing me. Forcing me to pay him or he'd shut me down. PEOPLE IN FBI OFFICE TERESA When I heard he was murdered, I thought the extortion would stop. But then, Captain Gamble showed up, trashing my bar, demanding the same. So, I paid him, and now, he wants more. AGENT PANETTA So, you're the victim here. Is that what you're saying? TERESA That's not what I'm saying. AGENT PANETTA Well, uh, first off, Miss Mendoza, I wanna thank you for bringing this to my attention. It's very, very interesting stuff, really. And now, I know you're a busy woman, so I hope you don't mind if I tell you a little story. Few days ago, I had a conversation with DEA agent, Alonzo Loya. He had quite a story to tell. Turns out... you're not the only victim. KELLY ANNE My client was cleared of any wrongdoings in this case. PEOPLE IN FBI OFFICE TERESA But you already knew that. AGENT PANETTA True. And I also happen to know that you have ties to the Sinaloa cartel. And now, a Judge, that you admit was extorting you, winds up without a head, and the only thing you wanna confess to is paying some bribes? KELLY ANNE My client was kind enough to come down here and answer your question-- TERESA It's okay. TERESA Yes. I was a money changer in Sinaloa. And my boyfriend, Guero Davila, worked for the cartel. When Guero was killed, he left everything to me, to build a better life. So, that's what I did. All I'm trying to do is be a legitimate business owner. But between corrupt law enforcement, and everyone assuming I'm a criminal, I can't make that happen. So, that's why I've come to the FBI. MALE FED AGENT Pull over. I repeat, pull over. AGENT PANETTA That's a very convincing story, Miss Mendoza. There's just one last thing I'd like to know about. If you're such a legitimate business owner, how is it, you have a truck full of cocaine out for delivery as we speak? KELLY ANNE A what in the hell? POTE They came with two more vans. DISPATCHERS AGENT PANETTA Agent Dean, what do we got? AGENT DEAN The truck is clean. AGENT PANETTA Are you sure? AGENT DEAN It's just tequila. Not a speck of cocaine on board. AGENT PANETTA Got it. KELLY ANNE Let me guess. You raided one of our trucks and didn't find anything? AGENT PANETTA We had reason to believe that, that truck was-- KELLY ANNE You have zero reason to believe my client was involved in any drug-related activities, but you went after her anyway because she's a Mexican immigrant. Now, I hate to break it to you, but the last time I checked, that is racial profiling and that actually is a crime. So, now, you're harassing my client. So, let me make this super-duper clear, if you so much as step foot in any of my client's establishments, not only will you have a fat lawsuit on your hands, but I will personally call every news outlet in the country and let them know just how abusive, racist, and unconstitutional your cute little task force you have, actually is. Do I make myself clear? Shall we? TERESA Yes. KELLY ANNE We're done here. PEOPLE IN FBI OFFICE MALE SWAT CHIEF We're in place. Ready to move on your orders. AGENT PANETTA TERESA Panetta called off the raid. KELLY ANNE What? So, it worked? TERESA Yeah. KELLY ANNE Oh, my God, it worked! Oh! TERESA Are you okay? KELLY ANNE Oh, God! I'm so sorry. Yeah, I'm fi-- TERESA Just breathe. KELLY ANNE TERESA Just breathe. FEMALE ADVERTISER At Delphi Airlines, we carry our hearts right to your seats. We are committed to ensuring that our Be sure to check out our global app... CHEF BELLA As you can see, I'm in my kitchen today. Looks more like a lab I do have flour, some eggs, and oil and of course, pasta roll. 'Cause we are gonna make... Bon appétit. GAMBLE Hmm. GAMBLE Mm-hmm. JOSIE Eli, what was that noise? Eli? JOSIE Baby? Oh, my God! Baby, baby, what happened? Baby. Baby. Eli, please! Oh, God! No, God! Baby, please, please, please, don't do this to me! Eli, wake up! No! No! No! No, Eli, please! MALE POLICE OFFICER 1 Let's go, move! FEMALE POLICE OFFCIER 1 Goin' in. LUCIEN I see. Thank you for letting me know. Charles? LUCIEN To what do I owe this pleasure? POTE Easy, cabrón. LUCIEN Clever of you all to send tequila. So, when did you know? POTE The minute you said Dumas asked for a shipment. No way that gruñón would change his mind so fast. LUCIEN Got desperate, didn't I? POTE You could've stayed retired. LUCIEN Could have, should have. But I got restless. I missed the juice of it all. And for what? How much better can men like us eat anyhow? Do me a favor, will you? Tell Marcel I'm sorry. POTE It's too late for sorries. LUCIEN All right. Then let's get on with it, then. MARCEL Lucien? TERESA It's Teresa. Please don't hang up. Lucien is dead. MARCEL How? TERESA He told me you asked for a shipment. MARCEL You knew he was lying. You-- You are so out of line! TERESA He wanted to take over your business. That's why he tipped the cops to your getaway car, and why he turned me over to the Feds. He knew he would have to get rid of both of us to take back New Orleans. MARCEL Fbi paid me a visit as well. TERESA But you didn't give me up. Why? MARCEL 'Cause I ain't you. In spite of everything, I still got to get up in the morning and look at myself in the mirror. TERESA I'm doing everything I can to get you out of there. MARCEL Seeing as you're the one who put me in here. I won't hold my breath, chica. JAMES It's done. I left the thumb drive with the ledger, and the Feds were first on the scene. TERESA Thank you. When the story breaks, it won't just help Dumas. All the boys Lafayette put away, this could give them a second chance. JAMES Yeah, I hope so. TERESA Congratulations on the baby. POTE Gracias, Teresita. POTE It took us by surprise. After what happened to Tony, the last thing we considered was to start a family. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before. TERESA It's okay. You're gonna be a great father. POTE I don't know about that. I don't know what that looks like. My father he made me. I am a killer, Teresita. TERESA You're scared? TERESA Me too.