ANGEL AVI BLEDSOE BOAZ BOAZS_MEN CASTEL CEDRIC CHICHO DAVID_HEBERT DR_OLPADWALA FEMALE_NURSES FEMALE_NURSE_1 GEORGE JAMES JIMINEZ_MEN KELLY_ANNE MALE_GOON_1 MALE_GOON_2 MALE_GOON_3 MALE_GOON_4 MALE_GOON_5 MALE_GUNNER_1 MAN_AT_PARTY MARCEL OSVALDO PEOPLE_AT_BOAZS_HIDEOUT PEOPLE_AT_PARTY PEOPLE_AT_THE_PARTY PEOPLE_IN_HOSPITAL PEOPLE_IN_THE_DINING_ROOM POTE REGGIE REGGIES_FRIEND SEBASTIAN_MUNOZ SHAKER TAZA TERESA WOMAN_AT_PARTY TERESA Previously, on Queen of the South... GEORGE What's Castel doin' here? CASTEL Well, you know, in this line of work, there's an enemy in every corner. TERESA That doesn't mean we need to create them where they don't exist. CASTEL I bet on you, Teresa. TERESA I appreciate that you did. CASTEL I'll let you know when the next shipment is ready. GEORGE I'm a big fan of what you did with Lafayette. BOAZ I did what I had to do. GEORGE And I personally think that it is bullshit that Teresa came down on you so hard about it. And after everything that happened to Javier. BOAZ I miss my primo everyday. TERESA Let's go to Taza's reservation. TERESA The South Border is the entry point for all distribution into Phoenix. I believe your product is better than theirs. TAZA I'm rollin' the dice on you, Teresa. TERESA You won't regret it. TERESA It's Teresa. Please, don't hang up. Lucien is dead. TERESA I'm doing everything I can to get you out of there. MARCEL You can keep your coke, and your bullshit apologies. I'd rather my people starve than be in business with you. KELLY ANNE So, y'all are saying we own the waterfront property, but not the road leading up to it? KELLY ANNE Turns out Shaker and Bledsoe buy it back every time for half of what they'd paid for it. TERESA Let's treat them like gangsters. TERESA You have power of attorney in absence of your partner. SHAKER What do you mean in absence of your-- BLEDSOE Escrow closed. You have the waterfront and the roadway. TERESA Good. GEORGE Retailers in Little Haiti cutting your product with fentanyl. BOAZ I really wish you hadn't come in here, Sundance. GEORGE Don't you-- PEOPLE IN THE DINING ROOM JAMES It's impressive. POTE Mm. My restaurant's gonna be right there in the lower level. Potemkin Cantina. JAMES I didn't think she would pull it off. POTE Ah, Teresa doesn't take no for an answer. JAMES Especially not from us. KELLY ANNE You boys clean up nicely. POTE Thank you. JAMES I'm still not sure we should be having this party at the safehouse. KELLY ANNE We’re finally breaking ground on the waterfront, you know, the legitimate phase of our business and we gotta schmooze with the fancy government officials. POTE And she's gonna be showing all the associates that she's connected. KELLY ANNE Exactly. POTE But I’m not putting away my guns. KELLY ANNE I wouldn't ask you to, lovebug, just make sure they’re hidden, okay? POTE Órale. POTE Who's that? KELLY ANNE Telemarketer. I was hopin' it'd be Marcel. JAMES Dumas? KELLY ANNE Yeah. All the charges got dropped, and he was supposed to be released today, so I sent him an invite to the party. POTE You think the first thing that Dumas is gonna do after getting out of prison is coming to a party full of government people? JAMES To celebrate Teresa? They didn't exactly leave on the best terms. KELLY ANNE Yeah, I see your point. Well, I'm-- I'm gonna choose to be optimistic. CEDRIC You all right, man? How was it in there? PEOPLE AT THE PARTY KELLY ANNE Oh, my gosh! POTE Teresita. TERESA Let's go. JIMINEZ MEN BOAZ Adios, George. BOAZ Teresa Mendoza. I'm coming for you next, perra. I'm coming for you next. PEOPLE AT PARTY KELLY ANNE Jerome Thibodeaux, Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club. Ronald Phillips, he's the Commissioner of the Ninth Ward. Claire McGirr back there, she's the Ombudsman. TERESA What about Castel? KELLY ANNE Nothin' yet. Oh, I meant to tell you. Dumas got out. TERESA When? KELLY ANNE Couple of hours ago, but we haven’t heard from him. TERESA We won't. DAVID HEBERT Uh, good evening, everyone. Uh, most of you know me. Uh... Uh, some of you like me. Uh, As City Council President, I-I wanted to take a moment to propose a toast to our lovely host, Teresa Mendoza. And thank her for the life-changing donation to the Boys and Girls Club of New Orleans. Ms. Mendoza’s generosity is helping the neediest people in our community. A-and with this real estate development, she is also ensuring that our beloved city, well, it's best times are ahead of us. PEOPLE AT PARTY TERESA Cheers. New Orleans has been very welcoming to me, and I’m very grateful. Please make yourselves at home. WOMAN AT PARTY Cheers. MAN AT PARTY Cheers. KELLY ANNE This is Sebastián Muñoz. TERESA Hola. TERESA I was expecting Castel. SEBASTIAN MUNOZ She sends her regrets that she could not be here in person. I can relay any message you have. TERESA Let her know that I made a new arrangement in Europe and a way to double what we are already doing. If she's interested, I need to speak to her. SEBASTIAN MUNOZ That will not be possible. I will convey your message to her and get back to you. Was there anything else? TERESA No. That’s all. SEBASTIAN MUNOZ I’ll be in touch. KELLY ANNE I don't like that Castel didn’t show. What do you think that’s about? TERESA I don’t know. POTE Teresa. Osvaldo Ruiz. OSVALDO Jefa, congratulations on all your success. TERESA Gracias. OSVALDO Your house is, uh, awesome. TERESA Thank you for coming. OSVALDO I heard the, uh, politician's toast. They love you around here. TERESA Are you enjoying New Orleans? OSVALDO That hotel suite is the nicest place I’ve ever stayed at. in New Orleans are. Very friendly. POTE Mm. TERESA I appreciate how you’ve been overlooking Sinaloa, and I wanted to thank you in person. OSVALDO It’s been a real honor, jefa. Uh, Boaz set me up real good. TERESA Good. How long have you known him? OSVALDO Uh, since we were chamacos. We used to boost cars for a chop shop in Culiacán. Yeah, he even dated my little sister for a, a summer. Until she got smart and left him, and married a doctor. Jefa, I don't know if you’ve noticed, but Boaz has a A big temper. POTE That’s an understatement, cabrón. TERESA He's busy in Miami, it’s good to know we have someone in Mexico that we can trust. OSVALDO Of course. You can always trust me, jefa. I’m your man. TERESA Gracias. It was a pleasure to finally meet you. Please enjoy the party. And the rest of your time in New Orleans. Let us know if you need anything. OSVALDO Yes. Excuse me. KELLY ANNE Mm-hmm. TERESA Gracias. KELLY ANNE Well, we haven’t had any problems since he started overseeing in Mexico. And he knows Boaz is a nut, so, maybe he’d jump at the possibility of taking his spot permanently? POTE Teresita? TERESA Let’s keep him close. POTE Órale. KELLY ANNE Nothin' from Dumas. You're right. He's not gonna show. CEDRIC Welcome home. MARCEL Thank you. Thanks again for keepin' the trains runnin' while I was away. I appreciate it. CEDRIC Here’s hopin' I never have to do it again. MARCEL That makes two of us. CEDRIC Mm. You wanna get going? Mendoza’s party’s tonight. I figured we’d show our faces. MARCEL I’ll pass. CEDRIC You sure about that? You know, she flexin'. It'd be smart to stay on her good side. MARCEL She has no good side. CEDRIC Come on, man. You know that ain't true. We’re sittin' on a much bigger pile of money since she rolled into town, man. MARCEL Yeah. At what cost? CEDRIC Nothing’s clean in our way of life and you know that. MARCEL You don’t turn on your own, Cedric. I’m through with Teresa Mendoza. PEOPLE AT THE PARTY JAMES TERESA Salud. JAMES Salud. JAMES How's it been going? TERESA I was cornered by the Ombudsman of the city. What is an Ombudsman? JAMES No idea. TERESA Me neither. How are you? JAMES Little on edge. All these new eyes on us. But it looks like you're finally legit. JAMES It's been quite the ride. TERESA It has. TERESA I should get back. BOAZ Did you break open the piñata, find yourself some candy? OSVALDO She owns the whole pinche city. She’s been treating me really, really nice. BOAZ She’s buttering you up, hombre. She’s looking to replace me with you. Why do you think I was invited to this party? OSVALDO Nah, come on. You’re bein' a little too paranoid. you’re busy in Miami. You’re killing it out there. BOAZ She’s playing you for a fool, but not me, I must stay a step ahead. She sort of guards me. She sent a pinche gringo to Miami. Now we’re gonna see who is the winning hand. BOAZ KELLY ANNE Good morning. TERESA Morning. POTE What are you doin' up so early? Couldn't sleep? TERESA Yeah. Why are you both up? POTE We have an appointment this morning for an ultrasound. KELLY ANNE Right. Party was a huge success, though. I woke up to a whole bunch of messages and congratulations. And we got a pretty big list of people who called dibs on the storefront. TERESA Thank you for setting it all up. It's caffeinated. KELLY ANNE Mm. POTE You don't sound very happy. TERESA We haven't solved the problem with Boaz and I’m worried about Castel. CHICHO Jefa, Sebastián Muñoz is here to see you. POTE Speak of the devil. TERESA Send him in. SEBASTIAN MUNOZ Ms. Mendoza. Castel asked me to tell you that she’s already doing a great deal of business in Europe and she is not interested in competing with herself. TERESA Europe is a buyer’s market and demand is massive. We can both make money. KELLY ANNE Yeah, I'm sorry. We’re Castel’s biggest client. SEBASTIAN MUNOZ I’m afraid that is the issue. POTE What does that mean, cabrón? SEBASTIAN MUNOZ It’s possible that you may have actually grown too big, Ms. Mendoza. TERESA I would like to speak to Castel directly. SEBASTIAN MUNOZ Again, my apologies. It was unavoidable. If you’ll excuse me, I need to get back to Colombia. POTE What do you think that was all about? TERESA I don't know. We need to send a shipment to Spain, or we’re gonna have a problem with Navarro. JAMES Looks like we've got a local problem, too. Dumas just sent back the last shipment we sent him of coke we sent him. TERESA Let's go talk to him. Call George. Ask him to send a shipment from Miami to Spain. PEOPLE AT BOAZS HIDEOUT BOAZ We got the element of surprise. Teresa won't see us coming. We'll take her out. OSVALDO I don't know how you're taking anyone out, That house is a fortress. OSVALDO The whole place is, uh, locked down tight. ANGEL Hey, but the bitch can't stay locked down forever. BOAZ Exacto. OSVALDO Even if we take her out on the move, she's got a bunch of Israeli soldiers all around her all the time. BOAZ She can have the US Army marching with her, it doesn't matter. Rest up, hermanos. We got men sitting on her. She comes running outside of her mansion to save one of her wounded pets, she's done. MARCEL Well. What is this? TERESA A peace offering. JAMES We'd like to bury the hatchet. MARCEL You already stuck that in my back, and then, you dug it in deeper. TERESA I hope you understand I had no choice, and I did the best I could to make amends. I want us to work together again. MARCEL No. I'm done with you. I don't need your money. JAMES Look, we understand- MARCEL You understand shit. What? You thought I gonna forget that little stint in prison, like it never happened? Like that was a bad dream? And now, when I get out, there's a, a whole new reality. Yep. Those cops got a piece of me, now they are hungry for the rest. I can't so much as, uh, spit on the sidewalk without them wanting to drag my black ass back. All you got for, selling me out to law enforcement is your thirty coins of silver, cost you a big waterfront and your place in the society. I got to jail, and you're prancing around my city like you're the goddamn queen of the south. TERESA You'd have done the same. I had no choice. MARCEL I believed in you. We were familia. Like a chump, I fell for that. Listen. Don't forget your bag of bullshit. JAMES Do you think we should be worried about Dumas? TERESA I don't know. JAMES I'll have a guy watch him. JAMES What's wrong? TERESA Kelly Anne couldn't reach George, and he didn't reply my text message. Something's wrong. George, I really need to talk to you, please, call me back. GEORGE You're in luck, you've just reached the king. Keep it short and sweet. TERESA George, I really need to talk to you. Please call me back. JAMES Get down! BOAZS MEN MALE GUNNER 1 JAMES Get out! Go! Go! JAMES We're surrounded. MALE GOON 1 JAMES Cover me! JAMES Shit! MALE GOON 2 MALE GOON 3 MALE GOON 4 MALE GOON 5 JAMES Let's go! Move! Move! TERESA I have to warn Pote. PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL KELLY ANNE Hey, sugar. Turn your phone off. Let's be present. POTE Mm. Sorry, Kelly Anne. KELLY ANNE It's okay. DR OLPADWALA Hey, Kelly Anne, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Mr. Galvez. I'm Dr. Olpadwala. Nice to see you with your partner today. We're doing our first ultrasound. Are we excited? POTE Oh! Yes, yes! DR OLPADWALA "Terrified" seems more like it. KELLY ANNE Yes. First baby jitters. DR OLPADWALA It's normal. Just relax. The nurse is gonna come get you to take some vitals. Then we can see your baby. POTE Thank you, Doctor. KELLY ANNE Thank you. DR OLPADWALA Mm-hmm. POTE I-- I don't know about this, Kelly Anne. I don't know. Isn't it bad luck to see him before, you know, he's finished baking? KELLY ANNE No! This is how this works. They take all these tests so they can keep track of how the baby is doing during the pregnancy. POTE Oh, no, no, no. Feels like we're tempting the gods or something. KELLY ANNE No! We're doin' all the right things so we have a healthy baby. POTE If you say so. KELLY ANNE CEDRIC Marcel. MARCEL Yeah. CEDRIC We got a problem. MARCEL What now? CEDRIC Reggie Ellis, man. MARCEL Kid joined our crew about three months ago. The hell he's got to bitch and moan about? CEDRIC Took half our guys in the Quarter and set up shop in Tremé. He thinks he can strike out on his own. MARCEL Kid had two dimes in his pocket when he met me. Now he's making moves. That little shit. CEDRIC It's because you sent back Teresa's coke, man. Everybody's talkin', Marcel. They sayin' you stubborn, man. And weak! MARCEL Well. Is that what you think? Speak on it. Use your big-boy voice. CEDRIC Look, Marcel, man. I- Loo- I know we've had some bad history, man. Okay? But I'm with you now. I'm a hundred percent, man. You hear me? I'm telling you, it's a bad move to turn your back on Teresa. Everybody got used to making that money, Marcel. Our old weed game, it ain't gonna cut it, man. It's not. MARCEL Yeah. Call Reggie. Tell him I wanna talk. Okay? TERESA Pote's not answering. JAMES Neither's Kelly Anne. TERESA We should've gone straight to the doctor's office. JAMES I had to get you to safety. We didn't know how many more were coming. TERESA Chicho, are you with Pote? CHICHO No. Teresa, I just got a call from Phoenix. There was a hit. Taza and two of his lieutenants were killed. TERESA Secure the bar and check on the distillery. Wait for my call. CHICHO Si, jefa. TERESA Taza and two of his men are dead. JAMES At the same time we were being attacked? TERESA This is Boaz. JAMES He's makin' his move. TERESA We need to find them. JAMES Wait. You can't go. You'll be exposed. This is exactly what Boaz wants. TERESA No. JAMES I'll go. BOAZ Está echo? ANGEL Qué quieres hacer? PEOPLE AT BOAZS HIDEOUT BOAZ Well, they know we're coming now, cabrón. So, now it's time for plan B. Divide and conquer. REGGIE You got five minutes. MARCEL Five minutes. You-You basically still in diapers and you're giving me demands. REGGIE I don't work for you no more. I don't have to be here. But I came here out of respect for what you've done for me in the past. MARCEL Look, son, that gun in your waistband doesn't give you power. Taking a few of my corner boys is not gonna make you a boss. Reggie, this is a business. It requires acumen. Do you know what that is? MARCEL I didn't think so. REGGIE Look, I can run this crew. I got this. MARCEL Look. Just... Reggie-- Guys. You're making a mistake, okay? Now is not the time to be staging a revolt. We're stronger together. This family was doing fine before Teresa Mendoza came along. And we'll be doing just fine when she's gone. REGGIE Yo, this ain't even about the Mexican. This about you, Marcel. You're done. You're not the godfather of NOLA no more. It's time for new blood. MARCEL Reggie, when. When I first met you, you were a gutter rat. Stealin' juice boxes from the corner store. Now you're the man? You're gonna run New Orleans? REGGIE I'll do a better job than you did, old- MARCEL Reggie. Get out of here. MARCEL Okay? Go. REGGIE You know, you. You just proved my point. Fact that you couldn't pull the trigger means you done. Let me tell you somethin'. Next time we meet, I'll be holdin' the gun. MARCEL Reggie. REGGIES FRIEND MARCEL Anybody else "got this?" Get the fuck out! Get the fuck out! CEDRIC Man, you showed those punks. Now, they're gettin' in line. And they beggin' us to take 'em back. MARCEL Lucien used to warn me when I was comin' up. Uh, he told me, uh, "It's not as easy as it looks, Marcel. You'll see when it's your turn." And I used to think, "It's time to retire, old man." You know? This ain't shit. All you really gotta do is you-you make some decisions and stand by 'em. But here's the truth. Either you choose the business, and nothin' that stands in its way can survive. Or you choose people, family. That makes you weak. CEDRIC Wait. What're you sayin'? MARCEL I'm sayin' that it's kill or be killed. No code. No honor. I can't live like that. You know better than the rest of 'em. Killin' our own people. If you want it, it's all yours. I'm out. POTE These doctors, they think they know everything. PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL KELLY ANNE Well, they do study medicine for many years. POTE My abuela knew everything about having babies. She had six babies at home with a midwife. And she never went to med school. And she used to remind us every time we had dinner at the kitchen table. She said, "This is where you mamí was born." KELLY ANNE Wow! Well, no disrespect to your grandmother, but I think I would like us to have this baby here, in a hospital with the professionals. Because they know what they're doin'. POTE I think that sometimes they know too much. KELLY ANNE POTE It's good sometimes not to know that much. KELLY ANNE I don't think that's true. FEMALE NURSE 1 All right. Vitals look good. Let's say hello to your baby. Just lay down. KELLY ANNE Okay. Okay. FEMALE NURSE 1 I need you to lift your shirt, just a little. KELLY ANNE Okay. Like that? FEMALE NURSE 1 Yep. KELLY ANNE Okay. FEMALE NURSE 1 All right. This is gonna be a little cold. KELLY ANNE Okay. POTE Oi, nurse. KELLY ANNE Ooh! POTE I was goin' over the paperwork that Kelly Anne brought home last week about the things that she can or cannot eat. See, it says no raw fish. And no soft cheeses. How am I supposed to do an enchiladas del suelo without queso fresco? FEMALE NURSE 1 Well, that's a no-no. Ever tried cashew cheese? POTE Cashew que? KELLY ANNE Honey! POTE And she has a craving for my ceviche? KELLY ANNE I do like it when you put shrimp in it. FEMALE NURSE 1 Okay, that's an even bigger no. POTE This is ridiculous. Mi mamí, she ate everything when I was in her belly. She even smoked and dranked and look at me. FEMALE NURSE 1 Um, yeah, no, see, the doctor just wants to avoid anything risky or dangerous from happening. A healthy mother makes a healthy baby. KELLY ANNE Hey, look at me. Take my hand? KELLY ANNE We're gonna be okay. Okay? POTE Okay. FEMALE NURSE 1 There it is. Your baby's heartbeat. GEORGE Keep it short and sweet. BOAZ Took you long enough. You finally figured it out. TERESA Where is he? BOAZ George? Your gringo spy. Pues, he's with your godson, little Tony. But don't worry, jefa. Your whole family will be together again soon. Even Pote and his baby mama. TERESA I'm going to fucking kill you! BOAZ Not if I get you first, TERESA Fuck! POTE She didn't even tell us if he has a "pee-pee." KELLY ANNE The baby's not big enough yet. And will you stop assuming it's a boy? Nothin' was abnormal. That's good news. POTE I need a smoke. KELLY ANNE Okay, I'm gonna go to the bathroom then. I'll see you outside. POTE Okay. KELLY ANNE Love you. POTE I love you too. KELLY ANNE I'll believe you if you quit smokin'. POTE I will quit when the baby gets here. Now I need it more than ever. Love you. POTE Thank you. TERESA You forgot, the most important thing is survival. You have to get out of here. You have to go. Run. TERESA Who is it? AVI It's Avi, Ms. Mendoza. AVI Your plane is ready. I'll bring two men to help you pack. TERESA I didn't ask for a plane. AVI James did. He said you should leave the States immediately before the situation becomes more dire. TERESA I'm not leaving without them. AVI With all due respect, we are in high alert. TERESA I'm not leaving. Is that clear? FEMALE NURSES POTE Where's Kelly Anne? The blonde that was with me! Where is she? POTE Kelly Anne. JAMES Where's Kelly Anne? POTE I don't know. POTE Kelly Anne! Kelly Anne! JAMES The cops! Come on! TERESA James? JAMES I'm with Pote. They took Kelly Anne.