ADELITA ALVAREZ ANGEL BISHOP BOY CHUCKIE COCO DEVANTE DITA EMILY EZ FELIPE GILLY GRACIE HANK HOOKER LITTLE_BENNY LOUIE MIGUEL NESTOR PACO RIZ TAZA WOMAN EMILY Please... He’s just a baby... EMILY Fuck you! ANGEL Any sign of Dogwood? TAZA Not a gangster in sight. (beat) Nothing at the puta palace? EZ It was dark. COCO I think Louie’s old lady still lives above the Barber Shop TAZA We got the shop. COCO Shit! COCO Little motherfucker. COCO The fuck’s a matter with you? Crazy little shit... TAZA You need help there, brother? Should we call in some backup? COCO Hey, that shit stings, man. Coulda pierced my eardrum or something... ANGEL Yeah... Looks like a .45 caliber Hasbro. You’re lucky to be alive. EZ It’s alright. Hablas inglés? You Louie’s kid? TAZA Why’d you shoot at us? BOY My pops said you guys were gonna kill him. TAZA Why would he think that? EZ We don’t want to hurt your pops. Or you. Just wanna talk to him. Know where he is? COCO Don’t use this thing, you hear me? It’ll get you killed. COCO You gonna point a gun at someone, make sure it’s real. And loaded. ANGEL That’s good advice for a seven-yearold, man... COCO Hey. I had to shoot my crazy Uncle Gomez when I was six. EZ It’s all starting to make sense... EMILY Gracias, Mama. DITA Is that warm enough? EMILY Yes. (beat) How’s Maria? DITA Resting. Like you should be MIGUEL I thought you were going to get some sleep, amor. EMILY I can’t sleep... is there anything? MIGUEL Not yet. DEVANTE We have your information on the car and plate. That will be very helpful. MIGUEL Let’s get some air. BISHOP Dogwood know anything? TAZA Couldn’t find them. Weren’t on the street, at the bar... ANGEL Apparently Louie thinks we’re trying to kill him. Got no idea... HANK Who told you that? COCO Louie’s kid. After he nearly took my fucking eye out. ANGEL Are you seriously still talking about that... GRACIE Oh, my... Where have they been hiding you? EZ Stockton State Prison. GRACIE My alma mater... GRACIE What brings you to wonderland? BISHOP There may be a new player trying to move in. From over the fence. GRACIE Heroin GRACIE I haven’t heard anything... RIZ Any spike in your patient intake? Might be from a stronger push? GRACIE Not really... GRACIE This is about average. EZ Holy shit. BISHOP Alright. Let us know if you hear anything. GRACIE Of course. RIZ Hope this helps. GRACIE Gracias. BISHOP Our pleasure, sweetheart. COCO Hey, Gracie, he’s Dogwood ain’t he? GRACIE Yeah, Tito. Why? BISHOP When does Tito get cut loose? GRACIE Soon... COCO How soon? EMILY What do we do, Miguel? MIGUEL I’m not going to let anything happen to our son. We’ll get him back. EMILY How? You can’t go to the police. Not here on the us side. MIGUEL Los Olvidados have no network here. They’ll have to cross back to Mexico. Nestor has already reached out to our people. Policia, Federales... EMILY And if they didn’t go south? MIGUEL I’ll put the mc on it. Get our mayor to help. EMILY This fight with the rebels... it’s part of your other world. And I know the rules. Don’t ask questions... But now that world has crashed into my world. That wasn’t supposed to happen. MIGUEL I know... EMILY So now I ask questions. And I need to know the truth, Miguel. Everything that happens. MIGUEL I will. I promise. You’ll know everything. I am so sorry, corazón. GRACIE That’s them. BISHOP Thank you. GRACIE Be gentle... he’s not very bright. LOUIE Go. COCO Hey! HANK What’s that about? BISHOP Stupid fucking gangsters ANGEL We got it. LOUIE Shit... EZ That ain’t gonna end well. COCO He’s got a 396 in there... it might make it. ANGEL Pack says he don’t. COCO I’ll take it. GILLY Fool... LOUIE Fuck me... ANGEL Dude, how was your visit to the upside down? LOUIE Fucking terrifying. BISHOP Why’d you run, Louie? Got something to hide? LOUIE I didn’t know she was your baby sister, Coco. She came in with one of our other girls. Said she was twenty-one. LOUIE Had her do a few scenes. RIZ Your porn site? LOUIE Yeah. After I uploaded the shit, she comes to me, pissed off ‘cause I paid her friend a higher rate. Anal pays more, everyone knows that. That’s when she showed me her id. Saw the name... and that she was only sixteen. Said she was gonna tell you, have the club cut my balls off. By then, the clips were everywhere. Sorry, man... I fucked up. COCO My baby sister... that’s raw, man. HANK You should put a bullet in his head. TAZA Hold on... BISHOP Look... Dogwood Crew has always been a friend. We let you deal, take our cut. We don’t wanna fuck with that. LOUIE Neither do we. BISHOP Where we at, twelve percent? Until Coco’s pain subsides, our cut doubles. LOUIE Fuck, Bish. That’s like... TAZA Twenty four percent. COCO My pain ain’t worth that? LOUIE No... I mean... yeah... HANK Anyone new been trying to unload product? LOUIE Another source? No... Why? BISHOP Might be an independent trying to step up. Need you to dig around a bit. The Dunes, El Centro... LOUIE Okay. EZ What? COCO I got two sisters, man. Both older than me. Beards thicker than Gilly. EZ So, who was the girl COCO Got no idea. BISHOP Sometimes the Mayan gods deliver gifts to their faithful warriors. GILLY Aah Bukkake... the god of money shots RIZ That was Alvarez. Galindo wants to meet. The old diesel pump. Doesn’t sound good. EZ Who’s the entourage? ANGEL Old guy was Jose Galindo’s consejero. He’s helping the Ivy Leaguer stay on Daddy’s path. GILLY Devante is a serious fucking dude. Like a cross between Dick Cheney and Yoda. EZ And the mercenary in cornrows? COCO He’s a mercenary... in cornrows. ANGEL Nestor Oceteva. Grew up on this side. Some kinda family connection. COCO He was Army, Special Forces. Lore is he has something like... 350 confirmed kills. Stepped away from the scope to be Galindo’s Head of Security. MIGUEL Last night, Los Olvidados crossed over the border and attacked my family. They killed one of my men... and kidnapped my son. EZ Emily? MIGUEL Unharmed. She got a look at the car. It’s not likely they stayed on the US side, but if they did, I need you to track them down. I’m asking this as a personal favor. Please. I need your help. BISHOP Sorry about your son. We’ll help. NESTOR We’re looking for an old Ford station wagon. Probably mid-eighties. Dirty yellow. Partial plates... Baja. Letter Q, last two numbers were 47. BISHOP We’ll put it on the street. Start looking in the obvious places. HANK We can have Peña run it through the system. dmv. ALVAREZ If they’re on this side of the fence, we’ll find out where they are. MIGUEL Thank you. ANGEL We’ll catch up. ALVAREZ You handled that the right way. BISHOP Like I had a fucking choice. COCO Did you know about the fucking kid? ANGEL No. Adelita doesn’t tell me anything... unless we’re involved. GILLY Guess what, brother? We’re involved. EZ That’s Emily’s kid. EZ I saw the car. When we were chasing Dogwood. COCO The station wagon? EZ Yeah. In a ditch, not far from the dog shelter. GILLY C’mon, man... We blew through there at like sixty miles - ANGEL This time, keep that shit to yourself. EZ And what about the kid? ANGEL I’ll reach out to Adelita. Find out what the fuck is going on. NESTOR This was posted forty minutes ago. It’s already gone viral. NESTOR The same speech. With the link. MIGUEL Where did you find these? NESTOR Everywhere. FELIPE You handing off a bag for Jimenez? EZ No. But I need to see him. I have to talk to him. FELIPE Why EZ I’ve got a situation. FELIPE Ah... A situation. Hate those. EZ I don’t know how to handle this one, Pop. Just make the call. Have him meet me here tonight. FELIPE What happened? EZ I can’t... I don’t wanna bring you in anymore than I already have. FELIPE I’m the only one you got, son. If you ring their bell every time you got a problem... Jimenez will own you. You can’t need him. He’ll fucking twist you up. Make you doubt everything you trust. EZ I can handle all the bad shit... The drugs, the violence. That skin got thick inside. But Angel... I forgot how much I missed him. How much I love him. It’s hard, Pop... FELIPE That love won’t change, Ezekiel EZ This vigilante group... rebels, they’re pushing back on Galindo. Complicating shit for the cartel and the club. Last night they kidnapped Emily’s son. FELIPE Jesus... EZ I don’t know what to do. I can’t let anything happen to that kid... I have to help her... FELIPE You’re in this, son. And there’s no getting out. Not until the dea has what it wants. EZ I know... FELIPE Knowing it won’t keep you safe. You gotta feel it. Live it. Earn trust. Or they’ll skin you alive. FELIPE I don’t know how to help you with this. But I do know, any decision you make now, while you’re bleeding from the cut of an old knife... it’ll be the wrong decision. FELIPE C’mon in, Darla. WOMAN Are you open? FELIPE For you... we’re always open NESTOR We got something NESTOR Hear that music in the background? Tracked it down. A street vendor. He had to be close enough to see something. He may even be part of it. MIGUEL Pick him up. NESTOR Already did. COCO I gotta make a call, Chuckie. CHUCKIE Absolutamente. CHUCKIE Angel’s out front. Said he needs you. COCO Thanks. CHUCKIE Lo acepto ANGEL You know what this is? BISHOP He didn’t say. COCO Rebels? ALVAREZ Hope so. Get this shit behind us. ALVAREZ What is this? MIGUEL We heard his food truck in the rebel video. He saw who it was. NESTOR Need to be so careful when you’re cooking with grease BISHOP What the fuck, man... There a reason why you got us watching this shit MIGUEL A reason? You want a reason... Because this greasy, fucking peasant saw who took my son! MIGUEL There something you want to say? C’mon... Speak up, Prospect. EZ I said, maybe if you didn’t treat them like greasy, fucking peasants, you’d still have your son. ALVAREZ We’ll handle it. Nestor and a soldier join their boss. Galindo composes himself, then after a moment, nods to Alvarez. MIGUEL Get the boy. LITTLE BENNY Papa... ANGEL Yeah? When? ANGEL Okay. Thanks... ANGEL That was Dogwood. Found the station wagon. MIGUEL Where? ANGEL Near the canal. BISHOP Let us run this down before you do anything else here. Alright? See what it gives us MIGUEL Go with them. Turn over every stone. Anyone, anything... I want answers. EZ Sorry, Bish... El Padrino... I just... Fuck. I know I gotta leave history BISHOP Shut up, Prospect... Pendejo. ALVAREZ Out of the mouths of babes... BISHOP Send Peña the plates. RIZ They were jacked. Tags were from 2010. BISHOP Doesn’t matter. Anything we can give Galindo might slow down the carnage. GILLY Those dogs... they were all at the shelter. BISHOP Shit. GRACIE I’m not hiding anyone... you fucking psycho... NESTOR You’re hiding this. ALVAREZ This was overdue. NESTOR Yes it was... BISHOP Give them a few more minutes. EMILY I saw the video. Maria’s son sent it to her. MIGUEL I only saw it after we spoke EMILY It was your drugs they were burning. They took Cristóbal as insurance. To stop you from coming after them. MIGUEL These are people out of touch with reality. Impulsive, chaotic EMILY I saw their eyes, Miguel. They were calm, driven, organized... One of them was a child. She didn’t even flinch when they shot Gabriel in the head. I know how it works. I know what you have to become to manage this. MIGUEL I don’t become something else EMILY Yes, you do. You have to. But these people are desperate. I feel it in my bones... They’ll hurt our son. And feel no remorse. Please... Please don’t retaliate. Not until we know more. MIGUEL I won’t. I promise. MIGUEL Let me talk to Devante... MIGUEL I won’t be long. PACO You taking the little brown virgin to get laid? EZ Yeah. We’ll tell your wife you’re running late. EMILY Miguel? EMILY Sweetheart? Miguel! DITA Leave him be... EMILY What happened? Why is he DITA He’s just... exhausted. Let him rest. DITA Come help me make dinner. We’ll all need to eat. ADELITA This isn’t a good idea. ANGEL Neither was taking Galindo’s kid without giving us a heads-up. ADELITA You know as much as you need to know ANGEL Bullshit. We’re the ones that have to deal with the backlash. ADELITA I understand. ANGEL My brother... He knows Galindo’s wife. They were together before he went to prison. ADELITA Is that going to be a problem? ANGEL No. But I’m giving you the facts. Putting everything on the table. That’s how this is supposed to work. ADELITA Is he still in love with her? ANGEL No more than I’m in love with you, mi dulce. ADELITA Let’s not complicate this, Angel. ANGEL Yeah... ‘Cause things are so simple. Is the baby okay? ADELITA Of course he is. ANGEL What happens next? ADELITA You secure the buyer for the heroin. ANGEL To the kid, Adelita. ADELITA For now... he belongs to us. ANGEL That’s so fucked up. Galindo is unhinged. He’s not gonna rest till he tracks you down. Cuts off all our heads. ADELITA There’s nothing to track. We are smoke. Just a name and a voice. EZ Jesus.. ANGEL I don’t think this is the kind of smoke you were talking about BISHOP Where’s the prospect? ANGEL Went to help my old man... I can call him back. BISHOP Let him have the night. Felipe will work him harder than us anyhow. HANK And we don’t wanna piss off the butcher. End up on a fucking meat hook. ALVAREZ Everything alright, carnal? ANGEL Yes. Just... long day, jefe. ALVAREZ Yeah. Relax. You’ve earned it. GILLY Shit... You gotta tell ‘em about the burning Bennies... COCO No... Not yet. ANGEL We need this. DITA Miguel.. FELIPE Not too tight, you’ll split the copper... EZ I know... EZ Who’s that? FELIPE You wanted to talk. EZ Feds? You said it was a bad idea. FELIPE C’mon in. FELIPE I’ll pack up your order. EMILY I called your father. He said you’d be coming by. EZ Galindo knows you’re here? EMILY I told his mother I’d pick up a roast. EMILY Of course... I travel with a platoon now. EZ Are you okay? Did they hurt you? EMILY I think I’m still in shock. EZ I’m sorry. EMILY That’s why I’m here. EMILY Thank you. I need your help, ez. EZ Okay... EMILY I need to know the truth. I need someone I can trust. EZ The truth about what? EMILY My son. I saw the video. From the rebels. Miguel promised there’d be no retaliation. But something happened. Something changed. And now... no one will even look me in the eye. I’m sorry to put this on you, ez. I just don’t know who else to ask. If anything happens... will you tell me? Please... EZ It already has. Retaliation. Two innocents burned to death. Dumped in Merchant Square. EZ I’m sorry... EMILY No... I... Thank you... Thank you for telling me... EZ There’s so much I want to tell you EMILY I should go... I have to... EZ Yeah. Of course... EMILY It’s good to see you. FELIPE The roast. EZ Em EMILY Oh... Thank you. EZ I’m not going to let anything happen to this baby. Your son. EZ Yeah. COCO Get in. HOOKER Shit. You must be really desperate... COCO Shut the fuck up and get in the car, Mom. We gotta talk.