CRAIG: That party we just threw, there were over a thousand people there, bro.
No, way. Oh, my God I can't wait to get up there.
Yeah. You know I'm hooking you up, too.
Just help me move a little bit of candy,
I will put some serious paper in your pocket, man.
Oh, speaking of, I need a solid,
I'm bringing in about two boats to unload over the holiday break.
Two boats, man, that's like two thousand pills.
Okay, another seven Gs is what it is, all right?
And some of that could be yours.
No, I'm good, man.
Look, man, you don't got to do anything.
I just gotta ship the box to your house, okay?
I can't fly with this stuff.
- I don't know, bro. (PHONE RINGING)
Come on, it's for like a day until I get there.
You can even... You can even have some.
I know you said Amanda was dying to roll.
I'll talk to you later about it, all right.
- No, look, I'll text you the tracking number. - No, no, no, don't.
Hey,
why don't you answer the phone?
I was Skyping with Craig.
- Jason. JASON: - Sorry.
Hello. Hi, Maggie.
No, no, Nick said that the layoffs weren't happening in our division.
Mike, I understand, but the bottom line is
I need to buy all four rigs.
Anything less than that, there's no point.
I may as well just keep leasing.
Well, that's what they do.
Those haulers, they get together once a year,
then they raise the rates before the gas prices.
They do because they know they can get away with it.
(YELLING INDISTINCTLY)
See the contract?
Yeah, it's real. I just don't know when it's going to start.
How much money am I going to have to borrow?
All right, let's move some equity around.
I've been rolling the dice my whole life, might as well do it again.
I gotta go.
Solid week, boys, thank you.
Figured Analisa would have you putting up ribbons and balloons.
Oh, I'm still out getting Izzy’s cake.
(CHUCKLES) Good luck with that.
I need it, have a good weekend, Wayne.
See you.
(SIGHS)
You know there's no O.T. unless it's authorized.
Not looking for O.T., sir, it's got a broken pallet,
I'm getting my bags out of the weather,
it's going to rain tonight.
Good heads up.
Oh, sir, I got this, seriously,
I don't want you to get dirty.
It's all right. Let's do it together.
I'm John Matthews.
Daniel James.
Good to meet you, Daniel.
Don't worry about it.
How long you been working here?
You mean working for you? About three weeks now.
Why, you thinkin' about givin' me that raise already?
- Fat chance, buddy. (CHUCKLES)
- You gotta try, right? - Gotta give it a whirl.
(BRAKES SQUEAKING)
I have a package for Jason Collins.
Uh, yeah, that's me.
All right, sign right there.
All right, thanks.
Have a good one.
Thanks, man.
(POUNDING ON DOOR)
AGENT 1: Search warrant! DEA!
AGENT 2: - Open the door. (CRASHING)
(GLASS BREAKING) - DEA!
Runner, back fence!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(SIREN WAILING)
(TIRES SQUEALING)
Freeze!
Get down!
Get on the ground!
(POLICE RADIO CHATTERING)
(LAUGHING AND CHATTERING)
Cupcakes.
Oh, thank you, that looks so good. (LAUGHING)
I love you.
Hi, baby.
JOHN: You having fun on your birthday, Izzy?
Mmm-hmm.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Hey, Sylvie, hey let me call you back. I'm... What?
They tell you anything?
(SIGHS) Just to wait here until we're called.
They're treating him like he's some kind of major criminal, John.
All right, we'll straighten it out.
Is he under my last name or yours?
You know he changed it to mine.
Why are you even asking?
Hi, my son, Jason Collins is...
Take a seat and wait to be called.
Can you at least tell me where he is?
(SIGHS)
Have you noticed anything different?
Like what?
With him, who he's been hanging with,
anything out of the ordinary.
No, John, I haven't noticed anything.
Oh, this is such bullshit.
I mean, he is a good kid.
Mike's sending a lawyer.
Good, you can afford it.
Didn't you quit?
Mr. and Mrs. Matthews?
Yeah, thanks for coming.
Where's Jason?
They're moving him from his holding cell to a courtroom.
He's scheduled to be arraigned this evening
that could take a little while.
That's all right, leave him in jail for a little bit,
scare the hell out of him.
No one's trying to scare your son.
This is a federal case.
The amount of MDMA, or Ecstasy, they found
means they've charged Jason with distribution of narcotics.
Jason said that a friend asked to have the drugs sent to the house.
What friend?
A friend by the name of Craig Johnson.
That's his best friend.
Christ, I have known Craig since he was little.
Mr. Johnson was arrested trying to mail the pills
and he agreed to work with the government.
What do you mean "agreed to work with the government"?
Both Craig and Jason are being charged
under federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws.
These laws were designed to ensnare high-level
drug traffickers to get them to snitch on other traffickers
in order to reduce their own sentence. However,
most of the convictions,
over half have been first-time offenders like your son.
So Craig is implicating Jason.
Yes. In order to reduce his sentence,
Craig told the DEA
that Jason agreed to have the pills sent to the house
- and also has agreed to help sell them. - What?
Now, Jason has denied both of these accusations.
- Do you believe him? - Of course I believe him.
He would never be involved in anything like this.
Are we talking about probation here or could he actually go to jail for this?
The mandatory minimum laws are very simple.
The amount of jail time depends upon the amount of drugs.
There are no mitigating factors.
What does that mean?
Jason is facing a mandatory minimum sentence
- of ten years in prison. - Ten years?
Are you out of your mind?
He just got accepted to college. (STAMMERS)
John, tell him.
(SOFTLY) Oh, God.
Jason.
CLERK: United States v. Jason Collins.
ANALISA: How could they deny him bail?
He's never even been arrested before.
You want to know the truth?
I knew something like this was gonna happen.
I figured if I just got him off to college, but no.
Jason has no goddamn idea what real responsibility means.
Especially with Sylvie babying him all the time.
And when your own son
doesn't want to have anything to do with you anymore...
ANALISA: - That's not true. - That's not true.
That's not true at all.
It's just really hard for kids who go through divorces.
It was... I acted out when my father left.
Mmm-hmm. Yeah, well, he's not a kid anymore.
Not while he's sitting in that cell.
(SPRINKLERS WHIRRING)
Are the sprinklers on?
Does everything have to go to shit?
LAWYER: Here's the situation. It's very simple.
You help them make trafficking arrests, and they will
reduce your sentence from 10 years to two. One suspended.
I told you, I don't know anyone else. Just Craig.
JOHN: Bullshit.
Your mom told me she smelled marijuana on you before.
Where'd you get that from, huh?
Jason, this is serious.
Come on, honey, you gotta tell us who sold you the pot.
I didn't... I didn't have to buy it.
Amanda's dad grows it.
He has a medicinal license.
It's legal. We just took some.
I just wanted to try it.
LAWYER: Okay, are there any of your friends who
do drugs who might be interested in selling?
What, like setting someone up? Like Craig did to me?
No way. No way.
You better wake up.
You better wake up right now 'cause this is really happening.
You're gonna take that plea, and you're gonna help them make the arrest.
You hear me?
I'll take my chances in court.
LAWYER: No, you won't. No, you won't.
You do not work with the prosecutors,
and they can raise the minimum limit to 30 years.
Which means you'll be out
in time for your 50th birthday.
And they are batting over 90% on convictions.
SYLVIE: Oh, God, Jason, baby, please, listen to him.
We don't have another choice.
I'm not setting anyone up.
SYLVIE: Baby, please.
I'm not doing it. I won't do it.
Yes, you are.
- Listen to me, damn it! (BANGS TABLE)
You think you know what you're doing?
You have no idea until you spend
the next 10 years of your life in prison.
I'm not gonna let that happen to you, son.
You hear me?
You're not the one who'd have to do it.
Morning, John, hey,
I need to show you something. This is, uh...
(CHUCKLES)
Well, they're beauts, ain't they?
They said the other two will be ready next month.
Yeah, they're great. I gotta make a call.
Terry. John Matthews. Good.
No, we definitely gotta get out.
We'll hit a few. Very soon.
Hey, let me ask you something.
Do you have a connection to Joanne Keeghan?
The U.S. Attorney downtown?
RECEPTIONIST: Go ahead and have a seat.
Mr. Matthews. You have a lot of friends in this city.
I received four phone calls in the matter of an hour.
I'm sure you'd do the same for your kids.
I don't have any children.
All right, well, let's see.
Eighteen years old.
Well, you must have had him when you were quite young.
Sophomore in college.
Me and his mom were high school sweethearts.
Well, you have my sympathies.
But I believe in the mandatory minimum laws.
We're fighting a war right now not just on drugs,
but on the violence they bring.
And we are losing badly,
so it's time for all our sakes we have to turn this around.
Miss Keeghan, I agree. I do.
But my son, Jason, he's not a drug dealer.
He's a good kid,
and he just made a really dumb, naive mistake.
And he's willing to do anything he can to help out his situation.
But the only drug dealer that he knows is Craig Johnson
who you already have in custody.
Hmm.
Well, I'm really sorry to hear that.
Please, there's gotta be something I can do.
Well, now the laws are designed
to preclude any special circumstances
so it's really quite simple.
We need your son to help us make arrests
before we can help him reduce his sentence.
If he can't do that or isn't willing to do that,
then there's
really nothing we can do. I'm sorry.
And now, um,
I have to be somewhere else.
- What if I did it for him? - What?
What if I helped you make arrests?
It's not the way it works.
Please. I just want to help my son.
I understand. And I really am sorry,
but my hands are tied.
There's nothing I can do.
Thank you for stopping by.
(GUARD SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA)
(SIGHS)
How you doing?
Hi. Who are you here to see?
Jason Collins.
Okay. Just sign in.
Proceed to booth 3.
Thank you.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
PRISONER: Got your punk ass in here, too.
Yeah, I see him.
What happened?
Nothing.
Tell me. It's okay.
Talk to me, son.
It's okay. Tell me.
Remember when someone kept teepeeing and egging your house?
That was me.
I would sit around the corner and laugh
and watch you try and clean it off.
Doesn't matter now, Jason.
The last time I did it,
I didn't know you were out of town.
I felt like crap watching Analisa just do it herself.
So I pretended I was just stopping by.
I helped her.
She told me.
I hated that you got to live in that big house. New family.
Me and Mom were just stuck in that old one.
I wanted you to live with me.
I wanted you in my life.
It was my fault.
Not yours.
I was always gone. I was always on those trucks.
I was always working.
I got so caught up in not failing you as a father,
that's exactly what I did.
I should've never taken that package.
I knew what was in it.
I should've just told the guy he had the wrong address.
But I didn't.
Because me and Amanda wanted to try some.
But I swear to you, Dad, I would never ever.
I wasn't planning on helping to sell that stuff.
I'm not a drug dealer.
You believe me, right?
Of course I believe you.
And I know I should be punished for what I did.
But not like this.
(SNIFFLING)
Jason, don't cry.
Don't cry, Jason. Not in here.
Listen to me, Jason.
You gotta show them you're gonna stand up for yourself in here.
You have to.
I promise you I'm gonna get you out of here.
How?
You just gotta trust me.
I love you.
(SIREN WAILING)
- What you want? - Coke.
Crack is whack, man.
Who do you think we are, dude?
I'll just go to somebody else.
Look, man. If you real about it, money talks.
Get off me!
(BOTH GRUNTING)
DEALER 1: Get him, man.
Hey, let's jack this bitch's ride, too!
DEALER 2: (WHISTLES) Here come the rollers!
(SIREN CHIRPS)
OFFICER: (ON RADIO) We're gonna need additional backup.
(COUGHING)
JOANNE: What the hell were you thinking?
I know. I'm sorry I threw your name down at the station.
Your son is not gonna be better off if you're dead.
Okay, well, clearly what I did last night didn't work.
Clearly.
Please. What do I gotta do?
You are so stubborn, you're not gonna stop, are you?
No. I'm not.
All right, hypothetically,
I would need an airtight arrest
of someone in possession of narcotics in the amount
that would constitute conspiracy to distribute.
If we're talking cocaine,
that would be at least 500 grams or half a kilo.
What?
I'm in the construction business.
And we have ex cons who are working the yard all the time.
Maybe someone knows someone who knows someone.
You're their boss. Why would they trust you?
Let me worry about that.
Believe me, I am not worried because the risk is all yours.
Come on. I'll give you a lift.
Thank you. But I'm good.
Hey, I'm the boss. Get in.
How's the job treating you?
The fact that I got a job.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
Look, I guess I'm just trying to say thank you.
Me and my family, we appreciate the opportunity, so...
I mean, it's gotta be hard for a...
Ex con.
So that, that's why we're here?
You need to talk to me about my past? 'Cause look,
I was completely honest on my application,
but if there's anything else...
No. That... That's not it.
Okay.
Couple of years ago, I caught two of my drivers,
they were transporting some stuff.
They know that the cops rarely stop semis,
and if they did,
they sure as hell didn't have time to search 'em.
Anyway, that was small time.
I was hoping that someone with a connection
into that world...
Are you accusing me of something, sir?
You think I've done something?
No. No, no, no, no, no, no.
With all due respect, sir,
why don't you just go ahead and tell me
what it is that you want from me?
An introduction.
Yeah, I can't help you with that.
You get me in front of the right people,
I give you five grand.
Something good comes out of it,
I'll give you another five. That's 10 Gs...
You know, I can count, man, I can count.
Like I said, I can't help you with that.
Why not?
You see,
John, I'm in the middle of trying to get my life in order, okay?
And I'm doing that for my family. That's why I work like I do.
That's why I sweat my ass off every day in that yard.
This little conversation, just this would,
see, this could be seen as conspiracy, all right?
And that gets me 25...to life.
I would...
I'd appreciate it if maybe we just pretend
that this never happened, okay?
I'll see you at work, sir.
I just need an introduction.
I think you oughta go home, and you oughta be happy for what you got.
Thank you for the coffee.
Daniel!
20 grand.
I'll double it because of the risk you're taking.
(HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYING)
So right there? That's where you're staying?
Right up there.
DANIEL: Anthony. Anthony.
Why don't you go inside? Go on. Go inside.
Come on, Dad. I'm just hanging.
Go. Now.
Go. Go on.
Why you checkin' on peewee for?
(GRUNTING)
Hold up, man. Hold...
Hold, hold, hold up.
I don't care if y'all sling what you sling.
Y'all smoke what you smoke.
You can blow holes in each other if that's what you want,
but I'm gonna tell you right now,
you're gonna stay away from my son,
- you hear me? You hear me? - All right. All right.
What are you, stupid, Flaco?
This guy's a shot caller from the east side, ese.
VANESSA: Hey.
Dad, why did you...
Anthony. Go play your game.
All right, what happened?
Nothing happened, V. Just father and son stuff.
Uh-huh.
What are you doing?
Going to work.
What do you mean, work?
Larry called, told me I have to be there in an hour.
Come on, V, he can't do that.
He can't just call you 7:30 at night and tell you to come to work.
He can do whatever he wants, Daniel. That is, if I want to keep my job.
(SIGHS)
Look, I'm already late.
There's food for both of you on the stove.
Lo siento. Lo siento.
What are you doing, babe?
Lo siento.
Listen, wait, wait, wait.
Let me ask you something. Let me run something by you.
What if me and my little partner over there,
before bed time, we cruise to the office, huh? Hmm?
We charm your guests. Fatten up them tips.
Make it work for everybody, you know what I'm saying?
I'd like that.
Yeah?
Mmm.
Okay, I have to go.
Don't go to work. Don't go to work.
- I love you. - I love you. I love you.
Hey, A, get on the couch, man.
Sit down, bud.
Why did we move here, man?
We moved so you wouldn't have to hang out with fools like that.
That's why. Right?
There ain't nobody else to hang with around here.
I want to go back to our old apartment.
You know we can't, so don't say it.
Look, man. I know it's hard. And sometimes life is.
But I promise you, one day, we're gonna move somewhere,
and you're gonna get real friends.
A real friend.
You ain't gotta prove nothing to him.
You ain't gotta do nothing for him.
But those punks out there, man, you're better than that.
Want me to tell you something else?
You better than me, man. You're so much better than me.
- Hey. - Yeah.
What's a shark caller?
Where'd you hear that?
Don't worry about that.
I love you, man. And I'm proud of you.
You need to be smart.
Go get your homework, man. We're gonna bang it out.
Just keep going, man.
All the way to the end. Don't stop.
- Right here? - You're good.
(WHISTLING)
I need to go on alone first.
This guy in here, Malik.
If he sniffs you even a little bit full of shit,
I'm gonna tell you right now, man,
you're never gonna leave this block.
That's a promise.
(SIGHS)
All right.
(HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYING)
What up, Cruizer?
What up, Malik?
Been a little while since I seen yo ass.
What house you was in last?
I was up at Sandstone, man.
(CHUCKLES) That's right.
It was cold as hell up there, wasn't it, cuz?
That's the truth, man.
Boy, me and ol' boy right here,
we used to get it in. (CHUCKLES)
Movin' product like we was the United Nations and shit.
'Cause you know when it comes to that paper...
Only color that matters is green.
So how long you been home, man?
You just now come to see me?
Come on, Malik.
You know I can't be associating
with no known-ass criminals now.
I hear you. That's why I be in here.
Two strikers like us, man, we can't walk the street.
No, man.
It ain't safe.
So I'm saying though, you back in the game, right?
How come you ain't cross town with your homeys?
Just can't have any of the old homeys getting any bright ideas, man.
I'm telling you, them days, they over for me, Malik. That's it.
Right here is a one timer.
Real smart, cuz. Real smart. Keep that bank to yourself.
Yo, homey, kill the beat.
I'm John Matthews.
Now, see, that's the reaction I was looking for, playa.
Ain't never had no iron in your grill before, huh?
Now see,
if you was the popo, then you'd be
the biggest pussy pig I ever seen.
Now let's have an honest conversation as to why you in my crib.
I don't have product
or distribution.
But I do know business.
If anyone needed transportation,
I could provide that with no risk.
There's always risk.
My way minimizes it.
See, what I want to know is
why a successful businessman like yourself
want to take any risk at all.
I'm in the construction business.
The way the economy is today, it's all gone to shit.
And I don't see any chance of it coming back.
And I'm willing to do whatever it takes to keep my business afloat.
I've worked too hard for too long.
So how much weight can you move?
My trucks, half a ton without attracting attention.
MALIK: Half a ton?
Man, if I was in the thousand-pound business,
I wouldn't be sitting in this dump right now.
All I'm saying is, whatever you want to move,
it won't matter in my trucks.
You know they weigh them trucks
at the state lines though, right?
How you gonna cover that?
We offset the weight. Count's off all the time.
The police get lucky, they'll only get the driver.
We won't be there for the loading or unloading.
Sound like he ready for the game.
So what you talking, playa?
15% wholesale.
I don't give nobody over 10%.
I know I got something to prove to you.
If the first run goes good, then we renegotiate.
You gonna drive the first load.
Everybody know what game Malik in.
We need to see if you for real first.
Then maybe,
just maybe, we go back to talking.
Done.
Go and chill outside for a minute.
Let me and my boy Cruizer here have a word.
You gonna ride shotgun.
No, no, no, no, Malik. Maybe you misunderstood
- why I'm here. - Misunderstood?
DANIEL: Yeah, maybe you misunderstood.
I'm here for an introduction, Malik.
Hell no, Cruizer.
See you wouldn't be vouching for no fish if we was back in the yard.
You know how this work.
We ain't talking no hold time, homey.
We in the street!
That's three strikes, bruh.
And the third strike for me
is the third strike for you, my man.
So you better be convincing me right now, or he's smoke.
And we can act like none of this never happened.
It's your call, man.
This first round, I'm gonna be going with you.
But we do it my way. I say how it goes.
- What do you mean? - I wanna get paid today. Okay?
So I don't know if we have to go see your banker.
I don't care, man, go rob a store.
But I need to get paid.
Don't worry. You'll get your 10 grand.
No 10 grand, man. We said 20 grand.
That's what you said to me.
And then what? You skip town on me?
With all the money?
So you coming with me on this first run, that's fine.
The moment it's done, you'll get your other 10. My word.
Your word? Only reason this is going down
is because I went on the line for you.
Three days ago, man, I was working a job, I was staying clean.
I was doing everything I was supposed to do, and now here I am.
I'm back in.
Think this is some kind of thrill for me?
Would you just please take me to my money?
Y'all checked him out with them niggas in Sandstone.
They sayin' Cruizer's solid.
He's on the main line like he said.
Soldiering up. Putting in work like good wood should.
Even had keys to the yard for a minute.
That's the Cruizer I know.
What about our other player?
Bones say he live in the suburbs.
Fat crib with a wife, little girl,
he ain't 5-0, that's for sure.
He better not be.
Because he on us with El Topo.
No, the new TV spots are testing really well with your core.
Then why am I down by five points?
Because the liberals think you're a bitch.
Oh, maybe I should go to a gay wedding.
- It wouldn't hurt. - Oh, please.
Listen, we had 900 convictions last year alone.
They speak volumes to our core, right?
But to win this primary, the key to this primary
is getting some crossover votes.
Your next meeting is checking in down in security.
- Who is it? - John Matthews.
Ugh. I'll need a coffee.
Let's go over her press schedules.
Man, if I was in a thousand-pound business,
I wouldn't be sitting in this dump right now.
All I'm saying is, whatever you want to move,
it won't matter in my trucks.
So I looked at it as a business thing.
What do I have that they want?
I'm impressed. You're a natural.
You're lucky he didn't rip you open, man.
He's a heavy hitter.
Runs the entire Adams district now.
What's his jacket?
He earned his stripes on the corner
as a punk ass kid, did a nickel for ADW.
Three more for distribution.
Rivals robbed his bank last year.
Instead of sending out his posse to do a drive by,
he tracked them each down
and bled them out with a buck knife.
Personally.
All right. I'm signing off.
Cooper is my witness. We arrest Mr. Anderson,
and I will reduce Jake's sentence.
Jason.
Right, sorry, Jason's sentence.
By how much?
I'll cut it to a year.
Come on, I can't let him get off soot-free.
And with the time that he's already served,
Jason will probably be out in six months.
That is the best that I can do.
- Okay. - All right.
Rock and roll.
Is she going to keep her word?
Don't give her a reason not to.
- I like stuffing. - Ooh!
Hi, Daddy.
Hey, honey.
How long are you going away for?
Just two days. That's it.
Do you know how much I love you, Miss Izzy? All right.
Come here.
Are you sure you have to go now?
You know, with everything going on with Jason?
Yeah, we need the contract.
Especially after those new trucks we bought.
Come on, Iz. Let's go. We gotta go to school.
I want you to finish. Have your toast.
VANESSA: - Hey. - Hey.
You getting ready to go out on one of those trucks?
Yeah.
How long you going for?
Shit, I don't even know where we're going to. (CHUCKLES)
It's a good thing your boss is giving you more responsibility.
Means he believes in you.
I'm proud of you.
- You proud of me? - Yeah.
That is a good thing.
(WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)
I love you, too.
Come here.
Wires in the semi are in place.
We'll do the same to the warehouse once you're gone.
I know you've done this before.
Undercover.
Do you have any advice?
Just be yourself, John.
Try to be something you're not,
their bloodhounds will smell it right away.
You're a family man, you're trying to stay afloat.
You got means they could use.
That's it.
You hide in plain sight and you just keep doing what you're doing.
And they'll believe it because it's the truth.
All right. Audio's up. Here we go.
Truck's GPS is on his tail. Right?
You got it.
DANIEL: I'm here.
Where we going?
El Paso. Right by the border.
That's over a thousand miles.
What'd you think? We were just going around the corner?
If you don't mind me asking,
how long were you in prison for?
Just a little over a nickel total.
You never told me if you had kids.
What are you doing, man?
Just don't do that.
You don't need to ask me about my life, all right?
And I won't ask you about yours. Let's just...
Guy said we're about 150 miles out.
(MARIACHI MUSIC PLAYING)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
I got it, Daniel. I got it. I got it.
DANIEL: Shit.
(GUNS FIRING)
No, no.
(MAN YELLING IN SPANISH)
(YELLING IN SPANISH)
DANIEL: Come on, we gotta get this thing moving!
We can't! We can't! Check my right!
- Check my right! DANIEL: - You're good,
you're good, you're good!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, stop, stop.
(MAN YELLING INDISTINCTLY)
DANIEL: Keep moving! Go! Go! Go!
John, where are you going?
Shit.
Matthews left in the semi
hitting Torres' ride in the process.
Is Torres mobile?
Negative.
We got local PDs responding to shots fired.
Tell Torres to supersede PD. No one sets foot in that yard.
No one tips off Malik's suppliers.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON RADIO)
Torres, talk to me.
Let's go. Let's go!
What the hell was that?
I don't know, man. We gotta hide this thing.
No, we gotta get back on the interstate.
Public. Moving.
(MAN YELLING IN SPANISH)
MALIK: (ON PHONE) Yeah, man, I'm sorry for your trouble.
Your driver...
He has fortitude. He handled the situation very well.
We will use that.
Glad to hear it. I'll let you know when he get here.
Them eses don't play, boy.
Smoked every one of them busters.
They out back digging ditches right now.
Who tried to jack 'em?
Man, I don't even care, nigga.
All I care about is El Topo loving them trucks.
Gonna take our game to a whole nother level.
- You hear? - Yeah.
AUTOMATED VOICE: You have one new message.
ANALISA: Hi, honey, I got your message about
your meeting being delayed. Um, but Izzy's really
excited to make you dinner tomorrow night.
I love you. Bye.
COOPER: All right, everybody, get live.
All right, we here.
Black Yukon's on Worth and 4th.
Put the work in the back of your boy's truck and follow it.
Malik, you know that had nothing to do with us, man.
Man, just handle business and get there, homey.
He's changing up the meet.
Said he wants us to put it in your pickup.
All right.
There's a hidden compartment behind the back seat.
Where are you going?
Take a leak.
(DIALING)
(PHONE RINGS)
Yeah.
(TRAIN HORN BLARES)
(DIAL TONE DRONES)
COOPER: Tell me you got a wire in that truck.
AGENT: In the dash in the back.
COOPER: Sims, get that needle on two.
I need Raven One over at the following location.
Who'd you call, John?
I asked you a question. Who'd you call, man?
My wife.
Your wife. You expect me to believe that, man?
Why don't you go ahead and grab that beam for me, man.
When I say grab that beam,
turn your ass around and grab that beam.
You want to play me, man?
John, you need to know that if this comes down to either you or me,
I will take your life.
I will shoot you where you stand, do you understand me?
Now I'm gonna ask you one last time.
Who did you call?
My wife.
You want to bullshit me, man?
It was my wife!
It was my wife. Daniel, it was my wife!
Come on, man, don't you lie to me!
That's the truth!
You have a cell phone in your truck.
Why didn't you use it?
I wanted her to see
the caller ID from the warehouse so she believes that I'm working my ass off
to save the company. That's the truth.
You did this. You did this.
Lay back.
Go on and flash your lights.
All right, right here.
Let's just let them get out first, all right?
I want to make it easy on him in case he got other plans.
Like what?
Shootin' our asses so he ain't gotta pay.
All right. We good.
AGENT: (ON RADIO) Hawk is on target.
We'll take them on the way out.
MALIK: Welcome to the real party, player.
Heard it cracked off early.
You ain't got cold feet, do you?
I'm here.
MALIK: Uh-huh.
Go on, man.
Let me see one, man.
Taste.
I'm good.
I ain't asking.
(COUGHS)
Get up on you quick, huh?
(COUGHS AND SNIFFS)
Here's 10 Gs of key.
You're welcome.
I have visual confirm of the exchange.
Just hold until my signal.
MALIK: I got some people that want to sit down and talk.
Could be some serious paper.
Real serious.
JOHN: When?
I'll let you know.
Glad to be back in the yard, eh, Cruizer?
He's heading toward the exit. What do you want to do?
Let them go.
Repeat?
COOPER: Repeat. Let them go.
DANIEL: All right, John, let's go, man. We're done.
Let's get out of here, man. Let's go.
What are you looking at, man?
Just making sure they're gone.
They're gone, they would... What's with you?
The stuff I took. That's it.
Let's go.
(STARTS ENGINE)
It's 11:00.
I thought you were coming home for dinner. Where were you?
I was at work.
No, there's something going on.
We're supposed to be an open book, remember?
Is this about Jason?
Please talk to me.
I have no idea what's going on.
(CLEARS THROAT)
If I help them make arrests,
they'll reduce Jason's sentence.
Okay, how? How are you supposed to help them?
By doing a drug deal.
Are you out of your mind?
You wanted to know.
- People get shot and killed! - I know that, Analisa.
This is my son!
- You have more than one child, John! - And I'd do the same thing for her!
You know that.
But it is not my rules, okay? It's their rules.
Which means every move that I make or I don't make,
Jason will have to live with for the next 10 years of his life.
And what if you don't live?
Baby, have you thought about that?
You have a family here, too.
And I hope that I have your support when the time comes.
You're not old enough to vote though, are you? (CHUCKLES)
John, my secretary said you needed to see me.
You said all we needed was
Malik and the drugs in the same place.
That's exactly what we had last night.
We had a deal. We had it done.
- Calm down! - Don't tell me to calm down!
I'm not gonna keep my voice down!
He had 10 keys and he let him go!
This is my kid's life, God damn it!
- Keep your voice down! - It's not just about you!
Stop it!
Malik's supplier's gonna be at the next exchange.
Cooper made the call, and it was the right one.
You go for the highest target, John.
Now you just have to be patient.
Take the next meeting.
Your son will be all right. Oh, great.
You had Malik single handed with 10 keys and you let him go?
He would've given up everybody.
Oh, bullshit he would've. I had to make a judgment call.
No, you didn't. it is my call.
And I will decide exactly how this comes down,
do you understand? Is that clear?
Crystal.
(PHONE RINGING)
JOHN: Hey, Sylvie.
And do what?
Yo, Manny. Dame tu carro, bro.
I came to visit Jason. They wouldn't let me see him.
They said he was in the infirmary.
What happened?
He was assaulted.
They said he had over 36 stitches.
When they say "assaulted..."
(TEARFULLY) I don't know, they said that they were gonna
keep him in there for at least two more days
and that there was no way that you and I could even see him.
I'm trying here, right?
I talked to the lawyers at Project Innocence,
and they said that they were gonna...
He's not going to last that long, Sylvie.
I don't see you getting anywhere!
Oh, God.
(SOBBING) Damn it, I did this to him. I did it. God damn it.
- No, you didn't. (SOBBING) - I did.
I should, I should've known,
I should've known he was in trouble.
I should've been able to protect him.
Please, John.
Let's end this nightmare.
(SOBBING)
It's not your fault.
DANIEL: John.
What's going on?
Did you follow me here?
Who'd you visit?
It's my son.
Look, man, he made a mistake, his friend set him up.
Wait, wait...
They said if we cooperate, if we help them...
You made a deal.
Geez,
you got any idea what they're gonna do to us, man?
You have any idea?
It ain't just Malik, man. It's the cartel, man.
You know what they're gonna do to our families, man?
It's my son.
Your son? What about my son, man?
I've got a son, John.
You're a dead man, John.
You're a dead man.
Hey, where's your mom?
She's sleeping.
Vanessa, what are you doing?
Is this what you've been doing on your work trip, huh?
Can't even take care of your own goddamn son!
Stop, Vanessa, he's in the other room. Look,
it's not what you think, okay? Listen to me.
It is not what you think.
Bullshit!
You made me a promise, Daniel.
Baby, listen. I need you to pack a bag.
I stay clean and you stay away from that life,
- remember? - Baby...
I understand, baby.
But right now, what I need you to do is
I need you to pack a bag for you and Anthony.
You need to go stay with your mom.
You don't tell me what to do. Not after last night!
All right, enough! Okay, just...
Look, I'm, I'm...
I'm in trouble, baby.
I am in trouble. Okay. Please don't do that, Vanessa.
Sweetheart, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
look, it's nothing that I can't...
I can't do it again, Daniel, I can't do it again.
I can't watch you go to prison or...
Or end up dead. (SOBBING)
Baby, that is not gonna happen, do you hear me?
That is not gonna happen.
I'm not going anywhere, sweetie.
Why do you do this to us?
Why do you keep doing this?
(SOBBING) I can't, I can't, I can't!
- I'm sorry. (SOBBING)
Oh, shit.
- They just came right in. - Where's Isabelle?
She's still at school.
Get her and take her to your sister's now. Go! Go!
What are you doing here, Malik?
I like your old lady.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
She in a hurry, huh?
What do you want?
You want that paper, right?
What about Daniel?
What about him?
(MAN SPEAKING SPANISH)
Come on, man, El Topo waitin'.
Only him.
Arms up.
You have a cell phone?
Yeah.
It no longer works.
And anything else on you electronic.
(MACHINES WHIRRING)
(MAN RESPONDS ON WALKIE TALKIE)
(SPANISH CHATTER ON WALKIE TALKIES)
I understand your business is in a complicated spot.
Pretty hard to make money nowadays.
It doesn't have to be.
When you work for us, you will be treated like family.
This of course includes your wife. And your child.
I hear Isabelle is a beautiful girl.
You and Analisa are really lucky to have her.
Thank you.
Bueno.
You will make this next trip alone.
Once you make the pick up, you will take it into Mexico.
We will unload your construction supplies as well
before you cross back over the border
so everything looks legitimate.
Palacio will pay you $250,000.
If all goes well, you will see much more.
Show us your loyalty
and your future will be bright, my friend.
(MAN SPEAKING SPANISH ON WALKIE TALKIE)
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
(SNAPS)
I will call you the day after tomorrow, 10:00 a.m.,
with an address. Be ready to leave.
What about Malik?
You work for us now.
Let's get one thing clear, man, you still works for me.
Got it.
Just handle your business, playa.
'Cause I ain't lettin' nobody get in the way of me and my bread.
(PHONE RINGING)
(SIGHS)
John, are you okay?
Are you at Gabby's yet?
I'm, like, 30 minutes.
You can't go there now.
Why?
I need you to pull over so we can talk about this.
No, goddamn it, tell me now.
What is happening? Is my sister in danger?
ISABELLE: Mommy?
Where are we?
(ANALISA SOBBING)
I love you, John. I do.
(PHONE BEEPING)
They knew my wife and kids' name, damn it. What if
- they know about Jason? - They don't.
How the hell do you know that?
Because from the moment we started this operation,
we logged you separately into NTIS.
What is NTIS?
It's a Fed database.
Anyone who logs into your case file,
runs your name or Jason's, they notify me.
They ran your name yesterday at noon.
That's why they know about Analisa and Isabelle.
- And not Jason? JOANNE: - No, because
he's listed under his mother's maiden name,
and you don't have the same address. He's safe.
Who'd you meet with?
Malik called him "El Topo."
- Who is he? - He's Juan Carlos Pintera.
They call him "The Mole." El Topo.
He's ex Mexican paramilitary,
and he runs this region for the Nuevo León cartel.
That's who he is.
JOANNE: Getting Pintera would seriously cripple their organization.
What did he say about the run?
Just that there was another pickup.
And I gotta take it into Mexico.
What, into Mexico?
Why?
Because that means
you're running their money this time. You see, John,
one of the ways that we're fighting the cartel
is to stop them getting their profits.
Right now, it's virtually impossible
for them to wire money in,
so they have to physically transport it.
Hundreds of millions of dollars.
This could be an incredible opportunity for us.
Especially if we got Pintera, too.
COOPER: Can I talk to you for a minute?
Yeah, sure.
John, would you excuse us for a second? I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
- What? - You know damn well what.
El Topo's a game changer, and he's way out of his depth.
Are you kidding me?
- We can still bring in Malik. - No, no, no.
We can squeeze him for a third strike...
We get... There's no way
El Topo's gonna be at that exchange tomorrow.
I am not missing this opportunity.
Even if we don't get him, you know the way this works.
You follow the drugs, you get players. You follow the money...
- Yeah... - You get a kingpin.
Yeah, you know that if he crosses that border, he's never coming back.
You good with that?
JOANNE: John?
Sit down. Drink?
No.
- Coffee? - No.
Look, we had a deal. I deliver Malik to you,
you reduce my son's sentence to a year.
I'm really sorry, but we are way past Malik now.
If we pick him up,
we're going to tip off the cartel.
And what if I go to a judge?
You can if you want to,
but with the mandatory minimum laws,
a judge has no say to reduce the sentence.
Only the federal prosecutor does.
And that's me.
Look, this is the last stop.
You've been very patient. I give you my word.
Your son is coming home soon.
Immediately.
Excuse me?
I go through with this, Jason comes home that instant.
Then I'll make sure that every parent
out there knows how compassionate
you've been to my son.
Okay.
You complete this,
and I will have the judge release your son.
But I need the money,
and the arrest of a cartel player.
Nothing less.
Hey, John.
What time are they calling you with the pickup address?
10:30 tomorrow morning.
The reason they pick Sunday,
it's a high traffic day at the border. Less inspections.
You don't think this is a good idea, do you?
Hey, man, don't matter what I think.
You made a deal with the dragon lady. Not me.
John, you gotta know there's a reason
they picked you so quick for this run.
Cartels don't use their own people to carry loads.
They recruit.
Guys like you...
Favorite target is a middle-class kid in a school.
Make it sound all exciting
to carry a backpack full of dope
for pockets full of cash. And then they do it.
These guys threaten to kill their families.
They use them, they abuse them.
They end up in a barrel full of acid.
That's it, they're gone. Done.
Easy come, easy go.
Because there's always gonna be another mule to take their place.
Brother, you gotta know,
this is one serious backpack you're about to carry.
Hello. I'm here to see my son.
He should be out of the infirmary.
Is he under "Matthews"?
Jason Collins.
Okay. Just sign in.
- Go to window 4. - All right.
Thank you.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
God damn it. I can't keep letting this happen to you.
They say anything about moving you?
How is everybody?
How's Izzy? She doing all right?
I've been wanting to tell you something.
I admire you so much. The stand you're taking.
You didn't take the easy way out.
Not setting up one of your friends.
I couldn't do what you did.
So it looks like you're the one teaching me
what real character and integrity is all about.
I love you, son.
I love you, too.
DANIEL: Who is it?
It's John.
(WHISPERING) What are you doing here, man?
I'm parked a few blocks away just in case somebody's watching.
Daniel, thank you
for not ratting me out.
Believe me, man, I thought about it.
If I don't go through with this,
they're not gonna release my son.
But you don't understand, man,
you play nice with the feds, man,
but what happens when Malik and everyone
finds out you're an informant?
What happens to me?
That puts me right with you. They know I'm a rat.
They will hunt us down, man. They will...
They're gonna come after our families, John.
Daniel, I know I'm the one who put us all in this danger.
And I gotta live with that.
There is no way
that I'm gonna let either side dictate our fates.
No way.
BENICIO: The address come through?
Yeah, I know the area.
It's gonna take about an hour and a half to get there.
BENICIO: The route is only 52 miles west of your warehouse.
Well, it's still gonna take 90 minutes in a semi.
BENICIO: - No longer. - I'm leaving now.
Both wires loud and clear.
Our guy's 12 miles out.
COOPER: He's been sitting there 15 minutes.
What's he doing?
Shit.
All right. Let's do a drive by.
Shit. Anybody hear anything? Voices? Struggle?
Where the hell are you, John?
What took you so long?
Just lost the DEA. We're on.
Hey, John. You're sure you can pull this off, right?
Not without your part, no. I need that number.
All right.
We counted every dollar.
You will be responsible for it.
AGENT: We can't track him by the cell.
Maybe it's turned off.
Why would he ditch us?
What's the address in Mexico?
Get to El Paso,
to the main border crossing. I will tell you which lane.
Only you are going to be in the truck to avoid suspicion.
We're gonna follow in the cars.
Once you cross, our people in Juárez, they're gonna direct you to the final stop.
All right.
(PHONE RINGING)
(GRUNTING)
Like them yard tactics, homey.
Straight bum rush.
That's the Cruizer I know.
I need a number on El Topo, bruh.
(PHONE SLIDING ON FLOOR)
Yo, Malik, you want me to call 911?
Me and you both know they already on their way.
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(DIALING)
- Yeah. JOHN: - You and I both know
if I cross into Mexico, I'm a dead man.
So you think you're better off going alone?
Despite what you might think of me, John,
I am your only protection on this.
Yeah, maybe so.
But as many times as you guys changed the game on me,
I had to put some things into play first.
Yeah, like what exactly?
You know my deal with Keeghan
was for the money and the bust.
Well, I'm gonna make sure that that happens on this side of the border.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
I want you to track the cell number that I'm on.
I'm in one of my other trucks right now,
and it's filled with their cash.
John, listen to me, I just got a hit on NTIS.
Somebody connected you to Jason.
I don't know who it is but we 're working on it.
COOPER: John, can you hear me?
BENICIO: Pull over now.
COOPER: What's happening there?
(TIRES SCREECHING) (GUN FIRES)
(CAR HORNS HONKING)
They know. Get Jason in protective custody.
They'll have people on the inside.
Don't you worry about him. We're on it.
We got units coming to him now.
Already got the prison on lockdown.
He's in an isolation cell.
JOHN: Locate a second number.
It's 517
555-0199. It's El Topo's cell.
Get me that number track now!
(GUN FIRING)
(GUN COCKING)
(GUN FIRES)
(SWEARING IN SPANISH)
(GUNS FIRING)
(JOHN GRUNTING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Did you get him?
Yeah, we locked his position off his cell.
I have tactical teams en route.
I'm shot. In the leg.
John, listen to me. Hang in there. I got units responding to you now.
Just get off at Woodward.
It's the next exit. I'll have them converge there.
AGENT 1: Clear. AGENT 2: Kitchen clear.
House is all clear.
No one's home.
AGENT: Just missed him.
Turn around.
He's heading north on Nichols. Seal the perimeter.
Aguas, Topo.
AGENT: All right, show me hands! Show the hands now!
No, no, no, no.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Get me your hands in the air!
AGENT: Shut it Off!
Keep 'em up!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Ladies and gentlemen, we are here today
to announce the arrest of Juan Carlos Pintera
and other key members of the Nuevo León cartel.
Rest assured we will be safer tonight. Thank you.
So you going to vote for her?
John.
You did a great thing. Thank you so much.
I only wish I could tell people about it.
Ah, it's okay.
As long as I see Jason free in the morning is all I need.
7:00 a.m. sharp he'll be out.
So how is your family dealing
with going into witness protection?
I haven't told them yet.
Coop, Daniel James.
Hey.
How's the arm?
I'll live.
Heard you're refusing WitSec.
Yeah, we, we got a plan.
We're just gonna disappear on our own.
So what did you need me to do,
a statement, right? That's why I'm here?
Mmm-hmm.
You can start by signing that.
Wait a second, man. What is that?
Listen, you got nothing to worry about, Daniel.
We know you were instrumental in this bust.
Hundred Gs?
Yeah. That's reward money for the capture of Juan Carlos Pintera.
That's John Matthews' money, man.
Well, he said something about having to lay you off.
Let's get started.
(BUZZING)
Let's go home.
Thank you.