POTE: Previously, on "Queen of the South"...
JAMES: Arizona's carved up by five narcos.
They're called La Comisión. They meet on Taza's territory,
but it's Pecas who calls the shots.
Perhaps you'd be better off
taking your business out of Arizona while you still can.
What if I brought something else to the table?
Well, I'm sure we could think of something.
We could have allies against Pecas.
Give me one good reason I shouldn't deliver you
to Pecas right now.
Because you need me more than you need him.
[speaking Spanish]
Cochi's got some great skills with the knife, no?
CORTEZ: Isabela is still sneaking out
to meet with Kique Jimenez.
-If we were to kidnap the boy-- -Do it.
But no one can harm him under any circumstances.
[grunts]
Isabela cannot know that it's me that gave the order.
[yelling]
CAMILA: I would lose her forever.
CORTEZ: Are you sure you want to know?
I'm going to make my mother pay.
[dramatic music]
[speaking Spanish]
Now, how much dinero is it going to cost me--
[grunting]
We've got Pecas in the north, Camila to the south.
-We can't win. -There is a way.
We have to make a deal with Mayo.
You're going after Pecas.
Don't even think of betraying me.
The video of you beating that inmate will go viral.
JAMES: Am I going to take the shot, or not?
TERESA: No, we wait.
When the time is right, we'll kill them all.
[upbeat music]
♪
JAMES: Wipe out the Comisión? Are you sure about this?
TERESA: Look what they did to Lil T and Tonto.
POTE: Thosecabrones hit us first.
TERESA: So we hit them back.
JAMES: Pecas will be expecting retaliation.
So will the rest of the Comisión.
We need to take them all at once.
TERESA: Bedoya is the weak link.
JAMES: He owns a mattress shop--he's vulnerable.
It won't be easy to get to the others.
TERESA: We have to turn Bedoya against La Comisión.
TERESA: We need leverage. JAMES: We'll set him up.
Pote and I will make a drop off at Bedoya's shop.
TERESA: He'll bring them to us.
Thank you.
There she is. Damn, little mama.
You clean up nicely. I like that dress.
Thank you. I like yours, too.
This reminds me of the day we first met.
All these rich white people.
You were one of them, remember?
How was I supposed to know one day,
we'd be running a winery together?
[soft piano music]
Welcome. Name and affiliation, ladies.
Priscilla Haines, representing
the Women Entrepreneurs for Progress.
-Teresa Herrera. -Thank you.
CARSON: [laughs]
Well, I tell you that story, because after that,
I thought I had had my fill of fighting in Afghanistan.
When I found myself back home, I was fighting again.
This time, for the people of Maricopa County,
as their district attorney.
And as your next Senator, I pledge to you that next time,
I'll be fighting for the entire state of Arizona.
[cheers and applause]
I know we're down in the last week.
I can't do it alone. I'm going to need your help.
So thank you all for coming out.
Please enjoy yourselves.
[cheers and applause]
He's your key to Phoenix,
and that is how you're going to take down the Comisión.
[dramatic music]
♪
[bells jingle]
[speaking Spanish on TV]
[tense music]
♪
[phone beeps]
[phone rings]
CORTEZ: [speaking Spanish]
Isabela.
Isabela, I had nothing to do with it.
You have to believe me. Isabela, please.
I have nothing to say to you
unless you're going to tell me the truth.
[tense music]
♪
I gave Cortez the order to kidnap Kique.
To bring his father out of hiding.
I never gave the order to kill him.
I would never do something like that to you, Isabela.
If you didn't kill him, who did?
Cortez.
I never should have trusted him.
I should have listened to you.
And now, I'm paying the price for this.
Why hurt Kique? It doesn't make sense.
Cortez wants to turn you and everybody else against me.
Cortez wants me out, so he can take my business.
What are you going to do?
[sighs]
I'll move against him soon.
All I know is that now...
You and I...
we can only trust each other.
[tense music]
♪
Let me do a press conference.
Kique was my fiancé.
If I defend you, maybe that will help.
I'll do it at the orphanage. That will make a statement.
That will work.
Thank you.
We have to spin this, Mami.
If what you say about Cortez is true,
we have to fight back.
[tense music]
I'm so sorry.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
[phone vibrates]
-Hey. JAMES: It's me.
We're at Bedoya's shopping. We're making the dropoff now.
Plan's in motion. He won't see this coming.
Okay, be careful.
-You too. TERESA: Bye.
[dramatic music]
♪
Hey.
[grunts]
That's Judge Jack Garvey. He's a Democratic Committeeman.
I need to speak with Carson alone.
Girl, I'm on it.
[indistinct chatter]
Yeah, well, it's the redistricting.
-That's what's killing us. -You are preaching
to the choir, but there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
-Yeah, well-- -Judge Garvey, how are you?
Uh, I'm sorry, have we met?
I'm sorry, where are my manners?
I'm Priscilla Haines.
This is my good friend Teresa Herrera.
-Pleasure to meet you, sir. -Hi, I'm Judge Jack Garvey.
Oh, and uh, you probably know our man of the hour.
District Attorney Theo Carson.
And with a little luck, our next Senator.
-How do you do, ladies? -Nice to meet you.
-Thank you so much for coming. -Of course.
Listen, Judge Garvey, I would love to pick your brain
about the small business ballot measure in the East Valley.
Um, I noticed that your drink is empty.
What do you say we get you rehydrated first?
Okay.
[soft piano music]
Why do I feel like we just got set up on a blind date?
[laughs]
Okay, I think you might have rescued me,
because that old man can listen to himself talk all day.
What politician doesn't?
[both laugh]
And what is it that you do, Ms. Herrera?
Have you heard of the Perla Blanca vineyards?
The new winery off the 115. Yeah, do you work there?
I own it.
I think I can help you with your campaign.
I think this is a good time to loop in my campaign manager.
I'd like to keep this between us, if possible.
And Mrs. Judge Garvey III has returned, awkward.
[sniffs]
Excuse me, guys. These darn allergies.
[sniff]
Um, you might want to take care of your friend.
She's pretty loaded.
It's been a pleasure, ladies. Will you please excuse me?
Sure.
-What? -Let's go to the restroom.
Okay.
-You're high. -What?
-No. -Don't lie to me.
You've been using.
I--I took like, a couple of bumps.
But I've been having these, like, panic attacks
ever since those people came to the winery.
I mean, they wine-boarded me, for God sake.
I just was doing a little bit to take the edge off.
I don't know, maybe that's just an excuse.
But I'm sorry. I'll pay you back for--
I don't care about the money.
This deal is important for all of us.
-You know what's at stake. -I know.
So don't talk to anyone, okay? Go back to the house.
You have to get your head clear.
I'll talk to you soon.
[door opens]
[door shuts]
[exhales]
Okay.
My orders were very specific. Kique was not to be harmed.
And I told you, he wasn't. Not by me nor by any of my men.
The manner in which the body was found,
the intent was clearly to sully you in the eyes of the public.
You know this was Teresa.
Teresa will never come back to Mexico again.
If she has, then we have
the perfect way to strike against her.
[tense music]
♪
[indistinct Spanish chatter]
CAMILA: The Colombians are concerned
about the attention Kique's death is drawing to me.
Castel wants to meet.
CORTEZ: This won't take long.
[dramatic music]
♪
You know, my daddy died in a nuthouse.
And General Alligator Face here thinks he's calling the shots.
It's nice to have an adult to deal with.
Go on now, run along. Your momma's here.
Oh, bring it, gator boy.
You know I'm ready.
The General tells me you have information
about Teresa Mendoza.
Well, since we're finished with all the pleasantries,
let's, uh, open the door to negotiations, shall we?
[dramatic music]
♪
Let's.
[indistinct chatter]
Okay, I'm going to be there in two seconds.
Drink?
[chuckles]
It's an Old Fashioned. That's a good guess.
I saw you drinking one earlier. Single batch bourbon.
Salud.
[glasses clink]
Salud.
Listen, I apologize if my friend made you uncomfortable.
I'm curious. I would like to know why
you are so interested in helping me.
I'm new to this country.
I would like to write you a $200,000--
You should contact my campaign headquarters.
Ask for Janice. Thanks again.
I have something that will help you win this election.
Something better than money.
[tense music]
And what is it you'd like in return?
To be friends. Help each other.
♪
I'd need to hear more details.
But I'm open to further discussion.
-It was nice to meet you. -Likewise.
[chuckles]
Right where I said it was, wasn't it?
You think we need your weapons?
I think you need the kind of spin
something like this would give you.
Uncle Sam loses high grade
military arsenal on Mexican land.
Returned by a hot-ass governor
who fights corruption and looks good doing it.
Gets your rep out of the shitter.
I can see you thought this through.
-What are Your Majesty's terms? -Well, I only got two.
I want out of this cuckoo's nest,
and I want my man, Bilal, brought to me.
I have a condition of my own. It's non-negotiable.
Let me guess. Teresa Mendoza?
I want the details of her operation.
She's part of this deal, or there is no deal.
You bring me my number two, spring us out of here,
I'll tell you anything you want to know.
[dramatic music]
♪
You have no loyalty to her?
I'm a pirate, madam. Not a saint.
I'll be in touch.
Take me to my car.
She looks just as good going, huh, General?
There goes the boss.
You playing the long game, Your Highness?
Tossing us scraps while you protect
that bitch that feeds you?
Now, is this some kind of psychopathic courtship?
Because I'm digging it. I like a man in uniform.
But you already have a man in your life, Mr. Megalos.
You'll be happy to know
that your first request has been granted.
Your Somali friend, he's already on the premises.
Bilal's here?
Mas o menos.
[tense music]
♪
Bilal.
Don't worry, brother, we're going to get you out of here.
[grunting]
Bilal?
It's me. It's George.
What the hell did you do to him?
CORTEZ: He was having trouble,
so he needed some special treatment.
[dramatic music]
♪
You...
you sick bastard.
I'm going to kill you!
I'm going to rip that lizard face
right off your goddamn skull!
You can bullshit the governor, but you can't bullshit me.
I know what loyalty means to a man like you.
I'm curious,
how many layers of skin I'll need to peel back
until you're no longer that same man.
I guess we'll see.
Your death's going to be dark, General.
Pitch black, I have it my way.
Oh, don't try and charm me, Your Majesty.
You won't get off so easy. Not like your mayatesidekick.
-Bilal, it's going to be okay. -[wails indistinctly]
-I'll be coming for you! -[grunts]
-Take him. -[yells]
-[wails indistinctly]
[tires screech]
[phone rings]
[phone buzzes]
-Hey, did they get Bedoya? -It's going down now.
[dramatic music]
♪
Keep your hands up! Don't move!
What the hell is this? You guys got a warrant?
Hey, I'm talking to you, man. What do you want?
♪
Come on, man. You going to pay for that?
No way, that ain't mine, all right?
No, no, no, no. That's not mine.
-You're with Mayo, right? -Take him.
This is a setup, man. All right, this ain't my stuff.
They're setting me up.
[blues rock]
♪
Teresa.
-Hey. -Yeah, have a seat, join us.
Here we are, we're the Three Horseman of the Apocalypse,
and one Horsewoman.
[laughs]
Which one you think you are, Teresa?
Pestilence, probably. Maybe Death.
This one here can't be Famine, I know that.
[grunts]
[both speak Spanish]
Just watch the door.
Con gusto.
No sense of humor.
Bedoya's in the county jail.
We got him right where we want him.
One down, four to go.
Your men did a good job. Thank you.
Yeah, I see which way the wind's blowing.
I just made the smart choice. I got to say, though.
Kinda surprised at you.
It wasn't so long ago you were all up on your high horse
bleeding your heart about that kid in my jail.
Now look at you.
Sitting here right with me, and we're doing business together.
[sniffs]
Kind of disappointing, in a way.
Everybody has their price.
I guess yours was Phoenix. This is on me.
JAMES: [clears throat]
-How'd it go with the DA? -I think he's onboard.
-Have we heard from George? -Not since Guaymas.
He's been off-grid, I just can't get a hold of him.
-We need to find him. -I'll stay on it.
Go get Bedoya.
[birds caw]
-What the hell is this? -Get in.
[tense music]
♪
What the hell are you doing here?
-I got you out. -You?
[chuckles]
Judge kicked the case.
TERESA: DA Carson chose not to file it.
The sheriff didn't have a warrant.
You do know how this is going to look, right?
Like you cut a deal with the DA to save yourself.
♪
-You set me up. -You should be more careful.
[exhales]
What the hell do you want from me, Teresa?
I want La Comisión.
You're going to help deliver them.
[engine starts]
[dramatic music]
I have requested this meeting because my uncle is very upset.
With Boaz on the run, and you getting
dragged through the mud, business here has
nearly come to a standstill.
We're losing money because you persisted
in a war we advised you against.
Let me remind you, Castel, that Reynaldo
gave me his blessing on the attack on Boaz.
Kique was unfortunately collateral damage.
Ladies, I am certain we can figure out
a solution to this together.
I've set up a press conference. That will take care of it.
-I always do. -Yeah, well.
Confidence and trust are hard things
to win back once they've been lost.
Making decisions based on emotions
is never good business, Camila.
-Excuse me? -This business is changing.
The days of narcos praying to Malverde,
and asking advice from misticos?
-Those days are done. -Indeed.
Cocainais a multi-billion dollar industry,
so it needs to be managed with more sophistication.
[tense music]
You're right, Castel. Thank you.
Please tell Reynaldo that his concerns have been heard.
-I will. -And now,
if you'll excuse me.
♪
[speaks Spanish]
Rosario.
Señora?
[both speaking Spanish]
[both continue speaking Spanish]
[phone ringing]
[speaks Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
La Comisión, they're willing to meet.
I told them I would hand you over to them.
I'll do this, and me and you, we're good, right?
Yes, you and I will be partners
along with Taza.
[dramatic music]
To partnership.
♪
[speaks Spanish]
All set, then.
Take Pote with you.
We succeed, we're free to run Phoenix how we want.
We'll be the only game in town, and we'll do it together.
I hope so. I'll see you soon.
Let's go.
[slow mariachi music]
♪
[singing in Spanish]
[music echoing]
[door shuts]
[speaking Spanish]
[continues speaking Spanish]
[both speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[crickets chirp]
[knocking on door]
Hi, I brought you some tea.
Thank you.
Look, I screwed up yesterday. I totally admit that.
I want you to know you can count on me.
You're my only friend left.
I mean, I don't have anybody else.
I don't want to lose you, too.
[phone buzzing]
Sorry.
[phone clicks]
-Hey. JAMES: We're at the spot.
TERESA: Is Bedoya there?
Yeah, he's waiting to get picked up.
TERESA: Call me when they get there.
Look, I don't know what's going on,
and honestly, I don't really want to know anything,
like, above my pay grade.
But I just-- I got to ask.
After what happened to me at the winery,
every single horrible thing that's ever happened to you...
is it worth it?
[soft music]
♪
[tense music]
♪
[both speaking indistinctly]
JAMES: Bedoya's going to meet Pecas
and the rest of the Comisión. We'll hit them all at once.
What Devon did to you at the winery was terrible.
I'm in this business to stop people like him
from deciding how I live.
Or if I live.
[soft music]
[phone buzzing]
-Yeah? JAMES: Pecas's men just
picked up Bedoya. We're on their tail.
JAMES: We'll keep you posted. -Okay.
[dramatic music]
POTE: They're pulling into the club.
[ambient music]
Hey, honey. Come on.
♪
[both speaking Spanish]
[both laugh]
[both speaking Spanish]
[ambient music continues]
♪
POTE: Looks like the meeting's upstairs.
That cabronis standing guard.
JAMES: Time to get Charger to work his magic.
POTE: Today is your lucky day.
[laughs]
-Don't be a gentleman. -I will not.
-Go. -Andale.
[speaking Spanish]
Ah, you so sexy. Come here, mamacita.
Here we go.
Hey, asshole. Get off the stage.
What's the problem, man? I'm giving her money.
-I said get off the stage. -Hey, what's the problem?
[grunts]
Let go, man.
[speaks Spanish]
Mwah.
[grunts]
[groovy Latin music]
[grunting]
♪
[speaking Spanish]
Move, get out the way!
[screaming]
[grunting]
Whoa, hold on, it's just me, man.
It's me.
[speaking Spanish]
[screams]
[all screaming]
-Where's Pecas? -I don't know, man.
-Well, was he here? -I don't know, man, all right?
[grunting]
-You find Pecas? -No.
We got to go, James.
[crickets chirp]
[laughs]
Told you it was your lucky day.
-Puto. -[laughs]
[sirens wail]
[dramatic music]
♪
Hey.
JAMES: Yeah, we've got a problem.
-What happened? JAMES: Pecas didn't show.
Pecas wasn't there when we showed up.
I mean, we just shot the place up.
If that cabron finds out what happened,
he's going to hit back, hard.
Well, we need to find him before that happens.
We will. What about Bedoya?
He was hit, but not by us.
Someone must have tipped Pecas off.
Someone?
[speaks Spanish]
Only four people knew about the Bedoya play.
Three of them are standing here.
But the Sheriff works for us.
We made a deal with the Devil, Teresita.
-This is the price we pay. -Okay, we must get Mayo.
But first, Pecas needs to go.
MAYO: My men and I will drive you to the border.
After that, you're on your own.
I expect a call from you before the week is out
telling me you put a stake through that bitch's heart.
Now, it's you want me to do what you couldn't.
And I'm gonna keep that in mind.
[door grates open]
It ain't gonna happen.
Thank you.
[tense music]
♪
Mayo, you motherless snake. You set me up.
What can I say, Pecas? She pays better.
I never liked you much, anyway.
Ain't nobody going to trust a red-headed Mexican.
Mera, mera.
I underestimated you from the start, didn't I?
You know, if I didn't want so badly
to squeeze your throat until your eyes popped out,
I might make an honest woman out of you.
It's a joke.
[laughs] I'm just--
[sighs] That's grand.
Let's call it a draw.
Huh? You and me, we can run La Comisión
like it should have been run all along.
A smart business. Innovation.
I'm tired of being the only one with any vision around here.
-What about Taza? -And Taza.
Of course, the three of us, equal partners.
Do you see this, huh?
We're already talking.
[speaking Spanish]
Make a deal with me.
We made a deal.
You broke it when you sold me to Camila Vargas.
You would have done the same thing.
-No, I wouldn't. -No?
Then you're an idiot.
♪
What?
You think you're going to make me beg for my life?
[laughs]
That's not going to happen.
I don't kneel to bitches.
Adios, puta. I'll see you in Hell--
[grunting]
And then, there were none.
He was never going to show up to your little deer trap.
Not in his nature.
Jackals only come out after the fight is over,
when the blood is already on the ground.
He trusted you, though.
No one else to turn to. You know what that's like.
[dramatic music]
♪
I already got a nice spot
picked out for him in the desert.
It's right next to your reporter.
Kind of fitting, don't you think?
You're the boss.
[dramatic music]
♪
CROWD: No mas Vargas, no mas Vargas!
[indistinct Spanish chatter]
[distant chanting]
Dad gave me that bear.
Mom gave me the mural as a gift,
so I would remember when things were good.
You need to extricate yourself from her,
or you will be destroyed, too.
But I'm her daughter. I'm all she has.
Because of her, your father is gone.
He chose to leave this business,
and she dragged him back into it.
If you let her, she'll drag you down to the grave.
You must speak against her now.
[speaks Spanish]
[tense music]
♪
CROWD: No mas Vargas! No mas Vargas!
[chanting continues]
[speaking Spanish]
[continues in Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[continues in Spanish]
[overlapping shouts]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[shouting in Spanish]
[dramatic music]
♪
-The order's backed up? -Yeah.
Let's start filling them.
We need to reopen the winery soon.
And divide up the territory of the Comisión with Taza.
-Yeah. -We are La Comisión now.
[laughs]
Let's drink and celebrate.
Hey.
Where's all the tequila?
You drank all of it.
Not by myself, I didn't. Bourbon it is, then.
[phone buzzes]
[phone clicks]
Hello? CARSON: You hear the news?
A video of Sherriff Mayo abusing an inmate went viral.
I filed charges this morning. He's in custody now.
He deserves it.
CARSON: You did me a solid, sending me that tape.
I'm grateful.
I have literally dozens
of new volunteers since the news broke,
and I have no doubt the Latino vote will follow.
That said, we should be cautious
about any further communication.
I understand.
Good luck in next week's election.
Who needs luck when you have good friends?
JAMES: Well, we may have Carson, but if I were Mayo,
I'd be trying to cut a deal. And what does he have but us?
He helped you kill Pecas, but you know you can't trust him.
I know that.
I have to make a call.
[blues rock music]
♪
Payback is a bitch.
[exhales]
[alarm buzzing]
[phone buzzing]
This better be my attorney.
You asked me which Horseman of the Apocalypse I am, remember?
MAYO: Yeah, I remember. Now, you listen to me, Teresa.
We both can't be Death. TERESA: I'm not.
I'm War.
Hey, hey, hey, hey! I need to talk to someone--
[grunting]
Hey, hey, no!
[grunting]
He's done?
We did this.
Thank you for helping me.
Of course.
Phoenix is ours.
[blues rock]
♪
[dramatic music]
♪
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