The Cleaner (2008) s01e01 Episode Script
Pilot
I don't ask for a lot.
You know, come to think of it, I don't even think I ever ask for anything for myself.
You run your numbers and let me know, but I keep a tight book.
I mean, yes, I-I've asked for a few things.
But in the grand scheme, you got to admit, it hasn't been much.
And not really for me.
Hey, Priest.
You ready to play football, son? Get in there.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Let's go! Let's go! Yeah? I think I have an opening.
lf you've got the opening, then take it.
-Can I take the car, too? -Look I can't negotiate this with you right now.
-Akani always gets the damn car.
-Well, then use your better judgment, Swenton, if such a thing exists.
Move it! Attack! Break through, break through! "lf such a thing exists"? I know condescending when I hear it, William.
And it hurts.
All right, we're all set to track her, -if this thing goes down.
-Good.
-Yeah? -I'm in position.
You tell Her Majesty I'm ready to make the grab.
Got it.
You ready to play, boy? -Yes, sir.
-Give me 31 Crash.
Go Yeah, listen, Akani We got a bit of a problem.
She's banging her bookie.
All right, well, lose him.
He's lost.
Yeah, Mick, she's free and clear of the guy.
You got the green light, all right? -Go.
-I'm on it.
You know, I get the whole "Give me strength" part, but man, you are really painting a bull's-eye on my ass right now.
Hut.
Hike.
Get in there.
Do your thing.
Let's go! Good evening.
Come on! Are you kidding me?! What the hell?! Hey, hey! Guess who's going to rehab? Party's over.
Did my father pay you to do this? -Your husband did.
-He thinks l have this gambling problem.
You do.
Come on! Unbelievable! I never get the car.
Hey, William, we made the grab.
Good, 'cause I got a game to win-- Time! Time out! Time! Time! Ben, let's go.
Run it in.
Run it in.
Fourth and inches, eight seconds on the game clock.
-Stuff you live for.
-Dad, it's the stuff you live for.
Sneak Morris up the middle, and let's go home.
How's the leg? Son, you can nail this.
I know.
So nail it.
-Or I can miss.
-You're not gonna miss.
Look, how do you know? Will you pray to him that I make it? I don't pray, all right? I talk.
-What's the difference? -Praying is for religious people.
Besides, even if I did pray, you think l'd waste it on a football game? Go! Let's go! Please don't let him shank it to the right.
-Break! -Break! Watch on that side! Hut, hut, hike! Whoo! Yes! Yes.
See? Told you.
All right, Ben! You had to make it hit the goalposts-- twice.
That's subtle.
Better be good, Swenton.
-It ain't even 6:00.
-Oh.
You think I give a rat's ass about what time it is.
See, I just spent eight hours playing mix and match with batteries while Akani gets to eat really, really nice canapés in a five-star restaurant.
She was on the job, man, just like you.
Right, but, uh, swapping out a GPS should take seven minutes, not seven hours.
Go green-- lithium batteries.
Wait a minute, wait.
You said eight hours.
Trying to squeeze an extra hour out of me, Swenton? Yes, yes, I am, because that $1 1 .
50 is going to change my life.
Look, what are you bitching about? We got paid great to make that grab, huh? The kids are going to get their mom back in a month.
Husband gets his wife.
lt was a good grab.
Son of a bitch.
Hey, hey, hey! Put that car down! It's a classic, ass! Swenton.
You sleep all right? Oh, we quit smoking, right? Yeah.
Good.
We did quit, didn't we? What did I just say? Sorry.
Sleepy.
T.
S.
Automotive again? Yeah, the tranny was slipping.
Okay, that truck is Old Yeller, William.
-Just shoot her already.
-Hey.
We quit? Oh, my God, you're killing me, babe.
Sorry.
-Yeah, quitting was a good idea.
-Above the bar, behind the yellow plate.
I thought I put 'em in a place -where you couldn't reach.
-Mm-hmm.
You taking Lula to dance class today? Uh, you know I gotta check lf it were football practice, you'd take her.
-That's not true.
-Bullshit.
I'd never let Lula practice football in a tutu.
It's jazz, you smart-ass, and she wears a leotard.
I'll take Lula.
I'm sorry, baby.
Coffee and cigarettes.
That was sexy.
-Do you have your biology homework? -Yeah.
-You finished it? -Yes, it's done.
-It's done, done? -It's done, done.
Okay.
Hey, I got Ben, you got Lula.
Judy, looking lean.
Pilates lean.
I'm going to kill her grass.
Dog pee will kill anything, Mom.
Okay no more play dates with Charlie Mintz.
-Dance is at 2:00.
-Got it.
2:00.
-Have fun dancing, baby.
-I will.
Bye.
You know, I like Pilates, too.
Ben, are you kidding me? Let's go.
How can you study with the music so loud? Done.
Hey, how much is the new truck? Like $30,000? Why, you going to buy it for me? Lisa Robinson said Robby Camin's dad's truck was $70,000.
That's not a truck, that's a that's a condo.
Anyways, I like this truck.
You do? Why? lt always stinks, it never starts.
Yeah, but it stinks like you.
So you sure you don't want me to walk you in? Dad.
Careful crossing the street.
Dad! See you at 2:00.
Don't forget.
Hey, what's up? Did you do the math? What's up? Yo, Mick, you hear from Akani? Not since the grab.
All right, meet me at the shop after your workout.
No, no, no.
No can do.
Not today.
It's my birthday.
My boys are coming by.
Oh, I'm sorry, man-- hey, you want me to get you a cake? What-What meeting are you going to be at? Whoa, whoa, whoa, chill, William.
Birthday-- as in actual date of birth.
Not the program.
You're off the hook.
Happy birthday, man.
Thanks, brother.
Slick Willie! Man, you don't call, you don't write.
Makes me think you don't care anymore, man.
You care, don't you, Willie? Of course I care.
I care you still got my truck here.
You come to get me on your crew, Willie? -No, man.
-I mean, come on, man, cars is cool, but God did not put me on this planet to sell them.
You pulled baby brother out of Folsom.
Let me pay it forward, man.
Only one way a gig opens up, Darnell, you know that.
Listen, I'm going to have your money for you soon, all right? I hope so, baby.
Keep this ride on the lot any longer-- price jumps when it becomes a classic now.
Keep me in mind, right? You're a hard man to forget, Darnell.
Hey, man, do you work here? Hey, do you work here, man?! lt depends.
You looking for a board or a car? I'm looking for William Banks.
You Aaron? Yeah.
You got the right guy.
You know, you're near impossible to find.
Yeah, well, that's sort of the point.
It's my cousin Zach-- like I told you on the phone, he's in a bad way.
I could pay you half now.
lf you think it's a bust, then you can walk, but if you think you can help, help.
I mean, that's what you do, right? Yeah, that's what I do.
What do you think? I think we just pulled up.
Reverend Alsmith said that you zeroed in on his guy in like two seconds.
That's because Reverend Alsmith's guy had a straw stuck four inches up his nose in the middle of a meth lab.
Give me a minute.
Reverend Alsmith? Yeah, your people giving referrals now? Yeah.
I think I got arrested.
Swenton, that's one thing in life you actually don't have to think about.
Either you did or you didn't.
Which is it? Did.
-I'm at Culver station.
-All right, sit tight.
Like I have a choice.
So Aaron tells me your boy is an athlete.
Point guard.
All-conference.
Hey, sweetie, would you mind going upstairs just for a minute? Thank you.
My husband passed almost a year ago.
He fought it for a long time, but Zach was by his side almost daily.
That's when he started getting high.
He just lost his father.
-Aunt Shari, stop making excuses.
-Aaron! William is it? Uh I'm sorry that you came.
Aunt Shari, he's here.
Aaron, go back to work.
Mrs.
Giles, would it be all right if I just take a look at his room? I already told you, he's You're right.
lt was nice to meet you.
His room's upstairs.
But it's really nothing special.
Yeah, pretty much like you said.
Nothing special.
Yeah, I told Aaron.
He put all these ideas in my head about Zach.
Zach, hurry.
Oh, baby.
All right, all right, all right, don't just grab anything, all right? Uh we need high-end stuff.
Get the speakers, radios, uh Oh! Look over there! Look over there! Looks like he's the only teenager in America without video games or a computer, though.
Oh, he has a laptop.
He takes it with him everywhere.
Ah.
Yeah, you know, my son wants one.
I told him he can't get it till I get my new truck.
Sounds like a good deal.
Well, if you knew my credit rating, you might not think so.
Grab it, grab it.
-Got it? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Careful! -The alarm! -Shh, shh.
-Oh, no! -The stuff just shut up and grab it! Come on! Just go! Just go, go, go! How tall is Zach? Um, five-nine and a half.
-He thinks it makes a difference.
-Oh, it does.
The difference between a point guard and a shooting guard.
Yeah, I don't, uh I don't think you have anything to worry about.
Well, I didn't think so.
Mom, I can't find my backpack.
If you'll excuse me.
Mick, get the team together.
We got a kid in trouble.
Hey! Miss July.
So, you're sure we have to give her back? I mean we're doing her a service.
Chick could double down on black tomorrow, and bye-bye, baby girl.
Akani, how come you didn't check in after the grab? You know you don't get special privileges.
lt went down perfectly.
I've never missed a check-in, have l? I'm good at this job, and it's fun.
-Fun? -Yeah, fun.
Among other things, so let me do it without looking over my shoulder, okay? Whatever.
Look this came for you.
Why do you keep giving these to me if you know I never open them? Because it's addressed to you? Oh, yeah? That's deep.
You can just return to sender.
Or you can always write back.
Let me help you.
"Dear Dad, I'm so grateful for that money "you send me every month.
-I just love it.
" -You still quit? So, we got a case up? -Yeah.
Get in the car first.
-Where are we going? -Culver.
Police station.
-Picking up or dropping off? Picking up.
Who? Akani.
Go get in the car, Akani.
I'll be right behind you.
Right where mama likes you.
I know.
I know.
I hired her.
Okay, so, I also slept with her, but Melissa and me were separated, you know that.
And I'm sorry, all right? I'm sorry.
Every day since.
Don't you have anything better to do? Hey, look who's here! Oh, yeah! What you got there? Hi! Oh, we got some birthday presents.
Whoo! Yeah, you do! Party.
Go on, hug your mama good-bye.
-Come on.
-Bye, honey.
Be good, okay? Listen to your dad.
Love you! I got that rap movie all cued up for you, okay? No video games.
Well, happy birthday, old man.
Hey, my mom says hi.
House is looking good.
For a rental.
Hey, Sylvie, I made an appointment with the couples counselor.
We've been split over a year.
The kids need us.
I know, but not together, you know that.
Feliz cumpleaños, papi, okay? See you at the gym Wednesday.
Um I don't think that's a good idea.
Oh, I don't know, mami, your arm's a little soft there.
Hey! Come on.
Free session.
On me.
Okay.
Wednesday.
Verbal assault? You brought this guy in for a loud voice? Sir, he called an employee of the city a an "a-hole.
" Okay, now we towed the vehicle because city ordinance requires the removal Look, we generally give his people a pass, Officer Herman.
It's one of those real simple "you scratch our back" kind of a thing.
Sir, if is see something that's a lawful infraction, I need to be able to exercise my duty That's why you're top of your class, but it just doesn't work that way.
This guy Swenton has a warrant out for his arrest.
Had.
William's people get a pass.
-Why? -What do you say, Cliff? Go tell Swenton that we're here.
He's new.
I like new things.
Akani How you doing.
How's Sarah? Six months clean; real solid.
-Good.
-Look, I'm sorry for the misunderstanding.
-Let's get your guy out of here, all right? -Okay.
Hey, listen, kid, you got good instincts, all right? Next time, pick something that'll stick, huh? Stop complaining, cupcake.
There was a bathroom in there you could have used.
Oh, right! Like you'd use that.
Pussycat, I have.
Oh, and she's still got the car.
You are just such an unbelievably staggering little bitch.
You deal with your job, let me deal with mine.
I'm stuck in a jail cell for, like, nine hours, which probably No, no.
You know what? Definitely gives me an obstructed bowel.
And she gets to keep a car that's worth more than my parent's double-wide.
That's awesome.
Jail-- not fun for me, okay? Green woolly blankets.
She's returning it.
Do not start with me, Swenton.
No, no.
All I want to know is when do I get a decent gig? Because I would like to have a decent gig, William, because I'm sure as hell not gonna bang you like she did, just to get a gig.
What? Light's green.
Get out before it changes.
Oh, Will Get out before it changes.
l-I c-c-c-could you? -Get out.
-Could you, could you take me to the impound, please, -at least? l -Get out.
Move your truck! What, are you stupid?! Great! Thank you! Get out of the street, you idiot! Oh, this is Ah, forget it.
Hey, Akani, there's a yellow Lamborghini in the parking lot.
Why is that? Hey, I thought we had a case up.
-We do.
-Extortion? -Prostitution.
-Gambling? -Meth.
-Ice.
-Pay up! You know, technically, meth isn't ice.
Ah, potato, po-tah-toe.
lce.
Akani, I want you on surveillance.
Give it to Swenton.
He's surveillance.
Not anymore.
Why? He ain't anything right now.
Are you serious? Well, you did give him a million chances.
So, you gonna put the Trustafarian on surveillance? Hey, it wasn't a trust fund.
lt was an inheritance.
Hey, William, don't lay it on the princess, okay? I will cover surveillance if she covers when we go to the game.
You got the tickets, right? Phillies v.
Dodgers, baby.
Third base line.
Sweet.
Who's on the mound? -Billingsley.
-Oh, yeah! -Beautiful rotation.
-Mmm! Nothing I like better than boy-on-boy foreplay.
You guys should just make out.
All right, listen up now.
We got a 15-year-old tweaker.
His name is Zach Giles.
His mother's in total denial.
Father died at 46 from lymphoma.
She's taking care of two kids and a nephew.
It's a heavy world, kid.
How would you know what the world looks like outside that gym? You know, she's right, Mick.
You're getting huge, man.
I'm just hitting it harder.
I got time now with Sylvie gone and all.
Yeah, that's cool, but you know that juice compromises your sobriety, right? You shittin' me? We've known each other 20 years.
You don't think I'm clean? You want my expert opinion? The guy's definitely not juicing.
Here's my piss, asshole.
You're a very classy man, Mick.
Love you, too, Willie.
You guys should have definitely made out.
Hey, yo, man, like I told you on the phone, that stuff's high-end, right? Yeah, yeah, it's high-end, Leo.
All right, man, 'cause if he likes it, and he can turn it into a profit, boy, he's gonna hook you up with some sweets.
Hey, man, do your thing.
Hey, yo-yo-yo, yo-yo-yo! JWB, that's my boy Zachary Giles.
Hey, man, I got some great stuff, man.
Here, check it out.
I got a-a laptop, and uh, two sets of speakers, see? Speakers.
Well, the, uh well, the laptop is new, -and, uh -Take care of this.
He can even upgrade it.
I'm not looking for upgrades, am l, Leo?! Oh, man, I told his ass! You know what I'm looking for? I'm looking for merchandise that I can flip for a profit, okay? I'm looking for plasmas, I'm looking for jewelry.
What is it-- "Zachary"? -I hate little white boys.
-Speakers Don't pay for this.
Upgrades don't pay for this.
My mom.
She, she has a-a sa a safe at home.
Then go.
Go home, Zachary.
Hey, how are my girls doing? How was your day, sweetheart? Hmm? It's okay, Dad, I can dance next week.
Don't, don't say anything.
Come on, come on Oh, geez Come on! Hey! Hey, Jess.
I miss you.
It's all I have.
Baby, I am trying.
Trying? You know what, William? That shit doesn't work anymore.
Trying is what you needed to be doing years ago, just to get to this point.
Succeeding is what you need to be doing now, and succeeding is a million miles away from what -you're doing.
-Whatever.
Right.
You don't get it.
-I don't get it?! -No, you don't get it.
You know what? I get it.
Your children get it.
We all get it.
You help a lot of people.
All you did was replace one fix for another! Melissa.
This is William.
It's Shari Giles.
It's Zach.
He's in trouble.
I thought I could handle it, but I don't think I can.
I need your help.
I need you.
Okay.
All right, here are some places we can start to look for Heather and Zach.
Oki Dog Fairfax, MacArthur Park by the boats, Griffith tennis courts, back side of Canter's Deli on Oakwood.
What? You don't think I get around? Swenton, you got a set of stones.
Oh, yeah? You can feel free to work 'em any time.
Really? I got a few minutes.
Drop trou.
-Yeah, really? -Akani.
Go find Zach and Heather.
Cool if I sit? Cool if I bum? Got a match? You want me to smoke it for you, too? Come on, William.
Come on, man.
I've never been good at anything in my entire life.
You know this, all right? I mean, it took me eight years just to decide to drop out of college, and that was community college, all right? But this job Man, this job gives me something.
You know? lt gives me a sense of, uh uh, I don't know.
Responsibility.
No.
No? l-I mean yeah.
William, l need this job.
Why, Swenton? All you do is bitch about it.
The assignments, the hours, the pay.
You know what? You could make more money here sweeping out the shop.
Tell you what.
I'll get you a letter of recommendation.
Yeah, I don't want your letter of recommendation, bro.
-I want my job.
-Why? Because, because, I just I don't know! Okay? I just do.
"l just do"? That's your answer? You know what? I don't get you, Swenton.
You think we get paid finding kids on the back of milk cartons? We've got a kid out on the street who's killing himself for $20 a hit.
He's stealing from his family just to stay high.
His mother's falling apart.
And that's your answer? "I just do"? Ladies and gentlemen, please hold on to your ticket stubs for the next home stand.
It's perfect, right? The one night you and me decide to take off, is the first rainout since what? -Giants game.
-Giants game.
Yeah.
I don't know Think about it.
You take a night off and, uh, it rains.
Like, uh, like I get clean and I'm still gonna end up getting divorced.
Why? Why go through all this shit just so Sylvie can still leave me? I don't know, Mick.
William, if you don't have answers to this kind of rainout shit, then we are all cosmically screwed.
All right, well, try this.
Since some shit has to be right, universally speaking, some shit has to be out of whack.
It's, uh it's a balance thing.
Mick, l-I guess I mean that sometimes a rainout is just a rainout.
Right? Right.
Yeah? Hey, I need some help.
What could you possibly need this early? I need some help! I'm around the corner.
From here? Yes, from here! Akani, you are not coming here.
Damn it.
What did I say? You cannot Don't talk.
Just help, please.
Look, you asked me to find one or both-- I found one: Heather.
Flatliner? So why didn't you take her to the hospital? What the hell are you doing here? I called him first.
I was freaking.
Well, get my bag out of the truck, genius.
Look at her nostrils.
This girl's definitely doing more than smoking ice.
Snorting H.
-Not a fun ride, this one.
-Fun? You guys act like you're pulling shifts at Kinko's.
You think it's fun for me to have to watch after you spoiled, self-indulgent -Iittle punks? Huh? -She's the debutante.
-Prom queen.
Screw you.
-I swear to God.
Swenton.
Blue light her eyes.
Pupils are pinned.
No, this chick's not ticking, man.
Okay, I have breath.
-BP's crashing.
-What's wrong with you? Huh? You think it's fun? It's not about being fun.
And it's not "I just do.
" Every one of you, you came to me, and I pulled you out of your miserable dead-end lives.
Spike.
We're not listed.
We don't advertise.
People find us because they need us.
We have a 75% relapse rate.
-Nothing.
-Veins are flat here, too.
I got a jugular raised and ready.
Those are shit odds.
You make a mistake here, people die.
Call that fun? Huh? All right, let's go.
Wake up, darling.
-Hi.
-Hey, it's okay, it's okay.
Who the hell are you guys? Swenton, give her the dart.
-Where is Zach? -Okay.
Out you go.
Akani, you get her to Transitions-- now.
And you better be there when she wakes up.
And if you ever do this again, you're done, you understand? And you-- get out of my way.
Morning, Arnie.
Melissa.
Yeah.
Hey, I got a new friend.
Anybody interesting? Ah he's better than interesting.
All right, then meet me at the shop in an hour.
Later.
What you got there? Nothing.
You? Homework.
Why? Because I didn't do it last night? Again I ask: Why? Because I didn't.
Are you okay? Are you? You seem really messed up.
I'm fine.
Completely.
ls it because God told you you're fine? No.
Look, what is it with you, about me and God? Nothing.
Really.
I just want to make sure you're not banking this family's future on the idea of someone who doesn't even exist.
Good morning.
The girl gonna be okay? I told them to never bring anyone here.
I know.
I did.
I know.
Ben's turning into an atheist.
Agnostic.
I don't think Ben doubts there's a God, babe.
He's just waiting for proof.
Hey, yo, this is whack, sir! Man, what was I doing, man? -I was just dropping off a friend and -Zachary Giles.
Hey, hey, this guy ain't even a 5-0.
He wanna try to keep me up all night.
Leo, why don't you tell him what you told me? Man, all I said was that I knew this dude Slowly, Naruto.
Tweakers.
Too bad Quaaludes never made a comeback.
Look, all I said was -I knew Zac -Shh! All I said was I knew Zach, and I knew this girl he hangs out with, and I knew where he fences his stuff for ice.
Wow, Leo.
You're a wealth of information, man.
Thanks.
Hey, Air Traffic Control, you want to spend the day together? No.
That was rhetorical.
Wait.
Tha-That's bad for me, right? Rhetorical? Leo.
Eat something.
No, thank you.
Again, rhetorical.
I still don't know what that means.
-Ow.
-Eat.
Hey, Mick.
Why don't you go get some rest? I'm good.
I know, you're great.
Go get some rest.
I'll pick you up later, all right? Seriously? You smoke? Man, don't you read the warning labels? That garbage is straight poison.
Rhetorical? lronic.
Man Look, man that's the place right there, all right? -I gotta roll, man.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Leo, you ain't going anywhere, man.
Look, I've had a crap day.
Make it better.
You gotta give me a little more than "right there.
" Below the overpass, man.
That's ghost world.
It's the biggest money- laundering op in LA, man.
It's all run by king predator JWB.
Man, if you fresh off the farm, you bet your ass he gonna find you.
That's how he rolls, man.
Gets them before their expiration date, gives them their first taste and then Come on, man, you know the rest.
Look, man, if John Wilkes knows I'm down here with you, then I'm done.
-So, guess what, man? I'm done, man.
-Come on, Leo.
-Zach is -Naw, dude, we're finished, man.
Look, I'm on that bus, man.
-Leo Leo -I said I'm on that bus! You're killing her.
You know that, right? Zach, come on, man.
Let's go.
Let's get out of here right now.
Where? I'll take you to a nice rehab place.
They can take you right now.
Yeah, I'll do it.
I will.
I'll do it.
I just I'm gonna go get some rest first and then, for sure.
Hey, man.
What the hell? You're so full of it.
-Well, what the hell do you know? -What do you mean, what the hell do I know? As if your mom doesn't have enough stuff to worry about right now and now, she's gotta worry about your stealing from her.
Your dad gave her that jewelry, Zach.
Screw you, dude.
What do you mean, screw you? Come on, you want to get clean, then get clean.
We can take you! Come on, we'll do this together.
Shut up, man-- just shut up and leave me alone.
-Zach, all you gotta do -I can't! All right?! I can't! Stop it! Stop it, both of you.
What are you, six years old? Look, William, I will do whatever I need to, to come back.
Fine.
That's it? That's it.
You take whatever case I give you.
Absolutely, absolutely.
l-I mean, you're not even gonna make me kiss your ass a little? Oh, you're gonna kiss my ass.
I like having my ass kissed.
I know.
Akani said that about you.
I'll work on the boundaries.
Let's go.
Yeah, it's Mickey and this is the beep.
Mickey, it's me.
Listen, um, I've been thinking about what's best for us; me and the boys.
It's too confusing if we keep on We need to stop seeing each other.
So I'm not going to be showing up at the gym anymore.
Not anymore, and I can't feel sorry for you and move on with my life.
And you have to let go.
I'll still bring the boys by, but Good-bye.
All right, Swenton, this is ghost world.
Once we make Zach, get him the hell out of there.
Don't let the cops nab either one of you.
Yeah, no, I know all this.
We're just going in to grab the kid, right? No, we're not just going in to grab the kid.
Officer Kenneth Herman, please.
Swenton, there's a guy, he's a big Aryan guy.
Just stay away from him.
Find Zach.
This is Herman.
Hey, Herman, listen up.
It's Banks.
Meet me at the 10 Freeway and National Boulevard in exactly 25 minutes.
-No more, no less.
-Why? Because I'm about to give you the one that sticks.
So the big Aryan dude that I'm supposed to stay away from, what if he doesn't want to stay away from me? Then run fast.
Look, if someone has to take one for the team, I will.
The kid here, he-he's not very good with violence.
Could you be a little bit more specific? I mean, "violence" is kinda vague.
-Swenton -Just tell him that I'm opposed to being hit in the face! Not that I haven't been hit in the face before.
I just actually, l remember the very first time I got hit in the face.
Dani Mitchelman in-in Hebrew school.
That was Man, that girl had a punch on her.
I saw stars for two weeks after that.
We ended up dating in high school, but All right, keep your eyes open.
Strip 'em all out.
Right side over there.
Hey, man, that's mine! This is my stuff.
Your stuff? No, no! Don't touch this.
Your stuff's over there.
This is mine.
This is mine.
-No, it's mine! -This is my stuff! Leave my cart alone! You Zach Giles? Zach Giles? Yeah.
Why? You got something for me? Yeah, a message from your mother.
She wants you to come home.
Yeah, well, I ain't coming home, man.
What are you doing? Get Let's give him the dart.
What kind of? What are you doing? -What are you doing? -Turn him around.
Hey! Who let you in my world? -Hey, I'm just trying to make some money, man.
-Yeah? I decide who makes the money.
This is the part where we run.
Swenton, get the kid out of here! Police! Don't move! Do not move! Freeze! Okay, easy, easy.
Right now! Drop it! Get your hands off of me! -Stay down, buddy! -Go easy! So, what do you think? I think it's all uphill from here.
Really? At least now he can see the hill.
We'll get him into treatment tomorrow.
What happened? Tell you later.
Hey, guys.
How are you, sweetheart? "Dance, Pop Warner, science fair.
" What is this? Things the kids want to quit.
Why? To spend more time with you, to get you out of your funk.
Keep it.
I made copies.
Listen, guys, I'm fine, all right? We've been in deeper funks than this.
Yeah? Name two.
Name one.
Well, that time I went to jail.
That was a pretty deep funk.
-How about when Mom left you? -Mom didn't leave me.
The first time she did.
Right, thanks.
The first time? And then she did the second time.
No, that was a that was a mistake.
How is Mom leaving you a mistake? No, honey, the going to jail part, that was a mistake.
And you leaving? That was a misunderstanding.
Well, then the third time.
How about when? Ben, I didn't go to jail three times, man.
No, honey, that was rehab, not jail.
Either way, two or three times in rehab or jail, -it's pretty -Funky.
All right, listen, here's the thing.
When Lula was being born in the hospital, I was down the hallway slamming dope.
Will! What? They're old enough now.
And I made a deal, that if he got me through that day, got us all through it, that I would become his I don't know, his avenging angel.
Yes, Ben, I know that sounds crazy, but it makes sense to me.
It's just that when I made that deal with him, I didn't know how hard it would be on you.
Yo, Mick, where you at, brother man? Guess who's going to see the Dodgers-Giants? I got two on the third base line, man.
Make up for that rainout.
Yo, Mick? Oh come on, man.
Hell of a time to slip.
You dumb son of a bitch.
Everyone in the world I gotta worry about, you ain't supposed to be one of 'em.
I'm not supposed to even think twice about you.
Come on.
Let's go, man.
Get up.
Hey! This the way you gonna win your wife and kids back? Let's go.
Mick? Slick Willie! Truck's still here, baby.
Dude came by with an offer, but hey, I got your back.
What's up, Willie? Hey, Darnell, tell me again.
What is it what is it you were put on this earth for? I won't let you down, William.
I know you won't.
I've been thinking about what you said.
We really have been through the worst.
Yes, we have.
I need to make funeral arrangements.
For Mick.
I'm so sorry.
-But it's not on you, Willie.
-No, no, no, no.
Come on.
You're wrong.
It's all on me.
Sleep well.
You, too.
You know, come to think of it, I don't even think I ever ask for anything for myself.
You run your numbers and let me know, but I keep a tight book.
I mean, yes, I-I've asked for a few things.
But in the grand scheme, you got to admit, it hasn't been much.
And not really for me.
Hey, Priest.
You ready to play football, son? Get in there.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Let's go! Let's go! Yeah? I think I have an opening.
lf you've got the opening, then take it.
-Can I take the car, too? -Look I can't negotiate this with you right now.
-Akani always gets the damn car.
-Well, then use your better judgment, Swenton, if such a thing exists.
Move it! Attack! Break through, break through! "lf such a thing exists"? I know condescending when I hear it, William.
And it hurts.
All right, we're all set to track her, -if this thing goes down.
-Good.
-Yeah? -I'm in position.
You tell Her Majesty I'm ready to make the grab.
Got it.
You ready to play, boy? -Yes, sir.
-Give me 31 Crash.
Go Yeah, listen, Akani We got a bit of a problem.
She's banging her bookie.
All right, well, lose him.
He's lost.
Yeah, Mick, she's free and clear of the guy.
You got the green light, all right? -Go.
-I'm on it.
You know, I get the whole "Give me strength" part, but man, you are really painting a bull's-eye on my ass right now.
Hut.
Hike.
Get in there.
Do your thing.
Let's go! Good evening.
Come on! Are you kidding me?! What the hell?! Hey, hey! Guess who's going to rehab? Party's over.
Did my father pay you to do this? -Your husband did.
-He thinks l have this gambling problem.
You do.
Come on! Unbelievable! I never get the car.
Hey, William, we made the grab.
Good, 'cause I got a game to win-- Time! Time out! Time! Time! Ben, let's go.
Run it in.
Run it in.
Fourth and inches, eight seconds on the game clock.
-Stuff you live for.
-Dad, it's the stuff you live for.
Sneak Morris up the middle, and let's go home.
How's the leg? Son, you can nail this.
I know.
So nail it.
-Or I can miss.
-You're not gonna miss.
Look, how do you know? Will you pray to him that I make it? I don't pray, all right? I talk.
-What's the difference? -Praying is for religious people.
Besides, even if I did pray, you think l'd waste it on a football game? Go! Let's go! Please don't let him shank it to the right.
-Break! -Break! Watch on that side! Hut, hut, hike! Whoo! Yes! Yes.
See? Told you.
All right, Ben! You had to make it hit the goalposts-- twice.
That's subtle.
Better be good, Swenton.
-It ain't even 6:00.
-Oh.
You think I give a rat's ass about what time it is.
See, I just spent eight hours playing mix and match with batteries while Akani gets to eat really, really nice canapés in a five-star restaurant.
She was on the job, man, just like you.
Right, but, uh, swapping out a GPS should take seven minutes, not seven hours.
Go green-- lithium batteries.
Wait a minute, wait.
You said eight hours.
Trying to squeeze an extra hour out of me, Swenton? Yes, yes, I am, because that $1 1 .
50 is going to change my life.
Look, what are you bitching about? We got paid great to make that grab, huh? The kids are going to get their mom back in a month.
Husband gets his wife.
lt was a good grab.
Son of a bitch.
Hey, hey, hey! Put that car down! It's a classic, ass! Swenton.
You sleep all right? Oh, we quit smoking, right? Yeah.
Good.
We did quit, didn't we? What did I just say? Sorry.
Sleepy.
T.
S.
Automotive again? Yeah, the tranny was slipping.
Okay, that truck is Old Yeller, William.
-Just shoot her already.
-Hey.
We quit? Oh, my God, you're killing me, babe.
Sorry.
-Yeah, quitting was a good idea.
-Above the bar, behind the yellow plate.
I thought I put 'em in a place -where you couldn't reach.
-Mm-hmm.
You taking Lula to dance class today? Uh, you know I gotta check lf it were football practice, you'd take her.
-That's not true.
-Bullshit.
I'd never let Lula practice football in a tutu.
It's jazz, you smart-ass, and she wears a leotard.
I'll take Lula.
I'm sorry, baby.
Coffee and cigarettes.
That was sexy.
-Do you have your biology homework? -Yeah.
-You finished it? -Yes, it's done.
-It's done, done? -It's done, done.
Okay.
Hey, I got Ben, you got Lula.
Judy, looking lean.
Pilates lean.
I'm going to kill her grass.
Dog pee will kill anything, Mom.
Okay no more play dates with Charlie Mintz.
-Dance is at 2:00.
-Got it.
2:00.
-Have fun dancing, baby.
-I will.
Bye.
You know, I like Pilates, too.
Ben, are you kidding me? Let's go.
How can you study with the music so loud? Done.
Hey, how much is the new truck? Like $30,000? Why, you going to buy it for me? Lisa Robinson said Robby Camin's dad's truck was $70,000.
That's not a truck, that's a that's a condo.
Anyways, I like this truck.
You do? Why? lt always stinks, it never starts.
Yeah, but it stinks like you.
So you sure you don't want me to walk you in? Dad.
Careful crossing the street.
Dad! See you at 2:00.
Don't forget.
Hey, what's up? Did you do the math? What's up? Yo, Mick, you hear from Akani? Not since the grab.
All right, meet me at the shop after your workout.
No, no, no.
No can do.
Not today.
It's my birthday.
My boys are coming by.
Oh, I'm sorry, man-- hey, you want me to get you a cake? What-What meeting are you going to be at? Whoa, whoa, whoa, chill, William.
Birthday-- as in actual date of birth.
Not the program.
You're off the hook.
Happy birthday, man.
Thanks, brother.
Slick Willie! Man, you don't call, you don't write.
Makes me think you don't care anymore, man.
You care, don't you, Willie? Of course I care.
I care you still got my truck here.
You come to get me on your crew, Willie? -No, man.
-I mean, come on, man, cars is cool, but God did not put me on this planet to sell them.
You pulled baby brother out of Folsom.
Let me pay it forward, man.
Only one way a gig opens up, Darnell, you know that.
Listen, I'm going to have your money for you soon, all right? I hope so, baby.
Keep this ride on the lot any longer-- price jumps when it becomes a classic now.
Keep me in mind, right? You're a hard man to forget, Darnell.
Hey, man, do you work here? Hey, do you work here, man?! lt depends.
You looking for a board or a car? I'm looking for William Banks.
You Aaron? Yeah.
You got the right guy.
You know, you're near impossible to find.
Yeah, well, that's sort of the point.
It's my cousin Zach-- like I told you on the phone, he's in a bad way.
I could pay you half now.
lf you think it's a bust, then you can walk, but if you think you can help, help.
I mean, that's what you do, right? Yeah, that's what I do.
What do you think? I think we just pulled up.
Reverend Alsmith said that you zeroed in on his guy in like two seconds.
That's because Reverend Alsmith's guy had a straw stuck four inches up his nose in the middle of a meth lab.
Give me a minute.
Reverend Alsmith? Yeah, your people giving referrals now? Yeah.
I think I got arrested.
Swenton, that's one thing in life you actually don't have to think about.
Either you did or you didn't.
Which is it? Did.
-I'm at Culver station.
-All right, sit tight.
Like I have a choice.
So Aaron tells me your boy is an athlete.
Point guard.
All-conference.
Hey, sweetie, would you mind going upstairs just for a minute? Thank you.
My husband passed almost a year ago.
He fought it for a long time, but Zach was by his side almost daily.
That's when he started getting high.
He just lost his father.
-Aunt Shari, stop making excuses.
-Aaron! William is it? Uh I'm sorry that you came.
Aunt Shari, he's here.
Aaron, go back to work.
Mrs.
Giles, would it be all right if I just take a look at his room? I already told you, he's You're right.
lt was nice to meet you.
His room's upstairs.
But it's really nothing special.
Yeah, pretty much like you said.
Nothing special.
Yeah, I told Aaron.
He put all these ideas in my head about Zach.
Zach, hurry.
Oh, baby.
All right, all right, all right, don't just grab anything, all right? Uh we need high-end stuff.
Get the speakers, radios, uh Oh! Look over there! Look over there! Looks like he's the only teenager in America without video games or a computer, though.
Oh, he has a laptop.
He takes it with him everywhere.
Ah.
Yeah, you know, my son wants one.
I told him he can't get it till I get my new truck.
Sounds like a good deal.
Well, if you knew my credit rating, you might not think so.
Grab it, grab it.
-Got it? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Careful! -The alarm! -Shh, shh.
-Oh, no! -The stuff just shut up and grab it! Come on! Just go! Just go, go, go! How tall is Zach? Um, five-nine and a half.
-He thinks it makes a difference.
-Oh, it does.
The difference between a point guard and a shooting guard.
Yeah, I don't, uh I don't think you have anything to worry about.
Well, I didn't think so.
Mom, I can't find my backpack.
If you'll excuse me.
Mick, get the team together.
We got a kid in trouble.
Hey! Miss July.
So, you're sure we have to give her back? I mean we're doing her a service.
Chick could double down on black tomorrow, and bye-bye, baby girl.
Akani, how come you didn't check in after the grab? You know you don't get special privileges.
lt went down perfectly.
I've never missed a check-in, have l? I'm good at this job, and it's fun.
-Fun? -Yeah, fun.
Among other things, so let me do it without looking over my shoulder, okay? Whatever.
Look this came for you.
Why do you keep giving these to me if you know I never open them? Because it's addressed to you? Oh, yeah? That's deep.
You can just return to sender.
Or you can always write back.
Let me help you.
"Dear Dad, I'm so grateful for that money "you send me every month.
-I just love it.
" -You still quit? So, we got a case up? -Yeah.
Get in the car first.
-Where are we going? -Culver.
Police station.
-Picking up or dropping off? Picking up.
Who? Akani.
Go get in the car, Akani.
I'll be right behind you.
Right where mama likes you.
I know.
I know.
I hired her.
Okay, so, I also slept with her, but Melissa and me were separated, you know that.
And I'm sorry, all right? I'm sorry.
Every day since.
Don't you have anything better to do? Hey, look who's here! Oh, yeah! What you got there? Hi! Oh, we got some birthday presents.
Whoo! Yeah, you do! Party.
Go on, hug your mama good-bye.
-Come on.
-Bye, honey.
Be good, okay? Listen to your dad.
Love you! I got that rap movie all cued up for you, okay? No video games.
Well, happy birthday, old man.
Hey, my mom says hi.
House is looking good.
For a rental.
Hey, Sylvie, I made an appointment with the couples counselor.
We've been split over a year.
The kids need us.
I know, but not together, you know that.
Feliz cumpleaños, papi, okay? See you at the gym Wednesday.
Um I don't think that's a good idea.
Oh, I don't know, mami, your arm's a little soft there.
Hey! Come on.
Free session.
On me.
Okay.
Wednesday.
Verbal assault? You brought this guy in for a loud voice? Sir, he called an employee of the city a an "a-hole.
" Okay, now we towed the vehicle because city ordinance requires the removal Look, we generally give his people a pass, Officer Herman.
It's one of those real simple "you scratch our back" kind of a thing.
Sir, if is see something that's a lawful infraction, I need to be able to exercise my duty That's why you're top of your class, but it just doesn't work that way.
This guy Swenton has a warrant out for his arrest.
Had.
William's people get a pass.
-Why? -What do you say, Cliff? Go tell Swenton that we're here.
He's new.
I like new things.
Akani How you doing.
How's Sarah? Six months clean; real solid.
-Good.
-Look, I'm sorry for the misunderstanding.
-Let's get your guy out of here, all right? -Okay.
Hey, listen, kid, you got good instincts, all right? Next time, pick something that'll stick, huh? Stop complaining, cupcake.
There was a bathroom in there you could have used.
Oh, right! Like you'd use that.
Pussycat, I have.
Oh, and she's still got the car.
You are just such an unbelievably staggering little bitch.
You deal with your job, let me deal with mine.
I'm stuck in a jail cell for, like, nine hours, which probably No, no.
You know what? Definitely gives me an obstructed bowel.
And she gets to keep a car that's worth more than my parent's double-wide.
That's awesome.
Jail-- not fun for me, okay? Green woolly blankets.
She's returning it.
Do not start with me, Swenton.
No, no.
All I want to know is when do I get a decent gig? Because I would like to have a decent gig, William, because I'm sure as hell not gonna bang you like she did, just to get a gig.
What? Light's green.
Get out before it changes.
Oh, Will Get out before it changes.
l-I c-c-c-could you? -Get out.
-Could you, could you take me to the impound, please, -at least? l -Get out.
Move your truck! What, are you stupid?! Great! Thank you! Get out of the street, you idiot! Oh, this is Ah, forget it.
Hey, Akani, there's a yellow Lamborghini in the parking lot.
Why is that? Hey, I thought we had a case up.
-We do.
-Extortion? -Prostitution.
-Gambling? -Meth.
-Ice.
-Pay up! You know, technically, meth isn't ice.
Ah, potato, po-tah-toe.
lce.
Akani, I want you on surveillance.
Give it to Swenton.
He's surveillance.
Not anymore.
Why? He ain't anything right now.
Are you serious? Well, you did give him a million chances.
So, you gonna put the Trustafarian on surveillance? Hey, it wasn't a trust fund.
lt was an inheritance.
Hey, William, don't lay it on the princess, okay? I will cover surveillance if she covers when we go to the game.
You got the tickets, right? Phillies v.
Dodgers, baby.
Third base line.
Sweet.
Who's on the mound? -Billingsley.
-Oh, yeah! -Beautiful rotation.
-Mmm! Nothing I like better than boy-on-boy foreplay.
You guys should just make out.
All right, listen up now.
We got a 15-year-old tweaker.
His name is Zach Giles.
His mother's in total denial.
Father died at 46 from lymphoma.
She's taking care of two kids and a nephew.
It's a heavy world, kid.
How would you know what the world looks like outside that gym? You know, she's right, Mick.
You're getting huge, man.
I'm just hitting it harder.
I got time now with Sylvie gone and all.
Yeah, that's cool, but you know that juice compromises your sobriety, right? You shittin' me? We've known each other 20 years.
You don't think I'm clean? You want my expert opinion? The guy's definitely not juicing.
Here's my piss, asshole.
You're a very classy man, Mick.
Love you, too, Willie.
You guys should have definitely made out.
Hey, yo, man, like I told you on the phone, that stuff's high-end, right? Yeah, yeah, it's high-end, Leo.
All right, man, 'cause if he likes it, and he can turn it into a profit, boy, he's gonna hook you up with some sweets.
Hey, man, do your thing.
Hey, yo-yo-yo, yo-yo-yo! JWB, that's my boy Zachary Giles.
Hey, man, I got some great stuff, man.
Here, check it out.
I got a-a laptop, and uh, two sets of speakers, see? Speakers.
Well, the, uh well, the laptop is new, -and, uh -Take care of this.
He can even upgrade it.
I'm not looking for upgrades, am l, Leo?! Oh, man, I told his ass! You know what I'm looking for? I'm looking for merchandise that I can flip for a profit, okay? I'm looking for plasmas, I'm looking for jewelry.
What is it-- "Zachary"? -I hate little white boys.
-Speakers Don't pay for this.
Upgrades don't pay for this.
My mom.
She, she has a-a sa a safe at home.
Then go.
Go home, Zachary.
Hey, how are my girls doing? How was your day, sweetheart? Hmm? It's okay, Dad, I can dance next week.
Don't, don't say anything.
Come on, come on Oh, geez Come on! Hey! Hey, Jess.
I miss you.
It's all I have.
Baby, I am trying.
Trying? You know what, William? That shit doesn't work anymore.
Trying is what you needed to be doing years ago, just to get to this point.
Succeeding is what you need to be doing now, and succeeding is a million miles away from what -you're doing.
-Whatever.
Right.
You don't get it.
-I don't get it?! -No, you don't get it.
You know what? I get it.
Your children get it.
We all get it.
You help a lot of people.
All you did was replace one fix for another! Melissa.
This is William.
It's Shari Giles.
It's Zach.
He's in trouble.
I thought I could handle it, but I don't think I can.
I need your help.
I need you.
Okay.
All right, here are some places we can start to look for Heather and Zach.
Oki Dog Fairfax, MacArthur Park by the boats, Griffith tennis courts, back side of Canter's Deli on Oakwood.
What? You don't think I get around? Swenton, you got a set of stones.
Oh, yeah? You can feel free to work 'em any time.
Really? I got a few minutes.
Drop trou.
-Yeah, really? -Akani.
Go find Zach and Heather.
Cool if I sit? Cool if I bum? Got a match? You want me to smoke it for you, too? Come on, William.
Come on, man.
I've never been good at anything in my entire life.
You know this, all right? I mean, it took me eight years just to decide to drop out of college, and that was community college, all right? But this job Man, this job gives me something.
You know? lt gives me a sense of, uh uh, I don't know.
Responsibility.
No.
No? l-I mean yeah.
William, l need this job.
Why, Swenton? All you do is bitch about it.
The assignments, the hours, the pay.
You know what? You could make more money here sweeping out the shop.
Tell you what.
I'll get you a letter of recommendation.
Yeah, I don't want your letter of recommendation, bro.
-I want my job.
-Why? Because, because, I just I don't know! Okay? I just do.
"l just do"? That's your answer? You know what? I don't get you, Swenton.
You think we get paid finding kids on the back of milk cartons? We've got a kid out on the street who's killing himself for $20 a hit.
He's stealing from his family just to stay high.
His mother's falling apart.
And that's your answer? "I just do"? Ladies and gentlemen, please hold on to your ticket stubs for the next home stand.
It's perfect, right? The one night you and me decide to take off, is the first rainout since what? -Giants game.
-Giants game.
Yeah.
I don't know Think about it.
You take a night off and, uh, it rains.
Like, uh, like I get clean and I'm still gonna end up getting divorced.
Why? Why go through all this shit just so Sylvie can still leave me? I don't know, Mick.
William, if you don't have answers to this kind of rainout shit, then we are all cosmically screwed.
All right, well, try this.
Since some shit has to be right, universally speaking, some shit has to be out of whack.
It's, uh it's a balance thing.
Mick, l-I guess I mean that sometimes a rainout is just a rainout.
Right? Right.
Yeah? Hey, I need some help.
What could you possibly need this early? I need some help! I'm around the corner.
From here? Yes, from here! Akani, you are not coming here.
Damn it.
What did I say? You cannot Don't talk.
Just help, please.
Look, you asked me to find one or both-- I found one: Heather.
Flatliner? So why didn't you take her to the hospital? What the hell are you doing here? I called him first.
I was freaking.
Well, get my bag out of the truck, genius.
Look at her nostrils.
This girl's definitely doing more than smoking ice.
Snorting H.
-Not a fun ride, this one.
-Fun? You guys act like you're pulling shifts at Kinko's.
You think it's fun for me to have to watch after you spoiled, self-indulgent -Iittle punks? Huh? -She's the debutante.
-Prom queen.
Screw you.
-I swear to God.
Swenton.
Blue light her eyes.
Pupils are pinned.
No, this chick's not ticking, man.
Okay, I have breath.
-BP's crashing.
-What's wrong with you? Huh? You think it's fun? It's not about being fun.
And it's not "I just do.
" Every one of you, you came to me, and I pulled you out of your miserable dead-end lives.
Spike.
We're not listed.
We don't advertise.
People find us because they need us.
We have a 75% relapse rate.
-Nothing.
-Veins are flat here, too.
I got a jugular raised and ready.
Those are shit odds.
You make a mistake here, people die.
Call that fun? Huh? All right, let's go.
Wake up, darling.
-Hi.
-Hey, it's okay, it's okay.
Who the hell are you guys? Swenton, give her the dart.
-Where is Zach? -Okay.
Out you go.
Akani, you get her to Transitions-- now.
And you better be there when she wakes up.
And if you ever do this again, you're done, you understand? And you-- get out of my way.
Morning, Arnie.
Melissa.
Yeah.
Hey, I got a new friend.
Anybody interesting? Ah he's better than interesting.
All right, then meet me at the shop in an hour.
Later.
What you got there? Nothing.
You? Homework.
Why? Because I didn't do it last night? Again I ask: Why? Because I didn't.
Are you okay? Are you? You seem really messed up.
I'm fine.
Completely.
ls it because God told you you're fine? No.
Look, what is it with you, about me and God? Nothing.
Really.
I just want to make sure you're not banking this family's future on the idea of someone who doesn't even exist.
Good morning.
The girl gonna be okay? I told them to never bring anyone here.
I know.
I did.
I know.
Ben's turning into an atheist.
Agnostic.
I don't think Ben doubts there's a God, babe.
He's just waiting for proof.
Hey, yo, this is whack, sir! Man, what was I doing, man? -I was just dropping off a friend and -Zachary Giles.
Hey, hey, this guy ain't even a 5-0.
He wanna try to keep me up all night.
Leo, why don't you tell him what you told me? Man, all I said was that I knew this dude Slowly, Naruto.
Tweakers.
Too bad Quaaludes never made a comeback.
Look, all I said was -I knew Zac -Shh! All I said was I knew Zach, and I knew this girl he hangs out with, and I knew where he fences his stuff for ice.
Wow, Leo.
You're a wealth of information, man.
Thanks.
Hey, Air Traffic Control, you want to spend the day together? No.
That was rhetorical.
Wait.
Tha-That's bad for me, right? Rhetorical? Leo.
Eat something.
No, thank you.
Again, rhetorical.
I still don't know what that means.
-Ow.
-Eat.
Hey, Mick.
Why don't you go get some rest? I'm good.
I know, you're great.
Go get some rest.
I'll pick you up later, all right? Seriously? You smoke? Man, don't you read the warning labels? That garbage is straight poison.
Rhetorical? lronic.
Man Look, man that's the place right there, all right? -I gotta roll, man.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Leo, you ain't going anywhere, man.
Look, I've had a crap day.
Make it better.
You gotta give me a little more than "right there.
" Below the overpass, man.
That's ghost world.
It's the biggest money- laundering op in LA, man.
It's all run by king predator JWB.
Man, if you fresh off the farm, you bet your ass he gonna find you.
That's how he rolls, man.
Gets them before their expiration date, gives them their first taste and then Come on, man, you know the rest.
Look, man, if John Wilkes knows I'm down here with you, then I'm done.
-So, guess what, man? I'm done, man.
-Come on, Leo.
-Zach is -Naw, dude, we're finished, man.
Look, I'm on that bus, man.
-Leo Leo -I said I'm on that bus! You're killing her.
You know that, right? Zach, come on, man.
Let's go.
Let's get out of here right now.
Where? I'll take you to a nice rehab place.
They can take you right now.
Yeah, I'll do it.
I will.
I'll do it.
I just I'm gonna go get some rest first and then, for sure.
Hey, man.
What the hell? You're so full of it.
-Well, what the hell do you know? -What do you mean, what the hell do I know? As if your mom doesn't have enough stuff to worry about right now and now, she's gotta worry about your stealing from her.
Your dad gave her that jewelry, Zach.
Screw you, dude.
What do you mean, screw you? Come on, you want to get clean, then get clean.
We can take you! Come on, we'll do this together.
Shut up, man-- just shut up and leave me alone.
-Zach, all you gotta do -I can't! All right?! I can't! Stop it! Stop it, both of you.
What are you, six years old? Look, William, I will do whatever I need to, to come back.
Fine.
That's it? That's it.
You take whatever case I give you.
Absolutely, absolutely.
l-I mean, you're not even gonna make me kiss your ass a little? Oh, you're gonna kiss my ass.
I like having my ass kissed.
I know.
Akani said that about you.
I'll work on the boundaries.
Let's go.
Yeah, it's Mickey and this is the beep.
Mickey, it's me.
Listen, um, I've been thinking about what's best for us; me and the boys.
It's too confusing if we keep on We need to stop seeing each other.
So I'm not going to be showing up at the gym anymore.
Not anymore, and I can't feel sorry for you and move on with my life.
And you have to let go.
I'll still bring the boys by, but Good-bye.
All right, Swenton, this is ghost world.
Once we make Zach, get him the hell out of there.
Don't let the cops nab either one of you.
Yeah, no, I know all this.
We're just going in to grab the kid, right? No, we're not just going in to grab the kid.
Officer Kenneth Herman, please.
Swenton, there's a guy, he's a big Aryan guy.
Just stay away from him.
Find Zach.
This is Herman.
Hey, Herman, listen up.
It's Banks.
Meet me at the 10 Freeway and National Boulevard in exactly 25 minutes.
-No more, no less.
-Why? Because I'm about to give you the one that sticks.
So the big Aryan dude that I'm supposed to stay away from, what if he doesn't want to stay away from me? Then run fast.
Look, if someone has to take one for the team, I will.
The kid here, he-he's not very good with violence.
Could you be a little bit more specific? I mean, "violence" is kinda vague.
-Swenton -Just tell him that I'm opposed to being hit in the face! Not that I haven't been hit in the face before.
I just actually, l remember the very first time I got hit in the face.
Dani Mitchelman in-in Hebrew school.
That was Man, that girl had a punch on her.
I saw stars for two weeks after that.
We ended up dating in high school, but All right, keep your eyes open.
Strip 'em all out.
Right side over there.
Hey, man, that's mine! This is my stuff.
Your stuff? No, no! Don't touch this.
Your stuff's over there.
This is mine.
This is mine.
-No, it's mine! -This is my stuff! Leave my cart alone! You Zach Giles? Zach Giles? Yeah.
Why? You got something for me? Yeah, a message from your mother.
She wants you to come home.
Yeah, well, I ain't coming home, man.
What are you doing? Get Let's give him the dart.
What kind of? What are you doing? -What are you doing? -Turn him around.
Hey! Who let you in my world? -Hey, I'm just trying to make some money, man.
-Yeah? I decide who makes the money.
This is the part where we run.
Swenton, get the kid out of here! Police! Don't move! Do not move! Freeze! Okay, easy, easy.
Right now! Drop it! Get your hands off of me! -Stay down, buddy! -Go easy! So, what do you think? I think it's all uphill from here.
Really? At least now he can see the hill.
We'll get him into treatment tomorrow.
What happened? Tell you later.
Hey, guys.
How are you, sweetheart? "Dance, Pop Warner, science fair.
" What is this? Things the kids want to quit.
Why? To spend more time with you, to get you out of your funk.
Keep it.
I made copies.
Listen, guys, I'm fine, all right? We've been in deeper funks than this.
Yeah? Name two.
Name one.
Well, that time I went to jail.
That was a pretty deep funk.
-How about when Mom left you? -Mom didn't leave me.
The first time she did.
Right, thanks.
The first time? And then she did the second time.
No, that was a that was a mistake.
How is Mom leaving you a mistake? No, honey, the going to jail part, that was a mistake.
And you leaving? That was a misunderstanding.
Well, then the third time.
How about when? Ben, I didn't go to jail three times, man.
No, honey, that was rehab, not jail.
Either way, two or three times in rehab or jail, -it's pretty -Funky.
All right, listen, here's the thing.
When Lula was being born in the hospital, I was down the hallway slamming dope.
Will! What? They're old enough now.
And I made a deal, that if he got me through that day, got us all through it, that I would become his I don't know, his avenging angel.
Yes, Ben, I know that sounds crazy, but it makes sense to me.
It's just that when I made that deal with him, I didn't know how hard it would be on you.
Yo, Mick, where you at, brother man? Guess who's going to see the Dodgers-Giants? I got two on the third base line, man.
Make up for that rainout.
Yo, Mick? Oh come on, man.
Hell of a time to slip.
You dumb son of a bitch.
Everyone in the world I gotta worry about, you ain't supposed to be one of 'em.
I'm not supposed to even think twice about you.
Come on.
Let's go, man.
Get up.
Hey! This the way you gonna win your wife and kids back? Let's go.
Mick? Slick Willie! Truck's still here, baby.
Dude came by with an offer, but hey, I got your back.
What's up, Willie? Hey, Darnell, tell me again.
What is it what is it you were put on this earth for? I won't let you down, William.
I know you won't.
I've been thinking about what you said.
We really have been through the worst.
Yes, we have.
I need to make funeral arrangements.
For Mick.
I'm so sorry.
-But it's not on you, Willie.
-No, no, no, no.
Come on.
You're wrong.
It's all on me.
Sleep well.
You, too.