Deliver Me (2024) s01e02 Episode Script

1
[laughter and chattering]
["I Owe You Nothing" by Seinabo Sey plays]
Here we go.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
There you are. Hey, kid.
- Have you met this guy?
- [man] No.
This is Dogge's friend Billy.
Good kid. Going places, you know.
Because he wasn't born
with a silver spoon in his mouth.
[woman laughs] Yes.
[indistinct overlapping chatter]
I don't have to smile for you ♪
I don't have to move for you ♪
I don't have to dance, monkey dance
Monkey dance, monkey dance for you ♪
I won't help you understand ♪
I don't need no helping hand ♪
Hey, bro. Come on. I swiped my mom's keys.
- Let's go.
- Yo, let's go.
[both laughing]
Come on, bro. You gotta go faster.
Shut up.
What do you think this is, a Ferrari?
[laughs]
- Let me drive, come on!
- Quit, Billy, are you insane?
[laughing]
I owe you nothing ♪
Hey, you know that girl?
I swear she likes me.
She's 16!
What would she do with a brat like you?
You're such a hater, bro.
You're just jealous.
- What?
- Yeah, jealous.
- You don't think I can get girls?
- With your hair?
- Did you see your outfit?
- At least I look good.
[laughs] Yeah, right. Wearing three Pumas.
You look like Skansen
and McDonald's did a collab.
[chuckles]
I don't need no helping hand ♪
- Cops.
- Huh? Shit.
These aren't tears, this is the ocean ♪
Let's check it out.
Why you always have to try me? ♪
POLICE
Come on!
Why you always have to try me? ♪
Think that I'ma follow blindly ♪
Oh, let me down easy ♪
Let me down easy ♪
Let me down easy ♪
[song ends]
Hey. You awake?
Is it late?
I have to go to work now.
Tusane and Rawdah are asleep.
Aisha's going to bed soon.
If you need anything, just call.
And if I can't answer
Call the neighbor.
[chuckles softly] Good, sweetie.
[kisses] Go to sleep, okay?
- The fuck have you been for an hour?
- I'm 20 minutes late.
- So?
- [chuckling] Not an hour, come on.
[chuckles]
There they are.
Hey, bro. Where are we going?
We're gonna talk to a guy who messed up.
Ah, shit, bro
How's that action on your phone doing?
This month hasn't been great.
Around 20, I think that's it.
Ah, Jesus
So where is this guy?
Who?
What do you mean, who? We're supposed
to meet up with that guy, right?
I know you're stealing my customers.
What do you mean? Huh?
What are you doing, man?
Hey. You went from selling
100 grams per week to 20 per month
- What do I look like?
- I can explain. Trust me.
Sure you can. Let's see, bro.
- We're on the same side. I can explain.
- Easy, asshole.
- Don't touch me
- Where you going?
Gonna explain? Is that right?
- Yeah, bro, I'll explain.
- You'll explain inside.
- See what you gotta say for yourself.
- Hey, come on, wait!
Hey, you stay here
and make sure no one shows up.
What are they doing to him?
I don't know.
- What are you doing?
- I'll take a look.
[tense music builds slowly]
[man 1] What happened, bro?
- [man 2] Get up!
- [Mehdi] Hey Hey!
Look at me, man. Hey, hey!
Don't move a fucking inch, okay?
You hear me? Huh?
- Bringing the party, bro.
- Pick his bitch ass up.
- Get up, asshole. Get up.
- [Mehdi] Listen, motherfucker.
- This is the last time.
- Yep.
- All right.
- Hey! What I say?
You hear me? Get up! Get up!
[tense music continues]
Get in the car.
[Mehdi] Hey, where you going?
[tense music fading]
[music fades out]
Listen. It's over for Awad.
Here. You'll take over.
Take the phone, bro.
It's a good phone.
The buyers and everything
are already in there.
But you only sling for me,
and no one else.
Is that clear?
Otherwise, well done, guys. You're cool.
You two beat it, bruh.
DELIVER ME
[door buzzes]
[man] Welcome, Douglas.
- My name is Josef. This is Momi.
- Hi, Douglas.
There's a new guy out there.
Come with me.
Before we go up to your room,
you'll be drug tested and registered.
Any questions?
Okay. Have a shower first.
Those are clean clothes.
You can start undressing.
[distant indistinct chattering]
Right here.
Go left.
[distant bass thumping]
Straight ahead.
This is it.
So, this will be your room now.
Just so you know,
we don't lock any doors from the outside.
You can lock it yourself,
but we can unlock it if we want to.
Is that all right?
Yeah.
Good. See you later.
Mm.
[door shuts]
[soft gasp]
[exhales]
[Svante] I'm sure by now you've all read
Farid's interview with Douglas Arnfeldt?
- [Lana] Yes.
- [man] Yeah.
We've got his deposition,
so we have a real opportunity.
Right now we have casings
and bullets from the murder scene.
We also have Douglas's
and the victim's personal cell phones.
The gun is what we're missing.
We also need to find the burner phone
Douglas used to call 911.
And we need to find Mehdi Bah.
I want that son of a bitch
off the streets by the end of the day.
- [man] Yeah.
- [Lana] Yes, sir.
How are you?
- I'm fine.
- Good.
- I'm I'm happy to hear it.
- Hm.
What are you doing now, Mehdi?
Working? Study?
Working.
Where at?
A job.
Huh.
Now, that's a nice watch you've got there.
Mm.
How is she?
I saw Mom last week.
Just dinner, and then
I haven't gone to see her in a while.
[Mehdi] Mm.
- What's up?
- [man] Not much, bro. What's up with you?
Hey I know that dude snitched on us.
Look, man, Dogge's stupid,
but not that fucking stupid.
He knows to keep his mouth shut.
Then why the cops get into my mama's
place and create a big-ass scene? Huh?
- 'Cause cops are fucking assholes.
- Are you stupid?
It's because he opened his damn mouth.
That little cunt ratted us out.
He exposed us.
Yeah, maybe.
I'm going to work.
Okay. Thanks for everything.
Hey.
Don't worry about Dogge.
We're watching him. We know where he is.
And the other guy?
No news.
Did you check with
Billy's little bitch-ass brother?
Not yet. [sighs]
Well, call me when you do.
- Okay.
- Yalla.
Yalla.
[somber music playing slowly]
[officer] It's clear.
We'll be outside, okay.
[somber music rises]
Sit down.
Over here.
[music fades out]
Are you listening?
- Mm.
- Yeah.
Don't tell anyone anything.
- Police?
- Don't say a word.
The police can't help us.
We're on our own now.
Hmm?
Aisha?
All right.
I'm sleeping.
When are you gonna come out?
Go away!
Wait, that's my jacket.
- Give me my dope!
- Have you started selling?
- You took my stuff. Give it back!
- I want to earn money too.
Keep out of this.
If you need money, come to me.
I'll take care of you.
Here.
Don't tell Mom, okay?
I won't tell her.
Yalla, bye.
I gotta rest.
[indistinct hallway chatter]
[Josef] Dogge.
Dogge.
Do you remember where you are?
Good.
It's time for lunch.
All right, now go right.
This is the dining room.
I think you'll like the food here.
[teen 1] Hey, I've seen you hold a gun.
[Josef] Wait a second.
[teen 1] You're trembling
with that little paddle.
You're afraid of getting hit by the ball?
Huh? [laughs]
- What's up, man?
- What's good, cuz? How you doing?
- [teen 2] Chillin'. Still crazy? You good?
- I'm crazy good, you know this.
- [teen 2] Whatever you say, man.
- [teen 1 laughs]
[Josef] Hey, wait. Dogge.
[whistles] Where you going?
- I'm going to my room.
- It's lunchtime. You need to eat.
I'm not feeling well.
I wanna go to my room.
Hang on a second. Hang on.
[teens continue chattering]
Are you not feeling well?
Yeah, I'm not feeling well.
What's wrong?
[tense music plays softly]
Okay.
Just this once.
But, Dogge, you can't keep
skipping meals like this.
Yeah, okay.
[tense music builds]
X-boys?
What's X-boys?
It's the name of the network.
The Major Crimes Unit thought it would be
convenient to give Mehdi's crew a name.
- X-boys.
- So we come up with one for them?
- And make them even bigger? What a joke.
- [Sebastian] What do you mean?
[Farid] If the media hears that,
they'll run the name.
And X-boys, which we created,
will put a shockwave through the networks.
- Then we'll have started a war.
- How is it different to now?
Farid, come here for a sec.
[sighs]
I want you to talk to the family today.
- Bilal's family?
- Mm.
I need to know how Mehdi reacted
to him leaving the crew.
Yeah. The thing is, I was about to head
to the juvenile detention center
to talk to Douglas
I've dealt with them before. I can do it.
It's better if you do it.
You know them best.
- Okay?
- Okay.
- All right.
- Of course.
[Svante] Heard anything?
[Lana] Sorry. Nothing new.
Thanks, man.
[doorbell rings]
- Hi, Leila
- We can talk more inside.
Thank you, Aisha.
I am
so sorry. Um
Is there
anything that I can do for you?
Anything at all.
We're all right.
I know that this is
It will not be pleasant.
But I have to ask
some questions about Mehdi.
I'll do the dishes.
Aisha, it's better
if you're all here for this.
[exhales]
Did Mehdi try to contact any of you
after, uh Billy left the crew?
No.
Did he try to contact Billy?
No.
I understand that
it's difficult to talk about.
But in order to keep you all safe,
it's really important
that you're honest with me.
You think we're lying?
[Leila] Quiet, Tusane.
You all need to stay quiet.
That's enough.
My children are tired.
Did you know that Billy was threatened?
- I don't know anything.
- You were going to send him abroad.
Why would you do that
if he wasn't being threatened?
Please, talk to me.
[Leila] We're done here.
Would you walk him to the door?
Aisha, you have to talk to me
in order for me to help you.
This is my number.
Just call me anytime, day or night. Okay?
[door opens]
[door shuts]
What do we do, man?
Hm?
Let me check things out. I'll be back.
Okay? I'm just gonna check it out.
[somber music builds slowly]
[door opens]
[gasps softly]
[Josef] Whoa, where are you going?
I need to leave here.
- No, I can't let you do that.
- I have to go.
Wait, take it easy.
Okay? Sit down. Sit down.
I get how it feels, Douglas.
Listen to me.
You've had strange substances
in your body these past few days.
When they leave the body,
withdrawal symptoms are natural.
You'll be fine.
[distant indistinct chattering]
Can you close the door?
[door shuts]
[sighs]
Do you want a sleeping pill?
Yeah, tramadol wouldn't hurt, I guess.
[chuckles] Tramadol isn't allowed.
But I'll get you something else.
You'll get some non-prescription bullshit
that doesn't even work.
It won't be what you're used to,
but it'll do the trick.
I'll be right back.
Wait.
Hm?
I don't want to be alone right now.
Can you bring sleeping pills
to Douglas's room?
[somber music builds slowly]
[no audible dialogue]
[music rises]
[music fades out]
- [Lana] Hey.
- Huh?
- You want coffee?
- No. I'm good.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
[cell phone vibrates]
- [clattering]
- [boy groaning]
[shouting]
[phone clatters]
[shouting on phone]
- [Sebastian] You think the masked man is
- Mehdi.
[Lana] I don't know, Farid.
It's really hard to see.
I can only see Bilal and Douglas.
It's Mehdi.
Does Aisha
Can she verify that it is Mehdi?
That'd be difficult.
You think she was the one
who sent the video, right?
Yeah, but if she wanted to testify,
she wouldn't have sent it
from a private number
It would make her a target.
Can we protect her?
Leila has just lost Billy.
She has zero confidence in us.
And I don't know
Farid Farid. I understand.
I understand.
But like I was saying,
we'll need a witness.
[sighs] We need to put
a nationwide alert out on Mehdi.
[Sebastian] Yes, sir.
Can you handle this?
[scoffs]
- I'm serious.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course.
Okay.
[pensive music builds slowly]
[pensive music intensifies]
[music fades out slowly]
Leila.
I think
that it is time we talked.
- We have talked.
- No, we haven't.
I need to know about
the threats against Bilal.
Leila.
Leila, at least let me speak to the kids?
Huh? Maybe they know something.
I want to protect you.
You said you'd protect Bilal.
Leila, I swear, I did everything
- [Leila] No.
- And I
Bilal did everything.
And he did everything right.
So why is he dead?
Can you answer me that, Farid?
Why is my son dead?
Please, Leila. I'm begging you.
Can we please talk about it?
- Is it Mehdi you're scared of?
- Just stop, Farid.
Go, now.
[squealing on laptop]
SUDDEN'S GROCER
- Will that be all?
- Mm-hm.
Hi, Leila.
What can I get you?
[Billy] Hey, Mom.
Mom!
Yes, honey.
Yes, hon. It's Mom.
[haunting choral music plays]
Islam Makhachev! Bam! Bam!
Dustin Poirier?
Justin Gaethje? Conor McGregor? Bam!
- Who? Seriously, who?
- Listen. Hey, hey.
Conor McGregor when he was in his prime.
Let me tell you.
John Johnson, minus the partying.
- He could win against Islam.
- Yeah. 100%.
- [teen 2] World's best soccer player?
- [teen 3] Neymar.
- [teen 4] Maguire.
- [all laughing]
[teen 4] What?
- [teen 2] Oh, my God!
- [teen 4] What?
What do you want us to say, bro?
- [teen 2] Are you serious?
- [teen 4] What?
[Josef] Okay, okay.
Why y'all looking at me like that?
He's the best, man.
- [teen 2] Change the subject.
- [teen 4] Neymar?
- I have to go to the bathroom.
- [teen 4] Yeah, mini golf.
- [teen 2] Mini golf, seriously?
- [teen 4] Yeah.
- [teen 3] Why don't you just watch soccer?
- Know what I don't get?
How mini golf is better than tennis?
It's way better than tennis.
Have you ever watched tennis?
[laughs] Yo, you're next, dude.
[teen 5] Jones put on
40 pounds for his upcoming fight.
[teen 4] Let's go!
I want to go back to my room.
It's not good for anyone
to be alone all the time.
Let's just sit down and do something.
Do you like board games?
- [Dogge] No.
- [Josef] Me neither.
What should we play?
Go Fish? Backgammon?
Hey. Yalla.
Watch it.
- You wanna go?
- Fuck you doing?
[teen 2] You piece of shit! Fuck off, man!
- [Josef] Guys, guys.
- What the hell?
- Shut the fuck up.
- [teen 4] Hey, fuck him up!
- Fuck him up!
- [teen 2] Let go!
What the fuck you think
[Josef] Hey, guys!
- Hey, come on!
- [indistinct clamoring]
You too! What the fuck are you saying?
[Josef] Hey! That's enough, guys!
Sit down. Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit.
- Hey, you recognize me?
- [Dogge] I don't think so.
- You recognize me?
- No, I don't think so.
Strange, because I recognize you.
- Look at me.
- [chattering continues]
Ah [chuckles]
You're that rat.
The little snitch who snitched on Mehdi.
I'll sort it out, I swear.
How are you gonna sort it out?
[scoffs] Who was that guy
you capped in the head?
What was his name?
The little kid, whose head you blew off?
Billy.
- What?
- [shakily] Billy.
Billy.
That's right. Billy.
You shot him in the head, just like that.
Using a gun Cool, huh?
[scoffs]
This won't take long.
I see every move you make. Okay?
- Yeah.
- Yeah. So do the right thing.
All right. Good boy. [pats back]
[indistinct chatter continues]
[teen 3] Yo, pick up the paddle and play.
[machinery clanking, whirring]
[line ringing]
[in Wolof] Hello.
How are you?
No. I saw what the paper said today.
I'm really worried.
The police are saying things,
but I don't believe them.
I don't believe them.
He wouldn't kill a child.
- Mm. Mm, mm.
- Don't believe that.
No. Don't stress.
But I'm thinking that
he must be involved in something.
[man in English] I'm worried that
he's gotten involved in something.
[woman in Wolof] He tells me nothing.
But I know he hasn't murdered anyone.
[in English] He doesn't tell me anything.
But I know he hasn't killed anyone.
[in Wolof] Let's wait till tomorrow
morning and we'll see what we do.
[tense music builds slowly]
I'm okay.
Mehdi can stay with me
for a few days, but no longer.
[in English] For now, let's wait until
tomorrow. We'll figure things out then.
Don't worry about me.
Tell Mehdi he can stay at my place
for a few days, but that's all.
[in Wolof] Thank you.
Thank you.
- [in English] Bye.
- Bye.
[phone clatters]
What do you mean,
you can't get to the little brother?
[man] I can't get to him.
The cops are watching the family 24/7.
They have a car outside
and a uniform by the door.
What do you want me to do?
Bro, figure it out!
How?
I don't care, bro.
Just fucking figure it out!
Wait a minute.
What's going on?
Mehdi, what is it?
Nothing. But hey, listen.
- [door slams]
- [cop 1] Police!
- Police, get down!
- [cop 2] Get down!
- [cop 1] Lie down!
- [cop 3] Lie down now!
- [cop 1] Get down right now!
- [cop 2] Down!
[cop 1] Get down! Hands behind your back!
- [cop 2] Suspect apprehended.
- [cop 1] Take it easy! Don't move!
[cop 3] Take it easy.
[cuffs clicking]
[music fades out]
[door opens]
[Farid] Hi, Dogge.
- How are you, Dogge?
- Is this being recorded?
Yes, we're recording this.
[Dogge] I have something important to say.
Okay.
Good, that's why I'm here.
So that we can talk.
What is it you wanna talk about
that's so important?
You know what? Here's what we'll do.
Well, uh
I can start by asking
a few questions, simple as that.
You just answer them.
We'll start like that.
First thing is
I have to ask about the gun.
- How did you get it?
- Mehdi has nothing to do with this.
- What?
- Mehdi has nothing to do with this.
- Uh, but when we spoke
- Are you fucking slow?
Mehdi's not involved.
That was just something I said.
All right. It's all right.
I hear what you're saying.
I'm just trying to keep up because, uh
- In the interrogation
- You can't use that.
- Because I was fucking high.
- Yes, actually, we can use it.
He didn't have counsel present
A representative
for Social Services was there.
So we can use it.
Hey what happened?
Did anyone threaten you?
I've seen the video.
I've seen it.
Do you want to tell me
what happened that day?
Why is this so hard for you to get?
Mehdi has nothing to do with this.
Then why did you shoot Billy?
Huh? Why did you shoot Billy, Dogge?
You don't know? You just did it?
You just up and decided to?
I have a hard time believing that.
I think you're lying to me.
That's what happened, bro.
- I think you're afraid of Mehdi.
- I don't care about Mehdi.
- If you're afraid of Mehdi
- I'm not afraid
If you're afraid of Mehdi, Dogge
you know that I'll protect you.
I killed Billy.
I did it. No one else.
[slow, somber music playing]
- [phone vibrating]
- [sighs]
- Hello.
- [Lana] We have Mehdi.
We tracked him through his mother.
He hasn't said anything yet,
but we have him.
Okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
Good work.
Thanks. See you soon.
[breathing deeply]
[no audible soundscape]
[gentle music playing]
[rain pattering on roof]
[woman vocalizing softly]
[Dogge] Is Billy really dead?
[Farid] Yes, he's really dead.
- Can you tell me what happened tonight?
- [Dogge] Stop it.
- [Farid] Dogge
- [Dogge] It it wasn't me.
It was Mehdi.
I did what he told me to do.
Free with a rage in our bleeding heart ♪
Forget a piece of a fallen star ♪
We will hide where the river flows ♪
And I will remember you ♪
[instrumental music picks up]
- Turn around.
- [gasping]
Go!
Come on.
Make it glimmer and make it gold ♪
And I will believe in you ♪
[gasps softly] Go to your room.
Dream of the ocean and the seven seas ♪
We will hide where the river flows ♪
And I will remember you ♪
[woman continues vocalizing]
Free with a rage in our bleeding heart ♪
Forget a piece of a fallen star ♪
We will hide where the river flows ♪
And I will remember you ♪
[woman vocalizing]
[man] Yalla! Get up.
Get up!
Come on. Up!
Jump over.
Get in.
Yalla, get in!
Get in, man.
Get in.
[instrumental continues]
[gentle instrumental music continues]
[music fades out]