Cane s01e04 Episode Script
Family Business
My name is Alex Vega.
I came to America an orphan from Cuba and was adopted by Pancho Duque, a sugarcane grower and a master blender of rum.
I married his daughter Isabel.
And when the time came, Pancho gave control of the family business not to his natural born sons, Frank or Henry, but instead to me.
Perhaps it was because of the blood feud with our rivals, Joe Samuels and his daughter Ellis.
Perhaps Pancho knew that to protect our family, I will do whatever it takes.
That is both my blessing and my curse.
Previously on Cane: - Do I know you? - No.
Who was that man at the park? His name is Luis Quiñones.
What the hell are you doing in my house?! Okay.
Joe Samuels has a grudge agnst my family.
Quiñones is dead and you're the one who had him killed.
Any rumors you've heard being spread about m you need to take with a mountain of salt.
- Don't you ever keep stuff like that away from me.
- Okay.
Promise.
Why is there a handgun in our bedroom now? In the safe in our bedroom.
You're keeping things from me.
I'm not.
I I got a gun 'cause I missed shooting from my days in the service.
And I kept it from you by putting it in the safe where you store your jewelry.
Mm-hmm.
And you didn't want to mention, "Honey, when you put your ring away, be careful, try not to shoot yourself in the face.
" The safety is on.
Okay.
You're right.
I- I'm sorry.
You're right.
I should have said something.
But that's all there is to it.
Guy goes to work, goes to lunch, goes home.
Now, sometimes, he goes to his kid's Little League game.
How American.
Clearly, following Alex Vega is a waste of your time and my father's money.
So why you been doing it? Because you asked me to.
I think what my daughter's driving at, Mr.
Bronson, is whether you suppose she knows your business better than you do.
No, I don't.
Then perhaps a little more push-back.
Some of your vaunted expertise.
How do we tie Vega to the Quiñones murder.
Whaturder? There's no body and a missing witness.
Mr.
Bronson, there's push-back and then there's mere surliness Let's confine ourselves to the former.
Okay, I see only three opportunities here.
We can rattle Vega, make him hear footsteps.
Panic him into something incriminating.
Option two? Try and flip the driver.
Tough nut.
Gang tattoos, prison past.
Well, you mentioned a third possibility.
Luck.
We need to get lucky.
Look around this room, Mr.
Bronson.
This house.
My father didn't get where he is by wishing on a star.
We make our own luck.
Why don't you go see about makiLN a little of your own.
Papi! Hey, you wanted to see me? Uh Pop.
Hey, uh Frank.
What's up? All right, what's going on between you two? k you for not denying the problem.
It's my fault.
I haven't made enough of an effort to involve Frank in decisions.
Which is my fault, because I've made Alex so sure that I resent his being named CEO that he tries to avoid rubbing my nose in it.
Well, so now you're competing for who's fault it is, huh? All right, well, it's more than you're saying, and you don't have to tell me, but you have to put it behind you.
All right? In a family, you have loyalty and trust or we have nothing.
Now, you have a business to run together.
He's right.
You're my brother and I have to trust you.
Because you're my brother, I have to be loyal, right? And Ellis is not going to be an issue.
Okay.
Let's get to work.
I've been his chief of staff for three years and I've never seen the senator so bullish as he is about your sugar ethanol subsidy.
That's great news.
We're happy to hear tt.
How can we help? We have to convince people that this is viable now.
The senator's wondering whether you can double your acreage commitment.
Absolutely.
And following the Brazilian model, double your harvests.
Well, we have to mechanize.
Excuse me for a second.
Hi, did I forget to tell you to please hold my calls? Okay.
Thanks.
He Vince.
Thought you'd want to know.
Just pulled a body out of the 'glades.
Been chomped up pretty good, but looks a hell of a lot like your old friend Quiñones.
You sure? That it's Quiñones? No.
Why I need you to come down to the coroner's, make an I.
D.
Why me? You're one of the last people we know saw Quiñones alive.
Can this wait, Vince? 'Cause I'm in the middle of a meeting right now.
Any time today.
He's not going anywhere.
¼ÃÃå·çÃà µÃû¼¾¡¡µÃÃļ¯ No, no, absolutely not.
We hand-cut the harvests.
Pop, the ethanol subsidy is riding on this whole thing.
I thought you opposed ethanol.
I do.
But machine-cutting's much more efficient overall, Papi.
I mean, we're way behind the times here.
You know, this is not just about sentimentality or tradition.
It's also about men's jobs.
Either way, it's carried us pretty far.
I knew you'd be against it.
And you promised it anyway.
No one promised anything.
Yeah, see, this is what happens when you let outsiders into the family.
Senators and politicians Outsiders telling you how to run your business.
To be fair, Papi, I've been on you about mechanizing for years now.
I said no before and I say no again.
You know, Pop, as CEO, I'm going to have to consider it.
Do as you must.
You want to get your club on the map, you got to pay for a big star.
What about Beyonce? You're rich, but not that rich, Henry.
You sure? I was thinking Casey Clark.
I know she's famous, but I can never figure out what for.
Making rich club owners richer just by showing up.
Then Casey Clark it is.
How much? $60,000.
Whoa a lot more than we discussed.
Well, she's usually 70, but she likes Nicole and the Pussycat Dolls.
And she'll like you.
What makes you say that? She and I have similar taste.
Don't stop, don't stop Really.
I'm just saying, you want to do this wedding right.
Take time to pn it properly.
Mom, we don't want all that.
All what? All that over-the-top Cuban wedding stuff.
Uh-oh, then you go tell that to your great-aunts, and to the cousins of your cousins, and to our neighbors when y were four, which I'm sure you do not everemember or maybe you never even met, but they will be insted if they're not invited to the wedding of our son.
It's not the wedding of your son.
It's my wedding.
Mine and Rebecca's.
You're Cuban.
You are having a Cuban wedding.
That is not even a discussion.
Mom, if-if we would just So, we agreed till after boot camp, hmm? Back in time with Louis X-V-I All right fine.
I give up.
I guess we'll wait till then.
He'd be the bluest blood they ever seen Mm Relax, Jaime.
You're getting married.
You might as well get used to losing arguments.
The royal astrologer was run out of breath He thought that maybe the rain Would postpone his death rst you hand over control of the company to Alex, and now this.
Something I should be reading between the lines here, Pancho? It's back.
The cancer? Mm-hmm.
I'm terribly sorry, Pancho.
Have you told your family? Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I need you tput some new provisions in my will first.
I, um I want to protect the family from Don't ask.
In the event of any disagreement after I'm gone, I want Amalia to have the final say.
Well If Amalia's gone, then it goes to Isabel.
You are giving the women all the power.
Who else would you trust to put family first and business second, huh? I know you're a lawyer, but please try not to make this complicated.
Okay, Pancho.
We'll make it elegant, ironclad and direct.
Quien es Casey Clark, anyway? She's famous for being famous.
That's what I'm paying for.
What I'm ying is her famousness.
Wow, Henry, come on.
When are you gonna quit all that, and join the family business here? When I'm old and settled like the two of you.
I'm not settled.
Okay, just old then.
You're late.
I'm sleeping with the boss.
Hi.
Hey.
Hey.
So, I called this meeting, because in ordero pass this ethanol legislation, on the sugar side, we're going to have to increase our yield, which means mechanization.
Firing the cane cutters? Replacing them, yes.
With machines.
DuquEnterprises, how can I help you? So, I wanted us all to take a vote on this, but you should know that Pop is against it.
Well, if Pop is against it, why are we considering it? Because it's overdue.
You're for ts? I've been trying to get Pops to mechanize for ten years now.
Well, he must have his reasons.
He says it's tradition.
I think it's nostalgia.
In any event, it has to do with the past.
Papi is getting old, okay? Can't this wait? Henry, the sugar ethanol moment is now.
We delay even six months, it passes Duque Enrprises right by.
Papi cld live another 15 years.
Siios quiere.
Ay, por favor, claro.
You know what? We shouldn't do this right now.
Let's talko Pop, get his perspective on this.
I just want to say one thing again.
Ethanol is the future, and I think it's always bad business to have the future be held hostage to the past.
Okay, we good? Yeah.
Duque Enterprises.
You were quiet.
I didn't want to oppose you in front of my brothers.
I'm totally against this.
You just took over, Alex, and I think it's completely wrong to make such a huge change in the way things are done.
I have to pick up Artie.
Thanks for coming down, Alex.
Yeah, no problem.
Hey, Dunston.
Oh, hey, uh, can you show Mr.
Vega what we got.
Yeah.
It's not pretty.
How many dead people would you describe as "pretty?" It's him.
You're sure it's Quiñones? Yeah, I'm sure.
Crocs will mess you up some, but they getored.
Not like piranhas; those suckers will strip you to the bone.
I'm widely traveled.
You can cover him up now, Dunston.
Just, uh, tell me when you know the cause of death.
Isn't that, uh, a little obvious? What's obvious is that either the crocs and the gators are what scragged him, or that somebody sure wanted it looking that way.
I'll put the gloves on, do my thing.
All will be revealed.
So, am I done here? You're not enjoying the ambience? Yeah, uh, that's great, thanks.
Good to meet you, uh, under the circumstances and all.
It's Dunston's world.
We're all just dying in it.
Comedian.
I'll see you, Vince.
Thanks, Alex.
Nice gun.
Yeah, I just got it.
I'm a little out of practice.
Smart choice, nine millimeter.
Less recoil.
Only idiot cowboys carry big heavy pieces.
They pull your aim off after each shot.
Much higher accuracy.
Theoretically.
See what I mean? Have a good shoot, Mr.
Vega.
- Small world.
- Is it? Late lunch, early lunch.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Try try and imagine how often Cuban males hear that one.
Come here.
Can I get a refill, ease? I tried to call you.
I need some time to think.
About what? About why you're accusing my brother of murder.
Accessory to murder.
And he's now your brother? Well, don't underestimate family loyalty.
Alex Vega stole your birthright.
Oh, look, look who's here.
And while you're taking that time doing your thinking, ask yourself why your busy CEO brother is at the gun range ying out the new handgun.
And when you realize who's lying and who's telling the truth, call me.
We hand-cut in Cuba.
I don't care if we're the last ones to do it here.
I agree.
Yeah.
Take men's bs away because of machines? That's not right.
I mean, that's it.
No, I I can't do that.
I can't do it.
They were talking to me I know your ncer has returned.
What? You're not hard of hearing, Pancho.
You have cancer.
And for the first time in 40 years, you lost weight and you didn't brag.
So how long? Did I know or do I have? Mira Six months.
No.
But they're wrong.
No.
Th were wrong before, and they're wrong now.
How do you know that, Dr.
Duque? Hmm? Lo se en cuerpo y alma it's not my time; that's why I didn't tell you.
Oh, really? You didn't tell me because you're obstinado, because you are protective, because you think you are immortal.
All right.
We need to tell the family.
When the time is right.
Eres imposible.
But I love you anyway.
Lo se.
Y yo te quiero mas que nunca.
No te Please welcome Nicole Scherzinger! Hey, Henry.
Cay Clark's here.
Bottle of rum.
Thanks, bud.
Let's go.
Casey.
Here.
Fotógrafo por fuera.
This is the really good stuff.
We like think so.
Henry Duque.
This is your place.
My place, my rum.
I'd like to introduce you to a big fan, my niece, Katie.
Smooth, Uncle Henry.
Hi, Katie, it's nice to meet you Casey, anything you need, I'm yours.
If only.
Your uncle's hot.
Heard that.
He's all right.
I'll do the ing, I'll do the thing you wanna I'm gonna do, do anything you wanna I'll do whatever you like, I'll do whatever you like Case, who's this? Nick, Katie.
And this iser family.
Ah, outstanding.
There more where this came from? re.
All right, lead on.
We have to talk about this mechanization.
We can talk, but I'm not changing my mind.
Thanks for being so open.
Why? Is there any chance you'll change yours? Why are you against it? I told you.
Because it's the way things have always been done- and t of respect for my father.
You don't think I respecPop? Well, not the way I do or you wouldn't oppose him.
You realize you're choosing your father over your husband? Alex, I'm honoring my father's wishes for the land he worked with his bare hands.
I honor that, too! That's why I'm trying to bring this land into the 21st century.
It's not the same for you, Alex.
What do you mean? Well, he's not your real father.
This is the same crap that I hear from Frank ever since I became CEO, and not I've got to hear it from my wife? Alex, come on I am not a Duque! Everything always comeback to that.
Where are we going? We're going to my boy Bennie's place.
Can you pass me that bottle? She don't want no rock and roll She wants platinum Whoa.
Guess who.
Um mmm, the one that got away.
Ah, well, the way I recall it was more like catch and release.
Is that what you recall? That's what I recall.
I don't think so.
Siéntese.
So, Enrique, what did you think? Uh, fantástica, maravillosa, excelente.
Nah, you know what? I always knew you'd be a star.
Stop.
How's your family? Great.
You know, Mami always asks about you.
You' so cute when you lie.
I'm not lying.
What's up, man? troduce us.
Nicole, this is Dmitry, one of my investors.
Nicole.
We're, uh, financing a VIP lounge, so a goddess like you doesn't have to mix with the masses.
Well, I love m"masses.
" Okay.
Hi, I'Tal.
Yes, you are.
No, that's my name.
Well, it's nice to meet you.
Maybe we could party later.
Yeah, I don't think so.
Maybe let the lady answer for herself, huh? Um, I' got a pretty early flight to catch in the morning, so.
Yeah, why don't I walk you o.
(laughin Oh, my God.
Are you okay? That was awesome.
Yes.
Oh, my God, that was so cool.
Miraa She totaled another Benz.
Where are we going? Away from here.
I'll call you back.
Bye, Katie.
You rock! That was kind of fun.
I called us a car.
It should be here soon.
Miranda's going to flip.
Sure you're all right? No, uh, whiplash? No internal injuries or anything? I'm fine.
Yeah? You might want to reconsider.
You know, suing Casey's almost how all her evenings end.
You'd rock a really cool neck brace.
I'll pass.
Are you going to get busted? I was anyway.
My mom's probably lighting candles at the church right about now.
Praying something like, "Don't get into a car accident.
" There's our ride.
A limo? Yeah.
I got a guy, you ow.
He gets me these tngs.
I don't know.
Where's the girls going all wild? I, uh, gave them the night off.
I rarely take them out on dates.
When d this become a date? Date? Uh I don't know, right about now.
I have to go home.
All right, a short date.
It's a good story for the grandkids.
Dunston.
Dunston.
Ah, Inspector Porfiri.
Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevsky.
Dude had mad skills.
Whatcha got? Nine millimeter slug.
Shot dead, then gator bait.
Cat's had a rough summer.
You sure this is what killed him? Yeah, pumped and dumped.
Somewhere there's a Raskolnikov got some conscience issues.
Yeah, I said we needed some luck.
Well, got some.
They fished Quiñones t of the Everglades.
With bullet in him.
I suppose getting a ballistics match is, uh, too much to hope for.
Nah, isomeone went to the trouble to dump him in the 'glades, that gun's in pieces and scattered to the winds.
Very lyrical.
What next? Cops have to question Vega now.
Just sit back and enjoy it.
So she's voting against, huh? Yeah.
I've got a compromise though.
Go through with the mechanization, but use only the portion of our cane that's dedicated to ethanol.
That way, everybody gets what they want.
I can't support that.
I thought you were for mechanizing.
Yeah, sure.
The whole farm.
I'm an ethanol skept, okay? And to take on all of the expense of the machinery and then not have the rum side benefit, that makes no senseor me.
Here we go, eh? What? You're going to do everything you can to blocke.
And here you go, you're doubting my mives.
We were on the same side until you found out you couldn't deliver your own wife.
You both do have one thing in common.
e doesn't think I'm a real Duque either.
It's true.
I'm not Pancho's blood.
It probably does affect the way I look at this.
Well, I am his blood and I see this the same way as you do.
Okay.
We mechanize the whole thing.
We just have to line up Henry.
I'll take care of that.
I'm sorry, caI get two waters when you get a chance? Are you even listening to me, Henry? I'm getting every other word.
It's our father's wishes we're talking about.
Isa, you know me.
I'm good with whatever.
So you're with me and Pop on this.
If it means I can get back to my nap.
Oh, my God, you you can't be this lazy.
Hey, I work hard.
I just keep different hours.
It's late nights in the club business.
Yeah, and even later nights with whoever you take home.
You' only young once.
And you're sure making it last.
Ay! You've got my vo.
Now let me rest.
Adios.
Ads.
How are you feeling? You asked me ten minutes ago.
Well, I'll ask you as often as I want and you will answer.
Feels worse with a cold, I'm fine.
I brought you some sopita de pollo.
Cuban penicillin.
No, thank you.
You love it.
Yeah, when it's just food.
When it's medicine, no, thank you.
Okay, look, um, about the cane-cutting.
Yes? Uh, I remeer how hard you worked in the fields.
I still have the hands to show for it.
And those hands now work the computer.
Now, you placed Alex in charge because you had faith in his judgment.
You're not telling me how to run my business? Oh, no, no, no, no, I wouldn't dream of it.
But I tell you it's no longer your business to run.
Yeah.
Excuse me, sir, Vince Grasso on line one.
Um, okay, thanks.
Hey, Vince.
This is getting to be a regular occurrence, calls during business hours.
Hey, Alex, you own a hanun? Yeah, I do, actually.
Where you keep it? In a safe at the house.
Meet me there in half an hour.
Can this wait? Because I'm No, Alex, it can't.
Oye! Sleeping Beauty, wake up, huh? Nice work, huh? If you can get it.
You're the second sibling to call me lazy today.
I work till 5:00 in the morning.
I need your vote on this mechanization thing.
Fine.
You don't want to hear why? Not really.
IncreÃble.
What?! You got your little club.
You got your little honeys.
I mean, you sleep until noon ery day, I mean You ever give five minutes thought to the thing that provides you all of this? You know, the family business? I said I'd vote how you wt.
What's the problem, Frank? The problem is that you're a spoiled Cuban prince who eds to grow up.
Way to take yes for an answer.
I'll see you up at the house.
Oye.
Cara de nalgas You're welcome.
Can we actually, uh, do this inside? Come on in.
You have the gun? Nice to see you, too, Vince.
Hi.
I need the gun, Alex.
You're not going to tell me what this is all about? Quiñones was shot and killed before he went into the drink.
We recovered the bullet, so I need your gun.
I'm trng to do you a favor.
Trying to do me a favor by interrupting my work day, and coming to my house, where by the way- you've broken bread with my family- and treating me like a common suspect? If you were being treated like a suspect, we'd be having this conversation at the station with a bunch of people watching through a winw.
I ought you would prefer this.
Sorry.
Look, I need the gun so I can rule you out.
Hey, man, you can't believe that I'm involved in this.
Alex, listen, I gotta do my job.
Okay? A man who threatened your son turns up dead, shortly after being escorted from your mily's premises.
And a witness, since disappeared, said you had somhing to do with it.
No, I don't believe that.
Man, I don't believe you're that person.
I don't believe you would put me in that posion.
I've got to do my job.
Fine.
I'll call you later.
Jaime, you're not getting a motorcycle.
You can't have it.
'Cause I'm not going to be worrying about you.
No, that's enough, it's, it's enough.
Why not? Because it'suicidal.
I'll take you riding, I'll take you riding.
.
Tio Henry had one when he was my age.
Get a bike.
So, um por favor.
We should probably talk about the mechanization.
Pop, myself, Frank, and Henry are all in favor.
No, Henry's voting with me against it.
No, h's not.
That's not what you told me, man.
Whatever.
Momentico, Henry, not "whatever"- which one is it? I just told you he's voting with me to honor Papi's wishes.
And I told you this is not about honoring or dishonoring anyone, honey.
This is about business This is a business decision.
Pancho, what's going on? No, no, no, now I'm a hysterical d emotional woman and I can't make rational choices.
What the hell, man? thought we had this worked out.
Maybe I changed my mind, Frankie.
Prerogative of a Cuban prince.
Pancho.
Oh, wow.
Oh, so you're doing this now just to spite me? He's doing it out of respect.
And because he's a real Duque.
Let's not forget that.
Ay.
Pancho.
You enjoying this? You really are nothing more than a spoiled brat.
Yeah.
Why don't you keep calling me names, Frank? Way to win friends and influence people.
I'm getting a cigar.
Ay, Pancho.
Why don't you get out of the playpen, Enriquito, and join the adults.
You wa to see who's grown up? Why don't you step outside right now? I'll show you who's grown up.
Oh.
Come on.
You don't have to fight.
What is this, recess? No, no, no, no, wait.
Hey! Hey! Show respect now.
Se acabo.
I have had enough.
I have been watching all of you attacking each other like this for days and myeart is sick.
You should all be ashamed of yourselves.
Brother against brother.
Husband against wife.
May I remind you that this house was built on love and respect? And will somebody please tell me when it became all right to replace family with business? Well, I won't have it.
No, no.
Not in my house.
Not in the house of a man who is fighting to stay alive.
Yes, that's right.
He may have no more than six months.
How long have you known, Mom? I only found out yesterd, but I knew.
Is it safe to come in now? Aw Amalia.
Family comes first.
Look, I don't know what she said, but'm sure she made it worse than it is.
I told them what the doctors told you.
Doctors.
We are going to find the best doctors, the most up-to-date eatments.
You're gonna beat this thing, Papi, again.
I'm gonna quit my job, Papi, I'm gonna take you wherever you want to go.
The way you drive, mi hijo, I'll take a cab.
Stop.
Obvisly, we forget this whole mechanization idea.
You said it was important fothe business.
Yeah, but Is it less important to the company now because I'm sick? It's less impornt to me, Pop.
You were talking about dishonoring me.
e only way to do that now is to change your mind out pity.
So let's vote now.
Alejandro.
I vote to mechanize, Pop.
Francisco? Yeah, I do, too.
Isabel.
I vote no.
I've always voted no.
Enrique.
How do you want me to vote, Pop? Enrique, it's time to grow up.
This is your family business.
It's time to get involved and decide what's best for it.
Forget what others think.
What do you feel is right for you? I vote to mechanize.
Then it's done.
With your permission, I'd like to be the one to tell the workers that'll be their last harvest.
Of course, Papi.
Shh-shh-shh-sh shh-shh-shh-shh.
Are you all right? We need to move the wedding up.
Just in case.
Yeah.
I think you're right.
Hey.
Hey.
You know, uh don't worry about Grandpa.
He'll be all right.
He's the toughest dude I know.
Yeah.
Casey's publicist told me about the carrash.
You're not going to tell my parents, are you? No.
But I can't let you into my club anymore.
You're too young and I shouldn't be covering for you the way I've been.
I'm your uncle and I have a responsibility to you and to your parents.
And to this family.
Mom put youp to this.
No one has to put me up to athing.
It's what I say.
And how it's going to go.
I'm sorry about your father.
He's your father, too.
I came to America an orphan from Cuba and was adopted by Pancho Duque, a sugarcane grower and a master blender of rum.
I married his daughter Isabel.
And when the time came, Pancho gave control of the family business not to his natural born sons, Frank or Henry, but instead to me.
Perhaps it was because of the blood feud with our rivals, Joe Samuels and his daughter Ellis.
Perhaps Pancho knew that to protect our family, I will do whatever it takes.
That is both my blessing and my curse.
Previously on Cane: - Do I know you? - No.
Who was that man at the park? His name is Luis Quiñones.
What the hell are you doing in my house?! Okay.
Joe Samuels has a grudge agnst my family.
Quiñones is dead and you're the one who had him killed.
Any rumors you've heard being spread about m you need to take with a mountain of salt.
- Don't you ever keep stuff like that away from me.
- Okay.
Promise.
Why is there a handgun in our bedroom now? In the safe in our bedroom.
You're keeping things from me.
I'm not.
I I got a gun 'cause I missed shooting from my days in the service.
And I kept it from you by putting it in the safe where you store your jewelry.
Mm-hmm.
And you didn't want to mention, "Honey, when you put your ring away, be careful, try not to shoot yourself in the face.
" The safety is on.
Okay.
You're right.
I- I'm sorry.
You're right.
I should have said something.
But that's all there is to it.
Guy goes to work, goes to lunch, goes home.
Now, sometimes, he goes to his kid's Little League game.
How American.
Clearly, following Alex Vega is a waste of your time and my father's money.
So why you been doing it? Because you asked me to.
I think what my daughter's driving at, Mr.
Bronson, is whether you suppose she knows your business better than you do.
No, I don't.
Then perhaps a little more push-back.
Some of your vaunted expertise.
How do we tie Vega to the Quiñones murder.
Whaturder? There's no body and a missing witness.
Mr.
Bronson, there's push-back and then there's mere surliness Let's confine ourselves to the former.
Okay, I see only three opportunities here.
We can rattle Vega, make him hear footsteps.
Panic him into something incriminating.
Option two? Try and flip the driver.
Tough nut.
Gang tattoos, prison past.
Well, you mentioned a third possibility.
Luck.
We need to get lucky.
Look around this room, Mr.
Bronson.
This house.
My father didn't get where he is by wishing on a star.
We make our own luck.
Why don't you go see about makiLN a little of your own.
Papi! Hey, you wanted to see me? Uh Pop.
Hey, uh Frank.
What's up? All right, what's going on between you two? k you for not denying the problem.
It's my fault.
I haven't made enough of an effort to involve Frank in decisions.
Which is my fault, because I've made Alex so sure that I resent his being named CEO that he tries to avoid rubbing my nose in it.
Well, so now you're competing for who's fault it is, huh? All right, well, it's more than you're saying, and you don't have to tell me, but you have to put it behind you.
All right? In a family, you have loyalty and trust or we have nothing.
Now, you have a business to run together.
He's right.
You're my brother and I have to trust you.
Because you're my brother, I have to be loyal, right? And Ellis is not going to be an issue.
Okay.
Let's get to work.
I've been his chief of staff for three years and I've never seen the senator so bullish as he is about your sugar ethanol subsidy.
That's great news.
We're happy to hear tt.
How can we help? We have to convince people that this is viable now.
The senator's wondering whether you can double your acreage commitment.
Absolutely.
And following the Brazilian model, double your harvests.
Well, we have to mechanize.
Excuse me for a second.
Hi, did I forget to tell you to please hold my calls? Okay.
Thanks.
He Vince.
Thought you'd want to know.
Just pulled a body out of the 'glades.
Been chomped up pretty good, but looks a hell of a lot like your old friend Quiñones.
You sure? That it's Quiñones? No.
Why I need you to come down to the coroner's, make an I.
D.
Why me? You're one of the last people we know saw Quiñones alive.
Can this wait, Vince? 'Cause I'm in the middle of a meeting right now.
Any time today.
He's not going anywhere.
¼ÃÃå·çÃà µÃû¼¾¡¡µÃÃļ¯ No, no, absolutely not.
We hand-cut the harvests.
Pop, the ethanol subsidy is riding on this whole thing.
I thought you opposed ethanol.
I do.
But machine-cutting's much more efficient overall, Papi.
I mean, we're way behind the times here.
You know, this is not just about sentimentality or tradition.
It's also about men's jobs.
Either way, it's carried us pretty far.
I knew you'd be against it.
And you promised it anyway.
No one promised anything.
Yeah, see, this is what happens when you let outsiders into the family.
Senators and politicians Outsiders telling you how to run your business.
To be fair, Papi, I've been on you about mechanizing for years now.
I said no before and I say no again.
You know, Pop, as CEO, I'm going to have to consider it.
Do as you must.
You want to get your club on the map, you got to pay for a big star.
What about Beyonce? You're rich, but not that rich, Henry.
You sure? I was thinking Casey Clark.
I know she's famous, but I can never figure out what for.
Making rich club owners richer just by showing up.
Then Casey Clark it is.
How much? $60,000.
Whoa a lot more than we discussed.
Well, she's usually 70, but she likes Nicole and the Pussycat Dolls.
And she'll like you.
What makes you say that? She and I have similar taste.
Don't stop, don't stop Really.
I'm just saying, you want to do this wedding right.
Take time to pn it properly.
Mom, we don't want all that.
All what? All that over-the-top Cuban wedding stuff.
Uh-oh, then you go tell that to your great-aunts, and to the cousins of your cousins, and to our neighbors when y were four, which I'm sure you do not everemember or maybe you never even met, but they will be insted if they're not invited to the wedding of our son.
It's not the wedding of your son.
It's my wedding.
Mine and Rebecca's.
You're Cuban.
You are having a Cuban wedding.
That is not even a discussion.
Mom, if-if we would just So, we agreed till after boot camp, hmm? Back in time with Louis X-V-I All right fine.
I give up.
I guess we'll wait till then.
He'd be the bluest blood they ever seen Mm Relax, Jaime.
You're getting married.
You might as well get used to losing arguments.
The royal astrologer was run out of breath He thought that maybe the rain Would postpone his death rst you hand over control of the company to Alex, and now this.
Something I should be reading between the lines here, Pancho? It's back.
The cancer? Mm-hmm.
I'm terribly sorry, Pancho.
Have you told your family? Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I need you tput some new provisions in my will first.
I, um I want to protect the family from Don't ask.
In the event of any disagreement after I'm gone, I want Amalia to have the final say.
Well If Amalia's gone, then it goes to Isabel.
You are giving the women all the power.
Who else would you trust to put family first and business second, huh? I know you're a lawyer, but please try not to make this complicated.
Okay, Pancho.
We'll make it elegant, ironclad and direct.
Quien es Casey Clark, anyway? She's famous for being famous.
That's what I'm paying for.
What I'm ying is her famousness.
Wow, Henry, come on.
When are you gonna quit all that, and join the family business here? When I'm old and settled like the two of you.
I'm not settled.
Okay, just old then.
You're late.
I'm sleeping with the boss.
Hi.
Hey.
Hey.
So, I called this meeting, because in ordero pass this ethanol legislation, on the sugar side, we're going to have to increase our yield, which means mechanization.
Firing the cane cutters? Replacing them, yes.
With machines.
DuquEnterprises, how can I help you? So, I wanted us all to take a vote on this, but you should know that Pop is against it.
Well, if Pop is against it, why are we considering it? Because it's overdue.
You're for ts? I've been trying to get Pops to mechanize for ten years now.
Well, he must have his reasons.
He says it's tradition.
I think it's nostalgia.
In any event, it has to do with the past.
Papi is getting old, okay? Can't this wait? Henry, the sugar ethanol moment is now.
We delay even six months, it passes Duque Enrprises right by.
Papi cld live another 15 years.
Siios quiere.
Ay, por favor, claro.
You know what? We shouldn't do this right now.
Let's talko Pop, get his perspective on this.
I just want to say one thing again.
Ethanol is the future, and I think it's always bad business to have the future be held hostage to the past.
Okay, we good? Yeah.
Duque Enterprises.
You were quiet.
I didn't want to oppose you in front of my brothers.
I'm totally against this.
You just took over, Alex, and I think it's completely wrong to make such a huge change in the way things are done.
I have to pick up Artie.
Thanks for coming down, Alex.
Yeah, no problem.
Hey, Dunston.
Oh, hey, uh, can you show Mr.
Vega what we got.
Yeah.
It's not pretty.
How many dead people would you describe as "pretty?" It's him.
You're sure it's Quiñones? Yeah, I'm sure.
Crocs will mess you up some, but they getored.
Not like piranhas; those suckers will strip you to the bone.
I'm widely traveled.
You can cover him up now, Dunston.
Just, uh, tell me when you know the cause of death.
Isn't that, uh, a little obvious? What's obvious is that either the crocs and the gators are what scragged him, or that somebody sure wanted it looking that way.
I'll put the gloves on, do my thing.
All will be revealed.
So, am I done here? You're not enjoying the ambience? Yeah, uh, that's great, thanks.
Good to meet you, uh, under the circumstances and all.
It's Dunston's world.
We're all just dying in it.
Comedian.
I'll see you, Vince.
Thanks, Alex.
Nice gun.
Yeah, I just got it.
I'm a little out of practice.
Smart choice, nine millimeter.
Less recoil.
Only idiot cowboys carry big heavy pieces.
They pull your aim off after each shot.
Much higher accuracy.
Theoretically.
See what I mean? Have a good shoot, Mr.
Vega.
- Small world.
- Is it? Late lunch, early lunch.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Try try and imagine how often Cuban males hear that one.
Come here.
Can I get a refill, ease? I tried to call you.
I need some time to think.
About what? About why you're accusing my brother of murder.
Accessory to murder.
And he's now your brother? Well, don't underestimate family loyalty.
Alex Vega stole your birthright.
Oh, look, look who's here.
And while you're taking that time doing your thinking, ask yourself why your busy CEO brother is at the gun range ying out the new handgun.
And when you realize who's lying and who's telling the truth, call me.
We hand-cut in Cuba.
I don't care if we're the last ones to do it here.
I agree.
Yeah.
Take men's bs away because of machines? That's not right.
I mean, that's it.
No, I I can't do that.
I can't do it.
They were talking to me I know your ncer has returned.
What? You're not hard of hearing, Pancho.
You have cancer.
And for the first time in 40 years, you lost weight and you didn't brag.
So how long? Did I know or do I have? Mira Six months.
No.
But they're wrong.
No.
Th were wrong before, and they're wrong now.
How do you know that, Dr.
Duque? Hmm? Lo se en cuerpo y alma it's not my time; that's why I didn't tell you.
Oh, really? You didn't tell me because you're obstinado, because you are protective, because you think you are immortal.
All right.
We need to tell the family.
When the time is right.
Eres imposible.
But I love you anyway.
Lo se.
Y yo te quiero mas que nunca.
No te Please welcome Nicole Scherzinger! Hey, Henry.
Cay Clark's here.
Bottle of rum.
Thanks, bud.
Let's go.
Casey.
Here.
Fotógrafo por fuera.
This is the really good stuff.
We like think so.
Henry Duque.
This is your place.
My place, my rum.
I'd like to introduce you to a big fan, my niece, Katie.
Smooth, Uncle Henry.
Hi, Katie, it's nice to meet you Casey, anything you need, I'm yours.
If only.
Your uncle's hot.
Heard that.
He's all right.
I'll do the ing, I'll do the thing you wanna I'm gonna do, do anything you wanna I'll do whatever you like, I'll do whatever you like Case, who's this? Nick, Katie.
And this iser family.
Ah, outstanding.
There more where this came from? re.
All right, lead on.
We have to talk about this mechanization.
We can talk, but I'm not changing my mind.
Thanks for being so open.
Why? Is there any chance you'll change yours? Why are you against it? I told you.
Because it's the way things have always been done- and t of respect for my father.
You don't think I respecPop? Well, not the way I do or you wouldn't oppose him.
You realize you're choosing your father over your husband? Alex, I'm honoring my father's wishes for the land he worked with his bare hands.
I honor that, too! That's why I'm trying to bring this land into the 21st century.
It's not the same for you, Alex.
What do you mean? Well, he's not your real father.
This is the same crap that I hear from Frank ever since I became CEO, and not I've got to hear it from my wife? Alex, come on I am not a Duque! Everything always comeback to that.
Where are we going? We're going to my boy Bennie's place.
Can you pass me that bottle? She don't want no rock and roll She wants platinum Whoa.
Guess who.
Um mmm, the one that got away.
Ah, well, the way I recall it was more like catch and release.
Is that what you recall? That's what I recall.
I don't think so.
Siéntese.
So, Enrique, what did you think? Uh, fantástica, maravillosa, excelente.
Nah, you know what? I always knew you'd be a star.
Stop.
How's your family? Great.
You know, Mami always asks about you.
You' so cute when you lie.
I'm not lying.
What's up, man? troduce us.
Nicole, this is Dmitry, one of my investors.
Nicole.
We're, uh, financing a VIP lounge, so a goddess like you doesn't have to mix with the masses.
Well, I love m"masses.
" Okay.
Hi, I'Tal.
Yes, you are.
No, that's my name.
Well, it's nice to meet you.
Maybe we could party later.
Yeah, I don't think so.
Maybe let the lady answer for herself, huh? Um, I' got a pretty early flight to catch in the morning, so.
Yeah, why don't I walk you o.
(laughin Oh, my God.
Are you okay? That was awesome.
Yes.
Oh, my God, that was so cool.
Miraa She totaled another Benz.
Where are we going? Away from here.
I'll call you back.
Bye, Katie.
You rock! That was kind of fun.
I called us a car.
It should be here soon.
Miranda's going to flip.
Sure you're all right? No, uh, whiplash? No internal injuries or anything? I'm fine.
Yeah? You might want to reconsider.
You know, suing Casey's almost how all her evenings end.
You'd rock a really cool neck brace.
I'll pass.
Are you going to get busted? I was anyway.
My mom's probably lighting candles at the church right about now.
Praying something like, "Don't get into a car accident.
" There's our ride.
A limo? Yeah.
I got a guy, you ow.
He gets me these tngs.
I don't know.
Where's the girls going all wild? I, uh, gave them the night off.
I rarely take them out on dates.
When d this become a date? Date? Uh I don't know, right about now.
I have to go home.
All right, a short date.
It's a good story for the grandkids.
Dunston.
Dunston.
Ah, Inspector Porfiri.
Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevsky.
Dude had mad skills.
Whatcha got? Nine millimeter slug.
Shot dead, then gator bait.
Cat's had a rough summer.
You sure this is what killed him? Yeah, pumped and dumped.
Somewhere there's a Raskolnikov got some conscience issues.
Yeah, I said we needed some luck.
Well, got some.
They fished Quiñones t of the Everglades.
With bullet in him.
I suppose getting a ballistics match is, uh, too much to hope for.
Nah, isomeone went to the trouble to dump him in the 'glades, that gun's in pieces and scattered to the winds.
Very lyrical.
What next? Cops have to question Vega now.
Just sit back and enjoy it.
So she's voting against, huh? Yeah.
I've got a compromise though.
Go through with the mechanization, but use only the portion of our cane that's dedicated to ethanol.
That way, everybody gets what they want.
I can't support that.
I thought you were for mechanizing.
Yeah, sure.
The whole farm.
I'm an ethanol skept, okay? And to take on all of the expense of the machinery and then not have the rum side benefit, that makes no senseor me.
Here we go, eh? What? You're going to do everything you can to blocke.
And here you go, you're doubting my mives.
We were on the same side until you found out you couldn't deliver your own wife.
You both do have one thing in common.
e doesn't think I'm a real Duque either.
It's true.
I'm not Pancho's blood.
It probably does affect the way I look at this.
Well, I am his blood and I see this the same way as you do.
Okay.
We mechanize the whole thing.
We just have to line up Henry.
I'll take care of that.
I'm sorry, caI get two waters when you get a chance? Are you even listening to me, Henry? I'm getting every other word.
It's our father's wishes we're talking about.
Isa, you know me.
I'm good with whatever.
So you're with me and Pop on this.
If it means I can get back to my nap.
Oh, my God, you you can't be this lazy.
Hey, I work hard.
I just keep different hours.
It's late nights in the club business.
Yeah, and even later nights with whoever you take home.
You' only young once.
And you're sure making it last.
Ay! You've got my vo.
Now let me rest.
Adios.
Ads.
How are you feeling? You asked me ten minutes ago.
Well, I'll ask you as often as I want and you will answer.
Feels worse with a cold, I'm fine.
I brought you some sopita de pollo.
Cuban penicillin.
No, thank you.
You love it.
Yeah, when it's just food.
When it's medicine, no, thank you.
Okay, look, um, about the cane-cutting.
Yes? Uh, I remeer how hard you worked in the fields.
I still have the hands to show for it.
And those hands now work the computer.
Now, you placed Alex in charge because you had faith in his judgment.
You're not telling me how to run my business? Oh, no, no, no, no, I wouldn't dream of it.
But I tell you it's no longer your business to run.
Yeah.
Excuse me, sir, Vince Grasso on line one.
Um, okay, thanks.
Hey, Vince.
This is getting to be a regular occurrence, calls during business hours.
Hey, Alex, you own a hanun? Yeah, I do, actually.
Where you keep it? In a safe at the house.
Meet me there in half an hour.
Can this wait? Because I'm No, Alex, it can't.
Oye! Sleeping Beauty, wake up, huh? Nice work, huh? If you can get it.
You're the second sibling to call me lazy today.
I work till 5:00 in the morning.
I need your vote on this mechanization thing.
Fine.
You don't want to hear why? Not really.
IncreÃble.
What?! You got your little club.
You got your little honeys.
I mean, you sleep until noon ery day, I mean You ever give five minutes thought to the thing that provides you all of this? You know, the family business? I said I'd vote how you wt.
What's the problem, Frank? The problem is that you're a spoiled Cuban prince who eds to grow up.
Way to take yes for an answer.
I'll see you up at the house.
Oye.
Cara de nalgas You're welcome.
Can we actually, uh, do this inside? Come on in.
You have the gun? Nice to see you, too, Vince.
Hi.
I need the gun, Alex.
You're not going to tell me what this is all about? Quiñones was shot and killed before he went into the drink.
We recovered the bullet, so I need your gun.
I'm trng to do you a favor.
Trying to do me a favor by interrupting my work day, and coming to my house, where by the way- you've broken bread with my family- and treating me like a common suspect? If you were being treated like a suspect, we'd be having this conversation at the station with a bunch of people watching through a winw.
I ought you would prefer this.
Sorry.
Look, I need the gun so I can rule you out.
Hey, man, you can't believe that I'm involved in this.
Alex, listen, I gotta do my job.
Okay? A man who threatened your son turns up dead, shortly after being escorted from your mily's premises.
And a witness, since disappeared, said you had somhing to do with it.
No, I don't believe that.
Man, I don't believe you're that person.
I don't believe you would put me in that posion.
I've got to do my job.
Fine.
I'll call you later.
Jaime, you're not getting a motorcycle.
You can't have it.
'Cause I'm not going to be worrying about you.
No, that's enough, it's, it's enough.
Why not? Because it'suicidal.
I'll take you riding, I'll take you riding.
.
Tio Henry had one when he was my age.
Get a bike.
So, um por favor.
We should probably talk about the mechanization.
Pop, myself, Frank, and Henry are all in favor.
No, Henry's voting with me against it.
No, h's not.
That's not what you told me, man.
Whatever.
Momentico, Henry, not "whatever"- which one is it? I just told you he's voting with me to honor Papi's wishes.
And I told you this is not about honoring or dishonoring anyone, honey.
This is about business This is a business decision.
Pancho, what's going on? No, no, no, now I'm a hysterical d emotional woman and I can't make rational choices.
What the hell, man? thought we had this worked out.
Maybe I changed my mind, Frankie.
Prerogative of a Cuban prince.
Pancho.
Oh, wow.
Oh, so you're doing this now just to spite me? He's doing it out of respect.
And because he's a real Duque.
Let's not forget that.
Ay.
Pancho.
You enjoying this? You really are nothing more than a spoiled brat.
Yeah.
Why don't you keep calling me names, Frank? Way to win friends and influence people.
I'm getting a cigar.
Ay, Pancho.
Why don't you get out of the playpen, Enriquito, and join the adults.
You wa to see who's grown up? Why don't you step outside right now? I'll show you who's grown up.
Oh.
Come on.
You don't have to fight.
What is this, recess? No, no, no, no, wait.
Hey! Hey! Show respect now.
Se acabo.
I have had enough.
I have been watching all of you attacking each other like this for days and myeart is sick.
You should all be ashamed of yourselves.
Brother against brother.
Husband against wife.
May I remind you that this house was built on love and respect? And will somebody please tell me when it became all right to replace family with business? Well, I won't have it.
No, no.
Not in my house.
Not in the house of a man who is fighting to stay alive.
Yes, that's right.
He may have no more than six months.
How long have you known, Mom? I only found out yesterd, but I knew.
Is it safe to come in now? Aw Amalia.
Family comes first.
Look, I don't know what she said, but'm sure she made it worse than it is.
I told them what the doctors told you.
Doctors.
We are going to find the best doctors, the most up-to-date eatments.
You're gonna beat this thing, Papi, again.
I'm gonna quit my job, Papi, I'm gonna take you wherever you want to go.
The way you drive, mi hijo, I'll take a cab.
Stop.
Obvisly, we forget this whole mechanization idea.
You said it was important fothe business.
Yeah, but Is it less important to the company now because I'm sick? It's less impornt to me, Pop.
You were talking about dishonoring me.
e only way to do that now is to change your mind out pity.
So let's vote now.
Alejandro.
I vote to mechanize, Pop.
Francisco? Yeah, I do, too.
Isabel.
I vote no.
I've always voted no.
Enrique.
How do you want me to vote, Pop? Enrique, it's time to grow up.
This is your family business.
It's time to get involved and decide what's best for it.
Forget what others think.
What do you feel is right for you? I vote to mechanize.
Then it's done.
With your permission, I'd like to be the one to tell the workers that'll be their last harvest.
Of course, Papi.
Shh-shh-shh-sh shh-shh-shh-shh.
Are you all right? We need to move the wedding up.
Just in case.
Yeah.
I think you're right.
Hey.
Hey.
You know, uh don't worry about Grandpa.
He'll be all right.
He's the toughest dude I know.
Yeah.
Casey's publicist told me about the carrash.
You're not going to tell my parents, are you? No.
But I can't let you into my club anymore.
You're too young and I shouldn't be covering for you the way I've been.
I'm your uncle and I have a responsibility to you and to your parents.
And to this family.
Mom put youp to this.
No one has to put me up to athing.
It's what I say.
And how it's going to go.
I'm sorry about your father.
He's your father, too.