Marvel's Cloak and Dagger (2018) s01e05 Episode Script
Princeton Offense
1 [pages rustling.]
Previously on Cloak and Dagger You mean, you see people's fears, too? TANDY: Ironically, I can see their hopes.
DUANE: Yo, Billy.
We found his car and we're gonna take back our radio.
You comin'? Nah, man.
I'm gonna stay with my brother.
We're going to the State Finals next week, and we're concerned that you're gonna screw it up for us.
- [gasps.]
- What? I have a couple questions to ask you about Roxxon.
- Maybe help.
- GREG: I've never turned down free help.
They're leaving a big paper trail.
- [silenced gunshot.]
- [gasp.]
- [soft music playing.]
- [seagulls cawing.]
I joined the Navy to help people.
When I lost my arm building a hospital in Mosul, I thought that was it.
Then, Roxxon Gulf approached me about applying my skills to the city I called home.
Who says nation building should only be about other nations? My name is Louden Swift, and I'm working with Roxxon Gulf to make the world a better place.
[soft music playing.]
What to do with my wanderin' mind Burn it down Bury it deep and be pretty, right Burn it down Those thoughts, they can't be mine Back and forth again and rewind Those thoughts, they can't be mine Wouldn't be yours if you tried So what do you want? Please tell me, tell me 'Cause I know what I want If you're an angel I'll be the devil This house is burning I'm ready for war I'm ready for war [passionate moaning.]
[panting.]
[cell phone rings.]
[laughs softly.]
O'Reilly.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm on my way.
[car door opens, closes.]
Is that the right model? Well, no.
Mine's got flat handlebars.
[indistinct chatter.]
Hey, is there any chance we could talk somewhere else? Well, there was if you'd have given me a heads up about the topic of conversation before we started.
Sorry.
It's it's just Tandy said I could trust you, but I-I wasn't sure you'd believe me.
You can't, and I don't.
Not yet.
But this guy Connors, he gives me an ache in my big toe.
Well, you think we can get him? For killing my brother? No.
Technically, it's a crime that never happened, and now he's a cop that, officially, never existed.
But how can an actual detective not exist? Vice cops live two separate lives.
The department does everything in their power to hide the trace of the real one.
What if you could get him on something else? Like dealing drugs.
[whispers.]
What are you talking about? I saw him meet up with this guy over on Lamanche with these big bricks of cocaine.
He said he lifted it from evidence.
It was tested by the NOPD.
96% pure.
- Can you describe the man he met? - No, it was dark.
By some warehouses.
I could, um I could cruise over there, see if I can spot any No, no! You know what? Leave the police work to the police.
I don't need someone going off and being a hero.
- I mean, I-I can help.
- You wanna help? Stay alive.
Go on and be a kid, okay? [indistinct chatter.]
[Tandy clears her throat.]
You didn't have to do all this.
Can't take the credit.
[whispers.]
What the hell are you doing here? Last I saw you, you were calling me a choir boy.
Last I saw you, you were storming out of my church like one.
Sorry I got my harsh on.
Seriously, what are you doing here? - I come bearing good news.
- And what's that? I did it.
I controlled it.
I made it happen.
Check it.
[energy humming.]
Can you not? Not here.
[scoffs.]
But here is interesting.
Tyrone Johnson in his natural habitat.
Hey, I don't know if Betty and Veronica decorated your locker, but she's in it to win it, you know that? I can't with you right now.
You can for one more thing.
Do you guys have a computer lab or a printer? [keys clacking.]
I'm shocked you didn't just steal someone's laptop from a coffee shop.
You were closer than Starbucks.
TANDY: So, you excited? The big game? - Mm, sure.
- Yeah, well, you don't sound that excited.
Don't you love basketball? - Isn't that why you play? - I used to.
When? Probably a pick-up game in my old neighborhood with me and my brother Billy against, um his boys, Duane and Rockwell.
They ran me ragged, blocked every single shot.
[chuckles.]
Then, when my legs went rubber, Billy would, um, boost me up.
- Slam dunk.
- Sounds like a good brother.
Yeah.
So, um, what are you doing with all this Roxxon stuff? Well, I've been looking at my dad's old papers, trying to connect the dots, but there's this hole in the middle.
A hole? Yeah, a mystery man at the center of it all.
But the closest I can get are these B-level corporate foot soldiers.
So I need to put myself in their path.
Wait.
How'd you do it? Your knife thingy.
Oh, turns out it was pretty easy.
Just had to nearly kill myself.
No, it was, uh scary as hell.
Like, you couldn't pay me to do it again, but in that moment, all the other crap just crapped out, and all of a sudden, whoosh, you know? No, I don't.
Oh, the other thing that I was thinking on.
The, um, well, other thing.
Like how when you touch people you can see their fears? - Yeah? - And how when I touch someone, I can see their hopes.
Why not use it? Well, what do you mean "use it," Tandy? Well, people let me in.
Like their hopes are books, but I'm the only one that can check 'em out of the library.
I mean, don't you think that's a violation? Like you're stealing from them? The world has stolen from me my whole life.
My dad, his name, our money.
Maybe I have this thing so I can steal some of it back.
[printer whirring.]
Whoo, whoo Drop this [indistinct chattering.]
You killed it in practice, man.
That jump shot? Epic.
Well, maybe that extra time in the equipment room helped.
You've been first-rate ever since, so it sure didn't hurt.
One more game.
- [cheerleaders chanting.]
- Yeah, one more game, man.
[cheerleaders chanting indistinctly.]
[boys cheering.]
- Hey.
- TY: Hey.
Your locker was was pretty great.
So, thank you.
- What are friends for? - Friends? GIRL: Oh, my God! [laughter, applause.]
GIRL 2: Oh, my God! ANNOUNCER: We're now moments away.
Let's give a warm St.
Sebastian welcome to your State Champions! [cheering and applause.]
Whoo, whoo Drop this Whoo, whoo Whoo, whoo Are you ready? Whoo Whoo, whoo - Drop - Are you ready? Drop this, hey Hey, are you ready? Hey, hey Drop this, hey Hey, are you ready? Hey, hey Hey, hey Are you ready? Hey Drop this [phones ringing.]
[indistinct chattering.]
FUCHS: The only time I've ever seen anybody stare at a screen so intently, - there was porn on it.
- [chuckles.]
At some later date, you and I are gonna have a conversation about why you were watching someone else watch porn.
- What are you getting into? - Drug busts.
In Harlem, it was a good way to leap up the food chain.
Thought maybe I could make some noise.
But New Orleans is a different bird.
Seems like about eight years ago, Vice busts around the 12th became fewer and further between.
Our violent crime tally went down too.
Yeah, we call it, "the Devil you know.
" Come again? Back in the day, the 12th was a disaster turf wars, shootings.
Then slowly, but surely, the dealer dominoes started to fall.
With a lot of help from Connors.
My best guess, he's the intel source on a ton of these arrests.
I think he moved to Vice about then.
- Probably made some good in-roads.
- That's one way to look at it.
But your way is? He cleared the field for a mystery dealer to play Monopoly.
There's still plenty of product on the street, but it's flowing from one source.
Maybe you missed the point where I said the district is safer now? - I'm not saying that it isn't.
- So what are you saying? I'm saying that, as a rule, for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction.
ADINA: Yeah, well, Roxxon is my biggest client, which means, they're my biggest pain in the ass.
Everyone needs to be on the list.
- Patron or ticket-holder, everyone.
- ASSISTANT: Copy that.
And I'll check in Mr.
Scarborough's VIP personally.
ADINA: Scarborough probably won't show, and his guests will act like they own the place, but they have to have wristbands to access the lounge.
No exceptions.
ASSISTANT: You sure you can't make it? You spent six months planning this.
ADINA: If it was on any other night, I would.
Ty's worked very hard.
I need to be there with him, come win or lose.
- All right, text me later.
- Okay.
Well, hey, I didn't hear you come in.
Didn't want to interrupt.
[gasps.]
My boys and basketball.
- Yeah, I'm not nearly as good as he was.
- That's not true.
Billy was more tenacious on "D," but you've got stronger legs, and that jump shot of yours? It's money in the bank.
[chuckles.]
You know my whole life was begging him and his friends to let me hoop with them.
What happened to those guys? Well, we moved and we moved on.
I hear one of those boys did pretty well for himself.
All I ever wanted to be was like him, with him.
And now everything, all the good stuff, he's not even there, Mom.
He'll be there tonight.
Winning a title was all those boys ever talked about.
It was gonna lift them up.
It was gonna get them out of that old hood, but they never made it past the semi's.
You in the finals? Nothing would have made Billy prouder.
- Come on, Mom.
Seriously? - I know.
I'm not supposed to hug you.
- I know.
[laughs.]
- Come on, come on, come on.
[distant hammering.]
[machinery whirring.]
I'm Tyrone? - Duane? - Oh, man, look at you! What! Man, I can't believe it.
It's like you picked up on me thinking about you or something.
Maybe.
I-I was just looking at this photo of you guys State Finals, baby.
I been bragging to my guys about how I know you.
The whole neighborhood is more Hancock High territory.
Me and my boys, we rootin' for you, you know that.
MAN: I need your signature, sir.
Yo, move it on out.
- So, you own this place? - Yeah.
It runs about ten deep now.
Started off small, picked up some biz to refurbish some storm-damaged homes.
- Next thing I know - Wow.
Guess I should be the one lookin' at you then.
Hey, I got lucky.
Found a way to turn a good deed into a business.
Well, what about you? Bet you can't wait to get back on that court.
I'm basically just the sixth man, so Man, that is straight up BS.
You got skills, little man.
You always did.
Billy would love to see this.
He'd be about to bust.
I think about him all the time.
The plans we had? That was the dream.
We was making next to nothing installing car stereos out of that old-ass garage.
- Being our own men.
- You think that's how it would be? Have Billy here working with you? Yeah, if I was lucky.
Billy'd probably be negotiating all my contracts.
- Making me more money on every deal, too.
- [Ty chuckles.]
You know what I learned trying to fix up those ruined houses? That you can't change what was.
You can only look ahead.
Make what is matter.
That's how I got here.
Lookin' ahead.
Lookin' ahead doesn't sound that bad.
Why am I not surprised? Corporate boys like expensive girls.
- Felicity? - Oh, that's me.
JUDY: Let me see your phone.
- How many followers? - 17,000.
But coming up on 18.
- And you post every day? - Oh, at least twice.
I use one of those timer things to maximize post exposure.
And report traffic, do like my owns.
- All the tricks they say to do.
- No drug problems? Does ice cream count? [giggles.]
Have you ever worked atmosphere? Yeah! Yeah, when I lived in New York, I used to do club openings and all that good stuff.
So, they taught you how to tag and refer when you should, stay anonymous when you should not? - Anonymous? - This is New Orleans.
And some of the men who foot the bill for our girls, they expect something in return.
Whether or not you give that to them - is completely your choice.
- Completely.
But the company cannot be implicated or the client blamed, if they take a swing and miss.
You follow? So long as the check clears, it's all none of my business.
How soon can you start? Anything happening tonight? Coach is gonna kill you if you're late for intros.
That is, if we both don't get suspended for breaking into the priest's office.
I wasn't ready before, but I am now.
For what? Listen, I just I don't want you to do something for me because you think you have to.
All right? That's not who I want us to be.
I mean if you don't want it, that's cool too.
[chuckles.]
I mean, that's not what I'm saying.
See, I totally knew you wanted it.
- [chuckles.]
- I was taking pity on you.
- That's all.
- Mm-hmm.
Whenever I get weird or quiet maybe this'll remind you that sometimes it's not actually all that bad.
[laughs softly.]
- I know.
- You do? I pay attention to you.
CHEERLEADERS: L-E-T-S-G-O! Let's go! - Let's go! - [Evita laughs softly.]
CHEERLEADERS: L-E-T-S-G-O! Let's go! Let's go! L-E-T-S-G-O! Let's go! Let's go! ANNOUNCER: Well, it all comes down to tonight.
Two teams putting it all on the line to bring home the glory.
Thirty-two minutes on the clock.
- [crowd cheering.]
- The pressure has never been higher.
The rewards have never been so great.
Tonight, it's one of those magical nights, where anything can happen.
[cheering.]
ANNOUNCER: Hancock rushes back.
They're moving the ball around trying to break through this smothering St.
Seb's defense.
Oh! And St.
Seb's with the steal! [cheering.]
[whistle blows.]
Foul.
- On one! - Bullshit! I didn't touch him! I made my call, son.
I'd take a step back if I were you.
Eleven, you're on the line.
[crowd cheers.]
Not gonna lie.
I'm surprised to hear you haven't made bail.
With only two burglaries Turns out I donated all my cash to an unworthy cause.
You want me to get a message to Bowen? - She's still in town? - It's not a problem.
No.
No, it's chili spaghetti day, and I don't want to miss it.
She really did a number on you.
So why'd you drag me over here? You're here to tell me about the local nightclub pharmaceutical scene.
- I don't sell drugs.
- But you know someone who does, I bet.
The person with the high-quality coke who works at the club you adore? You can sit here without asking me what I have to offer for the info.
But it is chili spaghetti night.
[crowd cheering.]
[crowd groans.]
What's that you say? St.
Sebastian ball! - Come on, ref! - You wanna borrow Coach's glasses? - You wanna add a technical? - [crowd groaning.]
Can't afford the stakes Cause I told you time And time again Especially now Before you meet your end 'Cause I like what I like Got what I need Walk through your life Take what I want, leave it on ANNOUNCER: The back and forth continues here.
St.
Seb's holding on to a thin lead as they make their way down the court.
'Cause you don't deserve me ANNOUNCER: Man, this is an all-out war.
Both teams going after the errant ball.
'Cause I do what I like - [whistle blows.]
- No mercy [whoosh.]
- Hey, no! - Come here! - [grunting.]
- [flesh tearing.]
[buzzer sounds.]
ANNOUNCER: Well, it looks like the referee finally has control over this game again.
What the hell is this? [crowd cheering.]
ANNOUNCER: There seems to be a little confusion on the court here.
Where are the interns? [classical music playing.]
- [buzzer sounds.]
- ANNOUNCER: Wow.
What a half! St.
Sebastian's by three over Hancock High.
[vocalizing.]
Hey, man, I'm cool to lean on But I'm not your property See I'm crushin' down these problems Cuttin' pain with poverty I'm just trying to catch a free ride From the temple to the tomb I could really, really, really Use a rich, rich friend like you I could really, really, really Use a rich, rich friend like you Crashin' on Chardonnay And Adderall Drivin' head on into the Wonderwall Let me be your one-man army I'll campaign for anarchy I been slippin' through the cracks Like I was clothed in Vaseline Let me be your little sunshine In all this gloom and doom I could really, really, really Use a rich, rich friend like you Crashin' on Chardonnay and Adderall Drivin' head on into the Wonderwall Every day holidays when Daddy's gone Livin' life like we're the only ones That know we're famous [vocalizing.]
[vocalizing.]
Crashin' on Chardonnay and Adderall Drivin' head on into the [song distorts, ends.]
What are you doing here? TY: What the? Do you try and show up at the worst possible times, or am I just lucky? I-I didn't try anything, okay? I was in the locker room at halftime and now I'm here.
What are you doing at a Roxxon party? Doing some digging.
Trying to find the mystery man at the center of everything.
When you say "dig" do you mean root around in people's heads? - Why do you care? - I'm here because of you.
- You did this to me.
- Did what? You've been experimenting.
Right? With your your hopey, touchy thing? Why? Why does that matter? It matters because you checked too many books out of the library, and I'm paying the fine.
You and I are connected.
And because you're using your shit, mine has been going haywire all night.
- And it's your fault.
- I didn't do anything to you.
I'm just trying to find this one guy.
This face that keeps showing up in everybody's hopes.
Honestly, I think I'm pretty close.
[exhales sharply.]
What is it? All night I kept thinking I've seen this guy before.
I remember him now.
TANDY: The caption says his name is Peter Scarborough.
I saw him in your fears.
He was the one leading the charge against your father.
When I was nine he came to my house and tore it apart, took everything of my dad's and said it belonged to Roxxon.
- You sure? - I can't believe I forgot his face.
Definitely won't make that mistake again.
Yeah, well, listen, I'm I'm really sorry about all that.
But, man, you picked the wrong time to drag me into this this crazy.
Look, I know, I'm sorry.
Can you touch someone and get me the hell out of here? I don't think it works like that.
Well, I mean, somehow you got me here, - so so figure out how to get me back.
- Okay, well - Have you tried that dying thing yet? - What? You know, putting yourself at risk.
- No, you you know I'm not doing that.
- State Finals.
- I know.
- It's all on the line, Tyrone.
You got to let go! [woman gasps.]
- [water splashing.]
- [coach, players shouting.]
[players stamping feet rhythmically.]
COACH: Now, you go show them.
Right now! You slam the door in their face! - Let's go! - [players cheering.]
[classical music playing.]
[exhales deeply.]
If you have some water and an aspirin and sit still, it should pass.
Oh.
[laughs.]
- I'm not drunk.
- It's a party.
- No one's judging.
- Stage fright.
Looks a lot like too much vodka.
Though maybe vodka would help.
[chuckles.]
Well, whatever it is, - break a leg.
- [sighs.]
Yeah.
FEMALE ANNOUNCER: please give a warm welcome - to Mina Hess.
-[applause.]
MINA: When I was five years old, my father once told me the story of the semi-truck that got caught under the overpass.
Anything on me is for personal use.
If this is all for personal use, you got a death wish or a damn high tolerance.
Maybe I'm just trying to make my waist seem smaller.
Club Ampersand.
[scoffs.]
I barely go to that place anymore.
I spoke to one of their ex-bouncers, and he told me you're their in-house coke supplier.
Screw you.
Sixty seconds and I call it in.
That can't be undone.
I wanna be very clear on that.
A runner shows up every day, same time, takes my cash, hands me more product.
I never see the magic man who pulls all the strings.
- So I'm of zero use to you.
- All right.
Those bags are $150 each, worth nearly two grand without inflation.
Oh, she does math! I'm saying you brought me here instead of the station, which suggests your need to put me on record ain't as great as your bluff.
And cop dudes aren't the only ones who like to party, right? Look at that.
Got so close to passing the Bechdel Test.
All I'm saying is aren't all of you guys in the same fraternity of loose morals? Isn't that what bonds you together? I feel the pages turning I see the candle burning down Before my eyes Before my wild eyes I feel you holding me tighter I cannot see When will we finally Breathe Breathe Breathe Breathe again [crowd cheering.]
- [players grunt.]
- ANNOUNCER: This game could go either way, - and both coaches are feeling the pressure.
- [whistle blows.]
All right, here we go! In ten seconds, we will know our champion.
[crowd cheering.]
Something's coming Something's coming - BOY: No, Pop! - Come walk in my shoes - Please! I'm sorry! - Talk back to me, boy! - [grunting.]
- No, Pop! Pop, stop! Something's coming Something's coming - You know the rules.
- Something's coming Snitches get stitches! [grunting.]
Like Prince in the 1980's Don't play me, I'm not Brady - MAN: Incoming! - [bomb whistling.]
[indistinct shouting.]
[gasps, whimpering.]
- [gunfire.]
- [explosions.]
[screams.]
ANNOUNCER: This is the guy you want with the ball in his hands.
Tyrone Johnson.
Can he get off a shot and bring it home for St.
Sebastian's? Only aim to win Let the games begin I was born for this, from Day One I wanted it We've come too far to quit There ain't no stopping it I was born for this, from Day One I wanted it We've come too far to quit Ain't no stopping it There ain't no stopping it Ain't no stopping it Ain't no stopping it - [crowd groans.]
- So let the games begin - [buzzer sounds.]
- ANNOUNCER: And that's the buzzer! And Hancock wins! Hancock wins! We have a new champion, folks! Hancock High takes it in the final! Nobody is gonna forget where they were tonight.
[crowd cheering.]
[chanting.]
: Hancock! Hancock! Hancock! [doorbell rings.]
Hi! Hi, look, I'm so sorry to bother you, but my tire just went flat all of a sudden and my phone is cashed.
Would you mind if I borrowed your phone to call AAA? I do.
You should know how to change your own tire.
Oh, look, you know, you you really don't have to do that.
Nonsense.
I like getting my hands dirty.
St.
Seb's, huh? Yeah.
Yeah, tough break tonight.
Heard it was a nail biter.
It's just a game.
Fair enough.
[metal scraping.]
[bolts screwing.]
[whoosh.]
- [seagulls cawing.]
- [waves lapping gently.]
[splashing.]
[air bubbling.]
So, what colleges are you looking at? Hmm? [crickets chirping.]
Hey.
What Oh, yeah, you should, uh, probably lock that.
You know, for safety, I mean.
What are you I waited for you outside the locker room.
You never came out.
Yeah, I, um I took the long way around.
Walked home, cleared my head.
Besides, I mean, it's it's probably better you can give it back to me in private.
Give it back to you? Come on, who wants to wear a loser's jacket? [Evita laughs softly.]
You are so dense.
What are you talking about? I know.
- You know what? - What you did.
With that ref, and the other team.
I told you.
Pay attention.
I know who you are.
[inhales deeply.]
[sighs, sniffs.]
- [inhales deeply.]
- [door opens.]
You wanna tell me what the hell you think you're doing? And do you have enough to share? If I was lookin' to bust you, half the station would be in here by now.
[laughs softly.]
You're undercover with Vice, right? So damn long it's hard to remember when I wasn't.
[inhales deeply.]
[sighs, sniffs.]
Ooh.
That is top shelf.
Eh, I did two years in Narcotics.
During which, I obviously had some issues with the whole undercover officers may not use drugs to protect their cover thing.
Stupid rule written by a stupid suit who never went U.
C.
in his life! I worked a guy once who wouldn't let you in the room if you wouldn't do a line first.
So, where'd you find the good stuff? - I might need another hit of that.
- Mm.
Club dealer.
Easiest way to score without it coming back on you.
Used to do it all the time in Harlem.
[chuckles.]
Wasn't sure about you, New York, but maybe I was wrong.
We should ride together sometime.
Mmm.
If you can keep up.
You know, you don't have to go.
I don't think you want to explain me at breakfast to your parents.
Anyway, I'm actually pretty glad you left your window unlocked.
Me, too.
[snickers.]
[footsteps departing.]
DUANE: You didn't answer my calls! CONNORS: I got a lot more to deal with in this world than just you.
DUANE: You got nothing more important than looking after me and mine.
My dealers are supposed to be off limits.
CONNORS: The chick had a jones and was looking to score.
DUANE: You sure? 'Cause my girl picked up and left town ASAP like.
Because she let a cop take her off and didn't want to face you.
Just reign it in, and give me what you owe me.
I got men on corners looking for products - and your last delivery was light.
- CONNORS: I'll make it up.
But be clear on this, you don't give me orders.
I don't work for you! We're partners.
DUANE: You need to get yourself a dictionary, friend, because this is not how this works.
Not after the night you shot my boy! Whatever you are, "partner" is not the word you're lookin' for.
You've got a cold, cold heart Do you feel at all? You built a house of cards But it's going to fall You think I don't see Who you really are I got news coming I've seen it all from the start I know all your secrets I know all your lies [vocalizing.]
I know where you keep 'em Buried deep inside MAN: Camera! Action! MINA: My father worked for Roxxon since he was out of college.
When he had an accident, Roxxon paid my bills, put me through school, and helped me continue Dad's work of finding energy from under the Earth that was actually good for what was on top of it.
My name is Mina Hess, and I'm working with Roxxon Gulf to save the world.
Your secrets and lies I know all your secrets I know all your lies I know where you keep 'em Buried deep inside Where you keep hiding Your secrets and lies
Previously on Cloak and Dagger You mean, you see people's fears, too? TANDY: Ironically, I can see their hopes.
DUANE: Yo, Billy.
We found his car and we're gonna take back our radio.
You comin'? Nah, man.
I'm gonna stay with my brother.
We're going to the State Finals next week, and we're concerned that you're gonna screw it up for us.
- [gasps.]
- What? I have a couple questions to ask you about Roxxon.
- Maybe help.
- GREG: I've never turned down free help.
They're leaving a big paper trail.
- [silenced gunshot.]
- [gasp.]
- [soft music playing.]
- [seagulls cawing.]
I joined the Navy to help people.
When I lost my arm building a hospital in Mosul, I thought that was it.
Then, Roxxon Gulf approached me about applying my skills to the city I called home.
Who says nation building should only be about other nations? My name is Louden Swift, and I'm working with Roxxon Gulf to make the world a better place.
[soft music playing.]
What to do with my wanderin' mind Burn it down Bury it deep and be pretty, right Burn it down Those thoughts, they can't be mine Back and forth again and rewind Those thoughts, they can't be mine Wouldn't be yours if you tried So what do you want? Please tell me, tell me 'Cause I know what I want If you're an angel I'll be the devil This house is burning I'm ready for war I'm ready for war [passionate moaning.]
[panting.]
[cell phone rings.]
[laughs softly.]
O'Reilly.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm on my way.
[car door opens, closes.]
Is that the right model? Well, no.
Mine's got flat handlebars.
[indistinct chatter.]
Hey, is there any chance we could talk somewhere else? Well, there was if you'd have given me a heads up about the topic of conversation before we started.
Sorry.
It's it's just Tandy said I could trust you, but I-I wasn't sure you'd believe me.
You can't, and I don't.
Not yet.
But this guy Connors, he gives me an ache in my big toe.
Well, you think we can get him? For killing my brother? No.
Technically, it's a crime that never happened, and now he's a cop that, officially, never existed.
But how can an actual detective not exist? Vice cops live two separate lives.
The department does everything in their power to hide the trace of the real one.
What if you could get him on something else? Like dealing drugs.
[whispers.]
What are you talking about? I saw him meet up with this guy over on Lamanche with these big bricks of cocaine.
He said he lifted it from evidence.
It was tested by the NOPD.
96% pure.
- Can you describe the man he met? - No, it was dark.
By some warehouses.
I could, um I could cruise over there, see if I can spot any No, no! You know what? Leave the police work to the police.
I don't need someone going off and being a hero.
- I mean, I-I can help.
- You wanna help? Stay alive.
Go on and be a kid, okay? [indistinct chatter.]
[Tandy clears her throat.]
You didn't have to do all this.
Can't take the credit.
[whispers.]
What the hell are you doing here? Last I saw you, you were calling me a choir boy.
Last I saw you, you were storming out of my church like one.
Sorry I got my harsh on.
Seriously, what are you doing here? - I come bearing good news.
- And what's that? I did it.
I controlled it.
I made it happen.
Check it.
[energy humming.]
Can you not? Not here.
[scoffs.]
But here is interesting.
Tyrone Johnson in his natural habitat.
Hey, I don't know if Betty and Veronica decorated your locker, but she's in it to win it, you know that? I can't with you right now.
You can for one more thing.
Do you guys have a computer lab or a printer? [keys clacking.]
I'm shocked you didn't just steal someone's laptop from a coffee shop.
You were closer than Starbucks.
TANDY: So, you excited? The big game? - Mm, sure.
- Yeah, well, you don't sound that excited.
Don't you love basketball? - Isn't that why you play? - I used to.
When? Probably a pick-up game in my old neighborhood with me and my brother Billy against, um his boys, Duane and Rockwell.
They ran me ragged, blocked every single shot.
[chuckles.]
Then, when my legs went rubber, Billy would, um, boost me up.
- Slam dunk.
- Sounds like a good brother.
Yeah.
So, um, what are you doing with all this Roxxon stuff? Well, I've been looking at my dad's old papers, trying to connect the dots, but there's this hole in the middle.
A hole? Yeah, a mystery man at the center of it all.
But the closest I can get are these B-level corporate foot soldiers.
So I need to put myself in their path.
Wait.
How'd you do it? Your knife thingy.
Oh, turns out it was pretty easy.
Just had to nearly kill myself.
No, it was, uh scary as hell.
Like, you couldn't pay me to do it again, but in that moment, all the other crap just crapped out, and all of a sudden, whoosh, you know? No, I don't.
Oh, the other thing that I was thinking on.
The, um, well, other thing.
Like how when you touch people you can see their fears? - Yeah? - And how when I touch someone, I can see their hopes.
Why not use it? Well, what do you mean "use it," Tandy? Well, people let me in.
Like their hopes are books, but I'm the only one that can check 'em out of the library.
I mean, don't you think that's a violation? Like you're stealing from them? The world has stolen from me my whole life.
My dad, his name, our money.
Maybe I have this thing so I can steal some of it back.
[printer whirring.]
Whoo, whoo Drop this [indistinct chattering.]
You killed it in practice, man.
That jump shot? Epic.
Well, maybe that extra time in the equipment room helped.
You've been first-rate ever since, so it sure didn't hurt.
One more game.
- [cheerleaders chanting.]
- Yeah, one more game, man.
[cheerleaders chanting indistinctly.]
[boys cheering.]
- Hey.
- TY: Hey.
Your locker was was pretty great.
So, thank you.
- What are friends for? - Friends? GIRL: Oh, my God! [laughter, applause.]
GIRL 2: Oh, my God! ANNOUNCER: We're now moments away.
Let's give a warm St.
Sebastian welcome to your State Champions! [cheering and applause.]
Whoo, whoo Drop this Whoo, whoo Whoo, whoo Are you ready? Whoo Whoo, whoo - Drop - Are you ready? Drop this, hey Hey, are you ready? Hey, hey Drop this, hey Hey, are you ready? Hey, hey Hey, hey Are you ready? Hey Drop this [phones ringing.]
[indistinct chattering.]
FUCHS: The only time I've ever seen anybody stare at a screen so intently, - there was porn on it.
- [chuckles.]
At some later date, you and I are gonna have a conversation about why you were watching someone else watch porn.
- What are you getting into? - Drug busts.
In Harlem, it was a good way to leap up the food chain.
Thought maybe I could make some noise.
But New Orleans is a different bird.
Seems like about eight years ago, Vice busts around the 12th became fewer and further between.
Our violent crime tally went down too.
Yeah, we call it, "the Devil you know.
" Come again? Back in the day, the 12th was a disaster turf wars, shootings.
Then slowly, but surely, the dealer dominoes started to fall.
With a lot of help from Connors.
My best guess, he's the intel source on a ton of these arrests.
I think he moved to Vice about then.
- Probably made some good in-roads.
- That's one way to look at it.
But your way is? He cleared the field for a mystery dealer to play Monopoly.
There's still plenty of product on the street, but it's flowing from one source.
Maybe you missed the point where I said the district is safer now? - I'm not saying that it isn't.
- So what are you saying? I'm saying that, as a rule, for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction.
ADINA: Yeah, well, Roxxon is my biggest client, which means, they're my biggest pain in the ass.
Everyone needs to be on the list.
- Patron or ticket-holder, everyone.
- ASSISTANT: Copy that.
And I'll check in Mr.
Scarborough's VIP personally.
ADINA: Scarborough probably won't show, and his guests will act like they own the place, but they have to have wristbands to access the lounge.
No exceptions.
ASSISTANT: You sure you can't make it? You spent six months planning this.
ADINA: If it was on any other night, I would.
Ty's worked very hard.
I need to be there with him, come win or lose.
- All right, text me later.
- Okay.
Well, hey, I didn't hear you come in.
Didn't want to interrupt.
[gasps.]
My boys and basketball.
- Yeah, I'm not nearly as good as he was.
- That's not true.
Billy was more tenacious on "D," but you've got stronger legs, and that jump shot of yours? It's money in the bank.
[chuckles.]
You know my whole life was begging him and his friends to let me hoop with them.
What happened to those guys? Well, we moved and we moved on.
I hear one of those boys did pretty well for himself.
All I ever wanted to be was like him, with him.
And now everything, all the good stuff, he's not even there, Mom.
He'll be there tonight.
Winning a title was all those boys ever talked about.
It was gonna lift them up.
It was gonna get them out of that old hood, but they never made it past the semi's.
You in the finals? Nothing would have made Billy prouder.
- Come on, Mom.
Seriously? - I know.
I'm not supposed to hug you.
- I know.
[laughs.]
- Come on, come on, come on.
[distant hammering.]
[machinery whirring.]
I'm Tyrone? - Duane? - Oh, man, look at you! What! Man, I can't believe it.
It's like you picked up on me thinking about you or something.
Maybe.
I-I was just looking at this photo of you guys State Finals, baby.
I been bragging to my guys about how I know you.
The whole neighborhood is more Hancock High territory.
Me and my boys, we rootin' for you, you know that.
MAN: I need your signature, sir.
Yo, move it on out.
- So, you own this place? - Yeah.
It runs about ten deep now.
Started off small, picked up some biz to refurbish some storm-damaged homes.
- Next thing I know - Wow.
Guess I should be the one lookin' at you then.
Hey, I got lucky.
Found a way to turn a good deed into a business.
Well, what about you? Bet you can't wait to get back on that court.
I'm basically just the sixth man, so Man, that is straight up BS.
You got skills, little man.
You always did.
Billy would love to see this.
He'd be about to bust.
I think about him all the time.
The plans we had? That was the dream.
We was making next to nothing installing car stereos out of that old-ass garage.
- Being our own men.
- You think that's how it would be? Have Billy here working with you? Yeah, if I was lucky.
Billy'd probably be negotiating all my contracts.
- Making me more money on every deal, too.
- [Ty chuckles.]
You know what I learned trying to fix up those ruined houses? That you can't change what was.
You can only look ahead.
Make what is matter.
That's how I got here.
Lookin' ahead.
Lookin' ahead doesn't sound that bad.
Why am I not surprised? Corporate boys like expensive girls.
- Felicity? - Oh, that's me.
JUDY: Let me see your phone.
- How many followers? - 17,000.
But coming up on 18.
- And you post every day? - Oh, at least twice.
I use one of those timer things to maximize post exposure.
And report traffic, do like my owns.
- All the tricks they say to do.
- No drug problems? Does ice cream count? [giggles.]
Have you ever worked atmosphere? Yeah! Yeah, when I lived in New York, I used to do club openings and all that good stuff.
So, they taught you how to tag and refer when you should, stay anonymous when you should not? - Anonymous? - This is New Orleans.
And some of the men who foot the bill for our girls, they expect something in return.
Whether or not you give that to them - is completely your choice.
- Completely.
But the company cannot be implicated or the client blamed, if they take a swing and miss.
You follow? So long as the check clears, it's all none of my business.
How soon can you start? Anything happening tonight? Coach is gonna kill you if you're late for intros.
That is, if we both don't get suspended for breaking into the priest's office.
I wasn't ready before, but I am now.
For what? Listen, I just I don't want you to do something for me because you think you have to.
All right? That's not who I want us to be.
I mean if you don't want it, that's cool too.
[chuckles.]
I mean, that's not what I'm saying.
See, I totally knew you wanted it.
- [chuckles.]
- I was taking pity on you.
- That's all.
- Mm-hmm.
Whenever I get weird or quiet maybe this'll remind you that sometimes it's not actually all that bad.
[laughs softly.]
- I know.
- You do? I pay attention to you.
CHEERLEADERS: L-E-T-S-G-O! Let's go! - Let's go! - [Evita laughs softly.]
CHEERLEADERS: L-E-T-S-G-O! Let's go! Let's go! L-E-T-S-G-O! Let's go! Let's go! ANNOUNCER: Well, it all comes down to tonight.
Two teams putting it all on the line to bring home the glory.
Thirty-two minutes on the clock.
- [crowd cheering.]
- The pressure has never been higher.
The rewards have never been so great.
Tonight, it's one of those magical nights, where anything can happen.
[cheering.]
ANNOUNCER: Hancock rushes back.
They're moving the ball around trying to break through this smothering St.
Seb's defense.
Oh! And St.
Seb's with the steal! [cheering.]
[whistle blows.]
Foul.
- On one! - Bullshit! I didn't touch him! I made my call, son.
I'd take a step back if I were you.
Eleven, you're on the line.
[crowd cheers.]
Not gonna lie.
I'm surprised to hear you haven't made bail.
With only two burglaries Turns out I donated all my cash to an unworthy cause.
You want me to get a message to Bowen? - She's still in town? - It's not a problem.
No.
No, it's chili spaghetti day, and I don't want to miss it.
She really did a number on you.
So why'd you drag me over here? You're here to tell me about the local nightclub pharmaceutical scene.
- I don't sell drugs.
- But you know someone who does, I bet.
The person with the high-quality coke who works at the club you adore? You can sit here without asking me what I have to offer for the info.
But it is chili spaghetti night.
[crowd cheering.]
[crowd groans.]
What's that you say? St.
Sebastian ball! - Come on, ref! - You wanna borrow Coach's glasses? - You wanna add a technical? - [crowd groaning.]
Can't afford the stakes Cause I told you time And time again Especially now Before you meet your end 'Cause I like what I like Got what I need Walk through your life Take what I want, leave it on ANNOUNCER: The back and forth continues here.
St.
Seb's holding on to a thin lead as they make their way down the court.
'Cause you don't deserve me ANNOUNCER: Man, this is an all-out war.
Both teams going after the errant ball.
'Cause I do what I like - [whistle blows.]
- No mercy [whoosh.]
- Hey, no! - Come here! - [grunting.]
- [flesh tearing.]
[buzzer sounds.]
ANNOUNCER: Well, it looks like the referee finally has control over this game again.
What the hell is this? [crowd cheering.]
ANNOUNCER: There seems to be a little confusion on the court here.
Where are the interns? [classical music playing.]
- [buzzer sounds.]
- ANNOUNCER: Wow.
What a half! St.
Sebastian's by three over Hancock High.
[vocalizing.]
Hey, man, I'm cool to lean on But I'm not your property See I'm crushin' down these problems Cuttin' pain with poverty I'm just trying to catch a free ride From the temple to the tomb I could really, really, really Use a rich, rich friend like you I could really, really, really Use a rich, rich friend like you Crashin' on Chardonnay And Adderall Drivin' head on into the Wonderwall Let me be your one-man army I'll campaign for anarchy I been slippin' through the cracks Like I was clothed in Vaseline Let me be your little sunshine In all this gloom and doom I could really, really, really Use a rich, rich friend like you Crashin' on Chardonnay and Adderall Drivin' head on into the Wonderwall Every day holidays when Daddy's gone Livin' life like we're the only ones That know we're famous [vocalizing.]
[vocalizing.]
Crashin' on Chardonnay and Adderall Drivin' head on into the [song distorts, ends.]
What are you doing here? TY: What the? Do you try and show up at the worst possible times, or am I just lucky? I-I didn't try anything, okay? I was in the locker room at halftime and now I'm here.
What are you doing at a Roxxon party? Doing some digging.
Trying to find the mystery man at the center of everything.
When you say "dig" do you mean root around in people's heads? - Why do you care? - I'm here because of you.
- You did this to me.
- Did what? You've been experimenting.
Right? With your your hopey, touchy thing? Why? Why does that matter? It matters because you checked too many books out of the library, and I'm paying the fine.
You and I are connected.
And because you're using your shit, mine has been going haywire all night.
- And it's your fault.
- I didn't do anything to you.
I'm just trying to find this one guy.
This face that keeps showing up in everybody's hopes.
Honestly, I think I'm pretty close.
[exhales sharply.]
What is it? All night I kept thinking I've seen this guy before.
I remember him now.
TANDY: The caption says his name is Peter Scarborough.
I saw him in your fears.
He was the one leading the charge against your father.
When I was nine he came to my house and tore it apart, took everything of my dad's and said it belonged to Roxxon.
- You sure? - I can't believe I forgot his face.
Definitely won't make that mistake again.
Yeah, well, listen, I'm I'm really sorry about all that.
But, man, you picked the wrong time to drag me into this this crazy.
Look, I know, I'm sorry.
Can you touch someone and get me the hell out of here? I don't think it works like that.
Well, I mean, somehow you got me here, - so so figure out how to get me back.
- Okay, well - Have you tried that dying thing yet? - What? You know, putting yourself at risk.
- No, you you know I'm not doing that.
- State Finals.
- I know.
- It's all on the line, Tyrone.
You got to let go! [woman gasps.]
- [water splashing.]
- [coach, players shouting.]
[players stamping feet rhythmically.]
COACH: Now, you go show them.
Right now! You slam the door in their face! - Let's go! - [players cheering.]
[classical music playing.]
[exhales deeply.]
If you have some water and an aspirin and sit still, it should pass.
Oh.
[laughs.]
- I'm not drunk.
- It's a party.
- No one's judging.
- Stage fright.
Looks a lot like too much vodka.
Though maybe vodka would help.
[chuckles.]
Well, whatever it is, - break a leg.
- [sighs.]
Yeah.
FEMALE ANNOUNCER: please give a warm welcome - to Mina Hess.
-[applause.]
MINA: When I was five years old, my father once told me the story of the semi-truck that got caught under the overpass.
Anything on me is for personal use.
If this is all for personal use, you got a death wish or a damn high tolerance.
Maybe I'm just trying to make my waist seem smaller.
Club Ampersand.
[scoffs.]
I barely go to that place anymore.
I spoke to one of their ex-bouncers, and he told me you're their in-house coke supplier.
Screw you.
Sixty seconds and I call it in.
That can't be undone.
I wanna be very clear on that.
A runner shows up every day, same time, takes my cash, hands me more product.
I never see the magic man who pulls all the strings.
- So I'm of zero use to you.
- All right.
Those bags are $150 each, worth nearly two grand without inflation.
Oh, she does math! I'm saying you brought me here instead of the station, which suggests your need to put me on record ain't as great as your bluff.
And cop dudes aren't the only ones who like to party, right? Look at that.
Got so close to passing the Bechdel Test.
All I'm saying is aren't all of you guys in the same fraternity of loose morals? Isn't that what bonds you together? I feel the pages turning I see the candle burning down Before my eyes Before my wild eyes I feel you holding me tighter I cannot see When will we finally Breathe Breathe Breathe Breathe again [crowd cheering.]
- [players grunt.]
- ANNOUNCER: This game could go either way, - and both coaches are feeling the pressure.
- [whistle blows.]
All right, here we go! In ten seconds, we will know our champion.
[crowd cheering.]
Something's coming Something's coming - BOY: No, Pop! - Come walk in my shoes - Please! I'm sorry! - Talk back to me, boy! - [grunting.]
- No, Pop! Pop, stop! Something's coming Something's coming - You know the rules.
- Something's coming Snitches get stitches! [grunting.]
Like Prince in the 1980's Don't play me, I'm not Brady - MAN: Incoming! - [bomb whistling.]
[indistinct shouting.]
[gasps, whimpering.]
- [gunfire.]
- [explosions.]
[screams.]
ANNOUNCER: This is the guy you want with the ball in his hands.
Tyrone Johnson.
Can he get off a shot and bring it home for St.
Sebastian's? Only aim to win Let the games begin I was born for this, from Day One I wanted it We've come too far to quit There ain't no stopping it I was born for this, from Day One I wanted it We've come too far to quit Ain't no stopping it There ain't no stopping it Ain't no stopping it Ain't no stopping it - [crowd groans.]
- So let the games begin - [buzzer sounds.]
- ANNOUNCER: And that's the buzzer! And Hancock wins! Hancock wins! We have a new champion, folks! Hancock High takes it in the final! Nobody is gonna forget where they were tonight.
[crowd cheering.]
[chanting.]
: Hancock! Hancock! Hancock! [doorbell rings.]
Hi! Hi, look, I'm so sorry to bother you, but my tire just went flat all of a sudden and my phone is cashed.
Would you mind if I borrowed your phone to call AAA? I do.
You should know how to change your own tire.
Oh, look, you know, you you really don't have to do that.
Nonsense.
I like getting my hands dirty.
St.
Seb's, huh? Yeah.
Yeah, tough break tonight.
Heard it was a nail biter.
It's just a game.
Fair enough.
[metal scraping.]
[bolts screwing.]
[whoosh.]
- [seagulls cawing.]
- [waves lapping gently.]
[splashing.]
[air bubbling.]
So, what colleges are you looking at? Hmm? [crickets chirping.]
Hey.
What Oh, yeah, you should, uh, probably lock that.
You know, for safety, I mean.
What are you I waited for you outside the locker room.
You never came out.
Yeah, I, um I took the long way around.
Walked home, cleared my head.
Besides, I mean, it's it's probably better you can give it back to me in private.
Give it back to you? Come on, who wants to wear a loser's jacket? [Evita laughs softly.]
You are so dense.
What are you talking about? I know.
- You know what? - What you did.
With that ref, and the other team.
I told you.
Pay attention.
I know who you are.
[inhales deeply.]
[sighs, sniffs.]
- [inhales deeply.]
- [door opens.]
You wanna tell me what the hell you think you're doing? And do you have enough to share? If I was lookin' to bust you, half the station would be in here by now.
[laughs softly.]
You're undercover with Vice, right? So damn long it's hard to remember when I wasn't.
[inhales deeply.]
[sighs, sniffs.]
Ooh.
That is top shelf.
Eh, I did two years in Narcotics.
During which, I obviously had some issues with the whole undercover officers may not use drugs to protect their cover thing.
Stupid rule written by a stupid suit who never went U.
C.
in his life! I worked a guy once who wouldn't let you in the room if you wouldn't do a line first.
So, where'd you find the good stuff? - I might need another hit of that.
- Mm.
Club dealer.
Easiest way to score without it coming back on you.
Used to do it all the time in Harlem.
[chuckles.]
Wasn't sure about you, New York, but maybe I was wrong.
We should ride together sometime.
Mmm.
If you can keep up.
You know, you don't have to go.
I don't think you want to explain me at breakfast to your parents.
Anyway, I'm actually pretty glad you left your window unlocked.
Me, too.
[snickers.]
[footsteps departing.]
DUANE: You didn't answer my calls! CONNORS: I got a lot more to deal with in this world than just you.
DUANE: You got nothing more important than looking after me and mine.
My dealers are supposed to be off limits.
CONNORS: The chick had a jones and was looking to score.
DUANE: You sure? 'Cause my girl picked up and left town ASAP like.
Because she let a cop take her off and didn't want to face you.
Just reign it in, and give me what you owe me.
I got men on corners looking for products - and your last delivery was light.
- CONNORS: I'll make it up.
But be clear on this, you don't give me orders.
I don't work for you! We're partners.
DUANE: You need to get yourself a dictionary, friend, because this is not how this works.
Not after the night you shot my boy! Whatever you are, "partner" is not the word you're lookin' for.
You've got a cold, cold heart Do you feel at all? You built a house of cards But it's going to fall You think I don't see Who you really are I got news coming I've seen it all from the start I know all your secrets I know all your lies [vocalizing.]
I know where you keep 'em Buried deep inside MAN: Camera! Action! MINA: My father worked for Roxxon since he was out of college.
When he had an accident, Roxxon paid my bills, put me through school, and helped me continue Dad's work of finding energy from under the Earth that was actually good for what was on top of it.
My name is Mina Hess, and I'm working with Roxxon Gulf to save the world.
Your secrets and lies I know all your secrets I know all your lies I know where you keep 'em Buried deep inside Where you keep hiding Your secrets and lies