Claws (2017) s01e09 Episode Script
Ambrosia.
1 Previously on "Claws" Body Builder Week already, huh? [All screaming.]
Take it easy, Roller.
- Let's talk.
- It's good to see you, D.
I-It's good to see you, too.
Jennifer: You know they couldn't just They didn't have nothing to do with Roller's attack.
I know.
I'm good.
How can you be good? It's unfortunate.
You know you sound just like Uncle Daddy.
What is going on? You know my whole crew is going over to Glint.
I was thinking maybe you wanted to run - Nail Artisans? - Let's do it.
You're gonna make an incredible wife.
$150k.
You got 24 hours.
It came to me who shot me It was the Russians.
He said it was your people that tried to kill him.
Bullshit.
Roller was working for us.
I know what you been up to with Riva and her crew.
Oh, you been busy, huh? No! Get off of me! Get in the car, bitch.
Do, dudu, du, bang, bang Do, dudu, du, bang, bang Do, dudu, du, bang, bang I'm bad to the bone Do, dudu, du, bang, bang [Bell jingles.]
Ohh! Jennifer: What happened? My car broke down again Had to hitchhike a ride with a guy who look like he was sauté my ass.
Well, why didn't you call me? My cellphone is off.
The bill is underneath the jury duty summons, - which is in the trash.
- Oh, shit.
We got to increase the foot traffic down here, you know? I-I Between the rent and the payroll thank you - Mm-hmm.
- and Dean's needs, ah, this shit is tighter than a fat woman's drawers.
Well, listen, you know I've been running that Medicaid scam with the sen - Stop it.
- With the seniors - Ga ga.
- Lido Beach.
- Z-Z-Zah.
No - Ma'am? [Bell jingles.]
[Whistles.]
What's happening, ladies? [Man rapping indistinctly.]
Which one of y'all open for a manicure? Oh, well, we're all open, sugar.
Y'all, this is Bryce's brother, Roller.
- Hey, babe.
- Hi.
When you get back from Tallahassee? About two days ago.
I'm Polly.
Enchanté.
Okay.
Enchanté, then, Polly.
You gonna take care of me, baby? I can.
My section is right here.
Don't tell me Uncle Daddy has you working at that clinic already.
Oh, you already know.
They needed someone with my talent for business, and I need some of these businesses to align with ours, - so there you go.
- Mm-hmm.
Y'all take cash or credit? We prefer cash and avoiding felonies.
- Hey.
- This is Desna.
All right, Desna.
Mind if I call you "D"? You can call me whatever you want as long as you tip big.
Okay? Uh-huh! [Rolls tongue.]
A lady about her paper.
I like that.
- Where are we going, Roller? - Shh now, baby girl.
We finna go clean out all these bank accounts.
Got to handle these Russians, baby get my business back.
Roller been gone too long.
Roller, that's crazy! Uncle Daddy is gonna notice.
I bet.
He's gonna think you've done it all, blew your head off from all the guilt.
Wha? Desna: Roller, everybody's gonna be looking for me.
[Sucks teeth.]
That's a good point.
That's a good [Breathes heavily.]
Why didn't my family look for me harder when I was being held by some crazy opera-singing ho? [British accent.]
Mr.
Emerson, would you like some tea and crumpets while I slather your cock with clotted cream? - What are talking about?! - Huh? [Normal voice.]
Yeah, you have no idea.
You know what you're gonna do, Des? [Inhales.]
You're gonna call your little friends and tell 'em your big-timer plan to blackmail me worked.
You're gonna tell 'em you were with your purdy doctor.
I'm ain't taking the old Jet magazines to Glint.
All right, keep 'em here.
I love me some Jet.
So, Jenn, Uncle Daddy gonna go after the Russians? Nah, they told him to stand down.
Georgia doesn't want a war.
- [Phone rings.]
- [Bell jingles.]
Nail Artisans of Manatee County.
Desna: It worked.
Roller won't kill us as long as we promise not to tell anyone about his embezzling.
- He's just gonna drop it? - That's what he said.
I told him that if anything happened to you or me, that y'all will go to Uncle Daddy and tell him that he'd been stealing from him.
Oh, my God, girl.
I can't believe it.
Yeah, y'all should go celebrate.
Um, I know I am.
I'm gonna I'm gonna get together with the doctor, and, uh, go have lamb chops and ambrosia salad.
Then I'm gonna fall on his cock.
Ooh, girl! Make sure you tell Polly.
I mean, well, and everybody.
I've got to go.
Okay, girl.
Have fun.
[Exhales sharply.]
Is it because I'm half-Jewish? I'm not asking you to convert.
[Sighs.]
No! It's just I don't want anything serious, so stop sending me flowers and Edible Arrangements and teddy bears.
[Scoffs.]
You're acting too thirsty, boy.
I am thirsty Thirsty for you, thirsty for your love, thirsty for for you bouncing up and down on me reciting dirty Latin phrases.
Bye.
- Carpe de - [Bell jingles.]
Shut up, Jenn.
Polly, great news.
So, I talked to Des, and Roller's not gonna kill me.
Will you shut your fat mouth? What? She can't hear me.
She got her ear buds.
Hey, girl.
See? Okay.
And how is Des? Oh, she's good.
Roller's not gonna kill her either.
Okay.
Tell me exactly what she said.
Okay.
Well, she said she's gonna fall on Ruval's cock.
Desna said "cock"? It's a new day, girl.
I didn't ask questions.
Don't even touch it! No, ma'am.
What? O-kay.
Relax.
Desna said "Cock"? I know.
She usually says "big-ass dick.
" Hmm.
Hey, come on over, sugar.
Classics, baby.
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum Hut! Oh.
[Laughs.]
- I know a place - I know a place Uh - Ain't nobody crying - Ain't nobody crying - Ain't nobody worried - Ain't nobody worried For what? - [Spits.]
- Ain't no smilin' faces Mm-mm-mm.
[Inhales sharply.]
This is what we goin' do.
We're gonna walk up in that bank like a happy couple, and we gonna squeeze every little dirty penny out from the salon.
Go on, Roller.
Wait.
O-Or what we could do We we could just call Uncle Daddy right now, a-and we could we could we could just explain all of this to him.
I mean, you his baby boy.
He will understand.
No baby boys Bryce his baby boy now.
All of y'all moved on without me.
That's not true.
Quit your lyin'.
Oh, let me take you there I bet that boy is soft.
- Ooh, hoo, whoa - Bryce? - Let me take you there - No, the doctor boyfriend.
Kenny G-listenin', Lionel Richie singing along, Seal-looking-ass funky sock wearing You jealous.
[Scoffs.]
Yeah.
Yeah, you jealous, Roller, 'cause you care about me.
You ain't got to do this.
[Volume increases.]
- Whoo! Aah, aah - Really?! - I know a place, y'all - I'll take you there - I'll take you there - Ain't nobody cryin' - Come on! I'll take you there Roller is really trying to step to you.
I am not paying him no mind.
Oh, it's the pink dick, isn't it? What's wrong with a pink dick? She wants a black dick.
Okay, "she" can hear you.
Don't tell me what kind of dick I want, okay? I just don't have time for some corny-ass gangsta wannabe.
Well, as someone who has dated the United Nation of Penises, I would just like to say that once you turn the lights off every dick is black.
[Giggling.]
Maybe, but in the cold light of day, this two-bit hustle ain't gonna take me where I want to go.
Well, we could double date.
Or we could not.
Hmm.
I'd snuggle up to a pink dick if I got a gold watch.
Polly! Hey, Roll.
Hey, darling.
How's that paraffin treating you? - Five-o.
Five-o.
- [Car doors open, close.]
Oh, no! Desna, I'm so sorry! Pol, I told you this was gonna happen! Sorry! I was just trying to help Go! Oh, no! Oh, no, no, no! Polly Marks, you have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used against you - in a court of law.
- Polly: [Wails.]
You don't have to drag her like that! Polly, just don't say nothin'.
Polly, Pol I'ma I'm gonna fix this.
I'm gonna get you out, I promise! Shit.
[Car doors open, close.]
- Damn.
- [Engine starts, sirens wail.]
Y'all some real gangsters up in here.
Shut up.
Showtime, baby.
Put a smile on that face, huh? Can I tell y'all a secret? You're my first customers ever.
Thank you for that.
Now how may I help you? Um I would like to make a withdrawal.
You look so familiar.
You go to First AME church? No, I don't I don't go to FAME.
I I got to Holy Ezekiel Lutheran Presbyterian.
H-E-L-P? That's right.
HELP.
[Slaps.]
I ain't ever heard of that one.
Sugar dumpling, let's pick up the pace a little.
Our little girl, she's got a dance recital.
She move just like Mama.
I'll take that.
Thank you, Rochelle.
We'll see you at church.
Come on, baby.
[Moaning, TV plays in background.]
[Ringtone plays.]
Oh, shit.
I got to go.
No! No! I can't be late for work.
Oh, no.
Just Okay.
Mm.
- I have an idea.
- Okay.
I'll start the shower, you grab some toys.
[Growls.]
You can shave me, and we'll play.
We can kill two birds.
Mwah! - Come on.
- Okay.
Oh, no.
Where y'all at? I'm coming! [Growling.]
To play a dangerous game Uncle Daddy, I need to talk to you.
Everything okay at the clinic? - [Exhales.]
Yeah.
- Lonely Um, I've been thinking.
Now, hear me out, all right? [Sniffs.]
Now we're asking the universe to help us reach our full potential to become the largest pill distributors along the Gulf Coast.
Now it's the moments of the decision that our destiny is made.
We made a decision out of fear, and that fear will hamper our success.
Would you cut your jibber jabber? - What's your point? - For rules Roller's right.
We got to go after the Russians.
[Scoffs.]
Roller's a hothead.
He's just acting out.
Ted's looking at the bigger picture.
That's why we stand down.
I'm looking at the big picture, too.
If we don't retaliate, the Russians are just gonna see us as weak.
[Chuckles.]
You just get upgraded, and now you know the game? We got to protect our own, Uncle Daddy.
An eye for an eye, right? That's why you took out my daddy's killer.
We have to do this.
All right.
I'll call the bossman in Georgia, and we'll we'll have a sit-down.
Thank you, thank you, Uncle Daddy.
Polly: Something doesn't feel right.
Could it be, A, Roller coming back from the dead, B, Roller's being shaken down by the Russians, or, C, uh, my husband going full Mafioso? Oh.
No, I think it's option D.
Something feels off about Desna.
Hmm.
I can't believe that Roller just accepted her terms, you know? Yeah.
Maybe I should call her.
Talk to me, Roller.
We can work this thing out the way we used to do together.
I-I won't judge you.
from a mixtape.
Well, this shit is not about a mix There's got to be more to it than that.
There isn't.
Get in the car.
Roller: How you doin', D? - [Slow music plays.]
- Same shit, different day.
How's the pen treating old Polly Bird? [Mumbles.]
It's hard.
I got a friend who says that she will protect her on the inside if I give her $300 a week, which I do not have.
You know what you need, D? My ass need $300 a week.
Nah, you need a little distraction.
Take your mind off of all of this stuff, you know? Mm.
You're not hearing me.
D, I'm talking about one drink.
How 'bout it? Lift your spirits up, feel a little better.
It don't have to be an official date or anything.
I mean, it's two regular folk who work at the same strip mall getting a little bit of food me and you.
Roller, look, whatever you hiding, whatever you did, I-I know you probably had a good reason for it, and if you tell Uncle Daddy I mean, he loves you.
I know he'll forgive you.
I know what you trying to do.
No, it's true.
He He's crazy about you.
Y-You should have saw him when you were gone.
He was a broken man.
[Thumping.]
- Shit.
- What is that? - I don't know.
- You hit something? No.
Shit.
Pull over.
[Breathes heavily.]
Pull the goddamn car over! [Spits.]
Shit.
You crazy bitch.
[Cuticle pusher clinks.]
[Car beeps.]
W You just gonna keep untying me every time we go to a bank? Ow! Sit here.
Keep your mouth shut.
Roller, that's too tight! [Grunts.]
I will put you down.
Shut your mouth! Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! [Howls like a dog.]
[Breathes heavily.]
What? What is wrong with you? [Singing indistinctly.]
[Tool clinks.]
It's not your fault! [Tool clinks.]
You did this.
You did all of this.
I'm not the one who shot you.
Virginia was just trying to save your ass.
No, she she she she had my back.
What'd you want me to do? Who had my back? [Roller speaking indistinctly.]
[Soft music plays.]
What? Cheers to us.
Oh, I'ma still working on this one.
Then work harder.
[Laughs.]
Okay! Mmm! So finish telling me about your uncle.
Uncle Daddy? Yeah, so my pop and Uncle Daddy They were thick as thieves.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Basically, we ran up and down the Gulf Coast 'cause they had a few little humble spots they ran and, uh, some punk got in it in his head believe it or not that my pops owed him money, and he, uh he gunned down my family in front of the church where we used to go as kids.
And that's it.
And then Uncle Daddy scooped me up, put me under his wing.
What about you? What about your folks? Not really around.
Cheers to foster care.
Cheers.
So, you just straight up drug dealer? Not at all.
No, no, no.
No, no, no? [Laughs.]
We just give a bunch of pills to a bunch of people who don't really need 'em.
That's how you gonna cover that? Oh.
What you need, girl? I got it.
You can't get me what I need.
Oh, is that right? That's right.
[Soft music plays.]
[Laughs.]
Okay.
You know what? A couple glasses of champagne in a strip club is not a date.
If you think it is, you out your mind.
Yeah.
I am.
I am.
You cost me my place in the jungle, baby.
Now Bryce got that old El Chapo feeling in his veins.
So, what you gonna do? Y-Y-You just gonna give up? That's not you, Roller! You folks okay? No! No, I'm not okay! Help me! Please! All right.
- You guys be careful now.
- What? It's a dangerous road a lot of texting and driving.
Have a nice day, y'all.
W-What you mean, "Have a nice day"?! I'm being held hostage! Oh! Tell your uncle I said hi.
[Chuckling.]
You Hussers are into some crazy shit.
His uncle?! Get back here! Shit! Roller: I still need some banks.
Time's a-tickin'.
[Car door closes.]
[Engine starts.]
I don't know if I can afford it over there.
Vista Verde is way out of my price range.
I don't even know if I could spell it.
Okay, French is tough.
- [Bell jingles.]
- It's not Fren Anyway, we will hook up all our loyal clients, won't we? - Yes, ma'am.
- Yes, ma'am.
I need to talk to you.
Sure, baby.
Uh, Jenn, would you mind starting Marge? You know I love me some Marge.
- Come on, Jenn.
- Marge.
How's it going? What? What is it? What's going on? [Exhales sharply.]
Arlene's getting a warrant to arrest Desna for setting up the Coombses.
Wait, back up the truck.
You're still dating that cop? Desna told you to cut bait.
I love her, Polly.
Love? What love got to do with it? This is Desna we're talking about.
Okay, when when is this going down? Sometime today.
Today? Okay.
Uh, ah, what does she have on her? She found Desna's broken nail on Roller's dock.
But the most damaging piece the DCF paperwork placing Desna as foster child of the Coombses.
Okay.
Well, then Arlene's got to go.
I can't do that.
Mnh-mnh.
I can't.
I can't.
I know, I know, but look, when when when when Dodi Fayed left me for Princess Diana, I didn't think I'd ever Are you kidding me?! This isn't one of your bullshit stories, Polly! This is my life! For the first time, somebody gets me, and I can be myself, Polly, and we talk, and not some bullshit small talk real stuff! She knows that me and my brother don't speak.
She knows about the shit with my parents.
She doesn't care that I was in prison.
And what I told her what I had to do to survive in there, she didn't judge me.
We even talk about having a kid.
Desna has done more for us than our own family.
[Voice breaking.]
I know, I know, I know.
Whose couch did you sleep on when you couldn't pay rent? Hmm? Who gave you a job when no one would hire a felon? And most importantly, who nursed you back to health when that crazy bitch stabbed you? [Normal voice.]
I-I I love her.
I can't do it.
I just can't.
- Just Yeah, listen.
- I can't! I can't! Listen to me! Listen, we are all going down for this.
[Voice breaking.]
Please don't put me back in jail.
[Sobs.]
[Sighs.]
Arlene was suspended for a DUI.
Okay.
I can work with that.
[Door opens, closes.]
[Sniffs.]
Boy, you all right? Just a little a little anxious.
- The beat goes on - Have yourself a pill here.
Calm down, you're making my ass itch.
No, thank you.
I'm I can calm down.
You better, 'cause this is important.
Listen to me.
The bossman arrives, you let me do the talking.
You just shut up, you hear me? What a lovely place you have.
Trans strippers? Very progressive.
Good.
I appreciate that, Ted.
Listen, we can arrange I got to make this quick, Clay.
I'm in town speaking at the candle manufacturers convention.
All righty, then.
This little beef I Wait.
Wait, wait.
Clay, use the stick.
Stick? It's a sharing stick.
You can only speak if you're holding it.
Teenybopper is our newborn kind Well, that's a It's a very nice stick, Ted.
Um is that blood? And the beat goes on Somebody didn't follow the rules, and I lost my temper.
Well, Ted, this is about the Russians.
- All right, we - You're not holding the stick, you don't speak.
[Chuckling.]
We're not children, for Christ's sake.
Listen, th this misunderstanding Man, if it was about business, I'd let it go.
But they shot my boy.
[Television plays indistinctly.]
Tough shit.
We can't afford to have cops snooping around or anything that threatens our understanding with the Haitians, the Cubans, Palmetto drag queens, which is what would happen if we attack the Russians.
Stop being a goddamn pussy! Jesus.
Ahh! Ow! Jesus, what the Ted? Stop it! Ow! You move that photo, I'll blow your brains out.
- Okay.
Okay.
- Phew! The beat goes on We'll be out of here in a couple of hours.
Drums keep pounding Clay, Clay, Clay, 'cause you make me so damn much money, I'm not gonna gut you all like the wild animals you are, but if any of you Hussers so much as utters the word "Russians" to me again, I will skin you alive and turn you into a Husser candle collection.
[Television and music playing indistinctly.]
Namaste.
Namaste.
Bryce! [Crack.]
Bum still cries, "Hey, buddy, have you got a dime?" Ted? The beat goes on Shit.
- [Crying.]
No - The beat goes on [Wails.]
Drums keep pounding Ahh! Shut up, Bryce.
And the beat goes on Yes, the beat goes on And the beat goes on And the beat goes on That's freedom, baby.
[Sniffs.]
Freedom.
[Exhales sharply.]
I just got to pay these Olsen twins back now.
[Scratches, grunts.]
Who's that? Wh Pfft! They changed the meet-up place.
It's at the old theme park off of Holland.
Why? They're gonna kill me.
They finna kill me.
Wait a minute, Roll.
You don't know that.
- They finna kill me.
- You don't know Yes, I do! Drive! Just drive! Shit.
Sh Sh sh sh.
That why they wanted a lump sum, huh? [Sighs.]
I should have seen this shit coming.
[Breathes heavily.]
[Phone beeps.]
[Chuckles.]
Why so quiet, Desna? 'Cause I don't have shit to say, Roller.
I already said we should call Uncle Daddy, but your black ass won't listen.
All out of ideas? - [Exhales sharply.]
- Huh? Call Uncle Daddy.
That's it.
That's all.
What'd you do? What? I didn't do nothin'! [Whimpers.]
What did you do, you stupid bitch? Huh? - Roller, please! - Huh? Don't lie to me.
[Groans.]
What'd you do?! Huh? I told Riva that you blamed them for your murder, and then Jones gonna retaliate, Roller.
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Roller, please! Pull the car over! Pull the car over.
[Both breathing heavily.]
Come on, I just need five benzos.
That's all.
Please Quiet Ann and I We got to do this thing.
I'm a medical doctor.
I can get in trouble.
You're a Persian Escobar in a strip mall.
I'm Lebanese.
You're just doing this because I said I wasn't ready for a relationship.
You're right.
That's exactly why I'm doing it.
Well, I could never love a man who holds a grudge.
You could never love me ever.
I made you cum in Uncle Daddy's shower stall.
Okay.
Your toes curled up like snails.
Like You don't get it.
- You won't let me.
- I'm scared! Of what? Polly, love is natural.
It's the only reason we don't kill ourselves.
Can't we just talk about this later and you just give me the pills? So, you're saying there's a later, like a date? Fine.
Yes.
Are you satisfied? [Rattles.]
Here.
This is my personal stash, okay? [Giggles.]
Oh.
You like me.
Right now you like me.
Wait.
Sally Field I thought she said, "You like me, you really, really" No.
Shut up.
She said what I just said.
[Indistinct chatter.]
[Opera music plays.]
Doesn't that sound romantic? A weekend camping trip in the Everglades? We could finish talking about the kid, I could maybe convince you to introduce you to your parents and persuade you to move in.
Wouldn't you love that? [Voice distorted.]
Buying matching pots and pans, and building Ikea furniture.
[Opera music continues.]
[Gulps.]
[Siren chirps.]
[Tires screech.]
[Siren chirps.]
[Opera music intensifies.]
[Grunting.]
Damn it.
If the Dixie Mafia finds out about this, we're deader than an A-rab at a rodeo.
- [Grunting.]
- Get him in here.
It's [Speaking indistinctly.]
Geez.
[Opera music continues.]
- All right.
- I Wait.
Put a Put a wall of chicken nuggets around him.
Chicken nuggets.
No, no! I eat the chicken nuggets.
Get Here.
Okra poppers, use that, okra poppers [Opera music continues.]
All right, get th Come on.
- I'm gonna get - Daddy? - [Ringtone plays.]
- Hey, hold Hold on.
I got a I got a phone call.
Hold on.
Oh, shit.
Okay.
[Ringtone stops.]
Hey! What what what what's up, baby? Hey, hey.
I was just thinking we should [Exhales.]
just go to dinner tonight and we can talk.
Yeah, yeah, yeah! No, no.
M-Maybe dinner.
Yeah, I'm just, uh just a little busy.
You sound wired.
Are you using again? No, I'm [Thumping.]
I j I just can't explain right now.
I-I got stuff to do.
I'm I'm in a freezer.
You're in a f a freezer? Why? I c I can explain later, o okay? I just I just can't right now, okay? I can explain later.
[Cellphone beeps.]
Everything all right, girl? No, it blows.
I'm gonna take a break.
[Square dance music plays.]
[Caller chanting.]
[Voice breaking.]
I just know he's using again.
And I I I don't know what to do about it.
Well, there's nothing you can do about it.
Yeah, I know.
[Scoffs.]
I'm sorry.
It's all right.
It's just like I don't I don't know how much more I can take.
He's not even talking to me.
[Sniffles, sighs.]
My first marriage we kept everything inside for so long, and by the time we finally got it all out, it was it was it was too late.
[Sobs.]
Hey, hey, hey, it's okay.
I'm fine.
I'm fine.
[Laughs.]
I'm fine.
[Sniffles.]
I'm sorry.
[Normal voice.]
Shit.
Shit.
[Square dancing music plays.]
[Insects chirping, zipper zips.]
[Sighs.]
I figured it out.
Good.
So we gonna call Uncle Daddy, right? No.
You gonna jump back on that 310.
What? You you just said to the theme park? You said you you thought they were gonna try to kill you.
- [Seat belt clicks.]
- Change of plans, baby.
Life's a roller coaster after all, huh? [Engine starts.]
[Sighs.]
[Chuckles.]
H Hey, Deanie.
What you doing up so early, baby? I had a bad dream.
Gryphons.
[Chuckles.]
Dean, this is Roller.
Roller, that's Dean.
- He was just leaving, Dean.
- What happening, man? - N-No! - No, no, no.
- No, no.
- Okay.
- A rat! - Oh, yeah I-I hate rats! I-I hate rats! I hate rats! Get it! I hate rats! I know, I know.
Calm down.
Give me the book! Give me the big book.
I'll get the rat.
Yeah, I'll get it, I'll get it.
G-G-Get the rat! Hurry up! Dean, you need to calm down! - [Screams.]
- Get him! - Dean.
- He's gonna get the rat! Yes, he's gonna get the rat! Go in the back.
Go in the back.
I don't see no rat here.
Calm down, Dean! We're getting it.
[Dean yelling.]
Did you get the rat?! [Book thuds.]
Oh! Got him! Did you get the rat?! Dead rat, big bro, dead rat.
Rat-free zone.
Roller got the rat.
Hey, you need an exterminator ASAP.
Des, Roller got the rat.
What I need is to get me and brother out of this shit hole.
Yeah.
Roller got the rat.
Yeah.
Yeah, Roller got the rat.
How you gonna do that filing nails, baby? Hmm? Hey, D.
You want in on the game? You could wash that money.
[Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)" plays.]
The best things in life are free But you can give them to the birds and bees I need money That's what I want That's what I want That's what I want That's what I wa-a-ant That's what I want That's what I want That's what I want Your love give me such a thrill But your love don'y pay my bills I need money That's what I want That's what I want That's what I want That's what I wa-a-ant I should have listened to you about the clinic.
I think I'm in over my head.
They "retired" the last doctor.
Roller's got a He's got a dark side, Pol.
I don't know if I can trust him.
You got to get away from these people.
But I am so close to getting my bonus.
Well, it's gonna be hard to spend it if you're dead.
[Sighs.]
Yeah, well, it'll be hard to spend it if you're dead.
You don't have to give a shit about me, Roller, but at least think about what killing me will do to Dean.
I know you care about him, too.
At least let me say goodbye.
Please.
[Cellphone clicks, beeps.]
Hurry up.
[Cellphone rings.]
[Cellphone rings.]
Hello? Hey, Deanie.
What Whatcha doing? Uh, I-I'm I'm just talking to you on the phone.
I-I'm glad you called.
A A-As you're aware, I've been having lots of intercourse with my girlfriend, Virginia.
Yeah.
I'm aware, baby.
Yes.
Well, um, I love her, and when you love someone you're having intercourse with who's also your girlfriend, you should you should marry them.
Yeah, well, Deanie, y-you you don't You don't always have to get married, baby.
Yeah, but, uh, r-remember when I was little? At at night y-you would rub my head and then you'd tell me your wish was that I'd find someone that that would love me for who I am, like you do.
Yeah.
Yeah, I remember, baby.
Yeah.
Virginia loves me.
Virginia loves me.
S-She loves me, and and she helps me when when I get upset, and and I help her, too, and and she may have food issues that place her on the autistic spectrum, so we're an excellent match.
A-Also also, I love sex.
Des? [Voice breaking.]
I'm I'm here, baby.
Oh, o Um, Des, I-I would I would like your blessing to propose.
I-I-I-I know you think she's a tiny skank-ho, but she's not, and and if we get married, you don't have to take care of me anymore.
You have my blessing, Deanie.
Y-You sound you sound You sound funny.
Did Are you okay? I'm Baby, I'm fine.
I'm I'm just happy you found someone.
I also want want you to be the one who marries us, so I I sent you a link to a website where where you can become a minister for $50.
They accept all major credit cards.
[Sniffles.]
Dean, I want you to to I want you to remember always remember that I love you, okay? Is that a yes? Y-Yes.
Yes.
Yes, Dean.
That's a yes.
[Sniffles.]
Okay, I want you to I want you to look in my closet.
There's a box in there, a shoe box, with some money in it, and you take that, and you buy Virginia a pretty ring, okay, baby? Okay.
Okay, Des.
[Receiver clicks.]
I'm gonna buy her a ring.
[Gun clicking.]
Don't worry about it, baby girl.
I'm thinking I'll do it nice and quick.
I'll even bury you, bring you some nice flowers to your grave.
Calla lilies, right? Roller, please.
Okay, you we We don't have to go.
W-We can We can leave together, baby.
We can We can start our own hustle.
Laundromats, car washes You could be the king again.
Please.
I got a better idea.
How 'bout I cut you, hit you upside your head? Huh? Shoot you, choke your ass, burn you alive unsuccessfully.
[Chuckles.]
You know what it's like to be burned alive in a body bag, D? Hmm? It's tight.
You can't see, you can't feel anything.
Your heart feels like it's in a headlock.
It's hot.
It's real goddamn hot.
I'm sorry.
Roller, I am.
I'm so I'm so sorry.
I just I get so tired of being treated like shit, and I snapped.
I fought for you.
You lie.
I did.
I did.
Hey, I want to talk to you about Desna's bonus.
That bitch was already here.
She come crying to you about better dog food, too, huh? I'm gonna tell you something, son.
You just got to just cut that shit right off.
Go back to table scraps, you know what I'm saying? It's called training.
Yeah.
You owe her that money.
Don't you know that I'll always be true? You forget who you're talking to, boy? Uncle Daddy, she's I don't owe nobody shit.
Oh, won't you come with me? Uncle Daddy, she's been killing it at the clinic.
She's an essential part of the operation.
I promised her that 20 grand.
Oh, won't you come with me, and a-walk this land? You promised her, huh? Yep.
Let me tell you something, baby boy.
What? You don't promise anybody my money! You understand me? Yeah.
This is my operation.
I call the shots.
You hear me, baby boy?! [Bell jingles.]
[Indistinct chatter.]
H-How did it go? [Quiet Ann screams.]
[Bell jingles.]
Uh, Polly? C I'll be right back.
C-C-Could Could you Could you put all your bridal magazines in here? I-I-I'm gonna propose to Virginia.
Uh, sure, sugar.
Does Desna know about this, through? Yeah.
I-I-I just talked her on the phone.
S-She sounded strange, but she gave her blessing.
She said you could marry Virginia? Yeah.
Okay, why don't you go sit over there, and I'll get 'em for ya, okay? Okay.
Thanks, Polly.
Could you excuse me for just a second? Come here.
What are you doing? Okay, I'm gonna ask you again.
Tell me exactly what Desna said on the phone.
Girl, we still on this? Answer the question, pretty baby.
[Sighs.]
Okay.
Um, Roller accepted everything, uh, she's gonna go out with Dr.
Gregory Ruval.
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh! She's gonna fall on his cock.
Um uh, they're gonna go eat lamb chops and have some kind of weird euphoria salad.
Okay? - Okay.
- Okay.
Desna said "Cock"? I know.
S-She sounded strange, but she gave her blessing.
She said you could marry Virginia? If you have any problems in here at all, call me.
Call me and say "Ambrosia salad.
" Virginia: Some kind of weird euphoria salad.
[Dramatic music plays.]
Come on.
Slow down.
Hold it.
Right here.
Roller, please.
Okay, listen Let's turn the car around before you get yourself killed.
This shit ain't worth dying over! [Exhales sharply.]
I already died twice, baby.
I got to handle it.
[Bag rustles.]
Come on.
Get up.
[Wind howling.]
Shit! Oh, my God! [No audio.]
Roller, please! Let's talk about this! You're losing your shit right now! We're done talking.
We're done talking.
Wait, wait, wait! Wait, wait, wait! Wait, Roller, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I know I know I messed up, and and if I could do it all over again, I would, I swear.
Yeah? I love you, Roller.
No.
You lying piece of shit.
It's the doctor you respect.
You think I don't know that? You don't love me.
You just love that money.
No.
It's not true! Me and you We was so good together, Roller.
Ride or die me and you! You know it! [Gulps.]
You can't do it.
[Echoing.]
do it.
You can't do it 'cause you love me, too! You love me, Roller! Roller, look out! [Dramatic music plays.]
Take it easy, Roller.
- Let's talk.
- It's good to see you, D.
I-It's good to see you, too.
Jennifer: You know they couldn't just They didn't have nothing to do with Roller's attack.
I know.
I'm good.
How can you be good? It's unfortunate.
You know you sound just like Uncle Daddy.
What is going on? You know my whole crew is going over to Glint.
I was thinking maybe you wanted to run - Nail Artisans? - Let's do it.
You're gonna make an incredible wife.
$150k.
You got 24 hours.
It came to me who shot me It was the Russians.
He said it was your people that tried to kill him.
Bullshit.
Roller was working for us.
I know what you been up to with Riva and her crew.
Oh, you been busy, huh? No! Get off of me! Get in the car, bitch.
Do, dudu, du, bang, bang Do, dudu, du, bang, bang Do, dudu, du, bang, bang I'm bad to the bone Do, dudu, du, bang, bang [Bell jingles.]
Ohh! Jennifer: What happened? My car broke down again Had to hitchhike a ride with a guy who look like he was sauté my ass.
Well, why didn't you call me? My cellphone is off.
The bill is underneath the jury duty summons, - which is in the trash.
- Oh, shit.
We got to increase the foot traffic down here, you know? I-I Between the rent and the payroll thank you - Mm-hmm.
- and Dean's needs, ah, this shit is tighter than a fat woman's drawers.
Well, listen, you know I've been running that Medicaid scam with the sen - Stop it.
- With the seniors - Ga ga.
- Lido Beach.
- Z-Z-Zah.
No - Ma'am? [Bell jingles.]
[Whistles.]
What's happening, ladies? [Man rapping indistinctly.]
Which one of y'all open for a manicure? Oh, well, we're all open, sugar.
Y'all, this is Bryce's brother, Roller.
- Hey, babe.
- Hi.
When you get back from Tallahassee? About two days ago.
I'm Polly.
Enchanté.
Okay.
Enchanté, then, Polly.
You gonna take care of me, baby? I can.
My section is right here.
Don't tell me Uncle Daddy has you working at that clinic already.
Oh, you already know.
They needed someone with my talent for business, and I need some of these businesses to align with ours, - so there you go.
- Mm-hmm.
Y'all take cash or credit? We prefer cash and avoiding felonies.
- Hey.
- This is Desna.
All right, Desna.
Mind if I call you "D"? You can call me whatever you want as long as you tip big.
Okay? Uh-huh! [Rolls tongue.]
A lady about her paper.
I like that.
- Where are we going, Roller? - Shh now, baby girl.
We finna go clean out all these bank accounts.
Got to handle these Russians, baby get my business back.
Roller been gone too long.
Roller, that's crazy! Uncle Daddy is gonna notice.
I bet.
He's gonna think you've done it all, blew your head off from all the guilt.
Wha? Desna: Roller, everybody's gonna be looking for me.
[Sucks teeth.]
That's a good point.
That's a good [Breathes heavily.]
Why didn't my family look for me harder when I was being held by some crazy opera-singing ho? [British accent.]
Mr.
Emerson, would you like some tea and crumpets while I slather your cock with clotted cream? - What are talking about?! - Huh? [Normal voice.]
Yeah, you have no idea.
You know what you're gonna do, Des? [Inhales.]
You're gonna call your little friends and tell 'em your big-timer plan to blackmail me worked.
You're gonna tell 'em you were with your purdy doctor.
I'm ain't taking the old Jet magazines to Glint.
All right, keep 'em here.
I love me some Jet.
So, Jenn, Uncle Daddy gonna go after the Russians? Nah, they told him to stand down.
Georgia doesn't want a war.
- [Phone rings.]
- [Bell jingles.]
Nail Artisans of Manatee County.
Desna: It worked.
Roller won't kill us as long as we promise not to tell anyone about his embezzling.
- He's just gonna drop it? - That's what he said.
I told him that if anything happened to you or me, that y'all will go to Uncle Daddy and tell him that he'd been stealing from him.
Oh, my God, girl.
I can't believe it.
Yeah, y'all should go celebrate.
Um, I know I am.
I'm gonna I'm gonna get together with the doctor, and, uh, go have lamb chops and ambrosia salad.
Then I'm gonna fall on his cock.
Ooh, girl! Make sure you tell Polly.
I mean, well, and everybody.
I've got to go.
Okay, girl.
Have fun.
[Exhales sharply.]
Is it because I'm half-Jewish? I'm not asking you to convert.
[Sighs.]
No! It's just I don't want anything serious, so stop sending me flowers and Edible Arrangements and teddy bears.
[Scoffs.]
You're acting too thirsty, boy.
I am thirsty Thirsty for you, thirsty for your love, thirsty for for you bouncing up and down on me reciting dirty Latin phrases.
Bye.
- Carpe de - [Bell jingles.]
Shut up, Jenn.
Polly, great news.
So, I talked to Des, and Roller's not gonna kill me.
Will you shut your fat mouth? What? She can't hear me.
She got her ear buds.
Hey, girl.
See? Okay.
And how is Des? Oh, she's good.
Roller's not gonna kill her either.
Okay.
Tell me exactly what she said.
Okay.
Well, she said she's gonna fall on Ruval's cock.
Desna said "cock"? It's a new day, girl.
I didn't ask questions.
Don't even touch it! No, ma'am.
What? O-kay.
Relax.
Desna said "Cock"? I know.
She usually says "big-ass dick.
" Hmm.
Hey, come on over, sugar.
Classics, baby.
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum Hut! Oh.
[Laughs.]
- I know a place - I know a place Uh - Ain't nobody crying - Ain't nobody crying - Ain't nobody worried - Ain't nobody worried For what? - [Spits.]
- Ain't no smilin' faces Mm-mm-mm.
[Inhales sharply.]
This is what we goin' do.
We're gonna walk up in that bank like a happy couple, and we gonna squeeze every little dirty penny out from the salon.
Go on, Roller.
Wait.
O-Or what we could do We we could just call Uncle Daddy right now, a-and we could we could we could just explain all of this to him.
I mean, you his baby boy.
He will understand.
No baby boys Bryce his baby boy now.
All of y'all moved on without me.
That's not true.
Quit your lyin'.
Oh, let me take you there I bet that boy is soft.
- Ooh, hoo, whoa - Bryce? - Let me take you there - No, the doctor boyfriend.
Kenny G-listenin', Lionel Richie singing along, Seal-looking-ass funky sock wearing You jealous.
[Scoffs.]
Yeah.
Yeah, you jealous, Roller, 'cause you care about me.
You ain't got to do this.
[Volume increases.]
- Whoo! Aah, aah - Really?! - I know a place, y'all - I'll take you there - I'll take you there - Ain't nobody cryin' - Come on! I'll take you there Roller is really trying to step to you.
I am not paying him no mind.
Oh, it's the pink dick, isn't it? What's wrong with a pink dick? She wants a black dick.
Okay, "she" can hear you.
Don't tell me what kind of dick I want, okay? I just don't have time for some corny-ass gangsta wannabe.
Well, as someone who has dated the United Nation of Penises, I would just like to say that once you turn the lights off every dick is black.
[Giggling.]
Maybe, but in the cold light of day, this two-bit hustle ain't gonna take me where I want to go.
Well, we could double date.
Or we could not.
Hmm.
I'd snuggle up to a pink dick if I got a gold watch.
Polly! Hey, Roll.
Hey, darling.
How's that paraffin treating you? - Five-o.
Five-o.
- [Car doors open, close.]
Oh, no! Desna, I'm so sorry! Pol, I told you this was gonna happen! Sorry! I was just trying to help Go! Oh, no! Oh, no, no, no! Polly Marks, you have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used against you - in a court of law.
- Polly: [Wails.]
You don't have to drag her like that! Polly, just don't say nothin'.
Polly, Pol I'ma I'm gonna fix this.
I'm gonna get you out, I promise! Shit.
[Car doors open, close.]
- Damn.
- [Engine starts, sirens wail.]
Y'all some real gangsters up in here.
Shut up.
Showtime, baby.
Put a smile on that face, huh? Can I tell y'all a secret? You're my first customers ever.
Thank you for that.
Now how may I help you? Um I would like to make a withdrawal.
You look so familiar.
You go to First AME church? No, I don't I don't go to FAME.
I I got to Holy Ezekiel Lutheran Presbyterian.
H-E-L-P? That's right.
HELP.
[Slaps.]
I ain't ever heard of that one.
Sugar dumpling, let's pick up the pace a little.
Our little girl, she's got a dance recital.
She move just like Mama.
I'll take that.
Thank you, Rochelle.
We'll see you at church.
Come on, baby.
[Moaning, TV plays in background.]
[Ringtone plays.]
Oh, shit.
I got to go.
No! No! I can't be late for work.
Oh, no.
Just Okay.
Mm.
- I have an idea.
- Okay.
I'll start the shower, you grab some toys.
[Growls.]
You can shave me, and we'll play.
We can kill two birds.
Mwah! - Come on.
- Okay.
Oh, no.
Where y'all at? I'm coming! [Growling.]
To play a dangerous game Uncle Daddy, I need to talk to you.
Everything okay at the clinic? - [Exhales.]
Yeah.
- Lonely Um, I've been thinking.
Now, hear me out, all right? [Sniffs.]
Now we're asking the universe to help us reach our full potential to become the largest pill distributors along the Gulf Coast.
Now it's the moments of the decision that our destiny is made.
We made a decision out of fear, and that fear will hamper our success.
Would you cut your jibber jabber? - What's your point? - For rules Roller's right.
We got to go after the Russians.
[Scoffs.]
Roller's a hothead.
He's just acting out.
Ted's looking at the bigger picture.
That's why we stand down.
I'm looking at the big picture, too.
If we don't retaliate, the Russians are just gonna see us as weak.
[Chuckles.]
You just get upgraded, and now you know the game? We got to protect our own, Uncle Daddy.
An eye for an eye, right? That's why you took out my daddy's killer.
We have to do this.
All right.
I'll call the bossman in Georgia, and we'll we'll have a sit-down.
Thank you, thank you, Uncle Daddy.
Polly: Something doesn't feel right.
Could it be, A, Roller coming back from the dead, B, Roller's being shaken down by the Russians, or, C, uh, my husband going full Mafioso? Oh.
No, I think it's option D.
Something feels off about Desna.
Hmm.
I can't believe that Roller just accepted her terms, you know? Yeah.
Maybe I should call her.
Talk to me, Roller.
We can work this thing out the way we used to do together.
I-I won't judge you.
from a mixtape.
Well, this shit is not about a mix There's got to be more to it than that.
There isn't.
Get in the car.
Roller: How you doin', D? - [Slow music plays.]
- Same shit, different day.
How's the pen treating old Polly Bird? [Mumbles.]
It's hard.
I got a friend who says that she will protect her on the inside if I give her $300 a week, which I do not have.
You know what you need, D? My ass need $300 a week.
Nah, you need a little distraction.
Take your mind off of all of this stuff, you know? Mm.
You're not hearing me.
D, I'm talking about one drink.
How 'bout it? Lift your spirits up, feel a little better.
It don't have to be an official date or anything.
I mean, it's two regular folk who work at the same strip mall getting a little bit of food me and you.
Roller, look, whatever you hiding, whatever you did, I-I know you probably had a good reason for it, and if you tell Uncle Daddy I mean, he loves you.
I know he'll forgive you.
I know what you trying to do.
No, it's true.
He He's crazy about you.
Y-You should have saw him when you were gone.
He was a broken man.
[Thumping.]
- Shit.
- What is that? - I don't know.
- You hit something? No.
Shit.
Pull over.
[Breathes heavily.]
Pull the goddamn car over! [Spits.]
Shit.
You crazy bitch.
[Cuticle pusher clinks.]
[Car beeps.]
W You just gonna keep untying me every time we go to a bank? Ow! Sit here.
Keep your mouth shut.
Roller, that's too tight! [Grunts.]
I will put you down.
Shut your mouth! Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! [Howls like a dog.]
[Breathes heavily.]
What? What is wrong with you? [Singing indistinctly.]
[Tool clinks.]
It's not your fault! [Tool clinks.]
You did this.
You did all of this.
I'm not the one who shot you.
Virginia was just trying to save your ass.
No, she she she she had my back.
What'd you want me to do? Who had my back? [Roller speaking indistinctly.]
[Soft music plays.]
What? Cheers to us.
Oh, I'ma still working on this one.
Then work harder.
[Laughs.]
Okay! Mmm! So finish telling me about your uncle.
Uncle Daddy? Yeah, so my pop and Uncle Daddy They were thick as thieves.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Basically, we ran up and down the Gulf Coast 'cause they had a few little humble spots they ran and, uh, some punk got in it in his head believe it or not that my pops owed him money, and he, uh he gunned down my family in front of the church where we used to go as kids.
And that's it.
And then Uncle Daddy scooped me up, put me under his wing.
What about you? What about your folks? Not really around.
Cheers to foster care.
Cheers.
So, you just straight up drug dealer? Not at all.
No, no, no.
No, no, no? [Laughs.]
We just give a bunch of pills to a bunch of people who don't really need 'em.
That's how you gonna cover that? Oh.
What you need, girl? I got it.
You can't get me what I need.
Oh, is that right? That's right.
[Soft music plays.]
[Laughs.]
Okay.
You know what? A couple glasses of champagne in a strip club is not a date.
If you think it is, you out your mind.
Yeah.
I am.
I am.
You cost me my place in the jungle, baby.
Now Bryce got that old El Chapo feeling in his veins.
So, what you gonna do? Y-Y-You just gonna give up? That's not you, Roller! You folks okay? No! No, I'm not okay! Help me! Please! All right.
- You guys be careful now.
- What? It's a dangerous road a lot of texting and driving.
Have a nice day, y'all.
W-What you mean, "Have a nice day"?! I'm being held hostage! Oh! Tell your uncle I said hi.
[Chuckling.]
You Hussers are into some crazy shit.
His uncle?! Get back here! Shit! Roller: I still need some banks.
Time's a-tickin'.
[Car door closes.]
[Engine starts.]
I don't know if I can afford it over there.
Vista Verde is way out of my price range.
I don't even know if I could spell it.
Okay, French is tough.
- [Bell jingles.]
- It's not Fren Anyway, we will hook up all our loyal clients, won't we? - Yes, ma'am.
- Yes, ma'am.
I need to talk to you.
Sure, baby.
Uh, Jenn, would you mind starting Marge? You know I love me some Marge.
- Come on, Jenn.
- Marge.
How's it going? What? What is it? What's going on? [Exhales sharply.]
Arlene's getting a warrant to arrest Desna for setting up the Coombses.
Wait, back up the truck.
You're still dating that cop? Desna told you to cut bait.
I love her, Polly.
Love? What love got to do with it? This is Desna we're talking about.
Okay, when when is this going down? Sometime today.
Today? Okay.
Uh, ah, what does she have on her? She found Desna's broken nail on Roller's dock.
But the most damaging piece the DCF paperwork placing Desna as foster child of the Coombses.
Okay.
Well, then Arlene's got to go.
I can't do that.
Mnh-mnh.
I can't.
I can't.
I know, I know, but look, when when when when Dodi Fayed left me for Princess Diana, I didn't think I'd ever Are you kidding me?! This isn't one of your bullshit stories, Polly! This is my life! For the first time, somebody gets me, and I can be myself, Polly, and we talk, and not some bullshit small talk real stuff! She knows that me and my brother don't speak.
She knows about the shit with my parents.
She doesn't care that I was in prison.
And what I told her what I had to do to survive in there, she didn't judge me.
We even talk about having a kid.
Desna has done more for us than our own family.
[Voice breaking.]
I know, I know, I know.
Whose couch did you sleep on when you couldn't pay rent? Hmm? Who gave you a job when no one would hire a felon? And most importantly, who nursed you back to health when that crazy bitch stabbed you? [Normal voice.]
I-I I love her.
I can't do it.
I just can't.
- Just Yeah, listen.
- I can't! I can't! Listen to me! Listen, we are all going down for this.
[Voice breaking.]
Please don't put me back in jail.
[Sobs.]
[Sighs.]
Arlene was suspended for a DUI.
Okay.
I can work with that.
[Door opens, closes.]
[Sniffs.]
Boy, you all right? Just a little a little anxious.
- The beat goes on - Have yourself a pill here.
Calm down, you're making my ass itch.
No, thank you.
I'm I can calm down.
You better, 'cause this is important.
Listen to me.
The bossman arrives, you let me do the talking.
You just shut up, you hear me? What a lovely place you have.
Trans strippers? Very progressive.
Good.
I appreciate that, Ted.
Listen, we can arrange I got to make this quick, Clay.
I'm in town speaking at the candle manufacturers convention.
All righty, then.
This little beef I Wait.
Wait, wait.
Clay, use the stick.
Stick? It's a sharing stick.
You can only speak if you're holding it.
Teenybopper is our newborn kind Well, that's a It's a very nice stick, Ted.
Um is that blood? And the beat goes on Somebody didn't follow the rules, and I lost my temper.
Well, Ted, this is about the Russians.
- All right, we - You're not holding the stick, you don't speak.
[Chuckling.]
We're not children, for Christ's sake.
Listen, th this misunderstanding Man, if it was about business, I'd let it go.
But they shot my boy.
[Television plays indistinctly.]
Tough shit.
We can't afford to have cops snooping around or anything that threatens our understanding with the Haitians, the Cubans, Palmetto drag queens, which is what would happen if we attack the Russians.
Stop being a goddamn pussy! Jesus.
Ahh! Ow! Jesus, what the Ted? Stop it! Ow! You move that photo, I'll blow your brains out.
- Okay.
Okay.
- Phew! The beat goes on We'll be out of here in a couple of hours.
Drums keep pounding Clay, Clay, Clay, 'cause you make me so damn much money, I'm not gonna gut you all like the wild animals you are, but if any of you Hussers so much as utters the word "Russians" to me again, I will skin you alive and turn you into a Husser candle collection.
[Television and music playing indistinctly.]
Namaste.
Namaste.
Bryce! [Crack.]
Bum still cries, "Hey, buddy, have you got a dime?" Ted? The beat goes on Shit.
- [Crying.]
No - The beat goes on [Wails.]
Drums keep pounding Ahh! Shut up, Bryce.
And the beat goes on Yes, the beat goes on And the beat goes on And the beat goes on That's freedom, baby.
[Sniffs.]
Freedom.
[Exhales sharply.]
I just got to pay these Olsen twins back now.
[Scratches, grunts.]
Who's that? Wh Pfft! They changed the meet-up place.
It's at the old theme park off of Holland.
Why? They're gonna kill me.
They finna kill me.
Wait a minute, Roll.
You don't know that.
- They finna kill me.
- You don't know Yes, I do! Drive! Just drive! Shit.
Sh Sh sh sh.
That why they wanted a lump sum, huh? [Sighs.]
I should have seen this shit coming.
[Breathes heavily.]
[Phone beeps.]
[Chuckles.]
Why so quiet, Desna? 'Cause I don't have shit to say, Roller.
I already said we should call Uncle Daddy, but your black ass won't listen.
All out of ideas? - [Exhales sharply.]
- Huh? Call Uncle Daddy.
That's it.
That's all.
What'd you do? What? I didn't do nothin'! [Whimpers.]
What did you do, you stupid bitch? Huh? - Roller, please! - Huh? Don't lie to me.
[Groans.]
What'd you do?! Huh? I told Riva that you blamed them for your murder, and then Jones gonna retaliate, Roller.
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Roller, please! Pull the car over! Pull the car over.
[Both breathing heavily.]
Come on, I just need five benzos.
That's all.
Please Quiet Ann and I We got to do this thing.
I'm a medical doctor.
I can get in trouble.
You're a Persian Escobar in a strip mall.
I'm Lebanese.
You're just doing this because I said I wasn't ready for a relationship.
You're right.
That's exactly why I'm doing it.
Well, I could never love a man who holds a grudge.
You could never love me ever.
I made you cum in Uncle Daddy's shower stall.
Okay.
Your toes curled up like snails.
Like You don't get it.
- You won't let me.
- I'm scared! Of what? Polly, love is natural.
It's the only reason we don't kill ourselves.
Can't we just talk about this later and you just give me the pills? So, you're saying there's a later, like a date? Fine.
Yes.
Are you satisfied? [Rattles.]
Here.
This is my personal stash, okay? [Giggles.]
Oh.
You like me.
Right now you like me.
Wait.
Sally Field I thought she said, "You like me, you really, really" No.
Shut up.
She said what I just said.
[Indistinct chatter.]
[Opera music plays.]
Doesn't that sound romantic? A weekend camping trip in the Everglades? We could finish talking about the kid, I could maybe convince you to introduce you to your parents and persuade you to move in.
Wouldn't you love that? [Voice distorted.]
Buying matching pots and pans, and building Ikea furniture.
[Opera music continues.]
[Gulps.]
[Siren chirps.]
[Tires screech.]
[Siren chirps.]
[Opera music intensifies.]
[Grunting.]
Damn it.
If the Dixie Mafia finds out about this, we're deader than an A-rab at a rodeo.
- [Grunting.]
- Get him in here.
It's [Speaking indistinctly.]
Geez.
[Opera music continues.]
- All right.
- I Wait.
Put a Put a wall of chicken nuggets around him.
Chicken nuggets.
No, no! I eat the chicken nuggets.
Get Here.
Okra poppers, use that, okra poppers [Opera music continues.]
All right, get th Come on.
- I'm gonna get - Daddy? - [Ringtone plays.]
- Hey, hold Hold on.
I got a I got a phone call.
Hold on.
Oh, shit.
Okay.
[Ringtone stops.]
Hey! What what what what's up, baby? Hey, hey.
I was just thinking we should [Exhales.]
just go to dinner tonight and we can talk.
Yeah, yeah, yeah! No, no.
M-Maybe dinner.
Yeah, I'm just, uh just a little busy.
You sound wired.
Are you using again? No, I'm [Thumping.]
I j I just can't explain right now.
I-I got stuff to do.
I'm I'm in a freezer.
You're in a f a freezer? Why? I c I can explain later, o okay? I just I just can't right now, okay? I can explain later.
[Cellphone beeps.]
Everything all right, girl? No, it blows.
I'm gonna take a break.
[Square dance music plays.]
[Caller chanting.]
[Voice breaking.]
I just know he's using again.
And I I I don't know what to do about it.
Well, there's nothing you can do about it.
Yeah, I know.
[Scoffs.]
I'm sorry.
It's all right.
It's just like I don't I don't know how much more I can take.
He's not even talking to me.
[Sniffles, sighs.]
My first marriage we kept everything inside for so long, and by the time we finally got it all out, it was it was it was too late.
[Sobs.]
Hey, hey, hey, it's okay.
I'm fine.
I'm fine.
[Laughs.]
I'm fine.
[Sniffles.]
I'm sorry.
[Normal voice.]
Shit.
Shit.
[Square dancing music plays.]
[Insects chirping, zipper zips.]
[Sighs.]
I figured it out.
Good.
So we gonna call Uncle Daddy, right? No.
You gonna jump back on that 310.
What? You you just said to the theme park? You said you you thought they were gonna try to kill you.
- [Seat belt clicks.]
- Change of plans, baby.
Life's a roller coaster after all, huh? [Engine starts.]
[Sighs.]
[Chuckles.]
H Hey, Deanie.
What you doing up so early, baby? I had a bad dream.
Gryphons.
[Chuckles.]
Dean, this is Roller.
Roller, that's Dean.
- He was just leaving, Dean.
- What happening, man? - N-No! - No, no, no.
- No, no.
- Okay.
- A rat! - Oh, yeah I-I hate rats! I-I hate rats! I hate rats! Get it! I hate rats! I know, I know.
Calm down.
Give me the book! Give me the big book.
I'll get the rat.
Yeah, I'll get it, I'll get it.
G-G-Get the rat! Hurry up! Dean, you need to calm down! - [Screams.]
- Get him! - Dean.
- He's gonna get the rat! Yes, he's gonna get the rat! Go in the back.
Go in the back.
I don't see no rat here.
Calm down, Dean! We're getting it.
[Dean yelling.]
Did you get the rat?! [Book thuds.]
Oh! Got him! Did you get the rat?! Dead rat, big bro, dead rat.
Rat-free zone.
Roller got the rat.
Hey, you need an exterminator ASAP.
Des, Roller got the rat.
What I need is to get me and brother out of this shit hole.
Yeah.
Roller got the rat.
Yeah.
Yeah, Roller got the rat.
How you gonna do that filing nails, baby? Hmm? Hey, D.
You want in on the game? You could wash that money.
[Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)" plays.]
The best things in life are free But you can give them to the birds and bees I need money That's what I want That's what I want That's what I want That's what I wa-a-ant That's what I want That's what I want That's what I want Your love give me such a thrill But your love don'y pay my bills I need money That's what I want That's what I want That's what I want That's what I wa-a-ant I should have listened to you about the clinic.
I think I'm in over my head.
They "retired" the last doctor.
Roller's got a He's got a dark side, Pol.
I don't know if I can trust him.
You got to get away from these people.
But I am so close to getting my bonus.
Well, it's gonna be hard to spend it if you're dead.
[Sighs.]
Yeah, well, it'll be hard to spend it if you're dead.
You don't have to give a shit about me, Roller, but at least think about what killing me will do to Dean.
I know you care about him, too.
At least let me say goodbye.
Please.
[Cellphone clicks, beeps.]
Hurry up.
[Cellphone rings.]
[Cellphone rings.]
Hello? Hey, Deanie.
What Whatcha doing? Uh, I-I'm I'm just talking to you on the phone.
I-I'm glad you called.
A A-As you're aware, I've been having lots of intercourse with my girlfriend, Virginia.
Yeah.
I'm aware, baby.
Yes.
Well, um, I love her, and when you love someone you're having intercourse with who's also your girlfriend, you should you should marry them.
Yeah, well, Deanie, y-you you don't You don't always have to get married, baby.
Yeah, but, uh, r-remember when I was little? At at night y-you would rub my head and then you'd tell me your wish was that I'd find someone that that would love me for who I am, like you do.
Yeah.
Yeah, I remember, baby.
Yeah.
Virginia loves me.
Virginia loves me.
S-She loves me, and and she helps me when when I get upset, and and I help her, too, and and she may have food issues that place her on the autistic spectrum, so we're an excellent match.
A-Also also, I love sex.
Des? [Voice breaking.]
I'm I'm here, baby.
Oh, o Um, Des, I-I would I would like your blessing to propose.
I-I-I-I know you think she's a tiny skank-ho, but she's not, and and if we get married, you don't have to take care of me anymore.
You have my blessing, Deanie.
Y-You sound you sound You sound funny.
Did Are you okay? I'm Baby, I'm fine.
I'm I'm just happy you found someone.
I also want want you to be the one who marries us, so I I sent you a link to a website where where you can become a minister for $50.
They accept all major credit cards.
[Sniffles.]
Dean, I want you to to I want you to remember always remember that I love you, okay? Is that a yes? Y-Yes.
Yes.
Yes, Dean.
That's a yes.
[Sniffles.]
Okay, I want you to I want you to look in my closet.
There's a box in there, a shoe box, with some money in it, and you take that, and you buy Virginia a pretty ring, okay, baby? Okay.
Okay, Des.
[Receiver clicks.]
I'm gonna buy her a ring.
[Gun clicking.]
Don't worry about it, baby girl.
I'm thinking I'll do it nice and quick.
I'll even bury you, bring you some nice flowers to your grave.
Calla lilies, right? Roller, please.
Okay, you we We don't have to go.
W-We can We can leave together, baby.
We can We can start our own hustle.
Laundromats, car washes You could be the king again.
Please.
I got a better idea.
How 'bout I cut you, hit you upside your head? Huh? Shoot you, choke your ass, burn you alive unsuccessfully.
[Chuckles.]
You know what it's like to be burned alive in a body bag, D? Hmm? It's tight.
You can't see, you can't feel anything.
Your heart feels like it's in a headlock.
It's hot.
It's real goddamn hot.
I'm sorry.
Roller, I am.
I'm so I'm so sorry.
I just I get so tired of being treated like shit, and I snapped.
I fought for you.
You lie.
I did.
I did.
Hey, I want to talk to you about Desna's bonus.
That bitch was already here.
She come crying to you about better dog food, too, huh? I'm gonna tell you something, son.
You just got to just cut that shit right off.
Go back to table scraps, you know what I'm saying? It's called training.
Yeah.
You owe her that money.
Don't you know that I'll always be true? You forget who you're talking to, boy? Uncle Daddy, she's I don't owe nobody shit.
Oh, won't you come with me? Uncle Daddy, she's been killing it at the clinic.
She's an essential part of the operation.
I promised her that 20 grand.
Oh, won't you come with me, and a-walk this land? You promised her, huh? Yep.
Let me tell you something, baby boy.
What? You don't promise anybody my money! You understand me? Yeah.
This is my operation.
I call the shots.
You hear me, baby boy?! [Bell jingles.]
[Indistinct chatter.]
H-How did it go? [Quiet Ann screams.]
[Bell jingles.]
Uh, Polly? C I'll be right back.
C-C-Could Could you Could you put all your bridal magazines in here? I-I-I'm gonna propose to Virginia.
Uh, sure, sugar.
Does Desna know about this, through? Yeah.
I-I-I just talked her on the phone.
S-She sounded strange, but she gave her blessing.
She said you could marry Virginia? Yeah.
Okay, why don't you go sit over there, and I'll get 'em for ya, okay? Okay.
Thanks, Polly.
Could you excuse me for just a second? Come here.
What are you doing? Okay, I'm gonna ask you again.
Tell me exactly what Desna said on the phone.
Girl, we still on this? Answer the question, pretty baby.
[Sighs.]
Okay.
Um, Roller accepted everything, uh, she's gonna go out with Dr.
Gregory Ruval.
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh! She's gonna fall on his cock.
Um uh, they're gonna go eat lamb chops and have some kind of weird euphoria salad.
Okay? - Okay.
- Okay.
Desna said "Cock"? I know.
S-She sounded strange, but she gave her blessing.
She said you could marry Virginia? If you have any problems in here at all, call me.
Call me and say "Ambrosia salad.
" Virginia: Some kind of weird euphoria salad.
[Dramatic music plays.]
Come on.
Slow down.
Hold it.
Right here.
Roller, please.
Okay, listen Let's turn the car around before you get yourself killed.
This shit ain't worth dying over! [Exhales sharply.]
I already died twice, baby.
I got to handle it.
[Bag rustles.]
Come on.
Get up.
[Wind howling.]
Shit! Oh, my God! [No audio.]
Roller, please! Let's talk about this! You're losing your shit right now! We're done talking.
We're done talking.
Wait, wait, wait! Wait, wait, wait! Wait, Roller, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I know I know I messed up, and and if I could do it all over again, I would, I swear.
Yeah? I love you, Roller.
No.
You lying piece of shit.
It's the doctor you respect.
You think I don't know that? You don't love me.
You just love that money.
No.
It's not true! Me and you We was so good together, Roller.
Ride or die me and you! You know it! [Gulps.]
You can't do it.
[Echoing.]
do it.
You can't do it 'cause you love me, too! You love me, Roller! Roller, look out! [Dramatic music plays.]