Interior Chinatown (2024) s01e09 Episode Script

1
My God.
[dramatic music plays]
[TV announcer] Previously on
Black & White: Impossible Crimes Unit
[Carrey] Police, freeze!
- [slams receiver]
- My God.
Detective, you're gonna wanna see this.
This is Kung Fu Guy.
[thug grunts]
Kung Fu Guy at your service.
[Carrey] The Painted Faces,
they're a ruthless organization.
Long have pulled the strings in Chinatown.
[McDonough]
We're starting a special task force.
You're gonna be the muscle
that cleans up this neighborhood
and takes these bad guys down.
You will not regret this.
[Carrey]
We're asking a lot of Kung Fu Guy.
What if he can't handle it?
- He's just a kid.
- He is just a kid.
But he's special.
[gunshot]
[Carrey]
I tried to warn the chief that night.
I told him it had all gone too far.
And now my partner was alone
with this troubled kid.
It was him.
Your brother killed McDonough.
[mysterious music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
[Sarah Green] [on phone]
So you're just a full-time artist now?
The term is mangaka.
[Sarah] [sighs]
Well, it's been nonstop here.
Closed three whole cases in a week.
New record.
[Miles Turner] [on phone] That's great.
You're making a difference.
Willis too.
He's a good partner.
You know, very easy to talk to.
Great quips.
We kind of have a vibe, if I'm honest.
I'm excited for you.
I mean, this is everything
you ever wanted.
[Sarah] Yeah, I guess
I just needed to spread my wings.
You know, I
I have a feeling
I've never really had before.
Like my whole life is about to change,
like something really big
is on the horizon.
You ever felt that way, Turner?
[Miles] Yeah.
This is your moment, Green.
Uh, I gotta get back to work.
Enjoy retirement mangaka.
[Turner chuckles]
[phone beeps]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Miles] Where'd that cloud come from?
[music continues]
Huh.
[pencil scribbling]
[thunder rumbling]
[gentle music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
♪
[explosion booms]
[people screaming]
[car alarms blaring]
[synth-pop music playing]
[music continues]
[indistinct chatter]
[sirens wailing]
[tires screeching]
[Sarah] Lock down the perimeter.
You, camera boy,
I need shots of the bodies
from every angle.
You, bomb guy, I need residue samples
from the rubble to the lab immediately.
Come on, boys.
Get the chalk out of your asses
and start drawing some fucking outlines.
[pensive music playing]
Looks like our mad bomber's back.
Unless
It was someone else all along.
Hey, bag this.
You seem skeptical.
I [sighs]
Something just doesn't add up.
I've lived in Chinatown my whole life,
but I've only ever heard
about the Painted Faces via the cops.
It seems convenient, doesn't it?
Well what about the files, Willis?
I mean, there's no denying
your brother had a certain association
with them back in the day.
- I know.
- [Chief Walden] [on radio] Green, come in.
- [Sarah] Go for Green.
- [indistinct radio chatter]
Oh, shit, be right there.
Hey, we gotta head back to the precinct.
Some detective just showed up
after a 12-year absence, wants to talk.
[Willis Wu]
So? What does that have to do with us?
Willis, it's McDonough.
McDonough?
I thought he was dead.
[Sarah] Let's roll.
[typewriter keys clacking]
[Carrey] I get a call last night
to come down to the hospital,
and there he was.
Hasn't aged a day.
It's crazy, right?
And this is true?
[low, intense music playing]
[camera beeping]
That's what they tell me.
[Sarah] Well, you wanted to talk.
Talk.
[McDonough] The night I got shot
Good place to start.
Look, is it even appropriate
having him in the room?
My brother was accused of murdering him.
So if he has something to say,
I have a right to be here.
You're his brother?
Willis?
I tracked him to the docks,
confronted him.
We were friends.
[scoffs]
I thought that I could bring him in,
that he'd trust me,
but he was
really scared,
not thinking straight,
saying all kinds of shit.
[Willis] What kinda shit?
What happened to him?
To Jonny?
He's dead.
Dead?
[Sarah] Jonathan Wu
drowned trying to flee the scene.
[McDonough] No, that can't be.
Is there anything else you can tell us?
[dramatic sting plays]
That's all I remember.
[Sarah] Thanks for your time.
[footsteps receding]
[Chief Walden]
Add another seven to their death toll.
[Willis] What if this wasn't
the Painted Faces?
[Chief Walden] I've heard enough.
But I'll tell you something, Detective Wu.
You can stop this.
Me?
How?
McDonough was on to the Painted Faces,
that's why your brother shot him.
Take down your brother's gang, and you
stop all the violence in Chinatown.
You don't wanna protect them?
Your mom, your dad, your people.
You don't wanna help them?
Willis, don't make
the same mistakes he did.
You're right, Chief.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[indistinct chatter]
[Chief Walden]
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
We'll now have Detectives Wu and Green
take you further into the investigation.
[Willis] Thank you, Chief.
[on TV] Detective Green and I
are here to announce
a major development in an ongoing case.
[Sarah] [on TV] That's right. Evidence has
been found linking the Painted Faces
to this morning's explosion
in Port Harbour's Chinatown.
- [Green continues indistinctly]
- [grunts sharply]
- [door opens]
- Oh, I died again.
Ugh. I'll never get to the roof.
[Sarah] armed and extremely dangerous.
[Willis]
The success of this investigation
Who's that?
lies on cooperation
across the many departments
It's Willis. You don't remember
Oh, I see you're being sarcastic.
Alright, let's get back to work, everybody.
- Come on, staff meeting now.
- [turns off TV]
A staff meeting?
I didn't know you were the new boss.
- Ooh.
- [Carl] Oh!
- Well, I am when Uncle Wong's not here.
- [Lana Lee] Huh.
And by the way, why are you here?
- She works here.
- Exactly.
[Fatty Choi] Hot people just think
they can stroll in anywhere you want,
take any job anytime.
He thinks I'm hot.
So you went from
barbacking to lead detecting
- Yeah.
- to now busboy?
And along the way,
you ate a buttload of shrimp.
[sighs]
It's a little depressing.
You could say that,
or you could say that I grieved my losses,
swallowed my depression along
with hundreds of shrimp,
and I repositioned myself
dead in the center.
Whoa, center of what?
The mystery.
Cool.
I have no idea what you're talking about,
but it sounds super cool.
[crackling]
[soft, peppy music playing]
Try this.
- Just by itself?
- [Fatty] Yes.
[music continues]
[Carl] Hmm.
Okay, now try this.
[music continues]
[both] Mm.
I
- Honestly, I don't taste the difference.
- Yeah.
I knew it!
Mike's Forbidden City sauce.
They're selling it
at an organic wine shop.
It's a blatant ripoff of my sauce.
Which is a ripoff of the table sauce.
[Fatty] Mike's gonna pay for this.
No one appropriates
Chinese culture other than me.
[slams table]
I've seen her before.
[Carl] Oh, yeah.
I think she works
at the nail salon on the corner.
[suspenseful music playing]
[newscaster] A local nail salon worker
[Lana] See? She's definitely dead.
[inaudible dialogue]
[music continues]
[Willis]
The bombing, McDonough waking up,
crime rising in Chinatown
it's all too convenient.
[mysterious music playing]
They want me to play my role
but I'm done playing detective.
Time to do this for real.
[static]
[bicycle bell rings]
[beeping]
[Lana] Alright, Uncle,
where do you fit into all of this?
[Willis] My brother may have lied
hidden things from me
but he's not who they say.
The truth is on that boat.
[sighs]
[mysterious music playing]
[suspenseful music playing]
[pants]
[music continues]
You handcuffed yourself to the pipe?
[rumbling]
[grunting]
[screams]
Why would he cuff himself?
Only McDonough knows.
I just need to find him.
[knock on door]
[Lily Wu] Uh, eh Hi. [chuckles]
[sighs]
[Mrs. Guo mumbles]
[Lily sighs]
[chuckles softly]
[suspenseful music playing]
[sighs]
[Sarah] Detective Wu has gone missing.
We checked his condo, no sign.
Hopefully, he'll surface.
It's like he doesn't wanna
take down the Painted Faces.
[Sarah] What are you saying, Chief?
[Chief Walden] Since Wu got here,
we reopened his brother's case,
Turner quit,
and crime in the city is surging.
Think that's a coincidence?
You haven't wondered, "Who is this guy?
What's he doing in our department?"
He's good police, Chief.
This is just, uh, personal to him.
He should come around.
And if not?
I can run this unit alone, Chief.
I've been training for it my entire life.
Listen, Green.
This isn't easy for me to say
but I don't know
if you're the right man for the job.
Are you calling me unlikable?
Look, you, you just
lack the specific quality
that determines a leader.
- A penis.
- [Chief Walden sighs]
[Chief Walden] Find out what Wu's doing
and what he's been hiding,
or you're fired.
How's that for a penis?
[dramatic music plays]
[seagulls calling]
[Lana] I knew it. The bomb victims.
You can't arrest me again.
That's That's not why I'm here.
The Vietnamese nail tech
died three months ago.
This morning, I saw her alive
at Golden Palace.
- The construction worker died
- Shh.
He's dead again.
And then came back, then died again
in a different case.
People from the bomb.
I've been tracing every victim
from every Chinatown crime
in the past five months.
[soft, dramatic music playing]
People are being killed
and somehow recycled.
- What do you want?
- [Lana] What do I want?
So I'm not crazy.
Okay, well, let me talk to them.
People need to know what's happening.
[chuckles]
- You're a cop.
- No, I'm not.
[door closes]
- Not anymore.
- Doesn't matter.
[Lana] It does matter.
- [Uncle Wong sighs]
- It It does matter.
Somebody has to do something.
This is what I'm doing.
This is all anyone can do.
You're an outsider.
They'll never talk to you.
I know you can't understand this.
Look at you.
This would never happen to you out there.
This is [sighs]
You will never completely understand.
[speaking Mandarin]
[dishes clattering]
Everything looks great.
These are enough signatures
to start work on the building.
Great.
That's good. [chuckles]
Are you
How are you?
Okay. [sighs]
Just a little tired
getting signatures all day.
Uh, you know, I didn't see
Uncle Joe's signature on this.
Uh, he will be sign later, and Willis too.
You young people living your lives.
[chuckles] That's the whole point.
[sighs]
Yes. Of course.
Everyone will appreciate it
when this place is fixed up.
[scoffs] If they can still
afford to live here.
A lot of people are gonna be priced out.
Hopefully, it'll all work out.
Yeah, hopefully, will work out.
[chuckles nervously]
- See you at the banquet.
- [Lily] Okay.
Buh-bye.
[door closes]
[fists thumping]
[Fatty muttering]
[Fatty] Probably doesn't even
know what it means.
Not even [continues muttering]
[thumping continues]
Thieving hipster.
[hip-hop song playing]
[pants]
Oh, Audrey Chan.
- What's up?
- Fatty, are you okay?
[pants]
[music continues]
Uh, sure.
[mysterious music playing]
[Sarah] [softly] Willis Wu.
[trilling]
What the hell?
Why are there so many files on him?
I'm supposed to personally
deliver this to Detective Lee.
If there's a video surveillance,
it would be here.
Right.
Tech Guy at your service.
I'm here, I'm here.
See, translator.
[Lana] [on monitor] If we have any chance
of finding out what happened,
you have to go home now.
Don't come back until I call you.
Seriously.
[door closes]
[mouse clicks]
[Willis] [on monitor] Operation Kung Pow.
Okay, that's just racist.
What even is that?
[Carrey] [on monitor]
He lied to us about the Painted Faces.
I need to make sure we can trust him,
or this whole operation may fall apart.
Sometimes you gotta roll the dice.
[Carrey scoffs]
[Carrey] Yeah, and sometimes
you gotta stack the deck.
McDonough, your Kung Fu Guy
is not who he thinks he is.
He's not one of us.
He's our fall guy and nothin' more.
[mysterious music continues]
You're gonna let me disappear right now.
And if you don't,
if you don't, I'm gonna kill you.
[gunshot]
[heavy breathing]
[mouse clicks]
[gasps]
The whole fucking time.
[Chief Walden]
You finally came to your senses.
We should never have trusted Wu.
Track him down, Green.
How am I supposed to do that?
Gee, you know, I don't know.
Maybe retrace his steps.
You are a detective, right?
Right.
[newscaster] [on TV] Port Harbour PD
is now seeking information
on the whereabouts of Willis Wu.
Authorities won't confirm on record
but rumors are swirling that Detective Wu
may be wanted
for questioning in connection
with the Painted Faces bombing.
[Hazel] Oh. Hello, young man.
Uh, are you selling newspapers?
Oh. No, ma'am.
- Is Detective Carrey here?
- [Carrey] Who's askin'?
[Willis] Just got a couple questions
for your partner.
Yeah, well, he's not here.
Didn't think he would be.
You and your mother
are back together. Congrats.
It's a fuckin' fairytale.
It's temporary.
I'm leavin' town, for good this time.
I'm sorry.
Peace offering.
Thanks.
It's her favorite, right?
Please tell McDonough
no hard feelings, okay?
[suspenseful music playing]
[keypad beeping]
[line ringing]
Hey, tell him to stay put.
And don't let him get too sloppy, okay?
He's not well.
[music continues]
[keypad beeping]
[line ringing]
[woman] [on phone]
Cactus Diner, what can I get ya?
Hey, I'm picking up an order.
What are your cross streets?
[knock on door]
[Joe Wu] What?
Come on in. Come in, come in, come in.
Sit, sit. Sit, sit, sit.
Hmm?
I made mistake.
I, I don't know the way out of it.
Darling.
There's always a way.
Mike told me I can't sue him,
because it's not a recipe,
and so I can't legally own it.
Yeah, he's not wrong.
I mean, I'm not team Mike,
but he's not wrong.
It's not a proprietary recipe.
Well, clearly.
The one thing you do own is your image.
Mike would probably license that from you.
Fuck Mike.
I'm not licensing shit to Mike.
Okay, seriously,
people love "mean waiter."
[sighs]
The thing is
I didn't even want
any of this shit, you know?
[Audrey] Mm-hmm.
[Fatty] Yeah, I guess I wanted to matter.
But not to these dumb rich people
buying my garbage sauce.
I just wanted
to be appreciated by Willis
[Audrey] I know.
But he doesn't care.
Okay, don't be crazy.
Willis cares about you.
I should just be a sellout
and sell my dumb face, right?
- Like, what does it matter?
- It's not a dumb face.
And you're not a sellout.
Take it from me, a fucking sellout.
Uh, no way.
How are you a sellout?
It's true.
I've done everything right,
and what do I have to show for it?
I'm just totally alone.
And borderline evil.
Stop, okay? This is crazy talk.
This is crazy talk.
Hey, Audrey Chan, look at me.
I think you're awesome.
Okay, well, I appreciate you.
Okay, I'll do you one better.
- I think you're amazing.
- Shut up.
- I think you're a genius.
- Shut up!
No, seriously.
You're like very independent
and so confident.
You're like this super smart,
capable woman.
Your life is so fun and exciting,
and you're hot
Shut up, Fatty.
Holy shit, this can't be happening.
Turner, I need your help.
You're my best friend.
Of course.
[Sarah] You're getting good at this.
Who's that?
Takeshi-san.
He exited an elevator
and stepped into the future.
Okay.
What's going on, Green?
The chief wants to make an arrest
in the Painted Faces,
and I found something.
Turner, do you remember
the first time you saw Willis Wu?
He was the translator, right?
He was a waiter.
He interfered with our investigation.
He's been insinuating himself
into the department ever since.
Meaning?
[Sarah] Meaning he doesn't
belong in the job.
He never did.
He tricked us every step of the way.
He's just a guy.
Just a guy with a vendetta
whose brother was a gang leader.
Do you see how this looks?
They're setting him up.
It's family history,
it's motive to make it look like Willis
has every reason in the world
to wanna screw over our department
for what we did to his family.
And I know what I'm supposed to do,
and I know what chief wants me to do,
and I I know him now.
I know him now, and I don't
I can't do it.
He's a good kid.
The chief is wrong, this is wrong.
If it feels wrong, then don't.
[sighs] I don't have a choice.
They're gonna fire me.
[Miles] Uh, then they don't deserve you.
You know, maybe they never have.
[Sarah] What do you mean?
I mean, how do you think
we got those jobs?
- I don't care.
- You never wondered about that?
They brought us in to smooth things over.
Cover up the mess
made by Carrey and McDonough.
- We could have been anyone.
- No shit.
I don't care,
I don't care how I got the job.
I just know that I love doing it.
I love doing it, Turner.
But that's not enough.
I'm not enough on my own.
Christ, Green.
It hurts to see you like this.
[Sarah] Then come back.
This job is all I have,
but I can't do it without you.
Please just come back.
[gentle music playing]
You won't.
I can't.
That's not me anymore.
You really can't.
And you're right,
Willis Wu is just a guy from Chinatown
but so was his brother.
We can't keep doing this to him.
Maybe he just wanted to be a detective
and find out the truth,
even when no one wanted him.
[music continues]
Maybe he's like me.
Shit.
[Miles] What, what, what are you doing?
I'm gonna talk to the chief
and I'll tell him I've got nothing
and I'll face the consequences.
Take care of yourself, partner.
[door closes]
[soft oldies music playing]
[Willis] Join you?
[McDonough] Looks like you found me.
What do you want, detective?
Willis.
Aidan.
Aidan.
I just wanna hear your side of the story.
I've seen the tapes,
but something's missing.
What was my brother so afraid of?
Hey, he liked you.
He trusted you.
[clicks tongue] He shouldn't have.
That night after I fought with Carrey,
I tracked Jonathan to the docks.
He made a phone call.
Then he just
stood there on the dock
watching the water.
[suspenseful music playing]
Like I said, we were friends.
I thought that I could help him.
Jonny.
I'm alone.
I just wanna talk.
[scoffs]
Hey, come on. We've been watching you.
I know.
Then you know that we saw you
with the Painted Faces.
It looked like you were in charge,
pulling the strings the whole time.
Why?
Why do you
Why do you think you started watching me?
Because I got orders.
- From who?
- [McDonough] Look, this is simple.
Come with me to the station
and we can clear this up.
No, you
See, okay, you
This is just the beginning.
This whole place is just, this is
This is all a lie
and I'm the only one who can see that.
- Jonny.
- [Jonathan] So
- Jonny.
- [Jonathan] So, this is how it's gonna go.
You're gonna let me disappear right now
or I will kill you.
What about the girl
on the boat, Lana, right?
What do you know about her, huh?
You think she might wanna come down
and take a tour of the precinct?
We can bring your parents too.
Make a day of it.
The pager, Jonny.
What?
What the fuck?
[sighs]
So this is how you were tracking me.
[sucks teeth]
[pager thuds]
You leave her alone.
You got me and my family.
You leave them the fuck alone.
You have my word
but only if you come with me right now.
Okay? You're out of options.
I need you to trust me.
The only way out of this
is to turn yourself in.
You're a wanted man.
You got a brother, right? Willis?
Think about Willis.
- He looks up to you.
- [sighs]
Alright.
Alright. Let's go.
- [McDonough] I have to cuff you.
- What?
You threatened to kill me, man.
I'm a cop.
[handcuffs clinking]
It's alright.
- [handcuffs click]
- It's gonna be alright.
[suspenseful music playing]
[tires screeching]
- Did you call them?
- No.
- [Jonathan] Who the hell are they?
- [McDonough] These aren't cops.
[man 1] [speaking indistinctly] Let's go.
[man 2] Stay sharp, target is dangerous.
The boss wants him alive.
[indistinct chatter]
[music continues]
Target is on the move.
[grunting]
[grunting continues]
Keys, keys!
[McDonough grunting]
[groans]
[grunting continues]
[McDonough] Alright, come on.
[man yells]
[screaming]
[grunting]
[McDonough] He was our guy
- the good guy.
- [gunshot]
[panting]
Until he stopped playing by our rules.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- [panting]
- [McDonough groaning]
[Jonathan] Shit, we gotta
get you out of here.
Aw, fuck.
I'm not leaving you.
Go.
Go.
I was losing blood, things going dark.
[Jonathan panting]
The last thing I remember
was your brother
running for his life.
I couldn't save him.
So that's it.
They shot you and he ran to the boat.
[McDonough] They faked my death
and pinned it on your brother.
And you
where have you really been
this whole time?
Oh, I [grunts]
[dramatic music playing]
[video game effects, music playing]
Aidan, I can get you somewhere safe, okay?
You should run, Willis.
I'm serious.
I think things are gonna get
much, much worse for you.
They'll get you, Willis.
They always get their guy.
[jarring stinger]
[classical Western music playing]
[siren wailing]
[wailing continues]
[wailing continues]
[music continues]
- [siren wails louder]
- [McDonough screams]
[newscaster] [on TV]
In a shocking turn of events,
yet another explosion rocks Chinatown.
The latest victim,
a 79-year-old elderly resident.
The department
has named Detective Willis Wu
the prime suspect.
And the Port Harbour chief
is giving a press conference right now.
Let's just go to him live.
[slow, somber music playing]
[labored breathing]
[music continues]
- [door opens]
- [gasping]
[Mrs. Guo crying]
[continues crying]
[door closes]
Chief wants to talk to you, Sarah.
Don't call me Sarah, Randall.
What did you call me?
What did I call you?
Chief called a press conference.
He's naming a person of interest
in the Painted Faces case.
Fuck me.
Can you help him?
I'm gonna try.
[dramatic music playing]
[Willis] There was one other group
who might know what happened to Jonny
if I can find them.
Or maybe they want to be found.
[Lana] So has all of this just
been back here the whole time?
Yeah, they only use it
once a year for the banquet.
Why are you asking?
You still trying to solve a mystery?
I'm just a, uh
Busboy. [chuckles]
Uh, Mrs. Wu.
- Hi.
- [Lana] [chuckles] Hi.
Oh, are you a part of the banquet?
Oh, yeah. Uh, uh
I'm getting some sort of a-award.
Well, that's amazing.
I'm sure your family
is really proud of you.
[sighs] Maybe they will be
one day.
I-I don't know.
[sighs]
[dark music playing]
HBWC, that's who cuts my paychecks.
[Joe] This big company
just buying up everything.
[sighs]
[Uncle Wong] Lana.
- Uh
- This is Mrs. Guo.
She'll talk to you.
[speaking Mandarin]
She was in the explosion.
[upbeat music playing]
[music continues]
[speaking Mandarin]
Boom!
[Uncle Wong]
Across the street, heard a boom.
[speaking Mandarin]
Then everything went black.
[speaking Mandarin]
[Uncle Wong] She couldn't move.
[speaking Mandarin]
[Uncle Wong] And she was in a room.
[speaking Cantonese]
[Uncle Wong] So many people.
[speaking Mandarin]
And then she heard
[music continues]
[music continues]
[speaking Mandarin]
[speaks Mandarin]
[Uncle Wong sighs]
That's all she has.
It's gone.
- [video game music]
- [Carl] Die, die, die!
I'm so sorry, Mrs. Guo.
- It's a stupid game.
- [gasps]
[intense music playing]
[video game music playing]
Is she okay? Are
[video game music continues]
[Carl] Oh!
[game over sound playing on arcade]
I was so close this time.
[Carl sighs]
[dramatic music playing]
Oh, my God.
[peppy music playing]
What is it?
[music continues]
[Willis] I found it
the center of the mystery.
Chinatown, the docks, the tunnels,
they're all connected.
It all leads here
to the Painted Faces.
And apparently
[Painted Face Member] Willis Wu.
You're finally here.
[Willis] to me.
- [music continues]
- [beeping]
Carl, quarter.
[coins rattle]
[music continues]
[coin clatters]
Fists of fury ♪
[vocalizing]
[music continues]
[vocalizing continues]
[music continues]
[vocalizing continues]
Oh, yeah ♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
Yeah, yeah! ♪
Alright ♪
Whoo! ♪
[fanfare plays]