The Cleaning Lady (2022) s02e04 Episode Script

Previously on "The Cleaning Lady"
Uncle Marco didn't die
because of his gambling.
He died because of me.
What happened to Marco was an accident.
No one can ever know the truth.
And this is a cloning device.
I had a CI on another
case, and I need your help.
So who the hell sent you?
Was it Kamdar?
Robert, I appreciate the loan.
It got me out of a bind.
The vig is $320,000 due Friday
and every Friday after that.
I thought you said
it was one last score.
That was before I owed
$1.6 million to Kamdar.
There's someone else
who's late on his payment.
If you can extract it from him,
we're square for the week.
Well done, Arman.
You know what else I got off those cams?
Your son, killing that guy.
And unless you compensate me,
I'm gonna have to take
that footage to the police.
I want you to delete it.
I will, if you got my money.
This is crazy, even for us.
I still need a minute
to figure this out.
- Morning.
- Good morning.
Morning.
I just had to protect Chris, okay?
So now what?
- Hey.
- What the hell, Garrett?
I mean, where do you get off?
- Maya.
- No, I told you to leave me alone.
What are you talking about?
The chick you sent to the club,
the one pretending to
be a bathroom attendant.
That's your new CI, right?
You sleeping with her, too?
Okay, you know what? Calm down.
You have a black eye, Maya.
I know what that's about. Alright?
It happened to my
mother many, many times,
- so if Cortez is hurting you
- Oh, my God.
You would love if it
was him, wouldn't you?
You, the rescuer, going to save
me from my abusive boyfriend.
Get over yourself, Garrett.
How do you think this
is gonna end, Maya, huh?
You're gonna wind up arrested or dead.
Or we can relocate you.
You start over. WITSEC.
Forget any of this ever happened.
I know you don't want
this life, alright?
Let me take you in.
Give you an official CI number.
You come work for me.
You're not going to get arrested.
I can't do that again. I can't.
They've got eyes on us at all times.
There's a new player in town
even Cortez is afraid to piss off.
Who?
- No, I shouldn't. I have to go.
- Maya, hey.
Who?
Maya!
This is Thony. Please leave a message.
Come on, Thony, look, I need to
know if you cloned Maya's phone.
Alright, if you didn't get it,
just tell me. Shoot me a text,
give me a call,
whatever, a smoke signal.
Alright?
Is he gonna be okay?
His pulse is strong. He
could wake up any minute.
I really wish you'd waited for me, Fi.
I thought we were going to
give him the money together.
I did wait. But you
didn't answer your phone
because you were doing
something for Arman.
- Garrett.
- Whatever it was,
it was more important to you than Chris.
Oh, that's not true, and you know it.
We still had time.
I just wanted it to be over, okay?
So I could stop worrying about Chris.
But then I found these
other videos in his office.
Anything with Chris?
I think I found the file,
but it's password-protected,
so I couldn't see anything,
but then he came in, and he
came at me, and it just
It just all happened so fast, and
Wait
What are you Hey!
What are you doing?
We're going to tie him up.
Find anything with a cord.
Seriously? Could this be any worse?
We can't have him attack one of us again
or walk out and go to the police.
So what? We just leave him
tied up here forever, huh?
No, we make him talk,
get the password,
and we erase that video.
And if talking doesn't work, huh?
I almost killed a man
in front of his father.
You did what you had to.
He was just down on his luck,
and now he's under Kamdar.
Just like us.
We're going to have to
sell more pharmaceuticals
to make next week's payment.
I'll talk to Thony, see what
we can sell for more profit.
Bosco is our contact.
He could get us oxy, coke,
street drugs that make real money.
We can't let Thony dictate
what we can or can't sell.
Nadia, we're not drug dealers.
Do you realize how dangerous that is?
If Sin Cara finds out what we're doing,
he's going to put Bosco's head
in a box right next to ours.
We gotta be smart about this.
Okay, but we don't need
Thony. It's ridiculous.
Hey, don't make this personal, Nadia.
She's the one that knows what
sells in the medical field.
But selling her meds wasn't
enough and never will be.
I need to talk to Robert and ask him
to cut our interest down
or we'll drown in this debt.
No, you're not going to ask
him for another damn thing.
I don't want you close to that guy.
I just hate the way he looks at you.
Now look who's making it personal.
Alright, no, I'll talk
to Kamdar, alright?
I was able to get that
money from the old man
he never thought he'd get back.
And if I can convince him
to let me keep collecting,
maybe I'll cut the weekly vig.
That's beneath you.
Armando, you are not a street thug.
And you'd be on call for
him anytime, any place,
like he owns you.
Look, I can handle your ex, alright?
I know you can.
But if you really want him to say yes,
I should come, too.
Hmm?
We'll do this together.
Alright.
Fi, it's going to be okay.
None of this is okay.
Neither is extorting us for money.
You're right.
We didn't start this. He did.
Aah.
What is this?
What the hell's going on?
The harder you pull,
the tighter they get.
So now you listen to me.
You let me go, or I'll kill you both.
You're not going to do crap
because you're a coward.
That's why you sit behind
cameras, perving on people.
So unless you want us to
turn you in to the police
You better listen up, damn it.
My son is a good kid, and what's
on that video was an accident,
so please don't let this ruin his life.
Sure.
Your son didn't mean to kill that guy.
I didn't mean to end
up in this crappy motel.
You're right. Life ain't fair.
So just pay up. Okay? Let me go,
and we can all be on our merry way.
That's not going to happen.
You're going to stay tied up here
until you give us the password
to erase that video,
and then you can go.
Help!
- Shh, just shut up!
- Somebody!
Somebody, help!
- Shh, shh, shh, shh!
- Help, somebody!
Help!
What the hell was that?
It's just a sedative.
We have about three hours
to figure out what to do
before he wakes up.
The hell, man?
What's wrong with you?
Freak.
Aah!
We just have to figure
out his password somehow
and delete the video, clean the office,
and and And make
sure there's no blood,
and and then that way he won't
He won't have the tape
to blackmail us anymore.
- And then that's it
- Fi, we're not going
to just walk away.
You knocked him out, we
tied him up, sedated him.
He's not just going to forget about it.
He knows who we are, where we live.
This isn't about just the video anymore.
He's the problem now.
We're screwed.
Yes.
I know I shouldn't
have hit him, but I
I can't let Chris go to jail.
Look, I-I'll just
I'll just say I did it.
I pushed Marco down the stairs,
and then they can lock me up instead.
Fi, stop it.
You are not going to go to jail.
And neither is Chris.
You just said there was no way out.
There is.
Arman.
- No. No Arman.
- Yes. You know we can trust him.
No, you might trust
him, but he's not family,
and this is a family matter, period.
No.
It's Chris' school.
Take it.
Hello?
What?
Wait, my Chris? De La Rosa?
Yes, I-I'm coming now.
Okay.
What's wrong? Is he okay?
They said he vandalized school property.
What? That's not like him.
No, it's not.
Uh, I-I have to go pick him up, but
It's okay. He's gonna
be out for a while.
I'll look for the password
in his office,
and you go get Chris
and make sure he's okay.
Okay.
We've already done this, Miller.
You're not on the Cortez case.
Oh, that's too bad,
because I just got someone
to clone Cortez's girlfriend's phone.
So
Whatever you got, you got illegally.
Well, you know what they say.
Nothing worth having comes easy.
But if you want to pass on
a gold mine of information
Alright.
Let's see it.
Yeah, well, I was waiting on
my contact to hand it over.
So you have no idea
what's on that phone.
All it takes is five minutes with you
to know you're full of bull.
Give me 20, and I'll show you I'm not.
But you, on the other hand,
got this in the wrong place.
- Maya Campbell?
- Mm-hmm.
She's a low-level street dealer.
Nope.
Try again.
That's Cortez's girlfriend.
And I just found out there's
another player in the mix.
- Like a new partner?
- Not sure.
It's just someone new, someone
we haven't been tracking.
Which means we need
to talk, compare notes,
see what's being done differently.
Get me the phone, and we'll talk.
- About me being on the case.
- Not what I said.
Yeah.
It's a big swing, Arman.
But why on earth would I agree to that?
I'll collect debts for you, you
never thought you'd get back.
You always told me to come
to you if I needed help.
Okay.
So here's my counter.
A lovers special.
I can make the math work
if you both work for me.
No.
No, Nadia stays out of it.
This is my debt.
Our debt.
So, what's the offer?
If Arman continues to collect for me
and you work the floor here at Fastlane,
I'll cut the vig in half.
I don't know if you've noticed, Robert,
but Nadia doesn't serve drinks anymore.
Oh, I'm well aware.
But are you aware of
your wife's betting expertise?
Of course he is.
Good, because that's all I'm asking for.
Chatting up the customers,
influencing how they bet.
And Nadia is well-versed
in getting a man to lay
everything on the line.
And I should know.
It worked on me.
Why do you think she's here
and not still in the slums in Argentina?
But if it wasn't for her, her
encouragement and her ideas,
there's no way I'd
have a place like this.
I could really use her help around here.
So, do we have a deal?
If we both work for
you, it's no vig at all.
Alright.
No more weekly payments.
But until the rest of
that $1.6 million is paid,
well, you're both mine.
- Scary teeth, huh?
- Yeah.
Want to do your T-Rex roar?
Whoa!
You're really good at that.
It's very scary.
Chris, stop.
We need to talk about this, anak.
Is everything okay?
Um, yes.
Uh, but Chris isn't feeling well,
and Jaz is going to
her dad's after school,
and I need to get back to a job.
Can you stay longer with Luca?
Of course, yeah.
Luca's T-Rex was just
about to eat a Triceratops.
Thank you.
Mom, I don't want to talk about it.
Too bad. You can't act like this, Chris,
and you know that.
You can't get suspended from school.
You can't get in trouble like that.
You just can't.
Calm down. It was one time.
One time's too many.
Don't you get it? You're
not like the other kids
because you're a TNT.
No, I'm not like the other
kids because I killed someone!
Keep your voice down.
Look.
I know this is hard for you, Chris,
but you can't draw attention
to yourself like that.
I mean, what were you
thinking, breaking that mirror?
I just
I just didn't want to look at myself.
I have to get back to work.
I just want you to know
we're doing everything we can
to protect you, anak, but
You have to do your part, too.
Understand?
- Hello?
- Where the hell you been?
I need that cloned phone.
And I'll get it to you, but
No. Now, Thony.
I can't. I'm busy.
Well, then I'll come to you.
No! Garrett, I am at work.
I want to help, but I
can't talk right now.
Okay, listen to me.
I cannot protect Maya
unless I am on this case,
and I cannot get on this case
unless I turn over that phone.
So please.
I'll get it to you today, okay?
Thank you, Thony.
I'm counting on you.
That's a nice ride.
Oh. Thanks.
Yeah, I really thought
we had 'em out there,
but Cam's Sweet Luck is a beast.
Yeah.
So is Robert Kamdar.
Oh, crap.
Kamdar sent you?
Look, you saw what happened
out there. Rebel and I lost.
- That's not my problem.
- And I haven't even been paid
- for my last win.
- Sounds like you need more wins.
No, no, no, just two races, two wins.
Th-That's all I need.
No, no, look, please.
I'm in the hole with more
people than Kamdar, okay?
But just two solid wins, and we
We're good to go, yeah?
Look, just give me some cash then.
Doesn't have to be the whole vig.
I just need to bring
something to Kamdar.
Yeah, abs I-I
I hear you. I got Just
Son of a bitch.
Hey, listen to me!
I'll pay him next week.
You'll pay him now.
You gonna shoot me? Here?
Kamdar will keep sending
me anywhere you are.
He'll keep coming for you
till he gets what he's owed.
It'll end badly if he doesn't.
I'll take my chances.
- Thony.
- I need your help.
- Is Chris alright?
- His hand's a little cut up,
but it'll be It'll be fine.
I-I just wish I knew how
to get through to him.
I mean, how can we protect him
if he keeps doing stuff like this?
Uh, do you want me
to try to talk to him?
He'll just shut you down
like he does with me.
I mean, the nurse says he should
talk to a guidance counselor,
but obviously, that can't happen.
- Any luck here?
- I couldn't find the password
and he's going to wake up
soon, so I called Arman.
- He's on his way.
- What?
But why Why did you do that?
I thought we were handling this alone.
You know we can trust him after
everything he's done for Luca.
No, I don't know that.
And this is about my son.
You shouldn't have made
that decision without me.
Fi, what else do you want me to do?
Garrett is calling me.
The last thing we need
is for him to track my
phone back to this motel.
No, the last thing we need
is more blood on our hands.
What do you think Arman is
going to do to that guy, huh?
It's him.
Hey.
Hey.
I'm Arman.
Uh, uh, hi, I'm I'm Fi.
I mean I'm I'm Fiona. I'm
Call me whatever you want.
Thony told me what happened.
I'm not gonna let this man take
advantage of your family, okay?
- Okay.
- Okay.
He's in there.
Did you tie him up?
Yeah.
I see you've learned a few things.
I heard your new young friend
over there doubled his bet
before the game started.
Yes.
And unfortunately for him,
it's not looking good for Colombia.
Nice work.
Have you heard from your husband?
Didn't you send him out to collect?
I've got a guy at the track.
Arman made an appearance,
but now he's gone.
So unlike you, maybe he's
not so reliable after all.
- Just call him.
- I did,
and apparently, he doesn't know enough
to answer the phone when the boss calls.
You're not his "boss," Robert.
I'm paying for his services,
so by definition, I am.
Robert.
Don't forget that I know you.
I know how you play with people.
This is all just one big game to you.
And it's fine.
But this is just a temporary situation.
You're not Arman's boss or mine.
Hmm?
So figure out how to speak to
both of us with some respect.
Even when you had nothing,
you always had this deep self-respect.
You were born with it.
I hope your husband
appreciates that quality in you.
My husband appreciates
everything about me.
Well, he's not going anywhere.
I'm sorry for calling you in like this.
It's fine.
Is everything okay?
Yeah, I-I just had to take
care of something for Kamdar.
Did he give you more
time to pay off the debt?
Let's just say we came
to an understanding.
How do you know him?
Like, you had business with him before?
No, no. Uh,
he he's Nadia's ex.
He found her running bets at
a back-street bar in Argentina.
He's the one that brought her here.
And now he won't stop reminding her.
So he's running a betting
place and he's a loan shark?
Just on the books.
He funds half the criminal
organizations in Vegas.
Why? D-Did he say something to you?
When you got the money from him?
Well, he, um,
he beat his own man in
front of me with a cue ball.
Just to make a point.
Well, I told Nadia going to
Kamdar was not a good idea.
What if you can't pay him back?
I will.
I'm going to have to.
Hey. Everything okay?
Where are you?
Why, what's wrong?
Robert says you left the
racetrack without collecting?
Well, it didn't work out, so I'm
taking care of something else.
Taking care of what? Where are you?
We can't afford to upset him like this.
Please tell me you're not with her.
Don't make a big deal about it.
Thony needed my help.
She always needs your help.
Nadia
I didn't mean to cause problems for you.
- I shouldn't have called.
- No, it's never a problem
for you to call.
Uh, you two can go.
I'll handle it from here.
- What do you mean, handle it?
- Arman, no.
Even if you find the password,
if you delete the security
video, he can still talk.
There's only one way to stop that.
What, kill him? We're not murderers.
Oh, isn't that why you brought me here?
He's a witness.
Guys like this don't stop.
They keep coming back.
If I don't get rid of him,
he'll always be a threat.
I was a witness.
You didn't kill me.
That's because you're different.
I was scared.
He just needs to be scared
enough to keep his mouth shut.
He's already tied up in a bathtub.
What else can we do?
We need ice.
Who the hell are you?
Someone who could either
spare your life or end it.
Give me the password so
I can delete that video.
And as long as you keep your mouth shut
and you leave these women alone,
you get to live.
So you brought in this goon,
thinking that I'll talk, huh?
Go ahead.
But think about it. If I'm dead,
the cops will be crawling
all over this place.
They'll find the video,
and you'll still be screwed.
Or you can pay me what I want.
We can all walk away happy.
Yeah, until you need
money. Then you'll be back.
I'm not going to let them
live under your thumb.
Then just shoot me.
My life's not worth anything anyway.
Actually, that's where you're wrong.
Your life is worth more than you think.
That shot that I gave
you before is a sedative
that I use on patients
before operations.
- Huh?
- I was a surgeon in the Philippines.
Unfortunately, I don't have
a license here for that.
So I sell organs on the Red Market.
You really are crazy, aren't you?
You think?
People die every day waiting
for organs that never come.
There's a market for that.
I could get $200,000 for your kidney,
half a million for your liver.
Even your corneas are
worth $30,000 each.
What did you do? What
did you take from me?
Nothing, nothing yet.
But if you don't give us the password,
I'll have to take all of it, one by one.
Even your skin.
And the last thing
we'll take is your heart.
That sells for $1 million.
So what it's gonna be?
Password or your organs?
The password. Password, okay?
Just Just don't let her cut me up.
Look, the file, i-it's
called "stairs kid," okay?
And the password's just
that, just "stairs kid"
but backwards with an exclamation point.
- Is that the only file?
- Yeah, it's the only one.
I swear on my mother.
Stay with him.
We'll go check this out.
T-S exclamation mark.
Yes. We're in.
- He's asleep!
- Leave him alone.
Get off him. Let him go.
I said, he's asleep. Just leave
Let go! I said let go!
Marco!
Oh, God. I can't watch this.
Just
It's okay, Fi, it's okay.
Is it gone?
Is it gone? Please.
Just
It's gone. It's all gone.
I-I-I-I wiped the entire hard drive.
Come here.
It's gone, okay?
You just
I mean, the way you
handled this whole thing,
the way you scared Jon.
Hmm? What do you mean?
You were different in there, Thony.
You were different in
there, with him, with Arman.
You really trust him, don't you?
- Yes.
- But why?
How can you, knowing who he is?
Because he always shows up
when I need him.
I told you, Fi.
I'd do anything for our family.
You, the kids, Luca, all of us.
But how we do it is not
always the way we want.
Okay?
Sometimes things just
happen the way they happen.
Bahala na.
Yeah.
Now it's done.
I did what I had to do.
Come on, just clean this place.
No sign of us in this office.
Wha
Oh, God.
What the hell is this?
What is this?
"Stairs kid."
What's wrong? Did it work?
Yes, uh, we deleted the video
from the computer, but
It wasn't the only one.
Five of these are of Chris.
He lied to us.
He made copies. There could be more.
Damn it. You were right.
He's never going to go away.
Extortion never ends.
Unless you end it.
No, I-I can't do this, Thony. I-I can't.
No, you you don't have
to. You don't have to.
I promised to protect your family.
I'll take care of it.
Uh, give us a minute, please.
Okay.
Fi.
Chris is your son.
This is your decision.
What do you want him to do?
I know what we need to do.
I just
Why? W-Why?
- Why did he do this?
- I-I don't know, Fi,
but he did.
He's left us with no choice.
We can't trust him.
Bahala na.
Bahala na.
Whatever happens, happens.
It's okay.
What's he doing here?
I don't know. He's
been calling me all day.
Just go check on Nina.
She needs to go home.
Where the hell have you been?
- That's what you came for, yes?
- Yes.
Thank you. Did you check it?
- You got it, for sure?
- Yes, I got it.
But like I said, doing
this was a one-time thing.
Yeah, no, I hear ya, loud and clear.
Thony, Nina needs you inside.
I think she's going into labor.
- You okay? You good?
- Yes. Yeah, we're good.
Thank you.
Her back started hurting,
a-and now i-it's everywhere.
I-I don't know what
Nina? It's not in your back anymore?
Do you think you can stand up and walk?
- I think so.
- Alright.
Um, Chris, you take Luca in your room.
- I'm going to need your bed.
- Yeah, of course, of course.
Let's go, let's go.
Got another one to double his bet.
Sixth one today.
Clearly you haven't lost your touch.
Yeah, do you need anything else tonight?
Why are you asking me?
I'm not your boss.
Do you have another bottle
of that wine from Mendoza?
Of course I do.
Glad to see you haven't
forgotten your roots.
A woman should never
forget where she comes from.
It's late.
Arman's not expecting you?
Arman's not my boss, either.
Salud.
Salud.
Oh, it hurt so much.
I thought I was having
contractions, but he said
it was just Braxton Hicks.
I'm only 36 weeks.
Your doctor should've listened to you.
You're in labor.
Your water already broke.
Oh, my God, okay. Can
you go to the ER with me?
There's no time to go to the ER.
Your baby's coming right now.
Breathe, breathe. On my count.
1, 2, 3.
Push.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
I can see the head of
the baby crowning, Nina.
1, 2, 3. Push.
It's a boy.
It's a boy.
Luca, Chris, come see the baby.
Come here, come here, come here.
- Is the baby okay?
- Yeah. Healthy boy.
Do you want to hold him?
I've got you.
I got you.