Animal Kingdom (US) (2016) s03e10 Episode Script
Off the Tit
1 When are we, uh, gonna see our cut? J's kind of holding all our ends at the moment.
J's holding our money for safekeeping? Yes, that's correct.
Yo, I got you, I got you, I got you! He needs a hospital.
No.
No, no.
It's a gunshot wound.
- The ER will call the police.
- He's not gonna make it! LINC: How is he? DERAN: You know, the one decent person in my life, and you You chase him away.
I just fixed your mess! DCFS has determined this living arrangement is not in Lena's best interest.
- We're going to remove Lena at this time.
- POPE: No.
- She's not going anywhere.
- Mr.
Cody.
It's in her best interests And yours To not make this scary for her.
You're gonna go with these people, okay? I'm I'm gonna come get you.
Don't be scared.
Are you looking after my mom in here? So you're a Cody? MARCO: Sorry to hear about your brother.
Let's go.
That's a down payment.
I need you to take a little trip down to Mexico for me.
She stares deeply Locked inside me Burnin' brightly One they know that I cannot take Waitin' for it all to begin Every night now, they'll win Come and meet my black hole Got a big black hole Got a big black hole I've got a big black hole I've got a big black, big black hole Got a big black hole inside of me [ENGINE REVVING.]
[CAR HORNS HONKING.]
[BRAKES SQUEALING.]
[SPEAKING SPANISH.]
Shh! [SPEAKING SPANISH.]
[GATE CLANKS, CREAKS.]
[COWS LOWING.]
SÃ.
[SPEAKING SPANISH.]
[GUN COCKS.]
[GUNSHOT.]
[FOOTSTEPS RUNNING.]
[CAR DOOR OPENS, SHUTS.]
[ENGINE STARTS.]
[CELLPHONE RINGING.]
[TAPS.]
Hold on.
[MAN MOANS.]
[SIGHS, EXHALES.]
[MOANS.]
Better be good news, Pete.
Well, there ain't no sign of him yet.
Then why are you calling me? Look, the early bird gets the worm, you know? I just wanna let you know I'm on it.
Tina followed them out to the desert.
Didn't see Marco.
Going back today with a couple of guys.
Don't come back without him.
Oh, hey, baby.
Hey.
Did you spend the night? Yeah.
[SMOOCH.]
Did your friend stay over? - Who? - Mia.
Oh, no.
She's welcome anytime.
Thanks.
I'd like to meet her.
I'm sure you would.
- Going out? - Yeah.
Have a nice day, baby.
Thanks.
[DOOR SLIDES OPEN, CLOSED.]
[VEHICLE APPROACHES.]
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF.]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES.]
Excuse me! Ma'am? I need to talk to someone about my niece.
Oh.
We're not open yet, sir.
Yeah.
I want to be the first in line.
- We open at 9:00, sir.
- Her name is Lena Blackwell.
You need to make an appointment.
[KEYS JINGLE.]
Please.
Excuse me, sir.
[LOCK CLICKS.]
[HEAVY-METAL MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR RADIO.]
[MUSIC STOPS.]
J: You look like shit.
Are you sleeping in your car? Occasionally.
What, you don't make enough at the garage to rent your own place? I'm saving up for a mansion in the Hills.
Did you figure out what you're gonna do? About Smurf? All right, dude.
Why am I here? You can shovel that shit in your face without me.
- [CHAIR SCRAPES.]
- No, wait.
I just I need you to find out what Pete's up to.
Why would I do that? Just what he's doing for Smurf.
I heard her talking to him on the phone this morning.
Something's up.
We gonna be partners? No.
[SCOFFS.]
So, then, what's in it for me? I could rent you a place, maybe.
Unless you'd rather keep sleeping in your car.
LINC: Thank you, baby.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Hey, hey, Linc! Yo, that guy that got shot down No.
No.
Keep your voice down.
Look, man, that was my friend, not not Deran's, all right? - Deran doesn't even know him.
- I don't care.
Look, I caused the shitstorm, man, all right? I screwed up.
[SIGHS.]
Dude, you did me a favor.
Seriously, that's not my life.
W-We're straight.
I'm not gonna say anything.
Look, Deran likes you, all right, man? I don't want to ruin that for him.
I have a patient.
[SIGHS.]
Hey, will you will you just think about it? It's about time you started chipping in for groceries.
Yeah.
[COFFEE POURS.]
How long you planning on hanging around? [EXHALES.]
I don't know.
Probably a while.
- Spend some more quality time with Deran.
- [DISH CLATTERS.]
- [DRAWER OPENS, CLOSES.]
- Him and me are really hitting it off.
I mean, it goes deep, 'cause we even got the same haircut.
Is that so? You know, I never knew haircuts were hereditary.
[MUG CLATTERS.]
I hope you're not planning on staying here, baby.
Nope.
Gettin' my own place.
- Really? - Mm-hmm.
First and last month's rent, security deposit? You got all that cash? Yeah, I got it.
Oh, yeah.
- From the job, right.
- Yep.
Morning.
Hey! [DISH CLATTERS.]
[COFFEE POURS.]
I'm going for a swim, and then I'm gonna smoke a joint.
You're welcome to join me once you're done reminiscing.
- [DOOR SLIDES CLOSED.]
- "Reminiscing" That's an interesting way to put it.
So the boys gave you your cut of the money already, huh? No, but they will.
[CHUCKLES.]
You were always such a trusting man.
Yeah.
And then I met you.
You're never gonna see a penny of that money.
Yeah, I will.
Honor among thieves.
Shit like that, huh? Now, if you want me to talk to them for you, I can do that.
No, no.
I don't want you talking to them, okay? Nobody hates you more than those boys.
Really? With the possible exception of me.
You raised some smart kids, and they know not to screw the idea man.
[LAUGHS.]
[ENGINE RUMBLING.]
[SIREN WAILING.]
[WAILING FADES.]
Hey.
Hey.
How was Bali? Surf was good.
When'd you get back? A couple weeks ago.
You got sick when you were there? Why? Hospital.
I had to see my doctor.
I had an ultrasound.
I'm pregnant.
What? Wait, is is it Is it mine? No.
Who's the daddy? I should go.
- Wait, wait.
Hey, am I the daddy? - No, Craig.
- I I could help.
- No, thanks.
- [ENGINE STARTS.]
- Renn.
I'm good.
All right.
Take care, then.
Always do.
[TIRES SCREECH.]
[WOMAN VOCALIZING.]
- Here you go, pal.
- Finally.
[DOOR OPENS.]
Hey! - Talk to you for a second? - Yeah.
Hey, give me a minute.
I'll be in the back.
[SIGHS.]
Mnh-mnh.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
What's up? Uh I been thinkin'.
- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.
About what? Smurf might just be messin' with my mind, but I gotta ask.
[EXHALES DEEPLY.]
You're not gonna screw me on my money, right? No.
Okay.
I'm sorry I even asked.
You just know how she is.
I just I spend a little time with her, you know what I mean? Yeah.
Well, you just You can't let her.
I'm tryin'.
Yeah.
You're not gonna screw me, right? - Jesus Christ, Billy.
No.
- No, no, no, I know.
I know.
- We're not gonna screw you.
- Okay.
How many times do I gotta say it? I'm sorry.
I mean, I know you like me.
You don't want to admit it, but this has been a Me hanging out with you has been been great, right? [SINGING CONTINUES.]
Me, too.
I think it's I mean, dude, I'm thinking like I'm gonna hang around a little more, like, spend some more time.
So 'Cause I'm thinkin' I might actually get my own place.
[SNIFFS.]
Which means, you know [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
I'm gonna need some cash to do that.
Yeah, and you'll get your cash.
Yeah, but, like, I need it I'm gonna need it now, dude.
I gotta, like, put a, you know I got I I know, but J is in charge of this job, okay? Every time I talk to you about money, that kid's Goddamn name comes up.
Because, Billy, that's how we work, okay? Someone is in charge of the cash, and then they launder it, and then they dole it back out to everybody else so they don't go spending it all - and end up on a cop's radar or some shit.
- Okay.
Okay, that's just how we work.
Why don't you just give me J's number so I can talk to him directly? [SNIFFS.]
Seriously.
All right.
[PAPER RUSTLING.]
You can have J's number, but he's just gonna end up telling you the same shit that I'm telling you.
[PAPER RIPS.]
Anything else? Do you need some money to tide you over? Yeah.
I got bills to pay.
Oh, you got bills to pay? Yeah! I got bills to pay.
Yeah, okay.
[LOCK CLICKING.]
[SAFE OPENS.]
[SAFE SHUTS.]
Here.
$500.
That should be enough, right? Just, uh, don't go and shoot it all up at once and die on me, all right? [TELEPHONES RINGING, INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[SIGHS.]
WOMAN: DCFS.
Good morning.
Fill all this out for me and have a seat, all right? [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
Rachel Neal! Come on.
Let's go.
Come on.
[RINGING, CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE.]
[SIGHS.]
How long is the wait usually? They'll call you.
Yeah, but when? I was the first one here, and I still haven't been seen.
- You got an appointment? - No.
So they'll get to you when they can.
[SIGHS.]
Listen.
I need to talk to somebody about my niece.
This is her first time in the system.
- She's gonna be scared.
- Take Take a seat, sir.
[SIGHS.]
Hey.
So, what, you want to see me sit on a dryer or something? This place is for sale.
Think I might buy it.
So you dragged me all the way over here to talk about commercial real estate? Well, you need money.
I need someone to take care of this place.
You want to run cash through this place? Why not? 'Cause it runs on quarters.
It's gonna take you forever.
$15,000 a month.
Okay.
Laundering money through a laundromat.
That's kind of poetic.
[CHUCKLES.]
There's something else that I might need you to do.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
You know, I might have fixed things with Linc.
I went by and talked to him.
I felt bad, man, but you know what? I think he might be coming around.
Stop, okay? I didn't like the guy.
You like him.
No, I don't.
You like him, okay? Maybe you should date him.
Wearing his stupid hats and taking him surfing and shit.
You know what? Just I I don't need your help, okay? I don't need your help.
Renn's pregnant.
No.
No, it's it's not mine, but Okay, good.
Well, you dodged a bullet with that one.
What, you want to be a dad right now? I don't know, man.
Maybe.
Okay, be a dad, don't be a dad.
I I can't deal with this shit right now.
[CAR DOOR SHUTS.]
[SPEAKING SPANISH.]
Hola.
¿Cómo estás? [INDISTINCT CONVERSATION.]
[DOORS SLAMMING.]
[TELEPHONE RINGING.]
Where you going? Mexico.
The phone's ringing.
[TELEPHONE BEEPS.]
Little Pete's.
[VAN ENGINE STARTS.]
No, he's not in right now.
[CAR DOOR SHUTS.]
There he is.
Hey, man.
Where's J? Don't know.
You want some of this? No.
You want one? Sure.
Hey, you think it's right that, uh, I have to wait for my cut on the job? - We all wait.
- [BOTTLE FIZZES.]
Why? We're adults.
Not my call.
Yeah.
Of course it's not your call.
They keep you on a tight leash.
- You're like the family pet.
- [BOTTLE FIZZES.]
Eat a dick, Billy.
Every family's got one.
The hell are you talking about, man? A floater.
The turd that just won't flush.
What's your problem, man? How much money you got in your pocket? Right.
There's your answer.
You know what, I can get my money from the storage unit anytime I want.
Money's in a storage unit, huh? Yo, it's better off there than here with you.
You'd probably blow through it in a week, OD under the pier or something.
I tell you what.
Take me to the storage unit right now, I'll give you 10% of my cut.
[SCOFFS.]
No.
Come on! Floaters like us, we gotta stick together.
I'm nothing like you, Billy.
Hey, asshole! You're one needle away from becoming me.
[DOOR SLAMS.]
[BOWLING PINS CRASH.]
Looks pretty rundown.
This neighborhood's on the rise.
What about the clientele? Is it mostly military? Yeah, but we got people coming up from San Diego all the time now.
I mean, look, you spruce it up, add a deejay, it's hipster heaven.
[CHUCKLES.]
So, um, annual income is approximately? Look, I can get you financials, okay, I mean, but this place is about potential.
Now, it's listed at 90OK.
But the owner's eager to sell, so if you're interested in making an offer, I'd do it soon.
As long as your financing is in place.
- Well, that's fine.
I got cash.
- Great.
They're putting in a Starbucks down the block.
A weed dispensary, too.
This place could be a gold mine for the right buyer.
Okay.
Well, thank you very much.
- Take care.
- All right.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
It's J.
Leave a message.
[SIGHS DEEPLY.]
This kid's a prick.
He's a teenager.
Exactly.
You have to be smart.
You can't yell at him.
He won't listen.
Somebody needs to kick his ass.
[GRUNTS.]
People usually give you cash after you kick their ass? You think they all hate him, but there's a reason the kid's holding all the money.
Yeah, 'cause he's gonna get shot first.
He needs to feel powerful.
So let him.
[LIGHTER CLICKING.]
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
- Hey.
- Hey.
Can I hang out here for a bit? Yeah.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[GRUNTS, EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Pope is trying to push Billy away from me even though he never really asked if I wanted him around.
And Smurf is screwin' him just to I don't know try and make me hate him or something.
Yeah, I don't know.
Craig's being a total asshole.
He already scared Linc away from me.
[SCOFFS.]
Linc's gone, huh? Yeah.
I mean, I didn't even really like the guy.
You can like him.
Nah, I mean, I-I really didn't like him.
I just I With him, I didn't have to be a Cody, you know? I could just be a guy that owned a bar.
You're not just a guy who owns a bar.
Yeah? Yeah.
[CHUCKLES.]
[SIGHS.]
JUNE: Mr.
Cody? That's me.
I'm Ms.
Warren.
I understand you're here to discuss your niece.
- Yeah.
- Right this way.
Is this your first time dealing with Child Protective Services? - Uh, yeah.
- Please, have a seat.
So [SIGHS.]
It says here your niece was removed from your home? Lena, yes.
I just need to see her.
Make sure she's okay.
And her parents are no longer in the picture? My brother's dead.
And her mother? We don't know where she is.
Right.
Sorry.
So, you're here to inquire about visitation, or are you interested in adoption? No, you guys took her and I want her back.
Mr.
Cody, according to your file, protective services removed Lena Blackwell from your home after several That's her.
- That's her.
- Who's She's the one who took her.
She knows where my niece is.
- So I'm just gonna say a few things.
- Mr.
Cody! Mr.
Cody! - Hey! Do you remember me? - Mr.
Cody.
Y-Y-You Where Where's my niece? - Mr.
Cody.
Mr.
- It's okay.
- Where's my niece? Is she okay? - I can't tell you.
Is she Is she scared? Where did you put her? I need to I need to know where she is.
I need to make sure she understands what's happening, that I still love her and that I want her.
- That information - And I will get her back soon, okay? Because Because I didn't know.
When I was in the foster care system, I did not know what was happening.
Nobody told me.
Nobody told me what was happening, - and I'm gonna tell her! - JUNE: Okay, Mr.
Cody, you need to Sir, come with us! Please.
- Let's go.
- Okay, okay, I'm just I'm sorry.
Come with us.
I'm going.
Just don't write this down, okay? Please.
I'm I'm going.
Please don't write this down.
Please don't write this down.
I'm sorry.
BILLY: J? Hey.
Where's J? Hey, asshole! J? Smurf? Smurf! [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
I need you to set up a couple things for me.
Jesus, J.
You following me? No.
We, uh We want to buy a couple places, - launder some cash.
- Who's "we"? I, uh I want to set up a few holding companies.
- [CAR LOCK BEEPS.]
- You know, a couple layers of papers, make it tough to track.
I get paid for that, you know.
I can pay you.
I'm gonna have to report this back to Smurf.
No, you won't.
Why not? Because you're smarter than that.
This isn't your brightest idea.
J's got to have a key to that storage unit in here somewhere.
[RATTLING.]
Just be cool.
Don't make a mess.
Craig knows you're in here.
[RATTLING CONTINUES.]
Can I have one? - [SNIFFS.]
Yeah.
- [GLASS CLINKS.]
[POURING.]
The hell's he doing in J's room? - Redecorating.
- [CHUCKLES.]
He doesn't mean to be a dick.
Yeah, he does.
That's his thing.
What's your thing? My, uh My ex, she's pregnant.
Yours? [SCOFFS.]
No.
I mean, can you imagine me being a dad? Sure.
Someone tell you you shouldn't be a dad? It doesn't matter what they say.
You can be anything you want to be.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
Yeah? They're running a job in Mexico.
Oh, for Smurf? I don't know, but they left in a hurry.
Okay, thanks.
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF, KEYS JANGLING.]
[VEHICLE DOOR OPENS, SHUTS.]
BILLY: Hey! I want my money.
That's not gonna happen, Billy.
- Really? - Yeah.
- Let me tell you what's gonna happen.
- [BANG.]
- It is gonna happen.
- Get off me.
I want my money, and I want it now.
- Or what? - I been watchin' you.
Yeah, you keep to yourself, huh? Keep your mouth shut.
Everybody thinks you're all innocent.
But I been watchin' you.
I see you makin' plans.
Well, I been makin' some plans, too, asshole.
You cross me, I will watch you bleed out.
I ain't some weak bitch like your mother, okay? None of us think we need a junkie walking around with pockets full of cash, Billy.
Now get out of my face.
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF.]
[SHOPPING BAG RUSTLES.]
Making friends as usual? The kid's an asshole.
Get the rest of the groceries out of the car.
Andrew? [SHOPPING BAG RUSTLES.]
They took Lena.
Who took her? DCFS.
When? Yesterday.
You should have called me yesterday.
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
Okay.
No one will tell me where she is.
Okay, okay.
We'll get her back.
[SOBS.]
Let me go make some calls, okay, baby? BILLY: You know, uh if you stop suckin' on her tit, your balls might drop.
[LIGHTER CLICKS.]
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
[GRUNTING CONTINUES.]
[POPE SCREAMS.]
[KNIFE CLATTERS.]
SMURF: Andrew? [BOTH PANTING.]
[GRUNTS.]
Go get the groceries out of the car.
[GRUNTS.]
[BAG RUSTLES.]
Hey.
Goin' somewhere? You comin'? No, I'm good.
All right.
[FOOTSTEPS ECHO.]
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
POPE: Where are we? That's Lena's foster home.
The foster parents are Melissa and Derek Ogilvy.
He works the docks in Long Beach.
She's a dental hygienist.
The house is very nice.
There's a swing set in the backyard, trampoline.
Now you know where she is.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING, INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[LAUGHTER.]
Hey.
Deran around? Out.
- [THUD.]
- [EXHALES DEEPLY.]
[BOTTLE THUDS.]
[GRUNTS SOFTLY.]
[EXHALES.]
Mm.
[CAR DOOR SHUTS.]
[GATE CLANKS.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
Hey.
Your dad's around somewhere.
Um, can you change this keg for me? Yeah.
You all right? Yeah.
- [KEG CLANKS.]
- [GRUNTS.]
[KEG CLANKING.]
- Hey! - BILLY: Hey.
- What are you doing? - Huh? What happened? I just had a little conversation with Pope.
Uh-huh.
Jesus, he got you.
Got you good.
- I got him good a couple times.
- Oh, yeah.
- No, I did.
- Yeah, okay.
I did.
Yeah.
I, um I gotta go, though, 'cause, uh, I This buddy of mine, I talked to him about, you know, like, crashing at his place, so And I told him I was gonna meet him.
Okay.
So - All right? - All right.
- All right? - Yeah.
You be you, man.
Yep.
Well, ice that thing.
Yeah, I will.
So, I'll I'll see ya tomorrow.
[CHUCKLING.]
Okay.
[KEG CLANGS.]
[GRUNTS.]
How you doing, Marco? Eat shit, puta.
[GRUNTS.]
[GROANS, LAUGHS.]
Where's my money? I don't know.
You tell me, you old bitch.
[GRUNTS.]
Aah! Where is my money? [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
We don't have your damn money, you Goddamn bitch.
Tie him to the table.
[CLATTERING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[GRUNTS.]
[ZIPPER UNZIPS.]
[GRUNTING.]
Where's my money, Marco? I don't know where your Goddamn money is! [GAGGING.]
[MUFFLED SCREAMING.]
[CAGE RATTLES.]
[RATS SQUEAKING.]
[MUFFLED SCREAMING.]
[RATS SQUEAKING.]
[SCREAMING.]
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
[DOOR SHUTS.]
[BAG ZIPS.]
[BOX RATTLES.]
[SAFE SHUTS.]
I got knots all up in my chest Up in my chest - Up in my chest - SMURF: Are you okay, baby? Just know I'm trying my best This is what you wanted, right? What? What happened, Deran? When you smile I bring you back And now you're sad Billy.
He's gone.
Of my hips, of my hips, of my hips Will your lover caress you the way that I did? He cleared out the bar safe.
I did, I did, I did I knew it.
Will you notice my charm if he slips up one bit? If you knew it, why didn't you say anything? Because there are a lot of things about your father I didn't want you to know.
Like what? That he actually wanted me? 'Cause I know that.
I know he wanted to take me with him when I was little.
He did.
He did take you with him.
He called me eight hours later and told me I could get you back for $1 million.
Will he treat you like shit just the way that I did? He wound up settling for $600 and a bag of smack.
I don't blame you Some people just aren't meant to be parents.
[VOCALIZING.]
J's holding our money for safekeeping? Yes, that's correct.
Yo, I got you, I got you, I got you! He needs a hospital.
No.
No, no.
It's a gunshot wound.
- The ER will call the police.
- He's not gonna make it! LINC: How is he? DERAN: You know, the one decent person in my life, and you You chase him away.
I just fixed your mess! DCFS has determined this living arrangement is not in Lena's best interest.
- We're going to remove Lena at this time.
- POPE: No.
- She's not going anywhere.
- Mr.
Cody.
It's in her best interests And yours To not make this scary for her.
You're gonna go with these people, okay? I'm I'm gonna come get you.
Don't be scared.
Are you looking after my mom in here? So you're a Cody? MARCO: Sorry to hear about your brother.
Let's go.
That's a down payment.
I need you to take a little trip down to Mexico for me.
She stares deeply Locked inside me Burnin' brightly One they know that I cannot take Waitin' for it all to begin Every night now, they'll win Come and meet my black hole Got a big black hole Got a big black hole I've got a big black hole I've got a big black, big black hole Got a big black hole inside of me [ENGINE REVVING.]
[CAR HORNS HONKING.]
[BRAKES SQUEALING.]
[SPEAKING SPANISH.]
Shh! [SPEAKING SPANISH.]
[GATE CLANKS, CREAKS.]
[COWS LOWING.]
SÃ.
[SPEAKING SPANISH.]
[GUN COCKS.]
[GUNSHOT.]
[FOOTSTEPS RUNNING.]
[CAR DOOR OPENS, SHUTS.]
[ENGINE STARTS.]
[CELLPHONE RINGING.]
[TAPS.]
Hold on.
[MAN MOANS.]
[SIGHS, EXHALES.]
[MOANS.]
Better be good news, Pete.
Well, there ain't no sign of him yet.
Then why are you calling me? Look, the early bird gets the worm, you know? I just wanna let you know I'm on it.
Tina followed them out to the desert.
Didn't see Marco.
Going back today with a couple of guys.
Don't come back without him.
Oh, hey, baby.
Hey.
Did you spend the night? Yeah.
[SMOOCH.]
Did your friend stay over? - Who? - Mia.
Oh, no.
She's welcome anytime.
Thanks.
I'd like to meet her.
I'm sure you would.
- Going out? - Yeah.
Have a nice day, baby.
Thanks.
[DOOR SLIDES OPEN, CLOSED.]
[VEHICLE APPROACHES.]
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF.]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES.]
Excuse me! Ma'am? I need to talk to someone about my niece.
Oh.
We're not open yet, sir.
Yeah.
I want to be the first in line.
- We open at 9:00, sir.
- Her name is Lena Blackwell.
You need to make an appointment.
[KEYS JINGLE.]
Please.
Excuse me, sir.
[LOCK CLICKS.]
[HEAVY-METAL MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR RADIO.]
[MUSIC STOPS.]
J: You look like shit.
Are you sleeping in your car? Occasionally.
What, you don't make enough at the garage to rent your own place? I'm saving up for a mansion in the Hills.
Did you figure out what you're gonna do? About Smurf? All right, dude.
Why am I here? You can shovel that shit in your face without me.
- [CHAIR SCRAPES.]
- No, wait.
I just I need you to find out what Pete's up to.
Why would I do that? Just what he's doing for Smurf.
I heard her talking to him on the phone this morning.
Something's up.
We gonna be partners? No.
[SCOFFS.]
So, then, what's in it for me? I could rent you a place, maybe.
Unless you'd rather keep sleeping in your car.
LINC: Thank you, baby.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Hey, hey, Linc! Yo, that guy that got shot down No.
No.
Keep your voice down.
Look, man, that was my friend, not not Deran's, all right? - Deran doesn't even know him.
- I don't care.
Look, I caused the shitstorm, man, all right? I screwed up.
[SIGHS.]
Dude, you did me a favor.
Seriously, that's not my life.
W-We're straight.
I'm not gonna say anything.
Look, Deran likes you, all right, man? I don't want to ruin that for him.
I have a patient.
[SIGHS.]
Hey, will you will you just think about it? It's about time you started chipping in for groceries.
Yeah.
[COFFEE POURS.]
How long you planning on hanging around? [EXHALES.]
I don't know.
Probably a while.
- Spend some more quality time with Deran.
- [DISH CLATTERS.]
- [DRAWER OPENS, CLOSES.]
- Him and me are really hitting it off.
I mean, it goes deep, 'cause we even got the same haircut.
Is that so? You know, I never knew haircuts were hereditary.
[MUG CLATTERS.]
I hope you're not planning on staying here, baby.
Nope.
Gettin' my own place.
- Really? - Mm-hmm.
First and last month's rent, security deposit? You got all that cash? Yeah, I got it.
Oh, yeah.
- From the job, right.
- Yep.
Morning.
Hey! [DISH CLATTERS.]
[COFFEE POURS.]
I'm going for a swim, and then I'm gonna smoke a joint.
You're welcome to join me once you're done reminiscing.
- [DOOR SLIDES CLOSED.]
- "Reminiscing" That's an interesting way to put it.
So the boys gave you your cut of the money already, huh? No, but they will.
[CHUCKLES.]
You were always such a trusting man.
Yeah.
And then I met you.
You're never gonna see a penny of that money.
Yeah, I will.
Honor among thieves.
Shit like that, huh? Now, if you want me to talk to them for you, I can do that.
No, no.
I don't want you talking to them, okay? Nobody hates you more than those boys.
Really? With the possible exception of me.
You raised some smart kids, and they know not to screw the idea man.
[LAUGHS.]
[ENGINE RUMBLING.]
[SIREN WAILING.]
[WAILING FADES.]
Hey.
Hey.
How was Bali? Surf was good.
When'd you get back? A couple weeks ago.
You got sick when you were there? Why? Hospital.
I had to see my doctor.
I had an ultrasound.
I'm pregnant.
What? Wait, is is it Is it mine? No.
Who's the daddy? I should go.
- Wait, wait.
Hey, am I the daddy? - No, Craig.
- I I could help.
- No, thanks.
- [ENGINE STARTS.]
- Renn.
I'm good.
All right.
Take care, then.
Always do.
[TIRES SCREECH.]
[WOMAN VOCALIZING.]
- Here you go, pal.
- Finally.
[DOOR OPENS.]
Hey! - Talk to you for a second? - Yeah.
Hey, give me a minute.
I'll be in the back.
[SIGHS.]
Mnh-mnh.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
What's up? Uh I been thinkin'.
- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.
About what? Smurf might just be messin' with my mind, but I gotta ask.
[EXHALES DEEPLY.]
You're not gonna screw me on my money, right? No.
Okay.
I'm sorry I even asked.
You just know how she is.
I just I spend a little time with her, you know what I mean? Yeah.
Well, you just You can't let her.
I'm tryin'.
Yeah.
You're not gonna screw me, right? - Jesus Christ, Billy.
No.
- No, no, no, I know.
I know.
- We're not gonna screw you.
- Okay.
How many times do I gotta say it? I'm sorry.
I mean, I know you like me.
You don't want to admit it, but this has been a Me hanging out with you has been been great, right? [SINGING CONTINUES.]
Me, too.
I think it's I mean, dude, I'm thinking like I'm gonna hang around a little more, like, spend some more time.
So 'Cause I'm thinkin' I might actually get my own place.
[SNIFFS.]
Which means, you know [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
I'm gonna need some cash to do that.
Yeah, and you'll get your cash.
Yeah, but, like, I need it I'm gonna need it now, dude.
I gotta, like, put a, you know I got I I know, but J is in charge of this job, okay? Every time I talk to you about money, that kid's Goddamn name comes up.
Because, Billy, that's how we work, okay? Someone is in charge of the cash, and then they launder it, and then they dole it back out to everybody else so they don't go spending it all - and end up on a cop's radar or some shit.
- Okay.
Okay, that's just how we work.
Why don't you just give me J's number so I can talk to him directly? [SNIFFS.]
Seriously.
All right.
[PAPER RUSTLING.]
You can have J's number, but he's just gonna end up telling you the same shit that I'm telling you.
[PAPER RIPS.]
Anything else? Do you need some money to tide you over? Yeah.
I got bills to pay.
Oh, you got bills to pay? Yeah! I got bills to pay.
Yeah, okay.
[LOCK CLICKING.]
[SAFE OPENS.]
[SAFE SHUTS.]
Here.
$500.
That should be enough, right? Just, uh, don't go and shoot it all up at once and die on me, all right? [TELEPHONES RINGING, INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[SIGHS.]
WOMAN: DCFS.
Good morning.
Fill all this out for me and have a seat, all right? [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
Rachel Neal! Come on.
Let's go.
Come on.
[RINGING, CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE.]
[SIGHS.]
How long is the wait usually? They'll call you.
Yeah, but when? I was the first one here, and I still haven't been seen.
- You got an appointment? - No.
So they'll get to you when they can.
[SIGHS.]
Listen.
I need to talk to somebody about my niece.
This is her first time in the system.
- She's gonna be scared.
- Take Take a seat, sir.
[SIGHS.]
Hey.
So, what, you want to see me sit on a dryer or something? This place is for sale.
Think I might buy it.
So you dragged me all the way over here to talk about commercial real estate? Well, you need money.
I need someone to take care of this place.
You want to run cash through this place? Why not? 'Cause it runs on quarters.
It's gonna take you forever.
$15,000 a month.
Okay.
Laundering money through a laundromat.
That's kind of poetic.
[CHUCKLES.]
There's something else that I might need you to do.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
You know, I might have fixed things with Linc.
I went by and talked to him.
I felt bad, man, but you know what? I think he might be coming around.
Stop, okay? I didn't like the guy.
You like him.
No, I don't.
You like him, okay? Maybe you should date him.
Wearing his stupid hats and taking him surfing and shit.
You know what? Just I I don't need your help, okay? I don't need your help.
Renn's pregnant.
No.
No, it's it's not mine, but Okay, good.
Well, you dodged a bullet with that one.
What, you want to be a dad right now? I don't know, man.
Maybe.
Okay, be a dad, don't be a dad.
I I can't deal with this shit right now.
[CAR DOOR SHUTS.]
[SPEAKING SPANISH.]
Hola.
¿Cómo estás? [INDISTINCT CONVERSATION.]
[DOORS SLAMMING.]
[TELEPHONE RINGING.]
Where you going? Mexico.
The phone's ringing.
[TELEPHONE BEEPS.]
Little Pete's.
[VAN ENGINE STARTS.]
No, he's not in right now.
[CAR DOOR SHUTS.]
There he is.
Hey, man.
Where's J? Don't know.
You want some of this? No.
You want one? Sure.
Hey, you think it's right that, uh, I have to wait for my cut on the job? - We all wait.
- [BOTTLE FIZZES.]
Why? We're adults.
Not my call.
Yeah.
Of course it's not your call.
They keep you on a tight leash.
- You're like the family pet.
- [BOTTLE FIZZES.]
Eat a dick, Billy.
Every family's got one.
The hell are you talking about, man? A floater.
The turd that just won't flush.
What's your problem, man? How much money you got in your pocket? Right.
There's your answer.
You know what, I can get my money from the storage unit anytime I want.
Money's in a storage unit, huh? Yo, it's better off there than here with you.
You'd probably blow through it in a week, OD under the pier or something.
I tell you what.
Take me to the storage unit right now, I'll give you 10% of my cut.
[SCOFFS.]
No.
Come on! Floaters like us, we gotta stick together.
I'm nothing like you, Billy.
Hey, asshole! You're one needle away from becoming me.
[DOOR SLAMS.]
[BOWLING PINS CRASH.]
Looks pretty rundown.
This neighborhood's on the rise.
What about the clientele? Is it mostly military? Yeah, but we got people coming up from San Diego all the time now.
I mean, look, you spruce it up, add a deejay, it's hipster heaven.
[CHUCKLES.]
So, um, annual income is approximately? Look, I can get you financials, okay, I mean, but this place is about potential.
Now, it's listed at 90OK.
But the owner's eager to sell, so if you're interested in making an offer, I'd do it soon.
As long as your financing is in place.
- Well, that's fine.
I got cash.
- Great.
They're putting in a Starbucks down the block.
A weed dispensary, too.
This place could be a gold mine for the right buyer.
Okay.
Well, thank you very much.
- Take care.
- All right.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
It's J.
Leave a message.
[SIGHS DEEPLY.]
This kid's a prick.
He's a teenager.
Exactly.
You have to be smart.
You can't yell at him.
He won't listen.
Somebody needs to kick his ass.
[GRUNTS.]
People usually give you cash after you kick their ass? You think they all hate him, but there's a reason the kid's holding all the money.
Yeah, 'cause he's gonna get shot first.
He needs to feel powerful.
So let him.
[LIGHTER CLICKING.]
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
- Hey.
- Hey.
Can I hang out here for a bit? Yeah.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[GRUNTS, EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Pope is trying to push Billy away from me even though he never really asked if I wanted him around.
And Smurf is screwin' him just to I don't know try and make me hate him or something.
Yeah, I don't know.
Craig's being a total asshole.
He already scared Linc away from me.
[SCOFFS.]
Linc's gone, huh? Yeah.
I mean, I didn't even really like the guy.
You can like him.
Nah, I mean, I-I really didn't like him.
I just I With him, I didn't have to be a Cody, you know? I could just be a guy that owned a bar.
You're not just a guy who owns a bar.
Yeah? Yeah.
[CHUCKLES.]
[SIGHS.]
JUNE: Mr.
Cody? That's me.
I'm Ms.
Warren.
I understand you're here to discuss your niece.
- Yeah.
- Right this way.
Is this your first time dealing with Child Protective Services? - Uh, yeah.
- Please, have a seat.
So [SIGHS.]
It says here your niece was removed from your home? Lena, yes.
I just need to see her.
Make sure she's okay.
And her parents are no longer in the picture? My brother's dead.
And her mother? We don't know where she is.
Right.
Sorry.
So, you're here to inquire about visitation, or are you interested in adoption? No, you guys took her and I want her back.
Mr.
Cody, according to your file, protective services removed Lena Blackwell from your home after several That's her.
- That's her.
- Who's She's the one who took her.
She knows where my niece is.
- So I'm just gonna say a few things.
- Mr.
Cody! Mr.
Cody! - Hey! Do you remember me? - Mr.
Cody.
Y-Y-You Where Where's my niece? - Mr.
Cody.
Mr.
- It's okay.
- Where's my niece? Is she okay? - I can't tell you.
Is she Is she scared? Where did you put her? I need to I need to know where she is.
I need to make sure she understands what's happening, that I still love her and that I want her.
- That information - And I will get her back soon, okay? Because Because I didn't know.
When I was in the foster care system, I did not know what was happening.
Nobody told me.
Nobody told me what was happening, - and I'm gonna tell her! - JUNE: Okay, Mr.
Cody, you need to Sir, come with us! Please.
- Let's go.
- Okay, okay, I'm just I'm sorry.
Come with us.
I'm going.
Just don't write this down, okay? Please.
I'm I'm going.
Please don't write this down.
Please don't write this down.
I'm sorry.
BILLY: J? Hey.
Where's J? Hey, asshole! J? Smurf? Smurf! [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
I need you to set up a couple things for me.
Jesus, J.
You following me? No.
We, uh We want to buy a couple places, - launder some cash.
- Who's "we"? I, uh I want to set up a few holding companies.
- [CAR LOCK BEEPS.]
- You know, a couple layers of papers, make it tough to track.
I get paid for that, you know.
I can pay you.
I'm gonna have to report this back to Smurf.
No, you won't.
Why not? Because you're smarter than that.
This isn't your brightest idea.
J's got to have a key to that storage unit in here somewhere.
[RATTLING.]
Just be cool.
Don't make a mess.
Craig knows you're in here.
[RATTLING CONTINUES.]
Can I have one? - [SNIFFS.]
Yeah.
- [GLASS CLINKS.]
[POURING.]
The hell's he doing in J's room? - Redecorating.
- [CHUCKLES.]
He doesn't mean to be a dick.
Yeah, he does.
That's his thing.
What's your thing? My, uh My ex, she's pregnant.
Yours? [SCOFFS.]
No.
I mean, can you imagine me being a dad? Sure.
Someone tell you you shouldn't be a dad? It doesn't matter what they say.
You can be anything you want to be.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
Yeah? They're running a job in Mexico.
Oh, for Smurf? I don't know, but they left in a hurry.
Okay, thanks.
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF, KEYS JANGLING.]
[VEHICLE DOOR OPENS, SHUTS.]
BILLY: Hey! I want my money.
That's not gonna happen, Billy.
- Really? - Yeah.
- Let me tell you what's gonna happen.
- [BANG.]
- It is gonna happen.
- Get off me.
I want my money, and I want it now.
- Or what? - I been watchin' you.
Yeah, you keep to yourself, huh? Keep your mouth shut.
Everybody thinks you're all innocent.
But I been watchin' you.
I see you makin' plans.
Well, I been makin' some plans, too, asshole.
You cross me, I will watch you bleed out.
I ain't some weak bitch like your mother, okay? None of us think we need a junkie walking around with pockets full of cash, Billy.
Now get out of my face.
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF.]
[SHOPPING BAG RUSTLES.]
Making friends as usual? The kid's an asshole.
Get the rest of the groceries out of the car.
Andrew? [SHOPPING BAG RUSTLES.]
They took Lena.
Who took her? DCFS.
When? Yesterday.
You should have called me yesterday.
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
Okay.
No one will tell me where she is.
Okay, okay.
We'll get her back.
[SOBS.]
Let me go make some calls, okay, baby? BILLY: You know, uh if you stop suckin' on her tit, your balls might drop.
[LIGHTER CLICKS.]
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
[GRUNTING CONTINUES.]
[POPE SCREAMS.]
[KNIFE CLATTERS.]
SMURF: Andrew? [BOTH PANTING.]
[GRUNTS.]
Go get the groceries out of the car.
[GRUNTS.]
[BAG RUSTLES.]
Hey.
Goin' somewhere? You comin'? No, I'm good.
All right.
[FOOTSTEPS ECHO.]
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
POPE: Where are we? That's Lena's foster home.
The foster parents are Melissa and Derek Ogilvy.
He works the docks in Long Beach.
She's a dental hygienist.
The house is very nice.
There's a swing set in the backyard, trampoline.
Now you know where she is.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING, INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[LAUGHTER.]
Hey.
Deran around? Out.
- [THUD.]
- [EXHALES DEEPLY.]
[BOTTLE THUDS.]
[GRUNTS SOFTLY.]
[EXHALES.]
Mm.
[CAR DOOR SHUTS.]
[GATE CLANKS.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
Hey.
Your dad's around somewhere.
Um, can you change this keg for me? Yeah.
You all right? Yeah.
- [KEG CLANKS.]
- [GRUNTS.]
[KEG CLANKING.]
- Hey! - BILLY: Hey.
- What are you doing? - Huh? What happened? I just had a little conversation with Pope.
Uh-huh.
Jesus, he got you.
Got you good.
- I got him good a couple times.
- Oh, yeah.
- No, I did.
- Yeah, okay.
I did.
Yeah.
I, um I gotta go, though, 'cause, uh, I This buddy of mine, I talked to him about, you know, like, crashing at his place, so And I told him I was gonna meet him.
Okay.
So - All right? - All right.
- All right? - Yeah.
You be you, man.
Yep.
Well, ice that thing.
Yeah, I will.
So, I'll I'll see ya tomorrow.
[CHUCKLING.]
Okay.
[KEG CLANGS.]
[GRUNTS.]
How you doing, Marco? Eat shit, puta.
[GRUNTS.]
[GROANS, LAUGHS.]
Where's my money? I don't know.
You tell me, you old bitch.
[GRUNTS.]
Aah! Where is my money? [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
We don't have your damn money, you Goddamn bitch.
Tie him to the table.
[CLATTERING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[GRUNTS.]
[ZIPPER UNZIPS.]
[GRUNTING.]
Where's my money, Marco? I don't know where your Goddamn money is! [GAGGING.]
[MUFFLED SCREAMING.]
[CAGE RATTLES.]
[RATS SQUEAKING.]
[MUFFLED SCREAMING.]
[RATS SQUEAKING.]
[SCREAMING.]
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
[DOOR SHUTS.]
[BAG ZIPS.]
[BOX RATTLES.]
[SAFE SHUTS.]
I got knots all up in my chest Up in my chest - Up in my chest - SMURF: Are you okay, baby? Just know I'm trying my best This is what you wanted, right? What? What happened, Deran? When you smile I bring you back And now you're sad Billy.
He's gone.
Of my hips, of my hips, of my hips Will your lover caress you the way that I did? He cleared out the bar safe.
I did, I did, I did I knew it.
Will you notice my charm if he slips up one bit? If you knew it, why didn't you say anything? Because there are a lot of things about your father I didn't want you to know.
Like what? That he actually wanted me? 'Cause I know that.
I know he wanted to take me with him when I was little.
He did.
He did take you with him.
He called me eight hours later and told me I could get you back for $1 million.
Will he treat you like shit just the way that I did? He wound up settling for $600 and a bag of smack.
I don't blame you Some people just aren't meant to be parents.
[VOCALIZING.]