Better Call Saul (2015) s04e06 Episode Script
Piñata
1 Previously on "Better Call Saul" I actually have the number of a shrink.
I'm already seeing someone.
I decide what he deserves.
JIMMY: I will get my law license back.
My partner and I will get a new office.
I have tons of Mesa Verde to catch up on.
You have work.
I have work.
It's all good.
KIM: I don't know what to tell you, Paige.
- I'm sorry.
- [KEYPAD BEEPS.]
It'll never happen again.
It's impossible? Difficult.
Not quite impossible.
Give me your money.
Back in the day, they would have known not to roll me.
[WHEELS SQUEAKING, CART RATTLING.]
[TELEPHONE RINGS.]
- MAN: Here you go.
- [PAPER RUSTLES.]
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
[SIGHS.]
Are you sure about these? The pool's up to $200.
I've made my choices.
Well Confidence.
An admirable trait.
Clara.
CLARA: Hey, Jimmy.
- What do you got for me? - I'm stuck on Documentary Short Subject.
Mm.
Yeah.
Just go with your gut.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING IN DISTANCE.]
"Howards End" all the way down, huh? I just love Emma Thompson.
Who doesn't? She's so pragmatic.
Yeah, well, fingers crossed.
[WHEELS SQUEAKING.]
Hey, hey.
Hey.
How'd we do? This is everything from two.
And I even got Chloe to throw in.
Many have tried to argue with Kim Wexler.
All have failed.
I'm headed up to four.
You got anything? Yep.
And I'll do three.
Already done.
You know, you're making the rest of us look bad.
If you wouldn't stop at every cubicle to chat It's called being friendly.
It's great for morale.
It is great for wasting time.
- That, too.
- Okay.
It's So, discovery for Cordero is coming this afternoon, so you might want to kick it up a bit.
[APPLAUSE.]
Wow.
- Congratulations.
- He really did it.
What? Isaacson.
- The case.
- I don't Isaacson vs.
Vakarian Holdings, Inc.
We've been assembling binders for months.
I've been kind of slammed with the Oscar pool, in case you weren't paying attention.
Right.
Sorry.
I'll try harder.
So, this guy, Isaacson he dies of a heart attack.
- Mm-hmm.
- And his family they're our clients sort through his financials, you know, looking to track down his assets.
Lo and behold, they find some old shares in this company he invested in like 20 years back.
Family tracks down the CFO, looking to cash out, but he tells them, "Hmm, that corporation's been dissolved.
" Isaacson's shares are worthless.
- Whoa.
- Right? But Chuck does some digging, and it turns out they formed a new corporation that's virtually identical to the old corp Isaacson invested in.
It's the same officers, same structure, everything.
- Ah.
- Right? So, Chuck finds exemption 4 in Leannais vs.
Cincinnati, - which is compl - Okay.
Okay.
Yeah, listen.
I appreciate the effort, but can you just big-picture it for me? I am.
Chuck won a case that Howard thought was unwinnable using only the power of obscure case law.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- That's good.
Yeah, very.
Congratulations, Mr.
McGill.
- Jimmy.
- Chuck.
- Big day, huh? - Yeah.
Thanks, uh - Kim.
Wexler.
- Of course.
- You're one of our law students? - Yes.
- I'm in my third year at UNM - Ah.
thanks to HHM.
- How's it going? - Very well.
Thank you.
[CHUCKLES.]
And congratulations again on Isaacson.
Well [CHUCKLES.]
I'm sure that you considered it.
I just wanted to ask.
Vakarian Holdings, Inc.
, would have been liable under the "continuing enterprise" exception, - as well, right? - That's right.
Yeah, we looked into that.
[SIGHS.]
What was the case law on that? - Uh, Garcia vs.
Coe Manufacturing.
- Mm-hmm.
Sounds like it was Isaacson v.
Chuck handing him his butt on a platter, huh? Well, yeah, but Isaacson is our client.
Oh, really? Okay.
Well, the the other guys' butts, then.
Yeah, served on platters.
That's right.
Thanks, Jimmy.
Hail the conquering hero.
[BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Thanks, Howard.
I hate to interrupt, but there's a "Mr.
Bushmills" waiting in my office.
- Mmm.
- [CHUCKLES.]
Kim.
Jimmy.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[TELEPHONE RINGS.]
Congratulations.
[SIGHS.]
That'll be you soon.
Yep.
Kay.
See ya later, Jimmy.
See ya.
[CART RATTLING.]
[CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE.]
[WHEELS SQUEAKING.]
Ben, what you got for me? BEN: There's your winner.
You think Pacino's gonna "hoo-ah" his way to Oscar glory, huh? [TELEPHONE RINGS.]
Last call for ballots.
[CART RATTLING, WHEELS SQUEAKING.]
[SIGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
[DOOR CLOSES IN DISTANCE.]
[DOOR CREAKS.]
KIM: With respect to the zoning committee, we maintain that the Mesa Verde statue should be exempt from sign code restrictions on size and location because it is a work of art.
[MARKER CLATTERS.]
[AQUARIUM WATER BUBBLES.]
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
Specifically, its function extends beyond furthering the company's economic interests, which distinguishes it from commercial speech under legal precedent.
Um, Viola, can you look up the relevant case law here for me? [AQUARIUM WATER BUBBLES.]
I'm, uh I think it is maybe uh, U.
S.
v.
United Foods.
Yeah.
[CHAIR SCRAPES LIGHTLY.]
[LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS.]
[DOG BARKS.]
[VEHICLES PASS IN DISTANCE.]
[JUICER WHIRRING.]
Good morning.
Jimmy.
Morning! Oh.
Good morning.
I'm just just making the O.
J.
I see that.
[WHIRRING SLOWS, STOPS.]
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
[LIQUID POURING.]
[DISHES CLATTERING.]
I didn't hear you come to bed.
I was up late justifying a giant horse statue to the Park City zoning commission.
How big we talking? "I'm definitely overcompensating for some other shortcoming" big.
[CHUCKLES.]
[CUP THUDS LIGHTLY.]
Your hours pretty much set now? Yeah.
Weekdays 9:00 to 4:00, the busy time.
Oh, yeah? It's dead, Kim.
It's deader than disco.
Mm.
Sorry.
Does that mean you were able to schedule an appointment with the therapist? [SIGHS.]
[SMACKS LIPS.]
I decided not to go.
[AQUARIUM WATER BUBBLES.]
Oh.
Um okay.
[SIGHS.]
I thought you already decided to go.
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
I know, and [SIGHS.]
I did.
But then I time went by, and I kind of calmed down and realized it's just it's just not for me.
Why not? It's just not.
[CHUCKLES.]
I don't think that navel-gazing is gonna get me where I need to be.
Yeah, but how do you know Unless I try? It just doesn't feel right.
I need to be moving forward, you know? And now I got this job, and I'm kind of on a path.
And, uh [INHALES SHARPLY.]
Just wanna give this a try.
Is that okay? Sure.
Yeah.
Of course, Jimmy.
Yeah.
Listen, I know you wanted me to go.
You have to do what's best for you.
[SIGHS.]
[KNUCKLES RAP.]
Oof.
Uh, I should go open up.
Um sushi tonight? Uh, yeah.
Yeah, that sounds great.
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES.]
[TELEPHONES RINGING.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
Kim.
Hello, Rich.
- So good to see you.
- You too.
Thanks for seeing me on such short notice.
Oh, are you kidding? I've been wanting to thank you in person ever since you sent Billy Gatwood our way.
So, shall we? So, how long you got with that thing? - Three more weeks.
- Mm.
Can I sign it? Do people still do that? [BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Please have a seat.
Have a seat.
I won't lie.
Losing Billy Gatwood definitely hurt.
Well, if it makes you feel any better, I think he misses you.
As long as he's taken care of, I'm happy.
Well, you made it easy for us.
We just continued what you started.
So, um, how is James holding up? I didn't get to speak with him at the funeral.
We're taking it one day at a time.
Mm.
Well, grief moves at its own pace.
And it's different for everybody, so Give him my best.
Thank you.
So, what can I do for you? - I have a question for you.
- Mm-hmm.
How's your banking division? Well, we have some banking work, but I wouldn't say we have a division.
Would you like one? [DOOR OPENS, CREAKS.]
[DOORS CLOSING.]
[ELECTRICITY HUMMING.]
MIKE: Well, it's a good long way from the rest of your operation.
GUS: It must remain completely separate.
Two bedrooms each.
Werner'll probably take his own, and the rest of the guys can double up.
Wired and plumbed? Yes.
Oh, this is a good start.
What do you have in mind? Hmm.
[SIGHS.]
[CLICKS TONGUE.]
Couple treadmills over there, barbells, weight bench.
You build out a stocked bar, beer on tap.
I mean, they're German, so Entertainment system here, DVD player.
Projector and screen set-up might be nice, a few La-Z-Boys or couches, pool table.
I don't know.
Foosball? Hell, we could even put up a hoop.
Germans play basketball, yeah? I believe so.
You know, Werner said that this was gonna take 6 months, which means 8 at least, probably 10, in total isolation.
These guys are gonna be doing 10 hours heavy labor every day well, night.
Then coming home to this.
We can't just keep 'em alive.
We got to keep 'em from climbing the walls.
[SIGHS.]
Make a list.
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
Security.
I'd like a full camera perimeter inside, and we'll keep it low-profile.
They'll know we'll be watching.
We just don't need to stick it in their faces.
Outside, too, obviously, in case someone tries to find a way in or out.
I'll put a sally port on that door.
We'll control it from the outside.
And we're gonna need a trailer to monitor the cameras.
Close by.
2 guys, 24-hour monitoring, working shifts.
Let's say 5 guys, minimum.
Probably help to have a couple German speakers, as well.
I can provide you men.
Well, I'm gonna need to vet 'em.
- No offense.
- Of course.
- What is it? - Infection.
Bad one.
[SIGHS.]
I must leave.
Tell Tyrus what you need.
It will be done.
You got a pen? - I'll remember.
- Yeah? [DOOR CLOSES.]
Treadmills.
You want to check wholesale providers.
These guys are gonna tear right through consumer-grade.
JIMMY: I'd love to see what something, say, like a 24-footer, would run me.
Salesperson on phone: Uh, sorry.
We just don't make them that big.
Who does? - I can't think of anyone around here.
- Yeah.
Well, who makes those huge signs that the casinos have? - [CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
- Um You know what? Never mind.
Thank you very much.
[SIGHS.]
[MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ON STEREO.]
Jimmy McGill.
MAN: Uh, yes.
I'm looking for Jimmy McGill.
[SMACKS LIPS.]
Yeah.
You found him.
The lawyer? Yeah.
Wh What can I do for you? My name is Brett Dunst.
I think you did my aunt's will? At least, that's what it says here.
She, um She died.
- [SMACKS LIPS.]
I'm sorry to hear that.
- Thanks.
I'm the executor, and I distributed all her stuff, but there's some kind of finer details in this thing that are real tricky.
I thought maybe you could help me with those.
[SIGHS.]
Who was your aunt? Geraldine Strauss.
Oh, Mrs.
Strauss passed away? H-How? She, um She went in her sleep a couple weeks ago.
Heart failure.
Oh.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
- Hello? - Um [INHALES SHARPLY.]
Did Clarence get the Alpine Shepherd Boy? I'm sorry? [SMACKS LIPS.]
Uh, the Hummel.
Oh, the little figure.
Yeah, yeah, he got it.
So, uh, he finished college then? Yep.
Just this last semester.
Well, good.
That's That's good.
How did you kno Oh, because you did the will.
Right.
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
Is there a memorial? Uh, sorry.
It was last week.
Anyway, it's my busiest time at work, and Angie's doing the best she can, but I have to get back to Salt Lake.
Are you on an hourly rate, or would this be, like, a flat-fee kind of thing? Mr.
McGill? I'm sorry.
I, uh I'm not practicing any longer.
Aw, darn it.
I can refer you, though.
Um Hamlin Hamlin McGill has an excellent estate law department, and they'll help you sort things out.
Just ask for Francis Scheff, and he'll point you in the right direction.
Hamlin Hamlin McGill.
McGill.
Wait.
Isn't that you? [SMACKS LIPS.]
Uh, it's just a coincidence.
All right.
Well, thank you, Mr.
McGill.
- You bet.
- [CLICK.]
[KEYPAD BEEPS.]
God damn it.
[SCOFFS.]
[VCR CLICKS, TAPE WHIRS.]
- [TV BEEPS.]
- [SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYS ON TV.]
MRS.
STRAUSS: My husband and I scrimped and saved for so many years.
We did our best to build a nest egg so that we wouldn't be a burden to our family.
After Ronald passed, I moved to an assisted-living facility, a nice place.
They told me they'd take care of everything, but then one day, they said all my money was gone.
How could that be? Where did it all go? If you or a loved one is a resident of a Sandpiper Crossing facility - [CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
- or other associated retirement community, you may be eligible to receive compensation for [REMOTE CLATTERS.]
Hey there.
KIM: Hey.
Guess where I am.
Somewhere good? Somewhere very good.
You could be here, too.
[MID-TEMPO PIANO MUSIC PLAYS.]
[TIRES SCREECH.]
[SILVERWARE CLACKING.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
Hey there.
Hey Giselle.
[CHUCKLES.]
I was thinking we could just be Kim and Jimmy today.
Ah.
Okay.
Those two aren't all bad.
Rumors and hearsay.
How's work? [ICE CLINKING.]
It is a job.
And how about you? Work's good? Yeah.
Actually, I have news.
Good news.
It's great news, really.
It could change things for Wexler/McGill.
But I met with Rich Schweikart today.
- Really? - Yeah.
Well, you know, they took on Gatwood, so I've been meaning to follow up.
And ahh anyway, we were talking, and he offered me a job.
[CHUCKLING.]
Again? What? He can't take no for an answer? They want me to run their banking division.
Build it, really.
You're not seriously considering it? I'd be coming in as a partner.
But I thought things were going okay with Mesa Verde since, uh They are.
They were.
My workload has gotten a lot more complicated lately.
I've been taking on some pro bono work, overflow from the public defender's office.
P.
D.
overflow? When did you Why? [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
I like it.
I'm good at it.
And I'm helping people, Jimmy.
And I know that sounds cheesy.
It's, you know, it's whatever, but it's the truth.
No.
It, uh, makes a lot of sense.
I have been thinking about criminal law myself lately [INHALES SHARPLY.]
you know, for when I get my license back.
Really? Yeah.
You know, like you said, you know, you're helping people.
I'm thinking an office in one of these refurbished bungalows, you know, downtown by the courts, you know, stick around where all the people who need help are.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Boy.
It has a nice ring to it now "Wexler/McGill criminal law.
" That all sounds great.
The thing is, if I go to Schweikart and Cokely, I have all those associates to help cover Mesa Verde.
It'll keep paying the bills and free me up to do the work I really care about.
So, you kind of get to have your cake and eat it, too.
Kind of, yeah.
[SIGHS.]
[SMACKS LIPS.]
I'll be right back.
- No.
Jimmy.
- What? I No, I just I got to hit the head.
[SIGHS.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[KNIFE CHOPPING, UTENSILS CLACKING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[DISHES CLATTER.]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING IN DISTANCE.]
[CHOPPING CONTINUES.]
[KITCHEN NOISES INTENSIFY.]
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
I say do it.
It's a great opportunity, and you should jump on it.
[SIGHS.]
You mean that? Yeah.
Kim, you got to do what's best for you.
You sure? Yes.
I can't ask you to wait around for me.
And who knows? 10 months, a lot can happen.
Yeah.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yeah.
Who knows? Yeah.
So, um, to Schweikart and Cokely and Wexler.
[ICE CLINKING.]
[SLURPS.]
[CUPS THUD SOFTLY.]
[BIRDS CHIRPING.]
[DOOR CREAKS.]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES.]
[LAWN MOWER WHIRRING IN DISTANCE.]
[SIGHS.]
[SMALL DOG BARKS.]
Hi.
Hi.
I only have a few minutes.
I have to pick Kaylee up.
[VEHICLE PASSES.]
Okay.
What did you want to tell me, Mike? [SIGHS.]
I stand by what I said.
The guy's a charlatan.
But there's a time and there's a place, and that wasn't it.
[SIGHS.]
You left me quite the mess.
Yeah.
I can see that.
[SIGHS HEAVILY.]
It'll be okay eventually.
Anita's not happy.
You might want to call her.
Probably better if I don't.
You know that I would never forget Matty.
I know.
No one expects you to wear a hair shirt for the rest of your life.
Same goes for you.
You and Kaylee okay? [SIGHS.]
We're good.
Then I'm good.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
I was thinking maybe I could pick Kaylee up from school tomorrow.
Yeah, that'd be a big help, Pop.
See you then.
Okay.
[FOOTSTEPS DEPART.]
[SIGHS.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS, TELEPHONE RINGS.]
JULIE: No, no.
I'd tell you.
Nobody's heard anything.
You can go in, Jimmy.
He's expecting you.
- Thanks, Julie.
- Mm.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Oh, hey, Jimmy.
Howard.
This was going in the mail today.
You would have gotten it by Friday.
Yeah.
I got a pressing need only $5,000 will cure.
Well, there you go then.
Everything correct? Looks good.
Thanks.
Of course.
Hey, I, uh, see a lot of empty cubicles out there.
What's going on? We're doing some reorganizing.
Just making the office a little more fêng shui, I take it? We've had some setbacks.
Paying out to Chuck's estate? [PEN SCRATCHING.]
That is part of it.
And to be frank, the firm's reputation is not what it was.
So, what's the plan? The consultants call it "rightsizing.
" No.
I mean what's the plan to get HHM back on its feet? [SIGHS.]
[TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE.]
[SMACKS LIPS.]
[PEN SCRATCHING.]
Are you kidding me? I [SCOFFS.]
I just referred a client to you guys.
You're welcome, by the way.
And you're telling me this place is falling apart? Get your shit together, Howard.
- Excuse me? - JIMMY: Oh, please.
You suffer one little setback, and you're gonna let your entire legacy go? - One little setback? - Fine.
Your pain is very special.
Woe is you.
Just stop wallowing, okay? This place is all you've got! That and your hair, which, let's face it, clock's ticking there, too, so You want to save your business? You want to save your dignity? You're gonna have to fight.
Hey.
You're a shitty lawyer, Howard.
But you're a great salesman.
So get out there and sell.
Fuck you, Jimmy.
There you go.
Use that.
["MAMBO DE MACHAGUAY" PLAYS.]
MAN: That's $4,000, please.
- JIMMY: Here's a tip.
- Thank you very much.
- Pleasure doing business with you.
- You, as well.
[MOTOR WHIRS.]
Mambo! [MOTOR WHIRS.]
[SINGING IN SPANISH.]
- [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
- Sorry.
All set over here.
You got a spot yet? Piñatas? Are you kidding? No, no, that could could work, yeah.
Regardless, we have full run of the place? There's no prying eyes? All right.
Well, that's it, then.
Ah, she's fine.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yeah, I change half the water in the tank every week.
She's good.
No.
I know.
Don't over-feed.
I All right, goodbye.
- [RECEIVER CLACKS.]
- [SIGHS.]
What are you doing? Oh! Mrs.
Nguyen.
Just, you know, step right on in anytime, you know? What's all this? [CHAIR CLACKS.]
It's a side business.
- I thought you were a lawyer.
- [SMACKS LIPS.]
I've had a temporary setback.
Lost your job again? Did you need something, Mrs.
Nguyen? I don't want people coming in and out to buy your stupid phones.
I'm not gonna sell them out of the office, so don't worry about it.
You can't keep them here.
Uh, I pay rent for this place, so I can do whatever I want with it.
They're a fire hazard.
Well, they're not gonna be here very long, okay? - Hmm.
- [SIGHS.]
That's That's on me.
No, it's, uh, prepaid, 350 minutes.
Get-rich-quick schemes never work.
Just watch me! [SPEAKING VIETNAMESE.]
[SIGHS.]
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY.]
[RESPIRATOR HISSING.]
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMEN OVER P.
A.
SYSTEM.]
The doctor tells me your fever has gotten worse.
[BEEPING, HISSING CONTINUES.]
They say this infection may kill you.
Even if it doesn't my doctor tells me again and again that you may never wake.
And yet I wait.
[TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE.]
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
I grew up quite poor.
We lived in the hills, in a place my brothers built from things they found metal sheeting, plywood.
When it rained, it smelled like hay.
We were always hungry.
But there was a lucuma tree, scrawny, barely alive.
My family had given up on it years before.
Never bore fruit.
When I was 7, I became fixated on it.
I watered it, tended to it.
It took a long time, but the buds grew into green fruit.
I was so proud.
I didn't tell anyone.
I plucked one and hid behind our shack.
I ate the whole thing.
I'd never tasted something so sweet.
It was like caramel.
At first, we ate the fruit ourselves, and then I began taking it to the village to sell.
[TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE.]
One day, much of the fruit was gone from my tree.
[BEEPING, HISSING CONTINUES.]
Piece were scattered on the ground, half-eaten.
I thought it was probably a coati.
Have you ever seen one? About the size of a large housecat.
Opportunists.
I built a snare using branches and wire.
It didn't take long for the animal to set it off.
But the coati thrashed so hard, it broke out of the snare broke its leg, as well.
I tried to grab it, but it slipped away.
It ran under the house.
I knew it would show itself sooner or later.
So I waited for hours, into the night.
When my brothers called for me I did not answer.
I didn't make a sound.
I was so still.
Finally, it came out.
It knew I was there, but it was hungry.
[BEEPING, HISSING CONTINUES.]
This time, I was ready.
I caught it.
It fought me.
But I was stronger.
The merciful thing would have been to kill it.
I kept it.
It lived for quite some time.
I believe you will wake, Hector.
Wow.
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
Crazy.
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
- [CONVERSATIONS IN GERMAN.]
- Hallo! - [CONVERSATIONS IN GERMAN.]
- [CHUCKLES.]
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[CONVERSATIONS IN GERMAN.]
[SIGHS.]
[CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE.]
[GLASSES CLINK.]
[SOCCER BALL BOUNCES.]
[GLASSES CLINK, CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE.]
[SOCCER BALL BOUNCES.]
All right, gentlemen, we have a few things to go over here.
[WERNER SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[GLASS CLINKS.]
That means you, too.
Kai.
Over here, Kai.
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[MUG CLANKS.]
[SIGHS.]
[SLURPS.]
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
We've got four bedrooms between the two houses.
I leave it to you to figure out the roommate situation.
I assume you're all friends, and I don't really want to hear about it if you aren't.
Working kitchen so you can cook whatever you want.
The refrigerators, the cabinets are stocked with the essentials.
There's a shopping list.
You write down whatever you need, and we'll get it.
There is a phone in each house.
It goes directly to me or one of my guys.
Anything you need, call.
KAI: So, when do the girls get here? Anything within reason.
[SLURPS.]
Any more questions? All right.
You've got some time to relax and settle in.
Work starts tomorrow night.
WERNER: Michael.
[CONVERSATIONS IN GERMAN.]
They are all good boys.
Once the work begins, they focus.
I see to it.
What you've done here is very impressive.
[CHUCKLES.]
Thank you for that, Michael.
Right.
If you need anything to make this go better, you let me know.
I will, certainly.
[DOOR BUZZES, LOCK DISENGAGES.]
[DOOR BUZZES, LOCK DISENGAGES.]
[DOOR OPENS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING.]
[DOOR SQUEAKS.]
- [CHAIN RATTLES.]
- Hey, Mike.
Hey.
[CONVERSATIONS IN GERMAN ON TVS.]
[CLACKING, BALL BOUNCING.]
[BALL THUDS, MAN SHOUTS.]
You keep an eye on this one.
[CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE.]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING.]
[BRAKES SCREECH LIGHTLY, SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[DOOR CREAKS, KEYS CLACK.]
[CAR DOOR SLAMS.]
Hey.
JIMMY: I come in peace.
I'm just just here to make a deal.
What kind of deal? Look, fellas, we we got off on the wrong foot, okay? I'm sure you saw me out here selling my wares, and you thought I was just some rube, out looking to score a quick buck and just begging to be rolled.
But, guys, I'm thinking long term.
I see a real need in this community for safe, affordable, untraceable phones, and I'm ready to fill it.
[SCOFFS.]
Wah-wah-wah.
All right.
All right, straight talk.
[SIGHS.]
I need to be able to sell my phones without worrying about getting ripped off.
I'm proposing if you let me sell my phones without hassle, I cut you in, say, 100 bucks every night that I'm out.
And that's money for literally doing nothing.
[SIGHS.]
Why wouldn't we just take all of it? [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
'Cause I'm talking consistent, reliable profits, you know? Sure, you can rip me off again, take all that I've got, but then I stop selling, and you lose a valuable revenue stream.
[SIGHS.]
Give me all you got now.
I'm trying to make money for all of us here.
Just work with me.
Give.
If you could just expand your thinking a little bit.
- [SWITCHBLADE CLICKS.]
- You talk too much.
All right, all right, we got a man of action.
[PANTING.]
[FENCE RATTLES.]
[LAUGHTER.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
You should have taken the deal.
You're, like, the stupidest person I've ever met.
[GUN COCKS.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[MUFFLED WHIMPERING.]
[CHAIN SCRAPING, RATTLING.]
[METAL CLANGS.]
[CREAKING.]
[PANTING.]
[WOOD THUDS, SCRAPES.]
- [CANDY CLATTERS.]
- [MUFFLED SCREAMING.]
Didn't know I had friends, did ya? [BREATHING HEAVILY, WHIMPERING.]
So, what's it gonna be fast or slow? It's gonna hurt like a bitch either way.
[MUFFLED SPEAKING.]
What was that? Was it slow? Let me Aah! [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
We're sorry, man, all right? We're sorry! - [CANDY CLATTERS.]
- [MUFFLED SHOUTING.]
Yeah, you are, very much so.
Look, we'll leave you alone, okay? - We We won't mess with you anymore.
- [PIÃATA SHATTERS, CANDY CLATTERS.]
Easy to say now, but what about tomorrow? I-I-I I'll swear, man.
I'll swear on anything you want me to.
[PIÃATA SHATTERS, THUDS.]
Cross your heart and hope to die? Yes.
Yes, man.
You mean it? Yes.
Yes! Look, after this, you'll never have to see us again.
- Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
- And you will spread the word that I'm off limits? - Yes.
Yes.
- [PIÃATA SHATTERS.]
Yes.
We'll tell everyone.
We'll say, "D-D-Don't mess with the cellphone guy.
" [SIGHS.]
All right, we're done.
We're done! - [CANDY CLATTERS.]
- [MUFFLED WHIMPERING.]
I think they get it.
- [MUFFLED GRUNTING.]
- Seriously, guys.
We're We're done.
Okay.
We're good, all right? - That's enough.
- [CANDY CLATTERS.]
I appreciate the enthusiasm, but he got the message.
That's right! L-Listen to what he says.
Listen to what he says.
I got the message.
Uh, you know what? If it's that important to you, go ahead.
No, no, no, no, no! No! No, no, no, please! [MUFFLED SHOUTING.]
No.
No, please.
Please.
No, no, no, no.
No, no, no.
No, no, no, please! Please don't! [WHIMPERS.]
[MUFFLED WHIMPERING.]
[ROPE CREAKING.]
[WHIMPERING CONTINUES.]
You get one warning, and that was it.
[BAT CLATTERS.]
[ROPES CREAKING.]
I'm already seeing someone.
I decide what he deserves.
JIMMY: I will get my law license back.
My partner and I will get a new office.
I have tons of Mesa Verde to catch up on.
You have work.
I have work.
It's all good.
KIM: I don't know what to tell you, Paige.
- I'm sorry.
- [KEYPAD BEEPS.]
It'll never happen again.
It's impossible? Difficult.
Not quite impossible.
Give me your money.
Back in the day, they would have known not to roll me.
[WHEELS SQUEAKING, CART RATTLING.]
[TELEPHONE RINGS.]
- MAN: Here you go.
- [PAPER RUSTLES.]
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
[SIGHS.]
Are you sure about these? The pool's up to $200.
I've made my choices.
Well Confidence.
An admirable trait.
Clara.
CLARA: Hey, Jimmy.
- What do you got for me? - I'm stuck on Documentary Short Subject.
Mm.
Yeah.
Just go with your gut.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING IN DISTANCE.]
"Howards End" all the way down, huh? I just love Emma Thompson.
Who doesn't? She's so pragmatic.
Yeah, well, fingers crossed.
[WHEELS SQUEAKING.]
Hey, hey.
Hey.
How'd we do? This is everything from two.
And I even got Chloe to throw in.
Many have tried to argue with Kim Wexler.
All have failed.
I'm headed up to four.
You got anything? Yep.
And I'll do three.
Already done.
You know, you're making the rest of us look bad.
If you wouldn't stop at every cubicle to chat It's called being friendly.
It's great for morale.
It is great for wasting time.
- That, too.
- Okay.
It's So, discovery for Cordero is coming this afternoon, so you might want to kick it up a bit.
[APPLAUSE.]
Wow.
- Congratulations.
- He really did it.
What? Isaacson.
- The case.
- I don't Isaacson vs.
Vakarian Holdings, Inc.
We've been assembling binders for months.
I've been kind of slammed with the Oscar pool, in case you weren't paying attention.
Right.
Sorry.
I'll try harder.
So, this guy, Isaacson he dies of a heart attack.
- Mm-hmm.
- And his family they're our clients sort through his financials, you know, looking to track down his assets.
Lo and behold, they find some old shares in this company he invested in like 20 years back.
Family tracks down the CFO, looking to cash out, but he tells them, "Hmm, that corporation's been dissolved.
" Isaacson's shares are worthless.
- Whoa.
- Right? But Chuck does some digging, and it turns out they formed a new corporation that's virtually identical to the old corp Isaacson invested in.
It's the same officers, same structure, everything.
- Ah.
- Right? So, Chuck finds exemption 4 in Leannais vs.
Cincinnati, - which is compl - Okay.
Okay.
Yeah, listen.
I appreciate the effort, but can you just big-picture it for me? I am.
Chuck won a case that Howard thought was unwinnable using only the power of obscure case law.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- That's good.
Yeah, very.
Congratulations, Mr.
McGill.
- Jimmy.
- Chuck.
- Big day, huh? - Yeah.
Thanks, uh - Kim.
Wexler.
- Of course.
- You're one of our law students? - Yes.
- I'm in my third year at UNM - Ah.
thanks to HHM.
- How's it going? - Very well.
Thank you.
[CHUCKLES.]
And congratulations again on Isaacson.
Well [CHUCKLES.]
I'm sure that you considered it.
I just wanted to ask.
Vakarian Holdings, Inc.
, would have been liable under the "continuing enterprise" exception, - as well, right? - That's right.
Yeah, we looked into that.
[SIGHS.]
What was the case law on that? - Uh, Garcia vs.
Coe Manufacturing.
- Mm-hmm.
Sounds like it was Isaacson v.
Chuck handing him his butt on a platter, huh? Well, yeah, but Isaacson is our client.
Oh, really? Okay.
Well, the the other guys' butts, then.
Yeah, served on platters.
That's right.
Thanks, Jimmy.
Hail the conquering hero.
[BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Thanks, Howard.
I hate to interrupt, but there's a "Mr.
Bushmills" waiting in my office.
- Mmm.
- [CHUCKLES.]
Kim.
Jimmy.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[TELEPHONE RINGS.]
Congratulations.
[SIGHS.]
That'll be you soon.
Yep.
Kay.
See ya later, Jimmy.
See ya.
[CART RATTLING.]
[CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE.]
[WHEELS SQUEAKING.]
Ben, what you got for me? BEN: There's your winner.
You think Pacino's gonna "hoo-ah" his way to Oscar glory, huh? [TELEPHONE RINGS.]
Last call for ballots.
[CART RATTLING, WHEELS SQUEAKING.]
[SIGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
[DOOR CLOSES IN DISTANCE.]
[DOOR CREAKS.]
KIM: With respect to the zoning committee, we maintain that the Mesa Verde statue should be exempt from sign code restrictions on size and location because it is a work of art.
[MARKER CLATTERS.]
[AQUARIUM WATER BUBBLES.]
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
Specifically, its function extends beyond furthering the company's economic interests, which distinguishes it from commercial speech under legal precedent.
Um, Viola, can you look up the relevant case law here for me? [AQUARIUM WATER BUBBLES.]
I'm, uh I think it is maybe uh, U.
S.
v.
United Foods.
Yeah.
[CHAIR SCRAPES LIGHTLY.]
[LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS.]
[DOG BARKS.]
[VEHICLES PASS IN DISTANCE.]
[JUICER WHIRRING.]
Good morning.
Jimmy.
Morning! Oh.
Good morning.
I'm just just making the O.
J.
I see that.
[WHIRRING SLOWS, STOPS.]
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
[LIQUID POURING.]
[DISHES CLATTERING.]
I didn't hear you come to bed.
I was up late justifying a giant horse statue to the Park City zoning commission.
How big we talking? "I'm definitely overcompensating for some other shortcoming" big.
[CHUCKLES.]
[CUP THUDS LIGHTLY.]
Your hours pretty much set now? Yeah.
Weekdays 9:00 to 4:00, the busy time.
Oh, yeah? It's dead, Kim.
It's deader than disco.
Mm.
Sorry.
Does that mean you were able to schedule an appointment with the therapist? [SIGHS.]
[SMACKS LIPS.]
I decided not to go.
[AQUARIUM WATER BUBBLES.]
Oh.
Um okay.
[SIGHS.]
I thought you already decided to go.
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
I know, and [SIGHS.]
I did.
But then I time went by, and I kind of calmed down and realized it's just it's just not for me.
Why not? It's just not.
[CHUCKLES.]
I don't think that navel-gazing is gonna get me where I need to be.
Yeah, but how do you know Unless I try? It just doesn't feel right.
I need to be moving forward, you know? And now I got this job, and I'm kind of on a path.
And, uh [INHALES SHARPLY.]
Just wanna give this a try.
Is that okay? Sure.
Yeah.
Of course, Jimmy.
Yeah.
Listen, I know you wanted me to go.
You have to do what's best for you.
[SIGHS.]
[KNUCKLES RAP.]
Oof.
Uh, I should go open up.
Um sushi tonight? Uh, yeah.
Yeah, that sounds great.
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES.]
[TELEPHONES RINGING.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
Kim.
Hello, Rich.
- So good to see you.
- You too.
Thanks for seeing me on such short notice.
Oh, are you kidding? I've been wanting to thank you in person ever since you sent Billy Gatwood our way.
So, shall we? So, how long you got with that thing? - Three more weeks.
- Mm.
Can I sign it? Do people still do that? [BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Please have a seat.
Have a seat.
I won't lie.
Losing Billy Gatwood definitely hurt.
Well, if it makes you feel any better, I think he misses you.
As long as he's taken care of, I'm happy.
Well, you made it easy for us.
We just continued what you started.
So, um, how is James holding up? I didn't get to speak with him at the funeral.
We're taking it one day at a time.
Mm.
Well, grief moves at its own pace.
And it's different for everybody, so Give him my best.
Thank you.
So, what can I do for you? - I have a question for you.
- Mm-hmm.
How's your banking division? Well, we have some banking work, but I wouldn't say we have a division.
Would you like one? [DOOR OPENS, CREAKS.]
[DOORS CLOSING.]
[ELECTRICITY HUMMING.]
MIKE: Well, it's a good long way from the rest of your operation.
GUS: It must remain completely separate.
Two bedrooms each.
Werner'll probably take his own, and the rest of the guys can double up.
Wired and plumbed? Yes.
Oh, this is a good start.
What do you have in mind? Hmm.
[SIGHS.]
[CLICKS TONGUE.]
Couple treadmills over there, barbells, weight bench.
You build out a stocked bar, beer on tap.
I mean, they're German, so Entertainment system here, DVD player.
Projector and screen set-up might be nice, a few La-Z-Boys or couches, pool table.
I don't know.
Foosball? Hell, we could even put up a hoop.
Germans play basketball, yeah? I believe so.
You know, Werner said that this was gonna take 6 months, which means 8 at least, probably 10, in total isolation.
These guys are gonna be doing 10 hours heavy labor every day well, night.
Then coming home to this.
We can't just keep 'em alive.
We got to keep 'em from climbing the walls.
[SIGHS.]
Make a list.
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
Security.
I'd like a full camera perimeter inside, and we'll keep it low-profile.
They'll know we'll be watching.
We just don't need to stick it in their faces.
Outside, too, obviously, in case someone tries to find a way in or out.
I'll put a sally port on that door.
We'll control it from the outside.
And we're gonna need a trailer to monitor the cameras.
Close by.
2 guys, 24-hour monitoring, working shifts.
Let's say 5 guys, minimum.
Probably help to have a couple German speakers, as well.
I can provide you men.
Well, I'm gonna need to vet 'em.
- No offense.
- Of course.
- What is it? - Infection.
Bad one.
[SIGHS.]
I must leave.
Tell Tyrus what you need.
It will be done.
You got a pen? - I'll remember.
- Yeah? [DOOR CLOSES.]
Treadmills.
You want to check wholesale providers.
These guys are gonna tear right through consumer-grade.
JIMMY: I'd love to see what something, say, like a 24-footer, would run me.
Salesperson on phone: Uh, sorry.
We just don't make them that big.
Who does? - I can't think of anyone around here.
- Yeah.
Well, who makes those huge signs that the casinos have? - [CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
- Um You know what? Never mind.
Thank you very much.
[SIGHS.]
[MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ON STEREO.]
Jimmy McGill.
MAN: Uh, yes.
I'm looking for Jimmy McGill.
[SMACKS LIPS.]
Yeah.
You found him.
The lawyer? Yeah.
Wh What can I do for you? My name is Brett Dunst.
I think you did my aunt's will? At least, that's what it says here.
She, um She died.
- [SMACKS LIPS.]
I'm sorry to hear that.
- Thanks.
I'm the executor, and I distributed all her stuff, but there's some kind of finer details in this thing that are real tricky.
I thought maybe you could help me with those.
[SIGHS.]
Who was your aunt? Geraldine Strauss.
Oh, Mrs.
Strauss passed away? H-How? She, um She went in her sleep a couple weeks ago.
Heart failure.
Oh.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
- Hello? - Um [INHALES SHARPLY.]
Did Clarence get the Alpine Shepherd Boy? I'm sorry? [SMACKS LIPS.]
Uh, the Hummel.
Oh, the little figure.
Yeah, yeah, he got it.
So, uh, he finished college then? Yep.
Just this last semester.
Well, good.
That's That's good.
How did you kno Oh, because you did the will.
Right.
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
Is there a memorial? Uh, sorry.
It was last week.
Anyway, it's my busiest time at work, and Angie's doing the best she can, but I have to get back to Salt Lake.
Are you on an hourly rate, or would this be, like, a flat-fee kind of thing? Mr.
McGill? I'm sorry.
I, uh I'm not practicing any longer.
Aw, darn it.
I can refer you, though.
Um Hamlin Hamlin McGill has an excellent estate law department, and they'll help you sort things out.
Just ask for Francis Scheff, and he'll point you in the right direction.
Hamlin Hamlin McGill.
McGill.
Wait.
Isn't that you? [SMACKS LIPS.]
Uh, it's just a coincidence.
All right.
Well, thank you, Mr.
McGill.
- You bet.
- [CLICK.]
[KEYPAD BEEPS.]
God damn it.
[SCOFFS.]
[VCR CLICKS, TAPE WHIRS.]
- [TV BEEPS.]
- [SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYS ON TV.]
MRS.
STRAUSS: My husband and I scrimped and saved for so many years.
We did our best to build a nest egg so that we wouldn't be a burden to our family.
After Ronald passed, I moved to an assisted-living facility, a nice place.
They told me they'd take care of everything, but then one day, they said all my money was gone.
How could that be? Where did it all go? If you or a loved one is a resident of a Sandpiper Crossing facility - [CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
- or other associated retirement community, you may be eligible to receive compensation for [REMOTE CLATTERS.]
Hey there.
KIM: Hey.
Guess where I am.
Somewhere good? Somewhere very good.
You could be here, too.
[MID-TEMPO PIANO MUSIC PLAYS.]
[TIRES SCREECH.]
[SILVERWARE CLACKING.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
Hey there.
Hey Giselle.
[CHUCKLES.]
I was thinking we could just be Kim and Jimmy today.
Ah.
Okay.
Those two aren't all bad.
Rumors and hearsay.
How's work? [ICE CLINKING.]
It is a job.
And how about you? Work's good? Yeah.
Actually, I have news.
Good news.
It's great news, really.
It could change things for Wexler/McGill.
But I met with Rich Schweikart today.
- Really? - Yeah.
Well, you know, they took on Gatwood, so I've been meaning to follow up.
And ahh anyway, we were talking, and he offered me a job.
[CHUCKLING.]
Again? What? He can't take no for an answer? They want me to run their banking division.
Build it, really.
You're not seriously considering it? I'd be coming in as a partner.
But I thought things were going okay with Mesa Verde since, uh They are.
They were.
My workload has gotten a lot more complicated lately.
I've been taking on some pro bono work, overflow from the public defender's office.
P.
D.
overflow? When did you Why? [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
I like it.
I'm good at it.
And I'm helping people, Jimmy.
And I know that sounds cheesy.
It's, you know, it's whatever, but it's the truth.
No.
It, uh, makes a lot of sense.
I have been thinking about criminal law myself lately [INHALES SHARPLY.]
you know, for when I get my license back.
Really? Yeah.
You know, like you said, you know, you're helping people.
I'm thinking an office in one of these refurbished bungalows, you know, downtown by the courts, you know, stick around where all the people who need help are.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Boy.
It has a nice ring to it now "Wexler/McGill criminal law.
" That all sounds great.
The thing is, if I go to Schweikart and Cokely, I have all those associates to help cover Mesa Verde.
It'll keep paying the bills and free me up to do the work I really care about.
So, you kind of get to have your cake and eat it, too.
Kind of, yeah.
[SIGHS.]
[SMACKS LIPS.]
I'll be right back.
- No.
Jimmy.
- What? I No, I just I got to hit the head.
[SIGHS.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[KNIFE CHOPPING, UTENSILS CLACKING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[DISHES CLATTER.]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING IN DISTANCE.]
[CHOPPING CONTINUES.]
[KITCHEN NOISES INTENSIFY.]
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
I say do it.
It's a great opportunity, and you should jump on it.
[SIGHS.]
You mean that? Yeah.
Kim, you got to do what's best for you.
You sure? Yes.
I can't ask you to wait around for me.
And who knows? 10 months, a lot can happen.
Yeah.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yeah.
Who knows? Yeah.
So, um, to Schweikart and Cokely and Wexler.
[ICE CLINKING.]
[SLURPS.]
[CUPS THUD SOFTLY.]
[BIRDS CHIRPING.]
[DOOR CREAKS.]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES.]
[LAWN MOWER WHIRRING IN DISTANCE.]
[SIGHS.]
[SMALL DOG BARKS.]
Hi.
Hi.
I only have a few minutes.
I have to pick Kaylee up.
[VEHICLE PASSES.]
Okay.
What did you want to tell me, Mike? [SIGHS.]
I stand by what I said.
The guy's a charlatan.
But there's a time and there's a place, and that wasn't it.
[SIGHS.]
You left me quite the mess.
Yeah.
I can see that.
[SIGHS HEAVILY.]
It'll be okay eventually.
Anita's not happy.
You might want to call her.
Probably better if I don't.
You know that I would never forget Matty.
I know.
No one expects you to wear a hair shirt for the rest of your life.
Same goes for you.
You and Kaylee okay? [SIGHS.]
We're good.
Then I'm good.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
I was thinking maybe I could pick Kaylee up from school tomorrow.
Yeah, that'd be a big help, Pop.
See you then.
Okay.
[FOOTSTEPS DEPART.]
[SIGHS.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS, TELEPHONE RINGS.]
JULIE: No, no.
I'd tell you.
Nobody's heard anything.
You can go in, Jimmy.
He's expecting you.
- Thanks, Julie.
- Mm.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Oh, hey, Jimmy.
Howard.
This was going in the mail today.
You would have gotten it by Friday.
Yeah.
I got a pressing need only $5,000 will cure.
Well, there you go then.
Everything correct? Looks good.
Thanks.
Of course.
Hey, I, uh, see a lot of empty cubicles out there.
What's going on? We're doing some reorganizing.
Just making the office a little more fêng shui, I take it? We've had some setbacks.
Paying out to Chuck's estate? [PEN SCRATCHING.]
That is part of it.
And to be frank, the firm's reputation is not what it was.
So, what's the plan? The consultants call it "rightsizing.
" No.
I mean what's the plan to get HHM back on its feet? [SIGHS.]
[TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE.]
[SMACKS LIPS.]
[PEN SCRATCHING.]
Are you kidding me? I [SCOFFS.]
I just referred a client to you guys.
You're welcome, by the way.
And you're telling me this place is falling apart? Get your shit together, Howard.
- Excuse me? - JIMMY: Oh, please.
You suffer one little setback, and you're gonna let your entire legacy go? - One little setback? - Fine.
Your pain is very special.
Woe is you.
Just stop wallowing, okay? This place is all you've got! That and your hair, which, let's face it, clock's ticking there, too, so You want to save your business? You want to save your dignity? You're gonna have to fight.
Hey.
You're a shitty lawyer, Howard.
But you're a great salesman.
So get out there and sell.
Fuck you, Jimmy.
There you go.
Use that.
["MAMBO DE MACHAGUAY" PLAYS.]
MAN: That's $4,000, please.
- JIMMY: Here's a tip.
- Thank you very much.
- Pleasure doing business with you.
- You, as well.
[MOTOR WHIRS.]
Mambo! [MOTOR WHIRS.]
[SINGING IN SPANISH.]
- [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
- Sorry.
All set over here.
You got a spot yet? Piñatas? Are you kidding? No, no, that could could work, yeah.
Regardless, we have full run of the place? There's no prying eyes? All right.
Well, that's it, then.
Ah, she's fine.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yeah, I change half the water in the tank every week.
She's good.
No.
I know.
Don't over-feed.
I All right, goodbye.
- [RECEIVER CLACKS.]
- [SIGHS.]
What are you doing? Oh! Mrs.
Nguyen.
Just, you know, step right on in anytime, you know? What's all this? [CHAIR CLACKS.]
It's a side business.
- I thought you were a lawyer.
- [SMACKS LIPS.]
I've had a temporary setback.
Lost your job again? Did you need something, Mrs.
Nguyen? I don't want people coming in and out to buy your stupid phones.
I'm not gonna sell them out of the office, so don't worry about it.
You can't keep them here.
Uh, I pay rent for this place, so I can do whatever I want with it.
They're a fire hazard.
Well, they're not gonna be here very long, okay? - Hmm.
- [SIGHS.]
That's That's on me.
No, it's, uh, prepaid, 350 minutes.
Get-rich-quick schemes never work.
Just watch me! [SPEAKING VIETNAMESE.]
[SIGHS.]
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY.]
[RESPIRATOR HISSING.]
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMEN OVER P.
A.
SYSTEM.]
The doctor tells me your fever has gotten worse.
[BEEPING, HISSING CONTINUES.]
They say this infection may kill you.
Even if it doesn't my doctor tells me again and again that you may never wake.
And yet I wait.
[TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE.]
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
I grew up quite poor.
We lived in the hills, in a place my brothers built from things they found metal sheeting, plywood.
When it rained, it smelled like hay.
We were always hungry.
But there was a lucuma tree, scrawny, barely alive.
My family had given up on it years before.
Never bore fruit.
When I was 7, I became fixated on it.
I watered it, tended to it.
It took a long time, but the buds grew into green fruit.
I was so proud.
I didn't tell anyone.
I plucked one and hid behind our shack.
I ate the whole thing.
I'd never tasted something so sweet.
It was like caramel.
At first, we ate the fruit ourselves, and then I began taking it to the village to sell.
[TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE.]
One day, much of the fruit was gone from my tree.
[BEEPING, HISSING CONTINUES.]
Piece were scattered on the ground, half-eaten.
I thought it was probably a coati.
Have you ever seen one? About the size of a large housecat.
Opportunists.
I built a snare using branches and wire.
It didn't take long for the animal to set it off.
But the coati thrashed so hard, it broke out of the snare broke its leg, as well.
I tried to grab it, but it slipped away.
It ran under the house.
I knew it would show itself sooner or later.
So I waited for hours, into the night.
When my brothers called for me I did not answer.
I didn't make a sound.
I was so still.
Finally, it came out.
It knew I was there, but it was hungry.
[BEEPING, HISSING CONTINUES.]
This time, I was ready.
I caught it.
It fought me.
But I was stronger.
The merciful thing would have been to kill it.
I kept it.
It lived for quite some time.
I believe you will wake, Hector.
Wow.
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
Crazy.
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
- [CONVERSATIONS IN GERMAN.]
- Hallo! - [CONVERSATIONS IN GERMAN.]
- [CHUCKLES.]
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[CONVERSATIONS IN GERMAN.]
[SIGHS.]
[CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE.]
[GLASSES CLINK.]
[SOCCER BALL BOUNCES.]
[GLASSES CLINK, CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE.]
[SOCCER BALL BOUNCES.]
All right, gentlemen, we have a few things to go over here.
[WERNER SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[GLASS CLINKS.]
That means you, too.
Kai.
Over here, Kai.
[SPEAKING GERMAN.]
[MUG CLANKS.]
[SIGHS.]
[SLURPS.]
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
We've got four bedrooms between the two houses.
I leave it to you to figure out the roommate situation.
I assume you're all friends, and I don't really want to hear about it if you aren't.
Working kitchen so you can cook whatever you want.
The refrigerators, the cabinets are stocked with the essentials.
There's a shopping list.
You write down whatever you need, and we'll get it.
There is a phone in each house.
It goes directly to me or one of my guys.
Anything you need, call.
KAI: So, when do the girls get here? Anything within reason.
[SLURPS.]
Any more questions? All right.
You've got some time to relax and settle in.
Work starts tomorrow night.
WERNER: Michael.
[CONVERSATIONS IN GERMAN.]
They are all good boys.
Once the work begins, they focus.
I see to it.
What you've done here is very impressive.
[CHUCKLES.]
Thank you for that, Michael.
Right.
If you need anything to make this go better, you let me know.
I will, certainly.
[DOOR BUZZES, LOCK DISENGAGES.]
[DOOR BUZZES, LOCK DISENGAGES.]
[DOOR OPENS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING.]
[DOOR SQUEAKS.]
- [CHAIN RATTLES.]
- Hey, Mike.
Hey.
[CONVERSATIONS IN GERMAN ON TVS.]
[CLACKING, BALL BOUNCING.]
[BALL THUDS, MAN SHOUTS.]
You keep an eye on this one.
[CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE.]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING.]
[BRAKES SCREECH LIGHTLY, SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[DOOR CREAKS, KEYS CLACK.]
[CAR DOOR SLAMS.]
Hey.
JIMMY: I come in peace.
I'm just just here to make a deal.
What kind of deal? Look, fellas, we we got off on the wrong foot, okay? I'm sure you saw me out here selling my wares, and you thought I was just some rube, out looking to score a quick buck and just begging to be rolled.
But, guys, I'm thinking long term.
I see a real need in this community for safe, affordable, untraceable phones, and I'm ready to fill it.
[SCOFFS.]
Wah-wah-wah.
All right.
All right, straight talk.
[SIGHS.]
I need to be able to sell my phones without worrying about getting ripped off.
I'm proposing if you let me sell my phones without hassle, I cut you in, say, 100 bucks every night that I'm out.
And that's money for literally doing nothing.
[SIGHS.]
Why wouldn't we just take all of it? [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
'Cause I'm talking consistent, reliable profits, you know? Sure, you can rip me off again, take all that I've got, but then I stop selling, and you lose a valuable revenue stream.
[SIGHS.]
Give me all you got now.
I'm trying to make money for all of us here.
Just work with me.
Give.
If you could just expand your thinking a little bit.
- [SWITCHBLADE CLICKS.]
- You talk too much.
All right, all right, we got a man of action.
[PANTING.]
[FENCE RATTLES.]
[LAUGHTER.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
You should have taken the deal.
You're, like, the stupidest person I've ever met.
[GUN COCKS.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[MUFFLED WHIMPERING.]
[CHAIN SCRAPING, RATTLING.]
[METAL CLANGS.]
[CREAKING.]
[PANTING.]
[WOOD THUDS, SCRAPES.]
- [CANDY CLATTERS.]
- [MUFFLED SCREAMING.]
Didn't know I had friends, did ya? [BREATHING HEAVILY, WHIMPERING.]
So, what's it gonna be fast or slow? It's gonna hurt like a bitch either way.
[MUFFLED SPEAKING.]
What was that? Was it slow? Let me Aah! [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
We're sorry, man, all right? We're sorry! - [CANDY CLATTERS.]
- [MUFFLED SHOUTING.]
Yeah, you are, very much so.
Look, we'll leave you alone, okay? - We We won't mess with you anymore.
- [PIÃATA SHATTERS, CANDY CLATTERS.]
Easy to say now, but what about tomorrow? I-I-I I'll swear, man.
I'll swear on anything you want me to.
[PIÃATA SHATTERS, THUDS.]
Cross your heart and hope to die? Yes.
Yes, man.
You mean it? Yes.
Yes! Look, after this, you'll never have to see us again.
- Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
- And you will spread the word that I'm off limits? - Yes.
Yes.
- [PIÃATA SHATTERS.]
Yes.
We'll tell everyone.
We'll say, "D-D-Don't mess with the cellphone guy.
" [SIGHS.]
All right, we're done.
We're done! - [CANDY CLATTERS.]
- [MUFFLED WHIMPERING.]
I think they get it.
- [MUFFLED GRUNTING.]
- Seriously, guys.
We're We're done.
Okay.
We're good, all right? - That's enough.
- [CANDY CLATTERS.]
I appreciate the enthusiasm, but he got the message.
That's right! L-Listen to what he says.
Listen to what he says.
I got the message.
Uh, you know what? If it's that important to you, go ahead.
No, no, no, no, no! No! No, no, no, please! [MUFFLED SHOUTING.]
No.
No, please.
Please.
No, no, no, no.
No, no, no.
No, no, no, please! Please don't! [WHIMPERS.]
[MUFFLED WHIMPERING.]
[ROPE CREAKING.]
[WHIMPERING CONTINUES.]
You get one warning, and that was it.
[BAT CLATTERS.]
[ROPES CREAKING.]