04x07 - My Way

[bunniefuu]

This here's a new kind of boldness.

[INTENSE MUSIC]

We inbound, Mike.

[DISPATCHER] 911. What's your emergency?

- Bunny got shot.
- Is he alive?

So f*cking far.

[KYLE] They put me in Gen Pop.

I'm in the f*cking yard, Mike.

Got to get you back to your nest.

- They're taking me back.
- Kyle, don't go.

- I got to go.
- Put yourself in the f*cking...

No! [SCREAMING]

[GRUNTING, SHOUTING]

Callahan's got your back.

[DOOR BUZZES]

You have my attention.

I know you got your thumb
on the scale for Bogotá.

I know the cartel has
its sights on Moses.

- I want Frank Moses arrested.
- I can do it.

If you get Kyle back in Ad Seg

and Callahan goes in Gen Pop.

- We're gonna take down Moses.
- What about tonight?

Catch and release.
I've got to bide my time.

g*n! f*ck!

[CALLAHAN] Protect our own, Kyle.

By any means f*cking necessary.

When's the last time
someone did that for you?

[CALLAHAN] ♪ Country roads ♪

♪ Take me home ♪

♪ To the place ♪

♪ I belong ♪

♪ West Virginia ♪

♪ Mountain mama ♪

♪ Take me home ♪

- ♪ Country roads ♪
- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[GRUNTS SOFTLY]

Heading back to population, brother.

I wish we had more time.

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

[HANDCUFFS CLICK]

[WAGNER] Inmate secure.

Pop the cell.

[CELL DOOR BUZZES]

[CELL DOOR SHUTS]

No goodbyes?

No fond farewells?

Well, least you could
do is offer a f*cking,

"Thank you, Merle, for saving my life."

Yeah. I'm seeing

the similarities now, you and Mike...

ungrateful, graceless c**ts, the lot.

Oh, there you are. [CHUCKLES]

What have you learned?

Your brother can't protect you.

That's lesson one.

But I can. I did.

Lesson number two.

Lesson three.

I offer my hand once and only once.

Reject it? You reject me.

Reject me? Reject the Brotherhood.

Do that...

and you're all shades of f*cked.

Mike took my hand, did
things in my service,

survived because of those things.

You?

Mike didn't steer you away
from me to keep you safe.

He did it 'cause he's f*cking selfish.

Regrets his past and didn't
want you to repeat it,

but who the f*ck is that for?

Who's it benefit, you or him?

f*ck you, Merle.

I'm gonna do my time.

Pray I see you on the f*cking outside.

Yeah.

I don't see you
breathing free air again.

sh*t's not trending the McLuskys' way.

You locked up,

your brother dead, brains
on the f*cking wall.

And your poor, innocent mom.

What would sweet Saint
Mariam make of you now?

Under control. Just let it ride.

You can't choose family, Kyle.

You can only choose your friends.

Take my hand, you survive.

Don't?

Well, sh*t.

You might as well knot up
your sheet and end it now,

'cause you're not gonna make it.

Then end it.

Now.

Do yourself that favor.

Because I am gonna get out of here.

I can walk through walls.

And you don't want to live
to mourn another brother.

You know, Merle...

you talk a lot...

f*cking talk, talk, talk,

talk, talk...

but don't say sh*t.

Mike played you.

You got baited out of retirement

and blown the f*ck up.

You're half a ghost already.

I'm not taking your hand...

'cause you don't matter.

You don't factor in f*cking life,

inside or out.

My brother Mitch, he's remembered.

My mother... always remembered.

And me and Mike, we'll be remembered.

But you?

You're a f*ck' footnote.

And you're gonna die
long before me or Mike.

That...

That's the most I've ever heard you say.

I'll tell Mike "hello" when I see him.

- [LOCK BUZZES]
- [DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[SLOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪

♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- [STEVIE] Hey.
- Hey.

You okay?

- Yeah. I mean, f*ck, I've had...
- [PHONE VIBRATES]

... some f*cking close calls
in my life, but this was...

Hold down the fort.

[SIREN CHIRPS]

f*cking bullshit.

- [EXHALES SHARPLY]
- Mikey. f*cking suicide mission.

That f*cking Colombian
f*ck wanted Moses dead,

escape plan optional.

Where's Moses now?

I f*cking stashed him. He's
in... Planted in interrogation.

Keep him there as long as you can.

I mean, I can keep him there
for f*cking personal safety,

but it's not gonna last long.
This f*ck doesn't like cages.

Well, name someone who does.

Look, don't cut him loose till I say so.

Tell him it's my call.

Yeah.

[PORTENTOUS MUSIC]

What's that look for?

It's my f*cking face.

Give me a few hours.

[ENGINE STARTS]

You know, Hobbs, I really

don't like getting burned. Okay?

And you burned me and you
burned my leverage with Moses.

Do you have any idea what that cost me?

Don't come crying about the cost, Mike.

Okay? Not when you've
got what matters...

Kyle is alive.

Yeah, he's alive, but I made promises

that I cannot keep.

It's greater good, Mike.

I did what was necessary.

You did what was easy.

What was expedient.

You proved yourself to me.

I proved myself to my
people. And, Mike, I have to

- prove myself to my people.
- Mm-hmm.

Kyle is safe and sound.

Far as Moses goes, you
can control that narrative.

You are nothing if not persuasive.

Next time you're playing chess, Nina,

just let me know that
we're f*cking playing.

Might save us some blood.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[ENGINE STARTS]

Look at him. [CHUCKLES]

Attaboy, Reed!

Don't encourage him.

What? He's fearless. Look at him.

Reed! Too high, bubba.

No, come on, Patty, he's fine.

Yeah, everybody's
fearless till they fall.

[PHONE VIBRATES]

What are you doing? Already?

You didn't say how the arbitration went.

Yeah, it's, uh, you know, it's pending.

Listen, it's just a matter of time.

We're outnumbered, outgunned.

Can't keep me on the bench forever.

How are you holding up?

Yeah, I'm good.

I'm good. I'm in a good place.

You sure?

'Cause the Scope's not covering.

Yeah, well, I mean, listen, all that's

gonna get better when
you and Reed come home.

[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]

[RAPID FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Dad, did you see me?

- You saw?
- Ah! You know I did, brother.

[LAUGHS] That was
awesome. Come here, man.

[GRUNTS] My fearless boy.

Man, you're good at that.

Here, come here, give me another one.

Go on.

Hey, good morning.

f*ck off, Mike.

- Hey, f*ck you, too.
- No, I can't even talk to you.

- What'd I do now?
- You've got some f*cking ba*ls

showing up here. You
come in to f*cking gloat?

What... I don't even know what
the f*ck you're talking about, Evelyn.

Mike, I got a missing f*cking witness.

You don't have to guess too hard to know

- how that went down.
- I see.

Right. Okay.

So, what's that got to do with me?

Is he dead?

There are things I do not do, okay?

There are lines I do
not cross. You know this.

- So, one of your minions?
- Or...

- I wouldn't put it past Ian.
- Or, more likely,

your witness bolted, got spooked.

Don't act like it doesn't
happen every other f*cking day.

Huh?

If you lost your witness,

if he's in the wind, right,
what the f*ck you got,

besides no witness?

No Ian, no Robert. Huh?

I'm spinning off the
f*cking planet here, Mike,

and it's just wrong, it's just wrong.

Well, I'm not saying it's not.

But you got to clear this
sh*t off your board, okay?

You got to forget about
this Robert sh*t, all right?

- I have a tonic for all this.
- Yeah?

- Yeah.
- Is it vodka?

No.

It's the biggest conviction
of your career, however.

You want to keep D.A.? That's a lock.

- Governor, Senate seat.
- Mike...

- cut the sh*t, man.
- What do you want?

No, it's no joke. I
can gift wrap a whale.

You understand?

You just got to cut Kyle loose.

You're not hearing me, Mike.
I don't trust you anymore.

It's Frank Moses.

The man has never been prosecuted.

He's never been arrested.

I can give him to you.

- [DOOR BUZZES]
- [LATCH CLICKS]

[PRISONER] It's a colder
climate for you here at the Bay,

huh, Officer Breen?

- What the f*ck you say?
- I say, colder climate for you

- here at the Bay, Officer.
- Quiet, inmate.

I mean, no available cunny

- up in this b*tch. I know
- [DOOR BUZZES]

this one's not spreading her legs

- for you.
- [BREEN] Easy detour

to the infirmary, m*therf*cker.

Oh, so tense.

Been a long time since
you had a release, huh?

You missing out on all that

wanton action from the women's pen?

All right, that's enough.

[PRISONER LAUGHS] Oh...
Is this f*cking news,

Breen, huh? You forget to tell

your lady friend here
about all your hobbies?

Better when they can't
say f*cking no, ain't it?

[HOWLING]

[PRISONERS CLAMORING]

- All right.
- [PRISONER] You were the big, bad wolf, Breen,

and all the b*tches

- be afraid.
- Shut your lying

- f*cking mouth!
- H... Hey!

Piece of sh*t.

[TENSE MUSIC]

They'll say anything.

♪

f*ck you doing, C.O.?

You ain't gonna find
sh*t unless you ask, son.

Hi. I'm sorry, ma'am, I just...

Don't "ma'am" me.

I ain't five years your senior, if that.

Hey, what the f*ck you snooping for?

Sorry, not snooping, I-I just...

Just cutting into my
break is what you doing?

Motor pool's low on gas.

Torres asked when the next delivery is.

Fool's just got to
pick up the damn phone.

[CHUCKLES]

No, but why call when
you can just send a rookie?

Think my LT's just trying to figure
how much sh*t I'll take, you know?

[SHORT CHUCKLE]

[SIGHS]

Tomorrow, 1300.

Thank you, ma'am.

The f*ck did I say?

Thompson, didn't I not just
send you home 30 minutes ago?

What, are you off or
you milking the clock?

Y'all got to be out the damn door
or on your shift, no in between.

Show me some damn hustle, gentlemen.

Also, anyone on F block,
I want walk-throughs every hour.

- We have reports of a burner.
- [COUGHS]

We've got external
contractors doing repairs

in the boiler corridor. If you're

- on escort duty... Hey...
- [COUGHING]

Jackson, what the hell?

Sorry, sir, it just...
just kind of snuck up on me.

Clean that sh*t up.

And get the f*ck out of here before you

plague the whole prison.

g*dd*mn.

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- Hey.

- Make sure to k*ll the cameras.
- Copy.

Mayor of Kingstown.

Yeah. King of Detroit.

[CHUCKLES]

King of a whole hell of a
lot more than that, Mike.

Which is why this...

where I find myself...

this does not f*cking happen.

Yeah. sh*t went sideways, didn't it?

Ooh, that's a fact

and an understatement.

"Enter through the
front, exit out the back."

- Those were your words.
- Well, that was the plan.

Was it? 'Cause they were
waiting to ambush me,

right where you told me to go.

The cartel has eyes
out. It's that simple.

I mean, better to happen in here

- than on the street.
- [CHUCKLES] Oh.

You revisionist m*therf*cker.

Colombians tried to take out Bunny.

And now you. The math's
not that complicated, is it?

Bunny may never see
another sunrise, Frank.

So it's up to you to push back.

And how do I go about doing that?

They burned one of your shipments.

You burn one of theirs.

[CHUCKLES]

Bait them across the line,

then we k*ll them all.

- [SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
- [KNOCKING]

[DOOR OPENS]

[IAN] Hey, I'm coming in, f*ck.

- Don't sh**t.
- [DOOR CLOSES]

So where you at?

Oh, let me guess.

[CHUCKLES]

You're watching the
Dog f*cking Whisperer?

- Yeah. It's what's on.
- You don't even

have a f*cking dog,
Robbie. Jesus Christ.

Unless it moved out, too.

That's not very f*cking funny, Ian.

I'm just f*cking with you, Robbie. f*ck.

You got to laugh or you're gonna cry.

- I saw Patty and Reed today.
- Good. Robbie,

your suspension's gonna lift.
You're gonna go back to work.

Everything's gonna go
back to normal, right?

They upheld my f*cking suspension, Ian.

Don't know for how
long. Tired of waiting.

Apparently won't let me back
in 'cause Evelyn's got a g*n

to KPD's head. I can't
apply anywhere else

with this bullshit hanging over me.

She's coming after me for doing my job

that I risked my life for every day

- and that I f*cking loved doing.
- Yeah.

[GRUNTS SOFTLY]

Look. It's gonna work itself out.

- It just is.
- [REFRIGERATOR DOOR OPENS]

Oh, yeah, when? f*cking how?

I mean, I might as well

be the one in f*cking prison, right?

- Robbie, f*ck that noise.
- [BOTTLECAP CLATTERS]

You're not a g*dd*mn victim here.

Mike chose the side
of f*cking evil, Ian.

Wasn't for him and Kyle, I
wouldn't be in this situation.

I would be on the job

or I would be here
with my wife and my son.

Instead, I got f*cked, and an ex-con

who is connected to every
f*cking g*ng in town,

everybody that drops...

- No.
- he walks around

- with f*cking impunity.
- What the f*ck

you want me to say, huh?
Life's un-f*cking-fair.

Now, you got dealt a
bad hand. We know that.

f*cking toss that sh*t,
shuffle and you deal again.

- You know that.
- f*ck you, man.

I can't even get in the g*dd*mn game.

- Come on. Come on.
- Because of Mike.

He's doing this, Ian.

- He's f*cking doing this.
- It's not a f*cking

conspiracy. Nobody's aligned
against you, Robert. f*ck.

Mitch would never let this sh*t happen.

Never. He was a cop,

and he would never
f*ck over another cop.

- Yeah.
- And when he got popped, what did I do?

- You made it right.
- What'd I...

- You made it right.
- Yes, exactly. I made it right.

I f*cking helped my brother.
I k*lled for Mike McLusky.

And now I'm the f*cking forsaken.

This is gonna pass.

You got to f*cking trust me.

It is going to pass.

Yeah, it will. If I make it pass.

Like, you and me... we took action

and we made that sh*t pass.

And if Mike passes,

then so do all the f*cking
problems in this town.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Hey. What do you got?

Shipment arrives tomorrow, 1:00.

That's good.

- And my brother?
- He's safe in Ad Seg.

Was Gen Pop a clerical
error or something more?

I'm handling it.

Was it Hobbs?

Look, no one's gonna
know it's you, okay?

Hobbs knows I gave the
nod for the grenade attack.

Bunny finds that out, I'm... I'm dead.

I gave you the dope shipment.
Hobbs finds that out...

Look, Hobbs doesn't know
sh*t, okay? Neither does Bunny.

And if any of this... if any of it...

lands on their radar...

I'll handle it, all right? I got you.

My brother's the most
important thing here, okay?

I hear you, Mike.

I hear the words you're saying.

Yeah, and?

They just words.

Look after him, I look after you.

That's how this works.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[DOOR BUZZES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- [INMATE] There he is!
- [APPLAUSE]

- [LAUGHS]
- [EXCLAIMS]

- Welcome back.
- Oh!

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

- Welcome back, Merle.
- Hey.

We got you a ride. You're good.

It's good to be back, brother.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

[MICROWAVE BEEPS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

People think they know.

They hear things, and then they...

cement them in their
minds, and then they...

know.

No one's saying anything.
I don't know sh*t.

But it's happening.

I see it...

happening.

Sometimes...

Sometimes it's just too much.

Yeah.

My mother used to say,

"You can't control stupid," you know?

What people...

think and what they say.

The things they do.

Clyde needs me back. [CLEARS THROAT]

He's got a...

- a doctor thing.
- [BAG ZIPS]

[MOURNFUL MUSIC]

f*cking loser.

f*cking loser.

Let's go. Line 'em up.
Blue line, red line.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Jessie, you good? You calling it a day?

- What?
- Yeah, my ankles hurt.

Don't worry about it.
What do I always say?

- "f*ck it."
- No, no, the other thing.

- "I'll do it tomorrow"?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You're a good kid. Call your mom.

It's all good. Mikey, hang on.

- Hey.
- All right,

red line drills! Let's go!

How goes it?

f*ck, it's the pursuit of excellence,

- Mikey.
- Yeah.

All right, what do
we got on the sh**ter?

f*cking Homeland
Security f*cked this up.

They had him, had his
prints, let him go.

This f*ck didn't come back
for the g*dd*mn interview.

Yeah. Well, cartel B-squad, isn't it?

Are we happy Moses is alive,

- or what the f*ck?
- Yes.

Yes, we're very happy he's alive,

at least for now.

If we play this right,
we hand Moses to Evelyn.

He goes in, Kyle comes out.

Kyle's got to be f*cking relieved, no?

He doesn't know. He won't talk to me.

It's all better, anyway.

- f*ck.
- Don't get his hopes up.

Well, look, I'm gonna set
this m*therf*cker up, okay?

And you're gonna knock him down.

- Do you see it?
- Yeah.

- 'Cause I do.
- We got... Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- We got this. Mikey, we got...
- Okay. Good.

Listen to me. f*cking, we got

a g*dd*mn problem with f*cking Robert,

all right? We covered
our f*cking asses here,

and the KPD's not gonna reinstate him.

And he says if KPD
doesn't reinstate him,

Patty's not gonna come back...

Well, she didn't leave him

- 'cause of job security.
- He's losing it.

He's f*cking losing it. He's
getting worse, not better.

He's an unstable f*ck right now.

Okay. Look, we're almost

- in the clear here.
- He knows,

but he is not listening

to reason, Mike. He is f*cking saying

crazy f*cking sh*t.

- It's unpredictable.
- About Evelyn?

You.

- It's all about you.
- Aw, f*cking...

All f*cking... No, all his problems

start and end with Mike f*cking McLusky.

- Well, get in line.
- It's ugly.

Brother, it is f*cking
ugly. I don't know what

he's gonna do, Mikey, but it's not good.

He could make a move f*cking tomorrow.

Every man's got their
f*cking breaking point, Mike,

and he has f*cking crossed it.

Do you hear what I'm saying to you?

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

We can't look after him anymore.

All right. Let's go.

[DERRICK] Hey, in the front.
I said the heaviest crates

go in the front,
toward the cab. Come on.

I remember all we had
was a stick and a prayer.

[CHUCKLES]

Benton Street days.

City still found a
way to take even that,

didn't they?

I remember when my pops got home.

He sat at the kitchen table,

the notice in his hands.

"Eminent domain."

They said it like they
was doing us a favor.

That broke my pops.

Broke our neighborhood.

Gone, like it wasn't even there.

Just words on a piece of paper.

Words didn't take Black Bottom.

People did.

- Men with plans.
- Hmm.

Men who knew we couldn't fight back

hard enough to make it cost them.

[DERRICK] Let's f*cking move.

Don't got all day.

Come on.

You trust him?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[FRANK] We own his a*s, LJ.

It's better than trust.

We're gonna make them
feel the cost, Frank.

We gonna teach those
m*therf*ckers a lesson.

No, we ain't teaching sh*t.

This here is about leaving scars.

[MENACING MUSIC]

[MIKE SIGHS]

Hey. Uh, is your mom home?

Yeah.

You know, Big Brothers...
they got equipment.

- Yeah, yeah, I know.
- And the Y, too.

Yeah. Yeah, they do.

Maybe you want to use one for the ice

and cut one down for the
road hockey, if you want.

Nah, I don't want your sticks.

[CINDY] Babe, you're
letting the heat out.

He comes bearing gifts, Mom.

Hey.

Look, my friend's a coach,

so I just thought I'd, you know...

Oh, you didn't...

[CHUCKLES]

Why don't you, uh, take the trash out?

Come in. It's cold.

- Thanks.
- Here.

[CINDY] Sorry.

Uh, this is Lucinda.

[MIKE] Yes, hi.

- I'm not from the county.
- [CHUCKLES]

And, um,

this is... No. Honey, no.

You can't start from the top, right?

That's when we get the
tangles all the way down.

You can have the last
slice if you want it.

[MIKE] Uh, it's okay.

I'm, uh...

I just wanted to drop off the sticks.

Yeah.

All right, time to brush teeth.

- Let me finish this chapter.
- No.

In bed, now.

- Yeah, now.
- Uh-uh.

I'll walk you out.

[SIGHS]

You want one?

No, thank you.

- Helped me quit.
- Mm.

Maybe one day, but...

- not today. [CHUCKLES]
- [CHUCKLES]

Academy doesn't really prepare
you for reality, does it?

[SCOFFS] No sh*t.

No f*cking primers.

So, what's with the sticks?

[MUMBLES]

A reason to see you, I guess.

You lonely?

[CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC]

It's Kingstown.

[SHORT CHUCKLE]

Well...

the kids can't be bought.
Definitely not Lucas.

- Apparently.
- Not Lucinda. Maybe Molly.

What about Mama?

She's very expensive.

Yeah.

Should I have brought another stick?

I wish I could tell you
it gets easier, this job,

that you can get used to it.

There's just no guarantees, are there?

I've dealt with
workplace bullshit before.

Like, personalities and whatever,

but this?

This is another level.

Yeah.

All right.

Your turn.

What is it?

I'm working on getting Kyle out.

- I'll tell him.
- Thank you.

- Yeah.
- It's through the courts.

So he doesn't have to do anything.

I'll make sure he knows that.

Call ahead next time.

I'll dial down the chaos.

Oh...

Please don't do that.

But, yeah, I'll call ahead.

Okay.

- Sorry.
- Mm.

[LAUGHS] Don't be sorry.

[DOOR CLOSES]

["YO ANDO POSITIVO" BY
LEE RICHARDSON PLAYING]

[EXCITING MUSIC]

Move!

♪

Let's go.

Fifteen minutes.

Thank you.

[QUIETLY] Mike wanted me to tell you

he's gonna do right by you.

He's making legal moves to get you out.

Piece of free advice:

Stay clear of my brother.

- He's trying.
- Mike's "trying"

gets people k*lled.

[PHONE VIBRATES]

[AUTOMATED FEMALE VOICE]
This is a call from

- an inmate at Anchor Bay Prison.
- [BABY MITCH FUSSING]

If you accept this call, you are

agreeing to the monitoring and
recording of your conversation.

- [KYLE] Trace?
- Hey.

Hey, honey. How are you?

How you doing?

How's our baby? How's Mitch?

He's good. I'm good.

How's everything with your sister?

Her place is nice. Lots of room.

She seems happy to
have company, I think.

Good. That's good.

It's not home.

I know. I'm sorry, honey.

I'm not taking jabs.

Well, uh...

look, I-I've got some good news.

Mike's got a plan that

might get me out
earlier than we thought.

Maybe focus on each day.

Uh, false hope, you know?

f*ck you up.

[SIGHS] I just got to
wait it out, you know?

We just got to wait it out.

[STATIC ON LINE]

Trace?

- Ba... Baby?
- And I... I know

that you're getting sick
of hearing this, babe,

but we just got to hang on.

- Okay?
- I ca-I can't hear you.

[CUTTING OUT] Just...
little bit long... okay?

Can you promise me that you can hang on?

- I pro-I promise.
- Trace?

Tracy, I f*cking love you so much.

Trace. [SIGHS]

- [LINE CLICKS]
- [DIAL TONE]

[PHONE VIBRATES]

[DRAWER OPENS]

[DRAWER CLOSES]

- [KNOCKING]
- [DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Uh, the tanker was torched.
That's been confirmed.

No idea if they burned
the product, though.

Or if it's out on the
street in other hands.

- What are the cops saying?
- Uh, botched fuel heist.

No one's looking past the
blood on the asphalt, though,

so that keeps us out of their lens.

Yeah, the cops' lens.

- Oh...
- Nina,

it's one shipment. You've
never lost a shipment.

No, no, I have not. And
that's the f*cking point.

That's the problem. And
I didn't lose this one.

This was not me.

They knew how and when it
was coming, so we need to know

where to point the finger
before the day is out.

I-I will find it. I promise you.

Nina.

[SIGHS]

Go home.

I've got this.

[DOOR OPENS]

[PHONE VIBRATES]

[DOOR CLOSES]

You cannot be blowing up my
phone every five minutes, Mike.

After the news, figured
a meetup was overdue.

No idea what you're talking about.

Oh, come on. Cut the bullshit, now.

You're valuable to me.
I want to protect that.

So whatever went down, you don't

have to be the one to go down with it.

Yeah, Mike, still don't know
what you're talking about.

Look, you want to play games, Nina,

go ahead, play some f*cking games.

But you lost a shipment, okay?
And someone's got to own that.

Someone not you.

You got loyalty, but don't
let it cloud your judgement.

Every choice you make,
every line you cross,

erases behind you, let
the fallout spread beyond.

Don't pretend otherwise.

I don't pretend, Mike.

There's always repercussions,

f*cking chain reactions.

And you think, what... you
think maybe I don't know that?

You think I don't lose sleep every night

because of this sh*t?

Well...

just check your loyalty at the door.

Your people don't give a flying f*ck

who falls for this,

just as long as someone falls.

It can't be you.

You're not replaceable.

If it happens again...

It won't.

I do not like losing, Mike.

You haven't lost yet.

- Damage control ain't winning.
- No.

But it means, after a sleepless night,

you can still see the sun.

That's something.

[UNEASY MUSIC]

[WOMAN ON RADIO] The violence
has drawn international concern

with human rights groups urging

the Indian government to ensure...

[MAN] Daytime highs are expected
to stay in the mid-40s, with

- a slight chance of afternoon...
- [RADIO CLICKS OFF]

[ALARM TONE RINGING]

[KEYPAD BEEPING]

[ALARM TONE STOPS]

[SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE]

[EERIE MUSIC]

[GASPS, GRUNTING]

It wasn't me. [PANTING]

It wasn't me!

It wasn't me. [GRUNTING]

- [WHIMPERS] Oh, no.
- You hid her

because you are a good mother.

But there are no true hiding places.

You know that.

A mistake was made...

by who?

It was T-Torres. Torres wasn't careful.

Who saw it?

- S... What?
- I will visit David.

He was careless.

Who witnessed his carelessness?

- [WHIMPERS]
- That is who you must visit.

You are a good mother.

[WHIMPERING CONTINUES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CLAMORING, SHOUTING]

[SINISTER MUSIC]

Looks like a struggle out there.

For the cause.

Stay sharp, brother.

So long, you red-bearded b*stard.

You did good.

♪

♪

♪

[COMMENTATOR SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY ON TV]

That time we raided that
cookhouse off Kilburn

and that f*cking guy
bolts into the alley

and then runs right into the
f*cking tow truck. [LAUGHS]

I f*cking remember it like yesterday.

f*cking pancaked that f*ck, you know?

They run from us, and the f*cking world

takes care of the rest, right?

Yes, that is the f*cking thing, man.

The world takes care of the rest.

- Yes.
- You don't even have to lift

a g*dd*mn finger, Robbie.

- You don't.
- Yeah.

[IAN] You just sit back,
you watch this sh*t.

It's a g*dd*mn cosmic joke.

Yeah.

You ever think about how
many we put in the ground?

Nobody gives a sh*t.

[CHUCKLES]

Till they come knocking
at your f*cking door.

Yeah.

- What was I talking about?
- f*cking up my buzz.

- You're a buzz f*ck.
- Yeah.

Well... Then you just hope
it's somebody you can handle.

- [CHUCKLES]
- Well...

Come on. f*cking, let's
drink up here. Come on.

No, no, no, no. But don't
f*cking worry about it.

It's just some f*cking
b*stard out there,

thinks he can do what he wants.

f*cking move in and ruin everything.

Those f*cking people...

they're the ones who
think they're untouchable,

they... they don't see
the f*cking train coming.

You know what we're gonna do?

We're gonna keep this f*cking train

- on the g*dd*mn rails. Come on.
- Yeah.

But then, that's the beauty.

You just keep clean enough,

and you let the world do the dirty work.

Here's to the f*cking world.

And then nothing's your fault.

- [BOTTLE CLINKS]
- [LIQUID POURS]

Till, one day, it is.

Yeah.

[LIQUID POURS]

I watched my boy at the park today.

He's...

climbing around and playing and sh*t.

[CHUCKLES]

He's afraid of f*cking nothing.

[SNIFFLES]

Everything I've done's for him.

All right, come on.
Let's drink up. Come on.

Yeah.

Jesus f*cking Christ.

[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]

[PHONE VIBRATES]

Yeah.

What's up?

I'll be there in ten minutes.

[ENGINE CONTINUES RUNNING]

[GARAGE DOOR RATTLING]

All right, here we go. Here we go.

Come on, man. I got you.

I got you. Okay, okay.

Here we go.

Here, we just...

Here, we just sit down here for a sec.

Come on.

- Right here for a sec.
- [GROANS SOFTLY]

[DARK MUSIC]

♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Heavy footfalls there, Mike.

Yeah, yeah. Weight of the world.

- You okay?
- Mm-hmm.

- Yeah, good.
- [BUNNY] Is that the mayor

- come pay a visit?
- There he is.

Man, get your a*s in here, Mike.

[MIKE] Yeah. Look who it is.

Well, well.

Told you, I'm a formidable monster.

- Yeah.
- Yeah, you are.

Look at you in your pj's.

They got the colors right, didn't they?

- Yeah, they did. [LAUGHS]
- [CHUCKLES]

Aw, sh*t.

So where we at, Mike?

Yeah, we're good.

We warring now?

What's Frank got going
on, man? I got a...

I got a thirst for retribution.

You're gonna have it, okay?

We just need to redirect, is all.

Frank is the one that hit you.

You understand?

He is not a partner. He's an assassin.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

How the f*ck you know that?

It's Lamar.

Frank got his hooks
into him pretty deep.

Got him on payroll. He
planted him with you.

Man, Cole f*cking vouched.

Yeah, he didn't know. I'm sorry.

So let's take a blowtorch
to this m*therf*cker

- and see what's what.
- Frank does not know

that we know, Bunny.

So we're gonna do business as usual.

We're gonna keep this
m*therf*cker close.

We're going play him and
take him down legally.

Legal... Wha... the f...

Why the f*ck would I do
that, Mike? We some...

we some law-abiders now or what?

This gets my brother out, Bunny.

That's why.

So we're gonna set Moses up

and do what no one else
has been able to do.

We're gonna put this f*ck in prison.

Yeah, then he's mine.

Then he's all yours.