Ripped By mstoll
What's up, Cool? Ha, ha.
Look, man, your page was a little cryptic, all right?
I mean, no disrespect.
It's always our pleasure to hang out with the man, the myth...
...but unless our pleasure's mixed with some kind of business...
...our boss, you know, she gets what?
- That kind of... - That crazy look.
Yeah, like a crazy look. She look a little twisted, you know what I'm saying?
You all right, Aquarius?
No, man.
- Y'all know Cosme Moreno? DEAQ: Heard of him.
Star running back, uh, USC, right?
Heisman hopeful, honor roll. Superstar of tomorrow, yeah.
Well, this morning, man...
[SIGHS]
...he died like a dog in the streets.
- Oh, man. AQUARIUS: Eight a.m.
Be the talk of the town soon enough.
[AQUARIUS SIGHS]
It's gonna sound worse every time it's said.
AQUARIUS: Little brother making good.
Staying clear of the ruction out on the streets.
Cut down in cold blood.
Hey, give me your watch.
Ain't for sale. But thanks, I like it too.
No, I want you to give it to me.
You're not going to, are you?
I like that. I like where this is headed.
You're in the wrong neighborhood.
Starbucks is about a hundred blocks that way.
[COSME CHUCKLES]
[MAN GRUNTING]
[COSME GRUNTING]
[GUNSHOT]
DEAQ: A white guy in a high-end sports car?
VAN: That's a neon lead. RHD's gotta be all over that.
AQUARIUS: Would be, man. But the neighborhood's stonewalling them.
It's a private matter, man...
...and what people know, heh, they ain't telling the cops.
VAN: Who were the witnesses?
AQUARIUS: Three kids, man. Shooting pill down the block.
They only got, like, "white, nice suit" off the killer himself.
But they did get kind of a bead on his ride.
And the watch, man...
... he just... He just tossed it.
Killed for it, then turned it into garbage.
AQUARIUS: Who does that to a kid, man?
DEAQ: Do you think it's gang related? - I don't but, heh, I'm alone on that one.
I thought you said Cosme stayed out of the life.
He did.
But his brother didn't.
VAN: Wait, you're saying it was Garavato Moreno's brother?
Of the 5th Street Locos?
AQUARIUS: Garavato thinks it was a hit from a rival.
He ain't seeing straight. Heh.
Ain't listening to what nobody saw.
He just wants blood.
AQUARIUS: I don't think this was a gang thing at all.
It was a crime, a tragedy, evil thing...
... but not about turf, not about war.
But Garavato and the Locos...
...they're gonna tear into every gang out here on the Westside.
Y'all got skills, resources.
You put names to mysteries.
Help me find this dude in that red car...
...prove to the neighborhood he ain't from a rival set...
...I get the Locos to stand down.
How you gonna guarantee something like that?
I saved Garavato's life once, man.
He owes me a debt. We'll just make this payment day.
We feel you on this, man.
What you're asking us is righteous and all, but I gotta be clear.
We find this killer, we ain't turning him over to no lynch mob.
AQUARIUS: I don't want more blood.
You guarantee me justice, I guarantee you the same.
- All right. AQUARIUS: Thank you, dog.
Thank you.
It's a full-on trip, ain't it?
What kind of thing walking the world like a man...
... does this to a boy?
For nothing but the sheer pleasure in doing it.
Y'all gotta find him. Find him fast.
RECEPTIONIST: Uh, Mr. Martin, here are your messages.
I'm sorry about that.
Chris.
Give me your watch.
Stop, stop, stop.
I don't want your watch, fetus.
I mean, do you really wanna give me your watch? Do you?
Say something.
Do something. Do you understand me?
Okay. I'll decide.
Keep your watch. Get out.
[SCOFFS]
[VAN SIGHS]
You see those tats?
Yeah, they're lovely.
Bunch of cats got caught stealing a truckload of swag from Garavato.
He gutted them with the hooks.
How do you know that?
You ever been in a set, you heard your Garavato stories...
...you know what I'm saying?
This is Deaq.
This is Van.
What's up?
Your cleaners, pelón?
My boys. Real soldiers.
Hooked up and ready to do this.
Sorry to hear about your brother. He was an amazing kid.
He didn't deserve to go out like that.
We're gonna find this cat, G, fast.
Ain't nobody I need them to find for me.
I know who I'm looking for.
My opposites, my enemies.
My enemies hired some gringo. Hit my family to punish me.
I lost my brother too.
Shot down in cold blood.
I'm strong with it now, but, uh, back then things wasn't so clear.
- It's real easy to make mistakes, man. - Mistakes like what?
DEAQ: I used to be a rider.
I represented my set and I had love on these streets.
Whenever I dropped a body, I wanted everybody to know who did it.
Now, if this was somebody coming at you strong like that...
...why doesn't anybody want credit?
If I got that close to Garavato, I'd be celebrating all over L.A.
- Your brother, older or younger? - Older.
He down with you? Know what you're about?
DEAQ: When he died we had a little static.
I think he'd be down with me now...
...but we ain't never gonna get a chance to see that play out.
But anyway, you loved him.
From the womb to the tomb.
My brother...
...wanted to be blood-in, blood-out like me, but I didn't let him.
And he hated me.
I got a lot of memories of him hating me.
Only a couple of him not.
And not a chance to make any more.
Me and Aquarius. Me and him, we go back.
That we do, homey.
GARAVATO: They wanna put a leash on me.
Keep me down to keep the peace.
I give my word, I keep it.
So I don't give it too often.
You got three days.
The clock started when the sun came up today.
You got nothing after three days...
...then we go looking.
Then it's all about the corazón.
Everybody better come with power and expect rain.
[VAN SIGHS]
Speak now or hold your peace.
Look, man, I'm with you on this, okay?
But I think that some people have their own agenda.
- Like what? - Like having us find this guy...
...so they can go vigilante on his ass.
Aquarius made the deal: Justice for justice.
He don't break his word, Van.
All right, he's your friend. Okay.
- Now all we have to do is convince Billie. - Yeah, the fun part.
With time and the right tactics, RHD is confident the case will crack.
CRASH units are in place.
They expect to break the case sooner or later.
You're asking me to have the entire department...
...stand down and wait for... What?
DEAQ: Nobody in the hood is talking to L.A.P. D...
...and you know that, all right?
First of all, we're right where you want us to be, like on every case, Billie: Inside.
All we're asking you is to give us the room to move.
Wait. White male, red car, in L.A.
Half a million suspects, three whole days.
VAN: We know it's impossible.
So when we pull it off you and the brass are serious heroes.
- Don't get snarky. - Was l...? Was I getting snarky?
It's not gonna help us out there having Officer Doughnut...
...and Detective Overtime knocking on doors and taking names.
- Three days, Billie. That's all we need. - I don't know.
It's gonna be tough.
Come on, man.
BILLIE: I know you guys made a promise.
And God knows this entire community...
...deserves to have Cosme Moreno's murderer found.
- But I don't know. - Please, Billie.
How are you swinging this?
I mean, Aquarius knows you're cops. What is he telling Garavato?
That we're like Mr. Wolfe from Pulp Fiction.
Garavato thinks we specialize in finding people who don't wanna be found.
DEAQ: We know this guy's out there. He doesn't wanna be found.
But that's just too bad for his white ass, because we're gonna find him.
JULIAN: Don't turn around.
[LAUGHS]
You know it's funny, huh?
If you'd have gotten here one minute later this would not be happening.
Your entire life just boiled down to one wrong minute.
Please. What do you want?
Baby, baby. Shh. No.
You in the mix with me, baby. Don't bone out now.
[WOMAN PANTING]
VAN: So definitely brunet. MIGUEL: Brunet and a gray suit.
DEAQ: And young, huh? You sure, little man?
ALBERTO: He was young. Quick. Moved like a cat.
But not old, you know, like his knee hurt or something.
But you definitely saw the car, right?
Okay, guys, can we start with what color was the car?
- Candy-apple red. - Lipstick red.
Man, there are all kinds of red lipstick.
How about the kind your mama wore last night, candy-apple fat ass? Come on.
ALBERTO: Oh, don't mess with me. - Okay, guys.
Guys, can we focus? The car.
See, this is why I don't have kids.
- It... It was a Porsche, definitely. - Old or new?
- New. - That's good. New Porsche.
No, wait. Um, old. Like, uh, '80s.
Okay, all right. You down with that, Alberto?
No way, man. Honda S2000.
No, wait, Miata. Mazda Miata.
Miata, way too small. Car was big, big like a Porsche.
- Uh-uh, dude, it was... - Okay, you know what?
It's been real, okay? You've been a great help, thank you.
It was a Ferrari, GT California.
- You sure about that? - '60, I think.
Car like in that movie Ferris Bueller.
Two-fifty GT California.
Wha...? What's a Ferris Bueller?
VAN: Fifty-one 20 GT Californias were made. Who knows how many...
...were lost in the gray market. Came off the boat with papers...
...never got reregistered and disappeared.
DEAQ: Nine times out of 10...
...a guy that's buying a gray-market ride can afford one straight up.
A guy that breaks rules just to break them.
Don't you have a connection to someone...
...who brings cars into the country under the radar?
Yeah, Mario. He's an okay guy, I guess.
A little slow, professionally evasive, but expired visa, no green card...
...so highly motivated. He should come through. I'll call.
You got any more info on that lady from, uh, Hillhurst whose hair got cut?
Yeah, physical description is identical.
Her assailant was young, white, brunet, early 30's, well-spoken, suit.
- Can I see that? - Yeah.
"Vic he didn't know. Takes something of no value.
Said, 'You're in the mix with me, don't bone out now."'
Hmm.
I get a... I get a hit of random off this guy.
Yeah, but not in a serial killer kind of way.
More like a... Like a thrill junkie.
A guy that's looking for a different high every time.
"In the mix." "Don't bone out"?
"You're in the game, you can't quit now."
- Sounds familiar. Takes me back. BILLIE: How?
DEAQ: Those specific words...
... but also some guys just like to snatch and grab.
This guy, he's power-tripping. There's a lot of jolt in that feeling.
Trust me. I did it.
Once you get a taste of that...
...everything else in your life feels kind of dead.
- Are we going to the office? - You're gonna get off the phone?
- I am off. - Then we'll go.
We'll leave in just a second.
- My mom says hi. - Yeah, if you say so, Nicole.
All right, fine, she didn't say hi.
She said it's your fault my brother's dealing dope and she'll see you in hell.
Or something. The usual.
I was thinking maybe we could get him a job, you know. Like a real job.
He has a real job, Nicole.
No, I mean with us, you know. Like, change his life.
- Like we changed ours. - He doesn't want this life.
You know what? I don't blame him.
He's got things worked out perfect the way they are.
Yeah, well, we thought that we had things perfect too...
...but we were, like, scared and on point all the time.
I mean, you seriously miss that? Julian?
[BILLIE TYPING]
Okay. The last two official Ferrari Calis on the list.
One is in a show room on blocks.
The other one is in a hangar with no spark plugs.
Okay, our bad guy is definitely driving an illegal, gray-market Ferrari.
Mario just called back and gave me three leads.
I like this one: White, 30s, big house in the hills and a bad, bad boy.
DEAQ: Hmm. - Wow.
- Rap-sheet kind of bad boy, huh? - Yeah.
Look at this: Robbery, assault, assault again, stalking.
[ALL SCOFF]
- Okay, go. - Yep.
You mean, do I wanna go back?
I don't wanna go back to that apartment I used to live in.
I don't want to go back to that hoopdie I used to drive.
Slinging and being stolen from.
I don't wanna go back to any of that.
I just wanna feel something though.
I don't feel anything from what I have right now.
I just wish I could...
Take your own car, okay?
Where are you going?
Do you really wanna know, Nicole?
Because I really will tell you.
VAN: Okay, let's get our stories straight.
Which one of us is gonna be buying the Ferrari?
I think it should be me.
Really? It should be...? Why you?
Well, a Ferrari's the epitome...
...of internationally sophisticated motor vehicles.
- Right? Cream of the dream. - Uh-huh.
And the person that can pull off driving a Ferrari...
...has got to ooze class, panache, and savoir-faire.
So look into my eyes, player, what do you see?
- Ha, come on now. - I see a hollow chasm of delusion.
And someone who has no idea what savoir-faire actually is.
MAN: I'm gonna kill you!
Who's there? Stay back.
[DONKEY BRAYS]
[GUN COCKS]
Who are you...? What are you doing in my house?
- Get out. - Put the... Put the gun down.
Drop it.
[PANTING]
VAN: Just put the gun down. MAN: You have no right to be here.
VAN: Put it down. DEAQ: Give me that gun.
[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]
Step away from the donkey, sir.
[WHINNIES]
What you doing with this donkey? You know what, man? Never mind.
Get your mind out of the gutter. This is art photography.
- You need not to talk right now. MAN: You've got the wrong guy here.
[GUNSHOT]
[MAN SCREAMING]
[WOMEN SCREAMING]
- They didn't have Charleston Chews? - Sorry.
Aw, man.
[TIRES SCREECH]
I don't have the Ferrari anymore.
Had no business with it anyway. Burned out the clutch in the first month.
- So where's the car now? - I wrecked it. On the PCH.
It's wherever they left it after they towed it.
So nobody saw you driving it in East L.A. On Monday?
Nobody saw me anywhere on Monday except in county.
I got scooped up for fighting Sunday night and poured into a cell.
- Fighting with your little girlfriend here? - What? If it was a Weimaraner it'd be art?
[WHINNIES]
You trespassed on an innocent situation.
The only thing that is disgusting here is your imagination.
The only thing that's disgusting is that ugly-ass robe you got on.
- This is a smoking jacket. - Look, we're sorry, okay?
We'll let you get back to your art.
[VAN SIGHS]
Just gonna put a little call in to animal control first.
If you don't, I will.
VAN: Okay, Mario, unless you get me a complete list...
...of every human being in L.A. With access to an illegally-imported Ferrari...
...I will make it my personal mission in life... No, no. Not deported, okay?
I'm already past that. I'm talking five years of prison food. Get me the list.
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]
[SIGHS]
- What time is it? - I don't know, man.
You know, you're very computer savvy. I didn't know you could type.
Playing Xbox translates to other useful skills, my brother.
What are you doing?
[SIGHS]
I've come up with a theory on our guy.
Which is?
I think he was a gangster...
...but now he's gone straight.
Now look at this.
The thing he did to Cosme, taking the watch, throwing it away.
The thing he did to the lady on Hillhurst. The way he talked to her.
DEAQ: I'm telling you, man, when I was rolling, that's how it felt.
The power. You die, you live, because I say so.
So he's in a really tough gang of lawyers, and producers, managers?
Look, ha, ha, we ain't what we start as, man. I'm checking juvie records.
I'm looking for anybody with a jacket that fits the age, race and style of our guy.
You're saying this isn't a random hit.
VAN: Guy killed the gang-leader's brother on purpose?
DEAQ: I don't know. I'm not in this guy's head.
But his words, what he said to the lady when he took the hair from her.
DEAQ: I've gotta be honest, it gave me a chill, man.
Now he may be a long way from the life now...
...but I promise you, his birthplace is 100-percent street.
BILLIE: Wow. Who knew you could multitask, huh?
Well, both of y'all need to get to know the real Deaqon Hayes.
Don't break his concentration. Got a theory that's interesting.
BILLIE: Yeah? So is this.
Yesterday, the Liquor Mart on Sunset was held up at gunpoint.
BILLIE: Three people were killed.
Five minutes before the alarm was pulled...
... a ticket was issued to an illegally parked Ferrari in the lot.
- "Julian Martin"? - What?
- Julian Martin. - Oh, hold up.
Came across this guy's pack about two hours ago.
Back in the late '80s, early '90s...
...this guy headed a San Fernando Valley gang called the Z Line.
Spent some time at Camp Miller and C YA.
Racked up a really impressive juvie rap sheet too:
Armed robbery, drug possession, assault.
If he kept it going as an adult he was headed for Lompoc.
I know this guy, doesn't he own, like, a worldwide modeling agency?
Okay, how do you know that?
I watch E! They did a special on him and his business.
- Facedogs. - Gods.
Why are you asking me if you know too?
Because I watch E! And I have a subscription to In Style.
But I'm supposed to.
DEAQ: Guys, come on.
- This is our man. This is the guy. BILLIE: Prove it.
- We put him in a lineup. - Who got a good look?
VAN: Kids were down the block. The lady only saw his reflection in the window.
BILLIE: The Liquor Mart, he was wearing a mask.
Yeah, and he's rich and he's white and he's famous.
- This is not even gonna go to grand jury. - We're also officially at the end of Day 3.
[DEAQ SIGHS]
Look, we need to find out what this guy really is.
You? You need to show him who you really were.
So you want me to show him my watch and get shot?
No, so he feels a kindred spirit.
Use that. Be what he needs.
You'll go in wired, get him to confess...
...and we tie him up so tight all his money can't get him free.
If he knows the Locos are gunning for him, maybe he needs an ally.
Someone who wants to see Garavato go down too.
That's great, but we're talking about a full-on play with the clock at zero.
Then we gotta stop the clock.
- I need a name. - No.
[AQUARIUS CHUCKLES]
Hold on. Y'all come here saying you found the guy...
...but you need me to get you more time.
I gotta have something to trade, man.
Give me the name.
- Look, it's better if you don't know. - Better? Better how, man?
All I know if I go back to Garavato with absolutely nothing...
...him and his boys, they gonna hit the streets.
If we give you a name, man, it cannot get back to Garavato.
Okay. Can I talk to you for a second?
I got this, man. I got it.
I'm about to put our history on the line right now, okay?
All the miles and all the years.
Because what I'm about to tell you...
...if you tell Garavato, man... You know what I'm saying?
The name is Julian Martin.
He's legit now. Rich.
- But before? DEAQ: I don't know, man.
He used to bang Z Line 10 years ago in the Valley.
Not anymore though. Now he's got money and connections.
We bust him with the little we got, it'll stick as long as it takes to pick up a phone.
DEAQ: That's where we got a problem.
We wanna put this cat in a jail with no door.
And for that, we need a little bit of time, and you gotta give us that time.
I asked you to find him, and you found him.
But I'm gonna be straight up with you.
After what you just said...
...it ain't up to you to build no jail around this fool, man.
It's gotta be settled street-style.
We told you it wasn't gonna play out that way.
Okay? We all agreed that this guy was not gonna be delivered over to the streets.
That was the deal.
Is that what you want on your hands, a gang war that doesn't have to happen?
If this dude Julian, man, if he was gangster-gangster...
...then he knows what's coming.
He know how gangsters get down.
So what you gonna do, man?
Heh. I can't stand outside on this one, Deaq.
This is about where I live...
...and the people I gotta look in the eye every day of my life.
Now for y'all, it's just a job.
But for me, it's community service.
Whether you know it or not, I'm a part of this community too.
[LAUGHS]
You been out this life for a long time now, Deaq.
Now, back in the days, you had much love, man...
...but, heh, when I hear you talk now...
...all I hear is McGarrett, Five-0 style.
Know what you hearing right now?
You hear that we on two different sides of this damn game.
This is about where I live and how I look at myself in the mirror.
So from here on out, how about you walk your way and I walk mine, all right?
So be it, Deaq.
- So be it. - So be it!
Why don't you hit the pavement. Leave like you always do.
[DOOR OPENS]
[SIGHS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
I knew from day one Aquarius had his own agenda.
I should go with my instincts. Know what he's gonna do?
He's gonna go straight to Garavato...
...and he's gonna tell him everything we just said.
- We should go arrest him before he does. - Look, we're not arresting Aquarius.
Okay. All right. What are we gonna do?
You know what, man? What we gonna do? We're not gonna talk about Aquarius.
- You don't talk about Aquarius. VAN: What?
Yeah, you heard me. I said don't talk about Aquarius.
First of all, you don't need to come between two guys with history.
What is this about? Me not growing up on the same side of the street as you?
I was surfing while you were knocking off liquor stores, what?
First of all, you can't expect a guy like Aquarius...
...to give up his way of life overnight, just like that.
Yes, I can.
If he comes to us, knowing who we are...
...and how we do things, how you do things, then I can.
I can do things my way and still understand that man has a point.
No, he doesn't, all right? You know what?
You need to remember who you chose to be.
Not who you used to be.
What? What? You wanna be like Julian?
- You wanna go back to your old ways? - As a matter of fact, this is about who I am.
I'm a cop, okay, and that's my boy.
And I'm not gonna arrest him because he's talking smack...
...or that you want to prove a point.
[VAN SCOFFS]
I need to know whose side you're on. So decide now and tell me.
I'll decide when you're driving to Julian's before Aquarius does something stupid.
Or... Or we can go and arrest Aquarius right now.
DEAQ: Or you can shut the hell up. - Yeah, great comeback.
GARAVATO: We always got along, you and me, pelón.
We clicked.
I trust you and I owe you por vida.
But I'm not gonna let you collect on this here.
They need more time to do it right.
So I'm asking. That's all I want.
Then me and you, man, we'll be even.
I don't want to be even, holmes. Not on this.
This is my little brother we're talking about, all right?
My world.
When Cosme was born, he fit right in my two hands, holmes.
Now I have nothing but ashes.
You save calling your debt for later.
Make sure there is a later.
Tell me the name now.
- You going in there like that? - Like what?
Fully strapped through two security checkpoints?
I mean, it might cause some negative attention when the alarms go off...
...but maybe you're doing some baller thing, in which case...
...I'd have to defer to Aquarius on that. I wouldn't know.
You know what? Did I try to get in the middle when you were trying...
...to work things out with your pops? - Yes.
- Okay. VAN: Thank you.
You're welcome. But I'm not gonna sit around arguing about it all day.
I'm gonna go in and try to represent to this psycho so we can become friends...
...and get a confession out of him. You got a problem with that?
Yes. Just be careful, okay? This guy is dangerous.
[DEAQ SIGHS]
VAN: So is that hat.
I mean, I wouldn't want you to die knowing...
...you never got a chance to apologize to me.
I won't.
- Won't die or apologize? - Neither.
NICOLE: Hey, Julian, I want you to meet Suzanne.
She's this year's winner of Facegods model search.
She's from Pensacola.
Let me guess. You've always wanted to be a model.
SUZANNE: Yes.
And this is Libra. She's a runner-up from Santa Cruz.
Hey, baby, I'm, uh, here to see, uh, Julian Martin.
RECEPTIONIST: You have an appointment? DEAQ: No.
- What's your name? - Libra.
RECEPTIONIST: You need an appointment. - Somebody please kill me.
DEAQ: You might say we wait inside. - Why don't you girls come over here?
RECEPTIONIST: Sir, you have to have an appointment.
Hey, homey.
- You got to be Julian from Canoga. - Why is that?
Because there ain't nobody else up in here who got no heart.
I been hearing about you ever since I was a little G.
- You came up in the world. - Well, what can I do for you?
What, you wanna be a model?
- You're a little old. - Come on, player.
Good thing that ain't the reason I came.
Now, I know you heard about this ese's little brother...
...that got smoked, day before yesterday.
This O.G., Garavato the Hook.
[OVER RADIO] Now, his golden-football-star blood...
... got smoked in his driveway by some rich white boy.
- That's terrible. DEAQ: Oh. If you say so.
I mean, maybe you right, the kid's death was a tragedy...
...but, uh, Garavato's crying like a little bitch over it.
So if you hate that man as much as my crew hates that man...
...it's cause for celebration, partner.
So I just came here to back you up on Garavato.
Because a man that hates my enemy, is my homey.
Well, I don't know what you're talking about.
[CHUCKLES]
This is Billie.
AQUARIUS [OVER PHONE]: You know who this is?
- Aquarius? - Clock's expired.
The troops are rolling in and I can't stop it.
Tell me.
Deaqon gave me homeboy's name.
Should have stood strong from the Locos but they jammed me up for it...
...and I gave it to them.
So now the wolves are gonna be at the door.
But before that even, I said Deaqon had no loyalty, no love.
I mean, I know better than that, but I was angry.
BILLIE: All right.
AQUARIUS: Tried hitting him on his cell first to warn him, but he didn't pick up.
So you gotta fix it now if you can.
- I can try. I have to go. - I'm sorry.
- I think you think you are. - Same thing, baby girl.
Either way, it's still true.
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]
DEAQ [OVER RADIO]: So I forget I got my gun in my hand, right?
I go running down the cereal aisle looking for my grandmamma, man.
- What kind of gun? - Browning 9 mm, player.
Ah. A 10 round or extended clip?
Come on, now. Ten round, classic.
Like this one.
Yeah.
So this other guy had a.22?
Pfft. Against this? Come on.
[LAUGHS]
JULIAN [OVER RADIO]: I was in Sears with this.
This guy there with his kid buying a bunch of toys.
- Owed me 7 grand. DEAQ: What you do?
JULIAN: What do you think? DEAQ: Blasted his ass, didn't you?
JULIAN: Both of them. DEAQ: No doubt.
- And, damn, did I get the drop on them. - Phew, you gangster.
It's funny, you know. People don't know till they know.
[LAUGHS]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
- Hello. BILLIE [OVER PHONE]: Hey, listen.
Aquarius told Garavato Moreno about Julian.
He and some Locos are on their way.
I'm pulling together backup. I'll be there soonest.
I hope that means now because Garavato is here.
[ALARM BLARING]
[WOMEN SCREAMING]
Get down!
[GARAVATO GRUNTS]
Get down!
Give me the gun.
You cholos, slide your guns over.
[JULIAN GRUNTS]
Just stay down.
[BOTH GASP]
Yeah, that's him.
Now you get to tell him to his face what went down.
Cleaner, eh?
You sold me out. I gave you three days!
[DEAQ KICKS GARAVATO]
- Is this ese talking crap to you? - He ain't saying nothing!
[GARAVATO GROANING]
Let me tell you something.
When I was cruising down your street...
...and I saw your little brother with his brand new truck.
I thought, "Great future...
[OVER RADIO] ... Colgate smile. "
[CHUCKLES]
That's not a Sureño foot soldier, that's neighborhood pride.
You know what creeping up on all that promise felt like?
[DEAQ GROANING]
[GARAVATO GRUNTING]
I got him. Don't you ever come up in here.
Come on, come on.
I figure while we got him...
...let's keep him a while and have some fun with him.
- True gangster. I love it. I love it. - Please don't, baby, please.
Whatever's happened... I don't know what you did but I know that it's bad.
- Nothing else has to happen. You don't have to do any more.
I'm scared, baby.
Scared? You never used to be scared.
MAN: What you doing here, ese?
[GUN COCKS]
Okay, drop it, holmes, and take your vato with you. Let's go. Get out of here.
You're just pulling everything apart. I mean, don't you even see it?
No, I feel great. I feel like my old self again.
NICOLE: Think about what you're doing here.
I mean, think about giving up all of this.
You know, everything we have, to go back to the stupid life...
...we couldn't even wait to leave.
- You wanna jump out? - No.
JULIAN: Huh?
You can if you want.
I mean, you're gonna have to survive this first.
[WOMEN SCREAMING]
Get away from the door.
[WHIMPERING]
Oh, my God.
[BOTH WHIMPERING]
- Hey, get down. DEAQ: Hey, hey, hey, man.
I thought it was about Garavato, dog.
I mean, come on, you gonna use your Browning...
...on two screaming little girls now?
You're a killer. I like your style.
You should have been there with me.
You would have really felt it when I killed his little brother.
Humph.
Gotcha, homey.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
Don't move. Don't move.
[SIGHS]
You did not mention that these other guns had full clips...
...or that he had them at all. - Or this one.
VAN: Go ahead, ladies.
Come on, let's go, pal.
No, man, no. Leave him here.
Handle your business, homey.
Yeah.
[SIGHS]
You're just gonna leave those two alone in there?
BILLIE: Hey.
Are you all right? Where's Martin and Moreno?
DEAQ: Inside.
I let Garavato get a piece of him while he could.
Doesn't fix anything permanent...
...but you know what? It helps you sleep at night.
BILLIE: Come on.
[GARAVATO GRUNTING]
DEAQ: The things I said... AQUARIUS: Hey, yo, I said some stuff too.
[VAN SIGHS]
- Oh, don't get all mushy now or nothing. VAN: Don't worry, I won't.
AQUARIUS: Okay, you called me out and you were right.
- It feel good? VAN: You want me to lie?
No, but everything's everything now, if we all could let it be.
You know, man, I need to pay a little more respect to the way y'all working.
I'll give you credit for trying to right things you never used to think were wrong.
- I know that doesn't come natural for you. - I mean, it does hurt, you know.
It ain't ever gonna be my whole portfolio...
...but I'll walk that path when I can. What I can, I'll let you all know.
DEAQ: Appreciate that. - Ain't no thing, man.
VAN: Just let us know when you can't too. - I could do that too. Ha.
DEAQ: Might wanna e-mail us. - I could do that too.
Matter of fact, I've got some computers in that truck right there. Ha, ha.
- You crazy. VAN: Get out of here.
AQUARIUS: All right, partners.
You know, it just don't feel right, not letting your best friend in...
...on all the ways your life has changed.
Maybe he'd understand it better if he could really just see how we do.
- Maybe. - Man, it's hard.
I mean, do you know what I feel like right now?
Test-driving some of those Spyker C8s Billie scored off Narcotics?
DEAQ: Do you know that in the fifth horsepower option those babies go 21?
VAN: Ha. I'll know before you will.
[DEAQ LAUGHS]
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