Parish (2024) s01e02 Episode Script

1
Get out of the way!
Between my business, my
mortgage, kids' tuition,
I'm drowning.
What do you want from me, Colin?
I'm supposed to pick up
a package from my boss.
I'm retired from the life.
We can't afford to live here anymore.
We're not moving.
- What's your story, Gray?
- You know that already.
My condolences for your loss.
My job is to get you
from point A to point B.
Come on. Let's go.
- There it is.
- Why did the police show?
[GASPS]
I'll take care of it.
[ENGINE REVVING]
♪♪
[SIRENS WAILING]
[TIRES SCREECHING, GEARSHIFT THUDS]
GRACIÁN: Get out of
the way. Move. Move!
MAN: Sir, you've got
to stay behind the tape.
No, no, no. I got to
get through, damn it!
I got to get through here!
- No, no. I got to get
- You don't understand.
L-Let him through.
[SOBBING]
♪♪
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COLIN: [VOICE ECHOING]
Freaking me out, Gray.
Say something. Anything.
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Gray
Gray, we're gonna figure this out.
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[EXHALES DEEPLY]
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GRACIÁN: We miss one
thing, one shred of evidence,
and I'll never see my family again.
COLIN: Well, we ain't
gonna let that happen.
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[BABA MARAIRE'S "VANA WA BABA" PLAYING]
[MAN SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]
♪♪
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Do you know what music this is?
Afrobeats, right?
No. Chimurenga
"revolutionary struggle."
♪♪
[MUSIC PLAYING IN DISTANCE]
What were you thinking, Zenzo?
Exposing me like that?
ZENZO: Exposing you?
[CHUCKLES]
I was protecting you,
brother, like I always do.
That back there was not about me.
What was the plan, Zenzo?
Plan?
Uh
She asked you a very
simple question, Zenzo.
What was the plan?
Take the lawyer.
Work him over.
Get intel.
Intel was the plan.
Yeah. Yeah.
America has made you all soft.
This?
This isn't how I used to
run things for Baba back home.
Which is exactly why
you're not in this seat.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Zenzo, you work for me now.
- Do I?
- You're either with me
or against me.
You either grow with me
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or fall out with me.
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[EXHALES SHARPLY, INHALES DEEPLY]
♪♪
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Cheap imitation.
[SPEAKING SHONA]
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[TOOTHPICK CLATTERS]
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[DOOR CLOSES]
[PLASTIC RUSTLING]
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[BOTH GRUNT]
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[FIRE CRACKLING]
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[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
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[SIGHS]
[BUCKET CLATTERS]
[DOOR OPENS]
ZELDA: Hello?
[DOOR CLOSES]
Is someone there?
Oh!
Geez, Gray. You nearly
gave me a heart attack.
That makes two of us.
I thought we were getting
robbed or something.
Yeah. Only by the banks
and insurance companies.
[SIGHS]
I've been up here all
night working on the books.
[SNIFFS] And what, cleaning?
How's your mother, Z?
Uh she's on some new medication
that Medicaid doesn't cover.
So same old.Ah.
I'll see if I can squeeze
out a couple of extra shifts,
help you out with that.
- Thanks, Gray. God bless you.
- Oh, it's my pleasure.
[CLATTERING IN DISTANCE]
- What was that?
- Oh, that's just a fan
hitting the carriage in the back.
- Is somebody here?
- Nah, just me.
[TRAIN HORN BLOWING IN DISTANCE]
[HOSE THUDS]
[EXHALES DEEPLY] Um
Well
I'm going to go put on my face.
And, uh
maybe you ought to get some rest.
Yeah. We open up in an hour or two.
Boys will be in. Would
you catch them for me?
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Early every mornin' ♪
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Just about the break of day ♪
You can get up now.
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Where to?
Lake Maisson.
There's a tributary off of 10.
Yeah, I know that spot.
I used to go skinny-dipping
there with Suzanne Ndara
back in the day.
What, Miss Thickness from Gulfport?
Aw, no, no, man. That was Tara.
[LAUGHING] That was Tara.
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This lawyer.
He got anybody gonna
come looking for him?
What you want? A client list, man?
I didn't know him like that.
Just that he could get us into the safe.
I mean, at least he
said he could anyway.
Except he couldn't.
Horse.
Tongais.
Who are these people?
What'd you just get me into, Col?
They're human traffickers, man.
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[CELLPHONE BUZZING]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[CLEARS THROAT]
Yeah?
Okay, Townes.
Look. Hey.
Is there any way I could
do it this afternoon?
Please? Plea
Okay. Alright. You know, I get it.
Yeah. Thank you.
Thank [SIGHS]
What was that?
We're gonna need to take
a little detour, man.
No detours.
It's over 80 degrees
already. It's 92 in the trunk.
T-That was my parole officer, alright?
He's waiting at my boat.
I forgot it was today!
Look. It's a wrinkle,
Gray. That's all, alright?
I'll go meet the guy, tell him
about all my job applications,
piss in a cup that's it, done.
You want me to drop you
at a meet with your PO
while we got a dead body in the trunk?
You make me walk,
it'll just take longer.
God damn it, Colin.
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[DOG BARKING]
GRAY: Stopping right here.
COLIN: Oh, shit, man. They
done brought Scooby Doo.
This could be a while.
Well, what's "a while."
How long is that?
Last time they brought the
dog, in was three hours.
Oh, come on, now.
I'll call you when I'm done. Alright?
Now, l-look, look, look, look.
Just get out and pay me
like you're hailing a cab.
Pay you? Man, these ain't
even my pants. What the
[SIGHS] Just fake it. Alright?
Go, and say "thank you" real big.
Do it. Alright. Yeah.
Oh, hey. Hey, hey,
hey. Hold this will you?
No. No, come on, Colin. Come on, man.
[CAR DOOR OPENS]
Oh! Hey, thank you! Here's the money.
Thank you, sir.
- You're welcome.
- [CAR DOOR SHUTS]
- Thank you!
- [DOG BARKING]
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[GARAGE DOOR RATTLING]
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[CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
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[BOXES CLATTERING]
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[GRUNTS]
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[GROANS]
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[BREATHING HEAVILY]
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[GRUNTING]
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[GROANS]
[HEAVY BAG THUDS, CHAINS RATTLING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
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[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[DOOR OPENS]
W-What are you doing home?
Ask her. Mak!
- Come here, please.
- What's going on?
[SIGHS]
She got kicked out
of first period for fighting.
What? Ask her. Ask her daughter.
Tell him.
It wasn't even my fault.
She hit me first.
She insulted me and said I was one of
these entitled uptown girls
who wouldn't clap back.
- I'm so over it.
- Yeah, I'm over you. You know about fighting.
- What are you doing?
- I'm cleaning out the freezer.
It needed to be done.
Got time for breakfast?
And we need to talk.
[BOWL CLANKING, FORK SCRAPING]
[GREASE SIZZLING]
- Are you feeling okay?
- Yeah. Yeah, I'm alright.
Just a long shift last night.
So, Gracián, listen. We have a
We have a viewing today.
[SIGHS]
I didn't know you were
doing an all-nighter.
What time?
At 4:00.
We We have to make
these decisions together.
Do you want me to reschedule?
No.
What's going on in here?
We're just talking.
Huh. Two family meals in
one week? Something's up.
You're lucky you're getting
anything, young lady.
[DOORBELL RINGING]
- Would you get that?
- Yeah.
I'm sorry. I'm I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to be short with you.
[DOOR OPENS]
I'm just I'm just not ready.
- I'm not ready.
- I know. I know.
- I know.
- Dad, it's for you!
♪♪
Mr. Parish?
NOPD.
Detective Doucet, and
this is Detective Fuentes.
- [SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
- I remember you.
♪♪
Can we ask you a few questions?
How can I help you?
Well, we're actually
trying to track down
a man named Colin Broussard.
You know him?
Yeah. He's an old friend.
I ain't seen him in a while.
- What happened?
- We're looking into
a robbery that happened
yesterday at a law firm.
One of their lawyers went missing, too.
Okay. So, what does
that have to do with us?
Has he been in touch with you
since his release from prison?
- Who's Colin?
- I haven't seen or
spoken to Col in 17 years.
And where were you by chance
yesterday between noon and 4:00?
On the road, I think, driving
a client up to Lafayette.
You drive a black car, right?
Yes, I do.
FUENTES: A neighbor saw a
man fitting your description
in Metairie around the
same time yesterday.
What do you mean by his description?
Mak, honey. It's alright.
Oh. Oh, you mean a Black man, right?
Miss, we're just trying
to get our bearings.
- We haven't accused your fath
- Yeah. Well, that's not what I heard.
Me either.
Now, I wasn't in Metairie yesterday,
and you're not looking for Colin either.
Are you?
So unless there's anything else
Okay. We noticed the "for sale" sign up.
You mind if I take a look around?
It's a new listing. You'll
have to call the agent.
We're not ready to show it yet.
FUENTES: In the meantime, if you hear
anything of Colin, please
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[SIGHS]
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Yeah. [CHUCKLES] I don't
give a damn about permits.
We're supposed to be
opening in two months.
- [CLOCK TICKING]
- You know what, Lar?
Stop talking and just get it done.
[KEY STRIKES]
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[KEY STRIKES]
Miriam, why you playing my piano?
♪♪
Hey, Miriam!
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What's going on here?
- What the hell
- Perry Lousteau
a man of generational means
whose entire existence
has been propped up
by the servant class.
You know, the nannies,
cooks, assistants.
And let's not forget delivery drivers.
Hmm, I wonder what became of him
when his life and fortune
came to a grinding halt
as all those people
suddenly walked off the job.
Miriam, get in here.
Uh, your housekeeper I relieved her.
She no longer works here.
You know, I'm calling the cops.
SHAMISO: Go ahead. Call the cops.
And say what, exactly?
"There's two Africans in my
house with a business proposal"?
Oh, Shamiso, I don't
think he heard anything
after the word "Africans." Ah.
Your people can get right back
to work as soon as we all agree.
So this is what's gonna happen.
We will begin a symbiotic relationship,
one which cuts out the middleman,
thus halving your current expenses.
And now we bring the
labor directly to you.
There's a way we do business down here.
Code of conduct.
Gentlemen's agreement, if you will.
Whoever owns the
passports owns the workers.
So it was you.
Stole back the passports
you sold to Anton.
We're expanding.
♪♪
The man you're crossing
won't take kindly
to being cut out of the equation.
You have your way of doing things.
And where we're from, we have ours.
It's either you adapt
Or die.
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How come you parked the car in here?
Ah. I had to detail it myself.
Couldn't do it at the shop. I got this.
Thank you.
[GRUNTS] Yeah.
Everything's falling apart.
So
has he been back in touch?
Colin.
Come on.
I held some of Col's money
for him when he went away.
Gave it back to him when he got
out of prison about a year ago.
That's it.
See? That wasn't so hard, was it?
Hmm?
You got that exact
same look on your face
that Maddy used to get
when he'd get busted
for playing hooky to
go and ride bumper cars.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Look, I know a new family moving
in here doesn't feel right.
Someone else in Maddy's room.
But I can't bear walking
past his door every day.
I think I hear him.
It's killing me.
You have to know that.
I just want our boy to rest.
I know.
I know, baby.
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[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Okay.
Okay what?
I'll look at the place you saw for sale.
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I'll call the Realtor. Thank you.
[SNIFFLES]
I need to get something
out of the freezer.
What the hell is this
doing on my freezer?
The bracket snapped.
I got to replace it.
Come on.
It's 100 pounds of dead weight.
Think you can move that?
Alright. You do it.
I'll get it.
I got to move the car anyway.
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[CELLPHONE RINGING]
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Colin, you ready?
Coming at you.
[MID-TEMPO BLUES PLAYS]
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GRACIÁN: So, what's your plan?
What you mean? After this?
The Horse.
Seems like an unlikely choice
for you to link arms with.
I helped his guys when I was inside.
[CHUCKLES]
Aren't there less stressful
ways to earn money?
What? For folks like me? Nah.
It's all I know.
Once I hit my number, though, I am out.
Open water, sunsets,
fuzz at my back, next port up ahead,
and Sarah.
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I'm, uh Shit, man.
I know this is the worst
possible time to bring this up,
but if I don't say something,
my heart is gonna explode.
What happened to Maddox
Look, man. I wanted to be there for you.
You know?
Oh, you knew?
Yeah. Yeah, I knew.
♪♪
Look. I was gonna come
to the funeral, but
But look. Maybe I
didn't know what to say.
You know?
[VOICE, MUSIC FADING]
[VOICE ECHOING] I still don't.
[MUSIC ECHOING]
♪♪
[THE NEW SOUL FINDERS'
"THE TRUTH" PLAYS]
The truth is what I wanna know ♪
Where do we come from? ♪
Where do we go? ♪
Damn shame they never
reopened this place.
I guarantee you we ain't the first ones
to dump a body here.
♪♪
Come on! You got room!
You got plenty of room!
♪♪
Phew!
♪♪
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I wanna know, where do we go? ♪
Oh, shit.
[TIRES SPINNING]
- Come on, man! Push!
- Hey! Turn it left and punch it again.
Hey! My left!
We got the same left, Colin!
Well, turn it the other way!
God damn.
♪♪
No, man! No, it's not working!
Damn it!
You know what?
Man, you you never think.
You never think ahead of nothing.
- This ain't my drop!
- Oh, oh
You're the one who brought us out here!
T-This ain't your drop.
Yeah, that's right.
Well, we ain't gonna discuss it,
'cause there's nothing to discuss,
'cause you never think ahead of time.
You always think Never
think beyond the moment!
- Do you?
- Oh, this about Cleveland now! Now I get it!
- You're goddamn right
- That was not my fault, Gray!
Not my fault!
Cleveland was your mark.
Right? And he was on to us.
And I knew we should've
bailed from the top.
But no, no, no, no.
I had a bad feeling
about the whole thing!
And I knew it.
No, but you? You're gonna jump right in!
I jump in?! You jumped in, too!
'Cause Rose was pregnant!
- No, don't you bring her into this.
- Yeah!
What, am I lying?! Am I lying?!
No, you're deflecting.
You didn't do your homework.
You didn't do it then,
and you didn't do it now.
Seriously, Colin.
How many lives have sunk to
the bottom of a shitty lake
- because of you?
- Oh, right, right, right.
Says the man who's
drowning in his own debt.
Where you going?
Don't leave me out here!
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[CHILDREN LAUGHING, SHOUTING]
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YOUNG MADDOX: Dad, can we go one time?
Please?
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[GRUNTING]
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[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
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[TRAIN HORN BLOWING IN DISTANCE]
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That's it. That's it. That's it.
Thank you, Mama Mary.
[FUGI'S "RED MOON" PLAYS]
Gray?
♪♪
Roll that spool back there.
Roll that spool back.
[GRUNTS]
Make it taut, now. Got it?
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[TIRES SPINNING]
Come on!
Come on.
[GRUNTS]
- Yes!
- GRACIÁN: Yeah, baby!
- Yes!
- Yeah, baby!
♪♪
- Whoo!
- Whoo, baby!
- Yeah!
- [LAUGHS]
♪♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
♪♪
- MAKAYLA: Mom? The real estate agent is here.
- [GASPS]
♪♪
I'll be right down!
He's here with the Atlanta people!
I said I'll be right there, Mak!
♪♪
Is Dad on his way?
Could you just wait for
me downstairs, please?
ZENZO: This is your forward
assist, the butt stock,
your rear sight, your pistol grip.
And this is where you
clip your magazine, yes?
Yeah.
Don't be afraid. It's not loaded.
Mm. Baba doesn't like
it when I play with guns.
Sit.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
He may not want you to
but one day, you might have to.
To protect your honor.
To protect your family.
Or for freedom.
Like Baba Sekuru taught me back home.
♪♪
How old are you now? Ten?
- 12.
- 12.
[CHUCKLES]
I held my first Kalashnikov
when I was about your age.
You see, the smallest cub
eventually grows to be a lion.
And that's you.
♪♪
Come here. I'll show you something.
- Alright.
- Stop right there.
- Okay.
- Hold it.
Okay.
[IMITATING MACHINE-GUN FIRE]
[BOTH LAUGH]
♪♪
Did you know the driver lost a son?
Killed in a shooting near Algiers Point.
What do you know?
Happened about a year ago.
Newspaper article says it
was an attempted carjacking.
Kid got shot during the struggle.
Meaning he's grieving,
for heaven's sake.
Maybe volatile.
We just met the guy,
and you've got him running
interference for the family.
I mean, brother, maybe Zenzo's
right about us not trusting him.
All the people who come to us,
men and women, are
desperate for something.
It's what makes them pliable.
It also makes them untrustworthy.
This man is an unnecessary liability.
There are safer ways to
step out of Father's shadow.
Let me determine who
should be trusted
or not.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
[DOOR OPENS]
- HORSE: How are we?
- COLIN: It's done.
So, you fixed Colin's mess?
Yeah. Made good on a promise.
Desire to repay a debt. His.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
This could have ended
differently for you, Colin.
You're lucky to have a friend like Gray.
Take a seat, Gray.
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What happened in your
garage the other night
is in no way reflective
of who we are as a family.
We are loving, compassionate, forgiving.
You hear that, Col?
[DOOR OPENS]
I won't let you down again.
[DOOR CLOSES]
You won't.
♪♪
I believe this is for you.
♪♪
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Hey.
♪♪
Alright.
Colin.
Smile.
[CHUCKLES]
♪♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
♪♪
I suppose there's a
question of where we stand.
♪♪
I suppose there is.
I'm in need of someone like you,
behind the wheel and by my side.
♪♪
Well, with respect,
my wheelman days are in the past.
I was just here for Col.
I would like to return to my family.
You'll be taking Luke and me home.
We can discuss further on the way.
[FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING]
♪♪
[SIGHS]
Ahh.
Uh-huh.
[CHUCKLES]
So
suburban daddy suddenly
gets the urge to drive fast.
- I just want to go home, man.
- Do you, now?
[CHUCKLES]
See, my gut says
there's something else you're after.
♪♪
How does the saying go again?
You can't go home again.
♪♪
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
LUKE: Uncle says he's gonna
take me to City Park today.
Mm, change of plans.
I'm cooking tonight.
- What?
- Yes.
Yes. Sadza, muriwo
nenyama. Your favorite.
- What?!
- Yes.
- Aw, come on!
- What's "come on"?
We have the same food every
night. Can we switch it up?
And what exactly do you
think they eat in Zimbabwe?
- I don't know!
- Get out of here.
[SPEAKING SHONA]
Are you sure?
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GRACIÁN: Where to, sir?
You know the city, so
follow these directions.
No variations.
Says here to take the Claiborne Bridge.
It's been closed since
Monday for construction.
- Then we'll go the way you know.
- Yes, sir.
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GRACIÁN: You comfortable back there?
Mm-hmm.
What was that, Luke?
What do you mean?
This gentleman asked us a question.
Is that what I told you
about respecting your elders?
Try again.
- We're fine, sir. Thank you.
- My pleasure.
♪♪
These past two days, darlin' ♪
Girl, you haven't called at all ♪
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[ENGINE REVVING, TIRES SQUEALING]
♪♪
[ENGINE REVVING]
♪♪
[TIRES SQUEALING]
♪♪
These friends of yours?
No.
[TIRES SQUEALING]
♪♪
♪♪
- Gray
- Oh, shit.
Brace yourself.
- Come on!
- They got guns!
[TIRES SQUEALING]
Stay down!
[GUNSHOTS]
♪♪
Go, go, go!
[TIRES SQUEALING]
♪♪
Come on. Come on!
[LUKE SOBBING]
♪♪
LUKE: Baba, who are those people?
- Everything alright back there?
- Look, look. Look and focus!
Okay.
♪♪
[ALARM BEEPING]
Engine's failing. Road's blocked.
Hang tight. I'll get us out of here.
♪♪
[GUNSHOT]
♪♪
[GUNSHOTS, INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
Get down! Cover the boy!
[GUNFIRE]
Aah!
[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
[LUKE SOBS]
- Stay down!
- Where are you going, Gray?!
- [GUNFIRE]
- Gray!
[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
[GRUNTS]
Come on, come on!
[GUNSHOTS]
Listen to me. Let me get the boy.
Let me get him safe.
I will tell you when.
Okay. Okay. You're gonna go with Gray.
[GUNSHOTS]
[GUNSHOTS ECHOING, SPEECH FADES]
♪♪
Now!
Now! Let's go! Go!
[GUNSHOTS]
♪♪
[GROANS]
♪♪
Come on!
[GUNFIRE]
♪♪
♪♪
Get in there. Get in there. Right here.
You stay. Stay here.
[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
♪♪
♪♪
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Your Baba's coming. He's coming, okay?
He's coming. You stay
there. You stay there.
[GUNSHOTS]
♪♪
- [GUNSHOT]
- [SCREAMS]
[GASPS]
[GASPING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
LUKE: Baba?
No. No, no, no. Stay here.
- Baba!
- Stay there! Stay there!
- [SOBBING] Baba!
- No, no, no!
No, no. You stay here. No.
- No!
- Baba!
[DISTANTLY] Look at me. Look at me.
Look at me. Okay. Okay.
Breathe.
[VOICE FADING, ECHOING]
♪♪
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WYATT: We don't stop
until Horse Tongai is dead.
I know a place.
♪♪
Where is he? The Horse decided
the driver was
protection enough for him.
[POUNDING ON DOOR]
Gray.
I have worked hard to
put. this noise behind me.
First the cops come knocking,
and now his car gets shot up?
What the hell is Dad into?
Sir, the mission is closed.
I'm not here to pray.
[SHOUTS]
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