M.I.A. (2026) s01e03 Episode Script
Immigrant
1
Who sent you down here?
[Kincaid]
You know better than to ask.
[Isabel] Yeah, yeah.
Hoping one day you'll come back
to join us.
[Kincaid] Who was that?
[agent] Some deaf cleaning girl.
[Isabel]
Neighbor said a girl worked
for the Jonzes: Benita.
[Mateo]
I didn't tell you to kill him.
[Elias] He was going
to expose you to Federov.
[Mateo]
The call was mine to make.
Your father would understand.
The old man is gone!
Tiger's Eye.
Your grandmother gave one to me
and one to my sister
when we were girls.
[Etta]
Carmen? The sister you hate?
What the hell is this?
It's my mom's handwriting,
but it's all written
in some sort of code.
[ominous music playing]
-[gunshot]
-[screaming]
-[gunfire]
-[screaming]
[clinks]
[shaky breathing]
Elias!
[gasping]
[exhales sharply]
[breathing heavily]
[gunshot]
This is for you.
Have you cracked
your mother's code?
Not yet.
What are you writing?
It's what I remember
about the 12.
[Lovely] Neck tattoo.
[chuckling] Scarface.
That is not much to go on.
That's all I have.
Your grandmother gave one to me
and one to my sister
when we were girls.
Carmen? The sister you hate?
[Leah] I don't hate her.
I need to find my aunt Carmen.
Cops would have notified
next of kin.
They might have
told her something.
It could give me
a lead to follow.
[hip-hop music playing]
[moans]
[bed creaking]
Teo, stay with me.
[both sighing]
Jesus, Gabí.
What's going on with you?
[sighs] Nothing.
Talk to me.
My dad just died.
[cell phone buzzing]
Yeah.
When?
Stand down until I get there.
[sighs]
I gotta go.
[seagulls squawking]
What the fuck happened?
He and his crew tried to seize
our Tallahassee shipment.
-How many?
-Six.
Our men took out five.
Brought him here for you.
[Mateo] Which crew is he with?
Don't know.
Waiting for you to question him.
[panting]
♪♪
[electricity buzzing]
Well, who do you work for?
-[electricity crackling]
-[grunting]
It's a simple question.
Fuck you!
-Again.
-[grunting]
[electricity crackling]
Who do you work for?!
[breathing heavily]
-I need
-[screaming]
a name!
[electricity crackling]
[screaming]
[groaning]
Peña.
Francisco Peña.
What makes Peña think
he can steal from us?
People are saying
Rojas territory is up for grabs.
Is that what people are saying?
Time to respond.
[cattle prod thuds]
I can arrange a meet.
No meet.
-Take out his heart.
-No!
Deliver it to Peña.
What?
Let him know
it's from the Rojases.
[Dominican] No!
No! No!
No!
[muffled] No!
[muffled screaming]
[Etta] I think
my aunt lives in Miami,
but I don't know where.
[Aunt Judith] Lovely?
Lovely!
Tell me you are not
feeding that stray--
Only my leftovers.
[Aunt Judith] I want her out.
[Lovely]
Can she stay just until--
[Aunt Judith] No.
I do not want the police
coming around here
looking for her.
[Etta] They won't. Ow.
-Or ICE.
-I'm not an immigrant.
[Aunt Judith]
You may as well be.
You are no more
than a nameless, penniless,
shot, and stabbed girl.
No one is looking for me
if that's what
you're worried about.
Everyone thinks I'm dead.
It doesn't change the fact
that you are a risk
I will not take.
Please.
I have nowhere else to go.
It is only my family
in my house.
Then I, I won't stay
in the house.
I'll stay out here in the Chevy.
-You won't even know.
-A squatter
in my backyard?
Tati Judith, please. Please.
She has lost her entire family.
She has no one.
[sighs]
[Aunt Judith]
If the cops come 'round,
or ICE, or anyone asking
questions about anything,
-I don't know you.
-[Etta] Yes, ma'am.
-And you're gone.
-Understood.
You get one month,
$100 a week to stay.
Take it or leave it?
-Uh, I'll take it.
-[Aunt Judith] Stanley!
This stray owes me money.
She's gonna need a job.
You too, Lovely.
Stanley, you know what
they need to get set up.
I gotta get to work.
Get set up?
What's that mean?
[Stanley]
Two standard packages. Female.
[Marv] You got it.
Closest matches. Take your pick.
Who are these women?
Washouts.
[Etta] What does that mean?
OD'd, disappeared, worse.
So, these women are dead?
What can I say?
Being illegal can be
a high-risk lifestyle.
But hey, their loss, your gain.
I found another Lovely.
What about you?
Dani Cruz.
[Lovely] Why Dani?
Dan was my dad's name.
♪♪
[people chattering]
[motorcycle driving by]
[dog barking]
[kids shouting excitedly]
Excuse me, Miss?
Hi.
D-do you live in number six?
Yeah, why?
Well, I'm looking
for Benita Ramirez.
Are you a cop?
Not anymore.
Private Investigator.
Is Benita in some kind
of trouble?
Well, that's what
I'm trying to find out.
When's the last time
you saw her?
-Three days ago.
-You sure it was three?
Yeah. She banged out of here
at 4:00 in the morning,
woke me from a dead sleep.
Hm. Benita showed up for work
at Tiger-Jonze Marina a day ago.
Well, she hasn't been here,
and rent's due next week.
Any idea where she might be?
Does she have a boyfriend?
-Any family?
-Not that I know of.
She's deaf.
I don't know ASL,
so we don't really,
you know, connect much.
Okay, um
thank you for your time,
and, uh, next time
you see Benita,
please pass along
my contact info.
-Sure.
-Thank you.
[cell phone buzzing]
Hey, Izz.
I'll head right over.
This is where you get a job.
What, you're leaving?
I have a job. In construction.
How are we supposed
to get around?
The bus.
[placement agent] Next.
You two, over here.
IDs.
[salsa music
playing over radio]
Lovely Amié.
I got a hotel
with housekeeping vacancies.
-That work?
-Of course.
Report to the address
listed here.
Dani Cruz, same position.
How much does it pay?
Ten an hour, cash.
You got anything
with a higher hourly?
Anything with boats?
Piloting 'em? Repairing 'em?
I'm also good with computers.
Whatever's needed.
I am a self-starter
and a quick learner--
I place day laborers. Next!
You're not giving me a job?
Look at that.
You are a quick learner.
Hang on.
We got off on the wrong foot.
That's on me. I've just been
through a lot lately.
Haven't we all?
Please. I really need a job.
[placement agent]
So does everyone here.
Next!
Can I take a look at your card?
Ah! Dani Cruz. [chuckles]
I got a light touch.
[upbeat Spanish song playing]
[people chattering]
Oh!
-Welcome to Miami.
-[Lovely chuckles]
I am going to ask where to go.
♪♪
Hi! How are you?
[guests chattering]
[ominous music playing]
-[gun cocks]
-[Leah] Elias.
[muffled scream]
[tense music playing]
♪♪
[shoes squeak]
Do I know you?
No. Excuse me.
[footsteps approaching]
What are you doing?
♪♪
I thought that guy was
one of the 12.
♪♪
[doorbell rings]
-[Mateo] Hola, Mamá.
-[Samuel] Mamí.
You're late.
♪♪
What happened to my shipment?
The Jonzes had
a crisis of conscience.
But I handled it.
Why do you think
the Jonzes disobeyed you?
A misjudgment.
A mistake
that cost them their lives.
That was the punishment,
not the crime.
The Jonzes disobeyed you
because they didn't respect you.
Your father has passed.
Blood is in the water.
We need to grow.
It is time to realize
what I always knew was possible.
Controlling Miami.
Drugs, women, todo.
But perhaps my sons
are too weak.
Flakiest in town, French butter,
-Brazilian cane sugar.
-Thank you.
What do you have for me?
Beat cop caught them loitering.
No IDs, said they're
from El Salvador.
Came over two nights ago
on a boat in Key Largo.
Right near where the Tiger-
Jonze family was murdered.
-[Kincaid] Been called in yet?
-Figured you'd want
a few minutes with them
before they're processed
and sent back.
Thanks.
Oh, I, uh, I talked
to Benita's roommate.
Saves me a stop.
What'd you find?
She hasn't been home
since the day of the massacre.
We saw her yesterday.
-So, where is she now?
-With family?
-Mm-mm.
-[cell phone buzzing]
Doesn't have any.
I gotta take this. You wanna
Isabel?
[sighs]
[speaks Spanish]
[sighs]
♪♪
[speaks Spanish]
[in Spanish] Ella?
-[in Spanish] Sí?
-[in Spanish] Sí.
[in Spanish]
Bien. Gracias a ambos.
[lock beeps]
["Selfish Soul"
by Sudan Archives playing]
[Lovely scoffs]
If I cut my hair
hope I grow it long ♪
Back long, back time
like way before ♪
If I wear it straight
will they like me more? ♪
[Etta] Ah, yes!
Long hair make 'em stay
little longer ♪
Stay hair, stay straight
though we feel ashamed ♪
By the curls, waves
and natural things ♪
Curls, waves
and natural things ♪
Okay, one time
if I grow it long ♪
Come on.
Damn it. Room service only,
no internet.
The supervisor said
we are not to use that.
I have to get online,
find my aunt.
You do not have a phone number?
Estranged aunt.
I've never met her.
We are not meant to touch
the guest's belongings.
It is time we got to work, no?
In a sec.
You'd be surprised
how lazy people can be.
Most just use a basic series
of numbers for hotel safes
because they're easy
to remember.
[keypad beeping]
-Uh
-Oh!
[Lovely] Dani. No.
That is a bad idea.
Mm-mm. Oh, here we go.
I understand you want
to find your aunt,
find out what the police
may have told her,
but right now,
you need to do your job.
-We both do.
-We will.
Damn! Check out this club.
[Lovely] Your aunt works there?
I'll head over after our shift.
-[door opens]
-[both gasp]
Dani!
[door closes]
Oh. Hi, there!
Hello, ma'am. Uh,
we were just getting started.
We can come back later.
Oh, later will be nap time
for my grandson.
[laughs]
-Carry on.
-Okay.
[guest] Bye now.
[Etta] Enjoy your stay.
♪♪
[sighs]
[Etta scoffs]
-[sighs]
-[Lovely] Hmm.
My hands are going to be scaly.
I used to have such nice hands.
What did you do before?
In Haiti?
I taught English.
Well, maybe
you could do that here.
I would need
an American degree first.
It will take time to have
money to spend on school.
I guess we both
have adjusting to do.
[guest] Hey.
[vacuum whirring]
Can I get some fresh towels?
-[Etta] Sure.
-And some extra toiletries?
I gotta pop on a call.
Can you bring them to room 1722?
1722, you got it.
[knocking on door]
Come on in.
You can just, uh,
set 'em down on the couch.
[tense music playing]
Not so fast.
I've gotta get back to work.
No, no, no.
I can make it worth your while.
-No. Thanks.
-Hey.
-I saw you check me-- Ah!
-[Etta grunts]
You stupid bitch!
Fucking crazy bitch!
Hey! Stop!
Get back here!
-I just wanna talk!
-[Lovely] Dani?
[lock beeps]
Go!
[door slams shut]
[pounding on door]
[guest] Open up!
Come on, I just wanna talk.
[pounding on door]
Alright, he's gone.
Who is he?
[panting]
The guy from earlier,
in the lobby.
The one you thought
you recognized?
Yeah. Piece of shit grabbed me.
He thought he could
Are you okay?
Yeah.
[knocking lightly]
Tell me that's not
from El Brazo.
Best tres leches in town.
Oh, I remember.
Tim Kincaid.
Here's what you
really came here for.
The Jonze family autopsies.
♪♪
It's good to see you, Né.
So, uh, what'd you find?
Dental records confirm
three Jonze males,
Dan, Wyatt, and Nathan,
and four females,
Leah Tiger-Jonze, Carla Jonze,
Rosi Jonze, her baby,
and Benita Ramirez.
-Benita Ramirez?
-[Renee] That's right.
Oh, that can't be.
I saw her leave the Tiger-Jonze
Marina the other day.
Mm-mm, because Benita
was here with me.
Hmm.
-Any other remains?
-[Renee] No.
Well, what about the,
uh, Tiger-Jonze daughter,
um, Etta?
No, no, she wasn't one
of the bodies.
[suspenseful music playing]
-[Hector] Dani Cruz?
-Yes?
Turn in your uniform
immediately.
What?
Your services
are no longer needed.
-Why?
-You accosted a guest.
I The creeper in 1722?
He grabbed me.
No, Mr. Ayala said
you were aggressive.
I was defending myself.
Mr. Ayala is a predator.
-He's a VIP guest.
-She's telling the truth.
-I saw him chasing her.
-Well, he mentioned you, too.
Intentionally locking him
out of his room.
-It was not his room.
-We didn't do anything wrong.
You leave now
or I call hotel security,
alert law enforcement and ICE,
and have them send you back
to wherever it is you came from.
♪♪
Mr. Kincaid.
-Mrs. Carver.
-You mentioned an update?
Uh, yeah. Um
The Jonze family were
trafficking women
in addition to running drugs.
[intense music playing]
You're certain of this?
Yeah, I talked
to a couple of girls
who escaped a Jonze boat
before being scooped up
by Miami-Dade PD.
Do the police know who the
Jonzes were smuggling for?
Not yet. There's one more thing.
The daughter, Etta Tiger-Jonze,
might be alive.
Her body wasn't found
at the crime scene.
Stay close to the investigation.
Keep me apprised
of developments, please.
Is there anything in particular
you want me to look into?
Knowing why this case
is important to you
would help target my search.
I'm considering developing
a project in Key Largo.
I need to understand
if there are any risks involved.
I'm not about to invest
hundreds of millions of dollars
into a criminal hotbed.
Given South Florida's history,
it certainly is a possibility.
It's a history I have
no interest in being party to.
That's all, Mr. Kincaid.
Thank you.
Of course.
I'll, uh [clears throat]
I'll be in touch.
♪♪
[Caroline]
The cops are on to you.
It's a big fucking problem
you created.
-What problem?
-Women, Sam.
Women you and Teo trafficked.
Police picked up two
and linked them to the Jonzes.
-Fuck!
-How do you know that?
I have someone staying close
to the investigation.
-What have they found?
-Nothing that links you two yet.
So what if the cops know?
How many women
were on that boat?
It doesn't fucking matter.
How many?
Twenty-four.
That's 24 reasons
to give a fuck, Teo!
Who's going to link us?
The Jonzes are dead.
[Caroline] No, the daughter
may be fucking alive.
-They never found her body.
-[Mateo] Doesn't matter.
Anyone comes forward
to say anything,
we make them go away
like we always do.
Including the Jonze girl.
I won't go down
for your mistakes.
This isn't a mistake.
This is business.
[intense music playing]
[Etta]
I can't fucking believe this.
You must learn
to keep your head down.
-What?
-You need to understand
where you fit in the world.
Guests have money. Money wins.
-We do not matter.
-I don't accept that.
Then accept this.
My family is at risk.
-I am at risk by helping you.
-That's not fair.
There is no fair
for you anymore.
You are no longer
a middle-class American girl.
You think I don't know that?
Your actions tell me you do not.
There are consequences.
Real consequences
for people like us.
I was attacked.
And I am sorry
that happened to you.
What that man did is wrong,
but the rules
that kept you safe before
no longer apply to you.
I crossed an ocean
to get here.
I cannot be put in a position
where I will be sent back.
[pensive music playing]
I hear you.
I do.
[inhales sharply]
[locker doors slam]
[Etta exhales heavily]
Hey, Lovely! Wait up!
[Lovely] Now what are you doing?
[Etta] There's a lost and found.
The day might have turned
to shit, but
doesn't mean the night has to.
What do you think?
Is this hot enough
for a nightclub?
♪♪
[Lovely] There is Stanley.
[Etta] Come on, let's get
to my Aunt Carmen's club.
Not an Uber.
Oh, Stanley.
Didn't even recognize us.
[chuckles]
I have an eye
for what looks good.
-Thanks for picking us up.
-Where are you going?
Ocean Ten.
["Love Spell" by Dave Summer
and Westend playing]
My love, this will do ♪
Take it all and
I know you want me to ♪
[Lovely]
So many beautiful people.
The cover's a hundred bucks.
You were fired. Can't afford it.
There's gotta be another way in.
You mind driving around back?
♪♪
You got any tools in the back?
[Stanley sighs]
[muffled club music playing]
-Give me that.
-[clanging]
You will take all night.
[clangs, chain clatters]
Stan the man!
Join us, Stanley.
The music sounds bad.
It's not Yacht Rock. I get it.
We'll take the bus back.
Strange people ride
the bus at night,
I will give you a ride.
You're the best.
♪♪
My love, this will do ♪
Take it all and
I know you want me to ♪
My love, this will do ♪
It's binding me to you,
it's binding me to you ♪
It's binding me ♪
My love, this will do ♪
[music intensifying]
♪♪
[people cheering]
Okay, come on,
let's find my aunt.
♪♪
My love, this will do ♪
It's binding me to you,
it's binding me to you ♪
It's binding me ♪
[crowd cheering]
Oh my God!
My love, this will do ♪
♪♪
[music fades]
[Etta breathing heavily]
[tense music playing]
[club music resumes playing]
[breathing heavily]
Hey.
[loud club music playing]
You're supposed to be dead.
Aunt Carmen? How did you--
Not here. My office, now.
♪♪
[people cheering]
Please stop staring at me.
Sorry.
It's just weird.
You look and sound
just like my mom.
What are you doing here?
Cops said the entire
family was killed,
so how are you alive?
I wasn't there when it happened.
Why didn't you go to the police?
[Etta] I was scared.
Thought whoever did it
might come after me, so I ran.
Did the cops say
who they think did it?
Share any leads?
Cops think their murders
are cartel-related.
-Which one?
-They don't know.
What difference would it make?
Wouldn't you want to know?
No. Get involved with bad shit,
bad shit happens.
I've got to get back to work.
I didn't know where else to go.
You're the only family
I have left.
Sorry for your loss, kid.
Dani. I go by Dani now.
Fine. Dani. Listen.
I can't do this. I'm sorry.
-I'm not here for money.
-Just take it. Alright?
I never saw you.
I won't say shit to anyone
about you being alive.
That's it?
It's all I have to give.
Get your friend.
Don't come back here.
[somber music playing]
[seagulls squawking]
♪♪
[Mateo] My brother
has spoken to you
about our particular needs?
[Wade Boone] Sure has.
Are you familiar
with these waters?
Shit.
I know every tide, sandbar,
channel, and current out there.
I've been running contraband
well before you grew hair
on your balls.
Never dropped a load,
never gave nobody up.
-Ms. Myers?
-Navigation isn't the issue.
Like I was telling Samuel,
Coasties are
your biggest problem.
These routes run along multiple
interdiction zones and traps.
That's why it comes down
to planning,
time, tides,
drop locations, weather.
All of it needs
to be taken into account.
To minimize risk.
The position also requires
a certain moral flexibility.
How do you feel
about running women?
[scoffs] Drugs, women,
donkey dicks, rubber dog shit,
it don't matter to me
as long as the money's green.
-Ms. Myers?
-No moral qualms here.
[Mateo] Give us a moment.
What do you think?
He's good, but he's a cowboy.
She's measured.
Does her homework.
You two seem
to have a shorthand.
It's about reliability.
That's what we need right now.
She's less likely
to make a mistake.
♪♪
Mr. Boone.
Just Boone. I work for a living.
The job is yours.
I appreciate your time,
Ms. Myers.
My brother will show you out.
Thank you for coming in.
I'm sorry we won't
be working together.
-[gunshot]
-[Boone] Ah! What the fuck?
Our routes are proprietary.
I'm sure you understand.
We'll call you
when you're needed.
[Boone] Okay,
I'm going. I'm going.
Why'd you change your mind?
[Mateo] I didn't.
-Boone's the right fit.
-Based on what?
Gut instinct.
We need a killer
more than we need a thinker.
Help my brother clean this up.
[line ringing]
[Kincaid] Hi, Mrs. Stratton.
Tim Kincaid,
Private Investigator.
I saw on the, uh,
Tiger-Jonze Marina log
that, uh, you were
on a boat tour. Is that right?
[Connie Stratton] [on phone]
God, it was a nightmare.
Oh, a nightmare. How so?
Well, that ruffian leading it.
-[Kincaid] Etta Tiger-Jonze?
-Ugh, yes.
What do you remember about her?
[Connie] She was dangerous.
She tried to bait an alligator
right off the bow
-with a raw chicken!
-No, an alligator?
She put everyone
on that boat in danger.
Yeah. Any, any other detail
you can recall?
Any-anything at all?
[Connie] Yes, there was
a, a tip jug with a label.
-For Miami, "UM".
-[Kincaid] UM.
Thank you so much.
Thank you. Alright. Bye-bye.
[Lena] You two must be
the shit bottom of the barrel
if they sent you here.
Oh. [scoffs]
It says here you were fired.
Fired for accosting a guest.
I have no patience
for aggressive personalities.
They're impossible to manage.
You two will not be a good fit.
[Etta] Wait. Hang on a sec.
We're hard workers. Reliable.
Plenty more where you came from.
Nice Wawel Dragon.
You from Kraków originally?
I am.
I always liked that story.
The one about the Polish prince.
Figured out a way
to slay the dragon
using sulfur-filled decoys?
Cute parlor trick.
Alright, you've wasted
enough of my time. Go.
You lost family
in the Holocaust.
-And you know this how?
-Your necklace.
Zachor, it means
"remember" in Hebrew.
Were your parents in Auschwitz?
They died there.
I cannot imagine the suffering
your family must have endured.
Most young people don't know
of such things or care.
They have no real
knowledge of the past.
As for me
I cannot forget.
The past is what defines us.
[somber music playing]
Alright.
I will give you a chance.
But you slack off
or cause any problems
and you will be out
on your asses.
I expect crisp hospital corners
and cleaning behind the toilets
where stray pee splashes.
Follow my rules
or face consequences.
Agreed?
So, go.
Supply closet is to your left.
[Lovely]
Can you get the other corner?
Dani? A little help
with that corner.
Sorry.
Are you okay?
Yeah, it's nothing.
Dani, what is going on?
[Etta] My Aunt Carmen.
I know it did not go
the way you wanted,
but she did give you money.
Yeah, which went right to
paying off my debt to Stanley.
There's so much I wanted to ask.
You said the police
did not share
any information with her.
It's more than that. It's
I knew she and my mom
didn't get along.
But her sister's dead.
She doesn't seem to care.
And she is the last living link
I have to my mom.
The only family I have left.
My mother did not get along
with her brother.
He cheated her
out of some money.
He made trouble for her.
But when she got sick,
he brought food for her
every day until she passed.
Families are complicated,
but in the end,
blood calls to blood.
Maybe it is worth
trying again with your aunt.
[engine rumbling]
[Etta] [gasps] Holy Shit!
Jesus fucking Christ!
Don't ever sneak up
on a person like that.
I didn't mean to surprise you.
I-I just want to talk.
What the hell were you thinking?
No one told me you were twins.
What?
Twins. You and my mom.
No one ever mentioned that.
What do you want from me?
I don't know. It just feels like
we're supposed to know
each other, doesn't it?
How did you even recognize me?
When the police notified me,
they showed me a recent picture.
It wasn't some
mystical connection,
if that's what you're thinking.
But we're blood,
isn't that supposed
-to mean something?
-Blood is overrated.
Whatever went down with you
and my mom is not my fault.
[gentle music playing]
How are you getting by?
Do you have a place to stay?
I work housekeeping at a motel
and bunk with stray kittens
in a rusted-out Bel Air.
Look, I can pull strings
at the club.
Throw you a few shifts a week.
It's not much,
but it might help you
get on your feet.
-You're who now? Dani?
-Cruz.
Fine. You're Dani Cruz,
and I am your boss.
This is a business offer,
nothing more. Understood?
Yeah, understood. Thank you.
Can Lovely have a job, too?
Who's Lovely?
I love your club!
♪♪
[Carmen] Nightlife in Miami
is about curating
the perfect environment
for our clientele.
That's why it's important
to create a balanced ecosystem
with the right elements
and ratios of people.
Beautiful women,
celebrities, sex workers,
politicians, tourists,
and gangsters.
As for rules, there are four,
and they're absolute.
No fighting, no weapons,
no fucking in the open.
-People fuck in the open?
-It's a rule for a reason.
And no drugs,
unless they're dealt
by authorized dealers.
How do you know
who's authorized?
-Above your pay grade.
-Gangsters come here?
[Carmen]
They're good for business.
Spend like drunken sailors.
Any beef they have
is left at the door.
This is neutral ground.
♪♪
What will we be doing?
This bottle girl uniform
is pretty!
-That'll look great on you.
-And you,
why did you choose
to work as a barback?
Less visibility.
Dani, we are meant
to change into our uniform.
[Etta] We will.
[Lovely]
But you are not changing.
Just take a second.
-What will?
-Scrubbing CCTV footage.
Why?
Carmen said
gangsters come to this club.
Dani, I do not wish
to get fired again.
-Come on!
-Understood.
♪♪
New girl! I need clean glasses.
We're out.
So, get your ass on the floor,
bus the dirty ones,
and clean 'em!
[muttering]
Hey. Can I get a mojito?
Boobzilla can help you.
[chuckles]
I prefer you.
And I prefer not
to get fired my first night.
I thought it was
your first night.
-Oh, yeah?
-Yeah.
I would have remembered you
if I'd seen you in here before.
Okay, Casanova.
You know, he, he was more
of an adventurer
than a ladies' man.
Then maybe he
shouldn't have committed
his sexual exploits
to the written word.
-Touché.
-Touché?
-[laughing]
-Come on, man.
Hey, you laughed. I win.
Laughed? That was
a smirk at best.
Yo, new girl, where are
my fucking glasses?
I'm Matt, by the way.
Nice to meet you, Matt.
I'm busy.
[clears throat]
[distant ship horn blowing]
[Isabel]
I'm off the clock, Kincaid.
[Kincaid grunts]
Cleaning girl, Benita Ramirez
died with the Jonze family.
So, who'd we see the other day?
Might have been
the daughter, Etta.
-She hasn't come forward.
-Well, would you?
The entire family
was slaughtered.
She might have seen
something, know something.
-We might have a witness.
-Careful.
You're starting
to sound like a cop.
Someone needs to find her.
The wrong people
could be looking for her.
Left you some crumbs.
♪♪
[chuckles softly]
Izz you shouldn't have.
[Isabel] Don't say
I never gave you anything.
♪♪
-[club music playing]
-[patrons chattering]
[sound muffles]
[cheering]
-[club music continues]
-[chattering continues]
[sniffs] Whoo!
I made a $500 tip!
Okay, next time
we grab burgers, you're buying.
After I clear my debt
with Stanley.
Who knows?
I might earn enough tonight
to buy a smartphone.
[giggles]
♪♪
-Hey.
-Hey.
[muscle bro] There you go.
There you go. There you go.
Excuse me, please.
-[smacks]
-[Lovely shrieks]
[glass shatters]
[muscle bro]
Come here. I'll make it better.
-Don't touch me!
-[crowd gasps]
Who the fuck
do you think you are?
Okay, night is over.
No, I don't think so, bitch.
-[punch thuds]
-[grunting]
-Hey!
-Get him out of here, now!
[bouncer] Get up!
-[club music playing]
-[shattered glass clattering]
Where did you learn
to fight like that?
The Marines.
Can you teach me?
The best way to win a fight
is to not have one.
[ice bucket thuds]
[exhales sharply]
What is it?
Tusi.
Those assholes must
have snuck it in.
How do you know?
My guys don't move
synthetic shit.
Your guys didn't move it.
She did.
Hey, team, blonde, purple dress,
moving to the front.
[over radio] Hold her.
Hey! What the--
You can't just
Heard you're dealing in my club.
I need to take a look inside.
I only sell one thing, hon.
And it's not drugs.
[club music thumping]
She's clean. She can go.
[Etta] Wait.
Wha-- Hey! What the-- Fuck.
I have your face now.
Don't show it here again.
When your shift is over,
come to my office.
[grunts softly]
-[grunts]
-[object clatters]
Son of a bitch.
[sighs]
♪♪
[sighs]
[breathing heavily]
[envelope rustling]
[suspenseful music playing]
[knocking]
How'd you do it?
Do what?
Figure out Blondie was slinging.
[safe keypad beeping]
Roid-Rage was snorting white
when she took him
into the bathroom.
Five seconds later,
when they came out,
the coke he had was pink.
Not many people would
remember details like that.
You have a gift.
Well, sometimes it feels
like a curse.
You hungry?
[upbeat music playing]
[Etta] Mm.
Pineapple is definitely
the best.
Pff. No way.
It's guava. No contest.
Leah thought so, too.
Had many a twin argument
over which is better.
You came here with my mom?
When we'd miss curfew
in high school,
our father would lock us
out of the house.
We'd come here
and split a pastelito.
Only had enough scratch for one
and we'd take turns ordering.
One morning it'd be pineapple
the next guava.
We'd hole up here
until Dad left for work
and Mom would let us back in.
[speaks Spanish]
[waiter] Hmm?
[speaks Spanish]
[in English]
You don't speak Spanish?
My mom never taught me.
Yeah, well
that sponge brain of yours
will absorb it soon enough.
[somber music playing]
You okay? What's up?
It's nothing.
Welling tears ain't nothing.
It's stupid.
Try me.
♪♪
Sometimes it's hard
to look at you.
'Cause all I see
is my mom's face.
And all I want to do
is let her know
that I should have been
a better daughter.
Apologize for all the chickens
I stole out of the freezer.
Tell her that it was me
who accidentally set
the Christmas tree
on fire, not Wyatt.
Take back all the times
I was ungrateful
and mean.
[sniffles]
[voice breaking] Tell her how--
how much I miss her.
How much I love her.
And tell her that I'm sorry.
[crying] I'm so fucking sorry.
Look, I can't pretend to know
what you're going through.
I can't make what you're
feeling hurt any less,
but what I can do is listen.
Wanna try that?
Sure. [sniffles]
[Elias] What are we doing here?
[Samuel]
We need to find the right piece
to sell for Caroline.
You never came here with my dad.
Never had a reason to.
The tourists at
the Palazzo Barberini
are viewing a fake.
What do you think?
I think it's brutal
and beautiful.
[chuckles softly]
That's Caravaggio.
The painting's called
"Judith Beheading Holofernes."
Why is she killing him?
He pillaged her city
slaughtered the man she loved.
After she took his head,
her people rose up and defeated
the entire Assyrian army.
She was a hero.
That's one way of looking at it.
What do you see?
Holofernes wasn't
a worthy leader.
He underestimated Judith.
Couldn't comprehend
the consequences of his actions.
Caravaggio's message
is a warning.
Beware the perils
of prideful men.
Hmm.
Ms. Myers
she was a better choice.
It's the decision
your father would have made.
[club music playing]
[patrons chattering]
[sound muffles]
-[high-pitched ringing]
-[inaudible dialogue]
[intense music playing]
♪♪
[muffled voice] Dani?
♪♪
-Fuck!
-Are you okay?
Goddammit, I lost him!
Who did you lose?
One of the 12 was here.
[intense music building]
[dramatic music playing]
Who sent you down here?
[Kincaid]
You know better than to ask.
[Isabel] Yeah, yeah.
Hoping one day you'll come back
to join us.
[Kincaid] Who was that?
[agent] Some deaf cleaning girl.
[Isabel]
Neighbor said a girl worked
for the Jonzes: Benita.
[Mateo]
I didn't tell you to kill him.
[Elias] He was going
to expose you to Federov.
[Mateo]
The call was mine to make.
Your father would understand.
The old man is gone!
Tiger's Eye.
Your grandmother gave one to me
and one to my sister
when we were girls.
[Etta]
Carmen? The sister you hate?
What the hell is this?
It's my mom's handwriting,
but it's all written
in some sort of code.
[ominous music playing]
-[gunshot]
-[screaming]
-[gunfire]
-[screaming]
[clinks]
[shaky breathing]
Elias!
[gasping]
[exhales sharply]
[breathing heavily]
[gunshot]
This is for you.
Have you cracked
your mother's code?
Not yet.
What are you writing?
It's what I remember
about the 12.
[Lovely] Neck tattoo.
[chuckling] Scarface.
That is not much to go on.
That's all I have.
Your grandmother gave one to me
and one to my sister
when we were girls.
Carmen? The sister you hate?
[Leah] I don't hate her.
I need to find my aunt Carmen.
Cops would have notified
next of kin.
They might have
told her something.
It could give me
a lead to follow.
[hip-hop music playing]
[moans]
[bed creaking]
Teo, stay with me.
[both sighing]
Jesus, Gabí.
What's going on with you?
[sighs] Nothing.
Talk to me.
My dad just died.
[cell phone buzzing]
Yeah.
When?
Stand down until I get there.
[sighs]
I gotta go.
[seagulls squawking]
What the fuck happened?
He and his crew tried to seize
our Tallahassee shipment.
-How many?
-Six.
Our men took out five.
Brought him here for you.
[Mateo] Which crew is he with?
Don't know.
Waiting for you to question him.
[panting]
♪♪
[electricity buzzing]
Well, who do you work for?
-[electricity crackling]
-[grunting]
It's a simple question.
Fuck you!
-Again.
-[grunting]
[electricity crackling]
Who do you work for?!
[breathing heavily]
-I need
-[screaming]
a name!
[electricity crackling]
[screaming]
[groaning]
Peña.
Francisco Peña.
What makes Peña think
he can steal from us?
People are saying
Rojas territory is up for grabs.
Is that what people are saying?
Time to respond.
[cattle prod thuds]
I can arrange a meet.
No meet.
-Take out his heart.
-No!
Deliver it to Peña.
What?
Let him know
it's from the Rojases.
[Dominican] No!
No! No!
No!
[muffled] No!
[muffled screaming]
[Etta] I think
my aunt lives in Miami,
but I don't know where.
[Aunt Judith] Lovely?
Lovely!
Tell me you are not
feeding that stray--
Only my leftovers.
[Aunt Judith] I want her out.
[Lovely]
Can she stay just until--
[Aunt Judith] No.
I do not want the police
coming around here
looking for her.
[Etta] They won't. Ow.
-Or ICE.
-I'm not an immigrant.
[Aunt Judith]
You may as well be.
You are no more
than a nameless, penniless,
shot, and stabbed girl.
No one is looking for me
if that's what
you're worried about.
Everyone thinks I'm dead.
It doesn't change the fact
that you are a risk
I will not take.
Please.
I have nowhere else to go.
It is only my family
in my house.
Then I, I won't stay
in the house.
I'll stay out here in the Chevy.
-You won't even know.
-A squatter
in my backyard?
Tati Judith, please. Please.
She has lost her entire family.
She has no one.
[sighs]
[Aunt Judith]
If the cops come 'round,
or ICE, or anyone asking
questions about anything,
-I don't know you.
-[Etta] Yes, ma'am.
-And you're gone.
-Understood.
You get one month,
$100 a week to stay.
Take it or leave it?
-Uh, I'll take it.
-[Aunt Judith] Stanley!
This stray owes me money.
She's gonna need a job.
You too, Lovely.
Stanley, you know what
they need to get set up.
I gotta get to work.
Get set up?
What's that mean?
[Stanley]
Two standard packages. Female.
[Marv] You got it.
Closest matches. Take your pick.
Who are these women?
Washouts.
[Etta] What does that mean?
OD'd, disappeared, worse.
So, these women are dead?
What can I say?
Being illegal can be
a high-risk lifestyle.
But hey, their loss, your gain.
I found another Lovely.
What about you?
Dani Cruz.
[Lovely] Why Dani?
Dan was my dad's name.
♪♪
[people chattering]
[motorcycle driving by]
[dog barking]
[kids shouting excitedly]
Excuse me, Miss?
Hi.
D-do you live in number six?
Yeah, why?
Well, I'm looking
for Benita Ramirez.
Are you a cop?
Not anymore.
Private Investigator.
Is Benita in some kind
of trouble?
Well, that's what
I'm trying to find out.
When's the last time
you saw her?
-Three days ago.
-You sure it was three?
Yeah. She banged out of here
at 4:00 in the morning,
woke me from a dead sleep.
Hm. Benita showed up for work
at Tiger-Jonze Marina a day ago.
Well, she hasn't been here,
and rent's due next week.
Any idea where she might be?
Does she have a boyfriend?
-Any family?
-Not that I know of.
She's deaf.
I don't know ASL,
so we don't really,
you know, connect much.
Okay, um
thank you for your time,
and, uh, next time
you see Benita,
please pass along
my contact info.
-Sure.
-Thank you.
[cell phone buzzing]
Hey, Izz.
I'll head right over.
This is where you get a job.
What, you're leaving?
I have a job. In construction.
How are we supposed
to get around?
The bus.
[placement agent] Next.
You two, over here.
IDs.
[salsa music
playing over radio]
Lovely Amié.
I got a hotel
with housekeeping vacancies.
-That work?
-Of course.
Report to the address
listed here.
Dani Cruz, same position.
How much does it pay?
Ten an hour, cash.
You got anything
with a higher hourly?
Anything with boats?
Piloting 'em? Repairing 'em?
I'm also good with computers.
Whatever's needed.
I am a self-starter
and a quick learner--
I place day laborers. Next!
You're not giving me a job?
Look at that.
You are a quick learner.
Hang on.
We got off on the wrong foot.
That's on me. I've just been
through a lot lately.
Haven't we all?
Please. I really need a job.
[placement agent]
So does everyone here.
Next!
Can I take a look at your card?
Ah! Dani Cruz. [chuckles]
I got a light touch.
[upbeat Spanish song playing]
[people chattering]
Oh!
-Welcome to Miami.
-[Lovely chuckles]
I am going to ask where to go.
♪♪
Hi! How are you?
[guests chattering]
[ominous music playing]
-[gun cocks]
-[Leah] Elias.
[muffled scream]
[tense music playing]
♪♪
[shoes squeak]
Do I know you?
No. Excuse me.
[footsteps approaching]
What are you doing?
♪♪
I thought that guy was
one of the 12.
♪♪
[doorbell rings]
-[Mateo] Hola, Mamá.
-[Samuel] Mamí.
You're late.
♪♪
What happened to my shipment?
The Jonzes had
a crisis of conscience.
But I handled it.
Why do you think
the Jonzes disobeyed you?
A misjudgment.
A mistake
that cost them their lives.
That was the punishment,
not the crime.
The Jonzes disobeyed you
because they didn't respect you.
Your father has passed.
Blood is in the water.
We need to grow.
It is time to realize
what I always knew was possible.
Controlling Miami.
Drugs, women, todo.
But perhaps my sons
are too weak.
Flakiest in town, French butter,
-Brazilian cane sugar.
-Thank you.
What do you have for me?
Beat cop caught them loitering.
No IDs, said they're
from El Salvador.
Came over two nights ago
on a boat in Key Largo.
Right near where the Tiger-
Jonze family was murdered.
-[Kincaid] Been called in yet?
-Figured you'd want
a few minutes with them
before they're processed
and sent back.
Thanks.
Oh, I, uh, I talked
to Benita's roommate.
Saves me a stop.
What'd you find?
She hasn't been home
since the day of the massacre.
We saw her yesterday.
-So, where is she now?
-With family?
-Mm-mm.
-[cell phone buzzing]
Doesn't have any.
I gotta take this. You wanna
Isabel?
[sighs]
[speaks Spanish]
[sighs]
♪♪
[speaks Spanish]
[in Spanish] Ella?
-[in Spanish] Sí?
-[in Spanish] Sí.
[in Spanish]
Bien. Gracias a ambos.
[lock beeps]
["Selfish Soul"
by Sudan Archives playing]
[Lovely scoffs]
If I cut my hair
hope I grow it long ♪
Back long, back time
like way before ♪
If I wear it straight
will they like me more? ♪
[Etta] Ah, yes!
Long hair make 'em stay
little longer ♪
Stay hair, stay straight
though we feel ashamed ♪
By the curls, waves
and natural things ♪
Curls, waves
and natural things ♪
Okay, one time
if I grow it long ♪
Come on.
Damn it. Room service only,
no internet.
The supervisor said
we are not to use that.
I have to get online,
find my aunt.
You do not have a phone number?
Estranged aunt.
I've never met her.
We are not meant to touch
the guest's belongings.
It is time we got to work, no?
In a sec.
You'd be surprised
how lazy people can be.
Most just use a basic series
of numbers for hotel safes
because they're easy
to remember.
[keypad beeping]
-Uh
-Oh!
[Lovely] Dani. No.
That is a bad idea.
Mm-mm. Oh, here we go.
I understand you want
to find your aunt,
find out what the police
may have told her,
but right now,
you need to do your job.
-We both do.
-We will.
Damn! Check out this club.
[Lovely] Your aunt works there?
I'll head over after our shift.
-[door opens]
-[both gasp]
Dani!
[door closes]
Oh. Hi, there!
Hello, ma'am. Uh,
we were just getting started.
We can come back later.
Oh, later will be nap time
for my grandson.
[laughs]
-Carry on.
-Okay.
[guest] Bye now.
[Etta] Enjoy your stay.
♪♪
[sighs]
[Etta scoffs]
-[sighs]
-[Lovely] Hmm.
My hands are going to be scaly.
I used to have such nice hands.
What did you do before?
In Haiti?
I taught English.
Well, maybe
you could do that here.
I would need
an American degree first.
It will take time to have
money to spend on school.
I guess we both
have adjusting to do.
[guest] Hey.
[vacuum whirring]
Can I get some fresh towels?
-[Etta] Sure.
-And some extra toiletries?
I gotta pop on a call.
Can you bring them to room 1722?
1722, you got it.
[knocking on door]
Come on in.
You can just, uh,
set 'em down on the couch.
[tense music playing]
Not so fast.
I've gotta get back to work.
No, no, no.
I can make it worth your while.
-No. Thanks.
-Hey.
-I saw you check me-- Ah!
-[Etta grunts]
You stupid bitch!
Fucking crazy bitch!
Hey! Stop!
Get back here!
-I just wanna talk!
-[Lovely] Dani?
[lock beeps]
Go!
[door slams shut]
[pounding on door]
[guest] Open up!
Come on, I just wanna talk.
[pounding on door]
Alright, he's gone.
Who is he?
[panting]
The guy from earlier,
in the lobby.
The one you thought
you recognized?
Yeah. Piece of shit grabbed me.
He thought he could
Are you okay?
Yeah.
[knocking lightly]
Tell me that's not
from El Brazo.
Best tres leches in town.
Oh, I remember.
Tim Kincaid.
Here's what you
really came here for.
The Jonze family autopsies.
♪♪
It's good to see you, Né.
So, uh, what'd you find?
Dental records confirm
three Jonze males,
Dan, Wyatt, and Nathan,
and four females,
Leah Tiger-Jonze, Carla Jonze,
Rosi Jonze, her baby,
and Benita Ramirez.
-Benita Ramirez?
-[Renee] That's right.
Oh, that can't be.
I saw her leave the Tiger-Jonze
Marina the other day.
Mm-mm, because Benita
was here with me.
Hmm.
-Any other remains?
-[Renee] No.
Well, what about the,
uh, Tiger-Jonze daughter,
um, Etta?
No, no, she wasn't one
of the bodies.
[suspenseful music playing]
-[Hector] Dani Cruz?
-Yes?
Turn in your uniform
immediately.
What?
Your services
are no longer needed.
-Why?
-You accosted a guest.
I The creeper in 1722?
He grabbed me.
No, Mr. Ayala said
you were aggressive.
I was defending myself.
Mr. Ayala is a predator.
-He's a VIP guest.
-She's telling the truth.
-I saw him chasing her.
-Well, he mentioned you, too.
Intentionally locking him
out of his room.
-It was not his room.
-We didn't do anything wrong.
You leave now
or I call hotel security,
alert law enforcement and ICE,
and have them send you back
to wherever it is you came from.
♪♪
Mr. Kincaid.
-Mrs. Carver.
-You mentioned an update?
Uh, yeah. Um
The Jonze family were
trafficking women
in addition to running drugs.
[intense music playing]
You're certain of this?
Yeah, I talked
to a couple of girls
who escaped a Jonze boat
before being scooped up
by Miami-Dade PD.
Do the police know who the
Jonzes were smuggling for?
Not yet. There's one more thing.
The daughter, Etta Tiger-Jonze,
might be alive.
Her body wasn't found
at the crime scene.
Stay close to the investigation.
Keep me apprised
of developments, please.
Is there anything in particular
you want me to look into?
Knowing why this case
is important to you
would help target my search.
I'm considering developing
a project in Key Largo.
I need to understand
if there are any risks involved.
I'm not about to invest
hundreds of millions of dollars
into a criminal hotbed.
Given South Florida's history,
it certainly is a possibility.
It's a history I have
no interest in being party to.
That's all, Mr. Kincaid.
Thank you.
Of course.
I'll, uh [clears throat]
I'll be in touch.
♪♪
[Caroline]
The cops are on to you.
It's a big fucking problem
you created.
-What problem?
-Women, Sam.
Women you and Teo trafficked.
Police picked up two
and linked them to the Jonzes.
-Fuck!
-How do you know that?
I have someone staying close
to the investigation.
-What have they found?
-Nothing that links you two yet.
So what if the cops know?
How many women
were on that boat?
It doesn't fucking matter.
How many?
Twenty-four.
That's 24 reasons
to give a fuck, Teo!
Who's going to link us?
The Jonzes are dead.
[Caroline] No, the daughter
may be fucking alive.
-They never found her body.
-[Mateo] Doesn't matter.
Anyone comes forward
to say anything,
we make them go away
like we always do.
Including the Jonze girl.
I won't go down
for your mistakes.
This isn't a mistake.
This is business.
[intense music playing]
[Etta]
I can't fucking believe this.
You must learn
to keep your head down.
-What?
-You need to understand
where you fit in the world.
Guests have money. Money wins.
-We do not matter.
-I don't accept that.
Then accept this.
My family is at risk.
-I am at risk by helping you.
-That's not fair.
There is no fair
for you anymore.
You are no longer
a middle-class American girl.
You think I don't know that?
Your actions tell me you do not.
There are consequences.
Real consequences
for people like us.
I was attacked.
And I am sorry
that happened to you.
What that man did is wrong,
but the rules
that kept you safe before
no longer apply to you.
I crossed an ocean
to get here.
I cannot be put in a position
where I will be sent back.
[pensive music playing]
I hear you.
I do.
[inhales sharply]
[locker doors slam]
[Etta exhales heavily]
Hey, Lovely! Wait up!
[Lovely] Now what are you doing?
[Etta] There's a lost and found.
The day might have turned
to shit, but
doesn't mean the night has to.
What do you think?
Is this hot enough
for a nightclub?
♪♪
[Lovely] There is Stanley.
[Etta] Come on, let's get
to my Aunt Carmen's club.
Not an Uber.
Oh, Stanley.
Didn't even recognize us.
[chuckles]
I have an eye
for what looks good.
-Thanks for picking us up.
-Where are you going?
Ocean Ten.
["Love Spell" by Dave Summer
and Westend playing]
My love, this will do ♪
Take it all and
I know you want me to ♪
[Lovely]
So many beautiful people.
The cover's a hundred bucks.
You were fired. Can't afford it.
There's gotta be another way in.
You mind driving around back?
♪♪
You got any tools in the back?
[Stanley sighs]
[muffled club music playing]
-Give me that.
-[clanging]
You will take all night.
[clangs, chain clatters]
Stan the man!
Join us, Stanley.
The music sounds bad.
It's not Yacht Rock. I get it.
We'll take the bus back.
Strange people ride
the bus at night,
I will give you a ride.
You're the best.
♪♪
My love, this will do ♪
Take it all and
I know you want me to ♪
My love, this will do ♪
It's binding me to you,
it's binding me to you ♪
It's binding me ♪
My love, this will do ♪
[music intensifying]
♪♪
[people cheering]
Okay, come on,
let's find my aunt.
♪♪
My love, this will do ♪
It's binding me to you,
it's binding me to you ♪
It's binding me ♪
[crowd cheering]
Oh my God!
My love, this will do ♪
♪♪
[music fades]
[Etta breathing heavily]
[tense music playing]
[club music resumes playing]
[breathing heavily]
Hey.
[loud club music playing]
You're supposed to be dead.
Aunt Carmen? How did you--
Not here. My office, now.
♪♪
[people cheering]
Please stop staring at me.
Sorry.
It's just weird.
You look and sound
just like my mom.
What are you doing here?
Cops said the entire
family was killed,
so how are you alive?
I wasn't there when it happened.
Why didn't you go to the police?
[Etta] I was scared.
Thought whoever did it
might come after me, so I ran.
Did the cops say
who they think did it?
Share any leads?
Cops think their murders
are cartel-related.
-Which one?
-They don't know.
What difference would it make?
Wouldn't you want to know?
No. Get involved with bad shit,
bad shit happens.
I've got to get back to work.
I didn't know where else to go.
You're the only family
I have left.
Sorry for your loss, kid.
Dani. I go by Dani now.
Fine. Dani. Listen.
I can't do this. I'm sorry.
-I'm not here for money.
-Just take it. Alright?
I never saw you.
I won't say shit to anyone
about you being alive.
That's it?
It's all I have to give.
Get your friend.
Don't come back here.
[somber music playing]
[seagulls squawking]
♪♪
[Mateo] My brother
has spoken to you
about our particular needs?
[Wade Boone] Sure has.
Are you familiar
with these waters?
Shit.
I know every tide, sandbar,
channel, and current out there.
I've been running contraband
well before you grew hair
on your balls.
Never dropped a load,
never gave nobody up.
-Ms. Myers?
-Navigation isn't the issue.
Like I was telling Samuel,
Coasties are
your biggest problem.
These routes run along multiple
interdiction zones and traps.
That's why it comes down
to planning,
time, tides,
drop locations, weather.
All of it needs
to be taken into account.
To minimize risk.
The position also requires
a certain moral flexibility.
How do you feel
about running women?
[scoffs] Drugs, women,
donkey dicks, rubber dog shit,
it don't matter to me
as long as the money's green.
-Ms. Myers?
-No moral qualms here.
[Mateo] Give us a moment.
What do you think?
He's good, but he's a cowboy.
She's measured.
Does her homework.
You two seem
to have a shorthand.
It's about reliability.
That's what we need right now.
She's less likely
to make a mistake.
♪♪
Mr. Boone.
Just Boone. I work for a living.
The job is yours.
I appreciate your time,
Ms. Myers.
My brother will show you out.
Thank you for coming in.
I'm sorry we won't
be working together.
-[gunshot]
-[Boone] Ah! What the fuck?
Our routes are proprietary.
I'm sure you understand.
We'll call you
when you're needed.
[Boone] Okay,
I'm going. I'm going.
Why'd you change your mind?
[Mateo] I didn't.
-Boone's the right fit.
-Based on what?
Gut instinct.
We need a killer
more than we need a thinker.
Help my brother clean this up.
[line ringing]
[Kincaid] Hi, Mrs. Stratton.
Tim Kincaid,
Private Investigator.
I saw on the, uh,
Tiger-Jonze Marina log
that, uh, you were
on a boat tour. Is that right?
[Connie Stratton] [on phone]
God, it was a nightmare.
Oh, a nightmare. How so?
Well, that ruffian leading it.
-[Kincaid] Etta Tiger-Jonze?
-Ugh, yes.
What do you remember about her?
[Connie] She was dangerous.
She tried to bait an alligator
right off the bow
-with a raw chicken!
-No, an alligator?
She put everyone
on that boat in danger.
Yeah. Any, any other detail
you can recall?
Any-anything at all?
[Connie] Yes, there was
a, a tip jug with a label.
-For Miami, "UM".
-[Kincaid] UM.
Thank you so much.
Thank you. Alright. Bye-bye.
[Lena] You two must be
the shit bottom of the barrel
if they sent you here.
Oh. [scoffs]
It says here you were fired.
Fired for accosting a guest.
I have no patience
for aggressive personalities.
They're impossible to manage.
You two will not be a good fit.
[Etta] Wait. Hang on a sec.
We're hard workers. Reliable.
Plenty more where you came from.
Nice Wawel Dragon.
You from Kraków originally?
I am.
I always liked that story.
The one about the Polish prince.
Figured out a way
to slay the dragon
using sulfur-filled decoys?
Cute parlor trick.
Alright, you've wasted
enough of my time. Go.
You lost family
in the Holocaust.
-And you know this how?
-Your necklace.
Zachor, it means
"remember" in Hebrew.
Were your parents in Auschwitz?
They died there.
I cannot imagine the suffering
your family must have endured.
Most young people don't know
of such things or care.
They have no real
knowledge of the past.
As for me
I cannot forget.
The past is what defines us.
[somber music playing]
Alright.
I will give you a chance.
But you slack off
or cause any problems
and you will be out
on your asses.
I expect crisp hospital corners
and cleaning behind the toilets
where stray pee splashes.
Follow my rules
or face consequences.
Agreed?
So, go.
Supply closet is to your left.
[Lovely]
Can you get the other corner?
Dani? A little help
with that corner.
Sorry.
Are you okay?
Yeah, it's nothing.
Dani, what is going on?
[Etta] My Aunt Carmen.
I know it did not go
the way you wanted,
but she did give you money.
Yeah, which went right to
paying off my debt to Stanley.
There's so much I wanted to ask.
You said the police
did not share
any information with her.
It's more than that. It's
I knew she and my mom
didn't get along.
But her sister's dead.
She doesn't seem to care.
And she is the last living link
I have to my mom.
The only family I have left.
My mother did not get along
with her brother.
He cheated her
out of some money.
He made trouble for her.
But when she got sick,
he brought food for her
every day until she passed.
Families are complicated,
but in the end,
blood calls to blood.
Maybe it is worth
trying again with your aunt.
[engine rumbling]
[Etta] [gasps] Holy Shit!
Jesus fucking Christ!
Don't ever sneak up
on a person like that.
I didn't mean to surprise you.
I-I just want to talk.
What the hell were you thinking?
No one told me you were twins.
What?
Twins. You and my mom.
No one ever mentioned that.
What do you want from me?
I don't know. It just feels like
we're supposed to know
each other, doesn't it?
How did you even recognize me?
When the police notified me,
they showed me a recent picture.
It wasn't some
mystical connection,
if that's what you're thinking.
But we're blood,
isn't that supposed
-to mean something?
-Blood is overrated.
Whatever went down with you
and my mom is not my fault.
[gentle music playing]
How are you getting by?
Do you have a place to stay?
I work housekeeping at a motel
and bunk with stray kittens
in a rusted-out Bel Air.
Look, I can pull strings
at the club.
Throw you a few shifts a week.
It's not much,
but it might help you
get on your feet.
-You're who now? Dani?
-Cruz.
Fine. You're Dani Cruz,
and I am your boss.
This is a business offer,
nothing more. Understood?
Yeah, understood. Thank you.
Can Lovely have a job, too?
Who's Lovely?
I love your club!
♪♪
[Carmen] Nightlife in Miami
is about curating
the perfect environment
for our clientele.
That's why it's important
to create a balanced ecosystem
with the right elements
and ratios of people.
Beautiful women,
celebrities, sex workers,
politicians, tourists,
and gangsters.
As for rules, there are four,
and they're absolute.
No fighting, no weapons,
no fucking in the open.
-People fuck in the open?
-It's a rule for a reason.
And no drugs,
unless they're dealt
by authorized dealers.
How do you know
who's authorized?
-Above your pay grade.
-Gangsters come here?
[Carmen]
They're good for business.
Spend like drunken sailors.
Any beef they have
is left at the door.
This is neutral ground.
♪♪
What will we be doing?
This bottle girl uniform
is pretty!
-That'll look great on you.
-And you,
why did you choose
to work as a barback?
Less visibility.
Dani, we are meant
to change into our uniform.
[Etta] We will.
[Lovely]
But you are not changing.
Just take a second.
-What will?
-Scrubbing CCTV footage.
Why?
Carmen said
gangsters come to this club.
Dani, I do not wish
to get fired again.
-Come on!
-Understood.
♪♪
New girl! I need clean glasses.
We're out.
So, get your ass on the floor,
bus the dirty ones,
and clean 'em!
[muttering]
Hey. Can I get a mojito?
Boobzilla can help you.
[chuckles]
I prefer you.
And I prefer not
to get fired my first night.
I thought it was
your first night.
-Oh, yeah?
-Yeah.
I would have remembered you
if I'd seen you in here before.
Okay, Casanova.
You know, he, he was more
of an adventurer
than a ladies' man.
Then maybe he
shouldn't have committed
his sexual exploits
to the written word.
-Touché.
-Touché?
-[laughing]
-Come on, man.
Hey, you laughed. I win.
Laughed? That was
a smirk at best.
Yo, new girl, where are
my fucking glasses?
I'm Matt, by the way.
Nice to meet you, Matt.
I'm busy.
[clears throat]
[distant ship horn blowing]
[Isabel]
I'm off the clock, Kincaid.
[Kincaid grunts]
Cleaning girl, Benita Ramirez
died with the Jonze family.
So, who'd we see the other day?
Might have been
the daughter, Etta.
-She hasn't come forward.
-Well, would you?
The entire family
was slaughtered.
She might have seen
something, know something.
-We might have a witness.
-Careful.
You're starting
to sound like a cop.
Someone needs to find her.
The wrong people
could be looking for her.
Left you some crumbs.
♪♪
[chuckles softly]
Izz you shouldn't have.
[Isabel] Don't say
I never gave you anything.
♪♪
-[club music playing]
-[patrons chattering]
[sound muffles]
[cheering]
-[club music continues]
-[chattering continues]
[sniffs] Whoo!
I made a $500 tip!
Okay, next time
we grab burgers, you're buying.
After I clear my debt
with Stanley.
Who knows?
I might earn enough tonight
to buy a smartphone.
[giggles]
♪♪
-Hey.
-Hey.
[muscle bro] There you go.
There you go. There you go.
Excuse me, please.
-[smacks]
-[Lovely shrieks]
[glass shatters]
[muscle bro]
Come here. I'll make it better.
-Don't touch me!
-[crowd gasps]
Who the fuck
do you think you are?
Okay, night is over.
No, I don't think so, bitch.
-[punch thuds]
-[grunting]
-Hey!
-Get him out of here, now!
[bouncer] Get up!
-[club music playing]
-[shattered glass clattering]
Where did you learn
to fight like that?
The Marines.
Can you teach me?
The best way to win a fight
is to not have one.
[ice bucket thuds]
[exhales sharply]
What is it?
Tusi.
Those assholes must
have snuck it in.
How do you know?
My guys don't move
synthetic shit.
Your guys didn't move it.
She did.
Hey, team, blonde, purple dress,
moving to the front.
[over radio] Hold her.
Hey! What the--
You can't just
Heard you're dealing in my club.
I need to take a look inside.
I only sell one thing, hon.
And it's not drugs.
[club music thumping]
She's clean. She can go.
[Etta] Wait.
Wha-- Hey! What the-- Fuck.
I have your face now.
Don't show it here again.
When your shift is over,
come to my office.
[grunts softly]
-[grunts]
-[object clatters]
Son of a bitch.
[sighs]
♪♪
[sighs]
[breathing heavily]
[envelope rustling]
[suspenseful music playing]
[knocking]
How'd you do it?
Do what?
Figure out Blondie was slinging.
[safe keypad beeping]
Roid-Rage was snorting white
when she took him
into the bathroom.
Five seconds later,
when they came out,
the coke he had was pink.
Not many people would
remember details like that.
You have a gift.
Well, sometimes it feels
like a curse.
You hungry?
[upbeat music playing]
[Etta] Mm.
Pineapple is definitely
the best.
Pff. No way.
It's guava. No contest.
Leah thought so, too.
Had many a twin argument
over which is better.
You came here with my mom?
When we'd miss curfew
in high school,
our father would lock us
out of the house.
We'd come here
and split a pastelito.
Only had enough scratch for one
and we'd take turns ordering.
One morning it'd be pineapple
the next guava.
We'd hole up here
until Dad left for work
and Mom would let us back in.
[speaks Spanish]
[waiter] Hmm?
[speaks Spanish]
[in English]
You don't speak Spanish?
My mom never taught me.
Yeah, well
that sponge brain of yours
will absorb it soon enough.
[somber music playing]
You okay? What's up?
It's nothing.
Welling tears ain't nothing.
It's stupid.
Try me.
♪♪
Sometimes it's hard
to look at you.
'Cause all I see
is my mom's face.
And all I want to do
is let her know
that I should have been
a better daughter.
Apologize for all the chickens
I stole out of the freezer.
Tell her that it was me
who accidentally set
the Christmas tree
on fire, not Wyatt.
Take back all the times
I was ungrateful
and mean.
[sniffles]
[voice breaking] Tell her how--
how much I miss her.
How much I love her.
And tell her that I'm sorry.
[crying] I'm so fucking sorry.
Look, I can't pretend to know
what you're going through.
I can't make what you're
feeling hurt any less,
but what I can do is listen.
Wanna try that?
Sure. [sniffles]
[Elias] What are we doing here?
[Samuel]
We need to find the right piece
to sell for Caroline.
You never came here with my dad.
Never had a reason to.
The tourists at
the Palazzo Barberini
are viewing a fake.
What do you think?
I think it's brutal
and beautiful.
[chuckles softly]
That's Caravaggio.
The painting's called
"Judith Beheading Holofernes."
Why is she killing him?
He pillaged her city
slaughtered the man she loved.
After she took his head,
her people rose up and defeated
the entire Assyrian army.
She was a hero.
That's one way of looking at it.
What do you see?
Holofernes wasn't
a worthy leader.
He underestimated Judith.
Couldn't comprehend
the consequences of his actions.
Caravaggio's message
is a warning.
Beware the perils
of prideful men.
Hmm.
Ms. Myers
she was a better choice.
It's the decision
your father would have made.
[club music playing]
[patrons chattering]
[sound muffles]
-[high-pitched ringing]
-[inaudible dialogue]
[intense music playing]
♪♪
[muffled voice] Dani?
♪♪
-Fuck!
-Are you okay?
Goddammit, I lost him!
Who did you lose?
One of the 12 was here.
[intense music building]
[dramatic music playing]