M.I.A. (2026) s01e05 Episode Script

1
♪♪
Abaka. A Haitian name
for a building in Miami?
For a skyrise in Little Haiti.
I need an extra 20 million
to lock in the bid.
-Take out a loan.
-[Caroline] I control 51%
of RRG Holdings.
My real estate business cleans
your money, so guess what?
It does concern me.
Why do you think
the Jonzes disobeyed you?
A misjudgment?
A mistake
that cost them their lives?
[Vida]
The Jonzes disobeyed you
because they didn't
respect you.
[panicked chatter]
[Caroline]
The cops are on to you.
Police picked up women
you and Teo trafficked
and linked them
to the Jonzes.
[in Spanish] Ella.
[speaking Spanish]
Who's gonna link us?
The Jonzes are dead.
[Caroline] No, the daughter
may be fucking alive.
That guy with the neck tattoo,
what is Juan's last name?
[London] [pants] Acuna.
He runs with the Rojases.
[Lovely] What will you do now?
Find Juan and kill him.
♪♪
[dark music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
♪♪
[gate clanging]
[dramatic music continues]
[engine revving]
[sighs]
[Spanish song playing
on car stereo]
[dramatic music playing]
[muffled gunfire]
[muffled screams]
[engine starting]
[tires screeching]
[intense music playing]
[people chattering]
♪♪
[music intensifying]
[muffled gunfire]
[gasping]
[flames whooshing]
-[gunshot]
-[Leah gasps]
-[gunfire]
-[muffled screams]
♪♪
♪♪
["Do It Again"
by Steely Dan playing]
In the mornin'
you go gunnin' ♪
For the man
who stole your water ♪
And you fire
'til he is done in' ♪
But they catch you
at the border ♪
["Do It Again"
continues on stereo]
[Etta] Hey, sorry I'm late.
Are all singin'
as they drag you ♪
Thanks for letting me borrow
your truck.
You're welcome.
But the hangman
isn't hangin' ♪
[Etta/Lovely] Happy birthday!
From Lovely and me.
Do it again ♪
Wheel turnin' ♪
[Etta]
The LP you've been wanting
to add to your collection.
A treasure.
Glad you like it.
Oh! Ooh.
[Lovely] Make a wish.
[blows]
I wish for an animal shelter
where no cats
are put to sleep.
[all clapping]
That's a great wish, Stanley.
You can work there if you want.
You, too.
I will volunteer.
I am starting to have dreams
of my own.
Oh, yeah? Like what?
A salon.
A place where women can come
and I can make them
feel beautiful.
You'd crush that.
Got you something, too.
It is not my birthday.
Consider it a token
of appreciation
for pulling my ass
out of the ocean.
Aah.
[gasps softly]
-Ah!
-You hate 'em?
No, I love them.
Mercí.
[both chuckle]
I got you a gift, too.
You no longer have
to use mine.
This is perfect.
Thank you.
Mm-hmm. [chuckles]
Have you made
any progress on Juan?
[Etta] I found him
and six of the twelve
at Jaguar Shipping.
The fucking hive
they work out of.
-What now?
-She kills them.
[tense music playing]
One at a time. Won't be easy.
Juan lives
in a gated community.
And the hive has
armed guards, CCTV.
It sounds like a fortress.
It is. [sighs]
What will you do?
Just focus on Juan first.
Learn his patterns.
Get him alone.
Strike fast
when no one's looking.
[Caroline] Who does
Claude Louis think he is?
I've invested too much
to have a councilman
with an ego trip
stand in my way.
-Everyone has a price.
-[Dominick] Not Claude Louis.
He's of the mind that
your project will be
the first of many high-rises
in the neighborhood.
He doesn't want Little Haiti
to turn into Brickell.
That's not my intention.
Doesn't matter. He won't budge.
-Then persuade him.
-I've tried.
I'm sorry. [sighs]
I've already purchased
dozens of properties.
And as a representative
of Little Haiti,
I welcome you as a landlord.
I funded
a soccer complex for you.
A resource
the youth will treasure
for generations to come.
I have ways of getting
what I want.
[Dominick chuckles]
Not this time, I'm afraid.
If you'll excuse me, I have
a campaign event to attend.
[tense music playing]
[line ringing]
[Caroline] Thanks for coming
so soon, Sam.
You didn't summon me
for a drink.
[Caroline] I need
your help with a problem.
Don't you have Nancy for that?
It's one money can't solve.
I need you to apply pressure.
-Who needs to crack?
-A zoning board idealist
who's blocking
our Little Haiti project.
"Our" Little Haiti project?
You found someone else
to wash your money?
-No. Why not call Mateo?
-I need this man alive
to vote Abaka through.
Mateo lacks restraint.
His ego blinds him.
You know this needs
to happen for all of us.
When do you need this done?
Today.
♪♪
[Lovely] Dani, come on,
I need your help.
[Etta] I'm almost done.
How do they look?
[grunts softly]
Like drugs.
Gotta get these back
before Aunt Carmen realizes
they're missing.
[plane flying overhead loudly]
-[gun cocks]
-Show me your hands!
-Show me your goddamn hands!
-Okay! Okay!
-Take it easy.
-Shut the fuck up! Hands!
Get down on the floor!
[Lena]
That is not necessary.
Shut the fuck up!
Don't waste your time.
These girls are the help.
I pay them pennies.
The money, now!
Please, please. I'm just
a small business owner.
I-I-I trying to get by
-in this econ--
-I will fucking shoot you!
[Lena] No. Please.
I will get the money.
-I'll get the--
-Hurry up!
[screaming]
Stop screaming.
[breathing heavily]
You. You're the type to run
into a burning building, I see.
Knee-jerk reaction, I guess.
Interesting. Clock out.
I don't need the headache
of having the two of you here
when the police arrive.
[tweaker whimpering]
[tense music playing]
[distant traffic noise]
[car alarm chirps]
[grunts] Hey! Hey!
My wallet is in my back pocket.
Take it.
Vote the Abaka project through.
I will not be intimidated.
No, no, no, no!
Ah!
Don't kill me, please!
-[Claude whimpering]
-Don't give us a reason to.
Yes! I'll do
whatever you want!
[grunting]
[panting]
Blocking Abaka
was not my idea.
Whose idea was it?
Mateo did not mention
this errand.
Consider it a favor to me.
-[dramatic music playing]
-[tires screeching]
[guns cocking]
Federov requests
your presence.
My brother won't like this.
He is already with Federov.
♪♪
[door opening]
[tense music playing]
You good?
Yeah. Calculating odds
we leave alive.
[Federov]
Come! Join us, huh?
Come, second-born son.
Sit.
Come, eat.
[cutlery clinks]
[ominous music playing]
It is sign of disrespect
to refuse my hospitality.
You think I poison you?
Because I am Russian? Hmm?
My people get bad rap.
The world remembers atrocities,
assassinations, starvation.
People forget we are also sons
of great thinkers and poets.
Czars.
Who were first cousin
to Windsors.
Ah. Wow.
A well-rounded American.
I like.
[fork clinking]
Well
You see? No poison.
Eat.
[ominous music continues]
Why are we here?
You expand business
into women, my territory.
Without my permission.
[slurps]
[exhales sharply]
I control trafficking
of women in South Florida.
You wish to bring women
into Miami, you pay me.
[chuckles] Pay you?
I'm fronting the cost,
taking all the risks.
You mistake this
for negotiation.
[guns cocking]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
How much?
-Fifty percent.
-Are you fucking kidding me?!
-I'd rather see you--
-We can make that.
We can make that work.
[tense music playing]
[sighs]
Can you make that work? Hmm?
I need to hear from boss.
[tense music continues]
From what I know
of your little operation,
you are boss, hmm?
You make final decision.
Fifty percent leaves us
a profit margin of 10.
Fucking scraps.
Not if we charge
our new peddler 30% more
for shipments coming in.
We chalk the price hike up
to supply line shortages,
oil prices.
We stay in the black.
You stay, uh, upright
and breathing.
[gun cocks]
[tense music continues]
Mateo.
Fine.
Fifty percent.
[Federov] My men collect
from you every Tuesday,
rain or shine, huh?
You lose shipment,
does not matter, you pay.
Every Tuesday.
[in Russian] Da?
Understood.
What about you?
What do you say?
Boss?
[tense music continues]
Understood.
[inhales sharply]
[in Russian] Da.
[in English] You may go.
[chair scraping]
Second-born son.
Which was your favorite?
-The beef.
-[Federov] Mm.
No, no. Not beef.
Flesh
of a man who failed
to honor my terms.
[ominous music playing]
[laughing]
I kid, I kid, I kid.
[tense music playing]
It all fades away ♪
["Fades Away" by Digital Youth
and Lost Prince playing]
-[music playing faintly]
-[keypad beeping]
[breathing heavily]
[door opens]
[Carmen] Hey!
We've been over this.
My office is not
a break room.
Go hang out in the staff
lounge, like everyone else.
I'm sorry.
I just needed a second.
You okay?
I will be.
Just a little shook.
I got held up at gunpoint.
-Where?
-[Etta] Motel.
You know,
learning a little Marine Corps
hand-to-hand combat
couldn't hurt.
The best way to win a fight
[both] is to not have one.
[Etta] Thanks.
I'll clock in,
change for work.
[Vida] What is this,
my beautiful grandsons?
Homework.
Let's see.
"What color are my feelings?"
Purple!
No, they're not.
-"What color is sharing?!"
-Pink!
-[Gabriel giggles]
-No.
Sharing is caring.
-No!
-[giggles]
Sharing is for the weak.
Poor, dirty people
living like little mice.
Do you want to live
like a little mouse?
Or you'd rather be
a big, strong lion?
-A big, strong lion!
-A lion!
Yes.
And what do lions sound like?
-[kids roaring]
-[Vida mimics shrieking, laughs]
[in Spanish] Qué bueno!
[in English]
You were born in a country
where lions are rewarded.
Anything you can dream,
you can do.
[cell phone ringing]
[Gabriel] Mine.
[in Spanish] Digame.
Don't speak for me
like that again!
What, you prefer
the alternative?
It was my call to make.
Yeah, it's hard to do that
with a bullet in your head.
[Mateo]
You think you saved me?
[Samuel] You don't cooperate
with Federov,
you don't leave
that room alive.
You made a deal
with that Russian savage?
Federov gave us
no choice, Máma.
You told her?
Of course he told me.
-We need to strike.
-Strike?
We need to pay.
We pick battles
we can win, Máma.
We pay.
[tense music playing]
It is no surprise
that savage came for you.
He knows you are an easy mark.
♪♪
You don't say shit
to her anymore.
It was her idea
to expand our product line,
she should know
what we're up against.
You forget where
your loyalties lie!
You answer to me!
[tense music playing]
Fine. I'll keep her in the dark.
[exhales heavily]
♪♪
Go make arrangements
for Federov's cut.
[exhales sharply]
We should
change Boone's routes
now that we know
Federov's watching us.
Do it.
[sighs]
[tense music continues]
Stay with Sam.
Take extra men.
♪♪
[cell phone rings]
How'd it go?
[Samuel] [on phone]
Claude will vote your way.
[exhales sharply]
Any chance of blowback?
[Samuel] No, I think
we reached an agreement.
Good.
[Samuel] But you have
another problem.
-What is it?
-[Samuel] He was bribed
to vote against you.
Who paid him off?
[Samuel] Dominick Pierre.
If you'll excuse me,
I have a campaign event
to attend.
[dramatic music playing]
[Samuel] Want me
to pay him a visit?
[sighs] No.
I'm going after him
on my own.
[bell tolling in distance]
[dog barking in distance]
[people chattering]
[sighs]
It's not like Boone
to meet out here.
Boone didn't choose it.
I did.
I wanted you to see that.
When I was a boy,
before your father took me in,
I would come here
and spend hours
just staring at it.
-I don't know why.
-It's uplifting.
Because of the bright colors.
It makes hardship feel
more tolerable.
You know, your father had
that ability.
-You can't compare us.
-[Elias] I know.
Isaac was a singular man.
I meant Mateo and I.
There's no comparison
to be had, Samuel.
You back him,
he doesn't back you.
Plus, you're smarter than he is.
And that's why
he needs my help.
He hasn't earned it!
Father warned us
about this.
About what?
A day where you question us.
It's not you I question.
Men need to follow one leader,
two create factions.
Yeah, but Sun Tzu also gave
his warriors weapons.
He empowered them.
What did Sun Tzu do
with traitors?
It's not betrayal
to speak the truth.
And your brother
and your mother are liabilities.
You're better suited to run
your father's business.
♪♪
["Mami" by Chris Lorenzo
feat COBRAH playing]
To the bourgeois beat ♪
Me and mami doing drugs
in a penthouse suite ♪
Way too good
and way too free ♪
So we live like
the bourgeoisie ♪
Me and mami ♪
-You are late!
-I was busy laying bait.
What do you mean?
I comped Acuna a VIP table.
-You what?
-Keyed into the system.
Added his name for tonight.
-Dani?
-What?
You want him to come here?
To learn more about him.
[Matt] Hey!
-Ah, Allô, Matthew.
-Hey.
Good to see you.
Yeah, you too.
[dance music playing]
See you around.
♪♪
I guess that memory of yours
isn't as great as you claim.
Unless you were never planning
on calling me.
Look, you are
a really nice guy--
Ooh. "Really nice guy"?
That's the kiss of death.
Not always.
I-I-I had a great time
with you at the party.
I just have a lot
going on right now.
Look, I'm just
I don't know.
I'm just, I'm trying
to get to know
you better, you know?
Yeah, timing's just not right.
No rush. I can wait.
I don't get off until 4:00 a.m.
You know,
that's great because
-that's--
-Why?
That's my favorite time
of the day.
[suspenseful music playing]
Where are you taking us?
[Dan] [on radio]
Etta, I know you think
you're doing what's right,
but trust me
you are not!
Get off the boat!
[panicked chatter]
So, can I, can I see you
when you get off?
I, I have to get back to work.
[dance music playing]
[clubgoers chattering]
Hey.
-Are you okay?
-I'm fine.
Are you sure? That old guy--
Yeah, he's my date.
He doesn't have to be.
I can sneak you out back.
Do you remember me
from the boat?
I do not need help from you.
Leave me alone.
[Philipe] Excuse me, miss.
Two bottles of Dom.
This little minx likes
her bubbles.
[Dulce giggles]
[inaudible dialogue]
♪♪
♪♪
Hey.
There's a creeper over there
that needs to be 86'd.
That ain't a crime.
It is if he slipped something
in her drink.
[clicks tongue]
♪♪
[whistles]
Hey, it's time to go, buddy.
What is this?
I have paid good money
to be here.
[bouncer] You gave up that right
when you dosed her drink.
I have done no such thing.
Get up! Now!
I will not.
-What the fuck?
-Wait!
[Philipe]
Embarrassing me like this!
-Wait! He didn't do anything!
-What the fuck!
-Stop!
-You don't have to go with him.
You can stay with me.
I will keep you safe.
You?
You brought me here.
I am I'm sorry about that.
I didn't know.
I just want to help you.
You want to help me?
Stop fucking with my money!
[dramatic music playing]
[clubgoers chattering]
[club music playing]
[laughter and cheering]
[ominous music playing]
♪♪
[exhales sharply]
-[gunshot]
-[Leah gasps]
[ominous music continues]
[dance music playing]
[clubgoers chattering]
Hey.
♪♪
[Lovely sighing]
Juan Acuna is here.
♪♪
[in French] Mon Dieu.
I'm taking him out. Tonight.
You cannot be serious.
What happened to your plan?
Plans change.
I bought GHB off a dealer.
I'll slip it in his drink,
you lure him out back
and I finish him.
[scoffs]
-He is a big man.
-The drugs will give me an edge.
What if he does
not come with me?
What man has ever
turned you down?
This is my only chance.
There's no fortress, no thugs.
-He isn't armed--
-Dani
I prefer not to be involved.
[Etta] You won't be.
Once you take him to the alley,
you come back in,
and, and I take it from there.
I've got this.
Lovely, please.
Okay.
♪♪
[clubgoers chattering]
[dance music fades]
[tense music playing]
[dance music resumes]
["Run The Night"
by AKOSIA and Carola playing]
It's deep in your third eye ♪
Come closer ♪
I'm not afraid,
we run the night ♪
And do anything ♪
Baby, open your third eye ♪
Come closer ♪
I didn't order this.
An admirer bought it for you.
Would that admirer be you?
[Lovely chuckles]
-Do you want it to be?
-Join me.
Ah. I am working.
I could pay you for your time.
My mother always told me
to avoid tattooed men.
-Why is that?
-They are all vagabonds.
Well, I'm an altar boy. Trust.
[chuckles softly]
Finish your drink.
We can rendezvous
in the alley.
I love a freak.
Be right back.
♪♪
♪♪
[clubgoers chattering]
[muffled club music playing]
Damn, that drink was strong.
Not much further. This way.
[tense music playing]
[breathing heavily]
-[gunshot]
-[Leah gasps]
-[gunfire]
-[screaming]
[Etta breathing heavily]
[tense music continues]
[ominous music playing]
[music intensifying]
-[Etta grunting]
-[Juan yelling]
[groans, gagging]
Fucking little bitch!
[both grunting]
Stop! Stop it!
Hey, fuck you!
[Etta groaning]
[dramatic music playing]
[Juan screams]
[Etta grunts]
-[rips]
-[Lovely yells]
[head thuds, grunts]
[Etta coughing]
[Juan grunting]
-[pepper spray hissing]
-[Juan screaming]
You fucking bitch! [yelling]
-[Juan yells]
-[Lovely grunts]
[Lovely and Juan grunting]
[Lovely yelps]
[Etta grunting]
[Etta shrieking]
[panting]
[muffled club music playing]
[Lovely sobbing]
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
[grunts]
No, you're okay.
You're okay.
Come on. Come on.
[sobbing continues]
[intense music playing]
[door slams]
[voice shaking]
I can explain.
Not now.
Don't lose that.
You have to get rid of it.
I'll lock down the area
and wipe the footage.
[sobbing]
Hey, no time for that.
Keep your shit together
and you'll get through this.
Put this on.
Get supplies, come back.
Don't say shit to anyone.
Clean it up, be thorough.
Hurry.
[panting]
[Etta groans]
[Carmen] You stay here.
Where are you going?
Getting a cart to move him.
♪♪
[somber music playing]
[motor rumbling]
[Carmen] We'll dump him here.
Mouth of the Gulf Stream.
It'll carry him out
to the Atlantic.
Grab his legs.
[both grunting]
-[Etta grunts]
-[water splashing]
[thunder rumbling]
I'm sorry, okay?
-I didn't mean to--
-Stab him to death?
You could have gotten
yourself killed.
What did he do?
-He touch you?
-No.
-Lovely?
-No.
Then why'd you do it?
The fucker killed my family.
[Carmen]
So you're a killer now, too?
-I understand you're upset.
-[Carmen] Upset?!
Dani, these men think
you're dead now.
But when their own start
to disappear,
they come looking.
And you don't have
what it takes
to keep yourself safe.
-This ends here!
-No, it can't.
-Why not?
-It's my fault.
[Carmen]
That survivor's guilt talking--
No, it's not!
My entire family was wiped out
because of me,
because of what I did.
What did you do?
[sobbing softly]
Dani, what did you do?
[exhales sharply]
My dad and I went out
to pick up a shipment.
And it was supposed
to be drugs.
But it wasn't.
It was girls and women.
And, and the women were scared.
And I was scared for 'em.
So I, I set 'em free.
I let 'em go.
I thought it was
the right thing to do.
I thought I-I was making
a difference.
I thought that
I was saving them.
But I didn't
fucking save them.
And my dad knew.
And my brothers knew.
And my mom and everyone
but me knew
that the men that they
worked for would come for us.
And they were right.
[somber music playing]
They did. And 12 men came
and killed everyone I love
because of me.
[crying] Because of what I did.
[sobbing]
No, if I hadn't set
those women free
my family would still be alive.
-[Etta sobbing]
-Listen.
Listen.
You did the right thing.
What happened isn't on you.
Your parents chose that life.
-How it ended is on them.
-It doesn't make it right.
Neither does taking out
the guys responsible.
Dani you stay on this path
and you will pay in ways
you can't imagine.
♪♪
[gentle music playing]
[birds chirping]
You have scratches.
[kittens meowing]
I'll get Band-Aids.
No, s-stay with me.
Please.
[shaky breathing]
I understand the need
for justice when the law fails.
When my friend's mother
was killed by a gangster
I watched my friend
and her father
burn him to death.
[solemn music playing]
The gangster
cried out in pain
and I felt he deserved it.
[shaky breath]
But having a hand
in taking a life?
[sobbing] Feeling a soul
leave a body?
He hurt Dani.
He did.
[solemn music continues]
That does not make it
right for me.
[softly sobbing]
♪♪
[car door opens]
H-hey. I know I
-fucked up--
-Do not speak to me!
[exhales heavily]
[solemn music continues]
[Lovely sobbing]
[car door closes]
You made Lovely cry.
♪♪
[meows]
[sniffles]
♪♪
[sighs]
[birds chirping]
Hey. I'm glad you called.
[moans]
[dramatic music playing]
♪♪
♪♪