M.I.A. (2026) s01e06 Episode Script

1
[Leah] Tiger's eye.
Your grandmother
gave one to me
and one to my sister
when we were girls.
Carmen?
The sister you hate?
Sometimes it's hard
to look at you,
because all I see
is my mom's face.
[Etta] You lost family
in the Holocaust.
Were your parents
in Auschwitz?
-They died there.
-The past is what defines us.
[Lena]
I will give you a chance,
but you slack off,
or cause any problems,
and you will be out
on your asses.
I didn't order this.
[chuckles] Finish your drink.
[grunts]
-[grunting]
-[thuds]
[yells]
[grunting, shrieking]
-[Etta panting]
-[Lovely sobs]
[Carmen]
We'll dump him here.
You stay on this path,
and you will pay in ways
you can't imagine.
[knocking]
Hey. I'm glad you called.
[moans]
♪♪
[tense music playing]
-[birds chirping]
-[Etta breathing heavily]
-[grunts]
-[Juan yells]
[tense music continues]
[distant stabbing sounds]
[distant shrieking]
[inaudible screaming]
[inhales sharply] Fuck.
Ow.
-[exhales sharply]
-Mm.
[groans] Morning.
-[sniffles]
-Hey.
Sorry, I didn't mean
to wake you.
Oh, it's cool.
You outta here?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I gotta get to work.
Hibiscus Garden Motel beds
don't make themselves.
-[chuckles]
-Ah.
I asked you
about that last night,
but you had other things
on your mind.
[Etta] Mm.
What happened?
I sliced it at work.
I'll call you.
Yeah, okay.
Actually, you know what?
Not okay.
I-I-I don't get you.
[sighs] We vibe,
we hang out, we hook up,
you ghost me,
and then you hit me up,
-so I--
-Mm. Okay. [chuckles]
"Okay"?
I won't hit you up again.
That's not what I want.
Maybe it's me. Just-- It just
feels like there could be more.
You know, we could be more.
I've, I've got a lot
going on right now.
So you said. Who doesn't?
No bullshit.
It's different for me.
[Matt] How?
[stammers, sighs]
There are things about me
you can't possibly understand.
I want to.
Tell me about these things
I can't possibly understand.
[smacks lips]
[somber music playing]
I'm sorry. I can't.
[door closes]
[sighs]
♪♪
[knocking]
Hey.
You're off the schedule
this week.
Lovely, too.
Wait, why is she being punished?
Surveillance footage
that I erased
showed her luring that guy
into the hallway.
No, that's not fair.
It was my idea, not hers.
Don't you start
with me about fair.
Go home.
I don't need time off.
My hand's a little busted,
but I can work.
Too bad!
I need time off from you.
Okay, look. I am--
Sorry? Yeah, I am, too.
-Can't we just move past it?
-No, I can't just move past it!
Actions have consequences, Dani.
You're off until
I call you back.
["Our Lady of the Dark
Country" by Three for Silver]
[footsteps stomping]
[door closes]
[sighs heavily]
Our Lady of the Dark Country ♪
Take a toll we can afford ♪
She'll raise a fever if we ♪
Can't raise a sword ♪
As the dog star follows ♪
Leashed to the sun ♪
Sip your honeysuckle wine ♪
'Cause she's blooming
in your blood ♪
Sip your honeysuckle wine ♪
'Cause she's blooming ♪
[exhales sharply]
In your blood ♪
Feel the continents shudder ♪
And their empires quake
on her wings ♪
[sighs]
In the night ♪
Now she's roosting
in your veins ♪
[distant moaning]
She drank water
till she tasted cream ♪
-Oh, Dan, don't stop.
-[Dan moans]
[moaning continues]
[Dan] Oh.
[moans loudly]
Oh, Dan, don't stop.
[Dan] Oh, Carmen.
[both moaning]
[Dan groans]
[both panting]
[chuckles]
I love you. [chuckles]
Enough to go again?
[both laugh]
-You're gonna be late.
-Eh.
Ah.
[Dan sighs]
The boys will make sure of that.
[exhales forcefully]
-[boys shouting excitedly]
-[running footsteps]
[muffled laughter]
Waffle time!
[Dan laughs]
-We're hungry, Carmen!
-[laughs]
Only boys who aren't late
for the bus get waffles!
[Dan] House rules!
Last one to the kitchen
is a rotten egg.
[Nathan and Wyatt shriek]
[Dan] Charter leaves in 30.
Where's my boat bag?
On top of
the "sports stuff" box.
Ah. I will unpack this weekend.
Wyatt, Nathan [kiss smacks]
be good.
Bye, Dad.
-Smell you later.
-[Dan chuckles]
Hey, Jonze. Catch.
-[cell phone ringing]
-[sighs] Ah.
My lawyer.
Custody hearing's next month.
-Not soon enough.
-Yeah.
-[kiss smacks]
-[Dan] Yo.
♪♪
[chuckles]
-[boys shouting excitedly]
-Hey! Stop horsing around!
[Dan sighs]
[Carmen] Hmm?
So you don't lose your keys.
One for you, for me,
for each of the boys,
and one for our baby.
Relax. I'm not pregnant.
-[chuckles]
-Gotta graduate first,
get a job.
Oh, yeah. Mm.
You sure you don't want
to speed things up?
-[Carmen chuckles]
-[pager beeping]
[sighs]
[beeping continues]
When'd you get a pager?
Uh, business picked up.
And, uh boss man
loves new gadgets.
Just another way
to keep us on a leash.
Who the hell fishes at night?
Rich people.
And we charge 'em triple
for the experience.
I'm gonna be back late.
Don't wait up.
[kiss smacks]
[suspenseful music playing]
[thunderclap]
[thunder rumbling]
-[rattling, thudding]
-[gasps]
[thunder rumbling]
-[gasps]
-[thunder crashes]
-[faucet creaks, water running]
-[gasping]
Get out of my house!
Carmen, it's just me.
[Carmen] Dan
[Dan groans]
This is where you tell me
what the fuck is going on.
[Dan] It's better
you don't know.
[thunder crashes]
Only two kinds of people
use pagers:
doctors,
and drug dealers.
I don't deal 'em
I just run 'em.
[dramatic music playing]
You should have told me.
[scoffing] Yeah.
[rain pattering]
I wanted to, I didn't know how.
[thunder rumbling]
What was I supposed to say?
"Hey, Carm, nice to meet you.
[chuckles] "You got a great ass.
"Oh, and, uh, by the way
I run drugs."
You wouldn't have given me
the time of day.
[thunder crashes]
You're right.
I wouldn't have.
And that would have been
a damn shame.
You have to stop.
We need the money.
Don't need it that bad.
Running charters doesn't pay
for alimony,
lawyers, rent, food, tuition,
if these two knuckleheads
can get into college.
You're working with criminals.
[Dan] It's not what you think.
I pick up, I drop off.
I'm careful.
Careful? Look at you.
[dramatic music continues]
I ditched the boat
when Coasties showed up,
picked my way through mangroves,
and made it home safe.
This time!
What happens to the boys
if you get caught or killed?
I grew up around this shit,
saw what it did to my friends,
their families.
It ruins lives!
Look, I'm sorry.
I don't need an apology.
I need you
to make better choices.
I love you.
I want to share
my life with you,
but I won't do it
if you're in the game.
♪♪
[dramatic music playing]
[upbeat music playing]
[door opens]
[Dan] Baby, I'm home.
[door closes]
Hey!
-[punch thuds]
-[yells]
-What the fuck!
-What the fuck?!
[Carmen] You're home.
Leah, this is Dan.
Dan, Leah.
♪♪
I knew you guys were twins
but not identical twins.
[Carmen] Hold still.
Better off using ice in a towel.
Tray ice is too chunky.
Frozen peas cover
more surface area.
Okay, Einstein.
Last time I checked, only one
of us here has a degree.
Seems like a waste of money
if they aren't teaching
basic first aid.
At least I'm trying to do
something productive
with my life.
What brings you to town, Leah?
A change of pace.
She dumped another
toxic boyfriend.
[Leah] How would you know?
You never bothered to meet him.
You have a type.
What type is that?
Bikers, jailbirds, assholes
I'll find somewhere else
to stay.
I didn't come here to be judged.
You have nowhere to go.
[Leah] I can sleep in my car.
[Carmen] Don't be such a punk.
[Leah] Quit being such a bitch!
-I'll leave you two alone.
-Name calling? Nice!
If the broom fits.
The one stuck up your ass?
-[sputtering laugh]
-[laughs]
Seriously?
I don't know
where that came from.
[both laughing]
I'm happy you're here.
Better be, 'cause
I really don't have
anywhere else to go.
[gentle music playing]
[sighs]
♪♪
[Dan] Alright,
go brush your teeth.
And, Nate, you need
to spit out the toothpaste,
not swallow it.
[boys giggle]
What's your deal, Dan Jonze?
You mean, "Who's this bum
shacking up with your sister?"
Yeah.
[smacks lips]
What do you want to know?
Why'd you get a divorce?
[clicks tongue]
I discovered my ex preferred
the company of other men.
Loved partying
more than being a mom.
You able to provide
for my sister?
It depends on how
you measure wealth.
I have two great,
healthy kids
and the love
of an amazing woman.
So, you're broke?
Yeah. [chuckles] Big time.
[Leah chuckles]
The marina is, uh,
looking for boat cleaners
if you're looking for a job.
The marina you run drugs out of?
Not anymore.
How much were you making?
Five thousand a run.
How many times a month?
Three or four.
[Leah] Damn!
That's good money.
Mm-hmm.
You must really love Carmen
to give that up.
I do.
Just because you've agreed
to not do it
doesn't mean I can't.
You serious?
Yeah. Why?
[chuckles] It's risky work.
It's only risky
if you get caught.
[chuckles]
Carmen would kill me
if anything happened to you.
-I can handle myself.
-[water running]
That kind of money
changes things for me.
I could have my own place,
find a path.
-Running drugs?
-Why not?
Willing buyers, willing sellers.
Only difference from Big Pharma
is the market's unregulated.
[chuckles]
What?
Nothing.
Just surprised is all.
I know how to drive a boat.
So, all I need is your connect.
That's not how it works.
I'd need to vouch for you,
prove you can deliver.
My guy ain't gonna work
with you otherwise.
So, vouch for me.
[tense music playing]
[scoffs]
["You Can Do Magic"
by America playing]
[bubbling]
I never believed in things
that I couldn't see ♪
I said if I can't feel it
then how could it be? ♪
No, no magic
could happen to me ♪
And then I saw you ♪
-I couldn't believe it ♪
-[Dan sighs]
You took my heart
I couldn't retrieve it ♪
You know, for a rookie,
you did okay.
[Leah chuckles]
You didn't even flinch
when that Sheriff boat
blew past us.
I was shitting my pants.
I thought I smelled something.
[both laugh]
[boater] Ahoy there!
[boaters shouting for help]
Ah, we gotta stop.
Fellow boaters in need.
[boater] Thank God.
[Dan] What seems
to be the problem?
Ah, the outboard's stalled.
Let me take a look.
Might just be
a clogged water intake.
[boater] That's what we get for
renting this thing in Marathon.
[laughter]
-I don't see anything wrong.
-[gun cocks]
[tense music playing]
Easy. Just take it easy.
Give us the kilos
in your cooler.
Our spotter saw you pull 'em
from the lobster trap
a mile out.
Give us the kilos
and we let you go.
[tense music continues]
Ain't our product.
We work for someone else.
If we don't deliver,
we're as good as dead.
Then it's bad
for you either way.
♪♪
Give us the fucking drugs!
They're all yours.
[mouthing] What?
[Leah] We don't want
any trouble.
Atta girl. Come on, come on.
[tense music continues]
Hurry the fuck up!
Come on!
Come on. Hurry it up!
[chuckles]
-[grunts]
-[groans]
-[flesh ripping]
-[screams]
-Hey!
-[both grunting]
Get the hell outta here!
[grunting]
[intense music playing]
[Dan yelling]
[intense music continues]
[chokes]
[gunshot]
[panting]
[dramatic music playing]
[fire crackling]
[boat engine revving]
♪♪
[dramatic music fades]
I shouldn't have
dragged you into this.
-We could have--
-Didn't have a choice.
If you hadn't been there
You saved my ass, too.
[breathing shakily]
♪♪
♪♪
[passionate music playing]
♪♪
♪♪
[both grunt]
[panting]
[waves crashing]
Where are you going?
I got that bartending gig
in Atlanta.
Bullshit.
I heard the voicemail.
You didn't get that job.
[sighs]
Why are you lying?
Is everything okay?
I'm intruding.
You have
this whole life here now.
The kids, your man.
-You seem really happy.
-[Carmen] I am.
That's why it's important
you stay.
I want you to get
to know Dan and the boys.
They're family now.
I'll come back when I can get
a place of my own.
And deprive me of your annual
"I need help, Carmen" visit?
No way.
This visit's been long enough.
[Carmen]
I say when it's long enough.
I'm older by 96 seconds.
-Pulling rank?
-Better believe it.
Tomorrow's Wyatt's
birthday party.
-You're staying.
-[keys clatter]
[Carmen] Dan,
the boys are thirsty.
[Dan] Yep, I got it.
[Wyatt] A scooter!
Thank you, Carmen!
[Carmen]
You're welcome, bud.
[whispering] We need to talk.
[whispering]
Nothing to talk about.
-You're just gonna pretend--
-Nothing happened.
For "nothing happened,"
I can't stop thinking about it.
-What we did--
-We didn't leave a trace.
I have no regrets.
It was us or them.
Yeah.
And the other thing?
[moans]
That I do regret.
[kids chattering in distance]
Yeah, me too.
♪♪
[solemn music playing]
[water spraying]
[water shuts off]
Got a panga, yacht, and cruiser
to clean before dark.
This is not a social call.
Why are you here?
My connect called.
He needs a run,
and he asked for you.
Heard how you
handled things.
You can say no.
Fill me in.
[Dan] The pickup spot
is too exposed.
That's why I do the pickup
at night in open ocean.
Can't get rolled
by Keys' pirates
if they can't see me.
[Dan] Coasties patrol
those waters.
There's gotta be another way
to do the drop
without getting robbed,
caught, or moving too slow.
King Tide.
It's strong. Fast.
Yeah.
Could go in Norris Cut,
fly right past Virginia Key
through Fisherman's Channel.
Cruise right along the port
of Brickell Key.
Which is under construction.
No one will look twice at me
doing the transfer there since--
[laughing] Workers are
there at night.
That's a great fucking plan.
Just gotta think it through,
weigh risk,
mitigate it where I can.
It's still dangerous.
-That's why he pays well.
-[snorting laugh]
I can make more in ten runs
than my parents made
in two years.
That's life-changing.
Thirty more runs from now,
I could buy my own marina.
You'd really do that?
Yeah. Why not?
[chuckles]
That's what I would do.
-Right.
-No-- Swear to God.
A mom-and-pop charter operation
on the water?
Be in business for myself.
Tourists would be
a perfect cover.
[chuckles]
Great place to raise kids.
Adventures on the ocean.
And at the end of the day
Have a safe harbor.
[chuckles]
[both breathing heavily]
This was a mistake.
That's what we said last time.
[breathing heavily]
This was the last time.
My sister is in love with you.
And I'm in love with you!
[sighs] That's the
goddamned truth.
She's the one
you should be with.
Then why can't I stop
thinking about you?
We can't be together!
There's a reason
we can't stay away
from each other.
We are both selfish
pieces of shit.
It cuts a hell of a lot deeper
than that, and you know it.
You had my back
when I needed you most.
I'm gonna do this last run
and get the hell out of here.
Until then,
you stay away from me,
and I stay away from you.
Yeah.
Got it.
[sighs]
Fuck.
[pensive music playing]
[seagulls squawking]
♪♪
[Leah coughing, retching]
[groaning]
[toilet flushing]
[Leah groans]
[door opens]
[sighing]
What's up?
I heard you in there.
I'm hungover, so what?
You never throw up
after you drink.
I just feel off lately.
[Carmen] Your boobs are bigger.
You're napping all the time.
Are you pregnant?
You have so much going on,
I didn't want to bother you.
Bother me? I'm your sister.
I don't share everything
with you.
Yes, you do.
[Leah sighs]
Who's the father?
[sighs] Doesn't matter.
He's unavailable
[Carmen] Because he's
with someone else?
It's better that way.
I'll handle it
and forget it ever happened.
Are you sure?
[sighs] I'm not mom material.
[Carmen] Don't be so certain.
You could surprise yourself.
It's too complicated.
[Carmen] It doesn't have to be.
[sighs]
Me raising a baby alone?
Who says you'll be alone?
I'll help you.
If any part of you
wants this baby
you have to consider keeping it.
I don't want to fuck up a kid
the way Mom and Dad
fucked me up.
You're not like them.
You're caring and loving.
-No, I'm not.
-[Carmen] Yes, you are!
I've felt it.
It's always been you and me.
Maybe it's time
you made room for more.
I can't.
You can.
Everyone writes you off
as the fuck-up,
but I know you.
You'd be a great mom
if you gave yourself a chance.
How can you be so sure?
[Carmen] Because you've always
been there for me.
If you want this baby--
I do, but--
[Carmen] We can do this.
In two years, I'll be ready
to have my first with Dan.
-[Leah sighs]
-Our kids can grow up together.
[Leah exhales sharply]
-[breathing heavily]
-[Carmen] What?
Hey, what's wrong?
[sighs]
It's Dan's.
[sighs heavily]
I never meant for it to happen.
It was an accident.
You accidentally slept
with my boyfriend?
We were drinking, and things
just got out of hand.
-Like on a date?
-Not exactly.
Then when were you together?
We went fishing.
You mean drug smuggling.
It's not what you think.
He's done with all that.
He was just hooking me up
with his connect.
[Carmen sighs]
[Leah] It's over.
It won't happen again.
What won't happen again?
Running drugs or fucking Dan?
It's not like that.
[soft dramatic music playing]
Are you in love with him?
No!
I don't
I don't know.
I can't fucking believe you.
[breathing heavily]
Carmen, wait!
Our whole lives,
everyone called you the bad one,
the one that couldn't
be trusted,
and I defended you!
Told everyone they were wrong.
Turns out, I'm the fool
for believing in you,
for loving you!
I'm so, so sorry.
Sorry?!
You've just blown up my life!
I am, Carmen.
[crying] You were the one
person in the world
I've always trusted.
[shouting]
You're a fuck-up!
I just never thought
-Carm, please.
-you would fuck me.
[cries]
[sniffles]
[door slams]
[breathing heavily]
[seagulls squawking]
[door opens, closes]
[keys jingling]
-You're early.
-[Carmen] It's my house.
Didn't think I needed
to clear it with you
if I wanted to come home early.
[Dan] Of course.
Have you moved out
of the bedroom?
Yeah.
I'll be there
until you're finished.
Carmen I never wanted
to hurt you.
Yeah. It just happened.
It did.
No. You made a choice.
This wasn't easy for me.
[somber music playing]
You have some balls saying that.
I just want you to understand
this wasn't you.
Wasn't something we planned.
It just
[inhales deeply]
happened.
I want to believe you.
My heart tells me that's true.
But you know what's fucked up?
I can't trust it.
Can't trust you.
[sighs]
I was so sure of my path.
So sure that I was meant
to be with you
that I was meant to be
Wyatt and Nate's mom.
-Hey, come here.
-No!
-It's all been a lie.
-[Dan] No, Carmen.
I love you, and so do the boys.
I fucked up, and I know
I can't take it back.
You knocked up my sister!
It's not like that!
What's it like, Dan?
[Dan sighs]
She accepts me as I am.
Oh.
Okay.
I get it.
She lets you be
who you want to be.
You want to run drugs?
Leah's cool with it.
Wanna make fast money?
Great! Leah's down.
Neither one of you gives
a shit about consequences,
and the really
fucked-up part is that
you don't care what
you expose the boys to.
They're innocent.
And you're gonna put
this new baby in danger.
I would never let them get hurt.
[voice breaking] You made me
the same promise, Dan.
["Our Lady of
the Dark Country" playing]
Take that with you.
Fuck.
[sighs heavily]
♪♪
Are we gonna see you soon?
Yeah, real soon.
Love you.
-Love you.
-Love you.
[sighs]
[sniffles]
Okay, go on.
Our Lady of the Dark Country ♪
[Wyatt]
I don't wanna leave Carmen.
Take a toll we can afford ♪
Carm? Carmen!
Can't raise a sword ♪
[breathing heavily]
Our Lady of the Dark Country ♪
Hear this song
we sing for you ♪
[Carmen crying]
As you dance
our children ragged ♪
And gnaw upon our roots ♪
Every stitch brings a tear ♪
We have yet to sew ♪
Oh no, oh no ♪
There's still so far to go ♪
Oh no, oh no ♪
There's still so far to go ♪
[sobs, sighs]
Oh no, oh no ♪
[sighs]
There's still so far to go ♪
[car door closes]
[sighs] Hello?
Can I help you?
Uh, Carmen Tiger?
Yeah?
Hi. Nice to meet you.
Tim Kincaid.
D-did you get my messages?
[dog barking]
All seven of them.
-If this is about my sister--
-No, no,
it's about your niece, Etta.
[tense music playing]
I was told she died
with the rest of the family.
Yeah, well, that's why I'm here.
Someone else died at the marina.
Etta might still be alive.
How do you know that?
I have my sources.
Your friends at MDPD?
I called the department.
You're not a cop anymore,
so who are you working for?
I'm, I'm not at liberty to say.
But you're at liberty
to harass me?
Ma'am, I'm just trying to help.
How?
I have reason to believe
that Etta's in Miami,
so if you hear from her--
Is she in trouble?
[Kincaid] I don't know,
but her entire family
was killed by someone.
And if they found out
she was still alive,
sooner or later they may
connect the dots that I have.
[smacks lips, sighs]
♪♪
[window squeaking]
[groans softly]
[city traffic noise]
[exhaling sharply]
[rummaging, slams drawer]
[distant, muffled chatter]
[sniffles]
[mysterious music playing]
[hollow thunks]
♪♪
[papers rustling]
[mysterious music continues]
[door opens]
♪♪
[chair rattling]
-Dani.
-Yeah?
I need your
youthful strength
to move a piece
of furniture.
-Sure.
-Come.
[motorcycle driving by]
Thanks.
-That it?
-Yeah.
Doesn't look too heavy.
-[electricity crackling]
-[Etta groans]
[body thuds]
[ominous music playing]
[metal door hinges squeaking]
♪♪
[door thuds]
[dramatic music playing]
♪♪
♪♪