M.I.A. (2026) s01e08 Episode Script
Heart Matters
1
[Etta grunting]
You're off the schedule
this week. Lovely, too.
Wait, why is she
being punished?
Actions have consequences,
Dani!
You're off
until I call you back!
Stop! Stop, please!
Mouser is missing.
We did see him
running around back here.
[Lovely] What has happened?
[Stanley] I made trouble.
Wh-what stage are you in
at the construction site?
Pouring foundation.
Okay. We'll take him there.
Bury him in concrete.
[Kincaid]
What am I looking at?
[Caroline]
Lots I've purchased
in Little Haiti.
There are three residents
holding out.
I want a full workup
on each one of them.
Ms. Cheri,
my employer is interested
in making you--
Oh, I know what your employer
is interested in,
and you can go tell them
I'm not selling my home.
[Lena] Your next target.
[Etta] Xavier Alta.
[Lena] Remember him
killing your brother.
-[gunfire]
-[muffled screams]
-[heartbeat thumping]
-I want you to remember
your last happy memory
with Wyatt.
[muffled laughter]
[Lena]
How do you feel now?
Okay.
[Lena]
This is how you must feel
before you strike.
♪♪
Who are you?
[insects chirring]
You gonna make me
party alone?
[TV playing indistinctly]
[tense, ominous music playing]
♪♪
Not bad.
Tits could be bigger.
[scoffs]
Tits are for kids, big guy.
Take this shit off.
-[gunfire]
-[muffled screams]
[heartbeat thumping]
[muffled screaming]
Mm!
Blow first.
Fuck yeah.
Chop up a couple?
Couple?
I'm dusting this shit.
Do you have anything to drink?
[Xavier] In the kitchen.
[inhales sharply]
[clinking]
[breathing shakily]
[gunfire echoing]
Inhale.
[inhales sharply]
[snorting, chomping teeth]
Exhale.
[exhales sharply]
[tense, ominous music
continues]
[inaudible]
[Etta] Inhale.
Exhale.
[muffled laughter]
[inhales, exhales deeply]
[Xavier] Hurry the fuck up.
[music stops abruptly]
Put on some music, will ya?
-[inhales]
-[liquid sloshing]
["Gasolina"
by Daddy Yankee playing]
Encanta la gasolina ♪
Put those down.
Dance with me.
-Whoo! [laughs]
-[chuckles]
-Let's fucking go! Huh?
-[Etta laughing]
Yeah.
[tense music playing]
How about I fuck you
something fierce
in your Jacuzzi, huh?
Chlorine dries my dick out.
[Etta] Come on.
I'll be Elvira.
You be Tony Montana.
Come on.
[snorting]
[exhales]
Get naked and get
the fuck in here.
A toast first.
To what?
Justice.
-Whatever.
-[glasses clink]
[tense music continues]
[Xavier sighs]
Come sit on this dick,
Elvira.
You deaf all of a sudden?
I said sit on this
[water splashes]
[grunts] What the fuck?
You put something
in my drink?
[Xavier breathing heavily]
-[plate clatters]
-[Xavier groans]
[groaning]
Tetrodotoxin. A paralytic.
[grunting]
It's maddening, isn't it?
You can see and hear
what's going on,
but you can't do
a damn thing about it.
[labored breathing]
I was in the same spot
when you killed Wyatt.
You couldn't ask
for a better brother.
He was patient, funny
slow to anger,
quick to laugh.
Oh, he had
the greatest laugh.
It was deep and hearty.
From the belly.
You'd hear it, and then,
and then you'd start laughing.
It was contagious like that.
[somber music playing]
I'll never hear Wyatt
laugh again.
No one will.
What's that?
[Xavier gurgles, weakly gasps]
I won't get away with it?
Bet I will.
[tense music playing]
♪♪
[sniffles]
[exhales sharply]
♪♪
[car horns honking]
[Etta] Ten to go.
And not a wobble to be seen.
Alta deserved it.
No argument here.
And no one got hurt
like last time.
[Lena chuckles]
An improvement, to be sure.
But still no leads
in my mom's notebook.
Yet.
She kept coded notes
for a reason.
You will crack it.
Well, till then,
all I've got is the hive.
-The hive?
-Jaguar Shipping.
♪♪
It's the business front
for the Rojas cartel.
Very useful hunting ground.
Where are you going?
-Hunting.
-With what?
-[laughs]
-What?
Analog surveillance?
-It worked last time.
-[Lena scoffs]
With two of theirs dead now,
you will need to be
more careful.
Time you joined
the 21st century.
[drone thuds]
[dramatic music playing]
[drone whirring]
[Lena]
Maintain your altitude.
You don't want
to be discovered.
Those are five of the 12.
-[Lena scoffs]
-[Etta] Yeah.
The drugs are in the coolers.
You know this how?
Same ones my parents used.
How often did they
conduct runs?
Once a week.
[Lena] An operation this size
will have more runners
at their disposal.
[cell phone buzzing]
Land the bird.
I have guests checking in
in two hours.
We don't have a lead yet.
This watering hole
isn't going anywhere.
You wish to continue hunting
for a lead?
Crack your mother's code.
♪♪
[approaching footsteps]
[Lovely]
You have made progress.
Yeah, I nearly have it
all cracked.
How did you figure it out?
Process of elimination.
I ruled out Caesar and Affine
and hit pay dirt
with Vigenère.
What is Vigenère?
It's an advanced
tabula recta cipher
that needs a code word
to crack.
What was the word?
Henrietta.
-Etta is a name nick?
-A nickname.
[laughing] Your real name is--
Don't you dare say it.
-Henrietta?
-Lovely. [groans]
[Lovely laughs]
It is a beautiful name.
-Very regal.
-Ancient.
Your mother loved you very much
to use your name as a code.
[gentle music playing]
Yeah, well.
Mom kept track
of each shipment,
amounts paid,
pickup coordinates.
She kept very thorough notes.
It spans years.
I think it was a--
an insurance policy.
An insurance policy?
Use it to bargain for immunity
in case my family got caught.
Ah.
I only have this part to go.
[intriguing music playing]
[Lovely] What do they mean?
I've ruled out
drop coordinates,
dates, payments.
They're all nine digits.
[Lovely] Mm-hmm.
Could be account numbers.
[Aunt Judith]
Where's the stray?
Rent is due.
[Etta sighs]
-Paid in full.
-[chuckles]
Your month is up.
-Yes, ma'am.
-You found a place?
Not yet. Still looking.
Where?
Allapattah.
Gladeview. Pinewood.
Those are far away.
Well, it's what I can afford.
Won't be so far
once I've saved up
enough to buy a car.
It will not be the same.
-Hmm.
-We'll still see
each other at work.
You could share
a room with Lovely.
Could she now?
[Lovely] Uh, Tati Judith
-Can Dani stay?
-No. It's okay.
Really. Don't bend
the rules for me.
I'm not family.
[gasps]
You might as well be.
Six hundred a month.
Take it or leave it.
I'll take it. Yeah.
[Etta chuckles]
Thank you, Ms. Cheri.
I get my Chevy back.
I'm going to work.
See you later!
[upbeat music playing]
[bike bell jingles]
Wanna help me shop
for our room after this?
I would love to,
but I have a shift at Ocean Ten.
Aunt Carmen put you back
on the schedule?
Oui.
Good for you.
Have you spoken
with her since?
I tried. Didn't go well.
Did you apologize?
Yeah. Tried that, too.
Not my strong suit.
[soft, somber music playing]
So, try again.
You managed
to apologize to me.
I forgave you.
Well, she's not supportive
the way you are.
She'll never understand my list.
Then, do not share it with her.
There are things my own mother
did not know about me.
Lovely Amie
what secrets were you keeping?
Telling you
defeats the purpose.
[both laugh]
There are things that can be
your own, Dani
and that is okay.
How do you always do that?
[Lovely] Do what?
Know the exact right thing
to say.
I do not. [chuckles]
I simply speak from the heart.
[sputters]
Okay Earth Angel.
You think I am
an Earth Angel?
-If the nickname fits.
-[chuckles]
[Lovely giggles]
[determined music playing]
[knocking on door]
[music fades out]
Still need space?
Or can we talk?
[Carmen sighs]
Come on in.
I want to apologize.
For?
Being reckless.
Betraying your trust and
roping you into
a bad situation.
I will never do that again.
Good.
I understand the impulse.
But you? You've got your
entire life ahead of you.
It's been a long time
since I had something to lose.
And if anything would have
happened to you
[sighs heavily] Goddammit!
I'm not good at this.
[gentle music playing]
You're better
than you think. [laughs]
Alright.
You gotta get to the club.
Oh, I'm back on the schedule?
Don't piss off your boss.
Go!
♪♪
[softly] Thank you.
[sighs]
[Mateo]
What the fuck, Boone?
You dropped the load?
I didn't drop shit, man.
We got popped.
Coasties found the freighter
and called the ATF.
They seized the weapons,
my boat.
Get Federov on the line. Now.
What happened to your partner?
Gary? Oh, he's dead.
As soon as he knew
we were surrounded,
he opened fire,
and they mowed his ass down.
I dove in,
swam as hard as I could.
Came straight to you
so we could talk
man to man.
I don't sing,
never gave nobody up.
I understand.
Well, I'll go lay low
'til this blows over
and get back in the saddle.
[tense music playing]
[Boone breathing shakily]
[gunshots]
[body thuds]
Mr. Federov.
[tense music continues]
[Federov] [over phone]
Second-born son,
this you, huh?
Your side rat out my shipment.
Cost me $30 million.
It wasn't us.
[Federov] I flay skin
off four of my men.
All say same thing.
No leaks on my side.
So, it must be your side.
Very disappointing
results, boys.
-Mr. Federov--
-[line disconnects]
Fuck!
This is not a discussion.
You're leaving now!
Gabí, this isn't a game.
You think I don't know that?
You need to be with the boys
at your mom's house.
Isaac and Gabriel are safe.
You're the one under threat.
-I can handle it.
-I can't.
I'm not leaving you.
Gabí, this is
really fucking bad.
And that?
You didn't sign up for.
Yes, I did.
-[gunshots]
-[Gabí gasps]
[grunting]
[body thuds]
[dramatic music playing]
Looks like there were
just two of them.
We have to go.
-There will be more on the way.
-[Gabí] Teo.
[Gabí breathing heavily]
Let me see.
[voice muffled] Baby
we gotta get you help.
-[groaning weakly]
-No. Gabí!
Gabí! No!
[sobbing] Gabí?
[hyperventilating]
[approaching footsteps]
Is everyone accounted for?
Alta is dead.
Did Federov's men get him?
No. Overdose.
Found him at home,
floating in his Jacuzzi.
What about Acuna?
Still missing.
Okay. Find him.
We need all our men ready.
Where are you going?
[tense music playing]
To track down Juan Acuna.
[sniffs]
I call the shots.
We need all of our men
accounted for, Mateo.
Are you "accounted for,"
Sam?
[in Spanish] Ya, ya.
Mateo, por favor.
Have you been loyal?
Your brother has done everything
you asked, Mateo.
Have you, Elias?
Mateo please stop this.
Someone ratted out
the weapons shipment.
You have no proof
that was Elias.
I served your father
for years.
Federov said our side leaked.
You trust Federov over me?
I trust his methods.
Any man
willing to torture
and kill his own men
gets to the heart of things.
[tense music continues]
You never wanted this deal.
You cried to me
about exposure.
And you were whining
about what my father would do.
Other than us,
Boone and Gary
were the only ones
who knew the details.
And with 30 mill on the line,
I sure as shit
didn't blow up the deal.
Which leaves you two.
[tense music continues]
[computer keys clacking]
-[approaching footsteps]
-[Lovely] Dani?
Dani!
The bartender
is looking for you.
Heidi? No, she can wait.
What are you doing down here?
You remember those account
numbers in my mom's notebook?
-Oui.
-They're CUSIPs.
What is a que-sip?
-A financial instrument.
-To a bank?
A real estate
development company.
That is strange, no?
Not when the company laundered
my parents' drug money.
Look at this.
[Lovely] RRG.
That is the same company
developing our neighborhood.
Rojas Real Estate Group.
The cartel that killed
your family.
Uses RRG to wash
their dirty money.
And she's at the head of it all.
♪♪
[Caroline]
What do you mean
she said no?
Did Ms. Cheri receive
my latest offer?
[sighs] Go up to 3.5
and try again.
Call me once it's closed.
[sliding door opening]
[sighs] Oh.
Teo. Teo, I am so sorry.
I Sam told me about Gabí.
It's awful.
Federov will pay.
How are Isaac and Gabriel?
Heartbroken.
Of course.
If you need anything.
I need you to stay put.
[Caroline] Stay put. Why?
[Mateo]
It's for your own good.
[tense music playing]
-What the fuck is this?
-[Samuel] Protection.
The Russians are targeting us,
which means you're fair game.
I have a business to run.
[Mateo] We need
to make sure you're safe.
How long do
I need this detail?
-Until we handle the Russians.
-[Caroline] How long?
I have a fucking holdout
to close.
They stay here
until I say otherwise.
Let's go.
-[sighs]
-[door closes]
[intense music playing]
How does someone turn down
a multimillion-dollar offer?
I don't know.
She hasn't responded
to my team's calls or emails.
Caroline, you have
to break ground.
Next week to stay
on schedule.
You do not have time
for a setback.
And I can't keep the investors
at bay any longer.
What do you want to do?
[sighs]
What my father would do.
Find a way to close her myself.
[exterminator] Whoa. Whoa!
I haven't seen an infestation
like this in a long time.
-Oh!
-I hate when they fly!
[Etta] Yeah. Palmetto bugs
are fucking terrors.
That's why spray works best.
You could hit a whole lot
of 'em all at once.
[insects buzzing]
Stops 'em dead in their tracks.
[dramatic music playing]
[Lena] Target five at once?
Why not?
-It is risky.
-It's efficient.
I know where
they'll be unloading a shipment.
I know how long
they'll be there--
And a challenge
to make their deaths
appear accidental.
Not if it looks like
their boat caught fire.
Older sportfishers
are notorious
-for leaky fuel lines.
-You know this how?
Been repairing all kinds
of boats since I was a kid.
And those assholes smoke
more than you do.
And smoking near
flammable materials
turns their boat
into a plausible powder keg.
Exactly.
How will you get close enough
to compromise the fuel line?
Hmm?
What if I don't have
to get close?
Sneak attack.
Southeast approach.
Wind speed?
Forecast says
five to six knots.
-Landing zone?
-The galley.
Engine's right underneath.
-Blast radius?
-Forty feet.
Detonation sequence?
Three-oh-five.
["Own Me" by bülow playing]
[keypad beeping]
You are ready.
Count sheep, got nothin'
but a 20 on me ♪
On me ♪
Nothing ever comes for free ♪
You can pay what you want ♪
But you're never
gonna own me ♪
Never gonna, never gonna ♪
You can pay what you want
but you're never gonna own me ♪
Never gonna, never gonna ♪
-[Stanley] I am ready.
-[Etta] To do what?
Go with you.
-Why?
-I want to help.
That's appreciated, Stanley,
but it's better
if you're not involved.
-You helped me.
-Yeah. This isn't your fight.
My fight was not yours either.
I can't let anything
happen to you.
What about you?
What about me?
[chuckles]
Don't worry about me.
I have four pounds
of C-4 on my side.
♪♪
[tense, ominous music playing]
Federov seized
our latest shipment.
-Value?
-At least 10 million.
-Christ! Ten?
-His men took the women,
killed our runners,
destroyed future earnings.
-We have to fight back.
-That's a high-risk solution.
Think about your sons.
We take on Federov solo,
they lose a father.
So what?
We let him eat us alive?
No. We
We enlist an ally.
-What? No!
-Mateo. Hear me out.
We need to increase
our numbers, our firepower.
We're not the only ones
Federov has his hooks in.
Who else?
-The Dominicans.
-Peña?
That prick came for us, too!
Half of everything he makes
is kicked up to the Russian.
I don't like it.
It doesn't matter.
It's about survival.
You want to survive?
♪♪
Set up a meet.
[ominous music playing]
[Mateo] Francisco.
[Samuel] Mr. Peña.
Thank you so much
for coming in.
I was surprised
to hear from you,
given our last
correspondence.
You made a play
for my territory.
And now so has Federov.
We're both being squeezed
by the Russian.
He's not trying to kill me.
Not yet.
But it's only a matter of time.
Heard about your wife.
Condolences.
We have a common enemy.
-Doesn't make us friends.
-It does present an opportunity.
-To do what?
-Take out Federov.
[chuckles softly]
He's taking half of everything
you bring in.
Bleeding you dry.
You join us,
you could be made whole.
Or I do nothing.
Federov destroys you,
and I take what's left.
We go down,
he takes you next.
You don't have the resources
to take him on alone.
-But together
-We cut his fucking head off.
Take North Miami
in an even split.
East would be ours.
West? Yours.
Think about it.
♪♪
[distant traffic noise,
car horns honking]
[drone whirring]
[Etta]
Come on, motherfuckers.
Get on the boat.
-[glass shatters]
-[Etta gasps]
[Etta yelling]
[guards chattering]
[Etta grunting]
-[gasps]
-What the fuck
you doing here?
My car broke down.
I'm just waiting
for a friend to pick me up.
-You flying a drone?
-It's not controlled airspace.
You're spying.
Who do you run with?
Run with?
No, my car broke down.
-Bullshit!
-Where are you taking me?
-A sit-down with the boss.
-No, this is a misunderstanding.
Shut the fuck up!
-[mallet thuds]
-[groans]
-Ah!
-Oh!
-You son of a--
-[mallet thumps]
[body thuds]
Stanley, what are you
doing here?
-Helping you.
-You followed me?
To make sure you were okay.
Come on, let's get him tied up.
[yacht rock music
playing from headphones]
[distant siren wailing]
We hit Federov
on multiple fronts,
simultaneously.
Golden Glades, Opa-locka,
El Portal, Sunny Isles.
We have a deal?
[suspenseful music playing]
[car doors close]
[Etta] Shit!
The boat's gone.
[sighs] No.
Plan has to change.
What was it before?
Target five on the boat.
[van door opening]
[indistinct chatter]
Those five?
♪♪
Yeah.
-[screaming]
-[gunfire]
[dramatic music playing]
[gasping, whimpering]
New plan.
[drone whirring]
The C-4 is attached
to the drone?
Yes. Gonna fly into the van.
Careful or they will notice.
[Etta] Come on. Faster!
[whirring]
What the fuck is this?
Is that a drone?
-They are noticing.
-Shoot it!
-[gunfire]
-Oh!
Shit! I can't fly and detonate
at the same time.
-Gonna need your help.
-That is why I'm here.
Grab that remote.
I'm gonna fly.
-You're gonna detonate.
-[Stanley] Okay.
[Etta]
Enter "305" on my cue.
-[drone zooming]
-[gunfire]
[suspenseful music playing]
[gunfire continues]
[Etta] Now!
[explosion booming]
[rumbling]
What the fuck was that?
[explosions continue]
[gasps]
[fireball whooshing]
[metal and glass crashing]
[shocked chatter]
Fucking Federov.
I go down, you're next.
[flames crackling]
Let's take North Miami.
That was a big fireball.
Yeah, it sure was.
I didn't expect it
to be so pretty.
Yeah, neither did I.
[melancholy music playing]
Thanks for saving
my ass, Stanley.
That is what friends are for.
[siren wailing in distance]
-Where'd you park?
-Three blocks northeast of here.
-[engine starts]
-You're really good at this.
I know.
♪♪
Ms. Cheri?
Do I know you?
Caroline Carver,
CEO of RRG.
You people gonna start
following me now?
Well, you don't return
my team's calls,
don't talk
to my representatives.
Because I'm not selling.
Please, take a look
at my latest offer
before you make
any final determination.
[sighs]
Four million dollars?
A life-changing amount.
They said you were
paying handsomely,
but not like this.
The last one standing
always gets rewarded.
And that's enough
to buy a beautiful home
anywhere you want in Miami.
Coral Gables, Coconut Grove.
Or, you can move
into a luxury condo
once Abaka is built.
Ooh.
Rich folk.
Never know
when to stop pushing.
I can offer you more.
Child, this is
not about money.
Ms. Cheri,
we all have a price.
No, we don't.
My home is not for sale.
This is for you.
My number's inside.
Call me when you
change your mind.
I won't.
[ominous music playing]
-[Caroline grunts]
-[Aunt Judith screaming]
[body thudding]
-[bones crack]
-[gasps softly]
[dramatic music playing]
[birds chirping]
["Kettering"
by The Antlers playing]
[waves crashing]
[Etta] Big difference
sleeping in an actual bed,
guys.
[car doors opening, closing]
Did I forget my key?
Excuse me.
Do you live here?
I do.
Do you know
a Ms. Judith Cheri?
She's my auntie.
I'm sorry to have
to tell you this.
At 7:30 this morning,
she was found unresponsive.
I wish that I had known ♪
Unresponsive?
What happened?
She fell down a staircase
and sustained fatal injuries.
Oh! Mon Dieu.
Tati Judith?
Those personal items
were on Ms. Cheri
at the time of the accident.
I'm sorry for your loss.
You hired me ♪
To make up for that ♪
[car doors open and close]
Walking in that room ♪
[sobs]
when you had tubes
in your arms ♪
Those singing
morphine alarms ♪
Out of tune ♪
[Mateo]
You gotta be strong for Mommy
because she was strong for us.
And I didn't believe them ♪
When they called you
a hurricane thunderclap ♪
Miss you, baby.
[Isaac] I miss Mommy, too.
[Mateo] We are her legacy.
What's a legacy?
A kingdom.
That's what Mommy and I
were building together.
What I will continue
building for you.
Are you a king, Daddy?
It made you feel so alone,
and so you told me ♪
I ought to be leaving ♪
I am.
And you know
what every king needs?
A strong prince.
A loyal prince.
Are you my strong
and loyal princes?
-Strong like lions?
-Like lions!
We're gonna be strong
for Mommy.
Make her proud.
♪♪
[newscaster] [on cell phone]
And with temperatures rising
here in South Florida,
tomorrow will have a high of 89,
72% humidity.
-Back to you, Roberto.
-[Roberto] Thanks, Wendy.
Little Haiti resident
Judith Cheri
fell to her death last night
at a Metromover station.
Miami locals
have been concerned
about unsafe station
conditions for years,
as accidental falls are
a leading cause of death
among South Florida's
elderly population.
["Kettering" continues]
Bondye
keep our beloved auntie
close to you
and in your light
as you guide her to heaven
where she and my mother
will be together again.
♪♪
[song fades out]
Thank you for taking me in.
[sniffles] Stanley?
[kittens meowing]
Auntie Judith loved to read.
"Carnal Captive"?
Looks pretty good.
It was one of her favorites.
[laughs]
This is from the parasites.
May I see it?
[kittens meowing]
They offered Aunt Judith
$4 million.
That is a fortune.
She would never sell.
[Etta] Look here.
The CEO, Caroline Carver,
signed it.
Look at the date.
That is the day
of the accident.
What if it wasn't
an accident?
[Lovely] Dani.
-That is crazy.
-Is it?
RRG launders money
for the Rojas cartel.
That cash can't go
straight into the system.
They need real estate projects
to clean their dirty money.
Every house on this block
has been sold.
And Aunt Judith
was the only one
standing in their way.
That is a theory.
That's worth considering.
I will tell the police.
Tell the police
what exactly?
Auntie Judith was
harassed by RRG.
And two subcontractors
working for RRG are gone.
Subcontractors
that you and Dani--
Buried in concrete.
You cannot go to the cops.
Any investigation that's opened
could lead back to you.
And you.
[tense music playing]
They will get away with it.
Aunt Judith was innocent.
-It is wrong.
-It is.
But what can we do about it?
Balance the fucking scales.
♪♪
[indistinct chatter]
-You good with everything else?
-Yeah. Cool.
We ain't open yet, man.
Yeah, I know.
I'm looking for a friend.
He work here?
No.
He's one of your regulars.
This is the last place
he was seen.
Dude's a regular, alright.
Do you remember
who he was here with?
You a cop?
No.
I would like to see tapes
from the night he went missing.
Nah, man, can't take it.
Request like that gotta be
blessed by the boss.
Who's your boss?
Carmen Tiger.
[dramatic music playing]
[voice echoing]
Elias.
[music intensifying]
[bouncer]
Want me to bring her over?
No.
I'll come back.
♪♪
[tense, dramatic
music playing]
♪♪
♪♪
[Etta grunting]
You're off the schedule
this week. Lovely, too.
Wait, why is she
being punished?
Actions have consequences,
Dani!
You're off
until I call you back!
Stop! Stop, please!
Mouser is missing.
We did see him
running around back here.
[Lovely] What has happened?
[Stanley] I made trouble.
Wh-what stage are you in
at the construction site?
Pouring foundation.
Okay. We'll take him there.
Bury him in concrete.
[Kincaid]
What am I looking at?
[Caroline]
Lots I've purchased
in Little Haiti.
There are three residents
holding out.
I want a full workup
on each one of them.
Ms. Cheri,
my employer is interested
in making you--
Oh, I know what your employer
is interested in,
and you can go tell them
I'm not selling my home.
[Lena] Your next target.
[Etta] Xavier Alta.
[Lena] Remember him
killing your brother.
-[gunfire]
-[muffled screams]
-[heartbeat thumping]
-I want you to remember
your last happy memory
with Wyatt.
[muffled laughter]
[Lena]
How do you feel now?
Okay.
[Lena]
This is how you must feel
before you strike.
♪♪
Who are you?
[insects chirring]
You gonna make me
party alone?
[TV playing indistinctly]
[tense, ominous music playing]
♪♪
Not bad.
Tits could be bigger.
[scoffs]
Tits are for kids, big guy.
Take this shit off.
-[gunfire]
-[muffled screams]
[heartbeat thumping]
[muffled screaming]
Mm!
Blow first.
Fuck yeah.
Chop up a couple?
Couple?
I'm dusting this shit.
Do you have anything to drink?
[Xavier] In the kitchen.
[inhales sharply]
[clinking]
[breathing shakily]
[gunfire echoing]
Inhale.
[inhales sharply]
[snorting, chomping teeth]
Exhale.
[exhales sharply]
[tense, ominous music
continues]
[inaudible]
[Etta] Inhale.
Exhale.
[muffled laughter]
[inhales, exhales deeply]
[Xavier] Hurry the fuck up.
[music stops abruptly]
Put on some music, will ya?
-[inhales]
-[liquid sloshing]
["Gasolina"
by Daddy Yankee playing]
Encanta la gasolina ♪
Put those down.
Dance with me.
-Whoo! [laughs]
-[chuckles]
-Let's fucking go! Huh?
-[Etta laughing]
Yeah.
[tense music playing]
How about I fuck you
something fierce
in your Jacuzzi, huh?
Chlorine dries my dick out.
[Etta] Come on.
I'll be Elvira.
You be Tony Montana.
Come on.
[snorting]
[exhales]
Get naked and get
the fuck in here.
A toast first.
To what?
Justice.
-Whatever.
-[glasses clink]
[tense music continues]
[Xavier sighs]
Come sit on this dick,
Elvira.
You deaf all of a sudden?
I said sit on this
[water splashes]
[grunts] What the fuck?
You put something
in my drink?
[Xavier breathing heavily]
-[plate clatters]
-[Xavier groans]
[groaning]
Tetrodotoxin. A paralytic.
[grunting]
It's maddening, isn't it?
You can see and hear
what's going on,
but you can't do
a damn thing about it.
[labored breathing]
I was in the same spot
when you killed Wyatt.
You couldn't ask
for a better brother.
He was patient, funny
slow to anger,
quick to laugh.
Oh, he had
the greatest laugh.
It was deep and hearty.
From the belly.
You'd hear it, and then,
and then you'd start laughing.
It was contagious like that.
[somber music playing]
I'll never hear Wyatt
laugh again.
No one will.
What's that?
[Xavier gurgles, weakly gasps]
I won't get away with it?
Bet I will.
[tense music playing]
♪♪
[sniffles]
[exhales sharply]
♪♪
[car horns honking]
[Etta] Ten to go.
And not a wobble to be seen.
Alta deserved it.
No argument here.
And no one got hurt
like last time.
[Lena chuckles]
An improvement, to be sure.
But still no leads
in my mom's notebook.
Yet.
She kept coded notes
for a reason.
You will crack it.
Well, till then,
all I've got is the hive.
-The hive?
-Jaguar Shipping.
♪♪
It's the business front
for the Rojas cartel.
Very useful hunting ground.
Where are you going?
-Hunting.
-With what?
-[laughs]
-What?
Analog surveillance?
-It worked last time.
-[Lena scoffs]
With two of theirs dead now,
you will need to be
more careful.
Time you joined
the 21st century.
[drone thuds]
[dramatic music playing]
[drone whirring]
[Lena]
Maintain your altitude.
You don't want
to be discovered.
Those are five of the 12.
-[Lena scoffs]
-[Etta] Yeah.
The drugs are in the coolers.
You know this how?
Same ones my parents used.
How often did they
conduct runs?
Once a week.
[Lena] An operation this size
will have more runners
at their disposal.
[cell phone buzzing]
Land the bird.
I have guests checking in
in two hours.
We don't have a lead yet.
This watering hole
isn't going anywhere.
You wish to continue hunting
for a lead?
Crack your mother's code.
♪♪
[approaching footsteps]
[Lovely]
You have made progress.
Yeah, I nearly have it
all cracked.
How did you figure it out?
Process of elimination.
I ruled out Caesar and Affine
and hit pay dirt
with Vigenère.
What is Vigenère?
It's an advanced
tabula recta cipher
that needs a code word
to crack.
What was the word?
Henrietta.
-Etta is a name nick?
-A nickname.
[laughing] Your real name is--
Don't you dare say it.
-Henrietta?
-Lovely. [groans]
[Lovely laughs]
It is a beautiful name.
-Very regal.
-Ancient.
Your mother loved you very much
to use your name as a code.
[gentle music playing]
Yeah, well.
Mom kept track
of each shipment,
amounts paid,
pickup coordinates.
She kept very thorough notes.
It spans years.
I think it was a--
an insurance policy.
An insurance policy?
Use it to bargain for immunity
in case my family got caught.
Ah.
I only have this part to go.
[intriguing music playing]
[Lovely] What do they mean?
I've ruled out
drop coordinates,
dates, payments.
They're all nine digits.
[Lovely] Mm-hmm.
Could be account numbers.
[Aunt Judith]
Where's the stray?
Rent is due.
[Etta sighs]
-Paid in full.
-[chuckles]
Your month is up.
-Yes, ma'am.
-You found a place?
Not yet. Still looking.
Where?
Allapattah.
Gladeview. Pinewood.
Those are far away.
Well, it's what I can afford.
Won't be so far
once I've saved up
enough to buy a car.
It will not be the same.
-Hmm.
-We'll still see
each other at work.
You could share
a room with Lovely.
Could she now?
[Lovely] Uh, Tati Judith
-Can Dani stay?
-No. It's okay.
Really. Don't bend
the rules for me.
I'm not family.
[gasps]
You might as well be.
Six hundred a month.
Take it or leave it.
I'll take it. Yeah.
[Etta chuckles]
Thank you, Ms. Cheri.
I get my Chevy back.
I'm going to work.
See you later!
[upbeat music playing]
[bike bell jingles]
Wanna help me shop
for our room after this?
I would love to,
but I have a shift at Ocean Ten.
Aunt Carmen put you back
on the schedule?
Oui.
Good for you.
Have you spoken
with her since?
I tried. Didn't go well.
Did you apologize?
Yeah. Tried that, too.
Not my strong suit.
[soft, somber music playing]
So, try again.
You managed
to apologize to me.
I forgave you.
Well, she's not supportive
the way you are.
She'll never understand my list.
Then, do not share it with her.
There are things my own mother
did not know about me.
Lovely Amie
what secrets were you keeping?
Telling you
defeats the purpose.
[both laugh]
There are things that can be
your own, Dani
and that is okay.
How do you always do that?
[Lovely] Do what?
Know the exact right thing
to say.
I do not. [chuckles]
I simply speak from the heart.
[sputters]
Okay Earth Angel.
You think I am
an Earth Angel?
-If the nickname fits.
-[chuckles]
[Lovely giggles]
[determined music playing]
[knocking on door]
[music fades out]
Still need space?
Or can we talk?
[Carmen sighs]
Come on in.
I want to apologize.
For?
Being reckless.
Betraying your trust and
roping you into
a bad situation.
I will never do that again.
Good.
I understand the impulse.
But you? You've got your
entire life ahead of you.
It's been a long time
since I had something to lose.
And if anything would have
happened to you
[sighs heavily] Goddammit!
I'm not good at this.
[gentle music playing]
You're better
than you think. [laughs]
Alright.
You gotta get to the club.
Oh, I'm back on the schedule?
Don't piss off your boss.
Go!
♪♪
[softly] Thank you.
[sighs]
[Mateo]
What the fuck, Boone?
You dropped the load?
I didn't drop shit, man.
We got popped.
Coasties found the freighter
and called the ATF.
They seized the weapons,
my boat.
Get Federov on the line. Now.
What happened to your partner?
Gary? Oh, he's dead.
As soon as he knew
we were surrounded,
he opened fire,
and they mowed his ass down.
I dove in,
swam as hard as I could.
Came straight to you
so we could talk
man to man.
I don't sing,
never gave nobody up.
I understand.
Well, I'll go lay low
'til this blows over
and get back in the saddle.
[tense music playing]
[Boone breathing shakily]
[gunshots]
[body thuds]
Mr. Federov.
[tense music continues]
[Federov] [over phone]
Second-born son,
this you, huh?
Your side rat out my shipment.
Cost me $30 million.
It wasn't us.
[Federov] I flay skin
off four of my men.
All say same thing.
No leaks on my side.
So, it must be your side.
Very disappointing
results, boys.
-Mr. Federov--
-[line disconnects]
Fuck!
This is not a discussion.
You're leaving now!
Gabí, this isn't a game.
You think I don't know that?
You need to be with the boys
at your mom's house.
Isaac and Gabriel are safe.
You're the one under threat.
-I can handle it.
-I can't.
I'm not leaving you.
Gabí, this is
really fucking bad.
And that?
You didn't sign up for.
Yes, I did.
-[gunshots]
-[Gabí gasps]
[grunting]
[body thuds]
[dramatic music playing]
Looks like there were
just two of them.
We have to go.
-There will be more on the way.
-[Gabí] Teo.
[Gabí breathing heavily]
Let me see.
[voice muffled] Baby
we gotta get you help.
-[groaning weakly]
-No. Gabí!
Gabí! No!
[sobbing] Gabí?
[hyperventilating]
[approaching footsteps]
Is everyone accounted for?
Alta is dead.
Did Federov's men get him?
No. Overdose.
Found him at home,
floating in his Jacuzzi.
What about Acuna?
Still missing.
Okay. Find him.
We need all our men ready.
Where are you going?
[tense music playing]
To track down Juan Acuna.
[sniffs]
I call the shots.
We need all of our men
accounted for, Mateo.
Are you "accounted for,"
Sam?
[in Spanish] Ya, ya.
Mateo, por favor.
Have you been loyal?
Your brother has done everything
you asked, Mateo.
Have you, Elias?
Mateo please stop this.
Someone ratted out
the weapons shipment.
You have no proof
that was Elias.
I served your father
for years.
Federov said our side leaked.
You trust Federov over me?
I trust his methods.
Any man
willing to torture
and kill his own men
gets to the heart of things.
[tense music continues]
You never wanted this deal.
You cried to me
about exposure.
And you were whining
about what my father would do.
Other than us,
Boone and Gary
were the only ones
who knew the details.
And with 30 mill on the line,
I sure as shit
didn't blow up the deal.
Which leaves you two.
[tense music continues]
[computer keys clacking]
-[approaching footsteps]
-[Lovely] Dani?
Dani!
The bartender
is looking for you.
Heidi? No, she can wait.
What are you doing down here?
You remember those account
numbers in my mom's notebook?
-Oui.
-They're CUSIPs.
What is a que-sip?
-A financial instrument.
-To a bank?
A real estate
development company.
That is strange, no?
Not when the company laundered
my parents' drug money.
Look at this.
[Lovely] RRG.
That is the same company
developing our neighborhood.
Rojas Real Estate Group.
The cartel that killed
your family.
Uses RRG to wash
their dirty money.
And she's at the head of it all.
♪♪
[Caroline]
What do you mean
she said no?
Did Ms. Cheri receive
my latest offer?
[sighs] Go up to 3.5
and try again.
Call me once it's closed.
[sliding door opening]
[sighs] Oh.
Teo. Teo, I am so sorry.
I Sam told me about Gabí.
It's awful.
Federov will pay.
How are Isaac and Gabriel?
Heartbroken.
Of course.
If you need anything.
I need you to stay put.
[Caroline] Stay put. Why?
[Mateo]
It's for your own good.
[tense music playing]
-What the fuck is this?
-[Samuel] Protection.
The Russians are targeting us,
which means you're fair game.
I have a business to run.
[Mateo] We need
to make sure you're safe.
How long do
I need this detail?
-Until we handle the Russians.
-[Caroline] How long?
I have a fucking holdout
to close.
They stay here
until I say otherwise.
Let's go.
-[sighs]
-[door closes]
[intense music playing]
How does someone turn down
a multimillion-dollar offer?
I don't know.
She hasn't responded
to my team's calls or emails.
Caroline, you have
to break ground.
Next week to stay
on schedule.
You do not have time
for a setback.
And I can't keep the investors
at bay any longer.
What do you want to do?
[sighs]
What my father would do.
Find a way to close her myself.
[exterminator] Whoa. Whoa!
I haven't seen an infestation
like this in a long time.
-Oh!
-I hate when they fly!
[Etta] Yeah. Palmetto bugs
are fucking terrors.
That's why spray works best.
You could hit a whole lot
of 'em all at once.
[insects buzzing]
Stops 'em dead in their tracks.
[dramatic music playing]
[Lena] Target five at once?
Why not?
-It is risky.
-It's efficient.
I know where
they'll be unloading a shipment.
I know how long
they'll be there--
And a challenge
to make their deaths
appear accidental.
Not if it looks like
their boat caught fire.
Older sportfishers
are notorious
-for leaky fuel lines.
-You know this how?
Been repairing all kinds
of boats since I was a kid.
And those assholes smoke
more than you do.
And smoking near
flammable materials
turns their boat
into a plausible powder keg.
Exactly.
How will you get close enough
to compromise the fuel line?
Hmm?
What if I don't have
to get close?
Sneak attack.
Southeast approach.
Wind speed?
Forecast says
five to six knots.
-Landing zone?
-The galley.
Engine's right underneath.
-Blast radius?
-Forty feet.
Detonation sequence?
Three-oh-five.
["Own Me" by bülow playing]
[keypad beeping]
You are ready.
Count sheep, got nothin'
but a 20 on me ♪
On me ♪
Nothing ever comes for free ♪
You can pay what you want ♪
But you're never
gonna own me ♪
Never gonna, never gonna ♪
You can pay what you want
but you're never gonna own me ♪
Never gonna, never gonna ♪
-[Stanley] I am ready.
-[Etta] To do what?
Go with you.
-Why?
-I want to help.
That's appreciated, Stanley,
but it's better
if you're not involved.
-You helped me.
-Yeah. This isn't your fight.
My fight was not yours either.
I can't let anything
happen to you.
What about you?
What about me?
[chuckles]
Don't worry about me.
I have four pounds
of C-4 on my side.
♪♪
[tense, ominous music playing]
Federov seized
our latest shipment.
-Value?
-At least 10 million.
-Christ! Ten?
-His men took the women,
killed our runners,
destroyed future earnings.
-We have to fight back.
-That's a high-risk solution.
Think about your sons.
We take on Federov solo,
they lose a father.
So what?
We let him eat us alive?
No. We
We enlist an ally.
-What? No!
-Mateo. Hear me out.
We need to increase
our numbers, our firepower.
We're not the only ones
Federov has his hooks in.
Who else?
-The Dominicans.
-Peña?
That prick came for us, too!
Half of everything he makes
is kicked up to the Russian.
I don't like it.
It doesn't matter.
It's about survival.
You want to survive?
♪♪
Set up a meet.
[ominous music playing]
[Mateo] Francisco.
[Samuel] Mr. Peña.
Thank you so much
for coming in.
I was surprised
to hear from you,
given our last
correspondence.
You made a play
for my territory.
And now so has Federov.
We're both being squeezed
by the Russian.
He's not trying to kill me.
Not yet.
But it's only a matter of time.
Heard about your wife.
Condolences.
We have a common enemy.
-Doesn't make us friends.
-It does present an opportunity.
-To do what?
-Take out Federov.
[chuckles softly]
He's taking half of everything
you bring in.
Bleeding you dry.
You join us,
you could be made whole.
Or I do nothing.
Federov destroys you,
and I take what's left.
We go down,
he takes you next.
You don't have the resources
to take him on alone.
-But together
-We cut his fucking head off.
Take North Miami
in an even split.
East would be ours.
West? Yours.
Think about it.
♪♪
[distant traffic noise,
car horns honking]
[drone whirring]
[Etta]
Come on, motherfuckers.
Get on the boat.
-[glass shatters]
-[Etta gasps]
[Etta yelling]
[guards chattering]
[Etta grunting]
-[gasps]
-What the fuck
you doing here?
My car broke down.
I'm just waiting
for a friend to pick me up.
-You flying a drone?
-It's not controlled airspace.
You're spying.
Who do you run with?
Run with?
No, my car broke down.
-Bullshit!
-Where are you taking me?
-A sit-down with the boss.
-No, this is a misunderstanding.
Shut the fuck up!
-[mallet thuds]
-[groans]
-Ah!
-Oh!
-You son of a--
-[mallet thumps]
[body thuds]
Stanley, what are you
doing here?
-Helping you.
-You followed me?
To make sure you were okay.
Come on, let's get him tied up.
[yacht rock music
playing from headphones]
[distant siren wailing]
We hit Federov
on multiple fronts,
simultaneously.
Golden Glades, Opa-locka,
El Portal, Sunny Isles.
We have a deal?
[suspenseful music playing]
[car doors close]
[Etta] Shit!
The boat's gone.
[sighs] No.
Plan has to change.
What was it before?
Target five on the boat.
[van door opening]
[indistinct chatter]
Those five?
♪♪
Yeah.
-[screaming]
-[gunfire]
[dramatic music playing]
[gasping, whimpering]
New plan.
[drone whirring]
The C-4 is attached
to the drone?
Yes. Gonna fly into the van.
Careful or they will notice.
[Etta] Come on. Faster!
[whirring]
What the fuck is this?
Is that a drone?
-They are noticing.
-Shoot it!
-[gunfire]
-Oh!
Shit! I can't fly and detonate
at the same time.
-Gonna need your help.
-That is why I'm here.
Grab that remote.
I'm gonna fly.
-You're gonna detonate.
-[Stanley] Okay.
[Etta]
Enter "305" on my cue.
-[drone zooming]
-[gunfire]
[suspenseful music playing]
[gunfire continues]
[Etta] Now!
[explosion booming]
[rumbling]
What the fuck was that?
[explosions continue]
[gasps]
[fireball whooshing]
[metal and glass crashing]
[shocked chatter]
Fucking Federov.
I go down, you're next.
[flames crackling]
Let's take North Miami.
That was a big fireball.
Yeah, it sure was.
I didn't expect it
to be so pretty.
Yeah, neither did I.
[melancholy music playing]
Thanks for saving
my ass, Stanley.
That is what friends are for.
[siren wailing in distance]
-Where'd you park?
-Three blocks northeast of here.
-[engine starts]
-You're really good at this.
I know.
♪♪
Ms. Cheri?
Do I know you?
Caroline Carver,
CEO of RRG.
You people gonna start
following me now?
Well, you don't return
my team's calls,
don't talk
to my representatives.
Because I'm not selling.
Please, take a look
at my latest offer
before you make
any final determination.
[sighs]
Four million dollars?
A life-changing amount.
They said you were
paying handsomely,
but not like this.
The last one standing
always gets rewarded.
And that's enough
to buy a beautiful home
anywhere you want in Miami.
Coral Gables, Coconut Grove.
Or, you can move
into a luxury condo
once Abaka is built.
Ooh.
Rich folk.
Never know
when to stop pushing.
I can offer you more.
Child, this is
not about money.
Ms. Cheri,
we all have a price.
No, we don't.
My home is not for sale.
This is for you.
My number's inside.
Call me when you
change your mind.
I won't.
[ominous music playing]
-[Caroline grunts]
-[Aunt Judith screaming]
[body thudding]
-[bones crack]
-[gasps softly]
[dramatic music playing]
[birds chirping]
["Kettering"
by The Antlers playing]
[waves crashing]
[Etta] Big difference
sleeping in an actual bed,
guys.
[car doors opening, closing]
Did I forget my key?
Excuse me.
Do you live here?
I do.
Do you know
a Ms. Judith Cheri?
She's my auntie.
I'm sorry to have
to tell you this.
At 7:30 this morning,
she was found unresponsive.
I wish that I had known ♪
Unresponsive?
What happened?
She fell down a staircase
and sustained fatal injuries.
Oh! Mon Dieu.
Tati Judith?
Those personal items
were on Ms. Cheri
at the time of the accident.
I'm sorry for your loss.
You hired me ♪
To make up for that ♪
[car doors open and close]
Walking in that room ♪
[sobs]
when you had tubes
in your arms ♪
Those singing
morphine alarms ♪
Out of tune ♪
[Mateo]
You gotta be strong for Mommy
because she was strong for us.
And I didn't believe them ♪
When they called you
a hurricane thunderclap ♪
Miss you, baby.
[Isaac] I miss Mommy, too.
[Mateo] We are her legacy.
What's a legacy?
A kingdom.
That's what Mommy and I
were building together.
What I will continue
building for you.
Are you a king, Daddy?
It made you feel so alone,
and so you told me ♪
I ought to be leaving ♪
I am.
And you know
what every king needs?
A strong prince.
A loyal prince.
Are you my strong
and loyal princes?
-Strong like lions?
-Like lions!
We're gonna be strong
for Mommy.
Make her proud.
♪♪
[newscaster] [on cell phone]
And with temperatures rising
here in South Florida,
tomorrow will have a high of 89,
72% humidity.
-Back to you, Roberto.
-[Roberto] Thanks, Wendy.
Little Haiti resident
Judith Cheri
fell to her death last night
at a Metromover station.
Miami locals
have been concerned
about unsafe station
conditions for years,
as accidental falls are
a leading cause of death
among South Florida's
elderly population.
["Kettering" continues]
Bondye
keep our beloved auntie
close to you
and in your light
as you guide her to heaven
where she and my mother
will be together again.
♪♪
[song fades out]
Thank you for taking me in.
[sniffles] Stanley?
[kittens meowing]
Auntie Judith loved to read.
"Carnal Captive"?
Looks pretty good.
It was one of her favorites.
[laughs]
This is from the parasites.
May I see it?
[kittens meowing]
They offered Aunt Judith
$4 million.
That is a fortune.
She would never sell.
[Etta] Look here.
The CEO, Caroline Carver,
signed it.
Look at the date.
That is the day
of the accident.
What if it wasn't
an accident?
[Lovely] Dani.
-That is crazy.
-Is it?
RRG launders money
for the Rojas cartel.
That cash can't go
straight into the system.
They need real estate projects
to clean their dirty money.
Every house on this block
has been sold.
And Aunt Judith
was the only one
standing in their way.
That is a theory.
That's worth considering.
I will tell the police.
Tell the police
what exactly?
Auntie Judith was
harassed by RRG.
And two subcontractors
working for RRG are gone.
Subcontractors
that you and Dani--
Buried in concrete.
You cannot go to the cops.
Any investigation that's opened
could lead back to you.
And you.
[tense music playing]
They will get away with it.
Aunt Judith was innocent.
-It is wrong.
-It is.
But what can we do about it?
Balance the fucking scales.
♪♪
[indistinct chatter]
-You good with everything else?
-Yeah. Cool.
We ain't open yet, man.
Yeah, I know.
I'm looking for a friend.
He work here?
No.
He's one of your regulars.
This is the last place
he was seen.
Dude's a regular, alright.
Do you remember
who he was here with?
You a cop?
No.
I would like to see tapes
from the night he went missing.
Nah, man, can't take it.
Request like that gotta be
blessed by the boss.
Who's your boss?
Carmen Tiger.
[dramatic music playing]
[voice echoing]
Elias.
[music intensifying]
[bouncer]
Want me to bring her over?
No.
I'll come back.
♪♪
[tense, dramatic
music playing]
♪♪
♪♪