Tulsa King (2022) s04e05 Episode Script
Dinosaurs
1
- [DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- [WOZNIAK] The kid,
Tyson. You want him locked up?
I'll take it from here, Detective.
Hello, mate.
[GUNSHOT]
♪
You are going to help blend varietals,
lending your exquisite palate.
I will handle appearance:
label, cork, bottle.
[TIMPONE] Will it fool the guy
at the auction house?
[BODHI] One way to find out.
This is memory bottled.
France herself, distilled.
We intend to acquire this land
by eminent domain.
- "We" who?
- The state of Oklahoma.
In the public interest,
we've partnered with Mr. Van Heusen.
[MITCH]
Surveyors are gonna be by here
in the morning with construction crews
and there is some dark shit
on this land.
We're gonna have to get some
more dirt to refill this hole.
[GOODIE] I hit something.
What the fuck is that?
[BIGFOOT]
I think we're being pulled over.
Let me go talk to this guy.
- [GUNSHOTS]
- [GLASS SHATTERING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
"La Fornarina"
by Christian Séguret playing ♪
[SINGING IN ITALIAN]
[DWIGHT GRUNTS SOFTLY]
So why was I dreaming
about New York last night?
Minestrone.
Like Mama used to make.
Mmm. What, for breakfast?
No, for later.
- [SIGHS]
- Trying out old recipes.
Come on, taste.
[INHALES] Oh, that brings me back.
- Here, come. Go ahead.
- [SNIFFS] No, no, I can't.
I'm fasting.
- Fasting?
- Yeah.
Just for a couple of days, you know?
No bread, no cheese,
no meat, no nothing.
It's called a cleanse.
Well, what the hell for? You look great.
Nah. Brain fog.
After almost getting shot last night,
I got to stay more alert.
So fasting's gonna give you,
what, uh, superpowers?
No, it sharpens your focus.
Why are you breaking my balls?
Christ did it. Christ fasted.
Oh. You're talking
to the AI program again?
Yeah. I kind of like her.
[JOANNE CHUCKLES]
What's the big deal?
Did she tell you
it was okay to have coffee?
I didn't ask her and I'm not gonna.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[JOANNE] Wild Bill.
Why is he here so early?
Why is he here at all?
[SIGHING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[BEVILAQUA] Jesus. There he is.
Christ, Dwight.
Never fucking ends.
Goodie called me, told me what happened.
I rushed right over.
- You all right?
- Well, unfortunately,
I'm getting used to being shot at.
[BEVILAQUA] No good, man.
No good. What about your yeti?
How's he doing?
Bigfoot?
He's bent but he's not broken.
He'll be here soon.
Son of a bitch. I'm telling you
my opinion
I think this bullet's got
Quiet Ray's name all over it.
Why Ray?
Who else?
Who else wants you dead that bad?
Just the people that have met me.
- Eh.
- Don't worry about that.
I'll find out who it is.
In the meantime, let's
everybody get back to business.
I'm gonna go upstairs and change.
Let me know when Bigfoot's here.
Bill.
- Try the soup.
- [BEVILAQUA] Yeah.
Yeah.
[LOW, TENSE MUSIC]
[PERCUSSIVE, UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[DOOR OPENS]
[CLARK EXHALES]
Mr. Van Heusen.
Amanda. Good morning.
I'm sorry. I don't know
how they got in here.
I wasn't expecting you.
Friends don't need appointments,
do they?
Well, friends shouldn't
just stop by unannounced.
I was in the neighborhood.
At 8 a.m.?
Just myself and the governor,
if you wouldn't mind.
Tell the commissioner
I'm running ten minutes behind.
[DOOR CLOSES]
What do you know
about AI data centers, Governor?
I know that they need land,
power, and a good tax incentive.
All of that, sure.
But what truly keeps AI alive
is temperature control.
The reason you can't just build
a data center anywhere
is because most land is thirsty.
And thirsty land
can't sustain intelligence.
So how's the Fennario Ranch's
water supply?
- Excellent.
- Great.
We'll get started
with the eminent domain decree.
About that
I hadn't realized Dwight
Manfredi owned that property.
- Is that an issue?
- You tell me.
"Just some thug out of New
York," I think you called him.
When in fact he has quite
a history in the Mafia.
Including murder.
Which is why I'm going after him.
Forgive me if I'm mistaken,
but it seems you've already
punished him quite a bit.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
- Is it wise
to rattle the cage
when the lion inside is wounded?
The cage door is open.
So I'm gonna keep rattling it
until the lion gets the message
and leaves.
[LOW, SOMBER MUSIC]
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
"Island Spell"
by Molly Lewis playing ♪
- [CLINKING]
- [TIMPONE] Thirteen,
four [MUTTERS]
Only eight more cases to go.
You got to be fucking kidding me.
Hey. Hang in there, buddy. We got this.
Yeah. I'm a weed guy,
not a wine guy.
I don't know
what the fuck I was thinking.
You were thinking,
"We're gonna get rich."
- Mm-hmm.
- Hey.
We should drink to that.
- Huh?
- Are you serious?
I am never drinking wine again
in my life.
No, no, no. Come on. This isn't wine.
This is liquid gold.
- [LAUGHS]
- Yeah.
Hey, what time did you tell
the auction house for delivery?
Uh, I told him I'd call him
before the end of the day.
[GROANS SOFTLY]
[EXHALES] Okay.
All right, we should get back to this.
Look, I just I need
I-I just need a beat, okay?
I'm not used to working quite this hard.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You-you relax.
I'm gonna start corking
these bottles here.
[GRUNTS]
So, uh
So how'd you start working
with Manfredi anyway?
Um
he came into my shop
and he made me an amazing offer
that I technically could not refuse.
[CHUCKLES]
You know, you're wrong about that
"book being better
than the movie" thing.
Movie is transcendent.
Book's kind of trashy. Not for nothing.
Agree to disagree.
So, what, he offered to be partners?
Yeah.
In exchange for not killing me.
- Negotiating 101.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [GRUNTS]
- You know, to be fair,
before I ever met him,
I was already a little crooked.
Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
- I guess I got a little
larceny in my soul, too.
Runs in the family.
How so?
Well, my grandfather,
he did time for a gas station holdup.
And my mother's cousin, my Uncle Luca,
he lives in Piedmont, in Italy.
Part of the Camorra?
No. But you might say
he's Camorra-adjacent.
Huh.
We may never pass
this way again ♪
Where's your sling?
Sling? Why?
'Cause you were shot
less than 12 hours ago?
I've had worse mosquito bites.
Never chance to meet again ♪
[SIGHS]
Have mine.
Not hungry?
Fasting.
From the moment
that your eyes ♪
- Met mine ♪
- [DOOR OPENS]
I could feel my heart
beat twice ♪
Sorry, friend.
We're closed.
It was just as if I ♪
Detective Wozniak.
Tulsa PD.
If this is about the shooting
the other night,
I got no information.
I actually don't know
what you're talking about,
Mr. Manfredi.
I'm here about a friend of yours.
Were strangers ♪
Tyson Mitchell.
Sorry, don't know him.
Its new ♪
- No.
- [CHUCKLES]
I'm sure you don't.
Maybe I should share why I'm here.
Mind if I sit?
Please do.
[CLEARS THROAT]
In case you're wondering,
I'm not here
on official police business.
What kind of business, then?
The same kind of business I had
with a guy named English Dan.
English Dan.
We may never pass ♪
I'm sure you don't know him, either.
Well, I don't do business
with Dan anymore,
because the guy you don't know,
Tyson Mitchell,
killed him.
And in doing so,
took a large portion of my income.
You following me?
I do.
So what kind of business
did you have going on
with this English Dan character?
For three grand a week,
I provided him all the intel
he needed from Tulsa PD.
Special work cost extra.
And what do you call special?
If I worked for you,
I'd be getting rid of that German Luger
that the guy you don't know,
Tyson Mitchell, used
to fucking blow away my former employer.
You can do that?
Easy.
It's sitting in an evidence
locker down at the precinct.
Soon it's gonna be tied back
to your guy.
My guy?
[WOZNIAK] Your guy.
You want to get serious?
[EXHALES]
Yesterday the two of us
were strangers ♪
Love is ♪
Fifteen grand for the gun.
- Twenty.
- Done.
And five more
if you can find the shitbag
that took a shot at my friend here.
He's driving a black Crown Vic.
Tried to take me out
about a block from here.
I could pull all the surveillance.
You don't think this is
some kind of revenge bullshit
from your English Dan guy, right?
Anything's possible.
Now,
about that 20 grand for the Luger
[CHUCKLES] Good memory.
Get the money out of the safe, Bigfoot.
You can go with him.
We may never pass
this way again ♪
[WOZNIAK] You made a good deal,
Mr. Manfredi.
We'll see.
180 seconds and I'm taking it ♪
Uh ♪
What you know, what you know? ♪
Yeah, I got 30 on my watch ♪
Take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
Is you naughty or nice? ♪
[CHUCKLES]
Take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
What's the plan,
what's the plot, huh? ♪
Huh, take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
Take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
Take it up a notch, take it up
a notch ♪
- [LAUGHS]
- And cut. [CHUCKLING]
So how was that?
- How'd we do?
- We are almost there.
[TYSON] Shit, we did it,
like, nine times already.
Do you know how many rappers
are doing the same thing you're doing?
You want attention,
you got to set yourself apart.
Shit, my music already set me apart.
You saw 'em in the club.
Had the whole thing jumping.
Yeah, that was at the club.
Online, you got to create content
that allows your viewers
to get to know you,
not just hear you rapping but see you,
see what you're all about.
So how am I supposed to do that?
You need an image,
a mystique.
We need to show you
as a badass, a baller.
Yeah. Money, cars,
clothes, girls. Yeah, I see.
- That's right. The finer things.
- Okay. Okay.
We need to film you as the guy
that every other guy wants to be.
- Stone-cold gangster.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
- That's fucking right.
- Yeah.
[GRACE] Then I cut that together
with footage of you rapping
and we post it to IG,
SoundCloud, and TikTok.
That's fire right there. I'm
Look, I see where you're going.
I'm trusting you
- with this, all right?
- Hey, don't overthink it.
The best content comes
from intimacy with your viewers.
And intimacy is achieved
by you just being yourself.
That's real. Wait, how intimate
you talking, though?
I ain't about to be making
no OnlyFans shit now.
Damn.
I was so ready
for my OnlyFans plan with you.
- Crazy, girl.
- [LAUGHS]
[SOFT, GENTLE MUSIC]
[ROOSTER CROWS IN DISTANCE]
[SPENCER] Hey, Mitch?
Uh-huh.
Goodie's here.
Says, uh, he dug something up
and wants to show us.
Any idea what?
I'm really hoping
it's not human remains.
[DOOR OPENING]
[MITCH] What's up, fellas?
The other night,
we're out here, uh
excavating.
- We found something.
- Apparently,
Ming wasn't the only thing
pushing up daisies.
- [SPENCER] Oh, my God!
- What the fuck is that?
This is a dinosaur skull.
I know it's a fucking dinosaur skull.
What kind is it?
Who am I, Fred Flintstone?
How the fuck do I know?
[VINCE] I checked the interweb.
Francine could be worth
a fucking fortune.
Who's Francine?
The dinosaur.
- I named her.
- How do you know it's a girl?
She's got a smile like my sister-in-law.
What kind of dough are we talking here?
Could be a fortune. Especially
if the rest of it's down there.
I say we start digging.
No, we can't do that.
We got to get a professional.
- How come?
- Because we do not know
what the fuck we're doing.
Yeah, but we found it, didn't we?
By accident.
Mitch is right.
We got to be smart about this.
First step
we don't tell Dwight. All right?
State's been sniffing around
about seizing the land.
I-I don't want to rattle him
more than necessary.
I'll do some research.
What kind of research?
I'll call the university and find a
paleontologist.
- Good.
- [GOODIE] Well, do it quick,
'cause there's a fortune at stake.
Relax. Francine's been
down there 70 million years.
Another couple of days
ain't gonna make a difference.
[LOW, COOL MUSIC]
Chess, the thinking man's game.
Ever play?
No.
A lot of guys play in the joint, right?
I do puzzles.
Puzzles?
Mm-hmm.
Sounds somewhat simpleminded.
Puzzles were invented
about 2,500 years BC
to teach math and logic.
This game here
was invented about 2,000 years ago,
give or take.
So, what I say is
fuck chess.
Now, what about this new
governor and this tech guy?
What's going on?
Well, it starts with Oklahoma
being one of 17 states
that have separate elections
for governor and lieutenant governor.
And Van Heusen was a major donor
to both Thresher and Clark's campaigns.
Why give to both?
Well, Van Heusen maybe finds out
Thresher's not thrilled
about his data farm and needs
to find out if Clark would be.
Right, so he greases her palm
and she goes to bat for him
with Governor Thresher.
Is that the play?
Which we now know,
sadly, was unnecessary.
[LOW, SOMBER MUSIC]
Is she dirty?
She taking bribes? Give me something.
Nothing we can confirm.
But I'll tell you this:
she is beholden to Van Heusen
for pretty much whatever he wants.
What he wants is the ranch
that Margaret used to own.
Right.
Well, switching gears to Quiet Ray
wiretaps in New York indicate
he's not mentioned you in days.
What, should I feel neglected?
Quite the opposite.
Before the shooting,
you were all he was talking about.
And since then,
seems he's going out of his way
to not mention you
as a way to avoid suspicion
he was behind it.
Listen, if this bum was innocent,
he wouldn't stop talking about it.
Nonstop.
That's my take on it as well.
Mm-hmm.
Well, whatever Quiet Ray says to you,
be careful.
Wouldn't trust that prick
to water a cactus.
What was that?
What?
♪
[GROANS]
'Kay.
Now, that should do it.
[TIMPONE] Hey.
Perfect.
- Congratulations, brother.
- Yeah.
Better be worth it.
Hey, one good night's sleep,
you'll forget about all the pain.
Yeah. Hey, you call the auction house?
Oh. Right. Oh, shit.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Finally. There you are.
Hey. What did I say?
Just like I promised.
Mr. Timpone?
Is that you?
[WHISPERS] The accent.
[ITALIAN ACCENT] Ah. Yes, yes.
It is me, Leonardo. I, uh
I have a [CLEARS THROAT] how
you say, a toad in my throat.
The Château Luneval, do you have it?
Of course. Uh
All 23 cases.
Ready for delivery first thing tomorrow.
I have to say, the buzz
has been off the charts,
especially among
our wealthier clients.
- Really? Is that so?
- Honestly,
the bidding should be
as robust as the wine itself.
I wouldn't be surprised
if it goes for more
than our original estimate.
Well, uh, that is music for my ears.
[CHUCKLES] Shall we say
10 a.m. tomorrow?
Perfetto. Ci vediamo li. Ciao.
Ciao.
Ciao. Ciao.
[LAUGHS]
[NORMAL VOICE] Ciao, baby.
Let's get these loaded up. Come on.
180 seconds and I'm taking it ♪
Uh ♪
What you know, what you know? ♪
Okay, okay, uh ♪
180 seconds and I'm taking it ♪
Yeah, I got 30 on my watch ♪
- On my watch ♪
- Take it up a notch ♪
Take it up a notch ♪
Is you naughty or nice? ♪
Take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
What's the plan,
what's the plot? ♪
Take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
Take it up a notch, take it up
a notch ♪
Take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
I'm a fly kid,
I do fly things ♪
Fiends know I keep 'em high
like it's pipe dreams ♪
What the hell am I looking at?
Me blowing the fuck up.
- What you mean?
- Yeah, you're blowing all right.
Hey, man, that's cold, brah.
I'm breaking your balls.
Break your own.
What you think about this, boss?
I'm not a critic, but I
I think it's good.
Here's something you don't need
to be a critic to understand:
numbers.
He has almost 308,000 followers.
That's less than six hours right there.
- [GOODIE] That's a lot.
- [TYSON] Crazy.
We posted this video this afternoon.
It already has half a million views
and over 300,000 likes.
Wow. Now, how do you plan
on monetizing this?
[TYSON] Look, we find somebody who got
a little clout in the game
to notice my shit,
help me take it up a notch.
He needs to get signed
with a record label.
Now, you better make that happen soon.
On it.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [MUSIC STOPS]
[DOOR OPENS]
Dennis
"Goodie"
Carangi.
Who wants to know?
Detective Wozniak,
Tulsa PD.
I'm gonna get another beer.
So, uh, why are you here, Detective?
'Cause this is yours.
I never saw that before in my life.
Relax. He's on the payroll.
[CHUCKLES]
In that case, thank you.
Happy to be of service.
Got anything for me?
Nothing on the Crown Vic thus far.
But I did do a little digging.
- And?
- Long shot
the hit on you had anything
to do with English Dan.
Why so confident?
His crew's already dismantled.
And no bullshit
most of 'em are happy he's dead.
See, that's why you treat
your employees well.
I'll let you know
if I hear anything good.
Yeah, do that.
[BIGFOOT] So who's the next suspect?
That guy's boss.
Look, if Ray was behind it,
I can tell you one thing
Vince was in the dark.
He's too dopey to keep a secret.
- Oh. I'm not deaf.
- Well,
if you're not deaf, hear this:
go pack your bag. You, too.
Where we going?
New York.
I got to look Ray in the eyes.
[COOL GUITAR MUSIC]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[MITCH] So, what's the verdict?
[SPENCER] Is it a T. rex?
Not in Oklahoma.
It's an Acrocanthosaurus.
- A who?
- Acrocanthosaurus.
And the good news is
it's real.
People really fake dinosaur skulls?
Oh, where there's money
to be made, people make
fake everything.
I heard of a guy once
who made fake wine.
You hear that? That's
bone mineralization so dense
it'll stop a pickup truck.
And here, the orbital ridge
Looks a little weird.
[HENSTOCK] Yeah, well, weird is
where the money lives.
And then here
That's a healed gouge mark
on the lacrimal bone,
likely from an attack
by another Acro.
Holy shit.
Yeah. Territorial combat.
Textbook ego problem.
Authentic.
Complete to almost 82%.
Distinctive pathological bite marks.
I'd say that this is probably
the best Acro skull found
in Oklahoma in a generation.
- Any idea what it's worth?
- If it were fragmentary,
I'd say maybe 100 grand.
But with its pathology
and its completeness,
the provenance
I think you guys are looking
at the seven-figure range.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] A million dollars?
- Yeah, give or take.
- [MITCH] Wow.
Thank you very much, Doctor.
Mm-hmm.
Welcome back to the sunlight,
old hunter.
[ROOSTER CROWS IN DISTANCE]
- [CHUCKLING]
- Can you fucking believe it?
We should totally celebrate.
[CHUCKLES] Well, we absolutely should.
What'd you have in mind?
I don't know.
Maybe you can take me out to dinner.
Dinner?
Uh
Like dinner-dinner?
[STAMMERING]
Is there any other kind?
Well
you know what I mean. Like, uh,
dinner, like someplace nice dinner?
Well, that's up to you.
[SOFT, GENTLE MUSIC]
Dinner it is.
♪
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[PHONE BUZZING]
[QUIETLY] Oh, shit.
Sorry.
It's Dwight.
[CHUCKLING SOFTLY]
Hold on.
Dwight, what's up?
Hey, Mitch.
Is Spencer with you?
Uh, Spencer. I don't know.
- Let me check.
- [CHUCKLING SOFTLY]
Hold on. I'm looking.
I'm looking.
- I see her.
- Oh, good.
Listen, you two get down to the Buck
as fast as possible, okay?
Roger that.
Great.
[MITCH SIGHS]
- [CHUCKLING]
- [DWIGHT] So, this wine pro
that's in charge of the wine auction,
he says our bottle could go for
$5,500. Is that true?
Yeah, well, that was at first.
Now he's saying there's a buzz.
Should go for even higher.
[TIMPONE] Apparently,
his wine snob clients
are chomping at the bit.
- Really?
- "Chomping."
You know, the original
expression is "champing
at the bit."
But now they say "chomping."
Wise guy.
You sure about that?
She runs a horse ranch.
[DWIGHT] Okay, listen, I got to take off
pretty soon. I got a plane to catch.
But this bidding
could go very, very high.
Who knows?
The main thing is don't lose this.
We need this money desperately.
You got that?
Okay, Joanne, it's all yours.
Ciao.
[LOW, COOL MUSIC]
[GRACE] So what do you need us to do?
To instigate a bidding war.
- How we supposed to do that?
- Well, first off,
I need you all to dress up.
You need to look like money.
These are millionaires,
not your typical Tulsa crowd.
They screen the bidders.
How are we supposed to get in?
[BODHI] I mean,
we just forged
over a million dollars in wine.
If we can't whip up a few fake
invites and bidding credentials,
we are already fucked.
- Good point.
- [JOANNE] Right. Okay,
so you're gonna sit separately,
act like you don't even know each other.
When the bidding starts,
keep it going.
[BODHI] But don't get greedy.
Once we get to around $6,000,
pull back.
Let a legitimate bidder take over.
- Sounds like a plan.
- [BODHI] Yep. 7 p.m.
La Cave Imaginaire Wine Auctioneers.
Buckle up.
[TYSON] Hey.
Make sure your phone's
juiced up tonight, all right?
How come?
I'm a baller, right?
- That's what they say.
- All right, so we gonna
live stream me bidding on vintage wine.
We gonna repost it later on
with the other videos.
That's a great idea.
Snoop, Thug, Rick Ross
- they all into wine.
- Mm-hmm.
And game recognizes game.
Girl, you know it. Let's do it.
Mm-hmm.
Yep, yep. Right now.
Oh, my God.
This is amazing.
I forgot what real pizza tastes like.
The New York water's the key.
Makes the dough more, uh, you know
Oh.
I'm sorry.
- You're fasting. I forgot.
- Right.
But, you know, the brain
does need food to work.
Then you should have
a couple more slices.
Very funny.
It's all set.
One hour, you and Ray,
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
Okay. Soon as we're done,
we go right to the airport.
What happened?
Something wrong with the hotel?
I like sleeping in my own bed, okay?
I see this place
got a "B" rating for health.
Would you happen
to have a washroom in there?
It's down the hall. In the back.
Why don't you go freshen up?
I want to talk to Goodie in private.
I'm fresh.
You'll be unconscious also.
In my own fucking joint.
This thing with Ray
I have no idea what I'm walking into,
so I need you to be very sharp, okay?
You really think he'd try
to whack you in the church?
Without a doubt.
He's got that fucking psycho
Turco working with him.
That maniac wouldn't hesitate.
That much I know.
Right. So you'll be across the street.
Stay sharp.
- Okay?
- Of course. [SNIFFS]
[SIGHS]
Now, come on. Go on.
Take a slice. One bite.
No.
Hey, we could die tonight.
And this would be the perfect last meal.
[LOW, SOMBER MUSIC]
[BELL TOLLING]
[DOOR OPENS]
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[SIGHS]
♪
What's with the cane?
Just, uh, old injuries flaring up.
Well, some of us
fall apart sooner than others.
You think I'm slowing down?
Yeah. Sure as hell looks that way.
- [DWIGHT GRUNTS SOFTLY]
- So why the church?
What are you looking for, huh?
What's the word? Um
- Blessing?
- No, no.
You know the word.
Redemption?
Redemption. Yeah.
Nothing like an old gangster
trying to get into heaven.
[DWIGHT CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
I think you're a little late for that.
'Cause you know we both got
reservations in hell.
Ray, you got to speak for yourself.
I always do.
You know,
faith is unknowable.
That's why they call it "faith."
It's like struggling in the dark,
lost.
But sometimes you're found.
You think I'm lost?
We both are.
Why the hell
did we ever become a gangster?
Hmm?
We have a terrible death,
or either you rot
in a cold, clammy cell
like I almost did.
Why would anyone pick that?
When you look around
at something like this?
This church means everything to people.
You and me, you know
what we mean to people?
Nothing.
You're fucking falling apart.
- You know that?
- [GROANS]
I love this life.
And none of that shit you just said
is ever gonna happen to me anyway.
You're invincible?
In my mind? Pretty damn close.
You know, it's funny.
The weaker people get,
the more they want to hang out
in joints like this.
Let's forget this "faith" shit
for now, all right?
I need to know if me and you are good.
That depends. Are you trying to kill me?
- Not lately.
- Well,
you've been very vocal
about wanting me dead.
We've both said some things.
You know, when I get mad,
I get a little crazy, I go off.
But then I go by myself
somewhere, I sit down
and I start thinking
and then I get calm.
What are you thinking about, Ray?
Well
that you're worthless to me dead.
[EERIE, TENSE MUSIC]
And now with this new governor?
You're worthless to me alive.
I'm not ready to fold.
I'm going to get it all back.
Oh, I know you will.
You're a survivor, right?
You'll figure something out.
I got irons in the fire.
You better have.
You like to threaten, don't you?
Yeah.
I do.
Even in a church.
A church, to me,
is just a bunch of bricks.
["EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK"
BY MOZART PLAYING]
[EXCITED CHATTER]
Everyone to your seats, please.
The auction will begin momentarily.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
[SLOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Hey, do not bid more than $7,500.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
You know, you're not who you were.
Don't make that mistake.
[QUIET RAY] You were a hard man once,
but not now. I mean, you come here,
it's like you're begging not to be hurt.
I came here to talk some
common sense into your head.
You came here to beg me
to leave you alone,
and that is never going to happen.
- Get down!
- Ray!
[FAST, TENSE MUSIC]
[QUIET RAY] What the fuck?
- Were you hit?
- No.
- Twice? Twice?
- [SIREN WAILING]
I'll bury you
in this motherfucking church!
[TURCO] Come on, Ray.
We better go. Come on, or we'll wind up
in a fucking paddy wagon! Let's go!
[DARK, TENSE MUSIC]
- Recognize the shooter?
- No.
[TIRES SCREECH]
[SIRENS APPROACHING]
[ANNOUNCER] Ladies and gentlemen,
please return to your seats
for the final lot of the evening.
Next up, the moment you've waited for.
Dare I say, the reason you're all here.
Lot number eight.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we are about to leave the realm
of "nice to have"
and enter the rare air
of "once in a lifetime."
- [CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]
- Mm-hmm.
[LOUCADOUX] Presented tonight
in one magnificent lot of 23 cases,
what many consider
to be one of the finest vintages
of the late 20th century,
the Château Luneval.
[IMPRESSED MURMURS]
It comes directly to us from the cellar
of a private collector,
where it has rested undisturbed
for over 30 years.
Perfect provenance, meticulous storage,
and as you can see,
an immaculate label, intact capsule
and just a whisper of ullage.
For the collectors in the room,
and I know you're here
[SOFT LAUGHTER]
this is not just wine.
This is history in a glass.
- This guy's good.
- We have strong interest
- already, as you'd expect.
- They're eating this shit up.
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, yeah.
[LOUCADOUX] We'll open the
bidding at $3,000 per bottle.
Do I hear 3,000?
$3,000 from the gentleman
in the front. Do I hear 3,100?
3,100 from the lovely lady.
Do I hear 32?
3,200 from the handsome
gentleman on the right.
Do I hear 33?
Thirty-three?
Five grand, sir.
- [PEOPLE GASPING]
- [LOUCADOUX] Well,
- that escalated quickly.
- Okay.
[LOUCADOUX] $5,000 per bottle
from our friend in the back.
Do I hear 5,100?
5,100.
5,200.
- Fifty-seven.
- [LOUCADOUX] 5,700,
do I hear 5,800?
I'll go 58.
6,000!
[TENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Sixty-four.
6,500.
7,000.
Seventy-two.
7,500.
- We fucking did it.
- That's over $2 million dollars.
Yeah.
[LOUCADOUX] 7,500.
- 7,600!
- [GASPING]
[LOUCADOUX] 7,600.
Do I hear 77?
- What the fuck?
- Do I hear 77?
Big money.
I'll go 77.
I'll go 78.
[COUGHS, GRUNTS]
[LOUCADOUX] Do I hear 8,000?
- 8,000.
- 8,000.
- 8,200.8,200.
- Oh
[SIGHS]
[QUIET CHATTER]
8,200.
8,200 going once.
No.
8,200 going twice.
- This is not happening.
- No, no, no.
And sold to our friend in the back
- for a combined sum total
- [CHEERING]
of $2,263,000.
[APPLAUSE]
[LOUD, EXCITED CHATTER]
[LAUGHS]
[CLEARS THROAT]
What the fuck are you smiling at?
I'm a fucking winner, man.
What you mean?
You lost your fucking mind?
[SLOW, TENSE MUSIC]
Oh, fuck.
"It's Good to Be King"
by Tom Petty playing ♪
It's good to be king ♪
- If just for a while ♪
- [SIGHS]
To be there in velvet ♪
Yeah, to give 'em a smile ♪
[PHONE BUZZING]
It's good to get high ♪
And never come down ♪
It's good to be king ♪
- Yeah?
- I just got off the phone
with my man from the precinct.
- And?
- That guy tonight?
From Buffalo.
Payback for Luca Fiorentino.
That's what happens when you cut
someone's head off, Ray.
So, where does this leave us?
What do you mean?
Well, you said you wanted
to work something out
between the two of us.
I don't have anything, Ray.
What about your "irons on the fire"?
And have your own world ♪
- It helps to make friends ♪
- Yeah.
Look, I think I'm gonna
send Turco out there.
Maybe he can stoke the flames.
Turco?
Why not?
You said you didn't like Vince.
Whatever it pays ♪
[SIGHS]
I-I'm sorry. Did I wake you?
When'd you get back?
A little while ago.
How was New York?
Ah.
It's fine.
Nothing's changed.
How was the auction?
Not very good.
Tell you about it tomorrow.
[SIGHS] Joanne?
Got any of that minestrone left?
It's good to be king ♪
- If just for a while ♪
- Sure.
To be there in velvet ♪
Yeah, to give 'em a smile ♪
It's good to get high ♪
And never come down ♪
It's good to be king ♪
Of your own little town ♪
Yeah, the world ♪
Would swing ♪
Oh, if I ♪
Were king ♪
Can I help it if I ♪
Still dream time to time ♪
It's good to be king ♪
- [DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- [WOZNIAK] The kid,
Tyson. You want him locked up?
I'll take it from here, Detective.
Hello, mate.
[GUNSHOT]
♪
You are going to help blend varietals,
lending your exquisite palate.
I will handle appearance:
label, cork, bottle.
[TIMPONE] Will it fool the guy
at the auction house?
[BODHI] One way to find out.
This is memory bottled.
France herself, distilled.
We intend to acquire this land
by eminent domain.
- "We" who?
- The state of Oklahoma.
In the public interest,
we've partnered with Mr. Van Heusen.
[MITCH]
Surveyors are gonna be by here
in the morning with construction crews
and there is some dark shit
on this land.
We're gonna have to get some
more dirt to refill this hole.
[GOODIE] I hit something.
What the fuck is that?
[BIGFOOT]
I think we're being pulled over.
Let me go talk to this guy.
- [GUNSHOTS]
- [GLASS SHATTERING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
"La Fornarina"
by Christian Séguret playing ♪
[SINGING IN ITALIAN]
[DWIGHT GRUNTS SOFTLY]
So why was I dreaming
about New York last night?
Minestrone.
Like Mama used to make.
Mmm. What, for breakfast?
No, for later.
- [SIGHS]
- Trying out old recipes.
Come on, taste.
[INHALES] Oh, that brings me back.
- Here, come. Go ahead.
- [SNIFFS] No, no, I can't.
I'm fasting.
- Fasting?
- Yeah.
Just for a couple of days, you know?
No bread, no cheese,
no meat, no nothing.
It's called a cleanse.
Well, what the hell for? You look great.
Nah. Brain fog.
After almost getting shot last night,
I got to stay more alert.
So fasting's gonna give you,
what, uh, superpowers?
No, it sharpens your focus.
Why are you breaking my balls?
Christ did it. Christ fasted.
Oh. You're talking
to the AI program again?
Yeah. I kind of like her.
[JOANNE CHUCKLES]
What's the big deal?
Did she tell you
it was okay to have coffee?
I didn't ask her and I'm not gonna.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[JOANNE] Wild Bill.
Why is he here so early?
Why is he here at all?
[SIGHING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[BEVILAQUA] Jesus. There he is.
Christ, Dwight.
Never fucking ends.
Goodie called me, told me what happened.
I rushed right over.
- You all right?
- Well, unfortunately,
I'm getting used to being shot at.
[BEVILAQUA] No good, man.
No good. What about your yeti?
How's he doing?
Bigfoot?
He's bent but he's not broken.
He'll be here soon.
Son of a bitch. I'm telling you
my opinion
I think this bullet's got
Quiet Ray's name all over it.
Why Ray?
Who else?
Who else wants you dead that bad?
Just the people that have met me.
- Eh.
- Don't worry about that.
I'll find out who it is.
In the meantime, let's
everybody get back to business.
I'm gonna go upstairs and change.
Let me know when Bigfoot's here.
Bill.
- Try the soup.
- [BEVILAQUA] Yeah.
Yeah.
[LOW, TENSE MUSIC]
[PERCUSSIVE, UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[DOOR OPENS]
[CLARK EXHALES]
Mr. Van Heusen.
Amanda. Good morning.
I'm sorry. I don't know
how they got in here.
I wasn't expecting you.
Friends don't need appointments,
do they?
Well, friends shouldn't
just stop by unannounced.
I was in the neighborhood.
At 8 a.m.?
Just myself and the governor,
if you wouldn't mind.
Tell the commissioner
I'm running ten minutes behind.
[DOOR CLOSES]
What do you know
about AI data centers, Governor?
I know that they need land,
power, and a good tax incentive.
All of that, sure.
But what truly keeps AI alive
is temperature control.
The reason you can't just build
a data center anywhere
is because most land is thirsty.
And thirsty land
can't sustain intelligence.
So how's the Fennario Ranch's
water supply?
- Excellent.
- Great.
We'll get started
with the eminent domain decree.
About that
I hadn't realized Dwight
Manfredi owned that property.
- Is that an issue?
- You tell me.
"Just some thug out of New
York," I think you called him.
When in fact he has quite
a history in the Mafia.
Including murder.
Which is why I'm going after him.
Forgive me if I'm mistaken,
but it seems you've already
punished him quite a bit.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
- Is it wise
to rattle the cage
when the lion inside is wounded?
The cage door is open.
So I'm gonna keep rattling it
until the lion gets the message
and leaves.
[LOW, SOMBER MUSIC]
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
"Island Spell"
by Molly Lewis playing ♪
- [CLINKING]
- [TIMPONE] Thirteen,
four [MUTTERS]
Only eight more cases to go.
You got to be fucking kidding me.
Hey. Hang in there, buddy. We got this.
Yeah. I'm a weed guy,
not a wine guy.
I don't know
what the fuck I was thinking.
You were thinking,
"We're gonna get rich."
- Mm-hmm.
- Hey.
We should drink to that.
- Huh?
- Are you serious?
I am never drinking wine again
in my life.
No, no, no. Come on. This isn't wine.
This is liquid gold.
- [LAUGHS]
- Yeah.
Hey, what time did you tell
the auction house for delivery?
Uh, I told him I'd call him
before the end of the day.
[GROANS SOFTLY]
[EXHALES] Okay.
All right, we should get back to this.
Look, I just I need
I-I just need a beat, okay?
I'm not used to working quite this hard.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You-you relax.
I'm gonna start corking
these bottles here.
[GRUNTS]
So, uh
So how'd you start working
with Manfredi anyway?
Um
he came into my shop
and he made me an amazing offer
that I technically could not refuse.
[CHUCKLES]
You know, you're wrong about that
"book being better
than the movie" thing.
Movie is transcendent.
Book's kind of trashy. Not for nothing.
Agree to disagree.
So, what, he offered to be partners?
Yeah.
In exchange for not killing me.
- Negotiating 101.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [GRUNTS]
- You know, to be fair,
before I ever met him,
I was already a little crooked.
Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
- I guess I got a little
larceny in my soul, too.
Runs in the family.
How so?
Well, my grandfather,
he did time for a gas station holdup.
And my mother's cousin, my Uncle Luca,
he lives in Piedmont, in Italy.
Part of the Camorra?
No. But you might say
he's Camorra-adjacent.
Huh.
We may never pass
this way again ♪
Where's your sling?
Sling? Why?
'Cause you were shot
less than 12 hours ago?
I've had worse mosquito bites.
Never chance to meet again ♪
[SIGHS]
Have mine.
Not hungry?
Fasting.
From the moment
that your eyes ♪
- Met mine ♪
- [DOOR OPENS]
I could feel my heart
beat twice ♪
Sorry, friend.
We're closed.
It was just as if I ♪
Detective Wozniak.
Tulsa PD.
If this is about the shooting
the other night,
I got no information.
I actually don't know
what you're talking about,
Mr. Manfredi.
I'm here about a friend of yours.
Were strangers ♪
Tyson Mitchell.
Sorry, don't know him.
Its new ♪
- No.
- [CHUCKLES]
I'm sure you don't.
Maybe I should share why I'm here.
Mind if I sit?
Please do.
[CLEARS THROAT]
In case you're wondering,
I'm not here
on official police business.
What kind of business, then?
The same kind of business I had
with a guy named English Dan.
English Dan.
We may never pass ♪
I'm sure you don't know him, either.
Well, I don't do business
with Dan anymore,
because the guy you don't know,
Tyson Mitchell,
killed him.
And in doing so,
took a large portion of my income.
You following me?
I do.
So what kind of business
did you have going on
with this English Dan character?
For three grand a week,
I provided him all the intel
he needed from Tulsa PD.
Special work cost extra.
And what do you call special?
If I worked for you,
I'd be getting rid of that German Luger
that the guy you don't know,
Tyson Mitchell, used
to fucking blow away my former employer.
You can do that?
Easy.
It's sitting in an evidence
locker down at the precinct.
Soon it's gonna be tied back
to your guy.
My guy?
[WOZNIAK] Your guy.
You want to get serious?
[EXHALES]
Yesterday the two of us
were strangers ♪
Love is ♪
Fifteen grand for the gun.
- Twenty.
- Done.
And five more
if you can find the shitbag
that took a shot at my friend here.
He's driving a black Crown Vic.
Tried to take me out
about a block from here.
I could pull all the surveillance.
You don't think this is
some kind of revenge bullshit
from your English Dan guy, right?
Anything's possible.
Now,
about that 20 grand for the Luger
[CHUCKLES] Good memory.
Get the money out of the safe, Bigfoot.
You can go with him.
We may never pass
this way again ♪
[WOZNIAK] You made a good deal,
Mr. Manfredi.
We'll see.
180 seconds and I'm taking it ♪
Uh ♪
What you know, what you know? ♪
Yeah, I got 30 on my watch ♪
Take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
Is you naughty or nice? ♪
[CHUCKLES]
Take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
What's the plan,
what's the plot, huh? ♪
Huh, take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
Take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
Take it up a notch, take it up
a notch ♪
- [LAUGHS]
- And cut. [CHUCKLING]
So how was that?
- How'd we do?
- We are almost there.
[TYSON] Shit, we did it,
like, nine times already.
Do you know how many rappers
are doing the same thing you're doing?
You want attention,
you got to set yourself apart.
Shit, my music already set me apart.
You saw 'em in the club.
Had the whole thing jumping.
Yeah, that was at the club.
Online, you got to create content
that allows your viewers
to get to know you,
not just hear you rapping but see you,
see what you're all about.
So how am I supposed to do that?
You need an image,
a mystique.
We need to show you
as a badass, a baller.
Yeah. Money, cars,
clothes, girls. Yeah, I see.
- That's right. The finer things.
- Okay. Okay.
We need to film you as the guy
that every other guy wants to be.
- Stone-cold gangster.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
- That's fucking right.
- Yeah.
[GRACE] Then I cut that together
with footage of you rapping
and we post it to IG,
SoundCloud, and TikTok.
That's fire right there. I'm
Look, I see where you're going.
I'm trusting you
- with this, all right?
- Hey, don't overthink it.
The best content comes
from intimacy with your viewers.
And intimacy is achieved
by you just being yourself.
That's real. Wait, how intimate
you talking, though?
I ain't about to be making
no OnlyFans shit now.
Damn.
I was so ready
for my OnlyFans plan with you.
- Crazy, girl.
- [LAUGHS]
[SOFT, GENTLE MUSIC]
[ROOSTER CROWS IN DISTANCE]
[SPENCER] Hey, Mitch?
Uh-huh.
Goodie's here.
Says, uh, he dug something up
and wants to show us.
Any idea what?
I'm really hoping
it's not human remains.
[DOOR OPENING]
[MITCH] What's up, fellas?
The other night,
we're out here, uh
excavating.
- We found something.
- Apparently,
Ming wasn't the only thing
pushing up daisies.
- [SPENCER] Oh, my God!
- What the fuck is that?
This is a dinosaur skull.
I know it's a fucking dinosaur skull.
What kind is it?
Who am I, Fred Flintstone?
How the fuck do I know?
[VINCE] I checked the interweb.
Francine could be worth
a fucking fortune.
Who's Francine?
The dinosaur.
- I named her.
- How do you know it's a girl?
She's got a smile like my sister-in-law.
What kind of dough are we talking here?
Could be a fortune. Especially
if the rest of it's down there.
I say we start digging.
No, we can't do that.
We got to get a professional.
- How come?
- Because we do not know
what the fuck we're doing.
Yeah, but we found it, didn't we?
By accident.
Mitch is right.
We got to be smart about this.
First step
we don't tell Dwight. All right?
State's been sniffing around
about seizing the land.
I-I don't want to rattle him
more than necessary.
I'll do some research.
What kind of research?
I'll call the university and find a
paleontologist.
- Good.
- [GOODIE] Well, do it quick,
'cause there's a fortune at stake.
Relax. Francine's been
down there 70 million years.
Another couple of days
ain't gonna make a difference.
[LOW, COOL MUSIC]
Chess, the thinking man's game.
Ever play?
No.
A lot of guys play in the joint, right?
I do puzzles.
Puzzles?
Mm-hmm.
Sounds somewhat simpleminded.
Puzzles were invented
about 2,500 years BC
to teach math and logic.
This game here
was invented about 2,000 years ago,
give or take.
So, what I say is
fuck chess.
Now, what about this new
governor and this tech guy?
What's going on?
Well, it starts with Oklahoma
being one of 17 states
that have separate elections
for governor and lieutenant governor.
And Van Heusen was a major donor
to both Thresher and Clark's campaigns.
Why give to both?
Well, Van Heusen maybe finds out
Thresher's not thrilled
about his data farm and needs
to find out if Clark would be.
Right, so he greases her palm
and she goes to bat for him
with Governor Thresher.
Is that the play?
Which we now know,
sadly, was unnecessary.
[LOW, SOMBER MUSIC]
Is she dirty?
She taking bribes? Give me something.
Nothing we can confirm.
But I'll tell you this:
she is beholden to Van Heusen
for pretty much whatever he wants.
What he wants is the ranch
that Margaret used to own.
Right.
Well, switching gears to Quiet Ray
wiretaps in New York indicate
he's not mentioned you in days.
What, should I feel neglected?
Quite the opposite.
Before the shooting,
you were all he was talking about.
And since then,
seems he's going out of his way
to not mention you
as a way to avoid suspicion
he was behind it.
Listen, if this bum was innocent,
he wouldn't stop talking about it.
Nonstop.
That's my take on it as well.
Mm-hmm.
Well, whatever Quiet Ray says to you,
be careful.
Wouldn't trust that prick
to water a cactus.
What was that?
What?
♪
[GROANS]
'Kay.
Now, that should do it.
[TIMPONE] Hey.
Perfect.
- Congratulations, brother.
- Yeah.
Better be worth it.
Hey, one good night's sleep,
you'll forget about all the pain.
Yeah. Hey, you call the auction house?
Oh. Right. Oh, shit.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Finally. There you are.
Hey. What did I say?
Just like I promised.
Mr. Timpone?
Is that you?
[WHISPERS] The accent.
[ITALIAN ACCENT] Ah. Yes, yes.
It is me, Leonardo. I, uh
I have a [CLEARS THROAT] how
you say, a toad in my throat.
The Château Luneval, do you have it?
Of course. Uh
All 23 cases.
Ready for delivery first thing tomorrow.
I have to say, the buzz
has been off the charts,
especially among
our wealthier clients.
- Really? Is that so?
- Honestly,
the bidding should be
as robust as the wine itself.
I wouldn't be surprised
if it goes for more
than our original estimate.
Well, uh, that is music for my ears.
[CHUCKLES] Shall we say
10 a.m. tomorrow?
Perfetto. Ci vediamo li. Ciao.
Ciao.
Ciao. Ciao.
[LAUGHS]
[NORMAL VOICE] Ciao, baby.
Let's get these loaded up. Come on.
180 seconds and I'm taking it ♪
Uh ♪
What you know, what you know? ♪
Okay, okay, uh ♪
180 seconds and I'm taking it ♪
Yeah, I got 30 on my watch ♪
- On my watch ♪
- Take it up a notch ♪
Take it up a notch ♪
Is you naughty or nice? ♪
Take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
What's the plan,
what's the plot? ♪
Take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
Take it up a notch, take it up
a notch ♪
Take it up a notch,
take it up a notch ♪
I'm a fly kid,
I do fly things ♪
Fiends know I keep 'em high
like it's pipe dreams ♪
What the hell am I looking at?
Me blowing the fuck up.
- What you mean?
- Yeah, you're blowing all right.
Hey, man, that's cold, brah.
I'm breaking your balls.
Break your own.
What you think about this, boss?
I'm not a critic, but I
I think it's good.
Here's something you don't need
to be a critic to understand:
numbers.
He has almost 308,000 followers.
That's less than six hours right there.
- [GOODIE] That's a lot.
- [TYSON] Crazy.
We posted this video this afternoon.
It already has half a million views
and over 300,000 likes.
Wow. Now, how do you plan
on monetizing this?
[TYSON] Look, we find somebody who got
a little clout in the game
to notice my shit,
help me take it up a notch.
He needs to get signed
with a record label.
Now, you better make that happen soon.
On it.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [MUSIC STOPS]
[DOOR OPENS]
Dennis
"Goodie"
Carangi.
Who wants to know?
Detective Wozniak,
Tulsa PD.
I'm gonna get another beer.
So, uh, why are you here, Detective?
'Cause this is yours.
I never saw that before in my life.
Relax. He's on the payroll.
[CHUCKLES]
In that case, thank you.
Happy to be of service.
Got anything for me?
Nothing on the Crown Vic thus far.
But I did do a little digging.
- And?
- Long shot
the hit on you had anything
to do with English Dan.
Why so confident?
His crew's already dismantled.
And no bullshit
most of 'em are happy he's dead.
See, that's why you treat
your employees well.
I'll let you know
if I hear anything good.
Yeah, do that.
[BIGFOOT] So who's the next suspect?
That guy's boss.
Look, if Ray was behind it,
I can tell you one thing
Vince was in the dark.
He's too dopey to keep a secret.
- Oh. I'm not deaf.
- Well,
if you're not deaf, hear this:
go pack your bag. You, too.
Where we going?
New York.
I got to look Ray in the eyes.
[COOL GUITAR MUSIC]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[MITCH] So, what's the verdict?
[SPENCER] Is it a T. rex?
Not in Oklahoma.
It's an Acrocanthosaurus.
- A who?
- Acrocanthosaurus.
And the good news is
it's real.
People really fake dinosaur skulls?
Oh, where there's money
to be made, people make
fake everything.
I heard of a guy once
who made fake wine.
You hear that? That's
bone mineralization so dense
it'll stop a pickup truck.
And here, the orbital ridge
Looks a little weird.
[HENSTOCK] Yeah, well, weird is
where the money lives.
And then here
That's a healed gouge mark
on the lacrimal bone,
likely from an attack
by another Acro.
Holy shit.
Yeah. Territorial combat.
Textbook ego problem.
Authentic.
Complete to almost 82%.
Distinctive pathological bite marks.
I'd say that this is probably
the best Acro skull found
in Oklahoma in a generation.
- Any idea what it's worth?
- If it were fragmentary,
I'd say maybe 100 grand.
But with its pathology
and its completeness,
the provenance
I think you guys are looking
at the seven-figure range.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] A million dollars?
- Yeah, give or take.
- [MITCH] Wow.
Thank you very much, Doctor.
Mm-hmm.
Welcome back to the sunlight,
old hunter.
[ROOSTER CROWS IN DISTANCE]
- [CHUCKLING]
- Can you fucking believe it?
We should totally celebrate.
[CHUCKLES] Well, we absolutely should.
What'd you have in mind?
I don't know.
Maybe you can take me out to dinner.
Dinner?
Uh
Like dinner-dinner?
[STAMMERING]
Is there any other kind?
Well
you know what I mean. Like, uh,
dinner, like someplace nice dinner?
Well, that's up to you.
[SOFT, GENTLE MUSIC]
Dinner it is.
♪
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[PHONE BUZZING]
[QUIETLY] Oh, shit.
Sorry.
It's Dwight.
[CHUCKLING SOFTLY]
Hold on.
Dwight, what's up?
Hey, Mitch.
Is Spencer with you?
Uh, Spencer. I don't know.
- Let me check.
- [CHUCKLING SOFTLY]
Hold on. I'm looking.
I'm looking.
- I see her.
- Oh, good.
Listen, you two get down to the Buck
as fast as possible, okay?
Roger that.
Great.
[MITCH SIGHS]
- [CHUCKLING]
- [DWIGHT] So, this wine pro
that's in charge of the wine auction,
he says our bottle could go for
$5,500. Is that true?
Yeah, well, that was at first.
Now he's saying there's a buzz.
Should go for even higher.
[TIMPONE] Apparently,
his wine snob clients
are chomping at the bit.
- Really?
- "Chomping."
You know, the original
expression is "champing
at the bit."
But now they say "chomping."
Wise guy.
You sure about that?
She runs a horse ranch.
[DWIGHT] Okay, listen, I got to take off
pretty soon. I got a plane to catch.
But this bidding
could go very, very high.
Who knows?
The main thing is don't lose this.
We need this money desperately.
You got that?
Okay, Joanne, it's all yours.
Ciao.
[LOW, COOL MUSIC]
[GRACE] So what do you need us to do?
To instigate a bidding war.
- How we supposed to do that?
- Well, first off,
I need you all to dress up.
You need to look like money.
These are millionaires,
not your typical Tulsa crowd.
They screen the bidders.
How are we supposed to get in?
[BODHI] I mean,
we just forged
over a million dollars in wine.
If we can't whip up a few fake
invites and bidding credentials,
we are already fucked.
- Good point.
- [JOANNE] Right. Okay,
so you're gonna sit separately,
act like you don't even know each other.
When the bidding starts,
keep it going.
[BODHI] But don't get greedy.
Once we get to around $6,000,
pull back.
Let a legitimate bidder take over.
- Sounds like a plan.
- [BODHI] Yep. 7 p.m.
La Cave Imaginaire Wine Auctioneers.
Buckle up.
[TYSON] Hey.
Make sure your phone's
juiced up tonight, all right?
How come?
I'm a baller, right?
- That's what they say.
- All right, so we gonna
live stream me bidding on vintage wine.
We gonna repost it later on
with the other videos.
That's a great idea.
Snoop, Thug, Rick Ross
- they all into wine.
- Mm-hmm.
And game recognizes game.
Girl, you know it. Let's do it.
Mm-hmm.
Yep, yep. Right now.
Oh, my God.
This is amazing.
I forgot what real pizza tastes like.
The New York water's the key.
Makes the dough more, uh, you know
Oh.
I'm sorry.
- You're fasting. I forgot.
- Right.
But, you know, the brain
does need food to work.
Then you should have
a couple more slices.
Very funny.
It's all set.
One hour, you and Ray,
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
Okay. Soon as we're done,
we go right to the airport.
What happened?
Something wrong with the hotel?
I like sleeping in my own bed, okay?
I see this place
got a "B" rating for health.
Would you happen
to have a washroom in there?
It's down the hall. In the back.
Why don't you go freshen up?
I want to talk to Goodie in private.
I'm fresh.
You'll be unconscious also.
In my own fucking joint.
This thing with Ray
I have no idea what I'm walking into,
so I need you to be very sharp, okay?
You really think he'd try
to whack you in the church?
Without a doubt.
He's got that fucking psycho
Turco working with him.
That maniac wouldn't hesitate.
That much I know.
Right. So you'll be across the street.
Stay sharp.
- Okay?
- Of course. [SNIFFS]
[SIGHS]
Now, come on. Go on.
Take a slice. One bite.
No.
Hey, we could die tonight.
And this would be the perfect last meal.
[LOW, SOMBER MUSIC]
[BELL TOLLING]
[DOOR OPENS]
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[SIGHS]
♪
What's with the cane?
Just, uh, old injuries flaring up.
Well, some of us
fall apart sooner than others.
You think I'm slowing down?
Yeah. Sure as hell looks that way.
- [DWIGHT GRUNTS SOFTLY]
- So why the church?
What are you looking for, huh?
What's the word? Um
- Blessing?
- No, no.
You know the word.
Redemption?
Redemption. Yeah.
Nothing like an old gangster
trying to get into heaven.
[DWIGHT CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
I think you're a little late for that.
'Cause you know we both got
reservations in hell.
Ray, you got to speak for yourself.
I always do.
You know,
faith is unknowable.
That's why they call it "faith."
It's like struggling in the dark,
lost.
But sometimes you're found.
You think I'm lost?
We both are.
Why the hell
did we ever become a gangster?
Hmm?
We have a terrible death,
or either you rot
in a cold, clammy cell
like I almost did.
Why would anyone pick that?
When you look around
at something like this?
This church means everything to people.
You and me, you know
what we mean to people?
Nothing.
You're fucking falling apart.
- You know that?
- [GROANS]
I love this life.
And none of that shit you just said
is ever gonna happen to me anyway.
You're invincible?
In my mind? Pretty damn close.
You know, it's funny.
The weaker people get,
the more they want to hang out
in joints like this.
Let's forget this "faith" shit
for now, all right?
I need to know if me and you are good.
That depends. Are you trying to kill me?
- Not lately.
- Well,
you've been very vocal
about wanting me dead.
We've both said some things.
You know, when I get mad,
I get a little crazy, I go off.
But then I go by myself
somewhere, I sit down
and I start thinking
and then I get calm.
What are you thinking about, Ray?
Well
that you're worthless to me dead.
[EERIE, TENSE MUSIC]
And now with this new governor?
You're worthless to me alive.
I'm not ready to fold.
I'm going to get it all back.
Oh, I know you will.
You're a survivor, right?
You'll figure something out.
I got irons in the fire.
You better have.
You like to threaten, don't you?
Yeah.
I do.
Even in a church.
A church, to me,
is just a bunch of bricks.
["EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK"
BY MOZART PLAYING]
[EXCITED CHATTER]
Everyone to your seats, please.
The auction will begin momentarily.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
[SLOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Hey, do not bid more than $7,500.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
You know, you're not who you were.
Don't make that mistake.
[QUIET RAY] You were a hard man once,
but not now. I mean, you come here,
it's like you're begging not to be hurt.
I came here to talk some
common sense into your head.
You came here to beg me
to leave you alone,
and that is never going to happen.
- Get down!
- Ray!
[FAST, TENSE MUSIC]
[QUIET RAY] What the fuck?
- Were you hit?
- No.
- Twice? Twice?
- [SIREN WAILING]
I'll bury you
in this motherfucking church!
[TURCO] Come on, Ray.
We better go. Come on, or we'll wind up
in a fucking paddy wagon! Let's go!
[DARK, TENSE MUSIC]
- Recognize the shooter?
- No.
[TIRES SCREECH]
[SIRENS APPROACHING]
[ANNOUNCER] Ladies and gentlemen,
please return to your seats
for the final lot of the evening.
Next up, the moment you've waited for.
Dare I say, the reason you're all here.
Lot number eight.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we are about to leave the realm
of "nice to have"
and enter the rare air
of "once in a lifetime."
- [CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]
- Mm-hmm.
[LOUCADOUX] Presented tonight
in one magnificent lot of 23 cases,
what many consider
to be one of the finest vintages
of the late 20th century,
the Château Luneval.
[IMPRESSED MURMURS]
It comes directly to us from the cellar
of a private collector,
where it has rested undisturbed
for over 30 years.
Perfect provenance, meticulous storage,
and as you can see,
an immaculate label, intact capsule
and just a whisper of ullage.
For the collectors in the room,
and I know you're here
[SOFT LAUGHTER]
this is not just wine.
This is history in a glass.
- This guy's good.
- We have strong interest
- already, as you'd expect.
- They're eating this shit up.
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, yeah.
[LOUCADOUX] We'll open the
bidding at $3,000 per bottle.
Do I hear 3,000?
$3,000 from the gentleman
in the front. Do I hear 3,100?
3,100 from the lovely lady.
Do I hear 32?
3,200 from the handsome
gentleman on the right.
Do I hear 33?
Thirty-three?
Five grand, sir.
- [PEOPLE GASPING]
- [LOUCADOUX] Well,
- that escalated quickly.
- Okay.
[LOUCADOUX] $5,000 per bottle
from our friend in the back.
Do I hear 5,100?
5,100.
5,200.
- Fifty-seven.
- [LOUCADOUX] 5,700,
do I hear 5,800?
I'll go 58.
6,000!
[TENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Sixty-four.
6,500.
7,000.
Seventy-two.
7,500.
- We fucking did it.
- That's over $2 million dollars.
Yeah.
[LOUCADOUX] 7,500.
- 7,600!
- [GASPING]
[LOUCADOUX] 7,600.
Do I hear 77?
- What the fuck?
- Do I hear 77?
Big money.
I'll go 77.
I'll go 78.
[COUGHS, GRUNTS]
[LOUCADOUX] Do I hear 8,000?
- 8,000.
- 8,000.
- 8,200.8,200.
- Oh
[SIGHS]
[QUIET CHATTER]
8,200.
8,200 going once.
No.
8,200 going twice.
- This is not happening.
- No, no, no.
And sold to our friend in the back
- for a combined sum total
- [CHEERING]
of $2,263,000.
[APPLAUSE]
[LOUD, EXCITED CHATTER]
[LAUGHS]
[CLEARS THROAT]
What the fuck are you smiling at?
I'm a fucking winner, man.
What you mean?
You lost your fucking mind?
[SLOW, TENSE MUSIC]
Oh, fuck.
"It's Good to Be King"
by Tom Petty playing ♪
It's good to be king ♪
- If just for a while ♪
- [SIGHS]
To be there in velvet ♪
Yeah, to give 'em a smile ♪
[PHONE BUZZING]
It's good to get high ♪
And never come down ♪
It's good to be king ♪
- Yeah?
- I just got off the phone
with my man from the precinct.
- And?
- That guy tonight?
From Buffalo.
Payback for Luca Fiorentino.
That's what happens when you cut
someone's head off, Ray.
So, where does this leave us?
What do you mean?
Well, you said you wanted
to work something out
between the two of us.
I don't have anything, Ray.
What about your "irons on the fire"?
And have your own world ♪
- It helps to make friends ♪
- Yeah.
Look, I think I'm gonna
send Turco out there.
Maybe he can stoke the flames.
Turco?
Why not?
You said you didn't like Vince.
Whatever it pays ♪
[SIGHS]
I-I'm sorry. Did I wake you?
When'd you get back?
A little while ago.
How was New York?
Ah.
It's fine.
Nothing's changed.
How was the auction?
Not very good.
Tell you about it tomorrow.
[SIGHS] Joanne?
Got any of that minestrone left?
It's good to be king ♪
- If just for a while ♪
- Sure.
To be there in velvet ♪
Yeah, to give 'em a smile ♪
It's good to get high ♪
And never come down ♪
It's good to be king ♪
Of your own little town ♪
Yeah, the world ♪
Would swing ♪
Oh, if I ♪
Were king ♪
Can I help it if I ♪
Still dream time to time ♪
It's good to be king ♪