Animal Kingdom (US) (2016) s03e03 Episode Script

The Center Will Hold

- - The bills are piling up, Smurf.
Go ask your uncles for help.
They won't do it if they know it's for you.
If we don't get some serious cash running through those accounts in the next couple of days, then we're gonna start losing properties.
What the hell are you doing here? I got the police file.
What's wrong with Alvarez? She's a crazy bitch.
Shot her boyfriend in the middle of a robbery.
School sucks.
But you are smart.
Go ahead.
Pick a school.
What's wrong with you? What happened? Someone stole all my shit.
I'll get you your money this afternoon, okay? That's not gonna work.
I'll hang with you until you got the money.
Gonna figure it out.
Baz! Todo bien? Let's talk about that business opportunity you mentioned.
Thought you were "just an abuelita," Smurf.
Well, even grandmas need money.
You all pissed off because I took my sweet tiempo before I set up an armed robbery that was brought to me by some chica I met on the inside? Amateur.
Start talking.
Some Vietnamese got a place over on Front Street in National City.
- Mm-hmm.
- Pill mill.
Working out of a powder store.
It's called A1 Naturals.
My pedazo de mierda ex scouted it.
It's a gold mine.
They do like 75K to 100K a week, easy.
Those dog-eaters ain't calling the police.
Who else you float this by? Nobody.
Okay.
I'll have my boys check it out.
If it's doable, the split is 70/30.
Sounds good, as long as I'm the one getting the 70.
We do all the work.
We take all the risk.
This is my job.
You're just the hired help.
But I was taught to respect my elders, so I'll give you 35.
Is everything okay? Uh, yeah.
I just gotta check something out in National City.
Is it a job? Could be.
Can I come? No, not today.
No, no, I-I'm ready.
I've been going to a shooting range.
Really? Yeah, and I'm actually gettin' pretty good.
I, uh, now know the difference between a Glock and a 1911.
And a magazine and a clip.
Does that get you hot? Mm.
Kinda, yeah.
Kinda? No, I still gotta go.
Okay, well, can I at least get some money? Nicky, I told you, we can't Well, we need groceries.
You know, I won't buy organic or anything interesting, and I have to take the Jag to the car wash.
Later.
Why can't I go back to my old school? 'Cause this one's better.
Move it, asshole! Screw you! It's b-better inside.
You picked this one, remember? But what if I picked wrong? You didn't.
I'll be right here, okay? I promise.
Okay.
Ah, buenos dias.
What's up, babe? My cousin has a lead for a place on Ocean.
- Mm-hmm.
- I'm gonna go check it out.
Can't you just get your old place back? Oh, no.
That dick couldn't wait to get me out.
Jacked up the price to 5 grand.
Some hedge fund weekend surfer took it.
5 grand? Yeah, it's nothing to those assholes.
This new place could be cool, though.
It's still on the Strand.
I can't wait to see it, but, uh, first Oh, well, if you're gonna make me late, Cody, you better make it worth my while.
Oh, sorry.
What's up? I just need a bump.
No, I don't have anything.
Okay.
Enjoy.
Okay.
- Gotta go.
- Aw, come on.
You look like shit.
Is there a reason why you dragged me out so early? Yeah.
I had to make sure I caught you.
You're late.
With the payment.
No, I already gave that to you.
Yeah, that was for last week.
This is for this week.
You're so hard up, why don't you just sell your truck? I'll get it to you by the end of the week.
You want your grandma to get hurt in there? So you want another extension? Then you need to come do something with me later today.
- Do what? - You want the extension or not? 4:00 p.
m.
, your place.
What the hell's up with your hair? Just wanted a change.
A change to what? Looking like the produce manager at Safeway? Yeah, at least I don't look like the bass player in some Kings of Leon cover band.
You gonna help me, or what? Yo, you see the, uh, Beach Skye Condos on 5th have their grand opening in two weeks? Yeah, it's bullshit.
You remember that little place with the awesome chicken tamales that used to be on that lot? Yeah, Tropical Tamales.
Right.
Two for a dollar, plus a beer.
Now it's gonna be boxes for these L.
A.
assholes to Airbnb.
Yeah.
Whole Strand is going to shit.
There isn't even any room for the locals to live on the beach anymore.
Uh, you going to J's meeting? No.
Maybe we should go.
Check it out.
No, I'm not doing meetings, especially not anything run by J.
Well, that's it? You're out? No more family jobs? I'm not saying never.
Just not right now.
All right.
Then let's go surfing.
I can't.
I got a lot of shit to do.
Well, can I borrow a board? Sure.
Take your pick.
Cool.
And, uh, can I borrow a couple of grand? Me and Renn are getting a place, and I need to, uh, pay my half.
I give you a couple of grand, you'll be coming back every month.
So cut me in on your next job.
No, I'm all manned up.
- Seriously? - Yeah.
What, you don't have room for one more guy? Nope.
All right.
Come on.
Say it.
Get it over with.
Say what? That I shouldn't have gone to Mexico.
That I screwed up again, and that's why you're freezing me out.
I'm happy you went to Mexico.
You should do you.
Oh, and take the 6'4" Rusty.
It's the only thing that's gonna float your giant ass.
Is there a problem, sir? No.
Then I need you to move along.
My niece goes to this school.
Today is her first day.
I promised her I'd be right here when she got out.
I appreciate that, sir, but you need to go now and come back after school's done.
Why? 'Cause a grown man sitting outside an elementary school is creepy.
Oh, okay.
Sir, what's your niece's name? I said, "What's your niece's name?" God damn it! What happened to all the stash piles? Well, J had to pay the bills.
That's bullshit.
What happened in Mexico? Shit just got gnarly.
Oh, that's it? "Shit just got gnarly"? Yeah, pretty much.
So, uh how are things here, huh? Deran doesn't want me here.
Doesn't even look at me when he comes over.
Don't even worry about it.
And Pope is pissed 'cause I throw too many parties.
Well, someone's got to enjoy the place, right? Mm.
Yeah.
Good talk.
Yeah.
Later.
Later.
Nicky? Oh, my God.
Sarah, hey.
Hi.
You know, actually, a couple of us were just talking about you the other day.
You were? Yeah, wondering, like, you know, what you were up to and stuff.
Oh, um, well, I've been living with J.
- Seriously? - Yeah.
J.
Cody? Oh.
How are you? I am great.
Just loving UCSD.
Where did you end up going, by the way? Oh, uh, we're taking a gap year, you know, wanting to live a little.
So smart.
Seriously, I'm double majoring in Biochem and Poly-Sci, and I'm just, like, "Oh, my God, what was I thinking?" Oh, um, yeah.
Well, we've been, um, living at J's grandma's house while she's away.
Nice.
You two, um, lockin' it down? No, the last thing I need is to be married, but, uh, things are going good.
- Clearly.
- Yeah.
Thanks.
So, what else have you been doing? Uh, pretty much anything I want, like partying all the time.
I'm talking mounds of coke, fully stocked bar.
Sounds cool.
Wow.
Yeah.
You should come by sometime.
What about tonight? Tonight works.
Could I bring a few people? Plenty for everyone.
Okay.
Cool.
I guess I will see you tonight, then.
Yeah.
Later.
Hey.
What are you doing? Gotta get this cleaned up.
Yeah.
Why? 'Cause I'm giving it to Lena.
She's 7.
It's for when she's older and she can drive.
What do you want? Nobody turned up to the meeting today.
I don't know who else to go to, Pope.
If don't pull a job soon, we're gonna run out of money.
Yeah, I heard you last night.
You know Baz had this idea about lifting iPhones.
He said he knew this guy we could flip who worked down at the docks.
How long would it take to set up? I don't know.
Couple weeks, maybe.
We don't got a couple of weeks.
Then I don't know what to tell you.
I, uh I think I got something we can do right now.
Smells like Smurf.
Nothing to do with Smurf.
What's the job, then? Pill mill in National City.
What do you think? I think we can check it out.
As soon as we're done with this.
Hey, man.
Long time no see.
Yeah.
You got a sec? Sure, sure.
Come in.
What's it been, a couple of years? Yeah, I guess so.
What are you guys playing? Some new shit.
Cool.
Hey, you remember when I, uh, loaned you that 600 bucks for that North Shore trip? I almost drowned on that trip.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, you lived.
And you never paid me back.
Come on, man.
I thought that was a gift.
Why the hell would I give you 600 bucks? I don't know.
You're a cool dude.
Yeah, I'm not that cool.
Give me my money.
I don't have that much on me.
All right, well, what do you got on you? - Come on.
- Sit down! Okay, okay.
- What do you got in your pockets? - Okay.
- Let me see what I have.
- What do you got on you? It's in the bedroom.
All right.
Go get it.
Let's go! How you doin'? Oh, no.
You dick! Leave me the hell alone, man! Give me my money, and I will! Dude, don't let go! Aah! My shoulder! Aah! Aah! Oh, shit.
It wasn't my fault, man.
I was trying to save him, and he owed me money.
I should of just Just keep still! - Jesus! - Just keep still! I am! All right, ready? You're not doin' it right! I'm I'm doing it the same way I've always done it.
How else do you want me to do this? It's either me or the hospital.
What do you prefer? Okay, go.
Just do it.
Just do it.
Yeah, you gonna let me do this? Yeah, just do it! Okay, I'm gonna count to three.
Ready? - Okay.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- What? Okay.
One, two God damn it! Gotta take you to the hospital.
Let's go.
Yeah.
We should go to the hospital.
This place pulls in over 100 grand a week.
This little shithole? It's wholesale.
What's the security situation here? Two guys inside, both with handguns.
12-gauge shotgun behind the counter.
A lot of people to cover.
Yeah.
Did you hear from Craig or Deran? Craig texted.
He said he's gonna be around later, but I'm not getting anything out of Deran.
That's 'cause he hates you.
Security bars on the windows and the door.
What's the security like inside? A reinforced steel door between the front and the back room where the safe is, opens inward.
And another door at the back leads out to the back alley.
That's reinforced, too? Mm-hmm.
And there's cameras.
A lot of cameras.
So, you have a plan? I thought that someone could go in, act like they were gonna make a buy, distract the guards.
Meanwhile, we blow the back door off, grab the safe, and roll out through the alley.
Blow like blow-up blow? Yeah.
The bank.
They hear an explosion, they hit the alarm.
Next thing we know, we got cops all over the place.
We can't go in through the front.
If we do that, then they're just gonna lock themselves in the back before we can even get to them.
Yep.
Place have a basement? I'm not sure.
Find out.
Okay.
Damn.
That Tigresa's gonna bang her daughter's husband.
Hey, watch.
Get up.
Job was more complicated than we thought.
Why? They got a lot of muscle on site, security cameras everywhere.
It's gonna be risky.
And? 70%.
- What? - That's my cut.
We had a deal.
Now we have a new one.
I need that money.
I got bills just like you.
I split it with you 50/50.
Shoulda listened to what they said about you, Smurf.
And what was that? How long have we been waiting? I don't know.
An hour? What the hell's up with you, man? What? Well, you're all, like, chill now.
You let me borrow your board.
You don't make fun of me when I ask to borrow money.
Where's the lecture? Do you want a lecture? No, it's just unusual.
Craig Cody? - Yeah.
- Oh.
Sorry about the wait.
We had three shootings, a stabbing, two overdoses, plus a guy who fell two stories off a roof.
Is the guy that fell off the roof okay? Not really.
What do we have here? Uh popped my shoulder out.
Yeah, usually I can pop it back in.
Yeah, that only works so many times.
And you two are ? Brothers.
And did these come with the shoulder? Nah.
Holy shit.
You're Clark Lincoln.
Bro, you remember, uh, Linc.
Linc, you landed the, um, double backflip at TransWorld, man.
It was sick.
Yeah, I still can't believe I pulled it off.
You signed my, um, KTM hat at the X Games in L.
A.
, like, 10 years ago, man.
I wore that thing till it fell apart.
You're a You're a legend.
Was.
So, what are you doing working here? I mean, what happened? I got smart.
Okay.
You hang tight.
I'm gonna get you something for the pain.
Thank you.
Why you gotta be such a dick? Oh, thank God.
Yep.
My shit's the shit, right? - Right? - Yeah.
You think this is enough for me and, like, 15 overachieving college bitches? Oh, hell, yeah.
What, you havin' a party or something? - Yeah.
- Oh, yo, then then check it.
You You gotta play my beats.
I've been working on these all week.
It's gonna take over Vegas when this drops.
DJ Snowfall in the house! Yo.
You feel that? Yeah.
Mia tells me you want another extension.
That right? Yeah.
So, two extensions in two weeks.
See, the problem is, you must think I'm some kind of bitch to be that soft.
That it? You think I'm a bitch? No.
Did you see your face? You nearly shit your pants, homes.
Hey, look.
I know you're in a tight spot, stepping into Smurf's shoes, right? But I cannot keep giving you extensions.
You understand that, right? Good.
Get this poor cabron a shot and some food.
Okay, compadre, enjoy yourself.
You could have just said no to the extension.
This was more fun.
There's a lot of people here.
Nicky-bo-bicky, you gotta hear this one.
I call it "Boomabang.
" Yeah, I gotta go.
But, uh, it's so good.
Vegas better be ready.
Thanks for this, by the way.
Uh, yo, where's my money? Can't you just put it on my tab? Well, your tab's over a grand.
That makes it $1,500.
I know, but I don't have it right now.
Then we got a problem.
Come on, Dylan.
You can trust me.
I love chicks, man.
Always acting like we're friends so you can pull shit like this.
Aren't you even gonna ask to take my beats to your party? Oh, it's not that kinda party.
Right.
So, uh, check it.
I want my money.
Or you can suck my dick.
Wait.
Do you mean literally? - Yes.
- Wait.
You think I'm that kind of girl who gives blow jobs for drugs? Yeah.
Okay, well, you can keep this.
- I'm outta here, so - Uh-huh.
No, no.
You still owe me.
Okay, you know, Dylan, let me go, okay? - You can just let me - No, no.
You're not going anywhere until you either pay me or you blow me, bitch.
Oh, shit.
It's Nicky.
She's in trouble with some dealer.
She a junkie like your mom? No.
I gotta go get her.
Uh - Could you drive me? - Where? Off, like, Hacienda and Emerald.
That's over by In-N-Out, right? Yeah.
Sure.
Dude, just go.
She'll be here any minute.
Okay.
Do you have an insurance card? No.
Don't lose that.
This is still paid for, right? J hasn't dropped the ball? Better not have.
Hey.
What happened? Uh, just a collection.
Shit got a little bit, uh, messy.
Doctor hasn't seen him yet.
Apparently, a dislocated shoulder isn't high on the priority list.
They gave him a Perc for the pain.
Which still hasn't kicked in yet.
Speaking of, you got anything stronger, babe? Uh, maybe in the car.
Here's our insurance card.
I'm gonna need that back.
- Yeah.
- I gotta go.
You good? - Of course, no worries.
- Okay, thanks.
Oh, shit.
Jesus.
It's It's nothing.
So, this is 240 bucks.
Now, I know it's not enough, but I'm good for the rest.
What's it for? The rent.
Haven't you signed the lease yet? Oh.
Babe, I'm getting the new place with Jennifer.
Oh.
Yeah, Jennifer.
Come on, Craig.
Neither of us is exactly the living-together type.
You know? Yeah.
I guess.
Hey, uh, you're still welcome to come over whenever you want, but No.
I get it.
The doctor's ready for you.
Great.
Want me to come with you? Nah.
Nah, just chill.
Up against the wall.
Follow the line.
Trujillo know about this? Any reason why she should? Not from me.
This asshole, he wouldn't let me leave, and I Shut up.
Yo, you got my money? No, but I'm good for it.
Come on.
Let's go.
She said you had my money.
So either pay me right now or have a seat and watch your girl suck my dick.
I'll get you your money.
You have my word.
I don't know you.
Yes, you do.
- What's your name? - J.
Cody.
You related to Pope? He's my uncle.
Let's go, Nicky.
I can't believe that guy.
You should have given me some real money so I could have gone to those guys in La Jolla.
You know, the non-psycho guys that don't Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
She took my coke.
She took She took my coke, okay? Jesus Christ.
Okay, okay.
Hey, I'm Nicky.
I know.
Did you get your homework done? - Mm-hmm.
- Really? There he is.
Sit right there.
Hey.
- Hey, Lena.
- Lena, you want a soda? We gotta talk.
What's up? You and Craig aren't answering your phones.
We were at the ER.
He blew his shoulder out again.
Is he okay? Yeah, he'll be fine.
J's got a job.
I checked it out.
It's solid.
No, thanks.
I'm good.
Oh, right.
That's right.
I forgot.
You're good.
You're great.
You're great, man, with your new haircut and your bar and your jobs and your crew.
What is that about, anyways? Didn't you buy this place so you could go legit? Yeah, I bought this place because I have my own life.
- Okay.
- I had to make my own decisions.
Okay! What about the rest of us? We need money, or we could lose everything we've built.
Okay.
I'll pay in 25K.
No.
We don't need your money.
We need a fourth man.
And why is that my problem? Because we're a family, remember? We're a family? Smurf is in jail.
Baz is dead.
You're taking care of Lena all the time.
We're not a family right now, Pope.
So So shit goes sideways, and instead of coming together, we fall apart.
Is that what you think? We are a family.
And you're in it.
So step the hell up.
Jesus, those things stink.
Yeah, that's the point.
Love the extra "E.
" Classy.
Yeah.
Hey, you still up for this? You know I could still kick your ass with one arm, right? Whoo! Whoo! Useful piece of artwork.
Whoo! Can't see anyone buying these condos now.
Wait a minute.
This isn't where the tamale place used to be.
The tamale place used to be on Nautilus.
What is this? That little house with the hot sisters.
Remember? Baz had 'em both in high school.
Oh, yeah.
You think we'll ever find out who shot him? I don't know, man.
Hey, you and Renn find a place yet? Nah, man.
Read that one wrong.
She doesn't want to shack up with me.
I feel like a dildo.
Aw, come on.
You're more than that.
You're a giant dildo.
You should just stay at Smurf's, man.
It's not like she's using it.
She may never get out.
Man, that would be wild.
Shall we finish this shit? Hell, yeah.
Ahh.
That's a fine job.
Mm-hmm.
J, come out.
Everybody wants to say hi to you.
I was telling them how you saved me earlier.
You shouldn't be talking about that.
Okay, fine.
Well, I always knew that you would come and take care of me.
My hero.
Saving me from a $1,000 blow job.
Please stop.
Nicky, stop.
What the hell is wrong with you? I got shit to do.
Wait, w-what's going on? I'm I'm really sorry about earlier, okay? I'm really sorry.
You should probably get out there.
Oh, come on.
How come we never hung out in high school? 'Cause you were popular, and I was a loser.
That is so not true, Nicky.
Everyone thought you were cool.
Yo, your front door's unlocked.
Not smart.
Cool party.
They're Nicky's friends.
It's a pretty nice setup you got here.
It's not mine.
It's Smurf's.
I need a place to crash.
Seems like there's plenty of beds here.
Is this about what we owe you? No.
I just need a place to chill.
I'll have to ask Smurf.
Smurf's in jail.
I'll take the couch.
Yo, this is bullshit! That stuff ain't mine! I don't mess with that shit! I'll tellin' you.
Somebody put that there.
You dried-up bitch! I'm gonna kill you! I'm gonna kill you for this! You okay, Janine? I guess.
What happened? Contraband in her cell.
Heroin.
- In that balloon? - Sure is.
What are they gonna do to her now? She's moving to D-block.
Isolation, no visits, and she'll get another drug charge.
Hmm.

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