Parish (2024) s01e01 Episode Script
Pilot
1
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
GRACIÁN: Over
- [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
- and over
people keep backing
me into a corner.
And it's got to stop.
[UP-TEMPO JAZZ PLAYING]
I'm tired
♪♪
of being the passenger
♪♪
in my own life.
[ENGINE REVVING]
WOMAN ON RADIO: All units assigned,
robbery on 600 block of Poydras.
Suspect driving a red Porsche Macan.
Please be armed.
- [SIREN CHIRPS, WAILS]
- Oh, shit.
- God damn it.
- [SIREN CHIRPS]
MAN ON P.A.: Driver in
the red Porsche, pull over.
- [SIREN CHIRPS]
- Pull over now.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[INDISTINCT TALKING ON RADIO]
MAN: Do not attempt to
get out of the vehicle.
♪♪
♪♪
Put your hands up.
Get your hands on the wheel now!
Right where I can see 'em!
Now!
[MUSIC BUILDS, CONTINUES]
Get out of the car!
♪♪
[MUSIC STOPS, DRUMS BEATING]
[ENGINE REVS, TIRES SCREECHING]
- [UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
- Get out of the way! Get out of the way!
- Aah!
- [HORNS BLARING]
♪♪
Make it! Make it! Make it!
[TIRES SCREECHING, ENGINE DECELERATING]
♪♪
[ENGINE REVVING, TIRES SCREECHING]
Go!
[GRUNTS, BREATHING HEAVILY]
Shit.
[ENGINE REVS, TIRES SCREECHING]
[SIREN WAILING]
[UP-TEMPO JAZZ PLAYING]
♪♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
[ENGINE REVS, TIRES SCREECHING]
Hold it right there.
[UP-TEMPO JAZZ PLAYING,
TIRES SCREECHING]
WOMAN: He went that way!
[ENGINE REVVING]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
♪♪
- [HORN HONKING]
- GRACIÁN: Get out the way!
[SIREN WAILING, TIRES SCREECHING]
MAN ON P.A.: Crowd, please
disperse. Get out of the way.
- Clear the street!
- [SIREN CHIRPING]
Get out of the way!
[ENGINE REVVING]
♪♪
[VEHICLES PASSING IN
DISTANCE, IGNITION CLICKS]
- [HATCH BEEPING]
- [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
[MUSIC BUILDS, CONTINUES]
♪♪
[DRUMS BEATING, UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
♪♪
[MUSIC SLOWS, ENDS]
[BIRDS CHIRPING, VEHICLES
PASSING IN DISTANCE]
- [HEAVY BAG THUDDING]
- [GRUNTS]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[INDISTINCT TALKING ON TELEVISION]
[HEAVY BAG THUDDING, CHAIN RATTLING]
[GRUNTING]
[HORN HONKS, FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Good morning to you, too.
My ride's here. I got to go.
You know, I'm not 12 anymore, right?
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
Hey, babe.
Can you pick up Maktoday?
Gracián?
You know, I've been
thinking about moving to Utah
to form a sex cult.
Can I join?
Look. I don't know what
time I'll be through.
Aren't you the boss?
Yeah. Sure, but
you know how busy we've been lately.
I'm gonna send for you
when I set up the compound.
Okay?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
I'll see you there.
["WORKING MAN" PLAYS]
♪♪
[SIGHS]
BO DIDDLEY: Well, I work ♪
♪♪
With a sledge in one hand ♪
♪♪
And a pick in the other ♪
♪♪
Well, I can do ♪
More work than my brother ♪
[DOG BARKING]
♪♪
Work don't hurt me ♪
♪♪
Well, I look over yonder ♪
- And what I see? ♪
- MAN: Uh, I'm gonna cut right to the chase.
Unfortunately, it's bad news.
Uh, the bank has officially decided
to decline your request for the loan
This is due mainly to a
below-average prediction for
[MUSIC CONTINUES, VOICE FADING]
Sometimes he be runnin' ♪
And then again he be jumpin' ♪
Oh ♪
You ought to hear my
sledgehammer pumpin' ♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
♪♪
Hey, Parish. I got your message.
Uh, I don't think I can swing Wednesday.
When I asked you weeks ago, you
said it wasn't gonna be a problem.
That was before I landed a
rez at Commander's Palace.
You know how hard it
is to get a table there?
What I got to do?
Spell it out for you?
Mark my son's birthday on the calendar?
That's my bad, P. Uh,
yeah. We can switch.
Appreciate it.
- We didn't get the loan, did we?
- Oh, not now, Amjad.
- I called you.
- More paperwork.
- Why didn't you call me back?
- Because I was at the bank.
I had a meeting. I told you that.
And you're blowing up my phone
while I'm trying to get money to keep
- this place going, you know what I'm saying?
- Come on, habibi.
We are partners here.
You can't shut me out.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
[LIGHT BULBS BUZZING]
♪♪
[BELL TOLLING, BIRDS CHIRPING]
- [BABY CRYING]
- GRACIÁN: Hey. Hey, little man.
Hey, little man.
Here you go.
Here you go. Here you go.
- [CRYING STOPS]
- Shh.
- [EXHALES DEEPLY]
- Yeah.
♪♪
So, you haven't been here in a while.
You got something on your mind?
[CHUCKLES]
Between my business, my mortgage
kid's tuition, I'm drowning.
So you think you can control everything
when the Lord has other
plans for us, Gray.
That's all you got?
What?
What you want? You want a hug?
No.
But I'll take some money.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
I can say a prayer for
you. That would help you.
[SOFTLY] Yeah. You know, I need it.
You ever think about the old days?
No.
I don't go backwards, Gray.
I changed my life so I wouldn't have
to look over my shoulder anymore.
I have you to thank for that.
Oh. You don't owe me nothing, Sister.
I didn't do nothing, Anne.
- You know, it's just I'm up against it.
- I know.
And you will always have a
safe space wherever I am, okay?
The fact that we are both
still alive is a miracle, Gray.
And you may not have
all you want, but
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
you got everything you need.
Not everything.
♪♪
It's time to let him go, Gray.
[INSECTS CHIRPING, DOG
BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[ENGINE IDLING]
ROSE: Why do you think I was
meeting the Realtor here today?
Well, we we talked
about it. Yeah, sure.
But we never said the words.
My salary's capped. Your
business has changed.
- Things aren't adding up anymore.
- My business is picking up.
And I'm I'm gonna
figure out the financing.
We can't afford to live here anymore.
We're gonna go into foreclosure.
[SIGHS]
- What is this?
- It's a beautiful two-bedroom
in Covington that Mak and I saw.
It's 2,000 square feet.
It's got a garage for you.
Look. She's gonna be
gone in a couple years,
and it's just gonna be us.
Babe, it could be a chance
for us to hit restart.
Rose, we're not moving.
Yeah.
You're right.
We're not moving.
This is where we raised our family.
This. Look at it.
Look at it. This is our home.
- Okay?
- I know.
Okay?
But we're gonna lose it.
We don't have to lose
each other over it.
Rose.
[TRAIN HORN BLOWING IN DISTANCE]
[ENGINE RUMBLING IN DISTANCE]
[INSECTS CHIRPING, DOG
BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Sloppy job on that window.
Thought I taught you better.
Unh-unh.
I knew you'd smell me.
You ever hear of a phone?
Oh. Well, breaking
into your car is funner.
Hm. Funner, huh?
Yeah.
God damn, Colin.
Well, you should see the other guy.
No, no, no. Seriously.
Oh, I've had worse. You know that.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Nothing a few of these
won't help, anyway, huh?
[CAN OPENS]
- ["I'VE GOT DREAMS TO REMEMBER" PLAYS]
- Let's go.
OTIS REDDING: I've got dreams ♪
Dreams to remember ♪
- [LAUGHING]
- Whoo!
- I've got dreams ♪
- Yeah! Remember this? Remember this?
- Yeah! How long's it been, anyway?
- Oh, man. What, 18 months, give or take?
Eighteen Wow. You have
been counting the days!
- No. No, no.
- You have been counting the days.
Oh, man. Come on, man.
- I am flattered, man.
- Yeah, right.
- Honey, I saw you there last night ♪
- Yeah. You little rascal. Here we go!
- Aah! Get some! Get it, baby!
- With another man's arms holding you tight ♪
Whoo! Get up there!
Nobody knows what I feel inside ♪
- All I know I walked away and cried ♪
- GRACIÁN: Remember that water.
- Yeah.
- [AIR HORN BLOWING]
- Mm-hmm.
- [CAN OPENS]
Dreams to remember ♪
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Where are you staying now?
You ever get back with Sarah?
Ah. Don't get me started on that bitch.
She shacked up with Craig.
- What, your brother?
- Yeah.
Started with them
carpooling up to Angola
to visit me out of convenience.
Then one day they show
up engaged to each other.
Man. I'm sorry, man.
- Yeah.
- That sucks.
Seventeen years.
Long time to wait for someone.
She'll come around soon
as I sort out my situation.
Huh.
How's that working out for you?
I'm a dead man walking.
Aren't we all?
Not like this.
Supposed to pick up a
package from my boss.
My intel was shit. Got
one of his guys popped.
What do you want from me, Colin?
I swore that I could make it right.
- With your help
- I'm retired from the life, Col.
You know that.
And even if I wasn't, I
don't shit in my own backyard.
It's a simple lift, Gray.
It's quiet. In and out.
Man at the wheel.
One at my six in case
shit goes sideways.
- Real easy.
- Yeah. Like it was for the last guy?
Look. I'm a family man.
I got my own problems. I
don't need none of yours.
You said I was family.
Didn't I put money in your commissary
every month like clockwork,
hold on to your piece like I promised?
Gave it to you with
interest when you got out.
I mean, we're more than square.
I could have got years trimmed
off my bid if I had talked.
Oh, you a snitch now?
Hell no.
All I'm saying is I stood tall for you.
Now I'm asking you
to do the same for me.
Besides there's a payday, Gray.
What we did was a long time ago.
Okay? It was a longtime ago.
[AIR HORN BLOWING IN DISTANCE]
What's his name?
Your boss.
Shepherd.
Shepherd Tongai.
But everyone calls him The Horse.
- The Horse?
- Yeah. I'm not sure why.
He's South African, though.
Originally, he's from Zimbabwe,
so I guess that makes
him what, Zim babwin?
Is that how you say it?
Anyway, he's a businessman.
Real estate, labor contracts.
Something important.
You're in debt to a gangster
an international one, at that.
He prefers, uh, "capitalist."
Oh. Well, that's comforting.
[BELL CLANGING IN DISTANCE]
Colin I love you like a brother.
But this? This I can't do.
Man, I'll give you a lift home.
- You'll figure something out.
- Yeah. Right.
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[BELL TOLLING, BIRDS CHIRPING]
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
♪♪
- GRACIÁN: That's better.
- [HEAVY BAG THUDDING]
Get your hands up. Turn the foot!
What you doing?!
♪♪
♪♪
[HEAVY BAG THUDDING, CHAIN RATTLING]
Turn it!
[GRUNTS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪♪
[HORN PLAYING IN DISTANCE]
♪♪
♪♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
- But he knew.
- Are you serious?
Yeah. Of course! He knew.
- Hey.
- [LAUGHING]
I'm I'm sorry. I'm
home from work so late.
We ordered Maddy's
favorite pineapple slices,
which I think are totally
gross, but whatever.
Yeah. That's nice.
[LIQUID POURING]
Geez, Dad. It's one glass.
And you're 16, so y-you
You're drinking now?
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
- Come on, babe. It's a
- Yeah.
Supposed to be a celebration.
Yeah. All right.
[SNIFFS]
Are you kidding me with this?
What's wrong?
- I mean, he hated this photo.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
He had an acne breakout the day before,
a-and he thought his smile was corny.
Well, I kind of like it.
Yeah. Me too.
I remember I had to go
up to school that day
and bring him a change of clothes
'cause he was wearing that
gross Mardi Gras T-shirt.
- ROSE: Oh, my God.
- [LAUGHING] Right?
- "Peaks and Valleys." Jesus.
- "Peaks and Valleys."
[LAUGHING] It was pretty sexist.
[CHUCKLES, SIGHS]
GRACIÁN: Yeah.
So, are we supposed
to pretend he's here?
Well, we j
We can just say a few
words in his honor and
I'm just gonna take a moment.
Miss you, son, and we love you and
All right. Please, Dad. No more of this.
Just Just Just stop.
It Look. It is
It's his first birthday
- since he was
- Yeah. Exactly.
- And you don't get to make this about you.
- GRACIÁN: It's not about me.
Well, then why can't we
just be together and chill?
'Cause I don't know how to be chill
after what happened!
I'm done.
GRACIÁN: Makayla. Makayla!
No. Just let her go.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Makayla?
It still feels like it just happened.
We were having a nice time
celebrating him like
he would have wanted.
And I was late.
Well, at least you showed up this time.
I mean, it makes sense,
'cause it was for Maddy, so
Mak, that's just not fair.
Come on.
I used to watch you two
in the garage all the time.
You rebuilt a whole car for him.
All I asked for were
some driving lessons.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
Good night, Dad.
♪♪
♪♪
[BIRDS, INSECTS CHIRPING]
♪♪
Who'd you throw overboard to get this?
- [LAUGHS]
- Aah!
I know you stole this shit. [LAUGHS]
[LAUGHS]
Some things don't change.
[SIGHS]
Same could be said of me, I suppose.
Really?
Tell me about this driver job.
Mm!
Mm!
- Oh, God.
- Missed you.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
["HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN" PLAYS]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
MIRIAM MAKEBA: There is a house ♪
In New Orleans ♪
They call the Rising Sun ♪
It's been the ruin
Of many a poor girl ♪
And me, oh, Lord, is one ♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
♪♪
[LAUGHTER]
Uh, Gray, this is Zenzo.
He's The Horse's brother,
the head of operations.
Nice to see you.
Sit.
I'll just, uh, leave
you to it, all right?
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING]
♪♪
Sorry if we're early. I
didn't mean to interrupt your meal.
♪♪
I hear you run a car service.
Yeah. A black-car limousine
service for upscale clientele.
I built the business with the idea
I wanted people to enjoy
this city as much as I do.
Mm.
You brought on a new
partner in recent years.
Well, it's no secret that
the ride-share business
has taken a big bite out of our sector.
[CHUCKLES] A big bite
Meaning you're in deep debt.
Judging from the number
that you and your guys did
on Col's face,
I imagine that your need
for a driver is urgent.
We have no tolerance for incompetence.
In a way, he did that to himself.
So then maybe I should
speak to the man in charge.
Oh, you are.
With all due respect, uh,
anybody who's wearing designer jackets
and what, $5,000 shoes?
They aren't in charge of anything.
I believe it was The Horse
that wanted me to
retrieve something for him.
[LAUGHING]
Mm.
[LAUGHS]
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
♪♪
Come with me, driver.
♪♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
♪♪
♪♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING, CAWING]
♪♪
You must be Gracián.
"Gray" is fine.
I'm in need of a driver with
a particular set of skills.
I'm not sure I know what you mean.
Actually, I was assured you do.
Discretion.
Someone who can think on their feet
blend in, not ask too many questions.
But I'll ask one.
Can you afford to, uh, bring
a stranger into the fold?
[FOLIAGE RUSTLING]
If there's no enemy within,
then the enemy outside
can do us no harm.
An African proverb?
What do you know about Africa, huh?
Well [CHUCKLES] we
both share the same roots.
Ah, ah, ah. Four hundred
years removed, no?
Crowbar.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
The last time I checked,
both our families were disrupted
by Western colonization,
British subjugation.
What's your story, Gray?
You native?
New Orleans-born and -bred.
Raised up by Hollygrove, lived all over.
Family? Children?
You know that already.
My condolences for your loss.
What would I do if someone
took my son away from me?
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[FIRE CRACKLING]
♪♪
Colin also says you're a
badass behind the wheel.
Yeah. I can drive.
Yes, you can. Started your own company.
I respect an entrepreneur, man.
But tell me, Gray.
Are you a man of your word?
♪♪
On average, we are lied to
between 10 and 200 times a day
and tell a lie to ourselves
twice in that same period.
Only time will tell the truth.
Speaking of time.
Mine is precious, and
I don't ever waste it.
Do me this favor and you'll
have a friend for life.
[BIRD CAWING]
[MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
This is how we communicate.
♪♪
And also I call, and you pick up.
I don't care if you're taking a dump.
- GRACIÁN: I understand.
- You b
Driver!
Here.
♪
Zenzo.
♪
Did anyone ever tell
you it's rude to stare?
Oh. I-I'm sorry.
[ENGINE STARTS]
♪♪
[BELL CLANGS]
What floor is the firm on?
COLIN: Uh, 45th.
- And you have access at night?
- Yeah.
Should have about three
hours to crack the safe
before security does
another set of rounds.
The safe. Are you sure you can crack it?
It's me, man. That's what I do.
Colin, hear me when I say this.
After this job, I am out.
You understand?
I need to focus on my family.
What about the drop car?
Oh, it's in tip-top.
I did the work myself.
Clean plates. The whole deal.
Like I said, it was a cakewalk.
I'm concerned about our exposure.
Lack of exit routes, mostly security.
Going cold at night, it's too risky.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
VEHICLES PASSING]
Better to go in in the light of day.
Over the weekend. Not a lot of people.
Less security.
And have someone open the safe for you.
I'll bet Horse has a guy.
And you have not missed a beat, my man.
Not a beat. I'll tell you.
[BIRDS CHIRPING, THUNDER RUMBLING]
- [HORN HONKS]
- [LAUGHS]
Dad, you scared the crap out of me!
You know, that's what you get
for wearing them big
buckets on your head.
Look. I told you. You always
need to be aware of your s
- Be aware of your surroundings.
- That's right.
Especially with creeps like
you rolling up on teen girls.
What kind of creeps you talking about?
Creep don't know nothing about this.
- Check this out.
- [BASS THUDDING]
Boom! Ba-bum, ba-bum, ba-bum.
- Get ready, get ready, get ready ♪
- Okay.
Yeah. You clearly don't
know what you're doing.
- So I'm good, thanks.
- Are you sure, Mak?
'Cause I was hoping that
maybe you could drive.
Drive the
I'm just saying.
Are you serious?
Maybe. Yeah.
For real, for real, for real.
[DOOR OPENS]
Oh. Like, get
- Okay. Oh.
- I got your umbrella.
- I got your backpack.
- Thanks. Okay.
Take those buckets off your ears, now.
♪♪
All right. Here we go. Seat belt.
- Seat belt. So I'm gonna get mine on.
- Okay.
Put your hands on the wheel.
Check your mirror to your left.
- Check your mirror to your right.
- Uh-huh.
Check your mirror in
the middle. Okay. Good.
Now put the car, with your
right hand, into drive.
- Okay.
- Red light Red light on?
- Light. Red's on.
- Let it go.
- Foot's covering the brake?
- Yeah.
- Now look straight ahead.
- Mm-hmm.
Turn the wheel to the
right a little bit.
Let your foot off the brake
easy, easy, easy, easy.
[MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
Dad, this is so cool!
[LAUGHS]
Now, keep your eyes
on the road, all right?
Okay. Oh, it's an empty parking lot.
Mak, I know you can manage it.
- I can take this on the road now
- Oh.
if you think I'm ready. I mean
- It's good.
- [LAUGHS]
You're doing great. Keep
your hands on the wheel.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[SOBS]
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
Good, good. Just turn.
Keep your eye on the road.
Yeah.
ZENZO: Three rings, Gray. Three.
You're going to have
to do better than that.
Horse would like to speak to you now.
♪♪
You're going to an address in Metairie
to pick up the key you requested.
Check your phone.
Pick it up and retrieve the package.
Gray, make sure the key
never leaves your custody.
[CELLPHONE BEEPS]
This This was, um
fun.
ZENZO: I wouldn't celebrate too soon.
Your driver still needs to come through.
What are we celebrating?
Goho.
It means "the harvest."
You see, we spread
seeds all over the city.
Now it's time for us
to gather the crops.
[CELLPHONE BUZZING]
Mm.
[CELLPHONE BEEPS]
[UP-TEMPO BLUES PLAYS]
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
MAN: Well, I'm a hummingbird ♪
Hummin' around your door ♪
♪♪
Well, I'm a hummingbird ♪
Hummin' around your door ♪
♪♪
Well, I ain't gonna harm you ♪
Just want to be your friend ♪
[ENGINE STARTS]
♪♪
If you don't want me around ♪
Guess I'll be on my way ♪
[HORN HONKS]
♪♪
If you don't want me around ♪
Guess I'll be on my way ♪
♪♪
Everything all right back there?
I don't know what you know,
but I still think this
is a bad idea, man.
I don't know nothing.
My job is to get you
from point A to point B.
I'm just the drop.
[ENGINE REVS, TIRES SQUEAL]
♪♪
[BRAKES SQUEAK, GEARSHIFT CLICKS]
GRACIÁN: Let's go.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
♪♪
♪♪
- [BELL CHIMES]
- AUTOMATED VOICE: Floor 45.
♪♪
[SNIFFS]
[CLEARS THROAT]
♪♪
[BEEP, DOOR OPENS]
♪♪
[EXHALES SHARPLY] Hmm.
[KEYPAD BEEPING]
[LATCH CLICKS]
♪♪
[KEYPAD BEEPING]
My code isn't working.
In your office?
On the case you're working? Right.
I told you people I
might not have access.
[BELL CLANGING]
♪♪
[KEYPAD BEEPING, BELL CLANGING]
Look. I can keep trying Hey!
Come on, brother. Hey.
What you want, man?
- Help me get something to eat.
- I ain't got nothing for you, brother.
No, no. Don't Don't
be like that, man.
Don't be I ain't had
nothing to eat all day. Come on.
- I sure thank you, sir.
- Here.
- Go.
- Thank you. God bless you, brother.
- Yeah, yeah. Just go. Just go.
- God bless you.
- Just go.
- Appreciate you. Have a blessed day, now.
Everybody's homeless. Everybody's
homeless in this damn city.
You got two choices I
put a bullet in your head
- or you open the safe.
- No. No.
I-I can call one of the
partners and get the new code.
You try something slick. I dare you.
Not trying anything. I'm
just gonna call Marsha.
Come on, Colin. Come on. Come on, Colin.
It's Peter. Yeah. U-Uh,
I need the new safe code.
Yeah. I just came in.
- Uh-huh. Okay.
- [KEYPAD BEEPING]
[CLEARS THROAT]
Uh-huh.
No. Can you just give
it to me, uh, just one
- just one more time?
- [KEYPAD BEEPING]
Yep. Ah.
[KEYPAD BEEPS, LATCH WHIRS]
That worked. Great. Thank you.
- [GRUNTS]
- Come on. Let's go.
Get your ass up.
- [SIREN WAILING]
- [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
[SIREN STOPS, TIRES SCREECHING]
♪♪
[LINE RINGING]
- Colin.
- Hey. We're headed down now.
Exit on Gravier. Take the stairs.
We got red-and-blues down here.
They're all over the place.
I'll meet you at Barone and Common.
This is why I can't stand lawyers.
- Can't trust a one of them.
- [GRUNTS]
[HORN HONKS]
♪♪
♪♪
[MUSIC SLOWS, CONTINUES]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
♪♪
[EXPLOSION, GLASS BREAKING]
♪♪
- MAN: Hey!
- MAN: Did you see that?
MAN: Whoa!
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
SIREN WAILING]
[ENGINE REVS]
Let's go. Let's go.
Colin! Get in the trunk!
Hey! Hey! All right. Let's go.
[HATCH BEEPING]
You're good. You're good.
[ENGINE REVS]
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[TIRES SCREECHING, ENGINE REVVING]
[HATCH BEEPING]
♪♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
UP-TEMPO JAZZ PLAYING]
♪♪
- [GRUNTS]
- COLIN: [LAUGHS]
- Come on. Come on. Come on.
- [GROANS]
Hey.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
♪♪
Go! Go! Go!
♪♪
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING, MUSIC FADES]
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[SIGHS]
I bet it's cash.
I don't need to know.
And I don't need to be here, right?
Hey! Hey, hey! You sit your ass down.
We're done when Horse says we're done.
You got that?
♪♪
You know what? Screw it, man.
After everything we've been
through today, it's only fair.
Col. Just wait. All right?
Yeah. All right.
♪♪
[VEHICLE APPROACHING]
[BRAKES SQUEAK]
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
♪♪
[BUZZER SOUNDS, LATCH CLICKS]
[HINGES SQUEAKING]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
♪♪
There it is.
♪♪
HORSE: See, brother?
A man of integrity.
It's a rare quality.
What happened out there, driver?
This was supposed to be quiet.
Instead, it was loud and
now requires a response.
The situation on the ground changed.
We had to adjust.
I dumped the burner. Camry's clean.
Won't trace back to anyone.
Nobody saw me.
This won't be a problem for you.
And how can you be so certain
when you don't know what's in the bag?
You asked me to deliver
something special to you.
I held up my end.
What's in the bag? None of my concern.
♪♪
♪♪
ZENZO: After all of this.
HORSE: Gray, there is a
Shona word ramangwana.
It means "destiny."
This is destiny.
So why did the police show?
I did exactly what you
guys asked me to do.
Ah.
You called your associates
and you summoned the police.
Perhaps they're all to blame.
PETER: Look. Look.
You guys know about my
gambling and the hookers.
Sorry. Escorts.
I could be disbarred.
That's why you can trust me.
I swear to you, I'm not lying.
[SOFTLY] I'm not lying.
Do you know on average we're lied to
somewhere between 10
and 200 times a day?
That's why I'm not lying to you.
[VOICE BREAKING] I'm not lying.
- [MUSIC BUILDS, CONTINUES]
- I swear to you I am not lying.
Sss, sss, sss, sss, sss,
sss, sss, sss, sss, sss.
- Peter.
- I'm telling you the truth.
[GASPS, VOICE ECHOING]
[MUSIC SLOWS, CONTINUES]
♪♪
♪♪
[CROWBAR THUDDING, ZENZO GRUNTING]
[MUSIC BUILDS, CONTINUES]
♪♪
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪♪
[MUSIC SLOWS, CONTINUES]
♪♪
♪♪
I'm good.
Nobody works for free.
♪♪
♪♪
And what exactly am I
paying you for, Colin?
This is your mess.
No.
♪♪
I'll take care of it.
♪♪
And fine now?
♪
We're no longer strangers, Gray.
Are we?
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [EXHALES DEEPLY]
♪♪
[MUSIC BUILDS, CONTINUES]
♪♪
THE HORSE: What happened in
your garage the other night
is in no way reflective
of who we are as a family.
We are loving
Aah!
compassionate, forgiving.
Wade in the water ♪
Who are these people?
They human traffickers, man.
What'd you just get me into, Colin?
THE HORSE: I'm in need of
someone behind the wheel
and by my side.
Wade in the water ♪
My wheel man days are in the past.
I would like to return to my family.
- [GUNSHOT]
- Let's go!
[ENGINE REVVING]
WOMAN: I thought you weren't
about that life anymore.
- It was a big mistake.
- [SCREAMING]
GRACIÁN: Everything I put them through.
It's gonna be for nothing, you do this.
- We need to talk about this.
- GRACIÁN: It's my fault!
America has made you all soft.
He tried to kill my son!
I got the whole crew lined
up. The one thing missing is
♪
you.
♪
♪
♪
♪♪
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
GRACIÁN: Over
- [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
- and over
people keep backing
me into a corner.
And it's got to stop.
[UP-TEMPO JAZZ PLAYING]
I'm tired
♪♪
of being the passenger
♪♪
in my own life.
[ENGINE REVVING]
WOMAN ON RADIO: All units assigned,
robbery on 600 block of Poydras.
Suspect driving a red Porsche Macan.
Please be armed.
- [SIREN CHIRPS, WAILS]
- Oh, shit.
- God damn it.
- [SIREN CHIRPS]
MAN ON P.A.: Driver in
the red Porsche, pull over.
- [SIREN CHIRPS]
- Pull over now.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[INDISTINCT TALKING ON RADIO]
MAN: Do not attempt to
get out of the vehicle.
♪♪
♪♪
Put your hands up.
Get your hands on the wheel now!
Right where I can see 'em!
Now!
[MUSIC BUILDS, CONTINUES]
Get out of the car!
♪♪
[MUSIC STOPS, DRUMS BEATING]
[ENGINE REVS, TIRES SCREECHING]
- [UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
- Get out of the way! Get out of the way!
- Aah!
- [HORNS BLARING]
♪♪
Make it! Make it! Make it!
[TIRES SCREECHING, ENGINE DECELERATING]
♪♪
[ENGINE REVVING, TIRES SCREECHING]
Go!
[GRUNTS, BREATHING HEAVILY]
Shit.
[ENGINE REVS, TIRES SCREECHING]
[SIREN WAILING]
[UP-TEMPO JAZZ PLAYING]
♪♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
[ENGINE REVS, TIRES SCREECHING]
Hold it right there.
[UP-TEMPO JAZZ PLAYING,
TIRES SCREECHING]
WOMAN: He went that way!
[ENGINE REVVING]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
♪♪
- [HORN HONKING]
- GRACIÁN: Get out the way!
[SIREN WAILING, TIRES SCREECHING]
MAN ON P.A.: Crowd, please
disperse. Get out of the way.
- Clear the street!
- [SIREN CHIRPING]
Get out of the way!
[ENGINE REVVING]
♪♪
[VEHICLES PASSING IN
DISTANCE, IGNITION CLICKS]
- [HATCH BEEPING]
- [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
[MUSIC BUILDS, CONTINUES]
♪♪
[DRUMS BEATING, UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
♪♪
[MUSIC SLOWS, ENDS]
[BIRDS CHIRPING, VEHICLES
PASSING IN DISTANCE]
- [HEAVY BAG THUDDING]
- [GRUNTS]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[INDISTINCT TALKING ON TELEVISION]
[HEAVY BAG THUDDING, CHAIN RATTLING]
[GRUNTING]
[HORN HONKS, FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Good morning to you, too.
My ride's here. I got to go.
You know, I'm not 12 anymore, right?
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
Hey, babe.
Can you pick up Maktoday?
Gracián?
You know, I've been
thinking about moving to Utah
to form a sex cult.
Can I join?
Look. I don't know what
time I'll be through.
Aren't you the boss?
Yeah. Sure, but
you know how busy we've been lately.
I'm gonna send for you
when I set up the compound.
Okay?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
I'll see you there.
["WORKING MAN" PLAYS]
♪♪
[SIGHS]
BO DIDDLEY: Well, I work ♪
♪♪
With a sledge in one hand ♪
♪♪
And a pick in the other ♪
♪♪
Well, I can do ♪
More work than my brother ♪
[DOG BARKING]
♪♪
Work don't hurt me ♪
♪♪
Well, I look over yonder ♪
- And what I see? ♪
- MAN: Uh, I'm gonna cut right to the chase.
Unfortunately, it's bad news.
Uh, the bank has officially decided
to decline your request for the loan
This is due mainly to a
below-average prediction for
[MUSIC CONTINUES, VOICE FADING]
Sometimes he be runnin' ♪
And then again he be jumpin' ♪
Oh ♪
You ought to hear my
sledgehammer pumpin' ♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
♪♪
Hey, Parish. I got your message.
Uh, I don't think I can swing Wednesday.
When I asked you weeks ago, you
said it wasn't gonna be a problem.
That was before I landed a
rez at Commander's Palace.
You know how hard it
is to get a table there?
What I got to do?
Spell it out for you?
Mark my son's birthday on the calendar?
That's my bad, P. Uh,
yeah. We can switch.
Appreciate it.
- We didn't get the loan, did we?
- Oh, not now, Amjad.
- I called you.
- More paperwork.
- Why didn't you call me back?
- Because I was at the bank.
I had a meeting. I told you that.
And you're blowing up my phone
while I'm trying to get money to keep
- this place going, you know what I'm saying?
- Come on, habibi.
We are partners here.
You can't shut me out.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
[LIGHT BULBS BUZZING]
♪♪
[BELL TOLLING, BIRDS CHIRPING]
- [BABY CRYING]
- GRACIÁN: Hey. Hey, little man.
Hey, little man.
Here you go.
Here you go. Here you go.
- [CRYING STOPS]
- Shh.
- [EXHALES DEEPLY]
- Yeah.
♪♪
So, you haven't been here in a while.
You got something on your mind?
[CHUCKLES]
Between my business, my mortgage
kid's tuition, I'm drowning.
So you think you can control everything
when the Lord has other
plans for us, Gray.
That's all you got?
What?
What you want? You want a hug?
No.
But I'll take some money.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
I can say a prayer for
you. That would help you.
[SOFTLY] Yeah. You know, I need it.
You ever think about the old days?
No.
I don't go backwards, Gray.
I changed my life so I wouldn't have
to look over my shoulder anymore.
I have you to thank for that.
Oh. You don't owe me nothing, Sister.
I didn't do nothing, Anne.
- You know, it's just I'm up against it.
- I know.
And you will always have a
safe space wherever I am, okay?
The fact that we are both
still alive is a miracle, Gray.
And you may not have
all you want, but
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
you got everything you need.
Not everything.
♪♪
It's time to let him go, Gray.
[INSECTS CHIRPING, DOG
BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[ENGINE IDLING]
ROSE: Why do you think I was
meeting the Realtor here today?
Well, we we talked
about it. Yeah, sure.
But we never said the words.
My salary's capped. Your
business has changed.
- Things aren't adding up anymore.
- My business is picking up.
And I'm I'm gonna
figure out the financing.
We can't afford to live here anymore.
We're gonna go into foreclosure.
[SIGHS]
- What is this?
- It's a beautiful two-bedroom
in Covington that Mak and I saw.
It's 2,000 square feet.
It's got a garage for you.
Look. She's gonna be
gone in a couple years,
and it's just gonna be us.
Babe, it could be a chance
for us to hit restart.
Rose, we're not moving.
Yeah.
You're right.
We're not moving.
This is where we raised our family.
This. Look at it.
Look at it. This is our home.
- Okay?
- I know.
Okay?
But we're gonna lose it.
We don't have to lose
each other over it.
Rose.
[TRAIN HORN BLOWING IN DISTANCE]
[ENGINE RUMBLING IN DISTANCE]
[INSECTS CHIRPING, DOG
BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Sloppy job on that window.
Thought I taught you better.
Unh-unh.
I knew you'd smell me.
You ever hear of a phone?
Oh. Well, breaking
into your car is funner.
Hm. Funner, huh?
Yeah.
God damn, Colin.
Well, you should see the other guy.
No, no, no. Seriously.
Oh, I've had worse. You know that.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Nothing a few of these
won't help, anyway, huh?
[CAN OPENS]
- ["I'VE GOT DREAMS TO REMEMBER" PLAYS]
- Let's go.
OTIS REDDING: I've got dreams ♪
Dreams to remember ♪
- [LAUGHING]
- Whoo!
- I've got dreams ♪
- Yeah! Remember this? Remember this?
- Yeah! How long's it been, anyway?
- Oh, man. What, 18 months, give or take?
Eighteen Wow. You have
been counting the days!
- No. No, no.
- You have been counting the days.
Oh, man. Come on, man.
- I am flattered, man.
- Yeah, right.
- Honey, I saw you there last night ♪
- Yeah. You little rascal. Here we go!
- Aah! Get some! Get it, baby!
- With another man's arms holding you tight ♪
Whoo! Get up there!
Nobody knows what I feel inside ♪
- All I know I walked away and cried ♪
- GRACIÁN: Remember that water.
- Yeah.
- [AIR HORN BLOWING]
- Mm-hmm.
- [CAN OPENS]
Dreams to remember ♪
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Where are you staying now?
You ever get back with Sarah?
Ah. Don't get me started on that bitch.
She shacked up with Craig.
- What, your brother?
- Yeah.
Started with them
carpooling up to Angola
to visit me out of convenience.
Then one day they show
up engaged to each other.
Man. I'm sorry, man.
- Yeah.
- That sucks.
Seventeen years.
Long time to wait for someone.
She'll come around soon
as I sort out my situation.
Huh.
How's that working out for you?
I'm a dead man walking.
Aren't we all?
Not like this.
Supposed to pick up a
package from my boss.
My intel was shit. Got
one of his guys popped.
What do you want from me, Colin?
I swore that I could make it right.
- With your help
- I'm retired from the life, Col.
You know that.
And even if I wasn't, I
don't shit in my own backyard.
It's a simple lift, Gray.
It's quiet. In and out.
Man at the wheel.
One at my six in case
shit goes sideways.
- Real easy.
- Yeah. Like it was for the last guy?
Look. I'm a family man.
I got my own problems. I
don't need none of yours.
You said I was family.
Didn't I put money in your commissary
every month like clockwork,
hold on to your piece like I promised?
Gave it to you with
interest when you got out.
I mean, we're more than square.
I could have got years trimmed
off my bid if I had talked.
Oh, you a snitch now?
Hell no.
All I'm saying is I stood tall for you.
Now I'm asking you
to do the same for me.
Besides there's a payday, Gray.
What we did was a long time ago.
Okay? It was a longtime ago.
[AIR HORN BLOWING IN DISTANCE]
What's his name?
Your boss.
Shepherd.
Shepherd Tongai.
But everyone calls him The Horse.
- The Horse?
- Yeah. I'm not sure why.
He's South African, though.
Originally, he's from Zimbabwe,
so I guess that makes
him what, Zim babwin?
Is that how you say it?
Anyway, he's a businessman.
Real estate, labor contracts.
Something important.
You're in debt to a gangster
an international one, at that.
He prefers, uh, "capitalist."
Oh. Well, that's comforting.
[BELL CLANGING IN DISTANCE]
Colin I love you like a brother.
But this? This I can't do.
Man, I'll give you a lift home.
- You'll figure something out.
- Yeah. Right.
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[BELL TOLLING, BIRDS CHIRPING]
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
♪♪
- GRACIÁN: That's better.
- [HEAVY BAG THUDDING]
Get your hands up. Turn the foot!
What you doing?!
♪♪
♪♪
[HEAVY BAG THUDDING, CHAIN RATTLING]
Turn it!
[GRUNTS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪♪
[HORN PLAYING IN DISTANCE]
♪♪
♪♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
- But he knew.
- Are you serious?
Yeah. Of course! He knew.
- Hey.
- [LAUGHING]
I'm I'm sorry. I'm
home from work so late.
We ordered Maddy's
favorite pineapple slices,
which I think are totally
gross, but whatever.
Yeah. That's nice.
[LIQUID POURING]
Geez, Dad. It's one glass.
And you're 16, so y-you
You're drinking now?
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
- Come on, babe. It's a
- Yeah.
Supposed to be a celebration.
Yeah. All right.
[SNIFFS]
Are you kidding me with this?
What's wrong?
- I mean, he hated this photo.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
He had an acne breakout the day before,
a-and he thought his smile was corny.
Well, I kind of like it.
Yeah. Me too.
I remember I had to go
up to school that day
and bring him a change of clothes
'cause he was wearing that
gross Mardi Gras T-shirt.
- ROSE: Oh, my God.
- [LAUGHING] Right?
- "Peaks and Valleys." Jesus.
- "Peaks and Valleys."
[LAUGHING] It was pretty sexist.
[CHUCKLES, SIGHS]
GRACIÁN: Yeah.
So, are we supposed
to pretend he's here?
Well, we j
We can just say a few
words in his honor and
I'm just gonna take a moment.
Miss you, son, and we love you and
All right. Please, Dad. No more of this.
Just Just Just stop.
It Look. It is
It's his first birthday
- since he was
- Yeah. Exactly.
- And you don't get to make this about you.
- GRACIÁN: It's not about me.
Well, then why can't we
just be together and chill?
'Cause I don't know how to be chill
after what happened!
I'm done.
GRACIÁN: Makayla. Makayla!
No. Just let her go.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Makayla?
It still feels like it just happened.
We were having a nice time
celebrating him like
he would have wanted.
And I was late.
Well, at least you showed up this time.
I mean, it makes sense,
'cause it was for Maddy, so
Mak, that's just not fair.
Come on.
I used to watch you two
in the garage all the time.
You rebuilt a whole car for him.
All I asked for were
some driving lessons.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
Good night, Dad.
♪♪
♪♪
[BIRDS, INSECTS CHIRPING]
♪♪
Who'd you throw overboard to get this?
- [LAUGHS]
- Aah!
I know you stole this shit. [LAUGHS]
[LAUGHS]
Some things don't change.
[SIGHS]
Same could be said of me, I suppose.
Really?
Tell me about this driver job.
Mm!
Mm!
- Oh, God.
- Missed you.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
["HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN" PLAYS]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
MIRIAM MAKEBA: There is a house ♪
In New Orleans ♪
They call the Rising Sun ♪
It's been the ruin
Of many a poor girl ♪
And me, oh, Lord, is one ♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
♪♪
[LAUGHTER]
Uh, Gray, this is Zenzo.
He's The Horse's brother,
the head of operations.
Nice to see you.
Sit.
I'll just, uh, leave
you to it, all right?
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING]
♪♪
Sorry if we're early. I
didn't mean to interrupt your meal.
♪♪
I hear you run a car service.
Yeah. A black-car limousine
service for upscale clientele.
I built the business with the idea
I wanted people to enjoy
this city as much as I do.
Mm.
You brought on a new
partner in recent years.
Well, it's no secret that
the ride-share business
has taken a big bite out of our sector.
[CHUCKLES] A big bite
Meaning you're in deep debt.
Judging from the number
that you and your guys did
on Col's face,
I imagine that your need
for a driver is urgent.
We have no tolerance for incompetence.
In a way, he did that to himself.
So then maybe I should
speak to the man in charge.
Oh, you are.
With all due respect, uh,
anybody who's wearing designer jackets
and what, $5,000 shoes?
They aren't in charge of anything.
I believe it was The Horse
that wanted me to
retrieve something for him.
[LAUGHING]
Mm.
[LAUGHS]
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
♪♪
Come with me, driver.
♪♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
♪♪
♪♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING, CAWING]
♪♪
You must be Gracián.
"Gray" is fine.
I'm in need of a driver with
a particular set of skills.
I'm not sure I know what you mean.
Actually, I was assured you do.
Discretion.
Someone who can think on their feet
blend in, not ask too many questions.
But I'll ask one.
Can you afford to, uh, bring
a stranger into the fold?
[FOLIAGE RUSTLING]
If there's no enemy within,
then the enemy outside
can do us no harm.
An African proverb?
What do you know about Africa, huh?
Well [CHUCKLES] we
both share the same roots.
Ah, ah, ah. Four hundred
years removed, no?
Crowbar.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
The last time I checked,
both our families were disrupted
by Western colonization,
British subjugation.
What's your story, Gray?
You native?
New Orleans-born and -bred.
Raised up by Hollygrove, lived all over.
Family? Children?
You know that already.
My condolences for your loss.
What would I do if someone
took my son away from me?
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[FIRE CRACKLING]
♪♪
Colin also says you're a
badass behind the wheel.
Yeah. I can drive.
Yes, you can. Started your own company.
I respect an entrepreneur, man.
But tell me, Gray.
Are you a man of your word?
♪♪
On average, we are lied to
between 10 and 200 times a day
and tell a lie to ourselves
twice in that same period.
Only time will tell the truth.
Speaking of time.
Mine is precious, and
I don't ever waste it.
Do me this favor and you'll
have a friend for life.
[BIRD CAWING]
[MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
This is how we communicate.
♪♪
And also I call, and you pick up.
I don't care if you're taking a dump.
- GRACIÁN: I understand.
- You b
Driver!
Here.
♪
Zenzo.
♪
Did anyone ever tell
you it's rude to stare?
Oh. I-I'm sorry.
[ENGINE STARTS]
♪♪
[BELL CLANGS]
What floor is the firm on?
COLIN: Uh, 45th.
- And you have access at night?
- Yeah.
Should have about three
hours to crack the safe
before security does
another set of rounds.
The safe. Are you sure you can crack it?
It's me, man. That's what I do.
Colin, hear me when I say this.
After this job, I am out.
You understand?
I need to focus on my family.
What about the drop car?
Oh, it's in tip-top.
I did the work myself.
Clean plates. The whole deal.
Like I said, it was a cakewalk.
I'm concerned about our exposure.
Lack of exit routes, mostly security.
Going cold at night, it's too risky.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
VEHICLES PASSING]
Better to go in in the light of day.
Over the weekend. Not a lot of people.
Less security.
And have someone open the safe for you.
I'll bet Horse has a guy.
And you have not missed a beat, my man.
Not a beat. I'll tell you.
[BIRDS CHIRPING, THUNDER RUMBLING]
- [HORN HONKS]
- [LAUGHS]
Dad, you scared the crap out of me!
You know, that's what you get
for wearing them big
buckets on your head.
Look. I told you. You always
need to be aware of your s
- Be aware of your surroundings.
- That's right.
Especially with creeps like
you rolling up on teen girls.
What kind of creeps you talking about?
Creep don't know nothing about this.
- Check this out.
- [BASS THUDDING]
Boom! Ba-bum, ba-bum, ba-bum.
- Get ready, get ready, get ready ♪
- Okay.
Yeah. You clearly don't
know what you're doing.
- So I'm good, thanks.
- Are you sure, Mak?
'Cause I was hoping that
maybe you could drive.
Drive the
I'm just saying.
Are you serious?
Maybe. Yeah.
For real, for real, for real.
[DOOR OPENS]
Oh. Like, get
- Okay. Oh.
- I got your umbrella.
- I got your backpack.
- Thanks. Okay.
Take those buckets off your ears, now.
♪♪
All right. Here we go. Seat belt.
- Seat belt. So I'm gonna get mine on.
- Okay.
Put your hands on the wheel.
Check your mirror to your left.
- Check your mirror to your right.
- Uh-huh.
Check your mirror in
the middle. Okay. Good.
Now put the car, with your
right hand, into drive.
- Okay.
- Red light Red light on?
- Light. Red's on.
- Let it go.
- Foot's covering the brake?
- Yeah.
- Now look straight ahead.
- Mm-hmm.
Turn the wheel to the
right a little bit.
Let your foot off the brake
easy, easy, easy, easy.
[MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
Dad, this is so cool!
[LAUGHS]
Now, keep your eyes
on the road, all right?
Okay. Oh, it's an empty parking lot.
Mak, I know you can manage it.
- I can take this on the road now
- Oh.
if you think I'm ready. I mean
- It's good.
- [LAUGHS]
You're doing great. Keep
your hands on the wheel.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[SOBS]
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
Good, good. Just turn.
Keep your eye on the road.
Yeah.
ZENZO: Three rings, Gray. Three.
You're going to have
to do better than that.
Horse would like to speak to you now.
♪♪
You're going to an address in Metairie
to pick up the key you requested.
Check your phone.
Pick it up and retrieve the package.
Gray, make sure the key
never leaves your custody.
[CELLPHONE BEEPS]
This This was, um
fun.
ZENZO: I wouldn't celebrate too soon.
Your driver still needs to come through.
What are we celebrating?
Goho.
It means "the harvest."
You see, we spread
seeds all over the city.
Now it's time for us
to gather the crops.
[CELLPHONE BUZZING]
Mm.
[CELLPHONE BEEPS]
[UP-TEMPO BLUES PLAYS]
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
MAN: Well, I'm a hummingbird ♪
Hummin' around your door ♪
♪♪
Well, I'm a hummingbird ♪
Hummin' around your door ♪
♪♪
Well, I ain't gonna harm you ♪
Just want to be your friend ♪
[ENGINE STARTS]
♪♪
If you don't want me around ♪
Guess I'll be on my way ♪
[HORN HONKS]
♪♪
If you don't want me around ♪
Guess I'll be on my way ♪
♪♪
Everything all right back there?
I don't know what you know,
but I still think this
is a bad idea, man.
I don't know nothing.
My job is to get you
from point A to point B.
I'm just the drop.
[ENGINE REVS, TIRES SQUEAL]
♪♪
[BRAKES SQUEAK, GEARSHIFT CLICKS]
GRACIÁN: Let's go.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
♪♪
♪♪
- [BELL CHIMES]
- AUTOMATED VOICE: Floor 45.
♪♪
[SNIFFS]
[CLEARS THROAT]
♪♪
[BEEP, DOOR OPENS]
♪♪
[EXHALES SHARPLY] Hmm.
[KEYPAD BEEPING]
[LATCH CLICKS]
♪♪
[KEYPAD BEEPING]
My code isn't working.
In your office?
On the case you're working? Right.
I told you people I
might not have access.
[BELL CLANGING]
♪♪
[KEYPAD BEEPING, BELL CLANGING]
Look. I can keep trying Hey!
Come on, brother. Hey.
What you want, man?
- Help me get something to eat.
- I ain't got nothing for you, brother.
No, no. Don't Don't
be like that, man.
Don't be I ain't had
nothing to eat all day. Come on.
- I sure thank you, sir.
- Here.
- Go.
- Thank you. God bless you, brother.
- Yeah, yeah. Just go. Just go.
- God bless you.
- Just go.
- Appreciate you. Have a blessed day, now.
Everybody's homeless. Everybody's
homeless in this damn city.
You got two choices I
put a bullet in your head
- or you open the safe.
- No. No.
I-I can call one of the
partners and get the new code.
You try something slick. I dare you.
Not trying anything. I'm
just gonna call Marsha.
Come on, Colin. Come on. Come on, Colin.
It's Peter. Yeah. U-Uh,
I need the new safe code.
Yeah. I just came in.
- Uh-huh. Okay.
- [KEYPAD BEEPING]
[CLEARS THROAT]
Uh-huh.
No. Can you just give
it to me, uh, just one
- just one more time?
- [KEYPAD BEEPING]
Yep. Ah.
[KEYPAD BEEPS, LATCH WHIRS]
That worked. Great. Thank you.
- [GRUNTS]
- Come on. Let's go.
Get your ass up.
- [SIREN WAILING]
- [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
♪♪
[SIREN STOPS, TIRES SCREECHING]
♪♪
[LINE RINGING]
- Colin.
- Hey. We're headed down now.
Exit on Gravier. Take the stairs.
We got red-and-blues down here.
They're all over the place.
I'll meet you at Barone and Common.
This is why I can't stand lawyers.
- Can't trust a one of them.
- [GRUNTS]
[HORN HONKS]
♪♪
♪♪
[MUSIC SLOWS, CONTINUES]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
♪♪
[EXPLOSION, GLASS BREAKING]
♪♪
- MAN: Hey!
- MAN: Did you see that?
MAN: Whoa!
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
SIREN WAILING]
[ENGINE REVS]
Let's go. Let's go.
Colin! Get in the trunk!
Hey! Hey! All right. Let's go.
[HATCH BEEPING]
You're good. You're good.
[ENGINE REVS]
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[TIRES SCREECHING, ENGINE REVVING]
[HATCH BEEPING]
♪♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
UP-TEMPO JAZZ PLAYING]
♪♪
- [GRUNTS]
- COLIN: [LAUGHS]
- Come on. Come on. Come on.
- [GROANS]
Hey.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
♪♪
Go! Go! Go!
♪♪
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING, MUSIC FADES]
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[SIGHS]
I bet it's cash.
I don't need to know.
And I don't need to be here, right?
Hey! Hey, hey! You sit your ass down.
We're done when Horse says we're done.
You got that?
♪♪
You know what? Screw it, man.
After everything we've been
through today, it's only fair.
Col. Just wait. All right?
Yeah. All right.
♪♪
[VEHICLE APPROACHING]
[BRAKES SQUEAK]
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
♪♪
[BUZZER SOUNDS, LATCH CLICKS]
[HINGES SQUEAKING]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
♪♪
There it is.
♪♪
HORSE: See, brother?
A man of integrity.
It's a rare quality.
What happened out there, driver?
This was supposed to be quiet.
Instead, it was loud and
now requires a response.
The situation on the ground changed.
We had to adjust.
I dumped the burner. Camry's clean.
Won't trace back to anyone.
Nobody saw me.
This won't be a problem for you.
And how can you be so certain
when you don't know what's in the bag?
You asked me to deliver
something special to you.
I held up my end.
What's in the bag? None of my concern.
♪♪
♪♪
ZENZO: After all of this.
HORSE: Gray, there is a
Shona word ramangwana.
It means "destiny."
This is destiny.
So why did the police show?
I did exactly what you
guys asked me to do.
Ah.
You called your associates
and you summoned the police.
Perhaps they're all to blame.
PETER: Look. Look.
You guys know about my
gambling and the hookers.
Sorry. Escorts.
I could be disbarred.
That's why you can trust me.
I swear to you, I'm not lying.
[SOFTLY] I'm not lying.
Do you know on average we're lied to
somewhere between 10
and 200 times a day?
That's why I'm not lying to you.
[VOICE BREAKING] I'm not lying.
- [MUSIC BUILDS, CONTINUES]
- I swear to you I am not lying.
Sss, sss, sss, sss, sss,
sss, sss, sss, sss, sss.
- Peter.
- I'm telling you the truth.
[GASPS, VOICE ECHOING]
[MUSIC SLOWS, CONTINUES]
♪♪
♪♪
[CROWBAR THUDDING, ZENZO GRUNTING]
[MUSIC BUILDS, CONTINUES]
♪♪
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪♪
[MUSIC SLOWS, CONTINUES]
♪♪
♪♪
I'm good.
Nobody works for free.
♪♪
♪♪
And what exactly am I
paying you for, Colin?
This is your mess.
No.
♪♪
I'll take care of it.
♪♪
And fine now?
♪
We're no longer strangers, Gray.
Are we?
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [EXHALES DEEPLY]
♪♪
[MUSIC BUILDS, CONTINUES]
♪♪
THE HORSE: What happened in
your garage the other night
is in no way reflective
of who we are as a family.
We are loving
Aah!
compassionate, forgiving.
Wade in the water ♪
Who are these people?
They human traffickers, man.
What'd you just get me into, Colin?
THE HORSE: I'm in need of
someone behind the wheel
and by my side.
Wade in the water ♪
My wheel man days are in the past.
I would like to return to my family.
- [GUNSHOT]
- Let's go!
[ENGINE REVVING]
WOMAN: I thought you weren't
about that life anymore.
- It was a big mistake.
- [SCREAMING]
GRACIÁN: Everything I put them through.
It's gonna be for nothing, you do this.
- We need to talk about this.
- GRACIÁN: It's my fault!
America has made you all soft.
He tried to kill my son!
I got the whole crew lined
up. The one thing missing is
♪
you.
♪
♪
♪
♪♪