[Wakefield] I think we may have found our Mexican drug czar.
General Salazar.
Be nice to have somebody to work with down there.
Does this mean you're gonna be gone more?
Possibly, yeah.
You might want to pencil in a little face time with your daughter.
- Barbara... - Because I'm at the edge of my capabilities, Robert.
I think it's important we maintain a unified front.
If you start in on the war metaphors,
I'm gonna drive this car into a fucking telephone pole.
- I am as worried as you are. - Oh, I don't think so.
"Leave me alone. Give me some money."
That's what I get from our daughter.
She has a way of shutting me out that seems very familiar.
Well, she has a way of self-medicating that I'm sure is very familiar to you.
[Scoffs]
I'm not the one who has to have three scotches...
just to walk in the house and say hello.
I have one drink before dinner to take the edge off. It's different.
- Oh, is it? - Otherwise, I would be dying of boredom.
Why don't you go in and tell your daughter how bored you are?
[Caroline Flicking Lighter]
[Wakefield] Caroline, open this door immediately.
Who is it? I'm going to the bathroom.
- Open the goddamn door! - [Caroline] One minute.
Excuse me. I have to go to bed.
Oh, Jesus.
You are not going anywhere, young lady.
You stay right there.
Where are they?
Where the hell are the drugs?
Where are they?
Fuck you.
I wasn't doing anything. You're like the Gestapo.
Fuck me. Fuck me. Well, fuck you!
- [Driver] Javier, good to see you. - How you doing, partner?
Did you take the precautions we discussed about being followed?
- Yes, of course. - Will you move to the middle, please?
- You're not carrying a weapon? - No.
- Of course not. - Where are you taking me?
- Somewhere safe. - Where?
A place we have that we know is protected. He's good. Let's go.
- [Javier] No, no. No, no, no. - Don't worry. It's really safe.
No, no, no, no, no. This is safe. This is safe.
Come on, Javier, close the door. Everything is cool, all right?
- This is safe. - Come on.
All right.
Where would you like to go?
- Huh? - Where do you want to go, Javier?
[Javier] I believe it's important that we work together.
Mexico and the United States. One hand washing the other.
We agree.
So, maybe you can tell me about your informants in our operations.
We thought that maybe you'd have that kind of information for us.
This is a very different proposition, my friend.
We pay for that kind of information.
[Driver] Is that what you're talking about, Javier?
Getting paid?
You like baseball?
[Spanish]
We need lights for the parks so kids can play at night.
So it's safe.
So they can play baseball.
So they no become... [Spanish]
Everybody like baseball.
Everybody likes parks.
Listen.
I believe it's important that the United State take an interest...
in Tijuana now.
That's what I'm talking about, my friends.
[Helena] Account number...
8201-4302-8091...
2431.
A cash advance.
How much can I get?
That's it?
You ever try the patch, man?
- The what? - The patch.
- That shit doesn't work, bro. - It worked for my cousin.
- No shit? - Yeah.
He had to wear five or six at a time, but it worked.
- So, how's he doing now? - Oh, he's dead.
- He's dead? - It wasn't from the patch, man.
- [Agent Over Headsets] Okay, she's coming out. - On it.
- What did he die from? - His wife shot him.
[Agent] She's leaving her property.
[Gordon] Where the hell is she going?
Maybe her neighbors.
No, I don't think the neighbors are fucking with her too much right about now.
What does she have in her hand there?
[Agent] She seems to be headed for the van.
Oh, shit.
- What... Wh-What do we do? - I-I don't know. What do we do?
- What do you think she wants, man? - She's your girlfriend.
You think she'll invite you to her baby shower?
- Just say hello. Work it. - All right, all right, all right.
[Agent] She's waiting outside the van.
- Hello? - [Helena] Would you like some lemonade?
- I was just making some. - You want some lemonade?
Sure.
[Helena] I know this is a difficult situation, and you're only doing your jobs.
I don't wish you guys any ill will or anything like that.
But I have a favor to ask you.
You're asking us for a favor?
Some man threatened my child.
These charges have created so much attention,
it seems to be bringing all the nut jobs out of the nut jar.
Would you keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary?
- Sure. - Yeah, of course we will.
- I'd really appreciate it. - Sure.
- Thanks. - Thank you for the lemonade.
You're welcome.
I'm gonna get this analyzed right away, bro.
[Man's Voice] So, it was my birthday...
and my ex-wife was getting remarried...
and I was in some church basement telling a bunch of strangers...
it was a good day because...
I didn't have to eat out of a Dumpster.
That was enough to send me out on a pretty big one.
I've been thinking a lot about the first step...
that I came to believe I was powerless over alcohol...
and that my life had become unmanageable.
My disease tells me that I don't have a disease,
that it's my birthday and I can have one little beer,
one little line, a little Valium.
Six months later, I wake up in a sober-living house in Philly.
I'm from Dallas, people.
It's a disease, an allergy of the body,
an obsession of the mind.
So, my name is Marty,
and today I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic.
And it's a good day because I didn't have to eat out of a Dumpster.
Thanks.
Hi. [Clears Throat]
I'm Caroline. I'm not sure I'm an alcoholic.
I mean... I don't really like to drink.
For someone my age, it's a lot easier to get drugs than it is to get alcohol.
I guess I'm angry.
I mean, I think I'm really angry about a lot of stuff.
I'm just... not sure what.
Listen to me. I built our house...
and I'm not gonna lose it.
[Carl's Voice] My business...
that would take a lot of private study.
I suggest... you look into the Coronel.
- The painting? - Into selling it.
If you can stomach it,
you should look into it.
Oh, my God.
[Salazar's Voice] Dear Judge,
I recruited the best men in Mexico for my task force.
I make the selection, putting them under a rigorous screening process.
And not only physically, but also psychologically.
Judge, I'm sorry for boxes and the paintings and things,
but I have been too busy to completely settle in here.
I know you've made very good progress with the Tijuana cartel.
- Congratulations, General. - Muchas gracias.
I am confident that before the end of the year,
Juan Obregon is gonna be taken into custody.
But you must understand that it's going to be a very difficult task...
because of the corruption in the police force.
Hopefully, the exchange of training methods and information...
between our two countries will help.
I hope so.
On another note, General, we were talking about supply.
- Mm-hmm. - What about demand?
What are your policies towards treatment of addiction?
"Treatment of addiction."
Addicts treat themselves.
They overdose, and then there's one less to worry about.
[Counselor's Voice] What I want you to do right now is write down five triggers...
that could lead to your relapse,
that could jeopardize your recovery.
Five triggers. Your parents, something they could say.
Anything that's a trigger for you. It varies from person to person.
Some of us have already discussed...
Linda, we talked about it the other day.
I know you have trouble with your sister,
how she's always kind of outshining you.
[Ray] Hey, sugar foot, how do you like your new home?
[Chuckling]
- You got to be kidding me. This is not what my lawyers negotiated. - [Scoffs]
Please. Fuck your lawyers.
You're not getting any goddamn cappuccino or...
- [Ray] Biscotti. - Yeah, you ain't getting none of that shit either.
- Pick a bed. - Stay off the phone, Eddie.
No long-distance calls, all right?
- Use 1-800-CRI MI NAL if you do. - [Laughing]
[Laughing Continues]
[Man] Mr. Ayala first came to see me in January.
That would have been 1987.
He wanted to rent warehouse space along the harbor.
I didn't ask too many questions. I am a businessman also.
I was the company's secretary from 1991 to 1994.
I supposedly worked for all six companies, but they weren't...
I mean, it was just an empty office with a desk and a telephone.
I never sold anything the whole time I was there.
Sometimes people came in, and they got paid.
I- I don't really know what they did.
- [Prosecutor] Didn't Mr. Ayala say where the money came from? - No.
- Did you ask where the money came from? - No.
Where do you think it came from?
- [Lawyer] Objection. Speculation. - [Judge] Sustained.
[Prosecutor] I'll rephrase, Your Honor.
Did you feel like you were engaged in a legitimate enterprise?
No, not really.
Thank you.
You were followed by the police,
but they won't be able to hear us over the children.
[Camera Shutter Clicks]
I want to use a bomb.
Are you kidding?
Can't you just shoot him or something?
I don't really like guns.
You shoot somebody in the head two, three times...
and some pinche doctor is trying to keep him alive.
When are you gonna do it?
I don't know.
Eduardo Ruiz is the only real witness against Carl.
Security will be very tight.
- I may not be able to get to him. - You'll be able to get to him.
If they can get to the pope and the president, you can certainly get to him.
[Chuckles]
Careful. You're starting to sound like your husband, Mrs. Ayala.
[Sighs] Nobody saw her leave?
Hmm.
No, I understand.
Okay.
[Hangs Up Receiver]
I gotta go.
I've got to go home.
Did you want me to resch... [Clears Throat]
Fine.
[Siren Blaring, Horn Honking]
What you want? Pot? Rock? Hey, what you want?
[Grunting]
- [Knocking] - Fuck!
[Muttering]
What the fuck do you want?
[Chuckles]
Yeah.
[Sighing, Moaning]
[Chuckling]
It has come to our attention that Your Honor, while in private practice,
previously represented the town of Seal Beach...
in their stop-work suit against the police department of Seal Beach.
We believe this disqualifies you from hearing this case,
and we, therefore, move for a temporary suspension until it's investigated.
Mr. Adler, this is a most unusual motion.
Nonetheless, Your Honor,
we feel our client deserves every fairness afforded under the law.
I hope this is not in any way designed to delay the testimony of Eduardo Ruiz.
We will recess until 9:00 a.m. on Monday morning,
and I will see counsel in my chambers.
[Flores] They are coming this way.
[Speaking English] They are passing me now.
Boy, there's a lot of them.
Listen, would you mind if we walked back to the hotel today?
- Walk back? - Yeah.
[Flores] They're not getting into the car.
What are they doing?
They're arguing or something.
[Ruiz] It's two blocks. I could use the fresh air.
I've been stuck in that piece of shit hotel room for two weeks.
I don't give a fuck. Let's just stop standing around.
- I want to walk 'cause I want to walk, not 'cause he wants to walk. - Let's walk.
I like that. Okay, we'll walk.
[Flores] They're going past me.
I-I-I do not know. I think they're going back to the courthouse.
This could be the last chance to do this! Get out of the car and shoot him in the head!
[Ray] You're a fucking big man?
I'm a real fucking man. I don't fucking deal drugs to little fucking kids, you...
- [Ruiz] You think you're a badass? - [Ray] I am a badass!
[Agents Shouting] Move, move! Get down!
[Gunfire, Shouting]
- [Agents] Go, go, go! We need an ambulance. - Go, go, go.
Ray. Ray! Ray! Wait a minute, Ray!
[Siren Approaching]
Manolito, Manolito, Manolito.
[Gunshot]
[Spanish]
[Horn Honking]
[Door Opens]
Sorry about the other night.
Me too.
[Crying]
[Brakes Screeching]
Thank you for coming down here, though I suspect it has been a pointless journey.
- Why would you say that? - Bueno, pues, I hear these stories.
Your husband in jail, his business in chaos,
various people fighting over the scraps.
My husband was a victim of an informer in your organization, not in ours.
That is not true, Mrs. Ayala.
Your route has been compromised.
Perhaps it is time for me to deal with other distributors in California.
- I don't think you're gonna do that. - You don't?
- No. - [Laughs]
My husband was working on something he called the Project for the Children.
- Are you aware of this? - I don't know. Perhaps I remember something.
If you want to smuggle narcotics in Senor Espastico Jacobo,
that is nothing new, Senora.
No, not in. The doll is cocaine.
High impact, pressure-molded cocaine.
It's odorless, undetectable by the dogs.
- [Sniffs] - Undetectable by anyone.
I don't believe you, senora.
[Spanish]
I'm six months pregnant.
I won't do it.
- Then we don't have a deal. - Yeah, right.
We don't have a deal.
Sorry to waste your time, Mr. Obregon.
Okay.
Okay, okay.
[Snorting]
- That's good coke. - It should be. It's yours.
I want our debt forgiven,
I want to be the exclusive distributor of Obregon brothers' cocaine in the United States,
and I want the principal witness against my husband, Eduardo Ruiz, killed.
Have you told the complete truth during this interview?
Yes.
- Alex? - Solid.
- That's good shit, Javier. - You know, Javier,
they dump those cell phones every 24 hours.
Yes, but I have a contact at MexTel...
who can get me his new E.S.N. in 12 hours.
That's good to know.
[Sighs]
So, now that you have what you want,
let's talk about how I get what I want.
Oh, you don't have to worry about that.
You're not gonna have any problems there.
Yeah, but first let's talk about what precautions you're taking to protect yourself.
You worry about getting me what I want.
I'll worry about myself.
Oye, Javier, you should feel good about this.
I feel like a traitor.
Helena Ayala just left Club Platinum, the Obregon brothers' place in Tijuana.
- Yeah? - She got stopped at the border.
She was clean, and she's back in San Diego now.
Okay.
[Phone Rings]
- Hello? - Robert, it's Jeff Sheridan.
- D-Did I wake you? I'm sorry. - No, it's okay.
General Salazar has been arrested.
It turns out he has been working for Porfirio Madrigal...
and the Juarez cartel the entire time.
That is why he was trying to push the Obregons out of Tijuana...
- so he and Madrigal could move in. - What?
I thought Madrigal was dead. I thought that had been verified.
[Sheridan] Apparently not. It is a shitstorm here,
but the D.E.A. supplied the information and was part of the sting.
So, maybe we can spin this a little, but I don't know what to tell people.
- So, when are you coming back? - I'll try to get there as soon as I can.
- [Sheridan] Yeah, okay, but... - Robert.
Robert? Robert?
I gotta call you back.
- [Sheridan] What... - [Disconnects Line]
- [Barbara] My Leica's missing. - She got the video camera too.
At least we know she's still alive. Where are you going?
Pawn shops open in an hour. Ten minutes after that, she'll be at her dealer.
If I can find him, I should be able to find her.
[Door Opens, Closes]
[Teacher] Although ser and estar both mean "to be,"
they have very specific uses.
May I help you, sir?
[Teacher] Excuse me!
Seth has to be excused. He's going on a field trip.
I can't believe you brought my daughter to this place.
Whoa, whoa. Why don't you just back the fuck up, man?
"To this place"?
What is that shit?
Okay, right now, all over this great nation of ours,
100,000 white people from the suburbs are cruising around downtown...
asking every black person, "You got any drugs? You know where I can score some drugs?"
Think about the effect that has on the psyche of a black person, on their possibilities.
I... God, I guarantee you, you bring 100,000 black people into your neighborhood,
and they're asking every white person, " You got any drugs? Know where I can score some?"
Within a day, everyone would be selling... your friends, their kids.
Here's why: It's an unbeatable market force, man. It's a 300% markup value.
You can go out on the street and make $500 in two hours,
come back and do whatever you want with the rest of your day.
You're telling me that white people would still be going to law school?
[Knocks]
- What do you want? - I'm looking for my daughter.
Caroline.
She's been here.
This is a business, man. Why don't you get the fuck out of here?
I need to find my daughter, all right? I'll pay you.
All right. Okay. Hold on.
Who in the fuck do you think you are? Where the fuck do you think you are?
- Why the fuck shouldn't I just put your ass in a Dumpster? - I got money.
- I got money! - I got $1,000 in my wallet.
- It's for you. - If I want your money, man, I will take your money.
[Panting]
Just tell me where my daughter is.
Please? Please?
Don't do that shit again.
Look, Jesus, man, I'm telling you, don't do this vigilante thing.
Either the cops are gonna find her, or she's gonna call you.
Okay?
I promise.
[Beeps]
Ana.
[Seth] I know she's in there. Just let me talk to her.
Look, I know she's in there, man!
No, I fucking know she's in there!
Jesus Christ!
I- I haven't touched her.
You get the fuck out of here right now.
Hi.
Hi, Daddy.
Hi, sweetheart.
[Crying]
[Crying Continues]
[Woman On TV Chattering, Indistinct]
[Agent] Hey, good morning, Eddie.
- Good morning. - Big day.
You're a star. [Snickering]
Why don't you go take a shower, man? You smell.
[Knocking]
- Who is it? - [Man] It's the Mafia.
- I've got his breakfast. - [Agent] Coming.
- So who's this going to? - [Ruiz] Over here.
- Ooh. - Fuck off.
- Relax, Eddie. - Yeah, where has the love gone? Good-bye.
You know, you're gonna be testifying for about ten days.
We could just decide to stop feeding your ass.
You expect me to be grateful for spending the rest of my life looking over my shoulder?
Wow, that's... that's heavy, Eddie.
Can't you for one second imagine that none of this had happened, that my drugs had gone through?
What would be the harm?
Huh? What would be the harm?
A few people get high who are getting high anyway.
Your partner's still alive.
We don't have to have breakfast together.
Don't you see this means nothing?
Your whole life is pointless.
You're really breaking my heart.
- The worst part about you, Monty... - "Monty"? [Laughing]
The worst part about you, Monty,
is you realize the futility of what you're doing, and you do it anyway.
Wish you could see how transparent you are.
This food tastes like shit.
So, take your stank ass and go get a shower already.
Let me tell you something.
You only got to me because you were tipped off by the Juarez cartel...
who's trying to break into Tijuana.
- You are helping them. Uh-huh. - Mmm.
So, remember, you work for a drug dealer too, Monty.
- [Ruiz] Fuck me. - [Knocking]
- Who is it? - [Man] Breakfast.
Hurry up. It's getting cold.
Okay. One second.
- Get the fuck down! - Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
- Get down! Get the fuck down! - Hey, hey, I'm on your side!
- What the fuck? - Oh, shit. Call an ambulance.
- Call an ambulance! Fuck! - [Agent] Palms up. Spread your damn hands out.
- Shit! Eddie! - [Groaning]
Hold on.
Oh, shit! Hurry up with that ambulance!
Shit. Hold on. Hold on.
Your Honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
because of the sudden death of Eduardo Ruiz,
the people have determined that we cannot continue our case against Carl Ayala.
Oh! Oh!
Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you.
- [Knocking] - Yeah?
Hi.
I got a copy of your speech.
It's fantastic.
So, Robert, my genuine thanks.
You're my choice. You're gonna be great.
The president's sorry he hasn't been able to spend more time with you.
After the press conference, he wants to really sit down.
Oh, and I got to the Post too.
Don't worry about that thing with your daughter. It's not news.
They're willing to treat it as a family matter, personal matter.
Anyway, if it came out, we could turn it into a qualification.
"I've been in the trenches of the drug war.
I've seen the face of the enemy. Et cetera, et cetera. "
[Woman] A sterling reputation and close friend of the president,
recently confirmed into the Office of National Drug Control Policy,
our new drug czar, Robert Hudson Wakefield.
[Camera Shutters Clicking]
The war on drugs is a war that we have to win,
and a war that we can win.
We have to win this war to save our country's most precious resource...
our children.
Sixty-eight million children have been targeted...
by those who perpetrate this war...
and protecting these children must be priority number one.
There has been progress, and there has been failure.
But where we have fallen short,
I see not a problem,
I see an opportunity.
An opportunity...
to correct the mistakes... of the past...
while laying a foundation for the future.
This takes...
not only new ideas...
but perseverance.
This takes not only... resources, but courage.
This takes...
not only... government,
but families.
I've laid out a...
I've laid out a ten-point plan that...
I can't do this.
If there is a war on drugs,
then many of our family members are the enemy.
And I don't know how you wage war on your own family.
[Reporters Clamoring]
National Airport, please.
Hey, Arnie, it's Saturday. You're working too hard, my friend.
Carl, I'm running late. I'm coming right over.
No, no, no, don't bother, Arnie. Let me ask you something.
When were you gonna tell me about the $3 million...
we got in from San Francisco two days after I was arrested?
Um... I was waiting for the right time.
Oh. You didn't think you could trust my wife with that information?
I didn't want to risk it.
That could have been frozen along with everything else.
You had it all figured out, didn't you?
You were gonna move into my house,
raise my kids, sleep in my bed...
with my wife.
Sounds like a nice plan.
Oh, is it insane?
Just think about it, okay? If I was gonna rip you off,
why wouldn't I just leave town after Ruiz was killed?
Why would I sit next to you in court and listen to a dismissal?
Let me ask you something. You think there's a difference between a reason and an excuse?
'Cause I don't.
- Good-bye, Arnie. - Carl...
Carl?
Come on, sweetheart.
Come outside. Everyone's waiting for you.
- Who was that? - Arnie. He's, uh...
- He can't make it to the barbecue. - Oh.
- Come on. - Hi, Helena.
- [Carl] Hello. - It's a great party.
- Who is he, a friend of yours? - Oh, I'm a nobody.
I'm the nobody who arrested you.
- You're... - [Laughs] How you doing?
- What are you doing in my house? - Oh, just looking around.
You got nice shit. Drug money buys a lot of nice shit, Carl.
Listen, you don't want to talk that way in my house.
You're fucking a murderer, Carl.
- Fuck you and fuck your wife. - Hey, you can't be in here.
- [Helena] Get him out. - You put me out, Carl.
- I'm a cop. - I don't care.
- [Helena] Get out. - Hey! Hey, hey!
- Is that what you wanted? - A nice little bedtime story, Helena.
Tell him how you murdered my partner!
- You got the wrong... - His name was Ray Castro, Helena!
Ray Castro! You remember that!
- What's his problem? - The carpet, sweetheart.
- No, no, no, I got it. - I got it.
- Where did he come from? - Outside, honey.
What do you want to do, man?
[Chuckles]
[Caroline's Voice] On the good days, I feel like I get it.
Like it all makes sense.
I can stay in the moment.
I don't have to control everything in the future...
and I believe everything is gonna work out fine.
O-On the bad days,
I just want to grab the phone and start dialing numbers.
I want to pull my hair...
and run through the streets screaming.
[Sighs]
But thanks to the people I've met in these rooms,
like Margaret and Jim...
and Sarah,
um...
I'm pretty sure I'm gonna make it...
through today.
[Applause]
Would you like to share?
Uh... [Clears Throat] my name is Robert.
My wife Barbara and I...
are here to support our daughter, Caroline,
and we're hear to listen.
[Crowd Cheering, Whistling]