My name is Michael Westen.
I used to be a spy until-
- We got a burn notice on you. You're blacklisted.
When you're burned, you've got nothing-
no cash, no credit, no job history.
- You're stuck in whatever city they decide to dump you in. - Where am I?
Miami.
You do whatever work comes your way.
- You rely on anyone who's still talking to you-
- a trigger-happy ex-girlfriend- - Should we shoot them?
An old friend who used to inform on you to the F.B.I.-
You know spies. Bunch of bitchy little girls.
- Family too- - Hey, is that your mom again?
- If you're desperate. - Someone needs your help, Michael.
Bottom line: Until you figure out who burned you,
you're not going anywhere.
Your arms dealer friend couldn't just meet us at the Café Carlito?
He wanted to meet here.
I bought an assault rifle from him last year. He doesn't know you.
Seymour has trust issues. I don't wanna date him, Fi.
I just wanna find out what the people who burned me are doing with a Russian sniper rifle.
And Seymour's the perfect guy to track it down. He's just a little eccentric.
Oh.
When you work with people,
you wanna know everything about them-
their history, their associates, who's contacting them.
Is that Seymour? Hmm?
That- That Seymour? Oh, no. This guy I met.
He just asked me out.
Although sometimes there are details you'd rather not know.
Fiona, baby. Good to see you.
Michael, right? Hey, man.
Heard a lot about you.
Come on. We're going for a walk.
Fiona, keep Jackass company.
He'll like you. He's attracted to shiny objects.
So, Fi tells me you want a gun.
Rifle, actually. Well, I got plenty. What do you need?
I got semi, automatic, European. I need a Dragunov, actually.
Wow. Yeah, nice gun. Course, there are not too many of them floatin' around.
How about a nice Romanian P.S.L. instead?
No. I'm not looking to buy, Seymour- Hold that thought.
I got some business I gotta attend to here. Don't tell me. Don't tell me.
- Vladimir, right? - Pavel.
Anyway, you got my money?
Uh-uh-uh-uh. I gotta count it first.
So, what, they don't teach arithmetic in the Ukraine?
- We're Bulgarian. - I don't even know what you just said.
The deal was 100 grand, okay? Not 50.
Are you trying to rip me off? Nobody rips me off.
- Fiona said you were badass. - This is really none of my business.
Well, it is now. And this is the part where we haul ass.
No, no, no, no, no, no. Okay.
All right. So we'll talk later, okay?
Let's go, Jackass! Punch it, man! They're shooting at us!
If you're driving a sports coupe,
you're not going to be able to lose an off-road vehicle off-road.
Your best bet is to get them on the road, where you have the advantage.
It's less about speed than it is about maneuverability.
You need to put yourself in a position where you can do something they can't.
Okay then, what about Gerta from East Berlin? You remember her?
You kiddin'? I wanted to invade the Soviet bloc in 1983 just for her.
Nice.
Hey, Mike. You remember Virgil.
Mike!
I brought us some tall, cool ones.
I seem to recall you promising to stay out of Miami.
Last time I saw you, there were people looking for you- angry people, with guns.
That's- That's all blown over.
I was planning on staying away, but-
He needs help, Mike.
Not for myself.
I had a partner in the repo business.
Fella name of Jay Flores. He died several years back.
His daughter, Marcela, runs a medical relief agency in town.
They got hit hard. Big shipment of medicine got ripped off.
Virgil's trying to track it down. He needs some backup.
- Backup? - I figured that was in your wheelhouse.
- She doesn't have anywhere else to turn. - Can't hurt to talk to her.
It could. It could hurt a little. Could hurt a lot.
Come on. Gathering intel, lending tactical support to a worthwhile mission?
I mean, this is our old gig, Mike. This is why we signed up back in the day.
Fine, I'll talk to her.
All right!
Oh, mind if I use your phone? I need to call Madeline.
Yeah, about that.
Special lady. There's a magnetic thing about her. Irresistible.
She offered to put me up, so I need to get on over there-
You'll stay here. You tell her you can't make it,
and you'll call her when you're back in the Bahamas.
Mike, you serious?
Last time you were in town, you nearly got her killed.
That's not going to happen again.
Okay.
Mike, I'm telling you, you're not gonna regret this.
Marcela's done great things with this clinic.
They send medicine to kids in every country of the world that has diseases.
Hey!
Kick it, kick it!
Hey! No ball on the sidewalk.
- He started it. - I see you brought the cavalry.
Listen, if anyone can find this stuff, it's these two.
- We really need your help. - Why don't you start by telling us what we're looking for.
We spent months on a fund-raiser for kids in Rio-
shipped nearly a million dollars worth of medicine.
Yesterday, an hour out of Miami,
these guys boarded the freighter, took everything.
Well, unless they're starting a medical clinic, they're gonna wanna sell this stuff.
Whatever this stuff is worth on the black market,
it's nothing compared to what it means to those kids.
- If you can bring it back- - We'll see what we can do.
Thank you so much, Michael. I've been meaning to move these out here for ages.
Any particular reason why you had to do everything today?
Uh, just spring cleaning, you know.
So, have you heard from Virgil? Virgil?
Yeah, he called and said that, um, he was coming to town to see you and Sam.
Well, you know Virgil. Just being Virgil.
Yeah, I gotta- Yeah? Mikey, good news. We gotta head up to Boca.
Got a lead on a guy who deals in black-market pharmaceuticals. That could be our way in.
I was thinking we could head up there and check it out.
Just the two of us?
Yeah, yeah. Virgil's gonna see some friends while he's here in town.
Friends. Uh-huh.
Yeah, I think it'd be better if I went with him to Boca.
Okay, sure, that's a good idea. It'd be good for you guys to have some bonding time.
Uh, listen, Virgil needs to ask you just a little favor.
Listen, I didn't pack enough underwear,
so I borrowed a set of your boxers- the blue ones with the stripes.
They will never fit you. Stay out of my closets.
They're a little snug down under, but I got it all packed in.
Appreciate it. Thank you.
Mike, be glad you didn't have to see that.
Someone staying in the loft?
Yeah, good old Sam, back at the loft.
- You don't say? - Yeah, I'm gonna go, Mom.
That store there? It's owned by a guy named Feldman.
Last few years, a bunch of ships have been robbed the same way.
Thieves are in and out in five minutes.
They like to hit pharmaceutical shipments. And this guy likes to buy them.
Well, he's a one-man pharmacy.
He got caught some time ago for selling Vicodin taken off some boat in Naples.
Charged with receiving stolen property, but his lawyer got him off.
Doing a pretty brisk business now, it appears.
Um, Michael, this thing with your mama and me,
I know you're a little uncomfortable about it- I'm not uncomfortable.
- You attract bullets. It's too risky. - Come on. What's a few bullets?
Uh, you know what? I've got enough here.
I'll run down to the photo store and you can run in and raise a little hell.
Can I help you?
My friend here is looking for a 5-iron, graphite shaft, nothing too heavy.
And a million dollars' worth of high-grade pharmaceuticals...
stolen off a freighter a couple of days ago.
Excuse me? I sell golf equipment. I don't know what you're talking about.
Really? I mean, this is nice golf equipment,
but this store isn't paying for that Porsche out back.
You are selling something else.
- Hey, hey- - Oh, would you look at this?
- Who are you? What is this? - Quite a clientele-
banker, superior court judge.
We thought we'd mail everybody a copy of their photo coming out of this store...
in one of these lovely, handsome frames.
All right. Just stop it. This guy came by.
I sell Viagra, Vicodin and tranqs.
What am I gonna do with a million dollars worth of antivirals?
- Who is this guy, anyway? - His name's Gerard. He's a total psycho.
You are gonna call Gerard. You are going to tell him you have a buyer for his drugs.
No, no, that's insane. I can't- I can't call him.
What will the neighbors think? They've been living next to a drug dealer!
- Shh, shh! - He seemed so nice.
All right, all right. I'll get you a meeting.
- And, uh, throw in one of those shirts. - Yeah, sure.
Well, it sounds like you and Virg made some progress. You found our thief.
Yeah, I'm told he's a total psycho.
You know, this is the reason why I don't look forward to Virgil's visits.
One of the reasons.
Listen, we're in the homestretch here. We just gotta get the medicine out in the open.
Look, I'll run point, okay? I'll go in as a buyer.
Fine. The sooner we get this done- I'm all over it, Mikey.
So you gonna hook up with Fi's arms dealer friend? How's that going?
Yeah, another total psycho.
Seymour, you might have mentioned we were going to a gun buy.
Look, that jackass I call a bodyguard is worthless,
so I figured you come along as backup, and I know for sure you're not a cop.
See? Kill two birds, right?
Whoa, whoa. What's this? You said you wanted a gun.
No, no, no, I wanted information about a sniper rifle.
Oh, right. The Dragunov.
I mean, I could maybe import one from this guy in the Czech Republic.
No, I'm not looking to buy a sniper rifle, Seymour.
I just need to track down a place where someone can calibrate it.
- Do me a favor. Wave at that guy.
Uh, if I'm not mistaken, that's one of the guys who shot at us.
He is bringing the rest of the money, see? Fifty G's.
And why would I wave at him? I told him you and me don't have a beef with him anymore.
We- We, Seymour, do not have a beef with him.
- You have a beef with him. - Whatever. Look. Look, here he comes.
And he's not bringing your money. He has a gun, and I'm not part of this.
Damn it, I-I-I told him- We'll talk later.
For certain kinds of criminals,
partying hard serves an important management function.
You can keep your eye on your employees during the off-hours...
and keep them spending money...
so they're hungry for the next score.
Did you miss me? Scotch and soda.
You Finley? I am. You're Gerard?
Get out of here.
Yeah, Feldman said you'd be by. He didn't tell me a whole hell of a lot.
So you're what, a gun dealer? I deal in everything.
Guns so people can shoot each other. Medicine to get 'em ready for round two.
Even Somali warlords need penicillin, my friend.
So I hear you're in, um, acquisitions?
Hostile takeovers. Ah. I got a client breathing down my neck for antivirals.
Feldman said you had a shipment to spare?
Antivirals. That's bad timing. I sold those a couple hours ago.
Well, that's a shame. I assume they haven't been delivered yet.
Maybe they can be unsold. My client has deep pockets.
The deal's done. We deliver next week.
Excuse me a second.
- Don't touch me! - Why don't you calm down and go play with your boyfriend?
Bar fights aren't just a way to blow off steam.
They're a great way to showcase your leadership skills...
and they're a team-building exercise.
Watch it, there. Broken bottle can hurt someone.
There's also no better way for someone new to get noticed.
Okay, if this guy Gerard sold the medicine, what can we do?
Maybe we could get the cops to sting the buy.
Buyer shows up, cops swoop in.
We don't know when the delivery is.
And if the cops get involved, Gerard might find out. No, forget it.
Wait a minute. I got an in with this guy.
We can use that to find out where he's keeping this medicine.
- We just need an inside man. - An inside man? What does that mean?
He wants me to join Gerard's crew...
so I can find out where he hides the stuff that he steals.
No, Sam, I can't.
Mikey, come on. Let me just pitch a whole new heist.
Something where he's gotta bring you in. We'll never actually have to do it.
Just has to look good. Get him talking.
Virgil, can you get us a yacht?
You know, I think I probably can.
I helped a rich guy out in Fort Lauderdale.
Sank his catamaran before his ex-wife could get it.
He might be in an accommodating frame of mind.
Guys, you think you can find the medicine?
I don't really have any idea, but we gotta give it a shot.
Michael, you home?
You are not here.
Aren't you gonna invite me in? Oh, I'm in a hurry, Ma. I'm going to meet Fi.
But I made you this. You baked a pie.
Okay, I just sprinkled cinnamon on it.
But I thought maybe you could share it with Sam.
And Virgil. Virgil?
Michael.
Michael, I may not be a super spy, but I'm not an idiot, all right?
I got a call from Virgil saying some story...
about being stranded in the Bahamas with boat trouble.
I mean, that wouldn't fool a two-year-old. So what's going on?
Nothing is going on. I have to go to work.
But if I hear from Virgil, I'll let you know.
Can I walk you to your car?
I can walk myself.
Okay, I'll call you later.
Keeping Virgil away from your mom, that's just about keeping her from danger?
What else would it be?
Well, they did have a connection, Michael. A romantic connection.
An intimate, steamy connection.
I'm just saying that when an important woman in your life meets someone,
it can be an adjustment.
Is this about your date? Because I'm fine with it.
I don't think so, Michael.
Not one question about who he is? You're not in the least bit interested?
No, not interested.
I thought spies were meant to be good liars.
You are getting rusty.
Oh, hey, how you doing?
Jackass. Fruit smoothies for my friends.
That's all he's good for. And lay off the wheatgrass, will ya?
Hey, guess what? That Ukrainian guy...
finally paid me my money, and here is your cut.
Seymour, we don't work together! No more tests, no more buys, no more Bulgarians.
I just want information about where I can get a certain rifle serviced.
- Oh, right, the Dragunov. - Yes.
Do you know anyone in Miami who would modify it, calibrate it?
I just want a name, and keep it quiet.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll make some calls. Thank you.
But first, you gotta have a fruit smoothie.
Because you wanna be a badass, you gotta eat healthy, right?
Come on. I made 'em just for you.
He doesn't like fruits?
I thought you and me- Badasses, yeah!
Scotch and soda. Make it two.
Nice to see you survived yesterday's little brawl.
Some people don't understand their place in the food chain.
Not afraid to get your hands dirty. I like that.
I got a job for you. No, thanks. I don't do work for hire.
Well, then consider yourself a partner in a very lucrative business opportunity.
What do you know about designer performance enhancers?
You mean like steroids? More like steroids on steroids.
I know a lab that makes undetectable stuff. Next generation.
Human tissue, 100% biological. It's worth millions.
They're running a shipment up north on a yacht.
You want us to hit it? Shipment's worth $2 million.
You'd get a third. How does that sound?
A third sounds like work for hire. Half sounds like a partnership.
All right, done.
You handle the heist, but you gotta bring in a pro...
to keep the drugs at the right temperature and humidity.
You got someone in mind? Yeah, works at the lab. His name is Jackson.
He used to cook meth before he got into designing steroids.
You're gonna convince him to help.
Convince him. I'm sure you can be persuasive.
Why don't you do it? Me? Oh, no.
No, in my line of work, you stay in the shadows.
So the name Finley is never mentioned.
We clear on that, partner?
Dealing with an aggressive adversary...
isn't always about showing strength.
You Jackson?
Sometimes it's best to show weakness.
If they believe they can dominate you, they'll drop their guard.
Of course, that means getting dominated.
A heist? Seriously? No, no, no, I'm a chemist. I don't do heists.
Guys with guns, violence. That's why I got out of meth.
I mean, it's just not my thing. It makes my chest tight.
I can't breathe. I can stop your breathing real quick.
Please, you don't wanna do this. The guys that own the lab, they're Chechnyans.
If they ever found out that I was in on it-
Don't worry about it. They're not gonna know it was you.
Can I get that as a guarantee? Can you put that in writing?
Here's your guarantee.
You do this, we never see each other again and you make some money.
You don't-
That's the guy that moves the stuff. He takes off in the morning.
- How big's your cargo? - Uh, six canisters. Not so big.
So what do we need to do with them? You gotta pack it in coolers.
You gotta get it inside a custom liquid air rig ASAP. As soon as-
Uh, because you let this stuff warm up and it is a- It's a nasty cocktail.
Cocktail.
I can train one of your guys to move it off the boat.
- One of my guys? You're the guy. - What?
No, no, I-I got a thing with boats and-and water-
And I- I get-
I get- I get seasick.
I mean, look at me. Can you crack a window?
- We'll scrounge up some Dramamine. - Then they'll recognize my face.
- We'll get you a mask. - All right, well, if we're gonna do this, man,
then I need to know where's this stuff going, all right?
Is it a warehouse? Is it a garage?
You don't need to know. We'll store it.
Come on. I mean, power issues, humidity. Have you been outside?
Look, you tell me what you need, and we'll set you up, all right?
Well, look at that. Old guy's got a girlfriend.
Uh, can we- can we go before, you know, somebody recognizes me?
I don't know who, but someone.
Madeline!
What are you doing here?
I followed you from Michael's loft.
Did Michael tell you to stay away from me?
Look, Maddy, sweetie, listen. He's just looking out for you.
See, the thing is, I tend to attract bullets, and he just doesn't want you to get hurt.
Well, you can tell Michael that I can take care of myself.
Um, Madeline,
I'm kind of in the middle of something right now, and you need to leave.
Now.
Please, Madeline.
Can I know about the storage space, the room temperature, the sunlight sensitivity?
I mean, we got to have these at a certain temp range.
I'll tell you what. You talk to Evan about what you need, and we'll get it to you.
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Now we've got his name, but he could be anywhere.