♪ Too tough to die ♪
♪ Blessed are those who believe ♪
♪ Who believe and have not seen ♪
♪ I wasn't there and it's got me wondering ♪
♪ No room to turn ♪
♪ Let alone learn ♪
♪ Too tough to die ♪
Yargh!
Agh!
Wait, wait! Jimmy, please! God, please!
Please, Jimmy, you don't need to do this!
Tell me everything the cops know.
They pulled me out from undercover four months ago.
Tell me what they know.
I'm... I'm not targeting you any more.
I was building a case.
The dummy meds.
The deal didn't go through, they don't have anything.
You don't have to lie to me anymore.
If they had anything, they'd have moved against you by now. I'm not.
Please, Jimmy, I'm not targeting you.
I'm not after you, I swear it.
What the fuck are you doing here?
My son.
What?
My son was killed four months ago.
He was seven years old.
That's why they pulled me off the case, that's why I disappeared.
What does this have to do with me?
He was killed in a drive-by.
And the bullet that hit him was home-made.
The same kind that killed Tony.
The same kind they pulled out of my shoulder, the one that was meant for you.
Clay Street aren't moving against you, Jimmy.
They're burying their grandfather, they're in fucking mourning.
They're not moving against anybody.
Somebody's setting you up.
Listen to me, listen to me.
How do you know it's not somebody close to you, somebody from your own crew?
Fuck you!
Whoever it is, they murdered my son!
And they tried to kill you.
Please! Please! Let me help you. Let me help you.
Why should I ever trust you? Why?
We want the same people.
We want the same people, I'm not after you. I can help you.
No, you stood there and you let me kill Grindenko, didn't you?
What was I supposed to do?
It was him or me.
Now it's you.
- Look at me. - No, no, no. You don't need to do this.
- Look at me! - You can't do this!
- You can't! - Look at me!
You are dead now.
I know who you are, I know where you live.
Maybe today, maybe tomorrow.
But you are dead.
Jesus Christ, Grace!
- What happened? - Don't! Don't look at me!
Fuck, Grace!
Get out!
Tell me.
Oh, Tom...
I'm so sorry.
- It's okay. - I'm so sorry.
It's okay.
What's going on?
Everything good, chief?
We need to clean house.
New phones, new routines.
Yeah, I got it.
What are you doing here?
If I don't go home by 10:30, I don't get to go home at all.
Is that your rule or Nancy's?
That's a rule that has advantages to both parties.
Drink?
Evie needs a change.
She won't admit it, of course, but...
Maybe that's what we all need...
a clean start somewhere new.
I'm not talking about running or forgetting.
I'm just...
We need to give ourselves a chance, you know?
We can do this, Grace.
We can do this.
To Tony.
Tony.
I remember the first time you brought him down here to the docks.
He had that suit that was about eight sizes too big.
I said, "That kid looks like an accountant."
You said, "He is an accountant and he's gonna make us rich."
And he did.
Yeah, he did.
It ain't fucking right.
Tony was not part of this, he was never violent.
It ain't fucking right.
Hm.
Christ, Travis!
What the fuck are you doing here?
Your phone's off.
- I'm on compassionate leave. - Bullshit! Compassionate leave...
Wilson's been looking for you all night.
Home with my family. What do you expect?
Frankly, I expected you to be dead.
You're compromised.
How? How do you know that?
There's chatter.
Chatter?
Who from, Laszlo's crew?
I gave you a direct goddamn order and you ignored it.
Now stay the fuck out of Oakland.
I need to know who made me and how.
Your captain in San Jose will hear about your conduct in the morning.
Get yourself a good union lawyer.
- Fuck you! - No, fuck you,
for making me drive all night, thinking you were dead.
So, um... on your travels...
did you get anything from Jimmy?
Like what?
You know, like anything on the Tony Aldon murder might be useful to me.
No.
Well, at least she's not dead.
What the fuck were you thinking?
Me?
Running her without authorization.
Come on. She was running herself.
One more fuck-up from you and I go after your badge.
Understand?
Yes, Lieutenant, I understand.
How are the boys holding up?
The boys are fine.
What about you?
Everybody's got your back, Jimmy.
We're gonna get through this. We've gotten through worse.
Hm.
Everything's gonna be fine.
You're going back, aren't you?
You never had any intention of giving this a chance.
That's not true.
Don't.
Don't. Just stop giving me any fucking hope, okay?
"Here we are in the Bay area.
Hope you're having a great time. Talk to me..."
Let me get two El Pastor.
I'm not open yet. I'm sorry.
Hey!
- Face down, homie! - Okay. Okay, okay.
- I said, face down! - Please, please...
I said stay the fuck on the ground.
Take the money, don't take the truck. I have no insurance, please!
No, please.
No, no. Please, please!
I'm gonna go and put you on the wireless system.
This is what we use in Vallejo PD.
Can you make sure we get the whole street?
So I can see which cars are parked.
Hey, where are you going?
To school.
- Yeah, I'm gonna drive you. - I'm taking the bus.
No, I will drive you.
Why?
Do I need a reason? Can't I just wanna drive you?
What do you have upstairs?
Master bedroom and two kids', right?
Yeah. Two.
Is it okay if I go through back, see what you need?
Sure.
- I'm gonna be late. - He's almost done. Now, listen.
From now on, if you need a ride, you call me.
You got it?
Got it.
And I will pick you up, or Dad will.
Which means Dad will.
So I noticed Dad didn't sleep on the couch last night.
Yeah. You noticed that, did you?
Does this mean you're staying home now?
I want you to come straight home after school.
Why? What's the big deal?
Nothing.
I thought I would cook,
make Ziggy's lasagna.
Fine.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Good.
Travis.
Yes, sir.
I'll be there.
I have to go back to the shop, pick up a couple more sensors.
Good. Can we go now?
_
What's wrong?
Nothing, it's just work shit.
Your boss lady again?
Why is it that women in power are always bigger assholes than men?
I have lady boss.
Then you know what I'm talking about.
No.
Man boss much worse. Trust me.
I guess it depends on your line of business.
Hey, hold on.
We've still got business to discuss.
So...
who's running the grow houses in Tuxedo these days?
Depends what street.
28th Street.
It's a little green bungalow with black plastic on the windows.
Everything above 20th Street belong to Lee brothers.
Clay Street.
_
Your money's over there.
All right, listen up! We're gonna be tightening ship.
Which means we swap out cellphones.
So let me have the old ones.
Right here.
Come on, come on.
Now, Jimmy, in his infinite generosity,
will be providing each of you a fresh cellphone every two weeks.
Yeah, and who's paying for the minutes?
Pay as you go.
Just like your sister.
Ruby?
There you go. Two hands.
- Thank you, Daddy. - You're welcome, baby.
Uncle Max is coming home today. Are you excited?
Yeah?
Good girl.
Go play.
What time are we picking him up?
Dad's getting him.
You're not going?
He wants to do it himself.
We should all be there to welcome Max, especially you.
I know.
Doesn't he have enough on his plate right now?
It's the way he wants it.
You don't have to worry about every little detail.
Thank God he has you.
Let's face it, delegating has never been his strong suit.
He delegates.
Has he delegated our little Chinese problem?
That'll be taken care of.
They almost killed your father.
The days are going by and nobody is doing anything about it.
- Come on! - I'm serious.
It's getting to the point where I'm nervous taking our daughter out in public.
I don't want you to be nervous. I am taking care of it.
It pisses me off.
What?
He has no idea how lucky he is to have you.
He knows.
Are you sure this is the right account?
Quite sure.
Why, is there a problem?
The system is showing a balance of zero dollars in this account.
That's impossible. My accountant told me
Aldon transferred a significant amount of money into this account two days ago.
Perhaps you could discuss this with your accountant.
My accountant is not available. Check it again.
The system is showing...
"System is showing"? What the fuck does that
supposed to mean? "The system is showing"?
Mr. Laszlo, I have to ask you to keep your voice down.
And I'll have to ask you to locate my fucking money!
There was never any money in this account, Mr. Laszlo.
There's nothing for me to locate.
Good luck out there, Max.
Thank you.
Jesus, Jimmy!
- What's the matter? - Where's my money?
Money? What money?
The 25 million your husband stole from me.
I've got no idea what you're talking about.
Bullshit! Where you packing off to in such a hurry?
I am moving back to Stockton to be with my mother.
Fuck your mother! Nobody goes anywhere until I get my money.
There is no money, Jimmy, there never was.
Take a look around. This place has been falling apart for years.
Who was Tony meeting before he died, who was he talking to?
Nobody. Tony never talked to anybody.
- He didn't do this alone. - I think you should leave.
I was good to you, I was good to Tony.
All I asked for was a bit of loyalty.
He was loyal. That was his problem.
Poor stupid Tony was always on your side, despite what anybody said.
Look at you.
Tony was your friend and here you are terrorizing his widow.
You've inherited his debt, Lizzie.
What?
You with Max yet? Put him on.
Max? Oh, fuck. Thanks.
You said that would go smoothly.
You said you weren't going to say anything.
No, no. I did not say that. You did.
It's a temporary suspension, with pay, pending
an IAD investigation. This is standard.
Listen...
in light of what happened to your son and the nature of the misconduct,
they're going to take your mental state into account.
My mental state?
They're likely to order a psychiatric evaluation.
Well, I won't agree to that.
Don't give them any more ammo.
Okay, just lay low and don't stonewall.
Go home, Grace.
Be with your family.
You okay?
I'm fine.
You look good. Hm?
There's no shade in the yard.
You either stay inside or rot in the sun.
At least they let you exercise.
I read a lot.
I read all the classics, some of them twice.
Anything good?
After a while, they all start to blur together.
Fucking 12 months, huh?
For resisting arrest when they had no cause to arrest you in the first place.
That fucking judge should be disrobed and disbarred.
Legalized criminals.
I don't blame the judge.
Anyway, I'm trying not to hold grudges.
Well, you're a better man than me.
We already knew that.
Alec couldn't come to meet me?
No, I wanted to pick you up myself.
Listen, Max...
you're gonna get back on track.
Yeah, I know. I know.
Thanks.
How's business?
Business is okay.
It's gonna be much better now that you're back.
Yeah, it's good to be home.
Yes.
Listen. I need to drop you at the house. There's something I have to do.
Just drop me off here. I can walk.
Are you sure?
I haven't taken a walk in 12 months. I don't mind.
All right.
I'll see you back at the house.
- For six o'clock. - Sure.
It's good to see you, Dad.
It's good to see you too, Max.
Good to see you.
Hey.
- How you doing? - Hey, man! How you doing?
Good to see you. How you been?
How'd you get in here?
You must be the only cop in America who can't break into a car.
I got burned.
Jimmy knew my real name.
How come you're still alive?
I dunno.
But somebody in Oakland burned me.
And we need to smoke 'em out.
We?
Yeah, I need your password for the database.
IAD suspended me.
Whoa, whoa.
Someone in Oakland sold me out. All right?
Now they're trying to take my badge. Think about it.
Why now?
Probably because you're making somebody very nervous. Me included.
Come on, Mitch, don't be an asshole. Give me your password.
I'd like to help.
Then help.
If they find out,
they're gonna come after my badge too.
I got too much to lose here.
You wanna talk about loss?
Maybe they're right.
You should just take a little time,
go be with your family.
Guess what, motherfuckers?
What?
I'm retiring.
Retiring from what?
I'm gonna fulfill my childhood dream of owning my very own taco truck.
You two know where I could find one?
Um... check the classifieds?
Yeah.
That's funny.
I did check the classifieds.
Only what caught my attention was a certain headline
about two fucking idiots who robbed a father of three
and fled the scene in his diarrhea wagon.
What'd you do with the truck?
I pushed it in the reservoir. It's gone, it's fine.
Jesus. That's your own mother's drinking water, you know that?
I'm sorry, man.
I got a job coming up.
Jacks.
Back up!
You always bring your piece to the supermarket?
I mean it. Back up!
This the real you, is it?
You know everything about me. It's only fair I know a little something about you.
What the fuck do you want?
Be here this evening.
At six.
Leave the piece at home.
Bring a bottle.
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Detective Mitchell?
Lieutenant.
It's been a long time.
So how's life in... Where is it you landed, Santa Cruz?
San Jose.
It's wonderful. Thanks for asking.
Too bad you opted for early retirement. Oakland misses you.
I wish I could say the feeling was mutual.
So what can I do for you, Lieutenant?
I see you just ran a NCIC search on Jimmy Laszlo.
You have him flagged?
Why would a fucking cold-case desk jockey in San Jose be interested in Laszlo?
Just a shot in the dark.
Enlighten me.
Uh...
Ballistics pulled a possible link
between a cold file of mine and an associate of Laszlo's.
The recently departed Tony Aldon, Oakland, California.
So what's the link?
Both hit with the same home-made bullet.
Turned out to be nothing.
Doesn't sound like nothing to me.
I'm just dotting the I's before I move onto the next, Lieutenant.
From now on,
anything you have down in San Jose with a link to Jimmy Laszlo,
I need it folded into my operation,
whether you perceive it to be nothing or not.
Sure thing.
Steve.
Good to see you.
- Where the hell is Max? - Relax, he'll be here.
You know he does it on purpose just to be the center of attention.
Oh, shit, we're out of ice.
Will you get some more? I'll check on the barbecue.
- Daddy! - Hey, baby girl.
Where's Grandpa?
- Hiya. - Beautiful.
- Where's Max? - He'll be here.
You know, sometimes, I swear he does this to be the center of attention.
It's his party, hm? Don't give him a hard time.
Don't worry.
I won't.
It's like he never even existed.
- Who? - Tony.
What are you going on about now?
Those fucking slopes offed him not two days ago,
yet we're eating fucking rock shrimp like it never happened.
You heard Jimmy. We're gonna hit back when the time is right.
Yeah. I'm starting to have serious doubts that time will come.
What are you talking about?
Have another drink, it's a party.
It's a party? When they put a bullet in your head, I'll remember to say that.
Two, three!
How come you always end up at the kids' table?
Because we're having a tea party.
Well, perhaps we've had enough tea for today.
Hey, gang, this is my beautiful wife Nancy.
The love of my life.
Okay, wait, I got a new game.
Listen, three, two, one...
Ohh!
Nancy, no!
Corrupting the children, Charlie?
Dude.
Good to see you, baby face.
It's good to see you.
You too.
What's that for?
I missed a birthday or two.
Thanks.
So, are you coming down or are you gonna hide in your room?
I just need a minute.
Take your time.
The room feels so big.
How's Dad been?
Good.
Considering what's going on.
He's happy you're back.
What's the turnout like down there?
The usual posse.
Don't worry, I'll fend everybody off.
Just try not to shiv the relatives.
Okay.
Let's do this.
Lieutenant, I got something for you.
Progress?
Like a shark, I drown if I'm not always moving forward.
What have you got?
That license plate from the drive-by on Jimmy Laszlo
was registered to a grow house in Tuxedo.
I thought that house was a non-starter.
Well, it turns out it's a Clay Street operation, the Lee brothers.
The hoisin sauce at the Tony Aldon murder... it kinda fits.
The Lee brothers are making a play for the docks.
Well, you know. They take out Tony Aldon, they aim a shot at Jimmy Laszlo.
According to my CI, the boys are playing war
out the back of the family restaurant...
The Bamboo Pearl on Frank...
Who's the CI?
237. Prefers to remain anonymous.
Start writing the warrant.
Maxie!
- Over here. - Thanks.
Now...
Welcome back, Max.
Hey, everybody.
Excuse me. Excuse me!
Oakland Police. I have a warrant to search the premises.
You can't just charge in here.
- I can do whatever I want. - Hey, hey, hey! - Hey, back off!
Don and Tony Lee, where are they?
Oakland Police. We have a warrant.
Mrs. Lee, my condolences. Here's your warrant.
Paul and Donny Lee, are you home?
Attention, please, this is Oakland Police. Nobody is to leave the premises.
Officers will take your information.
- Hey. - Hey.
Mom still at the store?
She's not coming, is she?
Evie, sweetheart. Come here.
- Don't. - Hey.
Don't.
You must be Jackie.
And you must be Max.
I've heard a lot about you.
Only good things, I hope?
Well, they certainly didn't tell me everything.
Watch out.
I'll tell your father you're flirting with his employees.
Who is he gonna believe, me or you?
I heard you got picked up a few months ago.
Uh-huh.
And now you're back.
I hear you went away too.
Uh-huh.
Welcome home.
Thank you.
- Jackie. - Nancy.
Charlie's wife.
You look beautiful.
Oh, please.
- No, really. - Well, thank you.
What is she doing here? She doesn't even know Max.
But she's getting awfully cozy awfully fast.
I don't recognize you.
I'm a work associate of Jimmy's.
But I've never been to a private function before.
I guess I'm moving up in his estimations, right?
He's a good man.
Welcome.
Thank you.
- Need a refill? - No, no, I'm good.
- Where's the lady's room? - Just down the hall.
Oh, sorry.
- Get in here. - It's okay.
Jackie.
Get in here, now.
Close the door.
You're just in time.
How was that?
Just what I needed.
You having fun, hm?
What the fuck am I doing here?
I invited you.
What's going on there?
It's Jackie Hays.
Not too shabby, huh?
You trust her?
Dad seems to.
She's bringing in good business.
I'm glad you've come.
I didn't have a choice.
She's obviously got a thing for Pops.
Good. He deserves it.
Meet me out back in two minutes.
Why?
Two minutes.
Chop suey? Give me a break.
Chop suey's as American as apple pie.
You go to Hong Kong and try and order chop suey.
Might as well ask for a cheeseburger.
Shit!
Stop, police!
Everybody, get out. Shit!
Wilson!
Everybody, out the building!
Fuck, fuck!
- Fleming! - Come on!
Help!
Back here!
Finally, some peace and quiet.
Why did you want me here, Jimmy?
You wanna find your son's killer, don't you?
You were right.
Don't worry. You'll be okay.
About what?
I have a traitor in there.
Who?
I don't know.
But you're gonna help me find them.