Sugar

I tried.

I did, I put everything on the table.

No!

I tried my best.

But some people here live by violence.

And for them it seems…

It's the only language they understand.

Sergey Ojeda?

I'm telling you, I don't like it. Bad idea.

You keep saying that.

Because I keep thinking it.

Fucking Satan owes him money.

Exactly. He knows all the right people.

He'll want his pound of flesh in return.

Look, I say we take our chances, put it in the system.

You have the evidence, more than just the video now.

Sound the fucking alarms, man.

Look, who's gonna come running to the rescue? The cops?

I mean…

City Hall?

You know? I mean, this Fire Sale goes way above the head of some Sheriff's Deputy.

If we make the wrong decision, Tom,

Danny's dead.

Vega's got me in a corner.

We're out of time, I need Sergey on this.

Make the call.

Set it up. I'm gonna go see Danny. Make sure he's okay.

All right, start your engines.

Remember, that's Sheriff's territory. They'll be listening.

Yeah. Eyes and ears.

See ya.

- Vera Novak? - So what if I am?

- Got something for you. - Yeah?

Eyes and ears.

- Vega. - I wanna see him.

And I wanna see Ji. Tomorrow.

All right, before I do anything, I wanna see him,

I wanna make sure he's okay.

Yeah, you have my word on that, but okay.

- Come on down. - I'm on my way.

Rabineau!

Door!

Hey.

- Hey. - How you doin'?

I'm all right.

Yeah?

Yeah, I didn't sleep much, but I'll be fine.

It's good to see you.

Thanks for coming, man. Sorry you had to come out this way,

I must be one of your worst clients ever?

No, Danny, you're not. Not at all.

Yeah, but I don't pay you. I pick fights, I don't listen.

You make me count my suits.

Well, you should have been keeping track from the start.

That's true.

So…

We have a problem.

What do you… What do you mean? Is… Is Ji okay?

Yeah, he's all right. For now.

But all this, you being in jail, being arrested.

It's a pretense.

This is all about Ji and Vega.

He knows about Ji?

Okay, then. What is he doing, the cop?

What does he want?

Danny, listen to me. You're gonna have to trust me, okay?

What the fuck does he want, Sugar?

He wants to trade.

What?

- Moon. Wrap it up. - Hold on, I just got here.

- You're not gonna do it, though, right? - Danny, listen to me.

No, please, I...

- Time to go. - Yo, just... I'm serious, you can't do it.

Danny, listen, no matter what happens, no matter what it looks like…

Do not trade… Whoa! I just fucking...

- Hey! Hey! - No, do not do it!

Sugar, do not do it!

All right, all right! All right!

Don't!

Hey, Stanley, what's up?

I am so sorry to bother you. I…

You okay?

I didn't know who… who to call, so I just…

All right. Where are you?

Just a silly bird.

No, you loved him.

My daughters are grown, gone away.

My wife left me for a humanities professor.

Humanities.

Whatever that is.

Do you notice… notice the spines?

Yeah, 'cause that's how they protect themselves from the herbivores.

There's a Picasso quote about youth…

Some… I'm trying to remember it.

You know, my mind…

You wanna sit down?

That would be good.

Come on.

Man.

Stanley, I'm not a tax attorney.

- What? - I don't live in Covina.

Okay, where do you live?

I wanna… I wanna talk to you, Stanley. I wanna talk to you about Senator Pavich.

- Pavich? - Yeah,

he hired you to work on something with him.

It's a project of some kind.

Sorry to disappoint you,

whoever you are, but I'm not gonna tell you.

Yes, you are, Stanley.

Stanley, Stanley, wait, listen to me.

Please.

So, talking about TV shows, caring about plants,

pretending like you give a shit about my parrot, Monty, that-that was all a lie?

No.

It wasn't a lie. I enjoyed being your friend. I still do.

I like you so much, Stanley, I just need your help.

All right, the four circles.

What are they?

They keep turning up. I don't know what they mean.

I think Pavich, with the help of a man named Henry Thorpe…

I think he betrayed a lot of people that I love.

He forced them into hiding, and I… I don't know why.

I don't know why, I don't know what happened,

but I think it's gotta do with these four circles, and I need your help.

Please. The four circles.

They're not circles.

The circles are tropospheric nodes.

Tropospheric nodes?

- To be used as what? A weapon? - No.

Not at all. No, it's to help the climate.

- To help the climate in what way? - Whatever way we want.

Dispel greenhouse gases,

raise O2, lower CO2,

optimize crop yields,

suppress wildfires, prevent flash floods, and on and on.

John, this can change the world.

Literally.

You invented this?

My good God, no. I'm just one of the engineers.

I helped to scale it up, put it together.

I've theorized about…

But this technology is beyond another level. It's not a weapon.

No, I-I would never…

Yeah, but it scares you.

It does, I've seen it on your face. Even now, you're… you're conflicted. Why?

Yeah, well, we have to do something.

The planet's dying! The world's on fire because of us.

That's what scares me.

But yes, a power like this? Playing God?

You'd be a fool not to be scared, so...

- I have to take this... - I'm-I'm gonna be leaving now.

Stanley…

- Hey. - All set.

- You're on with Sergey. Be careful. - All right, good.

- What's up? - How's Ji?

You know, bitching and moaning like he's the one in jail.

Well, he's detoxing, you know?

Mood swings are normal.

Yep, I know all about it.

It's important you're there, Val.

All right, I need you to keep an eye on him.

- All right, Boss. - All right, I gotta go.

I'll call you later, okay?

- Mr. Sugar. What a pleasure. - Diego.

I was in my office doing God knows what

when Papa comes in to tell me that you reached out to him.

His face.

He was so happy.

May I?

You know I don't carry a weapon, Diego.

I know.

I'm sorry.

It's for precautions.

Sergey Ojeda.

Head of a cartel called Los Universales,

which, loosely translated, means "we're everywhere."

I did a job for him once, years ago.

Of course, he would say I did half a job for him,

and he is not a man you do half a job for.

You look good.

- Thanks. - Sit.

How do I look?

Old.

Look, I'm trying to be nice to you.

You came to me.

Don't you want me to be nice to you?

I suppose, but it's inessential.

You have things you want done,

and sometimes it's in my ability to do them.

You know, our relationship is transactional.

Seems to me that, in the past, that's when trouble came.

You know, when we forgot that.

You're honest with me.

I didn't always agree with you, but you are.

It is a rare quality.

Do you know this Bad Bunny?

I've heard of him.

I'm meeting my granddaughter in Miami to see him.

Nice.

She's sweet, but… not looking forward to it.