Gang Related

When you were a chavalito,

I used to bring you here all the time.

You used to love chasing them geese.

Well, I ain't chasing the geese now, am I?

Looks like curo's handiwork.

It's beautiful, ¿que no?

I could do better.

Yeah, maybe.

If you tried.

What, you still on me about that therapist?

That ése had it coming.

No, he didn't have it coming.

He was trying to help you.

Your father was trying to help you.

And that's how you say thanks?

I'm sorry, tio, okay?

But look at me. I mean, what can I do?

Start using your brains, ése.

Your mind.

Not your fist.

Tonight after the family dinner, we're gonna have a junta,

Talk about the family business.

You should roll up to the table

- In your rightful spot. - No, you and me

Both know, tio, my dad does not care about what I have to say.

Then say something worth listening to, ése.

Sam: Let's get to it.

Based on dea intel, we know

That los angelicos now sits firmly atop

The pyramid controlling fishscale in los angeles.

And we need to find a way inside their operation.

To get an informant inside los angelicos

Is practically impossible.

Sam: Nothing's impossible but until we do,

We need to find alternative means of entry. Cassius.

Well, acostas recently made deals with the skins,

The dokkaebis, the jamaican order

And the guatemalan faction to help move his fishscale.

If we can turn some of the gangs' foot soldiers

Into informants, we get a clearer understanding

Of the pyramid's operation.

And tear 'em down brick by brick.

Of these five soldiers, we think this one

Is the most likely to flip.

His name is Eddy Lin.

Two-strike loser affiliated with the dokkaebis.

Now, he's been trafficking a new designer drug called butter.

This stuff is becoming very popular on the club scene.

It's like ghb or molly but twice the potency.

Users say that the high is so good,

It melts your mind.

Hence the name, butter.

Hello, third-strike Eddy.

Tae, you take point on this.

I want the 4-1-1 on Eddy by tomorrow.

Come on, you stupid chair.

Here. Let me help.

Haven't seen you in a while.

I know.

You know, Ryan, ever since I got shot,

I've been doing a lot of thinking

About exactly what happened that day.

Pops said you got

Four of the lords who shot me.

What happened to the fifth?

Hey. Don't even think about it.

The war with the lords is over.

No, Ryan, you got it all wrong

About what you said about me being

The biggest threat to the family.

I'm sorry for what I put you through.

And I'm sorry for what happened to you, but...

That doesn't change the fact that my partner's dead.

So if you're asking me to just forgive you for that,

- I can't. - I don't need you to forgive me, ése.

I just need you to know that I am sorry.

Come on. Let's eat.

Man, it's getting late. We-we got a...

We got a big day tomorrow.

Potential investment opportunity.

- We? - We're going to remar canyon country club

With some of his old buddies from stanford.

Yeah, my-my friends run this-this big hedge fund.

They're getting just insane returns for their investors.

Be careful. Don't let their fancy clubs fool you, man.

These big money types

- Can be as gangster as anyone. - Hey,

I'm an acosta.

If I can handle peacock hill,

- I can handle wall street, okay? - Please.

It sounds like things are working out

The way you always hoped, man.

Yeah.

I'm really happy for you two.

- Thanks, man. - All right,

- Good night, you two. - I'll see you, brother.

- All right, brother. - Night.

Before we start,

There's a very serious issue we need to discuss.

Ryan.

Word's out you've been keeping secrets from the family.

Right, Tio?

What's this I hear about some mysterious new vieja of yours?

Huh?

When do we get to meet her?

I don't think that's such a good idea.

Oh, she can't be that ugly, no?

Okay.

Now let's get down to business. Ryan?

Chapel's looking for informants

To help take down our fishscale operation.

He's doing that by looking into some of the other gangs

In the pipeline.

These are the guys he's targeted.

Nice work. Gordo?

Come in.

Carlitos. I wasn't expecting you.

It's cool that I'm here, right?

There's always been a place for you at this table.

You just never chose to take it.

All right, let's get down to business.

Fishscale profits are up.

But with the russians refusing to do business with us,

We're gonna be a little short on the rent this month

For the Metas.

Why are the russians refusing?

They were gonna be our biggest distributor.

There's been a dispute.

Carlos: What kind

- Of dispute? - Doesn't matter.

Yes, it does. We miss our payment,

The Metas collect in blood.

I'm not gonna let that happen.

We'll find a way to get the money.

That still doesn't explain why the russians are refusing.

Come on. If I'm gonna be part of this junta,

I need to know everything.

Look, the RMF wanted a favor, and I wouldn't grant it.

You what? That's not your call to make, ryan.

That's my father's.

Carlos, that's not how we do business here.

The past is the past.

Tio, how short are we?

$3 million by Wednesday.

We miss the rent,

The Metas are gonna collect in blood, no doubt.

Javier: It's not going to happen.

I'll figure out a way to find the money.

I think I might know a way.

Expand the drug business.

Pharmaceuticals, meth,

Club drugs. Cheap to produce, high profit margin.

Might be the quickest way to score the cash we need.

Absolutely not. We start pushing

Into others' territories, it might start another gang war.

Yeah, well, you put us in this mess. You got a better idea?

- Carlitos. - The last thing we want right now with

the amount of fishscale we're moving is any more attention on the family.

- Isn't that where you come in, Ryan? - Yes.

But I can only do that when we're being careful about this.

Well, then you should've thought about that

Before you screwed us with the biggest seller.

Carlos! Ryan!

Enough. (sighs)

Carlos,

Ryan has a point.

Now, if you can figure out a way

To do this without starting a war

With another gang,

I'm willing to talk about it.

Vato, you want to hit this?

Nah.

We got to keep our heads on straight, eh?

I'm telling you that felt good tonight.

Making decisions.

I can tell, man, my pop,

He's gonna start looking to me now.

Ain't gonna be no minor soldier no more.

Hey!

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If I'm stepping up, you're stepping up, too.

What you talking about?

My pop.

He ain't gonna be running this game forever.

You and me, Jesus, we're the future of los angelicos.

About time we started acting like it.

What do you say, homes?

From the cradle to the grave.

We're gonna run this.

Yo, what's up, Benito?

It's Carlos.

Got some business I want to discuss with you, eh?

About our dealer Eddy Lin...

Moving that fishscale for Acosta?

Tae's got the location on him in an apartment

Over on 8th street.

Eddy Lin, drop the gun!