The Shield

Pervioulsy on the shield

the armenians know about the money train!

Diro green-lit your family.

If we just work together on this thing...

We don't work together on shit anymore.

You had me arrested. You make the case go away.

As long as I'm locked up in here, everything's at risk.

Shane is neck-deep in Armenian shit.

We got to keep him close.

Vic's had this ex-cop watching us all day long,

and I don't know what's going on between...

I do. He didn't know about the bogus Armenian threat.

Shane was acting out on some bullshit tip

from some banger in county.

I guess one of us is being lied to.

This is Cruz Pezuela.

This city needs cops like you.

I have larger interests I'd like to protect.

Found out the name of one of your former employees

who was stealing secrets... Luis aramboles.

Pezuela doesn't know you lost their blackmail files.

No.

What about the files?

He sold them to rezian.

The armenians are making a hard play for your barrio sandbox.

Looks like I'm gonna need you to get my family clear of this thing.

Make rezian believe the Mexicans are the armenians' worst problem.

This is L.A., baby.

It's latino land,

and I know every Mexican gang from here to sinaloa,

which means that nothing happens to Vic's family

or you lose the only guy who can stop your Mexican threat.

I got the Mexicans thinking

that the armenians are making a power play for the barrio.

So, what now?

We can just sit back, watch the gang war.

Sync: Vine

bring back memories?

On a clear night, you can see Guardo's house from here.

Don't worry. I haven't seen his ghost around.

Come on.

Who's the amigo?

Luis aramboles.

Intel operative for the mexis.

He came up here to start some shit.

I told your boss you sold his box of sins to the armenians,

which means you're breathing on borrowed time.

He won't believe that.

They're already out looking for you.

Price on your head... I could retire.

It's time to disappear...

Unless you want me to just turn you over.

Who's he?

Someone who wants to help you with your travel arrangements.

He would never want to see an... innocent man get killed.

Hey.

Hey!

You want to give me a clue what all this is about?

He's the key to defusing the Armenian time bomb

you laid at my family's doorstep.

He's the keeper of the intel the mexis are using

to blackmail their way to the top.

Or was, till I helped myself.

And you made it look like this prick sold out to the armos.

Which lit the fuse for the blood feud we're stirring up

between rezian and the Mexicans.

Nicely done.

Aramboles is the only one who can put my face to the grab.

So he's got to go away.

I need you to hook him up with the coyotes we were using

to get Lem set up down in Mexico.

Who's he working for?

I want him gone by tomorrow night.

Getting him out of the country's not a problem.

Setting him up on a goat farm with money and contacts,

it would be nice to know who and what I'm dealing with.

Working with you to protect my family...

I'm down with that.

Trusting you?

Not there yet.

S7E02

that's a mistake.

You should have come to me first.

This piece of shit rezian...

He's taken something that belongs to me.

So drop a couple of low-level Armenian bodies on the street.

Scare them into getting your blackmail box back,

but trying to whack rezian now goes too far too fast.

It's already in motion.

Be prepared to help me control the blowback.

When's this going down?

Today.

We have some people in county jail where he's at.

Look, when all hell breaks loose out on the street because of this...

It's gonna hurt your business.

And it's gonna hurt my ability to protect you.

I'm confident you'll be able to handle the job adequately.

Any other questions?

Not at the moment.

Hey, Tina, have you seen shane?

No, haven't had the pleasure today.

What the hell is this?

The mayor just released a list of the top-10 most wanted gangs

to a press conference this morning.

Hey, are we making celebrities of these douche bags now?

It's the latest initiative in the city's war on gangs.

It's just gonna get sets competing to move up the ladder.

Gang crime's up 14% citywide this year.

While Farmington's numbers are down.

I guess I can't be everywhere.

I weighed in against this with Phillips.

I was told that the mayor wants to be proactive

in identifying gang problems to reassure the public.

Well, it made the front page, so hang on.

Well, fortunately, most of these bangers can't read.

Still, I got the over/under on one of these crews doing the first whack

to move up the list in three hours.

I'll take the under.

Rumor has it that you're scheduled for a new hearing.

Four weeks from today.

Well, if you would like to spend that time with your lawyer,

your pba rep organizing your case...

As long as I got this, I'm gonna use it.

Nice try, though.

Arrangements have been made.

??? Have aramboles ready at 10:00.

This war we started is already spinning out of control.

Mexicans have overreacted.

Rezian's been green-lit.

They're gonna make a move against him tonight.

Protecting rezian is the only thing

that's keeping your family alive.

I'm not the one behind this.

We need to get rezian in protective custody.

It's too late for that.

He'll be dead before the request is processed.

Jesus.

Okay.

Okay, maybe...

Maybe my Armenian problem goes away.

With rezian dead, maybe he's the only armo

who knows enough about me to hold a grudge.

Or maybe Armenian number 2 knows what rezian knows

and blames us for getting the boss whacked.

You have to warn him.

Yeah, so he can get himself in the right frame of mind to take a shiv?

No, I'll figure out how to head that off.

Meanwhile, you get cred by giving him a heads-up,

and he'll owe you.

How you holding up?

Oatmeal and bologna.

I haven't had a woman in weeks.

Well, oatmeal's good for the colon.

You think this is funny?

The D.A.'s squeezing the accountant

who did my books at the port.

He agreed to turn evidence.

He's being deposed this afternoon.

I'll see what I can do.

Meantime, you got a much bigger problem.

I got word that you're hard candy.

You've been green-lit by the Mexicans.

The Mexicans? Why?

Look, you just need to watch yourself

until I can get you moved into protective custody.

I am going to protect you.

You better. You know why?

Anything happens to me,

I've already given the order to go after your friend's family.

And yours, too.

If I wanted you dead, I wouldn't warn you.

Then let's just call it incentive.

I guess some of these bangers can read.

This is John layton, Pasadena address,

no priors, no witnesses,

at least none of the sharing kind.

What's Mr. Layton from Pasadena with no priors

doing walking around this stretch of misery?

Gang turf, upscale victim... drugs?

This is not where whitey scores his powder.

Century Boulevard caters more to the pale-face group.

He's got over $100 in cash in his wallet.

It's no robbery.

Maybe trying to pick up a trick?

The stroll's six blocks that way.

These tags... Los mags, one niners...

This is gang central.

We all know what this is.

Only difference is, you're the one who has to call the mayor

and tell him that his list got a white guy popped.

We don't know it's top-10 related.

Drive-by?

Look, this list is like the standings in the sports section,

and every gang is making a playoff push.

Find the shooter.

Okay, Vic and I will take the one niners...

No, no, no, no. Shane comes with me.

L-I'll bring him up to speed.

You and Julien go press the Los mags.

How'd rezian take the bad news?