Mexicali

Call me Joe.

You lose, get knocked out or hurt...

...that's gonna bring attention. See...

...I don't care about you. I care about the attention.

But I don't lose.

The confidence of Cassius Clay. I like that.

Fighting is the only thing I'm good at.

Okay, you make your cut, the rest stays in-house.

How many times can I fight?

You owe people money?

We had a bad run on the farm.

There are 12 people relying on me for wages to eat.

Then you better win, or nobody eats.

Get him! Get him!

Victory to The Farmer!

Dientes Feos has embarrassed his trainer!

What's, what's that?

It turns your blood to jelly so you don't bleed out.

-It's good stuff, trust me. -Mm-hm. Go on, then.

Looks like the blood stopped.

So I got another fight in me.

Look, you're my friend as well as my employer.

Are you sure about this?

-Did we make enough? -Not even close.

Then you better give me another fight.

Come on, mate. Let's go.

I'm done. No more.

has the victory!

How are we going? We close yet?

-Nah. -Ah, shit.

Another fight, then?

-Oh, yeah. Let's go. -You got it.

Yeah.

What are you doing?

Are you trying to break his fist with your face? Come on!

Victory to The Farmer!

Joe.

Time to leave. Time to leave.

Did we make enough?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, we did.

- Got at least two months covered.

All right, let's go.

That should be enough to keep the farm going.

Gosh. Oh, God.

Are you... It's awful.

Tsk. I mean--

It's terrible.

But, you know, the only reason I do it

is because I get all this attention from you afterwards.

You know, if this is what you look like when you win,

I understand why you quit.

Ah, come on, it's not that bad.

Joe.

Are you sure you feel up for going down to the orchard?

-Estrella, I told you I'm fine. -Aw.

Okay.

You did what needed to be done.

That makes you more of a man than I've ever known before.

Oh. Say that again. More of a man, huh?

Yes. It makes you more of a man than I've ever known before.

Your dad would have done the same.

I'm not so sure.

He spent his life fighting wars for other people.

When he came back, it wasn't for me.

-Oh, come on. -He came back because he wanted to fight

alongside his brothers.

Hey, hey, hey. Come here.

-What? -What's that about?

Your dad really loved you.

Well, in his way, maybe.

Lopez is rounding up the detail.

You should bring him to pay.

They should see what you had to go through to get them paid.

Yeah? See all my pain and suffering, huh?

Yes. Uh-huh.

I'm just doing my part.

You'll do, for now.

-Oh, I'll do, will I? -Mm-hm.

- That's exactly what I was thinking. - -Joe!

- Stop! No! - Sleeping!

- Stop! - You'll be staying, won't you?

-No. We are not sleeping. -We are sleeping in.

Joe, shoes on the bed? Get off. Get off!

-Get back to work, you. -Slave driver.

And out the back door so no one talks.

You don't think that maybe after a year,

they might just have some suspicions?

Until you ask me to marry you officially,

you can come and go in secret.

Okay?

- You know, I am gonna ask you to marry me.

-Hm. -But it's got to be perfect.

Perfect.

Perfect.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Come on.

Come on. Get inside the car.

Yeah. Wait, wait, wait, wait.

What a life, eh, dog?

Ah. Lopez, I come bearing gifts.

- Your winnings, huh? - Uh-huh.

You're not resting?

Ah, fresh air is good.

How's the crop?

Uh, we cleared the diseased trees,

and we're burning the stumps.

We're waiting to see if we contained it.

If we haven't?

Well, we have to cut some more

and burn those as well until we do.

This is farming. There are risks.

We can lay them off

until the crop is ready to be harvested.

Uh, these, these people have worked with Estrella their whole lives.

Their, their parents worked for her grandfather.

No, we can't just lay them off.

They understand. This is their life too.

They know the risk.

Why don't you go and get some rest?

You don't need to be here. Your face is actually distracting me.

That's the pot calling the kettle black.

Oh, you come around here begging for sympathy.

"Look at my poor face."

-You're, you're scaring the children. -Hey, hey, hey.

It has character.

Just like you, Lopez. And everyone loves you.

Thank you.

Did your truck break down again?

No. Just routine maintenance.

Please clean the sink when you're done, okay?

Oh, but then you'll have nothing to do.

Sorry. I'm sorry.

Ah. You know, these trucks will last forever

if you look after them.

My grandfather used to have one.

You know, if I try to think of a time

that I was as happy as I am here with you,

the only memory that comes to mind

is spending time with my grandfather in that truck.

If you're finished, I'm going to send Marco into town

to get some groceries and supplies. Will you go with him?

Just make sure he doesn't get lost again?

-Sure. -Okay.

How did I end up with an Australian mercenary

who doesn't know the first thing about farm work,

let alone avocados?

-Come on, it's obvious. -Why?

You're attracted to my many talents.

-Uh-huh. -I mean, come on. I, I know 15 ways

to kill a man with a single knife strike.

I can direct a multi-million dollar air attack

on hidden base using a radio

made from a watch battery and paperclips.

I wish that was a joke.

But you're with me mainly because you know how much I love you.

- Mm-hm. - And because for my sins...

- ...you know you can't keep your hands off me. - Mm-mm.

Mm-mm. No. Go with Marco.

I'll be back.

I'm gonna go get changed now, but, uh...

Oh, my God.

What kind of person chooses to live here?

Person who likes good farmland.

No, I mean, if they had a choice, why move here?

10,000 people cross to the US every day.

You move here.

It's a better climate for avocados.

Sure, sure.

And Estrella's here, mate.

Yeah, I know. I didn't mean it that way.

But why not take her north? You don't care about avocados.

You fucked up.

You did something, and now they won't let you back

-into the US. -All right, all right.

You got me. You got me.

I was a soldier for hire.

We, uh, chose who we worked for.

Yeah, sometimes we definitely chose wrong.

So, that's why Estrella's father brought you here?

No, no, no, he brought me here-- Well, he-- actually,

he invited me here to help train the auto defense group.

Where is it that you went out to fight again?

Lopez says you are unbeatable.

I'm just lucky, mate.

No, he says you don't fuck around,

that you put people straight into coffins.

Lopez tells stories.

I wish I could fight like that.

No, no, you don't.

I fought so much, I had no life.

And one day, you wake up and you realize

you're exactly where you were when you first started out.

Just older.

Find something you love, Marco, and you keep it close.

Doesn't matter where you live.

Whoa. These carrots look great.

If Estrella can give me another four crates, that would be great.

In fact, I thought they'd be coming out today,

'cause Memorial Day coming up.

-Yeah, sorry about that. -It's fine.

As soon as you can, amigo.