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What about this model?

It's one of our most popular.

Satin lining, oak wood finish, brass fixtures.

Not roomy enough.

I've got just the thing.

I like to call this the Cadillac of coffins.

It's designed to accommodate people of a certain stature.

I like it. Does it come in green?

Green? Yes, jade green.

It is my favorite color.

Let me make a phone call.

Sure. A green coffin?

It's going to be on the phone a long time.

How's it going in there, Sammo?

It's a very dead in here.

Looks like we've got some action out here.

And here's another.

Looks like the party's about to start.

Let's see what we have here.

Ooh! Beautiful female.

Two ugly males heading through the front door.

Hey, Sammo, I don't like these odds, man.

Sammo, those are the buyers.

Sammo, do you copy me?

Sammo! It's amazing how expensive funerals are these days.

Check it out. L.A.P.D. Don't even twitch.

You think I'm kidding? Drop it!

Be cool, man. No, you drop it.

You're lucky. I've got a casket just your size.

Fuck! Let's go!

Hold it right there!

We got them.

L.A.P.D.! Get your legs!

Get your legs! No sign of vampire.

I have picked out my coffin.

Oh, snap!

Oh, snap!

Did you recognize this gun?

No. How are you going to explain a casket full of assault weapons?

I hope you have a real imaginative excuse that a jury will believe on that.

I'll take my chances.

Look at this girl.

Her name is Jenny Potter.

She was 12 years old when she was shot by some gang members using your guns.

She had a closed casket.

You know why? Because those semi-automatic boom sticks that you're selling have

been modified to shoot 10 rounds per second.

Rip apart human flesh like a wet Kleenex.

Of course, you're a mortician.

You understand that, don't you?

Who was the woman at the field of the real home?

Look at the picture! Who was the woman?

Annette Delgado. That's a good start.

Keep talking. She handles the gun sales.

I'm merely paid to look the other way.

Where do we find Annette?

She runs a strip club out near the airport.

Nudie Girls on Century?

No, the Hunchpad.

Oh, I was supposed to.

It used to be the lap lounge.

What?

I passed on the way to church.

Sammo, maybe you should wait outside.

I haven't seen naked ladies before.

But not like these in here, Sammo.

These women in here, they'll put your eye out if you know what I mean.

Do you come here often?

No, no, no.

See, I saw one of those undercover news stories, you know,

where they blur out everything with those boxes.

And I'm glad they did, because I do not want to see no women like this.

That's a good story.

Let's go find Annette.

Yo, two rounds!

She got me mixed up with somebody.

Yes, Terrell is a very popular name, huh?

I owe you a lap dance, Terrell.

Just for the record, I have no idea what she was talking about.

So, what can I get you, gentlemen?

She must be new. We are detectives, LAPD. We are looking for Annette Delgado.

Oh, well, she's not around.

You know where Annette lives?

Um, actually, she's at her boyfriend's house.

She's taking care of the place while he's away.

Who's he?

His name is Carr, or Conner.

How do we find him?

That's an easy one.

He's in Tri-County Penitentiary.

Uh, Ben? Yeah?

I'm about to have my new business cards printed up.

And I'm an environmentalist. And I'm an environmentalist, okay?

Now, hear me out, Ben.

I don't want to waste trees, man.

What's the proper title for my cards?

Is it Terrell Parker, Lieutenant of Public Relations?

Or Terrell Parker, Lieutenant Detective?

Okay.

As you know, the Chief said it was up to the team.

Both Grace and Lewis have already weighed in.

And it's positive.

Yes!

How about Samuel?

I don't know.

Um, he's just got to my desk this morning.

It's right here. Samuel Law.

Open it up!

You sure? Okay.

It's about to enter the public domain. Terrell Parker is a...

Terrell Parker is a...

Oh, my God.

What does it say?

Congratulations, man.

Wait, you mean I'm in?

Yes, you're in.

Yes!

Thank you, Ben!

Okay, all right. Hey, big man.

I just wanted to thank you for your letter of recommendation.

I promise I won't let you down.

I know. Just out of curiosity, when did I prove my high moral character to you?

Was it when I saved your life?

No. You have not proved it yet.

But you will. So why'd you write the letter, Samuel?

You are an acorn.

I'm an acorn? An acorn who will grow into a tree.

Oh, okay, so you're saying I have potential.

Yes. I have had many students over the years.

But not many acorns.

Acorn.

I feel that.

Just don't call me grasshopper.

Word in your visitor's log shows an Annette Delgado visiting a prisoner named Cora

Hesman. Hesman's one of the more serious sociopaths I own in there.

She's got a good size gang.

What's this all about? You think that Hesman may be running a gun smuggling

operation out of Tri County?

Nobody's running guns out of my prison.

Wards, they keep prisoners in.

Also keep police out.

It's a prison.

There's guards in there.

And convicts.

Which gives Hesman a free labor pool.

And a huge network of distribution.

I mean, it's a perfect cop.

Okay, I'll humor you guys.

I'll order a lockdown.

You can come into Hesman's cell with me personally and look around if you want.

No.

He will be prepared for this.

What are you suggesting, man? Yeah, what are we suggesting?

Torell and I will go inside.

Are you crazy?

We're not going in any prison.

I mean, I know you think you've seen everything in China,

but you ain't seen nothing until you've seen an American prison.

This prison cannot be worse than in China.

That's not the point, Sammo.

My mother raised me with one specific purpose in mind.

And that was keeping me out of prison, okay?

I mean, I want guns off the street just as much as anybody else,

but this idea has dangerous potential.

I know.

And I got a cousin named Carl.

I had a cousin named Carl.

Got involved with gangs.

Went to Tri-County for six months.

Got shanked over a bottle of shampoo, Sammo.

He's dead, man.

I have my own stories, too.

To grow in life, you must face difficult challenges.

Not if you're an acorn.

If you're an acorn, all you need is sunlight and water.

Hey, Sammo, nobody's more game than me.

You know that. But I ain't going to no prison.

That's insane.

Then I will go alone.

Check her out. I bet she can stow ice cubes under them armpits.

Welcome to Tri-County.

I'm Assistant Warden Landers.

You can feel free to hate me.

I sure as hell don't like any of you.

Okay.

Dan and Maxwell, convicted of armed robbery and murder.

He killed your defense attorney.

Says here you held him down, sliced his throat with a weed whacker.

It was an edger.

No backtalk. Sammo Chang executed three triad gang members in a Chinese casino that

bought you life.

Let's be clear, Sammo.

There is no gang violence in Tri-County.

You understand each other?

Understand what?

The correct answer is yes, ma'am.

Yes, ma'am.

That's good.

And you would be Tyrell Carpenter, in on a third strike for purse snatching.

Purse snatching?

Yeah, that's right.

Purse snatching.

Poor little purse snatcher.

It happened to have been Dennis Rodman's purse, okay?

And it wasn't no purse, it was a clutch bag.

Purse, clutch bag, female like you wouldn't know the difference.

Get out of my face.

Watch your mouth.

Salam aleikum.

Yeah, what up?

Sip him that way, it puts him.

Come on, let's go.

Come on, right here, guys.

Right here, thanks. Can we talk now?

Yes.

You're a one-man Tarantino film and I'm a subplot from Baywatch Nights.

I thought Winship was gonna hook me up as a bank robber or a hitman or something.

Something with some juice, man.

I think that was the only other identity available.

Well, I didn't get to look at the cattle.

So be it. I'm gonna be the baddest purse snatcher in Tri-County.

In Shanghai, they execute purse snatchers who use a gun.

Thanks for trying to make me feel better, but please, look at this place.

Not too bad. Not too bad?

Mm-hmm.

Sam, I don't need a strip of paper across the toilet seat, but I'll be damned.

How am I gonna do my business on that?

It requires bodies.

Okay, after I separate, then what?

Whites in hot, colors in cold.

Whites in hot, colors in cold.

Okay, and how about snuggle?

Snuggle?

Yeah, my mother always puts snuggle in there and it makes my clothes smell real

good and makes them real fluffy.

Your mother does your laundry?

Yes. If I take my laundry to the cleaners, my mother gets mad at me, man.

Get over here, you little oriental punk.

Mr. Hesman's shirts were wrinkled.

Those shirts were perfectly pressed when they left here.

I don't think I like your tone.

Mr. Pabro? I love it.

It's the land of the brave down here in the laundry room.

Do you want to wash my clothes or should I kill him?

I don't care if you kill him or not, but I will be happy to wash your clothes.

That's a good answer.

It's all yours.

You know, I like the way you people stick up for each other.

It's very touching. Yo, uh, starch, no starch.

Did I speak to you?

Hey, I'm just trying to help, man.

If I want your help, a whistle.

You know what?

This is your lucky day, old man. And you, you better clean up this mess or I'll

come back and press you personally.

Get back to work.

Come on.

I'm Samuel.

I'm Chu.

Thank you.

Forget it.

Cor Hesman is not a man you want to cross.

I live in fear of no man.

Suit yourself. I've been here for 30 years, and I've seen crime bosses come and go,

Hesman, he is the worst.

30 years is a long time.

What was your crime?

Buying a Christmas gift for my wife.

She wanted a fur stole, and I saved my money and I went to the store to see if I

could buy it on time.

Half hour after I left, the store was robbed and the furry was killed.

An eyewitness picked me out of the lineup, and I've been paying for it ever since.

You have a good story.

Every con's got one.

Samuel, be careful.

You too.

I have some more.

What are these?

These are the football jerseys for the prison team.

Oh, you're trying to make him mad, aren't you?

Yes.

Wait, wait.

Bleach, Samuel? To catch the shark, you must jump the waters.

Chick's been waiting for a while.

Said she wants to audition.

Well, she's certainly got the looks.

Does she have any experience?

Said she works in clubs in Asia.

You're interested in a job?

Actually, I'm more interested in you and your boyfriend.

I don't think so.

Where are you going?

Come on, come on.

Whoa, whoa, what are you thinking, eh?

Full contact pole dancing, if you ask me, I think it's gonna be bigger than

karaoke.

in it?

Look, these guns you're dealing with, they're not Saturday night specials,

they're high-powered killing machines.

Do you understand that you and your boyfriend are killing a lot of innocent people?

I don't care.

Well, maybe you should care.

Little girl is dead because of you.

Maybe there's a chance that'll change her mind.

I said I don't care.

And I'm not rolling over on punishment.

How can I have a cigarette?

Let go. Look at the ink on her hand.

She's a hand jotter.

I do it all the time when I don't have a piece of paper and I'm trying to remember

a phone number.

I want a lawyer. Now.

310-555-0145.

It's a direct line to Industrial Temp Agency.

They handle placements for heavy machine operators and truck drivers.

Find the connection.

We're on it.

Oh!

I'm sorry, I don't know what happened.

It's ruined. This gun's useless.

Torch slipped away by accident.

I can't afford accidents.

Look. The word is Hessman is looking for you.

Good. He knows where to find me.

Hank! You do this?

Yup. You look good in pink.

But he looks very ugly in pink.

I'm gonna gut you like Sushi Man. You are welcome.

You are very stupid to think so.

Waste of it!

You're dead meat! Also, sushi is from Japan, moron!

You think you're clever now?

You're nothing in here.

Remember that.

Alright.

Hey.

Don't I I feel like we met before.

That's a pickup line, man.

That's exactly why I'm wearing all my clothes.

Go on.

Take your ass off.

Go on.

Go on, man.

How's your back, big guy?

Oh.

It hurts, but at least I got Hansman's attention.

Attention?

You were a nervous twitch away from getting your throat cut, man.

Why'd you do that?

He only respects violence.

That is how I can get him to admire me.

Admire you? This ain't the Miss Universe pageant.

What we need to do is get down to the foundry.

I'm glad you're keeping a journal.

This is not a journal.

It is one of Chu's poems.

Why are you translating Chu's poetry into Chinese?

To say to my father, they have much in common.

Your father was in jail?

Yes. During the Cultural Revolution.

What did he do, Samuel? Nothing.

He was a teacher, like my mother.

He stood up against a corrupt district official and was sent to prison.

You were a kid back then, right?

Seven years old.

My mother was forced to work on a farm.

And I was sent to the Peking Opera School.

Wow, that must have been hard on you, man.

When he was released, they made an apology to him.

But he was never the same.

I'm sorry about this, Samuel.

I'm really sorry. Thank you. What the hell? I thought the guards said I was getting

a conjugal visit. No such luck.

Just came by to see how you and Samuel were doing.

Give you the heads up on the case.

You any closer to cracking Hessman's distribution system?

We've got Annette in custody.

Gracie's working on the lead.

We'll have something pretty soon.

Don't you worry.

I need you to check into another case for me.

Actually, this is for Samuel.

A guy named Chu Zhao.

Convicted in 68.

Samuel met him in here and he thinks this guy is in on a bum rap.

All righty. I'll see what I can do.

In the meantime, what do you need?

You need anything?

You all right?

Actually, I put together a list.

If you want me to, I can highlight the stuff that's really important.

Hello?

I'll stop. The problem with this phone.

The phone ain't happening, man.

Lewis! I'll get back to you on the list.

Mark it down. I'll get back to you.

Lewis!

Come on!

Looks like you guys forgot your tu-tubes.

You want your face to be arranged?

Easy there, Samuel.

Word's already gotten around.

Just here to deliver a message.

Hessman's cell, ten minutes.

Don't be late.

Let go!

I got him! I got him! I got him!

Now I know where I know you from.

You and that chop-suey cop.

You the two that busted me, man.

You five-o. Why don't you scream louder so Janet Reno can hear you in D.C. with

your punk ass?

You undercover? I hear that.

I hear that. All right. So, look.

You help me out and I'll keep it a little secret under lock and key.

Let's see sticks.

Be great. I was thinking more along the lines of you getting my parole hearing

moved up, or you ain't going to make it through the next child line.

Oh, is that right?

Yeah, that's right.

Come on, man.

OK, looks like you got me over a barrel, bro.

I'll tell you what, take these for now.

I'll make some calls, man.

I'm going to see what you got up.

Ah! What are you up to, carpenter?

Lifting weights, minding my own business.

A grown man come over here trying to give me a ghetto smile.

Congratulations, skunk.

Just bought yourself a week in solitary.

I was going to sleep with you.

You turn around.

What?

Turn around! What?

Shit. I bet you used to give a good Swedish massage before you knew how fine you

looked in a uniform.

You look good.

Hey, any more trouble from you, you're going to end up with him.

Come on, let's go.

Get! I suppose you're wondering why you're alive.

No. You're pretty cocky for a man who just had a knife to his throat.

You attack me from behind.

It was not a fair fight.

Well, not that many things in life are.

Take a seat. I'm going to make this real basic so there's no language barrier.

You come to work for me or I kill you.

It's a pretty straightforward deal.

I fight only for my own reasons.

Hurry up, he's waiting.

No. Well, that's very admirable.

You have to finish this lobster to the side.

Just remember the knife in the back trumps a kung fu kick any day of the week.

How about I show you a different trick?

Pick one. Don't let me see it.

Then put your pen into the deck.

Is this your card?

It's not even close.

Spare me the bad tricks.

Look under your shoe.

The hand is always faster than the hand.

the eye. Don't forget it.

Well, thank you for the lesson.

Thank you for your lobster.

Talk to me.

Well, let's see.

So far I've been to a strip club, a cement factory, two trucking firms,

and an oil refinery in this case.

Join the LAPD, see the world.

What's the networking?

Well, Grace left out the best stop of all, case rubbish disposal.

Guess who has a trash contract for prison?

So they're taking their guns out in the garbage trucks.

Uh-huh.

I called Case. They're faxing over a prison pickup schedule as we speak.

All right, keep me informed.

Come on, come on.

Nice and jump.

I'm happy she don't know nothing about that.

Grant, here. Yeah.

Come on.

Don't say it.

Come on, dog.

So where you been? I was worried about you.

What were y'all doing, up there watching Oprah?

No worries. What's that smell?

Lobster? You been eating lobster?

Yes, from Maine.

I was hungry.

A Hessman cannot be walking all over.

Ho, ho, ho. Don't move on the Hessman, man.

I'm down here fighting for my life, trading cigarettes, trying to get information,

and worried about your ass.

You upstairs eating lobster?

That's cold, Sammo.

Don't show me where it went.

Pull your shirt down.

Lobster, Sammo?

The ledger. Oh.

OK, so we got to figure out how to get to the ward.

Hit me. I'm not hitting you, not without my gun.

Come on, hit me now.

You must be out your mind, man.

Acorn. Remember, acorns are nonviolent.

OK. Yo mama is a cow.

You done lost your mind, man?

First of all, it's mother.

It's not mama. And second of all, my mama ain't no damn cow.

Here we go.

Main event time, Hess.

Reaction. Ah!

Ow, man.

Prison done drove you crazy, Sammo.

I will knock a speed knot off your head.

You think I care about your karate, man?

You think I care? You think I care?

Ah! Ah! Ah!

You got foodie. Ah! You're too damn heavy.

Get your ass! I see my stomach.

I can't understand what you're saying.

Get up! Get up!

Break it up!

Get in there.

Where is the warden?

Unfortunately, he's not feeling very well.

Someone put eye drops in his iced tea.

Gives you terrible stomach cramps.

You'll never guess what a little birdie in solitary told me about you two.

How about if we come back some other time?

I don't think so.

I think we found our inside man.

You're right about the man part.

It's nothing.

We'll see what we got in store for you.

Let's go.

Step it up.

Don't move. Hurry up. Come on, come on!

You got a lot of tricks up your sleeve, huh, Chinaman?

It's Mr. Chinaman to you, and you ain't seen no tricks yet, brother.

All my business is in this journal.

You're in no position to be making any threats, my friend.

Take him up to the loading dock.

We'll send their bodies out with the trash.

I've been trying to call the warden for over an hour.

There's no answer in his office.

Well, the route schedule just came through.

Looks like the next garbage pickup is already at the prison.

How long we got before the next trucks leave?

Less than half an hour.

All right, round up some black and whites.

We cannot let those trucks leave the gates.

Give me your hand.

Don't go nowhere. Good girl.

Finish loading the truck, and we'll shoot them and take them out with the guns.

OK, Houdini, get busy with these cuffs.

This is not a car trick.

Where'd you get a key, man?

In prison, you can buy anything for a price.

We'll take care of those two.

Give me the key.

Sayonara, boys.

Get them.

Get him!

Let's go!

Let's drive! Let's go! Let's go! Do it! Let's drive!

No, no, no, no!

for a purse snatcher, huh?

You're working way too hard, man.

Gentlemen, I looked into that Chu Zhao case you told me about.

Turns out, the guy who picked Chu out of the lineup,

later arrested for a hate crime.

You mean some fool fingered Chu because of his race?

I'm afraid so. He has lost 30 years of his life over someone's prejudice.

Were you able to get the DA to reopen the case?

Better than that. Both the DA and Judge Rubin have signed his release papers.

As of 11 o'clock this morning, your friend Chu is a free man again.

Thank you.

You're welcome. Good stuff.

I'm very grateful to both of you for your help.

Thanks. I'm only sorry that the wheels of justice turned so slowly.

Now it is a time for you and your family.

I've been away so long.

Maybe my family...

Maybe they don't need me.

Maybe I... They need you.

Trust me. I know.

Here they come. Go on, Chu.

Oh, your grandkids are so beautiful.

Bye-bye, Chu.

Good luck. Hi, everybody.

Hi. Hi. Come on.

Bye-bye.

I'm glad you dragged me to Tri-County.

That's beautiful. Yes.

So, remember that gentleman's club?

How about if we go grab the buffet there?

Come on, man. Let's just stop there and get a bite to eat.

Oh, no. You don't want nothing to eat.

I'll buy. Oh, no.

I'm not buying. My dad called his boy Manny Pam over there.

You'll never guess what a little birdie in solitary told me about you two.

That we hate your ass.

I'm sorry.

We are here to see the fountain.

The fountain.

Yeah, we even have here.

China won. USA won.

Welcome to Tri-County.

I'm Assistant Warden, uh, Landers.

Oh, hey.

I hear somebody.

Give me the key.

Just get out of here.

Oh, really?

Hey, Chu-Singh. Welcome to television.

Both the DA and Judge Rubin have signed his release papers.

Oh, la la la.

Oh. Okay, let's do it in English now.