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To be.

Boss ain't gonna be happy.

It's a little short. So was last month.

Place needs a makeover. If I had a loan I could refurbish, I could get in some

new clientele. No, you're not getting any more money. Still, you owe the

and they get paid one way or another.

Put your hand on the table.

Don't do that, Angelo.

You know I'm good for it.

We go way back, Angelo. Stop.

I should bust your fucking kneecaps, you know that?

But like you said, we go way back.

Now put your fucking hand on the table.

Legal approves everything.

We are not going down without a fight. I need to get a press release out ahead

of this thing and get Anders on the line right now. Excuse me, this is my

company. I know how to market it and what it says. What, Ethan, what? We're

working. Why aren't you working?

Nina Myers, you're under arrest for insider trading and embezzlement. Excuse

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be held

against you in a court of law.

You have the right to an attorney.

If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed for you. Anders!

Ethan, call my attorney.

Nina, I'll get somebody on the phone for you right now.

Nina, how could you? I trusted you.

Squelch trusted you.

You may have destroyed our company, but Anders Welch fights on.

And I will not stop until justice is served.

Nina, I'm sorry. I swear I didn't know.

All charges are dropped.

Case dismissed.

Somebody here?

Hey, Mom.

How are you feeling?

It's me, Nina.

Nina, I know.

Nina, so where's your father? I want to tell him about my bad dream.

I actually haven't seen him today.

Back to you.

How was your big fancy job?

Really, really good.

Super busy.

I'm so happy for you. You know, your father and I are so proud of you.

Thanks, Mom.

Yeah.

Do you want one of these pills?

No, no, no. I had two of them already, you know, and they just make me really

sleepy, so I just need to rest. That's all.

Will you stay for a while?

Yeah, yeah.

Can't get in and have a snuggle.

It's a snuggle.

I love you so much.

I miss you too. Don't ever go.

I love you. I love you.

Miss Myers.

Miss Myers.

Excuse me. No, no, no, no, no, no.

And I have your mother's bill.

We have tried to compromise with you, but if you cannot adhere to the payment

plan... Right, yeah, I know.

I've been really stressed.

Okay, I've got a lot going on. Now, we are aware of your personal financial

situation, but you are four weeks late. I need that payment today.

Back payments end this month, or this will be her last.

Great.

Thank you so much for understanding.

One of those words. Great.

Hey. You know, for somebody who's all over the news, you're pretty hard to

I guess not everything stays in Vegas.

Really, Priscilla?

Now you choose to show up after all the years that I thought that I needed you?

How did you find me? I had my way.

I wanted to see if you needed anything.

I did.

Ten years ago when Dad was killed, Mom got her head bashed in.

I think I'm good now.

You are so stubborn.

I guess a little media attention brings out all the old skeleton.

You just call me old? You are.

You haven't changed a bit.

You remember when I used to let you run around the casino floor?

No, I don't.

Well, I got my own place now.

Handy up.

What? Yeah, yeah. That's the name of it.

Sounds delightful.

You're living in your car. This is all temporary.

I have tons of interviews lined up. Actually, I'm a little bit late to meet

with an old friend, so... Excuse me. Okay.

Well... Come to my place and have a drink.

On me.

You're in the wrong part of town, homie. You're in the wrong part of town.

You're in the wrong part of town, homie. You're in the wrong part of town.

You're in the wrong part of town, homie. You're in the wrong part of town.

You're in the wrong part of town, homie. You're in the wrong ass around.

Right here, we don't play that.

Right here, the perfect place to touch and play that.

Street law is federal data.

Right here, you touch and catch and get sprayed at.

With those business guys a week?

Close enough.

Um, are any of them in here? Are you looking for an ex or something?

Uh, no.

Looking for a friend.

Well, you're in luck. The clientele never changes.

I gotta go. I'm dancing like five minutes doing the sexy ballerina thing.

Oh, hey.

You dropped this.

Looks like there's gonna be a fight.

You want to do it?

Cheers. Cheers. Cheers to France.

Go France.

Do I know you?

I don't think so.

I'm telling you, Kansas City takes a ten.

Oh, shit! Nina!

Hey, Ethan. You want a drink? I really shouldn't be talking to you right now.

What do you expect me to do when you won't respond to any of my texts? You're

pretty radioactive.

People lost a lot of money. All the blame's on you.

I didn't do anything, and you know that.

What do you want?

I need a job, Ethan.

No one's going to touch you here. I had to take squelch off my resume.

Just wait for the dust to settle and rebrand. I can see it now on both sides

everywhere. The crypto queen herself.

What's mad? They let you out for good behavior, did they? Don't call me that,

you fucking asshole.

They dropped the charges. You were supposed to be my friend.

I trusted you and then you sold me out for your mistake.

Come on, Nina. It was your first company that you started at college. Who does

that?

Like Ethan said.

You dropped the charges, so what's the issue, babe?

The issue is that you ruined my life, babe.

I can't pay my mom's hospital bills, babe.

I'm living out of my car, babe. And I don't have a goddamn job, babe.

That's a tough break.

I don't know what to say.

How can I make it up to you?

You can't.

I'd love to watch you go.

Where'd you learn to do that?

Vegas.

I remember you now.

You're the lady that ruined that tech company.

They ruined me.

Stop talking crap about what you don't know.

Feisty. Come back anytime, pretty lady.

I'll have a gimlet.

Got it, boss.

Viv, need more ice.

Thanks. Anytime.

Hey, is Priscilla here?

Yeah, he's asking.

She'll know.

Viv, I, now.

I'm glad you showed up.

This one's on you.

Well, I hope it's good.

I'm really glad you're here.

What's with the poker game?

I bring in a pro dealer every couple of days.

Customers love it. It's a private game, and legality's a little fuzzy.

All clubs do it, but we keep it on the QT.

Mutually Assured Destruction.

What? One goes down, everybody does. Is this your typical day?

Give or take.

Why?

Just curious.

Well, shit.

I never said I was good at the business end of things.

I won this place in a card game.

That I am really good at.

So, what do you think?

About what?

How to fix your bar? Yes.

It's all over your face.

Okay. Well, first you need to cut your losses. Your bartender's sloppy. He

overpours. Get rid of him. Then I wouldn't have a bartender. What about

She's charming.

Makes a hell of a gimlet.

She's your bartender.

Okay.

And then what?

Your poker dealer has... Fast hands. Keeps the game moving.

And he's lifting chips.

He probably has a friend cash him out and then they take the split. This isn't

Vegas. It's hard to find an experienced dealer. You could easily train a dealer.

You just need to have someone you trust.

Once you do all those things, then you can start maximizing profits.

Less neighborhood bar, more sophisticated nightclub.

You have the real estate. Why not use it?

Find someone who can really help you get this place into shape.

No. I know you hate casinos.

Bad memory.

But this isn't a casino.

You said it yourself.

It's a nightclub.

I gotta go. Nina, wait.

I'm out of the game.

It's not like it was before.

I know.

I've got a spare bedroom.

Come on.

Jesus shit!

You broke my fucking watch!

Here's coffee.

What's up?

I couldn't sleep last night.

I wrote you up a business plan.

A business plan?

Let me see it.

First we need to decide what it's worth to you.

Well, I'm not going to know what it's worth to me until you let me see it.

Can I trust that you're not going to rip me off?

I can say yes, but only you can answer that.

Does this mean you're staying?

You don't need me.

You just need my plan. You can find someone else who can help you. It's your

vision. I mean, you need to put it into play.

Just think of it as temporary.

How much would you want?

Temporarily... 50 % of net profit.

Oh!

25.

I know you got burned at Squelch, and I know you don't trust me, but do you

really want to walk away? I mean, do you have anything else to walk to?

Hmm?

50%. 50%.

Let me see it.

Ladies, I got somebody I want you to meet.

This is Nina, old friend.

You met Viv yesterday, and Lauren was before.

I asked Nina to pitch us a plan to revamp Auntie S.

First of all, we are changing that horrible name to Club Luminosa.

Luminosa? Spanish.

It means brilliant light. Exactly.

Sexy, risky.

Mysterious. Nice.

We're going to build an entirely new clientele.

Exclusive and limited.

Won't that take a while?

Not with the right approach.

Studio 54 became so legendary because they would only let certain people in.

made everyone want to be on the list.

We're going to do targeted, exclusive invitations.

And just like with any traditional speakeasy, guests will need a password

attend. We're going to bring in more gaming tables.

Rearrange the banquets.

Utilize the LCD screens.

More color. More vibrance. Get rid of those slot machines.

No, no, no, no, no. You're not getting rid of the slot machines.

Those things mint money.

Now, Priscilla's right. I mean, I think they're so old they barely pay out.

Okay, fine.

Keep one slot.

But we really have to take this up a notch.

Viv, I'm moving you to head bartender.

We're moving.

Well, good, because I already have some ideas for some cool new cocktails.

Lauren, I'm... We are making you the dealer.

I don't know how to deal cars.

Honey, I can teach anyone how to deal cars.

What I can't teach is trust.

And you, I trust.

Okay, so all in for renovations, we're looking at about 20 grand.

20 grand?

Roughly. Are you shitting me?

If I had 20 grand, do you think this place would look like this?

Hello?

Hello? Oh, Mina, I've been looking for you.

It's a good thing you called. Why?

You wouldn't have gotten your laptop back.

Since you were so nice to me, I thought I'd bring it back to you. Oh, my God,

thank you.

Anyway, thank you for the tip.

Oh, hey, wait, Bertie.

You know a lot of the customers, right?

Yes. And you have a lot of high roller friends you could connect us to? Yeah.

Just trying to spice this place up. Well, I don't know much about

but is there anything else I can do to help?

How do you feel about marketing?

I've always wanted to be a club promoter.

I just have a knack for that shit, you know?

Anything to get out of Lulu's.

Wait a minute.

You're poaching from Lulu?

It's freelance.

Yes, I'm freelance.

And you're ahead of marketing.

This is so exciting.

Yeah.

Now all I need is money.

Do you think you could get someone for me?

I can get anyone.

I'll make you smile.

I had to do a little bit of a pre -order. Oh, yeah.

I had to do an order at a time. That's fancy. Oh, don't worry. I'm going to get

the door for you. Oh.

I don't know why you won't come home with me.

Oh, honey.

You know I'm not that kind of girl.

Sit.

Scooch.

No way. Bullshit. You tricked me. Relax, E.

Have some pie.

What do you want, Nina?

I'm starting a new venture.

I'm going to use some capital.

I'm not giving you shit.

You owe me.

No, I don't, actually.

Everything you have, I helped you get. I'm asking for this one thing.

You were my friend. Doesn't that mean anything to you?

How much?

20K. I'm out.

Ethan, wait.

I don't have that kind of money laying around.

No, but I know that you can get it.

Look, I'm starting a new club.

Something big.

Something we can all profit from.

What's the catch?

There is no catch.

Get me the money and I'll cut you out on the profit.

You saw what I did at Squelch.

Why can't I do it again?

How do I know you're going to keep your end?

You don't.

Just like with anything else, it's a gamble.

But so is staying with Anders.

Fine.

I'll get you the cash by the end of the week. Just don't tell anyone it's me.

Fuck no. I'd like to keep my reputation.

Deal?

Deal.

Pie was great, by the way.

Wait,

Bertie, where are you going?

She's coming with me.

Oh, man.

What did you have to do to get it?

Don't ask.

I hope you didn't do anything I wouldn't do.

Of course.

Hell has invented something I wouldn't do. But I don't want you to get in

trouble for helping me. Your mother would never forgive me.

Why haven't you seen her?

It's a long story.

After what happened to your parents, I had to leave town.

But I'm here now.

I really want this to work. It will.

No hiccups.

You leaving soon?

No.

Got something I gotta take care of.

All right. I'll see you back at the house.

I heard you got a new girl.

But you better not be any trouble.

I'm not in the mood, Angelo.

Just take your fucking money and go.

Ooh.

Watch who you're talking to, Phil.

Remember who's in charge.

What are you working on?

I'm just finishing up some cocktails for opening night.

I want it to be great.

She deserves it.

You really care about her, don't you?

Feels like a mom to me.

She gave me a job when no one else would.

But what about you?

Such a boss for being so young.

I had to grow up fast, I guess.

What's your story with Sel?

We know she was a pit boss in Vegas, right?

No, she's never talked about that. Yeah.

And my parents were compulsive gamblers, so I have spent many of my days on a

casino floor.

Seriously? They loved me, but they were in deep.

Priscilla kept an eye on me, taught me a lot.

So after Squelch, you just set her up?

No, I didn't even know she was still alive.

Why? What happened?

My parents had a bad accident, and when it really mattered, Priscilla...

Decided to leave. I didn't see her again until the other day.

Anyway, went into foster care, a whole new life.

Better for it.

Now that's a good cocktail.

I'm so sorry, Nina.

Hey, I'm still here.

Good night. Good night.

We're going to make a killing.

Oh my gosh, Nina!

Hi! I love your outfit, it's so cute!

How are things?

Everything's coming together.

Good, how's the guest list?

Oh, it's so good, you wouldn't believe.

Nina,

this is Damon.

Damon just got a new recording contract and is here celebrating.

I think Damon would be perfect for our club. And I also think he has some very

influential friends that would be perfect as well. Isn't that right,

Nice to meet you.

What's good?

Nina is opening up a new club that I've been helping.

Yeah, it's going to be really exclusive.

Invitation only, top notch clientele. Why don't you come?

Mr. Just Damon.

Right.

Amen. Well, consider this an invitation.

Can I bring some friends?

Absolutely.

You're poaching.

And he's not going to like it. I'm not poaching.

I'm offering an opportunity where I see potential.

You have no idea who you're fucking with here.

Look who it is.

I've seen you a lot lately.

Distracting my employees.

You're lucky Bertie's the worst dancer I got.

Otherwise, there'd be a problem.

You're smart.

So now you'll get there.

Don't mess with my business.

What are we doing? I got some new outfits for the floor.

Ladies.

Oh, wow.

All right.

I think we look hot. You do? Those are different. Whether we like it or not,

sells. We need everyone to either want us or want to be us.

That way they'll stay at the table longer. And the longer that they stay at

table, the more money they spend.

And the more they lose, which is great for us. Exactly.

And our new head bartender, Viv, has hooked us up with some fantastic new

cocktails. This is the Luminosa.

It is very strong, but it goes down like water.

Thank you.

Mmm.

Delicious,

right? I don't know if it goes down like water, but it is good.

Until we can afford a larger staff, it's just going to be us.

So we have to keep an eye on everything.

How do we do that?

Why don't we use hand signals? That's what we did in Vegas.

This means VIP.

You grab your ear, it means meet at the bar.

Most important, danger.

I love it. It's like we're in a spy movie or something.

Lauren, how's the dealing coming?

I'm really getting the hang of it. Well, show us.

Now, what about Telf?

What are hers?

She's a brick wall. I don't even know what I'm looking for.

You gotta look at her body language.

Her hands, her feet.

Is she breathing fast?

Is she sweating?

Her fingers.

Top of her thumb. Exactly.

She's impatient.

No one with a bad hand ever wants the game to move forward.

This is great, but is anybody actually going to show up?

Bernie has been inviting all the high rollers from Lulu's, and honestly, I

it's going to be a great night.

Well, I wish you weren't recruiting high rollers from Lulu's.

Luis is a lousy card player, but he's a serious businessman.

Priscilla?

It's going to be fine.

People want something new, and we're going to give it to them.

Trust me.

It's going to be great.

Yeah?

All right.

To the ladies of Luminosa.

I like it.

Do you remember when I made that big jackpot?

Oh. And Nina was there. Yes, yes.

And Nina, she was prettier.

I know.

And security was looking for a blonde woman, and it turns out it was a seven

-year -old child.

You okay?

Everybody was.

So mad.

Oh,

how's she really doing?

Oh, 100 % committed to the business.

She's all in that. Oh, yeah.

Well, I think that we can take some credit for that.

The choices we made to protect her, they made her more self -sufficient.

Well, it's opening night tonight.

No, it doesn't look like it.

You're kidding me. Is Nina going to come?

Nina's going to be there.

She's helping me, remember?

I don't. I forgot.

It's okay.

No, no, no.

It doesn't work anymore.

It's okay.

Hey, hey, hey.

It's okay. I just appreciate you. I'm watching over her. Will you please watch

over her when I'm back here?

Yes, yes, yes.

Well, I just wish you would have let me do more.

You're here now.

Mm -hmm.

Oh, hi, honey.

Hey, Mom.

How are you?

Um... You remember my dear friend Priscilla from the casino, don't you?

She remembers me, Liv. Oh.

Well, I was just telling your father, you know, the other day that you two are

like two peas in a pod. You should be besties.

They say you'll come out and play with me.

Nina,

did you meet Priscilla?

Of course, Priscilla.

What a surprise.

I really was not expecting to see you here.

Can we have a little chat in the hall?

I'll see you later.

Okay, come back.

What the

hell?

You've been lying to me?

I never lied. You concocted this entire plan with my mother.

For your mother.

Oh, Nina.

She worries about you. She just wants to know you're okay.

Until she doesn't know what's going on anymore.

You are unbelievable.

I'm going to overheat the opening tonight for the girls.

After that, don't expect anything else from me.

You can go ahead and leave.

You're good at that.

Mama. Hi, gorgeous.

I wouldn't miss an event.

Oh, I know.

Promise me you'll get out of the boat.

For me. I promise.

Or not.

Bill!

Oh, cowboy.

Place looks great.

Oh, I'm glad you're here.

Oh, it's good to be here.

Nina, Nina, Nina.

Investment coming along great.

Nepo babies.

Actress. Wookiee. Jewel thief.

Hitman. We got an explosive mix of people here.

Luminosa. Where a senator can rub elbows with an assassin.

And a tech guru partners with a lying bitch.

Former tech guru.

Current lying bitch.

Spending money on a makeover while you still owe the boss.

Your fee just went up.

What the fuck are you doing here, Angelo? This is a private party. I know

everything that goes on with you. That's my password.

Let's go, guys.

Ma 'am,

records, please.

Have you seen Senator Davis?

He's spending big money on roulette and then he just left the table with a whole

roll of chips.

Maybe it was a tip.

A guy like that isn't just going to leave his cash on the table.

I'll find him.

Keep an eye on the floor.

What did he look like?

Old.

Holy shit.

Here.

Put pressure on it.

I'll be right back.

I'll be right

back. What?

What the hell happened?

I just found him like this. Help me get him out. He cut off my finger.

I need to get him to the hospital. No. Are you kidding?

We're in the middle of an opening night. Nobody can know.

We can't have any cops around here. We can't let him bleed out on the bathroom

floor. Put your arm over the thing. We need a distraction.

What's that?

It's the fucking slot machine.

No. $100 ,000 payout? The slot you wanted to keep, Priscilla?

Shit, shit, shit!

Hey! Use the ladies.

Just use the ladies. Thank you.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on. You can walk.

It's just a finger. You can walk. Just get him out of me. Come on. Come on. You

can lean on me. Come on. I've lost a lot of blood.

Put that over there.

Here, here.

We have all of this on camera.

If you speak a word of this, we'll release the tape.

You got it? You owe us.

I owe everybody.

The banker, right? Well,

you owe us now.

What's going on? It's a long story, but there's been a little change in plan.

Birdie, I need you to distract the winner. Give her a free drink or

Just don't let her catch out. Viv!

We need to make it back. In fact.

for those of you considering our membership, which comes with 24 -7

the latest passwords.

week's pay.

Or maybe even the whole thing.

Courtside seats, cars, the CEO's private phone number, or maybe even an

out. I will approve and appraise all bets, no matter how unusual.

And the house gets 25 % on the cash flow.

Good luck.

We should not let you be in here.

Luis doesn't own me.

This is the ladies room.

Half of what we should have made if it wasn't for your slot payout.

You have your way, I have mine.

Which includes collusion, apparently.

So I visit your mother. What's wrong with that?

And make secret plans to rope me into saving this place?

Oh, hold on.

Dina, I offered you a job and a place to stay.

Everything else was your doing. You lied to me. I didn't lie.

I just didn't tell you everything.

Why was it even a secret?

Because your mother wanted it that way. She wanted you to live your own life.

And yet, here we are, playing with dirty money and trying to stray by.

Again, that's not fair.

Has she told you about her nightmares? I know she has them. I have my own

version. The consequence of hearing your parents beat up with a baseball bat.

I really thought you...

We're going to be there for me. It wasn't safe.

I was so involved with your parents' gambling debts.

If I had taken you to live with me, you could have ended up just like them. So

instead you just decided to leave. No, I didn't just decide to leave.

It broke my heart to leave.

And then after a while, when things calmed down and I saw your mom,

she's not doing well, Nina.

And I worried, and, well, I just agreed to help her out.

Nina, I've loved having you here.

Haven't you gotten some sense of pride again? I mean, look what you've done.

Look what you've accomplished.

You did this.

I did this.

Yeah?

Are you less mad at me now?

I've always been less mad at you.

I could have come after the club opened. After what happened last night? I don't

want you anywhere near our clientele. Oh, yeah?

Boss wants a cut of everything.

Bullshit. We had a deal.

Deal's changed.

What, you got a problem?

Take it up with the boss.

You bet your asshole take it up with the boss.

Who the fuck are you?

I know you.

Don't think so, sweetheart. Always a pleasure still. You just wait,

motherfucker. Nina, stop.

That was him.

That was him. That was the guy.

What? Nina. You're gonna fucking kill that guy. Let him go. Let him go.

Nina, you can't get involved.

Did you know it was him?

No.

I swear.

You need a drink.

I can't believe you owe this guy money.

You should have told me.

As a business partner?

There's nothing to tell.

Angelo's a low -level enforcer. He just collects the money. So you're paying off

a murderer.

Oh, no.

I'm not paying off him.

I'm paying off the banker. That's probably what happened with your

banker.

Real creative.

Who is it? Who the fuck knows?

Years ago, a bunch of high -powered loan sharks got together and formed a bank.

I've been paying off my loan for years, but every time I get close to the end,

the banker raises the vig.

If I don't make the next payment, he takes the club.

If I get in his way, he kills me.

Holy shit.

He did that to you?

Yeah.

It's a warning.

That's what happened to the senator the other night.

Mm -hmm.

First time, it's a finger.

Second time, well, you don't want to know what happens on the second time.

Then we need to be free of the banker.

How? I don't know yet. Don't go getting any smart ideas, Nina, because this

isn't a game.

Stay away from Angelo. You promised me.

Nina!

We're not open. Well, look at you.

I need a drink.

So, when's the next high roller game?

What?

I have to pass.

Come here, birdie.

Come over here, birdie. Luis, I don't think Talia would like you here. It's

good, Talia. Leave her alone.

Luis, get off of her.

Luis, get off. Stop!

Next time I won't miss.

Stop harassing my staff.

You have no idea who you're messing with, do you?

I want in on that game.

We're still finalizing the player list.

I better be at the top.

Where did you learn to do that?

Vegas.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

How do you think you knew the password?

I don't know

Is that what we're talking about?

Hey, would you want to get the better?

Stop touching it and let me clean it.

It'll hurt. It'll hurt less if you stop touching it. Did you see the guy at all?

No. He grabbed me from behind.

If I catch this guy, I'm going to kill him.

Thank you.

All of you.

I'm really okay, though. Okay, ladies.

Thank you for bringing her home. It's been a long night.

Why don't you all just go home and get some rest?

Are you sure you don't need anything else?

Sure. Hang in there, Nina.

Good night.

Good night.

Don't start.

Nina, I told you to stay away. You keep this up, you're going to get killed.

What if we can get Angelo to tell us who the banker is? No. Come on, let's just

get him drunk and see what he says.

Viv said that he only has one... I said no. If we never get out of this loan,

we're never going to get anywhere.

If we figure out who the banker is, we can renegotiate the loan.

It's too dangerous.

I told you to drop it. Do you hear me?

You just drop it.

Lynn, come on.

You've got to eat. You want to keep your energy up. I don't want to eat. I know.

I know, but you have to.

Maybe you could go get me a drink. A cocktail.

Oh, shit. I might be able to do that. No, for real.

Okay.

Don't wait.

Okay. Here.

Here. Let me help you. Oh, thank you. Just do it. Okay.

Okay.

Okay. Here.

Here, you've got to use this. You've got to use this.

Come on.

Again,

Priscilla?

We could have just carpooled.

What happened to your arm?

I, um, I ran to the bar at work.

I told her to be more careful.

Yep, she told me.

She's mad at me.

You know, you should be nice to her.

So, she deserves more.

I'm not mad.

That's your biggest tell.

Yep. So, can spot a tell a mile away.

Exactly. And you have the same tell as your dad.

Speaking of, where is he?

He's going to be here.

Okay.

Now, listen.

I have to...

I've got to go open the bar, and I'll be back.

Maybe I'll bring you back a drink, okay?

Nina's going to take care of you.

Okay? Okay.

I'll see you.

Okay.

I'm so glad the both of you came.

She really loves you.

You could have told me sooner, you know.

Well, I was just trying to do what was best.

You'll see.

You know, when you grow up and have kids of your own, you're going to

realize that nothing you do feels right.

And you always feel like you're letting them down, but all you can do is give

them as much love as possible.

And then you just got to pray that ultimately you make the right choice.

Nina, when I'm gone,

I need you to promise me that you're going to take

care of Sylvie.

Don't talk like that, Mom.

I mean, come on.

This is just a gamble I can't win.

I just want you and me to be together because, you know, we need her and she

needs you.

I'm not going to be here, you know.

And I know it's been a long time and I know that...

Most of it's been bad.

You could just start with the good.

You have been the only thing that I did right in my life.

All I ever wanted to do.

I need to rest.

Okay.

I just want you to know how proud I am of you.

Okay. I love you so much.

I'm cold.

Yeah, I bet you are.

Okay.

Okay.

I'll, uh... I'll be back in...

See you.

Love you.

No, you cannot come in. How did you like that?

He did so much for her.

We just got in this new whiskey.

Dueling Hams.

Yeah, it's a special treat for one of our VIP members.

Serve it to him, no one else.

Yeah, kind of a jerk, always comes in, never orders anything.

His name's Angelo.

He only drinks Dueling Hams.

Viv.

Serve it to Angelo.

Do you understand?

Yeah.

Got it.

Hey. Hey.

You know Angelo, right? Uh, yeah. Always come to see Priscilla.

Yeah. Tomorrow when you come, can you keep Priscilla occupied?

Why? Don't ask.

Nina, I don't know. Please, Lauren.

I really need your help.

Whatever you need.

I didn't know you had kids.

Yeah. Why didn't you say something before?

I didn't want it to be a liability.

I really need this job.

I would never think that.

You're doing a great job here.

Okay?

Hey.

I need your help.

When Angelo comes to Lulu's tonight, do you think you can get him into a private

room? Okay, but I've never done a private dance before.

You won't even have to dance.

But Nina, he never stays long.

He will this time.

Trust me.

And don't tell Priscilla.

Nina, what's this about?

I'm just making sure no one's fucking with our business.

You can do it, Bertie.

I believe in you.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

anything from the bar. I want the money.

Sure, I'll get it for you.

Have a seat.

Thirsty? No.

What, you don't drink?

Maybe you've never had a Compton bartender.

Lucky for you, I'm here.

What do you like?

Gin?

Urban?

Whiskey guy.

Going at it.

That's my favorite, too.

Hosted another game.

Both wants a piece.

How'd it go with Angelo?

Did he like the whiskey?

Yeah, favorite.

Good.

He didn't drink it, though.

What do you mean?

I mean, I poured him a glass, you left, and then he ran out.

Wait, Nina!

Nina!

Why are you so far away, baby? Come here.

Come here, baby.

There you go. There we go.

There we go. Give me a little bit of sweet.

What are you doing? Come on.

Dance. Come on.

Why are you so tight?

Give me a bit of that. No, no, no.

No.

You remember me now, you piece of shit?

Nina, Nina, we need to go.

Nina,

my office.

Now.

What the hell did you do?

I heard Angelo maybe had a drug problem. They found him dead on the floor with

his head bashed in.

You're harmful to our business.

Yeah? And killing him is harmful to us. What do you think the banker's gonna do

if he finds out?

Goddamn, Nina!

You promised me! I don't think I promised.

Now the girls are involved?

Do you think of anybody but yourself?

You said no hiccups.

Oh, this is one big fucking hiccup! He killed my parents!

He was gonna kill us! What do you want me to do? Nothing.

That's the point. What would you have done? Probably the same thing you did.

But that's me.

You're better than this.

I just wish she was here.

So do I.

But you cannot do this again. If anybody finds out, we are in deep

shit. Do you understand?

Yeah.

I got it.

Hey.

You okay?

I know Priscilla can be brutal sometimes.

Yeah. I'm just afraid that I got us all into something that I can't get us out

of.

We're in this together.

Thanks.

Hey, me and the girls are going to get some dinner after we close tonight.

You should come.

Nah.

I think I just need to get some sleep.

Okay. Open invitation.

Oh, and I threw out the dueling hands. Figured we don't need it anymore.

Well, if it isn't the hot new thing in town.

Look, go with me, Louise.

You're not getting in the game. I'm done playing nice.

I won't end that game.

Let go.

I saw you at the roof last night.

Right in the room.

So, I'm in your game.

Or else, maybe I'll come after the girls.

You get what I'm saying?

I got it.

I'll see you around, little girl.

What's going on?

Louise knows I was at Lulu's the night Angelo died.

Yes, Nina.

As much as I don't want to give that dipshit what he wants, I think the

thing to do is just to... Let him in the game.

And what happens next time he blackmails you?

He's going to have this to hang over you the rest of your life.

Well, if he's so desperate to get in our game, maybe he needs the money too.

What if we can get some sort of leverage on him?

Like what?

I don't know. Do you know of anything?

I don't know shit about Luis except... Well... Oh.

It's a long shot.

If he owes the banker money, maybe we can get him to work with us to take the

banker down. We get him so far in the hole that he actually ends up owing us.

It's risky.

What if he wins?

You said yourself he's a shitty card player.

Besides, at this point, what do we have to lose?

Everything.

I can't lose tonight.

I thought you said he was a shitty player.

He is.

I don't know what the fuck is going on.

Damn, Louie.

Let's see you win like this.

Hand me out.

How about we take a break?

Not now. I'm winning.

Deal again.

Again!

That's the cockiest motherfucker I've ever seen.

Come here, buddy.

Come have a think. Hey, touch your game and I'll kick your ass!

That's your last game. Time to go.

Get out!

Well, cash me out.

Thank you, ladies, for a very lucrative night.

Keep this up.

I'll end up owning the place.

All right, next round's on me.

Who's sitting in?

Cowboy? I am, ma 'am.

All right.

You all right?

No.

I can take care of Louise.

Still, you're my girl. I'm not your girl yet. We had one date. Oh, okay. Message

received.

Guess I gotta work harder to lock this down.

I gotta work.

Okay, no work.

Explain poker.

Okay.

Holy shit, it looks like you stabbed a lot. Did he have hair dumped here?

Well, I'd say he was dumped here.

I'm going to call the police. No.

Why not? Trust me, we can't involve the police. Not yet. I told you not to fuck

with Angelo. Why would somebody do this?

It's a warning.

Warning from who? I'll explain later. Right now, we got to get him out of here

and get this place cleaned up. Priscilla, I don't know about this.

got us into a bunch of deep shit. We don't have a choice. We still have that

plastic sheeting.

Well, get it. Viv, you get a hand truck and a roll of duct tape. And Bertie,

when he's ready, you bring my car up to the back door and pop him in the trunk.

You just couldn't leave it alone, could you? Get those chips out of his mouth.

Come on, let's go.

Go, go, go.

Now, his band is online.

Make it look like a mob dump. What does that mean?

Go.

Have fun.

Hey, Priscilla. What are you doing here?

Have you seen Luis?

He didn't come home last night, and he's not answering his fucking phone.

Well, he was there last night.

Blame poker. Lost a shitload of money.

Haven't seen him since.

I'm worried about him.

You know?

I don't know whether to open up for happy hour. I don't know how to run

Sure you do.

That place is as much yours as it is his.

He'll turn up.

Hey, Priscilla.

Do you think this has anything to do with the guy that they found dead in my

bar?

Angela? Yeah, Angela.

That was an OD.

Police said that he fell, that he hit his head.

You know, but he wasn't fucking drunk.

You know, so...

I don't know. I just have this feeling that somebody's got it in for us.

Have you heard anything about this or anything?

No. No.

Nope. If I do, I'll let you know.

Hey, Priscilla.

You know, girls like us, we've got to look out for each other.

Right? Right.

Got it?

I'll see you, Talia.

Take care.

See you. Yeah, bye.

Okay. All right, come on.

Come on.

Oh, my God.

Okay. Oh, no, baby.

You can't. All right.

I'm going to get on you. Okay.

All right.

What's going on? Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh,

my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

You realize we just committed a felony.

Who? We're also attached to Angelo's death.

No, no. Angelo was self -defense.

I just can't go to prison.

Nina,

we need answers.

We need to get out of here. I'll explain everything later, I promise.

This is where you wanted to meet?

Figured no one would look for us here.

And I wanted to be close to Mom.

Remind me of why we started this in the first place.

I know you're pissed.

Oh, you're damn right I'm pissed.

Luis gets stabbed and dumped on my bar, and you just happen to be handy with a

knife. Our bar.

And how do I know that you didn't kill him? You lied to me since day one.

Okay.

I deserve that.

I didn't do it.

Neither did I.

Okay, can someone please tell us what the fuck is going on? I mean, you guys

keep saying, we'll tell you later, we'll tell you later, and now you have us

dumping dead bodies for you?

I mean, you might not have killed Luis, but you definitely killed Angelo.

And you got us all involved.

Angelo was never supposed to die.

I just wanted him to confess. I thought if I got him drugged up and alone that

he would finally admit to killing my dad.

Wait, Angelo killed your dad?

That was the accident?

He brutalized a lot of people.

Including Priscilla.

Chopped off a finger.

That's why you're always wearing gloves.

And now that someone has that video, they know for sure it was me. And if

didn't go to the police, it means they're just holding it over my head as

leverage. And so that puts us all in the line of fire.

I'm sorry that I involved all of you. She did it for me.

I owe a loan shark a lot of money.

So do half the people that we game with.

Apparently, including Louise.

Someone was trying to cash in. The banker?

How did you know?

Louise told me. I'm so sorry. I fucked up.

What do you mean?

I told Luis about the game.

I was the one that told Angelo the password the first time that he came in,

I helped Luis win that day. I knew he wasn't that good at cards.

Lauren, why?

He threatened my kids, Nina.

He said he was going to hurt them. They're all that I have.

I didn't think it was going to turn into this big mess.

You were being a good mom.

So did you do it? No.

I mean, I'm glad that he's dead, but I didn't do it.

I do know that Luis was in deep with the banker. He thought that if he won some

of your games, it would drive you out of business, and then he could be out of

his debt.

He told me no one was going to get hurt.

Did he tell you who the banker was? He didn't know who the banker was, but I

have a feeling he was getting close to finding out.

So he was whacked by some banker no one knows?

It seems so.

What do we do?

Nothing.

We have to wait for him to come to us.

Talia?

Okay, okay.

Well, seems like we won't have to wait too long.

Who's that?

Talia. She wants us to come to the club.

She's worried.

She?

Just heard from the banker.

Talia? Oh.

Hey, Priscilla.

What's up? Thank God you're here.

Oh, I didn't know what to do. I didn't know who to call. I didn't know what to

do. You know, right after I left you, I got that call.

From the banker?

You know who that is?

Anyway, turns out that Luis owed him a shit ton of money, and now he can't find

that son of a bitch.

And now he says I owe him.

How much?

More than I've got.

Now he's forcing me to hold the game here.

He's calling in all the players. He's calling in all the debt.

And I don't know what the fuck to do. I don't know what to do. What the fuck am

I going to do? What do I do? What does this mean?

Shit.

You have to hold the game.

What? Yes.

Can't afford to piss off the banker, believe me.

So what then?

I hold the game and give him all the money? The pot is huge.

It's 250 ,000 each.

Fuck. Who all going to be there?

Well, it's all the high rollers. It's invitation only.

Can you get me a copy of that list?

Yeah, yeah, I can get you a copy of the guest list.

Do you want us to handle the invitation?

Yeah, genius.

I'll let you handle the invitation.

I'll give you the guest list.

Absolutely.

Let me get it for you.

Here's your list.

Get me the fuck out of it. You just worry about the game. Yep.

What the fuck, Nina? We've got nothing to buy in with.

Want to bet?

If the banker wanted us dead, he could have killed us from the start.

Instead, he killed Louise as a warning. He wants the club, especially now that

it's a success.

So that's our buy -in? Yes. We get him to the table and renegotiate our terms.

I don't know, Nina. This could go south real fast.

All the high rollers owe the banker, right?

So we get them on our side.

If no one agrees to pay, then he has no leverage.

But he can't take all of us out.

What if these high rollers don't accept our deal? Then we lose the club.

You won it once before.

You can do it again.

Paul, you put us in charge of the invitation.

All we have to do is figure out how much everyone owes.

Let's get to work.

I hope you know what you're doing.

Bertie.

I need your help with something.

Okay.

We've got to get rid of that video of us.

Better be the three series.

Thank you so much. Nina.

Anders, well... What's that?

It's from the banker.

You're doing his dirty work now.

Quite the fall from grace.

Look, we had a good thing.

I made you.

I made me. What else has he got you looking into?

You want to know?

Be there.

Don't be late.

How's that?

The banker cordially invites your presence for a big game.

I don't know anything about that.

Attendance is mandatory.

I'll be sure to keep that in mind.

I hope the little incident with Louise didn't sour you on our game.

Well, as long as you aren't holding any grudges.

I know what you two are getting at.

I didn't kill Luis.

As long as he was losing, I was winning.

That was about the extent of our relationship. So I'm going to go find

another game.

I'll make sure to make this mandatory one.

You two are so cute.

What do you think?

He has a towel I haven't spotted yet.

Well, what if we loosen him up a bit?

Name you a drink?

Yeehaw.

How the hell did you get him in there?

Just gave him a little bit of specialty.

How much?

Enough to keep him bathed out for a few hours.

You're gonna be pissed when he wakes up.

We gotta go.

Will you watch the club?

Wish us luck.

Let's try this again, shall we?

Despite appearances we don't have all day.

So, you're gonna tell us exactly who you are.

Or we'll just kill you.

She's not kidding.

She's kick -ass with that knife.

And you're going to work with us.

I'll mark.

Canada, good to see you.

Nina, we seem to be running into each other rather a lot.

I thought you were just the messenger, or are you the entertainment?

Ah, well, we've got Bernie for that.

Glad you made it, cowboy.

I wasn't sure after you didn't want that invitation.

Well, big man says it's time to pay up, so you know what that means.

I don't know.

What are we supposed to do?

Well, you get a chance to play your way out of debt.

Or you die.

That's the game you want.

You own, too?

I do.

Hey, Priscilla, there's a buy -in. Nobody gets to play here without paying

You know that. You're damn right. I just wrote my last fact to get out of this

mess. There's no way I'm going to let you guys come in and dilute my chances

winning. Well, here's my buy -in.

You've got it, haven't you?

Okay, then.

Let's play.

It's okay. Let me help you. It's okay, babe. No, I'll be right back. Oh.

I know you tanked the stock.

It's inside of trading. It's illegal.

You short -folded it and then turned me in because you knew it would kill the

company. I would never.

It's heart rate's elevated.

Of course it's elevated. Do you know just how much money I lost? What if we

could get it back for you?

What if we could clear everyone's debt and get rid of the bank?

No more threat, no more blackmail. What are you doing?

Renegotiating. That's true for all of you, isn't it?

You all owe the banker big, so he owns you.

Right, Senator?

Damon, what if we all said no to this game right now?

Split the pot, shut him down.

and force him to accept our terms.

Earl, he doesn't get anything from anyone.

We have to do it together, or it's not going to work. Hey, he's watching you

right now.

What's he going to do?

Kill all of us?

It's that, or Priscilla wins, we take it all, and you all still owe the banker.

You want it to be your whole hand next time, Senator? Why don't you get to the

point?

The banker controls every single person at this table, yet none of us even knows

who he is.

We have to force him to negotiate.

She doesn't have to negotiate because she

holds all the cards.

You're the banker.

You're always so smart. When the loan sharks got together to create the bank,

they needed somebody to run it.

And Daddy's Club was the perfect cover.

And when Daddy died, you took his place.

Yeah, one by one.

All these bankrollers, they end up dead.

There's only one left standing.

Did Luis know?

Luis?

What a fucking idiot.

He almost found out about me.

He almost destroyed everything I worked for. So you killed him?

Well, technically, not me, not I. Or you hired the cowboy to?

Very good, honey. So perceptive.

Taken after your mom.

By the way, how is Lynn?

She's dead.

Aw.

Aw, too bad.

Daddy always had a soft spot for her.

You know, that's why he let Angelo keep her alive.

You fucking bitch.

You know, if I were you, I'd keep your mouth shut.

All that commotion that you did, that caused a lot of trouble with my fucking

business. And you, Daddy was supposed to give me the ante up.

Okay, until you stole it in that card game.

It's okay. I knew I was going to get it back when you couldn't pay off your

debts.

And then this girl here, she makes it a fucking success.

Ethan.

What the fuck?

Why did you do that?

Ethan, is this... Gumbag over here. He gave you the money to kickstart the

And if it wasn't for him, none of this would have happened.

You know, he didn't even have the money to buy into this game.

The dog was drowning.

I did him a favor. So you just brought him here to kill him? No, I brought him

here for a warning.

I can take any single one of you out at any fucking time.

Then why don't you?

Well, then who's going to pay me?

But because I'm a woman of my word, I'm going to let you play and walk out of

here debt -free if you win.

Oh, yeah.

And then the rest of us keep owing you. What happens if we turn you in?

You can't.

I have Louise outfit this entire joint with Cameron, okay? She knows about

little dirty secret we have.

Hey!

Don't look me up here.

I'm so sorry. I'm such a ditch. I put my drink on myself, and I was just going

to go back.

Bathroom's downstairs.

Great.

How come you don't know where the bathroom is?

Well, um... Jesus, that was close. Thank

you for letting us not back to urban.

Let's get in and out.

All we have to do... You know what we're doing?

Yeah.

She knows about Anders tanking the company.

About every bribe that you took for your last election campaign?

About Damon's hit -and -run accident that the record label covered up? That

not my fault. It doesn't matter, though, does it, Talia? Just the fact that

there was a cover -up keeps you in her debt.

Cowboy, how many people have you killed for her, including her own husband?

And I'm assuming you know about Angelo. Yep. I get something on all of you that

could put you away for a very long fucking time.

Except for you, ironically, Priscilla.

But, you know, who's going to miss an old, used -up, motherfucking broad like

you?

What the fuck are you doing?

I go where the money is. We offered to cut him in the pot to be an ace up our

sleeve. Big mistake, cowboy.

You shoot, everybody dies.

He won't have to.

You want Luminosa, right?

Then play for it.

One hand.

I win, we take the deed, and the score is settled.

All debts are paid.

We keep your secrets, and you keep ours.

And if I win? Then I'll shoot Priscilla in the head myself and run the best

goddamn nightclub in town.

For you.

Your daddy would have taken the bet?

Fine.

Deal.

Get the fuck out of my chair. Move!

Where's that girl? I need a drink. Quick.

Well, look at you stepping up.

I guess your whole life isn't a bluff.

I've worked for people like you before.

You're insecure.

You didn't earn any of this.

You inherited it.

And now you'll do anything you can to keep it.

Except your world is crumbling around you.

Your back is up against a wall.

And you don't know what to do.

Do you?

What the fuck are you talking about crumbling all around me?

I got the upper hand.

And if you don't stop running your mouth, I'm going to have somebody shut

you.

Permanently.

I know why the ante up was always the sore spot for you. Oh, yeah?

Why? You don't want to kill Priscilla.

You wanted to be her.

And you definitely don't want to kill me.

Because I'm the only one who knows what's coming for you.

Oh, really?

Who's bluffing now?

You show me your cards and I'll show you mine.

You know, this is a really stupid game you're playing, little girl. Why would I

agree to any of this whether I won or lost?

And what makes you think that I would ever buy into such a fucking hustle?

I didn't need you to buy it.

I just needed to buy time.

For what?

Mutually assured destruction.

Thank you.

Don't worry about it. My record sales are going through the roof.

So, I came through. I called the authorities and I explained to them that

part of the sting operation. Just like you said.

Now, you can destroy that footage from the luminosa.

Senator.

Lulu does, though. Senator Davis, you're under arrest for acuting.

Wait a minute.

I've been framed.

Just ask for soil.

Oh, Senator.

I'm sorry.

I didn't even vote for you.

So?

When did you figure out it was her?

At Lulu's, she said he wouldn't like me poaching.

I thought she was talking about Luis, but then I saw her tell.

I knew she was lying. Why didn't you tell me?

Because I knew that you would do something to try to save me and get

hurt.

So you saved my ass twice.

Technically three times, but he's counting.

Well, then you know what it means.

You're going to have to stick around.

Things could be worse.

I could be that guy.

Easy. Nina.

Nina, come on, babe. Nina. Nina, babe.

Fight on, Anders Welch.

I still cannot believe we got away with this. We have nothing on us thanks to

Bertie. And we still walked away with the win.

Well, they should have learned.

Never bet against the house.

Well, now there's no one to stop us.

We can be our own bank.

And everyone...

Uh -huh. Uh -huh. Uh -huh.

Uh -huh.