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Yo, our network manager needs to stay here for a little bit.

(YELLS)

I sort of floated him some cash.

Y'all keep it cool on our corners. We keep shit peaceful.

Nigga, you trippin'.

We're here to talk about Isabelle.

She tried to shot Alex.

I am not a babysitter. It's not part of the deal.

Does Wes live here? I'm his daughter.

Stay away. Live you God damn life.

"Live my God damn life?"

They already own GenCoin. If they own the Dark web too...

I know.

We would really like to talk about Guizer but...

Who did you sell to?

To Axis, your friend Alex Bell.

Araknet? Yeah.

I think it's going to be a pass for me.

I think Araknet could be really something.

Cool. I, uh, appreciate that.

Call me, sometime.

Get him, Tou. You ain't shit, dawg.

Yeah, beat this nigga up, Tou.

(CROWD YELLING)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

IZZY: Ronnie. You in there?

(TV BLARING)

I know it's only been a couple of weeks,

but if you need anything, whatever you need, we got you.

Maybe let's just give him some more space.

But I cooked all this food.

It's okay. Just leave it here.

Hey, so, uh...

I made you some Ropa Vieja.

Probably tastes like shit, but I'll leave it right here.

Okay, just... On your rug.

Leave it here so he doesn't step on it.

Okay. Whatever.

It's on the chair, pal.

We love you.

NICK: Yeah, we're around, man.

(CAR STARTING)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

(DINGS)

(PHONE DINGING)

Get Nick.

(GROANS)

Nick!

Nickie!

Hey, Nick. What... What?

What?

I'm sorry, but you gotta come see this.

(EXHALES)

Guizer's been online for six hours and they've already got 4,000 users.

Jesus Christ, this up-down is super legit.

God, their decryption is insane.

I know.

Okay, if Stella's not gonna do it, then who?

We could pay someone. I don't know.

But, if we had any money I'd be using it to pay off your debts.

What if we charge to subscription fee?

NICK: No. That's a kiss of death right there.

Our 1,200 measly users would all bail.

IZZY: They're winning. Yeah.

They're about to have a monopoly on the dark net.

We need to go global.

I need to find a cryptographer that can compete with what Guizer's doing.

Rance, you need to talk to your guys.

And I need nodes in every continent by next week.

Babe, nobody's gonna pick up the phone for me unless they have cash in hand.

Okay... Okay. I have an idea.

Lemme try something. Let me try and get that cash.

Gimme a couple of days.

What? What?

Just trust me.

Okay.

(PHONE KEYS CLACKING)

Gencoin's managed to get the backing

of seemingly every player in the global tech stage,

How do you think Alex Bell and his associates,

over there at Axis, managed such a feat in a short period of time?

MAN 2: I think what we're seeing here is a shift in priorities.

I mean, it's sort of baffling, that the horse every body wants to back right now,

is currency that no one fully understands yet

Guizer's got 5,000 already.

They're blowing up.

As we're having this conversation at this shitty table, they're blowing up.

Fuck!

Queen, look, you have to stop thinking about it this way.

Think about IBM versus Apple or Myspace versus Facebook.

Look, I know you're really concerned about being first,

but maybe it just is about who's better.

I got an idea.

About the cipher.

What, how to write it?

How to steal it.

How to what?

The cipher. From Guizer.

Okay. So, that is a terrible idea.

It is, but I'm gonna need your help.

Babe, look, I've got enough problems right now.

And we agreed that I would help you out if you work for me.

Yeah, but that's ridiculous.

It's corporate espionage.

So, do you work for me or no?

God damn it.

Izzy, come on.

Do you work for me or no?

Shit, Izzy...

Yes?

God damn it.

No?

Shit.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING OUTSIDE)

Mom. Hello.

I wanted to turn them...

TAMARA: Elsie, sometimes it just doesn't work...

ELSIE: I wanna turn 'em. TAMARA: Please, stop...

ELSIE: I wanna... TAMARA: God damn it, Elsie!

Stop it!

(ELSIE SOBBING)

What's goin' on?

Tam...

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hey, Ronnie, it's Jules.

RON: Yeah, hold up...

We got a dozen eye witnesses, no one's talkin'.

The entire hood, all holdin' out.

Three weeks now, 'cause you told 'em to.

(SCOFFS)

What difference does it make, Jules?

Come on, Ronnie. I ain't stupid.

If you go at this kid yourself,

I ain't gonna have no choice.

You do what you gotta do, Jules.

You know, back in the day, I would've been like,

"Handle your business," feel me?

But it's a different time now.

Yeah. It certainly is.

It certainly is.

NICO: It's stable enough for now, but we've only been live 36 hours.

Every new user that joins the network,

we notice a slight dip in the decryption speed.

It's imperceptible for now, yeah,

but when we go from 14,000 users to 14 million,

we're gonna feel that.

Everybody is gonna feel that.

I thought I could get ahead of it with the patch I was writing.

The one that Alex took over.

Yeah.

NICK: One of my classes was basically about how to put on a sport coat.

The proper, right way after a meeting like you've been doing it your whole life.

Okay. I'm not kidding. I was...

Oh, how to shake hands.

Firmly, is the answer to that.

There's a class on that?

Yeah, pretty much.

Show me.

Okay. All right.

The main thing I would like to impart to you is, don't even... No slack here.

It's all from here, right, and much more power.

So you can move the elbow...

"I will hurt you, if you don't close the deal with me!"

It's like that. So it's just about being...

It's about being aggressive. That's the point.

Is this us? Yeah, this is us.

You okay with this?

Is it like your first date spot?

Are we on our first date?

I didn't know that.

I'm wearing my date dress. I don't know.

Whoa!

Slow down, 'cause I used to come here with my ex,

Ah. Um...

It's fancy. It is.

It's nice. It's expensive.

Looks it. Yeah.

Like her, actually.

Honestly, I really just want a greasy burger and a beer.

So...

Um...

I know a place. Let's get out of here.

Let's go.

(SIZZLING)

Oh, wow.

This... This is really good.

Mmm-hmm.

My dad used to take me here, actually.

My mom was sort of a health nut

and didn't really want us eating this,

but every once in a while, my dad would tell her that I need some new clothes,

and we'd come here.

Well, wouldn't she ever wonder why you didn't come back with new clothes?

I assume she knew.

(LAUGHS) I just...

I think she was just happy we were getting the time.

Yeah. My dad and I don't have a spot.

No? No.

No. He's always seen me as more of a...

Er...

I don't know. Never mind.

What? Nothing.

Listen, my dad and I were...

There's just nothing you could say that would...

I mean, it's not that. I just...

I don't want you to think badly of him.

Why?

What does it matter?

Well, if you're gonna be in business together.

No, we aren't gonna be in business together.

I think that ship has sailed.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Monica Cruz.

That's who you're gonna want to meet with. I can get you in her room.

She was a huge VC back in the day when

my dad nearly lost his ass in the tech bubble.

Yeah, he had but one shot to cash out pretty legit

and Monica swooped in and stole it from him.

He's hit her back a couple of times so I guarantee you she can still taste blood.

Okay.

What?

What?

I didn't say anything.

That's why you called.

To find out who my dad's enemies are.

It's okay.

Why do you think I gave you my number?

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

It's okay.

I'm here. Shh.

You do what you gotta, baby.

You do what's gonna make you feel better.

Do what I gotta?

That boy...

He killed our son.

It's time we make things right.

You gonna pretend like that ain't what you plannin'?

I don't know what I'm plannin'.

You don't know what you plannin'?

When you ever not know...

This is right now, Tam.

Since right now.

He killed our son.

You put people down for way less, Ronnie.

Because you tell me to.

What in the hell is that supposed to mean?

Them Towners last year.

I put down eight. Five died.

I killed five people 'cause you was scared of what Jey-Jey might do.

Just like you in my head about takin' over the hood,

you becomin' Queen of Little Haiti.

Don't, Ronnie.

Uh-uh. Don't do that. Don't go there.

I seen the way you eat that shit up, when your girlfriends all look at you,

like you hot shit,

'cause your man's the man around here,

'cause your son is the prince around here,

we all types of royalty up in here.

But none of that shit matter, do it, Tam?

'Cause our boy is dead.

We could've got him outta here, Tam,

but he's dead.

So, what you sayin', Ronnie?

It's my fault?

IZZY: It'll take a minute to upload, so you'll have to keep 'em busy.

Jesus. I think I'll be okay...

Yeah. Okay. All right, cool.

Hurry up.

Don't fuck it up!

Here's your change.

Good morning.

Hello. Top of the morning. How are ya?

How may I help you?

Um... Okay, I've got a bit of an order.

Four cappuccinos.

Okay.

Two Earl Grey teas,

um, an Earl Grey latte,

and one of those hibiscus drinks.

Okay. Good.

That'll be $28.25.

Okay.

Let me get your drinks started.

Okay, great. Thanks.

Shit.

Are these done?

Yeah. Okay. Good.

Yes, here are your coffees.

Thank you so much.

Here you go.

And... Money.

And I found cash.

Do you need change?

No, I think I'm okay.

Jesus Christ.

Hello.

(SOFTLY) Shit!

Yeah.

Jesus.

It says it uploaded.

He's never this early.

I really hope you're thirsty.

Eight lattes?

One of them's hibiscus.

RANCE: Whoo!

Good morning. Hey.

The usual, right?

Uh, yeah. Okay.

Let me see...

That'll be three dollars.

GenCoin, right? You know it.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

What they do?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

You all right?

I'm livin'.

Is it time to do?

Bring him my way.

I'll take care of the rest.

(CROWD MURMURING)

What's going on?

Problem with the network.

Excuse me.

The entry nodes keep bouncing the software.

It's like it can't get through its own firewall.

It's a virus. Yeah.

We're diagnosing it right now.

Where did it come from?

Who knows, man.

Uh, Nico? Yeah.

NICO: Wait. What is this? How'd you do this?

Nothing, I just dragged it into DOS.

VERA: What is it?

(GROANS)

MONICA: Alex Bell's Guizer.

NICK: Yes.

Sounds a lot like Araknet.

Well, I won't pretend.

Araknet's very similar.

However, Guizer, they have it wrong.

(LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY) Alex Bell's got it wrong. Okay.

Monica, Alex's smiling mug is the exact reason

Guizer's gonna be nothing more than a fad.

All these users who are jumping on board right now,

they're craving for a digital safe haven,

that is truly free, that is truly democratic.

Axis is a massive conglomerate.

It's not gonna be long before Guizer users

are being marketed to by other corporations.

This is America, kiddo.

That's how it works.

Sure. And, hey, when the Internet was first invented,

it didn't take long for ".com," which was commercial,

to become the overwhelming domain username

because yes, you are right,

this is America.

But this is not 1999.

This is the new frontier,

and we are living in a post-truth era.

And users, especially young ones,

they trust no one.

Not governments, not media, and especially not corporations.

I am telling you, Araknet, that is the future of the Internet.

It is the digital Eden that the new generations are craving.

Say I was interested...

How many other investors are on right now?

What sort of share could I hold?

Well, I mean that sort of depends. There's a lot circling the wagon,

but I don't like to commit to too small an investment, um,

in lieu of bigger fish, uh,

for instance, Wes Chandler,

currently trying to buy the whole pot, but I don't know.

I don't know.

Still keeping my eyes peeled for a better fit.

Old Wes is involved.

Well, not yet.

Like I said, lookin' for a better fit.

Hey, there.

WES: You have two thousand active users just through word of mouth?

Correct.

And you can tell what people are using the network for, so far?

Drugs, guns, rock n' roll.

So far.

I mean, hell,

Bitcoin wouldn't be Bitcoin without the Silk Road, no?

The Internet wouldn't even be invented if we weren't at war with somebody.

You wanna make an omelet, you gotta break some eggs.

How's the steak?

Delicious. How's your shrimp?

Monica Cruz.

That was cute. That was cute.

Hey. Wow.

Took a page right out of my playbook.

I sure did.

Speaking of which...

You might wanna flip through that.

What the hell is this?

It's the offer from Monica.

I guess... I don't know, you thought this was gonna be easy

and you would sort of make me wait and feel small,

and crawl back to you so you could low-ball me.

These are great.

You don't wanna blow this, kid.

Open investigation with the feds?

That's gonna make financing tricky.

I don't think I have to worry about that anymore.

She's not serious.

Maybe that's just how much she hates you.

(IN SPANISH) One more?

So good.

(SCRUBBING)

(PHONE RINGING)

(PANTING)

Yeah.

I have a funny story about Isabelle Morales.

What took them so long?

Sit up front.

RASK: You really screwed up this time.

You know the scorpion and the frog?

What?

The fable. About the scorpion that wants to cross the river.

There's a scorpion who wants to cross this river, right?

And he sees this frog,

and so he asks if he can get across the river by riding on the frog's back,

but the frog says, "No way. You're a scorpion. You'll sting me."

The scorpion replies, "Well, Why would I do that?

"If I sting you, we both drown."

You following this?

Yeah.

So, anyway, the frog says, "Okay.

I guess you're right."

He lets the scorpion get up on his back.

While crossing the river,

all of a sudden, the frog feels this sharp piercing in his spine,

and he knows what's happened.

So with his final breath, he looks up at the scorpion and says,

"Why would you do that? Now we're both gonna drown."

And the scorpion simply shrugs and says...

"'Cause I'm a scorpion."

So which one of us is that about?

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

BOGDEN: Out.

Hands up.

Jesus.

(IN RUSSIAN) Take it.

VERA: You can go now.

Phil.

Yeah.

You can go.

Sure.

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

This way.

(DINGS)

You're one crazy bitch, Izzy.

It's there.

Just sit down.

Fix it.

IZZY: Fix what?

What you did. Fix it.

Oh.

That. Right.

(SIGHS)

(BEEPS)

We're in.

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

(SNICKERS)

Damn.

I fucked you guys up pretty good.

Do not fuck with me.

Understand?

Get the fuck off me.

(SPEAKS IN RUSSIAN)

(LAUGHS)

Els' at school?

Yeah.

Just dropped her off.

Come inside.

(MUFFLED BREATHING)

Whoa.

So...

This is what we do.

What do you want me to do, Tam?

Hold up. Hold up.

You done asked me to do this, Tam.

I don't wanna be here.

But you still want me to, right?

You want me to, right, Tam?

Tam, look at him.

Tam.

Look at him, Tam.

Tam, just look at him. Please, look at him.

(SOBBING)

Baby, look at him.

He killed our son.

Touie ain't here no more 'cause of him.

So, baby,

tell me what to do to make you feel better.

TAM: Ronnie...

Tell me right now.

What do want me to do?

Ronnie, please... please...

So you want me to cut him loose?

'Cause I'll untie him right now, I'll send him on his way.

Is that what you want, Tam?

No?

So you want him to stay?

Baby...

You want me to make this pain go away?

(SOBBING)

You want me to make this feeling go away?

Tam.

I need you to look me in my eye right now,

I need you to look me in my eye and tell me, legit,

if this is what you want.

Do you want me to kill this boy?

(BLUE MUMBLES)

I need you to say it.

Kill him.

What?

Kill him.

Do it.

Do it.

You're fuckin' twisted.

You broken inside.

You heard Jules comin' here.

He said if I kill this boy,

I'mma spend the next 20 years of my life in jail.

That's what you want?

That's what you want for Els?

For all of us? No.

I didn't think...

No, Tam.

You did not think.

You did not think!

You just expect.

Expectin'.

Expectin' Ronnie to do how Ronnie do.

Like every other Zo in the hood,

expectin' Ronnie to do how Ronnie do!

(WHIMPERS)

Well, I'm done doing!

You wanna kill him? Kill him.

That's on you.

If you wanna untie him, untie him.

You decide.

That's your choice.

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

(TAMARA SCREAMS)

(CRYING)

(BLUE WHIMPERING)

Where is she?

What're you gonna do with her?

She's just fixing what she broke. That's all.

And then?

Jesus Christ, you can't do this!

Do what?

You're being a little irrational right now, Alex.

I'm not here.

I'm not here.

You're not where?

Here. Here. At Axis. I'm...

I'm not here, okay?

Whatever you're gonna do,

I wasn't here.

Okay.

I'm gonna finish the network patch.

In Greenwich.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hey, we got it.

VERA: You've tested it?

Yeah, Griffin ran a hundred different network configurations

and they all went through clean.

VERA: There's no virus left anywhere in the system?

Everything's clean?

NICO: Yeah.

Get everyone back to work, Nico.

NICO: Okay. Bye.

(SIGHS)

Thank you, Isabelle.

We're done here.

(LITTLE BABY BEAUTY QUEEN PLAYING)

* If she could, if she could

* If she could, what would she say?

* If she could, if she could

* Tied up in the basement, Christmas Day

* If you could, if you could

* If you could What would you say?

* Do you miss me? Do you forgive me?

* Do I forgive myself?

* Beauty queen

* Beauty queen

* Beauty queen

* You could be the one to live Your mother's dream

* Lipstick, makeup, Dance routine, beauty queen

* Little baby, beauty queen, Beauty queen

* Ever since you were three

* You were so much More than me

* Pretty little living toy