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Previously on The Cleaning Lady.

No, she's not coming back. And neither am I. We both quit.

We're opening up our own cleaning business.

You can't act like this, Chris, and you know that.

You're not like the other kids because you're a TNT.

We're doing everything we can to protect you, but you have to do your part too.

I have the CI that I was working with another case.

Maya, that's Cortez's girlfriend. There's another player in the mix.

What's important is that you're alive.

We have each other.

Tony thinks there might be a way for us to make money.

I didn't bring drugs here to sell in the street and for people who need them.

I'll talk to Kamdar. And if I can convince him to let me keep collecting,

maybe I'll cut the weekly, maybe.

I can make the math work. If you both work for me.

But until the rest of that 1.6 million is pending, you're both mine.

It wasn't Thony who got you out of jail. It was me and that money saved your life.

Well, now, it's killing me.

You're welcome. You're welcome.

Thank you.

You've got a real knack for this, haven't you?

And Nadia thought this kind of work was beneath you.

Now, that was beneath you.

THE CLEANING LADY

That was Derek Shin. He's cancelling his membership.

Another one? What did he say?

Same thing all of them say that he know about the FBI raid,

that I went to prison, and that they can't be seen here.

Arman, If we lose any more members,

Isabel is gonna sell this place before we have a chance to buy it.

Every minute we spend working for Kamdar

is time we could be here making sure this place doesn't sink.

Oh, great.

Hello, Thony. What are you doing here?

We did very well with our last batch of meds. Twenty-three thousand.

Very well?

Tell me, how do you expect us to pay off 1.6 million with profits like this?

- It's just gonna take time. - There has to be a faster way, Thony.

There is. Only she doesn't wanna do it.

No. What we're doing is working. It's turning a profit.

Just consider it for a moment. All right.

If we just sell street drugs as a temporary measure...

Arman, I'm a doctor, not a drug dealer.

I will only sell legitimate meds to people in need.

Oh, my God. Here we go again.

And if I get arrested, who's going to look after Luca?

We can't keep working under Kamdar. We need this.

What we're doing here is what we agreed on. I just came to deliver your cut.

Our cut? Who does she think she is?

I told you this never work but never listened to me.

What are we gonna do now?

You're right. Thony can't be calling the shots anymore.

She doesn't know how to run a business.

We do.

Hello, The Cleanings Ladies, how can we help you?

No, I don't need solar panels 'cause I don't own a roof to put them on!

Yeah? Okay.

What's wrong?

How 'bout having a brand new cleaning business with nothing to clean?

We just have to be patient, Fi.

No, no, no. We don't have time for patience! Roxy called me crying.

She said, she has no money to pay her bills, so she had to take another job.

Same with all the girls.

If we can't book something, we can't keep them, never mind paying the rent!

The girls are gonna make it work.

- Maybe this was a bad idea. I just... - No. It just takes time.

And look, you done the groundwork by putting these flyers all over town.

- This is great. - Thanks to Chris.

He seems to be doing better?

That's because I've been trying keeping him busy.

But I can't keep doing that without any work coming in.

He just needs to push through it and put it behind him.

Is that what you're trying to do, Fi? Put it behind you?

Fi, we still haven't talked about Marco's death.

About what happened at the motel.

You can't just keep holding everything in like this, Fi.

Like you're handling things any differently?

It's Jaz.

- Hey, guys! - Look who it is. I missed you.

Hey, Thony.

- How are you? - Good.

- Hey. - Hey.

Is there something on my arm?

Seriously, there feels like there's something there.

- It's me, JD. It's me! - Oh, hey. How you doing over there?

Chris, JD's here.

- So, how was the basketball camp? - It was pretty awesome.

- Yeah? - Jaz slayed it.

She played a mean center all week. She owned the paint. That's my girl!

- Well, thanks for taking her, JD. - Are you kidding me?

I should be thanking you. I hope we can do a lot more stuff like that.

So Mom, I have some news for you.

Dad's moving to Vegas!

What?

Yeah, I got that teaching job at Westmore Prep.

My commanding officer wrote me a recommendation letter,

and it must've been pretty good because I start next month.

Congratulations, JD.

- Thank you. - That's great news.

Hey, JD. How you doing?

- What happened to your hand? - That's nothing, man.

Chris broke something and got suspended.

- Is this true? - I said, it's nothing. Okay?

Come on. Let's go. Let's go to your room.

Okay. Alright, Chief.

I'll swing by before I head back to Oakland, okay?

- Okay. Bye, Dad. - Alright. Bye, baby.

Good to see you.

What happened? What did Chris do?

He broke a mirror in the bathroom at school.

Why?

He's going through some stuff and his suspension is almost over,

so maybe don't ask him about it, okay?

Why don't you take a shower?

And I'll do your laundry from your trip, yeah?

- Yeah. - Yeah. Okay.

Fi, talk to me. I can see you're upset.

Well, this is just what I need.

JD getting to be Jaz's hero when my life's a big fat mess.

This is not what she thinks and you know it.

Look, JD's great. And most of her life he's been stationed overseas. I get it.

I just don't know how this is gonna work, or how I'm gonna get my crap together?

Look at me. Look at me. Listen, we're gonna be fine, Fi, okay?

It's been a tough couple of weeks, but things will get better.

I'm gonna get more meds tomorrow from Bosco.

And we're gonna sell them together. And we're gonna be fine.

Okay?

- Hey, Bosco. Good to see you. - You too, sister.

Thanks for doing this on such short notice.

Had to get my cousin from Yuma to bring this up.

Couldn't risk Sin Cara find out, not with this cargo.

What's all this? I didn't order this much.

No, you didn't. Arman did.

Boxes and boxes of narcotics. You really sell this on the street?

We tried things your way, Thony. Now, we're doing it my way.

Doing this is against everything I stand for, but clearly it doesn't matter to you.

What matters to me is we make a real profit.

That's what this will allow us to do.

And you think it's that simple? You really think it's that simple?

My buddy has a contact that can move these like that.

All this drugs, two hundred grand. Easy.

Okay. What do you think happens when the drugs hit the streets?

Dealers only care about anything but money.

They will sell it to anybody.

It doesn't matter if people die, overdose, it doesn't matter.

All I know is these boxes need to get to my guy tonight.

What he does with them after that is not my concern.

You might not care about what happens to people, but I do.

- Like that motel manager? - He was threatening my family.

Robert Kamdar is threatening mine!

Everything you've needed, I've done for you.

I don't ask questions. I don't judge you.

I've done whatever it takes to keep you safe.

I even kill for you. Do you even appreciate that?

I wanna help, Arman. I am helping.

But not this way. You do this, I'm out.

I guess we're done.

I'll be back for the drugs later.

So after all that, all I.T. got off from Maya's phone was a few texts?

Encrypted texts. Through a private messaging app.

And she only had the phone a few days.

Dealers don't hang onto burners very long.

Any idea who this Brit is she keeps talking about?

No, but she mentions him five times in three days.

So, my gut tells me this is the new player we're looking for.

Maybe.

Cortez to Maya: "The Brit's good to go. Two weeks, tops."

What's your Spidey senses say about that?

You're on the case now. Why don't you tell me?

Could be a drug deal or shipment

and if the time stamp is correct, it's happening in the next week or so.

Coffee in the office isn't great but this stuff is rancid.

Why exactly are here, Miller?

Because if you really wanna know what's happening in the drug kingdom,

you gotta ask the queen.

My, my, Agent Miller. Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?

Madame Delilah, it's always a pleasure. This is Special Agent Tyler Jefferson.

You are special indeed.

What can I do for you, sugar? But make it quick got Drag Brunch in twenty.

Okay. We're looking for someone. He goes by The Brit.

He could be a dealer, he could be a supplier,

but it sounds like he's got a big deal going down sometime this week.

You heard anything about that?

Right. I am so sorry. How could I forget?

You know, when I saw this, I thought... This was made for Madame D.

I love it!

And there's my favorite founding father.

So there was this British fellow used to sell Special K at Cuba a few years back.

Maybe that's your guy?

Nadia, can I borrow you for a second?

See that? Tall guy, second spot. Watch.

He did it again. That's the third chip he's past-posted.

He's cheating.

You always did have an eagle eye. Like on the night we first net.

You were just a waitress in a back street bar,

but when that guy tried to steal your tips...

Yeah, it was that first time I saw a grown man cry.

He never had a corkscrew pressed into his neck before.

- Arman. You're just in time. - I'll take care of your bad cheater.

One of my bouncers is out sick today. You'll be filling in.

I'm not wearing that.

That's the uniform. I'm sorry, I can't make exceptions just for you.

Our deal was I collect debts for you. I'm not muscle for hire.

Our deal was you work for me doing what I need until the 1.6 is paid.

Are you prepared to do that?

Thank you.

What are you, like Costco now?

Oxy, Benzos, Percs, Zannies, damn.

- This ain't no joke. - Can you help me offload these or not?

I'm sure I know a few guys who could help take a few these off your hand.

No, no, no. Not street dealers.

I'm talking clinics, vets, the VA, medical professionals?

I think, you're confused about the company I keep.

I may not be license here, but I still took an oath to do no harm.

Expensive morality you've got. I'm not judging.

So you got my usual meds?

- But I could take a few with these boxes. - Bye, Vinny.

Hey, Fi.

- Thony. We did it. We got a call. - What?

We got a call. We've got an interview with an event planner in thirty minutes!

Okay. I'll lock up and I'll see you there.

This should be a piece of cake.

Just stand behind me and look like the mean son of a bitch.

Just like that.

- Kamdar! You're looking good, man. - Stuart, it's good to see you too.

- Please, have a seat. - Morales? Holy hell, is that you?

- Yeah. - So, Stuart. Talk to me.

- Tell me about this business proposal. - Yes, absolutely.

I know you're a busy man, so I'm gonna keep the sales pitch brief

but I'm just surprised to see Morales here.

- Vegas is a small town. - Right. Right. Of course,

La Habana used to be one of my biggest clients.

After all, I supply cigars, the kinds you can't get in the good ol' U.S. of A.

If you know what I mean. Is that why you're here?

I heard La Habana was having some hard times

but, damn, I guess, things are tougher than I thought.

Kamdar and I have mutual interests so we're working together.

That's not exactly true. Arman is working for me.

It's a temporary arrangement.

Anyways, I'm in need of a small cash infusion.

I guess he is, too?

Just finish what you came here for, Stuart.

Why don't you take a walk, Arman.

It seems your presence is too much of a distraction.

I said, get out.

- So, Stuart. You were saying? - Yes.

- The event planner said to meet here. - Maybe she'll meet us after the party?

Look at you. All of my pretty blouses, sensible shoes, and hopeful smiles.

- You must be here for the interview. - Yes.

I'm Fiona and this is Thony. We're here to meet Ginger.

Ginger Cline, career showgirl. Until today, that is.

I'm hanging up my can-cans, and I'm becoming a party-planner.

- Champagne for mama. - Thank you, my darling.

- Congratulations. - Yeah.

Thank you. I call it my second act.

My events will be many and magnificent,

and I'm gonna need dedicated cleaners for all of them.

Our team has worked all kinds of events. You name it, we've cleaned it.

Bachelorette parties, pool parties, dance parties...

You're a new company. I was hoping for someone with more experience.

No. We do have a lot of experience. We've just been working for...

- The Man? - Yes. Exactly.

Story of my life. My old life.

But we got out and we're starting over,

so I guess you can say we're starting our second act, too.

Aren't we just a pile of budding entrepreneurs.

- Alrighty then... sold. - Thank you.

But how about a little trial run before I sign up for the long haul?

I mean, paid, of course.

And as you can see, my retirement party... look at them.

Just got a little bit out of hand. It needs a little cleaning up.

- So you want us to clean now? - A bachelor party is coming in two hours.

I need this place into shape. Are you all up for it?

Yes! Yes. The Cleaning Ladies are on it.

Great! All right. Well, let me have my champagne and get out of this rig.

Okay.

Did all our girls take other jobs this week already?

Yes. It's just you and me.

We're screwed.

Finally, reinforcements.

Come here, my hero.

Are you excited to help Mommy and Tita Fi?

Yes?

All right. Good job.

Hey. Let's see if that camp paid off, yeah?

Attagirl. Kelsey Plum, look out.

Hey, what's wrong?

What's going on with Chris, Mom?

He won't even look at me, never mind talk to me. It's kinda freaking me out.

He'll be okay.

Just give him space you know how hard everything's been.

Because of Uncle Marco or the immigration stuff? What is it?

- Yeah. - Yeah to what being a TNT?

Yes. Don't worry, okay? We're gonna get through it as a family, okay?

Let's clean. We have a lot to do.

That was a bust. Sounds like our British dealer is long gone.

What happened?

Word is, he racked up a mountain of debt

when the pandemic shut down the club scene.

I guess he didn't qualify for the small business stimulus.

I always wondered how Cortes's operation blew up the way it did.

He managed to expand mid pandemic.

Whatever, the clubs closed, but people still did drugs.

Still it would've taken a lot to amp things up the way he did.

Okay. Okay. So maybe a stimulus loan isn't that far off.

What if our Brit isn't supplying drugs? What if he's supplying the money?

Let's head back to the office and do some digging who that could be.

Yeah, yeah. I'm gonna drop you off.

I still need to talk to a few more CI's. But I'll hit you up if anything pans out.

Was that Stuart Ziegler tin here? I didn't know he had business with Robert.

- What's wrong? - Nothing.

Come on, Armando.

- What is it? - About what?

Your ex humiliating me every chance he gets?

Please, don't make things more complicated. He just likes to play games.

I bust my ass day in and day out trying pry us free of him

while you laugh at his jokes

and you throw yourself at his customers just to line his pockets.

You think I like hanging around with the degenerates in this place?

No. I think you like hanging around one degenerate.

Don't you dare turn this on me.

After everything you've put me through with her.

- Don't make this about Thony. - Why?

You drag her into every other part of our lives.

Okay. I just wanted to make you feel better, but I'm done,

cause the only person who can make you feel like a hero is your cleaning lady.

Look at that.

You do know how to keep your mouth shut.

What do you want?

For you to do the one thing you're good for. Get some blood on your knuckles.

Negotiations with your friend Stuart went south.

I need you to come back and send him a message.

I think you might feel good after those things he said to you.

Come on, Morales. I, I was... I was...

I guess you belong here after all.

Take away the suit, you're nothing but a stupid thug.

No, no, no. Come on. I...

Please, don't stop on my account.

If you want him dead, kill him yourself.

Arman!

Where do you think you're going? You can't just waltz away.

I've got a meeting in an hour and my office is a bloody mess.

Looks like a butcher shop. You need to call your cleaning lady.

- I'm not doing that. - Why not?

Isn't than what you employ her for?

- What? - I need you to come to the Sportsbook.

There's a mess that needs to be cleaned.

I can't. I'm on a job. And besides, you're the one who said we were done.

I'm not the one who's asking, Thony. It's Kamdar.

He's someone you don't wanna say no to.

- Is everything okay? - Just get over here, please.

- I've got to go. - Everything okay?

Just tell Luca I'll see him back at home, okay?

Sure.

The last we met, I had my doubts you were actually a cleaning lady,

but you certainly look the part today.

Arman is just through here.

As you can see, the man he beat to a pulp left behind a lot of blood.

It's a shame, I just purchased that Dhurrie. Toss it out in the trash.

- No, don't. I'll take care of it. - Before my meeting in half an hour?

If you can't that's not the worst thing in the world.

It's good for the people I do business with

to see what happens when they don't deliver.

- I'll do my best. - That's all I ask. I'll leave you to it.

Arman.

Arman, what happened?

It doesn't matter. It's what I've become.

Arman, this is not who you are.

I'm going to help you, okay?

What time are you meeting your contact to sell the drugs?

5:00.

Help me clean this up, we can still make it in time.

- You really didn't need to do this. - Don't mention it. It was fun.

- Cleaning is your idea of fun? - This was.

Cleaning a latrine with a drill sergeant in your face, not so much.

But hanging out with you and the kids is always a good time.

I'm... we're pretty much done here, so you don't have to hang around.

Is that what you're worried about? Me hanging around?

You haven't said much about me moving back.

That's not... no.

Jaz is, is really excited that you're moving here.

I know she is, but I'm asking about you.

I mean, I guess, as a mom, I don't really think about what I want anymore.

Sounds like that's something we need to change around here.

Okay. Yeah. But... okay. How is this gonna work?

Are you gonna want Jaz every other weekend, all the good holidays, or what?

How about I take the crappy holidays?

Look, this doesn't have to be formal or awkward.

I missed so much of her life already

and I just wanna spend as much time with her as I can.

Okay. You can do that.

But for now, please I need you to take the kids home before Ginger gets back.

- Too late. - Hi.

Does someone want to explain to me

why I am witnessing three child labor law violations?

I'm sorry, Ginger. It's on me.

The job was so last minute, all my help was unavailable,

but I couldn't afford to let a contract like this.

Making this business work means everything. I mean, to all of us.

Come here.

- What's your name, cutie pie? - Luca.

Luca. And how old are you, Luca?

- Almost six. - Oh, my, almost six.

I never had any kids.

My dancers were my children, and like you, we backed each other up.

I admire what you did today. You took on a challenge and did what you had to.

Really?

But the Cleaning Ladies is better be more than just a cute name for a business.

There better be actual cleaning ladies that work for you?

- There are. There are. I promise. - All right. Well, good.

Because this place it looks fantastic,

and with a commitment like this,

how could I not say anything, but you're hired.

- Oh, my God. Thank you. - Oh, my. Oh, my. Oh, my.

- Oh, God. - And, girl you got your man cleaning?

Now, he is a keeper. And he's good looking. Oh, yeah.

I just need a little more time. You know, they cracked down at the border.

- But don't worry, I've got it handled. - That's what you keep saying.

And yet, I haven't seen the return on my investment.

The shipment is coming through, and the deal's going down this week.

If you pull out now, you're gonna regret it.

- Now, trust me on this I... - She's just leaving.

Joseph, shut the door behind her please.

I'm sick and tired of being yanked around by you, Cortes.

Come on. We don't have a lot of time. We can't be late to meet the buyer.

I hope I'm not the one responsible for that dour look on your face.

Have you ever wish you could take something back,

even though you know it won't change a thing?

Absolutely.

But, my love, I know there's so much that I can never go back and change.

But there's one thing that I can.

I saw how hard it was for you to give this up.

It must mean a lot to you.

I shouldn't have taken it in the first place.

All right.

Hey, Jeffy I got a lead from C.I. in Huntridge.

Meet me at Rusty's Furniture on Eucalyptus,

the one that's been shut for years.

Hey, I got a truck pulling away from Rusty's. Now, turning down Flamingo.

All right. I'm almost there. Don't approach until I get...

This is the FBI! Stop your vehicle now!

I repeat, this is the FBI! Stop your vehicle now! Pull over.

Turn off the engine. Get out of the truck. Slowly.

Let me see your hands.

Son of a bitch. Really? You got to be kidding me.

- Thony, don't say anything. - This is not what you think, Garrett.

Put down the gun. You know you're not gonna shoot me.

Not her. But you, not so sure. Bring me the bag, Thony.

- Garrett, please. - Leave her out of this. You got me.

Hey, down! Down. Thony!

Open it.

As I said, six months max. But you couldn't even make it a few weeks?

Anyone in the back? Hey, handsome, I'm talking to you.

Anyone in the back? No? All right. Open it. Let's go.

Don't look at her. Open it.

What the hell, Thony? You're helping him sell drugs now?

You got me. Just let her go.

You know, just quiet your face, all right? You're going in regardless.

It wasn't his idea. It was mine.

Garrett, this is medicine for Luca and for people in my community.

- We're trying to help people here. - You're doing good things?

You got benzos, you got opioids.

Are you working for Cortes?

No. We have nothing to do with Cortes.

But I know someone who's in business with him.

If you let us go just, please... just look the other way.

We're gonna give you Robert Kamdar.

Who the hell is Robert Kamdar?

He's a loan shark who funds criminal organizations in Vegas

and he's in business with Cortes. I just saw them together.

- Let me guess. Kamdar is a Brit? - Yeah.

And Maya even mentioned him at the Clergy.

She was scared that he was going to sent someone after her.

Just let us go, both of us. And I'll inform for you again.

If you get Kamdar, you can get Cortes. And you can save Maya.

Please, Garrett I can't go to jail. I need to take care of Luca. He's still fragile.

- Yeah. - I'm two minutes out, Miller.

Nah, it's false alarm. You can turn around.

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