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After almost three years undercover in the Vagos,

I gathered so much evidence, the ATF

was finally ready to bring Operation 22 Green to an end

in a series of massive, coordinated raids.

My whole life was about to be torn apart.

And I got no idea I would make it out alive.

My name's Charles Falco.

And this is my story.

[engines approaching]

[shovel scraping dirt]

That's deep enough.

Quick, you always figured him to be a cop.

Look into my eyes.

You see a real man in there?

Because it's the last thing you're ever going to see.

FALCO: [grunts]

[gunshot]

[breathing heavily]

Having trouble breathing, Charlie?

FALCO: Bernard.

Thought you can hide out forever disguised

as one of the good guys?

No.

Sorry, Charlie.

Please-- please.

Times up.

[cellphone rings]

FALCO: Some mornings I wake up, I can't believe I'm still here,

other mornings that I wish I wasn't.

How much longer are you going to keep

living like this, Charlie?

Till it's over.

FALCO: Only good thing about this morning, at least

I didn't get shot in the face.

I'm constantly paranoid.

Susanna knows my secret.

And I know it's just a matter of time

before the Vagos or my ex-partner Bernard

catches up with me.

Question is, can I make it to the finish line?

There you go.

A donut, really?

See what happens?

Now you don't get that.

So, anything new and exciting?

Just more of the same.

KOZ: OK.

How much longer I got to do this?

Because I am telling you, I'm out of time.

I know.

You just got to hang in there until the busts go down.

Then what?

What's going on with get me into witness protection.

I'm working on it.

It's a process.

Process-- a process, huh?

Don't hit my car, Charlie.

If I don't get in, either the Vagos

are going to kill me or Bernard's guys.

I'm doing everything I can.

You've got to lay low till the raids go down.

You tell Schizo that you're, uh--

I don't know, you're under the weather.

Charlie, look at me.

Keep it simple.

You're almost done.

[music playing]

[motorcycle engine]

FALCO: Koz wants me to lay low.

But Schizo's now made me chapter VP.

And he's got Felix, the International President,

breathing down his neck to sort out the chapter.

Since half our guys defected to Darko's new chapter,

Schizo's willing to patch in pretty much anyone

to get our numbers up.

You boys got five minutes.

Get those sewn on your cuts.

That doesn't go down so well with the older members.

[wrench clatters]

Got something to say, old man, say it.

I was just thinking, maybe you could go down

to local mall and patch in some of them

kids that hang out there.

That'd be some easy money.

That's a good idea, probably be more useful than you.

Quick, chapter VP can't be late for church, man.

I think I'm coming down with something.

What, are you hung over, again?

Come on.

You get over it, 'cause I got an errand for you to run.

Let's go.

[door slams]

STELLA: Bank called again about the mortgage.

Pay them when I'm ready.

STELLA: Hey, Charlie.

Hey.

You OK?

FALCO: Sure.

You?

What's up with you and Suzanna?

Why?

She say something?

Girl talk.

Here, buy yourself some shoes.

Come on.

Let's go.

So you in the doghouse with your old lady?

Oh, you know, she runs hot and cold.

And when she runs hot, runs really hot, right?

Have a seat.

FALCO: You throwing out the background checks?

You know what your background check was?

It was me looking you in the eye.

So what's going on?

Just club deals.

It's been a shit show since Darko took half our guys.

If we want to get back in the black,

we need a bigger chapter and everybody's

got to pull their weight, starting with you.

I thought we had money problems.

I borrowed it.

You're going to invest it.

In what?

[gunshots]

By invest, Schizo means he wants me

to buy a kilo of pure cocaine from a new connection for 30

grand, The.

Idea being that the newly passed members cut it and sell

it retail for 200 grand.

So much for laying low, huh?

Come on, guys, we got a problem.

We need to talk, man.

[banging on door]

MAN: Open up.

It's the police. .

Stash, what do you want?

STASH: I said, it's the cops, man.

[laughs]

Saving your life, man.

What's up, kid.

FALCO: What do you guys want?

I thought we were enemies.

DARKO: You still in touch with that partner of yours?

FALCO: Suzanna?

No, asshole, your meth dealer.

Bernard.

DARKO: Yeah, Bernard.

[lighter clicking]

Here.

Why are you looking for Bernard?

DARKO: Well, we've been talking about you two to Felix.

FALCO: The International President, why?

Felix has a line on enough base to cook up a shit-ton

of crystal.

He wants to stir up a.

Lab so I figured, you know how to cook it.

And your friend Bernard can help shift it.

STASH: And we all end up in mansions with swimming pools.

Look, guys, I got no idea where Bernard is.

And Schitz will kill me if he knows I'm talking to you two.

Screw Schizo.

He's a punk.

And just so you understand, Felix already

OKed your move to my chapter.

His people are looking for Bernard for you.

Well, I got to think about it.

Oh, come on, Falco.

Thinking's for idiots.

Just do it.

DARKO: Two days, give me your answer.

Oh, just so you know, we've already told Felix you'd do it.

[chuckling]

Come on.

Pick up.

Koz, we need to talk.

We got a serious problem here, man.

Nice work, Charlie.

I don't see you for 24 hours.

And instead of lying low, you agree to move a kilo of coke

for Schizo and cook meth for Felix, which you plan

on selling through your old pal Bernard who just happens

to want you dead.

Did I miss anything?

No, that's pretty much it.

It's not like any of this was my idea.

No that's good.

We could do with

More on Schizo anyway.

All right?

You good to go?

FALCO: Let's do it.

[engine sputtering]

Come on.

Seriously?

Yeah.

Well, I guess you have to ride.

I guess so.

I'll be on your tail the whole time.

Let's go.

20 minutes later, the deal goes off without a hitch,

all recorded, of course.

Now all I have to do is deliver the merchandise to Schizo.

[siren chirping]

Better be a reason for this.

There better be a damn good reason.

You're impeding a federal investigation.

So what'd you tell Schizo when you dropped off the package?

I told them I got busted with a kilo of coke,

that my ATF handler Koz, he came and saved the day.

Oh, shit, Charlie, did you just make a joke?

Let's see if you can get through this interview

without promising anything illegal.

I just don't get this, man.

Why interview me at the last minute?

Witness protection is a big deal, OK?

The US Marshal Service just needs to screen you just

to make sure.

FALCO: Are you saying they might turn me down?

KOZ: Depends on your answers

[door opening]

Quick?

Green, hey.

Relax, we're on the same team, buddy.

You're an informant, too?

Trying to cancel out a rap sheet, same as you.

Ah, how long?

A while.

Yeah, I saved your ass on that Vagos-in-Lompoc story

you told Darko.

You remember that.

Yeah, of course.

Hey, thank you.

Hey.

So you got any idea what you're going to do next?

I don't even know who I'm going to be next.

WOMAN: Mr. Falco.

Weren't you here first?

Me?

Oh, I was never here at all.

[chuckles]

WOMAN: So you know why you're here.

Yeah, kind of.

WOMAN: It's our job to assess firstly, whether your situation

qualifies you for witness protection,

and secondly, whether, in our judgment,

you're likely to be able to cope with the psychological demands

of being placed in this program.

OK, what do you want to know?

WOMAN: Why don't we start at the beginning.

Tell us about the "Vay-goes."

All right.

Well, before we go any further, let's get one thing straight,

all right?

It's pronounced "Vah-goes," not "Vay-goes."

Comes from the Spanish word for "vagabond."

[grunting]

Schitz--

What?

You have a visitor.

Can't you see that I'm busy?

He's in your office.

You put him in my office?

It's Felix.

Felix.

Take a seat.

So what brings you here?

Heard you're getting your numbers back up.

Yeah, we're doing really good.

FELIX: That right?

Mm-hmm.

What I hear is you patching in any asshole's got cash

in his pocket.

Anyone I patch in is a Vagos.

So you're all one happy family till you find out

you patched in a snitch.

What the hell are you talking about?

You're careless, Schitz.

I don't like that.

I told you back in Reno that you had a snitch,

and still you've never done a damn thing about it.

Maybe it's because we don't have a snitch.

Well, I just heard different.

One of our moles in the county police

says you definitely got a snitch.

And the feds have been pulling strings on this asshole

for a while now, so get your ass out of your comfy house

and you find this rat, or I take your patch and you're done.

[sighs]

[gunshots]

Falco, next time answer your damn phone.

You know what this is about.

[belches]

Oh, so your cell phone works.

How come you never answer it when I call, huh?

What do you want, man?

I'm busy.

That's why I've been trying to call you.

I saw Falco pulled over the other night.

So?

You ain't ever going to believe this one.

So that's pretty much it.

Now I'm just hoping to run out the clock

before this whole thing blows up in my face.

Get it?

Thing is, you know, after three years of living a lie, I--

I can't even see a future.

It's like there's this--

this wall in front of me.

It just keeps getting bigger and darker, and--

[scoffs]

Hey, can I ask you a question?

What's it going to be like for me in witness protection?

You'll begin a new life with a new identity in a new location.

You'll have no contact with anyone from your past.

You literally start at zero and begin again.

That is, if you're approved.

If?

Can't you tell me now?

We need to assess the information you've given us

first to be sure you're suitable.

Want to tell me what that means?

Not everyone finds it easy to let go of the past.

Let me get this straight.

So I just answered your bullshit questions for six hours,

and you're not sure whether I can give up my past.

You see this, this biker, this look?

This is not me.

I got nothing to give up, because I gave away every bit

of me a long time ago.

[chair scraping on floor]

I'll tell you what, if you figure out

who I am while you're busy deliberating, you let me know.

Aah!

[laughing]

Hey, Quick.

You two know each other.

Uh-oh, hey, Charlie, I never said we were exclusive.

How'd it go in there?

Not good, man.

Well, they better not keep us hanging.

You heard the news, right?

The raids are going down Thursday night.

Friday morning, technically, but yeah.

Don't worry.

We'll get you out either way.

[scoffs]

Then it's over, right?

I never see the Vagos again.

[phone ringing]

Unless you do, and then that'd probably be the last time.

Well--

It's Darko, again.

What's the matter?

You don't want to talk to him?

Charlie agreed to cook meth for Darko and Felix.

I did not agree.

Keeping it fun right to the end, eh, Kos.

[chuckling]

Good to see you.

Hey, happy trails, Quick.

FALCO: So are you going to tell me how big these raids are

going to be?

Five counties, 800 law enforcement officers statewide.

800?

Yeah, it's pretty much the biggest coordinated police

operation in the history of the state.

Cheer up, Charlie, you played a big part.

[gunshots]

What's going on?

Don't-- don't make this hard for me, please.

What, you don't even want to say goodbye to me?

Hey, hey, hey.

Look, can we just talk about it?

Talk about what?

The fake new life you're getting that I can't be a part of?

You could be, OK.

You could be.

Only if I give up everything about mine.

Don't leave me, OK?

Hey.

Charlie, I can't wait for them to come take you away from me.

[sighs]

I have to go.

Hey, [inaudible].

Aah!

[knocking on door]

Yeah?

KOZ: It's Koz.

FALCO: [sighs]

KOZ: It's bad news, Charlie.

They, uh-- they were out of my favourite bourbon.

So we have to settle for this.

On the bright side, witness protection approved you.

You're in.

Yeah?

Any idea where they're sending me?

No, all I know is they want you packed and ready within 48

hours.

No more than one bag.

They're going to pick you up here Thursday

night, take you to a hotel up the coast.

And what about the whole new identification and all

that stuff?

Well, you want to hear the rest of it,

I think we're going to need some glasses, don't you?

[knocking on door]

Expecting someone?

I got it.

[banging on door]

All right, all right, all right.

Can I help you?

Charlie in?

Yeah.

You are?

Looking for him.

Well, come on in.

Left you messages.

I didn't hear back.

Never got any messages.

KOZ: So you guys ride together, huh?

Oh, man, I envy you.

Who is this guy?

KOZ: I'm a business associate.

Is this a social call, because we're kind of in the middle

of something here?

Is this Bernard?

No, it--

It's Kos.

OK, wow, good to meet you, too.

You have a safe ride back wherever you came from.

Came to give you this.

It's directions to Felix's.

Thursday night, 10 o'clock.

Thursday.

Yeah, don't be late.

[sniffs]

You girls have a nice day.

KOZ: All right, thank you.

[door closes]

Ha, well, that makes things interesting.

[gunshots]

These are surveillance photos of Felix's compound.

Main house is here, security fence, cameras here, here.

And the electronic main gate is here.

Until now, the problem has been how to get in there without him

knowing that we're coming.

But with you inside--

I open the gate.

KOZ: You see that?

Now, you are finally starting to get

the hang of this infiltration thing, aren't you?

Yeah, got it.

Yeah, we're going to hit them right across the state

at exactly the same moment.

So I need you to get that gate open exactly 3:00 AM.

3:00 AM.

So if I get there at 10:00, it means

I'll be there for five hours.

Charlie, like I said before, if you don't feel safe,

we'll pull you out right now.

We'll find another way--

FALCO: No way, man.

I want to do this.

OK, then.

FALCO: Any idea what kind of time these guys are facing?

Off the evidence you collected, Stash will probably

get 20 to life for that murder, Darko, maybe 5 to 10, Lizard--

well, it depends what we find him with.

And, uh, Schizo, I don't know, maybe--

maybe a couple of years.

A couple of years?

Are you kidding me?

A couple of years for that guy?

It all depends what we can make stick.

[sighing]

Where are you going?

Out.

Where are you going?

Out.

[door slams]

[motorcycle engine]

[knocking on door]

FALCO: Hey.

Hey, Charlie, you just missed him.

You know, I think I left my cell phone charger up

in his office.

All right, you know the way.

Go ahead.

[door closes]

[cracking noise]

See you in court, asshole.

Find what you came for?

Oh, yeah.

I got it right here.

You know, I was thinking.

Maybe I got the big house, but Suzanna really

is the lucky one.

See you around.

Anything you want me to tell Suzanna,

I'm meeting her for drinks.

Hey, you tell her that I was the lucky one.

[door slams]

[clank]

Ah-- hey, what brings you to this time of night, Prez?

Man need a reason to see an old friend?

Oh, come on, you know you're welcome here any time.

I was thinking, it's time you and me--

it's time we cleared the air.

You got it.

Ah--

SCHIZO: You know how important you are to this chapter?

There ain't no other place I'd rather be.

See, I admire that, a man who knows where he belongs,

and he's happy there.

Yeah, to Lizard.

Prez.

It's a good part of Riverside, two bedrooms.

You ever need a place to stay, OK?

What's with the brave face act?

You're crazy about Charlie.

And you're not going to tell me what happened?

Wasn't meant to be.

That's it?

SUZANNA: That's it.

STELLA: Did he screw around on you?

I don't think so.

Did he hit you or something?

No, god, nothing like that.

STELLA: Well, either it's something he did

or something you did.

Did you cheat on him?

Oh, my god.

Oh, my god.

So you're the one with the problem.

SUZANNA: Yeah, I'm the one with the problem, all right.

I'm the one who was living with--

he's just not who I thought he was, OK?

STELLA: Do you want to explain that?

You know what my problem has always been, Lizard?

I'm always looking to the horizon

because I figure there's something bigger and better

out there.

LIZARD: Hmm.

Now the problem with that is a lot

of times you miss everything that's right under your nose.

I don't know.

Seem to me, you're always good with the details.

SCHIZO: No, no, no, case in point, you were right

about me patching in those new prospects.

The problem was, I wasn't paying attention to the details.

And that is how you get a snitch in your ranks.

Felix says there's a snitch.

And he says he's got proof. .

The problem is, he doesn't know who it is.

So it's my job to find out.

So I start thinking, who could it be?

Darko?

LIZARD: [scoffs]

Always busting my balls.

But no, snitches don't get involved with murders.

Then I thought, Stash--

[chuckles] [sniffs] He's too stupid, little rat.

Ha.

So I got to thinking about Falco.

Is it possible that I made a snitch my VP?

Did I miss something, some kind of detail?

I started thinking about it, going over everything again

in my head.

What did I miss?

And then I realised, yeah, I did miss something.

LIZARD: Hmm.

SCHIZO: There was someone else who was always

working against me.

Who?

[thud]

[door slams]

What were you thinking?

I shouldn't have said anything.

Stella, don't tell Schitz, OK?

Hey, don't worry.

It's just between you and me.

Thank you.

STELLA: OK.

[motorcycle engine]

What's up?

I was coming to have a drink with the only man I can still

trust.

Yeah, well, I'm just heading out.

You OK?

SCHIZO: Yeah.

Where you off to?

Suzanna moved out.

I'm just going to drop off a couple of her things.

Hey, you know she's had a drink with Stella, huh?

Ha, two of them probably bad mouthing the shit out of both

of us right now.

Hey, what do you say the two of us, we go join them.

Then we'll go back to my place, you know, swap things up a bit?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no thanks, man.

All right.

You know, I was thinking, if you're done with Suzanna,

I think I might take another shot at that, you know.

If you don't mind, I mean.

I know she won't.

Yeah, that girl's a banshee.

She loved it out loud the first time.

[thud]

[chuckles]

That makes us even, right?

[engine starting]

Hey, I finally found our snitch.

Good times ahead for you and me, Quick.

FALCO: Real good, Schitz.

Lizard-- hey, Lizard.

Lizard--

No, no.

What happened?

LIZARD: I've been called a lot of things,

but tonight is the first time anyone called me a snitch.

FALCO: Schizo did this to you?

LIZARD: It's tonight, huh?

I figured it was soon.

Your cop buddies are coming by, and you're bailing me out,

right?

How did you find out?

Your bike.

My bike?

Mm-hmm.

You see, when an amateur wants to check a Harley's ownership

history, he just checks the serial number on the motor

casing.

Your bike is registered Charlie Falco.

But if you want to know the true history,

then you will find that serial number hidden

on the bottom of the frame.

You want to know who that's registered to?

I'll give you a hint.

It ain't a private citizen.

Why didn't you rat me out?

Ah, I guess I liked you.

Come on, man.

That doesn't make any sense.

You knew.

You know, in this whole damn chapter,

only Kid was ever a real soul brother.

Hey, Charlie, you remember that ride, hmm, out in the desert--

you, me, the kid?

Yeah, of course I do.

That's when you got it, huh?

I saw it on your face.

That's when you got what being an outlaw biker

is really about, that feeling of freedom,

freedom from all the bullshit, and a chance

to be a part of something that really means something.

I mean, otherwise freedom's just another way of being alone.

And Schizo and the others, they think it's just a living.

So when you came on the scene, I said, hey,

this is a chance to wash all that bullshit away.

The Vagos will go on.

Cops will bust the gang, but they can't take away

what we believe.

Anyone you want me to warn before it all goes down,

Lizard?

Oh, shit, Charles, you're the only one I want to warn.

Thanks, man.

Mm, you might leave me a couple of buds?

I don't know if I'm in the mood to face the man straight.

Oh, one last thing, do you get to keep the bike?

No, man, I don't get to keep anything.

[sighs]

[motorcycle engine]

DARKO: Where the hell you been?

FALCO: I got tied up.

DARKO: I told you not to be late.

FALCO: Yeah, I know.

Charlie Falco, come shake my hand.

Pleasure to meet you.

We'll see about that.

Stash--

Before we go any further, I want

to deal with some stories I hear about you.

Stories?

What stories?

The boys here tell me that you're a chef that doesn't

taste his own creations.

Yeah, I quit years ago.

That's not going to work around here.

Well, I can't cook for you and smoke too, man.

Don't get ahead of yourself.

I'm not asking you to smoke.

I'm telling you.

Spark up.

There you go.

There you go.

[chuckling]

[door slams]

We have to talk.

[crashing and banging]

[indistinct voices]

[sniffing]

Falco.

Yeah, I'm here.

I'm here.

Time you and I had a little conversation.

Just let me use your bathroom first.

It's down the hall, to your right.

Then get back here.

[water running]

[indistinct voices]

KOZ: I need you to get that gate open at exactly 3:00 AM.

3:00 AM, OK.

[cell phone ringing]

Shit.

Hey, Schitz, what's up?

SCHIZO (ON PHONE): You're dead.

Guess we'll just have to see about that, won't we?

STASH: What the hell you doing?

Hey, just really wasted, man.

I just need some air.

Well, Felix wants to talk to you.

[sniffs] All right.

Let's go.

Take a seat, Quick.

I want you to concentrate real hard about what

I'm going to ask you.

Stash here wants you to explain something he saw.

What you've never been pulled over in your cuts before?

You were nailed, man, until that guy walks up to the cop,

starts talking to him.

And then, all of a sudden, the cop disappears.

And you and the guy start talking like you're buddies.

And then you just rode away, all in the clear.

You want to explain who that was?

That was Kos.

Darko, help me out here.

The guy in the apartment.

You met this guy?

Thought he was a drug dealer.

Wow, he was good.

What makes you think Schizo's the only one with county

cops in his pockets, huh?

[cell phone rings]

Schizo, pricks ears must be burning.

You're not going to answer that?

He knows all about the cop.

I don't need his opinion.

What do you need, huh?

Are we done with Stash's bullshit?

No, this is shit.

I know what I saw.

FELIX: Well, well, Schizo's now saying he found that snitch.

Haven't you heard?

It was Lizard.

[phone ringing]

Now he's busting to talk about it.

[ringing continues]

[grunts]

DARKO: Take it easy, man.

[clock ticking]

[inaudible yelling]

POLICE: Get on the ground!

[inaudible yelling]

[glass shattering]

[inaudible yelling]

Hands on your head!

Do not move!

Don't move!

[police sirens]

KOZ: That's my guy.

POLICE: Get in there.

Get in.

[doors slamming]

You all right?

Cars waiting for you, if you're ready to go.

Got your stuff?

Yeah.

Got something else for you.

What's that?

That's a couple more years on Schizo.

KOZ: Nice.

You know, there's something else you can give me too.

What's that?

Keys to my bike.

Your bike?

KOZ: Yeah.

No, that's my bike.

KOZ: [chuckling]

All right, and you are welcome to borrow it anytime you like.

You should get a bike of your own.

Then we'll go for a ride sometime.

FALCO: Thank you.

KOZ: All right.

[police sirens]

What is it?

FALCO: All these arrests and convictions, and then--

Then what?

They just get new guys.

Then it's the same problem, right?

You really think that we made a difference?

You made a difference, Charlie.

How come I don't feel like we won?

Didn't I tell you, there's no checkmate in this game,

only check.

[radio chatter]

[police sirens]

[music playing]