[waves breaking]
[boat honks]
[tense music playing]
How in the hell could I be Chandler Groff's son?
[spluttering] That doesn't… literally makes no sense
'cause Larissa's baby, everyone knows that baby drowned with her, Dad.
That baby…
that baby was you, JJ.
[music intensifies, fades]
-[baby cooing] -[birds chirping]
[Luke] I was working the grounds for the Genrettes.
[cheerful music playing]
I got to know Larissa.
-She was a good person. -[Larissa] Yeah.
[baby cooing]
-[Luke] How's the little champ doing? -[Larissa] He's a little restless today.
-Here. I brought you something. -Oh. See the daisy.
I think he likes it.
Oh, he loves it.
[both chuckling]
He says, "It's mine now." Look who brought that for you.
-[door closes] -Isn't that so nice?
[menacing music playing]
Hey, Luke.
-Working hard, I see. -[Luke spluttering] Yes, sir.
Yeah. Yeah.
[Larissa] Bye.
Got him out here? In this heat?
[baby cooing]
Get him inside.
Okay.
Come here, baby.
-[Groff] You never… -[Larissa] You don't help me.
I got the beds. I got us the hotel, the place.
None of it was good enough. Why don't we just stay here?
Can you please lower your voice?
-[Groff] Lower my voice? Why? It's a baby. -[Larissa] Yes.
[baby crying]
[Luke] I could tell things weren't right between them.
[Groff] All right, buddy. All right.
[baby crying continues]
[Luke] I just wanted to help.
Hey, hey. It's okay. It's okay.
[crying] I can't make him stop.
[Luke] Hi.
There you go.
There you go, champ.
It'll be all right. There you go.
[baby stops crying]
There you go, champ.
There you go.
[Larissa] You really are so good with Jackson.
[sniffles, sobs]
[baby cooing]
You're the only person I have to talk to.
Now, you know that ain't true, Miss Genrette.
[sniffles]
[spluttering] Stay.
I want you to.
-[Larissa sobbing] -[gentle music playing]
[thunder rumbling]
[Jackson coos]
[Larissa sobbing, sniffling]
I really don't know what I would do without you.
-[intriguing music playing] -[Larissa sniffles]
[Luke] Honestly, I thought Groff had it out for me.
Then late one night, he paid me an unexpected visit.
-[door closes] -Hey. How you doing, Luke?
[Luke] Mr. Groff.
What can I do for you?
I can't believe it's come to this, but, uh…
[inhales] …Larissa,
she's… she's not doing well.
She, uh…
[tense music playing]
[wood flooring creaking]
We… we were hoping that you could, uh…
just… just… just for a little while. [chuckles]
Larissa just… just needs a little… a little break.
Will you take care of the baby?
Um, I… I…
I guess I'd be as good as anyone.
[exhales] Good.
Good.
Um…
I can, uh, pay you.
It's just… you need to stay here.
Larissa just can't see Jackson right now.
Could set her off. Do you understand?
-[Jackson cooing] -Oh, um…
Can we keep this between us?
I just… I don't… I don't… I don't want people
to talk about Larissa, you… you know.
She always said we could rely on you.
-[Jackson coos] -Can we?
-Yeah. -Great, thank you.
[Groff inhales, clears throat]
[somber music playing]
[crying]
[Luke] So I took you in,
and the next day, I got the shock of my life.
What?
[male journalist] WZPR News on the hour reports the death of Larissa Genrette,
drowned with her infant son
in what is being called a boating accident.
The authorities are investigating this tragedy.
Larissa Genrette was the only child of area scion…
-It's okay. -…Wes Genrette.
A family that has been an integral part of North Carolina history
for over three hundred years.
Shouldn't we tell Wes that Jackson's alive?
What? No.
The Genrettes? No, they'll just… they'll just try and take Jackson away from me.
No, no. He stays here.
We're just… we're just looking out for what's best for the child.
-But Wes-- -Forget Wes!
Now, I know your history is spotty.
We don't want the police to have to come around here.
[menacing music playing]
Do we?
No. No. [inhales]
[Groff] Good.
You'll keep Jackson. Keep your mouth shut.
You'll get paid.
We're just thinking about what's right for the baby, right?
-Yeah. -I'll be back.
When I can.
[somber music continues]
[car engine starting]
[Luke] Maybe he thought he'd get some inheritance
if they thought you were dead too.
Now you try it.
I don't know.
Yeah, that's getting there.
I just know that, after a while, I didn't want him to come back.
[tense music playing]
I knew it was wrong.
I let that old man believe that his grandson was dead.
It messed me up.
-[melancholy music playing] -I should've been a better father.
I know that.
So, you're telling me…
my mom,
my real mom,
she's gone?
[Luke] That's what they say.
Drowned.
Boating accident. I… I…
I don't know.
[birds chirping]
So, I'm just a son of some Kook, huh?
[Luke] No.
No, man. Not the way you was raised.
But by blood,
you're a Genrette
and a Groff.
[tense music continues]
[metal rattling]
You're lying. [scoffs]
Look, I know it's a shock.
No, it's not a shock because it's not true, Dad.
There's something in it for you. That's what's going on.
-Why would I… -Goddammit, Dad!
How pathetic can you possibly be?
That's the angle you're going with? Inheritance bullshit?
You're just using me yet again, aren't you?
Well, guess what, Dad? I'm not buying it this time.
Have fun living like a rat the rest of your life.
J, there… there's something…
JJ, wait! There's something else I gotta tell you.
[yelling] JJ! There's something else!
[JJ panting]
[panting continues]
[tense music intensifies]
[tense music fades]
-[thunder rumbling] -[suspenseful music playing]
[John B] Cleo!
[Cleo] Over here.
I tracked him all the way back to the car. I took the pistol.
I was gonna shoot him.
-Shh. -What?
-[indistinct screaming] -You hear that?
[Pope] Hey, you guys!
Hey!
[Pope and Sarah] Help!
-[Pope] Help! -[Sarah] Help!
Can anyone hear us?
The water's rising. We're gonna drown. Help!
-Please, help. -[Pope] Can anyone hear us?
-[Cleo] Hey! -We're getting help!
-[Pope] Hey! -Do you hear that?
-[John B] Hey, guys! We got you. -Please! Please!
-Ready? Help me lift. One, two, three. -Yeah.
[grunts, pants]
[pants] It's stuck.
Okay, there's gotta be another option.
-We gotta break it. -How are we gonna break this thing?
[Sarah] Anyone?
[Cleo] Stone breaks stone.
[thunder rumbling]
-[John B] Yeah. -[Cleo] Maybe I can kick this off.
-[John B] Let's do it. -[Cleo] On three.
-One… -[both] …two, three!
[both grunting]
-[Sarah yelps] -[Pope panting]
-[Pope] Get down. Get down. -[Sarah] Oh my God. Wait!
[Pope] Come on. Get up.
-[mice squeaking] -[Sarah moaning]
[Cleo] Get out of the way!
-[John B] We're coming. -[Sarah screams] John B!
-[Cleo] We need something else. -I got an idea. I got an idea.
Hey, we're coming.
[wood clattering]
[tense music playing]
-[mice squeaking] -[Sarah and Pope] John B!
-[Pope] Cleo! -Cleo!
[Cleo] Hey, we're coming!
-[John B] Ready? -Yeah.
-[tense music continues] -[John B grunts]
[Pope] Whoa. Careful.
-[Sarah] No. No. Rat. Rat. -[Pope] Oh shit.
[Pope grunts]
-[Sarah yelps] -[Pope groans]
[Pope and Sarah groaning]
[water splashing]
-[mice squeaking] -[Sarah coughs]
-[John B] Hey, you guys! -Hey, Sarah. Grab the rope.
You guys better hurry. There might be rats down there.
[thunder rumbling]
-[tense music continues] -[Sarah pants]
[boat engine revving]
[intriguing music playing]
[Groff] Hey, JJ.
I believe in you.
[intriguing music intensifies]
[boat engine revving]
[intriguing music fades]
[boat honks]
[seagulls squawking]
[knife scraping]
[seagulls squawking]
[gentle music playing over radio]
[John B] I was gonna pull the trigger.
Right in the street.
What the hell was I thinking?
I mean, how am I any different from my father? I was… I was gonna do it.
[Sarah] But you didn't.
That's the difference.
Nobody got hurt.
[boat honking]
This blue crown, I don't even…
I don't give a shit.
Not even a little?
No, I'm tired of putting you in danger.
I… I just wanna go home. I wanna go back to our normal.
[Sarah] Okay, let's go home.
Easy.
Yeah.
You're not even a little curious what those smugglers took from the catacombs?
No, I… I mean, I would be, yes, but you said you didn't see anything
and there was no treasure, so I don't understand.
[Sarah] I did see a scroll-looking thing.
It had markings on it.
It's not treasure.
[intriguing music playing]
So, it wasn't a blue crown. It was a map?
Somewhat map-like.
Couldn't really tell.
Blackbeard leaves a map at the catacombs under Stede Bonnet's grave.
Maybe he's thinking before he gets caught, he leaves it there for Elizabeth so she--
She could find the blue crown.
Holy shit.
[intriguing music continues, fades]
["Destiny" by Buju Banton playing over radio]
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I and I ♪
♪ I wanna rule my destiny… ♪
[Kiara] JJ, where have you been?
[JJ] Long story. Where are the others?
[Kiara] Almost here, why?
What happened?
Nothing.
Don't lie to me.
Doesn't matter. It's just my dad.
Oh shit. He's back?
Yep, he's been holding up at Barracuda Mike's, I guess.
[Kiara] Wait, he's not trying to come back here, right?
He didn't say anything about the place being his?
[JJ] No, no. It wasn't about that.
'Cause the town council thing's tonight.
[music stops]
[tense music playing]
He told… he told me he wasn't my real dad.
You wish.
Kie, it wasn't a joke. Like, he was being…
I don't know what he was being, but… I get this.
-[Kiara] JJ. -It's from Wes Genrette.
Look at this.
It says, "Talk to your father." And then Luke says that Wes Genrette…
is my grandfather.
Which makes Groff…
Would make Groff your dad?
Yeah.
He's trying to tell you that Chandler Groff is your dad?
No, I know. It doesn't make any sense.
But then he says, like, Larissa-- You remember that painting?
The one-- Larissa Genrette,
where she drowned with her baby?
Okay.
He said that baby actually didn't die, and that was me.
That I'm that baby.
[dramatic music playing]
I know. He's just trying to work some inheritance scam.
That's all he's trying to do.
He's trying to get some money, trying to use me for a quick buck,
'cause he's done it his entire life.
That's all he's doing.
Frankly, I don't know.
I'm sorry, JJ.
[car engine revving]
[dramatic music intensifies]
[Kiara] Finally, they're here. Jesus.
-Hey, uh, Kie. -Yeah?
Can we, uh… just not tell them?
Wait, why?
I mean, yeah, it's all bullshit, but, like, I just don't want them, uh,
even thinking, like, I'm a Genrette.
Between us.
[John B exhales]
Find it?
Mission failed on all fronts.
There was something there, but we didn't get it.
-Well, at least the Twink made it back. -Yeah.
-What's that smell? -[Pope] You don't even want to know.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Lightner] So, we got the scroll.
But?
But do you really think--
That this crown exists. Yeah, I do.
At least, it did exist.
Just like Finch said.
-[Lightner] Come on. -Come on, what?
God's powers, grants all wishes?
-You really believe that? -What's it matter what I believe?
I believe in money. We get the crown, we hand it over. That's the job.
But you know, before we do,
we got some unfinished business on Kildare.
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[suspenseful music fades]
[Pope] It's a catacomb.
-It's got a bunch of skulls around it. -Jesus.
[Pope] The weirdest part is other people were there
looking for the same thing we were looking for.
It wasn't just other people. It was the man who killed Terrance.
[Pope] Yeah, and there were rats. Like, so many rats.
-I hate that I missed that. -[Pope] Not fun.
Where did you ghost off to, big guy?
[reggae music playing on the radio]
Oh, I was, uh…
[inhales] …just trying to help out the team.
Quick cash grab. Yeah.
But the plan fell through, 'cause it was Barracuda Mike.
Yeah, Barracuda Mike. I'm not surprised that didn't work out.
Listen, I'm, uh, super sorry about the rat stuff and everything,
but we have that bullshit zoning hearing coming up tonight,
and we don't have any money for a lawyer.
Obviously.
Any ideas are welcome.
Oh, yeah, let me just study up on real estate law in one day--
That sounds like a lot of sarcasm we don't really need right now, okay?
-Sorry, I was just rat swarmed, so. -[John B] How about we call people?
The whole island is pissed about what they've been doing.
We get everybody over there, pack the house, rally the troops.
-Maybe we have a shot at winning this. -[JJ] More the merrier.
I could get the surf squad out there. From the beach.
Yeah, just make sure you make it back.
-I'll stay on mission. I promise. -[Cleo] Pope.
Maybe we can call some of your family. Maybe Uncle Roger.
-I can do that. -[Kiara] Speaking of family,
this is gonna sound insane,
but Rafe came by.
[Sarah] What? Why?
I don't know. He said he wanted to help us.
-[Cleo] Wow. -[Kiara] Don't shoot the messenger.
-Rafe loves to help, doesn't he? -[Sarah] "Rafe Cameron, CEO."
CEO of what?
[scoffs] Whatever.
I'll hit him up. Maybe he can help us.
All right. Let's do this shit.
Let's save Poguelandia.
-[tense music playing] -[seagulls squawking]
[man] Dale says with Goat Island becoming a nature preserve,
it's gonna bring in all kinds of tourists.
Hell, he even said The Cut is gonna be a destination,
if you can believe it.
The man knows real estate. I'm just happy we're getting in on the ground.
A nature preserve, Hollis? Are you serious?
-So you're not even gonna get the land? -[Hollis] Lies.
-Of course we have the land. -[Sofia] Yeah, you'd better have land.
That was the whole deal.
Look, we need to talk. I need to see you.
If you insist, of course, sweetie. We can meet tomorrow morning, early.
Talk it over.
Great. Thanks for making time in your busy schedule.
[tense music continues]
A lot of people in town are saying Goat Island's being deeded to the state
as a nature preserve.
That's absurd.
[Hollis chuckles, sighs]
I'm glad you said that.
[exhales] I mean…
you are next in line, right?
Of course.
-I'm the last living heir to Goat Island. -[groans]
It's been in the family for 300 years.
[Hollis sighs]
Do you think they're gonna give it away now?
Yeah.
I will speak to Rafe.
Make sure he's not getting squishy.
And in the meantime, you can handle the girlfriend?
Yeah.
[tense music builds]
[tense music continues]
[Sarah] Hello?
[door opens]
Hey.
Thank you for showing up. Good work.
-[Sarah] Please stop. -Thank you.
I don't wanna argue. We already have enough people against us.
[birds chirping]
Kiara mentioned…
that you might be able to help.
Uh, no. No, not with the land stuff.
You guys are on your own with that.
Sorry. But there's… there's something else I wanted to talk to you about.
So, when…
Dad died,
the first time… [inhales]
…um,
he said I got a quarter of what he had.
Yeah, he said I got a quarter too.
But you didn't get it, did you?
No.
Yeah, well, good luck trying to get that from Rose's greedy paw.
-She's got that money locked down tight. -Well, I keep trying to call.
-She won't even let me talk to Wheezie. -Yes, yes, that's what I'm saying.
I mean, we're a family and I'm not…
I'm not even allowed to talk to my own sister?
And then Rose, she just gets to keep all that gold for herself.
[splutters] I mean, what gives her the right?
I mean, that's not what Dad intended. That's not what Dad wanted.
-And it pisses me off. -[banging on table]
That's our money, okay?
[exhales]
[tense music playing]
I don't know about you, but I really-- I need that money.
-And what about the gold cross you stole? -[Rafe] It was gold-plated.
It was a good score. It's not endless. It's not like the merchant gold, so.
I'm so sorry to hear that.
I don't know. I was just thinking, um,
you know, you and me, we try to get Wheezie back.
How?
I don't know how, but… And then…
then we try to get the money back,
which is why we need to work together.
Just like Dad taught us, we align our interests.
And I just thought you and me,
we can get back what's ours. [inhales]
[tense music continues]
-Look, I'm trying here. -No. No.
I'm sorry.
[door closes]
-[inhales] -[car door opens]
Let's go.
How did it go?
It's Rafe.
Can't trust him.
[tense music fades]
[John B] Okay. Let's rally the troops.
[upbeat music playing]
[JJ] This is where we say, "Screw them."
We take the power back, right. Thank you, man.
And there's power in numbers. So, I need the Pogues to represent.
-You coming tonight? -[man] Hell yeah.
Okay, that's what I want to hear. Unite!
They're trying to snatch it from under us. Call everybody. Sound the alarm.
We're gonna need all the help we can get, so be there.
These kids, they put their heart and their soul into this.
They built on this and they're just gonna come and take it from them.
Is that even legal?
One strong wind and it's gonna be knocked over.
We're actually doing them a favor.
We'll tear it down and build something real.
["Just Can't Be" by The Flying Burrito Brothers playing]
Oh, my baby.
Hi.
Look at you. You all never wanna come for a home-cooked meal, do you?
Home-cooked meal?
Trip to the woodshed, that's what they need.
-Heyward. -[Heyward] Uncle Roger would agree.
Look, can we just keep him out of this?
-Don't pay your daddy no mind. -Hi, Cleo.
-Why do you have to do all this? -[Heyward] I ain't do nothing.
[Kiara] I'm gonna go say hey to my parents.
[Sarah] Okay.
-Hey, you. -[Kiara] Hey.
-[Anna] You okay? -I'm good.
Hey, kiddo.
-Came to say I told you so? -[Anna] No.
-Dad came to support you, right? -100%.
-[man] Hey, y'all. Good luck in there. -[Kiara] Thank you.
[Mike] The door is always open
for you.
[Anna] Babe, just leave it.
Come on. Come on, let's go inside.
[inhales, exhales]
[Sarah] Hey, Top. Can I talk to you for a second?
Oh, no, honey. My son has nothing to say to you.
Good luck sticking it to the man.
Daddy?
[John B] That was pretty bad.
[Sarah] Oh well.
Typical Topper, I would say.
[Sarah chuckles]
Hi. [laughs]
[music fades]
[mayor] Before we move on with the rest of our agenda,
I want to remind everyone to maintain civility and decorum
throughout the rest of these proceedings.
We're one island. Why don't we all try to act like it?
[John B] Sure we are.
[mayor] Any disruption will warrant expulsion and potential charges.
Understood?
Without further ado, we'll go on to the reports of our Council Members,
starting with our Council Member Lawrence.
[Lawrence] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
Agenda 8A, ordinance 31,
zoning for property located at the end of Roger's Point Road.
Uh, Mr. Mayor, we have a resolution
from the town of Pelican expressing support for the rezoning
of multi-use land on the east side of the island,
including the aforementioned Roger's Point Road property.
Wait. Did he just say they already had a resolution?
The council is voting to recommend allocating the amount of $60,000
to begin to transition that said property…
How are they already voting?
[Lawrence] …and rezoning request,
and with that I turn it over to Council Member Chet.
I'd like to say, uh, we are lucky to have the help of Mr. Zeasy,
who has been active with developing the island
and has been a resource for us.
Thank you.
I appreciate that, Chet. Thank you.
I bet you wish we had a lawyer now.
No. I wish I had a fish bat, more like.
[mayor] Before we move on,
we are scheduled to hear from some members of the community,
beginning with a representative
from the occupants of the Roger's Point property,
which used to be the Maybank property.
Anybody feeling brave?
-I am. I got this. -[John B] Whoa.
[Pope] Hey, no, no.
-Sit down, okay? -Not me, then. All right.
-Somebody else has to go up. -Then who?
-Pope. -No, no way. I hate public speaking.
-John B. -[man 1] Yeah, John B!
-[Pope] You got it. -Me?
-I got this. -You go?
Yeah.
[mayor] John Booker Routledge.
[crowd talking indistinctly]
-[man 2] You've got this, John B. -[mayor] Quiet, please.
[woman 1] All right! Go, John B!
[woman 2] Preach it, brother J!
[man 3] Go, John B!
Please state your name for the record.
I am John Booker Routledge.
-Damn right. -[man 1] That's it. That's right!
Look, I'm… I'm… I'm not a lawyer, by any standard,
but honestly, this doesn't make any sense.
[crowd agrees]
I mean, we bought the property at auction,
and we have a fully functioning business and have had for some time.
And… and now you have a motion for rezoning on our property?
[crowd agrees]
[John B] And if it passes,
we lose our business.
Yeah.
And we lose our home.
-Because of some bullshit! -The fix is in!
[man 4] He's right. He's right.
[woman 2] That's no law!
[man 4] He's got a right!
[mayor] There will be order in this room.
Take your seats.
[man 5] Sit down, let him speak, and shut the hell up!
[mayor] Mr. Routledge, you can continue.
-[melancholy music playing] -[birds chirping]
As most of you know,
myself and Sarah,
we both lost our fathers last year.
All we are trying to do is rebuild a home.
[crowd applauding]
That's it.
Sir, with all due respect,
we're not looking for a handout.
[crowd agrees]
We just want to keep our home, all right?
And we don't want to get it taken from us for some stupid club.
-I mean, how… how is that legal? -[Dale] Excuse me.
-How is that legal? -[Dale] Excuse me.
-Mayor? Mayor? -[John B] I don't understand.
[Dale] Excuse me. Excuse me.
-May I speak? -Absolutely.
Thank you, Mayor.
There seems to be a misunderstanding. Okay? And I think I can clarify.
Oh my God.
[mayor] Mr. Routledge, you have the floor. Are you willing to let Mr. Zeasy speak?
If you can explain it a little better, Dale.
Excuse me, son. You can stand right here.
[John B] Thank you, sir.
So, what the, uh, current occupants of the land don't seem to understand
is that there is an injunction to invalidate the most recent sale.
[crowd complaining]
What does he mean, "invalidate"?
There was a pre-existing promissory note from the original owner
that was in the process of being finalized when the land auction took place.
[crowd complains]
The bank
wasn't legally allowed to go to auction.
Bullshit.
We have a promissory note right here from the original owner,
signed before the auction,
and finalized by Judge Holden.
[scattered applause]
That means our sale was invalid.
-How can they even do that? -[mayor] Where is the original owner?
And can he validate the authenticity of this document?
[Dale] Yes, he can.
-He's right here. -[tense music playing]
[crowd complains]
-[man 6] There he is! -[woman 3] Luke.
-That's his son! -[woman 4] JJ's dad!
-[man 7] Why even show yourself? -[woman 4] That is crazy!
[Ruthie laughs]
I'm sorry, J.
[sad music playing]
Can he do that?
-Is he not a fugitive? -[Pope] Isn't it obvious?
He signs the promissory note, and in exchange, he gets amnesty.
[woman 2] This can't be legal!
[tense music playing]
Now, hang on, unless I'm very mistaken, when this all shakes out,
you nice young people will be compensated, of course.
[crowd complains]
[Dale] And… and… hold on.
And the land will be a club for all.
-[crowd cheering] -[man 8] Hurrah, Kooks! We won! We got it!
-[man 9] It's not right, I tell you! -They stole it 'cause they wanted it!
[woman 2] They just wanna kick us out!
-[mayor] Order in this room. -How can you say that?
After they do it to us, they're gonna do it to all of you.
This is theft!
You know it, I know it.
-[mayor] There will be order in this room. -No. And you?
-[mayor] Sit back down. -I don't even know how you're doing this.
-Sheriff Shoupe. -Because JJ loved you.
He shouldn't have, but he did.
And you guys should be ashamed.
-All of you. -Bailiff, clear this hall.
-[Mike] That's my daughter! -No, get away from me. Get away from me.
I'm not done talking.
-Don't touch her! -Get your hands off my daughter!
-That's not necessary. That is not. -[Mike] Don't touch her! Don't touch her!
-[muffled chatter] -[tense music continues]
[tense music subsides]
["Starburster" by Fontaines D.C. playing]
♪ It may feel bad ♪
♪ It may feel bad… ♪
[JJ grunting]
[officer 1] Hey, you punk!
[officer 1 grunting]
[man grunting]
[JJ grunting]
[officer 2 grunting]
[JJ groans]
♪ I wanna talk with the clown Who has apologies down ♪
♪ Pay him 300 pound To take a class in it… ♪
Go!
Get out! Go!
[JJ grunting]
[sirens wailing]
♪ If it's momentary blissness… ♪
[JJ] Get off! Get off me, man!
♪ I'm gon' hit your business If it's momentary blissness… ♪
Get your hands off me! Get off me!
-[JJ grunts] -[Kiara] Hey!
[Kiara shouting indistinctly]
[Cleo] Come on! We got you!
[JJ] Back up! Back up!
Hey! Hey! Hey! [grunts]
[crowd screaming indistinctly]
[JJ] Okay.
♪ How I feel? How I feel? I wanna keel… ♪
-Go. Run! -Go.
-Go, go. -Run!
Go!
Run!
[Cleo] Run!
-[all] Run! -[Cleo] Run, JJ!
-Run! -Go!
♪ I'm gon' hit your business If it's momentary blissness… ♪
[Shoupe] Brock! Hey!
Get Jumping Johnny down and get him in the damn vehicle.
Come on. Let's go. Let's go. Come on!
He's headed downtown. Come on, let's go.
-[JJ panting] -[children shouting]
[dramatic music playing]
[JJ] Back and forth.
-[boy 1] Hey, that's our bat, man! -[boy 2] JJ, really?
[boy 3] Come on, dude, give us our bat back.
-[boy 2] Give it back. -[boy 1] Not cool, JJ.
[dramatic music fades]
[groans, pants]
["War Pigs" by Black Sabbath playing]
-[grunts] -[alarm blaring]
[grunts]
Thank you.
[sirens wailing]
Oh, here they come.
Okay.
So, y'all wanted one island, huh?
Okay. I'll give you it. [grunts]
Over here, fellas!
Y'all wouldn't want to miss the game.
[grunts]
[sirens wailing intensifies]
[electricity buzzing]
Let's play ball.
All righty.
Okay.
[metal clangs]
-Great. -[dog barking]
Well,
let's really light it up.
♪ Generals gathered in their masses ♪
-[vocalizing fanfare] -♪ Just like witches at black masses… ♪
[grunts]
Oh, that felt good!
Oh, that's right.
Ain't that right, ladies?
Ain't that right?
♪ Oh lord, yeah ♪
Where are my manners?
[alarm blaring continues]
Sorry to ruin the date, fellas.
And for this one… Ooh.
A little something special.
-[whistling] -♪ Politicians hide themselves away… ♪
Got it.
Oh no! Not the Ultima. [grunts]
♪ Why should they go out… ♪
Oh man.
[car alarm blaring]
♪ They leave that role to the poor ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
What's fair
is fair.
[sirens wailing]
[music builds, fades]
[dramatic music playing]
[Shoupe] Good God Almighty! Are you shitting me?
[electricity buzzing]
Did that one little bastard do all this?
Let's get Kildare Fire Department down here at the pharmacy.
And we're gonna need backup, pronto.
-[girl] Yeah! -Hey! Goddammit!
I need all units. We're gonna have the whole town getting looted any minute.
Where you at, guys?
[crowd screaming]
[on speaker] Go home if you don't want to go to jail!
Do y'all see him?
-[John B and Pope] No. -[Shoupe] Get the hell home!
-Where is he? -I don't know!
[Shoupe] Everybody go home!
-[sirens wailing] -[JJ panting]
[suspenseful music playing]
[panting continues]
[sirens wailing]
Light her up.
[menacing music playing]
[sirens wailing]
[menacing music fades]
[sirens wailing]
[alarm blaring]
[intriguing music playing]
[sirens wailing]
Hmm.
The new Figure Eight.
[menacing music playing]
[glass shattering]
What's fair is fair.
Huh?
Huh?! Huh?!
[Shoupe] I need you down here. I need you to get in front of the stores now.
[crowd yelling]
I think I know where he's going, guys.
Hey, follow me.
-[Kiara] Okay. Following you. -[John B] Let's go.
[dispatcher over radio] We have reports of glass breaking at 43 Caro Lane.
[Shoupe] All right, gotcha, gotcha. Coming in.
We gotta go. We're going to Dale Zeasy's real estate office.
[crowd yelling indistinctly]
Get out of the way if you don't wanna get hit!
[yelling continues]
Get the hell out of the road!
[siren chirping, wailing]
[glass breaking]
[menacing music playing]
[alarm blaring continues]
No way am I a Kook. [exhales]
[siren wailing]
[Shoupe] That's him. I want all available units.
Meet me at Zeasy's office.
All right, fan out. We need a perimeter.
I don't want anyone getting in or out.
[sirens wailing]
[tires screeching]
[officer] Shoupe, I just saw him. He's got a weapon. He's inside and he's armed.
[crowd talking indistinctly]
-[John B] Shoupe. Shoupe. -Hey, Shoupe.
[officer] Let's keep all these looky-loos back.
He's not gonna do anything.
If they don't have badges, keep them back. For your safety and ours.
[officer] Give space.
[Shoupe] If you're not in uniform, stay back.
[tense music playing]
All right, JJ!
This is what I was talking about, son!
You've gone too far, and we've got a serious situation!
I told you this shit would happen, and here we are!
I need you to put down any and all weapons you may have,
or you will get shot.
And I don't want that!
So just come on out with your hands up.
[tense music continues]
[Shoupe] JJ, listen up, son.
No, you listen up, Shoupe!
I'm not just gonna come out there
so you can take what's ours and let them win again.
[girls] Yeah.
It was ours, fair and square!
So I have a right to fight for what's mine.
[Kiara screams] Look, JJ!
Can you hear me?
Just do what they say!
[JJ] No!
I'm done kissing the feet of people who've taken from me my entire life!
He's not gonna listen. You have to do something.
-Shoupe, he broke a window. -[Kiara] Shoupe, you cannot shoot him!
Y'all might have given up.
[fireworks exploding]
But I'm not done fighting.
So Shoupe,
you want me…
you're gonna have to come get me.
[crowd cheering]
[Shoupe] JJ, just come on out! Listen to Kie and come out of the house!
[fireworks exploding]
Jesus Christ!
[screaming] JJ!
What are we doing?
-[fireworks exploding] -[Shoupe] JJ, come out now!
[menacing music playing]
[Shoupe] JJ!
[clattering]
[microwave beeping]
[electricity buzzing]
[electrical sparking]
What the hell was that?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm on you! I'm on you!
-I've got a bead on him, Sheriff. -[Shoupe] JJ, come out! Now!
[Kiara] God. They're gonna shoot him.
Where's Pope going? Where's Pope going?
-[John B] Pope? -[Kiara] Where's Pope going?
-[Sarah and John B] Pope. -[Pope] Hey!
[Kiara] No! Stop it! Stop it!
[officer] Get him!
-[Kiara] Hey, stop it! No! -[officer] Let's go!
-[panting] -[electricity sparking]
[Pope and Kiara] Get off!
Let him go. Let him go.
-Let him go. Let him go. -[crowd shouting indistinctly]
[Sarah] Shoupe! What the hell?
[Kiara] Stop! Shoupe!
-You got him? -Leave him alone!
[Kiara] Let him go! He didn't do anything!
You come with me. We're going inside.
-JJ! We're coming in! -[Kiara] Are you okay?
[Shoupe] I need you waiting with your hands up.
What the…? Jesus. [groans]
-[electricity buzzing] -Ah, shit. Clever freaking bastard.
Let's fan out. He's in here somewhere.
[crowd screaming indistinctly]
[tense music playing]
[JJ inhales, grunts]
[panting]
[officer] Clear.
[over radio] No sign of him.
[Shoupe] He can't have just vanished. I want all eyes open. Search the grounds.
He's got to be here.
[crowd yelling indistinctly]
[dog barking]
-[panting] -Pope. We'll come back for you, okay?
Here's Shoupe.
What the hell is going on? Where's JJ at, Shoupe?
[Shoupe] Never mind that.
Your buddy over there assaulted an officer while he was performing his duties.
-All right? That's a felony. -He had his gun out for no reason.
You're in a world of trouble, Pope. Book him.
He's not here. He vanished.
He's on foot. We've gotta find him.
[tense music builds]
Shit.
[tense music subsides]
[bird calling]
The great Rafe Cameron.
Thank you for coming.
Pardon the formality. [chuckles]
I'm a little old-fashioned, I guess.
I just like to see who I'm in business with.
Potentially… in business with.
The wire hasn't gone through yet, so.
My girlfriend thinks I should cut it off. You know, maybe she's right.
[menacing music playing]
-Well, that would be a mistake. -Would it?
Your choice, of course, but look around you.
[chuckles softly] This is Goat Island. It would take a moron to mess this up.
-Mmm. -[chuckles] Practically sells itself.
That's why we hand-picked you, Rafe.
You're hungry.
You're an outsider.
They look down on you.
Don't they?
[thunder rumbling]
On Figure Eight.
They try.
Pretty unsuccessfully. We'll see who wins.
[Groff] That's right.
That's why we like you, Rafe.
You're like me.
You're not afraid to play hardball.
Stick it to them. That's what you want. Isn't it?
[thunder rumbling]
[Groff] Stick it to 'em.
It's your choice, of course.
But I, uh…
I'd like to do it today.
[menacing music continues]
I thought we were solid. Are we?
[exhales]
[menacing music builds]
[thunder rumbling]
[chuckles]
It's just a formality to renew your commitment.
Keep the pen.
A souvenir.
[menacing music continues]
This is just for the lawyers.
A handshake's good enough for me.
[menacing music builds]
I just want you to know,
um, if you're screwing me,
I'll come after you.
Look forward to doing business with you, Rafe.
[menacing music builds, fades]
-[panting] -[sirens wailing]
[groaning, panting]
Come on. Come on.
[thunder rumbling]
[groaning]
[sirens chirping, wailing]
[panting]
-[sirens wailing] -Shit. Shit. [grunts]
[panting, grunting]
[panting]
[groaning]
[sirens wailing subsides]
[panting]
[panting, grunting]
-[suspenseful music playing] -[thunder rumbling]
[insects chirping]
[boat engine revving]
[suspenseful music continues]
[suspenseful music builds]
[boat engine revving]
[thunder rumbling]
[suspenseful music continues]
[somber music playing]
[somber music builds]
[thunder rumbling]
[screaming] Groff!
[suspenseful music playing]
[JJ] Groff! Let me in!
[voice breaking] Open the damn door!
Who is it?
Who's there?
[thunder rumbling]
[suspenseful music builds, ends]
[thunder rumbling]
[rock music playing]
[rock music ends]