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Bad Monkey – S01E09 – You Really Don’t Want to Kill This Scrumptious Little Puppy | Transcript

Yancy learns that his plan has gone awry, leaving Rosa in danger. Eve and the Dragon Queen have a reckoning.
Bad Monkey - S01E09 - You Really Don't Want to Kill This Scrumptious Little Puppy

Bad Monkey
Season 1 – Episode 9
Episode title: You Really Don’t Want to Kill This Scrumptious Little Puppy
Original release date: October 2, 2024

Plot: Yancy learns that his plan has gone awry, leaving Rosa in danger. Eve and the Dragon Queen have a reckoning.

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[waves lapping]

[Yancy, Rosa chuckling]

[Yancy] That was delicious.

[door opens]

[Rosa chuckles]

[Yancy] No. Honestly,

I’m just saying, not everyone would pull over and help a stray dog, Neville.

I think it’s great.

Oh, my God.

Dawnie, that food was amazing.

Yeah. What a great night.

Thanks again, guys.

[Neville] Maybe we can go fishing tomorrow?

I would like that. I bet you’re a great fisherman.

I mean, what can’t you do, Neville? Am I right?

Hey, Dawnie, pun intended. He’s a catch.

Okay, time to go.

All righty.

[Rosa] Come on. [chuckles]

Bye, guys. Thanks again.

[Rosa] Good night. [chuckles]

Thank you for being nice to my friends.

It was easy. I like your friends.

[Keith] Neville liked them too.

But being alone with Dawnie, he liked that even more.

[Dawnie] Hey.

Ooh. [chuckles]

Yeah, that’s right.

The magic has arrived.

[gasps, chuckles]

I’m sorry, but I had a feeling that was gonna happen,

and I put in so much fantastic work tonight.

I needed to see it pay off.

[Dawnie chuckles]

I’m proud of you both, all right? I’m gonna leave this time on the reals.

I want you to go after it, but be kind.

Just get out of your heads.

And, uh, eye contact or no eye contact. Play with it. Enjoy it, guys.

[chuckles]

You know, I don’t know what took her so long.

Dude’s beautiful.

Yeah, face of an angel.

Why’d that finally happen?

‘Cause you weren’t asking for it.

I never asked for it.

Maybe not out loud.

[knocking]

[Dragon Queen] Hello, Mrs. Martin.

I could talk to her?

[Mrs. Martin sighs] Ya-Ya.

She’s here.

[Keith] Gracie had never really liked Mrs. Martin all that much.

[Driggs chatters]

And since there wasn’t a single damn grape in this house,

Driggs felt the exact same way.

[door closes]

How you find me?

You got four friends and this is the only one with a Rollie parked out front.

I taking that thing back in the morning, unless you wanna do it for me.

Can’t.

I getting out of here.

Heading to the airport.

I’ll sleep there if I have to,

but I’m getting on the first plane out in the morning.

Quit being stubborn and come with me.

I got real money now, to take care of us both.

Last chance, Ya-Ya.

Grab your bag and let’s go.

Oh, darling.

This island ain’t never gonna let you leave.

That curse you made for young Neville,

the storm that draw everybody together, it coming.

I hoped that I could get you back on your path.

But I guess maybe I… I… I… I ain’t strong enough.

[sighs]

But I pray that you find somebody to listen to.

I done listening to anybody but myself.

You’re just as stubborn as I am.

Whose fault is that?

[scoffs]

[inhales sharply]

Give me a proper hug, ’cause this is goodbye.

[gasps]

[sighs]

Maybe so, but I truly hope not.

[breathes deeply]

[sniffles]

Don’t cry.

I send you a postcard.

[chatters]

[birds squawk]

{\an8}[Yancy] It’s hard to believe there’s a storm coming.

{\an8}How beautiful is this? It’s bananas, right?

{\an8}[Rosa] Yeah.

{\an8}[Yancy] Well, I am feeling very happy,

{\an8}partly because we’re putting away Nick and Eve,

{\an8}but partly because of the company.

{\an8}You agree?

I guess.

{\an8}[chuckles] “I guess”?

{\an8}Rosa, do you have a hard time admitting when you’re happy?

{\an8}I mean, it’s not really a sign of weakness.

{\an8}It’s actually the opposite.

{\an8}Have you ever seen a lion stretch out in the grass after it had a good meal?

{\an8}He’s full. He’s happy. He’s fat. He doesn’t give a fuck who knows.

{\an8}[chuckles]

{\an8}So, if you’re gonna tell the lion that he’s weak,

{\an8}just give me a heads-up before you would ever pull a stunt like that,

{\an8}so I can take it back to the Jeep.

{\an8}I’m serious. Lions take name-calling very personally.

{\an8}They can’t understand what you’re saying, but boy, are they big on tone.

{\an8}You know, you know a lot about lions.

{\an8}Well, that’s because I am one.

Hmm.

{\an8}Listen, I know you got burned

{\an8}by that fella at the symphony who had to use the can,

but you gotta let your guard down.

I’m serious. You’ll get an ulcer.

All right.

Well, lately I’ve been thinking that whatever, you know, this is,

whatever it is that we’re doing…

Mm-hmm. Right.

…maybe could be real?

Well done.

[chuckles]

It feels good, doesn’t it?

I mean, unfortunately, my head’s not in the same place at all.

[scoffs]

No, but it’s nice for you…

Don’t be such an asshole. [chuckles]

Listen, I’m just saying, either way,

this is a really important step for you.

[squawking]

[Yancy] See? He agrees. Thank you, sir.

I just gotta get the fuck out of Miami.

You know, start over.

The Keys are nice.

Yeah, Keys are nice.

You know, but I don’t have anywhere to stay.

Ah, that’s not really my problem.

But just a quick note for you, since you’re a friend of mine.

Mm-hmm.

Remember what happens to women that fall for me.

[chuckles]

[Yancy] Sometimes they even end up incarcerated.

{\an8}It’s crazy.

Tomás!

{\an8}[Keith] His name was Thomas, but he chose not to correct her.

[sighs] It’s very bright.

Is there any way that you can move that umbrella over here?

I tried but it’s very heavy.

[sighs]

[Keith] Thomas couldn’t have known it, but by agreeing to do this little favor,

he had started a chain of events

that would eventually lead to the end of his marriage.

[strains]

Mmm, you are a dear.

[chuckles] We’ll talk later.

[phone chimes]

Oh, shit.

What is it?

They want to leave today to Miami to pick up the money before the storm comes,

and now they want me to fly with them.

Okay. Don’t freak out.

I am freaking out a little bit.

No, I’m sensing you’re freaking out, that’s why I’m saying what I’m saying.

But this is actually really good news, okay?

It’s just a plane ride.

The minute you touch down,

the feds are gonna pounce all over this situation, okay?

Right.

Do you feel this energy that’s going on? I kind of feel like we should kiss.

[chuckles] Okay.

Okay?

Let’s do it.

[inhales sharply]

[Keith] Ya-Ya hoped to find some comfort,

so she visited the one person she knew Gracie would have listened to.

[inhales deeply] I wish you were still here, Nacheline.

Gracie could really use your help.

[clicking tongue] Driggs?

Hey.

[chatters]

There you are.

Hello.

[Lulu] He used to be Neville’s monkey.

Oh, does Neville miss him?

He doesn’t say he does, but he does.

Oh, if he can admit it to hisself, I bet Driggs would come back to him.

[clicks tongue] Are you hungry, little one?

Let’s get you some grapes.

That tree back there is mad.

[Ya-Ya] Yes, it is.

There’s lots of things happening on this island

that don’t make that old tree very happy.

What your name is?

Lulu.

Do you feel these things often?

That’s because the magic is in you.

Most people don’t believe in magic.

Yes, they do.

Them just call it by a different name.

Some people call it religion.

[speaks Spanish]

Some people see the magic in the water,

the trees, in the energy of all living things.

And it’s all real.

Some day…

I can teach you.

Tell your friend Neville Driggs miss him too.

Does he?

Yes, but, uh… [chuckles] …he can’t admit it either.

They’re both very, very stubborn.

Bye, Lulu.

So, we’re looking at landfall in the Bahamas late tonight,

but nothing in South Florida until midweek.

Until then, this is Hurricane Mel bringing you the latest on Hurricane Mel.

[chuckles] I’d love to meet your sister.

Very different off camera.

But exciting and fun in a… in a different way than what you see here.

[scoffs] I’m gonna tell her you said that.

[chuckles]

I’m gonna regret that one, Nev.

Oh, shit. I have to be at their house to leave in 30 minutes.

Oh, I’ll grab my shoes and give you a lift.

Okay.

All right.

Hey, I want you to take this.

It’s old but Neville says it still works, and he’s got no reason to lie.

Oh, no, thanks.

I thought you said you shot once or twice.

I have. I just don’t want…

All right.

Let me just see how you hold it.

Come on. Just humor me for a second.

[sighs]

[sighs]

Yeah, that’s good. Pretty good.

See?

Oh, just don’t put your finger on the trigger until you’re ready to fire.

In a real situation, if you get startled, bang, you shoot a dog.

And that’s not fun, even if it’s a stray.

But if you have it o-off the trigger like that, if you c…

Yeah, I’m good. Thank you.

All right. You sure?

I don’t want it.

Neville really wanted you to take it, you know, to have, ’cause just in case.

I never said that. You told me to borrow it for Rosa.

Really? After everything I did for you and Dawnie?

I’m gonna teach a class later called “How not to throw a friend under the bus.”

Will you be there to take it, please?

I think it’s cute that you’re worried about me.

[Dawnie] Ready?

[Rosa] Yes, ready to go.

[sucks teeth] Okay. Whew.

Thank you for everything. Good luck with the storm.

[Neville] Okay. We’ll see you soon, okay?

Good.

[Yancy] Hey.

Listen, you want to know the toughest thing about this?

The fact that you can’t control every situation?

That’s close. But it’s actually that you get to fly private.

I don’t even have a flight

out of this damn place.

[Rosa chuckles] All right.

[inhales sharply] Okay, got it.

Yeah.

[sighs]

Mmm.

[sighs]

I’m not talking to you.

I’ll live.

You really think Andrew and that Rosa girl are good for each other?

I do. Seem like a good match.

Hmm. Is she better for him than me?

Well, that’s tough to say.

You know, on the one hand she seems, like, really smart and independent.

And then on the other hand, you are in federal prison.

Hmm.

Look, I do find it kind of admirable that you found a way to be accountable.

Thank you, Agent Russell.

That being said, I mean, eight years, it’s a little excessive.

I mean, a couple of months, six weeks that seems more appropriate.

You pass that along?

Uh, no.

Guard!

[guard] Yep.

[gate opens]

[sighs]

[guard] Ma’am.

Thank you.

[Keith] Ten bucks if you can guess what happened next.

Okay.

Tomás, this is a beautiful car.

My daddy gave it to me.

Really? [chuckles]

I love that.

[Keith] And just like that,

Bonnie returned to a life of outrunning storms.

[Bonnie] Whoo!

[Keith] On the islands,

you can feel the hurricane coming long before you see it.

Gracie couldn’t get on the first two flights that morning,

but once she had talked her way onto the third,

she was finally able to get some rest.

[Keith] In her dream, she was up in the clouds, soaring away from Andros.

Ma’am.

Ma’am.

[grunts] Jesus, lady!

Christ, what’s the knife for?

For when strange men touch me.

You can’t stay here. You gotta go.

I… I waiting for my flight.

No more flights today. They’re all canceled.

Storm’s coming.

[Keith] It’s like she could hear Ya-Ya’s voice carried by the wind.

[Ya-Ya] This island ain’t never gonna let you leave.

Yeah.

Okay.

Thanks for your help.

No problem.

You know, I’m a big believer in rewarding yourself

when you do something good for someone else.

What should our reward be?

[inhales deeply] Uh, give me a second here.

Let’s see.

[phone chimes]

{\an8}Whoo! [chuckles]

[phone chimes]

Hmm.

Like a message from the Gods.

[Neville chuckles]

[Eve] Cheers!

Cheers!

Cheers, Tilly.

[Rosa chuckles]

I fucking love dogs.

I’m so obsessed with this dog.

I, like, honestly wish there was a way

I could put Tilly’s brain, like, in my man’s head

because, like, all she wants to do is just shower me with affection

and lick me all over.

[both chuckle]

Hmm. We should probably get going if we’re gonna beat the storm.

Oh, any second.

So, tell me more about you.

Is there, like, a guy in your life?

Actually, yeah, there is.

[chuckles]

Ooh! There we go.

What’s his name?

Um… [clicks tongue] …Jordan Fleeterson.

Hmm.

Yeah.

He, uh… He sells these things that you screw onto a sink

that make ocean water safe to wash dishes.

Cool job.

Mm-hmm.

[both chuckle]

Oh, wow. Look at those clouds.

Are we even gonna make it out?

What does he look like?

Is he handsome? I bet he’s so handsome.

I mean, look at you, you’re tits for days.

You think Jordan’s gonna be mad?

[chuckles]

Uh, mad?

About what?

You were hanging out with this giant asshole.

You know what? I think it’s time to leave.

Oh, honey.

I think we both know you’re not going anywhere.

And fuck you.

Fuck you.

Eggy!

Oh, fuck. [sighs]

[thunder rumbling]

Nev, this is gonna be fun.

It’s always the best fishing right before a storm.

That’s right. I’ll just grab some sandwiches for the boat.

Two grilled grouper and two coffees, please.

[bartender] Hmm.

Ah, coffee and fish.

One of my favorite combos.

[sucks teeth]

[Yancy] I know her.

Me too.

Mystery lady.

How are you?

You two friends?

New friends.

But yeah, sometimes they’re just as good as old friends.

You know, with old friends, it’s always like, uh,

“Hey, Bob. How’s your knee, still achy?”

or, “Hey, Bob. How’s your wife? Is she still a pain in the ass?” or…

Bob’s life sounds sad.

Oh, I wouldn’t worry about Bob. He’s got a lot of money.

But, you know, with new friends you can kind of start from scratch.

You can be a version of yourself that isn’t even real.

Let me give you a for instance.

My friend Neville here thinks I love superhero movies.

You don’t?

No.

Not even Spider-Man?

Especially not.

Thor?

I’m jealous of his hair.

Doctor Strange?

Okay, I’m starting to miss my friend, Bob, with all the money.

I’m kidding.

[chuckles]

Listen, the only reason, honestly, that I said that I love superhero movies

is because you love ’em.

Look at you two. Thick as thieves.

May we join you?

No one’s stopping you.

I never seen you dressed this way before.

You look friendlier.

You know what they say about looks.

They can be deceiving.

I know.

Sorry.

So you in love, eh?

How did you know that?

She magic.

I ain’t magic.

You’re a man. It’s all over your face.

She’s not wrong.

I mean, you’re glowing.

So, what? He’s your muscle?

Little old.

[sighs] Gosh.

Could have expressed that with a touch more sugar.

[clicks tongue] Aw, Grandpa’s sad.

[sighs] Happens to all of us.

Just wasn’t ready for it today.

Mm-hmm.

No matter who you brought, I ain’t giving you your money back.

[Neville] I don’t want it back.

The curse worked.

The developer got a lot of bad things about to happen to him.

Don’t know about that.

What do you mean?

My friend’s with him right now.

I think I said enough.

No, no, no, no mystery lady.

You’re… Please.

Uh… [chuckles] …you’re not gonna do your little disappearing act here.

She can, uh, you know, disappear sometimes.

She magic.

I ain’t magic.

I just walk fast.

I don’t really give a shit if you’re magic or if you just have great intuition.

Whichever one it is, I want you to go ahead and use it,

so that you realize I’m telling you the truth.

If there’s something that’s gonna happen to my friend Rosa

and you don’t tell me about it right now…

I’ma make you pay.

They know about your friend.

Someone close tell me.

They know she not who she say she is.

Thank you. I’m gonna go to the house.

If I’m not back in an hour, then I want you to call Rogelio, okay?

Take my bike.

[Yancy] Yep.

You’re not so scary anymore.

Never wanted to be in the first place.

[line rings]

[phone buzzes]

Can I at least answer it and tell him I’m okay?

No, because you’re not.

[line rings]

He’s looking for her. Be ready.

Hey, food cop.

Hey, Nicholas. How are you?

Where’s Rosa?

She’s not here.

Ah. Well, that’s… [chuckles] That’s not really an answer.

Like I give a shit.

That’s a little bit rude.

There’s no reason to be rude here. We can talk to each other like gentlemen.

Okay.

I’m gonna politely ask you to sit down right now,

or we’re gonna find out who wins between a piece of firewood

and a 12-gauge Ithaca.

Sure.

Rosa okay?

What if she wasn’t?

What are you gonna do? Your ghost gonna come back and haunt me?

Nick, no! Nick, do not shoot him in here.

There’s the missus.

Eve, it is great to see you.

Why can’t I shoot him?

You want to have the worst sex of your life?

Yeah. Shoot this asshole in our fucking bed.

My… My blood does stain more than the average person’s blood,

and that’s coming from experience.

Shut the fuck up.

Happy to.

[inhales deeply] Fine.

[exhales deeply] Move.

Yep.

I love you. Thank you, baby.

[Keith] Yancy knew he had about a minute to come up with a plan.

And so far, all he had was get shot in the yard.

Luckily, that’s when a plan scampered right past him.

[Eve] Tilly, Tilly, Tilly…

Don’t even think about it.

Don’t even think about it.

[Tilly whines]

No, no, no. Please don’t hurt her.

That’s not up to me.

That’s a shotgun there, Nick.

Big noise, big spray.

One lead pellet will change the course of this animal’s life forever.

It might survive it, but the trust you’ve built, that’ll be gone forever.

I’ll take my chances.

No. Don’t you dare.

Get out of the way, Eve.

Nick, she’s the fucking love of my life.

Holy shit.

Get out of the fucking way, Eve.

She cares more about the dog than you.

You wanna know the most fucked up part about all of this?

Your daughter, Caitlin, she made me promise…

She said, “Yancy, please make sure he doesn’t get hurt.”

[Eve] Shut up.

I don’t know how,

but somehow she still believes in you.

[Eve] Shut up!

She said that?

We’re not doing this right now.

Jesus, Nick.

How long are you gonna let Miss Congeniality here boss you around?

Does she make you sit to pee?

[Eve] That’s it!

Kill them both and get me a puppy tomorrow.

Nick, you got a daughter that wants a relationship with you.

How the fuck did you end up here?

[pants] I don’t know.

Nick, what the fuck are you waiting on, you dumb piece of shit? Kill him, Nick!

Do it! Shoot him, you…

[screams]

[Eve screams]

[gun fires]

Give me the fucking gun…

[Yancy] Run!

[Nick screams]

…you piece of shit!

No!

[continues exclaiming, screaming]

[Eve] Shit. So, you do have a fishing rod in your back.

Are you okay?

Thanks. Keep the change.

Thank you very much.

You trying to kill yourself with liquor?

‘Cause there’s quicker ways to do it.

[sniffs, sighs]

Cheaper too.

I’m just minding my own business.

I know you.

Heard you say your magic ain’t real.

It is.

[Keith] If you asked Gracie why, she probably couldn’t have told you,

but something pulled her down onto that bar stool.

[bar patron] I know why I’m here, but what are you doing in this place?

I just waiting on the storm to pass so I can get off this island.

[inhales deeply] Walk me home now.

[Keith] And there it was again, that pull she couldn’t explain.

[Yancy] Where the hell is Rosa?

I called everybody I know.

Nobody’s seen her.

[Yancy] Goddamn it.

I should never have let her go. I don’t know what the fuck I was thinking.

[door opens]

[sighs]

Oh, my God. What happened?

Oh, babe.

[breathes shakily]

[kisses]

There was this big, beautiful, scary ass man.

Why’s he gotta be beautiful?

Egg?

Yes.

Threw me into his car, drove me to this shitty construction hut

and then we just sat there.

Didn’t say a word.

Then finally, he tells me that I’m an insurance policy

until they flush out my boyfriend.

So I ask him, “Are you gonna kill me?”

And he’s like…

I’m just an employee.

I do what they tell me.

I was like, “But I’m a nice person.”

Don’t really factor into it.

So now I’m panicked, right?

And you know when I’m panicked, I need to eat.

Yeah, and she also eats even when she’s not panicking.

So I ask him, “Can I get a protein bar out of my purse?”

Give me half.

And that’s when I saw the gun that you put in there.

Fucker. I told you I didn’t want it.

Oh, you’re gonna be mad about that now?

Yeah, I am.

[laughs]

I know that gun.

Don’t do it.

Don’t.

Okay, look. I’m just gonna leave, all right?

I’m not gonna shoot you. I just…

[grunts]

[groaning]

Shit! Oh, my gosh. I’m so sorry!

I’m so sorry.

Well, I shot him.

What?

[Dawnie] You shot him?

Totally intentional.

Not an accident like he said it was gonna be.

Yeah. I’m sure that’s exactly how it went down.

Please consider this my sincerest apology for sneaking that into your bag.

Apology accepted.

[Yancy] That was sarcasm.

Can I have it back?

Oh, I threw that thing in the creek when I was running away.

[Yancy] Yeah, that’s on me.

I probably should have told you after you discharge the weapon,

don’t throw it into the creek because you can actually use it more than once.

You can use it a second time, even a third.

You two need to get off this island.

[Neville] She’s right.

Dawnie and I can hide, but the both of you stick out like sore thumbs.

We got no gun and local law is in their pockets.

I wanna leave. Now.

The airports are closed for the storm.

I got an idea. Can we get a ride?

Problem isn’t that you don’t believe in the magic.

You do.

It’s that you don’t believe in yourself.

You like everybody else in my life.

Ya-Ya, the people who come pay me.

They say I special.

I ain’t special.

[thunder rumbling]

I don’t know about that.

[sighs]

Do you know the things I’ve done?

[sighs]

You might think I special but not in a good way.

You are so much stronger than you know.

I wish that was true.

My mother buried right here.

Don’t think she’d be too proud of me lately.

She probably busy feeling guilty she left you so soon.

[sniffles]

But know this…

I am always very proud of you.

[chuckles]

[sniffles]

[chuckles]

I… [breathes shakily]

[Nick whimpers, cries]

[Eve] Hi!

Hey, I’m back. I’m back.

Are the painkillers working?

No, it hurts worse than when I cut my fucking arm off.

[sobbing]

Just get it out!

[pants] I can’t. It’s too fucking gross. [breathes heavily]

You pulled a splinter out of my toe last week.

It’s the same thing.

It’s not the same thing!

Pretend it’s a big fucking splinter…

Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.

…and just get it out! [screaming]

[panting]

[whimpering]

[grunts]

Oh, my God. I don’t really think it’s that bad.

Oh, my God.

It’s so fucking bad.

You should have let me kill that motherfucker in here.

[breathing heavily]

I need more painkillers.

Yeah, but, Nicky, we don’t have any more, okay?

[stammers] Find some and… [whines] …get a doctor.

I can’t do anything like that…

[groans]

…on this island, babe!

I don’t know what to do!

Please would you…

Would you just take care of fucking me for once?

[breathing heavily] Okay.

I got you, babe.

[breathing heavily]

I should’ve shot you too, you little fucker.

[breathing shakily]

[crying]

{\an8}[Yancy] There he is.

{\an8}Hey, pal.

{\an8}Oh. Hey, guys. Hey, guess what?

{\an8}You know, somebody took our Polaroid down.

{\an8}Now, Andre didn’t know anything about it,

{\an8}but he’s always been a little cagey sometimes, so…

{\an8}[Yancy] Is your plane fueled up and ready to go?

{\an8}For you guys? Oh, absolutely.

But… [stammers] …I can’t take it out without, you know,

checking with my bosses first.

So let me give ’em a call.

[Yancy] Just hold for a sec.

I’m actually Detective Andrew Yancy and this is Dr. Rosa “Campensino”,

which is a very difficult name to pronounce

even if you’ve known her for a long time.

We really need to get the fuck out of here.

Well, I-I-I wish I could help, but I-I can’t just…

Let me explain to you the problem with that.

See, your bosses are actually murderers,

and I can tell by your expression that you didn’t know that.

But you probably do know

that if you fly nonstop from here to Monroe County without clearing customs,

that is a crime and it’s kind of a big one.

He flies drug runners too. I saw him.

Okay, those guys were jerks.

Be that as it may, drug running is a huge no-no.

They’re… They’re really murderers?

Yeah.

[sighs]

Tried to kill us too.

We got away.

Well, sweetie, I think he realizes we got away because we’re standing here.

Oh, ’cause you never overexplain anything.

No, but he would know that we didn’t get caught.

We’re right in front of him.

[stammers, sighs]

I think the details matter here.

I love that you’re thorough, but he knows we’re alive. That’s all I’m saying.

Uh, you know, I don’t… Uh, I don’t wanna pick sides.

You’re both right.

But I, um, will take you on one condition.

There is no condition. There’s no negotiating.

You’re not in a position to ask for anything.

I think I am.

Ah, bugger. I blinked. One more.

Come on. They last forever.

Ah. Now I’m good.

[sighs]

[clattering]

[Ya-Ya] Gracie?

Is that you back there?

I just come to get my cane.

Gracie? Where is she? Where is she?

Where? Hi. Hello.

Who the fuck are you?

I’m Gracie’s grandmother, Ya-Ya.

[sighs] That’s what my nephew calls his ding dong.

I need painkillers for my husband,

and I cannot find a doctor anywhere on this shit stain of an island.

I got no help for you.

No, I’m not asking for you.

I’m asking for Gracie who apparently has pull around here and she works for me.

I remember you.

I returned your Rollie.

I literally don’t care about that.

Where is she?

I imagine she visiting her mother.

Where is her mother?

[thunder claps]

Graveyard.

Thank you.

Fuck!

[thunder rumbles]

[sighs]

[Keith] She didn’t see the rebuilt altar right away,

but once she did, she knew her queen was back.

[Claspers] It’s-It’s just through here.

The storm’s coming in pretty fast.

I think it’s smart we didn’t stop for coffee.

And we’re not gonna get out of here unless we leave right now.

Listen, when you get back home I want you to tell Ro everything,

and he’ll know exactly what to do, okay?

What do you mean, “When I get back home?”

I can’t let him get away with this, okay? I can’t.

He has a hole in his spine and he’s missing an arm.

It’s not like he’s gonna go dancing.

No, I hear you, but I just wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.

Guys, let’s go! We gotta go now.

Look, I know this isn’t the end of the world, all right?

But this is real. It’s not a fucking adventure anymore, Yancy.

It’s dangerous.

No, I know. That’s why you need to go.

You need to get on the plane.

So do you.

You know what? Do what you have to do,

but if you don’t get on that plane, we’re over.

Are you serious?

We were happy.

Come on, man. Just let go.

Just this once.

[Eve] Ow! Fuck!

[Keith] Eve blamed Nick for stubbing her toe.

She didn’t realize that was the least of her problems.

There you are! Thank God!

I’ve been looking everywhere for you.

[Dragon Queen] You found me.

Hey, you’re wearing your costume again. That’s so cool.

Listen, I need your help right now.

No.

I’m not asking. I’m your fucking boss, so chop chop.

Time for work.

Gracie!

You do, like, spells and shit, right?

Nick is in a lot of pain and needs your help now.

There’s nothing for him now.

There’s nothing for any of us who sold our souls.

[Eve] You fucking bitch.

[Dragon Queen] The storm is here, just like I said.

I ready to accept my fate.

How about you, Eve?

It’s over. No more stealing our land!

No more building your silly resort on the beaches where our children play!

Did you really think the Orishas would let you carry on?

I know I won’t.

You?

Who the fuck do you think you are?

I’m the motherfucking Dragon Queen!

[screams]

Time to end this.

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