Little Saigon Page #7

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Look, with each passing year

more and more vets lose interest.

They've given up.

You seem to be prominent in the community.

Well...

You're on TV.

Yeah, but, I mean they're

real estate commercials.

You know I mean, what

am I supposed to say?

Hey, no credit, no money, no problem,

and by the way don't forget

those prisoners over in Nam!

Um, you see what I mean?

It doesn't really flow, Ham.

Well, maybe act as a spokesman.

Or maybe help me put

pressure on Washington.

Yeah, yeah, here's the thing, Ham.

Uh, I'm really busy, you know, right now,

with a lot of different things, and, um,

I just don't have time to get involved

in a project of this magnitude.

What if you were over there, Jack?

- You ever think about that?

- Well, no.

What if it was you that

was still over there?

Hmm, yeah.

Ham, here, here's the thing, um,

I hate to tell ya this, but,

uh, I'm just not your guy.

Screw you, Jack!

Oh, that's good, Ham.

Okay, you take care, huh.

I'll let myself out.

(dramatic orchestral music)

Kenny, I wanted you to do me a favor.

I don't wanna cause you any

trouble, I just wanna help Kinh.

I told you everything I know.

I believe you.

I believe that you told me

everything you know about the robbery.

But I'm getting the feeling Quan

was killed by an enemy not a robber.

Anything's possible I guess.

Do you know or suspect

if Quan could've been

involved in anything illegal?

No, no, Quan was a good man.

Was he worried about anything?

Worried?

Yeah, you know, was

anything bothering him?

Anybody threaten him?

I don't know if anybody

ever threatened him, but

I do remember him getting phone

calls every once in a while

that upset him.

Did he ever talk to

you about those calls?

No, no, I asked him once,

but he didn't wanna talk about it.

Hm, okay, okay.

Thanks.

I didn't know Judge Jerry

was running for city council.

He never did.

He wanted to, but he never got a chance.

Quan was a big supporter of Judge Jerry.

Okay, thanks, Kenny.

(lounge music singing in Vietnamese)

Yeah, yeah, I know

Judge Jerry very well.

We used to go parties many time before.

Can you think of any reason

why anybody would wanna kill him?

Sure, his wife.

Judge Jerry has many

girlfriend, plus wife. (laughs)

Do you really think,

do you really think his wife did it

or are you just kidding?

Well, I don't think she did it herself

but she might pay

somebody to do it for her.

Did you know he was

gonna run for office.

Yeah, I know.

What kinds of issues interested him.

(laughs) How the hell should I know?

Do I look like his like campaign manager?

Do I?

Do I? (laughs)

Okay.

Well, let me put it this way.

Do you know how he felt

about normalizing relations with Vietnam?

Well, he has a lot of

business interests over there.

And the city council

even passed a resolution

banning communists from

even visit Little Saigon.

And he wanted to change all that.

Yes.

You think something like that

is enough to get him killed?

Of course.

This is Little Saigon.

But I still think his wife kill him.

Trust me, she did it.

I know.

(crunching)

[Jack] Yup.

Hey.

Hey.

I thought you didn't want

to be a banana any more.

(scoffs) Whatever that means.

I could use your help.

Uh-oh, here we go again.

Okay, before you say no,

just hear me out, will ya?

(sighs) All right, well, hurry

up, because, you know what,

I got a, I got a funeral to

go to in a few minutes, so...

Judge Jerry was gonna

run for the city council

and his main goal was to

encourage relations with Vietnam.

Quan had the same goal,

and apparently was to be

a campaign contributor.

Yeah.

So?

So?

In Little Saigon that's

enough to get you killed.

Yeah, maybe.

You got anything else?

At Kinh's house the other

night, during the robbery,

when they busted into the bedroom,

they knew right where their safe was

before Kinh even told them.

Someone musta tipped them.

Like who?

Maybe Thi.

Thi, Thi, all right, I, you know, Tuan,

I think you're getting a little

carried away with your detective work.

Today I noticed that Thi had

a BLB tatooed on her ankle.

I called Detective Agnew and asked him

does he know anything about BLB.

He says it's a gang insignia.

It stands for Babylift B*tches.

(laughs) Really?

Babylift B*tches?

In 1975 as Saigon was about

to fall to the communists

the United States started

Operation Babylift.

Thousands of orphans,

mostly sons and daughters

of US soldiers, were airlifted to the US.

Most were adopted.

Some of the older ones

wound up in foster homes.

Some of these kids had

a rough time growing up

especially ones in the foster homes.

Some became gang members, even the girls.

That's how Babylift B*tches came to be.

Look, you're confusin'

the hell outta me, I mean...

All right, look, let's say

Thi and the rest of her

baby b*tches gang sets

up the robbery, okay?

And then they put a hit

on the judge and Quan.

Now the robbery makes sense.

There's a profit motive.

But the murders?

I mean, all of a sudden these

baby b*tches have political aspirations?

Most likely someone

in power and influence

is in alliance with them.

Yeah, or most likely the

judge gets killed by his wife,

Quan gets killed by a robber.

So you're not gonna help me.

Sounds to me like you're

doin' okay without me.

I could use your help.

I'm scared.

Well, you're damn right you're scared.

I mean, you're dealing with murderers.

Hey, I'm scared, too, and if you're smart

you'll walk away from this whole mess.

I can't just walk away, Kinh needs me.

Oh give me a break!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, Tuan.

Now, come on, man, you're a

good dude, you're my buddy.

I don't wanna see anything bad

happen to ya, you know that?

But you gotta be realistic.

You barely know this chick.

Hey, hey.

Yes, I know, Thi was going in a gang.

But I know she would never

do anything to harm me.

Maybe not, but somebody tipped

the intruders about your safe.

They knew right where to go.

I don't believe it.

But maybe you right about my father.

It could have been a

motive for his murder.

Now the hard part, who?

Tuan, thing could be

very dangerous for you.

Maybe you should let the police

handle thing from now on.

(scoffs) I don't think the

police would be interested

in anything I have to tell them.

You are a man of great honor, Tuan.

I'm not so sure about that, Kinh.

(suspenseful music)

Okay, call him now.

Hey, Tuan.

Oh, Tuan, I'm so scared.

Somebody left a threatening

note in front of my door.

Can you come and get me now, please?

What does the note say?

Um, I don't know, it's just a long,

bizarre, rambling note.

You can read it when you get here.

Could you, can you come now?

Okay, okay, where are you?

I'm at the parking lot

next to the memorial.

The Vietnamese memorial.

Tuan, thank you so much you're here.

I really have to pee.

Just, I just need someone to guard,

'cause I'm really scared.

Thank you, I'll be right out.

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