Miami Vice Page #6

TUBBS:

As in, your ass is dead in the

water.

FUJIMA:

But Miami PD wasn't part of the

J.I.T. And from what Alonzo said,

he didn't give you up.

CROCKETT:

So what do you want?

FUJIMA:

To recruit you.

Pause.

CASTILLO:

...I didn't want you around the

crime scene because it's crawling

with federal law enforcement. We

don't know who's straight up, who's

not...

CROCKETT:

Recruit us to do what?

FUJIMA:

Get into business with this crew,

identify them. Illuminate their

network. If you're lucky, discover

their source, how they penetrated

us. We'll indict and take it from

there...

CROCKETT:

How do we do that? Make a buy?

(wry)

That went well...

TUBBS:

Reverse undercover? WE supply to

them?

FUJIMA:

They got a steady stream of supply.

So, no...

CROCKETT:

From whom...?

FUJIMA:

A Colombian producer. Named

Archangel de Jesus Montoya-Londono.

CROCKETT:

Never heard of him.

FUJIMA:

From the North Valle area. New.

Low-level, we think.

TUBBS:

Aryan brothers are not going to

change-up suppliers. So...

CROCKETT:

Transpo? How they bringing the

loads in...?

FUJIMA:

They're not. They collect in

Miami. Montoya, the producer,

handles deliveries. That's his

end, and he varies the routes. We

got some FLIR off an AWAC of a

coupla go-fast boats, on one run,

that's all.

Fujima boots up his military-spec laptop to view the FLIR

video. Meanwhile...

TUBBS:

Track with me, here...

(beat)

They knew the "Russians" were

undercover Feeb? They should have

no-showed. But, no, these guys

show anyway, and commit murder upon

federal officers. And steal all

your money...

(beat; to Fujima)

What does that say to you?

CROCKETT:

(speculating)

It says, "We do not fear you."

(to Fujima)

It says, "F*** off and die." It

says, "We get down for

recreation..."

Fujima's Dell laptop glows to life. Two almost

indistinguishable boats and their wakes are SEEN.

CROCKETT (cont'd)

Blow that up...

Crockett's attention goes to something atypical he spots

about the wake emerging behind each boat. He exchanges a

look with Tubbs. But they say nothing.

TUBBS:

(to Crockett)

So?

CROCKETT:

We could try to run loads into

these guys.

(to Fujima)

Run a few loads for Montoya into

South Florida. Into this group.

FUJIMA:

You need to consider a few issues.

CASTILLO:

(to Crockett + Tubbs)

...you'd be operating outside

territorial United States. Your

badges do not count. You have no

authorization to carry weapons. If

you're busted, it could take a long

time to get you re-patriated. And

there's no backup...

(to Fujima)

And you will share with them all

your intel on Montoya...

FUJIMA:

Sure.

CASTILLO:

I mean full disclosure.

FUJIMA:

Of course. From my side, I don't

WANT to know anything about what

you're doing or how you do it...

(to Castillo)

So let me know if we're on...

Fujima splits. Castillo waits until Fujima's car pulls away.

CASTILLO:

(to Tubbs)

About the Stevens family, I'm

sorry. I know you were close to

them.

TUBBS:

I was the kids' godfather.

CASTILLO:

(intuits)

And...?

TUBBS:

"And" what?

CASTILLO:

I got to know. There is never any

room for "personal"...

CROCKETT:

(for Tubbs)

He is fine. And we know the jokes.

When it gets vengeful, things get

messy. When they get messy the

wrong people die...

(beat)

Everybody gets it.

CASTILLO:

Good.

TUBBS:

And the answer is "yes."

(beat)

Before she met Alonzo, once upon a

time, a long time ago.

(beat)

You bet it was personal.

...and is now compartmentalized in the past.

CASTILLO:

Okay.

(to Crockett)

What'd you spot...?

CROCKETT:

Three wakes off the back of those

boats. Who runs three Sterling

engines off a deep-V hull?

TUBBS:

Sal Maguda.

CASTILLO:

He any good?

TUBBS:

Oh, yeah...

CASTILLO:

So what's gonna persuade Montoya to

change off Sal Maguda running his

deliveries...?

It's a rhetorical question.

CUT TO:

EXT. INDIAN RIVER - THERMAL IMAGE OF TWO DEEP V-HULL GO-FAST

BOATS - NIGHT

They're two feet out of the water on their dry dock, next to

a Marine Shed.

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