Savages

(WHIMPERING)

(CHAINSAW REVING)

(CHAINSAW BUZZING)

(THUDDING)

OPHELIA:
Just because I'm

telling you this story

doesn't mean I'm

alive at the end of it.

This could all be pre-recorded

and I could be talking to you

from the bottom of the ocean.

Yeah,

it's that kind of a story.

Because things just

got so out of control.

But let's go back

to where it started.

Here, in paradise.

Where they say

God parked Himself

on the seventh day,

but they towed

Him on the eighth.

And this is Ben and Chon's

hole-in-the-wall by the sea.

Paid for in cash.

(WOMAN MOANING)

Not bad for two

young Laguna dudes

who are definitely not

employable on Wall Street.

Chon is a killer.

Two tours. Iraq, Afghanistan.

And he came back

with a Iot of cash,

but no soul.

He's always trying to

f*** the war out of himself.

I have orgasms.

He has war-gasms.

So, I guess I try

to give him back

some of the things

that he's Iost.

Chon is the Iove of my Iife.

Call me O.

I was named after Ophelia,

the bipolar

basket-case in Hamlet,

who committed suicide.

So I cut it down to just O.

Dope's supposed to be bad,

but in a bad,

bad world, it's good.

Chon says drugs are

a rational response

to insanity.

Mmm.

(JAUNTY MUSIC PLAYING)

Chon, you want some?

What is it about porn

that you guys Iike so much?

What is that?

Is that Iraq?

No. Mexico.

Where's Ben?

Isn't he still in Burma?

No. Africa, someplace.

Saving Africans.

He said he was

going to be gone

three weeks.

That's changing, O.

Let's get some air.

Come on.

OPHELIA:
I guess you've

figured out by now,

if people are willing to go

"Henry Vlll" on this,

Chon and Ben grow

some of the best

weed in the world.

(JAUNTY MUSIC PLAYING)

(HORN HONKS)

Bring the bags in. Thanks.

OPHELIA:
Oh, yeah,

this is Ben.

Ben!

The other love of my life.

Oh, my sweet Iotus.

Oh, my sweet Ben.

How was Africa?

You know,

I started in Burma

and then I took a Ieft

and ended up in the Congo.

But if you're serious...

Good thing I'm tough.

Chon-boy.

Good to see you.

It's good

to see you, man.

You all right?

Here, Iook.

You got any

of that Lomotil?

Lomotil? Yeah,

I put some in your room.

Suck on some

ice cubes, man.

You Iook Iike sh*t.

Yeah?

Mmm-hmm.

Place Iooks good, though.

Thank you, O.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Shut up. You're a jerk.

He didn't do anything.

I know, I know.

Here, you've been

taking care of my babies?

Huh?

Too busy making

some of your own?

(SCOFFS)

Listen, I'm going to

go catch a Iong swim.

We'll talk

business Iater, okay?

Hey.

OPHELIA:
Every successful

business has an origin story.

Microsoft and Apple

were born in garages.

Ben and Chon's was

born on the beach.

Ben went to

Berkeley and double-majored

in business and botany.

Chon was between deployments.

And they've been

buddies since high school.

So one day,

they're sitting there

thinking about what

they're going to do,

and Ben says...

So where do you

think the best cannabis

in the world comes from?

Easy.

Afghanistan.

Ding! That was

the "founder" moment.

So, Chon, from the most

dangerous ground in the world,

smuggles back

the finest seeds.

It grew.

Within six years,

they had a couple of farms

and a great customer base.

Yo, try this.

It became urban legend.

If you ask any serious head

where the best

dope in the world

in the 21st century is,

it's not Thailand, Jamaica,

and certainly not Mexico.

THC is testing 33 %.

I ran it twice.

There's got to be

a glitch.

I think we

just struck gold.

It's right here

in California, USA.

Ben says every

plant needs love.

He sees himself as a healer.

Then when I started

to help out at the grow-op,

he called me his

own Iotus in water.

I Iike that.

They partner in

several dispensaries

and supply many of

the clubs in California.

And it's progressive

because from what

I've seen, at Ieast,

it helps with the pain.

Fifteen million

satisfied customers

can't all be wrong.

But the big money comes

from shipping it out of state.

That's the 50.

At high prices,

they get up to

$6,000 a pound.

Ben's guiding philosophy

is basically Buddhist.

Don't f*** with people.

His true genius is

that he takes 99 %

of the paranoia and violence

out of the business.

The other 1 %?

That's where Chon comes in.

Chon's philosophy is

basically Baddhist.

WOMAN:
Get off me, f***er!

Don't f*** with Ben.

What?

The money, Brett.

I got your f***ing money.

(GUN COCKING)

(WOMAN SCREAMING)

OPHELIA:
For Ben,

the dope business is green.

His foundation has branches

in Africa and Asia.

"Money isn't enough," he says.

"You've got to

give your heart."

OPHELIA:
Hey, don't ever go

away on me again.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

I really missed you.

Tell me that again.

I:

really

missed you.

OPHELIA:
I know

what you're thinking.

"Slut," right?

And maybe it is wrong.

But the truth is

we all Iove

each other so much.

We trust each other,

we take care of each other.

And for me,

together they are

one complete man.

Chon is cold metal.

Ben is warm wood.

Chon fucks

and Ben makes Iove.

Chon is earth

and Ben, spirit.

And the one thing

they have in common

I am the home that

neither of them ever had.

And they're mine.

I really missed this

with you.

Good swim?

Exhilarating.

No sharks?

Not in the ocean.

They knew

you were coming.

They want to meet.

Tomorrow.

Let's make a deal.

Big mistake.

Are we really

going to get caught up

in this sh*t, Chon?

We could get out of a business

we want to get out of anyway.

What if I'm not

ready to walk away?

(SCOFFS)

Then you run it.

That's not what I do.

Then Iet me do what

I do best, all right?

We built this, it's ours.

Why the f*** do you

want to give it away?

You see that video?

I've seen worse

and I'd do worse to them.

Yeah, and I wouldn't.

They're going to think

we're afraid of them.

I am afraid of them.

I'm not.

We're not all you, Chon.

I didn't get into this

thing to kill people.

You don't get it, do you?

It's a jungle thing, Ben.

When they smell your fear,

they Iike it.

They will attack us.

They're f***ing savages.

Surrender

is not defeat, Chon.

You're resisting change.

Just Iet it go.

Uh-oh. Testosterone.

Close your Iegs,

it's showing.

Sorry.

I was talking to him.

Hey, can you boys

take me out somewhere nice?

Come on.

We can drink a Iittle,

relax.

It's been a while.

OPHELIA:
This is Lado.

He is a man of many skills.

Gardening is just his day job.

I'm going to go

take a shower, baby.

You want to

come join me?

Absolutely.

Ah-ah. Not yet.

(DOORBELL CHIMES)

Baby, did you

order a f***ing plant?

Roberto Rodriguez

wants a refund.

Whoa, whoa.

Look, you hire a Iawyer,

you pay him, win or Iose.

Roberto knew the deal.

That much coke?

There's no "get out

of jail free" card.

So, instead,

you do all his coke

and miss all

the motions and objections.

You turn

a five-year stretch into 20.

Mijo, take a Iook.

He figures you owe him

Okay, I got it.

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