Shot Caller

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Dear Joshua.

I know it's been nearly six

years since you heard from me.

I can't believe you're

already in tenth grade.

It's like time has flown by and

stood still all at the same time.

It's usually a father's hope

that his son will follow

in his footsteps. Thankfully,

that won't be the case with us.

I never meant to

hurt you, Josh...

But I have failed you

in every way possible.

My intention with this letter is

to properly say good-bye to you.

Why it's taken me so

long, I don't know.

Maybe I'm a coward after all.

Make your mark in

this world, son.

Always be your mom's protector.

And no matter what

you hear about me,

you keep moving forward...

And never look back.

Your father.

Ooh, that

motherf***er hung himself, bro!

Hell no, that

buster got deal with, homey!

What happened, Lopez?

Homey had issues, sir.

Suicide, my ass.

Stick Lopez in the hole.

Photograph everything

before you take him down.

No, wait.

Don't do anything yet.

Code four.

Looks like two of you will be

leaving the block today, money.

Let me get you outta here.

This f***ing mess

will take all day.

Your gate money,

200, and your cdcr ID.

Use it until you get

a new driver's license.

The Van outside will take

you to the train station.

Just take it one day

at a time, money.

From the beast.

What's up, wood?

Man, good to see you, brother.

Welcome.

That's for you, man.

Picked that out myself.

Something in there just to get

you started. Appreciate it.

Got a big night

planned for you, bro.

Youngster ride there,

that's Howie.

He's the man with the plan.

Should give you the

welcome home party.

Told you he'd know who you were.

Youngster's all star

struck and sh*t.

Hey, he's a sniper though, man.

Did work over there

in Afghanistan.

Only job you got now

is staying clean.

Roger that.

F***, let's go eat,

man. Whatever you want is on me.

Need a room, too.

Of course. Time to lose

those parole duds, right?

Get you a whole new getup.

I got you, bro.

Ed kutcher, parole.

I got a tip

this sex offender has a

14-year-old girl in his place.

Waiting on the

damn warrant, though.

No worries, Lenny's one of my

cases so I'm your warrant. Good.

Kutcher.

Come to the door, Lenny.

Lenny, it's kutcher.

Come to the door.

You know the drill.

Drop it!

Go, go! Sh*t!

10-3, shots fired!

Repeat, shots fired!

What's up, chop?

What the hell, chopper?

It's been a minute?

Welcome home, brother.

Jason horvath.

It's an honor.

How about the name chef?

Name mean anything to you?

Hell, every tweaker south

of folsom knows that name.

Any one of these b*tches in

here, they're all f***ing

dirt legs, dude. I'm telling

you, man. Every single one

of them, man, they're f***ing

cheerleaders, brother.

You can literally do whatever

the f*** you want to them.

You want a drink? Smoke?

I got you, brother.

He looks good, don't he?

He looks good.

Hey, you looking for a bathroom?

Come on, I'll show

you one more private.

Put your clothes on.

I could just get you

one of the other girls,

if you just tell me

which one you like.

What's your name?

Janie.

How about you and me get

a drink sometime, Janie?

Just not tonight.

Howie and shotgun

have my number, or...

i-I'll get it from them.

I need a ride.

Sure, money.

Everything okay?

Down!

Who's down?

Janie!

No, Janie. No! No!

No!

Hey, hey, hey!

Money, we gotta go!

Let's go!

Go, go, go, go, go!

You ain't inked. Get him outta

here in case we're stopped.

Come on!

Go, go, go. Come on, move.

F***!

This ride clean?

Insurance is up to

date, reg, everything.

I need it tonight.

Tell me where to drop you off.

I'll pull over here.

Catch the bus.

They said you're not inked.

Nothing.

You answer only to me now.

You don't go near anyone,

especially if they're validated,

unless I authorize it.

You got it.

Get two prepaid cells,

both of them different.

Then be at my motel at 10 A.M.

Copy that.

Charge. No basket.

Charge? It's a pick-up game.

It's a foul!

You can't take a little bump

'n grind, get off the court.

It's all right.

Let's just play.

Lower the shoulder. If greenman pulls

that sh*t again, I'm gonna kick

his p*ssy citigroup ass.

Yeah?

You bringing a stepladder?

How is this an opportunity

for a short joke right now?

Hirsch is predicting

Kelly will win if

the dow gets above 10-4.

Yeah, not in this market.

But still, metzger's

a republican.

Let's close him

asap, just in case.

All right.

Let's strategize tonight.

You know the rules, bud.

How was school today?

We made masks

for president's day.

I picked Abraham Lincoln.

I also made his hat.

That's so cool.

I can't wait to see it.

Turn the TV back on

when you're done, okay?

- Mom upstairs?

- Yeah.

Hey, babe.

Hey.

You know, we got 45

minutes before we pick up

tom and Jennifer.

I just showered, lover.

I know. It's my favorite smell.

Okay.

Okay.

- It's not happening, is it?

- No.

No.

By the way, your

design looks amazing.

Thanks.

Did you see the floor samples?

Pennies, right?

Finally, the

pennies are gonna fly.

Yeah, but how

long is it gonna take?

- To lay out the pennies?

- Yeah.

It's gonna take

a really long time.

That's why I have to ask Jennifer for her

help. I'm gonna butter her up tonight.

Does everyone use the

same house for finals?

Yes. Even playing field.

Damn, I wanna live there.

I know, right?

Wait, wait, wait.

What did I do?

It's just-i just gotta...

I knew it. I felt that coming.

You shouldn't have.

Jennifer, I also want

to let you know that I've

been eating asparagus.

No! No!

That's all I'm going to say.

Can we get another bottle?

You want one more?

Yeah, let's do it.

This is nice. This is a good place.

One more?

See, I honestly don't think

that baseball constitutes a

date night.

Like, that's not...

but they're dugout club

seats on the third base line.

It's romantic, and they're free.

- What?

- It's free, guys.

Okay, fine, fine, fine.

I will allow that, as long as

it means that Jennifer

and I can pick the next two.

- Yes!

- Two? How did you get two?

Okay, we want John Mayer.

We get John Mayer.

John Mayer's not

free in any way.

You are gonna brown-nose your

way into some John Mayer tickets.

Don't look at me.

Look at Jacob.

He's got the best knee

pads in the office.

And well used.

Guys.

Wait until we close

the metzger account.

We'll see whose butts

are getting kissed, right?

Yeah, that's right, partner.

Honey, the light!

Watch out!

No!

No! No! Tom!

- Baby, no!

- My god!

Sit down.

Your foreman called, Tony.

Why'd you miss work?

Especially after I went on the hook and

got you the damn job in the first place.

Look, I know, okay?

Dante was sick, and my mom...

I don't wanna hear about any of that.

No excuses. You said you want a plan b,

instead of wasting the rest of your life.

Look, it's hard, kutcher.

It's hard for me.

Of course it's hard.

You're a convicted felon.

Own the sh*t.

Rise above it.

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