1 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:12,095 LOS ANGELES, MONDAY 2 00:00:15,724 --> 00:00:17,518 - Okay, Shawn, 3 00:00:17,601 --> 00:00:20,604 so the problem with making a bit more this year 4 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:22,189 is now the government wants you to pay a bit more. 5 00:00:22,272 --> 00:00:26,109 - Yeah, well, I didn't make Top Salesman last quarter 6 00:00:26,193 --> 00:00:28,195 just to turn around and give it all back to Uncle Sam. 7 00:00:28,278 --> 00:00:29,988 - Well, I know it's not ideal, 8 00:00:30,072 --> 00:00:32,783 but the dealership covers all of the overhead, 9 00:00:32,866 --> 00:00:34,618 so you really don't have any expenses. 10 00:00:34,701 --> 00:00:36,745 - I sold two Isuzu Troopers last month. 11 00:00:36,828 --> 00:00:38,747 Do you know how hard it is to sell that car? 12 00:00:38,830 --> 00:00:42,042 - Yep. And I am sorry, but I don't make the rules. 13 00:00:42,125 --> 00:00:45,003 - Uh, where's the write-off for my car stereo system? 14 00:00:45,087 --> 00:00:47,339 - Unfortunately, it's not a valid deduction. 15 00:00:47,422 --> 00:00:49,716 - When people see me pull up to a red light, 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,678 I'm blasting Prince out of my blower points, 17 00:00:52,761 --> 00:00:54,179 people look at me, and they say 18 00:00:54,263 --> 00:00:56,723 "Where the hell did that guy get that kick-ass ride?" 19 00:00:56,807 --> 00:01:00,769 I tell them, "Van Nuys Pre-owned Car Castle." 20 00:01:00,853 --> 00:01:02,604 It's advertising. 21 00:01:02,688 --> 00:01:05,607 - Right. But some might say it's tax fraud. 22 00:01:05,691 --> 00:01:07,401 I don’t want you to get in trouble here, so... 23 00:01:07,484 --> 00:01:09,486 - Oh, Michael-- Do you mind if I call you Michael? 24 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:11,405 - Actually, full name is Michelangelo. 25 00:01:11,488 --> 00:01:14,867 - Like the Ninja Turtle? - Or the Renaissance Master. 26 00:01:14,950 --> 00:01:19,496 - Okay, Mikey, look, that's a $5,000 stereo system. 27 00:01:19,580 --> 00:01:22,124 We write it off, I save $2,000 in taxes. 28 00:01:22,207 --> 00:01:24,585 Nobody's going to prison for 2 grand. 29 00:01:24,668 --> 00:01:27,421 - Respectfully, no one ever thinks they'll wind up in prison 30 00:01:27,504 --> 00:01:29,214 until they wind up in prison. 31 00:01:29,298 --> 00:01:31,300 - Oh, yeah? And how are you such an expert? 32 00:01:31,383 --> 00:01:33,135 - I wound up in prison. 33 00:01:35,512 --> 00:01:37,139 - Here. You can sign here. 34 00:01:37,222 --> 00:01:38,557 - Oh, shit. 35 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,142 You're the Mike Ferro. 36 00:01:41,476 --> 00:01:43,604 The one from the news a few years ago. 37 00:01:43,687 --> 00:01:45,397 The Mike Ferro that did-- - Hey, guys. Hi. 38 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,274 Why don't I just take over now? 39 00:01:47,357 --> 00:01:50,485 - You got a criminal handling my finances? 40 00:01:50,569 --> 00:01:52,279 - Mike, why don't you just go to the break room, 41 00:01:52,362 --> 00:01:53,739 get a cup of coffee, okay? 42 00:01:53,822 --> 00:01:55,532 - Sure. - Thank you. 43 00:01:55,616 --> 00:01:57,117 Got this. - Are you serious? 44 00:01:57,201 --> 00:01:59,328 - No, no, no, no. Let me look. - I've been coming in here 15 years, 45 00:01:59,411 --> 00:02:01,872 and you're hooking me up with this guy? 46 00:02:01,955 --> 00:02:06,001 - So, Mike, that was unbelievably dumb. 47 00:02:06,084 --> 00:02:09,505 I can't have you out there. I'm sorry. - I need this job, Gary. 48 00:02:09,588 --> 00:02:14,801 - People need to trust this company, and people do not trust ex-cons. 49 00:02:14,885 --> 00:02:18,180 I'm sorry. I am. 50 00:02:21,558 --> 00:02:22,601 - Okay. 51 00:02:24,311 --> 00:02:26,438 You're out of sweetener. 52 00:02:32,903 --> 00:02:34,196 THE FUGITIVE 53 00:02:34,279 --> 00:02:36,240 - You needed to keep that job, Mike. 54 00:02:36,323 --> 00:02:37,574 You know the rules. 55 00:02:37,658 --> 00:02:40,118 You don't stay gainfully employed, the state will punch-- 56 00:02:40,202 --> 00:02:42,287 - The state will punch my ticket. - And back inside you go. 57 00:02:42,371 --> 00:02:43,664 The mayor hates your ass. 58 00:02:43,747 --> 00:02:45,916 You so much as jaywalk, he'll come at you. 59 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:48,043 - It's bad enough doing time for something you didn't do, 60 00:02:48,126 --> 00:02:51,255 but I'm finally out now and I'm still paying for it? 61 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:53,799 - Should have waited a few days to tell me about work. 62 00:02:53,882 --> 00:02:57,094 Now I got to file a Change of Employment Status with the DOC. 63 00:02:57,177 --> 00:02:59,471 Clock start running for you to find a new gig. 64 00:02:59,555 --> 00:03:02,975 And not to pile on, I got a call from the Kellers. 65 00:03:03,058 --> 00:03:04,184 You missed a payment. 66 00:03:04,268 --> 00:03:07,521 - Kevin, money's been tight. I'm mailing a check out tomorrow. 67 00:03:07,604 --> 00:03:09,481 - Mike, if you don't pay that family, the state-- 68 00:03:09,565 --> 00:03:10,941 - The state will punch my ticket. 69 00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:15,237 Trust me, I'm never doing anything that'll make me go back to prison again. 70 00:03:23,912 --> 00:03:25,247 - It's for you. 71 00:03:25,330 --> 00:03:29,585 - I don't think my parole officer's supposed to be giving me a weapon. 72 00:03:30,669 --> 00:03:33,380 - When my old man was in Desert Storm, 73 00:03:33,463 --> 00:03:37,509 he opened the telegram telling him he's going home with this pocket knife 74 00:03:37,593 --> 00:03:39,469 after a six-month stop-loss. 75 00:03:40,554 --> 00:03:43,974 Eight years ago, when I had six months sober, 76 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:46,101 my dad gave me this knife. 77 00:03:46,185 --> 00:03:49,438 Said if you can make it through six months of something, 78 00:03:49,521 --> 00:03:50,939 you're home free. 79 00:03:55,861 --> 00:03:57,196 You don't even know, do you? 80 00:03:58,655 --> 00:04:00,365 - Guess not. 81 00:04:00,449 --> 00:04:04,203 - Today is six months to the day you've been out of prison, my man. 82 00:04:05,662 --> 00:04:07,748 Six months into a new lease on life. 83 00:04:07,831 --> 00:04:10,375 I'm passing you the torch. 84 00:04:10,459 --> 00:04:13,170 - No, I--Hey, I can't take this. 85 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:16,715 You know, I've been doing this 10 years, 86 00:04:16,798 --> 00:04:18,884 working with bad men. 87 00:04:18,967 --> 00:04:20,135 Want to know what I learned? 88 00:04:20,219 --> 00:04:23,180 Michelangelo Ferro is not one of them. 89 00:04:25,641 --> 00:04:27,518 - Shit. 90 00:04:27,601 --> 00:04:28,977 You know you're at rock bottom 91 00:04:29,061 --> 00:04:31,647 when your parole officer's your best friend. 92 00:04:31,730 --> 00:04:33,607 - Come on, man. 93 00:04:33,690 --> 00:04:34,816 - You've had me in your home. 94 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:36,610 You treat me like a person instead of an ex-con. 95 00:04:36,693 --> 00:04:37,945 It's not nothing. 96 00:04:38,028 --> 00:04:42,241 - Good. So when you're a rich rainmaker again, 97 00:04:42,324 --> 00:04:44,034 you can have me out to Malibu. 98 00:04:45,786 --> 00:04:47,412 Now I'm heading downtown in the morning 99 00:04:47,496 --> 00:04:49,957 to surprise piss test a stockbroker. 100 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,001 Ride with me. Knock on some doors of your old haunts. 101 00:04:53,085 --> 00:04:54,378 See who's hiring. 102 00:04:54,461 --> 00:04:56,505 - I'm toxic. Nobody's gonna bring me on. 103 00:04:56,588 --> 00:04:58,090 - You need a J-O-B, bitch. 104 00:04:58,173 --> 00:05:01,093 But for right now you need to take your mind off things. 105 00:05:01,176 --> 00:05:04,263 Go home. Relax. 106 00:05:04,346 --> 00:05:06,890 Put another baby in Allison. 107 00:05:06,974 --> 00:05:08,559 Tomorrow's a new day. 108 00:05:26,660 --> 00:05:28,412 - Hey. - Hey. 109 00:05:28,495 --> 00:05:31,081 - I picked up the nail polish remover. 110 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:32,833 I'm gonna get that ring out of the bathtub tonight 111 00:05:32,916 --> 00:05:34,585 if it kills me. 112 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:36,378 How was work? 113 00:05:36,461 --> 00:05:39,590 - Good. Great. 114 00:05:39,673 --> 00:05:42,426 Are you almost ready to go? 115 00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:43,886 - Yeah. 116 00:05:43,969 --> 00:05:46,972 Just want to finish a few things while I was here. 117 00:05:47,055 --> 00:05:48,682 Car picks me up early in the morning. 118 00:05:48,765 --> 00:05:50,517 - I wish you didn't have to go. 119 00:05:50,601 --> 00:05:52,769 - Well, it's kind of a big deal, you know? 120 00:05:52,853 --> 00:05:55,105 Them flying an assistant to Chicago. 121 00:05:55,189 --> 00:05:59,109 All these execs and just little old me helping out with the presentation. 122 00:05:59,193 --> 00:06:01,278 - I am so proud of you. 123 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:05,407 I just don't know how it's gonna be, just me and Pearl. 124 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:09,036 - Yeah. She went to sleep early again. 125 00:06:09,119 --> 00:06:12,164 - She used to wait up for me to get home. 126 00:06:12,247 --> 00:06:16,251 - I know, but the therapist said there's gonna be an adjustment period. 127 00:06:16,335 --> 00:06:17,753 - For how long? 128 00:06:17,836 --> 00:06:21,340 - Mike, you were in jail for three years, all right? 129 00:06:21,423 --> 00:06:24,843 - She was 6 years old. Just give it some time, all right? 130 00:06:24,927 --> 00:06:26,386 I promise. 131 00:06:26,470 --> 00:06:28,555 She'll come around, okay? 132 00:06:30,349 --> 00:06:32,726 Speaking of promises, 133 00:06:32,809 --> 00:06:35,938 someone did promise me a goodbye I'd never forget. 134 00:06:36,021 --> 00:06:38,857 - Oh, you want the Carlos Bravo, the famous bullfighter. 135 00:06:38,941 --> 00:06:41,151 - Sí, señor. 136 00:06:41,235 --> 00:06:42,819 - You know, me and Kevin... 137 00:06:43,820 --> 00:06:45,614 We are not thinking about Kevin right now. 138 00:06:45,697 --> 00:06:47,699 - Or the team or baseball. 139 00:06:47,783 --> 00:06:51,161 LOS ANGELES, TUESDAY - Hurry up. Got to get to class. 140 00:06:51,245 --> 00:06:54,414 - I thought we could go to the movies while Mom's gone. 141 00:06:54,498 --> 00:06:57,501 - I don't like going to the movies. 142 00:06:57,584 --> 00:07:00,087 - Really? You loved it when you were little. 143 00:07:00,170 --> 00:07:03,757 Big Hero 6, The Lego Movie. 144 00:07:03,841 --> 00:07:06,927 - All right. Bye. 145 00:07:07,010 --> 00:07:08,011 - Hey. 146 00:07:11,807 --> 00:07:13,141 Give me a hug. 147 00:07:13,225 --> 00:07:16,645 Honey, I remember when you hugged me back. 148 00:07:16,728 --> 00:07:19,606 - You left us. - That's not true. I fought. 149 00:07:19,690 --> 00:07:21,859 Honey, lawyers are expensive, 150 00:07:21,942 --> 00:07:25,320 and I had to take a plea so I can leave you and Mama with something. 151 00:07:40,169 --> 00:07:42,379 I think Pearl knows I got fired. 152 00:07:42,462 --> 00:07:44,756 - Well, you can't get stuff by kids. 153 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,301 - You know I stopped telling her I love her. 154 00:07:47,384 --> 00:07:48,927 I'm afraid she won't say it back. 155 00:07:49,928 --> 00:07:51,471 - Just needs time. 156 00:07:51,555 --> 00:07:52,931 Look at you. 157 00:07:53,015 --> 00:07:55,225 All dressed up for your warehouse interview. 158 00:07:55,309 --> 00:07:56,685 - You know what? I'm not gonna break my hand 159 00:07:56,768 --> 00:07:58,520 pounding on a door that's closed to me. 160 00:07:58,604 --> 00:07:59,688 My father was a laborer. 161 00:07:59,771 --> 00:08:01,523 It was good enough for him, it's good enough for me. 162 00:08:01,607 --> 00:08:02,774 - Well, good luck, money. 163 00:08:02,858 --> 00:08:05,152 - I don't need it. Got my lucky pocket knife. 164 00:08:05,235 --> 00:08:06,778 - Things will get better, Mikey. 165 00:08:06,862 --> 00:08:09,031 - I'll call you. 166 00:08:09,114 --> 00:08:12,367 - Please stand clear. The doors are closing. 167 00:08:12,451 --> 00:08:16,163 The next stop is Pershing Square Station...