Prometheus Rising

**Prometheus Rising** is the third episode of the the second season of Snowfall. It is the thirteenth episode overall.

Outline

Two murders tear a divide in Franklin's crew and set them on a collision course with Lucia, who has an agenda of her own. Teddy and Matt must appease their Colombian partners.

## Summary

### Franklin

Franklin is in bed with Melody at her place while her father is working late. He hops out of the bed and enters the living room while Melody is awake and finding his pistol in her bed. He reappears to inform her he needs to take off in case her father shows up mistakes him for some kind of home invader. When Franklin sees his pistol in Melody's hand, he tells her it came from Jerome and it was recommended by his Uncle Jerome as his idea of being careful. Franklin then returns to bed, kisses Melody, and asked how long they have before Andre returns. Melody says an hour or two tops, but if the front door opens, he should run.

### Alton

Alton awakens on the side of the street near the break of dawn. He grabs his stuff and walks down the sidewalk with the sound of sirens blaring in the distance.

### Teddy

Teddy is flying in the air over the hills of Colombia with Matt at the pilot seat reminiscing about their childhood past. Teddy goes over the game plan with his brother that it's just a pick up and they're to take off once they have the product. Matt lands the plane at the LZ and the boys meet with a group of Colombian Sicarios and ask where the product is. They meet the head of the Sicarios, Felix Hermano, and inform him that they are on a time table and must collect the coke. Felix tells the brothers they are to wait on Diego and Danilo to arrive. Teddy then states to Felix they will miss there drop if they are to wait on the Colombian brother. Instead of listening to reason, Felix orders him men to search them both. Irritated, Teddy then demands Felix that his cocaine is to be loaded in the plane. Felix didn't take kindly to being bossed around by someone he didn't know and orders his men to take them to their knees as they pointed their AK's at them. Teddy then asks Felix if they even knew who he was. Felix became even more annoyed with Teddy at that minute and bluntly told him and Matt that his bosses would only need one of them alive to talk.

### Louie

At Claudia's nightclub, Louie and Claudia are in bed rekindling an old flame. Claudia then hops out of the bed and approaches her desk. She then pulls out a ring box to present to Louie. When Louie opens the box to see a ring, she is speechless and Claudia jumps on top of her.

### Gustavo

Gustavo is approaching the home of his palm reader, Doña Rosa, and inside her place, she begins her palm reading and asked him what he's been dreaming of. Gustavo brings up Lucia, referring to her as his boss lady, and brings up her behavior like she won't even look upon him. Rosa tells Oso that Lucia has a darkness around her. She reminds Oso that he is strong, but that strength cannot stop the death at his fingertips or the blood under his feet. Gustavo then asked if Pedro is going to be problem for Lucia. Rosa tells him Pedro hates her as well as Oso, but is powerless to do anything. Gustavo then asked about any other threats to worry about. Rosa implored Oso to be patient. She tells him the sky is not yet clear but the truth is enclosed in darkness.

### Lucia

At the packing plant, Lucia is in her office with her Uncle Miguel overlooking case files on Pedro and Soledad. Apparently Miguel was only able to confirm both Pedro and Soledad's story and even received confirmation from other sources. Lucia then asked Miguel how he missed all of it when she asked for his help the first. Miguel stated he was using only cash and fake I.D.'s and moved around a lot throughout the border states. Pedro and Soledad then entered warehouse and Lucia and Miguel greeted the both of them. After Miguel took off, Lucia asked both Pedro and Soledad what they needed. Pedro then brought up work. Lucia was in no rush to brings Pedro back in the fold and told them both they would discuss work in a weeks time. That didn't go well with Pedro as he reminded her that the family business was as much his at it was hers and demands to know what they have in store.

### Jerome

While Leon and Wanda are on Jerome's couch doing their thing, Louie returns home. Jerome asks where she was, and she tells her she was at Claudia's nightclub and claimed she was passed out and got home as quickly as she could. She then entered her kitchen and flipped out to a man passed out on a chair inside the kitchen and flipped out at her husband about why she has people sleeping around her home like it's a motel. Kevin then walks in the house and tells Jerome that Delroy and Vic were murdered and castrated. Kevin loses it and demands to weapons so he enact payback. Jerome, Leon, and Kevin then start gathering guns and knives for a potential and deadly attack against the Mexican gang while Louie and Wanda are freaking out about the situation. When Kevin states the murders happened in Pico-Union, Jerome snapped and told everyone in the house that no one in the crew was supposed to be dealing in Mexican territory. Kevin then states this was HIS family that was murdered while Louie was screaming at him for wanting to go blindly kill Mexicans in a fit of rage. Kevin then told the crew they weren't just murdered and castrated, they were also lynched. That sparked some outrage in Jerome as he ordered the guys to the vehicles. Louie attempted to persuade Jerome to stop him from doing anything crazy and get ahold of Franklin but he was too infuriated and told her off as he exited leaving Louie fretting for them and Wanda breathing heavily in the office.

### Teddy

Still a hostage with guns pointed at them, Teddy requested to Felix that they could allow him and Matt to load up the plane with the product before Diego and Danilo show up. He then pointed out that he personally works for the United States Government. Felix then began badmouthing the United States and spoke about how the government mistreated anyone that wasn't white, especially his fellow vatos. Teddy then stated to Felix that the country he came from is weak and he himself is a pawn ready to be sacrificed. Felix started to giggle and then struck Teddy in the face with the butt of his AK-47. Matt reacted after his brother was struck only to be grabbed and tossed to the ground by Felix's men. As Felix was prepared to execute Matt, Diego and Danilo finally arrived to make the deal.

### Gustavo

Gustavo and Pedro arrive at the apartment of one of their clients. Oso also reminded Pedro that he needed to earn his way back and start with the deal they are prepared for. They meet Guadelupe Gutierrez, and old client who is very familiar with the Villanuevas, especially Pedro, who is not comfortable dealing with her. Gustavo then informed the client that Pedro will be in charge of the pick ups and drop offs as Pedro brings Lupe the duffel bag of merchandise. Pedro, wanting to get out of that place requested the 6K for the product and Gustavo that she owed an extra 2K that she owed from a previous deal. Lupe, of course, hassles Pedro for the fact that he, a family member, is taking orders from someone who is not a blood relative. Impatient and determined to get the hell out of there, Pedro asks Lupe if she has the money or not. Lupe then flashes a bag with the cash inside and taunts Pedro, asking if he can take the bag from her like Oso can while berating him further. Oso pushes Pedro inside and demands he collects the payment. Pedro attempts to reach for the bag but instead receives a right hook to the face from Lupe with Oso in the doorway bearing witness.

### Kevin

Jerome, Leon, and Kevin are in the vehicle in Pico-Union, outside where Vic and Delroy were killed. Kevin is impatient and seeing red as he tells Jerome and Leon they should pick out Mexicans to kill and send a message. Jerome and Leon strongly disagree, knowing the people they are going are not a bunch of kids and old folks. Kevin loses his minds, loads his weapon, and demands they let him out immediately, but Jerome and Leon are refusing stating he's not gonna go around causing a shooting spree. Franklin then appears outside their vehicle with Louie with him. Franklin then orders everyone to leave. Though Leon and Kevin agree to do so, Kevin, however, still has blood on his mind.

### Franklin

Back at Jerome's place, Franklin lashes out at his crew for plotting to roll up in Mexican territory armed to the teeth. Kevin states his reasoning, informing him how Mookie contacted him about Vic and Delroy being murdered at that spot. Franklin then asked if the first thing Kevin was going was kill the first Mexican he saw, Kevin then pointed out it was an eye for an eye, and he they should hit back after losing one of their own. Kevin also reminded Franklin that his father was a Black Panther. Franklin then snapped at his uncle for bringing automatic weapons with them while endorsing such behavior and pointed out it was him that warned the crew about dealing with Mexicans. Jerome admitted he overreacted after hearing about one of their own being killed. Everyone then takes the argument inside the house. Jerome then told Franklin that Vic and Delroy were dealing in Pico-Union and even told them never to go back there to deal there. Franklin then reminds Jerome that when they someone not to do something, they are to make sure. Jerome also points out that is was the same area Lucia gave them the calling card at. Franklin then stated instead of rolling into Mexican territory they should have called that number and find out what really unfolded down there. Jerome then reminded Franklin that he handed him the card with the number on it. Franklin then walks out of the living room.

### Lucia

At the packing plant, Lucia is checking on Soledad who is checking the inventory in the warehouse. Lucia tells her there are some crops that may be good on the outside but are rotten to the core and brings up how they were grown on her families farms in Mexico. She even pointed out to Soledad how their farms are their identity and their heartbeat. Soledad then tells Lucia they are both survivors and they are not so different. Gustavo and Pedro arrive back at the warehouse and Soledad walks over to check on Pedro after seeing the shiner he received from Lupe. Lucia then laughs about it as she returns to her office to answer a ringing telephone. Franklin is on the line demanding to know who sent him a calling a few days prior in Pico-Union. Lucia states it was her and wanted to talk about a possible business deal with him. Franklin, instead of considering a deal, demanded to know why is boys were killed and castrated the day before. Lucia is in shock and awe upon learning the news. Franklin loses his patience as Lucia states she knew nothing about it and asks who she is. Lucia gives Franklin her name. Franklin then asked if she knew anyone who would off his boys. Lucia didn't have an answer and states she would look into it and offers a possible meet. Franklin agrees to a meet as long as it isn't in Pico-Union. She then suggested the park on Gower and it's neutral territory. Franklin agrees to the terms as long as they each bring one of their own people and the call ends.

### Teddy

Teddy and Matt are sitting down with Diego and Danilo enjoying a Colombian delicacy of pig's feet and a jug of spirit at the table. Teddy, however, is more interested in fulfilling the deal that they promised. He then pointed out they were going to miss the window of the drop and mocked the brothers for behaving like amateurs instead of professionals. Diego and Danilo then referred to Teddy as the amateur and reminded him of how he let someone steal his plane and drugs, miss the product, arrive with someone they don't know, and expect them to trust him. Teddy then offered to introduce them to Matt, and pointed out he was beaten and insulted. Danilo stops him there and stated he mouthed off about their country and called their people 'Fuckers' and Diego demands to know who Teddy thinks he is. Matt then plays to their emotions and claims Teddy should not have done so and apologizes on their behalf. He then reminds the brothers they will miss their drop and much more issues if they're plane is not loaded up and they are permitted to leave. The Colombians agree as long as they take twice the weight after missing the other drops and hands a list of tedious items to Matt insisting they want those. Teddy, upon hearing the demands on their list, overhears visas for their families and states he cannot get them official government documentations. The Colombians then remind Teddy he works for the government. Much to Teddy's dismay, Matt agrees with the demands. The McDonald boys then take off in the plane.

### Franklin

Franklin arrives at the park for a meet with Leon, Jerome, and Kevin, who is concealing a weapon on his person and they arrive before Lucia does. Kevin then spots Lucia and Gustavo arriving and points Franklin in their direction. They meet on a set of steps and Oso quickly recognizes him asking what he doing there. Franklin tells them he is the man they were looking for. Lucia suggested talking in private and leads Franklin to a gazebo overlooking the pond. Apparently he pointed out how the crew who killed Ramiro, Lucia's uncle, was the same crew who killed Victor and Delroy. Though he admits his two dealers were idiots dealing on Mexican turf, he disagrees with how things were handled and tells her his crew wants retribution. Lucia then points out what she learned in her findings that she learned there was no mutilation and warned Franklin that the man who whacked Vic and Delroy is protected by an army of vatos. She then bluntly stated that killing the hitman would bring war into their turf. Lucia then talks business, bringing up the crack he's been dealing and offers to help front some of his merchandise. Franklin is less than interested in talking business in the wake of a hit on his boys and demands to know how he can tell his crew that he is working with the enemy. Lucia tells Franklin that she's not the enemy. Franklin agrees to hear out her proposal. During the deal, he points out his people still wants something done about the two dead crewmembers laid before his feet and Lucia informs Teddy she will try to broker a deal. They leave the gazebo and Lucia takes off with Gustavo. Kevin then asked Franklin is she told him she knew the name of Vic and Delroy's killer. Franklin lied and told him she would ask around, knowing Kevin's actions would put his crew at risk. Kevin begins to grow impatient and suggests walking over to Lucia to force an answer. Franklin then tells Kevin they are gonna do something as soon as she gets them more information but are gonna wait for now. Kevin loses it and calls Franklin a coward for not doing anything and claims he wasn't built for running things. Franklin then punches Kevin in the face. Kevin then pulls his gun out and points it in Franklin's face. Leon then in front of the gun and lowers Kevin's arm. Kevin lets out a cry and walks off in disappointment. Jerome tries to stop Kevin but ultimately leaves with Franklin and Leon.

### Teddy

Teddy and Matt are flying at night and Teddy asks his brother where he plans on getting the visas from. Matt then points out that he is the one who got them out of there and alive in one piece. Teddy then argues that he made empty promises to two crazy Colombian drug lords and tells his brother to leave all the negotiating to him. Matt disagrees after having guns pointed in his face and reminds Teddy he came to him for help. Teddy stated the only thing he wanted from his brother was to just fly the plane. Matt then brought up his time in Viet Nam, when the only way to deal with the bad guys was to become worse. He then demands Teddy to take that 'Stick out of his ass' and start pretending to be a drug dealer before he gets them both killed. Though things are heated between the two, it gets quiet. Matt then tells Teddy the drop is coming up and Teddy hops out of his seat to prepare for the drop.

### Leon

While Jerome is cooking breakfast, Louie tells him and Leon how she can't just be expected to cook the rocks while they are playing with guns and plotting something dangerous. Leon, who is at the table with Wanda, suggested letting his girl cook the crack and Jerome jokes about how she cooks on Leon's rock every night. Franklin then enters to house and joins everyone at the breakfast table. Franklin then informs Louise he'll need her back at the cook house soon since there will be new product coming in and requests Jerome to let him borrow the car. Jerome his him the keys and Franklin takes of with Leon following behind. As they reach the vehicle, Franklin states that even though Kevin and Delroy were close, his men were told not to deal in Pico-Union and they broke the rules. Leon agrees with Franklin, knowing how out of line Kevin is, willing to start a gang war for revenge, and brought up how he grew up without a father around. Franklin reminded Leon that he was in the same predicament but somehow learned. He then requests Leon to work the cook house since they have a big shipment arriving on the next day. Leon agrees and as Franklin prepares to take off, Leon informed him that he regretted jumping in that vehicle heading to Pico-Union. Leon admitted he was wrong as well as Jerome and Kevin without getting approval from Franklin first. Franklin appreciated the answer as he hopped in the car and prepared to drive off.

### Gustavo

Back at the packing plant, Gustavo and Lucia are meeting with Teddy and Matt. Lucia points out that the load they dropped was double the load they requested. Teddy then informs Lucia that it will have to be this way from there on out but suggests it doubles her take. As the McDonald boys take off, Gustavo and Lucia head toward their secret drug lab to discuss their game plan with the cocaine while worrying about having to deal with Conejo's mess, since his actions have stirred up a hornet's nest. They know a man willing to kill and castrate on a sidewalk is connected to the core and does this for the glory than for the pay. When Lucia asked about how things with Pedro, Oso stated it was more like babysitting. When Oso asked about, Soledad. Lucia pointed out she was no idiot. Gustavo believes Pedro could bring more problems as he and Lucia exit the secret room. While Lucia states that he's is her family, Gustavo stated he didn't have much of a family left as he closed the door.

### Franklin

Franklin is outside the cemetery awaiting Teddy's arrival. As soon as Teddy arrives, he conceals his weapon and exits the car. They then open their trunks and each exchange duffel bags and place the respective bags in their cars. When Teddy sees most of the cash are small bills, he asked Franklin if he ever heard of a bank. Franklin states it would be bad for a black man walking into a bank with dirty cash. Teddy then suggested he could find Franklin a bank to launder his money if he's willing to take more than ten kilos a week. Franklin then states they should stick with ten for a bit and discuss more in the coming future. Teddy and Franklin shake on it and Teddy reminds Franklin that business is only as good as the people he deals with. Franklin then points out how he tased him, drugged him, and interrogated him. Teddy then reminds Franklin of how he had Rob sitting outside Avi's place and tailing him. The deal is then completed. At the cook house, Franklin informs Louie, Leon, Peaches, and Rob how they are going to have a shipment of 10 or more kilos a week and realize they will need more stoves and keep the cooking in the family since he does not want the recipe getting out to everyone. Jerome points out that even if they could cook up the rock, they are lacking in manpower to move the product. Franklin then tells everyone to let him worry about moving the product. As he prepares to leave, Rob stops him and reminds him that Avi's absence leaves the Valley dry and requests to take a kilo back home to distribute and states he knows a few people who get push the drug. Franklin agrees and states he'll split the profit 60/40 since he's fronting it which Rob agrees to. Back at Jerome's place, Franklin is writing down some names in his journal and hears a knock at the door. He grabs his pistol and checks to see who it was and as soon as he sees Melody, he hides his gun in the couch and answers the door, then invites her in. Upon learning that Franklin is by himself at the moment, Melody walks up to Franklin and kisses him, then asked if it was really Jerome's idea to have that gun on him. Franklin then states that he has to be careful in his line of business. Melody then asked if he ever used it on anyone, and he said no. She then approaches Franklin more and kisses. They are now in his bedroom with the testosterone level high until they hear a knock at the door. Franklin then throws his shirt back on to see who it was. He sees Andre standing outside and answers the door. Andre then points out the Yellow Toyota parked down the street and was owned by Biscuit, the bail bonds agent, the same man who was killed breaking into Jerome's house. Andre then pointed out he's a missing person and worked for Tyrone. Franklin acted as he could care less. Andre then asked if he could explain the car, and Franklin named a bunch of various scenarios but even Andre won't buy it. Andre then gives Franklin a warning to stay away from him and his daughter. Andre then takes off and Franklin then approached Melody, who heard everything her father said. As he starts to kiss her, the mood is no longer there as she exits through the back door. Later, he confronted Jerome and Peaches about the vehicle parked near the house and asked why they didn't check to see if they had a car nearby after disposing of the bodies. Peaches stated he couldn't risk putting his prints on the car of a man he killed and suggested Franklin does his job and he'll do his.

### Alton

Alton is at a homeless encampment sleeping when LAPD officers in full riot gear approach the area. He wakes up to see the police moving relentlessly through the block clearing out the encampment and even using a firehose as well to wake up those sleeping. When the police approach Alton and tell him to clear the area, he refuses and starts to resist, leading to the cops leveling him with their batons and kicking at him.

## Cast

Main* Damson Idris as Franklin Saint
* Carter Hudson as Teddy McDonald
* Emily Rios as Lucia Villanueva
* Sergio Peris-Mencheta as Gustavo "El Oso" Zapata
* Michael Hyatt as Cissy Saint
* Amin Joseph as Jerome Saint
* Angela Lewis as Louanne Saint
* Isaiah John as Leon Simmons
* Filipe Valle Costa as Pedro Nava
* Alon Aboutboul as Avi Drexler
* Malcolm M. Mays as Kevin Hamilton

Recurring* Kevin Carroll as Alton Williams
* Judith Scott as Claudia Crane
* Jonathan Tucker as Matt McDonald
* Reign Edwards as Melody Wright
* DeRay Davis as Peaches
* Clayton Cardenas as Felix Hermano
* Marcus Henderson as Andre Wright
* Adriana DeGirolami as Soledad Caro
* Gail Bean as Wanda Bell
* Taylor Kowalski as Rob Volpe
* Izzy Diaz as Danilo
* Wade Allain-Marcus as Diego
* Denise Blasor as Doña Rosa
* Manuel Uriza as Miguel Villanueva
* Kelly Ebsary as Guadelupe Gutierrez

## Music

* *Young Turks* by **Rod Stewart**
* *At the Party* by **The Treacherous Three**
* *Everybody's Clown* by **Johnny Dynamite**
* *This is the Place* by **Kansas City Express**
* *Whatever You Do (Do it Good)* by **Gene Williams**