The Old Man and the Gun

**"The Old Man and the Gun"**is the second episode of the first season of *Smuggler's Run* and the second episode of the series overall.

## Story

A few days later, Gustavo returns to the bar to accept more jobs. This time, a man has owed Jorge money for too long, and Jorge tasks Gustavo to "rough him up a little", and steal his black Cadillac. The man owns a small garage near the beach, which is well protected. When he reaches the garage, he parks near the back side next to a huge gate and calls Jorge for more details. Jorge tells him that the man's name is Lenny Steward. Gustavo proceeds to jump over the gate, armed. At first, nobody can be seen, so he tries to find the Cadillac. The trouble starts when he picks the locks. An alarm is triggered, alerting Lenny's nearby goons. Using the car as cover, Gustavo begins to shoot the goons from a distance, striking each one.

After all the of his goons have been wiped out, the "big fish" himself, Lenny Steward arrives, armed with a sub-machine gun. Gustavo tries to reason with him peacefully, just asking for Jorge's payment. However, Lenny doesn't listen, and empties the ammo into his Cadillac, in an attempt to kill Gustavo. Lenny's aim was poor, and instead of hitting Gustavo, who had quickly taken cover, all of the bullets hit and shattered the car's front window. With no ammo, Lenny escapes on foot. Knowing that trying to kill him would waste time, Gustavo calls Jorge on the phone. The vehicle needs to be delivered to a lockup just a few miles away from Gustavo's current location.

One of Jorge's men, Juan, is waiting for Gustavo at the lockup. He gives Gustavo his cut on behalf of Jorge. Gustavo drives home only to see a black SUV sitting out front his home. Confused, he pulls into the driveway and gets out. He carefully and quietly enters his home, only to find Isabella and Stan having coffee at the table. Isabella introduces Stan as their new neighbor. In reality however, Stan is working undercover as an agent, unbeknownst to Gustavo and Isabella. Gustavo sits down and the trio have a long and nice conversation about the weather and such, and Stan finally decides to head home. After leaving, Gustavo fills Isabella in on the money laundering business that he bought out from Annemarie. He also informs her about the Lenny situation. Gustavo then tells Isabella that he is going to meet up with Tyler and discuss some business plans. Gustavo calls Tyler and asks to meet up at The Top. Gustavo heads to The Top, and meets up with Tyler who is sitting at the bar talking to Annemarie. Gustavo sits next to Tyler, and he fills him in on his business plan. Gustavo tells Tyler that they should partner their crime organizations. Tyler asks what Gustavo's business name is, and Gustavo quickly comes up with the name, the Dal Maso Crime Empire. He names it this due to the Dal Maso area that they are in.

Tyler agrees to partner with Gustavo, and the two become friends, and shake hands.

Meanwhile, Jorge finds out that one of his men has been skimming money from him. He calls the man into his office, and the two have a seat. Jorge tells the skimmer a story about an old man, and how he used to sit on his porch with his gun every day until he died alone. Jorge then tells the skimmer that he is going to die alone, before he calls two of his cartel henchmen into the room. They strap the skimmer to the seat, and blindfold him, before pulling out a machete. They then begin to brutally behead the man as Jorge watches proudly.

## Memorable Quotes

"*Go ahead and rough him up a little.*"

- Jorge talking to Gustavo about the job.

"*Hey this place looks all cracked up. So what's the details, who's the guy i'm after?*"

- Gustavo calling Jorge about details on the job.

"*Deliver the Cadillac to this lockup a few miles down. My guy there, Juan, will give you your payment.*"

- Jorge on the phone with Gustavo after the shootout.

"*Hey there! Stan Benton.*"

- Stan introducing himself to Gustavo.

"*Hey, we should talk.*"

- Gustavo calling Tyler.

"*... The Dal Maso Crime Empire.*"

- Gustavo stating the name of his newly founded drug empire.

"*Alright... we're doing this.*"

- Says Tyler as he shakes Gustavo's hand.

"*Once upon a time, there was an old man who used to sit outside on his porch all day with his shotgun. He used to rock back and fourth in his rocking chair with his gun in hand. He would sit out there all day and keep the gun in hand to protect his home from raccoons and what not. One day however, the old man died, and he was all alone. No wife, no friends, nobody. Basically what i'm trying to say, friend, is that today, you're going to die alone.*"

- Explains Jorge to the skimmer.