Me Llevo Manhattan

**Me Llevo Manhattan** is the second episode of Season 5 and the 54rd episode overall. It translates to "I'm taking Manhattan."

## Synopsis

With tensions rising, Teresa arranges a sit down in New York between the Dominicans and the Russians and makes crucial decisions about her relationship with James.

## Plot

* James secures Mossad soldiers to guard Teresa's safe house. James tells her that the tats on the backs of the killed man from the kill team are former FSB (KGB) but it is unclear who they are working for now. Teresa calls Oxana and pressures her for information. Teresa tells her to sever her relations with Kostya.
* Teresa needs $100 mln urgently to counteroffer on the water front property which is the key to making her business legit. As she cannot sell to the Russians, Teresa orders the shipment to be made to their competition the Dominicans.
* Teresa thanks James for risking his life for her again and asks him about his future plans and after realizing he is planning to stay, she tells him to leave. James is shocked but prepares to leave.
* Chicho informs Teresa that the Judge is causing problems at the bar. The Judge wants Teresa to draw out Dumas.
* Teresa, Pote and Kelly Anne make plans how to expose the corrupt Judge. They plan to use marked bills that they put in the last bag of cash they gave him.
* On his way out James sees Pote who thanks him for sparing Kelly Anne and tells him the tragic story of Tony's death whom they failed to protect.    James understands that Teresa told him to leave in order to protect him. Pote tells James to stay as Teresa needs him.
* Boaz and his cousin Angel have a disagreement about how Boaz has handled Teresa who gave Javier to the Judge. Boaz meets the Judge in the bar and has a drink with him to size him up.
* Teresa sees James helping Chico with the security systems. She seems happy he has not left. Oxana calls and demands a meeting. Teresa goes escorted by James.
* Oxana delivers the dead kill team stating that they were sent by Kostya to protect her, however they were traitors and turned against Teresa. Oxana apologize and asks Teresa to do business with Kostya again. Teresa agrees if they buy a second shipment now.
* Teresa receives news that the Russians attacked the Dominicans in NYC. She and James leave for NYC as Teresa intends to fix things.
* Pote and Kelly Anne meet with Wheeler who was in cahoots with the Judge to give maximum sentences to poor boys to get paid the maximum money from the State. Pote loses control and kills Wheeler in rage after they get a thumb drive with details. Distraught Kelly Anne tells Pote that she is pregnant.
* In NYC Teresa meets with Oxana and asks her to ensure Kostya comes to her hotel tonight to meet with her and the Dominicans.
* Teresa and James share drinks and discuss Teresa's plans for a legitimate future. James makes references to the past and her loss of Tony.     Teresa cannot hold herself and kisses him. It is evident that James reciprocates the feelings.

* Teresa conducts a successful meeting with the Russians and the Dominicans whereby they divide NYC. Kostya does not show, but listens over the phone and accepts the terms.
* James and Teresa share a cigarette on the balcony. Teresa asks James to stay and he agrees. She says that they cannot be together in this life, but maybe in another one.
* Kelly Anne informs Teresa she has the funds to make the deposit on the waterfront property and that this is her first transaction towards legitimacy.
* Teresa tells the Judge that she has proof of his corruption and that he needs to call in a press conference to clear Dumas's name. He unwillingly agrees.
* The Judge gets into his car to find angry Boaz waiting for him.

## Characters

* Teresa Mendoza
* James Valdez
* Pote Galvez
* Kelly Anne Van Awken
* Judge Cecil Lafayette
* Chicho
* Oksana Volkova
* Lucien
* Oscar Polanco
* Frankie
* Ronnie
* Gordon Wheeler

## Trivia

* "To weep is to make less the depth of grief." is derived from a play by William Shakespeare called Henry VI, Part III.