A Window of F*cking Opportunity

**A Window of F\*cking Opportunity** is the tenth and final episode of the third season of Max's original martial arts crime drama *Warrior* and the thirtieth episode overall. It premiered on August 17, 2023.

## Synopsis

As the Secret Service finally corners the Tongs' printing operation, Ah Sahm must choose between his brothers in the Hop Wei and a future with Yan Mi. Later, Young Jun seizes an opportunity to hit the Long Zii where it hurts.

## Plot

Eliza enters her living room to find Mai Ling waiting in the dark. She instructs Eliza to join her on the couch, where Mai Ling is seated with a blade. When she came to America, she made herself a promise that she would never be bought or sold again, that she would never be subservient to another man, and that she would die rather than to be anyone's whore. And then with one careless, spiteful word, Eliza took that from her and turned her into a whore. Mai Ling is not the first woman that her husband has tried to have sex with, and Eliza knows this. It was just easier to make Mai Ling a whore than face the truth. Of course she can't leave him, because all of the wealth and riches belongs to him. So when he comes home stinking of whiskey and sex, Eliza gives him whatever he wants because she can't afford not to. And after they have sex, she lies awake hating herself, but hating him more, because somehow by screwing other women, he's made her the whore. Eventually, all that pain and rage will become too much to bear, and when that night comes, Mai Ling gives Eliza a knife to use. Without another word, Mai Ling exits, leaving behind Eliza, who sobs uncontrollably.

Bill and Harrison arrive at the Banshee to find a bloodbath. They recognize one of the victims as a former cop who got employed as security for Strickland, whose railroads just so happened to get blown up previously. Having connected the dots, Bill asks if anyone had seen Leary.

Nellie breaks into Strickland's home, armed with a gun. She's sick and tired of men like him thinking the rules don't apply to him, so she decided to take a page out of his own playbook. Strickland isn't concern with her vague threats and calls her a helpless, frightened little girl. However, she is then joined by Ah Toy. Meanwhile, Bill catches up to Leary just outside of Strickland's estate. Bill tries to convince Leary to stand down. Back inside, Strickland raises his blade, at which point, Ah Toy goes on the attack, clearly more skilled than Lai, making quick work of Strickland, cutting him multiple times and forcing him to his knees. Outside, just as Bill manages to convince Leary to stand down, they notice one of Leary's guards on the ground.

Ah Toy continues her attack on Strickland, cutting the back of his leg before slicing his throat open. As he gasps for air, Ah Toy stabs him in the chest, killing Strickland. As he breathes his final breath, Bill and Leary enter to the sight of Ah Toy standing over him. Nellie opens fire as a distraction, allowing them both to escape. Leary tells Bill that they need to get rid of the body because if they don't, he will be locked up by dawn. Leary blew up his bridge and killed his men. Even if Leary is innocent, no one will believe it due to his reputation, forcing Bill to get his hands dirty yet again. And so, he and Leary take Strickland's body to be burned at Horace's factory, but before throwing him in, Leary takes Strickland's priceless ring. While the body may be taken care of, a man of Strickland's notoriety going missing will draw an investigation.

Nellie asks Ah Toy if she's hurt, but the truth is that she doesn't feel anything. She tries so hard to protect Lai and the girls, but she feels as though she failed them, even if Strickland is dead, as there are always more men like him. As Ah Toy cries, Nellie comforts her and tells her it's okay.

Catherine notices that Buckley has a bit of a stride in his steps today, likely because for the first time in a long time, he feels like he's not pushing a boulder up a hill, but rather he's at the top of the hill, looking down at it all, though Catherine tells him not to get too comfortable, because for men with his ambition, the top of the hill is always just the base of a more sizable mountain, like the governorship. Buckley has everything he needs to be a great man, Catherine remarks, as she's seen her share of lesser stock. Catherine's belief in Buckley makes him a better man, and so he asks her to marry him, to which she accepts.

Lee and Mosley tell Bill that they have a location on the plates, which is located at the ice factory in Long Zii territory. Buckley won't like this, as he keeps them out of that part of town. Bill has to at least inform him if they're going to be charging in.

As the police department gears up for the raid, as well as Isaac and his gang, Buckley meets with Mai Ling to inform her of what's about to transpire. At this very moment, the Secret Service are descending on her operation, and there was nothing he could do because she didn't inform him of her operation. The only reason he called her was so that she wouldn't be among those apprehended and sent back to China.

Ah Sahm arrives at the ice factory, where he informs Hong that the bulls have found out where they're printing and are coming to shut it down. Unfortunately, before they can get out with the plates, the Secret Service arrive alongside the San Francisco Police Department. However, they are not the only uninvited guests, as Isaac arrives with his crew as well, resulting in an all out brawl between the tongs and law enforcement as each faction fights for possession of the plates. With blood everywhere and bullets flying, Hong looks for a way out, but Ah Sahm refuses to leave without the plates and goes chasing after Isaac, who grabs the plates off the ground. He follows Isaac into a passageway and knocks him unconscious before recovering the plates, at which point, Lee arrives and confronts Ah Sahm about Happy Jack's men also being at the factory, though Ah Sahm insists that they weren't a part of the plan and that he held up his end of the deal. Hoping that Lee will hold up his, Ah Sahm hands over the plates.

Ah Sahm exits the ice factory and is knocked unconscious by Officer Stone. Fortunately, Hong arrives, choking Stone unconscious before assisting Ah Sahm.

Catherine has sex with Buckley's right-hand man Gumm, with whom she's been working with to scam Buckley. To both of their surprise, Buckley is something of a romantic.

As promised, Lee releases Yan Mi, though he fears that hauling her in has put a bullseye on her back, as tongs don't like loose ends, though Mosely insists she's hardly innocent. And now, on behalf of the United States government, Mosely thanks Lee for his help and says that he's headed south to chase down another counterfeit operation. As soon as he gets back to the home office, he will take care of Lee's family business back in Georgia.

Yan Mi returns to her father's shop and tells him that they need to get out of town. Yichèn refuses to leave, but he has already packed a bag for Yan Mi, telling her that the Hop Wei came around today, wondering why she didn't show up for work. She made a choice to be a criminal, after he worked hard to build his print shop, and he will die before he leaves it. Yan Mi reminds him that he came to the country because he wanted a better life, to live on his own terms, but from the day Yan Mi was born, her life was laid out for her by her father. She didn't get a choice, so she made the decisions she made because she also deserves a better life. To this, Yichèn simply says goodbye.

Leary arranges a meeting with Pierce to discuss a possible partnership. Strickland's contract will be in play soon, and Leary has the Mayor's ear. Under the right conditions, he can make sure those contracts go to Pierce, with those conditions being hired Irish labor. And with Pierce's business expanding, he will certainly need a partner, a position that Leary assumes.

Lee and Abigail visit Bill and Lucy. As the ladies get acquainted inside, Bill and Lee catch up outside. The raid cost them two men, which angered Buckley. At least where it concerns Lee, he seems to be in the clear. Lee wonders if things will be different now that Bill this is chief. He doesn't know, as it seems like the higher he goes, the deeper the shit he has to weigh through, but maybe with the right men, they can do some good. If Lee were to come back, it would have to be on his terms. He's not going to beat on the Chinese or carry water for men like Mayor Buckley. Bill jokes that he'd have to take it up with the chief.

Chao contemplates what to do with Ah Sahm's money after he fails to show up on time.

Meanwhile, at the Hop Wei headquarters, Ah Sahm awakens a couple of hours after the raid to find the tong gearing up to kill Mai Ling, who Young Jun believes tipped off the bulls. Ah Sahm asks him to call it off, as this isn't the right time, but Mai Ling has never been weaker, Young Jun argues, as she diced her own elders and her soldiers are defecting. Even Li Yong is done with her. Young Jun isn't going to make Ah Sahm come with them, but if there's any part of him thinking about saving her, they will stop him. His time has come to finally make a choice, and so, Ah Sahm drops his Hop Wei jacket and chooses Mai Ling. However, his path out is blocked by his former brothers. A brawl erupts between Ah Sahm and several Hop Wei hatchet men, who he manages to successfully defeat.

With the hatchet men defeated, Ah Sahm is forced to now fight Young Jun and Hong. Young Jun manages to cut Ah Sahm a couple of times and even stab him in his side, but they are ultimately outmatched. With Hong incapacitated, the fight between Ah Sahm and Young Jun leads outside into the streets, where Young Jun feebly tries to stab Ah Sahm, who then takes Young Jun's knife and contemplates killing him, but he instead knocks him out.

Yan Mi stands on the train platform, waiting for Ah Sahm, but he never shows up. Instead, Chao arrives. He tells Yan Mi that if Ah Sahm hasn't made it to the train station, then he's either dead or dead to her. He's been where she is and knows what it feels like, but if she leaves, at least she'll live. Chao hands her Ah Sahm bag of chop and says it should be enough to get her started. Before boarding the train, she asks Chao to tell Ah Sahm that she loves him.

Mai Ling fears for her life as her home is attacked by the Hop Wei. She grabs a gun from her dresser drawer and kills a hatchet man running into her room. She then makes her way into the hallway, shooting two more hatchet men, though she is wounded in the process.

After the train departs, Chao is approached by Zing, who stabs him in the back multiple times before stabbing him in the abdomen as well, leaving Chao on the ground to die.

Mai Ling limps downstairs, killing another hatchet man before being disarmed by the las remaining Hop Wei hatchet, who grabs Mai Ling by her head and attempts to drown her in the pond, but she has a blade in her boot, which she uses to kill her attacker. By the time Ah Sahm arrives after limping through Chinatown, everyone is dead, save for Mai Ling, who lays unconscious by the pond. She awakens to find Ah Sahm approaching. He insists that he means her no hard, referring to Mai Ling by her real name and embracing her.

As Li Yong's wounds are being tended to, he is approached by a group of Long Zii hatchet men, who, like him, ditch their Long Zii robes and join his ranks.

## Cast

* Olivia Cheng as Ah Toy
* Jason Tobin as Young Jun
* Dianne Doan as Mai Ling
* Kieran Bew as Bill O'Hara
* Dean Jagger as Dylan Leary
* Tom Weston-Jones as Richard Lee
* Hoon Lee as Wang Chao
* Langley Kirkwood as Walter Buckley
* Dustin Nguyen as Zing
* Miranda Raison as Nellie Davenport
* Chen Tang as Hong
* Chelsea Muirhead as Yan Mi
* Adam Rayner as Douglas Strickland III
* Joe Taslim as Li Yong
* Sizo Mahlangu as Isaac
* Robert Hobbs as Stone
* Nicholas Pauling as Harrison
* Sean-Marco Vorster as Gumm
* Emily Child as Lucy O'Hara
* Gaosi Raditholo as Abigail
* Dominique Maher as Catherine Archer
* Jazzara Jaslyn as Eliza Pendleton
* Gary Young as Yichèn
* Steven Stead as Leonard Pierce

## Trivia

* The episode title was spoken by Young Jun to Ah Sahm in reference to killing Mai Ling.

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