The Game That Moves as You Play

**The Game That Moves as You Play** is the fourth episode of the the third season of Snowfall. It is the twenty-fourth episode overall.

Outline

Franklin and Melody reconnect. The LAPD takes a stand against Franklin's growing operation. Teddy is forced to clean up Gustavo's mess. Andre's fight with the Saint Family becomes personal.

## Summary

### Teddy

The scene begins with Lorena dead on the ground with a gunshot wound through her head while Gustavo and Mariela are stacking the kilos on the table. Teddy enters the warehouse to see Lorena dead and Gustavo telling him how he 'fucked up' and should thank them because she would have betrayed them in the end. Mariela then states they have the cocaine and requests the money, ignoring the fact that Oso just murdered a DEA agent. Teddy then snaps over them killing Lorena and Oso tells him she was dead the moment he sent her never gave Oso a warning. Teddy then notes that she wasn't someone Oso knew from the streets of East L.A. and the DEA will be looking for her. Mariela then suggests to Teddy to make sure they never find her. Teddy then gives Gustavo a new order, to help him dispose of Lorena's body, and will pay him after that is taken care of. Mariela refuses, noting that Lorena's corpse and makes it clear to Teddy that if he wants her land and routes, she is to be paid because she will be leaving. Teddy then walks over to a tool cabinet and removes 2 cans of paint revealing a safe inside.

### Franklin

Franklin is at Cissy's home presenting her a gift which she appreciates. Cissy then tells Franklin he shouldn't disappear like that anymore. Franklin states that he is playing a different game, and it is the kind that moves as he plays. Cissy then lets Franklin know that while he was away, they lost the bid on the property to someone who bid out a higher price. Franklin then asked why she didn't counter offer or forge his signature. Cissy states she would never do such a thing nor was this a decision she was comfortable making by herself since they worked hard finding that property and never wanted to lose it as she walks away.

### Teddy

It is nightfall in the woods and Teddy and Gustavo are preparing to do some stew making on Lorena's body. Teddy mixes together chemicals that could eat away flesh while Oso jokes about him making menudito. While Teddy is making the chemical compound, Gustavo is reminiscing about menudo and the special occasions it was made on. Gustavo then asks what they are gonna do with Lorena's body. Teddy then orders Gustavo to start digging a hole long enough for her body and at least 2 feet deep. Gustavo removes his jacket, grabs a shovel, and gets to work.

### Franklin

Franklin is at Leon's place talking about Avi being slippery with him and suggests taking him on the trip next time while bringing up the hotel, the women, and the pool. He then brings up Wanda, which explains how Manboy knew about the trucks his boys tried to jack as well as the Projects and the rock they've been cooking and slinging. Leon then states how he lied to them both and should have killed them. Franklin states that Manboy will be helpful for them, for he will be moving some weight while keeping a layer between the Family and the police. Franklin also states that he and Leon could kick it for the night.

### Andre

The LAPD officers are gearing up for a raid as Lt. Todd gives the officers the low down. He then asks Sergeant Wright if his boys are ready to roll. Andre states they are. The Lieutenant then issues a warning that the Family doesn't have a care in the world for the boys in blue and tells every man in there to do what they can to keep themselves and the man next to them safe. He then sends the raid team out.

### Franklin

Franklin and Leon arrive at the roller rink and Franklin spots Melody tending the desk where people are renting skates. Franklin then heads to the desk while Leon goes to see Eva and Shon-Shon. Franklin then approaches Melody and orders 10 and a half size skates. Melody, of course, points to a sign saying no half sizes. Franklin then states he'll settle for 11. Melody states they have none even though Franklin points out she didn't even check. Franklin then makes it clear to Melody that he does want to take her out before she leaves for Spelman. Melody then asks what's the point. Franklin makes it clear that he'll miss her as he is now even though she hasn't left. Melody then states he won't unless he gets them both killed. He then tells her that whatever is between him and Andre is just between them and what's between him and Melody is something else. There are people in line demanding Franklin to get a move and Melody points it out to him. Franklin then requests Melody to come skate with him once she gets a break so they can talk as he leaves.

### Gustavo

Gustavo and Teddy are carrying Lorena's body from the vehicle to the hole with tarp covering it and places her body inside. He then places her belongings in the hole and asks Oso for the gun he killed her with. Gustavo pulls out his pistol and made it clear that he didn't kill her for deceiving them or trying to arrest them, but for pretending to love them. He then hands Teddy the murder weapon and Teddy tosses it into the hole. Teddy then points Gustavo to a pair of gloves and goggles in a bag while putting on his own. Teddy then speaks about the compound he made stating it will dissolve Lorena's body in 3 hours. They then carefully pick up the bucket and slowly walk to the hole then pour the compound on Lorena's body. They breathed in the fumes and started coughing while watching as the compound eats away on Lorena's body. Teddy then asks if there was anything else he needs to know about the drug run. Gustavo shakes his head and Teddy makes it very clear to him that the next time he sends someone to work with him they are to come back alive. He then orders Oso to help him clean up and get out of there while the compound is starting to purge Lorena's corpse.

### Franklin

Everyone in the roller rink is having a good time, especially Leon who is hitting it up with Eva. While Melody is at the front desk, Franklin is playing on the arcades. Melody then walks over to Franklin as he is playing a game and brings him some skates. Franklin sees the skates and tells Melody he doesn't want to skate alone. She then suggested rolling with Eva and Leon, who are getting intimate in the roller rink. Franklin states that skates have 4 wheels, not 3 and attempts to convince Melody to skate with him. Of course, she agrees. Now they both have skates on as they enter the rink. Leon and Eva approach them and Eva asks Melody for the keys to the break room. She hands them the keys and starts skating with Franklin. They appear to be having fun even though Franklin is fooling around on the skates. Franklin then makes his feeling to her known and later they are in the break room making out.

### The LAPD

At the cook house, the guy put in charge is speaking oddly about Has Solo folks and Luke Skywalker folks to the bagger, 2Ton while hitting a joint. Next thing that happens, the LAPD bust in and arrest everyone inside. There is another team prepared to breach Jerome's place as Jerome and Louie are having sex in the living room. Another team is hitting the Projects and C.J. is making a mad dash down the sidewalks from the law. Many of Franklin's crewmembers, including Fatback, are simultaneously being booked. While Jerome and Louie are still doing it, the cops bust open the door and one of the cops has a warrant in hand. Jerome throws back the warrant while Louie attempts to run and gets caught by the other cops. Jerome then mouths off to the bigger cop and sprays saliva in his face. The lead cop then orders his team to smash everything inside. Louie is screaming for one of the cops to get off of her and Jerome approaches her. The lead cop then grabs Jerome, only to receive an uppercut and a right straight to the face. Jerome is then jumped by Nix and nearly strangled with a baton. Louie is then begging the officer to stop as Andre walks in. The lead cop then throws a punch and Jerome is thrown on the sofa taking baton hits from the police. Herb then grabs Louie and forces her to watch Jerome being beaten as Andre exits the house.

### Franklin

Franklin and Melody have concluded their intimacy in the break room and their is a knock on the door. They get their clothes on and Melody answers the door. Leon, Eva, and Shon-Shon enter the room and Shon-Shon hands Melody a baggie of cocaine which Franklin takes notice of as she snorts it. Both Franklin and Leon get an emergency page while the girls are hitting coke and take off. Both Franklin and Leon are at the precinct and Louie appears with Roger. Louie then tells Franklin how Jerome received some excessive force from the LAPD and put him on a stretcher. Franklin then snaps at his lawyer and asks if they ever mentioned that or if he screwed something up. Roger tells Franklin it's how the LAPD operate, from losing paperwork to moving people around and withhold what they can as much as possible. Franklin then tells Roger to bail everyone out and make finding Jerome his top priority. Roger then notes that with the injuries Jerome received, he would either be at White Memorial or the County Jail Ward. Roger then suggests for Franklin to head home and get some rest and he'll contact him once they find something.

### Andre

Andre approaches Fatback who is in his cell and lets him know he could get out earlier if he cooperates and his slate would be wiped clean. Fatback plays dumb with Andre and claims he was visiting his aunt. Andre then makes a fat joke asking if he was visiting her or eating her. Nix pulls Andre aside as they head to the evidence room where they review the kilos, the cash, and the weapons, including an Uzi that Avi gave Leon. Nix then gives Andre props for being one of the good ones, especially living in ground zero of the raid sites.

### Franklin

Franklin, Leon, and Louie are at Jerome's house the next day with someone there photographing the damage the police caused. Franklin is alerted over the phone that everyone is out on bail and informs the others. The man taking the photos tells Franklin that he has all the photos he needs, shakes Franklin's hand, and takes off. Leon then asks how bad it is, and Franklin goes down a list of charges from possession to resisting arrest and weapons, then Leon notes that at least they aren't snitching. Franklin then pointed out that the minors weren't charged and suggested using them going forward. Louie then stated that he needs to think about how to deal with Andre since he was at the house during the LAPD raid. A phone rings and Louie runs to it to answer. She hears everything over the phone and hangs up. Louie then tells the guys that Roger called stating Jerome is at the County USC and they want to hold him for 24 hours for observation. She also points out that they might let her see him. Franklin then offers to drive her there, but Louie denies him that, and tells him if there is anything she wants from Franklin, it is to clean the mess the LAPD caused, because she doesn't want him to see the mess when they return. After she leaves, Leon tells Franklin that she has a point and suggested putting the business on hold until they deal with Andre.

### Teddy

Teddy awakens in the office to see Julia in front of him. He is exhausted and stated he may have caught some kind of bug. Teddy then asked Julia to stick around for a while longer. Julia shuffles through Teddy's files and states it's not a good idea. Teddy then points out that she does a better job at Logistics than him and the top brass of Washington D.C. would rather her be sticking around keeping an eye on him. Julia points out it's a little more complicated. Teddy then suggested letting Paul come there and/or stay with her family and Teddy would hire some help. Julia then sits next to Teddy and seriously asks if bringing their toddler of a son into the middle of their operations would be safe. Teddy then tells her he would keep them both clear of the more dangerous parts. Julia cracks a smile with a laugh upon hearing that stating it was suppose to be thoughtful but patronizing as hell. Teddy then talked about how his brother wasn't the first person to get hurt in this op and tells her he wouldn't be asking her if he didn't know if he could keep her and Paul safe. He then points out that she works a desk job and asked if she even had fun in Costa Rica. He then pondered a question to her, asking what if they could get all that back and live the life they wanted.

### Gustavo

Gustavo arrives at Rosa's home to see her waiting on the front porch for him. In the house, they talk about Lucia and she asks for Oso's dominant hand. Oso holds his hand out and she reads him palm, pointing out the lifeline and the separation is the wound he suffered. She then points out another line, closes his hand and tells him how she didn't know whether he would survive, but he is there and another life awaits as long as he has the courage to seek it.

### Melody

Andre and Melody are at the shooting range where Andre is teaching his daughter how to handle a firearm and points out her foot pattern, they way she is holding the gun, and to watch her breathing. She takes some shots down range and the target is reeled in toward her. While reloading her weapon, she pointed out how she heard about the raids the night before as well as the beating Jerome endured. Andre defended what happened to Jerome by stating that he assaulted a police officer. Melody then pointed out that he admitted to being there and asked if he tried to even stop what happened. Andre was speechless. Melody then stated that she thought he became a cop to protect people. Andre then tells his daughter that part of protecting the people would mean keeping the neighborhood as safe as they could. Melody then reminded Andre how Jerome was placed in the hospital. Andre then notes how she and Franklin are close but there isn't any he could do about it while helping her load her gun. He then tells Melody that the Saint Family chose the wrong path and that bad things happen to bad people while returning her firearm to her. He then helps her hold the gun steady and gives her advice as she aims down range. He backs away and she fires.

### Franklin

A Family meeting is being held at Jammin' Jerome's and noted how people got into some serious trouble with the law the night before. Some of his men are stating 'Fuck the police'. Franklin then tells them how the cops came at them with everything they had, yet they never talked, and used the best lawyers money could buy to pull them out. He gives his gratitude to the guys for not breaking and states that is how they survive. Franklin then announces how they are gonna recruit more lookouts and runners and they will be rotated like clockwork so no one gets familiar with their faces. Finally, he tells the guys how he'll make sure they are all protected, always. Franklin does point out how he has their backs as long as they do what is right. Now he brings up the raid on the cook house, and how the cops found it. Franklin asks how anyone might know how they found the cook house, and he turns his head to the guy who was in charge during the raid. He asks the guy if he wasn't blasting music, using the front door, or bringing a female with him to smoke. The dude denies it, claiming they were quiet as church mice, did what Franklin asked of them, and then stated that Franklin must have 'fucked up'. Franklin then pats the guy on the shoulder, acting like he agreed with him, pulls his gun out of the back of his pants, and pistol whips the guy to the ground. The crew freaks out as the guy is being kicked the crap out by Leon and Fatback. Franklin looks at his men, noting how he knows what goes on with his crew. He tells the guys that if they do good on his behalf, they would be taken care of, but should they ever screw things up for the Family, Leon shows the men an example by pulling his gun out and executing the man that was running the cook house. There is a major silence in the room as Franklin made clear what happens when they cross the Family.

### Teddy

Teddy has broken into Lorena's apartment via the front door where he walked across a stack of dropped mail, found a cassette tape in a filing cabinet, played a missed message while going over the police files in her place. The message on the tape was Lorena's mother talking about her father birthday in a week and found their family photo. He then sat on the couch and sighed knowing he got her killed even though he promised to hand her every player in the drug game. He then opens up a sound system and placed cash and drugs inside.

### Gustavo

Gustavo is parked outside his brothers home in L.A. and sees two kids hopping in the vehicle with their mother. He later walks into the house to find his brother watching television. Oso asks his brother how he is doing. Hernan states he heard he was dead. Oso notes he was close. He then tells his brother he is there for business, stating he is bringing cocaine their, plans to ship it across the border, and needs a gunman. Hernan then notes how his people are talking about Oso and states he couldn't be seen with him. Oso then tells him he'd have to leave L.A. and cut ties with the Los Monarcas. Hernan calls him crazy for suggesting that. Oso then persuades Hernan that this would immensely help out his family and states it's everything they wanted. Hernan then asks Oso to help him switch out his tank, pointing where his spare tanks are. When Oso heads in that general direction, Hernan draws a gun on Oso, accusing him of setting him up. Gustavo tells him that is not what he is doing. He then carefully pulls up his shirt revealing a stack of cash tucked in his waist. Oso then pulls out the money, lays it on Hernan's lap, who still has his gun pointed at Oso, and tells him to start fresh in San Diego. Hernan then lowers his weapon and asks what is in San Diego.

### Franklin

Franklin and Alton are outside Jerome's place and see Jerome bruised up and released from the hospital, but is refusing help from Leon and Fatback as they are attempting to help him. Franklin prepares to leave as they get Jerome inside and Alton speaks to his son about wanting payback, noting how he can't kill no cop. He then notes his time as a Panther and reminds Franklin what kind of hell he would bring to Compton if he chose to take out Andre. Melody then walks down the sidewalk and Alton returns to the house with Franklin acknowledging him. Melody comes up to Franklin and holds him asking how his uncle is. Franklin tells her Jerome is not doing well. Melody tells him she is sorry, but Franklin states she has nothing to apologize about since this wasn't her doing. Melody lets him know that she cares about him and his family and implores him to stop. She reminds Franklin that the police know everything he is doing. Franklin then asks why they aren't in jail, how his uncle was nearly beaten to an inch of his life with his house trashed. Melody stated he assaulted a cop. Franklin stated they were messing with his auntie while her father stood by and did nothing. Louie and Cissy walk outside the house. Louie in a fit of rage engages Melody demanding her to leave her property and Franklin and Cissy hold her back. Cissy then gets Louie back into her home while Louie is still telling Melody to leave. Melody is then making one last attempt to persuade Franklin to stop their feud with the police, proclaiming they are provoking them. Franklin finally had enough and told Melody to leave before he decides to send Louie out there. Melody is now in complete shock upon hearing that as Franklin enters the house.

## Cast

Main* Damson Idris as Franklin Saint
* Carter Hudson as Teddy McDonald
* 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
* Marcus Henderson as Andre Wright

Recurring* Kevin Carroll as Alton Williams
* Reign Edwards as Melody Wright
* Peta Sergeant as Julia
* Adriana DeGirolami as Lorena Cardenas
* Adriana Barraza as Mariela Villanueva
* Jordan R. Coleman as Fatback
* Taylor Kowalski as Rob Volpe
* Jesse Luken as Herb "Nix" Nixon
* Michael Ray Escamilla as Hernan Zapata
* Asjha Cooper as Eva Walker
* Matthew Bellows as Arnold Todd
* Denise Blasor as Doña Rosa
* Bentley Green as C.J.
* Nate' Jones as Shon-Shon
* Allius Barnes as 2Ton
* Brad Griffith as Roger Prentice
* Charles Jackson as Highrise

## Music

* *Searching* by **Infatuation**
* *When I Hear Music* by **Debbie Deb**
* *I'll Get to That* by **Tom Sanders**
* *All This Love* by **DeBarge**
* *Teen Machine Rap* by **Teen Machine**
* *I Keep Forgettin (Every Time You're Near)* by **Michael McDonald**