My ame is Alex Vega.
I came to America an orphan from Cuba
and was adopted by Pancho Duque,
a sugarcane grower and a master blender of rum.
I married his daughter, Isabel, and when the time came,
Pancho gave control of the family business
not to his natural-born sons, Frank or Henry,
but instead to me.
Perhaps it was because of the blood feud with our rivals
Joe Samuels and his daughter, Ellis.
Perhaps Pancho knew that to protect our family
I will do whatever it takes,
and that is both my blessing and my curse.
Previously on Cane...
Our offer will save you $135 million
over the next three years.
If you want to sell, we sell.
But not to the Samuels!
Our family business
will be divided three ways
30% to go to each of my three natural children.
Alex will run the company and have control
of Duque Enterprises.
Alex,
I'm pregnant.
Jamie,
have you told your dad why you're not going to MIT?
At the party on the fourth. I report to Fort Benning
in 60 days.
Do I kozw?u?
No. Who was that man
at the park? His name is Luis Quinones.
They killed Lucia, Pop.
muels killed your daughter.
Treachery has its price.
Mm. There will be
no deal, Lamont.
Not ever. I think Frank's reasonable,Dad.
Let me see how far I get.
We got to the Duques before.
We can get to them again.
You have children, too.
Get him off of the property! Dad, no.
What's going on, Dad?
Le tengo aqui. ¿Que hago?
Okay.
Congratulations, Mr. CEO.
Thank you all. Thank you.
Thank you.
Hey!
Thank you.
Muchisimas gracias. Muchisimas gracias.
Ah.
Gracias, Papi.
To good health
and-and success to the whole Duque family.
Thank you all so much.
Muchisimas gracias.
Cut the cake, cut the cake.
Uh... we got off on the wrong foot.
You know, we're family.
Congratulations.
Gracias, hermano.
is is what I want to qee
C@NE Thank you, Pop.
Don't let me interrupt.
Listen, um,
I'm seeing Senator Barnes the day after tomorrow.
The government igoing to make an announcement
that they're ready to award a subsidy
for the first ethanol plant in Florida.
Sugar ethanol, Frank.
A refinery?
Well, that's... that's big bucks.
A hundred million.
The government's going to pony up half
as part of the subsidy.
Now, we want to capitalize on the ethanol boom, Frank.
If we don't, the Samuels will.
I'd like to have you there with me
when I make that presentation.
I'm a Duque, Alex.
Of course I'll be there.
Excuse me, huh.
Yeah.
You have a minute for me,
Señor Vega? Sure, Miguel.
I, uh, I lost my money at jai alai, Señor Vega.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Are you looking for an advance?
No, me and Santo, we help you with your problem...
Which you were paid for.
Not enough.
I want real money.
You don't pay me,
the body that disappeared-- it can come back.
Miguel...
I can guarantee you employment with this company.
I will even, uh, advance you a week's salary
for the money that you lost playing jai alai once.
But I will never pay blackmail.
You've barely said a word
through lunch.
There was a party at the distillery today
for Alex's coronation...
Still stings, huh, baby?
You know, it't my father's fault.
I mean, Alex just, he played him.
And I told Pop that I would make my peace with it.
You don't need to make your peace.
This is your business and your family.
Your brother and sister gotta be wondering
what the hell Pancho
was thinking making Alex CEO.
Not even their own blood.
Don't be the good son, Frank.
Take back what's yours.
Hey, we got a problem?
Oh, no... is always working now.
So, uh, this Miguel...
he is a good friend of yours,
right? Yeah, yeah, pretty good.
You knew him in Cuba?
We-we did a few things together.
Well, 'cause this friend of yours, Miguel,
he... he just tried to shake me down.
He what?
He said, uh,
he would tell where Quinones' body was buried.
?
Maybe I make a mistake with Miguel.
So do we have a problem?
Not with me.
Hey, Frankie. Yeah?
I got Daddy Yankee dropping by the club
this week. Oh, yeah?
I'm gonna throw an after-party
for his concert at the arena.Uh-huh.
And, dude, he's gonna do a song from his new album.
Nice.
What do you mean "nice"?
Frankie, this is huge deal for me, bro.
I mean, live performances.
A lot of celebrities are gonna show up.
This is gonna put my place on the radar.
So, uh, I was thinking
I'd build a VIP lounge.
Wow, it's gonna cost you some coin.
Yeah, I know, but we got money coming
in from the family business and...
Mmm.
What?
Well, how would you feel if I told you
that Alex plans to spend a $100 million on an ethanol refinery?
You're kidding me.
Well, I mean, he's gonna try
to get the government to subsidize half, but...
A hundred mil?
What about my VIP room, huh?
What, I should get government subsidies for my club, too?
Well, lucky for you, I had a good weekend on the Marlins.
What's it gonna cost?
40 grand. Yo.
Oh, yeah, and that's just for the architectural plans.
We were unable
to locateQuinones, Mr. Samuels.
There's no record of his leaving the city.
His motel room looks like he just went out for a walk
and never came back.
There is information that he was evicted
from your neighbor's, the Duques, party
on the Fourth.
But no one's seen him since.
Would you like us to continue searching
forQuinones, Mr. Samuels?
Indeed, I would, Mr. Bronson.
I'm Ellis Samuels.
Michael Bronson.
You have a card, Mr. Bronson?
It's nice meeting you.
Mr. Samuels.
Who's Quinones?
And why are we looking for him, Dad?
Just a Cuban field hand that used to work for me.
So I talked to Frank.
Alex is going after the government subsidies
for the sugar ethanol refinery.
How far along is he?
He meet with the senator?
Not yet.
And I'm not sure he's got his family's support.
Play that.
We want time to meet with the senator ourselves.
Get that government subsidy for Samuels' Sugar.
Hey, Mom.
Watch this dive!
Good dive, Artie!
Looking Lood, hijo.
Hey, Artie!
Hey, Dad! Swimming?
Hey,is everything okay? Yeah, ye, si
I had to go in the study. I left some papers here.
Did you talk to Jaime?
Uh...
How you doing?
Good. You're wet.
How about some ice cream?
Why don't you bring us some.
High five!
Low.
I looked it up, Alex, and until
he shows up to boot camp,
he can still change his mind about enlisting.
We have to respect his decision.
He's made a commitment, Isabel.
He's got pride.
Yeah, you mean you've got pride.
What are you saying?
You think I don't lo my son?
You think I don't... I don't care about his safety?
I know you do, Alex, but I-I'm...
I'm just sick about this.
Don't be sick.
We want a happy baby.
Can yoplease talk to him tonight?
I promise you when the time is right
I will talk to him.
Okay?
All right, let me have it.
What did I do?
You know, Pancho,
when a natural born son is passed over,
it makes for very bad feelings.
And I'm not just talking about Alex and Frank.
All our kids, too.
Why did you do it?
Frank was not ready to take over the business.
Frank has more degrees than you can count.
He was not ready now.
Then what was the big rush?
Just trust me, I had my reasons.
Just bear with me a little longer.
Hmm?
Do I have a choice?
No.
Miguel.
Hey, Dad, look at all these cool presents you got.
All of a sudden, your father's a very popular man.
All of a sudden? Oh, thank you very much.
Cool. What is it?
Looks like a crocodile.
It is a crocodile.
Like on the Duque label,
except ours is a caiman, right?
That's right.
?
Signed by Bacardi.
"From number one to number three.
Congratulations." Ha, ha.
That's probably from the master blender.
Wow.
Who's that from?
From the Fanjuls.
That's pretty.
?
Hey, what are you reading this summer?
It's summer, Dad.
Uh, yeah?
Use it or you lose it.
?
Oh, my God!
Ah! Ay, ay, ay!
What is that?
Get... get the first aid kit!
Son of a...!
Vega?
I'm here like you asked.
You send a scorpion to my house
where my family lives?!
You want money from me, huh, Miguel?
You know what you're gonna get?
You get a promise that if I ever see you again,
wy?/
I just heard about what happened.
Are you okay? Yeah, I'm okay.
Yeah, we went to the emergency room last night,
and the doctor said that the scorpion stings like a wasp.
So it's not usually fatal.
You sure you're okay? Yeah.
What about the baby? No, the baby's fine.
Thank God, it's fine.
Look, Frankie...
are you sureta you're okay with Alex
getting the job? Ah, por favor.
Because I know
that Papi really hurt your feelings.
Frankie, but I need to know that you and Alex are fine.
Your husband and I are fine.
In fact, I've got an ethanol meeting with him.
What?
He didn't tell you about it?
The feds are awarding a subsidy
to build the first sugar ethanol plant in Florida,
and Alex wants it, to tune of $100 million.
Are you serious?
What does Papi say?
Papi? Papi's retired.
No, it's all up to no.
Señor ga, you wanted to see me?
Oh... What does it mean?
Es un trabajito que len hecho.
It's a curse. I know that.
What does it mean?
Somebody's wishing bad things to happen to you. No, no, no, not someone.
Miguel.
Your friend Miguel.
My wife got stung.
My pregnant wife, Santo.
Is she okay, your wi
Yes, she's okay!
What does it mean?
I made a mistake, didn't I?
No, wait.
Yeah, I sent two errand boys
to do something that I should've donyomyself.
So Miguel wants money. neWhat do you want?
Come on, Santos, everybody wants something.
What do you want?
Eh?
U@ I came from Cuba,
I left my mother behind...
worrying.
I sent her money every month
so she can at least have an egg a day.
I want to bring her to the United States.
That's all I want.
I heard that you came alone, too.
Without your real parents.
Yeah, I was 12.
That's the ugliest memory I have.
Being in the dark sea.
People screaming.
Children crying.
I don't want my mother to come that way.
I have to trust you, Santo.
Do not betray that trust.
I'll get your mother out.
I'm going to get
your whole family out.
And my word counts.
What did you do with Quinones' body?
Uh, Quinones--
I buried him in Samuels' place.
You know, in case the body
pops up, we can blame them.
Señor Vega, did you ever
get your real family out?
What happened to them?
I don't know.
With a Florida-based
refinery center, the sugar industry will respond.
If you build it they will come.
Pretty much what I'm counting on with my colleagues on the Hill.
And Duque is the company to best run
an ethanol refinery right here in Florida, sir.
The senator's heard that claim from a few of your
competitors,Mr. Vega. Must be talking
about Samuels sugar.
Am I right?
Well, how many
of our competitors have partnerships
with the guys in Detroit?
We're working very closely with GM on their
E85 flex fuel initiative.
We're sharing research data,
prodt information, exclusively.
Well, that certainly bears
some weight, Mr. Vega.
So I have your assurance that Duque sugar is prepared
to put up $50 million of the cost?
That's a lot of little sugar packets.
I hope we've never given you reason to doubt us
once we've made a financial commitment, Senator.
It's some kind of partnership with Chevrolet.
It's just another little secret of my brother's
ethanol plan; I mean, he's just unbelievable.
And he thinks he's such a visionary, you know?
He's, like, the messiah of clean energy.
the senator react?
He was impressed.
I mean, Alex is good.
You know, I'm just not sure that Henry and Isabel
are going to go for spending that kind of money.
That land plan you and I put together
would've made your family millions of dollars.
Your brother's plan costs them millions.
That's what I'm thinking.
I'm just going to lay it out there for them to react to.
And then I think we'll both be very happy
playing the 18 holes we build on this land, Frank.
I may even take up golf.
Cheers.
Familia, familia.
Guess who's coming to my club tomorrow night?
Mariah Carey. Mariah Carey? Come on.
Barry Manilow.
I love Barry Manilow.
Very funny, very funny. Celine Dion.
You people are killing me right now, okay?
I love Celine Dion.
She's marvelous. Ay, Mami.
I love her. What's wrong with her?Clay Aiken.
Who's she?
You know what, this isn't fun anymore.
How about if I just tell you, huh?Okay.
Okay, you ready?
Daddy Yankee.
Daddy Yankee's coming to your club?!
He's my favorite.
What?I thought you only listened to Norah Jones?
No, I'm taking reggaeton lessons with... every Saturday.
I am really good. I am good.
So I can go see Daddy Yankee at the club, right, Mom?I don't know.
Daddy Yankee, Mommy Red Sox, I don't know.
Just Yankee, Grandpa. Just Yankee.
Daddy, please.
Look, I promise I'll read a book.
Any book, your choice.
Alex, psst... Mom, you see this?
Look, watch. Look.
We're spoiling you rotten, kid.
Can you please talk to him?
No, you cannot go.
Every weekend you want to go there.
Great, so...
how much money are we talking about, Alex?
A hundred million dollars.
But the subsidy would cut that in half.
If we get it.
When we get it.
I don't know, Alex. That's a lot of money.
Can't somebody else be first?
I don't think we should be spending this kind of money.
From an investor's standpoint,
there's no denying that ethanol is interesting.
I mean it is. But it's risky.
I mean, what is the real durability of the ethanol boom?
Papi.
My plan, which was
to sell the sugar to the Samuels,
now would've saved us $50 million
in molasses costs.
Alex's plan costs us
$50 million, and that's assuming
a federal subsidy that maybe we get and maybe we don't.
Now, I realize that you're CEO.
Okay, Alex, and, Papi, I respect your decision
to put him there, I do, but as 90%
profit participants in this company, I mean I think
you need to explain to us, you know,
how this refinery is going to benefit my family.
Frank.
That is a legitimate question.
All good points, Frank.
And it's true, the money I propose to spend
might not bring the family a return for several years.
I don't have the discretion to, uh, spend
the family's money unilaterally,
although that's not my intention.
But if we don't start now, we'll never catch up.
We can continue being a strong
number three to Bacardi,
or we can be the Carnegies of the ethanol industry.
Permiso. got to take this.
Yeah?
Hey, Mr. Vega, I'm at Miguel's apartment.
He clear out.
Well, scorpions have been known
to sting their victims twice, Santos.
And I'm nobody's victim.
You find him.
Esta bien.
That's very interesting.
Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Ellis?
Let me show you to the front door.
We can talk about the matter of payment.
I had a visit from a friend of yours last night.
A Cuban fellow named Miguel.
Told some story about an old employee of mine,
Luis Quinones.
Told me Quinones is dead
and that you're the one had him killed.
Any of this ring a bell?
What the hell do you want?
The refinery, the ethanol;
same as you.
My old pal Senator Barnes was very impressed
with your connections in Detroit.
He'll be very disappointed to hear you're a murderer.
Back off the refinery deal.
Leave the subsidies to me, Vega.
It's my neighborhood.
You gotta show me a little respect.
I'll wait to hear from you till it's my bedtime,
and I go to bed pretty early these days.
You haven't said three words in the last hour.
You haven't said anything either.
Nothing's bothering me.
Nothing's bothering me either.
Is it a girl, your enlistment, what?
No I don't have an issue with the enlistment.
Everyone else does.
You wouldn't be the first one to have second thoughts.
You know, I'm not afraid of dying, Grandpa.
I am.
There's no shame in that.
Okay, well, that's not it.
Then what is it?
I don't know.
How's your hand?
Okay.
When is the ultrasound?
Mm... tomorrow.
Is Alex gonna be there?
Maybe.
Listen, if maybe tomorrow
you want to have lunch alone, it's okay.
No, I understand. I'm sorry.
It's this scorpion business.
I asked Alex about it, but I just feel
he's not telling me everything.
You know Alex.
He keeps everything inside.
You and Pop have been married forever.
Does he keep secrets from you?
He thinks he does.
Don't worry.
When Alex is ready
to open up to you, he will, okay?
Yeah. Well, I hope so.
Pop?
Well, well, surprise, surprise.
Look, if it's okay with you,
I'm gonna go work in the back, all right?
All right.
You okay?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm good.
He wouldn't tell me what's bothering him.
You gonna tell me what's bothering you?
Why do you think something's bothering me?
Well, you haven't been in this room for two years.
Maybe I missed it.
Maybe.
Hey, Pop, what was the name of that game
you used to play with us as kids,
the Cuban liar's dice?
Mentirosa.
You were really bad at it.
What would I do wrong?
Well, in the first place, you were to aggressive.
It's not about fooling your opponent.
It's knowing how to read his bluff.
Knowing when to call.
Knowing when you're beaten.
You play the man, not the hand.
How do you know for sure, though?
By knowing him better than he knows himself.
And letting him think he knows you.
That way, you stay one step ahead.
Risky business, Pop.
That's why they call it gambling.
Everyone, hey, everyone!
I have an amazing surprise for you tonight.
Straight from the arena,
he came in here to have some drinks and to chill,
but I twisted his arm
and he's gonna give us some love from his new album.
The king of Puerto Rico
and soon to be the king of the world, Daddy Yankee!
Cartel...
You know who I am.
Get ready.
Henry.
No!
What? I'm 37, not 97.
And you know Yankee is my favorite.
What's my mother doing here?
She just showed up.
I can't let her see me.
What did you take?
?
Okay, go to my office, all right?
I'll take care of your mother.
And next time, sneak into somebody else's club.
Go.
It's not your bedtime, is it?
Do you have something to tell me?
Just that the Duque ethanol refinery will be happy
to process your cane.
I guess I'll have to call my friends
at the police station.
You going to tell them about the little girl
you had kidnapped and killed?
You and I are getting to know each other
pretty well, Vega.
Here's a tip
from your new friend.
No good poker player
folds a winning hand.
I've got one. Do you?
Me?
?
You-you-you, you my daddy
You-you-you, you my daddy.
Katie, do it!
Stoper, stop her, or the baby's gonna pop out
dancing reggaeton.
Ay. * Papi, papi, papi, papi, papi... *
Good morning. Morning.
Some light summer reading
for you there?
Every summer for the next five years.
Thanks, Dad.
Pleasure.
Your Uncle Henry called.
What did he want?
He said that 50 Cent is coming to his club.
It's Fiddy Cent, Mom.
Acly, it's Curtis Jackson.
How do you know it's Curtis Jackson?
Whoever he is, he's coming to the club, okay?
We have the ultrasound today.
I'm there.
Where's Jaime?
Sleeping.
Have you had a chance to talk to him yet?
He's sleeping.
Doesn't matter what you say, Dad, he's gonna go.
Katie!
When he wakes up.
Who's your daddy?
When he wakes up.
Artie, we have to go.
Yeah.
Hey, Alex. How you doing? It's Grasso.
What's up, Vince?
You know that guy you were looking for, Luis Quinones?
He's missing.
We had a tip there's a crime scene, Alex.
Sheriff just ordered a tract of wild cane
on Samuels' land dug up.
He's looking for a body.
Is there anything I should know?
Uh, no. Just, uh...
I wonder what the Samuels are up to.
The thing is...
they mentioned your name, Alex.
All right, I'll let you know what we find.
Okay. Thanks, Vince.
960 pages.
Santo, call me, okay?
'Cause we do have a problem.
Oh, come on.
Come on. It's 78 degrees.
It's a beautiful day, huh?
What could possibly be so interesting
on that screen?
Sugar prices in Zimbabwe.
No, come on, really.
On this beautiful 78-degree day,
I just made $50,000.
Yeah? You would have made $75,000
if you'd put it on Trinidad sugar.
Frank? Yeah?
You ever wonder why
our milies hate each other so much?
Well, your father's
a stubborn bigot, and my father's a stubborn Cuban.
You don't think there's anything else?
Bitterness has a way of escalating.
Like between you and Alex.
What do you think Alex is capable of to get what he wants?
I d't know, he seems to always get what he wants,ight?
You coming?
There it is.
You see it?
Cubans and their damn pigs.
Somebody was pulling our chain, Sheriff.
Sorry to trouble you.
?
Yeah.
Hey, false alarm, Alex.
Guess this Quinones guy's still out there somewhere.
Watch yourself, buddy.
Hey, thanks, Vince.
I want you to exercise.
And still do
everything that you've been doing.Okay.
The baby looks great.
Welcome to the land of opportunity.
Get in the trunk.
Get in.
Mr. Vega, what do you want to do about Miguel?
Open it.
There's only one thing
you can do with a scorpion.
you would have been dead already.
I'm not a murderer.
I've got friends
who smuggle people out of Cuba... and in.
Drive him to the Gulf.
There'll be a boat waiting with two men.
You're going back to Cuba, Miguel.
Me-- I would have cut your tongue out.
Hello?
Uh, no, Senator, uh,
I don't mind a late night call at all,
especially if it's good news.
Oh, that's terrific, sir.
Well, I look forward to telling our friends in Detroit
that the Duque refinery will be on line before they know it.
Thank you.
S? SeñorVega>
Did we take care of Miguel?
Llaste hecho. He's on his way back to Cuba.
I'm sure his mother's going to be happy to see him.
Where are you now?
I'm on my way to the Everglades.
You make sure even you can't find Quinones' body next time.
Okay?
I will make him disappear.
¿Que hago?
Okay.
Hey.
Put one of those up right there.
Thanks.
I know you don't want me to go, Dad.
I know you think what I did is stupid...
I don't think that.
I fought for the country that adopted me.
You wear that.
Okay?
St. Michael,
the archangel.
I wore it.
We just...
we just want you to be safe.
I'm coming back.
I just hope
that I didn't do something through the years
to make you think that, uh...
You know, to make you think that you had to be
like me, because...
My love is a given, son.
I just don't want to disappoint you.
I couldn't be more proud of you.
Okay?
We just want you to be safe.
I want you all to be safe.
You want to know something?
It doesn't scare me.
You know, going to Iraq.
It really doesn't, but,
you know, the thing that's been on my mind really,
you know, I just... I-I keep thinking about is,
when I really
have to do it, Dad,
when I have to kill someone...
...can I really do it?
When the time comes, Jaime...
...you'll do what you have to.