11/07/2024 Kick Recap - "Dangling Carrots & Double Homicide"

Lang picks up Arush who is roof running, they chat about making money on the way to the Paleto fence. Arush reminds Lang to pick up his kickback from the Factory, 120k is owed still. Arush suggests bringing Clark along to meetings if Harry isn't around, Tony and Luciano should be back soon. Arush is going on vacation at the end of the month, Lang is not amused. Lang returns to Cypress and heads to the butchery for a meeting.

Harry and Clark aren't around, so Lang and Arush discuss Gigi's ideas. Arush mentions that Bruce offered to trade his Cypress warehouse finally, Lang finds it suspicious. Clark arrives, mentioning that Chaos Legion was trying to enter the butchery. Lang and Arush remember that the butchery is still for gathering meat from hunting, so they dismiss it. Lang reads the book to Clark and Arush so that they can decide on what properties to keep, and what to get rid of. They agree to give everyone keys to the Factory, they agree to turn Gigi's warehouse by the hospital into the new red trailer and make Liya the owner. Lang spoils the surprise on the Stables and tells Clark they are giving him the warehouse as his gift, he thanks them. Harry arrives and they detail all the different properties everyone else has, and what they should keep.

They want to own a helicopter, Lang wants to sell the properties and his RSX. Lang puts his ad up on twatter and gets a call immediately about the sale, but the person lowballs and Lang threatens them. Clark reminds them that Cuddles' Flight School opens soon, so they can get pilot licenses. Arush wants to buy in Cuddles next week, and then lists the other potential buy ins. Harry and Lang argue about why Arush wants to buy in people, Harry thinks that buy ins were like giving the donkey the carrot. Clark gives his perspective, they want to remain harsher on the structure of Cypress. They spend a lot of time discussing if Lieutenant is a step up or a lateral move, Clark praises Queenie to the point where Harry accuses Clark of trying to give away his position. Arush helps explain Clark's point, and they come to an understanding that Clark should spend less time propping other people up.

Don Meeting with Gigi

They go to roof of the big Cypress building for the meeting with Gigi, Arush hurts himself and needs to visit the hospital. Lang tries to hold Arush and jump down, but fails and falls to the ground as well. Arush and Harry argue all the way the hospital, and the doctors help them back on their feet. Lang begins the meeting by telling Gigi what they approved or denied about the properties, and then they discuss the potential savings of the crew. Arush considers delaying the helicopter purchase since they don't have enough money saved up yet. Gigi gives them the finances: 3.8m brought in, 1.6m in kickbacks, 800k in property expenses. Vito, Luciano, Leon are on vacation, Martin and Larry generated no earnings. They acknowledge that Larry has been working hard on Lucky Plucker, and Martin has been involved in heists and crew work that doesn't generate money. Gigi notes that Andi has been onboarded and is having 1 on 1 meetings with the crew members, and reminds them to contact Sophia if they are moving the red trailer down to the other warehouse by the hospital.

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Don Meeting with Andi

They head to the Grime docks to meet with Andi. Andi arrives on her motorcycle, they chat about how Cypress was ALMOST a motorcycle club. Arush apologizes ahead of time if he has to leave to take a family photo, they question him about his adopted son. Andi has been having meetings with people to share their opinions on the crew and how they feel. Andi notes that everyone is terrified of the Dons, but people seem more scared to step up in case they step on toes. Lang tells her about the Fixer role, and what they hope she can achieve in it. Andi tells them that Gigi thought she was better fit for the role, everyone is surprised. They agree to speak to her about her feelings on the matter, they just assumed she was too busy and already handled enough. Andi tells them she's felt comfortable in the role so far, and praises her conversation with Bubbles that shows his motivation while fearful of his failures. Andi is interested in having Don 1 on 1's as well, so they send Harry and Clark to prep for a job.

Andi asks Lang what he thinks the problem with the crew is, Lang thinks that proactive people climb, and others deflect. They use money to gauge how active people are, and have built a small organization around those who they are happy to be around. They discuss structure, Andi suggests giving captains operations, Lang details all the times previously they have done that. They use Martin as an example of someone who often fails, is inactive, but has tons of potential. Lang tells Andi he wants to revamp every operation and then details what he knows of them currently. Andi asks about Teddy, and Lang summarizes what he thinks about him. Lastly, Andi heard from Zeek that years ago Lang didn't actually hate her, Lang explains that she was a formidable opponent. They laugh about Ilya's potential, and Andi jokes about him being the 'Denzel we had at home'.

Andi takes Lang to check out the Lucky Plucker event that's happening next Friday. Lang is stunned at how amazing the event space looks, Andi shows him the 50/50 game room. Lang suggests taking players as groups to make more money, and then asks if Larry is actually doing any work. Andi confirms that Larry has been farming, promoting, and making valuable donations towards the prize pool. On the way back into the city, they discuss the potential of the EU Survival and how good Arush is at schnaking. Andi tells Lang about Larry ruining her streak of incidents at Survival, and Lang admits to encouraging Larry's crash out from last week after the funeral. Lang tells her about Larry living off the strings of a loyalty test, Andi totally believed him when they said Cypress doesn't have any loyalty tests. Lang drops her back at her bike and wishes her well, regrouping with the crew for the hot run.

Fentanyl Hot Run

Lang calls Harry to see where they're at, Harry is driving the car, CJ is going to hack. Lang calls Martin and Bubbles, but they aren't around, so he calls Queenie to join them. They organize to meet at the Maze Bank Arena parking lot and discuss the plan, Lang doesn't want to shoot incase they all get fined again. Octo wants to drive, so they're going to save Harry's driving for when he's not around. Carmine calls to tell Lang they're having a cop funeral soon, Octo arrives and they try to motivate him. They give Octo the car parts and head to the car, it's a little scuffed but they're able to pass keys around and get started. Octo takes the car to the Tuner shop and gets the tires swapped, and they begin. CJ completes the first hack with ease, the contact is at Octo's house. They drop the first two bricks off, Harry takes the money and stashes it at the Stables. They get the second hack and drop off done, Lang pulls up to the cemetery to check out the funeral. He stands close to Carmine who asks for personal space, Fiona texts about his attire. Carmine talks shit, Den warns him not to, Lang wants to kill Carmine. They finish the job.

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A fight breaks out at the end of the funeral between random viewers, Lang runs into Ricky who wants to chat, but Lang tells him he'll call. Queenie calls to say they're heading back into the city, Lang tells her of his intent to kill Carmine. He continues to drive around, taunting the other officers as they all depart from the funeral. Lang picks up Harry and they drive around looking for him. They pull up to MRPD and wait to see if Carmine will come outside. After some time, Lang decides to jump onto the building and hide, hoping to scout out some information. Harry tells them that Carmine is out front, but Lang can't see or reach him. Lang eventually comes down to get food from Queenie, before jumping back onto the MRPD roof.

Carmine leaves, so Lang joins Harry and they drive around looking until a cop pulls them over. Lang quickly dusts them after Harry gives a fake name for the car owner. They continue to circle MRPD looking for Carmine, Harry decides to call him in an attempt to bait out his location. Queenie calls to say she was just pulled over by Carmine, Lang pulls up and chases him, but crashes and loses the trail. Carmine calls to brag about it, Lang threatens him some more.

They search around some more, Lang gives up and calls Sophia to see the warehouse, but she's not around. He stops at City Hall to cut some keys, and then heads to Cypress to head to bed.