3/11/2025 Kick Recap - "No Face, No Case"
Lang starts his day by taking his new car to Mosley's and getting it modified. After chatting with a few people in the shop, Lang is given a test drive in someone's non-upgraded truck. Returning to Cypress, Lang notices a traffic stop and calls Arush to tell him that they were talking shit about Cypress. Arush and the South Cypress convoy by, shouting at the officer and shooting them down. Lang calls back to compliment how sick they looked. He tries to check his engine on the new car, but notices that it's still broken. Lang calls Arush to order 1000 deagle bullets, which will arrive later. Buddha becomes a monkey and shoots down Arush, Clark, and South Cypress before tsunami
Lang questions Saab about how he gets ready, and why he's awake so early. Lang finds CJ at the Forge, warning her about putting dog begs and dog houses all over the place, but she claims she can't decorate. CJ picks up a deer head that was laying in the dog bed, Lang has her take it outside, but decides it blow up against the tanker outside the Forge instead. CJ and Lang chat about doing Maze Bank today, Lang is down to do all the hacking, CJ accidentally hits Lang and runs away screaming. Lang, Saab, and CJ stop by the food court, where Lang makes small talk with a food stall employee about their business.
They drive up to Grapeseed to start some oxy runs, CJ tells them about a scavenger hunt she made with human fingers. Liya, Sofia and Bubbles join radio, Lang yells at them to get to work. Lang and Saab watch over CJ as she makes the oxy exchanges in the different spots. Sofia and Bubbles arrive to help keep watch over CJ, Lang nearly shoots Bubbles out of suspicion. Bubbles tells them that he's been shot twice by cops mistaking their gun for a taser. Lang wants to pick up the ammo from Arush, sending Bubbles and CJ to grab a hostage and prep for a paleto heist.
Lang and Saab get hit by some racers on the way to get supplies. They meet the rest of the North in Paleto and begin the heist. Officer Carmine arrives on scene, yelling at CJ through the glass doors. Lang jiggle peaks from the hallway, interrupting and scaring Carmine. Carmine calls Lang trying to discuss terms over the phone, but Lang argues that he's on his yacht on vacation. They aren't able to hack the vault door, so they stall for a long time. Raising concerns with how they might get breached, Lang finally hacks the vault door and takes another call from Carmine. Carmine vents about having to work with rookies and his frustrations with having to let them learn through difficulties. Lang has no idea what he's talking about, reminding Carmine that he's in South Florida. Carmine doesn't believe him, so Lang pings him inside the Paleto bank. Carmine asks everyone if they are currently located in South Florida, but nobody gets it. They break into the vault, finding gold bars and a cargo card.
The chase begins, Lang drives back into the city but crashes into another driver and wrecks the first SUV. They swap into another SUV, Bubbles picks up Sofia and escapes the cops. Lang crashes a few more times, disappointed with his driving he tries to cook up a new idea. He swaps out everyone into other vehicles, and grabs his STX from the garage. Returning to pick people up, CJ is frustrated enough to want a boat, so Lang grabs one. CJ and Sofia dive into the water, Lang scoops them in a boat and they escape the cops. Bubbles, Liya, and Saab still have all the cops, so Lang drops CJ and Sofia, and returns to help them begrudgingly. Lang tries to get CJ and Sofia to grab them scuba gear, while Liya blames Saab for being chased still. Lang threatens to bench Saab for a week for his ego. CJ hits someone with her vehicle, she thinks she has to stay to help, but Lang yells at her to lock it in and help them. Lang gets stuck in an awkward spot, CJ and Sofia try to come help, but they all break out on foot to shoot the cops.
