02x07 - No Love Lost

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[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

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[GROWN KANAN]
Previously on Raising Kanan...

I got a CI bellyaching
in interrogation two

that I gotta go deal with.

- You got a snitch.
- Scrap?

- He working with us.
- Bullshit.

Real sh*t.

[g*nsh*t]

[SYMPHONY] What happened that night,

the night you had me
take Kanan out of state?

[RAQ] What happened that night
is, I was protecting my son.

[JULIANA] He came to my store.

He comes and he goes as he pleases.

It's just a move in this game
we playin'.

It's no hard feelings. Just business.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CORINNE] You may wanna keep it down.

[KANAN] You and, uh, your sister

wanna come inside, Corrine?

[FREDDY] Fly-ass necklace, Famous.

That's why it's on my neck, n*gga.

Not no more, it ain't.

Get the f*ck outta here, Freddy.

- Grab that bag.
- [KANAN] Hey! Hey!

This might be just what you need

for whatever you two are cookin'.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Everything is in here.
Your mans made sure of that.

[KANAN] Good lookin' out.

What's this?

[HOWARD] The answers to questions
you still might have.

[CARTIER] We will develop, produce,

and release a track for Zisa.

Single deal's for suckers, yo.

[CHOKING]

Marvin, what are your triggers?

I will kick your ass right here

right f*cking now!

You live near Eddie Murphy in Jersey?

[MARCO] I'm in Westchester. Scarsdale.

[MARVIN] Bad enough you left.

Then you just show up
after all the real work's been done

and think you can collect a damn check.

I just want a relationship
with my daughter.

[LINDA] She k*lled our daughter!

Joe, she's a m*rder*r!

Laverne, you shouldn't be here.

She loved your daughter, you know.

♪ ♪

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

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[GROWN KANAN] You know how you
throw some sh*t in the water

and it send out them waves all over?

That's how this game is.

Do one thing, and the sh*t spreads.

You start all them waves,

and they goin' in places
you can't reach,

touchin' sh*t you can't even see.

♪ ♪

They makin' their way,
splashin' up everywhere.

A whole lot of n*gg*s
gonna get wet because of you,

more than you know at first.

♪ ♪

But you gonna find out.

That's for damn sure.

♪ ♪

Nicole would've hated it here.

She had bad hay fever.

The pollen from the trees and the grass

would've made her miserable.

She was a city girl.

Don't worry. Linda's not here. Uh...

...we're divorcing, actually.

If I'm honest with myself,

it was probably going to happen
when Nicole went off to college.

Linda and I see the world
very differently.

Nicole's death...

...just hastened
the inevitable, I guess.

I miss her so much.

Me too.

You know, Laverne, uh...

...I'm glad that...

she knew what it felt like
to be in love.

I'm glad that you were in her life.

Mr. Bingham, I think
there's something that...

No, there's nothing else
that I need to know.

There's nothing else I wanna know.

You made...

...my daughter happy.

That's all any parent
wants for their child.

[INHALES SHARPLY]

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

Oh, thank you.

[CRIES, SNIFFLES]

Nicole cared about you,

so I care about you.

If there is ever anything
that you need, Laverne,

anything at all...

...y-you know where to find me.

♪ ♪

I'll let you two spend some time alone.

♪ ♪

You don't have to go.

Oh, I'm-I'm here almost every day.

[CHUCKLES]

I'm sure she, uh, wants a break from me.

Hey, by the way, whatever
happened, uh, to that tape

of-of you and Nicole singing together?

I have turned her room upside down,
and I can't seem to find it.

I don't know what happened to it.

Oh.

Linda probably threw it away. [SCOFFS]

[SIGHS] Be well, Laverne.

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[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

[SNIFFLES]

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[DJ MO CRAZE] While the rest of the crew

continue to tear it up on their own,

Ralph got a few things to say himself.

And tee on that sensitive tip
with this one.

Is this n*gga ever gonna play our track?

[R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

♪ ♪

You supposed to be f*ckin' me,
not listening to the radio.

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ A man like you ♪

♪ Someone who can love me... ♪

[ZISA GASPS]

[MOANS]

Yeah, just like that.

- Wah gwaan?
- Where Crown at?

[LOU-LOU] Who the f*ck are you,

and what are you doing
in my f*ckin' studio?

Boy, this Crown studio.
Where the boy, then?

This mine and Crown's.

- He not here.
- Where is he, then?

Do I look like that n*gga's keeper?
Who the f*ck are you?

Bumboclaat, boy.
We have some business with him.

Crown business ain't my...

Ain't my business.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

[DEVON] You now just say
you share this place with him,

so his business are your business.

And if we don't see him soon,

your business become our business.

Oh, it don't work like that.

[DEVON] Boy...

we represent Linton Manley.

Yeah, your bredren Crown
borrow , from him,

and he put this place up as collateral.

So if we don't get our paper soon,

it's Linton Manley's studio.

♪ ♪

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

♪ ♪

You need to finish.

Fine. f*ck you then, Lou.

♪ ♪

f*cking Crown.

[ENGINE REVVING,
TIRES SQUEALING OVER TV]

sh*t.

Sh... oh, sh...

Sh...

[SIGHS]

[EDGY MUSIC PLAYS]

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[PERSON] There you go.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[MARVIN] Pizza good as hell, right?

f*ck the pizza.

You said you had business.

Food brings different cultures
together, Capone.

I- I'm tryin' to build these bridges
over some cheese and sauce.

This f*ckin' guy.

You got work or not?

Got a rat problem by where you rest at.

Now, I'd handle it myself,
but my Black ass show up out there,

alarms start ringin'.

People start runnin'.

Whereas a pasty-faced
m*therf*cker like yourself

fit right the f*ck in.

How much?

Five.

All right, listen.

If I do this, it's outside my family.

All right? My father
doesn't know about this.

That's on you, brother.

All right.

I'll think about it.

But don't call me again.

I'll find you.

Noticed you k*lled that slice,
by the way.

I told you, we bondin'
over this mozzarella.

[CARTIER] Caviar is like money.

- [RAQ] Hmm.
- [CARTIER] You grow into it.

At first, you don't get it.

You don't know
the right way to enjoy it.

But as soon as you figure
that thing out,

can't get enough of it.

Well, when it comes to money,
I'm all the way grown.

But I don't know if I'm grown
enough for this sh*t.

- Mm-mm.
- [LAUGHS]

You can do way better
than this old man, girl.

Oh, Boris, when you start letting
the help mingle with the diners?

Traymont Stinson,
Fort Washington Stinsons.

- [CARTIER LAUGHS]
- You two know each other?

[CARTIER] Associates.

Traymont, you trackin' me?

'Cause according to my calendar,

we ain't supposed to meet till later on.

- Well, you know this my spot.
- [CARTIER] Psh!

Traymont was used to bustin' up
crabs with a damn hammer

down in Baltimore when we first
started workin' together.

I civilized this cretin m*therf*cker.

n*gga, I been on this sh*t
since way before you, Cartier.

[CARTIER] sh*t!

[TRAYMONT] Hell, I turned you on to it.

We at the Hilton later?

Pierre. Got a suite.

- Abraham with you?
- [TRAYMONT] You know damn well

Abraham only f*ck with the
Holiday Inn. That fool cheap.

Caviar at the Russian Tea Room?

Suite at The Pierre?

Seems to me I'm makin' you
too much money.

I make my own money, Cartier.

You keep tellin' yourself that.

Now, get the f*ck out of my face

so I can enjoy my motherfuckin'
beluga and Stoli, n*gga.

Pleasure.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

Traymont sits over my distro
in Maryland and D.C.

I own that m*therf*cker.

Yeah, I don't think he agree with that.

[CARTIER SCOFFS] Without me...

...he ain't got sh*t to sell
but his mama.

[RAQ] Ain't you the one who said
insubordination leads to insurrection?

Or is that just some sh*t you talk?

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[SIGHS]

[ANITA BAKER'S "CAUGHT UP
IN THE RAPTURE" PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[ANITA] ♪ I love you here... ♪

Can I come in?

[ANITA] ♪ Baby ♪

♪ You let my love fly freely ♪

♪ I want you in my life
For all time... ♪

Uh...

[ANITA] ♪ I-I-I-I-I-I'm... ♪

Just wanted to give this back to you.

[PALOMAR CHUCKLES]

I hope it kept you safe.

Did what it needed to do.

[ANITA] ♪ Nothing else can compare ♪

[PALOMAR] Hmm.

[ANITA] ♪ When I feel
The magic of you... ♪

Where Corinne at?

Um... uh, she's out with her friends.

Well, I catch her later, then.

I'm glad you're safe.

I gave you my p*stol,

so I felt responsible for you, Kanan.

And I wouldn't be able
to live with myself

if you would've got hurt.

Uh, yeah, I'm, uh... I'm good.

[PALOMAR GIGGLES]

[ANITA] ♪ Light my life... ♪

[PALOMAR] You a whole lot
better than good, baby.

[ANITA] ♪ Say tonight will be ♪

♪ Just the start ♪

Mm. Wait, wait, wait. No.

[SCOFFS]

You-you Corinne's mother.

- [PALOMAR SIGHS]
- sh*t.

[PALOMAR] I'm a woman...

...first and foremost.

[ANITA] ♪ For all time... ♪

For real?

♪ I-I-I-I-I-I'm ♪

♪ Caught up in the rapture of love... ♪

[PASTOR] Do not have sexual relations

with both a woman and her daughter.

Do not take your wife's sister
as a rival wife

and have sexual relations with her
while your wife is living.

Do not have sexual relations
with your neighbor's wife

and defile yourself with her.

Leviticus gives us
a whole list of rules

for our bedroom activities.

And these are not suggestions,
my brothers and sisters.

These are orders, mandates,

commandments.

When Leviticus says,
"Do not have sexual relations with a man

as one does with a woman;

that is detestable,"

that is God telling us that these
so-called alternative lifestyles

we keep hearing about

are nothing more than wickedness,

nothing more than plain, old-fashioned

hellacious sin.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

And there's nothing
alternative about that.

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[PERSON SHUDDERING]

[MARVIN] Yo, get the f*ck out the way.

Yo, y'all got these n*gg*s
out here loiterin'?

Yo, we not selling right now.

[MARVIN] Where they at?

Yo, you got a line of customers
waitin' to get fed

and you countin'?

This all y'all got all day?

[DUKE] We just sent
a bag out two hours ago.

- The f*ck you doin' Lou?
- [LOU-LOU] I'm runnin' sh*t.

Hey man, gimme that.

How much you takin'?

Yo, man, this sh*t
need to be added the f*ck up.

You can't take the money
till it's been counted.

Look, I got it all
in my head, all right?

[DUKE] Yo, Marv,

with this n*gga Worrell
out of Newark now,

we tryin' to get these books right.

And just pullin' out cash uncounted
like that, it's gonna f*ck us up.

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

So, uh, whatever you do,

don't marry your husband's brother.

And don't mess with
your wife's sister neither.

Why? You got a sister?

- You a clown.
- [LAUGHS]

So when you gonna give me those digits?

[JUKEBOX] Hadn't thought about it.

[COREY] I have.

Let me take you to a movie,
just kick it.

I'll share some popcorn
with you, a soda,

some Milk Duds, maybe.

We not sharin' a soda.

We not like that.

Well, not yet, we not.

We gonna get there, girl.

Just let me get that number, Laverne.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

We can come back
and just let the committee

take care of everything else
that we need.

Okay.

Go on.

[PHONES RINGING, INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Hey yo, Garcia, what's up with that?

[GARCIA] Her kid k*lled himself.

[SIGHS] But she's not buyin' it.

She's been coming
to the precinct every week

and leanin' hard on Peng
to open an investigation.

[HOWARD] Peng?

Peng wasn't on the kid's su1c1de.

She's Peng's CI.

She's been workin' with him
for almost a year now.

- I thought the kid was the CI.
- [GARCIA] Nah.

She's got some, uh, card game

that has her hearin'
all the neighborhood .

Peng has us look the other way
on the game,

and she gives him what she hears.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

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[HUMMING]

Raq here?

No.

How you been?

Fine.

[MARVIN] Word.

That's good, you know.
That's-that's real good.

I guess just let your aunt know
I was looking for her, then.

Um...

yo, when was you gonna
tell me about your moms?

I wasn't.

- Who told you?
- [MARVIN] Don't matter.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

What matter is, she left.

Left the both of us and kept goin'.

Kenya ain't your mother.

She just some broad
that dropped a baby and ran.

And you think you did
any better than that?

I think I f*cked up plenty.

But I was here.

I was here and never stopped tryin'.

[SCOFFS] Look, I'm tryin'
to get into this soup, man.

She wasn't there for you before.

She ain't gonna be here for you now.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Kenya is on her own sh*t.

Always has been.

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Traymont.

Mm, you're lookin' a little worse
for wear since I saw you earlier.

Yeah, f*cked myself up
getting' out the shower.

With all Cartier
pullin' from your share,

you takin' a bath.

So I ain't gonna mince no words
or waste your time.

I can offer you more work
for less cash and headache

than you got with Cartier.

And I know that headache
is real right now, bro.

Who the f*ck are you exactly?

I mean, we just met three hours ago
on some caviar and vodka,

and now you tryin' to be
my business partner?

I can offer you better product
at a better price.

That's all you need to know
about me right now.

Look, I'm a businessman, girl.

And I only f*ck with people I know.

I don't know you.

You got some big balls, though.

Hell of a risk,
steppin' to me like this.

How you know I won't just
dime you out to Cartier?

Well, you don't know me, but I know you.

And I know you don't wanna f*ck
with Cartier Fareed no more.

See, I'm here because I add value.

And in this game,
that's all that matters.

So if you a businessman
like you say you are,

I'ma be hearing from you real soon.

- Gerardi's don't miss.
- This is some good pizza.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Now, tell me about them grades.

- [SYMPHONY LAUGHS]
- Had to shut me up there.

All right, look.

Grades are what they are, all right?

Keepin' sh*t movin'.

[SYMPHONY] Mm, grades
are what you make them.

It's about moving
toward something, Kanan,

you know, settin' goals for yourself,
achieving them, surpassing them.

Uh, I got goals for myself.

Yeah, just 'cause you tryin'
to score don't mean they goals.

[SUCKS TEETH] I'm moving
toward something, okay?

[SYMPHONY CHUCKLES]

So, uh, speaking of movin',

that's actually why I reached out.

[KANAN] Hmm?

I got a job offer in North Carolina.

Charlotte.

They want me to be
the transport planner there.

Damn. [CHUCKLES] Sound important.

Probably just gonna be
figuring out bus routes,

but, this is a good opportunity for me.

Wow, that's...

Just doin' it, huh?

Gettin' up outta Southside?

Yeah.

I know you're not really kickin' it

with my moms like that no more, so...

We're better as friends.

You gonna be the one that tell
your friend you leaving?

No, I'm thinkin' it might be
better for our friendship

if I just left.

You and me both know you
wouldn't have even told me this

if you ain't want her to know, Symph.

You're too smart for your own good.

And you know this.

[CHUCKLES]

[EDGY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

One-seventeen Squad to Central.

[PERSON] Central. Go ahead.

Fifteen a rolling New York.

- [ENGINE TURNING OVER]
- Sam, Zebra, Victor .

♪ ♪

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

The seller is thrilled with your offer,

but the homeowners' association
are real sticklers

when it comes to proof of income.

I'm payin' cash.
What else they need to know?

It's about you maintaining the property,

being able to afford
any mandated improvements.

Neighborhoods like this one
have covenants and bylaws

that require the homeowner
follow strict guidelines

when maintaining the property,

everything from the
height of your bushes

to the frequency
of when your grass is cut.

Tell 'em I own a record label
and a lawn mower.

I'll get 'em everything they need.

[SIREN WAILS]

[WHISPERING] Oh, f*ck.

♪ ♪

[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]

License and registration.

My license is in my pocket,
and my registration's in the glove box.

Go ahead.

What'd I do?

I don't know yet.

That sounds unconstitutional,
but not unusual.

[BURKE] You were stopped here
at a checkpoint last summer

in South Jamaica
on a night when a cop was sh*t.

What were you doing here?

For real? That's why you pulled me over?

They were stoppin' everyone that night.

Why were you here?

sh*t, I don't even remember.

I... think I was looking
for gas or somethin'

after droppin' a friend off
at the airport.

How do you know Kanan Stark?

Better question is,
how do you know Kanan Stark?

I don't answer you. You answer me.

Kanan is a student of mine.

He was in a class I taught
up at City College.

- Kanan Stark's in high school.
- It was an after-school thing.

You seem to know
a whole lot about Kanan.

You also have a relationship
with his mother?

You gonna arrest me or something?

'Cause it feels like these questions

are going to a place
they shouldn't be going,

and I don't really feel
comfortable answering them.

Have you ever met Kanan's father?

Okay, I'm not answering you anymore.

You wanna give me a ticket
or something, go ahead,

but I'm done answering these questions.

Wait here.

What, am I gonna leave
when you got my ID?

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Can I help you?

Need to get this fixed.

All right. What...

All right, I need to respool it,

untangle it,
rerecord it to another tape.

- How much?
- Twenty.

[SUCKS TEETH]

♪ ♪

All right.

Very good. Come back tomorrow.

♪ ♪

[UNIQUE] Pretty sure I told you,
bigger than Miami and Jers.

But just wanted to let you know
you's on my mind and e'ything.

- But you know I'm on the clock.
- [PAGER BEEPING]

'Bout to get back
to this business, a'ight?

I'ma see you later, baby, a'ight?

[PHONE BEEPS]

Proud love from up above.

What it do, baby?

You know, I don't know why n*gg*s
be shittin' on New Jersey.

I like it out here.

Feels like vacation.

Paid vacation at that.

You talk to Raq about movin' on the crew
in that other building?

You see, Raq just an investor.

Out here, we think for ourselves.

She see it different.

I don't give a f*ck
how she see it, my n*gga.

Neither should you.

I mean, just think about it, right?

Why you think she moved you from
the Forties out here to New Jersey?

Raq ain't stupid, my n*gga.

She want all her problems in one place.

You and me, we those problems.

She just bidin' her time right now

till she figure out
what she gonna do with us, man.

See, that's why we gonna
make our own plans

and our own moves, a'ight?

'Cause I ain't goin' out
like that again.

And neither is you, my n*gga.

[PEOPLE SHOUTING, ENGINE REVVING]

[UNIQUE] Marco.

Come on, man, you can't be
pullin' up on us like that.

What it do, man?
You know we gangsters, baby.

Merry Christmas. That's for you.

My man.

I see you killin' it out here, huh?

[UNIQUE] sh*t, we ain't
k*lled nothin' just yet.

We still markin' m*therf*ckers out here.

Time tickin' on these New Jersey
n*gg*s, though, I'll tell you that.

Hey, what do you know
about the older brother?

Martin or Marvin

or whatever the f*ck his name is?

f*ck Marvin.

He wants to do some business together.

Is he good for the money?

Far as I know, Marvin pay what he owe.

Why, what you two gettin' into together?

Ah, you know, just takin' care of
a little problem he's got near me.

Nothin' to write home about.

- Word up.
- [MARCO] All right.

I'll catch you homeboys later.

No doubt.

[UNIQUE SCOFFS]

Them two n*gg*s workin' together?

Hide the women and the children, man.

[EDGY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Anyone finds out I shared this
with you, Shannon, I'm out of a job.

So these are his informants?

[SIGHS] To maintain confidentiality,

an identification number
is assigned to each informant

and specifies age and gender.

So Howard had a -year-old
female informant back in the 's?

[DESK CLERK] Yeah, that's what it says.

You gonna talk
to your friend in the sixth

about my nephew and this whole
shoplifting mess?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. I got you.

♪ ♪

[JOAQUIN] My cousin Juliana
remains unhappy

that you've chosen to work
with the very same man

who took her hostage.

[RAQ] Yeah, I know she is.

And I don't blame her. Don't feel right.

Not to me neither.

Look, I don't trust 'Nique.

I never have. I never will.

He been sharpenin' the Kn*fe he gonna

stick in my back since I brought him in.

But he a means to an end.

He the price that I gotta pay
for the work out in Jersey.

New Jersey.

New Jersey's, uh, how you say?

Uh, small potatoes.

It's more headache than it's worth.

[RAQ] No, we showin' and we provin',
layin' the groundwork

to take what we doin' on the Southside
and set our sh*t up anywhere.

And more than that, walkin' away from

my work out there looks like weakness,

and I can't afford
to look weak right now,

especially since I'm buildin'
our sh*t out even more.

Look...

I ain't tryin' to count no chickens yet,

but I'm makin' moves
to plug into a network

that's gonna take us
down to Maryland and D.C.

We about to be f*ckin'
with the eastern seaboard.

You don't need Unique
to build your business.

Look, we gon' handle Unique, Juliana.

But we gotta be smart about it.

Can't be pullin' the trigger on emotion.

[LOUNGE MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

Mm.

♪ ♪

Keep us posted on the expansion.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

She in there at some table
with a Menudo-lookin' m*therf*cker

and some other bitch,
kinda bad-lookin', to be honest.

- [CHUCKLES]
- Never seen the guy before,

but don't take too much imaginin'

to figure what's payin' the bills.

Well, I got a pretty f*ckin'
wild imagination, Abraham.

So let's find out all the real sh*t

we need to know about everybody
who was at that table.

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

♪ ♪

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[MARVIN] What the f*ck?

[GRUNTING]

Linton want we for make sure

you and Crown understand the urgency.

And since Crown gone for the moment...

[ALL GRUNTING]

♪ ♪

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

sh*t.

♪ ♪

[RENÉE] I know it wasn't always easy,

and I know it wasn't always fun...

[LAUGHTER]

...but it was worthwhile

and not just for you.

I learned a lot too, so thank you.

And I'm always here
if you need me, so...

don't hesitate to reach out.

To all of you, congratulations.

- [GERALD] Hear, hear.
- [MARVIN] Cheers.

- Hear, hear.
- Cheers.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Cheers, Marvin.

You-you too, Gerald. We made it.

[GERALD] We did.

You know, I really was gonna
try and kick your ass that day

when you said that you were ignoring me.

- [LAUGHS]
- Oh, I know.

Mr. Clean was unregulated
like a m*therf*cker that day.

[GERALD] I think we both
learned a lot here.

[MARVIN] You a'ight, G.

Between you and me, I always felt like

a bald-headed n*gga like you

got every right in the world to be

a little angry, 'cause that's unfair.

- Yeah.
- I mean, your sh*t is like

yesterday's news.

It's like it's never comin' back, B.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Hey, Marvin, uh...

[CHUCKLES]

So... you made it.

Yeah, I-I did.

I'm proud of you. [CHUCKLES]

I'm proud of me too.

I mean, it's the first graduation I

had since I got my gold belt in kung fu.

- Wah!
- [LAUGHS]

Um...

...that's-that's my number.

I-I hope you stay in touch.

I'd love to hear from you.

I'd, uh... I'd love to be heard.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

[LAUGHS]

[SYMPHONY] It's-it's a good job,

and there aren't many of them
out there right now.

[RAQ] So you leavin'?

I couldn't say no.

I mean, you can always say no.

[SCOFFS] You've said no to me
plenty of times.

Oh, when did I ever say no to you?

Don't matter.

Uh-huh.

You leavin'. [CHUCKLES]

Good luck.

You know I want the best for you.

And I appreciate that.

You know I want the same for you too.

This white lady cop
pulled me over yesterday.

Had all sorts of questions about Kanan

and the night you had me
drive him down South.

Even asked me about Kanan's father.

So what you tell her?

- Nothin'.
- [RAQ] What does nothin' mean?

I mean, your version of nothin'

might be a little different from mine.

All your secrets are safe with me.

I ain't got no secrets.

♪ ♪

Take care of yourself, Raq.

♪ ♪

[DARK MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

[SINGER] ♪ I see fire ♪

- ♪ In the dark ♪
- [HEAVY BREATHING]

♪ And your touch ♪

♪ Is the spark ♪

♪ So light up the room Baby... ♪

I don't seem that much older
than you, do I?

[KANAN LAUGHS]

I thought you was Corinne's sister
when I met you, remember?

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Everyone thinks I'm younger than I am.

Oh? [CHUCKLES]

I'm young at heart, Kanan.

So you just the right age for me, baby.

[SINGER] ♪ It's okay, girl
Take your time ♪

♪ ♪

- [DOOR CLICKS OPEN]
- Mom, is this milk still good?

sh*t! Corinne!

- Kanan?
- [KANAN] Hey.

Look, uh, I-I can explain.
I... t-this sh*t kinda just happened.

You f*ckin' whore.

First thing every girl needs to learn
is how to hold on to her man.

[CORRINE] f*ck you, you f*ckin' bitch!

Corinne! Hey! sh*t! Yo, Corinne!

Let her go, baby. She gonna be fine.

She just walked in her room

and saw her boyfriend
in bed with her mother.

How the f*ck is she gonna
be all right, Palomar?

Every girl goes through this.

Every... you acting like

this is some regular sh*t
right now, a'ight?

What the f*ck about this is regular?

You wanna be regular?

Who wants to be regular, hmm?

[KANAN] Mm.

[SINGER] ♪ Bodies movin' ♪

♪ Side to side ♪

♪ You can feel me in your... ♪

[CARTIER] And you're certain this n*gga

- Crown Camacho's gone, right?
- [LIQUID POURING]

'Cause Linton Manley
ain't the type of n*gga

to be trifled with.

Crown Camacho's
check-writin' days is done.

And your sister
won't give you the assist?

I can't have Raq touchin' this label.

That's why I came to you.

You get what I'm tryin' to do
with this business.

You're talented.

Exactly how talented
still remains a question to me,

but there's a gift there.

This is business, though.

And business ain't about gifts.

Put some interest on it.

Gimme a due date.

I'll get you that money back.

Assuming Crown Camacho's

dancing days are over,

what happens
to his piece of the company?

Throw his mom some pocket change,

comes to me.

I want half of his half.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

You'll still have controlling interest.

I'll just be a silent partner.

You need my help with Linton.

My help ain't free.

One n*gga's crisis
is another n*gga's opportunity.

Nobody knows that better than you, Lou.

♪ ♪

My man.

♪ ♪

[MARCO] That's the one.

In and out.

Clean, quiet.

I want none of your bullshit.

Hey, I turned over a new leaf.

After that sh*t
in the Catskills... you'll see.

- You and your dad.
- Listen to me.

This got nothin' to do with my father.

It's my job, not his.

And he don't ever need to know about it.

You hear me?

Yeah, loud and f*ckin' clear.

Let's go.

[COREY] See, girl,
that movie's why you don't

hire a babysitter
that look better than you.

[BOTH LAUGH]

[JUKEBOX] I mean, thank God
she had that slow Black guy

who wanted nothin' more
than to protect white b*tches

- and they kids.
- [COREY LAUGHS]

Yo, if I was him,

I would've let ole girl
bring the whole place down.

I mean, they sold his ass out
fast up in there, right?

- [LAUGHS]
- [JUKEBOX] sh*t!

I mean, they did find those underwear
in his toolbox, though.

[COREY SUCKS TEETH]

I mean, she planted it, but still.

All them stupid white folks
deserve each other.

[BOTH LAUGH]

[SIGHS]

This was fun, Laverne.

Yeah, you fun.

- You fun too.
- Hey.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Let's do this again sometime.

Word.

Oh, and when we have kids,

we ain't hirin' no crazy
white babysitter, a'ight?

No doubt.

♪ ♪

[BOTH MOANING]

[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]

[MOANING INTENSIFIES]

[BOTH LAUGH]

- [TONI] Oh, my God, baby!
- [DARREN LAUGHS]

[TONI LAUGHS]

[TONI SIGHING AND GIGGLING]

- Ah. I mean...
- [LAUGHS]

...if I had known

that dentists were that good at f*cking,

I would've gotten my teeth
cleaned more often.

Well, our job is to notice
the little things.

- Mm. Uh-huh.
- It comes in handy sometimes.

[BOTH LAUGH]

I love you, baby.

I love you too.

[SIGHS]

- I'll be right back.
- [GIGGLES]

Mm-hmm! [PURRS]

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

[TONI] Uh-huh.

- Don't you move.
- I'm not going anywhere.

Ah!

[SNORTS]

[SIGHING]

[INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS] All right.

- [SCREAMS]
- [SUPPRESSED g*nsh*t]

- [SUPPRESSED g*nshots]
- [DARREN SHOUTS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

sh**t him, Dom!

- Marco!
- [MARCO] sh**t him!

[DARREN SHOUTS]

[SUPPRESSED g*nsh*t]

[GASPS]

Oh, f*ck.

[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

[SUPPRESSED g*nshots]

♪ ♪

Toni. [GRUNTS]

Toni. Toni, baby.

[PANTING] Toni.

Baby.

Toni!

Baby. [PANTING]

Help!

Help!

♪ ♪

[RAQ] That white bitch cop
you f*ckin' with,

she a problem.

She rolled up on a friend of mine,

asked him questions about Kanan
and Kanan's daddy

and what happened to you
in the park that night.

Burke a dog with a bone.

It ain't gonna be good for us
if she put two and two together.

Two and two might be
more math than she can handle.

She'll be a'ight.
What about your boyfriend?

He know enough to be a problem?

Nah, he don't know what he know.

So he a problem.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Kanan tell you I sprung his boy?

Figueroa. Puerto Rican kid.

I mean, I heard he got out.
Didn't know it was you.

Son came to me.

Puerto Rican kid got knocked with
a bag full of filthy-ass drug money.

I assumed it was yours.

Raquel, if you keep puttin'
Kanan in the crosshairs,

eventually he gonna get hit.

Yeah, well, you handle your business.

I'll handle mine.

Speaking of your business,

turns out, One-Eyed Jack
wasn't no snitch after all.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

My bad, yo.

And his moms, she ain't buyin'
that he d*ed by his own hand.

You told me Scrap was a snitch.

I know what I told you.

I made a mistake.

That's easy to do out here,
with everybody lyin' and perpetratin'.

What you gonna do when Kanan
sees all your lies and mistakes, huh?

♪ ♪

You ever even come to bed last night?

I know where this sh*t starts,

but I have no f*ckin' idea
where it ends.

The numbers tell the story.
Raquel Thomas?

Raquel Thomas was Howard's CI
back when she was ,

which was right around the time
that she got pregnant with his son.

Meanwhile Howard has a teenage son,

and he seems real interested
in Kanan Stark.

I think that Howard and Raquel Thomas

slept together when she was underage

and Kanan Stark is his kid.

You're making
some big leaps here, Shannon.

The thing that I can't figure out

is how this all tracks back
to the sh**ting.

[ADINA] You need to leave this alone.

I'm investigating the sh**ting of a cop.

You're not investigating
the sh**ting of a cop.

You are investigating a cop.

A-all of a sudden,
you're Internal Affairs.

And nobody likes Internal Affairs.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Look, my mom fell this morning,

so I gotta go.

♪ ♪

[CORINNE] Ms. Thomas?

Uh, I'm Corinne Ashford.
I'm a friend of Kanan's.

And I think there's something
you should know.

♪ ♪

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[HOWARD] James Bingham?

I'm Detective Malcolm Howard.

I need to talk to you
about Detective Shannon Burke.

You see, uh, who left this here?

No.

♪ ♪

Yeah, uh, come on in.

♪ ♪

[MELLOW R&B MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

♪ I live and die for the streets ♪

♪ For the streets, yeah ♪

♪ And this is my heart ♪

♪ This is my city ♪

♪ I live and die for the streets ♪

♪ For the streets, yeah ♪

♪ And this is my heart ♪

♪ This is my city ♪

♪ ♪

♪ This is my city ♪

♪ Oh-oh, oh ♪

♪ This is my city ♪

♪ One thing's for sure ♪

♪ Getting dough
Is the only life I know ♪

♪ Never strayed from the code ♪

♪ Fam first, put that on my soul ♪

♪ Think fast, get more ♪

♪ I'll take mine and yours ♪

- ♪ Been here before ♪
- She...

[ZISA] ♪ If you ain't
From around here... ♪

...she never did anything to deserve it.

It doesn't make sense.

[ZISA] ♪ 'Cause people come and go ♪

♪ You'll learn the hard way ♪

♪ 'Cause you already know ♪

♪ I live and die for the streets ♪

♪ For the streets, yeah ♪

♪ And this is my heart ♪

♪ This is my city ♪

[GROWN KANAN] Ain't no
such thing as a clean getaway,

not in real life

and definitely not in this f*ckin' life.

You can put them n*gg*s on the corner
in your rearview,

might even be able to outrun
the f*ckin' law.

But you ain't never gonna b*at trouble.

Don't care how f*ckin' fast you are
or how f*ckin' far you go.

Trouble always gonna catch up to you.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

♪ ♪

And when it does,

you won't even see that sh*t at first...

...'cause it sneak up on you
when you not lookin'.

By the time you see it,

it's too late already.

♪ ♪