06x07 - Like Father, Like Son

[bunniefuu]

GHOST: Previously on Power [DRAMATIC MUSIC.]

[INAUDIBLE SPEAKING.]

TATE: Mm, yeah.

Think we're gonna win Fulton County.

- You're g*dd*mn right!

- [LAUGHS.]

I'm winning it all!

How was yoga this morning?

Mm, you know, had a nice stretch.

GHOST: Jason's looking for new distro.

His present one isn't cutting it.

- I'm out.

- I'll do it.

You know that back door to the penthouse?

Yeah, the service door.

Turn the alarm off.

Get the f*ck out of there now.

TARIQ: Are you trying to hurt my dad?

TOMMY: Nah I ain't gonna hurt your dad.

Tommy, w-what are you doing here?

- Whoa!

- [g*nf*re.]

Daddy?

Go to your Uncle Benny's right now.

This ain't f*cking over.

It is for you.

VINCENT: Your son your godson Tariq, I caught him trying to cheat me.

I'm gonna f*cking k*ll that kid.

No, I'm gonna k*ll him unless you give me $2 million.

- TARIQ: What'd they say?

- You were right, kid.

As long as Ghost and Tommy think you're in danger, they'll do anything to cover what you owe me.

Look, man, thanks, all right?

I appreciate you doing this even though you don't have to.

You're right, Ghost.

I don't.

What the hell is all this product in here?

I need all of it moved in the next 24 hours, and I need it done with no questions asked.

And one more thing.

I kinda can't pay you for the job.

A'ight, f*ck it.

Don't ask me to do no sh*t like this again, man.

- GHOST: Hey, son.

- TARIQ: Hey.

Ghost knows about Proctor.

I'm not gonna let him hurt you, Tommy.

This is about me and Ghost, and there's only one way it's gonna end.

GHOST: Tommy k*lled Proctor.

And I think he got our son to help him do it.

JOE: They say this is a big, rich town I just come from the poorest part Bright lights, city life I gotta make it, this is where it goes down I just happen to come up hard Legal or illegal, baby, I gotta make it 50 CENT: I never took a straight path nowhere Life's full of twists and turns, bumps and bruises I live, I learn I'm from that city full of yellow cabs and skyscrapers It's hard to get a start in these parts without paper Homey, I grew up in hell, a block away from heaven That corner every 15 minutes, they moving seven Pure snow, bag it, then watch it go Occupational options, get some blow or some hos sh**t the ball or the strap, learn to rap or to jack f*ck it, man, in the meantime Go head and pump a pack This my regal, royal flow, my James Bond bounce That 007, that's 62 on my count I'm an undercover liar, I lie under the covers Look a bitch in the eyes and tell her, baby, I love ya You're my inspiration, you're my motivation You're the reason that I'm moving with no hesitation JOE: They say this is a big, rich town Yeah, I just come from the poorest part Bright lights, city life I gotta make it, this is where it goes down Oh, yeah, yeah I just happen to come up hard Legal or illegal, baby, I gotta make it [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]

GHOST: Wake up.

I said wake the f*ck up.

Sleepy time's over, little m*therf*cker.

- Let's go.

- You got a f*cking g*n on me?

Back door to the penthouse.

You left it open for Tommy.

Why?

I thought it'd lock behind me.

Oh, keep lying, Tariq.

You're not gonna sh**t me, so stop this Scared Straight bullshit now.

"I don't know what happened, Mr.

Officer.

Quite frankly, my son just was never the same after his sister d*ed.

He got expelled from school.

He was under the pressure of the police.

I don't know how he got a g*n.

I guess he just didn't feel like his life was worth living anymore.

I failed him as a father.

" Not gonna k*ll me.

I'm your son.

You know why Kanan k*lled his son, huh?

You know why Kanan put a f*cking b*llet in Shawn's head?

Because Shawn was disloyal.

If you were anybody else, Tariq, you'd already be dead.

Yeah, little n*gga, the moment you let Tommy in the penthouse to k*ll me was the moment you were no longer my son, and now you're my enemy.

He swore he wasn't gonna hurt you.

- And you believed that sh*t?

- I don't know why he was there.

Bullshit, you didn't even call to see if I was home, and then you take Elisa Marie out so she doesn't get hurt?

Why, huh?

Why you trying to help Tommy?

'Cause he wasn't gonna hurt you, and I owed him!

You owe me, little n*gga.

I gave you life.

I stole dr*gs out of Tommy's warehouse.

He didn't know.

Tommy knew you were stealing dr*gs.

I told him I stopped, and I didn't.

So now you stop.

All this sh*t is over.

Keep thinking you're f*cking smarter than me.

Don't ever make that mistake again, son.

Get dressed.

We're going for a ride.

[SANTIGOLD'S "BEFORE THE FIRE".]

SANTIGOLD: I want it sometimes I want it sometimes I want it sometimes Sometimes, sometimes Now, I don't even know if you want to stay Saw you when it all b*rned down That look was on your face Now you want to save this house Well, it's far too late Oh, you want to be my healer Now that I'm up in flames But I was b*rned Before the fire Uncle Tommy did all of this?

Yeah.

With your help, son.

SANTIGOLD: But I was b*rned Before the fire You hid your drug sh*t in your sister's bedroom?

I knew you wasn't gonna come in here, man.

This is where she used to hide all her stuff.

Raina didn't have anything to hide.

You just ain't know where to look.

Get up, get up.

I got it.

I can find it.

This it?

Where's the rest?

That's all I got.

I can't believe you're robbing me right now, yo.

Dope boys get robbed all the time, n*gga.

I worked hard for that money, Ghost.

And I worked hard for all of the sh*t you took from me.

Don't you ever f*cking call me Ghost again.

You hear me?

It's the least you owe me back.

One more thing you gotta give me.

What?

I don't got no money.

I got no product.

I got nothing to give you.

Give me your word you'll never talk to Tommy again ever.

He owned you.

Now I f*cking own you.

If I catch you f*cking with Tommy again, I'm gonna let Tommy know that you stole from him, and then you gotta deal with f*cking Tommy and me.

[TENSE MUSIC.]

LAKEISHA: I thought you left.

TOMMY: Nah.

Just thinking.

LAKEISHA: Thinking about how we have no product, no money, and Ghost is on our asses?

'Cause that's what I'm thinking about.

LaKeisha, we've been over this.

What was I supposed to do?

Ignore the kid's call?

I mean, Tariq was in real trouble.

You told him to stop dealing.

It ain't your fault if he didn't listen.

I never would have made it to Proctor in time if it wasn't for 'Riq's help.

And now Ghost knows that you k*lled Proctor.

So how long do you think it's gonna take before he finds out that you asked Tariq for his help?

Yeah.

That's why I want you holding.

It's just a precaution.

Just until I handle Ghost.

Got you a purse big enough for that.

Just put it in there.

[SIGHS.]

- And then we're done, right?

- Yeah.

Including Tariq, Tommy.

No, 'Keisha, I can't never turn my back on that kid.

It's not his fault that he's like this, you know.

I mean, it's Ghost's fault and Kanan.

They f*cked him up.

But that boy is my family.

Family?

So what the f*ck are me and Cash, then?

Of course you and Cash, but Tariq is too.

That's just the way it is.

Hey, why don't you go do inventory?

And then this weekend, teach you really how to sh**t this thing.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC.]

Tommy, is this thing loaded?

Tasha, of course the g*n wasn't loaded.

What the f*ck do you mean, "of course"?

I mean, you have no right to aim a g*n at our son.

Well, he admitted to everything, okay?

He admitted to everything.

He didn't have any more dr*gs left, and I took the rest of his cash.

You know where your precious little son was hiding the rest of his stash?

In Raina's room.

Damn.

Tasha, he's too far gone for us to be soft anymore, so I did what I had to do to get him back on the right path.

TASHA: Oh-oh, that's what you think?

Pulling a g*n on our son is putting him on the right path?

- Wow.

- Well, he respects me now.

No, he hates you now.

Look, I can't control that, Tasha.

What I can do is get him through the rest of high school and into college.

And I'll be damned if you or anybody else tells me how to f*cking do that, all right?

He will learn to love me again, and then he'll appreciate everything I've done.

It just won't be today.

TASHA: Okay, Ghost, you got it under control, right?

But that is your son.

So no matter what you do you can take his money he's gonna find a way to get it back.

Tasha, you didn't see him, okay?

I saw his face.

I got through to him.

Told him to stay away from Tommy, and he will.

And then I'll just find a school that will take him after this whole Choate thing, and he'll have a life I never had, a real education.

Go to college, graduate from college.

A legitimate life, Tasha.

It's the end of this drug sh*t for this family.

Tariq is on the right track.

Okay, Ghost.

Tariq!

Tariq.

Tariq?

Where the hell he go now?

Who knows?

Yo, how long till Tommy get more product from Jason?

I don't know.

You all up under Tommy.

I thought he would've told you.

And Jason takes his fee up front, so unless Tommy's sitting on some clean money we don't know about, there's no more f*cking product coming in.

I'm sure Tommy's got a plan, a'ight?

Let's just calm down.

- SPANKY: I am calm.

- No, you're not.

[INAUDIBLE SPEAKING.]

Yo, y'all open this sh*t?

- No.

- Nah.

[INAUDIBLE SPEAKING.]

Who the f*ck broke in here?

Look at this sh*t.

SPANKY: f*ck you talking about?

f*ck you mean?

LAKEISHA: Broke in where?

Oh, LaKeisha, I didn't even know you was here.

Yeah, I got here early to do inventory, but I see y'all n*gg*s b*at me to it.

- What the hell happened?

- There's product missing.

I can see that.

How?

How the hell we 'posed to know?

We the only ones in here.

Who found it?

I did.

Yeah, okay.

I'm gonna call Tommy real quick.

What's that supposed to mean, "Yeah, okay"?

Hey, Two, fall back.

It means it's a good cover-up to discover a robbery that you did yourself.

And Tommy told me about that sh*t with Tariq, how you didn't want to help either.

That sh*t with Tariq was bullshit, but I still played my position.

I ain't taking product behind nobody back.

If I did want to steal some sh*t, I'd snatch that chain.

- Hey, Two, chill!

- Well, it's missing, ain't it?

And y'all the only three that know about this place, so I think I'll go talk to Tommy in person instead.

Nobody took nothing.

Yo, get the f*ck off me!

The bigger issue is, somebody else was in here.

You go telling Tommy it's one of us, he's gonna do what he always does, go off all crazy.

It won't be good for him.

He needs to go off crazy.

Tommy gonna see all y'all n*gg*s.

- "All y'all n*gg*s"?

- No, no, no.

'Keisha, 'Keisha, 'Keisha, 'Keish [GROANS.]

What the f*ck is wrong with you?

You shouldn't have grabbed her like that.

SPANKY: B. G.

is right, man.

You know Tommy gonna go off.

You can't be touching his girl.

n*gga, she can't call me a sneak thief to my face either.

She wasn't his girl, I would've smacked the sh*t outta her.

You got anger issues, bro.

You're gonna get us k*lled for real.

One of y'all take this sh*t?

- No.

- n*gga, you know I would've told you.

Then we all got a problem now.

Gotta figure out how to fix this.

I knew that bitch was trouble the minute she showed up.

You shouldn't have grabbed her, man.

Keep your f*cking hands to yourself.

Didn't your mama ever tell you that?

Damn!

Where the hell is Tate?

We have to go over his Rochester schedule before that photo op at CPS.

Why isn't he answering his phone?

He's at a prayer breakfast.

Mount Zion Baptist Church.

I don't care.

God is not gonna help him win this primary; I am.

Get Tate back here, and have Cassandra send me that Monroe County data.

Yeah, she's not here either.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC.]

MAN: Yeah MAN: Hey, she a freak bitch With a attitude [MOANS.]

Just like that.

Just like that.

[MOANING.]

Mm-hmm.

[GRUNTS.]

MAN: Make that ass jiggle Yeah, make that ass clap - Are you f*cking kidding me?

- BOTH: Oh, sh*t.

You know what, Cassandra?

I kept wondering why you had so many coffee meetings on your calendar.

I guess you take yours black now.

Look, Derek, I'm sorry you had to find out this way.

Look, I was planning on telling you after we got through the campaign.

You don't have to worry about that anymore, Cassandra, because Tate's run for governor, it ended right about now, I think.

Derek now's not the time to make any important decisions.

- DEREK: Oh.

- You're understandably in a state.

I appreciate your concern, Rashad.

I do, thank you.

When would be a good time, huh?

Before or after I take your opposition research across the street?

Derek, Derek, I look, I have not been happy in this marriage for a while.

But this-this is a private matter.

This is our problem to solve.

Do not make this about work.

Why don't we let the voters decide?

- Derek - DEREK: f*ck you two!

- Derek!

- sh*t!

TATE: Derek!

sh*t.

Tommy!

Tommy, you here?

I need to talk to you about this n*gga 2-Bit.

[SIGHS.]

f*ck.

[POUNDING ON DOOR.]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]

Hey, LaKeisha, um, is Tommy here?

Who's asking, you or Ghost?

Look, I'm not here to bring no trouble, all right?

I-I need to talk to Tommy.

Ghost put a g*n on me this morning.

Good, somebody should've whupped your little ass a long time ago, pretending to be something you not.

Like you with that piece?

I got reason to watch my back.

Look, 'Riq, I've known you your whole life.

I got nothing but love for you, but you gotta go.

Every time you come around, Ghost shows up, and we can't afford that sh*t right now.

I need to talk to Tommy.

Auntie, please.

Is he in Brooklyn?

Why would he be in Brooklyn, 'Riq?

I don't know.

He mentioned it once.

Where did you get them pills from that you were selling?

Kanan.

You know, he had a stash.

I just took whatever was left over.

You know what?

You gotta go.

Well, would you at least tell him that I came to look for him?

I put myself on the line for you one too many times, 'Riq.

I'm all out of favors.

Stay away from us.

TASHA: Mm-hmm.

See, your father thinks he got through to you this morning, but I know better.

I'm taking you to him right now.

I was just saying good-bye.

Don't tell Ghost.

Oh, I won't.

You will.

Get in the car.

WARNER: Okay, what's the latest?

Detective McCall and I spoke with Tariq St.

Patrick.

He claims he saw nothing the night Proctor was gunned down in his father's penthouse.

"Claims".

What do you mean?

You don't believe him?

He seems pretty credible, but there's a hole in his story I haven't been able to reconcile.

Proctor and his daughter weren't just visiting the penthouse that night.

They were houseguests, and Tariq never mentioned it.

So where's the Proctor kid now?

Uh, with, um, Joe's cousin Benny.

Wh-either he has Elisa Marie or knows who does.

Then what are you still doing here?

[CLEARS THROAT.]

Hey, Rodriguez, one more thing.

Lindsay Proctor was here in his office just days before she overdosed, dead just like every single lead we've had on James St.

Patrick.

So what are you saying?

If Saxe is the problem, then I need your help to get rid of him.

Sir, with respect, I joined this task force to find Angela Valdes's k*ller, not investigate misconduct in the Eastern District.

Good point, Sergeant.

I apologize if I made that sound like it was a suggestion.

It wasn't.

[INAUDIBLE SPEAKING.]

MAN: Here they come.

Hey, baby.

[APPLAUSE.]

TATE: Andre, why don't we take a photo?

Is that okay?

Some photos?

Andre Coleman here was separated from his beautiful daughter, Heaven, now for far too long, due to bureaucratic mismanagement in Child Protective Services.

Sadly, Andre's story isn't unique.

As governor, I'll call on the assembly to propose reforms in all of our state child welfare programs.

I plan to make more reunions like this one possible.

How 'bout a picture?

Okay, thank you guys very much.

You have what you need.

Rashad.

Uh, Councilman, I appreciate your help, but you can't be posting these pictures until after the election, you feel me?

Of course, my good brother.

Just saving them for our website.

Rashad, I need to speak with you right now.

Yeah.

[CHUCKLES.]

Okay.

How could you be so reckless?

It's not what you think.

I've got one word for you: Chappaquiddick.

Except Cassandra is not gonna stay underwater very long.

She's precious, man.

You cleaned up well.

Nice suit.

Nice move with that little robbery at Tate's fund-raiser, man.

I knew that was you.

[CHUCKLES.]

You lied to my face.

Listen, Andre, you can't prove that.

Just like I can't prove you k*lled Maria Suarez, come on.

First of all, it wasn't me.

You're better off, James.

Yeah, looks like we both are.

- Derek will come around.

- Maybe.

- And if he doesn't?

- Then I'll tell my story.

Lonely, dedicated public servant finds romance on the campaign trail.

Assuming Cassandra is willing to back your version.

Well, if I win the general election, she gets to ride me all the way to the statehouse.

So you handled Saxe?

Yeah, now that I got my baby girl back, he ain't got no leverage on me.

I'm about to introduce you to Tommy's connect, as his replacement.

So, Andre, you gotta watch your back, man.

If Tommy catches you on TV, it's not a good thing for you.

Keep your head up.

Hold on to her tight.

All right.

Hey, baby.

You're a single man and a rising star in the DNC.

You could literally f*ck anyone you want, and you pick a married woman who works for you.

Why create problems for yourself?

I get it.

The whole infidelity thing is a little touchy for you.

I will handle it, Ramona.

Thank you.

You've done enough, Rashad.

Thank you.

I will handle it.

[GROANS.]

Well I mean, you gotta tell me, come on.

Was the ass worth it?

- She told you too?

- [CHUCKLES.]

You know what?

You really should wipe that smug look off your face, my brother, because if this blows back on me, it's a problem for the both of us.

Now, how is that, Rashad, huh?

I had Derek do deep background checks on all of my campaign contributors.

That's right.

He knows a lot about you, James.

And don't think for a moment he won't deploy every w*apon he has to destroy me.

[SIGHS.]

Now, do you have any thoughts on how we can keep Derek's bitch-ass mouth quiet?

Maybe.

Do you have any friends on the admissions board at Callister Prep?

[CHUCKLES.]

My n*gga.

Hey, Tommy, get over here.

TOMMY: I was just loading up my shipment.

What's up?

JASON: There's someone I want you to meet.

My guy right here, one of my highest-earning distros in New York City, Tommy Egan.

Tommy, Rodolfo Ramirez.

Yo, I know that.

Los Reyes, right?

What you know about how we bang on the West Coast?

[CHUCKLES.]

Not much.

But I fucks with that Cali herb hard.

[CHUCKLES.]

As you know, I'm looking toward expansion in the LA market.

I may send you out to SoCal to work with Rodolfo.

J told me you just flipped 40 crates in two days.

- Mm-hmm.

- That's a lot of weight.

- You got a business partner?

- Hell no.

- I'm a solo act.

- RODOLFO: sh*t, man.

You and me both.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]

Nice to meet you.

- Yo, 'Keisha.

- Hey.

Any sign of Ghost?

He ain't been around anywhere I can see.

Maybe he took the day off from trying to k*ll me.

I got your text.

Yeah, I know, I'm sorry I didn't hit you back.

But what's your issue here with 2-Bit?

sh*t's missing from the warehouse, Tommy.

And when I asked him about it, he got defensive, and when I told him I was gonna tell you, he grabbed me to stop me.

This m*therf*cker put hands on you?

Oh, my G he's been asking for it for weeks.

- And he stole from me?

- Tommy, Tommy, wait, wait.

I actually don't think he stole from you.

That's why he got heated like that.

I think I was wrong.

Then who was it?

You're not gonna like this.

Well, let's just see about that.

Come on.

Tariq came by.

He said he really needed to talk to you.

And when I told him that you wasn't here, he asked me if you was in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn, Tommy.

- Has he been to the warehouse?

- Tariq?

He don't even know where that is, LaKeisha.

Do you hear yourself talking right now?

I know you don't like the kid coming around, but you're way out of line with this one right here.

- I'm out of line?

- Yeah, Tariq would never steal from me.

Oh, really?

Just like he would never lie to you about dealing when you told him to stop, right?

Just like he would never set Kanan up to die behind your back, right?

I know he helped you with the Proctor sh*t, but you and I gotta realize Tariq is not the same kid we knew growing up.

He's different now.

No, you're wrong.

And I'll prove it to you.

I'll ask him myself.

Tommy, he's gonna lie.

No, he won't.

- TARIQ: What up?

- DRE: Surprised by your call.

Thought it was a trick from your pops.

He know you here?

Nah, he left me alone for, like, five minutes.

He had to go handle some sh*t.

But yo, I need a favor, and you owe me for saving your f*cking life.

That I do, but my situation kinda compromised right now, so I don't know how I can help you.

Listen, I need weight.

I seen you with Ghost, so you got to be holding something.

[LAUGHS.]

Actually, I'm not, youngblood.

And even if I was, I wouldn't give it to you.

n*gga, you get caught too much, brah.

Like you.

I trusted the wrong people.

I'm never making that mistake again.

I got no money.

I got no product.

I got no prospects.

I ain't got sh*t.

n*gga, Ghost just shut me all the way down.

You need to keep it that way for now.

I gotta stay on his good side, and giving you dope ain't the smartest play, man.

Look, I'm about to make a move, and when I do, you'll have all the products you want.

- You gonna bring me in?

- You got my word.

As you said I owe you my life, right?

Problem is, I know your word ain't sh*t.

And another thing I know is that Tommy can't wait to hear that you're around again.

Wow.

Same old Tariq, huh?

You ain't changed either.

[TENSE MUSIC.]

TARIQ: A diaper, n*gga?

I knew you was lying.

Thought I might need to buy your silence.

Move that.

Give me a week.

You'll be back in business for real, a'ight?

All right.

It's okay, Elisa Marie.

Come on in.

Hey, Elisa Marie.

I'm Blanca Rodriguez.

I'm with the NYPD.

Principal Summers here assured me you'd be happy to get this back.

Thanks.

Does that mean you know who k*lled my dad?

I'm glad you asked me that, because I want to let you know how sorry I am about what happened to your father, and I am working very hard to find the person who took him from you.

Elisa Marie, how'd you get to your Uncle Benny's that night?

Tariq took me.

Out the back door, right?

Yeah, yeah, we got hot chocolate.

Did you see anything strange before you and Tariq left the penthouse?

Did someone else come over?

Wait, wait.

Where's my unicorn?

- What unicorn?

- Mommy got me a unicorn to wear on my backpack so that I would have something to remember her when I went to Daddy's.

I-I was always supposed to check for it right before I left her house.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]

James St.

Patrick.

[SCOFFS.]

Assuming you popped by unannounced on Tate's behalf.

You can leave the way you came in.

I'm the least qualified marriage counselor, but I am great at resolving disputes.

Ha, there's there's no dispute.

Tate f*cked my wife.

Now I'm gonna f*ck him.

Intimidation won't work either.

[LAUGHS.]

Look, I'm not here to do that either, all right?

I wasn't sent to scare you.

I actually came on my own, Derek.

For what?

Well, call me naive, but I just believe that Councilman Tate, despite how imperfect he may be, has a platform that will greatly benefit millions of New Yorkers.

[SIGHS.]

So before you start playing Battleship, I thought maybe I could come by and reason with you.

Yeah, how so?

I want to offer you an opportunity that could change your life.

- Hey, what's up?

- Oh, there you are.

Just spoke with Elisa Marie.

She left the penthouse with Tariq before the m*rder, didn't see anything.

Benny was a dead end too.

g*dd*mn it.

Somebody had to see something.

Let's keep at it.

Something will turn up.

Yeah, f*cking better.

Yeah.

Mr. and Mrs. St. Patrick, what would you say is your son's greatest weakness?

Um, well, Tariq believes that he can solve any problem on his own.

Tariq tends to take on too much responsibility.

Okay, and what would you say his greatest strengths are?

My son is extremely ambitious.

Mm-hmm.

Very independent.

GOLDBERG: Tariq, this last one's for you.

You received a remarkable recommendation from Councilman Tate's office, but he didn't mention, why did you want to leave Choate?

I really just struggled in finding friends and-and fitting in.

I also missed my connection to the city.

I feel like I could thrive in a more culturally diverse environment like yours.

GOLDBERG: Here at Callister, we pride ourselves on being a true melting pot.

Tariq St.

Patrick, congratulations on your acceptance to Callister Prep.

- TASHA: Oh.

- TARIQ: Thank you.

- GHOST: Ah.

- TASHA: Yes.

Ah, now, Mr.

Goldberg said that you start school next week.

Tariq, you need to focus on the syllabus.

You got a lot of catching up to do.

We're in the middle of a semester.

I read all of that already.

This school ain't sh*t compared to Choate.

- Hey.

Come on, son.

- Wow, wow.

So that must mean you gonna get straight As, right?

Since you know all the work.

Right.

Okay, I gotta get to this meeting.

Tariq.

Come on, don't you have something to say to your father?

I'm sorry about sneaking out earlier.

I know you are.

I went to Tommy's house to say bye.

But he wasn't there.

LaKeisha was.

She knows I stole the dr*gs, Dad.

And I'm scared.

I'm scared she might tell Uncle Tommy and he'll come looking for me.

I know she won't listen to Mom.

So could you please tell her not to say anything to him?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]

Yep.

I got you.

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN AND SHUT.]

[CASSANDRA CHUCKLES.]

You think that I want to go public.

That's not what I want at all.

So you want to be Mrs.

Tate?

[SCOFFS.]

I mean, that works too.

Long nights working together, stolen glances across the strategy table, your marriage an unfortunate casualty of the campaign.

You married Derek too young.

These things happen.

Now you and Rashad have each found your soul mate.

Just in time for him to become governor.

What perfect timing.

How many carats for the ring?

Is three enough?

[SIGHS.]

It's, you know, not the most romantic proposal I've ever received.

I don't want to sue, I don't want to go public, and I sure as f*ck don't want to marry that assh*le.

Don't get me wrong, Rashad can f*ck, and I believe about 65% of what he says, which makes him better than most men, but I'm looking for more.

- Which one?

- Which one what?

Congressional seat.

You want to run next year.

You want the DNC to back you.

You are sharp.

Ninth.

Flatbush.

Democratic stronghold.

Easy to win with your looks and background.

You didn't say intelligence.

I didn't.

Good-bye, Cassandra.

Stay in touch.

You'll handle Derek?

Already done, according to Tate.

Remember, 65%.

Hey, LaKeisha.

You look nice.

Tommy's done a hell of a job taking care of you.

What are you doing here, Ghost?

No, no, no, you're not reaching for a piece, are you?

Tommy gave you that too?

I'm not here to hurt you.

I'm actually here, LaKeisha, to make you an offer.

What's that?

This should be enough money for you and Cash to set up shop somewhere else without Tommy.

You trying to buy me off?

n*gga, I'm not for sale.

LaKeisha, you and I both know you were never cut out for the drug game, okay?

And eventually, you'll have to choose between the men in your life, and that's not really a choice, now, is it?

That's why I want to give you one.

A choice to walk away.

Forget about all your problems here in New York.

A chance to start over fresh.

Give Cash an opportunity to grow up someplace warm and-and sunny, LaKeisha.

You ever been to Atlanta?

It's a beautiful place.

Hope you make the right choice.

[TENSE MUSIC.]

You're late.

Hey, you're lucky I even showed up at all, man.

Now that I got my baby girl, Ghost is officially your problem.

Think again.

Heads up.

What the f*ck is this?

Some, uh, high-tech jewelry for your ankle.

Something to help me keep tabs on you.

[SCOFFS.]

I did what you asked.

- I'm done.

- Have it your way.

Just know that by the time you get home, your place will be surrounded by cops.

For what?

To arrest you for the m*rder of Maria Suarez.

That's f*cking bullshit, and you know it.

Is it?

Look, the only thing I know is, until you bring me a solid lead that results in James St.

Patrick's arrest,

- your ass is mine.

- [SCOFFS.]

Hold still.

I pronounce you my lawfully wedded snitch.

Yeah, you know what?

That's nice.

Makes your eyes pop.

Man, f*ck you.

[BREATHES DEEPLY.]

I have a new distro ready to replace Tommy.

I'm a man of my word.

His name is Andre Coleman.

I'll determine if he's ready.

Bring him with you tonight.

I, too, am a man of my word.

If and only if I like this guy you're free to k*ll Tommy whenever you feel like pulling the trigger.

sh*t, maybe he'll calm down.

sh*t.

SPANKY: He look calm right now?

You talked to LaKeisha.

And it sounds like you had a real f*cking problem with what she had to say.

She had no right to accuse me of a g*dd*mn thing.

And you had no right to put your hands on her.

Okay, y'all, really, this is not the problem.

The problem is, the sh*t is missing in the first place.

And we don't know who took it. B. G. , Spanky, why don't you leave us alone?

Me and 2-Bit, we gonna have a little talk.

Yeah.

[SIGHS.]

You know, Tommy, ever since LaKeisha showed up, sh*t has been going left.

You don't want none of this smoke, do you, Spank?

No, I don't, but you're about to sh**t 2-Bit over some sh*t he ain't even do wrong just 'cause your girl is pissed off.

But with respect, LaKeisha started the sh*t.

Shut up, Spanky.

It's time for you to go.

Get out of here, Spank.

I got this.

Look, we got no re-up from Jason.

We need to move weight for the Tariq loss.

Come on, Tommy.

Is this sh*t about Ghost again?

Why don't we just ride on him instead of on each other?

You keep making decisions off of emotion instead of business, man, we all get broke.

This ain't about Ghost.

And I know you didn't take the sh*t.

Which is why I'm gonna let you walk.

You ain't letting me do sh*t.

Get the f*ck outta here.

And good luck finding a new distro.

Yo, come on, Spank.

Wait.

I'm fired too, big bro?

TOMMY: Get your ass outta here.

Later, B. G.

Just remember, Tommy, the fall of every great man is a woman.

See how Eve had that n*gga Adam all f*cked up in some sh*t?

That's where you at right now, my n*gga.

Don't bite the apple, Tommy.

Uh, let me talk to you a little bit later.

How's that?

Okay, thanks.

Managed to neutralize Cassandra.

She signed the NDA.

Her silence will only cost us a congressional seat.

You're welcome.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY.]

You know, I thought a lot about what you said about me being an unmarried candidate.

Then I thought about you trying to escape the fallout from your ex-husband's scandal.

The union of two single high-powered political operatives could drown out all that noise.

We could potentially k*ll two birds with one [CLEARS THROAT.]

rather large stone.

n*gro, please.

[SCOFFS.]

Look, Cassandra gave you rave reviews, but, uh, I wouldn't go to bed with you under any circumstances.

Well, that's just a lie.

[CHUCKLES.]

Come on, let's-let's keep it real.

You haven't had the magic stick, so Listen, it's not about sex, Ramona, okay?

- It's about optics.

- Hmm.

- About consolidating power.

- Hmm.

You and me, we can go all the way to the statehouse.

Maybe further.

It worked for the Roosevelts, the Kennedys, sh*t, the Clintons.

Why not the Tates?

Maybe lead with that next time.

You know, just because it's an arrangement doesn't mean we can't have fun.

Hmm.

[CHUCKLES.]

Well, your idea presumes that I don't already have feelings for somebody else.

[KNOCK AT DOOR.]

James.

Uh, what's going on?

Derek and I, we had a-a heart-to-heart.

I want to introduce you both to the new project manager of the Queens Child Project.

With a sizable increase in salary and a no-contest divorce, of course, from his soon-to-be ex-wife Cassandra Plus all legal fees covered.

Plus all legal fees covered, Derek here has agreed to sit on the information he has on you, Councilman.

I think those are favorable terms.

Let me get you an NDA.

2-BIT: f*ck Tommy.

SPANKY: Look, maybe this'll blow over, and then y'all can kiss and make up.

Spank, LaKeisha got that n*gga on a leash.

I ain't going back there.

It won't be easy, but I think there's a way Tommy'll forget this whole thing, if you smoke Ghost.

Ghost?

Down to do that sh*t.

I know.

You still wearing the n*gga's watch.

[LAUGHS.]

How do we find him?

I was thinking, he tight with the gubernatorial n*gga Tate, right?

2-BIT: Uh-huh.

It was his party that we robbed.

Look up his schedule, see when he having another party like that.

Ghost shows up, bam.

Yeah, that's pretty smart, Spank.

Oh, yo!

Look at this.

Told you I seen Dre, at the party.

We should go get that n*gga.

And bring him to Tommy.

Nah, I'm gonna sh**t that m*therf*cker myself.

Uh-uh, Two.

Let Tommy take the sh*t.

Like Jason did with Alicia Jimenez.

That's how we get back in, bro.

A'ight.

But we still gotta deal with LaKeisha.

She ain't gonna be too happy to see us.

Fucks everything up, bro.

What if we scare her a little?

Shake her up.

Make her want to leave the business, go back to her weave shop or whatever.

Scare her how?

You know Tommy catch you f*cking with her, you already know n*gga, neither one of us is gonna touch her.

You still cool with your man Mozzy, right?

Yeah.

Just tell him where she gonna be at.

All he gotta do is scare her.

No bruises, no marks at all.

- Now now you thinking, yeah.

- 2-BIT: Yeah.

- Yo.

- What's up, Uncle T?

TOMMY: What's up, Tariq?

I was trying to get up with you earlier, but I don't know what happened.

- Let's cut all that bullshit.

- What?

LaKeisha told me that you was the one that stole product from my warehouse.

- Is that true?

- What are you talking about?

That sh*t in your room at Choate.

You said it was Kanan's.

Tariq, did you lie to my face?

Uncle Tommy, I don't know nothing about no stolen dr*gs, all right?

How am I even supposed to find your warehouse?

When your dad sh*t up my Mustang, you used your app to get me a ride there.

All you had to do was look up the address.

Tariq, just tell me the g*dd*mn truth, kid.

Just admit it.

All right, I stole some.

I ran out.

Vincent was on my ass, man.

I was in some deep sh*t.

I'm sorry.

I just didn't know what else to do.

Okay, that wasn't so hard was it?

After everything I done for you!

I almost d*ed trying to save your ass!

Listen, listen, I was desperate, all right?

I didn't know what to do.

That's why I came up here to apologize to you, man.

I swear I won't do it again.

You're g*dd*mn right about that.

[TOMMY GRUNTS.]

Uncle Tommy, what the f*ck?

Please, man, don't do this.

Please, don't k*ll me!

What the f*ck?

Please I k*lled m*therf*ckers for less.

Don't drop me, please!

Please!

Uncle Tommy, what are you doing, man?

Please, put me down, man.

Please.

[BREATHING HEAVILY.]

Did you f*cking feel that?

This is the game!

Every f*cking moment of your life, if you ain't pushing, you falling.

I didn't want that for you.

How can I make this right, Uncle Tommy?

You can't.

You're just as low-down and grimy as your old man.

Ghost was right.

You lied to me.

You stole from me.

I can't trust you.

I guess we ain't family no more.

Yo, we're closed.

Uh, all right.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]

Yo, what the f*ck?

I just said Shut up.

You need to get the f*ck outta town before Ghost takes something from you that you can't get back.

[BOTH GRUNTING.]

sh*t, sh*t.

- sh*t.

- [g*nshots.]

sh*t!

[SOBBING.]

[HIP-HOP MUSIC.]

MAN: Yeah, body moving, still feels good and raw Last of the nighttime alone with the metaphors What you get it for, why you walk around the streets With your hopes and your dreams out, let it go Yo!

Yo!

Wait, y'all n*gg*s trying to k*ll me?

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, don't sh**t, look.

The feds got a tracker on me, Spank.

- Spank.

- Nah, you can't run or lie your way outta this one.

Look, they got me serving up Ghost.

I'm playing both sides, Tommy.

f*ck that.

Smoke this n*gga.

Don't believe sh*t he say, bro.

[GRUNTS.]

Ain't the enemy of our enemy our friend?

Just check him for a wire.

- DRE: Get off me, yo!

- Clean, boss.

- DRE: I ain't got sh*t.

- I got his phone.

Well, give me that phone.

And get him and his ankle bracelet the f*ck outta here.

Put his ass in the dirt.

- Wait, wait, wait.

- 2-BIT: Stop f*cking moving.

DRE: Come on, man!

What the f*ck?

2-BIT: Don't f*cking move.

DRE: Just wait, man.

Hey, bro, chill, chill, chill, man.

- [CELL PHONE BUZZING.]

- Wait, y'all n*gg*s hey!

- Y'all n*gg*s gonna regret this!

- Sorry, man.

Hello.

LAKEISHA: Tommy, where are you?

Come to the shop right now.

It's an emergency.

Okay, okay, calm down.

Calm down, I'll be right there.

[KNOCK AT DOOR.]

What the f*ck happened to your arm?

- Are you okay?

- [SOBBING.]

We have to k*ll this m*therf*cker Ghost, Tommy.

What the f*ck happened?

He set this sh*t up.

Ghost did this?

How do you know that?

Because this n*gga had Ghost's name all in his mouth before I sh*t him, a day after I refused a payment from Ghost to leave town.

Ghost offered you money?

Why wouldn't you tell me that?

Why have you not taken care of Ghost, Tommy?

Now he's after me.

All right, all right, well we gotta deal with this body first.

Wait.

Wait, wait, wait.

Why are you doing that?

It was self-defense.

What you gonna tell the cops when they ask you where the g*n came from?

Look, we gonna be all right.

This is just part of the life.

You don't get to pick and choose when you down.

Now, I'm gonna need your help here.

Tommy, I'm not trying to do this street sh*t forever.

I want a house in the suburbs away from all this bullshit.

I want Cash to grow up in a safe neighborhood.

I just want us to live a normal life.

Can we do that?

Yeah, we can.

Anything you ever want or need, I got you.

Okay?

Now grab his legs.

Not only will you not see an interruption in business.

You'll have growth under new management.

That's what you want after all, right?

Look, trust me, I've worked with this guy once myself.

Okay, I'll look into it.

We can discuss - Oh, yo, Ghost!

- Tommy, what you doing here?

I bet you're surprised to see me.

Let me holler at you outside right quick.

What the f*ck's the issue, Tommy?

What the f*ck, Jason?

How I made you all this money and you're gonna get rid of me?

I made that arrangement with Ghost to keep you alive, Tommy.

- You're welcome.

- Where the f*ck is Dre?

Oh, Dre?

Dre's back?

I mean, I had no idea.

Sorry, Ghost.

Distro job's still occupied.

I guess you're gonna have to k*ll me later.

- f*ck's your problem, man?

- No one is k*lling anybody.

Ghost, obviously your plan's not working, so we'll go with mine, because I believe there's far more profit to be made in peacetime than in w*r.

You two should kiss and make up, because from now on, you'll be running my weight with each other together.

- No, there ain't no way I can work with him.

- Jason, I'm out of the game.

Work with each other under me, and I will cut the tax, or don't, then I will double both of your payments.

f*ck.

Listen to me.

Either one of you shows up dead, I will k*ll the other one.

Deal?

[TENSE MUSIC.]

f*ck y'all grab this n*gga for, man?

'Cause he's a f*cking rat.

I should've just smoked him.

How the hell was I supposed to know he was wearing an ankle monitor?

Ain't there a way to cut that sh*t off?

Trust me, n*gg*s been trying to figure that sh*t out for years, bro.

sh*t, can't clip him here.

BIT: Feds will be the first m*therf*ckers to pull up on us.

BLACK GRIMACE: What about your boy that owns the chop shop?

Throw his body in the trunk of one of them stolen cars.

Clue trail leads the cops somewhere else.

That's actually not a bad idea.

Too bad I don't f*ck with that n*gga Nico no more.

Let me talk to Nico.

I know how to straighten that sh*t out.

Yo, keep your eyes on this bitch-ass n*gga Dre and don't do sh*t till we get back.

All right, got you.

Yo, you heard from that n*gga Mozzy?

Pssh, no, man.

Not a word.

[SIGHS.]

[MUFFLED GRUNTING.]

f*ck you want, man?

Shut the f*ck up.

- [GRUNTS.]

- f*ck you want?

- Look, man, look, look, look - What the f*ck you want?

Y'all n*gg*s gonna k*ll me, it is what it is, man.

Look, look, look, look, look.

Please, please, please.

Let me just call my daughter, please.

Let me just hear her voice one last time, man, please.

Please, man.

They won't let me, man.

BG, they won't know, bro.

A'ight, n*gga, keep your voice down, all right?

- Make it quick.

- I got you.

f*ck is the number?

Uh, it's, uh, 9-1 [g*nsh*t.]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]

You, uh, wanted to see me, sir?

I sure did.

SAXE: Hey, Blanca.

LINDSAY: I'm scared, Joey.

Joey.

PROCTOR: I won't let you take my little girl away from me.

I can explain.

You flipped Lindsay Proctor.

You planted an unwarranted recording device on her kid.

You captured Joe Proctor letting her die of an overdos.

Let it slide.

All so you could do what?

Blackmail him?

I swear, if you just let me Shut the hell up!

You used this recording to flip Proctor, didn't you?

And when Proctor was m*rder*d, you tried to cover it up.

You know, if you're gonna collude with some of the most elusive criminals in New York, maybe you should ask them how to avoid getting caught.

Your incompetence is legendary.

Sir, it's not that I'm so bad.

It's that, respectfully, when it comes to eliminating witnesses, they're that good.

You're on administrative leave, effective immediately.

There will be a full investigation.

I am gonna have your ass disbarred and thrown the f*ck in jail.

You're dismissed.

[SCOFFS SOFTLY.]

Ah, there she is.

[RAMONA CHUCKLES.]

Nice work with Derek.

[CHUCKLES.]

Well, I made him a good offer.

He is not a stupid man, just an angry man.

So Tate actually propositioned me today.

I'm not surprised.

From his vantage point, it's a smart play.

You're a beautiful woman, Ramona.

You know that.

Any man would be proud to have you on his arm.

So what'd you tell Councilman Tate?

I told him that, uh, I was interested in someone else.

Mm.

Tommy, it's not a good time, man.

- We need to talk.

- Tommy, did you hear me?

I said it's not a good time, man.

b*at it, lady.

Uh, pardon me.

Okay.

Did you think that I was just gonna let you walk away after what you did to LaKeisha?

So she told you.

I offered her money.

- It ain't a f*cking crime.

- It ain't about the money.

Although it's nice to know that you don't learn no new tricks.

The hitter that you sent for her.

- The hitter?

- Yeah, he sliced up her arm, but he ain't coming back to get his pay.

Why the f*ck would I f*cking send a hitter for LaKeisha?

To get even with me for Angela.

I can't get even with you for Angela.

So you pull a trigger on me.

You don't think Jason will bury you in 24 hours?

Yeah, I know it.

You know what we gotta do.

I'll reach out with a location.

I need you to plant a w*apon.

I'll draw Jason to the location.

I'll pull the trigger.

Can I trust you?

Yeah, until Jason's dead.

And I can trust you too.

[SAM MARTIN'S "BRING ME HOME".]

SAM: Whoa Send me to the river, baptize me Baby, just awaken my soul I know I'm a sinner, revive me Oh, won't you bring me Oh, won't you bring me home Send me to the river, baptize me Baby, just awaken my soul It's beautiful, Tommy.

But what the hell did we drive all the way out here for?

Oh, I just wanted to show you our new home.

[LAUGHS.]

No way.

- TOMMY: Oh, yeah.

- LAKEISHA: Tommy!

[LAUGHS.]

Oh, my God.

How did you pull this off?

'Keisha, I'm always gonna provide for you.

- Mm.

- And protect you.

No one's ever gonna hurt you again.

I love you.

SAM: I know I'm a sinner, revive me Oh, won't you bring me home [SIGHS.]

Ma, I'm sorry.

I didn't I didn't mean for things to get so messed up.

Let me ask you something.

What do you want?

What do you mean?

How you want this to play out?

I mean, your sister is gone.

Your uncle just ordered you out of his life.

Your father and I can't trust you.

You have no friends, no money.

Ma, all right, I get it.

I'll go to school and be good.

No, you won't.

You'll just do whatever you wanna do, no matter what.

That's because no one wants to help me, Ma.

I go to Tommy for help, he says no.

I go to Ghost, he says no.

Kanan was the only one that had my back, Ma.

Don't start with that Kanan sh*t.

And you.

Look, I know what you did to keep me out of jail, and I respect that.

You respect it, but it ain't gonna change who you are, right?

Ghost can't accept it, but I can.

Let me ask you something.

Was the Vincent kidnapping a hustle?

Were you supposed to get a cut?

[TENSE MUSIC.]

Yes.

All right, we gonna make a deal, Tariq.

You never lie to me again, and in exchange, you get an education.

Right, I'll go to the school.

I said that already.

Oh, no, I know you're going to that school, but that's not what I mean.

You can be better than Ghost ever was if you commit to both the legit life and the streets.

You graduate from high school, you go to college, but you ain't never gonna stop pushing weight, because that's who you are.

So I don't see any other way.

I can't lose another child.

And I'm not about to let you get k*lled, Tariq, because you don't know how to do it right.

You don't know the streets, but I do.

All right.

I won't ever lie to you again.

Good.

Could you teach me how to move this so no one else will get hurt?

All right, Tariq.

I'ma teach you the game.

SAM: Whoa-oh-oh-oh Demons calling and I don't wanna answer Angels falling, I'm caught up in the rapture Oh, please don't forget me Whoa-oh-oh-oh Take me 'cause I'm ready Whoa-oh-oh-oh Send me to the river, baptize me Baby, just awaken my soul I know I'm a sinner, revive me Oh, won't you bring me Oh, won't you bring me home Send me to the river, baptize me Baby, just awaken my soul I know I'm a sinner, revive me Oh, won't you bring me Oh, won't you bring me home Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh Bring me back, bring me back home Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh Bring me back, bring me back home I want you to leave the street behind you.

Or else it's gonna be too late Tariq.

Just like you did, huh?

Be careful, 'cause after today, everything you do, is being watched.

If anybody gives you a hard time, espaecially the cops, you just come and tell me.

The feds are closing in, LaKeisha.

You are loyal to Tommy, but is he loyal to you?

And your father is capable of whatever he sets his mind to just like you.