[PHONE RINGING]
SOPHIA [ON PHONE]: Mom,
I haven't heard from A.J.
He hasn't texted you, anything?
No, not yesterday either.
I'll tell you if he does,
promise.
[♪♪♪]
I'm sorry. I'm just, uh...
Everything's okay with you?
As good as it can be.
Only my brother's out there
somewhere,
and my mom's going nuts.
Just call me if you hear
from him, all right?
SOPHIA:
Yeah, I will.
I promise, okay? Bye.
[SIGHS]
[♪♪♪]
Just go home.
You're innocent.
I can't.
Why, though?
Seriously, why?
♪ Amen ♪
♪ All right ♪
♪ Amen ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Well ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Amen ♪
[WOMAN VOCALIZING]
[CHUCKLES]
Oh, but Satan's favorite tool
he got in that toolbox,
his Swiss army Kn*fe
he loves so much,
aye, it's pride.
Huh? Yes, it is.
See, he's gonna tell you
you done figured it all out.
Oh, you done dealt
with your issues,
and all you got to do
is let everybody else
deal with their issues too.
Oh, my Gigi, he got you.
Oh, yeah.
I'm talking to you, girl.
Satan got you good!
Oh, but I'm not here to judge.
We're not here to judge.
You see, that's the pride.
[BABY LAUGHS] What?
[CHAIRTY GIGGLES]
Oh, what are you laughing at?
[LAUGHS]
Oh, don't you let that pride
get you, baby.
Don't you do it,
don't you be like Auntie Gigi.
Sorry I'm late.
I got to preachin' and
the Spirit wouldn't let me go.
[CHUCKLES]
Who are you preaching to?
What is all this about, Daddy?
Secret texts, secret meetings.
Just hold on, you'll see.
Oh, I'd think
you like secret meetings.
Well, why would you say that?
I don't know.
Why would I say that, huh?
Is there anything going on
between you two
that I should be aware of?
[DOOR OPENS] Hey, sorry.
Phil DeMars just kept me on
the phone for 20 minutes,
talking about
the crucial need for parking.
Well, has he
given you any credit
for this increase in attendance?
[SCOFFS] No.
According to him,
it's all because we added
three precious words
to the church name.
Harmony and Hope.
The length of that figurehead's
conversations expand
in a direct and opposite ratio
to the depth of anything
he has to say.
And the less it matters,
the longer it takes.
[CHUCKLES]
Ain't that the truth. Amen.
Any word from A.J.?
No. But thank you for asking.
CHARITY: You know, I don't think
any of you have a leg
to stand on
when it comes to saying more
than what truth requires.
Excuse me?
Are you taking Phil DeMars'
side in this?
No.
But I don't see
why we have to throw shade
on another brother in Christ
just to find our place
in the sun.
Oh, so that's
how you feel about Phil?
All right.
Your brother in Christ.
It's how I try to feel.
He got me fired.
Jacob, you got yourself fired.
"Got yourself fired." That's...
Whoa, for being a peacemaker?
Right, peacemakers
don't send people
to the emergency room
to get 10 stitches.
I didn't do that.
You know what, you're...
I'm so glad
that the three of you
can make time
for your dear old dad.
I feel a little silly
bringing this up right now,
considering all your sister's
up against with A.J.,
but I have prayed about it
and God has assured me
that the joy
of what I'm proposing
might be our
only available solace.
So, what's going on?
Do you remember
when all of you sang
for your mother's and my, uh,
20th anniversary party
with Faith?
Mm-hmm. Oh, yeah.
[JAMES CHUCKLES] What about it?
Well, I'm gonna have to...
press you into service
once again.
I just wish Faith were here
to sing alto.
GRACE:
Well, what's
the occasion, Dad?
I'm gonna ask your mother
to marry me.
[♪♪♪]
Daddy, that's great.
That's great. Praise the Lord.
Congratulations.
Wow!
CHARITY: Does Mama know?
JAMES: No, not yet.
I'd love it if you three
could work up a song
that would put her
in the marrying mood.
We can do that.
Of course we will.
Yeah. Yeah.
Whatever it takes to get you
two back together.
Well, good.
So when do you want this
to happen?
Uh, tonight,
does that work for you?
It can.
It can.
[♪♪♪]
Family first.
[EXHALES HEAVILY] Well, good.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Oh, Fernando.
No.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
No, no, no, no, no.
Come in.
Is this a bad time? [SIGHS]
No, come on in.
And thank you so much
for bringing breakfast up.
I just feel like lately,
it's like...
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
What are you
taking pictures for?
Lady Mae is updating
the homeowner's insurance,
and asked me to take photos
of the suite.
I can come back later.
Oh, no.
Catalog away.
[CHUCKLES]
Um...
I would hate to think of Mae
losing any of this in a flood.
[CHUCKLES]
Oh, could you just...?
Uh, thank you.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
Or a poisoning.
[♪♪♪]
[PHONE BUZZES]
No.
[PHONE BUZZING]
Oh.
Yes, Karine?
Remember you told me to call
if anything
out of the way happened?
Oh, what has
Connie Sykes done now?
Nothing. But Misty
just added an item
to the agenda
for the next meeting
at the Deacon's Board.
I'm listening.
She wants to change the name
of your women's
scholarship fund.
To what?
She doesn't say.
But she wants your name off it,
immediately.
[♪♪♪]
Thanks for letting me know.
Well, there's my move.
What you got? Your turn.
Checkmate.
[LAUGHS] Way to go.
All right, go ahead
and get your things.
Hey, whoa, Charity.
Hold up a sec.
I can't, I gotta get to work.
Work or, um...
Phil DeMars?
Your ever-loving
brother in Christ.
Jacob, what is
your problem with me?
The other night,
when I went to go
clear out my office,
I saw you.
I saw you with your tongue
halfway down
Phil DeMars' throat.
Now, the way I see it,
there's four options for me
to make sense in this.
One of them...
he's using you.
[SCOFFS]
Okay. Well, now
I'm offended.
Okay, sorry. But it's an option.
Well, I'm not an idiot.
Okay. Two,
you're in love with him.
Is that it?
What's the number three?
Okay. Three,
he forced himself on you,
in which case,
I'll go b*at his ass.
[SIGHS] What's number four?
You're trying to play some
little Mata Hari spy game
to get him in trouble,
and find out why he's here.
That's it.
It's number four. Then stop.
Because no secret
is worth letting him
get that close to you.
What?
What is that look for?
[SIGHS]
Charity?
It's number two.
What was number two?
I'm in love with him.
Charity, the brother's H&H.
No, he's not. He is Phil DeMars.
He is his own man,
and he's handsome.
And-and godly, and straight.
Uh-uh.
Just let me live, Jacob.
For once, let me have
what it is I want,
and don't tell nobody.
Don't tell...
Hey. Jacob... You...
Yo, what's going on in here?
[♪♪♪]
We're just...
We're arguing over what s...
What song we're gonna sing.
Yup.
Thanks for seeing it my way.
Well, what she wanna sing?
"Reunited."
And what's wrong with that?
Hmm. Nothing, I guess.
Whatever, man.
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[MUTTERING]
Have you sent the file yet?
What file? What file?
The one where I recorded Grace
saying she lied to the cops.
Have you sent it to Bob yet?
Close the door.
We can't do that anymore.
Why not?
Just tell me, have you sent it?
No, but I was just about to go...
Well, don't,
don't send it. Don't.
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
What's going on?
Jacob saw us kissing
the other night.
He was here, and he saw us.
So what? So what?
Who do you think he'll suspect
when the recording comes out,
and Grace gets fired,
and you get made
Head Pastor, Karine?
This was always
going to be an issue.
[SIGHS]
Well, it can't be
an issue today.
Not this soon after that, no.
So, what do you want me to do?
I don't know. I just...
[SIGHS] I don't know.
[SIGHS]
I'll tell you what.
What?
I'll give you 24 hours.
To do what?
Decide what you wanna do.
What you really want to do.
If you come back and say
don't send it, I won't.
We'll trash it together.
But then what?
What would you do?
I have no idea.
I just know
I can't force this on you,
and keep your trust and love.
And your trust and love
is my priority.
[♪♪♪]
Are you for real...
Phil DeMars?
For better or worse.
Thank you.
[SOFTLY] Thank you.
Just like prison.
You want any?
No, bro, I got it for you, eat.
Sorry, it's so, uh...
familiar.
So why did you come here?
To say goodbye.
To say thanks
for being the person
I'm actually related to
who treated me like family.
And so treat me like family
and listen to me.
You're innocent. Go home.
[SIGHS]
My mom, your mom...
she'll fix this.
It doesn't matter
if I'm innocent or guilty.
I'm a black male.
They got a spot for me
on the shelf,
and they're gonna
put me back on it,
whether I did the crime or not.
Well, I think that's cynical.
Says the pretty
light-skinned girl
who never had
to believe anything.
Never had a real problem.
You're being kind of a jerk.
Because I intend to be.
What's your excuse?
Where are you going?
To get some cigarettes and sh*t
before I get the hell
outta here.
[♪♪♪]
You want anything?
No, thanks.
[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]
I mean, how stupid do you have
to be to get sat down
after you just made All-Star?
I mean, like, how you level up
and level down
at the same damn time?
And then
this fool's talking about
he's not gonna
give the statement
the Red Devils want him to give
about that fight at the party.
Like, why, Dante,
why wouldn't
you make the statement?
Because you wanna be some
fake-ass Colin Kaepernick?
Ain't nobody
even checking for you.
You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna tell him
if he doesn't
make that statement,
I'm done, I'm out,
and it's over.
Are you getting any of this?
Yeah, you said...
You said you're gonna, um,
leave Dante
if he doesn't say the thing.
What are you even doing?
[SCOFFS] What does it matter?
Because I'm talking, Zo.
I mean, if you wanna sit here
and read a book
written a thousand years ago,
by a bunch of clowns
in the desert,
that were probably high
when they wrote it, fine.
But there's people
right here standing
in front of you
with real problems.
And the Bible can help them.
[SCOFFS]
You know what?
I don't got time for this.
I got enough on my plate
without you coming at me too.
Silly me to think
I could talk to a friend.
Nikki, uh, come back.
I'm... Listen.
I was just trying
to find a Bible verse
to put in a card
for my Aunt Grace.
She's dealing with something
really devastating right now.
Look, just sit down.
We can talk.
Talk to Jesus.
But you better hope
he's actually gonna pay you
better attention
than you just gave me.
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
If that lot were still mine,
I'd just give it to you,
but we sold that lot
to somebody last month.
But it's just that
little stretch
between our parking lot
and yours.
What can anyone
possibly do with it?
They didn't say.
They just called us up
one day and made an offer.
Can you put me
in touch with them?
Yeah, I, uh...
I still got their card here.
Let's see, uh...
Yeah, City on a Hill.
City on a Hill.
It sounds like Christians to me.
They were definitely friendly.
And they didn't say anything
about why they wanted
to buy that lot?
Nope.
[CHUCKLES]
But they did pay top dollar.
You know, sometimes these things
just have a way of working out.
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]
Phil, got a minute?
What for?
Actually, let me guess.
You know about my relationship
with Charity,
and now you're gonna try
to use it to get your job back.
How about we just step in here
for a minute?
What do you want, Jacob?
Look, I'm not an employee.
So I'm not bound by HR,
or decorum,
or whatever the rules
you count on
to keep from getting whupped.
So I'm just gonna say
be good to my sister
because she's been
through a lot.
Now, some of it may have been
her fault partially.
You know, she chose that cross,
whatever,
but she's mostly been
dealt a raw deal
when it comes to men,
especially.
Yeah, she's told me about Kevin.
Yeah, Kevin, Jabari,
the list goes on.
I have no plan to hurt her.
How about you
make a plan not to?
Or what?
I've got you to answer to?
Well, you got God to answer to.
Hmm.
And no, I'm not playing.
So all that stuff about
"Whatsoever you do
to these little ones,"
that's my sister.
And the penalty
for that sh*t is fierce.
[SIGHS]
[♪♪♪]
Now, I told you...
I won't hurt her.
Yeah.
That's all I wanted to hear.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
You can't stop me from caring.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[SIGHS]
I hate that I trusted you.
If you could see this house
that I'm living in right now.
Mm.
It's amazing.
I'm familiar with the property.
There isn't a parcel like that
or a house like that
in all of western Tennessee. Mm.
Maybe even eastern.
Yeah, and I'd always thought
I would inherit it, you know?
That we would.
But the years go on
and the relationships,
first with Jacob, now with Mae.
I don't see how
I would ever get it.
Who would get it now
if she were to die?
Well, I'm not gonna m*rder her.
I never thought you would.
Just curious,
who would get it now
if Mae or the Bishop were to,
you know, pass on.
I really have no idea.
Well, maybe you should find out.
You know, before you go
and make your big dramatic exit.
Maybe I will.
I got us a room at the Peabody.
Oh, I told you
that we can't do this...
Again. [LAUGHS]
Well, I guess
I'm just a bad listener.
[CHUCKLES]
Ooh.
Hey, have you done this before?
Oh? What do you want me to say
to that, huh?
Have you done this...? Really?
What do you want me to say?
[CHUCKLES]
You know, I, um...
[CHUCKLES]
Hmm. I want you to say that...
you can't wait to get me
to the Peabody...
Hmm... and that you have to
have me right here, right now.
Just like you did
the other night.
[♪♪♪]
Oh.
Let me let my assistant go home.
Okay. If that's what
you really wanna do.
One moment.
[SIGHS] Oh, ooh, sweet Jesus.
[EXHALES HEAVILY]
I know you said
you didn't want anything,
but I thought that...
Why'd you go lookin' in there?
Well, I was trying
to give you some cash
because I didn't think
you'd take it,
but maybe you would have.
I don't know what you would
or wouldn't do now.
Cool. I'm outta here.
My mother lied for you.
She had a choice.
No, she didn't.
Yes, she did, she had a choice.
A.J., you make it so that
everybody who loves you
doesn't have a choice.
All you do is just drag
everybody down with you.
Yeah, that's me, you got me.
[SCOFFS]
I'm not letting you leave here.
So what?
You're gonna turn me in?
No, but you should.
[SCOFFS]
You should. You're crazy.
How can you expect
your life to get better
when you don't try
and get better yourself?
You run into walls like it's the
only thing you know how to do.
You don't understand me.
Yeah, I think I do.
No. You don't.
And that's all
I'm gonna say about that,
because I don't owe you
any explanations.
Peace out. A.J...
you're my brother.
There is nothing that
you could do
that's ever gonna change that.
One thing will.
We'll see how you feel
when that happens.
What's that supposed to mean?
It means go ahead
and call the cops, I don't care.
See you in the next life.
[♪♪♪]
[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]
MAN: Miss Mae. Good morning.
[SIGHS]
Why are you doing this?
I assume that
you're referring to my motion
about the Scholarship Fund.
Misty, I told you,
I didn't know.
It wasn't my idea, Mae.
Well, whose was idea
was it, then, Connie?
Darlene's daughter, Vida.
The one whom your brother
repeatedly r*ped.
She would like the name changed.
Now, if you find
the thought of your name
being removed from the fund
so unbearable,
take it up with Vida.
But I formed this fund
with the intention
of making the life of the women
of this church better.
If Mac wanted to take it
and use it...
Just......for his purposes...
Let it go, Mae.
Let it go.
[♪♪♪]
Hey!
What are you doing here?
Oh, nothing,
they just needed
one more signature
to complete the sale
of our land.
So that's done. W-wait.
This is the company
you sold your land to?
City on a Hill?
It's our land to sell, Gigi.
We can sell it
to whomever we want.
Is that okay? Or should we
have asked for permission?
Who do you think you are?
I wish we were
in the position to help, but...
that's simply not possible
right now.
Why is that, if I may ask?
Pastor Greenleaf,
I'm sorry, I can't help you
with your parking,
but I don't owe you
a walk-through
of our plans for that property
or any property
we've purchased,
for that matter.
At least,
not at this point in time.
Interesting.
But I can assure you this:
We're deeply concerned
about the future of Calvary.
Of all of our neighbors
here in Memphis,
or anywhere we do business.
We're a deeply
Christian company.
I thought you might be. Mm.
As soon as I am authorized
to share with you our plans,
I'll do so.
[♪♪♪]
Well, thank you. Mm.
I guess. Mm.
I'm sure we'll be speaking soon.
I look forward to it.
Fernando Amable
for Bob Whitmore.
That's fine, I'll hold.
Darlene,
I was hoping to have
a brief word with your daughter.
It's okay.
She's just tired
of being reminded
all the time
about what happened.
I understand, but...
She is not going to withdraw
her petition
to the Deacon Board.
And I would never ask her to.
Vida, I just wanted to apologize
for the pain
my brother caused you.
And to explain to you
what the fund meant to me,
what it still means to me,
if I can.
You don't have to do this.
It's okay.
Oh.
JAMES: And you're just wondering
if you can be friends
with somebody who has
no respect for what you believe?
Well... Well, yeah.
Because Grandma's
always talking about how
non-believers are going to hell
no matter what,
even if they're
generally nice people.
Like, is that
how it works, though?
Because I don't wanna think
that Nikki's not going
to heaven.
Or Sophia, you know, now.
Do you want my advice?
Yes, please.
That's what I'm asking for.
All you can do,
all anybody can do, is love,
listen,
and wait.
Ooh, there's so much power
in waiting.
So much.
So just wait.
So don't blow up her phone?
Whatever that means,
right, um, don't.
[LAUGHS]
Thank you.
Mm.
[LAUGHS]
It looks as though
City on a Hill
is owned by a shell corporation,
so it's trickier to find out
who runs the operation.
One thing's for sure is
whoever it is
did a damn good job
of covering their tracks.
Thank you again
for helping me with this.
You got it.
Aha. There they are.
Who is it?
Who owns City on a Hill?
Harmony and Hope.
[♪♪♪]
MAE: I founded that scholarship
to help young women gain skills
that could instill them
with self-esteem.
I used to wish
that I could help women
gain confidence
that they lacked,
that I used to lack too.
And when I learned what
that fund was being used for,
by my own brother,
to cover his awful ways,
I was...
devastated.
How could you
have not have known?
Vida... I didn't know.
How do you expect anyone
to believe that?
You don't even have a reason.
Unless you do.
[EXHALES SHAKILY] Vida.
What?
[SOBS]
My father was with me
the way Mac was with you.
[♪♪♪]
[SOBS] And...
it just shut me down
so completely,
that I just didn't even see it.
Not in myself, not in my life,
not anyone's life.
Not until it took me
losing Faith
and my brother for me
to see it finally.
[SOBBING]
I didn't know.
[CRYING]
I am so sorry.
I am.
I'm so sorry too.
I'm so sorry.
[SHAKILY]
The meeting's starting.
Listen, you should come.
[NORMALLY]
They don't wanna see me
in there.
It's not about what they want.
It's about what you need to say.
Oh, look, I really
should be getting home,
'cause James is expecting me
for something...
DARLENE [NORMALLY]: Mae.
...and I have to go.
Mae. [SOBS]
Vida listened.
Now listen to her.
CHARITY:
♪ Reunited
And it feels so good ♪
Gigi better hurry up
and get home
before Mama gets back,
otherwise...
Do you know where she went?
No, Pop doesn't either.
You know, someday I would
really like
to introduce you to Phil.
The one that I know.
You two would like each other.
And what makes you say that?
No reason.
Just a feeling.
Hey. You sold
your land to H&H?
What are you talking about?
City on a Hill is H&H.
That's the first
I'm hearing about it.
Come on, according to Kerissa,
it's none of my business!
[LAUGHS] When did she say that?
Today, at Fernando's office.
Well, what was she doing there?
How should I know? Wait,
is this why you're mad at him?
Well, I'm not mad at anybody.
Well, this morning,
when you two were going at it,
it was about this?
Gigi... Uh, yeah,
uh, that is why, and I'm like:
"How could you do that?"
Charity.
It's fine, she knows now, Jacob.
You know,
I didn't know they were H&H.
Then what was it about? This.
What you said. H&H.
It was about her.
Charity? JACOB: Yeah!
What about her?
Don't, Jacob.
She got a thing for Phil.
What kind of thing?
A put-your-face-
on-somebody-else's face
and-move-it-all-around thing.
Really?
Okay. We're done. Wow.
Charity...
JAMES: What is this racket?
Shouldn't you be practicing?
Your mother will be here
any minute.
What's this all about?
Uh, we were... We were just...
We're prac...
We're talking through...
We... GRACE: It... No...
What...?
Hey, Mama.
I don't wanna know. Not tonight.
Thank you so much.
JACOB:
I didn't do nothing,
so don't look at me.
So look...
I'll get to the bottom
of this H&H thing.
I'll find out from Kerissa,
or Nadine.
GRACE: Who's Nadine?
JACOB: The realtor.
I'll figure it out.
GRACE: Thank you.
Because I am swimming 24/7,
trying to keep this family
and this church above water,
and one of them's drowning
at Harmony and Hope.
What does that mean?
Every piece of land
that borders our church
is now owned
by Harmony and Hope.
JACOB: Why would they do that?
You ask Kerissa.
Maybe she knows.
[♪♪♪]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Hey. Hey.
All right.
You remember when I told you
what I was gonna tell Dante,
either he makes a statement
or I leave?
Yeah.
All right. Well, I did.
And he was like, um,
"You just want them
white folks' money."
And I'm like, "Well, yeah.
What, you don't?"
But apparently, he doesn't,
and he told me to get out.
So here I am.
Make yourself at home.
Really?
Yes. [CHUCKLES] Okay. Thank you.
Um, I hid my suitcases outside
just in case you said no.
[LAUGHS] Go get them.
Okay.
[♪♪♪]
[CHUCKLES]
May I ask where you were?
And...
if it's none of my business...
At the... The church.
At a meeting.
With the Sisters of Tamar.
James, I know
you had plans for tonight.
That you were going to...
ask me something.
You knew?
Which one of those untrustworthy
scoundrels told you?
Just call it
a woman's intuition.
[CHUCKLES]
Well...
seems like tonight isn't
the night for that question.
No.
But it's the night
for the answer,
if you wanna hear it.
I'd trade a million years
at the feet
of God's heavenly choir.
Oh, James.
Yes.
Yes.
Thank you.
Thank you.
[SIGHS]
[DOOR OPENS]
Hey.
What's he doing in here?
Oh...
he had another bad dream.
Everything okay?
See you in the morning.
Oh, where are you goin'?
To, uh, sleep in his bed.
The way that boy's
kicking... Heh.
I won't get any rest.
I love you, Jacob.
Love you too.
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
You want another day.
Why didn't you tell me
Harmony and Hope were buying up
all the land around the church?
I'm not aware that we were.
Well, are you
Bob's right hand or not?
I thought you were Bob Whitmore.
I thought I was too.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Come in.
Sweetheart,
what are you doing here?
Is everything okay?
A.J. came
and found me at school.
When?
Yesterday.
Where is he?
I don't know.
He took off and didn't say
where he was going.
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
So why are you here?
Because...
I wanna be here for you
when you hear
what I have to say.
And what do you have to say?
[EXHALES HEAVILY]
I found a bunch of prescription
dr*gs in his bag, Mom.
He's guilty.
♪ Won't be too long ♪
♪ Won't be too long ♪
♪ Won't be too long ♪
♪ Won't be too long ♪
♪ Till we go home ♪
♪ Won't be too long ♪
♪ There'll be no tears ♪
♪ There'll be no tears ♪
♪ There'll be no tears ♪
♪ There'll be no tears ♪
04x07 - Reunited
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"Greenleaf" follows the unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family with scandalous secrets and lies, and their sprawling Memphis megachurch with predominantly African-American members.
"Greenleaf" follows the unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family with scandalous secrets and lies, and their sprawling Memphis megachurch with predominantly African-American members.