01x09 - Trust

[bunniefuu]

[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[D-MAC] Previously on Force...

How about you put me on?
I'm a beast with numbers.

[TOMMY] I think I got a spot
for you, kid.

- Who the f*ck is this?
- It's your son.

I'm not saying
that I have to cross the border

like a f*cking mule.

I can do the easy sh*t.

How was you in science class?

You need to produce this product

the exact same way
every time we make a new cut.

What do you got on this new drug
everyone's talking about, Dahlia?

[SEAMUS] Department's scrambling trying

to figure out what the f*ck it is.

How long you been in the Flynns' pocket?

My kick's grand and counting.

You a visionary,
so what would you do different?

This what we on now.

- [SNIFFS]
- Boom.

And how much it gonna cost us?

Just b*ll*ts and bodies.

I never wanted you to become the story.
That's my editor's vision.

- [DIAMOND] And what's yours?
- [ADRIENNE] I don't know.

But if that means
not running the piece on you

and walking away,
I'm-I'm willing to do that.

I'm a little bit uneasy

with how much power
you have in our operation.

Don't mistake power for vision.

Whatever you're into,
I'm gonna crush it.

You better be ready for a f*cking fight.

You're the one that's gonna
be taking over after me.

[VIC] With Gloria by my side,
not a term.

Amazing how someone so f*cking innocuous

can cause so many problems.

I saw your old man. He wants her gone.

[RAPID g*nf*re]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

[SMOOTH HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

[SINGER] ♪ Tougher than a Teflon ♪

♪ All that dope I stepped on ♪

♪ We'll get the rest gone ♪

♪ Been that n*gga what else you want? ♪

♪ If you want power, powder, respect ♪

♪ Mm, mm ♪

♪ I want that money
And power and powder ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

[ CENT] ♪ That paper
That paper, paper ♪

♪ Yeah, I gotta stack that ♪

♪ Them diamonds keep blinking blinking ♪

♪ We might have to check that ♪

♪ Now boy when that blicky blicky ♪

♪ Come out you get clapped fast ♪

♪ Draw down with a little joint ♪

♪ I match you like pat, pat ♪

♪ Come back when them cameras out ♪

♪ Run your block we kick that ♪

♪ Come back when your funeral
In progress ♪

♪ And hit that hit your back, the back ♪

♪ Your bitch ass won't even hit back ♪

♪ You'll be splashin' in fashion ♪

♪ n*gga, you can take the drip ♪

♪ Catch you slippin' we slidin' ♪

♪ You n*gg*s on some different sh*t ♪

♪ We hit the licks we with the sh*t ♪

♪ Shh when you get hit ♪

♪ Quiet down ♪

♪ No need for the talkin' ♪

♪ The f*ck is that about? ♪

[SINGER] ♪ Tougher than a Teflon ♪

♪ All the dope I stepped on ♪

♪ We'll get the rest gone ♪

♪ Been that n*gga what else you want? ♪

♪ If you want power, powder, respect ♪

♪ Mm, mm ♪

♪ I want that money
And power and powder ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[CARS CRASH, GLASS SHATTERS]

[GLORIA] Vic. Vic, are you okay?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[RAPID g*nf*re]

[GLASS SHATTERING]

[g*nshots]

♪ ♪

[VIC] Babe?

- [EXHALES HEAVILY]
- [SIRENS WAILING]

♪ ♪

Victor.

Victor.

She's dead.

I know.

Is this what you wanted?

Are you happy now?

I know you'll find this hard
to believe, son,

but I'm not happy she's dead.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't happy

to see that you're still f*cking alive.

It was the f*cking Serbs.

We have to hit 'em
with everything we've got.

♪ ♪

I know Serbs weren't alone.

Tommy Egan.

♪ ♪

Tommy?

No, no, he-he-he's the one

that warned me to get out of Chicago.

He let Mirkovic walk
when you went at them.

He's got a truce with them.

He's the one that set you up.

No.

No, no, he...

he told me about Gloria,

about you.

What about me?

That you wanted her gone.

I know you never liked her, but this?

What?

You think I would
put you through this t*rture?

See you sit there
with your heart ripped apart?

Don't you think it makes more sense

for him to break you

to make me weak?

sh*t at my heart,

by k*lling my only son
in the f*cking street?

What about Gloria?

What was her crime in this, huh?

Choosing you over him?

♪ ♪

She's f*cking dead, Da.

She's gone.

I know, boy.

And you and me

and your sister,

we will not rest, 'til Tommy,

and all those Serbs that hurt her

are f*cking buried.

Every f*cking one of 'em.

Every f*cking one of them.

And the first grave,

I'm reserving for Tommy Egan.

♪ ♪

[MUFFLED HIP-HOP MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

- ♪ ♪
- _

[SINGER] ♪ If you ain't
Really committed to get it ♪

- ♪ Just admit it ♪
- [BUZZER BLARES]

- ♪ Quit it, forget it... ♪
- [BILLS FLUTTERING]

♪ ♪

- What's good, Skinny?
- What's going on, G?

Got you another load.

There we go.

And there's more on the way.

Hey, yo, some of these bills
smell real bad.

It really makes me wonder, like,

what kind of freaky sh*t
people be doing with these?

Smell like profit to me.

Hey, you wanna know something
about a $ bill?

It got more germs on it
than a public toilet seat.

Think about that sh*t.

How about I don't?

How we looking?

Adding in what you just dropped,

we over % from yesterday.

[TOMMY] Eighteen?

That the real number, or you
just dumbing that sh*t down

'cause you don't wanna show off?

[LAUGHS]

All right, fine, we over . %.

See, that's the sh*t I'm talking about!

Flex that beautiful mind.

You ain't gotta be all humble and sh*t.

You, like, the smartest kid I ever seen.

You know, I used to know
somebody like you, though, once.

Yeah, he could do figures in his head.

Always buried in a book.

[D-MAC] Word. What he do?

Same sh*t I do.

Now he dead.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

But that's this game, ain't it?

Don't matter how smart you are.

Don't matter how safe you play it.

One day, your number just come up.

I feel you.

Hey, but I'm from the streets, man.

f*ck else am I supposed to be doing?

Anything else.

I'm just saying, you young.

You got time to do something,

something that don't end with a b*llet.

♪ ♪

You all right?

[JP] Yeah.

It's just...

...even though
I didn't know her that well,

her dying just...

It's another piece of me I don't have.

Miriam was a good woman.

- Lousy cook...
- [BOTH LAUGH]

...but sweet as sugar.

I called her...

Kate.

[HERMAN] I was wondering
when that was gonna happen.

What did she say?

Not much.

I told her who I was

and that Miriam d*ed.

Then I hung up.

- That's it?
- [JP] Yep.

What were you hoping she'd say?

I don't know.

That not a day has gone by

she hasn't thought about me.

♪ ♪

But I-I know that's some bullshit.

Could also be the truth.

♪ ♪

[JP] You know, hearing her voice, it...

it wasn't any kind of magic b*llet.

I thought it would be.

She ain't gonna have
what you're looking for, son.

I don't know.

[SIGHS]

All I know is one thing for sure.

I'm gonna do whatever it takes

to find Darnell

and be in his g*dd*mn life.

♪ ♪

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

- Yo, yo.
- [LILIANA] Hey.

You okay?

Yeah, yeah, I'm good.

You look like sh*t.

I just got some o... It-it don't matter.

Mm-hmm.

I'm very in tune with sh*t.

I'm good!

[CHUCKLES] Okay.

And we on the clock.
We got Danny Yang waiting.

All right, I'll roll up north
and make the Dahlia drop.

[SCOFFS] Dropping Dahlia
in Walter's front yard

is gonna knock his head
all the way back.

[CHUCKLES] Yup.

You want me to roll up there with you?

Nah, I'm good. I'll link up after.

That's sweet, though. I really
appreciate you looking out.

Well, I got you.

- What?
- Wanna hug or what?

- Could you stop that?
- [LAUGHS]

What's the latest with the princess

and her high-end product?

She should be dropping it off
right about...

now.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

[SINGER] ♪ My homeys go
So hard they medicate ♪

♪ We never making it to heaven's gates ♪

♪ Hellbound, it's going down ♪

♪ It's going ♪

♪ Hellbound, it's going down ♪

♪ It's going ♪

♪ Hellbound, it's going down ♪

♪ Okay, now, baby let me see you ♪

♪ Drop that ass to the ground ♪

♪ Okay, now maybe come and see me ♪

♪ On the north side of town ♪

♪ You know I love you... ♪

♪ ♪

Very nice work.

I like watching you move.

I like being watched.

Oh, yeah?

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ I'm too slick ♪

♪ You can't play me
'Cause I got the game ♪

♪ Hellbound, it's going down ♪

♪ It's going ♪

♪ Hellbound, it's going down ♪

♪ It's going ♪

♪ Hellbound it's going down... ♪

[PHONE BUZZING]

[SIGHS]

f*ck.

Yeah, Da, I'm busy, so...

[WALTER] Victor's been sh*t. Come home.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Get out.

Get the f*ck out!

Go!

♪ ♪

[DOOR SLAMS]

How's he doing?

He's pretty banged up.

Poor boy.

He's in shock, and...

he was covered in Gloria's blood

by the time the ambulance got there.

Jesus.

[WALTER] And poor Gloria didn't make it.

[SIGHS]

So I thought I'd bring him out here,

you know, a little change of scenery.

Can't believe Gloria's dead.

[WALTER SIGHS]

It's a f*cking tragedy.

He really loved her, Da.

I know that.

♪ ♪

Listen.

You need to tell him
that we're here for him

and we're a family.

We'll always come together
no matter what.

You tell him that.

Yeah.

That's us.

♪ ♪

[VIC] The f*cking Serbs.

Da said Tommy Egan
is behind the whole thing.

Tommy?

That doesn't make any sense.

He was sleeping with Gloria.

Yeah, but you said that ended.

I mean, if...

Why does he have any reason
to k*ll either of you?

He never respected me.

Uh, he figured if he couldn't have her,

no one should.

I don't know him that well, but...

that doesn't sound like him.

Whether you f*cking know him or not,

men are irrational
when it comes to this sh*t.

Still, he's smart, strategic.

If he wanted you dead,

there are easier ways to get there.

Whose f*cking side are you on?

♪ ♪

Yours.

He came to see me yesterday...

...before Glo and I got on the road.

You know what he told me?

He told me that Da
was putting a hit out on Glo.

- Are you f*cking kidding me?
- [VIC] Nope.

Gave me the keys to a decoy car.

He told me to take back roads

before I made it out of Illinois.

- So did you?
- [VIC] f*ck no.

I don't trust him.
I took my own f*cking car.

And got hit.

[VIC] Like you said, he's smart.

He would have covered his f*cking bases.

I don't know, Vic.

That seems like a long reach.

[VIC] You know, at the very least,

he tipped 'em off that we were leaving.

Maybe.

How else would they have known?

You didn't even know we were going.

[WALTER] What'd I miss?

♪ ♪

Claud doesn't buy that Tommy set it up.

I just think if he wanted
Vic dead, he would have...

Ah.

Tommy's too smart
to get his hands dirty.

Much cleaner to bring
the Serbs in to execute it

while he hides in the shadows.

That's his game.

Yeah, I don't know.

♪ ♪

This is not the time
to be sitting on the fence.

We're at w*r here.

The att*ck on your brother and Gloria

has put all this in motion.

Now this is about honor, loyalty.

You're a Flynn,

and that should mean something to you.

It does.

[WALTER] Then it's
an easy decision, then.

You're either with us...

or you're against us.

♪ ♪

[BANGING AT DOOR]

- [LILIANA] Tommy.
- Yeah, I'm coming.

Vic Flynn was ambushed last night.

He make it through?

Word on the street was,
maybe he didn't survive.

f*ck!

But I know this girl who works
the reception at the ER, Nina.

She a close talker.

She's always whispering,
which is f*cking annoying.

What'd she say?

Vic's alive.

You could have
f*cking started with that.

Oh, my God, you finally went shopping.

[GASPS]

Yo, this is my favorite.

Decoration, not nutrition.

Why was people
thinking that Vic was dead?

The car was totaled.
It was sh*t to hell.

His girlfriend, Gloria,
was she with him?

Nah, Nina didn't say
anything about a girl.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

Oh. How well you know her?

- We was kind of kicking it.
- Oh.

So you was sleeping
with Vic Flynn's girl?

For a minute, but it...

Why you think she was with him?

'Cause I was the one
that was trying to save them.

From what?

Rumor is, it's the Serbs that got them.

The Serbs? [SCOFFS]

Nah, I don't think so.

[LINE RINGS]

[CLAUDIA] Bye, Da.
I'll check in later, okay?

Hey, hey, hold on a sec, would you?

What's up?

You want coffee?

I'm good.

I'm gonna be putting together
a w*r room.

And you're telling me this why?

Because I want you there.

Really?

You've made it a point
my whole life to exclude me

from this side of the business.

What changed?

Almost losing my son twice.

It made me realize

how much you both mean to me and...

how I need you by my side.

It's hard to shake off a lifetime

of seeing the world a certain way.

But I promise you I'm gonna try

if you'll please let me.

♪ ♪

I need you, bunny.

♪ ♪

That's all I ever wanted, Da.

♪ ♪

There's just one thing

that I need you to do for me.

What's that?

Keep an eye on your brother.

Do not let him anywhere near Egan ever.

You got it.

The last thing we need
is Victor going after him.

We're gonna k*ll Egan

and every one of those
m*therf*cking Serbs.

But we gotta do it smart.

Understood.

I'll stay close. I promise.

[PHONE BUZZING]

Go ahead. Take your call.

♪ ♪

No, it's okay.

The only people who matter to
me are in this house right now.

No one else exists.

That's my girl.

I love you, darling.

Love you too.

♪ ♪

Hey, boy.

Cup of coffee.

Jesus.

How'd you sleep?

I didn't.

I know we've been through our sh*t...

...but I wanna put that behind us.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

Good.

'Cause blood...

blood's everything.

All these fools you got around you,

saying they're loyal,

f*ck them.

They'll all scatter
in a f*cking heartbeat.

Family always have your back.

That's true.

[WALTER] I'll always forgive
your transgressions...

...welcome you home
with open f*cking arms.

I don't suppose it's lost on you,

if you hadn't tried to leave,

Gloria would still be alive.

I know.

But those...

were choices you made as a boy.

And now you're gonna learn

how to make moves as a real man.

♪ ♪

How's he doing?

Oh, he's f*cking peachy.
What do you think?

Don't worry about my boy.

He'll pull through this sh*t.
He's a Flynn.

- He really loved that girl.
- Whatever.

For someone whose son
almost d*ed last night,

you got a real swing in your step.

Well, family's reunited,

and now Victor has finally got
his priorities right.

We can get some proper justice.

You hit the Serbs again, Walter,

it's gonna mean an all-out f*cking w*r.

I'm gonna f*cking annihilate
the Serbs and Tommy Egan.

f*ck's Egan got to do with this?

He set us up.

Egan would have put a b*llet
in Vic's head way before now

if that's what he wanted.

Like I said,

we're taking out Egan
and the f*cking Serbs.

I want these m*therf*ckers
eradicated from the Earth.

We don't have the manpower

for that kind of sh*t show, Walter.

That's why we're gonna call
the Four Horsemen.

Jesus, Walter.

You wanna maybe think
about this for a minute?

I ain't looking
for a f*cking lecture, Paulie.

We're making the call.

♪ ♪

[LINE RINGING]

[TONE PLAYS]

[OPERATOR] The number you have reached

has been disconnected.

f*ck.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

[SINGER] ♪ I just wanna make
It through the summertime ♪

♪ I don't wanna make
My mama cry no more ♪

♪ I don't know why my heart ♪

♪ Be colder than the wintertime ♪

♪ Need something to live for 'cause ♪

♪ I don't wanna die no more ♪

♪ Trying to find a way out ♪

♪ Trying to find a way out now ♪

♪ Trying to find A way out... ♪

[LINE RINGING]

♪ ♪

Come on, Gloria, pick up.

[GLORIA] Hey, it's Gloria.
Leave a message.

f*ck!

♪ ♪

You good?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Just, re-ups is crazy.

This city's running through Dahlia

faster than we can move it.

Buckle up. We gonna be here all night.

How's he doing?

Uh, well, there was a little
bit of a learning curve.

Some of the measurements were off.

But he's in the zone now.

That's good.

'Cause it's payday.

Do not spend it all at one time.

[LILIANA] Or anywhere visible.

And nothing over

- ten Gs in cash.
- Ten Gs in cash.

[JP LAUGHS]

You doing real good here, JP.

I don't even know how
to thank you for this gig, man.

I'm making real progress
on knocking down my debt.

Well, that's good.

And when you get there,
then you're done here.

Well, why does it have to stop?

Because you have an end number

that we agreed to get you to.

I-I know, but, uh, you know,

if I just had a little bit more time,

then I can get some
breathing room, a cushion.

- We had a deal.
- I know.

And it-it's a smart setup, Tommy.

- You've thought of everything.
- [LINE RINGING]

I feel very safe here.

Yeah, until you ain't.

Just keep working
towards that number, and...

and we'll come up with some new sh*t.

[CLAUDIA] This is Claudia.
You know what to do.

m*therf*cker.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

- G, what you f*ck is you doing?
- I f*cked up.

Oh, you just realizing that now?

Bro, can you just listen?

Jenard and Blaxton went
to Cousin Buddy without me.

Cut me the f*ck out.

Same exact sh*t you did to me.

I feel real f*cked up about it, bro.

D, you my n*gga.

I just...

I just wanna make sh*t right, bro.

Hell nah, I'm way past
making sh*t right.

Hold up. Hold up.

Hit me.

I deserve it.

Give me your best, n*gga. Hit me.

I deserve the sh*t, a'ight?

A'ight.

♪ ♪

[LAUGHS]

You a scary-ass n*gga, man.

Come here. Come here.

I love you, dog.

You like a brother to me, a'ight?

You my n*gga.

Love you too, D.

So you trying to get back
at CBI or what?

You know I am.

A'ight, look.

Hit Cousin Buddy line.
A'ight let's go see him.

I got a plan.

So look, check it out.
This how this sh*t go.

♪ ♪

- JP.
- Hey.

Look, I didn't mean to push before.

I really appreciate this gig.

Oh, no, no, f*ck that, man.
It's all good.

Okay, look, Tommy,
I got something to tell you.

Me too.

- Go ahead.
- [JP] Oh, okay.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

I called Kate.

What?

- Did you tell her where I am?
- No.

[TOMMY] What the f*ck did you tell her?

Nothing! I just didn't want her

to find out about Miriam
from anybody but me.

I asked you to do one
m*therf*cking thing for me!

- One!
- I know.

No, you don't!

Otherwise, you wouldn't have opened up
this f*cking box!

You don't know
what the f*ck you just did!

I did what I thought was right.

You did what you thought
was right for you!

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Change in plan.

I'm gonna need an extra by Friday.

That's impossible.

Life's unpredictable, Seamus.

You should know that better than anyone.

I mean, one day, your sister's
this bright-eyed girl,

and next minute...

vegetable.

Vegetables die real quick
when they're not taken care of.

I will get you your money.
I just need more time.

I can pull together ,
maybe by Friday.

If you don't pay me in full by Friday,

the entire department
finds out you're on the take,

and sis is shipped off to state living.

That place is the eighth circle of hell.

Be a g*dd*mn shame if she
ended up there 'cause of you.

♪ ♪

[INK'S "BAD INTENTIONS" PLAYING]

♪ Crank that Kn*fe
So your man can't mend it ♪

♪ s*ab him in the face
With a shank and bend it ♪

♪ All of my g*ng Got bad intentions ♪

♪ Hit him with a shiv, man
Splash him, drench him ♪

♪ Snap off the blade, man
Grab that wap ♪

♪ Then mash up the place ♪

♪ See him in public Gash up his face ♪

♪ Doin' up work In council flats ♪

♪ Then it's back to the bando
countin' stacks ♪

♪ Got weed, yeah, uh Box of the finest ♪

♪ Man's in the crop house
just like Silas ♪

♪ Got that twitch
And the mob I'm violent ♪

♪ Man's on row Doin' up mileage ♪

♪ A real bad man
'Cause I know them hitters ♪

♪ Sixes here put Os On digits ♪

♪ Put that wap to his head
and merk him ♪

♪ Boy better pray
That the sh*t ain't workin' ♪

♪ My g*ng there Will grab that blaster ♪

♪ Run a man down
Turn a boy Casper, ey, ey ♪

Welcome to Chicago.

♪ ♪

[INK] ♪ INK, yeah, I know him ♪

♪ You want to know why 'Cause I go in ♪

♪ Thought he was hard
'Cause he went to prison ♪

♪ Man got knocked out and he
Started twitchin', ey, ey ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Brrr, ey, ey ♪

♪ ♪

Nope.

Are we seriously doing this again?

Your stash is in the cabinet
under the sink.

You talk to Claud lately?

f*ck no. Why?

She ghosting me.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

- That's some bullshit.
- [TOMMY] Yeah.

Yeah, but maybe she's
taking care of her brother.

I don't know.

But we out here making moves
and she ain't hitting me back?

Something's f*cked up.

Normally, I'd say
we could find out real quick.

Bring her in, b*at it out of her.

But there might be a problem with that.

Not if you know how to hide the bruises.

I'll show you.

I like the way you think.

I'm hearing the Irish mob
is coming into Chicago.

I thought the Flynns was the Irish mob.

No, I mean the real Irish mob.

Hitters from Dublin.

No sh*t.

Walter must really believe
those Serbs put the hit on Vic.

It's gonna get f*cking ugly.

That's the only way to handle
that kind of sh*t.

♪ ♪

This m*therf*cking white boy Tommy.

n*gga, I shoulda known he was
the one moving Dahlia, f*ck!

Same m*therf*cker who sent us
to w*r with the Serbs

and got our f*cking boy Elijah smoked?

n*gga.

And my m*therf*cking brother
couldn't see none of that sh*t?

For real?

I don't get it, man.

I don't know what's got
this n*gga head all f*cked up

since he been locked up, but that n*gga

can't think straight
when that white boy around.

This man got us out here

playing by his little
dusty-ass rules and sh*t.

Meanwhile business is collapsing, G,

right in f*cking front of us.

So what you wanna do about it?

You and me, we gonna
rally the troops, n*gga.

f*ck it.

Get all the Dahlia for ourself.

[BLAXTON] sh*t, you know I'm down.

But Diamond don't seem like he feel it.

n*gga, f*ck my brother, a'ight?

And his m*therf*cking bullshit, boy!

I don't give a f*ck about that sh*t!

When we called you from New Orleans,

I ain't gonna lie, bro, I knew.

f*ck you knew?

I knew that you was gonna be the one

to help me overthrow his ass.

♪ ♪

So you been sitting on this
for a minute, then, huh?

Oh, you m*therf*cking right
I been sitting on it.

Look, I been playing
the long game, dog, you know?

I already took a dive, gave the n*gga

his confidence back and sh*t.

I even gave him his little fake-ass seat

- back with CBI too.
- [BLAXTON] Mm.

But you know what, n*gga?

f*ck Tommy and f*ck Diamond.

He don't want none of this sh*t.

He dead to me.

I'm ready to take back what's mine.

What you want?

I got you.

♪ ♪

[CHUCKLES]

I ain't know you was up here.

Yeah. I didn't know
y'all was down there.

♪ ♪

I went by the pipeline on my way over.

Things a little slow.

I mean, well, you know,

everybody focused
on Dahlia right now, so...

[DIAMOND] Yeah, it'll pick back up.

You know, what I told this n*gga.

Yeah, he definitely did.
Said just give it time.

Yeah, over time,
everything get back to normal.

I like that. You feel me?

Over time, everything
can get back to normal.

You a Zen n*gga, D. You know?

- Love you, man.
- Hey, love you too, baby bro.

♪ ♪

[JENARD] My man.

♪ ♪

I wasn't sure you was gonna let me up.

Why?

[TOMMY] You been ignoring my calls.

I've been busy.

Bunch of your father's friends

from the old country in town, huh?

Anything I should know about?

Yeah, family emergency.

I heard Vic got hit pretty hard.

How's he doing?

He's banged up, but he's okay.

- Mm.
- [CLAUDIA] He got really lucky.

But you probably already knew that.

Why the f*ck would I know that?

Maybe you set him up.

Tipped off the Serbs
about where he'd be.

I tried to protect Vic.

I tried to save him.

I gave him a car so he could

get the f*ck out of town on the low.

Be honest, Tommy.

You never respected him.

Always saw him as a little prince.

Me and Vic ain't always see
eye to eye, but...

if I wanted to k*ll him,
he'd already be dead.

Anyone else with him when it happened?

Gloria.

♪ ♪

And?

She wasn't so lucky.

♪ ♪

Who told you I was behind this?

Was it your father?

Answer me.

It doesn't matter.

♪ ♪

You might wanna consider your source.

♪ ♪

[CLAUDIA] And you
should watch your back.

♪ ♪

[PERSON] Get the f*ck inside now.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Lock the door.

♪ ♪

Now, you're gonna stay quiet.

Look, I know why you...

- [GRUNTS]
- All right?

Now, we're gonna do this nice and easy.

You're gonna give me what I need,

and maybe you won't die.

Something tells me even if I do,

there's no guarantees.

Well, sh*t, let's roll the dice.

Where's the safe?

Follow me, Seamus.

I'll be right behind you. Go.

Get back. Get the f*ck back!

A'ight.

All right.

You're at a tipping point.

I've been there.

You and I

have never been
on the same point on anything.

Different sides of the coin
from day one.

I don't know about that.

Day one, we probably
wanted the same sh*t.

The same thing that all young Black boys

want in Chicago.

No?

Can't even remember
what the f*ck I wanted.

I know I didn't wanna be
a career criminal.

- But here you are.
- Here we are.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Seems to me that
no matter where we started,

we on the same side now.

I'm here because of what you did.

That's fair.

And now I got the white man's knee

on my f*cking neck.

Polack cop blackmailing me
because of what you did.

♪ ♪

How much you need?

A hundred.

♪ ♪

Here's .

♪ ♪

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

So you gonna tell me
what happened to your head?

♪ ♪

My past kind of caught up with me.

Is everything okay?

Yeah, yeah.

- Sorry.
- [ADRIENNE] No, it's okay.

You don't have to talk about it.

[CLEARS THROAT]

[DIAMOND] No.

I want to.

It's just, today...

...I saw a side of someone
who I thought I knew.

And now I'm not f*cking sure
what to think.

I'm sorry.

You know, this is gonna sound terrible,

but as a reporter...

...after a while, you start to expect

to see the worst from everyone.

You talking about me?

[ADRIENNE] No.

Is this what you gonna write about?

That I'm some kind of work in progress?

I don't know.

The only thing I'm clear on right now

is that I'm breaking the first
f*cking rule of journalism.

And what is that?

Catching feelings for your subject.

Is that what they taught you
the first day of school?

No, actually, they teach you
how to spell-check.

- Hmm.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]

That would seem more practical.

Come here.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Hey, I gotta make a call.

Be back in a second.

Sure.

♪ ♪

Something tells me
you not here for the cookies.

I'm gonna need to ask you
for something big.

You called in every marker.

Walter Flynn thinks
I tried to take out Vic.

- Did you?
- Hell no!

So you waiting on the blowback.

They bringing in some
heavy hitters from Dublin.

I'm gonna need weapons.
I'm gonna need soldiers.

A lot of them.

We made a move once, held up our end.

- Diamond, this time, I...
- [DIAMOND] No.

- [TOMMY] If I don't got you, I don't...
- No!

I'm starting to get used
to being outside.

Now, I know I walk
the razor's edge as is,

but I'm not trying to take
another huge f*cking swing.

Now, we lucky we made it out
the last battle.

I'm not going back to prison
for you or nobody.

I figured it couldn't hurt to ask.

Good luck.

♪ ♪

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

♪ ♪

[TOMMY] Mirkovic?

What brings you here?

I need an army.

And you need to know
who's coming for you.

It's gonna cost you.

[TOMMY] Give me a number.

One point five million.

Done.

Who's coming for me?

Well, you know,

that's gonna cost you.

[CHUCKLES]

You will have our full support,

as many men as you want.

Walter Flynn and his hitters
from Dublin.

Mm-hmm.

I'll throw in an extra half mil
if you tell me

who did the hit on Vic Flynn.

Tommy.

The girl who was with him was innocent.

She didn't deserve to die.

It's not the way we do business.

Yeah, well, then we got a deal or not?

[SPEAKING SERBIAN]

You know, when I k*lled your brother,

I ain't get to see his face
when I sh*t him in the head.

- f*ck you.
- [g*nsh*t]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

I'll be right back with your money.

♪ ♪

[OBJECTS RUSTLING]

♪ ♪

Two million dollars.

♪ ♪

Excellent.

Now let's get to work.

♪ ♪

Hey, coz. What's up, Buddy?

The f*ck you boys come around for?

Whoa, whoa, oh, whoa.

Hey, we just came to talk.

That's all we came to do, coz.

[COUSIN BUDDY] Talk to me for what?

I don't see nothin' in your hands.

Coz, it's okay.

It's me, Marshall, n*gga.

n*gga, you ain't got no product.

You ain't got nothin' in your hands.

You little n*gg*s trying to jam me up?

- Nah.
- I'll smoke y'all

little skinny asses right now.

k*ll these m*therf*ckers, man.

Hey, wait, wait, wait.
Hold on. We got product.

The f*ck you talking about?

Man, that black magic
powder sh*t, Dahlia?

We got the connect for you. Direct line.

Yo, fall back. You in this
little n*gga's personal space.

[g*nsh*t]

Next one gonna be
in your disobedient ass.

You got balls, Gumby.
I'm already in with Jenard.

Man, f*ck them CBI n*gg*s, a'ight?

Jenard ain't got sh*t
behind that sample.

If he did, why he ain't bring more?

Like this.

♪ ♪

- Where Jenard at?
- Who f*cking cares?

We the connect now.

Look, cozzo, we can get you
however much you want.

♪ ♪

You little n*gg*s making big moves.

Get me four more bricks by tomorrow

or a sit with your connect,

or I can't trust you.

If I can't trust you...

y'all dead.

♪ ♪

Got you, coz.

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪ ♪

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

You're right about Tommy.

I never should have doubted you.

- What changed your mind?
- I just saw him with Mirkovic.

They're working together.

You were right. That m*therf*cker.

What did I tell you?

You two...

you need to trust me.

I'm all in, Da.

Anything you want.

I'll never step away
from this family again.

From here on out, I'll do
whatever you need me to do.

No questions asked.

♪ ♪

I need you to lead.

♪ ♪

A wise man once said...

"The only true wealth in this life

"is children.

"More than all the money

or all the power on this Earth."

I am rich beyond measure.

♪ ♪

f*ck, man.

Yo, these slippery
little m*therf*ckers, man.

D-Mac and Marshall, bro. f*ck!

f*ck they little ass done got into?

G, these little n*gg*s done went to Gary

and took a meet with
m*therf*cking Cousin Buddy.

Yeah.

They ain't got sh*t to offer him.

n*gga, peep.

They dropped
a brick of Dahlia off on 'em.

[LAUGHS] How the f*ck
they pull that kind of work?

n*gga, I don't know.

But they offered this n*gga distro

and a meet with the connect.

Hold the f*ck up.

Don't none of this make no sense.

Them little n*gg*s ain't got
no pull, no money.

How the f*ck they gon' front
like they got a Dahlia connect?

[CHUCKLES]

It was Tommy.

It was m*therf*cking Tommy.

Yeah, G,

I paid D-Mac to drop that n*gga, right?

And this little m*therf*cker
came back to me

with my bounty empty-handed.

This little m*therf*cker
cut us off at the knees, G.

- Tommy gotta go.
- [g*n CLICKS]

Indeed.

But we gonna k*ll
these little n*gg*s first.

♪ ♪

[DOOR CLATTERS]

- What's up, D-Mac?
- [D-MAC] Yo.

Yo man come here. Let me holler at you.

Hey, but wait, let me tell you

what me and Marshall
got going on for you.

Hold up, man.
I-I need to talk to you first.

But wait, we hooked up
Dahlia distro for you in Gary.

- You did what?
- So Marshall got a cousin.

n*gga got one eye.

Well, actually, he got two,
but one's looking east.

The other one's looking west.

What the f*ck did you just do?

Wait, I'm trying to tell you.

Look, so me and Marshall was in the mix

with Jenard running coke to Gary,

but Jenard f*cked us out the deal,

so I went back and told
Cousin Buddy f*ck coke.

We got Dahlia for him.

I don't know who the f*ck that is.

- You give him my name?
- [D-MAC] No.

- You tell him where we was?
- No.

- Was you f*cking followed here?
- [D-MAC] No.

I don't know. No.

Why you tripping, man?
This is a good thing!

I did this for you.

No one asked you
to bring this sh*t to Gary!

Man, I was trying to do
something good for you.

[TOMMY] Yeah, well, you could
have got yourself k*lled!

All of us dead!

You got this huge f*cking future,

and you out here doing dumb sh*t!

Running with that trash bag Jenard,

making bad deals,

sh**ting up clubs for attention.

Wait, what the f*ck you just say?

Yeah, I know it was you
that sh*t up the club,

and I know that JP is your father.

♪ ♪

And I'm your uncle, D-Mac.

So I gotta protect you.

Shut the f*ck up!

We family, D-Mac.

You and me and... JP.

And I know you ain't gonna sh**t me.

Try me.

'Cause you ain't no k*ller.

♪ ♪

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

You know, I followed you
to that old house.

I saw y'all there together.

But I ain't know you was fam.

I couldn't even...

sh*t is just so f*cked up.

Yeah, all the way around.

Should have told you, told JP.

Waited for the time.

Now it's on you to tell him.

Wait, what?

Wait, f*ck that.

Man, you the adult.

You should have been
way more responsible.

Okay, I'll do it.

But you coming with me.

We do this sh*t together.

Put that sh*t away.

♪ ♪

How you think he gonna take it?

About as good as you.

Man, I ain't calling you Uncle Tommy.

- It's a'ight.
- Maybe just Tom.

Well, that ain't never
gonna f*cking happen.

[g*nf*re]

Go! Move!

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[D-MAC] Uncle Tommy!

f*ck.

Oh, f*ck. Get up, get up.

- Oh, f*ck.
- sh*t.

Come here, come here.

Keep it right there. Come here.

Come on, come on.

♪ ♪

[SIREN CHIRPING]

♪ ♪

[JP] Jesus Christ.

[TOMMY] No, no, man,
it-it ain't my blood.

I'm a'ight.

Okay, okay, so what's up?
Why you call me here?

You know the boy that's been
sh**ting up your club?

The one with the dreads?

Yeah.

[TOMMY] He got hit, JP.

He's bad.

Well, you live by the sword,
you die by it.

♪ ♪

He's your son.

My son?

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

He had this.

♪ ♪

How long have you known?

I been knowing for a minute.

I was just waiting
for the right time to tell you.

The right time is the
m*therf*cking second you knew.

Not after he's fighting for his life!

No, I know, and-and...

I ain't got time for this!

I gotta see my son.

♪ ♪

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]

[FOOTSTEPS TAPPING]

[DOOR CLICKS SHUT]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Thanks for coming so quickly.

Appreciate you making the trip.

Happy to be here.
Happy to do what we do best.

Claudia, you're looking
as beautiful as ever.

Since when did your father
let you sit down with the men?

Since now.

[WALTER] Easy there, boy.

See, we need your b*ll*ts, Ioan,

but you're gonna need
my daughter's intelligence

if you wanna survive Chicago.

♪ ♪

We're going to w*r.

We're gonna need every g*n
and man we can control.

We're gonna k*ll every Serb
that we can find.

Most important of all...

...we're gonna k*ll Tommy Egan.

♪ ♪