02x05 - What Happens In The Catskills

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[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[GROWN KANAN]
Previously on Raising Kanan...

I asked around.
You're some kind of drug dealer.

[RAQ] Make a mil off this n*gga.

[MUFFLED GRUNTING]

- [MUFFLED SCREAM]
- [NAIL g*n THUNKS]

[KANAN] What the hell is that smell?

Rats dead in the wall or some sh*t.

[KENYA] Laverne.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CROWN] Juke.

I got this track that you'll love, girl.

- Is this a joke?
- Just relax.

I am relaxed.

[g*n COCKING]

Get the f*ck out!

Nothin' come into Newark
without Sal Boselli getting his piece.

We in a world of sh*t.

Ain't nobody gonna tell me

where I can or I can't do business.

Set up a meeting with
these pizza m*therf*ckers.

So you're the little broad

creating all these big problems.

Andrea, I got a son, you know?

[KANAN] Ma, why did you want me
to k*ll that cop?

You put that g*n in my hand

and then told me it was for family.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[NINA SIMONE'S "THE PUSHER" PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY]

[NINA] You know I smoked
a lot of grass ♪

Hey, yo!

[NINA] ♪ Oh, Lord ♪

♪ And I popped a lot of pills ♪

♪ ♪

♪ But I never did touch nothing... ♪

[GROWN KANAN] Around the way,

most of the wildness happened
when the sun went down.

It's dark,

so you can't see n*gg*s
scheming and plotting.

[NINA] ♪ I see a lot of people
Walkin' around here... ♪

[GROWN KANAN] But early
morning's when sh*t is real.

m*therf*ckers picking up the pieces

of what happened the night before...

...and figuring out
how they gonna make it

through another day.

[NINA] ♪ If you live or if you die ♪

Yo, let me get four.

[MARVIN] We closed, man.
Come back later.

Oh, come on, man.
Give me my cracks, man.

[MARVIN] I said we closed.

Yo, I'm fiendin', Marvin.

Man, come on, man. Give me four.

[MARVIN] Yo, you fiendin'
'cause you a fiend, n*gga.

- Come back later.
- What the f*ck is up?

Man, what kind of cr*ck house is closed?

Huh?

f*ck, y'all keeping
banker's hours up in here now?

Come on, give me
my motherfuckin' rock, man.

Please, man.

Hold on to your money.

My brother.

Yo, man, let the rest of them know
we doing inventory this morning.

We'll be up later.

All right.

Yo, what's up with that outfit?

I'm doin' some cleaning, n*gga.

A clean cr*ck house?

I ain't never thought of that.

Yo, get the f*ck out of here, man.

Yo, I'm gone, baby.

Yo, yo, and remember,
tell all them other baseheads,

we ain't open for business right now.

[SAM] Yo, I'm out, man.

Peace. Appreciate you, brother.

[SMOOTH JAZZ MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

♪ ♪

Ugh.

[GROANING]

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

Hoo!

[GROVER WASHINGTON JR.'S
"JUST THE TWO OF US" PLAYING]

♪ ♪

Foul n*gga.

[BILL WITHERS] ♪ I hear
The crystal raindrops fall ♪

♪ On the window down the hall ♪

♪ And it becomes the morning dew ♪

♪ ♪

♪ And, darling when the morning comes ♪

- [MARVIN GAGS]
- [BILL] ♪ And I see ♪

♪ The morning sun
I wanna be the one with you ♪

- Oh!
- [BILL] ♪ Just the two of us ♪

♪ We can make it if we try ♪

♪ Just the two of us ♪

[SINGERS] ♪ Just the two of us ♪

[BILL] ♪ Just the two of us ♪

♪ Building big castles way on high... ♪

[GROWN KANAN] In the light of day,

you see all them sins...

[MARVIN EXHALES SHARPLY]

...even the work we thought
we stashed and buried.

[BILL] ♪ Just the two of us... ♪

[GROWN KANAN] And that sh*t
ain't cute, n*gga.

That sh*t ain't cute at all.

[SINGERS] ♪ Just the two of us ♪

[BILL] ♪ Just the two of us ♪

[SINGERS] ♪ We can make it
Just the two of us ♪

♪ ♪

What's up, Ma?

So you remember
when High Post took us camping?

You woke me up to talk about camping?

Ma, you hated camping.

No, I didn't hate it.

I just... I had to get used to it.

You loved it.

You got your damn Davy Crockett on.

Pack some sweaters and your big coat.

Gets cold up there at night.

It gets cold up where?

Catskills, baby. We're going camping.

What? Why?

Is Juke going?

Nah, she gon' stay here.

[SIGHS] Ma, I...

I told Famous I was gonna
help him with his music.

Ah, Famous, he gonna be a'ight.

He can handle his own business.

We gon' be on our mother-son tip.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[SPORTS ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO]

[DOMINIC] Look at these f*cking people.

How they live. Animale.

You know what animale is? That's them.

- Animale.
- Yeah.

I got a colored family just moved in

down the block from me.

They got two sons same age
as my daughter, nice people.

I don't bother them,
they don't bother me.

What?

[MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY]

And what would you do
if your daughter came home

with one of their, uh,
licorice-looking sons

and said, "We're going steady"?

I don't know how I'd feel, Dominic.

I haven't given it much thought.

[LAUGHS] How you'd feel?

Knock that little n*gg*r's teeth out,

that's how you'd feel.

Oh, we got some action
going on over here.

Why don't you pay f*cking attention?

[SPORTS ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO]

[DOMINIC] Who's this guy
beboppin' along?

Okay, look at the gold chain.

n*gg*r rich.

[SPORTS ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[SPORTS ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO]

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Juke, you up?

Yeah.

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]

Are you not coming camping with us?

[CHUCKLES]

Your moms just wants it
to be the two of you.

And I'm cool with that.

And I'm not.

sh*t not cool between me
and her right now, Juke.

[SIGHS] I don't know, sh*t just
don't feel right between us.

And I did that sh*t
you did with your mother.

I looked that cop right in his eye.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

sh*t felt way too familiar.

♪ ♪

What if he telling the truth...

Ah, ah, ah, ah. [HISSES]

He's a f*ckin' lying-ass cop, Kanan.

And that's what cops do. They lie.

He's just f*cking with your
head so he can get at Raq.

f*ck that cop.

Don't listen to him.

sh*t. Maybe being alone
with Raq will be good for you.

You can finally tell her
how you been feeling.

Oh, you think I'm just gonna
tell her what I'm thinking?

Hell no.

[RAQ] Kanan?

Wh-what you doing?

Look, you gotta get dressed, Kanan.

- We gotta go.
- Yeah, yeah.

I'm coming now, Mom.

Hey, you gonna be a'ight?

Yeah.

- You sure?
- Yeah.

[RAQ] All right.

- Come on, Kanan. Let's go.
- [KANAN] Yeah, Mom. I'm coming.

- Let's go, Kanan. Come on.
- Yeah, Mom.

I'ma be right down.

Yo, I heard the poison ivy's a bitch.

You be itching, and you got
poisoned water and sh*t.

- Mosquitoes.
- [KANAN] Whatever, man.

[JUKE LAUGHS]

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES]

[ZISA] ♪ I can't hide
The pain, the pain ♪

♪ When it's pouring out ♪

♪ ♪

♪ 'Cause underneath The armor ♪

♪ I'm still bruised ♪

♪ The days go by ♪

♪ And I can't Undo the damage ♪

♪ 'Cause underneath The armor ♪

♪ I'm still bruised ♪

♪ ♪

Yo, it's a hit, man.

I'll put our girl up against anybody.

Yo, I'm talking Pebbles,

sh*t, Tracie Spencer, even Michel'le.

She gon' win.

She look good too, huh, Crown? Tell him.

[CROWN] Look, excuse my friend Lou here.

He's getting a little ahead of himself.

Lou's my money guy.

[MO CHUCKLES]

[CROWN] You know how they get sometimes.

They like to just dabble into the A&R.

B-but-but look, he's right,
everything he's saying,

because Zisa is about
to blow the f*ck up.

And all we trying to do is get you

to introduce her to the world.

You know, there-there might be something

I can do with your girl here but, uh,

you know, my spins
are worth somethin', Crown.

Yeah, yeah.

Huh?

[CROWN] Oh, I know.

- [MO] Yeah?
- I know.

Look, let's step outside, just
talk a little bit, you and I.

Have a snack, money guy.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[CROWN] Nah, at first, it took...

Nah, it took me everything in my power

not to f*cking laugh
in that n*gga face in there.

[MO] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I don't like him either.

[CROWN] Simple as that.

[CONVERSATION CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

♪ ♪

[SPORTS ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO]

Yo, throw that sh*t in the back seat.

Who car is this?

[RAQ] Ours for the weekend.

Ain't want no dirt to get on
my truck on these muddy roads.

Let me put this stuff in the trunk.

Yo.

I told you,
put the sh*t in the back seat.

Something wrong with your ears.

What's the point in having a trunk

if you're not gonna use it?

Back seat, here we go.

Is that too much to ask?

[KANAN] What's the whole point
of the whole trunk, then?

[CAR DOOR SLAMS]

Can you not slam the door, please?

[KANAN SIGHS]

[MARVIN] You roll your eyes any harder,

you gonna look possessed.

I sprayed the hell
out that n*gga with that Lysol.

Put the pine trees all on him
and through the car.

Smell like Christmas come soon
up in there.

Yo, you sure you wanna be heading up

to the mountains right now?

I mean, with all the sh*t
we got going on in Jersey?

I need to be with my son.

No more runs out to Jersey
until I get back.

I'll deal with the m*therf*ckers then.

It's gonna be a'ight.

We could just shut it down for good.

It ain't like we even
set up shop anyway.

Look, we shut it down there,

they gon' come
for our sh*t here, Marvin.

Them n*gg*s are sharks.

Okay, the minute they smell
blood in the water,

they start circling.

♪ ♪

Y'all travel safe.

♪ ♪

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

♪ ♪

[SPORTS ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO]

[CROWN] Need to work
on your light touch, Lou.

The f*ck?

Learn how to finesse a n*gga.

You know, the best salesmen,
they the ones who sell you sh*t

without noticing you spent
any of your f*cking...

[GRUNTS]

[LOU-LOU] Is that a light
enough touch for you, n*gga?

Get your f*cking hands off me.

[CROWN] You know, I'm sick and tired

of you f*cking putting
your hands on me, Lou.

What you gon' do about it, Crown?

You know, just 'cause
you make gangsta music

doesn't make you a gangsta.

Don't you ever pull that

unless you plan on using it, B.

Who said I ain't gon' use it?

Me, n*gga.

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ Baby, I know you ♪

♪ No, you ain't been around ♪

♪ Don't treat me like you used to ♪

♪ I got a feeling ♪

♪ That I'm gonna lose you ♪

[ENGINE REVVING]

♪ Well, if you don't feel,
I'm not trying ♪

♪ To hold you ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Don't you tell me don't you tell me ♪

♪ Don't you tell me nothing now ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Got me running and running
And running around ♪

♪ Yeah, baby, aw, baby, baby ♪

♪ One day you say you love me ♪

♪ Next day you say you hate me ♪

♪ If that's the way it's gonna be ♪

[MUSIC STOPS]

So you ever hear from Davina?

Cousin of hers told me
she wound up in South Carolina.

Guess she got some family
she with down there.

I liked her.

You kickin' it with anybody else?

Not really.

"Not really" sound like
you got somebody,

like Kanan got his eye on someone.

- [RAQ CHUCKLES]
- A'ight, it's...

it's just a little shorty
that live in Famous' building.

Yeah.

Well, look, it don't gotta
be nothing more than fun.

You a kid.

Supposed to be having fun.

Can I turn the radio back on now?

[NEWSCASTER] Break out those umbrellas,

because we have a %
chance of rain tomorrow.

It's gonna be partly cloudy tonight

with scattered showers
and humidity at %.

That low-pressure system
is moving through the area

pretty fast, but it's gonna come...

[RENÉE] I wanted to meet
with you outside of the group

because it's obvious
you're not comfortable

talking in front of the others.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I'm a private person.

Don't need nobody in my business.

But you must understand
that your business

is my business.

And you are making it really hard for me

to conduct my business, Marvin,

because you won't say
anything in the group.

And that's bad for business,

yours and mine.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

If I go to the judge

and tell him that you're not holding up

your end of the deal,

he'll throw you inside.

And I promise you,

you'll be sitting in that cell

thinking back on that coffee right here

and asking yourself, "Why

the hell didn't I just talk?"

What the f*ck you want
from me, Ms. Renée?

I show up every week.

I sit there and I listen
to all that bullshit.

What else you want me to do?

Well, first off,

you can not refer
to the therapy we're doing

as "bullshit."

[SCOFFS]

That'd be a good start.

And secondly, you can...

you can tell me something
about you that I don't know.

Something that matters.

You know, something that,
when you say it out loud,

makes you feel
a little bit uncomfortable.

Maybe even a little bit vulnerable.

I have a daughter.

I am aware.

She's a teenager, correct?

Whatever the f*ck she is,
she won't talk to me no more.

That must be hard for you.

I'm a f*cked-up father.

I did some sh*t she never
gonna forgive me for.

sh*t that she shouldn't
probably forgive me for.

Not no sick sh*t, though,

I mean, or-or nothing like that.

I ain't a sick m*therf*cker.

I'm just, um...

[CLEARS THROAT]

...I'm just...
I'm just a dumb m*therf*cker.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[PERSON ] Got him for the whole week.

[PERSON ] I can't wait.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SINGER] ♪ It seems
I've abandoned my dream... ♪

[CLERK] Good afternoon.
How can I help you?

Yeah, we got a reservation.

[CLERK] Oh, certainly.
Just need to see your ID.

[SINGER] ♪ Another whiskey sundown ♪

We in the one with the firepit.

Yes, okay, I have you for one night

in one of our creekside cabins.

[SINGER] ♪ Laughing
And a-cutting up... ♪

Hey, y'all got any bear repellant here?

[LAUGHS] It's mainly
black bears around here,

and they're pretty docile,

more scared of you than you are of them.

Just stay away
from the blueberry patches.

Yo, I ain't even know bear
repellant was a real thing.

Well, it's real.

I'm Kanan.

Hannah.

- Thank you, Ms. Jones.
- [KANAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[RAQ] Let me see that Kn*fe right there.

[KANAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

What else can I use

to keep them away from me
while I'm out here?

s*ab 'em with something,
they'll run away.

[KANAN] For real, Hannah.

We surrounded by the trees.

They could come out of anywhere.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

You stole my song.

Excuse me?

Bitch, you either dumb
or f*cking stupid.

"Bruised," I wrote it.

[SCOFFS]

I didn't steal anything.
That song was given to me.

How do you even know where I live?

Crown told me.

Who gave you my sh*t?

Who you think?

Lou.

And he never even told me it was yours.

I don't need to steal
anyone else's music.

I got my own.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[MARVIN] Oh.

Look who done came up in the world.

Still got them legs.

[STORE CLERK] Toni, you forgot a bag.

Oh, Shelley. Thank you.

[OFFICER] Roll down your window, sir.

May I help you with something, Officer?

That's what I was about to ask you.

I'm good.

Just, uh, eating these chips.

[COUGHS]

You wanna get down?

That's kind of you.
I'm trying to cut back.

Gotta be honest with you,

I make it my business to try to
get to know everybody in town.

Well, I can't say I recognize you.

Yeah, I appreciate
that honesty, Officer.

And you're right.

A brother can't afford
any real estate out here.

Just been driving all day.

Wanted to stop, rest a minute,

and enjoy a snack.

Fair enough, friend.

I encourage you to finish up your snack

and be on your way,

because we like to keep
these parking spots available

for folks who are actually
gonna do some shopping.

O-of course!

I mean, don't wanna get in the way

of the rich getting richer.

[LAUGHS]

Just got a few left,
and then I'ma be out.

You have a great day.

You do the same, Officer.

Bitch ass.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

Want me get the stuff out of the trunk?

No, there ain't nothing in there,

just some flashlights and some bug sh*t.

You just take the rest
of these bags into the cabin.

[SIGHS]

We a long way from the Southside.

Come on, baby. Let's go camping.

♪ ♪

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

♪ ♪

[JUKEBOX] You gave her my song.

[MUSIC STOPS]

That was my song, and you stole it.

It ain't even like that, Juke.

[JUKEBOX] What's it like, then?

That bitch-ass n*gga Crown
told you, didn't he?

It doesn't matter who the f*ck told me.

I would've figured it out anyway.

I should've asked you.

And I would've said no.

You know, part of this music sh*t, Juke,

is knowing what material
goes with which artist.

That song you wrote was beautiful.

But too beautiful for me.

Hey, you know that's not what I meant.

All right?

Look, I thought it might
make a cool song for Zisa,

so I just let her take a swing at it.

- She knocked it out the park.
- [JUKEBOX SCOFFS]

[LOU-LOU] She did.

I didn't expect it.

It's just what happened.

I'm sorry, Juke.

I should've asked you.

I f*cked up.

Yeah.

But, you know, ain't nothing
wrong with getting

a songwriting credit out there, though.

Publishing money is real money.

Right?

- F...
- [LOU-LOU] Hey, Juke.

My God, it's not that kind
of thing between us!

He doesn't share
nothing personal with me.

Well, you're sleeping with him.

It doesn't really get
more personal than that.

[SUCKS TEETH]

Look, I'm gonna make things
real simple for you, Andrea.

Either you start sharing
some sh*t with me,

or I'm gonna call Child Welfare
and let them know

that you're tricking
and you got a young son.

Shouldn't come as a shock to you

that they frown on mothers who are pros.

In my experience,
those kids go into foster care

faster than you can say half-and-half.

He's one of the quiet ones.

Does what he needs to do,
and then I leave.

Has he mentioned anything
to you about the sh**ting?

[SIGHS]

Just that he thought he was gonna die

and he's trying to clean himself up now,

live a healthier life

for him and his son.

His son?

Yeah.

Yeah, he told me that he has a son.

[SIGHS] Just found out about him

not so long ago himself.

Didn't say much except
for that the kid's a teenager.

Didn't even tell me his name.

[INSECTS CHIRPING]

[RAQ SIGHS]

Some good living right here.

You and me sitting by the campfire,

eating some hot dogs.

You like it up here?

It ain't like I'm into
bird-watching or nothing,

so what I got to do out here?

Okay, there's much more to do out here

than just watch some birds, Kanan.

Like what, Ma?

Like hiking.

Hiking is just another word for walking,

and I can do that at home.

[RAQ] Okay, well, what about swimming?

They got lakes and ponds and sh*t.

[KANAN] I'm not jumping
in that dirty-ass water.

It's cold up here anyway.

[RAQ] Okay.

Well, then what about hunting?

Everybody out here hunt.

I mean, I got us a Kn*fe.

Who am I, Ram-bro?

[LAUGHS]

You stupid.

[KANAN] I'ma go get
another soda from the store.

[RAQ] You got some money?

[KANAN] Yeah.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[JIMMY] Kid's heading out.

She's alone by the fire.

Go keep an eye on him,

and make sure that he doesn't
come back until I'm done.

Hey, Jimmy, let me hit her.

Show Sal I can get my hands dirty.

[SIGHS] Just make sure that
the kid doesn't surprise me.

[g*n COCKING]

[DOMINIC] Let me do it.

Jimmy.

[SOFT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

♪ ♪

How you livin', Hannah?

I thought you forgot about me.

How could I forget about you?

You supposed to save me
from all the bears out here.

Yeah, no bear's gonna get you
on my watch, Kanan.

[KANAN] Good. I'm counting on that.

So where's your mom?

Back at the cabin

thinking she Daniel Boone or some sh*t.

So you've got some time?

Hell yeah.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[OWL HOOTS]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

[LEAVES RUSTLING]

Kanan?

♪ ♪

[LEAVES RUSTLING]

Kanan Stark, if you creeping up
on me to scare me...

♪ ♪

Kanan, look, I know it's you,

and this sh*t ain't even
close to being funny.

Kanan.

- [PERSON] Excuse us.
- Motherf...

I'm so sorry.
We didn't mean to scare you.

No. It's all good.

Thought you was my son messing with me.

We were wondering if you might have

any extra kindling we can use.

Toby and I are having some
trouble getting our fire going,

and it's a little dark to be
wandering around the woods.

[RAQ] You can take all you need.

[SIGHS] Thank you so much.

Uh, we'll bring you more tomorrow.

It's all good.

Just have my son go out
and get some more,

make him useful.

[LAUGHS] Tell me about it.

Speaking of my kid,

where is that boy?

Look, y'all have a good night.

You do the same. And thanks again.

Yeah, no problem.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

This is from my friend's backyard.

It's pretty good for homegrown.

You get good weed in the city?

It's a'ight.

You ever smoke dope
from Humboldt County?

Humboldt's, like,
this place in California

that's supposed to have
the best weed ever.

[KANAN CHUCKLES]

No, I ain't really much
of a weed head myself.

My boy Famous back at home, though,

that fool can smoke.

[HANNAH] Mm.

Famous,

that's a cool name.

No doubt.

You're cool.

Nah, that's you.

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]

f*ck do you think you're doing?

You better leave her alone.

[RAQ] No, you leave him alone.

And don't you talk to my son like that.

[DOMINIC] Look, I was just trying to get

some mosquito stuff in the store,

and I come out here,

and they're doing God knows what.

[RAQ] Yeah.

Let's go, Kanan.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

How many times I gotta tell you, Kanan?

How many?

White girls will get you k*lled.

That's the way it's always been,

and that's the way it's always gonna be.

Stay the f*ck away from her.

Hey, if you were my f*cking daughter,

I'd lock you in the room for the next

f*cking years, you know that?

But I'm not your daughter,
and you're a f*cking d*ck.

♪ ♪

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]

What is this? What happened?

Some guy and his son showed up
looking for f*cking firewood

before I could pop her.

sh*t. Let's hit 'em both.

Let's hit 'em both right now,

her and her little n*gg*r.

We don't do kids.

You know it like I do.

It's bad for business,
it's bad for karma,

and it's bad for our f*cking heads.

Look, if I didn't stop him,
that f*cking monkey

would've r*ped that girl at the store.

You know what?

Somehow I doubt

that you saved the f*cking day, okay?

But hey, Sal hears
you messed with a kid,

he'll have me put a f*cking b*llet

right between
those f*cking eyes of yours

before you could even say "white power."

We will see if we can get
a clean sh*t at her tomorrow.

Until then, you shut the f*ck up.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[GROANS]

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[RAQ] Kanan?

Kanan.

Wanna get down on some s'mores?

[KANAN] Think I'm just gonna go to bed.

[RAQ] Hey.

♪ ♪

Look, I'm sorry for yelling
at you like that.

I just... I got scared is all.

Guy looked like he was ready
to string you up.

Come on. Sit down.

Let's make some s'mores.

♪ ♪

Now, make sure
that sh*t don't catch fire.

All right? Now, you remember
how High Post showed us.

[BOTH] Golden brown.

Post knew how to make some s'mores.

[RAQ] Yeah. He was in the Boy Scouts.

They taught him all of that.

♪ ♪

Go ahead.

[KANAN COUGHING]

[GROANS]

"Put hair on a dog's back

and bring new life to an old man."

Your grandfather used to say that.

He had a little
bootlegging thing for a while.

sh*t tasted like rubbing alcohol.

Bootlegging, prizefighting,
and a jazz musician.

Grandpa used to do everything.

Yeah, he still didn't make enough money

to make your grandmother happy.

I brought you out here to talk to you.

See how you are,

how you feeling...

about us,

about you and me and about,

you know, what we do.

Look, you getting to an age
where you're gonna wanna

start making some real money.

Start figuring out
what you want for your life.

Making your mark on this world.

You the heir to this throne, Kanan.

Look, and I know you're not
sure that you wanna be in it.

And I'm... I wasn't even sure
I wanted you to be in it.

But it's yours.

And it's waiting for you.

All of it.

If you want it.

You just gotta want it.

I want it, Ma.

I ain't think I did for a minute...

...but I do.

No secrets between us.

No lies, no side hustles.

We share everything.

- It's you...
- And you gonna share everything

with me too.

All you gotta do is ask.

It's you and me.

You know this.

♪ ♪

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[RAPPER] ♪ These ghetto babies
Turn to lockdown kids... ♪

[HOWARD] Where's Kanan? Huh?

Uh-uh-uh.

[RAPPER] ♪ Now he's doing a bid ♪

♪ And them b*ll*ts rain out
Every night where we live... ♪

You really need
to turn them shits down, girl.

They gonna f*ck up your ears.

Where's Kanan?

I been paging him. He ain't hit me back.

[RAPPER] ♪ Ain't nobody f*ckin'
With no snitch or a fiend... ♪

He's wherever the f*ck
he wants to be, man.

[RAPPER] ♪ Boys'll spit at your girl ♪

♪ I hopped out the new whip... ♪

You tell him I'm looking for him.

[RAPPER] ♪ I'm the king
Of these five boroughs ♪

♪ That's why I got New York On lock ♪

♪ n*gga, we thorough... ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Help me with him.

Grab the shovels
and the rest of this stuff.

Let's get to work.

♪ ♪

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

♪ ♪

♪ Put you on the clock
'Cause time is runnin' ♪

♪ Spot you on the block
'Cause n*gg*s is gunnin' ♪

♪ sh**ting off my glock
'Cause this sh*t is fun ♪

♪ And n*gg*s die from talk
Look what you done did ♪

Yo, don't f*cking sleep on me, Lou.

- I still got it.
- What do you want, Famous?

To get back in the lab, Lou!

I been working, I been writing
like you told me.

I got that heat, I got that new sh*t,

that dope sh*t, I promise you.

Look, I know you probably still twisted

over that situation
with Jessica and Crown.

But I just need you to know
that I ain't even know

they was kickin' it like that
till after she left.

I knew he was bringing her home late.

You know, her hair would be f*cked up,

and I thought it was
'cause of the car ride.

I thought he just drove
with the windows down.

I ain't... I ain't... I ain't know.

I already knew about that sh*t, Famous.

I don't care.

Jess gonna do what she do.

[FAMOUS] Look, but it's not
about her, though.

It's about us.

Thing is, if-if I knew,
I would've told you.

You Kanan uncle, that's family.

I would've had your back regardless,

and that's just... That's just real.

You bring me some rhymes,

I'll get you back in the booth.

It's not about your sister.

It's not about Crown.

I don't give a f*ck
about none of that sh*t.

It's about the work.

Do the work, you get the time.

You will not be disappointed, brother.

- Thank you so...
- Hey.

Go write. Leave me the f*ck alone.

[FAMOUS] I got you. Yo, thank you.

Yes. Got you.

You won't be disappointed, Lou.

You gonna love me.

Yo, you gonna love me again, n*gga.

Whoo!

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[CHOIR] ♪ Oh, Mary, don't you weep ♪

♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

[CHOIR] ♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

♪ Oh, Mary ♪

[CHOIR] ♪ Oh, Mary, don't you weep ♪

[KENYA] ♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

[CHOIR] ♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Pharaoh's army... ♪

♪ ♪

So you Sister Kenya's daughter, right?

Yeah.

She never said you a dime like you are.

Don't you got some praying to do?

I'm praying you gonna
give me them digits.

[CHUCKLES]

Yeah, well, that prayer
ain't getting answered, son.

[STEVENS] Y'all have
to listen to each other.

Listen, I think you should
hear my daughter sing.

[STEVENS] Well, let's give her a listen.

Laverne.

Peace.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

I told Mr. Stevens you were my daughter,

and he wants to see
if we share the same voice.

[STEVENS] Kenya can blow
the doors off this church.

I just wanna see if her daughter

is blessed in the same way.

My daughter can sing,

and she got something to say,
Mr. Stevens.

And I wanna hear it.

You churchgoing?

Little bit.

You know "Mary, Don't You Weep"?

Let's try it.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHOIR] ♪ Oh, Mary, don't you weep ♪

♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

[CHOIR] ♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

♪ Oh, Mary ♪

[CHOIR] ♪ Oh, Mary, don't you weep ♪

♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

[CHOIR] ♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

- ♪ Oh, Pharaoh, ooh ♪
- [CHOIR] ♪ Pharaoh's ♪

♪ Army ♪

- ♪ Drowned in ♪
- [CHOIR] ♪ Drowned ♪

♪ In the Red Sea ♪

- ♪ Oh ♪
- [CHOIR] ♪ Oh, Mary ♪

- ♪ Oh ♪
- [CHOIR] ♪ Don't you weep ♪

- [HOLDING NOTE]
- [CHOIR] ♪ Don't weep ♪

[VOCALIZING]

[CHOIR] ♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

[JUKEBOX] ♪ Oh, Mary ♪

[CHOIR] ♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, Mary ♪

- [CHOIR] ♪ Mary ♪
- [JUKEBOX] ♪ Don't you ♪

♪ Don't you, don't you ♪

- [CHOIR] ♪ Mary ♪
- ♪ Don't you weep ♪

- [CHOIR] ♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪
- [JUKEBOX] ♪ Mm ♪

- ♪ Oh, Mary ♪
- [CHOIR] ♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪

♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪

[JUKEBOX] ♪ Don't you ♪

♪ Mm, don't you ♪

♪ Don't ♪

[CHOIR] ♪ Mary ♪

- ♪ Oh, Mary, don't you ♪
- [CHOIR] ♪ Mary ♪

♪ Don't you, don't you ♪

♪ Don't ♪

[VOCALIZING]

[CHOIR] ♪ Mary ♪

- ♪ Oh ♪
- [CHOIR] ♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪

♪ Oh ♪

[CHOIR] ♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪

♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪

[JUKEBOX] ♪ Ooh ♪

[CHOIR] ♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪

♪ Mary, don't you weep ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

[PERSON] Great job.

[HOWARD] All right.

So what else she say?

She wanted to know what we talk about,

what you're thinking.

How the f*ck you supposed
to know what I'm thinking?

[SUCKS TEETH]

We do have a relationship, Malcolm.

That I pay for in cash,
not conversation.

Man, f*ck you.

Like I need this f*ckin'
police sh*t in my life.

She threatened to call Child Welfare

and have them take my kid away.

Andrea, you got a roof over
his head, you keep him fed.

It ain't like you puttin'
cigarettes out on his scalp.

CWB ain't gonna f*ck with you.

[ANDREA SIGHS]

She, um, had a lot of questions

about the sh**ting
and what you remember.

What'd you say?

Nothin', 'cause you don't remember.

Right?

You say anything else?

I mentioned the thing about your son.

m*therf*cker!

I-I thought that maybe she knew already.

What the f*ck?

[ANDREA] I'm sorry.

Don't you have a confidentiality clause

in your line of business?

Something that says shut the f*ck up?

Not when my kid
is being threatened, Malcolm.

Time for you to go.

Me and you done.

You serious right now?

[HOWARD] Get the f*ck out.

Malcolm.

- [HOWARD] Get out of here.
- [ANDREA] I... oh.

- sh*t.
- [ANDREA] Malcolm.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DARREN] Hey.

Oh. [LAUGHS]

♪ ♪

If only you knew where
that mouth been at, n*gga.

- [TONI] Hi.
- [DARREN] Hi.

♪ ♪

[RAQ] Hey.

You should take these to the front.

And stay away from the white girl.

♪ ♪

Kid's on the move.

[SIGHS]

Can I trust you
to run interference on him

and not do nothing stupid?

Yes.

Leave the kid alone.

Scout's honor.

♪ ♪

[BROOM RUSTLING]

[HANNAH] Hey.

You headed back to the city?

Yeah. Just turning in these keys.

Gonna leave without saying goodbye?

I was hoping
I'd catch you before I left.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[DOMINIC] Disgraziat'.

♪ ♪

[CROWS CAWING]

♪ ♪

Drop the g*n.

Sal sent you.

[JIMMY] Hey, well,
he told you how it had to be,

but you didn't hear him.

I hear fine.

I just don't always listen.

[KANAN GRUNTING]

If I k*ll you,
I'm at w*r with your boss,

which is bad for business for all of us,

especially you.

But if I let you go,
you're gonna keep coming.

And that's a problem for me.

[HANNAH] Hey! Hey!

Help! He's gonna k*ll Kanan!

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

♪ ♪

[g*n COCKING]

[RAQ] Kanan!

- [g*nsh*t]
- [DOMINIC GROANS]

[RAQ PANTING]

[JIMMY] f*ck.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Look, there's a deal to be made

between Sal and me,
and we gonna make it.

But for now, me and my son,

we getting the f*ck up out of here.

- Yeah, what about her?
- [DOMINIC GROANING]

[RAQ] She ain't gonna say nothing.

Ain't that right?

'Cause if you do,
his people and my people,

we're gonna make quick work
of your people, you understand?

We're going home.

Now, I suggest you collect
whatever's left

of your man here, and you do the same.

♪ ♪

[DOMINIC] What's the matter with you?

Should've sh*t 'em.

You should've sh*t 'em both.

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

♪ ♪

[GROWN KANAN] Sometimes
you got so much sh*t to say,

you don't say nothing at all.

♪ ♪

And then there are times
you don't even gotta say sh*t

'cause everybody already know.

Who were they?

Don't matter.

They gon' get dealt with.

[GROWN KANAN] Either way,

it's better to keep your mouth
closed and your eyes open.

♪ ♪

Don't let 'em know
what the f*ck you thinking,

especially when you don't
even know yourself.