02x09 - Anti-Trust

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Power Book III: Raising Kanan". Aired: July 18, 2021 – present.*
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Fifteen-year-old Kanan Stark is eager to join his family's growing drug business in 1990s South Jamaica, Queens.
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02x09 - Anti-Trust

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♪ ♪

[GROWN KANAN]
Previously on Raising Kanan...

[BURKE] What was he wearing?

[SAM] In case you ain't noticed,

I'm high as a m*therf*cking
Georgia pine right now.

Turns out Kanan ain't the first
young boy you been messing with.

Like I said, I don't know
what you're talking...

- [g*n CLICKS]
- I heard what you said,

but do you hear what I'm saying?

[UNIQUE] He ain't dead.
And if he ain't dead, he still talking.

We found the person who was with Marco.

It's Dominic.

[DOMINIC GASPS, GROANS]

[MUFFLED SHOUTING]

You and Howard have a complicated past.

You were his informant?

[HOWARD] Turns out she's been
reviewing my records.

Don't nobody like someone

digging through they old sh*t, Cap.

I'm detective Malcolm Howard.

I need to talk to you
about Detective Shannon Burke.

Yeah, come on in.

♪ ♪

[ZISA] When you playing our track?

My sh*t plays today.

Not once, not twice,
not three, four times.

- Do you understand?
- I understand.

- [SLAP]
- [JUKEBOX WHIMPERS]

[KENYA] Don't you see
I'm tryna save you?

[JUKEBOX] I was fine without you.
I don't need you. I never needed you.

n*gga, that's a daddy test.

Who the other n*gga, M.H.?
Is M.H. Def Con?

Need a place to sleep tonight.

Traymont, I can offer you a
better product at a better price.

I'm a businessman,
and I only f*ck with people I know.

[RAQ] Well, you don't know me,
but I know you.

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

Trayvon's boy got caught with a g*n.

Wants me and my lawyer to get him out.

[SAL] And reach out
to that n*gg*r queen of Queens

and tell her we need to talk.

Maybe you should have k*lled her
when you had the f*cking sh*t.

Give me another chance.

You deserve the good stuff.
You know that, right?

- Hey, Marvin!
- [g*nf*re]

[BIG BAND MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[ALL CHEERING]

Must be Thanksgiving,
'cause that's a f*ckin' turkey, boys!

[GROWN KANAN] Ain't no such thing
as a sh**t who happy.

Sure, them hitter n*gg*s
might be living and laughing

and bowling strikes,

but inside, they broken,

f*cked up in a way
they can't be un-f*cked up.

$ you owe me, Carmine.

Double or nothing next week.

You've been saying that since
we started this sh*t at $ .

I'm good for the money,
cheating cocksucker.

[LAUGHTER]

Goodnight, guys. [CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

[ENGINE TURNS OVER]

[GROWN KANAN]
And that's 'cause they know.

They knew that all that sh*t they done
gonna turn back around on 'em.

You a hitter, you gonna get hit.

[SOFTLY] All right.

[LOU-LOU] Yo.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

- You don't wanna...
- [SUPPRESSED g*nshots]

[JIMMY GROANS]

♪ ♪

Yeah, I do.

[GROWN KANAN] Might be a b*llet or a bid

or a m*therf*cking bus,
but one way or the other,

sh**t going out just how they live:

hard as hell.

[SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYS]

[PASTOR] And what do we say to God

when he takes from us someone
who is so young,

so gifted, so good?

[SINGER] ♪ Gracious Lord... ♪

We don't say we understand...

because we don't.

And we don't say we believe in you
and your plan for us, God,

because losing Renée is not
part of any plan we believe in.

We just ask

that you care for her, God,

love her as we loved her,

hold her as we held her,

but above all,

protect her...

in a way we couldn't.

[SINGER] ♪ I am tired... ♪

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ Pick it up, pick it up ♪

♪ Pick it up, pick it up ♪

♪ Yo, pick it up, drop down ♪

♪ Move it till you
Can't feel the ground ♪

♪ And if you know what is good for you ♪

- You done?
- What the f*ck, man?

Ain't nothin' sacred no more?

Damn, can't a n*gga
just finish in peace?

Put that sh*t away, Sam.

Y'all violating my privacy.

This sh*t is harassment right here.

For real.

You're pissing in the public park.

What part is that private to you, huh?

- Any needles?
- [SAM] Needles, man.

Let me see what my n*gga Clarence Thomas
got to say about all that.

All that right there for real.

I'm sure Clarence pissed in the park
more than a few times.

I paid for all that.

Got a call you shoplifted from Habib's.

f*ck Habib. Habib is full of sh*t.

Seriously.

Yo, I paid for all that sh*t
right there.

- Everything.
- [KENNEALLY] Is that right?

[MANCUSO] You pay for this too?

[SAM] Nah, nah, nah.
Yo, check this out, man.

I'm holding them joints
for a friend, man.

Yeah, I wanna meet your friend
who trusts you to hold his cr*ck.

[SAM] Listen here, man.
How about I take all that sh*t

back to Habib, right?

And y'all just let...
Let me hold them boulders.

Man, for real, for real.

No harm, no foul, man. Yo, come on, man.

I'ma lose my friend
if I lose them cracks, man.

[KENNEALLY] I'm sure you'll make a

new friend, Sam. You're a friendly guy.

[SAM] I'll give you a tip, man.

I'll give you a tip that
get you that detec badge, man.

Get you up off this flat-foot sh*t.

Let me guess.

You know where we can find Jimmy Hoffa.

Nah, nah, nah, nah.
I know who sh*t that cop.

That detec that got caught
right in the park over here?

I know who put him down, man.

[MANCUSO] Just get in the car, Sam.

[SAM] Five-O, man. I seen him, man.

I know what he look like, man.
I can point him out to you.

I can show you who he...

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

[HORATIO] It's Horatio. Open up.

I'm done f*cking around
with you, Famous.

I can't wait on you no more!

I need this rent.

I told you I'm figuring something out.

Well, you need to figure it out faster.
Like today!

I'm trying. We can't...

We can't put together
a payment plan or-or something?

A payment plan?

Famous, you gotta pay
to have a payment plan,

and you ain't been paying!

What if I can get you that studio time

that Crown was trying
to get you for a minute?

You know, before he got caught?

Before that fake-ass Puerto Rock
got fished out the river?

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

If you could make that happen...

And I can't imagine you can...

There might be a deal we could make.

But I ain't gonna lie.

I find it real hard to believe

you gonna give me and my girl
free studio time.

I mean, look at you, man.

Yo, you live like sh*t.
You got two days.

And then you out.

♪ ♪

You think Lou could do me a solid?

Come on, man. Why would he do that?

I'm f*cked, K.

You are.

♪ ♪

There you go.

♪ ♪

[FAMOUS SIGHS]

Congratulations. It's officially yours!

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

- Thank you.
- It's a beautiful home.

That's my cousin.

He wanted to get a look at the house.

I hope you make a lot
of happy memories here.

Yeah, me too.

If you need anything at all,
just call me.

[DOG BARKING]

[FRANKIE VALLI'S "CAN'T
TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU" PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[DARIO] What are we gonna do?

She has to know that her
and her f*cking homies

can't go toe-to-toe with us.

She set up shop in our backyard.

She made you come down on your taste.

She told you she wouldn't
give up her brother for Marco.

Seems to me she been going
toe-to-toe with us all along.

We can't make a move in Queens
without checking with our f*ckin' friend

in the fish store out in
f*cking Howard Beach first.

And that cocksucker, he always
wants something in return.

She f*cking k*lled Jimmy.
That can't go unanswered.

[CHIPS CLATTER]

I known Jimmy since we were stealing
bikes outside St. Lucy's, Dario.

I held his daughter in my arms
at her baptism, for Christ sakes.

This n*gg*r's gonna answer
for what she did.

But there's politics involved.

Queens is a f*cking hornet's nest.

And before we do anything else,

I want to know exactly what
the f*ck we're up against here.

We're not going through any doors

without knowing
what's on the other side.

[CHIPS CLATTER]

Get me Unique.

What do you got?

I'm telling you, man.
I know who pulled the trigger.

He was right outside here the other day.

One count of shoplifting,
one count of possession,

one count of public indecency,

and a dozen counts
of won't shut the f*ck up.

[SAM] Listen here, man.

Why don't you just break me off
one of them vials, man?

Show a n*gga some love, man.

I'll make y'all n*gg*s heroes, man.

Hey, Burke.

Sam here says he's got an ID
on Howard's sh**t.

Yeah, we already been down
that road with you, Sam.

You fingered Lee Harvey Oswald.

- [KENNEALLY LAUGHS]
- Nah, nah, nah, nah.

Nah, Detec. I was f*cked up that night,

but I remember now.

Hey, look, why don't you just
get me up off this bullshit?

[KENNEALLY] Everyone remembers something

when they're about to get locked up.

I'm telling you, man.
It was young boy who did it.

And I'ma to tell you like this.

You don't want that
little n*gga in the street,

'cause he bought to go from being a pup

to a wolf real f*cking quick.

That's my word.

You didn't have sh*t for us that
night, Sam, so what happened?

Something shake loose in your head?

See, man, I saw that
little n*gga out and about

and the sh*t all came back to me.

Was that before or after
you sucked some smoke

out of that glass d*ck?

[KENNEALLY SNICKERS]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

You wanna know what I know, Detec.

I got the answers you need.

- Let's go, Sam.
- Where we going, huh?

- Right here.
- Where the f*ck we going?

- [HINGE CREAKS]
- Get the f*ck off of me, man.

[SAM MUTTERS]

[R&B MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[ZISA VOCALIZING]

♪ ♪

Hey look, man, the first song
is getting a little airplay, right?

It's bubblin' a little bit.

I just think that we need
to shift gears for the next one.

The first one was...
It was for the clubs,

but this one needs
to be for the bedroom.

Yeah.

[ZISA] ♪ Boy You know just what you do ♪

♪ Whenever I'm around you ♪

Yo, Lou.

Kanan ain't here, Fame.

I know. Back at my crib.

I just wanna know if I can holler at you
about something real quick.

- Hey, I'm working, man.
- [FAMOUS] I know.

[ZISA] ♪ And everybody else can see ♪

Look, I'm dealing with a situation

that's... that's mad urgent right now.

[ZISA] ♪ Make me feel this way ♪

Yo, Z. Take five, baby.

What up, kid?

I was hoping maybe
we could talk in private.

I ain't got time for that.
Cartier is family anyway, right?

- Mm-hmm.
- All right.

Speak your sh*t.

Crown was giving my landlord
free studio time

for him and his girl
to help me with my rent.

Now that Crown gone,

my landlord asked me if I could
get her back in here again.

But if I can't,

me and all my sh*t gonna end up
back on the street again, Lou.

Yo, yo, yo, I hear you.
I'll figure it out.

- We'll get you some sh*t.
- Just...

the studio won't stay in business long

if we keep bartering recording time

for your rent, my brother.

Oh, no, no,
I'm not talking about a barter.

I'm just talking about a little trade.

[CARTIER CHUCKLES]

A barter is a trade, young hustler.

Look here, are you familiar
with the expression

"You give a man a fish,
you feed him for a day.

"If you teach him how to fish,
you'll feed him for his lifetime"?

See, a lot of people like to think
it's from the Bible, but it's not.

It's actually a quote from a great
Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu.

It's as true today as it was

thousands of years ago when he said it.

You see, if you give somebody something,

they just come back for more.

But you teach them how
to get that sh*t themselves,

you've given them a skill set

that will last them
for the rest of their days.

I was just talking about
studio time for my landlord...

[CARTIER] No, no, no, no, no!
What you about to do

is get yourself a rod.

Throw some bait on that hook,

cast that sh*t out in the water,
my young Latin brother.

[FAMOUS] What?

You're about to be a fisherman.

Lou, what...

And you'll never go hungry again.

I'm about to be homeless!

[DOOR CLOSES SOFTLY]

I don't do charity, Lou.

And now that we in business
together, neither do you.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

Hey, yo, what... uh...

what happened to that sh*t
about you being a silent partner?

Yeah, well...

money talks, my n*gga.
Let's get back to work.

♪ ♪

Z, you ready?

Been ready.

[R&B MUSIC PLAYS]

[ZISA VOCALIZING]

♪ ♪

[RAQ] Thanks for doing those, baby.

Didn't get a chance to do 'em
before I left this morning.

No problem.

Your father told me about
what happened with you and Kenya.

I'm sorry.

I mean, she's the one
who left me in the first place,

so why I ever thought it
would be different?

Well, you want to be loved.

We all wanna be loved.

I mean, and people can change, Juke.

They can get better.

If they want to.

Seen Kanan at all?

Little bit.

He's still over at Fame's.

He talk to you about me?

[RAQ LAUGHS]

Juke don't betray nobody confidence.

[RAQ CHUCKLES]
That's why we love you so much.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

'Cause we trust you with the
sh*t that we can't tell nobody else.

♪ ♪

Not havin' Kanan here has been a lot.

♪ ♪

Feel like I'm reachin' out for somethin'
that I can't quite get to.

And it hurts.

Everything I've done, I've done for him.

I don't care what nobody
gotta say about it...

'cause it's real easy
to judge sh*t from the outside.

♪ ♪

To look in on somebody else life
and point out where they f*cking up.

But when you in it? [SCOFFS]

When you gotta make
life-or-death decisions for your child?

♪ ♪

[SIGHS] You alone.

Ain't nowhere to turn.

Ain't nobody there
to tell you what to do,

so you do what you think is right.

You gonna do whatever you gotta do
to protect your child, Juke.

Even if it means risking everything.

'Cause, you know,
this sh*t ain't a short game.

We ain't playin' for tomorrow
or next week or next month.

The calls you make for your baby today

gonna still be hittin' hard
years from now.

Short-term loss
turn into a long-term gain.

♪ ♪

That's the hustle. That's the work.

♪ ♪

I'm sorry.

♪ ♪

Any of that make any sense?

It does.

♪ ♪

Sometimes it don't make no sense to me.

♪ ♪

Didn't know you was Muslim.

Trying to get back into it.

- As-Salaam-Alaikum.
- Wa-Alaikum-Salaam.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Figured since you ain't want
heads from the Southside

seein' you with me,

meetin' somewhere out the hood
would be better.

No doubt.

So how's everything with your moms?

Can't really call it.

I'm stayin' at my friend's crib.

Mm.

I don't know what I can
and can't say to you, Kanan.

This right here,
it's all still new to me.

Uncharted waters.

I don't wanna overstep

but I don't wanna play you
to the left, either.

If you got something
to say to me, just say it.

'Cause I... [SIGHS]

I don't know what to ask.

I know you my father, man.

I been knowing, a'ight?

I ain't need no test
to confirm nothing for me.

Just, the thing is, with knowing,

now I gotta make sense
of all this other sh*t and...

Damn, I'm sorry.

Should I not curse here?

- It's best if you don't.
- [KANAN SIGHS]

Like I said, I'm trying
to get back involved,

so I'm sure Allah is keeping
a pretty close eye on me.

Make sure I'm on
the righteous tip and all that.

[KANAN CHUCKLES]

Look, all I'm saying is,

as much as this changes things
between you and me,

it changes things between me and her
a whole lot more.

♪ ♪

Did she always know
that you was my father?

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[HOWARD] I don't know.

I'm not gonna speak for your moms.

That would be unfair to you and her.

Unfair to her?

Are you... you serious right now?

How you... how you talking
about being unfair to her

when that night at the park...

- I don't...
- [KANAN] She was the one...

♪ ♪

I don't want to talk about that ever.

You and me, we ain't about
what's already happened.

It's done.

There's nothing you can do about it.

We need to be focused on where we going.

Not where we been.

♪ ♪

A'ight?

♪ ♪

Yeah.

Let me drive you to the train.

♪ ♪

I know who did it and they
still put me in this f*cking box

like I'm some f*cking dog.

I know sh*t!
I know sh*t you need to know!

[BURKE] Hey... okay.

[SAM] Just get me
the motherfuck outta here

- and I'll solve it!
- Take it easy.

- Take it easy.
- I swear I will!

Take it easy, Sam. Take it easy.

- You gonna get me outta here?
- Maybe.

I need to hear what you think
you remember first.

- Then I'll see.
- I seen him, Detec.

Seen who?

The little n*gga was on the stairs

talking to the same
f*cking cop he wet up.

You're... you're talking about Howard?

The kid who sh*t Howard was with Howard?

That's what I'm saying, Co-dumbo.

Who is the kid, Sam?

[SAM] I don't know
this m*therf*cker's name.

He running around with this
other little m*therf*cker.

Some Latin n*gga.

They call the n*gga Famous or some sh*t.

Famous?

That's what they saying!
I don't know him!

He don't look like nobody to me!

Okay, you might actually
have something here, Sam,

but I gotta go run it up the flagpole.

I'll circle back on you in a few, okay?

You told me you was gonna
get me outta here.

Get me outta here! f*ck you, bitch!

Sounds like the natives
are getting restless.

He's jonesing.

[SAM] I told her
who sh*t that f*cking cop

and she said she
was gonna get me outta here!

Get me the f*ck up outta here!
Get me outta here!

♪ ♪

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[BAPTISTE] What is it, Burke?

I got a stack of DD- s
a mile high to go over.

If I had a witness who came in
whose testimony

didn't match his original statement...

Use whatever matches the evidence.

And any other witness statements
you might have,

but warn the ADA he's not reliable.

What's this about?

It's a cold case. Long sh*t.

Just make sure you're not messin'

in someone else's rice bowl, Burke.

I don't even like rice, Captain.

- [PHONES RINGING]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DIAL TONE DRONES]

[LINE TRILLING]

Let me talk to Salinas
in Internal Affairs.

Don't know how you got this sh*t done

when Cartier couldn't,
but I appreciate it.

It's called the power of will, Traymont.

When I want something done,
sh*t gets done.

That's how I run my business,
how I live my life.

And I take care of my own.

My pockets fat, everybody pockets fat.

Ain't no such thing as winnin'
unless we all winnin'.

Look.

Cartier ain't the type to just
let people walk away from him.

All that smooth talk and happy bullshit

is just a cover
for one mean, angry n*gga.

You and me reach an agreement,
I'll handle Cartier.

Uh-uh, we ain't got no agreement
until Cartier is handled.

Mr. Drew is free to go.

- My man here a f*cking genius.
- [BARNES CHUCKLES]

Thank you for your kind words,

but it's less about my genius

and more about the state's negligence.

There were four people in that vehicle,

and the w*apon was tucked
into the back seat.

They're gonna struggle to establish

the constructive possession
of the firearm, and they know it.

No more g*ns, Mr. Drew.

At least not here
in the state of New York.

I heard what you said.

I'll be in touch.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

I think...

that bitch's blood
may run colder than Cartier's.

And that's truly saying some sh*t.

♪ ♪

[SAM GROANING]

- [KENNEALLY WHISTLES]
- [SAM GROANING]

Turns out today's your lucky day.

Got some hard cases coming through,
and we need cell space.

What the f*ck does that mean?

[KENNEALLY] It means
those rocks you were carrying

and Hershey bars you boosted

ain't worth the time or space
you take up.

More important skels
need a place to land.

[KENNEALLY SNAPS]

Sammy gets to run.

It was a Snickers, m*therf*cker.

I don't f*ck with Hershey's.

f*cking harassment,
invasion of a n*gga privacy.

I shouldn't have been in this
m*therf*cker in the first place.

You're always f*cking with a n*gga.

f*ck that. sh*t make me sick.

I gotta go.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Whoa. What the hell you doing?
I need him to stay here.

Got bigger fish on the hook.
Sam's been sprung.

Well, I'm questioning him
on some other sh*t.

I need him to sit tight for a minute.

I'm doing what I was told to do, Burke.

You got a problem with it,
take it up with the captain.

[SIGHS] Okay.
Let me walk him out, at least.

Be my guest. Sam's smelling pretty ripe.

[SAM] Yo, you heard him.

You ain't keeping me in here, Detec.

- f*ck that.
- I know, Sam.

I just wanna talk to you
about what you saw.

[SAM] f*ck you need to talk to me for?

[HOWARD] What the f*ck is Burke
doing with Sam?

I think they're dating.

But if you ask me,
he's way out of her league.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Overheard him telling Burke
he knows who sh*t you.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

He was already brought in for that.
He didn't have sh*t.

Oh, but now he's saying
he remembers someone,

because as we all know,

crackheads have
some great f*cking memories.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

Burke's an idiot.

♪ ♪

[SIREN WAILING]

Hey, I need to get you on the record
about that sh**ting.

And why the f*ck would I do that?

I'm out. I don't need you no more.

You saw a cop get sh*t, Sam.
That's a big f*cking deal.

That's why I'ma hold on to it
for the next time I need it.

Here.

There's more where that came from.

You do right by me,
I'll do right by you.

Well, since you put it that way,

I might be convinced to speak
my truth out loud for you.

Where can I find you later?

[SAM] Listen. I'm a basehead, a'ight?

There's three spots you could find me:

the dope spot, the smoke spot,
or the mope spot.

I'll catch you on the flip.

♪ ♪

How was the funeral?

You know.

A lot of crying
over sh*t that can't change.

You cry?

sh*t, I don't know.

I had sunglasses on.

I've seen you cry before.

There's nothing wrong with crying.

I done a lot of bad sh*t, Juke.

And I always been thinking
that I do good sh*t too.

That in the end, the good sh*t
gonna balance out the bad...

that I'm playin' even
in this m*therf*cker.

sh*t not nearly even.

Not at all.

Yo, f*cked up sh*t

happen to f*cked up people.

And I'm f*cked up.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

So I'm sorry...

♪ ♪

For the sh*t I done,

for the sh*t I didn't do.

♪ ♪

And I'm... I'ma...

I'ma try to do good now.

♪ ♪

For you.

♪ ♪

For everyone.

♪ ♪

You can't do good for me

or nobody else

until you do good for you.

♪ ♪

Workin' on that, girl.

♪ ♪

Workin' on me.

♪ ♪

[R&B MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Oh...

♪ ♪

g*dd*mn, Raq.

What is it, baby?

You know what this is.
You know who I am.

I am not a man who waits
for what he wants.

Well, it's not about you waiting.

It's about when I'm ready.

I have a proposal for you.

I want to buy into your operation.

For a % stake in your organization.

That would guarantee your package.

I will help fund your expansion
into other markets.

I will assist you
into moving your profits

into legitimate businesses.

[SINGER] ♪ I don't know
What you do to me ♪

You doing all this
just 'cause you wanna f*ck me?

[CARTIER CHUCKLES]

Nah, I don't pay for that, baby.

Never.

Well, I thought you said that
it was too competitive up here,

that the margins were too thin.

Now I'm focusing on market share.

See, if you control enough of the pie...

[RAQ] Mm-hmm.

You start f*cking
with the economics of scale.

Then we can drive the deal
with our friends in South America.

We might not be able to control revenue,

but we can control our own cost.

I'm trying to drive mine down.

♪ ♪

You're full of surprises, huh?

I know what I want.

♪ ♪

And I want what I know.

♪ ♪

[SINGER SINGING INDISTINCTLY]

[CROWS CAWING]

What I offered her
wasn't just reasonable.

It was generous.

Her brother for my son?

Not a fair trade at all.

Losing a child is like
losing a f*cking limb.

But I was willing to compromise

because I wouldn't even want
her to feel this pain.

Hell, I wouldn't wish this
on my worst enemy.

Look, I gots no love for Marvin Thomas.

I mean, then n*gga
took sh*ts at me and my son.

But with all due respect, Sal,
Marco f*cked up the job, man.

Kind of tough putting
your kid's fuckup on Marvin.

He went around me, too, Marco.

That's not how business is done.

Well, he couldn't have went around you

if Marco wasn't down for the crime, man.

That's all I'm saying.

My son vouched for you.

He said you were a friend,
and I've treated you as such,

but now you're gonna take up
for this f*ckin' moolie.

[CROWS CAWING]

I need you to tell me
about Raq's operation.

How many soldiers,

what kind of firepower they got, huh?

Where they're working out from.

I need to know what it
looks like from top to bottom.

So you and Raq sh*t
is just you and Raq sh*t.

Don't got nothin' to do with me, man.

It wasn't just me and Raq sh*t

when you asked me
to squeeze her in Newark.

And it wasn't just me and Raq sh*t
when you had me hit her trucks.

That was business.

You got paid off all of that, man.

The f*ck do I get for stepping
in between your beef with her?

You get my gratitude,
and that is f*ckin' priceless.

Look, man.

I dime Raq out to you,
that makes me a f*cking snitch.

I ain't going out like that, man.

No one's ever gonna know.

I'll know.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

You disappoint me, Unique.

And I don't handle disappointment well.

♪ ♪

They'll show you to your car.

♪ ♪

[UNIQUE SPITS]

♪ ♪

[FAMOUS] Thank you.

Appreciate you covering for me.

All right, man. You know I got you.

[FAMOUS] I don't know
what the f*ck I'ma do, K.

I get kicked out this spot,
I'm out on the street again.

I ain't going back
to no f*cking shelter.

Look, I got a couple
hundred bucks I can get you.

Thank you. For real.

You always got a n*gga back, but...

my problem's a little bigger
than that right now.

- You know?
- [FREDDY] Pick up for Freddy.

That's right, m*therf*cker.

You don't want none of this.

[KANAN SCOFFS]

Yo, I'm broke as sh*t,

but somehow that n*gga is always paid.

You grimy like Freddy,
you can stay paid too.

Who the f*ck want to live
like that cruddy n*gga?

No doubt.

[MEAGHAN SMITH'S
"YOU'VE GOT MY HEART" PLAYING]

[MEAGHAN] ♪ When we say hello ♪

♪ I see my sky In your blue eyes ♪

- Still good?
- Still great.

So what do you think
my next move is on Howard?

The next move is no move.
You need to leave this alone.

Digging up dirt on your partner ain't

gonna win you any fans in the precinct.

I don't need fans.

I think you do.

I think that's what this is about.

You're still trying to prove yourself.

Prove to everybody that you belong

and you didn't just get this job
because of your family.

But I did just get this job
because of my family.

And you're still a good cop.

Everyone knows it.

Everyone but you, that is.

♪ ♪

You're real police, baby.

Yeah, and real police know
when something doesn't feel right.

And all of this sh*t with Howard
feels wrong.

I just don't want it
to blow back up on me.

I don't want to get caught up
in his bullshit.

Any chance we could stop
talking about Howard,

focus on us instead?

[MEAGHAN] ♪ Of all your heartbeats ♪

Who's Howard?

♪ Wherever you go ♪

[MARVIN] You know, just so you know,

I appreciate you putting
that Italian m*therf*cker down

for me, Lou, especially 'cause I know

you really not tryna f*ck
with this kind of work no more.

I'll drop any n*gga trying
to take sh*ts at my brother.

Word up.

So you here with us, Lou?

'Cause sh*t is about
to get hairy as hell,

and we ain't looking
for no part-time help.

We need m*therf*ckers who puttin' in
them full f*cking days.

I'm here.

Any word on who took out Crown?

That n*gga owed everybody money.

It could have been anyone.

Look, I got peoples coming in
from Newburgh, Syracuse, and Rochester

to back us up here.

Soon as we get our head count right,
we gonna move on Bosellis.

Hey, look, I'm down. I'm here.

I just gotta say them
Italians is more deep than us.

Money, g*ns, bodies.

They got more of all that.
We can't b*at 'em.

But we don't need to b*at 'em.
We just need to make 'em bleed.

Okay, these Jersey m*therf*ckers,
they ain't no real mafia.

They just some damn benchwarmers

who answer to the big dogs
here in New York.

They ain't got no heart.

Now, how you think it's gonna look
when New York find out Sal Boselli

getting bodied
by some n*gg*s from Queens?

That's a black eye for the whole g*ng.

Now, in the meantime,
I'm gonna need an assist

on some old accounts that need settling.

I know you still getting your
head right, but it's time-sensitive.

Collectin'?

No, we gotta cash a n*gga out.

That crackhead m*therf*cker Sam.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Security.

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Do you know what time it is?

Yeah. I need your mother gat.

[CORINNE SCOFFS]

- Go home, Famous.
- No.

I need that g*n, Corrine.

For what?

It ain't so I can smash
your moms like Kanan did.

f*ck you.

Come on.

I got n*gg*s gunnin' for me, Corinne.

I need that sh*t for my protection.

♪ ♪

Why the f*ck you even protecting
your mom sh*t anyway?

f*ck her.

♪ ♪

[CORINNE SIGHS]

♪ ♪

Hold on.

♪ ♪

[FAMOUS SIGHS]

♪ ♪

You get in any trouble with that,
I'm gonna say you stole it.

I'll get this back to you
in a couple days, all right?

♪ ♪

I know now that you and Nicole
were being manipulated

by that police officer,

that she was taking advantage
of the both of you.

And I just want to make sure that

that doesn't that
to anyone else ever again.

Who's he?

I'm Detective Edward Salinas

from the Internal Affairs
Division at the NYPD,

but I wanna be clear

I'm not here in any official capacity

and this conversation
is completely off the record.

Mr. Bingham just thought
that you might be able

to flesh out what we already
know about Detective Burke.

I don't know what you're talking about.

When you called me, I thought
you just wanted to talk about Nicole.

Uh, we do.
I-I just recently learned, though,

that... that this Detective Burke

has been having an inappropriate
relationship with you and Nicole

and that it might've involved

her giving Nicole
the dr*gs that k*lled her.

- Who told you that?
- [SALINAS] Doesn't matter.

What matters is
whether it's true or not.

I don't talk to the police.

And I sure as hell don't talk to
the police about the police, so...

Lloyd. No, he... he's not...
Laverne, Laverne!

[SIGHS] Damn it.

Okay. She... she's just scared.

She doesn't...
She doesn't trust the police.

Look, Mr. Bingham,

I don't know who gave you this
information about Detective Burke,

because you refuse to tell me,
but I have to say...

I promised I wouldn't divulge my source.

Without that girl corroborating
what this source told you,

we don't have sh*t.

Laverne will come around, okay?
I know she will.

[LEE DORSEY'S "WHO'S GONNA HELP
BROTHER GET FURTHER?" PLAYING]

♪ ♪

These n*gg*s ain't got no f*cking...

[MUMBLING INDISTINCTLY]

[LEE] ♪ We may seem happy ♪

♪ Like everything's all right ♪

♪ From the outside Looking in ♪

[CAR HORN HONKS]

♪ Everything's uptight ♪

♪ ♪

♪ But deep down inside ♪

Yo, what, man? What up?

[MARVIN] Yo, how you living, Sam?

I'm livin' large, n*gga.

♪ ♪

Yo, um, I need you to help me
on some sh*t.

f*ck kinda help you need from me, man?

[MARVIN CHUCKLES]

[LEE] ♪ Who's gonna help him
Get further? ♪

♪ ♪

Paying in jumbos, brother. Get in.

This n*gga made a n*gga
a offer he can't refuse, yo.

♪ ♪

You know I'ma smoke
that sh*t first, right?

♪ ♪

Give me what you got, n*gga!

[FREDDY SCOFFS] You tripping.

Open that sh*t up. We going inside.

Why the f*ck would I do that?

'Cause I'ma wet your ass up! That's why!

[FREDDY LAUGHING]

Oh, you ain't gonna do sh*t, Famous.

I know it's you, m*therf*cker.

Bitch-ass voice.

You done started something you
don't even know how to finish.

Come on. Just open that sh*t up!

- Nah, n*gga.
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

That sh*t ain't happening.

It don't gotta go like this.

Soon as you pulled that sh*t out,
it was gonna be like this.

♪ ♪

You done f*cked it all up, Fame.

♪ ♪

[g*nsh*t]

♪ ♪

[FREDDY GASPS]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

And you sure it was him?

I dropped off the tape and saw him

when I was walking back up the block.

He walked right up to their door
and started talking to Nicole's dad.

Look, I could talk to him
about it if you want.

[SCOFFS] Hell, nah.

That police sh*t is all you, son.

I ain't got nothin' to do with that.

sh*t ain't for me neither, Juke.

Ain't like I wanted it.

Aye, you ever thought about
what went down back in the day?

I mean, your moms had to have been
mad young when he stepped to her.

[KANAN] .

My mother was .

That means he had to have been
in his s or some sh*t.

Kind of like you and your girl's moms.

Aye, yo, it's nothing like that sh*t.

Really?

'Cause the last time I checked,

she was a grown-ass woman,
and you still in high school.

Well, it's different when the woman
is the one older in the sh*t, Juke.

Okay, n*gga, you keep
telling yourself that.

It's the same f*cking thing.

Aye, you ever thought about
goin' back home at all?

[KANAN SCOFFS]

To her?

After this sh*t?

The f*ck I'm gonna say to her, Juke?

"Hey, Ma, remember you sent me
to do that sh*t in the park?

Forgot to tell me
that n*gga was my father?"

At least you have a dad now.

How that havin' a dad sh*t
been workin' out for you?

Actually...

Marvin been tryin' to get right.

She ain't gone be able to
make this sh*t right... ever.

[SIREN WAILING]

Hey, you seen Sam around?

I ain't seen nothin'.

He told me I could find him here.

Then find him, bitch.

Listen to me, man.

You need to get on this bus,
get the f*ck outta here,

and never come back.

The Southside ain't safe
for you no more.

Southside ain't never been safe for me.
What's the difference?

Difference now is
I'm comin' for you, n*gga.

If I see you again,
I gotta put you down.

But why, Marv? What I do?

I don't know, Sam.
It... it don't matter.

Point is, I'm tryin'
to be better, n*gga,

do good,

and lettin' you go like this
felt like the right sh*t to do.

Don't do nothin'
to make me change my mind.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Sam.

♪ ♪

I know givin' cash
to a dope fiend like you

a bad idea.

I'm prayin' you understand
what I'm sayin' to you.

Use this money.

Set yourself up somewhere else.

Fix yourself, Sam.

It ain't never too late.

I'm gonna get on that
straight and narrow, Marv.

For real. You'll see.

I believe in you, brother.

You just need to believe in yourself.

♪ ♪

[BEEPING]

[SAM] Aye, yo.

Aye, yo, let me off this
motherfuckin' bus, n*gga.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[GROWN KANAN]
It's a short stop at the top.

Don't matter if you a CEO, a baller,
a rapper, or you sling.

You ain't gonna be the best for long.

♪ ♪

But you tell yourself
you always gonna be there,

that ain't nobody better than you.

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

But it ain't even about better.

It's about that n*gga
who younger, faster, tougher.

Coming up.

[GROWN KANAN] That n*gga
who ain't got sh*t to lose like you do.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

See, the thing about the crown, man...

♪ ♪

...is once you wearin' it,
you ain't as hungry no more.

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

You start feelin' comfortable,
safe, satisfied.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[LAUGHS]

You two don't even trust each other.

We family.

Bitch, f*ck you,

and f*ck your family.

[GRUNTS]

[GROWN KANAN] How's that sh*t go?

You done fallen,
and you can't get up, n*gga.

And when you fall from
that top spot, you down.

You down for good.

♪ ♪

[ELEVATOR DINGS]
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