03x06 - Land of Lies

[bunniefuu]

♪ ♪

[MONET] Previously on Ghost...

I need to tell you something.
I made a horrible mistake.

I thought I was sh**ting
him, but it was Zeke.

You sh*t my son.

I can't even f*cking look at you.

[LORENZO] What about our family?

Out of respect for them, I'm not
gonna give you the b*llet you deserve.

You haven't returned my
calls about my brother.

My colleague is running a drug trial.

Your brother can't participate
while he's in custody.

You f*ck up, she dies.

Noma still owns us forever.

May have a way out. This is her kid.

We find the girl, we can use
her to leverage our freedom.

You have guards standing watch?
Who the f*ck is in there?

[SCOFFS] Lauren.

You know, she can't
legally keep you here.

Tariq didn't try to k*ll you.

- Lauren, what the f*ck?
- Why did you want me dead?

What the f*ck are you talking about?

[LAUREN] Effie, she
took me from Brayden,

knocked me out, and dumped
me in a f*cking river.

- Where the f*ck have you been?
- I've been with the feds.

We're not the only people
you gotta worry about.

[GROANS]

[GORDO] If I had the chance,

I'd slit the throat of the
m*therf*cker who k*lled my father.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

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♪ ♪

[JOE] ♪ They say this
is a big, rich town ♪

♪ I just come from the poorest part ♪

♪ Bright lights, city life ♪

♪ I gotta make it ♪
♪ This is where it goes down ♪

♪ I just happen to come up hard ♪

♪ Legal or illegal, baby ♪
♪ I gotta make it ♪

[ CENT] ♪ I never took
a straight path nowhere ♪

♪ Life's full of twists
and turns, bumps and bruises ♪

♪ I live, I learn ♪

♪ I'm from that city full of
yellow cabs and skyscrapers ♪

♪ It's hard to get a start in
these parts without paper ♪

♪ Homey, I grew up in hell ♪
♪ A block away from heaven ♪

♪ That corner every minutes ♪
♪ They moving seven ♪

♪ Pure snow, bag it ♪
♪ Then watch it go ♪

♪ Occupational options ♪
♪ Get some blow or some hos ♪

♪ sh**t the ball or the strap ♪
♪ Learn to rap or to jack ♪

♪ f*ck it, man ♪
♪ In the meantime ♪

♪ Go head and pump a pack ♪

♪ This my regal, royal flow ♪
♪ My James Bond bounce ♪

♪ That ♪
♪ That's on my count ♪

♪ I'm an undercover liar ♪
♪ I lie under the covers ♪

♪ Look a bitch in the eyes ♪

♪ And tell her ♪
♪ Baby, I love ya ♪

♪ You're my inspiration ♪
♪ You're my motivation ♪

♪ You're the reason that I'm
moving with no hesitation ♪

[JOE] ♪ They say this
is a big, rich town ♪

♪ Yeah, I just come
from the poorest part ♪

♪ Bright lights, city life ♪

♪ I gotta make it,
this is where it goes down ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I just happen to come up hard ♪

♪ Legal or illegal, baby ♪
♪ I gotta make it ♪

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Yeah, that's him.

[SINGER] ♪ Now bidness, not pleasure ♪

♪ Had to wait for it ♪

♪ I'm on the day, on the way ♪
♪ Make 'em wait for it... ♪

[MOANING]

[SINGER] ♪ Gotta wait for it ♪

♪ Wait, wait, wait for it ♪

♪ All these n*gg*s Talking like they ♪

- ♪ 'Bout to do something ♪
- ♪ To who ♪

♪ Broke n*gg*s always ♪
♪ Trying to prove something ♪

- ♪ They do ♪
- ♪ Bring the cars round here ♪

♪ They're like "Do something" ♪

♪ She seen them cooper sh*t ♪

♪ It gave her ass goose bumps ♪

♪ R.L. Stine now let
me fill my gas t*nk ♪

♪ Your only problem you
be everybody cash in ♪

♪ You chase that ho truth be told... ♪

- [CHATTER]
- [LAUGHS] Give me my money.

[CELL PHONE BUZZES]

[SINGER] ♪ Had to come out ♪
♪ n*gg*s came up, now we cool ♪

♪ Had to sweat and pay my dues ♪

♪ I didn't come up out the blue ♪

♪ Had to wait, had to wait... ♪

[CELL PHONE BUZZES]

[SINGER] ♪ I lost so many friends... ♪

What's up, Ma?

[SINGER] ♪ Now n*gg*s ♪
♪ Wait for me to fall ♪

- ♪ Tell 'em wait for it... ♪
- What?

- That was amazing.
- Mmm.

[CELL PHONE BUZZES]

[SINGER] ♪ Had to wait for it ♪

♪ Now I pay for it... ♪

Ma, what's up?

[SINGER] ♪ Had to wait for it... ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

What?

♪ ♪

[EFFIE CHUCKLES] Good morning.

Morning.

What's up?

You good? You've been hella quiet.

Yeah, I'm fine.

♪ ♪

sh*t.

Did you see this?

Lorenzo Tejada was k*lled last night.

What? You dead ass?

Yeah, it says his body was
found outside of the Tejada bar.

No further details at this time.

sh*t.

You didn't know anything
about this, did you?

Nah, why would I?

I don't know.

You look like you've
seen a ghost or something.

I just remembered I had
to take care of something

before class, that's all.

♪ ♪

Okay.

[AMBIENT BACKGROUND NOISE]

Cooper! Saxe!

[PHONES RING DISTANTLY]

[SAXE EXHALES HEAVILY] God.

Holy sh*t.

Did you see that Lorenzo
Tejada was m*rder*d last night?

Yeah, it's up on the Post right now.

[SIGHS]

I assume you haven't
heard from the family.

No.

f*ck.

Nice-looking picture, though.

I'll reach out.

Listen, have you heard
anything about an investigation

into Lauren Baldwin's death, foul play?

Uh... hmm.

I... uh, what have you heard?

Tariq said that there's an investigation

into Lauren Baldwin's death.

Look, we need to know if
Tariq's name is coming up.

[CELL PHONE BUZZES]

_

[SAXE] Uhh...

Yeah, no, I... psh, I don't know.

I'll look into it and circle back.

Yeah. [CLEARS THROAT]

Uh, how's your brother doing?

Not well.

There's no time to file that writ.
We need to get him out ASAP.

Who do you know in the governor's office

that could help push
through a commutation?

[QUIET MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Mom? Dad?

I would never do anything to hurt you.

[SIGHS]

- [CLICK]
- [INHALES]

[KEYS CLATTERING]

[DOOR CLICKS SHUT]

[LAUREN] Mom? Dad?

- [SIGHS]
- I thought you might be here.

Great, it's you.

Lucky for you, it is me.
We need you back at the safe house now.

Jenny, you can't force me.

Saxe said that.

And he also doesn't think that Tariq

was a part of the plan to k*ll me.

Just speculation. Saxe has no proof.

But do you?

Look, I told you, Effie is the one

who actually tried to k*ll me.

What if she did that
without Tariq knowing?

Where else did you go after
you left the safe house, Lauren?

I-I was here the entire night.

I wanted my parents to
know that I was alive,

but they never came home.

Your parents still think you're dead

and were temporarily
moved for their safety.

We kept their home
intact for their cover.

It's why I have these.

Look, Jenny, I can't
keep lying to everybody.

I want my life back.

Then the only way out is through.

Unfortunately, we can't
let you see your parents

until you're finished
cooperating with the case.

And if you choose to drop out,

well, I can't imagine that'll
end well for any of us.

♪ ♪

Fine.

If I'm gonna go back, I
wanna talk to Saxe first,

alone.

Hey.

You okay?

Yeah.

Um...

actually, I wanted to take
you somewhere tomorrow.

You gonna be free?

Yeah, sure.

America, the land of lies.

From governmental cover-ups

to conspiracy theories,

there is nothing more American

than deception.

So in this era of fake news,

what is truth?

Who determines it?

And does it even matter?

Ashley.

Of course it matters.

Truth is the fixed
point that allows us all

to operate from the same
place of understanding.

In what world?

The definition of truth

is that which is in accordance
with fact or reality.

- Yes.
- Yeah, those two don't always line up.

But how do you mean, though? Like when?

Like how it's a fact that the
Declaration of Independence

says that all men are "created equal,"

but in reality, the same
man that wrote that sh*t

owned over, like, slaves.

- [STUDENT] Yeah, that's right.
- [SALIM] "Enslaved Africans."

sl*very was their circumstance,
not their identity.

What? That's not even
the point. Like, ugh.

Look, truth is even more of
a moving target than morality,

especially since Tr*mp.

Tr*mp wasn't wrong about everything.

You're just revealing what
news sources you consume.

There's no such thing

- as universal truth.
- [THOMAS] Grow up.

But if there's a general consensus

of the headlines being reported,
it might as well be true.

Right, that's what I'm saying.

Like what all the media outlets

are saying about Diana's dad.

- Exactly.
- [BENNETT] Okay, please,

let's not use your classmate's
tragedy as an example.

Wait, why not? I mean, she's not here.

And the consistency of the stories

about Lorenzo Tejada's criminal past

collectively determine what will
be accepted as truth about the man.

Wait, so let me guess.

You think everything reported about me

and my family is true, then, huh?

- Ooh!
- Listen, y'all are buggin'.

Okay? Media's full of
individuals that'll tell you

whatever the f*ck they want
to service their little stupid agendas.

Y'all gonna sit up here and act
like y'all never lost someone.

Diana lost her father.
Have some f*cking respect.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

I'm gonna need y'all
help with the funeral.

Of course, Ma, whatever you need.

Did the cops say
anything, like who did it?

Since when do they care about us, D?

They don't know sh*t, and
they probably never will.

Word on the block, it
was the f*cking Russians.

They took out Papi for what
we did to Castillo's connect.

The block?

Dru, you know that's
just gossip and rumors.

Yeah, and that was your idea.

But we didn't pull the trigger on that.

So unless you know for sure,
you're just about to, what,

roll up on the Russians
on some bullshit?

And let me guess. You cool with this?

Look, I don't want anyone making moves

unless we have proof to back it up,

especially on them f*cking Russians.

I don't need that heat.

- [SCOFFS]
- Dru.

Ma, it's okay, I got him.

Dru.

This is how you help.

It's Lorenzo's life insurance policy.

Okay, ain't this like a Diana thing?

Look, with your father
gone, it's time you man up

and learn how to handle our clean money.

And sh*t stays that way, you hear me?

I hear you.

But, you know, Ma, the
other day after we talked,

seemed like you might've had
some questions for Lorenzo.

Why, 'cause he lied
about IG k*lling Zeke?

You think that would make me
k*ll my husband of over years,

the father of my children?

I don't know.

No, as usual, your ass don't know sh*t.

If I would do that to him,
why your ass ain't in the ground too?

You kept your father's secrets from me.

What, you sweating I'm
aiming for you next?

It's good I ain't k*ll your father, huh?

[CANE CHUCKLES]

- I'ma go handle this.
- [MONET] Yeah, you do that.

And stop trying to put
two and two together,

'cause we both know your dumb
ass always ends up with five.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[TARIQ] What the f*ck
happened to Lauren, huh?

How the f*ck did she die?
Don't f*ck with me, B.

You heard the news. She drowned
in the river or some sh*t.

- [TARIQ] The f*ck she did!
- [BRAYDEN GRUNTS]

I know she was m*rder*d because
they're investigating into me.

So tell me what the f*ck
happened to her that night!

f*ck, okay, f*ck, 'Riq.

I tried to hold it down for
you exactly how you said.

I tried to get her out of f*cking town,

even though Cane was gonna k*ll me.

What the f*ck does Cane
gotta do with this sh*t, B?

I don't know. He came to me and said
Lauren had us on a f*cking wire.

- How the f*ck does he know that?
- I don't f*cking know. I didn't say sh*t.

It must have been Effie, then, huh?

It must have been her. Tell me.

Yeah, f*ck, it must have been Effie.

f*ck.

Listen, don't say sh*t to
her about this, all right?

[BRAYDEN] Yeah.

Theo Rollins is a PR boon.

Sick, wrongfully accused
African American man

gets prison sentence commuted
by the governor with an assist

from congressional
hopeful Councilman Tate.

I mean...

f*ck.

- It's good.
- Yeah.

- It's good.
- Damn right, it is.

- Your polling numbers will skyrocket.
- Okay, okay, okay, Saxe, all right.

You, uh... you sold me on it.

But you know how this works.

If you want me to grease the wheels,

I'm gonna need something in exchange.

Uh...

ch...

Uh, you-you can have my watch.

- I mean, it was a gift.
- First of all, how dare you?

Second of all, that
sh*t is trash as f*ck.

No.

No. Um... [RUBBING HANDS]

I want your guy Davis

to wage an opposition
campaign against my opponent.

- Yeah.
- [SAXE] Uh...

Yeah, interviews,
op-eds, the whole nine.

He does your dirt.

My hands stay clean.

- Done.
- Look at that.

You do know how this works.

Thanks for the drink.

Get your watch game up.

[SCOFFS] It was a gift.

[JENNY] Weird. I just saw a
guy who looked like Rashad Tate

leaving the bar.

That was Tate. What's this about, Jenny?

I'm here to apologize.

[SCOFFS]

Yeah, that's a text, maybe a call,

- not a meetup.
- Okay, cut the crap, Cooper.

If you wanted to screw me,
you'd have told Davis the truth

and my ass would be toast.

So what do you want?

The, uh, Jane Doe in the safe house...

did you fabricate her accident?

Are you crazy?

What kind of conspiracy crap is this?

Not crazy. You hid her for months.

Riley, Elisa Marie, Joe Proctor...

You hid cooperating witnesses too.

[SAXE] Yeah, inactive cases.

Tariq's case was dismissed
by the time you came to me.

So tell me, how did you get the AG

to sign off on protection, huh?

Me.

As your CI, I connected
the attempted m*rder

to Tariq's criminal enterprise.

You opened a new investigation
and case through me.

Why...

Why not just tell me the truth?

Jenny, I still would have helped you.

What difference does it make?

The difference now is,

I'm not sure I wanna
continue cooperating.

So seeing justice served
just goes out the window?

I want justice...

the right way this time.

Plus, it's a two-way street.

Do you even...

trust me?

If you refuse to cooperate, Cooper,

your confession about
bringing a g*n to Truth

will be used against you.

- [SAXE SCOFFS]
- [JENNY] You violated your oath,

displayed a pattern of criminal intent.

It may even rope you into this RICO,

especially if you know
more than you've let on.

So you're gonna treat me
like a f*cking perp now?

Till we're back on the same side.

What the f*ck do you want?

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[LAUGHS] I cannot
believe you rented this.

You just bought a brand-new car.

You know, I wanted to do
something a little different.

What you thinkin'?

I think you've been on
some Bond sh*t since Italy.

That's what Italy does to you.

[SIGHS]

Effie, you know I really
care about you, right?

I really care about you too.

And there's some things that
you may not know about me.

I know.

- It's okay.
- Mm-mm.

I don't want it to be like that.

You know what happened to the
dirty cop that k*lled my sister, right?

He had it coming.

I mean, yeah, but...

you know, I thought
that'd be the end of it.

You know, I really thought
I would've been able

to live like a normal life after that.

But that was not the case at all.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

It's like, once I dealt with that cop,

it's like I started a-a cycle of sh*t

that I just can't get away from.

You know, I-I started doing new sh*t

to try to outrun what I did in the past.

sh*t started getting real bad, Effie.

♪ ♪

My dad started talking
about me turning myself in.

Uh...

And on top of that, at the time,

you know, sh*t started
going real sideways

between him and my moms.

He put his hands on her,

left her with bruises, all type of sh*t.

There was nothing that
any of us could do.

Then my mom came up with
this plan to get rid of him, but...

you know, I couldn't let
her do that sh*t herself.

So you took care of it.

Yeah.

You did what you had to do.

I get that. I've been there.

♪ ♪

And there's stuff I
haven't told you too.

Like what?

♪ ♪

A lot of f*cked-up sh*t
happened in my house growing up.

My mom always had a
different guy around.

And one of them liked to touch me.

[TARIQ] What?

♪ ♪

This was, like... super f*cked-up sh*t.

♪ ♪

One day, I was...

I was watching this Oprah episode,

and I finally worked up the nerve

to tell her what was going on.

Do you wanna know what she did?

She f*cking married that assh*le.

♪ ♪

And they're still
together, as far as I know.

Yeah, it's f*cked up.

I'm sorry that happened to you.

But there's nothing
else you wanna tell me?

[EXHALES]

Where are we going, Tariq?

[HEAVY MUSIC PLAYS]

Get out of the car.

Get out the f*cking car!

[HEAVY MUSIC]

♪ ♪

What happened over here?

Hmm? Tell me.

Tell me what the f*ck
happened over here!

I don't know.

Are you sure about that?

'Cause Brayden told me
he told Lauren to run.

But somehow she accidentally crashed
her car into this lake that night.

You buying that?

'Cause I'm not.

- That's what they're saying on the news...
- Do not f*cking play with me, Effie.

I'm not f*cking stupid, all right?

How did Cane know about the plan
to get Lauren out of the city?

Hmm?

What do you want, Tariq?

I want the f*cking truth.

Listen, I know you k*lled Lauren.

I want you to f*cking say it.

♪ ♪

What you reaching for, a g*n?

What, you gonna sh**t me?
Think I'm gonna hurt you?

Even if I felt like
it right now, I can't,

'cause there's a f*cking
case now, all right?

The cops know that Lauren was m*rder*d,

and they think I was
the f*cking one to do it.

No, that's not possible. I did every...

You ruined everything, Effie,
and you f*cking lied about it.

- Why?
- She wore a f*cking wire!

You know the rules.
Why would they be any different for her?

Listen, Lauren is a f*cking civilian.

All right? She's not in the game.

Brayden was gonna disappear her.
We had a f*cking plan.

What, you thought she was
just gonna stay disappeared?

She had a f*cking family.

People were gonna look for her.

[TARIQ SIGHS]

You f*cked this sh*t up.

Yeah, and you f*cking forced me to.

What was I supposed to do?

You thought this is what I wanted?

You should have done it yourself.

But I did it for you to protect you.

Say something!

I actually believed
everything you told me

because I loved you.

No, Tariq, listen to me.

- I-I would...
- Effie, f*ck you.

f*ck you.

- Find your way back.
- Tariq, wait.

Tariq, wait.

Wait!

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

f*ck.

[BREATHING HEAVILY] Oh, man.

♪ ♪

If Tariq didn't try to k*ll me,
doesn't that make him innocent?

[SCOFFS] Tariq is far from innocent.

But you got his case
about Jabari dismissed.

Wh... how do you know?

You've been on lockdown
since your accident,

and-and the marshals
cut the internet here.

I know my neighbor's Wi-Fi password.

Plus, I had tons of downtime
waiting for my parents to come home.

[SIGHS] Okay, don't tell Jenny.

Don't. You shouldn't even be telling me.

Yeah, but you're the only one
willing to tell me the truth.

And Jenny wants me to testify.

But what if Tariq is
innocent and goes to prison

for something he didn't do?

He doesn't deserve that.

Look...

Tariq may not have tried to k*ll you.

But he's still a monster.

Before I was Tariq's attorney,

I was in the U.S. Attorney's
Office hunting his father.

He tell you about that?

No, but I knew you were after his mom.

Mm, yeah, Tasha,

James St. Patrick, Tommy Egan...

Tariq's whole family groomed
him to be just like them:

murderers, drug dealers.

[SCOFFS] Tariq started
selling before high school.

That's what got his sister k*lled.

- What?
- Yeah.

After that, he went off the deep end.

Everything that
happened at Stansfield...

The dr*gs, the dead kid in the pool,

Jabari... Tariq was behind all of it.

Lauren, what if...

your testimony

finally stops him?

What if it's the only thing

that will make him pay for his crimes?

What if it's the only way to
keep him from k*lling again?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

'Cause...

he will.

♪ ♪

Can't come in, 'Riq's orders.

- What about our product?
- This is a Weston building.

Hey, that's above my pay grade.

But if y'all try to get
in, Tariq wants you stopped

by any means necessary.

This means what I think it means?

Tariq kicked us out of the business.

You know this is your f*cking fault?

You just open your stupid f*cking
mouth whenever you feel like it.

What the f*ck did you
say to him about Lauren?

Okay, 'Riq came in already
knowing, b*ating my ass.

I didn't say sh*t, unlike you,

who opened your loud-ass
f*cking mouth to Cane

in the first place.

Yeah, stupid me, thought
you were looking out.

But 'Riq figured out real quick
that was your f*cking shady ass.

Watch it.

I saved your ass twice, Bieber.

Okay, you didn't save sh*t.
You saved your f*cking self.

We're on the hook for this,

and all you care about is
you and your f*cking bag.

You are all too weak for this sh*t.

- I'm done, f*cking done.
- You're done. You're done.

Oh, like we have a f*cking choice.

Where's Effie and Ben Affleck at?

Cut them out the business.

f*ck you mean? They
can't be out the business.

We need to move this product.

Oh, sh*t, figured out what
happened to your other bitch.

What the f*ck you know about that?

I know we did what we had to
because your bitch ass wasn't gonna.

So, what, you gonna come at me next?

Please try, 'cause that'll
make my m*therf*cking day.

[TARIQ] Look, Cane, nobody's
worried about you, all right?

You did exactly what
I expected you to do,

and that's why I had to get
Lauren the f*ck out of here

in the first place... but guess what.

Now there's a whole
investigation on all of us

because of the stupid sh*t you did.

- What I did?
- [TARIQ] Yeah.

n*gga, as far as I know,

ain't none of that Lauren
sh*t's coming back on me.

- [TARIQ] Huh?
- So y'all need to figure

that sh*t out on your
own time, but right now,

we gotta move this
product, or we all dead.

Listen, I got it.

You got it? 'Cause
it don't seem like it.

[TARIQ] Listen, I'm gonna keep
moving sh*t through the fund.

I'm gonna get Diana,
she's gonna move sh*t through the Ivies.

Look, we do all the real work.
We don't need them.

♪ ♪

[CANE] You didn't show
for the re-up, my guy.

You and your boy get in a fight?

Not here for it, Cane.

What you want?

Uh, your father's life insurance?

f*ck am I supposed to do with this?

Keep the money legit.

Ain't that's what your
family do on Wall Street?

Yeah, yeah, and we're pretty
f*cking good at it too.

Your family should invest
this into Weston Holdings.

I mean, it's not enough to
meet the minimum investment,

but give me the rest in
cash, and I'll handle it.

Mm, invest... it's
gonna tie our money up.

I just wanted you to
keep the money clean.

My family's fund is solid.

You'll be making hand over fist
without lifting a f*cking finger.

The Tejadas could become
like the Westons of Queens.

That's big talk coming
from somebody who let Tariq

- kick him out of our business.
- What the f*ck was I supposed to do?

I don't know, but I'm
still in, and why is that?

Because you'd m*rder 'Riq, that's why.

Exactly. I showed him that's how I roll.

You showed him you'd roll
over like a little bitch.

- I lied to him, Cane.
- [CANE] Who gives a f*ck?

You run sh*t while this n*gga
sits on his ass at Stansfield.

Who took that weight for him?

- Me.
- Okay, so I'm gonna need you to nut up, boy,

'cause Noma, she made
a deal with all of us.

Find a way back in,

then we can talk about putting
my family's money in your fund.

Thank you.

[LOW MURMURING]

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[KAI] Cane, Dru,

my condolences for your pop.

sh*t didn't work out with us,
but I'm pouring one out for 'Renzo,

a real one, last of the OGs.

Respect.

But word is, you boys
are doing him dirty

by letting the disrespect
of his m*rder go unanswered.

Yeah, well, we gonna
take care of family first.

Mm.

No doubt.

Monet look like she need
a shoulder to cry on.

My n*gga, have you lost your mind,
coming in my family house...

- [MONET] Dru.
- [KAI] Monet, listen,

you need anything, I mean anything,

I got you.

My boys got me.

Thanks.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

- What's wrong with you?
- That n*gga disrespected you.

Look, Kai's a f*cking clown. Forget him.

He's saying what everyone's thinking.

We have to answer for
Papi's death, all right?

Look, the Russians got
a spot up in Midtown.

- I can get some people...
- Look, I already said

we ain't doing that
sh*t until we got proof.

Now, was Gordo the one that
told you about the Russians?

No.

But, Ma, I know this is the right call.

Look, you've always been
so loyal to this family.

That's why Lorenzo was trippin'
when he had to put Cane before you.

But I'm in charge now, so
sh*t about to look different.

You want me to take Papi's place?

Does Cane know that?

Let's just keep it between us for now.

And don't do anything
reckless. You hear me?

Yeah, I hear you.

♪ ♪

[SALIM] There are a lotta
people down there.

Are they family?

No, but they knew my
dad and respected him.

I'm sorry.

I know this must be hard for you.

It is, especially since
it came outta nowhere.

Did it?

I mean, criminality has its own fate.

[DIANA] The f*ck you say?

- Whoa, whoa, calm down.
- Don't tell me to calm down.

Look, I'm just pointing out the obvious.

Your father's choices led to his demise.

Salim, you just called
my father a criminal

in his own home at his repast.

That's the point that I'm making.

Look, you grew up around all this,

all right, so you think it's normal.
But these people...

these people reflect the type of man
that your father was,

the type of life that he led,

look, what you could fall back
into if you're not careful.

- You need to leave.
- [SALIM] What?

You need to leave now.

Diana, be reasonable.

Reasonable is me being
done with your ass

for coming at my family for
the millionth time, Salim.

- Well, I'm just trying...
- If you can't find the door on your own,

my brothers can help show you.

Get the f*ck out.

Go.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[SCANNER BEEPS]

[SCANNER BEEPS]

Um, excuse me. My key
card isn't working.

- Name?
- Tariq St. Patrick.

[KEYS CLICKING]

Your access has been cut off.

Says you need to speak
to Brayden Weston.

He's on his way down.

What?

B, what the f*ck, bro?

Don't f*cking "bro" me
after the sh*t you pulled.

You can't just kick me out of the
company that we built together.

This is as much my sh*t
as it is yours, okay?

We're using my family's company.

So I can do more than
block you from the building.

I can cut you off from
the warehouse entirely,

so you need to show me
a little f*cking respect.

After the sh*t you did, show
you some f*cking respect?

I'm sorry about what
happened with Lauren.

That sh*t was f*cked up, okay?

But we're family, and family forgives.

Dude, I tried to do what you wanted,
but Effie came and took over.

What the f*ck was I
supposed to do, sh**t her?

Tell me the f*cking truth at least, B.

That's the least you could do.

You're right. You're right. I f*cked up.

I should have told you
the truth... I'm sorry.

It won't f*cking happen again.

What else do you want me to say, 'Riq?

You're right.

You and Effie are no
different than my family.

You're all f*cking liars.

f*ck.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

Raina, everything's
so f*cked up over here.

I know you would have never
let any of this happen.

I just wish you were here.

You know, I wish everybody was here.

'Cause down here, I just...

I don't know what to do.

I don't know who I can trust.

I don't even know if
I can trust anybody.

[ESTELLE] When you point one finger...

there are three pointing back at you.

♪ ♪

Big Mama, what are you doing here?

♪ ♪

What am I doing here?

I been bringing flowers here
every week since your mama left...

when I'm not court-ordered
to rehab, that is.

Big Mama, I'm sorry, all
right? You know I had to...

Oh, God only knows I don't wanna hear

none of your damn excuses,

nor your sob story.

So you sad 'cause you
can't trust nobody.

Well, why do you think that is?

Because you reap

what you sow, boy.

Do you know that I am alone
in this world because of you?

Tasha and Yas are gone.

Raina is dead.

And your father,

what happened to your father, Tariq?

I don't know, Big Mama. I guess
his past finally caught up with him.

Oh, just shut up! Just more lies.

Your lies are what k*lled Raina.

You're just like your father.

Tariq...

if you don't stop doing
what you doing right now...

baby, you're gonna
end up right next to him.

[DRAMATIC CHORDS]

Big Mama, maybe you right.

Maybe now is the right
time for me to get out.

♪ ♪

[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]

[GORDO SIGHS]

The Russians took out Lorenzo,
and I got a plan to get them back.

But I don't got the bodies to do it.

Are you sure you wanna do that?
You talk to Cane?

- Monet?
- This is what I have to do.

♪ ♪

Are you in?

♪ ♪

I get it.

That's what I would have
done for my own father.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

[INDISTINCT RAPPING]

Hey, Tariq.

Oh, uh...

♪ ♪

What up?

Oh, I'm sorry I didn't
make it to the repast.

How you feeling, though?

Uh, w-we should leave them alone.

[SINGER] ♪ But didn't
wanna support me before ♪

- [BECCA] Now.
- What's up, y'all?

[KING] Somebody grab that.

- [LAUGHTER]
- You don't mind

if I take this. I'll
bring it back, girl.

[LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I'm not bringing it back.

[BRUSHAUNDRIA] Oh, sh*t.

Oh, hey, D-Diana's busy. [CHUCKLES]

Uh, she'll wanna see me.

[LAUGHS] No, my boy.

She with someone else.

Someone... else? What, like a guy?

[LAUGHTER]

[TARIQ] Okay, y'all was partying.

No, for real, though, how you feeling?

You good?

Yeah, I'm okay.

[HUFFS] I-I don't know.
It... it gets weird.

Here, you want some?

Nah, that's not my thing.

[R&B MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[GAGS] What? This is so...

Um...

okay, let's just...

Let's talk about something else.

Like... what have you been up to?

I dunno, same old sh*t.

Me and Cane making some changes.

And I was actually
thinking maybe you could

come in and help us move some
product on campuses, you know?

[DIANA] Mm-mm.

I'm done with all that, 'Riq.

The last thing my dad said to me was

he wanted me to be free of the life.

And... I'ma do that for him.

This is my chance.

[TARIQ] Hmm.

You know, maybe you should get out too,

you know, just be
regular students for once.

You ever think about that?

Of course.

But I mean, come on, D,
you know that sh*t ain't that simple,

especially not for me.

I hear that.

Yeah, I still gotta find a place

to stash this product
my dad had me running

- at the candy store before...
- Wait, the candy store?

- That was you at the candy shop?
- Yeah. [LAUGHS]

You slick as f*ck. [LAUGHS]

Look, if you need some help, I got you.

I got some codes for the lockers,

and I'll send them to you.
You could put your sh*t in there.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Yo, that would be dope. Thank you.

I got you.

Look, you said you was good, but...

I could tell there's some sh*t going
on up there. What's on your mind?

[DIANA] Mm.

'Riq, Monet wants me to give the eulogy.

But I...

I don't even know how I'm supposed
to speak at the funeral tomorrow.

[TARIQ] Mm.

Yeah, I been through that.

I mean, look, just say what
you would tell him if he was alive.

♪ ♪

Thank you.

You got this. You tough.

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ 'Cause I got
a little paranoia ♪

♪ Life's been amazing ♪

♪ I been chasin' more than runnin' ♪

♪ Why do they hate me? ♪

♪ Fighting lately, Lord, I'm comin' ♪

♪ Spendin' life for me ♪

Mm, um...

'Riq, about Effie?

We broke up.

[SINGER] ♪ Life's been amazing ♪

♪ I been chasing more than runnin' ♪

♪ Why do they hate me? ♪

♪ Fighting lately, Lord I'm comin' ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT RAPPING]

♪ ♪

You're not our usual delivery guy.

Yeah, no, he-he called in sick.

Okay, I'm-I'm sorry.

Uh, you are fine as hell.

Can I take you out? Let
me give you my digits.

Um, they take our phones
before our shifts start.

Oh, sh*t.

Yeah, the other driver
said the same thing.

I heard the owners are real assholes.

Yup. One of them is getting
drunk at the bar right now.

I'll be cleaning puke
at opening and closing.

Don't worry, I got you.

[RAPPING CONTINUES]

♪ ♪

[PAVEL SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

Set it in the corner and
get the f*ck out of here.

[DARK MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

After what you did to my father,

I'm the only one
leaving this bitch alive.

Who the f*ck are you?

- [DRU] I'll show you who I am, mother...
- [g*nshots]

What the f*ck is that?

[PAVEL GRUNTS]

That's me, m*therf*cker.

A Tejada.

- [SLICING SOUND]
- [PAVEL] Uhh...

Uhh...

- [DRU] We out. Let's go.
- Yo, we out. Let's go, let's go!

I need to talk to you.

I know what you're
doing at the candy store.

And if I know, then
I'm not the only one.

Okay, but I'm not
doing that sh*t anymore.

- [EFFIE] Bullshit.
- And even so, they know it's you.

You about to get blown up...

unless you team up with me.

- You for real?
- [EFFIE] Absolutely.

I'm looking for a new partner,
and with your product and my system,

we can keep all our sh*t
moving under the radar.

[SCOFFS] Effie, naw, I don't think so.

Just leave the thinking up to me.

I already have it
all figured out. I just...

I need you to promise not
to say anything to Tariq

until we're up and running.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Hi, Effie.

♪ ♪

f*ck all y'all.

[KEKE] What are you doing?

I found an investor like
you and Uncle Lucas wanted.

Oh, okay, that's great.

But it's a large sum of
unverifiable cash, not all of it, but...

a lot of it,

maybe too much of it.

Can you help me make it look legit?

You're up to some shady
sh*t, Brayden. I'm not stupid.

Okay, isn't this what you wanted?

It's what Lucas wanted.

You know, I didn't even tell him
about what happened in Italy,

you know, when you disappeared.

- And what's that?
- [BRAYDEN] Okay, don't worry about it.

It won't be like that, I promise.

Okay.

I can make a paper trail...

but only if I get a cut.

A cut?

Who the f*ck are you?

I'm assuming risk by agreeing to help.

You gonna give me a cut.

Fine.

[EDGY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[PANEL BEEPS]

[DRAMATIC CHORDS]

[SIGHS]

Come on, Big Mama.

_

[CELL PHONE BUZZES]

_

♪ ♪

[DOORS CHIME]

[CONDUCTOR] Stand clear
of the closing doors, please.

Where in the f*ck
do you think you are going?

♪ ♪

I told Noma she was crazy
for working with you kids.

But you, you have proven yourself...

unreliable.

- It's just product.
- Of course it's just f*cking product.

The f*ck y'all thought
I was trying to do, run?

So Noma could k*ll
me and the last person

- I have alive, right?
- Don't f*ck with me, Tariq.

My people tell me you're trying
to leave the country again.

- Is that true?
- With what?

I was going to make a drop
of your f*cking product

that you just ruined.

So I'll be sure to mention that to Noma

when we're short at the
next meetup, all right?

You won't say sh*t to Noma.

And you will have the full amount.

Otherwise, you know what happens.

Granny gets a visit.

Just let me make the drop.

[CLICKS TONGUE]

But we will be keeping a
tighter leash on all of you

after this little stunt...

You, Cane, the white boy,

and the girl.

We can't have people
thinking you're running us,

can we?

And from now on,

we need to see all of
you at these meetups.

And alert us if you stray
from your normal course again.

[TARIQ] Yeah.

♪ ♪

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

[CELL PHONE BUZZES]

_

[CELL PHONE BUZZES]

Tariq, you were supposed
to be here over an hour ago.

Yes, yes, Big Mama, I
know. I'm sorry, all right?

I'm not gonna make it.

I'll explain to you later, but...

it's just not safe for you
out here anymore, all right,

especially with you by yourself.

So I set it up so that you
could be with Mom and Yasmine.

Well, what about you?

I'm working on it, Big
Mama. I'm working on it.

Look, I just had to make sure
you were safe before anything else.

Just go to Ms. Washington's office.

This was my plan. She'll get
you to Mom and Yas, all right?

No, Tariq, I am not
leaving you here alone.

[TARIQ] Big Mama, trust me.

This is exactly what I need, all right?

I'm sorry for everything.

Look, just tell Ma and
Yas that I love them.

And I'll be back with you guys as
soon as I can, all right? I promise.

Damn it.

[SINGER] ♪ Ave ♪

♪ Mari ♪

♪ Ia ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Gratia ♪

♪ Plena ♪

♪ Maria, gratia ♪

♪ Plena ♪

♪ Maria ♪

♪ Gratia plena ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Ave, ave dominus... ♪

While society may have
told Lorenzo Tejada

that he meant nothing to them,

to our family, he was the world.

He was our world.

[BLANCA] Not yet.

We need more leverage before we move in.

I agree.

Let's see what else those cameras catch.

♪ ♪

I know I let you down, Pops.

♪ ♪

That'll never happen again.

Family first.

[SINGER] ♪ Ventris tui ♪

♪ Iesus ♪

♪ Ave ♪

♪ Mari ♪

♪ Ia ♪

♪ ♪

[SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

[g*nf*re]

♪ ♪

- [SINGER] ♪ Ave ♪
- [g*nf*re]

♪ Maria... ♪

- Who the f*ck is sh**ting at us?
- The Russians.

Hey, yo, post up.

Now!

[SINGER] ♪ Mater ♪

♪ Dei ♪

♪ ♪

You got us in a f*cking w*r?

n*gga, is you out your
m*therf*cking mind?

You might be rocking Papi's piece,

but I'm stepping up to number one.

- [CANE] What you say?
- Hit me, bitch...

Hey, stop. Dru, fall back.

Stand down, Cane.

None of us got sh*t, all right?

Dru had a plan. He made the right call.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[KNOCKING]

What do you want? I'm busy.

Busy doing what?

Burning Tariq's sh*t down.

You wanna f*ck with me, that's cool.

But I'm out to show him who
the f*ck built this coffee app

- in the first place.
- Wait, wait, wait, hold up.

Hold up, hold up. Gotta chill.

Did you really just touch my sh*t?

I get that you wanna f*ck this n*gga up.

You did what his bitch ass couldn't.
I woulda did the same thing.

I know.

But crashing this app
won't just hurt Tariq.

- It'll destroy all of us.
- Okay, and what about it?

What if I gave you a better solution?

I'll slide you some product.

You keep your hustle.

Tariq never has to know.

Why would you do that, Cane?

You shouldn't be punished
for handling business.

Besides, you looked out for
me with that wire sh*t, so...

I wanna look out for you.

♪ ♪

Didn't expect to hear from you.

Yeah, well, sh*t's out
of my control right now.

f*cking Obi screwed me up.

- sh*t.
- Mm-hmm.

[SIGHS] All right, no matter
what the f*cking circumstances are,

me and you both know we need
each other to stay alive.

So if we wanna move forward,

we gotta figure out a way to
get out from under Noma asap.

I assume you have a plan?

Look, Effie got this picture in Italy.

And I think that could be
our leverage to get out.

But the thing is, it
might take a minute to get.

And on top of that, we gotta
move dr*gs in the meantime

for Noma so we don't all die,

so I need back in the building,

and you need to show up to
these meetings, all right?

All right. Say less.

[CELL PHONE BUZZES]

_

[NUMBERS BEEPING]

- [SIGHS]
- [LINE RINGS]

[DAVIS] The feds roped up the Russians.

Your family's safe... for now.

But I would lay low just in case.

Got it. Thanks.

♪ ♪

It's too bad.

I loved you.

Even after what you
did, I still love you.

They're gonna figure it out, Mo.

And when they do...

those kids are never gonna forgive you.

♪ ♪

["UNFORGIVEN" PLAYING]

[SINGER] ♪ I might not
be forgiven, f*ck it ♪

♪ I got blood on my hands,
I promised to be a man ♪

♪ In the circumstances presented ♪

♪ Yeah, and if they hit
me better k*ll 'em ♪

♪ Just make sure them n*gg*s feel it ♪

♪ That's all I ask of the K*llers ♪

♪ Yeah, said I got blood on my hands ♪

♪ I promised to be a man in
the circumstances presented ♪

♪ Yeah, and if they hit
me better k*ll 'em ♪

♪ Just make sure them n*gg*s feel it ♪

♪ That's all I ask of the K*llers ♪

♪ How can I complain
and I ain't dead yet? ♪

♪ You keep on bringin' up these drops ♪

♪ Why you ain't left yet? ♪

♪ I'm too gangster to respond
to n*gg*s' death threats ♪

♪ The closest n*gga to
you gon' get X'ed next ♪

♪ Exit off of th,
you in the red zone ♪

♪ Where they'll pick you off ♪

♪ And piss all on your
headstone, n*gga ♪

♪ City lights lit up the streets ♪

♪ But we ain't head home, n*gga ♪

♪ 'Cause we outside lurkin'
through the Southside ♪

♪ I made a way for all my
dogs bitch, it's 'bout time ♪

♪ And free the members bein'
awakened by they count time ♪

♪ If you don't hustle you
don't get to eat, chow time ♪

♪ That conversation bein'
recorded when you dial five ♪

♪ ♪

♪ That conversation bein'
recorded when you dial five ♪

♪ If you don't hustle, you
don't get to eat, chow time ♪

♪ Free all them members bein'
awakened by the count time ♪

♪ I might not be forgiven, f*ck it ♪

♪ ♪