03x02 - Flipmode

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[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[GROWN KANAN]
Previously on Raising Kanan...

Your own people coming for you.

Watch your back, Detective.

[KANAN] Your partner's
gon' f*ck us all up.

Don't matter she a cop or not, man.

- She know the score.
- If something happens to me,

it's not gonna be what it looks like.

So what do you think Howard's planning?

- [g*nsh*t]
- [RAQ] With all due respect,

this isn't how business
is done, Joaquin.

I trust Juliana's business sense.

[RAQ] She's still angry with me
for getting with 'Nique

after he grabbed her little ass up.
That's what this sh*t is about.

[g*nsh*t]

I put down Scrap, n*gga.

You didn't have the heart for it.

You wanna know something, Lou?
I f*cked that sh*t up.

Scrap wasn't no snitch.

But when I say that I'm out,

she say she owns me?

Man, f*ck Raq!

As more wrongfully imprisoned
men are released this week,

Detective Sacristano was found guilty

of manufacturing evidence
against at least ten men.

Police f*ck with us,
we stay a step ahead.

At least that's how I did it.

Business change.

Sometimes you gotta change
with the sh*t.

[JUKEBOX] That was my song,
and you stole it.

- It ain't even like that, Juke.
- [JUKEBOX] What's it like then?

What about the m*llitary?

With your grades,
you might be able to sign up

for an officer candidate position.

Sal's comin'.

No doubt about it.

There's gon' be some blood
in our streets.

You f*cked it all up, Sally.

The cops are f*ckin' everywhere.

Your cleaning days are over.

[KANAN] No, Fame. f*ck all that, man.

I'm never going home again.

You ever catch feelings for me, Raq?

- [LAUGHS]
- They say most romances start

at the office,
heads bumpin' into each other

at the water cooler and whatnot.

I'm just wonderin'
if you ever favor me like that.

[RILEYY] ♪ I'm a hustler, baby
I'm a hustler, baby ♪

[50 CENT] ♪ Yeah, I know
Heartbreaks, setbacks ♪

♪ Bitch, if I crap out
I'm sure I'ma get back ♪

♪ I been through the ups and
Downs, you know I get around ♪

♪ So to me It's all a part of the game ♪

♪ If I ain't the coke man
Or the dope man ♪

♪ I'm almost for sure, man
I got to take it ♪

♪ No need to say sh*t I'm gon' take it ♪

♪ Robberies turned homicide
It's nothin' to play with ♪

♪ Make money Make, make, make money ♪

♪ When sh*t hit the fan
We'll take money, Southside ♪

♪ Beef with the best of 'em Done sh*t ♪

♪ At the rest of 'em, yeah
Checks, I'm collectin' 'em ♪

♪ Check, boy I'm finessin' 'em ♪

♪ Bag Supreme Boy, you f*ck around ♪

♪ Put a big bag on your head ♪

♪ Before the weather break You're dead ♪

♪ Let's get to it, they
Don't do it like we do it ♪

♪ Nah, cop it, whip it Bag it, flip it ♪

♪ Re-up, we up G'd up, what up? ♪

♪ Runnin' round this bitch
Still not givin' a f*ck, hey ♪

♪ When it come to that paper
There'll be no complications ♪

Ha ha. That's right.

♪ Put a hole in a n*gga
Right in front of you ♪

♪ Your heartbeat pacin' ♪

[RILEYY AND 50 CENT]
♪ And it's all right ♪

[50 CENT] ♪ That's how
We do it on this side ♪

♪ n*gg*s get to it On this side ♪

♪ I know heartbreaks Setbacks ♪

♪ Bitch, if I crap out
I'm sure I'ma get back ♪

♪ I been through the ups and
Downs, you know I get around ♪

♪ So to me It's all a part of the game ♪

♪ If I ain't the coke man
Or the dope man ♪

♪ I'm almost for sure, man
I got to take it ♪

♪ No need to say sh*t I'm gon' take it ♪

♪ Robberies turned homicide
It's nothin' to play with ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

[SOFT R&B PLAYING]

You know, I ain't never figured you

for a butter pecan kinda girl.

Well, there's a lot you don't
know about me, 'Nique.

Is that right?

Well, you know I'm willin' to learn.

But Raq like to keep me guessin'.

I mean, we been kicking it
for what, like two weeks now?

And you still won't let a n*gga
get comfortable in here.

♪ ♪

Well, ain't nobody getting
comfortable in my house

but me and Kanan.

If he ever come around me again.

Why? What's up with you and Kanan?

Don't let me have to take off
my belt for that boy.

- [LAUGHS]
- 'Cause I'll do it.

[GROWN KANAN] You know how they say

you gotta have eyes
in the back of your head?

Like you need to see all
the sh*t just comin' at you

all the time from everywhere?

In real life, in this here game,

don't matter where your eyes at.

[GLASS SHATTERING]

If n*gg*s comin' for you,
they comin' for you.

And they might be in front of you...

[GUNMAN] Don't even g*dd*mn breathe.

[GROWN KANAN] ...or they might
be comin' from behind you.

Point is, don't matter
where they comin' from.

If they wanna get to you bad enough,

they gonna get to you.

[UNIQUE] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Yo, Raq, what the f*ck?

[GROWN KANAN] And don't matter whether
you see 'em comin' or not.

[KIDNAPPER] Let's go.

["I LIKE THE WAY


[PERSON] Okay, you would like to know.

Yeah, I would like to know. Right here.

Take this. This is for you.
Oh, wait. That's mine.

Right here.
Marvin, grab your drink, right?

Grab-grab your drink. All right, look.

Hey, I don't care where you from.
We toast to Southside.

Hey, yo, Southside in the house,
all right?

- Southside.
- [BOTH] Southside!

[LAUGHTER]

Correct.

f*ck Raq.

Hmm? What's this?

We gonna need more drinks, obviously.

Hey, garçon!

More-more drinks, all right?

Chop-chop, n*gga.

More alcohol.

I have enough women.

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[ENGINE TURNS OFF]

[DOOR SLAMS]

What is this, Stefano?

[STEFANO] Who the f*ck is this guy?

He ain't got sh*t to do with this.

I'm Unique.

Who the f*ck are you?

Me? I'm Priceless.

[LAUGHTER]

Yeah. Hey, sit him down. Sit him down.

Unique, huh?

Uh-uh, hey, I-I don't suppose

your mother came up with that one, huh?

[LAUGHS] Unique. How 'bout Unique?

How 'bout that, huh?

Hey, guys, you ever notice
the moolies...

[LAUGHING] the f*ckin' moolies,

they got all the best nicknames, huh?

[LAUGHTER]

And us f*ckin' Italians,

we get the garbage.

We get bullshit like
"The Chin," "Scarface,"

f*ckin' "Joe Bananas."

You know, they call me
"The Big Fish," fish.

But you people... [SPEAKING ITALIAN]

you got the f*ckin' best ones.

Unique, Fat Cat, the King of Pop.

[LAUGHS]

Hey, hey, yo, yo, yo.

What do you say?

You got a good nickname for me?

This n*gga want me to be his
f*ckin' daddy and give him a name?

[GROANS]

[STEFANO] Sally said you had
a mouth on you.

- [SPITS]
- [STEFANO] What are you?

What are you?

You two a... you two an item?

Comin' through my kitchen door like that

in the middle of the f*ckin' night?

You know that's not how sh*t is done.

Hey, fellas,

give us a couple of minutes, huh?

Hey, and take f*ckin'
Ubiquitous here with ya.

Cut her loose.

[UNIQUE] Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Hold on, hold on, hold on.
You know what?

I actually do got a nickname for you.

[LAUGHS] Yeah.

Little Linguini. [LAUGHS]

Little Linguini 'bout to get cooked!

[LAUGHS]

Get the f*ck off me!

Comedian, that one.

What the f*ck you want?

Hmm?

[SINGER] ♪ What you do to me ♪

♪ Mmm ♪

♪ Knocks me off my feet ♪

♪ Knocks me off my feet ♪

♪ What you do to me ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

[TRAY CLATTERING]

What is you doin', man?

Uh, I'm sorry, sir.
You just hit the tray.

What? Man, you trying to blame me

'cause you don't know how to do
your f*ckin' job?

All you gotta do
is deliver drinks, n*gga.

That's it. How hard is that sh*t?

Hmm? How f*ckin' hard is that?

[MARVIN] Yo, Lou, Lou.

- [LOU-LOU] How hard?
- Lou, take it easy.

Accidents happen. Honest mistake.

Honestly, he 'bout to
get his ass b*at, Marvin.

Yo. Yo, man, um,

we done, finna saddle up.

Be outta here.

You f*cking giving
this m*therf*cker money?

The girls done ran off.

Night's been over.

[LOU-LOU] f*ck that.

The night's just getting
started, Marvin.

Yo, you strapped?

I told you I ain't doing
that sh*t no more.

You really are good for nothin' now.

Look, sit tight for a minute.

And don't start no more sh*t.

[SINGER] ♪ What you do to me ♪

♪ What you do to me What you do to me ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Driving me crazy, whoo ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Time for me... ♪

Can melt iron with this thing.

Gets up to almost 3,000 degrees
in there.

Press a button.

- [METALLIC RATTLING]
- And in the blink of an eye,

it'll turn a human body
into a pile a dust.

This furnace made a lotta
my problems disappear.

Poof.

- [CLICK]
- [DOOR RATTLING]

I need you to get rid
of our friend in Newark.

You know, his-his sh*t with you is...

is just the latest
of Sal's many f*ckin' missteps.

Cocksucker's been a problem for years.

It's just the politics
of this thing of ours

prevents us from doing
what needs to be done.

You know, we have a code.

And "Thou shall not whack a boss"

is the first f*ckin' commandment.

So you want me to k*ll Sal
'cause you and your goombahs,

you're too shook
to handle your own business?

You want him dead too.

We're on the same team here.

Thing is,

I ain't sh**t' my way outta
problems no more, Stefano.

I'ma sit down with Sal,
we gonna have a conversation,

and then we gonna work it out.

I'm through with the other bullshit.

I'ma tell you like I told my own people.

I'm out the game.

I disagree.

You don't do this for us,

me and the rest of the Five Families

are gonna have to line up next to Sally

and bury you
and your whole f*ckin' crew,

and we're gonna start tonight
with you and Unprecedented

or whatever the f*ck his name is.

It's simple.

You k*ll Sal

or we help Sal k*ll you
and everybody you f*ckin' care about.

[DARK MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[SCOFFS]

You and these mafia muhfuckers more

scandalous than any
n*gga on the Southside.

♪ ♪

Keep talkin'.

Sal's holed up in the family manse

since his little dustup with you,

but he is venturing out
for certain family obligations.

And yours truly has an inside track

on those comings and goings,

you know, the kind of information
that would be invaluable

to someone who was tryin'
to get next to him.

I do this for you,

all my Italian problems, they squashed.

Me and mines, we're free and clear.

Hand to God.

From my lips to his ears.

♪ ♪

[FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[CHATTER, LAUGHTER]

Yo, how much?

How much what?

Money, man.

How much for a, um...

for a gram?

[MUSIC CONTINUES, MUFFLED]

You think I got coke?

Don't you?

Oh, because I'm Black, I...

I sell dr*gs.

I-I swear to God, man.
Listen to me. We, um...

yo, we-we both thought that you were...

[LAUGHING] you were the guy
that we bought blow from

up here last week.

Oh, so now I just look like
every other n*gga

you buy dr*gs from.

No. No, that's not what he meant.

White boys don't even know
what the f*ck they mean.

Just for the hell of it,

let's say I-I did sell that cola.

How much you payin' me?

A couple hundred bucks?

For a gram?

Is that not enough?

Either of you got a pen?

Oh, yeah.

♪ ♪

It's a nice pen.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

This my pager number.

Hit me up next time you partyin'.

Tell your friends too.

Got you covered.

So, uh, you do sell dr*gs?

Hell yeah, but that doesn't excuse you

stereotyping a n*gga like you did.

It's not right, cr*cker.

[DOOR HINGES CREAKING]

[PERCUSSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]

[BAGPIPE MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[BAGPIPE MUSIC FADES]

[KANAN] Yo, Famous.

Hurry the f*ck up, man.

I'm lookin' for something, n*gga.

The f*ck are you looking for?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[PERSON] Corner of West 113th.

Read on the way. Go, go, go.

Uh-huh. Yep.

Hey, Jevon, hold up! I got a hot one!

Going rush order, 9 West 50... shh.

On 57th, yep.

Okay, understood.

Can you hang on a sec?

All right, uh-huh.

[WHISPERING] sh*t.

Pickup at Regent, goin' to 9 West, okay?

It's a rush.

All right, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I got-I got my best kid on it.
Yeah, he flies. He, uh...

the kid flies like a bird.

- Uh-huh.
- [DOOR SLAMS]

[EDGY MUSIC PLAYS]

Yo, who the f*ck is that

that just moved into Palomar
and Corinne old crib?

- They slangin'?
- I dunno.

They got young n*gg*s rollin'
through here all the time, though.

Maybe he got some work for us.

Hell no.

That's mad close to the crib, K.

We need the money, Fame.

I ain't trying to go back
to my mother's house.

[FAME SIGHS]

[SOFT MURMURING]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Detective Shannon Burke

didn't stand for no bullshit.

Forgive me, Father, but you in a room

full of New York cops.

I gotta keep it real.

[LIGHT LAUGHTER]

Uh, like I was sayin',

Shannon didn't tolerate
no bullshit from anybody.

See, she actually had two jobs.

She was a full-time cop,

and then she put in 40 more
hours every week bustin' my balls.

[SCATTERED LAUGHS]

Yeah, Burke clocked in overtime
when it came to giving me sh*t,

and always asking questions,
second-guessing me,

challenging me all the time.

Drove me crazy.

I can't lie.

Even pissed me off sometimes,
but here's the thing.

She helped me become a better cop,

become a better person,

a better man.

In me, she asked for competence.

In herself, she demanded perfection.

And as hard as she could be
on her old partner,

she was way harder on herself.

Way harder.

And I just wish she knew...

I-I wish she could accept

just how damn good she really was...

how much she meant to all of us in here.

'Cause maybe if she did that...

We wouldn't be sittin' here right now.

♪ ♪

[RAQ] I was gonna change
the doors anyway.

Gonna make 'em sliding now.

So they want you
to put the old man down.

[SCOFFS] These meatball m*therf*ckers

always talk about how they got
a code and rules and sh*t.

Meanwhile, they just findin' loopholes
to s*ab each other in the back.

But we do this, though,
we done with them.

Score's settled.

Juliana keep hitting me
about the next re-up.

[RAQ SIGHS]

I gotta let these Colombians
know I'm retired.

They may not wanna see you
hang that jersey up, though.

f*ck them. I don't owe them sh*t,

especially how they did me
with Traymont.

[MARVIN CLEARS THROAT]

Um, we have a couple keys
left over from Baisley.

I was wonderin'
if I could piece that sh*t out

in Manhattan, make a little
something-something for myself.

I'd break you off some of the proceeds.

Look, as long as you not movin'
it around the way, we good.

Do what you want, keep the money.

You gon' earn it all back
on the Sal Boselli work anyway.

[DARK MUSIC PLAYS]

Look, soon as Stefano give me
the time and the place,

you gonna have to make
these moves, Marvin.

You can't miss.

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

That was some awfully nice sh*t
you had to say about Burke,

especially considering
she tried to end your f*ckin' career.

Yeah, believe it or not, Cap,
I ain't everybody cup of tea.

[LAUGHS]

How you holdin' up?

Well, this Sacristano bullshit
keeps getting worse.

Three more convictions
got overturned yesterday.

That brings the total to 13.

I always wondered how Ralph's
clearance rates were so high.

Guess now I know.

That piece a sh*t cooked the evidence,

and now we got to clean up the mess.

Hey, look,
I don't know why Burke k*lled herself,

but as you going through her cases,

if you dig up anything dirty on her,

I need to be the first one to know.

I can't have no more bullshit
gettin' into the papers.

Where's IAD on her?

No, nothing too deep yet.

But it's in everyone's best interest,

especially Burke's family,

that we close the file on this
as soon as possible.

I'll keep a lookout.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

I'm thrilled that you're
interested in enlisting,

but there is a process here, Laverne.

It isn't as simple as just
signing on the dotted line.

I just wanna know how soon I can go.

You'll have to take the ASVAB,
which is a standardized test

that measures your aptitude
in science, math, and language.

Don't sweat it, though.
You can't really fail this test.

It just tells us where your strengths

and weaknesses lie
and helps us direct you

to the appropriate branch
of the m*llitary.

I need to get outta Queens.

Now.

Like I said, it is a process.

After you take the ASVAB,
there is a whole day

of physical and medical evaluations

that determine whether
you can actually enlist.

Is that the sh*t to see
if I got flat feet or not?

'Cause I heard about that.
My feets is good.

[CHUCKLES]

Let's get you signed up
for the test, huh?

And we'll go from there.

[SCOFFS] Y'all up and down
my high school

fiendin' for recruits.

And when you get somebody
that actually wants to sign on,

they gotta take all these tests
and fill out all these forms.

[SUCKS TEETH] You need to get
your sh*t together, Uncle Sam.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Captain Burke, I'm Adina Foyle.

Gimme a minute.

Sorry, sir.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

I know who you are,

and I don't have anything to say to you.

You shouldn't even be here.

There's something you need to know,

- something Shannon...
- I don't wanna know any more

about you than I do already.

As far as I'm concerned,

whatever it was that you two were doing

is a big part of why Shannon
did what she did.

♪ ♪

[FAMOUS' NEIGHBOR]
All right, who wants it?

- [KID] I'll take that one.
- [FAMOUS' NEIGHBOR] Yeah?

Let me hear it.
Let me hear it. Who wants it?

Okay, okay, boss. Go make some money.

Let's go. All right. Okay.

So I got a pickup over
on the Lower East Side

and then a double goin' up
to Times Square,

and then up to Midtown. Who wants it?

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- Ay, knock it out, Primo.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

All right, now I got a local
headed to 88-12 Sutphin,

goin' over to the criminal court.

- Who wants it?
- 88-12 Sutphin?

- Yeah.
- That's a law firm, right?

- [FAMOUS' NEIGHBOR] Uh-huh.
- Londell and Brooke?

[FAMOUS' NEIGHBOR] Yeah, that's the one.

Pshh. f*ck them, man.
They don't even let us drink

from they water fountain.

[NEIGHBOR] Okay, well,
who wants to make some money

who isn't gonna get their feelings hurt

if they can't use
a f*ckin' water cooler?

- Yeah? Come on. Let me hear it.
- [OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

Let me hear it. Uh-huh.

What about you guys from down the hall?

You guys wanna make some money?
Always hirin'.

For what?

Courier service, my man.

We pick up and deliver anything
that can fit into a messenger bag.

We work all five boroughs.

How much y'all payin'?



We pay cash.

How many jobs you do a day?

I don't know, uh,
on a slow day, like 10 to 15,

on a crazy, 70, you know?

And then I got 20 more that I can't do

'cause I don't got
the man power, all right?

Jevon, please, will you take this?

sh*t.

How much you make on a run?

I'm not gonna play


all right? Let's go. Let's go.

You want the...
you want the work or not?

Nah, man. We good.

Thanks, though.

Okay.

Yo, who you again?

Paul.

Paul.

Word.

Okay, Hell's Kitchen, who wants it?

Yeah? Let's go, okay, okay.

It's always good to know how
other n*gg*s is makin' money.

Everybody got they hustles, Fame.



We just gotta find ours.

[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

I'm freezin' my balls off out here.

[PERSON] Sweetie?

He's gonna wear this one
to the ceremony,

and then he's gonna change into this one

- for the reception.
- Yeah, he's gonna look

- handsome.
- [DOOR SLAMS]

You don't think the sailor
outfit is a little too much?

- [SAL] No, I like it.
- Feds are here.

Feds?

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

- [DOOR CLOSES]
- Special Agent Preston Tanner,

FBI.

This is Agent Resmer.

Yeah. So?

But-but-but the video
of them i-is spectacular.

Oh, and the voice on Laverne.

Uh, have-have you seen it?

Don't know nothin' about no... no video.

[JAMES] Oh, well, I-I have it.
I'll let you borrow it.

It-it-it will blow
your socks off, Marvin.

- [CHUCKLES]
- I've-I've never had my socks

- blown off before, like, ever.
- [JAMES LAUGHS]

I'm excited
for what that might feel like.

[LAUGHTER]

Look who's home.

Mr. Bingham.

How are you?

I'm okay, Laverne.

Uh, h-how are you?

- Good, I-I guess.
- [LAUGHS]

Well, why you been keepin'
this guy from me?

[LAUGHS] Talkin', uh, ten minutes...

- [JAMES LAUGHS]
- And we damn near

- best friends already.
- That's-that's right.

Get-gettin' along famously over here.

Yeah, and, uh, you... you never told me

your dad was such a-a cr*ck-up.

- [MARVIN] Oh.
- Never knew myself.

Anyway, um, as I was saying
to your dad before you came in,

uh, the reason why I stopped by
is 'cause I heard about

an opportunity that, um,

I thought you might be interested in.

So a-a golfing buddy of mine,

who is in the recording industry,

he, uh, told me about an open audition

for, um, a new girl group.

- Mm.
- Apparently it's...

it's gonna be, like, a real cattle call.

Like, hundreds of-of girls
they're expecting to show up.

But I figured with-
with-with your talent...

[MARVIN] And good looks.

and your good looks, I... [MUMBLES]

you could have a real sh*t.

Right? So well, here, um,

here-here's my friend's information,

and, um, I-I told him
that you might be calling him.

- No pressure at all.
- Thank you, Mr. Bingham,

but I'm-I'm not singing anymore, so...

Since when you stop singin'?

[JAMES] I just-I just thought
I should, um,

give you the information
because... 'cause I know

that, uh... I know
N-Nicole always, you know,

thought the world
of your voice, and-and, um,

I just-I just know
that she would've wanted me

to... to share-share it with you

or tell you about it.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

Well, I'll-I'll, um... yeah?

♪ ♪

Uh, Marvin, I've taken up
too much of your time,

but thank you for the beer,

and it has been
a, uh, a total pleasure, uh...

Pleasure's been mine.

♪ ♪

Well, take care, Laverne.

Goodbye.

Yo.

Why wouldn't you give this sh*t a sh*t?

I mean, you been wantin'
to do the singing thing

since you came out your moms.

I don't wanna do all that
no more, though.

I'm movin' on.

To what?

I don't know.

♪ ♪

[SIGHS]

[TANNER] Thank you.

Mr. Boselli, I'm one of the lead agents

on an organized crime task force.

By law, I'm obligated to inform you

that we've picked up significant chatter

amongst your colleagues
about an assassination plot

targeting you.

I own a bowling alley.

Who the f*ck would want
to assassinate me?

Our intel is rock-solid, Mr. Boselli,

and it's sourced
at the highest of levels.

Your friends want you dead.

So you're tellin' me that the, uh,

the guy who sprays the shoes
and the other assh*le

that polishes the f*ckin' bowling balls,
they want me dead?

What the f*ck did I ever do to them?

I think we both know
that this has nothing to do

with your bowling alley.

If you were to cooperate
with our investigation,

we could discuss
an arrangement between us.

- We're done here.
- I'm offering you

and your family a lifeline.

But it's what we call
an exploding offer.

You have the next 60 seconds to respond

- or the offer's null and void.
- You know where the door is.

Whatever's going to happen to you

is going to happen soon, Mr. Boselli.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[DOOR CLOSES]

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

[SUCKS TEETH]

We need to talk.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

I don't feel safe with him here.

And it's not just me.

Jerome went downstairs last night
to get a glass of water,

and Ronnie was just sitting
there on the couch

in the dark, staring at the TV.

My brother likes to watch
his stories at night, Pernessa.

Always has.

I don't see what the problem is.

The TV wasn't on, 'Nique.

Look, this sh*t is temporary, Pernessa.

Ronnie gonna be movin' out soon.

'Bout to get both of us some work.

Till then, you and 'Rome good.

Ronnie's just quiet.

- [PERNESSA SCOFFS]
- That's all.

We good.

- [DOOR CLOSES]
- [SCOFFS]

What you think?

Thought you liked trucks.

It's not mine.

It's yours.

Get in.

Give it a test drive.

I ain't even got my license.

I won't tell if you won't.

[SINGER] ♪ Ayo, First come the money ♪

♪ Get the money, money ♪

♪ First come the money
Get the money, money ♪

♪ First get the money
Get the money, money ♪

♪ First come the money
Get the money, money ♪

♪ When I was 16, I pushed
Packs to get the dough ♪

♪ Broke the rules ♪

[ENGINE TURNS OVER]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[ENGINE REVVING]

[LOW BACKGROUND CHATTER]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[BAPTISTE] Howard?

Howard, you know Ogden?

[SCOFFS] Queens Narcotics.

What the f*ck brings you
to Siberia, Ogden?

You know nobody gives a sh*t about us.

Dead Italians.

These Feds are all over this thing
like flies on sh*t,

which means I gotta be a f*ckin' fly

on a fly on sh*t.

[LAUGHS] Ogden's a part
of this Organized Crime Task Force

that's settin' up shop
here at the precinct.

Somebody's movin' up in the world, huh?

Six months till I put in my papers
and move to Tampa.

Now I gotta answer to Eliot Ness
and the f*ckin' Untouchables.

These f*ckin' feds,

they think they invented
the f*ckin' fingerprint.

Whole thing's just
a giant pain in my ass.

Well, if you ever need somebody
to hit you

with them Southside highlights,
my door's always open.

Oh, I'm gonna take you up
on that, Howard,

'cause I could use
all the help I can get.

Ogden and I gotta talk this,
uh, task force sh*t alone

for a minute.

Just wanted you two to connect.

Do your thing.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

How's it handle?

They sayin' that cop k*lled herself.

Howard's partner.

You think that's really what happened?

As much as they f*ck with us,
police f*ck with they own heads.

[MOODY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

So they k*ll theyselves?

Like Scrap?

Yeah, like Scrap.

The car is nice.

But if I wanna ride,

I'll buy it myself.

[BELL JINGLES]

If I was you, I'd hold on
to that thing real tight, man.

'Cause that right hand
of yours ain't sh*t.

Sticks and stones, Giorgio.

Sticks and stones.

Well... [CHUCKLES]

if it isn't Unusual himself, huh?

To what do we owe this... this pleasure?

Mr. Linguini,

how you livin'?

I see you muhfuckers take

that sleepin' with the fishes
sh*t seriously, huh?

Like these joints right here.
What's these?

Those are mandarinfish.

Very rare.

Very pricey.

You know, they-they only mate at sunset.

Females all group together on a reef,

do this f*ckin' crazy dance.

Inspires the males to court them.

Of course the-the females

favor the biggest and strongest males.

- So just like in real life?
- [STEFANO CHUCKLES] Yeah.

Guy like me wouldn't stand
a chance on that f*ckin' reef.

[UNIQUE] You do all right, Linguini.

You got that sauce about you.

You know the females can smell
that from a mile away.

And you know, I am a...
a hell of a conversationalist,

and that goes a long way
on land and sea.

You know, not for nothing, but, uh,

after the tone and tenor
of our first meeting,

I'm just a little surprised
to see you comin' through my door.

What can I say, man?

Business is business.

And I'm about makin' money, not friends.

Man after my own heart.

You know, I can respect anyone

who can let bygones be bygones.

Listen, man.

Can I bend your ear... alone?

Hey, Giorgio, just steppin' out back.

Watch the phones.

Come on.

[EDGY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Have a seat.

[UNIQUE] So listen.

I'm very eager to get back
to work, Stefano.

I know you and your peoples
got y'all hands

on that heroin faucet,
and I was wonderin, '

maybe I could tap in with you

and we could make some moves together.

Raq know you're here?

Raq's done. She's out.

This part of the game
don't concern her no more.

I mean, at least
that's what she told me.

Yeah, that's what she told me too.

Sounded like bullshit to me.

You believe her?

Whether I believe her
or you believe her,

I think the question is more so
whether she believe herself.

I guess we'll let time decide.

Hey, look.

I appreciate your moxie.

You know what I mean?
Comin' here with humility

and grace and wantin'
to do business together.

I like that.

But, uh, you know,
this faucet, as you call it,

you know, it's not run
and maintained by us alone.

We have partners
that you would need to talk to.

Then they would have to
give you a thumbs-up

before we could move forward.

[UNIQUE] If you could just be so kind

and point me in the right direction,

that'd be greatly appreciated.

'Cause just like you,

I'm one hell of a conversationalist.

[STEFANO LAUGHS]

Uh, that you are, Unique.

That you are.

I need me onea these scooters.

[SINGER] ♪ With the tears, the cheers ♪

♪ What's a dream The time is near ♪

♪ My game face kicks lace ♪

I could be a scootin' type
of n*gga... right?

[SINGER] ♪ Can't stop grindin'... ♪

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ Back against the wall
I done seen it all ♪

♪ Stumbled, took some falls
Making all these scars... ♪

♪ ♪

[FAMOUS] sh*t'd be a good look for me.

[SINGER] ♪ On my way to the top ♪

♪ Through big lights and fog,
Cameras... ♪

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

What're you doin' here by yourself?

[SAL] Remember when I, uh,

I taught Marco to ride a bike?

[TERESA] He got goin' so fast
down that hill.

He flew across the street

and straight into the DeFazios' pool.

Kid learned how to ride a bike
and swim on the same day.

And we've had a helluva ride, huh, T?

Wouldn't wanna do it
with anyone but you.

What's goin' on, Sal?

What did the FBI say to you?

Ah, nah, nothing, the usual bullshit.

They're just... they're just hasslin' me

'cause they got nothing better
to do with their time.

You gotta promise me something, Sal.

That no matter what,
we are not gonna miss

that christening this weekend.

We have to cherish the grandson
that Marco left behind for us.

I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Even if we didn't approve of the puttana

he chose to be the mother.

Claudia's not so bad.

You're right.

[QUIETLY] She's awful.

[LAUGHS]

Well, not everybody
could be as lucky as me.

Stop. You're embarrassing me.

Hey, hey, hey. You're embarrassed?

I'm the one should be embarrassed,

embarrassed that I got so lucky

as to land the prettiest girl
in Paterson.

♪ ♪

I love you, Teresa.

More and more every day.

I love you too, Sally.

[DOOR BUZZES]

[BUZZING]

[PERSON] What you doin'?

Yo, got a delivery. Buzz me in.

[PERSON] m*therf*cker,
you woke up my baby!

[BABY CRYING]

[SIGHS]

Lou.

Yo, Lou!

- [LOU-LOU] What's up?
- [MARVIN] You sleepin'?

Nappin'. Why you bangin' on my door?

Yo, I need your help tonight.

Not puttin' nobody down,
just need you to be a lookout.

This for Raq?

Can't f*ck with it. Good luck.

[QUIET FOLKSY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

That's not gon' happen.

[JOAQUIN SUCKS TEETH]

Came here to tell you myself,
face-to-face.

I'm out the game.

This is... hard to believe.

Our business together is done.

Well, we can very easily find
out if you have a new supplier.

[RAQ] If I had a new supply,
I'd tell you,

'cause I sure as hell
ain't scared of you.

- [SPEAKING SPANISH]
- _

_

_

_

_

_

[ENGLISH] You the bitch
I used to buy Newports from.

[LAUGHS]

You speak Spanish.

My cousin and I wish you luck
and success

in whatever you choose to do next.

Our door is always open.

We'll be happy,

to see you, if you change your mind.

Well, if you see me again,
it ain't gonna be about happy.

_

_

_

_

[EDGY MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[MELLOW HIP-HOP PLAYING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SINGER] ♪ Mama told me
I could be a doctor ♪

- ♪ Or the mayor... ♪
- What up, 'Nique?

Y'all good, man.

[SINGER] ♪ The neighborhood baker ♪

- ♪ Tell Mama I'm sorry... ♪
- What's up?

Whoa, whoa. No jeans, man.

He let us in.

I don't give a f*ck what he did.

He pay me to maintain the dress code.

- f*ckin' Lees ain't cuttin' it.
- Whoa, what's going on, man?

He with me. All right?

He just got out.
You know what I'm sayin'?

His style ain't caught
all the way up yet.

Come on, Ronnie. Let's go.

[FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYS]

sh*t changed since you went in, convict.

Get up to speed.

Ronnie, come on, man.

♪ ♪

What's up, ladies?

Wanna do some drinks?

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[HUMMING]

[GRUNTS]

- [SIGHS]
- [DOG BARKS]

[SHUSHING]

I gotchu.

[PANTING]

[GRUNTS]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[ENGINE TURNS OVER]

[ENGINE RUMBLING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

["HALFTIME" PLAYING]

[NAS] ♪ Malcolm X
Catchin' the jungle fever ♪

♪ King poetic, too much flavor
I'm major ♪

♪ Atlanta ain't Brave-r
I pull a number like a pager ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm a ace
When I face the bass ♪

♪ 40-side is the place
That is givin' me grace ♪

♪ Now wait, another dose
And you might be dead ♪

♪ And I'm a Nike-head ♪

♪ I wear chains That excite the feds ♪

♪ And ain't a damn thing Gonna change ♪

[MURMURS INDISTINCTLY]

♪ Was born to gain
Nas, why did you do it? ♪

♪ You know you got The mad-phat fluid ♪

♪ When you rhyme It's halftime ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪ It's halftime ♪

Get off!

♪ ♪

[NAS] ♪ Ayo, it's halftime ♪

♪ ♪

Good, man?

Loosen up.

You just got out.

Have some fun for once, Ronnie.

This ain't me.

What you mean this ain't you?

A beautiful vibe, beautiful women.

Most n*gg*s get they sentence flipped,

they wanna celebrate, man.

I'm not most n*gg*s.

[NAS] ♪ In your stereo sets
Nas'll catch wreck ♪

♪ I used to hustle ♪

♪ Now all I do is relax And strive ♪

♪ When I was young
I was a fan of The Jackson 5 ♪

♪ I drop jewels, wear jewels
Hope to never run it ♪

♪ With more kicks than a baby
In a mother's stomach ♪

[MUSIC ECHOING]

[EDGY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[PAUL] Okay.

I mean, I-I'm genuinely confused.

Uh, you-you want me to work for you?

Is that right?

I want us to go into business together.

[LAUGHING] Okay. I mean, uh,

you're in high school, my man, so...

That don't mean
I don't know how to get paid.

Look, I'll throw in a bonus
for every delivery you make for me.

Thinkin'...25%.

Okay, so you wanna use my drivers

to deliver weed around the city?

And you-you're gonna pay me to do it?

I got the connect. You got the couriers.

Me and Famous'll handle all the calls

and get your boys the packages.

They drop 'em off, you charge me.

It ain't even no risk for you.

- All upside.
- [PAUL] Okay.

We would still have to negotiate
my bonus number, right?

And you'd have to pay my guys.

[KANAN] That's fine.

We gonna be makin' double
what they bringin' in

now anyway, maybe even triple.

[CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC PLAYS]

[CLICKS TONGUE]

Mm.

I need to think about it.

Look, don't take too long.

'Cause you not the only muhfucker
in New York with n*gg*s on bikes.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

There's my niece. [EXHALES]

Get in here, girl. Come on.

You know, I can't lie.
I was a little surprised

you came through.

You wanna sit down, or...

The last time I messed with you
on this music sh*t,

you f*cked me over.

Straight stole my song.

- And I'm tellin' you now...
- [LOU-LOU] Look.

'Fore we even get into all that...

I'm sorry about your moms, Juke.

Always thought
that Kenya was good peoples.

She just had her own sh*t.

It happens like that sometime.

And on your song...

[SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

you were right.

I messed up.

Not even just with you.

There's a whole lot
I wish I could take back,

that I could do over again.

But what I did to you was ill.

And I'm sorry for it.

Really and truly.

I f*cked up, and I hurt you,

and it's all on me.

♪ ♪

[SIGHS]

I'm sorry about your girl.

Zisa didn't deserve to go out like that.

None of us deserve
any of this sh*t, Juke.

So... [CLEARS THROAT]

uh, I might have
this audition comin' up.

It's for a girl group.

I been goin' back and forth

on whether or not
I'm gonna do it, but...

Y-you're doin' it.

You're doin' it.
I mean, and you're gonna win.

It's what you do.

Ain't even no question.

And you gonna run a table
on all them lil' b*tches.

If I do decide to do it...

I could use your help gettin'
ready for it.

All right, a girl-girl group.

Got it.

So Juke is on a En Vogue tip.

Let's do this.

Let me hear what you thinkin'.

[CHILL PERCUSSIVE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Oh, yeah.

[ADINA] I appreciate you
meeting with me.

Just trying to make sure
another promising detective

doesn't throw her career away
like our friend just did.

I know nobody in the department
wants to talk about her,

but I need you to know
Shannon told me she...

Ah, Foyle, I'ma stop you right there

because, to be honest,
even speaking Burke's name

out loud is a f*ckin' felony right now.

Inappropriate relationships
with minors, dr*gs,

tryin' to deflect her own dirt
onto her partner.

Now her bullshit is gonna keep IAD busy

for the next 18 months.

There's no real proof of any of that.

In a situation like this,
it's not about the fire, Foyle.

It's about the smoke.

And Burke had so much smoke around her

she couldn't see her own hand
in front of her f*ckin' face.

Let Burke rest in peace,

for her sake and for yours.

["UPHILL PLACES OF MIND" PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[FACTS OF LIFE] ♪ You got the time ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I got the time ♪

♪ ♪

♪ You got the feeling ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I'm gonna make it All right ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Watch where you're headed ♪

♪ Oh, you better watch ♪

♪ Watch where you go ♪

- Hi.
- ♪ Yeah ♪

♪ You got attention, baby Yes ♪

♪ But you gonna let it show
Show, show, show ♪

♪ I'm climbing uphill ♪

[BELL TOLLING]

♪ Lord, I got you
While I'm climbing uphill ♪

♪ You know I've got your life ♪

♪ Uphill, baby Lord, have mercy ♪

You have asked to have
your child baptized.

In doing so, you are accepting
the responsibility

of training him in the practice
of the faith.

It will be your duty to bring him up

to keep God's commandments.

♪ ♪

[FACTS OF LIFE] ♪ I got the time ♪

♪ ♪

- ♪ You got the b*at ♪
- sh*t.

♪ ♪

[FACTS OF LIFE]
♪ To move on down the line ♪

Yo, take us over to the other side.

♪ ♪

[FACTS OF LIFE] ♪ You won't
stay you loved him ♪

♪ No, no, no ♪

♪ And you won't share Your heart ♪

♪ No, no ♪

♪ You keep your self imprisoned ♪

- ♪ Baby, yes, sir ♪
- [CRYING]

[FACTS OF LIFE] ♪ And I
Don't want no, no part ♪

♪ Hey, yeah ♪

♪ But I'm climbing uphill ♪

♪ Lord, I've got you
Now I'm climbing uphill ♪

♪ You know I got your back ♪

♪ Uphill, baby Lord, have mercy ♪

♪ I have got to find ♪

♪ I have got to find myself
Some peace of mind ♪

♪ Peace of mind ♪

♪ I have got to find myself ♪

♪ Some peace of mind Peace of mind ♪

♪ ♪

[VOCALIZING]

♪ Well ♪

[VOCALIZING]

[GROWN KANAN] You put in
this kinda work,

you gotta make peace with the fact

that you most likely ain't
gon' see your kids grow.

♪ ♪

And even if you do,

you gon' take mad losses along the way.

A lot of sad singin'
and flower bringin'.

- [TERESA] He's sleepin'.
- [SAL] Yeah.

[TERESA] I know what I wanna do.

Let's do some photos on this step.

- Okay.
- Let's do photos.

[GROWN KANAN] You lucky
enough to go gray up in this muhfucker.

You gon' bury damn near every friend

you ever had,
every n*gga you ever ran with.

[HEAVY MUSIC PLAYS]

Truth is, though,
when it's your turn to go,

whenever and however you go,

you gonna be alone.

Just gonna be you and your god.

You all by yourself when
you take that last breath.

In your own head.

- [g*nsh*t]
- [BELL TOLLS]

Aah!

[GROWN KANAN]
Dyin's some lonely-ass sh*t.

[g*nshots]

- [SCREAMING]
- [g*nshots]

But bein' alive ain't
no team sport either.

We all doin' this sh*t
out here on our own.

Go, go, go!

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[FACTS OF LIFE] ♪ I'm climbing uphill ♪

♪ Lord, I've got you
While I'm climbing uphill ♪

[GROWN KANAN] We try
to tell ourselves different...

[FACTS OF LIFE] ♪ Uphill baby
Lord have mercy ♪

[GROWN KANAN] but we just lyin'.

[FACTS OF LIFE]
♪ I have got to find myself ♪

♪ Some peace of mind ♪

♪ I have got to find myself
Some peace of mind ♪

[SIREN WAILS]

[GROWN KANAN]
We die just how we lived...

[FACTS OF LIFE] ♪ I got the time... ♪

[GROWN KANAN] alone as hell.

[FACTS OF LIFE] ♪ You got the need ♪

♪ ♪

♪ To move on down the line ♪