06x04 - ReUp

[bunniefuu]

[KEVIN] Previously on The Chi

When are we gonna get

this new, big house?

So listen, just put

down whatever you can,

and, um, I'll cover the difference.

- [EMMETT] I gotta talk to my lady first.

- [KIESHA] Yes.

Go get us some money so

we can cut ties with Douda

and be our own boss.

So you-you-you don't

want me to pay you back?

I want something else.

Q was my brother.

I wanna know who k*lled him.

No use in both of us

being alone on V-day.

- I'm in a situation.

- So am I.

[SMOOTH SENSUAL MUSIC]

- What's this? A bag of nickels?

- No.

It's a little deadlier than that.

[EMMETT] I don't need this.

[DOUDA] You should be able

to protect your family.

[SOFT OMINOUS MUSIC]

My son ain't gonna be needing

your little housewarming gift.

Only thing he need

protection from is you.

If anything happens to my

son, his girl, or they kids,

I k*ll you myself.

- Oh, sh*t.

- What?

- Did you go through my drawer?

- No. Why?

- Anyone else come in here?

- No, just me.

- Oh, sh*t.

- Emmett!

[WATER PATTERING]

[SMOOTH SENSUAL MUSIC]

Oh, sh*t. [CHUCKLES]

Come on, baby. You know that sh*t,

it clouds up my mind.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Come on.

4/20 only comes around once a year.

Get into the spirit.

Mm-hmm.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

You know, it's a damn shame

you cut up this fine-ass

Cuban cigar for this

this f*cking made-up holiday.

- [SOFT THUMP]

- What?

[BIANCA] This made-up holiday

is gonna make you a lot of money.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

[CHUCKLES] You like that?

[MOANING, GASPING]

- Oh, sh*t.

- What?

Somebody's in here.

What?

Who is that?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[ROSELYN SIGHS]

We need to talk.

[TENSE HIP-HOP MUSIC]

Bianca.

Roselyn.

In the streets, you don't

eat if you don't work ♪

Ain't never been spoon fed ♪

All I did was put in work ♪

This sh*t ain't for the weak ♪

If you scared go to church ♪

No handouts for nobody ♪

If you want it, get off your ass ♪

Put in work ♪

The only sh*t worth having ♪

Is sh*t that you grind for ♪

Working hard, no days off ♪

Never know when your time's up ♪

Ain't really sh*t you can be ♪

When you a sleeper or a dreamer ♪

And thinking you gon'

take some, but we strive ♪

Please believe us ♪

Make money all day ♪

Get a busy late night for the weaver ♪

When doing a regular-degular

doin' p*rn sh*t ♪

[CABINET CONTENTS CLATTERING]

[CABINET CONTENTS CLATTER LOUDLY]

Yo, hey. You good?

Yeah.

- W

- Yeah.

Back and forth, back and forth ♪

On two different cellulars ♪

I got some n*gg*s that

know where your peoples ♪

Be sleeping at, if you thinkin' ♪

- [SOFTLY] Excuse me.

- Hey, hey, man! Watch out.

You feel something

hard under the cushion?

Hey, hey! First of all, pause!

Okay? Second of all, you

need to cool the f*ck out.

[VICTOR] Yeah, you acting

real paranoid right now.

- Man, come on. I'm-I'm good.

- [SHAAD] No.

H-honestly, you need to hit this, bro.

- [EMMETT SCOFFS]

- Please.

Man.

Hey, come on, man. Get

that medicine up in you.

- Yeah.

- [EMMETT INHALES DEEPLY]

[SIGHS] No, I'm good.

Oh, you can't smoke 'cause

you're with the government?

Nah, I'm just chillin' right now.

[EMMETT] I don't want

you losing your job

just 'cause it's 4/20 and sh*t.

- [VICTOR CHUCKLES]

- [SHAAD] Hey, that just means

more weed-infused wings for us.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

I'm glad y'all pulled up on me.

- Yeah.

- [SHAAD] I know, right?

I mean, I ain't kicked it with my n*gga,

Vic, in a minute, though.

Man, I'm just tryna get

this city together, bro.

Yeah, I know it's a full-time job.

I wish you could smoke with

us. I know your ass stressed.

Yeah, I don't really think weed

would help me out right now.

[SCOFFS] sh*t, it helps my ass.

- [EMMETT] Right?

- I don't know what I would do

if I couldn't smoke no

weed to clear my mind.

Sometimes, I just be

talking to myself, man,

just to get my thoughts out there.

Mm.

Am I crazy?

No, no, you're not crazy.

A lot of people talk to themselves.

But you know, it could mean

you longing for someone else to talk to.

[CLICKS TONGUE] I don't know, it just

I always dreamed about

what life would be like

once I got out of the pen, and

now that I'm out, I just

just kinda feel like my

life is closing in on me.

From the outside looking

in, my life is great.

sh*t, business is booming,

Kiesha and I are good for the most part,

all my baby mamas are happy as f*ck.

- [LAUGHTER]

- Thank you. sh*t.

You know what I mean?

But sh*t is stressful as hell.

I mean, like

feel like I'm juggling

a lot of sh*t right now,

and, uh, I'm scared I

might drop something.

That why you so anxious?

Yeah. It's-it's a lot going on.

[VICTOR] Hey

when the last time

y'all saw a therapist?

Does couple's therapy count?

Yeah, sure.

Not oh, damn. That was with Tiff.

- That was about a year ago.

- What about you, Shaad?

[SCOFFS] n*gga, Jesus

is my therapist, okay?

- Amen.

- [SHAAD LAUGHS]

Come on. It's not funny. For real.

- [SHAAD SIGHS]

- Come on. We f*cking with you.

Come on, man, you know

how I am about that sh*t.

I don't like strangers

knowing all my business.

Rather just talk to my people, man.

But what if we did this more often,

but without the weed wings?

What, get together and talk sh*t, n*gga?

Yeah, like, we could talk

about whatever you want.

Whatever said in that space

will never leave that space.

You mean like Fight Club?

Don't no, not quite.

I don't want us to fight each other.

I want us to talk to each other.

I mean I feel you, bruh.

Yeah, I ain't trying to fight nobody.

- I got kids.

- [EMMETT, SHAAD CHUCKLE]

- Tell that.

- Look.

We gotta be protectors,

right? But who gon' protect us?

Mm. That's real.

- Yeah.

- Uh, hold on.

I thought you weren't

f*cking with the high wings.

Man, Fatima told me to grab her a plate.

Yeah! I know that's right. [LAUGHS]

Hey, man. Tell I said what's up, man.

I will.

Y'all wanna link up tomorrow

night at the ROCK center?

And we can finish this conversation.

I'm game. sh*t, I ain't

got sh*t to do, n*gga.

Yeah, let me just

check with Kiesha first.

- I should be good.

- All right. Well, let me know.

- [SHAAD] A'ight.

- Okay.

[ROSELYN SIGHS] Q was

working for the FBI.

I knew that m*therf*cker was opps.

Apparently, he almost got

locked up a few years ago,

but to avoid jail time,

he decided he was gonna go

and work as an informant.

[SOFT OMINOUS MUSIC]

What they got on us?

Nothing big enough to

come arrest you for.

But if they find out that you had

anything to do with his death,

you can go to jail for

the rest of your life.

[DOUDA SIGHS]

I threw his body in

the river for a reason.

Well, water doesn't

wash away everything.

[ROSELYN SIGHS]

I'll keep the suits at bay.

For now.

Uh until then,

no more k*lling n*gg*s

for chewing gum too loud.

Hey, it's not my fault

I got sensitive ears.

f*ck.

[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]

[EASYGOING MUSIC]

In the end all I wanted was you ♪

In the end all I wanted was you ♪

Ya-ya-ya-ya ♪

[PHONE BUZZES]

[NOTIFICATION CHIMES]

-

- Hey-a ♪

In the end all I wanted was you ♪

- [JADA] Mm-hmm.

-

[DARNELL] Mm.

- Cool.

-

Hey-a ♪

Ya-ya-ya-ya ♪

Ya-ya-ya-ya ♪

[DARNELL] Mm.

Mm, ask if she got a massage oil.

- [JADA GIGGLES]

- Yeah, okay. [CHUCKLES]

- Got that massage oil.

- [JADA LAUGHS]

Mm-hmm!

- [SIGHS] Mm.

- Knew I weren't just anybody ♪

[NOTIFICATION CHIMES]

a busybody ♪

Body ♪

Those watermelon gummies back in stock?

- And I knew you weren't just anybody ♪

-

I knew you weren't just anybody ♪

But you know you

were playing naughty ♪

- [NOTIFICATION CHIMES]

- Mm.

Naughty ♪

In the end all I wanted was you ♪

What you, what you want ♪

In the end all I wanted was you ♪

- What you, what you want ♪

- [BAKARI CLEARS THROAT]

Here you go.

Yeah.

[COUGHS]

[CHUCKLING] Breathe, n*gga, breathe.

Buy me more of whatever

the f*ck that is.

- sh*t, bro.

- I got you.

- Oh, sh*t.

- Yo' ass better pay me back, too.

Come on, bro. You know I'm good for it.

[NOTIFICATION CHIMES]

[PHONE BUZZING]

[CLICKS TONGUE] Nuck

still bugging me for weed.

Just keep giving him Douda wack sh*t.

How long before we on our own?

Soon.

Just gotta get everything set up first.

And I know you weren't just anybody ♪

I knew you weren't just anybody ♪

But you know you

were playing naughty ♪

Naughty, unh ♪

[MACHINERY GRINDING]

Right.

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

God damn.

Last time I had this

much money in my hand,

I had just robbed a bank.

I believe in paying

people for their time.

- Appreciate you.

- [DOUDA] Yeah.

You know, Rashaad, um

there's more where that came from.

Yeah, I know exactly

where this comes from.

That's why it's a one-time thing.

[TENSE MUSIC]

- Get that the f*ck outta here.

- [ZAY] I got you.

[ZIPPER ZIPS]

[NUCK] Hey, boss.

Yeah. [CLEARS THROAT]

Man, what the f*ck is this?

f*cking client never showed.

Maybe the feds got to

him before he got to me.

f*ck!

You find someplace to put this sh*t.

- You understand me?

- Yes, sir.

'Cause I can't have this sh*t

nowhere near me right now!

Yo, Kar. Check it out.

Do you know anybody that

can hold this for us?

Thanks for coming through. [LAUGHS]

- Okay.

- Take care.

Yeah, you too. Bye-bye.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Monica?

Dre?

What what are you doing here?

I was just about to

ask you the same thing.

Tracy asked me to come

in a few times a week

and do Reiki and massages for the staff.

Oh, okay. She didn't tell me.

I didn't know she had to run it by you.

She doesn't.

Is this gonna be weird for you?

[DRE] I mean, you're the

one that broke up with me,

so it might be a little weirder for you.

Our breakup was mutual, and you know it.

I remember being a little bit

more hurt about it than you.

Look, if it's gonna be too much,

I can always talk to Tracy and

No.

I don't mind.

- You sure?

- Yeah, it's fine.

You running out of money, baby girl.

I'm aware.

So? What's your plan?

I'm still figuring it out.

Well, you have until graduation

to figure this sh*t out

or I'm sending your ass to college.

That's not enough time.

Everybody has deadlines,

even in the music industry.

[SIGHS] Look, things aren't going

as fast as I would like them to,

but Maisha is building an audience.

I just need a little more time.

You have until graduation.

So you can't support my dreams,

but you can support Tierra?

[SCOFFS]

The only person I'm

supporting right now is you,

and I'd feel much better

about supporting you

if you were getting an education.

- College is a scam.

- Yeah? Well, I'd rather get scammed

than have a daughter

walking around with no degree

and no money.

[PEACEFUL HIP-HOP MUSIC]

Bad bitch ♪

I shouldn't even

have to tell you that ♪

Big drip ♪

I shouldn't even

have to tell you that ♪

Face card ♪

I shouldn't even

have to show you that ♪

[FATIMA] Cheers, ladies.

I missed y'all.

So how long you gonna be boo'd up

with Mr. Jackson Goes to Washington?

Girl, I told you stop calling him that.

- So y'all living together now?

- Yes.

He asked me to move in

with him, and we did.

Is he paying all the bills?

- Girl, get out my business.

- Ooh, okay!

Miss Real Housewife of

the South Side of Chicago.

I can bring more to the

table than this pretty face.

- But do you have to?

- [FATIMA SIGHS] I want to.

[!sis] I don't know why.

You always told me

you wanted to start a

family and build a home.

You've manifested the

dream. Why not relish in it?

[FATIMA] Because I don't want to be

another person that he has to support.

And he also could switch up at any time,

so I think it's best you keep a job.

How much do you get paid to

write stories for the local paper?

[FATIMA] Okay, I don't just

write for the local paper.

I'm a freelance writer,

which means I can write

for a lot of different publications,

and I like to keep the people informed.

[!sis] Do you trust him?

- I do.

- [AERIN] Girl, you took too long to answer that.

[FATIMA] No, no, I didn't.

Yes. [SCOFFS]

If you got a man that wants

to take care of you, let him.

[FATIMA SIGHS] We take

care of each other.

[AERIN SCOFFS] Ma, stop trying

to push your dreams on Fatima.

- Girl.

- [AERIN] Everybody don't want

no sugar daddy.

[CHUCKLES] Yes, they do,

unless they lying to themselves.

[AERIN] Oh, I like being independent.

[SCOFFS] That's why you single.

- I'm choosy.

- [!sis CHUCKLES]

Listen, Fatima is my daughter.

I'll be doing all the

advising around here.

Um, older sisters can give advice, too.

[!sis] Not when they single and broke.

[AERIN LAUGHS] Girl! I'm

living very well, thank you.

[!sis] You live in a studio apartment.

- Girl, it's rent-controlled.

- [!sis SCOFFS] Okay.

[SCOFFING] Oh, God.

I just want Fatima to have the

fairy tale she always wanted.

[AERIN] Yeah, but every fairy tale

doesn't end in some

knight in shining armor.

[!sis CHUCKLES] In mine, it does.

Yeah, but that's you.

Everybody don't want to be like you.

Dear, I am the prototype.

Everybody should want to be like me.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

- [ZIPPER ZIPS]

- [DRE SIGHS]

You want to grab some

coffee and catch up?

I don't think that's a good idea.

It's just coffee.

I know.

But if my wife asks where was I at,

I don't want to say, "Well,

I was having coffee

with my ex-fiancée."

Damn, y'all got trust issues?

I like keeping the peace.

[MONICA] That was always your problem.

I thought you said you

didn't want to get married.

Uh um, I never said that.

Mm.

Just didn't want to marry me, huh?

I just wasn't ready at the time.

Come here. Look at this.

I've got grandkids now.

- Oh, look! They're so cute.

- Yeah.

I'm really happy for you.

You finally got the

family you always wanted.

Yeah.

I'm grateful.

- So that's your wife?

- Yeah.

- [MONICA CHUCKLES]

- Why?

She's just not who I

expected you to be with.

Why?

I thought you had a type.

Well, my type kept breaking my heart,

so I decided to switch things up a bit.

[CLEARS THROAT]

So no coffee?

[CHUCKLES]

[PERSON] There is always enough time

for the right work.

There is a conversation in the room

that only these people can have.

Find it.

Never a failure, always a lesson.

Trust the people.

If you trust the people,

they become trustworthy.

Move at the speed of trust.

Less prep, more presence.

[CHILDREN GIGGLING AND PLAYING]

[GLASS SHATTERS]

[KIESHA SIGHS]

I told y'all, stop

running through this house.

f*ck.

[SIGHS]

I thought you said no cursing.

Hey.

What happened in here?

I'm not in the mood.

I gotta get to Tiff's.

[EMMETT] Hold on. Who

gon' watch the boys?

You.

Come on, Kiesha.

Emmett, we need a nanny.

First you want a house, and

now you want a nanny too?

And we need a maid.

Girl, this ain't The

Fresh Prince of Chicago.

All this money is

creating problems for us

that you don't even understand.

What are you talking about?

[EMMETT] Look, I don't

wanna get into it right now.

You never wanna get into it.

I'm doing the best I can.

Your best could be better.

[EMMETT] I don't support you?

Bye, Emmett.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC]

Dubs being stolen ♪

Blue band hundreds, fresh tens ♪

Let those pretty girls hold them ♪

We the ones what I'm

bringing the singles for ♪

sh*t, Gucci, Prada,

Louis V, some mo' sh*t ♪

[RAPPING CONTINUING]

What you think?

It's good.

[LAUGHS] You don't sound too impressed.

Look, the competition's stiff out here.

Your girl, she solid.

I just don't know that the streets

gonna go crazy over it.

[MAISHA] Talk is the

weakest of flex, fly that ♪

We the ones what I'm

bringing the singles for ♪

sh*t, Gucci, Prada,

Louis V, some mo' sh*t ♪

Lil' mama bust you ♪

Say she from the Windy City? ♪

Oh, sh*t ♪

Ah!

Maisha, let's take it

back to the same spot,

but just a little bit

more clear this time.

Actually, it's your time.

- Already?

- It's a rack for another hour.

We're at time.

[MAISHA] Damn. I was

just getting warmed up.

Yeah, well, maybe you might

want to start getting warmed up

before we get here, okay?

- We need something iconic.

- Iconic?

Girl, I'm still trying to find my voice.

And we don't have time for that.

I don't mind going to

school if this doesn't work.

College has always been my backup plan.

Okay, well, people who make it?

They don't have a backup plan.

I'm the one rapping, not you!

And if it wasn't for

me, you wouldn't be doing

half of the sh*t you're doing right now.

We not doing much!

Look, we gotta crawl before we walk.

How long are we gonna be crawling?

I just need another song from you.

- And I'm working on it.

- Work harder.

And if you don't think I

have what it takes to make it,

then say that sh*t.

I don't think that.

Then stop coming at me!

[TENSE HIP-HOP MUSIC]

Yeah, a big bang when you swing ♪

It's too much to handle ♪

Drop a dookie and sing ♪

Need to burn a candle ♪

[PINS CLATTERING LOUDLY]

Yeah.

Boy, this was supposed to

be a friendly competition,

not a m*ssacre.

I been in a bowling

league since I was six,

so I'm basically a pro.

You really are an old soul.

Oh, I definitely been here before.

[KENYA SCOFFS]

[BOWLING BALL CRASHES]

I'll try again.

Hey, just a little bit, uh yeah.

And keep your eye on the ball.

Yes!

[ANITA BAKER'S "SWEET LOVE" PLAYING]

This my song.

Why do you think I requested it?

With all my heart ♪

I love you, baby ♪

Stay with me and you will see ♪

My arms will hold you, baby ♪

[BOTH LAUGH]

Never leave 'cause I believe ♪

I'm in love ♪

Sweet love ♪

Hear me calling out your name ♪

[PAPA CHUCKLES]

I'm in love ♪

Sweet love ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[VICTOR SIGHS]

Morning.

- Morning.

- Morning, Victor.

[VICTOR] Morning.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

What do you want?

[SCOFFS] I missed you, too.

Sit down.

Turns out that Q was an FBI informant.

[VICTOR SCOFFS] What's

that got to do with me?

Don't play dumb.

Everything you says, it

stays right here with me.

I ain't got sh*t to say.

[ROSELYN CHUCKLES]

Well, keep that same energy

when the feds come knocking.

[PHONE BUZZES]

By the time I saw him,

he was practically dead.

And then your husband finished him off.

So you're an accomplice?

[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]

[ROSELYN CHUCKLES]

Just stay quiet, okay?

You don't know nothing,

you didn't see nothing.

Got it?

I'm getting tired of lying.

Well, in this case, it's

better than the alternative.

[BASSY HIP-HOP MUSIC]

Welcome to my sanctuary.

- This is Blue Dream.

- [ROB SIGHS SOFTLY]

This my sh*t. You know this.

This is a great strain

for beginner growers

because it's high yield and

it does well in most climates.

Tolerant of overfeeding without burning.

Burning? What you mean?

See, that's when you fertilize

with too much nitrogen

and you burn your plants.

It's a common rookie mistake.

What's different about my weed is,

there are no harsh chemicals

in my growing process.

My plants are like my babies.

I would never give them water

that I wouldn't drink myself.

[CAIRO SIGHS]

Damn, that's crazy.

Yeah, and it actually

make a lot of sense.

[ROB] Mm-hmm.

Now, that's just nasty as f*ck.

Nah, that's organic.

All of these worms and microorganisms

means the soil is alive.

Living soil means fertile plants.

That's why my weed don't

smoke like nobody else's.

The weed y'all getting is

grown in salt and rockwool.

- What's that?

- Synthetic growing cubes.

It's faster than mixing

fish meal with bat guano

and letting the worms go to work.

People always ask,

"What's the difference?"

I just say, "Your lungs will thank you."

[AIR HISSING]

That air blast was to

clean off any pollen

you might've gotten on you.

[TIFF] And why does that matter?

To prevent you from

getting a hermed-out crop

and losing a lot of money.

Hermed?

[CAIRO] Let's say you carry pollen

from your male plants into the nursery

where you keep your

female plants, the mothers.

Those plants get hermed out.

Now you have a crop full of seeds.

Don't nobody need that sh*t.

And the wild part is,

a hermed-out crop smokes just as good,

but the average consumer

sees a bunch of seeds

and assumes it's low-quality,

so you can't sell it

for the same price point.

So we need space suits

and a air blaster?

Ideally, your nursery and grow

room are in separate spaces

to cut down on human error.

Wait.

You never said nothing

about needing two spaces.

We only got funds for one.

Getting the right

space is the first part.

You need a room with temperature control

and space to segregate the genetics.

- [ROB CHUCKLES]

- Sound like we need some more money.

I never said the

revolution would be cheap.

You got a checkup a

checkup a checkup

like, who do you go to see?

- [JEMMA] Doctor, doctor!

- Yeah.

They have, like, a oat version,

they have a soy version.

- [KENYA] Milk?

- [MAISHA] Milk!

- [JEMMA] Yes.

- When you, like, have a long journey somewhere.

- A voyage?

- What I do every day at Smokey's.

- I go to

- Work, work!

- Girls wear it sometimes.

- Pink!

- Skirts.

- N-nah.

- [JAKE] Dresses!

- Close.

Underwear?

- Y'all suck. Next one.

- It is

Something you do when

you like the rhythm.

- [MAISHA] Strip!

- Dance!

- It rings.

- [KENYA] Phone.

- Yeah.

- What the hell?

- Girls put it on they face.

- Makeup, makeup!

When you singing, what are you reading?

- [JAKE] Melody! Oh, book!

- What are you reading when you signing?

- A script. Lyrics, lyrics!

- Lyrics!

- Bam!

- [LAUGHTER, CHATTER]

[JAKE] No, he not,

no, he not, no, he not!

[BAKARI] A Mets dude

what does he wear?

- [JAKE] Cape! Cape!

- And time!

[MAISHA CHUCKLES]

- How many we get?

- Six.

No thanks to you, Kenya.

You wasn't even paying

attention that last round.

I didn't get the clues.

Hey, don't be mad

'cause y'all are losing.

- Tell your girl to step it up.

- Excuse me?

Look, guys, it's just a game.

- Okay, can we just chill?

- Yeah.

Y'all the ones that wanted

to be boys versus girls, sh*t.

Yeah, 'cause girls are smarter.

[KEVIN INHALES SHARPLY]

Well, we winning, so

'Cause y'all cheating.

I'd never cheat on you.

- [PERSON] What?

- What is you talking about?

[BAKARI] n*gga.

Nothing, nothing.

- You want some?

- No.

I told you my girl don't smoke.

I'm not your girl, Papa.

- [PAPA SIGHS]

- So do you, um,

not smoke 'cause you

don't wanna get in trouble,

or you just don't do it?

I'm too grown to get in trouble.

Oh, well, I guess

I look forward to

becoming grown as well.

[LAUGHTER]

You know, see, me and Kenya

don't do that childish sh*t.

[KEVIN] All right, bro.

Nah.

Oh, so you ain't

smoking 'cause she ain't?

Nah, I just wanna be alert

in case we play another round.

- [JEMMA LAUGHS]

- Man, this sh*t way more fun when you f*cked up.

- [KEVIN] Right.

- If y'all was high,

- maybe y'all would play f*cking better.

- Boy, I am high as hell.

- [SIGHS] We know.

- What's that supposed to mean?

- You need to get focused.

- I'm focused whether I'm high or not.

Uh-uh, girl. Hell, naw.

It's too cold for all that.

I'm not trying to go

home smelling like weed.

- [MAISHA] Me, either.

- [JEMMA] But, like, come on.

Oh, nah. It's cool, y'all.

It's cool. You can open up the window.

You know, I don't want my landlord

coming in here talking sh*t, anyway.

Damn, n*gga, where the

f*ck you get that from?

- I made it.

- [BAKARI] For real?

[BAKARI] That sh*t hard, shorty.

If you like it, he could make you one.

- How much?

- [JEMMA] $50.

[BAKARI SCOFFS] Nuh, mm-mm.

That sh*t ain't that nice.

- [JAKE SCOFFS]

- It is.

Yes it is, n*gga. Your ass tweaking.

These m*therf*ckers solid. [CHUCKLES]

- [KEVIN] Better tell him, bro.

- All right.

- $20.

- $35.

- f*ck it. Bet.

- [LYNAE CHUCKLES]

You always working.

Well, someone has to.

And what's that supposed to mean?

Nothing. Let's play another round.

One more, and then I gotta go, so

- Me too.

- What y'all gotta do? [CHUCKLES]

Kenya and I got responsibilities.

- [OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

- [MAISHA] Boy, shut up, Papa.

[JEMMA] Y'all do too

much. Y'all do too much.

Hey.

I come bearing Douda's

tithes and offerings.

[DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING]

[JACKSON] I already told you

his money is not welcome here.

[TENSE MUSIC]

No w*apon formed

against me shall prosper.

[NUCK] You sure about that?

[JACKSON] Is there anything

else that I can help you with?

Then you be blessed.

[EMMETT] Here, boy. Come on.

- [DARNELL] Hey.

- [EMMETT CHUCKLES]

I didn't know you had the boys tonight.

Yeah, neither did I.

Kiesha dumped them on me.

Boy, a woman can't dump

your own kids on you.

Y'all gotta share that load.

I don't remember you sharing

the load with my mama.

- Yeah, well, we sharing it now.

- I'm grown, though.

Yeah, you still need your daddy.

Hey, you know we do have

someone here from childcare

if you wanted to drop them off.

- Uh, y'all got childcare?

- Of course.

Lot of folks here have kids,

so we make sure they can come

even if they don't have help.

[EMMETT] Oh.

I mean, I can take 'em back.

Okay.

[EMMETT EXHALES DEEPLY]

[DARNELL] Hey.

Listen to me, boy.

[EMMETT] What?

You need to be mindful

of the company you keep.

What you talking 'bout?

- You ain't no gangster.

- I never said I was.

Then why you hiding

g*ns in your nightstand

like a dumbass?

That was you?

I-I been looking all

over for that damn g*n.

I thought one of the

kids might'a took it.

This is why you ain't got no

business having no damn g*n.

You wouldn't know what to do with it.

And knowing Douda,

it's probably got some

bodies attached to it.

You must've forgot I-I

used to run these streets.

- I want it back.

- For what?

'Cause it's mine.

How 'bout this?

I hold on to it for you,

and if you ever really

need it, you come find me.

- I don't need your permission.

- Yeah, maybe not.

But it's clear that you

still need my protection.

[SHAAD] Oh, sh*t. My bad, y'all.

Emmett's weed wings had me

slumped like m*therf*cker.

- [SHAAD CHUCKLES]

- n*gga!

What? I didn't know it was some kind

of big m*therf*cking

secret or something.

Y'all had weed wings without me?

- Uh, no. It was last minute.

- [DARNELL SIGHS]

[SHAAD] But sh*t, it

wasn't that last-minute.

I mean, he had flyers

printed up and everything.

Victor, why don't we get started?

All right. [SIGHS]

Look

I know usually when we get together,

it's to play poker, smoke weed,

or talk about work.

But tonight, I just want

to check in with y'all,

see how y'all doing.

Like how we doing emotionally?

How you doing in general.

I wanna talk about the things

we don't normally talk

about with other people.

Oh, you mean like sex stuff?

Whatever you want to talk about.

I want this space to be a safe space.

No judgment.

No judgment?

No judgment.

[VICTOR] We want to know how

we can support y'all, men.

And how we can support each other.

All right, so the floor's open.

Whoever wants to start

talking can just start.

[PERSON CLEARS THROAT, SIGHS]

[SIGHS] I guess I'll, uh

[CLEARS THROAT] kick things off.

I think for me [EXHALES DEEPLY]

I've accomplished

something I really wanted.

We real proud of you, too, man.

Yeah.

- Yes, sir.

- [VICTOR] Thank you. Thank you.

Really, I I feel that.

But

I also feel isolated now that

I've accomplished that goal.

[LAUGHS] sh*t, man. How?

Y-y-you surrounded by

people every day, man.

Yeah, people that

want something from me.

People that need me to

make their lives better.

I mean, I know it's my job to

support my community, but

I don't always feel like

my community supports me.

[CLICKS TONGUE] And I realize that

I picked a job that's a thankless one.

And I don't do it for gratitude, man.

Really, I

I don't.

I want my city to be a better place.

And that means people not

always gonna agree with my ideas.

And I have to be okay

with people not always

being happy with me.

And that's hard.

I know about that life.

Why don't you step

that out a bit, Marcus?

Okay, um

well, I been dating somebody

for the last few months.

- Oh, sh*t!

- Congratulations.

My daughter, Jemma, she's

not too happy about it.

- Yeah, yeah. Bet she pissed about that.

- [MARCUS] Yeah, but it's

this woman isn't somebody

I'm just having fun with.

She's

brought me back to life.

Or back to the man I used to be

- before I was a single dad.

- [SHAAD CHUCKLES]

And Jemma, she just used

to it all being about her.

But now I just have to make sure

that they both feel loved.

Good luck with that

sh*t, man. [CHUCKLES]

How can we be more supportive?

[MARCUS SIGHS]

Honestly, just pray for me.

Send me some ideas, you

know, that you might have.

I can help 'em build

their own relationship

without them wanting to k*ll each other.

If my girl and my

ex-wife can be friends?

[CHUCKLES]

I'm sure Jemma and your

girl can figure it out.

I appreciate you saying

that. That gives me hope.

Victor, how can we support you?

[INHALES DEEPLY]

Man, I think my sh*t is more internal.

I gotta stop trying to be Superman.

[DARNELL] But see, that's

that's what society keeps

telling us that we have to be.

I mean, it's no wonder y'all trying

to be everything for everybody.

You think that's the

only way to be a man.

But Pop, you put down a

lot of your responsibilities

when I was coming up because

you couldn't handle it.

Yeah.

- Yeah, that's true.

- And now we making up for lost time.

[SIGHS] Which is cool, but

I never got a chance to see you

juggle my mom and juggle your career.

[EMMETT SIGHS]

Honestly, I think that's why

my ass struggling right now.

Wait, hold on. You can't be

blaming me for your bullshit.

That's not what I'm doing. I'm saying

everybody expects me to

be this strong Black man.

But how can I be what I didn't see?

[SIGHS] I'm just figuring

this sh*t out on my own,

and I'm gonna stumble sometimes.

[MARCUS] Mm-hmm.

I wish people would just

stop judging me for falling down and

- help a n*gga get back up again.

- Right.

[SHAAD SIGHS SOFTLY]

You know what, man? I-I

I'ma keep it a buck, right? I-it

it's kinda hard for me to

sit here and listen to y'all

complain about y'all's situation.

You know what I'm saying?

I mean, 'cause all y'all

got lives that I wish I had.

I mean, y'all been out in the world

building businesses, starting families,

running for office.

And a guy can't even get a job, man.

[SIGHS]

Living at my woman house,

a house I can't even smoke in.

Dog, I told you, just open up

a m*therf*cking window, man.

[SIGHS] Nah, it ain't just that, man.

I-I-I'm still lusting after

this woman that I can't have.

Hold on. Who you lusting after?

You ain't lusting after Kiesha?

Man, it ain't nothing

like that, it's just

- We was at the house earlier.

- [LAUGHTER]

[SHAAD] Nah, honestly, I'm just trying

to be the best man I can for my woman.

Okay? I mean

I owe her a lot. [SIGHS]

She really took a chance on me, and

I just don't wanna let her down.

I know my little sister

disappointed in me.

She has every right to be.

But I know I gotta do better.

Not just for her, but for

me, first and foremost.

I can't go back to jail.

sh*t, me neither.

These streets make it so f*cking easy

for a n*gga to slip up, man.

[SHAAD SCOFFS] You ain't never lied.

Sometimes, the streets

can slip into your house

when you ain't even looking.

But like I said,

we all need to be mindful

of the company we keep.

I think we're all in

good company right now.

- Yeah.

- [LIGHT UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC]

I like this, man.

Well, I think this is a

good place to stop for now.

How 'bout we take a break

and regroup in just a bit?

[ALL MURMURING]

[SOFT MUSIC]

[JAMAL] Appreciate you for this, bruh.

- Yeah, there you go.

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SHAAD] Appreciate you.

[SMOOTH R&B MUSIC]

[KIESHA SNIFFS]

That smell good.

Yeah, this different.

That's why we gotta get a bigger place.

So we can grow our own sh*t.

Y'all tryna move?

No, this'll be a spot just to grow.

You need a permit for that, don't you?

Mm-hmm. We gonna figure that out.

- Don't get locked up.

- Girl, we won't.

We just need a realtor

to help us find a spot.

Ours is cool.

But I mean, we got him from Douda, so

you know how that go.

f*ck that. We'll find a spot on our own.

We tryna cut ties with that n*gga.

Yeah, I wish we could cut ties, too.

Ever since he started coming around,

Emmett been acting different.

[TIFF] Don't be afraid to check his ass.

I'm not.

You need to quit your job

and sell this cheese dip.

But you believe in me and

say all the right things ♪

To lift me up ♪

I don't mind, I don't mind us ♪

We're never alone ♪

Is it just me, or were Kevin

and Maisha acting a little weird?

Nah, it wasn't just you.

They was being weird as f*ck.

[RAPPER] Tip it in, uh ♪

- Oh, sh*t.

- [RAPPER] Tip it real good ♪

Some rapper just posted a

video in one of your shirts.

- Who is it?

- [RAPPER] Tip it real good ♪

You're givin' me a heart att*ck ♪

My d*ck is hard as f*ck ♪

That ass is hella

fat, I wanna bust a nut ♪

[JAKE] Damn! [CHUCKLES]

And I don't even know this n*gga.

sh*t, I-I'll take it.

[RAPPER] You can rowdy

ride me cowgirl ♪

His, uh, lyrics are really misogynistic.

Man, that's just how n*gg*s rap.

Wait, if this is what

people want to hear,

then what are me and Maisha gonna do?

Uh uh, I don't know.

Switch it up. Or, I

guess, don't make no money.

[RAPPER] Take you to the

back, I got unlimited

[JAKE] It would've been

nice if he tagged me though.

I ain't gonna lie.

- Yeah.

- [JAKE] It's all good.

I'll just repost it in

my stories and tag him.

- [JEMMA] Congrats, babe.

- [RAPPER] Tame her with my money ♪

And she tame me with her tongue ♪

She lickin' on her ass

cr*ck and lickin' ♪

- [SHAAD] sh*t, boy, I tell you.

- [LAUGHTER]

Hey, listen, we can't thank y'all enough

for inviting us over for dinner tonight.

Yeah, it means a lot to him.

And, well, you know I love to cook.

He also loves any excuse

not to spend money.

- [SHAAD] Oh!

- [DEJA LAUGHS]

I'm not about to spend my damn

money on no restaurant food,

especially downtown.

And they be having them meter maids

just standing outside

waiting to give you a ticket.

- Oh, man. Tell me about it.

- [LAUGHTER]

[DARNELL] Hey, Shaad, set that down.

- Oh, I got you.

- [DOORBELL CHIMES]

[DARNELL] Oh, that must be Marcus.

Oh, snap! You invited

him? Man, that's my guy!

Yeah, you know, after our little chat,

I figured he and his woman

could use some quality time

with us grown folk, you know?

- Okay, I see you, player.

- [DARNELL LAUGHS]

Yeah, come on in. Grab a seat.

Got enough ribs for everybody.

Oh, I'm a vegetarian.

[DARNELL] Oh, okay. Cool.

Uh, well, we got some corn on the cob.

Come on, brother. [CHUCKLES] Yeah.

Yeah.

Hey, you want me to touch you up?

All right. Cool.

It's good to see you, Tierra.

Last time we saw each other,

we were on a double date

with you and Victor.

Mm-hmm.

Well, we all know how that ended, so

Oh, well, that must've

been quite embarrassing.

Oh, no. I've been through much worse.

- Oh.

- Really?

I've lived a crazy life.

sh*t, I can't tell.

You look like a princess to me.

[TIERRA LAUGHS]

Well, I am glad that you

found yourself a real love.

Thank you. And this is, uh

- new for both of us.

- [TIERRA] Mm.

Marcus, I don't think I ever

seen you with a woman before.

I like to keep my love

life private, that's all.

Hey, spoken like a true pimp.

[LAUGHING] Oh, whoa.

No, nothing like that.

I'm just always focused on my daughter.

Oh, now you splitting your attention?

Yeah.

Hasn't been easy.

But we're working it out.

[BOTH SIGH]

- [MARCUS] Mm.

- Hey, hey, all right now.

[CHUCKLING] All right.

Tierra, if you don't mind my asking,

what is it that you do for a living?

[SHAAD] I mind you asking.

Oh, excuse me?

No, it's just, you know,

I hate it when people ask me that, so

Oh, that's 'cause you

ain't got no job right now.

So what?

I-I-I mean, I'd just rather

be judged based off of

who I am and not what I do.

Shaad, you should come in

on this little idea I got.

Now, it's not a whole lot of money,

- but it's better than nothing.

- You know what?

I'll do just about

anything right about now.

Hear me out.

See, I'm trying to come up with

a Black version of a sexy maid.

Our selling points

would be that, you know,

we some handsome brothers in tool belts,

but, you know, we actually fix sh*t.

[LAUGHTER]

- Well [SCOFFS]

- [DEJA LAUGHS]

Well, how much you

make a day doing that?

Like, mm, 200, 300.

n*gga, that's it?

Hold on. Pump the brakes now.

We we fix some pipes, dog.

- We ain't layin' 'em.

- [LAUGHTER]

[DARNELL] Whole 'nother

whole 'nother job there.

[SMOOTH R&B MUSIC]

Whoa-oa-oa ♪

So I see you got some

new soldiers on deck.

Yeah, I'm tryna train

'em up the right way.

Mm.

They all wanna be just like you.

[CHUCKLES]

And too bad they ain't.

You know, I won't be here forever.

I have to pass this

throne down to somebody.

Okay, so

who we thinking?

I don't know.

Only time will tell.

[BIANCA] I got my eye on the quiet one.

[DOUDA] Yeah, well, you

know, and he's, um

he's still wet behind the ears.

But he has potential.

[BIANCA] I know Nuck is your favorite.

[DOUDA] He's loyal, but

he's not ruthless enough.

[BIANCA] They can't all

be cold-blooded like you.

- But that's the job.

- Mm-hmm.

[BIANCA GIGGLES]

w*r is not the answer ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

w*r is not the answer ♪

In times like these ♪

We need love ♪

- [BIANCA CHUCKLES]

- [DOUDA WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY]

We need love ♪

- [BOTH WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]

- [BIANCA CHUCKLES]

Hey.

Welcome.

Well, sure as hell beats

smoking in the cold.

- [GLASS CLINKS ON TABLE]

- [DOUDA CHUCKLES]

- Here you go, man.

- [SHAAD SIGHS] Hey.

Needed this sh*t.

Especially after the day I just had.

[LAUGHS] I got you, dog.

Take a load off.

[LOUD METALLIC CLANK]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[ZAY] Douda wants to

offer you an opportunity.

w*r is not the answer ♪

Yeah, yeah ♪

w*r is not the answer ♪

Yeah, yeah ♪

- Hell, no.

- We just need you to hold on to 'em.

In exchange for a fee, of course.

No, I'm I'ma stay outta trouble.

Y'all have a good evening.

- I can talk to him.

- [BAKARI] Nah.

I got him.

A'ight.

[VICTOR] Sorry, sorry, sorry. Hey.

So, um, what's so

urgent it couldn't wait?

We tryna cut ties with Douda.

Oh. What you need from me?

We need a permit so we

can grow our own weed.

Well, Victor can submit the proposal

once he gets inaugurated.

But City Council will

still have to vote on it.

And not everybody likes the idea

of people growing weed

in their neighborhood.

I'll be creating jobs.

And weed is the safest drug out there.

It's not that simple.

I'll be a reference on her application.

- Who are you?

- Cairo Fuqua.

- Famsterdam Farms.

- Uh-huh.

Look, I support you

starting your own business,

but I got bigger issues

I need to tackle first.

So how long it's gonna take?

- Oh, it

- [QUINCY] Give us six months.

Six months?

- [PAPERS SLAP ON TABLE]

- f*ck that.

Come on.

Is there anything else

we can help you with?

Yeah, I'ma talk to him alone real quick.

You're not getting the permit

whether I'm in the room or not.

This ain't about the

f*cking permits, my n*gga.

- Then what's it regarding?

- [VICTOR] Quincy.

Give us a minute.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

You didn't like my uncle Q, did you?

I ain't know him that well.

That's not what I heard.

Your uncle had a lot of enemies.

Any of 'em want to take his life?

[VICTOR SIGHS] I don't know.

[ROB] You don't know.

Mm-hmm.

You better not be lying to me, n*gga.

I ain't got no reason to lie.

I'm not waiting that

long to start growing.

You don't have to do it by the book,

but if you don't,

you'll be taking a risk.

I'd rather take a risk than

keep working for a k*ller.

You might wanna talk to your man first.

He down for whatever I want.

[UPBEAT R&B MUSIC]

[FATIMA SIGHS] Which

one y'all like better?

[AERIN SIGHS] Child, they

all look the same to me.

What you need is some

fly-ass wallpaper.

Girl, y'all ain't no help.

[AERIN] Why all these kids in here?

Girl, this little brother

sell his merch out of the house.

He paying bills?

No, we let him keep his

money so he can save it.

- Oh, girl.

- Child.

He needs to move out of y'all house.

Girl, it's more his house than mine.

- I'm the one that just moved in.

- Mm-mm.

Damn, this went from a trap

house to a tr*nny house.

- Oh!

- Bitch, don't get slapped.

- [JAKE] What's going on?

- One of your little friends being disrespectful.

These n*gg*s ain't my friends.

This a customer.

And if you can't respect my house

or the people in it,

you can get the f*ck out.

Don't nobody want your

gay-ass shirt no way.

- Man, come on.

- Get off me.

[JAKE] Man.

- f*ck up outta here.

- [DOOR SLAMS]

Anybody else want to talk?

'Cause y'all can leave, too.

Don't come in here with that bullshit.

A'ight. Who next?

Come on.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

[SINGLE KNOCK]

[EMMETT] f*ck you doing here?

What's this?

Oh, hell, no. I ain't holding this.

[NUCK] Come on. Come on.

After all we done for you, Emmett?

You won't have to hold it

long. We'll be back for it.

What if my girl find this sh*t?

n*gga, make sure she don't.

First Peter asks us

to look into our hearts

and find courage.

What do you do

when a lion prowls your village,

looking to eat your young?

Do you feed him from your table?

[TENSE MUSIC]

What do you do when a

lion prowls your village,

jaws dripping with the

blood of your neighbors?

Do you let him sleep in your bed?

- [ALL] No.

- Uh-uh.

[JACKSON] Do you follow him blindly?

Do you long to be like

him, hoping that one day,

you, too, can be the

king of your own jungle?

If we are not vigilant

that lion will destroy

everything we love.

If we are not upright

shepherds of our flock,

that beast will not stop

until all of our young's

hearts are ripped out.

If we don't cast that

devil out of our city

he will devour us all.

And I just pray

that he doesn't come

for your house next.

[ALL] Amen!

[APPLAUSE]

Take care of him.

- Glory to ♪

- Say less.

Name ♪

- Singin' ♪

- Glory to his name ♪

♪ I'm singin' ♪

♪ Glory to his name ♪

♪ Yeah, there to my heart ♪

♪ Was the blood applied ♪

♪ Glory to his name ♪

♪ I'm so wondrously ♪

♪ Saved from my sin ♪

♪ Jesus so sweetly abides within ♪

♪ There at the cross ♪

♪ Where he took me in ♪

♪ Glory to his name ♪

♪ Singin' glory to his name ♪

♪ Singin' glory ♪

♪ To his name ♪

♪ There to my heart ♪

♪ Was the blood applied ♪

- Hey ♪

- Glory to his name ♪

♪ Oh, that I can say it's glory ♪

♪ Glory to his name ♪

♪ Oh, where would I be without you ♪

♪ Glory to his name ♪