03x04 - The Land of Opportunity

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[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

♪

[DIANA] Previously on Ghost

- We have to tell him about Lauren.

- We're taking that to the m*therf*cking grave.

Lauren's dead.

Who did it? I need a name.

[PERSON] If I give you a name,

you might as well have done it yourself.

[LAUREN] How much longer do I

have to pretend that I'm dead?

Closing this case

is the only way to get you

out of here and on with your life.

[JENNY] You have enough

clout to get authorization

for a joint federal

and local task force?

- I can try.

- So he's one of the richest Black men

- In the world.

- RSJ, let's set up a more formal meeting.

- Looks like you grew up.

- You too.

Get the f*ck out of here

harassing me with this bullshit.

Partial prints led nowhere.

Any potential witnesses

scattered like rats.

Someone k*lled my son, and ain't nobody

gonna f*cking rest until I find out who.

[SCREAMING]

Bald-headed dude in a dark jacket!

That was you, m*therf*cker, and now that

I know the truth, I f*cking own you!

A million dollars in hand next

time I see you, or she dies.

[TARIQ] 50 floors on our building,

and the rest of the building's

on f*cking Wall Street.

We want to move Noma's product,

that's exactly how we do it.

We send our delivery boys with cups

with false bottoms with

the product right in there.

- [EFFIE] There's orders coming in already.

- Coming in hot.

[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 ♪

[50 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 15 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 007 ♪

That's 62 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 ♪

♪

[YUNG POODA] I get money on Monday ♪

I get money on Tuesday ♪

I get the bag on Wednesday ♪

Count it on Thursday ♪

More money on Friday,

and I'm doing sh*t my way ♪

Get it, count it, stack it, spend it ♪

We really need to chop

it up. Are you alone?

I am, but Tiny dumb ass

keeps f*cking up my orders,

so I'ma have to hit you back.

[YUNG POODA] And repeat that process ♪

Yo, stop underserving our people.

They ask for a coffee with eight sugars,

that means they want 8 grams of coke.

- Don't give 'em a eight ball.

- [YUNG POODA] My money, n*gga, I need me ♪

Told y'all I was 'bout to blow ♪

So I had to go show ya ♪

Tiny, listen. I'm not

gonna tell you again.

And eight ball, that's 3.5 grams.

That means that you're

shorting our custies

4.5 grams that they paid for,

and that's bad business, my n*gga.

We not doing that. You understand?

I got you. Won't happen again.

- You.

- [YUNG POODA] It's no wonder why ♪

All of 'em look up ♪

I get money on Monday ♪

I get money on Tuesday ♪

I get the bag on Wednesday ♪

Count it on Thursday ♪

More money on Friday ♪

And I'm doing sh*t my way ♪

Get it, count it ♪

- [TINY] There you go.

- [BUSINESSMAN] Yeah.

Black, four sugars, please.

[YUNG POODA] And

repeat that process ♪

Get it, count it, stack it, stack it ♪

Do it again ♪

- And repeat that process ♪

- [CELL PHONE BUZZING]

- ♪

-

Is all this really necessary?

I know I can't change what we've

been through over the last few months,

but I think it's gonna make us

stronger and closer as a family.

We've been together a long time, Mo.

- You know I love you.

- I love you too.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

♪

Oh, damn.

Look at my baby up

there looking so good.

-

- Oh, thank you.

- Thank you so much.

- You're welcome, babe.

I just want to see his family happy.

[DIANA] Sorry I'm late.

I rushed here as soon

as I clocked out of work.

♪

What the f*ck are you doing here?

You need to stop harassing me.

- Do we have a problem?

- Take it easy, big fella.

You know assaulting a

cop will catch you 2-15,

so unless you want to go back inside,

don't be stupid.

You ain't supposed to be

doing sh*t on a suspension.

You thought I ain't

know about that, huh?

You keep f*cking with me,

you gonna be fired next.

Mm, see, now I got all the

time in the world to watch you.

And when you slip up, I'll be there.

You just don't get it.

Whatever you're searching

for, you will never find.

Oh. Carrie Milgram.

Your baby daddy.

What, you didn't think I

knew about that one too?

I got footage of you

going in the building

- the night of Dante Spears' m*rder.

- You have a warrant?

Hell no, he ain't got

no f*cking warrant.

Then why don't you leave

before I do something

I'm not gonna f*cking regret?

Yeah, jump in your car and

get the f*ck out of here.

- You heard him. Go.

- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

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How long has this sh*t been going on?

Couple of weeks now,

but I've been working

with Davis to make this n*gga go away.

He's trying to frame me

for his bitch Carrie Milgram's su1c1de.

If he's coming after you,

he's gonna come after all of us.

Listen, however you want to

handle this sh*t, I'm ready.

Look, I got it under control.

Let's just go in for a family meeting.

♪

Private family meeting, little girl.

Can we talk for a minute or something?

Just go back to school.

It's what you wanted, right?

♪

All right, listen up.

That cop ain't stopping sh*t.

- Renzo, what's good with the business?

- It's booming.

Noma gave us so much weight,

we had to recruit help.

- Who you got?

- Got the Jamaica Ave boys

- and the Castillo bros.

- Castillos have parts of BK on lock,

which means we give

Noma her bread faster.

- Happy plug, happy life.

- f*ck your relationship with the plug.

Evelyn think we clipped Uncle Frank.

We don't know what

she's feeding her sons.

- We can't trust them.

- Ma, they don't know anything.

- They would have retaliated.

- What if they just trying to get close enough

to prove it before they make a move?

[CANE] They can't prove

sh*t. Uncle Frank was a rat.

I mean, he had mad enemies.

It could have been any one of them.

That's a valid point.

- They got nothing on us.

- Nah, too risky.

We gotta keep our

distance, shut it down.

- [CANE] Nah.

- What you say?

We're not shutting nothing down.

We can't afford it.

Noma needs her money.

And you agree to this dumb sh*t?

It's working for now, Mo.

We get a sense the Castillos

change their agenda,

we'll shut it down then.

Come on, Pops, we got runs to make.

Wait, we not done.

We on the clock. We'll talk later.

♪

The f*ck is that?

They're moving f*cking weird lately.

Whatever Cane says, Poppy does,

or n*gga just gets me to do it.

It's just asking for

trouble when we have

all these f*cking cops looking at us.

♪

I need Theo Rollins'

unredacted case file.

What you need is to focus on

finding evidence for our RICO case.

I know that. I know that.

Davis needs me

because I have connections

in the DA's office.

You want to tie Davis into RICO, right?

Yeah, I do, but you told Davis

you'd get his brother out

without implicating him.

- That's a huge ask.

- And if I can pull it off,

he'll trust me.

I will be able to

get in the room.

Okay, three of them in the same room.

That's a start.

What if we charge Davis for the m*rder

he actually committed

and blamed on Theo?

We can pressure him into flipping.

Being able to make that case

after all these years is no slam dunk.

- [CELL PHONE BUZZING]

- I know Davis.

It's not enough to make him snitch.

I have to take this. Um

- excuse me for a second.

- Really, you have to leave?

[JENNY] Hey. Hold on one sec.

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

Got it. Bye.

Uh, your other phone was

ringing in your bag there.

Maybe you should check that out.

That phone goes off nonstop.

Yeah, I bet.

Uh, so the DA's office

is handing out ho phones these days?

- It's for CIs, Cooper.

- Mm.

Listen, I have to go, but, uh,

I'll see what I can

do about the case file.

Thank you.

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♪

[SINGER] I'm the hottest n*gga ♪

Hustlin' in the streets ♪

Taking over the game ♪

And I always play for keeps ♪

I don't never want to start it ♪

But I always finish it ♪

[DRU] Whoo! Ha-ha!

That's you?

Yeah, man, I went from

a BMW to a Porsche, huh?

BMW? You ain't never drove a Beemer.

Listen, I was a Black Man Walking

before we started

working for Noma, right?

- [LAUGHTER]

- f*ck is you talkin' 'bout?

- You're a dumbass.

- [DRU] n*gga.

[LOCK CHIRPS]

- [TARIQ] Yo, this sh*t is bad.

- [DRU] Yeah.

♪

What the f*ck is your problem?

Relax, gangster, I'm seeing

if your phone is broke,

because I'm hitting your phone up,

and you don't hit me back.

- What's up with that?

- You ain't my n*gga.

We do not need to call each other.

Listen, I just want to say

thank you for what you did.

- What did I do?

- Saved us all from when you took out Lauren.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

[EFFIE] n*gga, that's cap.

Who the f*ck told you I did that sh*t?

It don't matter.

I know what you did.

But that body should have been

taken care of by your mans.

And when he fumbled the ball,

I thought I could count on.

Brayden's bitch ass, but I see

he sent a woman to do his dirty work.

♪

Why you messing with someone

that put you in that position?

Nobody sent me.

It was complicated for Tariq

because that was his bitch.

And Brayden's actually loyal,

but ain't with the smoke.

So you did what needed

to be done for the team.

I respect that. You're

a real one for that.

f*ck out of here, Cane. Me and you?

We're not a team.

I did what was best for me,

and everybody benefited from it.

It was wrong, and I ain't want to do it,

but it is what it is, I guess.

Damn.

I should tell Tariq he

got a winner on his side.

No, he is not ready to hear that.

Seriously, Cane, don't say anything.

When the time is right, I

want him to hear it from me.

If you're so thankful,

that's how you can repay me.

♪

Okay, I can do that.

But I'ma hit you later

and see how your little

confession or whatever goes.

That will not be necessary.

Can we get in here

and go to work, please?

♪

[SIGHS]

[TARIQ] 'Sup, baby?

[BRAYDEN] Okay, nice of you to join us.

- f*ck took y'all so long?

- [BRAYDEN] Traffic?

- [TARIQ] Y'all ready for the new shipment?

- [HORN HONKS]

Check your phone. I sent you

the receipt for the wire transfer.

Yeah, it should take about

24 hours to come through

I am aware of how a wire transfer works,

you pale little gnome.

Okay, that was hurtful.

I was just trying to help.

Despite my doubts, you have

met our distribution quotas.

Thus far.

We will see what happens

in the next few re-ups.

- [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

- What is this?

This is not our normal re-up.

Observant you must be

the brains of the group.

This is in addition to

your re-up of product.

Glocks, AK-47s, silencers

This is not what our

infrastructure's built for, okay?

We're built to move dr*gs, not g*ns.

You promised to replace

Mecca. This is what Mecca did.

So here we are.

Noma wants this gone ASAP.

I don't need to remind you what happens

if I come back here and

this is still here, do I?

- I can't hear you.

- [ALL] No.

Much better.

♪

What do we know about moving g*ns?

- [EFFIE] That it's risky.

- And where does she even get these?

It's probably stolen.

Listen, I'm thinking

maybe we could pay Noma

with our money, and we just keep these.

You getting high on the

supply? We can't cover that.

Yeah, how about you just let

me and Dru handle the g*ns

while y'all handle sh*t on p*ssy street?

I'm sorry, I mean Wall Street.

A'ight, so let's go see

what we're working with.

♪

[TARIQ] What the f*ck, man?

I don't wanna sell no f*cking g*ns.

Hey, I knew your bitch ass

was gonna fold under pressure.

What the f*ck you talking about?

You opened your big-ass mouth,

and now Cane knows what I did.

I didn't say sh*t to anybody.

Cane pressed me, but I held it down.

I don't know how the f*ck he knows.

♪

America, the land of opportunity.

Now, the question is,

is it truly the land of opportunity?

Okay, I'ma need some volunteers up her.

Ashley. Who else?

Okay, some more please. Thank you.

So I need you to form

a single file line.

Now, these cards that

Salim was handing out,

they represent the finish line.

Now, what I want you to do is write down

a life goal that you hope to reach.

- Thank you, Salim.

- [SALIM] You're welcome.

[HARPER] So Salim and

I will call out a list

or privileges and disadvantages.

If one applies to you,

you will step forward

or backward towards your goal.

Does everybody understand?

Great.

Thank you, Salim. Thank you.

So I'm gonna start us off.

Take one step forward

if you come from a

two-parent household.

Two steps back if you don't.

One step back if one of your parents

have done jail or prison time.

[SALIM] Take one step

back if your family

has ever relied on public assistance.

Ain't no shame in it. I've been there.

♪

[HARPER] One step forward if you

attended private secondary school.

♪

One step forward if you or

your family inherited wealth.

Take a step back if you

receive financial assistance

or got a loan to pay for your education.

Two steps forward if

your parents listed you

as the beneficiary to their

trust or life insurance policy.

One step back if you have

ever been sexually harassed.

This includes catcalling.

Take a step forward if one or both

of your parents completed college.

Now, look at where you landed.

Look around.

This is where you start

in terms of reaching your goals.

Now, the questions we've

asked have less to do

with your own achievements

and everything to do

with your family history

and the zip code you were born into.

Thoughts?

That just because I start off back here

- doesn't mean I end up back here.

- True.

But it does mean that I'm

gonna have to work hella harder

than Thomas, Jackie, and

Becca just to get what I want.

But that doesn't mean I don't

have to work hard to reach my goal.

Yeah, but can you acknowledge

that you have a head

start over the rest of us?

Right, like, look at how much less

you have to travel to get there.

Does that mean that my accomplishments

are any less valid because

I come from a good family?

- Hold up, are you for real?

- [BECCA] Seriously?

You really think wealth and privilege

define our families as good?

Well, I don't really want to

worry about what got me here

'cause it has nothing to do with me.

Okay, that's easy for you to say

considering where you're standing.

This this sh*t ain't right.

Some bullshit.

♪

You wrote "family" on your card.

Is that all you want?

Guess that I haven't really been able

to think about anything else.

Right now my only goal is graduating

so I can get the trust,

getting with my mom and my sister.

You know, once they good,

then I'm gonna take some

time to worry about myself.

What happens when they

burn through your trust?

How you gonna support them?

I haven't really figured that out yet.

I just know I want my

family to be safe, that's it.

When you're in this life,

your family inherits the risk.

You know that.

The only way to protect them is to quit.

Well, that's what you got in mind?

- That's what you gonna do?

- Yeah.

I'm only doing this to stack

and get through grad school.

The Stanford PhD robotics

program is 50 bands a semester.

Damn, 50 bands.

You really gonna go

to grad school in Cali?

Dead-ass going legit.

When I'm out, it's

new beginnings for me.

I'm sick and tired of looking

over my shoulder all the time

and justifying committing

felonies just to get paid.

Yeah, but you gotta do what

you gotta do for now, right?

I always do.

No one's gonna do it for me.

It's always been that way.

Not everybody accepts me for it, though.

Well, sh*t, if anyone gets it, I do.

I know how that sh*t feels.

I accept you.

- Do you?

- [TARIQ] Yeah, of course.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

[EFFIE] I have to talk

to you about something.

What's happening? Talk to me.

♪

- I

- [NOTIFICATION CHIMES]

[TARIQ] sh*t.

sh*t.

I gotta be at my internship,

but what is it you had

to talk to me about?

Nothing.

♪

- You sure?

- Yeah.

We'll talk later. Go.

All right.

Later.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

- [DIANA] Hey, Papi.

- Hey.

It's all there.

Thanks, mamita.

Ah no, I can't keep this up anymore.

- You're joking me, right?

- No, I'm not joking.

I don't want to do it.

I thought it was a one-time thing, Papi.

What, are you too good

now that you're Ivy League?

Don't do that. You know that's not it.

Papi, don't I get to

make choices about my life

- and what I want to do with it?

- You will,

but in time. Listen to me.

Right now, if Cane doesn't

give Noma her money,

she's coming after all of us.

So we are in this sh*t together,

whether you like it or not.

[IN SPANISH] Family first.

I pay for all the school sh*t.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪

[DOOR CLOSES]

Whitman had the m*therf*cking audacity

to accuse me of murdering my own child.

[DAVIS] Okay, we'll write it all down.

The harassment complaint

helps us discredit him.

The fact that he's pushing at

you harder will only hurt him.

He's playing right into our hands.

Yeah, easy for you to f*cking say,

but my family is the

one who's being harassed.

What if we give Whitman

an alibi to throw him off?

Anything I say he'll think is cap.

That's why you're not going to say sh*t.

Diana will.

- Diana?

- What? Y'all two beefing.

Whitman has clearly been watching you.

He may know your family drama. It helps.

Yeah, but Diana?

She's the only Tejada

without a rap sheet.

To Whitman, she looks like a civilian.

He'll give her the time

of day, bare minimum.

And while he's being fed the alibi,

we'll break into his crib.

- Pardon me?

- I need every document he has on me.

And those'll be in his

apartment since he's suspended.

I need to know what he knows.

Be careful with this guy.

Okay? He's still NYPD.

If you get caught going against him,

they'll make an example out of you.

That's why you're gonna send someone.

I don't want this

sh*t coming back to me.

No, I'm sure there's

a long list of Tejadas

that can help you with that.

[MONET] Pay 'em whatever

you want out of that.

The rest is yours.

I mean, since you put it that way,

I may know a n*gga that knows

some n*gg*s in the B game.

You just get your sh*t

together on your end,

and I'll get my daughter on board.

♪

[LUCAS] I read that New

Yorker piece on you.

It talked about closing the wealth gap.

If that's your true goal,

your strategy should be simple.

Invest with us.

We have the highest,

most consistent returns

on Wall Street.

So I've read.

And how exactly do you achieve that?

We hire the best.

Cutting-edge research, analytics,

and to be honest, my gut.

So you've got a golden gut?

Look, I know you could go with any firm.

We both know what you

bring to the table.

You're a rock star CEO,

like a Black Elon Musk.

You and I would be dynamic partners.

The Black Elon Musk.

Didn't he build his empire

from his daddy's apartheid profits?

I don't [LAUGHS]

I think he would disagree with that.

But that's what makes your

success so much greater.

You're an example of just

how much people like you

can achieve on their own.

Interesting.

Tariq, would the late,

great James St. Patrick

be an example of how our kind of people

can pull themselves up

by their own bootstraps?

I think what Lucas was trying to say

Yeah, I think I think

we're we're getting off topic.

RSJ, we're headed out this month

to scout an Italian tech company

that is about to blow up.

Unfortunately, now's not

the right time for me to invest.

Focusing more on my

real estate portfolio.

You know, when my dad passed

away, we were so broke,

all I inherited were good examples.

I heard you have an estate.

Do something smart with it.

You owe it to your old man.

♪

What the f*ck just happened?

I don't know.

I think you do.

- Come on, spit it out.

- [TARIQ] I don't know.

I think treating him like he

was part of the Talented Tenth

was the wrong move.

What? What are you talking about?

He gave a commencement address at Howard

where he spoke about how

there's so many other people

just like him that are, you know,

just as good or maybe even better,

but they can't showcase it

because they have to deal

with institutional racism.

Well, where the f*ck was this insight

before the meeting, buddy?

Look, I'm just an intern.

It's obvious you were

just using me as a prop.

And it's your job to show

me you're more than that.

Maybe this internship

isn't the right fit for you.

Wait, no, no, no, I

need this internship.

Then prove it. Turn this around.

If you can convince RSJ to sign with us,

you keep your internship.

♪

[BRAYDEN] Once he gets

his eyes set on a goal,

it's either accomplish

the mission or die trying.

[TARIQ] Yeah, but how

the f*ck am I gonna get

a multimillionaire mogul

n*gga like RSJ on board?

I don't know. Do your homework.

- Dig up some dirt on him.

- Yeah, like Tate did with Sweeney, right?

- Yeah.

- [NOTIFICATIONS CHIMING]

- f*ck is this?

-

[BOTH] Oh, f*ck.

Okay, I'll go handle the servers.

Take care of that RSJ sh*t, all right?

- All right, man. Later.

- See you, bro.

Everything okay?

You gonna invite me in, or

I gotta talk from the door?

My bad. You can come in.

So what made you come by?

I wish things were different,

but sh*t just got real.

- I need a favor.

- [LAUGHS] Of course.

sh*t hits the fan, and now

you need me for something.

This cop is on my ass about

this Carrie Milgram su1c1de.

He'll do anything to frame me.

And the more he looks into me,

the more our family's exposed.

- Well, then, did you do it?

- Does it f*cking make a difference?

Are you with me or against me?

I was with you when I got

Papi out of prison, remember?

And look what that got me,

slammed around and choked out.

Diana, you

look.

This Detective Whitman problem

is bigger than our issues.

He's a thr*at to all of us.

We need to discredit

him and destroy him.

Well, it's always been

family first with me.

But, Ma, the way you treated me,

you blamed me for Zeke's

You blamed me for Zeke's death.

You hurt me, okay?

I can't even look at you the same.

I'm sorry, baby. I was grieving.

I shouldn't have never

treated you that way.

Is that what you need to hear?

♪

It's a start.

Look, you could be mad at me,

or you could come back

and hold the family down.

You gonna help me or not?

♪

Hey, product's selling out,

so you gonna need some more

weight at our next re-up.

[R MUSIC PLAYING]

You really came all the way out here

from Brooklyn to tell me that?

sh*t.

So what's up?

Yo, come on, we're play cousins.

Technically.

- We're not blood.

- Come on, man, it's irrelevant.

[INDISTINCT SINGING]

I don't mix business

with pleasure, all right?

You and I, we gotta

keep it business, okay?

♪

It's probably for the best.

My pops and my brother can't handle

me having a dude around anyways.

Oh, yeah? What's going on?

They feel that

my last relationship

distracted me from the biz.

Yeah, man, my brothers were the same

until I made them put

some respect on my name.

You just need to do the same.

♪

The plugs just dropped

off a bunch of g*ns on us.

Everybody's worried

about how we'll move 'em,

but if I can get 'em off all at once,

they'll give me my respect.

- Yeah, what kind of g*ns?

- AK-47s,

Glocks, and silencers.

I know this crazy-ass white dude,

Abencio, from juvie.

He moved upstate and joined

some r*cist-ass militia,

but he's always asking me for sh*t.

I know for sure he'll want to buy 'em.

Sounds like he's

preparing for a civil w*r.

Well, who gives a f*ck?

He not going bring that bullshit

to BK or Queens, all right?

And you want Uncle Renzo

and Cane to treat you like a boss.

♪

Yo, those rednecks are assholes, though.

You need to be careful.

♪

- Set it up.

- All right.

♪

f*ck y'all doing?

Uh, just some business,

homey. I'm on my way out.

What's good, Uncle Renzo?

Give Evelyn my love.

[DRU SIGHS]

You think you can move some

g*ns as fast as you move product?

Nah, man, selling hammers

is a different game.

- [DRU] I got a handle.

- You got a handle?

Gordo is putting the

play in motion for us.

Some white boys in upstate.

They'll take the shipment.

I like it, get it all

off in one transaction,

and it's outside of our territory,

so we don't have to worry about them.

That's the play.

One hitch they're f*cking racists,

so we'll need a white

face to connect with 'em.

It's not a problem,

fellas. We got one of those.

♪

I don't have any dirt on RSJ.

That brother's profile

is cleaner than Obama's.

Man, with all them donations

he's making to your opponents,

there's no way you telling

me you can't find one thing

to drag his name through the dirt with.

From my experience, all I can

tell you is he likes testing people.

I mean, he might put you in

some uncomfortable positions

to observe your reaction.

If you succeed, he'll rock with you.

Man, that n*gga big

games. I hate that sh*t.

It's not really games, Tariq.

He's a shrewd businessman.

His donor list needs to be updated,

and the fact that he's actually

giving you the time of day

means that he wants something from you.

Yeah, but what the f*ck could

I offer to a billionaire?

Figure that sh*t out. I

guarantee you it's something.

The game is to be sold,

not told, young brother.

And with that [CLEARS THROAT]

I'm gonna send you my, uh, IG.

Go ahead, click the link,

and donate a little something-something

to the Tate campaign, Mr. Kingpin.

Yeah, I really wish I could,

but I don't have it to give right now.

Oh, oh, don't worry about it.

I'll just, uh, make sure

that I make that meeting

with my new friend, Blanca Rodriguez.

Hold the f*ck on.

What business do you have with the Feds?

After I lied on the stand

to save your Black ass,

she's been pressuring me

to help resolve her case.

- What case?

- I wish I knew.

I would love to tell you,

but I just don't have it right now.

You know what? I'll

f*cking donate, okay?

- Fine.

- Weekly donations, five bands.

Send it in Bitcoin

to my private account.

Whatever. Tell me.

She's investigating the

m*rder of a Dante Spears.

You know anything about that?

♪

Nah, never heard of him.

You heard of Bitcoin?

Send that bread, my n*gga.

And the Tate campaign

appreciates your support.

♪

I had to bend over backwards

for the Rollins case files,

so he better make it pay off.

Who bent you over?

Shut up.

I have to go. I have so much work to do.

What? You just got here.

- [CELL PHONE BUZZING]

- Ugh.

So you're not gonna answer that?

- Excuse me?

- Your "CI" phone?

Are you seeing someone else?

Um, I'm not seeing anyone exclusively,

so if I were seeing someone else,

there's no issue.

Ah, so you are seeing someone else.

I'm leaving.

I could follow you, or

Or you could just tell me.

I'm not f*cking anyone besides you,

but this behavior makes me

want to f*ck anyone but you.

Then tell me who's calling you

'cause I know you're

hiding something from me.

Let's go.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪

What the f*ck is he doing here?

What the f*ck are you doing here?

Last I heard, you were suspended.

Yeah, because of you, assh*le.

Okay, okay, play nice.

I brought you two

together because hiding you

- from each other is too exhausting.

- This is your CI?

[JENNY] Yeah, and she's

on my RICO task force,

so we're all just one big,

happy crime-fighting family.

This piece of sh*t is not to be trusted.

He doesn't do anything by the book.

[JENNY] I'm well aware of his history,

but he's in Davis's office.

He'll be able to learn where

all the bodies are buried.

This piece of sh*t will hand-deliver

substantial evidence, which proves

Davis MacClean's role as conciliary

to Tariq's criminal organization.

A key piece in proving our RICO.

Let's just put the bullshit behind us

and get some bad guys,

including Tariq St. Patrick.

I won't let you ruin this case or me.

I'll take you out before that happens.

I'm so glad this worked out.

[NOTIFICATION CHIMES]

- ♪

-

Any more surprises we should know about?

Nope.

♪

I want to help you, Lauren,

but you're gonna ruin this.

You have to stop calling

me for nonemergencies.

You left me in here with no Wi-Fi,

no family, and two cans of Spam.

I'm in hell.

If you want out so bad, get out.

- I can drop the case.

- Get out and go where?

What if that bitch Effie finds me?

And Cane and Brayden

are on the tape as well.

And Tariq runs the whole operation,

so how do you think they'll

feel about your reappearance?

So I can't f*cking leave here.

And why is it that

I'm the one locked up?

That's fair?

It's not, but if you continue

to cooperate, I promise,

I will do everything

in my power to put them behind bars,

so you can have your normal life back.

While you suffer alone in WITSEC,

look at these murderers,

going on as if you never existed.

[LAUREN] Wow, they're really

out there just living their best lives.

I hate them.

Put all that hate to good use.

I need help finding

evidence against them.

Is there any suspicious behavior

you remember about Tariq?

Or the Tejadas?

This is Zeke's aunt. I saw

her on campus with Tariq.

I didn't think anything of it then

because he used to tutor Zeke,

but when she showed up,

his energy did change.

Changed how?

[LAUREN] He seemed nervous,

like he was trying to mask it from me.

I didn't hear the convo,

but by their body language,

it looked like she was giving him

orders and he was under pressure.

You know what, and then I took Tariq

to this low-key spot I knew about.

It was a roof on top of

a Stansfield building.

A few days later, I went

to meet him up there,

and I saw Zeke's cousin leaving.

Zeke's cousin? Who?

[LAUREN] This one, Diana Tejada.

♪

Did you ever see Cane on the roof?

No, just Diana.

♪

This sh*t has to end now.

Yeah, well, tell Monet

the truth and end it.

♪

f*ck you in my crib

demanding me to do sh*t for?

You forget I'm the real

head of this family.

I built this sh*t, me,

and my f*cking instincts are

to always lead and protect.

Everybody knows that except you.

They're gonna catch on if

you keep sh1tting on my plans.

Yeah, well, I lead the family now.

You lost that right.

So why the f*ck would I

be taking advice from you?

I'm not gonna stand by and

watch you hurt this family, Cane.

It's not gonna happen.

You almost destroyed this family.

Mom ain't been right

since you k*lled Zeke.

Now, I brought you that

guap, so you should be

on your f*cking knees

thanking me right now.

If you were my f*cking

son, I'd lift you up

- You f*cking what?

- Yes.

You what? I ain't a

f*cking kid no more, Lorenzo.

So as soon as you realize that,

everything else will

be just f*cking fine.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

♪

[SINGER] I could be

the one to upgrade you ♪

And show you about all

these different flavors ♪

Still I could be the

one to upgrade you ♪

And show you about all

these different flavors ♪

Baby, we could do it

big like the majors ♪

Let me read you out ♪

Okay, um

maybe we should get back to studying.

- Studying.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- Can you grab my water for me, please?

Of course, of course.

Thanks.

Did you really mean this?

Yeah, that's why I been busting my ass

at the candy shop and in school.

Well, if you want true independence,

maybe you need to reevaluate

your relationship with your family.

I know what it is when it comes to them.

- Do you?

- Yeah, I do.

Hm, 'cause I saw you spending

time with your brother,

and you been running errands

with your dad all the time.

What's up with that?

sh*t's just complicated.

Complicated.

Look

I don't want to keep pushing this,

but maybe parting ways with your family

might be the best thing for you.

♪

[WHITMAN] Send me a copy of

the partial fingerprint report.

That's it.

[DIANA] Detective Whitman.

♪

[WHITMAN] So what is it

you wanted to discuss?

Um, I-I really shouldn't be doing this,

but I need to know the truth.

I need to know who k*lled Zeke.

♪

All right, listen, I think

your mom k*lled Carrie,

and then she k*lled Zeke to silence him.

♪

He came to see me, and

he had some questions.

Just like you.

You don't happen to have any info

linking her to her m*rder, do you?

No, she's way too good at what she does.

♪

Look, I can't help you prove a m*rder,

but I can't let her

get away with it either.

♪

What are you doing here, Diana?

♪

She sent me here to lie to you.

♪

Yeah.

But I have to think

about what's best for me.

I know where she keeps

a set of separate books

for the bar in her bedroom.

♪

Well, that's money laundering.

I can work with that.

I'll need a copy of the books, though.

I'm not welcome in the house anymore.

Monet has made that very clear,

but can't you get a warrant?

No, I can't.

♪

Could go in myself, though.

Do you know when Monet and

Lorenzo won't be in the house?

I can find out.

Good.

Look, when I get the books,

I'll need you to authenticate them.

♪

I'll do it.

Btu please, you cannot

ask me for anything else.

If Monet really k*lled Zeke,

she won't hesitate to take me out.

You have my word.

♪

I'll leave a key.

When you get to the house,

check under the back doormat.

But you have to watch out

for the security cameras.

They're only on the

outside of the house.

The books are in the bedroom closet.

Listen, it's not that

I don't appreciate it,

but why are you cooperating, Diana?

I was beginning to think that I needed

to cut ties with my family,

but then I realized Monet is the

cancer that needs to be cut out,

not me.

♪

Lorenzo f*cking Tejada.

It's an honor to meet you, my guy.

[IN SPANISH] This idiot?

He's your front man?

not fluent, but I do get "pendejo,"

so you know

He can handle it.

I'ma need you not to f*ck this up.

- All right.

- [DRU] Yo.

Fellas, there's been a change of plans.

I'ma need y'all to

hold down Queens. We got it.

[LAUGHS]

How you cutting me out

of my own deal, Cane?

You still get paid, okay?

Know we're making some money.

Just fall back.

♪

Pops, you letting this sh*t slide?

Dru, we're gonna try

it Cane's way, okay?

Hey, be careful up there.

♪

[NOTIFICATION CHIMES]

DEA has a CI embedded

in a white militia group.

He says that Gordo Castillo

is making a g*n deal upstate tonight.

And you know that surveillance

of the Tejada penthouse

shows that license plates

linked to the Castillo brothers

were spotted in the area.

Wait, you think the Tejadas

are involved in the sale?

g*ns? That doesn't sound like them.

Mecca used to move g*ns.

If they're continuing

to move his products,

it stands to reason

Maybe they're into g*ns now.

Wait, Frank Castillo used to run

with Lorenzo back in the day.

If the Tejadas are connected to this,

it could be the hard evidence we need.

I'm gonna follow up

on it in the morning.

- You want to come with?

- No, you go.

I'm gonna focus on this new

tip I just got from Saxe.

Tariq, he said, is known to visit

a rooftop location on

the Stansfield campus.

I'll get an agent to mount

cameras and begin surveillance.

- [BLANCA] Good luck with that.

- Thanks.

♪

I apologize for before.

Tariq made me aware of how

I put my foot in my mouth.

I hope you didn't drag

me all the way down here

in that traffic for an apology.

No, I have a have

a proposition for you.

I'm listening.

So you want to start construction

on a new shopping mall in Queens,

but there's a building

blocking that project.

Yeah, the QCP building

your father left you.

From what I was told,

it couldn't be taken out of the trust.

We actually got some

engineering reports in

that the building is

lacking structural integrity.

[LUCAS] It's a shame.

It'll probably have to be torn down.

[TARIQ] Yes, and since the building

is no longer suitable

for what it was intended,

per the trust, it can actually be bought

if a buyer is willing to buy at

a higher price than the market.

So if I sign with Weston Holdings,

- it's mine.

- Yes,

I believe in Weston Holdings

so much so, RSJ, that I convinced

the executor of my trust

to have it moved here,

which means I'll just

have a bigger pot of money

waiting for me when I graduate.

You just can't b*at our returns.

Send the paperwork to my office.

You, tell me more about that

Italian investment opportunity.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪

Where do you know Gordo from?

Does it matter?

♪

You know, the price you're

giving me for all this,

it's too good to be true.

- They hot?

- Listen, I came here to do business.

What the f*ck's up

with the interrogation?

You want this sh*t or what?

♪

When I get more, I'll

have Gordo hit you up.

No, f*ck him. You're the real connect.

- I'd rather deal with you directly.

- Nah, hit Gordo.

- What'd you say your name was again?

- I didn't.

You know, I would help you

guys with the crates and all,

but bad back and sh*t, you know.

My chiropractor, she

probably wouldn't like it.

Enjoy.

♪

Call around town.

I want the drop on our mystery man.

♪

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

♪

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

[BRAYDEN] Yo, it's me.

♪

[LAUGHS] There you go.

Nice doing business with

you. Now get the f*ck out.

The f*ck? I was gonna stay

here and count the money.

My man, you heard what Cane said, right?

Let's go, step.

Well, I see where Cane

gets his manners from.

Sorry.

Listen, I'm ready to get

out of here too, man, okay?

I feel like we're sitting ducks

here with these m*therf*ckers.

Okay, hold on, let me

count the money first.

A'ight. Hurry up, then.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

♪

I think he's alone.

Let's get him now before

the white boy comes back.

♪

[GROANS]

♪

You all right? Let's go, let's go.

♪

Move!

Yo, how you know where to find us?

I texted Dru, told him to follow us.

Bet you glad we ain't

stay in Queens, huh?

Oh, f*ck, I got hit.

Oh, sh*t, a'ight, we gotta

get the f*ck out of here.

Let's go, come on.

Come on, man, let's go.

I'll be right there.

I'll be right there.

Be right there. I'll be right there!

♪

- How you doin'?

- Yeah, I'm all right, man.

- You all right?

- See, I'm good. I'm good.

sh*t. Okay.

- [GROANS]

- Okay, shh.

- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

- [GROANS]

[DRU] Good enough.

Just gotta wrap it to make

sure it doesn't get infected.

You're lucky you only got grazed.

[GORDO] My adrenaline

was pumping so hard,

I didn't even know I was hit.

Ah, for real?

Damn, and one of them got away.

You think he's coming back for you?

With the way you had

him running for his life,

no, he don't want that smoke.

[LAUGHS]

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

♪

I thought we weren't doing this.

You want to stop?

♪

What made you bring Dru and Gordo?

I just thought about how I

would get an out-of-towner

if I caught them lagging in my hood.

Now we got enough money to pay Noma,

and we can find another

buyer for these g*ns.

She never has to know about it.

100% profit for you.

Nah, man, for us.

That moment by the truck

if you didn't step up, push me

out the way, I'd be dead right now.

No matter what happens between us, Cane,

you still my firstborn son.

♪

You know where I stand with that.

I will do anything to

protect my family, period,

when they're right or

when they're wrong.

I ride for them.

♪

It's that simple.

Family first, huh?

♪

My bad how I did you.

A'ight, we're good.

Your secret is safe with me.

♪

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪

Wait, what are

What are you doing here? No.

♪

911, please, someone

just broke into my house.

Please.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Oh, f all right, okay.

Look, don't do this. I'm a f*cking cop.

There's no way you get away with this.

Thanks for the advice,

but I'ma take my chances.

You tell that bitch

Carrie I said what up.

♪

What the f*ck?

Ma, you said the plan was

just to get him arrested.

You said you wanted to help the family.

Okay, but if I knew helping meant

becoming an accomplice to m*rder,

I would have said f*ck no!

That's why I ain't tell your

ass the whole f*cking story.

Now shut up and hit me.

- What?

- [MONET] When 12 shows up,

you tell 'em he broke in the house,

I tried to stop him, he att*cked me,

and I popped him, self-defense.

Do it!

Say less.

♪

- Ma, you okay?

- Go jimmy the lock on the door.

It needs to look like a break-in.

- Go!

- Okay.

Oh, sh*t.

Oh

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

I called 911, but he

kept coming towards me.

Thank God my mom was there.

She was able to get his attention,

but that's when he punched her.

She kind of fell back, and I guess

that's what gave her the

distance to sh**t him.

I was so scared.

I wanted to help, but I froze up.

She had to sh**t him.

He wasn't gonna stop.

[OFFICER] We're gonna need you

to make a formal statement.

May I have a word with my client?

[OFFICER] And come down

to the station, possibly.

Ms. Tejada, I can only imagine

the trauma you've seen tonight.

Are you okay?

[WHISPERING] Are you f*cking insane?

This is not what we planned.

I had to defend myself

and protect my family.

Yeah, well, you got into some deep sh*t.

Whitman was all the way in the wrong,

so you should be able to b*at the case.

I know. It's called self-defense.

You're a bad bitch.

Look, you got something for me?

As a matter of fact, police file no,

police file from your boy's apartment.

You'll get this after.

They're taking you into the precinct

for more questions Diana too.

They'll keep you separated.

Not a word till I get there, okay?

I'll call Saxe for Diana.

Your stories line up,

you'll be home tonight.

Why wouldn't they?

Let's get this over with.

♪

You signed RSJ, the billionaire?

'Riq, you did that?

Yep, I did that sh*t.

Tariq, that's amazing.

You know, the n*gga's

actually pretty cool.

Hey, I was thinking,

you know, what we was

talking about earlier,

if I get my trust fund and sh*t

set up with my mom and sister,

then I could probably have a life

outside of this drug game sh*t.

You know, I was thinking maybe I could,

you know, pull up to Cali,

and kick it with you at Stanford.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

I'd like that.

For real?

Me too.

♪

Um, what was it that you

had to talk to me about?

♪

I forgot.

♪

[CANE] For real, I'd leave

all my shorties for you.

- [CELL PHONE BUZZING]

- Ah.

b*at it.

♪

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

[SIREN WAILING]

Ma'am.

Agent Young, where's our CI?

He was transported out.

He's in critical condition.

In and out of consciousness.

He was sh*t in the back,

and the b*llet traveled to his spine.

Okay, I need to question

him as soon as he's able.

Copy that.

Why you still standing

here? Get to work.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪

Morning, Ma. How you feeling?

I'm fine, baby.

Okay, good.

I'm glad you're safe, but you

cannot do something like that again.

I know, and I just didn't want

y'all wrapped up in my mess.

Yeah, well, you're welcome

to stay here as long as you need.

It's just until they say the

house is not a crime scene.

- Okay?

- Okay.

♪

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

- MacClean.

- Yo, did you read this report you gave me?

I, um, skimmed through a few pages.

- Why, is there a problem?

- [MONET] Big f*cking problem.

It says Lorenzo Tejada's

fingerprints matched

the partial prints that was

found at Zeke's crime scene.

What the f*ck was he doing there?

Do not jump to conclusions.

Don't do anything. I'll look into it.

You do that.

♪

[LORENZO] Hey, you okay?

You sure that cop

didn't hurt you, right?

No, I'm fine.

♪

You get any sleep?

Nah, not really.

[LORENZO] You don't have to worry.

That cop said they're not

gonna charge you with anything.

I got you.

I love you, Monet.

I love you too.

♪

[21 SAVAGE'S "BETRAYED" PLAYING]

[21 SAVAGE] I been betrayed before ♪

I done been played before ♪

Givin' 'em all the smoke ♪

Givin' 'em all ♪

I done been left in the rain ♪

I ain't have nowhere to go ♪

I feel less of a man ♪

I can't depend on a ho ♪

They put my brother

inside the ground ♪

I found me a sound ♪

Don't care if it's w*r

or we f*ckin' on b*tches ♪

I'm holdin' 'em down ♪

I let down my guard ♪

I showed her my heart ♪

She couldn't believe ♪

It was chrome ♪

Them pants 3,500 ♪

Mediocre rappers can't put 'em on ♪

I been betrayed before ♪

I done been played before ♪

Givin' 'em all the smoke ♪

Givin' 'em all ♪

I done been left in the rain ♪

I ain't have nowhere to go ♪

I feel less of a man ♪

I can't depend on a ho ♪

They put my brother

inside the ground ♪

I found me a sound ♪

Don't care if it's w*r

or we f*ckin' on b*tches ♪

I'm holdin' 'em down ♪

If she a hustler fine and honest ♪

I'm bringin' her 'round ♪

I told her I don't care

what she do in the street ♪

Just don't make me look like a clown ♪

♪