08x02 - White Russian

[bunniefuu]

[Emmett]
Previously on The Chi...

g*dd*mn.

[g*nf*re]

[engine revving]

[Rafi] This n*gga
writing books and sh*t

and telling his little b*tch
what we doing.

Don't make me k*ll you, n*gga.

[Nuck]
Bakari's my number two.

Now, if you don't like
that sh*t,

go work for somebody else.

[Bakari]
f*ck this sh*t. Let's go.

We still have to be here
for another hour.

-Nobody's coming.
-You sold a few books.

Not enough to make me
a millionaire.

[Emmett] I'm not putting up
with no bullshit.

-I ain't ask to live here.
-You don't have a choice!

Look, I'm enrolling you
into my old school.

And I don't wanna hear no sh*t

about you getting
in trouble, man.

I don't wanna go
to a new school.

You don't get a say.

What's going on?

Devante's principal
just called.

They found a g*n
in his bookbag.

[Victor] Did you look
at the hospital footage?

Yeah. I didn't see you.

Our best bet is to pin
this whole thing on Rashaad.

I had no reason
to take her out.

-Who did?
-[chuckles] It's a long list.

-Was one of them Nora?
-Nah.

She's my alibi.

Not anymore.

[pounds table]
f*ck!

[Patience]
I need your help.

I see y'all follow each other.

Oh, I buy candles from her.

What you need me to do?

Can you place an order
for some candles

and ask her to meet you
in person for a drop-off?

I am not trying to get
that girl locked up.

Nobody's gonna lock her up.

I just wanna ask her
some questions.

-f*ck you want?
-Damn.

It's good to see you too.

[Victor] You're only here
'cause you need something.

[Reg] I need to stay at
your crib for a little while.

[Victor]
n*gga, is you out your mind?

-I don't need your permission.
-[Victor] Yes, you do.

-[Reg] Man, whatever.
-[phone slams]

-n*gga, what you want?
-[Rafi] A job.

-And why should I trust you?
-'Cause I'm loyal.

If you ain't loyal to Nuck,
you ain't gonna be loyal to me.

-Y'all ain't the same.
-[Reg] All right.

But if I see one sign
of disloyalty...

I'll k*ll your a*s.

♪ tense music ♪

[door bangs open]

-[Victor] Jake.
-[Jake] Yeah.

[Victor]
Don't let Reg in the house.

[Jake]
I got you.

[Victor] Go in my closet
and look under the floorboard.

[Jake]
Oh, sh*t.

[Victor]
Just in case.

Get the f*ck out.

-You gonna sh**t me?
-n*gga, I will if I got to.

Do it, then.

[breathing shakily]

♪ dramatic music ♪

♪♪

[Reg chuckles]

I knew you ain't have it
in you.

Excuse us, ladies.

♪♪

Let's make a deal.

What kind of deal?

The kind that's gonna be hard
for you to refuse.

♪♪

Jackie...

hand me a revolver.

♪♪

[inhales deeply]

Let's play a game.

[g*n clicks, b*ll*ts clinking]

The f*ck is you doing?

[b*ll*ts clinking]

[Reg]
You ever, um...

heard of Russian roulette?

f*ck, you tryna k*ll yourself?

♪♪

[g*n clicks, cylinder whirs]

I guess we gonna see.

♪♪

[Rafi]
What you get if you win?

[g*n c*ck]

I get to stay.

-And if it go off, n*gga?
-[Rafi] He dies.

Do we have a deal, Jake?

Man, Vic said
you can't stay here.

That's not what I asked you.

♪♪

[breathing shakily]

No deal.

-[laughs]
-[g*n clicks]

I know you still love me.

It's my crib now, n*gga.

♪♪

♪ dramatic jazz music ♪

♪♪

[Emmett] You know better
than to do some sh*t like this.

[Ms. Rodriguez] This isn't
the first time a student

has snuck a firearm
into the school.

[Emmett] I thought
they had metal detectors.

They do,
but they're usually not active.

They should be.

You'd have to take that up
with the superintendent.

I'm gonna be straight with you.

Getting him back into school
is gonna be an uphill battle.

What do we have to do?

[Ms. Rodriguez]
You have to make sure

that the school knows
that it'll never happen again.

It won't.

We've decided to give Devante


monitoring,
consistent check-ins,

the whole nine.

Ninety days?

One violation--
and I do mean one--

and he'll have to do a year
in juvenile detention.

What's a violation?

Missing curfew,

failing a drug test,
fighting, weapons.

This is serious.

I need you to stay
out of trouble from now on.

-I heard you.
-Take that bass out your voice.

[Ms. Rodriguez]
Where did he get the g*n?

It's mine.
Um, forgot to lock it up.

I told you I didn't want
that thing in this house.

-[Emmett] So this is my fault?
-That's not what I'm saying.

-Then what are you saying?
-[high-pitched ringing]

[muffled, echoing] I need you
to stay out of trouble.

Can we go?

[Kiesha sighs]

Let's keep in touch.

♪ I'll tell you a story ♪

♪ I made my first ten
on the side block ♪

♪ Forty with the beam,
call it Cyclops ♪

♪ Pow! ♪

♪ I stay strapped,
n*gga, why not... ♪

Hey, so what happened
with your book?

Nobody bought it.

♪♪

They'll buy that sh*t
when you dead.

Why I gotta die
for my sh*t to be successful?

That's just how sh*t go.

[lighter clicking]

Hey, you ain't use
no real names, right?

Bro...of course not.

You're not pillow-talking,
is you?

-Are you?
-[Nuck] Hell no.

Tiff only know
what she need to know.

She don't know about Rob.

And it need to stay like that.

♪ dramatic music ♪

I ain't tell nobody.

You better not be lying to me.

Why would I lie?

'Cause you don't want me
to k*ll you--that's why.

♪♪

You wouldn't k*ll me.

♪♪

That's what you think.

Shut your f*cking mouth.

♪♪

[indistinct chatter]

This m*therf*cker.

[sighs]

My lawyer wanted me
to pin everything on you.

You serious?

[Victor]
Mm-hmm.

That's why I fired his a*s.

[sighs]

Well, I'm just glad Patience
represents the both of us now.

She find Nora yet?

Say she got a lead.

[Victor] How'd you get
such a good lawyer?

She loves cases like this.

-Ones she can't win?
-Ones worth fighting for.

[Victor]
She seem like a good woman.

She is. [sighs]

-Mm-mm.
-What?

-I know that look, bro.
-What look?

You can't f*ck your lawyer.

Hey, I respect her
as a professional,

but I ain't blind.

Bro, let's just get out of
here before you start flirting.

[Shaad chuckles]

Hey, she gonna get us
out of here, man.

[Victor]
I hope so.

♪♪

I want EJ to come live
with me...

for good.

What?
No. No.

You clearly have no interest
in raising him.

-Yes, I do.
-She was grieving.

That boy has a learning delay,

and all y'all do
is let him eat junk food

and play video games all day.

You the one feeding him waffles
every Wednesday.

That's better than
Flamin' Hots and Gushers

-for breakfast.
-That happened one time.

Just because you
the only grandma he got left

don't mean you can tell us
how to raise our son.

EJ needs stability
and security,

and neither one of you
can provide that.

I got a house full of kids.
I know what I'm doing.

Didn't one of your kids
just get arrested

for bringing a g*n to school?

That don't have nothing
to do with this.

It has everything
to do with it.

I don't want my grandson
being raised

around all this violence
and destruction.

-But you raised me around it.
-And look at you now.

-What's that supposed to mean?
-You got left by this one.

The last one was taken
from you,

and now you with the one who
got a baby with his new wife.

We're not married.

I won't let my grandson
get left behind

because of your negligence.

So what do you want, Ma?
You wanna adopt him?

I don't want the paperwork.

I just want my grandson.

And what if we say no?

I don't wanna take y'all
to court.

But I will if I have to.

♪ dramatic jazz music ♪

♪♪

What you mean you just left?

That n*gga put a g*n
to his own head.

He don't care
if he live or die.

And you sure he put
a b*llet in the chamber?

I'm sure.

f*ck.

[sighs]

I'm sorry.

What about what I told you
to get?

sh*t, I thought
it'd scare him,

but he just laughed.

Was you really
gonna sh**t him?

-[sighs]
-I don't know.

Never pull a g*n on a n*gga

if you're not prepared
to sh**t.

Man, hey, when you getting
out of here?

Soon.

[Emmett]
Why is Nuck here?

If Kiesha can be here,
Nuck can be here too.

Don't talk about me
like I'm not here,

especially since I'm the one
that's been taking care of EJ.

You offered, Kiesha.

It was supposed
to be temporary.

[Tiff]
And he's Emmett's son too.

Neither one of y'all
talked to me about it.

We shouldn't have to.

We can look after EJ,
all right?

Nuck, my mom don't like you.

Why she got a problem with me?

She don't like
your face tattoos.

My mama didn't like them
neither.

-[chuckles]
-I vote we let her take him.

So now you just
don't give a f*ck?

Look, our hands
are full over here.

And you haven't had him
for a year.

-You're just being possessive.
-Because he's my child!

-When it's convenient.
-f*ck you!

-Don't do that.
-Don't do what, Kiesha?

Be upset that y'all think
I'm a bad parent?

[sighs] Look, I haven't been
the best parent either.

We were both young
and distracted.

We didn't know
what we were doing.

Right.

No one does.

[Emmett]
We were kids.

Should we just go
around the table, then?

I'll go first
since I'm his actual mother.

[Kiesha]
Just say your piece, please.

[Tiff sighs]

I think she should take him.

♪ soft music ♪

I think she can give him
a better home.

She makes him happy.

I see it every time
she come over.

I know he needs
some extra attention right now,

and that's hard for us to give.

♪♪

We do both have new babies.

We got a lot going on
right now...

especially with Devante.

♪♪

Tiff, I support whatever
you decide, all right?

♪♪

I just don't want him
to forget us.

We'll always be his parents.

[light R&B music
playing over speakers]

[Nora]
And you are...

!sis asked me to pick up
her candles from you.

-Why?
-[Patience] She's busy.

I don't believe you.

♪♪

My name is Patience.

I'm an attorney
who needs your help.

What do you want?

[Patience]
To get my client out of jail.

-Who's your client?
-Shaad.

I believe you two used to date.

Look, I don't know
anything, okay?

[Patience]
I think you do.

An innocent man shouldn't spend
the rest of his life in prison

for a crime we both know
he didn't commit.

-This isn't on me.
-[Patience] It is now.

You were with Shaad
when Alicia was m*rder*d.

Why lie?

-Did someone threaten you?
-No.

Or maybe someone paid you off.

Look, I don't want any trouble.

[Patience] Lying to the police
could get you five years.

I didn't lie!

I know you were with Shaad.

[Nora]
Okay, well, where's your proof?

How much did they pay you?

You know what?
I'm leaving.

Are you really gonna let
an innocent man

die in prison over some money?

♪♪

Look, I saw an out,
and I took it.

Didn't your father go to prison
for a crime he didn't commit?

This has nothing
to do with him.

You could save a man's life.

♪♪

What happens
if I change my story?

I'll make sure you're protected
for telling the truth.

♪♪

We were together.

-[Patience] All night?
-All night.

Can I get a written statement?

♪♪

Thank you.

Please tell Shaad
I said I'm sorry.

[Patience]
Only if you tell me...

who paid you to lie?

♪♪

Roselyn Perry.

♪♪

[Kiesha] We got one son
moving in with his grandma,

and the other, we're trying to
keep out of juvenile detention.

Mm, raising kids is hard.

Is that why you don't have any?

Well, I like supporting
other people's children.

It's my life's work.

I can't let Devante
slip through the cracks.

He won't.

But we'll just have to lock in.

I called a million schools.
Nobody will take him.

[Riley]
Something's gonna come up.

Something's gotta come fast.
We don't have a lot of time.

Aren't you a teacher?

Not anymore.

[Riley]
You should teach him.

Kids like Devante,
they thrive one-on-one.

I don't think I can do it.

I believe you could.

I feel like I gotta fill
Jada's shoes.

Hmm.

I know the feeling.

How are you and Darnell?

Well, we're both taking it
one day at a time.

♪♪

[Riley chuckles]

Same here.

♪♪

So when is that caseworker
coming back?

Uh, later today.

-How you feeling?
-Nervous.

Don't be.

Caseworkers are like dogs.
They can smell fear.

I just want them to know
we're good parents, you know?

[Riley]
They'll see that.

You two thinking
about tying the knot?

Why?

[Riley] 'Cause caseworkers
can be a little weird

when a child's parents
aren't married.

I don't wanna do it
just for that.

Of course not.

I just want you to be aware.

♪♪

I'll talk to Emmett.

♪♪

I think that's smart.

♪♪

[Nuck]
You mopping floors now, n*gga?

Oh, sh*t.

[Nuck]
What's the word?

-[Smitty] What you doing here?
-[Nuck] sh*t, looking for you.

[Smitty] Don't nobody know
where I be at.

[Nuck] I run the mob.
I know where everybody at.

-Since when?
-[Nuck] Since Douda got k*lled.

♪ dramatic music ♪

You take him out?

♪♪

I remember when we used
to get that n*gga cigarettes.

-We paid our dues.
-[Smitty] And then some.

♪♪

-That was a long time ago.
-[Nuck] Yeah, it was.

♪♪

[Smitty]
What you want?

n*gga Rafi left the mob.

[Smitty]
I never f*cked with him anyway.

Me neither.

Hey, man, I need
somebody I can trust.

♪♪

I ain't in the streets no more.

I can see.

I been to jail.

♪♪

I ain't trying to go back.

My n*gg*s don't get locked up.

♪♪

You can't promise that.

♪♪

Just think about it.

♪ hip-hop music ♪

-♪ The king and I
-♪ Yeah ♪

-♪ Breathe
-♪ Broadway... ♪

You good?

Yeah.

How's Victor?

He a'ight.

[Papa]
Yeah, he'll be out soon.

I hope so.

Oh, yeah, um, I need y'all help
with this event tomorrow too.

-Bet.
-For sure.

Uh, Bakari, I just need you
to watch the door

and make sure
not too many n*gg*s get in.

And, Papa, I just need you
to catch content, for real.

Hey, bro, you know I'm good
with the angles.

-[Papa chuckles]
-I appreciate y'all too, man.

[Papa]
Man, you know, always.

♪ dramatic hip-hop music ♪

♪♪

♪ You ain't been
where I been ♪

♪ You ain't did what I did ♪

♪ You ain't seen what I seen ♪

♪ You ain't live how I live ♪

♪ Can't tell me nothing, nah ♪

♪ Can't tell me nothing,
nah ♪

♪ You ain't been
where I been ♪

♪ You ain't did what I did ♪

♪ You ain't seen what I seen ♪

♪ You ain't live how I live ♪

♪ Can't tell me nothing, nah ♪

♪ Can't tell me nothing,
nah ♪

[footsteps approaching slowly]

You surprised to see me?

I am.

How are you?

[Victor]
How you think?

What happened?

I don't wanna talk about it.

You can talk to me.

When I walked in,
there was a body on the floor.

-Why'd you move it?
-[Victor] I didn't want to.

-But you did.
-You don't have to remind me.

I just can't believe
that you're back in here.

Me either.

♪ somber music ♪

How you doing?

Life...

life is lifing, per usual.

Nobody's hiring, and people
don't want real news anymore.

♪♪

[Victor]
So what you doing for money?

♪♪

Do you really wanna know?

Maybe I don't.

!sis is letting me stay
with her for now.

♪♪

[Victor]
Tell her I said what's up.

I will.

♪♪

You dating anybody?

Why are you asking?

[Victor]
Just curious.

♪♪

I'm keeping my options open.

[chuckles]
I bet.

-How about you?
-[Victor] No.

Not while I'm here.

Maybe when I get out.

Maybe we can connect
when you do.

♪♪

I'd like that.

Me too.

♪♪

[person speaking indistinctly
on TV]

So is this as far
as you gonna go?

-What you mean?
-I want some fly sh*t.

-I don't see you working.
-[Amaya] I shouldn't have to.

I want a n*gga
to take care of me.

I do take care of you.

We living good.

[Amaya scoffs]

My baby dad
living better than us.

I don't care about his pockets.

Our bills paid.

That's all that matters.

I'm thinking
about getting back with him.

You serious?

[Amaya] He want us
to be a family again.

-That's what this is about?
-I just...want more than this.

[Smitty]
Ain't sh*t else out there.

I don't believe you.

Then don't.

♪ dramatic music ♪

♪♪

Where you going?

Let go of me.

♪♪

What do you think about me
homeschooling Devante?

[Emmett]
I don't know.

What you mean?

I mean, don't you already
have enough going on?

Nothing's more important
to me than our kids.

I don't wanna put
no more on your plate.

One more thing won't break me.

Baby, Devante can be a lot.

I know, but we don't have
another school

that will take him.

I know.
[sighs]

I don't want child services

thinking we're not serious
about this.

This sh*t is stressing me out.

I'm sorry, babe.

It's not your fault.

I just wanna think
about all his options.

Like what?

Like somebody needs to put
the fear of God in him.

So you think I'm too soft?

I think he'll walk
all over you.

-I keep you in line.
-I'm grown.

-And I listen to reason.
-You just started doing that.

He not gonna do what we say.

All he cares about
is his phone.

[Kiesha sighs]

If I'm gonna have
a homeschool one day,

I gotta start somewhere.

Makes sense.

Jada believed in me...

even if you don't.

I never said I didn't.

[Kiesha]
So you're open to it?

I guess so.

But Devante probably won't be.

Yeah, he deserves
a say in this.

[pop music playing
over speakers]

Color's red.

Man.

♪♪

So I get to stay home
every day?

You wouldn't be playing
video games and sh*t.

[Kiesha]
Yeah, I'll be your teacher,

so you'll have work to do.

You can do that?

Yeah.

♪♪

Would you behave
and listen to Kiesha?

Yeah.

-[Kiesha] Don't just say that.
-I'm not.

I would be good.

Okay, it'll be a learning
process for the both of us.

So we gonna be
learning together?

We are "going to" be
learning together.

[Devante] We are going to be
learning together.

[Kiesha]
Mm-hmm.

Do I still get to have
friends come over?

Yeah, you'll get a chance
to, you know, socialize.

But they gotta come over here.

[Kiesha] And y'all can't just
sit on your phones

-the whole time.
-What we supposed to do, then?

[Kiesha]
Talk to each other.

[Emmett]
Play outside, like we used to.

It's too cold to play outside.

Boy, you from Chicago.
Better get used to it.

♪♪

A'ight. Bet.

[Emmett scoffs]

♪ Run it up, get back ♪

♪ Do the work, make it fast ♪

♪ Count it up, hella cash ♪

♪ Putting in work ♪

♪ Run it up, get back ♪

♪ Do the work,
make it fast... ♪

Hey, follow me.

♪ Putting in work ♪

♪ Tell you what, four a.m. ♪

♪ Yo, yo, go ahead ♪

♪ Know what's up,
we throwing in ♪

♪ Putting in work ♪

♪ Come to my side
of the city... ♪

Man, if you not here,
where the f*ck is you at, man?

You should be here.
We at the Hawk Lounge.

Get here soon,
'cause we turnt up

all m*therf*cking night, man.

Yeah!

♪ But you got a stack
way up to the ceiling ♪

♪ Big face, blue strip ♪

♪ New phone, who dis? ♪

♪ New watch, new wrist... ♪

[Damon] What up, Chi Town?

[crowd cheering]

It's your man Damon Williams.

I'm up here
with my girl Lena Bands.

Jake has this thing on flow!

Is the South Side
in the building?

[crowd cheering]

Is the West Side
in the building?

[crowd cheering]

Let's go!

♪ I'm not hearing
what you say ♪

♪ Curious,
I'm putting in work ♪

♪ You just out here
in the way... ♪

Hey, who your girl?

You don't recognize her?

That's my girl Desiree.
She's an IG influencer.

-She's huge.
-Mm.

You know I don't be
on there like that.

Well, you should be.

Nah, I prefer to get
to know you in person.

So you old-school, huh?

Something like that.

♪ Count it up, hella cash... ♪

I might take you up on that.

♪ Tell you what,
four a.m.... ♪

-Lynae got your number?
-Mm-hmm.

-A'ight, bet. I'ma text you.
-[Desiree] Okay.

-You better hit me back.
-Okay, I will. [chuckles]

♪ Make it fast,
count it up, hella cash ♪

[crowd cheering]

[hip-hop music playing
over speakers]

♪♪

[train rumbling]

[indistinct chatter]

[T.I.'s "Let 'em Know" playing,
muffled]

[Rafi] Let me hold that
for you. [chuckles]

Hey, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no,

this is my brother's sh*t--
[indistinct].

[bouncer]
Who's your brother?

The m*therf*cker
who's hosting the party.

What's your name?

♪♪

-Everybody know me.
-I don't.

I'm Reg, n*gga.

-What's on your ID?
-Reginald, m*therf*cker!

♪♪

-You ain't on the list.
-Man, I--

[Rafi]
f*ck that list, man.

♪♪

Hey, boy! Hey!

Go tell my brother
I'm out here.

♪ Riding till the sun rise,
care none 'bout no bedtime ♪

♪ Ain't gonna catch no b*tches
ridin' with me ♪

♪ 'Less that head fire,
better know ♪

♪ From Westside Atlanta... ♪

[Jake speaking indistinctly]

Your brother outside.

[sighs]
Oh, sh*t.

[Bakari]
You wanna let him in?

Hell no.
I don't want no trouble.

Me neither. Bouncer can tell
that n*gga to leave.

Man, that's only gonna
make sh*t worse.

[Bakari]
What you wanna do?

-He by hisself?
-[Bakari] Hell nah.

How many n*gg*s
he got with him?

-Like, five.
-Damn!

[Bakari]
I know.

♪ Solitaires,
all I do is big rocks ♪

♪ I came from dealing rock
all the way to hit charts ♪

♪ On the throne, b*tch,
ain't on what I'm on... ♪

It's too cold
for this sh*t, bro.

[indistinct chatter]

[person]
Oh, hey! Hey!

I swear to God, I'ma smack
the cap off your goofy a*s

if you don't let me up
in this weak-a*s club.

[Jake] It's good.
Just let them in.

♪♪

-Move, m*therf*cker.
-[Jake] Yo, be cool, man.

Man, he f*cking with me!

♪♪

♪ upbeat hip-hop music ♪

♪♪

♪ dramatic hip-hop music ♪

We saw who came
to see you, n*gga.

♪♪

-n*gga, what?
-[person] Man.

♪ My foot up on the gas ♪

♪ I'm blowin' money fast,
better know ♪

♪ I'm on these haters' a*s ♪

♪ I know these n*gg*s mad,
better let 'em know ♪

♪ All they do is fight
for number two ♪

-♪ 'Cause I'm the one
-♪ Uh-huh ♪

♪ Still makin' play
with the ones ♪

♪ All we know is success,
hit her with some rich sex ♪

♪ Good luck gettin'
your b*tch back ♪

♪ She forever mine
till I let her go ♪

♪ Better know,
le-le-let 'em know ♪

♪ My foot up on the gas ♪

♪ I'm blowin' money fast,
better know ♪

♪ I'm on these haters' a*s ♪

[screams]

♪ I know these n*gg*s mad,
better let 'em know ♪

We gave his lawyer all
the footage from that night.

I need the footage
from the elevator.

Patience, I'm not trying
to lose my job.

You won't.

You want footage
from this floor

from the elevator
from six months ago?

Yes.

A lot of people came
and went that night.

You'll be looking
at hours of footage.

Oh, I got time.

[scoffs]
You always been crazy.

You know that, right?

I do.

But I like to use my crazy
for good.

[scoffs]

It's helped me out
more than once.

Why you think I'm here?

[scoffs]

I'll see what I can do.

♪ doo-wop music ♪

♪♪

♪ Turn it on... ♪

Am I a bad father?

♪ Turn it on... ♪

sh*t, am I?

I asked you first.

[Darnell sighs]

[chair scrapes]

Well, you did have
Devante pretty young, boy.

-And you had me young.
-[Darnell] Mm.

There you go.
Like father, like son.

-[bottles clink, both chuckle]
-[Emmett] Right.

♪♪

Yeah, but you
turned out all right.

Devante will too.

Yeah, I just hope I can make up
for lost time.

Yeah, wish I'd have known
better sooner.

[Emmett] Yeah, me too.

But, hey, you know, we all just
doing the best that we can.

You know, there ain't
no rulebook to this.

Yeah, I just wish me and Tiff
were better parents for EJ.

Yeah, but...

letting Dolly take him
is gonna be hard.

I know.

[Darnell]
But it's the right thing.

[Emmett]
Yeah, I know that too.

Yeah.

[scoffs] I'm so glad I wasn't
around when you was young.

-Really?
-[Darnell] Yeah.

I didn't know
how to be a father.

I wasn't focused.

Yeah, I think
I was the same way.

[Darnell]
Of course.

That's all you knew.

I ain't never tell you, but...

I'm sorry, son.

♪♪

I forgive you.

♪♪

All right.
[scoffs]

You know,
EJ's gonna be grateful

that you wasn't selfish
in this moment.

Your job as a parent
is to do what's best for them--

that's it,
not what makes you feel good.

All right?

-I hear that.
-[Darnell] All right.

And I appreciate you letting
me and Riley stay here, too,

while we get that boiler fixed.

-[Emmett] Yeah, of course.
-Mm.

[Emmett] But I am ready
for y'all to get the f*ck out.

Damn, boy.

Yeah, I miss having loud sex
in my house.

Oh, I get loud with Riley
all the time.

I know!
We hear it, a lot.

-[Darnell chuckling] Yeah.
-[scoffs]

Well, you know, ain't no shame
in my game. [chuckles]

Hey, I got some earplugs
if you need to borrow 'em.

-I might take you up on that.
-[laughter]

[Darnell] Mm.

You avoiding going back home?

That's what Riley thinks.

[Emmett]
I think she's right.

[scoffs]
Now y'all ganging up on me.

You can either move back in
or sell it.

I ain't got the heart
to sell it.

♪♪

I got that house for us.

♪♪

I know you did.

♪ hip-hop music ♪

♪ My b*tch be in the truck
conmigo ♪

♪ And I got her
rolling up diesel, yeah ♪

♪ And she catch plays
like Teyo, yeah ♪

♪ Yo quiero bailar contigo ♪

♪ My b*tch be in the truck
conmigo ♪

♪ And she a saint
with her dito... ♪

-This n*gga.
-What?

He moving sh*t in here.

-Moving what?
-n*gga, what you think?

♪ Can't let a fun n*gga
tread on my turf ♪

♪ Dance, we do work ♪

♪ Feeling like a plug,
unbutton my shirt ♪

♪ Dance, we do work ♪

♪ Can't let a fun n*gga
tread on my turf ♪

♪ I got a b*tch gon' stay... ♪

Let me go talk
to this n*gga.

♪ Try to plug them
like a cable now ♪

♪ She gon' bring some
to the table now ♪

♪ Show my girl
how to use a plug ♪

♪ I show my girl
how to seal the bag ♪

♪ All the designer,
she real attached ♪

♪ Told her, no problem, bae,
I got a sack ♪

♪ Out with a pound,
gonna break the scale ♪

♪ I'll put a brick
in the wishing well... ♪

You already know you can't do
that sh*t in here, bro.

Boy, if you don't get
off my d*ck--

-n*gga, they'll shut me down!
-[Reg] n*gga, you good.

n*gga, no, the f*ck I'm not!

Jake, get the f*ck
out of my face, n*gga!

Man, you got me f*cked up,
n*gga.

[Reg] I will beat
your m*therf*cking a*s.

[crowd clamoring]

[person] Hey, hey, calm down.
Hey, yo, yo, chill.

[security]
Hey, get the f*ck out of here.

Hey, watch out!

All you n*gg*s
get the f*ck out!

♪ dramatic hip-hop music ♪

[Rafi]
Man, f*ck this party!

♪ Okay, okay ♪

♪ Yeah, okay, okay ♪

♪♪

♪ Sippin' on a Castle ♪

♪ Rollin' up the block ♪

♪ Always got my chopper ♪

♪ I'm aim it at your mug ♪

♪ Can't sleep from paranoia ♪

♪ In the ring
like De La Hoya ♪

♪ I got nothin' for you ♪

♪ Just retainer
for my lawyer ♪

♪♪

I went to see Victor.

What? Girl...

[Fatima]
I know.

How was that?

He looked like he's going
through it.

-Jail will do that to you.
-Yeah, but he didn't do it.

-How do you know?
-'Cause I know him.

Do you still have feelings
for him?

I don't know.

I heard he has his eye
on someone new.

Who?

[!sis]
Some little light-skinned girl

that sell weed.

-Tiff?
-I don't know her name.

[Fatima]
That's Emmett's ex-wife.

Aren't Emmett and Victor cool?

That's what I thought.

Oh, well, that's messy.

I asked him
if he was dating anybody.

He said no.

I'm just telling you
what I heard.

[Fatima]
Are you sure?

I could be wrong.

Maybe he didn't want you
to know.

I need to move on.

Just ask him again.

I don't know
if I wanna know the answer.

Don't let fear

get in the way
of what you want.

♪ jazzy music ♪

♪♪

EJ upstairs getting his stuff.

♪♪

Thanks for trusting me.

You're a better mother to him
than you were to me.

Excuse me?

Ma, I felt abandoned by you
when I was a kid.

I had a life too.

[Tiff]
I know,

because while you was out
living yours,

I was looking for attention.

And Emmett gave me some.

[Dolly] Well, no wonder
you got pregnant at 17.

Yeah, because I thought
if I had his child,

he would stay with me.

[scoffs] Could've told you
that wasn't gonna work.

Ma, I just wanted somebody
to love me.

♪ somber jazz music ♪

I loved you.

You was never here.

I'm here now.

Yeah, for EJ.

I wanna be here for you too.

♪♪

A daughter always needs
her mother.

♪♪

Yeah.

Thank you for loving him
the way that you do.

Thank you...for letting me.

♪♪

[Tiff] Mm.

♪ tense music ♪

♪♪

What changed your mind?

♪♪

Don't worry about it.

[Nuck]
Yeah, all right, n*gga.

♪♪

We gonna need help
with security.

Block hotter
than it used to be.

I know a guy.

♪♪

[Big Mike]
What y'all want?

You need work?

Not from you.

♪♪

I know you don't f*ck
with Reg no more.

Man, f*ck that n*gga.

What happened with y'all?

I had to hear from the streets

that this n*gga
returned from the dead.

You really wanna make him mad?

Come back to the mob.

♪♪

What you need?

Security.

[Big Mike]
sh*t.

That's all I do.

♪♪

You think we're still
gonna get married?

I proposed to you,
and you said no.

Does that mean
you're gonna ask me again?

There's only so many times
a man can be rejected.

Well, if we were married,
it would make everything

with the social worker
a lot easier.

So that's why you wanna get
married--to impress them?

That's not the only reason.

Mm-hmm.

Forget I said anything.
[sighs]

Weddings are expensive.

I know.

-And we need to save.
-I know that too.

♪ somber music ♪

♪♪

Come on.
Come on.

Come on.

♪♪

[chuckles]
Jackpot.

♪ You severed all our ties ♪

♪ Flipped the script on me,
and that ain't right ♪

♪ Made me the victim
in your eyes... ♪

[Tiff] When you gonna teach me
how to sh**t?

♪ But you severed
all our ties... ♪

-I don't need to.
-[g*n clicks]

I'ma protect you.

♪ It only takes once to
cross me, and trust God... ♪

I wanna protect myself.

♪♪

[Patience]
I have concrete evidence

to prove both of my clients
are innocent.

I'm not overseeing your case.

[Patience] You're friends
with the judge who is.

[sighs]
I can't interfere, Patience.

I know you judges
talk all the time.

♪ dramatic music ♪

Who k*lled Alicia?

-I don't know.
-I don't believe you.

♪♪

[Patience]
I might have an idea.

Okay, well, if you want me
to pull some strings for you,

you gonna have
to do better than that.

I think Roselyn Perry
had something to do with it.

And why would she
wanna k*ll Alicia?

Maybe she thought Alicia
k*lled her husband.

[sighs] She did wanna take out
all the K*llers.

[Patience] And I hear Douda
k*lled a lot of people.

Yeah, but I just--
I still don't think she did it.

Neither of us can say for sure.

[g*nshots]

♪ Destin Conrad's
"Same Mistake" playing ♪

♪♪

-My turn?
-Here you go.

♪♪

[g*nshots]

-Terrible.
-Shut up.

I never done this before.

I can tell.

Well, teach me.

♪ Why you always
wanna play games... ♪

-Teach you, huh?
-Yeah.

♪ And daylight you act
like you ♪

♪ Don't even know my name... ♪

[Tiff]
Mm-hmm.

♪ Hurts me to say ♪

[Nuck chuckles]

♪ I gotta move on... ♪

-Come on.
-All right. All right.

Aim.

Pull it back some.
Yeah.

Just like that.

See how steady that is?

♪ But maybe I'm not... ♪

All right,
don't lean back as much.

Step into that sh*t.

♪♪

No fear.

-Then--
-[g*nshots]

♪ I get better ♪

Oh, sh*t.

♪ Fall again,
I've been on one ♪

♪ Lost control of the way ♪

♪ The way I feel about it,
but ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da, da, da,
da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Same mistake ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da, da, da,
da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Same mistake ♪

♪ The nighttime
brings promises I can't keep ♪

♪ Givin' in is the one thing
that I don't need ♪

♪ Got ahead of myself ♪

♪ Gotta retrace my steps ♪

♪ 'Cause I lost me the moment
I took a piece of you ♪

♪ And you may never believe,
but I'm sorry ♪

♪ I never meant for it
to go this way ♪

♪ I only wanted the best,
and I'm sticking to my story ♪

♪ This was a moment for me ♪

♪ And this was
all it could be ♪

♪ Now that love
is almost gone ♪

-♪ I fall, I get better
-♪ You'll get better, baby ♪

♪ Fall again,
I've been on one ♪

♪ Lost control of the way ♪

♪ The way I feel
about it, baby ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da, da, da,
da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Same mistake ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da, da, da,
da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Same mistake ♪

♪ Why you always
wanna play games? ♪

♪ Nighttime you're mine ♪

♪ And daylight you act like
you don't even know my name ♪

♪ Hurts me to say,
but I gotta move on ♪

♪♪

♪ What you want me to say? ♪

♪ I thought I could become
the type of guy ♪

♪ That you're looking for ♪

♪ But maybe I'm not ♪

♪ Good enough for you ♪

♪♪

♪ Now that love
is almost gone ♪

♪ I fall, I get better ♪

♪ Fall again,
I've been on one ♪

♪ Lost control of the way ♪

♪ The way I feel about it,
but ♪

♪ Baby ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da, da, da,
da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Same mistake ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da, da, da,
da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Same mistake ♪