06x09 - Scorched Earth

[bunniefuu]

GHOST: Previously on Power Ghost gave me the name of the person who k*lled Joey.

- He s got a friend in me for life.

- Yeah, sure.

The moment you let Tommy in the penthouse to k*ll me was the moment you were no longer my son, and now you re my enemy.

You already had your opportunity to learn all about my best attribute.

Your loss, boo.

I m Quinton.

My friends call me Q.

I m Tasha.

I need you to plant a w*apon.

Draw Jason to the location.

I ll pull the trigger.

James St.

Patrick s name recognition is off the charts.

If he goes to another team, there s no way you re gonna make up the votes that go with him.

I m not worried about James St.

Patrick.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, don t sh**t, look.

The Feds got a tracker on me, Spank.

They got me serving up Ghost.

I m playing both sides, Tommy.

I-I know I did some f*cked-up sh*t with Coleman, but at the end of the day, you ll see it was worth it.

You re fired, Saxe.

Tommy is going down.

The only question is, which side of the bars are you gonna be on?

Give me the paper.

Tasha, you know I m not a snitch!

You signed the f*cking papers, Keisha!

[BOTH GRUNTING, STRAINING]

If I give this ring to your mother, that means the three of us is gonna be family.

- You all right with that?

- Yeah.

[SOBBING]

Tasha, please don t do this!

[g*nsh*t]

[DARK MUSIC]

[GASPS]

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 Homie 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 a 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 movin 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 I just happen to come up hard Legal or illegal, baby, I gotta make it [DARK, SOLEMN MUSIC]

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

[EXHALES]

I can t believe LaKeisha s gone, you know?

Good looks on bringing me Cash, though.

I appreciate you.

No doubt, Kadeem.

It s the least I could do.

He s a good kid.

So what s up?

We got no idea who did this sh*t or what?

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

I ain t sure but I promise you I ma find out who did this sh*t and I ma make it right.

Mm-hmm.

LaKeisha was a good woman.

Well, you need anything, you hit me.

Bet.

Cash gonna see you again or what?

[INHALES]

I got no idea.

A ight, sh*t goes down, you know where I m at.

I preciate that.

Thomas Patrick Egan.

You re a busy man.

This better be quick.

I got sh*t to do.

Like running dr*gs, racketeering?

Murdering your girlfriend?

[TENSE MUSIC]

You see, now, typically when an innocent man learns his girlfriend was m*rder*d, he has more of an emotional reaction.

Yeah.

I found her body myself.

But you didn t call it in.

Where were you last night between the hours of 6:00 and 7:00 p. m. ?

Buying an engagement ring for LaKeisha at the mall.

Her son, Cash, was with me.

Check the cameras.

I will.

Where s Cash now?

He s with his father, where he belongs.

Don t you f*ck with that kid.

He told you, right?

That we pulled over his mom and she agreed to cooperate with us, to testify against you.

Nah.

She told me what you done to her, but she wasn t gonna say sh*t against me.

I had no reason to k*ll her.

That was my girl to the end.

Well, if you didn t k*ll LaKeisha, then who else wanted to keep her quiet?

I tell you what, genius.

You do your fuckin job, you ll find your answer.

If you ain t gonna arrest me, I ma get on my way.

If you know who k*lled LaKeisha, let me handle it.

Don t seek revenge.

You re only gonna wind up hurting yourself.

Am I free to go?

We ll be watching you.

[CAR DOOR SLAMS]

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

[ENGINE REVVING]

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

We left the space wide open so it can be adapted to the buyer s needs.

It s perfect.

REALTOR: There s also the possibility for expansion.

No neighbors on either side of you.

That s music to my ears.

I m as private as it goes.

A buyer with vision like yourself has a great turnkey opportunity here, but you ll have to be aggressive.

There are a lot of interested parties.

It s exactly what I need.

I ll get the funds together right away.

If you re serious, act quickly.

My office is already fielding offers.

I m confident that my offer will be the strongest.

You ll have it in the morning.

Feel free to show yourself out.

I have to run to another appointment across town.

- It s been a pleasure.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

[HEAVY MUSIC]

RAMONA: A diamond in the rough?

Ladies.

Well, you know, Ramona.

Someone wise once told me that you sometimes need to look past the exterior to envision the potential.

RAMONA: Well, like you, Lorette and I have the ability to envision potential, and we see a lot in you, James.

I ve come here to discuss your future.

I m flattered.

But what does my future have to do with you, Ms.

Walsh?

RAMONA: Well, I ve learned that in politics, the single most important trait for success is adaptation.

- Adaptation.

- The sooner you can see the need for change, the better one can execute the necessary adjustments.

James, I see a need for change coming, and I m preparing to make an adjustment one that will affect my involvement in Tate s gubernatorial campaign.

I ask again: what does that have to do with me?

When I asked Ramona to join my staff, she made one thing very clear.

Having representation behind the scenes will not be enough to win over the inner cities.

I need someone standing by my side who represents their experiences, their interests most importantly, someone who inspires them.

You need me to be your black friend to get you the black vote.

[LAUGHS LIGHTLY]

I like him.

I want you to be my lieutenant governor.

Let s make it official.

[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

[INTENSE MUSIC]

GHOST: Tommy, did you put a piece where I need to find it?

Tommy.

You there?

Come on, man.

I m getting Jason to the building I told you about.

I wanna make sure you did your part of the deal.

Yeah.

I put it where you told me.

Okay, good.

And make sure you avoid any calls with Jason in case he tries to pull you in a situation or something, you know?

Look, man, it s all gonna be over soon.

Yeah, it is.

I put the piece in the elevator box Just like you asked.

It s done.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

Peace, brother.

Peace, brother.

Why you keep fuckin sweatin me, man?

Do you know who k*lled LaKeisha Grant?

No, I don t have a f*cking clue, but I don t put it past Tommy doin it himself.

Nah.

Tommy didn t do it.

- You think one of his boys did it?

- [SCOFFS]

Or maybe someone was targeting Egan himself?

Look, dude has a lot of enemies.

It could be anyone tryin to get at him.

I think if you take a closer look at Tommy s crew, then you ll find the hitter.

If Tommy wanted his girl done, he wouldn t just ask anyone to do it.

Plus, the m*therf*ckers under him yo, they do whatever he says.

Where can I find his crew?

Egan s warehouse where is it?

[SIGHS]

I don t know.

[LAUGHS]

It s funny.

You know, you were singin a different tune when you wanted this off.

- Ha.

- Maybe puttin it back on will jog your memory.

Maybe you should check your fuckin equipment first, because Tommy s crew brought me into the warehouse the other day in a g*dd*mn trunk.

So just check the last few locations of the bitch, and you ll find the spot, man.

Tommy keeps all his weight there his boys.

sh*t, you could even probably find him there.

So arrest them m*therf*ckers and leave me and my family alone.

If this information is right, Tommy and his crew will be off the street by tonight.

And we square.

[DRAMATIC PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]

This is an opportunity of a lifetime.

Come on, now, James.

Cut the bullshit.

Tell me what this is really about.

Look, I m being straight up, okay?

The construction on the Queens Child Project has met a roadblock, so I m taking matters into my own hands.

By buying your own building in Queens?

S-since when do you have that kind of cash on hand?

I don t.

That s why I m talking to you.

Okay.

I m listening.

Okay, I need a silent partner emphasis on silent.

We both put in half the cash, and we both have our names on a totally legit business.

Clean money.

You know what?

I ll look into it.

And then I ll consider it.

Smart.

All right.

Here is the address, and, Jason, I m sure I don t have to tell you that we gotta move quickly on that.

There s offers comin in left and right as we speak.

I ll meet you there this afternoon.

Oh, and a warning they have security, so neither one of us can be strapped.

You don t tell me how to conduct my business.

Merely a suggestion so we don t walk out in cuffs.

Hey, man, do what you wanna do.

Have a drink.

It s on me.

Gotta get to my son s school.

You won t be sorry.

[UNEASY MUSIC]

Ah.

There you are.

So have you heard anything about who Lorette might choose for her running mate?

Not a thing.

Okay, well, uh, keep your ears to the ground.

I don t wanna be surprised by anything.

Of course.

Ramona, you should know that I m severing ties with St.

Patrick.

The m*therf*cker has scorched the earth with me.

Did he ever tell you where he was when he missed our photo op?

He had a family emergency.

And I hear you in turn pulled the permits for the QCP.

I mean, you don t think you re gonna get blowback from him?

Listen, since he came along, it s been one step forward, two steps back for my entire campaign, damn near on a daily basis.

I m sick of the sh*t.

So what were you thinking?

I m thinking I might have something that will back him off for good.

What s that?

I ll let you know when I lock it down.

We re gonna get rid of him once and for all.

Being in business with him would ve been a very dangerous thing for us.

I agree.

James St.

Patrick is out.

I m with you.

[CHUCKLES]

My sister.

Loyalty a quality any man would want in a woman.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

Okay, so how we looking?

Girl, business is too poppin !

- And it s all there.

- Okay, uh You gotta go.

Tasha, please don t tell me you doin what I think you doin .

What are you doing here, Ghost?

Did you forget?

We have the meeting at Tariq s new school.

- We re already runnin late.

- Can t you see I m busy?

I can t.

You go.

So you just gonna put pushing weight over your own child?

For real, Ghost?

Now you see what it was like for me all those years.

Look, one of us has gotta go, and it ain t gonna be me.

I gotta work.

Yeah, okay, you re right.

One of us has to be there for our son.

n*gga, please!

[TENSE MUSIC]

[CELL PHONE BUZZES]

Who is this?

Uh, Jason Micic, it s, uh, Andre Coleman.

Mutual friend that James was telling you about.

Oh, the assh*le who no-showed at our meeting.

Well, you got balls.

I ll give you that.

But you lack smarts, so lose this number.

Uh, look, I just thought you d be thinking about - new business right now.

- Listen to me, Andre, spare me the speech you practiced in the mirror this morning.

You get one sh*t with me.

You already missed yours.

The operation is doing just fine, thank you.

Oh, you haven t heard.

Tommy and his crew are about to get scooped up by the Feds and you re gonna be down men and actually money.

Uh-huh.

And how the f*ck would you know that?

I have some friends on the inside.

People talk.

So yeah, it s about to go down serious, so you can lose money, or I can step up and make it a smooth transition for you.

It s your call, man.

I ll be in touch.

That s what I thought.

I ll be expectin that call.

Listen, I apologize, uh, for my ex-wife not being here.

Oh.

Oh, please.

My parents never showed up to one of these things.

So you guys are you guys are killin it as far as I m concerned.

One s better than none, right?

Absolutely.

I have to tell you, uh, Tariq he s done extremely well since he s been here.

He regularly tests better than his classmates.

He s got a greater grasp on the reading material than some of the college-level kids I ve taught.

- He s a quick study.

- Oh, that s an understatement.

I mean [INHALES DEEPLY]

Tariq has a gift.

You know, and the fact that he s able to work a full school day and have an after-school job his ability to focus is downright f*cking incredible.

You said an after-school job.

Yeah.

Yeah.

At your, uh your wife s, um, day care, right?

We, uh, give credit for after-school jobs here, you know?

We-we take the pay stubs and mark down the hours.

We block out the socials, of of course.

Tariq said he s just basically a glorified babysitter there, but hey, I know that kid.

He s probably fixing the computers, balancing your wife s checkbook, you know what I mean?

Ah, well, yeah, Tariq he is nothing if not industrious.

- He s gonna be a big sh*t.

- [LAUGHS]

- Just like his dad.

- Mm.

Yes, he is.

TASHA: What the f*ck, Ghost?

You broke into my apartment?

Tasha, have you lost your f*cking mind?

- Scuse me?

- I said you must have fuckin lost your mind if you got my son in your fuckin day care moving weight!

Oh.

Now he s your son.

Because just a minute ago, you were shoving a damn g*n in the boy s face like he was one of your corner boys that came up short!

Tasha, look me in my m*therf*cking eye and tell me that you don t have my son running product out of that damn day care of yours!

He s not moving product through the day care.

- What the f*ck?

Tasha - And you know what?

He s my child, so it s none of your g*dd*mn business.

Not if what you do gets him locked up or sh*t!

That s the point, Ghost!

I m making sure he doesn t get locked up or sh*t.

- Tasha, that s bullshit.

- No, no, no.

What s bullshit is us thinking that we could change Tariq or somehow turn him into something he s not.

Okay?

I ve accepted the truth.

- You should too.

- You know what?

This isn t even about Tariq.

It s about you.

Tasha, if you don t f*cking get your sh*t together, I m gonna get your business shut down, and then I ll take Yas away from you for good.

Are you f*cking threatening me?

n*gga, you better watch your every move, cause I will tell the Feds you k*lled Terry Silver, cause I know you did.

[WHISPERING]

I ll tell em everything.

No, you won t.

Cool.

Try me, n*gga.

Aah!

Ghost, get off of me!

- GHOST: [GRUNTING ANGRILY]

- TASHA: Aah!

Ghost, get off me!

Get off!

I ll f*cking scream [WHIMPERING]

Hmm?

Hmm?

[CRYING]

[WHIMPERING]

Uh!

[PANTING]

If you ever put your hands on me again - Then what?

- I will f*cking k*ll you!

We already lost one kid, Tasha.

Don t you ever m*therf*cking forget it.

If Tariq dies, his blood is on your hands.

Your hands.

Get out my house.

[SHOUTING]

Get the f*ck out my house!

[DOOR SLAMS]

[SOBBING]

Oh, my God.

[HEAVY MUSIC]

[CELL PHONE BEEPING]

I d like to report a crime.

Uh, can I speak to your supervisor, please?

Thank you.

Yes, there are dr*gs being sold out of a day care on 58th and Queens Boulevard.

Yes, ma am, I witnessed it myself.

Look, that s my neighborhood, and obviously there are kids in that place, and I would hate to see any of em get hurt.

No.

I d rather not give my name.

Thank you.

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

[SOLEMN MUSIC]

- [DOOR BELL CHIMES]

- EPIPHANY: Hey, you.

- EPIPHANY: Hey, sis.

- What s up?

- What you doin ?

- You know, just tryin to get this place together Tasha St.

Patrick, we have a warrant to search the premises.

What is going on?

You re searching a children s day care?

For what?

We got an anonymous tip that there s a large amount of narcotics being distributed out of this building.

Are you kidding me?

You know, this isn t right.

I run a legitimate business that provides a valuable service to the community, and you come in here talking about dr*gs?

This is harassment.

I m gonna get my lawyer on the phone.

[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

- 2-BIT: [INAUDIBLE SPEAKING]

- Uh-huh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Listen to me.

- What s going down?

Just get the boys and meet me over at the warehouse.

Jason s about to need to drop some more weight on us.

- We got some sh*t to handle.

- Yeah?

What about that Ghost m*therf*cker?

You why the f*ck is you always askin about Ghost for, huh?

Ghost ain t gonna be a problem for us at all.

He done for good.

[DARK MUSIC BUILDING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Place is clean.

I apologize for any inconvenience.

Looks like it was a bad tip.

Looks like I ll have to file a complaint.

I wouldn t push it, Mrs.

St.

Patrick.

You know my g*dd*mn name.

It s Green.

[SOFTLY]

Have team B move on the warehouse now.

Got it.

[DOOR BELL CHIMES]

EPIPHANY: Don t say nothin and don t touch nothin .

Tasha, what the f*ck was that?

It s okay.

I was expecting it.

I wasn t!

Girl, it s getting too hot around here.

- I m out.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait.

What you mean, you out?

Hold up.

You won t have anything to worry about.

I got it handled.

No.

You had today handled, but you a mile away from having this sh*t handled.

I m out; my girls at the club out.

I got a baby to think about, and you ha better think about your kids too, cause you around here trippin you trippin too.

Epiphany!

Are you serious?

Move!

Get your ass out the way!

For real, Ghost?

It s on.

Yo, that phone call from Tommy got me confused, Bit.

Why we doin sh*t backward?

He be talkin out his ass and sh*t be comin out his mouth.

ROBERTO: Yo, that n*gga been trippin lately, keepin us in the dark and sh*t.

Yo, how long we gonna keep ridin for this fool?

Yo, y all two n*gg*s chill.

Last thing Tommy needs right now is us switching sides on him.

f*ck you mean, chill?

The last thing we need is to get popped or catch a bid for his sh*t.

- The mo fucker s unstable - [DOOR CRASHES OPEN]

[OVERLAPPING YELLING]

- SPANKY: All right, all right!

- Damn!

[SHOUTING CONTINUES]

2-BIT: Come on, man.

Get off me!

- [HANDCUFFS CLICKING]

- f*ck you!

[SIREN WAILING]

[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

MAN: Search em.

- Shut up!

- Aah!

[TENSE MUSIC]

That m*therf*cker set us up!

And came back to watch this sh*t?

f*ck that bitch-ass n*gga.

This sh*t ain t over.

Naw.

Just startin .

[WHISPERING]

That m*therf*cker!

[SIREN WAILING]

A ight, listen up, cause I m only gonna say this sh*t once.

I seen a lot of crews go down over bullshit beefin over nothin , dry snitching, mo f*ckers getting caught up in they feelings.

Not us.

We gonna do this sh*t the right way, so you gonna do what the f*ck I say when I say it.

- You hear me?

- MEN: Mm-hmm.

Good, cause it gonna be raining a whole lotta money in this bitch.

We taking uptown by storm, and then we taking over the whole city.

The product should be comin in any minute now.

Just sit tight until you hear from me.

I m waitin for the call from the connect.

It s about to get lit, man.

A ight, drink up, m*therf*ckers.

JASON: [SPEAKING SERBIAN]

[SPEAKING SERBIAN]

No need for it.

Call me when you have eyes on Tommy.

[EDGY MUSIC]

Take the g*n.

[SIGHS]

[DOOR BELL CHIMES]

[SIGHS]

Q?

What are you doin here?

I heard you had some trouble today.

You all right?

[SIGHS]

No.

I think I m gonna lose my business.

I mean, why would parents bring their kids back after the Feds were all up in here?

It s your ex-husband, right?

[SCOFFS]

Why?

W-what do you know?

I I don t know anything about him, but I know about you, and you wouldn t get mixed up in anything that bad.

Q you don t know me at all.

You re right, I don t.

But I d like to.

And I d like to help you if you ll let me.

Ah.

[INHALES SHARPLY]

- Tasha, who did that to you?

- Look, I don t wanna talk about it.

Your ex.

Some n*gg*s just don t know when to quit!

Oh, like you?

Tasha, I haven t stopped thinking about you.

So you can try to make me leave again but you need me.

You need my help.

Q, I want you.

I really, really do.

[SOFT, EMOTIONAL MUSIC]

But I don t need you to take care of my ex.

I can handle him on my own.

[SOFTLY]

Mm-hmm.

[SIGHS]

Come here.

- [DOOR CLICKS SHUT]

- JASON: Wow.

Now we re talking.

- Nice place, James.

- GHOST: Glad you approve, Jason.

Let me show you around.

Well, come on through.

SECURITY GUARD: Sir, empty your pockets.

Any metal put into this bin and step through.

Let s go.

I wanna show you this penthouse.

Your whole life s about to change.

[ITEMS CLATTERING]

[THUNK]

[ITEMS THUNKING, KEYS CLATTERING]

[THUNK]

[BEEP]

SECURITY GUARD: Thank you.

Here you go.

Thank you.

- Heard from Tommy?

- No.

Actually, not a word.

Seems to be missing in action.

Well, you know Tommy, Jason.

Does his own thing, man.

- Ain t that the truth?

- [LAUGHS]

So your boy Andre reached out to me and made a play to be my distro.

Is that so?

- [BUTTON CLICKS]

- Well, Jase, you know what they say: sometimes second chances work themselves out, right?

I m not so sure.

I told him I d be in touch.

No, I think you should take the meeting, Jason.

The boy s got game, you know?

Just hear him out.

See what he has to say.

If you don t like what you see, then f*cking get rid of him.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

That s what I would do.

[UNEASY MUSIC]

I have to admit, James, uh, I never bought this idea of you going straight.

I figured you d come crawling back begging to be my distro after a few weeks.

Told you I was out of the game.

I meant it, Jason.

If you go half on buying this building with me, then we can both stop sleeping with one eye open.

It s hard to pass up an opportunity to grab some prime real estate.

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

[DARK CHORDS]

- - [GRUNTING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Come on, m*therf*cker, get up!

Get up!

[INTENSE PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]

[GRUNTING]

Aah!

[GAGGING]

[GRUNTING ANGRILY]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[ROARS]

[PANTING]

[EXHALES HOARSELY]

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[GRUNTING]

m*therf*cker!

All right, he s shorter than me, a little lighter-skinned.

When that n*gga comes up that elevator, you call the cops immediately, all right?

Here s the cash.

And hold back the surveillance of him walking in here, all right?

In case we need to reinforce his guilt to the cops.

Here s a burner.

Hold on to it till you hear from me.

And one more thing.

- You never saw my face.

- You got it.

Tommy, what the f*ck, man?

You set me up to be k*lled by Jason?

You k*lled LaKeisha.

What?

LaKeisha s dead?

Don t play fuckin dumb with me.

Look, Tommy, I swear to God, I don t know what the f*ck you re talkin about!

I didn t k*ll LaKeisha, and why the f*ck would I k*ll LaKeisha?

Oh, yeah?

Well, you best keep your head on a swivel, cause I ain t gonna rest till you six feet under, m*therf*cker!

Look, Tommy, I m sorry about LaKeisha, man You know what?

I m done talkin !

I m comin to k*ll you.

Benny, how the hell d you get in here, man?

It s not my first time on the block.

Look, it s not a good time, all right?

Tellin me?

I lost my cousin.

Now sh*t s about to get worse.

I don t have time for this sh*t.

Just tell me You fuckin lied to my face.

I was sitting right f*cking there, and you fuckin lied to me.

You told me Igor Ungar k*lled Joey.

He didn t.

I wanna know why you fed me bullshit.

Listen, Benny, I told you what your cousin told me.

Joey told me he had to testify against this Igor guy, right?

That he needed a f*cking safe place to hide out, to hide he and his daughter until the trial.

So after he was m*rder*d, I just did the math, man.

Simple one plus one made Igor the triggerman.

Well, he wasn t.

I looked into it.

Igor was out of the country for a month.

I don t know who did Joey, but it wasn t him, so stop fuckin around with me.

Who k*lled Joey?

Because if you tell me you don t know, I m gonna fuckin think it was you.

[TENSE MUSIC]

Look, I can t prove it, but I think it was Tommy.

- Egan?

- Mm.

Why would he go after Joey?

Because Tommy was convinced that Joey was gonna fuckin snitch him out, man, to the Feds.

I don t believe that.

Let me make you a drink, Benny.

Listen Joe told me about the Unger guy.

But if Joe was gonna testify against Tommy, come on.

You and I both know he would have never told me that.

Your kid, Tariq.

- Yeah.

- He s the one that brought Elisa Marie to me.

Yeah, he got her out of the back.

But the cops questioned him about that, Benny, okay?

He-he didn t see anything.

Yeah.

You know, that night I got between you guys and Vincent, I got a-a vibe from Egan.

Yeah?

Yeah.

And I let it go.

[SIGHS]

Listen, Benny.

I m in the process of handling Tommy right now, - so don t worry - All due respect, Ghost, but f*ck your process.

I m gonna find him, and he s either gonna cough up some answers, or he s gonna cough up some blood.

Enjoy your drink.

[INTENSE PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]

I m telling you, Ghost can t k*ll me because of Jason, so he s trying to take me down piece by fuckin piece.

First he came for LaKeisha, sent some shitbag to try to scare her off, but then she took his ass down just like I taught her.

But then He k*lled her himself.

sh*t her in the head.

[HUFFS]

LaKeisha is dead?

Yeah, T, she gone.

And I m sorry.

I know y all was beefin No-no matter what, she was still my sister.

I can t believe this.

Ghost, he dimed out my warehouse to the fuckin Feds.

My whole crew got wrapped up.

He did the same sh*t to me, had my spot raided too.

Thank goodness I was ahead of him.

Place was clean.

TOMMY: But do you see?

You see?

This m*therf*cker crossed the line.

Tryin to take us out.

This new Ghost this new Ghost ain t got nothing to do with us!

So he gotta go.

And I didn t come here to ask for your permission.

I came here to tell you.

Out of respect.

Because we were family.

But some things, you can t never come back from.

- You know?

- I understand.

We understand.

Good.

[SIGHING]

Ma.

What happened to your arm?

Ghost, a ight?

Ghost happened to my arm.

He laid hands on me.

Tommy was right.

Your father has changed.

Did you know about LaKeisha?

All right, look, Riq, I-I don t wanna lie to you.

Okay?

That s all Ghost ever did.

Ghost never told the truth, and look at us now.

We gotta do better.

We gotta protect each other, and the only way we can do that is if we keep it all the way real with each other about everything!

So you did it.

You f*cking k*lled LaKeisha and didn t tell me?

She was gonna flip, okay?

She was gonna flip on all of us.

You don t know what the f*ck you re talking about, little boy.

[TEARFULLY]

I ha-had to do it.

I-I had to.

I had to protect this family!

So yeah.

I k*lled LaKeisha.

And I will k*ll Ghost to protect you, Riq.

I should be the one protecting you!

And I will.

I promise you that, Ma, no matter what.

A ight.

[WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY]

[KEYS CLATTERING]

You lied to me.

Benny?

Look, I don t know what the f*ck Ghost told you, but whatever it was Ghost told me you k*lled Joey.

What?

That s some Yo, what the [BOTH GRUNTING]

[YELLS]

[INTENSE MUSIC]

[GROANING]

[BOTH GROANING]

- [Kn*fe SLICES]

- [SCREAMS]

[BOTH GROANING]

- [FLESH SQUELCHING]

- [MOANS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[SOFTLY]

The f*ck?

[BEEP]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

The f*ck?

f*cking Ghost this m*therf*cker!

sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.

Hey!

What are you doing there?

- Hey!

- f*ck!

Hey, get back here!

Listen, this sh*t s gotta come to an end.

Rashad, it s not the right time to step to me, okay?

I m here so we can finish this once and for all.

Whoa, whoa.

You don t f*cking give me orders.

I ain t even gonna hold you up.

We can put the cards on the table, right here, right now.

- No bullshit.

- No bullshit.

I know who you are, James.

I know you set up that robbery here at the club where I found myself having to k*ll a man.

Alphonse.

Yeah.

And I know that you re a fuckin dope dealer who don t need the kind of heat that I can put on you.

Is that a thr*at?

I finally faced the truth about who you are, James.

[WHISPERING]

Or should I call you Ghost?

Who the f*ck is Ghost?

I was in denial for a long time, but not anymore.

- Mm-hmm.

- See, whatever assistance you brought to my campaign just ain t been worth the-the cost.

So you and me are no longer, you understand?

We re done.

[DARK MUSIC]

Or what?

Or I go to the press and tell em about your past.

If I were this man you seem to think I am, what s to stop me from k*lling you right here, right now?

Because if a man like you was gonna k*ll a man like me You d have just done it.

But the truth of the matter is, you know I m too high-profile to f*ck with.

You ain t gonna do sh*t, boy.

[LAUGHS]

I don t know what you heard about me, and, quite frankly, I don t give two fucks.

But whatever person is in your f*cking ear, they got it wrong.

I don t make threats.

If I had any intention of k*lling you, Rashad, you would never see it comin .

You would simply I don t know disappear like a ghost.

Lucky for you, I ain t the n*gga I used to be.

Get the f*ck out of my place of business.

You got one thing right.

We are done.

Officially f*cking done.

You ll read about my next move in tomorrow s paper.

Hey.

I m glad you re here.

I m ready to start mapping out our next move.

I don t know how to say this, Rashad, but we don t have a next move.

What s that supposed to mean?

It means I don t work for you anymore.

What?

Ramona - What are you talking about?

- I now work for Lorette Walsh and her running mate.

[LAUGHS]

Lorette Walsh doesn t have a running mate.

She does now.

Thanks to me.

You might wanna watch the news tomorrow morning, Rashad.

Or you can hear it from me first.

Lorette Walsh is planning to announce James St.

Patrick as her running mate to be the next lieutenant governor of New York.

You lost, boo.

[EDGY MUSIC]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[JAZZY MUSIC]

How d you know where to find me?

Know a man s habits, you know the man.

You know, I didn t expect to see you here, considering you f*cked me a hundred ways till Tuesday with Dre.

I didn t expect to find you in a place that actually plays good music.

See?

I m full of surprises.

I have good taste in music, I make a mean paella, and everything I did at Eastern District I did for one reason to put the fuckin bad guys away punto final.

I believe you.

You do?

LaKeisha Grant was m*rder*d last night.

- [SIGHS]

- sh*t twice.

Oh, God.

Tell me you got Egan for that.

Look, I didn t agree with your methods, but I m starting to understand why you used them.

I m here because I know you will stop at nothing to take these people down, and these people need to be taken down.

I m close.

We just need to push a little harder.

Hey, what can I do?

I m fired, remember?

Help me make sense of this, okay, because I don t even think that Egan actually k*lled LaKeisha.

What?

Come on.

He s a fuckin serial k*ller.

That s what he does.

Look, he k*lled Angela.

He k*lled Proctor.

You were getting to LaKeisha.

He found out about it boom.

But you didn t see his face.

[SCOFFS]

He wasn t angry.

He was heartbroken.

He didn t know about it at all.

And if he didn t know about it, there s no motive.

Then we put pressure on Tasha St.

Patrick.

She s the weak link between Egan and St.

Patrick.

We just have to find a pressure point.

[LAUGHS]

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

[HUFFS]

Another anonymous tip?

We re here about LaKeisha Grant.

Oh.

sh*t.

I know.

I-I m devastated.

You know, I ve hardly slept since I heard.

Please, come in.

[CLEARS THROAT]

So any idea who k*lled her?

Yeah, can we skip past the part where you dance circles around us when we all know the truth?

Just need you to confirm it.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Did James k*ll LaKeisha?

Why would he do that?

Because LaKeisha turned informant on James.

SAXE: And some jobs you don t farm out if you want it done the right way.

No.

This is absurd.

Even if you all manipulated Keisha into making false statements against James, where s her proof?

Okay, you have no idea what information we got from LaKeisha before she d*ed.

BLANCA: Choose.

You or your ex-husband.

Which is it?

[LAUGHS]

Jesus Christ!

Time after time, you ve covered for James, after all he s taken away from you.

After betrayal and public humiliation you re still loyal to him?

Jesus.

Would he do the same for you?

BLANCA: He s a dangerous man.

We know this.

So do you.

How long before he tries to k*ll you, Tasha?

[TENSE MUSIC]

Is that bruise from James?

It is, isn t it?

If you don t help us, we re gonna take a much harder look at your son, Tariq, and where he was the night Raymond Jones was m*rder*d.

[CLEARS THROAT]

James didn t k*ll LaKeisha.

But he did k*ll Terry Silver.

W-wait.

Were you a witness?

- Did you see him do it?

- No!

- Then how can you be sure?

- It s just the things that he was saying.

You know, he was angry about us.

I believe he did it.

I just don t have proof.

We re gonna need a body to make this stick against St.

Patrick.

Any idea where he d stash a body?

[SCOFFS]

I mean, I can t say for certain.

I honestly don t even wanna think about it.

But I-I don t-I don t know.

No, no, go ahead.

Well I suspect that if you go to the old decommissioned parking structure at terminal one of LaGuardia Airport, level five, you ll find him.

I mean, there s no traffic, no security there.

If I was James and I had a body in a vehicle to hide on short notice I d go there.

It s unlocked.

Pop the trunk.

[LATCH CLICKS]

- [DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING]

- SAXE: Ugh!

- Ugh!

Oh!

- [COUGHS, CLEARS THROAT]

That is definitely Terry Silver.

BLANCA: Yeah, location and placement of the body are consistent with Tasha s theory.

I can t look at that.

[SIGHS]

Anything?

Uh he likes musicals.

Does that help?

[SIGHS]

Let s keep looking.

If Tasha was right, then this m*rder was unplanned, which means St.

Patrick was in a rush.

So he must have overlooked something.

[WHISPERING]

f*ck.

Open up the door, man.

[KNOCKING]

Open the f*cking door!

- Hey - What the f*ck you doing here, man?

Look, man, man, I need your help.

Who the f*ck are you hiding from?

Look, Ghost k*lled Jason Micic.

He set me up to take the fall, man!

f*ck!

I got spotted at the f*cking scene!

So you re coming to me to make it go away?

No, I m comin to you to help you get Ghost.

Look, we both want him off the streets, right?

Ghost is the main source of your problems.

Mine too.

So let s take this two-faced m*therf*cker out and be done with this sh*t!

Come on, come on, Saxe, let s do it.

You just turn your back on this opportunity?

Are you f*cking crazy?

Okay.

Plant that at St.

Patrick s place, and I ll do my best to cover your tracks on the Jason k*ll.

What the f*ck is this, Saxe?

It s evidence.

It links Ghost to a m*rder that he committed.

But I need to make sure that the dots connect, so you connect em for me.

So you want me to plant evidence on Ghost.

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

Look, I wanna make sure that the 12 idiots stuck in that jury box have no reasonable doubt regarding the kind of man that Ghost is.

So you do this, and we re done with that m*therf*cker.

So you wanna frame him for m*rder.

What [SIGHS]

Yes, okay?

I wanna frame a guilty man.

Sometimes the justice system needs a f*cking kick in the ass.

He s staying at the James Hotel.

Don t f*ck this up.

[DARK MUSIC]

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

What are you doing here, Riq?

What s this supposed to mean?

I don t need it anymore.

I ain t coming back to your place again.

Okay, why don t you just tell me what s going on.

I know what happened between you and Ma.

Don t you ever put your f*cking hands on her again.

And don t you ever f*cking use that tone with me again.

I m not scared of you anymore.

I m not a child, a ight?

I said watch your tone with me.

What you gon do, slap me up?

Or put a g*n to my head?

You did that sh*t already, Ghost.

Don t you remember?

Yeah, you forced me to do that sh*t with the sh*t you pulled.

This right here, this is your mother trying to turn you against me.

Man, no, the f*ck it isn t.

You don t even realize there ain t sh*t that she could say that would turn me against you.

Only person that could do that is you.

You lost me a long time ago, Ghost.

You did that sh*t yourself.

Hey, you can t say that sh*t to me, Riq, after every f*cking thing I ve done for you.

You ain t never did a thing for me.

Ever.

I m out.

We ain t done yet!

Get back here!

Son, I said get back here!

- We re not f*cking done - Everything you do is always for you!

It s always about you!

You re so f*cking selfish!

You come in my place of work, a place I built for you, you call me selfish, then run out on the street and sell dr*gs with your moms?

I know what she got you doing, son.

That s the best you can do?

With all the intelligence, Tariq, all the advantages I fuckin never had that s the best you can do, a fuckin drug dealer?

It s the best you could do, right?

That s the best you could do.

If it s okay for you, why it ain t okay for me, huh?

Listen to me, Tariq.

When I was your age, I thought it was the right thing to do.

My father tried to get me to turn my back on the streets.

I didn t listen.

I don t want you to make the same mistake, son.

Okay?

I m trying to protect you, man.

I m trying to protect you from a life of misery, son!

I ain t your fuckin son.

You are my son, and I m your father, and I m always gonna be your father.

Listen to this.

Stay away from me, and stay away from her.

Ain t gonna say that sh*t again.

I ain t gonna say it again.

Watch your f*cking tone with me!

Put your hands on Ma one more time, and I swear to God I ll m*rder you myself.

I promise you that.

You can t talk to your father that way.

Don t get it twisted.

You might have given me life, but you were never my fuckin father.

- [POUNDS WALL]

- [GHOST GRUNTS]

[ALBIN LEE MELDAU S "BLOODSHOT"]

ALBIN: Monday morning be coming As I hang myself out to dry Teardrops be fallin And you re the reason why Lyin in my bed I need somethin Cryin in my bed I fear somethin Lyin in my bed I need somethin It s you How I wonder Lying next to you, oh, yeah I wonder Is there someone new Next to you JAMES: I'm sorry for the way things turned out.

TASHA: Oh, not as sorry as you're gonna be.

Tariq is in real trouble.

Circumstances have changed son.

- TARIQ: [YELLING]

You lied to my face!

- I was taking care of you!

I don't need you, but you need me.

I'm leaving you behind.

TOMMY: You get everything you want, and I got nothing.

Losing is a scale.

You become an expert with it, Rashad.

RAMONA: Tate would do everything in his power to ruin your life.

COUNCILMAN TATE: How can I help you?

BLANCA: I just want a search warrant.

DRE: I know you tried to frame for Jason's m*rder.

We can't control what happens next Ghost.

Nothing is gonna stop me.