03x08 - Come, Clad in Peace

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"Queen Sugar" follows the life of two sisters, one a formidable journalist & activist from New Orleans, and the other a modern woman, who, with her teenage son Micah, leaves her upscale apartment in Los Angeles and moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father: an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
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03x08 - Come, Clad in Peace

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Previously on "Queen Sugar"...

After true d*ed.

Your Daddy was starting to wonder

if it was all worth it.

I don't understand.

Your father was wandering the fields

- with a g*n that night.
- We need a schedule.

You act like I'm trying
to keep him from you.

DARLA: Who was she?

Your love story doesn't have
to be over, Charley.

I'm going to pitch to Rawlings
my own pie shop.

This here is our country. Black bitch.

- Excuse me?
- Say it again, dude.

Say it again.

The Landrys are working
with the government

to build a private jail here.

Hello?

Just got home from church.

Uh, sorry I didn't call first.

Just wanted to stop by,
check on how the move is going.

Going fine.

Matter of fact, I'm about
to have brunch with Vi.

It looks like you still have
a fair amount of packing to do.

Well, moving a little slow these days.

But, you're supposed to be out today.

Why didn't you just say something?

We could've come over.

Another notice was on the door.

But this house is all I got left.

I'm working on a plan to get you
back in your home real soon.

But I'm gonna need some time.
What about your daughter?

Billy's still coming to get you, right?

Okay. Then why don't you
go on to brunch with Vi,

and just leave the rest
of the packing to me.

Look, I appreciate
what you're trying to do.

Please, let me help.

♪♪

♪♪

♪ Dreams never die ♪

♪ Take flight as the world turns ♪

♪ Keep the colors in the lines ♪

♪ Take flight as the world turns ♪

♪ Keep the colors in the lines ♪

♪ Take flight ♪

♪ Dreams never die ♪

♪ keep the colors in the lines ♪

♪ Keep the colors in the lines ♪

♪ Take flight ♪

You don't have time to be fancy.
Just stack them in the box.

Uh-huh. Never been no cracked
plates on my watch.

Hand me them clothes.

When Micah and I had to let go
of our old life,

it felt impossible.

Can you imagine, having your
whole life uprooted in your s?

I made some calls
about all that EPA stuff.

Still waiting to hear back on a few,

but so far, the environmental
issues seem legit.

So Jacob was telling the truth.

- Afraid so.
- [DOOR OPENS]

Well, if that's a dead-end,

we'll find another way to stop it.

More yapping than packing.

Oh.

[CELLPHONE VIBRATES]

Gotta meet up with Darla later,

gotta iron out blue's schedule.

Since he’s with ’Wood
taking Miss Mae home

Seemed like a good time to get it done.

My advice?

Stick to the terms, focus on blue,

and keep your emotions out of it.

Yes, ma'am.

Y'all see this? Daddy and prosper.

I have seen that, for a split second.

Thought that was Ra.

Don't look like me.

You have the same mannerisms.

She right. You're Daddy
through and through.

♪♪

♪ I know I'll never be happy ♪

Score.

[LAUGHTER]

Yo, look at his peanut head.

Hey, man, don't be talking about my head.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION,
VIDEO GAME PLAYING]

[SON LITTLE'S "THE MIDDLE" PLAYS]

♪♪

Damn.

[EXHALES SHARPLY] You're right.

What they're doing there is foul.

All right, we need a round table.

Sweet bay plantation...

Now, we all saw
what they was doing over there.

- Disrespecting.
- Exactly.

So I say we make some noise.
- Hell, yeah.

I mean, we gotta top the basketball game.

We could stage a sit-in.

Or we could chain ourselves to a tree.

I'm not trying to get arrested.

MALIK: We need to grab
people's attention,

because this right here,
it's a slap in the face.

Every day, people be rolling in there

making a complete joke of our ancestors

with their stupid costumes
and they fake-ass accents.

Hell, years later,
their legacies are still

shackled and bound to that white man.

He's just parading them around
like show ponies for cash.

- Hmm.
- For what?

Selfies?

♪♪

See, these girls was taking selfies, bro.

So, no.

If they can't respect our history,

they can't have our history.

ANT: Then let's show them
what our people went through,

not this watered-down crap
they been teaching us.

You know, it'd be cool

if we could recreate
the blood on our land.

Yeah, like, maybe get some red paint.

Yeah, and cover the ground
around the sl*ve quarters.

Yeah, we should find the names
of the slaves that lived there.

ASHA: And then plant their names
all over the field.

- Yeah, that'd be dope.
- For real.

- Yeah.
- Micah?

You in?

[ SIREN WAILS] Get out of the car!

[ DOOR CLANKS]

♪♪

♪ I can't take no more,
living in the middle, no ♪

I'm in.

♪ Living in the middle, no ♪

♪ No ♪

Best hide-and-go-seek spot
was under Daddy's sink.

Y'all could never find me.

Because you were so skinny,

you could fit yourself
in the weirdest places.

Until that one time my butt
fell through the wood.

Mama was so mad.

Mine was the side shed.

Had my first kiss in that shed.

- Hmm.
- Oh, summer...

That, uh, rapper bazaar. Remember?

Yeah, I remember.

Gerald Washington.

With the high top fade.

You always did go for the pretty ones.

And you always went for the...
Smart ones.

And all those basketball players.

Oh, it was Gerald Washington.

Hmm, that boy was fine.

Back in the day, when dating was easy.

Speaking of which,
who is this mystery man

that aunt Vi may
or may not have mentioned?

Nah, just... me and my laptop.

Okay. I see how it is.

♪♪

That's why expanding beyond the kitchen,

opening up a pie shop,

allows the business to grow
at a good, moderate pace.

Now, using a model similar
to Sylvia's soul food,

we can still sell to stores regionally

and keep a home base for the community,

bringing together
my two favorite things...

People and pies.

Well, I thank you for your time.

How'd that sound?

Sound like you know
what you're talking about.

- Yes.
- [LAUGHTER]

And I am not taking no for an answer.

- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, sh**t.

We better get back to it before
clive try and cut us loose.

He's already been through
two new managers, two.

I ain't surprised. Mm-hmm. Oh, baby.

Can I get two pork chop plates
with grits, eggs scrambles soft?

We got you. Proud of you, girl.

Thank you, babe. [LAUGHS]

- Hey, prosper.
- Hey!

Muah.

Hope you ain't been waiting long.

No, sir. You are right on time.

I just put our order in.

You tell them I like my eggs scrambled...

Scrambled soft, I surely did.

[LAUGHS]

[SIGHS]

Like you been busy lately.

I'm never to busy for you.

Charley told me...
About you needing to move.

I, um...

Can handle my own affairs.

Ain't nobody disputing that.

I got it all handled.

And you would tell me
if you didn't, right?

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

Ain't nothing wrong with asking
for a little help

if you need it. That's what family's for.

We've been friends way too long.

You family.

♪♪

It finally feels like home,

now that everything is in its place.

I got blue a bunch of snacks
mom would never let me have.

Now he won't stay out of the kitchen.

He'll eat a hole through
your wallet if you let him.

True.

[VEHICLE PASSES BY]

[DOG BARKING]

Looks good.

You're doing good, Darla.

Things, uh, things are really good.

And this...

This is blue's room.

He helped me decorate.

♪♪

Man, we supposed to be doing
something like that, too.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Looks good.

[ME'SHELL NDEGÉOCELLO'S "GOOD
DAY BAD" PLAYS]

♪♪

♪ I'm surprised every sunrise ♪

♪ The earth would have me back ♪

♪♪

♪ Surprised my knees hold me up ♪

♪ That it's not all gone black ♪

♪♪

♪ And I'm sure by nightfall ♪

♪ I will burn up all I have ♪

♪♪

Claire and me...

Sit out here every evening after dinner.

Take it you're done?

♪ So don't go out your way

♪ to make a good day bad ♪

Your boxes will go to storage.

Put your luggage by the front door.

I want you to know
if you need anything, I'm here.

♪♪

I'll wait with you, if you don't
mind until Billy gets here.

♪ Like this, like a lover ♪

♪ I turned a good day bad ♪

I told her not to come.

Why?

She's got her own life to worry
about, with family, kids.

I'll rent a room for the time being.

No. You can't rent a room, prosper.

♪♪

Just come and stay with Micah and me.

No. I...

I don't want to put you out.
You've already done enough.

I've got a guest room
with your name on it.

Please.

♪♪

I'm not leaving here without you, so.

♪ I am haunted late at night ♪

♪ And no one cares to ask me how I feel ♪

♪ Seen more good than bad ♪

You're stubborn just like your Daddy.

♪ Seen more good than bad ♪

Why, thank you.

♪♪

♪♪

MICAH: It's like a thing.

It's the same thing, yeah.

Mom's home.
- So crazy.

MALIK: See, I don't know
what you're talking about.

I definitely think I...

Hey, Mr. Prosper. It's good to see you!

No need to turn it down on my account.

I don't know what they're saying no ways.

Well, they're speaking the truth.

Yeah. Only rappers in know
are pac and biggie, so.

- Hey!
- Hashtag legends.

- Right.
- All right, man.

We about to dip.
- All right, peace, bro.

- All right, bro.
- I'MMA hit y'all tomorrow.

- All right, bet.
- All right.

- Hey.
- Nice seeing y'all.

- Peace.
- Yeah. Bye.

Get home safe.

[DOOR OPENS]

I know. I'm gonna clean it up right now.

- Mm-hmm.
- Glad you're here, Mr. Prosper.

Prosper, this is for you.

This is a beautiful place.

I didn't know two people
need so much space.

[CHUCKLES] Make yourself at home.

I'm gonna go get your room ready.

Uh, Micah.

On it, throw that upstairs.

Mm-hmm.

You took care of the sheets on the bed?

Mm-hmm.

Yes, everything is good.

♪♪

♪♪

Just a few new ideas
before all this goes through.

Let's see what you got.

So, for as long as I can remember,

I've been baking pies from scratch,

and pouring my love into a -inch pan.

And, uh, having the opportunity

to sell my pies in your stores

is a dream come true.

But, I realized that
that's only part of the dream.

Okay. So, um...

The other part is community...
Interacting with folks.

I think that that's, uh...
I think that that's why I loved

working at the high yellow so much.

You know, having a home base
for a community, where I can,

um... [CHUCKLES]

Just give me a minute.

I'm sorry. I, um,
I'm not feeling real well.

Can I get you some water, or...?

No.

Can we come back to this tomorrow?

Of course. Of course, absolutely.

Um, are you...

You okay to drive?

I mean, I don't want you driving if...

Um, I can make it home. Not a problem.

Hey. Okay.

♪♪

I'm gonna take you home, okay?
- Okay.

Just give me a second. I'll get the keys.

Thank you.

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

♪♪

[INHALES, EXHALES DEEPLY]

[PANTING]

♪♪

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

All right. So, these are
the alarm codes for the house.

Just try not to lose them.
My mom'll freak.

Um, remote... okay.

So, this is for the TV,

the blu-ray, and the sound system.

You just gotta make sure

that it's connected to the right source.

I ain't gonna fuss with all that.

Can... Can you just put it on ?

Uh, sure.

.

You like the westerns?

Yep.

[ g*nshots]

Um, yeah.

My mom says someone should be by tomorrow

to drop your recliner and a table.

You need anything else, just let me know.

- Okay.
- All right.

Oh. [LAUGHS]

Peace.

DARLA: So we alternate field
trips, PTA meetings,

but both there
for parent-teacher conferences

and keeping each other
on the loop on behavior issues.

All right.

What's next?

You still got a key to the place,

so, I was thinking...

I... I can get that back to you.

I was thinking...
Actually, I was thinking

maybe I can get one to your spot.

That way if you ever running late,

me and blue ain't gotta wait in the car.

Yeah. Um, of course.

I can get one made for you.

All right.

I know that you have
a lot on your plate, so...

I was thinking that maybe
I could keep blue more often.

We're just gonna take it slow.

How slow?

♪♪

You take him on the weekends.

Rest of the time, I keep him.

I feel like blue needs time
to just adjust to all of it.

I think that we should both
have him % of the time.

♪♪

No, no. We can alternate weeks.

It's too soon.
It's too soon for all that, no.

He's happy here.

What if you lose your job, huh?

Gotta move again or something?

- I am not losing my job.
- What if?

♪♪

I've been reading up on it,

and blue needs stability right now.

I am stable.

You're the one that's got new people

running in and out of that house.

Bringing that up again, huh?

Yes, I am.

I need to approve anyone new
before they meet blue.

You talking about trinh?

I don't know what her name is, but yes.

And Benny and those men.

Thought we dealt with that already.

No, we didn't.

That never should've happened.

A lot of sh*t never should've happened.

But it's where we at.

I am tired of having
the same fight with you.

Oh, here you go. You tired?

[SCOFFS]

What the hell you know
about being tired? Really?

Mommy and Daddy paying
for all your stuff, new house,

nice little car out there.

See, I'm working two jobs
and being a single parent

while you're out here finding yourself.

You're not a single parent.

The hell you think I been
doing all this time, huh?

So what if my parents
help me get this place.

Did you pay for that house
you're living in?

Or did your Daddy give it to you?

♪♪

You can let yourself out.

♪♪

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
HORN BLOWING IN DISTANCE]

Hey.

You can put the rest in the warehouse.

Thank you.
- Sure thing.

Didn't mean to interrupt.

Just came to get my check.

I had fun at your aunt's
party the other night.

When I am , please make me
as youthful as that woman.

Not to mention, I learned some
k*ller dance moves from blue.

So, you know, watch out.

You okay?

Yeah.

Just got some things, you know?
Gotta figure it out.

Sure. Um...

Let me grab your check, then.

Here you go.

Appreciate it.

See you later.

Bye.

KJ: All right. Guards get off at : ,

so any time after that should be clear.

- All right, y'all time it out?
- Yeah.

Me an ant went there this morning.

- All right, cool.
- This fool was speed walking

with his stopwatch.
I just out there looking crazy.


Whatever, dude.
Look, it'll take minutes

to get this done
and be back in the truck.

Twelve minutes to stop the world
and make them pay attention.

All right. So we'll have two on paint,

one on signs, one lookout,
and one tagging.

Okay, but who's the...
Are you on lookout?

Um, I'm the tagger.

- Asha got skills, dude.
- That's right.

- Mm-hmm.
- I call paint, though, so.

- Oh, yeah. Me and kj got paint.
- I'll do signs.

Guess that makes you a lookout.

That's cool.

Yeah, that's cool.

♪♪

Susie's famous chicken soup...

Guaranteed to have you
feeling better in no time.

And I... I need you better

because my investors are getting anxious.

Well, that is awfully kind of her.

Please give her my best.

Yeah.

And I wanna say thank you
for getting me home safely.

Of course.

Mr. Rawlings...

There's something I need to tell you.

Okay.

Last year, I was diagnosed with lupus.

It's a chronic illness,

but an illness that
I'm learning to manage.

And all that means is that there
are good days and bad ones.

Wow. Um, I'm sorry, Vi.

I didn't...

I appreciate your candor.

I mean, I know that probably
wasn't easy to share.

Well, I just want you to know

that I'm gonna do everything in my power

for it to not interfere
with our business.

I can promise you that.

And so, um, I'd love
to show you my pitch again.

Oh, no. Please, look.

There's no rush.
We can talk about that later.

Well, I thought you said
that the investors were anxious.

Nah. They'll be fine.

I would rather you just focus

on getting better and enjoying that soup.

♪♪

- Thanks.
- Mm-hmm.

Finally heard back from my friend in D.C.

Check this out.

Sam's son, Colton Landry,

did his undergrad at Cornell,
graduated in .

Yeah, I got a file on him.

Yeah, but look at this.

His fraternity brother, Thomas Rhodes?

Guess where Thomas works.

[SCOFFS]

The Environmental Protection Agency.

bucks says there's
nothing wrong with our soil.

I've got a call into a friend at the EPA.

CHARLEY: Hey, Mr. Prosper.

Yeah, don't mind me.

My sister and nephew
taking good care of you?

Got me all set up.

Oh, how's the interviews
going with the book?

Good. Real good. Thank you.

All right. Now, if you need to
talk some more, let me know.

I'm gonna do some reading now.

All right.

Nova, we can't just sit on this.

Families are being kicked out
of their homes as we speak.

There's a board meeting tomorrow.

I wanna see what they have
to say about all this.

I can make some more calls on my end.

Let me help.

Let me hear what your friend
at the EPA has to say.

Otherwise...

This is all really great, Nova.
Thank you.

But I don't want you implicated.

You have a book to write.

Yeah. Okay.

[SARA NIEMIETZ'S "LET ME BE" PLAYS]

♪♪

♪♪

♪ You don't know my story ♪

♪ You don't know my name ♪

♪ You ain't seen my smiling face ♪

♪ You ain't seen my name ♪

♪ The road I walk is mine alone ♪

♪ Only one for me ♪

♪ If you don't want to come along ♪

♪ You should let me be ♪

♪ Let me be everything I am ♪

♪ Let me be wild and free ♪

♪ Let me be myself again ♪

♪ Oh, let me be ♪

♪♪

- [DOOR OPENS]
- NOVA: Hello?

In here.

[DOOR CLOSES]

♪♪

I don't wanna talk about it.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Me neither.

♪♪

What are you talking about?
This is a good room.

This was my room.

It's gonna be good when I fix it up.

Besides scrubbing the floors,
what's wrong with it?

Blue deserves more than hand-me-downs.

[CHUCKLES]

I'm gonna pick up
an extra shift at the plant,

get him some new furniture.
Wanna get some art supplies,

change up the walls
or something, add some color.

Blue don't need all that.

He's a kid.

He's happy with you.

For now, yeah.

[CHUCKLES]

Whenever he go live with Darla,

see all the new things,

I ain't really got a choice, huh?

Oh, okay. So you plan on not sleeping.

[SIGHS]

Taking on more seafood shifts,

when you already got the farm to tend to.

That's what pop did.

Even after mama d*ed,

he wasn't there no more,

making sure he took care of me
no matter what.

With the farm and all the going on,

did all that.

And here I am.

Ain't even sure I got my life straight.

So you're gonna run yourself
into the ground

trying to be like Daddy.

Took a lot of strength, what he did.

Daddy struggled... a lot.

Who don't?

He still got it done, right?

Yeah, and he almost d*ed 'cause of it.

What you mean?

[AISHA BADRU'S "SPLINTERED" PLAYS]

♪♪

When you saw him at his
strongest after mama d*ed,

he was at his lowest.

Everything fell on him.

And he got real depressed...

The kind he almost
didn't bounce back from.

What you mean, didn't bounce back from?

Got so low...

He thought it'd be easier
if he wasn't around.

So one night, he went into
the fields with his g*n.

♪♪

But...

No.

...prosper got to him,

talked him down.

That don't make sense, Nova.

Not pop.

♪♪

Daddy was so busy
trying to hide his pain...

♪♪

Do it all himself.

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

It damn near broke him.

♪♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

But he survived it.

Started the farmers' collective,

doing everything you're doing now.

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

You're not shouldering the burden alone,

'cause you got me, Charley,

aunt Vi, Hollywood.

You don't need to take on more.

Just stay the course, Ra.

♪♪

♪♪

♪ We dig ourselves into a ditch ♪

♪ How many of us die
and pretend to live? ♪

♪ We stop the life from leaking in ♪

♪ When we turn away
from what lies within ♪

♪♪

♪♪

[GRUNTS]

♪♪

Prosper?

Let's get you to bed.

♪♪

♪♪

Come on.

♪♪

♪♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

Mind if I join you?

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

Oh, hey. Yeah.

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪♪

♪ We're so afraid to be alone ♪

Everything okay from the other day?

Ain't all figured out, but will be.

♪ They never taught us
how to look inside ♪

♪ Only how to run
and how to dry our eyes ♪

My brother said you wanted
to pick up some extra shifts.

Nah. Not right now.

♪ We dig ourselves into ditches ♪

Okay.

♪ How many of us die
and pretend to live? ♪

Aunt Vi wanted me to take her
up to that sculpture garden,

her and blue,

ever since you told her about it.

Family field trip.

That'll be fun.

She really liked you.

♪♪

I'm glad.

♪♪

♪♪

♪ We are splintered ♪

♪ And we are rotten deep ♪

♪ Under the floorboards we've forgotten ♪

♪ But all the answers
to all our problems ♪

♪ Lie within the one
who tries to dodge them ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪♪
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