03x12 - Day of Reckoning

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Previously on "Greenleaf"...

I don't trust you anymore.

What?

I don't know how I'm
gonna ever trust you again.

Bishop Greenleaf!

One week before Mae's big day. You ready?

How do you prepare for such a thing?

You're really makin'
a lot of mistakes lately.

Who the hell is this?

Brother Greenleaf.

What happened with you and Tasha?

One kiss. One!

Are you Darrell James' daughter?

I am.

I'm sorry. They won't listen.

Who won't listen?!

- FBI.
- FBI?

- Yes, ma'am. Please step aside.
- You just stop right there.

We have a search-and-seizure
warrant, ma'am.

Jacob transferred
$200,000 of church funds

into what turned out to be
a personal account,

and then you, Bishop Greenleaf...

so they think... withdrew all those funds

and used that to pay off the I.R.S.

I've called an emergency meeting
of the Deacon board

to discuss your removal.

- You came?
- What do you want, Lionel?

I want to talk about my daughter.

My father passed away this afternoon.

Anything I can do for you?

Yeah. Maybe... Sit down for a minute.

Is Lionel my father?

I don't know.

Wait.

Wait!

Is Lionel my father or not?

I told you I don't know.

Do you intend on using this against me?

Do you?

Because if you do, do it now.

Just scream it down the
halls of the church.

Go on, Grace. Do it and save me.

Just save me from mounting this circus

in the shadow of the shame

that your father's
brought down on us all.

Please, please just do it now.

I would never do that, mama.

You know that.

Then, please...

Please, Grace...

I never want to speak about this again.

Please.

Oh, God...

Voicemail again.

Look.

Stop calling Basie and just call Tasha.

Look. Don't you understand
he has her phone?!

Are you more worried about her or us?

Which do you think, Kerissa?

I don't know.

Well, why ask something like that?

Because I don't know!

Ever since you came home last night

from seeing Basie...

But I haven't seen you
like this since Zora got stung

by that bee, and her throat closed up.

I'm worried about us, okay?

- Us and Tasha.
- You know what?

If you heard the way Basie was talking,

you'd be worried, too. Trust me.

I think it's mostly her.

And why would you say that?

Because the one thing you haven't done

since you came home last night
is hug me...

...and tell me we're not
gonna lose our church

or our home.

- All right.
- And Zora is gone!

- Come here.
- And... no.

Look at our life, Jacob. It's ruined!

Where you going?

Basie and Tasha's.

You already said
she couldn't help you, Jacob.

Look. That's because he's
telling her to say that.

And what if you change her mind?

Then what? Huh?

She loves you, Jacob.
Where does that leave me?

Tasha is our only way out of this,

if she tells her story to the FBI.

I gotta do something.

Oh, I wish you could have
seen that old man's face.

I think he half believes
he really did hit this.

I don't want to hear anymore.

Well, I guess you got a hearing problem

because I ain't nearly done
talkin' about it.

We got to get out of here.

Why? What's up, baby?

Jacob's going to eventually

come for his little side piece, right?

What makes you think that?

She's all that's between him and jail.

Come on. Move your ass, Ro.

Well, I'm not going anywhere.

Yes, you are! Come on!

No.

Your husband said get up!

Ow!

Don't be like that, Ro.

Look. Why don't y'all just leave me here?

I'm not gonna tell anyone. I promise.

Here's the problem with that, Tash.

I don't trust you anymore.

It's sad.

Ro, do me a favor.

Pack her bag up and meet me
at that motel by the raceway,

and where's the money you
said you were gonna give me

- when we talked on the phone?
- It's right here.

Where did that money come from?

None of your damn business.

Is that the money Bishop gave you,

the money you were supposed
to invest for him?!

Tash, when ro says
it's none of your business,

it's for your own damn good.

Now go pack your bags.

Bas, you're gonna need to use that
money for the bookies in Newport.

No, I ain't payin' nobody nothin'.

Look. That was a part
of the plan. That's...

this is what we gonna live on, Ro...

me, Tasha, and you

once we cross that
old little border to Mexico.

How that sound, baby?

I know I've been gone. I get it.

I'm gonna buy us a car,

clothes, a bottle or two.

I'll see you soon...

That place by the raceway.

We'll be there.

Now go pack your bag

unless you want me to do it.

Girl, get your ass over there!

Have you talked to Grace yet?

Well, yes. I did.

Girl, I'm so proud of you.

She came to me with it, actually.

And how did she find out?

Apparently, Lionel told his son.

So what's the good news?

Are you feeling better now
that it's out in the open?

Oh, what if she tells James?

What's that old sinner gonna do,

stand outside with a clown-frown face

and a sign that says,
"she's as bad as me"?

Ah, I don't think so.

Oh.

Oh, Maxine, I'm gonna miss you so much.

You're gonna be fine, Pastor.

- Hello?
- Hey.

It's your, um, maybe half-sister.

Oh. Hey.

- You got a second?
- Yeah.

Everything okay?

Yeah. I was... Wondering
what you thought of the idea

of...

Maybe taking a blood test...

Just to be sure.

Tell me where to be.

You haven't told Kevin, have you?

No.

Good.

So, um, later today?

Whenever, wherever.

Thank you, Aaron. I'll call you.

So who was that?

Tasha.

Tasha!

Tasha!

This isn't easy to say,

but I think it's your best bet,

given the fact that the U.S. attorney

might be filing charges later this week.

And what charges specifically?

Bank fraud, wire fraud.

And Jacob?

The same, but you have a defense

your son doesn't have, Bishop.

That's cold comfort, but tell me.

Cognitive dysfunction.

You mean I'd say I'm senile?

There are cases where
it's worked in the past.

How can I hope to run this church

if I publicly claim that
I'm mentally incompetent?

Daddy, we're just trying
to keep you out of jail.

What... after this Sunday...

Your mother's little festival?

Well, after that, Gigi, she's gone.

Now, I can't have these people
thinking that I'm losing it.

The deacons are
gunning after me as it is,

but thank you, though.

Uh, if you two will excuse me,

I have a baptism to perform,

and you'll notice

that I'm not carrying my book of prayer.

That's because I've got
the whole service...

Up here.

You could go to jail, Bishop,

for years.

That's a very real possibility.

Son...

My concern over this
is keeping my church,

not losing it to my ex-wife,

and I'm...

I'm fairly certain
I won't be going to jail.

How can you be so sure?

The other night, Elliot...

and I'm... I'm sure
you'll scoff at this...

The Lord gave me a...

a vision into the last moment of my life.

Now, it...

it wasn't nothin' specific,

but let's just say...

...it wasn't a prison.

What was it?

Do you believe in visions?

Now, be honest because God's listenin'.

I'm not sure.

Then I can't tell you...

Because you wouldn't believe me anyway.

- Elliot.
- Bishop.

So the only way to keep him out of jail

is that we have to turn Tasha Skanks.

I don't see any other way.

Thanks for doing this, Aaron.

Of course.

It's better for all of us
to know the truth, right?

What's so funny?

I just...

Oh.

Just how rarely I hear that,

considering I work at a church.

Such is life, huh?

Yeah. Speaking of which...

- You told Kevin.
- I had to.

He asked why we've been
talking so much lately.

Will you at least wait to talk to Charity

- until we know for sure?
- Totally.

I just... I want to be able to manage

how my father finds out, if this is true.

He won't tell a soul.

Oh.

Call me when you hear back?

You'll be the first one I tell.

All right.

Thank you.

Jacob?

Sorry. I was in a meeting.

I swear...

If we can hold onto this church
through all this mess,

it'll be a miracle.

Were you able to reach Tasha?

No. I haven't.

I did go by her house this morning.

Nobody was there.

And from the looks of the place,

nobody's coming back.

Isaiah.

I'm busy.

Come look at this tour promo I cut.

Pipe down. It's always about you.

Okay, so...

I used a bunch of old clips
from your past shows,

and then I was thinking
we could play a tiny bit

of "God step over it",

but with the remix with lecrae...

And I think it'll make it pop, right?

Who are you texting? Kamora?

Nobody. Gimme a sec.

It's your tour.

I shouldn't care about it
more than you do.

All right.

Let's see.

Okay. Great!

Yeah. Stick it up on the site,

and, uh, babe,

can you get started on my packin'?

Yeah, I'm late.

I'm packing your clothes now?

I mean, you know,
just lay out a few options.

H-how you say? "Make it pop."

I want an official title.

My girl.

Doesn't get any more official than that.

A paid position.

I'm already doing like 10 jobs for you.

If you're not gonna let me
go to Spelman or anywhere,

let me get a job.

As what?

I don't know, a videographer?

Let your label pay me.

I'll talk to the label.

That's all I wanted.

Now start packin'!

Yeah, I heard that's prime real estate

for videographers' job description...

packin' your man.

Hello?

Hey, Rochelle. It's Coralie Hunter.

Hey, girl. How you doin'?

My oldest just texted me

the address of their foster home, Ro.

They want me to come get 'em.

Coralie, we've been through this.

All right?

You just have to wait 'til
after your court date, okay?

If you take those kids without
permission from the courts,

you'll never see 'em again.

I'm not gonna wait for the trial.

Since when?!

You promised me.

They're not safe where they are.

Uh, they don't give me details
when they call,

but I can tell it is... it's not good.

I just want to get them
out of there today and go,

but I need money,

and I... I... I can't ask Grace.

She doesn't understand.

Where are you?

Home.

Stay right there.

Oh.

- Hey!
- Bishop.

God is so good.

- All the time.
- All the time.

Well, most of the time, anyway.

Philip Demars, huh?

Bishop Greenleaf, how you doing, sir?

Hey.

Harmony and Hope Ministries, isn't it?

Very funny, Bishop. Very funny.

So...

What brings you to Calvary?

I invited him, James. You remember.

Oh, yes. Connie did mention it.

How is it over at H&H?

Well, we have churches
in over 100 countries now.

Mm.

Next stop, North Korea.

Well, fingers crossed.

Well, that's fantastic.

Just fantastic.

I'll leave you two to conspire.

Good seeing you, James.

And it was good to see you, too, Phil...

...and...

It's still "Bishop",

and I don't see that
changing anytime soon.

If you ask me...

That's a church man who knows
his days are numbered.

Everything okay?

Yeah, just... Kerissa
driving me crazy, man.

She thinks Tasha's in love with me.

Why would she think that?

Because we kissed once.

You... Jacob!

What'd you hit me for?!

Man, when are you gonna grow up?

What do you mean, "grow up"?

It's barely a kiss.

Barely a ki... do you love her?

Who? Tasha? No.

You still love Kerissa?

After all these years?

I guess.

I mean, are things the way
they used to be? No.

But, I mean, you know...

How are things with you and Darius?

Not great.

Not even good, really.

That is the least of my problems.

Kerissa, though...

I mean...

Yeah?

I don't know. I... I... I...

Sometimes I think...

You know, I wonder
if we ever did break up,

if... anybody else would notice

what she looks like when she...

When she sleeps, you know?

I can always feel, like,

this little bone in her cheek, you know,

when I kiss her good morning.

I feel that cheekbone...

Against mine, and, uh...

You know, I know she's... It's her.

- She's in there.
- Mm-hmm.

Yo, you see this?

Is that Tasha with her?

I told you it would take a miracle.

Wait, no, no, no, wait.

Okay. Let's go.

So, you're Rochelle's sister-in-law.

Yeah.

Thank you again for all your help

with the kids and everything.

Oh, no worries.

I've been there.

Um, would you mind if I used your phone

- for just a quick second?
- Sure.

Tasha, let's not be rude now.

Whatever business you got,
we can handle it later,

after we...

You expecting somebody?

Don't you dare open that door!

I'm sorry.

Jacob!

After everything I've done for you?!

Oh, this white folks' rules, for sure.

Grace told me what you've done
to her father, to her family.

You believed her?

I didn't entirely at first,

but I do now.

- Tasha, let's go.
- No.

We're getting outta here!

These folks ain't your family.
I am. Let's go!

You have been nothin'
but trouble for me, Rochelle.

And what about Basie?

What about him?

The way he saved you, Tasha,

lifted you up from the gutter...

I saved myself with God.

She belongs to Basie.

Well, she's with us now, Rochelle.

Okay. All right.

Rot in hell.

Hey.

Your kids are better off
with somebody else.

Their mother is nothing but a
lying, little, murdering bitch!

Stop it, Rochelle!

This is over! Let it go!

At the end of the day...

...you're nothing like me.

I know I'm a sinner deserving of hell,

but you... You think
you're some damn Saint!

- No, I don't.
- Oh, yes, you do.

You think you're on the right side...

...'cause that's what happens when
you get all the money growing up.

It fools you into thinking
you're all right,

and you're not.

Let's see which one of us is sitting

on the right side of God on that day.

I hope we both are.

- You whore!
- What'd you call me?

I know what you did in Phoenix.

We gonna call the feds or what?

Are you okay to talk to the FBI tonight?

Yeah.

And you'll make it clear
my father and my brother

had nothing to do with any of this.

Yes.

We're gonna let her get away?

Jacob, I don't care about that.

I just care about you and Daddy.
Let it go.

Can you give me
a moment to talk to Coralie?

All right. Come on.
We'll wait in the car.

You'll tell the FBI I helped you, right?

- You promised you would.
- Of course I will.

When Ellie introduces it
as evidence into your case,

the jury's gonna know
that you are a good person,

and you are.

I don't feel like one right now.

You did the right thing...

...but I'm not gonna rest
until you are free

and back with your kids for good.

Thank you.

Tasha, I'm a married man.

I'm gonna be faithful
to Kerissa from now on.

I know that.

Well, I hope this
doesn't change anything.

Hope you'll still...

Help us clear this whole thing up.

Yeah. Of... of course.

Hey.

You ready to tell the truth?

Yeah.

Let's do it. Let's go.

Hey, you got my charger?

Yeah, it's right here,

and I put my cut for the promo in there.

Why you telling me?

'Cause I'm out. I'm leaving.

Wait, wait. What?

We both leavin'.

No.

I'm going back to Memphis.

I mean, I've done
what you asked me to do.

I've dealt with the side-chick crap.

I've been your assistant,
videographer, editor,

graphic designer, mama, maid.

I didn't ask you to do half of
that stuff you run around doing.

Because I was bored.

So I'm boring now?

That it?

Well, guess what?

You're pretty boring, too.

You know what I'm talkin' 'bout.

Bye.

Okay, see...

See, I never should have came back

for your ungrateful ass.

Never should have messed
with you in the first place.

Should have stuck it in
your cousin like she wanted.

You ain't goin' nowhere.

- Isaiah, move.
- Make me.

Isaiah, I said move!

Huh? Huh?

- Get off of me!
- Now what, huh?

We're on live, Isaiah.

Now let everyone know you're
gonna keep away from me

while I walk out this door.

May I?

Well, make it quick.

I have to finish
this sermon before tomorrow.

I just... I just heard from Gigi.

She's with Tasha Skanks,
talking with the FBI.

It looks like this is
a hurdle we've cleared.

You must be relieved.

Well, I would be...

If I wasn't quite so aware

of another, taller one ahead.

What did you do now, James?

It's not me. It's Connie.

She's talking with Philip Demars again

about us joining Harmony and Hope.

I'll see that doesn't happen.

Have your day tomorrow
and leave in a trail of glory.

If you stick around and try
to fight me for this church,

it'll send a message
to the deacons that we're...

neither one of us... fit to lead.

You seal my day tomorrow...

...with a public announcement

that I heretofore will be co-Pastor.

No.

I deserve that position
as much as you do, James,

more to be honest.

And that's why I won't do it!

For months now,

you've been beatin' me down
with your holy superiority.

Well, I will not have
my soul weighed by you.

That's a job for Saint Peter or Jesus.

You... you are just another sinner.

I know that, James.

Tell me everything you did,

and you tell me that
it's no better or worse

than what I did.

Say it!

"Pride goeth before a fall."

I will bless the Lord at all times.

His praise shall continually
be in my mind.

My soul makes its boast in the Lord.

Let the humble hear and be glad.

Oh, magnify the Lord with me,

and let us exalt his name today.

Whoo!

- Thank you, Lord!
- Thank you! Thank you!

All right, Charity.

I would like for Charity
to do the honors.

Oh! Yes!

Um... Well, what can I say?

Calvary, guests,

I call her mama.

And I, starting today,

am calling her Pastor Greenleaf.

Come on out here, Pastor Mae Greenleaf!

Whooooo!

Hey, it's me.

I just got the results.

Mnh-mnh. I haven't opened them yet.

Can you come to the church?

Thanks for coming.

No worries.

Thanks.

Where to?

Gigi.

Hey, Daddy.

How's it goin' in there?

Mm.

If I had to answer with the impartiality

of the journalist that I once was...

Extraordinarily.

- Hm.
- Mm.

Well...

Thank you.

For what, Daddy?

I was foolish, and you loved me.

I put myself and this whole
family in jeopardy, and...

You never stopped
fighting to save us all...

...and I thank you.

I love you, Daddy.

I know.

I know it.

I treasure you.

I have never felt so...

Humbled.

All you've done for me,
my precious daughter...

I thank you.

If there's one thing
I could go back and change

in the preaching that I heard as a girl,

it would be what I heard about
that dreaded day of reckonin'.

That dreaded day when the dead
would rise up from the grave.

You remember, don't you?

Yes!

Yes, and every soul was gonna
get what they deserved.

Yes! Yeah! Yes! Yeah!

I mean, here I am...

A little, bitty, precious baby girl,

and I just knew I had sinned.

I don't know... must have been

that chocolate-chip cookie
I took out of the kitchen,

but I knew... That I had sinned.

If I could just go back

and just put
some small measure of tenderness

in the hearts of those men
who were preaching to me...

some small drop of wisdom in their minds

so that they might have encouraged me.

Oh...

How I wished

that they had filled me...
With the confidence...

That Jesus bought and paid for
on that cross!

Yes! So that on that day
of that great reckoning,

I really would have gotten
all that I deserved,

which is the undying love of my Lord!

And we are going
to replace all that fear...

...with love.

Love!

Hey, you got a second?

For what?

Would you look at me, please?

What?

I love you.

- I know.
- No. I mean it, kee.

I love you.

I was talking with
Gigi last night, and...

And I realized...

...I love you.

You realized it?

Yeah.

Jacob.

If you just take this book up
and read it,

you cannot not know that God loves you.

Oh, it's all through this book,

and if you read this book
and you feel unloved,

Satan has intervened.

Amen! Hallelujah!

Ladies, you know in some
of our troubled neighborhoods,

every summer, we have that
"take back the night."

Well, sisters, let me tell you somethin'.

Today, you know what we doin'?

We are going to take back the light.

Just thought I'd come by to give you

what God is too selfish to give.

- Son, don't do this.
- You think I want to, old man?

All I wanted was to shut
you down, old man,

teach you a lesson, but you
got somethin', I don't know,

Satan or somebody...
demons protecting you.

No, this is your fault.

The only way to stop you
is to k*ll you dead.

- Son...
- I'm not your son, boy!

We really don't... Have to look.

We do.

I do.

Gosh, I...

Guess I'm more like
these people than I thought.

How so?

I'm always giving everyone

such a hard time for not
facing up to the truth,

but I won't face this.

You know, it might not be
what you think it is.

And if it is?

I'm telling you this out of
nothin' but love for you.

- Love?
- Don't!

- You k*lled my Daddy!
- I didn't mean to do it!

Now the truth is comin' out.

If you sh**t me...

Mm-hmm.

...it'll be two lives I've taken.

I'd have made you a m*rder*r,

and your life, what's left
of it, will be over.

Get away!

Get away!

It's not just about me.

To see that light in my father's eyes

that's been there since the day
that I was born fade away,

I hate that my mother has
put us both in this position...

to lose so much all at once.

Grace, I mean it.

We really don't have to...

you've lost your church...

You lost your wife...

And now you've lost your soul.

Shut up.

All for what? To make me pay...

Mm-hmm.

...to met out justice,

the job you know full well
is the Lord's alone?

- No, you got to pay.
- You don't have to...

Not any more than you already have.

And I've got to tell you something

about my sister right here.

Are we not so grateful

to have Maxine Patterson
in the house? Aren't we?

Oh, she's been so supportive and so kind,

and you know what she told me?

She told me, "the truth
will set you free."

That's what I told you, Mae.

- Didn't you?
- Yes, I did.

To have to live with those
questions every day, Jacob...

"Why am I not enough for him?

What's wrong with me?

Why would he even pick me if he
didn't even really want me?"

Kerissa, you are enough.

All right, there's nothing
the matter with you,

and you're all I want. I know that now.

It's too late.

Please don't do this.
I don't have any choice.

I just want the pain to stop.

It has to end.

That's right.

Oh, my.

And if you really want
to change everything...

...you got to start with the truth.

Yes!

Start with the truth
and walk in love and faith...

...and the change
will take care of itself.

I want a divorce, Jacob.

All you are is a man...

With a broken heart...

...and debts to pay.

If you pull that trigger,

you'll spend the rest
of your life behind bars.

No.

They not gonna catch me.

But you'll catch yourself!

You'll look in that mirror
and you'll see the thief

that stole the joy of every
moment of your life.

I see him every day.

Now, you give me that g*n.

Don't come any closer.

- Give me the g*n.
- I said, "don't come any closer."

Give me the g*n.

I said, "don't come any closer"!

The day of reckoning...

Is today.

The day of reckoning is today.

God's great day of reckoning

is any day that you step out on faith,

say, "thank you, Jesus,"
and take what's yours

because the day of reckoning is...

Today.

You're a man of God, Basie.

Under all the pain and vengeful feelings,

- you are a man of God.
- Mmmm.

No one could preach like you
without knowing that God,

God is God,

without knowing what life is.

You know.

Get ready to die, Bishop.

If you're the man you think you are,

say hi to Jesus for me.

If you're what I know you are,

you're gonna burn just like my Daddy.