02x09 - A Fair Fight?

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♪ ♪

Previously on Ghost...

What in here
could possibly help you?

It's all about Sweeney.

Dude, what the f*ck?
Not that one.

You're on trial
for m*rder, Tariq.

I'm your only hope.
I need that photo.

And what about that book

Professor Reynolds
was writing?

Did Tariq hear the tape?

I didn't play it for him.

Is Lauren Baldwin in danger?

There's nothing I can do
at this point to help her.

Take the stand in her place,
Carrie.

How many lies have you told

to cover up your relationship
with Zeke Cross?

People are starting
to get upset about the backlog.

Well, I might have a plan,

but we're gonna need
the Tejadas for this sh*t.

Someone's trying
to rob me. Let's roll.

♪ ♪

They got away
with the shipment.

f*ck.

How the hell
did they find this location?

That ain't your f*cking auntie!

That's your mother.

Zeke, you're not 19. You're 23.

And the father?

Now all we gotta do is
take care of the inside man.

You know, if Zeke
still has you to come to,

he'll never come back to me.

Carrie?

♪ ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ I never took
A straight path nowhere ♪

♪ Life's full of twists
And turns, bumps and bruises ♪

♪ I live, I learn ♪

♪ I'm from that city full of
Yellow cabs and skyscrapers ♪

♪ It's hard to get a start
In these parts without paper ♪

♪ Homey, I grew up in hell
A block away from heaven ♪

♪ That corner every 15 minutes
They moving seven ♪

♪ Pure snow, bag it
Then watch it go ♪

♪ Occupational options
Get some blow or some hos ♪

♪ sh**t the ball or the strap
Learn to rap or to jack ♪

♪ f*ck it, man
In the meantime ♪

♪ Go head and pump a pack ♪

♪ This my regal, royal flow
My James Bond bounce ♪

♪ That 007
That's 62 on my count ♪

♪ I'm an undercover liar
I lie under the covers ♪

♪ Look a bitch in the eyes ♪

♪ And tell her
Baby, I love ya ♪

♪ You're my inspiration
You're my motivation ♪

♪ You're the reason that I'm
Moving with no hesitation ♪

♪ They say this is
A big, rich town ♪

♪ Yeah, I just come
From the poorest part ♪

♪ Bright lights, city life ♪

♪ I gotta make it
This is where it goes down ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I just happen
To come up hard ♪

♪ Legal or illegal, baby
I gotta make it ♪

♪ ♪

Uh, Councilman Tate,
where is everybody?

Tariq, Tariq, Tariq,
I'd love to hear your take,

since you never play fair
with anyone...

...do you?

Professor Reynolds, how?
What the f*ck?

How? What the f*ck?

Lil' n*gga damn sure
didn't play fair with me.

Yeah, me neither.

Man, he played fair
with your dumb ass.

You got what you deserve.

That was for my sister.

Do not put that on me.

Raina, I'm so sorry, okay?

I never meant for you
to get hurt.

You think you didn't mean
to hurt any of us.

Tariq, you're the reason why
Tasha sh*t me, you know that.

If it wasn't for you,
I'd still be alive,

and Cash would still
have a mom.

It's not my fault.

Who the f*ck are you kidding?

- What are you doing here?
- You're surprised?

After you left the back door
to your apartment open

for dear old Uncle Tommy?

My blood's on you too.

Have you checked on Elisa Marie
since you made her an orphan?

Mm, that's cold.

Mm-hmm,
Tommy's gonna get your mama.

You didn't forget about me
already, did you, Tariq?

Professor Milgram, they said
your death was a su1c1de.

And why is that, Tariq?

Could it be because you made me
get on the stand?

- Oh, it's for you.

Hey, you're early for once.

Please don't go in there.

I'm not gonna miss class.

I have perfect attendance.

It's your father, Tariq.
He has something to tell you.

I think you should answer it.

♪ ♪

What's up?

What does Rashad Tate
know about you that I don't?

Councilman Tate?
He don't have no dirt on me.

Well, that's not what
Jenny Sullivan thinks.

He's her next witness.

The f*ck does Sullivan think
I have on the St. Patrick kid?

She wants to use you
to rehabilitate Carrie Milgram

after MacLean tore her apart.

And this was your idea, 'Maal?

The most I might have done
was mention how well you knew

Tariq St. Patrick
and his father.

So Carrie's unfortunate su1c1de

doesn't do
the rehabilitation enough?

MacLean argued that
any discussion of the su1c1de

was prejudicial
because the jury may blame him

and "unfairly"
punish his client.

Sounds like some sh*t he'd say.

Yeah, well, he said it
and he won,

so now you're Jenny's
next move.

What's that?

Don't tell me you got
some side chick on the wifey.

Nah, man.
I know that number, man.

It's some crazy-ass drunk lady

saying she's a witness
to Jabari Reynolds' m*rder.

She says she's a witness?

Yeah, but she keep
changing her story.

First, she saw nothing,
then she saw one guy,

and now she talking about
she saw two perps.

The lady likes attention.

Well, you can give it to her,

'cause she ain't getting mine.

Unless, uh, you think I should?

Hell nah, bro.
You were hired for your brain.

Well, that, and, of course,
I pulled a few strings.

But the point is,
what's Jenny gonna think

if you bring this to her now?

Hmm? Mid-trial? Nah.

And you've, you know,

worked to get to a place
where you got discretion.

I say use that sh*t.

♪ ♪

Oh, f*ck.

What up?
It's your boy Freaky Zekey.

Leave a message
and I'll get back to you.

What up?
It's your boy Freaky Zekey.

sh*t!
Look, I need to speak to Zeke.

He's not even
answering my calls.

Just give him some time, Monet.
It's a lot to process.

Look, you don't know him.

He doesn't know how to think
things through on his own.

Hmm, this is him.
He wants to meet up.

Good. I'll get my coat.

He asked to see me alone.

I'll talk to him.

I will make it
so he wants to talk to you.

I promise.

It's gonna be okay.
I'll get us all together again.

♪ ♪

Tariq.

Professor Milgram's death
is a terrible tragedy.

I thought she had
more fight in her.

She just didn't seem
like the type.

I'm sorry
about Professional Milgram.

I didn't think
that would happen.

You know, I'm starting
to realize, Tariq,

that you don't actually
think through anything.

Maybe Jenny Sullivan is right

and you should be
off the streets.

Your trial starts at what,
uh, 2:00 p.m. today?

It ain't looking too good.

And I'm looking forward
to testifying.

I gave you what you asked for.

You gave me hearsay.

I need f*cking proof.

All right.

You want proof,
I'll get it to you.

Don't be late to court.

♪ ♪

Hey, yo, Mecca,
I'm about to head out, man.

I got rid of the work
like you wanted,

so I shall see you mañana.

Yeah. Uh, about that.

I'm actually gonna need you
here all day, Cane.

- Yeah, I gotta go home, so...

You're funny, man.

You don't seem
to get how this works.

Nah, n*gga, you don't get
how this works.

I'm out.

Give me your f*cking hand.

f*ck off me, man.

On the chopping block, now!

Come on!

♪ ♪

Give me a print.

Let's go.

Voilà!

Congratulations, Cane.

You my number two now.

That means you live here
and you keep the place secure.

This gives you access
to everything.

It tells you where I'm at 24-7?

Yeah, well, there's that.

Come on, Cane.
You should be pleased.

This is a f*cking
promotion, man.

Hey, first order of business,

whip out that little cell phone
and call your pops.

We gotta tell him
that we don't have any product,

on account of us
getting robbed and all.

♪ ♪

When's the re-up?

Yeah, so there isn't any.

What the f*ck did you just say?

We got robbed.
Everything's gone.

♪ ♪

- Come home, Cane.
- I can't right now.

I don't have time
for your sh*t today, Cane.

Come home.

♪ ♪

I gotta go, Papi.
I'll talk to you later.

♪ ♪

Papi, you--

Are you okay?

The re-up is off.

And those GTG m*therf*ckers
are ignoring my calls.

Whatever is happening,
it's f*cking up my business.

Strap up. We're headed out.

I'm gonna look Lil' Guap
in his face,

and I'm gonna see
if he can ignore me then.

I know what happened
to the supply, Pops.

♪ ♪

The connect cut Monet off--

Monet?

W-what the f*ck
are you talking about Monet?

Ma never stopped working
with Tariq up at Stansfield.

I told you.

♪ ♪

You did.

Your mother convinced you
to lie to me, Dru?

I only found out the other day,
after she got cut off.

So she robbed the connect,
f*cked me in the process,

and you helped her.

Only 'cause that was my way
of getting at Guap.

You know I owed him a b*llet.

That was the only way I could
do it without setting Cane off.

You shut down my business
over revenge!

I picked you to take over

because I thought
you were smart,

because I thought
I could f*cking trust you.

I am smart,
and you can trust me.

Prove it.
Get my f*cking weight back!

I'll try, Papi,

but it's probably
already up at Stansfield.

Dru, get my f*cking dr*gs!

♪ ♪

It's me.

About damn time.

You know how many nervous shits

I had to breathe through
in here?

Okay, where is it?

Come on, hurry up!

Once you have it, what are you
gonna say on the stand?

m*therf*cker,
all you need to know

is that if I don't have it,

I will destroy you
on the stand, off the stand,

any and every place I can.

Quit f*cking playing
with me, boy.

♪ ♪

Wow!

And as a fellow
faculty member, can you talk

about Ms. Milgram's standing
at Stansfield?

It was stellar.

Always prepared, always willing
to go the extra mile.

Ms. Sullivan, is there
a point to any of this?

After Mr. MacLean disparaged

Professor Milgram's
reputation--

The witness' reputation
is perfectly intact.

Mr. MacLean revealed

that Ms. Milgram
was a sexually liberated woman.

And as far as I
and this jury is concerned,

that is not a sign of bad
character in this courtroom.

So unless there's
anything else?

Councilman Tate, do you have
any other relevant information

in this case
or to Tariq St. Patrick?

I don't believe I do.

Just that I'm very proud
of my brother, Kamaal Tate,

who's now an investigator
in your office

and has worked hard
to find justice in this case.

♪ ♪

Mr. MacLean,
any other questions?

Just one, Your Honor.

Councilman,

you mentioned your brother's
involvement in the case.

What do you know about his work
with any eyewitnesses?

Objection!

Your witness opened the door.

♪ ♪

Councilman?

Well, we really
didn't talk details.

He's very professional when
it comes to that type of stuff.

Thank you, Councilman.
You may step down.

But come to think of it...

♪ ♪

...there is one thing.

He mentioned an eyewitness,

uh, who said, uh--
what was it they said?

Oh, yes, that there was
more than one person.

Uh, she saw two men
at the Jabari Reynolds m*rder.

- Objection!
- Something like that.

Uh, I wasn't really listening.

Your Honor, can we go
to chambers?

Why, so you can hide
more evidence from the jury?

Judge, please direct
Mr. MacLean

to stop addressing me.

Sounds like someone's afraid
of the truth!

All right.
You two, chambers, now!

♪ ♪

It's grounds for a mistrial,
Your Honor.

Knowingly withholding
evidence that

- mitigates my client's guilt--
- There's nothing knowingly

about it!

Okay, the knowledge
of a DA's office investigator

is imputed
to the prosecuting attorney.

My investigator never told me!

Which is 100%
immaterial to the law.

Your Honor, give me a week.

I'll investigate
and turn over anything

that qualifies
as Brady materials.

Oh, the Brady violation
already happened.

We should be discussing

immediate dismissals
and sanctions.

Come on!

We don't even know if this
information is credible.

You have 48 hours.

And if it is true
that your office

withheld material
exculpatory evidence

from the defense,
I'm dismissing this case.

g*dd*mn right.
Um, respectfully.

♪ ♪

♪ I'm in full effect ♪

- There you go.
- Thank you.

♪ ♪

- Did you know about Carrie?
- Yeah. Yeah.

Your mom told me about you
and your professor.

You know, Monet's not gone if
you don't want her to be, Zeke.

She lied to me my whole life.

To my face.

That's f*cked up, man.

And if anyone
find out my age...

I look like the liar.

You right.

Until you get
the real story out there.

The real story ain't sh*t.

The Kings want me
'cause they think I'm 19.

They find out I'm not,
they don't give a f*ck

whether or not I'm in on it.

A scam is a scam.

Well, then you gotta be
so f*cking good

that it doesn't matter.

Hey, what about
a private coach?

I'm talking one-on-one
training until the draft.

You take a break from school,
you focus 100% on your game,

and the coach is on me.

You for real?

Son, it's the least I can do.

But you gotta
do one thing for me, man.

Talk to Monet.

You see this right here?

It's the roof right there.

- Where the lockboxes are at.
- Yeah.

I just gotta get
the QR code from his phone.

Shouldn't be too hard
since you're Tariq's trial boo.

Okay, f*ck you, Dru, all right?

Because I already know
Tariq only asked me to court

just to keep me locked out
the sh*t y'all were up to.

Can you blame us?

I wouldn't have told Lorenzo!

Yes, you would have!
That's your MO.

Half the sh*t
that happens in this family

is because you can't keep
your mouth shut,

and you are always
in everybody's business.

- Wow! Okay, that ain't fair!
- Last night ain't fair!

So I tell the truth
and everybody hates me?

Yeah, kinda!

If you get Lorenzo his product,
he'll hate you a little less.

Well, you know, I can't do that

without you getting
a key card from Ev.

You sure you can handle that?

Yeah.

You listening to me, Zeke?

Yeah.

I was 16 and crazy in love
with this fool,

and I got pregnant.

I thought we could do it,
but my mom kept saying

Dante ain't in no position
to be nobody's father.

Was I gonna raise
this child alone?

By the time I got a chance
to tell him, he got roped up,

proving my mother's point.

She sent me down South.
I gave birth down there.

Man, it was so hard when
they took you away from me.

Maybe I should've tried harder.

But Lena always wanted a boy,

and she loved you
like you were her own.

And you never looked back.

When everybody saw you
could make it to the league,

we thought it would be better

if you went to school
in New York.

I was so happy
just to be a auntie to you.

And then he shows up
outta nowhere.

And you were too worried
about f*cking up your own life

to let me meet him?

- Zeke, that was for you.
- Bullshit.

Monet had her reasons, Zeke.

The guy she knew back then,
I wasn't sh*t.

She didn't know time
had been good to me.

My dumb ass thought
I had it all

until I saw you two on ESPN.

The second I saw your face,

it was like I got hit
by lightning.

But Monet had no reason
to trust me.

You can trust her though, Zeke,
because she loves you.

♪ ♪

Answer one question
for me, Monet.

Anything, baby.

Did you have something to do
with Carrie's death?

♪ ♪

I'd never hurt you
like that, Zeke.

After Lorenzo kicked me out,
I came straight here.

Stayed here all night
worried about you.

♪ ♪

That is true.

I was with her,
right here in this room.

You could trust me, Zeke.

But I don't got to no more.

Once I get drafted, I'm gone.

By myself.

And you can both
forget about me.

Again.

♪ Let's turn the lights on ♪

♪ Get the kinda love
I think I'll fall for ♪

♪ A flawless garden
With no ego ♪

♪ I'm your cup of coffee
You'd be my Sweet'N Low ♪

♪ ♪

♪ You are different, babe
On a different wave ♪

♪ I know what you want
No need to explain... ♪

Oh, f*ck.

You like that? Huh?

- Hey, babe, babe!
- Huh? What?

Your right hand.
It's, like, fully healed.

♪ Real love ain't safe... ♪

Oh, yeah. It's a little better.

Mm.

Maybe now you can draw me
that tattoo.

♪ Real love ain't safe... ♪

I don't do that anymore.

I'll be-I'll be
right back, okay?

♪ It's all or nothing
Never-ending ♪

♪ I want you more
Than all your changes ♪

♪ All your flaws
Were never strange ♪

♪ Turn our hells into heaven ♪

♪ Oh, whoa ♪

♪ You are different, babe
On a different wave ♪

♪ I know what you want
No need to explain... ♪

♪ It's a risk to take
Real love ain't safe, no... ♪

♪ ♪

Lauren, funny seeing you here.

Your room's
just down the hall, no?

- Is Tariq here?
- He, um--

Tariq's pretty popular.

How you doing, light skin?

Who's your friend, Brayden?

I'm Lorenzo.

Why, you looking
for a new friend?

You still sticking
to the story

that you don't know
Cane Tejada?

He already answered
the question.

Go ahead, Brayden.

Like I said, that was
the only time I ever met him.

He's lying.
He totally knows him.

Cane is the guy
who deals dr*gs with Tariq.

He's, like, his partner
or whatever.

Do you have
firsthand knowledge of that?

Oh, hell yeah. Yeah.

The guy kidnapped me
and Brayden

and forced us
to sell dr*gs on a corner.

- What?
- That's crazy!

Yeah, it is pretty f*cking
crazy, isn't it, Brayden?

You know, probably would have
k*lled us, too,

if it weren't for that cop
that pulled us over.

I don't know what the hell
he's talking about.

Why don't we pause
for a minute?

No. I'd like to hear this.

The cop who stopped you,
was that Officer Ramirez?

Yeah. That's the one.

Yeah, uh,
he was actually working

for Cane and Tariq.

- Tariq bragged about it.
- Trace!

My guess is that Tariq
probably didn't like Ramirez

butting around
where he didn't belong.

Maybe that's why he k*lled him.

Okay, you're out of your
f*cking mind, you know that?

You think your brother's
making this up?

I think he's a sick
and desperate cokehead

who's using this
as a distraction.

- That's what I think.

Okay.

This is from Ramirez's dashcam.

Now what do you think?

♪ ♪

That's either direct
corroboration of Trace's story

or it could mean
both of you were accomplices

in the m*rder
of Officer Ramirez.

That's Cane Tejada's car
and his license plate.

Councilman Rashad Tate handed
me my ass in court today.

I need hard evidence
against Tariq St. Patrick,

and I need it now.

Can't help you.

Brayden,
you're the one on the tape.

You're implicated
by this evidence,

and I think you could give me
Tariq St. Patrick on a platter.

You can testify,
or I can indict you.

What if Trace testifies?

I-I'd be happy to.

With one condition.

Whoever testifies,

both Trace and Brayden
get complete immunity.

♪ ♪

Deal.

What's good, my boy?

Heard what happened
to your professor.

- sh*t's crazy.
- Yeah. How about you?

How's everything
going with the trial?

Well, I mean, Tate testified,
blew up the prosecution

for hiding one of the witnesses
that could have helped me,

so it's looking a'ight for now.

So Tate decided to help
you out after all, huh?

♪ ♪

You gave him the photo.

The one of my dad
with Sweeney?

Right, Tariq? What the f*ck?

- What, bro?
- How'd you get it?

Doesn't matter how I got it.

I got it and gave it
to Tate, that's it.

Yeah, it does matter
how you get it

'cause I told you
f*cking not to.

Can you understand
how much is at stake

for my family right now?
Just for once, please?

Okay, I need you to understand
what's at stake for mine!

It's not always about you!

Your family will fine, okay?
Your father will be fine.

Sweeney will look crazy, okay?

I'm the one that could go
to jail over this sh*t,

not your father, bro.

But this sh*t
is not a game to me.

This is life or death.

Yeah, life or death, Tariq.
f*cking bullshit.

♪ ♪

Hey, what's up?
Is everything okay?

I was hoping we could talk.

I mean, I would,

but I have to go meet
my lawyer in a little bit.

Well, can you be a little late?

I'm sorry.

It's all right. Just come in.
It's fine.

Talk to me.

So what's wrong?

Um...

...'Riq, you the only one
who's not mad at me right now.

I'm sure it's not that bad.
What's-what's going on?

I found out...

I found out Monet
has been cheating on my dad

with this guy
from her past named Dante.

Yeah, my dad cheated
on my mom, I get it.

Yeah, but it's-it's not
the end of the world.

No, you don't get it.

Dante is Zeke's dad. f*ck.

Monet-Monet is his mom,
not his auntie.

What the f*ck?

She had him
when she was, like, 16,

and she's been lying
to everyone this whole time.

So how is that your fault, D?
That's not your fault.

But it is my fault.

I put her business on blast
the other night at dinner.

Tariq, what is wrong with me?

And now everyone's mad at me,

even though she's the one who's
been lying this whole time.

Well...

Even Dru thinks I should have
kept my mouth shut.

I'm just a huge fuckup.

No, you're not, D. Here.

You did what you felt like
you had to do, right?

It's family. sh*t happens.

Um...

you got, like, a water
or something?

Nah, I think we finished
our sh*t,

but I could go down the hall

and get you one
from the machine.

I'll be right back.

♪ ♪

- Here.
- Thanks.

Look, D, I'm sorry,
but I-I really

can't miss this meeting
with my lawyer.

No, um, I get it.

I mean, I appreciate you
for just listening to me.

Talking about it made me feel
a lot better,

so thank you.

For real.

Of course. Anytime.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Hey, yeah
Hey, stupid ♪

♪ U-u-uptown boys
Nothin' live-er ♪

♪ Get the bag
Then I wiggle like Wilder ♪

♪ All your lil' things
Stop bi-bi-big things ♪

♪ My lil' chain cost more
Than yo' big chain ♪

♪ f*ck with me, get a bag ♪

♪ Fu-fu-fu-f*ck with me
Get a bag ♪

♪ Fu-fu-f*ck with me
Get a bag ♪

♪ Fu-fu-fu-f*ck with me
Get a bag ♪

♪ Bitch, don't block
Yo' blessings ♪

♪ B-b-bitch, don't block
Yo' blessings ♪

♪ Diamonds disco-flashin'
Drip toe-taggin' ♪

♪ Mink coat draggin'
Block boy trappin' ♪

♪ Hot boy in action
Don't need caption ♪

♪ Rocks Dame Dashin'
Neck breakdancing ♪

♪ I'm a dog, I'm a beast
Gotta own, never lease ♪

♪ n*gg*s out, leave the freaks
My condolence to the streets ♪

♪ k*lled 'em
Ten summers straight ♪

♪ Can't last
n*gg*s frontin' ♪

♪ Throw up bricks at her ass
Yeah, ones and hundreds ♪

♪ Talkin' drip game poppin'
And the wrist game rockin' ♪

♪ Trap money stop,
All the drug dealers robbin' ♪

♪ Montana ♪

♪ My name ring bells
Clase Azul ♪

♪ Montana ♪

♪ It's them uptown boys
Copy cool ♪

♪ Up-up-uptown boys
Nothin' live-er ♪

♪ Get the bag
Then I wiggle like Wilder ♪

♪ All the lil' things
Stop bi-bi-big things ♪

♪ My lil' chain cost more
Than yo' big chain ♪

I really appreciate
y'all for coming out today,

and I'm pleased
to let y'all know

that I will be leaving
Stansfield immediately

and using that time
till the draft

to train with a private coach.

Does this have anything to do
with the promise

you've been made
by a team in the lottery?

Y'all know I can't say
nothing about that, but...

...what I will say is that
I'm ready to leave New York

and the negative influences
that come with it.

By negative influences, are you
referring to your family

and the legal troubles
that have plagued you and them?

Yes, I'm referring
to my family.

♪ ♪

Um...

uh...

Zeke, w-what's your response

to the allegation
on Bleacher Report?

Have you knowingly been
misrepresenting your age?

Is it true you're really
23 years old?

Okay. All right. Hey! Okay.

Hey, hey, no more questions!

How old are you,
Zeke?

Sorry, no more questions.

If this is true, you can
forget about Sacramento.

Tariq, hey.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm good. What's up?

Listen, Professor Milgram's
su1c1de,

you shouldn't feel like--

it's not your fault.

I know.

I should have believed you
from the start.

You should have.

Look, remember when you heard

that they found dr*gs
in my room

and I got called down
to the precinct?

I called Professor Milgram
for help.

She convinced me
that if I wore a wire,

there would be no charges
pressed against me

and my parents
would never find out.

So I did it.
And they used it against you.

I know.

- You do?
- I mean, I ain't too surprised.

I mean, you once told me
that you never loved anyone

to sacrifice yourself
for them, so...

It's not like that!

Look, they told me that they
were going after Brayden.

Wait, what do you mean
they were going after Brayden?

Brayden was the suspect,
not you.

I was trying
to keep you out of it.

That's why I asked if Brayden
knew about Jabari's book

and why I even talked to him
and that guy Lorenzo.

Lorenzo--what the f*ck did
this Lorenzo guy look like?

Uh, he's--I don't know,
he's in his 20s.

Brown skin.
He said he's Zeke's cousin.

f*ck.

That's Lorenzo Jr.
He goes by Cane.

Lauren, you just got Brayden
and Cane Tejada

on a f*cking wire, all right?

You need to get
outta here fast, now.

Jenny Sullivan promised me
nobody's gonna--

You wanna believe a prosecutor
over me, that's fine, a'ight?

That's on you.

But I'm telling you
that you need to run.

I'll help you.

Just go to your parents' house,
and I'll call you.

♪ ♪

You know this isn't
the end of anything, Zeke.

I can hire you a PR firm.

We'll get the truth out there
and get you back on track.

It don't work that way, man.

It works the way
I say it works, son.

Let me talk to him. Zeke.

Zeke, wait. I'm so sorry.

I think Lorenzo did this sh*t,

and he got it coming
because of it.

Down!
Down, down, down, down, down!

Stay-stay down!
Stay down, stay down.

m*therf*cker.

- You guys all right?
- Yeah, we okay.

You got somebody following you?

Nah. Nah, I'm good.

But, Monet,
could this be Lorenzo?

Could he have followed us?

You know, maybe Yas does
deserve a fresh start.

Away from me,
away from all this bullshit.

Everyone around me
gets hurt anyway.

You're not the center
of everything, 'Riq.

Most of them had that coming.

Like, if you're talking
about that professor girl,

she definitely did
that sh*t to herself.

I'll never understand that,
you know?

All I ever wanted
was to survive.

♪ ♪

It ain't about
Professor Milgram.

It's about Lauren.

♪ ♪

All that girl ever wanted

was straight As
and a nice boyfriend.

Now she's like my mother
all over again,

having to run
because of my sh*t.

What do you mean run?

♪ ♪

I talked to her today, and...

...she might have gotten
Cane and Brayden on a wire.

What? She got Cane on the wire?

And Brayden, but Brayden's not

gonna wanna k*ll her
if he finds out.

Cane is the danger.

You know, she gotta get
the f*ck of here--

- And you gon' help her?
- Yes.

Malibu Barbie's
a f*cking snitch, Tariq.

I'm sorry, you don't understand
the danger in that?

Effie, I spoke to her.
All right?

She understands.
She's not gonna say sh*t.

And how the f*ck
would you know?

'Cause she was your girlfriend,
and now she's the reason

that you're on trial
for m*rder.

I-I can literally think
of nothing

more f*cked up than that.

Un-f*cking-believable.

Listen, you don't
know Lauren, all right?

And you don't know
the whole story either.

♪ OG talk
Project halls ♪

♪ Forty side
Where n*gg*s seen it all ♪

♪ For real, for real ♪

♪ I can send n*gg*s a slide ♪

♪ I'd rather
Show them the ropes ♪

♪ Integrity matters
The most... ♪

I don't got a lot of time.

The connect's got me
on a short leash

after the little stunt
we pulled off.

What, he thinks
you were involved?

I don't know.

Dumb m*therf*cker
gave me a promotion.

But I definitely gotta stay
close to him.

What's up?

It's Tariq's girlfriend.

Here I am thinking
you his girl.

I'm no one's girl, okay?
Let's start there.

- I'm a woman, first of all.
- Okay.

Second of all, you met her.

Blonde chick, light-skinned.

Yeah, I met her at his spot.

Yeah, she was wearing
a wire when she met you.

She got you on tape
with Brayden.

She's a f*cking snitch?

And she knows way more
about Tariq

than she does about you
or white boy, but...

How you know this?

Tariq told me.

So he knows
and he's letting this ride.

Yeah.

♪ ♪

But you're not, though.

♪ Damn, n*gg*s really
Got it jumpin' ♪

♪ They finally gave Nas
A Grammy ♪

♪ Just front me the gold
That wasn't the goal ♪

♪ First clip was
A warning sh*t, n*gga ♪

♪ We spinnin' back up
The road ♪

♪ Through the boroughs
Pull up our Rolls ♪

♪ Empty this bitch
And reload ♪

♪ When you been in it
This long ♪

♪ It's gon' look
Like it's magic... ♪

What's the big emergency?

I got a problem
I need you take care of.

Tariq's chick wore a wire.
She got us both on tape.

Are you for f*cking real?

No. For fake.

How you know that sh*t?

A friend.

Now, the way I see it,

only she can authenticate
that tape in court.

And you, of course.

You know me, bro.

You know
I'd never do that sh*t.

Yeah, I don't think you would.

But we both know
what she'll do.

That's where you
come into play, Ivy League.

I don't think
I'm the man for the job.

She talks, we both go down.

Besides, she trusts you.
She'll listen to you.

Unfortunately,
she seemed to miss my charms.

♪ ♪

Yeah, but I just--

I never, you know, did that.

I gave you a g*n, rich kid.
Use it.

I mean, if you don't,
we both know what I gotta do.

To Lauren?

♪ Can't spend
All that time ♪

♪ In your feelings... ♪

To you.

♪ Don't nobody owe you ♪

♪ Ain't nobody
Holdin' you back... ♪

Cane.

♪ Attached to something ♪

♪ That ain't even that ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Here we are.
- Thank you.

So I, uh--I understand

you humiliated
your brother in public.

He'll get over it.

There was a, um,
larger agenda at hand.

Uh-huh.
You could've cost him his job.

But it didn't.

He's smarter
than a m*therf*cker,

and he knows how to move.

Listen, I didn't ask you here

to talk
about my brother, Steven.

Oh, I know, Rashad.
The Sweeney thing.

I was really kinda hoping
you'd given up on that dream.

Yeah, well, you hoped wrong.

I gather you'd like me
to open that.

Oh, yes, absolutely.
Please. Be my guest.

♪ ♪

You look like the cat
who ate the canary.

I am almost scared.

Let's just say I know that
you'll never doubt me again.

♪ ♪

Sneaking out somewhere?

Holy sh*t.
What are you doing here?

We need to talk
about Cane Tejada.

I'm not saying sh*t
without my lawyer here.

It's about Trace, Brayden.

We both know
what's likely to happen

if he takes the stand.

Yeah.
So don't put him up there.

That's cute.

But you could stop that b*llet
that Cane's got for him.

Save your breath.
I am not testifying.

You don't have to.

Look, I know you're covering
for Tariq

and know way more about Cane's
operation than Trace does.

Give me enough to arrest
Cane now,

and when Trace takes the stand,
he's already behind bars.

Just think about it.

Cane Tejada could be
off the streets tomorrow.

Good night, Brayden.

I am sorry, Tariq.

It's too late
to stop the adoption.

But as you can see,
a nice family.

Be right back.

No. Where are you going?
Please.

Mr. St. Patrick,
please come back!

- Please come back here!

♪ ♪

That really was not
a very good idea.

♪ ♪

I need to speak to you.

Lorenzo came after us.
He came after Zeke.

And I think he might
have leaked the age issue

to the press to try
to destroy Zeke's career.

Hmm.

He won't rest until he

takes everything away from me.

We need to k*ll his ass.

I have a better idea.

How about you, me, and Zeke
get on my jet tomorrow

and fly anywhere in the world
you want

and start a new life
as a family?

I got a family, Dante.

Yes, a family who,
because of you,

is ready to be on their own.

You know I got the accounts
set up already.

Zeke doesn't wanna have sh*t
to do with me.

Well, now that the NBA's
off the table,

living in paradise
with his parents

can't be the worst option.

Thanks for coming up here.

I'm just giving 'Riq
a little space.

Oh, yeah?

He's been acting
kinda weird lately.

Yeah, like he's getting soft.

Maybe he's tired
of having to be

so g*dd*mn hard all the time.

Yeah, well,
that's the f*cking game.

Well, everyone says that.

"That's the game.
That's the f*cking game."

You know,
why can't you deal dr*gs

and have a moral
f*cking quandary

every once in a f*cking while?

You ever have to do something
you really don't wanna do?

All the time.

Tariq ask you to do something?

Not Tariq.

I can break my word,

protect everything
I've ever known,

or I can keep my word,
protect myself...

...and become the person
I never thought I'd become.

Look, you found the game, okay?

The game ain't find you.

See, where I'm from,
that sh*t comes straight

to your front door,
but you made a choice.

Way back in Choate
and again here.

It's too late, Brayden.
You can't go back now.

You don't know
what I have to do.

And what happens
if you don't do it?

There's no right answer.

There is, Brayden.

You already know what to do.

But you gotta man up and do it.

Cane, my man.

I'm outta the country
for a while.

You'll take charge
of the day-to-day.

I'ma go pack, and then
we're gonna talk details.

Mecca, I gotta go home.

So...

♪ ♪

Where is my f*cking bag?

What the f*ck
you talking about?

I know you stole my dr*gs,
Cane,

but I let that sh*t slide.

Not this bag, though.

No, I need that sh*t back
right the f*ck now.

Mec, come on, man.

You know I wouldn't--I wouldn't
take anything from you.

Fine.

Do it this way.

♪ ♪

Hmm.

Your access is off.
All exits are sealed.

You're here until I get back.

Cane.

Mecca knows I stole his sh*t.

He knows we took the product.

f*ck, can you get
somewhere safe?

Nah, it's too late.
He got me locked in his spot.

And if I leave,
he's gonna hunt me down,

then come for y'all too,
and I cannot let that happen.

A'ight?
I gotta do this on my own.

What? Don't be stupid.
Send me the address.

Ma, no. Listen. All right?

This way, he leave
y'all alone, okay?

♪ ♪

I just wanted to say, um,
goodbye

and for you to tell
Dru and Diana, okay?

Well, if he suspects you,
why he didn't sh**t you yet?

I don't know, I think
he's gonna k*ll Tariq first

and then come for me.

So he left you in his home,
by yourself,

with a phone.

Why?

Send me a photo
of this Mecca guy.

You better warn Tariq.

Just be packed
and ready, all right?

♪ ♪

sh*t. All right, Lauren,
I gotta call you back.

♪ ♪

Yo, 'Riq, what up?

Yo, B, I need you right now.

There's some crazy sh*t
going on.

Yeah, bro, I got you.

All right, look,
I need you to get Lauren

and take her outta town for me.

A'ight, she'll explain
the rest to you later.

Yeah, bro, no prob.

f*ck! A'ight, thank you.
I owe you, a'ight?

Look, she's at her parents'
crib on Convent Avenue.

I'll let her know
that you'll be there soon.

- Thank you again, bro.
- Bet.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Thank you so much
for picking me up, Brayden.

Anytime.

- It's Davis.
- Yo.

You asked
about Dante Spears?

- Yeah.
- How the hell

did you run
into this m*therf*cker?

Don't answer that.
You want my advice?

I mean, that's why
I called you.

Watch your ass.

He's one of the biggest
informants on record, Tariq,

dangerous as f*ck.

So well-protected,
the feds sent him

out of the country
to protect his ass.

Let me give you
a few of his greatest hits.

You're not going to like
the list.

♪ ♪

Hey, man.

♪ ♪

Tariq, right?

Where's my f*cking bag, Tariq?

- Not here.
- Hmm.

You are an ambitious
little n*gga, ain't you?

I'm just here protecting
myself and my family.

Funny way to do it.

You see, I know a lot
about you, man.

I know about your uncle, Tommy.

I know about your dad, Ghost.

sh*t.

I even know what you did
to that m*therf*cker.

So rat me out.

Ain't that what you do?

Ain't that what
Dante Spears does?

I mean, I heard about you.

You ratted on some of
the biggest heads in the game.

Arms dealers, cartel bosses,
freedom fighters.

I mean, what can I say?

You're-you're like the GOAT
of global snitching.

♪ ♪

So you do wanna die.

You k*ll me,
all this sh*t comes out.

Who else knows?

What, you scared about
what Monet might think?

What do you want?

I want two million,

in one of them offshore
accounts, under a fake name.

I know you could do that sh*t.

You think your ass
is worth two f*cking megs?

See, it's not even about me.

I'm sure you know how much
n*gg*s would pay to see

where the f*ck
Dante Spears is at.

♪ ♪

Here are my terms.

I open your little account,
whatever.

I make it flush.

But you, you get access
after I have that bag.

I'll be in touch.

And you keep this on you
at all f*cking times.

You know what?

When I was still
in the m*llitary, Tariq,

they used to send the most
brutal of us to Georgia

to help maintain the security
of the Western Hemisphere

and all that sh*t.

School of the Americas,
it was called back then.

We trained paramilitaries.
We trained soldiers.

Now, some of them believed
in a cause, and some of them,

they were just for sale to
the highest bidder, you know.

Now, the highest bidder at that
time was a man named Lobos.

Yeah.

He took one look at me,

and he just knew
I had a price.

And he was right.

You see, I sold him to the feds
for my freedom, Tariq.

And he never found out
it was me

because someone
was gracious enough

to k*ll that m*therf*cker

before he had
a chance to do that.

So do me a favor, man.

When you see your father
in hell,

you tell him Dante
said good looking out.

♪ ♪

Where are we?

Oh, hey, um...

I just gotta pull over
real quick.

♪ ♪

Wait, this is where
you wanna pull over?

♪ ♪

Get out.

- I said get out!
- What?

Get the f*ck out!

Brayden, let's just talk
about this, okay?

Did Tariq put you up to this?

This has nothing to do
with Tariq.

Okay, but, Brayden,
this isn't like you, okay?

I know you. This isn't you.

♪ ♪

It's all I could get
on short notice.

But you're gonna need more.

Oh, God.

You have to go
completely off the grid.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Brayden.

No credit cards,
text messages, emails, nothing!

- Okay.
- No phone calls, Lauren.

- Okay.
- Not even to your parents.

Okay, I won't.

There's a bus station
a mile up.

Get on the first one heading
south and don't look back.

I promise you're not
gonna regret it.

♪ ♪

f*ck.

- Walk.
- I'm leaving!

Brayden,
tell her that I'm leaving!

I'm getting off the grid!
I know what to do!

I know what to do.

Brayden!

Please.

Okay, you and Tariq,
you guys can trust me.

Me and that boy trust
a little bit differently.

Get the f*ck in the car!

No, please.
You do not wanna do this.

You're right. I don't.

♪ ♪

You stupid m*therf*cker.
After everything I did--

Put the g*n down, Dante.

You know this n*gga?

I like the name Mecca,
by the way.

What the f*ck you doing here?

Wait, Dante
like Zeke's dad, Dante?

This is exactly
what you wanted, isn't it?

Holding my son here,
keeping him alive long enough

to come up with a master plan.

So you gonna tell him
about yourself, or should I?

Wait, so you been playing me
this whole f*cking time?

To get to my mom?

To put us in a position where

we can't say no to his ass.

I knew he didn't
steal my sh*t alone.

That was you too.

Nah, I ain't have sh*t
to do with that.

Lorenzo set that up.

Which is why I'm here.

I'm ready to go.
We're ready to go. With you.

♪ ♪

But we have this one
common enemy

that we gotta get rid of first.

Lorenzo.

So you gonna k*ll him.

And me, you, Zeke,
and my three kids,

we're gonna get on that jet
that you so in love with...

...and get the f*ck outta here.

I can't leave behind
no loose ends.

Mm.

- Cane, you down with this?
- Yeah.

There's a lot of things
you don't know

about my relationship
with Lorenzo.

I'm with it.

Okay.

Yeah, let's make
a f*cking plan.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Remember when I said ♪

♪ I was out with my n*gg*s ♪

♪ Hadn't left my house
In a minute ♪

♪ Ain't invite you, I just
Hoped that you'd visit ♪

♪ Made me sad
When you didn't ♪

♪ See the smoke in the air
I b*rned the bridges ♪

♪ Booked a flight, I had
A one-way ticket to heaven ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Then I came back
To my senses ♪

♪ Get my sh*t together
Don't know how to ♪

♪ Thinking about the day
That I found you ♪

♪ Remember when I said
I'm happier without you ♪

♪ I lied, I lied ♪

♪ Said I'm all right
I'll be just fine ♪

♪ But it's all a lie ♪

♪ I lied ♪

♪ There's just something
About the truth ♪

♪ That don't feel right ♪

♪ At least this way I know
I'll sleep at night ♪

♪ Can you blame me ♪

♪ I just want
Some peace of mind ♪

♪ If I said I'm all right ♪

♪ Then I lied ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Remember when I said
I was out with my n*gg*s ♪

♪ Hadn't left my house
In a minute ♪

♪ Ain't invite you, I just
Hoped that you'd visit ♪

♪ Made me sad
When you didn't ♪

♪ See the smoke in the air
I b*rned the bridges ♪

♪ Booked a flight, I had
A one-way ticket to heaven ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Then I came back
To my senses ♪

♪ Get my sh*t together
Don't know how to ♪

♪ Thinking about the day
That I found you ♪

♪ Remember when I said
I'm happier without you ♪

♪ I lied, I lied ♪

♪ Said I'm all right ♪

♪ I'll be just fine
But it's all lies ♪