01x07 - Outrunning a Ghost

[bunniefuu]

[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[JENARD] Previously on Force...

No one's prepared for it. You know why?

'Cause no one's ever seen
anything like this.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[TOMMY SIGHS]

[CLAUDIA] Welcome to my buzz saw.

Just take my word for it.
Best high I ever had.

- That's a big claim.
- Don't care. Best.

You're the only one
who knows how to cook Dahlia.

[TOMMY] You cr*ck it yet?

No, you can't bond it
to any other foreign substance.

It literally self-destructs.

- Hi, Doc.
- [TOMMY] You got everything

- you need to start cooking?
- I'm not a drug dealer.

Good thing for you I am.

[JENARD] I got a job for you.

It's about that n*gga Tommy.

What you need?

I just want you to watch
the m*therf*cker.

So you want me to babysit
this m*therf*cker?

♪ ♪

I don't need no more f*cking charity.

I need to start making some bread.

I'm trying to have
a real moment with you.

[TOMMY] We having a real moment.

[JP] Nah, you blowing rainbows
and sunshine up my ass.

I don't want that gig no more, fam.

Yo, what the f*ck you mean
you don't want the gig no more?

Find someone else for the job.

I'm Adrienne.

Diamond. Nice to meet you, Adrienne.

♪ ♪

It's nice to be met.

[DIAMOND] Did you feel special?

I did.

[g*nf*re]

You good? You good?

Look at me, Gloria. Look at me.
We're okay.

Why the f*ck would the Serbs
try to take you out?

That f*cking Tommy Egan.

[g*nshots]

You tell Mirkovic he comes after my boy,

I'll burn this f*cking city
to the ground.

[g*nsh*t]

- This is who we are.
- And this is what we do.

♪ ♪

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

[SMOOTH HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

[SINGER] ♪ Tougher than a Teflon ♪

♪ All that dope I stepped on ♪

♪ We'll get the rest gone ♪

♪ Been that n*gga what else you want? ♪

♪ If you want power, powder, respect ♪

♪ Mm, mm ♪

♪ I want that money
And power and powder ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

[ CENT] ♪ That paper
That paper, paper ♪

♪ Yeah, I gotta stack that ♪

♪ Them diamonds keep blinking blinking ♪

♪ We might have to check that ♪

♪ Now boy when that blicky blicky ♪

♪ Come out you get clapped fast ♪

♪ Draw down with a little joint ♪

♪ I match you like pat, pat ♪

♪ Come back when them cameras out ♪

♪ Run your block we kick that ♪

♪ Come back when your funeral
In progress ♪

♪ And hit that hit your back the back ♪

♪ Your bitch ass won't even hit back ♪

♪ You'll be splashin' in fashion ♪

♪ n*gga, you can check the drip ♪

♪ Catch you slippin' we slidin' ♪

♪ You n*gg*s on some different sh*t ♪

♪ We hit the licks we with the sh*t ♪

♪ Shh when you get hit ♪

♪ Quiet down ♪

♪ No need for the talkin' ♪

♪ The f*ck is that about? ♪

[SINGER] ♪ Tougher than a Teflon ♪

♪ All that dope I stepped on ♪

♪ We'll get the rest gone ♪

♪ Been that n*gga what else you want? ♪

♪ If you want power, powder, respect ♪

♪ Mm, mm ♪

♪ I want that money
And power and powder ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

[RAPHAEL LAKE & AARON LEVY'S
"LA PANORAMA" PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[SINGING IN SPANISH]

♪ ♪

[IN SPANISH] Tell me, Mommy.

[WOMAN] This isn't like anything else
you ever had.

I don't know, beautiful.

I've tried a little of everything.

Nothing like this.

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

I'm in.

Full freight.

We'll be in touch.

[YO TRANE IN ENGLISH]
♪ When I call you late at night ♪

♪ I'm not trying to conversate, no ♪

♪ You gotta drop your panties ♪

♪ Waste no time ♪

♪ Always hard for you To say no ♪

♪ ♪

[THUMPING DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ Drop ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Drop ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Drop ♪

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[CLAUDIA] Doc's more impressive
than I thought.

She can turn this out
a lot faster than I...

Faster ain't always better.

She in a hurry to work herself
out of this current situation.

But quality control
is everything right now.

[CLAUDIA]
I think it's time we go bigger.

[TOMMY] After we move this,
then we can go wider.

[CLAUDIA] Well, why not right now?
We're already heavy in the clubs.

Yeah, and we gonna do
twice as many clubs tomorrow.

- And then what?
- This is the then what.

We creating the demand
before the supply.

We gonna get everybody hyped
on this thing.

Yeah, that seems kind of backwards.

You know what?
You need to start trusting me.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Okay. Go on.

We gonna make it so everybody
who want it

can get down with it.

And I mean everybody.

The current version is nice,

but sh*t priced too high.

Nothing compares
to the effects of Dahlia.

People will pay a premium for it.

Small group of people.

Now, I know what you thinking.

We ain't going low rent,
just affordable housing.

We got the doc cooking
this sh*t up for us,

but our margins is gonna be f*cked

if we keep producing
with the current cut.

So what we gonna do is,

we gonna set up the rollout
with the prime,

and then we gonna come at them
with the new version

of Dahlia everyone can afford.

Um...

I'm giving you a street diploma here,

and this ain't no GED.

This is some master's type sh*t,

so I hope you was taking notes.

♪ ♪

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Jenard and Diamond. [LAUGHS]

g*dd*mn, it's good to see
y'all n*gg*s back together.

Always, n*gga.

To be honest, I wasn't sure
if I'd be returning to the Chi.

Life in the Crescent City
wasn't too bad.

But when Chicago calls,
you gotta answer it, you know?

Well, it's good to have you back, fam.

You too, my n*gga.

Whatever y'all need from me,

you know I'm good
to pick up where we left off.

- [JENARD] For sure.
- [D-MAC] Hey, yo.

Big bros, look. Check it out.

So me and Marshall
been working on some sh*t.

A business opportunity
we think y'all gonna f*ck with.

Y'all really gonna wanna f*ck with this.

A'ight, n*gga, f*ck it.
Shark t*nk, let's hear it.

A'ight, so look.

Me and Marshall got
a cousin down in Gary.

Now, this n*gga been trying
to move weight.

Hold up, y'all two
little n*gg*s are related?

- No.
- A'ight, then why you

starting the pitch with "we"?

- I'm-I'm confused.
- Whose cousin is it?

- Mine, n*gga, damn.
- And can we continue, please?

Yeah, I heard enough, fam.

We ain't heard sh*t yet, a'ight?

You know what I'm saying?

And besides, Gary, like,
a major artery to the Midwest.

- Just chill.
- Exactly.

Which is why y'all should let us be the,

uh, cour... uh...

Couriers, n*gga.

- Ah.
- That's the word, n*gga.

- Right there. I like that sh*t.
- That sh*t fancy.

Yeah, I'm not in the fancy business.

I keep it simple.

Thank y'all for the pitch.

Come on, just think about it.

Look, if we get picked up,

we don't need to do no real time.

And that juvie sh*t easy.

[D-MAC] Yeah, stupid time.
What you think, man? Come on.

[JENARD] I mean, sh*t, n*gga. I ain't
gonna lie. I like it. I like the pitch.

I think it's a good pitch.

Oh, it is?

I mean, it's kind of
out of nowhere a little bit.

But sh*t, Gary a good spot.
What you think?

I think we're good in our one lane here.

That sh*t sound like
a white man playbook to me.

- It really does, yeah.
- Facts, G.

[JENARD] A'ight?
Now, I don't know about you,

but a n*gga like me say, "f*ck it."

Let's open this bitch up. You hear me?

[D-MAC] f*ck we talking about.

I say no. It's not worth the trouble.

It's too many variables
that we can't control.

It ain't worth the risk, man.

[D-MAC] Damn.

Let me holla at your mans
real quick, a'ight?

Hey, Blax.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Last time I asked you for something,
you f*cked me, n*gga.

Bro, I stepped off that sh*t.
I gave your paper back.

It was all there.

♪ ♪

A'ight, so you want me to move on Gary?

n*gga, hell yeah.

Well, you gonna have to earn
my trust back, n*gga.

Or else I ain't f*cking
with your sh*t, a'ight?

Now, you got a chance
to come up here big.

What you need?

I need you to go find me
that m*therf*cking white boy.

Tell me where he at.

'Cause his m*therf*cking ass
is getting smoked tonight.

♪ ♪

A'ight. I got you.

♪ ♪

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

- Everything okay?
- Yeah.

Just f*cking peachy.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

We gotta be ready.

For what?

For when the Serbs come back.

Why would the Serbs be coming
after the Flynns, Walter?

We don't have a beef with them.

They took a sh*t at my son.

So I did what a father does.

♪ ♪

You got a f*cking problem
with that, Paulie?

No, I don't.

But we're not as strong as we once were.

- [LIGHTER CLICKS]
- We're strong enough.

Not if they come back.

♪ ♪

You opened the gates of hell, Walter.

♪ ♪

Good thing I'm the devil.

♪ ♪

[PAULIE] I'll get on it.

♪ ♪

[INHALES DEEPLY]

Glo, you wanna grab breakfast?

There's gonna be a huge line
at Walker Brothers.

♪ ♪

[GLORIA] I need to go away for a while.

I love you, but we're never gonna

get out from under your family.

And it just hurts too much
to keep doing this.

♪ ♪

[LINE RINGS]

Hey, it's Gloria. Leave a message.

[VOICE MAIL BEEPS]

Yeah, hey, call me back.

♪ ♪

[TOMMY] You know,
what we got with Dahlia

is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of drug.

The kind that Liliana
wasn't bullshitting on

when she said
it was gonna change everything.

Problem is, it's too expensive.

People are paying for the keys.

Keys is cool, but that ain't everybody.

If we move enough, who cares?

We still won't be able
to compete with heroin and coke.

Imagine Dahlia running
the f*cking market.

You're trying to knock it down
to make it affordable.

- It's smart.
- [LAURYN] I don't wanna do that.

I know my vote may not count
as heavily as...

You don't got a vote.
Dahlia's too expensive.

We gonna price ourselves out
or worse, phase out like a fad.

It's not a fad.

I want every crew in Chicago on our list

and then expand this sh*t beyond.

We need to keep this exclusive.

We need a version of Dahlia
everyone can f*ck with,

from the addicts to the garbageman

to sorority girls looking
to party on the weekend.

What do you say, Doc?

Please hear me out.

If we start deconstructing
and compromising

the molecular integrity of our compound,

we'll be knocked off or worse.

And that's not Dahlia anymore.

Of course it's Dahlia.

We just need to knock the price tag off,

make a sh*t ton at a good cost to us.

Stack it deep. Sell it cheap.

And pretty soon,
we own the whole f*cking city.

- Exactly.
- I'm in.

Dahlia's not some street drug.

Not yet.

But the doc is gonna make it one.

I agree with Claudia.

We don't need a cut-rate version.

You just stick to the science, Doc.
Let me handle the business.

I think we're making a mistake.

Let's take a vote. Who sees sh*t my way?

♪ ♪

You outvoted. Two to one.

♪ ♪

Make it happen.

There's a time lock on the door.

So don't even try it.

Remember, we all in this together.

♪ ♪

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

Y'all little n*gg*s ain't got no hos.

n*gga, what?
Shut your goofy ass up, n*gga.

I be stretching sh*t.

I need what the f*ck he smoking.

- Roll that sh*t up. Pass it.
- You got some f*cking nerve, D.

What the f*ck you got?

Man, really n*gga?

- What's up?
- [D-MAC] Come on, man.

You just put me up to this sh*t.

You gotta give me some time.

Well, the clock is ticking,
m*therf*cker. Hurry the f*ck up.

Soon as I get him,

you gonna get the call, a'ight?

Done and done.

I hear you.

[D-MAC] Hey, man, that Gary move,

my n*gga, that's big money
all the way around.

Don't even trip about white boy.

He good as bodied.

♪ ♪

So we doing this?

f*cking right, we gonna do it.

We gonna make that move
to Indiana ourself.

- Check on that cousin.
- Yeah, he good people too.

n*gga head f*cked up from that w*r.

That n*gga wasn't in no w*r.

He slipped on ice during basic training

and bust his sh*t,
knocked hisself unconscious.

He woke up goofy as f*ck.

I'm saying you ain't worried
about Diamond finding out?

♪ ♪

Nah.

That n*gga not gonna find out, a'ight?

He real m*therf*cking comfortable

with what he got
going on right here, bro.

Never really been about no field vision.

Can only run one play at a time.

The real risky move is standing still,
and that n*gga Diamond forgot that sh*t

when he was sitting
in that f*cking cell.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[LILIANA] You, um, eyeball this sh*t,

or, like, you get down
to the grams and grains?

See 'cause, like, to me,
the best way is about the feel.

Yeah, that doesn't work here.

It's metrics from start to finish.

Every chemical that's introduced

has a very particular
chain reaction to the other.

They link and change when they bond.

That's why it can't be f*cked with?

It's a fail-safe I instituted.

Yo, that sh*t was fire.

I-I couldn't get anywhere near it.

Oh, I know. No one can.

Listen.

You gotta get me out of here.

The f*ck I do.

I'll keep my mouth shut. I swear.

But if I don't show up to work,

people are gonna know I'm missing.

I'm extremely reliable.
I've never missed a day.

Oh, you want a f*cking gold star?

[SUCKS TEETH]

Call your boss.

- What's her name?
- Richard.

[LILIANA] Hi, is this Richard?

I'm calling on behalf
of Dr. Lauryn Williams.

Yeah, unfortunately she won't be able

to make it to work today.

She's having some health issues.

Now, Richard, you know
that HIPAA law prevents me

from disclosing any personal
or pertinent information.

We do hope this doesn't cause
too much of an inconvenience.

You have a wonderful day too, Rich.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Men are so stupid. It's so easy.

- Okay, but...
- [LILIANA] But?

There ain't no buts,
and you are pushing it, chica.

It's just, I have a dinner
I have to be at tonight.

A...

You got a dinner?

Okay, it's a date,
a third date, and I...

And I really... I like him a lot.

A third date. That's a big one.

Oh, Doc, you were gonna f*ck, huh?

[LAUGHS]

Yeah, well, you can't wear that.

That's what you would wear
to get a bank loan.

Don't stop 'cause I'm here.

No, no, we were just going over
the new marching orders.

Why? They wasn't clear enough?

They were, but my main concern
is the science of it all.

I literally have to reconfigure the DNA.

It's all science, Doc.
That's why you here.

This could be dangerous.

A lower-grade version of this drug

makes us susceptible
to someone ripping us off.

If they cut it wrong, our brand dies

- or somebody does a...
- f*ck that.

Our brand is tight.

No one can do what you do, Doc,
on any level.

This sh*t's all about you.

♪ ♪

Unless you ain't up to the task no more.

I'm... I'm up to it.

Oh, that's good.

♪ ♪

She got a date.

I don't give a f*ck.

People are gonna start wondering

- where she is.
- [CELL PHONE BUZZES]

Tommy, they are going to start
looking for her.

Well, if you so concerned,

then you going out tonight too.

♪ ♪

I'm not sorry for what I said,
but the way I said it,

I could have done better with that.
And I know that sh*t from Dr. Phil.

Is this an apology or...

I can't apologize
for who I am or what I do, JP.

Also Dr. Phil.

A'ight, I'll see you later.

Nah, but look, I didn't need
to f*cking bite your head off.

So for that, I'm...

- Yeah?
- I'm, you know...

Say it. Two little words.

- f*ck you.
- Apology accepted.

[TOMMY LAUGHS]

See, there was this guy.

He was my brother, man. He...

When people get close to me, it...

I just don't want nothing
to happen to you, a'ight?

And nothing will. So hear me out.

You must like talking to brick walls.

I'm not saying
that I have to cross the border

like a f*cking mule.

I just don't wanna be handed
something for doing nothing.

I can do the easy sh*t.

Ain't no easy parts in this business.

None.

- What about my club?
- No.

You gotta find a way to move the money.

Are you willing to risk your
father's heart and soul for it?

No.

I'm willing to risk it to save them.

[LAUGHS] You a good son.

We'll figure some sh*t out.

Now tell me what the f*ck
happened with Miriam.

It was a stroke or an aneurysm.

She's in real bad shape, man.

f*ck.

Hey, I think we should call Kate.

She buried Miriam years ago.

Why the f*ck would I call her now?

Because her mother is...

If she finds out about me and you

and I'm here in Chicago,

she gonna be on the next plane
to cover her bullshit.

She ain't the person you hoping for.

See, I don't know that.

I don't know what the f*ck
kind of person she is.

All I'm getting from this is your side.

This bitch lied to me my whole life.

Told me Miriam was dead.
Acted like you was never born.

And with all them lies,
all of that bullshit

from when I was a kid,
I kept coming back to her.

Family is about forgiveness.

I can't never forgive her
for what she done.

She walked out on me
right after they cut

the f*cking cord,

and I'm still willing to forgive her.

What the f*ck she do to you
that was so bad?

She chose to love a ghost instead of me.

♪ ♪

[WALTER] We're tightening up
security around here,

and I'm putting two guards on you.

I'm good, thanks.

We need to be ready for retaliation.

I'm not really interested
in having security

up my ass - .

[WALTER] Sweetheart, your brother

can look after himself on the street.

What the f*ck are you gonna do?
Get yourself sh*t?

Not remotely.

What are you gonna do?
Piss off some more crews?

This is no f*cking joke.

I'm here to f*cking protect you.

You want me to have protection,

give me a f*cking g*n.

♪ ♪

No better way to even
the fight, is there, Da?

♪ ♪

I know you think you're hard, darling.

But you do not have
the strength to pull a trigger.

I guarantee that.

Push comes to shove,
who knows what I'm capable of?

♪ ♪

Put two on her.

You got it.

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[D-MAC] Hey, I ain't even strapped.

The f*ck is you following me for, huh?

Whoever put you up to this,
they come looking,

I ain't going nowhere.

I'm here, you hear me?
I'm right f*cking here.

Ain't nobody put me up
to this sh*t, man.

I'm just here to let you know
that you need to watch your back.

Who sent you? Diamond? Jenard?

I ain't telling you nothing else

other than you need
to keep your g*n on you,

and don't get caught lacking.

Why you wanna help me?

♪ ♪

I got my reasons.

♪ ♪

A'ight, then. Appreciate the heads-up.

- Don't mention it.
- I just did.

Now get the f*ck out of here.

♪ ♪

Mm.

[LILIANA] Deep money ain't so bad.

[CLAUDIA] Yeah, it's an investment.

Oh, yeah?

How much your papi invest for you?

[LAUGHS]

So...

... you know Tommy better than anyone.

As much as anyone can.

Yeah? Do you f*ck him?

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

[SMOOTH MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Let me congratulate you all
on making the cut.

First and foremost, we need
your trust and your silence.

By entering into this agreement,

you are signing a verbal NDA,
which means you don't say sh*t.

Everyone in this room
has never been in this room.

[LILIANA] The first rollout
was seamless.

But as we move forward,
never stray from your targets.

Remember, the dude or woman
in the corner

nursing one drink all night,
that's a f*cking cop.

We're giving you the players
and the playlist.

Do not stray from that.
If you do, we're all f*cked.

The reason we're only giving
you enough Dahlia for your lips

is because it isn't enough weight

to do any actual real time.

[CLAUDIA] If you do get picked up,

do not call us.

This is the only number you call.

You ask for Kippleman,

and you wait for his ass to show up.

You're getting paid
to do one thing here:

courier.

That's French for
"get from point A to point B

without f*cking up."

Is that all clear?

Good.

♪ ♪

Macy, can I ask...

I have a proposition for you.

I need one of your girls,
maybe that redhead, Sofie,

to go after my brother, Vic.

- Okay.
- All right, you good?

[MACY] Mm-hmm.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[PRINTER WHIRRING]

♪ ♪

We take one property out

to add another one to the chain...

It might affect
the entire molecular chain.

Yeah, I know. You've been
saying that for a f*cking hour.

Stop the bullshitting.

What do you need to take out
to make this sh*t work?

The most complex component.

Okay, which is?

The three main chemicals that
when combined makes it glow.

Hombre, that's our calling card.

- [LAURYN] Exactly.
- That's why you gonna

get rid of it.

It's also your fingerprint.
It's too identifiable.

So what makes Dahlia special
if it doesn't glow?

You serious? The f*cking high.

That's why people keep coming back.

dr*gs with a gimmick fade away.

dr*gs that hit every time
live on forever.

You got a forever ride here, Doc.

Don't f*ck it up thinking

you gotta put a frame around it.

♪ ♪

Have a nice time on your date.

♪ ♪

You f*cking cr*ck
this thing yet or what?

Oh, my God. Hi. How are you?

Would you like a cigarette?

So?

She's tired.

So what?

Been working in the lab
for hours on end.

Look, I don't know how much
more we can get out of her.

That's why you there, over her shoulder,

trying to learn...

You gonna cr*ck it or what?

We're moving as fast as we can.

But this ain't coke.

If you move too quick,
you break the chain.

Yeah, I know. I know.

I just never had nothing
that was all mines.

When I was a corner boy,

I was always hustling for somebody else.

People slept on me like
I was coming off the bench,

but I never wanted
nothing else but this.

Everybody else that we came up with,

me and Ghost, especially him,

they started to want different things.

They started to wanna
become different people.

But... not me.

Psh, not once.

♪ ♪

You're definitely running
your own hustle now, Tommy.

You're running it on point,

and you're running it
without f*cking Ghost.

But?

[LILIANA] But if you keep
pushing too hard now,

we ain't gonna win at this.

[DOOR CLICKS SHUT]

♪ ♪

Hey.

♪ ♪

Claudia's working an angle.

I saw her pull one of our girls aside,

saying some sh*t about Vic.

Find out where the f*ck
they're gonna be at.

- Hit me up later.
- I will.

Ooh, Doc, looking nice in my 'fit.

How the f*ck you put on each
other's clothes and that sh*t work?

- 'Cause we're magic.
- [CHUCKLES]

- Shall we?
- We?

You didn't think you was
going alone, did you?

- For a minute, I did.
- [TOMMY LAUGHS]

You won't even know she there.

- Thanks, dad.
- Hurry back.

[UPBEAT HOUSE MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[SMOOTH HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

My God.

- Oh!
- Mm!

[BLAXTON LAUGHS]

♪ ♪

- J, n*gga.
- [JENARD] What up?

- This club is f*cking fire.
- [JENARD] n*gga.

b*tches eyeballing me
hard as f*ck, n*gga.

Ain't none of these hos
in here looking at you.

The only reason they staring,
'cause you between us.

Hey, he ain't lying, though.

Hey, where your n*gga D-Mac at, though?

I don't know.

[JENARD] Let's talk.

sh*t, I hit the n*gga,
like, six or seven times.

I guess the n*gga too busy, J.

f*ck it. Who the f*ck?

g*dd*mn, look at that onion.

- [JENARD] Uh-oh.
- Onion?

Hell yeah, girl, that ass so fine,

it brought tears to my eyes.

- You're adorable.
- Appreciate you, mama.

Where you from? What's your name?

Hold up.

Nah, don't listen to this
little n*gga, baby, okay?

He wouldn't even know
what to do with you.

All that woman is
too much for him, a'ight?

n*gga like me,
I'll build a shrine and pray

to your m*therf*cking ass
every night, you hear me?

You could learn a lot from little man.

I liked his line better.

- Damn.
- You hear me, though?

You table is ready.

- [JENARD] Oh, yeah?
- [SERVER] Yeah.

♪ ♪

[LAUGHS] Round one, Marshall.

[LOUNGE MUSIC PLAYING]

I-I'm so glad we could do this.

[LILIANA] Me too.

This place is romantic as f*ck.

It's really nice.

- Yeah, great choice.
- Thank you.

Uh, so glad you could join us.

Uh... who are you?

- I'm...
- My cousin from Miami.

And she just got into Chicago.
I really hope that's okay.

Such a third wheel. [LAUGHS]

- Yeah.
- [LAUGHTER]

She's lying.

♪ ♪

We're second cousins.

Oh.

Welcome to Chicago.

[JENARD] The right way.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

- Fun, though.
- Yeah.

♪ ♪

[GAGGING]

[LAUGHTER]

- You a'ight?
- Before that, before that.

f*ck it. f*ck it. We here. We here.

- [CAMERA CLICKS]
- [BOTH] Bro!

Act like yo' ass been somewhere before.

Are you dumb?

[MARSHALL] Who the f*ck is that?

♪ ♪

Got room?

You know you ain't even gotta ask.

Come here.

n*gga, this is the greatest night ever.

Hey, bro, go tee him up.

Tonight about to get
a little bit better.

- [JENARD] Yeah.
- Come on, let's go by the bar.

Check on me. Five minutes.

J, you the f*cking GOAT, J.

You the f*cking GOAT, J.

I love you, bro.

This n*gga's crazy.

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

- The f*ck?
- It's good, right?

Yeah.

♪ ♪

[R&B MUSIC PLAYING]

[ADRIENNE] My father
would've loved this place.

♪ ♪

You know, every other Saturday,
he'd take me with him

to his barber.

I'd sit off to the side,
listening to the men

tell their stories,

my father cringing
every time they'd curse

or talk about f*cking.

♪ ♪

Yeah, even after
he went completely bald,

he'd still take me there.

Bald men need barbers too.

Proper shave makes a man feel important.

Well, my father couldn't grow
facial hair to save his life.

♪ ♪

[BOTH LAUGH]

But he took great pride
in getting carded

until he was almost .

♪ ♪

Those trips were...

his way of giving us time together.

♪ ♪

I learned most of my life lessons

from those Saturdays.

What was the best one?

[ADRIENNE] Well...

never lie to a woman
holding a straight razor.

A man with no reason to lie

has nothing to fear.

♪ ♪

[ADRIENNE] That's interesting,
'cause the other thing

I learned from those Saturdays...

all men lie.

True.

[LAUGHS]

Not you. You're an open book, huh?

♪ ♪

Don't know about that.

Just trying to live my life
differently now.

Yeah?

You find the light?

Maybe.

♪ ♪

Maybe I'm still looking.

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ You're all mine ♪

♪ Cinnamon ♪

♪ Something fine, baby No lie ♪

♪ It's a beautiful time In life ♪

♪ When all I need is me ♪

♪ Cinnamon ♪

♪ It's a beautiful time
For a bite of cinnamon ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

[THUMPING DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[JP] I'll say it again.

Clubs are a great place to clean money.

Been there. Done that. Enjoy yourself.

[CUSTOMER] Scotch on the rocks, please.

[JP] Night out.

It, uh, feels kind of nice, right?

Doing that brotherly thing.

Yeah, we having a drink.

[JP] We could have grabbed a
couple of bottles at Miriam's.

I wanted to see the city.

We inside.

You making me regret this
so much right now.

Get a drink.

Have a dance.

♪ ♪

Try to have some fun.

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[INHALES SHARPLY]

f*ck.

♪ ♪

m*therf*cker.

[THUMPING DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

Oh, you're working tonight.

I ain't working. I'm watching.

♪ ♪

You know what, JP?

Here. Try to enjoy yourself.

I gotta get the f*ck out of here.

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Psyllium bicarbonate.

Hey, thanks for keeping your cool.

That's what I do.

Trying to.

You're doing great.

♪ ♪

[LAURYN] g*dd*mn.

How's it going, ladies?

We're exhausted.
Making no progress at all.

[CLAUDIA] Not even close?

Under normal conditions,

something like this
could take months to cr*ck.

Well, we don't have that.

Hey, um...

was he like this in New York?

I mean, Tommy was always on ,

but he stacked more cash
than anyone I've ever known.

What happened to his last
business partner?

[LAUGHS]

Yeah, you can trust Tommy.
He knows what he's doing.

Oh, f*ck. I think I got something.

♪ ♪

Oh, sh*t.

- Is this it?
- I think so.

♪ ♪

What's that?

♪ ♪

f*ck!

[RAPPER] ♪ You know the drill
You know the drill ♪

♪ You know the drill
You know the drill ♪

♪ Roll a plane Pop a seal... ♪

Oh, what the f*ck is this sh*t?

[RAPPER] ♪ Let me feel
You know the drill ♪

♪ I'ma shine, I'ma drip I'ma spill ♪

♪ You know the drill
You know the drill ♪

♪ Roll a plane Pop a seal... ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER]

f*ck.

Hey, my question is, n*gga,

you taking the whip or that fine ass?

- [D-MAC] Motherfuck, bro!
- [BLAXTON] D, what you on?

[D-MAC] Man, this dumbass
n*gga posting his sh*t

all f*cking night.

Why the f*ck y'all going
without me, huh?

sh*t. Bro, okay, stop.

Marshall, what the f*ck?

So y'all gonna cut me out, huh?

[BLAXTON] Marshall, put the g*n away.

n*gga, you better answer.

For the last f*cking time
I'm gonna tell you,

put the f*cking g*n away, Marshall!

I got it, n*gga.

You and me is done,

'cause I ain't taking
your soft ass with me, D.

What the f*ck is you talking about soft?

n*gga, you ain't even wanna make a move

on that bitch-ass
jazz club we hit a few times.

So yeah.

Marshall, put the f*cking g*n away, bro.

Oh, and by the way, this my play, n*gga.

Cousin Buddy my family. My come up.

Me and you is done.

- Marshall.
- Get the f*ck off me, dude.

[BLAXTON] D-Mac.

D-Mac, take your little ass home.

D-Mac, take your little ass home.

And, bro, we m*therf*cking downtown,

you got a m*therf*cking g*n outside?

My bad, B.

Young dummy, bro.

Oh, what's up, baby?

Really, n*gga?

Oh, yeah. Round two, me.

[SINGER LAUGHS]

[THUMPING HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

[SINGER] ♪ Shorty got a ass like... ♪

[MOANING]

Hey, who's behind this drug?

sh*t. I want in. I want in.

You all the way in.

[LAUGHS]

I have no idea.

Uh-uh.

You know something.

I can point you in the right direction.

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ Tell me what you want... ♪

Oh, this it?

[SINGERS] ♪ I will give it to you ♪

♪ Right now ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[GUARD ] Didn't realize we'd be
babysitting Claudia Flynn all night.

[GUARD ] Like you got
somewhere else to be?

I gotta take a piss.

♪ ♪

[URINE TRICKLING]

[g*nshots]

[g*nshots]

♪ ♪

m*therf*cker.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪ ♪

So you wanna f*ck all this up
'cause you trying to flex?

What are you talking about?

I thought you wanted to keep
your family away from this.

- I do.
- Then why the f*ck you got

two of your old man's muscle
out in the parking lot...

My old man's what?

... trying to keep an eye on you?

Don't play f*cking games with me, Claud.

I saw Sofie in the club,
and Vic was the mark.

Yeah, she told me that she
saw you talking to her,

because we was all supposed
to be working together.

What the f*ck is you doing
making moves alone?

I did it just to let him know
it was out there,

not that it was me and you behind it.

I was trying to send a message.

Well, you're a g*dd*mn grenade
waiting to go the f*ck off.

♪ ♪

If I gotta second-guess you,
then all this sh*t go away.

♪ ♪

Hey.

You don't have to.

It won't happen again. Okay?

I get it.

♪ ♪

Now where are my father's men?

They in their ride...

waiting to go to the woods.

♪ ♪

That gonna be a problem?

It's my father's f*cking problem.

He should have listened to me.

♪ ♪

I told you
you couldn't f*cking trust her.

Yeah, we still need her for now.

♪ ♪

- [ADRIENNE] Thank you.
- So what did you get on him?

Nothing yet.

It'll be a great story. Don't worry.

[KEIKO] Adrienne, if we can do

a tell-all exposé on Diamond Sampson,

The Rise and Fall of a Chicago Kingpin,

and have him rise back up
in the process,

possibly taking him back to prison...

♪ ♪

... we're picking up that Pulitzer.

But the piece isn't about Diamond.

It's about broken nations in Chicago

and the young men who fall victim to it.

- It's not gonna be...
- It's about Diamond now.

♪ ♪

Adrienne, if you don't want it,
I can get Worthington on it.

♪ ♪

I'll get a story.

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

What if she can't re-break the formula?

♪ ♪

She can do it. She close.

♪ ♪

Yeah, but what if she can't, Tommy?

She knows too much.

♪ ♪

She can do it.

♪ ♪

[JENARD] Yo, this chick came at
me last night with that new-new

that everybody been talking about, bro.

Oh, yeah?

This the realest sh*t I ever been on.
Cleanest high I ever had.

I'm talking about run a marathon,

f*ck for hours off this sh*t.

Full-on definitely was cracking

shorty ass
for a couple hours last night.

What, n*gga? Where'd you cop it?

I didn't. This sh*t was brought to me.

I ain't gonna lie.
We get this, we platinum.

- It's that good?
- No cap.

G, whoever get this drug
gonna run the city.

A'ight? I'm talking about
full m*therf*cking stop.

We got enough of the city, bro.

Bro, it ain't never enough.

We don't know nothing about that drug

or what it can do.

Bro, I just told you.

It's a full m*therf*cking
rocket sh*t to the moon, n*gga.

I'm talking about the other side of it.

We don't know the cut.

If people gonna start dropping
because of it.

Nothing.

But what we doing with
that Serb pipeline is working.

We need this sh*t in the pipeline.

I don't wanna make moves on something

that I can't see clearly

or something that I can't
control or understand.

What the f*ck are you
even talking about?

I'm not gonna introduce a new drug

that's gonna put me back inside.

You been out here living, bro.

You don't know what it's like in there.

Stick to what we know
and what we do best.

Are you saying this sh*t
because you really

not looking to expand

or because you finally getting
some p*ssy on the regular

and it's got your head all f*cked up?

Let me tell you, p*ssy,
that sh*t come and go, n*gga.

But this sh*t right here...

♪ ♪

... that sh*t change everything, n*gga.

♪ ♪

[WALTER] It's a bit f*cking early

to be crawling inside a bottle, boy.

Not today.

[WALTER] Well...

whatever you're trying to k*ll,

you won't find it in there.

Can't f*cking hurt.

♪ ♪

You don't have to worry
about me and Gloria anymore.

It's over.

Well, I know it must hurt
like hell, but, uh...

you do have a long road
ahead of you, boy.

♪ ♪

Sounds like a f*cking life sentence.

Give it time. It will pass.

You know, I was trying to blame you

when things went south with her,

but it was actually my fault all along.

Every fight I got into with Glo
was about this family.

About you.

I chose you every f*cking time.

It was loyalty.

You got your priorities straight.

[VIC] No, I don't think I did.

I gave up the best thing that
ever happened to me for what?

Some old-fashioned sense of duty?

For your future.

For your f*cking family.

[VIC] No.

You may be my blood, but she's my home.

'Cause she loves me for who I am,

not who I could be.

♪ ♪

Now I've lost her forever.

♪ ♪

[SIGHS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

How's business?

Can I get anything else for you, champ?

No, I'm good, Rick. Thank you.

You know what? Give me a cup of...

No.

Streets are talking, saying

that Walter's behind that Serbs hit.

No sh*t. Walter?

Maybe he's just crazy enough
to finish what we started.

[DIAMOND] What you know about this?

♪ ♪

What is it?

[DIAMOND] New drug.

Dahlia.

Yeah?

Sound like a stripper name.

♪ ♪

I heard some things.

sh*t is pretty.

Great high.

[TOMMY] You try it?

You know the answer to that.

Then how you know?

[DIAMOND] Jenard said that sh*t
hit like a rocket.

♪ ♪

You know who's behind it?

You ain't really sweating
some new designer drug, are you?

♪ ♪

[DIAMOND] Not sweating it.

I didn't even really wanna touch it,

but now I'm interested.

[TOMMY] Why not just stick
to the classics?

Powder. Cash. Rinse. Repeat.

I don't know, Tommy.

Something about this feels different.

Yeah? What's that?

This... can rewrite history.

♪ ♪

Mm-hmm.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

So Gary about to set sh*t off, huh?

- Could be.
- Could be?

n*gga, ain't no could be.

My cousin say y'all on
some nuclear level type sh*t.

Yeah, some new sh*t hitting Chicago.

And you know Gary, like, a good spot

right into m*therf*cking Ohio,

Pennsylvania, Kentucky, all that.

[LAUGHING] Oh.

CBI finally coming southeast, huh?

Nah, this ain't got nothing
to do with CBI.

It's all me, n*gga.

♪ ♪

n*gga, what you selling?

♪ ♪

Opportunity.

[LAUGHS]

n*gga, you smooth as Beyoncé's ass,

but you ain't slick.

I move weight.

You come through here with that,
then we can do something.

You come through here
with a bag of bullshit,

you gotta go.

Let me ask you something, cousin.

Can you see the future?

I'm talking about out
your good eye, though, not...

Hey, J. Hey, chill, J. He a veteran.

♪ ♪

I like you, cousin. I do.

And because I like you, n*gga,
I got something for you.

♪ ♪

Price of admission.

♪ ♪

So when I come back,

we ain't gotta go through this
m*therf*cking dance no more.

♪ ♪

We good?

Welcome to Gary, n*gga.

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[LAURYN] I didn't think I could do it.

So did you do it?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Tell me you did it.

[LAURYN CHUCKLES]

[TOMMY] You did it.

You did it!

You... did it.

You mad scientist m*therf*cker.

You did it.

Structural chain is very strong.

Just like the original Dahlia,
this compound is

- nearly unreproducible as well.
- How nearly?

[LAURYN] It would take half
of MIT to figure it out.

♪ ♪

It look right.

♪ ♪

It feel right.

If this sh*t hit right,

back up the m*therf*cking trucks.

And you could go home tonight.

Thank you.

Ain't you a little bit curious, Doc?

♪ ♪

I am.

[BOTH LAUGH]

♪ ♪

And I'll be back tomorrow. Don't worry.

Then let's put the needle on the record.

♪ ♪

[ALL SNORTING]

♪ ♪

[ALL GASP]

[LAUGHING]

[SPACEY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪