03x06 - Casualties of w*r

[bunniefuu]

I ain't interested
in getting in the middle

of whatever the f*ck going on
between you and your pops.

He's always had my back.

Would hate to have to pull
your kids' protection.

[dramatic music plays]

Who did this to you?

I promise that I'll
get you out of here.

I need your help. I ain't got
nobody else to turn to.

[Jin]
OK, who the f*ck is Henry?

This is about Kevin.

-[g*nf*re]
-Oh, sh*t.

[Amberson gasping]

[Jin] We need an ambulance
right away.

We've got an officer down.

♪ ♪

Love you too.

My feelings never went away
for you, Lucille.

[Terry] Hey, Dizz.
Yo, hold on, hold on, man.

I need to know Henri's
every f*cking move.

And you're in the position
to get 'em.

Hey, Mike.

This the last time you
disrespect me, m*therf*cker.

[g*nsh*t]

Ashes to ashes, n*gga.

I did what you asked.

And you were right
about Stacks.

He's playing us.

The OGs are saying
the MKs did the drive-by

that k*lled Diesel, not Remi.

So what's the next move?

Came to wave the white flag?

The MKs setting up our crews
to ambush us tonight.

Man, f*ck these n*gg*s.

[tires screeching]

-[person] Go!
-[speaking French]

[g*nsh*t]

♪ ♪

-Hey, Remi!
-Milton.

Let's get these m*therf*ckers,
man!

Man, get the f*ck out of here!

[g*nf*re]

♪ ♪

This is all your fault!

[sobbing] Get away from my son.

Look at what you've done.

♪ ♪

[somber music plays]

♪ ♪

[Remi]
You know, God can do anything.

But how could he do this?

♪ ♪

This wasn't what I wanted
for you, little Milton.

You was supposed to live.

[people crying]

[Older Meech]
The fact that life ends

is what makes it precious.

Otherwise,
we take it for granted.

♪ ♪

♪ A better day... ♪

[Older Meech] Black boys'
lives--and I mean boys--

was being cut short.

One in every 1,000 gone.

It was an epidemic,
and America didn't care.

But it got to me.

[singer] ♪ A better day ♪

[Older Meech]
Here in the D, we was having

one of them days too.

[singer] ♪ Is coming ♪

♪ If I lay down
This heavy load ♪

♪ And keep traveling
This narrow road ♪

♪ I know a better day ♪

♪ Is coming... ♪

You a ballsy m*therf*cker.

I'm just here to offer
my heartfelt condolences

to the family.

[singer] ♪ In front of me... ♪

It's a shame

someone so young had to die.

[singer] ♪ And to everything ♪

♪ That tried to harm me
It won't... ♪

Hey, from this point on,

it's on sight.

[singer] ♪ And they gave me ♪

♪ The power and authority ♪

♪ To claim better ♪

♪ I expect better ♪

♪ A better day is coming ♪

[vocalising]

[reverend] Lord our God,
you are the source of life.

In you, we live and move
and have our being.

Keep us in life and death
in your love.

And by your grace,
lead Diesel to your kingdom.

[Bryant] My kid shouldn't be
in the ground.

And he damn sure
shouldn't have to share

the same soil with you people.

Yo, show some respect.

I'm sorry for your loss,
but we mourning ours too.

[Bryant grunts]

-[people murmuring]
-[g*ns cocking]

[Older Terry]
Be it these drug wars

or the w*r on dr*gs...

f*ck you.

[Older Terry]
...the Black community

was surrounded on all sides.

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

I decided it was time to put
an end to all this sh*t,

'cause I couldn't bear
any more casualties of w*r

on our hands.

[Charlie] ♪ I got everything
On the line ♪

♪ Out here I'm on the grind ♪

♪ Trying to get mine ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ A n*gga move the weight ♪

♪ Trying to get the cake ♪

♪ I'm in and out of state ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ Too many n*gg*s fake ♪

♪ It's hard to tell a snake ♪

♪ One more flip
And I'm straight ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ I don't go hand to hand ♪

♪ It go gram after gram ♪

♪ Yeah, holla at me, man ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ Too many n*gg*s fake ♪

♪ It's hard to tell a snake ♪

♪ One more flip
And I'm straight ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

[50 Cent]
♪ The D's ain't that good ♪

♪ These n*gg*s is ratting ♪

♪ They tell them
What's going on ♪

♪ That's how they know
What's happening ♪

♪ I'm riding
With the top down ♪

♪ Trunk full of yola ♪

♪ Ghetto pharmaceutical ♪

♪ I move that Coca-Cola ♪

♪ Thousand grams of pure ♪

♪ Though I f*ck
With the weirdos ♪

♪ They snort away the pain ♪

♪ Bang their dope
In their vein ♪

♪ Shorty crying
Christmas ain't coming ♪

♪ Her pop's locked up ♪

♪ When it hurts the worst ♪

♪ Your ace find out
She knocked up ♪

♪ Welfare ain't an option ♪

♪ When the Feds
Come knocking ♪

♪ It's all f*cked up
So wish me luck ♪

[Charlie] ♪ At least
You could wish me luck ♪

♪ A n*gga move the weight ♪

♪ Trying to get the cake ♪

♪ I'm in and out of state ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ Too many n*gg*s fake ♪

♪ It's hard to tell a snake ♪

♪ One more flip
And I'm straight ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ I don't go hand to hand ♪

♪ It go gram after gram ♪

♪ Yeah, holla at me, man ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ Too many n*gg*s fake ♪

♪ It's hard to tell a snake ♪

♪ One more flip
And I'm straight ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ Wish me luck ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, wish me luck ♪

♪ Wish me luck ♪

♪ All you got to do
Is wish me luck, yeah ♪

[somber music plays]

♪ ♪

[Duffy] Their bodies are gone,
but I still feel them here.

♪ ♪

They're still with us.

I ain't late, am I?

Man, you right on time.

♪ ♪

Detroit.

[all] All day.

When Rip's folks went
to be with the ancestors

on Devil's Night,

he came to the A
looking for a home.

Now, we might've held him down,
but Rip held us together.

He was a soldier, our brother.

For that, we ain't never
gonna forget him.

See you in the next one, Rip.

You a real one, G.

Yeah, I know everybody going
through it right now.

But I want you all
to come to my crib later on

for a repast and a movie.

You cooking something
other than cr*ck?

[laughter]

f*ck you, n*gga.

[laughter]

[indistinct chatter]

I stopped by the Techwood kid's
funeral.

Why the f*ck you do that?

You ever read the Thor comics?

Juiced-up cr*cker
with a sledge?

Dude don't even wanna be king.

But his brother Loki always
gunning for the throne.

Hmm, number twos
always wanna be number ones.

I seen sibling rivalry
my whole life.

So you give them
a nugget of power

'cause you don't care
if they kings.

You elevating to be a god.

I bet Claude going through
his terrible twos

right now as we speak.

So you went to plant
that seed with Claude.

A'ight.

Look, we get Claude
to get Remi on board

and take him out
from the inside.

Then we make an alliance
with the Techwood boys

and take out the MKs.

All I'm doing is waiting
for those

m*therf*cking seeds to sprout.

Easy.

♪ ♪

Yo, everybody's on edge now,
popping off.

I can't see nobody
keep rocking with us

if this how sh*t ends.

Man, what else they got, Tee?

Two shifts a day
on an assembly line?

Man, that is not no living.

That is a life sentence.

A'ight, you can't pull
yourself up by the bootstraps

if you got no boots.

So that's your bright idea
to keep the troops happy?

There's nothing better
out there, so follow me?

Could be a soldier for the man
or a soldier in the streets.

You just paying the cost
of being a general.

You mean paying Charon.

Look, Tee, we all a family,
a'ight?

We can't take sh*t with us.

So share the wealth.

And if we taken,
man, we go out as icons

in a blaze of glory.

That's how you manage morale.

That's how you lead.

Hey, yo, let-let me holla
at you later, a'ight?

Hey.

Hey, little man.

I was so much younger
when you was born.

Ooh, sh*t. [inhales sharply]

-Hey, you OK?
-Ooh.

Yeah, I'm having
these damn contractions.

Dr. Greenhouse
says I'll be fine.

[Terry] sh*t.

[baby babbling]

You OK?

Hey, you all right?

Oh, um,

it's just my-my fifth funeral
in as many days.

And honestly,
it's just a disgrace.

[baby babbling]

Here I am trying to lead

and-and protect
all these people.

[sighs]

That's why I need
to dead sh*t with Henri

once and for all...

♪ ♪

...before my kids
not even remember me.

[baby cries]

♪ ♪

[indistinct rap music playing
over stereo]

♪ ♪

[Amy] Excuse me. Mr. Flenory?

Excuse--Mr. Flenory.

Not now, Ms. Watson.
I'm having a rough day.

Well, I am so sorry
to hear that,

but we're still waiting
on your paperwork,

uh, listing your occupation.

And, uh, i-i-is that your car?

Kind of expensive for
a young man like yourself, hmm?

-I won the lottery.
-Uh-huh.

Well, then you won't have
any problem paying a gardener

or buying a lawn mower,

because the HOA has a strict
lawn blade height requirement,

and it-it--ugh.

Mm, so do you have a height
requirement for all those men

coming in and out your house
to d*ck you down

while your husband gone?

[Older Meech] Homeowner
associations began popping up

in the mid- to late
20th century

and mainly served
to separate the whites

from the Blacks
with anti-Black racism

embedded in their policies.

Detroit's James T. McMillan
erected the concrete

"Birwood," "Eight Mile,"
"Wailing" Wall

to segregate white homes
from Black ones

so the Federal
Housing Administration

would grant his loan
for an all-white subdivision.

In 1935, the Home Owners'
Loan Corporation

sent agents across the nation
to grade homes.

Though Black homeowners
were just as likely

to pay their mortgages,

Black neighbourhoods
were redlined,

preventing generations
of Black people

from homeownership
and increasing the wealth gap.

I got the DEA, FBI, APD,

and now an HOA to worry about.

Cut your lawn.

Wash your sheets.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

-[indistinct chatter]
-[dog barking]

[both chuckling]

Damn, you smell good, woman.

[laughter]

Y'all getting back together?

Mm.

No, baby, your daddy's
just saying good morning.

[Charles sighs]

This isn't gonna end well.

[phone ringing]

Hello.

Uh, wrong number.

[receiver clatters]

-Have a good day, baby.
-[Nicole] You too, Mama.

-See you later, Daddy.
-All right, baby.

[door clicks open and shut]

Hey, uh,

I thought things
were going well with us,

especially in the bedroom.

[Lucille] Mm-hmm.

You know, Pastor Flemming
asked me to...

be her assistant pastor.

But I feel like
a hypocrite because

we're not exactly
the model family.

[chuckles]

Yeah, well...

shame is a powerful thing.

Trust me.

But don't let it
dim your light.

I'm putting this family
back together,

starting with the two of us.

And as for the doctor...

[soft music plays]

...there's a reason
you chose me

over him all those years ago.

♪ ♪

The best man won.

♪ ♪

God, help me.

♪ ♪

[rappers]
♪ It's wild out here ♪

♪ Lions, bears, and vultures ♪

♪ Eat what I k*ll
The ride-or-die culture ♪

-♪ Culture ♪
-♪ It's wild out here ♪

-♪ This the family business ♪
-♪ Family business ♪

♪ Cutthroat
Only K*llers and victims ♪

-♪ Victims ♪
-♪ It's wild out here ♪

♪ Better do
What you 'posed to ♪

♪ Do what you 'posed to ♪

♪ Respect the rules
To this game and live longer ♪

♪ It's wild out here ♪

♪ Wi-wi-wild ♪

♪ It's wild out here... ♪

♪ ♪

[Terry] Henri.

♪ ♪

Yo, I ain't come here
to start no static.

I came here to settle
our beef amicably.

There's too many people
dying in these streets,

so let's just dead this here.

Would any of you
go somewhere, outnumbered,

start making demands?

[Terry]
I'm not demanding nothing.

I'm offering you something.

Why would I bargain

with a Jackson-5-reject-looking
reneger?

[chuckles] sh*t,
once a "neger," always a--

All right, come on.
Be reasonable.

Be reasonable.

[chuckles]

You're running around claiming
you're the king of Detroit.

♪ ♪

But you're the court jester,

overcompensating
for that lowercase D

I peeped in el baño.

Don't worry, though.

I ain't wanna be king.

I'ma be the dragon instead.

[rapper] ♪ This the family
Business... ♪

[sighs] Look.

I came here to talk to you as--

[rapper] ♪ Respect the rules
To this game ♪

♪ And live longer... ♪

Man-to-man.

♪ ♪

Understand me when I say
we can't be allies, associates,

damn sure not friends.

Ain't no world
in which we paisanos.

Only reason I ain't
wiped your ass out already

is because I'ma have fun
taking it slow--

me breaking BMF,

the ultimate prize.

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

[tense music plays]

-[children chattering]
-[dog barking]

♪ ♪

Yo, you going
to the mattresses?

♪ ♪

[g*n cocking]

I'ma die here if I got to.

[Claude]
Yo, that was a powerful eulogy

you gave earlier, bro,

especially about
taking back what's ours.

[Remi] Oh, I get it.

This n*gga Meech show up
acting like the ringmaster,

now you wanna buy tickets
to the show.

Bro, he came to us like a man,
no hitters and no backup.

No, more like a snake
in the grass,

offering you
a bite of the apple.

Remember when the MKs moved in?
Never again.

[Claude] Man, some of ours
went to Glock already, bro.

The MKs got g*ns and weight.
We got numbers.

We team up with BMF,
we invincible.

But you won't,
so what the hell's gonna happen

when they just cross the street

and take up
with Clark Howell, huh?

We need to get our city back
or get better weight

right now, n*gga.

That's exactly
what I'm trying to do.

No, f*ck that, man.
We need to make the smart play

and cop that pure sh*t
for Meech and charge more.

Even if we step on it,
that's still enough green

for a*tillery
and foot soldiers, n*gga.

Then he'd have us
hooked for life,

same as them fiends we sell to.

Plus, he still got some deaths

and a follow-you-home
to avenge.

So is a b*llet to the head
the play you into?

OK, so what's your plan, then,
mutually assured destruction?

No, we regroup,
merge Atlanta crews,

know what I'm saying?

The crews will fall in line
'cause I tell them to.

Now, if you got a better idea,

you better speak now or forever
hold your g*dd*mn peace.

And you better not say
no alliance.

OK, then lead, m*therf*cker.

Lead.

♪ ♪

Hey, um, I'm really sorry
about Kevin.

He was a great kid.

Look, if you wanna help,

let's get real
and talk payback.

Is that where your head's at
right now?

Don't worry.

There's gonna be payback

on that guy
that you were working for.

Yeah, well, you barking up
the wrong privates.

-What?
-That he is a she.

I'm not gonna waste
anyone's time.

Bottom line, how does
a quiet night at home

end with one officer dead

and two others looking
like cats who ate the canary?

Look, I already told you.

Showed up at Jin's place.
sh*ts rang out.

I didn't see who it was.

Me neither, sir.

Detective Bryant,

you continue to be
a blight on this department.

Given your repeated lies

and your unwillingness
to cooperate,

I must inform you
that your suspension's over

because you're officially
terminated.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

Cool.

What about you?

Whose side are you on?

♪ ♪

Detective Amberson and I
were following up on a case

after that ambulance pursuit.

And in the course
of our investigation,

we discovered that BMF
is beefed up

with another drug organisation

that Bryant
is moonlighting with,

led by a-a Henry guy--

woman named Henry.

Thank you for that, finally.

But you're suspended
until further notice.

Wait. What?

City and I
have a funeral to plan.

You dug your own grave,
Detective.

g*n and badge.

♪ ♪

[sighs]

[R&B music plays]

[moaning]

[singer]
♪ Can we start again ♪

♪ Can we start again ♪

♪ Can we start again ♪

[g*nshots]

Markisha, no!

-[breathing heavily]
-What the f*ck, Tee?

sh*t.

Oh, there's-there's a lot
on my mind right now.

sh*t, there's a lot
on my mind, too,

like how you went to Atlanta
and didn't even tell me.

Oh, that was just--

that was--that was
quick business.

You being secretive.

And ever since you been back,

your mind been
all over the place.

You not even focused.

Yo, my head's just
f*cked up right now.

Then talk to me, baby.

For one, Henrietta,

she's in the business
of trying to destroy mine.

I told her I don't want
any more blood spilled,

and she just tried
to Kunta Kinte my toe.

That lesbo is
a second-generation dealer.

She got crazy daddy issues.

Who's her father?

Frank Andreas.

Streets call him Blaze.

He's a cop-turned-drug kingpin

who has serious
political connections.

Oh, that's who K-9 and Pat
used to talk about.

They just never mentioned who.

So just go
over Henrietta's head.

She might think
she's in control,

but Blaze got her
in a stranglehold.

At least that's
what Boom told me.

OK.

Now, get your mind right,

'cause we're the number one
priority right now.

I mean, we gotta live for
those who ain't here, right?

You always know
the right thing to say.

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

Where Laz at?

I think the Red Dogs got him.

You know, they been
on a rampage since Techwood.

-g*dd*mn, man.
-[person] Yeah, man.

sh*t. Well, let's eat.

What, no grace?

Man, f*ck that. Eat.

[laughter]

And while we're f*cking things,

f*ck Stacks, f*ck Glock,

and f*ck whoever else
try to get in our way.

-Amen.
-[all] Amen.

[person]
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

I know it's been hard.

But I appreciate y'all,
each and every one of you.

You welcome, n*gga.

[laughter]

Yeah, but no, real sh*t.

We lost a lot of leaders.

But now it's time
to rise to the occasion.

Now, Tina, between
the club and the store,

we need more clients.

Duffy, whoever Tina brings in,

I need them vetted and tested
before they can get down.

-Got you.
-[Meech] All right.

Now, let's finish this sh*t
so we can go hit the club

and celebrate every day
we got left on this Earth.

-Yeah.
-I'm tired of sitting here.

[indistinct chatter]

♪ ♪

[suspenseful music plays]

♪ ♪

[groans]

-[grunts]
-[groans]

♪ ♪

-[grunts]
-[groans]

[g*n cocking]

[g*n cocking]

♪ ♪

[Blaze] I might not understand
my daughter.

But I sure as hell won't
let you spray one in her chest.

My kid's dead because of her.

Stand down, Bryant,

unless you wanna join him.

Light him up, Dad.

I'm in the mood for roast pig.

♪ ♪

[Blaze] We're gonna teach
this m*therf*cker a lesson.

[hip-hop music plays]

[singer] ♪ Trying to survive
While living to die ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Trying to survive
While living to die ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Trying to survive
While living to die... ♪

♪ ♪

[tires screeching]

♪ ♪

♪ Ever since the youth
Told twisted truths... ♪

[Tina] Hold up, Meech.

[Duffy] Yo, man, what the f*ck
y'all want?

[indistinct muttering]

[groans] f*ck you, n*gga.

[Turner]
Oh, what, that's too tight?

Well, maybe I'll loosen them
if you tell me

what went down at Techwood.

f*ck you, bitch.
You violating my rights.

What rights, assh*le?

f*ck.

[Tina] Meech, what we gonna do?

You know I ain't do sh*t.

You breaking the f*cking law.

Man, tell that sh*t
to Clarence Thomas, n*gga.

I'm the law now, boy.

This don't look good.

Man, get his ass
up out of here.

-[dog barking]
-Sir Coltrane, get him, boy.

-Sic, sic.
-[dog growls]

-Go!
-[Hardy] Go! Go!

[tires squealing]

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[dog barking]

[dog barking]

-Hey.
-What is this?

-No, Mama, no.
-Listen.

Don't argue with me,
Nicole, OK?

I just want you to be prepared.

I'm not even having sex.

You need these pills
more than I do.

What'd you say?

Dr. Montclair has been
calling a lot lately.

You better watch
your mouth, now, OK?

Now, if you got something
to say, you need to say, Ma,

I need to talk.

But you not gonna
disrespect me in my house.

You hear me?

-Do you hear me?
-Yes.

Now, you got something to say?

Yes.

I don't need
to take birth control.

I only want what's best
for you, OK, Nicole?

How do you know
what's best for me

if you weren't even there?

Because I'm your mother,
and I don't want you to end up

stuck like me.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

I'm not gonna be stuck
like that,

like LaWanda or Lori
or Monique,

God rest her soul.

I'm not, 'cause
I'm not even having sex.

So you can stop worrying
about me so much.

You got bigger things
to worry about.

♪ ♪

Just take the pills, Nicole.

It's not gonna k*ll you.

♪ ♪

I want you to have
a better life than me, OK?

♪ ♪

[foreboding music plays]

♪ ♪

[birds chirping]

[Blaze]
I know quite a bit about BMF.

I admire your business plan--

less w*r, more peace,

more money.

You like Harold Neal?

Look-look, p-pardon me,
but that's-that's not

why I'm here.

I offered your daughter
a proposition

in exchange for peace,
and she spat in my face--

stabbed at my foot,
to be exact.

What do you want me
to do about it?

Convince her.

Now, I got that premium sh*t,

the best in the state.

It's yours at a steep discount

if-if we could just
put our differences aside.

We-we both go back to doing
what we do best,

counting stacks
instead of bodies.

Tee from Southwest Detroit.

You seem like a smart kid,

so you'll understand me
when I say

often the politics of family

is more... complicated

than that of the enemy.

[dramatic music plays]

I appreciate you
coming to me honourably,

like a man.

♪ ♪

I'll see what I can do.

♪ ♪

[Meech] Man, pick up. Pick up.

Pick up, man. Pick up.

Pick up. Pick up.

Oh, my God.

-What's wrong?
-This sh*t not making no sense.

I don't get why the f*ck
Duffy and Lazuli

ain't been released yet.

You know, Greeny's
been MIA too.

There's a couple ADAs
that come to the club.

I could maybe ear hustle
for you if you want.

You know what?

Do that.

Do that. Matter of fact, here.

This sh*t just feel off.

Like, Duffy is on the run.

If they start talking
across states,

man, he's done.

And Lazuli, he should be out
of the drunk t*nk by now.

It's only 48-hour hold.

[pounding on door]

Wait.

♪ ♪

The f*ck?

Mr. Flenory,
you have 30 days to pay

and get this place up

to our homeowners
association guidelines,

or we'll place a lien
on this house.

This is a r--

This is a respectable
neighbourhood.

We have rules.

Mm.

Let me get on that
right now for you, Ms. Amy.

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[paper crumpling]

Anything else you need?

♪ ♪

[Hoop] Put the ones in the bag.

Don't lick your fingers.

What the--you two
supposed to be in college.

Can y'all even spell SATs?

n*gga, yes,
I'm an aerospace major,

a'ight, and my brother
over here--

n*gga, that was rhetorical,
you Brillo-pad-looking

black hole of common sense.

-[laughter]
-Hey, hey, hey.

You gonna get
this sh*t right, man.

Count it again.

A'ight, chill, man.

[Hoop] Damn.

Hey, why are you bringing

these Blacula-looking
m*therf*ckers

into the fold, Tee?

Yo, that's Werm
and Spyder, a'ight?

They go to school
with Wanda's cousin.

They been freelance
ever since the 2Gs job.

They here 'cause
they loyal, period.

Now, instead
of questioning me, teach.

sh*t, all right.

Hey, Dizz.

[indistinct hip-hop music
playing]

Yo, look, um,
we're about to have

a lot more fiends to feed,
you know,

once we get Blaze's network
under our belts.

I'ma need some space
to whip as we grow.

I'm starting up a burger joint.

Might have some equipment to
help us speed up the process.

A1 since day one,
always coming in clutch, baby.

-[Dizz] You already know.
-[Terry] Hey, yo.

Everyone, huddle up.
Huddle up.

Come on, come on.

Look, I just wanna say
I appreciate all of y'all.

And thank y'all
for always rocking with BMF.

[indistinct chatter]

-Here y'all go.
-Hey!

-Damn, man.
-What?

[Terry] There you go.

[Spyder] For sure.
Hey, yo, boss,

you wouldn't happen to have
no Chicago ones, though?

Jordan been goin' crazy this
year.

[Werm] Yo, that was mine.

The rest of y'all
could wear them to the game.

And here's the tickets. Enjoy.

I gotta go handle
something, a'ight?

Chicago, my ass.

[Spyder] Appreciate you, boss.

Row GG?

Bruh.

The Palace even go up
that high?

♪ ♪

[Bernadette] Order for Meech?

[singer] ♪ Never gonna find
Another love... ♪

[indistinct chatter]

A taste on the house.

Once new customers try this,

they always become repeats.

Thank you so much, ma'am.

I love me a sample.

[singer] ♪ Someone to fulfill
All of your needs ♪

♪ Never gonna find... ♪

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

[Claude] I wanna rap with you.

♪ ♪

[indistinct R&B music playing]

♪ ♪

Man, I ain't here
to start nothin'.

I came alone, like you did.

Respect.

So what's the timing,
and how is this pure weight

gonna resurrect my crew?

Everyone gonna eat.

We gonna be partners forever,
man, not competitors.

And you know what?

You and your crew do owe me
for that robbery too.

So if you handle this,

I'll wipe your whole slate
clean.

[chuckles] OK.

Wow.

You know, as kids,
me and Remi were like brothers.

Took me on,

kept me straight.

All he ever wanted was me
to avoid this life, but...

you know, I couldn't.

Sometime the life finds you.

[dramatic music plays]

Dawg, young kids like Milton
is dying because of him.

Man, that m*therf*cker
gots to go, period.

♪ ♪

I'll reach out to some cats.

But you gotta show you got
a love for ATL, not greed.

[Bernadette] For the kids.

[Claude]
Remi off the chains now.

If you feeling like this,
chances are,

other Atlanta crews are too.

Show them what's on the table.

Then we gonna circle back.

♪ ♪

My sh*t the best.

They gonna keep coming back.

♪ ♪

[dog barking]

[mellow jazz music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[Blaze] Two things.

Tee came to me.

Can't say I'm surprised.

He went over my head
just because you a man.

The disrespect, man.

Yeah, you'd know
all about that.

Number two...

you are here to make amends
with all these people.

The--

the hell I am.

Your stupidity
has cost us cover.

A cop?

♪ ♪

No more looking the other way
on our business deals.

Exclusively supplying
political events?

Gone.

The whole business model,
blown.

That was your market.

I've evolved.

You wouldn't even have
a market share without me.

Yet here I am cleaning up
your mess again.

I'm cleaning up after you
with your frat boy on my ass.

Bryant would have blown
this sh*t all up

if I wasn't thinking
five steps ahead.

And I decided
to keep your friends flush

when you wanted to fold.

You're old-school, old man.

The Force isn't a frat.

♪ ♪

How did I raise someone
so unlike me?

Why?

Still wish you'd had a boy?

No.

I wish I had a lady, Henrietta.

I raised you
to be the smartest,

the prettiest,

the most cultured,

the Jack and Jilliest.

♪ ♪

But look at my heir.

Yeah, look at me.

This is me.

♪ ♪

Make peace...

before you end up
losing another cousin

in this w*r that you started,

or our arrangement

may be coming to an end.

Stay out of my business,
and we good.

You wanna know
why I didn't tell Tee yes?

It was out of courtesy to you.

Yet you can never
extend the same to me.

Respect...

is earned.

Take the deal.

♪ ♪

Tee's playing with fire.

♪ ♪

Did you peep the way
that him and Dizz

was looking at each other when
Terry came to talk to you?

[dramatic music plays]

So, what, them two tight?

Here I was,

willing to let sh*t go.

♪ ♪

[Charles] Where are you going?

We grown, so no secrets.

I'm going to dinner
with Maurice.

Well, you look beautiful.

Thank you.

♪ ♪

And I appreciate you
being honest with me.

♪ ♪

And I'm going to give you
all the space you need

to figure things out.

♪ ♪

[percussive dance music
playing]

♪ ♪

[singer] ♪ Get up on that floor
Shake it ♪

[Young chuckles]

[singer] ♪ Get up on that floor
Shake it... ♪

[Young exhales heavily]

Drinks on me.

The wetter, the better.

[singer] ♪ Down to the floor ♪

♪ Come on
Ride that pole, lady... ♪

Club's been dead
ever since the Techwood sh*t.

I don't have to entertain
the usual thugs and dealers.

Mm, well, I guess we both can
thank the Red Dogs for that.

♪ ♪

What are you doing
to keep me safe?

I'll take care of you,

as long as you take care of me.

[Angel] Mm.

Is that why Greeny
got picked up,

'cause you were
taking care of me?

No, his ass got nabbed

by Georgia
Bureau of Investigation

'cause he fraternises with--

what'd you call them,
thugs and dealers?

[chuckles]

Apparently K*llers now.

[Angel] Oh, no.

Anyone...

I know?

[chuckles]

I can't get into specifics.

♪ ♪

[singer] ♪ Get up on that floor
Shake it ♪

[Young sighs]

[singer] ♪ Get up on that floor
Shake it ♪

[Young moans]

[singer]
♪ Get up on that floor ♪

♪ ♪

[Young moaning]

What was that?

[whispering indistinctly]

But don't tell anyone.

It's our little secret.

We share a lot of secrets,
don't we?

Mm, we can share a lot more
at the motel down the street.

Mm-mm, baby,
I don't do that anymore.

[moans]

[Angel]
I make my own money now.

[singer]
♪ Get up on that floor... ♪

And by the looks of it...

my job here is done.

[rapper]
♪ Do it the player way ♪

♪ Mouth full of gold
And fully paid ♪

♪ Clock don't stop
No time to play ♪

[speaking Mandarin]

[speaking Mandarin]

She was like
a second sister to me...

...a second chance. [sobs]

And I'm in more trouble
at work.

I mean, what's the point?

You must decide
if getting what you want

is worth
that walk through fire.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

Man, how the f*ck
could they do that sh*t?

Man, them Red Dogs
don't give a f*ck.

They keep you
long as they want,

do whatever the f*ck they want.

And nobody cares, n*gga.
Nobody gonna stop them.

[door clicks open]

-[Meech sighs]
-[Angel] Meech.

It's nothing but bodies
since we got to this city, man.

What happened?

Greeny got arrested

and implicated you
for sh**ting Big Mike.

What?

What the f*ck?

Yeah, and they just impaneled
a secret grand jury.

And GBI's looking for you.

[Meech]
Man, where the f*ck you been?

[Lazuli] Bro, you ain't
gonna like it.

They tryin' to get me
to testify against you

on some bullshit m*rder.

They coming hard, man.

♪ ♪

[Duffy] You gotta go dark.

♪ ♪

All right, there's heat
all over the city,

so we gotta prepare

for how the DA, the Red Dogs,

the GBI, or anything else
gonna come after us.

Dilla got me leads
on Ty's old lawyers.

[Meech] All right,
so we'll put 'em on retainer.

That means if you get
harassed by police,

stopped by the DA,
or anything, you call them,

and they gonna tell you
what to do and what not to say.

What you gonna do?

sh*t, me,
I'ma keep on keeping on

but from the Lou from now on.

-The Lou?
-[Meech] Yeah.

My boy J-Pusha's
already out there

with infrastructure
ready to go.

Now, this don't mean that I'm
abandoning y'all, a'ight?

I'ma still have operations
in motion

and keep everything going
and send y'all money.

But don't think that mean
y'all can slack

or you don't owe what you owe,

'cause you still owe
that sh*t.

And Meech gonna be back when
the heat dies down, a'ight,

but until then,
keep y'all heads up.

And we gonna
keep this sh*t rolling.

I wanna go with you.

[indistinct chatter]

[sighs] Angel, I'm not
bringing nobody with me.

But you promised
you'd never leave me.

You know I don't have no one.

Look, Angel, I know you strong.

You been through a lot.

I know you'll be fine.

Right.

You can't get mad if I move on
by the time you get back.

♪ ♪

In fact, I hear
Glock pays well.

What?

You gonna say that
after all the sh*t

that Glock's doing?

You ain't never been loyal.

You out my circle of trust.

Might as well find you
a new crib to stay in.

[somber music plays]

♪ ♪

That sh*t that you mentioned
the other day about Henri's dad

was actually smart as f*ck.

You know,
Boom would never admit it,

but he got as far as he did
listening to me.

I'm more than just
a trophy wife, Tee.

[indistinct upbeat music
playing]

I was thinking...

we should plan
a nice romantic vacation,

just us,

get away from everything
and everyone.

I mean, that sounds good.

Sounds real good.

But LaWanda's about to pop
any minute now,

so when that's over,
we can for sure plan something.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

[light piano music playing]

♪ ♪

♪ I wanna thank you
Heavenly Father ♪

♪ For shining
Your light on me ♪

♪ You sent me someone
Who really loves me... ♪

[Lucille] Mm.

Yeah, that's beautiful.

Thank you.

[singer]
♪ He keeps me happy... ♪

Reece, this is so beautiful.

You deserve the best.

[sighs]

I mean, I don't even know
what to say.

Yeah, well, you could
at least let me know

why you've been
avoiding my phone calls.

OK, to be honest,

I mean, you know, Charles and I
have a lot of history.

And we don't?

I mean, he's still my husband.

I mean, we got
three kids together.

And, you know, I'm just--

[singer]
♪ It couldn't happen... ♪

I mean, I'm just trying
to honour my vows

in the eyes of God.

I mean, you told me
you two were separated, so I--

Well, we still live
in the same house.

Well, that's honest.

[singer] ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh... ♪

But...

do you remember
our history?

-You know, 'cause I do...
-[laughs]

...including
your love for dancing.

-Oh, my goodness.
-Mm-hmm.

What are you doing?

Can you still boogie down?

We got this beautiful dinner,

and it just--
it looks delicious.

Better than me?

Ooh.

[singer] ♪ I know... ♪

OK.

OK, just one dance.

-[chuckles]
-One dance.

[singer] ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Without your love, oh, oh ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Without your love... ♪

You are just as beautiful
as when I took you to prom.

Mm?

[singer] ♪ It wouldn't happen
Without your love... ♪

There's no place I'd rather be
than here with you right now.

[singer] ♪ Thank you ♪

I feel the same way.

[singer] ♪ Heavenly Father... ♪

-[phone buzzing]
-[Maurice groans]

-I'm sorry.
-It's OK.

-I'm on call.
-OK.

[tense music plays]

[groaning]

Uh, Dr. Montclair,
this is Nicole Flenory.

I-I found your card
on mom's nightstand.

We really need your help.

Surprise.

Look, you haven't even
been here yet.

And we got the place
to ourselves.

-[Joe] Hey, Tee.
-Hey, Joe.

It's cute. I just--

I just thought we were gonna go
someplace a little bit nicer.

I know, but just wait
till you try the food.

So what you wanna drink?

[Markisha] Wine?

No liquor license.

-Coke?
-I got you.

Oh, and you gotta try
this corn bread.

-Mm-hmm.
-[Terry whistles]

It is my grandmother's recipe

she passed to my mother.

-Oh, I can't wait.
-[Terry] Oof.

Oh, and we been cooking a lot
in the kitchen,

-you know, so...
-Mm-hmm.

...I'ma give you a slice
of that so you can buy

some jewellery,
buy some clothes,

buy the boys
whatever they want.

-[Markisha] Thank you.
-[phone rings]

[Terry] You want anything
on the menu or off the menu?

I mean, you know
the world is your...

oyster Rockefeller.

[Joe]
Yo, Tee, emergency call.

Your baby mama's in labor
at your folks'.

Your sister says come quick.

I gotta go.

f*ck.

You're not gonna give me
a ride?

Joe, take care of her.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

-Oh, my God.
-Just-just breathe.

Breathe. Breathe.

Nine-one-one is late as usual,
and our neighbours aren't home.

-[Lucille] Oh, my goodness.
-Oh, where's my mom?

-Where's my mom?
-[Maurice] There we go.

[Lucille] It's OK.
We're here, sweetheart.

It's all gonna be OK.
I'm Dr. Montclair.

-OK.
-[Maurice] All right?

-All right.
-OK?

We're gonna have
to deliver the baby here.

-The baby's coming now, so...
-OK.

[Maurice]
...please slide down, love.

Take your time.

Terry! [groans]

-What the hell?
-[Maurice] All right.

-Deep, steady breaths.
-Oh, my God. OK.

[Maurice] OK. All right.

Nicole, warm wet rags.

All right, quickly.

-Quickly, thank you.
-OK.

-Deep breath.
-[LaWanda] OK.

-Big push on this one.
-All right.

[Maurice] Nice and hard. Now.

-[grunting]
-Atta way.

There you go. Atta way.
Push, push, push, push.

-There you go.
-Yeah, squeeze my hand.

-Thank you.
-[LaWanda groaning]

-OK, bring your leg down.
-You got this.

-You can do this, baby.
-Move.

-OK, you're so good.
-All right.

[LaWanda] Oh, my God.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

-[Lucille] Yes.
-Oh, Jesus. All right.

-You're almost there.
-Oh, my God.

[Maurice] Your leg,
we're gonna place that back.

This is the final stretch,
all right?

-OK, all right.
-[Maurice] Take a deep breath.

-Breathe.
-Give me everything you got.

-[LaWanda] All right.
-[Maurice] All right.

[LaWanda] All right. [grunts]

-There we go.
-Yes, good job.

-Great job. Great job.
-[screams]

[Maurice]
All right. There she is.

-[Lucille] Oh, my God.
-[Maurice] There she is.

-[Lucille] Oh.
-[baby cries]

-There we go.
-Oh, I know.

-There's the cut.
-I know.

-It's OK, pumpkin.
-[Maurice] There you go.

Sorry, love.

[Lucille]
It's OK, grand-pumpkin.

Here's your mommy.

-[laughs] Yeah.
-[Maurice] Towel.

Yeah.

-[groans]
-Hi.

Oh, my God, Wanda.

-Hey, you OK?
-Congratulations.

You the daddy?

Get the f*ck away.

I know exactly
who you was with.

Wait, what?

No, I been busting my ass
trying to take care

-of us, the family. What--
-n*gga, f*ck you.

Your cook already gave you up.

-Wanda, can you stop tripping--
-Back the f*ck up.

Stop tripping
and let me hold my--

-Easy, easy.
-Let me hold my--

-Calm down, son.
-[Charles] Hey, hey, hey.

Terry, Terry,
come on, come on.

Let's go outside.

Let's get some air man,
all right?

-[baby crying]
-He ain't your son.

[Lucille] It's OK.
Breathe. Relax, sweetie.

Just relax.
The ambulance is here, honey.

[siren wailing]

[Maurice] Beautiful baby girl.

[Lucille] Nicole?

[Maurice]
Ah, she's all right.

OK.

-All right.
-Great, great job, ladies.

-[Lucille] You did so good.
-[LaWanda] Thank you.

[Lucille] You did so good.

[LaWanda sighs]

♪ ♪

[sighs]

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

[Claude]
I got another crew on board,

but we gotta tread lightly.

Man, that's your move.

You gotta tread lightly.

Yo, I think it'd go faster
if we were tag-teaming.

You gotta be the type of leader
that men will follow.

My girls so pure,
they hymens intact.

So the plan gonna sell itself,
so sell it.

[dramatic music plays]

I'll hit you up when I'm back.

Yo, you leaving me
high and dry?

I said I'll be back.
Trust.

♪ ♪

[person 1]
Pistons were getting blown out.

We bouncing early.

[person 2]
Hey, see you at the club, Dizz.

[indistinct chatter]

[tense music plays]

[engine turning over]

♪ ♪

-[valve squeaking]
-[gas hissing]

["A Song for You" playing]

♪ ♪

[Henri] Hey, Dizz.

♪ ♪

[Dizz] Henri?

♪ ♪

The f*ck?

[flame roaring]

[Donny Hathaway] ♪ I've been
So many places... ♪

[Dizz screaming]

Henri, come on, please!

[screaming]

Oh! Help me!

[Donny Hathaway]
♪ I've sung a lot of songs ♪

♪ I've made some bad rhymes ♪

♪ I've acted out my life... ♪

[Henrietta] Ashes to ashes

and Dizz to dust.

[Older Terry]
Ain't no brokering a truce

with someone whose sole reason
for being

is to extinguish your light.

In or out,
anyone near the drug game

is gonna be a casualty
of some kind

as you watch your attempts
at peace and prosperity

go up in smoke.

[Donny Hathaway]
♪ I know your image of me ♪

♪ Is what I hoped to be ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I treated you unkindly ♪

♪ But, darling
Can't you see ♪

♪ There's no one
More important to me ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Baby, can't you see
Through me ♪

♪ 'Cause we're alone now ♪

♪ And I'm singing this song
To you ♪

♪ You taught me
Precious secrets ♪

♪ Of a true love ♪

♪ Withholding nothing ♪

♪ You came out in front ♪

♪ When I was hiding ♪

♪ ♪

♪ But now I'm so much better ♪

♪ And if my words
Don't come together ♪

♪ Listen to the melody ♪