03x04 - Time To See The King

[bunniefuu]

[FUNKY HIP-HOP BEAT LAYERS IN]

[D-MAC] Previously on Force...

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

I'll f*ck' do it.

Just focus on getting

anything that you can about Stacy.

Her weakness.

[VIC] I did overhear she's
gonna be running for mayor.

[TOMMY] I always wanted
a mayor in my pocket.

You don't happen to know anyone
with a million dollars

lying around, do you?

I think I found Stacy's weakness.

We can use it against her.

She needs money.

Jenard? What up, doe?

Where the motherfuckin' stash at?

Okay.

- Chain too.
- Can't believe this sh*t.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

What you want for the bag?

Yeah, good lookin'.

Blast off, m*therf*cker.

[TOMMY] If we f*ck up Miguel's product,

their asses go dry

and they're gonna have to come
crawling to CBI.

Ortega and his crew, they gotta learn

that I ain't the m*therf*cker
that you sh**t at and miss.

I got your sh**ter.

You're dead.

One f*ck' hit and this entire
section of the city cavin' in?

And Big Smurf tells me

that the Sons of Destruction
is thinkin' of bouncing too?

I'll deliver Tommy Egan

and personally guarantee you
a foothold here in Chicago.

Sounds like we have an agreement.

We gon' have D-Mac
knock over the Nine-Sevens.

Then we put a call
in to the Nine-Sevens,

let 'em know the hit is happenin'.

D-Mac tries to hit, he gets bodied.

[COUGHS]

[D-MAC] Consider them
Nine-Seven n*gg*s hit hard.

Your boy did that sh*t.

Welcome back to CBI.

♪♪

[ENGINE STARTS]

["POWER, POWDER, RESPECT"
BY 50 CENT PLAYING]

♪ Tougher than a Teflon
All that dope I stepped on ♪

♪ Re-up, 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 ♪

[SULTRY FEMALE VOCALIZATIONS]

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

♪ The paper got paper, paper
Yeah, I gotta stack that ♪

♪ Them diamonds
Keep blinkin', blinkin' ♪

♪ We might have to jack that ♪

♪ Now, boy, when
That blicky-blicky come out ♪

♪ You get clapped fast ♪

♪ Draw down With the lil' jawn ♪

♪ I'm at you like pat-pat ♪

♪ Come back When them cameras out ♪

♪ 'Round your block We'll kick that ♪

♪ Come back when your funeral
In progress ♪

♪ And hit that ♪

♪ Hit you back-to-back ♪

♪ Your b*tch a*s 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? ♪

♪ Tougher than a Teflon
All that dope I stepped on ♪

♪ Re-up, 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 ♪

[SULTRY FEMALE VOCALIZATIONS]

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

♪ Money and powder and power ♪

What the f*ck is this all about?

Look, Tommy, you don't understand.

You g*dd*mn right I don't understand.

So why don't you try
explaining it to me?

I'm back on with CBI.

- You ain't back on sh*t.
- Diamond just blessed it.

I don't give a f*ck what Diamond says.

You answer to me.

[D-MAC] Nah, f*ck that!

A'ight? I earned this!
I put work in for this sh*t!

Man, look. All that cash is from a lick.

D-Mac hit a craps game over on 27.

[JENARD] Little m*therf*cker hungry.

Stay out of this, Jenard.

Just sayin', you gotta respect it.

[DIAMOND] Nephew brought it back
like a G.

He tryin' to earn his stripes.

He ain't no G!

He did exactly what
we woulda done. That's all.

Why is you encouraging him
despite my orders?

Orders? We equals.
I don't take orders from you.

Grab your sh*t. Get the f*ck outta here.
I'll deal with you later.

Right now, me and Diamond need to talk.

Yeah, a'ight.

On God, Unc, I'm CBI!

You little m*therf*cker.
f*ck outta here!

You too, get the f*ck outta here.

I don't need an audience.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Help me with this, Diamond.

I sat D-Mac down for a reason.

So you need to make this
make sense to me.

Otherwise, me and you's
gonna have some problems.

Hey, man. Hey, look.
Ain't no easy way to say it.

Well, I don't know,
try using your words.

So I let D-Mac back into CBI,

but I ain't have a choice.

Because he's about
to f*ck everything up.

He was gonna f*ck everything up?

D-Mac was gonna f*ck everything up?

- He's a kid.
- Man, D-Mac is a f*cking k*ller.

He knocked down Mad Dog.

King Kilo's nephew.

So you know what the f*ck that means.

So I ain't have a choice.

That little mistake threatens
everything that we built.

Why would he do that?

'Cause Mad Dog murked Leon.

So D-Mac did it to gain favor with us

to get back into CBI.

He did it to earn favor wit' you!

Why you didn't tell me this, Diamond?

Because King Kilo wants D-Mac dead.

- What?
- That's right.

So I let him back in CBI
to keep him close

so I could protect him.

So I could try to figure out
some sh*t, man.

And I can't risk telling you
because you act before you think,

despite the cost.

You g*dd*mn right!

That's my family.

Yeah, well, I was buying time

to keep his little reckless a*s alive

until I could find out
a solution or something, man.

That was my priority.

Buy some more time with King Kilo.

I need to figure out how to fix this.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

[DIAMOND] Tommy.

Rashan wants to meet
face-to-face tomorrow.

- That's fine.
- Yeah, well...

I think he wants the SODs
out the coalition.

Another f*ck' problem.

Make it happen.

Ten a.m.

[MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY]

I'm on some hot sh*t this whole year.

You know, they done let your boy
back in CBI.

Diamond then made it official.

So... check me out.

I'ma get you somethin' next, shorty.

[GENESIS] You know that
street sh*t don't impress me.

The wheels was one thing,
but that chain?

That's gon' bring
the wrong kind of attention.

It's gon' get you in trouble.

A'ight, so if the chain don't impress
you, then what impresses you?

A diploma. That would really impress me.

- [KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- You need to go...

You expecting company?

No. That... that gotta be
somebody for Marshall.

What time can I come through so...

- [KNOCKING CONTINUES]
- Get the door, Darnell.

f*ck that door.
I'm tryin' to talk to you.

- sh*t, it ain't for me.
- Mm-hmm. Real sus.

Look, all I'm saying...

[TOMMY POUNDING ON DOOR] D-Mac!

You know what? That's the sh*t
I'm talking about.

Bye, D-Mac.

- Bye.
- [GROANS] Come on...

f*ck, bro.

[SIGHS]

- What's up, Unc?
- "What's up, Unc?"

Diamond told me that you k*lled Mad Dog?

He ain't lie.

What the f*ck was you thinkin'?

Did Diamond put you up to that?

No, Diamond didn't put me onto that.

I did that for myself. I did it for CBI.

Well, the only thing that you
did was f*ck sh*t up for CBI.

You know Mad Dog is plugged by blood.

Now King Kilo got
a f*ck' price on your head.

f*ck King Kilo. I'll smoke his a*s too.

You better ask about me, Unc.
I'm really him.

I ain't gotta ask about you.

All I gotta do is answer for you.

You still got the g*n
that you used to do it?

- Yeah.
- Amateur!

Go get me that g*n.

I can't get you that g*n.

You just told me
there's a price on my head.

Well, then keep your head down

while I go and fix your f*ck' problem.

[OBJECTS CLATTERING]

CBI don't need you
for a m*therf*cking thing.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

You go ahead and k*ll,

steal, destroy.

I ain't never gonna change my mind.

[DOOR SLAMS]

♪♪

There's a g*dd*mn street w*r
between the Marquez cartel

and CBI happening in my city.

Now, I put Roberto Ortega
in protective custody,

so how in the hell was he still
running the streets from lockdown?

- Ortega must be using a burner.
- Hm.

I'll have the COs shake down his cell.

And we're still combing
through the footage

surrounding the murders, but...

most of the cameras
in the area are useless,

if they work at all.

Thank you, city council,
for the budget cuts.

Stay on this.

And where the hell is Tseng?

Sorry. I'm late.

I was tied up in court
on the motion to suppress.

So, how did the judge rule?

Uh, well, she didn't.

She adjourned it to tomorrow
and asked for more briefing.

But I have every reason to expect

that she'll rule in our favor.

Good.

Everything is riding on this conviction.

We can't afford any more missteps.

So, get on it.

I got you.

[STACY] I have a meeting with the AG.

- Thank you.
- Yep.

Stacy, hey. You got a minute?

Bobby, can it wait?

It's important.

No, no, no. Stay. This affects you all.

[STACY] Whoa. What is this?

[BOBBY] I caught a dozen bodies
at a DuRang frat house,

all fentanyl overdoses.

It's ugly.

I'm here 'cause two of 'em
are social influencers,

and one is LGBTQI+.

So the press could be heavy on this.

Why the f*ck is fentanyl
exploding in Chicago right now?

I don't know.

But we're already out
shaking the trees, so...

First Mirkovic dies from
carfentanil while in custody,

and according to the IDPH,
there's been an uptick

in fentanyl-related deaths
on the North Side.

See? And now these students.

- It can't be coincidental.
- The timing seems to fit

the Marquez cartel's arrival in town.

Maybe they're the ones
bringing this sh*t in.

If we can demonstrate
a definitive timeline,

our case against Marquez
just got a lot stronger.

- Hardwick, get on this.
- Mm-hmm.

[STACY] Thank you, Bobby.

But if this surge of deadly fentanyl

is related to the Marquez cartel,

I need to know now,

and I know just who to talk to.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

Um, that's from Beverly
and Mount Greenwood, so.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

What the f*ck, Tommy?

I've done everything you asked.

Not everything.

[HAMMER CLICKS]

I need you to hang on to this for me.

Okay. Why me?

What, is there a f*cking body
on this g*n?

Shut the f*ck up!

Tell me what you got on that
fed b*tch, Stacy Marks.

She been asking you about any
of them bodies we dropped?

- Yeah, she's been asking.
- What did you tell her?

Nothing!

Okay, well, you ain't
on vacation here, Vic.

Tell me everything you got
on that fed b*tch.

[VIC SIGHS]

Like I said, she needs the money.

Running a campaign is expensive,

and it survives
only with the right optics.

She's desperate for cash,
and you got it.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

So the b*tch hungry, huh?

Here's what we're gonna do.

Make a sizable donation
to Ms. Marks' campaign.

Just make sure that it can be tied back

to a big, scary drug dealer.

Me.

Let's see if that b*tch
can resist my money.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS, DOORS OPEN]

Diamond and Tommy are beefing.

Ain't no way to survive this bullshit.

They both lyin' to each other.
sh*t wild.

[SHANTI] Pot, kettle, all the same.

Shanti, I ain't lie to you.

Omission is a lie.

Baby...

Diamond pulled the trigger
on that D-Mac sh*t. Okay?

I just had to ride shotgun wit' him

to not risk his a*s
puttin' distance between us.

You sent D-Mac off
to get his moment of silence.

That sh*t is diametrically
opposed to our plan.

I told you to get close to D.

You havin' pillow talk wit' him.

You out here makin' solo moves, J.

No. Come on, babe.
Slow the f*ck up, a'ight?

I made a judgment call
in the heat of the moment.

That's it.

And this sh*t ain't even
cost us nothing.

What's gon' happen the next time

Big D wants something from you?

Come on, relax. A'ight?

Come up off that Jada and Will
energy right the f*ck now

and trust me. Baby.

The more Diamond trusts me

with his deepest, darkest
secrets, instead of Tommy,

that sh*t benefit us, all right?

Baby, lockin' in Diamond's trust,

that's what's gonna get us
that face time with Che.

All right? That's what you want, right?

I want a regime change.

I want their heads removed.

Do you?

Yeah.

Yeah. Yes. That's all I want, baby.

That's all I want.

Besides you.

[STACY] The time for games is over.

Is the Marquez cartel
pushing fentanyl in Chicago?

What are you offering me?

A lifeline.

If the Marquez cartel
is pushing this poison

and you don't help me,

that's 20 years to life,

for each body, added to your sentence.

As I said before,

if I divulge, I am dead in here
within 24 hours.

Shall we negotiate?

Otherwise, I can regale you on my plans

to take down Tommy Egan.

What do you have for me on Egan?

In a couple of days,
I will have Tommy on tape

confessing to a m*rder...

and being one of Chicago's
major distributors.

That being said,

it would be a hell of a lot
easier if I were out of jail,

handling him myself.

Not gonna happen.

[GRIM, FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING]

Get Egan...

confessing to moving drugs
for the Estrada cartel on tape,

and then we'll talk about
reducing your sentence.

But if I get the sense that, uh,

you're dragging your feet,

I'll get a tip to Ortega

that you've been talking to me.

[DOOR BUZZES, OPENS]

Rashan, Malik, what's good?
Time is money.

I hope you here to make some more.

Yeah, and as you can see, young'un,

we got a lot of work for you.

[LAUGHS] Sons of Destruction
is taking a different path.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Now slow down, man.

Let's just talk about what you need
and we can work together.

You're not listening.

You see, this safety in numbers,

steady as we go sh*t

ain't for us.

It's for old heads.

[TOMMY] Look, I used to be
just like you.

Always on the hunt.

Always looking for more prey.

- But you know what I learned?
- I don't give a f*ck.

And I don't want a history lesson.

We're makin' different moves.
We ain't prisoners.

Malik, get 'em they sh*t.

We out.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Yo, what the f*ck just happened?

We knew that might go down.

Yeah, but we can't afford
no more desertion.

We got a meeting with Che.

We down bodies.
We got product piling up.

You know what the next play is.

If they think we weak,

then one of these cats
comin' for the top spot.

Tommy, are you listening to me?

Well...

it looks like the Sons
of Destruction vote to be out

was not unanimous.

Is that right?

Okay then. Then what's the move?

Well, I think that note mean
Malik is up for grabs.

If he want the top spot...

let's give him the top spot.

Right. Okay.

What's that look like?

We give King Kilo Rashan
in place of D-Mac.

Kilo want a body, we give him a body.

But first, we make sh*t right with Che.

Hey, yo. About D-Mac...

Nah. Don't you even worry about that.

I got a special role for you to
play to make sh*t right with me.

♪♪

I have to get back to court soon.

Why the champagne?

We are celebrating.

Oh.

I landed the Corday development.

Oh my God. Emma, congratulations.

That's a... that's a huge property.

One of Chan's clients
requested me personally.

I closed them, of course.

Of course you did.

Close is what power couples do.

Claudia Flynn may be in play.

Stacy's trying to flip her.

- You cannot let that happen.
- Relax.

Claudia is a valuable asset
in the right hands.

My hands.

You haven't told Chan?

Jesus. Bill, you know what happens

if the cartel found out
you kept this from them.

They'll never know.

I'm lead on this case.

All the paperwork comes to me.

And when Stacy publicly fumbles
the Marquez case,

I am going to recover it

and then use Claudia Flynn as a pawn

to take down Tommy Egan.

And then walk in and replace Stacy

as the new U.S. Attorney of Chicago.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

I'll be invaluable to them.

Bro, on God,

when Tommy walked in on us
last night with D-Mac...

I thought we was gonna
have to bury that n*gga, bro.

No.

But we oughta bury someone else soon.

That's why I called you here.

sh*t, say less, n*gga. It's done.

But I'm telling you, if I do this sh*t,

I get to meet Che.

Soon. But right now,
we got a bigger problem.

I need you to convince King Kilo

that it wasn't D-Mac
that k*lled Mad Dog.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Wait. Come on, bro. For real?

n*gga, I ain't motherfuckin' Houdini.

How I'm supposed to do that sh*t?

Me and Tommy got a plan.

So I just need you to be
onboard with us.

Listen up and lock in.

Talk to me.

What's going on with you and Jenard?

I've always had a love for boxing

and chess.

It's math. Not emotion.

So what sport are you playing now?

Both. I'm a pugilist and a grand master.

I'm gettin' back on my bad b*tch sh*t.

I placed my crown
on Jenard's head prematurely,

but I'm course-correcting now.

And whoever's with me is with me,

and whoever falls short is my enemy.

Where you at?

I always bet on black.

Excellence and beauty.

♪♪

[SIGHS]

You're not trying to
sneak out on me, are you?

[RAE GIGGLES] Of course not.

But I do have a ton of work
to do before the morning.

We're putting together some private
fundraiser dinners for Stacy Marks.

Jayson, what's this?

That is a show of confidence
in your candidate.

You asked if I knew anyone
with some money.

This is a substantial donation.

I don't know what to say.

It's an investment.
It's nothing, really.

One of my early investments
in a DeFi block chain

is yielding high returns.

I believe Ms. Marks is the best
candidate for this city.

She's had some issues
with the CPD before,

but I think she can overcome that.

She also promises to be tough on crime,

and there's the DEI too.

Diversity, equity,
and inclusion in Chicago.

You've done your homework.

I have. I'm not a caveman.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

Rashan been making moves to
get the SODs in with Marquez,

some guys you been beefin' with.

No, this m*therf*cker isn't.

Yeah, some of the SODs
are showing interest,

but I got more guys with me.

Okay. Good.

- When's the meet?
- Tomorrow.

Look, if we gon' do somethin',
we gon' have to do it now.

Oh, we gon' do somethin'.

You just give me an address,
and I'ma handle it.

But you lock down the rest of the SODs.

I'ma handle Rashan.

And I'm gon' make you king.

♪♪

I need you to record Tommy.

Get him on video
when he delivers the drugs.

If we can get him on tape,
then we can...

I don't know if I can do that, Cloudy.

Plus, they erase the videos every night.

Then you need to record him
on your phone.

You can do this.

I can't.

What if he catches me?

He won't.

Look, I'm gonna tell you
exactly what to do and say.

If we can get him
to incriminate himself,

this whole nightmare is finally over.

And together, we will have done
what Walter couldn't do.

Destroy Tommy Egan
and reclaim the Flynn legacy.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Help me.

Then I will raise up the wolf
that you fell in love with,

and I'll get out of here
and we can be together.

I got bodies dropping
all over CBI territories.

As recently as a few days ago.

And you still haven't given me anything.

If you can't help me, I don't need you.

I can't tell you
what I don't know, Stacy.

If Tommy m*rder*d someone, trust me,

he didn't call me first
for a beer and advice.

No more excuses.

You give me something on Egan now,

or your penthouse becomes
a three-by-five jail cell.

Let's go.

Tommy's expanding CBI exponentially.

- Favored nations sh*t.
- Mm-hmm.

He's moving serious weight
with the Albanians.

Took my clubs and gave 'em to them.

So, business has never
been better for Tommy.

- And that must piss you off.
- Sure f*cking does.

But I'm just a lowly CI.
My hands are tied for the moment.

But as soon as I can, I promise you,

I will mess his sh*t up.

The Albanians, give me names.

- I want names.
- I'll get you names.

And then we wrap this sh*t up, right...

Mayor-elect?

I wanna move on with my life.

In case it hasn't sunk in yet...

Victor...

you'll get what you want
when I get what I want.

♪♪

- [DOOR SLAMS]
- [CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE ROARING]

["HEAT" BY BUD'DA QUAN NATIVE PLAYING]

Hey, let me get a stack on Manny Fresh.

Okay.

I love a woman who can spot a winner.

♪ Spin the block Ain't nothin' left ♪

♪ Look in my eyes ♪

Let's do it.

♪ Fire inside my veins ♪

♪ All this pain Inside my brain ♪

[ENGINE REVVING]

[ENGINES REVVING]

♪ Carnage will look Like a plane crash ♪

♪ b*tch n*gga killin' season ♪

♪ These real n*gg*s Gettin' even ♪

♪ Pumpin' and squeezin'
Hollows leave 'em leakin' ♪

♪ These missiles Are heat-seekin' ♪

♪ Slide ♪

♪ Face to face with death ♪

♪ Spin the block Ain't nothin' left ♪

♪ Look in my eyes ♪

[MAN] Yeah! Manny Fresh takes the bag!

♪ All this pain Inside my brain ♪

[CHATTER]

[MANNY] So what's up?

[SHANTI] I want you to go
into business with me.

I see you out here hustlin', grindin'.

But grindin' should be
left to the bedroom.

With me, you'll work smarter,
not harder.

Grinding's the game, though.

Work twice as hard to get half as far?

To feel like you worthy?

Baby, that's a Discover card.

We got passports and AmEx.

With me, we rise as a whole.

None of that crabs in the barrel sh*t.

Damn.

You sound like you got this sh*t
all figured out.

Talk numbers.

Let's just say,

with my product and your customers,

you'll be racing Ducatis
around a real track.

[MAN] A'ight, here you go.

Thank you.

Hey, I know you.

You used to box, right?

Yeah. Shanti Showstopper.

Yeah.

You Jenard's b*tch.

So you f*ck' with this

fiendin'-a*s, thievin'-a*s n*gga?

Baby, you coulda led with that sh*t.

Yeah, I f*ck with Jenard.

[LAUGHS] This n*gga robbed me.

He stole my chain my daddy gave me.

You best believe if I see this n*gga,

I'm puttin' his a*s to sleep.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

But you coulda had a bright-a*s future

if you weren't f*ck' wit' that clown.

Think about it.

- [CHAINS RATTLING]
- [SCREAMING]

[GRUNTING]

[SCREAMING]

[CHE] Ok.

[IN SPANISH]

[LAUGHS]

♪♪

[GROANING]

[g*nshots]

[IN ENGLISH] g*dd*mn.

[WATER SPLASHES]

Che, if this a bad time
to talk about business,

we could always come back.

This is business.

- He disobeyed me.
- Ah.

Unpleasantries like this is the
cost of being in business with me.

Well, this money here...

that's to pay for our recent
indiscretions on the street.

[IN SPANISH]

[CHE IN ENGLISH] Wise decision.

Anyone who costs me money
is useless to me.

I meant what I said

when I told you I didn't want
a w*r in these Chicago streets.

If this mess interferes
with my business,

you'll pay.

We understand, Che.

[IN SPANISH]

[IN ENGLISH] Che...

Roberto Ortega ain't the big, bad wolf.

According to our peoples,

he light on soldiers
and weak on product.

I don't think we're gonna be
hearing from him again.

I mean, sure, we took a shot at him...

[SHUSHES] Enough of your words.

I need assurances.

Our business is good.

CBI, tell you the truth,
we ain't never cost you one dollar.

You know what?

Triple our product.

[SCOFFS]

I'm serious.

Let us flood these Chicago streets
with that Estrada premium.

I'ma drowned out any m*therf*cker
that don't f*ck wit' us.

And if I cost you even one penny...

Hmm?

You do me like you did that man.

Make it happen.

It's a deal.

That's a shitload of product.

Yeah, but we can handle that
much product. Could you, Miguel?

[IN SPANISH]

- [IN ENGLISH] I can handle it.
- Tommy?

If you interfere with my pipeline again,

I will feed your family
to my c*ck Spaniels...

alive.

Understood.

[IN SPANISH]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ If you ain't one of mine
My n*gga, I'm dumping ♪

♪ That's the way we handle
This sh*t on this side ♪

♪ I done been in Way too much beef ♪

♪ To start runnin'... ♪

Shanti!

["I RUN THE BLOCK"
BY MANDO BEATS PLAYING]

Hey.

I stopped by Nicky's.

Got you that Big Baby burger you like.

Fries too.

I know how you like it.

Oh, sh*t. Let me hit that.

♪ Bankrolls, rusted stove
n*gga, I seen it all ♪

♪ Hood doctor, cutting
My coke up with the Tylenol ♪

Mmm.

What's wrong wit' you?
Silent treatment and sh*t?

Babe, I called yo' a*s like three times.

I was busy.

I was makin' a a*s of myself
with Manny Fresh.

I mean, sh*t, what the f*ck
you was doing with her anyway?

I mean, that b*tch messy as f*ck.

Did you steal her chain?

Hell nah.

That b*tch told you I did that?

This isn't working out, J.

CBI, me sidelined, cash-strapped.

And now my name,
by affiliation, is muddy.

It doesn't work for me.

[JENARD] You need some money?

I got you. Okay?

f*ck Manny.

We don't need her.

Where the f*ck you goin'?

Shanti!

Come on, ba... All right, damn.
Fine, f*ck it!

I'll fix the sh*t with Manny.

[POUNDING ON DOOR]

- Hey.
- [MIGUEL] Hey.

[IN SPANISH]

Miguel.

Tus favoritas.

Gracias.

[IN ENGLISH] What brings you here?

Regret.

I, uh, wanted to invite
you and Tommy to dinner.

My Sundays without you and Ama are hard.

[IN SPANISH]

[IN ENGLISH] I'd like that.

So you, me, and, uh...

Tommy...

we'll go to dinner.

Not my table just yet...

but a restaurant of your choice.

[IN SPANISH]

[IN ENGLISH] Good.

Then it's done.

You tell me when and where
and I'll be there.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

- Tommy.
- You got 30 seconds, rich girl.

What?

Listen, we're burning through
coke and pills.

So instead of waiting for your guys,

who stand out quite a bit

and who are often not prompt
and hang around too much,

I could pick up the drugs from you...

So you suggesting a change for us?

A lower profile.

Just a thought.

Don't think too much.

Sometimes it could have
unintended side effects.

Well, the point is,
we need more coke on hand.

Can you make that happen?

I can make it rain cocaine.

I'm like the Santy Claus of powder.

You sure you ain't samplin' the product?

- You seem a little jumpy.
- Well, I was up all night.

Oh, then maybe a bump or two
wouldn't k*ll you.

Be careful, though.

Gotta take care of yourself.

Remember those unintended side
effects I was talking about?

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

Making careless mistakes is one of 'em.

[SHAKY BREATHING]

You could die.

Don't worry.

I ain't got time to k*ll you right now.

What's your name again?

- Elise.
- You got nice legs, Elise.

But if you don't wanna be
riding around in a wheelchair

for the rest of your f*ck' life,

you gonna cut this bullshit out
right now.

We both drug dealers now.

That's what you wanted.

Remember?

Tell Claudia I said hello.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]

[INHALES DEEPLY]

This better be important.

[MIGUEL IN SPANISH]

[IN ENGLISH] Indeed I am.

[IN SPANISH]

[IN ENGLISH] Get your people ready.

[IN SPANISH]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

- What's up, Tseng?
- We have a problem.

Well, handle it. The AG is on my a*s

about these fentanyl deaths.

Stacy...

I'm sorry, but the judge granted

the defense's motion to suppress,

and now Ortega's lawyers
are filing a motion to dismiss.

How the f*ck could you let that happen?

They don't have a reasonable
expectation of privacy

in an unoccupied warehouse.

Didn't you argue that?

Yes, of course I argued that.

And everything else I could think of.

But the judge suppressed
the drugs anyway.

- It's out of my hands.
- Damn it, Tseng.

If you ever hope to first chair
another case in this office,

you'll get off of your a*s

and figure out a way to keep
this g*dd*mn case alive.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[SIGHS]

[CHATTER]

[BRAKES SQUEALING]

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING IN DISTANCE]

Yo, what the f*ck is you doing, bro?

It's me. It's me.

sh*t.

- That your whip?
- What can I say?

I don't shine shoes anymore.

[LAUGHS] Yeah, bro.

What's happening, though, bro?

sh*t, man. I'm over here
hopin' I run into you.

Yeah? For what?

You still got that chain I sold you?

[JOEY] Bro, I been...

rockin' this m*therf*cker every day.

I see. I see.

Yeah, um...

Let me buy it back from you.

Nah, bro. I can't even do that.

Oh, come on, Joey.

God damn, how much you want?
What you need?

Huh? What you need? A G?

Two? What's up?

I told you, bro, I'm straight.

f*ck it, then.

Cool.

Well, sh*t, I'm about
to grab these bags, dawg.

I'll holler at you.

All right, bet.

Wait. Hold up.
Hold up. Hold up. Hold up.

You 'bout to go get that
weak-a*s dope from Yo-Yo?

Bro!

Man, f*ck that trash-a*s sh*t, Joey.

Look. I got somethin' for you.

- What?
- That motherfuckin' k*ll.

This the sh*t that's been
puttin' n*gg*s in the dirt.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

That Asian sh*t.

Hmm.

You know what? Don't worry about it.

You don't want it, man.
You know, it's all good.

- Don't even trip.
- h*-h*-hold up!

Man, I'm just trying
to help my n*gga out!

- What's up?
- Hold up!

Let your boy get a motherfuckin' taste.

[MUSIC DARKENS]

My man.

[CHUCKLES]

Come on.
Be careful with that sh*t, Joey.

Careful's my middle name, bro.

♪♪

Oh sh*t, I can already feel this sh...

[MUSIC DARKENS]

[JENARD] Yo, Joey?

Joey? Come on, man.

f*ck. Joey?

f*ck.

Look, I told yo' dumb a*s
to be careful, n*gga!

[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Thanks for seeing me.

The old lady here?

Uh, she went to New York

to take care of a couple of things.

She comin' back?

Are you saying that you care?

No, no, no.

I don't care. It's just that...

she owe me $20
for having me play her numbers.

Hey, I don't got that much time.

Then I'll get to the point.

That'd be good.

If you're in trouble,

I want to help.

What makes you think I'm in trouble?

You said that you caught another body.

Look... I said a lot of things
that I didn't mean.

You know, I was just
talkin' out my mouth,

but it was all cap.

None of that stuff was true.

[SIGHS]

Well, that's good to hear.

And I'm sorry for calling you that word.

I didn't mean it.

We all say and do
a lot of things we don't mean.

I just want you to know...

that I'm here for you if you need me.

[TAPS TABLE] All right. Well...

I gotta get going.

I'll hit you later.

You talk to that old lady,

tell her that she still owe me.

Be careful out there.

♪♪

[SIGHS]

[ELISE GASPS]

Tommy caught me.

I thought he was gonna k*ll me.
The evil in his eyes.

- I'm sorry, Cloudy.
- Slow down.

Tell me everything.

Tommy's a f*cking psychopath.

My mom has a friend in the DEA's office.

I think I should talk to him.

I need protection.
I'm not strong like you.

- Tommy's gonna k*ll me.
- He's not gonna k*ll you.

If he wanted you dead,
you already would be.

You don't know that.

You have people
in here watching your back.

Who do I have?

[SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING]

[SIGHS]

I'm sorry.

[INHALES DEEPLY]

I've been locked in to survival
mode since I've been here.

Solely focused on staying alive

and getting out that I...

forgot to protect
the woman I love so much.

I'm gonna change that.

[SIGHS] Thank you.

I tried to be strong.

But I'm alone out here, Cloudy,
and I'm scared.

You won't be alone for long.

I promise.

I love you, Elise.

I have one more card to play.

♪♪

Tell me you'll wait for me.

[MUSIC FADES]

Are you serious, n*gga?

Come on. I ain't tryin'
to slide on y'all.

I ain't even on that, okay? Look.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

I'm naked, G.

This don't make sh*t right, my n*gga.

Comparative advantage.

Count it.

I was low on product, Manny.

It shouldn't have been you.

You treated me
like I was a p*ssy, n*gga,

and you should know better.

What you want, Manny?

You wanna hear me
say the sh*t or something?

I apologize.

But don't take my transgression
out on Shanti.

A'ight? That deal she gave you,
n*gga, that sh*t was solid.

And I'll even sweeten
the m*therf*cker for you.

She ain't f*cked up like me.

- I don't deserve her.
- Hey, the money is right-right.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

All right, I won't take
yo' sh*t out on your girl.

'Cause she fine.

Might have to take her
from you, little n*gga.

You always been funnier than
a m*therf*cker, I swear to God.

But look, I don't think
that "buy to try" bullshit

gonna work over here, baby.

You know I got my sh*t together.
Real d*ck.

- A'ight? Goodnight, baby.
- Get yo' a*s outta here.

[LAUGHS] This n*gga stupid.

[ENGINE REVVING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

[TOMMY] Hey, Rashan?

Ohh whoops.

[GRUNTING]

Get his arrogant a*s up!

You know what?

You had a lot to say earlier.

f*ck you.

f*ck your mother.

[GRUNTING, GROANING]

What you got to say now?

You still wanna walk away from us?

[PAINED GRUNTING]

[MUFFLED SCREAMING]

Speaking in tongues!

Now he's speaking in tongues!

There you go.

[PANTING]

[GRUNTING]

What you wanna do wit' him?

Drag him into the back.

No, no, wait.

Put him right under here.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

Get your phone out.
I want you to record this.

King Kilo...

want a body for the Mad Dog hit?

He gonna get a body
with the m*rder weapon.

Right here.

There you go.

You shoulda played ball, m*therf*cker.

[TENSE, GRIM MUSIC PLAYING]

[LOUD CLATTERING]

Damn.

Let's get the f*ck outta here.

♪♪

[VIC] What are you thinking about?

[RAE] At some point, I'm gonna
have to go back to my own place.

But... I can't get over this view.

Or this penthouse.

[GENTLE, ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Or you.

[LAUGHS SOFTLY] Come on.

I'm sure you've seen places
nicer than this.

What makes you say that?

I mean, look at you.
The job you have at your age.

You probably went to
the Latin School or some sh*t

that led you straight to
the University of Chicago.

All your friends are probably rich
and live in places better than this.

I went to the Lab School.

Yeah, same difference.

Let me guess, Mommy
and Daddy paid for it?

My mom cleaned homes.

Like this one.

And the only thing
my father ever paid for

was a bus ticket out of town
when I was three years old.

I'm...

I don't know who you think
I am, Jayson...

but you don't know me.

I wasn't...

I grew up in a trailer in Mokena.

I had to take two buses and a train

to get to school every day.

And the way I paid for that school

was by getting a scholarship
that I worked my a*s off for.

You're right. I'm sorry.

- I don't know you.
- You don't.

I'm gonna go.

Stop.

I don't know you, Rae.

But I want to.

["TEMPORARY LOVER" BY TAMAE PLAYING]

Dance with me.

[RAE LAUGHS SOFTLY]

Excuse me?

Seriously.

You don't strike me as a dancer, Jayson.

Well, you don't know everything
about me either, then.

♪♪

♪ Keep me around ♪

♪ Why do you keep me around? ♪

Something's happening here, isn't it?

Aren't you feeling it?

I am.

♪ Why do you keep me around? ♪

Meeting you has been...

I don't know, it's like...

the first time I've felt alive
in a really long time.

♪ 'Cause if you wanted to
Then, baby, you would ♪

♪ And if you needed to... ♪

[SONG FADES]

[JENARD] Shanti!

I'm the man, baby.

I'm the motherfuckin' man.

Who the man? Say I'm the g*dd*mn man.

- Why you takin' so long?
- Why you yellin' at me?

'Cause... that Manny Fresh sh*t?
I handled it.

We in business wit' her.

Manny hates you. Literally.

Nope. Past tense.

I'm tellin' you. Baby, look.

I told her that unforgiveness
is the thief of profit.

What I'ma do next,

I'ma make Diamond introduce us to Che.

- [SCOFFS]
- Yes, ma'am.

Yes, ma'am.

- Okay, J.
- Mm-hmm.

- You did good.
- Yeah? I did?

- How good?
- Yeah, you did real good.

- Mm, real good? Mm.
- Mm-hmm.

I like real good. Mmm.

- Come here.
- [GIGGLES] You surprise me.

I wasn't expecting to be surprised.

Oh. Okay. Well, let me
surprise you again

- when you get up outta this.
- [CELL PHONE VIBRATES]

Oh, sh*t. Hold on.

Yeah, I gotta go, um,
tap in with Diamond, baby.

Can't that wait?

I mean, you want me to keep it
funky wit' you?

Always.

All right. Look. Me and Diamond?

We gotta figure out a way
to convince King Kilo

that D-Mac didn't k*ll Mad Dog.

- J, what the f*ck?
- No, no, no, no, no.

Listen, I ain't got time to
argue with you about this sh*t.

I promise you, if I make it back,

we gon' finish this situation.

And then what we gon' do is

we gonna figure out the next steps.

Okay? And then after that,

girl, I'm 'bout to huh, huh, huh, huh.

Mwah! Love you. Bye.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

You promised me Egan

and you sent an amateur to work him?

[SCOFFS]

You Flynns exhaust me.

It's time for me to cut
my losses and move on.

The next time I see you
will be in a courtroom.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

I can get you Tommy Egan.

I just can't do it from in here.
You have to trust me.

Unhand me.

Hypothetically, I give you
the rope to entice Egan,

how do I know you won't run?

Because as soon as he learns
that I'm out on the streets,

he'll try and k*ll me.

And I'll be trusting you
to keep me alive.

I can't get him on moving drugs.
He's too smart for that.

But we can get him on attempted m*rder.

Use me as bait.

Why are you so sure
he'll come after you?

Because I took something from him

he can never have back.

Testify against Roberto Ortega too...

and I'll see what I can do.

♪♪

Deal.

[DOOR LOCK BUZZES, DOOR OPENS]

[JENARD] That's the n*gga
that k*lled Mad Dog.

[KING KILO] My people
say this is Rashan,

part of the coalition.

Leader of the SODs.

You told me it was a shorty named D-Mac.

You right, Kilo, and-and-and,
look, n*gga, that's on me.

That's my bad, okay?

Now, D-Mac was, in fact,
there the day of the sh**ting.

Right?

But when we did our due diligence, bro,
I found out that...

Mad Dog was involved
in a lot of stickups.

One of those stickups was Rashan.

This n*gga robbed him
and his lady at gunpoint,

then took off on Rashan's motorcycle.

You know how that n*gga is
about them bikes.

When I pressed the shorty
that witnessed the sh**ting,

that little m*therf*cker broke.

A'ight? He said that

the only reason he said it was D-Mac

is 'cause he's scared
of this n*gga Rashan.

Then I confronted Rashan,

and this m*therf*cker
didn't even deny it.

He said that he had to lay
a Mad Dog down.

That's his words.

This arrogant m*therf*cker
still had the g*n on him.

The same caliber as the one
on the news, n*gga.

[SIGHS]

[GRIM, OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

I'm gonna need confirmation
from the SODs

that Rashan was even robbed.

Oh, done.

That's done. That's too easy.

Hey, Kilo, listen.

If you still want me to whack
this little m*therf*cker D-Mac

just for good measure,

n*gga, I'll do it.

I'll body this m*therf*cker.

That sh*t don't mean nothin' to me.

What up, J? What's the word on Kilo?

[SCOFFS] Man, bro.

It was scary hours in there

with that institutionalized-a*s
n*gga, but...

I think he's satisfied,
so business gonna continue.

Yeah. Damn. Hell yeah, little bro.

You came through big for me, man,

- and I appreciate you.
- I got you.

You know we couldn't have
done it without you.

That's it?

"Thank you"? [LAUGHS]

Come on, bro. I just pulled off
a f*ck' hat trick, n*gga.

I got Tommy off our a*s,
Kilo off our a*s,

and I saved the bus...

And you will be rewarded for it.

Man, Tommy and I got plans...

n*gga, f*ck Tommy.

I did that sh*t for us, D.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

You know what, bro? I'm out.

[STACY] Your sister's gonna
walk free from prison today.

Are you out of your mind?

If everything plays out
the way that I want it to,

Egan will be history

and I'll get everything I want.

You shouldn't do this.

[STACY] I'm not asking your opinion.

Get me what I want.

Egan's reaction to this play.

Every move.

This conversation is over.

♪♪

Stacy, we need to talk. The judge...

Claudia Flynn is gonna testify
against Roberto Ortega.

She's being released from prison
as we... speak.

She's playin' us, Stacy.

We can't trust Claudia Flynn.

She's always been in service
of her own interests.

None of our careers can afford
an embarrassing misstep.

It's done.

And trust me, she will deliver.

She's motivated.

Well, let me help.

I can provide a list of top
names for Claudia's detail.

[STACY] It's a black box
from here, Tseng.

But... if I pull this off,

I just may run for governor.

Hm.

Can't believe you guys did it.

Yeah, well, Rashan
couldn't believe it neither.

Welcome to the top, G.

What you did will not be forgotten.

I hope so.

Look, what happened to Rashan,

can't nobody else find out about it.

Yeah, vault of trust works both ways.

We put a little something extra
in that bag for you.

For your grief and all.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[TOMMY] I took care of your problem.

- I didn't know I had a problem.
- [TOMMY] You did.

It's handled.

You good to be outside.

Oh, and D-Mac?

You're officially back on with CBI.

You wasn't never gonna stop, was you?

It's time for you to be
baptized into this life.

Just like Kanan did for me and Ghost.

Who?

Eh, it's a story for a different time.

But look.

You lock in with me,
and only me. You understand?

I got you.

- [CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
- Good.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey, Unc, you good?

Yeah. Just something
I gotta handle alone.

But when I call, be ready to do work.

You about to earn
your street PhD, D-Mac.

There's levels to this game.

And you my family.

All right, come here.

[INHALES, SIGHS]

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

- [PHONE LINE RINGING]
- Pick up.

- Pick up. Pick up. Pick up.
- [VOICEMAIL] Your call

has been forwarded to an
automatic voice message system.

- f*ck!
- [BEEP]

Hey, it's me. We have a problem.

Claudia Flynn is cooperating
with the feds.

She's agreed to testify.

["I'M BACK" BY TOMMY NOVA PLAYING]

♪ I'm back
In the field for the pennant ♪

♪ 'Bout to drill Like a dentist ♪

♪ When it's real I'm a menace ♪

♪ All facts ♪

♪ Grab your shield And your weapon ♪

♪ Never kneel For you peasants ♪

♪ If you squeal
I'ma knock 'em off track ♪

♪ Heed where you steppin' ♪

♪ You can bleed in a second ♪

Let's go. Let's go.

♪ Took a little second
To reload up all the weapons ♪

♪ If you didn't get the message
I'm back ♪

Time to go terrorize the devil.

♪ Tryna intercept my biz
I jump out whips ♪

♪ Wit' Sigs That'll split y'all wig ♪

♪ Big bucks, movin' in Lears
And big trucks ♪