07x07 - Unfinished Business

[bunniefuu]

[PERSON] Previously on The Chi...

Okay, now, if there's anyone in here

that doesn't think these two

should be joined in holy matrimony,

don't say sh*t.

'Cause they don't give a
damn about what you think,

because this is their life.

I'm tired of being a secret.

I'm already coming off one scandal.

I don't need another one.

[SARAH] What is so scandalous about us?

[EZEKIEL] Have you looked in the mirror?

I'm in charge now. I
always had your back.

It's time for you to have mine.

You're like my family.

It's me or them.

[TENSE JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

[DAMIEN] Can I hold some cash?

How much you need?

- Like three racks.
- Damn, n*gga.

- What you need it for?
- I owe somebody.

Dad said you be betting too much.

[DAMIEN] No, it's not that bad.

I got 6,000.

What the hell, man?
Why would you do that?

We up. Let's just play it safe.

Trust me.

[PERSON] That's how we do.

Pleasure doing business with you.

Emmett gonna k*ll me.

[REG] Who is that?

[JAKE] That's the lady that
helped Vic beat his case.

- [REG] She got money?
- Hell yeah.

Good to know.

[AUTOMATED VOICE] This
is a prepaid call from

an inmate at the County
Correctional Facility.

[TRISTAN] Hey, Ma.

Reg ain't dead.

I heard he came out of
hiding now that Douda's gone.

If you get him, maybe I
could come home sooner.

Let me talk to my superior,
see what I can dig up.

A detective approached me tonight.

[TOUSSAINT] Bakari Bronson.

I'm Detective Toussaint.

Your DNA was found across the street

from where Robert
Lafayette's body was dumped.

It was about your son.

But I was told that Zay k*lled my son.

Mama, she asked about Reg.

I don't think you did it,
but I think you know who did.

Was it Reg?

- Where can I find him?
- Maybe Jake's crib.

Is that him?

Yep.

[g*nshots]

- [REG YELLS]
- Oh, f*ck!

- [REG] What the f*ck?
- Shh! Go!

[g*nshots]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[g*nshots]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

[UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

♪ Hey, little lady ♪

♪ I love the way that you walk ♪

♪ Ooh, yeah ♪

♪ Every time I see you ♪

♪ I get butterflies in my heart ♪

♪ Da, da, da, da, dow ♪

♪ Hey, good looking ♪

♪ You're kind of precious to me ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

Oh, sh*t.

Gonna be late for my
doctor's appointment.

Woman, why would you schedule

a doctor's appointment on my birthday?

I didn't have a choice.

This was the only time
she could fit me in.

I tried to push it, but...

mm.

- [GRUNTS]
- She wouldn't let me.

Everything a'ight?

Yeah, I'm sure it is.

It better be.

We partying tonight.

♪

♪ Da, da, da, da, da ♪

♪ Hey, sweet baby ♪

♪ Please tell me what I got to do ♪

♪ To get next to you ♪

Your cancer has metastasized
to your pancreas.

But you said I was gonna be okay.

When it comes to cancer,

you're never completely
out of the woods.

[SIGHS]

So I have to go through chemo again?

You could,

but it wouldn't save your life.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

What... what?

I would suggest talking to
your family as soon as possible

and getting your affairs in order.

♪

[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]

♪

[LYNAE] What's going on?

Well, the good news
is, he's still alive.

[LYNAE] Is he awake?

They're gonna keep him comatose

until his vitals improve.

What does that mean?

That means that they're
gonna keep him asleep

for a little bit longer.

Is he gonna wake up?

Of course.

How do you know?

I don't.

I'm just trying to be positive.

What if he dies?

Please don't say that.

He could.

Words have power.

We gotta be intentional
about what we say.

What if he doesn't make it?

Then I'll look after you.

I don't want you.

I want my family.

Well, I am your family now,
whether you like it or not.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]

Man, I can't believe
you're gonna walk out

on your own family.

Man, just 'cause we family

don't mean you can talk
to me any kind of way.

Hey, that's a word, n*gga.

Shut up.

Hey, f*ck all that, man.

Who the hell's trying to k*ll you?

♪

I think it was Shaad's a*s.

Shaad wouldn't try to k*ll
you, but his woman would.

Who the f*ck is his woman?

That rich lady I showed you.

Oh, sh*t.

You talking about Alicia?

Hey, you know that's Q
and Sonny's sister, right?

How the f*ck would I know that?

'Cause you used to roll with Q.

I ain't know that
n*gga whole family tree.

Why that b*tch after me?

Since her son got k*lled,

she wanna k*ll any n*gga with a past.

Her son ran the streets too.

Man, all he did was mind his
business and smoke some weed.

Yeah, and that n*gga
still ended up dead.

- Who k*lled him?
- I don't know.

I'm working with his baby mama now.

He got a baby?

She pregnant.

So she's carrying Alicia's grandchild?

Yeah.

And where the baby mama stay at?

With her.

Is that right?

What is you gonna do?

I don't know yet.

n*gga, you need a bulletproof vest.

Nah.

f*ck that.

I need you to tell
the mob to protect me.

I don't run with them n*gg*s.

You my little bro.

That's all that matters.

Tell them if they see
any suspicious cars

riding around her, just light 'em up.

Bro, that's crazy.

You heard what I said.

A detective came to me asking about Reg.

- Don't be talking to the cops.
- I didn't!

And don't talk to Alicia, either.

We needed you to k*ll Douda.

That's it.

Rob ain't do nothing to nobody.

He disrespected me. I
had to send a message.

God, now the f*cking cops think that Reg

has something to do with Rob's death.

Okay, let them think that.

n*gga, I tried to get
Alicia to k*ll Reg for you.

I didn't need you to do that, Bakari.

f*ck that sh*t!

I tried to protect you.

I appreciate you for having my back.

Only thing I need you to do is lay low

and don't do nothing else
without coming to me first.

All right?

[KEYS JINGLE]

[DOOR SLAMS]

[MOODY JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

Emmett, not tonight.

I thought pregnant
women like having sex.

I've been chasing after three kids,

and I got one growing inside of me.

I'm too tired.

Can't argue with that. sh*t.

[KIESHA] No, you can't.

[TRAIN RUMBLING]

Whatever y'all can do
to make sure that sh*t

don't happen again, he'd appreciate it.

Say less. We on it.

The f*ck you think you're doing?

Minding my business.

Hey, if you wanna talk to the mob,

you gotta go through me first.

They Reg n*gg*s too.

n*gga, they don't work for him.

You try to k*ll my brother?

No, but if I did, he'd be dead.

Then I'm glad it wasn't you.

[THUMPS ARM]

Let your brother know if he
need anything from the mob,

give me a call.

Happy birthday, old man.

Hey. All right. [LAUGHS]

[ALL] Happy birthday.

You all right, Shaad?

Nah.

- No, I'm not.
- Yeah.

This Jamal sh*t got us all f*cked up.

Yeah.

I tried to visit him, but they're only

letting family in right now.

Dom's in there with him.

She married to him now.

Oh, yeah, that's right.

I'm just glad he got family by his side.

Yeah, it's kind of hard
celebrating my own life

while we mourning somebody else's.

He's not dead.

If I had a car, I
would have been the one

making those deliveries.

- Ain't nobody's fault.
- It's somebody fault.

Our focus should just be
on Jamal getting better.

This men's circle
sh*t is beautiful, bro,

but what does it matter if
we can't make a difference

- when we walk out of that door?
- [SHAAD] You right.

- We can't save the world.
- [KEITH] Nah.

But we can look out
for our neighborhood.

Vic tried that. It didn't work.

It did work for a while, but
then I left to run for office.

You trying to come back to the street?

Only if y'all coming back with me.

I'm with that.

Man, you just got out of jail.

You need to keep your head
down and your nose clean.

We can do both.

I tried that sh*t.

It don't work.

Let's just make sure
we protect each other.

- Yeah.
- A'ight?

Let's say a prayer for bro.

- Come on.
- Oh, yeah.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

Oh, sh*t.

[PHONE CHIMES]

Black kings, Black kings, Black kings,

this is an emergency.

One of our own has
betrayed the ancestors.

He has creeped into the
master's daughter's bed

to make himself feel superior.

He has abandoned the Black woman.

And when you do that as a Black man,

you are abandoning yourself!

How can you attend the church of a man

who wants to lead his
flock with Becky on his arm?

You following that? 'Cause I ain't.

He can't give me proper
wisdom and/or guidance

if his food ain't seasoned properly.

I wish I could say I was surprised,

but I'm not, for this is par the course.

This is part of the
master's master plan.

Why do you think I call
myself Master Marshawn?

'Cause I refuse to be a sl*ve.

I am my own master.

Me!

And you can be, too,

if you denounce Pastor Zeke
and his money-grubbing church.

[MELLOW POP MUSIC PLAYING]

Stop all this cooking right now.

I'm sending the kids to Dolly's.

I didn't plan that.

I know. I did.

- Why?
- 'Cause we need some us time.

Consider this our babymoon.

Ooh, what does one do on a babymoon?

We gonna chill, relax,

maybe have some mommy and daddy time.

I love that.

And I realized if I wanna spend
some quality time with you,

I gotta get these kids out the house.

Thank you for stepping
up. That means a lot.

I got us a hotel for the night.

Oh, sh*t, let me pack my bag.

We gonna hit Pop's birthday party.

Then after that, it's
all about me and you.

This is amazing.

I love you.

I love you too.

♪ Yeah, yeah, we on top ♪

Mm.

Mmm.

I really appreciate y'all helping me

get the nursery together.

[BOTH] I got you.

Hey, uh...

babe, can you pass me that
screwdriver over there?

You know, I've been reading
a lot of baby books lately.

- For real?
- [VICTOR] Mm-hmm.

I mean, I just wanna know

how to speak your language
when the baby comes.

You're so sweet.

- n*gga, you ain't his daddy.
- So?

It takes a village to raise a child.

But you only get one father.

Somebody k*lled his father.

[TIFF] Hey, don't be like that.

[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

- Oh, sh*t.
- Oh, sh*t is right.

[LAUGHTER]

Hey, where's my money, n*gga?

Come on, bro. What you mean?

We lost that money together.

I told you to slow down.

You didn't wanna listen.

So now you owe me three racks.

And I don't play about my money.

[SCOFFS]

I mean, okay, I don't have three racks,

and I still gotta pay my brother back.

Them sound like you problems.

Okay, bro, just give
me a few weeks, okay?

You got a few days

before I come back to collect my sh*t.

All right?

[LAUGHS] All right.

All right, Keith.

Yeah.

I can't believe your
a*s is still gambling.

I didn't think we was gonna lose.

[CHUCKLES]

That's usually how gambling works.

[SIGHS]

How much you got in the register?

Not three racks.

Y'all got cash in the back?

Yes, but it's for emergencies.

Come here.

If I was you, I would borrow
some of that secret stash money

just to keep that n*gga off my back

and replace it before
Emmett knows it's gone.

You need to get help.

[SIGHS]

[MARSHAWN] I am my own master.

Me!

And you can be, too,

if you denounce Pastor Zeke
and his money-grubbing church.

[EZEKIEL] Who is this guy?

He thinks he's the king
of all things Black people.

That's Master Marshawn.

[EZEKIEL] Why is he coming for me?

He don't believe in the races mixing.

[SCOFFS] What is this, 1953?

He believes a lot of prominent Black men

always ditch they Black
wives for white women

once they reach a certain level.

That's not what I'm doing.

I ain't know she was
gonna post that picture.

You have divorced two
Black women at this point.

Yeah, it's not a good look.

So I have to sacrifice my happiness

to appease my community?

I want you happy, but I also
wanna keep our doors open.

Charles, don't act like you don't lust

after white women sometimes.

I would never date one publicly.

So you do it privately.

This conversation is
for grown folks, youngin.

Man, I'm grown.

[BOTH] No, you're not.

I need to talk to Sarah.

You need to tell her to
take that picture down.

[SCOFFS] The damage is already done.

Look, Pastor, you're getting dragged

and it's starting to bleed
over into my comments too.

So that's what this is about.

You mad at me 'cause
folks are coming at you.

No, what I'm saying is,
I just don't want folks

to get the wrong idea about who you are.

So I have to choose.

Pastor, Black women love you,

but if they think you don't love them,

they will not support you.

[EZEKIEL SIGHS]

[PHONE RINGING]

Hey, don't answer that.

- Hey, hey!
- I got to. It's Dolly.

Hello?

Ronnie's medicine is in a green bag.

How they doing?

Devante doing too much?

Okay, good.

And Ronnie is saying
please and thank you?

Okay, good. We've been working on that.

You packed his stuffed kangaroo?

I think so.

You think or you know?

Babe, he'll be fine.

Thank you again for watching them.

We really appreciate it.

We're trying to spend
some time together.

- Kiesha, hang up.
- Okay.

I ain't trying to spend all this time

watching you on the phone.

What?

Nothing.

Just say it.

I feel like all you
think about is the kids.

I'm not about to feel bad
for being a devoted mother.

I just want you to
prioritize us a little more.

Us or you?

We should prioritize each other.

I'm pregnant and I'm
raising your kids and my own.

They all our kids.

Yeah, and I'm trying to
love them all equally.

I appreciate that.

But when you gon' love on me?

I can't be a full time
mom, a personal chef,

and a porn star every night.

I'm not asking you
to do backflips, baby.

I just... I just want you to
put your phone down sometimes.

That's hard to do when you're the mom.

Baby, come here.

You're an amazing mother.

But I also need you
to be an amazing wife.

I'm not your wife.

So if we got married, sh*t
would just be different?

If you helped me more around the house,

I wouldn't be so tired
at the end of the day.

I can't run the house and Smokey's.

Well, maybe we should get a nanny.

You know that ain't cheap.

You want more sexy time,
you gotta figure it out.

[KETTLE WHISTLING]

[SIGHS]

I told you that Nuck is
not allowed in this house.

Why do you hate him so much?

Because he stole my glory.

He k*lled Douda before I could.

It's probably because you was
too busy running your mouth

when you should have
been pulling the trigger.

You watch yourself.

[MOODY MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

I had to get some things off my chest.

If you need some male attention...

I don't mind you getting it from Victor.

Rob was the love of my life.

I can't see myself
being with anyone else.

Oh.

[LAUGHS]

That's what you say now.

♪

You sent somebody to k*ll my brother?

I'm just looking out for my brother.

Nuck ain't your brother. He's your boss.

It's my job to protect him.

I gotta protect mine too.

- Do what you gotta do then.
- [JAKE] What that mean?

Our bros don't f*ck with each other.

So maybe we shouldn't, either.

I ain't at w*r with nobody.

[SIGHS] Me neither.

But right now...

we ain't got a choice.

[SCOFFS] Goodbye, Jake.

[RXALU LOADED'S "STEP HARDER" PLAYING]

♪ I ain't built for this ♪

♪ Count money till I'm filthy rich ♪

♪ Can't nobody tell me nothing ♪

♪ They know I'm built for this ♪

♪ Daddy counting dirty money ♪

♪ These h*s think
that I'm filthy rich ♪

♪ Showed another zip, another script ♪

♪ Finessed another b*tch ♪

♪ Used to push the stolo ♪

♪ Now the ball's go
in the foreign wheel ♪

♪ Can't nobody tell me nothing ♪

♪ They know I'm... ♪

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS]

- Hey, I see you. I see you.
- There it is.

- You and Kiesha all right?
- [CHUCKLES]

Yeah, we... we good.

Boy, don't be lying to me.

[SIGHS] She feel like everything on her

and I could be more helpful.

That's a tale as old as time.

Hey, Darnell! What's up, bruh?

- What's up, y'all?
- [CHUCKLES]

How do you and Ma always get it right?

[DARNELL] We don't.

Love is a practice, and it
takes time to get good at it.

You gotta be all right with
getting it wrong sometimes.

I hate getting sh*t wrong.

[LAUGHTER]

Then keep practicing and listening.

It's key.

I'm happy to see you and Mom doing good.

Wish I had that when I was growing up.

Yeah.

Yeah, me too.

But my journey was different.

It took me a while to realize your mama

was the love of my life.

And now that I know it, I
ain't never letting her go.

- Love you, boy.
- [DARNELL] Love you.

- Put something on for us.
- [DARNELL] Yeah, I got it.

- Hold on. Let me switch it out.
- Little old school.

- Hand me... that one right there.
- Which one?

- [DARNELL] Right here?
- Right there. Yeah.

[DARNELL] All right. All right.

♪ Ooh, baby ♪

You get it from her. Gentle.

[DOM] I'm making all
your brother's favorites.

Why you like cooking so much?

Takes my mind off of things.

[LYNAE] Like what?

Things I can't control.

[LYNAE] Who taught you how to cook?

The Food Network.

I watched it a lot growing up.

And then my grandma told me the
quickest way to a man's heart

is through his stomach.

So I started cooking for all my crushes,

and next thing you know, they
were lined up outside my door.

It must be nice to feel wanted.

I'd rather feel seen.

You think people don't see you?

They see a face.

They see a body, something
they wanna conquer.

But they don't see me.

Jamal was the first man to see me.

And when he saw me...

he didn't walk away.

He stayed.

I see you.

I see you too.

Can I bless the food this time?

Of course.

[DANTE] You must got a death wish, man.

Nah.

n*gg*s wish death upon me.

You can look, but you
can't touch, n*gga.

Don't get territorial.

Can you go down to the car, baby?

For what?

Get the shrooms I bought.

Ugh, why can't you go get 'em?

What, you trying to
be up under this n*gga?

[CANDACE] No, I just don't
feel like going down to the car.

You selling shrooms too?

Nah, man, I got 'em for Hannibal.

That's my n*gga.

I want you to try 'em, okay?

[CHUCKLES] I ain't
trying to get that high.

[LAUGHS]

Look, it's the new wave.

Trust me.

If you bring 'em up, I'll try 'em.

Candace, you really ain't
trying to go down to the car?

No, Dante.

Aw, she just mad because I
had another b*tch last night.

That b*tch was my sister.

- [DANTE] Stepsister.
- [CANDACE] So what?

I told you she was a h*.

And what you do?

f*ck it, I'ma get the mushrooms.

[SCOFFS]

Ugh.

Y'all funny.

He gets on my nerves.

So y'all together or what?

We talking.

So you free to talk to other n*gg*s?

I'm free to do whatever I want.

Mm.

You spicy.

I mean, I just don't believe
in bowing down to n*gg*s.

Well, I'm not asking you to bow down.

Unless you want to.

Well, I can bow down to the right n*gga.

I might be that n*gga.

Can you cook?

I can order.

[LAUGHS]

What the f*ck is y'all laughing at?

Nothing, damn.

[EMMETT] Yeah, we see y'all out there.

Uh-huh, this the original baby daddy,

the earpiece specialist,
the grill master,

the oldies expert,
your favorite handyman,

and my mother's favorite husband.

Let's all raise a glass to
the man we all know and love.

Give it up for my pops.

Darnell, happy birthday! We love you!

[CROWD CHEERING]

Mm, may I have this dance?

You good?

Yeah, I just feel like
I'm doing all I can

and it's not enough.

I feel like I'm trying
to please everybody,

and it's not working.

I'm just tired.

You wanna just pick up
the kids and just go home?

I think we should go back to the hotel.

You sure?

I don't want you to think
I don't appreciate you.

I don't want you to
think I don't hear you.

I'ma do better about
making us a priority.

I'ma do better about
helping around the house.

Mm.

Bro, who is this b*tch-a*s n*gga?

Why I gotta be all of that?

My bad, man. He owes me money.

For what?

He lost a bet.

It's all there.

You can leave.

Thank you.

Hey, I ain't playing Spades
with your a*s no more.

Spades?

Since when n*gg*s
start betting on Spades?

Man, you can bet on
just about anything now.

I don't like losing money.

But if you play your cards right,

you can double your money.

What else you be betting on?

- Sports.
- It's good money or not?

It can be.

Hey, Damien, you can leave now.

What apps you be using?

[EXHALES] I mean, it's a bunch of them.

Text me that sh*t.

Yeah? Okay.

You one of them g*y n*gg*s?

[LAUGHS]

Nah, I'm eclectic.

[HANNIBAL] He also crazy as hell.

[REG] I'll see you around.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

What do you want?

Don't be like that.

[LYNAE] I can be however I want.

I'm... I'm sorry.

For my brother getting shot

or for choosing the streets over me?

Both.

Is he gonna be okay?

We don't know yet.

How are you doing?

Not good.

You want me to come stay with you?

I think I need some time to myself.

I understand.

Hey, I love you.

I gotta go.

[MOODY JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

Here you go.

I'm just worried about my grandchild

and the kind of world he'll
grow up in if we don't step up.

[BRADLEY] Why do Black women
always have to save the day?

Oh, because if we don't
do it, who else will?

Well, I'm just ready for it
to be somebody else's turn.

Well,

I can either k*ll 'em,
or you can lock 'em up.

Well, that's insane.

[LAUGHS]

Is it?

I'm still a judge.

And judges bend the rules.

Mm, well, I wanna bend
the rules for good.

I want Chicago to be a city

where my grandson can grow old.

And in order for that to happen,

we have to clean up
these streets ourselves.

So what do you need from me?

I need you to help me put one
of these hoodlums behind bars.

Who?

Reg.

Um...

Alicia, that's a street name.

I'm gonna need his full government

if you want me to run
him through the system.

I'll get you all the info you need.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]

The mob alert?

Nuck said if you want something,

you gotta go through him.

And what you say?

I left.

You let that light-skinned
n*gga punk you?

Bro, I'm not trying to end up like Rob.

And plus, he ain't the one
that tried to take you out.

It was Alicia and Rashaad, right?

Leave Shaad out of it.

Stop acting like a little b*tch.

You need to lay low.

Ain't nobody gonna try to take my life

and get away with it.

Douda did.

And he dead, ain't he?

Not 'cause of you.

I want Nuck dead, and
I want Alicia dead too.

What's k*lling them gonna do?

Help me sleep at night.

Just stay inside and
keep your g*n close.

[EXHALES, CHUCKLES]

Y'all know I ain't no
emotional guy, but, uh...

[CROWD SPEAKS ENCOURAGINGLY]

Tonight y'all got a
brother all choked up, man.

It's special.

I'm grateful for my...

for my wife, all my kids.

I think most of y'all are here tonight.

I don't know. What can I say? I, uh...

I had a blessed life, you know, and, uh,

my plan is to keep
living it to the fullest

with my beautiful wife by my side.

We love y'all.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[g*n c*ck]

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]

n*gga, you almost got yourself k*lled.

[CHUCKLES]

You gonna k*ll me, Rashaad?

Hey, look, man, I don't
want no problems out of you.

But your woman do.

She ain't my woman no more.

You still work for her?

I'm on security.

That's it.

So that's what we doing now?

Man, what the f*ck you want?

I wanna make sure she don't come back

and try to finish the job.

She just trying to clean up the streets.

You really wanna see
my brothers bury me?

You know I don't want that.

How she know where to find me?

[SHAAD] sh*t, I don't know.

You and Trig still cool?

- Yeah.
- Then where's your loyalty?

[SCOFFS] n*gga.

[LAUGHS] You know what?

I love y'all,

but at the end of the
day, I'm on my own.

I still remember you looking
out for me when I was young.

Yeah, well, me and Trig
should have taught you better.

You did the best you could.

Wasn't good enough, though.

You ain't on your own, brother.

I'm always gonna look
at you like family.

I appreciate that.

[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING]

I need a favor.

What?

Do you know a Reginald Taylor?

[TOUSSAINT] Very well.

If you can bring him to me,

alive and well...

I will make sure that
your son is a free man.

Understood.

Why is there money
missing from the safe?

- Um...
- Don't lie to me.

Okay.

So you remember the money you lent me?

Of course.

I was trying to double it,

and I... I wound up losing it all.

You back to being my half-brother.

- I'm gonna pay it back.
- How?

I'll work overtime.

How you gonna pay me with
the money I'm paying you?

I might as well have
your a*s work for free.

No, bro. Come on. I need to make money.

For what? Don't you live with your mama?

- She kicked me out.
- Why?

She found out I was gambling again.

You're fired.

Emmett.

Bro, I need this job. Please, bro.

If I wasn't working, I would
just be betting all day.

- You got a problem.
- I know.

I know.

Okay, I'm... I'ma start

going to my meetings again, I promise.

I can't believe you would
steal from your own family.

Bro, it wasn't even my
idea. I just wanted...

Then whose idea was it?

Hmm?

Keith told me I should just
take the money out the safe

and put it back before
you ever knew it was gone.

That's what I was gonna do...
Emmett, Emmett, bro, please.

Get off me, n*gga.

Keith, get the f*ck on, man. You fired.

- What'd I do?
- You told my brother to steal from me.

I told him to borrow from you,

and I told him to put
it back once he had it.

Get out. Give me your Smokey shirt.

You a b*tch.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

- Am I still employed?
- You're on thin ice.

Mop the f*cking floors.

♪

[SIGHS]

Hey, I talked to Reg last night.

You did what?

I knew him a little bit
before I got locked up.

- And while I was inside...
- Wait.

[SHAAD] I heard that he got k*lled,

but I guess n*gg*s was wrong.

You're friends with him?

I'm friends with his brother.

What else do you know about him?

I know he's trying to stay alive.

He needs to be behind bars.

- Says who?
- Says me.

Well, you ain't God.

Says who?

Know what? I'm sick of this sh*t.

Your shift isn't over.

Well, what you gonna do?

Fire me?

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOOR SLAMS]

♪

[SIGHS]

[NUCK] So how you feeling?

Tired.

- Uh.
- My bad.

I'm not used to being
around pregnant women.

It's all good.

[NUCK] Trying to cut back anyway.

Yeah, I've been smoke-free for a while.

Right, right.

How is that?

It's less fog.

I need the fog.

I'm sure you do.

I live a stressful life.

You think you always
gonna be in the streets?

It's the only life I know.

You could change.

I don't think that's possible.

Anything is possible.

[NUCK] I'm thinking about
telling her the truth.

Truth is the best policy.

She knows I k*lled Rob,
she's gonna wanna k*ll me.

Do you really think she'd do that?

Anything is possible.

Telling the truth takes courage.

Are you gonna be courageous enough

to love your white woman in public?

We'll see.

For the first time in my life...

I'm scared.

Me too.

Let's pray.

Our father who art in heaven.

♪ On my knees, I'm praying, Lord ♪

♪ Praying, Lord ♪

♪ Praying, Lord ♪

♪ On my knees, I'm praying, Lord ♪

♪ Praying that you hear my cry ♪

♪ On my knees ♪

Why the hell would you post that picture

without talking to me first?

Sorry.

Did I get you in trouble?

Don't play dumb.

I thought you said we didn't
have to be a secret anymore.

In my real life, not online.

Why do you care so much
about what people think?

I'm a pastor.

That's half the job.

[SOMBER GOSPEL MUSIC PLAYING]

Call me when you figure
out what you really want.

♪ Help I know ♪

♪ Ain't no other ♪

♪ Help I know ♪

♪ I know that you can hear my cry ♪

Just so you know,
someone's offered to cover

for Jamal's hospital bills.

Who would do that?

Oh.

Hi.

I'm Domonique.

I'm so sorry to meet you
under these circumstances.

We don't need your money.

Consider it a gift.

[DOM] We can pay you back.

No need.

Just make sure your husband
stays out of trouble.

My brother's been
staying out of trouble.

Thank you.

I was losing sleep over how
much this was gonna cost.

Now you can sleep soundly.

Thank you.

What? I don't trust her.

Neither do I.

But money doesn't grow on trees,

and we don't know how much longer

he's gonna be in here.

I just know gifts like
that come with a price.

Don't stress. Just accept the blessing.

[JAZZY MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

Ah, last night was beautiful.

We gotta start going skating more often.

Well, we'll see.

Ah, come on.

We can least start going once a week.

Uh, I don't... I don't know.

Are you okay?

[SIGHS]

What's going on?

The cancer's back.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

You survived it once.

You'll... you'll survive it again.

Not this time.

[DARNELL] You gotta be positive.

It's about being realistic.

We're gonna fight this.

It's not about fighting it.

It's about enjoying
the time I have left.

♪

♪ She's faced the hardest times ♪

♪ You could imagine ♪

♪ Many times her eyes ♪

♪ Fought back the tears ♪

♪ Lord, Lord ♪

♪ And when her youthful
world was about to fall in ♪

♪

♪ Each time her slender shoulders ♪

♪ Bore the weight of all her fears ♪

♪ And a sorrow no one hears ♪

♪ Still rings in midnight silence ♪

♪ In her ears ♪

♪ Let her cry ♪

♪ For she's a lady ♪

♪ She's a lady ♪

♪ Let her dream ♪

♪ For she is a child ♪

♪ Let the rain fall down ♪

♪ Upon her ♪

♪ She's a free and gentle flower ♪

♪ Growing wild ♪

♪ And if by chance I should hold her ♪

♪ If by chance that I shall hold her ♪

♪ Let me hold her for all time ♪

♪ And if allowed just one possession ♪

♪ I would pick her from the garden ♪

♪ To be mine ♪

♪ Hey ♪