Power Book II: Ghost (2020) s02e06 Episode Script
What's Free?
1
[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]
[MONET] Previously on Ghost
[CARRIE] Karma means
you cannot escape your sins.
They'll always catch up to you.
Dru!
[EV] Two of Zeke's professors
asked me about what happened that night.
What'd you say about me?
I may have mentioned your name.
Dru, he's still fucking
that nigga that dropped him
and Zeke's name to the school.
[GUNSHOTS]
[BRAYDEN LAUGHS]
Cane, he come around here,
asking for me?
- Anything like that?
- No, why?
You can protect Tariq
by getting more info
on Brayden and everything
he knows onto the wire.
I did what I had to do
to get through to him.
We'll absolutely reach out
to you and your mother.
Uh, no, she doesn't need to know.
I go to open the safe,
and the fuckin' money is gone.
My guys didn't break into your safe!
[MONET] Any of y'all
know anything about this?
So you really got Zeke off?
The cops have new evidence.
[TATE] Tariq St. Patrick,
you're under arrest.
Looks like justice caught up
to you, young brother.
[TARIQ] What is this?
[WARREN] I was supposed to give
it to you in the event
that you were arrested for homicide.
I could set up your kids. Not just Zeke.
You could choose the life you want.
Mo, I'm home. I'm home, baby.
[JOE] They say this is
a big, rich town
I just come from the poorest part
Bright lights, city life
I gotta make it
this is where it goes down
I just happen to come up hard
Legal or illegal, baby
I gotta make it
[50 CENT] I never took
a straight path nowhere
Life's full of twists
and turns, bumps and bruises
I live, I learn
I'm from that city full of
yellow cabs and skyscrapers
It's hard to get a start
in these parts without paper
Homey, I grew up in hell
a block away from heaven
That corner every 15 minutes
they moving seven
Pure snow, bag it then watch it go
Occupational options
get some blow or some hos
Shoot the ball or the strap
learn to rap or to jack
Fuck it, man in the meantime
Go head and pump a pack
This my regal, royal flow
my James Bond bounce
That 007 that's 62 on my count
I'm an undercover liar
I lie under the covers
Look a bitch in the eyes
And tell her baby, I love ya
You're my inspiration
you're my motivation
You're the reason that I'm
moving with no hesitation
[JOE] They say this is
a big, rich town
Yeah
I just come from the poorest part
Bright lights, city life
I gotta make it
this is where it goes down
Oh, yeah, yeah
I just happen to come up hard
Legal or illegal, baby
I gotta make it
[SPANISH HIP-HOP MUSIC]
[RAPPING IN SPANISH]
[LORENZO] Salud.
Diana is harder
and more loyal than all of you.
She was the only one
able to bring me back.
Nobody has a daughter like mine.
- Proud of you, bonita.
- Thank you, Papi.
- Love you, salud to you.
- I love you too.
Hey, Diana, how'd you pull this off?
[DIANA] Me? Nah, it was
it was all the lawyer.
How'd a little girl like you
pay for a lawyer?
I know how to hustle.
Ah damn, 'Renzo,
you raised a boss.
[ZEKE] What's good?
[MAN 1] Whoa, whoa, guys, hold up.
- [MAN 2] Hold up.
- [MAN 1] Lorenzo
[MAN 2] Back up, man.
[LORENZO] Gentlemen.
It's a private party.
Y'all weren't invited.
You need to be somewhere else.
Auntie Monet said it was
cool if I bring my boys.
My bad.
[MONET] Babe, you remember
my nephew, Zeke.
It's been a while since
you might've seen him.
Actually, no, babe,
I don't think we ever met.
Zeke, I hope you realise
how much my wife
has done for you, nephew.
Kino.
[ZEKE SIGHS] Oh, wow.
[LORENZO] It's nothing personal.
Enjoy the party, right?
- [CANE] Papi.
- What's up?
Lil Guap here wants to take
a picture with you for his IG.
You know your father was
all about the business, mijo.
[JINGLING]
Whoa, just my keys.
[LORENZO] Start using your head, man.
Fuck a picture.
Build, build.
[LORENZO] Yo, Dru, come here.
This my dawg right here.
[CARLITO] Lorenzo knows me.
We had same barber before his bid.
Oh, Carlito.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[LORENZO SPEAKING SPANISH]
My son Dru right here.
The one I've been
telling you about, Kino.
He's ahead of his time right here.
He'll be running the city when I'm gone.
Still got a lot of time
before that, Papi.
You're early.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC CONTINUES]
[SINGER] It's my job
I work hard for a livin'
[HEAVY CHORDS]
[METALLIC RATTLING]
You rode with 'Renzo inside, right?
How come you ain't come see us
when you got out couple of months back?
Got my own work out here.
My own peoples.
Come on, pour some shots.
We're on the bag up with Kino.
And where my [LAUGHS] cigars?
You know I can't stand
them stinking ass cigars.
You not smoking in here.
I smoke when I want in my house.
[KINO] And y'all ran out of chicken.
Can you bring another pan, please?
Ma, you need some help?
Nah, she got it, mamita. It's all good.
So listen, when we find our groove,
we start moving product again, right
we're gonna run shit
the same way we did up north.
Sixty percent for me,
forty percent for you.
We're not locked up anymore, 'Renzo.
I'm doin' my own thing now.
[LORENZO] Bullshit.
Who you running for, man?
Broad Street Killers.
[DRU] I heard the Feds
did a sweep of BSK.
Got almost everybody.
Now I'm in charge until
the big homie gets out.
[SIGHS] The same BSK niggas
I had to protect you from in prison.
That's who you choose to roll
with when you're free?
I gotta run my own thing, 'Renzo.
Looks like you already know
who you want riding shotgun.
[UNEASY MUSIC]
[EXHALES] I'll holler at you.
What's up with Papi?
Why's he playing Dru so close?
[MONET] Cane, not now.
Dru, I left some bottles
of wine in the garage.
Can you grab 'em for me?
- I got you.
- Thank you.
Yo, man, your cousin Zeke
kept on starin' at me earlier,
and Dru looks like
he feels a way too, man.
That's why I gotta holler at your pops.
I gotta let him know that all that shit
that went down with you
is behind us now.
Relax, okay? Lorenzo, don't give a fuck
about Zeke or anybody else.
He only cares about making his comeback.
We good.
You know who I am?
You're Zeke's aunt, right?
Don't play dumb, nigga.
I'm Dru's mother.
I know who you are,
and you're not ready for my son.
I don't know where
you're going with this.
[MONET] Look, you and your big mouth
are not welcome in here.
Get the fuck outta my house.
He ain't coming back.
[LORENZO] Remember
when I used to go out,
get that bread,
you'd be in the crib holding
it down with the kids?
We come a long way from those days.
These past ten years,
I kept the business
goin' out here alone.
That's why I'm gonna make sure
you'll never have to
put in that work again.
How? By making our kids do my work?
I saw you playin' Dru
real close last night.
He's ready, Mo.
He just doesn't know it yet.
I wanna hand what we built down to Dru.
You've been inside for ten years.
How the hell you know who Dru is?
I tell you what I do know.
Diana belongs in the classroom
and boardrooms,
not the fucking block.
And I think Cane, as long as the streets
respect him or fear him, whatever,
he'll be happy with his position.
Dru's the one.
He's the best of both.
He has a cool head.
He can build, he makes
the right decisions
and he can handle himself
in the streets.
Dru's got a weakness
you don't know about.
You better talk to him,
make sure he chooses
what's good for the family
rather than his heart.
I peeped him last night.
I saw him scopin'
one of them ball players
that came in with Zeke.
I know who he is.
Are they fuckin' around?
- You know everything.
- [LIGHT KNOCKING]
Welcome home, Papi.
- Oh, wow.
- Yep.
And I put extra blueberries
in your waffles too.
Just the way I like it.
- I know.
- So only Papi get breakfast?
It's his welcome home breakfast, Ma.
I didn't think you were hungry.
Welcome home, Papi.
Brought your clothes out
the garage, Pops, but, um
Yeah, but, uh, you can't
rock any of this shit.
Don't trip 'cause I got drip for you.
I'd rather do another bid than throw on
any of them funny looking
outfits you be rockin'.
[DRU] Ooh!
- Funny looking.
- Wow.
Funny looking.
I need to go to the Ave,
so you and your brother,
you're riding with me.
Shit, I guess I'm down.
Yeah, I'm with it.
I never knew days like this
would ever come again
reunited with my beautiful wife,
my kids.
I'm gonna make some mofongo.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
- [DRU] Ooh!
- We're gonna have dinner
just like we used to every
Sunday before I went in.
Everything everything is gonna be
just the way it used to be. I promise.
[SOMBER CHORDS]
- [GAVEL TAPS]
- [BAILIFF] People versus
Tariq St. Patrick, Your Honour.
Charges are two counts
of murder in the first degree.
[JUDGE] How does your client plead?
Not guilty, Your Honour.
[JUDGE] Applications?
Your Honour, these are
two cold-blooded murders.
One victim is the defendant's
college professor
and one a New York City police officer.
No amount of bail would be appropriate.
Your Honour, these charges
are not only ridiculous,
but desperate.
They just had another Black student
under suspicion of these murders.
They can't figure out which
Black man they want to charge.
They can barely tie our client
to these killings.
"Barely"?
Mr. St. Patrick was engaged
in a criminal enterprise
on the Stansfield University campus.
His professor, Jabari Reynolds,
discovered his criminal activity.
What criminal activity?
And does she have
any proof of any of this?
[JENNY] Reynolds was killed
with a weapon
belonging to Detective Danilo Ramirez
who we found murdered
by that same weapon.
Your Honour, the People have no evidence
our client even knew Detective Ramirez.
We found Ramirez's NYPD shield
in the defendant's dorm
room, Your Honour.
Your Honour, I'm being
framed for this, all right?
- I don't know no Ramirez.
- Shut up.
Sit down.
Forgive our client, Your Honour.
[JENNY] Based on his criminal activity
we believe Mr. St. Patrick
has access to funds
and is a tremendous flight risk.
He has extensive ties
to the community, Your Honour.
Such extensive ties
that literally no one
showed up for him today?
Your Honour, we request remand.
[DAVIS] Your Honour,
if I may interject
[JUDGE] I'm sorry, Mr. MacLean,
I don't have a choice.
The defendant is remanded without bail.
He'll be held over for motions in trial.
[SAXE] They like to make
examples out of cop killers.
So what happened to my sister?
I know they gave me custody,
but what's going on?
They put her back in the system, Tariq.
Foster care.
Y'all gotta get me
the fuck outta here ASAP.
Well, you heard the judge.
Getting you bail won't be easy.
I'm thinking illegal
search of your room,
get the badge thrown out.
I didn't even know this Ramirez nigga.
Somebody's framing me for this shit.
If I were a judge, I would
never grant you bail.
Well, I didn't kill
the fuckin' cop, right?
Okay, enough.
I'm just sayin' what they're thinking.
Well, he is right about one thing.
Any judge we approach will
be under tremendous pressure
to keep you inside because of Ramirez.
However,
there are appellate judges
who can be persuaded
to make certain allowances
with the right influence.
Right, so get Rashad Tate
in here to speak to me
- and I'll take it from there.
- Done.
This is where I fell after I got hit.
And I felt this, like
[SHAKY INHALE]
This heat.
Yeah, burns, man.
Hurts physically,
but nobody ever tells you
how much getting shot
fucks with your head.
How you doin' now?
Oh, shit.
Welcome home, Papi.
Looks like the Jesus piece
I used to rock
- before I went up north.
- [CANE] It is.
Had a jeweler give it
a little upgrade for you.
A real welcome home gift
would've been a proper
introduction to that connect.
Make that happen.
Me and Dru are ready when he is.
Yeah. Yeah, I'll make that happen.
See what I can do.
[LORENZO SPEAKING SPANISH]
[HEAVY MUSIC]
Papi, I don't need
to meet the plug, all right?
As long as you and Ma are here,
I ain't gotta worry about all that.
Anything can happen, Dru.
Same as the moment you got shot.
I'm trying to give you this game
so you can sustain
and put Diana and Cane in position
so you can run this shit.
There's no time for distractions, Dru,
especially for civilians in this game.
I've been asking around about Kino.
Word on the street is
he's over-working all them BSK niggas
and paying 'em scraps.
- We can recruit his men.
- Smart.
But when word gets out
that we're stealing his men,
it may start a war.
Kino sounds like a threat.
Maybe you need to eliminate the threat.
Big move.
But I like where your head is at.
So we need to make sure his
number two is on board with it.
Stay focused, make
every fucking move count.
There's gonna be a lotta
eyes on you now, Dru.
You gotta make the right call.
And you can only trust the right people.
Even outside the game?
There's no such thing.
Why you ain't tell me
your father was gettin' out?
Because Papi told me not to.
I guess he didn't wanna
get your hopes up.
Uh-huh.
He told you to steal from me too?
Ma, I did what I had to do
to bring our family together.
What you should be doin'
is thankin' me for bringing him home.
I killed a man for that money, Diana.
And I ain't tell you to do that.
You acting real fuckin'
reckless around here.
You don't know who
you fucking with, little girl.
I got your husband outta jail
and I'm fuckin' wit' you?
- You shut the fuck up.
- [GROANS]
What, is there some reason
you don't want Papi home?
Get the outta my house
before I kill you in here.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
How the fuck I let this nigga
Cane do this shit to me?
[CANE] You gon' take
the weight for all that shit.
Ramirez, the professor
all that shit's gonna be
on your fuckin' ass.
[KANAN] Nah, nigga, you lookin'
at this shit all wrong.
You think Cane is the problem.
Yeah, when I get out, I'm goin'
straight at that nigga.
The damage is done.
You can't out-gun him now.
Twelve gonna be on you.
Tch. I'll outsmart them
like I always do.
[CHUCKLES]
You sound funny sitting here
talkin' about outsmarting 12.
You so focused on
goin' to war with Cane,
that you don't see the whole board.
That nigga ain't controlling the op.
Who else helped him pull this off?
Cane is a shooter, but
he ain't much of a thinker.
Who controllin' the nigga moves?
[TARIQ] Someone had to
put this plan in his head
- and he's just executin'.
- Who telling him what to do?
Who was telling you what to do
before you sent that ass to Arizona?
[WOMAN, ECHOING, PLEADING]
Fuck, you're right!
It's fucking Monet.
She got this nigga Cane
on a fucking leash.
I got bullets for her.
No, matter of fact,
I got bullets for the whole
Tejada family when I get out.
[KANAN] Don't even
have proof it was them.
Anybody could've crossed you.
You know, sometimes it's
the ones you love the most.
[INTENSE MUSIC ESCALATES]
[CARRIE] Lauren.
Why did the police arrest Tariq?
Lauren, I'm sorry, you're upset.
But you have to accept
that your boyfriend
is a cold-blooded murderer.
How do you know that he's guilty?
Did the police use something
from this wire that I wore?
Are they gonna make me
testify against him?
Because I can't do that.
Tariq is gonna hate me.
Some key pieces were
captured on the wire.
They will call you in
because you're a very important
part of the investigation,
but you're not the only
evidence against him.
So you knew this whole time
that Tariq was the target.
You lied to me?
We can't do this here.
Hey, Lauren.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[TATE] All right.
[SIGHS] Afternoon, good people.
Is freedom an illusion?
Um, are y'all for real right now?
I can't just sit back and debate this
like this is any other day.
You know who's not free? Tariq.
[JACKIE] Right? Can you believe
that he shot Professor
Reynolds and a cop?
Allegedly.
Fuck outta here with that "allegedly".
They fuckin' perp walked
him across campus,
and we're just supposed
to go on like shit is normal?
[CARRIE] What happened was a tragedy.
Two beautiful minds have gone to waste.
Professor Reynolds will be missed,
and Tariq will go to prison
for the rest of his life.
Now, I think we should move on
and discuss the reading.
You know, hearing of this
broke my spirit.
Not only did I lose
a fellow brother in blue,
but it's potentially
at the hands of my own student.
If Tariq is guilty,
he let us all down.
Do you think he could
have a chance at bail?
Like, could he come back on campus?
In class?
Innocent until proven guilty.
What country you livin' in?
He's been charged
with a double homicide.
One of the victims was a police officer.
He can't get bail.
It's not possible.
For the right price, anything's
possible, Professor Milgram.
And may I remind you,
the young brother
hasn't been convicted yet.
Yet.
What about us?
We're supposed to stop
because he's home?
I think you should tell him
you're moving on,
and so should he.
Look, I don't know what to do.
Just gimme some time
to figure this shit out.
I got three kids by the man, Dante.
And you have one by me
who deserves the truth.
I want to meet my son.
You could still meet Zeke.
Our plans don't have to change there.
I'll set it up, but we have
to move a certain way.
And what kinda way
would that be huh, Monet?
I don't sneak around for anyone.
I respect you too much to do that.
[PHONE BUZZES]
[MONET] Shit.
Hold on, babe.
I'm getting on the elevator.
Look, I'll hit you later
with the details
- for the Zeke meeting, okay?
- [MECCA] Cool.
- Can you hear me?
- I was trying to tell you,
your boy, Tariq,
he got locked up for double homicide.
They put Ramirez's body on him.
How did you and Cane swing that?
That wasn't very smart, Mo.
How long do you think
it's gonna take the cops
to connect Tariq back to you? Hm?
Fuck!
After seeing my nephew Zeke targeted,
then they grabbed Tariq?
Shit seems like a witch hunt to me.
Do you think Tariq really did it?
It's a witch hunt.
What do they got on him?
I'm not sure I should discuss
my client's case with you.
However, that dead cop's badge
was discovered in his dorm room.
Any idea how that happened?
No.
Here's 250 bands.
What exactly do you want from me?
If anything happens in Tariq's case
that leads to my family,
I want you to tell me.
Double it and it's a deal.
But I need you to understand
that the info I share with you
will be limited to what you need to know
when you need to know it.
I won't share anything with you
if I think it'll hurt Tariq.
Nigga, for 500,000,
I don't give a fuck who it hurts,
and you better not either.
Call me.
Why the fuck did you plant
Ramirez's badge in Tariq's dorm?
Ma, you said let the chips
fall where they fall.
The badge fell in his room, okay?
Fuck Tariq.
Zeke's good now I thought
that's what you wanted.
[HUFFS]
One thing about you, Cane.
You always know how to make shit worse.
They got Tariq.
He could rat on you.
If he doesn't,
whatever they got on him
can lead to you.
I made a deal with Davis MacLean
to get us some inside information.
I gave him 250 bands,
but he wants double.
Double?
Fucking greedy bastard.
To make that, we need
CourseCorrect online.
But Tariq's behind bars, thanks to you.
We can use the white boy Brayden.
He can run the store.
The same white boy you kidnapped.
I mean, if it wasn't for him,
we wouldn't have raised all that money
we needed for Zeke's lawyer
when we needed it.
Listen, Brayden hit licks with me.
He did what I said when I said it.
I can play that little nigga like cards.
You lost your mind.
Ma, think about it.
He's Tariq's day one
since CourseCorrect.
He knows this shit, he loves it.
I'm telling you.
Let me check him out for myself.
Cool, I'll set it up.
[MONET] And this stays between us.
- Mm-hmm.
- Papi and them cannot know
we're keepin'
the Stansfield business going.
He'll either want it shut down, changed,
or run it himself.
Mm-hmm, yeah.
Or put Dru in position to run it.
Exactly.
We need to keep our independence.
We gotta learn how to stick
and move together.
- Right?
- Right.
How'd your father get out?
[CANE] Technicality.
Prosecution team was dirty.
I know you like to be
invisible and shit,
but Pops, he wanna link.
He wanna talk business.
Now I see why you're stressing out.
You think that, uh,
me dealing with your pops
is gonna end our business together.
He was inside. I found you.
Dru ain't done shit.
Now he wants to cut me out the middle?
He does that, he no longer needs me.
Now, why the fuck would
I play myself like that?
Look who's finally learnin' from me.
I like how you're thinking.
Look,
my relationship is with you,
not your father.
Far as I'm concerned,
we never have to meet.
You know, the funny thing is
I knew your goofy ass'd
end up here one day.
I really wouldn't be surprised
if your crooked ass end up in here too.
I still haven't received
any dirt on Sweeney yet.
So what the hell
we need to talk about, huh?
Listen, you can sit there
and watch me rot in this motherfucker
and not get your Sweeney dirt
or you can help me get bail.
When I get out, my priority will be
getting you what you need.
Nigga, I've been waiting
for that the whole time.
What the fuck you think
I'm doin' at that school, huh?
- You never delivered.
- Listen.
I went on a family trip
with the Westons.
Sweeney was there.
He brought up his old
college frat glory bullshit.
Saw his secret photo album,
a whole lotta weird, inappropriate shit
that'd get an elected official
in the headlines
for all the wrong reasons.
I know exactly where it is.
So you help me get up outta here,
and I help you get your hands on that.
Simple.
A'ight. I'll set something up.
But listen here, if you
get out and underserve
after making this huge ass promise,
I promise I will make your life
a living fuckin' hell,
you cop killer.
[LORENZO] We're not working
with Tariq anymore.
He got locked up for double homicide.
And we're not trapping
at Stansfield either.
We can make plenty of money
right here in Queens.
I'll begin recruiting some workers.
Each one of you will get your own crew,
except you, Diana.
I got other plans for you.
And once we find the steady groove,
you can fall back forever, babe.
Cane
you hear from the plug yet?
I'll let you know when he's ready.
I'm waiting.
Look, now that you're home,
you will not just be
ordering me around
like I'm one of the kids.
When I went to prison, I never stopped
being head of the household, Mo.
When you were inside, we would discuss
and strategise together first.
Right, when I was inside.
I'm home now.
You don't have to worry about that.
I'm the one that taught
you the game, remember?
Enjoy your retirement.
Go shopping.
Hit the Ave, enjoy yourself,
get yourself something nice.
- [GAVEL TAPS]
- Prosecution recommends
no bail that seems unfair
and harsh, Ms. Sullivan.
A detective's badge was found
in the defendant's dorm,
which is a shared room.
There is no forensic evidence?
None at all tying our client
to either murder, Your Honour.
Another young Black man in my courtroom
experiencing the vicious cycle
of this racist system.
But I am a BIPOC ally.
So the cycle can stop with me.
Mr. St. Patrick,
do you work as well as go to school?
How is that relevant, Your Honour?
[JUDGE LUCAS] Ms. Sullivan,
I wasn't addressing you.
Go ahead, young man.
Yes, Your Honour. I tutor
students at my school.
Good.
What I'm going to do
is release Mr. St. Patrick
on a 10% bail bond.
You'll still be required
to wear an ankle monitor.
Bail is set at $1 million.
It's amazing I couldn't even see
your hand up his ass from there.
I have never seen Judge Lucas
conduct himself that way.
Judge Lucas and I go way back.
- I'll leave it at that.
- [SMALL LAUGH]
What do you get out of this?
And save the "good brother" speech.
Be real with us.
I just wanted to see
the young brother Tariq
get a fair fight. Is that so bad?
I mean, we all deserve that.
Okay, okay, so that's complete bullshit.
Like, level with me, Tate,
what does the kid have on you?
Okay.
Whatever it is, it doesn't concern us.
- [SAXE] What does he have?
- [DAVIS] No, no, no.
- [BEEP]
- [BACKGROUND CHATTER]
Make sure you don't involve yourself
in any criminal behavior.
They give an ankle monitor in hopes
of catching you breaking the law.
Yeah, they'll know
where you are at all times
with that GPS tether.
You can come and go
to my office as you please.
You can't leave Manhattan
without permission.
You have to stay on campus
or at this off campus residence
you filed in your paperwork.
Whose apartment is that?
It's a friend's brother's place.
I rented it out to gain custody of Yas.
[HUFFS] Oh, why
why didn't you think of her
before you killed a cop?
- Why did you do it?
- How many fucking times
I gotta tell you that I didn't do it?
Saxe, enough!
Tariq, you can go now.
Right, so I'm
I'm free until trial, right?
Well, not quite free.
Be careful.
The NYPD will have
a target on your head.
Trust no one.
I mean, the only person
I can trust is gone.
Did you did you ever
get in contact with my mum?
I haven't.
And apparently her location has changed.
So the Feds aren't releasing any info
until her new location is secure.
Just let me know once
you reach her, all right?
I just I really need to talk to her.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Yeah, you!
First of all, you never
ask a client if they did it.
Let alone attempt to lead
them into a confession?
Once you know the truth,
you can never put
the client on the stand
to support an alternative theory.
It's the truth that ties
our fucking hands.
It doesn't free shit.
Come on. Wake up, Davis.
I will bet my law license
and my right nut
that someone else will die
now that he's back on the streets.
Have you forgotten?
This isn't his first homicide.
We get paid to work for Tariq,
not against him.
What's the update on Tasha?
I found her location.
She's in New Mexico.
Turns out she's been requesting
to speak with Tariq.
I think that's a bad idea.
Well, for once, I agree.
She tells him to run,
we'll miss out on money.
No, his talk with Tasha can wait.
Saxe
I want your word
that you will never again ask Tariq
for a confession.
Cooper,
I need it now.
You have my word.
[SAXE CLEARS THROAT]
[INDISTINCT RAPPING]
'Riq, how'd you get out?
Dude, are you good?
In case this shit is bugged.
No, I already checked.
Yo, B, keep it a buck with me.
Did you help Cane set me up, bro?
'Cause I know for a fact
he bodied Detective Ramirez
and he had access to here
and that fuckin' badge.
So tell me the truth.
I didn't know anything I was doing
could've possibly been related to you.
The fuck were you doing?
Cane came by here looking for you.
He wanted to make money moves,
and at the time,
it seemed like a good idea.
You needed money for your sister.
So I went with him.
I mean, the shit started off fun.
We got in a car chase,
we got shot at, we hit a lick.
But then shit got weird.
Cane had me help him move a dead body.
Are you fuckin' kidding me, bro?
I didn't know if it was the cop Ramirez.
I wasn't able to tell.
But when he dropped me off,
I mean, he definitely
came up to the room.
I was sick.
He could've planted the badge then.
I fucked up, 'Riq.
Bro, I told you to call me
if you see Cane. You were
too fucking dumb
to realise that he was finessing you,
and now I'm the one
payin' for that shit, bro
- Two murders!
- Okay, I'm sorry,
but you can't put all the blame on me.
If I knew what was going on,
I would've been able to protect you,
but you never fucking tell me anything.
I always told you what
you needed to know, always.
I mean, what the fuck you
even do this shit for, B?
People out here dying and going to jail
because they literally
have no other option.
You playing this shit like a game, bro.
Go tell your dad
to get you a fuckin' job
and quit before you get someone hurt.
You're really gonna stand there and act
like your dad wasn't rich
and well connected too?
I chose this life just like you, okay?
I'm tired of you putting
your fucking problems
on everyone else.
I admitted that I fucked up, okay?
My bad.
But you said Cane did some foul shit.
What the fuck did you do?
Oh, don't worry about me.
A'ight, and don't worry about
fucking CourseCorrect no more
'cause you're not on that shit.
I built that shit with you, Tariq.
And you put it at risk
when you let me get set up.
Get the fuck outta my face.
Tariq!
[CANE] Quit asking me about Ramirez.
Okay, well, at least keep it
a buck with me about Tariq.
Was he in in on the Ramirez kill or not?
Shut the fuck up, Peter Pan,
and focus on impressing Monet, okay?
Make sure she knows
that we do not need Tariq
to keep CourseCorrect running.
Okay, Dad.
[MONET] You know why you here?
[BRAYDEN] You need
someone at Stansfield.
I can get anybody for that.
What makes you special?
Well, I built this system with Tariq.
And even though he's out on bail,
I figured I'd repurpose
my white privilege, feel me?
I can ride with a dead body in the trunk
with the music up
and it won't matter 'cause
the cops ain't checking for me.
That ain't enough.
White privilege can save
your ass from the law,
but it can't save you from the streets.
Nah, I can handle myself in the streets.
Cane's seen it. My whole life,
my family always
thought I was a fuck-up.
They still do.
But I love this shit.
I mean, I'm finally
good at something that
my parents have nothing
to fucking do with.
You gotta let me do this, Monet.
You need to go the fuck home.
You not ready.
One more thing.
Did you help Cane raise that cop's body
and did you plant that
badge in Tariq's dorm?
I don't know why Cane
tricked me into it but
I guess we're all
in a worse situation now.
I saw your face when he said
Tariq was out of jail.
You don't have the power
over him you think you do.
I'll make sure he keeps his mouth shut.
Nah, just leave him alone.
Let's focus on making this
money to pay Davis now.
All right, what's the plan?
Hey. I didn't think
you would ever get out.
Yeah, well, you would've known
had you came to the courthouse.
Why you ain't show up?
Um, I I honestly
didn't know what to do.
Lauren, you know me.
You really think I killed that cop?
I don't know what to think, Tariq.
The whole school was talking.
Okay, so then let the school talk.
They don't know me, you do.
Professor Milgram said the evidence
they have against you
is enough to convict.
Listen, Professor Milgram's
only running her mouth
because she's fucking Zeke, okay?
He got accused for the same exact crime.
So obviously she'll say whatever
to make him look better, right?
She's sleeping with Zeke?
I had no idea.
Look, let's just
let's go to your room
and talk about this.
Okay, I see how it is.
Tariq, I really care about you.
I'm just confused.
What is there to be
confused about, Lauren?
I'm on trial for my life right now.
I might lose my sister forever,
and I can't even speak to my mother.
You're literally all I have.
Either you with me or you against me.
All right.
Guess the people you love
don't always love you back, right?
Tariq, wait, can we just
can we really talk about this?
Look, we're done talking, all right?
And I'm done with you.
Tariq, wait!
Look, I'm gonna drop
your brother's key off
after I grab my shit, okay?
[LAUREN] You lied and said
Brayden was the target.
[CARRIE] Well, Brayden was the target
until the investigation pivoted.
When did you learn
that Tariq was a suspect
in the investigation?
I didn't know he was an option
until I helped you
off those drug charges.
Let's be clear. You never helped me.
You forced me to wear that wire.
No one put a gun to your head.
You didn't want Mummy
and Daddy to find out
that you got caught
with drugs in your room.
You made your choices.
And you didn't warn me about that why?
Oh, 'cause you were too
busy fucking Zeke?
Zeke.
You're fucking him.
Don't play with me, okay?
You got over once.
Trust me, there's not
gonna be a second time.
Zeke and I are none of your business.
Well, y'all about to be
everyone's business,
Professor Milgram.
Let's have a conversation
when you're able to control
your emotions, Lauren.
I'm under control.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
What you doing here?
I just wanna come show you
some love during these times.
- Appreciate you.
- Yeah.
And if you need any money
or anything, I got you.
Well, right now,
I gotta pay my lawyer $2 million,
I lost the rights to visit my sister,
'cause of all this bullshit
that's going on.
I mean, I don't really need your cash
but a new connect
could definitely help. You got one?
Uh, I'm sorry, is your room bugged?
I mean, you think I would be asking you
questions like this
if I ain't check already?
Your connect got better
shit than my old guy
and he stopped answering
his phone a while back.
So I don't know.
What happened to yours?
Fucking Monet and her son came.
They're trying to frame
me for this cop kill.
And I know for a fact this nigga Cane
pulled that trigger.
But when they put this
this plan in action to get rid of me,
they even fooled Brayden's stupid ass
into planting the badge
in here after I told him
to stay the fuck away from Cane.
Did he know why he needed
to stay away from Cane?
Doesn't matter.
And I'm not fucking with none of them.
Brayden, Monet, they need me.
I made this CourseCorrect shit pop.
So without me, that shit is dead.
They're gonna starve.
What about the professor?
Was that you?
You don't gotta tell me.
It's understood. Don't gotta be said.
I mean, it was him or me, Effie.
- I had no choice.
- You did what you had to do.
I pray that Yasmine feels the same way.
Damn, she probably hates me right now.
And she may think
you're monster right now
but when she's older, she'll understand.
But you gotta focus on
getting this money
so you can get her back.
I mean, I won't be able
to make as much now
that I don't got a team.
You gotta keep Brayden on your side.
I mean, he wasn't
intentionally disloyal,
but, like, he was stupidly disloyal.
You know, I feel like
that's ten times worse.
Without Monet, you can't make two mil.
And she needs you to move her product.
Be real with yourself, 'Riq.
Why are you and Brayden really beefing?
Were you honest with him about Cane?
Look, I
I don't wanna talk
about that shit right now.
I'm glad that you here.
You know, you really the only
one that held it down.
Wait, remember when Cane
wanted to be a rapper?
Ooh, how can we forget?
Making beats at the kitchen table.
Freestyling, driving Mami crazy.
You always found a way to get
under your mother's skin, man.
Some things never change.
[DRU] I still remember after dinner,
you would hit a beat on the table
when we were supposed to be cleaning
and me and Di would get up and dance.
And Ma would come up in there
ready to whoop our ass.
[DRU] Ma, on a good day, you'd join us,
on a bad day, you'd
run us out the kitchen.
[DRUMMING ON TABLE]
Mm.
Ooh.
[LORENZO] Uh-oh. Ah, here we go.
[VOCALIZING] Hold up, hold up.
Let me get hold up, hold up,
hold up, right here.
[SPANISH MUSIC PLAYING]
What?
[DRU] Hey, hey, hey.
[LORENZO] Oh! Hey, hey, hey.
- [LAUGHS]
- Oh!
I'm trying to do this, though.
Is that right?
[CANE VOCALIZING]
[SINGING IN SPANISH CONTINUES]
I'm gonna go get some cheesecake.
[LORENZO] That's perfect.
Hurry back though.
[QUIETLY] I will.
Love you.
- [LORENZO] Cheesecake.
- [DIANA] Yes, yes.
Let's do it. [VOCALIZING]
We can't continue to do this.
You said we didn't have to stop.
Look, he's my husband
and the father of my kids.
I sacrificed too much
to keep my family together.
I can't give up on them now.
I owe them that.
You don't owe Lorenzo anything.
He had his chance,
and that jailbird blew it.
Now, I have a son with you too.
Nae-Nae, give our family a chance.
Don't you owe that to Zeke?
Look, I think it would be
best for everyone
if this is the last time
we see each other.
Okay.
What about my son?
I still need to meet him.
Can't allow that to happen.
It'd be too disruptive
to his ball career.
His fucking ball career.
What about his fucking life, hm?
If you don't tell him,
I promise you, I will.
You stay away from Zeke
and you stay away from me.
It's over.
What's up, mamita?
Everything all right?
Yeah.
I mean, seeing everybody smile
confirms I did the right thing.
Mm-hmm.
But I don't know.
How come Ma seems like
she don't feel that way?
Nah, you buggin'.
That's not true.
So Mami and I decided
to pay your tuition
for St. John's University.
What? I thought you'd
be happy about that.
I mean, I'm happy you finally
let me go to school
but St. John's, Papi?
That's in Queens.
I wanted to go to Stansfield with Zeke.
Mami thought that was
the best choice for you.
It's a good school.
Nah.
Monet knows exactly what she's doing.
She's mad because she gave up
on you, but I never did.
She never gave up.
She's just burnt-out on these
last ten years, that's all.
Well, if she never gave up,
why does she have a exit plan
that doesn't include you?
What plan?
[SOFT R&B IN BACKGROUND]
[SIGHS]
After I got shot,
Ma felt we needed a safer hustle.
So the plan was
once Zeke was drafted,
we would follow him out of town
to wherever he got drafted to and
quit the drug game to work for him.
Can we talk about this later?
I just gotta go out.
I've been feeding myself
since I was 13 years old.
You think I'm gonna take orders
from your fucking cousin?
Yeah, that's the thing.
Nobody knew you were gonna come home.
You weren't part of the plan.
Monet wanted a fresh start.
I'm the fresh start.
Your mum doesn't fucking get it yet.
Once this family starts
moving on one accord,
everything is gonna be perfect.
Okay, but all I know is
if you want this family
to move on one accord,
then you and Ma need to get on one page.
You're absolutely right.
And I'm taking your advice.
We're making a move on Kino.
And I need you to tail him tonight.
All right.
Let me know how that goes.
And I also wanna apologise
for questioning your loyalty.
I know you're with the shit.
Hold up, 'Riq.
Got something to tell ya.
I went on a meeting earlier
with Monet and Cane.
He pitched me as your replacement,
but Monet shut that shit down.
Hm, so they are working together.
Yeah. It was just them two though.
I mean, I didn't see Dru or Diana.
After spending time with them,
I mean, I still don't have my head
wrapped around this whole murder case,
but Ramirez I'm pretty clear
you had nothing to do with.
A'ight, remember
the kid that died in the pool?
Yeah.
Cane sent that kid up here to kill me.
Someone named 2-Bit that
used to run with my uncle
killed the GTG kid.
I thought you said Cane did that.
I lied.
Hey, but it was only to protect you.
I was being extorted
by 2-Bit at the time.
He would've came and
violated your ass too.
But he hasn't hit my phone
in a minute so
we should be clear.
Cane is the op, a'ight?
He's the reason for all of this shit.
What about Professor Reynolds?
Professor Reynolds
wasn't supposed to die.
He started doing too much.
Once the kid died in the pool,
he wanted to help the cops
with the investigation.
And he wanted to write
a book about my life.
I mean, he he offered to pay,
so I met up with him.
Cane followed me, and
he overheard him ask
if Dru killed the GTG kid.
So he came out of nowhere
and blasted Reynolds.
And put the gun on me.
Same exact gun he used to kill Ramirez.
I told him I'd finish Reynolds
and help him with everything
if he didn't kill me.
He put the gun in my hand.
So yeah, you know everything now.
It's your choice whatever
you wanna do with that.
You know I always got you, bro,
no matter what.
Yeah, but this shit ain't over, bro.
We gotta protect ourselves.
I need you to get closer to Cane
so that nigga don't
catch us off guard again.
I can do that.
Also, um, you think
you could get your hands
on your father's photo
album from college?
Something in there might be
able to help me with my case.
Y'all are all I got.
So with that being said,
Effie will be handling
transportation and reups.
Yeah, Monet probably had enough of me.
Effie's the perfect solution.
I usually am.
Right.
And you, I just need you
to cover meetings with Bash,
and handle the tutors and CourseCorrect.
We need to shut down
the Stansfield operation
till this whole little murder frenzy
y'all got going on dies down.
Facts.
That is true.
Bet.
All right, I'm out.
- Be safe, bro.
- Yeah.
Later, Bonnie and Clyde.
[ENGINE REVS]
[DARK MUSIC]
What's up with you, man?
Why'd you go so hard
for me not to bring Dru?
And where the fuck is the connect?
As far as you're concerned,
I am the connect.
Because when shit goes bad
with this connect, and it will,
bring that same fucking energy.
Didn't have to be this way.
You chose Dru over me
and you lied to me, okay?
You said I needed to learn the business
so I can take over.
You're not fucking ready.
You're not ready.
What, you back home
and you don't have shit.
You're living off my mother.
So what who we talkin' about, man?
You're my son and I still love you.
But this proves right here
why Dru is the right choice.
You never think things through.
And you can't play your own role, Cane.
I see you kept the family
going and I respect that.
I know you have a purpose, Cane.
Okay, so it should be me by your side.
Not Dru, okay?
You and I both know
he's not built for this shit.
You wanna be at my side,
then why you keep
blocking this connect from me, man?
What the fuck do I
look like to you, man?
Make up your mind, Cane.
Are you trying to be my boss
or are you my son?
[ELEVATED TRAIN RATTLING]
Tariq's on the phone.
[MONET] Who's your friend, Tariq?
[TARIQ] That's Effie.
We got some shit to straighten up
before we move forward.
How am I supposed to trust you?
Got me locked up when I
told you the truth about Cane.
Tariq, I know how this looks.
But I need you to know
I had no part in this.
You and me both know who it is.
He's fucked up, but he's still my kid.
You snitch, I shoot.
You shoot, I slaughter.
Yeah, I won't say shit about Cane but
you just make sure
you keep him in check.
I'll keep an eye on him.
You have my word.
So we have a new way to do business?
Right now, they got me
on this fucking LoJack,
I can't even leave Manhattan.
But anything you need to get from me,
you can get it from Effie.
[MONET] You sure she'll
be able to keep up with me?
Yeah, of course, she can handle herself.
- You know who I am?
- Yeah, I heard a lot about you.
So Tariq pillow talks.
Anybody I conduct business with
I make it my priority to know about 'em.
Tariq must really think
he can trust you.
You must be laying it on him.
That ain't gonna earn
you shit over here.
Look, we can make real money together
or we can make less money apart.
Keep that burner. My number's in it.
Just hit me when you wanna work.
Watch your phone.
[LAUREN] No, you don't understand,
I never agreed to testify.
I can't take the stand.
[JENNY] Sweetie,
you signed the paperwork.
It's a part of your deal.
But that bitch Carrie Milgram
tricked me into this, okay?
I I swear I had no idea
I was involved.
Life lesson
never sign anything without reading it.
Good night.
What are you doing here?
Um, came to see you.
Let's let's meet another night.
I just have a ton of work to tackle.
Any other night I would
drag you outta here
but, um, I have some work
to catch up on too.
[SINGER] I fell from
the sky without a parachute
Yeah, maybe this game
I'ma shoot a shoot
Look up and look around,
it's goin' down
Since she call me king,
I'ma wear the crown
[PHONE BUZZES]
Wear the crown
Principalities, you'll become a king
Hustle hard for everything
I'ma wear the crown
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- Starin' at the barrel
Of a 12-guage shovel
With some parallel
all buzzin' at the bubble
With my mask on, gas 'em
Got it, let it work
Yeah, y'all done see my history
Hit 'em where it hurts
My sitch is be by example
Lead, I ain't movin' up lead
Ain't no reason for me to be free
The best in any inner G
What I mean is what I say
Gotta be real to be great
I'm keeping they food
up on they plates
Stop and talk through what it takes
Walk the walk, stay in my place
Imagine e'rbody know your face
But you love it, go hang
I don't know, I need to watch
a few more YouTube tutorials
before I try and take that off.
Shit is fucking annoying, man.
When's Monet gonna call?
I don't know, we gotta wait.
Um
how close am I gonna be
working with Cane?
Ay, you don't got
nothing to worry about.
- You'll be fine.
- I can handle myself.
I feel like as long as
he's around, you won't be safe.
[SIGHS] I already know what I gotta do.
It's just
I don't wanna take that route.
You know, if I kill Cane now,
I'll still lose anyway.
Can I show you something?
What the fuck is that?
It's a letter my dad left for
me in case I ended up in jail.
I got it my first night in.
He knew me better than I knew myself.
Maybe he didn't know you at all.
Your story's not over, 'Riq.
It's just beginning.
I'll hit you when Monet calls me.
Effie, thank you.
For everything.
Of course.
[TARIQ] I knew you'd
end up here, little nigga.
Right where you belong.
[INTENSE MUSIC]
[HIP-HOP MUSIC]
[SINGER] With the gang,
with the crew
With the squad, I can do no wrong
Gettin' money on the east side
Tryin' to run a hundred
bands in a riq box
Got a plug on a bud at a tree shop
Know the name-a the game
keep my head on a swivel
They be chirpin' out my
leave like a tree top
He don't wanna show the
money, he gon' get popped
That's what happen when
you try to play the big dog
We back in the business
We get it, we pack it,
we ship and deliver
We get to this, none-a
no cappin', no sellin'
We heating my head
no breakfast, no killing
Don't ever push me
I turn to a killer
Then tell all your people
go cry me a river
You talking crazy,
my homie go brazey
We slide on your block and end it
Let's get it,
get into the money baby
Left me laughing to the
bank with the bag
20-20 vision,
I ain't talking pandemic
When I say I'm comin' in
with the med
Have a pass with a bad little chicky
Hit the nitro switch
when I wanna go blast
If a city cop tell me
I don't never stop
They gonna have to race
down the block like drag
We been gettin' to the money
We here for the money
We been gettin' to
the bank with a check
Put a knife to your neck
'For I ever gonna
stab you in the back
We been gettin' to the money
We been gettin' to the money
We been gettin' to the
[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]
[MONET] Previously on Ghost
[CARRIE] Karma means
you cannot escape your sins.
They'll always catch up to you.
Dru!
[EV] Two of Zeke's professors
asked me about what happened that night.
What'd you say about me?
I may have mentioned your name.
Dru, he's still fucking
that nigga that dropped him
and Zeke's name to the school.
[GUNSHOTS]
[BRAYDEN LAUGHS]
Cane, he come around here,
asking for me?
- Anything like that?
- No, why?
You can protect Tariq
by getting more info
on Brayden and everything
he knows onto the wire.
I did what I had to do
to get through to him.
We'll absolutely reach out
to you and your mother.
Uh, no, she doesn't need to know.
I go to open the safe,
and the fuckin' money is gone.
My guys didn't break into your safe!
[MONET] Any of y'all
know anything about this?
So you really got Zeke off?
The cops have new evidence.
[TATE] Tariq St. Patrick,
you're under arrest.
Looks like justice caught up
to you, young brother.
[TARIQ] What is this?
[WARREN] I was supposed to give
it to you in the event
that you were arrested for homicide.
I could set up your kids. Not just Zeke.
You could choose the life you want.
Mo, I'm home. I'm home, baby.
[JOE] They say this is
a big, rich town
I just come from the poorest part
Bright lights, city life
I gotta make it
this is where it goes down
I just happen to come up hard
Legal or illegal, baby
I gotta make it
[50 CENT] I never took
a straight path nowhere
Life's full of twists
and turns, bumps and bruises
I live, I learn
I'm from that city full of
yellow cabs and skyscrapers
It's hard to get a start
in these parts without paper
Homey, I grew up in hell
a block away from heaven
That corner every 15 minutes
they moving seven
Pure snow, bag it then watch it go
Occupational options
get some blow or some hos
Shoot the ball or the strap
learn to rap or to jack
Fuck it, man in the meantime
Go head and pump a pack
This my regal, royal flow
my James Bond bounce
That 007 that's 62 on my count
I'm an undercover liar
I lie under the covers
Look a bitch in the eyes
And tell her baby, I love ya
You're my inspiration
you're my motivation
You're the reason that I'm
moving with no hesitation
[JOE] They say this is
a big, rich town
Yeah
I just come from the poorest part
Bright lights, city life
I gotta make it
this is where it goes down
Oh, yeah, yeah
I just happen to come up hard
Legal or illegal, baby
I gotta make it
[SPANISH HIP-HOP MUSIC]
[RAPPING IN SPANISH]
[LORENZO] Salud.
Diana is harder
and more loyal than all of you.
She was the only one
able to bring me back.
Nobody has a daughter like mine.
- Proud of you, bonita.
- Thank you, Papi.
- Love you, salud to you.
- I love you too.
Hey, Diana, how'd you pull this off?
[DIANA] Me? Nah, it was
it was all the lawyer.
How'd a little girl like you
pay for a lawyer?
I know how to hustle.
Ah damn, 'Renzo,
you raised a boss.
[ZEKE] What's good?
[MAN 1] Whoa, whoa, guys, hold up.
- [MAN 2] Hold up.
- [MAN 1] Lorenzo
[MAN 2] Back up, man.
[LORENZO] Gentlemen.
It's a private party.
Y'all weren't invited.
You need to be somewhere else.
Auntie Monet said it was
cool if I bring my boys.
My bad.
[MONET] Babe, you remember
my nephew, Zeke.
It's been a while since
you might've seen him.
Actually, no, babe,
I don't think we ever met.
Zeke, I hope you realise
how much my wife
has done for you, nephew.
Kino.
[ZEKE SIGHS] Oh, wow.
[LORENZO] It's nothing personal.
Enjoy the party, right?
- [CANE] Papi.
- What's up?
Lil Guap here wants to take
a picture with you for his IG.
You know your father was
all about the business, mijo.
[JINGLING]
Whoa, just my keys.
[LORENZO] Start using your head, man.
Fuck a picture.
Build, build.
[LORENZO] Yo, Dru, come here.
This my dawg right here.
[CARLITO] Lorenzo knows me.
We had same barber before his bid.
Oh, Carlito.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[LORENZO SPEAKING SPANISH]
My son Dru right here.
The one I've been
telling you about, Kino.
He's ahead of his time right here.
He'll be running the city when I'm gone.
Still got a lot of time
before that, Papi.
You're early.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC CONTINUES]
[SINGER] It's my job
I work hard for a livin'
[HEAVY CHORDS]
[METALLIC RATTLING]
You rode with 'Renzo inside, right?
How come you ain't come see us
when you got out couple of months back?
Got my own work out here.
My own peoples.
Come on, pour some shots.
We're on the bag up with Kino.
And where my [LAUGHS] cigars?
You know I can't stand
them stinking ass cigars.
You not smoking in here.
I smoke when I want in my house.
[KINO] And y'all ran out of chicken.
Can you bring another pan, please?
Ma, you need some help?
Nah, she got it, mamita. It's all good.
So listen, when we find our groove,
we start moving product again, right
we're gonna run shit
the same way we did up north.
Sixty percent for me,
forty percent for you.
We're not locked up anymore, 'Renzo.
I'm doin' my own thing now.
[LORENZO] Bullshit.
Who you running for, man?
Broad Street Killers.
[DRU] I heard the Feds
did a sweep of BSK.
Got almost everybody.
Now I'm in charge until
the big homie gets out.
[SIGHS] The same BSK niggas
I had to protect you from in prison.
That's who you choose to roll
with when you're free?
I gotta run my own thing, 'Renzo.
Looks like you already know
who you want riding shotgun.
[UNEASY MUSIC]
[EXHALES] I'll holler at you.
What's up with Papi?
Why's he playing Dru so close?
[MONET] Cane, not now.
Dru, I left some bottles
of wine in the garage.
Can you grab 'em for me?
- I got you.
- Thank you.
Yo, man, your cousin Zeke
kept on starin' at me earlier,
and Dru looks like
he feels a way too, man.
That's why I gotta holler at your pops.
I gotta let him know that all that shit
that went down with you
is behind us now.
Relax, okay? Lorenzo, don't give a fuck
about Zeke or anybody else.
He only cares about making his comeback.
We good.
You know who I am?
You're Zeke's aunt, right?
Don't play dumb, nigga.
I'm Dru's mother.
I know who you are,
and you're not ready for my son.
I don't know where
you're going with this.
[MONET] Look, you and your big mouth
are not welcome in here.
Get the fuck outta my house.
He ain't coming back.
[LORENZO] Remember
when I used to go out,
get that bread,
you'd be in the crib holding
it down with the kids?
We come a long way from those days.
These past ten years,
I kept the business
goin' out here alone.
That's why I'm gonna make sure
you'll never have to
put in that work again.
How? By making our kids do my work?
I saw you playin' Dru
real close last night.
He's ready, Mo.
He just doesn't know it yet.
I wanna hand what we built down to Dru.
You've been inside for ten years.
How the hell you know who Dru is?
I tell you what I do know.
Diana belongs in the classroom
and boardrooms,
not the fucking block.
And I think Cane, as long as the streets
respect him or fear him, whatever,
he'll be happy with his position.
Dru's the one.
He's the best of both.
He has a cool head.
He can build, he makes
the right decisions
and he can handle himself
in the streets.
Dru's got a weakness
you don't know about.
You better talk to him,
make sure he chooses
what's good for the family
rather than his heart.
I peeped him last night.
I saw him scopin'
one of them ball players
that came in with Zeke.
I know who he is.
Are they fuckin' around?
- You know everything.
- [LIGHT KNOCKING]
Welcome home, Papi.
- Oh, wow.
- Yep.
And I put extra blueberries
in your waffles too.
Just the way I like it.
- I know.
- So only Papi get breakfast?
It's his welcome home breakfast, Ma.
I didn't think you were hungry.
Welcome home, Papi.
Brought your clothes out
the garage, Pops, but, um
Yeah, but, uh, you can't
rock any of this shit.
Don't trip 'cause I got drip for you.
I'd rather do another bid than throw on
any of them funny looking
outfits you be rockin'.
[DRU] Ooh!
- Funny looking.
- Wow.
Funny looking.
I need to go to the Ave,
so you and your brother,
you're riding with me.
Shit, I guess I'm down.
Yeah, I'm with it.
I never knew days like this
would ever come again
reunited with my beautiful wife,
my kids.
I'm gonna make some mofongo.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
- [DRU] Ooh!
- We're gonna have dinner
just like we used to every
Sunday before I went in.
Everything everything is gonna be
just the way it used to be. I promise.
[SOMBER CHORDS]
- [GAVEL TAPS]
- [BAILIFF] People versus
Tariq St. Patrick, Your Honour.
Charges are two counts
of murder in the first degree.
[JUDGE] How does your client plead?
Not guilty, Your Honour.
[JUDGE] Applications?
Your Honour, these are
two cold-blooded murders.
One victim is the defendant's
college professor
and one a New York City police officer.
No amount of bail would be appropriate.
Your Honour, these charges
are not only ridiculous,
but desperate.
They just had another Black student
under suspicion of these murders.
They can't figure out which
Black man they want to charge.
They can barely tie our client
to these killings.
"Barely"?
Mr. St. Patrick was engaged
in a criminal enterprise
on the Stansfield University campus.
His professor, Jabari Reynolds,
discovered his criminal activity.
What criminal activity?
And does she have
any proof of any of this?
[JENNY] Reynolds was killed
with a weapon
belonging to Detective Danilo Ramirez
who we found murdered
by that same weapon.
Your Honour, the People have no evidence
our client even knew Detective Ramirez.
We found Ramirez's NYPD shield
in the defendant's dorm
room, Your Honour.
Your Honour, I'm being
framed for this, all right?
- I don't know no Ramirez.
- Shut up.
Sit down.
Forgive our client, Your Honour.
[JENNY] Based on his criminal activity
we believe Mr. St. Patrick
has access to funds
and is a tremendous flight risk.
He has extensive ties
to the community, Your Honour.
Such extensive ties
that literally no one
showed up for him today?
Your Honour, we request remand.
[DAVIS] Your Honour,
if I may interject
[JUDGE] I'm sorry, Mr. MacLean,
I don't have a choice.
The defendant is remanded without bail.
He'll be held over for motions in trial.
[SAXE] They like to make
examples out of cop killers.
So what happened to my sister?
I know they gave me custody,
but what's going on?
They put her back in the system, Tariq.
Foster care.
Y'all gotta get me
the fuck outta here ASAP.
Well, you heard the judge.
Getting you bail won't be easy.
I'm thinking illegal
search of your room,
get the badge thrown out.
I didn't even know this Ramirez nigga.
Somebody's framing me for this shit.
If I were a judge, I would
never grant you bail.
Well, I didn't kill
the fuckin' cop, right?
Okay, enough.
I'm just sayin' what they're thinking.
Well, he is right about one thing.
Any judge we approach will
be under tremendous pressure
to keep you inside because of Ramirez.
However,
there are appellate judges
who can be persuaded
to make certain allowances
with the right influence.
Right, so get Rashad Tate
in here to speak to me
- and I'll take it from there.
- Done.
This is where I fell after I got hit.
And I felt this, like
[SHAKY INHALE]
This heat.
Yeah, burns, man.
Hurts physically,
but nobody ever tells you
how much getting shot
fucks with your head.
How you doin' now?
Oh, shit.
Welcome home, Papi.
Looks like the Jesus piece
I used to rock
- before I went up north.
- [CANE] It is.
Had a jeweler give it
a little upgrade for you.
A real welcome home gift
would've been a proper
introduction to that connect.
Make that happen.
Me and Dru are ready when he is.
Yeah. Yeah, I'll make that happen.
See what I can do.
[LORENZO SPEAKING SPANISH]
[HEAVY MUSIC]
Papi, I don't need
to meet the plug, all right?
As long as you and Ma are here,
I ain't gotta worry about all that.
Anything can happen, Dru.
Same as the moment you got shot.
I'm trying to give you this game
so you can sustain
and put Diana and Cane in position
so you can run this shit.
There's no time for distractions, Dru,
especially for civilians in this game.
I've been asking around about Kino.
Word on the street is
he's over-working all them BSK niggas
and paying 'em scraps.
- We can recruit his men.
- Smart.
But when word gets out
that we're stealing his men,
it may start a war.
Kino sounds like a threat.
Maybe you need to eliminate the threat.
Big move.
But I like where your head is at.
So we need to make sure his
number two is on board with it.
Stay focused, make
every fucking move count.
There's gonna be a lotta
eyes on you now, Dru.
You gotta make the right call.
And you can only trust the right people.
Even outside the game?
There's no such thing.
Why you ain't tell me
your father was gettin' out?
Because Papi told me not to.
I guess he didn't wanna
get your hopes up.
Uh-huh.
He told you to steal from me too?
Ma, I did what I had to do
to bring our family together.
What you should be doin'
is thankin' me for bringing him home.
I killed a man for that money, Diana.
And I ain't tell you to do that.
You acting real fuckin'
reckless around here.
You don't know who
you fucking with, little girl.
I got your husband outta jail
and I'm fuckin' wit' you?
- You shut the fuck up.
- [GROANS]
What, is there some reason
you don't want Papi home?
Get the outta my house
before I kill you in here.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
How the fuck I let this nigga
Cane do this shit to me?
[CANE] You gon' take
the weight for all that shit.
Ramirez, the professor
all that shit's gonna be
on your fuckin' ass.
[KANAN] Nah, nigga, you lookin'
at this shit all wrong.
You think Cane is the problem.
Yeah, when I get out, I'm goin'
straight at that nigga.
The damage is done.
You can't out-gun him now.
Twelve gonna be on you.
Tch. I'll outsmart them
like I always do.
[CHUCKLES]
You sound funny sitting here
talkin' about outsmarting 12.
You so focused on
goin' to war with Cane,
that you don't see the whole board.
That nigga ain't controlling the op.
Who else helped him pull this off?
Cane is a shooter, but
he ain't much of a thinker.
Who controllin' the nigga moves?
[TARIQ] Someone had to
put this plan in his head
- and he's just executin'.
- Who telling him what to do?
Who was telling you what to do
before you sent that ass to Arizona?
[WOMAN, ECHOING, PLEADING]
Fuck, you're right!
It's fucking Monet.
She got this nigga Cane
on a fucking leash.
I got bullets for her.
No, matter of fact,
I got bullets for the whole
Tejada family when I get out.
[KANAN] Don't even
have proof it was them.
Anybody could've crossed you.
You know, sometimes it's
the ones you love the most.
[INTENSE MUSIC ESCALATES]
[CARRIE] Lauren.
Why did the police arrest Tariq?
Lauren, I'm sorry, you're upset.
But you have to accept
that your boyfriend
is a cold-blooded murderer.
How do you know that he's guilty?
Did the police use something
from this wire that I wore?
Are they gonna make me
testify against him?
Because I can't do that.
Tariq is gonna hate me.
Some key pieces were
captured on the wire.
They will call you in
because you're a very important
part of the investigation,
but you're not the only
evidence against him.
So you knew this whole time
that Tariq was the target.
You lied to me?
We can't do this here.
Hey, Lauren.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[TATE] All right.
[SIGHS] Afternoon, good people.
Is freedom an illusion?
Um, are y'all for real right now?
I can't just sit back and debate this
like this is any other day.
You know who's not free? Tariq.
[JACKIE] Right? Can you believe
that he shot Professor
Reynolds and a cop?
Allegedly.
Fuck outta here with that "allegedly".
They fuckin' perp walked
him across campus,
and we're just supposed
to go on like shit is normal?
[CARRIE] What happened was a tragedy.
Two beautiful minds have gone to waste.
Professor Reynolds will be missed,
and Tariq will go to prison
for the rest of his life.
Now, I think we should move on
and discuss the reading.
You know, hearing of this
broke my spirit.
Not only did I lose
a fellow brother in blue,
but it's potentially
at the hands of my own student.
If Tariq is guilty,
he let us all down.
Do you think he could
have a chance at bail?
Like, could he come back on campus?
In class?
Innocent until proven guilty.
What country you livin' in?
He's been charged
with a double homicide.
One of the victims was a police officer.
He can't get bail.
It's not possible.
For the right price, anything's
possible, Professor Milgram.
And may I remind you,
the young brother
hasn't been convicted yet.
Yet.
What about us?
We're supposed to stop
because he's home?
I think you should tell him
you're moving on,
and so should he.
Look, I don't know what to do.
Just gimme some time
to figure this shit out.
I got three kids by the man, Dante.
And you have one by me
who deserves the truth.
I want to meet my son.
You could still meet Zeke.
Our plans don't have to change there.
I'll set it up, but we have
to move a certain way.
And what kinda way
would that be huh, Monet?
I don't sneak around for anyone.
I respect you too much to do that.
[PHONE BUZZES]
[MONET] Shit.
Hold on, babe.
I'm getting on the elevator.
Look, I'll hit you later
with the details
- for the Zeke meeting, okay?
- [MECCA] Cool.
- Can you hear me?
- I was trying to tell you,
your boy, Tariq,
he got locked up for double homicide.
They put Ramirez's body on him.
How did you and Cane swing that?
That wasn't very smart, Mo.
How long do you think
it's gonna take the cops
to connect Tariq back to you? Hm?
Fuck!
After seeing my nephew Zeke targeted,
then they grabbed Tariq?
Shit seems like a witch hunt to me.
Do you think Tariq really did it?
It's a witch hunt.
What do they got on him?
I'm not sure I should discuss
my client's case with you.
However, that dead cop's badge
was discovered in his dorm room.
Any idea how that happened?
No.
Here's 250 bands.
What exactly do you want from me?
If anything happens in Tariq's case
that leads to my family,
I want you to tell me.
Double it and it's a deal.
But I need you to understand
that the info I share with you
will be limited to what you need to know
when you need to know it.
I won't share anything with you
if I think it'll hurt Tariq.
Nigga, for 500,000,
I don't give a fuck who it hurts,
and you better not either.
Call me.
Why the fuck did you plant
Ramirez's badge in Tariq's dorm?
Ma, you said let the chips
fall where they fall.
The badge fell in his room, okay?
Fuck Tariq.
Zeke's good now I thought
that's what you wanted.
[HUFFS]
One thing about you, Cane.
You always know how to make shit worse.
They got Tariq.
He could rat on you.
If he doesn't,
whatever they got on him
can lead to you.
I made a deal with Davis MacLean
to get us some inside information.
I gave him 250 bands,
but he wants double.
Double?
Fucking greedy bastard.
To make that, we need
CourseCorrect online.
But Tariq's behind bars, thanks to you.
We can use the white boy Brayden.
He can run the store.
The same white boy you kidnapped.
I mean, if it wasn't for him,
we wouldn't have raised all that money
we needed for Zeke's lawyer
when we needed it.
Listen, Brayden hit licks with me.
He did what I said when I said it.
I can play that little nigga like cards.
You lost your mind.
Ma, think about it.
He's Tariq's day one
since CourseCorrect.
He knows this shit, he loves it.
I'm telling you.
Let me check him out for myself.
Cool, I'll set it up.
[MONET] And this stays between us.
- Mm-hmm.
- Papi and them cannot know
we're keepin'
the Stansfield business going.
He'll either want it shut down, changed,
or run it himself.
Mm-hmm, yeah.
Or put Dru in position to run it.
Exactly.
We need to keep our independence.
We gotta learn how to stick
and move together.
- Right?
- Right.
How'd your father get out?
[CANE] Technicality.
Prosecution team was dirty.
I know you like to be
invisible and shit,
but Pops, he wanna link.
He wanna talk business.
Now I see why you're stressing out.
You think that, uh,
me dealing with your pops
is gonna end our business together.
He was inside. I found you.
Dru ain't done shit.
Now he wants to cut me out the middle?
He does that, he no longer needs me.
Now, why the fuck would
I play myself like that?
Look who's finally learnin' from me.
I like how you're thinking.
Look,
my relationship is with you,
not your father.
Far as I'm concerned,
we never have to meet.
You know, the funny thing is
I knew your goofy ass'd
end up here one day.
I really wouldn't be surprised
if your crooked ass end up in here too.
I still haven't received
any dirt on Sweeney yet.
So what the hell
we need to talk about, huh?
Listen, you can sit there
and watch me rot in this motherfucker
and not get your Sweeney dirt
or you can help me get bail.
When I get out, my priority will be
getting you what you need.
Nigga, I've been waiting
for that the whole time.
What the fuck you think
I'm doin' at that school, huh?
- You never delivered.
- Listen.
I went on a family trip
with the Westons.
Sweeney was there.
He brought up his old
college frat glory bullshit.
Saw his secret photo album,
a whole lotta weird, inappropriate shit
that'd get an elected official
in the headlines
for all the wrong reasons.
I know exactly where it is.
So you help me get up outta here,
and I help you get your hands on that.
Simple.
A'ight. I'll set something up.
But listen here, if you
get out and underserve
after making this huge ass promise,
I promise I will make your life
a living fuckin' hell,
you cop killer.
[LORENZO] We're not working
with Tariq anymore.
He got locked up for double homicide.
And we're not trapping
at Stansfield either.
We can make plenty of money
right here in Queens.
I'll begin recruiting some workers.
Each one of you will get your own crew,
except you, Diana.
I got other plans for you.
And once we find the steady groove,
you can fall back forever, babe.
Cane
you hear from the plug yet?
I'll let you know when he's ready.
I'm waiting.
Look, now that you're home,
you will not just be
ordering me around
like I'm one of the kids.
When I went to prison, I never stopped
being head of the household, Mo.
When you were inside, we would discuss
and strategise together first.
Right, when I was inside.
I'm home now.
You don't have to worry about that.
I'm the one that taught
you the game, remember?
Enjoy your retirement.
Go shopping.
Hit the Ave, enjoy yourself,
get yourself something nice.
- [GAVEL TAPS]
- Prosecution recommends
no bail that seems unfair
and harsh, Ms. Sullivan.
A detective's badge was found
in the defendant's dorm,
which is a shared room.
There is no forensic evidence?
None at all tying our client
to either murder, Your Honour.
Another young Black man in my courtroom
experiencing the vicious cycle
of this racist system.
But I am a BIPOC ally.
So the cycle can stop with me.
Mr. St. Patrick,
do you work as well as go to school?
How is that relevant, Your Honour?
[JUDGE LUCAS] Ms. Sullivan,
I wasn't addressing you.
Go ahead, young man.
Yes, Your Honour. I tutor
students at my school.
Good.
What I'm going to do
is release Mr. St. Patrick
on a 10% bail bond.
You'll still be required
to wear an ankle monitor.
Bail is set at $1 million.
It's amazing I couldn't even see
your hand up his ass from there.
I have never seen Judge Lucas
conduct himself that way.
Judge Lucas and I go way back.
- I'll leave it at that.
- [SMALL LAUGH]
What do you get out of this?
And save the "good brother" speech.
Be real with us.
I just wanted to see
the young brother Tariq
get a fair fight. Is that so bad?
I mean, we all deserve that.
Okay, okay, so that's complete bullshit.
Like, level with me, Tate,
what does the kid have on you?
Okay.
Whatever it is, it doesn't concern us.
- [SAXE] What does he have?
- [DAVIS] No, no, no.
- [BEEP]
- [BACKGROUND CHATTER]
Make sure you don't involve yourself
in any criminal behavior.
They give an ankle monitor in hopes
of catching you breaking the law.
Yeah, they'll know
where you are at all times
with that GPS tether.
You can come and go
to my office as you please.
You can't leave Manhattan
without permission.
You have to stay on campus
or at this off campus residence
you filed in your paperwork.
Whose apartment is that?
It's a friend's brother's place.
I rented it out to gain custody of Yas.
[HUFFS] Oh, why
why didn't you think of her
before you killed a cop?
- Why did you do it?
- How many fucking times
I gotta tell you that I didn't do it?
Saxe, enough!
Tariq, you can go now.
Right, so I'm
I'm free until trial, right?
Well, not quite free.
Be careful.
The NYPD will have
a target on your head.
Trust no one.
I mean, the only person
I can trust is gone.
Did you did you ever
get in contact with my mum?
I haven't.
And apparently her location has changed.
So the Feds aren't releasing any info
until her new location is secure.
Just let me know once
you reach her, all right?
I just I really need to talk to her.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Yeah, you!
First of all, you never
ask a client if they did it.
Let alone attempt to lead
them into a confession?
Once you know the truth,
you can never put
the client on the stand
to support an alternative theory.
It's the truth that ties
our fucking hands.
It doesn't free shit.
Come on. Wake up, Davis.
I will bet my law license
and my right nut
that someone else will die
now that he's back on the streets.
Have you forgotten?
This isn't his first homicide.
We get paid to work for Tariq,
not against him.
What's the update on Tasha?
I found her location.
She's in New Mexico.
Turns out she's been requesting
to speak with Tariq.
I think that's a bad idea.
Well, for once, I agree.
She tells him to run,
we'll miss out on money.
No, his talk with Tasha can wait.
Saxe
I want your word
that you will never again ask Tariq
for a confession.
Cooper,
I need it now.
You have my word.
[SAXE CLEARS THROAT]
[INDISTINCT RAPPING]
'Riq, how'd you get out?
Dude, are you good?
In case this shit is bugged.
No, I already checked.
Yo, B, keep it a buck with me.
Did you help Cane set me up, bro?
'Cause I know for a fact
he bodied Detective Ramirez
and he had access to here
and that fuckin' badge.
So tell me the truth.
I didn't know anything I was doing
could've possibly been related to you.
The fuck were you doing?
Cane came by here looking for you.
He wanted to make money moves,
and at the time,
it seemed like a good idea.
You needed money for your sister.
So I went with him.
I mean, the shit started off fun.
We got in a car chase,
we got shot at, we hit a lick.
But then shit got weird.
Cane had me help him move a dead body.
Are you fuckin' kidding me, bro?
I didn't know if it was the cop Ramirez.
I wasn't able to tell.
But when he dropped me off,
I mean, he definitely
came up to the room.
I was sick.
He could've planted the badge then.
I fucked up, 'Riq.
Bro, I told you to call me
if you see Cane. You were
too fucking dumb
to realise that he was finessing you,
and now I'm the one
payin' for that shit, bro
- Two murders!
- Okay, I'm sorry,
but you can't put all the blame on me.
If I knew what was going on,
I would've been able to protect you,
but you never fucking tell me anything.
I always told you what
you needed to know, always.
I mean, what the fuck you
even do this shit for, B?
People out here dying and going to jail
because they literally
have no other option.
You playing this shit like a game, bro.
Go tell your dad
to get you a fuckin' job
and quit before you get someone hurt.
You're really gonna stand there and act
like your dad wasn't rich
and well connected too?
I chose this life just like you, okay?
I'm tired of you putting
your fucking problems
on everyone else.
I admitted that I fucked up, okay?
My bad.
But you said Cane did some foul shit.
What the fuck did you do?
Oh, don't worry about me.
A'ight, and don't worry about
fucking CourseCorrect no more
'cause you're not on that shit.
I built that shit with you, Tariq.
And you put it at risk
when you let me get set up.
Get the fuck outta my face.
Tariq!
[CANE] Quit asking me about Ramirez.
Okay, well, at least keep it
a buck with me about Tariq.
Was he in in on the Ramirez kill or not?
Shut the fuck up, Peter Pan,
and focus on impressing Monet, okay?
Make sure she knows
that we do not need Tariq
to keep CourseCorrect running.
Okay, Dad.
[MONET] You know why you here?
[BRAYDEN] You need
someone at Stansfield.
I can get anybody for that.
What makes you special?
Well, I built this system with Tariq.
And even though he's out on bail,
I figured I'd repurpose
my white privilege, feel me?
I can ride with a dead body in the trunk
with the music up
and it won't matter 'cause
the cops ain't checking for me.
That ain't enough.
White privilege can save
your ass from the law,
but it can't save you from the streets.
Nah, I can handle myself in the streets.
Cane's seen it. My whole life,
my family always
thought I was a fuck-up.
They still do.
But I love this shit.
I mean, I'm finally
good at something that
my parents have nothing
to fucking do with.
You gotta let me do this, Monet.
You need to go the fuck home.
You not ready.
One more thing.
Did you help Cane raise that cop's body
and did you plant that
badge in Tariq's dorm?
I don't know why Cane
tricked me into it but
I guess we're all
in a worse situation now.
I saw your face when he said
Tariq was out of jail.
You don't have the power
over him you think you do.
I'll make sure he keeps his mouth shut.
Nah, just leave him alone.
Let's focus on making this
money to pay Davis now.
All right, what's the plan?
Hey. I didn't think
you would ever get out.
Yeah, well, you would've known
had you came to the courthouse.
Why you ain't show up?
Um, I I honestly
didn't know what to do.
Lauren, you know me.
You really think I killed that cop?
I don't know what to think, Tariq.
The whole school was talking.
Okay, so then let the school talk.
They don't know me, you do.
Professor Milgram said the evidence
they have against you
is enough to convict.
Listen, Professor Milgram's
only running her mouth
because she's fucking Zeke, okay?
He got accused for the same exact crime.
So obviously she'll say whatever
to make him look better, right?
She's sleeping with Zeke?
I had no idea.
Look, let's just
let's go to your room
and talk about this.
Okay, I see how it is.
Tariq, I really care about you.
I'm just confused.
What is there to be
confused about, Lauren?
I'm on trial for my life right now.
I might lose my sister forever,
and I can't even speak to my mother.
You're literally all I have.
Either you with me or you against me.
All right.
Guess the people you love
don't always love you back, right?
Tariq, wait, can we just
can we really talk about this?
Look, we're done talking, all right?
And I'm done with you.
Tariq, wait!
Look, I'm gonna drop
your brother's key off
after I grab my shit, okay?
[LAUREN] You lied and said
Brayden was the target.
[CARRIE] Well, Brayden was the target
until the investigation pivoted.
When did you learn
that Tariq was a suspect
in the investigation?
I didn't know he was an option
until I helped you
off those drug charges.
Let's be clear. You never helped me.
You forced me to wear that wire.
No one put a gun to your head.
You didn't want Mummy
and Daddy to find out
that you got caught
with drugs in your room.
You made your choices.
And you didn't warn me about that why?
Oh, 'cause you were too
busy fucking Zeke?
Zeke.
You're fucking him.
Don't play with me, okay?
You got over once.
Trust me, there's not
gonna be a second time.
Zeke and I are none of your business.
Well, y'all about to be
everyone's business,
Professor Milgram.
Let's have a conversation
when you're able to control
your emotions, Lauren.
I'm under control.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
What you doing here?
I just wanna come show you
some love during these times.
- Appreciate you.
- Yeah.
And if you need any money
or anything, I got you.
Well, right now,
I gotta pay my lawyer $2 million,
I lost the rights to visit my sister,
'cause of all this bullshit
that's going on.
I mean, I don't really need your cash
but a new connect
could definitely help. You got one?
Uh, I'm sorry, is your room bugged?
I mean, you think I would be asking you
questions like this
if I ain't check already?
Your connect got better
shit than my old guy
and he stopped answering
his phone a while back.
So I don't know.
What happened to yours?
Fucking Monet and her son came.
They're trying to frame
me for this cop kill.
And I know for a fact this nigga Cane
pulled that trigger.
But when they put this
this plan in action to get rid of me,
they even fooled Brayden's stupid ass
into planting the badge
in here after I told him
to stay the fuck away from Cane.
Did he know why he needed
to stay away from Cane?
Doesn't matter.
And I'm not fucking with none of them.
Brayden, Monet, they need me.
I made this CourseCorrect shit pop.
So without me, that shit is dead.
They're gonna starve.
What about the professor?
Was that you?
You don't gotta tell me.
It's understood. Don't gotta be said.
I mean, it was him or me, Effie.
- I had no choice.
- You did what you had to do.
I pray that Yasmine feels the same way.
Damn, she probably hates me right now.
And she may think
you're monster right now
but when she's older, she'll understand.
But you gotta focus on
getting this money
so you can get her back.
I mean, I won't be able
to make as much now
that I don't got a team.
You gotta keep Brayden on your side.
I mean, he wasn't
intentionally disloyal,
but, like, he was stupidly disloyal.
You know, I feel like
that's ten times worse.
Without Monet, you can't make two mil.
And she needs you to move her product.
Be real with yourself, 'Riq.
Why are you and Brayden really beefing?
Were you honest with him about Cane?
Look, I
I don't wanna talk
about that shit right now.
I'm glad that you here.
You know, you really the only
one that held it down.
Wait, remember when Cane
wanted to be a rapper?
Ooh, how can we forget?
Making beats at the kitchen table.
Freestyling, driving Mami crazy.
You always found a way to get
under your mother's skin, man.
Some things never change.
[DRU] I still remember after dinner,
you would hit a beat on the table
when we were supposed to be cleaning
and me and Di would get up and dance.
And Ma would come up in there
ready to whoop our ass.
[DRU] Ma, on a good day, you'd join us,
on a bad day, you'd
run us out the kitchen.
[DRUMMING ON TABLE]
Mm.
Ooh.
[LORENZO] Uh-oh. Ah, here we go.
[VOCALIZING] Hold up, hold up.
Let me get hold up, hold up,
hold up, right here.
[SPANISH MUSIC PLAYING]
What?
[DRU] Hey, hey, hey.
[LORENZO] Oh! Hey, hey, hey.
- [LAUGHS]
- Oh!
I'm trying to do this, though.
Is that right?
[CANE VOCALIZING]
[SINGING IN SPANISH CONTINUES]
I'm gonna go get some cheesecake.
[LORENZO] That's perfect.
Hurry back though.
[QUIETLY] I will.
Love you.
- [LORENZO] Cheesecake.
- [DIANA] Yes, yes.
Let's do it. [VOCALIZING]
We can't continue to do this.
You said we didn't have to stop.
Look, he's my husband
and the father of my kids.
I sacrificed too much
to keep my family together.
I can't give up on them now.
I owe them that.
You don't owe Lorenzo anything.
He had his chance,
and that jailbird blew it.
Now, I have a son with you too.
Nae-Nae, give our family a chance.
Don't you owe that to Zeke?
Look, I think it would be
best for everyone
if this is the last time
we see each other.
Okay.
What about my son?
I still need to meet him.
Can't allow that to happen.
It'd be too disruptive
to his ball career.
His fucking ball career.
What about his fucking life, hm?
If you don't tell him,
I promise you, I will.
You stay away from Zeke
and you stay away from me.
It's over.
What's up, mamita?
Everything all right?
Yeah.
I mean, seeing everybody smile
confirms I did the right thing.
Mm-hmm.
But I don't know.
How come Ma seems like
she don't feel that way?
Nah, you buggin'.
That's not true.
So Mami and I decided
to pay your tuition
for St. John's University.
What? I thought you'd
be happy about that.
I mean, I'm happy you finally
let me go to school
but St. John's, Papi?
That's in Queens.
I wanted to go to Stansfield with Zeke.
Mami thought that was
the best choice for you.
It's a good school.
Nah.
Monet knows exactly what she's doing.
She's mad because she gave up
on you, but I never did.
She never gave up.
She's just burnt-out on these
last ten years, that's all.
Well, if she never gave up,
why does she have a exit plan
that doesn't include you?
What plan?
[SOFT R&B IN BACKGROUND]
[SIGHS]
After I got shot,
Ma felt we needed a safer hustle.
So the plan was
once Zeke was drafted,
we would follow him out of town
to wherever he got drafted to and
quit the drug game to work for him.
Can we talk about this later?
I just gotta go out.
I've been feeding myself
since I was 13 years old.
You think I'm gonna take orders
from your fucking cousin?
Yeah, that's the thing.
Nobody knew you were gonna come home.
You weren't part of the plan.
Monet wanted a fresh start.
I'm the fresh start.
Your mum doesn't fucking get it yet.
Once this family starts
moving on one accord,
everything is gonna be perfect.
Okay, but all I know is
if you want this family
to move on one accord,
then you and Ma need to get on one page.
You're absolutely right.
And I'm taking your advice.
We're making a move on Kino.
And I need you to tail him tonight.
All right.
Let me know how that goes.
And I also wanna apologise
for questioning your loyalty.
I know you're with the shit.
Hold up, 'Riq.
Got something to tell ya.
I went on a meeting earlier
with Monet and Cane.
He pitched me as your replacement,
but Monet shut that shit down.
Hm, so they are working together.
Yeah. It was just them two though.
I mean, I didn't see Dru or Diana.
After spending time with them,
I mean, I still don't have my head
wrapped around this whole murder case,
but Ramirez I'm pretty clear
you had nothing to do with.
A'ight, remember
the kid that died in the pool?
Yeah.
Cane sent that kid up here to kill me.
Someone named 2-Bit that
used to run with my uncle
killed the GTG kid.
I thought you said Cane did that.
I lied.
Hey, but it was only to protect you.
I was being extorted
by 2-Bit at the time.
He would've came and
violated your ass too.
But he hasn't hit my phone
in a minute so
we should be clear.
Cane is the op, a'ight?
He's the reason for all of this shit.
What about Professor Reynolds?
Professor Reynolds
wasn't supposed to die.
He started doing too much.
Once the kid died in the pool,
he wanted to help the cops
with the investigation.
And he wanted to write
a book about my life.
I mean, he he offered to pay,
so I met up with him.
Cane followed me, and
he overheard him ask
if Dru killed the GTG kid.
So he came out of nowhere
and blasted Reynolds.
And put the gun on me.
Same exact gun he used to kill Ramirez.
I told him I'd finish Reynolds
and help him with everything
if he didn't kill me.
He put the gun in my hand.
So yeah, you know everything now.
It's your choice whatever
you wanna do with that.
You know I always got you, bro,
no matter what.
Yeah, but this shit ain't over, bro.
We gotta protect ourselves.
I need you to get closer to Cane
so that nigga don't
catch us off guard again.
I can do that.
Also, um, you think
you could get your hands
on your father's photo
album from college?
Something in there might be
able to help me with my case.
Y'all are all I got.
So with that being said,
Effie will be handling
transportation and reups.
Yeah, Monet probably had enough of me.
Effie's the perfect solution.
I usually am.
Right.
And you, I just need you
to cover meetings with Bash,
and handle the tutors and CourseCorrect.
We need to shut down
the Stansfield operation
till this whole little murder frenzy
y'all got going on dies down.
Facts.
That is true.
Bet.
All right, I'm out.
- Be safe, bro.
- Yeah.
Later, Bonnie and Clyde.
[ENGINE REVS]
[DARK MUSIC]
What's up with you, man?
Why'd you go so hard
for me not to bring Dru?
And where the fuck is the connect?
As far as you're concerned,
I am the connect.
Because when shit goes bad
with this connect, and it will,
bring that same fucking energy.
Didn't have to be this way.
You chose Dru over me
and you lied to me, okay?
You said I needed to learn the business
so I can take over.
You're not fucking ready.
You're not ready.
What, you back home
and you don't have shit.
You're living off my mother.
So what who we talkin' about, man?
You're my son and I still love you.
But this proves right here
why Dru is the right choice.
You never think things through.
And you can't play your own role, Cane.
I see you kept the family
going and I respect that.
I know you have a purpose, Cane.
Okay, so it should be me by your side.
Not Dru, okay?
You and I both know
he's not built for this shit.
You wanna be at my side,
then why you keep
blocking this connect from me, man?
What the fuck do I
look like to you, man?
Make up your mind, Cane.
Are you trying to be my boss
or are you my son?
[ELEVATED TRAIN RATTLING]
Tariq's on the phone.
[MONET] Who's your friend, Tariq?
[TARIQ] That's Effie.
We got some shit to straighten up
before we move forward.
How am I supposed to trust you?
Got me locked up when I
told you the truth about Cane.
Tariq, I know how this looks.
But I need you to know
I had no part in this.
You and me both know who it is.
He's fucked up, but he's still my kid.
You snitch, I shoot.
You shoot, I slaughter.
Yeah, I won't say shit about Cane but
you just make sure
you keep him in check.
I'll keep an eye on him.
You have my word.
So we have a new way to do business?
Right now, they got me
on this fucking LoJack,
I can't even leave Manhattan.
But anything you need to get from me,
you can get it from Effie.
[MONET] You sure she'll
be able to keep up with me?
Yeah, of course, she can handle herself.
- You know who I am?
- Yeah, I heard a lot about you.
So Tariq pillow talks.
Anybody I conduct business with
I make it my priority to know about 'em.
Tariq must really think
he can trust you.
You must be laying it on him.
That ain't gonna earn
you shit over here.
Look, we can make real money together
or we can make less money apart.
Keep that burner. My number's in it.
Just hit me when you wanna work.
Watch your phone.
[LAUREN] No, you don't understand,
I never agreed to testify.
I can't take the stand.
[JENNY] Sweetie,
you signed the paperwork.
It's a part of your deal.
But that bitch Carrie Milgram
tricked me into this, okay?
I I swear I had no idea
I was involved.
Life lesson
never sign anything without reading it.
Good night.
What are you doing here?
Um, came to see you.
Let's let's meet another night.
I just have a ton of work to tackle.
Any other night I would
drag you outta here
but, um, I have some work
to catch up on too.
[SINGER] I fell from
the sky without a parachute
Yeah, maybe this game
I'ma shoot a shoot
Look up and look around,
it's goin' down
Since she call me king,
I'ma wear the crown
[PHONE BUZZES]
Wear the crown
Principalities, you'll become a king
Hustle hard for everything
I'ma wear the crown
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- Starin' at the barrel
Of a 12-guage shovel
With some parallel
all buzzin' at the bubble
With my mask on, gas 'em
Got it, let it work
Yeah, y'all done see my history
Hit 'em where it hurts
My sitch is be by example
Lead, I ain't movin' up lead
Ain't no reason for me to be free
The best in any inner G
What I mean is what I say
Gotta be real to be great
I'm keeping they food
up on they plates
Stop and talk through what it takes
Walk the walk, stay in my place
Imagine e'rbody know your face
But you love it, go hang
I don't know, I need to watch
a few more YouTube tutorials
before I try and take that off.
Shit is fucking annoying, man.
When's Monet gonna call?
I don't know, we gotta wait.
Um
how close am I gonna be
working with Cane?
Ay, you don't got
nothing to worry about.
- You'll be fine.
- I can handle myself.
I feel like as long as
he's around, you won't be safe.
[SIGHS] I already know what I gotta do.
It's just
I don't wanna take that route.
You know, if I kill Cane now,
I'll still lose anyway.
Can I show you something?
What the fuck is that?
It's a letter my dad left for
me in case I ended up in jail.
I got it my first night in.
He knew me better than I knew myself.
Maybe he didn't know you at all.
Your story's not over, 'Riq.
It's just beginning.
I'll hit you when Monet calls me.
Effie, thank you.
For everything.
Of course.
[TARIQ] I knew you'd
end up here, little nigga.
Right where you belong.
[INTENSE MUSIC]
[HIP-HOP MUSIC]
[SINGER] With the gang,
with the crew
With the squad, I can do no wrong
Gettin' money on the east side
Tryin' to run a hundred
bands in a riq box
Got a plug on a bud at a tree shop
Know the name-a the game
keep my head on a swivel
They be chirpin' out my
leave like a tree top
He don't wanna show the
money, he gon' get popped
That's what happen when
you try to play the big dog
We back in the business
We get it, we pack it,
we ship and deliver
We get to this, none-a
no cappin', no sellin'
We heating my head
no breakfast, no killing
Don't ever push me
I turn to a killer
Then tell all your people
go cry me a river
You talking crazy,
my homie go brazey
We slide on your block and end it
Let's get it,
get into the money baby
Left me laughing to the
bank with the bag
20-20 vision,
I ain't talking pandemic
When I say I'm comin' in
with the med
Have a pass with a bad little chicky
Hit the nitro switch
when I wanna go blast
If a city cop tell me
I don't never stop
They gonna have to race
down the block like drag
We been gettin' to the money
We here for the money
We been gettin' to
the bank with a check
Put a knife to your neck
'For I ever gonna
stab you in the back
We been gettin' to the money
We been gettin' to the money
We been gettin' to the