Power Book IV: Force (2022) s03e06 Episode Script

1
[FUNKY HIP-HOP BEAT LAYERS IN]
[DIAMOND] Previously on Force
Triple our product.
We can handle that much product.
Could you, Miguel?
I can handle it.
I'll deliver Tommy Egan.
Sounds like we have an agreement.
[D-MAC] I got the drop on these
Chinatown motherfuckers.
[MARSHALL] They got
that fentanyl on lock.
You officially back on with CBI.
[GENESIS] You know that street
shit don't impress me.
- What impresses you?
- A diploma.
[TOMMY] Luis Ortega.
Time for a little lesson in flight.
Tell Roberto exactly what happened.
[DIAMOND] Hang these Yardies out to dry.
Make the feds think
it's some cartel shit.
I'm gon' give a call to Che.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
That's my brother, Jenard.
[JIMMY] You're not gonna just sit back
and let the fucking Albanians
take everything.
Let's hit him where it hurts.
But if this surge of deadly fentanyl
is related to the Marquez cartel,
I need to know now.
And when Stacy publicly fumbles
the Marquez case,
I am going to recover it.
This keeps you safe.
Now you work for me.
[GRUNTS]
♪♪
I'm so sorry that you had
to see any of this.
I wanna hear all about your big news.
I made it to the final three
for the promotion.
- She's not like me, Tommy.
- Holly?
I didn't mean to hurt you.
[HOLLY] You're gonna hurt her too.
[ENGINE STARTS]
["POWER, POWDER, RESPECT"
BY 50 CENT PLAYING]
Tougher than a Teflon
All that dope I stepped on ♪
Re-up, get the rest gone ♪
Been that nigga What else you want? ♪
If you want Power, powder, respect ♪
Mm-mm ♪
I want that money
And power and powder ♪
[SULTRY FEMALE VOCALIZATIONS]
Money and powder and power ♪
Money and powder and power ♪
Money and powder and power ♪
The paper got paper, paper
Yeah, I gotta stack that ♪
Them diamonds
Keep blinkin', blinkin' ♪
We might have to jack that ♪
Now, boy, when
That blicky-blicky come out ♪
You get clapped fast ♪
Draw down With the lil' jawn ♪
I'm at you like pat-pat ♪
Come back When them cameras out ♪
'Round your block We'll kick that ♪
Come back when your funeral
In progress ♪
And hit that ♪
Hit you back-to-back ♪
Your bitch ass won't even hit back ♪
You'll be splashin' In fashion ♪
Nigga, you can Check the drip ♪
Catch you slippin' We slidin' ♪
You niggas On some different shit ♪
We hit the licks We with the shit ♪
Shh, when you get hit ♪
Quiet down No need for the talkin' ♪
The fuck is that about? ♪
Tougher than a Teflon
All that dope I stepped on ♪
Re-up, get the rest gone ♪
Been that nigga What else you want? ♪
If you want Power, powder, respect ♪
Mm-mm ♪
I want that money and power
And powder ♪
[SULTRY FEMALE VOCALIZATIONS]
Money and powder and power ♪
Money and powder and power ♪
Money and powder and power ♪
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Jesus
We're completely fucked.
Our case against the cartel
is dead on arrival.
♪♪
[MUSIC FADES]
[DOOR OPENS]
Hey.
Isn't dinner with your brother tonight?
No, it's tomorrow.
Why? Are you looking forward to it?
Yeah, like a fuckin' root canal.
But it's important to you,
so it's important to me.
Well, don't worry,
it won't run too long.
Good. Remember, I gotta dip at 9:45.
I got business I gotta handle by 10.
[SIGHS]
Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey.
Hold up a second here.
Is everything a'ight?
Yeah. It's just
it's gonna be a busy day.
Oh yeah? Okay.
Let's go. I'm gonna be late for work.
Okay. All right. I'm hurrying.
[GRIM MUSIC PLAYING]
[TOMMY] Let's go.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS IN BAR]
[PETER CHUCKLES]
[PETER] Well, well, well
look at what the cat dragged in.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
Your loss, Victor.
This is Flynn territory.
[CHORTLES SNIDELY]
Flynn territory?
You must be mistaken.
Since your daddy is dead and gone
this is us now, man.
Hey
get the fuck out of my bar.
[SPEAKING IN ALBANIAN]
Yeah. That's right.
Tommy Egan needs you to
hurry home for his back massage.
[LAUGHTER]
The fuck outta here.
Vic.
Vic, we can torch the place.
Blow it fuckin' sky-high.
Mm-mm.
No.
No, that's too easy.
Why fuck up something
we're gonna take back?
No. Get the others.
I got a plan.
Shit.
- Vic.
- What? What the fuck is it?
I'm really sorry.
[SOMBER, DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
♪♪
[MUSIC ENDS ABRUPTLY]
[JARRING MUSICAL STING]
You shoulda pulled me
into that Claudia dump.
I tried callin' you.
But you was too busy wit' your brother,
hittin' the Yardies,
havin' a meetin' with Che without me.
- Yeah, all right.
- Yeah, all right.
That was some fuckin' bullshit, D.
Don't let that shit happen again.
Ooh-wee.
Used to have me one just like this.
This feel right.
We staged it to look like
the Yardies was a cartel hit.
We dumped the bodies in IP territory.
Ain't gon' be no blowback on us.
This some real El Chapo-lookin'
shit right here.
Yeah, see, them Desert Eagles
is worth a fortune alone.
So I say that we keep those
and we spread the rest out to the guys.
- Yeah.
- Spread the rest out to the guys
as in Jenard and the guys?
No, I don't think so, D.
This is tax incentives for gangstas.
This ain't no Toys for Tots.
What the hell you tryin' to say, Tommy?
What I'm sayin' is
I'ma use these blicks
to poach the Assyrians
from Miguel. That's what.
No, that's bogus as hell, Tommy.
Shit. Hell no!
Me and Jenard got these straps
from the Yardies
in the first fuckin' place.
So we need to be in the conversation.
And the second that you got
these guns with Jenard,
they became coalition property
to be used for coalition business.
And I'm the motherfuckin' coalition.
Don't say no shit
you can't come back from.
You can't be mad at me for using
these guns to get us paid.
Well, say that.
I can get down with that.
So just leave the guns as is,
I'ma get the Assyrians to meet us here.
Sign them bitches up
to go make us some money.
[BOBBY] One of the bodies
was shot up so bad
we couldn't even identify him.
This hit on Zamost and his guys,
this feels more like Juarez
than Chicago.
This is cartel.
This is sick shit.
Fuckin' animals.
We need to get out there,
find out who the hell
took out the Yardies.
You have any ideas?
Well Roberto Ortega's uncle, Luis,
was just murdered. Defenestration.
Somebody threw him out a window.
Oh, so you think that the Marquez cartel
did this as retaliation?
Were they supplying the Yardies?
I don't know.
But we need to track down anybody
with Estrada or Marquez ties
and find out.
Bodies were found in
the Insane Princes' territory.
Rollin' up on some Princes
is a good place to start.
Yo, Ashur.
Thanks for meeting me here.
I hear a lot of good things.
Let me ask you something.
How's your product been lately?
Little slow?
There's a drought. Part of business.
A drought.
[CHUCKLES, SPLUTTERS] That's funny.
Who told you that? Miguel?
See, we ain't got that problem.
- What do you mean?
- I mean
we got the feds in our pockets.
You come work with us
there ain't no drought.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
I don't think so.
Gonna sit tight with Miguel.
I thought you might say that.
Check that shit out, right there.
What you think?
That is beautiful.
Ain't she, though?
She got a sister too.
We got more guns than Miguel got funds
or drugs.
You come work wit' us,
you get all these. And this.
You get re-ups at
the same price you was paying.
But the best part is
no droughts.
♪♪
One announcement before we begin.
Hardwick had to leave town
due to a family emergency,
so she's not gonna be with us
for the next few weeks.
Everyone knows Trina Delgado.
She'll be working this one with us.
- Happy to be here.
- Great.
Enough with the pleasantries.
So where are we?
How bad is it?
Claudia's testimony was the only thing
stopping the motion to dismiss
in Ortega's case.
[SIGHS]
And now she's dead.
And her number two, Elise,
is in the wind.
We're fucked, and Ortega's gonna walk
unless we can pull
a rabbit out of our ass.
Fuck!
[SIGHS]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
What about Tommy Egan?
This feels like it has
his fingerprints on it.
We should bring him in.
Delgado's right. Seconded.
[STACY] No, this isn't Egan.
That rat was a message.
This is a cartel hit.
One of Ortega's goons shut her up.
That's fuckin' bullshit.
Egan already tried to kill her
once before.
Stop letting your mayoral campaign
cloud your judgment, and go after him.
I seem to recall you urging me
to get convictions
with everyone else a few weeks ago.
What changed?
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Sorry, Stacy. It's Donna Jackson
from the DNC.
Shit. What line is she on?
She's in your office.
[SIGHS]
I'm gonna meet with Vic
and press him for the info
on his sister.
Dismissed.
[CHE] Gentlemen.
Hopefully business has been good.
Che, it been goin' great.
Got one here, two there.
That's everything. We'll take double.
Again.
[GRIM, DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
Would you also like double, Miguel?
Nah. I'm good with the usual.
Slow and steady wins races.
Nah, it's all good.
I mean, I'd feel some kind of way too
if the Assyrians left me for the opps.
Yeah, it's unfortunate.
Yeah, it's unfortunate, all right.
But don't worry, Miguel.
We're gonna take good care of them.
Oh
Is there a problem here?
- Got no problem.
- We good.
Yeah.
Let's get outta here, D.
You know, Miguel
if movin' this amount of product
is a problem for you,
just say so.
[IN SPANISH]
[CAR ENGINE STARTS, REVS]
♪♪
Did you see the face on Miguel?
[LAUGHS] Hell yeah.
He know his ass about to slide.
Yeah. We gonna push him
right off that cliff.
I want Miguel living la vida broke-a.
- Damn right.
- Feel me?
Hell yeah. Bet that.
In some other news,
I'm gonna check in with Shanti,
see how she gonna lock down
the clubs on the VT.
And then I'm gonna lean on Vic,
see how torn up he is about his sister.
Man, why the fuck we keepin'
that piece of shit around for?
His days are numbered,
but I got a use for that stoolie.
Okay. Well, lay the plan on me.
Stacy Marks about to make a big show
of investigating me
for Claudia's murder.
Vic gonna help me keep one step ahead.
Well, say what the fuck you mean, Tommy.
There you go with that shit.
[ENGINE REVVING, TIRES SQUEALING]
So how are you going to fix this?
Listen, I know it's a setback.
A setback? No, try Armageddon.
Claudia Flynn's death just
nailed our optics to the cross.
[NOTIFICATION PINGS]
Jesus. Of course my assistant Rae
picked today to call in sick.
- Donna, I have a plan.
- Oh, well, good.
It better involve figuring out
who killed your greatest asset
in the Marquez case.
Because without convictions,
you can wave sayonara to the mayor ship.
So figure it out.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[SIGHS]
[INHALES DEEPLY, SIGHS]
[SIREN BLIPS]
[MUSIC FADES]
Let me see your hands
on the wheel, please.
[TENSE, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Is there a problem, detective?
[BOBBY] No problem.
We just wanna talk.
Not much of a conversationalist.
Got any weapons or drugs in the vehicle?
No, sir.
You, uh, you know
anything about the Yardies
that were hung up in Little Village?
I hear it wasn't pretty.
You trying to be funny, asshole?
Nah, man.
I don't know shit about it.
We're just looking for
a little information, okay?
Okay, we know the Insane Princes
have ties
with the Estrada cartel in Mexico.
Anything you wanna share,
we'd appreciate it.
- I don't know shit.
- [PAUL] Fuck this.
Get the fuck outta
the car, asshole. Slowly.
Whoa, man! This the type
of shit y'all on?
[PAUL] Come on, move it!
Move your ass!
Make like it's product and step on it!
- Get out. Get out.
- You just said slow.
Come on.
Put your hands on the roof.
Hey, come on, man. That's illegal!
That's ille That's illegal!
Put your hands on the roof.
[PAUL CHUCKLES SNIDELY] Holy shit.
Jackpot.
Put your hand behind your back.
Let's go.
[PAUL] Oh
Okay
All done.
[IN SPANISH]
You been actin' weird, Yeya.
Is everything okay?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- Yeah.
- [CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
[IN SPANISH]
What's the bail set at?
[IN SPANISH]
[PHONE CLATTERS ON FLOOR]
Who was that?
That was Cruz.
Cops pulled him over
with five bricks in the car.
Bail is set at five million dollars.
One million per brick.
Now I gotta come up with
ten percent to bond him out.
- Fuck!
- [MIREYA] Miguel!
And I still owe Che.
Hey, listen to me.
[IN SPANISH]
♪♪
So yeah the plan worked perfect.
The press is already saying
that Claudia was a cartel hit.
We in the clear.
- Beautiful.
- [LAUGHS] Yeah.
Glad the Wicked Witch
of the Midwest is finally gone.
[LAUGHS] The Wicked Witch
Let's talk about money, though.
You got a plan to keep
them VT clubs on lock
with Claudia and Elise gone?
Oh yeah. Don't even trip on that.
Elise's mother, she spends the day
at the Gold Coast at a social club.
So I'ma pay her
a little visit tomorrow.
I like that.
She don't know about it yet, though.
Oh, man. That's what I like to hear.
Always one step ahead of the problem.
Shit, I am the problem.
[DRAMATIC HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, shit.
A'ight, well
guess I will see you later, Shanti.
- [SHANTI] Yeah.
- Yeah.
[MUSIC TURNS OFF]
Hey, yo, what the fuck?
You must be out
your goddamn mind, Shanti.
Y'all niggas in here on some
secret squirrel shit or something?
Hey, now relax, J. Chill.
Damn.
I got a method to my madness.
Look, the tighter I get in with Egan,
the closer we get to Che.
All right.
I got some news
on that Che shit, by the way.
We making inroads. We good.
What you mean?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
Um, yeah I-I took a meet.
With Diamond.
What the fuck?
So you went with
your motherfuckin' brother
and you met with Che without me?
And you didn't even tell me?
I-I'm telling you right now.
A'ight? I mean, goddamn,
the shit just happened
and I went with it.
I had to make a game-time decision.
What the fuck
you expect me to do, Shanti?
Just turn down a goddamn opportunity
starin' me in my fuckin' face?
God, you should be fuckin' happy.
I did this shit for you.
For us, babe.
Okay? This is what we wanted, is it not?
Look, plans change, but at least
it's still our plan, right?
♪♪
Right?
[WHISPERS] Fuck
Shanti?
Babe?
Shanti.
[KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING]
A'ight.
A'ight, I can tell you busy.
You know?
And that's cool.
So, um, what I'ma do is
I'ma go and handle
this Manny Fresh pickup for you.
Okay?
You know? Give my queen
a little time to relax.
I love you, bae.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
["MOVIN WICKED" PLAYING]
It's 30 for the perkys
Or you want the X ♪
A nigga mention me
In that very breath ♪
They know that I'm willing
To die for my respect ♪
[SONG FADES]
- What up, J?
- What up, doe?
- Good.
- Out the way.
So you got that cash?
[MANNY] Of course.
Girl, your ass on fire.
That's what I do.
That's why I love you.
What the fuck is that?
That's that fetty.
Goddamn, Manny.
You fuckin' with that shit too?
- Yeah.
- Girl, you know that shit
droppin' niggas
like fuckin' flies, right?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
This shit right here, J
it's the purest fentanyl
in Chicago, dawg.
This shit'll make you
like ten times more
than what you lockin' down right now.
It's the future, J.
Hm.
And where you say
you been gettin' that shit?
Real plugged thugs.
Chinatown.
[MUSIC FADES]
I didn't like her,
but she was my sister, you know?
I still loved her.
Now I have to plan her fucking funeral.
I'm so sorry, Vic.
What are you gonna do?
Been under Tommy
and Stacy's thumbs for too long.
- [CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
- Gotta make a move,
but the less you know, the better, okay?
[NOTIFICATION PINGS]
You should get outta town.
I can't let you get hurt.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS, DOORS OPEN]
Well, well, well.
Ain't this domestic.
Yeah. Hardly.
Thanks for a good time, honey.
Nah. For real?
I didn't know that was your style, Vic.
A lot you don't know about me, Tommy.
How the fuck you get up here?
Only Claudia had the keys.
Yeah, well
I took 'em off her.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
You ain't feelin' soft
about your sister,
now are you, Vic?
Nah. You did me a favor.
She tried to kill me, remember?
[TOMMY] Yeah. So you
ain't have nothin' to do
with lettin' her into my loft
and almost gettin' the drop on me?
Why the fuck would you think that?
I mean
it ain't like a stool pigeon
who's already working with the feds
would double-dip again
with his sister
right?
Right.
But if you knew,
why didn't you come for me right away?
It's called a dye test, Vic.
Had to make sure
you wasn't making no moves.
If you set me up, you'd probably
try skippin' town.
But I didn't. And now you know.
I'm not trying to fuck you over, Tommy.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Well
By the way, Stacy Marks
is gonna set up a meet,
if she ain't done it already.
About what?
- You'll see.
- You know what, Tommy?
You fucked your whole plan, right,
to get a mayor in your pocket.
Stacy's never gonna get elected
without convictions
and she can't get those without Claudia.
Maybe you right.
But just because
your daddy was a gangsta,
it don't make you hard, Vic.
You might be the last Flynn standing
but don't forget
I fucked your girl and broke
your best friend's arm
the day I got to Chicago.
So never in your life get it twisted
who running shit.
I said set the meet
so set it.
♪♪
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
[MISSED CALL PINGS]
Fuck!
[MUSIC FADES]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
[RINGING CONTINUES]
[MISSED CALL PINGS]
What the fuck?
[LINE RINGING]
[WOMAN] Planned Parenthood.
How may I assist you?
[OMINOUS NOTE RESONATES]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
[ORTEGA] Is everything ready?
Egan's a tricky sumbitch.
He rotates his drops.
Never goes to the same spot
at the same time.
But I got intel on where
he's gonna be at tomorrow night.
He's gonna be leaving a dinner with me.
Doing a pickup with the RDs.
[IN SPANISH]
[DOOR LOCK BUZZES]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]
a story about my family.
My grandfather was
the most important man
in our village in Mexico.
Loved. Feared.
A man you did not cross.
If you made an enemy of him,
he had a tradition.
He would send his victims
something before killing them.
A calling card.
The passiflora.
The Mexican passion flower.
Consuming its purple leaves
helps you sleep
and my grandpa was telling
the receiver they would soon
sleep forever.
Then Tommy Egan killed my Uncle Luis.
And if he is not avenged,
you will receive
the passiflora in his place.
Egan dies tomorrow.
Or you do.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC FADES]
You dropped this.
What, are you upset?
I get that you didn't want it
but what I don't understand is
why you didn't talk to me first.
I did want it, Tommy.
I was so excited
to come home and tell you.
Till I got here and saw
fucking blood
and bullet holes everywhere.
Yeah, I'm sorry you had to see that.
Nah, don't apologize for that.
This is a dangerous life
that I choose to be in with you.
But a child?
An innocent baby?
It doesn't have that choice, okay?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
You don't have to worry
about hurting me, Mireya,
by taking care of yourself.
I'm in love with you.
And I'm down with you.
No matter what you choose.
[MUSIC TURNS SOMBER]
[MIREYA WHISPERS] I didn't do it.
What did you just say?
I couldn't go through
with it, Tommy. I
I want to have this baby with you.
[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING]
I'ma be a father?
[LAUGHING]
- A fuckin' father?
- Yes!
But wait. I don't understand.
What changed?
I never thought I could start
a family of my own
because I'm a Garcia
and I've always been so alone.
But when I was in there,
I-I realized I'm not alone anymore.
I have you now.
[WHISPERS] I have you now.
And I know no one will protect us
the way that you will, Tommy.
You goddamn right.
[MUSIC FADES]
[JENARD] Bro!
Nigga.
I got the motherfuckin' plug, D.
[LAUGHS] We 'bout to be on.
- Man, what you talkin' about?
- Check me out.
Manny Fresh?
She got the A-1 plug on that pure fetty
straight outta Chinatown, right?
She talkin' 'bout steppin'
on that shit nine, ten times.
Now, you know how much
motherfuckin' money
we gon' make if we do this shit?
You gon' need a bigger safe.
You know Tommy don't fuck
with that fentanyl, man.
Fuck Tommy, bro.
For real. How many motherfuckin' times
is you gonna let this white boy
in our business?
Are you gonna ask him
to fuck your bitch too?
Exactly. Come on. We on that.
Look, now's not the time, man.
Right now, we need to be focused
on gettin' rid of Miguel's ass.
That's what we need to be worried about.
Miguel? Wh-what?
Ain't nobody worried
about Miguel, nigga.
What the fuck? Come on.
We can get down on his ass
anytime we want to.
But speaking of, though, um
what'd you do with the guns, bro?
Where the blicks?
Tommy made a deal with the Assyrians,
so he used the guns.
[SCOFFS] Wait, huh?
Bro, for real?
Who the fuck do this nigga think he is?
Them was our guns, D.
Us.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Bro
On some real shit, fuck Tommy.
For real. A'ight?
I say that shit all the time,
but listen to me on this one, okay?
Because the Diamond I know
would never let
some neutron-ass white nigga
from New York
come up in Chicago and tell him
how to conduct his business, nigga.
On God.
We got a direct plug all the way
to motherfuckin' Hong Kong
with this fentanyl, nigga.
What's the problem?
Now, you really 'bout
to just leave all this money
on the table for him?
Hell motherfuckin' nah.
- That's what I'm sayin'.
- Let's do it.
Goddamn! 'Bout time.
Now, how we gonna slide it
past Tommy though?
[SPLUTTERS] You the one
just said he don't wanna fuck
with the fentanyl, so
We gon' get the coalition
to vote against him. That's how.
I'ma put that shit to a vote.
Coalition law, right?
- Hm.
- Yeah.
And then we'll see how the mobs feel.
Come on now. That's what
the fuck I'm talking about, D.
That's it. That's what I've been
waiting on, right there.
It's about goddamn time.
My nigga.
Yeah.
[MIREYA GIGGLES]
Mm!
Oh, I, um
I have to ask you something.
- [LAUGHS] Yeah, what's up?
- About Miguel.
Well, that's a real mood killer.
Cruz just got arrested with drugs.
Miguel's already really in deep
and now he needs another
500K to bond Cruz out.
And he still owes Che.
I'm just worried he's in real danger.
Look, baby
I promised you
I wouldn't hurt your brother
I ain't gonna throw him
a fuckin' life preserver.
And shit, this good for me.
It's good for us.
This makes us one step closer
to being the main connect.
Then everything we ever wanted is ours.
I want family.
And that includes my brother.
[GROANS]
If he gets hurt, that will hurt me.
Deeply, okay?
Look, I'm not naive, okay?
I know I'm asking
for the impossible here,
but it's the only way.
Please.
- Please help my brother.
- I-I
He has the same blood as our baby.
["SUPERMAN" PLAYING]
[TOMMY SIGHS]
[SCOFFS]
Run ♪
Run ♪
To me ♪
It's nothing ♪
Even if I thought that I ♪
Okay.
Couldn't handle it all By myself ♪
I'd rather do something Than nothing ♪
[WHISPERS] Thank you.
You're welcome.
I would ♪
Chop down wood ♪
Just to make you a pencil ♪
Times two just to make you Feel good ♪
Ha.
["NINA" PLAYING]
Boss?
You have a visitor.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
The fuck are you doing here?
I'm saving your ass, Miguel.
That makes you whole.
Go ahead. Take it.
[HUSHED CHATTER IN SPANISH]
All your problems are solved.
Why would you help me?
You can thank your sister for that.
She told me that you was down bad.
Made me promise to bail your ass out.
Oh, I'll, uh, see you
at the restaurant tonight?
Dinner's on you.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE]
Hey, Vic.
Can we get this over with?
- My sister just fucking died.
- [STACY] I know.
I've been puttin' out fires
nonstop since it happened.
And listen, now that I finally have you,
did she say anything
about meeting with anybody
before she died?
Tommy Egan?
I don't have to tell you shit.
I would watch my tone if I were you.
Or do I have to remind you
that you work for me?
I was just about to ask you
the same motherfucking thing.
- Fuck is he doing here?
- Trying to make sure
that no fuckery's happening
behind my back.
I guess I was right to worry.
Well, I don't have a choice.
The entire department thinks
you killed Claudia.
Can't be out here slow pedaling.
I might got a fix for you.
I can take you to Claudia's killer.
I bet you fuckin' can.
Nah, for real. I'll get you
a murder weapon too.
You gonna arrest a Marquez
soldier for the Claudia hit.
I'll get you a time and location.
You want me to help you frame
the Marquez cartel?
It's good for everybody.
You get your arrest. It's a win-win.
I'm not gonna help you
frame an innocent man.
"Innocent" and "Marquez"
don't even belong
in the same sentence.
Maybe you didn't hear me!
I'm not gonna fuckin' do it.
All right. That's enough.
It's time for you to play fuckin' ball.
Or your dreams of being mayor are over.
That Alicia video goes straight
to the fuckin' 9:00 news
and everybody gonna see
that you took money from me
and you knew where the fuck
it was coming from.
Fuck you!
And you know what?
I was gonna help you.
You coulda had a whole new life
in Alaska by next month.
You're so full of shit!
You make promises
and you get people killed.
You think I'm weak?
That I'm some easy mark you can
use as a pawn and throw away?
Well, let me fucking tell you
I killed my father.
And I killed Vargas!
What the fuck are you gonna do about it?
Nothing. You know why? 'Cause you can't.
You're compromised,
and you're as dirty as us.
So do what the fuck
he's telling you to do
or we'll hang you out to dry.
[GRIM, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
What's the address?
[MUSIC FADES]
I thought a ride down Sheridan
would help cheer you up.
We literally rode past
Loyola and Northwestern.
You think that helps?
Don't trip about that shit, shorty.
A'ight? It ain't that big a deal.
How is getting a partial
scholarship not a big deal?
Baby girl
It's a lot of colleges out there.
I mean, it's ones that's gonna
be begging for you to come.
They'll pay for that shit.
But they ain't Spelman.
You right.
But hey, you know Atlanta far as fuck.
If you go to school out here,
you can see me e'eryday.
You don't get it.
Don't you care about anything?
You don't got dreams, D?
Oh, I forgot.
All you care about is this CBI bullshit,
money, and that damn bike.
Hey, that's not true.
A'ight?
Look. Come here, ma.
Look at me.
Look at me.
We gon' figure this out together, okay?
You wanna go to Spelman,
we gon' make that shit happen.
I'll pull some strings.
I'll make some big moves.
Whatever you want.
But we gonna do it for you,
a'ight? I got you.
- Just stop being so mad.
- Whatever.
I'm not 'bout to talk about
this shit right now. I'm out.
[DOOR OPENS]
A'ight. Then, I
guess I'll see you later.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- [CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
A'ight. Bet.
[SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]
[GRIM MUSIC PLAYING]
You want to work with us.
And do you vouch for your partners?
Yeah.
My bad.
Yes, Madame Wu.
Can't nobody vouch for us.
We vouch for ourselves.
Fentanyl is serious business,
and I'm afraid mistakes
will not
be tolerated.
♪♪
Nah, you ain't gotta worry about that.
We good.
[MADAME WU] A few weeks ago,
someone robbed from
one of my dice games.
I had to let security go.
These
are their body parts.
There ain't gon' be no mistakes.
Okay.
Let's talk numbers.
Let's.
[COMMENTATOR] Jeffrey "Bubba" Smith
versus Michael Sparks!
Two behemoths battling here
in the City of Lights.
Both fighters are looking good tonight.
Ooh, and Michael Sparks is down!
[LAUGHS SOFTLY]
[DRAMATIC HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
- [DOG BARKING]
- Oh, shit!
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
♪♪
Welcome home, hermano.
- How'd you do it?
- Do what?
How'd you get me out?
We didn't have the cash.
[IN SPANISH]
fucking kidding me, jefe?
I thought we were smokin'
that motherfucker.
- Is that shit off now?
- [MIGUEL] Fuck no.
That motherfucker's
gonna be dead in a few hours.
And guess what.
We still keep the cash.
Once you hand this to Che
and make us whole again,
Tommy fuckin' Egan
will be a distant memory.
Hm?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Yo, we turned this shit
up a notch, big bro.
You damn right.
We in expansion mode, motherfucker.
Yeah. We definitely winnin', fellas.
There we go. Mm-hmm.
Shit feel a little strange
keepin' Tommy out the loop, though.
["GRAVE DIGGA" PLAYING]
Yo, what the fuck you talkin' about?
Nothing. I just think Tommy
shoulda been there, that's all.
Hm. So what, you this nigga's bitch now?
No, nigga. It's not like that, J.
I just think that if Tommy-
[GRUNTING]
[BOTTLE SHATTERS]
I don't give a fuck what you think.
See, I'm tired of you motherfuckers
second-guessing me.
I run this shit!
[GRUNTING]
Get his bitch ass outta my sight
before I kill him.
I got you. I got you.
I got it.
Get his ass out!
["GRAVE DIGGA" CONTINUES]
Fuck 'em.
All of 'em!
What the shit?
[GRUNTS ANGRILY]
You know, I was surprised
to get a text from you.
I know. I was in a mood.
I thought you was mad at me.
You know I cannot stay mad
at you for very long.
Why? 'Cause you feelin' me? Say you not.
I really shouldn't be here
right now, but
Mm
somethin' about you
just keeps bringin' me back.
Why you lookin' at me like that?
You really don't know
how special you are, do you?
[LAUGHS] She tryin' to make
me blush and all.
No! I'm bein' for real.
You better than all this shit.
It's like everyone can see it
except for you.
Look, all I know
is this life right here.
All my dreams are set in Chicago.
But the world is bigger
than the South Side, D.
You don't have to be on these
streets if you don't want to.
You got the smarts to get up outta here.
Look, just
School.
Consider it?
At least for me?
[LAUGHS SOFTLY]
For real!
Think about it for me.
A'ight.
For you, I'll think about it.
Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.
I ain't tryin' to overstep,
you know what I mean?
I know you said you weren't ready.
I did, but
I just wanted to make sure
you wasn't on no bullshit.
You wasn't gonna disappear on me again.
Look, after spending
some time wit' you
it just showed me that
this is something real.
["I HAVE NO REGRETS" PLAYING]
Wait, so
you sayin' like
Yeah.
I shoulda known This would happen ♪
Fell in so deep ♪
Who am I to stop this flame ♪
Stop this flame ♪
Let it burn slowly ♪
My emotions make decisions ♪
[SPORTS BROADCAST PLAYS ON RADIO]
What is this bullshit, huh?
I tell the guy ten times, clean
the fuckin' bathrooms again.
On the fuckin' floor. Sit the fuck down.
- [EXPLOSIVE GUNSHOTS]
- [GLASS SHATTERING]
- Oh, shit!
- Down, down, down!
[GRUNTING]
- Got him.
- [VIC] Check who's left.
Okay. Okay. Okay. Don't shoot.
- Yeah? Shut the fuck up.
- Don't shoot.
Get over there.
You're nothing without your gun.
You know you fucked up, right?
No, you fucked up when
you came into our neighborhood!
- These are our clubs.
- [VIC] Yeah?
Well, let me show you what we're
gonna do to all your people
if you don't get the hell outta here.
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [GRUNTING, GROANING]
- Put your mouth on the counter!
- No!
You don't have to do that, man.
No. No. [GRUNTS]
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
Open it.
You don't have to do that.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
- [GRUNTS]
- [SQUELCHING THUD]
Message received?
Get the fuck outta here.
[ANNOUNCER] Stacy Marks
is a straight shooter.
She'll hit the mark for you, Chicago.
[CHATTER, LAUGHTER ON VIDEO]
Paid for by the Friends
of Stacy Marks for
[SIGHS]
[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
Elena?
Tell Tseng to grab Delgado
and get in here now.
[ELENA] Tseng, Stacy needs you
and Delgado in her office.
[KNOCKING]
- What's up?
- Anonymous tip.
We have Claudia Flynn's murderer.
He's hiding out at
his mom's house. Let's go.
- [TSENG] Wait, what?
- [DELGADO] What?
[STACY] I'll fill you in
on the way. Let's move it.
[OFFICER] Police! We have a warrant!
Let's go. Let's go.
Move. Move. Move. To the right!
[STACY] Move. Move. Check everywhere.
- Look through everything.
- Man, what the fuck is this?
Hey, hey! Keep him up there!
I'll check the kitchen.
Check the fireplace.
[SUSPECT] Get your hands off me.
Hey. Don't mess with that.
What do you think you're doing?
[STACY] Check the fridge
and check the stove.
[SUSPECT] You know who I am?
[OFFICER] Get the fuck outta here.
[STACY] Check everywhere.
Look through everything.
[DELGADO] Got a gun!
[STACY] We got him.
[OFFICER] Second floor's clear.
[SUSPECT] Where are you taking me?
Take your hands off of me.
You still haven't told me
what this is about.
Fuckin' assholes.
Get your fuckin' hands off me!
Hey, that ain't mine.
Yeah, everybody says the same shit.
Get him in the car.
Let's go!
[TENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC FADES]
Yo, yo.
What's this?
Just some diamonds for my baby,
that's all.
Hm.
Man, come on, girl.
You know I'm down wit' your ass
like four flats on a Cadillac.
And I promise you, I'm still good
with our plan for my brother.
I just
I just need a little time
to wrap my head around the shit.
A'ight?
Come on, baby. It's always
just been the two of us.
Come here.
Not tonight.
I think we, uh we both
need a little more time.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
A chain don't fix the shit you did.
[CHATTER]
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYS IN RESTAURANT]
[SIGHS]
Okay, enough. Look.
Miguel
I need you to consider yourself
Tommy's protector
I don't need no protectin'.
If you want to be our child's tio.
[GULPS]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
You're, um [CLEARS THROAT]
- You're you're pregnant?
- [MIREYA] Yeah.
So I really need you to do this for me,
if you ever want to see me
or my baby
ever.
Okay? You two need to learn
to play well together.
We're a family now.
[SNIFFS]
Miguel?
[WAITRESS] I can take that
whenever you're ready. No rush.
[TOMMY] Thank you.
Hey, why don't we cut all this bullshit?
You don't like me, and I sure
as shit don't fuckin' like you.
But this about family.
Mireya is my family now too.
And I will do anything
in my power to protect her.
And our child.
You understand?
- [WAITRESS] All set?
- Yeah, I gotta bounce.
[MIGUEL] Bueno
Why don't we stay for dessert?
I just wanted to talk to
my future nephew or niece's
father just a little more. Hm?
Yeah. Yeah, can you can you stay?
I mean, I-I gotta be somewhere.
[MIGUEL] Do it for me, Tommy.
Do me a favor and just stay.
Please.
♪♪♪
[TITUS] Yeah, I got you, Egan.
[MUSIC BUILDS RAPIDLY]
[MUSIC FALLS OFF ABRUPTLY]
Where the fuck is Egan?
[PHONE LINE RINGING]
Jefe
Egan's a no-show.
[ORTEGA IN SPANISH]
[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
Yeya, you remind me of Mama
so much right now.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Hmm.
You know, Mama's the reason
I became a nurse, right?
I had no idea.
Yeah.
She got really sick,
and I took care of her
as best as I could back then,
but her-her cancer just got
worse and worse and, um
- Yeah.
- [TOMMY] Wow.
What was she like?
She was beautiful.
Ohh. Then she was exactly like you.
Mama was the most amazing woman
in this world.
She was smart like you.
And stubborn as hell
like her too, Tommy.
Stubborn? Tell him I'm not stubborn.
- Yeah, you a little stubborn.
- Stubborn? Me?
- [TOMMY] Stubborn.
- I'm not stubborn.
- [TOMMY] You are.
- [CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
[MIREYA] Oh, please. You guys are crazy.
Why all the hate?
[TOMMY] You stubborn as
What animal is stubborn?
- Stubborn like a what?
- [MIREYA] I'm like an ox.
- I'm strong like an ox.
- You're strong like an ox.
[PIERCING, STEADY TONE]
[GRIM, DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]