The Chi (2018) s07e01 Episode Script

1
[VICTOR] Previously on The Chi
[TIFF] What, you don't like
the smell of weed no more?
I'm pregnant.
I'm happy for you.
- I love you.
- I love you too.
When you left, you said,
"I'm gonna start my own church."
[CHARLES] I know where your
bodies are buried, Pastor,
and I'm willing to keep them there
but only if you welcome me back.
Welcome back.
I know you're eyeing the nomination
- for the Seventh Circuit Court.
- Yes.
[ALICIA] If you put him in jail
and it turns out he's innocent,
it'll burn you.
The FBI failed to
disclose critical evidence
and substantially prejudiced
the defendant, Victor Taylor.
I am ordering that
the case be dismissed.
[ALICIA] You've terrorized
this city long enough.
[DOUDA] I should have known
you two were conspiring against me.
This was all me, Mr. Big Stuff.
Bianca was just a decoy.
- Sorry.
- [ALICIA] Any last words?
Fuck you.
[GUNSHOT]
There's a new sheriff in town, ladies.
We don't work for you.
[NUCK] We either can work
together, or we can be enemies.
I don't give a fuck.
I'm gonna be your
worst fucking nightmare.
[NUCK] Hey, y'all niggas
gonna report to me now.
I'm not giving you no more money,
and I don't work for you.
Bye, nigga.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[GUNSHOTS]
[NUCK] I'm in charge now.
Get your shit and come with me.
No, I'm done.
[NUCK] I always had your back.
You like my family.
I can't always trust family, nigga.
You can trust me.
It's me or them.
[SIGHS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[NUCK] Hey, Bakari, get in the front.
[BAKARI SIGHS]
♪
[DISTANT DOGS BARKING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Wake up, motherfucker.
What the fuck?
- Did you kill my son
- [NUCK] What?
and leave his body at my doorstep?
[NUCK] Hell no, that wasn't me.
[GUN COCKS]
I don't believe you.
I'm in business with Rob.
Why would I fuck up my money?
Zay made the call.
♪
Why would Zay wanna kill my son?
They was arguing about something,
and next thing I know, his body dropped.
Arguing over what?
I don't know what
they was arguing about,
but when I seen him, he was gone.
I didn't wanna throw
his body in the river.
I wanted you to give
your son a proper burial.
Why should I believe you?
That motherfucker is not loyal,
and he thirsty for power.
You tell me why you keep him around.
I don't want him around anymore.
♪
I'm sorry about your son.
[SHAAD] Did you kill that man?
No.
He said it wasn't him.
[SCOFFS]
And you believed that nigga?
Do you know Zay?
I mean, I know he one
of Douda's runners.
Nuck said Zay did it.
You sure?
Do you think he would
do something like that?
I do.
Bring him to me.
♪
[SIGHS]
Oh, God.
I need to shower, and I
need to get my head clear.
[SHAAD] Hey.
Let me run you a hot bath,
make you some food.
Please?
OK, baby.
[GASPS SOFTLY]
Oh, no.
I have to tell Tiff.
Oh, no, you ain't gotta
worry about that right
[ALICIA] No.
I don't want her to find
out from somebody else.
Please, let's go.
Fine, fine.
[ZAY] Man, fuck that nigga.
[KENYA] Zay, I don't
think he demoted you.
[ZAY] He told Bakari to get up front
and told me to get in the back.
[KENYA] Well, Bakari
was there before you.
[ZAY] He's my cousin.
[KENYA] Well, with everything going on,
I just think you should be quiet.
You telling me not to
speak up for myself?
I just think you need
to lay low for now.
I don't need to do shit.
Everybody knows he killed Douda.
Ain't no telling what else he's gon' do.
He killed Rob too.
Why?
'Cause Rob didn't wanna pay him no more.
Oh, my God.
Please, don't say anything.
Nuck is my family.
- He can't kill me.
- [KENYA] Says who?
Says us.
Trust me.
I'm good.
I hope so.
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
♪
What's going on?
I have to tell you something.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
[SINGER VOCALIZING]
[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
Hey, things gon' be a
little different now.
I'm nothing like that old-ass nigga
that was in charge before me.
I don't like none of that flashy shit,
and I don't like making too much noise.
Only thing I like doing is getting money
and going the fuck home.
That's it. That's all.
I don't tolerate no fucking disrespect,
because any one of you niggas
disrespect me, I'll kill you.
I don't like doing that
shit, but I will if I have to.
- Understood?
- [ALL] Yeah.
Is that shit understood?
- [ALL] Yes.
- [NUCK] A'ight.
Now, let's stay humble and
keep a low profile, a'ight?
'Cause I got a son now,
somebody to protect.
My life means a lot to me.
All I need y'all niggas to do
is to stay loyal and
keep y'all eyes open.
If y'all can remain loyal to me,
I will make sure every single
one of y'all never go hungry.
A'ight? 63rd over everything.
A'ight?
- 63rd over everything.
- Over everything.
This is my shit.
- A'ight?
- A'ight.
Good.
So you really gon' be
different than Douda?
Hell yeah.
OK.
[POWER TOOLS WHIRRING]
So you cool with me writing my book?
[CHUCKLES] Hell yeah, man.
Hey, look, just make that
shit a novel, not a memoir.
- A'ight?
- A'ight.
- A'ight.
- I can do that.
A'ight.
And I want that shit to succeed too.
- You do?
- Hell yeah.
I don't want you to be
doing this shit forever.
[ZAY] What about me?
You want me to do this shit forever?
Why the fuck is you late, man?
I was with my girl.
That's not more important than this.
- Today it was.
- You got a problem?
Yeah, I do, actually.
[SIGHS]
I wanna work alongside you, not for you.
I'm not looking for no partner.
I ain't looking for a new boss.
[NUCK] So what the fuck
you looking for, an enemy?
Hmm?
Come on, man.
You could never be my enemy.
You my cousin.
[SCOFFS]
You either can work for
me, or you can leave.
My nigga, the door is right there.
I'm not holding you.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Right. That's what I thought.
♪
Be safe, Zay.
[MOURNFUL JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
The person
who took my son
will pay.
[TIFF SNIFFLING]
Yes.
Yes, he will.
♪
The victim has been
identified as Robert Lafayette,
son of real estate
developer and philanthropist
Alicia Daniels-Lafayette.
This comes as a devastating loss
just weeks after his father,
Alonzo Daniels-Lafayette,
was found murdered in his vehicle.
Officials have declined to comment
on whether there are any connections
between the two homicides.
[SIGHS] This is starting
to hit too close to home.
It's Chicago. It's always close to home.
I can't believe Rob is gone.
He took a shot at Douda and missed.
It was only a matter of time.
I can't stay here.
You just moved back.
No, Chicago.
I-I can't stay in this city anymore.
I think we should move.
[VICTOR] Wait, wait, wait, hold on.
Douda's gone. The city
will be different now.
[FATIMA] What? Rob was
shot after Douda died,
so what's the difference?
- [VICTOR] So where would we go?
- Anywhere but here.
We can't run from ourselves.
I'm not trying to.
I just wanna be safe.
You're safe with me wherever we go.
I don't know if that's true.
[SIGHS] All right, look,
I need you to trust me.
People around you keep dying.
That's not my fault.
I don't see you doing anything about it.
Do you know something
about Douda's murder?
[SIGHS] Jeez. Hmm, hmm.
OK, what do you need?
A new place to stay.
[GARDNER] What happened with Lynae?
[BAKARI] Mm-mm.
I'm-I'm not talking about that.
Well, I wish I could let you
stay here with me, but I can't.
What you should do is enroll
in school and stay on campus.
Bro, I can't do that.
I don't even have a bank account.
[GARDNER] There are scholarships.
I ain't finish high school.
I don't have transcripts, GED,
attendance, none of that shit, man.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Look at me. Do you wanna spend
the rest of your life
running from death,
or do you wanna change your life?
I had a vision of you ♪
And just like that ♪
I was left to live without it ♪
Left to live without it ♪
I found a version of love ♪
And just like that ♪
I was left to live without it ♪
Left to live without it ♪
Waitin' for this storm to pass ♪
♪
Waitin' on this side of the glass ♪
♪
I had a version of home ♪
And just like that ♪
I was left to live without it ♪
Left to live without it ♪
I had a person I loved ♪
And just like that ♪
I was left to live without him ♪
Waitin' on this side of the glass ♪
My daughter is lucky to have y'all
in her life.
Thank you for being her chosen family.
We all we got.
[BOTH SIGH]
[SOMBER MUSIC]
This can't be easy for you either.
Girl, me and grief are
just old friends now.
[CHUCKLES]
[CLICKS TONGUE]
Look, you just know that
you have support too.
OK?
I always knew that this day would come.
I just I didn't know
it was gon' feel like this.
Like what?
Like Douda's breaking
my heart all over again.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
♪
[EZEKIEL] "Therefore, since
we are receiving a kingdom
that cannot be shaken,
let us be thankful
and worship God with reverence and awe,
for our God is a consuming fire."
Our city's already on fire.
Sounds like you're fanning the flames.
Sometimes things need to be burned down
so we can rebuild again.
[VICTOR] Hmm.
"For God is not a God of
disorder but of peace."
Corinthians 14:33.
Sounds like somebody's
been reading their Bible.
Guess so.
Well, everyone turns to
God in times of unrest.
Mm, they turn to their pastors too.
Well, how can I help you?
Douda had Pastor Jackson killed
when he warned his congregation
to stay away from him.
Yeah, I heard about that.
Now it's time for you to step forward
and be the voice for your community.
People look to the pulpit when
they have nowhere else to go.
I'm not that kind of pastor.
[VICTOR] Well, maybe you need to be.
We will guide our congregation
the way we see fit.
Look, you've got their attention.
Do something with it.
I got a church to run.
A church or a business?
What you want me to do?
Gather the people.
Get them to talk. Remind them to pray.
But make sure they know that it's better
to build a bridge than to burn it.
[CHUCKLES]
Maybe you should write the sermon.
Nah, you got it.
[MELLOW MUSIC]
♪
[SOFT R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
I don't know where it went wrong ♪
I just don't want to be the only one ♪
To wake from this dream ♪
♪
[ROSELYN] I knew this day would come.
So did I.
The funeral is tomorrow
if either of you would like to attend.
I might.
I'd be there just to
make sure he's dead.
Easy.
That is my husband.
My son is gone.
I could give a fuck about niceties.
So you're planning revenge?
Aren't you?
My manicure is way too expensive
to be pulling triggers.
Besides, I got a shooter for that.
So you don't care who killed Douda?
I'm sure whoever did
it has their reasons.
And I'm not trying to get
caught in any cross fire.
If you ever need me,
I'm just a call away.
[CHUCKLES WRYLY]
I'll keep that in mind.
♪
[SIGHS]
I'm sorry for your loss.
I think that you should
get away for a few days.
Take time to grieve.
I'll grieve when the person
who killed my son is dead.
♪
[BIANCA SIGHS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING OVER TV]
♪
Oh! Oh!
Hey!
Tiff, turn that off.
You don't need to be
watching that right now.
- [PERSON OVER TV] Help!
- I can watch what I want.
[PERSON OVER TV] Help, please! Oh!
Why you wanna trigger yourself?
[SIGHS]
I'm sorry.
I know. Everybody's sorry.
Is there anything I can do for you?
Bring him back.
I know y'all loved each other.
Please do not say it's
better to have loved and lost
than not loved at all.
I wasn't gonna say that.
What were you gonna say?
I was gonna say
some people go their whole lives
without experiencing
love like y'all had.
So be grateful that you had it,
even though now you have to grieve it.
Isn't that basically the same thing?
It's not the same thing, girl.
[TIFF CRYING]
[DRAMATIC CHORAL MUSIC]
♪
So what does he expect you to do,
be Martin Luther King Jr.?
I gotta do more than collect tithes.
Nah, Pastor, we do way more than that.
Come on.
Yeah, but he's right.
We don't do a lot of community outreach.
Well, that's because people come to us.
We don't go looking out for the flock.
Well, now we need to go to them.
So who's in charge
of the extra cash flow
now that your your plug is dead?
His number two.
Do you have a relationship with him?
Nah, but I need to build one.
I mean, do you want me to go with you?
I-I I can go.
I think I need to handle this myself.
Is everything else OK?
If you're inquiring about my marriage,
I suggest you mind the
business that pays you.
You are the business
that pays me, Pastor.
I'm figuring it out.
All right.
Well, I'm here if you
ever wanna talk about it.
I know.
Are you tired of people asking
what they can do for you?
Yeah.
Well, if you need
anything at all, I got you.
I'm worried.
About what?
About whether or not I can really
be here for EJ right now.
We can take him for a few days.
No, I mean full-time.
I can't sleep. I feel nauseous.
I just don't feel like myself.
I need some time.
Normally I would ask my mom,
but I don't think she can handle it.
I hear you.
We'll do it.
Emmett gon' freak out.
He ain't never had none
of his kids full-time.
But anything for you.
- For real?
- Yes.
We family.
It's OK.
[POWER TOOLS WHIRRING]
So what the fuck, you here
to pray for me or some shit?
If that's what you need, I got you.
Nah, I'm good.
What kind of man are you?
I ain't Douda.
That doesn't answer my question.
Look, I'm cool, bro.
We ain't gon' use your church
to hide money anymore, a'ight?
Where you gon' put it?
Know what?
I might start trusting
in my guys a little more
let them hold that shit for me.
I can't count on somebody I don't know.
Maybe it's time we
get to know each other.
Now, how the fuck is
that gonna benefit me?
It's always good to have a
man of God in your corner.
I can believe that.
I'm here to make sure
your path is protected.
Mm, definitely need that.
I do spiritual advising
for a lot of high-profile
folks in the city.
It's not easy being a leader.
Trust me.
So what kind of man are you?
I'm a work in progress.
So is God working on you?
He's working on all of us.
It's just a just a
matter of being obedient.
I'm not too good at that.
Most of us aren't.
So how does this work?
We'll set up a time, and
I'll send you an invoice.
Invoice? Get the fuck out of here, man.
My guidance ain't free.
[NUCK] So how much is
your guidance, Pastor?
Two racks a session.
[NUCK] Two racks a session?
You better make sure
my ass get to heaven.
[EZEKIEL CHUCKLES] I got you.
[BRADLEY] So which student is it now?
[CHUCKLES] I'm sorry.
Um, he's more of a mentee.
- [BRADLEY] Hmm.
- Yeah.
[BRADLEY] Is this the one
who wants to write the book?
Yes, yes.
He says he wants to
turn it into a novel now.
Oh, great.
Another novel about street life.
- It's exactly what we need.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
[GARDNER] Baby, kids
don't wanna read books
about worlds they don't relate to.
Yeah, neither did we, but we did it.
Yeah, and it bored me to tears.
But look at you now.
- No, no, stop, stop.
- [CHUCKLES]
My father and my big brothers
are the reason I'm the man I am today.
[BRADLEY] OK.
Bakari doesn't have that.
- Bakari?
- [GARDNER] Mm-hmm.
Is that his real name?
Now you sound like your mother.
What? May God rest her soul.
Oh, you know she didn't get into heaven
with all of that gossiping
and that down talking
on the middle class that she did.
Mm-mm.
OK, she was a little bougie.
- [GARDNER] A little. A little.
- [LAUGHS]
But I am grateful that she pushed me.
Yeah.
She raised an amazing woman.
Uh-huh.
You're doing a lot right now.
[LAUGHS] What you need?
Mm-hmm. [SNIFFS]
I need you to ask your friend
to give Bakari a scholarship.
- Alicia?
- [GARDNER] Yes.
I know she gives them out once a year.
So there's a whole
interviewing process, and
and her son just died,
so I'm not even sure
if she's gonna give it out this year.
Oh, I didn't know. I'm sorry.
- [BRADLEY] Yeah.
- What happened to him?
Someone shot and killed him.
I feel that if Bakari
doesn't get this scholarship,
he may meet the same fate.
Let me talk to her.
You are the one.
[CHUCKLES] I know.
[LAUGHS] And so are you.
[GARDNER] Thank you.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
What's the occasion?
♪
What, I gotta have a reason
to break bread with you or something?
You right. You right.
[BAKARI SIGHS]
How you been?
You OK?
No.
What you getting into, shorty?
I was trying to get out.
Yeah.
And what happened?
Nuck needs me.
Yeah.
My lady just spoke with him.
About what?
Look, man, I need a favor.
Depends on what it is.
Nigga, you owe me.
How long you gon'
hold that over my head?
A'ight.
After this, we even.
Where Zay at?
- Why?
- Mm.
Don't ask no questions.
[BAKARI] What's going on?
Man, just tell me where the
fuck I can find this nigga.
♪
[SPORTS ANNOUNCERS SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY OVER TV]
Bro, chill the fuck out.
I'm just getting my phone.
Oh, bet.
[KIESHA] I'll be down in a second.
- Hurry up.
- We chilling.
Bro, what is wrong with you?
Niggas dropping like
flies around here, a'ight?
Have the right to be a little jumpy.
Ain't no new bodies dropping
without my permission.
So you the new boss now?
A'ight.
- So you ain't scared?
- Scared of what?
About somebody trying to kill you.
I mean, I don't want the shit to happen,
but nah, I ain't scared.
So we good?
We ain't gotta worry about no
more bullets grazing my ass?
As long as you don't
disrespect me, we good.
Define disrespect.
I shouldn't have to.
- [KIESHA] All right.
- Hey, now.
Hey, now. What's up, boy?
[LAUGHS] Let's get your coat.
Coat? You know you
gotta put your coat on.
- [RONNIE BABBLES]
- [NUCK] It's cold out there.
- Coat.
- Coat.
- Coat on.
- [LAUGHS]
So, uh, where you taking him?
Garfield Park
Conservatory. You ever been?
Nah.
You wanna slide?
Nah, I don't wanna
encroach upon y'all's time.
Nah, you good. Come on.
Yeah, you you should go.
- Bet.
- [NUCK] Put your hat on.
Put your hat on.
[POWER TOOLS WHIRRING]
Payday isn't till tomorrow.
[JAKE] I don't want your money.
You scared?
Hell yeah. I don't wanna owe you shit.
[ZAY] What you say to me?
Nigga, you heard me. I
don't wanna owe you shit.
Hey, be careful how you talk to me.
Nigga, fuck you.
[MONEY THUDS]
[ZAY] Yeah.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I could kill you right now.
Think that shit scare me?
Huh?
Think I ain't never had
a gun in my face before?
Nigga, square up.
♪
- [BLOWS LANDING]
- [JAKE GRUNTING]
♪
[CAR DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
[ENGINE TURNS OVER]
[TIRES SQUEALING]
♪
I can't help you get away with murder.
I would never ask you to.
So what are you gonna
do when you find him?
What I have to.
I understand.
What do you need, Michelle?
Your son just died.
It's too soon for me to ask for favors.
Well, I owe you one.
Well [SIGHS]
it's not really a favor for me.
It's more of an ask for my husband.
Go on.
He's been mentoring a young man
who wants to get off the street,
and he thinks your
scholarship could help him.
He actually thinks it
could save his life.
Why couldn't I save my own son's life?
That wasn't your fault.
Yes, it was.
You were a good mother.
No, I wasn't.
I wanted him to be like
me, and he just wasn't.
And he'd always say he was
the black sheep of the family
'cause he didn't fit in with us, but
now he's gone.
If you help this young man,
it could be a way for you
to honor your son's life.
Send him to me.
[MELLOW JAZZ MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
♪
[NUCK] Hey, bro, it's
beautiful here, man.
[EMMETT] Yeah.
[NUCK] And a nigga
ain't even knew about it.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
[MELLOW HIP-HOP MUSIC]
Hey, look it, man. Look at the fish.
Look at the fish.
[RONNIE BABBLES]
[NUCK LAUGHS] You see him?
♪
Got me feeling like a dad right now ♪
Got me feeling like a dad right now ♪
'Cause I'm who they come to ♪
When there's nowhere to run to ♪
Got me feeling like a dad right now ♪
Got me feeling like a dad right now ♪
All these niggas my sons ♪
But we'll keep that on the under ♪
But you know what it is though ♪
[EMMETT CHUCKLES]
♪
Thanks for asking me to come along.
No problem, man.
I just want him to be
better than me, you know?
Yeah, I want my sons to
be better than me too.
Come on, this way.
- [NUCK CHUCKLES]
- See the fish?
- Yeah.
- [EMMETT] Point at something.
So how do we make sure
that happens, though?
Just gotta tell him who you are.
But what if I don't
wanna tell him everything?
Then he might make the same mistakes.
I just don't want him
to be ashamed of me.
Then become somebody
he won't be ashamed of.
[EXPRESSIVE WIND MUSIC]
Come on, man.
See the turtle?
- [RONNIE] Yeah.
- [EMMETT] See that turtle?
Oh, he trying to get in the water.
♪
[VICTOR] What's with the shades?
Nothing.
You been crying?
No.
- It's OK if you have.
- I'm not.
Fuck, what happened to your mouth?
[SIGHS] Nothing.
Hold on.
Who the fuck did this? And don't lie.
- [VICTOR CLICKS TONGUE]
- It was Zay.
The nigga that gave you money?
I told you not to fuck
with these niggas, bro.
They give you money, and
they think they own you.
Nah, he beat me up
'cause I gave it back.
The fuck you do that for?
'Cause I knew you ain't
want me to have it.
And because I got scared.
I'ma take care of this.
Don't.
I'm good.
What? Look at your face.
He got his money back,
and he fucked me up.
We good.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[HIP-HOP MUSIC]
Chi, Chi ♪
Chicago, we in the Chi ♪
Uh, Chicago, uh-huh ♪
On the phone, I'm on the fiend ♪
Just to get in front of him ♪
Back doors, man,
shorty 'bout to spend ♪
Then he spend again,
say they can't get him ♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
How you like it, huh?
I saw what you did to my little brother.
He a grown man. The
deal was already closed.
Nigga, if I even see
you look at him again,
I'ma kill your ass, you hear me?
[CHUCKLES]
Is this Trig I'm talking to?
Nigga, you think this a game?
Huh?
♪
You win.
Your brother dead to me anyways.
♪
[TRACY] Kiesh, did she eat?
- She won't eat a thing.
- [TRACY SIGHS]
[DOLLY] She's just sitting in that bed.
- [JADA] Poor girl.
- [DOLLY] Yeah.
Lord
I ask that you cover
my baby with your mercy.
With all of your graciousness, God,
keep her wrapped in the blood of Jesus,
because we know no
weapon formed against her
shall prosper.
[TIFF SNIFFLES]
[DOLLY] Order her steps, Lord.
Heal her broken heart.
Help me, Lord, oh, help me, Lord ♪
I need your hand of mercy ♪
Help me, Lord, oh, help me, Lord ♪
I need your hand of grace ♪
Lord, mercy, Lord ♪
Oh, mercy, Lord ♪
I need your hand of grace ♪
♪
[ALICIA] There are a lot of candidates
who really need this scholarship.
Why should I give it to you?
Um, I thought my professor spoke to you.
You have to speak for yourself.
[SIGHS]
[ALICIA] I don't do handouts.
I had to do a lot of
bad shit in my life,
not because I wanted
to, but because I had to.
What have you done?
Why does that matter?
It's all a part of your story.
If you're not ready to share it,
then maybe you're not
ready for this opportunity.
[SIGHS]
Jesus. [SIGHS]
I killed someone.
But only because he took someone I love.
In that case,
it may have been justified.
You think so?
I do.
Well, if if you give
me this scholarship,
I won't disappoint you.
I promise.
If I give you this scholarship,
you owe me your life.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
So am I getting it?
As long as you know
nothing comes for free.
I do.
[ALICIA] Good.
I'll be in touch.
♪
[GARDNER] So I hear you met
with Alicia Daniels-Lafayette.
I don't think she liked me.
Hmm.
Well, you clearly left an impression,
because she is officially granting you
the Daniels-Lafayette Scholarship.
[LAUGHS]
♪
Everything OK? I thought you might be
more excited about this.
Yeah, I am.
I-I just wasn't expecting
it to happen all so fast.
You deserve it. I see you.
You've been working
diligently on your book,
and I'm so glad you
decided to get your degree.
It'll open so many doors for you.
- [BAKARI] Hmm.
- [PAMPHLET RUSTLING]
Thank you. You know, I really appreciate
you coming through for me, Professor G.
- Whoa?
- [GARDNER] Whoa. Come on, man.
I know you won't let me down.
And Alicia's a great
mentor to have on your side.
♪
- [BLOW LANDS]
- [ZAY] What the fuck?
I know you killed my son.
- [ZAY] Mm-mm, it wasn't me.
- You're lying.
[ZAY] It wasn't me. I swear
I swear on my girl's life.
- Oh, oh.
- [ZAY] I ain't kill him.
Well, if you didn't do it, who did?
Please, no, no, no.
- Who did? Who did?
- [ZAY] I know I know
No, no, no, no, no.
[GUNSHOTS]
[BIANCA GASPING]
[SHAAD] He was about to say something.
♪
The last time I hesitated,
somebody else took my glory.
Nobody's gonna avenge the
death of my son but me.
♪
[WHIMPERS]
[SINGER VOCALIZING]
♪
[EMMETT] Look, I ain't gon' hold you,
uh, we had a good time.
Aw. That makes me so happy.
I'm so glad y'all getting along.
Ronnie needs both of y'all in his life.
Uh, how Tiff doing?
She's a bit overwhelmed.
[EMMETT] Yeah, I'm sure.
She asked if we could
take EJ for a while.
What's a while?
I don't know.
[EMMETT] What you say?
I said we would do it.
So you get mad at me
for buying Tiff a car
without talking to you first,
but y'all can just agree
on bringing another kid
in the house without talking to me?
Make that make sense.
- He's your child.
- I know that.
I also know we have Ronnie full-time
and another baby on the way.
Baby, I love EJ,
but you worrying about
Tiff being overwhelmed
and not thinking about
the stress that comes
with having two kids
in the house full-time.
I don't want us stressing out.
But it's OK for her to be stressed?
We need to support Tiff.
Fine.
[BLUESY MUSIC]
It's a cold night ♪
In Alabama ♪
And there's a war, there's a war ♪
Going on outside ♪
Alicia
I can't do this anymore.
♪
Don't act all innocent
now. You knew the plan.
I know, but I can't stop seeing it.
I can't sleep.
I can't I can't do anything.
This comes with the territory.
I don't want the territory anymore.
And what are you gonna do, leave?
Yes.
And where are you gonna go?
Far away from here.
[ALICIA] And what about the lounge?
You can have it.
I don't have the bandwidth
to run the lounge.
Not my problem.
[BIANCA SIGHS] I'm sorry.
You're weak.
That's what you are.
I just want peace.
I hope you find it.
♪
[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Hey, man where you been, bro?
Just had to handle some shit for Alicia.
Huh.
Just make sure you
keeping your hands clean
when it come to her, bro.
I'll get them dirty if I have to.
What's that supposed to mean?
Ay, nigga, you know you can't
afford to go back to jail.
And I ain't about to.
Yeah, OK.
'Cause I-I I can't
afford to get you out again.
I'm not gon' save you, bro.
You ain't gotta save me, man.
[JAZZY MUSIC]
♪
Ay, for Rob.
- [DAMIEN] Yeah.
- [GLASSES CLINK]
[EMMETT] Damn.
[DARNELL] Yeah, that shit is crazy.
That's why I always try
to tell y'all, be careful.
If it wasn't for the grace of God,
it could have been one of y'all.
See, that's why I just sit in the house
and watch Dragon Ball Z.
I'm just grateful Douda's dead.
Maybe now we can get some peace.
Peace is temporary.
Streets always gon' have a villain.
Now it feels like we even
got more to deal with.
That's why I'm trying
to get close with Nuck.
I mean, you really don't have a choice.
That's Kiesha baby daddy.
- [LAUGHTER]
- You ain't gotta remind me.
[DARNELL] Boy, I know
you ain't complaining,
all the baby mamas you got.
I know, but I'm saying,
she ain't gotta deal
with him all the time.
And now EJ gotta stay with us
till Tiff get back on her feet.
- You ready for that?
- Hell no.
[LAUGHTER]
Hey, I'm just glad Ronnie and EJ
get to grow up together.
That's something that y'all ain't have.
- Yeah, I guess that's true.
- [DARNELL] Mm-hmm.
I just know it's gon' be a lot of work.
Like I say, making babies is fun.
Raising them, harder
than a motherfucker.
[LAUGHTER]
Mm. But it can be done.
- It can be done.
- Cheers.
[SIGHS]
Zay gone.
What you mean, he gone?
Somebody took him out.
What? Who?
I can't say.
[SCOFFS]
Was it you, nigga?
Hell nah.
I can't kill family.
Why not?
It's a thing I have.
If we share blood,
I can't take your life.
So you killed Rob?
I had to.
That motherfucker was
questioning my authority.
And you made Alicia think it was Zay?
What if she find out you was lying, huh?
She won't, a'ight?
Because the only nigga
that knows is you.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
You be good.
You hear me?
I got you.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
[TIFF] I know.
I'm always here if you need me.
♪
Just promise me you didn't kill him.
I promise. All I did
was hem him up a bit.
Why do you feel like you
have to save everybody?
Yeah, you need to unpack that.
Fine, I will.
It's too late.
[VICTOR] What, you gon' leave me again?
[SIGHS] I can't do this.
- [VICTOR] What?
- I can't do this.
I can't be sleeping with
a nigga I don't trust.
You can trust me.
I don't wanna stay in Chicago anymore!
Well, I'm not leaving.
So you gonna choose this city over me?
That's what you don't get.
This is more than just a city to me.
This is my life.
I thought I was your life.
You can't be my whole life.
[SADE'S "KING OF SORROW"]
♪
I'm crying everyone's tears ♪
And there inside our private war ♪
I died the night before ♪
♪
And all of these remnants of joy ♪
And disaster ♪
What am I supposed to do? ♪
♪
I want to cook you a soup ♪
That warms your soul ♪
But nothing would change ♪
Nothing would change at all ♪
Just another day ♪
And nothing's any good ♪
I have so much to
do, I have to carry on ♪
♪
I wonder if this grief ♪
Will ever let me go ♪
I feel like ♪
I am the king ♪
Of sorrow ♪
Yeah ♪
The king of sorrow, yeah ♪
♪
I suppose I could just walk away ♪
♪
Will I disappoint my future ♪
If I stay? ♪
It's just a day that
brings it all about ♪
♪
Just another day ♪
And nothing's any good ♪
♪
DJ's playing the same song ♪
♪
I have so much to
do, I have to carry on ♪
♪
I wonder will this grief ♪
Ever be gone ♪
Will it ever go? ♪
♪
I'm the king of sorrow, yeah ♪