The Chi (2018) s07e02 Episode Script

1
[BAKARI] Previously on The Chi
[GUN COCKS]
[ALICIA] Did you kill my son?
Zay made the call.
[SHAAD] I need a
favor. Where's Zay at?
Why?
Just tell me where the
fuck I can find this nigga.
[ZAY] Payday isn't till tomorrow.
[JAKE] I don't want your money.
[ZAY] What you say to me?
[JAKE GRUNTS]
So who is 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.
[NUCK] How the fuck is
that gonna benefit me?
I'm here to make sure
your path is protected.
[NUCK] Hmm. So how much
is your guidance, Pastor?
Two racks a session.
- [TIFF] I'm worried.
- [KIESHA] 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.
[EMMETT] 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?
We need to support Tiff.
It's me or them.
Dramatic jazz music ♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
- [GARDNER] What do you need?
- A new place to stay.
What you should do is enroll
in school and stay on campus.
Bro, I can't do that.
I need you to ask your friend
to give Bakari a scholarship.
Alicia?
[ALICIA] If I give
you this scholarship,
you owe me your life.
- I know you killed my son.
- No, no, no, no.
[GUNSHOTS]
Nobody's gonna avenge the
death of my son but me.
Melancholy music ♪
♪
R&B music ♪
♪
Will you be there ♪
Forever and ever? ♪
[TIFF] Alicia. Alicia.
♪
[ALICIA] What do you
want? How can I help you?
- [TIFF] I need to talk to you.
- What's wrong?
I'm pregnant.
Oh
my gosh!
Oh, this is a miracle.
[ALICIA] Rob would have been so happy.
[TIFF] Yeah, he would have.
My poor baby won't get a
chance to meet his baby.
No.
But we'll raise him with love.
What makes you think it's a him?
[ALICIA] I feel it.
- How do you feel?
- Nervous, scared.
[ALICIA] You don't have
anything to be afraid of.
I have a child and one on the way.
- Rob is gone. I'm all alone.
- [ALICIA] You're not alone.
You can come and stay here
with me I prefer it.
- I can't just move.
- [ALICIA] Of course you can't.
I'll have my people
come and pack you up.
You won't lift a finger.
I-I don't know.
It'll be better for both of us.
Okay.
A new heir to the throne
is about to be born.
[CHUCKLES]
♪
So what are you hoping
to get from this?
I want God to forgive me
for the dirt I've done
and the and the pain I caused.
[EZEKIEL] That's a heavy lift.
[NUCK] That's why I'm paying you.
I'm just a guide. You
have to do the work.
What the fuck is the work?
First, you got to look to
God, get right with Him.
And then you got to get
right with yourself.
- And how do I do that?
- You have to change.
- Nigga, change what?
- Your behavior.
Thank you for your time.
Look, you can't just
sit here and talk.
When you walk out that door,
you have to realize you
are a child of God
at all times, not just
when it's convenient.
Do you understand what I do?
[EZEKIEL] I understand it isn't legal.
- I can't be soft.
- I'm asking you to be noble.
In this line of work, I have
to step out of myself sometime.
[EZEKIEL] When do you have to do that?
Whenever I take someone's life,
I go somewhere in my mind.
Where do you go?
I don't know, but I'm not in my body.
[STAMMERS] That's interesting.
I can't lose that.
Dramatic music ♪
If you get closer to God, you might.
♪
Then I can't do this.
[DRAWER OPENS]
Nah, man.
When you ready let me know.
♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
Yeah, enough of the small talk ♪
[DAMIEN] You know, sharing your barber
means you actually
really fuck with me.
- Yeah, don't make me regret it.
- [LAUGHS]
I mean, I haven't made
you regret anything yet.
[EMMETT] That's true.
You really came through
when Douda was on my ass.
I appreciate that shit.
[DAMIEN] Man, I'm just glad
we ain't got to do shit
- for that nigga no more.
- [SCOFFS] Me too.
Hip-hop music ♪
What?
When you start doing that shit?
My nails? I don't
know. I just tried it.
- I kind of like it.
- You like girls, right?
- [DAMIEN] Of course.
- All right. [SCOFFS]
I mean, I'm not gonna lie, though.
I kind of do want to
keep an open mind.
What the fuck that mean?
[DAMIEN] Exactly what
it sound like it means.
Does that does that mean you gay?
[CHUCKLES] No, I think
it's more like
I don't know I think it might
be like an energy thing for me.
- We the same age, right?
- Yeah.
[EMMETT] So this
ain't no new-age shit?
No, bro. Niggas just be different.
Yeah, I guess.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [DAMIEN] What?
I just think niggas wearing
nail polish is kind of gay.
Okay, what? And so having three babies
by three different women
is kind of straight?
- A'ight, whatever, bro.
- [DAMIEN] Ha ha.
Look, I love you, no matter what.
You better.
Just don't expect me to
start doing that shit.
Bro, I don't know how you
talking shit about my polish
and that pinky ring you
got on is giving curious.
- What?
- And with the black diamond.
Fuck out of here.
[DAMIEN] Mixing metals and shit.
Let's get you settled in.
This is your room.
Soft music ♪
♪
Are you serious?
Welcome home.
♪
Dramatic jazz music ♪
sync & corrections awaqeded
[KIESHA] Here you go.
This is all happening
fast, don't you think?
Nah, I think it'll be good.
For you or for her?
For both of us.
[KIESHA] Still want us to watch EJ?
Yeah, because I think staying here
would just confuse him even more.
Soft music ♪
How you doing?
[SCOFFS] I'm pregnant.
What?
I know. I just found out.
Oh, my God.
How you feel?
Nervous.
♪
I just know he would
have been so happy.
I'm so sorry.
[TIFF] Me too.
Can you keep that to yourself for now?
[KIESHA] Okay.
You can tell Emmett, but that's it.
Of course.
I guess we both about
to be waddling around.
- This is so crazy.
- [LAUGHTER]
[TIFF] Alicia was right.
[KIESHA] About what?
About us being a ghetto
Black Brady Bunch.
[LAUGHTER]
She ain't have to say it.
Girl, you know she gonna say it.
She does not filter anything.
♪
[LYNAE] Who are you?
Oh, you must be Jamal's little sister.
I have a name.
- [DOM] Yeah, Lynae, right?
- Yes.
It's nice to meet you.
Jamal didn't tell you about us?
- No.
- [DOM] That's interesting.
Is it?
I mean, well, we are kind
of new and everything.
Then why are you moving in?
Ah, shit, Lynae
this is my girlfriend.
I know. Why is she moving in here?
Because I asked her to.
We need to talk.
Yeah, we do, too.
Yeah, that's what that dollar do ♪
Yeah ♪
Is that what that dollar do? ♪
♪
[BAKARI] Can I stay with you?
For how long?
[EXHALES DEEPLY] Just
while I finish school.
Hey, you know you gonna
be on the couch, right?
- [CHUCKLES]
- That's cool.
I'm used to that shit.
You got enough money for school,
or you got to put in some extra work?
No, I'm good. I got a scholarship.
How you do that?
♪
Professor Gardner [CLEARS THROAT]
pulled some strings.
Good for you.
♪
[KIESHA] Oh.
- Where's Ronnie's other shoe?
- [EMMETT] His what?
His shoe.
[EMMETT] EJ, turn that TV down.
Ronnie, where your shoe at?
If he knew, why would I be asking you?
[EMMETT] Here you go, man.
His mama said he's
gluten-free now, remember?
How come none of us was
gluten-free when we was kids?
Because our mamas
didn't know no better.
[EMMETT] No, they didn't give a shit.
- Emmett, language.
- My bad.
- Look, I'm doing my best.
- You got to do better.
EJ has his Gymland class today,
and I was thinking you can
take Cassius and Ronnie
by that community garden,
because I know that was nice.
Kiesha, Some of that
stuff gonna have to wait.
They can come with me to Smokey's.
We need to put these
kids on a routine.
But I also have to work.
I'm just saying, EJ needs stability
more than anyone right now.
I get it, but that's
a lot. And I'm tired.
You don't get to be tired.
I'm the one that's pregnant.
[UPBEAT CHILDREN'S
MUSIC PLAYING ON TV]
♪
[SIGHS]
How you feeling?
♪
I'm grateful we have each other.
I don't see how Tiff is
gonna do this by herself.
- Do what?
- Oh, she said I can tell you.
- She's pregnant.
- What?
- [KIESHA] Yeah.
- Damn.
[KIESHA] I know. It's so sad.
Yeah.
- [KIESHA] You okay?
- Yeah, I'm just in shock.
Um, but I'm I'm happy for her.
Yeah, I'm happy for her, too.
- It's bittersweet, you know?
- Yeah.
- I found this.
- [EMMETT] Ah
- Thank you.
- [EMMETT] Thank you, man.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [KIESHA] Thank you.
R&B music ♪
Ronnie, come here. [CLEARS THROAT]
♪
[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
♪
[REMI] Who's "First Lady"?
[JAKE] Just some chick
I used to mess with.
You still messing with her?
I ain't got to tell you nothing.
We don't go together.
Is she really a first lady?
- Yeah.
- Of a church?
- Yeah.
- [REMI] Which one?
Man, don't worry about it.
Secretive.
No, your ass is nosy.
I just like you.
Stop being so damn clingy.
I like clinging to you.
Mm, no.
I don't like all that.
Fine, damn.
♪
You need to ask me before you
move some random girl in here.
I don't need to run shit by you.
- Yes, you do. I live here.
- I'm your guardian.
That doesn't mean you
don't have to show me
the decency of telling me you
moving some bitch in here.
Don't call her a bitch.
If you told me her name,
I wouldn't have to.
It's Dom.
- [LYNAE] I know that now.
- Good.
Good?
[SIGHS]
You really like her?
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] I do.
Okay, fine.
I'll give her a chance.
Thank you.
And I'm sorry I didn't talk
to you about it earlier.
It's okay.
[SOFT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING
ON RECORD PLAYER]
Hey
I want to have a baby.
[CHUCKLING] Oh, Jesus.
That's your reaction to me
saying I want to have a baby?
Are we really having
this conversation?
- [TIERRA] Yeah, why can't we?
- Oh.
♪
Because I'm still raising Jemma.
Okay, I'd like a chance
to have a child of my own.
[MARCUS] Since when?
I always wanted to have one. I just
I didn't want to do it alone,
and I think you're a great father.
And I love you.
I love you, too.
And I love the life we're building.
We got a good thing going. I
don't want to rock the boat.
It would only rock us
for a little while.
No, it gets harder as they get older.
Trust me.
- You love Jemma.
- [MARCUS] Of course I do.
I'm also glad she's out of my house.
So you're saying no?
I'm
[SIGHS]
I'm asking you to consider
where I'm coming from.
♪
[SHAAD SIGHS]
Hold up.
- Beet juice?
- [ALICIA] Mmm, mmm.
[SHAAD] Now, why is you
drinking beet juice?
Because it's good for your health.
And more important,
it's good for the baby.
You pregnant?
[ALICIA] Shaad, please.
I am in my
[WHISPERING] second spring.
- So you're not pregnant?
- [ALICIA, NORMAL VOICE] No.
- Oh.
- But she is.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Oh, and she lives with us now.
- O-okay, okay, all right.
- [TIFF] Yeah.
- Well
- [ALICIA] Mmm.
I'll let you two ladies
handle that, then.
Good.
Tiff
it's important that you
avoid simple carbohydrates
while pregnant.
[SCOFFS] Why?
[ALICIA] Because you're not
getting gestational diabetes
on my watch.
What you eat, the baby eats,
and this little boy is gonna
inherit everything I own.
So you have to take care of him.
You know, it could be a girl.
Well, if it is, I hope
she inherits my beauty.
[SCOFFS] Excuse me?
Look, Tiff, this pregnancy
is gonna gift you
a sense of urgency you've
never known before.
You're gonna become
a heightened version of yourself.
Look at the world
with different eyes from now on.
[TIFF] You act like I
haven't been pregnant before.
[SIGHS] It's different now.
How?
Because you're carrying my legacy
which is why I want
you to become the owner
of the cigar lounge and barbershop.
What?
It's time to get to work,
especially before the baby comes.
So I shouldn't be resting right now?
You have to get used to moving.
You have to be a warrior.
Dramatic jazz music ♪
[TIFF] Okay.
♪
I want you to, uh, go
by the lounge today
♪
just to get the lay of the land.
[TIFF] Thank you,
Alicia, for everything.
Of course.
We're family now.
♪
Upbeat hip-hop music ♪
Hey, look, man, I told y'all
about hanging out in my office.
Why are y'all out here?
Ronnie, Cassius, stop running.
EJ, come get your brother.
I know you hear me.
Hey, I know you hear me.
Cassius, stop.
- And the jackfruit
- Sorry, sorry, one second.
[EMMETT] All right, y'all
settle down stop playing.
- Oh, I think he got a poop.
- [EMMETT] How you know?
Well, like, ten minutes ago,
he told me he had to drop one.
Hey, uh, you know what?
Uh, I'm good, bro.
No, it's ok
No, y'all got too much
shit going on up in here.
- They wear gloves in the back.
- Grab him, grab him, grab him.
I'm gonna get on the fryer real quick.
- Ronnie.
- All right, I got you.
I'm gonna change him a minute.
Hey, stop running in here.
Oh, hey, could you? Thank you.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[THUDS]
- Oh, my
- [CHILD CRYING]
Ooh. His arm looks bad.
- I got to take him to the ER.
- All right, I'ma call Kiesha.
♪
Shaad, why didn't you tell
me y'all were gonna kill Zay?
'Cause it wasn't none of your concern.
It is if I tell you
what the fuck he at.
Hey, hold up, shorty. You owed me.
- Well, I guess we fucking even.
- [SHAAD] Yeah, I guess so.
[ALICIA SIGHS] Hello, handsome.
- [BAKARI] Hey.
- [SHAAD] What's up, baby?
[CHUCKLES] Honey, I
was talking to Bakari.
Bakari, do you have your manuscript?
Yes, ma'am, I sure do.
Oh.
I can't wait to read
this in the tub tonight.
- [BAKARI] I hope you like it.
- I'm sure I will.
[SIGHS]
Okay, shorty.
- It's broken.
- [EMMETT] Shit!
- Fuck!
- Language!
You know how much this gonna cost?
Why you let 'em run
around in the kitchen?
I didn't let 'em. They
weren't listening to me.
And whose fault is that?
Hey, I need to know if my son
is gonna be safe in your care?
- He is!
- Hey, lower your voice.
Don't tell me to lower
my fucking voice!
I'm gonna send a nurse
in to set his arm.
Tense music ♪
There you go.
- [PERSON] Thank you.
- Of course.
- What up?
- [DAMIEN] What's up?
Hey, you Emmett brother, right?
- Yeah.
- [BAKARI SCOFFS]
That's my homey. Bakari.
- [DAMIEN] Damien.
- What's up?
All right, what you want?
Yo, what the fuck is
up with the nails?
- Just give me your order, bro.
- Look, I ain't talking shit.
- I'm just asking a question?
- I like 'em.
[BAKARI] Good for you.
Now, let me get a
two-piece, cheddar biscuit.
Got ya.
Hey, you know those blunts
are bad for your lungs.
- [SCOFFS]
- You should try some edibles.
I have. That shit
fuck with my stomach.
[DAMIEN LAUGHS] That's
just 'cause you haven't had
- the right ones.
- [CASH REGISTER BEEPS]
I can find you some
better ones, though.
- Bet.
- [DAMIEN] Bet.
- Better be that gas, too, man.
- [LAUGHS]
[DOOR BELLS JINGLE]
Mellow hip-hop music ♪
[VICTOR SIGHS] So, um
did she kill Zay?
- You the cops?
- [VICTOR] You her lawyer?
I'm her man.
[SCOFFS] Man, I hear she
like 'em younger than you.
Where you hear that?
[LAUGHING] I'm just fucking with you.
- Look at your face.
- Yeah, uh-huh.
- You play too much.
- [VICTOR] Hold up. [CHUCKLES]
- You want some help?
- I got it.
[GRUNTS SOFTLY]
♪
Look, Tiff, I just
want to say I'm sorry.
Rob was a good dude,
and he ain't deserved
what happened to him.
If there's anything you need from me,
- I'm always here for you.
- I'm good.
You don't have to be strong for me.
♪
Um
I can use some help giving
this place a new look.
I could help with that.
I got idle hands anyway.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] Okay, thank you.
I got you.
♪
[VIDEO GAME GUNFIRE ON TV]
Bakari told me Zay got killed.
I got to tell Kenya.
Damn. Did she really love that nigga?
I don't know. I think she
really cared about him.
I can't lie.
- I'm glad that nigga dead.
- Don't say that.
He's still one of God's children.
Man, that nigga would have
took us out if he had to.
Yeah, well, now he's gone.
[CELL PHONE CHIMING]
Friends, I got some
tea for you all today.
So I heard that First Lady Tatiana
on New Hope On Zion church
is hooking up with Jake Taylor.
Yeah, you heard me right.
See, I always knew
some of these church
folks wasn't shit.
But that age difference is
giving borderline grooming.
Now, I'm not trying to be messy.
I do want to hear y'all's thoughts.
[JAKE CHUCKLES]
[LAUGHS]
[CHUCKLES] Well, what?
Niggas crazy.
Why you getting praised and
the First Lady getting dragged?
- That ain't right.
- Man, it is what it is.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Thank you.
Um
Um, you need help with that?
No, but Oh, I need
help with the back door.
Um, it won't open.
I think there might be some
money or something back here.
- Hmm.
- [TIFF] This key doesn't work.
- Let me give it a try.
- [TIFF SIGHS] See.
[VICTOR] Shit.
[DOOR RATTLING]
[GRUNTS]
Okay, yeah, there's definitely
some money up in there,
because that shit ain't budging.
I'll bring the guys in tomorrow,
and we'll take it off the hinges.
- Okay.
- Yeah?
- Thank you.
- Of course. See you tomorrow.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER
CONTINUES, LAUGHTER]
Soft music ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER PA]
Appreciate it.
Look, my bad.
It's all good, man.
[SIGHING] Um
just dealing with a lot right now.
Same.
You ever thought you, like,
moved on from somebody
and something happens and
you get this weird feeling
in your stomach,
a strange, like,
pinch in your heart
'cause you know y'all
are done forever?
- [CHUCKLES]
- Yeah.
I know exactly what you mean.
I just can't believe Tiff's pregnant.
What?
Yeah. [CHUCKLES]
That's what I said.
Dramatic music ♪
[SCOFFS]
They tagging me left and
right! You ruined me!
[TATIANA] Of course you're
only worried about yourself.
It's not just me. My church
hangs in the balance!
[TATIANA] Oh, now it's your church?
I built this place from the ground up.
- I helped you.
- And now you burning it down.
If you could've just
been more careful,
- we wouldn't be in this mess.
- I was careful.
Not careful enough.
You do realize you're gonna be known
as "Thotiana" now, wherever you go.
Just just calm down, Pastor.
Look, elephants should
never be concerned
- with the opinions of ants.
- These ants pay tithes.
You need to stand by
your wife right now.
- No.
- First ladies stand
by their disgraced
husbands all the time.
No, no, tha that's true, Pastor.
You have to do the hard
thing in this moment.
[EZEKIEL SIGHS] Fine.
Do we need to put out a statement?
No, no, uh
talking would only fuel the flames.
Let's stand as a unified front
and rise above the bullshit.
We have to address this somehow.
[TATIANA] I agree with Charles.
Of course you do.
So, when I give my sermon tomorrow,
am I supposed to just go up there
and act like nothing's going on?
Let me preach tomorrow.
♪
Better not be getting
ready for some other woman.
[LAUGHS] Oh, you know we got
the men's circle on Wednesdays.
Yeah, I'm glad y'all doing that.
Yeah, yeah, me too.
Shoot, we need it.
You think I should get
the ladies together?
- Oh, Lord, here we go.
- What?
All y'all gonna do is
get together and gossip.
That is not true.
Women are more stressed than men.
Yeah, we the ones
paying all the bills.
Please. What bills is Shaad
paying over at Alicia's house?
[CHUCKLES] Hey, leave Shaad alone.
At least he moved out.
So he cheats on Deja
with Marcus's woman.
Now he laying up under Rob's mom.
- He's a mess.
- [LAUGHS]
Hey, don't be talking
about my brother like that.
See, that's why I don't
need you and your friends
up in here just putting us down.
Putting you down or
just telling the truth?
Our group is about
uplifting each other.
Now, what y'all gonna do?
Uplift each other as well and
be support for each other,
because messing with
y'all, we clearly need it.
[CHUCKLES] Well, if you host it,
just let me know the
night you gonna do it,
so I can make sure I disappear.
Okay, I'll let you know.
All right, well, good
luck with your little
Waiting to Exhale sister circle.
[CHUCKLES]
Actually [CLEARS THROAT]
I want to call it the
Set It Off sister circle.
[DARNELL LAUGHS]
And what y'all gonna do?
Rob banks on the weekend?
We're gonna take whatever we want.
- Oh, you're gonna take?
- Whatever.
- Whatever.
- [LAUGHTER]
soft jazz music ♪
♪
[SOBBING] I just wish he
would've listen to me.
[PAPA] He made his own decisions.
No.
I don't like being
surrounded by death.
It's
it's not natural.
I don't want to be around it either.
♪
- [PAPA] What can we do?
- [SNIFFLES]
[SOBS SOFTLY]
Leave?
♪
Somebody got to stay.
♪
[BREATHES DEEPLY] I'm just scared.
♪
Yeah
me too.
♪
I'm sorry I snapped earlier.
It's okay.
It's been a stressful day.
I just feel like the
walls is closing in on me.
Me too.
I thought once Douda was
dead, we could chill.
But now you being pregnant
and us having EJ full-time,
it's like a whole other
stress has swooped in,
and it's just as stressful as
somebody trying to kill me.
And even more so.
Forget Douda. These kids
gonna be the death of us.
[CHUCKLES] We got this.
Mellow music ♪
I don't know. We outnumbered now.
I'm sorry I didn't discuss
EJ moving in with you.
You made the right decision.
- But we a team.
- Yeah.
We just got to keep
rolling with the punches,
bouncing back.
Yep.
We splitting that
hospital bill, though.
[LAUGHTER]
I'll bug my mama for some money.
♪
I knew that was coming.
[EZEKIEL] I hate this.
Look, we knew something
like this was gonna happen
sooner or later, all right?
I'm just happy I was here
when the shit hit the fan.
Yeah, your timing is interesting.
Come on, Pastor.
Don't do me like that.
I'm genuinely here to help you.
[EZEKIEL] You also here to preach.
I'm here to lift you up.
[SCOFFS] I appreciate it.
Maybe you and Tatiana
go on a trip, you know?
Get away for a while I think
it'd be good for you guys.
I can hold down the fort.
I'm not running.
We're gonna walk through this.
Okay. Amen to that.
Dramatic music ♪
♪
So I hired Victor to help
me manage the lounge.
One day in power and you're
already sharing it with a man?
- I can't do it alone.
- [ALICIA] You have me.
You're busy.
In the future, you should discuss
decisions like that with me.
You gave me a job. Let me do it.
Oh. Good girl.
I'm a grown woman.
[ALICIA] You're a baby.
Tell that to the baby
growing inside me.
You know what I mean.
You have a lot to learn.
- From you?
- Yes. I'm an icon.
You should take notes and be grateful
- I'm taking you under my wing.
- I am.
Good.
Cheers.
[CHUCKLES]
[MARCUS] I mean, if this
was so important to you,
why are you just
bringing this up today?
I'm telling you now.
[MARCUS] You don't think
it's a little late?
[SIGHS] I'd rather have
a child without you
than be childless with you.
Damn.
That's cold.
[TIERRA] No, it's honest.
You really want to
have a baby that bad?
I do.
[SIGHS] Fuck.
[TIERRA] I'm so sorry.
Don't be.
Somber jazz music ♪
If that's what you want,
you should have that.
I'm sorry I can't have it with you.
♪
Me too.
♪
So, uh, is this it for us?
I think so.
♪
Come here.
♪
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[SCOFFS] You shouldn't be here.
I know.
I just wanted to come
say sorry in person.
Huh
Did you do this?
[CLICKS TONGUE] Man, hell, no.
No, I swear.
[SIGHS] Some girl I
was chilling with
she saw your text.
How do you have me
saved in your phone?
"First Lady."
Jesus.
Look, I'm My bad.
Delete my number and leave me alone
please.
R&B music ♪
I will.
♪
Thank you.
♪
Yeah.
[TATIANA] Goodbye.
♪
Bye, First Lady.
♪
Good news, good news ♪
Going up yonder,
better get on board ♪
Good news, oh, good news ♪
Going up yonder, gonna see my Lord ♪
And from sunrise ♪
- Let's go.
- [DOM] Want to say grace first?
- [JAMAL] Yeah.
- [DOM] Okay.
[LAUGHS]
Dear God, thank You so much
for Your grace and favor.
And please bless this food and
those who can't be with us.
- Amen.
- Amen.
- Thank you so much for cooking.
- Of course.
♪
You can stay.
[LAUGHTER]
[JAMAL] I told you.
Going up yonder,
got to see my Lord ♪
So how long is Tiff staying with us?
- Excuse me?
- I saw you giving her a tour.
She's carrying my grandchild.
She can stay forever,
as far as I'm concerned.
You know what? I don't
like not having a say
as to what goes on in this house.
It's my house.
Yeah, and I can't live like that.
Then you can move out.
Oh, so Bakari can move in, hmm?
What are you talking about?
What was he doing here earlier?
Oh, he's my scholarship recipient.
I just boost his self-esteem.
It's good for him.
That's all. That's all I was doing.
Please don't be jealous.
[SCOFFS] Oh, I ain't
jealous of nobody.
Oh, really?
Yeah, I know what I be doing
to you when no one's looking.
Oh, me too.
You better watch your mouth.
Let me see. Let me watch it.
- Oh, you better watch yours.
- [LAUGHS]
R&B music ♪
Oh ♪
Baby ♪
Ooh ♪
What made you?
Shit, these Chicago streets.
Who are you when you're
at home, by yourself?
I don't know.
Do the people you've killed haunt you?
Yeah, sometimes.
And what do you do when that happens?
Shit, I smoke.
- [EZEKIEL] How much?
- A lot.
Does it make the ghosts go away?
No, but it it makes it
hard for me to hear 'em.
Dramatic music ♪
Who's been haunting
you the most lately?
♪
This nigga I had to take
out for disrespecting me.
I just found out, uh,
his his girl pregnant.
How that make you feel?
Like a fucking monster.
[EZEKIEL] Are you?
- Maybe I am.
- [EZEKIEL] No.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] No,
you're a child of God
that's been seduced by the devil.
- What's the devil?
- [EZEKIEL] Power, money, lust.
- I know all three.
- So do I.
- [NUCK] You a pastor, though.
- So what?
Nigga, you supposed to be
better than the rest of us.
We're often the worst among you.
Why you think we leading the flock?
You have to have an intimate
relationship with sin
to preach about it, to
warn people of its dangers.
I can't tell you to avoid a land mine
until I've stepped on a few myself.
- Does that make sense?
- It does.
[EZEKIEL] I'm glad you
decided to come back.
[LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[DARNELL] Hey, Vic, this real nice.
Yeah, now that me and
Tiff are taking over,
this gonna be a place for
conversation and community.
[EMMETT] Yeah, last
time I was in here,
dude almost tried to kill my ass.
[VICTOR] Guns ain't allowed no more.
Thank God.
Y'all gonna serve
food in here or what?
Nah, y'all got to go
to Smokey's for that.
- [LAUGHTER]
- That's right.
Just weed, cigars, and liquor.
[SCOFFS] I may fuck
around and move in.
- [LAUGHING]
- [VICTOR] Oh.
You ain't loving it over at
your woman's mansion no more?
Let's just say it's getting
a little crowded over there.
[DARNELL CHUCKLES]
Yeah, we went from two
to three real quick.
- [VICTOR] Oh, you moved Dom in?
- I did, man. Yeah, I did.
Yeah, you got yourself
a nice woman there.
Yeah. She real special.
- Why y'all looking like that?
- Hmm?
You know, me and Pop, you know
Boy, hey, don't be spreading
that woman's business
around like that what
the matter with you?
- [JAMAL] What?
- [EMMETT] Um
- you should just talk to her.
- And ask what?
Just ask her about her history with us
and see what she say.
Hey, why are y'all
why are y'all trying
- to mess up a happy home?
- [LAUGHTER, CHATTER]
[VICTOR] I know you ain't laughing.
Old preacher's
[LAUGHTER, CHATTER]
[EMMETT] I didn't see
that on the Internet.
[DARNELL] Don't get
all in your feelings.
Who the fuck is you talking to?
[LAUGHTER]
I guess I'll share.
Marcus and I broke up.
Oh, I'm sorry.
W-what happened?
I really want kids.
- You want to help with ours?
- [LIGHT LAUGHTER]
I want the full experience
of being pregnant.
- I get that.
- Yeah.
You know, if you two
aren't on the same page,
you got to move on.
Now that Douda is gone
I feel like I can move on for real.
It took him dying for you to move on?
I was actually very
disciplined while he was here.
But let's be real as long
as he was walking this Earth,
there was always, like, a chance
of us getting back together.
[LAUGHS] Are you ready
for the dating scene?
- Ooh, no.
- [JADA LAUGHS]
I feel so much safer in my house.
Mm, don't we all?
Mm-mm. My house is too chaotic.
That's 'cause you got all them kids.
- Shut up.
- [LAUGHTER]
This is a beautiful respite.
Thank you, Jada, I needed this.
- [TRACY] Me too.
- Thank you.
Thank you all for listening.
Thank you, ladies, for taking part
in the first sister circle.
You know if you keep it up,
Tiff might eventually join.
Oh, she could use it.
- I bet she could.
- [TIERRA] Yeah.
[JADA] Yeah, I'm gonna keep it going.
- We appreciate you.
- Yeah.
And you know what? I'm
game to host the next one.
You tell Emmett to find
somewhere else to be.
- [LAUGHS]
- Oh, you know I will.
[JADA] Okay?
And here's to our first sister circle.
- Yes.
- [ALL] Cheers.
Cheers, sister circle.
Soft R&B music ♪
♪
Are you tough? You
ain't really tough ♪
That little boy a muddy Mrs. Puff ♪
Hit him in his gut and
watch that boy ball up ♪
Hey, get up ♪
Oh, you can't get up,
look like you giving up ♪
You hear that?
- My fucking heart racing.
- [LAUGHS]
It's normal, bro, chill.
All right. If I die, it's your fault.
[DAMIEN LAUGHS] You're
not gonna die, bro.
You'll live. [CHUCKLES]
If I wrote a book
would you read it?
[LAUGHING]
- What?
- Maybe.
What's the book about?
My life.
- Is your life interesting?
- Yeah.
I think so.
I mean, okay.
I'll read a book about your life.
Bet.
[LAUGHING]
Hit him in his gut and
watch that boy ball up ♪
Hey, get up, oh, you can't get up ♪
Look like you giving
up, you better not die ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Can I help you?
Mellow music ♪
I just came here to tell
you I don't want your money.
I wasn't gonna give it to you.
- I'm sorry for your loss.
- You should be.
Congrats on the baby.
Who the fuck told you I was pregnant?
Come on, man, you know I
keep my ear to the street.
The street shouldn't know.
Let me know if you need anything.
I don't need anything.
♪
[LOCK CLICKS, DOOR RATTLING]
Look like you need help with the door.
[TIFF] I'm good.
[NUCK] Let me see.
Step aside.
♪
The key.
You got to put a little
finesse in there.
[DOOR CLICKS]
[SIGHS] Voilà.
How did you do that?
[NUCK] Douda used to
have meetings back here
all the time.
He showed me how to pick the
lock when he needed extra cash.
Thank you.
[NUCK] Look, if you
need anything else,
just let me know I'm here.
I'll remember that.
All right. Have a good night.
♪
I'm sorry about your friend.
I want to move.
Where you gonna go?
- Can I go live with grandma?
- My mother?
My mother lives in Arkansas.
You know she's too old to
take care of you, right?
You said she needs help
around the house, and
I could help.
She would love to see her
great-grandchild more.
[KENYA] He should spend time with her.
That's true.
I don't know how much time we have
before she makes her transition.
Then let me go.
Dramatic music ♪
♪
Can y'all not tell
everybody my business?
- I only told Emmett.
- I ain't tell nobody.
Oh, shit.
- What?
- I mentioned it to Nuck.
Why the fuck would you do that?
[KIESHA] When did you talk to him?
- At the hospital.
- Oh, my God.
- I told you it was a secret.
- No, you didn't.
Oh, fuck, I didn't.
Y'all a mess.
Tiff, that's not fair.
I'm sorry. [SIGHS]
I'm just stressed.
Of course you are.
Um
when did you talk to Nuck?
- He came by the lounge.
- [EMMETT] Why?
Because he wanted to tell me
he not gonna take my money anymore.
That's nice.
[TIFF] Yeah, I guess.
♪
Soul music ♪
It's gonna be all right ♪
Yeah, ooh, oh, oh ♪
It's gonna be all right ♪
[SIGHS] Kevin asked me to come to LA.
I
I thought things been
weird between y'all lately.
That's why he wants me to move.
Long distance is
[CHUCKLES] It's hard.
Okay, and what did you say?
I said yes.
Oh.
Are you upset?
Of course I'm upset.
I don't want you to move,
even if it is to be with Kev.
- It's not gonna be forever.
- How you know?
I guess I don't.
♪
What I'm gonna do without you?
Miss me. [CHUCKLES]
What? You weren't thinking
about us getting back together,
were you?
I mean, don't act like we
still don't got some energy.
[LAUGHTER]
We do, but we couldn't
do that to Kevin.
Yeah. Not again.
- I'm not Jemma.
- I ain't Jake.
- [LAUGHTER]
- No shade.
That was a little shady.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHARLES] Hallelujah.
[ALL] Hallelujah.
My brothers and sisters,
heavy is the head
that wears the crown.
[ALL] Amen.
[CHARLES] We often look to our leaders
as if they're supposed to be perfect.
But let me remind y'all,
only God is perfect.
[CONGREGATION CLAMORS]
I see a lot of people on the Internet
and in real life casting stones
as if they've never sinned.
- [CONGREGATION MURMURS]
- Now, don't get me wrong.
- All sins aren't created equal.
- [CONGREGATION MURMURS]
But I do know this.
God is working
on every single one of us.
- Amen. Hallelujah.
- [APPLAUSE]
Oh, y'all don't want me to go there.
[LAUGHTER]
Y'all want me to keep it a buck?
[ALL] Yes!
Y'all want me to keep
it a bean in the back?
[ALL] Yes!
Well, for those of y'all who do,
please just keep listening.
- Let us be truthful, y'all.
- [ALL] Yes.
We all have temptations.
We all have fallen to our flesh.
- [ALL] Yes.
- We all have burdens to bear.
- We just have to own that
- [PERSON] Come on, now.
so we can ask God
to see us through.
[ALL] Yes!
[PERSON] Come on, Pastor, preach!
[CHARLES] Not not get over,
not avoid.
- [PERSON] No!
- [PERSON 2] Hell, no!
[CHUCKLES] Not outrun.
[PERSON] No!
But we need His guidance to
walk us through the valley.
[CONGREGATION MURMURS]
To help us understand why are
we so weak to earthly things.
[ALL] Yes.
Why are we so drawn to chaos?
- [ALL] Yes.
- [PERSON] Whoo!
[CHARLES] Why does peace
make us feel restless?
Why do healthy
relationships feel foreign?
[CONGREGATION CLAMORS]
Maybe because our parents
showed us unhealthy examples
- of what love was.
- [CONGREGATION CLAMORS]
[CHARLES] And that's all we knew, huh?
We need God to show us a new way
- [CONGREGATION MURMURS]
- every day.
- Hallelujah.
- [APPLAUSE]
Who am I talking to today?
Who am I preaching to today?
Amen! Amen!
Give God the glory.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Amen ♪
- Lord, here goes my letter ♪
- Amen ♪
I'm praying for something better ♪
Amen ♪
I seal it in His name ♪
He washed away my sins, now
He can wash away my pain ♪
- Amen ♪
- Unh ♪
- Lord, here goes my letter ♪
- Amen ♪
I'm praying for something better ♪
Amen ♪
I seal it in Jesus' name ♪
He washed away my
sins, and He gonna ♪
Dear Lord, give me the light ♪
Let me shine bright, let 'em
be bland by me and not to me ♪
Illuminate the way so they
no longer can ignore me ♪
With all I work for ♪
Don't I deserve for
it to come to me? ♪
Your little drummer boy ♪
I march on and keep on drumming ♪
See, me and bro ain't been stable ♪
Since Mama turned angel ♪
But I put it on Mama
like Cain and Abel ♪
I hang on, my soul ain't growing ♪
If it grew to hate you ♪
I still love you forever,
can't nobody replace you ♪
First, I'ma repay you
just to show I'm grateful ♪
For the times you made me feel ♪
It ain't a thing I can't do ♪
My brother's keeper, I'm
the flower in the gutter ♪
And thou shall not
kill, but I murder beefs ♪
Amen ♪
And He gonna wash away my pain ♪
Amen ♪
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