The Chi (2018) s07e04 Episode Script
Mother's Day
1
[JADA] Previously on The Chi
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.
- [GUNSHOTS]
Did you kill my son
and leave his body at my doorstep?
Zay made the call.
I know you killed my son.
- No, no, no, no, no.
- [GUNSHOTS]
So you holding a grudge
because I fucked your girl
while you was in jail.
You fucked my girl while
I was doing a bid for you.
So what you wanna do, make my life hell
because you got caught and I didn't?
You owe me, nigga.
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
[CONGREGATION] Amen.
[CHARLES] We often look to our
leaders as if they're supposed
to be perfect.
Only God is perfect.
[CONGREGATION] Amen.
[CHARLES] The Holy Spirit
is moving me to pray for you.
May I?
[JAZZY MUSIC]
Lord, please cover
- Tracy.
- Tracy
in her walk with You.
[REG] What's up, Jake?
[JAKE] I thought you was dead.
You saw somebody put me in the ground?
[NUCK] Fuck, you need
a job or something?
What the fuck I look
like coming back to work
- for your goofy ass, nigga?
- What you want?
- The mob.
- That's my shit.
- I run that.
- [REG] I can run it better.
Just know, if I kill you, I'm
gonna bury the body myself.
- I'm pregnant.
- This is a miracle.
My poor baby won't get a
chance to meet his baby,
but we'll raise him with love.
Look at my baby mamas,
y'all. Y'all know what I mean.
[DARNELL] Come on. Get in there, son.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
There you go.
[UPLIFTING MUSIC]
♪
[EMMETT] Mama.
You taught me everything ♪
[EMMETT] Kiesha.
I always keep it inside ♪
[EMMETT] Tiff.
Dolly.
Neva.
Shay.
There isn't anything or
anyone that I could be ♪
[CHUCKLES]
Hey, h-here you go.
Damn.
How many you got?
You were there for me
to love and care for me ♪
When skies were gray ♪
Whenever I was down ♪
You always there to comfort me ♪
And no one else can be
what you have been to me ♪
Man, these flowers too damn expensive.
Shit, they all gonna
get one flower each.
Keep 'em pushing.
For all time ♪
Mama ♪
Mama, you know I love you ♪
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- [CLERK] Yes?
Hey, uh, so what do you get
a mother who's lost a child?
You're the queen of my heart ♪
Your love is like ♪
A bouquet of flowers
that will last forever.
Yes, it is ♪
Mama, I just want you to know ♪
[SIGHS] Okay.
Never gonna go a day ♪
Without you ♪
Fills me up just thinking ♪
About you ♪
I'll never go a day ♪
Without my mama ♪
You know, Mama ♪
You know I love you ♪
Oh, oh ♪
Mama ♪
Mama, you're the queen of my heart ♪
The queen of my heart ♪
[SINGING ALONG] Your love
is like tears from the stars ♪
Your love is like
tears from the stars ♪
Mama, I just want you to know ♪
Mama, loving you is
like food to my soul ♪
Loving you is like food to my soul ♪
Boom, boom ♪
Oh ♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
You are the food to my soul ♪
[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
[GRILL SIZZLING, INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Breana Marin's "Back Burner" playing ♪
I don't wanna be on the back burner ♪
You keep pushing me
to the back burner ♪
I just wanna be your main thing ♪
[JAMAL] There you go, little bro.
What you know about
the grill, youngblood?
Dom been showing me a few things, man.
Oh, yeah, yeah, she sure
know her way around the grill
- and the bedroom.
- Easy.
That's my future wife you talking about.
All right. All right.
Hey, who you propose to?
Me and Dom finna get married.
- You wanna marry Dom?
- Yeah.
Why you saying it like that?
I mean, um, I
[JAMAL] I know y'all
spent some time with her.
I mean, I only spent one night with her.
That's it.
Well, I a few more.
But I'm happily married
now, so you good.
I know I'm good.
I don't care about her past.
- [BOTH] You don't?
- No.
Long as she spend the
rest of her nights with me.
See, that's what I'm talking about.
It's all about the future.
Shit, Emmett, when
you finna marry Kiesha?
[EXHALES SHARPLY] I
already been married once,
and it didn't end well.
Yeah, Jamal, you can thank
your wife for that one.
- No, you can thank me for that.
- True, yeah. You.
Besides, me and Kiesha
practically married anyway.
Practically married and actually married
is two different things.
- [EMMETT] Says who?
- Says that piece of paper.
That piece of paper ain't
gonna keep us together.
No, it won't, but it'll protect Kiesha
should something happen to you.
Ain't nothing gonna
happen to me; Douda dead.
But it's still Chicago.
[DARNELL] That part.
Hey, look, marriage ain't
nothing to be played with.
So if y'all decide to do it
be ready.
[SIGHS] Hey, I hear you.
Hey, but congrats on
getting all your baby mamas
under one roof without no drama.
Shit, that's a feat in itself.
- Showed me the way, Pop.
- Hey, I sure did, didn't I?
- [LAUGHTER]
- How about that?
It wasn't easy.
- But we did it, huh?
- [EMMETT] Yeah. Hey.
[DARNELL] Yeah. Mm.
It's gonna be the best
Mother's Day we ever had.
[DARNELL] Uh-huh.
[WATER RUNNING]
Congratulations on surviving
your first semester of college.
Almost didn't make it.
[CHUCKLES] That's why I'm here, huh?
What are your plans for the summer?
Just being outside.
Streets ain't no friend
to people like you.
What you mean?
[DISTANT DOG BARKING]
It just seems like every time somebody
starts to change their life
or starts thinking
about things differently,
they wind up dead.
I don't wanna see that happen to you.
You won't. Trust me.
I wanna watch you grow old, man.
Professor, ain't nothing or nobody
gonna take me out.
A'ight?
It's not always someone
else that does it.
You a'ight?
You just remind me of
someone. That's all.
Who?
I got papers to grade.
I'll see you at the game tonight.
See you at the game tonight.
[ALICIA] Please unload
and get that out of here
as soon as possible.
Could everybody make
sure that the cheese
is at room temperature and
the dessert is nice and cool?
Thank you.
[SIGHS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[SCOFFS] Are you sure
you're up for all this?
Well, being sad and
all alone in the house
won't bring Rob back.
And mothers who've lost children
need to be celebrated too.
I agree.
I don't want these women to be alone.
Well, I have something for you.
Oh, let me guess.
You got me flowers.
Not just any kind of flowers.
These
will never die.
[ALICIA] Mm.
I appreciate you.
And I love you.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[CHILDREN SHOUTING]
[LAUGHS] Pastor Charles.
[CHARLES] Sister Nikki.
Happy Mother's Day.
You look beautiful.
- Um
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
[CHARLES] Um, I'm just checking in.
Just wanted to wish you
a happy Mother's Day.
Will y'all shut the fuck up?
A man of God is at the door.
Oh, my, if I would have
known you were coming over,
I would have put my face on.
Oh, no, you don't need any makeup.
God has done all the work.
How you doing, Mrs. Sutton?
It's Ms. Smith now.
Oh. Did your husband transition?
He transitioned to another
house with another woman.
And you can call me Lea.
Okay, Lea.
These kids are driving me crazy.
Oh, no need to apologize.
Is there anything I can do to help?
- Take these kids somewhere.
- [CHARLES CHUCKLES]
Well, the church is
building a free arcade
for this very reason, so
Well, let me know when
it's up and running.
I'll make sure to send them right over.
Okay. Yeah.
Let's do that. Okay.
Just, um, give me your
number, and I will.
[LAUGHS]
- How's your Mother's Day going?
- Pretty quiet.
My kids are grown,
and husband's retired,
so not too much of a
celebration over here.
Oh, if I was your husband,
I'd celebrate you every day.
You wanna be my new husband?
[CHUCKLES]
I just wanted to wish
you a happy Mother's Day.
- Oh, thank you.
- [CHARLES] Yeah.
- My ex has the kids today.
- Oh, okay.
Um, so you have the house to yourself?
Yeah, I do.
[BOTH LAUGH]
Uh, any-any prayer requests?
Uh, just pray my husband don't
get caught slipping again.
Okay, well, if he does,
you give me a call.
- I think I will.
- [CHILDREN SHOUTING]
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- I'll see you.
All right.
Now, didn't I tell y'all
to shut the fuck up?
[CHARLES] Are you in need of prayer?
[CHUCKLES] I'm always in need of prayer.
- May I lay hands on you?
- Yes, you may.
Okay. Thank you.
Oh, oh, oh, don't hold back on me ♪
I need your love ♪
I need your love ♪
- [RECORD SCRATCHES]
- Nigga, what-what you need?
Uh, yeah, I came to pray for Tracy.
You come on in.
I need a prayer too.
So nice to have you both
here at the same time.
Yeah, I-I-I didn't know you
were involved with someone.
Oh, no, no, no, we're just
getting to know one another.
Oh, well, I've been
visiting mothers all day,
um, spreading love and prayers.
- Oh, that's nice.
- [CHARLES] Yeah.
Is that all you spreading?
Yeah, that's all.
I do need prayer, especially today.
Yeah, she lost her son a few years back.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Oh, thank you.
[CHARLES] Yeah, I didn't
know. I didn't know.
[SIGHS] You said you came here to pray.
Let's go, Pastor.
[CLEARS THROAT] Lord
we ask that You lift Tracy,
not just today but every day.
She needs Your strength, Father.
Please be with her as she's
flooded with the memories
of the child You blessed her with.
Give her comfort and peace
as she's reminded of
what she lost today.
Please, Father, remind
her of the happy times
and the gifts You continue
to bestow on her life.
We ask that You cover her
in this house, Lord,
in Jesus' name.
- Amen.
- Amen.
Thanks for coming by, Charles.
[CHARLES] Anytime.
[FRONT DOOR OPENS]
[REG] I'm getting tired
of busting your ass.
You gon you got next, Trig?
- Trig-Trig, you got next?
- [LAUGHING]
- He can't play.
- [REG] Who can't play?
- I taught your ass how to play.
- You ain't teach me shit.
[REG] Your ass you
gotta get better, bro.
Getting your ass whupped right there.
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- Y'all order food?
- No.
- [KNOCKING CONTINUES]
Then who that?
It's my surprise.
Bro, I can't take no more surprises.
You gonna like this one.
[VICTOR] Shit, this nigga, bro.
- Hey, baby.
- [LAUGHTER]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- Ma?
- Ma.
♪
- What are you doing here?
- Nigga, show some respect.
[VICTOR] Shut up.
Reg wanted me to see him.
[SCOFFS] He was always your favorite.
- That's not true.
- You ain't gotta lie, Mama.
I love all of you the same.
- Then why you keep leaving us?
- [SIGHS]
'Cause she's sick.
But I'm trying to get better every day.
- You clean now?
- Does it matter?
It does, especially if
she gonna be around Jake.
- You hungry?
- [SIGHS] Yeah.
I can make my famous mac and cheese.
Man, putting paprika on top
of it don't make it famous.
[SUCKS TEETH] But I want some.
- [REG] You know I want some.
- Whatever.
[JAKE] Just let me
know whatever you need.
- I'm finna go to the store.
- [VICTOR] I'm out.
[REG] Bro, get off that.
Let's just spend a day together.
- We ain't kids no more, bro.
- Vic, just stay.
♪
Fine.
But I'm not trying to be here all day.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC]
It ain't nothing
like a mother's love ♪
And her touch feels
like grace from up above ♪
I feel her warmth every time we hug ♪
Like everything gonna
be a'ight just because ♪
When trouble's on my
mind, I leave it all behind ♪
I can't even remember what it was ♪
Women know Daddy
was a rolling stone ♪
And left you all alone ♪
You still made the
house feel like home ♪
[EMMETT LAUGHS]
Oh, sorry.
- Um
- [EMMETT] Hey, what's up?
- What's wrong with you?
- Nothing. I'm good.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- Boy, you lying.
Y'all know how to play spades?
Now, why would you ask me
a disrespectful-ass question like that?
Of course we know how to play. Why?
I got invited to a spades game.
- And you said yes?
- Yep.
Even though you ain't know how to play?
- Yep.
- Wait, h-hold on.
You mean to tell me I got a
son walking around this world
that don't know how to play spades?
- Yep.
- Why would you say yes?
I just figured I could probably
learn how to do it on the fly.
- Nah, nah. Hell nah.
- No, no, no.
I can't have you out in these streets
embarrassing me like this.
Uh, when is the game?
Tonight.
- Oh, shit.
- [DAMIEN] What?
- Emmett, we gotta move fast.
- Uh, what you need, Pop?
Uh, get me one of them
whiteboards and some markers.
- A'ight. Shit.
- Wait, what is happening?
We are preserving the family name, boy.
[EMMETT] Yeah, this is an emergency.
Shit.
Hey, you entered this house a boy.
You gonna leave a man.
Pop, where you need that board?
You want it right here or
[HOARSELY] Let's set it up out there.
- [EMMETT] A'ight.
- Okay. A'ight.
[DARNELL] Oh, boy.
- Go on and sit out there.
- Okay, sit, right here.
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
Happy Mother's Day, Ma.
I know you like roses,
but the people ran through them all,
and all they had left
was these damn sunflowers.
Watch your language.
But Pastor Zeke says "damn" sometimes.
[LAUGHS] Shoot, the other
day I heard him say "shit."
- He's not your father.
- [PAPA] I know that.
My spirit may be bent
but never broken ♪
What's wrong with you?
Nothing.
You know I don't believe you.
♪
Your father handled
most of the finances,
and now I'm left to
make sense of everything.
[PAPA] Can I help?
You're too young to worry about this.
But I'm the man of the house now.
You gotta lean on me.
♪
We have some debt.
And lately the church
has been more of a burden
than a blessing.
Well, I'm making real money now, and
- and, oh, and Pastor Zeke
- I don't want his money.
He's not a bad man.
I don't trust him.
I do.
Let it be your guide ♪
The Lord will provide. He always does.
You don't have to do
this on your own ♪
Some people say there's no greater pain
than that of bearing a child.
But those people haven't buried one.
- Yeah, your heart never heals.
- [ALICIA] Mm-mm.
It just learns to
beat with a hole in it.
[TRACY] Thank you for
doing this, Alicia.
We really needed it.
I'm happy to bring us all together.
But I refuse to have us
gather and just sit here crying
and feeling hopeless all the time.
We have to do something.
I've been trying to
do something for years.
ROCK is a good start,
but it's not enough.
I don't want another mother
to go through what we're
going through right now.
Yeah, we all want change.
It's not enough to want
change. We have to do something.
Like what?
We have to kill the killers.
You'd be surprised how many
killers you're surrounded by.
It's the only way.
- Killers have mothers too.
- Okay, so what do you suggest?
That we just sit around doing nothing
and allow this brunch to get so packed
that there's not space
enough to hold us all?
Well, I don't want us
to add to the death toll.
We just have to take out the bad ones.
[JUDGE BRADLEY] And how
can we tell the difference?
[ALICIA] By asking around.
Alicia, grief can't
be cured with revenge.
And I know that firsthand.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
When my son died,
there was no one to blame.
What do you mean?
My son, Christian
took his own life.
[TRACY] I am so sorry.
Yeah, I blamed myself for years.
So did my husband.
The grief is something
we live with every day.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[DARNELL] Now, spades is easy.
All you got to remember is
don't overbid, don't underbid,
- don't renege
- [EMMETT] Hell no.
don't [CHUCKLES]
talk across the board.
[CHUCKLES] Oh, and for the love of God,
don't ever, ever, ever, ever,
- ever, ever, ever get set.
- [EMMETT] Mm-mm.
[DARNELL LAUGHS] Don't worry, son.
It'll all make sense real soon.
I mean, playing cards is in your DNA.
I mean, cards ain't shit but numbers,
and you good with numbers,
- so you good at cards.
- You good.
[DARNELL] You just don't know it yet.
Right, and spade is always
trump, bro remember that.
The only thing that can beat
a spade is a higher spade.
Say the first card played
in the hand is a club.
Then everybody play a club,
and the highest club win.
- That's me. I take that.
- [DARNELL] Simple, right?
Same go with hearts and diamonds.
- [EMMETT] Mm.
- Now, if you don't have a card
of the suit that was played first,
then you can either play off,
which means you play a
card of a different suit,
basically forfeiting your turn,
or you can play a
spade and win the book.
Now, that's called cutting.
Now, cutting is a very aggressive move
and, uh, just happens
to be my specialty.
- You know I like to cut.
- [EMMETT] Yeah, you cut.
[DARNELL LAUGHS]
[EMMETT] Now, people love spades
because it's a team game.
The easiest way to play is four players.
Two teams, first team to 500 win.
To score, you have to bid.
That's when you and your partner
each guesstimate how
many books you'll get.
You look at your cards, and you say,
okay, that's how many hands will win.
You add that together.
That's what you bid.
So if I look at my hand and I say
I'm gonna get three books,
you look at your hand, you say
you're gonna get four books,
- then we gonna be at what?
- Seven.
Seven. There you go. Okay.
If we get to seven, then
we get ten points per book.
So that's 70, right?
Now, if we get eight books,
that means we underbid,
and we only get 71.
That's why underbidding is bad.
Yeah.
And we just left nine sweet
points out there on the board.
Now, if we get six,
that means we got set.
And when you get set, you lose points.
But you I-I don't wanna
get too deep into all that,
'cause no son of mine is
ever gonna make a habit
of getting set.
And when it comes to getting set,
what you gotta remember is 13.
- That's the magic number.
- Thirteen.
That's how many books are
at the start of every hand.
Right. So say you and
me, we bid eight books.
- [DAMIEN] Mm-hmm.
- The other team,
they bid seven books,
then what that mean?
That somebody fucked up.
You damn right, son. You goddamn right.
Somebody done fucked up.
But it ain't gonna be you, son,
'cause you got the
Michael Jordan of spades
- as your teacher.
- [LAUGHTER]
All you got to remember is,
if you can count, then
you can play cards.
[LAUGHTER]
Trouble ain't always gonna last ♪
[LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Gotta count my
blessings one by one ♪
[ITEMS CLATTER]
EJ, get over here.
What did I tell you
about all that running?
Huh?
[DOLLY] Come here, EJ.
It's okay, baby. We all make mistakes.
[TIFF] EJ
go in the living room and
play with your brothers.
♪
You didn't have to do all that.
Don't tell me how to raise my son.
I raised you.
Yeah, and if I did what he did,
you would have slapped
the shit out of me.
That was me then. This is me now.
Why are you so much nicer to
my kid than you were to me?
So, what, you want me to whup him?
[TIFF] No.
Then what are you trying to say?
- I don't know.
- Look
I'm trying to be better.
Since when?
Since recently.
♪
You wanna talk about whuppings
them hormones are whupping
your ass right now.
♪
[PAPA] My mom needs some help.
- [EZEKIEL] What kind of help?
- [PAPA] Financial.
You know I'm always happy to advise.
Respectfully, Pastor Zeke,
my mom don't want your advice.
What do you need? [SIGHS]
[PAPA] A loan.
You gonna pay it back?
Yeah.
[EZEKIEL] You don't sound too sure.
I just gotta pick up some
extra shifts at the church.
Think of it as a gift.
Nah, it's a loan.
I'm gonna pay you back.
I see you.
I just don't wanna owe nobody nothing.
You owe God.
I pay my tithes.
And that is why that money
is coming back to you tenfold.
[CHUCKLES]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
- [REG] Let me do it.
- [LAUGHTER]
[PEACHES] Jake, come on.
- Come on, babe.
- [REG] Get in here, boy.
- [PEACHES LAUGHS]
- Taylor gang. Taylor gang.
Say cheese.
Bro, we really about to sit up here
and act like everything's fine?
Like she ain't fuck
up our whole childhood?
Ain't that what Black families do?
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
The past is the past, Trig.
You can't keep blaming
me for everything.
You had kids with no
intention of raising them!
That's why you got three boys
here pretending to be men.
- I ain't pretending shit.
- [VICTOR] Boy.
- I know who the fuck I am.
- [SCOFFS]
Look, I did the best I could.
- [VICTOR] Mm-hmm.
- And we all still standing.
Right. Plus, you ain't perfect either.
Bro, I had to raise myself and you
because she was too sick to do it.
It's no wonder I got a savior complex.
- A what?
- Nothing.
[CRYING MOCKINGLY] She
wasn't the perfect mom.
[NORMALLY] Boy, it's time
to get over that shit.
[VICTOR] You don't
tell me how to grieve.
- What you grieving?
- The life I could have had!
'Cause the fable told
that was always sold ♪
I didn't have a great mother either.
From loan sharks with no hearts ♪
No lights on, our room's dark ♪
Guess none of us asked to be here.
Yet here we are.
Always gotta stay protected ♪
Contraceptives the
lethal weapons ♪
[SIGHS]
I count my blessings ♪
Any second, I could die ♪
Thanks for giving us life.
Thank you, Mama, for the lessons ♪
Thanks for giving me a
reason to keep on living.
I did, I never tried ♪
I gave everything every time ♪
From watching your fight ♪
Tired of seeing you struggle ♪
Never meant to make you cry ♪
We're gonna party ♪
Until we ain't got no worries ♪
DJ, get it started ♪
How y'all ladies liking the food?
- [NEVA] I need some more ribs.
- [SHAY] I know that's right.
Yeah, give me a minute on them.
- Hurry up.
- Don't rush me, woman.
Ooh.
Oh, you sound just like Darnell.
- You give Ronnie his vitamins?
- Yeah.
Uh-uh, why do you say it like that?
- Uh, like what?
- Like you not sure.
Relax. I got this.
- Got y'all covered.
- Yes. Thank you.
[EMMETT] Mama.
- I'm sorry.
- [PERSON] Fine.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
- All right, bye, Emmett.
- Where you going?
[SHAY] Oh, I gotta make my rounds.
[EMMETT] Oh. Well, you just got here.
Well, we got other
family we need to go see.
- Okay.
- Okay, come on.
Look, I ain't wanna tell
you this on Mother's Day,
but we moving to Pittsburgh.
Wait, why?
My mom just moved there. It's cheaper.
You know, it just makes sense for us.
- So when are you leaving?
- [SHAY] Next month.
Damn, when was you gonna tell me?
I wanted to make sure I was sure.
Well, I need to see my son.
He can spend the summers with you.
[EMMETT] So you can turn up?
I mean, what's wrong with that?
Come on, now, that's not fair to me.
I'll have him most of
the time, like I do now.
I don't care if you have
him most of the time.
He's still my son.
What some bullshit.
What about my rights as
a father? What about me?
Well, it ain't like you
married me or nothing.
Is that what this is about?
[SIGHS] Please, just
I'm just saying, I got a life, too,
and you don't get any say over it.
You can't just take my son away from me.
Yes, I can.
♪
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
Can't tell the difference ♪
From raindrops and tears ♪
♪
It's really heavy in here.
With all the losses we've
had, what did you expect?
You know, Emmett is
hosting a Mother's Day thing
at his spot, you know?
Why would I wanna go over there?
We're having a perfectly
lovely lunch right here.
I don't know.
I just think that maybe y'all could use
some good energy that's all.
♪
We don't wanna be
around a bunch of women
who are being celebrated by their kids
while we're missing ours.
I know your son is gone
but you not.
♪
You can't just cry for him.
You gotta live for him too.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Ladies
how about a change of scenery?
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[DARNELL] I hope you
know how rare this is.
Shit, I would have given my left arm
for someone to break this
shit down for me like this.
Here I am, bending
every rule in the book
to teach you this precious game.
'Cause to learn it is a rite of passage.
And you learn it by watching patiently,
waiting your turn, usually for years.
And one day, often a holiday,
somebody, probably a uncle
[CHUCKLES] gets too drunk to play.
And a relative, maybe a
auntie or something like that,
gets so desperate for a partner
that you get your turn at the table.
You got one shot.
And inevitably, you fuck it up.
You get cussed out within
an inch of your natural life.
And in that moment, you realize
spades isn't just a game.
It's a way of life.
But when you and your
partner are locked in
oh, son [CHUCKLES]
it's like heaven on Earth.
Hmm.
That's deep.
Yeah, about as deep as
them quotes on Instagram.
Hmm.
Well, thank you, Pops.
This means a lot to me.
Boy, what you talking about?
You ain't graduated yet.
Gotta play a hand, see what you got.
Come on, rookies deal.
[LAUGHS, SIGHS]
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
♪
I'll uh, I'll deal the
cards. Just-just gather them up.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[EMMETTE SCOFFS] Shay
moving to Pittsburgh
and taking Devante with her.
Oh, shit.
That's what I said.
That's gonna be a big
adjustment for him.
That's what I said.
Did you say that?
Well, no. [CHUCKLES]
But I was mad.
'Cause of how it will affect you?
Yeah, she only gonna bring
him back for the summer.
- That's convenient.
- [EMMETT] Right.
But we can always go visit him.
Baby, I ain't got no say in this?
How is that fair?
It's not like y'all were married.
Why does that keep coming up?
Because if you did,
you'd have legal rights.
- Whose side are you on?
- I'm on your son's side.
Me too.
Then support his mother,
no matter what that means.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
Jungle, jungle fever ♪
[SHAAD CLEARS THROAT]
What's up, everybody?
Happy Mother's Day.
Uh, I brought some other guests with me.
Jungle fever ♪
Jungle ♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
You're so amazing ♪
It's so addicting watching you move ♪
I love the way you're so confident ♪
In everything you do ♪
I ain't gotta tell you
what you already know ♪
But I know ♪
This one thing's for sure ♪
To all the mothers.
[ALL] Hey.
- Cheers.
- [ALL] Hey.
Yeah ♪
I ain't gotta tell you
what you already know ♪
But I know this
one thing's for sure ♪
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
Yes. And I used extra paprika.
[LAUGHS]
Bro, do y'all know I used
to dream about this macaroni?
I used to have nightmares about it.
[PEACHES] Yeah, 'cause you had to eat it
- breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- [LAUGHTER]
You made it for me every
time I came home from a bid.
I only remember you
making it on holidays.
[SCOFFS] I'm just glad
we able to eat it now.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. We not gonna pray?
Nah, don't come in here with all that.
[PEACHES] Reg.
Thank God for the hands
that prepared the food.
[PEACHES] Amen.
[REG] Thank you for cooking, Ma.
[PEACHES] Thank you for letting me.
[REG] Mmm.
Ah. Ooh, this is the best
Mother's Day I ever had.
[LAUGHS]
♪
I love you all.
We love you too, Mama.
♪
No matter how y'all feel about me,
just promise you'll always
take care of each other,
no matter what happens.
- [REG] That depends.
- [PEACHES] No, it don't.
The love y'all have for each other
should be unconditional.
♪
If they there for me,
I'll be there for them.
Nigga, this ain't Friends.
Loyalty has to go both ways, brother.
I'll do it.
[CHUCKLES]
I ain't never gonna leave y'all, man.
[CHUCKLES] My nigga.
♪
- Ah, man.
- Ah.
[LAUGHS]
Happy Mother's Day, Mama.
Is impossible when
you don't want to do ♪
It's always up to you ♪
Am I too late to speak my mind ♪
When everything ♪
- Can I open it?
- Yeah.
[BABBLING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hi.
You're Kiesha, right?
I'm Mrs. Bradley.
Do I know you?
No, but you knew my son, Christian.
Oh, yeah. How is he?
We lost him.
Oh, I-I had no idea.
We're very private people.
I'm so sorry.
He is at peace now, finally.
I just know he really liked you, Kiesha.
Happy Mother's Day.
Hey, understand me ♪
I don't care if I ain't from here ♪
I'm running this city,
got my niggas with me ♪
We robbing and making a killing ♪
To the family that
made me a real one ♪
To the option that
made me a villain ♪
It's a takeover, break's over ♪
I move like a man on a mission ♪
Back when I had no pot to piss in ♪
Y'all done relentless,
I had me a vision ♪
- [GRUNTS] Give me that!
- [BAKARI] Ooh-whee!
You ain't doing nothing.
We know you ain't got no hearts.
You been cutting hearts
since the top of the game.
Call me Big Chief No Heart.
Ain't no love in these streets.
You better not be reneging.
I swear to God, if you renege.
You can't just be
throwing that word around,
especially with him.
The professor is a man of honor.
Bakari, thank you,
but don't even entertain
that type of slander.
Now, you either find that book,
or you take this
ass-whupping like a man.
Whatever, man. This is bullshit.
- Damn, we finna get set.
- [GARDNER] He know.
- You ain't got
- I thought you had three books.
Nigga, I said two and a p
ain't I say two and a p
- I said two and a possible.
- Nigga, a strong possible.
Yeah, and I would have got it
if my partner was worth a shit.
You know he been cutting hearts all day.
- And that's how that go.
- Boom!
- Come on, bro.
- Set they bitch asses.
Run that back. Run that back right now.
Hell yeah. Run it back.
I wish I could, but I got shit to do.
You always do that shit, man.
Bakari is a promising young author.
I'm proud of you, young
bro. Handle your business.
- Yes, sir.
- [GARDENER] Yeah, whoa.
- Whoa.
- [GARDNER] There it is.
Just whupped y'all ass.
[GARDNER LAUGHS]
- [BAKARI] I gotta go.
- [DAMIEN] Aw, damn.
I'm running this city,
got my niggas with me ♪
We robbing and making a killing ♪
To the family that
made me a real one ♪
Uh, Professor, he-he on your team.
Wait, hold on now.
Don't y'all wanna switch
it up a little bit?
- Hell no.
- We straight.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [GARDNER SIGHS] Okay.
Hey, son, you wanna play some spades?
Graduated with a couple keys ♪
Yeah, I can play.
I mean, I can't shuffle
or nothing, but I can play.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[LAUGHTER]
♪
- Fuck that mean?
- Nothing.
Um
Then I finish and
hold you for ransom ♪
Coldhearted, I ghost hard ♪
I gotta, um, take a moment real quick.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[WATER RUNNING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[LAUGHING]
Take a breath, nigga.
I didn't know you was gonna be here.
A spades game is happening,
chances are, I'm gonna be there.
Okay, well, I'm already nervous,
so can you just please
not fuck with me tonight?
Nigga, I'm done fucking with you.
Since when?
Since I set my sights
on a beautiful female.
You're not supposed
to call women females.
What?
I know, you've been away for a while,
but it's just not a thing anymore.
They still saying
"pause," though, right?
- Yeah?
- Thank God.
So I'm good?
You good.
Don't fuck up the spades game.
I won't.
[HANNIBAL CHUCKLES] Mm-hmm.
Hey, I'm that dude just like you ♪
Please, one, two,
hands up, don't shoot ♪
You don't understand
all the things I been ♪
You can't comprehend all
the things I been through ♪
Oh, let me talk about
it, let me talk about it ♪
Hey, shooting for the stars ♪
Why is this nigga holding
his cards like that?
Damn, nigga, yeah, you all thumbs.
Give it some give, bro. Give
- Uh, I got nine books.
- [LAUGHTER]
Ain't no way in hell.
This nigga playing mind games already.
Stop, stop, stop. Young
man, young man, listen to me.
Even if that's true, and I hope it is,
you keep that under
your hat for now, okay?
The first hand bids itself.
I mean, if that's how y'all wanna play.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- [LAUGHTER]
[HANNIBAL] If that's how we wanna play?
[DAMIEN] Cool.
[HANNIBAL] Hey, man, your man is wild.
[CHUCKLES]
♪
[CLEARS THROAT] It's on you, son.
Yeah.
Running from these demons ♪
Feel like Yeezus,
people call it crazy ♪
Low-key, I'm a
genius, talk to Jesus ♪
Let me talk about it,
let me talk about it ♪
If you told me it'd be like this ♪
Then I would've doubted it ♪
When it came to your actions ♪
[GARDENER] Jesus Christ.
[LAUGHS] In my entire spades career,
I ain't never seen a nigga do that.
[LAUGHS]
It's definitely gonna be a long night.
- [HANNIBAL] What the fuck?
- Or is it?
♪
Man, ain't this a bitch?
Rule three, that's my
nigga, that's my heart, yeah ♪
And if it ever came to
it, then I'm all in, whoa ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Happy Mother's Day.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, no problem.
This is so sweet. [LAUGHS]
What the note say?
Emmett, stop.
- I really appreciate this.
- [NUCK] No problem.
Hey, Tiff, let me get that for you.
I got this one. You
can get the heavier one.
- [NUCK] You sure?
- [TIFF] Yeah.
[NUCK] A'ight.
So where's my Mother's
Day card with a sweet note?
- You ain't having my baby.
- [SUCKS TEETH]
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, true.
But don't be coming over here
trying to break up no happy home.
What? It ain't even like that no more.
Mm-hmm.
I swear to God, I'm just
here to show my appreciation.
- That's it.
- That's nice.
How you doing?
Depends on the day.
How are you?
Today a little weird for me, man.
- Lost my mom a while ago.
- Oh, shit, I'm sorry.
- Was she sick?
- No, my
[SIGHS] my pops killed her.
- Fuck.
- Yeah.
Tamia's "Can't Get Enough" playing ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER]
Take you to a place
you ain't never been ♪
[TRACY] Y'all know this one?
Come on, Jada.
Come on, let's dance.
[ALICIA] Shaad.
Make sure you handle me too ♪
Close the door, bed or floor ♪
I just want more, I
can't get enough of you ♪
What I got in store,
it's all of yours ♪
I just want more, I
can't get enough of you ♪
I still can't get this dance right.
You gotta go in.
I can't get it right. Come on, baby.
I can't get enough of you
What I got in store,
it's all of yours ♪
I just want more 'cause
I can't get enough of you ♪
Make a bet, baby, who's
gonna be first to get loud ♪
I know you'll lose
after the second round ♪
Then the consequence, maybe ♪
That you'll have to
switch to third round ♪
And make me scream
like when I put it down ♪
Put on a little show
to let your baby know ♪
By then, I should be
screaming uncontrollably ♪
Hope you're ready to stay up ♪
One time is not enough ♪
'Cause nothing's too much, baby ♪
[PAPA CHUCKLES]
Yeah?
Oh, my.
God always provides.
Yeah.
That's a gift from us.
Um, is this an advance?
Oh, think of it as a down payment
on your dad's church.
[CHUCKLES] Come on, you know
my dad's church ain't for sale.
[CHUCKLES]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[LAUGHS]
Everything has a price.
♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
[EMMETT] Everybody,
let's get in the photo.
Fellas, hop in with them. Come on.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[PERSON] Hey!
[JAMAL] Y'all look beautiful.
Bring it in a little bit.
- Bring it in a little bit.
- I might make another one.
[JAMAL] Bring it in a little bit.
All right.
On the count of three,
"Happy Mother's Day."
One, two, three.
[ALL] Happy Mother's Day.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC]
Back, back, back
from the bank again ♪
[GARDENER] Oh, boy.
[LAUGHS] Let's go.
Wait, what's the score?
Four forty to 340.
Y'all down by a smooth-ass hundred.
Uh-huh.
[LAUGHS, SIGHS]
[LAUGHTER]
- Professor
- [GARDENER] Mm-hmm.
I think we should go blind eight.
[SIGHS] I don't know.
Look, if we go blind, we
double our score, right?
- Yeah.
- That would win us the game.
And, I mean, we lose anyway
if they get six books,
so we might as well play to win.
[HANNIBAL CHUCKLES]
♪
You know what? You're right, son.
Fuck it.
[HANNIBAL] Yes, all
that math sound good,
but it ain't gonna save y'all
from this here ass-whupping.
[LAUGHS]
♪
- What you smiling about?
- Hey, fuck that table talk.
I'm just asking him a question.
Damn, I ain't got shit.
For real? Me neither.
[KEITH] Yeah, I say we bid six anyway.
No, no, no. Try to set them.
Live to fight another day.
Come on, we at least get to
five and get the extra on GP.
[CHUCKLES] Hey, you right, man.
All right, bet.
Don't be doing me.
Yeah, yeah ♪
- Yeah, long gun ♪
- Long gun ♪
- We on one ♪
- We it ♪
Ah!
- We caught one ♪
- We did ♪
- Big bag ♪
- Big bag ♪
That one's mine.
Take that. And you wanna go blind.
Make it official,
if we got a issue ♪
[HANNIBAL] That's how we play.
Is it two? Is it two? What's up, player?
Ooh, nice.
Find him in lake,
body was riddled ♪
[LAUGHTER]
Swim with the fishes ♪
[BANGING ON TABLE]
Whoo!
[HANNIBAL] I can't believe this shit!
I am no mathematician, but I believe
if we get this next
book, we win the game.
And I'm no spades expert,
but I am good with numbers.
And, um
if my math is correct,
y'all are out of spades.
So this three should walk.
You gotta be fucking kidding me!
- [LAUGHTER]
- [GARDENER] The fuck did he do?
What did you do to him?
How the fuck did we lose to a
nigga with painted fingernails?
You are a little unorthodox,
but I like the way you play, son.
Hey, if you can count, you play cards.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
[FRONT DOOR OPENS]
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
How was your day?
[SIGHS] No.
What's up with this Charles guy?
[SUCKS TEETH] He's just being kind.
That's all.
Look, I wanna build a life with you.
Do you want that?
I don't know.
[KEITH SIGHS]
Girl, you're like a flower ♪
That done blossomed
in the summertime ♪
I could look at you for hours ♪
'Cause you know you're way past fine ♪
How could I tell you no ♪
You know you get
anything you want ♪
I can't.
I get it.
♪
I just thought once
Alicia got Rob's killer,
I'd feel different, but I don't.
How do you feel?
♪
Like she got the wrong guy.
♪
What makes you say that?
Just something I feel.
Got me thinking to myself
while I stare at you ♪
How about that time ♪
You know you get anything you want ♪
I just can't tell you
no, no, no, no, no, no ♪
You smile at me, then I fall ♪
I just can't tell you no ♪
I just can't seem to tell you ♪
Oh, I can't tell you ♪
Kvng Moses'
"Disrespectfully" playing ♪
- You ready ♪
- Yeah ♪
♪
[ENGINE TURNING OVER]
No, no, no, man ♪
[ENGINE REVVING, TIRES SQUEALING]
- Let's go ♪
- My mind is an enigma ♪
But don't disrespect me, nigga ♪
All my energy, the enemy ♪
That makes sure that my
energy's a centerpiece ♪
Enemies keep trying
to take my inner peace ♪
The pistol be speaking big ♪
For those trying to belittle me ♪
Remember me, college station, nigga ♪
That boy tip on me, like Mr. T ♪
These bitches get cut off ♪
I got a scissor, kid, nigga, please ♪
You ain't on my level,
we in different leagues ♪
Bitter niggas get hit
up, they're sensitive ♪
Like new nipple rings ♪
It's me, myself, and I, nigga ♪
My mental's keen, so even one-on-one ♪
Your ass get triple-teamed ♪
The equips I bring,
the light they came from ♪
G.I. Joe figurines ♪
You don't want this smoke,
it come with nicotine ♪
Blow you niggas to smithereens ♪
Well, I want financial freedom ♪
Three's a crowd,
but I love threesomes ♪
With my queen, but that don't mean ♪
To fuck with me, you fuck with me ♪
It's fuck your
feelings, fuck your plan ♪
I'm a villain, I have fans ♪
But have no ceilings ♪
My disrespect's intentional ♪
Your intellect is minimal ♪
I've been a threat, I intercept ♪
Your disrespect, but it
didn't affect my visual ♪
They start with me, then I'm animal ♪
Tell them Moses ain't feeling them ♪
You ready ♪
Disrespectfully ♪
Disrespectfully ♪
And I mean that shit, nigga, yeah ♪
[JADA] Previously on The Chi
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.
- [GUNSHOTS]
Did you kill my son
and leave his body at my doorstep?
Zay made the call.
I know you killed my son.
- No, no, no, no, no.
- [GUNSHOTS]
So you holding a grudge
because I fucked your girl
while you was in jail.
You fucked my girl while
I was doing a bid for you.
So what you wanna do, make my life hell
because you got caught and I didn't?
You owe me, nigga.
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
[CONGREGATION] Amen.
[CHARLES] We often look to our
leaders as if they're supposed
to be perfect.
Only God is perfect.
[CONGREGATION] Amen.
[CHARLES] The Holy Spirit
is moving me to pray for you.
May I?
[JAZZY MUSIC]
Lord, please cover
- Tracy.
- Tracy
in her walk with You.
[REG] What's up, Jake?
[JAKE] I thought you was dead.
You saw somebody put me in the ground?
[NUCK] Fuck, you need
a job or something?
What the fuck I look
like coming back to work
- for your goofy ass, nigga?
- What you want?
- The mob.
- That's my shit.
- I run that.
- [REG] I can run it better.
Just know, if I kill you, I'm
gonna bury the body myself.
- I'm pregnant.
- This is a miracle.
My poor baby won't get a
chance to meet his baby,
but we'll raise him with love.
Look at my baby mamas,
y'all. Y'all know what I mean.
[DARNELL] Come on. Get in there, son.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
There you go.
[UPLIFTING MUSIC]
♪
[EMMETT] Mama.
You taught me everything ♪
[EMMETT] Kiesha.
I always keep it inside ♪
[EMMETT] Tiff.
Dolly.
Neva.
Shay.
There isn't anything or
anyone that I could be ♪
[CHUCKLES]
Hey, h-here you go.
Damn.
How many you got?
You were there for me
to love and care for me ♪
When skies were gray ♪
Whenever I was down ♪
You always there to comfort me ♪
And no one else can be
what you have been to me ♪
Man, these flowers too damn expensive.
Shit, they all gonna
get one flower each.
Keep 'em pushing.
For all time ♪
Mama ♪
Mama, you know I love you ♪
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- [CLERK] Yes?
Hey, uh, so what do you get
a mother who's lost a child?
You're the queen of my heart ♪
Your love is like ♪
A bouquet of flowers
that will last forever.
Yes, it is ♪
Mama, I just want you to know ♪
[SIGHS] Okay.
Never gonna go a day ♪
Without you ♪
Fills me up just thinking ♪
About you ♪
I'll never go a day ♪
Without my mama ♪
You know, Mama ♪
You know I love you ♪
Oh, oh ♪
Mama ♪
Mama, you're the queen of my heart ♪
The queen of my heart ♪
[SINGING ALONG] Your love
is like tears from the stars ♪
Your love is like
tears from the stars ♪
Mama, I just want you to know ♪
Mama, loving you is
like food to my soul ♪
Loving you is like food to my soul ♪
Boom, boom ♪
Oh ♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
You are the food to my soul ♪
[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
[GRILL SIZZLING, INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Breana Marin's "Back Burner" playing ♪
I don't wanna be on the back burner ♪
You keep pushing me
to the back burner ♪
I just wanna be your main thing ♪
[JAMAL] There you go, little bro.
What you know about
the grill, youngblood?
Dom been showing me a few things, man.
Oh, yeah, yeah, she sure
know her way around the grill
- and the bedroom.
- Easy.
That's my future wife you talking about.
All right. All right.
Hey, who you propose to?
Me and Dom finna get married.
- You wanna marry Dom?
- Yeah.
Why you saying it like that?
I mean, um, I
[JAMAL] I know y'all
spent some time with her.
I mean, I only spent one night with her.
That's it.
Well, I a few more.
But I'm happily married
now, so you good.
I know I'm good.
I don't care about her past.
- [BOTH] You don't?
- No.
Long as she spend the
rest of her nights with me.
See, that's what I'm talking about.
It's all about the future.
Shit, Emmett, when
you finna marry Kiesha?
[EXHALES SHARPLY] I
already been married once,
and it didn't end well.
Yeah, Jamal, you can thank
your wife for that one.
- No, you can thank me for that.
- True, yeah. You.
Besides, me and Kiesha
practically married anyway.
Practically married and actually married
is two different things.
- [EMMETT] Says who?
- Says that piece of paper.
That piece of paper ain't
gonna keep us together.
No, it won't, but it'll protect Kiesha
should something happen to you.
Ain't nothing gonna
happen to me; Douda dead.
But it's still Chicago.
[DARNELL] That part.
Hey, look, marriage ain't
nothing to be played with.
So if y'all decide to do it
be ready.
[SIGHS] Hey, I hear you.
Hey, but congrats on
getting all your baby mamas
under one roof without no drama.
Shit, that's a feat in itself.
- Showed me the way, Pop.
- Hey, I sure did, didn't I?
- [LAUGHTER]
- How about that?
It wasn't easy.
- But we did it, huh?
- [EMMETT] Yeah. Hey.
[DARNELL] Yeah. Mm.
It's gonna be the best
Mother's Day we ever had.
[DARNELL] Uh-huh.
[WATER RUNNING]
Congratulations on surviving
your first semester of college.
Almost didn't make it.
[CHUCKLES] That's why I'm here, huh?
What are your plans for the summer?
Just being outside.
Streets ain't no friend
to people like you.
What you mean?
[DISTANT DOG BARKING]
It just seems like every time somebody
starts to change their life
or starts thinking
about things differently,
they wind up dead.
I don't wanna see that happen to you.
You won't. Trust me.
I wanna watch you grow old, man.
Professor, ain't nothing or nobody
gonna take me out.
A'ight?
It's not always someone
else that does it.
You a'ight?
You just remind me of
someone. That's all.
Who?
I got papers to grade.
I'll see you at the game tonight.
See you at the game tonight.
[ALICIA] Please unload
and get that out of here
as soon as possible.
Could everybody make
sure that the cheese
is at room temperature and
the dessert is nice and cool?
Thank you.
[SIGHS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[SCOFFS] Are you sure
you're up for all this?
Well, being sad and
all alone in the house
won't bring Rob back.
And mothers who've lost children
need to be celebrated too.
I agree.
I don't want these women to be alone.
Well, I have something for you.
Oh, let me guess.
You got me flowers.
Not just any kind of flowers.
These
will never die.
[ALICIA] Mm.
I appreciate you.
And I love you.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[CHILDREN SHOUTING]
[LAUGHS] Pastor Charles.
[CHARLES] Sister Nikki.
Happy Mother's Day.
You look beautiful.
- Um
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
[CHARLES] Um, I'm just checking in.
Just wanted to wish you
a happy Mother's Day.
Will y'all shut the fuck up?
A man of God is at the door.
Oh, my, if I would have
known you were coming over,
I would have put my face on.
Oh, no, you don't need any makeup.
God has done all the work.
How you doing, Mrs. Sutton?
It's Ms. Smith now.
Oh. Did your husband transition?
He transitioned to another
house with another woman.
And you can call me Lea.
Okay, Lea.
These kids are driving me crazy.
Oh, no need to apologize.
Is there anything I can do to help?
- Take these kids somewhere.
- [CHARLES CHUCKLES]
Well, the church is
building a free arcade
for this very reason, so
Well, let me know when
it's up and running.
I'll make sure to send them right over.
Okay. Yeah.
Let's do that. Okay.
Just, um, give me your
number, and I will.
[LAUGHS]
- How's your Mother's Day going?
- Pretty quiet.
My kids are grown,
and husband's retired,
so not too much of a
celebration over here.
Oh, if I was your husband,
I'd celebrate you every day.
You wanna be my new husband?
[CHUCKLES]
I just wanted to wish
you a happy Mother's Day.
- Oh, thank you.
- [CHARLES] Yeah.
- My ex has the kids today.
- Oh, okay.
Um, so you have the house to yourself?
Yeah, I do.
[BOTH LAUGH]
Uh, any-any prayer requests?
Uh, just pray my husband don't
get caught slipping again.
Okay, well, if he does,
you give me a call.
- I think I will.
- [CHILDREN SHOUTING]
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- I'll see you.
All right.
Now, didn't I tell y'all
to shut the fuck up?
[CHARLES] Are you in need of prayer?
[CHUCKLES] I'm always in need of prayer.
- May I lay hands on you?
- Yes, you may.
Okay. Thank you.
Oh, oh, oh, don't hold back on me ♪
I need your love ♪
I need your love ♪
- [RECORD SCRATCHES]
- Nigga, what-what you need?
Uh, yeah, I came to pray for Tracy.
You come on in.
I need a prayer too.
So nice to have you both
here at the same time.
Yeah, I-I-I didn't know you
were involved with someone.
Oh, no, no, no, we're just
getting to know one another.
Oh, well, I've been
visiting mothers all day,
um, spreading love and prayers.
- Oh, that's nice.
- [CHARLES] Yeah.
Is that all you spreading?
Yeah, that's all.
I do need prayer, especially today.
Yeah, she lost her son a few years back.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Oh, thank you.
[CHARLES] Yeah, I didn't
know. I didn't know.
[SIGHS] You said you came here to pray.
Let's go, Pastor.
[CLEARS THROAT] Lord
we ask that You lift Tracy,
not just today but every day.
She needs Your strength, Father.
Please be with her as she's
flooded with the memories
of the child You blessed her with.
Give her comfort and peace
as she's reminded of
what she lost today.
Please, Father, remind
her of the happy times
and the gifts You continue
to bestow on her life.
We ask that You cover her
in this house, Lord,
in Jesus' name.
- Amen.
- Amen.
Thanks for coming by, Charles.
[CHARLES] Anytime.
[FRONT DOOR OPENS]
[REG] I'm getting tired
of busting your ass.
You gon you got next, Trig?
- Trig-Trig, you got next?
- [LAUGHING]
- He can't play.
- [REG] Who can't play?
- I taught your ass how to play.
- You ain't teach me shit.
[REG] Your ass you
gotta get better, bro.
Getting your ass whupped right there.
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- Y'all order food?
- No.
- [KNOCKING CONTINUES]
Then who that?
It's my surprise.
Bro, I can't take no more surprises.
You gonna like this one.
[VICTOR] Shit, this nigga, bro.
- Hey, baby.
- [LAUGHTER]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- Ma?
- Ma.
♪
- What are you doing here?
- Nigga, show some respect.
[VICTOR] Shut up.
Reg wanted me to see him.
[SCOFFS] He was always your favorite.
- That's not true.
- You ain't gotta lie, Mama.
I love all of you the same.
- Then why you keep leaving us?
- [SIGHS]
'Cause she's sick.
But I'm trying to get better every day.
- You clean now?
- Does it matter?
It does, especially if
she gonna be around Jake.
- You hungry?
- [SIGHS] Yeah.
I can make my famous mac and cheese.
Man, putting paprika on top
of it don't make it famous.
[SUCKS TEETH] But I want some.
- [REG] You know I want some.
- Whatever.
[JAKE] Just let me
know whatever you need.
- I'm finna go to the store.
- [VICTOR] I'm out.
[REG] Bro, get off that.
Let's just spend a day together.
- We ain't kids no more, bro.
- Vic, just stay.
♪
Fine.
But I'm not trying to be here all day.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC]
It ain't nothing
like a mother's love ♪
And her touch feels
like grace from up above ♪
I feel her warmth every time we hug ♪
Like everything gonna
be a'ight just because ♪
When trouble's on my
mind, I leave it all behind ♪
I can't even remember what it was ♪
Women know Daddy
was a rolling stone ♪
And left you all alone ♪
You still made the
house feel like home ♪
[EMMETT LAUGHS]
Oh, sorry.
- Um
- [EMMETT] Hey, what's up?
- What's wrong with you?
- Nothing. I'm good.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- Boy, you lying.
Y'all know how to play spades?
Now, why would you ask me
a disrespectful-ass question like that?
Of course we know how to play. Why?
I got invited to a spades game.
- And you said yes?
- Yep.
Even though you ain't know how to play?
- Yep.
- Wait, h-hold on.
You mean to tell me I got a
son walking around this world
that don't know how to play spades?
- Yep.
- Why would you say yes?
I just figured I could probably
learn how to do it on the fly.
- Nah, nah. Hell nah.
- No, no, no.
I can't have you out in these streets
embarrassing me like this.
Uh, when is the game?
Tonight.
- Oh, shit.
- [DAMIEN] What?
- Emmett, we gotta move fast.
- Uh, what you need, Pop?
Uh, get me one of them
whiteboards and some markers.
- A'ight. Shit.
- Wait, what is happening?
We are preserving the family name, boy.
[EMMETT] Yeah, this is an emergency.
Shit.
Hey, you entered this house a boy.
You gonna leave a man.
Pop, where you need that board?
You want it right here or
[HOARSELY] Let's set it up out there.
- [EMMETT] A'ight.
- Okay. A'ight.
[DARNELL] Oh, boy.
- Go on and sit out there.
- Okay, sit, right here.
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
Happy Mother's Day, Ma.
I know you like roses,
but the people ran through them all,
and all they had left
was these damn sunflowers.
Watch your language.
But Pastor Zeke says "damn" sometimes.
[LAUGHS] Shoot, the other
day I heard him say "shit."
- He's not your father.
- [PAPA] I know that.
My spirit may be bent
but never broken ♪
What's wrong with you?
Nothing.
You know I don't believe you.
♪
Your father handled
most of the finances,
and now I'm left to
make sense of everything.
[PAPA] Can I help?
You're too young to worry about this.
But I'm the man of the house now.
You gotta lean on me.
♪
We have some debt.
And lately the church
has been more of a burden
than a blessing.
Well, I'm making real money now, and
- and, oh, and Pastor Zeke
- I don't want his money.
He's not a bad man.
I don't trust him.
I do.
Let it be your guide ♪
The Lord will provide. He always does.
You don't have to do
this on your own ♪
Some people say there's no greater pain
than that of bearing a child.
But those people haven't buried one.
- Yeah, your heart never heals.
- [ALICIA] Mm-mm.
It just learns to
beat with a hole in it.
[TRACY] Thank you for
doing this, Alicia.
We really needed it.
I'm happy to bring us all together.
But I refuse to have us
gather and just sit here crying
and feeling hopeless all the time.
We have to do something.
I've been trying to
do something for years.
ROCK is a good start,
but it's not enough.
I don't want another mother
to go through what we're
going through right now.
Yeah, we all want change.
It's not enough to want
change. We have to do something.
Like what?
We have to kill the killers.
You'd be surprised how many
killers you're surrounded by.
It's the only way.
- Killers have mothers too.
- Okay, so what do you suggest?
That we just sit around doing nothing
and allow this brunch to get so packed
that there's not space
enough to hold us all?
Well, I don't want us
to add to the death toll.
We just have to take out the bad ones.
[JUDGE BRADLEY] And how
can we tell the difference?
[ALICIA] By asking around.
Alicia, grief can't
be cured with revenge.
And I know that firsthand.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
When my son died,
there was no one to blame.
What do you mean?
My son, Christian
took his own life.
[TRACY] I am so sorry.
Yeah, I blamed myself for years.
So did my husband.
The grief is something
we live with every day.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[DARNELL] Now, spades is easy.
All you got to remember is
don't overbid, don't underbid,
- don't renege
- [EMMETT] Hell no.
don't [CHUCKLES]
talk across the board.
[CHUCKLES] Oh, and for the love of God,
don't ever, ever, ever, ever,
- ever, ever, ever get set.
- [EMMETT] Mm-mm.
[DARNELL LAUGHS] Don't worry, son.
It'll all make sense real soon.
I mean, playing cards is in your DNA.
I mean, cards ain't shit but numbers,
and you good with numbers,
- so you good at cards.
- You good.
[DARNELL] You just don't know it yet.
Right, and spade is always
trump, bro remember that.
The only thing that can beat
a spade is a higher spade.
Say the first card played
in the hand is a club.
Then everybody play a club,
and the highest club win.
- That's me. I take that.
- [DARNELL] Simple, right?
Same go with hearts and diamonds.
- [EMMETT] Mm.
- Now, if you don't have a card
of the suit that was played first,
then you can either play off,
which means you play a
card of a different suit,
basically forfeiting your turn,
or you can play a
spade and win the book.
Now, that's called cutting.
Now, cutting is a very aggressive move
and, uh, just happens
to be my specialty.
- You know I like to cut.
- [EMMETT] Yeah, you cut.
[DARNELL LAUGHS]
[EMMETT] Now, people love spades
because it's a team game.
The easiest way to play is four players.
Two teams, first team to 500 win.
To score, you have to bid.
That's when you and your partner
each guesstimate how
many books you'll get.
You look at your cards, and you say,
okay, that's how many hands will win.
You add that together.
That's what you bid.
So if I look at my hand and I say
I'm gonna get three books,
you look at your hand, you say
you're gonna get four books,
- then we gonna be at what?
- Seven.
Seven. There you go. Okay.
If we get to seven, then
we get ten points per book.
So that's 70, right?
Now, if we get eight books,
that means we underbid,
and we only get 71.
That's why underbidding is bad.
Yeah.
And we just left nine sweet
points out there on the board.
Now, if we get six,
that means we got set.
And when you get set, you lose points.
But you I-I don't wanna
get too deep into all that,
'cause no son of mine is
ever gonna make a habit
of getting set.
And when it comes to getting set,
what you gotta remember is 13.
- That's the magic number.
- Thirteen.
That's how many books are
at the start of every hand.
Right. So say you and
me, we bid eight books.
- [DAMIEN] Mm-hmm.
- The other team,
they bid seven books,
then what that mean?
That somebody fucked up.
You damn right, son. You goddamn right.
Somebody done fucked up.
But it ain't gonna be you, son,
'cause you got the
Michael Jordan of spades
- as your teacher.
- [LAUGHTER]
All you got to remember is,
if you can count, then
you can play cards.
[LAUGHTER]
Trouble ain't always gonna last ♪
[LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Gotta count my
blessings one by one ♪
[ITEMS CLATTER]
EJ, get over here.
What did I tell you
about all that running?
Huh?
[DOLLY] Come here, EJ.
It's okay, baby. We all make mistakes.
[TIFF] EJ
go in the living room and
play with your brothers.
♪
You didn't have to do all that.
Don't tell me how to raise my son.
I raised you.
Yeah, and if I did what he did,
you would have slapped
the shit out of me.
That was me then. This is me now.
Why are you so much nicer to
my kid than you were to me?
So, what, you want me to whup him?
[TIFF] No.
Then what are you trying to say?
- I don't know.
- Look
I'm trying to be better.
Since when?
Since recently.
♪
You wanna talk about whuppings
them hormones are whupping
your ass right now.
♪
[PAPA] My mom needs some help.
- [EZEKIEL] What kind of help?
- [PAPA] Financial.
You know I'm always happy to advise.
Respectfully, Pastor Zeke,
my mom don't want your advice.
What do you need? [SIGHS]
[PAPA] A loan.
You gonna pay it back?
Yeah.
[EZEKIEL] You don't sound too sure.
I just gotta pick up some
extra shifts at the church.
Think of it as a gift.
Nah, it's a loan.
I'm gonna pay you back.
I see you.
I just don't wanna owe nobody nothing.
You owe God.
I pay my tithes.
And that is why that money
is coming back to you tenfold.
[CHUCKLES]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
- [REG] Let me do it.
- [LAUGHTER]
[PEACHES] Jake, come on.
- Come on, babe.
- [REG] Get in here, boy.
- [PEACHES LAUGHS]
- Taylor gang. Taylor gang.
Say cheese.
Bro, we really about to sit up here
and act like everything's fine?
Like she ain't fuck
up our whole childhood?
Ain't that what Black families do?
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
The past is the past, Trig.
You can't keep blaming
me for everything.
You had kids with no
intention of raising them!
That's why you got three boys
here pretending to be men.
- I ain't pretending shit.
- [VICTOR] Boy.
- I know who the fuck I am.
- [SCOFFS]
Look, I did the best I could.
- [VICTOR] Mm-hmm.
- And we all still standing.
Right. Plus, you ain't perfect either.
Bro, I had to raise myself and you
because she was too sick to do it.
It's no wonder I got a savior complex.
- A what?
- Nothing.
[CRYING MOCKINGLY] She
wasn't the perfect mom.
[NORMALLY] Boy, it's time
to get over that shit.
[VICTOR] You don't
tell me how to grieve.
- What you grieving?
- The life I could have had!
'Cause the fable told
that was always sold ♪
I didn't have a great mother either.
From loan sharks with no hearts ♪
No lights on, our room's dark ♪
Guess none of us asked to be here.
Yet here we are.
Always gotta stay protected ♪
Contraceptives the
lethal weapons ♪
[SIGHS]
I count my blessings ♪
Any second, I could die ♪
Thanks for giving us life.
Thank you, Mama, for the lessons ♪
Thanks for giving me a
reason to keep on living.
I did, I never tried ♪
I gave everything every time ♪
From watching your fight ♪
Tired of seeing you struggle ♪
Never meant to make you cry ♪
We're gonna party ♪
Until we ain't got no worries ♪
DJ, get it started ♪
How y'all ladies liking the food?
- [NEVA] I need some more ribs.
- [SHAY] I know that's right.
Yeah, give me a minute on them.
- Hurry up.
- Don't rush me, woman.
Ooh.
Oh, you sound just like Darnell.
- You give Ronnie his vitamins?
- Yeah.
Uh-uh, why do you say it like that?
- Uh, like what?
- Like you not sure.
Relax. I got this.
- Got y'all covered.
- Yes. Thank you.
[EMMETT] Mama.
- I'm sorry.
- [PERSON] Fine.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
- All right, bye, Emmett.
- Where you going?
[SHAY] Oh, I gotta make my rounds.
[EMMETT] Oh. Well, you just got here.
Well, we got other
family we need to go see.
- Okay.
- Okay, come on.
Look, I ain't wanna tell
you this on Mother's Day,
but we moving to Pittsburgh.
Wait, why?
My mom just moved there. It's cheaper.
You know, it just makes sense for us.
- So when are you leaving?
- [SHAY] Next month.
Damn, when was you gonna tell me?
I wanted to make sure I was sure.
Well, I need to see my son.
He can spend the summers with you.
[EMMETT] So you can turn up?
I mean, what's wrong with that?
Come on, now, that's not fair to me.
I'll have him most of
the time, like I do now.
I don't care if you have
him most of the time.
He's still my son.
What some bullshit.
What about my rights as
a father? What about me?
Well, it ain't like you
married me or nothing.
Is that what this is about?
[SIGHS] Please, just
I'm just saying, I got a life, too,
and you don't get any say over it.
You can't just take my son away from me.
Yes, I can.
♪
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
Can't tell the difference ♪
From raindrops and tears ♪
♪
It's really heavy in here.
With all the losses we've
had, what did you expect?
You know, Emmett is
hosting a Mother's Day thing
at his spot, you know?
Why would I wanna go over there?
We're having a perfectly
lovely lunch right here.
I don't know.
I just think that maybe y'all could use
some good energy that's all.
♪
We don't wanna be
around a bunch of women
who are being celebrated by their kids
while we're missing ours.
I know your son is gone
but you not.
♪
You can't just cry for him.
You gotta live for him too.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Ladies
how about a change of scenery?
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[DARNELL] I hope you
know how rare this is.
Shit, I would have given my left arm
for someone to break this
shit down for me like this.
Here I am, bending
every rule in the book
to teach you this precious game.
'Cause to learn it is a rite of passage.
And you learn it by watching patiently,
waiting your turn, usually for years.
And one day, often a holiday,
somebody, probably a uncle
[CHUCKLES] gets too drunk to play.
And a relative, maybe a
auntie or something like that,
gets so desperate for a partner
that you get your turn at the table.
You got one shot.
And inevitably, you fuck it up.
You get cussed out within
an inch of your natural life.
And in that moment, you realize
spades isn't just a game.
It's a way of life.
But when you and your
partner are locked in
oh, son [CHUCKLES]
it's like heaven on Earth.
Hmm.
That's deep.
Yeah, about as deep as
them quotes on Instagram.
Hmm.
Well, thank you, Pops.
This means a lot to me.
Boy, what you talking about?
You ain't graduated yet.
Gotta play a hand, see what you got.
Come on, rookies deal.
[LAUGHS, SIGHS]
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
♪
I'll uh, I'll deal the
cards. Just-just gather them up.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[EMMETTE SCOFFS] Shay
moving to Pittsburgh
and taking Devante with her.
Oh, shit.
That's what I said.
That's gonna be a big
adjustment for him.
That's what I said.
Did you say that?
Well, no. [CHUCKLES]
But I was mad.
'Cause of how it will affect you?
Yeah, she only gonna bring
him back for the summer.
- That's convenient.
- [EMMETT] Right.
But we can always go visit him.
Baby, I ain't got no say in this?
How is that fair?
It's not like y'all were married.
Why does that keep coming up?
Because if you did,
you'd have legal rights.
- Whose side are you on?
- I'm on your son's side.
Me too.
Then support his mother,
no matter what that means.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
Jungle, jungle fever ♪
[SHAAD CLEARS THROAT]
What's up, everybody?
Happy Mother's Day.
Uh, I brought some other guests with me.
Jungle fever ♪
Jungle ♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
You're so amazing ♪
It's so addicting watching you move ♪
I love the way you're so confident ♪
In everything you do ♪
I ain't gotta tell you
what you already know ♪
But I know ♪
This one thing's for sure ♪
To all the mothers.
[ALL] Hey.
- Cheers.
- [ALL] Hey.
Yeah ♪
I ain't gotta tell you
what you already know ♪
But I know this
one thing's for sure ♪
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
Yes. And I used extra paprika.
[LAUGHS]
Bro, do y'all know I used
to dream about this macaroni?
I used to have nightmares about it.
[PEACHES] Yeah, 'cause you had to eat it
- breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- [LAUGHTER]
You made it for me every
time I came home from a bid.
I only remember you
making it on holidays.
[SCOFFS] I'm just glad
we able to eat it now.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. We not gonna pray?
Nah, don't come in here with all that.
[PEACHES] Reg.
Thank God for the hands
that prepared the food.
[PEACHES] Amen.
[REG] Thank you for cooking, Ma.
[PEACHES] Thank you for letting me.
[REG] Mmm.
Ah. Ooh, this is the best
Mother's Day I ever had.
[LAUGHS]
♪
I love you all.
We love you too, Mama.
♪
No matter how y'all feel about me,
just promise you'll always
take care of each other,
no matter what happens.
- [REG] That depends.
- [PEACHES] No, it don't.
The love y'all have for each other
should be unconditional.
♪
If they there for me,
I'll be there for them.
Nigga, this ain't Friends.
Loyalty has to go both ways, brother.
I'll do it.
[CHUCKLES]
I ain't never gonna leave y'all, man.
[CHUCKLES] My nigga.
♪
- Ah, man.
- Ah.
[LAUGHS]
Happy Mother's Day, Mama.
Is impossible when
you don't want to do ♪
It's always up to you ♪
Am I too late to speak my mind ♪
When everything ♪
- Can I open it?
- Yeah.
[BABBLING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hi.
You're Kiesha, right?
I'm Mrs. Bradley.
Do I know you?
No, but you knew my son, Christian.
Oh, yeah. How is he?
We lost him.
Oh, I-I had no idea.
We're very private people.
I'm so sorry.
He is at peace now, finally.
I just know he really liked you, Kiesha.
Happy Mother's Day.
Hey, understand me ♪
I don't care if I ain't from here ♪
I'm running this city,
got my niggas with me ♪
We robbing and making a killing ♪
To the family that
made me a real one ♪
To the option that
made me a villain ♪
It's a takeover, break's over ♪
I move like a man on a mission ♪
Back when I had no pot to piss in ♪
Y'all done relentless,
I had me a vision ♪
- [GRUNTS] Give me that!
- [BAKARI] Ooh-whee!
You ain't doing nothing.
We know you ain't got no hearts.
You been cutting hearts
since the top of the game.
Call me Big Chief No Heart.
Ain't no love in these streets.
You better not be reneging.
I swear to God, if you renege.
You can't just be
throwing that word around,
especially with him.
The professor is a man of honor.
Bakari, thank you,
but don't even entertain
that type of slander.
Now, you either find that book,
or you take this
ass-whupping like a man.
Whatever, man. This is bullshit.
- Damn, we finna get set.
- [GARDNER] He know.
- You ain't got
- I thought you had three books.
Nigga, I said two and a p
ain't I say two and a p
- I said two and a possible.
- Nigga, a strong possible.
Yeah, and I would have got it
if my partner was worth a shit.
You know he been cutting hearts all day.
- And that's how that go.
- Boom!
- Come on, bro.
- Set they bitch asses.
Run that back. Run that back right now.
Hell yeah. Run it back.
I wish I could, but I got shit to do.
You always do that shit, man.
Bakari is a promising young author.
I'm proud of you, young
bro. Handle your business.
- Yes, sir.
- [GARDENER] Yeah, whoa.
- Whoa.
- [GARDNER] There it is.
Just whupped y'all ass.
[GARDNER LAUGHS]
- [BAKARI] I gotta go.
- [DAMIEN] Aw, damn.
I'm running this city,
got my niggas with me ♪
We robbing and making a killing ♪
To the family that
made me a real one ♪
Uh, Professor, he-he on your team.
Wait, hold on now.
Don't y'all wanna switch
it up a little bit?
- Hell no.
- We straight.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [GARDNER SIGHS] Okay.
Hey, son, you wanna play some spades?
Graduated with a couple keys ♪
Yeah, I can play.
I mean, I can't shuffle
or nothing, but I can play.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[LAUGHTER]
♪
- Fuck that mean?
- Nothing.
Um
Then I finish and
hold you for ransom ♪
Coldhearted, I ghost hard ♪
I gotta, um, take a moment real quick.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[WATER RUNNING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[LAUGHING]
Take a breath, nigga.
I didn't know you was gonna be here.
A spades game is happening,
chances are, I'm gonna be there.
Okay, well, I'm already nervous,
so can you just please
not fuck with me tonight?
Nigga, I'm done fucking with you.
Since when?
Since I set my sights
on a beautiful female.
You're not supposed
to call women females.
What?
I know, you've been away for a while,
but it's just not a thing anymore.
They still saying
"pause," though, right?
- Yeah?
- Thank God.
So I'm good?
You good.
Don't fuck up the spades game.
I won't.
[HANNIBAL CHUCKLES] Mm-hmm.
Hey, I'm that dude just like you ♪
Please, one, two,
hands up, don't shoot ♪
You don't understand
all the things I been ♪
You can't comprehend all
the things I been through ♪
Oh, let me talk about
it, let me talk about it ♪
Hey, shooting for the stars ♪
Why is this nigga holding
his cards like that?
Damn, nigga, yeah, you all thumbs.
Give it some give, bro. Give
- Uh, I got nine books.
- [LAUGHTER]
Ain't no way in hell.
This nigga playing mind games already.
Stop, stop, stop. Young
man, young man, listen to me.
Even if that's true, and I hope it is,
you keep that under
your hat for now, okay?
The first hand bids itself.
I mean, if that's how y'all wanna play.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- [LAUGHTER]
[HANNIBAL] If that's how we wanna play?
[DAMIEN] Cool.
[HANNIBAL] Hey, man, your man is wild.
[CHUCKLES]
♪
[CLEARS THROAT] It's on you, son.
Yeah.
Running from these demons ♪
Feel like Yeezus,
people call it crazy ♪
Low-key, I'm a
genius, talk to Jesus ♪
Let me talk about it,
let me talk about it ♪
If you told me it'd be like this ♪
Then I would've doubted it ♪
When it came to your actions ♪
[GARDENER] Jesus Christ.
[LAUGHS] In my entire spades career,
I ain't never seen a nigga do that.
[LAUGHS]
It's definitely gonna be a long night.
- [HANNIBAL] What the fuck?
- Or is it?
♪
Man, ain't this a bitch?
Rule three, that's my
nigga, that's my heart, yeah ♪
And if it ever came to
it, then I'm all in, whoa ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Happy Mother's Day.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, no problem.
This is so sweet. [LAUGHS]
What the note say?
Emmett, stop.
- I really appreciate this.
- [NUCK] No problem.
Hey, Tiff, let me get that for you.
I got this one. You
can get the heavier one.
- [NUCK] You sure?
- [TIFF] Yeah.
[NUCK] A'ight.
So where's my Mother's
Day card with a sweet note?
- You ain't having my baby.
- [SUCKS TEETH]
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, true.
But don't be coming over here
trying to break up no happy home.
What? It ain't even like that no more.
Mm-hmm.
I swear to God, I'm just
here to show my appreciation.
- That's it.
- That's nice.
How you doing?
Depends on the day.
How are you?
Today a little weird for me, man.
- Lost my mom a while ago.
- Oh, shit, I'm sorry.
- Was she sick?
- No, my
[SIGHS] my pops killed her.
- Fuck.
- Yeah.
Tamia's "Can't Get Enough" playing ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER]
Take you to a place
you ain't never been ♪
[TRACY] Y'all know this one?
Come on, Jada.
Come on, let's dance.
[ALICIA] Shaad.
Make sure you handle me too ♪
Close the door, bed or floor ♪
I just want more, I
can't get enough of you ♪
What I got in store,
it's all of yours ♪
I just want more, I
can't get enough of you ♪
I still can't get this dance right.
You gotta go in.
I can't get it right. Come on, baby.
I can't get enough of you
What I got in store,
it's all of yours ♪
I just want more 'cause
I can't get enough of you ♪
Make a bet, baby, who's
gonna be first to get loud ♪
I know you'll lose
after the second round ♪
Then the consequence, maybe ♪
That you'll have to
switch to third round ♪
And make me scream
like when I put it down ♪
Put on a little show
to let your baby know ♪
By then, I should be
screaming uncontrollably ♪
Hope you're ready to stay up ♪
One time is not enough ♪
'Cause nothing's too much, baby ♪
[PAPA CHUCKLES]
Yeah?
Oh, my.
God always provides.
Yeah.
That's a gift from us.
Um, is this an advance?
Oh, think of it as a down payment
on your dad's church.
[CHUCKLES] Come on, you know
my dad's church ain't for sale.
[CHUCKLES]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[LAUGHS]
Everything has a price.
♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
[EMMETT] Everybody,
let's get in the photo.
Fellas, hop in with them. Come on.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[PERSON] Hey!
[JAMAL] Y'all look beautiful.
Bring it in a little bit.
- Bring it in a little bit.
- I might make another one.
[JAMAL] Bring it in a little bit.
All right.
On the count of three,
"Happy Mother's Day."
One, two, three.
[ALL] Happy Mother's Day.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC]
Back, back, back
from the bank again ♪
[GARDENER] Oh, boy.
[LAUGHS] Let's go.
Wait, what's the score?
Four forty to 340.
Y'all down by a smooth-ass hundred.
Uh-huh.
[LAUGHS, SIGHS]
[LAUGHTER]
- Professor
- [GARDENER] Mm-hmm.
I think we should go blind eight.
[SIGHS] I don't know.
Look, if we go blind, we
double our score, right?
- Yeah.
- That would win us the game.
And, I mean, we lose anyway
if they get six books,
so we might as well play to win.
[HANNIBAL CHUCKLES]
♪
You know what? You're right, son.
Fuck it.
[HANNIBAL] Yes, all
that math sound good,
but it ain't gonna save y'all
from this here ass-whupping.
[LAUGHS]
♪
- What you smiling about?
- Hey, fuck that table talk.
I'm just asking him a question.
Damn, I ain't got shit.
For real? Me neither.
[KEITH] Yeah, I say we bid six anyway.
No, no, no. Try to set them.
Live to fight another day.
Come on, we at least get to
five and get the extra on GP.
[CHUCKLES] Hey, you right, man.
All right, bet.
Don't be doing me.
Yeah, yeah ♪
- Yeah, long gun ♪
- Long gun ♪
- We on one ♪
- We it ♪
Ah!
- We caught one ♪
- We did ♪
- Big bag ♪
- Big bag ♪
That one's mine.
Take that. And you wanna go blind.
Make it official,
if we got a issue ♪
[HANNIBAL] That's how we play.
Is it two? Is it two? What's up, player?
Ooh, nice.
Find him in lake,
body was riddled ♪
[LAUGHTER]
Swim with the fishes ♪
[BANGING ON TABLE]
Whoo!
[HANNIBAL] I can't believe this shit!
I am no mathematician, but I believe
if we get this next
book, we win the game.
And I'm no spades expert,
but I am good with numbers.
And, um
if my math is correct,
y'all are out of spades.
So this three should walk.
You gotta be fucking kidding me!
- [LAUGHTER]
- [GARDENER] The fuck did he do?
What did you do to him?
How the fuck did we lose to a
nigga with painted fingernails?
You are a little unorthodox,
but I like the way you play, son.
Hey, if you can count, you play cards.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
[FRONT DOOR OPENS]
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
How was your day?
[SIGHS] No.
What's up with this Charles guy?
[SUCKS TEETH] He's just being kind.
That's all.
Look, I wanna build a life with you.
Do you want that?
I don't know.
[KEITH SIGHS]
Girl, you're like a flower ♪
That done blossomed
in the summertime ♪
I could look at you for hours ♪
'Cause you know you're way past fine ♪
How could I tell you no ♪
You know you get
anything you want ♪
I can't.
I get it.
♪
I just thought once
Alicia got Rob's killer,
I'd feel different, but I don't.
How do you feel?
♪
Like she got the wrong guy.
♪
What makes you say that?
Just something I feel.
Got me thinking to myself
while I stare at you ♪
How about that time ♪
You know you get anything you want ♪
I just can't tell you
no, no, no, no, no, no ♪
You smile at me, then I fall ♪
I just can't tell you no ♪
I just can't seem to tell you ♪
Oh, I can't tell you ♪
Kvng Moses'
"Disrespectfully" playing ♪
- You ready ♪
- Yeah ♪
♪
[ENGINE TURNING OVER]
No, no, no, man ♪
[ENGINE REVVING, TIRES SQUEALING]
- Let's go ♪
- My mind is an enigma ♪
But don't disrespect me, nigga ♪
All my energy, the enemy ♪
That makes sure that my
energy's a centerpiece ♪
Enemies keep trying
to take my inner peace ♪
The pistol be speaking big ♪
For those trying to belittle me ♪
Remember me, college station, nigga ♪
That boy tip on me, like Mr. T ♪
These bitches get cut off ♪
I got a scissor, kid, nigga, please ♪
You ain't on my level,
we in different leagues ♪
Bitter niggas get hit
up, they're sensitive ♪
Like new nipple rings ♪
It's me, myself, and I, nigga ♪
My mental's keen, so even one-on-one ♪
Your ass get triple-teamed ♪
The equips I bring,
the light they came from ♪
G.I. Joe figurines ♪
You don't want this smoke,
it come with nicotine ♪
Blow you niggas to smithereens ♪
Well, I want financial freedom ♪
Three's a crowd,
but I love threesomes ♪
With my queen, but that don't mean ♪
To fuck with me, you fuck with me ♪
It's fuck your
feelings, fuck your plan ♪
I'm a villain, I have fans ♪
But have no ceilings ♪
My disrespect's intentional ♪
Your intellect is minimal ♪
I've been a threat, I intercept ♪
Your disrespect, but it
didn't affect my visual ♪
They start with me, then I'm animal ♪
Tell them Moses ain't feeling them ♪
You ready ♪
Disrespectfully ♪
Disrespectfully ♪
And I mean that shit, nigga, yeah ♪