The Chi (2018) s07e06 Episode Script
Do the Chi Thing
1
[BAKARI] Previously on The Chi
Tense music ♪
[JAKE] I thought you was dead.
You saw somebody put me in the ground?
- [JAKE] No.
- [REG] Then I wasn't dead.
I see.
[VOICE RECORDING]
This is a prepaid call
from an inmate at the county
correctional facility.
Do you accept his call?
Hey, baby.
[PERSON] Reg ain't dead.
I heard he came out of hiding
now that Douda's gone.
If you get him, maybe
I could come home sooner.
That's some bullshit.
Y'all come all the way down
for a fucking traffic ticket?
Can't have your man out here
endangering pedestrians,
Mr. Reginald Taylor.
Figured it's time
we came face-to-face.
Detective Toussaint.
Nice to meet you.
Hey, I can ride with you?
[REG] Of course.
You're gonna stay close to me.
Tense music ♪
- [PERSON SHOUTS]
- [REG] We got to bail, bro!
Come on! Go, go, go, go, go!
This here, it allows you
to go into your brain
and expand your mind in ways
that you didn't even know you could.
He's teaching me how to grow.
Y'all should pull up,
he'll show you the way.
- I'm game.
- Me too.
Okay, these right here,
these are ready to harvest.
All you got to do is get somebody
to test them out for you.
- Do I have to do that?
- You don't have to do it.
- What's supposed to happen?
- Right.
[TIFF] You should have
an out-of-body experience.
- But some shit might come up.
- [SHAAD] What kind of shit?
Emotional shit.
Y'all know how to play spades?
[EMMETT]
Of course we know how to play.
I got invited to a spades game.
- And you said yes?
- Yep.
All you got to remember is,
if you can count,
then you can play cards.
[GARDNER] What did you do to 'em?
[LAUGHTER]
Should we get married?
- Are you proposing to me?
- Yeah.
What do you say?
[DOM] I do.
[PERSON] I now pronounce y'all
husband and wife.
[DOM LAUGHING]
So how many women on this boat
have you slept with?
[CHARLES] How many women on this boat?
[PERSON] They just want us
to have it all.
Love, prosperity, and anything
our hearts desire.
She was not talking about no prayer.
Stop trying to do everything
by yourself.
Lean on me. [SCOFFS]
Okay.
[KIESHA] Y'all spending
a lot of time together.
[TIFF] Yeah, it's been nice.
I have been getting energy
from Nuck, though.
What do you feel?
Tension.
I don't need to be dating nobody.
I just want to focus on my child.
[ALICIA] Hello, handsome.
- [SHAAD] What's up, baby?
- [BAKARI] Hey.
Honey, I was talking to Bakari.
[BAKARI] Why you look out
for me so much?
'Cause I see something in you.
I wouldn't have invested
in your future if I didn't.
[GUNSHOTS]
[NUCK] If I'm gonna do this,
I need people I can trust.
I always had your back.
It's time for you to have mine.
[VOMITS]
- Did you invite Becky?
- Her name is Sarah.
There's nothing going on between us.
[PERSON SCOFFS] Yeah, right.
If it gets out that
you're fucking a white woman,
we'll lose half our congregation.
What I tell you about being flashy?
- [PERSON] I won't do it again.
- I know you won't.
- [GUNSHOT]
- [BAKARI GASPS]
Be quiet and lay low.
Bury him with his chains on.
♪
Jazz music ♪
♪
Damn.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Hot as the devil.
Mm.
[GROANS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER,
ZANY MUSIC PLAYING ON TV]
Hey, hey, y'all stop all that running.
- [POP]
- Oh.
- Did the power just go out?
- Hell, no.
- Today of all days?
- [CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
- Yep, Pop's power's out, too.
- [OBJECT SHATTERING]
- [KIESHA SIGHS]
- Hey, what the fuck was that?
[KIESHA] I bet it's
the new vase I just bought.
[EMMETT][ The expensive one?
- [RONNIE BABBLES]
- Come on, Ronnie, hey.
[CLICKS TONGUE] Let me help you out.
- I got it.
- Hey, don't snap at me.
I'm hot, and I'm pregnant.
I can snap all I want.
♪
[EMMETT SIGHS]
[PHONE BEEPS]
[LINE TRILLING]
[ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY ON CELL PHONE]
[DAMIEN CLICKS TONGUE,
CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
Hello?
[EMMETT] Hey, the power
still on over there?
Yeah, but the AC's still broke.
What you doing? You sound distracted.
[DAMIEN] Kitchen's busy
with deliveries.
The register's pretty slow.
Ain't nobody coming in here.
I'm just watching the game.
- [EMMETT] Who winning?
- Not me.
- You not playing.
- [SCOFFS] Yes, I am.
Nigga, just keep an eye on everything.
[CLICKS TONGUE] I got you.
- You better.
- [LINE BEEPING]
[ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY ON CELL PHONE]
♪
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
♪
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
♪
Man, how y'all ain't got no AC?
Shit, I don't mind the heat.
[SHAAD] Lying-ass nigga.
I'm good.
I ain't finna sit up here
and die of heat stroke
'cause of your broke ass.
You got some money?
♪
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
♪
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
♪
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
♪
[RADIO ANNOUNCER]
Good morning, Chicago.
I'm your local weather girl,
and I'm here to tell you,
it's hot as hell.
Today's supposed to be
the hottest day of the summer.
And guess what.
My power went out this morning.
I'm hearing a lot of
Chicago is dealing with that.
Is y'all's power out? Let us know.
Make sure you get to somebody's house
that got some working AC
'cause it's too hot
to be playing around.
Y'all be safe out there, okay?
Stay cool.
I'm gonna try to go find me
somebody that got AC.
We got traffic coming up
and new music at the top of the hour.
Y'all stay with me.
Dramatic jazz music ♪
♪
[EMMETT] We got to eat all this
before it goes bad.
Them greedy-ass boys
helping with that.
- Man.
- [DARNELL CHUCKLES]
Where Damien at?
Um, he holding down the fort
at Smokey's today.
Ah, just make sure
he stay out of trouble.
All he do is stare at his phone
and bet on sports all day.
Yeah, that's kind of
trouble I'm talking about.
Pop, every nigga I know do that.
Yeah, for him, it's a problem.
Remember I was telling you
about him being a lookout?
- Uh-huh.
- It was a quick way for him
to make some money, pay off his debt.
Oh, man, I didn't know
it was that serious.
Yeah, his mom had him in counseling.
Then he went to a rehab center
for a while.
- Rehab?
- [DARNELL] Yeah, just got out.
Being addicted to gambling
don't sound like
a big deal to me.
I used to think it was dumb, too,
till my father lost the house
at a poker tournament.
That's how Granny lost the house?
Yeah, she lied,
saying she wanted to move
'cause she didn't want
my dad to be embarrassed.
[EMMETT SCOFFS]
So what you want me to do?
Like, take his phone
during work hours, what?
Just keep a eye on him.
[SIGHS] I will.
Mellow music ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[PERSON SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY, LAUGHTER]
♪
I hope people aren't
too hot out there.
Aren't we blessed
to be safe and cool inside?
Mm-hmm. Very.
You wouldn't want to lose
all this, would you?
What do you mean?
I provide a beautiful life for you.
[CLICKS TONGUE]
You asked me to move in.
- And thank God I did.
- You don't even believe in God.
Well, I might be having
a change of heart
with my grandson on the way.
Babies are a blessing.
Hmm. And I want to protect him.
So do I.
Then why are you getting wet for Nuck?
What?
I overheard you talking to Kiesha.
Don't be spying on me.
[MAGAZINE SLAMS]
Dramatic music ♪
I can't have you fucking another man
while you're carrying my son's child,
especially a man
that might have had something
to do with his death.
You said it was Zay.
Nuck said it was Zay,
and he could be lying.
Why would he?
To save his own life.
♪
Stay away from him, for me.
♪
[TELEPHONE RINGING,
INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I'ma need you on deliveries today.
You want me running the streets
on the hottest day
- of the summer?
- Yep.
- Shit.
- Grab your keys, right here.
- [JAMAL] All right.
- [DOM] Okay.
Jazz music ♪
♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
[JAKE CLICKS TONGUE]
[REG] Who the fuck is Tarisha?
Some girl I've been talking to.
- You like her?
- Maybe.
She look my age, nigga.
She is your age.
You like these older bitches, huh?
At least you like bitches.
Tell her to come over.
- Is you gonna leave?
- I'll give you some room.
All right, bet.
Order some food, nigga.
In the streets where
it's hot, we keep it locked ♪
Guns cocked, ready for action ♪
[PERSON] Ooh.
[CASH REGISTER BELL DINGS]
[EMMETT] Grab a little cash.
Hey, man. Uh
♪
Can I hold some cash?
What makes you think
I got money to loan?
I do your books.
They say never hire family.
This must be why.
[CHUCKLES] I'ma pay you back.
- How much you need?
- Like, three racks.
Damn, nigga.
- What you need it for?
- I-I owe somebody.
Dad said you be betting too much.
- No, it's not that bad.
- Mm-hmm.
- Hey, you know I'm good for it.
- You better pay me back.
[KNOCKING ON GLASS,
ZIPPER OPENS, DAMIEN CHUCKLES]
Hey, you better not ask me again.
No.
After this, I'm done. I promise.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[EMMETT] My bad, baby.
I ain't even know y'all went outside.
Organ music ♪
♪
[ZEKE] We are gathered here today
to send brother Khalil home.
He was taken from this
world far too soon.
Gun violence continues
to plague our community.
We have to value life
more than we value street cred.
I'm reminded of Simon Peter,
when Peter asked Jesus
why he could not follow him.
Ominous music ♪
♪
Did you come to mourn
or make sure he was dead?
He put my life in danger
because he wanted to show off.
All right? That's not acceptable.
You put your life in danger every day.
I lay low.
[WHISPERING] The day will come
when God will judge you.
[NUCK BREATHING HEAVILY]
Well, today ain't that day.
Lucky you.
Hip-hop music ♪
♪
Whoo. Oh, shit, man.
It's hot as hell.
You mentioning it every five minutes
ain't making shit no better.
Yeah, I ain't mad with these
women wearing these sundresses
- right now, though.
- [DARNELL] Mm-hmm.
Better than scrolling
through my damn phone all day.
Ah, man, them girls on social media
ain't nothing but AI, dog.
Man, I'm done with that shit.
He's just salty 'cause he got dragged.
- Right.
- [LAUGHTER]
You damned if you do,
damned if you don't
- in them Internet streets.
- Hey, man, I told you.
Stop reading the comments
and just look at the pictures.
Hey, Shaad, what's that,
you on that
that Tic-Toc-Toe app?
- [LAUGHS]
- oh, God, it's Tiktok, nigga.
- Okay?
- Same thing.
And I'm only on social media
for the after-dark content.
Oh oh, shit.
Man, y'all nasty as hell.
Whatever, man, I'm sure there's
some corners of the Internet
that you venture to
when no one's living.
Fuck that. I been using
my imagination lately.
Ooh. Have fun with that.
- [LAUGHTER]
- [SHAAD] What the hell?
For real, what's wrong with
meeting women in real life?
Man, it's easier to slide
in the DMs, player.
Hold on now, you shouldn't be
sliding in nobody's DMs
- Right.
- You laid up over there
- in Alicia's castle.
- Right.
Hey, man, well, that castle getting
a little too crowded nowadays.
What's it like living with Tiff?
Man, Tiff and that baby are the center
of Alicia's universe.
- You sound kind of jealous.
- Yeah, right.
What, you want to switch places?
Shit, I wouldn't mind
waking up to Tiff every day.
Oh, really?
[LAUGHTER, EXCITED CHATTER]
Now I lay me down to sleep ♪
I pray the Lord my soul to keep ♪
And if I should die
before I awaken straight ♪
I pray the Lord my soul to take ♪
Take control,
grab a hold of your fate ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Let me tell you
what my life like, life like ♪
Used to wanna be like Mike,
like Mike ♪
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
I'm boycotting Smokey's.
Devil used to have a grip
on me, and it was viselike ♪
- Hello.
- [PERSON] Good.
♪
Y'all using genetically
modified meats.
Now I'm living in the light life ♪
Now I lay me down to sleep ♪
I know I got it in here.
And if I should die before I awake ♪
$27.84?
Man, y'all robbing people.
Killing the Black community
one stomach at a time.
I'm thinking about going vegetarian.
I pray the Lord my soul to take ♪
Take control, grab a hold
of your fate, hey, yo ♪
You know what? Don't worry about it.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Life ain't a day at the beach, son ♪
Christ, Get out of here!
♪
Where's my barbecue sauce?
- That's extra.
- [SCOFFS]
- Have a good one.
- You too.
But people keep yielding
to their own understanding ♪
Now I lay me down to sleep ♪
hip-hop music ♪
♪
Hi. [GIGGLES]
I don't know why you fucking
with my little brother.
[CLICKS TONGUE] Nigga, stop hating.
Y'all both cute.
I taught his ass everything he knows.
You can't fuck with the student
with the teacher right here.
- You ain't teach me shit.
- Stop lying.
You wouldn't be shit
if it wasn't for me.
- I'll leave.
- No, you good.
Let's just go back to my room.
Why you trying to dip
before the food get here?
- 'Cause I'm not hungry.
- I am.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
♪
What'd you say your name was? Tarisha?
Yes, my name is Tarisha.
I'm saying, I know
you been staring at me
since you walked up in here.
- What's happening, my boy?
- [JAKE] What's going on?
♪
You all right?
- Yeah, I'm good.
- All right.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Upbeat R&B music ♪
♪
The grass ain't greener
on the other side ♪
They lyin' to you ♪
- Are you sure?
- This is a great turnout.
[ZEKE] Yeah, thanks to your
social-media outreach.
I got some folks here, too,
I mean, the old-school way
passing out flyers, knocking on doors.
Reach out and touch somebody's hand.
Make this world a better place.
- [BOTH] If you can.
- I hear you.
We know how you like
laying hands on people.
- Yo, where'd you hear that?
- Hey, let's focus, gentlemen.
I want to see this kind of turnout
when we're not passing out free food.
[PAPA] Good luck with that.
[CHARLES] Yeah, folks want
to meet people, Pastor.
I told you we need to start
doing dating seminars.
Folks want to find love and God
at the same place.
I am not a matchmaker.
But God is.
It's not the worst idea.
Now y'all ganging up on me?
People may not be
looking for God, but
they are looking for love.
Hmm. Romantic love
with prayers attached.
♪
You like this idea, Papa?
I think it could generate
some new members.
[CHARLES] Mm-hmm.
Okay.
I'll think about it, eh?
[SHAAD] Man, I'm about to give
Alicia her walking papers.
Man, you are
the most ineligible bachelor
that I know stayed leaving
a beautiful Black woman's bed.
[LAUGHS]
First, it was Deja, right?
You cheated on her with my girl.
Hey, she wasn't even
your girl for real.
So what?
Then you got Rob's mom,
who's sitting over there
with more money than
God Himself and a working AC.
And, what, you trying to leave her
'cause she trying to focus
on her grandbaby?
She's just too controlling.
You want her to be more submissive?
Just a little bit.
So you want her to take orders
while living in her house?
See, when you put it like that,
it does sound kind of weird.
- [LAUGHS] It does.
- How you want me to put it?
I just want us to be
more like partners.
But how?
You ain't bringing in no money.
I'm her protector, okay?
She pays me to be her bodyguard.
- Okay, Kevin Costner.
- [LAUGHTER]
Y'all got jokes. Okay, okay.
Listen, it's just not
working out, all right?
- [DARNELL] Hey.
- Man, do what you got to do.
Thank you.
Yeah, I'm so glad
Jada took me off the market.
Ain't nothing in these streets for me.
I can't believe
I'm back on the market.
Yeah, they ain't gonna let you
sleep either.
- They love your chocolate ass.
- [DARNELL] Mm-hmm.
They do.
Yeah, just make sure
y'all wrap it up, boys.
Y'all don't want to be
like Emmett ass.
- [LAUGHS]
- [SHAAD] What?
I'll say this, though.
I just can't believe Emmett
about to have another one.
- [VICTOR] Mm.
- Yeah, I can.
I mean, I guess
it kind of run in the family.
- Right.
- That's what we say.
Oh, okay, that's
what y'all laughing at?
About to have
the Jackson 5 over there.
[PHONE RINGING]
Forensics just got back to us.
The vomit found at the scene
belongs to Bakari Bronson.
Does he have a record?
He got pulled over
for driving a stolen car.
Any family?
Foster kid.
You think he could be a killer?
Could be.
You don't have an address, do you?
If I did, you'd have it.
Dramatic music ♪
♪
[TOUSSAINT SIGHS]
♪
Hip-hop music ♪
♪
[TARISHA GIGGLING]
- I'm leaving.
- [REG] Hold up. Hold up.
You ain't got to go nowhere.
♪
[GIGGLING]
What the fuck is you doing?
Uh, the room is right
over there to the left, yeah.
♪
I been talking to her for months.
Obviously, she ain't worth your time
if she this quick to fuck me.
♪
[LAUGHS]
♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
♪
She big motion, wavy, wavy ♪
Unh, that wave motion
that drive you crazy ♪
Yeah, she big motion, wavy, wavy ♪
Unh, that wave motion
that drive you crazy ♪
Yeah, she big motion, wavy, wavy ♪
Unh, that wave motion
that drive you crazy ♪
[MUFFLED MOANING]
[CHEERING, CHATTER]
Upbeat music ♪
♪
I'm hot and tired.
I'm hot, tired, pregnant.
- Mm, I need a nap.
- [KIESHA SIGHS]
[CHILDREN YELLING]
Oh, shit, is EJ fighting
that little boy?
Shit, yeah. That's now that's on.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- I think you hatin'.
I really do.
Man, I thought you were
supposed to use that
to pay off another debt.
Don't worry. I got this.
[HANNIBAL SCOFFS]
Hey, you bet on sports?
[DAMIEN] Yeah.
Hey, you know I'm trying
to build an app for that shit.
Too many niggas losing money
betting on sports.
We need to profit from it somehow.
So you try and profit off our pain?
Would you rather
the white man profit from it?
I'd rather nobody profit off of it.
- Shit sucks.
- Yeah, forget that.
I hope we don't lose this game.
- We better not.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO]
Pensive music ♪
♪
- [SHAAD] Who that?
- [BRAKES SQUEAL]
I don't know. She looks serious.
[TOUSSAINT] Victor Taylor.
♪
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO]
[VICTOR SPITS]
♪
Long way from city hall, Mr. Taylor.
[CHUCKLES] What you want?
I want to know where your brother is.
What you want with Jake?
That's not the brother
I'm talking about.
[SIGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO]
You always did have
a great poker face.
Look, we don't want no trouble.
He's looking for it.
I can't tell who this is.
Maybe not.
It's enough for me
to start sniffing around.
Well, come back
when you got something.
I will. Just give me some time.
♪
[ENGINE TURNING OVER]
[DARNELL SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [KIESHA] We're so sorry.
- [EMMETT] Yeah, my bad, man.
He know he not supposed to be hitting.
What's wrong with you, man?
EJ, what happened?
Boy, what happened to your head?
We were playing barbershop.
With real clippers?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]
Upbeat gospel music ♪
I'm gonna lay down my burden ♪
Down by the riverside ♪
Down by the riverside ♪
I'm gonna lay down my burden ♪
Down by the riverside ♪
Down by the riverside ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[PERSON] Oh, shit.
Study war no more ♪
Study war no more ♪
I ain't gonna study war no more ♪
Study war no more ♪
- Great dress.
- Thank you.
- [GIGGLES]
- [ZEKE] Um
you you can't be here.
Why not?
Um, this is an official
church cookout.
So just because I don't work
for you anymore,
I can't come to church events?
Sarah, we appreciate
your father's generous donation
to the church,
- but no, no, it's just for us.
- It's just that
[CHARLES] We all Black.
What?
I didn't know
it was a segregated event.
It's not.
But I'm clearly not welcome.
Of course you are.
So I'm welcome
in your office after hours
but not at the cookout?
Please, just lower your voice.
Please, please.
Can we talk about this later, please?
[SARAH SCOFFS]
Told you.
♪
Bye, Jake.
Bye.
I'm gonna hit you later.
Hip-hop music ♪
♪
Don't talk to me.
Stop acting like a little bitch.
♪
What you gonna do?
♪
Get up! Yeah, you want to fight?
Get your ass up.
Get your bitch ass up.
Man, I wish you was dead for real.
Don't you ever in your fucking
life say some shit like that
to me again, nigga.
Bring your motherfucking
ass back here.
- [DOOR SLAMS]
- Open the fucking door, Jake.
Jake, open the fucking door!
Man, what the fuck going on?
- Come out of there.
- [DOOR OPENS]
What happened?
- You called this nigga?
- No.
Then what the fuck he doing here?
Fuck all that.
Y'all robbing ATMs now?
The police looking for your ass.
- Oh, shit.
- [CELL PHONE CHIMES]
Right, nigga. Hold on, man.
Who the fuck is you texting?
Man, stay the fuck out of my business.
Look, if you want to go
to jail, that's fine.
But leave Jake the fuck out of it.
We'll kill the cameras next time.
Nigga, if there's a next time,
I'ma kill you myself.
You really want to kill me, bro?
Nigga, I will if I have to.
Look, you can have this apartment.
- I'm gonna live with Vic.
- You ain't going nowhere.
He coming with me.
What? Fuck you mean?
Y'all hey.
So y'all just gonna forget
all the shit that Mama said?
♪
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Thanks.
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
♪
This ain't working out. [SIGHS]
♪
I always knew you'd be temporary.
Wait, what'd you say?
I just knew
it wasn't gonna last forever.
Why not?
Because we're from two
different worlds, you and I.
But it was fun while it lasted.
Yeah, it was.
You're a sweet man.
I just have my sights
set on other things.
Like Bakari.
Oh, co [SCOFFS]
You are not jealous.
I'm not.
- So we good, then?
- Of course.
Can I still be on the payroll?
[CHUCKLES]
Yes. I need you to protect me.
I promise
- I'll always protect you.
- Good.
♪
Because there's a war brewing,
and I need to know I can count on you.
Absolutely.
♪
[GRUNTS] Thank you for bringing
all this food.
- Oh.
- I know it's a long drive.
I don't mind.
Alicia never lets me eat like this.
Why not?
'Cause she says
it's not good for the baby.
Please, my mama was a chain-smoker
when she was pregnant with me.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Damn.
Well, at least I ain't eat
the magic mushroom.
I'm still recovering from that.
And how was it?
It was crazy.
What did you see?
The old me.
[TIFF] Literally?
Mm-hmm. Motherfucker
was trying to kill me.
You killed yourself?
I mean, I I woke up
just when I broke free.
Oh, shit.
What do you think it means?
I have to kill the old me.
And that scares me.
Why?
Because I don't know
who I am without him.
I think you're amazing.
- Come on.
- I'm serious.
You are a good man, Victor.
Thank you.
That means a lot to me.
Dramatic jazz music ♪
You mean a lot to me.
♪
You mean a lot to me, too.
♪
[INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS]
You should probably get some rest.
I got it.
- You sure?
- Mm-hmm.
♪
Text me when you get home.
I will.
♪
Hip-hop music ♪
♪
I'm living in glory, in glory ♪
I got favor, heaven adore me ♪
Y'all pull up,
let me tell my story ♪
I'm living in glory ♪
[CHILDREN CHATTERING]
I'm living in glory, in glory ♪
I got favor, heaven adore me ♪
- [JAMAL] Y'all need some help?
- [CHILD] Mm-hmm.
I'm living in glory, in glory ♪
Life ain't perfect,
but it's good, though ♪
I guess that's the silver
lining that I live for ♪
'Cause, see, the reaper
better harvest ♪
And you should sow ♪
The kind of seeds that make
your blessings grow tenfold ♪
That's why you catch me out
volunteering my time ♪
'Cause when I shed light
on others, I shine ♪
So I just keep these
scriptures deep in my mind ♪
'Cause I know heaven exists
beyond the skyline ♪
That's right, this life
is less about cashing checks ♪
It's more about the reach
of the folks you bless ♪
I never, ever have lost hope
just yet ♪
It never, ever will,
'cause He order my steps ♪
Yeah, I'm living in glory,
in glory ♪
I got favor, heaven adore me ♪
Y'all pull up,
let me tell my story ♪
I'm living in glory, glory,
in glory, glory ♪
I'm tired of being a secret.
Look, I'm already coming off
one scandal.
I don't need another one.
What is so scandalous about us?
- Have you looked in the mirror?
- I know I'm white.
You don't act like it.
[SIGHS]
I'm free to do what I want.
- And I'm not.
- You can be free with me.
I know. That's why I like you.
But I can't tear this down.
It's taken too long
for me to build it.
I know.
Just give me some time.
I will.
Romantic jazz music ♪
You got to stop kissing me at church.
[LAUGHS]
♪
[KEITH] Ahh. Mm.
So how long you been out?
Oh, not too long.
Yeah, I see you around
the yard a few times.
Yeah, I'm sorry.
I stayed to myself in there.
Yeah, me too.
So how you holding up?
Mopping floors at Smokey's.
That's my boy's spot.
It's crazy to see
a nigga in charge like that.
There's a lot of niggas
running shit now.
Wasn't like that
when we was coming up.
[SHAAD SCOFFS]
Niggas still got to hustle to get by.
What you doing?
Working security.
Protecting who?
- This woman.
- [CHUCKLES] She your woman?
- Not anymore.
- Oh.
There's some beautiful women out here.
- Mm.
- I'm trying to give
this one chick my last name.
- [SHAAD] Word?
- Yeah.
Her name Tracy.
Wait, she light-skinned?
[KEITH] Yeah.
- I know her.
- [CHUCKLES] Oh.
You know she lost a son a while ago.
Yeah, she told me.
Whoa. Shit.
Oh, we just getting acquainted.
- Oh.
- She the type of woman
make you turn
your life around, though.
Yeah, there's a few women
that done turned my life around
since I've been out.
Yeah, I hear that's the move.
You find you a gig and a woman.
- Keep your nose clean.
- Exactly.
There's a group of guys
that's been helping me
keep my shit together, too, you know.
Emmett's in the group.
Oh.
Loop me in.
I got you.
Cheers, man.
Shi-i-i-t. [CHUCKLES]
- That's game, fellas.
- [LAUGHTER]
As long as y'all don't have
500 points on the board,
this shit ain't over.
I mean, we can keep playing,
but, mathematically,
you've already been eliminated.
Already. [LAUGHS]
[MOCKINGLY] "Mathematically,
you already been eliminated."
- [GRUNTS MOCKINGLY]
- Shut your nerd ass up.
Hey, hey, whoa, whoa, Terry Crews.
All that hostility.
It's okay. It's okay.
I'd be mad if I lost
all my money to a nerd, too.
- [HANNIBAL CHUCKLES]
- Lost all my money?
Nigga, you out your rabbit-ass mind?
If it's one thing I got, it's money.
[PERSON CHUCKLES]
I'll match whatever you got.
One hand, winner takes all.
I got $6,000.
Hey, n-nigga, we got $6,000.
You ain't said nothing but a word.
I keeps me a bankroll.
- What you say, bitch-ass nigga?
- [CHUCKLES]
- [RUFUS] You got heart or nah?
- [MOUTHING WORDS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Fuck it.
Trust me.
[HANNIBAL SCOFFS]
One for the money, money,
two for the show, show ♪
Three to get ready, ready,
four, let's go, go ♪
Five, we out the door, hey,
six, we got the key, yeah ♪
Seven, we start it up, come on ♪
Eight, we in these streets,
what's up? ♪
Y'all look nervous, and you should be.
[CHAIR SCRAPES]
♪
- [CROWD MURMURS]
- [RUFUS] That's how we do it.
- [PERSON] Every time.
- [PERSON 2] Oh, man.
[PERSON] Got your goofy ass.
Pleasure doing business with you.
♪
Start resting, I just want
to tell you something ♪
Please stick to the flow ♪
'Cause once we go up,
going down ♪
[DAMIEN] Fuck.
Emmett gonna kill me.
Three to get ready, ready,
four, let's go ♪
[SIGHS]
Somber music ♪
- [VICTOR SIGHS]
- Why is he like this?
♪
I don't know.
He was always
the smallest kid on the block.
Used to pick fights so people
wouldn't fuck with him.
♪
After a while, he got used
to being the boogeyman.
You know, it became his identity.
He don't know who he is without it.
Were y'all close as kids?
♪
I was too busy hustling.
I looked out for him when
I could, but it wasn't enough.
I mean, he was a kid one
minute, then grown the next.
Once he started making
fast money on the streets,
it's nothing I could do.
I knew he was gone.
♪
What about me?
You're the reason I came back.
I don't want you to be like him.
Want me to be like you?
I want you to be yourself.
♪
[SIGHS] I just want us to be
a family again.
♪
[TOUSSAINT] Bakari Bronson?
Yeah.
I'm Detective Toussaint.
What you want with me?
I just want to talk.
I ain't got to talk to you.
Maybe Lynae'll talk to me.
[DISTANT DOG BARKING]
Tense music ♪
♪
[SCOFFS] Leave her out of this.
♪
I know she was with you
when you got pulled over
in that stolen car.
I know you're a foster kid.
So what?
Your DNA was found across the street
from where Robert Lafayette's
body was dumped.
I don't know
what you're talking about.
It was Thanksgiving.
I'm sure you had a lot to eat.
Maybe the shock of seeing
a dead body made you vomit.
Leave me alone.
I don't think you did it.
But I think you know who did.
Was it Reg?
♪
Did Reg do it?
If it was him,
I'll make sure he goes away
- for the rest of his life.
- [DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
I know you want out of all of this.
Call me when you're ready to talk.
♪
[INSECTS CHIRPING, EMMETT SIGHS]
Everybody asleep?
[KIESHA] Yeah, I think the heat
finally got to 'em.
- Yeah, today was just crazy.
- [SIGHS]
Who knew raising kids
could be so exhausting?
Or expensive?
I feel like I never have time
for myself.
I don't have time to just think.
[SIGHS] And we're about
to have another one.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [EMMETT] Mm-hmm.
I'm getting sleepy
just thinking about it.
[KIESHA LAUGHS]
But we blessed.
Yeah.
God is good.
You know what the best part
about today was?
What?
Spending it with you.
Soft piano music ♪
Some days I feel like
I'm not gonna make it.
But I look at you, and I
know I can keep going.
I feel the same way about you.
♪
[CLICK, KIESHA SIGHS]
- What?
- Thank God.
- Finally.
- [KIESHA SIGHS]
- Some relief.
- [KIESHA CHUCKLES]
♪
First to the streets ♪
♪
That I try to leave alone ♪
[VICTOR SIGHS]
For the streets ♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
Outside, yeah ♪
[ALICIA] Huh.
Now I'm by your side ♪
A detective approached me tonight.
Tense music ♪
About what?
It was about your son.
♪
What about him?
She asked me if Reg killed him.
- Who?
- Jake's brother.
- Victor?
- Nah, he got another brother.
Everybody thought he was dead,
but he's not.
But I was told that Zay killed my son.
Then why would she ask about Reg?
- Is he a killer?
- Yeah.
♪
[BAKARI SIGHS]
Do you think he had
something to do with it?
I don't know.
♪
Where can I find him?
I can get you the address. [SIGHS]
♪
You lucky I love your ass.
[DOM] I know you not complaining.
- I'm soaking wet.
- [DOM LAUGHS]
Don't even make the joke. [LAUGHS]
[DOM] I, too, am sweaty.
You better not be sleep
when I get home.
[DOM] You better hurry up.
I'm coming.
[DOM] See you when you get home.
- Love you.
- Love you, too.
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]
[DISTANT DOG BARKING]
Ominous music ♪
♪
[JAMAL] What's up, brah?
♪
Is that him?
Yep.
I can't believe
this nigga's really alive.
What are you doing?
- Oh!
- [GUNSHOTS, PERSON SHOUTS]
- Oh, fuck!
- [REG] What the fuck?
- Oh, shit.
- [GUNSHOTS]
- Go!
- [TIRES SQUEALING]
♪
[ENGINE REVVING]
[CAR ALARMS BLARING]
♪
- [RADIO ANNOUNCER] What a day.
- [LAUGHTER]
[RADIO ANNOUNCER 2] Talk about it.
[RADIO ANNOUNCER] Thank God that sun
- has finally gone down.
- [RADIO ANNOUNCER 2] Uh-huh.
[RADIO ANNOUNCER 3] Mm-hmm.
[RADIO ANNOUNCER]
I don't know about y'all,
but I just heard my power's back on.
- [RADIO ANNOUNCER 3] I did, too.
- [RADIO ANNOUNCER] Thank God.
[RADIO ANNOUNCER 2] Yeah. Amen.
[RADIO ANNOUNCER]
If your power's back on,
tap in with us, dial in
Look, maybe now we can chill.
[RADIO ANNOUNCER 3]
Yeah, what's the first thing
you gonna do?
[RADIO ANNOUNCER]
Sit back, relax. Stay cool.
Here's a little Guy for you.
I'm out.
Why don't you give me
that commitment? ♪
Let's settle down ♪
I promise everything
will be all right ♪
Come closer ♪
sync & corrections awaqeded
Let's chill ♪
Oh, oh, baby ♪
Hey, hey, yeah ♪
♪
- Let's chill ♪
- Let's chill, baby ♪
- Let's settle down ♪
- Oh, no, oh, no ♪
- That's what I want to do ♪
- All I want to do with you ♪
Just me and you ♪
Come here, baby ♪
♪
Come lay next to me ♪
♪
Oh, oh, oh ♪
- Let's chill, baby ♪
- Let's chill ♪
- Let's settle down ♪
- Come on, baby ♪
- That's what I want to do ♪
- That's all I want to do ♪
- With you ♪
- Just me and you ♪
Forever ♪
And ever ♪
Ever and ever ♪
Ever and ever ♪
Always ♪
Forever and ever ♪
[BAKARI] Previously on The Chi
Tense music ♪
[JAKE] I thought you was dead.
You saw somebody put me in the ground?
- [JAKE] No.
- [REG] Then I wasn't dead.
I see.
[VOICE RECORDING]
This is a prepaid call
from an inmate at the county
correctional facility.
Do you accept his call?
Hey, baby.
[PERSON] Reg ain't dead.
I heard he came out of hiding
now that Douda's gone.
If you get him, maybe
I could come home sooner.
That's some bullshit.
Y'all come all the way down
for a fucking traffic ticket?
Can't have your man out here
endangering pedestrians,
Mr. Reginald Taylor.
Figured it's time
we came face-to-face.
Detective Toussaint.
Nice to meet you.
Hey, I can ride with you?
[REG] Of course.
You're gonna stay close to me.
Tense music ♪
- [PERSON SHOUTS]
- [REG] We got to bail, bro!
Come on! Go, go, go, go, go!
This here, it allows you
to go into your brain
and expand your mind in ways
that you didn't even know you could.
He's teaching me how to grow.
Y'all should pull up,
he'll show you the way.
- I'm game.
- Me too.
Okay, these right here,
these are ready to harvest.
All you got to do is get somebody
to test them out for you.
- Do I have to do that?
- You don't have to do it.
- What's supposed to happen?
- Right.
[TIFF] You should have
an out-of-body experience.
- But some shit might come up.
- [SHAAD] What kind of shit?
Emotional shit.
Y'all know how to play spades?
[EMMETT]
Of course we know how to play.
I got invited to a spades game.
- And you said yes?
- Yep.
All you got to remember is,
if you can count,
then you can play cards.
[GARDNER] What did you do to 'em?
[LAUGHTER]
Should we get married?
- Are you proposing to me?
- Yeah.
What do you say?
[DOM] I do.
[PERSON] I now pronounce y'all
husband and wife.
[DOM LAUGHING]
So how many women on this boat
have you slept with?
[CHARLES] How many women on this boat?
[PERSON] They just want us
to have it all.
Love, prosperity, and anything
our hearts desire.
She was not talking about no prayer.
Stop trying to do everything
by yourself.
Lean on me. [SCOFFS]
Okay.
[KIESHA] Y'all spending
a lot of time together.
[TIFF] Yeah, it's been nice.
I have been getting energy
from Nuck, though.
What do you feel?
Tension.
I don't need to be dating nobody.
I just want to focus on my child.
[ALICIA] Hello, handsome.
- [SHAAD] What's up, baby?
- [BAKARI] Hey.
Honey, I was talking to Bakari.
[BAKARI] Why you look out
for me so much?
'Cause I see something in you.
I wouldn't have invested
in your future if I didn't.
[GUNSHOTS]
[NUCK] If I'm gonna do this,
I need people I can trust.
I always had your back.
It's time for you to have mine.
[VOMITS]
- Did you invite Becky?
- Her name is Sarah.
There's nothing going on between us.
[PERSON SCOFFS] Yeah, right.
If it gets out that
you're fucking a white woman,
we'll lose half our congregation.
What I tell you about being flashy?
- [PERSON] I won't do it again.
- I know you won't.
- [GUNSHOT]
- [BAKARI GASPS]
Be quiet and lay low.
Bury him with his chains on.
♪
Jazz music ♪
♪
Damn.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Hot as the devil.
Mm.
[GROANS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER,
ZANY MUSIC PLAYING ON TV]
Hey, hey, y'all stop all that running.
- [POP]
- Oh.
- Did the power just go out?
- Hell, no.
- Today of all days?
- [CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
- Yep, Pop's power's out, too.
- [OBJECT SHATTERING]
- [KIESHA SIGHS]
- Hey, what the fuck was that?
[KIESHA] I bet it's
the new vase I just bought.
[EMMETT][ The expensive one?
- [RONNIE BABBLES]
- Come on, Ronnie, hey.
[CLICKS TONGUE] Let me help you out.
- I got it.
- Hey, don't snap at me.
I'm hot, and I'm pregnant.
I can snap all I want.
♪
[EMMETT SIGHS]
[PHONE BEEPS]
[LINE TRILLING]
[ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY ON CELL PHONE]
[DAMIEN CLICKS TONGUE,
CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
Hello?
[EMMETT] Hey, the power
still on over there?
Yeah, but the AC's still broke.
What you doing? You sound distracted.
[DAMIEN] Kitchen's busy
with deliveries.
The register's pretty slow.
Ain't nobody coming in here.
I'm just watching the game.
- [EMMETT] Who winning?
- Not me.
- You not playing.
- [SCOFFS] Yes, I am.
Nigga, just keep an eye on everything.
[CLICKS TONGUE] I got you.
- You better.
- [LINE BEEPING]
[ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY ON CELL PHONE]
♪
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
♪
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
♪
Man, how y'all ain't got no AC?
Shit, I don't mind the heat.
[SHAAD] Lying-ass nigga.
I'm good.
I ain't finna sit up here
and die of heat stroke
'cause of your broke ass.
You got some money?
♪
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
♪
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
♪
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
♪
[RADIO ANNOUNCER]
Good morning, Chicago.
I'm your local weather girl,
and I'm here to tell you,
it's hot as hell.
Today's supposed to be
the hottest day of the summer.
And guess what.
My power went out this morning.
I'm hearing a lot of
Chicago is dealing with that.
Is y'all's power out? Let us know.
Make sure you get to somebody's house
that got some working AC
'cause it's too hot
to be playing around.
Y'all be safe out there, okay?
Stay cool.
I'm gonna try to go find me
somebody that got AC.
We got traffic coming up
and new music at the top of the hour.
Y'all stay with me.
Dramatic jazz music ♪
♪
[EMMETT] We got to eat all this
before it goes bad.
Them greedy-ass boys
helping with that.
- Man.
- [DARNELL CHUCKLES]
Where Damien at?
Um, he holding down the fort
at Smokey's today.
Ah, just make sure
he stay out of trouble.
All he do is stare at his phone
and bet on sports all day.
Yeah, that's kind of
trouble I'm talking about.
Pop, every nigga I know do that.
Yeah, for him, it's a problem.
Remember I was telling you
about him being a lookout?
- Uh-huh.
- It was a quick way for him
to make some money, pay off his debt.
Oh, man, I didn't know
it was that serious.
Yeah, his mom had him in counseling.
Then he went to a rehab center
for a while.
- Rehab?
- [DARNELL] Yeah, just got out.
Being addicted to gambling
don't sound like
a big deal to me.
I used to think it was dumb, too,
till my father lost the house
at a poker tournament.
That's how Granny lost the house?
Yeah, she lied,
saying she wanted to move
'cause she didn't want
my dad to be embarrassed.
[EMMETT SCOFFS]
So what you want me to do?
Like, take his phone
during work hours, what?
Just keep a eye on him.
[SIGHS] I will.
Mellow music ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[PERSON SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY, LAUGHTER]
♪
I hope people aren't
too hot out there.
Aren't we blessed
to be safe and cool inside?
Mm-hmm. Very.
You wouldn't want to lose
all this, would you?
What do you mean?
I provide a beautiful life for you.
[CLICKS TONGUE]
You asked me to move in.
- And thank God I did.
- You don't even believe in God.
Well, I might be having
a change of heart
with my grandson on the way.
Babies are a blessing.
Hmm. And I want to protect him.
So do I.
Then why are you getting wet for Nuck?
What?
I overheard you talking to Kiesha.
Don't be spying on me.
[MAGAZINE SLAMS]
Dramatic music ♪
I can't have you fucking another man
while you're carrying my son's child,
especially a man
that might have had something
to do with his death.
You said it was Zay.
Nuck said it was Zay,
and he could be lying.
Why would he?
To save his own life.
♪
Stay away from him, for me.
♪
[TELEPHONE RINGING,
INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I'ma need you on deliveries today.
You want me running the streets
on the hottest day
- of the summer?
- Yep.
- Shit.
- Grab your keys, right here.
- [JAMAL] All right.
- [DOM] Okay.
Jazz music ♪
♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
[JAKE CLICKS TONGUE]
[REG] Who the fuck is Tarisha?
Some girl I've been talking to.
- You like her?
- Maybe.
She look my age, nigga.
She is your age.
You like these older bitches, huh?
At least you like bitches.
Tell her to come over.
- Is you gonna leave?
- I'll give you some room.
All right, bet.
Order some food, nigga.
In the streets where
it's hot, we keep it locked ♪
Guns cocked, ready for action ♪
[PERSON] Ooh.
[CASH REGISTER BELL DINGS]
[EMMETT] Grab a little cash.
Hey, man. Uh
♪
Can I hold some cash?
What makes you think
I got money to loan?
I do your books.
They say never hire family.
This must be why.
[CHUCKLES] I'ma pay you back.
- How much you need?
- Like, three racks.
Damn, nigga.
- What you need it for?
- I-I owe somebody.
Dad said you be betting too much.
- No, it's not that bad.
- Mm-hmm.
- Hey, you know I'm good for it.
- You better pay me back.
[KNOCKING ON GLASS,
ZIPPER OPENS, DAMIEN CHUCKLES]
Hey, you better not ask me again.
No.
After this, I'm done. I promise.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[EMMETT] My bad, baby.
I ain't even know y'all went outside.
Organ music ♪
♪
[ZEKE] We are gathered here today
to send brother Khalil home.
He was taken from this
world far too soon.
Gun violence continues
to plague our community.
We have to value life
more than we value street cred.
I'm reminded of Simon Peter,
when Peter asked Jesus
why he could not follow him.
Ominous music ♪
♪
Did you come to mourn
or make sure he was dead?
He put my life in danger
because he wanted to show off.
All right? That's not acceptable.
You put your life in danger every day.
I lay low.
[WHISPERING] The day will come
when God will judge you.
[NUCK BREATHING HEAVILY]
Well, today ain't that day.
Lucky you.
Hip-hop music ♪
♪
Whoo. Oh, shit, man.
It's hot as hell.
You mentioning it every five minutes
ain't making shit no better.
Yeah, I ain't mad with these
women wearing these sundresses
- right now, though.
- [DARNELL] Mm-hmm.
Better than scrolling
through my damn phone all day.
Ah, man, them girls on social media
ain't nothing but AI, dog.
Man, I'm done with that shit.
He's just salty 'cause he got dragged.
- Right.
- [LAUGHTER]
You damned if you do,
damned if you don't
- in them Internet streets.
- Hey, man, I told you.
Stop reading the comments
and just look at the pictures.
Hey, Shaad, what's that,
you on that
that Tic-Toc-Toe app?
- [LAUGHS]
- oh, God, it's Tiktok, nigga.
- Okay?
- Same thing.
And I'm only on social media
for the after-dark content.
Oh oh, shit.
Man, y'all nasty as hell.
Whatever, man, I'm sure there's
some corners of the Internet
that you venture to
when no one's living.
Fuck that. I been using
my imagination lately.
Ooh. Have fun with that.
- [LAUGHTER]
- [SHAAD] What the hell?
For real, what's wrong with
meeting women in real life?
Man, it's easier to slide
in the DMs, player.
Hold on now, you shouldn't be
sliding in nobody's DMs
- Right.
- You laid up over there
- in Alicia's castle.
- Right.
Hey, man, well, that castle getting
a little too crowded nowadays.
What's it like living with Tiff?
Man, Tiff and that baby are the center
of Alicia's universe.
- You sound kind of jealous.
- Yeah, right.
What, you want to switch places?
Shit, I wouldn't mind
waking up to Tiff every day.
Oh, really?
[LAUGHTER, EXCITED CHATTER]
Now I lay me down to sleep ♪
I pray the Lord my soul to keep ♪
And if I should die
before I awaken straight ♪
I pray the Lord my soul to take ♪
Take control,
grab a hold of your fate ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Let me tell you
what my life like, life like ♪
Used to wanna be like Mike,
like Mike ♪
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
I'm boycotting Smokey's.
Devil used to have a grip
on me, and it was viselike ♪
- Hello.
- [PERSON] Good.
♪
Y'all using genetically
modified meats.
Now I'm living in the light life ♪
Now I lay me down to sleep ♪
I know I got it in here.
And if I should die before I awake ♪
$27.84?
Man, y'all robbing people.
Killing the Black community
one stomach at a time.
I'm thinking about going vegetarian.
I pray the Lord my soul to take ♪
Take control, grab a hold
of your fate, hey, yo ♪
You know what? Don't worry about it.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Life ain't a day at the beach, son ♪
Christ, Get out of here!
♪
Where's my barbecue sauce?
- That's extra.
- [SCOFFS]
- Have a good one.
- You too.
But people keep yielding
to their own understanding ♪
Now I lay me down to sleep ♪
hip-hop music ♪
♪
Hi. [GIGGLES]
I don't know why you fucking
with my little brother.
[CLICKS TONGUE] Nigga, stop hating.
Y'all both cute.
I taught his ass everything he knows.
You can't fuck with the student
with the teacher right here.
- You ain't teach me shit.
- Stop lying.
You wouldn't be shit
if it wasn't for me.
- I'll leave.
- No, you good.
Let's just go back to my room.
Why you trying to dip
before the food get here?
- 'Cause I'm not hungry.
- I am.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
♪
What'd you say your name was? Tarisha?
Yes, my name is Tarisha.
I'm saying, I know
you been staring at me
since you walked up in here.
- What's happening, my boy?
- [JAKE] What's going on?
♪
You all right?
- Yeah, I'm good.
- All right.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Upbeat R&B music ♪
♪
The grass ain't greener
on the other side ♪
They lyin' to you ♪
- Are you sure?
- This is a great turnout.
[ZEKE] Yeah, thanks to your
social-media outreach.
I got some folks here, too,
I mean, the old-school way
passing out flyers, knocking on doors.
Reach out and touch somebody's hand.
Make this world a better place.
- [BOTH] If you can.
- I hear you.
We know how you like
laying hands on people.
- Yo, where'd you hear that?
- Hey, let's focus, gentlemen.
I want to see this kind of turnout
when we're not passing out free food.
[PAPA] Good luck with that.
[CHARLES] Yeah, folks want
to meet people, Pastor.
I told you we need to start
doing dating seminars.
Folks want to find love and God
at the same place.
I am not a matchmaker.
But God is.
It's not the worst idea.
Now y'all ganging up on me?
People may not be
looking for God, but
they are looking for love.
Hmm. Romantic love
with prayers attached.
♪
You like this idea, Papa?
I think it could generate
some new members.
[CHARLES] Mm-hmm.
Okay.
I'll think about it, eh?
[SHAAD] Man, I'm about to give
Alicia her walking papers.
Man, you are
the most ineligible bachelor
that I know stayed leaving
a beautiful Black woman's bed.
[LAUGHS]
First, it was Deja, right?
You cheated on her with my girl.
Hey, she wasn't even
your girl for real.
So what?
Then you got Rob's mom,
who's sitting over there
with more money than
God Himself and a working AC.
And, what, you trying to leave her
'cause she trying to focus
on her grandbaby?
She's just too controlling.
You want her to be more submissive?
Just a little bit.
So you want her to take orders
while living in her house?
See, when you put it like that,
it does sound kind of weird.
- [LAUGHS] It does.
- How you want me to put it?
I just want us to be
more like partners.
But how?
You ain't bringing in no money.
I'm her protector, okay?
She pays me to be her bodyguard.
- Okay, Kevin Costner.
- [LAUGHTER]
Y'all got jokes. Okay, okay.
Listen, it's just not
working out, all right?
- [DARNELL] Hey.
- Man, do what you got to do.
Thank you.
Yeah, I'm so glad
Jada took me off the market.
Ain't nothing in these streets for me.
I can't believe
I'm back on the market.
Yeah, they ain't gonna let you
sleep either.
- They love your chocolate ass.
- [DARNELL] Mm-hmm.
They do.
Yeah, just make sure
y'all wrap it up, boys.
Y'all don't want to be
like Emmett ass.
- [LAUGHS]
- [SHAAD] What?
I'll say this, though.
I just can't believe Emmett
about to have another one.
- [VICTOR] Mm.
- Yeah, I can.
I mean, I guess
it kind of run in the family.
- Right.
- That's what we say.
Oh, okay, that's
what y'all laughing at?
About to have
the Jackson 5 over there.
[PHONE RINGING]
Forensics just got back to us.
The vomit found at the scene
belongs to Bakari Bronson.
Does he have a record?
He got pulled over
for driving a stolen car.
Any family?
Foster kid.
You think he could be a killer?
Could be.
You don't have an address, do you?
If I did, you'd have it.
Dramatic music ♪
♪
[TOUSSAINT SIGHS]
♪
Hip-hop music ♪
♪
[TARISHA GIGGLING]
- I'm leaving.
- [REG] Hold up. Hold up.
You ain't got to go nowhere.
♪
[GIGGLING]
What the fuck is you doing?
Uh, the room is right
over there to the left, yeah.
♪
I been talking to her for months.
Obviously, she ain't worth your time
if she this quick to fuck me.
♪
[LAUGHS]
♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
♪
She big motion, wavy, wavy ♪
Unh, that wave motion
that drive you crazy ♪
Yeah, she big motion, wavy, wavy ♪
Unh, that wave motion
that drive you crazy ♪
Yeah, she big motion, wavy, wavy ♪
Unh, that wave motion
that drive you crazy ♪
[MUFFLED MOANING]
[CHEERING, CHATTER]
Upbeat music ♪
♪
I'm hot and tired.
I'm hot, tired, pregnant.
- Mm, I need a nap.
- [KIESHA SIGHS]
[CHILDREN YELLING]
Oh, shit, is EJ fighting
that little boy?
Shit, yeah. That's now that's on.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- I think you hatin'.
I really do.
Man, I thought you were
supposed to use that
to pay off another debt.
Don't worry. I got this.
[HANNIBAL SCOFFS]
Hey, you bet on sports?
[DAMIEN] Yeah.
Hey, you know I'm trying
to build an app for that shit.
Too many niggas losing money
betting on sports.
We need to profit from it somehow.
So you try and profit off our pain?
Would you rather
the white man profit from it?
I'd rather nobody profit off of it.
- Shit sucks.
- Yeah, forget that.
I hope we don't lose this game.
- We better not.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO]
Pensive music ♪
♪
- [SHAAD] Who that?
- [BRAKES SQUEAL]
I don't know. She looks serious.
[TOUSSAINT] Victor Taylor.
♪
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO]
[VICTOR SPITS]
♪
Long way from city hall, Mr. Taylor.
[CHUCKLES] What you want?
I want to know where your brother is.
What you want with Jake?
That's not the brother
I'm talking about.
[SIGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO]
You always did have
a great poker face.
Look, we don't want no trouble.
He's looking for it.
I can't tell who this is.
Maybe not.
It's enough for me
to start sniffing around.
Well, come back
when you got something.
I will. Just give me some time.
♪
[ENGINE TURNING OVER]
[DARNELL SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [KIESHA] We're so sorry.
- [EMMETT] Yeah, my bad, man.
He know he not supposed to be hitting.
What's wrong with you, man?
EJ, what happened?
Boy, what happened to your head?
We were playing barbershop.
With real clippers?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]
Upbeat gospel music ♪
I'm gonna lay down my burden ♪
Down by the riverside ♪
Down by the riverside ♪
I'm gonna lay down my burden ♪
Down by the riverside ♪
Down by the riverside ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[PERSON] Oh, shit.
Study war no more ♪
Study war no more ♪
I ain't gonna study war no more ♪
Study war no more ♪
- Great dress.
- Thank you.
- [GIGGLES]
- [ZEKE] Um
you you can't be here.
Why not?
Um, this is an official
church cookout.
So just because I don't work
for you anymore,
I can't come to church events?
Sarah, we appreciate
your father's generous donation
to the church,
- but no, no, it's just for us.
- It's just that
[CHARLES] We all Black.
What?
I didn't know
it was a segregated event.
It's not.
But I'm clearly not welcome.
Of course you are.
So I'm welcome
in your office after hours
but not at the cookout?
Please, just lower your voice.
Please, please.
Can we talk about this later, please?
[SARAH SCOFFS]
Told you.
♪
Bye, Jake.
Bye.
I'm gonna hit you later.
Hip-hop music ♪
♪
Don't talk to me.
Stop acting like a little bitch.
♪
What you gonna do?
♪
Get up! Yeah, you want to fight?
Get your ass up.
Get your bitch ass up.
Man, I wish you was dead for real.
Don't you ever in your fucking
life say some shit like that
to me again, nigga.
Bring your motherfucking
ass back here.
- [DOOR SLAMS]
- Open the fucking door, Jake.
Jake, open the fucking door!
Man, what the fuck going on?
- Come out of there.
- [DOOR OPENS]
What happened?
- You called this nigga?
- No.
Then what the fuck he doing here?
Fuck all that.
Y'all robbing ATMs now?
The police looking for your ass.
- Oh, shit.
- [CELL PHONE CHIMES]
Right, nigga. Hold on, man.
Who the fuck is you texting?
Man, stay the fuck out of my business.
Look, if you want to go
to jail, that's fine.
But leave Jake the fuck out of it.
We'll kill the cameras next time.
Nigga, if there's a next time,
I'ma kill you myself.
You really want to kill me, bro?
Nigga, I will if I have to.
Look, you can have this apartment.
- I'm gonna live with Vic.
- You ain't going nowhere.
He coming with me.
What? Fuck you mean?
Y'all hey.
So y'all just gonna forget
all the shit that Mama said?
♪
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Thanks.
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
♪
This ain't working out. [SIGHS]
♪
I always knew you'd be temporary.
Wait, what'd you say?
I just knew
it wasn't gonna last forever.
Why not?
Because we're from two
different worlds, you and I.
But it was fun while it lasted.
Yeah, it was.
You're a sweet man.
I just have my sights
set on other things.
Like Bakari.
Oh, co [SCOFFS]
You are not jealous.
I'm not.
- So we good, then?
- Of course.
Can I still be on the payroll?
[CHUCKLES]
Yes. I need you to protect me.
I promise
- I'll always protect you.
- Good.
♪
Because there's a war brewing,
and I need to know I can count on you.
Absolutely.
♪
[GRUNTS] Thank you for bringing
all this food.
- Oh.
- I know it's a long drive.
I don't mind.
Alicia never lets me eat like this.
Why not?
'Cause she says
it's not good for the baby.
Please, my mama was a chain-smoker
when she was pregnant with me.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Damn.
Well, at least I ain't eat
the magic mushroom.
I'm still recovering from that.
And how was it?
It was crazy.
What did you see?
The old me.
[TIFF] Literally?
Mm-hmm. Motherfucker
was trying to kill me.
You killed yourself?
I mean, I I woke up
just when I broke free.
Oh, shit.
What do you think it means?
I have to kill the old me.
And that scares me.
Why?
Because I don't know
who I am without him.
I think you're amazing.
- Come on.
- I'm serious.
You are a good man, Victor.
Thank you.
That means a lot to me.
Dramatic jazz music ♪
You mean a lot to me.
♪
You mean a lot to me, too.
♪
[INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS]
You should probably get some rest.
I got it.
- You sure?
- Mm-hmm.
♪
Text me when you get home.
I will.
♪
Hip-hop music ♪
♪
I'm living in glory, in glory ♪
I got favor, heaven adore me ♪
Y'all pull up,
let me tell my story ♪
I'm living in glory ♪
[CHILDREN CHATTERING]
I'm living in glory, in glory ♪
I got favor, heaven adore me ♪
- [JAMAL] Y'all need some help?
- [CHILD] Mm-hmm.
I'm living in glory, in glory ♪
Life ain't perfect,
but it's good, though ♪
I guess that's the silver
lining that I live for ♪
'Cause, see, the reaper
better harvest ♪
And you should sow ♪
The kind of seeds that make
your blessings grow tenfold ♪
That's why you catch me out
volunteering my time ♪
'Cause when I shed light
on others, I shine ♪
So I just keep these
scriptures deep in my mind ♪
'Cause I know heaven exists
beyond the skyline ♪
That's right, this life
is less about cashing checks ♪
It's more about the reach
of the folks you bless ♪
I never, ever have lost hope
just yet ♪
It never, ever will,
'cause He order my steps ♪
Yeah, I'm living in glory,
in glory ♪
I got favor, heaven adore me ♪
Y'all pull up,
let me tell my story ♪
I'm living in glory, glory,
in glory, glory ♪
I'm tired of being a secret.
Look, I'm already coming off
one scandal.
I don't need another one.
What is so scandalous about us?
- Have you looked in the mirror?
- I know I'm white.
You don't act like it.
[SIGHS]
I'm free to do what I want.
- And I'm not.
- You can be free with me.
I know. That's why I like you.
But I can't tear this down.
It's taken too long
for me to build it.
I know.
Just give me some time.
I will.
Romantic jazz music ♪
You got to stop kissing me at church.
[LAUGHS]
♪
[KEITH] Ahh. Mm.
So how long you been out?
Oh, not too long.
Yeah, I see you around
the yard a few times.
Yeah, I'm sorry.
I stayed to myself in there.
Yeah, me too.
So how you holding up?
Mopping floors at Smokey's.
That's my boy's spot.
It's crazy to see
a nigga in charge like that.
There's a lot of niggas
running shit now.
Wasn't like that
when we was coming up.
[SHAAD SCOFFS]
Niggas still got to hustle to get by.
What you doing?
Working security.
Protecting who?
- This woman.
- [CHUCKLES] She your woman?
- Not anymore.
- Oh.
There's some beautiful women out here.
- Mm.
- I'm trying to give
this one chick my last name.
- [SHAAD] Word?
- Yeah.
Her name Tracy.
Wait, she light-skinned?
[KEITH] Yeah.
- I know her.
- [CHUCKLES] Oh.
You know she lost a son a while ago.
Yeah, she told me.
Whoa. Shit.
Oh, we just getting acquainted.
- Oh.
- She the type of woman
make you turn
your life around, though.
Yeah, there's a few women
that done turned my life around
since I've been out.
Yeah, I hear that's the move.
You find you a gig and a woman.
- Keep your nose clean.
- Exactly.
There's a group of guys
that's been helping me
keep my shit together, too, you know.
Emmett's in the group.
Oh.
Loop me in.
I got you.
Cheers, man.
Shi-i-i-t. [CHUCKLES]
- That's game, fellas.
- [LAUGHTER]
As long as y'all don't have
500 points on the board,
this shit ain't over.
I mean, we can keep playing,
but, mathematically,
you've already been eliminated.
Already. [LAUGHS]
[MOCKINGLY] "Mathematically,
you already been eliminated."
- [GRUNTS MOCKINGLY]
- Shut your nerd ass up.
Hey, hey, whoa, whoa, Terry Crews.
All that hostility.
It's okay. It's okay.
I'd be mad if I lost
all my money to a nerd, too.
- [HANNIBAL CHUCKLES]
- Lost all my money?
Nigga, you out your rabbit-ass mind?
If it's one thing I got, it's money.
[PERSON CHUCKLES]
I'll match whatever you got.
One hand, winner takes all.
I got $6,000.
Hey, n-nigga, we got $6,000.
You ain't said nothing but a word.
I keeps me a bankroll.
- What you say, bitch-ass nigga?
- [CHUCKLES]
- [RUFUS] You got heart or nah?
- [MOUTHING WORDS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Fuck it.
Trust me.
[HANNIBAL SCOFFS]
One for the money, money,
two for the show, show ♪
Three to get ready, ready,
four, let's go, go ♪
Five, we out the door, hey,
six, we got the key, yeah ♪
Seven, we start it up, come on ♪
Eight, we in these streets,
what's up? ♪
Y'all look nervous, and you should be.
[CHAIR SCRAPES]
♪
- [CROWD MURMURS]
- [RUFUS] That's how we do it.
- [PERSON] Every time.
- [PERSON 2] Oh, man.
[PERSON] Got your goofy ass.
Pleasure doing business with you.
♪
Start resting, I just want
to tell you something ♪
Please stick to the flow ♪
'Cause once we go up,
going down ♪
[DAMIEN] Fuck.
Emmett gonna kill me.
Three to get ready, ready,
four, let's go ♪
[SIGHS]
Somber music ♪
- [VICTOR SIGHS]
- Why is he like this?
♪
I don't know.
He was always
the smallest kid on the block.
Used to pick fights so people
wouldn't fuck with him.
♪
After a while, he got used
to being the boogeyman.
You know, it became his identity.
He don't know who he is without it.
Were y'all close as kids?
♪
I was too busy hustling.
I looked out for him when
I could, but it wasn't enough.
I mean, he was a kid one
minute, then grown the next.
Once he started making
fast money on the streets,
it's nothing I could do.
I knew he was gone.
♪
What about me?
You're the reason I came back.
I don't want you to be like him.
Want me to be like you?
I want you to be yourself.
♪
[SIGHS] I just want us to be
a family again.
♪
[TOUSSAINT] Bakari Bronson?
Yeah.
I'm Detective Toussaint.
What you want with me?
I just want to talk.
I ain't got to talk to you.
Maybe Lynae'll talk to me.
[DISTANT DOG BARKING]
Tense music ♪
♪
[SCOFFS] Leave her out of this.
♪
I know she was with you
when you got pulled over
in that stolen car.
I know you're a foster kid.
So what?
Your DNA was found across the street
from where Robert Lafayette's
body was dumped.
I don't know
what you're talking about.
It was Thanksgiving.
I'm sure you had a lot to eat.
Maybe the shock of seeing
a dead body made you vomit.
Leave me alone.
I don't think you did it.
But I think you know who did.
Was it Reg?
♪
Did Reg do it?
If it was him,
I'll make sure he goes away
- for the rest of his life.
- [DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
I know you want out of all of this.
Call me when you're ready to talk.
♪
[INSECTS CHIRPING, EMMETT SIGHS]
Everybody asleep?
[KIESHA] Yeah, I think the heat
finally got to 'em.
- Yeah, today was just crazy.
- [SIGHS]
Who knew raising kids
could be so exhausting?
Or expensive?
I feel like I never have time
for myself.
I don't have time to just think.
[SIGHS] And we're about
to have another one.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [EMMETT] Mm-hmm.
I'm getting sleepy
just thinking about it.
[KIESHA LAUGHS]
But we blessed.
Yeah.
God is good.
You know what the best part
about today was?
What?
Spending it with you.
Soft piano music ♪
Some days I feel like
I'm not gonna make it.
But I look at you, and I
know I can keep going.
I feel the same way about you.
♪
[CLICK, KIESHA SIGHS]
- What?
- Thank God.
- Finally.
- [KIESHA SIGHS]
- Some relief.
- [KIESHA CHUCKLES]
♪
First to the streets ♪
♪
That I try to leave alone ♪
[VICTOR SIGHS]
For the streets ♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
Outside, yeah ♪
[ALICIA] Huh.
Now I'm by your side ♪
A detective approached me tonight.
Tense music ♪
About what?
It was about your son.
♪
What about him?
She asked me if Reg killed him.
- Who?
- Jake's brother.
- Victor?
- Nah, he got another brother.
Everybody thought he was dead,
but he's not.
But I was told that Zay killed my son.
Then why would she ask about Reg?
- Is he a killer?
- Yeah.
♪
[BAKARI SIGHS]
Do you think he had
something to do with it?
I don't know.
♪
Where can I find him?
I can get you the address. [SIGHS]
♪
You lucky I love your ass.
[DOM] I know you not complaining.
- I'm soaking wet.
- [DOM LAUGHS]
Don't even make the joke. [LAUGHS]
[DOM] I, too, am sweaty.
You better not be sleep
when I get home.
[DOM] You better hurry up.
I'm coming.
[DOM] See you when you get home.
- Love you.
- Love you, too.
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]
[DISTANT DOG BARKING]
Ominous music ♪
♪
[JAMAL] What's up, brah?
♪
Is that him?
Yep.
I can't believe
this nigga's really alive.
What are you doing?
- Oh!
- [GUNSHOTS, PERSON SHOUTS]
- Oh, fuck!
- [REG] What the fuck?
- Oh, shit.
- [GUNSHOTS]
- Go!
- [TIRES SQUEALING]
♪
[ENGINE REVVING]
[CAR ALARMS BLARING]
♪
- [RADIO ANNOUNCER] What a day.
- [LAUGHTER]
[RADIO ANNOUNCER 2] Talk about it.
[RADIO ANNOUNCER] Thank God that sun
- has finally gone down.
- [RADIO ANNOUNCER 2] Uh-huh.
[RADIO ANNOUNCER 3] Mm-hmm.
[RADIO ANNOUNCER]
I don't know about y'all,
but I just heard my power's back on.
- [RADIO ANNOUNCER 3] I did, too.
- [RADIO ANNOUNCER] Thank God.
[RADIO ANNOUNCER 2] Yeah. Amen.
[RADIO ANNOUNCER]
If your power's back on,
tap in with us, dial in
Look, maybe now we can chill.
[RADIO ANNOUNCER 3]
Yeah, what's the first thing
you gonna do?
[RADIO ANNOUNCER]
Sit back, relax. Stay cool.
Here's a little Guy for you.
I'm out.
Why don't you give me
that commitment? ♪
Let's settle down ♪
I promise everything
will be all right ♪
Come closer ♪
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Let's chill ♪
Oh, oh, baby ♪
Hey, hey, yeah ♪
♪
- Let's chill ♪
- Let's chill, baby ♪
- Let's settle down ♪
- Oh, no, oh, no ♪
- That's what I want to do ♪
- All I want to do with you ♪
Just me and you ♪
Come here, baby ♪
♪
Come lay next to me ♪
♪
Oh, oh, oh ♪
- Let's chill, baby ♪
- Let's chill ♪
- Let's settle down ♪
- Come on, baby ♪
- That's what I want to do ♪
- That's all I want to do ♪
- With you ♪
- Just me and you ♪
Forever ♪
And ever ♪
Ever and ever ♪
Ever and ever ♪
Always ♪
Forever and ever ♪