The Chi (2018) s07e09 Episode Script

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[PAPA] Previously on The Chi
Oh, shit.
Why the hell
would you post that picture
- without talking to me first?
- I thought you said
we didn't have to be a secret anymore.
I noticed last service,
most of the Black
women parishioners
aren't showing up anymore.
Yeah, they don't like Sarah.
Do you know a Reginald Taylor?
If you can bring him to me,
I will make sure
that your son is a free man.
Understood.
[NUCK] So what you want with Reg?
I want him behind bars
so I can set my son free.
You look out for me,
and I'll look out for you.
[DARNELL] All right, now, son,
I need you to go in there
and tell them people
about your gambling problem.
[DAMIEN] So you gonna
come inside with me
and make sure I go to the meeting?
[DARNELL] You best believe I am.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[ZURI] So what do you bet on?
Sports, mostly.
- Hmm.
- You?
How quickly I can get a guy to fuck me.
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- Boy, don't you see
I'm trying to talk to somebody?
[DAMIEN] Why were you coming out
of a grieving partners meeting?
Jada's dying.
[REG] I'll give you
five bands if you answer
my next question right.
- You in, or you out?
- Ugh.
- Don't do it.
- Bet.
How many points, rebounds,
assists, steals, and blocks
did Jordan have during his flu game?
Thirty-eight points, seven rebounds,
five assists, two steals, one block.
- Easy.
- [HANNIBAL CHUCKLES]
- Oh, shit!
- [LAUGHTER]
He got them five bands off you, nigga.
Three steals, nigga.
Guess you ain't the super fan
you thought you was.
- [DAMIEN] Fuck.
- Yeah.
[GROANS]
- Oh, my God, what happened?
- Who did this to you?
[DAMIEN] Reg.
[REG] Hey, man, what the fuck?
Man, what the fuck is you doing?
Why you beat up my brother?
[REG] Man, he owed me money, nigga!
- [BLOWS LANDING]
- Emmett, Emmett, stop.
Get the
[GUNSHOT]
[BODY THUDS]
Tense music ♪
♪
[HEARTBEAT THUMPING]
[HANNIBAL] Nigga,
what the fuck did you do?
[REG] Fuck you mean what I just did?
He just ran up on me.
[HANNIBAL] So you shot the nigga?
[REG] Get him the fuck out of here.
♪
Dramatic jazz music ♪
♪
Somber music ♪
♪
We're looking for Emmett Washington.
[NURSE] Only family members
and spouses allowed.
- [DAMIEN] We are the family.
- What floor is he on?
- [NURSE] Are you his wife?
- No, I'm not.
[NURSE] I'm sorry,
then I can't let you in.
- We basically married.
- She's pregnant with his child.
- Basically isn't married.
- Are you fucking kidding me?
I'm his ex-wife.
Does that count for something?
No. This isn't personal. It's protocol.
Look, we're his parents.
That's his brother.
Can you let us back now?
♪
- Come on.
- Okay.
Hey, hey.
I'll text y'all as soon
as I know something, okay?
- Thank you.
- Love you.
[DARNELL] You too.
♪
What's taking so long?
[SIGHS SHARPLY]
Did Darnell text you?
All he said was, he's in surgery.
- [SIGHS]
- What does that mean?
[SIGHING]
It means he's alive.
That's a blessing. [SIGHS]
What if he's brain-dead?
What if
what if we got to keep him
alive with machines?
I don't know. What what do you
think he would have wanted?
I don't know.
We never talked about it.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
Me and Rob never talked
about what we would do
if something happened to him.
I can't lose Emmett.
[SIGHS]
You won't.
- How do you know?
- [TIFF] I just know.
Thank you for being here.
Of course.
I love Emmett.
I know you do.
Not like that.
I know what you mean.
♪
Is he gonna be okay?
We don't know yet.
He's still in surgery.
- We should pray.
- Babe, don't.
[JAMAL] Don't what?
I am not in the mood to pray right now.
Me either.
[SHAAD SIGHS]
Can we get y'all anything?
There's nothing we need.
Let's just be present.
Kiesha, can I talk to you real quick?
So what the fuck happened?
Damien came home.
- His face was all bloody.
- Fuck.
[KIESHA] Emmett asked who did it.
He said Reg.
I thought he was dead.
Did you know he was alive?
So where Reg stay at?
[KIESHA] I don't want you
getting involved in this.
It's too late.
What are you talking about?
Don't lie to me.
Can I trust you?
You're the father of my child.
You can tell me anything.
The cops is looking for Reg,
and they want me to help find him.
Oh, shit.
I just need to know where he at.
I don't know where he at.
So how did Emmett know where he was?
[KIESHA] I think he's staying
in Jake's apartment.
Tense music ♪
♪
Man, what the fuck?
Who the fuck your brother run with?
Man, I ain't telling you.
Nigga, if Emmett dies,
the whole city gonna be on his ass.
♪
Man, let me go.
♪
He run with this nigga Hannibal.
You know him?
Yeah.
Yeah, I do.
Foreboding music ♪
♪
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA]
What happened to your face?
You already know what happened.
Clearly someone whupped your ass.
- I want to know why.
- Does it matter?
[DARNELL] Yes, it matters.
I should have gave you all the money.
Did you ask your step mama for money
- even after what I told you?
- I had to.
You lose another bet?
- Answer me, boy.
- Yes.
And now you got your brother
laid up in a hospital bed,
- dying 'cause of
- Watch your words.
Emmett is going to survive.
Yeah, but what if
[VOICE BREAKING] What if he doesn't?
I mean, what if
Weren't you the one that told me
that doctors don't have the last word?
God does?
Yeah. Yes.
Oh, Jada.
I don't know what I'm gonna do
without you, Jada.
- [JADA] Mm.
- [DARNELL] Oh.
[JADA SIGHS]
Oh, shit.
It's okay.
[SNIFFLES]
Damien.
Yes, sir.
If I ever catch you gambling again,
I am gonna remove you from our lives.
- You can't say that.
- I just did.
[SIGHS] I'm done.
Yeah, I'll believe that when I see it.
You better pray that he wakes up.
I am praying.
Somber music ♪
♪
- [INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
- So what y'all about to do?
I want him out of my apartment.
I want him out of our lives.
Well, how do y'all plan on doing that?
We'll sit his ass down
and tell him what it is.
You can do the talking.
You gonna speak for yourself.
You a grown-ass man now.
It's time to start acting like one.
Y'all just about to throw him away?
Man, he's y'all's brother.
Emmett's more of a brother
to me than Reg ever was.
Let's go.
[SHAAD SCOFFS, CAR DOOR OPENS]
[CAR DOORS CLOSE]
Hey, I need to talk to Hannibal.
What do you want with my husband?
Damn, I ain't know
the nigga was married.
Well, you know now. How can I help you?
Tell him it's about Emmett.
He good?
I know you took him to the hospital.
Is that why you came here
with blood all over you?
[HANNIBAL SIGHS SOFTLY]
C-come inside.
[DOOR CLOSES]
You tough.
[ANGIE] You should meet my sister.
So I heard Reg is your boy.
Who told you that?
If you not careful, you can be next.
Nah, he know better than that.
Does he?
Tense music ♪
♪
Help me help you.
What you mean, man?
I need eyes on Reg.
Nigga, you know what you asking?
Yeah, and I also know
what I'm offering.
- [HANNIBAL] What's that?
- Protection.
- Oh, so you the cops now?
- Not at all.
Yeah, but you working with them, huh?
I ain't doing shit that Q ain't do.
Yeah, and that nigga's dead.
Because I told my boss to kill him.
You the mastermind?
Stay close to Reg.
I don't have a choice.
[NUCK] He's gonna come looking
for a place to stay soon.
He might even want to come stay
on your couch.
When he does, let him.
Nah, nah, fuck that.
He can't stay here.
♪
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA]
Poor Kiesha.
If Emmett don't make it,
at least his legacy will live
on through his children.
I could have died.
And what if you did?
I'd be out here like Tiff.
So are you saying you don't
want to have a kid with me
'cause you scared
something gonna happen to me?
I'm saying I don't want to have a kid
'cause I don't want to have kids.
It's not that complicated.
Well, I do.
Look, clearly, we need some help.
Pastor Zeke does couples counseling.
I'd rather go to an actual therapist.
So are you saying you would
prefer therapy to prayer?
That's exactly what I'm saying.
Okay. Let's do that.
Thank you.
- I love you.
- I love you, too.
[ANGIE] Now, why would
I let a crazy nigga
come stay with us?
[NUCK] So we can keep eyes on him.
[SCOFFS]
You move that man in here,
and you're sleeping on the couch.
Brother, he can't stay here.
Some things are sacred,
and making love to my wife
is one of them.
Bro, what the fuck are you doing?
Hey, I'ma find out
where he land, all right?
I promise.
I got you.
All right.
[HANNIBAL] All right.
Get out.
This ain't your crib, Trig.
You can't kick me out.
Get the fuck out, bro.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS, LAUGHS]
Y'all ass crazy.
[VICTOR]
Nigga, we not playing with you.
We want you the fuck out our lives.
[REG] So y'all serious?
[JAKE] Yeah.
♪
So y'all gonna choose
that Kenny Lattimore-looking
motherfucker over me
- your own flesh and blood?
- Get the fuck out.
Emmett pulled up on me!
Nigga, you beat up his brother.
I would have pulled up on you, too!
If Jake loses a bet, that's on him.
I ain't Superman,
and neither is you,
and neither is your boy.
All of y'all need
to stop jumping into shit
that ain't got nothing
to do with y'all!
You ain't have to shoot him.
Man, don't you never
roll up on somebody
if you ain't ready to kill him.
Do you hear me? Huh?
♪
Get out.
Somber music ♪
♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
[ALICIA] I'm sorry for your loss.
He's not dead. He's still in surgery.
If they lose him,
they'll never be the same.
How are you?
I'm scared.
Do you have a will?
No.
[ALICIA] You should.
Why?
Emmett getting shot is a clear sign
that your lives are always in danger.
He's gonna survive this.
And what if something happens to you?
Nothing is gonna happen to me.
That's what I thought about Rob.
I don't want to talk about that.
You don't have a choice.
I want you to meet with my lawyer.
- I can get my own lawyer.
- It won't be as good as mine.
People always think they have
more time than they do.
Let me make sure my grandson's secure
if anything else happens.
- Okay.
- [SIGHS]
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA]
[TIFF SNIFFLES]
[DOOR CLOSES]
What's up, y'all?
What's up?
[HANNIBAL] Where your brother at?
He don't live here no more.
[HANNIBAL] Y'all know
where I can find him?
[VICTOR] No.
Y'all done with him, huh?
Why you want to know?
I might be done, too.
Y'all be safe, man.
[JAKE] You too.
Dramatic jazz music ♪
♪
[CANDICE] What the fuck happened?
The nigga busted into my apartment
trying to fight me over some shit
that ain't got nothing to do with him.
Why he try to fight you?
Because his brother lost a bet to me,
so he tried to settle the shit.
Okay, you know what?
Can you please come sit down?
You're making me nervous.
- [REG GRUNTS SOFTLY]
- [CANDICE EXHALES DEEPLY]
Why did you shoot him?
I thought he was gonna try to shoot me.
Did you really think that?
I mean, we were scrapping.
And he was getting, what,
one too many licks in?
No, Candice, it wasn't like that.
I will shoot anybody who run up on me.
And look where that's got you
homeless and alone.
I'm not alone.
I'm with you.
Yeah, you are.
My own brothers chose
another nigga over me.
[SIGHS]
Okay, look, you can stay here
until you figure out
what your next move is.
But if the police show up
at my front door, you gone.
I got you.
Keep the circle tight,
that's how we move on them ♪
Please don't make us
have to do you sheisty ♪
Gripping on their neck
till they can't breathe ♪
If it ain't real, then it ain't me ♪
Keep the circle tight,
that's how we move on them ♪
Please don't make us
have to do you sheisty ♪
I'm way up chilling,
ain't worried about nothing ♪
Over here the family winning ♪
It's been inside my heart ♪
Since been in the beginning ♪
They tried to stomp it out ♪
Feel like my head's still ringing ♪
They tried to break me down
but never had ♪
I'm still swinging ♪
Coming like a dog to your throat ♪
Got you sighted in the scope ♪
Make them vaporize,
vanish like a ghost ♪
Try to play with me and mine ♪
If you got it on your mind ♪
Know I'm coming
with the hounds to your door ♪
Gripping on their neck
till they can't breathe ♪
If it ain't real, then it ain't me ♪
Keep the circle tight,
that's how ♪
[SIGHS] This is all your fault.
I didn't tell him to go confront Reg.
He loves you.
That doesn't mean
he has to fight for me.
That's what he does.
6He fights for his family.
I'm so sorry.
Emmett is who you
should be apologizing to.
He can't hear me right now.
[JADA SIGHS]
How do you know?
I got to get out of here.
And do what?
- [KIESHA] Go to Smokey's.
- Right now?
I can't take care of him,
I can at least take care
of his business.
- You want me to go with you?
- No, Dom's gonna meet me.
Are you sure you want to leave?
I feel helpless here.
Well, we'll call you
if he wakes up, okay?
Somber music ♪
♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
[SIGHS]
R&B music ♪
♪
[INHALES DEEPLY]
♪
Now you wanna give me the world ♪
But I don't want it ♪
Offering me diamonds and pearls ♪
But I don't want it ♪
Give it back to one of your girls ♪
That you been flaunting ♪
Every single night, I was
making sure you got it ♪
I put you on top of the world ♪
But you forgot it ♪
You put that Mercedes for
sale, and then I bought it ♪
Couldn't even put up
a ring on that deposit ♪
Didn't even know how to shoot it ♪
So I shot it ♪
You been riding high ♪
Our high is coming down ♪
I been making rounds ♪
That I'm turning down ♪
New crib, new car, it's a new thing ♪
I don't care, don't mind ♪
I don't give two shits about you ♪
No, baby, this what it is ♪
No, this what you get ♪
This what you get ♪
- [KIESHA SIGHS]
- Damn, Kiesha.
You open up this place better
than some of our employees.
Damien doesn't need to be
on register right now.
And Emmett fired Keith.
He did?
- Yep.
- [SIGHS]
Well, I heard Kenya's back.
Okay, she can work the register.
- Can you text her?
- Yeah, I'll text her.
And I'm gonna hit Lynae, too,
see if she's still game
- to help in the kitchen.
- Okay.
Who can manage this place
while Emmett is away?
I mean, I can't work the front
and the back of the house.
Maybe my cousin Serena knows somebody.
I need somebody trustworthy.
I got you.
- Thank you.
- We all we got.
[SARAH] I can't do this.
So now that I've lost my church
and everything I've worked for,
you can't do this?
[SARAH] I didn't sign up for this life.
And by this life,
you mean a humble one?
I thought you were gonna follow
in my dad's footsteps.
Me too, but your post
got us more attention
than I bargained for.
Now he's cleaning up
a scandal of his own.
[EZEKIEL] I heard.
And I don't want to add to his stress.
I've been pretty stressed, too.
It shouldn't be this hard.
Life is always hard.
We just have to pray through it.
[SCOFFS]
I'm used to a certain type
of lifestyle.
Right now every penny I have
is going into building my new church.
That church is too small for you.
No, it's too small for you.
I can't start from scratch.
I don't have a choice.
Yeah, but I do.
Let me guess
you've decided to leave.
I'll always care for you, Zeke.
Please don't call me that.
[SIGHS SOFTLY]
Bye, Ezekiel.
Goodbye, Sarah.
Dramatic jazz music ♪
[SIGHS]
[RENEE] Clearly, you two
need to be together.
Please don't meddle.
I'm your mother. It's my job to meddle.
I don't know how to be a pastor's wife.
I tried, and it didn't work out.
Well, that is a heavy burden to carry.
It was.
[RENEE] Marriage is more work.
I know that.
[RENEE] Sometimes that work
seems never-ending.
But with the right person,
it's worth it.
[CAROLYN] What if it's not?
Tense music ♪
Ma, I asked you a question.
♪
Oh, my God.
[RENEE] Is what this city's become?
I-I'll I'll talk to Kenya.
You need to talk to her father.
♪
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR OPENS]
Man, what the fuck?
- Hey, bro, chill.
- [CANDICE] Oh, shit.
- I forgot to tell you.
- This your nigga?
This my cousin Keith. He just got out.
Look, I came home late last night.
I didn't know nobody else was here.
Keith, this is Reg.
He's gonna be staying here
while he gets back on his feet.
So this a halfway house now?
You can always leave.
I'm good.
You find a job yet?
[KEITH] Give me a break.
I just got fired.
Where you was working?
Smokey's.
Emmett's spot?
You know him?
Just shot that nigga.
[LIGHTER CLICKS]
You shot Emmett?
- Yep.
- For what?
I had to beat his brother ass
for coming up short
on some bread he owed me.
Damien?
How you know?
He the reason why I got fired.
He snitched on me.
Damn.
I guess bitch ass-ness
just run that family, huh?
I heard Emmett tried
to kill Douda and missed.
[CLICKS TONGUE]
That nigga ain't no shooter.
Heard Emmett was the getaway driver.
The other nigga gun got jammed.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
You know who killed Douda?
Don't nobody know that.
Nice to see you two getting along.
Y'all hungry?
- Always.
- Okay, I'll order something.
Don't order nothing
from Smokey's, though.
Yeah, fuck them pussy-ass niggas
and their dry-ass chicken.
I like their special cheese dip.
It ain't nothing but shredded
chicken and melted Velveeta.
- I can make that shit at home.
- [REG] Oh, bro.
- [LAUGHING]
- What she talking about?
Dramatic jazz music ♪
♪
[JADA SNIFFLES]
♪
[DARNELL] Hey, babe.
Babe, come on.
Let's go get some coffee.
What if he wakes up?
Just gonna be two seconds. Come on.
I need you to stretch your legs.
Damien.
Come on, you too.
Nah, I'll hang here.
[DARNELL] All right.
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA]
Somber music ♪
[SNIFFLES]
[SIGHS]
[SNIFFLES]
I'm gonna get my shit together, Emmett.
♪
For real this time.
♪
Promise.
♪
I just need you to wake up
for me, brother.
♪
Please.
♪
[SNIFFLES]
♪
We need to talk about Kenya.
The last time you said that,
you told me she was pregnant.
I found a gun in her underwear drawer.
Oh, Jesus.
Where'd she get it?
I don't know.
What the hell is going on?
All I know is, she was dating
some guy who got killed,
and she's been depressed ever since.
I know.
It scared her.
Maybe she should come live with me.
Her and Miles are a package deal.
- You can't handle both of them.
- You don't know that.
- They need me.
- Do they?
I'll talk to her.
We both need to talk to her.
You're right.
[SIGHS SOFTLY]
Just call before you come next time?
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[HANNIBAL] So you staying here now?
Yeah.
For how long?
Why you asking?
Trying to make sure you good, nigga.
♪
I'm always good.
Hey, man, let me know
if you need anything, a'ight?
Shit, what I need is a shooter
by my side
24-7.
♪
- Don't look at me.
- Ain't you looking for work?
Not the kind get me locked up again.
- [LIGHTER CLICKS]
- But I know somebody.
You trust him?
Her.
And, yeah, I do.
I can't have no bitch
up under me all day.
She like bitches, too.
[BOTH SNICKERING]
- Oh, she one of them.
- [LIGHTER CLICKS]
♪
[INHALES SHARPLY]
All I know is, when she shoot,
she don't miss.
Tense music ♪
♪
Your father would turn over
in his grave
if he knew what you were doing.
Pastor Zeke has nowhere else to go.
I just need you to trust me.
I don't know how this is gonna work.
I believe in him.
I think it's gonna be okay.
I don't believe you.
You don't believe me,
or you don't believe in me?
Of course I believe in you.
Look, Ma, we need a new pastor,
and he needs a new start.
I think this could be good
for all of us.
Somber music ♪
♪
[SNIFFLES]
I lost a bet. [SIGHS]
♪
[SNIFFLES]
And the guy beat me up
'cause [INHALES DEEPLY]
I didn't have enough money
to pay off my debt.
And
when my brother saw me
he he just
[INHALES SHARPLY]
He left. [EXHALES DEEPLY]
And the next thing I knew,
he was in the hospital.
[JOHN] You have a sickness.
[SNIFFLES] I have to stop this.
[JOHN] That's why you're here.
[SNIFFLES]
[SIGHS]
I got to be done for good.
I promised my brother.
[JOHN] You got to take things
one day at a time.
[SIGHS]
♪
[SNIFFLES]
♪
This is it.
Smells like a old folks' home in here.
[CLICKS TONGUE]
We can spruce it up a bit.
We tried to, but we ran out of money.
Everything's gonna be okay.
Where you get this from?
My cousin got it
from this new cigar lounge.
She steal it?
She bought it.
It's nice.
There's more where that came from
if you want to work for her nigga.
Who her nigga?
- You remember Reg?
- I thought that nigga was dead.
That nigga is alive and well
and wants to keep it that way.
So that's why you here.
- You looking for work?
- Always.
He willing to meet with you.
He know I'm a bitch?
Mm, I told him you basically one of us.
[SCOFFS] I am not one of y'all.
Bitch, you know what I mean.
You want to talk to him or not?
I'll talk to him.
[LAWYER] Ms. Daniels-Lafayette
has already taken the liberty
of setting up a trust account
for your son,
which he will gain access to
at the age of 18.
[ALICIA] And I'll set up
a checking account
in your name so you have access
to discretionary funds
you may need for you or the baby.
Dramatic music ♪
Are you serious?
Of course.
[LAWYER] And these documents
will make you the executor
of Ms. Daniels-Lafayette's estate
in the event of her passing.
W-What does that mean?
[LAWYER] Well, you would be in charge
of all of her business dealings,
as well as any new
opportunities
that might present themselves.
♪
Look, I know that this is a lot
of information in one setting.
Yeah, I'm gonna need some more time
to digest all of this.
This is for your child's sake.
♪
Think of the future.
♪
Do you want to be a parent,
or do you want to have kids?
- What's the difference?
- There's a huge difference.
Why do you want kids?
[JAMAL] Uh, I just do.
[DOM] That is not a real answer.
[JAMAL] Why wouldn't
somebody want kids?
[DOM] A lot of reasons.
If we die
there's no one to carry on our legacy.
- What legacy?
- Our lineage.
Why is that so important to you?
I don't want my bloodline
to end with me.
So what if it does?
It feels like you want a child
so a part of you lives on
if you were to die.
Yeah.
That's not a good reason to have a kid.
Who says I even need a reason?
I do, especially if I'm gonna
be the one to carry it.
We're not going to resolve this
in one session.
So let's meet again next week
and keep talking.
Is that okay?
Yeah.
Somber music ♪
♪
[MONITOR BEEPING]
♪
[KIESHA] So Serena recommended you.
[SHAWNITA] Yeah, that's my girl.
She taught me sign language.
[KIESHA] Oh, that's what's up.
Where y'all meet?
Well, we used to ball together
at the Y.
Serena said you're
really good with people.
Hell, yeah. Shit, niggas love me
I mean people.
People love me. You
[CHUCKLES] You know what I meant.
Are you a good leader?
I'm the oldest of 14 kids.
I came out the womb
telling niggas what to do.
You ever been to jail?
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING]
I almost got locked up once, but
it was a case of mistaken identity.
Them doppelgangers are real, girl.
[LAUGHTER]
But my aunt is a judge,
and she got the case
dismissed on a technicality.
So the answer is no.
♪
It would be a temporary gig.
I know.
I heard your nigga got shot.
♪
I'm sorry.
[SHAWNITA] Same shit happened
to my boy Tyrone in '08.
Nigga shot him over a blackjack game,
but he survived that shit,
and he turned his life
over to God and everything.
Your baby daddy's
gonna make it out alive.
♪
Thank you.
Look, if you hire me,
then I'll make sure
that this place is running smooth.
[SIGHS]
You promise?
I'm like Dru Hill.
I'll never make a promise I can't keep.
You hired.
[LAUGHS] Boom.
[LAUGHING]
Thank you.
Hip-hop music ♪
♪
I was just trying to protect myself.
- [RENEE] From who?
- Anybody.
[RENEE] You must have lost your mind.
- Ma, we got this.
- [RENEE] Apparently not.
Renee, we got it.
[RENEE SCOFFS] Yeah.
I'm just scared.
What are you afraid of?
What if I'm next?
- Nothing's gonna happen to you.
- You don't know that.
I knew Zay. He was running the streets.
He led a violent life.
He also went to your church.
I can't control what happens
when people leave service.
This gun will not keep you safe.
It actually puts Miles in danger.
He doesn't know I have it.
Who gave it to you?
It was Zay's.
He showed it to me in the car once,
and he wanted me to have it.
Look, I don't like you
hanging around guys like that.
Guys like Dad?
Kenya
I want you to start
spending more time with me.
No.
Don't try to bond with me now.
I'm grown.
Just because you have a child
doesn't mean you're grown.
I have my own life.
You don't even have your own apartment.
[EZEKIEL] I'll see you at church.
- This Sunday?
- No, later tonight.
I-I'm gonna gather some folks
at the new church
to see if I can shift things.
Y'all haven't even moved in yet.
I don't need things to be perfect
in order for me to preach.
[GUNFIRE IN VIDEO GAME]
I'm like OG Kush,
I'ma make you choke ♪
Slam-dunking in your missus' throat ♪
It's a cold world,
so I brought a coat ♪
♪
[REG] She good.
[KEITH] Told you.
[SCOFFS] Stop talking about me
like I'm not standing here.
♪
My bad.
Do I got the job or what?
♪
Watch how you talk to me.
Nigga, I ain't got to watch shit.
♪
[LAUGHTER]
- I like you.
- I don't care.
- You hired.
- Pay me in cash.
That's all I deal with.
♪
- [GUNFIRE IN VIDEO GAME]
- [CHARACTER GROANS]
Why'd you want to meet here?
'Cause this is where I'll be
preaching from now on.
Hey, what's wrong?
[NUCK] Douda made me take him out.
- You killed Papa's father?
- I had no choice.
- Yes, you did.
- A job is a job.
Nuck [SIGHS]
who do you want to be?
I don't know.
If you don't know, then
what are we doing?
[SOMBER ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
Thanks for getting the word out
with your podcast.
- My listeners don't play.
- [CHUCKLES]
♪
In Deuteronomy chapter 30,
it says, "God, your God,
will restore everything you've lost."
[CONGREGATION MURMURING
IN AGREEMENT, APPLAUSE]
I'm gonna be honest with you.
I've lost a lot.
I've lost some people,
not because they made their transition
but because they made the decision
to transition out of my life.
And that's okay.
That's their choice.
I lost members of my congregation
because they didn't like
the way I was living
or with whom I was living.
That's okay.
God is able.
[CONGREGATION MURMURING IN AGREEMENT]
- I even lost some money.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
And I hate to do that.
No, no, he he knows
I hate to do that.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [CONGREGATION MURMURS]
But God is
using me.
And that is why I need to be obedient
even when I can't make sense
of His ways,
because when I let go
and let God
surprising things happen.
[CONGREGATION MURMURING
IN AGREEMENT, APPLAUSE]
My young brother Papa first
walked into my daughter's life.
Then when his father's life
was taken too soon
Papa walked into mine.
He has blessed me with his friendship,
and I have been impressed
with his growth
since he came to work for me.
And now he is trusting me
with his father's house.
[APPLAUSE, ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS]
[EZEKIEL] And I can promise you this.
This church will forever be
covered by God.
- Amen?
- [CONGREGATION MURMURS]
This church is, mm, holy ground.
This is where God lives.
And I'm so honored to announce
that we are the new owners
of Church of the Living Water.
- Amen.
- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[ZEKE] Yeah.
♪
I want to talk to you tonight
about gun violence
and ask the question,
why does it continue
to plague our city?
Why have we become accomplices
in our own extinction?
How many more bodies have to drop
before we look in the mirror?
No one else can save us.
We need to save ourselves.
And in order to do that,
we will need humility
and patience.
[CONGREGATION MURMURING IN AGREEMENT]
Humility and patience
I have both in spades. [CHUCKLES]
And I hope you do, too.
- [BOTH] All the time.
- [CONGREGATION MURMURS]
And we'll also need a lot of faith
[PERSON] Amen.
[CHUCKLES]
and not just any old faith.
We need that that that
that that that
unspeakable kind,
the faith that never wavers,
that faith that looks death in the face
and has no fear because it knows
- God is here.
- [APPLAUSE]
The kind of faith
that knows God is able
that's the kind we need.
We need the kind of faith
that'll change
the future of this city.
- Amen.
- [CONGREGATION] Amen.
- Amen?
- [CONGREGATION] Amen.
Amen.
♪
We need more than faith
to change the future of this city.
With God, anything's possible.
[SCOFFS]
What about our agreement?
You made a proposition.
I never agreed to anything.
Are you choosing
these hoodlums over me?
Those hoodlums outnumber you.
So you might as well get to know them
before you start
picking them off one by one.
You know there's no rules anymore.
This city is the Wild, Wild West.
The only problem is,
you want to make all the rules.
Tense music ♪
Somebody has to make them.
God already has.
[SCOFFS]
Mm-mm-mm. [CHUCKLES]
♪
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA]
[VICTOR GRUNTS]
Why you ain't tell me
Reg was still alive?
I wasn't telling nobody.
I thought we had something.
We do.
Not if you kept that from me.
Are you serious?
[SIGHS SHARPLY]
Maybe we moving too fast.
- Now we're moving too fast.
- It's a lot going on.
I know that. [SCOFFS]
I just need some time.
He's no longer in our lives.
I would hope not.
[DISTANT TELEPHONE RINGING]
Smooth music ♪
♪
Don't let them see you ♪
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
Crying no tears ♪
This was made ♪
For empty-hearted fools ♪
There's poison ♪
Underneath my tongue ♪
And it goes around in circles ♪
Till it finds someone ♪
Smooth ♪
Smooth killer, da, da, da ♪
Come on, feel me ♪
♪
[CAR ENGINE RUMBLING]
Tense music ♪
♪
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
♪
Dramatic jazz music ♪
♪
[MONITOR BEEPING]
[MOANS SOFTLY]
[GROANS, COUGHS]
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- [DARNELL GASPS, CHUCKLES]
[JADA] Oh, thank You, God.
Oh, thank You, thank You,
thank You, God.
- [EMMETT] Hey.
- Hey, welcome back, son.
[JADA SIGHS]
Where where's Kiesha at?
♪
The nurses wouldn't let her in.
I need to see her.
♪
- Hey, Pop.
- Hey, just relax, man.
Ah, shit hurt. [SIGHS]
[JADA] Mm.
- Hey, Mama.
- Baby.
I'm sorry.
Don't don't
- [DARNELL] No, you
- [KIESHA] Emmett.
[EMMETT] Hey. Hey.
I'm sorry.
♪
[KIESHA BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪
Will you marry me?
Tender music ♪
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Sweet love ♪
♪
Remember you told me, baby ♪
I've always been there by your side ♪
No one could ever love you ♪
And hold you the way I do at night ♪
There's no denying ♪
You got a place inside my heart ♪
You're always invited ♪
- So if you decided ♪
- Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
I'm gonna show you love ♪
Sweet love, boy ♪
Show you love ♪
Like you never had ♪
I'm gonna show you love ♪
Sweet love, boy ♪
Come and open my door
to what you never had ♪
To what you never had ♪
♪