The Chi (2018) s07e12 Episode Script
Rebirth
1
[JADA] Previously on The Chi
- What happened to your book?
- Things got busy.
You need to leave Nuck
alone and focus on yourself.
[PAPA] Joining the military
does make life easier.
I mean, it's better than student loans.
Aha, but that's where
scholarships come in.
Alicia pulled mine.
I'll talk to her.
[SCOFFS] Man, no, I need
to focus on my book anyway.
You want me to attend my own funeral?
It's not a funeral.
It's more like a celebration of life.
[DARNELL] Just want to
thank you all for coming out.
As you know, this has been
a real difficult time for us.
Really appreciate you all showing up,
loving on my Jada here.
When I think about my
mama, I can't imagine
I want you and Kiesha and
your babies to survive.
What are you talking about?
[JADA] It's too dangerous here.
I want y'all to leave Chicago.
Ma, this city is all I know.
Oh, shit.
- What?
- My water just broke.
I'm gonna get you to the hospital,
and everything's gonna be all right.
You trust me?
[TOUSSAINT] This is Reg's girlfriend.
If you can help me get
to her, I can to Reg.
I can't bring your son back,
but I can deliver his true
killer to your doorstep.
[ALICIA] What's his girl's name?
[TOUSSAINT] Candice. She
works at a mobile store.
I love taking young women
like you under my wing.
You need a big house, luxury car.
- [REG] Who you texting?
- My new mentor.
Who mentoring you?
Some lady came into the shop today
and said she wants to
take me under her wing.
What's she like?
Royal, rich.
She don't need nothing from nobody,
and she even has an assistant.
- What's her name?
- [CANDICE] Terri.
She game me her card.
Keep the car running.
I'll be in and out.
Come here.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[SIGHS]
[JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
[BAKARI] They say when one thing dies,
something new is born.
♪
Death is a part of life.
As soon as we're born,
our path to death begins.
Some of us meet our maker
sooner than we should.
No matter when death
comes, we're never ready.
Nothing can prepare us.
It just comes at us.
When we're minding our own business,
when everything is
going well, then boom
- [SIREN WAILING]
- you're gone
just like that.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [LINE TRILLING]
- I fucked up.
[KEITH] What's going on?
- They got Reg.
- [KEITH] Who got Reg?
The cops.
What the fuck y'all do?
Look, he said he wanted
to rob this house,
and he wanted me to wait in the car.
Why are you niggas so dumb?
What'd I do?
Look, did he have a gun on him?
No.
- You sure?
- I think so.
All right, 'cause breaking and entering
is not as bad as armed robbery.
Well, can you help me get him out?
All right, text me where
he keep his stash at
and come get me.
Okay, bet. I'm texting you right now.
- All right.
- [SIGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [CELL PHONE BLOOPS]
- [SIGHS]
[ENGINE TURNING OVER]
[SIGHS] Fuck.
♪
[KEITH SIGHS]
♪
[TIFF GROANS SOFTLY]
You know the hospital's 45 minutes
in the other direction?
I need my bag. I packed it.
Ooh.
See, this is why we need
to be in the car right now.
This is not my first time at the rodeo.
We got time. Trust me.
Do you know how long it
takes for a baby to drop?
- No.
- Hours.
[BAKARI] Some people say
in order to live a new life,
your old one has to die.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV]
- [GROANS]
- Hey, you good?
You had a bad dream?
- It's time.
- Time for what?
- Oh, shit!
- Just breathe.
I'm supposed to be saying that to you.
- Get the birthing pool.
- Okay, I'm on it.
- Oh, shit.
- Stay calm.
How you calming me down
when you the one that's giving birth?
I like a calm labor.
I've never been there
for the labor part.
There's a first time for everything.
[LAUGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES ON TV]
[GROANS SOFTLY]
[BAKARI] I've learned
to embrace my trials
as well as my triumphs.
♪
I've done things I wish
I could take back, but
I can't turn back the hands of time.
All I can do is surrender
and try to survive.
I wonder if I'll ever get to just enjoy
the world around me.
[SCOFFS] We'll see.
Until then, this is my story
for better and for worse.
♪
[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
[AGGRESSIVE HIP-HOP MUSIC]
♪
[GUN COCKS]
[NUCK] What the fuck?
- Get the fuck out.
- Who the fuck is this?
Don't you worry about it.
You could have just told
me you had another bitch.
She ain't mine.
Get your ass out of here.
Hey, give me a minute.
♪
Put the gun down, all right?
Did you kill Douda?
Why do you care? You ain't
even love him like that no way.
I found a letter he wrote me.
He said that if anybody killed him,
then I'm supposed to kill them.
- Is that right?
- [ROSELYN] Yeah, that's right.
- Was it you?
- No.
It was Alicia.
You lying.
She hated his ass, and you know it.
♪
Bianca owed Alicia a favor, all right?
She got him to the cigar lounge.
And when he got there,
Alicia was waiting on him.
♪
I ain't never trust that bitch.
Which one?
Both of them.
♪
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
♪
What was that all about?
Get in the room. I'll
be there in a minute.
♪
How'd she get by you?
I fell asleep with my headphones on.
- Nigga, are you dumb?
- No.
I ain't want to hear you
and your girl fucking.
You are the difference
between me living or dying.
You can't be sleeping
on the fucking job.
♪
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
♪
[PERSON MOANING]
♪
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON HEADPHONES]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Come on, it has to be in here.
[VICTOR] What are you looking for?
I really want a picture of Rob
with me when I have the baby.
When's the last time you saw it?
- I don't know.
- [VICTOR] Think.
Oh!
Oh, I can't.
Okay, okay. Um, I'll
I'll look around.
Oh, thank you.
Ooh
♪
[ALICIA] Congratulations.
You too.
I won't celebrate till Nuck's dead.
♪
Good luck with that.
Excuse me?
All I can do is look the other way
if he comes up missing.
You should deliver him to my doorstep.
If I participate in
getting an informant killed,
it could cost me my job.
And trading one prisoner
for another won't?
My son is innocent.
So was mine.
♪
Is this it?
[TIFF] Oh, thank God.
Oh, my God.
Now, can we please get in the car
and get to the hospital?
- Yes.
- Come on.
- Ooh. Ooh.
- Just breathe.
[KIESHA] When is Lindsey getting here?
- She on her way.
- [DAMIEN AND ZURI LAUGHING]
Oh, wow.
[SCOFFS] This is dope.
It looks like a spa in here.
I love a calm birthing ceremony.
Y'all don't need to be here,
y'all can sit on the porch.
[KIESHA] Emmett, you're too loud.
My bad. I was just
trying to clear the aura
before the baby get here.
You coming out, baby. You coming out.
- [KIESHA GROANS]
- Ooh.
You want to go to the hospital?
No.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
What do you want me to do?
[GRUNTS] Just
I just want to be here.
Okay.
Should should I call Emmett?
[GRUNTS]
♪
[DARNELL] Oh.
♪
[LINE TRILLING]
♪
[DAMIEN] Hello?
- Emmett?
- Nah, it's Damien.
Put Emmett on the phone.
Uh, Emmett's a little
preoccupied at the moment.
[DARNELL] Look, this is serious.
Yeah, so is this.
♪
[SCOFFS] It's time.
[DAMIEN] Wait, how'd you know?
How'd I Wait, boy,
what are you talking about?
Kiesha's having the baby.
Oh, shit.
What were you talking about?
♪
Jada, she's, uh
she's making her transition.
♪
[SIGHS] What? No, she can't.
- She has to meet the baby.
- Damien, I need my phone back.
Dad, do you want me to tell Emmett?
Tell me what?
No, don't tell him nothing.
Y'all focus on the baby.
I don't know.
Look, just do as I say.
I'll figure it out.
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]
[SIGHS]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO]
♪
- Was you looking out?
- Yeah.
And you ain't see nobody watching us?
No.
Then how the cops pull
up on me that fast?
Probably caught you on the Ring camera.
This place ain't have one of those.
I think it was me.
♪
You the rat?
No, but I think that rich lady is.
See, this is why I don't want
you to be talking to nobody.
Look, I shouldn't have text her.
- What did you say?
- I told her I was scared.
Why the fuck would you do that?
- I'm handling this.
- Apparently not.
What this rich lady look like?
She was older, pretty.
She had a blowout, and
she had an assistant.
I remember that.
- That sound like Shaad bitch.
- Who?
I don't know her name,
but I remember him telling me
he was living with a rich lady.
Q's sister.
That's the bitch that tried to kill me.
- [GASPS]
- Oh, shit.
Keith let's go.
- What you about to do?
- Get my lick back.
[EZEKIEL] It's our decisions
that define our faith.
[ALL] Amen.
Isaiah 30:21 states,
"God's voice of guidance can be heard
in every direction."
- [PERSON] Yeah.
- [ALL] Amen.
"Each path can grow faith
and show the next step to take."
[ALL] Yeah.
Now, what that says to me is,
when it's time to walk
- [PERSON] Uh-huh.
- you better walk.
[ALL] Amen.
[LAUGHS] Stagnation is not faith.
[PERSON SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
And I know it can be
scary, because sometimes
you may not even see where you're going
or understand how you got there.
[CONGREGATIONS MURMURS]
But when your faith says
it's time to take another step
trust God is guiding you.
- [PERSON] Amen.
- [CONGREGATIONS MURMURS]
[EZEKIEL] But first you must move.
- Amen?
- [ALL] Amen.
- [EZEKIEL] Amen.
- [APPLAUSE]
Yeah. Yeah.
Amen
[ORGAN MUSIC]
[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
- Hey, girl.
- [JADA EXHALES SHARPLY]
[HOARSELY] Hey.
How you feeling?
Not good.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Well, you still look
as beautiful as ever.
[LAUGHTER]
Oh.
♪
Thank you.
Yeah.
[JADA BREATHING SHARPLY]
Jada
♪
I'm leaving Chicago.
What?
When?
I took what you said at the
last sister circle to heart.
I want to cherish every day, but
as long as I'm here, I feel
like I'm gonna be haunted
by my past.
- [SIGHS]
- It's time for a change.
You deserve a new chapter.
♪
I'm gonna miss you.
♪
I'm gonna miss you, too.
♪
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[SIGHING]
♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
♪
[HORNS HONKING, HIP-HOP
MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO]
[TIFF] What's taking so long?
[VICTOR] I don't know. It must
be an accident or something.
We don't move any faster,
I'm gonna get out and walk.
[VICTOR] No, I can't let you do that.
What you gonna do about it?
I'm gonna have to get
out and walk with you.
- Fuck!
- Just breathe. Just breathe.
[TIFF] Stop telling me to breathe.
- No, we almost there.
- [TIFF] No, we not.
If we ain't go back for that picture,
we wouldn't be in this
mess in the first place.
So you didn't want me to go back
and get a picture of
my child's dead father
to be with me in spirit
when I give birth?
- Is that what you're saying?
- Of course not.
Then what the fuck you trying to say?
- This is my fault?
- No, I'm not saying nothing.
I'm just trying to get
us to the damn hospital.
Ooh, shit.
Let me see if I can find us a detour.
- Yeah, do something, nigga.
- I'm trying. I'm getting over.
- Hey!
- I'm stuck!
[VICTOR] You better
On, bro, you better get
your ass back in the car.
- [GROANS LOUDLY] Ooh.
- [HONKING CONTINUES]
[LINDSEY] Come on, Kiesha, almost there.
You got it. You got it.
It's it's it's
Come on, baby, it's Game
Six. You Jordan, all right?
Ticker's going. You
coming down the lane.
You about to win this whole thing.
- Emmett
- Huh?
- that ain't helping.
- Okay, okay, my bad. Okay.
Let me get in there with you
- [ZURI] You got this, Kiesha.
- I got you.
We got this. We got this.
- [KIESHA SIGHS]
- I got you.
We got it. We got it.
Come on, baby, you the
strongest woman I know.
- The strongest woman I know.
- [KIESHA GROANS]
Okay, Kiesha, you got to sit up.
You got to push one more time.
Right there. I'm right here with you.
Almost there.
Oh.
Boy, what are you doing here?
I told you to focus on the baby.
- They kicked me out.
- Why?
Kiesha said my energy was too chaotic.
- [DARNELL SCOFFS]
- I'm not leaving here
before meeting my grandbaby.
She's right.
This isn't your decision.
[JADA] It's mine.
I'm going over there.
[SIGHS] I don't know.
Trust me. I can make it over there.
[DAMIEN] The baby will be here soon.
And I want to be there
when the baby comes.
[DARNELL SIGHS]
Um, I can't say no to you.
[JADA AND DARNELL SIGH]
- I can drive.
- Okay.
All right, help me get her to the car.
[DAMIEN] Okay.
[JADA] Oh.
Life is ♪
Stages and phases ♪
Face it ♪
The wind, it brings changes ♪
We begin ♪
But we envy patience ♪
[TIFF] Ooh.
Hurry up, I need to
Ooh.
Wait.
[KIESHA GROANS]
[LINDSEY] Okay, you're doing
great, Kiesha, doing great.
- It's fourth quarter, baby.
- Emmett.
Right. Right. My bad.
- Okay, time to push again.
- [SCREAMING]
♪
- Ooh. Oh.
- [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
You just got to breathe ♪
[VICTOR SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
Ooh. Ooh.
Okay, just breathe. You got it.
You got this. You got
[ELEVATOR RUMBLES]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
We better not be stuck.
Come on!
To the top, to the top ♪
[GARDNER] Now we step
into the editing process.
That is the process where we
go through the book together,
make some tweaks and some actual edits,
and ideate about what it
would take to make it stronger.
The goal is to make a
seminal piece of work
that will last forever.
So I still got more work to do?
- You goddamn right.
- [BAKARI SIGHS]
You got to keep pushing
until it's timeless.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Now, my first suggestion
to you as your editor
think of this book as volume one.
Why?
Well, you've clearly
lived a lot of life,
but you are still young.
[CHUCKLES] I'm curious about
what your 20s teach you,
and your 30s are gonna be crazy.
I'm not thinking about my 20s or my 30s.
I just want to make it through tomorrow.
That's no way to live, son.
[BAKARI] With all due respect
I'm not your son.
♪
I know you aren't. I, um
But, uh, having you around has, uh
it's helped me heal a wound
I didn't know how to tend to.
- [BAKARI] I'm sorry.
- No, no, you don't have to be.
No, you've done a lot for me.
It means a lot
that you even think of me like a son.
I'm honored.
I'm just not good with
bonding with folks.
Well, I read your book. I can see why.
[BAKARI] Hey.
[LAUGHS] Just it's all here, man.
How long does the editing process take?
Uh, as long as it takes.
I had a feeling you was gonna say that.
Yet you still asked.
You know what? Um
I think, uh, you might like this.
[BAKARI] Hmm.
♪
[KENYA] You were good today.
[LAUGHS] It's always nice
to have your approval.
I've never seen this side of you.
Ah. [LAUGHS]
There are a lot of things
you don't know about me, little girl.
[SOFT MUSIC]
[CAROLYN] Hey.
- See you at home, yeah?
- [KENYA] Mm-hmm.
♪
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
I want us to be a family again.
Well, I think it would
be easier to do that
if we all lived under the same roof.
Are you asking me to move in with you?
- Are you ready for that?
- [LAUGHS] Yes.
I've missed you.
If we're gonna do this,
we need to establish some ground rules.
That's only fair.
You can come and go as you please,
but I need to know where you're
going and when you'll be back.
I can do that.
And Kenya's gonna be here
for at least another year
until she gets on her feet.
I look forward to spending
more time with her and Miles.
I have a feeling her and Papa
are gonna get back together.
Yeah, I can see it,
too. He's a good kid.
- Yeah. He's sweet.
- [CHUCKLES]
I have some ground rules, too.
Oh, what rules you got?
I don't think we should sleep
in the same bed for a while.
Well, that is new for you.
This time has to be different.
I agree.
[PERSON] It looks like
y'all stuck between floors.
[TIFF] No shit, Sherlock! Ooh.
[PERSON] We're moving as fast as we can.
Man, she's about to deliver a baby.
I really need y'all to move.
[PERSON] Have you ever
delivered a baby before?
- No.
- [PERSON] If this takes too long,
I'll put the doctor on the phone,
so they can walk you through.
I'm not having my baby
on a fucking elevator.
[PERSON] Ma'am, you
might not have a choice.
Man, just get the doctor on the phone
and please try to hurry up.
Get us out of here as fast as you can.
- Just breathe.
- Ooh.
- Here come another one. Ooh!
- No, no, no.
The baby's coming.
- Huh? Huh?
- I see the head.
You got this. You got it.
You got it. You got it.
[GROANS]
- I need to push!
- Are you sure?
Yes!
- [DOCTOR] Victor, is it?
- Yes.
[DOCTOR] I need you to be in
position to catch the baby.
[GROANS]
Oh.
[DOCTOR] Tiffany, I need
you to take a deep breath
and push down.
Aah!
Oh, shit, oh, shit, he
he's coming, he's coming.
- [DOCTOR] Again!
- [GROANS]
- [EMMETT] Oh!
- [WATER SPLASHES]
- [BABY CRYING]
- [EMMETT] Oh.
[SOFT MUSIC]
- It's a girl.
- [BABY CONTINUES CRYING]
[SIGHING]
♪
[KIESHA CHUCKLES]
Just one more.
[DOCTOR] One more push, Tiffany.
I promise, you got this. You got this.
- [SCREAMING]
- [VICTOR] Oh! Yes, yes.
Oh, my God. I'm sorry.
Baby's here. He's here.
The baby's here.
- He's here. He's here.
- [BABY CRYING]
He's here. Your baby boy is here.
He's here.
♪
I love you, Kiesha.
I love you, too, Emmett.
[BABY COOS]
♪
Look, Rob is right here with us.
He's right here with us.
[BABY CRYING]
[VICTOR] He's beautiful.
[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪
[ELEVATOR RUMBLES]
- We're moving. We're moving.
- [TIFF] Oh, Thank God.
- Okay.
- [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[VICTOR MUTTERING]
- Are you the father?
- No, no, no, I'm not.
- Come with me.
- Okay.
You got it. You did so good.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO]
- [NURSE SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
- Okay, okay.
[VICTOR] You did great.
You did great. [LAUGHS]
You were meant for me ♪
No one else could come ♪
Between this love
I know ♪
[DARNELL] Okay, right here.
[GRUNTING] Okay.
♪
You and me, it seems ♪
Never have a problem ♪
We can't overcome ♪
- [BABY CRYING]
- [DARNELL AND JADA] Oh.
[DARNELL CHUCKLES]
[BABY CONTINUES CRYING]
It's okay.
♪
She's perfect.
What's her name?
♪
Jada.
Loving you ♪
Has made me feel so fine ♪
We love you, Ma.
[BABY FUSSING]
♪
Oh.
[CRYING] I love y'all, too.
[JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
Mm.
♪
Her name ain't no damn Terri.
It's Alicia.
She set us up.
[GASPS]
Damn, can't trust nobody.
Bae, text her and tell
her to meet you somewhere.
Act like it's an emergency.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CELL PHONE BLOOPS]
[DISTANT DOG BARKING, INSECTS CHIRPING]
♪
I told you.
[CLICKS TONGUE] You can't trust nobody.
♪
- Go keep her occupied.
- [CAR DOOR OPENS]
- [CAR DOOR CLOSES]
- What you about to do?
I'm gonna go in there
and see if she got
anything worth taking.
- [ENGINE TURNING OVER]
- Keith going with you?
Hell, no. I'm not going
back to jail for nobody.
I don't even hear
y'all talking right now.
Man, go take her to go
meet up with that bitch.
I'm gonna have Hannibal come scoop me.
♪
Text him the addy.
Have him meet me here in 15 minutes.
- All right, babe.
- [CANDICE] All right.
I'll be back.
Yeah ♪
Unh, what you gonna
do when it's go time? ♪
Uh-huh, uh-huh ♪
What you gonna do when it's go time? ♪
Unh, it's go time ♪
Yeah, it's time to take over ♪
Finish line, run it
up until it's over ♪
Yeah, I been through a lot ♪
That's why my heart is way colder ♪
Yeah, gotta keep
your head on a swivel ♪
Look over your shoulder ♪
Yeah, 'cause they outside,
and they wanna take you out ♪
But I can't let them ♪
Gotta show 'em what I'm about ♪
Gotta find a different route ♪
Paper trail, I'm on a paper trail ♪
Paper chase, I'm trying to run it up ♪
I come in fresh, I'm running this ♪
Unh, what you gonna
do when it's go time? ♪
Huh? Yeah, what you gonna
do when it's go time? ♪
[SOFT R&B MUSIC]
♪
I never got a chance to thank you.
For what?
For introducing me to
Professor Gardner
for believing in me.
♪
[SIGHS] So what did you think?
I think it's really good.
- Word?
- You're talented.
I've always known that.
[SCOFFS]
♪
I love you.
♪
I love you, too.
Then move in with me.
Your brother not gonna let me live here.
- I'm getting my own place.
- Since when?
- I saved up some money.
- You told your brother yet?
No, I wanted to tell you first.
Nae, he not gonna like
you living on your own.
He don't have a choice,
and the house he's staying in is mine.
He's lucky I'm letting him
and his new wife stay here.
- So you the big boss now, huh?
- [CHUCKLES]
I just want to start a new chapter.
I want a life of my own.
- So do I.
- Then come be with me.
♪
[SIGHS]
Nuck almost died the
other day 'cause of me.
Keeping him alive should
not be your responsibility.
It's my job to protect him.
And whose job is it to protect you?
♪
I adore you, Kiesha.
I'm so glad you tough on Emmett.
[CHUCKLES] Sorry.
Mm-mm, don't be.
Can't be a pushover.
You have to stand up for yourself.
Never forget the sound
of your own voice.
I won't.
I tucked away some money for you
to start your own homeschool.
[INHALES SHAKILY]
Thank you.
I'm just glad you helping
Emmett fulfill his dreams.
But don't forget to follow your own.
[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
♪
[DOOR OPENS]
Oh, shit.
[ALICIA] What was so urgent
that it couldn't wait?
[SIGHS]
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS]
I want to get away.
- From what?
- [CANDICE] My boyfriend.
- Did he hurt you?
- No.
But I think he will if
I don't do what he says.
Bring him to me,
and I'll make sure he never
lays a hand on you again.
What are you planning on doing?
I can make people go away.
I bet.
Just think of me as your protector.
You look more like predator to me,
and I guess I look like prey.
♪
[DRAMATIC VIOLIN MUSIC]
[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
♪
[UPBEAT PERCUSSION MUSIC]
♪
I don't really be chasing ♪
All these silly hos like you do ♪
Friend nigga like you do ♪
At nigga like you do ♪
Brand nigga like you do ♪
Like nigga like you do ♪
[ENGINE REVVING, TIRES SQUEALING]
I don't really be chasing
all these silly hos ♪
Like you do ♪
Friend nigga like you do ♪
At nigga like you do ♪
Brand nigga like you do ♪
Like nigga like you do ♪
♪
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
- [TIFF] Hey.
- We've been robbed.
Oh, shit. Are you okay?
[ALICIA] I'm fine.
- Fuck.
- [ALICIA] Where are you?
[TIFF] My water broke, and I
had to rush to the hospital.
I had the baby.
Oh, my gosh.
How is he?
Mm, he's perfect.
[ALICIA] I knew he would be.
I'll be right there.
[TIFF] Maybe Victor should come by.
No, no, no, I'm coming to you.
Jesus Christ.
What's his name?
[SIGHS]
Rob Junior.
Oh.
You've made me so happy.
He can't wait to meet you.
[SIGHS] I'll be right there.
Okay.
Everything okay?
Somebody robbed our house.
What the fuck? You want
me to go over there?
- No, Alicia's on her way now.
- Oh.
Where's Shaad?
She gave him the night off.
There's always some shit.
[CELL PHONE BLOOPING]
[CELL PHONE BLOOPING]
[ALICIA SCOFFS]
What the fuck are you doing here?
I know you killed Douda.
And who told you that Nuck?
As a matter of fact, he did.
Well, he's lying.
I watched him do it with my own eyes.
Really?
Because he said that
you used Bianca to do it.
That was the plan.
So it was premeditated.
He killed my brother,
and I wanted revenge.
Well, so do I.
[GASPS]
- [GRUNTS]
- [BODY THUDS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
I don't know why you want
me to leave Chicago so bad.
It's not safe here.
I don't know if it's safe anywhere.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[SIGHS] I just want to know
that you and your family
gonna be okay.
I'll protect them.
And if men like me keep leaving Chicago,
I don't know what this city will become.
[CHUCKLES]
I respect your decision.
[JADA] Mm.
[GROANS SOFTLY]
[JADA GRUNTS, GROANS SOFTLY]
- You okay?
- Mm.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
[JADA] Mm.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR CREAKING]
♪
[SOFTLY] J?
J?
[CRIES] J?
[Callie Day's "Hear My Prayer"]
When my work ♪
On Earth ♪
Is done ♪
And You ♪
Come ♪
To take me ♪
Home ♪
Just ♪
To know ♪
That I am bound ♪
For ♪
Glory ♪
♪
And to hear ♪
You say ♪
"Well done" ♪
♪
[SHAAD INHALES SHARPLY, GRUNTS]
[GROANS]
It's a beautiful morning.
Yes, it is.
[GROANS] I wish I didn't
have to work today.
Please, you know how many
folks out of work right now?
You better be grateful for this job.
You right. I need to get my ass up.
[GROANS] Excuse me.
[NORA] So I was thinking
maybe I host you tonight.
Oh.
Well, I can't wait.
But tell me, though, are you a, um
shoes-on or a shoes-off type of house?
I don't wear shoes in the house.
Well, I'll make sure I wear
some sensible socks, then.
Well, I have some
slides if you need them.
[LIGHT JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
[SHAAD] Hmm.
♪
[CHUCKLES]
♪
Victor.
Hmm?
What's up?
Did Alicia come by last night?
[GROANS]
I don't know.
If she did, she would
have come to my room.
- [VICTOR] Of course.
- [SIGHS]
I haven't heard from her.
[DOOR CREAKS]
Alicia?
Alicia!
Oh, shit. Oh.
Oh. Oh, shit.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Oh, shit. [BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪
Oh, shit.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
This Shaad right here.
[SNIFFS] Yo, where you at, man?
Tiff had the baby.
I need you to get to
Alicia's house right now.
- [VICTOR] What's going on?
- [SHAAD] I can't say.
Just get here.
Now!
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [CELL PHONE BEEPS]
[VICTOR] I got to go.
- What's going on?
- I don't know.
What you mean you don't know?
[GROANS] I'll be right back.
You can't just leave me
here and not say shit.
Look, let me just go
see what's going on,
and I'll call you, I promise.
Okay.
Just breathe.
[DRAMATIC HIP-HOP MUSIC]
♪
When we pull up, we gonna
slaughter with the gang ♪
And we talkin' ♪
So I guess you was the rat after all.
[CLICKS TONGUE] Not on purpose.
No more talking to
strangers from now on.
[CANDICE] Yeah, I'm chillin'.
Enjoy your earnings.
I put mine to the side.
[REG] Smart man.
Yeah, me too.
Oh, I want to go to Tulum.
Bae, we can't leave the
country I'm out on bail.
- We got to lay low.
- [CLICKS TONGUE] For how long?
[REG SIGHS]
- Just till the cops fall back.
- [CANDICE GASPS, CHUCKLES]
Oh, my gosh.
- You so motherfucking sexy.
- [BOTH] Mmm.
[CANDICE CHUCKLES] Thanks, baby.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS]
♪
Alicia's dead.
[SIGHS]
Did you do it?
No, she was dead when I got there.
Why'd you go over there?
♪
Tiff told me somebody robbed 'em.
[SIGHING] Wha
Who would want to kill Alicia?
I don't know.
Now my brother grown ♪
I left home for the
dream, now my cousin gone ♪
[BAKARI SIGHS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[DOOR CREAKING OPEN]
♪
What the fuck?
[SHAAD] I-I-I don't
know what happened, man.
I-I-I walked in here,
a-and the place was a mess,
and she was lying dead on the floor.
Jesus.
Come on, man, we can't leave
her on the floor like this.
No, we can't touch the body, bro.
- Nigga, we ain't kill her.
- So? [SIGHS]
Look, man, I'm moving
her over to this couch
whether you help me or not.
- Come on!
- Fuck it, bro.
Just look, man, grab
her right here, okay?
- On three, all right?
- [VICTOR] Oh, God.
- One, two, three.
- [VICTOR] Fuck.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
♪
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[SHAAD] Oh, man.
♪
[VICTOR] What the fuck, bro?
Fuck!
I should've been here.
Hey, man, don't blame yourself.
No, I'm gonna blame
myself. It's my fault.
♪
[VEHICLES APPROACHING]
[OFFICER] The house is surrounded.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
- Come out with your hands up.
- Shit!
♪
Ooh ♪
Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
Ha ha ♪
Steady, are you ready? ♪
What's going on? ♪
- Steady, are you ready? ♪
- Are you ready? ♪
- What's going on? ♪
- What's going on? ♪
I'm down, take a look around ♪
What's going down? ♪
- However do you want me ♪
- However ♪
However do you need me ♪
However do you want me ♪
- However do you need me ♪
- However ♪
- However do you want me ♪
- Do you want me ♪
- However do you need me ♪
- Do you need me ♪
However do you want me ♪
However do you need me ♪
However ♪
- Steady, are you ready? ♪
- Are you ready? ♪
What's going on? ♪
Tell me what's going on ♪
Cold, fresh air ♪
Feel the melody that's in the air ♪
Oh, yeah ♪
I'm down, take a look around ♪
Oh, it's going down ♪
However do you want me ♪
However do you need me ♪
However do you want me ♪
However do you need me ♪
However do you want me ♪
However do you need me ♪
However do you want me ♪
- Oh, yes, yes ♪
- However do you need me ♪
However do you want me ♪
However do you need me ♪
[JADA] Previously on The Chi
- What happened to your book?
- Things got busy.
You need to leave Nuck
alone and focus on yourself.
[PAPA] Joining the military
does make life easier.
I mean, it's better than student loans.
Aha, but that's where
scholarships come in.
Alicia pulled mine.
I'll talk to her.
[SCOFFS] Man, no, I need
to focus on my book anyway.
You want me to attend my own funeral?
It's not a funeral.
It's more like a celebration of life.
[DARNELL] Just want to
thank you all for coming out.
As you know, this has been
a real difficult time for us.
Really appreciate you all showing up,
loving on my Jada here.
When I think about my
mama, I can't imagine
I want you and Kiesha and
your babies to survive.
What are you talking about?
[JADA] It's too dangerous here.
I want y'all to leave Chicago.
Ma, this city is all I know.
Oh, shit.
- What?
- My water just broke.
I'm gonna get you to the hospital,
and everything's gonna be all right.
You trust me?
[TOUSSAINT] This is Reg's girlfriend.
If you can help me get
to her, I can to Reg.
I can't bring your son back,
but I can deliver his true
killer to your doorstep.
[ALICIA] What's his girl's name?
[TOUSSAINT] Candice. She
works at a mobile store.
I love taking young women
like you under my wing.
You need a big house, luxury car.
- [REG] Who you texting?
- My new mentor.
Who mentoring you?
Some lady came into the shop today
and said she wants to
take me under her wing.
What's she like?
Royal, rich.
She don't need nothing from nobody,
and she even has an assistant.
- What's her name?
- [CANDICE] Terri.
She game me her card.
Keep the car running.
I'll be in and out.
Come here.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[SIGHS]
[JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
[BAKARI] They say when one thing dies,
something new is born.
♪
Death is a part of life.
As soon as we're born,
our path to death begins.
Some of us meet our maker
sooner than we should.
No matter when death
comes, we're never ready.
Nothing can prepare us.
It just comes at us.
When we're minding our own business,
when everything is
going well, then boom
- [SIREN WAILING]
- you're gone
just like that.
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [LINE TRILLING]
- I fucked up.
[KEITH] What's going on?
- They got Reg.
- [KEITH] Who got Reg?
The cops.
What the fuck y'all do?
Look, he said he wanted
to rob this house,
and he wanted me to wait in the car.
Why are you niggas so dumb?
What'd I do?
Look, did he have a gun on him?
No.
- You sure?
- I think so.
All right, 'cause breaking and entering
is not as bad as armed robbery.
Well, can you help me get him out?
All right, text me where
he keep his stash at
and come get me.
Okay, bet. I'm texting you right now.
- All right.
- [SIGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [CELL PHONE BLOOPS]
- [SIGHS]
[ENGINE TURNING OVER]
[SIGHS] Fuck.
♪
[KEITH SIGHS]
♪
[TIFF GROANS SOFTLY]
You know the hospital's 45 minutes
in the other direction?
I need my bag. I packed it.
Ooh.
See, this is why we need
to be in the car right now.
This is not my first time at the rodeo.
We got time. Trust me.
Do you know how long it
takes for a baby to drop?
- No.
- Hours.
[BAKARI] Some people say
in order to live a new life,
your old one has to die.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV]
- [GROANS]
- Hey, you good?
You had a bad dream?
- It's time.
- Time for what?
- Oh, shit!
- Just breathe.
I'm supposed to be saying that to you.
- Get the birthing pool.
- Okay, I'm on it.
- Oh, shit.
- Stay calm.
How you calming me down
when you the one that's giving birth?
I like a calm labor.
I've never been there
for the labor part.
There's a first time for everything.
[LAUGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES ON TV]
[GROANS SOFTLY]
[BAKARI] I've learned
to embrace my trials
as well as my triumphs.
♪
I've done things I wish
I could take back, but
I can't turn back the hands of time.
All I can do is surrender
and try to survive.
I wonder if I'll ever get to just enjoy
the world around me.
[SCOFFS] We'll see.
Until then, this is my story
for better and for worse.
♪
[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
[AGGRESSIVE HIP-HOP MUSIC]
♪
[GUN COCKS]
[NUCK] What the fuck?
- Get the fuck out.
- Who the fuck is this?
Don't you worry about it.
You could have just told
me you had another bitch.
She ain't mine.
Get your ass out of here.
Hey, give me a minute.
♪
Put the gun down, all right?
Did you kill Douda?
Why do you care? You ain't
even love him like that no way.
I found a letter he wrote me.
He said that if anybody killed him,
then I'm supposed to kill them.
- Is that right?
- [ROSELYN] Yeah, that's right.
- Was it you?
- No.
It was Alicia.
You lying.
She hated his ass, and you know it.
♪
Bianca owed Alicia a favor, all right?
She got him to the cigar lounge.
And when he got there,
Alicia was waiting on him.
♪
I ain't never trust that bitch.
Which one?
Both of them.
♪
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
♪
What was that all about?
Get in the room. I'll
be there in a minute.
♪
How'd she get by you?
I fell asleep with my headphones on.
- Nigga, are you dumb?
- No.
I ain't want to hear you
and your girl fucking.
You are the difference
between me living or dying.
You can't be sleeping
on the fucking job.
♪
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
♪
[PERSON MOANING]
♪
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON HEADPHONES]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Come on, it has to be in here.
[VICTOR] What are you looking for?
I really want a picture of Rob
with me when I have the baby.
When's the last time you saw it?
- I don't know.
- [VICTOR] Think.
Oh!
Oh, I can't.
Okay, okay. Um, I'll
I'll look around.
Oh, thank you.
Ooh
♪
[ALICIA] Congratulations.
You too.
I won't celebrate till Nuck's dead.
♪
Good luck with that.
Excuse me?
All I can do is look the other way
if he comes up missing.
You should deliver him to my doorstep.
If I participate in
getting an informant killed,
it could cost me my job.
And trading one prisoner
for another won't?
My son is innocent.
So was mine.
♪
Is this it?
[TIFF] Oh, thank God.
Oh, my God.
Now, can we please get in the car
and get to the hospital?
- Yes.
- Come on.
- Ooh. Ooh.
- Just breathe.
[KIESHA] When is Lindsey getting here?
- She on her way.
- [DAMIEN AND ZURI LAUGHING]
Oh, wow.
[SCOFFS] This is dope.
It looks like a spa in here.
I love a calm birthing ceremony.
Y'all don't need to be here,
y'all can sit on the porch.
[KIESHA] Emmett, you're too loud.
My bad. I was just
trying to clear the aura
before the baby get here.
You coming out, baby. You coming out.
- [KIESHA GROANS]
- Ooh.
You want to go to the hospital?
No.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
What do you want me to do?
[GRUNTS] Just
I just want to be here.
Okay.
Should should I call Emmett?
[GRUNTS]
♪
[DARNELL] Oh.
♪
[LINE TRILLING]
♪
[DAMIEN] Hello?
- Emmett?
- Nah, it's Damien.
Put Emmett on the phone.
Uh, Emmett's a little
preoccupied at the moment.
[DARNELL] Look, this is serious.
Yeah, so is this.
♪
[SCOFFS] It's time.
[DAMIEN] Wait, how'd you know?
How'd I Wait, boy,
what are you talking about?
Kiesha's having the baby.
Oh, shit.
What were you talking about?
♪
Jada, she's, uh
she's making her transition.
♪
[SIGHS] What? No, she can't.
- She has to meet the baby.
- Damien, I need my phone back.
Dad, do you want me to tell Emmett?
Tell me what?
No, don't tell him nothing.
Y'all focus on the baby.
I don't know.
Look, just do as I say.
I'll figure it out.
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]
[SIGHS]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO]
♪
- Was you looking out?
- Yeah.
And you ain't see nobody watching us?
No.
Then how the cops pull
up on me that fast?
Probably caught you on the Ring camera.
This place ain't have one of those.
I think it was me.
♪
You the rat?
No, but I think that rich lady is.
See, this is why I don't want
you to be talking to nobody.
Look, I shouldn't have text her.
- What did you say?
- I told her I was scared.
Why the fuck would you do that?
- I'm handling this.
- Apparently not.
What this rich lady look like?
She was older, pretty.
She had a blowout, and
she had an assistant.
I remember that.
- That sound like Shaad bitch.
- Who?
I don't know her name,
but I remember him telling me
he was living with a rich lady.
Q's sister.
That's the bitch that tried to kill me.
- [GASPS]
- Oh, shit.
Keith let's go.
- What you about to do?
- Get my lick back.
[EZEKIEL] It's our decisions
that define our faith.
[ALL] Amen.
Isaiah 30:21 states,
"God's voice of guidance can be heard
in every direction."
- [PERSON] Yeah.
- [ALL] Amen.
"Each path can grow faith
and show the next step to take."
[ALL] Yeah.
Now, what that says to me is,
when it's time to walk
- [PERSON] Uh-huh.
- you better walk.
[ALL] Amen.
[LAUGHS] Stagnation is not faith.
[PERSON SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
And I know it can be
scary, because sometimes
you may not even see where you're going
or understand how you got there.
[CONGREGATIONS MURMURS]
But when your faith says
it's time to take another step
trust God is guiding you.
- [PERSON] Amen.
- [CONGREGATIONS MURMURS]
[EZEKIEL] But first you must move.
- Amen?
- [ALL] Amen.
- [EZEKIEL] Amen.
- [APPLAUSE]
Yeah. Yeah.
Amen
[ORGAN MUSIC]
[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
- Hey, girl.
- [JADA EXHALES SHARPLY]
[HOARSELY] Hey.
How you feeling?
Not good.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Well, you still look
as beautiful as ever.
[LAUGHTER]
Oh.
♪
Thank you.
Yeah.
[JADA BREATHING SHARPLY]
Jada
♪
I'm leaving Chicago.
What?
When?
I took what you said at the
last sister circle to heart.
I want to cherish every day, but
as long as I'm here, I feel
like I'm gonna be haunted
by my past.
- [SIGHS]
- It's time for a change.
You deserve a new chapter.
♪
I'm gonna miss you.
♪
I'm gonna miss you, too.
♪
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[SIGHING]
♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
♪
[HORNS HONKING, HIP-HOP
MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO]
[TIFF] What's taking so long?
[VICTOR] I don't know. It must
be an accident or something.
We don't move any faster,
I'm gonna get out and walk.
[VICTOR] No, I can't let you do that.
What you gonna do about it?
I'm gonna have to get
out and walk with you.
- Fuck!
- Just breathe. Just breathe.
[TIFF] Stop telling me to breathe.
- No, we almost there.
- [TIFF] No, we not.
If we ain't go back for that picture,
we wouldn't be in this
mess in the first place.
So you didn't want me to go back
and get a picture of
my child's dead father
to be with me in spirit
when I give birth?
- Is that what you're saying?
- Of course not.
Then what the fuck you trying to say?
- This is my fault?
- No, I'm not saying nothing.
I'm just trying to get
us to the damn hospital.
Ooh, shit.
Let me see if I can find us a detour.
- Yeah, do something, nigga.
- I'm trying. I'm getting over.
- Hey!
- I'm stuck!
[VICTOR] You better
On, bro, you better get
your ass back in the car.
- [GROANS LOUDLY] Ooh.
- [HONKING CONTINUES]
[LINDSEY] Come on, Kiesha, almost there.
You got it. You got it.
It's it's it's
Come on, baby, it's Game
Six. You Jordan, all right?
Ticker's going. You
coming down the lane.
You about to win this whole thing.
- Emmett
- Huh?
- that ain't helping.
- Okay, okay, my bad. Okay.
Let me get in there with you
- [ZURI] You got this, Kiesha.
- I got you.
We got this. We got this.
- [KIESHA SIGHS]
- I got you.
We got it. We got it.
Come on, baby, you the
strongest woman I know.
- The strongest woman I know.
- [KIESHA GROANS]
Okay, Kiesha, you got to sit up.
You got to push one more time.
Right there. I'm right here with you.
Almost there.
Oh.
Boy, what are you doing here?
I told you to focus on the baby.
- They kicked me out.
- Why?
Kiesha said my energy was too chaotic.
- [DARNELL SCOFFS]
- I'm not leaving here
before meeting my grandbaby.
She's right.
This isn't your decision.
[JADA] It's mine.
I'm going over there.
[SIGHS] I don't know.
Trust me. I can make it over there.
[DAMIEN] The baby will be here soon.
And I want to be there
when the baby comes.
[DARNELL SIGHS]
Um, I can't say no to you.
[JADA AND DARNELL SIGH]
- I can drive.
- Okay.
All right, help me get her to the car.
[DAMIEN] Okay.
[JADA] Oh.
Life is ♪
Stages and phases ♪
Face it ♪
The wind, it brings changes ♪
We begin ♪
But we envy patience ♪
[TIFF] Ooh.
Hurry up, I need to
Ooh.
Wait.
[KIESHA GROANS]
[LINDSEY] Okay, you're doing
great, Kiesha, doing great.
- It's fourth quarter, baby.
- Emmett.
Right. Right. My bad.
- Okay, time to push again.
- [SCREAMING]
♪
- Ooh. Oh.
- [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
You just got to breathe ♪
[VICTOR SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
Ooh. Ooh.
Okay, just breathe. You got it.
You got this. You got
[ELEVATOR RUMBLES]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
We better not be stuck.
Come on!
To the top, to the top ♪
[GARDNER] Now we step
into the editing process.
That is the process where we
go through the book together,
make some tweaks and some actual edits,
and ideate about what it
would take to make it stronger.
The goal is to make a
seminal piece of work
that will last forever.
So I still got more work to do?
- You goddamn right.
- [BAKARI SIGHS]
You got to keep pushing
until it's timeless.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Now, my first suggestion
to you as your editor
think of this book as volume one.
Why?
Well, you've clearly
lived a lot of life,
but you are still young.
[CHUCKLES] I'm curious about
what your 20s teach you,
and your 30s are gonna be crazy.
I'm not thinking about my 20s or my 30s.
I just want to make it through tomorrow.
That's no way to live, son.
[BAKARI] With all due respect
I'm not your son.
♪
I know you aren't. I, um
But, uh, having you around has, uh
it's helped me heal a wound
I didn't know how to tend to.
- [BAKARI] I'm sorry.
- No, no, you don't have to be.
No, you've done a lot for me.
It means a lot
that you even think of me like a son.
I'm honored.
I'm just not good with
bonding with folks.
Well, I read your book. I can see why.
[BAKARI] Hey.
[LAUGHS] Just it's all here, man.
How long does the editing process take?
Uh, as long as it takes.
I had a feeling you was gonna say that.
Yet you still asked.
You know what? Um
I think, uh, you might like this.
[BAKARI] Hmm.
♪
[KENYA] You were good today.
[LAUGHS] It's always nice
to have your approval.
I've never seen this side of you.
Ah. [LAUGHS]
There are a lot of things
you don't know about me, little girl.
[SOFT MUSIC]
[CAROLYN] Hey.
- See you at home, yeah?
- [KENYA] Mm-hmm.
♪
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
I want us to be a family again.
Well, I think it would
be easier to do that
if we all lived under the same roof.
Are you asking me to move in with you?
- Are you ready for that?
- [LAUGHS] Yes.
I've missed you.
If we're gonna do this,
we need to establish some ground rules.
That's only fair.
You can come and go as you please,
but I need to know where you're
going and when you'll be back.
I can do that.
And Kenya's gonna be here
for at least another year
until she gets on her feet.
I look forward to spending
more time with her and Miles.
I have a feeling her and Papa
are gonna get back together.
Yeah, I can see it,
too. He's a good kid.
- Yeah. He's sweet.
- [CHUCKLES]
I have some ground rules, too.
Oh, what rules you got?
I don't think we should sleep
in the same bed for a while.
Well, that is new for you.
This time has to be different.
I agree.
[PERSON] It looks like
y'all stuck between floors.
[TIFF] No shit, Sherlock! Ooh.
[PERSON] We're moving as fast as we can.
Man, she's about to deliver a baby.
I really need y'all to move.
[PERSON] Have you ever
delivered a baby before?
- No.
- [PERSON] If this takes too long,
I'll put the doctor on the phone,
so they can walk you through.
I'm not having my baby
on a fucking elevator.
[PERSON] Ma'am, you
might not have a choice.
Man, just get the doctor on the phone
and please try to hurry up.
Get us out of here as fast as you can.
- Just breathe.
- Ooh.
- Here come another one. Ooh!
- No, no, no.
The baby's coming.
- Huh? Huh?
- I see the head.
You got this. You got it.
You got it. You got it.
[GROANS]
- I need to push!
- Are you sure?
Yes!
- [DOCTOR] Victor, is it?
- Yes.
[DOCTOR] I need you to be in
position to catch the baby.
[GROANS]
Oh.
[DOCTOR] Tiffany, I need
you to take a deep breath
and push down.
Aah!
Oh, shit, oh, shit, he
he's coming, he's coming.
- [DOCTOR] Again!
- [GROANS]
- [EMMETT] Oh!
- [WATER SPLASHES]
- [BABY CRYING]
- [EMMETT] Oh.
[SOFT MUSIC]
- It's a girl.
- [BABY CONTINUES CRYING]
[SIGHING]
♪
[KIESHA CHUCKLES]
Just one more.
[DOCTOR] One more push, Tiffany.
I promise, you got this. You got this.
- [SCREAMING]
- [VICTOR] Oh! Yes, yes.
Oh, my God. I'm sorry.
Baby's here. He's here.
The baby's here.
- He's here. He's here.
- [BABY CRYING]
He's here. Your baby boy is here.
He's here.
♪
I love you, Kiesha.
I love you, too, Emmett.
[BABY COOS]
♪
Look, Rob is right here with us.
He's right here with us.
[BABY CRYING]
[VICTOR] He's beautiful.
[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪
[ELEVATOR RUMBLES]
- We're moving. We're moving.
- [TIFF] Oh, Thank God.
- Okay.
- [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[VICTOR MUTTERING]
- Are you the father?
- No, no, no, I'm not.
- Come with me.
- Okay.
You got it. You did so good.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO]
- [NURSE SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
- Okay, okay.
[VICTOR] You did great.
You did great. [LAUGHS]
You were meant for me ♪
No one else could come ♪
Between this love
I know ♪
[DARNELL] Okay, right here.
[GRUNTING] Okay.
♪
You and me, it seems ♪
Never have a problem ♪
We can't overcome ♪
- [BABY CRYING]
- [DARNELL AND JADA] Oh.
[DARNELL CHUCKLES]
[BABY CONTINUES CRYING]
It's okay.
♪
She's perfect.
What's her name?
♪
Jada.
Loving you ♪
Has made me feel so fine ♪
We love you, Ma.
[BABY FUSSING]
♪
Oh.
[CRYING] I love y'all, too.
[JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
Mm.
♪
Her name ain't no damn Terri.
It's Alicia.
She set us up.
[GASPS]
Damn, can't trust nobody.
Bae, text her and tell
her to meet you somewhere.
Act like it's an emergency.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CELL PHONE BLOOPS]
[DISTANT DOG BARKING, INSECTS CHIRPING]
♪
I told you.
[CLICKS TONGUE] You can't trust nobody.
♪
- Go keep her occupied.
- [CAR DOOR OPENS]
- [CAR DOOR CLOSES]
- What you about to do?
I'm gonna go in there
and see if she got
anything worth taking.
- [ENGINE TURNING OVER]
- Keith going with you?
Hell, no. I'm not going
back to jail for nobody.
I don't even hear
y'all talking right now.
Man, go take her to go
meet up with that bitch.
I'm gonna have Hannibal come scoop me.
♪
Text him the addy.
Have him meet me here in 15 minutes.
- All right, babe.
- [CANDICE] All right.
I'll be back.
Yeah ♪
Unh, what you gonna
do when it's go time? ♪
Uh-huh, uh-huh ♪
What you gonna do when it's go time? ♪
Unh, it's go time ♪
Yeah, it's time to take over ♪
Finish line, run it
up until it's over ♪
Yeah, I been through a lot ♪
That's why my heart is way colder ♪
Yeah, gotta keep
your head on a swivel ♪
Look over your shoulder ♪
Yeah, 'cause they outside,
and they wanna take you out ♪
But I can't let them ♪
Gotta show 'em what I'm about ♪
Gotta find a different route ♪
Paper trail, I'm on a paper trail ♪
Paper chase, I'm trying to run it up ♪
I come in fresh, I'm running this ♪
Unh, what you gonna
do when it's go time? ♪
Huh? Yeah, what you gonna
do when it's go time? ♪
[SOFT R&B MUSIC]
♪
I never got a chance to thank you.
For what?
For introducing me to
Professor Gardner
for believing in me.
♪
[SIGHS] So what did you think?
I think it's really good.
- Word?
- You're talented.
I've always known that.
[SCOFFS]
♪
I love you.
♪
I love you, too.
Then move in with me.
Your brother not gonna let me live here.
- I'm getting my own place.
- Since when?
- I saved up some money.
- You told your brother yet?
No, I wanted to tell you first.
Nae, he not gonna like
you living on your own.
He don't have a choice,
and the house he's staying in is mine.
He's lucky I'm letting him
and his new wife stay here.
- So you the big boss now, huh?
- [CHUCKLES]
I just want to start a new chapter.
I want a life of my own.
- So do I.
- Then come be with me.
♪
[SIGHS]
Nuck almost died the
other day 'cause of me.
Keeping him alive should
not be your responsibility.
It's my job to protect him.
And whose job is it to protect you?
♪
I adore you, Kiesha.
I'm so glad you tough on Emmett.
[CHUCKLES] Sorry.
Mm-mm, don't be.
Can't be a pushover.
You have to stand up for yourself.
Never forget the sound
of your own voice.
I won't.
I tucked away some money for you
to start your own homeschool.
[INHALES SHAKILY]
Thank you.
I'm just glad you helping
Emmett fulfill his dreams.
But don't forget to follow your own.
[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
♪
[DOOR OPENS]
Oh, shit.
[ALICIA] What was so urgent
that it couldn't wait?
[SIGHS]
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS]
I want to get away.
- From what?
- [CANDICE] My boyfriend.
- Did he hurt you?
- No.
But I think he will if
I don't do what he says.
Bring him to me,
and I'll make sure he never
lays a hand on you again.
What are you planning on doing?
I can make people go away.
I bet.
Just think of me as your protector.
You look more like predator to me,
and I guess I look like prey.
♪
[DRAMATIC VIOLIN MUSIC]
[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
♪
[UPBEAT PERCUSSION MUSIC]
♪
I don't really be chasing ♪
All these silly hos like you do ♪
Friend nigga like you do ♪
At nigga like you do ♪
Brand nigga like you do ♪
Like nigga like you do ♪
[ENGINE REVVING, TIRES SQUEALING]
I don't really be chasing
all these silly hos ♪
Like you do ♪
Friend nigga like you do ♪
At nigga like you do ♪
Brand nigga like you do ♪
Like nigga like you do ♪
♪
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
- [TIFF] Hey.
- We've been robbed.
Oh, shit. Are you okay?
[ALICIA] I'm fine.
- Fuck.
- [ALICIA] Where are you?
[TIFF] My water broke, and I
had to rush to the hospital.
I had the baby.
Oh, my gosh.
How is he?
Mm, he's perfect.
[ALICIA] I knew he would be.
I'll be right there.
[TIFF] Maybe Victor should come by.
No, no, no, I'm coming to you.
Jesus Christ.
What's his name?
[SIGHS]
Rob Junior.
Oh.
You've made me so happy.
He can't wait to meet you.
[SIGHS] I'll be right there.
Okay.
Everything okay?
Somebody robbed our house.
What the fuck? You want
me to go over there?
- No, Alicia's on her way now.
- Oh.
Where's Shaad?
She gave him the night off.
There's always some shit.
[CELL PHONE BLOOPING]
[CELL PHONE BLOOPING]
[ALICIA SCOFFS]
What the fuck are you doing here?
I know you killed Douda.
And who told you that Nuck?
As a matter of fact, he did.
Well, he's lying.
I watched him do it with my own eyes.
Really?
Because he said that
you used Bianca to do it.
That was the plan.
So it was premeditated.
He killed my brother,
and I wanted revenge.
Well, so do I.
[GASPS]
- [GRUNTS]
- [BODY THUDS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
I don't know why you want
me to leave Chicago so bad.
It's not safe here.
I don't know if it's safe anywhere.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[SIGHS] I just want to know
that you and your family
gonna be okay.
I'll protect them.
And if men like me keep leaving Chicago,
I don't know what this city will become.
[CHUCKLES]
I respect your decision.
[JADA] Mm.
[GROANS SOFTLY]
[JADA GRUNTS, GROANS SOFTLY]
- You okay?
- Mm.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
[JADA] Mm.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR CREAKING]
♪
[SOFTLY] J?
J?
[CRIES] J?
[Callie Day's "Hear My Prayer"]
When my work ♪
On Earth ♪
Is done ♪
And You ♪
Come ♪
To take me ♪
Home ♪
Just ♪
To know ♪
That I am bound ♪
For ♪
Glory ♪
♪
And to hear ♪
You say ♪
"Well done" ♪
♪
[SHAAD INHALES SHARPLY, GRUNTS]
[GROANS]
It's a beautiful morning.
Yes, it is.
[GROANS] I wish I didn't
have to work today.
Please, you know how many
folks out of work right now?
You better be grateful for this job.
You right. I need to get my ass up.
[GROANS] Excuse me.
[NORA] So I was thinking
maybe I host you tonight.
Oh.
Well, I can't wait.
But tell me, though, are you a, um
shoes-on or a shoes-off type of house?
I don't wear shoes in the house.
Well, I'll make sure I wear
some sensible socks, then.
Well, I have some
slides if you need them.
[LIGHT JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
[SHAAD] Hmm.
♪
[CHUCKLES]
♪
Victor.
Hmm?
What's up?
Did Alicia come by last night?
[GROANS]
I don't know.
If she did, she would
have come to my room.
- [VICTOR] Of course.
- [SIGHS]
I haven't heard from her.
[DOOR CREAKS]
Alicia?
Alicia!
Oh, shit. Oh.
Oh. Oh, shit.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Oh, shit. [BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪
Oh, shit.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
This Shaad right here.
[SNIFFS] Yo, where you at, man?
Tiff had the baby.
I need you to get to
Alicia's house right now.
- [VICTOR] What's going on?
- [SHAAD] I can't say.
Just get here.
Now!
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [CELL PHONE BEEPS]
[VICTOR] I got to go.
- What's going on?
- I don't know.
What you mean you don't know?
[GROANS] I'll be right back.
You can't just leave me
here and not say shit.
Look, let me just go
see what's going on,
and I'll call you, I promise.
Okay.
Just breathe.
[DRAMATIC HIP-HOP MUSIC]
♪
When we pull up, we gonna
slaughter with the gang ♪
And we talkin' ♪
So I guess you was the rat after all.
[CLICKS TONGUE] Not on purpose.
No more talking to
strangers from now on.
[CANDICE] Yeah, I'm chillin'.
Enjoy your earnings.
I put mine to the side.
[REG] Smart man.
Yeah, me too.
Oh, I want to go to Tulum.
Bae, we can't leave the
country I'm out on bail.
- We got to lay low.
- [CLICKS TONGUE] For how long?
[REG SIGHS]
- Just till the cops fall back.
- [CANDICE GASPS, CHUCKLES]
Oh, my gosh.
- You so motherfucking sexy.
- [BOTH] Mmm.
[CANDICE CHUCKLES] Thanks, baby.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS]
♪
Alicia's dead.
[SIGHS]
Did you do it?
No, she was dead when I got there.
Why'd you go over there?
♪
Tiff told me somebody robbed 'em.
[SIGHING] Wha
Who would want to kill Alicia?
I don't know.
Now my brother grown ♪
I left home for the
dream, now my cousin gone ♪
[BAKARI SIGHS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[DOOR CREAKING OPEN]
♪
What the fuck?
[SHAAD] I-I-I don't
know what happened, man.
I-I-I walked in here,
a-and the place was a mess,
and she was lying dead on the floor.
Jesus.
Come on, man, we can't leave
her on the floor like this.
No, we can't touch the body, bro.
- Nigga, we ain't kill her.
- So? [SIGHS]
Look, man, I'm moving
her over to this couch
whether you help me or not.
- Come on!
- Fuck it, bro.
Just look, man, grab
her right here, okay?
- On three, all right?
- [VICTOR] Oh, God.
- One, two, three.
- [VICTOR] Fuck.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
♪
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[SHAAD] Oh, man.
♪
[VICTOR] What the fuck, bro?
Fuck!
I should've been here.
Hey, man, don't blame yourself.
No, I'm gonna blame
myself. It's my fault.
♪
[VEHICLES APPROACHING]
[OFFICER] The house is surrounded.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
- Come out with your hands up.
- Shit!
♪
Ooh ♪
Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
Ha ha ♪
Steady, are you ready? ♪
What's going on? ♪
- Steady, are you ready? ♪
- Are you ready? ♪
- What's going on? ♪
- What's going on? ♪
I'm down, take a look around ♪
What's going down? ♪
- However do you want me ♪
- However ♪
However do you need me ♪
However do you want me ♪
- However do you need me ♪
- However ♪
- However do you want me ♪
- Do you want me ♪
- However do you need me ♪
- Do you need me ♪
However do you want me ♪
However do you need me ♪
However ♪
- Steady, are you ready? ♪
- Are you ready? ♪
What's going on? ♪
Tell me what's going on ♪
Cold, fresh air ♪
Feel the melody that's in the air ♪
Oh, yeah ♪
I'm down, take a look around ♪
Oh, it's going down ♪
However do you want me ♪
However do you need me ♪
However do you want me ♪
However do you need me ♪
However do you want me ♪
However do you need me ♪
However do you want me ♪
- Oh, yes, yes ♪
- However do you need me ♪
However do you want me ♪
However do you need me ♪