BMF (2021) s03e06 Episode Script

Casualties of War

1
I ain't interested in
getting in the middle
of whatever the fuck going
on between you and your pops.
He's always had my back.
Would hate to have to
pull your kids' protection.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
Who did this to you?
I promise that I'll get you out of here.
I need your help. I ain't
got nobody else to turn to.
[JIN] OK, who the fuck is Henry?
This is about Kevin.
- [GUNFIRE]
- Oh, shit.
[AMBERSON GASPING]
[JIN] We need an ambulance right away.
We've got an officer down.

Love you too.
My feelings never went
away for you, Lucille.
[TERRY] Hey, Dizz. Yo,
hold on, hold on, man.
I need to know Henri's
every fucking move.
And you're in the position to get 'em.
Hey, Mike.
This the last time you
disrespect me, motherfucker.
[GUNSHOT]
Ashes to ashes, nigga.
I did what you asked.
And you were right about Stacks.
He's playing us.
The OGs are saying the
MKs did the drive-by
that killed Diesel, not Remi.
So what's the next move?
Came to wave the white flag?
The MKs setting up our
crews to ambush us tonight.
Man, fuck these niggas.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
- [PERSON] Go!
-
[GUNSHOT]

- Hey, Remi!
- Milton.
Let's get these motherfuckers, man!
Man, get the fuck out of here!
[GUNFIRE]

This is all your fault!
[SOBBING] Get away from my son.
Look at what you've done.

[REMI] You know, God can do anything.
But how could he do this?

This wasn't what I wanted
for you, little Milton.
You was supposed to live.
[PEOPLE CRYING]
[OLDER MEECH] The fact that
life ends is what makes it precious.
Otherwise, we take it for granted.

A better day ♪
[OLDER MEECH] Black boys'
lives and I mean boys
was being cut short.
One in every 1,000 gone.
It was an epidemic,
and America didn't care.
But it got to me.
[SINGER] A better day ♪
[OLDER MEECH] Here in
the D, we was having
one of them days too.
[SINGER] Is coming ♪
If I lay down this heavy load ♪
And keep traveling this narrow road ♪
I know a better day ♪
is coming ♪
You a ballsy motherfucker.
I'm just here to offer
my heartfelt condolences
to the family.
[SINGER] In front of me ♪
It's a shame
someone so young had to die.
[SINGER] And to everything ♪
That tried to
harm me It won't ♪
Hey, from this point on,
it's on sight.
[SINGER] And they gave me ♪
The power and authority ♪
To claim better ♪
I expect better ♪
A better day is coming ♪
[VOCALIZING]
[REVEREND] Lord our God,
you are the source of life.
In you, we live and
move and have our being.
Keep us in life and death in your love.
And by your grace, lead
Diesel to your kingdom.
[BRYANT] My kid shouldn't
be in the ground.
And he damn sure shouldn't have to share
the same soil with you people.
Yo, show some respect.
I'm sorry for your loss,
but we mourning ours too.
[BRYANT GRUNTS]
- [PEOPLE MURMURING]
- [GUNS COCKING]
[OLDER TERRY] Be it these drug wars
or the war on drugs
Fuck you.
[OLDER TERRY] the Black community
was surrounded on all sides.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

I decided it was time to
put an end to all this shit,
'cause I couldn't bear
any more casualties of war
on our hands.
[CHARLIE] I got
everything on the line ♪
Out here I'm on the grind ♪
Trying to get mine ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
A nigga move the weight ♪
Trying to get the cake ♪
I'm in and out of state ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Too many niggas fake ♪
It's hard to tell a snake ♪
One more flip and I'm straight ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
I don't go hand to hand ♪
It go gram after gram ♪
Yeah, holla at me, man ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Too many niggas fake ♪
It's hard to tell a snake ♪
One more flip and I'm straight ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
[50 CENT] The D's ain't that good ♪
These niggas is ratting ♪
They tell them what's going on ♪
That's how they
know what's happening ♪
I'm riding with the top down ♪
Trunk full of yola ♪
Ghetto pharmaceutical ♪
I move that Coca-Cola ♪
Thousand grams of pure ♪
Though I fuck with the weirdos ♪
They snort away the pain ♪
Bang their dope in their vein ♪
Shorty crying
Christmas ain't coming ♪
Her pop's locked up ♪
When it hurts the worst ♪
Your ace find out she knocked up ♪
Welfare ain't an option ♪
When the Feds come knocking ♪
It's all fucked
up so wish me luck ♪
[CHARLIE] At least
you could wish me luck ♪
A nigga move the weight ♪
Trying to get the cake ♪
I'm in and out of state ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Too many niggas fake ♪
It's hard to tell a snake ♪
One more flip and I'm straight ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
I don't go hand to hand ♪
It go gram after gram ♪
Yeah, holla at me, man ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Too many niggas fake ♪
It's hard to tell a snake ♪
One more flip and I'm straight ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Wish me luck ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Oh, yeah, wish me luck ♪
Wish me luck ♪
All you got to do
is wish me luck, yeah ♪
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

[DUFFY] Their bodies are gone,
but I still feel them here.

They're still with us.
I ain't late, am I?
Man, you right on time.

Detroit.
[ALL] All day.
When Rip's folks went
to be with the ancestors
on Devil's Night,
he came to the A looking for a home.
Now, we might've held him
down, but Rip held us together.
He was a soldier, our brother.
For that, we ain't
never gonna forget him.
See you in the next one, Rip.
You a real one, G.
Yeah, I know everybody
going through it right now.
But I want you all to
come to my crib later on
for a repast and a movie.
You cooking something other than crack?
[LAUGHTER]
Fuck you, nigga.
[LAUGHTER]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I stopped by the Techwood kid's funeral.
Why the fuck you do that?
You ever read the Thor comics?
Juiced-up cracker with a sledge?
Dude don't even wanna be king.
But his brother Loki always
gunning for the throne.
Hmm, number twos always
wanna be number ones.
I seen sibling rivalry my whole life.
So you give them a nugget of power
'cause you don't care if they kings.
You elevating to be a god.
I bet Claude going
through his terrible twos
right now as we speak.
So you went to plant
that seed with Claude.
A'ight.
Look, we get Claude to get Remi on board
and take him out from the inside.
Then we make an alliance
with the Techwood boys
and take out the MKs.
All I'm doing is waiting for those
motherfucking seeds to sprout.
Easy.

Yo, everybody's on
edge now, popping off.
I can't see nobody keep rocking with us
if this how shit ends.
Man, what else they got, Tee?
Two shifts a day on an assembly line?
Man, that is not no living.
That is a life sentence.
A'ight, you can't pull
yourself up by the bootstraps
if you got no boots.
So that's your bright idea
to keep the troops happy?
There's nothing better
out there, so follow me?
Could be a soldier for the man
or a soldier in the streets.
You just paying the
cost of being a general.
You mean paying Charon.
Look, Tee, we all a family, a'ight?
We can't take shit with us.
So share the wealth.
And if we taken, man, we go out as icons
in a blaze of glory.
That's how you manage morale.
That's how you lead.
Hey, yo, let-let me holla
at you later, a'ight?
Hey.
Hey, little man.
I was so much younger when you was born.
Ooh, shit. [INHALES SHARPLY]
- Hey, you OK?
- Ooh.
Yeah, I'm having these
damn contractions.
Dr. Greenhouse says I'll be fine.
[TERRY] Shit.
[BABY BABBLING]
You OK?
Hey, you all right?
Oh, um,
it's just my-my fifth
funeral in as many days.
And honestly, it's just a disgrace.
[BABY BABBLING]
Here I am trying to lead
and-and protect all these people.
[SIGHS]
That's why I need to
dead shit with Henri
once and for all

before my kids not even remember me.
[BABY CRIES]

[INDISTINCT RAP MUSIC
PLAYING OVER STEREO]

[AMY] Excuse me. Mr. Flenory?
Excuse Mr. Flenory.
Not now, Ms. Watson.
I'm having a rough day.
Well, I am so sorry to hear that,
but we're still waiting
on your paperwork,
uh, listing your occupation.
And, uh, i-i-is that your car?
Kind of expensive for a
young man like yourself, hmm?
- I won the lottery.
- Uh-huh.
Well, then you won't have
any problem paying a gardener
or buying a lawn mower,
because the HOA has a strict
lawn blade height requirement,
and it-it ugh.
Mm, so do you have a height
requirement for all those men
coming in and out your
house to dick you down
while your husband gone?
[OLDER MEECH] Homeowner
associations began popping up
in the mid-to late 20th century
and mainly served to separate the whites
from the Blacks with anti-Black racism
embedded in their policies.
Detroit's James T. McMillan
erected the concrete
"Birwood," "Eight Mile," "Wailing" Wall
to segregate white homes from Black ones
so the Federal Housing Administration
would grant his loan for
an all-white subdivision.
In 1935, the Home
Owners' Loan Corporation
sent agents across the
nation to grade homes.
Though Black homeowners
were just as likely
to pay their mortgages,
Black neighborhoods were redlined,
preventing generations of Black people
from home-ownership and
increasing the wealth gap.
I got the DEA, FBI, APD,
and now an HOA to worry about.
Cut your lawn.
Wash your sheets.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [DOG BARKING]
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
Damn, you smell good, woman.
[LAUGHTER]
Y'all getting back together?
Mm.
No, baby, your daddy's
just saying good morning.
[CHARLES SIGHS]
This isn't gonna end well.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hello.
Uh, wrong number.
[RECEIVER CLATTERS]
- Have a good day, baby.
- [NICOLE] You too, Mama.
- See you later, Daddy.
- All right, baby.
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN AND SHUT]
Hey, uh,
I thought things were
going well with us,
especially in the bedroom.
[LUCILLE] Mm-hmm.
You know, Pastor Flemming asked me to
be her assistant pastor.
But I feel like a hypocrite because
we're not exactly the model family.
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah, well
shame is a powerful thing.
Trust me.
But don't let it dim your light.
I'm putting this family back together,
starting with the two of us.
And as for the doctor
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]
there's a reason you chose me
over him all those years ago.

The best man won.

God, help me.

[RAPPERS] It's wild out here ♪
Lions, bears, and vultures ♪
Eat what I kill the
ride-or-die culture ♪
- Culture ♪
- It's wild out here ♪
- This the family business ♪
- Family business ♪
Cutthroat only killers and victims ♪
- Victims ♪
- It's wild out here ♪
Better do what you 'posed to ♪
Do what you 'posed to ♪
Respect the rules to
this game and live longer ♪
It's wild out here ♪
Wi-wi-wild ♪
It's wild out here ♪

[TERRY] Henri.

Yo, I ain't come here
to start no static.
I came here to settle our beef amicably.
There's too many people
dying in these streets,
so let's just dead this here.
Would any of you go
somewhere, outnumbered,
start making demands?
[TERRY] I'm not demanding nothing.
I'm offering you something.
Why would I bargain
with a Jackson-5-reject-looking reneger?
[CHUCKLES] Shit, once
a "neger," always a
All right, come on. Be reasonable.
Be reasonable.
[CHUCKLES]
You're running around claiming
you're the king of Detroit.

But you're the court jester,
overcompensating for that lowercase D
I peeped in el baño.
Don't worry, though.
I ain't wanna be king.
I'ma be the dragon instead.
[RAPPER] This the family business ♪
[SIGHS] Look.
I came here to talk to you as
[RAPPER] Respect the
rules to this game ♪
And live longer ♪
Man-to-man.

Understand me when I say we
can't be allies, associates,
damn sure not friends.
Ain't no world in which we paisanos.
Only reason I ain't
wiped your ass out already
is because I'ma have
fun taking it slow
me breaking BMF,
the ultimate prize.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
- [CHILDREN CHATTERING]
- [DOG BARKING]

Yo, you going to the mattresses?

[GUN COCKING]
I'ma die here if I got to.
[CLAUDE] Yo, that was a powerful
eulogy you gave earlier, bro,
especially about
taking back what's ours.
[REMI] Oh, I get it.
This nigga Meech show up
acting like the ringmaster,
now you wanna buy tickets to the show.
Bro, he came to us like a
man, no hitters and no backup.
No, more like a snake in the grass,
offering you a bite of the apple.
Remember when the MKs
moved in? Never again.
[CLAUDE] Man, some of ours
went to Glock already, bro.
The MKs got guns and
weight. We got numbers.
We team up with BMF, we invincible.
But you won't, so what
the hell's gonna happen
when they just cross the street
and take up with Clark Howell, huh?
We need to get our city
back or get better weight
right now, nigga.
That's exactly what I'm trying to do.
No, fuck that, man. We
need to make the smart play
and cop that pure shit
for Meech and charge more.
Even if we step on it,
that's still enough green
for artillery and foot soldiers, nigga.
Then he'd have us hooked for life,
same as them fiends we sell to.
Plus, he still got some deaths
and a follow-you-home to avenge.
So is a bullet to the
head the play you into?
OK, so what's your plan, then,
mutually assured destruction?
No, we regroup, merge Atlanta crews,
know what I'm saying?
The crews will fall in
line 'cause I tell them to.
Now, if you got a better idea,
you better speak now or
forever hold your goddamn peace.
And you better not say no alliance.
OK, then lead, motherfucker.
Lead.

Hey, um, I'm really sorry about Kevin.
He was a great kid.
Look, if you wanna help,
let's get real and talk payback.
Is that where your head's at right now?
Don't worry.
There's gonna be payback
on that guy that you were working for.
Yeah, well, you barking
up the wrong privates.
- What?
- That he is a she.
I'm not gonna waste anyone's time.
Bottom line, how does
a quiet night at home
end with one officer dead
and two others looking like
cats who ate the canary?
Look, I already told you.
Showed up at Jin's
place. Shots rang out.
I didn't see who it was.
Me neither, sir.
Detective Bryant,
you continue to be a
blight on this department.
Given your repeated lies
and your unwillingness to cooperate,
I must inform you that
your suspension's over
because you're officially terminated.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Cool.
What about you?
Whose side are you on?

Detective Amberson and I
were following up on a case
after that ambulance pursuit.
And in the course of our investigation,
we discovered that BMF is beefed up
with another drug organization
that Bryant is moonlighting with,
led by a-a Henry guy
woman named Henry.
Thank you for that, finally.
But you're suspended
until further notice.
Wait. What?
City and I have a funeral to plan.
You dug your own grave, Detective.
Gun and badge.

[SIGHS]
[R&B MUSIC PLAYS]
[MOANING]
[SINGER] Can we start again ♪
Can we start again ♪
Can we start again ♪
[GUNSHOTS]
Markisha, no!
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
- What the fuck, Tee?
Shit.
Oh, there's-there's a
lot on my mind right now.
Shit, there's a lot on my mind, too,
like how you went to Atlanta
and didn't even tell me.
Oh, that was just
that was that was quick business.
You being secretive.
And ever since you been back,
your mind been all over the place.
You not even focused.
Yo, my head's just fucked up right now.
Then talk to me, baby.
For one, Henrietta,
she's in the business of
trying to destroy mine.
I told her I don't want
any more blood spilled,
and she just tried
to Kunta Kinte my toe.
That lesbo is a
second-generation dealer.
She got crazy daddy issues.
Who's her father?
Frank Andreas.
Streets call him Blaze.
He's a cop-turned-drug kingpin
who has serious political connections.
Oh, that's who K-9 and
Pat used to talk about.
They just never mentioned who.
So just go over Henrietta's head.
She might think she's in control,
but Blaze got her in a stranglehold.
At least that's what Boom told me.
OK.
Now, get your mind right,
'cause we're the number
one priority right now.
I mean, we gotta live for
those who ain't here, right?
You always know the right thing to say.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Where Laz at?
I think the Red Dogs got him.
You know, they been on
a rampage since Techwood.
- Goddamn, man.
- [PERSON] Yeah, man.
Shit. Well, let's eat.
What, no grace?
Man, fuck that. Eat.
[LAUGHTER]
And while we're fucking things,
fuck Stacks, fuck Glock,
and fuck whoever else
try to get in our way.
- Amen.
- [ALL] Amen.
[PERSON] Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
I know it's been hard.
But I appreciate y'all,
each and every one of you.
You welcome, nigga.
[LAUGHTER]
Yeah, but no, real shit.
We lost a lot of leaders.
But now it's time to
rise to the occasion.
Now, Tina, between
the club and the store,
we need more clients.
Duffy, whoever Tina brings in,
I need them vetted and tested
before they can get down.
- Got you.
- [MEECH] All right.
Now, let's finish this shit
so we can go hit the club
and celebrate every day
we got left on this Earth.
- Yeah.
- I'm tired of sitting here.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

[GROANS]
- [GRUNTS]
- [GROANS]

- [GRUNTS]
- [GROANS]
[GUN COCKING]
[GUN COCKING]

[BLAZE] I might not
understand my daughter.
But I sure as hell won't let
you spray one in her chest.
My kid's dead because of her.
Stand down, Bryant,
unless you wanna join him.
Light him up, Dad.
I'm in the mood for roast pig.

[BLAZE] We're gonna teach
this motherfucker a lesson.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]
[SINGER] Trying to
survive while living to die ♪

Trying to survive
while living to die ♪

Trying to survive
while living to die ♪

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Ever since the youth
told twisted truths ♪
[TINA] Hold up, Meech.
[DUFFY] Yo, man, what
the fuck y'all want?
[INDISTINCT MUTTERING]
[GROANS] Fuck you, nigga.
[TURNER] Oh, what, that's too tight?
Well, maybe I'll loosen
them if you tell me
what went down at Techwood.
Fuck you, bitch. You
violating my rights.
What rights, asshole?
Fuck.
[TINA] Meech, what we gonna do?
You know I ain't do shit.
You breaking the fucking law.
Man, tell that shit to
Clarence Thomas, nigga.
I'm the law now, boy.
This don't look good.
Man, get his ass up out of here.
- [DOG BARKING]
- Sir Coltrane, get him, boy.
- Sic, sic.
- [DOG GROWLS]
- Go!
- [HARDY] Go! Go!
[TIRES SQUEALING]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

[DOG BARKING]
[DOG BARKING]
- Hey.
- What is this?
- No, Mama, no.
- Listen.
Don't argue with me, Nicole, OK?
I just want you to be prepared.
I'm not even having sex.
You need these pills more than I do.
What'd you say?
Dr. Montclair has been
calling a lot lately.
You better watch your mouth, now, OK?
Now, if you got something
to say, you need to say, Ma,
I need to talk.
But you not gonna
disrespect me in my house.
You hear me?
- Do you hear me?
- Yes.
Now, you got something to say?
Yes.
I don't need to take birth control.
I only want what's best
for you, OK, Nicole?
How do you know what's best for me
if you weren't even there?
Because I'm your mother, and
I don't want you to end up
stuck like me.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

I'm not gonna be stuck like that,
like LaWanda or Lori or Monique,
God rest her soul.
I'm not, 'cause I'm not even having sex.
So you can stop worrying
about me so much.
You got bigger things to worry about.

Just take the pills, Nicole.
It's not gonna kill you.

I want you to have a
better life than me, OK?

[FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYS]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[BLAZE] I know quite a bit about BMF.
I admire your business plan
less war, more peace,
more money.
You like Harold Neal?
Look-look, p-pardon me,
but that's-that's not
why I'm here.
I offered your daughter a proposition
in exchange for peace,
and she spat in my face
stabbed at my foot, to be exact.
What do you want me to do about it?
Convince her.
Now, I got that premium shit,
the best in the state.
It's yours at a steep discount
if-if we could just put
our differences aside.
We-we both go back to
doing what we do best,
counting stacks instead of bodies.
Tee from Southwest Detroit.
You seem like a smart kid,
so you'll understand me when I say
often the politics of family
is more complicated
than that of the enemy.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
I appreciate you coming to me honorably,
like a man.

I'll see what I can do.

[MEECH] Man, pick up. Pick up.
Pick up, man. Pick up.
Pick up. Pick up.
Oh, my God.
- What's wrong?
- This shit not making no sense.
I don't get why the
fuck Duffy and Lazuli
ain't been released yet.
You know, Greeny's been MIA too.
There's a couple ADAs
that come to the club.
I could maybe ear hustle
for you if you want.
You know what?
Do that.
Do that. Matter of fact, here.
This shit just feel off.
Like, Duffy is on the run.
If they start talking across states,
man, he's done.
And Lazuli, he should be
out of the drunk tank by now.
It's only 48-hour hold.
[POUNDING ON DOOR]
Wait.

The fuck?
Mr. Flenory, you have 30 days to pay
and get this place up
to our homeowners
association guidelines,
or we'll place a lien on this house.
This is a r
This is a respectable neighborhood.
We have rules.
Mm.
Let me get on that right
now for you, Ms. Amy.
[LAUGHTER]

[PAPER CRUMPLING]
Anything else you need?

[HOOP] Put the ones in the bag.
Don't lick your fingers.
What the you two
supposed to be in college.
Can y'all even spell SATs?
Nigga, yes, I'm an aerospace major,
a'ight, and my brother over here
Nigga, that was rhetorical,
you Brillo-pad-looking
black hole of common sense.
- [LAUGHTER]
- Hey, hey, hey.
You gonna get this shit right, man.
Count it again.
A'ight, chill, man.
[HOOP] Damn.
Hey, why are you bringing
these Blacula-looking motherfuckers
into the fold, Tee?
Yo, that's Werm and Spyder, a'ight?
They go to school with Wanda's cousin.
They been freelance
ever since the 2Gs job.
They here 'cause they loyal, period.
Now, instead of questioning me, teach.
Shit, all right.
Hey, Dizz.
[INDISTINCT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
Yo, look, um, we're about to have
a lot more fiends to feed, you know,
once we get Blaze's
network under our belts.
I'ma need some space to whip as we grow.
I'm starting up a burger joint.
Might have some equipment to
help us speed up the process.
A1 since day one, always
coming in clutch, baby.
- [DIZZ] You already know.
- [TERRY] Hey, yo.
Everyone, huddle up. Huddle up.
Come on, come on.
Look, I just wanna say I
appreciate all of y'all.
And thank y'all for
always rocking with BMF.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- Here y'all go.
- Hey!
- Damn, man.
- What?
[TERRY] There you go.
[SPYDER] For sure. Hey, yo, boss,
you wouldn't happen to have
no Chicago ones, though?
Jordan been goin' crazy this year.
[WERM] Yo, that was mine.
The rest of y'all could
wear them to the game.
And here's the tickets. Enjoy.
I gotta go handle something, a'ight?
Chicago, my ass.
[SPYDER] Appreciate you, boss.
Row GG?
Bruh.
The Palace even go up that high?

[BERNADETTE] Order for Meech?
[SINGER] Never gonna
find another love ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
A taste on the house.
Once new customers try this,
they always become repeats.
Thank you so much, ma'am.
I love me a sample.
[SINGER] Someone to
fulfill all of your needs ♪
Never gonna find ♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[CLAUDE] I wanna rap with you.

[INDISTINCT R&B MUSIC PLAYING]

Man, I ain't here to start nothin'.
I came alone, like you did.
Respect.
So what's the timing, and
how is this pure weight
gonna resurrect my crew?
Everyone gonna eat.
We gonna be partners
forever, man, not competitors.
And you know what?
You and your crew do owe
me for that robbery too.
So if you handle this,
I'll wipe your whole slate clean.
[CHUCKLES] OK.
Wow.
You know, as kids, me and
Remi were like brothers.
Took me on,
kept me straight.
All he ever wanted was me
to avoid this life, but
you know, I couldn't.
Sometime the life finds you.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
Dawg, young kids like Milton
is dying because of him.
Man, that motherfucker
gots to go, period.

I'll reach out to some cats.
But you gotta show you got
a love for ATL, not greed.
[BERNADETTE] For the kids.
[CLAUDE] Remi off the chains now.
If you feeling like this, chances are,
other Atlanta crews are too.
Show them what's on the table.
Then we gonna circle back.

My shit the best.
They gonna keep coming back.

[DOG BARKING]
[MELLOW JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[BLAZE] Two things.
Tee came to me.
Can't say I'm surprised.
He went over my head
just because you a man.
The disrespect, man.
Yeah, you'd know all about that.
Number two
you are here to make amends
with all these people.
The
the hell I am.
Your stupidity has cost us cover.
A cop?

No more looking the other
way on our business deals.
Exclusively supplying political events?
Gone.
The whole business model, blown.
That was your market.
I've evolved.
You wouldn't even have a
market share without me.
Yet here I am cleaning
up your mess again.
I'm cleaning up after you
with your frat boy on my ass.
Bryant would have blown this shit all up
if I wasn't thinking five steps ahead.
And I decided to keep your friends flush
when you wanted to fold.
You're old-school, old man.
The Force isn't a frat.

How did I raise someone so unlike me?
Why?
Still wish you'd had a boy?
No.
I wish I had a lady, Henrietta.
I raised you to be the smartest,
the prettiest,
the most cultured,
the Jack and Jilliest.

But look at my heir.
Yeah, look at me.
This is me.

Make peace
before you end up losing another cousin
in this war that you started,
or our arrangement
may be coming to an end.
Stay out of my business, and we good.
You wanna know why I
didn't tell Tee yes?
It was out of courtesy to you.
Yet you can never extend the same to me.
Respect
is earned.
Take the deal.

Tee's playing with fire.

Did you peep the way that him and Dizz
was looking at each other
when Terry came to talk to you?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
So, what, them two tight?
Here I was,
willing to let shit go.

[CHARLES] Where are you going?
We grown, so no secrets.
I'm going to dinner with Maurice.
Well, you look beautiful.
Thank you.

And I appreciate you
being honest with me.

And I'm going to give
you all the space you need
to figure things out.

[PERCUSSIVE DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

[SINGER] Get up on
that floor shake it ♪
[YOUNG CHUCKLES]
[SINGER] Get up on
that floor shake it ♪
[YOUNG EXHALES HEAVILY]
Drinks on me.
The wetter, the better.
[SINGER] Down to the floor ♪
Come on ride that pole, lady ♪
Club's been dead ever
since the Techwood shit.
I don't have to entertain
the usual thugs and dealers.
Mm, well, I guess we both can
thank the Red Dogs for that.

What are you doing to keep me safe?
I'll take care of you,
as long as you take care of me.
[ANGEL] Mm.
Is that why Greeny got picked up,
'cause you were taking care of me?
No, his ass got nabbed
by Georgia Bureau of Investigation
'cause he fraternizes with
what'd you call them, thugs and dealers?
[CHUCKLES]
Apparently killers now.
[ANGEL] Oh, no.
Anyone
I know?
[CHUCKLES]
I can't get into specifics.

[SINGER] Get up on
that floor shake it ♪
[YOUNG SIGHS]
[SINGER] Get up on
that floor shake it ♪
[YOUNG MOANS]
[SINGER] Get up on that floor ♪

[YOUNG MOANING]
What was that?
[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
But don't tell anyone.
It's our little secret.
We share a lot of secrets, don't we?
Mm, we can share a lot more
at the motel down the street.
Mm-mm, baby, I don't do that anymore.
[MOANS]
[ANGEL] I make my own money now.
[SINGER] Get up on that floor ♪
And by the looks of it
my job here is done.
[RAPPER] Do it the player way ♪
Mouth full of gold and fully paid ♪
Clock don't stop no time to play ♪
She was like a second sister to me
a second chance. [SOBS]
And I'm in more trouble at work.
I mean, what's the point?
You must decide if getting what you want
is worth that walk through fire.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Man, how the fuck
could they do that shit?
Man, them Red Dogs don't give a fuck.
They keep you long as they want,
do whatever the fuck they want.
And nobody cares, nigga.
Nobody gonna stop them.
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]
- [MEECH SIGHS]
- [ANGEL] Meech.
It's nothing but bodies since
we got to this city, man.
What happened?
Greeny got arrested
and implicated you
for shooting Big Mike.
What?
What the fuck?
Yeah, and they just
impaneled a secret grand jury.
And GBI's looking for you.
[MEECH] Man, where the fuck you been?
[LAZULI] Bro, you ain't gonna like it.
They tryin' to get me
to testify against you
on some bullshit murder.
They coming hard, man.

[DUFFY] You gotta go dark.

All right, there's
heat all over the city,
so we gotta prepare
for how the DA, the Red Dogs,
the GBI, or anything
else gonna come after us.
Dilla got me leads on Ty's old lawyers.
[MEECH] All right, so
we'll put 'em on retainer.
That means if you get
harassed by police,
stopped by the DA, or
anything, you call them,
and they gonna tell you what
to do and what not to say.
What you gonna do?
Shit, me, I'ma keep on keeping on
but from the Lou from now on.
- The Lou?
- [MEECH] Yeah.
My boy J-Pusha's already out there
with infrastructure ready to go.
Now, this don't mean that
I'm abandoning y'all, a'ight?
I'ma still have operations in motion
and keep everything going
and send y'all money.
But don't think that
mean y'all can slack
or you don't owe what you owe,
'cause you still owe that shit.
And Meech gonna be back when
the heat dies down, a'ight,
but until then, keep y'all heads up.
And we gonna keep this shit rolling.
I wanna go with you.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[SIGHS] Angel, I'm not
bringing nobody with me.
But you promised you'd never leave me.
You know I don't have no one.
Look, Angel, I know you strong.
You been through a lot.
I know you'll be fine.
Right.
You can't get mad if I move
on by the time you get back.

In fact, I hear Glock pays well.
What?
You gonna say that after
all the shit that Glock's doing?
You ain't never been loyal.
You out my circle of trust.
Might as well find you
a new crib to stay in.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

That shit that you mentioned
the other day about Henri's dad
was actually smart as fuck.
You know, Boom would never admit it,
but he got as far as
he did listening to me.
I'm more than just a trophy wife, Tee.
[INDISTINCT UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
I was thinking
we should plan a nice romantic vacation,
just us,
get away from everything and everyone.
I mean, that sounds good.
Sounds real good.
But LaWanda's about
to pop any minute now,
so when that's over, we
can for sure plan something.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[LIGHT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

I wanna thank you Heavenly Father ♪
For shining Your light on me ♪
You sent me someone
who really loves me ♪
[LUCILLE] Mm.
Yeah, that's beautiful.
Thank you.
[SINGER] He keeps me happy ♪
Reece, this is so beautiful.
You deserve the best.
[SIGHS]
I mean, I don't even know what to say.
Yeah, well, you could
at least let me know
why you've been avoiding my phone calls.
OK, to be honest,
I mean, you know, Charles
and I have a lot of history.
And we don't?
I mean, he's still my husband.
I mean, we got three kids together.
And, you know, I'm just
[SINGER] It couldn't happen ♪
I mean, I'm just trying to honor my vows
in the eyes of God.
I mean, you told me you
two were separated, so I
Well, we still live in the same house.
Well, that's honest.
[SINGER] Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
But
do you remember our history?
- You know, 'cause I do
- [LAUGHS]
including your love for dancing.
- Oh, my goodness.
- Mm-hmm.
What are you doing?
Can you still boogie down?
We got this beautiful dinner,
and it just it looks delicious.
Better than me?
Ooh.
[SINGER] I know ♪
OK.
OK, just one dance.
- [CHUCKLES]
- One dance.
[SINGER] Ooh, ooh ♪
Without your love, oh, oh ♪

Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
Without your love ♪
You are just as beautiful
as when I took you to prom.
Mm?
[SINGER] It wouldn't
happen without your love ♪
There's no place I'd rather be
than here with you right now.
[SINGER] Thank you ♪
I feel the same way.
[SINGER] Heavenly Father ♪
- [PHONE BUZZING]
- [MAURICE GROANS]
- I'm sorry.
- It's OK.
- I'm on call.
- OK.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
[GROANING]
Uh, Dr. Montclair,
this is Nicole Flenory.
I-I found your card on mom's nightstand.
We really need your help.
Surprise.
Look, you haven't even been here yet.
And we got the place to ourselves.
- [JOE] Hey, Tee.
- Hey, Joe.
It's cute. I just
I just thought we were gonna
go someplace a little bit nicer.
I know, but just wait
till you try the food.
So what you wanna drink?
[MARKISHA] Wine?
No liquor license.
- Coke?
- I got you.
Oh, and you gotta try this corn bread.
- Mm-hmm. -
[TERRY WHISTLES]
It is my grandmother's recipe
she passed to my mother.
- Oh, I can't wait.
- [TERRY] Oof.
Oh, and we been cooking
a lot in the kitchen,
- you know, so
- Mm-hmm.
I'ma give you a slice
of that so you can buy
some jewelry, buy some clothes,
buy the boys whatever they want.
- [MARKISHA] Thank you.
- [PHONE RINGS]
[TERRY] You want anything
on the menu or off the menu?
I mean, you know the world is your
oyster Rockefeller.
[JOE] Yo, Tee, emergency call.
Your baby mama's in
labor at your folks'.
Your sister says come quick.
I gotta go.
Fuck.
- You're not gonna give me a ride?
- Joe, take care of her.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

- Oh, my God.
- Just-just breathe.
Breathe. Breathe.
Nine-one-one is late as usual,
and our neighbors aren't home.
- [LUCILLE] Oh, my goodness.
- Oh, where's my mom?
- Where's my mom?
- [MAURICE] There we go.
[LUCILLE] It's OK.
We're here, sweetheart.
It's all gonna be OK. I'm Dr. Montclair.
- OK.
- [MAURICE] All right?
- All right.
- OK?
We're gonna have to
deliver the baby here.
- The baby's coming now, so
- OK.
[MAURICE] please slide down, love.
Take your time.
Terry! [GROANS]
- What the hell?
- [MAURICE] All right.
- Deep, steady breaths.
- Oh, my God. OK.
[MAURICE] OK. All right.
Nicole, warm wet rags.
All right, quickly.
- Quickly, thank you.
- OK.
- Deep breath.
- [LAWANDA] OK.
- Big push on this one.
- All right.
[MAURICE] Nice and hard. Now.
- [GRUNTING]
- Atta way.
There you go. Atta way.
Push, push, push, push.
- There you go.
- Yeah, squeeze my hand.
- Thank you.
- [LAWANDA GROANING]
- OK, bring your leg down.
- You got this.
- You can do this, baby.
- Move.
- OK, you're so good.
- All right.
[LAWANDA] Oh, my God. No,
no, no, no, no, no, no.
- [LUCILLE] Yes.
- Oh, Jesus. All right.
- You're almost there.
- Oh, my God.
[MAURICE] Your leg, we're
gonna place that back.
This is the final stretch, all right?
- OK, all right.
- [MAURICE] Take a deep breath.
- Breathe.
- Give me everything you got.
- [LAWANDA] All right.
- [MAURICE] All right.
[LAWANDA] All right. [GRUNTS]
- There we go.
- Yes, good job.
- Great job. Great job.
- [SCREAMS]
[MAURICE] All right. There she is.
- [LUCILLE] Oh, my God.
- [MAURICE] There she is.
- [LUCILLE] Oh.
- [BABY CRIES]
- There we go.
- Oh, I know.
- There's the cut.
- I know.
- It's OK, pumpkin.
- [MAURICE] There you go.
Sorry, love.
[LUCILLE] It's OK, grand-pumpkin.
Here's your mommy.
- [LAUGHS] Yeah.
- [MAURICE] Towel.
Yeah.
- [GROANS]
- Hi.
Oh, my God, Wanda.
- Hey, you OK?
- Congratulations.
You the daddy?
Get the fuck away.
I know exactly who you was with.
Wait, what?
No, I been busting my
ass trying to take care
- of us, the family. What
- Nigga, fuck you.
Your cook already gave you up.
- Wanda, can you stop tripping
- Back the fuck up.
Stop tripping and let me hold my
- Easy, easy.
- Let me hold my
- Calm down, son.
- [CHARLES] Hey, hey, hey.
Terry, Terry, come on, come on.
Let's go outside.
Let's get some air man, all right?
- [BABY CRYING]
- He ain't your son.
[LUCILLE] It's OK.
Breathe. Relax, sweetie.
Just relax. The
ambulance is here, honey.
[SIREN WAILING]
[MAURICE] Beautiful baby girl.
[LUCILLE] Nicole?
[MAURICE] Ah, she's all right.
OK.
- All right.
- Great, great job, ladies.
- [LUCILLE] You did so good.
- [LAWANDA] Thank you.
[LUCILLE] You did so good.
[LAWANDA SIGHS]

[SIGHS]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[CLAUDE] I got another crew on board,
but we gotta tread lightly.
Man, that's your move.
You gotta tread lightly.
Yo, I think it'd go faster
if we were tag-teaming.
You gotta be the type of
leader that men will follow.
My girls so pure, they hymens intact.
So the plan gonna sell
itself, so sell it.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
I'll hit you up when I'm back.
Yo, you leaving me high and dry?
I said I'll be back. Trust.

[PERSON 1] Pistons
were getting blown out.
We bouncing early.
[PERSON 2] Hey, see
you at the club, Dizz.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

- [VALVE SQUEAKING]
- [GAS HISSING]
["A SONG FOR YOU" PLAYING]

[HENRI] Hey, Dizz.

[DIZZ] Henri?

The fuck?
[FLAME ROARING]
[DONNY HATHAWAY] I've
been so many places ♪
[DIZZ SCREAMING]
Henri, come on, please!
[SCREAMING]
Oh! Help me!
[DONNY HATHAWAY] I've
sung a lot of songs ♪
I've made some bad rhymes ♪
I've acted out my life ♪
[HENRIETTA] Ashes to ashes
and Dizz to dust.
[OLDER TERRY] Ain't no brokering a truce
with someone whose sole reason for being
is to extinguish your light.
In or out, anyone near the drug game
is gonna be a casualty of some kind
as you watch your attempts
at peace and prosperity
go up in smoke.
[DONNY HATHAWAY] I
know your image of me ♪
Is what I hoped to be ♪
I treated you unkindly ♪
But, darling Can't you see ♪
There's no one
More important to me ♪

Baby, can't you see through me ♪
'Cause we're alone now ♪
And I'm singing this song to you ♪
You taught me precious secrets ♪
Of a true love ♪
Withholding nothing ♪
You came out in front ♪
When I was hiding ♪

But now I'm so much better ♪
And if my words
don't come together ♪
Listen to the melody ♪
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