1 00:00:01,569 --> 00:00:03,737 -The Lyons are hitting back on Empire. -(shouts) 2 00:00:03,771 --> 00:00:06,174 -May we rise. -Like we always do. 3 00:00:06,207 --> 00:00:08,076 Catch all-new episodes Wednesdays. 4 00:00:08,109 --> 00:00:10,211 And check out our other Fox programs-- 5 00:00:10,244 --> 00:00:13,081 Star, 9-1-1, and The Resident. 6 00:00:13,114 --> 00:00:14,215 That's a win-win. 7 00:00:14,248 --> 00:00:15,749 Only on Fox. 8 00:00:18,619 --> 00:00:20,354 -Previously on Empire... -Do y'all remember the three 9 00:00:20,388 --> 00:00:21,989 -black divas? They are back! -(applause and cheering) 10 00:00:22,022 --> 00:00:24,692 -Please marry me. I love you. -(crying): I love you. 11 00:00:24,725 --> 00:00:27,595 -How do you know I'm adopted? -I know your real mom. 12 00:00:27,628 --> 00:00:29,863 I was in prison with her. 13 00:00:29,897 --> 00:00:32,500 -You're all screwed up, and you need help. -You can be strong. 14 00:00:32,533 --> 00:00:34,368 Look, you ain't got to do it for me. Do it for your babies. 15 00:00:34,402 --> 00:00:36,237 Oh, you ain't care about my baby when you killed their mother. 16 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:38,172 Yo, when I heard that Blake wrote... 17 00:00:38,206 --> 00:00:40,941 Blake wrote? So you told her you wrote my song, brah? 18 00:00:40,974 --> 00:00:42,943 -(groans) -(gasping) 19 00:00:42,976 --> 00:00:45,513 (intro to "Moment of Silence" plays) 20 00:00:45,546 --> 00:00:48,382 * Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah * 21 00:00:48,416 --> 00:00:51,018 * Yeah 22 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:54,188 -* Uh-huh -* Yeah, yeah, yeah * 23 00:00:54,222 --> 00:00:57,024 * When they fire that shot, then the body drop * 24 00:00:57,057 --> 00:00:58,926 * Drop, drop 25 00:00:58,959 --> 00:01:01,129 * We need a moment of silence 26 00:01:01,162 --> 00:01:03,097 * Silence, silence, silence * 27 00:01:03,131 --> 00:01:04,932 -* Yeah, yeah * -* Silence, silence 28 00:01:04,965 --> 00:01:08,602 * Yeah, when you sitting on top and they want ya spot * 29 00:01:08,636 --> 00:01:10,604 -(gunshot) -* Then the music stop 30 00:01:10,638 --> 00:01:12,373 * We need a moment of silence 31 00:01:12,406 --> 00:01:14,375 * Silence, silence, silence * 32 00:01:14,408 --> 00:01:17,411 * Yeah, yeah, yeah, silence, silence, silence * 33 00:01:17,445 --> 00:01:20,214 * I get up from the dust, it's no love, it's no trust * 34 00:01:20,248 --> 00:01:22,583 * If you wait, come with us, it's just me and my blood... * 35 00:01:22,616 --> 00:01:25,153 Yeah, you want a midnight snack? Huh? 36 00:01:25,186 --> 00:01:26,954 I'll bring the Cookie, you bring the milk. 37 00:01:26,987 --> 00:01:28,422 -Are you serious? -(laughs) 38 00:01:28,456 --> 00:01:30,057 -Mm-hmm. -(laughs) 39 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:32,626 Uh-oh. Wait a minute. Why it smell like a barn in here? 40 00:01:32,660 --> 00:01:34,595 And why does that boy look like his ass stink? 41 00:01:34,628 --> 00:01:36,464 -How long y'all been down here? -No, no. We've been 42 00:01:36,497 --> 00:01:39,167 at it long enough for our boy to realize 43 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,569 that monster that lives in him is back. 44 00:01:41,602 --> 00:01:44,004 * Messed around and survived, don't wanna... * 45 00:01:44,037 --> 00:01:46,006 He has found himself. I mean, do you remember 46 00:01:46,039 --> 00:01:47,441 when I stayed in the studio, 47 00:01:47,475 --> 00:01:49,343 -it was, like, 72 hours, right? -Mm-hmm. 48 00:01:49,377 --> 00:01:51,179 Trying to do two albums. 49 00:01:51,212 --> 00:01:53,847 What I was doing is what he's doing. 50 00:01:53,881 --> 00:01:55,916 I was exorcising my demons. 51 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:57,851 He's getting it out of him now. 52 00:01:57,885 --> 00:02:00,020 You know? Let him stay in there 53 00:02:00,053 --> 00:02:02,423 and you can save me a little bit of that for later. 54 00:02:02,456 --> 00:02:04,358 No. What he needs 55 00:02:04,392 --> 00:02:07,195 to exercise, Lucious, is a washcloth, 56 00:02:07,228 --> 00:02:09,963 -and he needs some sleep, Lucious. -Baby... 57 00:02:09,997 --> 00:02:11,432 Don't "baby" me. 58 00:02:11,465 --> 00:02:14,202 This is a family business, 59 00:02:14,235 --> 00:02:16,003 so I expect you to take care of our son. 60 00:02:16,036 --> 00:02:17,338 -Hey... -Forget that, 61 00:02:17,371 --> 00:02:19,607 then you can forget about these, 62 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:21,875 and you can forget about this for sure. 63 00:02:21,909 --> 00:02:23,444 -Can't forget that. -No. 64 00:02:23,477 --> 00:02:24,878 -It's unforgettable. -Clean this place up. 65 00:02:24,912 --> 00:02:27,615 * When you sitting on top and they want ya spot * 66 00:02:27,648 --> 00:02:29,817 -* Stop, stop * -* Then the music stop 67 00:02:29,850 --> 00:02:31,785 * We need a moment of silence 68 00:02:31,819 --> 00:02:33,954 * I do... * 69 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:35,889 * 70 00:02:40,994 --> 00:02:43,897 COOKIE: Did you know that, with new medical advances, 71 00:02:43,931 --> 00:02:46,334 somebody with HIV will probably 72 00:02:46,367 --> 00:02:49,303 live longer than someone with type 2 diabetes? 73 00:02:49,337 --> 00:02:50,838 Isn't that interesting? 74 00:02:50,871 --> 00:02:53,073 You know something else you didn't know? 75 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:56,510 If Jamal thought Kai needed your help, 76 00:02:56,544 --> 00:02:58,546 I think he would ask you. 77 00:02:58,579 --> 00:03:00,748 Our son loves this man, 78 00:03:00,781 --> 00:03:02,816 for real, okay, 79 00:03:02,850 --> 00:03:04,852 and I don't want to be ignorant 80 00:03:04,885 --> 00:03:06,687 to what Kai might be going through, 81 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,389 so I'm educating myself, okay? 82 00:03:08,422 --> 00:03:10,391 So why don't you just trust him? 83 00:03:10,424 --> 00:03:12,360 You know, maybe then you don't have to worry so much. 84 00:03:12,393 --> 00:03:13,994 That's all I'm saying. 85 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:16,096 Well, what about all the artists we should have signed, 86 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:17,998 like, yesterday? Can I worry about that? 87 00:03:18,031 --> 00:03:22,002 Well, we just signed Devon to Def Jam, and... 88 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:23,771 And we're about to lose everything 89 00:03:23,804 --> 00:03:26,006 if we don't get any more cash flowing 90 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:28,942 through this brand-new company, Lucious. 91 00:03:28,976 --> 00:03:31,111 Baby, will you please relax? 92 00:03:31,144 --> 00:03:33,013 Your man is doing his part. 93 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:35,849 Thirsty's on his way over here right now, 94 00:03:35,883 --> 00:03:39,953 and we're finalizing our plans to get Carlito 95 00:03:39,987 --> 00:03:43,557 -under Lyon Family Management. -Mm. 96 00:03:43,591 --> 00:03:45,859 That's real cash right away. 97 00:03:45,893 --> 00:03:49,863 I will still probably sign someone faster than you. 98 00:03:49,897 --> 00:03:51,765 Hmm? 99 00:03:51,799 --> 00:03:53,367 Mmm. 100 00:03:53,401 --> 00:03:55,369 Is that a challenge? 101 00:03:55,403 --> 00:03:57,438 Whoever brings in the first artist 102 00:03:57,471 --> 00:04:00,974 gets on top tonight. 103 00:04:01,008 --> 00:04:02,676 (laughs) 104 00:04:04,812 --> 00:04:06,747 (door opening) 105 00:04:09,016 --> 00:04:12,486 Carlito's manager plays in a high-stake poker game 106 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,155 every Wednesday, and he's damn good. 107 00:04:15,188 --> 00:04:17,090 But word on the street-- he's on the tilt. 108 00:04:17,124 --> 00:04:18,592 How does that help me? 109 00:04:18,626 --> 00:04:20,394 He's got a bit of a gambling problem. 110 00:04:20,428 --> 00:04:22,630 Cleaned out his bank account, mortgaged his home, everything. 111 00:04:22,663 --> 00:04:24,498 -Everything except... -Carlito. 112 00:04:24,532 --> 00:04:26,634 Exactly. 113 00:04:26,667 --> 00:04:29,403 You got to get me a seat at that table, man. 114 00:04:29,437 --> 00:04:31,104 Already done. 115 00:04:31,138 --> 00:04:33,106 Thurston Rawlings. 116 00:04:33,140 --> 00:04:35,776 Before we get the accolades going, there is a catch. 117 00:04:35,809 --> 00:04:38,078 The game got a half-a-million-dollar buy-in. 118 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:40,280 Blinds are 250 and 500. 119 00:04:40,314 --> 00:04:42,916 (exhales) 120 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:45,653 I'm gonna assume you ain't got that kind of money lying around? 121 00:04:45,686 --> 00:04:47,621 Yeah. Damn. 122 00:04:53,561 --> 00:04:56,296 What good is a little poker... 123 00:04:56,330 --> 00:05:00,033 without a little bluffing? 124 00:05:05,873 --> 00:05:10,010 * I'm not awake * 125 00:05:10,043 --> 00:05:11,812 -* I'm not alone... * -(snoring) 126 00:05:11,845 --> 00:05:14,348 You're snoring... again. 127 00:05:14,382 --> 00:05:16,350 Pretty sure I wasn't. 128 00:05:16,384 --> 00:05:19,387 -(sighs) -Heavy breathing, however, guaranteed. 129 00:05:19,420 --> 00:05:21,789 Uh-uh, come on. 130 00:05:21,822 --> 00:05:23,657 (laughing): Hey, get up. 131 00:05:23,691 --> 00:05:26,159 We've been loved up in this damn apartment for three days. 132 00:05:26,193 --> 00:05:28,396 (sighs) 133 00:05:28,429 --> 00:05:30,964 "So when you asking him?" (laughs) 134 00:05:30,998 --> 00:05:33,634 I told you your mom was gonna Meghan Markle our wedding plans. 135 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:35,569 -(phone chimes) -No, this is Becky. 136 00:05:35,603 --> 00:05:38,205 She's just... confirming tonight. 137 00:05:38,238 --> 00:05:39,707 (Jamal sighs) 138 00:05:39,740 --> 00:05:41,241 Sure you don't want to cancel? 139 00:05:41,274 --> 00:05:44,177 Uh, no. Even when I was in London, 140 00:05:44,211 --> 00:05:47,147 I didn't cancel our FaceTime dates. 141 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:49,182 Cannot start now. 142 00:05:49,216 --> 00:05:51,585 You're engaged. 143 00:05:51,619 --> 00:05:53,987 Might be time for some new rules? 144 00:05:54,021 --> 00:05:57,925 New rule-- don't be looking at me 145 00:05:57,958 --> 00:06:00,394 -like that when I'm trying to explain something. -Fine. 146 00:06:00,428 --> 00:06:03,196 One hour. If she's still here, 147 00:06:03,230 --> 00:06:06,266 when I get back, I'm getting buck-ass naked, 148 00:06:06,299 --> 00:06:08,736 -Hey. -getting my man and we are going 149 00:06:08,769 --> 00:06:11,004 back to bed. 150 00:06:11,038 --> 00:06:13,607 -All right, you put it like that... -Yeah. 151 00:06:13,641 --> 00:06:15,075 -(applause and cheering) -COOKIE: All right, here we go. 152 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:17,177 Hey, everybody. Yes! 153 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:19,112 Good job putting this together, Porsha. 154 00:06:19,146 --> 00:06:22,616 I see you! I'm gonna see what you got, too. 155 00:06:22,650 --> 00:06:26,386 Girl, this turnout is everything. I see you! 156 00:06:26,420 --> 00:06:28,388 Yes, we're gonna sign somebody in here. 157 00:06:28,422 --> 00:06:31,258 They're ready to perform. Let's get this over with. 158 00:06:31,291 --> 00:06:32,693 Okay. Got your speech for the crowd. 159 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:34,628 Child, I know how to talk to the people. 160 00:06:34,662 --> 00:06:37,731 -All right, y'all, listen up. -(applause and cheering) 161 00:06:37,765 --> 00:06:39,467 Here we go. 162 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:42,235 Five boroughs in five days, and we gonna start right here-- 163 00:06:42,269 --> 00:06:45,205 that's right-- in Harlem's Riverside Park. 164 00:06:45,238 --> 00:06:48,476 Why? Because Lyon Family Management is looking 165 00:06:48,509 --> 00:06:50,544 for artists that got something to say. 166 00:06:50,578 --> 00:06:53,647 And we know we can find it right here in these streets. 167 00:06:53,681 --> 00:06:56,316 -(applause and cheering) -That's right. 168 00:06:56,349 --> 00:06:59,152 So I want you to hear me when I say this. 169 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:03,824 You don't need everybody to believe in you. 170 00:07:03,857 --> 00:07:07,094 All you need is one somebody. 171 00:07:07,127 --> 00:07:09,396 And she's standing right here in front of you. 172 00:07:09,429 --> 00:07:11,331 (applause and cheering) 173 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:13,166 Cookie, I love you! 174 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,303 So bring it! 175 00:07:16,336 --> 00:07:18,305 * Addicted to ballin' * 176 00:07:18,338 --> 00:07:20,641 * I have to get my cash 177 00:07:20,674 --> 00:07:24,277 * The money is callin', got bands, got bands, got bands * 178 00:07:24,311 --> 00:07:26,113 * I'm addicted to ballin' * 179 00:07:26,146 --> 00:07:29,116 * I, I, I, I, I, I, I... * 180 00:07:29,149 --> 00:07:31,852 All right, the money's all there and window clean. 181 00:07:31,885 --> 00:07:34,187 Y'all don't have to secure it to the back first? 182 00:07:34,221 --> 00:07:36,990 -No, we're good. -It's all there. 183 00:07:37,024 --> 00:07:39,192 -Nathan... -Yes. 184 00:07:39,226 --> 00:07:42,029 -Thank you, baby. -You got it, man. 185 00:07:43,063 --> 00:07:45,032 MOVER: All the way. 186 00:07:45,065 --> 00:07:46,634 All right, look, not for nothing, 187 00:07:46,667 --> 00:07:47,801 but can you really play? 188 00:07:47,835 --> 00:07:49,970 I mean, if I remember correctly, 189 00:07:50,003 --> 00:07:52,806 that Derrick Adams was a wedding gift to Cookie. 190 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:57,110 Man, this cat's been handling art transactions for years. 191 00:07:57,144 --> 00:07:59,346 He... He'll... He's gonna keep it on the shelf. 192 00:07:59,379 --> 00:08:01,982 Get this back before Cookie even knows it's gone. 193 00:08:02,015 --> 00:08:05,185 Tell me about this poker game, man. 194 00:08:05,218 --> 00:08:07,287 THIRSTY: At the old Hampton estate, 195 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,490 each guest shall be met by Miss Shelby. She runs the game. 196 00:08:10,524 --> 00:08:12,359 The evening guests shall be... 197 00:08:12,392 --> 00:08:14,695 the easiest mark in the room, Dr. Dave Smith, 198 00:08:14,728 --> 00:08:16,864 Maureen Lowenstein, 199 00:08:16,897 --> 00:08:18,966 revolutionized hedge-funding in the late eighties. 200 00:08:18,999 --> 00:08:21,134 Then we got Vincent Green, Hollywood heartthrob 201 00:08:21,168 --> 00:08:22,570 turned world-class poker player. 202 00:08:22,603 --> 00:08:24,805 Nikolay Stanislaski, 203 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:27,741 father of the New York Chechen Mafia. Enough said. 204 00:08:27,775 --> 00:08:30,343 Karl Binyan, Carlito's manager. We get Binyan in the red, 205 00:08:30,377 --> 00:08:32,580 he'll be forced to put Carlito in the pot. 206 00:08:33,781 --> 00:08:37,585 -Any questions? -Yeah. 207 00:08:37,618 --> 00:08:39,252 Think I need a new suit? 208 00:08:45,525 --> 00:08:47,561 -Thank you. Thank you. -You can go. -Oh. 209 00:08:47,595 --> 00:08:49,563 We'll-we'll call you. 210 00:08:49,597 --> 00:08:52,733 Only if this next one got a blip of talent. 211 00:08:52,766 --> 00:08:54,101 Oh, trust. He's got mad flow. 212 00:08:54,134 --> 00:08:55,769 Uh, well, how in the hell would you know? 213 00:08:55,803 --> 00:08:57,571 'Cause it runs in the family. This my play cousin. 214 00:08:57,605 --> 00:08:59,039 Oh, Porsha, look, ain't nobody got time 215 00:08:59,072 --> 00:09:00,440 for your play nepotism. 216 00:09:00,473 --> 00:09:03,376 Really, Cookie Lyon, mother of Andre, 217 00:09:03,410 --> 00:09:05,212 Jamal and Hakeem Lyon? 218 00:09:05,245 --> 00:09:07,380 Eh. What is your name, young man? 219 00:09:07,414 --> 00:09:09,750 -I go by Big City. -Mm-hmm. 220 00:09:09,783 --> 00:09:11,284 Why so nervous, Big Town? 221 00:09:11,318 --> 00:09:13,186 It's Big City, and you'd be nervous, too, 222 00:09:13,220 --> 00:09:15,723 if Cookie Lyon is staring you down. Now give us a chance. 223 00:09:15,756 --> 00:09:18,225 -Us? -Yes. He needs an introduction, okay? 224 00:09:19,827 --> 00:09:22,095 * Let me go ahead and introduce the kid * 225 00:09:22,129 --> 00:09:25,265 * Now that he's in the game, I know the future's lit * 226 00:09:25,298 --> 00:09:28,135 * The man don't even like to jaywalk, he too legit * 227 00:09:28,168 --> 00:09:30,971 * Now do it Big City, boy, now everyone know who it is * 228 00:09:31,004 --> 00:09:34,374 * He gifted, it ain't even his birthday * 229 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:36,944 * Shakin' up the flow, it's a lyrical earthquake * 230 00:09:36,977 --> 00:09:39,813 * Kit full of tools, he ain't bringing no first aid * 231 00:09:39,847 --> 00:09:41,281 -* He married to the game -* Hey * 232 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:42,716 -* And he changing its surname -* Hey * 233 00:09:42,750 --> 00:09:44,618 -* Ki -* All these lemonheads sour 234 00:09:44,652 --> 00:09:45,953 * 'Cause I'm red hot * 235 00:09:45,986 --> 00:09:48,989 * Know I got 'em in my sights like a red dot * 236 00:09:49,022 --> 00:09:51,959 * Paid in full while they leasing out the Redbox * 237 00:09:51,992 --> 00:09:53,794 * You think you winning that's a comedy * 238 00:09:53,827 --> 00:09:55,162 * Redd Foxx. 239 00:09:55,195 --> 00:09:58,098 -Yeah. -Wow. Yeah. Just... wow. 240 00:09:58,131 --> 00:09:59,633 -Yeah. -Hey, all right. 241 00:09:59,667 --> 00:10:01,268 Well, Porsha, first of all, I didn't know 242 00:10:01,301 --> 00:10:03,270 you had it in you, girl. (chuckles) 243 00:10:03,303 --> 00:10:04,672 Well, not me. I'm just reppin' for my boy Big City. 244 00:10:04,705 --> 00:10:06,239 I'm talking about him. 245 00:10:06,273 --> 00:10:08,241 Yeah, see, that's why I don't give your ass compliments, 246 00:10:08,275 --> 00:10:10,678 'cause you don't know how to just shut up and say thank you. 247 00:10:10,711 --> 00:10:13,480 Okay, thank you. And my boy-- what you think? 248 00:10:13,513 --> 00:10:16,083 You got the skills. You just don't have the confidence 249 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:18,151 to go with it, but you... you on your way. 250 00:10:18,185 --> 00:10:21,755 I'm gonna need you to drop some mix tapes, hit a couple clubs. 251 00:10:21,789 --> 00:10:24,091 -Respect, queen, respect. -Yes, you do that, baby. 252 00:10:24,124 --> 00:10:25,525 You come back and see me. 253 00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:29,262 -Keep plugging. -You did good. You got this. -Okay. 254 00:10:29,296 --> 00:10:31,364 -Hello. -Are you...? 255 00:10:31,398 --> 00:10:32,332 Uh, no cutsies. 256 00:10:34,968 --> 00:10:36,770 You sure you're in the right place? 257 00:10:36,804 --> 00:10:38,706 If you're Cookie Lyon, I am. 258 00:10:38,739 --> 00:10:40,207 I'm Elizabeth Landry. 259 00:10:41,675 --> 00:10:43,210 Maya's mom. 260 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:49,717 * 261 00:10:49,750 --> 00:10:52,886 -* You ready? -* Looking for somebody 262 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,222 * That's single for the night * 263 00:10:55,255 --> 00:10:57,858 * We don't need nobody * 264 00:10:57,891 --> 00:11:00,627 -* Just you by my side -* Just you * 265 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:03,230 * 'Cause you got that body * 266 00:11:03,263 --> 00:11:05,833 * It brings me to life 267 00:11:05,866 --> 00:11:08,335 * Look what you started 268 00:11:08,368 --> 00:11:10,303 * It's cool, I don't mind * 269 00:11:10,337 --> 00:11:13,206 -* Can you shake it le-e-eft? * -* Can you? 270 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,909 -* And I'll do you ri-i-ight * -* And I'll do you right * 271 00:11:15,943 --> 00:11:18,478 -* Let's dip in the whi-i-ip * -* Your whip 272 00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:20,047 * 'Cause I brought my ri-i-ide * 273 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,681 -* And I brought my ride -* Come bring me * 274 00:11:21,715 --> 00:11:23,383 -* That good, good love * -* Your love 275 00:11:23,416 --> 00:11:25,685 -* And I'll do the same * -* The same 276 00:11:25,719 --> 00:11:27,687 * Just drop that duh-duh-duh-duh * 277 00:11:27,721 --> 00:11:30,257 -* Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh -* You know why I came... * 278 00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:35,662 Becky, I'm telling you, this is going to be a hit. 279 00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:37,430 I'm taking it to Essence Fest this summer. 280 00:11:37,464 --> 00:11:39,733 Now, I know that I got us kicked out of Essence Fest, 281 00:11:39,767 --> 00:11:41,434 but I did not get us banned for life. 282 00:11:41,468 --> 00:11:42,870 GISELLE: You tried to take your tube top off. 283 00:11:42,903 --> 00:11:44,704 Come in here. 284 00:11:44,738 --> 00:11:46,573 -* That's just how we live * -* Yeah, yeah * 285 00:11:46,606 --> 00:11:48,208 GISELLE: You hear this? 286 00:11:48,241 --> 00:11:50,878 -* I'll kiss all your wounds * -So dope. 287 00:11:50,911 --> 00:11:52,880 * Make you feel invincible tonight * 288 00:11:52,913 --> 00:11:55,182 * Take off that wardrobe 289 00:11:55,215 --> 00:11:57,217 * Take off all those fancy... 290 00:11:57,250 --> 00:11:59,519 -Oh, hey. -(vocalizing melody) 291 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:01,088 Let's take five, guys. 292 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:07,394 So, the Three Bland Decrepits 293 00:12:07,427 --> 00:12:08,962 -are a thing of the past. -(scoffs) 294 00:12:08,996 --> 00:12:10,931 Please stop chasing yesterday. 295 00:12:10,964 --> 00:12:12,565 I'm sorry, are you serious? 296 00:12:12,599 --> 00:12:13,801 Are you not hearing what we hear? 297 00:12:13,834 --> 00:12:14,968 What Becky is trying to say, Jeff... 298 00:12:15,002 --> 00:12:17,905 You know what? Uh-uh, sis. 299 00:12:17,938 --> 00:12:20,273 Becky just said exactly what Becky was trying to say. 300 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:23,543 -I'm gonna go cool down. -Okay. 301 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:25,645 Take a minute, Becky. 302 00:12:25,678 --> 00:12:28,315 -Jeff... -Giselle, I feel like a broken record. 303 00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:31,952 The data shows that TBD can never make as much as they cost. 304 00:12:31,985 --> 00:12:33,286 Well, they would if they had 305 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:34,621 a record label that supported them. 306 00:12:34,654 --> 00:12:35,923 -Have the hard conversation. -They... 307 00:12:35,956 --> 00:12:38,191 I am dropping them. 308 00:12:43,964 --> 00:12:45,833 HAKEEM (on recording): * I know where you sleep, I know where you eat * 309 00:12:45,866 --> 00:12:47,835 * I can't have you playing with my fam * 310 00:12:47,868 --> 00:12:50,670 * Got you counting sheep, friends turned into enemies * 311 00:12:50,703 --> 00:12:53,640 * You a wannabe rap version of Kenny G, bow to the king * 312 00:12:53,673 --> 00:12:55,675 -* listen, B... -Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 313 00:12:55,708 --> 00:12:57,410 Ooh, this song goes hard, man. 314 00:12:57,444 --> 00:12:59,112 Blake ain't gonna be ready for this diss track. 315 00:12:59,146 --> 00:13:01,014 * Six feet under 316 00:13:01,048 --> 00:13:03,616 * You ain't gon' see me coming like you Stevie Wonder * 317 00:13:03,650 --> 00:13:06,619 * I'm Arenas with the shot, we ain't talking jumpers * 318 00:13:06,653 --> 00:13:09,189 * Yeah, messing with my girl, then you deal with me * 319 00:13:09,222 --> 00:13:11,024 -* I can have your hashtag ready * -Upload it. 320 00:13:11,058 --> 00:13:12,826 A'ight. That's ballgame. 321 00:13:12,860 --> 00:13:15,062 * Apples never fall far from the tree... * 322 00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:23,270 BECKY: Yo. 323 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:25,505 Okay, you are not gonna believe 324 00:13:25,538 --> 00:13:27,607 what Kingsley said to me today. He was talk... 325 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,978 Um, I'm so confused. Where is your onesie? 326 00:13:31,011 --> 00:13:34,147 (chuckles): Oh. Right, the onesie. 327 00:13:34,181 --> 00:13:36,783 I just... I haven't even had a second to get it together. 328 00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:39,319 Why, 'cause you been all up underneath your new man? 329 00:13:39,352 --> 00:13:41,488 Can we not do that today? 330 00:13:41,521 --> 00:13:42,722 I might have to cut it a little short, though, 331 00:13:42,755 --> 00:13:43,991 'cause I did promise Kai that I... 332 00:13:44,024 --> 00:13:45,825 You promised Kai. You know, give me my damn snacks. 333 00:13:45,859 --> 00:13:48,695 Where are you going? Becky. 334 00:13:48,728 --> 00:13:52,665 Siri, find me a new best friend who will watch Insecure 335 00:13:52,699 --> 00:13:55,168 and not flake on me every time he's got a new boyfriend. 336 00:13:55,202 --> 00:13:57,670 -I'm out of here. -I'm... Becky, look, I'm trippin'. 337 00:13:57,704 --> 00:13:59,339 Okay? I'm being a complete ass. 338 00:13:59,372 --> 00:14:00,673 -Agreed. -I am. 339 00:14:00,707 --> 00:14:02,209 So just stay. 340 00:14:04,111 --> 00:14:05,879 And you'll wear the onesie? 341 00:14:05,913 --> 00:14:07,380 (sighs) 342 00:14:07,414 --> 00:14:09,883 Yes, girl, I'll wear the damn onesie. 343 00:14:21,394 --> 00:14:23,430 Good evening, Mr. Lyon. 344 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:33,773 Aren't we short a player? 345 00:14:33,806 --> 00:14:35,708 Dr. Smith has been detained at the hospital, 346 00:14:35,742 --> 00:14:37,410 but the next gentleman on our wait list 347 00:14:37,444 --> 00:14:39,079 should be here shortly. 348 00:14:44,918 --> 00:14:47,120 Welcome. 349 00:14:47,154 --> 00:14:48,956 MAN: You a regular here, Mr. Lyon? 350 00:14:48,989 --> 00:14:50,958 I intend to be. 351 00:14:50,991 --> 00:14:52,960 And you are? 352 00:14:52,993 --> 00:14:54,727 I'm Damon Cross. 353 00:14:57,297 --> 00:14:59,232 I hope you're ready. 354 00:15:00,467 --> 00:15:02,269 'Cause I'm a game changer. 355 00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:17,884 -(excited chatter on recording) -WOMAN: Maya, pass the bong. -MAYA: Here. 356 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:20,087 So you see why your mom is upset, right? 357 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,290 She knows you're smoking up. 358 00:15:23,323 --> 00:15:25,325 You done snitched on yourself. 359 00:15:25,358 --> 00:15:28,395 She's just angry that I'm not letting her control me. 360 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:31,131 -I didn't post that. -I knew 361 00:15:31,164 --> 00:15:33,566 there was something up when you stopped returning my calls. 362 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,269 I should've... I should've tried harder. 363 00:15:36,303 --> 00:15:38,871 Look, how do we fix this, hmm? 364 00:15:40,974 --> 00:15:42,675 -MAYA: Hey, babe. -Hey. 365 00:15:42,709 --> 00:15:45,612 Hey, you all right? 366 00:15:45,645 --> 00:15:48,348 Yeah, I'm good. 367 00:15:48,381 --> 00:15:51,418 Oh, um, this is Cookie. 368 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:54,154 -My mom sent her to spy on me. -Ah. 369 00:15:54,187 --> 00:15:57,257 -Hi. Evan. -Evan. 370 00:15:57,290 --> 00:15:59,326 -Uh... -Don't you have somewhere to go, Cookie? 371 00:15:59,359 --> 00:16:00,927 Where you from, Evan? 372 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,463 (chuckles) Fairfield. 373 00:16:03,496 --> 00:16:05,465 Mm. Family? 374 00:16:05,498 --> 00:16:06,799 Cookie. 375 00:16:06,833 --> 00:16:08,301 EVAN: Father died when I was five. 376 00:16:08,335 --> 00:16:10,203 Raised by my mother. 377 00:16:10,237 --> 00:16:12,639 And my dad's significant trust fund. 378 00:16:12,672 --> 00:16:15,542 -Oh. NYU, right? -Yeah. 379 00:16:15,575 --> 00:16:18,311 Okay, so, you have any plans when you graduate? 380 00:16:18,345 --> 00:16:22,215 Uh... I open up clubs all over the globe. 381 00:16:22,249 --> 00:16:24,717 With a bit of help of the trust fund. 382 00:16:24,751 --> 00:16:26,153 I mean, obviously. 383 00:16:26,186 --> 00:16:29,622 -(chuckles) One last thing. -Yeah. 384 00:16:29,656 --> 00:16:31,824 Stop posting your videos on Snapchat 385 00:16:31,858 --> 00:16:33,926 because it's stupid, obviously. 386 00:16:36,263 --> 00:16:38,931 I'll call you later, okay? 387 00:16:44,271 --> 00:16:46,173 Sorry. 388 00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:50,143 Come on, where's y'all competitive spirit, 389 00:16:50,177 --> 00:16:51,844 ladies and gentlemen? 390 00:16:51,878 --> 00:16:54,514 This is only money. You can't take it with you. 391 00:16:54,547 --> 00:16:57,984 It can't buy you happiness. Right, Lucious? 392 00:16:58,017 --> 00:16:59,652 Oh, I'm sorry, I... 393 00:16:59,686 --> 00:17:02,822 You and me are on a first-name basis now... Damon. 394 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:05,058 (laughs) All right. 395 00:17:05,092 --> 00:17:06,259 I'm all in. 396 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:10,397 Quarter mil, please. 397 00:17:10,430 --> 00:17:12,799 I'm afraid this is your final borrow. 398 00:17:17,970 --> 00:17:19,772 DAMON: Hmm. 399 00:17:19,806 --> 00:17:22,309 -Shall we? -Mm-hmm. 400 00:17:26,146 --> 00:17:28,848 Ah, yes! 401 00:17:28,881 --> 00:17:30,783 There we go. 402 00:17:30,817 --> 00:17:33,386 My apologies, but, um... 403 00:17:33,420 --> 00:17:35,255 what is it that you do? 404 00:17:35,288 --> 00:17:37,257 Oh, man, no apologies. 405 00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:39,926 Unlike you, I avoid the limelight. 406 00:17:39,959 --> 00:17:42,028 I'm a money guy. 407 00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:44,697 VC? Investment banking? Hedge fund? 408 00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:47,033 Mm, I don't like labels. 409 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:48,435 But people who need my services-- 410 00:17:48,468 --> 00:17:50,437 they know I'm the best at what I do. 411 00:17:58,645 --> 00:18:00,880 I don't even know why he wants 412 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:02,315 to run a music label in the first place. 413 00:18:02,349 --> 00:18:04,083 He clearly hates music. 414 00:18:04,117 --> 00:18:05,285 (Jamal laughing) 415 00:18:05,318 --> 00:18:07,387 BECKY: Hello? 416 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:09,889 What's so funny? My pain? 417 00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:13,793 I'm sorry, boo. I'm so sorry. 418 00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:15,228 No, no, no. 419 00:18:15,262 --> 00:18:17,764 These are mine. Have you been eating these? 420 00:18:17,797 --> 00:18:19,632 Yeah, my bad. 421 00:18:19,666 --> 00:18:21,668 I got hungry. 422 00:18:21,701 --> 00:18:23,436 No, hon, these are... 423 00:18:23,470 --> 00:18:25,172 these are my edibles. 424 00:18:25,205 --> 00:18:27,607 -Your what? -My edibles. 425 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,477 What? Becky, I can't eat no damn edibles. 426 00:18:30,510 --> 00:18:32,679 I'm in recovery. I don't even celebrate 420 anymore. 427 00:18:32,712 --> 00:18:33,813 Well, why you eating them? 428 00:18:33,846 --> 00:18:35,182 Why the hell you bring them over here? 429 00:18:35,215 --> 00:18:36,783 For my anxiety. 430 00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:40,153 I just like to get high. 431 00:18:40,187 --> 00:18:42,689 Why the hell would... 432 00:18:42,722 --> 00:18:44,291 Are you okay? 433 00:18:44,324 --> 00:18:46,125 -Becky, I... -(whistling) 434 00:18:46,159 --> 00:18:48,161 It's your phone. 435 00:18:49,996 --> 00:18:52,131 Oh, you gonna have to just breathe through this, okay? 436 00:18:52,165 --> 00:18:53,466 What? 437 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:55,101 -Are you...? -Kai's coming home. 438 00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:56,769 So? 439 00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:58,971 -Hide. Hide. -What is your...? 440 00:18:59,005 --> 00:19:00,340 Hide from what? 441 00:19:00,373 --> 00:19:01,941 From who? Kai? 442 00:19:01,974 --> 00:19:04,477 -(laughs) Why are you hiding? -Becky! 443 00:19:04,511 --> 00:19:06,846 * 'Cause I'm the big dog, all my homies call me Clifford... * 444 00:19:06,879 --> 00:19:08,915 -Sorry, Juanita. -(music stops) 445 00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:17,724 (snoring) 446 00:19:17,757 --> 00:19:19,559 Hakeem. 447 00:19:21,694 --> 00:19:23,796 Hakeem. 448 00:19:23,830 --> 00:19:26,165 -Wake up. -(grunts) 449 00:19:26,199 --> 00:19:28,968 Come on, man. Come on, get up. 450 00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:30,903 Take a shower, man. 451 00:19:34,741 --> 00:19:36,709 Where Chicken and Marcel at? 452 00:19:36,743 --> 00:19:38,711 They went home. 453 00:19:38,745 --> 00:19:40,680 Now prove to me I don't need to be worried about you. 454 00:19:44,251 --> 00:19:47,220 Take a shower and let's get something to eat. 455 00:19:49,956 --> 00:19:51,491 (crunching) 456 00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:52,992 -BECKY: Oh, shh, shh. -JAMAL: Shh. 457 00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:54,927 BECKY (whispering): Just freeze. I'm gonna tell you something. 458 00:19:54,961 --> 00:19:58,197 -Shush. That's what I got to tell you. Shush. -No. 459 00:19:58,231 --> 00:20:01,734 Uh, you two are aware that I can see and hear you, right? 460 00:20:01,768 --> 00:20:04,737 That's why I told you shush. 461 00:20:04,771 --> 00:20:06,373 -Hey, Kai. -Hi. 462 00:20:09,442 --> 00:20:12,078 Babe, Becky messed me up. 463 00:20:12,111 --> 00:20:13,680 And now all of my... 464 00:20:13,713 --> 00:20:15,415 all sobriety chips are gone. 465 00:20:15,448 --> 00:20:17,049 BECKY: Wow. Okay, first of all, 466 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:19,018 I didn't even offer it to you. You just went through my bag, 467 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:21,220 and now you throwing me under the bus for your man tonight? 468 00:20:21,254 --> 00:20:23,222 -But you don't even understand, B. -Sure don't. 469 00:20:23,256 --> 00:20:24,957 That's what I'm saying. Babe, she don't understand. 470 00:20:24,991 --> 00:20:27,527 -Okay, okay, then explain it to us, then, Jamal. -Oh, I don't. 471 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,462 I will. 472 00:20:35,167 --> 00:20:38,605 Sometimes... sometimes I feel like... 473 00:20:38,638 --> 00:20:42,442 even you two don't know what it's like to be me. 474 00:20:42,475 --> 00:20:44,944 Exactly, and you can't talk to anybody about it, 475 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:46,446 'cause everybody's like, "Oh, don't nobody want to hear 476 00:20:46,479 --> 00:20:50,550 about some good-looking, sexy as hell R&B god." 477 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:52,985 -Or whatever. I know that that sounds ridiculous. -Oh, my God. R&B god? 478 00:20:53,019 --> 00:20:55,555 -Is that what you think my inner...? Okay. -Back. Back, back, back. 479 00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:58,257 Do you know what it's like to be me? It ain't been easy. 480 00:21:00,660 --> 00:21:03,630 All alone, like a loser. 481 00:21:07,867 --> 00:21:09,369 KAI: Mm-hmm. 482 00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:15,074 Huh? 483 00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:17,009 We're all in this together. 484 00:21:17,043 --> 00:21:18,945 -Psycho. -But you like that. 485 00:21:18,978 --> 00:21:21,448 -I like that. (laughs) -Hmm? Okay. (laughs) 486 00:21:21,481 --> 00:21:24,651 -Wow. -(Cookie exhales) 487 00:21:24,684 --> 00:21:26,486 Cookie, say hey. 488 00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:29,021 -Girl, get that out of my face. -You on live. 489 00:21:29,055 --> 00:21:31,524 It's dinnertime, y'all, 490 00:21:31,558 --> 00:21:34,026 and even Cookie Lyon gets hungry. 491 00:21:34,060 --> 00:21:35,762 But she never gives up. 492 00:21:35,795 --> 00:21:38,631 Uh, we will be back in Riverside Park 493 00:21:38,665 --> 00:21:41,468 to finish out Manhattan Day in a couple of hours. 494 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:44,971 Um, hey, we gon' find that star. 495 00:21:45,004 --> 00:21:47,106 Tonight. (laughs) 496 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:49,075 All right, see you after the break. 497 00:21:52,211 --> 00:21:54,113 We did find a star, you know. 498 00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:55,682 Oh, I hope you're not talking 499 00:21:55,715 --> 00:21:58,284 about your fake cousin, Lil Town. 500 00:21:58,317 --> 00:21:59,952 -Uh, Big City. -Right. 501 00:21:59,986 --> 00:22:01,454 And I'm talking about you. 502 00:22:01,488 --> 00:22:03,690 Your followers and your impressions are way up. 503 00:22:03,723 --> 00:22:06,158 People are saying if Simon Cowell and Iyanla 504 00:22:06,192 --> 00:22:07,660 had a baby, it would be you. 505 00:22:07,694 --> 00:22:10,497 -(chuckles) What? -(phone ringing) 506 00:22:15,402 --> 00:22:17,637 -Hello? -RECORDED MALE VOICE: You have a collect call 507 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:19,205 from the Manhattan Police Department. 508 00:22:19,238 --> 00:22:21,140 To accept the call, please press one. 509 00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:23,142 Who is this calling me from jail? 510 00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:25,244 (beep) 511 00:22:25,277 --> 00:22:27,013 Who is this? 512 00:22:27,046 --> 00:22:28,948 (on phone): It's Maya. 513 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:38,357 -Something ain't right with your story, Maya. -I told you everything. 514 00:22:38,391 --> 00:22:39,859 Yeah, you told me everything to keep me 515 00:22:39,892 --> 00:22:41,694 from asking you the million-dollar question. 516 00:22:41,728 --> 00:22:44,030 -What are you talking about? -Why were you carrying stuff 517 00:22:44,063 --> 00:22:46,666 for a supposed club promoter, huh? 518 00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:48,568 Tell me that. 519 00:22:48,601 --> 00:22:50,369 Well, because he, uh... 520 00:22:50,403 --> 00:22:53,205 Okay. So, I went to the laundromat, 521 00:22:53,239 --> 00:22:54,574 -Mm-hmm. -and-and a guy named Sh... 522 00:22:54,607 --> 00:22:56,342 Hey. 523 00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:57,844 (sighs) 524 00:22:57,877 --> 00:22:59,345 Go ahead. 525 00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:01,380 A guy named Ship identified himself, 526 00:23:01,414 --> 00:23:03,115 just like Evan said he would, 527 00:23:03,149 --> 00:23:05,718 and, um, I gave him the bag and then he gave me 528 00:23:05,752 --> 00:23:08,254 the money, and it was like, as soon as I took the bag fr... 529 00:23:08,287 --> 00:23:10,222 Yeah, he flashed his badge, and all of a sudden 530 00:23:10,256 --> 00:23:11,891 cops were everywhere, right? 531 00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:14,026 How di-how did you know that? 532 00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:16,295 Because I'm from these damn streets, Maya, okay? 533 00:23:16,328 --> 00:23:19,131 You are just a middle-class black-white girl who knows 534 00:23:19,165 --> 00:23:22,134 how to tell a fake Balenciaga bag from the real one, 535 00:23:22,168 --> 00:23:24,203 'cause that's what you do. I can tell the difference 536 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:27,440 from a real drug dealer and a undercover cop, 537 00:23:27,474 --> 00:23:29,208 'cause that's what I do. 538 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:30,777 Damn. 539 00:23:30,810 --> 00:23:33,145 I feel really stupid. 540 00:23:36,282 --> 00:23:37,684 Come here. 541 00:23:40,352 --> 00:23:42,321 You're not stupid, sweetheart, 542 00:23:42,354 --> 00:23:44,323 you're just dumb in love. 543 00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:47,494 Cookie, I can't... I can't be with him. 544 00:23:47,527 --> 00:23:49,662 I know that. 545 00:23:49,696 --> 00:23:51,464 So will you come help me get my stuff? 546 00:23:51,498 --> 00:23:52,965 I sure as hell will. 547 00:23:52,999 --> 00:23:54,433 Taxi! 548 00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:05,612 You got a minute, boy genius? 549 00:24:06,879 --> 00:24:08,681 What's up? 550 00:24:08,715 --> 00:24:11,183 I believe in analytics just... w... almost as much as you do. 551 00:24:11,217 --> 00:24:12,785 I just want to make sure 552 00:24:12,819 --> 00:24:15,688 that you're inputting the proper values 553 00:24:15,722 --> 00:24:18,958 before we dump a potential cash cow. 554 00:24:18,991 --> 00:24:22,495 Three Black Divas sold out every date on their east coast tour. 555 00:24:22,529 --> 00:24:24,797 That success piqued the interest 556 00:24:24,831 --> 00:24:26,999 of Andy Cohen and Steve Wynn. 557 00:24:27,033 --> 00:24:28,635 If we cut them now 558 00:24:28,668 --> 00:24:30,169 we're just leaving money on the table. 559 00:24:32,338 --> 00:24:35,542 Going backwards to pick up pennies from the past 560 00:24:35,575 --> 00:24:38,845 is not going to help Empire get to its very bright future. 561 00:24:38,878 --> 00:24:41,480 Please do what I said. 562 00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:47,386 This isn't about TBD. 563 00:24:47,419 --> 00:24:49,355 It's about the Lyons. 564 00:24:49,388 --> 00:24:52,825 The success of TBD would be a victory 565 00:24:52,859 --> 00:24:54,794 for Cookie and Lucious. 566 00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:56,395 And you'd rather destroy the careers 567 00:24:56,428 --> 00:24:58,965 of these talented singers than risk Lucious 568 00:24:58,998 --> 00:25:02,234 getting the credit for their success, right? 569 00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:06,405 Do you hear yourself right now, Giselle? 570 00:25:08,207 --> 00:25:09,508 You sound crazy. 571 00:25:10,777 --> 00:25:13,245 (chuckles softly) 572 00:25:13,279 --> 00:25:15,214 It does sound crazy, doesn't it? 573 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,003 (whispering): Focus. Focus. 574 00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:40,206 Focus, focus, focus, focus. 575 00:26:08,768 --> 00:26:10,469 * Think that I'm done trippin' * 576 00:26:10,502 --> 00:26:11,971 * I'm trip-trippin', I've been... * 577 00:26:12,004 --> 00:26:13,405 Y'all, I have an idea. 578 00:26:13,439 --> 00:26:14,641 Y'all, I have an idea. 579 00:26:14,674 --> 00:26:17,276 Yo, what's your idea? 580 00:26:17,309 --> 00:26:19,646 No, I ain't got no idea, I was just being supportive of you. 581 00:26:19,679 --> 00:26:21,614 I was just, like, trying to give back to my community, 582 00:26:21,648 --> 00:26:23,549 -you know what I mean? -Jamal. Baby... 583 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:25,151 -I love you! -I love you. 584 00:26:25,184 --> 00:26:26,753 -(laughs) -(laughs) I'm... 585 00:26:26,786 --> 00:26:29,455 I'm begging... What's-what's your idea? 586 00:26:29,488 --> 00:26:31,090 BECKY: Oh, my God. 587 00:26:31,123 --> 00:26:34,994 A'ight-- we should play truth or dare. 588 00:26:35,027 --> 00:26:36,663 Oh, snap. True... 589 00:26:36,696 --> 00:26:38,564 -Truth! -Hey... No one asked a question yet. 590 00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:41,500 Truth: Jamal is scared of clowns, right? 591 00:26:41,533 --> 00:26:42,669 -True. -That's true, that's true. 592 00:26:42,702 --> 00:26:44,470 Jamal got hella smelly feet. 593 00:26:44,503 --> 00:26:45,972 -Ooh. True, true. -Like, gross, bee-ba soo-rah, 594 00:26:46,005 --> 00:26:48,007 -trash. -True, true. 595 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,577 Oh, that's true-true. Also, also, um, all of Jamal's, 596 00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:53,946 like, ex-boyfriends-- and he's got a lot, 'cause, like, he's 597 00:26:53,980 --> 00:26:56,348 low-key ho-key, you know what I mean? You know-you know what, 598 00:26:56,382 --> 00:26:57,416 -Michael's my favorite. -But who said that, though? 599 00:26:57,449 --> 00:26:58,918 That's true, true, true. 600 00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:02,321 Okay, this is not how you play, but, truth: 601 00:27:02,354 --> 00:27:05,624 Kai... put himself through law school 602 00:27:05,658 --> 00:27:09,095 as an exotic dancer named 603 00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:11,197 Chocolate and Dynamite. 604 00:27:11,230 --> 00:27:13,465 -Pow! Pow! -(both clamoring) 605 00:27:15,835 --> 00:27:17,870 If Michael was so special, 606 00:27:17,904 --> 00:27:20,172 why do I have a ring on my finger? 607 00:27:20,206 --> 00:27:23,142 * To be true, baby boy, your love... * 608 00:27:23,175 --> 00:27:25,044 Oh, hell. 609 00:27:25,077 --> 00:27:27,279 You proposed to him and you didn't tell me? 610 00:27:27,313 --> 00:27:30,616 * Yeah, it's big enough, got me trippin' on you. * 611 00:27:30,649 --> 00:27:33,319 -(all laughing) -Yo! Hey, yo, listen, 612 00:27:33,352 --> 00:27:36,322 listen, listen, listen. To Giselle and Becky. 613 00:27:36,355 --> 00:27:38,691 -Cheers. -TASHA: Hell yeah. (laughs) -BROOKE: Get that! 614 00:27:38,725 --> 00:27:40,626 TASHA: And Jeff Kingsley's 615 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:43,195 new vision for Empire. 616 00:27:43,229 --> 00:27:45,965 -DENISE: Okay, yeah! -BROOKE: Get a little more on that. 617 00:27:45,998 --> 00:27:48,000 -(laughs) -GISELLE: Jeff, my ass. 618 00:27:48,034 --> 00:27:50,469 I think you need to give yourself 619 00:27:50,502 --> 00:27:52,839 -a little more credit, ladies. -BROOKE: Hmm. 620 00:27:52,872 --> 00:27:54,206 (chuckling) 621 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:55,708 Because what Jeff Kingsley 622 00:27:55,742 --> 00:27:57,977 doesn't realize is that... 623 00:27:58,010 --> 00:28:01,680 -you pulled yourself up from nothing. -TASHA: Well... 624 00:28:01,714 --> 00:28:03,649 Hey. Got that right. 625 00:28:03,682 --> 00:28:06,318 -You put in your time. -DENISE: Yeah. 626 00:28:06,352 --> 00:28:09,221 -You paid your dues. -DENISE: Mm-hmm. -TASHA: Yes. 627 00:28:09,255 --> 00:28:12,725 -And your moment is right now. -DENISE: All right. (chuckles) 628 00:28:12,759 --> 00:28:14,060 And Jeff Kingsley 629 00:28:14,093 --> 00:28:16,763 doesn't have a vision... 630 00:28:18,097 --> 00:28:19,598 ...he's got a computer. 631 00:28:19,631 --> 00:28:22,234 Okay, well, what's wrong with that? 632 00:28:22,268 --> 00:28:23,602 BROOKE: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-- 633 00:28:23,635 --> 00:28:25,772 why was he really in the studio today? 634 00:28:25,805 --> 00:28:28,841 He was... minding my business. 635 00:28:28,875 --> 00:28:31,343 The real reason. 636 00:28:31,377 --> 00:28:33,279 He's a chump. 637 00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:36,115 And a bitch. 638 00:28:38,951 --> 00:28:40,887 And he wants to drop you from the label. 639 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,123 -What? -Wh-What... the hell you...? 640 00:28:44,156 --> 00:28:45,792 -(stammers) -I don't-I don't unders... 641 00:28:45,825 --> 00:28:47,894 We just killed in there. 642 00:28:47,927 --> 00:28:50,897 -DENISE: What? -He don't know. 643 00:28:50,930 --> 00:28:53,365 -Wow. -DENISE: I don't unders... I don't understand. What? 644 00:28:53,399 --> 00:28:56,568 GISELLE: It's because he don't know nothing about nothing. 645 00:28:56,602 --> 00:28:58,237 -DENISE: Wait a minute... -Don't you worry, though. 646 00:28:58,270 --> 00:28:59,605 I got this. 647 00:28:59,638 --> 00:29:01,874 He's a digital... 648 00:29:01,908 --> 00:29:03,943 -scumbag. -No, no, no, no. No, we-we... 649 00:29:03,976 --> 00:29:05,945 we been working really hard. 650 00:29:05,978 --> 00:29:08,981 This, right here-- this is what makes you miss the Lyons. 651 00:29:09,015 --> 00:29:12,451 -(sighs) -'Cause at least they knew what we were worth. 652 00:29:22,795 --> 00:29:24,696 Hakeem. 653 00:29:30,302 --> 00:29:32,839 I thought we agreed, man-- shower and dinner. 654 00:29:33,973 --> 00:29:34,974 No time. 655 00:29:35,007 --> 00:29:36,475 I listened to your diss track. 656 00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:39,311 -It's lit, right? -I heard a lot of pain. 657 00:29:39,345 --> 00:29:41,680 I think you should talk to somebody. A therapist. 658 00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:44,716 That ain't me. You holding the crazy spot in the family. 659 00:29:48,387 --> 00:29:52,224 Then I should know when somebody needs help, right? 660 00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:58,364 Rapping is my therapy. 661 00:29:58,397 --> 00:29:59,966 Look at you. 662 00:29:59,999 --> 00:30:02,701 It's not working. Don't you want to be 663 00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:04,770 the best father you can be? Do it for your kids. 664 00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:06,705 I am a great father. 665 00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:10,776 And I grew up without Moms. 666 00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:12,778 And I damn sure don't need no therapist 667 00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:14,713 to tell me how much that hurt. 668 00:30:16,215 --> 00:30:18,484 I never wanted Bella to go through that. 669 00:30:18,517 --> 00:30:21,687 But you did that to her. 670 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,156 Does November 25 mean anything to you? 671 00:30:26,425 --> 00:30:28,394 It's Rhonda's due date. 672 00:30:29,728 --> 00:30:31,898 I was going to be a father. 673 00:30:31,931 --> 00:30:34,533 My son would have been five years old now. 674 00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:39,371 Anika killed him, Hakeem. 675 00:30:39,405 --> 00:30:42,741 And I'm not trying to go tit for tat with you on this. 676 00:30:42,774 --> 00:30:46,312 I am sorry for the pain I caused you. 677 00:30:46,345 --> 00:30:47,746 But you ain't, though. 678 00:30:49,348 --> 00:30:50,749 I am. 679 00:30:53,285 --> 00:30:55,221 You're my baby brother, Hakeem. 680 00:30:55,254 --> 00:30:59,191 I never meant to hurt you or Bella. 681 00:30:59,225 --> 00:31:02,394 And I swear to you... 682 00:31:02,428 --> 00:31:05,397 I'm gonna spend the rest of my life 683 00:31:05,431 --> 00:31:07,366 making up for that. 684 00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:12,604 Hakeem, I need us both to understand 685 00:31:12,638 --> 00:31:14,640 what we've been through. 686 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:19,611 Can you do that? 687 00:31:26,318 --> 00:31:27,586 You know what? 688 00:31:30,289 --> 00:31:33,859 I'm leaving. 689 00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:37,096 -Becky, come on, man, I told you that I was going to, -Let me get my stuff. 690 00:31:37,129 --> 00:31:38,864 -so just chill, it's all love. -Let me just get my stuff. 691 00:31:38,897 --> 00:31:41,767 Yeller! You heard it, Potato Chip? 692 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,569 (deep voice): I definitely heard it. 693 00:31:43,602 --> 00:31:45,271 Tell him to kiss your ass. 694 00:31:45,304 --> 00:31:46,605 You guys are both right. 695 00:31:46,638 --> 00:31:48,207 -Kiss my ass! -Becky... 696 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:49,408 -Bye! -Wait, wait, wait. Becky, Becky... 697 00:31:49,441 --> 00:31:51,343 Just let her go, just let her go. 698 00:31:54,313 --> 00:31:56,282 You really don't want me here, do you? 699 00:31:56,315 --> 00:31:58,750 Of course he does. Becky, we both do. 700 00:31:58,784 --> 00:32:00,486 Jamal's just being an ass right now. 701 00:32:00,519 --> 00:32:03,522 Well, then I'm waiting for my apology. 702 00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:08,027 Damn. 703 00:32:12,999 --> 00:32:14,666 Becky, please stay. 704 00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:16,835 Do you promise he's the last one? 705 00:32:16,868 --> 00:32:18,470 Literally, yes. 706 00:32:18,504 --> 00:32:20,506 For the rest of my life. 707 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:25,911 Good, because I'm sick of it. 708 00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:29,648 And, truth... 709 00:32:29,681 --> 00:32:31,984 when you went missing, I didn't even really feel nothing. 710 00:32:32,018 --> 00:32:34,820 -JAMAL: Oh, wow. Okay. -Oh. That's rude. 711 00:32:34,853 --> 00:32:37,756 -I wasn't sad, hurt-- none of that. -Okay, I mean, 712 00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:39,458 -that's important information for him to hear. -Yeah, that's just my truth. 713 00:32:39,491 --> 00:32:43,295 -That... This... -But-- but-- let me finish my truth. 714 00:32:43,329 --> 00:32:45,597 Like, if you died right this second-- 715 00:32:45,631 --> 00:32:48,967 you know, like, right this... (grunts) this second? 716 00:32:49,001 --> 00:32:52,138 I would feel, um... I would be sad 717 00:32:52,171 --> 00:32:53,772 -if you died right now. -Thanks. 718 00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:56,975 I would be sad if I died too. 719 00:32:57,009 --> 00:32:59,545 Um, you got to come... you got to come hug me now, 720 00:32:59,578 --> 00:33:02,881 since we-we in the family. We-we family now. 721 00:33:02,914 --> 00:33:06,018 Go under, though, 'cause I like to be up. 722 00:33:06,052 --> 00:33:08,520 -Come on, come on. Go un... -Oh, okay, okay, got that. I'm glad you said something. Okay. 723 00:33:08,554 --> 00:33:09,855 BECKY: I'm-a caress you. 724 00:33:09,888 --> 00:33:11,157 Uh, Mal? Mal? 725 00:33:11,190 --> 00:33:12,524 KAI: Try to get in on this? 726 00:33:12,558 --> 00:33:14,026 -'Cause we... we're family now, -Baby? 727 00:33:14,060 --> 00:33:15,961 -so we got to... -There you go. 728 00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:17,396 Mmm. 729 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:22,701 (knocking continues) 730 00:33:24,203 --> 00:33:25,804 -What the hell is taking you so lo... -Hey. Cookie. 731 00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:28,040 It's.. Uh, Cookie, I changed my mind. 732 00:33:31,543 --> 00:33:34,346 You changed your mind? 733 00:33:34,380 --> 00:33:36,215 Or that bastard smirking 734 00:33:36,248 --> 00:33:38,184 in the corner over there changed your mind? 735 00:33:38,217 --> 00:33:39,751 The reason that he couldn't bail me out, Cookie, 736 00:33:39,785 --> 00:33:41,253 is because the way his trust fund... 737 00:33:41,287 --> 00:33:43,155 Sweetie, listen to me. 738 00:33:43,189 --> 00:33:45,257 That boy don't care about you, okay? 739 00:33:45,291 --> 00:33:47,193 He cares about somebody like you, 740 00:33:47,226 --> 00:33:48,760 someone foolish enough 741 00:33:48,794 --> 00:33:51,029 to carry his packages around and not snitch 742 00:33:51,063 --> 00:33:52,998 on his narrow ass if you get caught. 743 00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:55,434 He doesn't love you, Maya. That's not love. 744 00:33:55,467 --> 00:33:57,169 And you do? 745 00:33:57,203 --> 00:34:00,005 Cookie, you introduced me to my convict birth mother. 746 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:02,241 You turned my world upside down. 747 00:34:03,742 --> 00:34:06,212 (sighs) That's not fair, 748 00:34:06,245 --> 00:34:08,547 'cause Poundcake really loved you, Maya. 749 00:34:08,580 --> 00:34:10,382 And I-I thought you should know. 750 00:34:10,416 --> 00:34:12,951 Yeah, but for one second, Cookie, did you think 751 00:34:12,984 --> 00:34:15,221 that maybe me finding out that I'm a product 752 00:34:15,254 --> 00:34:18,557 of a jailhouse rape might mess me up? 753 00:34:21,660 --> 00:34:25,097 (short chuckle) I'm sorry. 754 00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:28,434 I guess Queen Cookie doesn't know everything, 755 00:34:28,467 --> 00:34:30,802 does she? 756 00:34:30,836 --> 00:34:32,771 'Cause you surely don't know anything about love, 757 00:34:32,804 --> 00:34:34,473 because if you did, you wouldn't be with a man 758 00:34:34,506 --> 00:34:36,808 who let you rot in jail for 17 years, 759 00:34:36,842 --> 00:34:38,444 and-and with Hakeem, 760 00:34:38,477 --> 00:34:41,280 on stage playing "drop the mic" with a gun? 761 00:34:41,313 --> 00:34:43,782 Cookie, you have your own family to fix. 762 00:34:43,815 --> 00:34:46,685 No. Honestly, what are you doing here? 763 00:34:48,287 --> 00:34:50,656 Exactly. 764 00:34:50,689 --> 00:34:51,923 (scoffs) 765 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,328 -(sighs) -(lock clicks) 766 00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:14,079 Look at all those people waiting for you to change their lives. 767 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:17,483 How do you feel about that, Cookie? 768 00:35:17,516 --> 00:35:19,151 I think... 769 00:35:19,185 --> 00:35:21,620 (indistinct chatter) 770 00:35:21,653 --> 00:35:23,555 (sighs) 771 00:35:25,657 --> 00:35:27,959 (sighs) I think... 772 00:35:27,993 --> 00:35:31,630 I don't have all the answers. 773 00:35:31,663 --> 00:35:33,165 And the answers I do have, 774 00:35:33,199 --> 00:35:35,667 they ain't the right ones. 775 00:35:35,701 --> 00:35:38,537 Listen to me, sounding all shocked. 776 00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:43,709 Who the hell do I think I am? 777 00:35:43,742 --> 00:35:46,645 Thinking I can fix every-damn-body 778 00:35:46,678 --> 00:35:48,514 and save everything. 779 00:35:48,547 --> 00:35:52,451 I... I can't even fix my own family. 780 00:35:52,484 --> 00:35:54,186 You know what, Cookie? 781 00:35:54,220 --> 00:35:55,554 I'm-a just gonna go ahead and stop this. 782 00:35:55,587 --> 00:35:57,523 No. 783 00:35:57,556 --> 00:36:00,659 (sighs) 784 00:36:00,692 --> 00:36:03,028 (laughs) 785 00:36:03,061 --> 00:36:07,399 I mean, what do I know, huh? 786 00:36:07,433 --> 00:36:10,502 What do I know except music? 787 00:36:15,874 --> 00:36:19,010 I know a hit when I hear one. 788 00:36:19,044 --> 00:36:22,481 So, five boroughs in five days. 789 00:36:22,514 --> 00:36:26,084 And like I said: bring it. 790 00:36:28,086 --> 00:36:30,789 You never game me my shoes, Porsha. 791 00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:34,526 Put up or shut up, man. 792 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,495 Come on, you Al B. Sure! lookin'... 793 00:36:36,528 --> 00:36:38,196 (laughing) 794 00:36:38,230 --> 00:36:39,898 You ain't nothin', Lyon. 795 00:36:39,931 --> 00:36:42,901 Yeah, that's a lot coming from your broke ass. 796 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:44,903 What you got? 797 00:36:44,936 --> 00:36:46,705 Hey, spot me 250. 798 00:36:46,738 --> 00:36:48,073 I got this. 799 00:36:48,106 --> 00:36:49,575 This is my turn. I got this. 800 00:36:49,608 --> 00:36:50,876 You're on the tilt, Mr. Binyan. 801 00:36:50,909 --> 00:36:52,544 I've already cut you off. 802 00:36:52,578 --> 00:36:54,680 I'm sorry, but you'll have to fold the hand 803 00:36:54,713 --> 00:36:56,515 if you cannot meet Mr. Lyon's bet. 804 00:36:56,548 --> 00:36:59,217 I will tell you what, sexy. 805 00:36:59,251 --> 00:37:01,086 If you're so certain about them 806 00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:03,021 pretty little cards in your hand, why don't you 807 00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:06,392 just put Carlito right there on top of the pile? 808 00:37:06,425 --> 00:37:10,195 We can toss the cards over and winner take all. 809 00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:12,564 You're bluffing. 810 00:37:12,598 --> 00:37:15,133 Maybe. 811 00:37:15,166 --> 00:37:18,637 Or maybe not. 812 00:37:18,670 --> 00:37:21,507 (Lucious chuckles) 813 00:37:30,449 --> 00:37:32,818 Deal. 814 00:37:32,851 --> 00:37:35,186 (chuckles) 815 00:37:43,429 --> 00:37:46,432 Three tens. 816 00:37:49,868 --> 00:37:52,203 But, oops. (laughs) 817 00:37:56,808 --> 00:37:58,810 (grunts) Okay. 818 00:37:58,844 --> 00:38:02,180 I look forward to Carlito coming by the house 819 00:38:02,213 --> 00:38:04,249 and meeting his new mommy and daddy 820 00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:05,984 with Lyon Family Management. 821 00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:07,919 -Nobody move! -(woman shrieks) 822 00:38:07,953 --> 00:38:11,857 Put your hands up! Don't... 823 00:38:11,890 --> 00:38:13,492 -Get all that money. -(screams) 824 00:38:16,495 --> 00:38:19,130 -Man! -Get your hands up! 825 00:38:19,164 --> 00:38:22,200 -Let's go. -Get your hands up! 826 00:38:22,233 --> 00:38:24,002 I wouldn't do that if I was you. 827 00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:25,003 Get your hands up! 828 00:38:25,036 --> 00:38:26,037 -Oh, my God. -ROBBER: All right. 829 00:38:28,740 --> 00:38:30,709 Get all that money. 830 00:38:30,742 --> 00:38:32,378 Everybody be cool. 831 00:38:32,411 --> 00:38:33,979 Nobody move, nobody get hurt. 832 00:38:34,012 --> 00:38:37,015 Man with a plan, man. 833 00:38:37,048 --> 00:38:40,852 My idea is never enter a building... 834 00:38:40,886 --> 00:38:42,721 if you don't have an exit strategy. 835 00:38:42,754 --> 00:38:44,723 I owe you. 836 00:38:44,756 --> 00:38:46,658 I'm looking forward to seeing what you're gonna do 837 00:38:46,692 --> 00:38:48,126 with Lyon Family Management. 838 00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:50,696 Word on the street, you coming strong. 839 00:38:50,729 --> 00:38:52,631 Well, you know Lyons, 840 00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:54,400 that's all we do is come strong. 841 00:38:54,433 --> 00:38:56,067 All right. 842 00:39:06,445 --> 00:39:08,213 I'm telling you, your... our plan was perfect. 843 00:39:08,246 --> 00:39:11,316 Automatic weapons, masks... 844 00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:13,251 We got four million dollars. 845 00:39:13,284 --> 00:39:14,653 And you won Carlito, right? 846 00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:17,689 -Yeah. -The plan... 847 00:39:17,723 --> 00:39:19,558 was damn near perfect. 848 00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:25,363 Near perfect? 849 00:39:25,397 --> 00:39:29,267 I went to pick up the Derrick Adams. 850 00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:31,369 Your boy sold it. 851 00:39:38,810 --> 00:39:40,178 (clears throat) 852 00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:42,414 I know. 853 00:39:42,448 --> 00:39:45,417 I mean, some corporate buyer 854 00:39:45,451 --> 00:39:47,018 made him a deal he couldn't refuse. 855 00:39:47,052 --> 00:39:49,421 I am tracking it down now. 856 00:39:49,455 --> 00:39:52,758 I'm getting a copy printed until we get the original back. 857 00:39:52,791 --> 00:39:54,793 Cookie won't even notice it. 858 00:39:54,826 --> 00:39:58,664 Get me that damn painting. 859 00:40:19,284 --> 00:40:20,852 I was wondering where you were. 860 00:40:22,454 --> 00:40:23,889 Thought you'd be upstairs in bed, 861 00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:27,292 waiting for me to come and climb up on top. 862 00:40:29,094 --> 00:40:31,329 You know what? You are not sexy 863 00:40:31,362 --> 00:40:34,165 when you're feeling yourself like this. 864 00:40:34,199 --> 00:40:35,901 Damn. What's wrong with you? 865 00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:39,938 I thought I'd get a chuckle or something. 866 00:40:39,971 --> 00:40:42,974 -What's wrong? -(chuckles) It's just, 867 00:40:43,008 --> 00:40:45,110 I feel like we're moving too fast, you know? 868 00:40:45,143 --> 00:40:46,845 Like, we're making all of these decisions, 869 00:40:46,878 --> 00:40:49,615 and we're not thinking them through. 870 00:40:49,648 --> 00:40:51,650 Mm... Baby, 871 00:40:51,683 --> 00:40:55,487 I've found that you and me, we make our very best decisions 872 00:40:55,521 --> 00:40:58,857 when we come from our gut and then we move. 873 00:40:58,890 --> 00:41:01,192 That's how and why... 874 00:41:01,226 --> 00:41:04,496 we get... 875 00:41:04,530 --> 00:41:07,032 what we want and need from this life. 876 00:41:17,075 --> 00:41:19,678 Well, isn't this special? 877 00:41:22,681 --> 00:41:25,050 You know I love you, right? 878 00:41:26,752 --> 00:41:28,987 Why you being all extra? 879 00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:30,221 I wouldn't be extra 880 00:41:30,255 --> 00:41:32,558 if you weren't writing lyrics 881 00:41:32,591 --> 00:41:35,561 that sound like you want to kill somebody. 882 00:41:35,594 --> 00:41:37,629 Ma, I had to get it out. 883 00:41:37,663 --> 00:41:39,164 But I'm good. 884 00:41:43,268 --> 00:41:45,370 (doorbell rings) 885 00:41:52,778 --> 00:41:54,379 This ought to be interesting. 886 00:41:54,412 --> 00:41:56,014 We have a proposition for you. 887 00:41:56,047 --> 00:41:57,515 We? 888 00:41:57,549 --> 00:41:59,517 Hey, Lucious. 889 00:42:00,886 --> 00:42:02,854 (sighs) 890 00:42:02,888 --> 00:42:05,023 If you want to make some money, you'll invite us in. 891 00:42:05,056 --> 00:42:08,627 Honey, we've got guests. 892 00:42:18,637 --> 00:42:20,672 Can we get on with this, please? 893 00:42:20,706 --> 00:42:23,374 Now, Mr. Lyon still needs to pay his respects at the gravesite. 894 00:42:23,408 --> 00:42:25,911 Please. 895 00:42:25,944 --> 00:42:28,446 Last time we talked, you said that you did not know this man. 896 00:42:30,215 --> 00:42:31,617 Please tell me you're not interrupting 897 00:42:31,650 --> 00:42:33,251 my client's grieving 898 00:42:33,284 --> 00:42:35,053 to repeat back to him what he already told you. 899 00:42:35,086 --> 00:42:36,922 This is a total waste of time. This is a waste of time 900 00:42:36,955 --> 00:42:38,556 -and FB... -No, Thirst, wait. 901 00:42:38,590 --> 00:42:40,959 He wouldn't have driven all the way up here 902 00:42:40,992 --> 00:42:43,094 unless he thought he had something... 903 00:42:43,128 --> 00:42:45,030 worth showing me. 904 00:42:45,063 --> 00:42:47,098 Go ahead. 905 00:42:47,132 --> 00:42:49,267 Well, you might not know Damon Cross. 906 00:42:49,300 --> 00:42:51,269 But your wife certainly does. 907 00:42:54,606 --> 00:42:56,808 In fact, they look downright friendly. 908 00:43:15,026 --> 00:43:16,662 Care to explain? 909 00:44:05,143 --> 00:44:07,145 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH 910 00:44:09,147 --> 00:44:11,282 Now that Empire has you all fired up, 911 00:44:11,316 --> 00:44:13,584 here are a few more shows to check out from Fox. 912 00:44:16,054 --> 00:44:17,255 Buckle up, buttercup. 913 00:44:19,590 --> 00:44:21,960 It's real, and it pulls people together. 914 00:44:21,993 --> 00:44:25,530 -* We're breaking waves shooting star * -(siren wailing) 915 00:44:25,563 --> 00:44:29,134 * We live for glory not forever * 916 00:44:29,167 --> 00:44:30,168 MAN: Touchdown! 917 00:44:30,201 --> 00:44:33,739 * Reach out * 918 00:44:33,772 --> 00:44:37,375 * Make this right here right now * 919 00:44:37,408 --> 00:44:40,345 * Stand up * 920 00:44:41,212 --> 00:44:42,981 * Here right now * 921 00:44:43,014 --> 00:44:44,682 That sounds like fun.