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- NARRATOR: Previously on Empire...
- You got shot.
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Your PTSD is no less
significant than mine.
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If you need treatment, man...
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LUCIOUS: No,
the only person that's killing you
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right now, Mal, is you.
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The one thing that ain't changed
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in the music business,
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it's artists that don't perform,
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they die.
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I got to meet Angelo's
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stuck-up mama.
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I think she just want to
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check out my black ass.
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Andre, I need you!
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Now I never ask you for nothin'.
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I can't stay, Nessa. I promised my mom
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I'd be there for her tonight.
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Andre, this is a special night for me.
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This means a lot to me.
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Are you coming in here to
thank me for helping yo' ass
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with Shine?
Because you know you still owe me
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for that, right?
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DIANA: I see why Angelo is attracted
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to you. You got fire in you.
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You just make sure that
fire doesn't burn my child.
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♪ We throwin' caution to the sky ♪
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♪ Poppin' rainbows
like all the time ♪
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♪ We on another level ♪
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♪ High ♪
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♪ The DJ is my alibi ♪
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♪ Let's play a game,
watch you fold ♪
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♪ Like a house of cards ♪
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♪ No poker face, no you can't beat ♪
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- ♪ The Queen of Hearts ♪
- See, mother, that's...
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That's Tiana, one of Empire's
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- hottest pop stars.
- Yes.
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- I know who Tiana is, dear.
- Okay.
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- Mmm.
- But why is she prancing around
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with those tall, skinny girls?
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Well, that's because she's headlining
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the annual HVW Fashion Show.
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Yes, Helene Von Wyeth is
partnering with Empire.
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Really?
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- ♪... aces high ♪
- ANGELO: One of Cookie's
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greatest achievements has
been aligning the company
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with high profile cultural events,
such as this.
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Are you bragging on me?
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(CHUCKLING) Yes, you know I am.
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(LAUGHING)
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JAMAL: Mom, can you please
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tell that fake A&R dude
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- do not come in Studio B
- Mm-mm.
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- Mm.
- When I'm rec...
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- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Mm, mm, mm.
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Hey. Excusez moi.
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How are you, Mrs. Dubois?
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COOKIE: Oh, come here, Jamal.
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I would like to introduce you all
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to Helene Von Wyeth.
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Oh, but hold on to your weave, honey.
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The first time I met
her, I wore Givenchy,
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she asked if I was a Kardashian.
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What?
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Are you feeble-minded
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or is my eight-year-old
daughter actually
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smarter than you? How could one be
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so mor... (GASPS)
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Darling.
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- Hey...
- Darling, it's been too long.
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- Oh...
- DIANA: Mm.
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(KISSING)
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So you know each other?
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Diana and I have sat on
many boards together.
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DIANA: I missed you
at the Barons Retreat.
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I was in Tangiers with my father.
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Speaking of which,
why haven't I received
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my invitation for the
Captain's Ball yet?
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DIANA: Well, this year's ball's
gonna be a little different.
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It's gonna be a fundraiser for Angelo.
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In fact, Jamal...
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Yes.
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What are you doing on the
seventh of next month?
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HELENE: Oh,
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that's a marvelous idea.
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A crossover artist who also
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speaks to your core constituency.
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♪ If you goin' all in ♪
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♪ Money where your mouth is ♪
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(MAN WHOOPS)
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Mother, please.
All right, you're crossing the line.
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Cookie has too much
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on her plate as it is.
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Look, I understand that, uh,
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it's important for us
to get Angelo elected
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into office, I get that.
But why don't I give you,
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um, other choices
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- of Empire artists?
- That's a great idea.
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That song that you sang for your mother
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the other night at
dinner was everything.
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Thank you.
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I want you to write a
song for Angelo's campaign
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- and I want you
- Mama...
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to perform it at the Captain's Ball.
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Before we settle on Jamal,
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I would like to offer you a
list of other Empire artists...
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Settle? (LAUGHS)
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Whoa, hold on, Mom.
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I'd, I would be honored.
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- Thank you.
- Thank you.
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It's time, Mom.
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It's now or never.
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♪ ♪
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No.
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She said it, Rhonda, not Andre.
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She called me her family.
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She asked me...
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RHONDA: But does she know
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who you really are?
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(GASPS) Hey!
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Dre, it's just me.
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Nessa, you can't sneak
up on me like that.
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(SIGHS)
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Are you okay, Dre?
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You were...
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talking in your sleep last night and...
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I'm fine. I'm fine, okay?
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I'm just...
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Nessa,
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there's something I
need you to think about.
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Yeah.
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My father and I just lined up
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a new round of funding
for Empire XStream.
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All right?
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Now, when that money hits...
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we need to have you positioned
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to take advantage of it.
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Let's, uh,
let's talk about what that's gonna mean.
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I see you haven't been
taking care of your nails.
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Well, that's 'cause you ain't been here
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to take care of 'em for me.
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I'm stuck in this house
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with these crazy females,
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messing up my sanctuary.
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- (DOOR OPENS)
- Where you been, anyway?
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- (DOOR CLOSES)
- I'll take it from here, thanks.
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Ah... (CLEARS THROAT)
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Can you give us a minute, Tiffany?
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You want to get your nails done?
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Nah, I'm more of a rub and tug type.
(CHUCKLES)
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Listen,
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so far, we got nothin'.
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All right, no disrespect,
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but your cornball half-brother
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lives like a monk.
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Okay, he doesn't gamble, no drugs,
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doesn't really drink, I mean,
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it's damn near insulting.
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I thought we had somebody on the inside.
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We do. I mean,
it took a little time and money,
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but she's there.
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It's just Agent Sweetwater
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isn't in the inner circle.
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She thinks Tariq is giving up on Shine
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and coming at you on something new.
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She just doesn't know what yet.
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All right, then we need
to invade his crib.
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Destabilize his ass.
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Yeah, how?
I mean, the boy's not on the down low,
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doesn't use hookers...
I mean, I can't find any vices.
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Everybody's got a weakness.
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Find it.
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♪ ♪
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♪ If you goin' all in ♪
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♪ Money where your mouth is ♪
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This show is going to be fabulous.
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We are going to put a little bass in it,
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some black girl magic on it.
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I've seen Tiana with straight hair,
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I'd like her to wear it
like that for our show.
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We could.
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It's not up for discussion. Her...
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hair doesn't really go with the
aesthetic of the collection.
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It's all about sleekness
and geometry. And,
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I'm thinking about having her wear
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the final gown in the show.
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I think the others look
so gauche on her figure.
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That's, uh, too tight
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and it has a train. (CHUCKLES)
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That's not gonna work
with her choreography.
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(CHUCKLES) Well,
I'm sure you can make it work.
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I mean, that is depending
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how important it is
for you to bring Empire
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into the mainstream.
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Isn't that what you're chasing
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with the Dubois family?
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Chasing?
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(LAUGHING) Oh, no, sweetie,
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you got it twisted.
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I didn't do the chasing there.
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Oh, I see.
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Well,
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nonetheless, I expect to be able
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to run a fine-tooth
comb through her hair
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by show time.
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I'll run a fine-tooth comb
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up yo' ass, how 'bout that?
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All right, think about what you want,
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and we'll talk to Cookie directly.
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Exclusive club dates,
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features with some of
Empire's top artists?
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How are we gonna follow your
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spectacular debut at the
Empire XStream launch, okay?
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♪ Money where my mouth is ♪
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♪ I'm-a throw my aces high ♪
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♪ I'm-a let you pay
that price tonight ♪
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♪ I'm-a throw my aces high ♪
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♪ If you goin' all in ♪
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♪ Money where your mouth is ♪
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♪ If you goin' all in ♪
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♪ Money where your mouth is ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ If you goin' all in ♪
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♪ Money where your mouth is ♪
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What do I want?
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♪ Winning's all I know ♪
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I want this.
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♪ No cameras ♪
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♪ Please I'm in my zone. ♪
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You're still mad at me.
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Well, I was counting on you, Andre.
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Only son I have
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got something in common
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with Angelo's bougie-ass mama.
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But it's all good.
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No, it's not all good.
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Mama, it's not all good. Okay?
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(COOKIE SIGHS)
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I'm sorry.
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I should've been there for you, okay?
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If it makes a difference,
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I was doing the same
thing you were doing.
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What were you doing, Dre?
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I was meeting Nessa's family.
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It was the last thing
I ever expected, Ma.
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Oh, you really like her, huh, Dre?
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I-I didn't,
I didn't think that it was possible.
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I'm starting to imagine
myself actually starting over.
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Is-is that wrong?
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No, baby, no.
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I want that for you more
than I want it for myself.
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(GIGGLES) Whatever you need.
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You know what would be great?
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- What?
- Can Nessa
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shadow Tiana for this HVW Fashion Show?
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Mmm...
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She's new to all this, Mom.
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She could really learn a lot from Tiana.
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Okay.
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(LAUGHING)
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- Mom...
- You have Nessa
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come to Tiana's fitting, but she better
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come correct, 'cause that daggone Tiana,
264
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she is nervous about this performance.
265
00:09:08,054 --> 00:09:09,471
You won't even know she's there, Ma.
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I love you.
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I love you.
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Oh, good. You can hang
that right up there.
269
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How does Helene expect me
270
00:09:22,652 --> 00:09:25,121
to perform in that? And she wants me to
271
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straighten my hair, too. Like, for what?
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Child,
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00:09:27,851 --> 00:09:30,097
you just do what they ask
you to do and get them...
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Why would I do it?
I'm Empire's biggest digital star, Ma.
275
00:09:32,095 --> 00:09:34,799
You know that. But you're not a
bigger crossover star than Tiana,
276
00:09:34,824 --> 00:09:36,961
and y'all fans love when
y'all perform together.
277
00:09:36,986 --> 00:09:37,918
Don't be like that, boy.
278
00:09:37,943 --> 00:09:39,079
What's going on?
279
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- Well...
- Hakeem is going to
280
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rerecord all of Gram's
tracks on your album.
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00:09:44,132 --> 00:09:45,326
End of story.
282
00:09:45,351 --> 00:09:46,979
That's a good idea,
you want to know why?
283
00:09:47,004 --> 00:09:48,184
'Cause Black Twitter,
they gonna freak out,
284
00:09:48,209 --> 00:09:49,440
just like how they do
285
00:09:49,466 --> 00:09:50,968
when Rihanna and Drake in the same city.
286
00:09:51,223 --> 00:09:53,165
No. Hell no. You guys
287
00:09:53,191 --> 00:09:55,555
are not gonna try to use
me to resurrect his ass
288
00:09:55,580 --> 00:09:58,483
after he got dumped live
on his own channel, by her.
289
00:09:58,507 --> 00:09:59,762
Okay, excuse me, Nessa,
290
00:09:59,787 --> 00:10:00,871
can you give us a minute, please?
Yeah, yeah.
291
00:10:00,896 --> 00:10:02,129
Thank you.
292
00:10:03,765 --> 00:10:06,862
Tiana, Porsha is right for a change.
293
00:10:06,887 --> 00:10:09,004
Once y'all get together
and do your magic,
294
00:10:09,029 --> 00:10:10,692
everybody's gonna forget that nonsense
295
00:10:10,717 --> 00:10:12,173
he said about you, girl.
296
00:10:12,197 --> 00:10:13,788
You were slumming with
that clown, anyway.
297
00:10:13,813 --> 00:10:14,884
As opposed to you
298
00:10:14,909 --> 00:10:16,647
and all your little side pieces?
299
00:10:16,672 --> 00:10:18,382
Is there any B-list singer
300
00:10:18,407 --> 00:10:20,438
left in the game that
you haven't smashed?
301
00:10:20,463 --> 00:10:22,822
Maybe one of the "who"
models you been lezzing out with.
302
00:10:22,848 --> 00:10:24,287
You know, catching off-brand
rappers for fame, baby...
303
00:10:24,312 --> 00:10:25,326
Come on, y'all,
304
00:10:25,351 --> 00:10:26,135
cut it out!
305
00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:27,879
Well, I'm going to leave you to this
306
00:10:27,904 --> 00:10:30,805
while I go and do something
equally unpleasant.
307
00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:33,331
I've got to have tea over at Archibald's
308
00:10:33,356 --> 00:10:34,547
with Leah and Anika.
309
00:10:34,572 --> 00:10:37,193
(CHUCKLES) Well,
I hope the butter knife is dull.
310
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(CHUCKLING)
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00:10:39,972 --> 00:10:44,569
(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
312
00:10:47,078 --> 00:10:48,998
Dwight, where's my crusts?
313
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Make him bring my crusts back.
314
00:10:54,284 --> 00:10:56,271
Can you go in the kitchen
and see if somebody
315
00:10:56,296 --> 00:10:58,047
can get this woman some crusts?
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00:10:58,072 --> 00:10:59,924
Right away. Thank you.
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Done.
318
00:11:02,727 --> 00:11:05,648
Now let's discuss how we're
all gonna live together
319
00:11:05,673 --> 00:11:07,033
under the same roof
320
00:11:07,058 --> 00:11:09,216
without killing each other.
321
00:11:09,410 --> 00:11:13,057
Well, I was supposed to
be Shine's head of A&R,
322
00:11:13,108 --> 00:11:14,879
so maybe that would have
gotten me out of the house
323
00:11:14,903 --> 00:11:16,998
and made all of this just a
little bit more tolerable.
324
00:11:17,023 --> 00:11:19,290
LUCIOUS: Well, that's
not happening now that
325
00:11:19,315 --> 00:11:21,662
Andre and Nessa are together, so...
326
00:11:21,687 --> 00:11:24,077
So just keep her far away from me, okay?
327
00:11:24,102 --> 00:11:26,106
And I do mean far away, which means that
328
00:11:26,131 --> 00:11:27,568
you stay out of the nursery,
329
00:11:27,593 --> 00:11:28,748
stay out of my bathroom,
330
00:11:28,773 --> 00:11:30,306
and stay out of my dressing room, okay?
331
00:11:30,331 --> 00:11:32,513
Because I see you putting
on my ruby lipstick.
332
00:11:33,052 --> 00:11:36,096
What did I tell you
was gonna happen to you
333
00:11:36,121 --> 00:11:38,339
if you keep disrespecting
her boundaries?
334
00:11:38,364 --> 00:11:40,714
I'm not going back in that awful room
335
00:11:40,738 --> 00:11:42,671
that you locked me and Andre in!
336
00:11:42,696 --> 00:11:44,928
(LOUDLY) That dungeon
where you starved me!
337
00:11:44,954 --> 00:11:46,505
Keep your voice down!
338
00:11:46,529 --> 00:11:48,689
You're hurting me. Let go!
I'm not gonna tell you...
339
00:11:48,714 --> 00:11:50,056
You're hurting me!
340
00:11:50,082 --> 00:11:51,015
(SHOUTING) Let go!
341
00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:52,624
Let go.
342
00:11:52,649 --> 00:11:53,877
TARIQ (OVER RADIO): I'm goin' in.
343
00:11:53,902 --> 00:11:55,789
HUGHES: Sir, sir.
344
00:11:55,814 --> 00:11:58,965
You're gonna blow our
whole surveillance detail.
345
00:11:58,990 --> 00:12:00,805
I've gotta get her out of that house,
Hughes.
346
00:12:00,830 --> 00:12:02,956
They hate each other.
It's an abusive situation.
347
00:12:02,982 --> 00:12:04,181
Well, if they hate each other so much,
348
00:12:04,206 --> 00:12:05,522
maybe there's a way to use that.
349
00:12:05,547 --> 00:12:07,705
Yeah. Turn her.
350
00:12:07,730 --> 00:12:09,019
I've thought about that.
351
00:12:09,221 --> 00:12:10,698
I don't know.
352
00:12:10,951 --> 00:12:12,551
She's an old woman.
353
00:12:12,576 --> 00:12:14,259
A mentally ill old woman.
354
00:12:14,442 --> 00:12:15,803
But hey...
355
00:12:15,828 --> 00:12:17,724
(CHUCKLES) it'd serve Lucious right
356
00:12:17,749 --> 00:12:19,562
to turn his own mother against him.
357
00:12:30,093 --> 00:12:32,471
Like, seriously,
I can't do anything in this.
358
00:12:32,495 --> 00:12:34,835
I mean, it-it's long,
but I think it's cute.
359
00:12:34,860 --> 00:12:36,385
What you think? It's cute, right?
360
00:12:36,410 --> 00:12:37,744
- Mm-mm.
- No, you drunk. You don't know.
361
00:12:37,769 --> 00:12:39,335
You know what? I'm gonna
get the seamstress.
362
00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:40,564
I'll be right back. Hold on.
363
00:12:40,589 --> 00:12:42,044
Nessa, can you help me get out of this,
please?
364
00:12:42,069 --> 00:12:43,637
- Yeah. sure.
- PORSHA: Hey,
365
00:12:43,662 --> 00:12:45,483
can somebody get me
a seamstress, please?
366
00:12:45,508 --> 00:12:46,532
- I swear...
- WOMAN: I'm on it.
367
00:12:46,557 --> 00:12:48,064
PORSHA: Thank you.
368
00:12:49,199 --> 00:12:51,452
Okay, she on her way,
so don't even worry about it.
369
00:12:51,477 --> 00:12:53,544
You know what?
After we leave here, we gonna turn up.
370
00:12:53,569 --> 00:12:54,889
We gonna get you a little something,
371
00:12:54,914 --> 00:12:56,108
'cause you're a little uptight.
372
00:12:56,133 --> 00:12:58,355
But you don't understand
that this performance is big.
373
00:12:58,379 --> 00:13:00,366
Like, it needs to be perfect.
I hear you, but that's why
374
00:13:00,391 --> 00:13:02,395
I'm here.
You know, whatever you need help with,
375
00:13:02,420 --> 00:13:04,861
I got you, just chill.
Hold on, hold on, is something burning?
376
00:13:05,718 --> 00:13:07,917
PORSHA: Oh, Nessa!
377
00:13:07,942 --> 00:13:09,981
Oh, Nessa, what did you do?
378
00:13:10,006 --> 00:13:11,598
Oh, my God.
379
00:13:12,069 --> 00:13:13,402
Nessa!
380
00:13:13,427 --> 00:13:14,809
- I'm s...
- Really?
381
00:13:14,834 --> 00:13:16,147
- Oh, my...
- What did you do?
382
00:13:16,172 --> 00:13:18,206
NESSA: It was an accident, Tiana.
383
00:13:18,231 --> 00:13:19,957
- I'm sorry, I'll get you another one.
- How?!
384
00:13:19,982 --> 00:13:22,216
This is couture. There isn't another!
385
00:13:22,426 --> 00:13:24,886
Well, just tell me what I need to do.
(LOUD CLATTERING)
386
00:13:24,911 --> 00:13:26,742
What is wrong with you? Are you stupid?
387
00:13:26,767 --> 00:13:28,061
Are you stupid?
388
00:13:28,086 --> 00:13:30,620
Helene Von Wyeth will
destroy me for this!
389
00:13:30,645 --> 00:13:32,156
That bitch didn't even
want me in her stupid
390
00:13:32,181 --> 00:13:33,581
whitewashed show to begin with.
391
00:13:33,606 --> 00:13:35,750
The only reason she
teamed up with Empire
392
00:13:35,775 --> 00:13:37,374
is because she got dragged out for doing
393
00:13:37,399 --> 00:13:39,367
some wack-ass Out of Africa collection
394
00:13:39,392 --> 00:13:40,720
with no black people in it.
395
00:13:40,745 --> 00:13:42,930
Then homegirl tries to
shove me in this damn dress
396
00:13:42,955 --> 00:13:44,570
meant for some anorexic white chick.
397
00:13:44,594 --> 00:13:47,161
That skinny,
racist bitch can't handle my realness!
398
00:13:47,186 --> 00:13:48,689
And now she's gonna say I burned
399
00:13:48,714 --> 00:13:50,480
that raggedy-ass rag on purpose.
400
00:13:50,505 --> 00:13:52,744
- What is wrong with you?
- Okay, okay, Tiana, you know what?
401
00:13:52,769 --> 00:13:53,954
We gonna take care of this, a'ight?
402
00:13:53,979 --> 00:13:56,947
- You know what, Nessa, fix it, now!
- Yeah, yeah.
403
00:13:56,980 --> 00:13:58,713
I'm sorry.
404
00:14:14,498 --> 00:14:16,598
(PHONES RINGING)
405
00:14:16,809 --> 00:14:19,593
Yes, sign right here and right here.
406
00:14:23,142 --> 00:14:24,633
It's okay, it's okay.
407
00:14:24,658 --> 00:14:26,026
- What are you doing here?
- I'm not gonna hurt you.
408
00:14:26,051 --> 00:14:27,450
- Where's my doctor?
- Miss, Leah, I'm not here to hurt you.
409
00:14:27,475 --> 00:14:30,496
I'm not here to hurt you.
Miss Leah, I'm her to help you.
410
00:14:30,521 --> 00:14:33,519
Miss Leah, look, I know Lucious was...
411
00:14:33,544 --> 00:14:35,247
Dwight was trying to hurt you,
412
00:14:35,273 --> 00:14:37,842
and lock you away in a dungeon
and treat you like a prisoner.
413
00:14:37,867 --> 00:14:38,972
How do you know that?
414
00:14:38,997 --> 00:14:40,468
I have eyes and ears in a lot of places.
415
00:14:40,493 --> 00:14:43,221
I'm a lawman, remember?
I'm one of the good guys.
416
00:14:43,707 --> 00:14:47,429
Now, come on. Sit back down.
417
00:14:50,502 --> 00:14:53,012
I'm not gonna let
Dwight hurt you anymore.
418
00:14:54,606 --> 00:14:56,908
And I'm gonna make sure
you get out that house
419
00:14:56,933 --> 00:14:59,626
so you and Anika don't fight so much.
420
00:14:59,811 --> 00:15:03,796
That light bright wife
of his, she's evil.
421
00:15:04,083 --> 00:15:05,979
Dwight hates her.
422
00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:07,827
I know.
423
00:15:07,852 --> 00:15:09,580
And if you can help me prove it,
424
00:15:09,604 --> 00:15:12,235
we can make her go away.
425
00:15:15,940 --> 00:15:18,082
COOKIE: How in the hell did this
get on the Internet already?
426
00:15:18,107 --> 00:15:19,507
TIANA (ON COMPUTER): Are you stupid?
427
00:15:19,532 --> 00:15:21,666
Helene Von Wyeth will
destroy me for this!
428
00:15:21,691 --> 00:15:23,180
That bitch didn't even
want me in her stupid
429
00:15:23,249 --> 00:15:24,615
whitewashed show to begin with.
430
00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,907
The only reason she
teamed up with Empire
431
00:15:26,932 --> 00:15:28,346
is because she got dragged out for doing
432
00:15:28,371 --> 00:15:30,289
some wack-ass Out of Africa collection
433
00:15:30,314 --> 00:15:31,814
with no black people in it.
434
00:15:31,839 --> 00:15:33,339
Then homegirl...
435
00:15:33,364 --> 00:15:34,889
How could you let this happen?
436
00:15:34,914 --> 00:15:37,172
Wh... It was people walking in and out.
437
00:15:37,197 --> 00:15:38,863
I don't know who recorded this.
438
00:15:38,888 --> 00:15:40,521
And it ain't like she
said nothin' wrong.
439
00:15:40,546 --> 00:15:43,080
Nessa feels terrible, Mom, truly.
440
00:15:43,105 --> 00:15:45,976
Oh, well, that makes everything better.
441
00:15:46,001 --> 00:15:48,676
Don't nobody give a damn
about how Nessa feels!
442
00:15:48,764 --> 00:15:51,478
I gotta get ahold of Helene.
She's not answering my calls.
443
00:15:51,503 --> 00:15:53,185
I can't take this anymore, Cookie.
444
00:15:53,210 --> 00:15:55,875
First Gram, and now this.
They're calling me a diva.
445
00:15:55,900 --> 00:15:57,933
Look, Tiana, we will take care of this.
446
00:15:57,958 --> 00:16:01,603
HVW needs Empire just as much as
we need them, don't you worry.
447
00:16:01,628 --> 00:16:04,762
And it ain't no worse than
Kanye West going off on SNL,
448
00:16:04,787 --> 00:16:06,738
or that girl with the ponytail lickin'
on the doughnut.
449
00:16:06,763 --> 00:16:09,347
- I'm gonna need you to shut up.
- This is my fault, Mom.
450
00:16:09,372 --> 00:16:11,105
I should be the one to talk to Helene.
451
00:16:11,130 --> 00:16:13,821
I know how to give her cover
on the racial allegations.
452
00:16:13,846 --> 00:16:16,494
And I can make a really strong
case for working this out.
453
00:16:16,574 --> 00:16:18,557
Hell, I'll even sweeten
the streaming deal
454
00:16:18,582 --> 00:16:20,331
and throw in two more of Empire's points
455
00:16:20,356 --> 00:16:21,219
for broadcast rights.
456
00:16:21,244 --> 00:16:22,667
How about that?
457
00:16:23,012 --> 00:16:26,113
I like the way your
Wharton brain thinks.
458
00:16:26,973 --> 00:16:29,556
If you can make this go away for Tiana,
459
00:16:29,581 --> 00:16:32,092
I will forgive you
for missing my dinner.
460
00:16:32,832 --> 00:16:35,032
I promise.
461
00:16:38,174 --> 00:16:39,573
(SIGHS)
462
00:16:43,838 --> 00:16:47,272
The performance is important,
and I gotta get through it.
463
00:16:47,297 --> 00:16:49,497
- What is all this?
- I'm glad you asked.
464
00:16:49,522 --> 00:16:51,942
Virtual reality is
the next new tech toy.
465
00:16:51,967 --> 00:16:53,676
And it's gaining its credence
466
00:16:53,701 --> 00:16:56,827
as a PTSD therapy treatment.
467
00:16:57,127 --> 00:16:59,924
So we're gonna use it to expose you
468
00:16:59,949 --> 00:17:01,937
to all the sights and sounds
that you were hit with
469
00:17:01,962 --> 00:17:04,429
leading up to the moments
before you were shot.
470
00:17:05,477 --> 00:17:08,328
I'll build up a tolerance, and...
471
00:17:08,856 --> 00:17:10,856
I'll be able to get back onstage, right?
472
00:17:10,881 --> 00:17:12,483
Exactly. That's the plan.
473
00:17:12,508 --> 00:17:14,398
Have you used VR glasses before?
474
00:17:14,423 --> 00:17:17,495
Hakeem had, like, the
very first headset.
475
00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,673
I used to kick those monsters' asses.
476
00:17:19,697 --> 00:17:20,847
(CHUCKLES) Okay.
477
00:17:20,872 --> 00:17:22,767
Well, these are gonna put you onstage
478
00:17:22,792 --> 00:17:24,225
in front of an audience.
479
00:17:24,250 --> 00:17:25,916
PHILIP: So nice and
slow, little by little,
480
00:17:25,941 --> 00:17:27,741
I'm gonna introduce your triggers,
481
00:17:27,766 --> 00:17:29,266
increasing the amount of people,
482
00:17:29,291 --> 00:17:30,303
the lights, and the sound,
483
00:17:30,328 --> 00:17:32,039
while I'm tracking
your physical responses
484
00:17:32,063 --> 00:17:33,759
to make sure I'm not
pushing you too fast.
485
00:17:33,784 --> 00:17:35,711
No, no, this is amazing.
486
00:17:36,204 --> 00:17:37,960
PHILIP: Okay.
487
00:17:39,003 --> 00:17:42,183
Start to play.
488
00:17:43,676 --> 00:17:47,351
♪ ♪
489
00:17:54,079 --> 00:17:56,212
(CHEERING)
490
00:17:56,237 --> 00:17:59,338
♪ ♪
491
00:17:59,363 --> 00:18:01,796
AUDIENCE: Jamal! Jamal! Jamal!
492
00:18:05,998 --> 00:18:08,231
(PANTING)
493
00:18:08,256 --> 00:18:09,555
Um...
494
00:18:13,736 --> 00:18:15,703
So damn real.
495
00:18:15,728 --> 00:18:17,579
- Do you want to stop?
- No, no, no.
496
00:18:17,604 --> 00:18:20,199
Um... let's keep going.
497
00:18:20,224 --> 00:18:21,622
- Come on.
- Okay.
498
00:18:21,647 --> 00:18:24,236
- You're doing great. Just stay in it.
- All right.
499
00:18:25,748 --> 00:18:27,441
Okay.
500
00:18:28,307 --> 00:18:30,616
I'm gonna introduce the next stimulus.
501
00:18:30,831 --> 00:18:32,665
♪ ♪
502
00:18:32,690 --> 00:18:34,790
(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)
503
00:18:34,815 --> 00:18:35,747
(GUNSHOT)
504
00:18:35,772 --> 00:18:39,232
♪ ♪
505
00:18:43,543 --> 00:18:45,988
What in the hell you
got my son hooked up to?
506
00:18:46,013 --> 00:18:48,219
♪ ♪
507
00:18:48,244 --> 00:18:50,904
- (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
- LUCIOUS: Jamal!
508
00:18:52,333 --> 00:18:55,116
Jamal,
what in the hell are y'all doin' here?
509
00:18:55,344 --> 00:18:56,698
What, you got electricity
510
00:18:56,723 --> 00:18:58,092
running through your nipples now?
511
00:18:58,117 --> 00:18:59,950
What is this about?
512
00:19:01,246 --> 00:19:02,745
What you doin' here?
513
00:19:02,770 --> 00:19:05,326
I hear you helping Angelo now?
514
00:19:06,227 --> 00:19:09,669
You're gonna do the
Dubois Captain's Ball?
515
00:19:09,694 --> 00:19:11,027
Is that right?
516
00:19:11,376 --> 00:19:13,392
That's a mighty big event, son.
517
00:19:13,417 --> 00:19:15,509
You sure you're ready
for something like that?
518
00:19:16,060 --> 00:19:17,726
Let me guess.
519
00:19:17,751 --> 00:19:20,477
You came all this way to make
sure that I couldn't do it.
520
00:19:20,773 --> 00:19:22,377
Wait a minute, I'm not the one
521
00:19:22,403 --> 00:19:23,602
trying to exploit you
522
00:19:23,627 --> 00:19:25,660
for my boyfriend's political gain.
523
00:19:25,685 --> 00:19:28,422
That's your mama. I'm in your corner.
524
00:19:28,446 --> 00:19:30,661
I've been telling you
you need to get your ass
525
00:19:30,686 --> 00:19:32,062
back on that stage.
526
00:19:32,373 --> 00:19:33,796
But that song you played
527
00:19:33,821 --> 00:19:35,231
the other day at your mama's house
528
00:19:35,256 --> 00:19:37,299
about me and her and all of that.
529
00:19:37,403 --> 00:19:40,112
I don't ever want to hear that again.
530
00:19:40,355 --> 00:19:42,158
And if you know what's right for you,
531
00:19:42,183 --> 00:19:43,782
you're gonna make sure you're 100%
532
00:19:43,807 --> 00:19:45,140
before you hop on that stage in front of
533
00:19:45,165 --> 00:19:46,764
all them hoity-toity people.
534
00:19:46,789 --> 00:19:48,066
'Cause if you fail again,
535
00:19:48,090 --> 00:19:50,225
that's one, two, three strikes,
536
00:19:50,251 --> 00:19:51,450
you're out.
537
00:19:51,475 --> 00:19:53,090
No more Empire.
538
00:19:53,114 --> 00:19:54,777
You're an independent artist.
539
00:19:55,286 --> 00:19:57,865
How's that for motivation?
540
00:20:00,296 --> 00:20:02,926
Write a song about that.
541
00:20:10,287 --> 00:20:11,787
Come on.
542
00:20:13,067 --> 00:20:14,606
Your vitals jumped through the roof
543
00:20:14,631 --> 00:20:15,367
the minute he walked in the door.
544
00:20:15,392 --> 00:20:16,977
Philip, I don't even know what
that means. Come on, let's just go.
545
00:20:17,002 --> 00:20:18,602
It means I've been throwing
everything at you...
546
00:20:18,627 --> 00:20:20,433
Lights, crowds, gunfire.
547
00:20:20,457 --> 00:20:22,296
I even threw images of
Freda Gatz in there.
548
00:20:22,321 --> 00:20:23,587
And you were handling all of that
549
00:20:23,612 --> 00:20:26,007
until he stepped in,
and you heard his voice.
550
00:20:26,086 --> 00:20:29,064
Lucious is your PTSD trigger.
551
00:20:29,526 --> 00:20:32,399
Man, Lucious is everybody's
damn PTSD trigger.
552
00:20:32,424 --> 00:20:33,007
You trippin'.
553
00:20:33,032 --> 00:20:33,999
Look, as long as he's not there,
554
00:20:34,024 --> 00:20:35,143
I'm gonna be fine. Let's go.
555
00:20:35,168 --> 00:20:38,119
No. You jumped in front of
a bullet to save the life
556
00:20:38,155 --> 00:20:39,457
of a man that's got you
all twisted up inside.
557
00:20:39,482 --> 00:20:40,193
He's my father.
558
00:20:40,218 --> 00:20:42,393
But everybody wants to talk about it.
All right, come on.
559
00:20:42,418 --> 00:20:44,584
You're gonna have to work
through this with him.
560
00:20:44,609 --> 00:20:47,277
Otherwise, you're never
gonna get back on that stage.
561
00:20:54,378 --> 00:20:57,312
ANDRE: It was one,
stressed-out, immature artist.
562
00:20:57,381 --> 00:20:58,775
We shouldn't let this
drive a wedge between
563
00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,429
our two companies, Helene.
564
00:21:00,454 --> 00:21:02,221
Do you know how many
black people I've employed
565
00:21:02,452 --> 00:21:04,753
during my lifetime?
566
00:21:04,821 --> 00:21:06,588
If I were...
567
00:21:06,657 --> 00:21:09,157
If I were a racist, would I let her play
568
00:21:09,182 --> 00:21:11,315
with Michael Strahan's girls?
569
00:21:11,387 --> 00:21:14,117
(SCOFFS) They've been swimming
in my pool, for God sakes.
570
00:21:14,142 --> 00:21:16,379
I'm telling you, the best way to
do damage control for your image
571
00:21:16,404 --> 00:21:19,351
would be to not break ties with Empire,
especially this late
572
00:21:19,376 --> 00:21:20,535
- in the game.
- Do you have any idea
573
00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:22,209
how mortifying this has been for me?
574
00:21:22,653 --> 00:21:26,166
All the girls in her
class idolize Tiana.
575
00:21:26,234 --> 00:21:28,263
♪ I got a body like a weapon ♪
576
00:21:28,290 --> 00:21:29,522
♪ It goes ba-ba-bang-bang ♪
577
00:21:29,547 --> 00:21:30,515
- Uh, yes.
- ♪ Bang, bang. ♪
578
00:21:30,540 --> 00:21:33,030
- Charming. Enough of that.
- (CHUCKLES)
579
00:21:33,085 --> 00:21:35,385
I don't blame you for
refusing to work with Tiana.
580
00:21:35,410 --> 00:21:37,245
I get it, okay?
581
00:21:37,812 --> 00:21:39,746
What about another Empire artist?
582
00:21:39,798 --> 00:21:42,712
Who? Tiana's a crossover artist.
583
00:21:42,785 --> 00:21:45,753
What if you were to choose
someone more definitively urban?
584
00:21:45,778 --> 00:21:48,111
Say, an up-and-coming soul singer.
Now, that...
585
00:21:48,136 --> 00:21:50,036
would make a very strong statement.
586
00:21:50,061 --> 00:21:52,630
An unknown? Who's more culturally aware.
587
00:21:52,791 --> 00:21:55,437
Come on, who's more black. Right?
588
00:21:56,086 --> 00:21:57,790
Veronica might be a little too old.
589
00:21:57,815 --> 00:21:59,462
Maybe somebody like, uh...
590
00:21:59,487 --> 00:22:01,082
Nessa Parker.
591
00:22:01,107 --> 00:22:03,107
Interesting.
592
00:22:03,205 --> 00:22:04,749
(INHALES)
593
00:22:04,774 --> 00:22:06,365
(EXHALES) But no.
594
00:22:06,390 --> 00:22:09,383
I think we're gonna see if Ellie
Goulding is still available.
595
00:22:09,408 --> 00:22:11,455
No, she has the right look.
596
00:22:11,486 --> 00:22:13,453
You mean the white look.
597
00:22:13,768 --> 00:22:15,501
A preference
598
00:22:15,526 --> 00:22:17,687
is not a prejudice.
599
00:22:17,921 --> 00:22:19,310
(CHUCKLES)
600
00:22:19,455 --> 00:22:22,607
You people expect change
to happen overnight.
601
00:22:22,632 --> 00:22:25,617
The HVW Fashion Show
602
00:22:25,642 --> 00:22:27,234
has always been associated
603
00:22:27,259 --> 00:22:29,058
with a certain level of class.
604
00:22:29,083 --> 00:22:30,148
That's all.
605
00:22:30,173 --> 00:22:31,666
I hear you.
606
00:22:33,206 --> 00:22:35,006
Loud and clear.
607
00:22:35,031 --> 00:22:36,928
(CLEARS THROAT)
608
00:22:40,568 --> 00:22:42,563
You know,
609
00:22:42,615 --> 00:22:46,598
your daughter has such beautiful hair.
610
00:22:51,249 --> 00:22:53,416
I see why you love it.
611
00:22:53,460 --> 00:22:54,732
Hmm.
612
00:22:54,757 --> 00:22:57,091
♪ ♪
613
00:23:00,369 --> 00:23:02,303
(PHONES RINGING)
614
00:23:02,328 --> 00:23:03,461
NURSE: Leah Walker?
615
00:23:03,486 --> 00:23:05,447
The doctor will see you now.
616
00:23:06,433 --> 00:23:09,441
It's a gynecologist.
617
00:23:19,401 --> 00:23:21,551
I did just like you said.
618
00:23:21,576 --> 00:23:24,232
I told Dwight I was having a procedure.
619
00:23:24,267 --> 00:23:27,412
Some kind of woman's thing.
He didn't ask no questions.
620
00:23:27,881 --> 00:23:29,735
We'll go out back.
621
00:23:32,404 --> 00:23:34,190
(CAR HORN BEEPS IN DISTANCE)
622
00:23:34,215 --> 00:23:35,694
Dwight won't let me go anywhere
623
00:23:35,719 --> 00:23:38,119
without Frick and Frack
watching my every move.
624
00:23:38,144 --> 00:23:39,942
Yeah. They'll be
expecting you back soon.
625
00:23:39,967 --> 00:23:41,607
So, do you think you
can get into his office?
626
00:23:41,632 --> 00:23:43,318
Sodom and Gomorrah.
627
00:23:43,343 --> 00:23:46,358
They do dirty, nasty sex.
628
00:23:47,388 --> 00:23:50,311
You mean, uh,
Lucious and Anika are sleeping together.
629
00:23:50,336 --> 00:23:53,070
I don't know no husband and
wife that go at it like that.
630
00:23:53,177 --> 00:23:55,144
Certainly not my Joe.
631
00:23:55,292 --> 00:23:58,060
Maybe he did that with your mama,
'cause she was
632
00:23:58,085 --> 00:24:00,254
nasty like Anika.
633
00:24:03,266 --> 00:24:06,036
You remind me of him, you know.
634
00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:08,879
♪ ♪
635
00:24:08,979 --> 00:24:10,612
What was he like?
636
00:24:10,697 --> 00:24:12,097
My father?
637
00:24:12,254 --> 00:24:14,024
Joe Walker.
638
00:24:14,079 --> 00:24:16,969
I spent my whole life
wishing I'd known him.
639
00:24:25,084 --> 00:24:29,443
(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
640
00:24:32,217 --> 00:24:34,238
(GRUNTS)
641
00:24:34,813 --> 00:24:36,933
No... No!
642
00:24:36,958 --> 00:24:38,282
(SCREAMING) Mommy!
643
00:24:38,307 --> 00:24:40,814
- What? What? What is going on?
- (SCREAMING)
644
00:24:40,839 --> 00:24:42,543
No! What...? God.
645
00:24:42,568 --> 00:24:43,655
Oh, my God!
646
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,918
(SCREAMING) No! Stop! Oh, my God!
647
00:24:48,709 --> 00:24:49,796
♪ ♪
648
00:24:49,821 --> 00:24:51,187
♪ Hey ♪
649
00:24:52,152 --> 00:24:53,675
♪ Hey. ♪
650
00:24:58,597 --> 00:25:00,798
So, you planned this whole thing,
651
00:25:00,823 --> 00:25:02,690
right from the jump.
652
00:25:02,918 --> 00:25:04,651
Is that right?
653
00:25:04,675 --> 00:25:06,723
Except you wasn't as smart
as you thought you was.
654
00:25:06,749 --> 00:25:09,629
See, there was a camera right where
Tiana said Nessa was standing.
655
00:25:09,654 --> 00:25:11,981
That skinny,
racist bitch can't handle my realness!
656
00:25:12,006 --> 00:25:13,406
And now she's gonna say I burned
657
00:25:13,431 --> 00:25:15,050
this raggedy-ass rag on purpose!
658
00:25:15,075 --> 00:25:17,309
TIANA: What is wrong with you?
Congratulations, Nancy Drew.
659
00:25:17,334 --> 00:25:19,566
- So you admit it?
- What am I admitting?
660
00:25:19,623 --> 00:25:21,189
It's all right there on TMI.
661
00:25:21,214 --> 00:25:23,299
Tiana ran her pretty little mouth off,
662
00:25:23,324 --> 00:25:25,210
and screwed herself out
of a great opportunity.
663
00:25:25,235 --> 00:25:26,498
Ain't got nothing to do with me.
664
00:25:26,523 --> 00:25:27,834
Well, I hope you know I'm not promoting
665
00:25:27,859 --> 00:25:29,492
none of those records I did with Nessa.
666
00:25:29,517 --> 00:25:31,750
Oh, you bet your ass you will.
It's in the contract.
667
00:25:31,775 --> 00:25:33,834
You're not gonna get away with it, bro.
668
00:25:35,126 --> 00:25:37,642
Why you trying to fight me over Tiana?
669
00:25:37,842 --> 00:25:39,627
You feeling her again?
670
00:25:39,652 --> 00:25:42,069
After Nessa rejected you?
Your feelings hurt?
671
00:25:42,093 --> 00:25:44,306
- Hurting, what?
- (LAUGHS)
672
00:25:44,331 --> 00:25:46,074
(GRUNTING) Get off!
673
00:25:46,099 --> 00:25:47,569
- Get off!
- I might get Tiana.
674
00:25:47,594 --> 00:25:48,790
Yeah, careful, baby brother,
675
00:25:48,815 --> 00:25:50,649
or I might have to get at Tiana, too.
676
00:25:50,674 --> 00:25:52,509
(LAUGHS)
677
00:25:52,534 --> 00:25:54,157
Mm.
678
00:25:54,182 --> 00:25:57,469
(PANTING)
679
00:25:57,688 --> 00:25:59,645
You gonna learn.
680
00:25:59,670 --> 00:26:01,978
Just wait, Dre.
681
00:26:02,573 --> 00:26:03,806
♪ ♪
682
00:26:03,831 --> 00:26:05,485
Been waitin', baby.
683
00:26:05,510 --> 00:26:06,974
(SPITS)
684
00:26:06,999 --> 00:26:08,832
Have a good day.
685
00:26:09,390 --> 00:26:12,157
(SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE)
686
00:26:12,345 --> 00:26:14,614
I get it... about Tiana.
687
00:26:14,639 --> 00:26:16,421
It's a shame, but I get it.
688
00:26:16,584 --> 00:26:18,730
Now I have to find
someone else to put up
689
00:26:18,755 --> 00:26:21,704
on that stage that's a
seasoned performer, though.
690
00:26:21,729 --> 00:26:24,267
I'm thinking Veronica, or maybe, um...
691
00:26:24,292 --> 00:26:26,899
I think we should go with Nessa Parker.
692
00:26:27,622 --> 00:26:29,388
How do you even know Nessa? Oh,
693
00:26:29,413 --> 00:26:31,026
Nessa has a fresh face,
694
00:26:31,051 --> 00:26:33,861
and she's an authentic soul singer.
695
00:26:33,977 --> 00:26:36,144
And I think it sends the right message.
696
00:26:36,407 --> 00:26:39,875
Especially after Tiana's
offensive tirade.
697
00:26:39,900 --> 00:26:41,599
So, you don't want to...
698
00:26:41,624 --> 00:26:43,145
straighten her hair?
699
00:26:43,170 --> 00:26:44,536
Absolutely not.
700
00:26:44,561 --> 00:26:46,224
No. I think we go with...
701
00:26:46,248 --> 00:26:48,048
Now, how did you put it, um...?
702
00:26:48,073 --> 00:26:50,532
Drop some bass tonight.
703
00:26:50,558 --> 00:26:54,072
And have, uh, black girl magic on it.
704
00:26:56,599 --> 00:26:59,022
♪ People talk about the way I am ♪
705
00:26:59,047 --> 00:27:01,504
♪ Natural hair and
my chocolatey skin ♪
706
00:27:01,528 --> 00:27:03,718
♪ Walk is crazy, see it in my hips ♪
707
00:27:03,743 --> 00:27:06,164
♪ Ain't nothing like a woman
with some nice, full lips ♪
708
00:27:06,189 --> 00:27:08,797
♪ I'm proud to say I'm
from the motherland ♪
709
00:27:08,822 --> 00:27:11,600
- That's a good look right there.
- ♪ Nappy hair, yes, it ain't so bad ♪
710
00:27:11,625 --> 00:27:14,093
♪ 'Cause now they all want the
braids and the dreadlocks ♪
711
00:27:14,118 --> 00:27:16,519
♪ Paying money just to get
the curves that I got ♪
712
00:27:16,544 --> 00:27:18,359
♪ That's why I keep
my head up high ♪
713
00:27:18,384 --> 00:27:20,896
♪ Elevated ♪
714
00:27:20,921 --> 00:27:23,759
♪ Rock your curls,
them waves, you so fly ♪
715
00:27:23,784 --> 00:27:25,813
♪ Celebrate it ♪
716
00:27:25,838 --> 00:27:28,171
♪ We gonna stand up strong,
all my girls ♪
717
00:27:28,196 --> 00:27:31,145
♪ Wear it proud, run this world ♪
718
00:27:31,170 --> 00:27:33,389
♪ You feeling that, oh,
yeah, you feel it? ♪
719
00:27:33,414 --> 00:27:34,549
♪ I feel it, girl, hey ♪
720
00:27:34,574 --> 00:27:37,070
♪ So, if you're with
me, hey, hey, hey ♪
721
00:27:37,094 --> 00:27:39,525
♪ Dance right on with me,
hey, hey, hey ♪
722
00:27:39,550 --> 00:27:41,150
♪ 'Cause there ain't
nothing like it ♪
723
00:27:41,175 --> 00:27:42,774
♪ That black girl magic ♪
724
00:27:42,799 --> 00:27:44,684
♪ Cast my spell right on you ♪
725
00:27:44,709 --> 00:27:46,809
♪ I know you're with
me, hey, hey, hey ♪
726
00:27:46,834 --> 00:27:49,164
♪ He wanna come and get me,
hey, hey, hey ♪
727
00:27:49,189 --> 00:27:52,403
♪ 'Cause there ain't nothing like it,
that black girl magic ♪
728
00:27:52,428 --> 00:27:54,907
♪ Watch me now, what I do ♪
729
00:27:55,659 --> 00:27:58,203
♪ Black girl magic ♪
730
00:27:58,228 --> 00:27:59,771
♪ Black girl magic ♪
731
00:27:59,796 --> 00:28:02,063
♪ Queen so divine
from the holy land ♪
732
00:28:02,088 --> 00:28:04,452
♪ Darker than the berry,
that's that melanin ♪
733
00:28:04,477 --> 00:28:06,911
♪ Like a goddess with a history ♪
734
00:28:06,936 --> 00:28:09,375
♪ Of beauty and strength,
yeah, that's all me ♪
735
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,791
♪ Grow a nation from
all my roots, ah ♪
736
00:28:11,816 --> 00:28:14,295
♪ Supplement it with the
sweetest fruits, ah ♪
737
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,620
♪ Royal blood runnin'
through my veins ♪
738
00:28:16,645 --> 00:28:19,146
♪ So,
don't you forget I was made this way ♪
739
00:28:19,171 --> 00:28:21,895
♪ That's why I keep
my head up high ♪
740
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:23,872
♪ Elevated ♪
741
00:28:23,896 --> 00:28:26,506
♪ Rock your curls,
them waves, you so fly ♪
742
00:28:26,531 --> 00:28:28,427
♪ Celebrate it ♪
743
00:28:28,452 --> 00:28:31,105
♪ We gonna stand up strong,
all my girls ♪
744
00:28:31,131 --> 00:28:34,272
♪ Wear it proud, run this world ♪
745
00:28:34,297 --> 00:28:36,439
What'd I tell you?
It turned out great, didn't it?
746
00:28:36,465 --> 00:28:37,528
(NESSA LAUGHS)
747
00:28:37,552 --> 00:28:38,959
♪ So, if you're with me ♪
748
00:28:38,984 --> 00:28:40,768
I'm glad we found common ground.
749
00:28:40,793 --> 00:28:42,856
♪ With me, hey, hey, hey ♪
750
00:28:42,881 --> 00:28:45,699
♪ 'Cause there ain't nothing like it,
that black girl magic ♪
751
00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:47,048
TIANA: Ugh!
752
00:28:47,073 --> 00:28:49,054
I knew that bitch was shady.
753
00:28:49,148 --> 00:28:51,120
I should've never let her shadow me.
754
00:28:51,145 --> 00:28:52,600
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
755
00:28:52,625 --> 00:28:55,032
No worries. It ain't over.
756
00:28:55,057 --> 00:28:56,487
All right?
757
00:28:56,512 --> 00:28:58,760
- Here.
- Thanks.
758
00:28:58,785 --> 00:29:01,187
I mean, look at that.
I could've done that.
759
00:29:01,212 --> 00:29:03,049
♪ Black girl magic ♪
760
00:29:03,074 --> 00:29:07,247
♪ Whoo, no,
they can't keep their eyes off you ♪
761
00:29:07,272 --> 00:29:09,287
Come on, let's watch
something else, yeah?
762
00:29:09,312 --> 00:29:11,542
♪ Magic when you enter the room ♪
763
00:29:11,567 --> 00:29:13,350
♪ No, no, no, no. ♪
764
00:29:13,375 --> 00:29:14,213
(BEEPS)
765
00:29:14,238 --> 00:29:15,805
Yo, play Creed.
766
00:29:15,936 --> 00:29:18,497
FEMALE AUTOMATED VOICE: Playing Creed.
767
00:29:20,575 --> 00:29:22,709
Listen, T.
768
00:29:22,734 --> 00:29:24,857
We're Empire's original power couple.
769
00:29:24,882 --> 00:29:27,720
Not Andre and that bobblehead.
770
00:29:28,566 --> 00:29:31,454
We'll get back at the both of them.
771
00:29:31,479 --> 00:29:32,478
I promise.
772
00:29:32,503 --> 00:29:34,436
♪ ♪
773
00:29:46,705 --> 00:29:48,729
Uh, what are you doing?
774
00:29:48,754 --> 00:29:50,554
I got a daughter now.
775
00:29:50,579 --> 00:29:52,913
I got to practice.
776
00:29:56,290 --> 00:29:59,412
ANGELO: You and Jamal bring energy
like that to the Captain's Ball,
777
00:29:59,437 --> 00:30:01,811
they'll be calling me
His Honor in no time.
778
00:30:01,836 --> 00:30:03,169
Yeah. Well, Jamal is geeked
779
00:30:03,194 --> 00:30:05,075
'cause he has something
really big planned.
780
00:30:05,101 --> 00:30:07,316
- That was amazing.
- Like that?
781
00:30:07,341 --> 00:30:09,141
Good to see you. Good
to see you, darling.
782
00:30:09,166 --> 00:30:12,065
Helene. This show gets
better every year.
783
00:30:12,090 --> 00:30:13,761
And this Empire collaboration
784
00:30:13,786 --> 00:30:15,189
is a stroke of genius.
785
00:30:15,214 --> 00:30:16,708
Get away from them while you can.
786
00:30:16,733 --> 00:30:19,124
Helene, you're shaking.
787
00:30:19,149 --> 00:30:21,373
The music, the violent lyrics.
788
00:30:21,398 --> 00:30:22,937
It's not just for show, Diana.
789
00:30:22,962 --> 00:30:25,976
The Lyons are actual gangsters.
790
00:30:26,001 --> 00:30:28,404
You cannot have Angelo
associate with them.
791
00:30:29,582 --> 00:30:30,787
Excuse me.
792
00:30:30,812 --> 00:30:33,363
Yes, darling. I see you. Yes...
793
00:30:33,388 --> 00:30:35,321
♪ ♪
794
00:30:41,309 --> 00:30:43,410
♪ Peep out my demeanor ♪
795
00:30:43,435 --> 00:30:45,121
- 'Sup, Dre?
- WAITRESS: Drink up?
796
00:30:45,146 --> 00:30:46,930
Sure.
797
00:30:47,487 --> 00:30:49,454
I got to give it to you. Thank you.
798
00:30:49,479 --> 00:30:53,181
You didn't leave anything on
that stage tonight, young lady.
799
00:30:53,250 --> 00:30:55,249
Thank you. This was just the beginning.
800
00:30:55,274 --> 00:30:56,895
Yeah. I'm starting to get that feeling.
801
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,116
(GASPS) Can you excuse us for a second?
802
00:30:59,141 --> 00:31:00,807
I need to talk to your manager.
803
00:31:00,832 --> 00:31:02,866
Yes. We need to talk
804
00:31:02,891 --> 00:31:03,746
about your next steps.
805
00:31:03,770 --> 00:31:05,037
Of course. Yes.
806
00:31:05,062 --> 00:31:07,101
Be proud.
807
00:31:07,406 --> 00:31:09,588
♪ YSL for the smell, Cali Kush... ♪
808
00:31:09,613 --> 00:31:13,316
(SIGHS) Andre, I am all for
you getting on with your life.
809
00:31:13,341 --> 00:31:15,614
But what you did to Tiana ain't cool.
810
00:31:15,639 --> 00:31:17,219
What does it matter?
811
00:31:17,244 --> 00:31:19,242
- I saved the day for Empire...
- It matters
812
00:31:19,267 --> 00:31:20,599
that you lied to me.
813
00:31:20,624 --> 00:31:22,657
And it matters
814
00:31:22,682 --> 00:31:24,831
that you're changing some way
815
00:31:24,856 --> 00:31:27,104
- that I'm not sure I got a handle on.
- Hey.
816
00:31:27,129 --> 00:31:29,453
I am up, okay?
817
00:31:29,478 --> 00:31:31,811
I'm awake. I'm blessed.
818
00:31:31,836 --> 00:31:33,521
That's all. Okay?
819
00:31:33,546 --> 00:31:35,008
♪ Talkin' fresh swag ♪
820
00:31:35,034 --> 00:31:37,856
♪ Peep out my demeanor ♪
821
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:41,065
♪ I need a bad one,
something like a diva, what? ♪
822
00:31:52,625 --> 00:31:54,925
What do you think you're doing?
823
00:31:54,994 --> 00:31:56,900
Redecorating.
824
00:31:57,037 --> 00:32:01,475
I mean,
isn't that what the good housewives do?
825
00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:03,138
You know, the ones who don't have jobs?
826
00:32:03,163 --> 00:32:05,630
I'm not in the mood for this right now!
827
00:32:05,735 --> 00:32:07,805
You keep breaking stuff, I'm-a whup...
828
00:32:07,830 --> 00:32:10,036
That cost me $200,000
829
00:32:10,061 --> 00:32:10,963
at auction.
830
00:32:10,988 --> 00:32:13,355
- Put it back.
- Okay.
831
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:17,225
Oops.
832
00:32:17,250 --> 00:32:18,286
Next thing you break,
833
00:32:18,311 --> 00:32:20,120
I'm-a clean up this floor with your ass.
834
00:32:20,145 --> 00:32:23,334
You knew that I wanted
that job, Lucious.
835
00:32:23,359 --> 00:32:25,390
Okay, I will talk to Shine, okay?
836
00:32:25,415 --> 00:32:27,445
- Why should I trust you?
- Ah...
837
00:32:27,470 --> 00:32:29,381
All right, that's your ass.
838
00:32:29,407 --> 00:32:31,573
Will you talk to Shine, Lucious?
839
00:32:32,069 --> 00:32:36,793
Because I am so tired
840
00:32:36,818 --> 00:32:39,305
of saving your ass.
841
00:32:39,813 --> 00:32:41,170
♪ ♪
842
00:32:41,195 --> 00:32:44,764
When are you going to
save mine, Lucious?
843
00:32:45,185 --> 00:32:46,565
Look,
844
00:32:46,589 --> 00:32:49,728
that is a Jack Kennedy decanter.
845
00:32:49,754 --> 00:32:50,985
Put it down, please.
846
00:32:51,010 --> 00:32:52,189
Please don't break it.
847
00:32:52,214 --> 00:32:54,379
Just place it back on the table.
848
00:32:54,404 --> 00:32:56,932
No!
849
00:32:56,957 --> 00:32:59,812
Okay. Okay, that-that's
a gift from a diva.
850
00:32:59,837 --> 00:33:00,700
Put it down.
851
00:33:00,725 --> 00:33:02,532
What are you gonna give me, Lucious?
852
00:33:02,557 --> 00:33:04,350
Look, I'll give you whatever you want.
853
00:33:04,375 --> 00:33:05,829
Whatever.
854
00:33:05,853 --> 00:33:07,285
Whatever I want?
855
00:33:07,428 --> 00:33:09,044
Promise?
856
00:33:09,113 --> 00:33:11,747
Will you promise you'll
get me what I want?
857
00:33:11,772 --> 00:33:13,705
(MUFFLED) Anything.
858
00:33:14,652 --> 00:33:17,219
I want it in writing.
859
00:33:17,244 --> 00:33:19,893
Okay, whatever. Whatever you need.
860
00:33:19,918 --> 00:33:22,135
In... writing.
861
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:23,960
Done.
862
00:33:25,553 --> 00:33:27,370
Ah...
863
00:33:27,395 --> 00:33:29,528
I like you like this.
864
00:33:29,553 --> 00:33:30,900
Whatever you want.
865
00:33:30,925 --> 00:33:32,235
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
866
00:33:32,260 --> 00:33:33,973
Oh, you want to be in charge.
867
00:33:33,998 --> 00:33:36,398
Mm-hmm. I remember this.
868
00:33:36,423 --> 00:33:38,885
(GIGGLES) Beautiful.
869
00:33:40,926 --> 00:33:42,859
LUCIOUS (whispering): I like that.
870
00:33:42,884 --> 00:33:43,980
I like sliding down
871
00:33:44,005 --> 00:33:45,853
nice and soft.
872
00:33:45,878 --> 00:33:47,989
I know what you like, doll.
873
00:33:48,014 --> 00:33:49,990
(Anika shrieks)
874
00:33:53,008 --> 00:33:54,941
(Lucious exhales heavily)
875
00:33:54,966 --> 00:33:57,358
Yeah... (exhales)
876
00:33:57,383 --> 00:34:00,189
- Ah...
- (grunts)
877
00:34:03,593 --> 00:34:05,422
LEAH: Stop it!
878
00:34:05,447 --> 00:34:07,822
Sodom and Gomorrah!
879
00:34:07,846 --> 00:34:09,786
Stop it right now!
880
00:34:11,017 --> 00:34:14,901
Y'all humpin' on the
table like yard dogs!
881
00:34:14,926 --> 00:34:16,559
That's where I eat!
882
00:34:16,584 --> 00:34:18,484
(Anika snorts, both laugh)
883
00:34:18,509 --> 00:34:19,971
I was just about to have a snack.
884
00:34:19,996 --> 00:34:22,269
(LAUGHS)
885
00:34:23,150 --> 00:34:25,557
Don't you go nowhere.
886
00:34:25,582 --> 00:34:27,610
(exhales, chuckles)
887
00:34:27,635 --> 00:34:28,801
(groans)
888
00:34:28,826 --> 00:34:30,245
Mama?
889
00:34:31,798 --> 00:34:33,798
I want to talk to you
890
00:34:33,823 --> 00:34:37,388
about this doctor place you been at.
891
00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:41,325
Come on.
892
00:34:41,350 --> 00:34:42,885
Meet me in the study.
893
00:34:42,910 --> 00:34:45,443
♪ ♪
894
00:35:04,471 --> 00:35:07,398
I did just like you told me to, Dwight.
895
00:35:07,423 --> 00:35:09,456
(exhales) And I got Tariq
896
00:35:09,481 --> 00:35:11,608
to buy me three ice cream cones.
897
00:35:11,633 --> 00:35:12,855
Sucker.
898
00:35:12,879 --> 00:35:15,397
(CHUCKLES)
899
00:35:15,423 --> 00:35:18,718
That little performance of
yours over at Archibald?
900
00:35:18,967 --> 00:35:20,493
That was genius.
901
00:35:20,518 --> 00:35:21,565
(LAUGHS)
902
00:35:21,590 --> 00:35:23,621
Lola Falana in Lady Cocoa
903
00:35:23,647 --> 00:35:24,958
ain't got nothing on me.
904
00:35:24,983 --> 00:35:26,598
(CHUCKLES)
905
00:35:26,623 --> 00:35:28,223
So tell me, Mama,
906
00:35:28,248 --> 00:35:32,148
did he ask any questions about me?
907
00:35:32,173 --> 00:35:33,606
Of course he did.
908
00:35:33,849 --> 00:35:36,274
But I just told him what we planned.
909
00:35:36,436 --> 00:35:37,778
And I got him talking
910
00:35:37,803 --> 00:35:39,368
about the old days instead.
911
00:35:39,393 --> 00:35:42,528
- That was really, really smart, Ma.
- Mm.
912
00:35:43,332 --> 00:35:46,284
Did he tell you why he...
913
00:35:46,633 --> 00:35:48,632
hates me so much?
914
00:35:48,657 --> 00:35:50,703
It's all 'cause of Joe.
915
00:35:51,604 --> 00:35:52,984
My father?
916
00:35:53,009 --> 00:35:54,848
It was his father, too, you know.
917
00:35:55,079 --> 00:35:56,793
And he didn't never get
918
00:35:56,818 --> 00:35:59,185
a chance to meet him but once.
919
00:35:59,210 --> 00:36:03,469
And Fatima,
she didn't give him any keepsakes.
920
00:36:04,715 --> 00:36:07,047
Who in the hell is Fatima?
921
00:36:07,072 --> 00:36:09,507
His mama. That whore that tried
922
00:36:09,532 --> 00:36:11,575
to steal your father from me.
923
00:36:12,266 --> 00:36:14,533
Poor Tariq.
924
00:36:14,666 --> 00:36:17,433
He's jealous of everything you've got.
925
00:36:17,605 --> 00:36:21,402
Especially your memories of your daddy.
926
00:36:23,493 --> 00:36:25,021
(CHUCKLES)
927
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:26,833
(inhales)
928
00:36:26,901 --> 00:36:29,094
Did I ever tell you
929
00:36:29,119 --> 00:36:32,899
how much I love your crazy ass, Mama?
930
00:36:47,966 --> 00:36:51,067
♪ ♪
931
00:36:52,069 --> 00:36:54,269
Lucious is gonna be here any minute.
932
00:36:54,294 --> 00:36:55,993
I thought you had something
you wanted to say to him.
933
00:36:56,018 --> 00:36:58,552
I do, but I want y'all
to hear this first.
934
00:36:59,476 --> 00:37:01,952
I realized what my album is gonna be, so
935
00:37:01,976 --> 00:37:04,323
this is a song for Dad.
936
00:37:06,365 --> 00:37:08,259
♪ ♪
937
00:37:08,394 --> 00:37:11,529
♪ Look at all the hurt and pain ♪
938
00:37:11,553 --> 00:37:14,322
- ♪ That you caused ♪
- (elevator bell dings)
939
00:37:14,348 --> 00:37:16,405
♪ You chose to divide our family ♪
940
00:37:16,430 --> 00:37:18,286
♪ For the fame at any cost ♪
941
00:37:18,311 --> 00:37:21,513
♪ Be a man and accept ♪
942
00:37:21,538 --> 00:37:25,894
♪ That this is all your fault ♪
943
00:37:25,919 --> 00:37:28,424
♪ Yes, it is, I know it is ♪
944
00:37:28,449 --> 00:37:30,670
♪ You made the good ♪
945
00:37:30,695 --> 00:37:33,462
♪ Turn into bad ♪
946
00:37:33,487 --> 00:37:36,110
♪ You failed us so much that ♪
947
00:37:36,135 --> 00:37:38,519
♪ It's hard to call you Dad ♪
948
00:37:38,587 --> 00:37:42,725
♪ You're something like
the worst nightmare ♪
949
00:37:42,751 --> 00:37:47,479
♪ I've ever had ♪
950
00:37:47,646 --> 00:37:51,423
♪ Tell me how could ♪
951
00:37:51,448 --> 00:37:55,618
♪ You be so heartless ♪
952
00:37:55,643 --> 00:37:56,892
♪ Heartless ♪
953
00:37:56,917 --> 00:37:58,157
♪ And selfish ♪
954
00:37:58,182 --> 00:37:59,503
♪ Selfish ♪
955
00:37:59,528 --> 00:38:01,662
♪ Own up to your responsibility ♪
956
00:38:01,687 --> 00:38:04,225
♪ Or if not just let us free ♪
957
00:38:04,250 --> 00:38:08,165
♪ It hurts like hell
that you can't see ♪
958
00:38:08,189 --> 00:38:10,856
♪ That you're a cold, cold man ♪
959
00:38:10,881 --> 00:38:12,169
He's so, so cold.
960
00:38:12,972 --> 00:38:15,744
You left the love of your life
961
00:38:15,769 --> 00:38:18,103
locked down in a cell, all because
962
00:38:18,128 --> 00:38:21,136
you wasn't man enough to say you did it.
963
00:38:21,161 --> 00:38:22,552
Hmm.
964
00:38:22,578 --> 00:38:25,546
See, I don't even understand how
you could live with yourself.
965
00:38:25,571 --> 00:38:27,748
But it's all right, though.
966
00:38:27,772 --> 00:38:30,220
♪ Your judgment's coming ♪
967
00:38:30,245 --> 00:38:32,387
♪ It's long past due ♪
968
00:38:32,412 --> 00:38:35,380
♪ If you live by the sword ♪
969
00:38:35,405 --> 00:38:37,723
♪ You die by it, too ♪
970
00:38:37,748 --> 00:38:40,162
♪ You lied on your mother ♪
971
00:38:40,187 --> 00:38:42,980
♪ About being alive ♪
972
00:38:43,005 --> 00:38:45,539
♪ Just so your fame ♪
973
00:38:45,564 --> 00:38:47,730
♪ And street cred won't die ♪
974
00:38:47,755 --> 00:38:50,715
♪ Tell me how could ♪
975
00:38:50,739 --> 00:38:54,605
♪ You be so heartless ♪
976
00:38:54,630 --> 00:38:55,863
♪ Heartless ♪
977
00:38:55,888 --> 00:38:57,213
♪ And selfish ♪
978
00:38:57,238 --> 00:38:58,404
♪ Selfish ♪
979
00:38:58,429 --> 00:39:00,708
♪ Own up to your responsibility ♪
980
00:39:00,733 --> 00:39:03,310
♪ Or if not just let us free ♪
981
00:39:03,402 --> 00:39:06,983
♪ It hurts like hell
that you can't see ♪
982
00:39:07,008 --> 00:39:11,230
♪ You're a cold, cold man. ♪
983
00:39:14,314 --> 00:39:17,253
(track shuts off)
984
00:39:21,437 --> 00:39:24,071
Is this your idea of a sick joke?
985
00:39:24,140 --> 00:39:26,440
(inhales shakily) Nah, I mean...
986
00:39:26,509 --> 00:39:28,319
you seemed kind of jealous
of the song I wrote for Mom,
987
00:39:28,344 --> 00:39:29,793
so I wrote one for you.
988
00:39:31,759 --> 00:39:33,874
Did you know about this?
989
00:39:34,309 --> 00:39:36,482
You can't release that song, Jamal.
990
00:39:36,507 --> 00:39:39,394
Not releasing anything
until my album is complete.
991
00:39:40,118 --> 00:39:43,483
It's gonna be called
When Cookie Met Lucious.
992
00:39:43,701 --> 00:39:45,344
Everything about the family:
993
00:39:45,369 --> 00:39:47,939
the good, the bad and all
the damage done in between.
994
00:39:49,839 --> 00:39:53,526
How... you met Mom,
995
00:39:53,551 --> 00:39:55,487
you... took her away from her
sisters and her father...
996
00:39:55,512 --> 00:39:57,094
Basically killed him.
997
00:39:57,683 --> 00:39:59,184
What are you talking about?
998
00:39:59,209 --> 00:40:00,855
Stop it, Jamal, please.
999
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,179
HAKEEM: Nah, Mom.
1000
00:40:02,204 --> 00:40:03,624
He deserves to know.
1001
00:40:03,648 --> 00:40:05,294
(Cookie exhales)
1002
00:40:05,319 --> 00:40:07,294
It's-it's not that simple.
1003
00:40:07,319 --> 00:40:09,072
It's not
1004
00:40:09,097 --> 00:40:10,463
black and white.
1005
00:40:10,488 --> 00:40:11,753
(exhales)
1006
00:40:11,778 --> 00:40:12,928
My father had
1007
00:40:12,954 --> 00:40:13,955
a heart attack.
1008
00:40:13,979 --> 00:40:16,329
And your Aunt Carol and Candace
1009
00:40:16,354 --> 00:40:18,373
blames Lucious.
1010
00:40:18,398 --> 00:40:19,441
JAMAL: Mom, I'm sorry,
1011
00:40:19,465 --> 00:40:20,944
but your father,
our grandfather, died because
1012
00:40:20,970 --> 00:40:22,915
- he was protecting his...
- COOKIE: I did that.
1013
00:40:22,940 --> 00:40:25,008
You don't know what
you're talking about.
1014
00:40:26,624 --> 00:40:29,137
I broke my daddy's heart.
1015
00:40:29,286 --> 00:40:32,220
And I never got a
chance to say good-bye.
1016
00:40:32,505 --> 00:40:34,405
I had nothing to do
1017
00:40:34,430 --> 00:40:36,117
with her father dying.
1018
00:40:36,231 --> 00:40:38,075
He died because of stress.
1019
00:40:38,100 --> 00:40:39,516
But...
1020
00:40:39,737 --> 00:40:41,524
if he was still alive
1021
00:40:41,549 --> 00:40:42,614
when I got locked up,
1022
00:40:42,639 --> 00:40:44,073
that would've killed him for sure.
1023
00:40:44,098 --> 00:40:45,635
ANDRE: What's the point
of all this, Jamal?
1024
00:40:46,059 --> 00:40:47,626
What good is this gonna do now?
1025
00:40:47,651 --> 00:40:49,356
Truth and reconciliation, brother.
1026
00:40:49,381 --> 00:40:51,014
Why don't you look at your mother?
1027
00:40:51,167 --> 00:40:53,501
I know I can't be the only
one that wants to heal,
1028
00:40:53,526 --> 00:40:55,126
and our father, he owes that to us.
1029
00:40:55,151 --> 00:40:57,251
Owe you?
1030
00:40:57,276 --> 00:40:59,225
I gave you life.
1031
00:40:59,551 --> 00:41:01,892
Everything that y'all have,
1032
00:41:01,917 --> 00:41:03,132
it's because of me.
1033
00:41:03,158 --> 00:41:05,668
Including this big-ass bullet in my gut.
1034
00:41:10,611 --> 00:41:12,544
Well, I can't change the past.
1035
00:41:12,613 --> 00:41:13,745
You could change the future, Dad.
1036
00:41:13,770 --> 00:41:15,586
If you really wanted to, you could.
1037
00:41:15,611 --> 00:41:16,877
Look, you know, we-we do.
1038
00:41:16,946 --> 00:41:18,771
We bitch and complain all the time.
1039
00:41:19,202 --> 00:41:20,996
And we should absolutely be grateful
1040
00:41:21,021 --> 00:41:22,454
for everything that you've done for us.
1041
00:41:22,479 --> 00:41:24,050
You're damn right you should be.
1042
00:41:24,076 --> 00:41:26,298
Well, I am. I swear.
1043
00:41:28,330 --> 00:41:30,634
But we're drowning here, man.
1044
00:41:31,900 --> 00:41:33,833
And if you ain't gonna lead
us to some other place,
1045
00:41:33,858 --> 00:41:35,648
other than heartache, then we're
gonna have to leave you behind.
1046
00:41:35,673 --> 00:41:37,214
Jamal, Jamal, that's enough, okay?
1047
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:39,267
- That's enough.
- LUCIOUS: "We"?
1048
00:41:39,690 --> 00:41:42,769
Are y'all all in cahoots with him?
1049
00:41:49,793 --> 00:41:52,360
Oh, and now y'all ain't
got nothing to say?
1050
00:41:52,485 --> 00:41:54,252
Nothing?
1051
00:41:57,701 --> 00:42:00,312
LUCIOUS: You are some
piece of work, man.
1052
00:42:00,528 --> 00:42:02,166
You standing there
1053
00:42:02,191 --> 00:42:05,125
breathing because I'm
willing to do the dirty work
1054
00:42:05,150 --> 00:42:07,938
necessary to keep this family safe.
1055
00:42:08,461 --> 00:42:12,124
- When your mama called in a hit...
- Lucious.
1056
00:42:12,149 --> 00:42:13,502
- To clean up a mess...
- Lucious!
1057
00:42:13,527 --> 00:42:15,402
- She had made...
- Mom, what is he talking about?
1058
00:42:15,427 --> 00:42:16,802
- With Freda's father...
- Shut up.
1059
00:42:16,827 --> 00:42:19,308
Who do you think answered that call?
1060
00:42:20,393 --> 00:42:23,000
No, that's not true.
Ma, that's not true.
1061
00:42:23,025 --> 00:42:24,257
That's...
1062
00:42:27,271 --> 00:42:29,371
Ah...
1063
00:42:29,695 --> 00:42:31,162
LUCIOUS: I'll tell you one thing
1064
00:42:31,230 --> 00:42:32,963
your mama's right about:
1065
00:42:33,032 --> 00:42:35,294
everything ain't black and white.
1066
00:42:35,319 --> 00:42:36,878
And we ain't all
1067
00:42:36,903 --> 00:42:38,358
good and bad.
1068
00:42:38,383 --> 00:42:40,022
But I will be damned
1069
00:42:40,127 --> 00:42:43,828
if I will ever apologize for loving you.
1070
00:43:01,363 --> 00:43:05,244
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