PREVIOUSLY ON "QUEEN SUGAR"...
Darla: THEY CAN'T TAKE BLUE AWAY FROM THE ONLY FAMILY HE'S EVER KNOWN.
WE'RE HIS FAMILY TOO.
I'M ASKING FOR A 70-30
SPLIT FOR CUSTODY. YOU OUT YOUR MIND.
THE NEW YORKER... THEY WANT TO PUBLISH
THE CHAPTER ON YOUR DAD'S DEPRESSION.
SAM HAS RUN OUR FAMILY'S LEGACY INTO THE GROUND.
I NEED HIM OUT.
YOU CAN HELP ME DO THAT.
PLEASE DON'T HATE ME.
REMY AND I... WE KISSED.
Man: OH, NO. NO! WE NEED TO PUT THAT OUT RIGHT NOW!
Man #2: GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO!
Nova: MY MAMA WAS MY NORTH STAR...
FREE, FIERCE...
A WARRIOR.
MY MAMA WAS THE GROUND BENEATH MY FEET.
BUT THE DAY THE SICKNESS CAME THE TREES SHOOK
AND THE GROUND SWAYED,
AND AT 19, I LET OUT A CRY IN THIS EARTHQUAKE OF SORROW.
SHE WAS MY EVERYTHING.
♪♪
GRIEF AND CONFUSION WEDGED INTO EVERY CORNER OF MY UNIVERSE.
WHERE HER BRIGHT LIGHT ONCE CHARTERED MY WAY,
EVERYTHING WENT DARK.
BUT AN HOUR FROM NEW ORLEANS,
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN,
DEEP IN THE STALKS OF THE CANE FIELDS,
MY SWEET DADDY'S TEARS QUENCHED THE EARTH.
I NEVER KNEW THAT THAT LAND, AND MY MAMA'S GRAVE BENEATH IT,
WERE MORE THAN HE COULD BEAR.
MY DADDY WAS THE LAND,
AND WE WERE GENERATIONS OF EARTH.
FROM THE NOOSES WITHERED IN THE TREES
TO THE BLOOD-DRENCHED GROUND,
DADDY WOULD SPEND A LIFETIME
FERTILIZING THE EARTH TO GROW ANEW.
HE FOUGHT HARD.
EVERY FARMING GRANT DENIED,
EVERY DEED CONTESTED.
EVERY PLANTATION OWNER WOULD COME A-KNOCKIN'
TRYING TO TAKE WHAT WAS OURS.
HE ALWAYS STOOD TALL, STRONG IN THOSE MUD-CAKED BOOTS.
THE DAY HER SICKNESS CAME, HE SLOWLY STARTED BLEEDING OUT.
THE STARS, HER STAR, THAT ONCE LIT HIS SKY, WENT DARK.
SO HE WALKED THE FURROWS WITH A GUN
IN THE WORN CORDUROY JACKET
HE USED TO WARM ME WITH ON CHILLY NIGHTS.
HE WALKED FOR HOURS, IN A FOREST OF CANE,
AND BURIED IN A CASKET OF SORROW...
...UNABLE TO SEE HER STAR.
HOLDING THAT GUN, FINGERS CURLED,
AMONG GENERATIONS THAT WALKED BEFORE, GRIEVING, BLEEDING.
I NEVER KNEW THE DEPTH OF HIS PAIN.
BUT AS THE WHISPERS OF OUR ANCESTORS LIFTED FROM THE GROUND
AND CARRIED HIM IN THE BREEZE, HIS FINGERS UNCURLED,
HE LOOSENED HIS GRIP,
GUIDING HIM TO THE BREAK IN THE FIELD.
AND AT THE EDGE OF THE LAND HE FOUND US,
WAITING, ARMS OPENED.
♪♪
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
YEAH!
[ APPLAUSE CONTINUES ]
♪ DREAMS NEVER DIE ♪
♪ TAKE FLIGHT AS THE WORLD TURNS ♪
♪ KEEP THE COLORS IN THE LINES ♪
♪ TAKE FLIGHT AS THE WORLD TURNS ♪
♪ KEEP THE COLORS IN THE LINES ♪
♪ TAKE FLIGHT ♪
♪ DREAMS NEVER DIE ♪
♪ KEEP THE COLORS IN THE LINES ♪
♪ TAKE FLIGHT ♪
Reporter: INVESTIGATIONS ARE STILL UNDERWAY.
AS OF YET THERE ARE NO SUSPECTS,
AND THE OWNER OF THE PLANTATION SAYS
THERE HAVE BEEN NO DIRECT THREATS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. SO DISRESPECTFUL.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I MEAN, I GET IT.
I'VE SEEN LOTS OF PEOPLE DISRESPECTED OVER THERE, BUT...
THAT'S STILL HISTORY, YOU KNOW?
IF THEY WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT,
THEY SHOULD'VE JUST BURNED DOWN THE BRICK HOUSE.
WE'RE STILL STUDYING FOR MY HUGE PHYSICS TEST
AFTER SCHOOL. YES. YES, WE ARE.
'CAUSE YOU KEEP DITCHING OUR STUDY SESSIONS.
I KNOW. I'M SORRY.
I SEE MY GIRLS.
OKAY.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
YOU TOO.
[ BELL RINGS ]
I'M NOT STUPID. I DIDN'T TELL THEM NOTHIN'.
GAVE THEM THE EXACT ALIBI EVERYBODY ELSE GAVE.
-ARE YOU SURE? -YES.
COPS WERE AT HIS HOUSE LAST NIGHT.
WHOSE HOUSE? ANT'S.
ARE YOU SERIOUS, BRO?
YEAH.
YEAH, BUT THEY DON'T GOT NOTHIN'.
IT'S JUST 'CAUSE OF THE GAME.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING, AND IT'S ALL OVER THE NEWS,
THE INTERNET...
MAN, IT'S GONNA BE OKAY.
DID YOU FIND IT OR NOT? IT'S MY POP'S.
OH, IT WAS JUST PROBABLY IN SOMEONE'S BAG.
WE'LL FIND IT. MAN, I HOPE SO.
I'M GONNA NEED IT.
I KNOW JARRETT'S BEEN ALL THOROUGH
AND EVERYTHING BUT, LORD, SOME OF THESE...
AIN'T NOBODY GONNA PUT A PIE SHOP IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
LOOK!
BABY, YOU ALL RIGHT?
I THINK I JUST SLEPT ON MY NECK WRONG LAST NIGHT.
OH. WELL, I GOT ME SOME ASPIRIN. I CAN...
NAH, I'M GOOD. I'M GOOD.
I'M ABOUT TO JUST TAKE THIS OUT TO THE TRUCK AND MOVE ON OUT.
ALL RIGHT, THEN.
LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU TOO.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
WELL, WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT,
I CAN ASSURE YOU MY WIFE ALREADY KNOWS.
THAT'S NOT WHY I ASKED YOU HERE, COLTON.
YOU MIGHT HAVE MY COUSIN WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER,
BUT LET ME BE CLEAR -- THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A BOUDREAUX AND A LANDRY.
YOU GOT FIVE MINUTES. WHAT DO YOU WANT?
YOUR SHARES IN LANDRY ENTERPRISES.
ALL 10%.
I'LL DOUBLE WHAT YOU'VE PAID HER.
KEEP YOUR MISTRESS.
NO, I'M HERE BECAUSE OF A COMPANY
CALLED PILLORY REACH.
OH, YOU'VE BEEN ROLLING AROUND IN THE MUD
WITH YOUR FRAT BROTHERS, WASHING EVERYONE'S DIRTY MONEY
FOR YOUR LITTLE SHELL COMPANY?
IT'S A GOOD-OLD-BOY CLICHé...
BUT DADDY WILL NOT BE HAPPY WHEN HE FINDS OUT.
I'LL GIVE YOU HALF.
5%'S A LOT.
MONEY LAUNDERING IS A FEDERAL CRIME, COLTON.
AND NOT ONLY WILL YOU GO TO PRISON,
BUT THE PAINSTAKING FBI SEARCHES AND ALL THE INVESTIGATIONS
INTO YOUR DADDY'S COMPANIES AND FINANCES.
EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF.
HE'LL REGRET EVER GIVING YOU A DIME.
I WANT IT ALL.
ALL 10%.
I'M NOT HERE TO BARTER.
♪♪
YOU CAN TAKE YOUR DADDY DOWN,
OR I CAN TAKE YOU DOWN.
YOUR CHOICE.
♪♪
[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
FINISH YOUR HOMEWORK.
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
ARE YOU RALPH ANGEL BORDELON?
WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?
MY NAME IS LORENA CAMPOS.
THIS IS NINA WILLIAMS, AND OFFICER CHARBONNEAU.
WE'RE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES.
CAN WE TALK INSIDE?
Y'ALL CAN'T JUST BE ROLLIN' UP ON PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
SIR, IF WE COULD PLEASE JUST STEP INSIDE.
IT WON'T TAKE LONG.
COME ON.
♪♪
Nuri: I AM EDUCATED.
I'M BRINGING A CAREER TO THE TABLE.
WHY AM I WRONG IF I REQUIRE A BROTHER TO
MATCH MY EFFORT AS A PREREQUISITE TO MARRIAGE?
♪♪
I'M GLAD YOU CAME OUT.
I HAVE TO SEE HIM AGAIN TO KNOW IF IT'S REAL.
I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE THIS, NURI,
BUT THIS IS WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE.
♪♪
Nina: AND WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING?
EGGS, TOAST, AND MILK.
[ BEEP ]
WE WAS IN A RUSH THIS MORNING.
KITCHEN USUALLY WOULD BE CLEAN.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU FINISH READING THROUGH.
-WHO MADE THE BREAKFAST? -POP MADE IT.
DID POP TAKE YOU TO SCHOOL, TOO?
YES.
DO YOU WAKE YOUR POP UP, OR DOES HE WAKE YOU UP?
IF IT'S SCHOOL, HE WAKES ME UP.
ON THE WEEKEND, I WAKE HIM UP.
I SEE.
HAVE YOU EVER NOT BEEN ABLE TO WAKE YOUR POP UP?
NO?
OKAY.
I JUST GOT TO SAY, WATCHING YOU LIVING THIS DREAM,
STANDING UP FOR YOURSELF...
ALL YOU BORDELONS ARE JUST SO STRONG.
I READ THAT ESSAY ABOUT YOUR BROTHER THIS MORNING.
THAT NIECE OF YOURS IS A DAMN GOOD WRITER.
THAT SHE IS...
BUT WHAT YOU MEAN YOU READ ABOUT ERNEST?
I PRINTED IT OUT AFTER MY SISTER FOUND IT ONLINE.
AND SHE ASKED ME IF THESE BORDELONS
WAS RELATED TO MISS VI.
YOU KNOW, AND I WAS JUST GLAD TO READ SOME GOOD IN THE WORLD
INSTEAD OF THAT AWFUL FIRE. YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT?
I DID.
NEW YORKER.
THAT'S BIG, AIN'T IT?
IT SURE IS.
♪♪
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR RECORD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW -- MY RECORD'S GOT NOTHING TO DO
WITH MY ABILITY TO BE A DAD.
MY INTEREST IS IN YOUR RECORD
AS IT PERTAINS TO THE WELFARE OF YOUR CHILD.
AIN'T NOTHIN' WRONG WITH THE WELFARE OF MY CHILD.
HE'S FINE. HE SCRAPED HIS ARM AT SCHOOL.
IS THAT NECESSARY?
I NEED YOU TO PAY ATTENTION HERE, PLEASE.
IT'S KINDA HARD WHEN SHE'S IN THERE
INTERROGATING MY KID, YOU KNOW?
THIS IS STANDARD PROCEDURE.
WHO CALLED YOU?
WE CAN'T -- I WANT TO KNOW.
WE CAN'T DISCLOSE THAT INFORMATION.
LOOK, I'M A GOOD DAD. OKAY?
I WORK MY ASS OFF TAKING CARE OF THAT BOY.
I PROVIDE FOR MY SON, MAKE SURE HE EATS,
ALWAYS SAFE, HAPPY.
I AIN'T DO NOTHIN' WRONG. ALL RIGHT?
I AIN'T DO NOTHIN' WRONG. YOU UNDERSTAND?
AND YEAH, I WANT TO KNOW.
WHO THE HELL SAID I AIN'T A GOOD DAD, HUH?
WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN?
LET US DO OUR JOBS AND WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY.
♪♪
PROSPER?!
Prosper: I'M IN HERE.
HERE... TAKE MY HAND.
ARE Y-- ARE YOU OKAY?
I JUST NEED A LITTLE HELP.
OKAY. OKAY.
HERE, LET'S, UH, LET'S GET YOU UP.
LET'S GET YOU SITTING.
OKAY. OKAY.
[ BREATHES HEAVILY ]
DIDN'T MEAN FOR YOU TO LEAVE WORK.
IT'S FINE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO TAKE A SHOWER AND...
SOMETHING SLIPPED.
LUCKY YOU HAD YOUR PHONE ON YOU.
YOU THINK YOU CAN STAND?
OKAY.
OKAY. OKAY. NO.
LET'S, UH, LET'S SIT DOWN.
LET'S SIT DOWN.
OKAY.
I THINK WE GOT TO GET YOU CHECKED OUT.
JUST SIT HERE AND BREATHE.
OKAY?
OKAY.
[ BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY ]
GOOD MORNING.
SO, JUST PUT YOUR NAME THERE AND THE COMPANY
AND THE DATE AND THE FLOOR.
OKAY. [ CELLPHONE BUZZES ]
THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY.
HELLO?
SO, YOU THINK I'M AN UNFIT DADDY, HUH?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
YOU TELL ME. I JUST HAD A COP
AND TWO LADIES FROM CHILD SERVICES UP HERE.
THEY SAY SOMEBODY FILED A COMPLAINT.
WHAT?
SO, YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?
I THOUGHT WE WAS GONNA WORK IT OUT.
ALL THAT TALK ABOUT "MEDIATION," AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GON' DO?
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.
I SWEAR.
I WOULD NEVER MAKE A PHONE CALL LIKE THAT.
YEAH? WELL, SOMEONE DID.
WHO YOU BEEN TALKING TO, HUH?
NAH, I MEAN -- I HAVEN'T TALKED TO ANYBODY.
I GOT TO GO.
[ Line ringing ]
HEY, MA.
Anthony: MAN, HE DON'T KNOW A DAMN THING ABOUT CREATIVE WRITING.
KJ: ALL HE SAID WAS NOT TO SWEAR.
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, OKAY?
I'M NOT GONNA CENSOR MY THOUGHTS.
WHAT IS THIS, "NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR"?
-IT'S SCHOOL. -JUST REWRITE IT.
I GOT EYES ON HIM. HE'S IN THE EAST HALLWAY.
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
YOU ANTHONY COLEMAN?
YEAH?
-COACH -- -OH, HEY, GET OFF!
-HEY, STOP! -WHAT DID I DO?
HE'S GOT A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
BACK UP, YOUNG LADY.
ANTHONY COLEMAN, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR ARSON,
TRESPASSING, AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
HEY, MAN, THESE HURT! KJ, CALL MY MOM.
I'M -- I'M CALLING HER NOW, MAN.
[ GRUNTS ]
YOU GOT A RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.
ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU.
YOU'VE GOT A RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY.
IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD ONE... [ BELL RINGS ]
Nova: I WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD,
ONE FLYER, ONE RALLY AT A TIME.
Ralph Angel: GOT ME QUESTIONING WHETHER I CAN DO THIS.
AM I GOOD FOR THAT BOY?
Violet: I'M NOT ABOUT TO LET PAIN GET IN THE WAY OF MY FUTURE.
I'VE GOT WINGS. I AIN'T GONNA BREAK.
I FEEL LIKE I BELONG. I NEED THIS.
SAM LANDRY JUST MADE A BIG MISTAKE.
YOU NEED TO WAKE UP. IT'S ALL A LIE.
THEY CAN'T SEE ME COMING. I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
ALL RIGHT.
SO, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE HERE TO SEE KEVIN JARVIS?
YES, MA'AM. HE'S OUT.
MY NAME'S TAJ CLEMENS.
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU, MISTER...
BORDELON.
I HAD A VISIT TODAY.
MM.
FROM DCFS.
THEY SAID THEY WAS GONNA CALL MR. JARVIS ABOUT --
AND HE'S GONNA BE HONEST WHEN HE DISCUSSES YOUR CASE --
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT HIM BEING HONEST.
GREAT. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM, THEN?
[ SIGHS ]
SEE, I WAS GONNA ASK HIM...
MY RECORD AT DCFS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN THEY MAKE DECISIONS
ABOUT MY EARLY PAROLE NEXT MONTH,
IS ALL THIS GONNA AFFECT THE PAROLE BOARD'S DECISION?
DEPENDS ON IF THE INVESTIGATION'S SUBSTANTIATED.
YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
THAT ALL?
YEAH, THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU.
[ SIGHS ]
RALPH ANGEL!
WHAT UP, TOINE?
HEY, MAN. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YEAH. GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO, MAN.
HEY. BILLY. YOUR DAD'S GONNA BE FINE.
BUT DR. BURGER IS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS X-RAYS.
LIKELY THEY'LL HAVE TO PUSH BACK HIS SURGERY.
I JUST -- I WANTED TO TALK IT THROUGH WITH YOU.
OKAY. JUST GIVE ME A CALL WHEN YOU GET THIS.
THANKS.
HEY.
THANK YOU.
THE DOCTOR SAID THEY HAVE TO KEEP HIM OVERNIGHT?
IT'S STANDARD PROCEDURE.
THEY JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL, KEEP AN EYE ON HIM.
HE TOOK A PRETTY HARD SPILL.
DID YOU KNOW HE CANCELLED HIS SURGERY?
I DID NOT KNOW THAT.
I'M LEARNING PROUD MEN DON'T LIKE GETTING SICK.
THEY THINK THEY'RE INVINCIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PRIDE MORE THAN IT IS FEAR.
♪♪
I WANT TO GO HOME.
WELL, THE DOCTOR SAID YOU NEED TO STAY OVERNIGHT
FOR OBSERVATION, SO...
I'M GONNA STAY WITH YOU, IF IT'S OKAY.
THAT'S NOT NECESSARY, CHARLEY.
WELL, I INSIST.
PROSPER...
DID YOU CANCEL YOUR SURGERY?
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
TAKING ME IN, LOOKING AFTER ME, BUT...
♪♪
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS ALONE.
♪♪
MR. PROSPER...
YOU KNOW ANITA LEMAUX, THE SECRETARY UP AT THE CHURCH?
NO. I DON'T.
HER HUSBAND WENT IN FOR HIP SURGERY LAST YEAR.
AND HE DIED ON THE TABLE.
FOLKS MY AGE, THEY GO IN AND THEY DON'T COME OUT.
♪♪
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
HI, VI. COME IN. PLEASE. COME IN.
I CAN GUESS WHY YOU'RE HERE, VI,
BUT I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING, THIS IS ALL FOR BLUE.
YOU GOT TO DO BETTER THAN THAT.
'CAUSE IF THIS WAS ALL FOR BLUE YOU WOULD'VE COME LONG AGO
WITH MORE THAN A CHECKBOOK.
BUT, OH NO, YOU LEFT THE RAISING TO US.
THAT IS NOT WHAT -- TREATING US LIKE
SOME GLORIFIED BABYSITTERS
WHILE YOUR DAUGHTER WAS OFF SNORTING, SMOKING,
AND DOING WHATEVER AND WHOEVER SHE COULD GET HER HANDS ON.
DON'T -- LADY,
YOU'RE ABOUT TO FEEL THE BORDELON WRATH.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND YOUR BROTHER
DID TO RAISE BLUE.
AND I HAD NO PROBLEM WHEN IT WAS YOU AND ERNEST,
BUT EVER SINCE RALPH ANGEL'S TAKEN OVER,
THERE HAVE BEEN THINGS, QUESTIONABLE MANNERS
IN WHICH HE RAISES THAT CHILD.
HOW YOU KNOW HOW HE CARES FOR THAT CHILD?
YOU AND THE BABY'S MAMA
HAVE BEEN RESTING IN D.C.
WHILE HE'S DOWN HERE BUSTING HIS ASS
EVERY DAY TO PUT CLOTHES ON THAT BOY'S BACK.
EVERY DIME HE MAKES GOES TO THAT CHILD.
EVERY OUNCE OF LOVE HE HAS GOES TO THAT LITTLE BOY.
BUT BLUE'S BOUNCING FROM HOME TO HOME
WHILE RALPH ANGEL'S WORKING LONG HOURS AND MULTIPLE JOBS.
IT'S AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT.
NOT TO MENTION, HE'S GOT CRIMINALS EMPLOYED ON HIS FARM.
HE LETS MEN IN THE HOUSE WITH ALCOHOL,
AND THEIR FRIENDS, AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE.
EXCUSE ME, YOU NEED TO STOP RIGHT THERE.
NO WONDER HE'S WETTING THE BED AND ACTING OUT IN SCHOOL.
IT'S A CRY FOR HELP. SO, NO, I WON'T STAND BY, VI,
AND WATCH THIS HAPPEN TO OUR GRANDSON,
WHEN WE CAN PROVIDE THE BEST CARE, MONEY,
AND STABILITY THAT THAT CHILD NEEDS.
LIKE YOUR DAUGHTER HAD?
SEE, MAYBE IF THE MAMA AIN'T HERE ONE MINUTE
AND GONE THE NEXT,
BLUE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS.
DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THAT?
PLEASE, VI, I'M NOT TRYING TO DISRESPECT YOU.
BUT PUT YOURSELF IN OUR SHOES.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
RALPH ANGEL MAY NOT EVEN BE BLUE'S BIOLOGICAL FATHER.
♪♪
HM.
[ KEYS JINGLE ]
RALPH ANGEL
IS MORE OF A PARENT TO THAT CHILD
THAN HIS MAMA EVER EVEN ATTEMPTED TO BE.
I DON'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT NO DNA.
HE'S A BORDELON.
AND I WILL GLADLY BE DAMNED IF YOU,
CHILD SERVICES, OR YOUR DAMNED DAUGHTER
TRY TO TELL ME ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
I WILL BRING YOU A FIGHT.
♪♪
Veronica: I WILL ALWAYS FIND YOU, DAVID.
YOU WON'T HAVE TO WAIT LONG, "HAVES" FANS.
REVENGE IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK.
IF YOU MESS THIS UP FOR ME, I WILL GUT YOU.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MOST EXPLOSIVE SEASON YET.
Jeffery: I PUT A KNIFE IN YOU ONE TIME. YOU WANT TO TRY THAT AGAIN?
Jim: IF THEY FIND HIM, THEY WILL KILL HIM.
BECAUSE THE QUESTION ISN'T WHO WILL DIE?
IT'S HOW MANY WILL DIE?
Veronica: WELCOME TO HELL.
NOW I'M ON THE WARPATH, AND YOU'RE IN MY SIGHT.
TYLER PERRY'S "THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS,"
TUESDAYS, 9:00, 8:00 CENTRAL.
THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE HIM AWAY FROM ME.
DCFS IS NOT GONNA TAKE A CHILD AWAY FROM A LOVING HOME.
THEY WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR HIM.
YOU'RE ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE, RIGHT?
YEAH, I'M ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
SO YEAH, YOU'LL BE FINE.
ALL THEY KNOW IS THAT MY PAPER'S TORN.
FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY AGAINST ME.
RA, MAN, YOU KNOW IT AIN'T LIKE THAT.
THEY AIN'T SEEN WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH.
YOU WANTED MY ADVICE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING
WITH THIS CHILD SERVICES WOMAN, RIGHT?
LOOK, MAN, YOU SAW HOW IT WAS BACK IN THE DAY.
ANY DAY I WASN'T IN A FIGHT, I WAS STARTING ONE.
I FELT LIKE I HAD THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON MY SHOULDERS.
AND REMEMBER WHAT MY DAD WAS LIKE?
I REMEMBER.
ALL THAT TROUBLE I GOT INTO
WAS 'CAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ME.
NOTHING WAS EVER MY FAULT. IT WAS ALWAYS EVERYBODY ELSE.
BUT IT WASN'T TILL I TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR MYSELF
UNTIL I UNDERSTOOD WHO I WAS.
SO YOU NEVER GET MAD NO MORE?
I'M JUST MAD AT EVERYBODY.
I HAVE A RAGE IN ME THAT KNOWS NO BOUNDS.
BUT NOW I KNOW THAT SOCIETY LOOKS AT ME A CERTAIN WAY,
SO I CAN'T LET THAT DICTATE HOW I REACT.
HEY, TAKE IT FROM ME, MAN...
NOT EVERYBODY'S FATHER WOULD DIG THROUGH THE TRASH
FOR THEIR KID'S TOY.
YOU'RE A GOOD DAD, RALPH ANGEL.
BUT ALL THAT "MAN" SHIT? YEAH, I'M A MAN.
THERE'S MAN SHIT RIGHT HERE.
ALL THAT'S GONNA DO IS TAKE YOU CLOSER TO LOSING HIM.
ALL RIGHT.
DARLA. THIS IS LORENA CAMPOS FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF FAMILY AND CHILD SERVICES.
SHE'S HERE TO -- IT'S GOOD TO MEET YOU.
I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE.
MS. SUTTON, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT YOUR SON, BLUE, AND HIS FATHER,
RALPH ANGEL BORDELON. OKAY.
LIKE I WAS SAYING, BLUE IS SO HAPPY WHEN HE'S HERE WITH DARLA.
SWEETIE, I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND. I SHOWED HER BLUE'S ROOM.
I'M SORRY, ARE YOU HERE TO QUESTION BOTH OF US?
OR JUST ME?
I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU.
THEN, MOM, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND GIVING US THE ROOM?
OH. YES. OF COURSE.
I'LL JUST GO POP DOWN AND GET SOME GROCERIES.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.
♪♪
I'LL BE BACK.
♪♪
[ KNOCKING ]
♪♪
THANKS.
♪♪
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY.
I DON'T MIND.
♪♪
YOU DIDN'T THINK TO TELL ME ABOUT THIS ESSAY OF YOURS?
IT WAS A LAST-MINUTE REPLACEMENT.
ANOTHER AUTHOR DROPPED OUT.
I BROUGHT A COPY I PRINTED OUT FOR YOU.
YOU CAN KEEP IT. I'VE SEEN IT.
I SPENT ALL DAY FIGHTING WITH FOLKS OUTSIDE THIS FAMILY
ABOUT DISRESPECTING WHO WE ARE.
AND HERE YOU ARE DOING THE SAME THING FROM INSIDE THE FAMILY.
I CAN'T WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND WHY YOU RUNNING AROUND
TELLING YOUR DADDY'S DIRTY LAUNDRY.
IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TOLD ME TO SPEAK MY TRUTH.
YES, YOUR TRUTH.
MY BROTHER, YOUR DADDY,
AIN'T EVEN HERE TO DEFEND HIMSELF.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T TELL YOU.
I SHOULD'VE.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO ME ALL DAY...
ON TWITTER...
E-MAILS FROM COLLEAGUES,
EVERYONE SAYING HOW MUCH DADDY'S STORY RESONATED,
HELPED THEM HAVE A CONVERSATION.
THIS IS HELPING PEOPLE.
IT MEANS SOMETHING.
AND WHAT ABOUT US?
YOU'RE SO BUSY RUNNING AROUND HELPING EVERYBODY ELSE,
YOU FORGOT ABOUT US? NO.
WHEN I FOUND OUT WHAT DADDY WAS GOING THROUGH,
WHAT ALL HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH, I WAS ANGRY...
MAD AS HELL AT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO EVER WRONGED HIM.
BUT REALLY, AUNT VI, I WAS MAD AT MYSELF.
I WAS HERE.
I WAS RIGHT HERE, AND I HAD NO IDEA.
I DIDN'T KNOW.
NONE OF US DID.
NOVA, I LOVE YOU.
ALWAYS HAVE. ALWAYS WILL.
BUT YOU'RE OFF.
YOU THINK THIS IS A GOOD DECISION,
SOMETHING AIN'T RIGHT WITH YOU, IN YOUR LIFE, IN YOUR SOUL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT WHATEVER IT IS, FIX IT.
COME TO YOURSELF.
♪♪
Nova: I WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD,
ONE FLYER, ONE RALLY AT A TIME.
Ralph Angel: GOT ME QUESTIONING WHETHER I CAN DO THIS.
AM I GOOD FOR THAT BOY?
Violet: I'M NOT ABOUT TO LET PAIN GET IN THE WAY OF MY FUTURE.
I'VE GOT WINGS. I AIN'T GONNA BREAK.
I FEEL LIKE I BELONG. I NEED THIS.
SAM LANDRY JUST MADE A BIG MISTAKE.
YOU NEED TO WAKE UP. IT'S ALL A LIE.
THEY CAN'T SEE ME COMING. I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
I MEAN, I KNOW HE GOT INTO SOME STUPID STUFF, BUT...
I WOULD'VE NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD PULL A STUNT LIKE THIS.
MAYBE IT WASN'T HIS FAULT.
MAYBE IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
THEY HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, PROVEN ANYTHING YET.
♪♪
MICAH?
♪♪
DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
♪♪
YEAH.
YEAH. WE...
WE WERE ALL THERE.
WE'D BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, BUT...
WAIT. Y'ALL BEEN PLANNING THIS FOR WEEKS?
IS THIS WHY YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HANGING OUT?
EVERY TIME I HIT YOU UP TO HANG OUT WITH US,
YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT HOW BUSY YOU ARE.
YEAH, I HAVE BEEN.
I HAVE S.A.T.s COMING UP.
AND Y'ALL COULD GO TO JAIL IF YOU GET CAUGHT!
MICAH, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AREN'T YOU THE SAME PERSON THAT TOLD ME
I SHOULD MAKE SOME NOISE WHEN I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT CONFEDERATE SWORD AT GARDINI?
THAT'S NOT THIS. YES, IT IS.
WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING?
EXCUSE ME?
THEY'RE ACTUALLY OUT THERE DOING SOMETHING.
YOU'RE JUST STANDING AROUND TALKING ABOUT IT.
STANDING AROUND?!
I HAVE BEEN WORKING MY ASS OFF
TRYING TO QUALIFY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
TO GET INTO COLLEGE.
STOP ACTING LIKE YOU'RE WOKE
BECAUSE YOU BURNED OUR ANCESTORS' HOMES,
AND YOU GOT YOUR FRIEND ARRESTED!
I DIDN'T GET MY FRIEND ARRESTED.
I'VE BEEN HERE.
I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT'S NOT.
AND THIS?
WHAT DID IT DO?
♪♪
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I CAN'T. THIS THING --
WHERE ARE YOU GOING? STOP. STOP. STOP.
THIS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOU AT ALL.
WELL, WHO AM I?
I DON'T KNOW.
♪♪
POP?
WHY DID THE POLICE COME?
JUST A MISUNDERSTANDING.
THEY JUST TO MAKE SURE THE HOUSE WAS GOOD, THAT'S ALL.
I'M SORRY IF THEY SCARED YOU.
I WAS SCARED MYSELF.
IS THAT WHY YOU YELLED?
YEAH.
AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE.
WHAT'S A RECORD?
WHEN I TELL YOU NOT TO DO SOMETHING...
♪♪
...AND YOU DO IT ANYWAY, AND I GOT TO PUT YOU ON TIME OUT?
LISTEN, BABY...
I DID SOMETHING I SHOULDN'T HAVE.
I HAD TO GO AWAY FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
THINK ABOUT WHAT I'D DONE.
♪♪
I WAS IN PRISON, BLUE.
YOU KNOW WHAT PRISON IS?
WHERE BAD PEOPLE GO.
YOU WERE A BAD PERSON, POP?
NO. I'M NOT A BAD PERSON.
I DID SOME BAD THINGS.
TOOK THINGS THAT WASN'T MINE.
I NEED YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING.
I REGRET THE THINGS I DONE.
AND I AIN'T NEVER GONNA DO THEM AGAIN.
UNDERSTAND?
I AIN'T GONNA LET NOTHING...
LET NOTHING TAKE ME AWAY FROM YOU.
EVER AGAIN.
COME HERE.
OH, MAN.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, MAN.
♪♪
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
♪♪
YOU GONNA COME IN HERE AND SAY HELLO?
I THINK IMMA LAY IT ON DOWN.
IT'S BEEN ONE OF THEM DAYS, YOU KNOW?
LORD, DON'T I KNOW IT.
DARLENE IS IN TOWN MEDDLING IN RALPH ANGEL'S BUSINESS,
STIRRING UP A WHOLE HEAP OF TROUBLE.
AND THEN NOVA COMES AROUND HERE
TELLING ME THAT THIS ESSAY SHE WROTE FOR ERNEST...
HOLLYWOOD, WHEN YOU READ IT --
I READ IT.
A FRIEND OF MINE SENT IT TO ME.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT GOT INTO THAT GIRL.
MAKING ERNEST LOOK WEAK AND PETTY.
[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]
WHAT? YOU DISAGREE?
I DON'T DISAGREE -- I JUST...
I THINK WE SEE THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT...
A FEW DAYS AGO WAS THE ANNIVERSARY
OF LeeAnne HAVING THAT MISCARRIAGE.
AND NO ONE WILL EVER TALK ABOUT IT.
I DON'T EVER WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT SHE WAS 18 WEEKS.
AND SINCE IT WAS A LATE MISCARRIAGE...
I SAW HER, VI.
THE TINIEST THING I EVER SEEN.
THEY JUST WRAPPED HER UP IN A BLANKET...
PUT HER IN A BASKET...
AND JUST WHEELED HER AWAY.
THAT WAS 11 YEARS AGO.
SHE'D BE 11 YEARS OLD.
SOME YEARS WHEN THE DAY COMES AROUND,
I JUST DO ALL I CAN TO KEEP MYSELF DISTRACTED.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, THIS YEAR...
WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, YOU KNOW...
♪♪
SO, WHEN I READ THAT THING ABOUT ERNEST,
I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO STARE AT THE PAIN...
...BUT IT'S EVEN HARDER TO ACT LIKE IT AIN'T THERE.
♪♪
YOUR DADDY WOULD BE SO PROUD.
♪♪
YOU OKAY?
YEAH.
NO.
I'M NOT OKAY.
AUNT VI CHALLENGED ME TODAY.
TOLD ME TO "COME TO MYSELF."
YOU EVER HEARD THAT?
IT'S A PARABLE.
HOW DO YOU KNOW IT?
CHARLOTTE GOT HURT ONCE.
THIS IS YEARS BEFORE SHE DIED.
SHE WAS LAID UP IN A MILITARY HOSPITAL OVERSEAS FOR TWO WEEKS.
AFTER THAT SHE MADE ME PROMISE
THAT IF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED TO HER
THAT I WOULDN'T SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE...
...IN GRIEF.
THAT I WOULD EVENTUALLY...
...COME TO MYSELF...
...AND MOVE ON.
HM.
♪♪
I WAS SUPPOSED TO SET UP THIS NEW LIFE AND...
SELL MY HOUSE.
♪♪
I NEVER DID.
I COULDN'T LEAVE IT.
MAYBE IT'S A PATTERN.
IN SOME WAY I'M A WAY FOR YOU TO STAY CLOSE TO CHARLEY.
NO.
THAT'S NOT IT.
WHAT I FEEL FOR YOU IS REAL.
BUT IT'S NOT WORTH THE PRICE IT WOULD TAKE FROM THOSE WE LOVE.
YOU CAN FEEL THAT...
CAN'T YOU?
I FEEL THAT WE'RE RIGHT FOR EACH OTHER.
BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT THE WAY WE CAME TO KNOW THAT IS --
FILLED WITH PAIN.
YEAH.
IT ALWAYS WILL BE.
YEAH.
♪♪
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN WHO DESERVES GOOD THINGS.
SO DO YOU.
♪ YOU MOVE LIKE A BIRD ♪
♪ WITH A WOUNDED WING ♪
♪ AND WOUNDED NERVES ♪
♪ I SAIL LIKE A SUMMER LOST ♪
♪ TO A COLD FRONT, FREEZING FROST ♪
♪ YOU MOVE LIKE A BIRD ♪
♪ WITH A WOUNDED WING ♪
♪ AND WOUNDED NERVES ♪
♪ THERE IS MORE DOWN THERE ♪
♪ THAN YOU KNOW ♪
♪ THERE IS MORE DOWN THERE ♪
♪ THAN YOU KNOW ♪
♪♪
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
♪♪
♪ YOU MOVE LIKE A BIRD ♪
♪ WITH A WOUNDED WING ♪
♪ AND WOUNDED NERVES ♪
♪ THERE IS MORE DOWN THERE ♪
♪ THAN YOU KNOW ♪
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