[Grace] Previously onGreenleaf...
If you help me put this together,
the car is yours.
[both chuckle]
Darius and I may have found a way H&H out
before the wrecking ball swings.
You in or not?
When do you wanna get married?
-Flag Day. -It's a date.
[Noah] Back when I lived in the cabin,
I came across a journal that the caretaker left.
-This caretaker was white? -[Noah] Yeah.
Just like Ms. Davis.
I don't know what you're doing here,
but I'm gonna find out. Your days are numbered.
Bob Whitmore in the '80s owned a mortgage company
called Edenvale Lending.
Why do you think Bob Whitmore'sgoing out of his way
to look like a friend to the black church?
They're targeting poor black families.
I am trying to do the right thing.
If I could somehow manage to see what it is.
Having seen this house,
I am convinced now, more than ever,
that God wants to do something good with it.
Until you admit the role you played
in the death of my father, nothing you do will stand.
Why would Mrs. Davis give up her house
and hundreds of acres to Daryl James?
Until Mac sent you over there to see her
had you even ever heard her name?
-Where's Darius? -Stay out of it.
[Grace] So this is the car you were driving
when you were high on PCP, huh?
[Darius] And don't forget, I also resisted arrest.
Went all kung fu on them.
I cannot believe these people.
Fernando, that lying... [sighs]
I can't wait 'till this all comes out.
[Darius] All righty.
Thanks for bailing me out. I'll pay you back.
Are you kidding? You are unemployed because
you stuck with the story. Don't worry about it.
All right. I'll call you after this meeting.
You're not going home?
You just spent the whole night in a holding cell.
I haven't sat with that family yet.
The one that said they'd talk about Edenvale.
Oh.
-You wanna come?-Oh, I have to meet with Aaron.
-What about? -Well, Jacob said that
when City on a Hill Mergers and Acquisitions
bought his land, that they didn't disclose they were H&H.
I thought that might justify an injunction.
Something to keep them from tearing the church down,
at least for a few days anyway.
-They haven't started already? -[Grace] Not until 2:00 p.m.
Bob's treating it like some big ribbon-cutting ceremony.
His plane hasn't even landed.
Then we better both get going.
Amen.
-Good luck. -[engine starts]
♪ Amen♪
♪ Oh, yeah♪
♪ Amen♪
♪ Oh♪
♪ Ooh♪
♪ Well♪
♪ Oh♪
♪ Ooh♪
♪ Amen, amen♪
♪ Ooh♪
Room service!
Have you lost your mind?
I was trying to hold on to it.
I figured we can sit around and mope all day
about the church going down or we could celebrate.
Oh, what is there to celebrate,James?
New church, new life.
What is that?
Now, I know it was your plan
to wait 'til Flag Day to get married.
Yes.
But I thought,
the right ring might inspire you to push the date up.
[Lady Mae] Is that what I think it is?
[James] Yes.
[laughs]
Where did you find it?
In the safety deposit box.
Now, you said yes the first time I gave it to you.
-Oh. -Will that work again?
Uh, a simple yes will suffice.
A nod? Or you could just say, "I do"
and we can skip the ceremony altogether.
-James. -James wasn't an option.
James, if we're going to get married,
I want us to be of one accord
and as long as refuse to even consider
how to handle Tara and that-- That will--
Are you seriously bringing that up?
Look, now that Rochelle is involved
and you know she won't let go of this,
we have to compromise whether we want to or not.
I won't plant this new church of mine
in the shadow of another scandal.
Well, what would you suggest?
I was thinking we could sell the land north of the road,
ten acres and give Tara the money.
I think you're suggesting "hush money".
-No, I am not. -That doesn't make sense,
because I have done nothingfor anybody to keep quiet about.
We have to offer Tara something,
regardless of how we feel about Rochelle, we have to.
Mae, how many times do I have to say this?
Offering Tara anything, anything,
is like admitting that I've donesomething wrong, which I didn't.
Then this will have to wait until Flag Day.
You are astounding.
But I wasn't saying no, James, I was just--
I know exactly what you were saying.
[Zora clears throat] Hey! Have you talked to Mom yet?
Hey, when'd you walk in here?
About 10 seconds ago.
I didn't even hear you come in.
I know.It's like one of my superpowers.
I also don't forget...
because I can't forget, won't forget, forget.
Why are you doing that?
'cause I'm going to New York.
-Oh. -Yeah. Oh.
Did you and Mom talked to Camilaabout her guest room in Hoboken?
A phrase I cannot say without dissolving into a pool
of steamy grey un-coolness.
Baby,your mother just left yesterday.
Yeah, but my flight is still tonight.
Then cancel your flight or I will.
[grunts]
[Jacob] Your mother will call Camila today, okay?
Okay. Okay. Fine. But if that doesn't work out,
I found a studio apartment in Bushwick.
It's, uh, about the size of an iPhone box,
which I thought you'd like,
because there's no room in it for a boy.
Look, I know it's not a picture
of Winkie sitting in his own poop,
but could you just look at it, please?
I will.
I promise.
Okay. I need to pay the fee today.
Nothing's happening today.
Did you not hear, my-- My flight is--
Zora, cancel your flight.
We'll buy you another ticket, now, back off.
[grunts]
I'm trying to be nice to you, but you gotta be patient.
It's a two-way street.
AJ! What have you decided?
Yeah, how you doin', Bishop? You all right?
Why wouldn't I be?
Isn't today, like, the day?
Today is the day the Lord hath made
and I don't care what Bob Whitmore, Connie Sykes,
or that lunatic wife of mine does,
I'm gonna rejoice and be glad in it.
I assume you're here about, um...
You're here about the car.
Unpacking it, anyhow, yeah.
Very excited.
I'll meet you down there in a half an hour.
-Deal? -Deal.
Good. Oh!
I'm glad you're here.
[birds chirping]
Can we at least destroy something?
Thank you.
Said they were gonna be using explosives too.
It's kind of exciting.
Your father made it clear he wants us to wait
-until he gets here. -Did he say why?
Apparently, there's some sort ofannouncement he wants to make.
[Judee] Oh, yeah, that.
[Phil] Did you know about this?
Oh, look. See?
Here we go. Told ya.
You're gonna have to cease and desist
-until further notice. -[Aaron] We have a temporary
injunction in place while the judge reviews
our claims of real estate fraud.
[Grace] It's nice to see you again.
Thanks for setting up my friendlast night and threatening me.
-Real Christian. -Claims against who exactly?
Well, the main claim is against City on a Hill
for failure to disclose their status
as a subsidiary of H&H
when they bought Jacob and Kerissa's land.
-They knew we were part of H&H.-[Grace] Really?
My brother is willing to testifyunder oath
that they didn't know that that was the case.
What about his wife?
Because if I recall, she not only knew I was a part H&H,
she was quite comfortable with the fact.
Enjoyed it, even.
Yeah, she enjoyed it immensely.
[Judee] Uh, can we talk?
Let's call Jacob.
So you don't think Kerissa knew?
[Jacob] She never told me she did.
Could you verify that with her because we have a judge
looking at our claim right this minute,
it's so important.
I'll give her a call right now.
Great, thank you.
Hey, something going on with AJ?
I found the caretaker of Mrs. Davis' estate.
[Tara] Did Bishop sign off on this?
Is he willing to part with that land?
Well, it's not his preference, of course.
But if this is an offer that Rochelle might consider,
-I thought maybe-- -She won't, though.
It's not even worth a try?
I've suggested asking for money,Ms. Greenleaf.
[sighs]
I don't want to throw you out this house,
but Rochelle, she wants the Bishop to admit he did it.
Set the fire? He didn't.
She wants him brought low.
We want peace.
Rochelle, she wants victory.
I am trying to make this work.
I am trying too, Ms. Greenleaf,but it's our father who died,
it's our father whose name was on that first will.
Now, I'm trying to meet you halfway here,
but we are not in this together.
Then I don't see how this ends.
Neither do I.
[kids laughing]
[Kerissa] Woo. [laughs]
That looked like fun.
[cell phone ringing]
-Hello? -K, it's me,
-um, quick question. -[Kerissa] Is it about Zora,
because she e-mailed me about getting some apartment.
Yeah, um, we'll talk about that.
Uh, but first things first.
-H&H. -Harmony and Hope?
[Jacob] Yeah, when we sold the land,
you didn't know they were H&H, did you?
-Why? -[Jacob] Well, Aaron's got
an injunction to delay the demolition,
but it kinda depend on us not knowing
we were selling to H&H.
So you didn't know, right?
Fernando didn't tell you that.
Kerissa?
I'm sorry, Jacob.
You...
So, you knew.
Good to know. Thank you.
This is about as far as I got, too.
I was just about to get started.
-Don't lie to me, young sir. -[AJ chuckles]
No one knows the daunting power
of the cube of car better than I.
It's not that I'm not grateful.
Should we pray for strength, the both of us?
Like I said, it's been over forty years,
and I still haven't found the nerve to open it up.
I'm not--
Don't tell me you're like your sister.
Two doubters in the same family?
I'm not that, I'm just...
[James] Hmm.
You, um...
You didn't go to church growing up?
Not much.
And you didn't get saved in jail?
Would you like to be saved? It could happen right now.
Jesus could slide your soulonto to the do not destroy pile
in the warehouse of Heaven right now, just like that.
Not that God destroys souls.
We're the ones who do that,
but Jesus can keep you from it,if you want Him to.
What do you have to, like, do?
Just say one simple prayer.
I don't think so. Not today.
It's perfectly fine with me. No pressure.
But can I tell you something to remember
if and when you ever do decide to give it a shot?
-Sure. -There is a God, AJ.
A world like this doesn't just happen.
You know that, right?
And the God that made this world,
he sees you,
and loves you.
And, boy, I hope I get to be there
when you do ask Him into your life,
because the smile that I'm gonna see on this face,
this face has never smiled like that before.
That smile's gonna be equal in beauty
to ten Grand Canyons, and a hundred sunsets.
Ooh! I can't wait.
Well, I guess someday I'll give it a shot.
Like I said, no rush.
It's easier than building a car.
Let's assume that that is true.
[chuckles]
[Grace] I'm amazed you found the caretaker.
[Noah] It wasn't easy.
[Grace] I can't wait to hear a story.
Oh, they were all the time
yelling and carrying on, both of 'em.
I used to wonder how a poor Negro man
could think he could talk to a rich white lady that way.
But she let him. She let him walk all over her.
What did they argue about?
Oh, everything.
I remember once she told him not to come around no more
if he couldn't be more respectful.
But he come around anyway. All hours.
She'd always let him in.
Sometimes, when the fighting would get real bad,
I'd go over there and, you know,knock on the door
and pretend like I had business,
just so, you know, he didn't hit her.
I'd say, "Ms. Davis, are you all right?"
She'd go, "Yes, Otis."
But I knew it wasn't true.
Do you think they were lovers?
Lovers?
-You mean sexual? -Yes, sir. Were they...
Oh, I hope not.
Why do you say it in that way, sir?
Is it because he was black?
They were not lovers.
What was their connection?
Do you not know?
No, I know, it's just that, um...
Well, I guess it won't hurt nothing
now that she's dead and gone.
Who was Daryl to Mrs. Davis?
He was her son.
[reporter] But early this morning,
representatives from Whitmore's office reached out by saying,
"Mr. Whitmore will be announcing his candidacy
for the Senate at the church later today,"
so for now, Lacy, the bulldozers are silent.
So it's not enough that he's tearing down our church,
he wants to make it into some kind of celebration of him?
-It's textbook Bob Whitmore. -[groans]
What fresh hell is this?
Bob Whitmore's running for Senate.
How does he intend to run a church
and run for office at the same time?
How does he intend to run a church?
The man is pure, unmitigated evil.
Oh, James. No one is pure unmitigated evil.
-Now you're defending this man?-No. I am defending the God
that made us all free
and free to change if and when the Spirit move us.
I think I'm with Daddy on this one, Mama.
-All right. -Thank you.
-Hey. -Hey.
-Oh, Bob Whitmore's announcing---I know, I heard on the radio.
We got to talk.
-What? -What now?
Daryl James is Mrs. Davis's son.
-Who told you that? -Mrs. Davis's caretaker.
Who heard the story directly from her.
-I thought she wasn't married. -[Grace] She wasn't.
That's why it was such a big secret.
I should have known.
Oh, James. How would you have known?
That does it, I'm going down to the church,
-I can't sit here anymore---Wait. What are you going to do?
Grace, I don't know, but ifwe're about to lose this house,
I'm not giving that church up without one last fight.
[sighs]
I'm so sorry.
There's nothing to be sorry for,not if it's the truth.
Call Rochelle and Tara
and tell them both to come over here right now.
Are you insane?
I will not ever let Rochelle into this house--
Mae, just do it, please.
Please. Just trust me.
Just ask your mom for the money.
She has, like, a ton of it leftfrom Lionel, doesn't she?
Well, why can't you just wait for
your mom and dad to figure it out?
Why can't you just ask your mom?
Well, first of all,
you told her about my pictures,thanks a lot.
Okay. So, that's why you're being like this?
-Like how, like sane? -Like a soggy, wet blanket.
Zora, one minute you're telling me
I have to go back to Hampton.
Now you want me to live with youin New York,
but just to pay for things.
Okay. That's not why I asked.
Okay, it's part why I asked.
I need to think about it.
Okay. Well, you better think fast because my dad thinks
I'm canceling my ticket, but I'm not.
And look, me, you, Brooklyn?
It could be a TV show.
What's this all this about?
It's come to our attention over the past few hours,
just to be painfully clear,
that Mrs. Davis may have been...
This would all have to be provedwith blood tests and exhumation
so that we all feel fully sanguine.
Oh, just say it, for God's sake.
It appears that...
Mrs. Davis was your grandmother.
At least that's what the caretaker
who managed the property
during her tenure on the property thinks.
And we've forced to admit that it's the only story
that makes sense of the first will.
We're forced? We?
Does this admission include the Bishop?
Once it's proven, yes.
And does this caretaker know who the father was,
-or have any idea? -No, he doesn't.
But if this is proven...
we are ready to concede that your blood ties
to this property preceded our legal ones.
And so, given the manner in which your father--
-Was murdered? -Enough!
-Just stop! -James, please. Please.
Rochelle.
Look, Rochelle, they're giving us the house.
That is what you're saying, isn't it?
You're giving us the house?
-The house ain't what I want. -You can't have what you want!
All I want is what anyone would receive
in a court of law.
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
so help me God. That's all I want.
[footsteps]
Hey. Sorry to interrupt.
But Charity just wrote an e-mailto the whole congregation,
saying if they wanted to hear the truth
about Bob Whitmore and Edenvale Lending,
then come meet at the church right now.
-Has anyone responded? -Well, Grace just called me
and told me there's already, like, 100 people showing up
in the sanctuary and more pouring in every minute.
You want the truth?
You come to the church with us right now.
You'll get it.
The whole God-blessed thing.
-Hey. -Hey.
Sorry I couldn't get here sooner.
-It's all right. How'd it go? -Great.
They told me Edenvale promised 'em this, that,
and then the minute they missed one payment,
they called in the fine print and bam,
the house got taken away.
-Was Gladys DeMars the agent?-They don't remember that name,
but it is her name on the contract.
-Mm-hmm. -And Yusef,
he just told me he'll confirm.
So someone will print this story now, right?
Yeah. Actually CBS just called me back.
They said they'll run a segment on it.
-CBS? Darius, that's great! -Where is Bob, by the way?
In there running damage control.
There's no controlling this.
Oh, my Lord.They dug up a bunch of old news
that's so old you can't refute it
and they're using it to frighten you all
into pulling back
just when you're all ready to move forward.
So I got this e-mail Charity sent out.
What did Edenvale Lending do?
-Can I have your name, ma'am? -Darlene Evans.
Oh, Darlene, it's a great question.
Edenvale did something anyone here at Calvary
would be proud to be a part of.
We offered low interestcash loans to people with homes
so they could pay their bills
and get back on top of that monthly beast.
To say what this misguided young lady said
in her e-mail today,
that Edenvale was somehow "targeting" black people,
that's paranoia.
It's paranoia and it's nonsense.
Then why was almost 100 percentof your clients black?
[Bob] Ms. Greenleaf--
[Grace] Answer the question, Bob.
Oh, Grace.
Ma'am, where did you come up with that number,
100 percent?
From a list of two hundred and forty-four Edenvale loans.
[Grace]All of which were defaulted on.
[Darius] Yeah.
Resulting in the forfeiture of those homes to Edenvale
for pennies on the dollar.
-[woman] What? -[crowd groaning]
Bob, who was Gladys DeMars?
Why were you using a black woman
to make all the sales calls for Edenvale?
And be the signatory for every loan?
If you weren't targeting black customers,
gosh, Bob, what were you doing?
She signed every single loan.
Well, if this Ms. DeMars was targeting black families,
I certainly never approved a strategy like that,
I never would have.
So, you're blaming Ms. DeMars? His mother?
Grace.
You know, a lot of you folks don't know me--
No, but I do.
Oh, I was wondering when this young man
was gonna come to my defense.
Gladys DeMars was my mother.
I never really knew what she didfor a living when I was little,
but when she died,I was alone with her at the end.
When she died, she seemed very concerned that...
God couldn't forgive her.
I asked her, "For what? What can't God forgive?"
[indistinct chatter]
But she wouldn't say.
I think I know now what she meant.
You don't know, son.
I'm not your son.
-Give me that ring, Judee. -Phil, wait a minute.
Give me my mother's ring. Now.
Fine.
Take it.
Stupid ring.
[Bob chuckles] Let's get back on the subject here,
because, as some of you know,
I've got a little press conference.
My point is, let's stop focusingon the past and talk future.
You-- Some of you right here in this room,
Deacon Sykes, for instance, you invited us,
because you had a vision of a future
where you could be free
from the tyrannical grip of a family
that was running this church into the ground.
James Greenleaf took advantage of you.
[James] Yes, I did!
I took advantage of your faith in me.
I took advantage of your hopes for yourselves...
and I got fat and happy in the process...
and it was wrong.
It was sin.
And it was all my fault. Just mine.
The only reason this building,
which will not be torn down today...
the only reason it exists is because I was given a house
by a Mrs. Loretta Davis.
She left it to me in a will.
And with that house for collateral,
I was able to get a loan from the bank
to build this church that we're in right now.
Prior to my being left the house, though...
it was going to go...
to Daryl James.
I didn't know that at the time.
Our family lawyer, Mac, told me,"Go, go see Mrs. Davis,
she's childless
and she's looking for somethinggood to do with her house."
I saw that house landing in my lap
and this whole church springingforth from a horn of plenty.
It wasn't until Mrs. Davis mentioned that awful...
That awful fire that...
killed Daryl, and the gift of this house
that it even occurred to me to wonder
if these two things were connected.
But it was like I saw them connected...
in a mist.
And I looked away.
I was too enchanted with what I had to gain
to consider the cost...
and who had paid it.
In the flames with his life.
I should have known.
I know...
that's not what you want to hear, Rochelle...
but it's true.
Well, there you have it.
I'm not finished yet.
I've got a few more sins I need to repent of here.
Because every day after that,
it was just more of the same.
I let little sins go unremarkedand unrepented every day
so I could keep on succeeding!
But it...
It wasn't success. It was...
It was more like a... Like a succubus...
a demon of wealth and power, seducing me...
and I...
I fell for it.
I lost...
I lost my way.
And you...
you paid the price.
And my family...
My family paid the price.
And I'm...
I'm so, so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I let you be dragged into captivity by this...
This monster.
All...
[crying]
All I ever wanted...
was to show you what is possible with God.
But I'm afraid that all I ever showed you
is what is inevitable without Him.
You showed us a lot more than that, Bishop.
A lot more than that.
Amen!
[all] Amen.
Amen.
I think you better leave.
Judee...
-let's go. -Bob.
I told you, your days are numbered.
♪ Amazing Grace♪
♪ How sweet the sound♪
♪ That saved♪
♪ A wretch like me♪
[all] ♪ I once was lost♪
♪ But now am found♪
♪ Was blind but now I see♪
Let's get out of here.
♪ Through many dangers
♪ Toils and snares ♪
♪ We have ♪
♪ Already come
♪ 'Twas grace that brought us ♪
♪ Safe thus far
♪ And grace ♪
♪ Will lead us home
[Grace] Rochelle.
Are we done?
Are you happy now?
Happy?
No.
Sounds like the house'll be yours.
I never wanted the house.
All I wanted...
All I wanted was what I got today.
The truth.
Now that I've got it, I can go.
Oh, uh, by the way,
thank you.
For what?
AJ.
I assume that you meant to mess with me
by giving him Noah's number.
I did.
I just wanted you to know that there's someone out there
that knows that you ain't better than anybody else.
Worse if you ask me.Turning away your son like that.
Message received. Loud and clear.
-Good. -But it was also a blessing.
Well...
you know, God can use anybody, right?
Even a mean, old sinner like me.
[sighs]
Charity! Hey! Can you hold up a sec?
-Thanks. -What's going on?
You think maybe I can, you know,see you tomorrow?
What for?
I just wanted to talk.
Okay. Um...
Charity, you're right.
You didn't deserve any of that from me.
I love you.
Phil...
no one...
not even the father of my son,
has broken my heart the way that you have.
I would never trust you with it again.
Thank you for what you did in there.
That was good.
I knew there was good in you.
But no.
Never.
[inhales]
[chuckles]
[Darius] Bob's scandal is public.
He's stepping down from H&H.
How ya feelin'?
Pretty good, I guess.
I still can't believe it...
but...
yeah.
Thank you.
You got it.
-We could just go to my place. -[laughs]
Sophia said she needed to talk to me about something.
Oh.
Maybe tomorrow?
I look forward to it.
Honey?
Mom.
-Hey. How's it going? -Good.
-Way to go with the church. -Oh, yeah, thank you.
So, what are you gonna do now?
Is that what you wanted to talk to me about?
No.
I just wanted to say,
I know sending those pictures to Dante was wrong
and I'll never do anything that stupid again, okay?
What pictures?
Mmm.
[giggles]
James.
Oh, James. My darling.
Let's get married tomorrow.
Yes.
Don't be coy.
I just said no this morning for my own silly reasons,
but obviously it's time.
I am not waiting until Flag Day.
I thought...
[gasping]
What's the matter?
Oh, my God. Something's happened.
Can you talk?
You can't talk? All right. I'm calling 911.
What?
Okay. What do you want me to do?What do you want?
Pen? Pen. Okay. All right. All right.
I'll get you a pen, I will.
Just wait one second. My God.
We going to get this all together.
Yes.
I need an ambulance right now
to 14356 Holtville Road, please.
Right now. Hurry! Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Here it is. All right.
Here's a pen. You take the-- Yes.
And you write whatever you want.
Grace!
"I do".
You do what, darling?
Oh.
"I do"?
I do, too, my love.
I do too.
James, you stay right here with me
and I am right here with you.
Do you hear me, all right?
Yes. Look at me. Look at me.
Yes. I'm right here with you, baby.
James? James, listen.
I love you.
I love you so much.
Oh, God. No. Not now, not now. What are you doing? No. No.
James, please.
Listen. I love...
James.
Help!