1 00:00:13,970 --> 00:00:15,930 - Previously, on "Ambitions..." 2 00:00:16,016 --> 00:00:19,106 - Life as you know it is over. 3 00:00:19,236 --> 00:00:22,016 Mother and I are going to throw you 4 00:00:22,152 --> 00:00:24,552 a tasteful retirement party at the compound, 5 00:00:24,676 --> 00:00:27,196 naming me your successor. 6 00:00:27,331 --> 00:00:28,681 - Thought you'd like to see my latest 7 00:00:28,767 --> 00:00:30,637 filmmaking project. 8 00:00:30,769 --> 00:00:33,469 - You're more insane than I thought! 9 00:00:33,598 --> 00:00:35,638 - I think I need to look up this Greg Peters's number, 10 00:00:35,774 --> 00:00:38,954 sounds like he and I got a lot to talk about. 11 00:00:39,082 --> 00:00:40,652 - Something's going on at Purifoy and I need to get 12 00:00:40,779 --> 00:00:42,219 to the bottom of it. 13 00:00:42,346 --> 00:00:43,906 You have no idea how much you just helped me. 14 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:45,784 - It's Ben, we have a problem. 15 00:00:45,871 --> 00:00:47,611 - Hey, babe, where are you? 16 00:00:47,743 --> 00:00:49,533 - On my way home with a box of your favorite cupcakes. 17 00:00:51,790 --> 00:00:52,880 - Titus! 18 00:00:56,186 --> 00:00:57,966 Excuse me. I'm looking for Titus Hughes, 19 00:00:58,101 --> 00:00:59,321 they said he was on this floor. 20 00:01:01,713 --> 00:01:04,193 I'm sorry, his room, please? 21 00:01:04,325 --> 00:01:06,535 Where's my husband? - One moment. 22 00:01:06,675 --> 00:01:09,455 - Where is Titus Hughes?! They said he was on this floor. 23 00:01:09,591 --> 00:01:10,851 - Mrs. Hughes? - Yes? 24 00:01:10,983 --> 00:01:12,903 - I'm Elizabeth, the charge nurse. 25 00:01:13,029 --> 00:01:14,599 Your husband was taken directly from the ER 26 00:01:14,726 --> 00:01:17,076 into pre-op, he's being prepped for emergency surgery. 27 00:01:17,164 --> 00:01:19,304 - What? How bad is he hurt? 28 00:01:19,427 --> 00:01:20,987 - He's bleeding internally. 29 00:01:21,124 --> 00:01:22,474 Your husband's situation is touch-and-go, 30 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:23,870 but the best surgeons in Atlanta-- 31 00:01:23,996 --> 00:01:25,296 - I have to see him. 32 00:01:25,433 --> 00:01:26,703 - I'm afraid that's not possible. 33 00:01:26,825 --> 00:01:28,305 - You just said he was touch-and-go, 34 00:01:28,436 --> 00:01:29,786 so that means he may not come out of this surgery, 35 00:01:29,915 --> 00:01:31,085 so I have to talk to him! 36 00:01:31,221 --> 00:01:33,701 - Just let the surgeons do their work. 37 00:01:33,789 --> 00:01:36,489 Every effort will be made to save your husband's life. 38 00:01:36,618 --> 00:01:40,838 There's nothing you can do for him right now. 39 00:01:40,970 --> 00:01:43,800 - I'm sorry--how long will the surgery last? 40 00:01:43,929 --> 00:01:45,239 - It could be hours. But afterwards, 41 00:01:45,322 --> 00:01:47,722 they're gonna bring him to this floor to recover. 42 00:01:47,846 --> 00:01:49,236 There's a waiting room right down there 43 00:01:49,370 --> 00:01:50,500 and there'll be a doctor to update you 44 00:01:50,632 --> 00:01:52,592 at the earliest possible moment. 45 00:01:52,721 --> 00:01:54,461 - I have to go. 46 00:02:00,816 --> 00:02:01,636 - Titus. 47 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:16,483 - Hell. Wish I could say I'm surprised to see you 48 00:02:16,614 --> 00:02:19,624 with my shady-ass cousin. 49 00:02:19,704 --> 00:02:21,794 - Darcia and I just made a sweet deal, 50 00:02:21,924 --> 00:02:23,584 had catch you to share the great news. 51 00:02:23,665 --> 00:02:26,885 You sell champagne in this dive? 52 00:02:27,016 --> 00:02:29,706 - Whatever deal you think you made with that demon girl 53 00:02:29,845 --> 00:02:32,365 might as well have been signed in invisible ink. 54 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:34,070 - Don't be so sure about that. 55 00:02:36,504 --> 00:02:38,164 Read it and weep, couz. 56 00:02:41,552 --> 00:02:43,642 - Let me know if you need any help with the big words. 57 00:02:47,428 --> 00:02:49,388 - Doctors, lawyers, everybody said Uncle Senior 58 00:02:49,517 --> 00:02:51,777 was in his right mind when he revised that will. 59 00:02:51,910 --> 00:02:54,870 - Ain't no way in hell that's legit. 60 00:02:54,957 --> 00:02:56,787 - The court said I was free to take possession 61 00:02:56,915 --> 00:02:59,955 of my two-thirds ownership in Thelma's Place. 62 00:03:00,092 --> 00:03:03,232 - Which she promptly sold to me. 63 00:03:03,313 --> 00:03:06,193 - Thelma's Place can only be sold if Evan and I 64 00:03:06,316 --> 00:03:08,006 sign off on it. 65 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:10,540 - I couldn't force the sale of Thelma's Place 66 00:03:10,625 --> 00:03:13,665 in its entirety to Greg Peters Construction, 67 00:03:13,758 --> 00:03:17,068 but according to Georgia law, since I jointly own 68 00:03:17,197 --> 00:03:19,497 the restaurant with you and Evan Junior, 69 00:03:19,590 --> 00:03:23,030 I was free to do with my share as I saw fit. 70 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:28,209 - It has been a pleasure doing business with you, Darcia. 71 00:03:28,338 --> 00:03:31,468 - It wasn't enough what you did to my daddy, 72 00:03:31,602 --> 00:03:34,212 and now you got to come for his and my mama's life's work? 73 00:03:40,568 --> 00:03:43,918 - I had nothing to do with your father being killed. 74 00:03:44,006 --> 00:03:45,826 And while I sympathize with your loss, 75 00:03:45,964 --> 00:03:47,494 I am still a businessman. 76 00:04:01,415 --> 00:04:04,545 - Now that I'm majority owner of Thelma's Place, 77 00:04:04,635 --> 00:04:07,855 be on notice that future insubordinations by staff 78 00:04:07,943 --> 00:04:09,813 will be severely disciplined. 79 00:04:11,903 --> 00:04:14,083 I hope that's clear to you. 80 00:04:31,183 --> 00:04:34,803 - Constance. Constance. What's all this? 81 00:04:34,926 --> 00:04:37,796 - Mrs. Lancaster's evening gowns, sir. 82 00:04:37,929 --> 00:04:39,839 - And you're throwing them away? 83 00:04:39,975 --> 00:04:42,105 - She's following my orders, darling. 84 00:04:54,163 --> 00:04:57,303 - Tell me why the next bullet shouldn't go between your eyes. 85 00:05:25,847 --> 00:05:27,107 - Have you lost your goddamn mind? 86 00:05:27,196 --> 00:05:29,806 You could've killed me. - If I wanted you dead, 87 00:05:29,894 --> 00:05:32,114 you'd be bleeding out on the floor. 88 00:05:32,244 --> 00:05:33,384 Perhaps... 89 00:05:35,465 --> 00:05:37,245 Bella... would warn you. 90 00:05:40,383 --> 00:05:42,563 I certainly wouldn't. 91 00:05:42,646 --> 00:05:44,686 - That's why there's a pile of ballgowns 92 00:05:44,822 --> 00:05:47,002 littering our foyer? 93 00:05:47,129 --> 00:05:48,219 You've been listening to ridiculous gossip 94 00:05:48,348 --> 00:05:49,698 about me and your seamstress? 95 00:05:51,307 --> 00:05:54,657 - I had her bastard child's DNA tested, Evan! 96 00:05:54,789 --> 00:05:56,229 I know he's yours! 97 00:05:59,141 --> 00:06:01,101 - Joaquin is innocent, you had no right. 98 00:06:01,230 --> 00:06:05,500 - Oh. Now isn't that telling? 99 00:06:05,582 --> 00:06:08,462 You only manage to offer true emotion 100 00:06:08,585 --> 00:06:10,235 when it comes to that woman's son. 101 00:06:12,502 --> 00:06:15,682 If only you'd shown our children the same consideration. 102 00:06:15,810 --> 00:06:18,200 - Look, Stephanie, I know you're hurt. 103 00:06:18,334 --> 00:06:21,954 - Please, hurt? 104 00:06:22,077 --> 00:06:24,037 I'd have to love you for that, and I never did. 105 00:06:27,212 --> 00:06:30,782 - It's a pretty extreme reaction over someone you never loved. 106 00:06:30,912 --> 00:06:34,312 - My reaction has nothing to do with affection. 107 00:06:34,437 --> 00:06:36,827 I'm furious that you risked everything we built 108 00:06:36,961 --> 00:06:40,531 over some... cliché tryst with the help! 109 00:06:42,140 --> 00:06:43,400 This marriage is over. - Wait, come on. 110 00:06:47,058 --> 00:06:48,408 Stephanie. 111 00:06:49,844 --> 00:06:51,454 Consider our endgame. 112 00:06:51,585 --> 00:06:53,405 The one where you transform Carlisle Perkins 113 00:06:53,543 --> 00:06:56,423 into the nation's top black-owned law firm, 114 00:06:56,546 --> 00:06:59,106 and I'm the first black governor of Georgia. 115 00:07:01,769 --> 00:07:05,029 I don't need your help to achieve my goals, Evan. 116 00:07:05,163 --> 00:07:08,303 As for your dream 117 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:11,428 of the Georgia governor's mansion? 118 00:07:14,651 --> 00:07:18,261 Good luck making it come true without a Carlisle backing you. 119 00:07:18,394 --> 00:07:19,964 - Our marriage means more than that to me. 120 00:07:20,091 --> 00:07:21,401 - Prove it. 121 00:07:29,013 --> 00:07:32,413 Your shell committee is the primary investor 122 00:07:32,539 --> 00:07:35,279 in Bella Tru. 123 00:07:35,411 --> 00:07:37,501 Sign over your shares to me. 124 00:07:40,721 --> 00:07:42,291 - I can't do that. 125 00:07:46,378 --> 00:07:47,768 - Divorce it is, then. 126 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:12,969 - I sincerely hope it was worth it. 127 00:08:13,101 --> 00:08:16,581 Because you are no longer a part of this family. 128 00:08:16,713 --> 00:08:19,153 - I guess it's a good thing I got enough of Peters's loot 129 00:08:19,237 --> 00:08:23,367 to make sure I never have to depend on family ever again. 130 00:08:23,503 --> 00:08:26,293 - How could you do this to us? 131 00:08:26,375 --> 00:08:28,935 It's like you forgot everything good about how we grew up. 132 00:08:29,073 --> 00:08:31,513 - See, Rondell? That's your problem. 133 00:08:31,641 --> 00:08:32,901 You're stuck in the past 134 00:08:33,034 --> 00:08:34,734 while I'm thinking about the future, 135 00:08:34,862 --> 00:08:38,002 and a check with a whole lot of zeroes on it. 136 00:08:40,694 --> 00:08:43,744 Good luck with Peters. 137 00:08:43,871 --> 00:08:46,051 Something tells me you're gonna need it, couz. 138 00:08:48,005 --> 00:08:49,485 See you around. 139 00:08:59,887 --> 00:09:01,147 - Hey, how's it going? - Hey, Stephen. 140 00:09:09,374 --> 00:09:12,254 Get your ass out of my chair. 141 00:09:15,598 --> 00:09:17,338 - Before I physically remove you. 142 00:09:17,469 --> 00:09:19,469 - Fine! 143 00:09:19,602 --> 00:09:23,952 The seat... is yours. 144 00:09:24,085 --> 00:09:25,215 For a few more days. 145 00:09:27,828 --> 00:09:31,048 Oh! I spoke with Mother this morning, 146 00:09:31,179 --> 00:09:35,009 and she assured me that planning for your retirement party 147 00:09:35,139 --> 00:09:36,749 is coming along swimmingly. 148 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:38,620 Any special requests? 149 00:09:38,708 --> 00:09:40,668 - What makes you so sure that I'm gonna go along 150 00:09:40,797 --> 00:09:42,967 with your plot to overthrow me? 151 00:09:43,104 --> 00:09:46,374 - Because you are aware of the consequences 152 00:09:46,498 --> 00:09:47,978 of defying me. 153 00:09:49,545 --> 00:09:52,585 If you aren't, I can certainly remind you. 154 00:09:52,722 --> 00:09:53,942 - You know, your arrogance is gonna be 155 00:09:54,071 --> 00:09:55,511 your undoing, Stephanie. 156 00:09:55,638 --> 00:09:57,638 - About the party-- 157 00:09:57,771 --> 00:09:59,691 - Yeah, go ahead and plan the damn party. 158 00:09:59,816 --> 00:10:02,776 But I can promise you one thing. Novak Petrovic? 159 00:10:02,906 --> 00:10:05,646 He's not gonna be nearly as amused by your stunts 160 00:10:05,779 --> 00:10:07,739 and inane antics as his son is. 161 00:10:12,350 --> 00:10:15,830 - Let me guess, one of your mini schemes 162 00:10:15,963 --> 00:10:18,573 in danger of blowing up in your perfectly made-up face? 163 00:10:18,705 --> 00:10:20,485 - Hmm. 164 00:10:21,838 --> 00:10:25,668 Enjoy your last few moments in my office, Daddy. 165 00:10:42,816 --> 00:10:45,076 - Hello? - Amara? Oh, girl, 166 00:10:45,209 --> 00:10:46,689 I must have called the wrong number, 167 00:10:46,820 --> 00:10:49,340 I was trying to reach Titus for some legal advice. 168 00:10:49,474 --> 00:10:52,004 Since my no-good brother ain't answering his phone. 169 00:10:52,086 --> 00:10:53,346 - No, Rondell, you called the right number, 170 00:10:53,478 --> 00:10:55,998 I'm on Titus's phone. 171 00:10:56,090 --> 00:10:59,140 We're at Atlanta Mercy, he's been in surgery all night. 172 00:10:59,267 --> 00:11:00,357 - What? 173 00:11:01,965 --> 00:11:03,485 - He was hit by a car. 174 00:11:05,012 --> 00:11:06,492 - Tell me what you need. 175 00:11:13,803 --> 00:11:15,943 - This is ridiculous. 176 00:11:16,066 --> 00:11:18,286 What, am I waiting for my blindfold and last cigarette? 177 00:11:18,416 --> 00:11:20,106 - It's not an execution, Hunter. 178 00:11:20,244 --> 00:11:22,124 - I'll be damned if it ain't. 179 00:11:22,246 --> 00:11:24,986 And don't think for one minute I'm just gonna stand by idly 180 00:11:25,119 --> 00:11:29,429 and let you sons of bitches kick me out of my own company! 181 00:11:29,558 --> 00:11:31,168 This fight ain't over. 182 00:11:31,299 --> 00:11:33,559 - Don't make this more difficult than it already is, Hunter. 183 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:36,173 - Business is business. 184 00:11:36,260 --> 00:11:39,570 - Ladies, gentlemen. Think! 185 00:11:42,179 --> 00:11:44,789 What you're suggesting is ridiculous. 186 00:11:44,921 --> 00:11:46,621 Purifoy Pharmaceuticals is nothing 187 00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:48,186 without a Purifoy at the helm. 188 00:11:48,316 --> 00:11:51,226 - This isn't about the Purifoys. 189 00:11:51,319 --> 00:11:54,979 This is about salvaging a publicly traded company. 190 00:11:55,105 --> 00:11:56,755 There's talk of lawsuits pending in Michigan, 191 00:11:56,890 --> 00:11:59,240 Oklahoma and other states. 192 00:11:59,370 --> 00:12:02,810 Now, considering that our general counsel is in ICU, 193 00:12:02,939 --> 00:12:05,859 this board has a responsibility to act swiftly. 194 00:12:05,986 --> 00:12:09,376 - Ellen's right. There's even talk of a federal case. 195 00:12:09,467 --> 00:12:11,907 - I told you cockroaches not to settle. 196 00:12:12,035 --> 00:12:14,035 - We didn't have a choice thanks to you. 197 00:12:14,168 --> 00:12:16,388 Our only option now is to change leadership. 198 00:12:16,518 --> 00:12:18,128 - The Purifoys have successfully led this company 199 00:12:18,215 --> 00:12:19,295 for almost six decades. 200 00:12:19,434 --> 00:12:21,484 - And that comes to an end now. 201 00:12:29,923 --> 00:12:32,363 - Negro, I'm gonna need you to call me back! 202 00:12:32,490 --> 00:12:34,280 Darcia done sold her shares of Thelma's Place 203 00:12:34,405 --> 00:12:37,225 to Greg Peters. 204 00:12:37,365 --> 00:12:39,625 Okay, here you go, got your toothbrush, 205 00:12:39,715 --> 00:12:41,535 a deodorant, baby wipes, a change of clothes, 206 00:12:41,673 --> 00:12:45,113 some snacks and an Octavia Butler novel. 207 00:12:45,242 --> 00:12:47,292 Your name's in there and I was sure to lock up. 208 00:12:47,418 --> 00:12:48,638 - Thank you. 209 00:12:50,682 --> 00:12:52,212 I don't know what I'd do without you. 210 00:12:55,209 --> 00:12:56,379 - Any update? 211 00:12:58,168 --> 00:13:00,518 - He's still in critical condition. 212 00:13:00,649 --> 00:13:02,259 - It's gonna be okay, girl. 213 00:13:02,390 --> 00:13:04,000 The doctors are gonna take care of Titus 214 00:13:04,131 --> 00:13:07,571 and in the meantime, I'm here to take care of you. 215 00:13:07,656 --> 00:13:09,566 You had anything to eat? Okay. 216 00:13:09,701 --> 00:13:11,791 - Mrs. Hughes? - Yes? 217 00:13:11,921 --> 00:13:13,621 - I'm Dr. Harrison, I'm one of the surgeons 218 00:13:13,705 --> 00:13:15,875 who operated on your husband. - How is he? 219 00:13:16,012 --> 00:13:17,062 - He's better today, 220 00:13:17,187 --> 00:13:18,797 but he's not out of the woods yet. 221 00:13:18,928 --> 00:13:20,318 We have him on pain medication so he may be 222 00:13:20,451 --> 00:13:22,321 in and out of consciousness. 223 00:13:22,453 --> 00:13:24,413 However, he is awake right now and he wants to see you. 224 00:13:24,542 --> 00:13:26,372 - Okay. Thank you. 225 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:33,201 - It's right there. 226 00:13:33,334 --> 00:13:34,474 - Dr. Maine to recovery. 227 00:13:34,552 --> 00:13:36,212 Dr. Maine, please report to recovery. 228 00:13:42,517 --> 00:13:46,347 - Hey. - Hey, baby. 229 00:13:46,477 --> 00:13:48,347 - You gave me quite a scare. 230 00:13:52,179 --> 00:13:54,919 - Somebody hit me. - Yeah, I know, honey. 231 00:13:55,008 --> 00:13:56,748 It was an accident, it was a hit and run. 232 00:13:56,879 --> 00:13:59,799 - No. No. 233 00:13:59,926 --> 00:14:01,836 - What? - No accident. 234 00:14:01,971 --> 00:14:05,111 - What? - It was... no accident. 235 00:14:05,192 --> 00:14:09,282 - Titus? 236 00:14:09,413 --> 00:14:11,763 - I'm sorry, Amara, Titus needs his rest. 237 00:14:18,379 --> 00:14:20,419 - I love the changes, they're really gonna work well. 238 00:14:20,555 --> 00:14:22,985 - I saw the colors-- - Uh, you'll forward those 239 00:14:23,123 --> 00:14:24,693 adjustments to the caterer, Mason? 240 00:14:24,776 --> 00:14:27,256 - Of course, Mrs. Carlisle. 241 00:14:27,344 --> 00:14:30,134 And congratulations on your retirement, Mr. Carlisle. 242 00:14:30,260 --> 00:14:33,700 - You wanna know where you can shove your congratulations? 243 00:14:33,829 --> 00:14:37,529 - I'll pick up the samples later, okay? 244 00:14:37,659 --> 00:14:40,619 - That was uncalled for. - Well, forgive me. 245 00:14:40,749 --> 00:14:42,789 I tend to forget my proper etiquette 246 00:14:42,925 --> 00:14:46,225 when I'm being plotted against by one of my own offspring. 247 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,320 - All of this could've been avoided if you listened to me 248 00:14:49,453 --> 00:14:51,893 and stepped down from Carlisle Perkins months ago. 249 00:14:52,021 --> 00:14:55,291 - You're enjoying this, aren't you? 250 00:14:55,416 --> 00:14:57,286 - I beg your pardon? - You have been lying in wait 251 00:14:57,418 --> 00:14:59,588 to snatch control of this firm from me ever since 252 00:14:59,724 --> 00:15:01,814 I took it from your father, so now thanks to Stephanie, 253 00:15:01,944 --> 00:15:03,164 here's your chance for retribution. 254 00:15:03,293 --> 00:15:06,253 - Oh, Stephen, you're being ridiculous. 255 00:15:06,340 --> 00:15:08,120 Would I have stayed with you all these years 256 00:15:08,211 --> 00:15:13,741 if I harbored some deep-seated resentment against you? 257 00:15:13,869 --> 00:15:16,049 Now, I've made it no secret 258 00:15:16,176 --> 00:15:18,566 that I believe our daughter's time has come, 259 00:15:18,700 --> 00:15:22,360 but I am not supporting Stephanie to hurt you. 260 00:15:22,486 --> 00:15:25,186 - She is blackmailing me into retirement. 261 00:15:25,272 --> 00:15:28,062 - But you left her no choice! 262 00:15:28,188 --> 00:15:30,448 - You know me well enough to realize I cannot let Stephanie 263 00:15:30,581 --> 00:15:35,021 have what she wants, not this way. 264 00:15:35,108 --> 00:15:37,628 - Then don't do it for Stephanie. 265 00:15:37,762 --> 00:15:39,902 Do it for me. Hmm? 266 00:15:40,026 --> 00:15:41,846 Do it for us. 267 00:15:41,984 --> 00:15:44,994 Don't you think it's time we did what we talked about? 268 00:15:45,118 --> 00:15:47,508 Traveling more, spending time with Samantha, 269 00:15:47,642 --> 00:15:50,692 Adrian and the grandchildren? 270 00:15:50,819 --> 00:15:54,779 Baby, we are not getting any younger. 271 00:15:54,910 --> 00:15:58,390 Hmm? 272 00:16:52,359 --> 00:16:54,579 - You need to eat something. 273 00:16:54,709 --> 00:16:57,799 - I don't have an appetite. 274 00:16:57,929 --> 00:16:59,799 - It's gonna be alright, mija. 275 00:16:59,931 --> 00:17:02,201 - Stephanie stood right here in my living room 276 00:17:02,282 --> 00:17:04,592 and promised to take everything away from me, 277 00:17:04,719 --> 00:17:06,159 including Joaquin. 278 00:17:06,242 --> 00:17:07,592 - She has every right to be angry, 279 00:17:07,678 --> 00:17:09,508 but she should take it out on her cheating husband, 280 00:17:09,637 --> 00:17:11,897 not you, and certainly not my grandchild. 281 00:17:13,945 --> 00:17:14,815 Mija. 282 00:17:16,731 --> 00:17:21,951 Maybe it's time you considered leaving Atlanta. 283 00:17:22,084 --> 00:17:24,484 - You were always so against the idea of me moving away. 284 00:17:24,565 --> 00:17:26,045 Especially after I had Joaquin. 285 00:17:26,175 --> 00:17:28,565 - Circumstances have changed, Isobel. 286 00:17:28,699 --> 00:17:30,659 After everything you and Joaquin have been through, 287 00:17:30,788 --> 00:17:34,398 from that kidnapping to that horrible incident with Perla, 288 00:17:34,531 --> 00:17:38,141 I think getting out of Atlanta is your best bet. 289 00:17:38,274 --> 00:17:40,364 And I can come with you and help you to settle in. 290 00:17:40,450 --> 00:17:42,370 - I'm starting to get real traction with Corazon. 291 00:17:42,496 --> 00:17:44,626 - Corazon Textiles has an office in Manhattan, 292 00:17:44,759 --> 00:17:46,329 I saw it on their website. 293 00:17:48,371 --> 00:17:50,201 - You've really put a lot of thought into this. 294 00:17:50,330 --> 00:17:53,290 - I need you and Joaquin safe. 295 00:17:53,420 --> 00:17:55,600 And the only way to accomplish that is to get you both 296 00:17:55,683 --> 00:17:58,953 as far away from Stephanie and Evan Lancaster as possible. 297 00:18:07,564 --> 00:18:08,614 - Can you tell me 298 00:18:08,739 --> 00:18:09,959 where I can find Titus Hughes's room? 299 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:12,959 - Stephanie. What are you doing here? 300 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,792 You're the last person Amara wants to see right now. 301 00:18:14,919 --> 00:18:16,969 - How's Titus? 302 00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:18,096 - How is he? 303 00:18:20,577 --> 00:18:22,667 - Amara. - My husband is fighting 304 00:18:22,797 --> 00:18:24,357 for his life because of you. 305 00:18:25,974 --> 00:18:27,544 - I didn't cause Titus's accident. 306 00:18:27,671 --> 00:18:29,501 - It was no accident, Stephanie. 307 00:18:29,586 --> 00:18:31,106 Damian did this. 308 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,590 - Okay, wait, who the hell is Damian? 309 00:18:33,721 --> 00:18:35,241 - Tell your sister-in-law how you brought a man 310 00:18:35,375 --> 00:18:37,505 from my past to Atlanta to wreck my marriage 311 00:18:37,638 --> 00:18:39,678 because you still want my husband. 312 00:18:39,814 --> 00:18:41,604 - Is this true, Stephanie? 313 00:18:42,904 --> 00:18:44,694 - Amara. 314 00:18:44,819 --> 00:18:48,779 I know that we haven't exactly been on good terms 315 00:18:48,910 --> 00:18:51,910 as of late, but perhaps we can put our differences aside 316 00:18:52,043 --> 00:18:53,653 for Titus's sake. - Oh, no, you know what? 317 00:18:53,784 --> 00:18:55,054 You need to go. 318 00:19:02,576 --> 00:19:07,926 - Amara. If this... Damian is responsible 319 00:19:08,059 --> 00:19:09,709 for what happened to Titus, 320 00:19:09,844 --> 00:19:11,984 he'll get what's coming to him. 321 00:19:12,107 --> 00:19:13,797 I can promise you that. 322 00:19:20,681 --> 00:19:23,161 - Come in. 323 00:19:23,249 --> 00:19:24,899 - Mr. Mayor, your father-in-law is here. 324 00:19:27,122 --> 00:19:30,262 - Okay to come in? - Thank you, Chloe. 325 00:19:30,343 --> 00:19:33,483 - I'd hate to get comfortable just for you call your mall cops 326 00:19:33,607 --> 00:19:34,997 in on me again. 327 00:19:35,130 --> 00:19:36,440 - Don't make any thinly veiled threats 328 00:19:36,566 --> 00:19:37,956 or attempts at coercion and that won't be necessary. 329 00:19:38,089 --> 00:19:39,349 - Deal. 330 00:19:40,875 --> 00:19:41,785 May I? 331 00:19:45,401 --> 00:19:47,531 - So, what do you want, Stephen? 332 00:19:47,621 --> 00:19:48,931 - A little ice would be nice. 333 00:19:54,323 --> 00:19:55,463 - Thank you. 334 00:19:57,848 --> 00:20:00,628 - So. 335 00:20:00,764 --> 00:20:03,464 Are you aware that, uh, Stephanie is trying 336 00:20:03,593 --> 00:20:05,943 to force me out of Carlisle Perkins? 337 00:20:06,074 --> 00:20:07,294 - She's been plotting against you since she was 338 00:20:07,423 --> 00:20:08,903 in nursery school, what else is new? 339 00:20:10,731 --> 00:20:12,171 - Well... 340 00:20:12,298 --> 00:20:14,688 The way I figure it, neither of us can afford 341 00:20:14,822 --> 00:20:18,222 to let Stephanie have what she wants. 342 00:20:18,304 --> 00:20:19,394 - Why exactly would I care either way 343 00:20:19,522 --> 00:20:21,742 who helms Carlisle Perkins? 344 00:20:21,829 --> 00:20:24,179 - Because there's no way in hell you'll ever be elected 345 00:20:24,310 --> 00:20:26,050 the first black governor of Georgia 346 00:20:26,181 --> 00:20:29,661 with a first lady who serves as consigliere 347 00:20:29,793 --> 00:20:31,803 to Serbian gangsters. 348 00:20:34,015 --> 00:20:36,405 - This... conversation might have given me pause 349 00:20:36,539 --> 00:20:38,019 a few weeks ago, but it's starting to look like 350 00:20:38,149 --> 00:20:39,189 your precious daughter and I 351 00:20:39,325 --> 00:20:40,845 might not be married much longer. 352 00:20:40,978 --> 00:20:42,678 - Let me guess. 353 00:20:42,806 --> 00:20:45,106 She caught you tomcatting around on her? 354 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,510 Don't worry, son, I'm not judging you. 355 00:20:48,638 --> 00:20:51,768 We all play around from time to time. 356 00:20:51,902 --> 00:20:53,302 Including Stephanie. 357 00:20:59,170 --> 00:21:01,390 - What are you insinuating, old man? 358 00:21:01,477 --> 00:21:03,867 - Stephanie has been taking care of much more 359 00:21:03,958 --> 00:21:06,788 than Greg Peters's legal needs. 360 00:21:06,874 --> 00:21:09,094 For months now. 361 00:21:09,224 --> 00:21:12,454 What are you and I going to do 362 00:21:12,575 --> 00:21:14,705 to put that daughter of mine back in her place? 363 00:21:34,423 --> 00:21:36,773 - Where am I? 364 00:21:36,904 --> 00:21:40,524 - Hell. Or at least you soon will be 365 00:21:40,647 --> 00:21:44,347 if you don't hand over all copies of the video footage 366 00:21:44,477 --> 00:21:47,177 you illegally recorded from my office. 367 00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:51,656 - Hmm. Now she's, uh... concerned about legalities. 368 00:21:51,788 --> 00:21:55,138 - I don't have time for vapid conversation, Damian. 369 00:21:55,270 --> 00:21:59,840 Either you hand over the footage, 370 00:21:59,970 --> 00:22:02,500 or the gentleman that delivered you here will be back. 371 00:22:06,150 --> 00:22:08,110 And he won't ask as nicely. 372 00:22:10,241 --> 00:22:12,241 - You really are out of your mind. 373 00:22:12,374 --> 00:22:16,814 - Said the pervert stalker with a voyeurism fetish. 374 00:22:21,035 --> 00:22:23,855 - You might as well call your boy, Stephanie. 375 00:22:23,994 --> 00:22:26,394 I ain't giving you shit. 376 00:22:26,519 --> 00:22:30,609 - Very well, then, I will simply have you killed, 377 00:22:30,697 --> 00:22:33,347 then track down the files, 378 00:22:33,439 --> 00:22:35,699 while buzzards feast on your flesh 379 00:22:35,832 --> 00:22:37,532 upon Kennesaw Mountain. 380 00:22:37,660 --> 00:22:40,750 - Ooh. You're not gonna kill anyone. 381 00:22:40,881 --> 00:22:42,451 You don't have it in you. 382 00:22:56,244 --> 00:22:58,034 - Psycho bitch. 383 00:23:04,557 --> 00:23:05,857 - Two cubes, please. 384 00:23:11,085 --> 00:23:11,995 Thanks. 385 00:23:14,001 --> 00:23:15,221 Are you okay? 386 00:23:15,350 --> 00:23:17,790 - Better now that I'm here with you. 387 00:23:17,874 --> 00:23:19,754 - That sounds like Stephanie is still on the war path. 388 00:23:19,876 --> 00:23:21,436 - No, to hell with her. 389 00:23:21,574 --> 00:23:23,404 Trust me, she is in no position to judge us. 390 00:23:25,839 --> 00:23:27,059 - What happens now? 391 00:23:29,756 --> 00:23:32,716 - I haven't figured it out, but I can promise you this much: 392 00:23:32,846 --> 00:23:34,936 she won't be able to hurt you or Joaquin. 393 00:23:35,065 --> 00:23:37,675 I'll keep you safe. 394 00:23:37,807 --> 00:23:40,677 - Mami thinks me and Joaquin should move to New York City. 395 00:23:40,767 --> 00:23:42,417 She even offered to come with. 396 00:23:44,727 --> 00:23:45,987 - And what did you tell her? 397 00:23:48,992 --> 00:23:50,692 Bella. 398 00:23:50,777 --> 00:23:53,817 - Corazon has an office there. 399 00:23:53,954 --> 00:23:55,524 I could work on my next collection 400 00:23:55,608 --> 00:23:57,218 and expose Joaquin to all the culture-- 401 00:23:57,348 --> 00:23:58,608 - No. - It's a two-hour flight, 402 00:23:58,698 --> 00:23:59,698 you can visit. 403 00:23:59,829 --> 00:24:01,139 - I said no. Absolutely not. 404 00:24:01,222 --> 00:24:02,402 You're not taking my son out of Atlanta. 405 00:24:02,528 --> 00:24:04,268 - It's not your decision to make. 406 00:24:04,355 --> 00:24:05,965 And Stephanie is never gonna back down. 407 00:24:06,096 --> 00:24:07,966 - Stephanie is all talk. 408 00:24:08,098 --> 00:24:11,148 - She broke in my home to threaten me and my son. 409 00:24:11,232 --> 00:24:13,232 And how many times has she pulled a gun on you? 410 00:24:13,321 --> 00:24:15,111 - I can handle her. - Just admit it. 411 00:24:15,192 --> 00:24:19,152 You can't control your wife. No one can. 412 00:24:19,283 --> 00:24:22,943 Stephanie will never stop coming after me 413 00:24:23,070 --> 00:24:25,860 if Joaquin and I are still part of your life, Evan. 414 00:24:25,986 --> 00:24:27,726 The only way to protect our son... 415 00:24:29,903 --> 00:24:32,693 is for you and me to go our separate ways. 416 00:24:32,819 --> 00:24:36,169 And this time for good. 417 00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:39,390 - I'm not letting you and Joaquin go without a fight. 418 00:24:40,609 --> 00:24:41,829 - You have no choice. 419 00:24:45,614 --> 00:24:49,584 - Still ain't telling you shit. 420 00:24:49,705 --> 00:24:52,005 - Stephanie! Stop! - You followed me? 421 00:24:52,099 --> 00:24:53,929 - What the hell are you doing?! 422 00:24:56,233 --> 00:24:57,843 - Help me. - Untie him right now. 423 00:24:57,974 --> 00:24:59,724 I'm calling the authorities. 424 00:24:59,846 --> 00:25:01,106 Whatever the hell this is, I'm putting a stop-- 425 00:25:01,238 --> 00:25:03,408 - You were right! 426 00:25:03,545 --> 00:25:07,285 Damian hit Titus with his car. 427 00:25:07,418 --> 00:25:10,248 He confessed. Just before you arrived. 428 00:25:10,378 --> 00:25:12,548 - That's not--that's not true. 429 00:25:14,121 --> 00:25:17,951 That's not. That's... 430 00:25:18,081 --> 00:25:21,171 - Did you run my husband over and then leave him for dead? 431 00:25:21,302 --> 00:25:23,702 - Of course he did! 432 00:25:23,826 --> 00:25:25,126 He'd do anything to have you to himself. 433 00:25:25,262 --> 00:25:26,872 - Just shut up, Stephanie! 434 00:25:27,003 --> 00:25:28,703 - But you know it's true. 435 00:25:28,831 --> 00:25:30,441 I would never have been able to convince him 436 00:25:30,572 --> 00:25:34,322 to do my bidding if he wasn't obsessed with you! 437 00:25:39,146 --> 00:25:43,366 - Get off of her! Get off! Damian! 438 00:25:45,282 --> 00:25:46,762 - Damian, stop, let her go! 439 00:26:28,848 --> 00:26:30,108 - He's dead. 440 00:26:39,510 --> 00:26:41,990 - Amara. 441 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:45,520 We've gotta get out of here. 442 00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:49,737 - We can't just leave him here. 443 00:26:49,869 --> 00:26:53,789 - Think of what that animal did to Titus. 444 00:26:53,873 --> 00:26:55,483 - You caused this! All of it! 445 00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:56,754 - Alright, guilty as charged, 446 00:26:56,876 --> 00:26:59,046 you can spend the rest of our lives 447 00:26:59,182 --> 00:27:01,452 hating me for it, but we cannot stand here 448 00:27:01,576 --> 00:27:03,446 and argue over a dead body! 449 00:27:03,578 --> 00:27:05,838 We've gotta get the hell out of this cabin. 450 00:27:05,972 --> 00:27:08,542 - No, I gotta call the police. We gotta call the police. 451 00:27:08,670 --> 00:27:11,110 - And tell them what? That the man you had 452 00:27:11,238 --> 00:27:14,678 an affair with is... dead by your own hands? 453 00:27:14,807 --> 00:27:16,587 - I hit him to save your life! 454 00:27:16,722 --> 00:27:19,862 - Can you convince the police 455 00:27:19,986 --> 00:27:22,416 and the district attorney of that? 456 00:27:22,553 --> 00:27:24,123 How about a jury? 457 00:27:24,251 --> 00:27:26,911 - You're asking me to cover up a homicide. 458 00:27:27,036 --> 00:27:28,426 Stephanie, I can't do that! 459 00:27:28,559 --> 00:27:30,519 I'm not like you! I have a conscience! 460 00:27:30,605 --> 00:27:33,345 - And what good will your precious conscience do for you 461 00:27:33,477 --> 00:27:34,867 when you're in prison?! 462 00:27:35,001 --> 00:27:36,311 - I'm not the one who kidnapped him 463 00:27:36,437 --> 00:27:37,957 and brought him here to torture him! 464 00:27:38,091 --> 00:27:38,961 - Okay. 465 00:27:40,571 --> 00:27:42,841 Listen, Amara. 466 00:27:42,965 --> 00:27:44,395 We're in this together. 467 00:27:47,143 --> 00:27:50,673 And I will not let either one of us go down 468 00:27:50,799 --> 00:27:53,579 for the likes of Damian Collins. 469 00:27:53,672 --> 00:27:55,242 He isn't worth it! 470 00:27:55,369 --> 00:27:57,629 You know that better than anyone! 471 00:27:57,763 --> 00:28:02,123 Just... let my guys take care of this. 472 00:28:02,245 --> 00:28:03,855 They can make it seem like we weren't even here. 473 00:28:05,945 --> 00:28:07,635 - I don't know. I don't know, I don't know. 474 00:28:07,729 --> 00:28:12,389 - Amara. Trust me. I've got this. 475 00:28:12,473 --> 00:28:15,393 Go to your husband. 476 00:28:15,519 --> 00:28:18,389 Go to him. I'll take it from here. 477 00:28:18,479 --> 00:28:20,309 - Okay. 478 00:28:20,437 --> 00:28:22,877 Uh... okay. 479 00:28:44,026 --> 00:28:46,726 Rashid? I need you to get back to the cabin. 480 00:28:48,770 --> 00:28:50,380 We've got a situation. 481 00:28:55,864 --> 00:28:58,394 - Dad, Mom called me and she's worried. 482 00:28:58,519 --> 00:29:00,259 What are you doing here on a Saturday? 483 00:29:00,390 --> 00:29:03,090 - What's it look like? - Come on, let's go home. 484 00:29:03,176 --> 00:29:06,526 - You know, I told your grandfather... 485 00:29:06,657 --> 00:29:08,827 that it was a mistake going public. 486 00:29:08,964 --> 00:29:11,624 I said it would open the door for those Ivy League 487 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:15,930 yahoos to come in and take over our family business. 488 00:29:16,058 --> 00:29:17,318 Sure enough. 489 00:29:17,451 --> 00:29:19,981 - We'll get the company back, Dad. 490 00:29:20,106 --> 00:29:22,666 We are Purifoy Pharmaceuticals. 491 00:29:22,804 --> 00:29:25,294 - So have you heard anything about that turncoat 492 00:29:25,415 --> 00:29:26,765 Titus Hughes? 493 00:29:26,895 --> 00:29:29,025 - Yeah, he's still in the hospital. 494 00:29:29,158 --> 00:29:31,328 In critical condition. 495 00:29:31,465 --> 00:29:32,985 - And he's getting exactly what he deserves, then. 496 00:29:34,990 --> 00:29:36,690 He won't be blowing any whistles 497 00:29:36,818 --> 00:29:38,598 with a trach tube in his mouth. 498 00:29:38,733 --> 00:29:39,953 - You shouldn't talk like that. 499 00:29:40,082 --> 00:29:43,432 Look, this is a minor setback. 500 00:29:43,564 --> 00:29:45,834 It won't be long before you're back in charge. 501 00:29:45,958 --> 00:29:49,178 - This is all Stephen Carlisle's fault, you know. 502 00:29:49,309 --> 00:29:52,359 Bastard said he wouldn't stop until he ruined me. 503 00:29:56,620 --> 00:29:58,580 Mission accomplished. 504 00:29:58,709 --> 00:30:00,229 - I'm gonna call you a car service. 505 00:30:06,326 --> 00:30:10,196 Hi, yeah, can I get a car service for my father? 506 00:30:10,330 --> 00:30:13,070 And go directly to the house, no matter what he says. 507 00:30:13,202 --> 00:30:15,772 Okay. Thank you. Bye. 508 00:30:17,685 --> 00:30:19,375 I-- 509 00:30:23,125 --> 00:30:25,605 - As discussed, this will air tomorrow night, 510 00:30:25,736 --> 00:30:27,996 you ready? - Let's go. 511 00:30:28,130 --> 00:30:29,650 - This is Sharon Reed bringing you another 512 00:30:29,740 --> 00:30:31,870 in-depth conversation with one of Atlanta's 513 00:30:32,004 --> 00:30:34,444 leading movers and shakers. 514 00:30:34,528 --> 00:30:37,268 It's an exclusive interview you don't wanna miss. 515 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:41,670 Tonight, I'm chatting with rising fashion designer 516 00:30:41,796 --> 00:30:45,366 Isobel Trujillo, the Atlanta-born style maven 517 00:30:45,495 --> 00:30:49,365 recently signed an exclusive contract with Fortune 500 518 00:30:49,499 --> 00:30:52,679 luxury goods conglomerate Corazon Textiles. 519 00:30:52,807 --> 00:30:54,457 Thanks so much for sitting down with us, Bella. 520 00:30:54,548 --> 00:30:56,508 - Thank you, Sharon. 521 00:30:56,637 --> 00:30:59,067 - Bella Tru. 522 00:30:59,161 --> 00:31:03,381 The story is ripped right from a Horatio Alger novel. 523 00:31:03,513 --> 00:31:05,953 Young woman, grows up poor in one of Atlanta's 524 00:31:06,081 --> 00:31:07,951 most disadvantaged neighborhoods, 525 00:31:08,083 --> 00:31:12,313 then uses social media to create her own fashion business. 526 00:31:12,435 --> 00:31:13,865 So many of our local entrepreneurs, 527 00:31:14,002 --> 00:31:16,352 they find success, then they leave Atlanta. 528 00:31:16,483 --> 00:31:17,883 What about you? 529 00:31:18,006 --> 00:31:19,486 - It's funny you should mention that, Sharon. 530 00:31:19,616 --> 00:31:23,266 I recently considered moving Bella Tru to New York City. 531 00:31:23,403 --> 00:31:26,013 In the end, I decided to stay put. 532 00:31:26,145 --> 00:31:30,185 - What made you stay? - My son. 533 00:31:30,323 --> 00:31:32,413 I never want him to run away from anything. 534 00:31:32,542 --> 00:31:33,852 Come here, mijo. 535 00:31:35,676 --> 00:31:38,636 Come on. Hey. 536 00:31:38,766 --> 00:31:40,936 - What's your name, little guy? 537 00:31:41,073 --> 00:31:46,863 - His name is Joaquin Trujillo. 538 00:31:46,992 --> 00:31:50,952 And... his father is Mayor Evan Lancaster. 539 00:32:06,446 --> 00:32:10,016 - Ow. Ow. 540 00:32:10,145 --> 00:32:11,795 - Baby. Shh, shh, shh. 541 00:32:11,886 --> 00:32:14,576 Easy, easy. 542 00:32:14,715 --> 00:32:16,935 Honey, you just had surgery, be careful. 543 00:32:18,414 --> 00:32:21,294 How you feeling? 544 00:32:21,417 --> 00:32:25,157 - Never been better. 545 00:32:25,291 --> 00:32:27,681 - I want you to just close your eyes and rest, okay? 546 00:32:27,815 --> 00:32:31,905 - But you need to know. 547 00:32:32,037 --> 00:32:36,997 Nothing. No one will ever come between us. 548 00:32:38,521 --> 00:32:40,001 - I know. 549 00:32:44,223 --> 00:32:45,273 Baby. 550 00:32:47,095 --> 00:32:50,525 The police are investigating the hit and run. 551 00:32:50,664 --> 00:32:53,104 And we both know who did this. 552 00:32:53,188 --> 00:32:54,488 - They-- 553 00:32:57,105 --> 00:32:59,495 They-- - Damian. 554 00:32:59,629 --> 00:33:01,589 And I promise you, baby, 555 00:33:01,718 --> 00:33:03,418 he is never gonna hurt you again. 556 00:33:03,546 --> 00:33:08,726 - No. It wasn't-- it wasn't him. 557 00:33:08,856 --> 00:33:10,416 - What? 558 00:33:10,510 --> 00:33:12,950 - It wasn't-- 559 00:33:13,078 --> 00:33:14,168 - Titus. 560 00:33:14,296 --> 00:33:15,556 - Titus? 561 00:33:15,689 --> 00:33:18,779 - No! No! Help me! Help me! 562 00:33:18,909 --> 00:33:21,649 - Code blue. Room 212. 563 00:33:21,738 --> 00:33:24,048 - Can you hear me? 564 00:33:43,934 --> 00:33:46,764 - Still no pulse. Stay with me, Mr. Hughes. 565 00:33:51,942 --> 00:33:54,642 - Starting CPR. 566 00:33:58,732 --> 00:34:03,612 - No! Titus! 567 00:34:10,918 --> 00:34:15,488 - No! No! 568 00:34:15,618 --> 00:34:17,318 No! 569 00:34:19,274 --> 00:34:20,454 - We're losing him! 570 00:34:24,105 --> 00:34:25,275 Titus! 571 00:34:31,025 --> 00:34:32,325 - We'll see you around. Okay. 572 00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:39,245 - How did you pull off getting your old man to step down? 573 00:34:39,381 --> 00:34:42,521 - I am a woman of many talents, Greg. 574 00:34:42,645 --> 00:34:43,775 - Don't I know it. 575 00:34:43,907 --> 00:34:45,517 Let's not be crass. 576 00:34:45,648 --> 00:34:47,388 - You inspire me, Steph. - Oh. 577 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:48,870 - Maybe it's time I kick Novak to the curve, 578 00:34:48,999 --> 00:34:49,959 then we can run the world together. 579 00:34:52,307 --> 00:34:54,177 The only thing you and I will be doing together... 580 00:34:57,007 --> 00:34:59,307 is making a lot of money. 581 00:34:59,445 --> 00:35:00,575 Excuse me. 582 00:35:04,406 --> 00:35:05,316 Ah. - Hey! 583 00:35:05,407 --> 00:35:08,577 - Nice to see you. Oh. 584 00:35:08,715 --> 00:35:10,845 I didn't expect to see you here tonight. 585 00:35:10,978 --> 00:35:13,288 - Since when have I ever missed a Carlisle family function? 586 00:35:13,415 --> 00:35:16,505 - Oh, well, considering you won't be a member 587 00:35:16,636 --> 00:35:19,936 of the Carlisle family for much longer... 588 00:35:20,030 --> 00:35:23,380 I doubt anyone would've missed you. 589 00:35:23,512 --> 00:35:25,602 - I know you're sleeping with Peters. 590 00:35:25,732 --> 00:35:28,082 You had the audacity to go on a gun-wielding tirade 591 00:35:28,213 --> 00:35:30,783 about Bella when you're doing the man who killed my father? 592 00:35:30,911 --> 00:35:35,921 - For the last time, Greg didn't kill Senior. 593 00:35:36,046 --> 00:35:39,526 As for our... friendship. - Mm-hmm. 594 00:35:39,659 --> 00:35:42,139 - Maybe if you'd been taking care of business at home 595 00:35:42,270 --> 00:35:46,230 instead of soiling your Mexican tramp... 596 00:35:46,361 --> 00:35:47,671 ...we wouldn't be here. 597 00:36:35,236 --> 00:36:37,886 - This is Stephanie, leave a message. 598 00:36:38,021 --> 00:36:40,981 - Hey, boss lady, it's me. There's no body here. 599 00:36:56,866 --> 00:36:58,516 - Now that we're co-owners of Thelma's Place, 600 00:36:58,651 --> 00:37:00,001 we'll sure be seeing each other more 601 00:37:00,130 --> 00:37:02,440 at these family shindigs, buddy. 602 00:37:02,568 --> 00:37:03,528 - You know that warehouse you keep 603 00:37:03,612 --> 00:37:05,572 down by the airport, Peters? 604 00:37:05,701 --> 00:37:07,091 The one where you hide your family's dirty money 605 00:37:07,181 --> 00:37:08,621 before you can clean it? 606 00:37:08,748 --> 00:37:13,058 It's being raided... as we speak. 607 00:37:13,187 --> 00:37:15,447 And this is just the beginning, buddy. 608 00:37:26,548 --> 00:37:28,858 - It's time, Daddy. 609 00:37:28,985 --> 00:37:31,245 - Indeed it is. 610 00:37:40,432 --> 00:37:44,742 - Thank you. Welcome everyone. 611 00:37:44,871 --> 00:37:48,701 This is the beginning of a new day for Carlisle Perkins. 612 00:37:48,831 --> 00:37:52,881 I've had quite an amazing run as managing partner. 613 00:37:53,009 --> 00:37:56,099 I have won quite a few sizable judgments 614 00:37:56,230 --> 00:37:57,880 for my clients... 615 00:37:58,014 --> 00:38:01,194 - ...and settled some massive cases. 616 00:38:01,322 --> 00:38:05,762 Though none quite so lucrative as the 2.5 billion dollars 617 00:38:05,892 --> 00:38:08,372 that my daughter Stephanie just recently scored 618 00:38:08,503 --> 00:38:11,253 against Purifoy Pharmaceuticals. 619 00:38:11,376 --> 00:38:14,506 - Thank you, thank you. 620 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:18,860 - Stephanie's big win caused me to take a long, hard look 621 00:38:18,992 --> 00:38:22,042 at what I want for the future of Carlisle Perkins. 622 00:38:22,169 --> 00:38:24,739 I decided to step down. 623 00:38:24,867 --> 00:38:28,827 Making room for new blood and fresh energy. 624 00:38:28,958 --> 00:38:33,958 But then... I was recently afforded the opportunity 625 00:38:34,094 --> 00:38:36,794 to partner with one of the boldest iconoclasts 626 00:38:36,923 --> 00:38:39,753 of our time. 627 00:38:39,882 --> 00:38:43,362 Marvin, Marilyn, please, come join us. 628 00:38:46,541 --> 00:38:48,461 Please join me in welcoming 629 00:38:48,543 --> 00:38:50,983 Carlisle Perkins' newest clients, 630 00:38:51,067 --> 00:38:54,897 Silicon Valley's own Marvin Barnes, 631 00:38:55,028 --> 00:38:57,638 founder of BetaNu Electric, 632 00:38:57,770 --> 00:39:00,990 and his wife, philanthropist Marilyn Barnes. 633 00:39:05,473 --> 00:39:06,693 - Thank you, thank you, Stephen, 634 00:39:06,822 --> 00:39:08,962 I can't think of anyone else I would rather represent 635 00:39:09,042 --> 00:39:11,702 my interests as I continue to grow and develop my enterprises. 636 00:39:11,827 --> 00:39:15,087 - Hey, I plan to do you proud, my friend. 637 00:39:15,222 --> 00:39:17,492 Naturally, when Carlisle Perkins and the senior partners learned 638 00:39:17,572 --> 00:39:20,272 that I was bringing on the Barnes and BetaNu, 639 00:39:20,401 --> 00:39:23,541 they insisted that I stay on as managing partner 640 00:39:23,622 --> 00:39:26,582 to oversee the accounts personally. 641 00:39:28,496 --> 00:39:29,756 - I have one more announcement to make before 642 00:39:29,889 --> 00:39:32,279 we get back to celebrating. 643 00:39:32,413 --> 00:39:36,463 It is with bittersweet pride that the senior partners 644 00:39:36,548 --> 00:39:39,728 and I confirm that my daughter Stephanie will be stepping down 645 00:39:39,855 --> 00:39:42,765 from Carlisle Perkins to focus on her duties 646 00:39:42,902 --> 00:39:45,772 as Atlanta's First Lady. 647 00:39:45,905 --> 00:39:48,945 She will also be joining her mother and helping her 648 00:39:49,082 --> 00:39:50,482 with the day-to-day operations 649 00:39:50,605 --> 00:39:52,995 of the Samuel Perkins Foundation. 650 00:39:53,129 --> 00:39:56,699 I'm quite sure that they will both make a formidable team. 651 00:39:56,829 --> 00:39:58,789 - Alright, people. 652 00:39:58,918 --> 00:40:00,398 Let's get back to the celebration. 653 00:40:00,485 --> 00:40:02,135 Time to party! 654 00:40:07,709 --> 00:40:08,839 - How did you pull this off? 655 00:40:10,625 --> 00:40:13,055 - Well, I learned that Marvin was having trouble 656 00:40:13,193 --> 00:40:18,203 with that pesky activist investor, Grant Creighton, 657 00:40:18,328 --> 00:40:21,028 not to mention a grasping politician's wife 658 00:40:21,157 --> 00:40:23,597 with a penchant for blackmail. 659 00:40:23,682 --> 00:40:25,162 - You won't get away with this, Daddy. 660 00:40:25,292 --> 00:40:26,602 - Well, you can thank Evan. 661 00:40:30,210 --> 00:40:34,650 Oh, and... if you even think about using 662 00:40:34,736 --> 00:40:37,126 any of that information that you have on Marilyn 663 00:40:37,260 --> 00:40:40,130 or myself, for that matter, 664 00:40:40,263 --> 00:40:43,143 I won't be the only Carlisle going to federal prison. 665 00:40:43,266 --> 00:40:47,356 We will be one big happy family on the inside, my pet. 666 00:40:54,539 --> 00:40:58,059 - I told you I was gonna pay you back, soror. 667 00:40:58,194 --> 00:41:00,244 Consider tonight the first installment. 668 00:41:00,370 --> 00:41:04,680 - Gloat now, Marilyn. 669 00:41:04,766 --> 00:41:07,466 But you will rue the day you teamed up with my father 670 00:41:07,595 --> 00:41:10,375 against me. 671 00:41:10,511 --> 00:41:11,991 - Stephen Carlisle! 672 00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:17,612 - How the hell did you get onto my property, Purifoy? 673 00:41:17,692 --> 00:41:20,172 Somebody get this man out of here. 674 00:41:20,303 --> 00:41:23,053 - You've ruined my life. 675 00:41:24,786 --> 00:41:27,876 Everything I had is gone. 676 00:41:30,139 --> 00:41:33,009 Everything my daddy built. 677 00:41:33,142 --> 00:41:37,102 All of it. Just... lost. 678 00:41:39,148 --> 00:41:40,368 Because of you.