[metal clanging]
[whooshing]
[soft tone]
[door slams]
- [sighs]
[bottles clinking]
[footsteps]
[door slams, footsteps continue]
[tapping]
[loud taps]
[sinister music]
Hello.
[clanking]
[laughs] Shit.
[door opens]
Whoa.
[suspenseful music]
Holy shi--[gasps]
Jesus.
[upbeat music]
- Jordan, you want a cup?
- Oh, no, thanks.
- Hmm.
I'll take it.
I'm between a cup of "leave me the fuck alone"
and good morning.
- All right.
[doorbell rings] - Let me get this.
- Oh.
- Okay.
Hey, Caden.
- Hey, Jordan.
- Thank you.
- Caden, what's-- what's going on?
- Well, a new Council is being established.
- A new Council?
Is that something you're setting up?
- Not exactly.
The old Council had a protocol.
In the event of their demise,
a new group of witches would take over.
And I have been asked to join them.
- Okay.
So is this a good thing?
- Any Council that comes from the old Council
isn't a good thing.
- Yeah, I agree with Darletra.
No shades.
- Well, Claudette and Caden have been
talking about restoring order.
I mean, wouldn't this be it?
- But those two aren't the ones restoring order.
This is the same thing we had before.
A power-hungry panel dishing out orders and punishment.
- Well, we need something in place.
I mean, maybe with Caden, things
would be different, right?
- I don't know, y'all.
Darletra has a point.
The Council's power has gone unchecked for so long.
Look at Julius old ass.
And Leya?
She was on the Council, and she was down with The Handler.
Who gonna check them, boo?
- Okay, so how exactly will this work, Caden?
I mean, is there some type of plan to keep
this from happening again?
- There are some good people joining me,
and together, I think we can make some good changes.
- And what about the others?
They can't all be good.
- No.
I have my concern.
In particular, one of the new elder's name is Anthony Dufort.
He looks good on paper.
An oil tycoon, philanthropist with a heart of gold,
and truth is--
- He's witch mafia.
- Wait, what?
What's a witch mafia?
- He takes what he wants.
Usually land.
If you have it, he wants it, yeah, he'll get it.
- He'll literally burn your house down--
with your whole family in it if he has to.
- Oh, God.
- Wait.
You said Anthony?
- Mm-hmm.
- [clears throat] Um--
isn't that who you've been talking to down at the club?
- [chokes] I mean, yeah.
And--I mean, it's not that serious.
I'm just trying to get my-- - Sherise!
- [sighs]
- Come on, Sherise.
He's dangerous.
I should know.
- This doesn't have anything to do with The Handler, right?
- No.
He wouldn't fuck with The Handler.
You know why?
Because he looked at him as competition.
That's how dangerous he is, Sherise.
So if that's how he looked at The Handler,
what do you think he really wants with the new boss
of Obsidian Dreams?
- Look, Sherise, you really need
to be careful with this guy.
- Okay, not too much on Sherise.
I can take care of myself.
- Enough.
I know how the Council was.
I was a guardian.
I saw the danger up close.
But I know how to make people feel safe.
And in truth, I will do my best--
my best--to steer this new Council in the right direction.
[pensive music]
Just look out for each other.
I'll contact you once I know more.
Okay?
- Guys, I got orders to take care of.
- [clears throat] I'm--I'm gonna help her.
- [sighs] So are you gonna tell me about
last night with Darletra?
- Shh.
Come on. Let me tell you.
So what happened--I'll tell you what happened.
[both giggling]
- Wow.
Looks like we got another order from Michelle Michaels
from Savannah, Georgia.
- Isn't that like her third one this month?
Let me guess.
She wants another one of Angela's breakup healing kits.
And she needs more sage too.
[both chuckling]
- Maybe this will help her with all the bad relationship juju
she obviously has.
- [laughs] Right.
And she's one of my best customers.
- Um...
Jordan? - Yeah, what's up?
- Can I ask you a question?
- Sure.
- I noticed you haven't been using your magic lately.
When's the last time you sent something?
[pensive music]
- Um...
[sighs] It's, um, been a while.
But it's been kind of weird doing magic after Javi.
I loved him, and he used me.
He manipulated my power.
[scoffs]
He warned me, but my dumb ass didn't even listen.
- Look, I get it.
I know what it's like to feel used.
When I was enslaved by The Handler,
there was this boy, a seer that The Handler
wanted really badly.
Never got to figure out why, but
The Handler was always looking over his shoulder,
so it made sense.
The Handler tried to make the deal,
but of course, the father wasn't gonna sell,
and so The Handler took me to their town,
and me, like, pulled right up to their house.
- Wait, he made you kidnap the boy?
- No.
The Handler was gonna get that boy with or without me.
My orders were to protect The Handler at all costs.
And because of the collar, I was bent to his will.
And so, when the father of the boy tried to attack The Handler
and save his son--
I killed him.
That was the first time I had killed anyone.
And I was nine years old.
- Oh, that's horrible.
How did you, um--
how did you keep going after that?
- [sighs] Ah.
I mean, it was hard.
It's still hard.
People like my brother, people like Quinn,
they help to keep me sane.
Remind me that I'm not the bad guy.
Jordan, when that leash came off and I had to--
I had to face everything that I had done...
It was Angela who reminded me that all of this
wasn't my fault, and that I was a victim too.
- I, um--
I feel like I lost a part of myself when I was with Javi.
I just--I just can't trust myself.
I get that.
- I totally understand.
That's one of the hardest things to do.
I didn't know who I was when that leash came off.
And for a while, I just wanted to disappear.
But I had to reclaim my magic, Jordan.
It's a part of my power.
Just like your magic is a part of your power.
And you cannot let Javi take that from you.
Do you hear me?
You don't let Javi take that from you.
You fight back.
You buckle down.
- Thanks, Darletra.
Look, I appreciate you for being here
with me through all of this.
And you know that my situation doesn't compare
to what you've been through.
- You ain't got to compare our situations
to validate how you feel.
I'm here for you.
You're my sister, my friend.
- [sighs]
[sniffles]
- I'll be right back.
- Thanks.
[sighs]
[swish]
[exhales] Great.
Now I'm sensing my own fear.
[sighs]
- Was it good?
Or was it bad because she ain't know what she was doing?
Ooh, was she a warrior in the streets
and a freak in the shade?
- [laughs] Stop.
Okay, it was good.
Reese, you know I really, really care about her,
But she's just always so guarded.
And, I mean, I get it, but it was nice
to be able to connect with her on a deeper level,
you know?
- I love this for you, Ange.
- [chuckles]
- I haven't seen you like this in such a long time.
You're glowing. - Aw.
Thank you.
And you?
You got this new thing with Darius,
and, apparently, Anthony.
So what's up with the love triangle?
- Okay, look.
Now, I don't know about a love triangle,
but, you know, Anthony is just for fun.
But Darius, he could probably be something.
- Oh, really?
That's new for you.
- I know.
I haven't felt this way about somebody since Taj.
And we're taking it slow.
I mean, we've only been off The Handler's leash a month ago.
So he's staying with a few friends.
He's trying to get his things together, but so far, so good.
- Mm.
- And the sex is sensational.
[laughs]
- Yes.
So how does he feel about you running Odina?
- I mean, he's not too thrilled about it,
but he knows I'm trying to help the people, so--
- Mm.
Reese, please be careful, okay?
You deserve to be happy.
And I don't wanna see Anthony messing that up.
- Anthony can't mess that up.
[sighs] I miss this.
We haven't done this in a long time.
- I know. I know exactly what you mean.
And I miss this too.
- Oh, friend!
[both laughing]
- I love you.
- I love you too.
- Just in--several bodies have been found with unusual
black veins on their skin.
The cause of death is yet to be determined.
If you or your loved ones are seeing any skin discoloration
or feeling ill, please visit your local hospital--
- Aah! This is so boring.
- To continue to keep you up to date.
- [breathes nervously] Um, why--
why are you keeping me here?
- I keep you around to help me navigate this world.
[sinister music]
I won't get far in this body without a mommy to help me.
- [sobs] And--
Where are we going?
- I'm looking for something.
Something south of here.
I can feel it.
Just like I can feel the fear.
- Wha--what?
What?
What's hap--
- [growling]
- [screams] What's happening?
[panting]
- [snarling]
[in deep voice] Fear fevers.
- Wha--
- I could use more people like you.
People with power.
- What do you mean?
I don't have any power.
I don't know anything about magic!
- [in deep voice] But you have it.
And your fear is so delicious.
- [sobbing]
- [sweet voice] Let's keep going, Mommy.
- That's a little early, don't you think?
- It's 5 o'clock somewhere.
- What's with this sudden taste for red wine?
You used to hate it.
- So, what's going on?
- There was a problem during the other ascension last night.
- What, pray tell, is the problem?
- Part of the ritual of ascension
requires the Elders to connect to an ancient power source.
- What kind of power source?
- We're not sure.
But the key element to doing so, an ancient relic,
is missing.
- Now, I was on the Council, and I don't remember connecting
to some power source.
- Only the Elders were aware of it.
We connect to it first, and then the rest of the Council
taps in through us when they ascend.
It was a way of keeping it protected and secret.
And Anthony is determined to find it.
- Mm.
Anthony.
Is he trying to be like Julius and take over the Council?
- No.
He wants to be on the Council because he
wants all the power and position that comes with it.
And he believes that this power source will secure that.
- [thinking] We need to find it before they do.
- I'll keep an eye on Anthony.
You try and find whatever this thing is before he does.
- Hey, let me know if I can help.
[sinister music]
- [exhales]
Orisha Oya, I ask for your protection
for myself and my friends for whatever
comes with this new Council.
- Do not go.
We have work to do.
- We just ignore her prayer?
- Ignore?
I am a goddess.
I do not have to appear to every petitioner
to answer their prayers.
We are raising warriors, not children.
- She's not any petitioner.
This is Angela.
I'm going.
[door creaks open]
Hello, Angela.
You're heading out?
- Uh, yeah.
Just going for a quick walk.
- Mm.
Mind if I join you?
- Sure.
[door creaks close]
- So how have you been since Julius?
- I'm Okay.
Good.
Just trying to get back to some sense of normalcy.
- Ah.
I see you've been struggling.
Sometimes I suspect you remember it all.
- Um, no, I don't--
- Angela, you don't have to hide.
You did nothing wrong.
That's why you don't like Sherise practicing on you,
isn't it?
- [sighs]
I remember everything.
[breathes shakily]
I took my dream state elixir to try
to help me heal from the trauma,
but, I mean, it's not like I can forget any of that.
[sobs] I can still feel that knife in my chest.
[sobs]
- Angela, I'm sorry.
I am--I am so sorry.
I--I never meant for you to get hurt.
Ever.
[soft dramatic music]
It's gonna take some time to heal,
but you can't do it alone.
You can't.
- [sobbing]
- Talk to your friends.
Talk to them.
Don't hide this from them.
- [sobbing]
[knocking on door]
[door opens]
- Damn.
- [laughs]
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
We got the place to ourselves tonight.
Let's try something different.
- Like what?
- Come on.
[beeps]
[sultry music playing]
- Hmm.
Is the bard gonna serenade me?
- ♪ If you
- If you're lucky.
- ♪ Wanna touch yourself
♪ As long as you keep your mind on me ♪
♪ Me and nobody else
♪ I love when you
♪ Wanna touch yourself
♪ Do it until you fall asleep
♪ Call me if you need help
[spraying]
- [inhales] Allow it to happen.
- Damn, nigga. You sleep here?
- Came in early.
- Huh. And what's all this?
- You place these charms around and create
a circular protection.
That way, anyone who comes in is
bound to abide by club rules.
Keeps the patrons safe.
- All right.
I like that.
Good job, Javi.
- Oh, uh, there's something else I wanna show you.
- Ah.
That's been here down here the whole time?
- That's like The Handler's collection,
what he stole or bought.
- Hah.
You know what any of this is?
- I mean, some.
Not all of it, though.
I mean, he has stuff for protection,
prosperity, healing.
There's real dark-ass shit too.
- Javi, we can help a lot of people with this.
- I was thinking the same thing.
[phone ringing]
- Hello, handsome.
- Hey, gorgeous.
I was wondering if you would join me tomorrow for dinner.
We can do a nice restaurant, or I could
cook for you at my manor.
Your choice.
- Mm.
I love a man who knows how to cook.
Ah, let me think about it, and I'll get back to you, okay?
- Fair enough.
While you think on that,
I could use your help with something else.
- Mm. What's that?
- A few years back, The Handler stole something from my family,
and I'd like it back.
The heirloom that he stole from my family, it was important.
And now that he's gone, I think it's only
proper that it gets returned.
- Mm-hmm.
All right, send me all the details.
- Will do.
See you soon.
- Mm.
Goodbye.
[suspenseful music]
[man whimpering]
[sizzles]
- Pete.
I'm gonna call you Pete because I feel we've gotten
to know each other so well.
I want you to take your brother here.
[sinister music]
- [muffled screaming]
- Back to your father, to serve as a reminder of what
will happen to anyone who denies me.
Never mind.
- [crying]
- I think it'll send a bigger message if I do this.
- [screaming]
- After he burns out, send them both back to their father.
[crying continues]
- Hey, girl!
- Mona.
- [laughing]
- I'm so happy that you're here.
- How have you been?
- Good. - Mm.
- It been hard some days, and I finally get why you left.
Sometimes I feel like I just want to hide
from everything that happened.
- Yeah.
Because, you know, after everything, like the Wraith,
the Resurrection, me and Angela,
Tabitha, I just--
I wanted to die.
And I just--I felt like if I had stayed, then I don't know,
I would have--
I would have killed myself or something, so--
- Jesus.
[soft music]
How did you even get through it?
- Okay.
All right.
Believe it or not, it was magic.
- What? - Yes.
Okay, so look, I researched how electroshock therapy
works for people with PTSD.
I tried it on myself, and I guess,
it kinda helped me connect to magic in a new way.
- Well, I'm glad that you're here.
- Oh, you think you can give me a potion
to make her edges fall out? - Absolutely.
- Yeah, because-- - Yeah, you play that.
- The first thing I'll do. - Yeah, that's what I did.
- Hey, shorty. Good morning.
- Hey, how are you doing? - Good.
- Hey!
Mommy!
- So good to see you.
- Hey. [laughs]
- Hey.
- Hey, Ange, you look amazing.
- Thank you.
- So I'm just standing here looking
like a big old Barney, huh?
- Bitch, you look good too.
Don't play. [laughs] This is nice.
- I'ma just go back in the office
and finish packaging orders.
That's what I'ma do.
[chattering continues]
- So would--give me the tour girl, okay?
- Yes.
- Yo, I'm upgraded from that upper room.
Okay.
- Okay, guys, what about me?
- From the upper room.
[laughter]
- Do you all remember the first time
Tabitha tried to get us to work together?
[laughs] - Oh, my gosh.
- Sherise had us bouncing like rabbits.
- We didn't even know what was happening until Tabitha
burst out laughing.
- Well, I was running around trying to get you all to stop.
What you wanted me to do?
- Listen, I'll go home--
- Oh, Darletra, come join us.
- Hey, babe, you want a drink?
- Are y'all sure?
I don't wanna intrude.
- It's too late for that.
- Oh?
- Uh, Mona--
[tense music]
Chill.
- Seriously, Ange?
We're reminiscing about Tabitha.
She shouldn't be here.
- Okay, Mohawk, do you have a problem?
- Yeah, horse hair.
I think it's kind of shitty how you're using Angela.
- How am I using Angela?
And what I think is fucked up is that you in my business.
- Are you jealous?
- Okay, you guys, please, let's just not do this today.
Please. - No, Jordan.
She being mad disrespectful, and I haven't
done anything to her yet.
- All right, all right. - Both of y'all stop it now.
[indistinct arguing]
- Okay?
- You know, I think it's time you
tame your little girlfriend.
- Mona!
- Maybe she should still be on a leash.
[ominous music]
[swish]
- Puta!
Did you fucking slap me?
- I did.
[crackling]
- I said stop!
[rumbling]
- Ange, was that you?
- Mona, get out.
- Me?
She fucking slapped me!
- And you fucking started it.
Get out my house!
- Don't worry.
- Out!
You good, shorty?
- I'm good.
- Oh, man.
- Mona, what the hell was that?
- No, Ange, what the hell with you?
You're sleeping with the enemy!
- Stop.
- Um, but I do wanna say I'm sorry.
Like, I ain't mean to ruin your day.
- Don't worry about it, shorty.
I was gonna smack that bitch too.
- [chuckles]
- Sherise.
- Nah, fuck that bitch.
[indistinct chatter]
- Darletra has been there for me.
Unlike you.
You left, remember?
So why are you up in here acting like that?
- I care about you, Ange.
You really think she's the right person for you?
[apprehensive music]
- Yeah, I do.
And she makes me happy.
Mona, you don't get to come in here
and tell me how to live my life.
Because I don't tell you how to live yours.
And Mona, don't step foot back here
until you can learn how to respect me and my decisions.
Peace.
- So this is how it is.
I leave, and y'all replaced me with this chick.
- No one replaced you, Mona.
Well, look, she is my friend.
She's been there for me.
Where were you?
Look, I get that you had to leave,
but you don't get to judge any of us for moving on.
You don't know what we went through.
- Are you kidding me?
She helped kill Tabitha.
- Girl, you know good and goddamn well
this don't got nothing to do with Tabitha or Darletra.
Now, I love you, shorty, but this
got everything to do with you.
What happened?
You're afraid you don't fit in no more?
You moved on and thought we wasn't gonna do the same?
Now, in case you forgot, you left town,
and you left me with The motherfucking Handler.
And I had a leash around my neck
while you was out there rebuilding your new life.
Darletra helped me get out.
And you got the audacity to roll up in here
and talk about putting bitches back on leashes?
- Err, all right, may--maybe I shouldn't have said that--
- You shouldn't have.
Now get your shit together, or you going to lose us forever.
I'm out of here.
I don't like this drama shit.
Uh-uh.
- [sighs] You.
- [sighs] Mona!
- What the hell was all of that?
- So you're mad at me for defending myself?
Mona started it.
- No, this is not about Mona.
This is the second time I've seen you
take a situation way too far.
And I don't like what I'm seeing.
You can't just go around handling every conflict
that you have with violence.
- I'm sorry for reacting.
This is still really new to me.
I've never, ever had somebody that I felt so protective over.
I just don't wanna lose you.
- [scoffs]
You're not going to lose me.
But you got to get a handle on your anger.
- I will.
I promise.
- Are you enjoying yourself?
- [chuckles] I most certainly am.
I love the way you spoil me.
- The pleasure is all mine.
- [chuckles] Mm.
Before, you mentioned something about an heirloom.
Can you tell me more?
- Of course.
When my family came here from Martinique generations ago,
it was the only magical item of importance
they brought with them.
My grandfather, he died at the hands of The Handler,
who stole it.
So getting it back will help bring my mother peace.
[sinister music]
- Did your family settle in Georgia?
- Texas.
I grew up there.
I got into the oil drilling business
and moved to Georgia in 2018.
- Mm.
- You know, it would mean the world to me
if you helped me find it.
It's a cube with symbols on it.
It brings you luck.
- Mm.
Ah! I'll see what I can find.
- [chuckles]
- Wow.
So that's what we're doing, huh?
[door opens]
[paper rustling]
[sinister music]
- [scoffs]
This son of a bitch.
[line ringing]
Yeah, Caden?
Yeah, I tried my magic on Anthony,
but that shit ain't work.
- Sherise, you need to be careful.
If he knows that you're using your magic on him,
he will kill you!
- Caden, don't worry.
He ain't noticed.
But he did say something about a cube.
Said it was some type of family heirloom?
Mm, I don't believe him, though.
He lying already.
- Mm.
Thanks for letting me know.
Meanwhile, be smart.
Don't put yourself in any unnecessary danger, okay?
- [sighs]
[upbeat music]
[sinister music]
- Hi, Ms. Davis.
You don't know me, but I need your help.
I am being held against my will by a child or something,
spreading some illness.
Please help me.
That woman sound like a whack job.
- [muffled speech] - [gasps]
- Help me! - [panting]
[tense music]
- Mommy, where are you?
- Oh.
I, uh, I was, uh, just over here waiting for you.
I'm crazy.
- What were you doing?
- Just, uh, getting snacks.
- Okay.
Let's go.
- [sighs] Mm.
- No need for hostility.
She's not here to fight.
Are you, Claudette?
- [snorts] Hmm.
- I see you've made yourself comfortable.
I guess some things never change.
Same old Claudette.
- Oh.
Hello, Anthony.
I see you're still walking around with Dumb and Dumber.
- How may I help you, Claudette?
- I came to make a request of our new Elder.
- As an Elder, I'm here to serve.
- Hmm.
Good.
I want you to assure that Caden's invitation to join
the Council is revoked.
- I don't favor your sister,
but why do you think I'll do anything for you?
- I'm gonna take care of a problem for you, Dominique.
I know you two have different views on how to run things.
I'll take him out.
Your pretty little hand stays clean.
- I can agree to those terms.
- Oh!
Oh, great.
And since I'm going to be killing for you,
I do have another request.
[crickets chirping]
[suspenseful music]
- Damn it, Claudette.
What are you up to?
- You all good, boss?
- Yes.
- What about the item you want from Obsidian Dream?
- Sherise will get it for me.
While I'll burn that little witch's world to the ground.
And if that two-faced bitch Claudette crosses me,
I'll do the same to her.
[laughs]
[sinister music]
[suspenseful music]
♪