Power Book II Ghost Season 4 Episode 8 - Higher Calling
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00:30Previously on Ghost.
00:31Dirty cop beat up Diana.
00:32She lost our baby.
00:33Well, I'm supposed to just snort a few lines and get the fuck over it like you always do,
00:34right?
00:35Do you think L's so mad?
00:36What are you doing?
00:37Yeah, I'll two niggas fire.
00:38Wow, is this a help?
00:39It was a group decision.
00:40War bureaucrats don't exactly advertise.
00:41It's going to take me some time to find a new one.
00:42Time I don't have.
00:43You need citizenship to make you legit, so marry me.
00:44I don't want to.
00:45I don't want to.
00:46I don't want to.
00:47I don't want to.
00:48I don't want to.
00:49I don't want to.
00:50I don't want to.
00:51I don't want to.
00:52I don't want to.
00:53want to.
00:54I don't want to.
00:55I don't want to.
00:56I don't want to.
00:57I'm gonna have to think about it.
00:58I don't want to.
00:59I don't want to.
01:00I don't want to.
01:01I don't want to.
01:02I don't want to.
01:03I don't want to.
01:04I don't want to.
01:05I don't want to.
01:06How we killing this bitch?
01:07Killing a cop ain't the way out.
01:09Let me handle my people my way.
01:10No, I know what you're dealing with, but she can't kill a cop.
01:13You're right, that bitch is mine.
01:15Let's just calm down and talk about it.
01:20Ah!
01:21Oh!
01:22Do you like bedtime stories?
01:23Yeah.
01:24This is so fucked up.
01:25You've got to get the fuck out of here, now.
01:29Hands up.
01:30You give me the leverage I need to go against Noma,
01:33and maybe I change this murder to a fucking accident.
01:37Welcome to the fucking team, Tariq.
01:52I never took a straight path nowhere.
02:06Life's full of twists and turns, bumps and bruises.
02:08I live, I learn.
02:09I'm from that city full of yellow cabs and skyscrapers.
02:12It's hard to get a start in these parts without paper, homie.
02:15I grew up in hell, a block away from heaven.
02:17That corner ain't 15 minutes, it move at seven.
02:20Pure snow, bag it then watch it go.
02:23Occupational options, get some blow or some hoes.
02:25Shoot the ball or the strap, learn the rap or the jack.
02:28Fuck it, man, in the meantime, go ahead and pump a pack.
02:30This my regal royal flow, my James Bond bounce.
02:33That 007, that 62 on my count.
02:35I'm an undercover liar, I lie under the covers.
02:38Look a bitch in the eyes and tell her, baby, I love it.
02:41You're my inspiration, you're my motivation.
02:43You're the reason that I move it with no hesitation.
02:46This is a big, rich town, yeah.
02:50I just come from the poorest part.
02:54Bright lights, city life, I gotta make it.
02:56This is where it goes down, yeah.
03:00I just happen to come apart.
03:04Legal or illegal, baby, I gotta make it.
03:17♪♪♪♪
03:22Detective Felicia Marie Lewis.
03:24She was tough.
03:26She was fearless.
03:28But most of all, she was one of our own.
03:31Felicia was family.
03:34Her tragic death will undoubtedly leave a hole in our hearts.
03:39We're never prepared for a fatal car crash.
03:43Paramedics on the scene said she died on impact.
03:46Maybe she didn't feel any pain.
03:49At least that's what I hope.
03:52Let's use this as a reminder to stick together
03:58and never take for granted the time we have left on this earth.
04:03The union is setting up a fund for her little boy, Cole.
04:08I know you all want to contribute.
04:13To Felicia.
04:15To Felicia.
04:17To Felicia.
04:28Yo.
04:32An accident.
04:34I know.
04:36What the fuck really happened?
04:40Nico, man, I know with what we do,
04:43it's natural to second-guess everything.
04:48But this appears to be exactly what it says on the report.
04:52A fucking car accident, man.
04:59I know you two were close.
05:04So I'm here if you want to talk, all right?
05:10Yeah.
05:23Speak to Detective Carter?
05:25Nah, he's probably looking for some more shit for us to do.
05:28We need to get rid of this motherfucker.
05:30I mean, wipe his ass off the face of the fucking earth.
05:33Any nigga put a gun to my head don't deserve to live.
05:35Shit, you think I don't know?
05:36I could face life in the fucking prison
05:37if this motherfucker decides to make me an accessory
05:39to this fucking cop's murder.
05:41Yeah, man.
05:43I still can't believe this shit, man.
05:45You know, baby girl ain't baby girl no more.
05:47This fucking shit is stressing her out.
05:48It's fucking with her head, you know?
05:49She got to move past regret. It's for civilians.
05:51Well, fuck all that. What we doing?
05:52We need to get on this nigga's ass ASAP.
05:54I mean, look, we got to give the nigga what the fuck he wants,
05:57Noma, on the platter.
05:58Aw, man, that's going to make us weak.
06:00If we give him leverage on Noma,
06:01what's going to stop that bitch from wanting to kill us?
06:03I mean, what about Drew?
06:04Hell no.
06:05Drew called Carter to Felicia's house.
06:07Shh.
06:08He was up this motherfucker's ass like a fucking lapdog,
06:10working his own agenda.
06:11Okay, so here's what we do.
06:13We tell Carter that we working on the leverage piece with Noma.
06:16Meanwhile, we weaponize Noma,
06:17make it seem like everything's going to be blown up on her end,
06:19and make her take out Carter.
06:21Oh, this bitch again.
06:22We got to go back and beg fucking Noma for help.
06:24Listen, we got to kiss some ass
06:25and get this nigga off of our ass.
06:27All right?
06:28I mean, they're opposites.
06:29Who the fuck else is better
06:30than when you're going against the craziest,
06:32most psychotic, corrupt cop in the fucking city?
06:34Yeah, you're fucking right.
06:35You're right, man.
06:36Shit.
06:41What is this place?
06:42This is Fourth Circle.
06:44Used to be Zion's spot.
06:47Dealers played around, no cops welcome.
06:49That's why we can't use the main entrance.
06:52You're going to be overseeing the venue and the revenue
06:54like Zion did.
06:56But first,
06:58we got some people that want to welcome you to the organization.
07:05Gentlemen,
07:08this here is Drew Tejada.
07:10You got any questions before you come to me or Nico?
07:13This who you talk to.
07:15What's up?
07:25What happened to the whole Apex Ted talk?
07:28Vertical control, right?
07:30What happened to the whole Apex Ted talk?
07:32Vertical control, reigning supreme.
07:35You know, that shit's going to be hard now
07:36that this motherfucker that thinks he's Denzel
07:38from training day is in the way.
07:39Carter is a cop, Rick.
07:41The head of a drug task force, okay?
07:43There's a thousand ways this can go left,
07:45leaving us royally fucked.
07:46Sounds like you don't got my back, nigga.
07:48No, I just don't want a preemptive strike
07:50or to start a war with motherfuckers
07:52that we can't win against.
07:53You know what a task force stands for.
07:55Gang.
07:56Thugs with badges.
07:58Remember that whole Tyree-Nicol shit?
08:00They'll let those motherfuckers get away
08:01with a hundred murders before they stop them.
08:03Yeah, and eventually they're going to kill our fucking asses.
08:05So that means we got to take them out
08:06before they kill us. Simple as that.
08:07Yeah, no, no. Simple as that.
08:09No, Rick.
08:11Hey, come the fuck on, bro.
08:12This motherfucker has hella shit on me.
08:14I have nothing on him.
08:16And now that he thinks I work for him,
08:18backing down is not an option.
08:20Where are you going anyway?
08:21You packing your shit up?
08:23I'm moving out, finally.
08:25Okay.
08:26I'm going to see if Ellen wants to move in with me.
08:27Wait, why?
08:29What do you mean why?
08:30Because she's my girl and I love her.
08:31That's why.
08:33What the fuck is so funny?
08:35You're really fucking losing it, huh?
08:36Do you hear yourself?
08:37Yeah.
08:38You love her?
08:39You don't even know this girl.
08:40And didn't the band just fucking walk out on us?
08:42In fact, I do know her.
08:44And I'll get the band back.
08:45In the meantime, I got all the Ivys
08:47and the knock-off course-correct business from Effie.
08:50What the fuck are you doing?
08:51How?
08:52How did you do that?
08:53For once, I would just love for you
08:55to say thank you, Brayden.
08:57You're killing it, Brayden.
08:58Good job, Brayden.
08:59You do a lot of things without thinking it through.
09:01All right?
09:02And you've been doing it a lot lately,
09:03so I'm just wondering.
09:04That's it.
09:05Yeah, that's fine.
09:06Well, I'm moving fast and smart and shit's working.
09:08I know what the fuck I'm doing, Reek, okay?
09:10Detective Carter knows who you are, and he's after you.
09:25Basically, how this motherfucker operates,
09:27he doesn't like people doing business
09:29without being under his thumb, so that's an issue for you.
09:31I can solve it.
09:32I can get rid of him.
09:33What's in it for you?
09:34Tariq's scam, Patrick?
09:35You know your ass always got a mangle.
09:37You're always asking the wrong shit, King.
09:39There's something in it for all of us, right?
09:41I mean, which one of us in this room
09:42really need this NYPD-ass nigga disrupting our shit?
09:45What hard evidence does this cop have on me?
09:48Does he have a witness, surveillance, what?
09:50Yeah, playboy.
09:51And how exactly are we supposed to do this?
09:53Because killing the cop ain't easy.
09:54I mean, I don't think we have a choice.
09:56Bro, the nigga's corrupt, right?
09:57He could create fake evidence against us.
09:59He could create cases on us.
10:00He could do whatever the fuck he wants, basically.
10:03I mean, is that a chance I want to take?
10:05Well, you didn't answer my question.
10:07What do you know about my organizations?
10:09Be specific.
10:10Look, fuck all this back-and-forth bullshit.
10:12Now, we're giving you top-shelf information.
10:15We can map out a plan now and get back to the details later.
10:18Now, you in or not?
10:20Yeah, basically, what we're saying
10:21is that it's only a matter of time
10:23before this nigga starts lowering the hammer on you.
10:25I'm not interested in going to war with the NYPD-fucking-D.
10:29Fuck it, I'm out of here.
10:30I told you this was going to be some bullshit.
10:32And your ass is so fucking pussy,
10:33would you just not let this bitch get you killed?
10:35Ah, now that's not language I'd expect from my mum.
10:39Mum?
10:40Bitch, what the fuck you say?
10:42What didn't Kane tell you?
10:43Oh, we're going to be family now.
10:45Kane's my business partner and...
10:48Beyoncé.
10:51Damn, mum, you're hearing right.
10:53Norma and I are getting married.
10:55Wedding, pastor, the whole works.
10:57Your invitation's in the mail, though.
10:59Kane, this fucking bitch has got you going crazy.
11:02The fuck is this?
11:03Love, of course.
11:05Bullshit.
11:06Word.
11:07Good luck with your fucking stupid-ass love.
11:09Ta-da.
11:11Well, you two now are on Detective Carter's radar.
11:14This little love bullshit you got going on
11:16is just a double-shot problem.
11:27Listen, we got leverage.
11:29We both know Detective Carter's dirty.
11:31No, that's not close enough.
11:33Find out what Carter really knows about me
11:35and how the fuck he got my name.
11:46There's something wrong with Elle.
11:47What? What the fuck happened?
11:48She was doing coke and then she said she wasn't feeling so hot.
11:50And the next thing you know, she just fucking passed out.
11:52Look, there are drugs all over this fucking room.
11:54Who gave her the coke? Shut the fuck up!
11:56She has sickle cell. Call 911.
11:58I didn't want to do that.
11:59Fucking call!
12:01Fuck.
12:06All right, FYI,
12:08I'm charging extra for this house call.
12:12I have all the documents you requested.
12:15Living will and bank statements,
12:17tax filings,
12:19prenup agreement.
12:20So,
12:22are you going on a run or
12:24getting married?
12:26The second one.
12:27I was talking to the lady, my guy.
12:29No, it's true.
12:30Jane and I are getting married
12:32and everything needs to be airtight
12:33so it holds up against government scrutiny.
12:36Ice and the like.
12:37Wow, marrying a drug dealer.
12:39Sounds like something you might have wanted to run by
12:42your extremely smart lawyer first.
12:44Given Wiley Adams' untimely demise,
12:47this had to be done.
12:48Yeah.
12:49There was no need to consult me.
12:50Yeah, so,
12:51it seems like your work here is done.
12:53Fake-ass, shiny cocksucker.
12:54I got your text.
12:55What's up?
12:57Hey, whatever freak shit y'all got going on
12:59I'm not into that.
13:00I second that emotion.
13:02Sip.
13:06We need your computer expertise.
13:08I'm marrying Kane.
13:13He did a decent job, didn't he?
13:15This ring weighs an absolute ton.
13:17She's fucking with you.
13:19It's marriage for hire,
13:20strictly business.
13:21Well, it's more like business with benefits,
13:23right love?
13:24Anyway,
13:25our nuptials need to appear rock solid
13:27so any dalliance between you two is now over.
13:30Oh yeah, you got it.
13:31That's done.
13:34Can I go now?
13:35No, sweetie.
13:36Kane's a caveman.
13:38He has no social media footprint.
13:40I need you to create one for him
13:42so he looks legitimate as my husband.
13:44I'm thinking
13:45a LinkedIn page,
13:46an employee profile at my company,
13:49maybe a college profile actually,
13:52and some happy couple photos on IG,
13:55you know, that sort of thing.
13:56Kane with a college profile.
13:58Make sure that shit is community college.
14:01Fuck you.
14:02Fuck you back.
14:03This needs to look real.
14:05You can do this, yes?
14:06I can do my best, but I'm not a wizard.
14:08If somebody looks hard enough,
14:10they can find what they're looking for.
14:11Well, that sounds like a personal problem.
14:13You're on payroll,
14:14so it'll be your job to cover your tracks then.
14:17Let's get this show on the road, shall we?
14:24Look, F.
14:25It's business. I got it.
14:26There's nothing to talk about.
14:29What's the point of pillow talk
14:31if you're not going to talk?
14:33Well, he came up with a solution.
14:35Yeah.
14:36I, uh,
14:37I make him the American face of my subsidiary
14:41so that I can get the U.S. contracts pronto,
14:44and then the marriage and the prenup
14:46protect my assets until I become a citizen.
14:48I mean, that's the plan.
14:51Well, you probably would have come up with it yourself
14:54if you weren't in the midst of your own divorce.
14:56Oh, well, thank you for reminding me, okay?
14:58I thought that, uh, we had an understanding
15:01as growing business partners.
15:03Partners?
15:04Yes.
15:05I understand your practice is underwater
15:07and you see me as a meal ticket,
15:09but don't be silly, Davis.
15:11Like my tongue game?
15:12I wouldn't underestimate my comeback game.
15:14Despite your tongue game,
15:16our relationship has limitations, love.
15:19Besides, you know I'm more of a one-woman show.
15:24♪♪♪♪♪
15:33Why the fuck they trying to hurry up and get married?
15:35This shit is stupid, man.
15:36Yeah, I'm just as shocked as you are.
15:39But why do you need to know the why?
15:41To take down Carter.
15:43Tried to get Noma to do it, but she ain't bite.
15:45So we gotta give all the leverage
15:46that we got on Noma to Carter.
15:47To get him off our backs
15:48so we can figure out our next move.
15:49That's where you come in.
15:51Noma's my client.
15:52Nigga, you trying to protect this bitch
15:53when I gave you the inside job order?
15:56The fuck?
15:57The allegiance is with me, okay?
15:59And did this bitch even consult to you
16:01about marrying Kane?
16:02She's not in it for you.
16:03She's in it for herself.
16:04Little nigga, you need to calm the fuck down.
16:07Any pertinent information I give you
16:08means I'm compromising all business dealings with Noma
16:11if she were ever to find out I told you.
16:14I mean, you all preach about allegiance.
16:17Well, Mr. Ray makeover is gonna need some in return.
16:20Sure, if you want to end up like Obi.
16:22That's what allegiance with Noma gets you,
16:24a nice little fucking name.
16:25You don't think I get it?
16:26She's a shifty bitch.
16:28I mean, you two aren't any better.
16:30With that being said, my allegiance is with you.
16:34Well, then tell us what the fuck is up,
16:36because you clearly know what this sneaky bitch is up to.
16:39Never forget who came through for you during clutch time.
16:42Who always comes through for both your asses.
16:45Yes, of course.
16:51♪♪♪♪
16:58Right now, this is what matters to Noma.
17:01Aircraft Global.
17:02The fuck is this?
17:04It's her front business.
17:06It washes her drug money,
17:07but she's under too much scrutiny in Europe.
17:09So in order to secure a contract
17:11to sell her jet engine parts to the U.S. government,
17:13Aircraft Global must be owned by an American citizen.
17:17Kate.
17:18Exactly.
17:19The marriage will allow Noma to become naturalized.
17:21The prenup will protect her assets
17:23until she can reclaim her company.
17:25So basically, Kane is just a straw man.
17:27Essentially.
17:28And a dumbass.
17:29Yeah.
17:30After Wiley Adams was murdered by Zion's crew,
17:33I had to find her a new government contact to bribe.
17:36That person is Sterling Reynolds.
17:38Muckety-muck in the State Commerce Department.
17:40Float that name by Carter.
17:42He'll have all the leverage he needs.
17:44All right, man.
17:45Man.
17:46Got it, Mr. McDavis.
17:47Appreciate you.
17:49As always.
18:15How'd you find me here, man?
18:16Come on, baby.
18:17How'd you find me here?
18:18You the one that's brand new and shit.
18:20I'm hearing you the man around here.
18:22I'm just hoping you're not getting too caught up Carter's ass.
18:26Nigga, what do you want?
18:28Your flip-flopping ass was a soldier for Noma.
18:30I just want to make sure Betty Crocker
18:31ain't giving away all the fucking recipes.
18:33All right, so you trying to get punched the fuck out of me?
18:34Only if you promise not to hit like a bitch.
18:37Noma don't mean shit to Carter.
18:40He can take out whomever he wants
18:42at whatever time he wants.
18:45So you've been drinking the Kool-Aid.
18:46Better than drinking Noma's stank-ass bathwater.
18:48I mean, nigga, really?
18:49Working for Noma?
18:50Working with a dirty-ass cop?
18:52Come on, bro.
18:54You're doing anything to try to compete with me.
18:56When will you realize you're never going to be me?
19:00Good luck, man.
19:01Let's see how long this works out for you.
19:03Let's see how long marrying your boss works out for you.
19:08Monet told me that Noma's marrying the help.
19:12You're a step above a poor boy.
19:14Don't give a fuck about you.
19:15You another fall guy for her.
19:18You can't see that.
19:21No, no, no.
19:23No, you can't.
19:25Oh, my bad.
19:28Come back and have a drink with your brother sometime.
19:33Oh, my God.
19:34So you're marrying a thug half your age?
19:36How lovely.
19:38When's the wedding?
19:39Soon.
19:40But like I told you, dear, it's not for love.
19:42It's for business purposes.
19:43You fled Europe and my father was shot in the head.
19:45Still not clear on why.
19:47You don't want me hanging around Tariq St. Patrick,
19:50whose father was a drug kingpin,
19:51and now you're marrying Cain for business.
19:54Did you know when you hired him for your company
19:57that he had an arrest record for battery and theft?
20:00You can't judge people by their past, Anya.
20:02Are you kidding?
20:04That's literally what we've done our entire lives.
20:06Well, on paper, Cain may not look like much,
20:08but he has a very sharp mind.
20:10Oh, wow.
20:11Mom, the D must be really good.
20:13Excuse me?
20:14Look, I want to know the truth.
20:15I am tired of being spoon-fed crap, okay?
20:20Are the police after you?
20:23First of all, I don't need to worry, okay?
20:25No one's after me.
20:26How do you make your money, Mom?
20:27Really.
20:28Anya, you don't want to hear about a bunch of
20:30complicated, boring corporate divas.
20:33Yes, I do, Mom.
20:34Like, my brain can handle it.
20:41Excuse me.
20:47Okay, then.
20:49I'm betraying your father by telling you this, but
20:53you've given me no choice, and
20:55I imagine it's time.
20:59Your dad was a drug trafficker, Anya.
21:01Yeah.
21:03I didn't know that's what he was into when I met him.
21:07He never wanted you to know because he
21:09wanted to protect you from a very dangerous life,
21:12which is why you've always lived in estates
21:15while we were in Europe.
21:17But this is why I had to leave him.
21:22Dad was a criminal.
21:27Sweetheart.
21:31I hated what he was doing.
21:33The lives he was ruining peddling drugs.
21:36And that's why I made it my business to be legit.
21:41Okay?
21:43My connection to him may be why there might be some
21:46law enforcement interest in me,
21:48but you don't have to worry, okay?
21:52Sweetheart, don't worry.
21:54Oh, my dear girl.
21:57Hey.
21:59I'm her boyfriend, Brayden.
22:01Look, I know I'm not immediate family, but—
22:03I don't care about that.
22:04I just want to make sure that you haven't taken what she's taken.
22:06Her lab results came back and indicate that the cocaine
22:08that she ingested was laced with fentanyl,
22:10which then sent her into cardiac arrest.
22:13Do you know where she got the drugs?
22:15No.
22:18Is she going to live?
22:19Prognosis is unstable.
22:21She'll be fine.
22:23Is she going to live?
22:24Prognosis is uncertain as of yet, but I'll tell you one thing.
22:27If she was left alone, she'd be dead.
22:33No problem.
22:53Fuck.
22:58These fucking cocksuckers.
23:11Wait.
23:12What the fuck happened?
23:14OD.
23:17I don't know if she's going to make it.
23:22It's all good, bro.
23:23She'll be fine.
23:24She'll put through.
23:29That bitch is using you, boy.
23:30She is playing you for a damn fool.
23:32A sham marriage so that crooked bitch ain't going to put you on top?
23:35Ma, whatever it is you think you know, it doesn't matter.
23:37All right?
23:38I'm with Noma now.
23:39She's going to be my wife.
23:40So you're just going to betray your mother for that bitch?
23:42Don't talk to me about betrayal.
23:44Detective Carter?
23:46Yeah.
23:47I knew he had a tie to working with him as a CI, and it was you.
23:49You really feeding this nigga information?
23:51You really snitching to Carter?
23:52Nah, Cain.
23:53That's not what it is.
23:54We didn't have a choice.
23:55Carter's making us work for him.
23:57And it ain't snitching if the motherfucker's a criminal, too.
24:00Plus, he sicked that fucking Felicia bitch on Diana who beat the baby out of her.
24:03Now, you good with all of that?
24:05Ma, miss me with all this family first shit, all right?
24:08You started this.
24:09You put Noma against Carter, you going to damn near fuck around and get me and Drew killed in the middle of all this shit.
24:13Look, Cain, I'm trying to protect you both.
24:15You're just looking out for yourself, as usual.
24:17I know what's best.
24:19Can't you see that's the end game?
24:21I'm trying to free y'all from all these outside motherfuckers.
24:28Okay.
24:30Here's what I'm going to do.
24:32You're going to put on a smile.
24:34You're going to go out there and get one of those ugly-ass mother-of-the-groom dresses, and I'm going to marry Noma.
24:38And I won't tell her that you're the one that raided her warehouse.
24:40I didn't fucking raid her.
24:41Stop fucking lying, all right?
24:43You think you're on the outside looking in?
24:44When Noma finds this out, you'll be stuck with Carter for the rest of your short life.
24:47Short?
24:48I'm not applying to be a fucking greeter at work.
24:49You'll remember me, motherfucker.
24:50Yeah, whatever.
24:51Pussy-whipped ass.
24:57Busy?
24:58Nah, my mom was just leaving.
24:59Nigga, I thought you was getting married.
25:02Make sure you check on your sister.
25:03Yeah, all right.
25:04Don't forget to get that application.
25:19Shit.
25:33He's an orphan.
25:34I changed that little boy's life forever.
25:36Look, Dee, I understand you're feeling bad for the kid, but his mother was a killer.
25:41She was into some filthy shit that'll always come back on you.
25:45Look, you had no choice, all right?
25:50But I did.
25:51I didn't have to go to her house and trick Nott with her kid upstairs.
25:55But you didn't know, Dee.
25:58Listen, she took something special from you, from us.
26:04Okay?
26:05It was either you or her.
26:07We didn't do shit wrong.
26:10I shouldn't have to deal with this shit.
26:12I just want a normal life with a regular family so I could just, I don't know, do me.
26:18Hmm.
26:19Sounds good, Dee boy.
26:21We gotta be realistic.
26:23That shit is damn near impossible for us.
26:30Well, at one point it was possible.
26:34And, I don't know, maybe...
26:40Maybe it can happen again.
26:43You think so?
26:50Sure.
27:06Sweetie, we don't need those.
27:08What do you mean we don't need those?
27:11Is me getting pregnant again the worst thing that could happen?
27:20Eric.
27:22Dee, come the fuck on.
27:23How do you not understand?
27:25Forget it, Tariq.
27:33You know, I'm thinking, if we're gonna be one big old happy family,
27:38surely she gets to know the man who's marrying my mom.
27:42Don't you think?
27:46So, who are you?
27:49Who pays for this amazing penthouse?
27:52I do.
27:54On a bar salary?
27:55I mean, that is what you do for work, right?
27:58Tips must be great.
28:00Man, make great investments.
28:02Oh.
28:03Where did you learn how to do that?
28:04From your dad who was in prison most of your life for dealing drugs?
28:08Is that what you and my mom have in common?
28:11I don't know.
28:13You tell me, since you seem to know everything.
28:15I mean, well, you're a whole T'Challa clan, right?
28:19Not to sound offensive or anything, but you guys are like the Gaddys of the ghetto, no?
28:27Yo.
28:29We're entrepreneurs.
28:31Does my mom sell drugs?
28:32Your mom is a badass businesswoman.
28:35Something your little ass is striving to be more like instead of prying into grown folks' business.
28:39Grown folks.
28:41But here, take this.
28:43Go shopping or brunch or make a TikTok or some shit.
28:52I won't be calling you daddy.
29:00We're here to bring you a gift.
29:02After that, we would like to be left the fuck alone.
29:05Oh God, I just feel like I sound like a broken fucking record.
29:08You're not in charge, Red.
29:10Drew, I don't know how you fucking dealt with this as a child.
29:13What's the fucking gift?
29:16Sterling Reynolds.
29:17It's who Noma needs to bribe in order to get her government contract under control.
29:21Set her up using your high-tech toys and you got her.
29:24Government contract?
29:26So this Noma, she's playing the majors, yeah?
29:28Which means you'll have plenty on your hands trying to keep that bitch under control.
29:31So that's what you worried about, my work-life balance, Monet?
29:34I don't give a fuck.
29:36Monet's right. We got Noma.
29:38You don't need us.
29:40Get the fuck out of here.
29:42Not gonna happen.
29:43You stay ready. I'll let you know what's next.
29:45Let's go, Drew.
29:47Drew.
29:48Drew!
29:51Why you doing this?
29:53Why you acting like this?
29:54Ma, don't make it personal.
29:56Look, Drew, this is not what you want. This is not who you are.
30:00Answering to a fucking cop?
30:02Are you reporting to him like he's your fucking boss or some shit?
30:05What are you doing?
30:06I make my own choices, Monet.
30:09You and Kane do not get to decide who I'm gonna be.
30:13And I had to call Carter and loop him in because if I didn't, his fucking task force would have hunted us down and killed us.
30:19I didn't betray this family, okay?
30:22I saved this fucking family and you're fucking welcome.
30:25What about quitting the business? Your art?
30:28Maybe it wasn't about the business. Maybe it was just doing business with family.
30:35Chill the fuck out.
30:37Who the fuck is he to you?
30:39Your father's substitute?
30:41Are you fucking serious? I shouldn't need a fucking substitute.
30:45Look, I'm being trusted to handle some king-size shit right now and I like it.
30:50So that's what it means to me.
30:51Look, you remember, it's still my blood that runs through your veins.
30:55You are a Tejada, no matter what.
31:08What?
31:10I know you said we didn't need to talk, but me anyways, right?
31:15I'm trying to secure my future the same way you're doing with yours.
31:18We had this argument before and you said that already.
31:20Oh wow. So not only do you do robot shit, but you're an actual robot. That's crazy.
31:27I'm working on Noma's assignment and I have to get back to it, so.
31:31Congrats, by the way. Let me know where you register.
31:50Yo.
31:52Club's down, man.
31:54What the fuck do you mean, club's down, man?
31:57Building got bought today.
31:59By who?
32:01Some very rich motherfucker who didn't want to be identified.
32:05Nigga, what the fuck are you talking about?
32:07Oh, I forgot. Somebody left you this.
32:19What the fuck?
32:50Yo, Reek. I need you.
32:53What's up? Was it about Al?
32:55Yeah. I used your phone to re-up with the dirtbag who sold her the tainted shit.
32:59You down to pay him a visit tonight?
33:01Say, what you got in mind?
33:03I just want to scare the motherfucker.
33:05I bet.
33:06I just want to scare the motherfucker.
33:08I bet.
33:18I can't. I want to play games.
33:20Let's play, motherfucker.
33:37What the fuck?
33:49What is it?
33:51New owner's jacking up the rent like it's fifth to half.
33:55So we might need to find a new spot.
33:57No sweat.
33:59I've already identified another building we can use.
34:02Good soldier never waits.
34:08So, Noma.
34:10What's up?
34:12What's up?
34:14What's up?
34:16What's up?
34:18What's up?
34:20I'm hearing she's making more moves.
34:23I already got a plan for her.
34:25I think maybe we should hit harder.
34:28She's providing guns for the Italians in the Lower East now.
34:31You certain about this?
34:33Absolutely.
34:35She's taking over the city hub by her. It could mean more violence.
34:39So how is this information useful?
34:43If I can't strike?
34:46She's got a gun shipment coming in tonight.
34:51My guy's gonna face some resistance?
34:54Nothing y'all can handle.
34:59So, natural evil versus moral evil.
35:03Okay?
35:05An earthquake versus murder.
35:07Now, in his writings, Nietzsche argues against the concept of evil altogether.
35:13Does that describe a moral reality?
35:16Well, Nietzsche said the wisest man would be able to categorize people by more than just good and evil.
35:21For me, having grown up in a religious household, the word gets thrown around too much.
35:25Think of how we use it to sell wars.
35:28The axis of evil.
35:30Or to excuse the mistreatment of others.
35:33Evildoers.
35:35So you agree with the notion that it's only used to demonize one's enemies?
35:39Most cases, yes.
35:41Um, Tariq?
35:43I think evil is real.
35:44I don't trust anyone that believes that there isn't any evil.
35:47They're probably evil themselves.
35:49Now to the opposing argument explored in the atrocity paradigm.
35:54Uh, Diana?
35:56No phone zone?
35:58Oh, sorry.
36:00Tell me what you thought about Card's argument.
36:05Um, sorry, what?
36:07It was the paper that I assigned you to read.
36:10Argue about why evil exists.
36:13Oh, right, um.
36:16I think believing in the concept of evil just means acknowledging when someone has been treated unjustly.
36:22That's what makes all of us human.
36:31Hey.
36:33Thanks for having my back in that.
36:35Oh yeah, no problem.
36:37But you know, rest is M&T don't play.
36:38He'll fail you.
36:40Oh, I heard about Elle.
36:42How's she doing?
36:44Touch and go.
36:46I'm still messed up about it though, you know?
36:48I'm not a monster.
36:50I ain't trying to kill nobody.
36:52Girl, I know that.
36:54But look, um.
36:56I don't have anybody else to talk to, so can I ask you something?
36:58And this time, girl, please don't say nothing.
37:00Okay.
37:02I promise.
37:04What's up?
37:06You pregnant again?
37:08I feel like I want to be.
37:10I mean, that's normal after a miscarriage.
37:12Okay, well is it normal for how when me and Tariq were kissing or whatever, I tried to stop him from using a condom?
37:17Girl, yeah.
37:19A lot of girls do that.
37:21They start trying right away for a replacement baby.
37:23Damn, I didn't know that.
37:25Well, actually my mom got pregnant real quick after she gave up Zeke, so.
37:29So now you know how she felt.
37:31I mean, look.
37:33It's not like being a young mother wouldn't be the hardest job of your life.
37:36I mean, I got cousins who had babies as teenagers and they can't go nowhere.
37:40Can't have any dreams.
37:42Their lives just stopped.
37:44I'd say if you want the most for your life, just forget about Tariq and forget about any fairytale life that you had in your head and just focus on being a good student.
37:52Yeah.
37:56I'll see you.
37:58Thanks.
38:07Hey.
38:09What the fuck are you doing here?
38:11Come on, it's a fancy school. Is that how they teach you to talk to your mother?
38:14Oh, that's what you're calling yourself?
38:16Josie, come on.
38:17Don't call me that. That's not my name.
38:19Give me a break. That's what I named you.
38:22Come on, you think I wanted to make a surprise visit here?
38:25You haven't been returning my calls.
38:27Richard left me.
38:29For some young bimbo that works at the car company.
38:33And if I know you, you'd probably think I deserve it.
38:37But I'm really in a bad spot.
38:39I was hoping maybe, maybe you could float me some cash.
38:46The man that molested me left you.
38:50Yeah.
38:52The man that molested me left you.
38:56Sounds like a fucking new problem.
38:59For all my mistakes, you know, I could still be proud of my little girl.
39:05You come a long way, Josie.
39:09Sometimes, it takes a lifetime to learn how to love.
39:16Look at you. I mean, you're making it big here at the Ivy League.
39:18Whose brains you think you got, huh? That's me inside your head.
39:23Doing things I never had a chance to do.
39:28The best thing you ever did was leave.
39:31I know that.
39:33And I'm really happy that you did.
39:41If you were on fire, I wouldn't piss on you to put you out.
39:45And if you were cold, I would never let you in.
39:48If I had every single dollar in the world, I wouldn't give you a motherfucking cent.
39:54Fuck you, mom.
39:58There she is. Cold hearted, Josefina.
40:02You're a real bitch.
40:04How is anyone ever gonna love you?
40:08Huh?
40:13We only bought us some time.
40:16Carter's still running shit.
40:18We gotta take that nigga out.
40:20No one wanted to know Carter's plan to take her out.
40:23I think if we give her that, let her know that he was trying to set her up,
40:27then we'll have that taken care of.
40:29She'll obviously have no choice but to...
40:31Fucking clap back at his ass.
40:33Some cold shit, but it's gotta be done.
40:37It's our best play. Start a war between them, get them to fuck off our backs.
40:41Hundred percent.
40:48I told you not to stop.
40:50Hands where I can fucking see them. Hands in the air. Let's go.
40:53Tell me where the fuck you're at. We got a man going around the back. Let's go.
40:56Where the fuck you going?
40:58Gun down.
41:01What the fuck do we have here?
41:10Who's gonna tell Norma this shit?
41:12This motherfucker.
41:14Too fucking far.
41:19I've been told you're the man to see when the mayor needs a favor.
41:24I've been told you're a woman who expects the same treatment.
41:29Good evening.
41:31Our feature tonight is a vintage Bordeaux from Brouillac.
41:35May I oblige?
41:37Absolutely.
41:44I'd like the U.S. government as a client, but the red tape feels insurmountable.
41:50It's not, if you know how to navigate it.
41:53Is that where you come in?
41:55If we can agree on how I can help.
41:59Please, be direct with me. I can make whatever...
42:03Sorry I'm late.
42:04Please, be direct with me. I can make whatever...
42:07Sorry I'm late. I hope I didn't miss the appetizers.
42:12Sterling. Davis.
42:14Thank you for taking this meeting, brother.
42:16Why is Davis in there?
42:18What the fuck is happening?
42:20Davis is my counselor.
42:22Yes, I never let my clients take a meeting alone.
42:25Sterling understands. He was a lawyer in a former life.
42:28Any starters for the table?
42:30Yes. Sterling, please, you go ahead.
42:34Fine.
42:36I'll get the fluke. Is that good?
42:39Lowball.
42:41Then we're gonna go with the oysters.
42:44I guess I'll take the octopus.
42:48To the family.
42:50Okay.
42:52To the family.
42:54May I take your order next?
42:56No.
42:58It was a pleasure.
43:00It was a pleasure meeting you.
43:02I'm so sorry, but something's come up.
43:04Let's do this another time.
43:06Another time? Where the fuck is she going?
43:08What the fuck is happening?
43:19That was a close fucking call.
43:21How'd you know about this?
43:23I got wind of you. From a source close to the task force.
43:26Fuck!
43:28Tariqa Manet warned me about this, Carter.
43:31Rare occasion when those two are right.
43:33David's on. I could lose everything.
43:36No, no, no, no, no. Not so fast, Drag Queen, okay?
43:39Look, you still got me on your side, okay?
43:41The question is, what are you gonna do about Carter?
43:46I just miss getting arrested for a federal crime by a hair.
43:51It's obvious, isn't it?
43:53I have to neutralize the motherfucker.
43:56It's Davis. This shit work like fucking clockwork.
43:59The cop stuff?
44:01Yeah. I'm just gonna take out Detective Carter so he can get his boot off our fucking necks.
44:07Reek, are you high?
44:09I took a mini bump to take the edge off.
44:11Take the edge off? That shit don't take no edge off for you.
44:13Other days you're on the stage looking like Jonah Hill from fucking Wolf of Wall Street.
44:17Can you trust me for once? I'm good, Reek.
44:20Yeah, we'll see.
44:22Come on.
44:24Come on.
44:29Thanks for inviting us over. You must be Steve, you piece of shit.
44:32Who the fuck are you? Where the hell's Elle?
44:34Elle's in the hospital fighting for her life.
44:36So she sent us.
44:38You can't just go. This is my operation.
44:40You like lace in your shit, Steve?
44:42Wait, wait, wait. Are you guys undercover or some shit?
44:44Because if she had a bad reaction, it ain't me that did it.
44:47Then take it.
44:49What?
44:51Do a line.
44:53No fucking problem.
44:55Do a line.
44:57Let's go.
44:59Let's go. Do another one.
45:01Do it.
45:03You happy, you crazy fuck?
45:05I'm not happy.
45:07All right, all right. That's enough.
45:09You fucking acting crazy. You're supposed to just scare him.
45:11That's what the fuck I'm doing.
45:13Fucking kill him.
45:15Who the fuck do I care? If he was your girl, you'd do the same.
45:17Let's fucking go.
45:19Do another one.
45:21Where the fuck are you going?
45:23Where the fuck are you going?
45:25Now.
45:28What the fuck are you doing?
45:30Are you fucking crazy?
45:32Can you not think straight, bro? What the fuck?
45:34Help me get the fucking body.
45:36This is not supposed to work out like this.
45:38What? You're the only person that can get revenge, not me.
45:40It doesn't work like this, motherfucker. Look at you.
45:42What the fuck? This is messy. This is how we get caught.
45:44Let's go. Get a fucking rag.
45:46Fuck.
45:48Come on, come on, come on.
45:50Come on.
45:51Let's go.
45:58Shit.
46:06You better not be made a fool.
46:08Come on, can you have some confidence in your man?
46:12There he is.
46:14Look, this is the guy.
46:16Monet and Tariq said it's Carter's right hand.
46:18He knows where the bodies are buried.
46:19And he said he's for sale.
46:21All you gotta do is make him an offer.
46:23Better than Carter's, and we're good.
46:33We know your operation.
46:35You've been taking cuts from drug dealers.
46:38Detective Carter's human.
46:40Where's my 50K for this meeting?
46:42Once you agree to turn on Carter and report him to your superiors,
46:45you'll get another 500K.
46:47Come on, that's fucking chump change.
46:49The Reach is global, right?
46:51So that's not nearly enough.
46:53What do you have in mind?
46:55Some figures up front and ongoing payments.
46:57Hey, baby.
46:59Ain't that a bitch?
47:01Greedy motherfucker.
47:03I could not believe when the hospital called.
47:06Believe it.
47:08You won't be getting rid of me.
47:10Did I scare you?
47:12I thought I lost you.
47:14Oh, here is your phone back.
47:20All I remember is,
47:22this gets me in trouble.
47:24You know what I mean?
47:26Yeah, I know.
47:28I know.
47:29All I remember is,
47:31this gets me in trouble.
47:33Easy access.
47:35I don't want any more of that tainted shit ever again.
47:38Well,
47:40you don't have to worry about that anymore,
47:42because I took care of it.
47:44What do you mean?
47:46He's never going to sell you bad shit ever again.
47:48Or anyone else.
47:52Braden, I hope
47:56you didn't...
47:58That's my job, to protect you.
48:00He almost fucking killed you.
48:02Fuck that guy.
48:04But he didn't.
48:06I'm still here.
48:08I didn't want that, Braden.
48:10That's not my idea of love.
48:12It's okay.
48:14No one's going to find out.
48:16If battling an illness my entire life has taught me anything,
48:18it's that life itself is precious.
48:20I...
48:22I can't...
48:24I can't have this kind of guilt.
48:25You can go now, please.
48:36Denise, I got this.
48:38You gotta trust me.
48:42You on the phone?
48:44No.
48:48I thought I saw you talking to somebody.
48:50No, what's up?
48:53You're not going to fucking believe this.
48:55No one tried to flip me.
48:59You gotta be fucking kidding me.
49:01This bitch, how'd she find you?
49:03I don't fucking know.
49:05You know that shit ain't happening, though.
49:07Yeah.
49:09What'd she offer you?
49:11A lot of money.
49:13I didn't take anything.
49:20So how do you want to handle this?
49:22Agree to the deal.
49:24With the caveat that you must meet in person for the first payment.
49:27Alone.
49:29Cool?
49:31Yeah, gotcha.
49:37I'm putting the finishing touches on your social media.
49:39I just need you to look at them.
49:43I have backdated your post.
49:45I just need a professional picture for your work history,
49:47and then you can let me know what you think about it when I'm done.
49:49I don't care about this shit.
49:51I don't care about you, Effie.
49:54What am I supposed to say to that, Cain?
49:56I don't know, maybe show me you have a fucking post?
49:58A post.
50:00A fucking post.
50:02Why the fuck does everybody say that?
50:04You should have told me.
50:06Why didn't you?
50:08I didn't know she was going to wave the ring in your fucking face.
50:10Listen, she's just trying to make it seem like something that it's not.
50:12That's not what I asked you.
50:14It's business.
50:16There we go.
50:17I can deal with that.
50:19But we were supposed to be friends,
50:21and you were supposed to have my back,
50:23and for a minute, I thought you were the one person that understood me.
50:25I do.
50:27You don't.
50:29And that's been the problem my entire fucking life.
50:31Effie is always looking out for Effie.
50:33What happened to you do this one thing for Noma,
50:35and you're off the hook?
50:37I don't get why it feels like I'm always being backed into a fucking corner,
50:40where I gotta prove how I feel.
50:42You're the one that's leaving to go do some robot shit
50:43with some lame-ass nigga.
50:45No, don't do that.
50:47That's a cop-out, and you know it.
50:55I got you.
50:57All right, no matter what, I got you.
51:02That's all I ask.
51:09Now, can you show me my page?
51:11Show me my page that you created?
51:13I don't know.
51:34Detective Carter.
51:37What an unexpected pleasure.
51:41Niko couldn't make it, so he stuck with me.
51:45Noma.
51:48I've been riding with Niko for as long as I can remember,
51:52so what you did is a serious violation.
51:56Where I'm from, that requires consequences.
52:02One can respect that.
52:04But when you're surrounded by enemies,
52:06you resort to whatever weapons you have handy.
52:08Enemies?
52:09Yeah.
52:11Tariq St. Patrick and Muneer Tahada said you're after me.
52:14An unfamiliar face.
52:16They wanted to know what you were about.
52:19Yeah, they didn't put it so kindly.
52:22That's ironic.
52:24And they said some unflattering things about you as well.
52:27Like you planning to bribe a government official.
52:31Is that what they told you?
52:33Mm-hmm.
52:39Common enemy?
52:42Why not common goal?
52:49I'm listening.
52:51I don't want any more trouble from the NYPD
52:54and your illustrious task force.
52:56You've been using the people who work for me.
52:59Why not work with me and cut out the annoying middle bitches?
53:03I can offer you so much more.
53:06And I'm sure there's so many things you can do for me.
53:11Hmm.
53:35Love me.
53:37Hate me.
53:39Run me.
53:40Chase me.
53:42Run and run and run we go.
53:44Ain't no catching me.
53:46I know what they certain to for sure.
53:48You too slow for me.
53:50That's why they hate me.
53:52Cause I'm too fast.
53:54Can't catch me.
53:56Can't catch me.
53:58Fast like a NASCAR.
54:00Coming through the back door.
54:02I ain't winning.
54:03Got a few tricks up my sleeve.
54:05Love me.
54:07Hate me.
54:09Run me.
54:11Chase me.
54:13Plotting.
54:15Betray me.
54:17Just waiting.
54:19Gotta get me.
54:21Gotta chase me.
54:23Gotta chase me.
54:25Gotta chase me.
54:27Love me.
54:33Love me.
54:39Now it's a fucking war.
54:42It's time for Carter and Norma to go.
54:48They've been plotting against me.
54:50Fucking with our business.
54:52Tariq, you'll have to take out Carter.
54:56I'm fucking tired of those motherfuckers thinking they can stand against me.
55:01Fuck you gonna do now, Tariq?
55:03Fuck you.