Power Book IV: Force (2022) s01e02 Episode Script

1 Previously on Force - Who the fuck are you? - I'm her grandson.
Who the fuck are you? I'm her fucking grandson.
How can I help you? Give me a double shot of Jameson.
Well, this might have some blowback.
Any of that gonna fall on you? Not a drop.
We let 'em get real comfortable outside.
Then we make the motherfuckin' call.
We'll get 'em, Rojas.
- Big bro! - Baby bro.
Oh, my God, look at this free man right here.
This is where Chicago Brothers Incorporated came from.
We were the last to hold out, thanks to you.
Which is why I'm so confused to why you're dealing with the yardies.
Come on, bro, why we back on this bullshit? A'ight, this crazy white boy came through with Vic Flynn, and straight Bin Ladened the whole shit, bro.
Who the fuck are you? I'm the motherfucker that just saved both of your lives.
He's fucking dead.
Getting caught up in some low-rent shit while the feds are sniffing around is not a good look for us.
- I get that.
- Do you? Because making shit deals is not the way to move forward.
Vic's not cut out for this kind of work, Da.
What Victor does is not women's work.
Victor runs the streets.
You keep us legit and you look after me.
I've had enough of men telling me what to do for one lifetime.
You know who I am? Do you have more? Look, I got a plan.
It's about you and me.
Just tell me I'm not too late.
I can't tell you that, Vic.
I can't.
Walter Flynn.
You have made quite the impact on my family and my city.
But your time here in Chicago has come to an end.
You gotta get the fuck outta my city, son.
I don't work for nobody no more.
Think I'm gonna stay here, build my own shit.
I'm my own boss now.
Yeah.
The fuck? Hey, you ain't got no other numbers in your phone? Yours was the first number I went to.
Whoever you got on the payroll for protection, they ain't worth shit.
Hmm, not in the budget this month.
Is this a front? Are you dealing out of here? That's your takeaway from broken windows? Well, that shit ain't too hard to connect the dots on.
Your place gets lit up, you don't pay for protection, you don't call family You are family.
Pace yourself I don't know that you wanna run into that burning building just yet.
Look, I don't have anybody to call.
Me and my pops own this spot.
He's been sick for a minute.
Medical bills are cleaning me out.
At some point, it's gonna be one or the other.
And my ex-husband won't take my calls anymore about this money pit or anything else for that matter.
You got a problem with that? Nope, a ex is a ex.
God damn, man.
It's the third fucking time this year the club's been hit.
Somebody trying to get your attention.
Here, it's 10K.
Fix your windows.
Maybe get some new sheetrock.
Yeah, I appreciate the gesture, but it won't make a dent.
Listen to me.
Take this money.
The way I see it, we both alone.
Thanks.
That'll get me by for a little while.
I got a way.
What do you mean you got a way? A way to what? I got a way for money to make money.
I'll hit you later.
Mr.
Flynn, this is Dr.
Rudin at River North Oncology.
We need to have a conversation about your test results, and we should do it as soon as possible.
I'd like to arrange some additional lab work.
So please call my office to Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Jesus Christ.
You okay? - I'm fine.
- Bullshit.
You need a doctor.
I don't need nothing.
I just stood up too fast, that's all.
How bad is it? It's nothing.
Look, we can get ahead of it, not like with Mom.
We need to tell Claudia.
- Do not.
- She needs to know.
Claudia cannot know.
No one can know.
Are we clear? Are we fucking clear? Yes.
And when I'm gone, you'll lead.
Dad You need to step up, Victor.
This is your legacy, son, your birthright as a Flynn, what you've been waiting for your entire life.
And once I do go, I'll pass the mantle to you, and you'll make me proud.
You can count on me.
I'll make it mine.
Thing is, boy, it doesn't quite work that way.
You see, I built this organisation out of nothing.
So you continue to do it my way, 'cause that's how I like it, and that's the way Ireland wants it.
Now, if you cross them, well the consequences will be fucking fatal.
Hey, I want you to meet these little motherfuckers over here, bro they wild as hell, and they some stone-cold killers, too, G.
Don't bring them anywhere near me.
They bad for business.
Ain't got no upside.
Okay, okay, look, bro, I hear you, but a lot of shit has changed in 15 years.
You just not up on it, D.
I've been all right.
Yeah, while you was inside.
But out here, shit move at a different speed, bro, I'm telling you.
- Listen to me - No, nigga, listen to me! These little niggas is an investment.
Period, a'ight? They pay dividends like a motherfucker, too.
They dead money.
They ain't got no shelf life.
They pull a trigger one time, and 13 people die.
That spray-and-pray bullshit is a bad look, no matter how long I been inside.
- Think.
- I hear you.
How's that help us? Who the fuck told you I was here? Damn.
Wait a minute.
I know you.
Of course you do, pendejo! You're here to fucking kill me.
It seems like more like you trying to kill me.
It's self-defence.
That fucking scar.
Liliana, I should have killed you back in New York.
You dumb enough to do this in front of an audience? I got the drop on you once.
I'll do it again.
Not a fucking chance.
Ah, fuck.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Vic - what are you doing here? - I needed to see you.
Why? We can't keep doing this.
I can't keep doing this.
Is there someone else? No.
When my father's gone, I'll be free, Glo.
You're never gonna be free, Vic.
And the fucked-up part is, your loyalty is the reason I love you.
Okay, so then why can't we just But it's also the thing that's gonna keep you in this after he's gone.
Gloria Vic, you know you gotta marry an Irish woman.
Have a pure white Irish son to continue your father's legacy.
I don't fit in that plan.
So we run away.
Baby, wherever we go, they'll find us.
Key.
- I'm keeping my key.
- Victor If you don't want me back in here, change the locks.
Fuck.
Yo, yo.
Whoa, you lost? How much time you got for that answer? Yo, what's up, man? So this the white boy you told me about? Mm-hmm.
I got you, I got you.
Right here.
Go ahead.
Safety's on.
Who you work for? Nobody.
I ain't got no ties.
A man alone don't last long in these streets.
Ooh, that's some deep shit.
This is you with the belt? You was a boxer? You a champ? You was nice with these? So what you got in the bag? It's nothing worth dying over.
Slowly.
All right.
Why didn't you keep it? I didn't know where you were.
I ain't in this game to snatch chains and pick pockets.
You're a fucking idiot, bro.
I'd have at least kept the money.
Yeah, well, we different.
Anyways, them drugs is stepped on with baby aspirin.
So you have fun with that.
We done and done? Hmm.
- Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah.
- Today ain't the day.
- It's always the day, boy.
- That right? You trying to try something, huh? Yeah, why not? Why don't you take this, motherfucker? Yo, I didn't come here to set shit off, I came here to make shit right.
Elijah, you a fool.
Now, put them goddamn guns down in my shop.
Now! Nigga, I ain't doing shit 'til I get the fucking nod.
What the fuck you looking at him for? - This my spot.
- Hey, man, fuck that.
Hey, J, who calling the shots here? Give me the word, I smoke white boy right now.
Fuck it.
Put it down.
We gonna let him make it.
My little niggas.
Take care of that.
Let's walk.
All right.
Fuck.
I heard you did the same thing for Flynn.
Why the fuck are you out here trying to make friends? I ain't trying to make friends.
I'm out here trying to make money and moves.
Don't you fucking move! I'm guessing this your ride? - Fuck, no.
- Don't you fucking move! Keep your fucking hands where I can see 'em.
Back up! Jefe's got a job for you, Diamond.
Do these motherfuckers know you? Rojas knows you.
I guess that answers that.
- Let's go.
Come on.
- Get the fuck in the car.
Move it, skillet! Don't fucking move.
I swear to God I'll blow your fucking head off.
Llévatelo! You thought you was gonna put our jefe in a wheelchair and life was just gonna go on like that shit didn't happen, huh? I knew you would come for me, but he's not a part it.
He's seen our faces.
He's a big fucking part of it.
Yeah, well, you the one who took the bags off our heads, mamacita.
That's, like, kidnapping 101.
Excuse me, motherfucker? Now I'm part of it.
You fucker.
Stop.
If you want me, here I am.
¿Sabes qué? This is all on you.
Rojas wants you moving our shit today.
- I don't move H.
- Today you do! In fact, you're gonna move all eight bricks of it for us.
The city is on fire with cops.
Which is why you're gonna do it and we're not.
Either you bring us our money, or you die in the fucking street.
This is what you get for fucking up Rojas, puto, ¿claro? He stays behind as collateral.
If you want this done while the city is crawling with heat, then I'm gonna need a wheelman.
He's my guy.
I walked in with him.
I'm not walking out without him.
You're dead either way.
Don't make a promise you can keep.
If you don't bring us the money in three hours, you'll be dead, motherfucker.
Oh.
- How's the count, Claud? - Good to the number.
I saw Peggy Shaughnessy at the gym the other day.
- Don't start with that.
- I'm just saying You're saying the same shit he is.
Look, I think Gloria's great.
But you and I both know Dad's never gonna go for that.
The fuck am I supposed to do about it? Find your happiness, Vic.
Shit's easy for you.
Are you fucking kidding me? Nothing about Da and me is easy.
You know, you've got the brass fucking ring, and you don't even fuck I'm not doing this shit.
You've got your shit, and I've got mine.
- Fair? - Whatever.
Look, I think I found the next big bounce in Chicago.
Chemical solution to make up for all our lost business.
Pop will never go for that designer shit.
- We're not trying to expand.
- We need to expand.
- Let me talk to him about it.
- It won't make a difference.
Okay, so then he'll listen to you.
Can you put that garbage away, please? God damn.
You wasn't joking about that heat.
There's been 37 shootings in the last weekend.
Hotter than a motherfucker.
We gonna get this done.
I ain't even been in this city long enough to have any enemies.
You just opened up the face of one of Rojas' homies.
You right.
I got one enemy.
Wait, two.
Ah, shit.
I-I got three.
Three enemies.
That's definitely it.
So what's Rojas's crew's beef with you, anyways? You put some dude in a chair? Why you didn't put him in the ground? Wasn't trying to get life while I was inside.
That shit all happened fast.
Rojas tried to get at Jenard, take some CBI business.
I put a end to that.
Been taking care of Jenard his whole life.
Now that you out, he been the man.
Holding everything down for you.
Taking care of your whole organisation.
Calling the shots.
Holding down the hood.
How's that going for you? Look, I know you ain't no fucking cop.
So what's your angle? Stack as much paper in this city as I can.
How much you looking to make? I ain't got no limit.
Look, you got my ass out a jam.
I'm doing the same for you.
Break me off whatever.
And at the end of this, you go your way, I go mine's.
Deal? Done.
There's too much heat on the streets to risk our men.
So Diamond better get this shit done fast.
The cartel needs the money tonight, or heads will start rolling.
I've got Diamond's brother.
Let's make this shit real interesting for him.
Yo, you gotta be stealth as a motherfucker right now, D.
Everything's quiet once you get north of Fullerton fully.
Good looking, E.
Jenard show up yet? Nah, he ain't picking up.
Shit don't feel right.
Let me know when he lands.
- Five-O.
- All right, be cool.
We ain't doing nothing wrong.
I'm a Black man with two fucking cop cars behind me.
Hope the cops are more chill here in Chicago than they are in New York.
I'm sure they flex just as hard.
DWB is coast to coast.
Fuck, they just lit us up.
You all right.
Keep your foot on the brake.
We all right, we all right.
I just got out.
We all right.
We clear.
God damn! Yo, people gonna know fast these keys are dropping.
Word up.
Circle the block once.
- If I ain't out - Take off.
Got it.
No, motherfucker, circle a second time.
Just fucking with you.
I'll have eyes on you the whole time.
- My hablo is bad.
- I came in clean.
Oh, I know exactly what that mean.
- Who the fuck sent you here? - Rojas.
- Really? - Yeah.
I don't see nothing in your hand.
Well, I didn't know what was waiting for me in here.
- Where's my package? - It's outside.
Them three dumpsters? Underneath the second one.
What else is waiting for me out there? Nothing.
Seriously.
Look, if I'm lying to you, y'all could cut me up next.
Right.
I got a '69 Mustang.
Nobody cares.
My Spanish is getting better.
Pay me.
You working strictly for Rojas? Not even.
I'm a free agent.
Where do I find you? Don't worry about it.
I'll find you first, tía.
- I'm in - Go, go Maybe we the junkies, huh? Not me.
I never touch it.
No, I mean, you know, chasing that first high when we got away with it.
Had some paper for the first time, - some power - Yeah.
Yeah.
I can tell you every detail the time I climbed the steps at Cabrini.
Dime bag of ditch weed in my pocket ready to make my first deal.
Yo, man, I was slinging that same shit.
One-thirty-four and Guy R Brewer.
Just happy to be in the mix.
Make that ten dollars.
See, Jenard, he don't understand how things used to be.
He thinks things just supposed to jump off - at the speed of light.
- Nah, nah, nah.
We had to do it slow and steady.
Right.
We saw the angles.
Change of plans.
Cops are moving heavy, and we want our fucking money! You have an hour to finish all the drops, or baby brother dies.
- Fuck.
- We got to hurry.
We gotta make these drops.
Come on, you know Rojas ain't dealing no trash.
I know him.
I don't know you.
Come on.
Where are you? Fuck it.
It's very high level.
It's the best.
So we got a deal? Last test.
Shalom, brother.
What can I get you? What can I get you? Let me get some of that pastrami.
Two pounds, lean.
Need anything else? Um, yeah, yeah.
Let me get some of these cinnamon cookies.
It's rugelach.
Yeah, whatever they are, they damn good.
Isaak.
Money.
It's all there.
Get the fuck out of here.
You know what? That's good.
That's enough.
Shalom, brother.
How's your count? Perfect.
Best bookkeeper I ever had.
What would I do without you? Who knows? We got Lincoln Park due for a re-up.
Oh, yeah? Da, what we're selling is outdated.
It's not fucking outdated.
It's dependable.
There are newer drugs out there.
We need something exclusive.
Every couple of years, some dealer comes along with some fucking drug that never amounts to shite.
That's not what I'm talking about.
Dad, we're losing money.
Why the fuck do you insist on pushing your way into a room where you're not wanted? Just run the fucking books and the legitimate floats.
That's it.
He runs the fucking streets, all right? Now, is there any other business concerning the count that we need to discuss? No, nothing.
Arnaud? - Arnaud? - You got the drop? Yeah, I do.
Where you want it? Test it, don't bump it.
What the fuck are you doing? Just pay me my money, motherfucker.
I gotta get going.
I ain't got time for this shit.
Yo, yo, money.
You nodding out on me? You fucking mutt.
Where's the money at? Here we go.
One, two, three.
Driver roll down your window.
Hey, slowly.
I saw you on your cell phone.
You know, it's illegal to text and drive.
- The car was parked, Officer.
- License and registration.
I'd rather not make any movements, sir.
Prefer to keep my hands where you can see 'em at all times in fear that they may be perceived as a threat against you.
You are operating a vehicle with out-of-state plates.
I'm not gonna ask you again.
Slowly retrieve your license from your wallet and the registration from the glove box, now.
I will not move my hands from the steering wheel, sir.
Driver, license from your wallet and registration from that glove box, now! This is not my vehicle, sir.
Are you currently operating a vehicle that you are not the owner of? Driver, step out of this fucking car now.
Do not make me ask you again! Sir, I will not reach for that door.
I will not make any sudden movements.
My hands are staying on this steering wheel.
Is there a problem, Officer? Is there a problem with my car? I know the tags are current, I'm not in a red zone.
I don't see any meters.
- This is your car, bro? - Yeah, she sure is.
Do you know this man? I sure do.
It's David Samson, my barber.
Anything else I can help you with? Give me your license and registration.
No prob.
I swear to God, I was inside for ten minutes.
It was s-sunny, and now it's snowing.
Yeah, welcome to Chicago, bro.
Another ten minutes, we'll be going to a barbecue.
Not if your life depended on it, cocksucker.
Stay cool.
License, registration.
Um, give me a minute to run these.
Yeah, yeah, of course.
Holy shit.
What is he gonna find running your plates? He ain't gonna find nothing.
Not even a parking ticket? Nothing.
- Long way from the Big Apple.
- Yeah.
I heard good things about your pizza.
All lies.
Hey, you two have a good day.
You too, bro.
Fifteen fucking years inside, and this is the one thing that ain't change a goddamn bit.
Let's go get your brother.
Where's my brother? Where's my motherfucking brother? Yo, we did all the drops.
You got your money.
Don't fucking move.
You move, you die.
And every dollar better be in there.
I'm not playing.
Slow the fuck down.
Slow down.
The money.
Hmm? Yo, J, you good? I'm good.
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo.
I like.
Come on.
Let's go! Just throw them the fuck down.
Go.
Go, go, go, go.
A quarter, big bro.
Twenty-five for a day's work.
Like I said, whatever's good.
How'd you know my name is David? Nobody's called me that for 30 years.
I see shit where nobody else look.
You not that deep, bro.
You saw it on my barber's license, huh? Mm-hmm.
So why'd you take the ride? Backup.
No.
You not the backup kind of motherfucker.
I saw your head was on a swivel at every drop.
You absorbed everything about the routes.
You clocking my city? It gonna be a problem if I am? Only one way to find out.
Let's find out, then.
Hmm.
Watch your back.
Hello? Hey, what's up? Welcome to Grandma's house.
Jesus.
Anything look familiar? Not really.
I guess I kind of remember this couch, though.
Sweating outside in the summer and then getting stuck to it as soon as you sat down.
- Yeah.
Yeah, your thighs.
- Yeah.
When you came off it, it sounded like Fruit Roll-Ups.
Like Velcro Fruit Roll-Ups.
Uh, yo, man, you want a beer? Yeah.
- Here you go.
- Here, I'll trade you.
The fuck? I told you I had a way.
Take it for, uh, the club, you know, for damages or for your divorce or whatever.
- Take it.
Go ahead.
- Uh, Tommy, uh Hold up, man.
Look what I found.
I finally know who this is.
Get ready for the show.
Check this shit out.
What's this? No fucking way.
Okay, let's go play.
Come on, it'll be fun.
Wow.
Hey.
Let me get that off there.
I can't believe she left her own fucking child.
I would never do that.
How you know what you would do? Because I fucking love my son.
Fought as hard as I could to hold on to him.
How old is he? Sixteen last July, but, um I haven't seen him in 14 years.
When I came out, his mother took him away.
I fought hard to be a part of his life, but, uh he vanished.
Being a father was the best thing that ever happened to me.
Now I don't know who he is or-or where he is.
After my son was pulled from my life, family was just me and my pops.
Then all of a sudden, you show up.
And now I Look, I-I don't know how all this shit works.
I never had a brother.
I did.
You motherfucker! We're gonna kill you! When Rojas hears about this, motherfucker! Rojas is gonna fuck you up! Pendejo! Hey, I can't wait to kill you, motherfucker.
Fucking pussy, I swear to God! Let us the fuck out of here, you bitch! This shit ain't over! You can't do this to us! You motherfucker! Hell of a city.
Hey! Let me out! Now you owe me one more.
Oh, fuck.
This motherfucker.
How'd you get in the bar business anyway? It's a tough racket.
Yeah, it wasn't my plan A.
Plan A was to open a fancy Jamaican spot.
But, you know, this place has a small kitchen that keeps me inspired.
To inspiration.
And it was affordable, so I thought That why you kicking it up to the Irish guys? I know a payment envelope when I see it.
Oh, yeah? Yeah.
Ain't no shame being in a jam.
I ain't ashamed.
Did what I had to do at the time.
You want me to take care of that for you? Give Junior some of this, one of those, take them out with the quickness? Pah! Put your damn cape away.
I ain't trying to be saved.
Got myself in.
I'll get myself out.
Cheers to that.
Why'd you come back? Finally found a reason to stay.
Don't worry.
It ain't you.
I don't know, there's just something about this town.
Yeah, I feel like I could breathe here.
Look, there's something you should know about me.
You don't have to tell me nothing.
No, there's someone that There always is.
I'm coming.
What the fuck do you want? The game ended two hours ago.
I ain't here for no game.
I want you to move.
And I want you to forget that I was ever here.
I don't know, Goldie.
I got a real good memory.
Motherfucker.
Let me grab my toothbrush.
Buy a new one.
How'd you find me? - Who else knows I'm here? - Fuck you! Oh, yeah, you sure? You wanna repeat that? How'd you know where I live? I'm that fucking good.
Ain't nobody gonna help you now, Liliana.
I got the drop on you.
So you better tell me how the fuck did you find me? Divine intervention.
You fucking bitch.
No, no, I'm-I'm fucking serious, all right? After Julio gave me money to leave New York, I ended up here, and I-I was having a good fucking life until I started hearing about some white boy, new in town, blue fucking Mustang.
Are they the ones who helped you find me? No, all right? You're a complete mystery to them.
They don't know shit about you.
You lie! I didn't track you, Tommy.
I figured you were here to finish me.
So I came at you first.
Every time Ghost left somebody alive out of his generosity, it came to bite us in the ass.
Motherfucker.
It's always good running into old friends.