Rebel (2017) s01e03 Episode Script
Chasing Ghosts
1 [indistinct police radio chatter.]
Just to talk? Just to talk.
- That's it? - You came here just to kick it? About what? Men? Music? Fashion? April Summerdale was one of the officers who was involved with the lawful shooting of your brother? Yeah, Detective Fox, about as lawful as Wounded Knee is to your people.
Maybe last night you started thinking about your brother, decided to take things into your own hands.
Let me hip you on how this is supposed to go.
You do your job, you find cause, you get to put those bracelets on me.
You don't find cause, then you get to go find whoever did this.
Where were you last night? At a rally for my brother.
Okay.
Then you came here, because it's book club night.
- You knock, April doesn't - I already told you.
When I knocked, the door was already open.
I came in, I see her down, I call 911 like a good citizen.
You see anything suspicious? Yes, I did see something suspicious.
Let me tell you something you probably never heard Something It's a nice space you have here, Mr.
Jenkins.
Very nice.
- Well, thank you.
- Thank you very much.
I'm trying to expand to help more soldiers coming home from war adjust back to civilian life.
Now see here.
I got the plans and budget done.
All we need now is a contractor who can keep it tight.
This is the price if nothing goes wrong.
- But if we have problems - Look, I got you on the small stuff.
Just as long as you don't try to jack up the budget, - we're good.
- [phone rings.]
Okay.
[phone ringing.]
Yeah? Would you stop messing with your hair, Rainbow Brite? Don't hate, congratulate.
You know this color looks good on me.
[sighs.]
It's okay.
I know you're in a bad mood and all with Malik's birthday coming up.
You figured out what you wanna do? No.
I'm not in a bad mood.
I just don't wanna be talking for my health.
I heard every word you said.
April's dead, but you don't think it's a suicide.
Yeah, usually when people commit suicide, they eat a bullet or aim at the temple.
She shot herself behind the ear.
Okay, so someone offed her Mafia-style.
That's my theory.
The M.
E.
confirms it's a possibility, too.
Especially with the angle of the bullet.
You think Matt's brother Jimmy's behind all of this? I don't know, maybe.
I'm just trying to figure out how all of this connects to Lik.
If you hear from Kim, tell her to hit me so I know she's okay.
Alright.
[sighs.]
- TJ, we had an appointment.
- I know.
- Did she take any of her things? - No, sir.
Her gear's still here.
Nobody's seen or heard anything.
Good looking, Eddie.
Look, T, I know we were supposed to go look at that place in Jack London.
But as you can see, something just came up.
What do I tell the real estate agent? [phone ringing.]
- Yeah? - You got something for me? [knocking at door.]
Kim's missing again.
[sighs.]
You check all the usual spots? My boy knows her sister out on the Ridge.
He got her to call me.
She ain't seen Kim in months.
What's good, Chee? Kim's the homeless runner you served with, right? Yeah, she was staying at the CQ up until two days ago.
But something must have happened.
Because one of my workers said he saw her jet without taking any of her stuff.
Well, have you filed a missing persons? No, Kim's not elderly or a minor.
So her file would just end up on some rookie cop's desk.
She probably went back to that dude in Aquan Projects.
No, too many eyes.
If Kim was freaked out, she'd go someplace where she wouldn't be found.
Someplace people would stay away from.
We both worked the case, so we have to testify.
Uh, just call me, Rebel.
Detective Mclntyre? Traylynn Jones.
I'm your new partner.
Just Mack.
Congratulations on your first day back.
Thank you.
- How long have you worked here? - A few years now.
Nice solid group? What's the captain like? What's the lieutenant like? What do you mean Charles Gold? I'm sure he's the same as when you last worked with him.
You did your homework.
I like that.
And I'm sure there's a lot you wanna know about me.
But right now, the only thing I'm concerned with is showing the brass that I'm a good detective.
So let's just focus on the work.
[phone ringing.]
So the wit we're meeting with can help close a murder case.
Can't get him to talk.
The case has been open for months.
You lead, I'll follow.
This place is hella bootsy.
You sure your girl Kim's down here? Like I said, she was trained in camo.
And right now, Kim is a little short on friends.
Iraq messed her up deep.
She was staying at the CQ, going to the VA the last few months.
Counseling seemed to be working.
Why'd you call your place the CQ? Charge of Quarters.
Support job guarding the barracks.
First gig you get when you work for Uncle Sam.
Gotta keep your eyes open.
Ain't that right, Reb? [sighs.]
Yeah.
Don't remind me.
I hated working curfew on weekends.
[sighs.]
Seeing combat affects everybody differently.
Some people come back relatively the same.
Others not so much.
Neither party prevails in this matter.
I order the album be auctioned off at Ameba Records, profits split 50/50, minus 10% commission.
Final judge.
Now get you asses out of here.
Judge Pete.
Rebel long time no see.
My condolences at the loss of your family.
Now if you need some representation, I can tap my connections.
I'm good, Judge Pete.
Actually looking for a friend.
Have you seen her? Hmm.
Try Tent City.
New arrivals there.
Hey, son! Kinda smart for a guy who lives in a cardboard box.
He used to be a real judge before the drugs got to him.
Hey, thanks for tagging along, alright? It's kinda hard for me to be alone with TJ now after he put me in that trick bag.
I'm done.
WOMAN: [indistinct mumbling.]
Kim? - Hey, don't worry.
- We got this.
It's all good.
Kim, is that you? It's me.
Rebel.
[siren wails.]
You guys got everything you need, right? Yeah, thanks.
Tell your mom I said thanks again.
I already did.
She's too busy to even talk to me.
How are you feeling, Kim? Tell me what's up.
What do you mean somebody's trying to kill you? Um Chee, take a walk with me.
[indistinct chatter.]
Ma, I have a job.
And they're paying customers.
Her name is Yolanda.
We met at the soup kitchen where I volunteer sometimes.
And she said like she would help me get more VA benefits just for a little small commission.
You know, it sounded legit.
Plus, I had lost my job, and I was broke.
Identity scam? I don't know, but, I went to talk to Sheri and Nadine, and they had signed up with Yolanda, too.
And now the they disappeared.
Here you go, Cheena, I got this.
So you and Rebel back together? Right now? It is what it is.
Well, I don't want our girl getting hurt again.
For the record, I ain't the one that quit trying.
No, you're the one who left.
Two sides to every story, Chee.
Yeah, I'm on Rebel's, just so you know.
As well as you should be.
That's your girl.
But she's my wife.
- And so stay in your lane - [machine beeps.]
until the two of us can figure things out.
Yeah, well, your broke-ass card didn't work.
Uh, you got another one? Let me see that.
Uh, my bad.
I forgot I canceled this one.
Mm.
Mm.
Let me pay in cash? I don't know.
Nobody has really seen 'em in weeks.
I just The rumor is that they're dead.
And I think Yolanda killed them.
And if she finds me, I'm next.
Okay, let's not overreact.
Oh no, we never got our benefits, okay? Look I wasn't sure, but they thought it was a scam.
So they went to the soup kitchen to confront Yolanda.
Yolanda pulled out a gun on them and said that if they went to the cops or anybody that she would kill them.
[baby crying.]
KIM: Tell them to shut the baby up.
[crying continues.]
- It's getting crowded.
- Let's get out of here.
- Tell 'em to shut the baby up.
- Alright, okay Shut the baby up.
- I'm here.
- Shut the baby up! Tell the lady to shut the baby up.
- Okay, listen - Shut the baby up! You need to shut the baby up! Shut the baby up! Shut the baby up! [baby crying.]
I'm working here, man.
If I don't get these dishes out, I don't get paid.
Oh, Joseph, work with me, buddy.
Your boy's pushing up daisies.
The guys who deep-sixed him are getting high in some strip club.
You were there.
You know who killed him.
I don't know nothing about that.
Look, you don't talk, this entire case falls apart.
We've been here 15 minutes, and you haven't asked us to leave.
So obviously you wanna say something.
We just haven't hit you right.
So here's a question.
Who's the girl? Is she your girlfriend? Are you worried that if you talk, the guys who did your boy might do her next? Look, we can protect her.
Okay.
Protect her.
Maybe I'll help you.
Yeah, way to go, Wonder Woman.
What you'd do? Read his case file? I read every open file in the station.
I hate walking into situations unprepared.
Hey, you wanna hang back, grab a beer? No, I'm already late for my next job.
You don't strike me as a moonlighter.
Oh, I'm all that and everything else when it comes to my grandson.
And, uh, for the record, I don't drink.
Alright.
So, uh, what do you do to blow off steam? Knit sweaters for Omari.
Your grandson? The only man that's in my life.
Look, I'm just saying, Kim a little shaky with the truth.
She ever tell you why she got a general discharge from the Army? No, but that doesn't make her a liar.
I mean, why would she make this up? I don't know, but something definitely went down.
I'm just not sure what.
And I keep wondering why you ain't been on her about it.
Kim's in trouble, TJ.
Questioning her about it ain't gonna help.
Yeah, but you're giving her a rope that you don't typically extend to others.
Alright, alright, alright.
Hold up, cool, cool.
Look, okay, it's your show.
You're the P.
I.
I'm gonna let you run point.
What? Sergeant Jenkins is gonna run behind one of his privates? Don't do that to me.
I'm giving it a try, okay? Ball's in your court, sugar bloomers.
Welcome to Shepard Soup Kitchen.
I'm looking for a Yolanda Hale.
Sorry, nobody here with that name.
Well, that was the name we were given by Kim Wilkinson.
They both volunteer here.
Well, Kim was a volunteer.
Uh, clients claim she was rude.
And they caught her stealing some cellphones and wallets.
The charity didn't press charges, but they did let her go.
KIM: It was just stuff from the lost and found.
So that made it okay to take? Look, it's not like I ever robbed somebody, okay? I believe you, Kim.
Alright, now we just need to figure out how to find Yolanda.
If she's not at the soup kitchen, I don't know where she's at.
She never gave me a phone number.
All I know is that she lives somewhere near Lake Merritt.
So you're telling me you don't know anything about this woman? But still trusted her with all your personal information? I know it's stupid, okay? I wasn't thinking straight.
Nobody blames you, Kim.
The important thing is we found you, and you're okay.
Yeah, but next time, don't run off.
Talk to me.
Or go to Rebel if you don't want me to know.
Look, I wasn't sure with the you guys split up.
Look, me and TJ will always be a unit, even if we're not together.
Alright, you don't have to choose between the two of us.
Trippin', Kim.
You know we go way back.
TJ: Damn sand jammed up my gun.
Couldn't even dry fire it.
You must be new to Fort Bragg.
Yeah.
Transferred in a week ago.
Still get lost every time I leave base.
You should meet my home girl Rebel.
She can show you around.
Wait a minute.
You got a girlfriend named Rebel? Not fem enough for you? Uh, nah, just different.
Fool I was, I went and married her.
Shut up.
[laughs.]
You're family, Kim.
Don't ever forget that.
[phone ringing.]
Hey, Jim, what you got for me? Don't know what we're running from, just another day Alright, Kim, we're here.
Hearing gunshots is something you hear A lot on the block Never go, let it go, is it the homie or the cops Too many bullets in our youth For the red and the blue, and the lack of the truth It has to stop And police shouldn't shoot Since there's nothing we can do, do, do, do, do [woman screams.]
- Don't move! - [gunshots.]
[indistinct chatter.]
Reb! Reb! What the hell are you doing here? I'm sorry about your brother.
It was an accident.
Wrong place at the wrong time, I guess.
I.
A.
may have cleared you, but you ain't been cleared by me.
Yeah, I'm gonna wipe that smirk off your murdering ass face! - What the hell's going on here? - [TJ.]
: He ain't worth it.
Let it go.
Officer Bryant, relieve your partner, please.
And you, get your civilian ass of this crime scene and take this guy with you.
First of all, you need to watch how you talk to people.
Sir, please don't make me tell you twice.
It's public damn property.
Thanks for calling.
What's the prelim? Female African American, 30s, GSW to the head.
Decomposition's a least a week.
Fingerprints are burned, teeth out.
Somebody wanted to be sure she was anonymous.
You think you could get a photo of the vic? [sighs.]
Please just cut me some slack.
You're talking to Master Sergeant Jenkins.
Sir, if you don't like it, you can write your congressman a letter, okay? Thanks for backing me up.
Always good tag-teaming with you, boo.
- You ready? - Yeah.
It's her.
It's Sheri.
Yolanda killed her, and she's coming after me next.
What the hell are you doing out here? I am not in the mood, Mac.
Not today.
Especially not today.
Look, I'm not trying to fight either, alright? But you can't run up on a police officer.
The police officer that murdered my brother.
Unless you're here to tell me why you shot at my brother, you need to get the hell out.
[sighs.]
I've been hanging onto this for a while.
But with the way things have been between us I wasn't sure if you'd accept it.
But you need to see it.
Especially today.
Malik's birthday.
This doesn't change anything.
You're still on one side of this investigation, and I'm on the other.
Rebel, I'm not your enemy.
Alright, I want to help.
Oh, you wanna help? Why don't you ask Jimmy why he was at April Sommerdale's house last night when she got murdered? And tell him not to lie.
Because a certain black bitch saw him go in.
Can I ask you a super important question? Why didn't you tell me that you and TJ have been hooking up? Honestly, I thought you would judge me.
We're besties.
I'm supposed to judge you.
Especially when you do stupid stuff like this.
Cheena, TJ is still my husband.
So let me ask.
If he dumped Tasha right now, you'd get back with him? Look, I'm not sure.
All I know is that right now, me and TJ are having a good time working together.
There seems to be something different about him.
Cow, give me a break.
I mean, I put on a dress whenever I wanna impress, too.
And he did snap on me right before his credit card got declined.
People change, Chee.
[scoffs.]
Mm.
Where's Kim at anyway? She's in the shower.
I was able to get a little more information about this scam that Yolanda's running.
So, apparently, she's targeting disabled vets and telling them she knows how to work the system 'cause she's a former VA worker.
What I can't understand is how she got her victims to trust her.
Oh, I found a Sheri Cerci in Allendale.
I'm checking her service records.
You find out anything more on April's sketchy suicide? Ran into Mack.
How was that? Said he's gonna try to find out why his brother was at April's.
I mean, hopefully, be able to give me some information today, and I can crack this thing on Malik's birthday.
[sighs.]
MAN RAPPING: Ready to be amazed.
I'm trying to get away to escape from the pandemonium.
World's caving in as I'm stricken with claustrophobia, believing I'm a king when they into me.
That's erroneous.
Big dreams, visions of myself being notorious.
Feel a rush of adrenaline when I'm gracing the podium.
Overcome with gratitude because of endless euphoria.
Wear my heart upon my sleeve, do my best to keep it real.
Call it like I see it, I'm gonna tell the people how I feel.
MACK RAPPING: This here be emcee Malik's partner in rhyme.
All state got scissor got no time for your crime.
[laughs.]
Oh my God, Mack.
coming to you faster than a dang heart attack.
I protect the young and I protect everybody.
I hate crime.
You guys suck Alright, man, I got it.
I'm I'm gonna bring it home, alright? My name is Mack, I ain't whack.
Don't get me flat, get off my back.
You talk that smack, we'll get capped.
And that's a fact, out back.
MACK: Oh my goodness.
- What's up? - Who's your daddy, child? MACK: Hey! MACK AND MALIK: [laughing.]
[phone ringing.]
[sighs.]
[ringing continues.]
Hey, I thought you were at work.
I am, but I snuck in a search.
You're not gonna believe what I found.
Yolanda? No.
but I got bank records for Sheri Cerci.
Her account's still open, and someone make a withdraw at her bank's ATM four days ago.
That's crazy.
The M.
E.
said that she's been dead for a week.
Uh, yes, well, we require loan applicants to make an appointment.
But if you wait, I can answer your loan questions.
Oh, thanks, Jerry.
My wife and I appreciate you squeezing us into your schedule.
It's not a problem.
[sighs.]
Twenty bucks says I beat you this time.
Cheat and skeet's below my paygrade.
Um, it's not below mine.
I'm a P.
I.
in the hood now.
And you know I always win.
Mm-hmm.
Dude in the corner, Joe 100's definitely banging baby girl behind him.
[laughs.]
Get real.
He is not doing her.
He's gay.
Sister in the red with the locks, packing, plain clothes security.
Cheater.
You always find the guards.
Mm, bingo.
I just found our way in.
Miss Press and Go in the tight suit.
She and her married boss are definitely on the low-low.
[indistinct chatter.]
That's good.
You ever think about us? I mean for all the wrong stuff in our marriage, there was actually a lot that was right.
Uh, we were good with a common enemy.
But once we got stateside we stopped fighting for one another.
[camera shutter clicking.]
Uh, got ya! [laughing.]
Ah! Got you, too, boo.
Hand over my cash.
Give it to me.
[laughs.]
Not cute at all, Reb.
I'm real cute.
[indistinct chatter.]
Where the hell does she get off accusing me? I was banging April, but I didn't kill her.
I'm just still stuck that you're having an affair.
Don't act like Miss Black America wasn't married when you were banging her.
No! Rebel had been separated from her husband for months when we hooked up.
Big difference.
Separated.
That's great.
Look, I hooked up with April a couple of times.
And was no big deal.
But then I.
A.
had to call my house to verify what time I got home, all because your nosy-ass jungle bunny couldn't stay out of my business.
This isn't all Rebel's fault.
Alright, you know better than to piss in the well you drink from.
Yeah, well, the battle line's been drawn.
And Rebel's on one side, and I'm on the other.
And you need to figure out where you stand.
Hi.
I'm Carmen, your bank service specialist.
Which one of our products would you be interested in today? Miss Oh, my name's not important.
But yours is, Miss Williams.
Married to Troy six years, two kids.
Don't reach for that alarm button under your desk, Carmen.
I'm not here for money.
I'm here for information.
I'm not giving you anything.
Fine.
I guess you won't mind me showing your husband and your coworkers this.
Don't trip, girl.
We all do dirt.
I just catch yours on camera.
What do you want? Just to see some surveillance footage.
I don't have access to that.
Oh, freeze that.
You stole from a dead woman.
Why should we believe anything you say? Look, I didn't know Sheri was dead.
After Yolanda threatened to kill them, I told her I was done, I wanted out.
She told me that they were liars, I believed her until the both of 'em just disappeared.
Whose idea was it to use homeless vets? Don't try to game us, Kim.
She used you for the marks, right? Look, I found her the vets.
Homeless, but they got a check because the war messed them up.
TJ, I didn't know she'd kill 'em, okay? It don't matter! You're a vet who stole from other vets.
It was just supposed to be money, okay? I I got the targets, talked 'em into trusting her.
She'd open the bank accounts.
You hit the ATM when the checks came in? Yes, but that's it.
I swear.
I got a cut, but I never killed anybody.
Look, I don't need this right now.
I just got subpoenaed to testify in a case I closed.
Look.
All I'm saying is, someone needs to pay for Sheri's death.
Sir? Tasha's on the line for you.
Take a message.
- Look, Reb, I'm - Hmm-mm, you don't need to explain.
There is no way I am turning Kim in.
I do not understand you all connection.
And, I mean, I don't get how you can get upset at the cops, but take another cop in Lik's murder, and you sitting here doing the same damn thing.
That is completely different, and you know it.
Look.
Give me some time to figure this all out.
Yolanda set up a bank account for Nadine at the same bank where Sheri's was at.
Someone took money out of that account the same time they withdrew from Sheri's.
That bank offers special accounts for active military duty and vets.
Which set up a cash cow for Yolanda's scam.
Well, I had ATM cards for five accounts.
Two of them were from Sheri and Nadine.
And before I got scared and ran, I was supposed to get a card for another account.
You would think after somebody opened up so many accounts, somebody would be like, "Hold up.
" Unless they had an inside man.
We find the shady teller that set up those accounts, and we use that person to help us nab Yolanda's ass.
Can I play undercover agent this time? Please? Alright, fine, I was just trying to be a team player.
Look, we have something that Yolanda doesn't want the cops to have.
Somebody she would kill to shut up.
Not you again.
You said all you needed was information.
And all I need is a name.
Give it to me, and I'll destroy those pictures of you and your boss.
Why should I help you? You just wanna blackmail one of coworkers.
I'm a private investigator working on a murder case tied to somebody in this bank.
You don't want to protect someone who's helping a murderer, do you? Ok, fine.
But you have to destroy these damn pictures in front of me.
Sorry, I'm booked for the day, but you can make an appointment and come back tomorrow.
Drop the uppity Negro act, Jerry.
I know all about you and Yolanda.
Who's that? The woman you've been running the vet scam with.
Opening up bogus accounts and stealing their money.
Don't play dumb, or I will go in there and tell your boss.
Okay.
Okay, but she made me do it.
It was blackmail.
I wanna cut a deal.
I ain't the po-po.
Only deal I'm making is if you give me her full name, and you get her here.
Then maybe, just maybe, I'll tell the cops that you helped me.
I can't do that.
We're not friends.
She comes and goes as she pleases.
You ready to pick out your prison name, Jerry? Mm, I'm not sure she'll come.
She seemed suspicious.
I've never called before.
Alright, just tell her it's a paperwork thing, okay? In and out.
Take her to the back, I'll handle the rest.
[clears throat.]
That's Yolanda? Wait, I know her.
That's the woman from the soup kitchen.
- Rebel! - That's Yolanda! [brakes squeal.]
[indistinct yelling.]
Give it up.
You can't get away.
Kim told us everything.
Come on, you can't believe her.
She's trash.
That's why she washed out of the Army! Bitch, I hope they put you under.
Don't make this worse than it already is, Helen.
Yeah, I know your real name is not Yolanda.
It's Helen Rudco.
And you were dishonorably discharged from the Air Force.
I served my country for almost 20 years.
And they threw me out like garbage.
I couldn't even get benefits! They owed me! So I made them pay! A piece of paper can't take away your honor.
You did that by killing other vets.
KIM: You're not getting out of this.
Question is, do you wanna get out alive? Alive or dead? You choose.
But you need to start deciding fast.
[sobbing.]
TJ'll get you back up on your feet.
Just promise you'll let us help, okay? You're family.
Yeah, and I promise I'm gonna go into some counseling, too.
Alright.
Blow up my phone.
Text me if you get a job or a booty call.
[laughs.]
Rebel? Um how'd you do it? How do you just leave that place behind? You know, I still see it, and I hear it in my head.
Did you forget? Or you just bury it all? [baby crying.]
Kim, shut that baby up.
They're coming.
[crying continues.]
[indistinct yelling.]
Ssssh, ssssh, sssh.
[banging on door.]
[baby crying.]
[indistinct yelling.]
[gunshots.]
[sighs.]
[speaking foreign language.]
[screaming.]
What happened? [indistinct yelling.]
REBEL: Oh no.
[indistinct screaming.]
I didn't forget, Kim.
I gave the order.
And here's another one.
Stand down.
We both have to deal with the death of that baby.
You do not need to carry all that grief by yourself.
Can you do that? Mm-hmm.
[sighs.]
You know, I was a little shaky about this vet's housing thing.
Mm-hmm.
You know, you could barely balance a checkbook when we were together.
Oh, you're trying to snap? Hey, I'm just calling it what it is.
But I was wrong.
You're doing your thing.
And you're good at it.
Well, thank you, babe.
Likewise.
Mm-hmm.
Proud of you, boo.
Oh, you're proud of me? [indistinct mumbling.]
Proud of me, baby.
Mm-mm.
Hmm-mm.
Years of unfinished business to handle first, brah.
[chuckles.]
Mm, mm, mm.
Sexy has left the building.
Mm.
REBEL: Well, I'm here.
Ready to testify like a good little detective.
Mack, this is the last favor I'm doing for this department.
So did you watch it? You never could rap.
Oh come on, definitely had the rhythm going on at the end.
Alright.
Malik said I was so bad, I put the white in white boy.
You know you wanna laugh.
Shut up, Mack.
BOTH: [laughing.]
Jimmy didn't have anything to do with April's death.
He was at home with Kathy and the kids.
Why was he there in the first place? He and April had been having an affair.
Of course you're gonna say that.
Rebel, I'm not gonna lie to you about that.
Look.
There's something else that I should have told you.
Ever since we took that tweeker down at Sabrawny Park Remember the one? Ever since he stabbed me, I've been getting these These flashes out of the middle of nowhere.
You know, I can't hear.
I can't think.
Panic attacks? Yeah, I I didn't see a head doc, because I didn't want to screw my changes at a promotion.
But that must have been what happened that night.
Because I remember flashes, right? Like Malik one minute.
You the next.
And then, I don't know how, but somehow, I'm watching myself, you know, shoot at Malik.
Look, I I understand if you can't forgive me because it's tough to forgive myself.
But that's what happened.
Then why did you lie to I.
A.
and say Malik was armed? I didn't.
No, that was April and her partner, Vaughn Bryant.
I supported you.
Alright, I told I.
A.
that I saw Malik drop the gun.
[siren wailing.]
[knocking at door.]
Hey, babe.
You've been busy.
I went by the CQ to surprise you.
Yeah.
Yeah, I was helping a friend with something.
Then I had to stop by the bank, and it was just a whole yeah.
Remember those condos by Lake Merritt? There's a vacancy.
The real estate agent's gonna give us a tour tomorrow.
What's wrong? This place is perfect.
[sighs.]
I don't think we should move in together.
What what? We've been talking about this for months.
Yeah, I know.
But it'd be more messed up if I did this with second thoughts.
I'm not sure I'm ready to file for divorce.
What? - Okay, now let me explain.
- Just I never should have got with you in the first place.
You're right.
You deserve a man who's gonna give you 100%.
And if I can You're still sleeping with her, aren't you? [sobbing.]
REBEL: Pockets hold more than hands and keys.
They hold change and secrets.
And secrets that change moments forever.
Shallow pockets hold love with maps to roads on the forgotten reasons we give morning kisses.
And the promises we make to one another to live on that road called forever.
They hold secrets of girlfriends with their backs against walls in foreign lands but familiar corners of survival.
Insides stitched sweet like bee colony faith.
We in this together.
Word is bond.
Pockets hold ready-lit matchboxes.
Because there is no fire next time.
We should be on fire right now.
[audience applause.]
[applause.]
TJ, what are you doing here? I've never seen you perform.
That was You're amazing.
You're not gonna hit me with no hippie-dippy Maya Angelou comments? I broke up with Tasha.
Just to talk? Just to talk.
- That's it? - You came here just to kick it? About what? Men? Music? Fashion? April Summerdale was one of the officers who was involved with the lawful shooting of your brother? Yeah, Detective Fox, about as lawful as Wounded Knee is to your people.
Maybe last night you started thinking about your brother, decided to take things into your own hands.
Let me hip you on how this is supposed to go.
You do your job, you find cause, you get to put those bracelets on me.
You don't find cause, then you get to go find whoever did this.
Where were you last night? At a rally for my brother.
Okay.
Then you came here, because it's book club night.
- You knock, April doesn't - I already told you.
When I knocked, the door was already open.
I came in, I see her down, I call 911 like a good citizen.
You see anything suspicious? Yes, I did see something suspicious.
Let me tell you something you probably never heard Something It's a nice space you have here, Mr.
Jenkins.
Very nice.
- Well, thank you.
- Thank you very much.
I'm trying to expand to help more soldiers coming home from war adjust back to civilian life.
Now see here.
I got the plans and budget done.
All we need now is a contractor who can keep it tight.
This is the price if nothing goes wrong.
- But if we have problems - Look, I got you on the small stuff.
Just as long as you don't try to jack up the budget, - we're good.
- [phone rings.]
Okay.
[phone ringing.]
Yeah? Would you stop messing with your hair, Rainbow Brite? Don't hate, congratulate.
You know this color looks good on me.
[sighs.]
It's okay.
I know you're in a bad mood and all with Malik's birthday coming up.
You figured out what you wanna do? No.
I'm not in a bad mood.
I just don't wanna be talking for my health.
I heard every word you said.
April's dead, but you don't think it's a suicide.
Yeah, usually when people commit suicide, they eat a bullet or aim at the temple.
She shot herself behind the ear.
Okay, so someone offed her Mafia-style.
That's my theory.
The M.
E.
confirms it's a possibility, too.
Especially with the angle of the bullet.
You think Matt's brother Jimmy's behind all of this? I don't know, maybe.
I'm just trying to figure out how all of this connects to Lik.
If you hear from Kim, tell her to hit me so I know she's okay.
Alright.
[sighs.]
- TJ, we had an appointment.
- I know.
- Did she take any of her things? - No, sir.
Her gear's still here.
Nobody's seen or heard anything.
Good looking, Eddie.
Look, T, I know we were supposed to go look at that place in Jack London.
But as you can see, something just came up.
What do I tell the real estate agent? [phone ringing.]
- Yeah? - You got something for me? [knocking at door.]
Kim's missing again.
[sighs.]
You check all the usual spots? My boy knows her sister out on the Ridge.
He got her to call me.
She ain't seen Kim in months.
What's good, Chee? Kim's the homeless runner you served with, right? Yeah, she was staying at the CQ up until two days ago.
But something must have happened.
Because one of my workers said he saw her jet without taking any of her stuff.
Well, have you filed a missing persons? No, Kim's not elderly or a minor.
So her file would just end up on some rookie cop's desk.
She probably went back to that dude in Aquan Projects.
No, too many eyes.
If Kim was freaked out, she'd go someplace where she wouldn't be found.
Someplace people would stay away from.
We both worked the case, so we have to testify.
Uh, just call me, Rebel.
Detective Mclntyre? Traylynn Jones.
I'm your new partner.
Just Mack.
Congratulations on your first day back.
Thank you.
- How long have you worked here? - A few years now.
Nice solid group? What's the captain like? What's the lieutenant like? What do you mean Charles Gold? I'm sure he's the same as when you last worked with him.
You did your homework.
I like that.
And I'm sure there's a lot you wanna know about me.
But right now, the only thing I'm concerned with is showing the brass that I'm a good detective.
So let's just focus on the work.
[phone ringing.]
So the wit we're meeting with can help close a murder case.
Can't get him to talk.
The case has been open for months.
You lead, I'll follow.
This place is hella bootsy.
You sure your girl Kim's down here? Like I said, she was trained in camo.
And right now, Kim is a little short on friends.
Iraq messed her up deep.
She was staying at the CQ, going to the VA the last few months.
Counseling seemed to be working.
Why'd you call your place the CQ? Charge of Quarters.
Support job guarding the barracks.
First gig you get when you work for Uncle Sam.
Gotta keep your eyes open.
Ain't that right, Reb? [sighs.]
Yeah.
Don't remind me.
I hated working curfew on weekends.
[sighs.]
Seeing combat affects everybody differently.
Some people come back relatively the same.
Others not so much.
Neither party prevails in this matter.
I order the album be auctioned off at Ameba Records, profits split 50/50, minus 10% commission.
Final judge.
Now get you asses out of here.
Judge Pete.
Rebel long time no see.
My condolences at the loss of your family.
Now if you need some representation, I can tap my connections.
I'm good, Judge Pete.
Actually looking for a friend.
Have you seen her? Hmm.
Try Tent City.
New arrivals there.
Hey, son! Kinda smart for a guy who lives in a cardboard box.
He used to be a real judge before the drugs got to him.
Hey, thanks for tagging along, alright? It's kinda hard for me to be alone with TJ now after he put me in that trick bag.
I'm done.
WOMAN: [indistinct mumbling.]
Kim? - Hey, don't worry.
- We got this.
It's all good.
Kim, is that you? It's me.
Rebel.
[siren wails.]
You guys got everything you need, right? Yeah, thanks.
Tell your mom I said thanks again.
I already did.
She's too busy to even talk to me.
How are you feeling, Kim? Tell me what's up.
What do you mean somebody's trying to kill you? Um Chee, take a walk with me.
[indistinct chatter.]
Ma, I have a job.
And they're paying customers.
Her name is Yolanda.
We met at the soup kitchen where I volunteer sometimes.
And she said like she would help me get more VA benefits just for a little small commission.
You know, it sounded legit.
Plus, I had lost my job, and I was broke.
Identity scam? I don't know, but, I went to talk to Sheri and Nadine, and they had signed up with Yolanda, too.
And now the they disappeared.
Here you go, Cheena, I got this.
So you and Rebel back together? Right now? It is what it is.
Well, I don't want our girl getting hurt again.
For the record, I ain't the one that quit trying.
No, you're the one who left.
Two sides to every story, Chee.
Yeah, I'm on Rebel's, just so you know.
As well as you should be.
That's your girl.
But she's my wife.
- And so stay in your lane - [machine beeps.]
until the two of us can figure things out.
Yeah, well, your broke-ass card didn't work.
Uh, you got another one? Let me see that.
Uh, my bad.
I forgot I canceled this one.
Mm.
Mm.
Let me pay in cash? I don't know.
Nobody has really seen 'em in weeks.
I just The rumor is that they're dead.
And I think Yolanda killed them.
And if she finds me, I'm next.
Okay, let's not overreact.
Oh no, we never got our benefits, okay? Look I wasn't sure, but they thought it was a scam.
So they went to the soup kitchen to confront Yolanda.
Yolanda pulled out a gun on them and said that if they went to the cops or anybody that she would kill them.
[baby crying.]
KIM: Tell them to shut the baby up.
[crying continues.]
- It's getting crowded.
- Let's get out of here.
- Tell 'em to shut the baby up.
- Alright, okay Shut the baby up.
- I'm here.
- Shut the baby up! Tell the lady to shut the baby up.
- Okay, listen - Shut the baby up! You need to shut the baby up! Shut the baby up! Shut the baby up! [baby crying.]
I'm working here, man.
If I don't get these dishes out, I don't get paid.
Oh, Joseph, work with me, buddy.
Your boy's pushing up daisies.
The guys who deep-sixed him are getting high in some strip club.
You were there.
You know who killed him.
I don't know nothing about that.
Look, you don't talk, this entire case falls apart.
We've been here 15 minutes, and you haven't asked us to leave.
So obviously you wanna say something.
We just haven't hit you right.
So here's a question.
Who's the girl? Is she your girlfriend? Are you worried that if you talk, the guys who did your boy might do her next? Look, we can protect her.
Okay.
Protect her.
Maybe I'll help you.
Yeah, way to go, Wonder Woman.
What you'd do? Read his case file? I read every open file in the station.
I hate walking into situations unprepared.
Hey, you wanna hang back, grab a beer? No, I'm already late for my next job.
You don't strike me as a moonlighter.
Oh, I'm all that and everything else when it comes to my grandson.
And, uh, for the record, I don't drink.
Alright.
So, uh, what do you do to blow off steam? Knit sweaters for Omari.
Your grandson? The only man that's in my life.
Look, I'm just saying, Kim a little shaky with the truth.
She ever tell you why she got a general discharge from the Army? No, but that doesn't make her a liar.
I mean, why would she make this up? I don't know, but something definitely went down.
I'm just not sure what.
And I keep wondering why you ain't been on her about it.
Kim's in trouble, TJ.
Questioning her about it ain't gonna help.
Yeah, but you're giving her a rope that you don't typically extend to others.
Alright, alright, alright.
Hold up, cool, cool.
Look, okay, it's your show.
You're the P.
I.
I'm gonna let you run point.
What? Sergeant Jenkins is gonna run behind one of his privates? Don't do that to me.
I'm giving it a try, okay? Ball's in your court, sugar bloomers.
Welcome to Shepard Soup Kitchen.
I'm looking for a Yolanda Hale.
Sorry, nobody here with that name.
Well, that was the name we were given by Kim Wilkinson.
They both volunteer here.
Well, Kim was a volunteer.
Uh, clients claim she was rude.
And they caught her stealing some cellphones and wallets.
The charity didn't press charges, but they did let her go.
KIM: It was just stuff from the lost and found.
So that made it okay to take? Look, it's not like I ever robbed somebody, okay? I believe you, Kim.
Alright, now we just need to figure out how to find Yolanda.
If she's not at the soup kitchen, I don't know where she's at.
She never gave me a phone number.
All I know is that she lives somewhere near Lake Merritt.
So you're telling me you don't know anything about this woman? But still trusted her with all your personal information? I know it's stupid, okay? I wasn't thinking straight.
Nobody blames you, Kim.
The important thing is we found you, and you're okay.
Yeah, but next time, don't run off.
Talk to me.
Or go to Rebel if you don't want me to know.
Look, I wasn't sure with the you guys split up.
Look, me and TJ will always be a unit, even if we're not together.
Alright, you don't have to choose between the two of us.
Trippin', Kim.
You know we go way back.
TJ: Damn sand jammed up my gun.
Couldn't even dry fire it.
You must be new to Fort Bragg.
Yeah.
Transferred in a week ago.
Still get lost every time I leave base.
You should meet my home girl Rebel.
She can show you around.
Wait a minute.
You got a girlfriend named Rebel? Not fem enough for you? Uh, nah, just different.
Fool I was, I went and married her.
Shut up.
[laughs.]
You're family, Kim.
Don't ever forget that.
[phone ringing.]
Hey, Jim, what you got for me? Don't know what we're running from, just another day Alright, Kim, we're here.
Hearing gunshots is something you hear A lot on the block Never go, let it go, is it the homie or the cops Too many bullets in our youth For the red and the blue, and the lack of the truth It has to stop And police shouldn't shoot Since there's nothing we can do, do, do, do, do [woman screams.]
- Don't move! - [gunshots.]
[indistinct chatter.]
Reb! Reb! What the hell are you doing here? I'm sorry about your brother.
It was an accident.
Wrong place at the wrong time, I guess.
I.
A.
may have cleared you, but you ain't been cleared by me.
Yeah, I'm gonna wipe that smirk off your murdering ass face! - What the hell's going on here? - [TJ.]
: He ain't worth it.
Let it go.
Officer Bryant, relieve your partner, please.
And you, get your civilian ass of this crime scene and take this guy with you.
First of all, you need to watch how you talk to people.
Sir, please don't make me tell you twice.
It's public damn property.
Thanks for calling.
What's the prelim? Female African American, 30s, GSW to the head.
Decomposition's a least a week.
Fingerprints are burned, teeth out.
Somebody wanted to be sure she was anonymous.
You think you could get a photo of the vic? [sighs.]
Please just cut me some slack.
You're talking to Master Sergeant Jenkins.
Sir, if you don't like it, you can write your congressman a letter, okay? Thanks for backing me up.
Always good tag-teaming with you, boo.
- You ready? - Yeah.
It's her.
It's Sheri.
Yolanda killed her, and she's coming after me next.
What the hell are you doing out here? I am not in the mood, Mac.
Not today.
Especially not today.
Look, I'm not trying to fight either, alright? But you can't run up on a police officer.
The police officer that murdered my brother.
Unless you're here to tell me why you shot at my brother, you need to get the hell out.
[sighs.]
I've been hanging onto this for a while.
But with the way things have been between us I wasn't sure if you'd accept it.
But you need to see it.
Especially today.
Malik's birthday.
This doesn't change anything.
You're still on one side of this investigation, and I'm on the other.
Rebel, I'm not your enemy.
Alright, I want to help.
Oh, you wanna help? Why don't you ask Jimmy why he was at April Sommerdale's house last night when she got murdered? And tell him not to lie.
Because a certain black bitch saw him go in.
Can I ask you a super important question? Why didn't you tell me that you and TJ have been hooking up? Honestly, I thought you would judge me.
We're besties.
I'm supposed to judge you.
Especially when you do stupid stuff like this.
Cheena, TJ is still my husband.
So let me ask.
If he dumped Tasha right now, you'd get back with him? Look, I'm not sure.
All I know is that right now, me and TJ are having a good time working together.
There seems to be something different about him.
Cow, give me a break.
I mean, I put on a dress whenever I wanna impress, too.
And he did snap on me right before his credit card got declined.
People change, Chee.
[scoffs.]
Mm.
Where's Kim at anyway? She's in the shower.
I was able to get a little more information about this scam that Yolanda's running.
So, apparently, she's targeting disabled vets and telling them she knows how to work the system 'cause she's a former VA worker.
What I can't understand is how she got her victims to trust her.
Oh, I found a Sheri Cerci in Allendale.
I'm checking her service records.
You find out anything more on April's sketchy suicide? Ran into Mack.
How was that? Said he's gonna try to find out why his brother was at April's.
I mean, hopefully, be able to give me some information today, and I can crack this thing on Malik's birthday.
[sighs.]
MAN RAPPING: Ready to be amazed.
I'm trying to get away to escape from the pandemonium.
World's caving in as I'm stricken with claustrophobia, believing I'm a king when they into me.
That's erroneous.
Big dreams, visions of myself being notorious.
Feel a rush of adrenaline when I'm gracing the podium.
Overcome with gratitude because of endless euphoria.
Wear my heart upon my sleeve, do my best to keep it real.
Call it like I see it, I'm gonna tell the people how I feel.
MACK RAPPING: This here be emcee Malik's partner in rhyme.
All state got scissor got no time for your crime.
[laughs.]
Oh my God, Mack.
coming to you faster than a dang heart attack.
I protect the young and I protect everybody.
I hate crime.
You guys suck Alright, man, I got it.
I'm I'm gonna bring it home, alright? My name is Mack, I ain't whack.
Don't get me flat, get off my back.
You talk that smack, we'll get capped.
And that's a fact, out back.
MACK: Oh my goodness.
- What's up? - Who's your daddy, child? MACK: Hey! MACK AND MALIK: [laughing.]
[phone ringing.]
[sighs.]
[ringing continues.]
Hey, I thought you were at work.
I am, but I snuck in a search.
You're not gonna believe what I found.
Yolanda? No.
but I got bank records for Sheri Cerci.
Her account's still open, and someone make a withdraw at her bank's ATM four days ago.
That's crazy.
The M.
E.
said that she's been dead for a week.
Uh, yes, well, we require loan applicants to make an appointment.
But if you wait, I can answer your loan questions.
Oh, thanks, Jerry.
My wife and I appreciate you squeezing us into your schedule.
It's not a problem.
[sighs.]
Twenty bucks says I beat you this time.
Cheat and skeet's below my paygrade.
Um, it's not below mine.
I'm a P.
I.
in the hood now.
And you know I always win.
Mm-hmm.
Dude in the corner, Joe 100's definitely banging baby girl behind him.
[laughs.]
Get real.
He is not doing her.
He's gay.
Sister in the red with the locks, packing, plain clothes security.
Cheater.
You always find the guards.
Mm, bingo.
I just found our way in.
Miss Press and Go in the tight suit.
She and her married boss are definitely on the low-low.
[indistinct chatter.]
That's good.
You ever think about us? I mean for all the wrong stuff in our marriage, there was actually a lot that was right.
Uh, we were good with a common enemy.
But once we got stateside we stopped fighting for one another.
[camera shutter clicking.]
Uh, got ya! [laughing.]
Ah! Got you, too, boo.
Hand over my cash.
Give it to me.
[laughs.]
Not cute at all, Reb.
I'm real cute.
[indistinct chatter.]
Where the hell does she get off accusing me? I was banging April, but I didn't kill her.
I'm just still stuck that you're having an affair.
Don't act like Miss Black America wasn't married when you were banging her.
No! Rebel had been separated from her husband for months when we hooked up.
Big difference.
Separated.
That's great.
Look, I hooked up with April a couple of times.
And was no big deal.
But then I.
A.
had to call my house to verify what time I got home, all because your nosy-ass jungle bunny couldn't stay out of my business.
This isn't all Rebel's fault.
Alright, you know better than to piss in the well you drink from.
Yeah, well, the battle line's been drawn.
And Rebel's on one side, and I'm on the other.
And you need to figure out where you stand.
Hi.
I'm Carmen, your bank service specialist.
Which one of our products would you be interested in today? Miss Oh, my name's not important.
But yours is, Miss Williams.
Married to Troy six years, two kids.
Don't reach for that alarm button under your desk, Carmen.
I'm not here for money.
I'm here for information.
I'm not giving you anything.
Fine.
I guess you won't mind me showing your husband and your coworkers this.
Don't trip, girl.
We all do dirt.
I just catch yours on camera.
What do you want? Just to see some surveillance footage.
I don't have access to that.
Oh, freeze that.
You stole from a dead woman.
Why should we believe anything you say? Look, I didn't know Sheri was dead.
After Yolanda threatened to kill them, I told her I was done, I wanted out.
She told me that they were liars, I believed her until the both of 'em just disappeared.
Whose idea was it to use homeless vets? Don't try to game us, Kim.
She used you for the marks, right? Look, I found her the vets.
Homeless, but they got a check because the war messed them up.
TJ, I didn't know she'd kill 'em, okay? It don't matter! You're a vet who stole from other vets.
It was just supposed to be money, okay? I I got the targets, talked 'em into trusting her.
She'd open the bank accounts.
You hit the ATM when the checks came in? Yes, but that's it.
I swear.
I got a cut, but I never killed anybody.
Look, I don't need this right now.
I just got subpoenaed to testify in a case I closed.
Look.
All I'm saying is, someone needs to pay for Sheri's death.
Sir? Tasha's on the line for you.
Take a message.
- Look, Reb, I'm - Hmm-mm, you don't need to explain.
There is no way I am turning Kim in.
I do not understand you all connection.
And, I mean, I don't get how you can get upset at the cops, but take another cop in Lik's murder, and you sitting here doing the same damn thing.
That is completely different, and you know it.
Look.
Give me some time to figure this all out.
Yolanda set up a bank account for Nadine at the same bank where Sheri's was at.
Someone took money out of that account the same time they withdrew from Sheri's.
That bank offers special accounts for active military duty and vets.
Which set up a cash cow for Yolanda's scam.
Well, I had ATM cards for five accounts.
Two of them were from Sheri and Nadine.
And before I got scared and ran, I was supposed to get a card for another account.
You would think after somebody opened up so many accounts, somebody would be like, "Hold up.
" Unless they had an inside man.
We find the shady teller that set up those accounts, and we use that person to help us nab Yolanda's ass.
Can I play undercover agent this time? Please? Alright, fine, I was just trying to be a team player.
Look, we have something that Yolanda doesn't want the cops to have.
Somebody she would kill to shut up.
Not you again.
You said all you needed was information.
And all I need is a name.
Give it to me, and I'll destroy those pictures of you and your boss.
Why should I help you? You just wanna blackmail one of coworkers.
I'm a private investigator working on a murder case tied to somebody in this bank.
You don't want to protect someone who's helping a murderer, do you? Ok, fine.
But you have to destroy these damn pictures in front of me.
Sorry, I'm booked for the day, but you can make an appointment and come back tomorrow.
Drop the uppity Negro act, Jerry.
I know all about you and Yolanda.
Who's that? The woman you've been running the vet scam with.
Opening up bogus accounts and stealing their money.
Don't play dumb, or I will go in there and tell your boss.
Okay.
Okay, but she made me do it.
It was blackmail.
I wanna cut a deal.
I ain't the po-po.
Only deal I'm making is if you give me her full name, and you get her here.
Then maybe, just maybe, I'll tell the cops that you helped me.
I can't do that.
We're not friends.
She comes and goes as she pleases.
You ready to pick out your prison name, Jerry? Mm, I'm not sure she'll come.
She seemed suspicious.
I've never called before.
Alright, just tell her it's a paperwork thing, okay? In and out.
Take her to the back, I'll handle the rest.
[clears throat.]
That's Yolanda? Wait, I know her.
That's the woman from the soup kitchen.
- Rebel! - That's Yolanda! [brakes squeal.]
[indistinct yelling.]
Give it up.
You can't get away.
Kim told us everything.
Come on, you can't believe her.
She's trash.
That's why she washed out of the Army! Bitch, I hope they put you under.
Don't make this worse than it already is, Helen.
Yeah, I know your real name is not Yolanda.
It's Helen Rudco.
And you were dishonorably discharged from the Air Force.
I served my country for almost 20 years.
And they threw me out like garbage.
I couldn't even get benefits! They owed me! So I made them pay! A piece of paper can't take away your honor.
You did that by killing other vets.
KIM: You're not getting out of this.
Question is, do you wanna get out alive? Alive or dead? You choose.
But you need to start deciding fast.
[sobbing.]
TJ'll get you back up on your feet.
Just promise you'll let us help, okay? You're family.
Yeah, and I promise I'm gonna go into some counseling, too.
Alright.
Blow up my phone.
Text me if you get a job or a booty call.
[laughs.]
Rebel? Um how'd you do it? How do you just leave that place behind? You know, I still see it, and I hear it in my head.
Did you forget? Or you just bury it all? [baby crying.]
Kim, shut that baby up.
They're coming.
[crying continues.]
[indistinct yelling.]
Ssssh, ssssh, sssh.
[banging on door.]
[baby crying.]
[indistinct yelling.]
[gunshots.]
[sighs.]
[speaking foreign language.]
[screaming.]
What happened? [indistinct yelling.]
REBEL: Oh no.
[indistinct screaming.]
I didn't forget, Kim.
I gave the order.
And here's another one.
Stand down.
We both have to deal with the death of that baby.
You do not need to carry all that grief by yourself.
Can you do that? Mm-hmm.
[sighs.]
You know, I was a little shaky about this vet's housing thing.
Mm-hmm.
You know, you could barely balance a checkbook when we were together.
Oh, you're trying to snap? Hey, I'm just calling it what it is.
But I was wrong.
You're doing your thing.
And you're good at it.
Well, thank you, babe.
Likewise.
Mm-hmm.
Proud of you, boo.
Oh, you're proud of me? [indistinct mumbling.]
Proud of me, baby.
Mm-mm.
Hmm-mm.
Years of unfinished business to handle first, brah.
[chuckles.]
Mm, mm, mm.
Sexy has left the building.
Mm.
REBEL: Well, I'm here.
Ready to testify like a good little detective.
Mack, this is the last favor I'm doing for this department.
So did you watch it? You never could rap.
Oh come on, definitely had the rhythm going on at the end.
Alright.
Malik said I was so bad, I put the white in white boy.
You know you wanna laugh.
Shut up, Mack.
BOTH: [laughing.]
Jimmy didn't have anything to do with April's death.
He was at home with Kathy and the kids.
Why was he there in the first place? He and April had been having an affair.
Of course you're gonna say that.
Rebel, I'm not gonna lie to you about that.
Look.
There's something else that I should have told you.
Ever since we took that tweeker down at Sabrawny Park Remember the one? Ever since he stabbed me, I've been getting these These flashes out of the middle of nowhere.
You know, I can't hear.
I can't think.
Panic attacks? Yeah, I I didn't see a head doc, because I didn't want to screw my changes at a promotion.
But that must have been what happened that night.
Because I remember flashes, right? Like Malik one minute.
You the next.
And then, I don't know how, but somehow, I'm watching myself, you know, shoot at Malik.
Look, I I understand if you can't forgive me because it's tough to forgive myself.
But that's what happened.
Then why did you lie to I.
A.
and say Malik was armed? I didn't.
No, that was April and her partner, Vaughn Bryant.
I supported you.
Alright, I told I.
A.
that I saw Malik drop the gun.
[siren wailing.]
[knocking at door.]
Hey, babe.
You've been busy.
I went by the CQ to surprise you.
Yeah.
Yeah, I was helping a friend with something.
Then I had to stop by the bank, and it was just a whole yeah.
Remember those condos by Lake Merritt? There's a vacancy.
The real estate agent's gonna give us a tour tomorrow.
What's wrong? This place is perfect.
[sighs.]
I don't think we should move in together.
What what? We've been talking about this for months.
Yeah, I know.
But it'd be more messed up if I did this with second thoughts.
I'm not sure I'm ready to file for divorce.
What? - Okay, now let me explain.
- Just I never should have got with you in the first place.
You're right.
You deserve a man who's gonna give you 100%.
And if I can You're still sleeping with her, aren't you? [sobbing.]
REBEL: Pockets hold more than hands and keys.
They hold change and secrets.
And secrets that change moments forever.
Shallow pockets hold love with maps to roads on the forgotten reasons we give morning kisses.
And the promises we make to one another to live on that road called forever.
They hold secrets of girlfriends with their backs against walls in foreign lands but familiar corners of survival.
Insides stitched sweet like bee colony faith.
We in this together.
Word is bond.
Pockets hold ready-lit matchboxes.
Because there is no fire next time.
We should be on fire right now.
[audience applause.]
[applause.]
TJ, what are you doing here? I've never seen you perform.
That was You're amazing.
You're not gonna hit me with no hippie-dippy Maya Angelou comments? I broke up with Tasha.